Exalted 3e - The Underways

[Lochar]

Esbilon Problem is canon Gethamane retain their ancestor's deep seated horror towards disease and the undead.

 

[Esbilon]

I think that's fine to begin with. She's also got a past she's fleeing from, so being in a place where no one knows her is enough for now. The whole morality of undeath business can take a backburner until the game's gotten going.

 

[Lochar]

You're welcome to shoot for it then, but I'm going to want a pretty convincing reason to have that sword as a Solar.

 

[Kalin Scarlet]

I'm considering an Eclipse airship captain. I'll have to cram the 3ed. Info into my head, but hopefully I can have something in the next day or so.

 

[Rykon]

If you have room, I'm interested in joining a 3e game.

I can fit in any caste, though I'd like to give Night a shot. If not Ican certainly fill any gaps or try the insanity of supernal craft.

 

[Lochar]

I'm out of town this weekend, but I'll still keep an eye here.

 

[Psychie]

Any idea on the launch date for the game?

 

[Lochar]

Monday or Tuesday I'll put up an ooc and info threads.

 

[Sherwood]

So, I have a Dawn swordsman, and Psychie is pulling out a Twilight spellcaster of some sort. What is everyone else doing for their submissions?

 

[Rykon]

Night Caste Brawler/Bouncer

 

[Psychie]

My alternate combat style involves a bow, since I only have enough Essence to throw Obsidian Butterflies twice.

 

[Sherwood]

That is one downside to the starting Essence totals of 3e. We'll hit Essence 2 soon enough.

 

[Lochar]

I'm apparently going to have to reread the sorcery section, as i thought sorcerous motes were drawn from outside.

 

[Sherwood]

I haven't read that section, so I don't know. I was just assuming that it was regular old motes.

 

[Esbilon]

I'm apparently going to have to reread the sorcery section, as i thought sorcerous motes were drawn from outside.

They are.

 

[Sherwood]

Wow. I just checked the book, and it is quite a bit different.

 

[Lochar]

So note to players. Attempts to throw 2e magic will fizzle.

Hmm, maybe i should have fair folk use 2e as their schtick. Lol

 

[Sherwood]

Can a sorcerer use a Excellency to boost their Sorcerous Mote accumulation?

 

[Psychie]

Thanks for the heads-up about the difference in the motes. I had only skimmed through the new rules on that.

 

[Esbilon]

Can a sorcerer use a Excellency to boost their Sorcerous Mote accumulation?

That is my distinct impression, as otherwise it would be pratically impossible to cast sorcery in a timely manner.

 

[Lochar]

Sherwood I don't see why not. It'd allow you to pull sorcerous motes faster for expensive spells.

 

[Psychie]

That's cool. It makes it possible to cast those expensive spells in a reasonable amount of time.

 

[Kalin Scarlet]

So, I have a Dawn swordsman, and Psychie is pulling out a Twilight spellcaster of some sort. What is everyone else doing for their submissions?

Eclipse Airship Captain. Was suddenly inspired by Zaphod Beebilbrox last night, but don't think I could pull that level of crazy off.

 

[Lochar]

Of a note, I've only gotten three characters

 

[Rykon]

For whatever reason, I was waiting for a characters thread, I'll complete mine momentarily and send what I have.

Edit: I'll go ahead and post what I compiled for the curious...

• Profile
• Stats
• Merits
• Charms
• Panoply
• Conflict Stats
• Point Spending
• Wishlist

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  Name: Maximillian Ashburn
  Caste: Night
  Concept: Underworld Brawler
  Age: 18
  Supernal: Dodge
  Hometown: Port Calin
  
  Background
  Max grew up in Port Calin as the child of a coal miner and a minor bureaucrat. With an older sister and younger brother, the boy was often left to his own troublesome devices as a kid, getting dragged into fights often from school age and well into adolescence. Shortly before graduating primary school, however, what was once a fairly stable home, turned to turmoil when his mother came down with a sudden illness. Max dipped out of school to watch over his ailing mother for two years while the family supported his older sister Liz in finishing school and younger brother Alan in primary school.
  
  Given old habits, it was a matter of time before Max began wandering out of the house while his mother lay in bed rest while his father worked the mines. Money'd been hard to come by and so Max ran with a few different street crews, mostly swiping small bits here and there off of passing nobles. Eventually, Max walked off the street and into the fighting pits, growing tired of petty crime.
  
  Underground fighting was legally frowned upon, mostly due to the brutality and deaths. For Max, it was what helped him feel most alive, weaving around the clumsy, battering the arrogant. The adrenaline, the achievement, the perfection of self... all of it drove his hunger for more. Eventually, the risk and reward method of earnings became too much, when the father came home late, missing a leg.
  
  From that day til Exaltation, Max took jobs as a personal guard and consultant for higher class thugs, making some contacts with bigger crime lords and some dirty merchant princes. It didn't always come with the high prize purse like the underground fight club, but it was stable, reliable, and mostly safe... so long as cooler heads prevailed. The bosses and associates often spoke of the benefits and virtues of Guild enlistment, Max shirked such invitations well into adulthood, seeing himself as somehow cleaner from his disassociation with the roots of greater evils than himself.
  
  When he did finally take the second breath, he'd Exalted under the full sight and fury of a Dynast while protecting a mobster's son. Max has had to flee his hometown to search for a new path while making sense of his new place in the world. Taking the only road he knew he could manage, the young fighter ran north to stow away with a caravan.
  
