[Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread
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				Title: <strong>[Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>The Great Triangle</strong> on <strong>24-04-2009, 02:11:06</strong>
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				Talk about things!&nbsp; Wave your dick around!&nbsp; Beg for XP!&nbsp; Whee!
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Krule</strong> on <strong>24-04-2009, 02:33:09</strong>
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				Again, as I'm playing the slayer, it seems fitting to be the first to post here..&nbsp; ;)<br><br>*beings the wicked plotting*<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Elohim</strong> on <strong>24-04-2009, 02:54:45</strong>
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				I hope everyone loves delicious bugs!&nbsp; &nbsp;Its the only food source for miles....
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Elohim</strong> on <strong>24-04-2009, 16:12:05</strong>
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				Also, any game in the south needs to at least draw a bit of inspiration from this music video!<br><br>Knights Of Cydonia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_sBOsh-vyI#lq-lq2-hq)
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Krule</strong> on <strong>25-04-2009, 03:37:05</strong>
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				Nice.. very nice seraph
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Mnemaxa</strong> on <strong>25-04-2009, 04:18:15</strong>
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				Epic in it's Epicness.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Krule</strong> on <strong>27-04-2009, 08:54:56</strong>
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				I a bit unsure now.. is your characters cult here where the group just arrived, Seraph?
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Elohim</strong> on <strong>27-04-2009, 09:43:14</strong>
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				I assumed so...&nbsp; seeing as its referenced in the opening thread a few times.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Krule</strong> on <strong>27-04-2009, 13:33:04</strong>
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				Ok.. I was a touch uncertain if they were your cultists.. on another note.. I hadn't realized it... well, I had, but now that I'm actually playing it becomes much more clear.... but I see if I chose and shape her actions with care.. Xalvia can use excellencies for every word and deed.. though it does constrain her to certain behavoir
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>The Great Triangle</strong> on <strong>27-04-2009, 17:26:52</strong>
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				At the current point in the game, nobody is going to be interfering with Seraph's cult, since the immaculates think that it's a legitimate religion.&nbsp; Here's some general information on the surrounding region you guys might know:<br><br><br>Candarians wear a strange skintight black garment that fits over their entire body, including the bald head, although possibly not the face and crotch, which are always covered by a death mask made from a human skull and a loincloth respectively.&nbsp; (The loincloth is usually made from bone, human hair, and human skin)&nbsp; Until very recently, the Candarians made most of their crafts from human remains, although they now make a certain proportion of their goods from animals as well.&nbsp; The Candarians don't appear to have discovered the wheel, and are most often seen in camps with black teepees made from stitched human hair.<br><br>Candar itself is an area about 50 miles on a side, most often defined by being a plain of excruciatingly hot obsidian on which shifting sand dunes flow.&nbsp; The area is incredibly difficult to navigate and has many shadowlands, making travel at night almost impossible.&nbsp; The Candarians themselves despise anyone entering their territory, and will violently attack those who refuse to be escorted out of Candar.&nbsp; Victims of such attacks are flayed, skinned, and their bones twisted into the shape of a cross held together by obsidian nails.&nbsp; At any given border of Candar, there are about a dozen such crosses down the length of the border.&nbsp; When asked about the political structure of their nation, the Candarians speak of 13 tribes ruled by a triumvirate of three leaders picked from the best of the tribal chiefs in the sacred palace of Candar.&nbsp; The trumvirate selects four messengers to be their servants, and deliver their edicts.&nbsp; Nobody who is not a chief or one of the four appointed servants of the triumvirate may enter the Palace of Candar, on pain of death.&nbsp; <br><br><br>The Immaculate Monestery at Scab is officially called "The Burning Cauldron of Immaculate Purity" and unofficially called "The Teapot."&nbsp; It's a massive, circular, brass structure shaped broadly like a teapot, with a set of walled pavilions for festivals, tours, and training jutting from the front.&nbsp; The monastery houses over 250 monks, of which, about 30 claim enlightenment.&nbsp; The abbot of the Monastery is an ancient Dragon Blood named Ash of Fallen Meru, a retired martial arts master over 300 years old.&nbsp; He has led countless wyld hunts, and killed scores of anathema practicing Fire Dragon Style.&nbsp; Under Ash, there are five more dragon blooded monks, most of which come from the realm.&nbsp; Only the most senior student, Adelle the Skyrocket, has actually learned the Fire Dragon form.&nbsp; <br><br>Scab itself is run by Baron Kup the Id of Skies Fall, a distinctly overweight patrician suspected of being on the run from crimes he is guilty of on the blessed isle.&nbsp; There is only one law in scab: do what Baron Kup tells you or be slowly dissolved by his acid demons.&nbsp; Baron Kup is a sorcerer, and brags about it very loudly.&nbsp; He keeps a harem of Neomah in his home, and proudly wears a Perronele on his body, to protect him from harm.&nbsp; The basement of his house contains a massive open pool of vitriol, from which the pack of Metody he uses to maintain order in Scab arise.&nbsp; The Immaculates often slay the demons that Baron Kup summons, but seem to tolerate his continued existence for the training he provides to the monks.