The End is Nigh(Exalted 2.5)

[The Dark Wizard]

Me? I put a concept up a few pages ago. I'll get to work on fleshing it out some... though someone else already duplicated a lot of what I was going to do mechanically.
For Infernals, do the free Excellencies cover all purchases of a single Yozi Excellency, or just one?

I don't remember right now, I think I answered that in the thread some where, sorry for not remembering that you submitted a character. Really sleepy right now as I just finished school for the week. I will be more organized and finalize/make all information much easier to find as soon as the forums are up and I start breaking everything up into different threads.


Night all!

 

[JayTee]

delicious numbers

• Backstory
• Attributes and Skills
• Charms
• Advantages and Combat

• 
  
  
  Appearance
  
  
  Name: Mnemon Layoro
  
  
  Caste: Night
  
  
  Motive: Assassinate the Doomtrain's Fetch Soul
  
  
  Layoro was born to house Mnemon, one of the oldest and most powerful Houses of the Scarlet Dynasty. Originally named Mnemon Layoro, He was expected like many children to Exalt and further the glory of his own house. He was given the best teachings, the best training and the best support that was possible, all in the expectation that he would soon Exalt.
  
  
  It seemed however, that Layoro was destined to not become one of the Dragon's Chosen. At 17 years of age, almost nearing the latest possible point in which most Dragon-Blooded Exalt, he was declared a wash by his family and shunted away, given the menial task of assisting in managing the affairs of his House. He did his job dutifully and proudly, but was largely ignored by the rest of the House.
  
  
  In time, he became of marrying age. The bride-to-be in question was Silver Phoenix, a Water Aspected Dragon Blooded whom Layoro had met once or twice before. The pair got along well enough, but both felt that the marriage was a mistake. Silver Phoenix felt that her prospects were better elsewhere, and Layoro was of the opinion that he could better serve his house were he was. However, the Dowery was paid and the date was set, and the only thing either could do was try for a last-second appeal. Layoro spoke animately, trying to persuade the Magistrate as best he could, with Silver Phoenix backing him.
  
  
  During a particular animate part of his speech, the thoughts and opinions of those who spoke against him seem to become crystal clear, and his newfound insight drove him to make more impassioned arguments, seemingly convincing the assembled parties of the rightness of his words. However, after the closing arguments had been made, those who had not fallen sway to his words soon saw a shining golden ring on his head, labeling him Anethema, it seemed that his success was now doomed to failure.
  
  
  Layoro's Exaltation was almost cut short with the swing of a halberd, nearly decapitating him. As an Anethema, he was forced to flee both friends and family. Covering his head to hide the mark, he went to a close friend of his, Lochatau Lesax, a Fire Aspect Dragon Blooded who had taken a fond liking to Layoro when they were children, and was nice enough to still accept him even after his failed Exaltation. Lying to Lesax, he managed to convince him to smuggle Layoro off the Blessed Isle, taking him to the city of Chiaroscuro. There he remained in hiding for several years, avoiding the Wyld Hunt as best he could.
  
  
  Eventually however, old memories stirring within his mind made it impossible for him to simply stay hidden. In particular one memory stood out above all others. His old home, hidden away in the hills.
  
  
  Braving the outdoors, he made the climb to his old Mense, reclaiming his bracers. It was oddly fitting that it was THAT precise moment that the Wyld Hunt should find him, having been tracking his poor attempts to remain hidden as he traveled. Fleeing as best he could, while trying to fend off their assaults, he ran in to Lochatau Lesax, now an Immaculate Monk. Outraged at Layoro and disgraced for his treachery, Lesax's only form of reclaiming his lost honor was to bring in Layoro's head. Managing to fend off the Wyld Hunt, he felt his best chance at survival was to not stay in one place too long.
  
  
  While much of his past remains hidden away, he knows it's only a matter of time until it comes back to bite him.
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Strength 4 / Dexterity 5 / Stamina 2
  
  
  Charisma 3 / Manipulation 1 / Appearance 3
  
  
  Perception 4 / Intelligence 3 / Wits 2
  
  
  Dawn: Martial Arts 5 (Unarmed +1) (F)
  
  
  Zenith: Resistance 5 (F) / Integrity 5 (F) /
  
  
  Twilight: Lore 3 / Investigation 4 (F) / Occult 3 (F)
  
  
  Night: Dodge 5 (+3 unarmored) (F)/ Awareness 4 / Athletics 2 (F)
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Martial Arts
  
  
  Using Fist of The Daystar
  
  
  1st Excellency
  
  
  Fist of Iron
  
  
  Sledgehammer Fist Punch
  
  
  Fist of the Daystar Form
  
  
  Resistance
  
  
  2nd Excellency
  
  
  Durability of Oak Meditation
  
  
  Spirit Strengthens the Skin
  
  
  Ox-Body x2 (1 -1 / 2 -2)
  
