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[WillowLuman]

Well, people need some way to get around, eh? Though didn't someone already want to be the designated driver? We could work something out, though.

[Elfeater]

Well, people need some way to get around, eh? Though didn't someone already want to be the designated driver? We could work something out, though.

I was thinking the ship could have a dock for ground vehicles in it.

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Name: Mar Zhiqiang

Age: 34

Appearance: A short man, standing at about 5' 5". Mar is what most men would call robust, he is heavier set but also well muscled from years of labour. His hair is a reddish brown, and it is well kempt, including a beard and extravagant mustache. His eye is brown, and over it he wears a monocle to keep his vision sorted, as where his left eye would be is a burnt husk, although he covers it with an eye-patch when in company. His clothes would be high quality, but due to hard times he recently fell on, they are tattered and worn.

Background: Born and raised in Republic City, to a firebending father and mother, Mar is a proud captain from humble beginnings. His father started their trading company which was successful in the early days, After years the fleet of trade ships reached nearly 10. However a slew of pirate attacks between Republic City and the water tribes, and some business ventures that fell through saw the company fall into a massive decline. Desperate to save the company Mar's father equipped what airships he had left with weaponry and set out on one last trade route. Three ships, the smallest commanded by Mar, The largest by Mar's father, and the third by his fathers trusted business partner made one fateful trip towards the north pole. Expecting the worse in pirates raids the ships were well prepared for attack, but not so prepared for the great storm that befell them, two of the ships were destroyed while Mar's only survived due to it's agility. Upon returning home, his mother was devastated by the news of her husbands death and fell into a great depression, and secluded herself from anyone. With only a small lightly armed ship at his disposal, Mar used what was left of the companies funds to refit the damaged ship and began to delve into shadier business, smuggling. On many occasions he ran afoul with pirates and local police forces. In one such skirmish a pirate firebender blasted his left eye to smithereens. With little money to cover the treatment and smuggling becoming increasingly unprofitable, he turned a blind eye to his past, and looked into mercenary work.

Skills/Abilities/Traits: Proficient Firebender: While not the best firebender around, Mar has had some training, but most of what he has learned has been from the school or hard knocks. Amateur lightning bender: Mar had no training in lightning bending, and only found out he had it in a tight pinch involving a pirate plan fleet, he managed to save his ship and knock out many of the fighters befre they pulled off. Skilled Swordsman: Years of fighting and sailing have made Mar skilled with a cutlass. Captain/Navigator: Mar has a knack for piloting and maps, his obsession with cartography has gathered him a huge number of air, sea, and land maps. Blinded on the left side: Mar is missing his left eye. Sordid Past: Mar may not get along with some officials, especially those involved in the trade business. Proud
 
Combat Style/ MO: Mar is an aggressive fighter, and uses a mix of bending and his cutlass to keep an opponent on the defense, never letting the enemy get their guard, however he is not completely useless on the defense, but it is not his strong suit. During his free time he spends his time training, eating, and pouring over his maps.

Possessions:
-Worn captains clothes
-Well Worn Cutlass
-Cache of money
-Captains Monacle
-His Maps
-Kaze no Dansā (Inazuma Class Airship)
 

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Kaze no Dansā
Class: Inazuma Class Airship (Sloop)
Length: 500 ft
Tonnage: 2000t
Propulsion and power: 4 Miduro Class Steam engines powering 6 Fukitsuke Class propellers. 2 Ippan-kun generators for general power usage on the ship.
Speed: 47 knots cruising / 65 knots maximum
Complement: 5-Skeleton Crew / 15- Optimal Crew
Armaments: 1 Port-side ballista in the hull / 1 Starboard-side ballista in hull / 1 Top-deck light catapult / One light torpedo rack
Faculties: Finicky Radio Room / Captains quarters / Dinning Quarters / Crew quarters for up to 20 / One flight with a slightly outdated biplane / Things most ships would have.

 

[WillowLuman]

Aw crap, I really meant to work on this today. This has not been a productive weekend, I've been all mopy.

[Comrade P.]

Do you want a d20-based system, Hugo?

