These videos are more to help people know if they want to buy it or not. Since pen/paper rpgs are mostly just a rule set, giving too much info is kinda seen as "giving the game away"
Actually this did help me learn how Tom play. I’ve been struggling to understand how be doing works. This cleared it up by showing where I can access the info I need for more in-depth study. I just picked up the game a week ago so I’m scouring everything to learn this game for my friends.
@@belloflostsouls I think you're equating a lack of rules for good rules. PBTA defintily gets points for just saying "fuck it, make it up" but system heavy as Traveller or Year Zero could easily handle this setting.
Thank you for your video, I am a huge fan of the avatar series but I have never played rpg before and I was feeling completelly lost, it helped me a lot❤️🔥
I've been having a lot of fun reading/learning about the system so far, but I'm still having a hard time figuring out when a negative balance roll might happen. I guess the DM could just decide that someone's acting in accordance with a principle that they're not aligned with and make them roll for it?
Speaking in broad terms, Powered By The Apocalypse is a very narratively driven system. A lot of mechanics and effects within the game happen when it "feels right" for them to happen. Versus a more mechanically driven system (i.e. Dungeons & Dragons), which have very clearly written out triggers and effects. Hope that helps!
@@belloflostsoulsGreat video! And I also like the flexibility and freedom offered by PBTA. But I have some concerns, and an idea for a system to fix them: I'm really worried this will lead to gameplay where players repeatedly try to perform exceptionally powerful feats of bending, and the DM will just have to tell them no over and over... also I'm confused about how basic magic use will work. Could a player create a bridge of ice across a deep ravine using a basic move, or would something like that require training or a special technique? What would it look like if an untrained/ inexperienced bender fought against a powerful bender? if magic is all cosmetic and just for flavor, then by what system would we portray the power scaling? For example: If, for narrative purposes, the DM intends for the beginner student PC, Blatara, to lose in a water bending duel against her new bending trainer. How would the DM represent the difference in ability? What would stop Blatara from just doing everything the teacher does in the duel but bigger? And then, after some training Blatara improves her skills. How would the DM portray Blatara's new increase in skill? I really wish bending was portrayed more like cantrips and spells, where players could choose from a list of bending moves. Sorry, this is getting long haha, but here is my hypothetical idea for a potential solution: the magic system could be based on a list of basic movements called Stances. Players can combine stances they know to perform more impressive feats of magic in a single turn. Combinations of stances would become Special Moves and would have to be learned and mastered using the existing system. Players could use these stances or Special Techniques while bending to complete Basic Techniques, which are outlined under the three types of approaches. Players and DM would work together to classify each Special Technique into one of the nine basic technique categories. Special moves could be 'wall of water', 'ice surfing', 'ice prison', or that sort of thing. Maybe there are specific moves and stances in each bending art and martial training, and players could learn them from scrolls or allies like Aang did with the water bending scroll. Each stance does a specific thing, and players could combine stances to make their own special techniques that they could mark on their character sheet and then use from then on at a discounted cost as they repeatedly practice that combination. For example, one stance could be "Freeze", Another could be "Push ice", another could be "Shape Ice". After learning all three, a player could make a special technique to build an ice bridge, or perhaps ice stairs, or whatever other application the player can think of, from this combination of stances. More advanced stances could offer more flexibility and creativity, and larger feats of bending, lending to an experienced character who is more proficient at bending, with less creative limitations. because there are a lot of Stances, players could conceivably create the same Special Technique by using a variety of different stances. A waterbender who is just starting out might have simpler stance options like "Levitate small water bubble", "Push water", "Pull water", and "Water projectile". Whatever combo the player creates, the DM and the player could work together to determine the mechanical effect by using the existing list of approaches and basic techniques. Alternatively, a player may decide to learn an already finished Special Technique from a trainer, rather than inventing it themselves. This gives the player the benefit of not having to find and learn all the necessary stances- the trainer would teach the characters all the prerequisite info. For example, a player who learns from Legend Uncle Iroh may be able to learn a "Dragon's Breath" special technique, without needing to independently learn the stances, "Spit fire", and "Enormous ball of flame". I think this is a good way to allow for players to learn and expand their bending skills over time, like in the cartoon, while also giving basic guidance to the way that players can use their magic abilities. ******* One final proposition: Sometimes, a player may want to use magic in a way they do not have a Special Technique or a 'stance' for. In this case, players should be able to use the "Push your Luck" or "Rely on your Training", etc... mechanics to try and improvise a new 'stance' on the spot. What the new stance does would be completely up to the player. This allows a compromise between appropriate limitations and guidance for bending based on a foundation of a list of simple moves, while also giving players maximum creativity and control. From my perspective this magic system isn't any more complicated or unintuitive than some of the systems already in the game. Lastly, I think players should be able to opt out of this system, making it more a 'suggestion' than a 'rule'. That way more experienced players can have the freedom to balance their own magic how they see fit. Thanks for reading! What are your thoughts? Please let me know!
