Harlequin

thanks for the feedback! i'm glad someone is checking out my material. i'll try to address each of your points one at a time:

-while traditional enemies in 13th age don't cause knockback, many of mine do. i use a mechanic very similar to dnd 4th ed a lot. i'm not finished with my bestiary yet, or i'd post a link to it here. additionally, there are a lot of opportunities out of combat for things like knockback and fall damage. traps, ambushes, treacherous skill challenges... these are the times when roll with it comes in handy.

-the reason some of the feats are necessary to scale the damage is because, at the end of the day, tricks aren't necessary for the harlequin to be effective. they're capable melee fighters in their own right. by taking a feat to boost damage, they're making that trick something akin to a signature move. it's more about the role play than the battle mechanics. for example, touch of insanity is likely a move that, if the feat is taken, indicates something about the characters personality, not just some shtick they learned along the way.

-fool's luck and karmic trickster were intended to be similar. the idea is to discourage a player from taking both. but depending on how the player sees their character and the world they exist in, either may be more appropriate. if i changed the trigger, it would be harder to justify only one of them working at a time.

-the harlequin isn't intended to be an exact replacement for the rogue. if it had bee, i'd have just written up some extra abilities for the rogue and given them a court jester flair. it's intended for people who want to be capable of some of that type of stuff, but who also enjoy a little buffing, like a bard. i didn't make an equivalent to sneak attack damage, because while it's possible to build a harlequin as a pure striker, the intent was for them to be complimentary characters, able to aid the party in attack and defense.

now, as with all 13th age material, in your game, feel free to make any changes you deem fit for the campaign. all of my material is more of a strong suggestion than a definite rule. that's the whole point, isn't it? i'm just providing you with the explanation as to why i did things the way i did.

based on your suggestions and a review of the class, i've made some minor changes. notably, scalable damage to some of the tricks, and language to reflect that "popped free" is a change of position for the roll with it class feature. as for an equivalent to cantrips or prestidigitation mastery, that's up to the player. it should go without saying that a jester has any number of tricks and pranks up their sleeve, so however the player wants to roleplay that is between them and the gm. i don't want to charge a talent slot for it. and the harlequin isn't a controller, they're just ment to have the option of a few buffer abilities, which is where the jokes and tales come in.

unfortunately, i didn't take the time to reformat the file with all the artwork that was in the original, but the meat is still there without the dressing, so i hope everyone can forgive me.

not all classes get more talents as they level, notably the bard, cleric, rogue, sorcerer, and wizard from the core rule book. i lined mine up with those. casters and other magic users that have access to larger spell lists or the equivalent as they level don't need more talents to become more dangerous; classes that rely on physical damage and not the analog of a spell list need something else to give them that boost. it's (ideally) a way to balance the class, but i haven't gotten a lot of feedback from others, so i don't have first-hand experience of how it plays. i'd love to hear how it goes for you!