Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC
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				Title: <strong>Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>30-03-2023, 00:07:46</strong>
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				(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f5/Fantasy_art_artwork-76368.jpg)&nbsp; (https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/12/Game_in_the_North.jpg)<br><br><br><em>It began quietly, as many things do.<br><br>Whispers.<br><br>Rumours.<br><br>That somewhere to the North of Rubylak, in the mountains that even the hardiest forests couldn't cling to, that a veritable trove of artifacts from the First Age had been uncovered. <br><br>It was a lost tomb.<br><br>No, a town swallowed by the earth.<br><br>No, a city, lost beneath the ice.<br><br>Rumour flew on the wind, and many powerful eyes turned north. The Guild. The noble Houses of the Realm. Scavenger Lords and mercenary companies, and everyone who had an eye for a treasure .. as well as those who would profit from the ones that rushed northwards.<br><br>Of course, the truth of what was found would only be found far closer to the source, and so yet another group decided to make it's way northwards.<br><br>One with a far more personal link to those dreams of the First Age ..</em><br><br><br>I haven't done up a character sheet yet, but this one looks decent<br>https://mrgone.rocksolidshells.com/pdf/Exalted/ExaltedEssence_2-Page_Interactive.pdf<br><br><br><strong>Character Generation:</strong><br>Abilities:<br>Rather than taking the spread of abilities, I'm going with the alternative option. You have 23 points to assign to abilities, however you choose.<br><br>Merits:<br>Players may choose either 1 Primary / 1 Secondary / 1 Tertiary or 2 Secondary / 2 Tertiary<br><br><em>More to be added in here as I work through character generation myself :)</em><br><br><br><strong>Dramatis Personae:</strong><br>AndyZ - <br>Angie - <strong>Solar</strong> - <em>Dawn</em><br>Empyrean - <strong>Solar</strong> - <em>Twilight</em><br>Muse - <strong>Solar</strong> - <em>Zenith</em><br>Revelation -<strong> Lunar </strong>- <em>Casteless</em><br>Wheresmycow - <strong>Solar</strong> - <em>Night</em><br><br><br>
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				Post by: <strong>Angie</strong> on <strong>30-03-2023, 00:11:16</strong>
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				That's a cool looking sheet, I like it.
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				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>30-03-2023, 00:16:54</strong>
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				If people want to use them for the game, that wouldn't be a problem.
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				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>30-03-2023, 00:17:27</strong>
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				Hi
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				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>30-03-2023, 01:49:43</strong>
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				Hi!<br>
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				Post by: <strong>Wheresmycow</strong> on <strong>30-03-2023, 02:10:41</strong>
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				Hello.<br><br>I'm still light on details on what I would do with my night caste other than being sneaky.&nbsp; Might just go uber thief/spy.
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				Post by: <strong>Angie</strong> on <strong>30-03-2023, 02:15:04</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=350090.msg16438566#msg16438566">Quote from: Wheresmycow on 30-03-2023, 02:10:41</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hello.<br><br>I'm still light on details on what I would do with my night caste other than being sneaky.&nbsp; Might just go uber thief/spy.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Nothing wrong with that. I kinda ended up protector heavy with the concept and the charms picked.<br><br>Damnit I need to find good art now.
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				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>30-03-2023, 03:02:27</strong>
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				I've built Canaraya as our resident maker of artifacts. :) She'll also have her own airship to help us get around.
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				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>30-03-2023, 03:03:40</strong>
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				Okay, so what do we have so far?
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				Post by: <strong>Revelation</strong> on <strong>30-03-2023, 03:03:48</strong>
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				So Angie is playing a Dawn, right? In that case I may well play a Full Moon lunar just to see how they work.
