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Avatar Legends: The RPG

This section contains all of the game's playbooks, as well as advice for each playbook’s moves, features, and story arcs. The advice helps expand on the core ideas of each playbook, setting you up for success without demanding you always take the same course, in addition to mechanics advice on the particular moves and features of these playbooks. Remember that each player in the game should use a different playbook.

Each game begins with your group picking an era as the backdrop for your game. The eras are each tied to the span of an Avatar’s life—except for the Hundred Year War era during which Avatar Aang was frozen—and focuses on distinct themes which define the type of game you play.

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Explore new NPC legends from every era, new techniques for each of the six trainings, and new character archetypes packed with unique moves and character arcs!
<ul>
<li>4 new character playbooks&mdash;archetypes that help you play compelling protagonists.</li>
<li>14 NPC legends&mdash;adored characters such as Toph, Varrick, and Azula&mdash;each able to teach special techniques.</li>
</ul>
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The Wan Shi Tong's Adventure Guide Supplement collects the non-adventure play material found in Wan Shi Tong's Adventure Guide.

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In this adventure, you have been given the task of hunting down a notorious daofei by the renowned Firebender Rangi while she attends to her duties as companion to the Avatar. You must prove yourself by stopping this villain before Rangi returns from her travels.
The Lower Ring of Ba Sing Se is in chaos after a daofei outlaw kidnaps the two children of Fire Nation Ambassador Quin. The Ambassador has called in her own highly-skilled Fire Nation guards to find her children because she is mistrustful of the Earth Kingdom anti-corruption task force called in to do the job. And the Ambassador is right to be suspicious. The task force is using this event as an excuse to finally round up all the criminals they want, regardless of whether they had anything to do with the kidnapping, and a new daofei mercenary group is using this distraction to wreak havoc in the Lower Ring. Famed firebender Rangi knows that without intervention, Ba Sing Se is in trouble. She tasks heroes with ensuring the Lower Ring of Ba Sing Se stays stable until she can return with the Avatar.
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A Kyoshi Era Adventure from Wan Shi Tong's Adventure Guide!

This adventure features a visit to the Fire Nation Capital in which waterbending master Taqukaq discovers a hidden cache of stolen Earth Kingdom crates filled with meteorite metal. You must unearth the truth behind this suspicious theft.
The greatest minds from all nations of the world gather for the Four Nations Summit &amp; Technological Symposium in the Fire Nation, each hoping to be the delegation with a breakthrough finding that will one-up their academic rivals. Just as the summit begins, the Fire Nation delegate Khuchtei announces that multiple crates of precious meteorite metal were stolen from the Fire Nation and must be returned. Everyone at the summit is under suspicion, and if the thief is not found soon, Khuchtei is willing to take extreme measures. Taqukaq, Avatar Roku's waterbending teacher and one of the summit delegates, tasks a group of heroes with finding the thief before it is too late.
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A Roku Era Adventure from Wan Shi Tong's Adventure Guide!

In this adventure, you have been asked to offer protection to defectors offering war plans stolen from Fire Lord Ozai's palace in exchange for asylum in Ba Sing Se. As machinations unfold, you must decide who to trust in this web of lies.
The companions are tasked with providing security for Onomu, a Fire Nation defector who is offering war plans stolen from Fire Lord Ozai's palace to Grand Secretariat Long Feng in exchange for asylum in Ba Sing Se. However, a hero's job is never easy, and a few obstacles stand in their way. The Armadillo Bears, a group of Earth Kingdom rebels, heard Onomu is in the Earth Kingdom and want to capture her. The Rough Rhinos also have orders to capture or kill the defector and destroy the war plans at all costs. Meanwhile, from the shadows, Long Feng moves his pieces across the Pai Sho table, benefiting greatly from the chaos.
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A Hundred Year War Era Adventure from Wan Shi Tong's Adventure Guide!

An archaeological expedition has discovered a cache of lost Air Nomad scrolls, but the corporation that funded the dig intends to seize the artifacts and exploit them. You must help the dig team reach the safety of Toph's Metalbending Academy before it is too late!
The companions get a weird sense of d&eacute;j&agrave; vu when an earthbender with a hood approaches them, asking to talk in private. They have seen her on a wanted poster for stealing from Sparrowkeet Air, a corporation that develops and builds flying contraptions. The poster got her name right, Qian Yu, but she explains that the rest of the poster is false as she is not a master thief, but an archaeologist. She discovered a lost Air Nomad artifact from the Eastern Air Temple, which dates back to right before the Hundred Year War, but then she fled when she learned Sparrowkeet Air's true motivation: to sell these items to the richest bidder.
Qian Yu believes this valuable piece of history belongs to the whole world, or at least, the last surviving airbender, and she wants the companions' help escaping Sparrowkeet Air's clutches to deliver the artifact to Toph Beifong's metalbending academy instead. As someone who trained with Toph for a time, Qian Yu knows the legendary bender can get this artifact to the right people.
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An Aang Era Adventure from Wan Shi Tong's Adventure Guide!

