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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
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If she was, then she'd trigger the contingency where the Wedding Band grants an Essence 10 wearer all Ebon Dragon charms, turning them into a clone of him.
Basically a backup plan in case anyone kills him then is stupid enough to put it on.
the thing is if she has the charm i mentioned she would jump into essence 10 if she was an akuma but the stats say otherwise (unless she was always at essence 7 before putting the ring on)
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
I don't believe Ascendancy Mantle of (yozi) actually increases your essence. I think it just allows you the opportunity to buy your essence up even when you are at your age maximum. So, she wouldn't necessarily go up an essence just from having it as she probably has other things to spend her experience points on.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
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merashin
I don't believe Ascendancy Mantle of (yozi) actually increases your essence. I think it just allows you the opportunity to buy your essence up even when you are at your age maximum. So, she wouldn't necessarily go up an essence just from having it as she probably has other things to spend her experience points on.
Correct, it just increases your essence cap by 1. So you get max6 before 100, max7 before 300 and so on.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
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merashin
I don't believe Ascendancy Mantle of (yozi) actually increases your essence. I think it just allows you the opportunity to buy your essence up even when you are at your age maximum. So, she wouldn't necessarily go up an essence just from having it as she probably has other things to spend her experience points on.
NPCs.
Do not.
Use experience points.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
Well, neither do player characters, as such. Just because the GM doesn't have technical limitations on what htye do doesn't mean every NPC is supposed to cap everything.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
I just had a moment of fridge logic: How do compasses work in creation? Do they point due north wherever you are, or to the elemental pole of Air?
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
They point towards the Elemental Pole of Earth.
Underworld Compasses point towards the Void.
This is, however, not canon.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
They point towards the Unconquered Sun's pants.
Or, they do for the other Incarna at least.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
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golentan
I just had a moment of fridge logic: How do compasses work in creation? Do they point due north wherever you are, or to the elemental pole of Air?
Compass needles are made of Jade. Which colour variant determines which Pole they point to. A good compass has five needles to allow you to track all five Poles at once.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
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Kobold-Bard
Compass needles are made of Jade. Which colour variant determines which Pole they point to. A good compass has five needles to allow you to track all five Poles at once.
Brilliant. Should this be Artifact 1 or should it be on the Ressources scale?
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Tavar
They point towards the Elemental Pole of Earth.
Underworld Compasses point towards the Void.
This is, however, not canon.
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Originally Posted by
Kobold-Bard
Compass needles are made of Jade. Which colour variant determines which Pole they point to. A good compass has five needles to allow you to track all five Poles at once.
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Turalisj
They point towards the Unconquered Sun's pants.
Or, they do for the other Incarna at least.
I am okay with any of these answers.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
And on that note, if you ended up crafting a custom compass with a Yellow Jade needle, which direction would it point at..?:smallconfused:
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HerrTenko
And on that note, if you ended up crafting a custom compass with a Yellow Jade needle, which direction would it point at..?:smallconfused:
It points to the next sidequest. Once you complete your objective it moves to a new one.
Legend has it that eventually the Yellow Jade Compass will lead the bearer to an artefact so powerful that it makes the Eye of Autochthon look like a child's toy.
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HerrTenko
And on that note, if you ended up crafting a custom compass with a Yellow Jade needle, which direction would it point at..?:smallconfused:
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Kobold-Bard
It points to the next sidequest. Once you complete your objective it moves to a new one.
Legend has it that eventually the Yellow Jade Compass will lead the bearer to an artefact so powerful that it makes the Eye of Autochthon look like a child's toy.
...
Jack Sparrow's compass?
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
While not strictly a compass, the Recorder of Everlasting Glories points toward the Pole of Earth. Between that and knowing which direction the sun rises and sets in, you can figure out where you are in Creation.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
Hi guys, sorry to bother you but I am soon joining an Exalted game where I am to play the circle's social character. I am super exited but the problem is that I am really not sure about what charms to select.