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				Post by: <strong>Angie</strong> on <strong>30-03-2023, 03:17:33</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=350090.msg16438613#msg16438613">Quote from: Revelation on 30-03-2023, 03:03:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">So Angie is playing a Dawn, right? In that case I may well play a Full Moon lunar just to see how they work.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yeah I kinda ended up here, 900 words later. May as well post what I wrote down.<br><br>Currently stuck on deciding a third intimacy. <br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Unimportant Backstory Stuff</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center"><em>We the Wolves are our only family in an uncaring world.<br><br>To turn your back on family is the gravest treason, punished by death.<br><br>That is the code of the White Wolves.</em></div><br><br>Life is not fair. Ideas of justice or equality shatter in the face of an uncaring Creation. For Estela the Unbending Azurite, this was a lesson learned early-and often. She was born to a poor family, and was taken in her youth by a Realm Dynast to be a family servant and entertainer, primarily in the art of dance.<br><br>Despising her treatment, she escaped as a teenager, fleeing far North. She stole a rapier from the family house before fleeing, using her skills at dance to face off against bandits and outlaws, earning enough from the bounties to live. It wasn’t long before she found a mercenary company known as the White Wolves, as she ended up hunting the same bounty that one of their captains was tracking. They split the prize, and she was invited to join the Wolves as the captain was impressed with her skill.<br><br>The rest of the Wolves weren’t convinced, however, and demanded to see her skill. Specifically, the captain of the tenth division challenged her to a duel. She chose to face him unarmed while he used a sword. “I need no blade.” She said. The battle was a display of the Captain’s brute force versus her impeccable grace, with Estela dodging every strike until she made her move, drawing the Captain’s dagger from his belt and holding the blade to his throat. “I need no blade…for yours will do nicely.” <br><br>The Leader of the White Wolves also witnessed her duel, and immediately approved her joining the Wolves. From there, she proved a quick study with all forms of combat, and when tasked with commanding a small unit of Wolves to battle a gang that was harassing local merchants, she proved skilled at command as well. Respect followed swiftly as her reputation as a fighter, commander, and dancer grew. She was given the name of Unbending Azurite, named for her dedication to fulfilling her orders and for her beautiful eyes.<br><br>Eventually, she was placed directly beneath the Captain of the Tenth Division, the same one she had dueled for her admittance into the Wolves, and they were given a task of grave importance: A very wealthy client had hired the Wolves to acquire a priceless treasure, one that had recently been seen moving through town on its way to the Blessed Isle. The client did not want to see the treasure rot in the collection of a fat Imperial noble. <br><br>The guards were swiftly dispatched with swift blades and cunning tactics, surrounding them in a tea parlor where they had taken rest and putting them to the sword. Speaking of swords, that was what the treasure was: A blade of blue, near translucent, shining like freshly formed ice. Estela claimed the blade as the Captain gave a fateful order: The employees and all other guests of the tea house would also be killed to cover their tracks.<br><br>“What?” Estela said. “They are innocent! We do not kill simply for convenience!” <br><br>“The Realm will come for us if they find out we took their trinket, girl.” The Captain said. “That sword is worth more than ten thousand lives.”<br><br>Whispers spread throughout the men of the Tenth Division. Many of them were mercenaries without morals, the same as their brethren, but their stomachs churned at the thought of spilling innocent blood. Others would obey their Captain no matter how heinous the orders. Still others felt more loyalty to Estela than the Captain, and waited to see her decision.<br><br>Estela refused to back down, and so battle ensued. The Tenth Division had sent 50 men along with Estela and the Captain, and as brother betrayed brother, the tea parlor and the street it stood on ran red with blood. Estela used the sword they had come to steal, cutting through her fellow Wolves with ease, until she heard a child scream. She looked and saw one of the Wolves about to cut down a young girl. <br><br>“No!” She shouted, rushing over and taking the lethal blow for the child. The battle stopped as both sides watched Estela fall. Those who sided with her were cut down without mercy, leaving the Captain and his loyal Wolves. Laughing, the Captain stood over Estela, and reached down to take the sword from her.<br><br>He received a stab through the throat, as Estela’s wounds knitted themselves together, and a heavenly light shined from her eyes. Alone, she faced the remaining Wolves, though only a few believed they had the power to face a woman who rose from death. The rest scattered, and Estela was left alone, blade in hand. <br><br>Knowing that her treason to the Wolves would never be forgiven, no matter the circumstances, she fled the life she knew for a second time. Taking the same path she had before, even further North. Only now she held a mysterious power, one she struggles to understand. Who is she, and does she have a grand destiny? Her dreams seem to know, as she finds herself drawn to the city of Rubylak, wanting to know more…<br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>30-03-2023, 03:40:26</strong>
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				I'm making a Twilight.<br><br>Also, Hairy, did you have any thoughts about the Hearthstone?
