Exalted 2nd Edition Game

[kalgalath]

Dogma, bashing soak is your stamina + armour bonus, lethal soak is hanf your stamina rounded up + armour bonus, and aggravated soak is generally 0 without charms.

The other thing is you might wanna think about taking more points in war. Generally someone needs to and you're the soldier guy so... yeah ...

 

[Lonoto]

Also unless you have charms that require Essence 3, it's generally one of the least point efficient things to by at character creation. It's basically 2 XP per BP, and there are better ratios out there (like upping high level favoured skills). Just thought I'd mention it, if this doesn't matter to you, then don't worry about it.

 

[Velmont]

Dogma, bashing soak is your stamina + armour bonus, lethal soak is hanf your stamina rounded up + armour bonus, and aggravated soak is generally 0 without charms.

Isn't it rounded down?

 

[Dogmatic]

Thanks guys. That is just the sort of info I was looking for. I took the extra essense so I could get a particular charm and to get more motes. If it makes more sense to spend the points on something else, I have no problem doing it. This is my first Exalted game so I don't know the ins and outs yet. Stuff like not giving a high dex if you're going to wear heavy armor in D&D.

I'll drop the extra essance and pick up a few more points in War and probably Presence. The I'll switch out the charm that needed 3 essence (I believe it was Peony Blossom) and pick up a War related one.

I do have a question on armor and abilities like Athletics and Dodge. I remember reading that wearing armor can effect certain charms in the Resistance tree, but does it effect the charms in Dodge or Athletics? I'm sure the answer is int he book if I keep reading, but this may save me some time.

Also, am I hurting my character by not putting more points into things liek socialize or beauracracy?

 

[Velmont]

Also, am I hurting my character by not putting more points into things liek socialize or beauracracy?

Don't forget, we will be a circle. It is normal each have weakness, as we will work as a team. I think the main place where you need not to be a total looser is combat, but as you are the dwan, I doubt that will happen. It's just it is hard in a combat to have someone defend everyone else against all attack, but it is easy in a social combat to have one leader who make the deal, as in case of infiltration, where larger group is always worst than small group.

 

[figmike]

First off, you’ve made a good solid character.

You’ve got one more point to spend. Reason: Dex cost 4, Ess cost 7, Melee +2 (caste skill cost 2) Linguistics +1 (cost 2) Now that’s 15 points, but since Ling is not over 3, you could have just as easily brought it up to rank 2 without bonus points, then bumped up Ride (a favored skill) with a bonus point leaving you with 1 more point.

You have to give each of your 5 favored skills at least one point. You do not have to give any of your Caste skills any ranks. So if you don’t want to have ranks in Martial Arts, Thrown, War, or whatever you don’t have to. I say this because I noticed you had 1 point in all ten of your caste and favored skills, just making sure you did that because you wanted to, not because you thought you had to. Nothing wrong with giving yourself a little knowledge of all those things.

Try to think about your history and backgrounds. Kade was a leader of a group of mercs, so he had Followers and Allies. He also had Bureaucracy, Socialize, and other skills because that’s how he would had kept his men in line and made sure they got paid. If you’re a lone warrior, maybe you don’t need that. Also in terms of War, if you think of this guy as a soldier, then yes he should have fair ranks inWar. If you want him to be a leader of men, then yes go for it. If you think of him as a sword for hire, or a loner, will this skill help you?


Looking at your Charms, Battle Fury has a Prereq of Any Resistance Excel. You need to let me know what version of Ox Body you got. Then get rid of the extra health levels.
You might want to think about spreading the love a bit. You’ve taken some great melee charms, but if you ever wanted to take any other charms you’d have to start all the way from the beginning with excellencies and such.

Ess 3 is a good thing. It cost a lot less at character creation and gives you more ability to use charms. Also high virtues are also helpful. I’d think about bumping my Valor up with bonus points. Keep in mind that you can you a Willpower point to add your Valor in dice to any attack roll. But this is totally up to you.

 

[kalgalath]

If i'm not wrong, the whole lethal soak issue depends on whether or not you'e an Exalt.

And essence 3 costs 7bp = 14xp. it costs you 16xp to raise it from 2-3 in game.

 

[Velmont]

Who cares about XP cost? Ask yourself, what you want most. if you wnat to use your charm again and again during a short time, either have a high essence, or find a way to get more essence quickly (like Essence gathering temper charm)

 

[Shayuri]

Some raw mechanics...I'm still trying to decide on the pre-Exaltation background...

