The Outcast

An airbender is featured as an example for the Outcast playbook.

The Outcast (棄子) is one of the playbooks for Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game, an outline of a character archetype that can be customized in the game. The Outcast is one of the three playbooks featured in the Republic City playbook, and is described as insightful, uncompromising, abrasive, and isolated. Their balance principles are Society vs. Integrity.

Description

The Outcast was thrown out of their home for their unwillingness to compromise their integrity. Play the Outcast if you want to see things clearly and act on them, while seeking a place where you can fit in.

Insightful, uncompromising, abrasive, isolated. The Outcast refused to compromise themselves for their community, and as a result they were thrown out. They are defined by this struggle between seeing clearly and having a strong sense of right, and finding a place where they belong and are accepted.

The Outcast has a unique perspective on communities and societies in general now, seeing their truths and their difficulties with a heightened clarity. But they still have to be careful not to unthinkingly repeat their past mistakes—some hard truths can drive people away instead of helping them or bringing them closer.

• Starting stats: Creativity +2, Focus -1, Harmony 0 Passion 0
• Demeanor options: Gracious, Honest, Inquisitive, Jaded, Keen, Peculiar

Principles

The Outcast struggles between their principles of Society and Integrity.

The Outcast's struggle is between the principles of Society and Integrity. Their Society principle is all about their understanding of and commitment to being part of a larger network of people, buying into institutions and community. The Outcast was thrown out of their home society, but they still seek to belong, and they can see from outside all the value of being connected to others in a larger tapestry. A Society-focused Outcast is both aware of the truths, deficiencies, and boons of the society around them, and willing to make sacrifices to remain a part of that society.

Their Integrity principle is about their belief in and knowledge of themselves. The Outcast has a strong sense of commitment to their own morality, their own truth—enough that their desire to maintain their own integrity is likely why they were thrown out of their home community in the first place. As Integrity goes up, the Outcast commits more and more thoroughly to their own sense of right and wrong, their own sense of truth, completely independent of what any other person thinks or believes. An Integrity-focused Outcast knows what they believe is right and wrong, and pursues it mightily, with little thought to the consequences.

The Outcast tries to balance these principles by both playing a role in society, joining others and helping them, while not hesitating to speak up or act when that society fails its people. Their Moment of Balance represents a moment when they can both serve the larger society and their own sense of integrity — when those two needs are completely in sync, and the Outcast can achieve real good for a swathe of people.

Characteristics

Moment of Balance

You've always struggled between being true to yourself and supporting those you care about — but in this moment you find that your faith in others is part of your own sense of integrity. you see clearly how to uphold your own morality while serving your society. Tell the GM how you know exactly what to say or do to steer your society on the right path.

Moves

• Picking Up Skills
• Stories of the World
• Fast Learner
• High-Risk High-Reward
• Watchful Fighter

Growth question

Did you learn something beautiful about a new group or community?

The Outcast's growth question is about investigating groups and communities of people, both to find out if they might be a new home, and to see them clearly. The Outcast is pursuing greater understanding of the many ways people live together in the world.