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				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>30-03-2023, 18:51:33</strong>
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				Yeah, I was looking around and found a few that might give us something to work with<br><br>3rd ed core book has this one, but its a Fire stone<br>Gem of Endless Summer (Greater)<br>Keywords: None<br>The presence of this hearthstone warms the land and air around it to the temperature it would normally assume in the height of summer. Both day and night time temperatures mirror summer equivalents. This effect extends for four miles around the stone and ends abruptly at the edge. If someone moves the stone, the warmth moves with it, but snow and frozen ground thaw only as fast as they would if exposed to normal summer temperatures. The effect extends several yards down into the soil, allowing normal plant cultivation in the frozen depths of a northern winter.<br><br>Oadanals Codex has this<br>SONG OF LIFE STONE (MANSE ••••)<br>At will, this sphere banded with brown and white forces plants to grow with unnatural speed and vigor anywhere within the sound of the bearer’s voice. Trees put out leaves, flower and bear fruit out of season in the span of an afternoon, while vines and other plants undergo a year’s growth in a single scene. This unnatural growth ceases at the end of the scene, but the affects remain. The stone’s power also brings wilted or dying plants instantly back to full health. It can even restore dead plants to life as long as they are still rooted in the ground. The bearer can fill a barren or ruined field with ripe grain in a single scene and could bless several dozen square miles of land in a day<br><br>and there's also this artefact<br>TRAVELER’S STAFF (ARTIFACT •)<br>This gnarled staff is a branch from an ancient apple tree found in a powerful Wood demesne on the Blessed Isle. The Empress claimed this demesne as a crownland until a few decades ago, when she awarded it to House V’neef. Only tools of the magical materials can cut this tree’s wood, and only a master of Lore, Occult and Craft (Wood) can preserve the ageless tree’s magic in a staff. A traveller's staff can be used as a normal quarterstaff in combat, but the staff is more useful as a source of food, firewood and shelter. At sunset, the user may plant the staff into the earth and commit 3 motes. The branch then grows into a full-size apple tree that bears enough ripe fruit to feed five people for the evening. If she needs firewood, the owner can use the tree’s branches to provide it—wood gathered this way<br>burns readily. Come morning, she can find a large, straight branch that easily snaps off—and it becomes the original staff. The tree then dies and rapidly rots away. By sunset, no sign of its presence remains, and the Essence is released to the Exalt who caused it to grow.<br><br><br>If we combine them, maybe something like this<br><br><em>Gem of TBD (Greater)<br>Keywords: None<br>The presence of this hearthstone warms the land and air around it to the temperature it would normally assume in the height of summer. Both day and night time temperatures mirror summer equivalents. This effect extends for five yards around the stone and ends abruptly at the edge. If someone moves the stone, the warmth moves with it, but snow and frozen ground thaw only as fast as they would if exposed to normal summer temperatures. The effect extends several yards down into the soil, allowing normal plant cultivation in the frozen depths of a northern winter.<br><br>It can also produce food bearing plants (fruit trees, vegetables and grains), causing them to spring up from the ground and mature in the space of a single scene. Once created, these plants will continue to grow and flourish normally, assuming conditions allow.<br><br>The manse that the stone is from manifests a similar ability, though the effect is in miles rather than yards.</em><br><br>Does that line up with what you had in mind?<br>
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				Post by: <strong>Revelation</strong> on <strong>30-03-2023, 20:21:55</strong>
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				OK, I'm actually thinking something a tad unorthodox with a casteless lunar. maybe a Lunar who only recently exalted, or perhaps a slightly more experienced one who has forsaken the tattoos. I've never actually played Casteless before, so why not give it a try? We're starting well away from places like Gethamane and Whitewall, so I'm trying to think of what and where she'd be from. Maybe a tribal warrior who's hunting or raiding party was beset upon by the Fair Folk in an ambush. Her stubbornness and absolute refusal to die earned her the second breath, and since then she's taken to wandering, something of roaming hunter of the wicked and evil (of which there are certainly plenty of in creation). I really like the White Reaper style martial art, so I think if I go with this idea she'll be a practitioner of such.
