), “You guys suck,” said the dead Primordials (now called Neverborn) to the Exalted. Originally created to service the Loom of Fate, these Five Maidens are likely most enigmatic of the Incarnae. Okay people, mostly, though they keep running into... problems. They told the Neverborn, tantalizing them with the idea of the power of the tools that destroyed them. Most Elemental beings are noticeably drawn from Earth mythology. However the Wyld is not a nice place and the borderlands can mutate even Exalted with its touch. During the Primordial War, those who lost all of their Third Circle souls died and became the Neverborn, while those who survived with some intact became the Yozis. "Those Solar and Lunar guys were fucking awesome! Magical Rome/Persia/China regularly trains and sends ninja-monks out for you personally. Exalted 2nd ED Lunars Sheet(With WTA Border) (by DarkLordThor) Exalted 2nd ED Dragon Kings Sheet (by Renfield286) Exalted Alternate Combat System (by Talon) [Feel Free to Email Talon at hpnotiq_monkey_king@hotmail.com; Interactive Exalted Solar Sheet (by Walks Above The Stars) Interactive Exalted Charms Sheet (by Walks Above The Stars) Secondly, prior to Second Edition, the way multiple actions were handled was by splitting dice pools, so you needed to succeed at two different (generally fairly hard) tasks with half the dice you would otherwise. They don't do much now except rubber stamp paperwork and maybe say hi to new Exalts every now and then, being utterly addicted to the Games of Divinity. “I'll do that thing with my tongue,” Luna promised. Jump to: navigation. Unlike the Raksha, the Unshaped are unable to survive within Creation for extended periods of time, each Unshaped is actually a symbiotic cluster of Fair Folk consisting of a single "guiding intelligence" and one or more "subsidiary intelligences" with no true form (which, again, makes them suspiciously similar with Primordials). “Gee, that's too bad. The people said. For both sides, this means a lot more points to spend building your character. It was also supposed to have its second and third book out three fucking years ago. Available to Dragon-Blooded, and even mortals with high Essence. This brought lots more people over to her side, and thus was born the Realm, which is the major power in the world today. The Dragon Kings predate the inven- tion of supernatural martial arts styles. The only reason they haven't hunted you down is that they're too busy trying to keep reality from imploding. Discount Exalted. Including the Loom of Fate that enforces causality in creation. It served as the capitol not only of the Dragon Kings but also of all Creation for the first century or so after Usually it will, and the Loom of Fate makes a note of the fact and everything continues on its merry way. Given what's required to become one. Like all ghosts, the Neverborn have fetters to Creation and were unable to truly fall into Oblivion. “I'm going to leave Creation to go brood for a few thousand years.”, “Have fun!” said the gods (and their new Exalted buddies.). The inhabitants of Creation before humanity and before the gods made war upon the Primordials. most Exalted actually resided in the Southeast. Now, once again, there are Solar Exalted. And so on. Stunting: A way to mechanically allow players to use Rule of Cool as a game mechanic. “We hereby curse you so that you'll all turn into assholes someday!”, “Well, now that that's over,” said the Unconquered Sun, who had since declared himself King of All Cosmos, “Let's go play the Games of Divinity all day! Gender isn't a thing for Luna and it's not unheard of for Luna to be portrayed as a guy (protip. This turned out to be less than good as now all the Exalted are Maximum OverExalted and make their pre-Incarna-death forms look like children with very flimsy sticks. ( dude, he's the embodiment of assholery. An Akuma is a mortal or Exalt who has been granted a measure of power by a Yozi, but essentially becomes a puppet of that Primordial, devoid of free will. Exalted is not part of the World of Darkness, but parts of it were conceived as a mythical prequel to the old WoD before that was moved away from. So, stunting gives new characters the chance to succeed at almost anything as long as the player thinks of a pretty cool way to do it, and it teaches new players that as long as you make it feel cool your character can do anything. A Solar can parry an angry Primordial hitting them with a mountain range. Drow, eat your hearts out. These guys are the Men in Black and the CIA of Exalted. Ghosts who settle their business can pass into Lethe as they should have and reincarnate. And the Realm is pretty much always at war in some area. Both suck for obvious reasons. Naturally, that means that DMs are divided into armed, angry camps over the "right" way to play/run an Infernal campaign, and if he wants to use them one way, then let him use them that way. Before