Spoiler: Here ya go, a template (click to show/hide)

Characteristics:

To define physical and mental capabilities of a character, I suggest the S.P.E.C.I.A.L: Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Agility, Luck.
Those may very from 1 to 20, except luck, which can only reach 7. Exact value of characteristic or less on d20 is a success.
Luck might be rolled after a failed action. If succeeded, action is a minor success.
Now for bending - I suggest to add extra parameter for benders, which is bending skill. To define damage dealt by bending, bending skill is multiplied by 1/5 of parameter (rounded down) as listed:
Firebending - Strength OR Agility
Waterbending - Agility OR Endurance
Earthbending - Endurance OR Strength
Airbending - Perception OR Agility
Metalbending and lavabending - Perception OR Endurance
Lightning - Perception OR Strength
Bloodbending - Charisma OR Agility
Advanced bending (blood, lightning, lava, metal etc.) can only be performed if benders skill is over 10 and requires in-game training session and skill checks suffer -3 penalty, because those are way harder to perform, but damage is calculated with multiplier 1/3 instead of 1/5.
For non-fighting bending activities, regular check is performed with modifiers applied at GM's will.

Benders, therefore, are rather balanced

Fighting:

If you want it heavy, try this:

Arms - 15pts+15pts - minus 2 to Strength and Agility if depleted; if damge taken is twice as big as hitpoints, you lose that limb and blackout
Legs - 15pts+15pts - minus 2 to Strength and Agility if depleted; if damge taken is twice as big as hitpoints, you lose that limb and blackout
Torso - 25pts - minus 4 to Endurance tests if depleted; If damage taken is twice bigger than torso's hitpoints, you are smashed/burnt into mush and it's permadeath for you.
Head - 15pts - harder to hit - all attacks directed at opponents' head suffer -3 penalty; if depleted, character gets black-out; If damage taken into head is twice bigger than head's hitpoints, your head is smashed into bits and it's permadeath for you; if head is hit with critical success, you lose an eye and suffer permanent -2 to Perception for a term undefined.

Total basic - 100pts. Each point of endurance over 10 adds 2 points to each limb, head and torso.

Various cold weapons deal damage proportional to d20 roll:
Sword - 1d20
Lance - 1d20
Axe - 1d20
Dagger - 1/3 d20 (rounded down)
Arbalest - 3/4 d20 (rounded up)
Arrow - 1/2 d20 (rounded up)
Et cetera, you got it. Improvise with exact value for weapons you encounter.

Also, to define the fighting order, perception may go as initiative. Number of action points, which define what can you do in your turn of fight - you Perception value.
Generic attack - 10 points, other actions may vary depending on verbal description.

If you have something else in mind, sorry for disturbance.

[Cheesecake]

That's pretty cool. Did you make that system yourself?

[Comrade P.]

It's based on S.P.E.C.I.A.L. system which might be familiar to those who played Fallout series, I made some adjustments.

[Gamerlord]

Dunno if there are still spaces or not, but what the hell.

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Name: Gan Tway
Age: 14 (child prodigy HOOOOOO.)
Appearance: Very short, (kinda prickly about that btw) long brown hair drawn back into a pony tail (manly ponytail), green eyes. Thin face (looks underfed) and scrawny build make him look both younger and older than he really is.
Background: From a small fishing family in the Northern Water Tribe, Gan left from home after his father died, leaving the family destitute. Via stowing away and working to pay his way he made it to _______ (wherever GM says) and started looking for work.
Skills/Abilities/Traits: Good at making simple weapons (spears, clubs, etc) and scrounging for food. Quite proud and arrogant though. Can fish fairly well, as well as track animals. Picked up minor repair skills while working his way to _______.
Combat Style/ MO: Waterbending + Spearfighting
Posessions: Furs, spear, small amount of food and maybe a couple of stolen trinkets.

[Comrade P.]

The more characters there are, the more GM is encouraged to increase death rates, folks. Just sayin'.

[Elfeater]

The more characters there are, the more GM is encouraged to increase FUN! rates, folks. Just sayin'.

[Comrade P.]

The more characters there are, the more GM is encouraged to increase FUN! rates, folks. Just sayin'.

Yes. Yes, of course, exactly what I mean. Thanks.

[Elfeater]

So, the ending of the series is where this story splits? Instead of not making the weapon, Varrick does? No attack on Republic City? No new portal?

[kj1225]

So, the ending of the series is where this story splits? Instead of not making the weapon, Varrick does? No attack on Republic City? No new portal?

Where about are you talking about? Because all those happened from what Hugo told me.

[WillowLuman]

No, it splits at the Battle of Zaofu. Kuvira kills Korra, this shocks everyone enough that Varrick winds up building spirit weapons for the Republic.

Anyways, currently ironing out the sheets. Would have had it done by now but I had to return home unexpectedly.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

What's the estimated start time for game?

[WillowLuman]

Some family stuff came up (nothing serious) but I'll be finishing the sheets late because of it. 11PM I estimate. So we'll probably have to get this started tomorrow.