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				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>30-03-2023, 20:53:33</strong>
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				That hearthstone sounds like exactly what I had in mind. :) 
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				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>31-03-2023, 01:37:16</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=350090.msg16439135#msg16439135">Quote from: Revelation on 30-03-2023, 20:21:55</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">OK, I'm actually thinking something a tad unorthodox with a casteless lunar. maybe a Lunar who only recently exalted, or perhaps a slightly more experienced one who has forsaken the tattoos. I've never actually played Casteless before, so why not give it a try? We're starting well away from places like Gethamane and Whitewall, so I'm trying to think of what and where she'd be from. Maybe a tribal warrior who's hunting or raiding party was beset upon by the Fair Folk in an ambush. Her stubbornness and absolute refusal to die earned her the second breath, and since then she's taken to wandering, something of roaming hunter of the wicked and evil (of which there are certainly plenty of in creation). I really like the White Reaper style martial art, so I think if I go with this idea she'll be a practitioner of such.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Doesn't look like Casteless is as much of a problem as it was in previous editions, so should be doable.<br><br>Your character doesn't have to be from the North btw.<br><br>Are you thinking of having them as a lunar mate to someone's solar?<br><br>And for simplicity's sake, we'll assume everyone has been travelling together for at least a few months at this point :)
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				Post by: <strong>Revelation</strong> on <strong>31-03-2023, 01:40:09</strong>
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				Every exaltation type is fairly simplified and there's no innate penalties for Casteless, they actually seem to live up to what a Lunar could be. <br><br>I'm not opposed to being the made of one of the solar PCs, but I would definitely want to hammer out the deets with whoever's interested!<br><br>I figured we didn't have to be from the north, but I feel it'd be better to be from somewhere around the area, we're pretty up north I think!
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				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>31-03-2023, 01:45:24</strong>
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				With Exalted, word could have carried to any of the major Northern towns, and Nexus due to Guild involvement. Of course, the further away from the action, the wilder some of the stories may be :)
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				Post by: <strong>Revelation</strong> on <strong>31-03-2023, 01:56:49</strong>
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				In that case, I might make a Whitewall based character. A woman who may or may not have committed a crime and was chosen as one of the yearly sacrifices.&nbsp; Instead of going out to die, she was able to survive and even exalted due to such. She's elected to travel the world and learn more of her power, while also seeking to do some good in the world too. <br><br>What are our Merit allocations? Helps me work out a bit of what she might have scrounged up post exaltation for sure.<br><br><del>Do Lunars still have tells in current exalted lore? Their description/information is non existent for such and thinking on spirit shape might influence the look of the character.</del> Disregard, I see the tell is still in.
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				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>31-03-2023, 02:03:17</strong>
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				I'm popping character generation stuff into the first post as I work my way through it myself
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				Post by: <strong>Wheresmycow</strong> on <strong>31-03-2023, 02:13:27</strong>
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				Still working out the basic idea for what I want this Night caste to be.&nbsp; I think I will be going all in on the sneaky sneaky, someone who is good at slipping by either completely unnoticed or disguised as someone else.&nbsp; Probably not going to go to heavy on background, maybe just a light touch on where he came from, what got him exalted and what his goal is.
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				Post by: <strong>Revelation</strong> on <strong>31-03-2023, 02:14:39</strong>
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				I don't intend to be too background heavy myself. I usually feel the 'Where are we now?' is better/more important than 'How did we get here?' for exalted. 
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				Post by: <strong>Angie</strong> on <strong>31-03-2023, 03:30:23</strong>
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				I'm pretty set on CC myself except for Merits, but I can roll with any curveballs. Intimacies were a bit tricky but I think I got a few good ones. <br><br>I'm open to having a Lunar Mate, it might even tie in with one of the Intimacies she has (having lost her family and her mercenary "family" she misses being part of a group)
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				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>31-03-2023, 14:55:50</strong>
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				I’m low on ideas now but strongly considering a major ice merchant with fantastic Resources.&nbsp; Folks in Nexus or Chiaroscuro who are rich enough to afford ice in summer get it in part from Northern tribes who hack off huge hunks of it, and they get various things in turn that help surviving the cold North.
