Re: Avatar: the Last Airbender

From: markmohrfield <markmohrfield_at_...>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:00:01 -0000

• In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mike Holmes" <mike_c_holmes_at_...> wrote:
  >
  >
  > >From: "markmohrfield" <markmohrfield_at_...>
  > >
  > >Anyone been watching this? Lots of inspiration for how various
  feats
  > >can be used. And also a cool non-Gloranthan setting for HQ.
  >
  > I watch it with my five year old son. Yep, good stuff, generally.
  > Though...the elementalism seems to be pretty freeformish. To make
  an
  > analogy, it's like they're Devotees who never use specific feats,
  but just
  > improvise with their Air Affinity all the time. Or at least that's
  how it
  > seems to me.
  >
  > Mike
  

I've seen only eight episodes so far, but i gather that the benders learn different skills (feats) within their bending ability (affinity). The wikipedia article mentions that some waterbenders can heal, and some others can control plants by controlling the water within them, for example.

As for visual inspiration; so far I've seen Aang use Blow Down Foe, Leap Over Obstacle, Run up Cliff(well, walls actually), Burst of Speed, Aerial Maneuvering, and Blow Out Fire.

                                                 Mark Mohrfield