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User:Mortor9401

2017-05-26T18:24:52Z

Mortor9401:

I am a new guy here and I am looking for unfinished interesting projects that I can edit and improve especially new kinds of exalted. now editing the [[Prof. Astral/Chosen of the Heart]] (which can be the "emotional exalted")

Chosen of the Heart

2017-05-26T18:23:37Z

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User:Mortor9401

2017-05-26T18:21:57Z

Mortor9401:

I am a new guy here and I am looking for unfinished interesting projects that I can edit and improve especially new kinds of exalted. now editing the [[Chosen of the Heart]] (which can be the "emotional exalted")

User:Mortor9401

2017-05-26T18:20:30Z

Mortor9401: my own page at last!

I am a new guy here and I am looking for unfinished interesting projects that I can edit and improve especially new kinds of exalted. now editing the [[chosen of the heart]] (which can be the "emotional exalted")

User:Mortor9401

2017-05-26T18:17:45Z

Mortor9401: my own page at last!

I am a new guy here and I am looking for unfinished interesting projects that I can edit and improve especially new kinds of exalted. now editing the chosen of the heart (which can be the "emotional exalteds")

Mortor9401

2017-05-26T18:16:06Z

Mortor9401: my own page at last!

I am a new guy here and I am looking for unfinished interesting projects that I can edit and improve
especially new kinds of exalted.
now editing the chosen of the heart (which can be the "emotional exalteds")

Prof. Astral/Chosen of the Heart

2017-05-26T18:12:03Z

Mortor9401: /* Comments */

This is an idea for a new Exalt type I’ve had for a while: The Chosen of the Heart. The idea is that, rather than inheriting Exaltations that bear the nature of a God or Primordial, they are granted their power by the collective souls of Humanity. (The lore and background stuff I’m writing now explains how this happens in more detail.) I see this as something that Exalted is currently lacking (probably on purpose, but still). So far the only way to have any real power in the setting is to either be given it by some divine force, or be a divine force yourself.

This new Exalt type are kind of the champions of the little guys, as they’re far closer to normal mortals in mindset than many of the other kinds are. They’re not nearly as potent as a Celestial Exalt, more like Terrestrials in terms of ability, but they have the advantage of being really resilient. A Solar could take one down easily, but making one stay down is near impossible.

The Solars have perfection, the Lunars have change, the Sidereals have destiny. These guys have tenacity. They simply keep going through just about anything.

I’m working on writing up their background, abilities and so on, and I’ll post what I have in the order it’s done in. Currently though, I need some help with the name. Their working title is the Psychological Exalted, but I really don’t like the sound of it. It’s too long, too academic and really doesn’t sum up what they’re about all that well. I’m hoping for something shorter and more thematic. They’re the Chosen of the Heart, not the Chosen of Psychoanalysis.

A few of my ideas:

They have a strong connection to the Virtues and to emotion in general. I’m debating basing their castes around emotions (anger, love, sorrow, etc.) or the four personality types (phlegmatic, choleric, sanguine, melancholic and one other one), although I’m leaning towards the first.

Their Charms will likely revolve around the themes of connection, interdependence, emotion, souls and sheer bloody tenacity. Again, they won’t have many overt effects, but the effects they do have are powerful in their own subtle way.

In keeping with their themes of tenacity and connection, they have some unique ways of using Intimacies to help them survive and recover from effects inflicted by other Exalt types, like negative Shaping and penalizing Charms. Their Essence pools are also affected by their Intimacies, growing larger or smaller the more they have.

Lastly, they can also do the impossible. They can cheat Lethe and come back from the dead. This is designed to give them an ability no one else has, to make up for their overall lack of power compared to the other Exalt types, and also increase their survivability in a world with Abyssals and Fair Folk running around killing people. I’m still working on the implementation, and there will probably need to be some mechanic to ensure it doesn’t become game-breaking. The in-setting rationale for this is tied into the source of their Exaltation, which involves Lethe as well.

– –

I’ll probably rename this page or start a new one once I have a proper name for them. In the meantime, I would love suggestions, both on the name and the idea in general.

=Comments=
----
maybe call them Emotional Exalted

the names for the castes are cool!
Anger: the most aggressive kind of Emotional Exalted. they favor the Valor virtue, the Fire element, the Summer, the Southern direction and the full moon. their caste's abilities are: melee, presence, war and martial arts.
Love: the most social kind of Emotional Exalted. they favor the Compassion virtue, the Wood element, the Spring, the Eastern direction and the waxing moon. their caste's abilities are: socialize, performance, awareness and medicine.
Sadness: the most secret kind of Emotional Exalted. they favor the Temperance virtue, the Air element, the Winter, the Northern direction and the waning moon. their caste's abilities are: stealth, Larceny, Dodge and bureaucracy.
Fear: the most scholar kind of Emotional Exalted. they favor the Conviction virtue, the Water element, the Fall, the Western direction and the No moon. their caste's abilities are: lore, investigation, occult and linguistics.
Happiness: the most mobile kind of Emotional Exalted. they favor the willpower, the earth element, the calibration, the center direction and the half moon. their caste's abilities are: archery, thrown, sail and ride.
all of the castes are getting the survival, resistance and integrity.

maybe their origin is from a primordial that created humanity, was neutral in the primordial war and was aginst the great curse because of the damage it will deal to the creation and especially humanity so she created these exalted to protect humanity.

that's it for now... to be continued.[[Mortor9401]]

Prof. Astral/Chosen of the Heart

2017-05-26T18:10:34Z

Mortor9401: /* Comments */ should be more comfortable to read...

Prof. Astral/Chosen of the Heart

2017-05-26T18:07:28Z

Mortor9401: /* Comments */ possible origin for those exalte

This is an idea for a new Exalt type I’ve had for a while: The Chosen of the Heart. The idea is that, rather than inheriting Exaltations that bear the nature of a God or Primordial, they are granted their power by the collective souls of Humanity. (The lore and background stuff I’m writing now explains how this happens in more detail.) I see this as something that Exalted is currently lacking (probably on purpose, but still). So far the only way to have any real power in the setting is to either be given it by some divine force, or be a divine force yourself.

This new Exalt type are kind of the champions of the little guys, as they’re far closer to normal mortals in mindset than many of the other kinds are. They’re not nearly as potent as a Celestial Exalt, more like Terrestrials in terms of ability, but they have the advantage of being really resilient. A Solar could take one down easily, but making one stay down is near impossible.

The Solars have perfection, the Lunars have change, the Sidereals have destiny. These guys have tenacity. They simply keep going through just about anything.

I’m working on writing up their background, abilities and so on, and I’ll post what I have in the order it’s done in. Currently though, I need some help with the name. Their working title is the Psychological Exalted, but I really don’t like the sound of it. It’s too long, too academic and really doesn’t sum up what they’re about all that well. I’m hoping for something shorter and more thematic. They’re the Chosen of the Heart, not the Chosen of Psychoanalysis.

A few of my ideas:

They have a strong connection to the Virtues and to emotion in general. I’m debating basing their castes around emotions (anger, love, sorrow, etc.) or the four personality types (phlegmatic, choleric, sanguine, melancholic and one other one), although I’m leaning towards the first.

Their Charms will likely revolve around the themes of connection, interdependence, emotion, souls and sheer bloody tenacity. Again, they won’t have many overt effects, but the effects they do have are powerful in their own subtle way.

In keeping with their themes of tenacity and connection, they have some unique ways of using Intimacies to help them survive and recover from effects inflicted by other Exalt types, like negative Shaping and penalizing Charms. Their Essence pools are also affected by their Intimacies, growing larger or smaller the more they have.

Lastly, they can also do the impossible. They can cheat Lethe and come back from the dead. This is designed to give them an ability no one else has, to make up for their overall lack of power compared to the other Exalt types, and also increase their survivability in a world with Abyssals and Fair Folk running around killing people. I’m still working on the implementation, and there will probably need to be some mechanic to ensure it doesn’t become game-breaking. The in-setting rationale for this is tied into the source of their Exaltation, which involves Lethe as well.

– –

I’ll probably rename this page or start a new one once I have a proper name for them. In the meantime, I would love suggestions, both on the name and the idea in general.

=Comments=
----
maybe call them Emotional Exalted

the names for the castes are cool!
Anger: the most aggressive kind of Emotional Exalted. they favor the Valor virtue, the Fire element, the Summer, the Southern direction and the full moon. their caste's abilities are: melee, presence, war and martial arts.
Love: the most social kind of Emotional Exalted. they favor the Compassion virtue, the Wood element, the Spring, the Eastern direction and the waxing moon. their caste's abilities are: socialize, performance, awareness and medicine.
Sadness: the most secret kind of Emotional Exalted. they favor the Temperance virtue, the Air element, the Winter, the Northern direction and the waning moon. their caste's abilities are: stealth, Larceny, Dodge and bureaucracy.
Fear: the most scholar kind of Emotional Exalted. they favor the Conviction virtue, the Water element, the Fall, the Western direction and the No moon. their caste's abilities are: lore, investigation, occult and linguistics.
Happiness: the most mobile kind of Emotional Exalted. they favor the willpower, the earth element, the calibration, the center direction and the half moon. their caste's abilities are: archery, thrown, sail and ride.
all of the castes are getting the survival, resistance and integrity.
maybe their origin is from a primordial that created humanity, was neutral in the primordial war and was aginst the great curse because of the damage it will deal to the creation and especially humanity so she created these exalted to protect humanity
that's it for now... to be continued.Mortor9401

Epsilon/BloodDragons

2017-05-26T11:48:47Z

Mortor9401: /* BLOOD-DRAGON QUALITIES */ grammer!

== The Blood-Dragons ==

Baptized by Blood\\
Gifted with Hatred\\
Fueled by Vengeance\\
Death is your Gift

This concept began to percolate in my mind when a person on the White Wolf
forums asked about vampires (small v) in the Exalted setting. We all know the
Abyssal Exalted fill the niche of the knights of death, the elegant souls who
feed on the living and bring the silence of eternal rest in their wake.

