Feb 29, 2024 11:59 pm
Hi guys! I'm looking to set up a 3-4 player Avatar legends campaign for anyone who is interested in narrative gaming, regardless of previous experience. Like other PbtA games, Avatar legends is a fiction-first gaming system that emphasizes characters' struggle to find internal balance while working together to solve a community issue or threat. This would be a good game for those interested in improv gaming and not interested in tactical combat or crunchy rules interactions.
Here's my idea for the campaign: the town where the party lives is a small town in a semi-industrial fire nation city in a time before the 100 years war starts (before the events of the Avatar show). On the outskirts of this town lives a very industrious and eccentric old inventor who is world-renown for creating the most marvelous and perplexing mechanical devices in his laboratory and factory that connect to his old and looming manor house. Living up to his odd reputation, this inventor has never let another living soul into any of his work spaces, so the creation of his marvels remains a mystery of science. When a letter is delivered to the town from the manor indicating that the inventor has died, the town sends the party to investigate the now abandoned factory, laboratory, and manor. But beware: reports have already surfaced of thieves and bums falling prey to autonomous security features that remain active on the grounds. This campaign will combine exploration, combat, and character interaction into a narrative-heavy look into the life of a mad scientist.
Since this is an improv-heavy game, we will use the first session to start the narrative and engage with the plot hooks, filling out character sheets with relevant information as it comes up naturally during play. Details that become relevant to the story at a later point can be added at that point when necessary, so that no one's creative work is wasted, and I am not forced to try to contort my game to include everyone's disjointed backstories. For those who have not played Avatar Legends or a similar Magpie PbtA game before, the character sheets are really simple and have minimal things to choose and fill out, so the character creation process is not intimidating or difficult.
If you're interested, feel free to reach out! I'm not sure if there will be any interest, so don't be shy!
Here's my idea for the campaign: the town where the party lives is a small town in a semi-industrial fire nation city in a time before the 100 years war starts (before the events of the Avatar show). On the outskirts of this town lives a very industrious and eccentric old inventor who is world-renown for creating the most marvelous and perplexing mechanical devices in his laboratory and factory that connect to his old and looming manor house. Living up to his odd reputation, this inventor has never let another living soul into any of his work spaces, so the creation of his marvels remains a mystery of science. When a letter is delivered to the town from the manor indicating that the inventor has died, the town sends the party to investigate the now abandoned factory, laboratory, and manor. But beware: reports have already surfaced of thieves and bums falling prey to autonomous security features that remain active on the grounds. This campaign will combine exploration, combat, and character interaction into a narrative-heavy look into the life of a mad scientist.
Since this is an improv-heavy game, we will use the first session to start the narrative and engage with the plot hooks, filling out character sheets with relevant information as it comes up naturally during play. Details that become relevant to the story at a later point can be added at that point when necessary, so that no one's creative work is wasted, and I am not forced to try to contort my game to include everyone's disjointed backstories. For those who have not played Avatar Legends or a similar Magpie PbtA game before, the character sheets are really simple and have minimal things to choose and fill out, so the character creation process is not intimidating or difficult.
If you're interested, feel free to reach out! I'm not sure if there will be any interest, so don't be shy!
