General Exalted Discussion Thread VII: Playground Eternal Essence

[golentan]

And by fence, we mean Adrian, the river of all torments.

And by "All torments," we mean love...

[Cyborg Mage]

And by sign, we meen hundreds-of-feet tall flaming letters covered in serrated blades.

[Fortuna]

Speaking as a dabbling mathematician, let's cut to the chase.

Let P(X) be a function mapping the integers to silly security devices which is both one-to-one and onto. EDIT: Let P(X) be further constrained by the condition that R(P(X)), where R(S) is a function mapping silly security devices to the reals defined as the "Ridiculosity Function", is strictly increasing.

Then by P(X), we mean P(X+1).

[Lord Raziere]

And by fence, we mean Adrian, the river of all torments.

Hm. That is a puzzling puzzle.

I choose to wait.

Arrival of Primordial War in 3….2….1….

[Recaiden]

Arrival of Primordial War in 3….2….1….

I choose to put in a roof. And by roof, I mean a Solar with Order-Affirming Blow, Adorjan Principle Emulation, and Fond Remembrance of Adrian, tilted at a 50 degree angle off the fence.

Oh, for the days when the Realm Defence Grid could keep the fae off of our lawns.

[TheCountAlucard]

Oh, for the days when the Realm Defence Grid could keep the fae off of our lawns.

Well, there were also the reality engines...

That, and the fact that a properly-built Solar in the First Age could respond to something as simple as a Fair Folk's propaganda pamphlet with an undodgeable, unblockable Melee counterattack all the way from Mount Meru.

[Rikandur Azebol]

Which is why I keep a cold iron fence around all my games with a sign that says "No Raksha allowed".

And what difference is between Raksha and Twilight ? Except that latter have Power, but little flexibility and the former have Flexibility and little power ?

In Player hands every kind of character can be Game Breaking.

[Turalisj]

I'm not even going to bother giving you an answer on that.

If you want a game focusing on fae, go play Changeling.

[Drascin]

Changeling isn't even remotely close to Exalted fae, though. Entirely different beasts.

[Turalisj]

Except this game line is called Exalted, not Raksha.

[Yuki Akuma]

Except this game line is called Exalted, not Raksha.

And it also has rules for mortal, god-blooded, dragon king, jadeborn and ghost characters!

Funny, that. It's almost as if the setting allows you to play several different sorts of characters, or something.

[Turalisj]

I have nothing against playing anything other than an exalted character, it just presses on a nerve when people want to cut out the effectiveness of what would arguably be the primary characters of the game.

[Yuki Akuma]

Sure, but it's not fun to be playing a Raksha game and then suddenly have a Solar come over and kick over your sandcastle.

(But that's mostly a case of the ST being a ****.)

[Sanguine]

And it also has rules for mortal, god-blooded, dragon king, jadeborn and ghost characters!.

This reminds me. Would anyone be interested in a Ghost campaign? I wouldn't be running it anytime soon but I might start recruitment around mid-to-late December or early January.

[DeadManSleeping]

Sure, but it's not fun to be playing a Raksha game and then suddenly have a Solar come over and kick over your sandcastle.

(But that's mostly a case of the ST being a ****.)

Sure, but it's not fun to be playing a Solar game and then suddenly have a Raksha come over and kick over your sandcastle.

(But that's mostly a case of the ST being a ****.)

[Kyeudo]

This reminds me. Would anyone be interested in a Ghost campaign? I wouldn't be running it anytime soon but I might start recruitment around mid-to-late December or early January.

I would!! Would we be haunting Creation or mucking about in the Underworld?

[Turalisj]

Sure, but it's not fun to be playing a Solar game and then suddenly have a Raksha come over and kick over your sandcastle.

(But that's mostly a case of the ST being a ****.)

Or not double checking, triple checking, and quadruple checking a raksha character.

Seriously, after seeing mesch's stuff, there's no way in hell I would let a fae character into a game. At least most others have some sort of limit on what they can do.

[TheCountAlucard]

Seriously, after seeing mesch's stuff, there's no way in hell I would let a fae character into a game. At least most others have some sort of limit on what they can do.

