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2011-04-27, 04:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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So, the way Holden has been talking about the Lunar overhaul, I'm thinking they may be able to crawl their way up out of "definitively last place" to "marginally last place" in my ladder of favorite Exalt types. Amidst several minor examples of fixing terrible charms, he posted this rough draft of a keyword that will apparently play a major role in Lunar charm design:
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2011-04-27, 04:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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That's pretty awesome. Lunars are/were one of my favorite exalt types. I look forward to seeing where they go with that.
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2011-04-27, 05:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Protean keyword sounds very cool; I like it. *wonders if we'll see it showing up on some Martial Arts charms as a kind of Lunar-only aspect to them, much like the Prayer Strip keyword is for Sidereals*
Also, wild speculation on Exalted Test of Spite:SpoilerGiven limited stunting and assuming characters have a way to get and stay in attack range of each other, everything is going to come down to mote pool size, efficiency of PDs, and charm-based mote-regen. Which means that an active ToS will quickly determine two things:
--Whether high-movement kiting archers are Better Than Everything (assuming the normal spectrum of defenses, this probably comes down to The Freedom Stone and Gem of Perfect Balance to defeat clinch, knockdown, and blockade movement, and the archer's Per+Awareness versus the melee guy's Dex+Stealth to keep track of him and keep hitting him. Thrown with Space-Warping Needles may also be a viable tactic, negating most/all of the melee-guy's cover at the cost of motes spent recalling your needle and most of your comfortable kiting range.)
--Which Exalt type has the best Reactor and/or Overdrive charms. Starting mote pool size is also helpful here, but regain is probably most important.
Soak-based Abyssals, Infernals, and akuma will all fail _hard_ due to the ease with which the other types (particularly Solars, of course) can get access to Holy.
Celestial Monkey Style will be the most commonly practiced Martial Art at greater-than-starting XP levels, for two reasons: one, when mastered, it's compatible with any armor and any attack made with Martial Arts (so: unarmed, Martial Arts weapons, and anything that's a Form Weapon for some other style you have), and two, it gets you a scene-length effective doubling of Parry DV. Ideally, combine with Chaos Targe to attempt to parry unblockables as if they weren't. Given the fact that DV optimization will necessarily be important in a limited-Willpower match, CMS+Chaos Targe becomes quite nice.
For Eclipses, Moonshadows, and (if they can deal with their small mote pools and complete lack of mote-regain) Sidereals, Defense of Shining Joy + Hauberk of Bells gets Performance to DDV twice, PDV once, all Dex-based dice pools once, and ignores all penalties to DDV, at the price of a charm, a four-dot artifact, and an eight-mote attunement.
Wood Dragon Style as far as the Form also seems like it might be nice for a soak-and-regen strategy, though I think those will go down hard to Grand Killsticks and anything with aggravated damage, so it won't actually end up being optimal.
If allowed for non-Sidereals, Violet Bier of Sorrows will of course see frequent use as a one-charm dip (Yay, double Join Battle successes!), and Blade of the Battle Maiden may become a key component of Grand Killstick builds, as even the post-errata version is pretty darned strong. And scene-length, which is critical with limited regen.
Terrestrials' free-use-of-reflexives is going to be extremely relevant in starting-level play, but become rapidly useless as XP ramps up. Except possibly for Terrestrial Akuma, if they're even allowed. *shudder*
The Malfeas, Cecelyne, and SWLiHN Mythos Exultants will either be very useful or completely useless, depending on how high/low the stunt budget is set at.
Due to Overdrive drip and free Holy, Glorious Solar <weapon> will be the standard for Solars. We may see the occasional Crimson Bow.
The last point is nothing new, but given the importance of constant or scene-length abilities to boost pools without constant mote expenditure and charm activations, the Brutal Attack Merit + Demon Ink Tattoo + Green Iron Heart + Prosthetic of Clockwork Elegance combo is going to be really popular, considering that for 13BP and 13m committed it can get you:
Base Melee attack pools on Str rather than Dex
+6 Str
+5 Stm
+2 Dex
+1 Melee, +1 Dodge, +1 Awareness/Resistance/Integrity/Stealth/Athletics/etc., or +2 Melee
+3 specialty Melee (insert high-Rate weapon of choice here)
...all of which adds up to +10-11 dice to your attacks, +1-1.5 DDV, +3-3.5 PDV (or +6-7 if using Celestial Monkey Style), and (assuming Ox-Bodies equal to Stamina), +5-20 health levels, depending on whether you're a Sidereal or an Infernal/Lunar, not counting extra Dying levels. Also, none of the above counts towards dice caps.
The downside, of course, is you lose instantly to forced-deattunement.
Regardless, I look forward with interest to seeing the results.Last edited by Psyborg; 2011-04-27 at 05:05 PM.
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2011-04-27, 05:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'm liking the Protean. Feels like something they always should have had.
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2011-04-27, 05:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-04-27, 06:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Just to note, there is a ban list up in the TOS thread. Thanks for identifying some other things that need tweaked, though.