Im so frustrated with the digital downloads that have been released so far. Im really worried that theyre not gonna explain how to explain the game at any point
@@devinkleinsmith5026 I don't think that's what they were asking. Rather, I believe they meant "play online" as in play with others over text or voice chat, as opposed to being physically in the same place.
It's not a board game if that's what you're asking. This is a table top role-playing game, like Dungeons and Dragons. Basically there's a game master who organizes the game and creates the narrative. The players create their own characters and play through the story how they see fit and the game master makes the story react to the players' actions. It's kinda like a video game, but you're using the most powerful computer in the world; the human brain. For example: I'm planning on GM-ing for my friend group. My plan is to have it take place about 40 years after The Legend of Korra in a 1960's-esque setting and my friends will play as White Lotus Initiates. Avatar Korra has been missing for ten years and the Order of the White Lotus has taken the reigns and become a mix of Interpol and a counter-intelligence agency while they combat groups like the remnants of the Earth Empire and a resurgence of Fire Nation ultra-nationalists.
Powered by the Apocalypse is a framework. Like how Dungeon & Dragons has the d20 SRD that's free and open source. Same idea. So anyone can make an RPG that uses that framework with their own spin and mechanics. In very short summary, PbtA is roll 2d6 for everything, with 2 to 6 being a failure, 7-9 being moderate success and 10+ being full success. Hope that helps!
The most basic rule in almost every Pbta is: roll 2d6, plus add or subtract a relevant skill. Check if you succeed, succeed with a consequence, of fail
The statistical average of a 2d6 roll is 7. In PbtA this is not merely a success, it's a partial success. This is one of PbtA's strengths and furthers the narrative in much more interesting ways. Also failures aren't merely "what you tried to do doesn't happen," they're "maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, but here are some negative consequences that follow the fiction."
notice how thats pretty much avatar anyway, like we know all these teens had no childhood due to war and training but still the world is saved by a pack of city wrecking 14 year olds. i mean that in power like all of them could take towns of varying sizes down alone.
This is a physical tabletop role playing game. So it's all books, pencils, paper, and dice. The Kickstarter campaign has ended, but shipping is expected early next year.
The Kickstarter is still active until September 2nd. You can find the link for that in the video description. From there, shipping is expected January of 2022.
You can take one fatigue to change your normal modifier for the Principle modifier. So for example if I want to Trick an NPC but my creativity is -1, I can mark one fatigue to roll with my principle if it's a better modifier and my actions are in support of that principle
How do you win a combat in real life? That's right, winning and losing are abstract and meaningless terms, and combat just starts and ends as the story advances, depending on your choices. P.S.: Probably when the enemy takes 5 fatigue
You can download the quick start guide from the link in the video description. Beyond that all you really need is 2 six sided dice. The quick start guide will explain the rest!
I would say this is pretty kid friendly. The Powered By The Apocalypse system in general is much less rules focused than other systems. It focuses much more on the narrative and character interactions than worrying about remembering every little rule.
Just because... it's a TTRPG? Considering the fact that this game is even PbtA instead of D20, you're basically saying that all TTRPGs are the same. Also, "DnD with extra steps"? This game has at most 10% of the rules of DnD. Not that this is bad, I actually prefer that system, but that's a weird thing to say.
@@akitamayne1507 You called a random ttrpg that has barely any similarities to dnd “dnd with extra steps”. I don’t know how else we were supposed to take what you said other than “I think all ttrpgs are dnd”
I stupidly thought a how to play video would explain how to play.
