Shining Lotus Sage
Avatar of Vanity
First (seventh) thing I did when I made an account here was sign myself up on the roll of storytellers, right? Haven't run one game for you guys. Time to correct that oversight. First, music to set the scene.
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Now that you're properly unsettled, know that there will be blood. Mountains of blood. There's gonna be so much goddamn blood. Some of it will come from injuries, like you'd expect, but probably not most. There will be kung fu. Mountains of kung fu. Some of it will come from injuries, which you're probably not expecting. There will be babies. Bear with me.
This game—there will actually be a game coming; mountains of game—uses Exalted's setting, and a slightly tweaked version of Legends of the Wulin's ruleset. It will begin in the forests of An Teng, but beyond that, well, Wulin puts a lot of narrative control in the hands of players, and that's one of my motivations for cribbing it. Maybe you'll save the world. Maybe you'll prove to be worse monsters than the one welding people together with bioengineered gangrene. Maybe you'll figure out the title of the campaign. Doubt it, personally, but I like happy surprises.
[Teaser text because I haven't yet built a reputation big enough to draw players in on]
There's a small town in the south of An Teng, where the Realm garrison has pulled out completely, just a month ago. No explanation given, and no one thought to ask. Better the imperial dogs leave anyway, right? So of course that's when something awakens in the woods nearby that was supposed to sleep forever. A couple of Evil Dead scenes later, curtain goes up. I don't care if you solve this town's problems or not, but the fate of the world might, so pick your priorities carefully.
I NEED:
One (1) student looking for a famous teacher, to ask an important question;
One (1) brawler who acts just dumb enough that no one asks about where their loyalties lie, which is the point;
One (1) charming leader, who isn't really uplifting at all;
And one (1) loose-cannon secret agent, who knows better than to ask what the point of the missions is.
The last one probably ought to be a Lunar, just given the factional arrangement of power in Exalted, but I'm not going to force anyone's hand beyond requiring those four broad roles. I'll accept a maximum of two Lunars, and all the rest will be Solaroids of one type or another. I'm taking a wet brush on watercolor to the metaphysics of Creation, here, so the lines between splats aren't as clean as in vanilla Exalted. The power gradient across exalt types will be relatively flatter, too, and I'm aggressively reducing crunch. If you reach two loresheets (cf. charm trees) full of magical tricks, you've probably already cultivated your Essence as high as it goes. Simple, streamlined, and creepy are the watchwords. Please inhabit an uncanny valley. At least one.
I only require people who know the Exalted setting moderately well, since again, I am sanding a lot of rough edges off it. Familiarity with Exalted mechanics is useful only for inspiration for custom material. Willingness to brainstorm custom material with me is probably an absolute prerequisite to enjoying the process. I'm happy to teach you everything you need to know about Wulin's mechanics. This will not be a first-come-first-served recruitment.
Any questions?
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Now that you're properly unsettled, know that there will be blood. Mountains of blood. There's gonna be so much goddamn blood. Some of it will come from injuries, like you'd expect, but probably not most. There will be kung fu. Mountains of kung fu. Some of it will come from injuries, which you're probably not expecting. There will be babies. Bear with me.
This game—there will actually be a game coming; mountains of game—uses Exalted's setting, and a slightly tweaked version of Legends of the Wulin's ruleset. It will begin in the forests of An Teng, but beyond that, well, Wulin puts a lot of narrative control in the hands of players, and that's one of my motivations for cribbing it. Maybe you'll save the world. Maybe you'll prove to be worse monsters than the one welding people together with bioengineered gangrene. Maybe you'll figure out the title of the campaign. Doubt it, personally, but I like happy surprises.
[Teaser text because I haven't yet built a reputation big enough to draw players in on]
There's a small town in the south of An Teng, where the Realm garrison has pulled out completely, just a month ago. No explanation given, and no one thought to ask. Better the imperial dogs leave anyway, right? So of course that's when something awakens in the woods nearby that was supposed to sleep forever. A couple of Evil Dead scenes later, curtain goes up. I don't care if you solve this town's problems or not, but the fate of the world might, so pick your priorities carefully.
I NEED:
One (1) student looking for a famous teacher, to ask an important question;
One (1) brawler who acts just dumb enough that no one asks about where their loyalties lie, which is the point;
One (1) charming leader, who isn't really uplifting at all;
And one (1) loose-cannon secret agent, who knows better than to ask what the point of the missions is.
The last one probably ought to be a Lunar, just given the factional arrangement of power in Exalted, but I'm not going to force anyone's hand beyond requiring those four broad roles. I'll accept a maximum of two Lunars, and all the rest will be Solaroids of one type or another. I'm taking a wet brush on watercolor to the metaphysics of Creation, here, so the lines between splats aren't as clean as in vanilla Exalted. The power gradient across exalt types will be relatively flatter, too, and I'm aggressively reducing crunch. If you reach two loresheets (cf. charm trees) full of magical tricks, you've probably already cultivated your Essence as high as it goes. Simple, streamlined, and creepy are the watchwords. Please inhabit an uncanny valley. At least one.
I only require people who know the Exalted setting moderately well, since again, I am sanding a lot of rough edges off it. Familiarity with Exalted mechanics is useful only for inspiration for custom material. Willingness to brainstorm custom material with me is probably an absolute prerequisite to enjoying the process. I'm happy to teach you everything you need to know about Wulin's mechanics. This will not be a first-come-first-served recruitment.
Any questions?