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				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>31-03-2023, 20:39:32</strong>
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				When it comes to Merits, keep in mind I'm primarily looking at this as a one shot to see how it plays. If people like it, and want to continue, I'll probably do a bit of a soft reset and let everyone tweak their sheet, depending on what they've found that works and what doesn't.
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				Post by: <strong>Wheresmycow</strong> on <strong>01-04-2023, 01:50:44</strong>
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				Okay, scrapping my idea because I'm just going to go wild with this Night caste idea.<br><br>Stealthy assassin yes, but he does it with dual firepieces and practices Righteous Devil Style.&nbsp; Ranged Combat at 5, Stealth at 4.&nbsp; He goes by Chance, but his sobriquet is Chances-In-Flames as if he has to show up, the target has run out of chances to change their ways.&nbsp; His whole deal is he gets in quiet, goes very loud and very messy, then disappears in the confusion.<br><br>Artifact primary and tertiary for dual firepieces and silk armour respectively, still haven't figured out the secondary.&nbsp; Was thinking contacts or familiar but still undecided.
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				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>01-04-2023, 02:06:44</strong>
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				I always liked Plasma Tongue Repeaters for RDS .. regular firewands are too short ranged for my liking. Still, looks like things are much simplified now in Essence .. no more tracking ammo, and sounds like it'll hit out to medium range.
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				Post by: <strong>Wheresmycow</strong> on <strong>01-04-2023, 03:04:34</strong>
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				Yep, very handy like that.&nbsp; Ammo tracking is always annoying.
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				Post by: <strong>Marie Reynolds</strong> on <strong>01-04-2023, 17:45:22</strong>
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				Hello all are we looking for a full circle for castes&nbsp; or just go with whatever appeals to us most?
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				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>01-04-2023, 17:49:02</strong>
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				If you want Eclipse, I can try for a Lunar.
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				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>01-04-2023, 17:50:28</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=350090.msg16440661#msg16440661">Quote from: Marie Reynolds on 01-04-2023, 17:45:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hello all are we looking for a full circle for castes&nbsp; or just go with whatever appeals to us most?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Go with what you want to try. Its new to all of us :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Marie Reynolds</strong> on <strong>01-04-2023, 17:53:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I had my eye on Night caste,&nbsp; I do not have a full concept in mind yet so that could change. Overlapping castes and such don't bother me cause even two of the same caste can be wildly different so don't worry about changing any ideas on my account.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wheresmycow</strong> on <strong>01-04-2023, 19:07:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm very not worried about niche protection because a dual firepiece wielding Night Caste is such a specific thing and I'm not even certain it's a functional idea.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>02-04-2023, 02:45:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Well, we can test out whatever we want in this game :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>02-04-2023, 15:15:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Popping in to say hi. Got a few ideas bouncing around, current one is a Sidereal assistant to Nara-O who has a really really bad memory. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Marie Reynolds</strong> on <strong>02-04-2023, 15:49:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Welcome to the group ShadowFox!<br><br>Okay so here is what I have on my character idea. I hope this works.<br>Name: Pīndi Roi <br>Sobriquet: Shadowy Willow<br>Exalt type: Solar<br>Caste: Night<br>Concept: Pious Survivalist and Guide<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header"> History</div><div class="spoiler_body">Pīndi Roi&nbsp; Family lived in Village&nbsp; in Halta that was on the ground and protected&nbsp; by the Nature goddess, Dya Mossy Canopy of the Intrepid Heart.. She saw how&nbsp; the constant turmoil&nbsp; would make life difficult for her people and so she decided to offer to take those that wished to travel from the lands of Halta to avoid being stuck between the fair folk and the constant fighting between the Linowans and the Haltans. Her journey with her people to find her new home even cause some unforeseen changes in her, She went from just a Nature deity to deity that now encompassed&nbsp; portfolios of travel, community and survival. On their journey they finally came to stop and rest at Great Forks s she&nbsp; and her followers came to&nbsp; see what the city was like the decided to&nbsp; reside in Great Forks. Even Establish a Temple to Dya. Pīndi was a young child when the journey began and she group up on the journey and visiting many&nbsp; places on&nbsp; the way to&nbsp; what wound up being the final destination Great Forks.