Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC
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				Title: <strong>Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 02:17:25</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Setting - The Nation of Dhergham</strong></span><br><br>Lying far to the South East of Creation, the nation of Dhergham, which calls itself the Lion of the Dreaming Sea, is a relatively small nation. Though not insular, it has little contact with the wider world, by dint simply of how far from everywhere else it is.<br><br>So close to the borders of Creation, the touch of the Wyld is frequently visible in both the inhabitants of the nation, and its own geography. As such, lesser (or beneficial) mutations are not the stigma here that they are in other places.<br><br>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/1c/Gamemap2.jpg)<br><br><em>Click on image to enlarge map</em><br><br>From the capital of Abqaliyah, the Dragonbloods of House Sharji rule, as they have done (so they say) from the breaking of the world, when the devil queen was cast down. <br><br>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/ab/Sharji1.jpg)&nbsp; (https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/63/Sharji2.jpg)<br><br>The city is the centre of all commerce and learning in the nation, vast herds and tons of crops making their way in daily, whereupon ships at the port load them and carry them to many other shores of the Dreaming Sea. Merchants haggle over a thousand goods and scholars debate the nature of Creation. <br><br><br>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/d8/Abqaliyah.jpg)&nbsp; (https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/68/Wallpapersden.com_fantasy-ancient-city-cool-illustration_3840x2159.jpg)<br><br>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/75/Avokhar_City-3.jpg)<br><br>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a3/HD-wallpaper-the-prince-of-cats-art-roof-city-fantasy-luminos-shen-fei-man-prince-of-cats.jpg)<br><br>The weather is hot, but the nearby sea keeps the coastal regions pleasant. The further one journeys inland, the hotter it can become, with cropland giving way to savanna where the great herds roam, and savanna giving way to deserts and mountains in turn. Strange storms can flare up out of nowhere and sweep across the land, leaving all kinds of wonders in their wake .. getting caught in the path of one is a less pleasant experience though. If you’re lucky, a few minor physical changes can be expected. If you’re unlucky .. well, you never know what you may end up as. <br><br>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/47/Kisa2.jpg)&nbsp; (https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/da/Add8bb8bcd0854092db87c0f93652a2e.jpg)<br><br>Slavery is a fact of life here, as in much of Creation. Slaves fetch and carry, farm and herd, while the local Immaculate monks preach that a dutiful slave in this life may return in the next as something more. There are always those who seek to fight against the natural order of things, and escaped slaves sometimes form into bands who seek to pillage and plunder, taking what they have not rightly earned, while avoiding the dangers that lurk far from civilisation ... beasts, beast-men and the nameless ones that ride the Wyld storms like fractious mounts, and prey on all that is. <br><br>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/3/32/Beastman.jpg)<br><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Places of Note:</strong></span><br><strong>The Diamond Bridge</strong><br>Spanning the mighty Najamarra river, the Diamond Bridge is a wonder of the First Age. Made of crystal, it crosses the miles to the other bank, sturdy enough to carry thousands of people at once in perfect safety. Not even the worst storm can shake it.<br><br>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/50/Crystalbridge.jpg)<br><br><strong>The Drowned City</strong><br>The sages say that the Serpent Isles were once a single island, but when the world was torn asunder, the city that stood here was dropped into the sea and drowned. The water is clear enough, most of the time, to see the buildings that have remained intact, home now to little more than fish and ghosts.<br><br>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/ff/Drownedcity.jpg)<br><br>There are rumours of many darker things that live among the city that drowned, but that does not stop intrepid souls from diving there to try and find lost treasures.<br><br><br><strong>First Age Ruins</strong><br>There are a handful of ruins dotted around the nation, the biggest in the far north and south. Many treasure seekers have delved into them over the centuries, and they are believed mostly picked clean of anything useful now. Anyone going into them now is more likely to find monsters than treasure.<br><br>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/64/Firstageruins.jpg)<br><br><br><strong>The City of the Dead</strong><br>No one quite knows what happened here. The original name of the city has been stricken from all records, and it is only referred to as the City of the Dead, for that is what it has become. The dead still walk here, their spirits replaying the lives they lived, over and over again. Sometimes they will remain apparently ignorant of the living who intrude on their domain, sometimes they will turn on them in spectral fury, and then one more spirit comes to dwell within the city, and join their mimicry of life.<br><br>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/b4/Cityofthedead.jpg)<br><br>There are still those brave or foolish enough to risk the city in search of treasures, though few return with anything more than stories and warnings for the next unwary group.<br><br><br><strong>The Silver Tower</strong><br>The valley that contains the structure known as the Silver Tower is one the wise avoid, as the taint of the Wyld lies heavily on it.<br><br>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/2e/SILVERTOWER.png)<br><br>Strange beasts and plants, even the very land itself bears the mark of the Wyld, and at the heart of the valley, a strange tower of crystal that towers as high as any mountain, unmarked by the passage of time, and with no visible ways in or out.<br><br><strong>The Field of Bones</strong><br>Lying at the edge of the desert, the landscape here is bleached an unnatural dirty white, the rock outcrops suggesting the bones of great behemoths that lie half buried in the ground. Other shapes look like the figures of men and beasts, frozen mid battle and turned to stone, now worn down by time. <br><br>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/b4/Fieldofbones.jpg)<br><br>The wind echoes strangely here, carrying distant sounds of what sounds like fighting, but nothing is ever seen. Occasionally great masses of bones will be found, like a herd of animals that chose to die together, or a caravan slaughtered by forces unknown, with every bone stripped clean.<br><br>There is a great cave complex beneath the Field of Bones, but the extent of it is unknown. Many of the tunnels are small or unstable, so little of it has been explored.<br><br><strong>Other things of note:</strong><br><br>Perhaps related to the land’s name, but there are (relatively) large numbers of Simhata to be found roaming the savanna lands. The young Dragonbloods of House Sharji prize them highly, and taming your own Simhata is something of a rite of passage for them.<br><br><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Game thread</span> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346569.0)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 02:17:44</strong>
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				Character creation - Placeholder post<br><br>As has been mentioned, we will be starting with mortal characters, so character creation will be a two part thing. The first will be the creation of the mortal character, the second the creation of the Exalt from that character.<br><br><strong>Mortal Character Creation:</strong><br>Choose archtype (if desired) from Scroll of Heroes (remember that the Archtypes grant some bonus ability dots) - if you don't want to use one of these, that's fine too.<br>Chose mortal motivation and intimacies as per p27 of Scroll of Heroes.<br>Attributes - 1 free dot in each and then 6/4/3 to primary / secondary / teritary<br>Allocated 25 dots to abilities (max of 3 unless bonus points spent)<br>Chose favoured ability, must have at least 1 dot in that.<br>Backgrounds - 5 dots.<br>Virtues - 1 dot in each, and 5 dots to allocate from there.<br>Essence 1, but no personal or peripheral pool yet<br>Willpower - Starts at 3, can be bought up higher<br>Health levels - [.0] [-1] [-1] [-2] [-2] [-4] [Inc]<br>21 bonus points to spend [Bonus points not spent at mortal creation can be banked to be spent post Exaltation.]<br>Players can take up to 15 points of flaws<br>Players may take up to 2 points of positive mutations for free<br><br>After character creation, each player may spend <strong>30xp</strong> to represent their adventures up to this point.<br><br><strong>Person / Place / Thing</strong><br>Contributing one of the above will get the player 3 additional bonus points.<br>Contributing one of each will get you 10 (3 for each and a bonus 1 for completing the set)<br><em>Person</em> is any kind of NPC, mortal, exalt or spirit.<br><em>Place</em> can be a single building, a village, a district, a local landmark.<br><em>Thing</em> can be absolutely anything - a local legend, an artifact, a monster, an organization or group, or anything from the previous categories.<br>Ideally, it should be something we can bring into play and that the players might want to interact with at some point in the game. These will help flesh the setting out and give us new plot hooks to play with.<br><br><strong>Exaltation</strong><br>Attributes - add 2/2/1 to primary / secondary / teritary<br>Abilities - Choose caste and favoured abilities. Add 10 more dots to abilities. At least half these should go to Caste or Favoured abilities. These may raise abilities to 5 without the need to spend bonus points.<br>Backgrounds - Add 2 more points to backgrounds. <br>Charms - Choose 10<br>Virtues - Choose virtue flaw<br>Essence - Increase to 3. Determine personal and peripheral pools normally.<br>Willpower - Increase by 2<br>Intimacies - Choose additional if desired<br>Motivation - Adjust motivation if desired, but should be similar to mortal one where possible.<br><strong>Any unspent XP or bonus points can be spent at this time.</strong><br><br><br><span style="font-size: 15pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Character sheets folder</strong></span> (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17cmNccWKSimRBQ33RD6RI3LNEydCvG8x)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 02:18:59</strong>
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				Game / House rules and other things of note - Placeholder post<br><br>New mutation - <strong>Subtle</strong> - cost 1 point<br>This mutation can be applied on top of another, to make the base mutation all but unnoticeable (at least until it is used).<br><br>Convenient list of mutations<br>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XnLymHhAnj8QSWhfR24mWdFNllmIV1qlzLWBJXauR1c/edit
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				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 02:21:03</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 02:37:14</strong>
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				I'm going to start off with the character creation rules. If anyone wants to offer feedback or suggestions around these, post here, and I'll revise the post above as needed.<br><br>Although characters will start off slaves, they will have had a life prior to that, and this means that certain backgrounds could be taken, and just marked as unavailable until they were regained later. Followers, resources, etc etc . It will be up to the player how quickly they can act in game to regain access to those things again, but I don't intend to permanently remove stuff you've bought.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 05:05:01</strong>
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				So Zenith or night caste? That's the question at this point.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 08:50:52</strong>
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				Ok, here comes my contributions;<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Person</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatright">(https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/019/042/913/large/mateusz-mizak-1merchant-1-art.jpg?1561747317)</div><strong>Kassim Razhaad</strong>, also known titles as <em>The Entertainer</em>, <em>Man of Mirrors and Smoke</em> and <em>The Silver Leech King</em>. He is presently most wealthy and influential merchant princes in the <em>Lion of the Dreaming Sea</em>. He presents the Guild and connection to the outside world which he has several connections, but unlike most such figures he still actively and personally participates in the Bazaar trade where he every day shouts out his wares and services like a common merchant. He could hire someone to do it but he refuses, he likes direct interaction which runs against the Guild's men of his status protocol. But considering a man of his charisma and fire it can easy to see why he could prefer a direct approach, as his devilish honey sweet tongue has managed to sell cheap glass baubles as the greatest of treasures to even the hardest bargaining higher society people and set fashion standards what he says they are.<br><br>But he is not all about just con people to buy things, he readily buys also artifacts from ruins and he has a vast collection of them, and no doubt even as a mortal he wears some of them. He beneath the bazaar personality is an avid scholar and occultist, thaumaturge with pacts with demons which grant him both protections and boons able to match most supernatural entities. Not in battle, but in negotiation, and according to rumors he has close contact with a greater demon which has granted him the right to do pacts and deals under his name...likes of Kagami, The Blasphemy of Place, the City of Mirrors. Of course, direct accusations of being a demon cultist, being akuma, or anything sort he only laughs about but those who repeatedly offend him wound up dead in an alley soon afterward. Either case Kassim is the man who you go buy or sell <em>anything</em> and he likely has what you desire...but what price you are willing to pay is up to you and up to your negotiation skill. Besides Bazaar scene, he runs a gladiator arena called Ring of Glory (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ec/9e/3f/ec9e3f39ccecc08f2ce4eec83450778f.png) in the capital where every time once per week he attends as an announcer for matches which are grand spectacles for locals.<br></div></div><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Place</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0b/91/17/0b91170c446cedf77cff357e460f3eab--fantasy-places-fantasy-world.jpg)</div><strong>Monastery of Whispering Sands</strong>, it's a ancient temple which predates even breaking of the world. However long time place was haunted and cursed, until a couple of centuries ago among the first Immaculate Monks who first appeared to the region to bring teachings of the Immaculate Order arrived they moved to cleanse the ancient site and then declared it as theirs and named it as Monastery of Whispering Sands. Since then it has been a temple to the local order of Immaculate Monks of the region where they live, study, and meditate. Any candidates who want to be educated and become monks themselves must wear black veiled robes and kneel and prostrate before the temple's doors. Monks decide when they accept you in or not and it can take from hours to days. People have died of starvation and dehydration as the sun scorches their bodies beneath the robes, monks consider these deaths as failures on the test of mettle and fortitude as trials to become monks are much harsher. Initiates even once accepted wear black robes, once they achieve the second coil, they get right to wear white robes to distinguish themselves from the first coil initiates.<br><br>Naturally, with surroundings in mind, the styles which this temple teaches are Air, Earth, and Fire immaculate dragon styles. The present grandmaster of the order is Blessed Toils (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d1/5f/49/d15f49f6675cbbc373621b3600d31e11.jpg), a wise fire aspect who was once a bandit in distant youth until he was blessed by the dragons and saw the wisdom of Immaculate Order. Master of many styles but he favors using seven-section-battle staff (or 'dragon's tail' style as he calls it). He runs rather unorthodox teaching in the order which actually discourages specifically oaths of celibacy. As he believes that only through regular, controlled, carnal release and gifting seeds of the dragons to worthy mothers will appease the great immaculate dragons and cleanse body from sinful desires.<br><br>The process is fairly simple, any mortal woman of proven virtue and dedication (either a fellow female monk or someone screened from outside by the order) and preferably dragon-blood can enter the temple for the sacred sermon (which is predated with sacred cleansing and meditation before ritual) where in during full moon night the women wearing concealed veils which hide their faces and identities enter temple square (which only light source is the light of the full moon) where male monks wearing similar veils enter as well and do an orgy in name of Immaculate Dragons. It's usually part of the ritual to never speak about it with each other openly, even if participants recognize each other during or after it. Besides this monthly orgy, the monks hold otherwise tenets of celibacy and do not engage in carnal acts otherwise as doing so would be blasphemous. Any female monks found pregnant will carry a child in labor and children born from such unions are raised in the temple (as well as any orphans dropped at the temple's doors). Those who came from outside will be taken care of in the temple until the child is delivered and the child then belongs to the monks and the temple. Children, whether orphans or born in the temple, are educated and taught, and once coming to age (or exalted) they get a choice; either join the flock or leave the temple. The choice is given only once.</div></div><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Thing</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatright">(https://www.coolstuffinc.com/s3_image.php?img=http://s3.gatheringmagic.com/uploads/2016/09/28/ML_63.jpg)</div><strong>Crown of Dreaming Queen</strong> is related to the legend of tyrant queen in time before world breaking, once an entire region of <em>Lion of the Dreaming Sea</em> was ruled by a golden brilliant queen who used dark magic make herself so desirable and beautiful that nobody could raise an arm against her. As she did not just own the lives of her people...but their dreams as well. Allowing commune with her subjects, create dreams where they interacted with her and where she had carnal affairs with thousands of people and further entwine their hearts. Only glorious heroes of dragons who refused to sleep ninety-nine days in her region succeeded to bring her down, untouched by her malicious sorcery. Subjects enchanted by her mourned her death but were free of her sorcery and thus over time people broke free of her spell.<br><br>The crown is told in legends as a source of this power over dreams, but wiser scholars tell that the crown is just one of the three parts of the greater whole. In the second part after acquiring the crown, they need to find a manse, called <em>Queen's Garden</em> (https://c4.wallpaperflare.com/wallpaper/453/1012/52/fantasy-art-statue-palm-trees-garden-hd-wallpaper-thumb.jpg), a wood-aspected manse that hearthstone empowers bonds of loyalty to those who follow you. Tales tell thanks to this manse, nothing grows in the desert beside a few crop fields near rivers or in the coast with hard work. Either case the manse location is unknown, as it seems on tyrant queen's death even memory of the place besides name faded everyone's minds. But tales tell crown is the key to finding the manse once more and in the manse beside the hearthstone is a place of beauty and rich bounty of rare fruits and plants and even animals (which tales mention are guarded by a pack of simhatta).<br><br>The third part after finding the hearthstone, is finding the throne of tyrant queen (https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/53459e58-5845-4cef-b851-f389e9c85109/d865vm1-eeada87c-ebb1-483a-bfed-0dd5673fd6da.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzUzNDU5ZTU4LTU4NDUtNGNlZi1iODUxLWYzODllOWM4NTEwOVwvZDg2NXZtMS1lZWFkYTg3Yy1lYmIxLTQ4M2EtYmZlZC0wZGQ1NjczZmQ2ZGEuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.TF_gCuvoAV9ZsEsWeu8h3aCGFzOhuhJUE83g3pAP0Us). Tales tell the throne being destroyed along with the queen's life, but the truth was the ancient heroes of the dragons could not destroy the throne even if they desired to! So they hid it, so nobody could combine the power of the crown, stone, and throne. As these together gave the tyrant queen her power! Also, tales tell that even if the queen was slain, her spirit, and consciousness, haunt the throne. Warning those foolish who attempt to use the throne to instead become possessed by the ancient tyrant queen and thus tyrant queen be reborn when someone foolish wearing crown and stone sits on the throne and uses the full power of these combined artifacts.<br><br>The location of the throne is unknown, but considering the queen haunted it, the heroes of the dragon build a secret tomb for the queen and her remains (including the throne). Somewhere underground most speculate. As the tyrant queen and throne alike gained power from sunlight so heroes of the dragons wanted to deny her and her throne further power stolen from Unconquered Sun.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 16:18:13</strong>
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				Okay. Are giant scorpions a thing?&nbsp; Thinking lunar.
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				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 16:53:53</strong>
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				Any kind of animal you can think of is a thing. I'll work on the three items today. It has been YEARS since I played 2.5e so I need to shake off the rust.<br><br>&nbsp;Any limits on where the character could be from? I know we're in the Dreaming Sea, but that doesn't exactly limit too much.
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				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 20:10:28</strong>
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				May I ask relative position to other points in the South and/or East just to get a better idea of where we are?&nbsp; Sorry if that's not something to worry about; I get the idea that this is meant to be self contained.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 21:52:00</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16303303#msg16303303">Quote from: Hexed on 06-10-2022, 16:18:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Okay. Are giant scorpions a thing?&nbsp; Thinking lunar.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>In the deserts of the South, I don't see why they couldn't be.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16303323#msg16303323">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 06-10-2022, 16:53:53</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"> Any limits on where the character could be from? I know we're in the Dreaming Sea, but that doesn't exactly limit too much.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Nope. As long as your character has a reasonable explanation for why they're there, its completely open.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16303471#msg16303471">Quote from: Armphid on 06-10-2022, 20:10:28</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">May I ask relative position to other points in the South and/or East just to get a better idea of where we are?&nbsp; Sorry if that's not something to worry about; I get the idea that this is meant to be self contained. <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>If you look at the map here<br><br>https://www.loom3e.com/map/<br><br>and scroll down to the bottom right corner, that's where we are.<br><br>Ysyr is probably the closest neighbour and trading partner, and I'd say they'd be close to a thousand miles away by sea. Of course, that's only a few days travel by ship.<br><br>Zaer, I'm going to look over your stuff separately.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 23:11:40</strong>
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				Hello everyone, I'm thinking of playing a Dawn Caste, maybe a ranged one.&nbsp; I don't want to step on any toes, though, so if anyone already is going that route lemme know.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 23:15:33</strong>
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				Things are still fairly open atm I believe.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 23:19:52</strong>
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				Cool, looking forward to playing with you all ^w^
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 23:35:42</strong>
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				mhm. heading lunar my ideas are right now. Scorpion spirit and probably unarmed mostly. Pondering the war form but then found out how bad it is for untattooed shapeshifters. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>06-10-2022, 23:47:08</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16303617#msg16303617">Quote from: Hexed on 06-10-2022, 23:35:42</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">mhm. heading lunar my ideas are right now. Scorpion spirit and probably unarmed mostly. Pondering the war form but then found out how bad it is for untattooed shapeshifters.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I'll probably handwave stuff like that, given how we're starting. You shouldn't have to abandon the character because they should normally have that stuff taken care of.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 01:11:08</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				I'll wait to see what other people make so that I don't get poached.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 02:06:13</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Leaning more towards the Night Caste thief. Hairy, are all 2.5e materials on the table for use?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 02:40:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				I can't think of anything offhand that wouldn't be. Is there something you have in mind?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 03:07:40</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Just looking at options. <br><br>If no one else is going night caste, looking at making the daughter of House Ledaal who failed to exalt by her 19th birthday and was cast out into the South, turning her skills into being a hired killer. When one hit went wrong, the family that still talks to her managed to pull strings so that instead of execution she was <strong>just</strong> sold into slavery instead. Does not enjoy her time in slavery, her previous master enjoyed her various..... assets, and she's happy that at least the magi doesn't throw her to his guards every now and again like her last master.<br><br>For flaws looking at enemy- a rival from the realm who orchestrated her whole being turned into a slave and like to show up at her former master's place just to torment her.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 05:00:31</strong>
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				Peeks. <br><br>Am I too late. <br><br>I didn't realize that,&nbsp; not only did we start a mortals, we were supposed to start as slaves a well. I'll go read again. <br><br>I was wondering if anybody would want to either be or have a submissive and loving exalted concubine?&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 05:48:50</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				I need to find my books or some way to look things up to make a character.&nbsp; I haven't settled on a concept yet.&nbsp; I want to play a Solar and I'm open to doing any of the Castes.&nbsp; Right now I'm leaning towards Zenith, Twilight, or Eclipse over one of the other Castes.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 06:26:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Skype or discord me and I'll help you out.&nbsp; Khadavla or Tenshi#5603
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 06:36:19</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay I found the stuff I missed about reading the first time. <br><br>I'd still like to know if anyone is interested in either playing or having a loving Dubois concubine. If not a one of our primary characters maybe a henchgirl. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 06:55:01</strong>
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				A Dubois concubine?&nbsp; My character might, it depends where I go with it xD
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 13:31:36</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16303959#msg16303959">Quote from: Muse on 07-10-2022, 06:36:19</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Okay I found the stuff I missed about reading the first time. <br><br>I'd still like to know if anyone is interested in either playing or having a loving Dubois concubine. If not a one of our primary characters maybe a henchgirl.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>&nbsp; That is to say, "A submissive loving concubine."&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp; I'd be equally happy either playing her or having her.&nbsp; Or we could each take the henchgirl bacground to get an awesome concubine and play her for each other. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 14:38:18</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16304077#msg16304077">Quote from: Muse on 07-10-2022, 13:31:36</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">&nbsp; That is to say, "A submissive loving concubine."&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp; I'd be equally happy either playing her or having her.&nbsp; Or we could each take the henchgirl bacground to get an awesome concubine and play her for each other. <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Oh, right, submissive makes much more sense xD<br><br>If I go with one of my ideas, and we're starting as slaves ourselves, how would this work out exactly?&nbsp; I mean, did my character look after yours and stuff like that, leading to yours relying on mine?&nbsp; I'm more than willing to discuss, of course.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 15:29:52</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Our characters had lives before being enslaved (see my quick brainstorm). Like for instance, if anyone wants a connection to my girl before being enslaved, you could have known her in her time as a dynast, when she was an assassin for hire, or her time as a sex slave.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 15:39:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Ah, right, fair point.&nbsp; Don't mind me, I'm still working on my brain functioning this morning xP
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 16:19:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16304092#msg16304092">Quote from: Crensler on 07-10-2022, 14:38:18</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Oh, right, submissive makes much more sense xD<br><br>If I go with one of my ideas, and we're starting as slaves ourselves, how would this work out exactly?&nbsp; I mean, did my character look after yours and stuff like that, leading to yours relying on mine?&nbsp; I'm more than willing to discuss, of course.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>So you're wanting the guy?&nbsp; :)&nbsp; <br><br>Well, that's a perfectly good intro.&nbsp; Slavery is a common institution in Creation and my rudimentary piecemeal knowledge of the Dreaming Sea suggests that there are sorcerer nobility and a lot of mutant slaves?&nbsp; <br><br>Can someone tell me about this?&nbsp; Like, someone who's read 3rd edition.&nbsp; Hairy, everything I've seen says your obsessed with this area, so maybe you'd enjoy talking about what's cool about it? :)&nbsp; <br><br>Anyways your idea is a perfectly good starting place--though depending on your character concept the relationship might go back before that.&nbsp; <br><br>i have two vauge ideas:&nbsp; <br>--A cat girl from this area who uses snake style martial arts.&nbsp; <br>--A girl from the jungle who uses a giant boomerang.&nbsp; <br><br>Hairy you said we get extra backgrounds when we Exalt.&nbsp; Does that mean that we'll exalt in this tomb and potentially find stuff we paid for with our bakground points here ? 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 16:35:32</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16304147#msg16304147">Quote from: Muse on 07-10-2022, 16:19:02</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">So you're wanting the guy?&nbsp; :)&nbsp; <br><br>Well, that's a perfectly good intro.&nbsp; Slavery is a common institution in Creation and my rudimentary piecemeal knowledge of the Dreaming Sea suggests that there are sorcerer nobility and a lot of mutant slaves?&nbsp; <br><br>Can someone tell me about this?&nbsp; Like, someone who's read 3rd edition.&nbsp; Hairy, everything I've seen says your obsessed with this area, so maybe you'd enjoy talking about what's cool about it? :)&nbsp; <br><br>Anyways your idea is a perfectly good starting place--though depending on your character concept the relationship might go back before that.&nbsp; <br><br>I have two vague ideas:&nbsp; <br>--A cat girl from this area who uses snake style martial arts.&nbsp; <br>--A girl from the jungle who uses a giant boomerang.&nbsp; <br><br>Hairy you said we get extra backgrounds when we Exalt.&nbsp; Does that mean that we'll exalt in this tomb and potentially find stuff we paid for with our bakground points here ? <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I'm leaning in the direction of being a guy, yeah.&nbsp; The concept is ranged, though I haven't quite decided how that'll pan out, but leaning toward those returning javelins from the Monk book.&nbsp; Multiple of them, given how charms can work thanks to Solars being kind of broken.&nbsp; Of course if we go 3rd I have no idea how that would work, as I know nothing about that system at all.<br><br>As for your character, Muse, that's entirely up to you.&nbsp; I'm happy to discuss background details with you over Discord so we save some OOC space for everyone else.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 16:40:15</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sure thing.&nbsp; <br><br>*&nbsp; *&nbsp; *<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;Hairy, I hope that didn't come across as grouchy, I've been painfully exhasuted for the last 12 hours.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 16:41:30</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				We're set on 2.5 I believe. If not I'll have to scrap what I have and start over.<br><br>And if anyone wants a connection to my gal, you have my suggestions above. Just keep in mind if you were a "customer" of her former master she WILL treat you with hostility. I'm looking at you Zaer, I know how you roll.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 16:55:53</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16304170#msg16304170">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 07-10-2022, 16:41:30</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I'm looking at you Zaer, I know how you roll.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>It may have been a past favorite archetype that I did play but I have expanded concepts now. I mostly wait for what others have concept and caste-wise but could go for once a male concubine, a pretty young man (https://i.pinimg.com/236x/37/ec/2b/37ec2b6d9624f984c56e1c3fb57ef06c.jpg) which was a slave for both pleasure and entertainment (possibly eclipse caste as solar or No Moon for lunar).
