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= Amaranth =
Amaranth, (one that does not whither), is an attempt to create a complete unified rules that 
meet what I want in my Exalted game and pull together various attempts I and many other, better 
writers have done before. Heavy draws for influence come from One Roll Exalted by Democritus 
and A Fallen Age by Bazzalisk. I have received no permission from either of them to use their ideas 
let alone Exalted or the ORE system. So this isn't really meant to be read but to be for my personal 
use only, so if you found it CONGRATULATIONS!, please stop to tell me what you think.

== Setting ==

A word on setting, while the normal Exalted setting would work fine with any such Exalted rules, 
I find myself drawn to tweak the setting when I am so vastly changing the rules. The new setting 
is basically adapted the Earthdawn Setting to match Exalted.

[[StarJaunter/ExaltedRewriteSetting|The Setting for Amaranth]] 

== System Terms ==

'''Action:''' An action is what the character hopes to achieve in a turn through their efforts and dice 
rolls. A multiple action would be attempting two thing in one turn, if multiple sets are achieved. 
'''Charm:''' A generic name for any effect for which Excellency Dice can be paid to provide. 
'''Excellency Dice (or XD):''' the Chosen achieve power by super-charging an ability or stat, turning 
the dot the would provide a normal die into one that provides an Excellency Die, which provide many effects. 
'''Height:''' Describes the number showing on the die, a larger number is said to be higher. 
'''Potency:''' Used to describe how strong an XD is in certain ways. Most Types of Exalted have different Potency. 
'''Reflexive:''' A reflexive charm is one that can be chosen and paid for at any time, usually right after 
the roll. 
'''Set:''' A set is multiple dice that show the same number and provides and describes a success in ORE. 
'''Simple:''' A Simple charm is one that requires its own action and roll to have its effect. 
'''Supplemental:''' A supplemental charm is one that requires its XD to be spent right before the action 
it is effecting. 
'''Width:''' Describes the amount of dice that show the same number in a set. 

== Mechanics ==

This system uses the ORE resolution mechanic, specifically the version found in Reign, although I add the Fluid Combat supplement 

Here is a description pulled from the Wikipedia entry, the Nemesis Rule set is available online for free and can help get you started. 

The O.R.E. system uses a dice pool of d10s equal to the character's Stat and Skill similar to that used by Storyteller system, but the method to determine success 
is different. In the O.R.E. system, success is determined by die result matches, such as a pair of 8s. The Width of a roll, the number of matching dice, determines 
the speed (and damage, if in combat) of a roll, while the Height of a roll, the face up result on the matched dice, determines how successful an action was and 
location of a hit in combat. Shorthand notation for writing results is Width x Height, so a pair of 8s would be written 2x8 and three 2s would be written, 3x2. 

Exalted gain access to the ability to channel Essence into their stats or skills, usually skills, improving a normal die into what are called Excellency Dice. 
Excellency Dice enable a variety of dice manipulating capabilities, depending on the type of Chosen. The also enable the weirder powers that Exalted can 
call on. 

Their are two ways to use an Excellency Die. They may be "Spent," which means that it is used for a purpose and is not available for another purpose in that 
round, but next round will be available for the same or another purpose. Dice may also be committed which means they are providing an ongoing effect and 
will not be available to be spent or committed until the effect ends. Every exalt type have differences in Dice use, especially in how commitment works. 
Excellency Dice are frequently described as having a power level, this is a number that changes with Exalt types and used to determine some effects. 

For an in depth look at what you can do with Excellency Dice, [[StarJaunter/ExaltedRewriteExcellency Dice|click here]]

== Statistics ==

Amaranth uses bog standard Stats from Reign. Body, Coordination, Command, Charm, Sense, and Knowledge. As with Reign, each purchase of a die in a Stat is 5 
experience points, or using the alternative Experience rules requires 3 times current dice plus 1 checks to advance.

== Skills ==

Skills are a little trickier as both Reign and Exalted have their own sets of skills. As far as I can tell which set you use is irrelevant to Amaranth. To add to the horrible 
list of alternative skills sets here is my own take. I have purposefully tried to keep the number per statistic even. This simplifies character creation later, but may be 
less realistic or even less fun. Please let me know if you try it out. 

