I do love some Deep Ones
#Exalted
lament owl
they are gonna have 3 castes, with the social caste being very deep one coded
Shapeshifting, Psionics/Musical Mind Control and Weird Cult Shit
buoyant summit
I do find it very funny there are apparently
Rules for the Wyld-Exalts in the Exigents splat?
lament owl
Rules for the Wyld-Exalts in the Exigents splat?
Ok so
They were from a group of 3 exalts that were gonna be added alongside geitimians but the authors decided they wouldn't
Hearteaters(my beloved) are sealed horrors that used to be the dnd bards of exalts until their incarna was killed and defiled and now they are weird ego vampire cult leaders.
Dream Souled(the ones you refer to) which are people with a definitive goal in their head so strong a wyld entity gave them a bunch of power, personally while I like that sort of premise I would prefer it if they were their own Exalt-type-thing without formally being an exalt but they have weird relationships with the raksha and stuff and are also enemies of fate
Umbrals are a group of exalts created by an incarna that was sealed away by Unconquered Sun for being a Primordial Liker. They are basically Sentry/Void
lament owl
Umbrals were basically created as an escape plan, so every umbral has a superpowered evil side that is 50% them and 50% a raging incarna
buoyant summit
Though that might be me misreading the splatbook
fierce star
That's by design, Rhi, they're 'apocryphral', so not written as to be assumed canon
they're like
'here's how we'd start them off'
lament owl
that section of the book is basically supposed to provide you with the notes they wrote down so you can turn it into an actual splat on your own time
if you want
buoyant summit
Ahhhh
fierce star
basically the original devs promised those three plus gets and liminals to be full releases, but only got money for gets and liminals, and the new, better devs were like 'these things are cool but we odn't have the time, we'll do up samples in exigents to fulfill original promises'
'plus they kind of dilute creation a bit'
buoyant summit
Fair enough
I have a very stupid, probably doesn't work kind of idea about them
Which is
'fuckit, these are Eclipse charms now'
lament owl
I feel like dream souled would work as "not an exalt but playable" the best of those 3
both Heart Eaters and Umbrals have a big emotional core around being Former Celestials/Being The Children Of A Incarna
which tracks as to why they wouldd be exalts(doesn't know enough loree to know why that wouldn't work or isn't true)
nova yew
heart eaters are fun cus they're a little inhuman
lament owl
(But I was told the fact there were 2 unnamed incarna in 2e that Heart Eaters and Umbrals elaborate on)
buoyant summit
I get why they don't have this
nova yew
basically the original devs promised those three plus gets and liminals to be fu...
unironically really want to see more Get content maybe i should do in depth research on em
buoyant summit
But I wish No Moons could learn Eclipse charms
They feel like the ones for it, especially the ones from fae
lament owl
heart eaters are fun cus they're a little inhuman
I rotate heart eaters in my brain a lot and the only problem I have with them(which is resolaveable with a book) is that they basically have an evil version of the solar problem
which is that they don't really have A Thing They Do
they just go around Heart Eating
maybe you could make a campaign about a Pilgrimage To Aurora
Sealed Horror Roadtrip Game
lament owl
The Wyld Hunt can't stop me, I already have a dragon blooded prince enthralled-
My anima banner is a horde of figures in white cloaks glorifying me and chanting in latin
fierce star
But I wish No Moons could learn Eclipse charms
God-Body Consumption, perception
buoyant summit
Ah
fierce star
there is also divinity-stealing whisper which functions off of that, and spirit-sealing talisman in intelligence
lament owl
I was thinking that their anima banners could come across as like, physical sensory experiences that start having minor effects at glowing and becomes a lot harsher at bonefire
The Fighty ones increase environmental pressure so people feel like they are being crushed
The Social Ones make it super humid and hard to breath
but I am not sure what to do for the fish-twilights(or since there are 3 castes I guess it would be better to say Fish No-Moons?)
I have them associated with like, undersea volcanos and glaciers and stuff, so something temprature related couldd work ig?
velvet raft
Was talking with about 1E and 2E Deathlord lore, and why it was sensible to make changes to it.
nova yew
Was talking with about 1E and 2E Deathlord lore, and why it was sensible to make...
it's so cute thoughhhhhhh
who doesn't love a bit of misogyny in their dynamics
velvet raft
Karen!
coral wraith
who doesn't love a bit of misogyny in their dynamics
nova yew
ITS GREAT
coral wraith
karen. lmao
nova yew
i didnt come to exalted for healthy dynamics
velvet raft
Karen this was misogyny from the writers :P
nova yew
i knowwwwww
but
theres juice
esp since said 'dude' transitioned between editions (good for them good for them)
tulip folio
Was talking with about 1E and 2E Deathlord lore, and why it was sensible to make...
To be fair 1 and 3 are still that. Just not JUST that.
velvet raft
Black Heron is down-on-her-luck but iirc is not Falafel’s vassal anymore
buoyant summit
As an agent of the Heron, that is correct
She is indebted, uncomfortably-so
But not to the point he controls her finances
prisma sun
Btwt
Would anyone be interested in joining the Exalted play by post server that exists
buoyant summit
Would anyone be interested in joining the Exalted play by post server that exist...
...do tell?
marsh garden
Was talking with about 1E and 2E Deathlord lore, and why it was sensible to make...
oh, was 1e the same as 2e?
velvet raft
Largely, yeah
velvet raft
In 2e as well
prisma sun
I got some friends who were interested in it
which has revitalized my desire to run it
velvet raft
I'll rejoin
marsh garden
i remember y'all talking here about the Eye being originally a...technically not genderfluid man because they had no fucking clue what that was and probably wouldn't care even if they did
but a man who shapeshifted a lot, including into a woman to troll someone he hated
and they're now agender
i guess i just didn't fully realize how much work the 3e team has put in to make things not dogwater
marsh garden
Would anyone be interested in joining the Exalted play by post server that exist...
i would love to join, if that's fine
yeah, i'm certainly familiar with white wolf tendencies
from...a decent amount of owod
velvet raft
And yeah, my link expired, if you want to post a new one here
buoyant summit
which has revitalized my desire to run it
I also would love to join if possible, though understand if we are not familiar enough
velvet raft
(I left entirely because I try not to be in too many channels at once)
prisma sun
I don't like posting it in a discord just because it leaves it open to people I don't know so I'll just DM it to people
fierce star
White Wolf were a bunch of pasty white nerds from Georgia (the US state) who were, for the time, actually fairly liberal and progressive, but 'for the time' was the late 90s to early 2010s for a lot of this. So there's a lto of 'there was an attempt'.
marsh garden
yeaahhh
fierce star
which, like, I understand this a low bar, but it's better than a lot of contemporaries
definitely room for improvement, but a step forward is a step forward?
tulip folio
I honestly have a lot less credit for some more recent missteps made. Like managing to cause an international incident with vampires.
