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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Wonders of the World

Wonders

These are amazing Creations that are repairable/recreatable but are otherwise Singular Existences. Usually less powerful than World Wonders but not always.

Eye of Autocathon, The

Plot Device

Gem of Immortality, The

Grants Immortality

Gem of Incomparable Wellness, The

Regenerates from Ash, Immortal

Rathess
Victory over Primordials Mandra, The

Grants the right to bind Demons into service

World Wonders

These are truly unique things in Creation that are singular creations that cannot be remade

Great Curse, The (World Wonder)

Unique Faction Power: The Member of the Faction is now subject to limit breaks and will ultimately destroy themselves as reparation for their unspeaking Crime against the Primordials/Neverborns.

Imperial Manse, The (World Wonder)

The Imperial Manse is one of the most powerful weapon of Mass Destruction accessible to the Exalted.

It is a World Wonder

Unique Power: Allow the targeting and use of the Sword of Creation Defense Network

Unique Factional Power: Grants automatic success on any intimidation attempts when used, sincerely, as a threat against anyone who is familiar with the legend of the Imperial Manse.

Solar Deliberative, The (World Wonder)

The Solar Deliberative is one of the Wonders of the World

Unique Power: All who are within the deliberative can resist mental influence with no loss of Willpower. This affects even mental influences (natural or otherwise) that normally does not allow resistance.

This means that no one can affect you mentally unless you personally agree with it.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Ghost Stats Correction

I think there is a mess up in Exalted 2nd Edition’s Core Rules.

In the book the physically most potent ghost is actually Hungry Ghosts. War Ghosts are the weakest of the batch. Nemissaries are second, and Nephwracks are the greatest.

While this might be intentional it makes little sense with me.

So I am switching them out a bit

Average Hungry Ghosts
Strength 4, Dexterity 2, Stamina 3, Charisma 1, Manipulation 1, Appearance 1, Perception 3, Intelligence 1, Wits 3

Average War Ghosts
Strength 4, Dexterity 4, Stamina 3, Charisma 2, Manipulation 2, Appearance 2, Perception 2, Intelligence 2, Wits 2

Average Nemissaries
Strength 6, Dexterity 4, Stamina 4, Charisma 2, Manipulation 3, Appearance 2, Perception 3, Intelligence 2, Wits 3

Average Nephwracks
Strength 6, Dexterity 6, Stamina 6, Charisma 2, Manipulation 4, Appearance 1, Perception 5, Intelligence 4, Wits 6

These stats will replace the ones in the book

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Mass Combat: Issue of “Might”

As it stands right now Might’s only function is to add number of success to the attacker’s roll.

It less effective than a higher Combat Rating, which adds half its value to DV.

Yet it is all encompassing of all the Charms and Supernatural Powers of the complementary troops, including such things as Soak charms, Perfect Defenses, and does not in any way modify defense.

So I am going to change Might to a more useful trait.

It still retains its normal bonus

add as number of successes to the Commander’s attack
added to the Commander’s Essence value to determine resistance and qualification against charms and spells

It will now add to other traits as well

It will add to DV on a 1 to 1 basis. So a Might rating of 3 will add +3 to the DV. Since right now an army of gods with charms (and might rating) has the same inherent DV bonus as an army of mortals.
It will add to Soak on a 1 to 1 basis. So an army of mortals wearing super-heavy plate, will have less final soak than an army of essence 10 war gods wearing super-heavy plate. Since right now Soak is only determined by armor and the leader’s stamina.
It adds number of dice equal to rating to the Unit’s Valor/Hesitation checks. So a mortal army with nothing but steel backing them up is more likely to hesitate and route than an army armed with good luck charms, walk-away, warding, and other thaumaturgy enough to grant them a might rating of 1.
To reflect the more useful nature of Might, it’s rating will be strictly enforced. The official books seems to exaggerate the Might Ratings of most units. Such as the Lookshy Gunshoa Armor having rating of 4 when it suppose to be max 3 by Core Book Rules. It will be fixed as these things come up.
- Astartes is now Might 2, not 4. In time as they actually learn some Spirit Charms they will become Might 3

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Rebalanced Charm: Arrow Storm Technique

The reason Arrow Storm Technique exist as a charm is it allows one to use just 1 set of Reflexive for all the attack it makes at no additional cost – unlike Extra Action Charms.