<br><br>Dya's Temple also became a place to find skill guides even among her non exalted followers, God blooded and even few Dragon blooded among her ranks. Pīndi even&nbsp; took to this life. Dya's followers could be sum as priests or prietess/survivalists and guides. Merchants, Scholars and a variety of travelers would seek the services of her faithful. It was on one such Job, Pīndi was already in her 30's by this time and&nbsp; the job was to take a scholar and team to&nbsp; try and find a ruin&nbsp; to see what was their. When they got their it turned out to be a bust as nothing was really left to research or find of value and so the group who had hired the services of the temple decided they could despite the risk of angering a terrestrial god they tried to capture Pīndi to sell her to slavery in Nexus. When the conflict broke out and things looked dire for Pīndi something miraculous occurred and a swirl of light and shadow surrounded the girl and a empty circle appeared on her forehead. After the ordeal was done and she stood over the dead group that tried to take her as a source of profit for their failed expedition. She confided what had happened to&nbsp; only her Goddess Dya on that day. Since her Exaltation, She also started taking on commissions to aid groups that would target threats to Great Forks as&nbsp; well this helped Dya and her Followers curry favor with the&nbsp; Ruling gods of Great forks as well. She has been doing this for 6 years and is now 36.</div></div><br>So if one of the PCs who learned of this rumor would be interested in&nbsp; maybe Hiring Pīndi&nbsp; from her temple That would probably be the easiest way to get in with the group. They might not have had&nbsp; to pay&nbsp; a great deal of money but some money might pass hands but likely the negotiations would include procuring at least some artifact or some such thing to go to the temple. We can hash out the particulars more if someone wants to be that tie in.<br><br>Also Hairy let me know if Dya as a Terrestrial god would be a good Primary or Secondary Ally or If Dya needs to be bumped up the Gods food chain.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wheresmycow</strong> on <strong>03-04-2023, 01:54:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay, so this is what I have for a character sheet so far:<br><br>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LNiOf-zyauua7PcfYwTyFHggx9XWgVhP/view?usp=share_link<br><br>I might end up changing it over to a doc of some sort because google drive is very iffy on allowing pdf editing once they've been uploaded.<br><br>As for bio, I'm thinking of a rough he grew up in the South and worked as secret police.&nbsp; Very much believed in the idea of justice and rooting out criminal organizations and so on.&nbsp; Became heavily jaded with corruption, decided to go out in a blaze of glory cleaning up government and criminals, and then ended up Exalting instead.&nbsp; Now he's kind of like a hired killer/vigilante, his targets basically people who have run out of chances to give themselves up or turn things around.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>03-04-2023, 15:40:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				How's this template look?&nbsp; <br><br>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MCX0VCeSPpENxm3Ssik6xEwXTq3wjwylj5DLdlmXOiU/edit<br><br>anyone want a coppy?&nbsp; PM me with your email.&nbsp; ::)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wheresmycow</strong> on <strong>03-04-2023, 19:43:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Well, real life has happened to me in an unfortunate way, so I will need to bow out of this.&nbsp; Have fun everyone, hope you all have a great time.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>03-04-2023, 19:44:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sympathies.&nbsp; Real life can be rough at times.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>03-04-2023, 23:50:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=350090.msg16442164#msg16442164">Quote from: Wheresmycow on 03-04-2023, 19:43:23</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Well, real life has happened to me in an unfortunate way, so I will need to bow out of this.&nbsp; Have fun everyone, hope you all have a great time.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>No worries. If things change again, you know where we are.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Marie Reynolds</strong> on <strong>04-04-2023, 00:10:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hope things get better Wheresmycow.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>04-04-2023, 00:10:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				BTW, how are people getting on with concepts and sheets? Anything I can help with?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Marie Reynolds</strong> on <strong>04-04-2023, 00:18:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Here is a question that might have gotten lost in the sea of information for my concept and&nbsp; character history post.&nbsp; Also Hairy let me know if Dya as a Terrestrial god would be a good Primary or Secondary Ally or If Dya needs to be bumped up the Gods food chain.<br>.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>04-04-2023, 00:39:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry about that. As a regional terrestrial deity, I think secondary is okay.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Marie Reynolds</strong> on <strong>04-04-2023, 00:44:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Its all good it was at the bottom of the post, So not unusual to be missed. Thanks for the input!&nbsp; As far as a sheet goes I just need to select charms and choose the rest of my merits and work on intimacies. Then figure out a good way to make my copy in a format visible for all.