As that one is very 'You really should have known better/there is plenty of info these days to work with to not do this'
fierce star
yeah nowadays the bar is higher
next delta
Well, the reason Russia was angry was dumb. But it isn't a great idea to have "the reason a minority is being repressed is vampires"
(particularly for a currently active situation)
fierce star
yeah I don't think anyone's gonna defend that by any means
prisma sun
Well, the reason Russia was angry was dumb. But it isn't a great idea to have "t...
Chechnya
next delta
Ah, for some reason I thought the Russian government was the one that got angry. Thanks for the correction
tulip folio
...technically same difference. Chechnya is a republic within the Russian federation.
next delta
Seems complicated, but yeah
fierce star
but yeah, modern politics aside, uhhhh
buoyant summit
I honestly have a lot *less* credit for some more recent missteps made. Like man...
Que carajo?
How did that happen????
fierce star
paradox not hiring editors or sanity checkers
tulip folio
Que carajo?
So...some dumbass implied that an ongoing oppression and mass killing was Secretly Vampires.
And the people involved getting angry because they've not admitted they're doing that mass killing.
'Vampires can't be doing it because it's not happening!'
buoyant summit
next delta
tbh, I think the "international outrage part" is the least important part
buoyant summit
Yeah I
The people doing the actual thing can get fucked
But like
Bro
Vro
V r o
tulip folio
It's not the most important part but it's more an example of 'I'll give more credit to 90s writers as a lot of their misteps are 'research back then was hard' or 'enthusiastic but didn't think it through', not 'whatever dumbfuckery led to that'.
It's just more fun to refer to it as 'the time white wolf caused an international incident'
next delta
Yeah. I guess I find it mildly unfortunate because pissing off a place because you talk about the fact they are killing gay people is nominally good. They managed to mess it up though
buoyant summit
Yeah like
next delta
(I think if it was vampires were taking advantage of the situation, that could be handled in an reasonable manner)
next delta
The God-Machine Chronical has an example chronical that has a decent way of handling this. They use an unnamed country, but the God-Machine is using homophobic hate to try and trigger enough sacrifices for its terrible plan. The PCs find out that killing the God-Machine's angel doesn't fix the problem, or even that the homophobia was significantly triggered by said angel.
prisma sun
i was worried about pdf stuff
buoyant summit
Ahhhh
tulip folio
Doing up a First Circle Machine Spirit for my friend because they are very fun.
Wirewool Sheep. Machine spirits who's job is to clean pipes. They do so by crawling inside and rolling around to scrub it with their metal fuzz.
tulip folio
Primary Actions: Environmental Resistance, Fit Into Tight Spaces, Being Cute
wise ocean
okay my capos @merry arch @limpid badge
is iosefine a:
- twilight solar
- secrets sid
- infernal
prisma sun
iosefine certified
limpid badge
okay my capos <@202904339310837761> <@111276758107435008>
is iosefine a:
- twi...
Twilight
prisma sun
you got a genie for your charge d'affaires
limpid badge
She’s going to limit break so fucking hard ash
She is going to crash out so hard it will make the usurpation look justified
merry arch
yeah i like the irony and dissonance of her being a solar
fierce star
I want one
Good news, they come in 'teacup pet' sizes all the way to 'bulldozer' size
limpid badge
She can’t do Secrets, for hers is the Walk of Kings, neh?
merry arch
it'svery fun
fierce star
For a variety of pipes
limpid badge
aspen by creation standards im pretty sure io is like. pretty good head of state.
wise ocean
... how do you even get a von ludra situation in Creation
prisma sun
what's iosefine
wise ocean
slavery is like
tuesday
merry arch
oh of course im just basing my understanding of her off lancer and it's a fun dissonance from the original character
tulip folio
Good news, they come in 'teacup pet' sizes all the way to 'bulldozer' size
Yeah. I might go with like 3 sizes of them. Tiny, Normal and Legendary Size.
The Legendary Size ones are going to be the Least Scary Legendary Size creatures you've ever seen. XD
wise ocean
what's iosefine
Baroness-In-Exile Iosefine Elia Eirene von Ludra, Baronic Intelligence
prisma sun
oh is this a ktb character
merry arch
yes
wise ocean
yep
prisma sun
gotcha
merry arch
probably from one of the shogunate successor states
buoyant summit
She can’t do Secrets, for hers is the Walk of Kings, neh?
I will point out one could do a former Dynast sid
And pull an Iselsi Dogara but for another House
tulip folio
Scouring Wool: If the Wirewool Sheep decides it, targets grappling or grappled by it suffer an environmental hazard (Exalted, p. 230) that deals 3L/round, with difficulty 5.
Do not grab the sheep without its permission.
tulip folio
It's designed to scour through stuff like 'this pipe is clogged by metal that should be liquid but has hardened'
It's a little buzzsaw if it wants to be
wise ocean
hm. building sorcerers is more annoying than I expected.
prisma sun
I do gotta take a crack at making the 12 Shadows Sorcerous Style
coral wraith
what's troubling you?
wise ocean
I can't quite figure out how to actually buy through sorcery at chargen
tulip folio
What exalt type?
prisma sun
Depends on the exalt in question but usually it's
wise ocean
solar
prisma sun
- Get the sorcery charm
next delta
You just need the initiation charm
tulip folio
Generally, sorcerers are less 'I do all the sorcery' and more 'I have a few, specific spells I focus on'
wise ocean
Yeah, the bonus XP cost is the thing I can't quite get my head around
tulip folio
Like RiRi is a very sorcery focused person and she's got...4 spells.
prisma sun
Usually you buy them like charms
coral wraith
notably you can also just grab spells as if they were one of your 15 starting charms at chargen
and they count towards that limit, but are otherwise free
wise ocean
ah, I see
also, chargen only gives me rules for e2 - if I'm making e3 do I just start tossing XP in or
next delta
Generally, sorcerers are less 'I do *all* the sorcery' and more 'I have a few, s...
Though, with the rider that you can do whatever with sorcerous works if you spend enough time
coral wraith
GM is sorcery based and I only had room for 2 spells, really - it helps that Sid charms do goofy things too
tulip folio
Okay so a weakness (A deliberate one) of the wirewool sheep - They have that big anti-grapple trait but they can't actually grapple well themselves.