Unfortunately with my addition of Patterning Arrow Storm Technique lost some of its usefulness when combo-ed with Reflexive Charms (it is Combo-Basic). So I am going to rebalance it in a very simple manner: Placing this charm in a Combo will remove the 1wp surcharge for combo activation.

For example, Since the Charm has Bull of the North as the illustration image in the core book, I will give him the Combo. Let say he activates the Combo consisting of this Charm and Second Excellency.

Normally it would cost him 1wp for the Combo, 1wp 8m for Arrow Storm, and 2 motes for each success (max of 6 successes).

With the adjustment it will cost him 0wp to activate the combo, 1wp 8m for Arrow Storm, and 12 motes for 6 successes.

For a total of 1wp, 20 motes, for 15 archery attacks against 15 man-sized objects, or 15 times against a military unit or large object, or Combinations there of.

Each attack will be adding 6 successes.

He can quite possibly reduce a Magnitude 10 Extra army to just the commander in 1 shot.

However, if he uses the Charm by itself he will still pay 1wp and 8m to activate it. Since the discount only applies to combos.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Exalted Types and Their General Charms

All maxes, unless specifically noted are for starting out characters – in other words Essence 1-5.

Dragon-Blooded

Dice Cap are (Ability + Applicable Specialty), Max 8
Can use Reflexive Charms without need to Combo them
First Excellency adds 2 dice per 1 mote spent
Second Excellency adds 1 success per 1 motes
Terrestrial (Ability) Reinforcement: raise other's ability for the rest of the scene
Has Cooperative Effects, Dragon-Blooded using charms in conjunction with each other gain greater effects.
Sorcery Access: Terrestrial Circle
Necromancy Access: Shadowland Circle
One of a thousand or so Dragon-Blooded have oddity of blood, probably result of mixing bloodlines with Ghost-Blooded, and these can learn Shadowland Necromancy but not Terrestrial Sorcery. The reverse is true as well. Normal Dragon-Blooded cannot learn Necromancy at all.

Sidereal

Dice Cap is Essence, Max 5
Their Excellencies can keep buy off penalties without counting towards the cap. E.g. they can add 5 dice to their dice pool, or 8 dice if the dice pool is suffering a –3 penalty.
First and Second Excellency is same bonuses and cost as Solar Version
Third Excellency is 3 motes
Fateful (Ability) Excellency - Essence Auspicious: Lower Difficulty values for the roll. For 4m 1wp turn every dice in the dice pool into automatic success (if defending double DV)
Propitious(Ability) Alignment: Same as Infinite Mastery, but can only have 1 active at any time. Each dot in the astrological college of the alignment lowers the cost by 1. Min of 1
Can use Astrological College

Sorcery Access: Celestial Circle
Necromancy Access: Shadowland Circle

Lunar

Dice Cap is Attributes and not Abilities, Max 6 (With Legendary Attribute Merit)
- [My Modifications] With the Modification that all applicable Specialties now raise Caps, the Max cap for Lunars, with the correct Attribute Specialty, are now 9
A few Charms specifically allow Attribute + Essence (maximum 11)
- [My Modifications] With the Modification that all applicable Specialties now raise Caps, the Max cap for Lunars, with the correct Attribute Specialty, are now 14
First and Second Excellency is same bonuses and cost as Solar Version
3rd Excellency is 4 motes
Instinctive (Attribute) Unity: Same effect as Solar’s Infinite Mastery
Flawless (Attribute) Focus: Allow the purchasing of Attribute Specialties for that attribute. Similarly since Attributes are much broader than Abilities, so does their specialty. Attribute Specialties share the same cap as ability specialties, any combination there of cannot exceed +3.
Can use Shape-shifting Knacks

