So, I've decided to run an Exalted campaign again. Even if it only attracts one or two players, it's something I feel like doing, and partially I'm doing it for Latooni, who wishes for a chance to play his favorite character again.
For those of you who are curious and not familiar with the setting, Exalted takes place in a larger than life fantasy world. Created by beings known as the Primordials, who created an ordered world from the chaos of the Wyld. They created Gods to oversee the world and do their bidding, and then retired to lounge in luxury. The Gods were not happy being lapdogs, but because of limits placed upon them, they were unable to fight the Primordials. Not directly.
But some of the most powerful amongst them, and a small handful of rebel Primordials, had a brilliant idea. They would take the power of the Gods themselves, and imbue it into Mortals, creating the Exalted. The Exalted fought the Primordials, and won, and the Gods claimed heaven for themselves. But the Primordials cursed the Exalted, and the most powerful of them went power-crazy and insane. Lots of bad shit happened. The Solar Exalted, greatest amongst all Exalted, were banished and bad shit happened. A more indepth history can be found here, if this has piqued your interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exalted#Background
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With that out of the way, the details for this campaign are as follows.
The campaign is set roughly three hundred years after the return of the Solar Exalted. A great deal has occurred in those hundred years. The Yozi, who sought to ruin Creation to the point that they might escape their prison and once again claim dominion over it, have been defeated once again. Amazingly, it was one of their own creations that was responsible. A Green Sun Prince by the name of Gregarious Flayer Of Joy went rogue, casting off his Yozi masters, and with the aid of a small group of other Exalted, he overthrew Malfeas, defeating the Yozi and forcing them into new Geas' that rendered them all but powerless.
The Infernal Exalted were freed from their shackles, and the child who had been the host to their Exaltations for so long was released from her torment. Though still twisted mirrors of Solar Exalted, shaped by infernal influences, the Green Sun Princes are now arguably one of the greatest forces for good in all of Creation.
The Neverborn were likewise routed. They have been denied the oblivion they sought, but the same cannot be said for many of their minions. More than half of the Deathlords, once believed utterly immortal, were slain over the course of a hundred years, as more and more Solar Exalted returned to the world and set their sights upon cleansing the Underworld's corrupting influence. Many Abyssal Exaltations were cleansed of the blackened taint that had been placed within them, and other Abyssals still were able to escape with their Monsterances and claim freedom, during the vast wars. Only a small number of Abyssals remain loyal to their Abyssal masters now.
The Scarlet Empress returned to Creation, and using Infernal magics attempted to not just take over the The Realm, but to take control of the very minds and souls of every Dragonblooded on the Blessed Isle. There were five years of chaos, but the defeat of the Yozi rendered her powers obsolete, and she suffered greatly at the hands of her victims after her demise. In the wake of her death, and the chaos she had caused, the Realm fractured into three disparate warring factions. Their fighting goes on to this day. The Green Jade Shogunate seeks to turn the Realm into a beacon of hope for all, including those once believed anathema, welcoming even demons and the undead to their cause. The Flame Of Heaven is zealous in its ideology, believing that only by furiously wiping out all anathema can the Empire reclaim its rightful rule. It is lead by the Immaculate Order, a religious theocracy. The third group, the Allied States of Creation, is a faction consisting of nations and city-states within the Blessed Isle and Scavanger Lands, that pushes for a democracy.
But perhaps two things that have occurred are of the most significance.
One: The Great Curse has begun to manifest itself once more. Elder Solar Exalted are succumbing to madness, becoming more and more eccentric and posing a greater threat to Creation than all the monsters and primordials they defeated once had.
Two: The Celestial Bureaucracy is having a war of its own. The Games Of Divinity were destroyed. Sol Invictus himself vanished, without a trace. Luna has retreated into hibernation and speaks to no-one. As a result, the factions in Heaven are more concerned with themselves than the fate of Creation, and the Loom is poorly tended, the pattern of Creation becoming frayed and tangled in places. Sometimes in ways almost beyond repair.
You will be cast into this world. Doesn't that sound fun?
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Character types I will allow: Solars, Abyssals, Infernals, Lunars and Dragon-Blooded
Character types I may allow: Heroic Humans (Including demi-gods and other creatures included in the Scroll of Heroes), Ghosts (I doubt any of you will pick this or humans anyway), Sidereals (If you can make me not hate them.)
Character types that are absolutely out of the question: Fair-Folk.
Check out the Wiki, if you're interested, lemme know, leave a post here, and maybe give me an idea of what kind of character interests you.
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House Rules
We will be using the 2.5 rules, which aren't that different from the Core Rules and clean things up quite a bit. Merits and Flaws will be allowed. But most importantly, I've made a big decision.