They're shaped like a sheep
Sheep don't grab things well. XD
wise ocean
I was thinking Cantata - Death Ray - travel - ISOB - butterflies (control)
tulip folio
Death Ray? That's solar circle. iirc you said you were essence 3?
wise ocean
shit.
coral wraith
you gotta go through the same steps as everyone else
wise ocean
I was missing the supernal one 
prisma sun
I don't think you can supernal sorcery
next delta
It's kind of funny how little investment Sorcery involves mechanically vs what it involves narratively
coral wraith
I don't think you can supernal sorcery
yeah you cant, no skipping
wise ocean
alright, cantata - travel - isob - butterflies (control) seems reasonable
i'm sure there's sorcery elsewhere but I do not have those books
next delta
So to get the higher tier spells, you also have to take the higher tier initiations
wise ocean
Butterflies is generally a very good spell
it's also a direct riff off of her hecatonchieres!
next delta
Which has the upside of getting you an extra ... thing that gets you sorcereous motes, plus an extra control spell (at that higher tier)
wise ocean
the lancer version of her has beautiful clouds of nanite butterflies
coral wraith
Which has the upside of getting you an extra ... thing that gets you sorcereous ...
shaping ritual
next delta
So you'll have two control spells and two shaping rituals
marsh garden
it's *also* a direct riff off of her hecatonchieres!
oh that's gorgeous
wise ocean
not my art, but retrograde always kills it
wise ocean
hm. I wonder if travel control is worth it
wise ocean
being able to say "I'm teleporting my whole circle 30 miles away, later" seems very powerful
wise ocean
on the other hand isob control is a classic
next delta
The control effect makes it so much better I think
The fact that it can be cast in combat time is pretty wild as an escape tool
marsh garden
damn, the sorcery flavor text gasses you up way harder than the necro text lol
wise ocean
Yeah, it's literally a free get-out-of-jail card
prisma sun
being able to say "I'm teleporting my whole circle 30 miles away, later" seems v...
"Weak shit"
wise ocean
Get jumped? Incorrect
coral wraith
me when I Journeys deez nuts teleports anywhere in creation or heaven
tulip folio
Toxic Purification Protocols (10m, 1wp; Reflexive; One Hour; Essence 2)
The Wirewool Sheep cleanses out to short range around it, scrubbing it of dangerous substances. Characters in the area are immune to any environmental Shaping effects, and Non-Supernatural poisons and diseases are removed from the area. Characters in the affected area gain +1 Non-Charm successes to resist other Shaping Effects, Toxins and Diseases. She instinctively senses such perils in time to use this Charm, and can use it even while asleep or incapacitated.
If the Wirewool Sheep renews this Charm at the end of its duration, she waives its Willpower cost.
The Wirewool Sheep doesn't have many combat charms but the charms it has are still very valuable for society
next delta
Hmm, good thing it doesn't involve a very unpleasent scrubbing with the wirewool
tulip folio
That's the other charm 😛
Where it can cause a willing person up to 3 automatic health levels of lethal damage to add that many non-charm successes to resist poisons and disease.
next delta
I hope there is a group of nomadic wiresheep herders that trim their wires for stuff
south horizon
damn, the sorcery flavor text gasses you up *way* harder than the necro text lol
This is because core had a very vad tendency to work flavor text and mechanical.text into each other
and every book.sense works very hard to.keep.them.seperate
which can lead to some dry descriptions but also leads to less confusion on how certain charms worm
also something something paid by the word
don't knownif that bit is actually trur
tulip folio
Rough Wool Cleansing (3m; Reflexive; Instant; Essence 1)
One willing character in Close Range can suffer up to 3 automatic health levels of lethal damage to add the same number of non-charm successes to resist or recover from a Shaping Effect, Poison or Disease.
ouch but also, very useful
especially against stuff like Blights
next delta
This is the flavour text for Shadow Circle Necromancy by comparison:
The Abyssal has stained her soul with dread magics and
forbidden rites, a price gladly paid in pursuit of power.
south horizon
does that include shaping (mind) effects?
tulip folio
those are shaping effects, yeah.
It's not cheap but the benefit is worth it, especially if you're a mortal who otherwise doesn't have a way to get a boost on this
south horizon
was just wondering if that was the intent or if it was just a physical cleansing
tulip folio
I'm gunna say it works on mental and spiritual too because it's a machine spirit
tulip folio
it's a spiritual being itself. XD
If you encounter a sid and hit shaping(Fate) it's a bit weirder but imagine it just rolling along the strings of fate bowling over spiders
next delta
And Lunars Celestial Circle Sorcery:
Attaining the sublime heights of the Celestial Circle, the Lunar returns to the world bearing wisdom that burns
They hadn't started using separate red text for flavor yet here
south horizon
If you encounter a *sid* and hit shaping(Fate) it's a bit weirder but imagine it...
"What the fuck, they can just do that?"
Pattern Spider: shrugs
tulip folio
I also stole a charm from a demon becuase A) It fit them B) It's very funny.
Pipe-Cleaning Spinning (6m, 1wp; Reflexive; One scene; Eclipse; Essence 1): Rotating through pipes at high speed, Wirewool Sheep can move vertically as well as horizontally as long as it has a surface to spin on. Eclipses with this Charm must spin as well, either by dropping prone and rolling bodily or turning rapidly in circles.
Machine Spirits are basically the same as demons right? Just without the surrender oath stuff?
tulip folio
The big distinction is their default form is material
They have dematerialize instead of materialize
next delta
🤔 that's an artifact of being in Autocthon right?
Are demons in Malfeas materialized by default?
tulip folio
I believe so, yeah
Though even outside of that, machine spirits would be
Becuase their way of working is...well, let's be frank: They're AI
If they dematerialize, they leave the body behind
It's just no longer got them in it.
next delta
Oh, huh. Interesting. I missed that detail
south horizon
Demons are unable to dematerializein malfeas i think
same with Yu shan and the underworld, though that may be old lore
tulip folio
Yeah, while machine spirits can just Go To The Internet
next delta
I think it is current with Yu Shan
tulip folio
Oh, the other big distinction is one related to the surrender oaths.
You can't bind machine spirits
south horizon
mhmm
tulip folio
They won the war
south horizon
and los tthe battle
next delta
Good thing most of them are friendly. At least to the beings most likely to summon them in Autocthon
tulip folio
Yeah. They're noted to be Pretty Nice Guys as long as you remember they care about the job a lot
south horizon
mhmm
tulip folio
Like the guys who are basicly flying security cameras are entirely willing to go spot things for you.
tulip folio
Becuase...well, they need to be going places and looking at things regardless.
They might as well do it and help a human
next delta
(It looks like Ghosts are materialized in the underworld)
south horizon
ye
next delta
Summoning Divine Ministers are beyond the reach of Alchemicals right (being thrid circle equivalents)
south horizon
Creation is the only place most spirits can materialize in
pretty much, yeah
at least via sorcery
technically though
an Alchemical can just
go find them and talk to them
unlike Third circles and Hekatonkhires, they're in the same level of existence
and have defined places they tend to be at
tulip folio
Summoning Divine Ministers are beyond the reach of Alchemicals right (being thri...
Luckily they have the ability to just go 'RE: My Last Email'
south horizon
mhmm
tulip folio
Okay so still need to write up fluff about them but provisional version of them:
They're not really combatants
south horizon
it's a fun aspect of Autocthon how the interaction between spirits and humans is a lot more
well
tulip folio
Even if they can get really big
south horizon
strong
tulip folio
So they have zero offensive charms
south horizon
wasn't always that way, but it's equalized to a point where the humans of autocthon can make connections witht heir gods and are much, much more likely to get an answer from the highest ones than ones in Creation would
south horizon
i want 10
tulip folio
...ironically despite being not really About Combat, I think a Legendary Size one would beat a blood ape purely out of 'The blood ape is an unarmed grappler'
Unless the ape just Picked Up A Big Stick
south horizon
ye, very bad match up for the blood ape
next delta
go find them and talk to them
This is not exactly easy though. I feel like Autocthon is harder to transverse than Hell or the Underworld?
south horizon
It's not easy, that is true
but it's a lot more possible
Because 3CD and Heka's are
much less amenable at a base level
next delta
True
south horizon
also, I'd def say autobot is harder to traverse than the underworld
Malfeas though?
that i'm less certain of
I'd say they're about equalk
next delta
Like gods and demons, subministers are dematerialized by default.
