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Gritty is the most realistic of the modes in the fact that the characters are undeniably human.

Ive been meaning to do a review of the book since I bought my copy, but for some reason or another kept pushing it off.

The game uses the AGE engine that was developed for the companys Dragon Age Roleplaying game and then again for the Fantasy AGE Basic Rulebook.

You roll 3d6 and add any applicable modifiers in an attempt to hit a target number.

This version of the game has done away with the traditional 3 class structure of the previous releases.

Dragon Age and Fantasy AGE both had you choose from either the Warrior, Rogue, or Mage archetypes that you then further modified through selections of various talents, ability focuses, or specializations.

It never felt overly restrictive, but there was that mechanical constraint to what your character could and could not be.

The Fantasy AGE Companion introduced several new options that helped to fill in quite a few gaps that were apparent in character capabilities with just the Basic Rulebook.

Instead, your characters starting capabilities are determined by your choices (or the result of the dice if you choose to go in a random direction) in character creation.

First up, you determine your background from one of 12 broad ideas such as Military, Trade, or Aristocrat.

Backgrounds give you a bonus to one of your nine ability scores, a choice of one of two ability focuses and talents, and a random benefit from the backgrounds table typically another ability score increase or ability focus.

Like your background, your profession gives you a choice between one of two ability focuses and talents.

Furthermore, it determines your starting Health score and your starting Resources score (the games measure of wealth).

This is why your character gets involved in the action that is happening in the game.

Why does your character run towards danger instead of away from it The drives come with both a quality and a downfall that you and the GM can use to hook your character into the action and help you to roleplay your character at the table.

Mechanically speaking, your drive gives you a final choice between one of two talents.

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Membership, Relationship, or Reputation gives you a free first rank in that associated game mechanic.

These are things about the character that can be leveraged in play.

Reputations can give your character an edge (or setback if the reputation isnt helpful) in certain situations.

Membership has its perks including possible access to information or equipment beyond the characters reach.

Relationships (which are something that every character receives at creation and maintain through play) are bonds with NPCs or other PCs that you can leverage for bonus stunt points to spend on actions relating to that relationship.

The talent list is expanded from the Fantasy AGE Basic Rulebook, reflecting the fact that you get new ones with more frequency.

At certain levels, you can choose from more powerful specialization talents such as Sniper, Martial Artist, or Academic that further define what your character is really good at.

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