Exalted is a fantasy roleplaying game of mythic heroes, of gods and monsters and a fantastical lost golden age. A world with usurped titans and imprisoned demons and howling hordes of chaos champing at the gates to reality. At its forefront are the Exalted, once-mortal champions raised up by the gods, and invested with great and terrible power.
And it's getting a third edition! To celebrate, we're gonna gift our avatars with the divine shards of god-like puissance and let them loose on the forums! Go forth and carve your legend!
But I don't know anything about Exalted!
That's okay. I swear, it's not that difficult. The setting's pretty much a fantasy kitchen sink, so almost any concept can be made to fit Exalted. Still, feel free to hit me up with a PM, or message me on Skype (thecountalucard666), and I'll be glad to explain things in more detail! Or you can pop over to the current General Exalted Discussion Thread with your questions; there are helpful people there, too!
But I don't LIKE Exalted!
Tough. It won.
Just kidding. I hear Dragon Week got plenty of votes, so if you really don't wanna participate, I won't take it personally if you use a dragon avatar instead.
Can't you at least give us the short version here?!?
Yeah, okay.
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The Exalted are the demigod champions of Creation, and for all their power they are still very human. There also exist myriad other kinds of beings in Creation, such as gods, demons, Fair Folk, elementals, ghosts, mutants, and stranger things still.
Among the Exalted, you have:
Solars, holy champions that glow with the golden light of the sun's blessing. Your best bet for Charles Atlas Superpowers or holy types, also crazy-awesome sorcerers.
Lunars, mercurial shapeshifters and champions of the moon-goddess. Your best bet if you want something monstrous or animalistic.
Sidereals, Heaven's agents who watch over the Loom of Fate. Very arcane, master manipulators. You wanna pull off Xanatos Gambits? This is your splat.
Terrestrials, the elementally-charged progeny of the Five Elemental Dragons. If you wanna pull off some AtLA-style elemental manipulation, this isn't a bad bet.
Abyssals, dark mirrors of the Solar Exalted, resonating with death and entropy. Awesome necromancers, also very vampiric.
Infernals, Exalts twisted to serve the imprisoned Primordials. Lotta demonic, alien stuff going on here.
Alchemicals, the cyborg state-champions of Autochthon, the mechanical inventor-Titan. If you wanna go steampunk, this is for you.
Each type of Exalt is then broken down into castes, representing archetypes and vague directions in which their proclivities can grow naturally. Sorta like a D&D character class, but more organic. Each caste has marks that distinguish it, and these marks flare into prominence on the Exalt's forehead when they kick off their shiny powers, glowing in colors thematic to the type in question. Notable exceptions are the Terrestrials, whose castes correspond to the elements, and Alchemicals, whose castes correspond to the magical materials in their bodies.
Here's an image with all the Exalted castes. Disregard the "Nocturnals" - they're a fan-splat, and this was the best I could do on such short notice.
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Also worth mention is that magic items are typically made of magical materials intended to resonate with one of the Exalt types.
Orichalcum is a super-hard metal forged from gold. It resonates with Solars.
Moonsilver resembles silver, but is both hard as steel and as protean as its Lunar users.
Starmetal is forged, as the name implies, from fallen stars, and only from such auspicious discoveries can the Sidereals forge such useful tools.
Jade is the material of choice for the Terrestrial Exalted.
Soulsteel is a black metal crafted from the souls of ghosts; the Abyssals find that this icy metal is as strong as orichalcum.
Vitriol is no true material, but instead represents a demonic taint on other Exalted artifacts.
As for Alchemicals, they use jade, orichalcum, moonsilver, starmetal, and soulsteel as they please, as well as the crystalline adamant.
Oh, hey, their Kickstarter has begun; can you give me a link?
I was already there before this thread was created.
And once it becomes irrelevant, I will retroactively never have been there in the first place.
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Ooh, could someone do Naomi as a Twilight caste sorcerer, please? In the middle of Shaping, would look pretty awesome I think.
...ooh, or Daybreak caste. Now I can't decide. Dammit.
... I could but I don't know enough about Exalted to know how to represent Shaping.
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Could anyone please Exalt my current avatar as Solar of the Night caste? My whole Exalted knowledge comes from Keychain of Creation and some forays into the wiki, so the artist would have full artistic license.
Thanks in advance
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Ah, right, forgot about Keychain of Creation. (Should seriously reread it now I know enough to understand more than 25% of the content.)
Okay then, Helio, I'll try to make something tonight or tomorrow, ideally after you've decided which Exaltation you want.
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I have no idea where anything is. I have no idea what anything does. This is not merely a madhouse designed by a madman, but a madhouse designed by many madmen, each with an intense hatred for the previous madman's unique flavour of madness.
