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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Present" data-source="post: 5562987" data-attributes="member: 6676548">I was originally planning not to post the specific mechanics I'm working  on because they are rougher then sand paper and I haven't fully  committed to all of them. So here we go. Please forgive its rough, unbalanced, messy nature.Broad Game MechanicsEvery character (bender or not) is defined by 5 stats:The spirit/heart stats Focus and Spirit Power. These stats greatly impact bending powers, damage, range, area, things like that.The physical stats Dexterity and Constitution. These stats greatly impact physical actions, such as dodging, aiming, health, strength.The mental stat Knowledge. Knowledge is used to learn new forms or abilities. It is used in various skill trees I will detail further below.players will be given a certain number of stat points with more at each level to distribute however they like.There are 3 damage types:BludgeoningCutting/PiercingFire/HeatThese will play a large role in breaking down barriers or shields or destroying incoming missiles.Players will take turns making their actions, much like in D&D,  including such gems as readied actions. In addition, players may start  an action on one turn, and finish it on another.Partial values will be rounded down.Attacking MechanicsThis is the portion of my mechanics I have been most afraid to post  because it's the least complete portion and it breaks the mold harder  then the rest of my mechanics. As I've already stated this has been play  tested as being massively imbalanced, it will probably be massively  changed before the final version.Each character has an attack value and a defense value, for fire benders Dexterity  is used for both. Lets assume Zuko, with 20 attack, uses fire strike  against someone with 10 defense. We then roll a d12 and consult the  below table seeing that since Zuko 10 more attack then they have defense  we must roll higher then 3 to hit.attack-defense.......must roll higher then25 or more.............116 or more.............29 or more...............34 or more...............40 or more...............5defense-attack1 or more...............64 or more...............79 or more...............816 or more.............925 or more.............1036 or more.............11We use this table for all attacks but don't always use d12s for all  attacks. Most fire attacks use d12s, most water attacks use d10s, very  difficult attacks such as chi blocking strikes might use d4s.I'm using this system that I'm sure many will have a problem with  because I'm using free stat placement and I don't want min-maxing with  hitting or dodging to ruin the game. In addition, the use of linear and  quadratic mechanics makes "perfect" stat placements impossible.You might worry this system will be too complicated or take too long but  I assure you it was really easy and fast when play testing. Horribly  imbalanced, but easy and fast.Firebender Rules & Skill/Bending Form TreeI'm only posting the fire tree for now because it is much simpler then  the water one. Fire bending is moderately direct while water bending is  much more flexible, which makes it more complicated.All the numbers you see here (like a 5 or a .2) are really placeholders till I can fully balance the game out.Firebenders get 4 actions per turn, can move 6+.1xDex squares every turn, spread however they like over their turn, have attack equal to Dex, and health equal to 5xConIn the below section F stands for the Focus stat, P for Spirit Power, C for Constitution, D for Dexterity and K for Knowledge. .2F means .2 multiplied by your character's Focus.Fire Form/Skill TreeFire Strike: Prerequisites-firebender, 1F 5P. Cost- 3KTakes 1 action. Range=5+.2F. Damage=5+.5P fire damageFire Stream: Prerequisites-Fire Strike. Cost- 3KTakes 2 actions. Range=5+.2F. Damage=5+P fire damageHits all squares along attack path.Fire Knives: Prerequisites-Fire Strike, 5F. Cost-2KTakes 2 actions.Creates one or two standard melee weapons that only do fire damage,  persists for free as long as no new fire bending forms are used  (exception: Breath of Fire actions) [I will address how weapon attacks  work later]Fire Whips: Prerequisites-Fire Knives, Fire Stream. Cost-1K.Takes 2 actions.Creates one or two standard whip class weapons that only do fire damage,  persists for free as long as no new fire bending forms are used  (exception: Breath of Fire actions)Flame Floor: Prerequisites-Fire Strike. Cost-3KTakes 2 actions. Range=.2F radius arc (any size). Damage=.5P fire damage to feet. [Not going to go into plans for individual limb damage right now]Breath of Fire: Prerequisites-Fire Strike, 5C, 5F, 10P. Cost- 8KPlayer may make one additional action per turn so long as it is used for  a fire bending form. This action is still available while immobilized.Explosive Fire: Prerequisites-Breath of Fire, 10F. Cost- 5KFor every fire damage a fire bending form deals, you may add .2 bludgeoning damage.Very Explosive Fire: Prerequisites-Explosive Fire, 15F. Cost- 15KReduce fire damage dealt by any fire bending form by up to half of  total, for each point of fire damage removed add 2 bludgeoning damage.Fire Flight: Prerequisites-5F, 10P. Cost- 3KTakes 2 actions.Push self .2FP.Lightning: Prerequisites- 40F. Cost- 25KTakes 5 actions. Range=50. Damage=20+3P fire damage.Redirect/Absorb Fire: Prerequisites- 3F. Cost-1KTakes 1 action. Range=0 (same square).Reduce fire damage from one attack by .5P.Redirect Lightning: Prerequisites- Redirect/Absorb Fire, 10F. Cost- 3KTakes 4 actions. Range=0 (same square).Reduce fire damage from any number of lightning attacks by 3P. Immediately perform a lightning form for no actions that does 3P damage.There is a lot more I'm working on but everything is a work in progress. This is a taste at least. Let me know if you like the flavor and would be interested in reading the whole thing once its further along.</blockquote>

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