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 17:22:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16304147#msg16304147">Quote from: Muse on 07-10-2022, 16:19:02</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">So you're wanting the guy?&nbsp; :)&nbsp; <br><br>Well, that's a perfectly good intro.&nbsp; Slavery is a common institution in Creation and my rudimentary piecemeal knowledge of the Dreaming Sea suggests that there are sorcerer nobility and a lot of mutant slaves?&nbsp; <br><br>Can someone tell me about this?&nbsp; Like, someone who's read 3rd edition.&nbsp; Hairy, everything I've seen says your obsessed with this area, so maybe you'd enjoy talking about what's cool about it? :)&nbsp; <br><br>Anyways your idea is a perfectly good starting place--though depending on your character concept the relationship might go back before that.&nbsp; <br><br>i have two vauge ideas:&nbsp; <br>--A cat girl from this area who uses snake style martial arts.&nbsp; <br>--A girl from the jungle who uses a giant boomerang.&nbsp; <br><br>Hairy you said we get extra backgrounds when we Exalt.&nbsp; Does that mean that we'll exalt in this tomb and potentially find stuff we paid for with our bakground points here ?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I'm working ATM so can't answer much till later, but to answer your last point, yes, that would be the general idea. You Exalt during the initial part of the story, and will be able to find artifacts that you've bought during the second stage of character creation. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 22:41:47</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16304147#msg16304147">Quote from: Muse on 07-10-2022, 16:19:02</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Well, that's a perfectly good intro.&nbsp; Slavery is a common institution in Creation and my rudimentary piecemeal knowledge of the Dreaming Sea suggests that there are sorcerer nobility and a lot of mutant slaves?&nbsp; <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>That's mostly Ysyr I think that is described that way.<br><br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16304147#msg16304147">Quote from: Muse on 07-10-2022, 16:19:02</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Can someone tell me about this?&nbsp; Like, someone who's read 3rd edition.&nbsp; Hairy, everything I've seen says your obsessed with this area, so maybe you'd enjoy talking about what's cool about it? :)&nbsp; <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I wouldn't say obsessed. I've had one character from Ysyr, and set this game there. My previous sandbox wasn't really in the Dreaming Sea area. There's a lot of fun stuff in the 3rd ed core book write up for the Dreaming Sea<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Dreaming Sea Blurb</div><div class="spoiler_body">Southeastern Locales<br>The city Kamthahar, capital of the empire of Prasad, is starkly divided by caste and clan. Each clan maintains its own walled compound within the city. Untouchables and other low-caste clans dwell in squalor at city’s edge. Closer to the center, the manors of high-caste clans tower amid encircling gardens, their façades engraved with elaborate imagery. At Kamthahar’s heart rise the palatial compounds of the Dragon Caste, dominated by the twin fortresses of Clans Burano and Ophris. There the city’s DragonBlooded princes dwell in splendor, lounging in silken finery or accoutering themselves for war with dragon helms and daiklaves of jade. This is the farthest-flung of the Realm’s satrapies, and in many ways the most glorious. And yet most of these Dynasts have never set foot upon the Blessed Isle.<br><br>The Immaculate Philosophy has grown askew in this foreign soil. By the precepts of the so-called Pure Way, the Dragon-Blooded here are gods. Mortals may worship spirits as well, so long as such spirits acknowledge the preeminence of the Dragon-Blooded and the Immaculate Dragons. Immaculate monks consider the Pure Way deeply heretical. Some travel the length of Creation to challenge Prasad’s<br>Pure monks, proving their convictions through battle.<br><br>Merchants across the Dreaming Sea seek profit in Champoor, the Nighted City. But their eagerness to visit the ancient port is mixed with trepidation, for a thousand dangers haunt Champoor’s shadowy teashops, hushed bazaars and mazelike streets—dangers to profit, life, and soul. The Nighted City is aptly named. Shade covers the streets even on cloudless days, for the water dragon Tenepeshu, queen of the corrupt Court of Secrets, has cast her cloak over the bay. Its umbral gods and undersea elementals offer their aid in exchange for commensurate sacrifice, and the city’s criminal classes form their priesthoods and congregations. Captains, innkeepers, merchants, madams, dockmasters and gang leaders deploy divine magic to transport contraband, to sink rival ships, to bedazzle and brawl, to seduce and slay. In exchange they entertain and enrich their patrons, offering sacrifices of wine and scrolls, silver and jade, deflowering and death.<br><br>High in the Chalcedon Mountains, Ysyr was built upon the ruins of the First Age city of Pinnacle, sculpted by Solar artifice from the living rock. Years after the Contagion slew all within, the seafaring Ys people found the city and made it their own. But without the science of the Solars to regulate sorcerous engines beneath the city, Essence emanations warped the Ys, twisting their bodies and minds—and, through chance, attuning them to the power of sorcery. But only a handful of Ysyr’s people can master the sorcerous arts. These few form the ruling class, identified not merely by their elaborate finery, but also by their sorcerously endowed physical perfection. The rest of the city’s people forever bear the marks of lesser mutation—marks of servitude, for in Ysyr, all who are not sorcerers are slaves. A web of roads and sea-lanes spills outward to city-states who pay fealty to their sorcerous Ys overlords. The sorcerers continue to extend their influence, pitting their forces against the preternatural champions of Volivat, the Dragon-Blooded princes of Prasad, and the other imperial powers of the Dreaming Sea. <br><br>Amid the isles linking Ysyr to the mainland stands the city of Palanquin. Four colossal inhuman statues, their features long since weathered away, hold a stony, edifice-encrusted landmass far above the sea—titans lifting an island from the waves. Webs of pier and quay stretch out from their feet through mats of merchant ships, fishing junks, and houseboats inhabited by the poor and by excommunicates seeking re-entry into the city above. Switchback stairs climb past entire neighborhoods carved into the bodies of the statues or clinging to cantilevered platforms.<br><br>Palanquin is a city of towering pagodas and vibrant shrines; the air is filled with chanting, singing, and the ringing of temple bells. Palanquin’s folk are deeply religious, seeing themselves closer to Heaven than lesser peoples trapped below. This attitude is reinforced by the elemental cloudfolk of the windborne City of Blue Gauze, who visit Palanquin to trade with mortals. The city’s noble families carry cloudfolk blood, giving them an otherworldly beauty and a capricious nature. But their power is not what it once was—Ysyr conquered Palanquin a century ago.<br><br>At Palanquin’s heart stands the source of the people’s piety, a defunct magical gateway said to lead to Heaven itself. But sealed beyond the portal is no place ever visited by the Sidereals. Instead, it leads to the ruins of a Heaven older by far than Yu-Shan—the celestial capital of fallen Zen-Mu, where the ancients dwelt in majesty before they ever dreamed of Creation. Woe betide those who behold the gods that dwell there now.<br><br>The Solars of the First Age carved the city Volivat out of the sea. Standing off the shore of the Doorstone Peninsula, the floor of the city rests a hundred fathoms below sea level, kept dry by an encircling dam and system of still-functioning pumps. Enormous spires rise above the dam, visible from the shoreline miles away, where Volivat’s alchemists stimulate farms and orchards to unnatural verdancy.<br>Volivat’s leaders flooded the city during the Great Contagion in an effort at quarantine, so that only the dam and the tops of the highest towers rose from the water. Nomads found the place years later and reactivated the pumps, reclaiming the city from the sea. Discovering relics and texts of the Exalted, they set out to recreate themselves in the image of the city’s founders.<br><br>The people of Volivat are called the Yennin, which means “Children of Ten Fathers” in their language. The secrets their ancestors found in the city’s central citadel included a formula for creating offspring with up to ten fathers, each contributing to the birth of a single child. They create supermen in this fashion, with only the strongest, wisest, and most gifted men contributing their seed to the next generation. The resulting cat’s-cradle of clan bonds is largely incomprehensible to outsiders. Enhanced by the combined strength, wit, and Essence of eleven parents, the greatest Yennin champions are a match for the sorcerer-princes of Ysyr and the Dragon-Blooded warriors of Prasad<br></div></div><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16304147#msg16304147">Quote from: Muse on 07-10-2022, 16:19:02</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">i have two vauge ideas:&nbsp; <br>--A cat girl from this area who uses snake style martial arts.&nbsp; <br>--A girl from the jungle who uses a giant boomerang.&nbsp; <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I know the image you have in mind for the second concept :)<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16304147#msg16304147">Quote from: Muse on 07-10-2022, 16:19:02</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hairy you said we get extra backgrounds when we Exalt.&nbsp; Does that mean that we'll exalt in this tomb and potentially find stuff we paid for with our bakground points here ?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yep.<br><br>It's also how you can take a follower or two. They'll be the other slaves tossed into this mess with you. You can either take one with an existing link to your character, or gain them during the story.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16304168#msg16304168">Quote from: Muse on 07-10-2022, 16:40:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">&nbsp; &nbsp;Hairy, I hope that didn't come across as grouchy, I've been painfully exhasuted for the last 12 hours. <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Didn't come across grouchy at all to me :)
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chajesdad</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 22:55:05</strong>
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				Working on Person/Place/Thing<br><br>@Tenshi Can I get a character sheet somewhere covenient?<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 22:58:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16304428#msg16304428">Quote from: Chajesdad on 07-10-2022, 22:55:05</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">@Tenshi Can I get a character sheet somewhere covenient?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Tenshi likely able to provide a google doc to use for the char sheet. Try does this link work for you able copy-paste and form own google doc (it's a god-blooded template but it can work as mortal sheet easily); https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d0CSH_QetCLOSI9gAH6Av66ij43A83ylxsPX_ipn1Hc/edit
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chajesdad</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 23:19:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Maybe I misunderstood things. Should I lay claim to the Exalt and future adjustments for the character? I thought I was making a mortal, playing the mortal, and offering a few favorites for you to choose from. Then, when I Exalt, depending on circumstances, you would tell me what Exalt type I became. <br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>07-10-2022, 23:52:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I won't be choosing what your character Exalts into. You choose that yourself now.<br><br>You won't actually Exalt until a short amount of time has passed.<br><br>And I'm hoping one character will be a potential reincarnation of the former ruler of these lands :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 01:00:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So right now, I'm thinking of two main ideas.<br><br>- Zenith Caste - He was part of a large farming and vintner family on the coast before a Dragon-Blooded of House Sharji decided that they wanted the land and the view of the sea for a vacation home.&nbsp; Declaring the land and the people to now belong to them, MC refused to work the land that was unjustly taken away from his family, despite threats and beatings, he wouldn't relent.&nbsp; While the Dragon-Blooded could have just killed him, they knew that if they did that without beating him, it would admit to losing the contest of wills.&nbsp; Deciding to remove the annoyance as a favor to their master, the Dragon-Blooded's major domo sold him to the mysterious person taking who has taken him and the others to the magical cave.&nbsp; This character could be the reincarnation of the queen, perhaps.&nbsp; <br><br>- Twilight Caste - The son of a Scavenger Lord based in Great Forks, he was exploring a ruin with his father's company when an artifact was accidentally triggered.&nbsp; Knocking his father out of the way of the device, he appeared thousands of miles away in the region of the Dreaming Sea.&nbsp; Trying to reach civilization, he was caught up in one of the strange storms and found himself slightly changed (thinking of taking the Gills Mutation) before he was captured by a slaving group and sold into servitude.&nbsp; His knowledge and skills made him useful for upkeeping the weapons and devices of House Sharji and despite being a slave, he earned a good position.&nbsp; However, this also made him a perfect choice for being sent into the mysterious cavern.&nbsp; <br><br>Any thoughts?&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chajesdad</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 02:53:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16304511#msg16304511">Quote from: Armphid on 08-10-2022, 01:00:08</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><br>- Twilight Caste - The son of a Scavenger Lord based in Great Forks, he was exploring a ruin with his father's company when an artifact was accidentally triggered.&nbsp; Knocking his father out of the way of the device, he appeared thousands of miles away in the region of the Dreaming Sea.&nbsp; Trying to reach civilization, he was caught up in one of the strange storms and found himself slightly changed (thinking of taking the Gills Mutation) before he was captured by a slaving group and sold into servitude.&nbsp; His knowledge and skills made him useful for upkeeping the weapons and devices of House Sharji and despite being a slave, he earned a good position.&nbsp; However, this also made him a perfect choice for being sent into the mysterious cavern.&nbsp; <br><br>Any thoughts? <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>My preference is the Twilight, that sounds like the most fun idea. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chajesdad</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 02:54:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I am the daughter of a fine clothes vendor, one who caters to the needs of the aristocracy. As a member of the bourgeoisie,&nbsp; I have become friends with the royal princess, though have been treated as her whipping girl on occasion to remind me of my place below the salt. I like my friend and hate her position in this world. I just wish she could be free to play, to make the choices that I have available. My positioning opened a life of intrigue to me. My family was approached. We have been in the employ of the neighboring kingdom, and paid in jewelry and cloth, which we sell to this kingdom. My father and I compare notes on what is circulating the courts, to know what to send back to the other kingdom, as information with only one source may be a secret, and may be a trap. We keep an eye on the solo events, and see what comes of it.<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Local prince and princess are flirting, though their respective families are not friends. Montague and Capulet level hostilities. Prince begins using embedded spy (My character) to deliver love letters and tokens across enemy lines. To avoid capture, I flee, a race through the community. Ducking from sight down an alley, I slide into random door/ tent flap, and mix in with the other girls here. They are stripping, nervousness pervading the air of the room. Peeking back out the door, one of the girls grabs me by the arm. "Remember one fails, we all fail. Now strip." I follow suit as I can hear my pursuers in the alley turning things over and making a fuss. I slide the bar of the door shut, and strip, kicking my fine clothing to the corner.<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Only to find out these girls are slaves. I try to ransom my self away by confiding with one of the guards, but when the leader finds out who I am, well, I sleep for the forst four days of travel out of the town. Then I am no longer anyone important, I am a slave. I trudge with the rest, looking for a chance. The desert is death to me, as I know I have not the skills to live, so I bide my time as a slave. Then they separate me from the others and I join with the others, a dozen of us. The man steps before us, explaining our options and that they have poisoned us, yeah, I bet, since I slept for four days, I believe them.<br><br>I would love to lay claim to Eclipse, if there are no, arguments. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 05:06:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Give me a minute to parse the first person view background, always throws me for a loop
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 07:26:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So if I'm figuring correct, Chaj, your gal is a slave purely by accident as she was a spy and noblemans daughter who thought she could slip into a room to evade capture and ended up in a different sort of capture?<br><br>Sounds like she and my gal would have some sympathy for each other xD
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 09:04:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Fox is out important to you to be the only night caste?&nbsp; <br><br>The idea I'm looking at is a cat girl park our street urchin who learns snake style martial arts. I could take her further by having her apprentice to a scavenger lord. That would mix in some occult and lore.&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp; Cren liked that concept but I could go another way and make a zenith if people don't like overlap
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 09:30:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				If we wanna do two Nights that's fine, one of the reasons I was asking about infernals is more options for characters.<br><br>Working 12 days straight so the only time I'll have is on break to work on a character..... shouldn't take me long though. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 09:51:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				yay!<br><br>Let me know if you need some help.&nbsp; <br><br>I made us a google drive but i need emails!&nbsp; <br><br>https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17cmNccWKSimRBQ33RD6RI3LNEydCvG8x<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 10:39:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I've been writing my stuff out on paper, I should have it all set some point next week.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chajesdad</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 17:30:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16304745#msg16304745">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 08-10-2022, 07:26:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">So if I'm figuring correct, Chaj, your gal is a slave purely by accident as she was a spy and noblemans daughter who thought she could slip into a room to evade capture and ended up in a different sort of capture?<br><br>Sounds like she and my gal would have some sympathy for each other xD<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;She is captured as she avoids discovery as a spy. Since she was not recognized as the whipping girl of the princess, she has a chance to worm her way back into her 'old life' if she gets back to the city. She is the daughter of a very prosperous merchant, not true nobility. <br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I could see us relating very well.<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Did you want to have a sympathetic relationship before the opening scene of the story?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 17:31:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So, which all Solar Castes are grabbed up so far?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 17:32:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				All I know for sure is me, a Dawn, and maybe two Nights
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chajesdad</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 17:45:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I want Eclipse<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 17:47:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Crensler going for Dawn<br>Muse going for Night<br>I (Shadowfox) going for Night<br>Chajesdad going for Eclipe<br>Zaer going for ????<br>Hexed going for lunar
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 18:14:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I aimed play eclipse, but I am willing switch to Zenith or Twilight (so we get close to complete circle as possible).
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 20:30:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				A perfect circle is nice, but not essential.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 20:39:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I could go for zenith and be the reincarnation of the solar leader in the region if no one minds (just need to know do I need some specific traits/backgrounds). Speaking backgrounds; do my three things work for you Hairy or do I need to edit?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 21:05:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I kinda left it open as to what caste the original ruler was, waiting to see what people wanted to play. Unless anyone else wants to throw their hat in the ring to be their reincarnation, we can go with your Zenith, if that's what you want to play.<br><br>I haven't had the chance to sit down and properly read over the 3 yet .. I'll try to get it done now tonight.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>08-10-2022, 23:19:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16305325#msg16305325">Quote from: Zaer Darkwail on 08-10-2022, 20:39:57</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Speaking backgrounds; do my three things work for you Hairy or do I need to edit?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>So, the only issue I would have is with the write up in the crown. I had envisioned the tomb that the party is going into as being that of the Queen, and there's already a crown (of sorts) tied into the story (it's the prize the magi is after). The crown will lead to other stuff as well. Basically we're thinking of very similar themes, though somewhat different in detail. I don't want to go into too much detail of what I have in mind right now .. more fun for it to come out in play :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 00:10:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16305348#msg16305348">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 08-10-2022, 21:05:39</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I kinda left it open as to what caste the original ruler was, waiting to see what people wanted to play. Unless anyone else wants to throw their hat in the ring to be their reincarnation, we can go with your Zenith, if that's what you want to play.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I do want to play such a concept yes, here introducing Evening Glory (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ps7sKJ-UnHwZTcGZtB4pe6T7xFHYajRtIOsixrXp-UA/edit), a male concubine slave. Destiny 3 background will be converted to new background stuff once my char exalts but until then he has 'miraculous' luck to achieve his destiny (which is to exalt as a solar).<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16305438#msg16305438">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 08-10-2022, 23:19:20</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">So, the only issue I would have is with the write up in the crown. I had envisioned the tomb that the party is going into as being that of the Queen, and there's already a crown (of sorts) tied into the story (it's the prize the magi is after). The crown will lead to other stuff as well. Basically we're thinking of very similar themes, though somewhat different in detail. I don't want to go into too much detail of what I have in mind right now .. more fun for it to come out in play :)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Rofl, I admit I took the queen's crown as inspiration for the item, up to you do you decide to employ my ideas or not as the 'thing' includes a manse and the throne which in legends/stories are meant to work in concert.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 00:18:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh, and just in case anyone is wondering, Flametongue is the default language here, but Riverspeak is common enough, at least among the merchants and Guild factors.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 04:37:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'd decided to play the Twilight idea, for what it's worth.&nbsp; I'll try to get something slapped together in the next few days.&nbsp; Unfortunately I've had some things come up that have made me unexpectedly busy.&nbsp; Sorry about that.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chajesdad</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 16:19:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Flaws:&nbsp; <br>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enemy -- Brother -- mentally twisted, inferior specimen, crippled, the product of his mother and uncle having an affair. With an uncle like his, he grew up thinking there was no issue with affairs between siblings. A family shame that took root, before the uncle died in his sleep five years ago. With no skills, and appetites that need no public outlet, the brother has been isolated and hid. As such he will never be the heir. He resents this understanding. <br>()&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dark Secret -- I have been active as a secret messenger between the prince and princess, even though their love is secret, even forbidden. If the rulership finds out, I may be put to death, even have my family stripped of everything. <br>1 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Obligation to Father, as the heir, I must marry up, seeking a profitable and status oriented marriage. <br><br><br>Will these work for flaws, also can you assign a rating for the Dark Secret, I would appreciate this. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 17:50:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm not sure the brother works as an enemy. It doesn't sound like they'd be in much of a position to cause many issues for you.<br><br>Looking at the Dark Secrets flaw, I'd say this one would be a 4 if the character was still doing it. Given they're no longer in a position to do so, but that there could be repercussions for their family if it came out, I'm thinking 3. If it did come out, you could probably switch it over to Wanted instead.<br><br>Again, when the characters life changes, that Obligation is probably going to be redundant.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 18:08:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hairy, sorry to trouble you, but would you want Person/Place/Thing PM or DM'd to you first to workshop/give the sniff test or can we just post them here?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 18:15:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Either works. I don't mind discussing stuff openly, and other people may get inspiration for their own from someone elses.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 18:19:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				All right then.&nbsp; I don't think my presentation will be as good as Zaer's, lol, I don't have pictures prepared.&nbsp; I also am assuming that these should be general to the region and not related to any characters, right?<br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 18:21:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Depending on what it is, you could make them linked to a character, but in general they're better something applicable to the setting as a whole. People, landmarks, legends, monsters .. something that might play a part in the story down the line.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chajesdad</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 20:33:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16306035#msg16306035">Quote from: Chajesdad on 09-10-2022, 16:19:32</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Flaws:&nbsp; <br>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enemy -- Brother -- mentally twisted, inferior specimen, crippled, the product of his mother and uncle having an affair. With an uncle like his, he grew up thinking there was no issue with affairs between siblings. A family shame that took root, before the uncle died in his sleep five years ago. With no skills, and appetites that need no public outlet, the brother has been isolated and hid. As such he will never be the heir. He resents this understanding. <br>()&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dark Secret -- I have been active as a secret messenger between the prince and princess, even though their love is secret, even forbidden. If the rulership finds out, I may be put to death, even have my family stripped of everything. <br>1 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Obligation to Father, as the heir, I must marry up, seeking a profitable and status oriented marriage. <br><br><br>Will these work for flaws, also can you assign a rating for the Dark Secret, I would appreciate this. <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>As to the brother, he can definitely be a problem. As a member of the family, I can't just bump him off. As a member of the family, he knows of my goals, and some of my interactions. He is in a prime position to poison waters, and leak information to hinder the Prince, Princess, or my goals. I have used information I found out in the palace to keep the princess in the right light, while her siblings efforts have been hurt by my knowledge. Keeping him out of trouble would probably be the biggest issue, Ah. ok. Not Enemy, Ward. Keeping his secrets, keeping him out of trouble, dealing with his appetites and scandals, and keeping him out of my bed. There are staff who 'watch' him, but they are underlings and he has a puffed up sense of worth. I spend time smoothing over ruffled feathers and tending to his scandals. Though with Ward, I may take it at a rating (2). <br><br>I can take Dark Secret 3<br><br>If anything it becomes harder to marry up once I become an Eclipse, what is up from there? Marry the Unconquered Sun himself, that is more a Zenith thing. And who wants to marry Anathema. Troubles, troubles, troubles. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 20:51:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16306214#msg16306214">Quote from: Chajesdad on 09-10-2022, 20:33:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">If anything it becomes harder to marry up once I become an Eclipse, what is up from there? Marry the Unconquered Sun himself, that is more a Zenith thing. And who wants to marry Anathema. Troubles, troubles, troubles.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Actually marrying someone becomes very damn easy as solar, you get marriage proposals across Creation mostly from gods, spirits, raksha, demons, and of course ambitious mortals who do not give a crap about Immaculate Faith. It would be a big problem if <em>marriage must be blessed by Immaculate Monk</em>.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chajesdad</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 21:05:37</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16306232#msg16306232">Quote from: Zaer Darkwail on 09-10-2022, 20:51:25</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Actually marrying someone becomes very damn easy as solar, you get marriage proposals across Creation mostly from gods, spirits, raksha, demons, and of course ambitious mortals who do not give a crap about Immaculate Faith. It would be a big problem if <em>marriage must be blessed by Immaculate Monk</em>.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>True, but aren't all of those options, marrying down?<br><br>OK, revised Flaw list<br><br>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ward -- Brother -- mentally twisted, inferior specimen, crippled, the product of his mother and uncle having an affair. With an uncle like his, he grew up thinking there was no issue with affairs between siblings. A family shame that took root, before the uncle died in his sleep five years ago. With no skills, and appetites that need no public outlet, the brother has been isolated and hid. As such he will never be the heir. He resents this understanding. <br>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dark Secret -- I have been active as a secret messenger between the prince and princess, even though their love is secret, even forbidden. If the rulership finds out, I may be put to death, even have my family stripped of everything. <br>1 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Obligation to Father, as the heir, I must marry up, seeking a profitable and status oriented marriage. <br>1 Code of Honor -- Unwilling to lie or betray anyone she has an intimacy with. <br>3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Climate Sensitive -- -1 internal penalty due to non desert environments. Difficulty to Survival and Resistance rolls increase by 1. (Mountain Peaks, Jungles, and Caverns, and such)<br>3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vice -- Demon Lore -- Must roll Temperance diff 3, or spend a Willpower to ignore the vice. Carries lore and pulp books about demons and seeks out fonts of knowledge. Elementals and fey influence are almost common, so the demons and ghosts are rare, yet the ghosts tale is half told as a mortal, and she experiences that, making demons wholly different and intriguing. <br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 21:06:27</strong>