&nbsp; There are also dark rumors of him possesing a "secret weapon" in his mansion.&nbsp; <br><br><br>The glitzy casinos and brothels of Furnace are some of the most impressive in the reigon, bringing tourists on the guild caravan from as far away as Gem.&nbsp; (who are also quite often attracted to the more esoteric delights of Scab as well.)&nbsp; The people of furnace are known for a somewhat extreme devotion to the god Realgar, due to the shape of local mythology.&nbsp; When Furnace was originally founded, the celestial beauracracy assigned a dozen Gods to take care of the city, and make it a good place.&nbsp; But the people of Furnace were forgetful and impious, and all of their Gods save Sphalerite and Realgar became sick for lack of prayer.&nbsp; To save the city, as it plunged into chaos, Realgar euthanized the ailing gods, then came into the city and with his fiery hand burned their temples off the face of creation, before raping Shalerite in full view of everyone in the city, and becoming the father of Furnace.&nbsp; Since that day, Realgar's word is law, and his most important law is the law of virginity before mairrage.&nbsp; <br><br>Realgar fancies virgins, and therefore demands that the people of Realgar remain virginal before they marry.&nbsp; Because Realgar does not like the idea of ending up with a bunch of bastard chilren, those he chooses for his affections are rather painfully rendered permanently infertile.&nbsp; Realgar demands that any individual who breaks his law concerning virginity be rendered infertile as well, originally with a hot poker, but later simply with a massive dose of Maiden tea.&nbsp; If Realgar does not receive a satisfactory number of prayers, he often burns down sections of Furnace to show his displeasure.&nbsp; He has, however, never been angry enough to cut his supply of firedust.<br><br>Though demon summoning and the study of Malfean lore is strictly forbidden by Sphalerite, Realgar, and mayor Rayne, there is a small underground Yozi worshipping cult of four people within the city.&nbsp; Included among the number of the cultists is Rayne's 17 year old daughter, Serra Rhea.&nbsp; Working together, the cultists have been able to summon an Amphelsia by betraying their leader's secret to Rayne, who forced him to drink hemlock.&nbsp; The cultists consider the beast the reincarnation of their master, and intend to slay the entire city for the glory of Cecylene and Adorjan next calibration by using their demon to poison the entire calibration feast.&nbsp; An enlightened monk has discovered the cult, and plans to redeem Serra before killing the rest of the cult and their foul demon.<br><br><br>The Kohb-Ra tombs are so ancient nobody even remembers who they belong to anymore, but they surely contain great riches and powerful artifacts.&nbsp; Once a year, the Candarians make pilgramages to the tombs, and leave offerings of obsidian, as well as many baskets of berries.&nbsp; Whether these pilgrimages are religious in function or simply serve to thank the beastmen for keeping the wyld at bay is unknown.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Mnemaxa</strong> on <strong>28-04-2009, 05:29:52</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=35319.msg1833744#msg1833744">Quote from: Krule on 27-04-2009, 13:33:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Ok.. I was a touch uncertain if they were your cultists.. on another note.. I hadn't realized it... well, I had, but now that I'm actually playing it becomes much more clear.... but I see if I chose and shape her actions with care.. Xalvia can use excellencies for every word and deed.. though it does constrain her to certain behavoir<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>That is the terribly frightening power of Infernal Excellencies, and why they are relatively costly in comparison with Solars.&nbsp; Much broader use.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Mnemaxa</strong> on <strong>28-04-2009, 06:33:15</strong>
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				Quick question:&nbsp; Would a second Slayer (with a Cecylene urge) be acceptable?&nbsp; Or should I craft something of another caste?&nbsp; The one I was planning was for someone else to play, and would follow different urge and motivation than our lovely Xalvia would be following, and would still be in line with out social heavy group while also providing a bit of heavy combat power.&nbsp; Since her player is relatively unused to Exalted, I went for simplicity while making it perfectly feasible for her to mix in with our current group's activities and nature.<br><br>As a side note, I am sure I can attempt to do so for another type, so a 'no' is fine too.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Krule</strong> on <strong>28-04-2009, 15:29:22</strong>
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				Don't know what our ST would say to that..&nbsp; I'd prefer to see another caste.. scourge can be a rather nasty combat focused character as well.. but, if your heart's set on a slayer, I'll not object.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>The Great Triangle</strong> on <strong>28-04-2009, 17:16:03</strong>
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				I'm happy with another slayer, just go knock on some people's doors you guys!&nbsp; I didn't delicately make all of these complex societies for you not to immolate them with the fires of hell.&nbsp; And please don't think of reasons why all of your plans are going to fail.&nbsp; That's MY job.&nbsp; <br><br>I'm not going to send the sidereal death squad at you.<br><br>Until I get bored...&nbsp; <br><br>So those of you with unwoven coagitators and other voices in your head?&nbsp; They're saying KILL!&nbsp; KILL! KILL!&nbsp; *giggles madly*&nbsp; Trust me, you guys don't want to make me hand you a Moon and Midnight Cauldron just to see what happens.&nbsp; ;)
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Krule</strong> on <strong>29-04-2009, 15:57:40</strong>
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				I'd love that.. and I'd love to take action.. but at the moment, I'm waiting for the others to respond to Xalvia's question/song.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Krule</strong> on <strong>01-05-2009, 02:27:19</strong>
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				Ok, 1 success on the limit roll.. her UC not liking that, eh?
