>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. 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
>3E Backer Core https://mega.nz/#!E1dRBBIa!ZbQG4IasYCJRli2bhgE2MOdWeFAeV3N1rqL9kAIGbNE
>Character Sheet & Init tracker: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByD2BL6J89Nick41YUk0RUt3YlU
>Another Character Sheet
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/pka3nz3vqbqda/Anathema_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
It's finally out edition.
Have you ever used non-hostile dragonblooded? And if so how?
>>46789107
> Have you ever used non-hostile dragonblooded?
This question smells of borderline bait. Have you ever used non-hostile elves?
But yes. I've had non-Immaculate-Faith dragonblooded of several sorts, and from the Realm and nominally believing in the Immaculate Faith, there were still:
drunken tourist dragonblooded who didn't want to start shit, merely enjoying the weird outland scenery
city-ruling dragonblooded who just taxed the solar craftsman and sat back to enjoy the flood of money and pretend nothing was wrong (and that tax was frankly a gouge by local standards, but the Solar was happy to pay it and not have trouble)
captive dragonblooded who were willing to rethink things on the grounds of having been rescued from deathlord by solar
mercenary dragonblooded who salved their conscience by telling themselves that they weren't really working with the Anathema for pay, oh no, they were taking the Anathema's money to spy on the Anathema, which is totally fine amirite
>>46789107
She was the token friendly lost egg. She managed an inn in semi-hiding, and not cared about anything but her inn and living a relatively peaceful life.
She was mostly here to barge into the PCs troublemakers and throw some elemental essence around, but then my players liked her, and I gave her a name (Sesse Anja), a backstory, and I kept her around for the campaign.
Even in 2e, not all DBs are murderous haterage killmurders, and I wanted to give this sense to my players.
QM is a sissy that passes out edition
Before I begin, I would like to apologize for leaving you guys out in the cold. I passed out and let the thread die. It is easier for me to do the quest at a certain time. So starting from this page, I will start at around 6 PM Central burger time. Again, I apologize for the tardiness.
Welcome to the third part of our Warcraft quest. We are Anlec Falconcrest, third son of Lord Falconcrest who left home and sailed to distant Stormwind to become a brother in the Brotherhood of the horse. You fought against the Orcish horde in the first and second war, and returned home to find your lands in a mess. Your kingdom had rebelled against the alliance and you found yourself as the Lord Falconcrest.
It falls to you now to make alterac ascendant as you are caught in a crossfire of treachery and politics. Can you ensure that the Eagle Rises once more?
Previous thread
http://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/46865977/
Pic related is the map.
Your rulership is the thriving town of Strahnbrad and it's hinterlands. The harvests are largely plentiful now, a far cry from nearly two years ago when you had to sign a humiliating treaty with the Hillsbrad towns to secure food for your people
The encircled area are the hinterlands that feed your town and in times past supplied the fortress of Falcon's Rest as well. Falcon's Rest is the closest fortress to Strahnbrad, and is marked with a blue block. It is also the ancestral seat of your house.
Recently you led an expedition to retake the ancient fortress after the Alliance forces had begun to pull out of Alterac proper.
The further Fortress is Eagle's Perch. It is still being held by alliance forces under the command of Lord Othmar Garithos. Your negotiations with him went rather poorly, and he has vowed to return and arrest you and your militia for 'insurrection'.
Last time, you had managed to convince the rulers of Dalaran that there was a threat that was demonic in origin, to Alterac. They had responded by sending two extremely powerful mages to aid you.
These mages were also high ranking members of their kind, and part of the Council of Six, the hidden, mystical group that rules the city of mages. One of them was the Prince Kael'Thas Sunstrider, Heir to the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas, and a poweful ally.
To your embarrassment, you were quite drunk at your first meeting and you insulted him and the Archmage Modera. Luckily for you, your apologies mollified them, and they set out with your cavalry to end the threat from the syndicate and the argus wake once and for all.
You enter the alterac valley and find that the orcs and traitorous humans have ganged up on a smaller group of orcs and were close to wiping them out. At the request of the mages, you ended up rescuing the orcs and enter into parley with them. Archmage Modera translates and you find out that the traitorous humans and their orcish allies are worshipping demons, and your brother leads the remnants of your family's troops.
The parley goes off to a rocky start. The Wolfish orcs don't like you and describe your brother as a monster rather than a man. If these brutes think your brother is a monster, then he is truly lost.
