Sweet Yeetus
The adventure begins…
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It’s been a dream of mine to write an original TTRPG rule system ever since my dad introduced me to Milton Bradley’s HeroQuest as a pre-teen. I discovered the creativity and excitement of fantasy gaming quickly, joining him in his interests thereafter as we started exploring the local “Nerd Shop,” or so he called it. We tried Warhammer (I had a few Tyranids), bought and played so many of those expensive big-box board games, and eventually found our home in a Pathfinder’s Society group. I fell in love with character creation, combative gameplay, rolling dice, and dipped my toes into roleplaying for the first time outside of the backyard with my sisters.
It was a good time. A great time even. As I look back, I only wish that my parents weren’t so insecure about their interests. They certainly passed on their anxieties. With Pathfinder’s Society on the weekend and multiple home campaigns with my dad’s friends once or twice a week, I spent so much time with these games. It never made sense why my parents told me to hide this side of ourselves and to not talk about any of it at school when it took up so much of our home life. I’ve grown up to be so embarrassed of my nerdy interests, even coming to believe that I would be unworthy of love if I were to share these things with my friends or partner.
After my parents divorced in 2014, I was told by my mother to cut all of this out of my life. What a bummer… because I listened. No nerd fun for almost a decade. Why, cruel world?
Thankfully though, I have an incredible partner who changed me for the better on a special Christmas in 2023. Yall should know I am an original fan of Avatar the Last Airbender -as in I have even read the comics- so when my partner surprised me beyond my own comprehension with the Avatar Legends roleplaying rulebook… I started bawling. Like… a lot. It felt ridiculous.
But I think it was true healing. Since then, I have opened up my heart to receive love for my nerd side from my chosen family and friends, and I have worked so hard on myself to allow this side of me to flourish and grow and become comfortable with itself. I’m on that journey still, but I’m so happy to be making it, and I’m so grateful for everyone who is and will be involved in any capacity.
So anyways… I read the Avatar Legends Book and hated it. Oof. It makes soo much sense to me why it was crafted the way it was and why it uses a more narrative-heavy set-up, but guuurl. I wanted to move my little firebender 5 squares forward and then perform a flaming “kick-a-pow” on some chi-blocker trying to remove my ability to bend for the next x turns!
Sooo, I took the book and I took my strengths (experience, creativity, and love) and I created something I called “Avatar Legends [Caleb’s Edition].” A dumb T. Swift reference really. Looking for an experience similar to Pathfinder, I had modeled 8 classes and their features, i.e. the Mercenary, Sage, and Acolyte; adapted rules for nations, bending, and backgrounds; and created a Feat and Technique list covering character progression for up to 15 levels. Since then, I’ve been able to run 3 campaigns, hosting around 13 characters in total, making many friends and building so much confidence along the way.
As Avatar is an intellectual property I have zero interest in ripping off or taking advantage of since, I will not attempt to profit off of this whatsoever. But…
Now that I know what I’m capable of, and how much others believe in my work… Well, I am ready to get started on that dream from the very beginning of this.
Thank you all for joining me on this journey where I am ambitiously choosing myself and my passions and my creativity far greater than I ever meant to. It is thanks to you that I believe in myself. Love yall!
Caleb Wilson
Founder of Reshaped Gaming
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