Huh
next delta
Hell seems less deadly than Autocthon, and also less cramped? Lots of random demons will give you a ride too it sounds like
tulip folio
Incredible
When I try to make my courtly argument against the sid:
velvet raft
But Autochthonia has human cities and kingdoms
And even the wilds are more predictable
tulip folio
Hell seems less deadly than Autocthon, and also less cramped? Lots of random dem...
I think my take is: 'Autocthon is much safer to be with people in, more predictably dangerous to be traveling uncharted areas'.
south horizon
I feel they're both equally dangerous to traverse for different reasons, and that the hazards of Malfeas tend to be a lot more than the hazards of autobot to level out
buoyant summit
Hell seems less deadly than Autocthon, and also less cramped? Lots of random dem...
every couple years in Hell it stretches like a cat and two layers smash into one another or one layer gets split into two
next delta
I think my take is: 'Autocthon is much safer to be with people in, more *predict...
Yeah, that sounds right
tulip folio
So like, yeah...the chance of you dying a given path is likely higher than malfeas but who the fuck knows how you'll die in malfeas, you can't prepare for that shit
south horizon
Malfeas, you can just end up the unlucky sod walking on a layer when malfeas decided
you know what, mashing these two layers together now
tulip folio
Going a given path in Autocthonia you'll have 'Yeah, you need to head past the Lightning Shitting Organ'
Very deadly but the lightning shitting organ always be shitting lightning
It won't randomly decide it Wants Your Bones
next delta
Yeah, I guess it's more higher variance in hell? But going between settlements in Autocthon involves more uncharted maze like paths through the least OSHA compliant industrial zone the world has ever seen
But maybe there is more of a regular human perspective for how dangerous Autocthon is described and that's colouring how I view things
tulip folio
I actually just did up some guys based on how dangerous it is to travel/maintain things.
next delta
But Autochthonia has human cities and kingdoms
Though that does require a rather high ratio of Exalted : Humans to keep things going. If Hell had a few hundred exalted dedicated to keeping humans alive it might have more human settlements too XD
But I guess ultimately I wonder: how easy is it to get to where the divine ministers/sub-ministers live? For some reason I get the impression than once you are in hell, it isn't too difficult to find most of the 3rd/second circle demons
south horizon
i'd say that's a matter of perspective
like it's not hard to see where ligier is, technically
a lot of 3CDs are larger than life
a lot of them are also innately dangerous to be around, or are in places that are innately hostile
coral wraith
'tis in the name
south horizon
unlike the Divine Ministers, 3CD are a lot more chaotic in where they can be
and hwo they might react
they're all constantly doing stuff according to their nature, which may be self-contradcitory
the Ministers are nearly always in their specific work areas, doing their jobs
might be an issue to find them, but you have a decent idea where to start and they're very unlikely to just kill you fro approaching them. well if we're talking Infernals for 3CD than they prob won't kill you either
but yeah, as you stated, the big thing about Malfeas is that there's a ton of variance
next delta
It looks like some of the subministers are stationed near human settlements, so clearly those aren't hard to find, ha
south horizon
mhmm
tulip folio
Ku is both easiest and hardest to find
As his general location is 'Right behind you'
buoyant summit
As his general location is 'Right behind you'
prisma sun
I didnt know Falafle also had a warstrider
south horizon
yerp
Fafl has the biggest army and military industrail complex situation going
of any of the deathlords
the issue is he's been kept away from all of it because the neverborn opened their eyes just a wee bit to see him not doing his job
and went "hey. . the fuck are you doing."
and then zapped him with 5 bajillion necrotic killajoults of "get back to work"
adn also banished him from his source of power
Fafl is very neat to me because out of all of the deathlords, you really get the sense of fallen grandeur from him
next delta
iirc he has a giant army but is not close to anywhere he can effectively use it. Though maybe that was 2e lore?
south horizon
no that's still true, ye
part of his punishment for trying to focus too much on underworld conquest
him and eye are the two deathlords who least want anything to do with teh Chilvary or the Neverborn's grand plan
factor i tend to focus on when it comes to Fafl is that idea that he is always, constantly, and eternally in unending agony
and thus this shapes a lot of how he interacts with everyone aorund him
I even made a bit where the way his armor constricts and impales him shifts every so often to keep the pain fresh
He's the death lord that more than any others feels obssesed with past glory
buoyant summit
So my Endings who was giving Ketchup an aneurysm by working with Infernals
south horizon
of what he 8once* was
buoyant summit
may now also be working with an Abyssal
south horizon
oh?
buoyant summit
If gk decides to play one xD
south horizon
OH fun
coral wraith
ketchup
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yerp, ketchup
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the "old man yells at cloud"sid
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also probably the oldest exalt alive i thiiink
aside from rakan, who cheated
one of the extremely few that was alive for the Usurpation
canonically it's like. . . him, rakan, a few unnamed sid elders, Raksi, Ma hasuchi, leviathan, Sublime danger. . . annnd that's all i can really recall
coral wraith
my sid, Grinning Mask, dearly dislikes him
south horizon
he does not seem like a nice man, tbh
or well
not mean
but comes across as very gruff
south horizon
lol
that is a fair stance, but i can see hwo that'd color how they'd run Ketchup,ye
coral wraith
bunch of status quo toadies that are stopping actual progress from happening
south horizon
Bronze and gold isn't quite like that in my opinion but that's aprettysuccinct way to describe a lot of them yeah
very much a "if it ain't broke dont'fix it, becuase look what happened the last time we tried to fix it"
dense verge
ayesa looks up to him as an example of sterling service to destiny and the order of creation. shes been a sid for like a year she needs time to realize grandpas kinda lame
south horizon
lol
dense verge
i dont think GM will get to having Chejop on screen in my game but if they do i will have such a good time getting to play a tired old man that kinda sucks
south horizon
ye
coral wraith
Bronze and gold isn't quite like that in my opinion but that's aprettysuccinct w...
Oh yeah they're not really like that, that's just GM's point of view 
south horizon
ah, gotcha
coral wraith
i dont think GM will get to having Chejop on screen in my game but if they do i ...