But that's nice if you want your undead monsters to be elegant, beautiful and
close to all-mighty. What if you want the standard horde of vampires?
Individually not as strong as the mighty deathknights, but certainly beyond the
limits of simple human beings. Not to mention that all deathknights are Exalted
in such a way that they choose to become servants of the Deathlords and
Malfeans. What if you want the vampires to be spread in a more traditional
manner?

So, I came up with a new idea.

Warning, those of you who think that Exalted has quite enough different splats
already, feel free to skip this entire document. Thank you.

Credit to [[Ikselam]] for the idea for the Deathlord name, even if I butchered it and
the concept to fit my own personal preferences.

=== HISTORY ===

The Unrighteous Pharaoh Who Dwells in Silence is a deathlord that has been
considered for centuries to be a minor power among the servants of the
Neverborn. Once a powerful Eclipse Caste Exalted the woman who would become the
Pharaoh was known for never dwelling in hate same household for more than one
night, leaving a string of diplomatic and sexual victories in her wake that were
considered legendary in a time of living legends. What few in those days do not
know is that this woman also kept her time in more dangerous courts. Some days
she spent lounging under the mad green sun of malfeas, other she spent walking
the twisted halls of the Labyrinth listening intently to the whispers which rose
up from the anything-but-empty funeral caverns beneath her.

When she was still alive she was taught forbidden secrets by those who she made
diplomacy with, and she used those secrets to enhance her power and delight in
the Old Realm. Yet she was never foolish enough to sell her soul to these dark
powers. Though they offered her blandishments and pleasures and powers even
greater she refused them. Then came the Usurpation. The Pharaoh was caught alone
by a horde of dragon-bloods and slaughtered like a caged animal. In this moment
of death a new hatred was born that has survived and grown ever since. The only
goal the Pharaoh has now is to take her revenge on the ancestors of those who
destroyed her in life, although over the millennia she has forgotten much of
what she was.

The Pharaoh hesitated not at all when approached by the Malfeans and gladly gave
herself over to their dark works. When she emerged in the Underworld she created
for herself a magnificent pyramid of black jade in one of the major demesnes of
the dark land. Then she set herself apart from her fellows. All overtures of
alliance were ignored. All attempts at disturbance were met with bizarre and
undefeatable magic that repelled everything from supernatural assassins to
legions of dead souls with alacrity and overwhelming power. Since the Pharaoh
showed no signs of interest in expanding her power beyond her black manse, the
other Deathlords began to ignore her.

The Pharaoh appeared only twice among her "allies". Once was when the thirteen
gathered to unleash the Great Contagion upon the world above. Even then she only
contributed the minimum magical energy necessary for the rituals of
contamination
that would lead to the destruction of much of Creation. Afterwards she returned
to her lonely studies. While the other Deathlords fought over what scraps of
power could be gathered in Stygia or the nascent Shadowlands of creation the
Pharaoh remained silent and unseen.

Unknown to anyone but herself and those she parleyed with the Pharaoh was no
quiescent during the long centuries. Instead she continued her task as a
diplomat, serving as an emissary between the Neverborn and their cousins the
Yozis. She trafficked what few exchanges were necessary between them. And during
this time she continued to glean information from them both, learning the
secrets of death and corruption. Her silent counsel hatched a plan among the
Neverborn, a plan to learn what the Yozis knew of Essences. So it was that a
plan was hatched that would lead to the eventual releases of the Solar Exalted
and the creation of their dark reflections, the Abyssals.

And while the Pharaoh carried messages back and forth as necessary she learned
herself the secrets that her undying masters wished to learn, and her smile was
secret and unseen. While the twelve other Deathlords conspired to build free
their former souls form the Jade Prison the Pharaoh retreated once again to her
black manse. What did she care about the Solar Exalted? They had not been the
cause of her downfall. Her special hatred was for the dragon-blooded. Her
special intent was to destroy her hated enemies in the most vicious and ironic
manner she could.

Last year she completed her rituals and studies and the first of her new
servants was reborn.

=== DESCRIPTION ===

The Unrighteous Pharaoh Who Dwells In Silence does not strike an imposing or
otherworldly figure. She appears small and timid to those who meet her. Her
manner is almost childish, and with her size and undeveloped physique those who
see her have often had trouble believing she is so much as twelve, much less
over three-thousand years old. In her black basalt throne she is dwarfed by the
scale of the manse within which she dwells. She wears clothing in somber hues
that is perhaps one size to large for her and hangs limply across her frame. Her
large soulful eyes appear filled with an innocence and joy at most times, but
can take on a vast unspeakable wrath if she is ever in the presence of a
Terrestrial Exalt. She does not often speak, but is capable of it. She speaks in
a low whisper but trying to remember her voice is as hopeless as trying to
remember the moment of one's birth.

She never deigns to engage in physical combat, though those her underestimate
her will find her command of ancient styles of martial arts thought lost in the
First Age is both wide and deep. She prefers to rely on sorcery and necromancy
to fulfill her needs, summoning what few servants she thinks will be necessary
to
deal with any minor annoyance that gets between her and her goals. Many bound
First and Second Circle demons do her bidding in Creation, seeking out lone
Dragon-blood's and dragging them alive to her hidden laboratories.

The Pharaoh has no large forces that she commands in the Underworld. She alone
among the Thirteen Deathlords has no palace in Stygia, and has never bothered to
forge an alliance or develop a rivalry with one of her fellows. To her mind such
pursuits as the other Deathlord's engage in are irrelevant to her goals and
ambitions. Her only notable power base is her black manse, built in the
Underworld's analogue to the city of Gem. This huge structure has no name, and
those who look upon its impossible geometry can never remember what exactly it
was they saw. Walking through the dusty corridors is like walking the aftermath
of the end of Creation, and those who do so for long will find themselves slowly
driven mad by the absolute lack of noise except for that they themselves create.
At the apex of the manse are the Pharaoh's experimentation chambers and
collection of lost lore. The Pharaoh has declared herself the keeper of all
secrets that have been forgotten and as such she has a massive library of First
Age (and even older) lore that can not be found anywhere else. This treasure
trove is guarded by bound demons and necromantic constructs of immense power. No
ghosts walk these halls, no Abyssal Exalted has ever seen them. Few who enter
the dark building ever leave again.

In creation the existence of the Pharaoh is something not even the most skilled
savant of death suspects. While it is known the Terrestrial Exalts who come to
the area of Gem have a tendency to disappear or be attacked by demons more often
than perhaps in other places, nobody suspects that those who vanish disappear
into small Shadowlands scattered across the Shadowlands. Even fewer suspect that
many of those who vanished are about to return to Creation, or what horrors they
will bring in their wake.

=== THE BLOOD-DRAGONS ===

Ever since her death the one and only goal of the Unrighteous Pharaoh Who Dwells
In Silence has been to gain her vengeance on the Terrestrial Exalted. After her
rise as a deathlord she did this directly, summoning monsters from the planes of
Malpheas to harass and harry them. But this killed a dozen, maybe a hundred of
the Dragon-bloods at a time. It also merely killed them. What use did she have
for their death? They would only be driven on to lethe and their Essence would
spread through the children and the mass of them would continue. Those few who
became restless spirits she tracked down and enjoyed her inventive torments
with, but still it wasn't the same. How could she wreak vengeance on an entire
species of Exalts?

It took her only a few decades to hatch her mad scheme, and everything she has
been doing since has been dedicated to its fulfillment. She knew that the Yozis
had the power to alter and corrupt and Exalted Essence, creating Infernals. Her
goal was to learn the secrets of this process, pervert it to her own ends and
unleash her twisted justice upon the entire Dragon-blooded host. She traveled
between the land of the dead and the twisted hell-prison of the Yozis many
times. Often on official business, but also in secret, learning all she could of
the nature of Exalted Essence and how to control it. The final key came when she
convinced her Neverborn masters of the potential of corrupting Solar Essence to
their service. She walked away from the bargaining tables of the Yozis with far
more information on how to control Essence then she ever turned over to her
masters. Let them play at creating Dark Princes to bring the world to ruin. She
went to her manse and perfected her practices over the next four years.

Her plan was both simple and horrific in its proportions. Far from being
divorced from the world, the Pharaoh has kept abreast of the society of the
Dragon-bloods through her interrogations of captured dynasts. She know how proud
they are of their precious heritage and the blood that runs in their veins and
gifts them with power. It is this very blood she will turn against them.
Corrupting the much smaller Essences of the Terrestrial to her needs was a
simple affair, she had learned how to turn them to dark warriors hundreds of
years ago. The key to her revenge was replicating the ability of the Terrestrial
Exalts to propagate their species, and it is only in the last year she has
perfected her twisted version of this practice.

She dubbed her new creations the Blood-dragons to mock their forebears. Their
official name is the Plasmatic Exalted, but she almost never refers to them as
such, and they known very little about their own condition. They exist as dark
reflections of their living cousins, each drawing their Essence from the dark
essence of death and the five corpse elements of the Underworld. In terms of
power, that match their living cousins, although their twisted power is far more
destructive and less suited to subtlety. In the living world they are cut off
from the corpse elements which empower them, and must draw their Essence from
the blood of the living in order to fuel their magic. It is also in this act of
feeding that they gain their most frightening power.

The living Terrestrial Exalts pass on their power through the ultimate
affirmation of the cycles of life, passing their Essence onto their children and
each successive generation. Even if their first born children do not Exalt, it
is possible that two, or three, or ten generations down the road the divine
spark will ignite and an new Terrestrial will walk the earth. The Plasmatic
Exalted pass on their power through the ultimate affirmation of the cycle of
death. By consuming the blood of a living mortal and feeding that mortal a small
portion of their own blood there is a chance that the victim will receive the
profane spark and be unborn as a Blood-dragon, cursed to live forever in a
cursed position between life and death. This process is most effective when it
is done to a (willing or unwilling) Terrestrial Exalt, but it sometimes
effective when done to mortals who have only a loose connection to the blood of
the Five Greater Elemental Dragons. In this manner the plague which the Pharaoh
plan to unleash upon Creation may spread with frightening speed, especially when
her Dragon-bloods reach the shores of the Blessed Isle and get their teeth into
the pure bloodlines of that crumbling empire.

