>What is Exalted?
An epic high-flying role-playing game about reborn god-heroes in a world that turned on them.
Start here: http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/exalted/
>That sounds cool, how can I get into it?
Read the 3e core book (link below). For mechanics of the old edition, play this tutorial: http://jyenicolson.net/exalted/. It'll get you familiar with most of the mechanics.
>Gosh that was fun. There were a lot of lesbians though. How do I find a group?
Roll20 and the Game Finder General here on /tg/. With the new edition, though, chances are more games will crop up.
Resources for Third Edition
>Final 3E Core Release
https://mega.nz/#!ctgxyJaC!ygkrLnFsrnBJzIUZY-dJsMfyFrhFQgDsQuuo52fcW0I
http://www.mediafire.com/download/q51qw8skdw1rg15/Exalted_3e_Core.pdf
>Frequently updated Character Sheet with Formulas and Autofill https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pfjmZKzcUqAX9mB58IAEUIFkZr8rq4CvdRRM4kzwwgU/edit?usp=sharing
>General Homebrew dumping folder: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByD2BL6J89NiQzdCWWFaY0c5Mkk&usp=sharing
>Collection of old 3e Materials, including comics and fiction anthologies https://www.mediafire.com/folder/t2arqtqtyyt28/Exalted_3Leak
>Charm Trees:
>Solar Charms: https://imgur.com/a/q6Vbc
>Martial Arts: https://imgur.com/a/mnQDe
>Evocations: https://imgur.com/a/TYKE4
Resources for 2.5 Edition:
>All books with embedded errata notes, as well as some extras: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/253ulzik1j9s5/Exalted
>Chargen software: http://anathema.github.io/
>Anathema homebrew charm files: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ddtp2932ad32j/Anathema_Custom_Files
>MA form weapon guide: http://www.brilliantdisaster.net/dif/ExaltedMA.html
>http://www.mediafire.com/view/ua7tanepy2jfkdp/Exalted_2nd_Ed_-_Return_of_the_Scarlet_Empress.pdf
Resources for 1e:
>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/9vp0e9id3by6m/Exalted_1e
God it is hard to listen to the devs talk about the whole gender in games thing. Its not made any easier when i agree with what they're saying but they practically go out of their way to make it sound as retarded as possible.
So has anyone got any good examples of Devil Tigers and fan Yozi? I'm looking for inspiration for something.
Got a question. I know that Solars' shtick is power and Lunars' is versatility, but what about all of the other exalt types, including the new ones?
>>47525349
Thats a bit reductive but it gets the point across i guess.
Sidereals are about planning or forethought i guess. Basically they have nearly unlimited post cognition with the loom and are very good at making sure things will go the way they want with fate powers
Abyssals in previous editions were just solars but murderous edgelords but hopefully now they'll be more classy and focused on deathlords. The abyssal preview was really good
Infernals are alot like solars but more, well, infernal i guess
Everbody else is a big we dont know
lmfao @ this post from Holden:
>I see a lot of hyperbolic sneering, mostly. Including in this post. Don't see any arguments I haven't seen put forth a couple hundred times before, though, or any clear signs of understanding why things are being done the way they are-- or of any desire to understand, really.
I also see a lot of hyperbolic sneering, Holden, including in this post. Your post, that is.
>>47525180
What have they said this time? I've not been keeping up with the forums due to this kind of shit, and imageboards are just easier to keep up with.
>>47525349
>>47525407
Dragonblooded are the rulers of Creation and the aristocrats of the Realm, they emphasize the elements, teamwork, and with the introduction of heirloom artefacts, family ties and tradition.
Alchemicals exist only in Autochthon. They are golems/robots made out of Magical Materials and serve the state.
Exigents are one off Exalts made by a singular god for a singular purpose, there's no real template for them and there is no normal among them.
Liminals are failed attempts to bring people back to life, kind of like Frankenstein.
Finally Getimians are beings from "stillborn destines" such as the ruler of a kingdom that never existed for example. They have a miniature Loom of Fate, pattern spiders and all inside them and have equal sized Peripheral and Personal mote pools that cause different effects depending on what motes they spend activating charms. They are currently Rakan Thulio's footsoldier in his war against heaven.
>>47525993
Some dude had a survey done. A bunch more dudes on the forums than girls. Made threads about it that somehow derailed into massive flamewars and got deleted. I only caught the end of the second one but somehow they ended up talking about sexism and basically one of the devs was saying that the only way to have an inclusive forum is to call anyone with a dissenting opinion stupid and anything they post wrong.
>>47526064
That guy with the dissenting opinion was quoting people with a long history of distorting facts to support their agenda though. You may as well have a conversation on racism and try to pass off the Klan as a reputable source.
Anyways, let's not ruin a perfectly good Exalted thread with another bikini witches debate. Which martial arts combo together really well? I think someone mentioned Snake and Ebon Shadow once, how about the rest?
>>47526064
They are not wrong, to a degree. For their definition of inclusive.
>>47526064
Just went over the end of one of them. Christ, is the place always such a shithole?
