[The End is Nigh] Abstract Thought

Feantari said:
Is there something you are trying to say here?
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Not a thing! I just thought it was amusing.
(Although for reference, I self-awarded the stunt bonus because the first two levels of stunts are deliberately objective. I thought it would be good to save some time and skip the tedious back-and-forth.)

[QUOTE="Lord-Leafar]Heh, calling the character non-combat focused yet having a starting DV of 8. :rolleyes:

[/QUOTE]Eh, that's not optimized. That's just Dex 5 (which is kind of mandatory, although flat xp makes picking it up later viable), Dodge 5 and a 2-dot Artifact. That's just a "I rely on personal skills to Not Die" package.
If I wanted to optimize I'd go PDV instead and hit... Hmm. Well, I can think my way up to PDV 11 before stunts or Charms, but I haven't really gone searching.
 
Nothing is really mandatory, it's the mechanical advantage you receive to...let's say, not getting hit? that forces players hand to put all their dots to something like dex, giving creation a world where everyone has the motor skills of Jackie Chan, but really, it's not mandatory.


Now avoiding getting hit is still a big part of combat. If a character had dex of 5, melee 5 and an artifact to give him 15 dice attack pool, he could argue that he has no dodge and that he's not optimized to be a combat character as he only has a decent offense, not defense, true, but optimization and combat focus are not mutually exclusive aspects. You are still focusing on traits that aid you directly in combat.
 
[QUOTE="Lord-Leafar]Nothing is really mandatory, it's the mechanical advantage you receive to...let's say, not getting hit? that forces players hand to put all their dots to something like dex, giving creation a world where everyone has the motor skills of Jackie Chan, but really, it's not mandatory.

[/QUOTE]The mechanical advantage of staying alive, yes. Given that a character who is dead is no longer playable, I treat having some method of staying alive as mandatory. That can be soak, or DV's, or allies, or something else entirely, but since the Exalted are magnets for trouble some way to endure or evade combat is an important part of my character-creation process. Especially since any character with their head screwed on straight will realize the same thing.
As it is, Morrigwain isn't focused on combat. He's good (not as good as he could be) at surviving attack long enough to escape, but he's not a fighter.
 
Taliesin said:
The mechanical advantage of staying alive, yes. Given that a character who is dead is no longer playable, I treat having some method of staying alive as mandatory. That can be soak, or DV's, or allies, or something else entirely, but since the Exalted are magnets for trouble some way to endure or evade combat is an important part of my character-creation process. Especially since any character with their head screwed on straight will realize the same thing.
As it is, Morrigwain isn't focused on combat. He's good (not as good as he could be) at surviving attack long enough to escape, but he's not a fighter.
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It's hardly mandatory when you can steal the advantage of a Deathlord's motor controls. :P
 
[QUOTE="Thief of Words]It's hardly mandatory when you can steal the advantage of a Deathlord's motor controls. :P

[/QUOTE]Uh, "steal the advantage of a Deathlord's motor controls" is a way of staying alive, so my point stands.
 
Expect some posts tomorrow :) ! Slowly getting back into the groove of things now that exams are over.
 
Guys/Girls, settle down. This argument is bringing us nowhere. Let's just all take a deep breath and calm down.


Inhale... Exhale.... Inhale.... Exhale
 
I think we all need to calm down because regardless of what you argue it is all moot because I have a Death Train :D !
 
[QUOTE="Seeker of the End]Guys/Girls, settle down. This argument is bringing us nowhere. Let's just all take a deep breath and calm down.
Inhale... Exhale.... Inhale.... Exhale

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You say that as if I'm upset. I'm just amused. I hijacked a Deathlord's Perfects.
 
Can't wait to see what comes up in the Alchie thread. Not to mention what will happen for the Dragon Blooded in Chapter 2.
 
Sherwood said:
Can't wait to see what comes up in the Alchie thread. Not to mention what will happen for the Dragon Blooded in Chapter 2.
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TWO WORDS!


MNEMONE LAND!
 
You say that like its a bad thing. Not like it would be if the evil Anathama were involved!
 
Sherwood said:
You say that like its a bad thing. Not like it would be if the evil Anathama were involved!
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She found her way into the RDG, tried to control it and her personality merged with it, activating ancient island defences and drones/robots that patrol the island essentially turning it into a first age fortress that is slowly self destructing because she can't keep up as her personality breaks even more.


Yes I think Mnemone Land is a bad thing <_<. . . . .No one leaves or the enters the island ^_^
 
So we have to find a way into the RDG ourselves and try to fix her? Or is it that we are trying to escape the Isle? Either one sounds like it would be a handful to accomplish.
 
[QUOTE="Lord-Leafar]*Waits for the "Getting in and out of Mnemon" jokes*

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ALREADY CALLED IT A FEW PAGES BACK :D !
 
[QUOTE="Seeker of the End]I don't want to sound rude of annoying, but can somebody check on my hellstrider stats to see if they're good? Thanks!

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Send WlfSamurai a PM, he is less prone to make mistakes about mechanics/statistics then I am.
 
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