Yippee!
south horizon
But yeah, Chejop is a fun character in that he is a man with A TON of regrets
but he's married to his work, and his committed as hell to his job in a organization where that is
surprsiingly rare
for the ones keeping the lights of the entire world on
but suffering two concurrent apocalypses will do that
coral wraith
Mhm
For reference, one of GM's Defining principles is
The Bronze Faction's obsession with stability paved the way for the terrors of the Great Contagion. To truly enact peace in Creation, radical ideas must be embraced.
heehoo
marsh garden
factor i tend to focus on when it comes to Fafl is that idea that he is always, ...
they
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yes
coral wraith
They are in 3e yeah
south horizon
huh
but yeah, Chejop is neat being an old man at the end of his rope whose perhaps open to trying something new but isn't quite ready to let go of old habits
Fafl is fun because they're very much a figure of immense glroy and cruelty
reading the 2e story of Varan, the spirit that they trapped in their sword to live in eternal torment, really brings to light what a awful acto f malice that was
and the reason that they did it is also . . . not obvious but fun to interpret
tulip folio
Now with fluff!
Wirewool Sheep
Covered in brilliant golden metal wool, Wirewool Sheep maintain the veins and arteries of Autocthon. They compact themselves within the many tubes and pipes that transfer fluids and gasses within the Primordial World-God, starting to spin and scratch their wool against the walls to clean the tubes of accumulated substances and muck.
Particularly friendly by First Circle machine spirit standards, Wirewool sheep are placid and gentle when not faced with mess or gremlins, content to graze upon metal shavings and allow their wool to be harvested for flexible metal garments. More importantly, however, their nature as Marine Spirits of Purification gives them unmatched ability to protect others from hazards. It is not uncommon to find a Wirewool sheep rolling towards a gas leak or a gremlin incursion to hold back danger with their purity of spirit and powerful cleansing protocols.
They are popular among doctors and small children alike, many Wirewool sheep often take up the role of mascot for convoys of traveling doctors that perform outreach to the tunnel people or support villages too small to have a Metropolis guarding them.
velvet raft
It appears likely that I will be playing a Locust Diplomat
velvet raft
Ye
marsh garden
based on what y'all have said about the locust crusade
velvet raft
Alchemical sent back to Creation to look into the safety of reconnecting, currently stuck
buoyant summit
"Hello! I, one of the Heavens' Chosen of Battles, have been given a lightsaber. That is about to be everyone's problem."
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single point...
i know nothing about that, except that it's apparently The Best One In The Game
what makes it so oppressive?
buoyant summit
I believe I regaled you with this already
buoyant summit
what makes it so oppressive?
"Hello, my sword has its own Initiative track and turn now."
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Look
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please understand my memory is very poor and i asked a lot of questions
most of the answers i even remember!!
buoyant summit
I didn't wanna make my fourth fucking Even Blade character
xD
Oh I wasn't admonishing your memory
marsh garden
i was
velvet raft
Infernals can do this with tentacles sorta, but not nearly so well
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two of which I am actively playing
tulip folio
Single Point is very Alpha Strik-y. It ends battles fast because it's defensive tools are very minor.
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Also it's like
The Weeb Style
To be a bit unkind
and I'm making a Sid with a beamklave
I'm making a fucking Jedi
I gotta do the bit
marsh garden
i think my initial plans for pbp char is ghost-archer who is addicted to eating souls, and so snipes them out of people
buoyant summit
Oh, I suppose I could have gone VBOS
marsh garden
but only after kidnapping them for Most Dangerous Game scenarios
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lol
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And both of the characters I'm playing who have EB likely won't get to show it off for a while cuz one is an npc who the pcs are not gonna fight for
next delta
It's weird the single sword style got the extra initiative track instead of the multi-sword multiattack one lol
marsh garden
are there any grapple MAs?
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sick
tulip folio
Toad
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one of the stances of Even Blade is grappling based
tulip folio
Everyone remembers 'tanky as fuck' for toad but it's also the 'roll around with a guy while coated in poison' style
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neat
i assume the initial intent was for the tankbeast design to enable slow grind-out poison gameplay and then it uh
was just the better part?
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lightning is peak, it's true
buoyant summit
technically it's 'baleful energy' but like
c'mon
Also I am now having to figure out what Sids would call
a lightsaber
They'd probably give it an artful-yet-minimalist and informative name
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lightsaber
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hi everyone i've made an Awful Little Creature
chilly sluice
It's weird the single sword style got the extra initiative track instead of the ...
Unfortunately core book Steel Devil was taught wrong as a joke
tulip folio
hi everyone i've made an Awful Little Creature
She seems mentally healthy.
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she kind of wishes she wasn't alive, but must soldier through
tulip folio
RiRi: "Hugs needed!"
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hi everyone i've made an Awful Little Creature
i appreciate that she has the fucking general grevious/Cyn murder drones/patriot arknights cadence
or a flavor of such
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? w?
marsh garden
choked and stilted sentences with a lot of repetition are a great sign of a completely physically and emotionally intact person!
merry arch
it's a stutter if my memory serves
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Oh yes yes~! her stutter~!
marsh garden
ohhh
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Yeah, its meant to represent her stutter, she has a stop-repeat stutter.
marsh garden
that's not how i usually see stutters depicted in text, so i interpreted it as an adjacent but different thing
my bad
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Its all good~!
Its a stutter that breaks up her sentances by having her stop, then start back over speaking, interrupting her thoughts and making her repeat herself to finish
Usually focused on smaller/filler words as the point where she has a break
merry arch
ye most stutters depicted in media are repetition stutters like w-w-what type shit. arby seems to have a variation on a block stutter which is why she's stopping and starting because she can't get the word out
tulip folio
RiRi: "Activating Modular Hug Protocols. Optimizing Hug. Preparing Delivery." <-100% how she'd respond to her.
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My name is. Is Arablissa of the. Of the Ixian Reach. I would ask you. Ask you to surrender. Or I will have to. Have to do something.... really unpleasant. Please.
merry arch
Do Not Hug That Frankenstein
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oh nice, is this a liminal?
merry arch
She Bites
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nope she's an infernal~
merry arch
nah she's an infernal who got exploded by a demon
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covered in these awful scars from her Chrysalis kind of exploding her a little bit
they will eventually become Mouths
merry arch
awful!
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because infernal brawl is funny
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i love putting mouths where they don't belong
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RiRi: "Activating Modular Hug Protocols. Optimizing Hug. Preparing Delivery." <-...
this would help her so much but it will get you bitten if she's not feeling well.
marsh garden
lamprey mouths are such fucked up creature design
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luckily im pretty sure RiRi counts as Not Able to Be Eaten for the purpose of her Metagaos charms
good job alchs!
tulip folio
this would help her so much but it will get you bitten if she's not feeling well...
Luckily, RiRi has Stamina Excellency.
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i've put a few too many of those in my pcs' eyes
tulip folio
Psyche-Stabilizing Beacon is a really funny Alch charm as it's just 'Best Hugs', as a charm. If she comforts someone, she can break a Psyche effect they're suffereing or decrease a derangement by 1 level. XD
merry arch
ye, devil body for everyone but azimuth likes -4s cos otherwise you fall over incap'd after u exit devil-body
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Psyche-Stabilizing Beacon is a *really* funny Alch charm as it's just 'Best Hugs...
oh RiRi i need you to hug her before she starts beating her soldiers to death and devouring them for cowardice
i neeed you to like her before you see arby do this thing
tulip folio
For all the things that Infernals turn into, it's funny that Gazelle Carp is one of the ones basicly forbidden to them.
