<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=310155.msg15094527#msg15094527">Quote from: Zaval on 27-09-2019, 09:31:45</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">That helps. Thanks! This is my first round with Exalted's lore, and especially my first time playing Godbound, so I'll take any tidbits you or the others have to offer. It's been inspiring me to look up other game systems that I might try to run online here at some point in the distant future. <br/><br/>I've never had luck with pen and paper campaigns in gameshops or gatherings due to having a run in with off-kilter GMs, but I'm glad we have a great one so far. :)<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>You'll make me blush.   :-)<br/><br/>Yes, the caste mark only shows up when you spend Essence (or in this system, commit 2+ Effort in a scene), though you can<em>choose</em>to show it at any point. All anima banner effects fade at the end of a scene.