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				The reason I was thinking the brother might not be the best choice is because your character has been sold in slavery, they're going to be no longer associated with the family. Or at least they're going to have been seen as having disappeared, assuming their actual identity isn't know. It might be weeks, even months, before she could get back in touch with her family again, and having Exalted, she's not likely to be going back to her former life either.<br><br>Does that make more sense now?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 21:57:50</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16306243#msg16306243">Quote from: Chajesdad on 09-10-2022, 21:05:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">True, but aren't all of those options, marrying down?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>True, it's marrying down but in end, the obligation becomes impossible to do as nothing is above solar in status and power. Sol Invictus albeit as 'perfect god' has viewed solars as not as his lesser but equals. Also, Sol Invictus would not marry anyone (the five maidens have tried it several times but Endings always interrupts the sermon). Unless you replace 'up' with merely 'make marriage which gives you status and power' so it is more open-ended and allows marrying, say, a mortal king if doing so gives you additional influence/power.<br><br>Only which would be marrying up is a more powerful exalt, vastly superior solar example.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chajesdad</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 22:27:10</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16306246#msg16306246">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 09-10-2022, 21:06:27</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The reason I was thinking the brother might not be the best choice is because your character has been sold in slavery, they're going to be no longer associated with the family. Or at least they're going to have been seen as having disappeared, assuming their actual identity isn't know. It might be weeks, even months, before she could get back in touch with her family again, and having Exalted, she's not likely to be going back to her former life either.<br><br>Does that make more sense now?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I suppose. Though I saw it more along the road, that an existing merchant family and power structure, complete with DB princess 'sister' ally, would be the very home that I would rush back to if for no other reason than it is a general power base to begin to rise and manipulate the world about me. Are there going to be widespread declarations that those who were out here are now Anathema? I wasn't sold to slavery, I was kidnapped, possibly by accident. I just disappeared, as far as I know. <br><br>I was asked to build a person, who ended up a slave here, and that my backgrounds would possibly be retainable upon a return that was implied if not stated. If that is not the case I may need to revise the concept. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>09-10-2022, 22:32:07</strong>
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				Maybe I'm overthinking things. This is my first time trying this approach, and I just don't want to do someone out of the backgrounds they've chosen.<br><br>If you want to keep the brother in play, I'd suggest Enemy rather than Ward then. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>10-10-2022, 12:16:59</strong>
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				ugle. Still around. Just trying to get through the books. On one hand it's nice they don't bloat books by just telling you what book the already printed stuff was. On the other hand it leads to flipping through a couple books at a time. <br><br>So now.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">A</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/6WD6xhl.jpg)</div></div><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">B</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/rLTrIAg.png)</div></div><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Or C</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/hmKImjS.jpg)</div></div><br><br><br><br>Also. I know the Sidreal exist but do mortal oracles exist in the setting?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>10-10-2022, 12:38:48</strong>
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				I hope to get my Person/Place/Thing offerings up tonight sometime.&nbsp; <br><br>Hexed, I like B best because I like an aggressive woman whose bust is too big for her uniform.&nbsp; C also is very pretty and has a lot of personality in that image.&nbsp; I'd use one of those if it were me.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>10-10-2022, 13:31:39</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16306875#msg16306875">Quote from: Hexed on 10-10-2022, 12:16:59</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Also. I know the Sidreal exist but do mortal oracles exist in the setting?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yes, n multiple nations there are soothsayers which kings/queens seek counsel from and they are mortal thaumaturges who specialize into astrology degrees to read start charts or use alternative divination methods (which can be between seeing dreams from gutting animals and read entrails or use runic carved bones read fortunes).<br><br>I vote for C for the pic, pretty and has more color/personality.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>10-10-2022, 14:14:18</strong>
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				I think I have a pic to use, I need to do a little bit of work on her though. Zaer might remember her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>11-10-2022, 03:36:39</strong>
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				I like them all but c is my favorite too. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>11-10-2022, 13:01:25</strong>
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				Hi there!&nbsp; here are my proposals for Person/Place/Thing.&nbsp; These are drafts, of course, so I'm more than open to adjustment and refinement or even having to scrap thing entirely and suggest new ones.&nbsp; Please share your thoughts!<br><br><br>Person – <div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Sern Hillcleaver</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/36/eb/75/36eb75833c3d9c5ca5a8db1703bcf7f2.jpg)</div> – Sern Hillcleaver is a Full Moon Lunar warlord who has claimed lands in the foothills and mountains to the northwest of the Silver Tower.&nbsp; Thought to be in league with the Wyld forces there by many, her true purpose is to battle the Fair Folk and other Wyld monstrosities spawned by Wyld energies emanating from and around the Silver Tower.&nbsp; Though she wouldn't mind taking down House Sharji and conquering the region.&nbsp; Maybe in a few centuries if things go well.&nbsp; She has taken control of several villages and has borne and fathered several Half-Caste children (https://i.pinimg.com/736x/04/5a/87/045a870b794b77d827e7d946c171e857.jpg).&nbsp; It is unclear if any of the saurian beastmen are her spawn of if they just gravitate to her due to her totem.&nbsp; She is a passionate fighter and war leader, but her passion expresses itself off the battlefield as well as she is known to celebrate her victories with wild parties and take many lovers.&nbsp; Sometimes many of them at once.&nbsp; Her lands are known to take in those fleeing from the rule of House Sharji and escaped slaves, so long as they contribute to community and/or the fight against the Wyld in some way.&nbsp; Criminals and infiltrators that try to take advantage of her open policy are usually used as bait for whatever comes out of the Wyld.&nbsp; She would be eager to find other Exalts willing to aid her cause and might offer sanctuary, but she will expect any that she shelters to put themselves at her service when she calls.&nbsp; Sern is a lovely woman of great size, both in height and in her curves (the Large Mutation with Appearance 4+), with light brown skin and shockingly hair that is many shades of orange in human form.&nbsp; In combat, she uses her fists, feet, tail, horns, but is most feared for her moonsilver Grand Grimcleaver, Dream Cracker (not pictured).</div></div><br><br><br><br><br>Place –<div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">The Crystal Orchards</div><div class="spoiler_body"> <div class="floatleft">(https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/2800_opt_1/b2389978766551.5cae45992a371.png)</div>The Crystal Orchards is a Wood Aspected Manse that is within one of the wooded areas in the Dreaming Sea region.&nbsp; The Manse itself is rather small (though it’s bigger on the inside) for the power of the site but most of the power is channeled into the unusual fruit trees that grow around it.&nbsp; Three sets of a dozen trees each grow on the grounds of the manse; Supernal Starfruit, Pure Persimmons, and Azure Flowering Apples.&nbsp; The trees blossom and produce fruit in every season save Calibration, when the leaves fall and they stand barren.&nbsp; Consuming a whole fruit satisfies hunger and gives whatever eats it enough nutrition and energy for a day.&nbsp; In addition, for mortals, they allow the healing of injuries as an Exalt.&nbsp; For Exalts, eating a fruit allows them to recover Essence that day as though they were resting, regardless of what they actually do.&nbsp; The fruits have a further secret.&nbsp; Eating one of each every day for a year allows a mortal to make a Stamina+Willpower roll (3); success means that they Awaken their Essence, if they fail, the mortal transforms into a new tree.&nbsp; An Exalt that eats one of each fruit every day for a year finds their Essence more easy to refine, reducing the cost of increasing Permanent Essence by 1 multiple (i.e. Essencex7 for Solars rather than Essence x8).&nbsp; Missing a single day resets the count.&nbsp; The Manse does not provide a Hearthstone, as that power is spread throughout the grounds and the fruit trees.</div></div><br><br><br><br><br>Thing – <div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Hate Cats</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatleft">(https://i.redd.it/vwftho95qel61.png)</div> Hate Cats are a reminder that it wasn’t just First Age Solars who were mad or made custom life forms.&nbsp; An Ancient Lunar (who did use their Solar mate’s technology) created these creatures as a conservation effort to keep certain natural areas pure and untouched by humanity.&nbsp; Or any sentient beings.&nbsp; Hate Cats are a combination of big cat and serpent, their front half being like a saber-toothed tiger and their rear anywhere from 12 to 30 feet of powerful snake, their bodies scaly and strong, with huge and bulging eyes, and a serpent’s tongue.&nbsp; They are swift on the ground, can climb easily up most surfaces, and leap surprising distances.&nbsp; Their claws and teeth are hard and strong, capable of injuring even people in armor.&nbsp; Hate Cats would be dangerous enough predators but they are particularly dangerous to sentient beings.&nbsp; Hate Cats can detect sentient minds within 100 yards of themselves and upon sensing such minds, they begin a psychic assault by projecting an endless scream of hate, rage, and pain into people’s minds.&nbsp; Usually undetected, the attack takes most by surprise and incapacitates or at the least distracts them, which is when the Hate Cat will strike to kill anyone it can.&nbsp; They are predators and so will not stand and fight a group but will use their power on as many at once as they can and pick off one or two, taking a body to feed on if possible, and returning to hunt the others later.&nbsp; They do not mate but self-procreate upon reaching adulthood by laying a single fertilized egg each year.&nbsp; Hate Cats will not immediately target Lunar Exalted due to programming from their creation, but all other sentient beings are fair game.&nbsp; While they are cunning, the presence of sentient minds around them for too long can cause them to go berserk and attack madly while broadcasting their psychic blast of hate.&nbsp; <br></div></div>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>11-10-2022, 18:26:18</strong>
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				Started working on my person/place/thing but started falling asleep. I took Friday off so should be able to work on it Thursday.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>11-10-2022, 20:28:39</strong>
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				While I figure all that out, here is a Pic of my gal....<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/DoICMoL_d.webp?maxwidth=640&amp;shape=thumb&amp;fidelity=medium)</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>11-10-2022, 20:32:21</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16307982#msg16307982">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 11-10-2022, 20:28:39</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">While I figure all that out, here is a Pic of my gal....<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/DoICMoL_d.webp?maxwidth=640&amp;shape=thumb&amp;fidelity=medium)</div></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Ooooo, very nice ^w^
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>11-10-2022, 21:40:53</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16307733#msg16307733">Quote from: Armphid on 11-10-2022, 13:01:25</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hi there!&nbsp; here are my proposals for Person/Place/Thing.&nbsp; These are drafts, of course, so I'm more than open to adjustment and refinement or even having to scrap thing entirely and suggest new ones.&nbsp; Please share your thoughts!<br><br><br>Person – <div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Sern Hillcleaver</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/36/eb/75/36eb75833c3d9c5ca5a8db1703bcf7f2.jpg)</div> – Sern Hillcleaver is a Full Moon Lunar warlord who has claimed lands in the foothills and mountains to the northwest of the Silver Tower.&nbsp; Thought to be in league with the Wyld forces there by many, her true purpose is to battle the Fair Folk and other Wyld monstrosities spawned by Wyld energies emanating from and around the Silver Tower.&nbsp; Though she wouldn't mind taking down House Sharji and conquering the region.&nbsp; Maybe in a few centuries if things go well.&nbsp; She has taken control of several villages and has borne and fathered several Half-Caste children (https://i.pinimg.com/736x/04/5a/87/045a870b794b77d827e7d946c171e857.jpg).&nbsp; It is unclear if any of the saurian beastmen are her spawn of if they just gravitate to her due to her totem.&nbsp; She is a passionate fighter and war leader, but her passion expresses itself off the battlefield as well as she is known to celebrate her victories with wild parties and take many lovers.&nbsp; Sometimes many of them at once.&nbsp; Her lands are known to take in those fleeing from the rule of House Sharji and escaped slaves, so long as they contribute to community and/or the fight against the Wyld in some way.&nbsp; Criminals and infiltrators that try to take advantage of her open policy are usually used as bait for whatever comes out of the Wyld.&nbsp; She would be eager to find other Exalts willing to aid her cause and might offer sanctuary, but she will expect any that she shelters to put themselves at her service when she calls.&nbsp; Sern is a lovely woman of great size, both in height and in her curves (the Large Mutation with Appearance 4+), with light brown skin and shockingly hair that is many shades of orange in human form.&nbsp; In combat, she uses her fists, feet, tail, horns, but is most feared for her moonsilver Grand Grimcleaver, Dream Cracker (not pictured).</div></div><br><br><br><br><br>Place –<div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">The Crystal Orchards</div><div class="spoiler_body"> <div class="floatleft">(https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/2800_opt_1/b2389978766551.5cae45992a371.png)</div>The Crystal Orchards is a Wood Aspected Manse that is within one of the wooded areas in the Dreaming Sea region.&nbsp; The Manse itself is rather small (though it’s bigger on the inside) for the power of the site but most of the power is channeled into the unusual fruit trees that grow around it.&nbsp; Three sets of a dozen trees each grow on the grounds of the manse; Supernal Starfruit, Pure Persimmons, and Azure Flowering Apples.&nbsp; The trees blossom and produce fruit in every season save Calibration, when the leaves fall and they stand barren.&nbsp; Consuming a whole fruit satisfies hunger and gives whatever eats it enough nutrition and energy for a day.&nbsp; In addition, for mortals, they allow the healing of injuries as an Exalt.&nbsp; For Exalts, eating a fruit allows them to recover Essence that day as though they were resting, regardless of what they actually do.&nbsp; The fruits have a further secret.&nbsp; Eating one of each every day for a year allows a mortal to make a Stamina+Willpower roll (3); success means that they Awaken their Essence, if they fail, the mortal transforms into a new tree.&nbsp; An Exalt that eats one of each fruit every day for a year finds their Essence more easy to refine, reducing the cost of increasing Permanent Essence by 1 multiple (i.e. Essencex7 for Solars rather than Essence x8).&nbsp; Missing a single day resets the count.&nbsp; The Manse does not provide a Hearthstone, as that power is spread throughout the grounds and the fruit trees.</div></div><br><br><br><br><br>Thing – <div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Hate Cats</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatleft">(https://i.redd.it/vwftho95qel61.png)</div> Hate Cats are a reminder that it wasn’t just First Age Solars who were mad or made custom life forms.&nbsp; An Ancient Lunar (who did use their Solar mate’s technology) created these creatures as a conservation effort to keep certain natural areas pure and untouched by humanity.&nbsp; Or any sentient beings.&nbsp; Hate Cats are a combination of big cat and serpent, their front half being like a saber-toothed tiger and their rear anywhere from 12 to 30 feet of powerful snake, their bodies scaly and strong, with huge and bulging eyes, and a serpent’s tongue.&nbsp; They are swift on the ground, can climb easily up most surfaces, and leap surprising distances.&nbsp; Their claws and teeth are hard and strong, capable of injuring even people in armor.&nbsp; Hate Cats would be dangerous enough predators but they are particularly dangerous to sentient beings.&nbsp; Hate Cats can detect sentient minds within 100 yards of themselves and upon sensing such minds, they begin a psychic assault by projecting an endless scream of hate, rage, and pain into people’s minds.&nbsp; Usually undetected, the attack takes most by surprise and incapacitates or at the least distracts them, which is when the Hate Cat will strike to kill anyone it can.&nbsp; They are predators and so will not stand and fight a group but will use their power on as many at once as they can and pick off one or two, taking a body to feed on if possible, and returning to hunt the others later.&nbsp; They do not mate but self-procreate upon reaching adulthood by laying a single fertilized egg each year.&nbsp; Hate Cats will not immediately target Lunar Exalted due to programming from their creation, but all other sentient beings are fair game.&nbsp; While they are cunning, the presence of sentient minds around them for too long can cause them to go berserk and attack madly while broadcasting their psychic blast of hate.&nbsp; <br></div></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>These all look fine. Do you have a particular region in mind for the cats? I'm guessing the more forested areas?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>12-10-2022, 00:21:29</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16308027#msg16308027">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 11-10-2022, 21:40:53</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">These all look fine. Do you have a particular region in mind for the cats? I'm guessing the more forested areas?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Forests and maybe in the mountains, as those tend to be places where big cats exist in our ecology.&nbsp; I'm glad you like!<br><br>I need to work on character generation, sorry I'm slow.&nbsp; What I have in the Google Drive now is much more a Work In Progress than anything final.&nbsp; This week is going to be busy but I'll try not to slow things down.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>12-10-2022, 01:01:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16307982#msg16307982">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 11-10-2022, 20:28:39</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">While I figure all that out, here is a Pic of my gal....<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/DoICMoL_d.webp?maxwidth=640&amp;shape=thumb&amp;fidelity=medium)</div></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I do not remember her, looks good albeit the art looks a bit weird to my eyes (comparing the toned legs/abs vs how the face is drawn).
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>12-10-2022, 05:08:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The original was a piece Inerrant drew, this is very heavily changed.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>12-10-2022, 05:31:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Person</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/lbT13g1.jpg)<br>The Maiden in Ivory is a bit of a local legend.&nbsp; She's supposedly a spirit that makes the waterways of Dhergham her home who was once the beloved pet of a local sage.&nbsp; Seeing how lonely her master was, the Maiden wanted to help him, but as a simple serpent she felt powerless to do anything.&nbsp; Some say she made a deal with a sorcerer and gained a form that would let her be there for him.&nbsp; Others that she was changed by a storm straight out of the Wyld.&nbsp; Whatever the case may actually be, whether the story of a beloved pet seeking to offer solace to her dear master is true or not, people have claimed to have encountered a gorgeous, pale skinned and silvery haired woman, singing a sad song as she gazes up at the moon from a nearby riverbank, only to retreat when approached.</div></div><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Place</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/IZmNK1q.jpg)<br>Located in the mountains to the south there is a lone statue seemingly carved from the very face of the rock itself.&nbsp; An armored figure holding the hilt of a sword, from which pours forth a stream of clear, cold water, like a blade that changes color with the shifting of weather, sun and moon.&nbsp; No one knows who carved it, where the water comes from, or if there is anything more to it than mere decoration.&nbsp; Travelers have claimed that they've heard sounds coming from within the mountain, but despite efforts to find an entrance to some hidden structure, nothing has come of any such venture.</div></div><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Thing</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/XL19z0S.jpg)<br>There is a story whispered by anyone that wanders the roads and wilds of Dhergham, speaking of an unholy terror stalking the night in search of victims.&nbsp; What is it?&nbsp; Where did it come from?&nbsp; No one truly knows.&nbsp; A First Age experiment?&nbsp; Some poor soul hopelessly twisted by the rakshasa?&nbsp; It matters little.&nbsp; What is known, or claimed to be known, is that it strikes swiftly, cruelly playing with its food before rending them limb from bloody limb, and leaving only a husk of unwanted meat and cracked bones in its wake.</div></div>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>12-10-2022, 08:25:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hairy, I noticed the map you're using is 3e. Are we going by 3e lore or 2e?<br><br>Edit: alternate idea for image<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/7mqwaa1_d.webp?maxwidth=640&amp;shape=thumb&amp;fidelity=medium)</div></div>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>12-10-2022, 13:41:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp; I think he's hybridizing it a bit.&nbsp; Bringing some regions from 3e into 2e.&nbsp; Case in point: the Dreaming Sea.&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp; Armphid, if Hairy allows--maybe eating those fruits not just lets you discount raising your essence but also lets you do it without training time?&nbsp; If hairy doesn't want to give us an EXP discount just being able to raise Essence to 4 or 5 without spending well over a season in meditation would be a great boon.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>12-10-2022, 17:26:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16308517#msg16308517">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 12-10-2022, 08:25:56</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Edit: alternate idea for image<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/7mqwaa1_d.webp?maxwidth=640&amp;shape=thumb&amp;fidelity=medium)</div></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Looks better, even if can see the edit but it is less disturbing to my eyes.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>12-10-2022, 19:31:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/0d/Cat_Slave_Bright_Eyes_1.jpg)(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/c2/Cat_Slave_Bright_Eyes_2.png)</div><br><strong>Bright Eyes</strong> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1REx9zC8qeGSSiFkX3gj0Dnudwixef9loemSC3dQYRi8/edit)<br><br><strong>Person: Sessory Fireblossom, Martial Arts Sifu</strong> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g8dLc4PoKxcQeBIFqalVO536O3UXZG-KFL_2wOnsvYo/edit)<br><br><strong>Place: Sponge Stone Amphitheater</strong> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nFRyiP4Xy0L-9YYuVkwBDCyFEjhEQ6qWX9uYlZ7O0GY/edit)<br><br><strong>Thing</strong> (Forthcoming) &nbsp;(http://)<br><br>Didn't realize i didn't post this hours ago!&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>12-10-2022, 19:35:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16308635#msg16308635">Quote from: Muse on 12-10-2022, 13:41:01</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">&nbsp; Armphid, if Hairy allows--maybe eating those fruits not just lets you discount raising your essence but also lets you do it without training time?&nbsp; If hairy doesn't want to give us an EXP discount just being able to raise Essence to 4 or 5 without spending well over a season in meditation would be a great boon.&nbsp; </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I'm open to that change if Hairy is.&nbsp; Thinking about it, that kind of makes more "sense" that eating the fruit would help an Exalt's body become more ready for higher Essence.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>12-10-2022, 23:29:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16308370#msg16308370">Quote from: Crensler on 12-10-2022, 05:31:45</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Person</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/lbT13g1.jpg)<br>The Maiden in Ivory is a bit of a local legend.&nbsp; She's supposedly a spirit that makes the waterways of Dhergham her home who was once the beloved pet of a local sage.&nbsp; Seeing how lonely her master was, the Maiden wanted to help him, but as a simple serpent she felt powerless to do anything.&nbsp; Some say she made a deal with a sorcerer and gained a form that would let her be there for him.&nbsp; Others that she was changed by a storm straight out of the Wyld.&nbsp; Whatever the case may actually be, whether the story of a beloved pet seeking to offer solace to her dear master is true or not, people have claimed to have encountered a gorgeous, pale skinned and silvery haired woman, singing a sad song as she gazes up at the moon from a nearby riverbank, only to retreat when approached.</div></div><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Place</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/IZmNK1q.jpg)<br>Located in the mountains to the south there is a lone statue seemingly carved from the very face of the rock itself.&nbsp; An armored figure holding the hilt of a sword, from which pours forth a stream of clear, cold water, like a blade that changes color with the shifting of weather, sun and moon.&nbsp; No one knows who carved it, where the water comes from, or if there is anything more to it than mere decoration.&nbsp; Travelers have claimed that they've heard sounds coming from within the mountain, but despite efforts to find an entrance to some hidden structure, nothing has come of any such venture.</div></div><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Thing</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/XL19z0S.jpg)<br>There is a story whispered by anyone that wanders the roads and wilds of Dhergham, speaking of an unholy terror stalking the night in search of victims.&nbsp; What is it?&nbsp; Where did it come from?&nbsp; No one truly knows.&nbsp; A First Age experiment?&nbsp; Some poor soul hopelessly twisted by the rakshasa?&nbsp; It matters little.&nbsp; What is known, or claimed to be known, is that it strikes swiftly, cruelly playing with its food before rending them limb from bloody limb, and leaving only a husk of unwanted meat and cracked bones in its wake.</div></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>These all look fine.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16308517#msg16308517">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 12-10-2022, 08:25:56</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hairy, I noticed the map you're using is 3e. Are we going by 3e lore or 2e?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16308635#msg16308635">Quote from: Muse on 12-10-2022, 13:41:01</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">&nbsp; I think he's hybridizing it a bit.&nbsp; Bringing some regions from 3e into 2e.&nbsp; Case in point: the Dreaming Sea.&nbsp; <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Effectively, yes. Figure on using 2nd ed lore in the main, though where we are, there wouldn't have been any 2nd ed lore, so I'll be relying on 3rd ed if you wander further afield in the Dreaming Sea area.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16308635#msg16308635">Quote from: Muse on 12-10-2022, 13:41:01</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">&nbsp; Armphid, if Hairy allows--maybe eating those fruits not just lets you discount raising your essence but also lets you do it without training time?&nbsp; If hairy doesn't want to give us an EXP discount just being able to raise Essence to 4 or 5 without spending well over a season in meditation would be a great boon. <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Kind of a moot point, given you'd have to eat one of the fruits each day for a year to get that benefit. I don't see the circle camping out for a year just for that.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16308798#msg16308798">Quote from: Muse on 12-10-2022, 19:31:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Person: Sessory Fireblossom, Martial Arts Sifu</strong> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g8dLc4PoKxcQeBIFqalVO536O3UXZG-KFL_2wOnsvYo/edit)<br><br><strong>Place: Sponge Stone Amphitheater</strong> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nFRyiP4Xy0L-9YYuVkwBDCyFEjhEQ6qWX9uYlZ7O0GY/edit)<br><br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>These look fine.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>13-10-2022, 06:09:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, you'd have to stay close.&nbsp; <br><br>Okay.&nbsp; I dont' know what yet but my thing is going to be a monster.&nbsp; (We're giving you a hint here, hairy.&nbsp; ;)&nbsp; )&nbsp; And i'm goign to stat it1&nbsp; :D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>13-10-2022, 06:14:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I could stat my monster too, if you'd like.&nbsp; I didn't know if we'd ever risk running into them so I didn't bother.&nbsp; But I can if you would like!&nbsp; <br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16308995#msg16308995">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 12-10-2022, 23:29:10</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Kind of a moot point, given you'd have to eat one of the fruits each day for a year to get that benefit. I don't see the circle camping out for a year just for that.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>But we could harvest the fruit and take it with, perhaps.&nbsp; Still, I hear you.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>16-10-2022, 22:06:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				How are people getting on with their characters?<br><br>Need anything from me?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>16-10-2022, 22:23:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I've just been blanking.&nbsp; Sorry.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>16-10-2022, 23:06:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16312470#msg16312470">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 16-10-2022, 22:06:03</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">How are people getting on with their characters?<br><br>Need anything from me?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I've been preoccupied but I at least have most of the idea for him.&nbsp; Just comes down to pic finding, building him up and things like that.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>16-10-2022, 23:16:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16312470#msg16312470">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 16-10-2022, 22:06:03</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">How are people getting on with their characters?<br><br>Need anything from me? </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Sorry, I had some RL stuff come up all of a sudden.&nbsp; But I do intend to get my character put together!&nbsp; Still trying to decide on a few things.&nbsp; Do I want to go Martial Arts or Melee, mostly.&nbsp; And what I want to spend my Backgrounds on given that my character will be very, very far away from where he came from and any assets he would have from that.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>17-10-2022, 01:01:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16312470#msg16312470">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 16-10-2022, 22:06:03</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">How are people getting on with their characters?<br><br>Need anything from me?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I need to write out my "thing".&nbsp; Do I understand correclty that you aproved the bonus points from person and place?&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>17-10-2022, 01:18:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Do characters made up as slaves or as Exalts?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>17-10-2022, 01:20:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Slaves first, then we'll add the Exalt parts later, as I recall.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>17-10-2022, 01:25:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16312655#msg16312655">Quote from: Muse on 17-10-2022, 01:01:25</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I need to write out my "thing".&nbsp; Do I understand correclty that you aproved the bonus points from person and place? <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yep.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16312671#msg16312671">Quote from: AndyZ on 17-10-2022, 01:18:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Do characters made up as slaves or as Exalts?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16312674#msg16312674">Quote from: Armphid on 17-10-2022, 01:20:24</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Slaves first, then we'll add the Exalt parts later, as I recall.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Correct. You start the game as a mortal and will Exalt fairly early on.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chajesdad</strong> on <strong>17-10-2022, 03:06:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16312470#msg16312470">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 16-10-2022, 22:06:03</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">How are people getting on with their characters?<br><br>Need anything from me?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I think I have my mortal complete, but life has bitten me hard. Having a lot of troubles trying to balance games and life. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>17-10-2022, 03:45:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16312470#msg16312470">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 16-10-2022, 22:06:03</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">How are people getting on with their characters?<br><br>Need anything from me?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I need to put stuff down on paper. Was inspired by some of the book of the south so using pic b. C was favored but it has colour which counters the plan now. :D<br><br>Some of the stuff is sort of getting me confused though. Stunts are basically just describing how you attack? But they get bonuses?<br><br>And it takes a stunt for unarmed to parry weapon attacks? I wasn't able to find any bracers or something that could be used.<br><br>As I understand it pulling a Jacky Chan and stepping into a sword swing so that their forearms land on your shoulder instead of the blade would be a stunt? And limited... well I don't recall seeing a limit on stunts per rest or anything.<br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>17-10-2022, 04:06:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Can't hearthstone bracers do that?&nbsp; I might be wrong, but I thought they could...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>17-10-2022, 05:08:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				3 die to dodge and as lunar the moonsilver adds 2 lethal soak. :)<br><br>the fighting gauntlets are about the only thing I've found.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>17-10-2022, 05:35:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				1 dot stunts are doing the bare minimum to describe how you perform an action<br>2 dot stunts are actions described in a cool way<br>3 dot stunts make everyone's jaw drop with how amazing they were