In this Korra Era Adventure, President Zhu Li Moon's husband Varrick has gone missing after attending a pro-bending match. While Zhu Li grapples with politics that keep the Republic City police tied up, you are put on the case!
Trouble is brewing in Republic City. First Gentleman Varrick has been kidnapped, and a conspiracy is afoot. For the last two decades, Wakkanai, a Southern Water Tribe business magnate and inventor, has managed Republic City's water treatment plants on behalf of the city government. Yet it now appears that the Utilities Commission is poised to award the water management rights to San Ho, a mysterious Earth Kingdom businessman. President Zhu Li Moon is sure San Ho has rigged the situation, and she strongly suspects he might even have something to do with Varrick's recent disappearance.
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A Korra Era Adventure from Wan Shi Tong's Adventure Guide!

Wan Shi Tong invites you to explore the Avatarverse in new exciting and exciting adventures from every era&mdash;you might rescue a mentor from the clutches of evil villains, help negotiate peace at a prestigious summit, aid a Fire Nation defector as they flee Fire Lord Ozai's wrath, or even recover long-lost Air Nomad artifacts!
<ul>
<li>Expanded material for exploring Wan Shi Tong's infamous Spirit Library.</li>
<li>4 new character playbooks &mdash; archetypes that help you play compelling protagonists.</li>
<li>5 exciting adventures that span the eras of Kyoshi, Roku, the Hundred Year War, Aang, and Korra.</li>
<li>14 NPC legends &mdash; adored characters such as Toph, Varrick, and Azula &mdash; each able to teach special techniques.</li>
</ul>
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A zealous advocate with a heart of gold and a diamond-hard will, ready to do what it takes to fix the world. Their balance principles are Restraint vs. Results.

A zealous advocate with a heart of gold and a diamond-hard will, ready to do what it takes to fix the world. Their balance principles are Restraint vs. Results.

A charming adventurer who knows they’re greater than others assume, striving to show their worth. Their balance principles are Loyalty vs. Confidence.

A charming adventurer who knows they’re greater than others assume, striving to show their worth. Their balance principles are Loyalty vs. Confidence.

A protector and defender, devoted to others…perhaps to their own detriment; they have adopted one of their companions as their ward. Their balance principles are Self-Reliance vs. Trust.

A protector and defender, devoted to others…perhaps to their own detriment; they have adopted one of their companions as their ward. Their balance principles are Self-Reliance vs. Trust.

A fighter, looking to solve problems by smashing them, even when that might not be the right solution. Their balance principles are Force vs. Care.

A fighter, looking to solve problems by smashing them, even when that might not be the right solution. Their balance principles are Force vs. Care.

A survivor of some terrible harm, now struggling to maintain hope and a belief in the good of the world and others. Their balance principles are Forgiveness vs. Action.

A survivor of some terrible harm, now struggling to maintain hope and a belief in the good of the world and others. Their balance principles are Forgiveness vs. Action.

A chosen figure of an ancient tradition, expected to carry forward the duties of their role regardless of what they want. Their balance principles are Role vs. Freedom.

A chosen figure of an ancient tradition, expected to carry forward the duties of their role regardless of what they want. Their balance principles are Role vs. Freedom.

A proficient leader, coming from their own special team but now devoted to this new group of companions, trying to help the others to cohere. Their balance principles are Support vs. Leadership.

A proficient leader, coming from their own special team but now devoted to this new group of companions, trying to help the others to cohere. Their balance principles are Support vs. Leadership.

An extraordinarily capable practitioner of their training, but that tends to make them a bit too arrogant and isolated. Their balance principles are Excellence vs. Community.

An extraordinarily capable practitioner of their training, but that tends to make them a bit too arrogant and isolated. Their balance principles are Excellence vs. Community.

A vagabond who has struggled to survive—they’ve never felt they belonged, and they’ve become a rebel and a troublemaker to make it. Their balance principles are Friendship vs. Survival.

A vagabond who has struggled to survive—they’ve never felt they belonged, and they’ve become a rebel and a troublemaker to make it. Their balance principles are Friendship vs. Survival.

The inheritor of a massively powerful legacy, known all over, with its own dark history. Their balance principles are Tradition vs. Progress.