My char is a Zenith caste, charisma based, compassion 4 good guy so no shady deals i dark alleys. I guess presence is the way to go but i could really use some help. :)
Oh and I am sorry for the bad english! It's not my first language. ;)
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
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Frosthamn
Hi guys, sorry to bother you but I am soon joining an Exalted game where I am to play the circle's social character. I am super exited but the problem is that I am really not sure about what charms to select.
My char is a Zenith caste, charisma based, compassion 4 good guy so no shady deals i dark alleys. I guess presence is the way to go but i could really use some help. :)
Oh and I am sorry for the bad english! It's not my first language. ;)
Irresistible Salesman Technique from presence, Hypnotic Tongue Technique and an excellency should carry you a long way.
Mind, there's good stuff in every ability for you to get! To operate on a larger scale you'll use Performance instead of Presence.
Make sure you get a good Appearance score, it facilitates everything.
Don't think too hard into social combat, though. Check with your dm about how you'll run it, because the whole thing's not too helpful. The most important thing is knowing that actual "social combat" shouldn't be happening all the time. Oft you really just need a good roll and a charming smile.
If your group expects combat, don't shy from it either. As always an excellency carries you a long way, and a couple good soak boosters makes sure you don't explode on contact.
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I don't understand what you mean by "shady". There's no morality inherent to the solar charmset.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
So what happened to the Exalted Wiki? Because I used it a LOT for page references.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
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Kobold-Bard
So what happened to the Exalted Wiki? Because I used it a LOT for page references.
All of the White Wolf wiki sites suffered a pretty serious collapse back in November. They were down and up a few times, then went down hard at the beginning of December.
White Wolf's technical staff has assured us that they know, and they're working on it. It's been a month since that assurance was made, though, so people are getting a bit nervous.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
Didn't CCP fire most of the White Wolf technical team and outsource it?
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
Wait, the wiki was official?
I assumed it was a fan thing.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
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Lix Lorn
Wait, the wiki was official?
I assumed it was a fan thing.
The wiki is a weird halfway place where the actual site is managed mainly by fans, with a small amount of staff oversight, but it takes place on a staff website and the technical specs are staff entirely.
Before the White Wolf wikis existed, there was an unofficial wiki which is still around now, but it's a lot more fan material than official, and is filled with broken links because there was a major site upgrade that broke a bunch of the original link systems and most of the pages owners were gone by then.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
I've always been a little disappointed by the official wiki. I think part of the problem is uncertainty over how much information can be posted without violating copyright. Perhaps there should be a fluff-only wiki - no mechanics at all, not even the charm names. Also no actual text from the books, just summaries of the setting details. It would help people get up to speed on the setting without discouraging them from buying the books, since all of them contain some mechanics.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
My problem with the wiki has always been that it's pretty damn unforgiving when you search. Unless you spell the Charm-name exactly right, it tends to not find it. Maybe I'm just doing it wrong, but that's what I've found.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
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Weimann
My problem with the wiki has always been that it's pretty damn unforgiving when you search. Unless you spell the Charm-name exactly right, it tends to not find it. Maybe I'm just doing it wrong, but that's what I've found.
I use google for that reason. It is much more leniant. Well, I used google. Now I have to use the cache feature.
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Exthalion
I use google for that reason. It is much more leniant. Well, I used google. Now I have to use the cache feature.
Likewise. Googling - Exalted Charm <something sort of close to the name> or <vague description of its effect>, would usually bring up the right wiki page in the first few results.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
So, how do you guys run Burn Legend as a play-by-post? How do you do clashes and such? I ask because I might try running a game of it again.
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Turalisj
So, how do you guys run Burn Legend as a play-by-post? How do you do clashes and such? I ask because I might try running a game of it again.
I assume that the easiest way would be for each person to privately post their description, choice of power, and a secret clash roll in case it's needed to the GM, who then reveals both posts and the results.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion XII: One More and Get a Free Deathlord
Hmm, and then the players post reactions?
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Turalisj
Hmm, and then the players post reactions?
The best way I've found is for each player to PM the Storyteller with their desired action and associated rolls. The Storyteller then cobbles that together into a coherent single post describing a turn.