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chajesdad</strong> on <strong>17-10-2022, 08:06:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				There are severalhearthstones that ake it possible to parry weapons bare-handed, Seven-Leaping Dragons, and Wind Hands from the Core book I think fit that. This may be why you were thinking of the bracers, though they are just a couch forthe stones. There is a Martial Arts set of bracers as well, though their name escapes me. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>17-10-2022, 19:10:17</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Person-<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Cynis Chaja - Chaja and Alyx grew up next to each other, almost literally. They competed to have the best grades in school, competed to have the best dating partner, competed to see who would exalt first. Well, Chaja won that competition. When Chaja exalted as an Air Aspect and Alyx didn't exalt at all, the power went to her head. It wasn't enough that she had finally in a sense defeated her rival. No, Alyx had to be humiliated to the point where she could never return to the Blessed Isle. It was Chaja who pulled her connections to set up Alyx for an ambush. She then paid off and blackmailed enough people to get Alyx sold as a sex slave, completing the humiliation of her rival. Chaja now has a small holding of her own in the South, slowly expanding her own personal network of spies and assassins. Alyx only learned of Chaja's involvement when her old rival came to visit her master and make use of Alyx for her own pleasure. Alyx being sold to a new master was an unexpected twist to the dynast and she is no doubt planning something to try and humiliate her rival again.</div></div><br>Place-<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Tower of Ten Thousand Pleasures- The tower is Chaja's personal manse, a tower reaching into the sky. At the top sits Chaja, her personal chambers connected to her spies across the South. Those who enter the tower report all manner of drugs, sex slaves, and other ways of enjoyment. As one steps further up the tower the debauchery becomes more debased, until one reaches the top. The tower is crafted of black jade, a dark obelisk against the sky of the Southern desert. Those in the know claim that the further you reach in the tower also means the less your secrets are safe, that every drug comes with some truth serum to it and every whore within is a spy for the tower's master. The tower has been in the possession of House Cynis for generations,&nbsp; Chaja being only the latest inheritor.</div></div><br>Thing- <br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Needle of Light in Darkness- The Needle is a First Age orichalcum dagger, the inner core crafted of moonsilver. The dagger is a straight bladed weapon with no crossguard and a handle of blue silk. All in all, the Needle doesn't appear to be anything unique or special, save for the golden blade. The true power of the Needle comes when it is properly attuned- The Needle can transform itself into a short choker or arm band, hiding it's nature from prying eyes. When thrown, the Needle returns to it's wielder unerringly, flying back to them to be used again.</div></div>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>18-10-2022, 05:20:31</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				I hope the person/place/thing are acceptable, I can change them if not.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>18-10-2022, 08:21:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/0d/Cat_Slave_Bright_Eyes_1.jpg)(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/c2/Cat_Slave_Bright_Eyes_2.png)</div><br><strong>Bright Eyes</strong> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1REx9zC8qeGSSiFkX3gj0Dnudwixef9loemSC3dQYRi8/edit)<br><br><strong>Person: Sessory Fireblossom, Martial Arts Sifu</strong> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g8dLc4PoKxcQeBIFqalVO536O3UXZG-KFL_2wOnsvYo/edit)<br><br><strong>Place: Sponge Stone Amphitheater</strong> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nFRyiP4Xy0L-9YYuVkwBDCyFEjhEQ6qWX9uYlZ7O0GY/edit)<br><br><strong>Thing: Ixitxatchil, The Name Eaters</strong> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mjUEdofiaZ7Y4HWdYzxF1PZWtmFKPFCKJFJS640HQ9k/edit)<br><br><br>There we go
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>18-10-2022, 11:55:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hairy, would you allow the Throwback flaw and Lucky merit?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>18-10-2022, 13:53:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16313925#msg16313925">Quote from: Muse on 18-10-2022, 08:21:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Bright Eyes</strong> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1REx9zC8qeGSSiFkX3gj0Dnudwixef9loemSC3dQYRi8/edit)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Have found a master yet for Bright Eyes?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>18-10-2022, 22:50:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yes, Crensler's guy will own her.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>19-10-2022, 03:55:10</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16313851#msg16313851">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 18-10-2022, 05:20:31</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I hope the person/place/thing are acceptable, I can change them if not.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>The person and place seem very much linked to what I presume is your character. They're not necessarily bad, but they seem almost more like an Enemy background than something that the entire group could interact with. If you don't have anything else in mind though we can go with them.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16313925#msg16313925">Quote from: Muse on 18-10-2022, 08:21:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/0d/Cat_Slave_Bright_Eyes_1.jpg)(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/c2/Cat_Slave_Bright_Eyes_2.png)</div><br><strong>Bright Eyes</strong> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1REx9zC8qeGSSiFkX3gj0Dnudwixef9loemSC3dQYRi8/edit)<br><br><strong>Person: Sessory Fireblossom, Martial Arts Sifu</strong> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g8dLc4PoKxcQeBIFqalVO536O3UXZG-KFL_2wOnsvYo/edit)<br><br><strong>Place: Sponge Stone Amphitheater</strong> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nFRyiP4Xy0L-9YYuVkwBDCyFEjhEQ6qWX9uYlZ7O0GY/edit)<br><br><strong>Thing: Ixitxatchil, The Name Eaters</strong> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mjUEdofiaZ7Y4HWdYzxF1PZWtmFKPFCKJFJS640HQ9k/edit)<br><br><br>There we go<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>These are fine.<br><br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16313990#msg16313990">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 18-10-2022, 11:55:35</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hairy, would you allow the Throwback flaw and Lucky merit?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Potentially. What kind of level were you thinking of taking them at? And what kind of character had you in mind for the Throwback?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>19-10-2022, 04:29:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				I was planning on taking enemy 5 (Cynis Chaja, childhood rival), Obligation 3 (Obsidian Sparrow, the man who taught her assassination skills), Throwback 2 (I'll have to do more in depth discussion on this one, mind if we talk over discord?), Multiple Personalities (alternate one tied to her conviction virtue), and Nightmares 2 for 15pts total.<br><br>For merits I was looking at taking enchanting features 4pts, double jointed 3pts, acute senses sight 2pts, and lucky at 5pts though I can drop it too. So either 14 or 9pts of merits.<br><br>I can work on alternate idea for the 3 things as well, I have a few more ideas for things that aren't so directly tied to Alyx.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>19-10-2022, 08:53:12</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16314431#msg16314431">Quote from: Muse on 18-10-2022, 22:50:29</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Yes, Crensler's guy will own her. <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>*nods*
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>19-10-2022, 09:07:38</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Bright Eyes is reporting for duty!&nbsp; <br><br>Shadow Fox, level 5 enemies are usually very powerful--both personally and politically, with large numbers of minions.&nbsp; They're often cannon character such as Lady Mnemon or Raksi, Qeen of Fangs.&nbsp; <br><br>It sounds like you're looking more for something like:&nbsp; <br>Enemy 3 (Power 1/Occurrence 5)&nbsp; That would be a character about as strong as you--or rather, about as strong as you will be once you've exalted--who factors in 60% of chapters.&nbsp; <br><br>Alternatively if they're a successful dragon blooded with a sworn brotherhood and some wealth: Enemy 3: (Power 2, Occurrence 4).&nbsp; An enemy stronger than you, but no one that the group can't drive away if they work together.&nbsp; Alternatively just Enemy 2 and they'll only feature in 30% of chapters.&nbsp; :)&nbsp; I think that's more appropriate if you're not trying to introduce a major plot element who becomes a major motivating force for the story.&nbsp; <br><br>Note, I think he was your Person?&nbsp; I haven't read them yet!
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>19-10-2022, 11:19:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'll leave that for the ST to decide. <br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>19-10-2022, 13:06:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry these took so long. Either today after work or tomorrow I should get the character sheet up.<br><br>Quick question though. Do even mortals use the... flowing names like the Exalted do? <br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header"> Person</div><div class="spoiler_body">&nbsp; The Blind Oracle. <br>A vastly overweight male with bulging milky eyes. He stays clean shaved beyond a single ponytail that stretches down to the middle of his wide back. Scented oils are constantly rubbed into the man's bulk causing the multicolored robes of translucent silk that he wears to cling. A Enlightened Mortal bound to The Labyrinth Shrine Manse and a person who favors wit and knowledge. Once a wandering healer by the name of Hokos he found his way to the Shrine at the center of the labyrinth and made a deal with something. For the gift of prophecy he was required to sacrifice much in exchange. Among his sacrifices were his freedom for if he ever leaves the shrine he will die painfully. His sight such that he is incapable of seeing the now. And his health turning his once well cared for and muscular body into the bloated mess it is now that requires constant oiling or the skin will crack like shattered porcelain.<br></div></div><br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header"> Place</div><div class="spoiler_body">&nbsp; The Labyrinth Shrine.<br>This Manse is found in a large valley formed between mountainous sand dunes. Both trails between the dunes lead to a labyrinth whose walls are made of compacted sand and frequently shift around. Not only do the shifting passages make it hard to pass through the labyrinth it is far warmer within and many reptilian and insect creatures make the area their home. A final bit of a trial is a spirit that roams the twisting paths, frequently compressing the sand of the area into a rock hard Minotaur like form. Within the center of the Labyrinth is the massive shrine the Blind Oracle lives in. Marble columns surround a bubbling oasis and small garden with several resting areas and a fancy meeting room where seekers receive the Oracle's words. The living areas are off to the side and seekers are not permitted within as any who have to stay a night or longer must provide their own shelter further away from the shrine.<br></div></div><br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header"> Thing</div><div class="spoiler_body"> The Scorpion's Tail <br>This lifelike metal scorpion is pressed against one's forearm with the head facing one's shoulder which causes the legs to close around the limb locking it into place. The claws work as controls that manipulate the tail allowing its stinger to be aimed and launched out with a great deal of force and a lengthy spool of wire that trails the tip. The stinger is capable of two settings, a piercing spike that punches into hard objects or splitting into a claw like form that grasps onto objects the spike can't pierce. Another touch of the controls reels in the cord either hauling smaller objects to the user or hauling up to 500 pounds into the air towards where the tip is locked.<br></div></div>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>19-10-2022, 13:51:43</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mortals use epithets as well, yeah.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>19-10-2022, 15:30:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay, about those names:&nbsp; <br><br>A normal name is often one or two normal words.&nbsp; There's a big exalted name generator online that produces 3-4 word names and that's not really in keeping with the setting.&nbsp; <br><br>Panther and Swan are normal names.&nbsp; <br><br>Harmonious Jade is a normal name, but it's also bad luck because she's named for money.&nbsp; <br><br>Fire Orchid is a normal name.&nbsp; <br><br>Ariana and Dace are also normal names.&nbsp; <br><br>Low Realm and High Realm names often sound Japanese.&nbsp; Because of this I often use actual Japanese names for those naming conventions.&nbsp; Someone from the Blessed Isle, or Lookshy, or just named in the style of that big fancy empire that rules Creation.&nbsp; :)&nbsp; <br><br>When you see a "name" consisting of more than two words, it's usually a <em>title.</em>&nbsp; Monks have titles--especially immaculate monks.&nbsp; Death knights have titles.&nbsp; Nobles have titles.&nbsp; People who have earned awesome nicknames have titles.&nbsp; :)&nbsp; <br><br>I hope that clarifies.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>19-10-2022, 16:05:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It does actually. Thanks!<br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>20-10-2022, 02:08:56</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16314690#msg16314690">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 19-10-2022, 04:29:51</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I was planning on taking enemy 5 (Cynis Chaja, childhood rival), Obligation 3 (Obsidian Sparrow, the man who taught her assassination skills), Throwback 2 (I'll have to do more in depth discussion on this one, mind if we talk over discord?), Multiple Personalities (alternate one tied to her conviction virtue), and Nightmares 2 for 15pts total.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I can see Muse already discussed the Enemy stuff, but yeah, an Enemy 5 would be a SERIOUS threat.<br><br>Feel free to ping me on discord, or in PM here for the Throwback and/or the Multiple Personalities.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16314690#msg16314690">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 19-10-2022, 04:29:51</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">For merits I was looking at taking enchanting features 4pts, double jointed 3pts, acute senses sight 2pts, and lucky at 5pts though I can drop it too. So either 14 or 9pts of merits.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>No issue with those.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16314690#msg16314690">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 19-10-2022, 04:29:51</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I can work on alternate idea for the 3 things as well, I have a few more ideas for things that aren't so directly tied to Alyx.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Sound. I'd prefer them to not be so directly linked to a character.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>20-10-2022, 02:15:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16315008#msg16315008">Quote from: Hexed on 19-10-2022, 13:06:34</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Sorry these took so long. Either today after work or tomorrow I should get the character sheet up.<br><br>Quick question though. Do even mortals use the... flowing names like the Exalted do? <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>They probably can, but most don't. One and two word names are probably the most common for mortals.<br><br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16315008#msg16315008">Quote from: Hexed on 19-10-2022, 13:06:34</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header"> Person</div><div class="spoiler_body">&nbsp; The Blind Oracle. <br>A vastly overweight male with bulging milky eyes. He stays clean shaved beyond a single ponytail that stretches down to the middle of his wide back. Scented oils are constantly rubbed into the man's bulk causing the multicolored robes of translucent silk that he wears to cling. A Enlightened Mortal bound to The Labyrinth Shrine Manse and a person who favors wit and knowledge. Once a wandering healer by the name of Hokos he found his way to the Shrine at the center of the labyrinth and made a deal with something. For the gift of prophecy he was required to sacrifice much in exchange. Among his sacrifices were his freedom for if he ever leaves the shrine he will die painfully. His sight such that he is incapable of seeing the now. And his health turning his once well cared for and muscular body into the bloated mess it is now that requires constant oiling or the skin will crack like shattered porcelain.<br></div></div><br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header"> Place</div><div class="spoiler_body">&nbsp; The Labyrinth Shrine.<br>This Manse is found in a large valley formed between mountainous sand dunes. Both trails between the dunes lead to a labyrinth whose walls are made of compacted sand and frequently shift around. Not only do the shifting passages make it hard to pass through the labyrinth it is far warmer within and many reptilian and insect creatures make the area their home. A final bit of a trial is a spirit that roams the twisting paths, frequently compressing the sand of the area into a rock hard Minotaur like form. Within the center of the Labyrinth is the massive shrine the Blind Oracle lives in. Marble columns surround a bubbling oasis and small garden with several resting areas and a fancy meeting room where seekers receive the Oracle's words. The living areas are off to the side and seekers are not permitted within as any who have to stay a night or longer must provide their own shelter further away from the shrine.<br></div></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>These are grand.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16315008#msg16315008">Quote from: Hexed on 19-10-2022, 13:06:34</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header"> Thing</div><div class="spoiler_body"> The Scorpion's Tail <br>This lifelike metal scorpion is pressed against one's forearm with the head facing one's shoulder which causes the legs to close around the limb locking it into place. The claws work as controls that manipulate the tail allowing its stinger to be aimed and launched out with a great deal of force and a lengthy spool of wire that trails the tip. The stinger is capable of two settings, a piercing spike that punches into hard objects or splitting into a claw like form that grasps onto objects the spike can't pierce. Another touch of the controls reels in the cord either hauling smaller objects to the user or hauling up to 500 pounds into the air towards where the tip is locked.<br></div></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>This one reminds me of the Gauntlets of Distant Claws (OC p37). Is it tied to particular individual or perhaps criminal group?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>20-10-2022, 02:23:43</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hairy, I'd better ask: if I don't feel up for this right now, will you have recruitment at a later date?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chajesdad</strong> on <strong>20-10-2022, 03:15:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Life won't let me finish my character. Sorry, I can't continue. I hope you enjoy.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>20-10-2022, 03:31:37</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				If the two of you can't get a character together right now, I don't see any huge difficulty in bringing you in later.<br><br>If its still in the prologue part, then your character has simply been in the background up til now. If its post Second Breath, then we'll find some way for you to cross paths with the rest of the group :)
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>20-10-2022, 05:17:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16315621#msg16315621">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 20-10-2022, 02:15:25</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">They probably can, but most don't. One and two word names are probably the most common for mortals.<br><br><br>These are grand.<br><br>This one reminds me of the Gauntlets of Distant Claws (OC p37). Is it tied to particular individual or perhaps criminal group?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Good to know with the names. Wuxia always seems to aim for the flowery names. :D<br><br>Glad you like them. The Blind Oracle was made for another game that never went anywhere. <br><br>Till I looked them up I'd not known of the Gauntlets of Distant Claws. The stinger wasn't meant for any particular group although I suppose assassins with a focus on poison or something like may find them useful.<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>20-10-2022, 08:11:23</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maybe combine what you've got now with the concept of Black Widow Razors--basically a loyal construct that serves as a weapon?&nbsp; &nbsp;:)&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>23-10-2022, 16:56:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Place: Mela's Respite<br><br>Mela's Respite is a two story inn and tavern set up some distance into the desert road, where various travelers can find cool shelter from the heat, as well as various refreshments.<br><br>Person: Seven Chances<br><br>Seven Chances is a lost egg, Chosen of Mela, who owns and runs Mela's Respite.&nbsp; He's rather fair and welcomes travelers and the poor, but he has zero tolerance for abuse and cruelty, preferring to sneak in and kill evildoers in their sleep.<br><br>Thing: The icebox<br><br>A simple and crude device made of blue jade, this very basic artifact requires no maintenance and blasts cold air when attuned for three motes.&nbsp; It's able to keep the entire building of Mela's Respite at a pleasant temperature, though the room in which it's kept is best used for food storage rather than living space.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>23-10-2022, 19:37:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<strong>AndyZ:</strong> for your information, there is already excist artifact that does closely identical to what you're suggesting there. It's called Winterbreath Jars. Albeit unsure does the jar help keep the room temperature cool, it keeps food fresh and cooled.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>23-10-2022, 21:47:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, this is different cause it's a whole cold room and you can open the door periodically (or constantly?) to cool the whole building.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>24-10-2022, 02:54:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, it's not in the books, but it'd be darn useful for people of the First Age who get stuck in the South for extended periods.&nbsp; I would actually figure it's far more common than one would expect, or at least used to be, but the Age of Sorrows doesn't exactly make for lots of epic trinkets.<br><br>Some <del>Unclean</del> Twilight made it back in the First Age, and it doesn't need maintenance, but it does need to be attuned.<br><br>You can think of it as an air conditioner except that it takes up a single room like a space heater, and makes that one room way too cold, so the whole room is basically a refrigerator.<br><br>It's probably also the size of an air conditioner, and unless you either own Mela's Respite or want to steal it, it's not going to be useful to the party.&nbsp; Also, they'd notice if it was stolen because the whole temperature of the place would change pretty fast.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>24-10-2022, 03:15:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16318619#msg16318619">Quote from: AndyZ on 23-10-2022, 16:56:30</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Place: Mela's Respite<br><br>Mela's Respite is a two story inn and tavern set up some distance into the desert road, where various travelers can find cool shelter from the heat, as well as various refreshments.<br><br>Person: Seven Chances<br><br>Seven Chances is a lost egg, Chosen of Mela, who owns and runs Mela's Respite.&nbsp; He's rather fair and welcomes travelers and the poor, but he has zero tolerance for abuse and cruelty, preferring to sneak in and kill evildoers in their sleep.<br><br>Thing: The icebox<br><br>A simple and crude device made of blue jade, this very basic artifact requires no maintenance and blasts cold air when attuned for three motes.&nbsp; It's able to keep the entire building of Mela's Respite at a pleasant temperature, though the room in which it's kept is best used for food storage rather than living space.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>The only thing I'd comment on here is the 'killing evildoers in their sleep'. Keep in mind, Creation isn't exactly the nicest place to be, so abuse and cruelty aren't uncommon. Killing anyone in your tavern isn't going to see you stay in business for long, lost egg or not. Once or twice a year might be seen as coincidence, but also might see the place get a reputation for bad luck. Anything more than that, and either the Guild or the local DBs are going to start nosing around, especially if anyone important dies.<br><br>Now, if you wanted to tweak things a bit and make it more interesting ..<br><br>Make him a ghost blooded godblood and give him the wandering po curse, preferably not even being aware of it. When he sleeps, his po leaves his body and seeks out whoever it was that he unconsciously marked as in need of death, preferably with said person now at least a day or two's travel away from the inn. Then their death becomes an unfortunate attack by a spirit out in the desert.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>24-10-2022, 03:21:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				No objection from me ^_^ And yeah, it may not have initially been the best planned-out idea.<br><br>I'm still playing with concepts, but wanted to toss the PPT while I at least had something.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>24-10-2022, 03:31:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				All good :)<br><br>We can easily tweak, refine or even redo stuff
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>24-10-2022, 05:34:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Well that was longer than planned.<br><br>Iron Sand (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RlYGnznosAsglChAJ27nFyysNgg-2OsOtoNQBzcB6BQ/edit) the eventual Lunar.<br><br>Don't think I'm missing anything but was bouncing between so many books I'm not sure. Should probably strike out the part about gem and leave her buyers vague.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>24-10-2022, 05:53:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ugh, I haven't even started on mine &gt;.&lt;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>24-10-2022, 10:52:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp; Hey, Hexed, two things.&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp; When i make these templates I use tabs for formatting.&nbsp; This includes undoing the bold face before I put in the tabs.&nbsp; if you use the tabs i put in for you, your text won't be in bold face.&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp; I think you might have missed some errata!&nbsp; I'm checking your bonus point expenditures.&nbsp; Okay, got it.&nbsp; You paid the correct cost for everything you bought but you're missing some really great opportunities here.&nbsp; <br>A.&nbsp; You get 4 free specialties.&nbsp; <br>B.&nbsp; Willpower is no longer the sum of the two highest virtues.&nbsp; Willpower is normally a base rating of 5.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; In this game, for these mortals, willpower is a base rating of three, and we'll gain two dots when we exalt.&nbsp; <br>C.&nbsp; Missed opportunities:&nbsp; Willpower and Virtues are <em>very powerful</em>--both in and of themselves and in that they contribute to motes.&nbsp; They now only cost one bonus point each. I would <em>strongly</em> advise you to shuffle some points around in order to raise virtues and willpower.&nbsp; <br>D.&nbsp; You missed the experience points.&nbsp; <br>E.&nbsp; Missed one.&nbsp; The dot in sail costs 2 instead of 1.&nbsp; Suggestion:&nbsp; Drop the second dot out of melee to put the first dot in sail.&nbsp; Move that bonus point into Valour.&nbsp; Spend 2 EXP to raise melee back to 2.&nbsp; <br><br>While i also question it, I love that&nbsp; this is a gladiator with above average inteligence.&nbsp; :)&nbsp; The average wits sucks for her.&nbsp; Maybe drop a dot from perception into wits, and then put it back with 4 exp?&nbsp; Anyways.&nbsp; <br><br>*&nbsp; *&nbsp; *<br><br>Cren-kun!&nbsp; *pounces*&nbsp; Why didn't you say so when we were doing game stuff together last night?&nbsp; Let me help!&nbsp; <br><br>You're little koneko-chan needs her master!&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>24-10-2022, 12:55:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Thanks for the fixes Muse!<br><br>Should have the last of the bolding fixed.<br><br>And holy crap I did miss those bits in errata. I was also using Anathema character generator to double check my math. Will have to fix those.<br><br>a) hell ya extra specialties! Have to figure them out.<br>b) That I hadn't realized. Will fix.<br>c) I knew willpower was important but hadn't realized the Virtues were as well. Will have to look.<br>d) Forgot to mark down in notes but those were being saved for exalting. Lunar's get 8 charms instead of 10 and have to buy knacks with those so I'll only have... 6 charms I think. Unsure if its enough to get me where I want charm wise.<br>e) Huh. Yeah I did miss that increase in point cost via BP. Will have to fix that. Although given I've 2 BP after fix why do the shuffling and not just use those BP to fix? <br><br>As for the wit vs int thing... I kinda missed wit was in charge of join battle but! According to the book wit has to do with keeping calm too. And Iron Sand has a temper. That and she is a bit of a scholar and perfect memory means she just needs to read through the scrolls once. in theory at least. If I do dip into xp I'd honestly bump up her lore and Occult skills.<br><br>the quote.&nbsp; &nbsp; Someone with Wits 3 is exceedingly clever and almost never loses her cool<br><br><br>I'll be honest Virtues and their benefits kinda sound like Edge from shadowrun and I never see a point in it. Especially when scores of 3 cause you to roll to go against and dice pools can only be x big in the first place. :)<br>okay... I'm not finding the limit to dice pools I could have sworn I'd seen. Gotta get ready for work but I'll keep looking. I may be really wrong there.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>24-10-2022, 16:49:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16319368#msg16319368">Quote from: Muse on 24-10-2022, 10:52:24</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Cren-kun!&nbsp; *pounces*&nbsp; Why didn't you say so when we were doing game stuff together last night?&nbsp; Let me help!&nbsp; <br><br>You're little koneko-chan needs her master! <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I'm sorry, I've just been so preoccupied with other things TwT