The inheritor of a massively powerful legacy, known all over, with its own dark history. Their balance principles are Tradition vs. Progress.

They are known to have some important, incredible fate before them…but exactly what that fate is, when it will come for them, and how it will play out all remain to be seen. Their balance principles are Patience vs. Determination.

The Destined

They are known to have some important, incredible fate before them…but exactly what that fate is, when it will come for them, and how it will play out all remain to be seen. Their balance principles are Patience vs. Determination.

They have seen much, been to many places, and done much. Now esteemed and successful, they have much to teach…but they also have the wisdom to see they have much to learn. Their balance principles are Experience vs. Humility.

The Elder

They have seen much, been to many places, and done much. Now esteemed and successful, they have much to teach…but they also have the wisdom to see they have much to learn. Their balance principles are Experience vs. Humility.

They are the inheritor of two traditions, two cultures, two frameworks of training and philosophies. They are constantly trying to represent the best of both, and sometimes to combine them into something new. Their balance principles are Unity vs. Heritage.

The Foundling

They are the inheritor of two traditions, two cultures, two frameworks of training and philosophies. They are constantly trying to represent the best of both, and sometimes to combine them into something new. Their balance principles are Unity vs. Heritage.

They were raised to be a weapon, a tool for their masters to use against enemies. But they have seen a better way forward, and now they seek to make up for the terrible things they did and what they were taught to do. Their balance principles are Control vs. Connection.

The Razor

They were raised to be a weapon, a tool for their masters to use against enemies. But they have seen a better way forward, and now they seek to make up for the terrible things they did and what they were taught to do. Their balance principles are Control vs. Connection.

The Adrift is trying to find a cause and purpose to invest in. Play the Adrift if you want to encounter conflicts around what to care about, and when caring too much is dangerous.

The Adrift

They used to do exactly what they were told, never stepping out of line or really having an identity of their own, and now they’re putting themselves out there and fighting for something they believe in. Their balance principles are Risk vs Stability.

The Aspirant hopes to change the world, and to do that they seek fame and influence. Play the Aspirant if you want to contend with reputation and the demands of those who see you as their hero.

The Aspirant

They are deeply and fully committed to the group’s overall focus, but they believe they need the help of public opinion to achieve real positive change in the world. Their balance principles are Legacy vs Adoration.

The Outcast was thrown out of their home for their unwillingness to compromise their integrity. Play the Outcast if you want to see things clearly and act on them, while seeking a place where you can fit in.

The Outcast

They were thrown out of their hometown for a conflict over their integrity, and now they’re finding ways to belong while staying true to themselves. Their balance principles are Society vs Integrity.

The alchemist uses their skill at crafting to create alchemical items—such as bombs, elixirs, and poisons—that they use to defeat foes and aid allies. Smart and resourceful, an alchemist often has just the right tool for the job and esoteric knowledge to help their friends get out of a jam.

Alchemist

The alchemist throws alchemical bombs and drinks concoctions of their own making.

The barbarian is a fearsome embodiment of rage, focusing the deadly power of their anger against anyone who stands in their way. A barbarian is quick to enter battle and, once their fury has been unleashed, is immensely strong, often unpredictable, and nearly unstoppable.

Barbarian

The barbarian flies into a rage on the battlefield, smashing foes with abandon.

An artist and a scholar, the bard uses performance and esoteric learning to bolster their companions and foil their enemies. Sometimes sneaky and quite often charming, the bard adventures with pizzazz and talent backed up by an impressive repertoire of occult magic.

Bard

Skilled performances and secrets of the occult enable the bard to distract foes and inspire allies.

A defender of good who straps on armor and wields a righteous weapon, the champion protects the innocent and vanquishes evil. Steadfast in their beliefs, and devoted to both a deity and an aspect of good, they follow a strict code as they fight to make the world a better place.

Champion

A warrior dedicated to a deity, the champion uses divine power to enhance their abilities and protect allies.

The cleric is dedicated to the worship of a single deity and draws divine magic from this devotion. Clerics can be vastly different depending on who they worship, and whether they’re cloistered clerics who pursue one of their deity’s domains or war priests who serve as the sword arm of their god.

Cleric

The cleric calls on the power of a deity to cast spells that can heal allies or harm foes.

The druid walks the wild, primordial places of the world without fear, harnessing the primal magic of nature and controlling it with calm purpose. A devotee of the wilderness, the druid finds nourishment in its power, allies among its creatures, and strength in its fury.

Druid

The druid uses the magic of the natural world to bolster allies and strike down enemies.

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