At the moment The Unrighteous Pharaoh Who Dwells In Silence is holding her new
creations back. She had created maybe fifty of her dark servants, equally spread
among the five corpse elements, and bound their service with black sorcery and
necromantic ritual. In the heart of her manse she teaches them the secrets of
changeling their new Essence, imparting knowledge of Charms she developed over
thousands of years of experimentation into corrupted Essence. She knows that
the rituals she has used to secure their service will not spread to the new
generations, and so she hopes to make her strikes sure and true. In due time she
will use the power of her growing legion to destroy the city which rests above
her citadel and raise her black manse into the real world. From there she
envisions the Blood-dragons spreading across the wave like a terrible disease,
destroying or converting their brethren wherever they go. She even fancies
creating an Anointed Order in the center of her new Shadowland to mock the
religion of the Realm and pay what petty tribute to Oblivion she feels will
satisfy her dead masters. How successful her plans will be, remains to be seen.

=== BECOMING A BLOOD-DRAGON ===

Blood-dragon's are not Exalted by the choice of the Pharaoh, it is the blood
which chooses who will come under the Black Embrace. Like the scions of the
Dynasty, the stronger the power of the five elements runs through your veins,
the more likely the touch of the corrupt power will drag you into their unliving
hell. Of course, the Pharaoh enjoys the thought of bringing her new gift to the
most powerful bloodlines of the Dynasty, but so far has not the reach to
accomplish this.

In order to become a Blood-dragon a mortal must have all the blood drained from
his body, killing them. Then, just after their higher and lower soul separates
but before they depart the body, they must be fed a sample of blood from an
existing Blood-dragon. In many cases, the unfortunate mortal who is touched by
this black magic will find his body twisted by the magic and will arise at the
next sundown as a walking dead, the lower soul trapped screaming in the decaying
body while the higher soul (and any Exalted Essence) moves onto whatever final
fate awaits in. For many poor unfortunate fools the blood reacts to the power of
the elemental dragons and forever binds the souls to the body, changing the
victim immediately into one of the Plasmatic Exalted. The more powerful the
bloodline connection to the great dragons the victim is, the more likely the
Black Embrace is to fully take. The only other method available to create
Plasmatic Exalted is the Labyrinth Circle Necromancy "Black Embrace" spell.

Celestial Exalted can not be turned into Blood-dragons in this manner. While
they may certainly have their blood drained by the voracious appetite of the
Plasmatics, if their lips are touched by the tainted blood the magic of the
Pharaoh's twisted creation will not hold. In the case of Solar Exalts there
bodies will immediately burst into an explosion of brilliant light as the
Unconquered Sun briefly channels his outrage at the profanity committed, anybody
within a few feet of this will surely be destroyed leaving only a fine ash
behind. For Lunars their bodies will simply melt away like ice, leaving nothing
but a lingering phantom mist soon dispersed on the wind. Sidereal Exalts
subjected to this condition will unravel into motes of maiden colored Essence,
their bodies absorbed into the tapestry of creation around them (even in a place
outside creation proper). If an Abyssal Exalt is ever subjected to this
treatment, they will explode into a black vortex which draws in all around it,
leading straight into the Mouth of the Void.

A newly minted Blood-dragon awakes with all their old memories, personality and
knowledge. The first sign that the Plasmatic will have that anything is wrong is
the numbing cold that has permeated their bodies. Even then the cold is not as
exceptional and overwhelming as the bone-chilling Abyssal Exaltation, instead it
is more a lack of the natural heat they have felt all there life. At first the
new being will look much like it did in life, but over the next several sunsets
the body will subtly change as the Aspect Markings of the Corpse Elements make
themselves manifest on the victim's body.

However within a few hours the true horror of their new condition will become
clear as The Hunger settles in. The Pharaoh altered the Great Curse laid upon
the souls of the Terrestrial Exalted to suit her purpose, and the Hunger is the
outcome of that magic. No mortal food will satisfy the pain that slowly fills
the body of the victim, in fact any attempt to swallow solid food will result in
violent illness. Liquids may be consumed, but they will not slake the victim's
thirst. Soon the victim will see a living human being, and will be drawn to the
smell of life about them. If they do not resist they will attack and use their
power to drain the blood from them, and in so doing stave off the Hunger for a
time. Those who do resist will find themselves slowly losing their sanity as the
pain in their body grows from a slight discomfort to mind-rending agony.
Eventually all will give into their need to feed on the blood of the living.
Nothing then compels the Dragon-bloods to confer their condition onto their
unfortunate victims, but many do at the mandate of their dark mistress.

Terrestrial Exalts who are tainted by this magic will find their Aspect changed
to its corresponding Corpse Element (Air to Prayer, Earth to Jade, Fire to Ghost
Flame, Water to Blood and Wood to Bone). Those who were strictly mortal will
almost always take on the Aspect of the Blood-dragon that created them.

Finally the magic of the Black Embrace will slowly grow through their minds, and
they will grow to no they are dead men walking. Every Blood-dragon knows two
facts instinctual. The first is that they will never grow older or die of old
age. The second is that if they are ever struck down by violence, accident or
disease then their soul will not pass on to Lethe and the cycle of
reincarnation. Blood-dragon's are doomed from the moment of their undeath.
Should they die, their soul will immediately fall into and be co summed by
Oblivion.

Mechanically the possibility of creating a new Blood-dragon is basically left up
to Storyteller's fiat. If it becomes necessary to resolve the transformation via
random roles refer to page 282 of Exalted: The DRagon-Blooded in the side-bar
for Multi-generational series. The rules for passing on Terrestrial Exaltation
through the generations there should serve well enough for our purposes. Just
make the "parents" include both the Plasmatic who donates his blood to the
ritual and the victim and the "child" is of course the victim himself. On any
failed role the victim instead becomes a Ghoul. Note: This means at bleats 30%
of
all victims will Exalt under those rules, if you wants to make the process
rarer, shave off 1 or 2 from the die rolls at your discretion.

=== BLOOD-DRAGON QUALITIES ===

The body of every Blood-dragon is imbued, physically, with the power of one of
the five Corpse Elements. When first Exalted by the Black Embrace, the victims
of the twisted magic appear mostly human, with perhaps a touch of aspect marking
here and there. As they grow in age and Essence their body begins to take on
more and more of the character of their Aspect. One day supremely powerful
Blood-dragon's will appear as elemental forces of undeath, human only in shape.
Since Dragon-blood's do not age and die as their mortal brethren do, unless
someone does something soon to stop the spread of these abominations, that is
only a matter of time.

As has been stated previously the Blood-dragon's are broken up into five Corpse
Elements that correspond to the elemental poles of the Underworld. These Aspects
determine many of the Blood-dragon's traits. The element twists and distorts the
Plasmatic's personality, coloring their perception of the world in subtle and
meaningful ways. It colors the form of their anima and determines which skills
and talents they will find they acquire most easily (and subsequently, which
Charms they will have the most access to). Finally, the aspect serves to twist
the Great Curse under which the Blood-dragon's operate, turning it to the
purpose of Oblivion in its own way. The five corpse elements are Blood, Bone,
Ghost Flame, Jade and Prayer.

Aspects of Blood: Blood beats. Blood is the relentless pressure of life,
the interminable echo of what has been forever lost. Blood Aspected Blood-
dragon's find themselves both the closest and the furthest from the living
world. They appear the most human, with skin flushed with a healthy glow and a
seemingly never-ending supply of energy. But this same connection only serves to
sharply define to them what they have lost. For the Aspects of Blood, life is
like an image seen through exceedingly thin but unbreakable glass. They can
almost touch it, but are forever denied. This lingering echo of life can drive
them mad with jealousy and hatred, causing them to strike out at that which they
are denied.\\
The Aspect markings of these Plasmatics include a steady darkening
of the skin to a bleeding scarlet, eventually leading to blood dripping from
their mouths and constantly bleeding wounds that flow across their body. Their
hair almost always takes on a scarlet quality but becomes limp and their eyes
are constantly bloodshot.\\
The Anima Banner of the Blood Aspect resembles their namesake, forming in
swirling scarlet lines of liquid light that etch the air around them. This is
usually accompanied by a soft, but increasingly loud, beating sound. Large
expenditures of Peripheral Essence result in disquieting displays of gore,
phantom organs pulsing about their body and other unsettling imagery. A Blood
Aspect may spend 5 motes to grant his body the mobility of plasma. For the rest
of the day, the character may freely move through water or underworld plasma as
if he was on dry land, even to the point of making ranged attack and need not
breath to survive.\\
Blood Aspects are skilled at dealing with the living world, being the most adept
at concealing their true nature and gaining power over those around them. Blood
aspects favor the Abilities of Brawl, Bureaucracy, Investigation, Larceny and
Sail.\\
In the grip of their Great Curse, the Blood Aspect Plasmatic becomes an
insatiable cannibal. No matter how much she consumes, it is never enough. All
living blood is food to them, and if the blood goes cold or stale from death
after even a few seconds it becomes unsatisfying and the Blood Aspect is driven
to find a new victim for their hunger. Their anger knows no bounds, and their
temper beats constantly under the surface, waiting for only the slightest scratch to
erupt outward on anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby.

Aspects of Bone: Bone lingers. Bone is the permanent touch of entropy we
carry with us through life, and when we die it will be the bone that survives long
after the rest of our body has turned to ash and dust. No single symbol conjures
up the certainty of death more than that of naked bone. As such those aspected
to bone feel themselves the furthest from the land of the living, and most
connected to the grim power of the Underworld. As time goes on their connection
to the living world eventually withers away entirely, as bone becomes dust.
Eventually, there is no empathy in the Bone Aspect for the living world at all.\\
The Aspect markings of the Bone Aspect evolve into the most obvious signs of
death. The skin, hair and eyes fade and drain of color over time. The body
thins, flesh eventually pulling taunt over the skeleton with no loss of
strength.\\
The Anima Banner of the Bone Aspect is starkly white, forming as a tight sheath
of calcified Essence about her body but cracking and expanding as they spend
Peripheral Essence. Eventually, this leads to huge skeletal displays, elaborate
or simple and shocking depending on the individual. They may spend 5 motes to
attune their anima to their skeleton, granting it unparalleled flexibility as
joints shift in bizarre manners that anatomy never meant them to. For the rest
of the scene, she may add her Essence in dice to a single Dodge or Athletics
action once per turn. This is a reflexive action and thus the character can
either add dice to an action or gain a free Dodge or Athletics action with a
pool equal to her Essence.\\
Bone Aspects are skilled at arts of the dead, both the acts or propriety and
reverence which all dead things require, and those skills most tied to those
things which must always, in time, pass on to the dead world. Bone aspects favor
the Abilities of Archery, Medicine, Performance, Ride and Survival.\\
In the grip of their Great Curse, the Bone Aspect finds living blood unpalatable.
Victims must be slain and their blood drunk cold to sate them. They will
withdraw from contact with living things, preferring the lonely solitude of the
Underworld, or the quiet company of the dead.