Eclipse caste sounds boring (never been much of a diplomat in RL or gaming)…
Keep in mind that 1) Castes are loose associations, not strict roles like D&D's character classes, and 2) the iconic Eclipse of 2e was also a kickin' martial artist.
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…and I didn't know about the Dusk caste.
Abyssal equivalent of the Dawn Caste.
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Dawn are the warriors right?, sounds tempting; but dunno it feels to heavy handed to Exalt Dusk as a Dusk caste Abyssal (yes that character is named Dusk )
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I know nothing about Exalted, so could someone just look at my avatar, think what he'd look like in Exalted and post it up? Please, pretty please?
Fire Aspect Terrestrial using Elemental Bolt Attack.
Solar sorcerer, possibly Twilight, but could be any caste, shaping a sorcery spell.
Green Sun Prince, possibly Scourge caste.
Or he could be a Fair Folk. Or a humanoid god. Or really almost anything. Hand-auras are pretty vague.
Tell us about the avatar/character, and I'll try and suggest something that fits.
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Daybreak Caste Abyssal by Gnomish Wanderer!
Alright, I'm back from my trip to the Exalted Wiki/TV Tropes. Anyone willing to universe-shift my avatar out of Pathfinder and into this week's setting? Considering my character's general personality and role, Air Aspect Dragon-blood sorcerer, maybe? I think it'd work, although the dragon is mandatory. Not sure if Fantasy Kitchen Sink includes pocket dragons. I can settle on it being an Anima, or similar magic critter, but for the sake of his theme I don't like presenting Jace alone.
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[Sorry, Boss, but now, as always, I get the last word.]
Hey, Helio, I'm a jerk so I didn't wait for you to make up your mind, also I realized "ahah, Heliomance" and thought Solar might be more appropriate.
Hope you like it.
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I have no idea where anything is. I have no idea what anything does. This is not merely a madhouse designed by a madman, but a madhouse designed by many madmen, each with an intense hatred for the previous madman's unique flavour of madness.
I second this. I'd read up on Exalted and do it myself but finals are coming up so I don't have the time.
Other avatars as references:
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I can do you, if you want. A Wood Aspect, maybe.
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I have no idea where anything is. I have no idea what anything does. This is not merely a madhouse designed by a madman, but a madhouse designed by many madmen, each with an intense hatred for the previous madman's unique flavour of madness.
Ooh, hmm, I'd like to mix up my themes. Would someone be willing to spiff up my pony avatar as an Eclipse caste Solar, focused on oratory skills and presence?
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Lawyer Pony Avatar by Dirtytabs, exalted as an Eclipse by Elemental, now with a fancy robe.
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Anarion's right on the money here.
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Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Anarion Mori?
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You just highlandered an entire city block into a glass-filled storm by road-runnering down it in your underwear.
Yeah, Keychain of Creation is basically going to be the go-to source material for this week.
[begging] If anyone would care to turn my Kobold bard into an Exalt I'd be vary grateful.
Requesting my default avatar with a Zenith Caste Mark and a golden multi-headed Dragon as his anima banner, playing an instrument (violin unless you come up with something more fitting).
Random avatar creators, expect PMs if no one volunteers [/begging]
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Considering all I know about Exalted (Keychain of Creation and Chorus of The Neverborn) I assume that he'd probably a fire-aspect Terrestrial (ie, dragon-blooded? Eh?). Then again, I also hear that there are other races in Exalted that he might fit into? I might be able to draw it myself, but a pointer or two from someone in-the-know would be appreciated.
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Predator turned prey
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I have no idea where anything is. I have no idea what anything does. This is not merely a madhouse designed by a madman, but a madhouse designed by many madmen, each with an intense hatred for the previous madman's unique flavour of madness.
Would you mind explaining a very basic little for those who want to create avatars for themselves (Head symbols, races, stuff) and don't have the time to exactly read up on this?
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Considering all I know about Exalted (Keychain of Creation and Chorus of The Neverborn) I assume that he'd probably a fire-aspect Terrestrial (ie, dragon-blooded? Eh?). Then again, I also hear that there are other races in Exalted that he might fit into? I might be able to draw it myself, but a pointer or two from someone in-the-know would be appreciated.
A lunar with a reptilian aspect or chimerism might also be appropriate
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I swear, it's not that difficult. 
The setting's pretty much a fantasy kitchen sink, so almost any concept can be made to fit Exalted. Still, feel free to hit me up with a PM, or message me on Skype (thecountalucard666), and I'll be glad to explain things in more detail! Or you can pop over to the current General Exalted Discussion Thread with your questions; there are helpful people there, too! 
I hear Dragon Week got plenty of votes, so if you really don't wanna participate, I won't take it personally if you use a dragon avatar instead. 
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