The Pillar (領袖) 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 Pillar is one of the ten playbooks featured in the Core Book,[1] and is described as a proficient leader, coming from their own special team but now devoted to a new group of companions, trying to help others to cohere. Their balance principles are Support vs. Leadership.[2]
Description
The Pillar is an experienced team player and leader of a famous group of warriors. Play the Pillar if you want to be a savvy tactician who binds the team together.[3]
Supportive, self-assured, quiet, tactical. The Pillar comes from a background in which they worked with, even led, a larger team. They know what it takes to work well with a group, and they bring that skillset so this new group of companions. However, they cannot just take charge and demand everyone to act the way they want.
The Pillar is exactly that to a group, a "pillar" to hold up the rest, to support, help, and guide them. Sometimes that means the Pillar can be a quiet presence in the background; other times, it means the Pillar moves to the forefront and takes charge. The difficulty for the Pillar comes in figuring out which time is which, and what the group needs from them.[4]
- Starting stats: Creativity +1, Focus 0, Harmony +1, Passion -1
- Demeanor options: Confident, Lighthearted, Critical, Stern, Gentle, Warm
Principles
The Pillar's two principles represent the approaches of Support and Leadership.
The Pillar's Support principle is all about intentionally moving into a supportive position, helping others in a quieter, subtler way. Expressing Support means that the Pillar is figuring out how to help others on their own path, with their own choices. A Pillar like this eases the burdens on others in less obvious, but no less important, ways.
The Pillar's Leadership principle, on the other hand, is all about directly and openly guiding others to the best versions of themselves. A Pillar committed to Leadership is not just being quietly supportive, but tries directly to shape their companions for the better, telling them how they should act, what they should do, how they should respond to danger, etc. This kind of Pillar is not going to sit on the sidelines — this kind of Pillar takes their position in the spotlight to lead by word and example.
The Pillar tries to be of most use for their friends and their group by balancing these two principles, acting in a leading role that supports others in their growth. Their Moment of Balance exemplifies this moment when the Pillar rallies the entire group around them. In that moment, the Pillar becomes the perfect support and the perfect leader for the whole group, helping everyone achieve their best selves all at once in perfect cohesion. Keep in mind that the Pillar's Moment of Balance needs the group to be present to really trigger — it is about the whole team, not the Pillar alone.[4]
Characteristics
Moment of Balance
You define yourself as a part of a larger group, and in this moment, the group defines itself by you. You rally them, move among them, saying the right things and providing the right guidance so your group works with perfect cohesion and confidence.[4]
Moves
- Understanding Mien
- A Warrior's Heart
- Out of Uniform
- Fighting Like Dancing
- Taking Care of Business[5]
Growth question
Did you help a companion find a significant success with their issues, or lead the group in finding a significant collective success?
The Pillar's growth question leads them to become involved in their companions' issues directly. They grow when they help a companion achieve a success with one of their own issues, or when the group as a whole achieves a significant success. So the Pillar should expect to always get involved with others' business.[5]
Characters
The known Pillar playbook characters from Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game are:
References
- ↑ Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Core Book, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 164.
- ↑ Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Core Book, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 165.
- ↑ Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Core Book, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 112.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Core Book, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 191.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Core Book, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 193.