Sorcery Access: Celestial Circle
Necromancy Access: Shadowland Circle

Solar

Dice Cap is Attribute + Ability, Max is 12 (with House Ruled Prodigy and Legendary Attribute Merits)
- [My Modifications] With the Modification that all applicable Specialties now raise Caps, the Max cap for Solars, with the correct Specialty, are now 15
Cheapest Perfect and readily available prefect charms
Infinite (Ability) Mastery: lower the cost of invoking 1st, 2nd and 3rd Excellencies by 1 mote for every 2 motes committed. Min cost is 0.
(Ability) Essence Flow: allow invoking of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Excellencies as natural abilities, thus no need to combo, but their costs cannot be discounted either.

Sorcery Access: Solar Circle
Necromancy Access: Labyrinth Circle

Abyssal

Dice Cap is Attribute + Ability, Max is 12 (with House Ruled Prodigy and Legendary Attribute Merits)
- [My Modifications] With the Modification that all applicable Specialties now raise Caps, the Max cap for Abyssals, with the correct Attribute Specialty, are now 15
Masters of Killing
Treat mirror charms’ "mortals" as including deceased (ghosts, etc.)
Abyssal Charms that mentally or socially affect "living mortals" also affects ghosts. Charms that affect "animals" also affect Ghost Animals and Plasmic Entities. Need specialized charms to affect undeads with no minds.
Mostly mirrors of Solar Charms. The potent ones are generally cheaper, but has the surcharge of 1wp when used outside of Shadowlands or the Underworld.
Excellencies are generally the same
Ravening Mouth of (Ability) - Reflexive: One version for Archery, Melee, Thrown, Martial Arts. regains 1 mote for every level of damage dealt to sentient being (Subjected to cannot gain more than 20m per action rule). Including indirect damage (such as health level paid by the target to activate defensive charms) but not ongoing damage such as poison.

Sorcery Access: Celestial Circle
Necromancy Access: Void Circle

Infernal

Looks too complicated, didn’t bother trying to understand it enough to summarize
Pretty sure their dice cap is the same as Solars
- See “Solar” section for actual numbers
Sorcery Access: Solar Circle (Speculation)
Necromancy Access: Labyrinth Circle (Speculation)

