Avatar: Last Airbender

[William]

Some incorrect things are being said about earth-bending, specifically Boomi's. See fnords.


It may have been said humorously, but the statement itself was still true -- Boomi's chin was free! Aang expressed amazement that Boomi could earthbend while bound, and Boomi replied that he was still able to move his face. That's very little, but apparently enough for a master of his skill.

[naloth]

Originally Posted by William

Some incorrect things are being said about earth-bending, specifically Boomi's. See fnords.


It may have been said humorously, but the statement itself was still true -- Boomi's chin was free! Aang expressed amazement that Boomi could earthbend while bound, and Boomi replied that he was still able to move his face. That's very little, but apparently enough for a master of his skill.

I'm not sure if that was it, but regardless that's like no gestures. It's on par with being able to take a deep breath (Aang, episode 2?). Arguably it's easier since choking wouldn't prevent that kind of movement...

I'm could add secondary heart attack for lighting but that will drastically increase the cost (double it!)... Not sure if it's worth it on top of a 6d attack. Currently it can easily kill someone on a vitals (heart) hit, but otherwise it's about a 50/50 chance of a normal (ST10 HT10) surviving. I'll bump it up to 8d and drop the Acc down to zero as well.

I like the idea of double incendiary. I'm going to go look for it in Powers.

I'm going to go back and redo the fire whip. Fnord: The fire whips Zuko used during the last episode of season 2 were much longer than 4 yards. While I could call this artistic license I think it's a good reason combine melee: dual and jet.

Also looking for more bending quirks. So far I've got fire benders breathing smoke and Aang's super sneezing.

Watched the first episode of season 3. Didn't see much that the existing power sets couldn't handle.

[HeroPenguin]

Originally Posted by naloth

I'm could add secondary heart attack for lighting but that will drastically increase the cost (double it!)... Not sure if it's worth it on top of a 6d attack. Currently it can easily kill someone on a vitals (heart) hit, but otherwise it's about a 50/50 chance of a normal (ST10 HT10) surviving. I'll bump it up to 8d and drop the Acc down to zero as well.

I like the idea of double incendiary. I'm going to go look for it in Powers.

I'm going to go back and redo the fire whip. Fnord: The fire whips Zuko used during the last episode of season 2 were much longer than 4 yards. While I could call this artistic license I think it's a good reason combine melee: dual and jet.

Also looking for more bending quirks. So far I've got fire benders breathing smoke and Aang's super sneezing.

Watched the first episode of season 3. Didn't see much that the existing power sets couldn't handle.

The thing about the lightning blasts is that in Avatar, as far as I'm aware, there's no precedent for a person surviving a direct hit with a lightning blast. Barring miraculous healing abilities, of course. Although in The Chase I'm not sure if Uncle Iroh was hit with fire or lightning during Azula's escape. Been too long.

You'll find the information for Double Incendiary is on p.102, under Incendiary. It's nothing more than an application of Incendiary on a normally Incendiary attack. Incendiary.

More bending quirks: Fire benders (generally) enjoy hot and/or spicy food. Water benders create waves in surrounding water when upset, directly proportional to their potential power (Talent?) and level of fury. Earth benders never wear shoes, except when they're pretending not to be an Earth bender. Earth benders tend to be less clean than others, due to a combination of their element and their connection to it (healthy layer of dirt = closeness with the earth!).

Those are general, more or less inherent quirks. Individual quirks could be any habitual, trivial use of their element. For example, a Fire bender creating sparks when bored.

[naloth]

Originally Posted by HeroPenguin

The thing about the lightning blasts is that in Avatar, as far as I'm aware, there's no precedent for a person surviving a direct hit with a lightning blast. Barring miraculous healing abilities, of course. Although in The Chase I'm not sure if Uncle Iroh was hit with fire or lightning during Azula's escape. Been too long.

Aside from Aang at the end of season 2 and Iroh during the Pursuit who else gets potentially hit by lightning? Yes, I'm beginning to enjoy fnord tags.

You'll find the information for Double Incendiary is on p.102, under Incendiary. It's nothing more than an application of Incendiary on a normally Incendiary attack. Incendiary.

Found it... In keeping with the suggestion I think I'll add Incendiary +10% to all the burning attacks other than lightning. They do seem to set fires abnormally well.