'''Body:''' Athletics, Fight, Resistance 
'''Coordination:''' Grace, Ranged, Stealth 
'''Command:''' Leadership, Organization, Integrity 
'''Charm:''' Prayer, Persuasion, Oratory 
'''Knowledge:''' Lore, Medicine, Craft 
'''Sense:''' Awareness, Insight, Voyaging 

These skills may be used with other Stats but will almost always default to the assigned statistic. 

As mentioned, Reign or Exalted skill sets should be usable if you wish without using this crazyness. 

Skills cost 1 experience point each or a number of experience checks equal to new dice amount. 

== Special Dice ==

Both the normal heroes and the Chosen can still purchase Expert and Master dice. Exalts rarely bother as their Excellency dice usually do better. Also a 
character may not have both a Expert, Master, or Excellency Dice. An Exalt may upgrade a normal or Expert die to Excellency Die by spending 5 experience. 
A Master dice may be upgraded for only one experience point. 

'''Favored'''

A chosen may only have one excellency dice in each skill or stat except the ones they favor. A favored Skill may have potentially all of the dice converted to 
Excellency. So part of the measure of an Exalts power is how many skills they favor. A Dragonblooded may only have one Favored skill, a Celestial Exalted 
will tend to favor roughly half the skills or statistics they can potentially take, hence their great power. Spirit being favor and channel XD through their virtues. 

== Advantages ==

Artifacts: Are rated 1-10 Advantages. Each artifact is a normal object, usually but not necessarily one that can perform the non-magic version of the artifacts 
action. To activate the magic the user must attune the artifact which requires either a rolled set right that beats a difficulty equal to Artifacts rating right before 
the rolled set that uses the magic, or requires an XD with potency equal to the Artifacts rating to be spent. A user can use a multiple action to attune and 
then use an artifact in one round. For most the roll to attune is the same as the roll to use the artifact. Some artifacts that work over time may require the 
Amaranth be either concentrating on it or commit the appropriate XD to keep it functioning. 

Manses: Is treated as a 1-10 advantage. In effect it is a 1-5 background describing the Manse, as a magical secret Base, and a second 1-5 background 
representing the Hearthstones power. If you have one without the other it means you either have loaned, or been loaned, the hearthstone. A Hearthstone, 
in addition to a minor magical power, such as seeing in the dark, grants the holder a one point boost to XD Potency a number of times per scene equal to 
the rating. A Manse grants its rating as a potency bonus to the first XD spent in a given round while in the Manse. The Manse rating also controls how 
useful the manse is in other ways, whether magical effects, useful servants, good locations, or being defensible. 

== Virtues ==

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-= Exalted: Exquisite Edition =
+= Amaranth =
+Amaranth, (one that does not whither), is an attempt to create a complete unified rules that<br>
 meet what I want in my Exalted game and pull together various attempts I and many other, better<Br>
 writers have done before.  Heavy draws for influence come from One Roll Exalted by Democritus<Br>
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 is basically adapted the Earthdawn Setting to match Exalted.
-[[StarJaunter/ExaltedRewriteSetting|The Setting for EEE]]<br>
+[[StarJaunter/ExaltedRewriteSetting|The Setting for Amaranth]]<br>
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 rolls. A multiple action would be attempting two thing in one turn, if multiple sets are achieved.<Br>
 '''Charm:''' A generic name for any effect for which Excellency Dice can be paid to provide.<br>
-'''Excellency Dice (or XD):''' Exalted of EEE achieve power by super-charging an ability or stat, turning<br>
+'''Excellency Dice (or XD):''' the Chosen achieve power by super-charging an ability or stat, turning<br>
 the dot the would provide a normal die into one that provides an Excellency Die, which provide many effects.<br>
 '''Height:''' Describes the number showing on the die, a larger number is said to be higher.<br>
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 '''Set:''' A set is multiple dice that show the same number and provides and describes a success in ORE.<Br>
 '''Simple:''' A Simple charm is one that requires its own action and roll to have its effect.<br>
-'''Supplemental:''' A supplemental charm is one that requires its ExD to be spent right before the action<br>
+'''Supplemental:''' A supplemental charm is one that requires its XD to be spent right before the action<br>
 it is effecting.<br>
 '''Width:''' Describes the amount of dice that show the same number in a set.<br>
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 This system uses the ORE resolution mechanic, specifically the version found in Reign, although I add the Fluid Combat supplement<br>
-Here is a description pulled from the Wikipedia entry, the Nemisis Ruleset is available online for free and can help get you started.<br>
+Here is a description pulled from the Wikipedia entry, the Nemesis Rule set is available online for free and can help get you started.<br>
 The O.R.E. system uses a dice pool of d10s equal to the character's Stat and Skill similar to that used by Storyteller system, but the method to determine success<br>
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 == Statistics ==
-EEE uses bog standard Stats from Reign.  Body, Coordination, Command, Charm, Sense, and Knowledge.   As with Reign, each purchase of a die in a Stat is 5<br>
+Amaranth uses bog standard Stats from Reign.  Body, Coordination, Command, Charm, Sense, and Knowledge.   As with Reign, each purchase of a die in a Stat is 5<br>
 experience points, or using the alternative Experience rules requires 3 times current dice plus 1 checks to advance.
 == Skills ==
-Skills are a little trickier as both Reign and Exalted have their own sets of skills.  As far as I can tell which set you use is irrelevant to Exquisite.  To add to the horrible <br>
+Skills are a little trickier as both Reign and Exalted have their own sets of skills.  As far as I can tell which set you use is irrelevant to Amaranth.  To add to the horrible <br>
 list of alternative skills sets here is my own take.  I have purposefully tried to keep the number per statistic even.  This simplifies character creation later, but may be<br>
 less realistic or even less fun. Please let me know if you try it out.<br>