>>47526366
Ebon Shadow goes well with Tiger due to being able to do loads of damage from Stealth. Tiger and White Reaper reward characters that have 5 points in Strength and gives them options against single targets and battlegroups. Single Point and Steel Devil both rely on their respective form charms, but if Prismatic Arrangment of Creation makes a comeback and allows the activation of multiple form styles then those two will combo hilariously well, as will others.
>>47526366
>another bikini witches debate.
sorry what?
>>47526341
Yeah thats right, but rather than just saying 'look heres where this guy is wrong' which isnt going to convince anyone who actually believes in what that guy is saying they had to phrase it as 'im going to dismiss out of hand anyone who posts opinions or evidence contrary to what i believe'
>>47526518
whoops, i meant just dismissing the guy isnt going to convince anyone who believes in him
>>47526472
Some drama bomb about stupid shit Holden said back when some concept art samples were being released.
I don't know if it came up in the last thread, but given that /exg/ can't forget, it probably did.
>>47526064
>Refute less, Report more.
lmao how much of a little bitchboy to the mods are these fags. Report nothing under any circumstances less than actual CP or straight-up spam.
>>47526472
Fandom term from the main forums for girls in official art wearing chainmail bikinis or other forms of sexy/"objectifying" armor, usually heard around here in the context of conversation about whether that's a bad thing or not. Used improperly in the above post since the topic wasn't about fanservice.
>>47526695
>>47526726
Speaking of which, what kind of character art do you guys use for Exalted? Do you lean towards conservative, practical clothes or the more revealing type? Ar the revealing clothes in line with Conan the Barbarian or is it for titillation?
Seriously though, post character art, we haven't had a good image dump in a while.
>>47526885
You can have ostentatious high fantasy epic clothing that suits Exalted, while still not being about titillation. If not that, then well-designed practical can give an air of competence and simplicity.
>>47526885
It varies. I've had swordsman characters of either sex dressed in flowing robes or full armor, I've had women in bikini armor and men dressed in less than Volfer.
My sorcerers and occultists tend to be a bit more covered up, but one Twilight who knew martial arts was shirtless under an open robe and I've used Fatima up there >>47526695 as a character portrait before.
The long and short of it is that it depends on the character. Granted, exposed skin isn't always for titillation, but if my handsome, ripped, bronze-skinned swordsman from the Southern deserts or buxom, rich-as-hell witch queen has Appearance 4, you can be damn sure they're going to show it off.
>>47526885
I try to go for evocative clothing, that informs the character. This is my current character portrait. Guess which caste I am?
>>47527061
>>47527073
Eclipse?
>>47527082
>>47527073
I also like portraits that paint a character's origins. Oh, your Night caste is from the South.
>>47527117
>>47527125
I like my Player Character's portraits to show the character's face. Unless it's a character who's mask is attached to his face.
What would the Neverborn version of Cecylene look like? Come to think of it, what would the other Yozi (excluding TED, because we already got TDTW) be like as Neverborn?
>>47527165
The neverborn typically have less flavor than the yozi. Probably due to the whole being dead thing.
>>47527182
For some reason I can see SWLIHN getting a name change to She Who Has Never Lived.If she ever karks it.
/tg/, how would you write Master Spark as an evocation for a five dot artifact?
>>47527165
Cecelyne might change from silver to black, or something more in line with the Underworld. The Ebon Dragon canonically become the Dragon the was, Malfeas would go from a city to a ruin of one, Swillin might go from 9,997 orbs to just fragments of them, Szoreny's trees would just blacken, wither and die. The rest? Who knows?
>>47525180
I'm reading that thread, and Stephen LS using the fucking poisoned M&Ms analogy is making me angry.
>>47525025
>Onyx Path
So how obnoxiously political has Exalted become under those clownshoes?
>>47527254
the point shes trying to make kinda makes sense but the analogy is terrible. Both because the same is true of literally any people group you care to mention, yes including girls, and because there are actually fairly reliable ways of telling if a guy is going to be a dickwad
>>47527302
the game is mostly fine
just dont read the forums
>>47527302
You do realize that OPP isn't actually a different set of people than White Wolf, right?
>>47527302
Surprisingly not very. The Realm is still just as imperialistic and focused on their own eugenics project as they ever were, and the quality of life for the average non-exalted citizen is still better than the quality of life basically anywhere in the Threshold. The Guild hasn't gotten even more amoral since 2e. The few bits of narration dealing with that one trans Solar whose name I can't remember are handled more tastefully and subtly than I would've believed Onyx Path had in them.
>>47526885
Really, it depends on the group. If it's a bunch of guys having a beer and pretzels kind of group then I might go for something like this just for shits and giggles. My current group is mixed gender though, so I dial it back in the interest of not causing problems.
>>47527117
You sir have good taste. I remember posting that one in a previous thread.
>>47527386
And speaking of character art...
>>47527447
>John Morke: Charms that aid or create gambits specifically say so.
