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Introduction

On Avatarverse, bending is the psychokinetic ability to control an element. In other words, one can bend the energy around them and within them. If you've seen Avatar: the Last Airbender, you're familiar with this concept.

Each character posesses one of the four elements or a certain set of non-bending talents, each with a set of abilities, combos, and passives they can use.

Abilities are used by performing certain actions on different hotbar slots, onto which an ability is bound.

Combos are abilities produced by a sequence of bound abilitis.

Passives are abilities that occur naturally or without an intentional activiation.

Elements

Air

Airbenders are masters of evasion and agility. They can manipulate the air around them to create powerful gusts, fly, and even form defensive shields. With precision control, they can also disrupt their opponent's balance and movements.

Water

Waterbenders draw power from the flow of water and the moon, allowing them to control its movement and shape it into various forms, such as powerful waves, sharp ice shards, or healing streams.

Earth

Earthbenders are known for their strength and resilience. They can manipulate the earth beneath their feet to launch devastating attacks or create sturdy defenses. Additionally, they can use their earthbending prowess to sense vibrations in the ground, aiding them in detecting opponents.

Fire

Firebenders harness the power of flames to unleash swift and aggressive attacks. They can generate intense heat and flames to intimidate foes or launch fireballs with precision.

Nonbending

While not technically an element, nonbending is a group of subclasses that don't involve bending but can be just as powerful, including Chiblockers, Archers, and Warriors. Chi-blocking is a specialized martial art practiced byskilled fighters. By targeting pressure points and disrupting the flow of chi within their opponents, chi-blockers can temporarily inhibit their ability to bend.

Getting Started

First, if you haven't yet, create a character. When you finish creating a character, you will be randomly assigned subelements (or "affinities"). You can check what your received affinities are with /b who <your username>. With the same command, you can check anyone's elements, subelements, and binds.

Next, check which abilities you can use. Type /b display <element>, to display which abilities are available to you. Don't forget to check the subelements' and combos' list too!

Familiarize yourself with your abilities by reading their description and their instruction for activation/usage by typing out /b help <ability>. If you're new at bending, it is recommended that you test out each ability before choosing the 9 that are the most useful to you (9 is the max number of slots in your hotbar).

To bind the abilities to your slots, use /b bind <ability> [slot]. You can skip writing the slot into the command if the desired slot is already selected.

Bending Command Reference

/b bind <ability> [slot], /b b - binds an ability to a slot

/b clear <username>, /b c - clears all binds or just one slot

/b copy <username>, /b co - copies another player's binds

/b display <element>, /b d - displays abilities of a given element

/b help <topic> - provides help on an ability, element, other topic

/b preset, /b p - allows for creating, deleting, binding, listing presets

/b toggle, /b t - toggles bending or an element

/b who <username>, /b w - displays player element/ability info

Rolling for Subelements

When you create a character, you are randomly assigned subelements (or affinities), such as healing or metalbending, based on the element you've chosen.

Subelements have unequal chances of assignment:

Some subelements and unique skills —— blue fire, flight, daytime bloodbending, and combustion —— can be unlocked only after completing a successful application to the Roleplay Council for these skills.

In general, the Roleplay Council is looking for these qualities in prospective applicants (keep in mind that these are not strict rules but general guidelines and the most important part is demonstrating your dedication to quality roleplay):

• In-roleplay presence
• In-game activity
• Fitting character personality
• Adept roleplayer
• Bending proficiency
• Has an understanding of Avatarverse and its roleplay
• Character has existed for sufficient time
• Good character bio
• Journaling (training for the subelement + character development)

The blue fire special skill has these additional criteria:

• Cold-heartedness
• Perfectionism, ambition, goal-oriented personality
• Having trained for it a good amount of time, evidenced through several journals

The flight subelement has these additional criteria:

• Not having major earthly attachments such as important material possessions or relationships
• Demonstrated selflessness and/or asceticism
• Having a clear goal related to the higher world
• Having trained for it a good amount of time, evidenced through several journals

The day bloodbending skill has these additional criteria:

• Controlling/domineering personality
• Cold-heartedness
• Having trained for it a good amount of time, evidenced through several journals

The combustion skill has these additional criteria:

• An extreme mental or physical loss
• A sudden near-death experience
• Self-serving attitude and lack of respect for humanity
• Culminating in a forehead scar on your Minecraft skin

Lastly, rainbow fire can only be unlocked by roleplaying the Dancing Dragon with a living dragon.

Subelement Rerolls

You may find that you don't like the subelements your character has been given. The good news is that new characters have 1 free reroll, with which they can try again for different subelements by using /reroll.

And to see how many rerolls you have left, use /rerolls. Once you run out of these, if you want to reroll you will have to purchase a $2 reroll perk or the $20 Patron rank to choose any and all rollable subelements (>0% chance) for all of your characters forever.