One of the reason I liked Exalted with a default mode of “PCs bolostomp 99% of the setting” is that it removes the incentive to kill problems a lot of the time. After the fifth or sixth time the PCs butchered their way through a small army, their handful of Dragonblooded or spiritual leaders and …
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This is all great and stuff, but the problem is that by explicitly pointing out that there is a cure and it exists in a certain direction, that means that all this grandiose film noir struggle against entropy stuff is the biggest idiot ball in the entire setting. There is a solution to Autochthon’s illness. It’s …
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I have no problem with the “I spent 2bp at chargen and stumbled into a tomb where I found this swag daiklave yo” as a justification so long as “I spent 2bp at chargen and now I have a swole badass Lunar bodyguard who follows me around murder-killing the occasional Wyld Hunt for me so …
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Blade Spirit Unlocking MeditationCost: 3m Type: Simple (Dramatic Action) Duration: IndefiniteKeywords: NoneMins: Melee 3, Essence 1 Prereqs: None The Solar knows that the spirit of each sword is unique and powerful in its own right; even the most humble blacksmith’s dagger may strike with the potential of the flamboyant weapons of legend. To perform this …
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(in response to a request about being able to talk to your weapons and give them orders) (Contemplates writing White Devil style, decides not to) Hmmm… Soul of the ShieldmaidenCost: 3m Minimums: Melee 4, Essence 2Type: Simple (Dramatic Action)Keywords: None Duration: IndefinitePrerequisites: Summoning the Loyal Steel, Dipping Swallow Defense For so well treated are the …
In my games Celestial Exalts do not have empowered children; not godbloods, not gods-in-flesh, not anything. The child of a Solar is a mortal. The Celestial Exaltation was designed explicitly to prevent two things: immortality and dynasty creation. Regardless of how awesome your Essence or mighty your Charms, eventually a Celestial dies and their children …
Material Gathering MethodCost: 2m+ Type: Supplemental Duration: IndefiniteKeywords: NoneMins: Craft 3, Essence 2 Prereqs: Any Craft Excellency To the Lawbringer, all Creation is his workshop, stocked with whatever he may need by his authority as rightful ruler of all he surveys. This Charm supplements a Perception + Investigation, Survival or Larceny roll to scrounge for …
The difference is that Solar Charms are supposed to be result-oriented toolset Charms. They are straightforward, focused in narrow niches of utility and extremely useful when applied. Solars are supposed to be the simplest Exalt-type to play and thus need the simplest and most newbie friendly Charmset to match that desire. The answer to “How do I …
.. no, sorry, let me rephrase there. Every E6+ Charm that has been written is terrible. I’m not saying that anything beyond 5 is automatically bad, just that every attempt so far to write one that isn’t has failed. – Aleph This is basically a problem with the core game not having a high enough scope. Essence …
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(in response to a post suggesting Solar animas should do damage like Dragonblooded ones do) I think animas should leave marks on the environment, but I don’t like the idea of every Solar literally being a DBZ character causing any mortals nearby to explode if they get too close. One of the things I liked …
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