Axelgear
General Wontwit
The title is misleading, I'm afraid.
STing is an art in Exalted and I need practice. I've always believed that the best ST is the one who pretends to have a master plan but is really just excellent at providing plot hooks and creating stories by having organic characters making the world feel real. A player-driven story is every bit as interesting and satisfying as running a pre-written module, often far more so. If I can make the world you rampage feel organic, and make your goals feel like something you're achieving instead of just saying "I do it, it happens", then I'm doing my job right.
So, to that end, I'm going to run a vanilla Exalted game. Solars preferred, other Exalted accepted with sort of a skewed glance in their direction. Use Errata'd char-gen. I'm not allowing any custom charms at char-gen, though they may be allowed later. Further house rules are included below.
STing is an art in Exalted and I need practice. I've always believed that the best ST is the one who pretends to have a master plan but is really just excellent at providing plot hooks and creating stories by having organic characters making the world feel real. A player-driven story is every bit as interesting and satisfying as running a pre-written module, often far more so. If I can make the world you rampage feel organic, and make your goals feel like something you're achieving instead of just saying "I do it, it happens", then I'm doing my job right.
So, to that end, I'm going to run a vanilla Exalted game. Solars preferred, other Exalted accepted with sort of a skewed glance in their direction. Use Errata'd char-gen. I'm not allowing any custom charms at char-gen, though they may be allowed later. Further house rules are included below.
-Artifact corrections (Armour artifacts now range from 1-3, not 1-5. Adding special powers to them will increase their cost. In addition, only one 5-dot artifact per person at char-gen)
-Craft is now one skill (Each dot of Craft gets you one of the standard elemental crafts [Water, Earth, etc.] as a specialty, a la Linguistics, and you apply your craft rating to all of them. You can purchase other craft forms [Magitech, etc.] as specialties.)
-Free Ox-Body Technique with each dot of Essence. The maximum number of these is still the lower of your Stamina/Resistance. The exception to this is that you get at least one free, so even if your Resistance is 0, you still get one free Ox-Body.
-We're using a Conviction Flaw fix: You break faith with your Motivation within a scene, you can't use it for the scene. You break faith with your Intimacies, you get increased cost for a scene.
-One free spell with sorcery initiation charms.
I'm leaving the vote for what direction to set it in until next week, at which point I will confirm it and start spinning out a setting. Characters will be selected on the 4th. You must have a character sheet done by then if you want to be selected. Sorry, I'd normally be willing to accept people on the basis of how awesome their concepts are, but, truth be told, people have caused games to die in the past by agreeing to join, then never writing up a character and saying "Go on without me". I can start earlier if enough good concepts and sheets are in before then. It won't be before the 28th, though, since the direction won't even be selected before then, so take your time. I'd like to have people who can post once a day, though the game may or may not reach this pace. As long as people can at least check in and put in a post if it calls for it, though, it keeps the game from stalling.
So, to repeat in summary:
-Southern Direction (poll closed)
-Player-driven storylines.
-House Rules above.
-Solars preferred, others allowed if you wow me.
-No custom charms at char-gen.
-Must have sheet in before deadline (closes on 4th).
-4-6 players, 5 most likely
-Intensity: I'd like for at least one post a day to be possible.
-Vanilla Exalted Game.
By Vanilla Exalted, I mean "You are superheroes, go be awesome". That is the theme; no forced direction, just a world filled with plot hooks, there for you to save, exploit, conquer, or destroy, as you see fit. No big changes from the setting as presented, no huge alterations, no warping of the playground. The Scarlet Empress is not secretly a Solar, Chejop Kejak hasn't suddenly never existed and therefore totally warped the timeline, the Yozis aren't already free and mucking up your shit, etc.
In short, traditional Exalted stylistics in the setting you're familiar with.
Any questions?
Clarifications:
-Added how many players wanted.
-Clarified "Vanilla Exalted".
-Added expected intensity.
-Post your character sheets in the thread. You'll also be PMing them to me once I've OK'd them.
-Closed the poll. Set the direction.
-Sorcery Rule added to House Rules.
Resources:
Character Sheet Template - You don't have to use this, but it saves a hell of a lot of time if you don't have the template.