Seriously, after seeing mesch's stuff, I realize that Fair Folk are just as limited as any magical splat in the game (and no, enlightened mortals don't count), while being weaker in general.

The big difference here is that the Fair Folk allow for a truly-fantastic amount of concepts and ideas to work, as opposed to a simply mind-boggling amount.

Brainwashing masses of mortals? Fair Folk can do it, but so can everything else in the game. Good luck doing the same to an Exalt - even Terrestrials can easily be made to avoid Fair Folk BS.

Deleterious Shaping effects? Once more, every splat in the game has access to it, but even mortals can resist some of the Fair Folk stuff, just by having access to iron.

Ridiculous efficiency at slaughtering masses of enemies? The only time Fair Folk are better at it is when the whole battle is just the framework of a Shaping Combat action, and even then, that's only until Lunars get into the picture.

It's fine if you don't want to use Fair Folk stuff - it really is - but there's definitely a limit on what they can do.

On an unrelated note, what are we gonna call the new thread?

[Gensh]

On an unrelated note, what are we gonna call the new thread?

KEEP THE INFERNAL THEME:
General Exalted Discussion Thread VIII: Path of a Thousand Posts

[Xefas]

On an unrelated note, what are we gonna call the new thread?

I was thinking either "The Playground of a Thousand Whispers" or "Playground Apotheosis Shintai" (which I realize is not a generic Primordial charm, but it's a cool name nonetheless).

[TheCountAlucard]

KEEP THE INFERNAL THEME:
General Exalted Discussion Thread VIII: Path of a Thousand Posts

Alternatively, going with different splats...
Playground-Fighting Principle, Cast Out Beyond Playground, Time-Sheltered Playground...

[Xefas]

Alternatively, going with different splats...
Playground-Fighting Principle, Cast Out Beyond Playground, Time-Sheltered Playground...

Yeah, I wouldn't mind if someone else would make the next thread, actually. Then they can just put up what ever inferior non-Primordial name they wish.

[Hiro Protagonest]

It's exalted, on earth, in high-school.

Edit: its open to all exalt types. Except I'm full on infernals right now and have one solar slot left. I'm going to have a way to explain why there are dragon-blooded and already have an explanation for alchies.

Wait, this game is already recruiting?

Where-is-this-thread-I-must-find-it!

[Lix Lorn]

Yeah, I wouldn't mind if someone else would make the next thread, actually. Then they can just put up what ever inferior non-Primordial name they wish.

Irresistable Playground Spirit?
Playground Seducing Demon Dance?
Playground Thunder Hammer?

[Turalisj]

It's offsite, link is in the OP.

[Rikandur Azebol]

Sure, but it's not fun to be playing a Solar game and then suddenly have a Raksha come over and break It's leg over your orichalcumcastle.

(But that's mostly a case of the ST being a ****.)

Edited it a little. As far as I am concerned, Turalisj is partially right. Solars do crazy stuff in more predictable ways than Rakshas. Making them look safer to handle.
Until You learn Third-Circle Sorcery and Wyld-Shaping, that is.

Personally I believe that Rakshas are easier to manage, since ST can punish Raksha that lacks's "style" and acts contrary to it's thematics. Or outright boring. Calcifying and little fact of whole Creation hating Your guts, instinctively.

Another factor is such that Raksha's power grows little with more charms. Starting Raksha wich specializes can very much do almost everything that more experienced one could do. Rakshas hit glass-ceiling of "Homebrew" quite early. While other Exalted, including the often stomped over Dragon-Blooded, show steady progress over the course of their career.

[TheCountAlucard]

While other Exalted, including the often stomped over Dragon-Blooded, show steady progress over the course of their career.

Rather, show ridiculous progress over the course of their careers.

I still marvel at how far they really go over the course of a game.

[Xefas]

Irresistable Playground Spirit?
Playground Seducing Demon Dance?
Playground Thunder Hammer?

Ten-Thousand Playgrounders Post As One

[TheCountAlucard]

Ten-Thousand Playgrounders Post As One

Okay, wow.

No, really.

Let's go with that, can we?

[Kyeudo]

Ten-Thousand Playgrounders Post As One

This gets my vote.