>>47527466
Here's a kung-fu sorcerer for that Enlightenment of the Imperfect Lotus thing that's floating around in the homebrew folder.
>>47527471
Natural language*!*Shitty editing.
>>47527484
>>47526366
Dreaming Pearl and Crane go together well.
They share weapons (war fans) and each of the forms cost the same in motes, letting you switch at whim.
You can switch as you need to between protecting others with Crane or dealing damage and evading with Dreaming Pearl.
>>47527503
>>47527519
And this is how I Dawn.
>>47527302
It's about as obnoxious as it was in 2E so expect any future supplements to be about the writers pet socioeconomic and political hobgoblins and any over-the-top heroics or animu fightan to be treated with the contempt common of "games r art" RPG.net fuckers.
At least that jackass Holden has started being eaten by his fellow SJW crowd over "muh rape culture".
>>47527529
This is how I Dawn
>tfw you realize you need to buy the Melee parry Charms to actually get any mileage out of Gathering Light Concentration for your Single Point specialist but you don't have Melee as a favored because you have Brawl instead.
Anyone know if any 2E splats have any statted up elemental dragons?
How are the new mechanics?
As shitty as nWoD where a starting character is many times weaker than regular Human cops and less clever than their dogs?
Or are you actually allowed to make powerful characters who aren't immediately constrained by bullshit metaplot this time?
>>47527666
Mechanics handle like a dream for the most part.
The pitfalls aren't as bad as they were in 2e, and you can generally make a character with less pressure to be perfectly built and optimised for all possible threats.
There's a few optional subsystems that are a bit messy and contentious though.
Plus some pretty basic houserules adopted by a lot of people.
>>47527560
>over-the-top heroics or animu fightan to be treated with the contempt
That's why we have things like Ascendant Battle Visage. Or Single Point Shining Into the Void Style. Or whole bunch of other over-the-top, anime-inspired effects. Do I need to mention sex Charms?
>>47527715
>Do I need to mention sex Charms?
In two different abilities no less. And Single Point isn't so much "inspired" by Kenshin as it is Hiten Mitsurugi simply being ported wholesale into the setting.
Hell, with Supernal abilities, you can reach straight for the anime bullshit powers out the gate if you're focused.
>>47527666
The basic system is functional and, dare I say, even fun. There are flaws, but they tend to be more in edge cases, such as how individual Charms interact with one another, or how some of the sub-systems can break down if you jangle them too hard. But the core system is actually fairly solid.
>>47527586
What's stopping you from bumping up your parry with an excellency?
>>47527605
Roll of Glorious Divinity: Wind Masters (Lesser ELemental Dragon of Air, p90-93) Quicksilver Queen (Earth, Lesser, p100-102), Kukla (Earth, Greater, p102-103), Jealous Saffron Rage (Fire, Lesser, p113-115), Ogime (Water, Lesser, p123-124), Joyous Youth Juritsu (Wood, Lesser, p131-134).
>>47528048
>What's stopping you from bumping up your parry with an excellency?
The fact that I can bump my dodge higher, and without a giant mote sink, thanks to Flow Like Blood and Reed in the Wind.
>>47527605
>>47528048
>Splats
>a bunch of books listed that aren't Caste Books or Aspect Books
When did splatbook turn into a synonym for sourcebook?
>>47528139
Ten years ago, at least? Where have you been?
>>47527666
Combat can be your character's 2nd most potent talent and you can still take on small armies if you're moderately clever with charm selection.
>>47526885
i'm ERP garbage but i try not to use actual hentai doujin shit like i've seen others do because of the association that tends to cause. which i guess is ironic.
basically i save everything in the character art threads no matter how slut-tier it is because that'd help my case. but i inevitably use the more toned-down stuff.
the rare time i can actually use things like pic related, though, i enjoy
>>47527148
>>47529256
Got any more like that? I'm trying to find art of Brawl-focused martial artists and all I can find is generic monks and such.
>>47529597
Fewer than I'd like, but I'll see what I can do.
>>47529836
>>47529847
>>47529854
>>47529873
>>47529896
>>47529910
>>47529926
>>47529948
>>47529967
This is the last I've got. Hope something here helped.
I've always been partial to this one, but it's hard to look at Asura and think of him as anything other than an Infernal.
>>47529987
Thank you kindly anon, some of those are quite good.
>>47530017
So I'm making a character for a Western campaign right now. How good are Sail charms, and is it worth having as a supernal? Do any martial arts fit the concept of a pirate solar, maybe Steel Devil?
Also, post solar pirates! Preferably with eyepatches.
>>47530102
I'm also appreciating the brawley monk dump.
>>47530150
>>47530186
>>47530204
>>47530218
>>47530237
Most of my pirate stuff is from Black Flag. Edward Kenway is totally some kind of Lunar to be using all the weapons he does with the skill that he does while also being a ninja pirate.
Trying to bring the Landship from Old McDonald's Codex into 3e.
What's a decent rating for it?
Also, is the Sail Charm discount of 2m something that should exist in 3e?
Pg. 38 of the Codex for reference.
>>47527560
You are retarded.