Aspects of Ghost Flame: Ghost Flame consumes. In the moment of passing
between life and death, all feel the touch of the Ghost Flame, the touch of
Oblivion upon their soul. The touch of Ghost Flame is the touch of pain, for its
consumption does not make way for new growth, it cleanses away life with unholy
fire. For those gifted with this Aspect, pain is a constant companion, their
touch is pain to those around them, and they feel aches in every movement they
make. Eventually, they grow to enjoy this sensation, and seek to bring it to
others. After all, there is no better testimony to the frailty of flesh than
pain.\\
Aspect Markings of those attuned to Ghost Flame tend to involve a steady
darkening of the skin, as if from terrible sunburn. Eventually, this leads to
blisters and raw burns that score up and down the body. The touch of their skin
is frighteningly cold, even more so than the usual cold of corpses but it never
forms ice.\\
The Anima Banner of these beings erupts into a noxious green light that is
terribly cold, so cold it burns. The anima grows as you spend Peripheral
Essence, gaining a resemblance to flame in appearance only. Anything that
touches this flame withers and dies, not burning away but rotting from the
inside out. The Exalt may spend 5 motes to ignite her anima. For the rest of the
scene, the character is immune to fire damage (including pyre flame) and anyone
touching her even for long enough to hit barehanded takes lethal damage equal to
the Exalt's Essence. Similarly, if the character strikes unarmed she does a
similar amount of damage, applied separately from the damage of the strike.\\
Ghost Flame aspects are well-acquainted with pain, and best understand the
driving force that pain represents when applied either physically or
emotionally. This excellence leads them to mastery of those arts which can often
benefit from the encouragement of pain. They Favor the Abilities of Athletics,
Dodge, Melee, Presence and Socialize.\\
Those Ghost Flame aspects who succumb to their Great Curse find themselves
experiencing one of the few pleasures they enjoy, the experience of pain in
others. When they feed their victim must be in agony, for the taint of fear and
torture flavors the blood to just the right degree. This penchant for cruelty
extends to their other endeavors, and they will often go out of their way to
inflict or exacerbate pain in others.

Aspects of Jade: Jade persists. Even in the unchanging world of the dead,
Jade is noted for its stability. It is magic given physical form, the pure ideal
of stability for those who dwell in the twilight of creation. In the Underworld,
Jade is static and unyielding, coveted for its value even more so that mere
mortals could ever hope for. In the same way, those who embody the Jade aspect
have become mountains of stability, forever caught in a single moment in time.
They have been shaped into a single form by their Exaltation and they will
preserve that form for all time. They are the bringers of the order of death to
the chaos of the living.\\
Aspect Markings of the Jade Blood-dragons only enhance their inhuman nature
through their stability. Their body grows rigid, the skin taking on a glossy
sheen and hair changing color to resemble one of the five varieties of Jade.
Eventually, they will take on the appearance of living statues, perfect in ever
way, but cold and lifeless.\\
The Anima Banner of the Jade Aspect flows through the colors of the five
varieties of Jade, depending on the Charms they are using. It slowly fills up
with phantasmal shards of broken jade that can slash and pierce through the skin. At
the most iconic level, the power may spontaneously erupt into displays of
organized structures or statuesque ideal forms.By spending 5 motes the Jade
Aspect takes on the permanence of the magical material in his body. For the rest
of the scene, he may soak Lethal damage with his total Stamina score.
Jade Aspects maintain perfection in eternal stasis, both when it comes to
themselves and when it comes to their influence upon the world around them. They
possess a natural affinity for the Abilities of Awareness, Crafts, Endurance,
Martial Arts and Resistance.\\
The Great Curse manifests in Jade Aspects as about stillness. When they feed
they prefer to bind or otherwise immobilize their prey beforehand, disliking it
when the food struggles of moves about. If stated they will tend to stand
inviolate, contemplating their own natural eternity and reacting only to the
most immediate stimuli.

Aspects of Prayer: Prayer remembers. It is through reverence and proper
acknowledgement of our ancestors that we maintain continuity between what was
and what is. It is this prayer which forms the stagnant wind of the Underworld.
Unseen and unfelt, the power of memory has a strength which belies nature.
Prayer Aspects thus have long memories and a tendency to be more contemplative
than their fellows. There affinity for memory and the ethereal world manifests
to many as a ghostly dispassion for the here and now. It is far more important
to understand what came before, then what is to come tomorrow.\\
Aspect Markings of the those attuned to Prayer manifest as a ghostly manner and
eyes which seem always to see through those they look at. The skin grows thin
and the entire body takes on a translucent, shimmering quality. The shadows of
the Prayer aspect always reveals their nature, as the shadow they cast always
seems to flicker and shift, even in the steadiest light.\\
The Anima Banner of these of the Prayer aspect is the most subtle but at the
same tie the most disturbing. The shadows they cast seem to grow larger, and
light around them dims as shadows deepen. Hollow chants begin to emerge from the
air about them. As this power grows it forms into ghostly images, phantasmal
illusions of people and things long gone. Using their connection to the land of
the dead the Prayer Aspect can spend 5 motes to give their body the weight of an
incorporeal shade. For the remainder of the scene, he may triple his leaping
distance and takes no damage from falls.\\
The magic of the Prayer Aspects deals best with those things related to
reverence and remembrance, often taking on a special appreciation for the
invisible world. They excel in the Abilities of Linguistics, Lore, Occult,
Stealth and Thrown.\\
The Great Curse of the Prayer Aspect manifests as a ghostly disdain for the
present and future in appreciation of the past. They prefer to engage in
elaborate rituals of consecration and appreciation before feeding on their prey,
taking pleasure in the sacred energy their actions infuse into the blood. Left
alone they often withdraw into ritual and contemplation, unable or unwilling
to consider approaches that have not already been proven valuable by the
ancestors.

=== MAGIC OF THE BLOOD ===

Despite their parasitic state the Blood-dragon's are still Exalted, and thus
they have access to Charms. The magic of the Blood-Dragon's is lesser than their
Celestial cousins and tends to exist at approximately the same level as the
Terrestrial Exalted. There are significant differences between the magic
employed by the Blood-Dragons and their former brothers and sisters. They are
slightly better at inflicting pain and harm, and much less suited for other
pursuits except when they employ pain, fear and despair as their tools. Also
while dragon-blooded Charms tend to manipulate outside elements, Blood-dragon
magic tends to take violent control of their own bodies, often in grotesque or
disturbing ways.

Dragon-blooded Charms tend to work best in groups, as the cooperative and
synergistic nature of their magic aids them. Plasmatic Exalted do not gain this
benefit, their magic is more parasitic, draining strength from those around them
to supplement their own power. They are very good at driving wedges between
people, and in turning an opponent's own strength against them. Like Terrestrial
Exalt's the maximum dice-adder limit is the Blood-dragon's relevant Ability
score plus any applicable specialities. They also gain the advantage of free
reflexive Charm use without the need for a Combo. Finally some of the their
Charms can force an opponent to re-roll a dicepool, and take the worse of the
two results.

Blood-dragon animas grow at the same rate when spending Peripheral Essence as
their Terrestrial brothers and sisters. They also experience Anima Flux (see
Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded page 161). This damage is additive to the Ghost
Flame anima power. In addition any Blood-dragon may spend a 3 motes of Essence
to grow a pair of simple blood-sucking fangs for the duration of the scene.
These fangs are necessary for feeding and are the only way to regain Essence
(short of Hearthstones) while inside Creation. Blood-dragon's do not regain
Essence through respiration in Creation, but may do so while in the Underworld
(see Exalted: The Abyssals page 25 for full details). Even if they can regain
Essence in the Underworld, their Great Curse compels them to seek out fresh
blood on an almost daily basis, so they spend most of their time away from the
Underworld if they can help it. For full rules on feeding see Exalted: The
Abyssal's page 136, the process of Plasmatic feeding is identical to that of
Abyssal feeding. The fangs a Blood-dragon produces are Spd -2, Acc +0, Dam +1L,
Def -2 as they are slightly more dangerous than Abyssal fangs and they are
optimized for the consumption of blood only. A Plasmatic could feed on flesh,
but doing so gives them no sustenance.

Like all Exalted supernatural martial arts are the birthright of the Blood-
Dragons, as such they can learn any Martial Arts style of Charms with proper
training and dedication. However for the most part the Plasmatics are limited to
the inferior Terrestrial level martial arts styles (such as Five Dragon Style
and their own Blood Hydra Style). It takes a special focus to push the Blood-
dragon into the level where they can gain access to Celestial level martial
arts. For Dragon-blooded this is accomplished via intense training of the
Immaculate Order through the paths of Spirit Mastery and the Five Glorious
Dragon Paths. For the Blood-dragons this training is unavailable, for obvious
reasons. Instead, to open themselves up to the ability to channel Celestial
level martial arts the young Plasmatic must undergo a dangerous pilgrimage
through the Labyrinth to the tombs of the dead Malfeans. There he can swear
fealty to them and sacrifice his name and Destiny to the void, allowing them to
be consumed for all eternity. In return the Blood-dragon gains the blessings of
the Neverborn, opening up his soul to the energies of Celestial Martial Arts. of
course, only a fraction of those who come before the Malfeans for this treatment
are even noticed by the undead things (one could wait centuries in their
maddening presence without attracting their notice) and many of them will,
depending on their mood at the time, be just as likely to consume or destroy the
Blood-dragon as gift them with a dark miracle. The best path to this process is
to seek out The Unrighteous Pharaoh Who Dwells in Silence and pledge yourself to
her service. She may then anoint you in her dark religion and serve as an
intermediary with the Malfeans, greatly increasing the chances of this process
succeeding. Most of those who receive this instruction will be taught Hungry
Ghost Style or Ivory Horde Style.

