Dragonblooded Animabanner ?

[Persell]

Maybe i'm just a rookie, but i couldn't find the Animabanner table for the different levels of the Terrestial Animabanner when periphal motes are spent.I look a dozen times in ExB, but there's nothing like in the Main-Rulebook or in the other books for the exalted.Any help?


(Sorry for my...english...how said,i'm just a rookie  :roll: )

 

[Solfi]

The closest I seem to find (at least now), are the rules for "Anima Flux" on pg. 161. It describes the levels, and practical effects, though no visuals. Then again, the banners of the DB:s is much "simpler" than that of the Celestials. It's just a display of raw elemental power. No iconic displays here...

 

[Persell]

You can just use the table found in the corebook. I usually interpret the iconic displays of the Terrestrial animas as some elemental representation of the aspect. Usually involving a Dragon and modified by the Dragon Blood's breeding. So a water aspect of moderate breeding might display a great whirlpool around him and leave himself and his sorroundings drenched, when he hits the 16+ stage. A wood aspect might sprout thorny vines with strange colored blossoms that continually grow and wither at a high speed pace. A fire aspect of high breeding will be enveloped by a Chineese style fire dragon curling around him and spraying gouts of fire at his enemies. But this is just my personal interpretation. As usual: whatever looks cool and is thematically appropriate works.

 

[Solfi]

Ormseitr: Actually, I kind of like your imagery, but as I said, canonically DB:s don't have iconic anima banners. Just raw elemental representation, and "feel" (Earth aspects may be surrounded by the smell of minerals; air-Aspects by gusts of wind; fire-Aspects may give off heat etc etc)

 

[Persell]

You can just use the table found in the corebook. I usually interpret the iconic displays of the Terrestrial animas as some elemental representation of the aspect. Usually involving a Dragon and modified by the Dragon Blood's breeding. So a water aspect of moderate breeding might display a great whirlpool around him and leave himself and his sorroundings drenched, when he hits the 16+ stage. A wood aspect might sprout thorny vines with strange colored blossoms that continually grow and wither at a high speed pace. A fire aspect of high breeding will be enveloped by a Chineese style fire dragon curling around him and spraying gouts of fire at his enemies. But this is just my personal interpretation. As usual: whatever looks cool and is thematically appropriate works.

Consider this stolen...

 

[Persell]

Thanks for help. It's good to know that a lowlie rookie can trust his eyes.


:shock:

 

[Persell]

Ormseitr: Actually, I kind of like your imagery, but as I said, canonically DB:s don't have iconic anima banners. Just raw elemental representation, and "feel" (Earth aspects may be surrounded by the smell of minerals; air-Aspects by gusts of wind; fire-Aspects may give off heat etc etc)

I still go with rather rough icons for the Dragon Bloods. They don't get to have a personalized anima banner like the Celestials, but I do like to give them a bit more imagery to play with.

 

[Persell]

Consider this stolen...

Steal away. Glad I can help

 

[Solfi]

I still go with rather rough icons for the Dragon Bloods. They don't get to have a personalized anima banner like the Celestials, but I do like to give them a bit more imagery to play with.

actually, the more I think about it, the more I like the flair of your version. I just might steal this for my game as well...

 

[Silence In Daylight]

Or, one can simply save the imagery for the anima flux caused by the expenditure of essence...

 

[Persell]

I don't have the book with me at the moment. Is the Anima Flux the ordinary stages of the anima banner or is it the damaging effects of the higher essence expenditures for the DBs or is it something else, that I have missed?

 

[Kajata]

The dragon-blooded can exibit iconic animas can't they?  Unless it's been errata'd out, doesn't the aspect descriptions say that they can show certain images at high essence expenditure.  It's not an iconic anima, per se, since they don't really choose what it is or anything, but they can show big dragons and firebirds, can't they? :S

 

[Persell]

yes it does as far as I can tell.


I'd still be cautious if I was a dragon blooded about letting my anima burn too much.

 

[Silence In Daylight]

The dragon-blooded can exibit iconic animas can't they?  Unless it's been errata'd out, doesn't the aspect descriptions say that they can show certain images at high essence expenditure.  It's not an iconic anima, per se, since they don't really choose what it is or anything, but they can show big dragons and firebirds, can't they? :S

 They tend towards patterns, though...not images per se. Flowing spirals and the like.

 

[Silence In Daylight]

I don't have the book with me at the moment. Is the Anima Flux the ordinary stages of the anima banner or is it the damaging effects of the higher essence expenditures for the DBs or is it something else, that I have missed?

 Yes.