>>47525025
>http://jyenicolson.net/exalted/
is 404'd. Update the OP next time please. Is there a different tutorial somewhere?
>>47530150
Sail is generally regarded as being very strong, helped by the fact that you can make use out of them without ever touching a boat.
What kind of pirate are you? How doing envision your character fighting? Fastest man with a cutlass? Single Point. Unmatched with a flintlock? Righteous Devil. Singing people to death with sea shanties? Nightengale. Unmatched strength, speed, and brutality? Tiger.
Steel Devil is very powerful, but it doesn't shine until you find a way to stack on dice penalties.
>>47530471
As someone who is friends with people who are friend with the creators, I can with authority say I don't know.
>>47527302
Not any more than 1E or 2E, which is amazing considering OPP's tendency to shit the bed with this sort of thing over in WoDland, such as with Beast.
>>47530471
Sounds like an easy four.
>>47527763
I could just about kick myself for not thinking of this sooner.
If you're thinking Kenshin and Single Point, what's the most obviously Solar inspiration you can dredge up? Probably this guy, right?
anybody have examples of devil tigers they've made?
wanna share?
Monday Meeting's in. Backer charms are in Approvals. What was it last week?
>>47527566
That's clearly a Zenith there.
>>47530017
Asura is what happens when a Blood Ape gets enough of a brain to actually think about more than punching.
Only slightly, but still more.
>>47531974
...blood apes can learn how to punch stars to death?
>>47526885
run around nude because i can, transmute skin to bronze when it might become a problem
>>47531832
also how would you go about allowing players access to heretical charms?
>>47531832
https://www.rpnation.com/threads/devil-tiger-baal-shazash.50548/
question about fathomless poison haven:
would that protect people from a tsunami?
>>47532607
The excellency and other generals seem really lenient, useful for every action a player might do.
>>47531881
Last week they were in approvals. This should be the last round of approvals, mainly WWP dudes looking at the complete thing before releasing it to the (m)asses. No idea how can it take them so long to do that, but thats just Ex3, I guess.
Hopefully they and the screen will be out later this week.
>>47526885
>Speaking of which, what kind of character art do you guys use for Exalted? Do you lean towards conservative, practical clothes or the more revealing type? Ar the revealing clothes in line with Conan the Barbarian or is it for titillation?
Depends on the character. And I GM far more than I play, so I usually end up with a huge swath of NPC art, though the female ones usually end up with big ol' titties and the male ones usually end up looking ripped.
Mostly because Exalt's usually aren't ugly or fat (nb4 "The Slug").
>>47531881
>>47534048
Chances are it's pdf only right?
>>47527073
Eclipse Caste Lawyer by the looks of it.
Or a Twilight Caste
>>47534185
>Mostly because Exalt's usually aren't ugly or fat (nb4 "The Slug").
You can, and in most cases should, start with App 1.
>>47535063
But App 1 characters aren't going to be taken to the bad guys jails to be made their husbandou/waifu.
>>47532812
Is that a charm?
>>47526064
I wasn't shocked by the sexism debates in the thread, but I was shocked by the gall of holden being the only person in the thread to talk back to a fucking mod. Openly, in the thread.
This is the same person that wanted to also be a moderator at the forums there as well, but was pissed off when the admin's said it would be a conflict of interest.
>>47527254
The thing I tend to agree with him on is that females, in my experience, tended to be more selective with whom they played their games with, that's it.
>>47527231
It's a bit difficult to do that in a vaccum, as I find it easier to make capstones when I can build up to the final charm.
>>47535063
>You can, and in most cases should, start with App 1
Which isn't ugly (that would be App 5 / hideous), just plain. All my sneaky-sneaky characters are App 1 - why would I want to turn heads when I'm trying to be discreet?
>>47535769
>why would I want to turn heads when I'm trying to be discreet?
Could always get somebody too busy losing themselves in your eyes to notice that you stole their everything.
>>47535564
>I was shocked by the gall of holden being the only person in the thread to talk back to a fucking mod. Openly, in the thread.
And I'm mildly shocked by the spinelessness of the mods in not giving him a vacation for that. I'm pretty sure if any proles responded to a mod warning with that sort of FUCK YOU DAD, they'd get hammered for it. What's the point of even having moderators if they never do anything more than post "please be civil" in red text?
>>47531974
>>47532112
He forgot to mention the part where that blood ape is a 3CD.
>>47530624
Here you go. I was looking for it myself and spent ten minutes searching the archive.
https://web.archive.org/web/20160314105757/http://jyenicolson.net/exalted/
Somebody really needs to update the OP with this. The link has been broken for months.
Hey, Alchemical-and-Infernal-homebrew-fag, you beautiful thing, are you here? I've been away from these threads for a while, are you still doing those?
>>47535584
>The thing I tend to agree with him on is that females, in my experience, tended to be more selective with whom they played their games with, that's it.
Unfortunately they tend to base it on "creep vibes", which are as approximately as useful a safety criterion as how much green someone is wearing. Which is why I've seen female gamers go "ewwwww" to playing with some Aspie dude and then immediately go running off to join the game the sex offender runs at his house.