(Mechanically the character must choose a new name, becomes a "Being Outside
Fate" and gains the Whispers background of at least one dot and often much
higher.)

The final noteworthy nature of the Blood-dragons magic is that they have no
access to Sorcery at all. Their divine spark has been irreparably damaged by the
Pharaoh's ministrations and they no longer have the grasp on reality. However
this has been replaced with a taint of death that gives them access to
Necromancy, at least up to the Shadowlands Circle.

* Charms
** Blood Aspect
*** [[BloodDragonBrawl]]
*** [[BloodDragonBureaucracy]]

=== THE GREAT CURSE ===

The Pharaoh did her homework when she created the Plasmatic Exalted. Her
liaisons with the captive Yozis and her study of the Neverborn revealed the
existence and nature of the Great Curse. When she forged her weapon against the
Terrestrial Exalted, she manipulated the nature of the Curse itself to further
her own ends.

The basic reality of all Blood-dragons is that to them blood -is- life. It is
the only source of true sustenance they can enjoy. They crave it in their every
waking moment, and their nightmares always involve blood in some way. They
literally can't live without it. And they know that what waits them at death is
not reincarnation and the release of Lethe, it is the harsh finality of
Oblivion. The source of this hunger is the Exalt's lower soul, which has been
bound into their flesh by the Exaltation. While not sentient in any sense of the
word, it does hunger, endlessly and the magic of the Pharaoh has given its
hunger a focus on blood. The Blood-dragons can survive on the blood of lesser
mammals for a time, but such blood tastes weak and flavorless to them and does
little to slack their needs. When feeding on human beings, the Exalt must
succeed at a Temperance roll if he wishes to avoid draining the victim dry for
some reason.

Blood-dragons who go more than twenty-four hours without feeding on the blood of
a living human being (as little as one Health Levels worth will do) will
automatically lose one point of Temporary Willpower. If the Blood-dragon ever
falls to zero Temporary Willpower for any reason then they enter a feeding
frenzy called "The Riot of the Blood". In this state they will seek out a victim
and attack and drain them dry as quickly as possible, with some variation in how
they accomplish this based on their Aspect (see above). Once they have sated
this thirst they will continue to be ruled by the Great Curse for a number of
hours equal to their highest rated Virtue, often engaging in bizarre or self-
destructive behavior during this time. It is also the Great Curse which ensures
the spread of the contagion of the Blood-dragons. While under the Great Curse
the Exalt must succeed at a Temperance roll to avoid attempting to transform any
victim they drain into another Blood-dragon.

=== GHOULS ===

Not everyone who the Blood-dragons attempt to turn with the Black Embrace will
Exalt as a one of them. Most of those have blood to thin with common mortal
strains to receive the blessing of perpetual death. Those who do not turn become
the cursed Ghouls.

A Ghoul is formed when the blood magic fails to bind the higher soul to the body
of a potential Blood-dragon, preventing the Exalted spark from manifesting.
However the magic does permanently bind the lower soul to the body of the
victim, allowing it to rise at the next sunset as a Ghoul. Ghouls can be
likened in many ways to Hungry Ghosts and in fact tend to act like them in most
respects. They lack many of the weaknesses of the more common Hungry Ghosts.

First off, a Ghoul is material, existing as a form of walking dead. They remain
material all day and night, and need not rest for any period of time. Since they
are constantly trapped in their decaying corpse, they need not fear being
destroyed by the light of the sun. However they still instinctively fear sunset
and unless compelled to by magic or threats, will flee to the darkest place they
can find at midnight. The ghoul has access to a greater degree of intelligence
than an average Hungry Ghost, but this is balanced out by their insatiable
thirst for human blood. They can and often do cross lines of salt and germinated
grain. Ghouls are also slightly easier to control than hungry ghosts. A created
ghoul is loyal to its creator on an instinctive animal level. As long as it is
kept well fed and not treated overly crudely it will serve loyally in any number
of manners. Magic that effects Hungry Ghosts (specifically the ARcanoi directed
to do so) has no effect on Ghouls.

Many ghouls are equipped with weapons and armor for combat, and they can be
trained in the use of modern warfare tactics.

Typical Fighting Ghoul
Attributes: Strength 4, Dexterity 3, Stamina 4, Charisma 1, Manipulation
1, Appearance 0, Perception 3, Intelligence 1, Wits 4\\
Virtues: Compassion 1, Conviction 2, Temperance 2, Valor 3\\
Abilities: Athletics 3, Awareness 2, Brawl 4, Dodge 1, Larceny 2, Melee 3
Survival 3\\
Powers: Aura-Reading Technique, Delicious Essence Scent, Essence
Devouring Ghost Touch, Ravening Life-Force Hunger, Blood-Drinking Thirst\\
Base Initiative: 7\\
Attack:\\
Claw: Speed 7, Accuracy 7, Damage 4L, Defense 7\\
Bite: Speed 5, Accuracy 5, Damage 7L, Defense 5\\
Sword: Speed 7, Accuracy 7, Damage 6L, Defense 7\\
Dodge Pool: 4 Soak: 6L/6B (Flesh + Breastplate)\\
Willpower: 5 Health Levels: -0/-1/-1/-2/-2/-4/incap\\
Essence: 2 Essence Pool: 51\\
Other Notes: Often an Extra.

=== SOCIETY AMONG THE BLOOD-DRAGONS ===

At the moment, there is no functional society for the Blood-dragons. The
Unrighteous Pharaoh Who Dwells In Silence has created only a handful, and
allowed them to spread their curse onto only a few dozens more. Basically Blood-
dragons retain whatever societal ties they had before their undeath. The usually
go by their old names, care about the same things, enjoy the same pastimes
(such as they can experience them) and so on. Their new hunger for human blood
may strain their previous relationships, but it doesn't relieve them of their
basic humanity... yet.

The fifty Blood-dragons in the Pharaoh's nameless black manse have all been
enchanted in a variety of ways to make them all loyal to the Pharaoh and her
plans. She hopes to double or treble that number in the next few months, also
creating a small army of Ghouls from the cast-offs to home the Black Embrace
does not take. When she unleashes them on the world, they will set about killing
and converting as many as they can, starting with the city of Gem. If her plans
are successful the entire city will fall in a day and night of bloodshed,
converting the thirty percent of the population to Blood-dragons and the rest
into Ghouls under her command. Then she will raise her temple in the resulting
Shadowland, declare herself their new Pharaoh and lord and use her new power
base to slowly spread her children up through the southern direction. She also
plans on using the new recruits to "seed" Shadowlands in the other three
directions with Blood-dragons dedicated to spreading their contagion. Her
ultimate goal is to spread the infection to the Blessed Isle itself, and
overthrown the current Realm and replace it with a dark Empire under her
command. She currently is unaware of the Sidereals part in her own downfall, or
their secret mastery of the Realm, and thus has no contingency for their
appearance. If she should learn of their involvement in her downfall, she might
secret herself away again for a few more centuries while she devises some
appropriate punishment for their treachery as well.

The Pharaoh is capable of bringing her creations down to the Malfeans and
allowing them to sacrifice their names and destinies to the Void so they can
receive the necessary blessing to gain Celestial level martial arts. She has not
yet, partially because she is unsure if the Neverborn will reward her for her
invention or destroy her for her audacity (the reality is they are likely not to
care enough to do either). If such beings are created in the near future (she
plans on doing so with at bleats a few once she has successful destroyed Gem)
they will likely adopt new names that resemble the titles of the Abyssal Exalts,
but in many ways less (examples include Forlorn Hope, Cruel Innocence, Unquiet
Sin and so on). Such beings that are convinced (or forced) to sacrifice
themselves to the Malfeans will be much more likely to revel in their new nature
rather than fight against it. This too is part of the Pharaoh's plan. She knows
she can not ensure the loyalty of any Plasmatics created beyond those she
creates herself or allows to be created. Those who are brought before the
Malfeans will be her trusted servants, capable of martial arts beyond their
brethren and loyal to her dark religion built in deliberate parody of the
Realm's Immaculate Order. This religion will venerate the Blood-dragons and
death and revere their new existence as an unholy sacrament, and allow her to
hopefully control her creations much the same way the Immaculate Order controls
the Terrestrials.

But that is all for the future. Now, the Unrighteous Pharaoh Who Dwells in
Silence quietly gathers new conscripts to her growing army, bides her time and
schemes. In the future, who knows what will happen?

== Comments ==

I like this. Like, a lot. A whole lot. A very great deal. Charm me! *yank* :) [[DS]]

These are great! Really well done! Kudos and consider them yoinked B-) [[nikink]]

Very nice... very nice, something that I can see a Deathlord whose all obssessed doing. Hmm, this DOES leave her near the First and Forsaken's territory. And in the path of the Autochtonians if they occur in your setting. - [[Haku]]

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== Desecrations: Soul Consumption ==

Soul Consumption is among the most frightening powers that Nihils have access to. By using these powers, Nihils steal the capabilities and energies of their victims, consigning them to eternal death in exchange for a short-term burst of power. The capabilities granted by these powers are widespread, but are always based on the power or nature of the souls consumed.

Unless specifically mentioned otherwise, there are two effects to soul consumption. First, any soul sacrificed to one of these Desecrations is destroyed, and cannot be used as a sacrifice to a different Desecration. Secondly, each individual Desecration of this sort can only be activated once per scene. A character may activate multiple Desecrations in a scene, but not the same one multiple times (in the case of scenes with particularly long durations, Desecrations can be activated once every half-hour.) Using a Soul Consumption Desecration is a Speed 5, DV -1 Simple action with a Rate of 1, unless otherwise mentioned.

As a general rule, soul consumption requires a character to have the mental wit to understand a concept, the cunning to modify it, or the durability to withstand it. As such, they tend to require the Attributes of Wits, Manipulation, or Stamina.