Alchemical

Dice Pool are equal to Attribute, Max 6 (With Legendary Merit) but can go as high as 9 with 3 installation of Fourth (Attribute) Augmentation Charm
Charms are Equipment, and each Alchemical have General and Dedicated Slots.
- General Slots hold any charm, Starts with 4
- Dedicated Slots hold only Caste and Favorite Attribute Charms, Starts with 4
Being Equipment Charms can be modified with "Submodules" which are like Permanent Charms that alter other Charms but without requiring a slot of their own – since they are modifications to existing charms.
Combos are charms combined into new gear called Arrays
Has the broadest ability to combine charms into combos - as long as they have the right keyword (combo-basic, simple, etc.), follow Combo Rules (Simple only goes with reflexive, etc.), and can supplement the action. They are not strictly segregated by Ability or Attribute like other Exalts.
Their Combo Arrays provides access to any and all legal combos of the combination of Charms in the Array
Cheaper to Add Charms to existing Combos
Some of their Duration Charms have no commitment costs
Excellencies are called Augmentation for Alchemicals
First and Second Augmentation is the same cost and effect as Solar Versions
Third Excellency is 3m in Healthy Autochthonia, 5m everywhere else.
Fourth (Attribute) Augmentation - Essence Integrated: 1m commitment (for 1st Charm, it is a permanent charm) Can install up to Essence/2 Rounded up times per attribute. Each time adds 1 to that attribute, considered natural additions - including raising the cap for charms. Always Obvious.
Fifth (Attribute) Augmentation - Scene long Attribute adder. 3m, gain a +1 bonus to that attribute for the scene, count as bonus dice from charms. 1 wp surcharge the first time it is activated in a scene.
- Submodule: Unbound Essence Booster (Essence 5, 1xp) changes it to 3m/+1.
Sixth (Attribute) Augmentation - Permanent (1m), Purchased for a particular Attribute+Ability Rating. Ability (outside of the purpose for valid actions) are considered at its maximum rating. E.g. If purchased for Strength + Martial Arts, Martial Arts will be considered 5. If his Essence is raised to 7 (and thus his max natural rating is now 7) MA will be treated as 7. Valid actions are things like minimum requirement to learn a charm, etc.
Transpuissant (Attribute) Upgrade - Purchased for an Attribute. When activated it turns any specialty bonus into automatic successes. if used for attack, it also convert post soak dice of equal amount into automatic successes against creatures of the void. If it is used for mental influences it provides double the normal bonus (+3 becomes +6) as a bonus Axiomatic effect.
- Submodule: Machine Logic Subroutine (Essence 4): When performing an action in relations to high-Clarity (their "Great Curse") stunt dice are converted to successes as well. Gain 1 point of Clarity.
Clockwork (Attribute) Perfection Nodes - forgo a roll to simply get the total dice pool/2 rounded up as successes for the action. Can still roll if he wants, and just use the higher of 2 results. Apply this effect after all modifiers to dice pool are applied.
- Submodule: Metaconductive Circuitry (Essence 4): Spend 5m 1wp, add Essence as automatic successes to the converted result. Cannot raise successes higher than the total dice pool.

Sorcery Access: Celestial Circle
Necromancy Access: Labyrinth Circle
Can use Man-Machine Protocol (Sort of Sorcery more powerful than Terrestrial Spells but less powerful than Celestial Spells)

Monday, February 7, 2011

Overlapping Specialties

I am not sure if you guys are aware of that more than one specialty can apply at any given situation.

Remember that “Bow +3” is actually 3 Bow +1 and because they are the same when one is active then they are all active. Specialties are not all or nothing things.

If you have "Melee: Against Multiple Opponents +1, Fierce Blows +1, Jumping Attacks +1 (4)” it means you have a total of +3 bonus when you are fighting multiple opponents and performing a leaping fierce blow.

Just wanted to clarify if you guys were under a different impression.

Virtue Records

Virtues measure a character’s drive to act in certain ways. This commitment to certain behaviors means that the character gains significant benefits when he invests Willpower in a Virtue-related task.

Once per story for every dot in a particular Virtue, the player may have his character channel a point of temporary Willpower through the Virtue, allowing him to add a number of dice equaling the Virtue rating to his normal dice pool. A point of Willpower expended in this fashion doesn’t grant the character the regular automatic success, only the bonus dice. Using a Virtue like this is generally only cost effective with three or more dots in the Virtue.

Story 06 – Edge of Dawn

Updated to Session – 28

Alabaster Hand of the Heaven

Compassion: 1/1
Temperance: 2/3
Conviction: 1/3
Valor: 2/3

Flawless Oak

Compassion: 1/3
Temperance: 3/3
Conviction: 2/3
Valor: 2/2

Story 05 – A New Beginning

Updated to Session – 25

Alabaster Hand of the Heaven

Compassion: 1/1
Temperance: 3/3
Conviction: 3/3
Valor: 3/3

Flawless Oak

Compassion: ?/?
Temperance: ?/?
Conviction: ?/?
Valor: ?/?