You know what the biggest problem with Exalted is? Fucking dice. Too many fucking dice. Too much. Fuck it. So I am going to be minimizing dice-rolls if not cutting them out completely. So don't min-max your character. It won't do you any good. Feel free to make a fresh, exciting, interesting and well-rounded character. If you don't feel you want to dump 75% of your exp into combat skills just to avoid dying, well congrats, you won't need to!
In most situations where dice-rolls will be required, I will look at the posts made, and do a bit of mental math based on stats, and maybe roll one or two die to determine the result. Making better posts will weight the dice more heavily in your favour. I really want to encourage stunting. An impressive enough stunt will likely be an auto-success. I want to focus on the role-playing. Not the numbers. Not 2 hours of rolling dice for 10 seconds of in-game combat.
Here's hoping it works out. Sign up! Lemme know if you're interested, and join #Exalted on irc.rizon.net!
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I will naturally be participating.
I'll be playing Melua Mala Maia, Solar Exalt of the Night Caste.
HOLY SHIT THERE'S A BIO NOW
I'll be playing Melua Mala Maia, Solar Exalt of the Night Caste.
HOLY SHIT THERE'S A BIO NOW
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Some clarifications:
This RPG will be run on IRC. Anyone is welcome to join. If you don't have rulebooks, that's okay, those can be acquired for you.
Characters start with the standard amount of BP and 15 points of experience to spend after creation, using the 2.5 ruleset. Anathema Character Creator works wonderfully for that: http://anathema.github.io/
There is one small, additional thing, however. In addition to having Intimacies, as normal, your character will also have Defining Features. Each character will have 6 defining features. Where an intimacy is something your character cares about, a Defining Feature is an intrinsic part of your character. It influences how they behave, and can be tapped into to offer bonuses in appropriate situations.
An example:
This RPG will be run on IRC. Anyone is welcome to join. If you don't have rulebooks, that's okay, those can be acquired for you.
Characters start with the standard amount of BP and 15 points of experience to spend after creation, using the 2.5 ruleset. Anathema Character Creator works wonderfully for that: http://anathema.github.io/
There is one small, additional thing, however. In addition to having Intimacies, as normal, your character will also have Defining Features. Each character will have 6 defining features. Where an intimacy is something your character cares about, a Defining Feature is an intrinsic part of your character. It influences how they behave, and can be tapped into to offer bonuses in appropriate situations.
An example:
In short, they're six important things about your character. They shouldn't be too vague, they should be more specific, and show insight into your character's personality and the things that truly matter to them. After picking out six, each one starts with 1 point already in it, and you have 10 more points to distribute between them. A defining feature with more points in it has a stronger grip on your character, offering greater bonuses when properly tapped, but also greater penalties if denied.Defining Features:
Likes to show off.
Smart-mouthed.
Devoted to my family.
I need to protect my sister.
Strong sense of justice.
Silver tongue.
Each Defining Feature can be tapped at-will in an appropriate situation. They offer a bonus to whatever you are doing equal to the number of points put into them, and in many cases can result in an automatic success. They don't always, however, and failing after tapping a defining characteristic can cause a loss of willpower and an increase in Limit. I'm hoping the addition of Defining Features will help people craft interesting and unique characters, with real personalities, whom they will enjoy playing.Defining Features:
Likes to show off. xxx
Smart-mouthed. x
Devoted to my family. xxx
I need to protect my sister. xxxx
Strong sense of justice. xx
Silver tongue. xxx
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Re: The Age Of Discord - Another Exalted Campaign
How many dots of inheritance would you allow for a god-blooded (as that falls outside normal character creation)?
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Probably 4-ish. I can't remember how OP God-blooded can get, but I remember 5 dots makes you the child of someone super-ultra important and powerful, so 4 is probably as high as you should go.
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Probably won't go higher than 3 then, 4 pretty much puts you on par with a minor god.
God blooded can get pretty high base stats starting out, and god body can be especially silly on top of that (take it three times? Well, just gain +6 str and +3 sta for a while when you feel like it), but other than that they can be a bit lackluster combat wise unless you min-max. So... that won't be a focus :3 .
God blooded can get pretty high base stats starting out, and god body can be especially silly on top of that (take it three times? Well, just gain +6 str and +3 sta for a while when you feel like it), but other than that they can be a bit lackluster combat wise unless you min-max. So... that won't be a focus :3 .
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Re: The Age Of Discord - Another Exalted Campaign
God Charms are significantly less powerful than Solar-tier Exalt charms, though, so... I mean, don't feel the need to hold back. Even if you are capable of showing off in some ways, you'll be hampered in others.