These videos are more to help people know if they want to buy it or not. Since pen/paper rpgs are mostly just a rule set, giving too much info is kinda seen as "giving the game away"
Actually this did help me learn how Tom play. I’ve been struggling to understand how be doing works. This cleared it up by showing where I can access the info I need for more in-depth study. I just picked up the game a week ago so I’m scouring everything to learn this game for my friends.
Lmfaoo
Thank you for the heads up
I know this is a year old comment but, wouldn't that essentially be almost piracy?
Glad they went PbtA over D20. Gives them allot more freedom to make a game better suited for the series.
Definitely agree. PbtA gives a lot more flexibility for the characters that I don't think would have been nearly as effective with other systems.
@@belloflostsouls excited to see how this game turns out =D
It's great to see the designers clearly know and understand the source material well. A lot of care went into this and I'm here for it ♥
@@belloflostsouls I’m creating a fan fic to know more check my channel
@@belloflostsouls I think you're equating a lack of rules for good rules. PBTA defintily gets points for just saying "fuck it, make it up" but system heavy as Traveller or Year Zero could easily handle this setting.
Thank you for your video, I am a huge fan of the avatar series but I have never played rpg before and I was feeling completelly lost, it helped me a lot❤️🔥
I want to finally do actual martial arts moves in an rpg.
My starting character Airbender or Waterbender 😁
Great Video- please make more, explaining different concepts for this system :)
maaaaaybe.... 😏😉
I've been having a lot of fun reading/learning about the system so far, but I'm still having a hard time figuring out when a negative balance roll might happen. I guess the DM could just decide that someone's acting in accordance with a principle that they're not aligned with and make them roll for it?
Speaking in broad terms, Powered By The Apocalypse is a very narratively driven system. A lot of mechanics and effects within the game happen when it "feels right" for them to happen. Versus a more mechanically driven system (i.e. Dungeons & Dragons), which have very clearly written out triggers and effects.
Hope that helps!
@@belloflostsoulsGreat video! And I also like the flexibility and freedom offered by PBTA. But I have some concerns, and an idea for a system to fix them:
I'm really worried this will lead to gameplay where players repeatedly try to perform exceptionally powerful feats of bending, and the DM will just have to tell them no over and over... also I'm confused about how basic magic use will work. Could a player create a bridge of ice across a deep ravine using a basic move, or would something like that require training or a special technique? What would it look like if an untrained/ inexperienced bender fought against a powerful bender? if magic is all cosmetic and just for flavor, then by what system would we portray the power scaling? For example: If, for narrative purposes, the DM intends for the beginner student PC, Blatara, to lose in a water bending duel against her new bending trainer. How would the DM represent the difference in ability? What would stop Blatara from just doing everything the teacher does in the duel but bigger? And then, after some training Blatara improves her skills. How would the DM portray Blatara's new increase in skill? I really wish bending was portrayed more like cantrips and spells, where players could choose from a list of bending moves.
Sorry, this is getting long haha, but here is my hypothetical idea for a potential solution:
the magic system could be based on a list of basic movements called Stances. Players can combine stances they know to perform more impressive feats of magic in a single turn. Combinations of stances would become Special Moves and would have to be learned and mastered using the existing system. Players could use these stances or Special Techniques while bending to complete Basic Techniques, which are outlined under the three types of approaches. Players and DM would work together to classify each Special Technique into one of the nine basic technique categories.
Special moves could be 'wall of water', 'ice surfing', 'ice prison', or that sort of thing. Maybe there are specific moves and stances in each bending art and martial training, and players could learn them from scrolls or allies like Aang did with the water bending scroll. Each stance does a specific thing, and players could combine stances to make their own special techniques that they could mark on their character sheet and then use from then on at a discounted cost as they repeatedly practice that combination.
For example, one stance could be "Freeze", Another could be "Push ice", another could be "Shape Ice". After learning all three, a player could make a special technique to build an ice bridge, or perhaps ice stairs, or whatever other application the player can think of, from this combination of stances. More advanced stances could offer more flexibility and creativity, and larger feats of bending, lending to an experienced character who is more proficient at bending, with less creative limitations. because there are a lot of Stances, players could conceivably create the same Special Technique by using a variety of different stances.
