Just spitballing here, as a novice GM trying to learn this game as well, but you could have had Sokka take the Angry condition for his weak hit crossing the river, angry that his companions were so slow and he had to put himself in harm's way to cross when he could have done it more safely if they had kept up. Then you could have had one of the other characters use Guide and Comfort on him while they're resting in the cabin to talk it out and hopefully clear his condition.
That's very true but my goal was to introduce only the basic moves. Im hoping to add status effects in a future video and then blend them together with weak hit/misses when performing said actions. There's so much to unpack in this game. It's a huge learning curve for me 😂
@@Paulrollsdice That's fair, I was just trying to think of how you could have smoothly incorporated the Guide and Comfort move. I suppose you could have just said Sokka already had 1 fatigue from earlier, and he took 1 fatigue, and so the team wanted to Guide and Comfort him in the cabin to soothe that fatigue. Anyway, thanks for the video, I think I'll share this with my group so they have a baseline understanding of what to do when we get started.
Avatar Legends is a very unique roleplaying experience and it is certainly proving a diffcult one to learn but as I spend more time with the core rulebook I'm quickly loving all of its mechanics. I hope you enjoy this little video that hopefully helps explain the basics of exploring your surroundings in-game.
This answered some question for me and gave me some great new insights! For example, I was stuck in the thinking that the partial success rolls should always be a role-play thing. Like with Sokka, rather than take some fatigue, I was trying to think of what could happen with the vine that would cause some trouble. But keeping it simple like this hadn't occurred, so I'm more comfortable with giving reasonable situations to my table. Thanks so much!
You're welcome! And thank you for watching and leaving a kind comment. I'm still new to the game myself as you probably guessed and I'm currently recording, deleting and re-recording my next video :') it's a challenge but I'm having fun with this.
Hello. Newbie to this system too. I have a few questions... On your first example, Sokka asked "Is this river safe to cross?" which isn't really any of the questions, thought it's probably a good ruling since it kind of falls in between "Who or what is the biggest threat?" and "What’s my best way out/in/through?" Also, I'm not sure that Sokka actually "uses the move". Instead, I think you are supposed to say what you are doing and the GM then decides if that triggers the move. For example, Sokka's player would say "I look for a part of the river that's slow moving or where it's shallow enought" and the GM goes "ok, that triggers *assess the situation*, roll the dice..." If the river is *obviously* not safe to cross, you wouldn't even need the roll, the GM should just say so when they get to the scene. Also... poor dude looking for a solution to a river when he's got two waterbenders and two earthbenders in the team
Hi there! You've made very good points here and you're definitely more correct than I am 😂 It's a very alien system to me and I'm still learning as you have guessed. I'm currently reading over things again and gaining insight from fellow players and commenters like yourself so hopefully I'll nail it next time. Also poor Sokka indeed. I figured he always tends to act first and think later and with him reaching the river first he just goes for it. In hindsight he should've waited for his more capable team mates 😂
@@Paulrollsdice I'm very new too! Have only just played two sessions and I'm still trying to wrap my head around the mechanics. They seem very friendly to the mindset of actors and improv artists and not so much directed towards more numerical minds like mine
Very true! I have years of experience as a Dungeon Master for D&D, Mutants & Masterminds and the Fantasy Flight Narrative dice Rpgs but this one is very different like you say, with a focus on acting and improv. Itll sink in soon enough I hope 😂
@@Paulrollsdice It might just be me, but I do feel the authors went *too far* with it. Mostly because while I love the rules that exist, I'm troubled by the ones that don't. They could have at least added some half a page of how a chi blocker training is expected to work (as well as the other trainings)
Thank you for dropping by! And I'm currently working on a Balance video so please bare with me 😂I'm reading and rereading the Balance rules as they're quite challenging but hopefully my little avatar toys perform them properly 😂
Thank you so much for the kind words and ABSOLUTELY! I have a busy weekend ahead with my children and some house work but I'll be recording Monday and uploading as soon as possible. I'll put Balance as my first priority :)
More to come! I'm sorry it's taking so long but I have one ready for Tuesday next week 😊 How are you getting on with the game? Any particular rules that are difficult?
@@Paulrollsdice awesome! I haven’t actually sat down to play yet. Currently going through and reading the core book. But seeing examples like this help me to digest the rules. Especially for a system that is brand new to me. Even character creation is different than other RPGs I’ve played. It seems to rely heavily (due to some mechanics, but mostly thematics) on a group effort.
@@kruskisking2062 oh yeah, it's very different. I have experience with D&D and other d20 games plus the Fantasy Flight Narrative games but Avatar is a whole new world! I appreciate you enjoying my video. Looking forward to diving in to more of the mechanics.