  
  Dodge
  
  
  3rd Excellency
  
  
  Shadow Over Water
  
  
  Seven Shadow Evasion
  
  
  Awareness
  
  
  2nd Excellency
  
  
  Panoptic Fusion Discipline
  
  
  Stealth
  
  
  2nd Exellency
  
  
  Easily Overlooked Presence Method
  
  
  Mental Invisibility Technique
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Essence: 2
  
  
  Willpower: 10/10 +1
  
  
  Personal Motes: 16/16
  
  
  Peripheral Motes: 29/29 (4 attuned, 33 motes total)
  
  
  Compassion: 1
  
  
  Conviction: 3
  
  
  Temperance: 3
  
  
  Valor: 2
  
  
  Manse 3 (+6 motes per hour)
  
  
  Cult 2 (+1 Willpower, +2 motes per hour)
  
  
  Resources 2 (offerings)
  
  
  Social Combat
  
  
  Join Debate: 6
  
  
  Dodge MDV: 8
  
  
  Physical Combat
  
  
  Join Battle: 7
  
  
  Dodge DV: 6, 8 Unarmored, 9 with Bracers
  
  
  Soak: 2B/1L + (Iron Kettle Body 7B/7L) = 9B/8L
  
  
  Health
  
  
  -0 O
  
  
  -1 OOOO
  
  
  -2 OOOOOO
  
  
  -4O
  
  
  -X
  
  
  Attacks:
  
  
  Fist of Iron benefit: +3 Accuracy, +2 Damage, +1 Defense +1 Rate
  
  
  Bracers benefit: +2 Damage
  
  
  Punch: Speed 5, Accuracy 15, Damage 8, Defense 8, Rate 4
  
  
  Kick: Speed 5, Accuracy 14, Damage 11, Defense 6, Rate 3
  
  
  Clinch: Speed 6, Accuracy 14, Damage 8, Defense 7, Rate 2
  
  
  

 

[Thief of Words]

I'm having trouble finding this terrifying argent witches thing. The link in the character creation area is invalid (at least, it was for me).

 

[Blackadder]

So... I would like to play.... but I am not sure how many people are involved here and the numbers boggle me. How many Infernals so far? *wants to play one*

 

[Lord-Leafar]

I have to admit that by the sheer amount of players interested, I'm a bit concerned by the speed in which the game will be able to progress, such huge numbers usually slow down the story if you're waiting on responses from a fair amount of players, and progressing the story somewhat individually or by small groups will leave several threads that will be hard to keep track of, and might leave some players in the dark.

 

[The Dark Wizard]

[QUOTE="Lord-Leafar]I have to admit that by the sheer amount of players interested, I'm a bit concerned by the speed in which the game will be able to progress, such huge numbers usually slow down the story if you're waiting on responses from a fair amount of players, and progressing the story somewhat individually or by small groups will leave several threads that will be hard to keep track of, and might leave some players in the dark.

[/QUOTE]
I will be on top of things do not worry !

 

[Kasheal]

@Thief of Words: http://forums.white-wolf.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=68517 Try that.

 

[Arynne]

*solicits votes on which of her character concepts sounds more interesting, to pass the time*

 

[Kasheal]

@Arynne: Mech is always the way!

 

[Taliesin]

Artifact 4: Beam Goremaul (Jade)
Speed 4, Acc +2, Damage +16B/4, Def +1, Rate 2, Attune 8, 5m activation

Just spotted this. Worth pointing out: This is the statline of a pre-2.5 Grand Goremaul. Post 2.5, the statline (including the Jade MM bonus) would be Speed 5, Acc +0, Damage +16/3B, Def -1, Rate 1. Check the Scroll of Errata.

 

[Thief of Words]

Just spotted this. Worth pointing out: This is the statline of a pre-2.5 Grand Goremaul. Post 2.5, the statline (including the Jade MM bonus) would be Speed 5, Acc +0, Damage +16/3B, Def -1, Rate 1. Check the Scroll of Errata.

Just to point out...a beam goremaul makes absolutely zero sense.

 

[shepsquared]

Argh. Just double checked my character and I have no idea what I was doing. Can anyone help me whip up a paladin flavoured Zenith?

 

[Thief of Words]

Argh. Just double checked my character and I have no idea what I was doing. Can anyone help me whip up a paladin flavoured Zenith?

On a related note, can anyone explain Terrifying Argent Witches to me to see if I might wanna try making Hunger one?

 

[Arynne]

Lunars as being more like the Fair Folk than Conan.