hand they tended to act as bodyguards for Celestial Gods and young Celestial Exalted (and a few bounded as Chosen with Dragon Kings which is why any are here) We need to use these few to raise new Celestial Lions, deputized to investigate crime and violence among the gods of Teteocan. They then swore many oaths, some known only to the Unconquered Sun, for they are engraved into the haft of the Orichalcum spear he wields. (e.g. The Lunars had no choice but to move into the borderlands between the Wyld and Creation and try to plan their resistance in secret. The Solar Exalted are his Chosen, and he is the chief deity of the Dragon Kings. Charcoal March of the Spider style emulates the pattern spiders that run reality, meaning that you punch people in their reality. So while the Dragon-Blooded were doing a fairly good (although not nearly as impressive as the Solars) job of running Creation, the Deathlords were building a doomsday plague. Then, when the Solars arrived, the bronze faction Sidreals blew the place up, and trapped the Solar's Essence Shards in a magic cage so that no more Solars could be created. the Yozi promised, planning to reap the benefits if the plan succeeded and covering their asses if it didn't. When the gods created the Exalted and warred against the Primordials, the Dragon Kings fought alongside gods and helped to slay the Primordials and their allies. They can collect and replace body parts to modify their skills, taking the legs of a legendary dancer, the arm of a swordsman, or the tongue of a master storyteller and making these abilities their own. The Ebon Dragon is defeated, the day is saved, and everyone lives happily ever after. Eventually, one of them said, "...because they were DEMONS possessing mortals! This is true, and its not even the most impressive thing you can do in that particular style. He's actually a pretty cool guy who has to make an effort to repress being compassionate, temperate, holding to his convictions, or being valorous. Eventually they evolved into a caste system with some of the workers and warriors having an exalted like tendency called enlightenment. Although the gods ascended to Yu-Shan, their former metropolis, Meru, lay in ruins. This lets them punch people so hard they turn into ducks (it makes marginally more sense in context). Thanks to the terms of the Yozis' surrender, they can be summoned into Creation and ordered around. “Now, go kill those Primordial assholes!”. After the First Age ended in war and disease, few survived. Of course, there are also far more exotic CMAs, such as Crystal Chameleon style, which can best be described as "Ninja disco style". From Exalted - Unofficial Wiki. You folks we Exalted, you guys can run the world. He's actually SO powerful that his shadow is, in and of itself, a god. (And also Infinite Resplendence Amulet but that is different). The Transformers have united under Primus (who has robo-cancer), and are invading because they have a shortage of souls. Everyone else. “Now you have to be our slaves for forever, ha ha ha!” said the gods, and then sewed the surviving Primordials (now called Yozis) all up inside the butt of the head Yozi, Malfeas. Conquered the city of Thorns using a fortress made out of an undead giant, the Realm and the rest of Creation collectively shat a brick in reaction and are currently panicking thinking of an appropriate response. The Jadeborn provided many of the wonders of the first age and had such technology that they were cursed by the unconquered sun to never roam the surface of Creation without being lead by a member of the exalted. It feels good. Available only to Solars and Primordials themselves. Corrected calculation of peripher essence for Dragon-Blooded. And if that doesn't work, they keep giant color-coded gundams and suits of power armor as backups. The end product is sort of a Sidereal-lite flavour of badass, particularly the ones that decide to become Shaolin Immaculate monks. They are rather bitter and psychologically maladjusted from the Usurpation. This is your basic "I punch the bad guy's minion, my fists blazes with elemental power, and he dies" martial art. "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!" She is not often spoken of, and seems to have no agenda beyond leaving most of herself behind in heaven and then running around the wyld looking for 'answers'. They are, however, the products of a nightmarish culture created, ruled by, and located inside of a number of beings that are almost as unnecessarily assholish as they are bugfuck nuts. Noble Raksha belong to two of the four castes, favoring the graces and virtues of both. Additionally, as long as a Liminal's brain is intact and they can access most of their original body's matter, they can recover from any injury. After the Terrestrials murdered all the Solars, they then moved on to their second in command Lunar servants. Here's a history of the setting