A waterbender who is just starting out might have simpler stance options like "Levitate small water bubble", "Push water", "Pull water", and "Water projectile". Whatever combo the player creates, the DM and the player could work together to determine the mechanical effect by using the existing list of approaches and basic techniques.
Alternatively, a player may decide to learn an already finished Special Technique from a trainer, rather than inventing it themselves. This gives the player the benefit of not having to find and learn all the necessary stances- the trainer would teach the characters all the prerequisite info. For example, a player who learns from Legend Uncle Iroh may be able to learn a "Dragon's Breath" special technique, without needing to independently learn the stances, "Spit fire", and "Enormous ball of flame".
I think this is a good way to allow for players to learn and expand their bending skills over time, like in the cartoon, while also giving basic guidance to the way that players can use their magic abilities.
******* One final proposition: Sometimes, a player may want to use magic in a way they do not have a Special Technique or a 'stance' for. In this case, players should be able to use the "Push your Luck" or "Rely on your Training", etc... mechanics to try and improvise a new 'stance' on the spot. What the new stance does would be completely up to the player. This allows a compromise between appropriate limitations and guidance for bending based on a foundation of a list of simple moves, while also giving players maximum creativity and control.
From my perspective this magic system isn't any more complicated or unintuitive than some of the systems already in the game. Lastly, I think players should be able to opt out of this system, making it more a 'suggestion' than a 'rule'. That way more experienced players can have the freedom to balance their own magic how they see fit.
Thanks for reading! What are your thoughts? Please let me know!
@@vexhia6792 you wrote so much (:
I'm just here for JR's mustache.
Damn, some aggressive comments down here, thanks for making a helpful video, not sure why people feel the need to vent their PbtA anger at you
Im so frustrated with the digital downloads that have been released so far. Im really worried that theyre not gonna explain how to explain the game at any point
Aaahh
My head!!!
It's gonna explode!!!!
Is there a Discord server or something where I can meet up with people and play it online?
This is a tabletop RPG, like Dungeons & Dragons and it's not a PC game etc.
@@devinkleinsmith5026 I don't think that's what they were asking. Rather, I believe they meant "play online" as in play with others over text or voice chat, as opposed to being physically in the same place.
I still didn't get what a game is about. It's like monopoly or what?
It's not a board game if that's what you're asking. This is a table top role-playing game, like Dungeons and Dragons. Basically there's a game master who organizes the game and creates the narrative. The players create their own characters and play through the story how they see fit and the game master makes the story react to the players' actions. It's kinda like a video game, but you're using the most powerful computer in the world; the human brain.
For example: I'm planning on GM-ing for my friend group. My plan is to have it take place about 40 years after The Legend of Korra in a 1960's-esque setting and my friends will play as White Lotus Initiates. Avatar Korra has been missing for ten years and the Order of the White Lotus has taken the reigns and become a mix of Interpol and a counter-intelligence agency while they combat groups like the remnants of the Earth Empire and a resurgence of Fire Nation ultra-nationalists.
@@LaserPuppies Hey thank you for spending time and explaining it to me! It made it clear now
Awesome
❤
Is every Powered game different from other Powered games? I'm trying to get a handle on how this system works.
Powered by the Apocalypse is a framework. Like how Dungeon & Dragons has the d20 SRD that's free and open source. Same idea. So anyone can make an RPG that uses that framework with their own spin and mechanics.
In very short summary, PbtA is roll 2d6 for everything, with 2 to 6 being a failure, 7-9 being moderate success and 10+ being full success.
Hope that helps!
The most basic rule in almost every Pbta is: roll 2d6, plus add or subtract a relevant skill. Check if you succeed, succeed with a consequence, of fail
Sounds a little to simple with only 2 dice and like 50/50 fail or succed 🤨
Would there even be a difference between a master fighting an appreantice ?
The statistical average of a 2d6 roll is 7. In PbtA this is not merely a success, it's a partial success. This is one of PbtA's strengths and furthers the narrative in much more interesting ways.