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>25-10-2022, 02:09:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp; Well, neither i nor any of my GMs have ever made me roll to act against a virtue.&nbsp; Maybe I should given the way some gamers just buys virtues because they're so damned powerful instead of because he's going to roll&nbsp; play them.&nbsp; :P&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp; Anyways, a lunar's willpower score goes to their motes four times.&nbsp; So does their highest virtue.&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp; But yeah, if you don't comprehend the power of virtues and the power of edge, *Shrugs.*&nbsp; You're severely missing out but to each their own.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>25-10-2022, 02:11:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16319959#msg16319959">Quote from: Muse on 25-10-2022, 02:09:43</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">&nbsp; Well, neither i nor any of my GMs have ever made me roll to act against a virtue.&nbsp; Maybe I should given the way a certain gamer **coughSesshacough** just buys virtues because they're so damned powerful instead of because he's going to roll&nbsp; play them.&nbsp; :P&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp; Anyways, a lunar's willpower score goes to their motes four times.&nbsp; So does their highest virtue.&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp; But yeah, if you don't comprehend the power of virtues and the power of edge, *Shrugs.*&nbsp; You're severely missing out but to each their own.&nbsp; <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Isn't it against the rules of E to shame other players?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>25-10-2022, 03:13:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp; Fair.&nbsp; He and i say this stuff to each other all the time IRL, but i'll erase it.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>25-10-2022, 03:15:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hexed, does my last sentence bother you?&nbsp; *hugs* 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>25-10-2022, 03:48:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp; i also shouldn't tease people when they're not around even if i would tease them that way when they are around.<br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; *hugs Andy*&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp; Thank you for calling me on that.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>25-10-2022, 06:40:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16319416#msg16319416">Quote from: Hexed on 24-10-2022, 12:55:54</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">As for the wit vs int thing... I kinda missed wit was in charge of join battle but! According to the book wit has to do with keeping calm too. And Iron Sand has a temper. That and she is a bit of a scholar and perfect memory means she just needs to read through the scrolls once. in theory at least. If I do dip into xp I'd honestly bump up her lore and Occult skills.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>&nbsp; If Iron Sands has a temper, maybe consider switching compassion and temperance?&nbsp; It's not very heroic selling your grandmother into slavery.&nbsp; But it is very heroic to not hold your tongue when cruel overlord is torturing's the people!&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>25-10-2022, 10:59:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hairy, would you allow the Concealed Knife Brace from MoEP: Alchemicals?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>25-10-2022, 17:22:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'll check it after work, but I think it's probably OK.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>25-10-2022, 17:35:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Would also like to ask about Ink Monkey's material.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>25-10-2022, 18:33:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				What specifically?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>25-10-2022, 19:00:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm so sorry that I still haven't finished my character yet.&nbsp; My apologies.&nbsp; Things got super busy and I got sick, which hasn't helped.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>25-10-2022, 21:58:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Don't worry about it. Real life always comes first
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>25-10-2022, 22:49:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Got my character done, with a big thanks to Muse for helping me out ^w^<br><br>Rowan the Mercenary (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t2y9Bf6MVQ_7a4AsShjRh1rGSY1d6qQZRcpHGsxz37c/edit)<br><br>Quick question to Hairy, though: are our characters getting any gear when they're sent into the place looking for the crown?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>26-10-2022, 00:09:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Very basic gear. Any tools or common items would be fine, small melee weapons at best, but the guards are ready to cut down anyone who'd try to use them before they go inside.<br><br>If there's anything you think would be borderline, let me know what you'd like to have and I'll give it a yay or nay
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>26-10-2022, 00:12:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16320289#msg16320289">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 25-10-2022, 10:59:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hairy, would you allow the Concealed Knife Brace from MoEP: Alchemicals?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>If you want to take it as a non magical artifact, that'd be fine. It looks like something that could be crafted purely mechanically.<br><br>Technically a slave wouldn't have access to something like that, but we'll say you can find it within the first chamber or two of the tomb.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>26-10-2022, 02:29:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I was thinking of it as something to find after exalting.... as for a mundane version, I could see her having had it on her when she was first enslaved and had it taken.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>26-10-2022, 03:00:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ah, ok. If you want it as an artefact post Exaltation just leave the points to get it when you Exalt and it can be among the loot in the tomb.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>27-10-2022, 02:32:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Just a quick FYI for everyone. When it comes to starting equipment in the first scene, you're not going to have a lot. Think of standard dungeon crawling gear and tools, and maybe a basic hand weapon (poor quality). The guards have bows half drawn and will pincushion anyone who tries to be a smart ass.<br><br>If there's particular gear you've spent points on, it will be coincidentally found inside :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>27-10-2022, 13:45:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Would anyone like to have known a dynast turned assassin turned sex slave turned fellow slave being told to go into what is definitely not the Cave of Wonders by a dude who is certainly not Jafar?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>27-10-2022, 16:48:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Disney already gave us a dude who is definitely not Jafar, and had Marwan Kenzari do his best to act him.<br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>27-10-2022, 16:58:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Look, all I'm saying is, if we find a magic lamp we should probably avoid it. I'm having to dig my old Exalted books out of storage now to comb through charms, I've had them sitting in a box for the past 4 years.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>27-10-2022, 18:26:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Just missing intimacies but otherwise done. Saving XP for charms for after Second Breath.<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">Name(s): Ledaal Alyx<br>Caste: Night<br>Age: 23<br>Height: 6’4<br>Weight: 160lbs<br>Hair: silver-white<br>Eyes: deep blue<br>Skin: pale<br>Languages: high realm, firetongue, old realm<br><br>Motivation: Bring vengeance on Chajai for ruining her life<br><br>Intimacies: Chajai (hatred), Ten Thousand Obsidian Mockingjays (respect and loyalty)<br><br><br>Essence: 1<br>Personal: 0<br>Peripheral: 0<br>Overdrive: 0<br><br>Willpower: 8 (3bp)<br>Compassion: 1<br>Conviction: 3<br>Temperance: 3 (2bp)<br>Valor: 3<br><br>Health Levels;<br>&nbsp;~0 x 1<br>&nbsp;~1 x 2<br>&nbsp;~2 x 2<br>&nbsp;~4 x 1<br>&nbsp;~Inc x 1<br>&nbsp;~Dying x 1<br><br>Attributes: 20BP 0XP<br><br>Strength: 3 [3 base + 1 bp]<br>Dexterity: 4 [4 base]<br>Stamina: 3 [3 base]<br><br>Charisma: 2 [2 base]<br>Manipulation: 3 [2 base + 1 bp]<br>Appearance: 5 [3 base + 2 bp]<br><br>Perception: 2 [2 base]<br>Intelligence: 2 [2 base]<br>Wits: 3 [2 base + 1 bp]<br><br>Abilities-<br>12BP 6XP<br>Athletics 4 [3 base +1 career bonus]<br>Awareness 3 [3 base]<br>Dodge 3 [3 base] (specialty unarmored 1)<br>Integrity: 2 (4BP)<br>Melee 4 [3 base + 1 career bonus]<br>Thrown: 4 [3 base + 1 career bonus] (throwing knives 3)<br>Larceny: 2<br>Linguistics: 3<br>Lore: 1 (2bp)<br>Occult: 2 (6xp)<br>Performance: 2<br>Presence: 1 (2BP)<br>Resistance: 2 (4BP)<br>Socialize 1 ( 2BP)<br>Stealth: 3<br><br>Charms;<br>None<br><br>Backgrounds;<br>Resources: 3 (cache of Jade scrip and local currencies<br>Artifact 2: Concealed Knife Bracer<br><br>Merits: 9bp spent<br>Enchanting Features 4pts - +4 dice on social rolls against anyone who would be physically attracted to her, ignore dice penalty on social interactions with people not attracted to her, maximum die bonus from appearance increased by 3.<br>Double Jointed 3pts - +3 dice to any rolls where flexibility would benefit, reduce difficulty of escaping non-magical binding by 2 to a minimum of 1, enemies attempting to grapple her take a -1 penalty.<br>Acute Senses (sight) : 2pts, +1 dice to Perception (sight)<br><br>Flaws:<br>Enemy 3pts - Cynis Chajai, set up the events that lead to her slavery<br>Obligation 3pts - Ten Thousand Obsidian Mockingjays, mentor in the assassination business to whom she owes a major debt for helping her get started in the South.<br>Haunted 3pts - Knife in the Dark, her 1st age incarnation who ensured those who lived in their circle’s domain followed laws or else.<br>Nightmares: 1pts - Suffers nightmares from original slave master.<br><br>Equipment: Throwing knives (a lot), two long knives, leather armor<br><br><br>Calculations;<br>Bashing soak - 3<br>Lethal soak - 3<br>Hardness - 0<br>Dodge DV - 3<br>Join Combat - 5<br>Move/Dash - 4/10<br>Dodge MDV -<br>Attacks:<br><br><br>BP Spending: 46/46<br><br><br>XP Spending: 6/30<br><br><br>Background: Alyx wasn't always a slave, passed around from master to master. At one point, she was the daughter of a branch family of House Ledaal, growing up on the South-Western corner of the blessed isle. She had, for Creation, what would be considered a happy childhood. Of course, she was always expected to succeed at anything she tried, failure was met with punishment. Her looks earned her the ire and admiration of her classmates. One in particular, Cynis Chajai, hated her as they grew. The two were rivals in all cases; boyfriends, grades, contests. Didn't matter what, Chajai wanted to compete with Alyx in every case.<br><br>So when Chajai was blessed by the dragons and Alyx wasn't, Chajai was ecstatic. Alyx, for her part, was given two options by her family; Join the house legion or be married off for politics. She chose a third option, to leave her family behind for the sands of the south. When she arrived there, Alyx didn't have many skills to make a living off of, though she did have some training as a military scout.<br><br>It was Ten Thousand Obsidian Mockingjays who found her, lifting purses and picking pockets. Somehow, for some reason, the master assassin decided to take the former dynast under his wing. He taught her how to kill without being seen, how to enter a house and leave as if you were never there. And probably his greatest trick to teach her, how to use her looks and charm to turn others into putty in her hands. In return, Mockingjays only asked that Alyx answer the call when her services were needed, no matter what and not betray him.<br><br>Alyx had a good run for a couple of years as a blade for hire, until Chajai caught wind of where she was. The dragon-blood had also set herself up within clandestine operations, running a powerful spy network out of her family’s manse. Chajai set a trap in motion for her old rival, passing along through several others a job for the silver haired woman. What Alyx thought was a simple hit turned into being surrounded by half a dozen dragon-blooded, waiting to capture her. At her trial the judge ordered her to a life of slavery for the lives she had taken, and she was bought by a lecherous merchant who ran a small stable of sex slaves.<br><br>Alyx endured this for a year before being bought by the majordomo of House Sharji. She had expected them to want her for her body like her previous master. Turns out, they wanted her for her body for an entirely different reason.<br><br>Appearance: Alyx is a young woman with an obvious dynastic upbringing just from the way she carries herself, the proud gait in her step. Her silver hair flows down her back, reaching down to her waist and framing her sapphire blue eyes. Despite over a year of enslavement, Alyx has done her best to keep her body tone and fit. While not bulky, she has slim and firm muscles on her frame.<br><br>A Knife in the Dark: Knife is the First Age incarnation of the Solar that Alyx is destined to become. Knife was a ruthless enforcer of laws and oaths. Any who dared break their circle’s judgements was brought low within their realm of influence. It didn’t matter how petty the crime, they all would learn how they got their name.<br><br><br></div></div>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>27-10-2022, 18:52:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;I'd also like to note with the Bracer I will effectively be playing Exalted Batman, which fits Night Castes oh so perfectly &gt;.&gt;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 02:44:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Looks like we should be pretty close to done where sheets are concerned. Does everyone feel done enough to kick things off? We can always fill in any minor stuff remaining as we go along.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 02:52:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I have been done with my sheet long while so ready to go.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 03:26:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Remind me what all we have so far?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 03:30:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I know I asked this.&nbsp; What do we have so far?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 06:33:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Let's see if I've got this right:&nbsp; <br><br>Dawn Caste: Javelin Expert/Freelance Mercinary<br>Night Caste: Assasin<br>Night Caste: Cat Girl STreet Urchin<br>Twilight Caste: SCavanger Lord/melee dabler.&nbsp; <br><br>And I'm not sure about the last two:&nbsp; <br>Hexed? (Martial ARtist?)<br>Zaer? (Socialite?)<br>&nbsp;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 06:37:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It looks like Evening Glory is a priest nad going to be Zenith caste.&nbsp; <br><br>Hexed is a pit fighter.&nbsp; Looks like Hexed is going for straight 5s in physical attributes.&nbsp; Oh, HExed, aren't you doing a lunar?&nbsp; <br><br>https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17cmNccWKSimRBQ33RD6RI3LNEydCvG8x
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 12:39:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm good to get going, I just need intimacies and specialties.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 15:10:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16324323#msg16324323">Quote from: Muse on 29-10-2022, 06:37:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">It looks like Evening Glory is a priest nad going to be Zenith caste.&nbsp; <br><br>Hexed is a pit fighter.&nbsp; Looks like Hexed is going for straight 5s in physical attributes.&nbsp; Oh, HExed, aren't you doing a lunar?&nbsp; <br><br>https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17cmNccWKSimRBQ33RD6RI3LNEydCvG8x<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yep. Iron Sand is a martial artist/slave gladiator/however you want to phrase it. :D<br><br>And only sorta on the 5's.&nbsp; She's a lunar and I'm planning on the hybrid form trick so 5's to 6's in physical attributes. Out of combat she dabbles as both a scholar and a sneaky wilderness roamer so she's hopefully not limited to punching things. :D <br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 15:11:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay, sounds like we're short an Eclipse.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 15:24:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16324498#msg16324498">Quote from: AndyZ on 29-10-2022, 15:11:47</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Okay, sounds like we're short an Eclipse.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yeah
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 15:25:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alyx is going to be mostly sneaky stabby, but she won't be a slouch up close either. I at least want to grab a melee excellency. IIRC, the 1st excellency is the best one to grab for solars.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 17:00:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp; Solars don't have a clear advantage like 1st excellency for dragon blooded or second excellency for sidereals, but I usually favor first excellency for combat things too.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 17:01:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16324504#msg16324504">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 29-10-2022, 15:25:45</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Alyx is going to be mostly sneaky stabby, but she won't be a slouch up close either. I at least want to grab a melee excellency. IIRC, the 1st excellency is the best one to grab for solars.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Actually, DB's have the best first excellency (1m/+2 dice), albeit with celestial exalted between first and second I usually favor the second excellency because it ensures one success (whereas botch can happen if there's no auto success involved). Albeit sidereals got seriously bonkers third excellency. The third excellency for solars only makes sense most for integrity, dodge, or parry (where passives matter most).
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 17:04:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				For Solars, 1st excellency is better if you have a Jewel of the Rabbit's Sword or something else that can have a mechanical effect on the dice themselves.&nbsp; 2nd excellency is better to make absolutely certain that you won't fail or botch.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 17:05:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp; &nbsp;I have the <em>worst luck</em> with the third excellency!&nbsp; I try and use it for spirits--who have big dice pools but low excellency caps.&nbsp; It <em>never helps!</em>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 17:13:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Mostly I was looking over my last night caste I made, which was admittedly over 7 years ago, and seeing what charms I took to give myself a bit of a refresher.<br><br>The charm list, which admittedly came with the house rule of 1 charm in every favored+caste ability (which might not be a bad house rule.....)<br><br><br><br>Charms:<br>Athletics- 1st Excellency<br>Awareness- 2nd Excellency, Keen Hearing and Touch Technique<br>Dodge- 1st Excellency<br>Integrity- 2nd Excellency, Integrity Protecting Prana<br>Investigation: 2nd Excellency, Judge's Ear Technique<br>Larceny: 2nd Excellency, Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise<br>Melee: 1st Excellency, Dipping Swallow Defense, Bulwark Stance, Heavenly Guardian Defense, Hungry Tiger Technique, Fire and Stones Strike,<br>One Weapon Two Blows, Peony Blossom Attack<br>Occult: 2nd Excellency<br>Presence: 1st Excellency<br>Resistance: x4 Ox-Body (-1x1, -2x2), x4 Infinite Essence Reinforcement<br>Stealth: 1st Excellency, Easily Overlooked Presence Method
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 21:53:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346569.0<br><br>IC thread is open
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 22:00:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Want me to make you a Discord for OOC stuff?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>29-10-2022, 22:20:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I think we're ok atm
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>30-10-2022, 09:05:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Added intimacies and specialties, sheet should be fully complete.<br><br>Also gonna make a Perception roll to spot any obvious dangers.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>30-10-2022, 11:24:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16324881#msg16324881">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 29-10-2022, 21:53:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346569.0<br><br>IC thread is open<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>OMG!&nbsp; &nbsp;*Screams*&nbsp; *Grins*&nbsp; I'm excited!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>30-10-2022, 16:24:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				First roll of the game and I get all of one success. The dice roller on E hates me so much.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>01-11-2022, 06:03:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You might say we're some sort of..... suicide squad
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>02-11-2022, 00:12:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ack!&nbsp; I need to finish my character!&nbsp; This is super exciting.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>02-11-2022, 00:14:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				If you want to post in the scene while you're putting the finishing touches to the character, go ahead.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>02-11-2022, 03:42:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Cren, what exactly is Rowan looking for atm?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>02-11-2022, 04:52:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Any sign of a trap, really.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>02-11-2022, 05:24:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Just double checking but 10's count as 2 successes right?<br><br>So that 9, 10, 3, 8<br>Would be 4 successes?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>02-11-2022, 05:49:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16328113#msg16328113">Quote from: Hexed on 02-11-2022, 05:24:57</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Just double checking but 10's count as 2 successes right?<br><br>So that 9, 10, 3, 8<br>Would be 4 successes?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Yes, 10s count as 2 successes so, yes, you got 4 of em.&nbsp; Congrats ^w^
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>03-11-2022, 00:18:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Finally finished my character and will try to get a post up soon!&nbsp; Always glad to talk to people about character interactions and such too, in case I didn't mention it earlier.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>03-11-2022, 00:19:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				All good. I'll give others a chance to roll and post before I reply 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>03-11-2022, 00:25:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hairy, is there any kind of roll that I could make based off of Sage's experience as a Scavenger Lord to help assess the situation or how best to proceed?&nbsp; Would Lore or Occult maybe provide any information?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>03-11-2022, 00:31:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You probably have a few options.<br><br>Int + Larceny would give suggestions about traps that you've come across before that might match the wounds seen on the bodies<br><br>Int + Medicine for more insight into how they died<br><br>Int + Lore might give some idea of who the tomb belongs to, but that'd be a HARD roll, given you don't have much info yet<br><br>Int + Lore might give some suggestions for what the magi is after.<br><br>Int + Occult maybe for the possibilities of hungry ghosts or other supernatural threats
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>03-11-2022, 00:40:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay.&nbsp; I made a few rolls here.&nbsp; If I can't do/use all of these, let me know that too.&nbsp; I get it.&nbsp; I finally posted!&nbsp; I'll edit if need be.<br><br>First, Perception + Awareness to see what he sees about the actual structure that they are in and how much he can take in about it.&nbsp; <br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 6d10, keeping 6 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 8, 2, 10, 4, 3, 10, - 5 successes, I think.<br>Total: 37<br><br>Int + Larceny<br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 4d10, keeping 6 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 4, 4, 1, 9, - only 1 success<br>Total: 18<br><br>Int + Lore - also trying to see if he can figure out, maybe not the specific who, but what can be deduced from the imagery/construction/etc<br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 8d10, keeping 8 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 8, 10, 1, 3, 7, 1, 1, 8, - 5 successes<br>Total: 39<br><br>Int + Occult<br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 8d10, keeping 8 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 4, 8, 9, 6, 9, 10, 1, 1, - 5 successes again<br>Total: 48
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>03-11-2022, 04:05:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16328781#msg16328781">Quote from: Armphid on 03-11-2022, 00:40:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Okay.&nbsp; I made a few rolls here.&nbsp; If I can't do/use all of these, let me know that too.&nbsp; I get it.&nbsp; I finally posted!&nbsp; I'll edit if need be.<br><br>First, Perception + Awareness to see what he sees about the actual structure that they are in and how much he can take in about it.&nbsp; <br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 6d10, keeping 6 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 8, 2, 10, 4, 3, 10, - 5 successes, I think.<br>Total: 37<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>The room you're in seems to have only one way out, a corridor leading off deeper into the tomb, set roughly opposite the way you came in. There doesn't seem to be much in this room to indicate what kind of function it had.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16328781#msg16328781">Quote from: Armphid on 03-11-2022, 00:40:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Int + Larceny<br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 4d10, keeping 6 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 4, 4, 1, 9, - only 1 success<br>Total: 18<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Judging by the bodies, there are likely to be traps. <br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16328781#msg16328781">Quote from: Armphid on 03-11-2022, 00:40:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Int + Lore - also trying to see if he can figure out, maybe not the specific who, but what can be deduced from the imagery/construction/etc<br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 8d10, keeping 8 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 8, 10, 1, 3, 7, 1, 1, 8, - 5 successes<br>Total: 39<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>The first thing that clues you in here is what you say from the outside. This wasn't a tomb built to honour someone openly. It's in a very remote location, and has been hidden by magic. In your experience, that was a common enough practice at the end of the First Age. The anathema that were slain, the dragonbloods erected tombs for them, mostly in the hope of placating any angry ghosts, but they definitely didn't want the common populace honouring them, or even remembering them, if it could be helped.<br><br>If it is the tomb of an Anathema, then it's literally a case of expect anything. There could be mechanical traps, animated constructs, spirits, elementals, demons, magic .. you name it, you've heard stories of it, if not encountered it yourself. The danger level of this place definitely just went up a notch.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16328781#msg16328781">Quote from: Armphid on 03-11-2022, 00:40:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Int + Occult<br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 8d10, keeping 8 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 4, 8, 9, 6, 9, 10, 1, 1, - 5 successes again<br>Total: 48<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Nothing particularly of occult significance strikes you about what you've seen so far. The magi seems to have known what he was doing with the ritual outside. What amount of sorcery or thaumaturgy he knows, that you don't know.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>03-11-2022, 18:55:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Nya...&nbsp; I'm sorry, Master.&nbsp; I only got two successes.&nbsp; I promise I'll do better!"&nbsp; <br><br>https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>03-11-2022, 19:41:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Thanks!&nbsp; I'll add some of that in for my next post.<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>05-11-2022, 11:59:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hmmm.... too bad I didn't take Occult. Alyx would probably know about motes and essence given being raised around and by Dragon-Bloods, but I'm guessing not much more than that? Just trying to think of some things she'd be able to reply with.<br><br>Edit: actually, could I use my banked XP to grab 2 dots of Occult?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>05-11-2022, 13:29:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Go ahead.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>05-11-2022, 15:11:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sheet is updated, would it be an occult + Intelligence roll to recognize what Qadira is talking about?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>05-11-2022, 15:21:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yep
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>05-11-2022, 15:28:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm going to roll too, though I'm not going to steal Alyx's thunder; she gets to say things first.&nbsp; :)&nbsp; I'm not going to post until some others have.&nbsp; <br><br>Int + Occult<br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 8d10, keeping 8 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 3, 9, 9, 1, 3, 4, 1, 7, - 3 successes.&nbsp; <br>Total: 37<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>05-11-2022, 15:51:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				At 2022-11-05 08:49:17, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 4d10 tn1: 7 tn2: 10 Result: 3 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=162159)<br><br>Been listening to a lore podcast talking about House Ledaal, kinda wishing I listened to the episode before writing the backstory for her.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>05-11-2022, 15:52:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16330933#msg16330933">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 05-11-2022, 15:51:34</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">At 2022-11-05 08:49:17, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 4d10 tn1: 7 tn2: 10 Result: 3 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=162159)<br><br>Been listening to a lore podcast talking about House Ledaal, kinda wishing I listened to the episode before writing the backstory for her.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Might I suggest rewriting it, then?&nbsp; The game is still pretty early in and I imagine Hairy will let you retcon.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>05-11-2022, 15:59:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16330933#msg16330933">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 05-11-2022, 15:51:34</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">At 2022-11-05 08:49:17, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 4d10 tn1: 7 tn2: 10 Result: 3 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=162159)<br><br>Been listening to a lore podcast talking about House Ledaal, kinda wishing I listened to the episode before writing the backstory for her.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>There's an Exalted lore podcast?&nbsp; Oh, oh, what is it?&nbsp; Pleaaase, can you share the name?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>05-11-2022, 16:06:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				https://open.spotify.com/show/00kUymWSFkHbzamDk7Hohm?si=7OZoMFFuTXiyhFeARrIPmA&amp;utm_source=copy-link
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>05-11-2022, 16:56:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16330943#msg16330943">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 05-11-2022, 16:06:14</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">https://open.spotify.com/show/00kUymWSFkHbzamDk7Hohm?si=7OZoMFFuTXiyhFeARrIPmA&amp;utm_source=copy-link </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Thank you!&nbsp; This'll be a great way to refresh myself.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>05-11-2022, 22:14:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16330934#msg16330934">Quote from: AndyZ on 05-11-2022, 15:52:52</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Might I suggest rewriting it, then?&nbsp; The game is still pretty early in and I imagine Hairy will let you retcon.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Peoples backstories haven't really come up yet IC, so I've no objections.<br><br>As long as the story ends with the character having been made a slave at some point (recently or semi recently) then the rest is all good.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>06-11-2022, 12:12:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It would be too much of a major character rewrite at this point. I'll just shelve that potential idea for any future games that might appear.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>08-11-2022, 11:59:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				We're still using 2e lore right? I'm gonna have refresh myself a bit if that's the case, 3e has some very specific differences between the two in regards to House Ledaal and ghosts....