(This is the problem with "muh feelz" bullshit - most "feels" are the result of social conditioning in your teens and have little or nothing to do with actual reality.)
>>47536618
That's for 2e anyway, it should go with the old resources, but I'd love a 3e version.
We should also shrink all the 1e and 2e stuff into 2 links, to give more room for the 3e stuff and any recent news or thread topics.
>>47526885
Personally i lean towards the more revealing type, but above all, the art must have style, character and personality. Or some sort of gimmick.
Exalts should stand out, unless not standing out is a part of their character.
>>47537638
Women are shallow and hypocritical, who'dve thunk.
Funniest thing is that they may complain about creeps all day long, but they get personally hurt when nobody catcalls them. Not to mention they say they want a "nice guy", but only give it up to the creeps and assholes.
Women are funny creatures.
>>47525256
There was a bunch of homebrewed Infernal charms somewhere, some of which belonged to fan-made Yozi. If you want me to name names, there was Achsam, Ikanii and Xaon.
>>47535564
>I wasn't shocked by the sexism debates in the thread, but I was shocked by the gall of holden being the only person in the thread to talk back to a fucking mod. Openly, in the thread.
Christ.
>>If we are going to continue having this discussion, we need to be especially careful to conduct it as respectfully as possible. This comment really pushes the line, and is the kind of thing we're not going to be able to allow in this thread if we want to keep it open.
>Just so that I am completely clear on this, you're telling us that we have to treat with respect arguments on gender politics put forth by MRA poster child Sargon of fucking Akkad and "biological realist" / "a bit of rape and violence is inevitable and healthy, boys will be boys" Christina Hoff Sommers? In the forum for the game with a transgendered man on its cover? That is a no-can-do, I'm afraid. I have too many friends those chuckleheads and their various disciples have striven mightily to disenfranchise and intimidate.
Holden is such a little worm I want to beat him to death.
>>47538248
(20 likes on that post btw.)
>>47538248
this is the best part:
>In the forum for the game with a transgendered man on its cover?
your art director does affirmative action, so you should be allowed to ignore the forum rules?
ok holden!
IGNORE DEV BOOTLICKERS AND HATERS
HIDE DEV POSTS
FOCUS ON THE GAME
>>47538368
>this is the best part
No, the best part is watching 2010s liberals screaming "BACKWARDS REACTIONARY BIGOT" at 1970s liberals.
I mean... well, you're the best sort of correct, but it's like watching a bald man calling a crew-cut man a long-haired hippy.
>>47538248
Is Holden talking about GamerGate? Because the party line in OPP is hyperbolic vitriol regardless.
>>47525025
I'm trying to make a Night Caste that's a primary combatant, any things I should make sure to pick up? Right now I'm looking at Supernal Stealth+Ebon Shadow style, but I'm wondering if there's anything else I should look at, or keep in mind.
>>47538426
He's talking about Christina Hoff Sommers and accusing her of being pro-rape, which is a vile lie that he should be ashamed of, but is no real surprise coming from the most dishonest, weaselly little bitch in the entire Exalted community.
>>47538437
I recall Thrown and Stealth having synergy.
>>47538437
Awareness. Go firster, improve your chances of round 1 disable or kill.
>>47527605
>>47528048
A bunch of the Direction books, too, IIRC. I know that Compass: South has a couple, off of the top of my head.
>>47538139
Autistic nice guys on 4chan aren't any less funny when they're not self aware.
>>47538469
I was planning to use Blinding Battle Feint though, which uses Stealth to roll JB. I should still have a good chance, of rolling well with the generic stealth roll enhancers, shouldn't I?
Also, I just remembered another question. What's the point of Ten Whispers Silence Meditation? Can't you just use scent and sound banishing aptitude(the prerequisite for that charm no less) to make yourself totally undectable by sound?
>>47538531
>>47538437
With four Awareness charms, you can wind up with an Initiative of about 18 on an average Join Battle roll. Combine it with the Athletics charm that doubles damage, and you can pretty well expect to explode basically anything short of a top-tier god or 2nd-circle demon, a combat-focused Exalt, or a behemoth in one blow; even a Magnitude 5 Battle Group can be blown away in one hit.
Buying both of them will take up about half of your starting charms, but if you want to be able to assassinate dudes with one hit, that's the way to go. The prerequisite charms will let you do a bunch of ninja shit, too, running and jumping with superhuman grace, seeing in the dark, tracking by your sense of scent, etc.
>>47538586
Different anon, I'm focusing on stealth-based JB with low wits and awareness.
Do you guys think I would need to invest in a secondary JB roll if I were somehow unable to use Stealth?
>>47525407
I guess you're right, I guess. I guess it's true. You say something right I guess. I guess what you're saying is not entirely wrong I guess, I guess.
>>47538139
Man, Poe's Law is a bitch.
