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== szilard's house rules ==

In running my Exalted game, there have been several places where I've needed to make some tweaks. I've tried to control myself. Really. I know that I am a compulsive rules tweaker. There ought to be support groups for people like me.

In any case, what follows are rules I've changed and some thoughts toward rules I might change.

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/HouserulesCombat
: Weapon speed and Reach
: Initiative
: Using Two Weapons
: Martial Arts Weapons
: Charging

/HouserulesAbilities
: Crafts
: Occult and Thaumaturgy
: Specialties

/HouserulesBackgrounds
: Multiple backgrounds of the same type
: Familiars

/HouserulesCharms
: Specific charm changes
: Wholly revised charms
: New 'core' charms

=== other house rules ===

Social Defenses

Exalted is a game that desperately needs some rules for social defenses (i.e., resisting persuasion and the like). Unfortunately, I don't have perfect rules. I've sort of played it by ear, depending upon the context. Here are some things I've done:
* Set a base difficulty equal to an appropriate virtue of the target.
** Appropriate when: trying to convince the target to do (or believe) something and they are not particularly suspicious or inclined against the prospect.
* Allow an opposed roll equal to [appropriate social or mental attribute] + [appropriate virtue].
** Appropriate when: trying to convince the target to do (or believe) something and they are particularly suspicious or inclined against the prospect.
* Allow an opposed roll equal to (permanent or temporary) Willpower.
** Appropriate when: no virtue is particularly applicable, but some resistance is merited.
* Allow PCs to "ignore" a social success against them by spending a Willpower point and increasing their Limit.
** Appropriate when: the conflict is relevant to the character's limit condition.

Lunar Shapeshifting

I've begun revising this at: /FavorsOfLuna. This is still a very much in-progress project.

Experience Awards

I haven't implemented this one; I am currently toying with the idea:

The base experience award is 4 xp/session.

Additional awards are based upon stunts. An additional amount of xp is awarded to every player equal to the highest stunt award on a single roll by any player that session.

=== comments ===

I like just about everything you've said here, although your example under taking multiple Crafts seems a little confusing. Are you planning on writing up any Familiar-boosters for other Exalts? -- DigitalSentience
:I haven't, yet - but I've given a good bit of thought to Solar charms to boost Familiars.

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 : Crafts
 : Occult and Thaumaturgy
 : Specialties
-[[Szilard/Houserules/HouserulesBackgrounds]]
+[[Szilard/HouserulesBackgrounds]]
 : Multiple backgrounds of the same type
 : Familiars
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+[[Szilard/HouserulesCharms]]
 : Specific charm changes
 : Wholly revised charms
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 <b><i>Lunar Shapeshifting</i></b>
-I've begun revising this at:[[Szilard/Houserules/FavorsOfLuna]]. This is still a very much in-progress project.
+I've begun revising this at:[[Szilard/FavorsOfLuna]]. This is still a very much in-progress project.

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 : Charging
-Szilard/Houserules/[[HouserulesAbilities]]
+[[Szilard/Houserules/HouserulesAbilities]]
 : Crafts
 : Occult and Thaumaturgy
 : Specialties
-Szilard/Houserules/[[HouserulesBackgrounds]]
+[[Szilard/Houserules/HouserulesBackgrounds]]
 : Multiple backgrounds of the same type
 : Familiars
-Szilard/Houserules/[[HouserulesCharms]]
+[[Szilard/Houserules/HouserulesCharms]]
 : Specific charm changes
 : Wholly revised charms
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 <b><i>Lunar Shapeshifting</i></b>
-I've begun revising this at: Szilard/Houserules/[[FavorsOfLuna]]. This is still a very much in-progress project.
+I've begun revising this at:[[Szilard/Houserules/FavorsOfLuna]]. This is still a very much in-progress project.

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+Szilard/Houserules/[[HouserulesCombat]]
 : Weapon speed and Reach
 : Initiative
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 : Charging
-[[/HouserulesAbilities]]
+Szilard/Houserules/[[HouserulesAbilities]]
 : Crafts
 : Occult and Thaumaturgy
 : Specialties
-[[/HouserulesBackgrounds]]
+Szilard/Houserules/[[HouserulesBackgrounds]]
 : Multiple backgrounds of the same type
 : Familiars
-[[/HouserulesCharms]]
+Szilard/Houserules/[[HouserulesCharms]]
 : Specific charm changes
 : Wholly revised charms
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 <b><i>Lunar Shapeshifting</i></b>
-I've begun revising this at: [[/FavorsOfLuna]]. This is still a very much in-progress project.
+I've begun revising this at: Szilard/Houserules/[[FavorsOfLuna]]. This is still a very much in-progress project.