=== Consumption of Knowledge ===

Tasting Of The Fruits Of Understanding
Prerequisites: Essence 2, Wits 3
Souls remember their training, albeit faintly. By making use of this Desecration, a Nihil steals a measure of that understanding for herself. Upon activating this Desecration, the character spends 3 motes and chooses a single Ability and a single soul to sacrifice. For the duration of the scene, she may behave as though the soul's former rating in that Ability. The character does not gain instinctive knowledge of a soul's Ability ratings, but does know if they are greater than her own or not.

Stealing From The Tree Of Wisdom
Prerequisites: Essence 3, Wits 4, Tasting Of The Fruits Of Understanding
A soul's knowledge is a transient thing, but that does not matter to a Nihil. Using this Desecration, she tears her victim's soulstuff apart, adding its knowledge to her own. Activating this Desecration costs one Willpower, and requires the sacrifice of a soul. The character immediately gains one of the following: one dot in an Ability that the soul had at a higher rating than the player, or one Charm or spell that the soul knew and the character is capable of learning (this requires the character to have all prerequisites for said Charm). Generally, characters can only learn Martial Arts in this way, but a Nihil who devours the soul of another Nihil might learn other Charms. This is a training effect, and follows the usual rules for XP debt.

Magics Of A Forbidden God
Prerequities: Essence 5, Manipulation 5, Stealing From The Tree Of Wisdom
The most devastating of the Nihil's ability to steal the understanding of her victims, this Desecration allows her to steal a Charm that she does not have the capability to learn. The character spends one Willpower, chooses any one Charm that her victim knew and sacrifices their soul. For the duration of the scene, she may activate that Charm as though she was the victim, following whatever rules the victim followed to use it. The character cannot steal Combos in this manner, only individual Charms.

=== Consumption Of Thought ===

Interrogating The Entombed
Prerequisites: Essence 2, Manipulation 3
Although they are imprisoned within their slayers, the victims of a Nihil still have some form and nature. By pushing Essence through their frames, the Nihil stirs this sluggish understanding to life, enabling her to converse with the souls of her victims. Activating this Desecration requires the commitment of 3 motes of Essence, and does not consume the soul of its target. For the duration of the scene, the captive soul is awakened and able to communicate with the Nihil. The Nihil may choose to allow the soul to borrow any or all of her senses; if she does not, her victim feels only the chill of Oblivion and hears only the words of the Nihil. The Nihil gains no automatic ability to control the soul beyond the natural, but has a very powerful bargaining position.

Swallowing The Strains of the Past
Prerequisites: Essence 3, Manipulation 4, Interrogating The Entombed
Conversation is ultimately an inefficient way to gather information. With this Desecration, a Nihil learns to cut straight to the source. She spends one Willpower, and sacrifices a soul of her choice. She then names either a specific time period or a specific event, object, or person. She can be as vague or as specific as she likes. She may then take up to a year’s worth of memories that the sacrificed soul possesses from that time or surrounding that trigger. She can narrow down the criteria, taking all memories of that trigger from that time period, provided the total memories taken do not exceed one year. The character now has access to these memories as though they were her own. The soul she took them from, if it survives being sacrificed (see other Desecration), no longer has access to those memories. This is a permanent effect.

Restoring Oblivion’s Victims
Prerequisites: Essence 3, Stamina 4, Interrogating The Entombed
Oblivion’s maw is ever-consuming, but even it can be denied its prey. By enacting this Desecration, the Nihil sins against the Neverborn and returns one of her victims. She must spend ten motes and two points of Willpower to do this. Upon doing so, tendrils of pale energy leech from her eyes and mouth, pooling on the ground before her, and gradually taking on shape. She chooses one of her souls, and returns it to existence as a ghost. The former victim is created as though she just died and became a ghost; if she was always a ghost, she is returned to her original traits. This Desecration is an affront to Oblivion; each time that it is used, the user gains a dot of Resonance for defying the grip of Oblivion within herself. Note that this Desecration can only be used on creatures that can become ghosts; when used on beings that eternally resurrect, it returns them to their species’ life cycle, while beings that leave no ghost are returned to Lethe.

Forging The Tools Of The Void
Prerequisites: Essence 4, Manipulation 4, Interrogating The Entombed
The power of Oblivion is vast, and sometimes it must send its minions ranging far in order to accomplish its goals. In order to serve her Neverborn masters, the character spawns a new child of Oblivion from one of her victims, winnowing all that is good within him to forge him into a spectre, a terrible reflection of his former self . Activating this power requires the expenditure of 15 motes and 2 Willpower. The character chooses a soul that she has devoured. Black goblets of plasm bleed from her body, taking on the form of a monstrous ghost, irrevocably tainted from its trip to the edge of Oblivion. The spectre is created exactly as if that soul had died and become a ghost, with four changes. First, it gains +1 to all Physical Attributes, and increases their maximums to 6. Secondly, it gains a Whispers rating equal to the Nihil’s Essence (Maximum 5). Third, it gains the Charm ‘Shadowlands Circle Necromancy’. Finally, all of its positive Intimacies transform into negative Intimacies towards their original target (For example, an Intimacy towards House Peleps would become a hatred of House Peleps), and its Motivation changes to “Serve Oblivion”.

Spectres transformed via the use of this power bear no supernatural loyalty towards their progenitor, but most of them will feel a certain twisted gratitude for being shown the truth of Creation’s end, and all have a certain sympathy to a fellow follower of the Void.

=== Consumption Of Power ===

Patching The Flesh With Oblivion's Remnants
Prerequisites: Essence 2, Stamina 3
Soulstuff has more uses than mere knowledge. The character chooses any soul and sacrifices it, spending 2 motes. At the end of the scene, she recovers one level of Lethal or two levels of Bashing damage that she has taken.

Armoured With The Stuff Of Souls
Prerequisites: Essence 3, Stamina 4
The character draws out strands of soulstuff, spreading it across herself in gossamer strands. The next time the character would take at least one level of damage, the damage is reduced by the Essence of the soul she is using as armor. Each time this occurs, the soul's Essence is reduced by 1. When the soul's Essence reaches 0, or the scene ends, it is destroyed. Unlike normal Desecration, the character may armor herself repeatedly over the course of a scene; however, each new armoring replaces the previous, instantly sacrificing that soul.

All-Consuming Void Transformation
Prerequisites: Essence 2, Stamina 3
This mighty form is all that remains of the Deadly Beastman that Lunars instinctively know the form of. While Nihils cannot create the strange flesh-warping effects of that transformation, they have learned their own variant which is just as dangerous. Activating this power requires the expenditure of 5 motes and the sacrifice of a soul; unlike normal Desecration, this is a reflexive action. The character grows a foot in height, black plasm stretching to cover her form, shifting it into a nightmare shape that bears a passing resemblance to whatever soul the character devoured to empower herself. Her clothing stretches, but does not break, her skin and shape oozing around it as necessary.

The character gains a variety of benefits from this form. First, she gains +1 to all of her Physical Attributes. Secondly, she does not lose Dying health levels if rendered unconscious, and returns to Incapacitated at the end of the scene (assuming she is not killed outright). The third power, however, depends both on the Essence and the nature of the soul that she has consumed, as follows:
* A human soul, either higher or lower, empowers the Nihil with its nature, showing to horrified onlookers their own fears and failures. All onlookers who do not have dots in the Whispers background lose one dot from a Virtue for every dot of Essence that the sacrificed soul has; this is spread as evenly as possible, favouring the watcher's highest Virtues first. Furthermore, anyone with a positive Intimacy or Motivation towards the victim consumed for this effect suffers a -2 die penalty to all actions against the Nihil. Both of these are Emotion effects that cannot be overcome by spending Willpower. Exalts are treated as human for the purposes of this Desecration.
* An animal soul empowers the Nihil with an animalistic frenzy and fervour. The Nihil increases her Wits by 1, and increases her MDVs by the animal's Essence; this does not count as a Charm bonus.
* The soul of an elemental provides immunity to natural effects of its element, and adds the soul's Essence in soak or dice to resist magical manifestations of that element.
* The soul of a god or demon partially dematerializes the Nihil; all post-soak damage dice dealt to her by effects that cannot strike dematerialized beings is reduced by half the spirit's Essence, rounding up.
* The soul of a Dragon King lends its raw power to the Nihil, granting her a +1 bonus to (Dragon King's Essence) Attributes of her choice. She must choose at least one Physical and one Mental Attribute to boost.
* The soul of a Mountain Folk lends its immutable nature to the Nihil, increasing the difficulty of all Shaping effects against her by the Mountain Folk's Essence and raising one Virtue that the Mountain Folk had a higher rating than the Nihil by 1 (including an extra Virtue Channel).

MartialArts/ElusiveWind

2017-04-30T13:26:50Z

Mortor9401: /* Comments */

= Elusive Wind Style =
A common style in the Lap, Elusive Wind style was begun by an Outcaste Martial Artist named "Xenchu Barrai" who studied the desert winds that spread through the South for several decades during his time as a Caravan Guard along the Sun's Sea. The style grew out of his appreciation of the "Forge's Breath", as the Southern Winds are sometimes called, becoming a style of elusive dodges and light blows that slowly sap one's endurance.

The Elusive Wind style is most commonly fought unarmed, but allows the use of a Staff with it's fighting maneuvers. Practitioners are allowed the use of Buff Jackets, but no heavier armor is permitted with these charms.

== the Style itself ==
Dune-Running Gust
Cost: 1 mote
Duration: Instant
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Martial Arts: 2
Minimum Essence: 1
Prerequisite Charms: None

The Southern Wind moves swiftly and unceasingly over the endless expanse of the Sun's Sea, unimpeded by the harsh terrain. An Exalt with this charm emulates this ability in a quick gust, adding his Martial Arts to his movement rate (Dexterity + 12 yards, base). In addition, the Exalt ignores any circumstance penalties or difficulty penalties imposed by terrain. The effects of this charm last for a single turn, but the charm can be maintained for 1 mote per turn. This does not require using the charm again.