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Character Sheet
Background etc.
Few extra notes:
Timescales: was born on the 4th day of calibration, 3454, which is RY -995 in the realm calendar. Assuming start of campaign is exactly 300 years after 2nd edition “present”, is currently 2063 years old.
A character of this age would usually have an additional ~3-4000exp just from passive gain, which shows just how much Custos has lost over the years. (This is enough XP to max out all attributes, abilities (and specialties), all branches of Thaumaturgy, Willpower, Virtues, raise Essence to 3, then throw a good 100+ charms or 50+ sorcery spells on top)
Needless to say, he doesn’t realise the full extent of what he has lost, as it would probably drive him somewhat insane to truly know how much of his life is missing.
Custos' father has not been seen in creation since the usurpation - it is unknown where it is, or even if it is still exists.
The Procedures of Creation: Custos may piece together the fragments of his memories of his time studying the procedures to add two successes to a roll in Craft, Lore, Medicine or Occult by spending one willpower. Activating this ability must be done prior to the roll being made.
The House of Learning: Was granted tenure... which was most definitely a mistake. Paying an immortal till the end of time probably wasn't what they had in mind.
Essence: Custos' essence was very deliberately sealed - a servant who one day suddenly becomes a god associated with such a powerful concept as life itself is not guaranteed to remain one.
Memories: Custos' memories are not lost, they are all still contained within his hun soul and brain, but a lot of the biological connections within his brain relating to long term memory are damaged as his heart stops, and they then regenerate to their default state - i.e. not connected.
Artifact: The Crystal Heart functions by constantly reading and storing a "template" of the body, and this template is stored upon death, and then used whilst regenerating to manipulate and shape connections within the brain to restore their correct functions. These "at death" readings are stored in a long term memory "drive" in the artifact. It is this part of the artifact's function that is damaged - writing the previous incarnations readings to memory damages the readings already present. Whilst regenerating, the Crystal heart "hides" Elsewhere.
Background etc.
Few extra notes:
Timescales: was born on the 4th day of calibration, 3454, which is RY -995 in the realm calendar. Assuming start of campaign is exactly 300 years after 2nd edition “present”, is currently 2063 years old.
A character of this age would usually have an additional ~3-4000exp just from passive gain, which shows just how much Custos has lost over the years. (This is enough XP to max out all attributes, abilities (and specialties), all branches of Thaumaturgy, Willpower, Virtues, raise Essence to 3, then throw a good 100+ charms or 50+ sorcery spells on top)
Needless to say, he doesn’t realise the full extent of what he has lost, as it would probably drive him somewhat insane to truly know how much of his life is missing.
Custos' father has not been seen in creation since the usurpation - it is unknown where it is, or even if it is still exists.
The Procedures of Creation: Custos may piece together the fragments of his memories of his time studying the procedures to add two successes to a roll in Craft, Lore, Medicine or Occult by spending one willpower. Activating this ability must be done prior to the roll being made.
The House of Learning: Was granted tenure... which was most definitely a mistake. Paying an immortal till the end of time probably wasn't what they had in mind.
Essence: Custos' essence was very deliberately sealed - a servant who one day suddenly becomes a god associated with such a powerful concept as life itself is not guaranteed to remain one.
Memories: Custos' memories are not lost, they are all still contained within his hun soul and brain, but a lot of the biological connections within his brain relating to long term memory are damaged as his heart stops, and they then regenerate to their default state - i.e. not connected.
Artifact: The Crystal Heart functions by constantly reading and storing a "template" of the body, and this template is stored upon death, and then used whilst regenerating to manipulate and shape connections within the brain to restore their correct functions. These "at death" readings are stored in a long term memory "drive" in the artifact. It is this part of the artifact's function that is damaged - writing the previous incarnations readings to memory damages the readings already present. Whilst regenerating, the Crystal heart "hides" Elsewhere.
Spoiler!
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Re: The Age Of Discord - Another Exalted Campaign
Character: Kirigasa Yoko, zenith caste solar.
http://puu.sh/961Fp/882152fff3.pdf
Bio: In the works
Defining Features:
1. Rebellious
2. Friendly and outgoing
3. Likes a good fight
4. Adventurous
5. Treasures freedom
6. Godcrusher
http://puu.sh/961Fp/882152fff3.pdf
Bio: In the works
Defining Features:
1. Rebellious
2. Friendly and outgoing
3. Likes a good fight
4. Adventurous
5. Treasures freedom
6. Godcrusher
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Re: The Age Of Discord - Another Exalted Campaign
Melua's (fucking long) bio finally added to my post.