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>08-11-2022, 14:48:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So, what do the dead have of use?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>08-11-2022, 18:18:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Not a huge lot more. Think normal gear for a guardsman .. leather armour, maybe a small shield, some kind of hand weapon like a sword, axe or mace .. and then the dungeon crawling gear. Water and oil skins, torches and lanterns, some now spoiled food, a few small coins.<br><br>Anyone who wants to can give me a search roll to see if you can find anything particularly useful
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>10-11-2022, 11:45:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Folks might wanna note their languages....
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>10-11-2022, 13:57:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Flametongue is the normal dialect, riverspeak is common in larger settlements or for traders.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>10-11-2022, 15:30:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I think I'm the only one with high realm and old realm? Remember folks, you get 1 base language + 1 per dot in Linguistics. So Alyx has 4 languages with her 3 dots.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>10-11-2022, 16:02:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'll check when home but pretty sure iron sand only knows flametongue.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>10-11-2022, 17:04:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sand has no Linguistics dots so she'd only get the 1 anyway. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>10-11-2022, 21:46:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp; Flame Tongue and River Tongue here.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>10-11-2022, 23:23:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sage speaks Riverspeak (his native languages), Flametongue, High Realm, and Old Realm.<br><br>He's moving ahead and I made a roll for him to try to watch out for traps as he does so.<br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 6d10, keeping 6 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 9, 5, 6, 3, 2, 10, - 3 successes.<br>Total: 35<br><br>I assume if we take armor from the fallen, it's the equivalent of a Buff Jacket?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>10-11-2022, 23:39:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Have we got anyone who wants to take the queen from the old times?&nbsp; I can take it if nobody else has.&nbsp; Eclipse would work easy for that.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>10-11-2022, 23:46:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16335664#msg16335664">Quote from: Armphid on 10-11-2022, 23:23:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I assume if we take armor from the fallen, it's the equivalent of a Buff Jacket?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Pretty much.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>11-11-2022, 04:42:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16335673#msg16335673">Quote from: AndyZ on 10-11-2022, 23:39:25</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Have we got anyone who wants to take the queen from the old times?&nbsp; I can take it if nobody else has.&nbsp; Eclipse would work easy for that.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>While having my character, the over 7ft tall mountain of muscle, be the reincarnation would be kind of funny, I'm alright with someone else taking it xD
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>11-11-2022, 05:50:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;I've already got Alyx's past life set up, A Knife in the Dark who was the kingdom's one-person secret police.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>11-11-2022, 13:21:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I hadn't made any decisions about Sage's past life, other than that I was going to take the Past Lives Merit once he Exalts.&nbsp; So maybe he was the queen?&nbsp; I'm open to it but I won't claim it as I know Hairy said a Dawn or Zenith would fit better.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>11-11-2022, 13:25:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I’m doing Eclipse, but I’d love to take it.&nbsp; Been a while since I tried playing a PC leader but I like to think I’m decent enough at it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>11-11-2022, 13:29:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				All yours then as far as I'm concerned.&nbsp; :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>11-11-2022, 14:19:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I figure I may as well give a sort of battle plan to discuss what to do with the position.<br><br>First, I know OOCly that folks have plans for getting artifacts and all by just saying they were buried in the tomb.&nbsp; It'd be a dick move to go, "Hey, these are all mine because they were buried in my tomb," and definitely not going to go that route.&nbsp; The dead don't need artifacts anymore; let the living have them.&nbsp; <br><br>To make a Dune reference, anyone who's spent time in Arrakis will understand why you need to take the water from the corpses to make sure the living can get it.&nbsp; Anyone in the desert will understand scarcity of resources.<br><br>The usual course of action for a game like this would be to kill all the slavers that brought us here in the first place, but Rapture would see that as a waste of resources.&nbsp; If we kill them all, they're dead, and then others will come looking for them besides.&nbsp; If we incapacitate them, we can Oath them into service, letting people think they're in charge while we use them for information and form a power base.<br><br>The main dude no doubt has a buyer set up for the crown.&nbsp; Let's find out who that is and continue building our invisible power structure.&nbsp; Eventually we'll have enough influence where we can drop the masks outright, but why fight through every step of the way when we don't have to?&nbsp; Not only will it draw attention, but it'll tell others that if they disagree with us, they'll have to fight us, which won't change hearts and minds.<br><br>I'm sure others will have pet projects they want to do (Twilights especially always want to either learn sorcery, magitech, or whatever, and I think I saw that our Zenith-to-be is already a priest), but we can figure those out with debate and discussion as we go along.<br><br>This will have to be discussed OOC for now and it gives a lot of supposition, but that's what I'm thinking for now.&nbsp; What do others think?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>11-11-2022, 15:36:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I only have 1 Artifact at the moment, MAYBE more, which is the concealed knife bracers. Other things potentially on the list are hearthstone bracers, a hearthstone (manse to be found later? Would obviously have to find the hearthstone in play), and Armor of the Unseen Assailant.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>11-11-2022, 15:45:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16336129#msg16336129">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 11-11-2022, 15:36:06</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I only have 1 Artifact at the moment, MAYBE more, which is the concealed knife bracers. Other things potentially on the list are hearthstone bracers, a hearthstone (manse to be found later? Would obviously have to find the hearthstone in play), and Armor of the Unseen Assailant.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I’m not home to check the books right now, but I believe those bracers are artifact 3?<br><br>One of the rules from back in the day was to combine an Artifact 3 and an Artifact 2 into an Artifact 4, given that the fourth and fifth dots cost double.&nbsp; I think the Windblade Daiklaives do this.<br><br>Hairy may allow it also.<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>11-11-2022, 23:13:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I was planning on spending points to get an Artifact weapon and armor, though I admit I hadn't decided which ones yet.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>11-11-2022, 23:18:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16336142#msg16336142">Quote from: AndyZ on 11-11-2022, 15:45:43</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">One of the rules from back in the day was to combine an Artifact 3 and an Artifact 2 into an Artifact 4, given that the fourth and fifth dots cost double.&nbsp; I think the Windblade Daiklaives do this.<br><br>Hairy may allow it also.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Not quite sure I understand what you're saying here. Can you elaborate for me?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>12-11-2022, 01:59:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16336639#msg16336639">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 11-11-2022, 23:18:33</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Not quite sure I understand what you're saying here. Can you elaborate for me?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Okay, so, Daiklaives are in the core, and are listed as Artifact 2.&nbsp; They cost five motes to attune.<br><br>A Windblade is from Wonders of the Lost Age, page 35.&nbsp; It's a repair 3 object that's usually like a belt buckle or something, but can be activated to turn it into basically a hoverboard.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote from: Wonders of the Lost Age page 35</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">A few<br>particularly exotic daiklaves can unfurl into Windblade craft.<br>Such daiklaves are rated Artifact 4, and have the statistics<br>of normal daiklaves while not in fl ight mode. Attuning such<br>a device requires the usual fi ve motes instead of one.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>So, the question has often arisen over the over a decade since Ex2 came out: what else can we combine?<br><br>One answer, given not by Hairy but given by various Storytellers: since the fourth and fifth dot of Backgrounds (including Artifacts) cost double, then it costs you 5bp to get an Artifact 4, the same way it costs you 5bp to get an Artifact 2 and an Artifact 3.&nbsp; Ergo, if it makes sense for those two items to be combined, maybe it can just take the combination of the two objects.<br><br>Now, where things break down is that I'm looking at the book right now for a Concealed-Knife Brace and it's Artifact 2.&nbsp; When I looked it up online to toss the idea in the first place, the website had it as Artifact 3.&nbsp; So, this one doesn't work as well.<br><br>However, the basic idea would be: if there's two artifacts that are worn in similar ways, one is Artifact 2 and costs X motes, one is Artifact 3 and costs Y motes, it may be okay to have an Artifact 4 that does the same thing as both the other two and costs X+Y motes to attune.&nbsp; However, it'd certainly be a case by case basis and need Storyteller approval.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>12-11-2022, 02:07:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ah, ok. <br><br>I'm not completely opposed to the idea, but I'd have to say yay or nay to each pairing on an individual basis.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>12-11-2022, 15:59:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Not against fusions, more so elemental lens which itself is artifact&nbsp; 2 or 3, was fused often to other artifacts (daiklaves mostly).
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>14-11-2022, 00:00:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ok, whoever is taking point going into the tunnel, let me get a roll out of you for locating traps.<br><br>Perception and Larceny seems the best option, but if you want to use anything else, let me know.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>14-11-2022, 00:55:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16335664#msg16335664">Quote from: Armphid on 10-11-2022, 23:23:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">He's moving ahead and I made a roll for him to try to watch out for traps as he does so.<br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 6d10, keeping 6 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 9, 5, 6, 3, 2, 10, - 3 successes.<br>Total: 35</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I had made this roll with Perception + Awareness.&nbsp; Would you prefer me to do the Larceny roll?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>14-11-2022, 02:03:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Awareness works too, at least for finding them.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>14-11-2022, 02:25:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Then I'll stick with that roll!&nbsp; I wish it had been better.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>14-11-2022, 02:28:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Well, 3 successes isn't a terrible roll :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>14-11-2022, 09:14:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp; If it's not too late, I'll assist.&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp; If Perception + Larceny, can appropriate keen senses contribute?&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>14-11-2022, 09:49:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Searching out the next trap, hairy.&nbsp; Compassion channel.&nbsp; (She's protecting Rowan.)&nbsp; <br><br>At 2022-11-14 02:48:21, Bright Eyes (uid: 16) rolls: 2d10 tn1: 7 tn2: 10 Result: 1 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=162309)<br>At 2022-11-14 02:47:45, Bright Eyes (uid: 16) rolls: 10d10 tn1: 7 tn2: 10 Result: 8 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=162308)<br><br>8 successes--or 9 if keen hearing and touch applies! :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>14-11-2022, 09:51:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				By the way, glad to have you, Andy!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>14-11-2022, 12:55:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry to post again so soon, everyone, but I thought I could have Sage mark the trap so the others can avoid it and press on past him if they wanted to.&nbsp; Please don't let me hold you up!&nbsp; I'll try to give more time between my posts from now on.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>15-11-2022, 00:13:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				No worries. I'll give it a day or so for anyone else who wants to post to do so then move you along.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>17-11-2022, 03:04:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Does Rapture read Old Realm?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>17-11-2022, 03:17:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Nope, but if she recognizes it, maybe she can point it out to others and see if they do.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>17-11-2022, 03:20:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Given her skills I'd say she could recognise that she is looking at Old Realm as well as painted murals, if you want to edit that into your post
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>17-11-2022, 04:32:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alyx will read it, let me type out a post.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>21-11-2022, 03:09:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Anyone going to have a crack at the Old Realm or shall I bring in the NPC? :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>21-11-2022, 03:14:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I was waiting for Alyx but Sage can read Old Realm, however I'm willing to give others or NPC a shot.&nbsp; Don't want to be a spotlight hog.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>21-11-2022, 03:22:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The game is for the players to be the stars. The NPCs are just there to fill in gaps as necessary :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>21-11-2022, 03:31:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Fair.&nbsp; All right then, Sage will approach to read it.&nbsp; Do you want me to make any kind of roll?<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>21-11-2022, 04:29:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hog the light! Hog it!&nbsp; More arrows fly towards the one in the light! :D<br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>21-11-2022, 04:44:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16343942#msg16343942">Quote from: Hexed on 21-11-2022, 04:29:49</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hog the light! Hog it!&nbsp; More arrows fly towards the one in the light! :D </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>LOL.&nbsp; So long as Iron Sand cradles his arrowed form to her bosom. :P
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>21-11-2022, 05:50:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Shit I completely blanked on this x_x<br><br>&nbsp;Let me make a post for Alyx before bed. I guess it fits that she's staying quiet and away from everyone.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>21-11-2022, 12:36:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It's a whole mural, they can look at it together!&nbsp; Come on, step on up and consult with the Scavenger Lord that you were likely raised to detest, princess of the earth!&nbsp; He won't bite.&nbsp; ;)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>22-11-2022, 00:39:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Investigating the murals will give Sage the following. Feel free to write it up how you like.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">info</div><div class="spoiler_body">It takes a bit of time to cover everything. The murals, after all, haven't had anyone to tend them in probably a thousand years, or thereabouts, and are faded in some places, cracked in others. That being said, this is the gist of what they show.<br><br>The tomb was laid down a very long time ago. About the time of the breaking of the world by the looks of it, and though there are many references to the Queen that was entombed here, her name is omitted. There is a warning, that names have power, and that to use her name would be to draw her eye, and that could have terrible repercussions for those foolish enough to do so, and calls upon the Immaculate Dragons to ward them instead.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>That being said, she was still buried with all due ceremony. It looks like it was done so that her spirit would rest beyond, and not seek to return and seek vengeance. The inscriptions here show she was overthrown in a night of fire, her inhuman allies were driven away or slain, and all reference to her reign was burned. There does seem a rather strong flame motif in much of this.<br><br>It seems that it was done by those who overthrew her, rather than those who honoured her, which would explain why it's hidden away far from everything.<br><br></div></div>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>27-11-2022, 05:44:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 6d10, keeping 6 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 7, 9, 9, 7, 8, 8, - 6 successes<br>Total: 48<br><br>Sage's Perception + Awareness roll to look for traps as he heads on out of the mural room and into whatever's through the exit.<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>27-11-2022, 06:40:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Anyone perceptive could probably pick up the Blessed Isle accent to Alyx's firetongue.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>30-11-2022, 03:29:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Perception plus either Investigation or Larceny would work for anyone who wants to try and find the on/off switch for the trap. Let me know where you're searching as well, either in the corridor, in the previous room or what have you.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>30-11-2022, 11:14:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I guess I'll be changing what I rolled then :P<br><br>EDIT: Didn't change the result, tho xD
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>30-11-2022, 12:09:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				fixed mine too. Nothing with a 1 so... iron sands messes something up?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>02-12-2022, 00:06:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16349615#msg16349615">Quote from: Hexed on 30-11-2022, 12:09:29</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">fixed mine too. Nothing with a 1 so... iron sands messes something up?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Rocks fall, everyone .. nah, you 're good :P<br><br>Nothing else happens.<br><br>Yet.<br><br>Anyone else want to roll?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>02-12-2022, 01:46:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I rolled I just need time to post. Been feeling very sick this week.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>02-12-2022, 02:29:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16349615#msg16349615">Quote from: Hexed on 30-11-2022, 12:09:29</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">fixed mine too. Nothing with a 1 so... iron sands messes something up?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Perhaps she trips and somehow buries Sage's face in her bosom, which is why she doesn't find anything. ;)&nbsp; I kid, I kid.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16350695#msg16350695">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 02-12-2022, 01:46:18</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I rolled I just need time to post. Been feeling very sick this week.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Take care of yourself!&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>04-12-2022, 03:08:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I will roll, sorry for my absence.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>04-12-2022, 12:49:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				ooh!&nbsp; I'm good at that roll!&nbsp; <br><br>Time, please!&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>10-12-2022, 01:56:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry for being a bit quiet folks, I have stuff going on atm.<br><br>Anyone else going to make a roll?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>13-12-2022, 13:34:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hi hi!&nbsp; <br><br>I'm back!&nbsp; <br><br>*Runs to see*
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>16-12-2022, 04:16:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Just so folks know, I'm waiting for others to post since I've been doing a lot right now.&nbsp; Someone else can take the lead for a while, please!&nbsp; I don't want to be a spotlight hogging jerk.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>17-12-2022, 03:29:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				To be fair, this is kinda your characters element. Once we get past the exploration I expect others will have more of a chance to shine.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>17-12-2022, 03:32:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16359897#msg16359897">Quote from: Armphid on 16-12-2022, 04:16:35</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Just so folks know, I'm waiting for others to post since I've been doing a lot right now.&nbsp; Someone else can take the lead for a while, please!&nbsp; I don't want to be a spotlight hogging jerk.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I don't think we know each other, but I'm dealing with the aftereffects of cancer that's now in remission, including various issues that pop up thanks to cold weather.&nbsp; I know I'm lagging behind, but it's not because I keep hoping for you to slow down so I can keep up.&nbsp; I'm good with more or less just watching for now and popping in on occasion when I feel inspired to add something.<br><br>Most of my plans for this character will pop up post-Exaltation when she'll start giving various suggestions like how they might deal with their original slavers.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>17-12-2022, 03:34:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				All good. Health first, games when you're feeling up to it :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>17-12-2022, 03:36:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I know ^_^ I just felt Armphid would appreciate the reassurance that I'm a player who's very happy to let him take the lead for this part, and that I'll get more active with my plans when I have more to say, along with the when and why ^_^
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>17-12-2022, 06:43:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, my character isn't really meant to shine in this sort of situation either xD
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>17-12-2022, 07:08:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, Alyx is "sneak in, stab/throw sharp things, sneak out". Tomb raiding isn't her jam.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>17-12-2022, 18:02:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp; I'm so relieved to hear it's in remision, Andy.&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp; i should get a post in today.&nbsp; Maybe there's some traps for me to clear.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>17-12-2022, 23:16:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, it’s still been tough because there’s so many douchebags out there who will try to report you for not wearing a mask even if they can tell you can barely breathe even without one.&nbsp; Thankfully there’s a decent number of people who aren’t scumbags who will pretend to be kind while stabbing you in the back, but I just had to deal with some a few days ago.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>18-12-2022, 04:28:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				That sounds super rough, AndyZ.&nbsp; I'm hoping for a good recovery and fewer jerks from here on out.&nbsp; And I do appreciate that.&nbsp; I don't want to hog everything and have others lose interest if they feel they can't participate.&nbsp; &gt;.&lt;<br><br>But onward!&nbsp; <br><br>Intelligence + Lore to see if there's anything from his knowledge of the First Age that might indicate which way to go.<br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 8d10, keeping 8 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 1, 6, 5, 10, 9, 3, 9, 2, - 4 successes<br>Total: 45<br><br><br>Perception + Awareness roll to search for traps and any clue of which way to go.<br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 6d10, keeping 6 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 10, 7, 5, 2, 2, 10, - 5 successes<br>Total: 36<br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>18-12-2022, 04:46:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I can get that ^_^ Which is the reason I said: to make sure you didn't feel bad.<br><br>I don't think I ever got any objection to my playing the aforementioned queen, so I'll play for that ^_^
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>18-12-2022, 15:51:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16361053#msg16361053">Quote from: Armphid on 18-12-2022, 04:28:23</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">That sounds super rough, AndyZ.&nbsp; I'm hoping for a good recovery and fewer jerks from here on out.&nbsp; And I do appreciate that.&nbsp; I don't want to hog everything and have others lose interest if they feel they can't participate.&nbsp; &gt;.&lt;<br><br>But onward!&nbsp; <br><br>Intelligence + Lore to see if there's anything from his knowledge of the First Age that might indicate which way to go.<br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 8d10, keeping 8 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 1, 6, 5, 10, 9, 3, 9, 2, - 4 successes<br>Total: 45<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Funeral customs tended to vary from place to place. There's no standard plan for tombs, only that they tended to be bigger and more lavish, the more important the deceased was. You don't know that one way would be any better than the other.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16361053#msg16361053">Quote from: Armphid on 18-12-2022, 04:28:23</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Perception + Awareness roll to search for traps and any clue of which way to go.<br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 6d10, keeping 6 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 10, 7, 5, 2, 2, 10, - 5 successes<br>Total: 36<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I'll need to wait and see what way you go before that roll will be needed.<br><br>For those feeling a little sidelined atm, we will be moving into the final scene fairly shortly (I hope :) ) so if you still need to work on your post Second Breath sheet, now'd be the time to do it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>18-12-2022, 18:14:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I work my sheet quickly once second breath does happen, several stuff changing like his destiny background disappearing as well.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>19-12-2022, 06:40:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16361268#msg16361268">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 18-12-2022, 15:51:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">.For those feeling a little sidelined atm, we will be moving into the final scene fairly shortly (I hope :) ) so if you still need to work on your post Second Breath sheet, now'd be the time to do it.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I would like to ask, is there any chance of adding in the exalted 3e rule of getting a free excellency with your case/favored abilities/attribute and an excellency for stats that you have a charm in? They're a prereq for so many charms in 2e and having to buy a basic dice adder just feels bad.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>19-12-2022, 09:35:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16361877#msg16361877">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 19-12-2022, 06:40:32</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I would like to ask, is there any chance of adding in the exalted 3e rule of getting a free excellency with your case/favored abilities/attribute and an excellency for stats that you have a charm in? They're a prereq for so many charms in 2e and having to buy a basic dice adder just feels bad.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I do often house rule in my own games the base dice adder/excellencies for your caste comes for free (and favored abilities as well but that's bit more extensive).