>Mankind is fighting aliens in a large, galaxy scale war.
>Both sides are throwing rocks as their main attack.
How do you explain why?
>>46908643
asteroids are just big rocks.
>>46908643
Child soldiers. They're too young to use guns.
>>46908643
I suppose after a while it might be easier to just hurl asteroids/planetoids at each other.
I've been thinking about playing legacy, but I'm not made out of money.
Should I buy chinese-fakes? they seem pretty safe considering they pass bend- and lighttests and they have a blue core.
I won't sell or trade them, just play with them, would people really get mad at that?
I have a job, but I don't make nearly enough to afford any competitive legacy-deck.
>inb4 poorfags don't deserve to play
>Buying a proxy Have, AoT
>>46905450
i just googled "mtg counterfeit" I don't want the cards in the picture.
>>46905248
I think you should be fine. I wouldn't tell anybody that they were fakes, but I've bought some duals off of villa zheng and they are pretty good. You need to rough up the old cards a bit, and its very obvious when they are out of sleeves because they are a different texture. But I've played at my store's legacy night several times and nobody has said anything about it. Double sleeved and across the table, nobody should know. And to be honest, when you are trying to figure out the best way to win a game, are you really going to be paying attention to your opponent's cards to look for tiny differences? No. I wouldn't bring them to a big event though, since judges will most likely be able to spot them easily if you get deck checked.
I bought duals, wastelands, and zen/onslaught fetches and all were definitely passable. Go for it, there's nothing wrong with wanting to play the best format without wanting to drop thousands on cardboard.
Tell me about elves.
No, not the elves of a specific published setting.
Not the elves of your homebrew setting either.
Certainly not folkloric elves.
Definitely not what you personally think elves should be like.And absolutely not why they wear the mask.
Tell me what you understand elves to be, going purely by /tg/ memes and every single elf thread that preceded this one.
What are they like? What do they look like? Where do they live? What is the stereotypical elven personality? What are their subraces?
Shoot.
>>46902442
Elves are the fantastical representation of every popular girl or guy /tg/ has ever looked at with envy, they are the large-breasted blonde that goes out every Friday night just like they're the handsome football star that's popped more cherries than you can count on your fingers.
>>46902442
Depends on--
Okay, okay, gotcha, mate, I won't be a cheeky cunt, I promise.
That said, the problem is that the definition of such a vague thing as "elf" is very dependent on the context they are used in, mainly because elves don't exist and there isn't a singular entity to compare.
If you want some sort of universal definition of an "elf", it's probably "knife-eared humanoid that whose origins have some sort of connection with mystic forces".
An race of contradictory, abstract concepts of the universe that simultaneously emit feelings of intense, irrational loathing and unmitigated desire and lust in all who behold them.
They are also both the wise elder race that must stand guard to keep the world safe and the slack-jawed retards who manage to inadvertently ruin everything for everyone else.
>resources
pastebin.com/J3Nv182k
It is WAAAAAAGGHH!! edition
GW outsource the pool system to own fanbase, is it wonderful? If they can the system update frequently(monthly?), you can need to afraid of WAAC list, becasue you don't need to wait 3 years until the nerfhammer hit.
Based President Kroak giving us Kroak-care (point system)
Reposting
>bought 2 boxes of Terradon riders at 25% off, planning on building 6 Ripperdactyls
>order came in today
>browsing local kijiji
>found 6 Ripperdactyls for almost 50% off today
I currently have no Terradons. Are they any good?
Should I build 6 terradons and then buy the Ripperdactyls?
>Optional points system
Good luck finding an open game again ever, when was the last time you played Unbound 40k...
>mfw after reading the last church
>>46889954
>my face when after reading
UMM ACTUALLY
>>46889954
That priest was retarded as fuck. Like yeah, he was right that he still ended up living a life of good but that was DESPITE being religious, not BECAUSE OF IT.
When your literal god unveils himself and tells you "yo, you're wrong about religion" you don't go "BUT BUT MUH GOOD DEEDS". He could STILL DO GOOD DEEDS WITHOUT THE RELIGION OF THE LIGHTNING STONE.
>>46890341
I mean, being retarded is a requirement for humans in 40k.
What would happen if someone came to play in your group with an army decked out in Nazi color scheme and symbolism, their leader was Hitler, etc?
