Kajata
Junior Member
I know it's been done over and over again in fantasy writing, but I wanted to give it a go in Exalted. Â Whether or not you think it's a good idea isn't really what I'm asking (so please no-one yell saying "omg! Â that's just stupid, you can't do that with a Solar spark!!!"), I'm just wondering if it was done, what mechanics would you apply?
Basically, there's a Solar exalt who gets ripped out of his body, soul, spark an' all, and finds himself bound into a first age battlesuit (Dragon Armour type thing, but we're talking the Solar version of such). Â How would you manage the mechanics for HLs, eating, drinking etc? Â Would you say it's a merit or a flaw?
The way I'd see it, he'd still need sleep and to rest and such, because they're as much mental as physical, and he'd need to rest whatever magical process allowed him to move the limbs of the suit. Â I'm thinking that for eating/drinking he might absorb the ambient essence out of food and expel it as dust or ash, since it had been drained of the magic that was holding it together, in order to keep his soul/shard from dissapating. Â As I'd see it, HLs would just be damage to the armour itself and he'd leak part of his "self" out when wounded. Â So, sure, he wouldn't sever any ligaments or puncture an organ, but if you were to open up a big gash in the armour, the gaseous essence form that he's in inside the armour would begin to leak out, reducing the force within the armour which he had to move with (ie. wound penalties).
So, just any ideas for a character with this affliction, and whether you think it'd be a merit/flaw or whatever, if you can!
Basically, there's a Solar exalt who gets ripped out of his body, soul, spark an' all, and finds himself bound into a first age battlesuit (Dragon Armour type thing, but we're talking the Solar version of such). Â How would you manage the mechanics for HLs, eating, drinking etc? Â Would you say it's a merit or a flaw?
The way I'd see it, he'd still need sleep and to rest and such, because they're as much mental as physical, and he'd need to rest whatever magical process allowed him to move the limbs of the suit. Â I'm thinking that for eating/drinking he might absorb the ambient essence out of food and expel it as dust or ash, since it had been drained of the magic that was holding it together, in order to keep his soul/shard from dissapating. Â As I'd see it, HLs would just be damage to the armour itself and he'd leak part of his "self" out when wounded. Â So, sure, he wouldn't sever any ligaments or puncture an organ, but if you were to open up a big gash in the armour, the gaseous essence form that he's in inside the armour would begin to leak out, reducing the force within the armour which he had to move with (ie. wound penalties).
So, just any ideas for a character with this affliction, and whether you think it'd be a merit/flaw or whatever, if you can!