Hello, folks! This'd be my first topic posted to the Exalted forums here, and I figured I'd start off by asking some questions in regards to Sol's own weapons of cowboy-themed justice: Prayer Pieces!
So in the book Glories of the Most High: Unconquered Sun, there exists a ranged weapon that Solar Exalts may use: Prayer Pieces. For those who don't know, these function essentially just like Plasma Tongue Repeaters, except instead of fire bolts, these weapons fire solid slugs of gold, lead, or other soft metals thanks to rifling that houses prayers to Sol and millions of microscopic shrines housing millions of microscopic gods who exist only to fling bullets at people. Each bullet takes five hours to make, meaning ammo's tight, but it does aggravated damage against creatures of darkness, and has a range increment of 50 feet, without the range limitation that flame pieces have.
However, I had a few questions regarding them that I'm not too sure about, which I had hoped the people of this fine board could help me with!
Can I assume that, when wielding a Prayer Piece, I can augment my attacks with any Archery charm? That is, I can increase the range using There Is No Wind and similar Charms, increase the number of bullets fired using Arrow Storm Technique, or even create bullets using nothing but Essence with the Phantom Arrow technique? Would a Prayer Piece count when using Righteous Devil or Golden Exhalation martial art styles?
Also, I'm curious about something; in the fluff text of the firearm, it states that it's made of orichalcum, but also Essence-sensitive red jade and other materials. Would I add the bonuses to stats I'd get from making, say, a Powerbow or Flame Piece out of orichalcum, or do I accept the stats as-is?
So in the book Glories of the Most High: Unconquered Sun, there exists a ranged weapon that Solar Exalts may use: Prayer Pieces. For those who don't know, these function essentially just like Plasma Tongue Repeaters, except instead of fire bolts, these weapons fire solid slugs of gold, lead, or other soft metals thanks to rifling that houses prayers to Sol and millions of microscopic shrines housing millions of microscopic gods who exist only to fling bullets at people. Each bullet takes five hours to make, meaning ammo's tight, but it does aggravated damage against creatures of darkness, and has a range increment of 50 feet, without the range limitation that flame pieces have.
However, I had a few questions regarding them that I'm not too sure about, which I had hoped the people of this fine board could help me with!
Can I assume that, when wielding a Prayer Piece, I can augment my attacks with any Archery charm? That is, I can increase the range using There Is No Wind and similar Charms, increase the number of bullets fired using Arrow Storm Technique, or even create bullets using nothing but Essence with the Phantom Arrow technique? Would a Prayer Piece count when using Righteous Devil or Golden Exhalation martial art styles?
Also, I'm curious about something; in the fluff text of the firearm, it states that it's made of orichalcum, but also Essence-sensitive red jade and other materials. Would I add the bonuses to stats I'd get from making, say, a Powerbow or Flame Piece out of orichalcum, or do I accept the stats as-is?