Given the show’s explicit inspiration from Asian and Indigenous North American cultures - including architecture, clothing and the martial arts at the basis of bending’s visual style - Magpie Games said it worked from the beginning to bring contributors on board to ensure the resulting tabletop RPG is respectful as well as fun. Alternatively, characters can choose a proficiency in technology or weaponry - think Asami and Sokka, respectively. The various Bending arts remain a core part of Avatar’s world and are available to any playbook. Each era will allow players to enjoy different themes and aesthetics, such as the ambitious but unstable time of legends described in Kyoshi’s Era.Ĭharacter creation involves choosing from among six playbooks that each exemplify various playstyles. Groups can explore the world as portrayed in the original cartoon, known as Aang’s Era, the Capital City of Korra’s Era, or earlier - The Hundred Year War covers the time without an Avatar and the Fire Nation securing its rule. Parties will choose among five different eras for the setting of their adventures. An example from the quickstart rules explains a character’s tension between loyalty and confidence, constantly in flux depending on which they choose to express. Certain actions and decisions will move a counter along this track, affecting two corresponding attributes with either a positive or negative modifier.
An interesting wrinkle on the format is the Balance track, which documents a character’s tug-of-war style pull between two opposed ideals.
Pregenerated characters and an included adventure, The Forbidden Scroll, will let players jump immediately into the action.Īvatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game will be built around Powered by the Apocalypse, a system developed by Meguey and Vincent Baker that Magpie Games has used extensively in past RPGs. Included is a digital PDF outlining the world, character generation and how to appropriately scope a group’s adventures. The Avatar RPG quickstart rules are available through Magpie Games’ website and provide everything a group needs to experiment with the game’s current iteration. Dicebreaker previously spoke with Mark Diaz Truman and James Mendez Hodes about translating media into games and handling that process with thoughtful care.
Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game, an upcoming tabletop RPG based on the world of animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra, has released free quickstart rules, allowing fans and interested players to playtest it ahead of an August 3rd Kickstarter campaign.įirst teased back in February, the tabletop adaptation of both beloved shows is being handled by Magpie Games, publisher of titles such as teen hero setting Masks: A New Generation and the Root RPG - based on Leder Games’ popular board game of woodland power struggles.
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