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 rolls. A multiple action would be attempting two thing in one turn, if multiple sets are achieved.<Br>
 '''Charm:''' A generic name for any effect for which Excellency Dice can be paid to provide.<br>
-'''Excellency Dice (or ExD):''' Exalted of EEE achieve power by super-charging an ability or stat, turning<br>
+'''Excellency Dice (or XD):''' Exalted of EEE achieve power by super-charging an ability or stat, turning<br>
 the dot the would provide a normal die into one that provides an Excellency Die, which provide many effects.<br>
 '''Height:''' Describes the number showing on the die, a larger number is said to be higher.<br>
 '''Reflexive:''' A reflexive charm is one that can be chosen and paid for at any time, usually right after<br>
 the roll.<br>
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 For an in depth look at what you can do with Excellency Dice, [[StarJaunter/ExaltedRewriteExcellency Dice|click here]]
-'''Every Excellency dice  spent before the round's roll can have these effects:'''<br>
+== Statistics ==
-'''Every Excellency Dice spent after the round's roll can have these effects (some of these are per Exalted Type):'''<br>
+EEE uses bog standard Stats from Reign.  Body, Coordination, Command, Charm, Sense, and Knowledge.   As with Reign, each purchase of a die in a Stat is 5<br>
-Solars may set to be equal to the highest number rolled with normal dice<br>
+experience points, or using the alternative Experience rules requires 3 times current dice plus 1 checks to advance.
-Supernatural effects cost a number of dice spent on them to implement. If using the Exalted book the rule of thumb is an<br>
+'''Body:'''  Athletics, Fight, Resistance<br>
-effect  costs a number of dice equal to Essence of Charm minus one.<br>
+'''Coordination:'''  Grace, Ranged, Stealth<br>
-In standard Exalted, many charms provide actions outside of your primary action, letting your react<br>
+These skills may be used with other Stats but will almost always default to the assigned statistic. <Br>
-to another's action.  Since both dice pools are rolled at the same time this is meaningless and most<br>
-reflexive style effects are generated through multiple actions and simple dice manipulations.<br>
+As mentioned, Reign or Exalted skill sets should be usable if you wish without using this crazyness.<Br>
-The the Core Exalted Melee charm tree the branch that starts with Call the Blade and ends with <Br>
-Blazing Solar Bolt, is are all examples of Supernatural effects.
+Skills cost 1 experience point each or a number of experience checks equal to new dice amount.<Br>

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 will not be available to be spent or committed until the effect ends. Every exalt type have differences in Dice use, especially in how commitment works.<br>
 Excellency Dice are frequently described as having a power level, this is a number that changes with Exalt types and used to determine some effects.<br>
 '''Every Excellency dice  spent before the round's roll can have these effects:'''<br>

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	[[StarJaunter/ExaltedRewriteSetting\|The Setting for EEE]]<br>		[[StarJaunter/ExaltedRewriteSetting\|The Setting for EEE]]<br>