 

[Seeker of the End]

Luna's a shape-shifting Eldritch Girl/Guy/Thing. What do you expect? Also, case in point:


Luna Origin story abridged

 

[WarDragon]

Or, as I prefer to think of it, Lunars being Dionysian Witch-Kings of nightmare and shadow to the Solars' Apollonian God-Kings of light and glory.


Another question for the ST; I'm thinking of taking By Rage Recast, so I need to know what version of mutations we're using? This one is my favorite rewrite of them, but I could live with the by-the-book ones, too.

 

[Seeker of the End]

By the way, what's the current roster for people in this game?

 

[JayTee]

Everyone


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[Thief of Words]

Or, as I prefer to think of it, Lunars being Dionysian Witch-Kings of nightmare and shadow to the Solars' Apollonian God-Kings of light and glory.

Hmm...that tempts me to look at it for Hunger. I'd not even have to change her name for it. On the other hand, I'd lose Dread Lord's Demeanor, Shade-Walker Prana, and Hungry Darkness Prana. >.>

 

[Seeker of the End]

Did a quick count, we have 17 people who have turned in part/all of a bio. That's a lot... Around 3-4 circles worth of people.

 

[Sherwood]

and I have my hands full with a game of 8 players. Wow.

 

[Haku1]

[QUOTE="The Dark Wizard]There is space forever. The idea and concept of the game calls for a large amount of players and different circles working toward the grand picture of things. With the ocastional crossover.
So yes if you wish to join go ahead, I don't plan to limit the game any time soon.

[/QUOTE]
Hmmmm... Will have to think on this.


Also, custom charms... allowed?

 

[Alectai]

Okay, you convinced me with the implication that there's going to be room for everything.


I've got a couple designs in my toolkit, I just need to find a group I'd hang out well with--or go it alone maybe?

 

[Thief of Words]

Okay. This should be Hunger's reworked and finished sheet.

• Personal Information
• History
• Mechanics

• Title: Insatiable Hunger of the Charnel Sea
  
  
  Age: 25 (at time of death)
  
  
  Caste: Dusk
  
  
  Anima Banner: A jet-black siaka stalks warily through grey seas, its maw trailing billowing clouds of violet blood.
  
  
  Theme:
  
  
  Appearance:
  
  
  
• A godblooded daughter of Siakal, Goddess of Sharks and Slaughter, and a particularly bloodthirsty pirate reaver from the Coral Archipelago, Scarlet Ithaen was a very strong contender for her divine mother's most fanatical of followers. Trained to be a lethal and pitiless killer by her father, Scarlet was raised treating bloodshed in her mother's name as the holiest of acts. Yet throughout her upbringing, the young demigod was taught a curious sort of martial honor. Bloodshed, fighting to the last, killing your foes in bloody and terrible reckoning, these were all honest acts, driven by a purity of earnesty and aggression that nothing else provided. She gave no quarter and likewise asked for none. She ran, never considered surrender, preferring to attack her foes head on, often challenging many foes by herself for the sheer thrill and challenge of it. Raised from infancy to hate the Lintha above all things, Scarlet's fury was utterly implacable in facing the progeny of Kimbery, frequently overshadowing her reason, leading her to fight in increasingly unreasonable engagements and pursuits.
  
  
  Eventually, this unthinking aggression led her to take a single ship at her command and order it into pursuit of a Lintha captain who had been a particular thorn in her side. For two days and a night she goaded the crew onwards, violently suppressing a brewing mutiny with her own fangs at noon of the second day. Spurred on by fear of their unhinged leader, the crew of Scarlet's vessel finally overtook the Lintha at dusk of the second day only to discover that their quarry had drawn them into an ambush, as two great demonic monstrosities rose from the depths to savage their ship. The fighting was fierce and bloody, but in the end, Scarlet and her crew were overcome by their foes, and the godling's crew was slain to a man. It was then, as the cold and inky waters of the deep faded around her dying form, slain by hated foes who flew her mother's flag and found her mother's favor, that Scarlet learned at last the lesson about her mother she should have learned first: Siakal cares not from where the blood flows.
  
  
  Sinking to the deeps, life fading fast, Scarlet spent what she thought her precious few last moments cursing her mother and all the gods. Though the Mother of Sharks heard not a word of her hatred, someone and something else did. It was then, at the cusp of death's threshold, that the Deathlord Bodhisattva Annointed by Dark Waters came to her with an offer she had no desire to refuse.
  
  
  And so Scarlet Ithaen died and Insatiable Hunger of the Charnel Sea was born. A slaughterer and reaver at heart, Hunger's bloodlust was undimmed by her transformation into a Deathknight of the Dusk Caste. Fearless in life, in death Hunger remained brazen as before, a fact her ever-cautious Deathlord did not appreciate. And yet, though she was not the leader of fleets he preferred in most of his martial Exalts, she was undeniably effective when butchery was needed. Yet the core of fury Hunger had nurtured in life had grown to be all but all-consuming, and the inaction enforced upon her by her patron's scheming rubbed her spirit as raw as an iron fetter would her wrist. She itched to be loosed upon the world, that she might show her damnable bitch of a mother what true slaughter was--right before she tore out her throat.
  