>>46884683
Wait, are you telling me Imperium is not nazi and it is not ruled by Cyborg Hitler?
Now I feel dumb.
>>46884683
Kicked out, and we would cut them off from our social circle.we're all commies of various kinds
>>46885096
For what purpose?
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By the time you reach the top of the stairs, the lights on the pillar have gone out, Ilica has stopped screaming, and you have an in depth knowledge on the nuances of building a spider web.
"But enough about my cool webs, who do you think that was?" Ariadne asks.
"Who do I think who was?" You ask.
"The skeleton!" She says. "It must have belonged to someone"
"Hmm... Maybe it was... you!" You say, trying to spook Ariadne.
"Nice try, but my lower half has no bones" She says. "And if it did, then that skelly was about 6 legs short"
"Dang..." You say. "I dunno. Someone that Malteris killed?"
"Could be" Ariadne says.
"But then 'murder' didn't show up on the tablet where they were listing his crimes" You say. "Is it possible to be a bad guy without killing people?"
"I bet that Inquisitor's never done anyone in himself, and he's a bad guy" Ariadne says.
"Good point" You reply. "You're wise for someone your age"
"Tian says it's one of my good traits" Ariadne says. "She also says it's super annoying"
"I can see why she would say that" You say.
Ariadne pouts. "What's that supposed to mean?" She asks.
"Don't worry about it" You reply.
When you finally reach the cart, you see Hella and Emi comforting Ilica. Derrick and Tian are standing over by the web at the cave entrance...
>See if Ilica is alright
>Ask Derrick if the guards have passed
>Ask Hella if she's okay now
>Other
>>46909713
>See if Ilica is alright
I mean it was already dead.
>>46909713
>See if Ilica is alright
then
>Hella
>>46909713
>See if Ilica is alrightIt's ok she has a skeleton inside her
>Ask Hella if she's okay now
In a typical D&D setting, are most people aware that hit points exist and that different people have different numbers of them?
>>46908425
No. They are aware that different weapons can mess you up more or less bad, that different spells and potions can fix you up partially or completely, and that different people can take a fiercer beating than others.
Hitpoints are a game mechanic, just as rolls and ability scores are. Nobody in the setting is aware that they exist, because they are all a shorthand to represent things that happen in the game world.
>>46908425
I could go with it for a less-than-serious game. Sort of a 4th wall breaking thing to convey that information to the players.
It would be like an in-game version of item descriptions. Like your health potion might read "heals 2d8+3 hit points", and a sword might have an inscription indicating it's a +1 to hit. But most NPCs won't cry about how they only have three hit points left.
>>46908497
This. They're and abstraction. Blows before hitting zero are usually superficial ones unless you're hit by a critical strike. Only the one that drops you is a mortal wound.
Welcome to The Lost Island Quest. Last thread our hero, Alan Rodain, saved the Archmage, killed a necromancer and captured a succubus. Now, he finds himself in an interesting situation.
http://pastebin.com/W5vqnRBU (Character Sheet)
http://pastebin.com/3LPDLd9u (NPCs)
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=lost+island
“More kisses, please,” the succubus coos.
“Is this, uh, some sort of new tactic?” Ed asks, uneasily.
“No, I don't believe so,” Azdor answers. “I fail to see how childish groveling would help her in this situation.”
“She's clearly under the effects of an enchantment,” Quissonce explains.
Eve rises to her full height of three feet and begins to back away from you slowly. “And she's been sapped of her power. I can taste it.”
“Well look at her,” Flid says. “I doubt she's faking looking sick.”
Rowe stares into your eyes. “You . . . you learned how to drain from her, didn't you?”
“Seems to be the case,” Eve interjects, accompanied by nervous laughter.
“Why would you do that?!” Rowe shouts. “[How] can you do that? What made you think that that was anything close to resembling a good idea? What if it hadn't worked? Are you part demon now? Can you control it? Is the succubus personality going to suddenly overtake you at some point?”
“Rowe, it's alright,” Quissonce tells her.
“It's not normal,” Rowe responds.
“I don't really think we're the authorities on normal here,” Eve comments.
>Rowe, everything's under control
>I'm sorry
>What's the big deal?
>Something else? (write-in)
AND
>What's the plan with the succubus?
>>46906714
>Rowe, everything's under control
"I'm in firm control of my personality. And absorbing abilities IS my normal."