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>28-12-2022, 02:25:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Do people need anything from me, or is it just that time of year keeping everyone busier than usual?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>28-12-2022, 03:17:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Holidays been distracting me. Should get a post up... tomorrow probably.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>28-12-2022, 20:43:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Holidays is the issue for me.&nbsp; This is always a very busy time of year for me.&nbsp; I hope to post soon.&nbsp; Sorry for keeping people waiting.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>30-12-2022, 01:49:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Roll to listen to see if there's a space inside the square: Perception + Awareness<br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 6d10, keeping 6 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 1, 6, 1, 9, 8, 10, - 4 successes<br>Total: 35<br><br>Intelligence + Craft (Earth) to see if knowing architecture/structure could provide any insights.<br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 7d10, keeping 7 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 2, 1, 8, 8, 8, 9, 1, - 4 successes <br>Total: 37
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>30-12-2022, 02:10:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You'd be reasonably sure it's hollow.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>30-12-2022, 02:31:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Would that roll give any idea if there's a way in other than trying to break down a wall?&nbsp; Or at least a good place to try and break in?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>30-12-2022, 03:34:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				From the slight changes in tone, you're fairly sure you've found the hidden door. It's pretty much facing the corridor that leads away into the darkness. Now you just need to figure out the mechanism to open it. There's probably a switch of some kind nearby, but you're not sure exactly where. You'll need to search for it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>30-12-2022, 03:42:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I edited my post to include that information for others.&nbsp; Yay!&nbsp; Find hidden door time!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>03-01-2023, 20:32:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				We'll need rolls for anyone who is looking. Investigation or Larceny are both fine to use here.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>04-01-2023, 23:55:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sage isn't very good at either of those but here we are!&nbsp; <br><br>Perception + Investigation<br><br>Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 4d10, keeping 4 dice<br>Comment:<br>Result: 8, 7, 5, 5, - 2 successes<br>Total: 25
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>05-01-2023, 02:46:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I can give it a try?<br><br>I got a single success (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=163089)!&nbsp; Woo!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>05-01-2023, 05:10:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Funnily enough &nbsp;(https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=163090) so did Iron. Did&nbsp; have a 1 though. :(<br><br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>05-01-2023, 07:14:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Only matters if you had no successes, at least if I remember correctly.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>05-01-2023, 09:01:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16372945#msg16372945">Quote from: Crensler on 05-01-2023, 07:14:29</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Only matters if you had no successes, at least if I remember correctly.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yeap, no success, and 1 means a botch, if got even 1 sux, nat 1's don't matter.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>07-01-2023, 03:49:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Anyone else want to help in the searching, or shall I move us along?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>07-01-2023, 12:53:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Not going participate in search, as most likely botch XD
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>10-01-2023, 17:58:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ok, if people are searching for stuff, give me a roll.<br><br>Per + Investigation to look for any hidden passages or panels or anything like that. Larceny can also be used here.<br><br>Perception + Awareness if you're looking for anything out of place, or looking to find the artefact you're after.<br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>10-01-2023, 19:06:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Gonna try Perception+Awareness with my guy's Sight bonus.&nbsp; I got 4 successes (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=163125), which is the highest I've gotten so far, I think &gt;w&lt;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>10-01-2023, 19:09:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Is that looking for the artefact, or anything out of place?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>10-01-2023, 19:22:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Out of place, because I'm pretty sure the artefact is gonna be with its owner &gt;w&gt;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>10-01-2023, 19:32:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Out of place, OK.<br><br>That massive brazier. Fire needs a fuel source.&nbsp; No one has been in here in centuries.&nbsp; How is it still burning?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>10-01-2023, 19:45:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh crud.&nbsp; May I edit my current post to reflect the discovery?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>10-01-2023, 19:47:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sure<br><br>&nbsp;&gt;:)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>10-01-2023, 19:49:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ah, forgot Andy had posted, so it won't be a double if I post again!&nbsp; And enough with the evil face :P
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>10-01-2023, 19:59:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;&gt;:)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>11-01-2023, 03:07:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				4s Perception+Investigation<br><br>Roll Result: AndyZ rolled: 4d10<br>First Target Number: 7<br>Second Target Number: 10<br>Comment: Perception+Investigation<br>Result: 2, 9, 9, 10,<br>For: 2, 1, 1, 0,<br>Total: 4
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>11-01-2023, 03:17:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You wouldn't find anything hidden before the events of my post just now.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>11-01-2023, 03:29:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Fair enough, though I did happen to roll really nicely for the Intelligence+Lore or Occult ^_^ 3s<br><br>Roll Result: AndyZ rolled: 3d10<br>First Target Number: 7<br>Second Target Number: 10<br>Comment: Intelligence+Lore<br>Result: 2, 10, 8,<br>For: 2, 1, 0,<br>Total: 3
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>11-01-2023, 03:32:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alright, let's see how I do.&nbsp; I got 2 successes (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=163130).&nbsp; Not bad for a roll on three dice ^^<br><br>Nice one, Andy, you got top marks :3
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>11-01-2023, 12:48:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Iron Sand&nbsp; rolls: 4d10 tn1: 7 Result: 3 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=163131)<br><br>Well... Iron's finally using her brain. :D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>12-01-2023, 13:42:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Roll Result: Armphid rolled: 8d10, keeping 8 dice<br>First Target Number: 7<br>Second Target Number: 10<br>Comment:<br>Result: 9, 7, 3, 3, 2, 10, 8, 8,<br>For: 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0,<br>Total: 6<br><br>Everyone thinking pretty well on this one!<br><br>I'm not sure what the best approach is.&nbsp; I feel like the fighting types should have a chance to shine but I also feel like we're outclassed by this opponent as mortals....hmm...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>12-01-2023, 15:28:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Perception + investigation right? Let me roll when I get home....
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>12-01-2023, 16:28:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				No worries.<br><br>Give me a chance to respond to Zaers post before anyone kicks things off. She is in the mood to talk .. it gets bloody lonely guarding a tomb for centuries, after all :) Scorpions and insects don't make the best conversation partners.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>12-01-2023, 16:29:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Guess she doesn’t speak Flametongue, then…
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>12-01-2023, 16:36:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She may, but spirits can be touchy and Old Realm was the language they were traditionally spoken with. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>12-01-2023, 17:18:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh!&nbsp; Rapture asked about Flametongue, so I thought you were saying no.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>12-01-2023, 17:43:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'll reply to everything when I post. I just need to check some stuff around summoning before I do.<br><br>ATM you don't know whether she speaks Flametongue or not.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>12-01-2023, 17:44:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Awesome.&nbsp; Sorry for the misread, but I’m glad I spoke up, or else I wouldn’t have been corrected.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>12-01-2023, 17:57:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				All good. Its easy enough to misinterpret things in text. <br><br>Right now she hasn't responded, so until she does, you won't know whether or not she speaks Flametongue. Even if she does, she may choose to continue speaking in Old Realm.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>12-01-2023, 18:10:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;What other ability besides investigate could we use?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>12-01-2023, 18:13:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16378112#msg16378112">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 12-01-2023, 18:10:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"> What other ability besides investigate could we use?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Per + Investigation to look for any hidden passages or panels or anything like that. Larceny can also be used here.<br><br>Perception + Awareness if you're looking for anything out of place, or looking to find the artefact you're after.<br><br>If you have another ability you think might be useful for what you want to do, tell me what you want to try and what you want to use, I'll yay or nay it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>13-01-2023, 17:07:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp; Whoa, I nee things had picked back up after the holidays and needed to get back on the ball, but I didn't realize how much i was missing!&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp; Sorry, everyone.&nbsp; I've had my sleep problems relapse this year.&nbsp; Did a sleep study and a psychiatrist apointment yesterday.&nbsp; Hopefully things will improve. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>14-01-2023, 03:57:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				When I give out XP after the first scene, remind me to give Zaer an extra one for the idea of suggesting challenging the Ifrit to a game of hide and seek&nbsp; ;D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>14-01-2023, 04:24:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Albeit she can dematerialize as a great cheat unless we pick our spotter to be the spirit spotter girl :P<br><br>But try remind it :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>24-01-2023, 23:58:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So, do we have a decision on who is gonna try what?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>25-01-2023, 13:43:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				No idea!&nbsp; I think the hide and seek is the way to go but I don't know who to put forward for it.&nbsp; Anyone have high Awareness and/or Perception?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>26-01-2023, 01:50:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				2+2 for 4 total here so Iron's probably not the best for a hide and seek. :D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>26-01-2023, 02:26:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				My character wouldn't be great at it, either &gt;w&gt;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>26-01-2023, 02:41:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Playing Hide and Seek with someone who can dematerialise strikes me as a bad choice :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>26-01-2023, 10:51:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, unless you got the ability to see spirits. My char volunteered in latest IC post, would others give IC approval for it?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>27-01-2023, 01:56:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Anyone who wants to look for musical instruments can give me a Perception + Awareness roll
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>27-01-2023, 20:50:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Dance might be an option too.&nbsp; Isn't one of the PCs a dancer, specifically?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>28-01-2023, 20:37:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Evening Glory was a slave concubine and has Performance 5, Bright Eyes was a kabuki actress and has Performance 4. I don't think anyone was exactly a dancer, but those are close.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>28-01-2023, 21:12:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Rapture is really good at dodging if there's enough room to fly and maneuver, which, I don't think there is.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>28-01-2023, 21:14:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Its a big room, but not really big enough that you could do much flying in it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>28-01-2023, 21:20:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Totally understandable.&nbsp; I'm good with letting someone else handle this.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>03-02-2023, 00:37:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Well, if someone doesn't step up soon things are likely to get .. unpleasant :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>05-02-2023, 02:49:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I apologize for not catching up yet. Did i tell you I was on vacation?&nbsp; I'm pretty good at dodging. I'll prioriti,e out. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>06-02-2023, 04:21:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Iron Sand awareness + perception Result: 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=163454) Looking for either the Go set or instruments.<br><br>Iron can either fight, do a test of strength, or try some sort of acrobatics challenge. Things the fire lass is probably better at. :)<br><br>But like the DM said we probably need to stop trying her patience and offer a challenge up.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>06-02-2023, 04:34:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Other than fighting, my boy is stronger than the average bear, but otherwise I dunno how he could help here &gt;.&lt;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>06-02-2023, 05:13:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				All right.&nbsp; I think what we'll do is ask Evening Glory to challenge her to a dance off!&nbsp; Sound good?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>11-02-2023, 20:30:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				lol I was just thinking the same thing, only Rapture.&nbsp; :P&nbsp; :)&nbsp; <br><br>I hope I'm not stressing you, Andy.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>11-02-2023, 20:40:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hairy, I’m going to be needing more cancer treatment.&nbsp; Rapture would agree to do what Muse’s character says but I have no good IC reason to say no.&nbsp; Do you want me to just drop the game or can I just ignore Muse’s proposal?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>11-02-2023, 21:59:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Well, you could argue that a dancing contest might not be sufficiently martial to appeal to an ifrit. At the end of the day, I don't want anyone to have to do something they don't feel comfortable with. If you're not feeling well enough, we can just sideline your character til you feel up to coming back again.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>11-02-2023, 22:03:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I am waiting someone IC tell Evening Glory challenge the ifrit for performance contest, also there was some rolls to find go piece set or instruments among the treasures.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>12-02-2023, 00:01:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Only 1 roll that I can see, but with two successes I'll allow the finding of both a go set and some kind Guzheng
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>13-02-2023, 02:36:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Not sure what a Guzheng is?&nbsp; <br><br>Last call before Sage goes ahead and puts Evening Glory up to do a dance off with the Ifrit!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>13-02-2023, 02:43:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				One of these<br><br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8MbVjzgonA&amp;ab_channel=N.K.Studio
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>13-02-2023, 05:24:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				There's only one option I can really think of Alyx offering and it's something she'd be reluctant to do. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>14-02-2023, 03:07:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				always did love that scene. :D<br><br>If she'll take it dance off time!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>14-02-2023, 03:08:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Choose quickly, time is ticking past and there are things in motion you're not aware of :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>14-02-2023, 04:15:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Bam, the gauntlet (dancing shoe?)&nbsp; is thrown down!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>14-02-2023, 10:39:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				And thus the challenge begins.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>21-02-2023, 02:28:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay, we're now dropping into cinematic mode :)<br><br>You have a hunting party of fair folk going to roll into the tomb room here in the next couple of minutes. This is where your characters will be drawing their Second Breath. Feel free to go full on as you describe how it all happens :)<br><br>Each of you will be able to find any artifacts you chose for your characters amongst the treasures of the tomb.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>21-02-2023, 04:16:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Woo!&nbsp; Also, crap!&nbsp; I need to spend my last points and Exalt my character.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>21-02-2023, 04:20:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So do I.&nbsp; How does that work exactly?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>21-02-2023, 06:26:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Did we ever settle on anything regarding getting excellencies at second breath?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>22-02-2023, 03:16:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16409196#msg16409196">Quote from: Crensler on 21-02-2023, 04:20:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">So do I.&nbsp; How does that work exactly?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Second post in the OOC thread shows what you add to go from mortal to Exalt.<br><br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16409253#msg16409253">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 21-02-2023, 06:26:46</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Did we ever settle on anything regarding getting excellencies at second breath?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Remind me, what had you suggested?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>22-02-2023, 03:42:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16409985#msg16409985">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 22-02-2023, 03:16:44</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Remind me, what had you suggested?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Like, do we get free excellencies at all and how. Like, get caste ability-related excellencies for free (all three). Or one freebie excellency both caste and favored abilities?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>22-02-2023, 04:10:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Allow me to suggest the idea to give a single Excellency of choice for every Caste and Favored Ability.&nbsp; That means getting 10+however many you purchase with starting Charms.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>22-02-2023, 12:01:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I myself also lean towards 1 excellency freebie per ability from caste/favored, as it covers the 'basic excellency' in ability that all exalted naturally have. Leaving the charm choices for more interesting options.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>22-02-2023, 23:52:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Let's go with 1 freebie excellency for each caste and favoured, and then 3 more you can put anywhere.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>23-02-2023, 00:37:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Busy at the moment, so I'll have to do everything later tonight.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>23-02-2023, 07:54:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				:)&nbsp; Nice, thank you!&nbsp; <br><br>Can we put the freebie excelencies into Ox Body Technique?&nbsp; :)&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>23-02-2023, 12:05:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Done with my sheet edits now turning him into Zenith caste solar. I have 2pts of backgrounds to shuffle though; could invest for followers but I also thought it possible for the guzheng to be an artifact (or just a well-made instrument) with those background dots. How much the guzheng would cost let ST decide was the instrument an artifact (albeit one that mortal could use unattuned but attuned has more properties).<br><br>Also to confirm; if you practice supernatural martial arts which is unarmed only, you can still attune and use smashfist and use said style charms?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>23-02-2023, 12:35:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Which martial art are you referring to?<br><br><br>&nbsp;Work got canceled for today so I can spend some time upgrading Alyx's sheet.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>23-02-2023, 12:37:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				This one; http://ninjasensei.wikidot.com/ma:arms-of-the-unconquered-sun-style
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>23-02-2023, 16:45:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16410992#msg16410992">Quote from: Muse on 23-02-2023, 07:54:21</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">:)&nbsp; Nice, thank you!&nbsp; <br><br>Can we put the freebie excelencies into Ox Body Technique?&nbsp; :) <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Of course not.&nbsp; Ox-Body Technique isn’t an excellency.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>23-02-2023, 21:22:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16410992#msg16410992">Quote from: Muse on 23-02-2023, 07:54:21</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">:)&nbsp; Nice, thank you!&nbsp; <br><br>Can we put the freebie excelencies into Ox Body Technique?&nbsp; :) <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>3 free ox bodies might be a tad over the top, but I'll let you trade the 3 for 1 ox body if you want it. :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>23-02-2023, 22:51:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				such crap going on and I can't find the updated form so have to redo it on Iron. Might be another day or two though.<br><br><br>Ox body huh? Wasn't that limited to points of stamina one had?<br><br>As a joke need to figure out how much hp that adds to a 5 stamina lunar. :D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>25-02-2023, 00:06:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				As I recall, Artifact weapons and armor are so heavy that they can't be effectively used unless they're attuned to and attunement takes both time and Essence, which our characters can't use yet.&nbsp; Is that being hand waved for the moment?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>25-02-2023, 00:18:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yep. This is the cut scene cinematic where you get to display awesome levels of complete badassery.<br><br>Go nuts with it :P<br><br>Within reason of what your character has at least :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>25-02-2023, 03:03:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16411085#msg16411085">Quote from: Zaer Darkwail on 23-02-2023, 12:05:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Done with my sheet edits now turning him into Zenith caste solar. I have 2pts of backgrounds to shuffle though; could invest for followers but I also thought it possible for the guzheng to be an artifact (or just a well-made instrument) with those background dots. How much the guzheng would cost let ST decide was the instrument an artifact (albeit one that mortal could use unattuned but attuned has more properties).<br><br>Also to confirm; if you practice supernatural martial arts which is unarmed only, you can still attune and use smashfist and use said style charms?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Hairy, any word on the above questions?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>25-02-2023, 09:21:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'll check this evening when I get back from my con.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>25-02-2023, 12:40:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16411368#msg16411368">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 23-02-2023, 21:22:34</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">3 free ox bodies might be a tad over the top, but I'll let you trade the 3 for 1 ox body if you want it. :)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>*shrugs*&nbsp; nowhere nears as much as 13 fre exclenecies?&nbsp; *shrugs*&nbsp; <br><br>So 8 free exp or 24 free exp...&nbsp; ^_^;;&nbsp; <br><br>I'll look again when i wake up.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>25-02-2023, 15:36:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16412524#msg16412524">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 25-02-2023, 09:21:18</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I'll check this evening when I get back from my con.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Have fun at the con!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>27-02-2023, 01:20:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16411085#msg16411085">Quote from: Zaer Darkwail on 23-02-2023, 12:05:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Done with my sheet edits now turning him into Zenith caste solar. I have 2pts of backgrounds to shuffle though; could invest for followers but I also thought it possible for the guzheng to be an artifact (or just a well-made instrument) with those background dots. How much the guzheng would cost let ST decide was the instrument an artifact (albeit one that mortal could use unattuned but attuned has more properties).<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Oadenols Codex has a 2 dot instrument in it, which grants 2 successes on any roll to play it, for a 3m attunement cost.<br><br>Optionally, we could work up something like this if you prefer :)<br><br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8MbVjzgonA&amp;t=30s&amp;ab_channel=N.K.Studio<br><br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16411085#msg16411085">Quote from: Zaer Darkwail on 23-02-2023, 12:05:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Also to confirm; if you practice supernatural martial arts which is unarmed only, you can still attune and use smashfist and use said style charms?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I'm not sure. I can't find an answer to that in the books I've looked at so far. I'll tentatively say yes, unless I can find a definite answer of no.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>27-02-2023, 01:22:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				There are fighting styles that explicitly state gauntlets (and their artifact equivalents) as form weapons.&nbsp; I would figure they have to be those.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>27-02-2023, 01:43:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16413767#msg16413767">Quote from: AndyZ on 27-02-2023, 01:22:50</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">There are fighting styles that explicitly state gauntlets (and their artifact equivalents) as form weapons.&nbsp; I would figure they have to be those.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>That's true, solar hero form specifically calls for a variety of unarmed support weapons as style weapons and artifact equivalents. While my style is unarmed only, it allows the use it medium armor (which the solar hero form does not). However, I feel as a priest I lean more towards the more meditative style than the solar native style.<br><br>Anycase it frees one artifact point and 6m from attunement. But then again, means editing my sheet to have somehow found perfected kata bracers (to remain competent in dealing damage).<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16413763#msg16413763">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 27-02-2023, 01:20:28</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Oadenols Codex has a 2 dot instrument in it, which grants 2 successes on any roll to play it, for a 3m attunement cost.<br><br>Optionally, we could work up something like this if you prefer :)<br><br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8MbVjzgonA&amp;t=30s&amp;ab_channel=N.K.Studio<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I know you love that scene and it's great, but I prefer take the just 2 dot artifact instrument as 2 auto suxs is fine enough :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>27-02-2023, 02:15:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Posted, ready to rumble once raksha enter to scene :)<br><br>Took a flaw to cover the cost of the bracers. So all good. But need ST to provide the unique vision by Sol when Evening Glory has dealt with raksha and it comes clear/apparent he has become anathema (and any past lives triggered by solar Queen).
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>27-02-2023, 03:20:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16413779#msg16413779">Quote from: Zaer Darkwail on 27-02-2023, 01:43:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">That's true, solar hero form specifically calls for a variety of unarmed support weapons as style weapons and artifact equivalents. While my style is unarmed only, it allows the use it medium armor (which the solar hero form does not). However, I feel as a priest I lean more towards the more meditative style than the solar native style.<br><br>Anycase it frees one artifact point and 6m from attunement. But then again, means editing my sheet to have somehow found perfected kata bracers (to remain competent in dealing damage).<br><br>I know you love that scene and it's great, but I prefer take the just 2 dot artifact instrument as 2 auto suxs is fine enough :)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>There’s a listing in the book of three Unarmed attacks: Punch, Kick, and Grapple.&nbsp; Using any sort of Martial Arts weapon would be armed.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>27-02-2023, 12:40:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16413852#msg16413852">Quote from: AndyZ on 27-02-2023, 03:20:24</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">There’s a listing in the book of three Unarmed attacks: Punch, Kick, and Grapple.&nbsp; Using any sort of Martial Arts weapon would be armed.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>True, but I view smashfist more a gauntlet-covered hand that punches someone so it falls into 'enchanced punching' but it would count as armed yes. Also realized I have oathbound which forbids using any weapons (including gauntlets) so that in itself forbids the use of smashfist even if it would have been okayed to count as 'unarmed' for the style.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>28-02-2023, 12:17:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16413767#msg16413767">Quote from: AndyZ on 27-02-2023, 01:22:50</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">There are fighting styles that explicitly state gauntlets (and their artifact equivalents) as form weapons.&nbsp; I would figure they have to be those.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I would agree.&nbsp; <br><br>*&nbsp; *&nbsp; *<br><br>As to the Kung Fu Hustle Scene: reference Manual of Exalted Power: the Dragon Blooded, Pg. 179.&nbsp; Vibrating Strings Defense and Three String Sword Prana!&nbsp; (Note the errata on Three String Sword Prana makes it available at Essence 2, Perform 2.)&nbsp; That is <em>precisely</em> and <em>exactly</em> what those charms do.&nbsp; 100% word for word!&nbsp; <br><br>Might I suggest:&nbsp; <br>3 dot artifact:&nbsp; Maestro Kusanagi's Unsurpassed Sanzian (or whatever instrument.)&nbsp; (5 mote attunement).&nbsp; The ghost in this particular instrument is himself a dragon blooded master musician who makes the charms Three String Sword Prana and and Vibrating Strings Defense to any attuned user.&nbsp; <br><br>Higher dot versions--with much higher attunement--might actually negate the cost of the charms.&nbsp; (Perhaps 10 mote attunement and a cost of 1 willpower/scene to use both charms at maximum effect.)&nbsp; If used by a dragon blooded who actually activates the charms or by a solar who activates Demon Wracking Glory the effect of an elemental lens (x2 base damage) is added to the attack.&nbsp; <br><br>*&nbsp; * *<br><br>I guess Zaer didn't want it, but I got excited to share those ideas.&nbsp; <br><br>*&nbsp; *&nbsp; *<br><br>So, I have only one artifact coming and i hope you'll all think this is <em>adorable</em> as i do.&nbsp; <br><br>Hairy i trust it's also okay to find an exceptional quarterstaff?&nbsp; Maybe&nbsp; one that can collapse into a seven section staff?&nbsp; Completely mundane but exceptional quality?&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>28-02-2023, 12:23:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				For our cinematics, any guidance/preference on your part, Hairy, for the Fair Folk that we fight?&nbsp; I don't want to go too hard against the grain on your vision.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>28-02-2023, 12:36:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Meep!&nbsp; Do we not get to <em>fight</em> them?&nbsp; <br><br>Also are we actually supposed to be glowing allready? :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>28-02-2023, 12:43:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I think point is that we did exalt but do not have exploded full glow mode yet announce we have exalted (just explain how we attune to artifacts before battle). So delayed anima explosions.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>28-02-2023, 16:59:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16414855#msg16414855">Quote from: Muse on 28-02-2023, 12:17:36</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hairy i trust it's also okay to find an exceptional quarterstaff?&nbsp; Maybe&nbsp; one that can collapse into a seven section staff?&nbsp; Completely mundane but exceptional quality? <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Sure, that isn't a problem.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16414859#msg16414859">Quote from: Armphid on 28-02-2023, 12:23:45</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">For our cinematics, any guidance/preference on your part, Hairy, for the Fair Folk that we fight?&nbsp; I don't want to go too hard against the grain on your vision. <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Go nuts and have fun ;)<br><br>Think of this as a hunting party. There'll be a handful of 'nobles' (diplomats or cataphractoi in the core book), maybe a dozen to a score of huntsmen (common foot soldier type hobgolins) and probably a score or more of hunting beasts (ranging in size from big dogs to horses)<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16414869#msg16414869">Quote from: Zaer Darkwail on 28-02-2023, 12:43:34</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I think point is that we did exalt but do not have exploded full glow mode yet announce we have exalted (just explain how we attune to artifacts before battle). So delayed anima explosions.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>The Exaltation process is beginning .. it flares full when thematically appropriate in the fight.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>28-02-2023, 17:05:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Might I suggest a quarterstaff of Chiaoroscuran Glass, as statted in Scroll of Kings?&nbsp; Wood won’t last a long time and bone is ew, but a glass weapon could be good to have down here.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>28-02-2023, 17:10:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Unless bone or wood staff had the benefit of permanence by the solar artisan which makes the crafted item very resilient against the rigors of time (outright immune to wear/tear).