More bending quirks: Fire benders (generally) enjoy hot and/or spicy food. Water benders create waves in surrounding water when upset, directly proportional to their potential power (Talent?) and level of fury. Earth benders never wear shoes, except when they're pretending not to be an Earth bender. Earth benders tend to be less clean than others, due to a combination of their element and their connection to it (healthy layer of dirt = closeness with the earth!).

Those are general, more or less inherent quirks. Individual quirks could be any habitual, trivial use of their element. For example, a Fire bender creating sparks when bored.

Good ideas. I'm going to add these to the recommended disadvantages to help round out characters.

[NineDaysDead]

Originally Posted by naloth

In general these people seem long lived. Aang ran into one of his childhood friends (King Boomi).

How do you work out that "In general these people seem long lived" from one example? (Ok two, the Guru was friends with monk Monk Gyatso)

[naloth]

Originally Posted by NineDaysDead

How do you work out that "In general these people seem long lived" from one example? (Ok two, the Guru was friends with monk Monk Gyatso)

More than that, though it could be that just benders live abnormally long. Here's what I've noticed:
-In the first episode they talk about an Avatar spending 100 years mastering the elements like it's not a big thing.
-Aang runs into a childhood friend who's still pretty spry.
-The Zuko and Azula are the grandkids of the Fire Lord that began the war. That's about 50 years per generation. In contrast I think real world generations average around 20-25 years.
-IIRC, the sun sage that helps Aang (winter solstice?) talks about how they served the avatar in his grand father's time.
-Yes, the guru looks old and references knowing air benders that presumably died around the beginning of the war.

[Jürgen Hubert]

Originally Posted by naloth

More than that, though it could be that just benders live abnormally long. Here's what I've noticed:
-In the first episode they talk about an Avatar spending 100 years mastering the elements like it's not a big thing.
-Aang runs into a childhood friend who's still pretty spry.
-The Zuko and Azula are the grandkids of the Fire Lord that began the war. That's about 50 years per generation. In contrast I think real world generations average around 20-25 years.

Furthermore, the current Fire Lord looks very young - he has neither grey hair nor wrinkles. Quite the contrast to Iroh...

[HeroPenguin]

Originally Posted by naloth

-The Zuko and Azula are the grandkids of the Fire Lord that began the war. That's about 50 years per generation. In contrast I think real world generations average around 20-25 years.

Great-grandkids, actually. Zuko and Azula are the children of Ozai, who was the son of Azulon, who was the son of Sozen. whose comet is the source of all bad things. Still close, though.

[SandmanBr]

Have any one seen the 3th season?

[Jürgen Hubert]

Originally Posted by SandmanBr

Have any one seen the 3th season?

Yes. There are a few new tidbits:

Apparently, it's possible for skilled waterbenders to actually bend the blood within humans. An old waterbender who had been a prisoner of the Fire Nation for a long term has demonstrated this ability, and Katara now knows it as well - the old woman forced her to use this ability to save her friends. She seems highly reluctant to use it again, however.

There's new information about firebending in the most recent episode. Zuko has had a chance of heart and now has joined Aang and the crew in order to teach him firebending. However, he temporarily lost his firebending skills, as firebending is apparently connected to one's inner drives and passions - for a long time, Zuko's driving passion was to find and defeat the Avatar, and when he actually found him, he needed to focus on a new drive helping the Avatar defeat his father) to regain his abilities.

Aang also has lost his reluctance to use firebending after he realized that fire is not just destruction, but life and energy. Zuko and Aang got their epiphanies after being showed a new firebending form by a lost civilization of "Sun Warriors" (who looked like Mesoamerican Indians, complete with ziggurats) and being granted a vision by the last two remaining dragons.

Dragons were supposed to be extinct - Sozen started the tradition of hunting dragons for glory, and anyone who managed to slay one gained the honorific "Dragon". Iroh faced the last two dragons and was granted a vision as well, but then he lied about having killed them to protect their existence and thus gained the title "Dragon of the West".

I have no idea how to stat the new firebending form - it hasn't really been seen in action much.

Oh, and Zuko runs along a wall in one scene - even when he's lost his firebending abilities. So this might be part of the corresponding martial art...