Strength-Sapping Forge Wind
Cost: 4 motes
Duration: Instant
Type: Supplemental
Minimum Martial Arts: 3
Minimum Essence: 1
Prerequisite Charms: Dune-Running Gust

The relentless Southern Wind can sap the strength from even the most rugged of travelers. An Exalt's strike adopts some of that harsh air, with each successful strike draining away some of his opponent's energy. Each successful strike that lands (even if it does no damage) requires the target to make a Stamina + Endurance roll against a difficulty of 1 or his armor's fatigue rating. Each additional strike during the scene raises the difficulty of this roll by 1, to a maximum of 5. Each failed roll gives the fatigued victim a -1 penalty to all actions. Accumulated penalties caused by this charm fade away at 15 minutes per point.

The Wind Slips Away
Cost: 3 motes
Duration: Instant
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Martial Arts: 3
Minimum Essence: 2
Prerequisite Charms: Dune-Running Gust

The Wind is elusive and hard to catch, constantly slipping out of one's fingers. An Exalt who activates this charm becomes like that wind, slipping away from an attacker and further harm. After successfully dodging an attack, an Exalt may activate this charm and flit away from his attacker like the wind. The attacker moves half of his full movement rate, putting him out of the range of attackers with multiple attacks who cannot follow. This charm does not provide a dodge, it only reflexively supplements the effects of a successful dodge.

Elusive Wind Form
Cost: 5 motes
Duration: One scene
Type: Simple
Minimum Martial Arts: 4
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Strength Sapping Forge Wind, and The Wind Slips Away

Once an Exalt has mastered the basic maneuvers of the Elusive Wind Style, she may master the emulation of the Southern Wind. The Exalt takes on the aspect of the forge's breath, becoming swift and deadly, uncaring of lesser beings, a proud sirocco. For the remainder of the scene, the Exalt's unarmed attacks do piercing damage and he may double his Dexterity score to determine his running speed. If he has a Dodge action (from another charm or a dedicated action), he can add his Martial Arts score to the dodge roll. Lastly, he ignores the mobility penalty of any Buff Jacket he might be wearing. 
Characters cannot use more than one martial arts form-type Charm at a type. Using a form-type Charm ends the effects of any other form-type Charm the character was previously utilizing. This charm is not compatible with armor other than a Buff Jacket.

Uncatchable Wind Prana
Cost: 3 motes
Duration: Instant
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Martial Arts: 4
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Elusive Wind Form

The wind slips through your fingers, impossible to hold or tie down. A master of the Elusive Wind style is similarly hard to restrain, and may use this charm to add his Essence in automatic success to a clinch roll. If the Martial Artist wins the contest, he must choose to escape from the clinch and may move his full movement distance away from the clincher. If the Martial Artist fails the roll, he may invoke this charm next turn to add an additional automatic success to his roll (on top of his Essence rating). Each additional use is similarly cumulative, until the Martial Artist escapes.

Mela's Relentless Fury
Cost: 2 motes
Duration: Instant
Type: Supplemental
Minimum Martial Arts: 5
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Uncatchable Wind Prana

In the proper circumstances, the Wind does more than just sap the strength from the unwary traveler -- in some places in the South, the wind can kill, leaving a desiccated husk or burying the victim in sand. A master of the Elusive Wind style is similarly lethal when he wishes to be, and can use this charm to add his Martial Arts rating to the damage of a single unarmed attack. This attack now does lethal damage.

Dancing Wind Strike
Cost: 6 motes, 1 willpower
Duration: Instant
Type: Extra Action
Minimum Martial Arts: 5
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Elusive Wind Form

Those from the South know that the wind can kill a man, and it is all the more feared due to the fact that it cannot be fought. A master of the Elusive Wind style is similarly feared, for he can slip through the clutches of his enemies while still bringing them low. When invoked, this charm gives the Martial Artist the benefit of a full dodge in addition to his normal action. It should be noted that due to the limitations imposed on Extra Action charms the character cannot split his normal action, but may otherwise use it as he wishes. The full dodge is identical in every respect to the effects of aborting to a full dodge, described on page 231 of the Exalted corebook, except for the notes above.

Howling Sirocco Assault
Cost: 4 motes per attack, 1 willpower
Duration: Instant
Type: Supplemental
Minimum Martial Arts: 5
Minimum Essence: 4
Prerequisite Charms: Mela's Relentless Fury, and Dancing Wind Strike

The martial artist surrounds himself in the howling essence of the sandstorm, launching himself in a furious attack against his opponent. Much like the sandstorm works its way past all barriers and kills even men heavily protected against it, so does a martial artist using this charm slip past the armor of his opponent, scouring him harshly with the power of his assault, soakable only with natural soak. The willpower cost of this charm only has to be paid once for turn, even if the Exalt uses this charm multiple times. This charm cannot be used with a weapon.
== Comments ==
*DRG: Does this effect stack with the Form? In what way?
*TWSA: Does this generate movement?
*Form: I'm not at all fond of that "free dodges with no Essence bonus" bit. What about allowing dodges with Essence alone?
*DWS: This more or less works like an EA that generates one action (applicable to Combos) and allows you to reflex-dodge at the same time; I think that just calling it an EA with one action that can't be enhanced by Comboed Charms is better than making it a Simple that breaks Combo rules.
:-[[willows]]

Hmmm; I'll think about the others, in a bit. TWSA, however, is just a "hopping dodge" charm that I put in this tree. It's based off the DB Hopping Dodge, from the DB book, so yes it generates movement. Not sure about the form or DWS; I'll fiddle with them later.

what kind of martial art is it? celestial or terrestrial?

WoSCalibrationCaste

2017-04-29T18:19:40Z

Mortor9401: /* The Stewards of Calibration */

= The Stewards of Calibration =

Calibration is a time of confusion, recalculation, and balance; the stewards of Calibration are the chosen champions of that period, tasked with balancing forces, sowing chaos, and undermining traditions. In the First Age they were amidst the seats of government, turning traditions on their heads and evening out factions. They used their abilities to confuse predictions, layer debate, and remove certainties. The Usurpation was in many ways typical of Alignment, which thrives best in chaos, but the Calibration caste was itself spread to thin on the issue, each individual taking a side and being extinguished in the skirmishes that followed. Those that survived disappeared - Arcadian lore says that they tried and failed to use their abilities to shift the energy of the Contagion and Fair Folk invasions, to disastrous personal cost.

The Calibration caste are drawn from those whose natures abhor obvious answers and constance - lovers of disarray and enforced balance that typify the upheaval of the Calibration period. Those knaves whose scholarship includes deception, trickery, and whose tastes run to raising up the lowly and tripping the mighty are welcome members of the Caste, creating regions of unceasing fluctuation, carnival days and reversals. Their miracles realign forces, balance energies, and put the heavens into disarray. Their greatest flaw is this inability to focus or create - they must always be in flux. Their touch on things must be light; the madness must either be brief and cathartic or it will become entrenched and destructive.

Caste Mark: As the champions of Gaia, the Arcadians are not marked in the same fashion as most Celestial Exalts. The stewards of Calibration have had their Shards resting in Gaia's mind - as such their 'mark' is a shifting kaleidoscope of inconstant colors and patterns forming on the brow and spreading across the face and skull. Depending on the balance of Callings achieved by the Arcadian, the primary colors will be shades of green(Birth), red (Sowing), orange (Harvest), white (Burial), or indigo (Alignment). The more intense the Calling, the more prevalent the color, and the more potent the Arcadian's Essence, the more the pattern dances across the Arcadian's forehead.

Anima Banner: The Calibration banner is Alignment rampant in the world - an indigo miasma that darkens lights and illuminates shadows. As the anima approaches iconic, the chaos becomes more pronounced - at the iconic level, the eye waters at the distortion and even the ground seems uncertain.

Anima Effects: To be determined.

Granted Doctrines: Calibration was granted by the Mother the Doctrines of the Concealed Thoughts (Socialize), Lost Deeds (Investigation), Hidden Words (Occult), Unseen Deeds (Stealth), and Unknown Shores (Sail).

Associations: The element of Earth, the Central direction, eclipses, the Alignment calling, and the Great Curse.

Sobriquets: Indigo Jesters, The Unruly Ancestors, Mother's Thoughts

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WoSCalibrationCaste

2017-04-29T18:19:19Z

Mortor9401: /* The Stewards of Calibration */

= The Stewards of Calibration =

Calibration is a time of confusion, recalculation, and balance; the stewards of Calibration are the chosen champions of that period, tasked with balancing forces, sowing chaos, and undermining traditions. In the First Age they were amidst the seats of government, turning traditions on their heads and evening out factions. They used their abilities to confuse predictions, layer debate, and remove certainties. The Usurpation was in many ways typical of Alignment, which thrives best in chaos, but the Calibration caste was itself spread to thin on the issue, each individual taking a side and being extinguished in the skirmishes that followed. Those that survived disappeared - Arcadian lore says that they tried and failed to use their abilities to shift the energy of the Contagion and Fair Folk invasions, to disastrous personal cost.

The Calibration caste are drawn from those whose natures abhor obvious answers and constance - lovers of disarray and enforced balance that typify the upheaval of the Calibration period. Those knaves whose scholarship includes deception, trickery, and whose tastes run to raising up the lowly and tripping the mighty are welcome members of the Caste, creating regions of unceasing fluctuation, carnival days and reversals. Their miracles realign forces, balance energies, and put the heavens into disarray. Their greatest flaw is this inability to focus or create - they must always be in flux. Their touch on things must be light; the madness must either be brief and cathartic or it will become entrenched and destructive.

Caste Mark: As the champions of Gaia, the Arcadians are not marked in the same fashion as most Celestial Exalts. The stewards of Calibration have had their Shards resting in Gaia's mind - as such their 'mark' is a shifting kaleidoscope of inconstant colors and patterns forming on the brow and spreading across the face and skull. Depending on the balance of Callings achieved by the Arcadian, the primary colors will be shades of green(Birth), red (Sowing), orange (Harvest), white (Burial), or indigo (Alignment ). The more intense the Calling, the more prevalent the color, and the more potent the Arcadian's Essence, the more the pattern dances across the Arcadian's forehead.

Anima Banner: The Calibration banner is Alignment rampant in the world - an indigo miasma that darkens lights and illuminates shadows. As the anima approaches iconic, the chaos becomes more pronounced - at the iconic level, the eye waters at the distortion and even the ground seems uncertain.