>>47538437
Stealth + Ebon Shadow is a fine combination, but everyone suggesting spending a lot on Awareness are right too. Even aside from the initiative booster, stealth is 80% situational awareness - you don't want to sneak into a room to kill someone and not notice his ninja guards.
>>47538866
Yep. Just remember that ironic shitposting is still shitposting, so that anon is still a fag.
>>47538586
>four Awareness charms
Awakening Eye and prereqs?
>>47538586
What does that Awareness combo look like in action?
>>47538451
>the most dishonest, weaselly little bitch in the entire Exalted community.
He's just dumb enough to think that if he makes enough in-group noises, the SJ hive-mind will forgive him for rapeghostpallooza. He doesn't understand that the people howling at him didn't care about "rape ghosts" and won't care about whatever bullshit grounds they come up with next time, they care about signalling virtue and Absolutely Nothing Else.
He will figure it out eventually, just give him a few years. Plague of Hats is more indicative of actual cancer.
>>47539114
>He's just dumb enough to think that if he makes enough in-group noises, the SJ hive-mind will forgive him for rapeghostpallooza.
Nah, he does the exact same kind of dishonest horse shit for other things. "We're not in the habit of giving people bad rules they think they want," "I see a lot of hyperbolic sneering, mostly," etc. He makes snide little snipes while refusing to actually engage anyone else's viewpoint.
>>47539136
In fairness, 3E's slow, painful birth has seen a LOT of hyperbolic sneering.
>>47539136
>"I see a lot of hyperbolic sneering, mostly,
Second time that's been quoted, where did he say that?
>>47539161
Much of it is on Holden's part, though.
>>47539165
One of the BP/XP debate threads way back when on the Ex3 forums, where he steadfastly refused to engage with anyone and cherry-picked the most obnoxious guys on the other side to justify why he didn't engage while ignoring polite, reasonable people.
>>47539161
True enough. I suppose he cannot take mean people seriously, and has no self awareness.
>>47539004
I'm pretty sure it's just Sensory Acuity Prana and Awakening Eye.
SAP gives you double 9s, and 6s get recursively rerolled if Unsurpassed (Sense) Discipline applies (though you need Essence 3 or Awareness Supernal to get it). Awakening Eye gives you a full free excellency, and lets you reroll a failed die for every 10.
Those Charms, plus a base pool of 11 dice (Per 5, Awar 5, specialty 1), give you an average of 18.555... starting Init with USD or 16.86 starting Init without.
>>47529597
a day late but i got u fampai
>>47539242
How do you plug all these dice tricks into something like Anydice?
>>47539245
...or not. looks like my folder's drier than i remember. im gonna dump stuff i got off tumblr instead to put 'em into character art thread circulation instead.
>>47539267
The rerolling 6s can be done with IF statements, but I'm not sure the rest can.
>>47539276
>>47539294
>>47539267
For double 9s, output 21d{0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,2,2} will simulate a d10 roll where 1-6 are no successes, 7-8 are one success, and 9-10 are two successes. For rerolling individual dice, idk lol I did that by hand.
>>47539307
Well, that confirms it, nipple tape has become my magical realm. Dammit.
>>47539307
>>47539325
>>47539313
If you reroll 1s until no 1s (or similar), you can just delete one of the values form the 0s.
>>47539307
Why does she have no face, though?
>>47538437
Ebon Shadow works well with Tiger, more so if you have high strength. They both use Razor Claws and Wood Dragon Claws if you've sorcery. Stay in Ebon Shadow Form for defence and use Tiger charms for loadsadamage.
>>47539339
>>47539356
demons my dude
>>47539383
Wait, is that a canon demon?
>>47539383
>>47539397
>>47539390
the canon to demons is that they are literally infinite in design and purpose and given enough research you, too, could find the perfect demon for the job.
so yeah, maybe some don't have faces
>>47539412
>>47539383
I'd say that's more some kind of undead/abyssal being, maybe just a ghost or something.
>>47539412
I'd have thought the faceless hottie with the whip and the black bondage gear was probably a ghost desu
>>47539412
>>47539316
But how do you remove it without fucking up your nips?
>>47539422
>>47539420
>>47539421
they're whatever you want 'em to be, man
>>47539432
the pain's a bonus, duh
>>47539433
>>47539432
im pretty sure that's part of the appeal. goodbye nip hair
>>47539307
Now I want to stat her. What powerlevel would she be, roughly?
>>47539449
>>47539465
>>47539432
Very, very carefully.
>>47539479
>>47539488
last one that i can post here without feeling like a faggot
>>47539504
I'm willing for you to take that risk.
>>47539504
I mean, we all already think you're a faggot, so what's the risk?
>>47539421
HOLY SHIT GHOST DESU
>>47539504
>>47539531
>>47539513
did i say i'd stop? this is just "oh he has shit taste in animes" territory
>>47539457
Dunno about her powerlevel, but my dick is currently rated Adamantium(TM)
>>47539579
because really, there's a lot of consideration to take before posting lame titty monsters. like, is it even exalted-themed enough to post, or am i just showing off something bad? you feel me?