As that martial art makes you stop existing if you ever hit a -4 damage level
merry arch
dreaming pearl does that too don't it
bleak hazel
Aww, I missed Chejop Chat
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i've got to figure out a good way to do Arby's devil body
which is her extending a parasitic umbilical cord and mutating someone nearby into a War-Avatar
(usually her Familiar, a chimera-behemoth made by some Neomah)
bleak hazel
I do have to mention that one of the big things for CK is that about a millennium ago he was a) still old as fuck and b) leading the radical faction of anti-First Age revolutionaries
so while he is currently the living embodiment of the status quo he is very much capable of other things
tulip folio
CK has basicly never been young.
Which is funny as like...there are other old sids and a lot of them don't wear the years as visibly as he does.
bleak hazel
whether he wants to is another thing but it's notable that his defining motivation is "justify past sacrifices" not "ooh rah up the Realm"
tulip folio
The guy just Became Old alongside other sids who still looked 20 at the time
bleak hazel
He still kind of sucks but in a complicated and useful way
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also! hell of a charmlist ive given her here. hell of a charmlist.
next delta
Isn't he fairly close to the end of his allotted time?
bleak hazel
Within a few decades to centuries, nobody is quite sure
tulip folio
also! hell of a charmlist ive given her here. hell of a charmlist.
Oh, she's got the C.S Lewis charm. That's a good charm.
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which one is that iki
tulip folio
That Hideous Strength
It's the name of one of his books
Theological Science Fiction
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The Battles Caste the Bureau Trusted With a Lightsaber
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The Battles Caste the Bureau Trusted With a Lightsaber
She looks like she kills younglings
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That Hideous Strength
ah!! yeah its also just a good charm since im doing a War/Resist/Brawl Azimuth here
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tulip folio
Luckily there are many essence 1 solars who theoretically count as younglings
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Luckily there are many essence 1 solars who theoretically count as younglings
"You attest you've mastered the sword?"
"Show me~"
Year-old Dawn "What the fu-"
She is kind of Yang + Anakin in all honesty
tulip folio
Glacier Jade's (My Sid) blade is kinda a lightsaber. It uses the rules.
buoyant summit
beamklave rules?
tulip folio
Whirling Snowflake is a hilt without a blade, seemingly useless. When drawn by an attuned wielder, a blade of ice and snow forms, as fragile as its namesake but refusing to break no matter the pressure brought upon it.
Yeah, though it's ice and snow, not laser
bleak hazel
Oddly my greatest swordmaster exalt uses Crane Style
which is not traditionally a sword style
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hook sword moment
bleak hazel
Gleam's E5 build has PAOC form so he can use regular swords also
The nature of Crane also allows him to counter Single Point because double action econ means he gets double counterattacks
which makes it a vaguely normal fight rather than Silly
buoyant summit
lol
bleak hazel
1kblades and Bear still very dangerous
buoyant summit
my lightsaber sid is an even blade stylist
She was single point in her first stages
But the style
bores me to feckin tears
bleak hazel
Really if I wanted to charop Gleam I'd add Single Point to form
and take Crane, Single Point and Soulfire Shaper Form simultaneously
only works in PAOC Form because Hook-Swords are not compatible with single point, but it's an impressive bladestorm
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hm, someone mentioned the centipede ma style earlier, but i can't find it in any book
is it in infernals?
or am i just blind
nova yew
It might be lunars? I remember seeing it
marsh garden
that was correct, thank you!
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There is a spreadsheet somewhere that lists all the MAs and where they are
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There is a spreadsheet somewhere that lists all the MAs and where they are
yeah i just forgot about it lmao
i even have it open in a tab
and remembering it is how i found bear style
(i forgot many-faced strangers was a book)
i have a lot of referencing to do...
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i'll have to take a look at that after i finish oohing and aahing at bear and toad
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oh right i got distracted by other things before i posted this but
if this ain't just the plainest fuckin summary of the Solars Versus Deebs philosophy
"martial arts thing: supplementary cool thing"
"if you're a celestial it's free, if you're a terrestrial it's forbidden"
what non-terrestrial splats don't have mastery, anyway?
just alchs?
coral wraith
what non-terrestrial splats *don't* have mastery, anyway?
Infernals, Solars and Abyssals have always-on Mastery, Lunars and Alchs don't have Mastery but can seamlessly combine their exalt charms with MA charms which gives them a distinct advantage, Sids get Mastery in Form or after purchasing the entirety of an MA tree
coral wraith
I assume Gets will have the same or very similar caveats as Sids
tulip folio
(It's eternally annoying that Solaroids get easier Mastery than Sids)
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Infernals, Solars and Abyssals have always-on Mastery, Lunars and Alchs don't ha...
gotcha
i still need to read up on lunars and alchs
what about their status as attribute exalts makes MA more seamless for them?
i don't really know what the differences are yet
i've heard mention of "essence exalt" and "ability exalt", and i assume solaroids are the latter, but i have no idea what the former would entail
is it just entirely freeform blobs of charm trees locked by nothing but essence and their own charm prereqs?
tulip folio
what about their status as attribute exalts makes MA more seamless for them?
You can't combine charms from two abilities unless they expressly say so, as you'll only be rolling one of them.
But dice pools are made of Attribute + Ability
tulip folio
Yep!
tulip folio
So because Piston-Driven Megaton Hammer is a strength charm, it can work on any attack that uses strength.
coral wraith
yup
tulip folio
Melee, Brawl, Martial Arts etc
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gotcha
coral wraith
sorry, should have been clarified that
south horizon
thw downside is
tulip folio
Sids cheat this by having Versatile on a lot of charms, which just lets them Do It Anyway.
south horizon
MA can't have favored costs
marsh garden
so making an Archery or Brawl attack would let you use dex charms, because that's the attack roll
(unless you're attacking with str)
south horizon
and for Lunars u can't mix MA with animal forms
tulip folio
Yep!
marsh garden
"it is a move that uses str and dex"
"so you can use str and dex charms"
okay so it does check per-roll, cool cool
makes sense
so what's up with essence exalts?
marsh garden
is it just entirely freeform blobs of charm trees locked by nothing but essence ...
is it just this thing?
and i assume that would be exigents
dunno what else
south horizon
Exigents are varied
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liminals i guess?
south horizon
They can be ability, attribute, or essence
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making wild guesses
south horizon
Liminals and Gets, as far as we know, will be attribute
tulip folio
So for example, an Alch gets Smashing on martial arts unarmed attacks
south horizon
Essence is only select Exigents as far as canon ones
tulip folio
Becuase Iron Knuckle doesn't care about brawl vs unarmed
south horizon
Essence based exalts depends entirely onnwhat their charm set says tbqh
marsh garden
okay so essence is just Fucking Sorcery and is shorthand for "this one has no rules"
south horizon
because essence based just means "Your concept is too weird or specific to fit into the existing framework"
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what're common demands?
south horizon
it has rules
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if there are any
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they're just very unique
tulip folio
Alchs also have the 'Anti Sidereal Bullshit' charm.