Anima Effects: To be determined.

Granted Doctrines: Calibration was granted by the Mother the Doctrines of the Concealed Thoughts (Socialize), Lost Deeds (Investigation), Hidden Words (Occult), Unseen Deeds (Stealth), and Unknown Shores (Sail).

Associations: The element of Earth, the Central direction, eclipses, the Alignment calling, and the Great Curse.

Sobriquets: Indigo Jesters, The Unruly Ancestors, Mother's Thoughts

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WoSSummerCaste

2017-04-29T17:45:34Z

Mortor9401: /* The Stewards of Summer */

= The Stewards of Summer =

Summer is a time of upheaval, force, and preparation; the stewards of Summer are the chosen champions of that ideal, turning their minds to fostering hope, conflict, and force in the world. In the First Age they were assigned to the war camps on the edges of Creation, determining with their arts the best ways to resist incursions of the Wyld and the most useful times to set out on the war path. They used their blessings to excel at combat, flourish in the face of adversity, and create opportunities for growth and expansion. The dying days of the Deliberative, however, were planted firmly in a glut of mediocre ideals and fading light, and even teh frenetic energy of the Summer paled in comparison to what occured. Trapped on the fringes, the Champions of the Summer were among the first to fall amidst the charge of the Fair Folk during the Contagian - those that still lived were points of heinous violent resistance amidst the Wyld, eventually disappearing under a tide of their enemy's blood.

The Summer caste are drawn from those with a particular intensity to their ideals - a bravery and ferocity that typifies the season. Those heroes whose goals involve resistance, violence, and hope for a brilliant future are perfect candidates - they tend to foster war zones, political contention, and radical movements. Their miracles create hope and opportunity, the light at the end of a long struggle that mortals can strive to achieve with full hearts and unwavering dedication. The greatest flaw of the Summer caste is that selfsame valorous energy - they are not exceptional at keeping what they have gained and place more value on ambitions than lives. As such, they must to some extent move from one place to another, as no one society can withstand a constant period of explosive possibility any more than crops could bear an eternal pounding summer or monsoon season.

Caste Mark: As the champions of Gaia, the Arcadians are not marked in the same fashion as most Celestial Exalts. The stewards of Summer have had their shards nestling in Gaia's thundering heart - as such their 'mark' is a radiating web of crackling 'veins' expanding from a glowing patch of light over their own hearts. Depending on the balance of Callings achieved by the Arcadian, this mark will pulse and glow some combination of green (Birth), red (Sowing), orange (Harvest), white (Burial), or indigo (Calibration). The more intense the Calling, the more prevalent the color, and the more potent the Arcadian's Essence, the more veins and arteries glow with the power of the mark.

Anima Banner: The Summer banner is Sowing rampant in the world - a blinding red light that crackles with heat and energy. As the anima approaches iconic, the sensation become more and more pronounced - at the iconic level, flesh tingles and blood burns with the sheer energy of the possibility in the air.

Anima Effects: To be determined.

Granted Doctrines: Summer was granted by the Mother the Doctrines of Vigor (Survival), Migration (Ride), the Conqueror (War), Teeth and Claws (Martial Arts), and Occupied Shadows (Awareness).

Associations: The element of Fire, the Southern direction, midday, the Sowing calling, and the virtue of valor.

Sobriquets: Sanguine Kin, The Brave Sons or Daughters, Mother's Blood

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BerserkSeraph/WoSCharacterCreation

2017-04-29T10:24:00Z

Mortor9401: changed class to caste

Step 1: Character Concept 
* Chose concept, caste, and Motivation
* Note caste's anima powers

Step 2: Select Attributes 
*Note that all Attributes start with one dot before you add any. 
*Prioritize the three categories: Physical, Social and Mental (8/6/4). 

Step 3: Select Abilities 
*Note Caste Abilities, select Favored Abilities (4 others)
*Choose Abilities (28 - at least 10 must be from Caste and Favored Abilities, at least 1 must be in each Favored and caste Ability)
*No Ability may be higher than 3 without spending Bonus Points.

Step 4: Select Advantages 
* Select Callings (5 points; each Calling starts with 1 dot)
** Birth, Sowing, Harvest, Burial, Alignment
* Chose Backgrounds (8, plus 10 from Callings)
** May raise Calling-tied Backgrounds above 3 at the cost of 2 dots per additional level
* Chose Virtues (5 points)
** None may be higher than 3 without spending bonus points
* Select Charms (8, at least 4 must be from Caste or Favored Abilities)

Step 5: Finishing Touches 
* Record Essence (2)
* Willpower (add the total of the two highest Virtues
** (May not start at higher than 8 unless at least two Virtues are 4 or higher)
* Calculate Personal Essence Pool (Essence x2 + Willpower + sum of two highest Callings)
* Calculate Peripheral Essence Pool ((Essence x 6) + Willpower + [Sum of two highest Callings x2])
* Record Health Levels (7, plus any gained from Charms).

Bonus Points 
You may spend up to 15 Bonus Points at any step of Character Creation. Bonus Points may be spent in the following ways:

Trait Cost
Attribute.......4
Ability.........2 (1 if Caste or Favored)
Background......1 (2 if the Background is being raised above 3)
Specialty.......1 (2 per 1 if a Caste or Favored Ability)
Virtue..........3
Calling.........4 (Grants an additional Background point)
Willpower.......2 (Cannot raise Willpower above 8 unless the sum of the two highest Virtues is 8 or above)
Essence........10
Charms..........7 (5 if Caste or Favored)

Castes 
* Spring: tasked with the maintenance of life, beauty, and birth.
** Caste Abilities: Performance, Crafts, Linguistics, Thrown, Presence
** Anima Powers: ...
* Summer: tasked with the maintenance of opportunity, ambition, and vigor.
** Caste Abilities: Survival, Ride, War, Martial Arts, Awareness
** Anima Powers: ...
* Autumn: tasked with the maintenance of gain, fruition, and diligence.
** Caste Abilities: Medicine, Athletics, Lore, Melee, Dodge
** Anima Powers: ...
* Winter: tasked with the maintenance of death, stagnance, and reduction.
** Caste Abilities: Resistance, Bureaucracy, Larceny, Archery, Integrity
** Anima Powers: ....
* Calibration: tasked with the maintenance of disorder, shifts, and change.
** Caste Abilities: Socialize, Investigation, Occult, Stealth, Sail
** Anima Powers: ...

Backgrounds 
* Allies
* Artifact
* Backing
* Contacts
* Familiar
* Followers
* Influence
* Manse
* Mentor
* Resources

Experience Points 
Trait Cost
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Prof. Astral/Chosen of the Heart

2017-04-28T21:28:03Z

Mortor9401: /* Comments */

Prof. Astral/Chosen of the Heart

2017-04-28T21:24:45Z

Mortor9401: /* Comments */ a comment

BerserkSeraph/WoSCharacterCreation

2017-04-28T20:13:02Z

Mortor9401: There were lunar castes in the arcadian castes... so I changed that

Step 1: Character Concept 
* Chose concept, class, and Motivation
* Note caste's anima powers

Step 2: Select Attributes 
*Note that all Attributes start with one dot before you add any. 
*Prioritize the three categories: Physical, Social and Mental (8/6/4). 

Step 3: Select Abilities 
*Note Caste Abilities, select Favored Abilities (4 others)
*Choose Abilities (28 - at least 10 must be from Caste and Favored Abilities, at least 1 must be in each Favored and caste Ability)
*No Ability may be higher than 3 without spending Bonus Points.

Step 4: Select Advantages 
* Select Callings (5 points; each Calling starts with 1 dot)
** Birth, Sowing, Harvest, Burial, Alignment
* Chose Backgrounds (8, plus 10 from Callings)
** May raise Calling-tied Backgrounds above 3 at the cost of 2 dots per additional level
* Chose Virtues (5 points)
** None may be higher than 3 without spending bonus points
* Select Charms (8, at least 4 must be from Caste or Favored Abilities)

Step 5: Finishing Touches 
* Record Essence (2)
* Willpower (add the total of the two highest Virtues
** (May not start at higher than 8 unless at least two Virtues are 4 or higher)
* Calculate Personal Essence Pool (Essence x2 + Willpower + sum of two highest Callings)
* Calculate Peripheral Essence Pool ((Essence x 6) + Willpower + [Sum of two highest Callings x2])
* Record Health Levels (7, plus any gained from Charms).

Bonus Points 
You may spend up to 15 Bonus Points at any step of Character Creation. Bonus Points may be spent in the following ways:

Trait Cost
Attribute.......4
Ability.........2 (1 if Caste or Favored)
Background......1 (2 if the Background is being raised above 3)
Specialty.......1 (2 per 1 if a Caste or Favored Ability)
Virtue..........3
Calling.........4 (Grants an additional Background point)
Willpower.......2 (Cannot raise Willpower above 8 unless the sum of the two highest Virtues is 8 or above)
Essence........10
Charms..........7 (5 if Caste or Favored)

Castes 
* Spring: tasked with the maintenance of life, beauty, and birth.
** Caste Abilities: Performance, Crafts, Linguistics, Thrown, Presence
** Anima Powers: ...
* Summer: tasked with the maintenance of opportunity, ambition, and vigor.
** Caste Abilities: Survival, Ride, War, Martial Arts, Awareness
** Anima Powers: ...
* Autumn: tasked with the maintenance of gain, fruition, and diligence.
** Caste Abilities: Medicine, Athletics, Lore, Melee, Dodge
** Anima Powers: ...
* Winter: tasked with the maintenance of death, stagnance, and reduction.
** Caste Abilities: Resistance, Bureaucracy, Larceny, Archery, Integrity
** Anima Powers: ....
* Calibration: tasked with the maintenance of disorder, shifts, and change.
** Caste Abilities: Socialize, Investigation, Occult, Stealth, Sail
** Anima Powers: ...

Backgrounds 
* Allies
* Artifact
* Backing
* Contacts
* Familiar
* Followers
* Influence
* Manse
* Mentor
* Resources

Experience Points 
Trait Cost
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