>Plan
Keep her in observation and question her on Stephen's plans, if he had caches of items and minions, and if others were summoned after her.
Writing!
Alright I've been hired to direct a big budget Horus Heresy film trilogy. Who should I get to play the primarchs? Who should play the emperor?
>>46896512
Unless you can bring back the dead and reverse people's age you'll never get actors of sufficient caliber to portray the primarchs.
>>46896535
Of course I can. I'm a rich jewish director. Who'd you have in mind?
>>46896581
Well, you'd need Christopher Lee in his Dracula days, for one.
And Charlie Chaplin.
Rolled 43 (1d100)
Running Late Edition.
Last time technology was reverse engineered, defenses were constructed, monster mayhem happened, and recruitment flyers for muscle was sent out. So...yeah that was about. Surprising how little room that took...felt like a lot more happened then just that.
Rolled 50 (1d100)
>>46821112
Despite the surprisingly brief and fulfilling yet oddly unsatisfying summary of last thread.
Welcome to the Post Apocalypse where everyone hates you and everybody else.
Enjoy your probably shitty stay and try not to die too horribly.
Oh right almost forgot tip of the day...and no that wasn't just it.
The tip is...guess who are the top two most popular factions to recruitment?
Think Tanks and Megacorp remnants.
Yes it is surprisingly paramilitary isn't up there but that is because paramilitary while offering the best protection have largely limited amount of irreplaceable gear. Which obviously means options are limited. Hence why they are not as far up as one would think!
>>Turn 24
>>>>>A. Scavenge.
>>>>>B. Try to improve the base
>>>>>C. Try to improve Armaments
>>>>>D. Research technology
>>>>>E. Build something
>>>>>F. Scout
>>>>>G. Explore
>>>>>H. Your choice
>>>Points: 4 Resource.
>>>Pop 426
>>>Military 100
>>>>>Food: Good
>>>>>Water: Good
>>>>>Morale: Good
>>>>>Medicine: Good
>>>>>Health: Good
>>>>>Armaments: Good
>>>>>Fuel: Good
>>>>>Tech level: Good
>>>>>Reputation: Juicy Target
>>>>>Infrastructure: Meeting Room. Fish Farm. Hydroponics Bay. Medical Bay. Vehicle Bay. Science Bay. Industrial Bay. Corporate Cells. Storage Center. Corp Construction Center. Water Treatment Center. Corp Recycling Center. Logistical Center. Command Center. Processing Center. Gym. Armory. Server Farm. Factory. Nanite Beds. Daycare.
>>>>>Defenses: Fortified Superstructure. Auto Defense Network. Trenches. barbed Wire.
>>>>>vehicles: Cargo Hover Haulers 4. VTOL Cargo Flyers 2.
>>>>>Power: Nuclear Reactor. Fast breeder Reactor. Emergency Generator.
>>>>>Weapons: Corp Sidearms. Batons. Tasers. Riot Weaponry(limited). Thunder Firearms(limited). Primitive(plentiful). Explosives(limited).
>>>>>armor: Armored Vest. Riot Armor(limited). Power Loaders. Thunder Full Body Armor(limited).
>>>>>communications: Corp Comm Center.
>>>>>Materials: Supply 6
Rolled 52 (1d100)
>>46821112
Well last action was to test the people and see who is worth it. Send the muscle to clear out prime gathering spots for us to scavenge.
Payments will start out with in food, water and ammo. The ones that do the best will get a supply I believe was the agree upon payment from us.
Then there is the matter of finding the hero (or two) hiding as well.
Rolled 80 (1d100)
>>46821219
archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/46675227/
Last Thread.
Also take care that recruiting too much people or those who are too powerful can lead to potential unrest, possible coup, and certain morale penalties.
The penalties vary according to number and origin. Obviously recruiting people from the same type of civ as yourselves harbors the least penalties. Particularly if you originated from the same Pre Fall group makes the penalties minimal.
>You are one of three characters: Samson, a spoiled bard, Dyrus, an axe-wielding rebel's son, or Rene, an orphan adopted by a high-ranking Director of an ominous empire, now a prepromoted archer-lancer. POV will rotate between them on a thread-by-thread basis, with an off-chance that someone else might occasionally take a chapter.
>These protagonists' motivations and goals will very likely come into conflict with one another's.