Also failures aren't merely "what you tried to do doesn't happen," they're "maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, but here are some negative consequences that follow the fiction."
notice how thats pretty much avatar anyway, like we know all these teens had no childhood due to war and training but still the world is saved by a pack of city wrecking 14 year olds. i mean that in power like all of them could take towns of varying sizes down alone.
When they are gonna launch it? And in what platform? Pls help
This is a physical tabletop role playing game. So it's all books, pencils, paper, and dice.
The Kickstarter campaign has ended, but shipping is expected early next year.
You can still late pledge to the Kickstarter! The projected release date is Jan 2021.
When the game gets its full release and people get their copies for scanning it will be uploaded to tabletop simulator on steam
I want to play as an airbender
Bender is superior then air bending
Im gonna be a water bender
I would play a tough and rough Earthbender.
I still didn't get how to play
When is this game coming?
The Kickstarter is still active until September 2nd. You can find the link for that in the video description.
From there, shipping is expected January of 2022.
wait. are you a fan?
Like a Kyoshi Warrior 😎
@@belloflostsouls got it. let me guess. your going to meet one. and be good friends with one and/or them.
Do you have to pay in order to play?
The quick start guide is available for free download! Link in the description
I really don't understand when "Live up to your principle" applies. Can you always just take one fatigue instead of rolling?
You can take one fatigue to change your normal modifier for the Principle modifier. So for example if I want to Trick an NPC but my creativity is -1, I can mark one fatigue to roll with my principle if it's a better modifier and my actions are in support of that principle
@@phaerlax But determining whether they are will be a long ass discussion? XD
so how do we win a combat?
Roll 2×D6 >- 10 is success
How do you win a combat in real life? That's right, winning and losing are abstract and meaningless terms, and combat just starts and ends as the story advances, depending on your choices.
P.S.: Probably when the enemy takes 5 fatigue
What do you need to play this game
You can download the quick start guide from the link in the video description. Beyond that all you really need is 2 six sided dice.
The quick start guide will explain the rest!
Is there age recommendations ? Is this very kid friendly in terms of complexity of rules ?
I would say this is pretty kid friendly. The Powered By The Apocalypse system in general is much less rules focused than other systems. It focuses much more on the narrative and character interactions than worrying about remembering every little rule.
Can you turn on the subtitles for the Deaf and HoH viewers please?
This will take a little while to get together, but we will make that happen very soon!
Subtitles should be properly published now! :D
@@belloflostsouls Thanks😊
soooo is this a board game ?
It's a tabletop role playing game. More like Dungeons & Dragons than your typical board game.
@@belloflostsouls ahhh ok i got you thanks 👍🏽
Is this game gonna come to mobile
This is a tabletop RPG, like Dungeons & Dragons. Not a mobile game. Sorry for the confusion!
@@belloflostsouls awwwwww:(
@@belloflostsouls is it for money?
@@GhostEdits1234 free in the describ
Im foking dissapornmigetd in this game, i bougt a fokin pc for this shit man. Now i play amogus :(
F
Just sounds like dnd with extra steps
Just because... it's a TTRPG?
Considering the fact that this game is even PbtA instead of D20, you're basically saying that all TTRPGs are the same.
Also, "DnD with extra steps"? This game has at most 10% of the rules of DnD. Not that this is bad, I actually prefer that system, but that's a weird thing to say.
Not every ttrpg is dnd, just like how every video game isn’t super mario.
You guys are straight up putting words in my mouth lmao
@@akitamayne1507 You called a random ttrpg that has barely any similarities to dnd “dnd with extra steps”. I don’t know how else we were supposed to take what you said other than “I think all ttrpgs are dnd”
Thats seriously not my problem. I compared two games, not all of them lmao
If it's turn based throw it away. We need a mmorpg
Lmao it’s an RPG like DND, not a video game.
Thanks dude! Now I know not to back this. The system is a dumpster fire just like masks. I’ll just make my own with the hero system.
This seems really needlessly aggressive.
You don't have to like the system, but dumping on it just for the sake of being negative is spiteful.
@DEPRE I mean, I feel like that's subjective anf there's no need for the guy to be so aggressive
you telling me this whole time I thought this was going to be a Video game but instead its some dungeons and dragons type shit... 😒