Story 04 – Fire of the South

Balan

Compassion: 3/3
Temperance: 2/2
Conviction: 3/3
Valor: 4/4

Aata

Compassion: 3/3
Temperance: 3/3
Conviction: 3/3
Valor: 2/2

Nejimaru

Compassion: 2/2
Temperance: 4/4
Conviction: 2/2
Valor: 2/2

Story 03 – The Odyssey

Updated to Session – 17

Balan

Compassion: 2/2
Temperance: 2/2
Conviction: 2/3
Valor: 3/4

Aata

Compassion: 2/2
Temperance: 3/3
Conviction: 2/3
Valor: 2/2

Nejimaru

Compassion: 2/2
Temperance: 4/4
Conviction: 2/2
Valor: 2/2

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Exp Record: Story 06 - “Edge of Dawn”

Previous Story | Index | Next Story

Player Characters

	Alabaster	Flawless
Total	108	113
Story 01	0	0
Story 02	0	0
Story 03	0	0
Story 04	0	0
Story 05	29	29
Session 28	12	12
Session 29	7	7
Session 30	4	9
Session 31	5	5
Session 32	15	15
Session 33	9	9
Session 34	6	6
Session 34.5	5	5
Session 35	6	6
Session 36	10	10

Session 28

The Session is actually bit longer than normal. Since we started around 4 and finished around 6, making it around 12 hours. Exp Reward of 7 is awarded.
Story Reward of 5 exp for finishing “A New Beginning” is awarded

Alabaster Hand of the Heaven

8/8 (2) Charm: Graceful Crane Stance
3/3 (3) High Holy Chant ~~(3 Weeks with Teacher, 6 without)~~
3/3 (3) Old Realm ~~(3 Weeks with Teacher, 6 without)~~
4/4 (4) Occult from 2 to 3 ~~(2 weeks with Teacher, 4 without)~~

Flawless Oak

5/5 (2) Integrity from 3 to 4 (3 days)
8/8 (8) Charm: Essence Triumphant: Socialize (2 Days)
Banked 2 Exp

Session 29

The Session is actually very short for me. Only lasted from 8-ish to 1am. So an Exp Reward of 4.
Achieved Story Award of joining Alabaster’s Circle of Friends, 3 Exp Points

Alabaster Hand of the Heaven

6/6 (6) Occult from 3-4 (Learned from Master of Ceremonies in Rathess)
1/10 (1) Charm: Ghost Eating Technique

Flawless Oak

8/8 (8) Reistance Charm: Adamant Skin Technique
1/3 (1) Performance Specialty: Prayer

Session 30

The Session is a pretty short session. Only lasted about 5 hours. So an Exp Reward of 4.
Brendo gains 1 exp for 3 die stunt at David’s insistence
Brendo gets 4 Long Term Exp Reward for 6 month of down time.

Alabaster Hand of the Heaven

3/10 (2) Charm: Ghost Eating Technique
1/1 (1) Thaumaturgy Procedure: Alchemical Weapon Fuel ~~(1 Week)~~
1/1 (1) Charm Enhancement: Essence Arrow: Dazzling Arrow ~~(1 Day)~~

Flawless Oak

3/3 (2) Performance Specialty: Prayer
7/16 (7) Dragon King Charm, Growing Wood Path: Verdan Undertanding

Session 31

The Session was of a reasonable duration. Take into consideration time used for character maintenance, food, etc., the actual game probably lasted only 6 hours. Thus a reward of 5 Exp.
There have been sufficient freebies to Brendo’s character that I believe any exp discrepancy as a result of character creation is already balanced out. So no more freebies will be given beyond this point.

Alabaster Hand of the Heaven

8/10 (5) Charm: Ghost Eating Technique
10/10 (-2) Charm: Ghost Eating Technique (~~7 Days~~)

Flawless Oak

12/16 (5) Dragon King Charm, Growing Wood Path: Verdant Understanding
16/16 (-4) Dragon King Charm, Growing Wood Path: Verdant Understanding (~~1 Week~~)

Session 32

The Session was a long session, started about 2-ish and ended at around 12-ish, making it 10 hours for a reward of 6 Exp.
We have reached the point in the story that further events will be completely un-described by [nonsensical] Cannon information. Thus the Achievement Reward of “Prepare for the Future,” 8 Exp is Granted.
Brendo role-played his character’s compassion really well, granting 1 Exp bonus for role-playing.
David adhered to the code admirably, and considering his character concept and natural inclinations, also accrued 1 Exp bonus for role-playing.
From this point forward all Exp Rewards for 3-Die Stunts are considered team bonuses, since we help each other with stunts regularly, and this makes it less an issue of personality bonus.