>Character Death is always a possibility and sometimes an inevitability (this is Fire Emblem after all), but your actions can very easily influence who lives and who dies.
>Voting periods will last an average of ten to fifteen minutes, but this may be increased, decreased, or generally changed at any given moment based on voter turnout.
>Write-ins are encouraged.
>The previous threads are archived on suptg under "Silver Scales of the Past," and a pastebin summarizing each one's events will be provided at the start of the next, like so: http://pastebin.com/z0H1pTD2
>A list of all current summaries and threads: http://pastebin.com/E9sXAcBx
>Our update Twitter is qmgrandflocto, and we have an ask.fm also under ask.fm/qmgrandflocto
Samson is certainly having the loveliest time on a prison island right now, not at all paralyzed with fear over the fact that any one of his allies or loved ones could simply up and be dragged away to fight an undead soldier to the very likely death. Or the fact that his only real point of communication with his beloved Millicent or his mother, Marion, is this aggressive Edwyg woman. Not at all helped by his learning that she's in because, as she put it, "couple years after I'm outta the arena, I'm on this one island and some noble's wife gets an axe in her skull. I get thrown in here." When asked if she did it, she responds, "what's it matter to you?"
So yeah, he's just peachy!
Dyrus, meanwhile, continues his trek towards the connecting point of the Desert, Central, and Coastal regions, where he and his grandfather are set to reunite with Lady Hauteclere, Laurise, and any companions they may have recruited. From there, they reason, they will need to plan the route they'll use to cut through the deserts to the Wolfskin region...
Last and by no means least, Rene continues going on missions in the name of the Empire, attempting to sort out the unforeseen reality that is her romantic relationship, and consume a rather impressive cake prepared for the occasion of her twenty-first birthday. She recalls that her father had prepared the Brave Bow she now wields for the occasion, and can't find herself to be mad at Omar or Marduk for the day's festivities. She and her sister are, currently, none the wiser to the fate of Director Waldrick, but an urgent Director's Meeting will be called to address the situation and how to progress from here, since these rebels are only gaining more traction now.
>A. Be Rene
>B. Be Dyrus
>C. Be Samson
>>46909773
>A. Be Rene
Also, hello, Octo.
>>46909801
Howdy!
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((Welcome to our second Interlude Episode! These have a moderate effect on canon, shaping a part of the lives of other characters in Arcadia.))
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He hits you again. You wince and grit your teeth, knowing you deserve it.
"So you think that's enough? 10 minute miles? 200 PSI punches? That is nothing!" your father spits at you. "Every generation is supposed to improve, not stagnate!"
You nod shamefully, tears stinging through the pain of his strikes.
"The Oshiro Dojo is famed, and it has only gained more students under my tutelage, my legacy! And you would throw that all away because you don't have the strength, Shou. You won't struggle like all the rest of the family has!"
You nod.
"That's it. Until you can prove yourself worthy of the Oshiro name..." He turns to walk away, glancing through the window at the pale crescent moon in the sky.
"You are no longer my son."
>Nod solemnly.
>Protest.
>Write-in.
>>46908531
>>Nod solemnly
Afternoon QM
>>46908531
>>Nod solemnly.
Hiya! Just saw the post!
>>46908688
>>46908869
You nod, knowing you deserve this fate. Your father, in all the kindness he can muster, grants you one final night in the household until you're cast unto the streets of Tekkosho, effectively doomed. No money, no food, and no prospect for education or career.
You walked out into the streets the following morning, a duffel bag over your shoulders. The best shelter you found that night was a dirty refrigerator box, breaking it apart into a makeshift roof for that night's rain. As the cold grip of the elements touched you, you could only grit your teeth, telling yourself one thing.
"I'll get stronger."
You immediately made yourself useful the day a pickpocket stole the purse of a woman walking by you. Swift as your training made you you tackled him to the ground, twisting the ruffian's arm behind his back and handing the stolen goods back. That earned you a hot meal for the day--but it wasn't enough, and it wasn't permanent.
You had to try harder.
Shou Oshiro wasn't going to die a no-namer on the streets.
You took on any odd jobs you could. Cleaning, cooking after hours, shoe shining. Anything that could afford you scraps of credits to feed yourself was acceptable work, no matter how humiliating. Pride had no place in survival, in your eyes.
At night, whispers came to you from someone you didn't know. A voice promising you the greatest things if you never stopped moving.
>cont.
