JayTee
Eight Thousand Club
780 charms, I can't wait to see them all.
Exalted 3e Playtest Leaks - Discussion
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MAXedOUT
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Wow, that is just over 25 abilities right? That works out to 31 charms per ability average!
Does the 780 include spells and Martial Arts? Is my math wrong?
Does the 780 include spells and Martial Arts? Is my math wrong?
JayTee
Eight Thousand Club
No, just Solar charms.
El Phantasmo
Cake eater and geek, devoted cultist of Cthulhu
Glorious. Remember though, from what's been said, that not all of them are distinct individual powers. Many will be variations and "power-ups" for other powers.
A player I used to run with isn't up to date with EX3 and I've been updating him. The nearest I could come up with to explain it to him was if, for example, you learn the charm that gives you a solar-essence weapon (Sabre IIRC) from 2nd ed, there might be charms off it to make using it more accurate, damaging, or scale it up to Warstrider size for when you're in a strider etc. All powerups to the single basic charm.
Of course I could be horrifically wrong but it'd be nifty. There'd be numerous variations of what could be a single charm purely though different power-ups and additional charms.
Even if I'm a bazillion miles away in my understanding I'm still stoked for EX3 and eagerly awaiting ANY news on when it'll be out. I know the OP Gencon schedule pointed to an October window but obviously that's someones finger-in-the-air estimate and could vary widely.
A player I used to run with isn't up to date with EX3 and I've been updating him. The nearest I could come up with to explain it to him was if, for example, you learn the charm that gives you a solar-essence weapon (Sabre IIRC) from 2nd ed, there might be charms off it to make using it more accurate, damaging, or scale it up to Warstrider size for when you're in a strider etc. All powerups to the single basic charm.
Of course I could be horrifically wrong but it'd be nifty. There'd be numerous variations of what could be a single charm purely though different power-ups and additional charms.
Even if I'm a bazillion miles away in my understanding I'm still stoked for EX3 and eagerly awaiting ANY news on when it'll be out. I know the OP Gencon schedule pointed to an October window but obviously that's someones finger-in-the-air estimate and could vary widely.
JayTee
Eight Thousand Club
I like the idea of your Essence 1-2 charms being your core capabilities, with the bulk of your Essence 3-5 charms being upgrades. It feels a lot more like I'm growing more skilled as a character, rather than just gaining more powers.
El Phantasmo
Cake eater and geek, devoted cultist of Cthulhu
Indeedy!
MAXedOUT
New Member
That would be great! I think that simple addition is great for the new players out there. If you buy 10 charms, and each on of them has a different array of cost/damage/effect it can be daunting to just know what charm to use, and when. Alternatively, if you get 10 charms, and 6 of them are core charms and 4 are upgrades to one or 2 of the other charms it is a lower barrier to entry.
Like my Hungry Tiger Tech does X damage for X motes and I have purchased a charm that lets me hit 2 targets with it and another that makes the target fall down. So much easier that 3 separate charms!
Like my Hungry Tiger Tech does X damage for X motes and I have purchased a charm that lets me hit 2 targets with it and another that makes the target fall down. So much easier that 3 separate charms!
MAXedOUT
New Member
Nice, I didn't realize it was still going! Thank you for the heads up!