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>The Great Triangle</strong> on <strong>01-05-2009, 02:31:01</strong>
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				Nope!&nbsp; :-)&nbsp; <br><br>You will get 1xp each time you piss off your UC though.&nbsp; Consider commiting an act of villiany or two.<br><br>Also, if nobody objects, then the nation biding its time will translate into a Mandate of Heaven scene, which will prevent one player from having an action other than selecting a random event, but will grand each PC 2xp and 90 days of training time.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Krule</strong> on <strong>01-05-2009, 02:41:57</strong>
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				Well, no objections here, except if we're going to be training such for 90 days, perhaps it's time to insert a direct effect into a growing Yozi cult in Furnace
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>The Great Triangle</strong> on <strong>01-05-2009, 03:46:18</strong>
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				That would be a diplomatic action conducted by the circle's dominion.<br><br><br><br><strong>The Worshipers Of the Prophetess of Thrice Damned Gifts</strong><br><br>Magnitude 2 Dominion<br><br>Military 4/2 (1 turn, 2 turns)<br>Culture 1 <br>Government 4/2 (3 turns, 4 turns)<br><br>Awareness 1<br>Integrity 3 (Religious Edict +3)<br>Occult 1<br>Presence 2 (Religious Conversions +1)<br>War 4/3 (Holy War +2)<br><br>Compassion 1<br>Conviction* 3&nbsp; (flawed virtue)<br>Temperence 3<br>Valor 3<br><br>Limit: [X][X][X][X][X][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]<br><br>Willpower: 6/6<br><br>Bonus Points: 10<br>External Bonus Points: 0/6<br><br>Sorcerer: Goddess of Thrice Damned Gifts<br>Savants: Xalvia (+1 difficulty to actions for recent arrival, legitimacy from Malfean backing and artifact), Darkness Born of Burning Night (+1 difficulty to actions for recent arrival, legitimacy from Gossamer and Style), 2 advisors to the Goddess.<br><br>Supernatural Defense Rating: 0<br><br><br>Other dominions:&nbsp; (note: the spy rating indicates how throughly their society is infiltrated)<br><br><strong>The Tribes of Candar:</strong><br><br>Magnitude 3 Dominion&nbsp; &nbsp;Spy Level: 0<br><br>Military: ???<br>Culture: ???<br>Government: ???<br><br>Craft: ???<br>Integrity: ???<br>Occult: ???<br>Stealth: ???<br>War: ???<br><br>Virtues: ???<br>Willpower: ???<br>Limit: ???<br><br>Sorcerer: Unknown<br>Savant: None<br><br>Supernatural Defense Rating: ???<br><br><br><strong>The Town of Scab</strong><br><br>Magnitude 1 Dominion&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Spy Level: 3 <br><br>Military: 1<br>Culture: 2?<br>Government: 2/1<br><br>Awareness: 1?<br>Bureaucracy: ???<br>Craft: ???<br>Stealth: 2<br><br>Virtues: Compassion 1, Conviction 3, Temperance 2, Valor 2<br>Willpower: 2/5<br>Limit: 7/10<br><br>Sorcerer: Baron Kup the Id<br>Savant: None<br><br>Supernatural Defense Rating: 1<br><br><br><strong>The Town of Furnace</strong><br><br>Magnitude 2 Dominion&nbsp; &nbsp;Spy Level: 2<br><br>Military: ???<br>Culture: ???<br>Government: ???<br><br>Awareness: ???<br>Bureaucracy: ???<br>Craft: ???<br>Integrity: ???<br>Investigation: ???<br>Occult: ???<br>War: ???<br><br>Virtues: Compassion 2, Conviction 1, Temperance 4, Valor 2<br>Willpower: ???/6<br>Limit: 4?/10<br><br>Sorcerers: Rayne of a Thousand Humours, Realgar<br>Savants: Unknown<br><br><br><strong>The Beastmen Who Worship Kohb-Ra</strong><br><br>Magnitude 1 Dominion&nbsp; &nbsp;Spy Rating: 1<br><br>Military: ???<br>Culture: ???<br>Government: ???<br><br>Awareness: ???<br>Craft: ???<br>Integrity: ???<br>War: ???<br><br>Virtues: ???<br>Willpower: ???<br>Limit: ???<br><br>Sorcerer: Kohb-Ra<br>Savant: Unknown<br><br>Supernatural Defense Rating: ???
