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 # 13th Age
 
-This page, and the pages under it, collect a variety of campaign notes, characters, other mechanical
-bits, and whatever else I end up dropping here for usage by me and my players, but if any of this is
-of interest to you as a random passerby, feel free to use it.
+This page, and the pages under it, collect a variety of campaign notes, characters, other mechanical bits, and whatever
+else I end up dropping here for usage by me and my players, but if any of this is of interest to you as a random
+passerby, feel free to use it. ~bss
+
+*Note:* I've been a fan of 13th Age since before it was released, practically, but this recent section of the site is
+focused on 2e.*
+
+## Character Creation
+
+For general aids in creating characters, see this section, and of course follow the Creating Characters (HH: 23)
+chapter.
+
+Campaigns may have more specific instructions (inclusive or exclusive of content), but generally speaking, my games
+allow all published classes, kin, class options, items, and so on presented in or mentioned in the core books of *13th
+Age Second Edition* and *13 True Ways*, including stuff in Appendix A. A good list to use is:
+
+* *13th Age Second Edition: Heroes' Handbook*
+* *13 True Ways*
+* *13th Age Glorantha*
+* *Shards of the Broken Sky*
+* *13th Age Bestiary*
+* *Book of Ages*
+* *Shades of Fey*
+
+Additional content (from other supplements, homebrew stuff on the web, your own homebrew stuff, etc.) should be
+presented to me, and it'll likely be approved.
+
+This usually doesn't matter for character creation, but I'll pull from all of Pelgrane Press's publications for
+monsters, items, artifacts, and so on. All of this "primary content" is pretty much assumed to be good.
+
+### Classes
+
+Nothing of note here, really; official classes are in, other homebrew might be, but classes are the most complicated, so
+they will be the most work to review. But, in the end, just ask --- and also do so if you want general advice, or if the
+book says you should talk to your GM first.
+
+### Kin
+
+Ditto, but it's easier to homebrew (and review) a kin idea than a class idea.
+
+### One Unique Things
+
+There's a lot of good advice in the Unique Heroes (HH: 201) chapter, follow it to come up with a *unique* that you can
+really work with throughout the game.
+
+### Ability Scores
+
+The standard arrays (HH: 24) are great, but I'm good with the options in Appendix A (HH: 316) as well; "roll four" seems
+especially fun if what you want is a mix of competency and chaos.
+
+### Everything Else
+
+Follow the book and ask questions, basically!
 
 ## House Rules