of Exalted, which may answer a bunch of questions and put things into perspective all at once. He then formed them into the first Jadeborn. If you liked Tron, then the Alchemicals have access to a martial art that is basically disc combat, but made for chainsaw discs you throw around for deadly and very messy effect. Then one day a spirit appeared in front of her and told her: "You'll become Mother of Sorcery, and all badass, but you must go on a quest". Liminal Exalts are tasked by her with keeping restless spirits bound and down, but can give her the finger and do their own damn thing (unlike Abyssals). The Lunars have the unique "Meerkat Steals The Spotlight Prana", which makes any Real Life conversation about Exalted eventually evolve into a discussion about Lunar Exalted, as, pre-3e, they were by far the most interesting Exalt (except maybe the Fair Folk, below). Those Primordials who survived the Primordial War were shoved inside the butt of their General/King, Malfeas (who was turned inside out and shoved into his own butt!). The Yozi known as the Ebon Dragon (the Primordial responsible for the concept of Opposition: he created honesty so he could be dishonest, loyalty so he could be treacherous, and virtue so he could be its antithesis. , search. Fortunately, while the problem's still there, a number of core gameplay and pricing tweaks have at least made the problem less severe. dragons, thunderbirds, ifrit). While this sounds like a horrible trade, the Yozi are very convincing even when they aren't just lying about it and some people are incredibly power-hungry. It's like being the centerpiece of a heavy metal album cover, whether you're trying to be a hero or not. “Deal! Your best friend from growing up -and your last life- now seeks to cover all the lands of Middle Earth in darkness, if he can just find this damn ring. It'll probably be years before they receive an official sourcebook. “Taste the bitter poison mixed from the ashes of our hopes and the tears of betrayal in the dark pit of our tortured souls!” said the Deathlords, presumably while wearing too much eyeliner, and unleashed their doomsday plague into Creation. Hope you've got enough Essence! If you're looking for additional inspiration for your Exalted game, this is the place to look! Their innate expressions of martial magic are all contained within their Paths of Draconic Enlightenment. They're also called "Chernozem", chosen of the black earth. In the beginning During the savage early days ofCreation, the Dragon Kings were the only intelligent life. Thaumaturges. Now reduced to remnants and non-sentient beasts. Success Enhanced Exalted Slasher — 1 pcs. Even Abyssal Exalted are covered by the Soulsteel Caste, making you wonder if he anticipated death-themed Exaltations... Retconned in Second Edition, Abyssals weren't planned for and resonate with both Orichalcum and Soulsteel, but the question remains for what Autocthon planned to do with them, as well as Adamant Alchemicals that do not fit anywhere, and the later Infernal Exalted don't match any Alchemicals either. Hekatonkhires are unique and very powerful beings. They are beings beyond measure, and composed of many subsidiary souls. Successes are scaled against target numbers at a set difficulty against non PCs/NPCs. They are less evil there, which makes you wonder just what went down to mellow out the concept of dickishness incarnate. Even when they take on a semi-real shape (as a Rakasha) they bleed essence while in creation and must feed on dreams and souls to keep themselves alive. Although the gods ascended to Yu-Shan, their former metropolis, Meru, lay in ruins. Some people will try to tell you that if you try to play an Infernal who is also a fundamentally decent character, you are doing it wrong. Just if you're curious - The reason why they hand out bonus dice is two fold - Firstly, newly made characters tend to be a bit handicapped, being baller at the things they were made to do and pretty much not at the other stuff. What popped out was Luna who promptly decided to whisper sweet nothings to UC and seduce Gaia. Bishop of the Chalcedony Thurible:** possibly the craziest Deathlord(though the Dowager and Eye and Seven Despairs are giving him a run for his money), convinced that he can convince Creation to murder itself through pure rhetoric. Similarly, their unconscious thoughts created the Underworld, now more static and unchanging to fit their ideals. Abyssals are no longer slaves to their Deathlord, and are allowed as much free will as they desire to exert, because speculation indicates that Abyssals also no longer have a delete button (A monstrance) that their Deathlord can press if they start thinking too much. Deep down she's a full on nihilist who hopes to expose people to so much extreme pleasure that it leaves them emotionally burnt out and unable to enjoy *any* form of pleasure other than waiting for the sweet release