Alabaster Hand of the Heaven

2/2 (2) Finished paying Exp Debt
3/3 (3) Performance from 1 to 2
3/3 (3) Performance Specialty: Entertaining Children
3/3 (3) Investigation Specialty: Reading Like/Dislike (3 Weeks)
1/1 (1) Medicine from 1 to 2
1/1 (1) Investigation from 1 to 2
2/2 (2) War from 1 to 2 (1 Week)

Flawless Oak

6/6 (6) Finished paying Exp Debt
2/2 (2) Performance from 1 to 2
3/3 (3) War from 0 to 1
3/3 (3) Ride from 0 to 1
(Free) Craft(Wood) from 1 to 2
1 Exp Banked (1 total)

Session 33

The Session was a long session, started about 2-ish and ended at around 2-ish, making it 12 hours for a reward of 7 Exp.
Exp Reward or 2 Exp is given for the characters holding off being ostracized for their lack of loyalty and affinity to other Solars.
Training from this Session will be Training Debt, so anything purchased can be used in the Battle in Session 34. Just remember to fulfill the training time after.

Alabaster Hand of the Heaven

7/7 (7) Raise Archery from 4 to 5 (8-16 Days)
2/8 (2) Archery Charm: Inexhaustible Bolts of Solar Fire
8/8 (-6) Archery Charm: Inexhaustible Bolts of Solar Fire (5-10 Days)
Exp Debt Total: 6
Banked Exp Total: 0

Flawless Oak

(Free) Thrown Charm: Returning Weapon Concentration (10 Days)
10/10 (10) Thrown Charm: (Magic Flurry Throw Charm) (24 Days)
16/16 (-16) Lunar 2nd Excellency: Perception (16/16) (14 Days)
Exp Debt Total: 16
Banked Exp Total: 0

Session 34

The Session was a long session, started about 3-ish and ended at around 2-ish, making it 10 hours, when eating and goofing off time were accounted for, for a reward of 6 Exp.
All abilities that were untrained are no longer active, for the immediate need of them have expired. Actual training time would be required for their continual use.
We totally messed up on Training Time. Except for Favorite Abilities, all training time is doubled for lack of teacher. But none of us seems to remember this. All Training time, that were started from Session 32 and still remain unfinished will be updated to the proper value.

Alabaster Hand of the Heaven

3/6 (3) Paid Exp Debt
Exp Debt Total: 3
Banked Exp Total: 0
3/9 (3) Raise Temperance from 3 to 4

Flawless Oak

3/16 (3) Paid Exp Debt
3/4 (3) Raise War from 1 to 2
Exp Debt Total: 13
Banked Exp Total: 0

Session 34.5

The Session was a very short mini Session. Started at around 10-ish and ended around 12. Exp reward of 2 is rewarded.
Story Reward of “Specter Hunt” of 3 exp is rewarded

Alabaster Hand of the Heaven

6/6 (3) Paid Exp Debt
Exp Debt Total: 0
Banked Exp Total: 0
5/9 (2) Raise Temperance from 3 to 4

Flawless Oak

7/16 (5) Paid Exp Debt
4/4 (1) Raise War from 1 to 2 (7 Days)
Exp Debt Total: 9
Banked Exp Total: 0

Session 35

The Session was a a normal length session for me. Exp reward of 6 is awarded.