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Krule</strong> on <strong>01-05-2009, 05:45:22</strong>
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				I'm going to need a bit help on this.. as I don't have the Mandate of Heaven book [Scroll of Kings I believe] (but I still don't mind using those rules), and it's been a while sense I've read it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Elohim</strong> on <strong>02-05-2009, 00:55:34</strong>
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				Its my first attempt to use the mandate of heaven rules myself...
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>The Great Triangle</strong> on <strong>02-05-2009, 04:55:01</strong>
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				The rules are reasonably straightforward.&nbsp; You pick two actions for your dominion, then a random event resolves.&nbsp; By spending a point of dominion willpower, you can stunt and use character abilities instead of dominion abilities.&nbsp; Savants suffer a +2 difficulty penalty when acting on behalf of a dominion, due to their lesser amount of presteige and power.&nbsp; Spy ratings may be spent to learn more about target societies.&nbsp; Savants may spend 1 spy level they did not install per year, and sorcerers may spend as many spy levels as they please.<br><br>As an ultimate stunt, a PC can spend 30 essence and 5 willpower to have a Mandate of Heaven action resolved as an Exalted session.<br><br><br>Here are some of the actions relevant to your dominion's current situation:&nbsp; (Seraph gets to choose 1 action, and the savant who posts quickest gets the second action)<br><br><br><br><br>Dragon Tends its scales preservation: Resets a timer from 1 turn to 5 turns.&nbsp; Cost: 1 Limit<br><br>Dragon's Open-Eyed Slumber Technique: Cancels the event this turn.&nbsp; Cost: 1 Willpower<br><br>Mouse Calms the Nest Pacification: Lowers limit by Culture + Integrity.&nbsp; Cost: none<br><br>Tiger Esteems Mouse Petition: Regain willpower.&nbsp; Cost: 1 Limit, 1 Willpower (stunt)<br><br>Dragon Spreads its Wings Expansion: Raises Magnitude by 1.&nbsp; Cost: 5 Limit, 2 Willpower 1/decade<br><br>Artificer's Celestial Fortification: Raises Supernatural Defense by 1.&nbsp; Cost: 3 Limit, 2 Willpower (stunt)<br><br>Sturdier Mouse Persuasion: Lowers the culture of target society.&nbsp; Cost: 2 Limit, 1 Willpower<br><br>Wily Tiger Emulates Serpent Manuver: Lowers the Government of target society.&nbsp; Cost: 2 limit, 2 willpower (stunt)<br><br>Serpent Stalks the Reeds Insinuation: Increases the spy rating in target society.&nbsp; Cost: 1 limit, 2 willpower (stunt)<br><br>Tiger Looses Bear Declaration: Declares war on up to 2 societies.&nbsp; Cost: 3+ limit, 1 willpower<br><br>Tiger Welcomes Mouse Enticement: Initiates trade with target society.&nbsp; Cost: 1 limit, 2 willpower 1/year (stunt)<br><br>Two Tigers Circle Covenant: Creates nonagression pact with target society.&nbsp; Cost: 2 limit, 3 willpower 1/season (stunt)<br><br>Savant's Serene Coalition: Creates an alliance with target society.&nbsp; Cost: 3 limit, 2 willpower&nbsp; 1/year (stunt)<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Mnemaxa</strong> on <strong>05-05-2009, 01:46:32</strong>
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				Crystal Words Like Falling Knives will use Mouse Calms the Nest Pacification; she will walk among the believers and speak of the Vizier's great works, and her unerring destiny to right all that is wrong with the world; her minions and tools will be given to those who need their lusts slaked (unheeding which lusts need to be slaked - they are merely tools and toys, hardly even worth calling 'alive').<br><br>I'll post on the matter shortly.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>The Great Triangle</strong> on <strong>05-05-2009, 02:00:32</strong>
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				Right, you can have a +2 stunt bonus.&nbsp; :)
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Ex] Exalted: the God Damned South; OOC Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Mnemaxa</strong> on <strong>07-06-2009, 05:58:08</strong>
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				I hope this game is still alive.<br><br>I finally am, after a month of living hell.
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