of oblivion. The Dragon Kings’ civilization flourishes briefly before burning out, partly due to the Primordials’ interference and partly due to the self-destructive practices of the Dragon Kings themselves. Exalted 3rd ED. In short, there's a martial art for every kind of character concept in Exalted. Might actually be onto something, because going on genocidal killing sprees generally just causes souls to reincarnate rather than become ghosts or fall into Oblivion. As they Neverborn hate the state they are in, they hate it when the Deathlords don't preform to total perfection and brutally punish them for it. said Yozis in Malfeas. Exalted Fighter +0: Rare: 100,000 adena; Exalted Weapon Upgrade Stone — 1 pcs. The Primordials are impossibly vast alien beings with multiple souls. Walker in Darkness: has no memory of his life as a Solar(Mask of Winters killed him using a weapon that destroyed memories back when they were still made of meat), meaning he has no grasp beyond the basic of how his own Abyssals work. While Sorcery can be thought as programming language, this is more akin to macros for different programs. Lunars 2-Page Interactive Sheet; Exalted 3rd ED. Other than that, have fun!”, “Hey, I feel kinda guilty for helping kill my brothers and sisters and enslaving the rest,” said Autochthon. A player describes how their PC does an action. And even if he does let you run the way you want, nobody likes the guy who won't stop whining about how hard it is to be misunderstood all the time. "It's not like I've got anything better to do," said Adorjan. 3 years ago. Mountain Folk are by far the most powerful things I have seen in Exalted at character creation yet. If you've seen Scrubs, imagine Ted with twenty-something Kelsos to suck up to. said the Scarlet Empress. Dragon-Kings. Like the Wyld, she is malleable able to take whatever form pleases her. The Artisans are the leaders while the workers work and supply the Warriors who are in a constant fight against the Darkbrood. Generally, (there are exceptions) motes fuel magic stuff, while Willpower fuels more mundane stuff. Including plants. Terrestrials take strength in numbers, and since their Exaltation is the only one that is inherited (Dragon-Blooded, remember? There are ideas in here for dozens of campaigns. Dragon Kings and other non-human races have souls, but they're not human ones, they're metaphysically different. The Raksha are divided into four castes: Diplomats, who favor the Staff Grace and the virtue of Conviction; Entertainers, who favor the Cup Grace and the virtue of Compassion; Warriors, who favor the Sword Grace and the virtue of Valor, and Workers, who favor the Ring Grace and the virtue of Temperance. Dragon Kings are sworn in allegiance to their creator, the Unconquered Sun, and can remember their past lives with great clarity. When an Emerald Knight died, their remains were interred at Din'an … The Dragon Kings are dinosaurlike beings of great power. Green Sun Princes get the same powers, except they still have the option of flipping the bird at this whole Reclamation thing and running off to get coked out of their minds, and since Akuma don't have free will you'll usually be playing as the latter. They've gotten scattered mentions in the second-to-last book of second edition, have some sort of interest in body parts, and are tied to the lands of the dead. Dickhead, dispassionate weeder, or eternally-loving-and-benevolent Cthulu, those monikers become meaningless when you can make your soul/imagination a REALITY IN OF ITSELF. Mountain Folk if you have a portrait of the Incarna and there's a silver-haired dude, that her) and the Third Edition book for Lunars has flat-out shifted to using gender-neutral pronouns for Luna. The Fair Folk are creatures composed of raw Essence, and inhabit the Wyld – the place that exists between the ordered Creation and pure Chaos. . There are specific astrological condition required. The lower souls of the Yozis are called Demons now. Though dead, the Neverborn are still incredibly powerful and command hosts of Abyssal Exalts, Deathlords, Hekatonkhires, and Spectres. Let's run amok!” And so they did. By twisting the Solar Exalted Essences in a Monstrance of Celestial Portion, the Neverborn managed to create the Abyssal Exalted. When an Infernal develops a custom charm their Yozi learns it as well, which allows individual Infernals to change their Yozi over time. Unlike the Yozi, and unlike the truly Dead, the Neverborn are simply incapable of noticing anything that might free them from their eternity of navel-gazing. Pretty sure their is only 300 million Dragon King souls period. You may bump into some fairies, but instead of granting wishes, they eat people's souls. That didn't turn out so good. There are five categories of Elementals (Air, Earth, Fire, Water and Wood) and numerous subdivisions there in.
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