Name:
Player:
Concept:
Caste:
Motivation:
Anima:
Description:
Age:
Height:
Gender:
Eyes:
Hair:
Weight:
Attributes:
Physical ():
Strength: o
Dexterity: o
Stamina: o
Social ():
Charisma: o
Manipulation: o
Appearance: o
Mental ():
Perception: o
Intelligence: o
Wits: o
Abilities:
Dawn:
Archery:
Martial Arts:
Melee:
Thrown:
War:
Zenith:
Integrity:
Performance:
Presence:
Resistance:
Survival:
Twilight:
Craft:
Investigation:
Lore:
Medicine:
Occult:
Night (Caste):
Athletics:
Awareness:
Dodge:
Larceny:
Stealth:
Eclipse:
Bureaucracy:
Linguistics:
Ride:
Sail:
Socialize:
Essence:
Personal Essence: /
Peripheral Essence: /
Committed:
Willpower:
Virtues:
Compassion: o
Conviction: o
Temperance: o
Valor: o
Virtue Flaw:
Intimacies:
Defense:
Dodge DV:
Dodge MDV:
Bashing Soak:
Bashing Hardness:
Lethal Soak:
Lethal Hardness:
Aggravated Soak:
Charms:
Excellencies
Backgrounds:
Artifacts:
Bonus Points:
Total: BP remaining
-Craft is now one skill (Each dot of Craft gets you one of the standard elemental crafts [Water, Earth, etc.] as a specialty, a la Linguistics, and you apply your craft rating to all of them. You can purchase other craft forms [Magitech, etc.] as specialties.)
-Free Ox-Body Technique with each dot of Essence. The maximum number of these is still the lower of your Stamina/Resistance. The exception to this is that you get at least one free, so even if your Resistance is 0, you still get one free Ox-Body.
-We're using a Conviction Flaw fix: You break faith with your Motivation within a scene, you can't use it for the scene. You break faith with your Intimacies, you get increased cost for a scene.
-One free spell with sorcery initiation charms.
I'm leaving the vote for what direction to set it in until next week, at which point I will confirm it and start spinning out a setting. Characters will be selected on the 4th. You must have a character sheet done by then if you want to be selected. Sorry, I'd normally be willing to accept people on the basis of how awesome their concepts are, but, truth be told, people have caused games to die in the past by agreeing to join, then never writing up a character and saying "Go on without me". I can start earlier if enough good concepts and sheets are in before then. It won't be before the 28th, though, since the direction won't even be selected before then, so take your time. I'd like to have people who can post once a day, though the game may or may not reach this pace. As long as people can at least check in and put in a post if it calls for it, though, it keeps the game from stalling.
So, to repeat in summary:
-Southern Direction (poll closed)
-Player-driven storylines.
-House Rules above.
-Solars preferred, others allowed if you wow me.
-No custom charms at char-gen.
-Must have sheet in before deadline (closes on 4th).
-4-6 players, 5 most likely
-Intensity: I'd like for at least one post a day to be possible.
-Vanilla Exalted Game.
By Vanilla Exalted, I mean "You are superheroes, go be awesome". That is the theme; no forced direction, just a world filled with plot hooks, there for you to save, exploit, conquer, or destroy, as you see fit. No big changes from the setting as presented, no huge alterations, no warping of the playground. The Scarlet Empress is not secretly a Solar, Chejop Kejak hasn't suddenly never existed and therefore totally warped the timeline, the Yozis aren't already free and mucking up your shit, etc.
In short, traditional Exalted stylistics in the setting you're familiar with.
Any questions?
Clarifications:
-Added how many players wanted.
-Clarified "Vanilla Exalted".
-Added expected intensity.
-Post your character sheets in the thread. You'll also be PMing them to me once I've OK'd them.
-Closed the poll. Set the direction.
-Sorcery Rule added to House Rules.
Resources:
Character Sheet Template - You don't have to use this, but it saves a hell of a lot of time if you don't have the template.
Name:
Player:
Concept:
Caste:
Motivation:
Anima:
Description:
Age:
Height:
Gender:
Eyes:
Hair:
Weight:
Attributes:
Physical ():
Strength: o
Dexterity: o
Stamina: o
Social ():
Charisma: o
Manipulation: o
Appearance: o
Mental ():
Perception: o
Intelligence: o
Wits: o
Abilities:
Dawn:
Archery:
Martial Arts:
Melee:
Thrown:
War:
Zenith:
Integrity:
Performance:
Presence:
Resistance:
Survival:
Twilight:
Craft:
Investigation:
Lore:
Medicine:
Occult:
Night (Caste):
Athletics:
Awareness:
Dodge:
Larceny:
Stealth:
Eclipse:
Bureaucracy:
Linguistics:
Ride:
Sail:
Socialize:
Essence:
Personal Essence: /
Peripheral Essence: /
Committed:
Willpower:
Virtues:
Compassion: o
Conviction: o
Temperance: o
Valor: o
Virtue Flaw:
Intimacies:
Defense:
Dodge DV:
Dodge MDV:
Bashing Soak:
Bashing Hardness:
Lethal Soak:
Lethal Hardness:
Aggravated Soak:
Charms:
Excellencies
Backgrounds:
Artifacts:
Bonus Points:
Total: BP remaining
