Zero and Negative Dice Pools and Success Adders

If we follow standard rules then 2nd Excellency (and other success adders) will trump 0 or negative dice pools.

Even if your dice pool is 0 or negative your action will resolve with 0 success from unable to roll + success from dice adders.

This is unacceptable to me.

So for my game

You must qualify to attempt the action (e.g. higher than 0 dice pool) before your success adders kick in.  If you are unable to even roll then your action automatically fails and you cannot even attempt to use success adders.

Virtue and MDV

I found it strange that one’s virtue has no direct relationship to defend against Mental Attacks.

If Children is not a person’s Intimacy or part of his Motivation.

The Mental Influence to murder children has the same difficulty between Person with Compassion 5 and a Person with Compassion 0.

So I am adding the rule to modify MDV treating defining virtues (3+) akin to Intimacies.

Any action that goes along with actions you must suceed Virtue Rolls on will be –1 MDV.

Any action that goes along with actions you must fail Virtue Rolls on will be +1 MDV.

Unlike Intimacy and Motivation, this Modifier is cumulitive with the Intimacy and Motivation Modifier.

So the total modifier to MDV of Virtue + Motivation/Intimacy is now +/-3.  2 from Motivation, 1 from Virtue.

And the total modifier to MDV of Virtue + Intimacy is now +/- 2.  1 from Virtue and 1 from Intimacy.

This uses the same threshold as defining virtues (e.g. Virtue of 3+). 

Those whose virtue are too low do not gain this effect.  The point of having no virtue is you have no strong personal values to violate.  Having 0 Virtue means you can be commanded to do anything – since the act does in no way strain your morality.

[Exalted Past] Session Rewards

Player Characters

	Balan	Aata	Nejimaru
Total	161	161	149
Story 01	28	27	22
Story 02	58	59	52
Story 03	62	62	62
Story 04	13	13	13

 

	Alabaster	Flawless
Total	12	12
Story 05	29	29
Story 06	12	12

Current Story: Story 06 – Edge of Dawn

Current Story Virtue Record

[Exalted Past] Rule Changes

Additions

• Benefits of a Circle
• Character Generation: Unwanted Dots
• Getting Rid of Specialties
• Hardness and Touch Attacks
• Naval Combat Ability Ceiling
• Virtue and MDV

Changes

• Armor Soak and Hardness Changes
• Charm Activation and Patterning
• Dangers of Virtues Higher than 3
• Defensive Charm Updates
• Exp and Training Time
• Charm: Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
• Intimacy vs. Motivation
• Stunts: Essence Regain

Clarification

• Charm: Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
• Charm: Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
• Dice Pools, Dice Adders, and Automatic Successes
• Stunts: and Perfection

Reprints and Summaries

• Fate of Solar and Dragon-Blooded Unions