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2011-04-27, 06:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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If you allow Kimbery charms, I can technically get an arbitrarily high dodge DV.
And I can layer 4000 doses of a poison on a weapon, so all I have to do is hit you once and you get at least a -2000 internal penalty.
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2011-04-27, 06:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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2011-04-27, 07:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-04-27, 07:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Note the allowed list, in the first spoiler box. Specifically:
Due to resources available, only Solars, Dragonblooded, Lunars, Sidereal, Abyssals, Gods, Elementals, and Ghosts are currently allowed in the game.He fears his fate too much, and his reward is small, who will not put it to the touch, to win or lose it all.
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2011-04-27, 07:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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There is a ban on akuma, but in the character creation guidelines Infernals are conspicuously absent (along with Alchemicals, but my memory fails) from the allowed character types due to "lack of resources."
Edit: Oh Five-Score Fellowship, why do you hate me so!Last edited by a_humble_lich; 2011-04-27 at 07:06 PM.
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2011-04-27, 07:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Considering I sent a PM saying the same thing at 8:01....
Also, Celestial Monkey doubles your DV? Might have to expand the ban list a bit.He fears his fate too much, and his reward is small, who will not put it to the touch, to win or lose it all.
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2011-04-27, 07:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-04-27, 08:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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I use black for sarcasm.
Call me Rose, or The Rose Dragon. Rose Dragon is someone else entirely.
If you need me for something, please PM me about it. I am having difficulty keeping track of all my obligations.
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2011-04-27, 09:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Would a theoretical Fu-Sion-Ha spell that functions exactly like Unity of the Closed Fist but with only a maximum of two participants be Terrestrial or Celestial circle? (Assuming that the casting cost was maybe scaled to 20m if it was Terrestrial and 30m for Celestial.)
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2011-04-27, 09:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Neither, because Unity of the Closed Fist is pretty broken and doesn't need another easier-to-get version?[/hasnotseenyourspell]
If you fix UotCF, then sure, but I don't know what that would look like.
Also, Protean, hell yeah.
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2011-04-27, 10:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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I use black for sarcasm.
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2011-04-27, 10:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-04-27, 10:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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But if Unity of the Closed Fist gets changed, how will the Yozi use all of those five kilomote charms they have?
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2011-04-27, 11:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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You already know how to get Giga-motes.
For a functional fire breathing lizard, 5-dot behemoths are your friend.
Fire Breath is a 4-dot attuned artifact weapon analog.
Soak in the 50/50 range (and aggravated soak around 25).
Flight, massive size, half a dozen flavors of unkillability...
Was there ever any doubt?
Of course, we can make this interesting and skip the obvious route.
Would a Tyrant Lizard with ~200 mutation points suffice as a starting point? One that channels essence, is fully sentient, and (as a special one time only bonus) eats souls? Shape Forged Servant and the varied Grace Forging Charms.
Does it need to look like its master? Evoke it while under the effect of Assumption of the Person's Heart, and it'll look like whoever you're disguised as.
Do you need a few hundred of its spawn to have a party with the nice people bringing the torches and pitchforks? Bestial Transformation will turn any number of them into mini versions of the Big Guy - and even if they are much weaker, the rest of the mob (and they) will be utterly convinced that they are, in fact, the horrible monsters they appear to be.
Oh, wait. Happy thoughts, happy thoughts.
Emotion Weaving Style will rewrite the Motivation of all mortals nearby so tat their one purpose in life is tofeed themselves todance around and throw flowers at the beast. Translucent Dream Sheathing Technology ensures that it can, and will, fit inside any properly made ball - and be utterly loyal to the one who captures it that way (best not make it sentient, in this case).
Principle of Worlds means that each time a fight starts, strange beasts appear and begin to call out attack names. You haven't lived until you've seen a small tentacle demon call out "Panther, I choose you! Use Glorious Thunderbolt!" when your iconic Solar Circle goes against the Mask of Winters, to have a mini-Luna respond on the other side: "Maskie! Show them how you've leveled up! Use Pointless Intricate Plot!"
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2011-04-28, 01:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Ahem. I may just have beaten you to the punch there.
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And I stole the concept, ran with it, have a word document full of artifacts and notes on setting, and am eventually running a game on it.
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2011-04-28, 05:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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Where are my royalties, then?
I DEMAND MY AMBROSIA, DAMNIT!
EDIT: At least a link to all this would be nice.Last edited by Cyborg Mage; 2011-04-28 at 08:05 AM.
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2011-04-28, 08:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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I haven't posted it yet, but I can send you the word document if you want?
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Nah, I'll wait. Don't have Word on this laptop. If you can convert it to PDF or something, that would work.
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2011-04-28, 08:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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I'm not completely sure how, but I could just copy it into a PM for you.
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2011-04-28, 08:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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It should be an option in the Print menu.
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I guess, but it'd be easier just to put it in a PM. DXD
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