>>47539604
in the end it's more about making sure i'm still contributing to the thread in a positive way and not just being A /d/ Tier Faggot
>>47539579
>>47539604
Sorry, I thought you meant gay, not a total faggot.
>>47539624
>>47539634
desu i'd kill for more totally gay pics like >>47528727
>>47539650
>>47539669
is anyone else excited for where things go with liminals
>>47539685
>>47539624
Why this bitch got four ears?
>>47539721
>>47539751
>>47539744
it's a headband
>>47539773
Is the tail fake too?
>>47539624
> Monkey
> Claws
What
>>47538248
I kinda agree with Holden here. Sargon and Sommers are huge fags and you should usually disregard anything they say.
>>47539836
Holden's right, but he's still a dipshit.
>>47539773
>>47539795
maybe. i just like the image 'cause the tail has that little spike strip on it as if it could really be used as a surprise weapon
>>47539836
Definitely the reasonable thing thinking adults do is disregard everything their opponents say without a second thought.
Why are the Persona charms so damn good?
was there a character generation/management tool for alchemicals somewhere?
>>47538164
where?
>>47539836
He might be right, but that doesn't make him any less of an asshole.
>>47539948
Don't play 2e. But yes, there is the Anathema chargen tool.
>>47535559
kimbery charm yes. it protects against damage from liquid. unsure if it would protect against bashing damage caused by the wave knocking you into things
>>47539836
>>47539864
>>47539979
>Holden is right
In which way is he right? He didn't even refute any points they might have, he just strawmanned to hell and back. Just like the average liberal, he can't contest an opinion that conflicts with his fragile worldview, so he resorts to shutting out any dissent, much like young children do.
Sargon is a faggot, but Sommers? She's one of the few voices of reason in the viper's nest that is the academia of today.
>>47539836
>you should usually disregard anything they say.
Only a coward is afraid of disagreement.
>>47540002
Anathema doesn't do alchemicals.
>>47540024
I'm sorry that the dev insulted your waifu, but nobody gives a fuck. Try /pol/ if you want to talk about it.
>>47540045
I must be misremembering, them.
Never fear, I have a solution: don't play 2e.
>>47540056
ok holden.
>>47540061
your waifu a shit
>>47532812
It's a liquid-based environmental hazard, so yes.
>>47540056
If nobody gives a fuck then why did all these posters jump in to say that, Actually, Christina Hoff Sommers IS Pro-Rape? Checkmate.
>>47539114
Plague of Hats destroyed his credibility with OPP by quitting mid-project in the most unprofessional manner he could think of, so that an Internet forum could think he's a badass. So he was definitely more of a self-correcting problem.
>>47540024
>Just like the average liberal
>strawmanned to hell and back
It's like you don't even see the irony.
>>47540405
I hate how everyone except me is hypocritical, close-minded, radical, unreasonable, biased, prone to fallacy, and they aren't even self aware.
Really, I pity my opponents for being so clearly wrong and dumb.
>>47540152
Is there any kind of not-just-shitflinging evidence provided as to Sommers' stance on rape yet?
What caste would this motherfucker be?
>>47540473
Well, he looks like a generic shitkiller, so Dawn.
in autochthonia before soulgem implantation babies don't have souls right? ...so they're stilborn then?
>>47540059
want to play alchemicals. that solution is retarded. besides you have the same problem with homebrew-ported alchemcials into 3rd ed
>>47540505
Correct. It's super rare that a baby comes out that's actually alive.
>>47540518
>want to play alchemicals
>homebrew-ported alchemcials into 3rd ed
Play a 3e Solar.
Give your character an Artifact 5 prosthetic body.
Purchase 'Alchemical' charms as Evocations.
Enjoy.
>>47540473
don't know who he is. looks like a slayer(infernal's dawn caste) to me
>>47540534
>besides you have the same problem with
was looking for character manager tool. already have alchemical port that isn't a flavorless/defluffed workaround
Acquire more autism, use Notepad++ as character management tool.
>>47540558
>was looking for character manager tool.
It doesn't exist.
>flavorless/defluffed
Evocations of the Infinite Miracle Body are neither of those, you silly faggot.
Is there any way to medicine a ton of people in one day? All the charms to let you doctor people quickly cost a ton of motes. Is there any way to get a small army back on its feet in a few days?
>>47540473
hokuto shinken is on some solar shit so i'd say possibly abyssal since his practice of it is a form of demented malpractice?
>>47540651
also, jagi def. took the second breath when he had to put his mask on
>>47540648
ask your GM if it's okay to rule that you're using your mote spending on doctoring a battlegroup as opposed to a single target
>>47540648
Negotiate with your ST about an upgrade charm with a clause like that of Flawless Diagnosis Technique (repays its cost if you have done this a lot recently) or Contagion-Curing Touch (permanent successes) for other kinds of doctoring.
Get Healing Trance Meditation to recover motes from doctoring people.
Get Benison of Celestial Healing to use charms for free, it resets on saving someone really badly off.