  Relationships
  Liz often voiced regret for Max's path, feeling as if she held some fault for some perceived theft of opportunity. Max has noticed a hint of such feelings, but was never able to discuss her move into their mother's field, and how proud he was of her. Being on the run on the Anathema has made keeping contact very difficult.
  
  Alan and Max always were at odds, brotherhood rivalry runs hot with those of similar age and Alan always balked at the scorn levied at him for Max's reputation as a ruffian and thief. Max had fled before they could reconcile bad blood and has no idea how his brother took the news of him being a Solar or even if he knows at all.
  
  Last Max knew both parents were either sick or crippled at home and in the care of his sister now entering the workforce while his brother Alan struggles through Secondary School.
  
• 
  Essence: ●●
  Personal: 13
  Peripheral: 36
  Committed: 5
  Willpower: 5
  
  Anima Effect:
  • For two motes, the Night can dampen her anima, treating all Peripheral Essence expenditures as if they were Personal for one instant
  • For three motes, the Night can ignore up to (higher of 3 or Essence) penalties to a Stealth attempt for one instant. These motes are always considered Personal, regardless of the pool they’re spent from.
  • When the Night’s anima is at the bonfire / iconic level, it wraps around and suffuses her form, hiding her figure and masking her visage in flame. She is merely a fearsome silhouette shrouded in all the hues of evening. It becomes impossible to discern her identity. This is considered a perfect effect and cannot be pierced by Eye of the Unconquered Sun (see p. 273) or other allseeing magic.
  
  Attributes
  Str ●●
  Dex ●●●●●
  Sta ●●
  
  Cha ●●
  Man ●●
  App ●●●
  
  Per ●●●●●
  Int ●
  Wits ●●●●●
  
  Abilities
  Archery
  Athletics ●●●
  Awareness ●●●
  Brawl ●●●●● +Unarmed
  Bureaucracy
  Craft
  Dodge ●●●●● +Unarmed
  Integrity
  Investigation ●●●
  Larceny ●●●
  Linguistics ●
  Lore ●
  Medicine
  Melee
  Occult
  Performance ●●●●● +Voice
  Presence ●
  Resistance ●●●
  Ride
  Sail
  Socialize ●●● +Guile
  Stealth ●●●●●
  Survival
  Thrown
  War ●●●
  
  
• 
  Merits
  Artifact ●●● Belt of Shadow Walking
  Resources ●●● - Underworld Muscle
  Languages ●●● - Native: Riverspeak, Old Realm, Skytongue, High Realm
  Contacts ●●● - The Guild
  
• 
  Athletics
  Graceful Crane Stance
  Monkey Leap Technique
  
  Awareness
  Sensory Acuity Prana
  Keen Sight Technique
  
  Brawl
  Ferocious Jab
  
  Dodge
  Reed in the Wind
  Drifting Leaf Elusion
  Shadow Over Water
  Drifting Shadow Focus
  Searing Quicksilver Flight
  Force-Stealing Feint
  Flow Like Blood
  Safety Between Heartbeats
  Thousand Steps' Stillness
  
• 
  Belt of Shadow Walking
  Attunement: 5m
  Taken from the corpse of the Dynast that witnessed his Exaltation. Thankfully Max's anima left no other witnesses.
  
  Spoiler: Effects

  Night-black belts made from leather from the wings of giant bats, trimmed with black jade and soulsteel, these artifacts can control shadows and cause them to conceal the wearer. Whenever she wishes, the wearer can add three dice to all stealth rolls. However, this is the least of the belt’s powers. When the wearer expends ten motes, she can transform into a living shadow for one scene. In this form, she can slip under the space beneath a door or slide through the thinnest crack. In well-lit regions, observers notice the existence of an unusual shadow if they make a (Perception + Awareness) roll at difficulty 3, unless the wearer conceals himself in a larger shadow.
  
  When the character is a shadow, she is dematerialized and can only affect or be affected by other dematerialized creatures or by Charms and weapons capable of attacking dematerialized foes. If the wearer uses such a Charm or weapon while dematerialized, she can use it to affect a materialized foe. Otherwise, she is immune to all materialized threats, although she can be trapped in a room that is sealed tightly enough. The character can wear any armor and take any object she can carry into the shadows with her. However, she cannot transform other living things into shadow. Once the scene ends, the character must remain in solid form for at least ten minutes before transforming back into a shadow. The wearer must commit five motes to use this artifact.
  
  Buff Jacket (Resources ● Light Armor)
  Soak 3, Mobility -0, Hardness 0
  
• 
  Health Levels
  -0x1
  -1x2
  -2x2
  -4x1
  Ix1
  
  Essence: ●●
  Personal: 13
  Peripheral: 36
  Committed: 5
  Willpower: ●●●●●
  
  Join Battle 6
  
  Parry 6
  Evasion 6
  
  Total Soak 5
  Hardness 0
  
  Guile 3
  Resolve 3
  
  Intimacies
  Defining Principle - I will perfect my fighting art
  Major Principle - Even criminals should have limits
  Major Tie - Regret of lost time with Siblings
  Minor Principle - Why should I feel bad, I don't steal as much as taxes do!
  Minor Tie - Resentment toward the Dynasty
  
• 
  BP 15
  Abilities 13 Points
  Merits 2 Points
  
• 
  Work in Progress