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Angie</strong> on <strong>04-04-2023, 04:54:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I have a sheet, it's just on a different computer. Will post tomorrow.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>04-04-2023, 05:53:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				What do we currently have for a group? I have two ideas at the moment; one being a dawn Caste the other a chosen of journeys.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>04-04-2023, 12:57:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=350090.msg16442323#msg16442323">Quote from: HairyHeretic on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 00:10:27</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">BTW, how are people getting on with concepts and sheets? Anything I can help with?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Still this, Hairy.&nbsp; :)<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=350090.msg16442024#msg16442024">Quote from: Muse on 03-04-2023, 15:40:27</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">How's this template look?&nbsp; <br><br>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MCX0VCeSPpENxm3Ssik6xEwXTq3wjwylj5DLdlmXOiU/edit<br><br>anyone want a coppy?&nbsp; PM me with your email.&nbsp; ::)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Angie</strong> on <strong>04-04-2023, 21:49:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm probably gonna convert the sheet to something more text based (it'll look ugly but I can actually share it), I have it complete except for Merits because I literally cannot think of any. Maybe some tertiary resources to represent cash she had saved up? I sure as hell can't think of a good Primary one since most of them are social based and it's hard to justify those when I wrote her cutting all ties.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>04-04-2023, 22:57:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=350090.msg16442694#msg16442694">Quote from: Muse on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 12:57:02</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Still this, Hairy.&nbsp; :)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>You might want to add a section for milestones, since this is how advancement is handled by the looks of it<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=350090.msg16442976#msg16442976">Quote from: Angie on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 21:49:06</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I'm probably gonna convert the sheet to something more text based (it'll look ugly but I can actually share it), I have it complete except for Merits because I literally cannot think of any. Maybe some tertiary resources to represent cash she had saved up? I sure as hell can't think of a good Primary one since most of them are social based and it's hard to justify those when I wrote her cutting all ties.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>We can look at converting 3rd ed merits (or even 2nd ed maybe)<br><br>By the looks if it, a 1-2 dot merit would be a tertiary, a 3-4 dot one a secondary, and a 5 dot one a primary.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Angie</strong> on <strong>04-04-2023, 23:20:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Maybe I can add a bit about her not completely losing access to some contacts and allies, maybe she managed to build some relationships that didn't hinge on the White Wolves so she still has informants scattered around the place...Think I'll go 2 secondary, 2 tertiary. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revelation</strong> on <strong>05-04-2023, 00:12:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=350090.msg16442537#msg16442537">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 05:53:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">What do we currently have for a group? I have two ideas at the moment; one being a dawn Caste the other a chosen of journeys.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I know Angie is a Dawn, and I'm going to be making a casteless lunar who's effectively also a warrior.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Angie</strong> on <strong>05-04-2023, 04:24:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay, figured it out. Got a network of informants, a high ranking buddy in whatever forces of law that Rubylak has, and some cash flow (probably investments of some kind, still working on it, I am absolutely just crowbaring in terrible justifications)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Marie Reynolds</strong> on <strong>05-04-2023, 13:54:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				We have my night caste guide/survivalist/priestess ish. If any would like to make ties and possible made some type of bargain with my characters Goddess to be on the expedition that would be awesome! Also other ties are welcome, if you would like to discuss them. <br><br>Angie a Mercenary who had some contacts outside her unit is not&nbsp; out of place and having a stash of money set aside for emergencies in case of&nbsp; unforeseen events sounds like good forethought and cautiousness. Given her some of the things that went on your characters history it would make a lot sense she would develop some things in case things sour and not leave herself completely out&nbsp; in the cold with no support.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted Essence - Beyond the White Horizon - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>05-04-2023, 15:20:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;I've got an Endings written up, though I realize now that his background is VERY similar to a Mr.Bond.<br><br><br>edit: though, a more accurate descriptor for him<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/gY3VJaZ.jpg)</div></div>
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