Also I need some help/suggestions with:

1) A protective/defensive or stealth-boosting artifact. Anywhere from 2 to 4 dots. Yes, I know you can't go over 3 without using BP...but I DID pay for a 4rth artifact dot. I may get those back if you can recommend a good 2 or 3 point artifact.

2) If the artifact is only 2 or 3 dots, I'll have enough to buy a familiar. What I want is a small nocturnal critter to help watch my back and scout. Ideally something stealthy like an owl or cat. Eventually I'd like to be able to communicate with it nonverbally and/or share senses...not necessary right away though. Thoughts?

And of course, if I forgot something steamingly obvious or made a boneheaded mistake, PLEASE tell me. I don't have my book here (I'm using Anathema to make the stats) so I don't have the full skinny on rules or charms...

Thanks!

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Name:Silhouette
Concept: ?
Player: Shayuri
Motivation: Protect those who cannot protect themselves
Caste: Night
Anima: Looming, indistinct humanoid figure
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Attributes
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[ ] Strength-------[X][X][X][][ ]
[ ] Dexterity-------[X][X][X][X][X ]
[ ] Stamina -------[X][X][X][][ ]

[ ] Charisma-------[X][X][][ ][ ]
[ ] Manipulation----[X][X][ ][ ][ ]
[ ] Appearance-----[X][X][X][ ][ ]

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[ ] Intelligence-----[X][X][ ][ ][ ]
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Abilities
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DAWN
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[X] Martial Arts----[X][X][X][ ][ ]
[ ] Melee----------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
[X] Thrown--------[X][X][X][X][X]
[ ] War-----------[X][ ][ ][ ][ ]

ZENITH
[X] Integrity------[X][X ][ ][ ][ ]
[ ] Performance---[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
[ ] Presence------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
[ X] Resistance----[X][X][ ][ ][ ]
[ ] Survival-------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]

TWILIGHT
[ ] Craft----------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
[X] Investigation--[X][X][ ][ ][ ]
[ ] Lore----------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
[ ] Medicine------[X][ ][ ][ ][ ]
[ ] Occult--------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]

NIGHT
[X] Athletics------[X][X][X][ ][ ]
[X] Awareness----[X][X][X][ ][ ]
[X] Dodge--------[X][X][X][X][X]
[X] Larceny-------[X][X][X][ ][ ]
[X] Stealth--------[X][X][X][X][X]

ECLIPSE
[ ] Bureaucracy---[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
[ ] Linguistics-----[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
[ ] Ride-----------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
[ ] Sail-----------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
[ ] Socialize------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]

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Advantages
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Flaws and Merits
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Backgrounds
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ARTIFACT - Sky Cutter- [ X][ X][ ][ ][ ]
ARTIFACT- Undecided - [ X][X ][ ][ ][ ]
FAMILIAR - Need to check rules - [ X][ X][ ][ ][ ]
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Charms
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Name Cost Page
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Graceful Crane Stance
Spider Foot Style
Dodge:
Reflex Sidestep Technique
Seven Shadow Evasion
Shadow Over Water
Resistance:
Durability of Oak Meditation
Stealth:
Second Stealth Excellency
Thrown:
Second Thrown Excellency
Triple-Distance Attack Technique
Cascade of Cutting Terror
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Weapons
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Sky Cutter: 12d attack, 8L dmg, +3 DV, 50' rng, returns on 2+ succ (Thrown+Dex)
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Willpower
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[ x] [ x] [ x] [ x] [x ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
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Virtues
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Compassion Conviction
[X][ x][ ][ ][ ] [X][ x][ x][ ][ ]
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Temperance Valor
[X][ x][ ][ ][ ] [X][ x][ ][ ][ ]
{ }{ }{ }{ }{ } { }{ }{ }{ }{ }

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Dodge DV
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Dodge MDV
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Parry MDV
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Soak
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Anima
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Health
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~1 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
~2 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
~3 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
~4 [ ]
Incapacitated [ ]
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Essence
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[X] [ x] [ x] [ ] [ ]

Personal __14__|____
Peripheral ___35_|____
Committed _________

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Limit Break
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Virtue Flaw
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Intimacies
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Equipment
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Experience
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[Lonoto]

Whoops, that 14 xp was supposed to be taken from the cost to raise in game. That means that buying essence is worth 2.3 or so XP per BP. You can still get more (I'm just saying this from an extremely min-max point of view).

On the side: Where the did I pull that 14 from? lol