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or is this just "it's really hard to describe just go read the exigent book"
which is a reasonable answer
south horizon
hard to describe off the cuff, yeah
tulip folio
'Ninjas can't punch you, if you're electrified'
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one of the essence based exigents
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god exalted loves the word puissant
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fucking everything is full of puissance
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one of the essence based exigents
Another is focused on the concept of gambling and has a mechanic that lets you swap out dice roll results
tulip folio
The 'no touching me' field can get very scary
Being potentially 10 dice of aggravated damage
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jeez
buoyant summit
What tag am I looking for that lets me add a melee charm to a martial arts attack again?
marsh garden
apparently versatile
marsh garden
does versatile just mean "can apply to MA" or is it a blanket "can apply cross-ability"?
tulip folio
Still not 100% sure what to think of this Alch charm but it's just generally very fun as 'fuck it, redlining my exalt'
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understrandable
damn, where's my fucking sam porter understrandable gif
i've lost it...
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Still not 100% sure what to think of this Alch charm but it's just generally ver...
fun and evocative "Become Bane" charm
i will say
my.big.issue with alchemical strength
too many Simple.charms
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staring at you in disappointment
south horizon
really loading up on being the big hitter can take awhile
marsh garden
wondering where the archery MA is
south horizon
i think wood dragon is the only one
and it's more about using the bow as a wacking stick
marsh garden
yeah but it's fucking glorpshit
south horizon
kinda sorta
until u get the best in combat healing.charm innthe game
to this day
marsh garden
yeah but i'm not looking for a Shoot My Bow martial art to get combat healing or staff fighting
south horizon
fair mood, ye
marsh garden
the priorities are just different
south horizon
the immaculaye dragon styles are a bit funky
i think Earth is the only like
good one
marsh garden
also question: can you use any number of applicable supplemental charms at the same time?
or do they have to be like
south horizon
yes
south horizon
as long as they apply
marsh garden
thanks
tulip folio
too many Simple.charms
Yeah, though that one at least has an upgrade for a reflexive trigger.
south horizon
the main bit about supplementals is just they have to be used when the attack is declared
marsh garden
Still not 100% sure what to think of this Alch charm but it's just generally ver...
wait why does this have instant duration if it lasts for...an ambiguous? amount of time
(also att exalts can get to stat 6?)
(do they get up to 10 naturally?)
tulip folio
They get it instead of being able to shapeshift.
tulip folio
marsh garden
gotcha, eight
south horizon
ahn8
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ahhhh, bonus dice are still charm dice?
south horizon
if it's over 5, ye
tulip folio
Yeah. Alchemicals are basicly an Energiser Bunny Exalt
They get a certain amount of 'free' excellency every time they roll
south horizon
Very efficient boosts
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zamn
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but their spikes aren't as high
thsir charm.set also has the highest amount of non charm boosters
because their innate dice caps starta low
Attribute+ess
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Though notably - This does mean that High Essence Alchs are scary fuckers
As they start getting the same excelency as other exalts
south horizon
indeed
and also the scary thing
Alchemical buff each other
with their anima effects
south horizon
so a full squad is spooky
lil bit, lot bit
they used to be terrestrial but not really in 2e
and 3e just went "yeah they're celestial"
tulip folio
An interesting thing with Alchs - No matter what your stats, no matter what your caste, you'll always be pretty decent with at least one social action
south horizon
mhmm
works well with their role as the people'a champion
or the arm of the government
marsh garden
An interesting thing with Alchs - No matter what your stats, no matter what your...
why's that?
or possibly how's that?
tulip folio
Commanding Authority (5m; Supplemental; Instant): The Alchemical adds (higher of Essence or 3) non-Charm dice on a persuade roll that leverages a positive Tie to herself or a community she serves. Once per day, she can retry a failed persuade roll without resetting it.
Ori get this. Soulsteel get Being Scary, Moonsilver get Lying, Jade Caste get 'fuck you Abyssals/Infernals, I reject your negative intimacies' etc
tulip folio
It's also why the alch castes all get '1 physical, 1 mental and 1 social' for their attributes. It's not like Lunars who are 'all physical', 'all mental' etc
south horizon
and that is shown very well innthe anima effects
tulip folio
Alchs are designed to be All Around Cool Guys
Where even the biggest beatstick alch has something mental and something social they're good at
south horizon
They's specialized but also have to be like
able to adapt
because they're meant to help the problems of a whole community
and with how resource intensive making alchemicals is
gotta make sure they're multi-faceted
tulip folio
Their role bonuses are a good example of that.
They've all got themes but they're less 'skill your good at' and more 'how you approach the problem'
coral wraith
yeah, Alchs are very much designed to be Champions of the People
so they're multifaceted by nature
marsh garden
nice
south horizon
Champions of the people
Slowly sliding soulsteel and starmetal behind the curtain
that's being a bit mean to starmetals, tbf
Soulsteels though. . .
tulip folio
Even Soulsteels are not really required to be evil. They're just kinda a bit of a hardass dick.
They're scary and do not compromise
tulip folio
But then, sometimes not compromising is the right thing to do. You can't compromise with evil.
tulip folio
Soulsteel are, ironically, likely one of the most 'Paladin' castes, if you want to play that way. They're hard edged and unwilling to accept any evil.
south horizon
it's the fun messy aspect of Alchemicals though
south horizon
athey are made to serve communities
but which community that is
is not always clear
especially in a place like autocthonia
where body snatchers and hypnotic parasites are a real and present danger
and if u make a wrong call and a gremlin gets into a food supply . .
that aspect of tension between what you are, what your society asks you to be and what you want to br
is a very fun part of alchemicals
Like my boi, Luminous Vertex Aspiration, who is an Estasian Adamant Caste who was designed to be a shining beacon and leader that boosts morale, which he can be but after a fight vs a Blight colussus went wrong he dedicated himself to an almost insane degree on combat prowess in order to make sure that he never loses anyone again
and also hides from the trauma of all that by losing himself in Clarity
I love when Limit mechanics are actually engaging
velvet raft
are there any grapple MAs?
Bear is the only truly 100% grapple focused MA. I would estimate that Falcon is a close second, then Mantis as an even closer third, then Centipede, and then there are various grapple charms here and there in a bunch of other things.