Alabaster Hand of the Heaven

Exp Debt Total: 0
Banked Exp Total: 0
9/9 (4) Raise Temperance from 3 to 4
2/3 (2) Raise Investigation from 2 to 3

Flawless Oak

10/16 (3) Paid Exp Debt
(+2) Epithet: The Partaker of the Forbidden Fruit
15/16 (5) Paid Exp Debt
(-8) Occult: Terrestrial Sorcery Charm
(-8) Summon First Circle Demon
Exp Debt Total: 17
Banked Exp Total: 0

Session 36

The Session was slightly shorter than my normal sessions. Exp reward of 5 is awarded.
A Story Reward of “Welcome back to Nexus”, 3 Exp
A Mother’s Day bonus of 2 Exp

Alabaster Hand of the Heaven

Exp Debt Total: 0
Banked Exp Total: 0
3/3 (1) Investigation from 2 to 3 (2 Days)
-4 (-3) Brain Damage: Reduce Wits from 2 to 1
4/4 (1) Merit: Taints Warning (Special)
4/4 (5) Raise Wits from 1 to 2 (1 Month with Teacher)
1/8 (6) Thunder Attack Prana: "The Kill Shot" [Athletic Excellency Requirement Waived]
4/4 (10) Raise Lore from 2 to 3 (2 Weeks, must have Teacher)

Flawless Oak

16/16 (1) Paid Exp Debt for Second Lunar Excellency: Perception
4/8 (4) Exp Debt: Occult: Terrestrial Sorcery Charm
0/8 (0) Exp Debt: Summon First Circle Demon
Exp Debt Total: 12
Banked Exp Total: 0

Friday, February 4, 2011

Which Ability for Artillery?

Going to separate all artillery into Archery and Thrown. No more Lore for any form or Artillery, high-tech or low tech.

However, Lore is still needed to operate exotic siege weapons, just not to attack.

All direct fire Artillery will use “Archery.” Weapons such as Steam Cannons, Ballistae, Prayer Cannons, Steam Mortars, etc.

All Sling type Artillery will use “Thrown.” Weapons such as Catapult, Trebuchet, etc..

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Andraste

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Minimum Attack Speed

I do not believe Exalted Standard Rules ever set a floor for attack speed. But the entire game mechanic breaks down when Attack Speed is reduced too low. Thus I am setting a floor value.

The Minimum Attack Speed of any attack is going to be 3, no combination of effects, however Legendary or Unique, can reduce attack speed to lower than this.

There are effects that can fit more attacks into this time frame. Such as Extra Action Charms, or Ridill (Reaper Daiklave that attacks twice for every attack the wielder makes with it). But the basic speed of the attack action, and thus DV refreshes, Charm Activations, etc., cannot be lower than 3.

Monday, January 31, 2011

Principle of Motion and Extra Attack Charms

Just incase there are any confusion.

Principle of Motion is considered an Extra Attack Charm, even though it stores “actions” and not attacks – it is still a Magical Flurry.

Thus it falls under the same restrictions as Extra Attack Charms

You cannot combo it with other Extra Attack Charms
You cannot invoke an Extra Attack Charm within the Magical Flurry it Provides (e.g. using the Actions provided by Principle of Motion to Invoke more Principle of Motion, or something like Iron Peony Blossom)
You cannot invoke it as part of an Counter Attack

Zenith Anima Power Fix

My view that Zenith Anima lacks power is obvious. So here is their New Anima Power

Anima Effects: The Zenith Caste is empowered by the light of the Unconquered Sun himself. With but a touch, the Golden Bulls can burn the bodies of the fallen for one mote of Essence per body, sending the smoke (and soul) to Heaven and preventing the body from rising after death as a zombie or and the lower soul from rising as a hungry ghost. They are protected from and can strike down demons, the undead and other creatures of darkness. As his action, a Zenith Exalt can channel 10 motes of Essence through his anima. He then glows with the holy fire of the Unconquered Sun and illuminates the area around him as brightly as if it were noon. This illumination extends for (Permanent Essence x 10) yards. For the remainder of the scene (or until he chooses to let the effect dissipate), he imposes an External Penalty equal to his Essence to non-reflexive actions of all Creatures of Darkness within this area of effect. This effect comes into play automatically once the Solar spends 11-15 motes of Peripheral Essence.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

