Heyo!
A brief introduction from the owner
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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 HeroQuest as an emerging teen. I discovered the creativity and excitement of fantasy gaming pretty quickly, joining him in his interests thereafter as we began to frequent the local “Nerd Shop”. We tried Warhammer. It was alright. Eventually we stumbled upon Pathfinder’s Society, and started playing weekly. I fell in love with character creation, combat, and rolling dice, and dipped my toes into roleplaying for the first time outside of the backyard with my sisters. My dad bought rulebook after rulebook, and I read and re-read them, over and over.
It was a good time. A great time even. As I look back, I only wish that my parents weren’t so insecure about all this. With Pathfinder’s Society on the weekend and multiple home campaigns with my dad’s friends once or twice a week and a family campaign, I spent so much time with these games. It never made sense why my parents told me to hide this about myself. I avoided talking about it at school at all costs, even though I knew of other “nerds,” and it was difficult managing this “secret” when it took up so much of my home life. I’ve grown up to be so embarrassed of my interests, even coming to believe that I would be unworthy of love if I shared these things with my friends or partner.
After my parents divorced in 2014, I was told to cut all of this out by my grandparents, and I listened. No nerd fun for almost a decade.
Why, cruel world, why?
Fast forward through all that, though, and you’ll see I found myself a wonderful partner who changed things for the better on a special Christmas in 2023. I’m an OG fan of Avatar the Last Airbender—as in I’ve even read the comics—so my partner had surprised me with the Avatar Legends roleplaying rulebook… not knowing about my prior interests, and I started bawling. I still don’t understand how he came up with buying that. To be seen in that way at that time is still beyond my comprehension.
Unfortunately, I read the Avatar Legends rulebook… and hated it. Oof. It makes soo much sense to me why it was crafted the way it was, but damn. I wanted to move my bender 5 squares forward and perform a “flying kick-a-pow” on anyone in my way!
I took the book and wrote a new version, looking for an experience similar to something like Pathfinder (good ‘ole dungeon simulation). 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 friends and building confidence along the way.
Now that I know what I’m capable of and that other people can enjoy my work, I’m ready to get started on that dream from the very beginning of this adventure.
Thanks for reading! Say heyo?
Caleb Wilson
Founder of Reshaped Gaming