Tiger has some neat grapple stuff, for instance
A CMOS grappler sid might be pretty wild
marsh garden
fierce star
... Wait isn't savaging the main way you do damage in a grapple
marsh garden
as far as i know, yeah
fierce star
You can't savage with garrottes, so they can't actually deal damage in a grapple
marsh garden
hm
where are garottes?
do they not have the grapple tag/can weapons with the grapple tag not perform grapple actions like savage and throw?
fierce star
Savaging specifies unarmed in the rules
velvet raft
Savaging is unarmed-only by RAW
You can initiate a grapple with a grapple weapon
AIUI a lot of people will let you savage with other stuff
marsh garden
yeah, that doesn't seem super intuitive not to
maybe with like a whip
but that's only if you're framing it as a cowboy movie lasso
and i dunno if it even has grapple in exalted
velvet raft
It does
Also: surely this is a normal spread of ability points prior to bonus points/xp
buoyant summit
lmao wtf
velvet raft
There are so many different things I want, Rhi
So many things
Tangentially related: hmmmm modified sky titan stat block for an exceptionally gigantic bee
This is a stinger attack now or something
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The giant bee has a beak and a long neck?
light olive
I once came up with two Souls of Cythera.
A mad scientist soul whose landscape form was a bounded ring of plasma
And a Soul themed around listening and communication who was mutilated by the Exalted host for fear that she might given turn Gaia against the Exalted.
velvet raft
The giant bee has a beak and a long neck?
Stinger!
prisma sun
Do the Dual Monarchs count as a polycule
velvet raft
...
nova yew
Are they married????
Like is this a marriage situation or a sibling situation
Or both
Or neither
Is this a plurality situation?
There’s questions to be asked
prisma sun
They are married
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Breath and Essence Control
Close Your Eyes and Look
Death Between Heartbeats
Sudden Revelation
Even Blade Form (Radiant Breath)
Professorial Mien
The Methodology of Secrets
Of Horrors Best Unknown
Meditation on Violence
Harmony of Blows
Orchestration of Conflict
Unweaving Method
Ox-Body Technique
Ox-Body Technique
Ordained Bridle of Mercury
Spirit-Shape Companion
Ascending Destiny Mien
Battle-Fellow Attitude
Bestowing the Crimson Banner``` What should I add to my E2 Jedisid's charmlist? I have 3 BP to spendOh, I'm dumb. I somehow totally missed the "modified" part of your statement lol
nova yew
They are married
Oh okay it’s a polycule then
buoyant summit
look upon the statline of an E2 Battles Dance Machine
south horizon
noice
marsh garden
waow
buoyant summit
waow
She is the Daughter of Chishaia, the Echo of Staccato Steps, God(dess) of Dance, Revelry, and Challenge
Who I am basing very much on Carmen Amaya
Her portfolio of Challenge comes from being derided by the previous God of Dance and other Gods of Revelries (though not necessarily with the element of misogyny in Carmen's own life)
And uh
Beating him
Handily
In a dancing competition during an exceedingly well-attended festival
Sadly the only Dance eclipse charms are some of Stanewald's dances or Gilmynes' dance of fear
tulip folio
To be fair: There is a lot of Stanewald Dances
marsh garden
this character sounds great
buoyant summit
carmen amaya is a fantastic touchstone though
Felmaian (the character herself)'s jacket is a military coat with fringe, inspired by one of Amaya's dancing outfits
buoyant summit
marsh garden
just some of the "was one of the greatest dancers in history, woman and so faced constant interference and harassment from misogyny"
and i assume not appropriately recognized during her lifetime
buoyant summit
To be fair: There is a *lot* of Stanewald Dances
There are, but they all have to do with stone
velvet raft
All of Stanewald's dances are unfortunately kinda on the same theme of destroying rocks
buoyant summit
and i assume not appropriately recognized during her lifetime
She actually became known as the greatest flamenco dancer of all time
marsh garden
oh sick, that wasn't posthumous?
buoyant summit
She's the reason a lot of people associate flamenco with fem dancers
Because she changed the game and became better than the men and recognized as such
marsh garden
hell yeah
buoyant summit
Also the name of the god, Chishaia
Or rather her sobriquet, Echo of Staccato Steps
Is because holy fuck there's a lot of tap-stomping
bleak hazel
Sids are admittedly not lacking in their own dancing charms
tulip folio
Dance Combat is their very first performance charm.
buoyant summit
Sids are admittedly not lacking in their own dancing charms
we ain't but also aaaaaaaaa
fierce star
It occurs to me that almost every Serenities sid I've ever seen has fit rather neatly into two personality archetypes: "I'm going to beat the shit out of evil" and "I suffer from chronic depression, anxiety, and seventeen other spiritual maladies as a direct result of my job."
marsh garden
one of the two or both at once?
merry arch
oh my bluesid is just lazy as fuck and likes partying too much to work
fierce star
a third, secret thing
tulip folio
It occurs to me that almost every Serenities sid I've ever seen has fit rather n...
I'd dispute that but my Serenities is exactly that second one.
merry arch
oh my bluesid is just lazy as fuck and likes partying too much to work
she just gets frustrated when people get in the way of her being lazy. or when Venus gets on her case about being a slacker. then she'll pick up the slack on her caseload
her previous incarnation was a very diligent worker so
the division is begrudgingly accepting of their new coworker being a slacker
fierce star
Venus: "Have you gone and gotten laid yet?" "Noooo I'm too busy sleeping and drinking"
merry arch
lmfao
buoyant summit
Venus and my Sid's mother, despite the former being one of the people who can see fate, are annoyed she Exalted as a Chosen of Mars
coral wraith
Venus and my Sid's mother, despite the former being one of the people who can se...
your Sid's mother can remember her?
buoyant summit
God-Blooded of a god of Dance
limpid badge
oh my bluesid is just lazy as fuck and likes partying too much to work
The Lazy Sisters Would Like To Give You a Beer and Blunt
tulip folio
One of my two main sids flirted with stanewald over the fact she's in charge of BUILDINGS ending.
Stuff like 'Hey this Fortress needs to be destroyed. Go make sure that happens'
velvet raft
Making an Infernal called Exposition By Way Of The Fist who uses Thousand Blades with smashfists, AMA
marsh garden
have you considered naming them Exposition By Way Of The Fist Who Uses Thousand Blades With Smashfists?
velvet raft
I had not, but I'll think about it :D
velvet raft
Wait should they be god-kicking boots instead of smashfists
fierce star
That would be Exhibition of the Righteousness of the Boot
velvet raft
You know, it's hard to find art of someone riding a pig
There's not a lot of it
There's lot of photos of people riding pigs
velvet raft
Unrelated: I just noticed we do have some full-body art of a dragon in Adversaries of the Righteous
mighty rover
Huh, more feathers than expected
or is that fur
velvet raft
Presumably there's a fair amount of variation in both size and aesthetic particulars
next delta
That's a weird looking dragon
velvet raft
Its fashion sense sucks >_>
buoyant summit
I have encountered I think my favorite martial art
But it is sadly
in These Pages Are Knives
and thus homebrew
xD
prisma sun
What's the locust crusade look like in 3e
coral wraith
It's not been written about, but for starters it shouldn't be immediate hostilities
marsh garden
in These Pages Are Knives
is that particularly prominent homebrew?
coral wraith
the Autobots are, at their core, an emergent military power with new tech willing to negotiate and trade with people, and should be treated as such
buoyant summit
is that particularly prominent homebrew?
Ye
buoyant summit
the Autobots are, at their core, an emergent military power with new tech willin...
The what the fuck???