  
  [To be Expounded upon further if needed at a Later Date]
• 
  
  
  Attributes:
  
  
  Physical 8
  
  
  Strength: 4
  
  
  Dexterity: 5
  
  
  Stamina: 2
  
  
  Social 4
  
  
  Charisma: 4
  
  
  Manipulation: 1
  
  
  Appearance: 2
  
  
  Mental 6
  
  
  Perception: 3
  
  
  Intelligence: 2
  
  
  Wits: 4
  
  
  Abilities:
  
  
  Dusk [Caste]
  
  
  Archery:
  
  
  Martial Arts: 4
  
  
  Melee:
  
  
  Thrown:
  
  
  War: 3
  
  
  Midnight
  
  
  Integrity: 3[Favored]
  
  
  Performance:
  
  
  Presence: 5 [Favored]
  
  
  Resistance: 3[Favored]
  
  
  Survival:
  
  
  Daybreak
  
  
  Craft:
  
  
  Investigation:
  
  
  Lore:
  
  
  Medicine:
  
  
  Occult: 4[Favored]
  
  
  Day
  
  
  Athletics: 4 [Favored]
  
  
  Awareness: 2
  
  
  Dodge: 3
  
  
  Larceny:
  
  
  Stealth: 4
  
  
  Moonshadow
  
  
  Bureacracy:
  
  
  Linguistics: 1
  
  
  Ride:
  
  
  Sail: 1
  
  
  Socialize: 1
  
  
  Specialties
  
  
  Presence (Intimidation): +2
  
  
  Occult (Demons): +1
  
  
  Occult (Gods): +1
  
  
  Essence
  
  
  Permanent: 3
  
  
  Personal: 16
  
  
  Peripheral: 40
  
  
  Health Levels
  
  
  -0: []
  
  
  -1: [][][]
  
  
  -2: [][][][]
  
  
  -4: []
  
  
  Incap: []
  
  
  Dying: []
  
  
  Willpower: 6
  
  
  Virtues
  
  
  Compassion [Flawed]: 1
  
  
  Conviction: 3
  
  
  Temperance: 2
  
  
  Valor: 5
  
  
  Backgrounds
  
  
  Whispers: 3
  
  
  Artifact: 2 (SS Tiger Claws)
  
  
  Resources: 1
  
  
  Other: 1 (Haven't figured out precisely what yet.)
  
  
  Charms
  
  
  Excellencies
  
  
  First Presence Excellency
  
  
  Second Presence Excellency
  
  
  First Occult Excellency
  
  
  First Integrity Excellency
  
  
  First Stealth Excellency
  
  
  First Martial Arts Excellency
  
  
  Ravening Mouth of Martial Arts
  
  
  Infinite Martial Arts Mastery
  
  
  Presence
  
  
  Dread Lord's Demeanor
  
  
  Heart-Stopping Mien
  
  
  Resistance
  
  
  Cadaverous Torpor Technique
  
  
  Ox-Body Technique (x1)
  
  
  Integrity
  
  
  Eternal Enmity Approach
  
  
  Occult
  
  
  Shadowlands Circle Necromancy
  
  
  Athletics
  
  
  Stealth
  
  
  Shadow Cloak Technique
  
  
  Shade Walker Prana
  
  
  Dark Messiah Style
  
  
  Dead Man's Grasp
  
  
  Inescapable Iron Grip
  
  
  Rapacious Lamprey Technique
  
  
  Spells
  
  
  Shadowlands Circle Necromancy
  
  
  Iron Countermagic
  
  
  Summon Ghost
  
  
  Godblooded Mutations
  
  
  Child of the Waters -4
  
  
  Fangs/Claws -1
  
  
  Gazelle's Pace (Swimming) -2
  
  
  Night Eyes -1
  
  
  Shark Skin -1
  
  
  Elemental Adaptation (Water) -1
  
  
  Inexhaustible -2
  
  
  Diet (Raw Meat) +2
  
  
  Bonus Point Expenditures
  
  
  Base: +18 pts
  
  
  Positive Mutations: -10pts
  
  
  Negative Mutation: +2 pts
  
  
  Essence: -7 pts
  
  
  WP: -1 pts
  
  
  Virtues: -2 pts
  
  
  XP Expenditures
  
  
  

 

[Cirno]

So many cool characters. I think I need to wait for the character forum to go up to finalize mine (because she's all over the place in Integrity, Linguistics, Investigation, War, and Performance).