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>28-02-2023, 18:05:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16415001#msg16415001">Quote from: AndyZ on 28-02-2023, 17:05:41</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Might I suggest a quarterstaff of Chiaoroscuran Glass, as statted in Scroll of Kings?&nbsp; Wood won’t last a long time and bone is ew, but a glass weapon could be good to have down here.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Good idea, thoguh i'm negotiating for a unquie minor artifact called The Applewood Scepter.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>01-03-2023, 00:13:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Just a heads up, I'm using my Backgrounds to take 3 of the NPCs as followers for Sage (actually using the Henchmen Background to make them heroic mortals).&nbsp; Qadira, Ivory Willow, and not sure of the third, either the thief or the guardsman.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>01-03-2023, 00:30:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				YAy!&nbsp; henchgirls!&nbsp; :D<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>01-03-2023, 12:38:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Bah. Sorry things are taking longer than anticipated.<br><br>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1glITCgk7_M8RBm3G1sHbhchd5kywhPkvloUpHVhIo-U/edit<br><br>Still got the 30xp to spend and charm description stuff to put in. But here's the mostly finished Iron Sand if anyone wants to check it for errors.<br><br>For mutations I can't find any stats for scorpion tail as a weapon. :( <br><br>Hoping things will calm enough I can finish after work and get a post up.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>01-03-2023, 12:54:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<del>Did we get XP at some point? Did not spend any in my char yet, but probably spend it after the cinematic sequence for a couple of more favored charms.</del><br><br>NVM, now remembered it and did spend it already :P
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>01-03-2023, 15:03:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16415683#msg16415683">Quote from: Hexed on 01-03-2023, 12:38:41</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">For mutations I can't find any stats for scorpion tail as a weapon. :( <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Its in the Lunars book, but doesn't give any. It sounds like you would just treat it as a regular unarmed attack, but one you can make in any direction.<br><br>Take the mutation twice and you get Piercing on it, but it doesn't seem to come with poison automatically. You have to take the Toxin mutation to get that.<br><br>It seems a lot of points to invest for a rather limited use by the looks of it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>01-03-2023, 15:08:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I don’t have my books handy, but allow me a suggestion:<br><br>IIRC, Scorpion Tail is an Affliction, the same as Hooves.&nbsp; Hooves deal +2L, so maybe a scorpion tail should be the same?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>01-03-2023, 15:10:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16415747#msg16415747">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 01-03-2023, 15:03:02</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Its in the Lunars book, but doesn't give any. It sounds like you would just treat it as a regular unarmed attack, but one you can make in any direction.<br><br>Take the mutation twice and you get Piercing on it, but it doesn't seem to come with poison automatically. You have to take the Toxin mutation to get that.<br><br>It seems a lot of points to invest for a rather limited use by the looks of it.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Very true. But couldn't claim a scorpion without at least one tail purchase.<br><br>And at least toxin would effect all claw, fang, tail weapons.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>01-03-2023, 16:15:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Also, lunars have charms that allow resist, absorb, and learn to deliver poison with their attacks. We can use the dragon's breath abomination mutation as guideline; 10 yard reach (hits all foes), dmg stamina+essence/L dmg.<br><br>So scorpion tail would be blight; +2/L extra lethal dmg, piercing and if it does dmg it causes poison dmg stamina/L (separated from main attack and ignores soak) which can be resisted by stamina+resistance to reduce it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>01-03-2023, 16:22:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I think Lunars can even come up with their own unique magical poisons and equally weird stuff :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>01-03-2023, 16:49:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Stamina scorpion and toad mastery<br>And adder fang method.<br><br>Survive drug, poison, or disease and create it yourself. Second charm adds some nasty supernatural poisons. :)<br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>01-03-2023, 18:35:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Here you go, from page 209:&nbsp; <br>Scorpion's Tail<br>--Speed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5<br>--ACC&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+2<br>--Damage&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+2L<br>--Defense&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+2<br>--Rate&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A second purchase gives it the piercing tag.&nbsp; I agree that the Consumption Charms from stamina are a lot of fun and really strong.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>01-03-2023, 19:17:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Holy crap I missed that.<br><br>Thanks Muse!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>03-03-2023, 15:46:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Do we have anyone taking supernatural healing?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>03-03-2023, 17:08:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16417063#msg16417063">Quote from: AndyZ on 03-03-2023, 15:46:43</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Do we have anyone taking supernatural healing?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Not me, albeit did seriously consider taking it or take in future.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>03-03-2023, 17:36:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Iron can heal herself but don't remember an option for helping others.<br><br>Lunar charms seem self buff focused.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>03-03-2023, 17:41:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16417117#msg16417117">Quote from: Hexed on 03-03-2023, 17:36:01</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Lunar charms seem self buff focused.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Indeed they are also versatile, as Str charms do not enhance just melee combat damage abilities but they work in ranged attacks or thrown attacks as well as it defines circumstance only as 'attack' not as melee or ranged attacks.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>03-03-2023, 18:12:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ok, posted my main 'cinematic action' post as Evening Glory.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>03-03-2023, 20:24:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				That is damn cool.&nbsp; &nbsp;Well done.<br><br>Did I miss if there was any guidance on the appearance/nature of these Fair Folk earlier?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>03-03-2023, 20:25:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				As an OOC note for folks: I plan to try to set up with some sort of business and get Resources 3.&nbsp; Since we have folks with Performance and such, I’m thinking an inn and tavern may be best.&nbsp; Certainly we have bouncers and some PCs may be interested in the courtesan route.&nbsp; We can discuss this IC on the road, but I figure I’ll pitch it now OOC to make sure we’re on the same road.&nbsp; It’ll take time to build things up, but that’s part of the fun.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>03-03-2023, 20:28:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16417216#msg16417216">Quote from: Armphid on 03-03-2023, 20:24:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">That is damn cool.&nbsp; &nbsp;Well done.<br><br>Did I miss if there was any guidance on the appearance/nature of these Fair Folk earlier?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Answer in below;<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16414992#msg16414992">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 28-02-2023, 16:59:26</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Go nuts and have fun ;)<br><br>Think of this as a hunting party. There'll be a handful of 'nobles' (diplomats or cataphractoi in the core book), maybe a dozen to a score of huntsmen (common foot soldier type hobgolins) and probably a score or more of hunting beasts (ranging in size from big dogs to horses)<br><br>The Exaltation process is beginning .. it flares full when thematically appropriate in the fight.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>03-03-2023, 20:30:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16417217#msg16417217">Quote from: AndyZ on 03-03-2023, 20:25:07</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">As an OOC note for folks: I plan to try to set up with some sort of business and get Resources 3.&nbsp; Since we have folks with Performance and such, I’m thinking an inn and tavern may be best.&nbsp; Certainly we have bouncers and some PCs may be interested in the courtesan route.&nbsp; We can discuss this IC on the road, but I figure I’ll pitch it now OOC to make sure we’re on the same road.&nbsp; It’ll take time to build things up, but that’s part of the fun. </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I think this is a great idea and love it, not that Sage would be much use for such a place.&nbsp; But I like having a&nbsp; base of operations for our Circle!&nbsp; I'd be happy to talk more about it.<br><br>Also thanks for that, Zaer!&nbsp; I must have missed it when I was reading back through.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>03-03-2023, 20:40:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				A place to eat and sleep and a base of operations is usually helpful for all involved ^_^ Just hopefully nobody runs in when they’re at full iconic anima, but then, hopefully we can trust the PCs not to be stupid.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>04-03-2023, 15:28:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Anything else people want me to aim for in that regard?&nbsp; It does look like I’ll be handling the purse strings for this group, and it’ll be more fun if we have stuff other PCs want to participate in.&nbsp; Like, any fighters that would want to arena it up for gambling or the like?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>04-03-2023, 15:56:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Well, in Evening Glory wise he plans to recruit people into a secret cult that worships the Sun, only reason it's secret is that he is anathema (Zenith) and also that sun worship in scale as it was before may be banned by Immaculate Faith/dragon-blood influenced government. So the bar/tavern needs a secret place of worship for the Unconquered Sun, like a hidden temple or shrine where Evening Glory can hold sermons.<br><br>But besides that acting as a priest he can work fine as a musician/entertainer in the public side of the tavern. Also, he has medicine ability dots but no charms yet in medicine (and medicine is not one his favored abilities but occult is and I aim for spirit control charms before any sorcery there).
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>04-03-2023, 16:07:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Getting a second place for the actual worship would probably be a much better idea, but it’s doable as the jade rolls in.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>04-03-2023, 16:50:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Are you planning to set up in the capital or one of the other towns?<br><br>I do plan to offer plot hooks to send you different places, so setting up something self sustaining as a base of operations is probably a good idea.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>04-03-2023, 16:53:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Starting in a town with a good market and less inherent tavern and inn options seems like the best way to start.&nbsp; Too close under the nose of the beast and we may draw attention well before we’re ready.&nbsp; I’ll defer to you which area would be best, either because Rapture knows something about it being a good start point or because you the ST recognize it as the most interesting.<br><br>At least, those are my two obols, but other players may like to chime in.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>04-03-2023, 17:15:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Well, almost all trade flows into Abqaliyah, and from there out again, so there is a lot of transient population. I haven't significantly fleshed out any of the other points on the map. Most of the other major population centres are going to focus on different things economically. Fishing at the coast, farming (crops or livestock) on the grasslands, forestry near the big forests and mining near the mountains. Those near the ruins also run a secondary trade of exploration, but there's less found as time goes on. Occasionally someone still makes a big find, which could give you a way of explaining where all your sudden wealth came from, if you wanted to set up in Senyeli or Ashiandhi. The flip side of that is word might get back to your former owner and give him a place to start looking for you again .. assuming he survived the arrival of the fair folk :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>04-03-2023, 17:44:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Trying to track the former owner down seems like a good immediate priority.&nbsp; We can Oath him instead of just killing gun, but not having that loose end running around seems wise.&nbsp; What does everyone else think for a specific city?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>04-03-2023, 20:27:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16417063#msg16417063">Quote from: AndyZ on 03-03-2023, 15:46:43</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Do we have anyone taking supernatural healing?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>My character has ^^
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>04-03-2023, 22:50:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				If our group has a healer and a priest that wants to build up a cult, maybe we should check for places with a decent congregation of escaped slaves?&nbsp; They won’t have much in the way of finances, but that’s Rapture’s job, and it’d make for a good power base of people.&nbsp; What do folks think?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>04-03-2023, 23:02:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				My character has Resources 3 as well, so that should help.&nbsp; To answer your question, though, the plan sounds fine to me.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>04-03-2023, 23:17:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16418199#msg16418199">Quote from: AndyZ on 04-03-2023, 22:50:00</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">If our group has a healer and a priest that wants to build up a cult, maybe we should check for places with a decent congregation of escaped slaves?&nbsp; They won’t have much in the way of finances, but that’s Rapture’s job, and it’d make for a good power base of people.&nbsp; What do folks think? </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I'm all for freeing slaves and helping them stay free.&nbsp; That sounds like like a good thought.&nbsp; Sage will help with all of the efforts as best he can.&nbsp; He's eventually going to want/need to build a workshop but that may be a bit down the road.&nbsp; <br><br>Eventually I also want to get him the Charms to make stuff out of the Wyld but that's also probably a ways off and we wouldn't want to be tooo close to any Wyld areas.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>04-03-2023, 23:29:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Well, Evening Glory even on his exaltation has not been freed from intimacy towards the teachings of the god of slavery. So he is less about freeing slaves and more simply changing slaves to more benevolent ownership (himself). Of course he does not enslave them or force them to be his slaves but he does very powerful persuasive recruitment speeches to make people willing slaves to him.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>04-03-2023, 23:33:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				With Rapture, the question of slavery is one of choice.&nbsp; If someone really doesn’t want to be a slave, it’s cruel to keep them that way, but if they do, they should be cared for and taken care of.&nbsp; It’s a lot like love in that you can’t force it, but the few who stay are loyal.<br><br>I think everyone can agree that it should be the choice of the would-be slave…at least inasmuch as choice is a thing in Exalted.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>04-03-2023, 23:38:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16418210#msg16418210">Quote from: Armphid on 04-03-2023, 23:17:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Eventually I also want to get him the Charms to make stuff out of the Wyld but that's also probably a ways off and we wouldn't want to be tooo close to any Wyld areas.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Missed this originally so commenting now.<br><br>The area has the occasional Wyld storm, so when you snag those Charms, they’ll be usable at periodic times.&nbsp; Also I think that one tower is pretty Wyld-y.<br><br>That said, I don’t think our immediate starting position will affect that all that much.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>05-03-2023, 12:53:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Boy I need to get caught up in this....<br><br><br>edit: Hairy, since Alyx has a pair of concealed knife bracers, would you allow hearthstone bracers to be worn as anklets?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>05-03-2023, 15:23:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				To help catch you up: I’m planning out what we’ll end up doing regarding setting up a base of operations and whatnot.&nbsp; Presumably we’ll all talk and plan along the road, so better to pick the best area where we can group up and shine.<br><br>I’m recommending against the capital because I have a feeling we’ll just get crushed there now, but we can build up to it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>05-03-2023, 16:36:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16418543#msg16418543">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 05-03-2023, 12:53:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">edit: Hairy, since Alyx has a pair of concealed knife bracers, would you allow hearthstone bracers to be worn as anklets?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Or have a variant of hearthstone bracers who are instead hearthstone greaves.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>06-03-2023, 02:28:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So much chatter recently and I missed it. Q.Q<br><br>Iron can dance. Kind of. And she could certainly work as a bouncer. She'd also be VERY happy to do arena fighting.<br><br><br>And... if action's cinematic does that mean rolls and such aren't needed? Just go crazy?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>06-03-2023, 02:42:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16419168#msg16419168">Quote from: Hexed on 06-03-2023, 02:28:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">And... if action's cinematic does that mean rolls and such aren't needed? Just go crazy?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Indeed correct; go freely crazy.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>07-03-2023, 00:49:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yep. Impress me with your writing and I may arrange additional shiny things for peoples :P
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>07-03-2023, 01:27:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				This is a great group for sure!&nbsp; I'm very impressed with y'all!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>07-03-2023, 01:32:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I hope my own offering passes muster &gt;w&lt;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>08-03-2023, 02:02:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Welp here's hoping I got the words right. :D<br><br>If I need to clarify any descriptions let me know. Or if I messed anything up.<br><br>Q.Q<br>I like the arts of war but hell if I can describe them properly.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>08-03-2023, 13:29:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16419181#msg16419181">Quote from: Zaer Darkwail on 06-03-2023, 02:42:55</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Indeed correct; go freely crazy.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16419880#msg16419880">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 07-03-2023, 00:49:41</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Yep. Impress me with your writing and I may arrange additional shiny things for peoples :P<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>*Pouts*&nbsp; I really wanted to dice this! :p&nbsp; <br><br>Okay, not sure if i'll stay awake long enough to dot hat this mornign, but i'll get on later today, k?&nbsp; :
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>09-03-2023, 04:06:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Got mine up finally!&nbsp; It's a bit self indulgent, I apologize for that.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>09-03-2023, 10:00:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16421874#msg16421874">Quote from: Armphid on 09-03-2023, 04:06:42</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Got mine up finally!&nbsp; It's a bit self indulgent, I apologize for that. <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>No need apologize, it's your exaltation and our ST gave a go to go nuts, so be indulgent&nbsp; :-)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>09-03-2023, 23:51:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				As a note I last moment shifted my favored ability and 1 dot from bureaucracy to medicine, so Evening Glory can eventually learn medicine charms but atm he has none.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>09-03-2023, 23:56:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				In case it was missed, my character has access to medicine charms.&nbsp; I'm not trying to say "therefor no one else should learn medicine charms", just making sure it wasn't buried in the flurry of posts that followed, lol
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>10-03-2023, 00:01:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16422597#msg16422597">Quote from: Crensler on 09-03-2023, 23:56:34</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">In case it was missed, my character has access to medicine charms.&nbsp; I'm not trying to say "therefor no one else should learn medicine charms", just making sure it wasn't buried in the flurry of posts that followed, lol<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I figured I could let Rapture get hurt during the cinematic and ask about getting a patch up after ^_^
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>10-03-2023, 00:06:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Works for me, as well as for anyone else that wants to do the same ^^
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>10-03-2023, 00:23:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				hmm.&nbsp; Tempting...<br><br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjlSiASsUIs
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crensler</strong> on <strong>10-03-2023, 00:36:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ha, nice x3
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>10-03-2023, 01:00:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16422597#msg16422597">Quote from: Crensler on 09-03-2023, 23:56:34</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">In case it was missed, my character has access to medicine charms.&nbsp; I'm not trying to say "therefor no one else should learn medicine charms", just making sure it wasn't buried in the flurry of posts that followed, lol<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Aha, well I had already invested 3 ranks as mortal so stick with taking it as a favored ability (just learn charms later as doubling on healing is not a bad idea in the case of several patients).
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>10-03-2023, 14:27:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So, I’ve been talking with Zaer about our Zenith developing a cult; let’s talk with the group about what we have the followers do for a living.<br><br>My first thought is Harmonious Academic Methodology.&nbsp; Pick up slaves and teach them a valuable trade.&nbsp; The Solar Charm works fantastically well if we have anybody who wants to learn it, but there’s other methods if we don’t, such as a spirit charm that can teach stuff.<br><br>Tiger Warrior Training is a mirror to this, but I’d save the fighting for when we pick up the raider beastmen.&nbsp; With unExalted power running around causing problems, it’s better to recruit them with social fu.&nbsp; It won’t be hard to talk them into being guards and defenders even without Tiger Warrior offering further bonuses.&nbsp; Also, unless someone really wants an army, they tend to be way too conspicuous.<br><br>Of course, we do have to take scale and building into account, since we’re starting out fairly low and have to let things grow.&nbsp; However, better to plan things as much as possible and make sure we have plans set.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>10-03-2023, 17:26:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				In social fu wise, I intent Evening Glory to be martial artist/social fu in start, he has most performance tree taken (just need get respect commanding attitude so he can shut down initial attempts interrupt his sermons or speeches via UMI).<br><br>Also will take the presence and socialize stuff, martial arts is most for self-defense and aim to learn the perfect soak charm soon as possible as well (will go unarmored long as I can; the best spokesman is the most least threatening looking guy in the group).<br><br>Besides that, I lean towards learning medicine charms also and also an occult tree for dealing with spirits before learning any sorcery at all.<br><br>So, I may not able improve any slaves but I can help recruiting them to our side. Evening Glory has strong conviction for Sol Invictus ideals and intents restore his faith to the lands, but also he has strong intimacy to his former main patron; god of slavery. Which makes him ideals so that he prefers recruiting and keep people slaves vs just free them.<br><br>Now the intent is not to be tyrannical but he views this thus; better to live in a golden gilded cage and wear golden chains serving benevolent masters than be cast out into the harsh dangerous world for people who were born and lived as slaves and may lack skills and knowledge live there. He views he is no longer a slave but a master and by divine right master to all mortals who are willing to be his slaves/follower.<br><br>In his mental state, he views no difference between a slave or a follower, to his mind they are one and the same in his philosophy. So slaves are technically followers or people who serve solars and circles he is in out of devotion or faith, while servants are all those who ask for payment for their services (like mercenaries). Ofc any slaves we purchase (as breaking into slaver's dens and freeing slaves just stirs shit up too early and also is illegal which can anger local government and the Guild) we do allow a chance to leave and have freedom; choice whether they serve or have independence and freedom.<br><br>When we come to UMI stuff; in most exalted games people dislike the usage of UMI and view it the same as mind control. I do not have problems (AndyZ will be neutral about it, not join any debates about it) using UMI charms to convert or change people's intimacies or do some memory reweaving (if the alternative is violence). OOC we know the charms literally change people's minds mechanically, but IC we lack likely idea of the full scope of what charms do or that despite mechanics we should see the spirit of what the charms seek to achieve; Husband Seducing Demon Dance is meant as a powerful performance UMI to recruit followers by a charm enchanted and empowered social-fu action.<br><br>Mortal leaders may need days or months to convert people to their side and their ideals, solar can only need to waltz in and do one performance to get the same result more faster (and more effectively). Morality if any can be decided how/why we use the charm; same manner you can butcher innocents with melee weapon charms you can do devastating harm with social-fu UMI charms. Evening Glory IC wise (and me OOC wise) do not aim to control fellow players and use it only to convert people into our cause and gather people and resources to help achieve our goals among the population which may very unlikely agree to help us or follow us if we just plainly talk to them normally.<br><br>Sp bringing UMI discussion on the table to hear other player's thoughts about it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>10-03-2023, 17:57:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				To clarify, I don’t have any real thoughts on the UMI debate and definitely don’t want to deal with such a debate while dealing with chemotherapy.&nbsp; It’s too easy for group games to fall apart based on such issues and I’m happy to just let folks do whatever against NPCs.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>10-03-2023, 18:16:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ah, sorry, edited the original response to clarify your stance.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>10-03-2023, 18:33:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It’s all good.<br><br>To me, such things end up like the goblin orphan problem.&nbsp; Say a group of D&amp;D adventurers find a goblin orphan.&nbsp; This can work if the game has been set up where there are orphanages that will deal with it, but it usually just spirals into issues that the game wasn’t built to account for.<br><br>If I was in such a game, it’d take me out to the point where I’d have no chance of sympathizing with the goblin orphan as anything other than an NPC.&nbsp; It stops being fun because of the likelihood of inter party conflict, so I’d rather just withdraw and let folks do whatever with NPCs as makes them happy.<br><br>Granted, someday, if I deal with a real douche DM who insists on throwing this problem without having a solution at hand, I want to just volunteer to retire my character to raise the kid.&nbsp; I’d end up leaving the game, but leaving a game with red flags is no big deal.<br><br>And to clarify, Hairy is NOT a douche ST, nor pushing us in any way for this, so I figure he’ll likewise just go along with what makes the PCs happy.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>10-03-2023, 18:52:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, Hairy is not douche but I just bring UMI discussion on the table as in past some players had objected to the use of any UMI (towards PC's or NPC's) as offensive. A direct UMI to fellow PC's some consider as PvP action. But some effects are unintentional, like Infatuation-Gathering Idol Methodology (http://ninjasensei.wikidot.com/sc:solar-performance-charms) which is a permanent effect that is always active (it simply doubles your appearance score vs everyone who has intimacy towards you but can resist effect for a scene with 1 WP or ignore altogether for 5 WP). Has no UMI keyword but is considered emotional (meaning emotion manipulating effect).<br><br>Just seeing what are other's ideas/thoughts or desires established boundaries if any regards UMI effects (or emotional effects).
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>10-03-2023, 20:22:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The way I would consider UMI to be problematic is if one player was trying to use it to force another player to do something they didn't want to. Using it against NPCs I wouldn't have major issues with.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>11-03-2023, 03:11:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Against NPC's I don't think UMI would be problimatic. Playerwise... Ehh. Long as it's not permanant and you're willing to deal with concequences. :D<br><br>The rest of the chatter... Will look at after sleep when mind's not mostly off.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>11-03-2023, 10:27:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Trying to figure out charms reminds me why Exalted 2.5e is such a headache.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>11-03-2023, 12:12:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So, to go into the conversation....<br><br><br><br><br>Alyx is more or less your archetypal Night caste- she's good at sneaking, scouting, and murdering. Hairy let me take armor of the Unseen Assailant which is gonna be fun, as well as Concealed Knife bracers from the alchemicals book. I'm picking up keen sight technique, so she can very easily scout things out.<br><br><br>Anyone calling her Snake Eyes because of the armor will get stabbed.<br><br><br>Edit: I should ask, how dedicated to combat should I make Alyx? Currently have 6 Charms invested into Thrown.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Armphid</strong> on <strong>14-03-2023, 12:14:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				That's a lot into Thrown, I wouldn't go into it any more for now, certainly.&nbsp; How are you fixed for defensive Charms?&nbsp; I usually focus on that at first to make sure my character can survive to buy things with XP later.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>14-03-2023, 13:36:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I have shadow over water and seven shadow evasion, plus Hearthstone Bracers and 2nd Dodge excellency.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>15-03-2023, 01:03:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16423762#msg16423762">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 11-03-2023, 12:12:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Anyone calling her Snake Eyes because of the armor will get stabbed.<br><br>Edit: I should ask, how dedicated to combat should I make Alyx? Currently have 6 Charms invested into Thrown.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><br>Gonna have to call her Snake Eyes now. :D<br><br>Iron is pretty much all combat right now although she'll probably grow out of that eventually. Very much an unarmed fighter at that. Mantis style, the start of the Scorpion and Toad charm line, bruise and lethal damage healing (think it's only self use though?), Hide toughening route as the other charm set counts as armor and nullifies lots of stuff, and claws of the silver moon for all around enhancement. Then a crap ton of first x excellencies that may have been a mistake. :D<br><br>Anyways long story short she should be throwing herself into the middle of combat and at least distracting the foes.&nbsp; <br><br>Is 12 dice base for unarmed combat decent? So not sure in this system. Will note she's supposed to be geared more towards enduring and surviving combat then flat out wasting foes. Hopefully.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>15-03-2023, 09:00:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Alyx has 15 dice in both melee and with throwing her knives, that's not including Panoptic Fusion Discipline and being able to throw her knives out to 300 meters.<br><br><br>&nbsp;She can also serve as a good scout with her armor, though I feel like it might draw a bit of attention if it's noticed. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>16-03-2023, 18:50:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Probably shouldn't have been listening to Dragon Force as I wrote the post, but.....
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>16-03-2023, 21:21:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=346006.msg16427609#msg16427609">Quote from: ShadowFox89 on 16-03-2023, 18:50:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Probably shouldn't have been listening to Dragon Force as I wrote the post, but.....<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>A good inspiration music&nbsp; ;)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>18-03-2023, 05:31:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				One thing I better come clean about: I goofed originally remembering things for how chiaroscuran glass armor worked.&nbsp; I guess I was remembering perfect armor or something.&nbsp; <br><br>Either way, the simplest solution is to make it a breastplate instead of a reinforced breastplate (Hairy has okayed this) and just say that <em>Pattern Spiders fixed it</em> so nobody notices now or whatever.<br><br>I just felt that players would notice the switch and it's a fair and easy explanation to give.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>18-03-2023, 15:30:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ahaa, thanks for informing us&nbsp; :-)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HairyHeretic</strong> on <strong>21-03-2023, 04:06:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Do you want to keep beating the raksha up or shall we wrap this scene up and move on? :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>21-03-2023, 04:30:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I got my post out, not sure how many others still need to do one, but I’m good if we’re ready to move on.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>21-03-2023, 05:49:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;I'm good to move forward.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>21-03-2023, 13:05:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Same, good moving forward.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>25-03-2023, 15:53:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I’ll need a few days before I can get a good post out, but I plan on giving the mundanes a choice: either we can Oath them so they don’t tell folks about us to people that don’t already know, or we can (with a heavy Presence roll, ISS and Excellency) convince them to join us.&nbsp; Rapture does intend to be open about how they’ll be seen as Anathema, though that should hopefully prove she’s NOT a Deceiver.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>25-03-2023, 16:08:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;That's better than Alyx's idea of just making sure they don't have a way to ever tell anyone.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>25-03-2023, 16:16:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oaths are fantastic that way.&nbsp; And I’ll set it for not telling folks that don’t already know because if we end up caught and they get interrogated, I’d rather that they can be honest and save themselves rather than getting them killed with a bad Oath.&nbsp; Also because they wouldn’t be able to ever talk to other folks about us when we continue accruing people otherwise.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>27-03-2023, 02:31:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;Not my best roll but it’s what I got, and 7s anyway thanks to the Excellency.&nbsp; Then count Irresistible Salesman Spirit and Appearance 5 and I have a decent shot.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Zaer Darkwail</strong> on <strong>27-03-2023, 02:59:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So overall 14 success plus appearance reducing MDV.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Exalted : The Lion of the Dreaming Sea - OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>03-04-2023, 03:43:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Having the entire discussion of what all we want to do would take too long for IC, but you get the idea.&nbsp; Feel free to chime in with OOC, remembering that I can't see most of your sheets if they haven't been posted somewhere to the forum.&nbsp; For example, having Zaer's congregation working tending the farm is a pretty obvious synergy of the multiple plans in action.
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