This is super helpful, I sent it to my players, since we're about to start! One thing to add, you mentioned critical hits when Sokka rolled double sixes - that's not really a thing in this system. Ending up with a 10+ is the best success.
Thank you so much for watching! And sending it around is very kind of you. Yeah, my wording fell in to my history with other TTRPGs. This one is very different that's for sure but hopefully I'll get better with the wordings and the rules ❤️
I do have an unboxing of both my full kickstarter set and the starter kit that released later if those are interesting to you. Also, im playing a very fun adventure boardgame set in the Avatar universe. It is so good! I think they're all in playlists on the channel 👌
@@Paulrollsdice nothing in particular yet, my group mainly comes from dnd 5e and blades in the dark Blades is similar I think But its alot of new stuff an none of use have experience in the system but are quite familiar with the cartoon Mean and another GM got the starter set and will be running one of the adventures each. I guess. If your able,, I'll be running the burning fuse for my first adventure ( and first time playing) So any help or tips would be amazing Thanks for your time
Nice video ;) On push youre luck sokka player need to pay extra cost befor roll. In this move you pay some extra price to try something out of youre reach. I need some more avatar legends content !!!!
Very true! I worded it slightly out of order but Sokka landing hard was essentially the cost of Pushing his luck. I could've added that he maybe loses his boomerang in the river too as a consequence! Thank you for the comment. I'm looking to record more Avatar Legends content soon. Is there anything specific that you're interested? Rules explanations, playbook overviews? Exmaple scenarios?
You do not need to Pay a Cost for Push Your Luck. As per the Move: “When you push your luck in a risky situation, say what you want to do and roll with Passion. On a hit, you do it, but it costs you to scrape by; the GM tells you what it costs you. On a 10+, your boldness pays off despite the cost; the GM tells you what other lucky opportunity falls in your lap.” There is no “de facto” cost to pay prior to the Move per the Move itself. You may be thinking about either A) Live Up to Your Principle, in which you pay 1 Fatigue to roll with one of your Principles instead of a requested Core Stat B) Rolling a 10+ on the Stance Move and choosing to do a Learned Technique from your chosen Approach, which requires 1 Fatigue to do so Otherwise, for push your luck, you just trigger the Move and pay a Cost on a 7+ (because it is the one Move in the game that still has a Cost on a 10+, which is why it is usually inaccurate to describe “Hits” as “Successes” or “Super Successes” or “Crits” [which actually don’t exist in this game]). That in mind, the GM is almost always making their own GM Moves whenever it is appropriate for them to contribute to the larger Conversation. This could mean prior to a Player Facing Move, the GM might have a Player pay a simple fictional and/ or mechanical Cost prior to a roll to gain the requisite fictional positioning and permission to attempt the task they are approaching. It isn’t a common task, but it can be done Either way, it is not the default
@@Sully5443 I sense a contradiction in the rules here. In the description of the move by the end of it " Remember that getting the opportunity never means that you avoid paying the cost inherent in the move-you always pay a cost when you push your luck!" It sounds as if the advice and clarification think that you always pay the cost, but maybe that's just a misreading
I got a few things wrong but I'm still learning the game myself but i thought an 'in game' explination would be betetr than just reading some rules off. I'm prepping the next one now :)
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Just spitballing here, as a novice GM trying to learn this game as well, but you could have had Sokka take the Angry condition for his weak hit crossing the river, angry that his companions were so slow and he had to put himself in harm's way to cross when he could have done it more safely if they had kept up. Then you could have had one of the other characters use Guide and Comfort on him while they're resting in the cabin to talk it out and hopefully clear his condition.
That's very true but my goal was to introduce only the basic moves. Im hoping to add status effects in a future video and then blend them together with weak hit/misses when performing said actions. There's so much to unpack in this game. It's a huge learning curve for me 😂
@@Paulrollsdice That's fair, I was just trying to think of how you could have smoothly incorporated the Guide and Comfort move. I suppose you could have just said Sokka already had 1 fatigue from earlier, and he took 1 fatigue, and so the team wanted to Guide and Comfort him in the cabin to soothe that fatigue. Anyway, thanks for the video, I think I'll share this with my group so they have a baseline understanding of what to do when we get started.
@@DarrenNakamura your group is going to do so well! You're already very knowledgeable on the mechanics and I've definitely learned from you ❤️
Avatar Legends is a very unique roleplaying experience and it is certainly proving a diffcult one to learn but as I spend more time with the core rulebook I'm quickly loving all of its mechanics. I hope you enjoy this little video that hopefully helps explain the basics of exploring your surroundings in-game.