−	~~One Thousand Years ago, during what is now called the First Age, or even High First Age, Exalted,<br>~~
−	~~Heroes Chosen by the gods of the Sun, Moon, and Stars, ruled powerful city-states in a time of <br>~~
−	~~high essence. A prophecy arose that in 500 years the height of Essence would be reached and it would<br>~~
−	~~release a horde of evil, tainted beings, which would forever more be known generally as Horrors.<br>~~
−	~~The Chosen despaired, for while they may be able to best individual Horrors, the rare Exalted would<br>~~
−	~~be overrun by the Multitude of monsters that were coming. In order to save their peoples the Chosen<Br>~~
−	~~agreed to lock them with magically protected Kaers and Fortress Cities. However capable the Exalts<br>~~
−	~~were though building and enchanted enough Kaers to protect their entire civilization in time would<Br>~~
−	~~be outside their reach. As the Exalts struggled for a solution, and they might have even found it,<Br>~~
−	~~they were chosen after all, a group of the hated Dragonblood race came before them. Dragonbloods were<Br>~~
−	~~a non-human, magical race. They lacked the power of the Chosen, but had some power and could breed <br>~~
−	~~true. They were hated due to practiced of slavery and experiments on those they considered lesser, <Br>~~
−	~~normal humans. The Exalted had kept their numbers trimmed back to appease their populace. Now the<br>~~
−	~~Dragonblooded proposed a solution. Let us breed an increase our numbers, with a few centuries of <br>~~
−	~~population growth their would be hundreds of thousands of Essence Wielders, compared to the less than<br>~~
−	~~a thousand Exalted there were. The Exalted accepted and over the next few centuries the Dragonblooded<Br>~~
−	~~grew into a vast Slave Empire. Always they slavery was well justified as helping to build a Kaer or to<br>~~
−	~~free a Dragonblood for important enchanting work, but slavery it was. Just as the monstrosity they had<br>~~
−	~~allowed reached its height and the Exalted would be forced to act, the time limit was reached, all had<br>~~
−	~~to enter their Kaers and Fortress Cities for 1000 years.<br>~~
−	~~<br>~~
−	~~400 years later, and 100 years ago the first of the Kaers risked opening there doors early, or at least<br>~~
−	~~those are the earliest that are still around now. This far past the peak, Horrors still walk the land,<br>~~
−	~~but they are few enough that the Exalted heroes can challenge them in hope of Victory. The world has <br>~~
−	~~scarred by the time spend with Horrors but the Races of man learn to accept that as part of the challenge<Br>~~
−	~~of harvesting those resources and rebuilding their world. A new threat has emerged from the emerging<br>~~
−	~~Dragonblooded. They have spent their time in captivity breading up a Army of Dragonblooded who will <br>~~
−	~~sweep the land conquer the world before the Chosen can adequately respond. Already new generations of<br>~~
−	~~Soldier far exceeding the numbers that survived in the Kaers are being raised. When they are mature no<br>~~
−	~~force on the world will be able to stop them.<br>~~

−	~~<br>~~
	== System Terms ==		== System Terms ==

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 is basically adapted the Earthdawn Setting to match Exalted.
-[StarJaunter/ExaltedRewriteSetting|The Setting for Exalted: Exquisite Edition]
+[[StarJaunter/ExaltedRewriteSetting|The Setting for EEE]]<br>
 One Thousand Years ago, during what is now called the First Age, or even High First Age, Exalted,<br>

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 I find myself drawn to tweak the setting when I am so vastly changing the rules. The new setting<br>
 is basically adapted the Earthdawn Setting to match Exalted.
 One Thousand Years ago, during what is now called the First Age, or even High First Age, Exalted,<br>
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 May be used to increase the width of any set but only for purposes of timing<br>
 May be used to increase the width of any set but only for purposes of damage/effect<br>
-May be used to increase the width of any set but only for purposed of resisting a spoiled set<br>
+May be used to increase the width of any set but only for purposes of resisting gobble dice<br>
-Supernatural effects cost a number of dice spent on them to implement. If using the Exalted book the rule of thumb is an effect  costs a number of dice equal to Essence of Charm minus one.<br>
+Supernatural effects cost a number of dice spent on them to implement. If using the Exalted book the rule of thumb is an<br>
 In standard Exalted, many charms provide actions outside of your primary action, letting your react<br>