[Exalted Past] Rule Changes

Character Specific Rulings

Alabaster and Intimacies

Additions

Changes

Clarification

Reprints and Summaries

Fate of Solar and Dragon-Blooded Unions

Clearification of Graceful Crane and Feather-Foot

GRACEFUL CRANE STANCE
The Solar Exalted are as graceful as sunlight on water. This Charm lets the Exalt automatically succeed on any valid Athletics action to keep his balance. Moreover, this Charm allows the Exalt to keep his footing on any surface at least as strong and wide as a human hair. He treats it as a three-footwide ledge capable of supporting a thousand pounds of weight when determining what movement and Athletics actions he can take and what penalties to them might apply.

FEATHER-FOOT STYLE
Prerequisite Charms: Graceful Crane Stance
The Lawgivers tread lightly when they choose. This Charm allows the Solar to run or walk on unstable surfaces (using the Move and Dash actions) as if she weighed no more than a feather. This makes surfaces such as rice paper, water, lava and writhing maggots effectively solid beneath her feet—though not necessarily harmless. To stop and stand on such a surface requires a successful reflexive difficulty 2 (Dexterity + Athletics) roll for each action in which the character wishes to maintain balance.

The main difference between the 2 charm is weight. Graceful Crane does nothing to reduce the weight of the Exalted. It only allows her to perform Movement and Athletic Actions on that surface as if it can support 1000 pounds and is a 3 foot-wide ledge. While she can run vertically by stepping off leaves, she cannot at any moment stop on top of a leaf without it dropping like a rock. Graceful crane only allows movement actions from the surface.
Feather-Foot style actually reduce the weight of the Exalted (and everything she carries) as no more than a feather. She can walk across pressure sensors and only register as if a feather landed on it. Something Graceful crane cannot do. She can also stop and stand on surfaces, which graceful crane cannot do.
Graceful Crane actually have a surface requirement. It has to be as strong and wide as a human hair – meaning water does not qualify, only things floating on top of water. Feather-Food Style is under no such limitations. As long as the surface can support a feather (which human hair can).
Also the two charms can be combined. If a person uses feather foot and graceful crane together he can stand and stop on surfaces without needing to make any rolls. Since Graceful Crane automatically succeeds in any rolls to maintain balance.
They are both scene long charms, so you can just use 2 actions, as opposed to putting them in a combo (Both are Combo-Ok, Reflexive)

Four Flaws of Invulnerability, The

Standard perfect defenses against physical attacks are a
cheap way to entirely ignore attacks, but each has one of four
flaws. A given Solar may learn any number of these perfect
defense Charms (including buying the same Charm twice),
but he can only choose a maximum of two different flaws
among all the standard perfect defenses.

For instance, he can choose Adamant Skin Technique with the Conviction Flaw, Heavenly Guardian Defense with the Conviction Flaw and Seven Shadow Evasion with the Temperance Flaw.

Valor Flaw

The Exalt must move toward the opponent he considers most dangerous, on every tick where this is possible without magic, until his DV refreshes twice.

Compassion Flaw

The Exalt can only use this Charm when in the presence of someone or something he cares about.

Temperance Flaw

The Exalt cannot take movement actions such as move, dash, flight, teleportation or jumping until his DV refreshes twice.

Conviction Flaw

Charms carrying this Flaw do not function when the character has taken some action during the scene that is contrary to her Motivation. If, during the scene, she has acted against any Intimacy, or a Virtue she has rated at 3+, then Charms with this Flaw add a +3m surcharge to their activation cost.

Old Conviction Flaw that was Errata-ed
This Charm does not function when a Solar’s actions are contrary to his Motivation. The Storyteller should assume that a Solar’s actions qualify unless an enemy deliberately arranges for terms of conflict that dispirit and shake the purpose of the Exalt. The player can interpret it more strictly if desired.