This answered some question for me and gave me some great new insights! For example, I was stuck in the thinking that the partial success rolls should always be a role-play thing. Like with Sokka, rather than take some fatigue, I was trying to think of what could happen with the vine that would cause some trouble. But keeping it simple like this hadn't occurred, so I'm more comfortable with giving reasonable situations to my table. Thanks so much!
You're welcome! And thank you for watching and leaving a kind comment. I'm still new to the game myself as you probably guessed and I'm currently recording, deleting and re-recording my next video :')
it's a challenge but I'm having fun with this.
This was a great example of the rules and mechanics of the game! Great video! and those figurines are adorable.
Glad you enjoyed! I'm overdue my next video with these figures but it's on the way 😂
Hello. Newbie to this system too. I have a few questions...
On your first example, Sokka asked "Is this river safe to cross?" which isn't really any of the questions, thought it's probably a good ruling since it kind of falls in between "Who or what is the biggest threat?" and "What’s my best way out/in/through?"
Also, I'm not sure that Sokka actually "uses the move". Instead, I think you are supposed to say what you are doing and the GM then decides if that triggers the move. For example, Sokka's player would say "I look for a part of the river that's slow moving or where it's shallow enought" and the GM goes "ok, that triggers *assess the situation*, roll the dice..."
If the river is *obviously* not safe to cross, you wouldn't even need the roll, the GM should just say so when they get to the scene.
Also... poor dude looking for a solution to a river when he's got two waterbenders and two earthbenders in the team
Hi there! You've made very good points here and you're definitely more correct than I am 😂 It's a very alien system to me and I'm still learning as you have guessed. I'm currently reading over things again and gaining insight from fellow players and commenters like yourself so hopefully I'll nail it next time.
Also poor Sokka indeed. I figured he always tends to act first and think later and with him reaching the river first he just goes for it. In hindsight he should've waited for his more capable team mates 😂
@@Paulrollsdice I'm very new too! Have only just played two sessions and I'm still trying to wrap my head around the mechanics. They seem very friendly to the mindset of actors and improv artists and not so much directed towards more numerical minds like mine
Very true! I have years of experience as a Dungeon Master for D&D, Mutants & Masterminds and the Fantasy Flight Narrative dice Rpgs but this one is very different like you say, with a focus on acting and improv. Itll sink in soon enough I hope 😂
@@Paulrollsdice It might just be me, but I do feel the authors went *too far* with it. Mostly because while I love the rules that exist, I'm troubled by the ones that don't. They could have at least added some half a page of how a chi blocker training is expected to work (as well as the other trainings)
@@androkguz it really does feel like they added a bit too many rules..
I'm so glad you're making these videos! Very helpful, cheers
Glad you like them! I'm still learning the game myself but hopfully I can help myself and others to learn the game 😁
A lot of elements to learn, I'm excited to read the core rule book as well
Oh for sure. Lots to learn!
This is very helpful! Would love to see one on balance moves and combat
Thank you for dropping by! And I'm currently working on a Balance video so please bare with me 😂I'm reading and rereading the Balance rules as they're quite challenging but hopefully my little avatar toys perform them properly 😂
@@Paulrollsdice I had to read the balance rules multiple times to understand them and I think I still need to read it over again 😂
@@tylergoscha4428 Sounds about right 😂 Well I'll see how I do in my next video plus your knowledge in the comments. We'll get it right one day 👌
This was great PLEASE keep making these guides, this one was helpful. Can you go in depth on the whole balance system?
Thank you so much for the kind words and ABSOLUTELY! I have a busy weekend ahead with my children and some house work but I'll be recording Monday and uploading as soon as possible. I'll put Balance as my first priority :)
Please please please make more Avatar videos like this. This was so helpful!
More to come! I'm sorry it's taking so long but I have one ready for Tuesday next week 😊
How are you getting on with the game? Any particular rules that are difficult?
@@Paulrollsdice awesome! I haven’t actually sat down to play yet. Currently going through and reading the core book. But seeing examples like this help me to digest the rules. Especially for a system that is brand new to me.
Even character creation is different than other RPGs I’ve played. It seems to rely heavily (due to some mechanics, but mostly thematics) on a group effort.
@@kruskisking2062 oh yeah, it's very different. I have experience with D&D and other d20 games plus the Fantasy Flight Narrative games but Avatar is a whole new world!
I appreciate you enjoying my video. Looking forward to diving in to more of the mechanics.
This is super helpful, I sent it to my players, since we're about to start! One thing to add, you mentioned critical hits when Sokka rolled double sixes - that's not really a thing in this system. Ending up with a 10+ is the best success.
Thank you so much for watching! And sending it around is very kind of you.
Yeah, my wording fell in to my history with other TTRPGs. This one is very different that's for sure but hopefully I'll get better with the wordings and the rules ❤️
If the gm says it’s a critical hit, it’s a critical hit! 😆
😂
Good video. I am preparing to play a campaign in this game system and really know nothing about it. So, this was helpful.
