Avatar - The Last Airbender RPG
By Drew Bouchard
Released under a Released under a Creative Commons Attribution – Noncommercial 3.0 United States License
Basics
To perform a task each character rolls 1d12 and if the
number on the die is equal to or lower than the value for the
Attribute they are using they are successful. Each character
is described using Attributes and Traits.
Attributes
There are four attributes: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Each
attribute has a value from 1 to 10. All characters have these
four attributes whether they are a bender or not.
Starting Characters have 24 points to spend on their
attributes.
• Earth – This attribute represents a characters endurance,
resilience, fortitude and defensive acumen. Roll against
this attribute when you try to resist harsh environments,
overcome a mental assault, or when you defend against an
attack.
• Air – This attribute represents a characters quickness,
agility, and hand-eye coordination. Roll against this
attribute when you try to sneak past a guard, perform
slight of hand, or leap from building to building.
• Fire – This attribute represents a characters strength,
power, and damaging ability. Roll against this attribute
when you try to attack an opponent, break through a door,
or force your way through a crowd of people.
• Water – This attribute represents a characters strength of
personality and strength of mind. Roll against this
attribute to spot a clue that might have gone unnoticed,
bargain for a better price in a market, or to bluff a guard.
Traits
Traits represent the special things that characters can do,
bending powers that a character has developed, or special
skills that a character may have learned. They can also
represent personality quirks, deficiencies, or problems that a
character has.
There are two types of traits: Positive and Negative. Positive
traits allow characters to re-roll failed actions. Negative
traits force characters to re-roll successful actions. A positive
trait should be marked with a positive (+) sign and a
negative trait should be marked with a negative (-) sign.
A trait falls under one of the four attributes and will
generally have something to do with that aspect of a
character.
For each positive trait a character takes they must take a
negative trait in another attribute, usually in the element that
is opposite of the one they took the positive trait in. A
character can have a max of three traits, positive or negative,
under each attribute.
There is no list of traits, each character makes up their own
traits for their character that must be approved by the GM.
Bending Traits – Elemental bending traits work a little
differently than other traits. Taking a bending trait under an
attribute lets the character roll that attribute for attacking and
defending instead of the normal attributes. However, taking
Bending as a positive trait requires that a character take two
negative traits. A character can only have one bending trait.
For example: The player of Prince Zuko takes the positive
trait Fire Bending(+) under his Fire attribute. Now he has to
take two negative traits and decides to take Impatient(-) and
Scarred(-), both under his Water attribute. His Fire Bending
trait lets him re-roll Fire attribute checks if he fails, but his
Impatient trait forces him to re-roll Water checks if he must
wait for anything and his Scarred trait forces him to re-roll
successful Water checks in situations where his appearance
would matter.
Combat
Initiative – At the beginning of each combat each character
rolls a d12. The characters act from highest roll to lowest
roll. Ties are resolved by looking at who has the highest Air
attribute. If characters are still tied then look at Fire, Water,
and then Earth, in that order.
Attacking – Attacking characters roll against their Fire
attribute. If they roll equal to or lower than their attribute the
attack hits. If the roll is higher than the attribute the attack
fails. If a character is attacking thugs they can hit a number
of thugs equal to their Fire attribute with one hit. Benders
are allowed to use their bending attribute instead of their
Fire attribute for attacks.
Damage – On a successful attack, characters deal damage
equal to 1d12 + their Fire attribute.
Defending – To defend against an attack characters roll their
Earth attribute. If they roll equal to or lower than their
attribute they defend and the attack fails. If they roll greater
than their attribute the attack hits. Benders are allowed to use
their bending attribute instead of their Earth attribute for
defending.
Hit Points – All characters start off with 24 hit points that
are reduced as they take damage. Each time a PC raises an
attribute by 1 their HP total increases by 1 as well.
Ultimately a character’s HP should equal the total of all the
character’s attributes.
Jin Thugs – Thugs are masses of people who can only take a
single hit before going down. Thugs can also be take out in
Jin points represent a characters experience and that special groups by characters with a high Fire attribute.
something extra they have. Each characters starts off with 3
Jin points. Jin points can be spent in a number of ways. Initiative: 2 Damage: 1 Traits: 0
Actions: 1 Hit Points: N/A
• Re-roll a failed attribute check – 1 point
• Take an extra action in a round – 2 points M i n i o n s – These guys are the next step up. Not as
• Increase an Attribute – Level of new attribute in expendable as thugs, but not tough as other bad guys.
points (Ex. Raising an Attribute from 3 to 4 would
cost 4 points)
Initiative: 4 Damage: 3 Traits: 1
• Get a new positive trait – 20 points
Actions: 1 Hit Points: 10
• Get rid of a negative trait – 20 points

Characters earn more Jin points through play. At the end of a
session a GM will award each player between 1 and 3 Jin
points for their actions during the session.
Bad Guys
Bad guys all have a rating from 1 to 5 this value determines
all the aspects of an opponent:
• Initiative – This is the initiative number the bad guy acts
on.
• Damage – This is the amount of damage the bad guy does
if a character fails a defense roll against eh bad guy’s
attack.
• Traits – This is the number of times the bad guy can
make PC’s re-roll successful checks during a combat
round.
• Actions – This is the number of actions the bad guy can
take during a combat round. These actions can be attacks,
movement, or any other action the GM can think of.
Attacks can be split among multiple characters.
• Hit Points – This is how many HP of damage a bad guy
can take before they are dropped.
Henchmen – These guys are the right hand men of the
villains and do their bidding. These guys will actually have
some character and distinction among them. Jet and his
freedom fighters, the members of the Rough Rhinos, and
agents of the Dai Li would all be considered henchmen level
bad guys.
Initiative: 6 Damage: 6 Traits: 2
Actions: 2 Hit Points: 20
Villains – These are the main bad guys that will challenge
the PC’s and should only be encountered at dramatically
appropriate moments. Azula, Mai, Ty Lee, Zuko, and
Combustion Man would all be considered Villain level bad
guys.
Initiative: 8 Damage: 9 Traits: 3
Actions: 3 Hit Points: 30
Overlord – This is the BBEG of the game and is a bad guy
who should only be encountered once or twice throughout
the game. Fire Lord Ozai would be the only Overlord level
bad guy seen so far in the Avatar world.

Initiative: 10 Damage: 12 Traits: 4

Actions: 4 Hit Points: 40
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Name Description

Earth Air Fire Water

Earth Traits Air Traits Fire Traits Water Traits

Hit Points Jin Points

Avatar – The Last Airbender RPG

Name Description

Earth Air Fire Water

Earth Traits Air Traits Fire Traits Water Traits

Hit Points Jin Points