>>47540441
Her stance on rape is that the numbers are inflated artificially by incorporating events that the victims do not consider rape and that, further, these victims do not behave as though they have been raped. As far as I am aware, she has never expressed that rape is OK or that it's natural or normal.
>>47540662
No one cared who he was until then.
>>47540648
>Is there any way to medicine a ton of people in one day?
Healing Medicine Trance causes you to regain 1m for every 10 you roll on any Medicine check while it's active. Assuming you're not using tons of Medicine charms on everyone you treat - assuming you're seeing plenty of healthy or only mildly injured people alongside the serious patients - you can remain mote-positive for the entire scene.
Master Chiurgeon Meditation halves the cost of the Medicine excellency, further improving your efficiency.
Benison of Celestial Healing lets you ignore one Medicine charm's activation cost per scene per character saved from Dying or Incapacitated.
Life-Sculpting Hands Technique lets you roll one full Medicine Excellency for free per scene (which, combined with Healing Medicine Trance, can actually restore a huge chunk of your mote pool).
Healer's Unerring Hands can be used to prevent Healing Medicine Trance from ending.
And if you combine Immaculate Solar Physician, Life-Sculpting Hands Technique, and Perfect Celestial Chiurgeon with the activation roll for Healing Trance Meditation, you're making a full-Excellency, double-7s, double-successes roll that nets you 1m per success and which are allowed to exceed your maximum mote pool size.
Combine that with a Rating 5 Manse which lets you regain 4m per hour spent treating people as long as you have the Hearthstone, just in case.
Medicine is, if anything, the only non-combat Ability that's usable indefinitely while remaining mote neutral or even mote positive.
>>47540801
Yeah, but if there's a massive plague in the city or something is there any way to handle all that without rolling 30,000x?
>>47540878
>massive plague in the city
That literally only requires you to use Contagion-Curing Touch ad nauseam, which gives you +Essence successes on all rolls to cure disease for free and which grants recipients a +4 bonus on Resistance checks to avoid future illness for the rest of the season. It has zero mote cost.
Also, Benison of Celestial Healing lets you ignore the cost of one Medicine charm every time you've successfully treated someone who was Dying or Incapacitated. If you're saving people left right and backwards who are on the verge of death, or who are in comas, or who are so weak they can't stand from bed? You're going to be getting a LOT of free Medicine charms.
But no, there's no Medicine charm for actual, direct treatment of mass numbers of people. Just enough mote-economy charms and free-to-use charms that you can more or less assume that someone can go at it for a longass amount of time without having to track it specifically.
That's not something you really need to roll out, though, the same way you wouldn't roll any other action with guaranteed success. Remember, this is an actual game rule:
>STORYTELLING ADVICE: SKIP IT
We offer one final word of advice about the combat rules: sometimes you should ignore them. In some situations, breaking into a detailed blow-by-blow battle would slow things down rather than spicing the game up. For example: Six months into an ongoing chronicle, a mighty Dawn Caste warrior wielding a formidable artifact weapon comes upon an inexperienced sentry walking the walls of a fortress the Solar is storming. Deciding there’s little doubt as to the fight’s outcome, the Storyteller decides to simply offer the Dawn’s player a chance to make a difficulty 2 (Dexterity + Melee) roll to dispatch her hapless and outmatched foe before he is able to raise an alarm.
>>47525180
they might be more credible if their whole game wasn't a morbidly obese, over-convoluted pile of shit
>>47541040
>their whole game wasn't a morbidly obese, over-convoluted pile of shit
Well, it's not. That accurately describes a few subsystems, but their 'whole game' isn't that at all.
>>47541040
Ex3 is pretty great. Terrible people can make good things.
>>47541174
parts of it are decent, i'll admit that.
>>47541174
Not the anon you're replying to, but I wouldn't call it great. It's good, certainly better than 2e, but great is pushing it.
>>47541110
And the charmtrees.
>>47541195
I don't care if you admit it anon, it doesn't have any effect on anyone's enjoyment.
>>47541174
by which i mean, some systems are a good amount of crunch. some have too much. some have too little. given a 3 year delay and the amount of money they raised, it's not unreasonable to expect better.
>>47541228
Expectations have no bearing on the quality of the game. It's nobody's fault if you wanted something better.
>>47541199
>Not the anon you're replying to, but I wouldn't call it great.
I'm also not the anon you're replying to, but it has my second favorite combat engine of any tabletop game I've played, the basic resolution mechanics (which make up more than 50% of actual play) are solid, and there are a lot of really fun charms to boot. Sorcery's fun as a motherfucker too.
There's some bloated junk - the Craft subsystem, for example, or Martial Arts - but most of it really is pretty great, when judged by the standards that other games have created.
You can't judge a game in a void based on the platonic ideal of what you wish it could be. You have to judge it by the alternatives, the competition, the standards and options that exist in the form of other games. And by that measure, I'd call 3e pretty great, even if it's by no means a perfect system.
>>47541251
the end-stage quality is relatively low considering the amount of time invested. how long it takes a product to come to market certainly has bearing when discussing the end quality of said product.
