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Second Edition Changes Classes received probably the most of the changes in second edition. The high level changes are: Envoy class Defense advancements Level 6, 11, 16 you get +1 defense Focus advancements At level 11 every focus the character has is automatically upgraded from +2 to +3 At level 11 you are allowed to spend another focus advancement to improve the bonus to +4 Specialization advancements A level 1 you get a specialization advancement In first edition this was at level 4 You ignore ability and focus requirements, but not class requirements when choosing  Additional advancements are recieved at odd levels This is a total of 10 advancements in 2e 1e only had 6 total advancements at level 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16 Common Class Advancements There is a new layout for classes which groups advancements into patterns (like even an...

Ancestries are new in Fantasy AGE second edition and they are a modern implementation of races. There is one new ancestry to the line up and the rest are package from first edition and other Fantasy AGE books. They are overall very similar but with a few tweaks. Attribute Bonus In first edition each ancestry had a guaranteed ability score improvement. Dwarf had +1 Constitution, Elf had +1 Dexterity etc. This has been moved in second edition and put in the benefits table with an additional constraint for choosing benefits instead of rolling. Focus Bonus All ancestries receive a choice of one of two focuses. Movement or Speed Bonus This was not changed in second edition. Speed 8 Dwarf Gnome Halfling Speed 10 Draak Goblin  Human Orc Wildfolk Speed 12 Elf Special Ancestry Qualities There is one special quality per ancestry. Most are Dark Sight. Ancestries with Dark Sight Draak, Dwarf, Elf, Gnome, Goblin, Orc Wildfolk (sometimes) Ancestries with out Dark Sight Halfing - Has the "Intr...

Determining starting ability scores is step two of the Fantasy AGE character creation process. The core rules list a few options and I have a couple of suggestions myself. Class Selection While selecting your character's class is technically the fifth step you should pick it as part of the step one character concept. You don't need to make any decisions with in the class but you may need to be aware of the classes primary and secondary abilities in order to make informed decisions when determining starting ability scores. Rolling Ability Scores In first edition this was suggested method but offers the least amount of control over your characters ability scores. Go through the list of ability scores alphabetically and assign the result of a 3d6 roll from the starting ability table. Arranging Ability Scores This method still requires rolling dice but you assign which result is matched to an ability. This way you can at least put the highest scores on your primary abilities for yo...

The second edition of Fantasy AGE is now available! I got the pdf as I was a play tester and I was granted access to a preview pdf two weeks before release. I have high expectations with this edition as a chance to revisit old mechanics and add improvements from the other books. In this post I will go through at a very high level pointing out what is new or different to the first edition in each of the book's chapters. https://greenroninstore.com/collections/frontpage/products/fantasy-age-core-rulebook-pdf I hope you enjoy this review and let me know if you have any thoughts on Fantasy AGE subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FantasyAGE Chapter 0 - Introduction Very similar in topics Summary of change from first to second edition Removed mention of Titansgrave (RIP) Chapter 1 - Character Creation Determining Abilities - a few differences in what is recommended 2nd edition recommends starting with 13 advancements and allocating them as you wish to your ability scores as fits your char...

I got into TTRPGs with the 2015 release of Fantasy AGE TTRPG and I have been writing small blog posts every since. The second edition of Fantasy AGE comes almost eight years after the first edition (2015 - 2023). That summer was my first foray into this style of TTRPG. First with the Youtube broadcast of Titansgrave that coincided with the first year of Critical Role. I found Fantasy AGE much more approachable than Dungeon of Dragons, maybe because it was new and only had one resource. One aspect for sure is the stunt system which is much more nuanced than a nat 20. Needless to say I have stayed around for many extra books and other AGE systems. I have high expectations with this edition as a chance to revisit old mechanics and add improvements from the other books. And so with a second edition rule book I decided on moving my writing to a new platform. My old content can be found on Tumblr ( https://www.tumblr.com/herdingdice ) and I will be re-writing some of the good content from th...