That's very kind of you to say, thank you. And best of luck with your campaign! What era are you exploring?
@@Paulrollsdice I believe the post-Korra era. Session 0 is tomorrow so I guess we will see.
@@Pandaemoni that sounds awesome! Have a blast! I'm still hoping to get a one shot done at some point. Test the waters with some players.
Perfect "minis" 😂
Thanks for the vid!
They're cute right? 😂
Thank you for watching! I am long overdue but new videos are in the pipeline 👌
@@Paulrollsdice I'm just getting into it now so I'm looking forward to seeing them! :D
I do have an unboxing of both my full kickstarter set and the starter kit that released later if those are interesting to you. Also, im playing a very fun adventure boardgame set in the Avatar universe. It is so good! I think they're all in playlists on the channel 👌
great tutrial! id love more videos
Thank you so much. More to come soon 😁
o know this was a year ago, but would you do more videos, my groupd about to learn this
I really should! Is there a rule in particular you'd like to learn or shall I just upload and see what happens?
Thank you for watching 👌
@@Paulrollsdice nothing in particular yet, my group mainly comes from dnd 5e and blades in the dark
Blades is similar I think
But its alot of new stuff an none of use have experience in the system but are quite familiar with the cartoon
Mean and another GM got the starter set and will be running one of the adventures each.
I guess. If your able,,
I'll be running the burning fuse for my first adventure ( and first time playing)
So any help or tips would be amazing
Thanks for your time
That sounds great! Best of luck with the sessions. I really want to get this game going one day too. It's a beautiful system.
@@Paulrollsdice same. Hope you manage to. Lemme know if your looking for players to learn too
Always beautiful 😊
Thank you! 😊
Nice video ;) On push youre luck sokka player need to pay extra cost befor roll. In this move you pay some extra price to try something out of youre reach. I need some more avatar legends content !!!!
Very true! I worded it slightly out of order but Sokka landing hard was essentially the cost of Pushing his luck. I could've added that he maybe loses his boomerang in the river too as a consequence!
Thank you for the comment. I'm looking to record more Avatar Legends content soon. Is there anything specific that you're interested? Rules explanations, playbook overviews? Exmaple scenarios?
@@Paulrollsdice As you mentioned in the video combat is not so easy at the start ;)
You do not need to Pay a Cost for Push Your Luck. As per the Move:
“When you push your luck in a risky situation, say what you want to do and roll with Passion. On a hit, you do it, but it costs you to scrape by; the GM tells you what it costs you. On a 10+, your boldness pays off despite the cost; the GM tells you what other lucky opportunity falls in your lap.”
There is no “de facto” cost to pay prior to the Move per the Move itself.
You may be thinking about either
A) Live Up to Your Principle, in which you pay 1 Fatigue to roll with one of your Principles instead of a requested Core Stat
B) Rolling a 10+ on the Stance Move and choosing to do a Learned Technique from your chosen Approach, which requires 1 Fatigue to do so
Otherwise, for push your luck, you just trigger the Move and pay a Cost on a 7+ (because it is the one Move in the game that still has a Cost on a 10+, which is why it is usually inaccurate to describe “Hits” as “Successes” or “Super Successes” or “Crits” [which actually don’t exist in this game]).
That in mind, the GM is almost always making their own GM Moves whenever it is appropriate for them to contribute to the larger Conversation. This could mean prior to a Player Facing Move, the GM might have a Player pay a simple fictional and/ or mechanical Cost prior to a roll to gain the requisite fictional positioning and permission to attempt the task they are approaching. It isn’t a common task, but it can be done
Either way, it is not the default
@@Sully5443 thank you kindly for the clarification! I feel a 'home made' DM screen will help me with this game.
@@Sully5443 I sense a contradiction in the rules here. In the description of the move by the end of it
" Remember that getting the opportunity never means that you avoid paying the cost inherent in the move-you always pay a cost when you push your luck!"
It sounds as if the advice and clarification think that you always pay the cost, but maybe that's just a misreading
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Cool
Thank you! 😄
I have a cousin named Salia, the name being of arabic origin. And Plegia is not not Middle Eastern-y.
I was watching a different video on a different screen and commented under this video. RIP
Yeah i was slightly confused :')
I hope you enjoyed both videos though
@@Paulrollsdice I did! The river example really helped illustrate the flexibility
I got a few things wrong but I'm still learning the game myself but i thought an 'in game' explination would be betetr than just reading some rules off.
I'm prepping the next one now :)
Is there any way to do some combos as u can do in dnd?
These are the basic moves but as you develop and 'level-up' in this game, you can learn specialty skills with a variety of actions.