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| − | = Amaranth = | + | = Exalted: Transcendent Edition = |
| − | Amaranth, (one that does not whither), is an attempt to create a complete unified rules that<br>
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| | + | Exalted: Transcendent Edition, or ETE, 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> | | 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> | + | writers have done before. Heavy draws for influence come from One Roll Exalted by Martin Nerurkar<Br> |
| | and A Fallen Age by Bazzalisk. I have received no permission from either of them to use their ideas<br> | | and A Fallen Age by Bazzalisk. I have received no permission from either of them to use their ideas<br> |
| | let alone Exalted or the ORE system. So this isn't really meant to be read but to be for my personal<Br> | | let alone Exalted or the ORE system. So this isn't really meant to be read but to be for my personal<Br> |
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| | is basically adapted the Earthdawn Setting to match Exalted. | | is basically adapted the Earthdawn Setting to match Exalted. |
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| − | [[StarJaunter/ExaltedRewriteSetting|The Setting for Amaranth]]<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> |
| − | == System Terms ==
| + | 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> |
| − | '''Action:''' An action is what the character hopes to achieve in a turn through their efforts and dice<Br>
| + | be overrun by the Multitude of monsters that were coming. In order to save their peoples the Chosen<Br> |
| − | rolls. A multiple action would be attempting two thing in one turn, if multiple sets are achieved.<Br>
| + | agreed to lock them with magically protected Kaers and Fortress Cities. However capable the Exalts<br> |
| − | '''Charm:''' A generic name for any effect for which Excellency Dice can be paid to provide.<br>
| + | were though building and enchanted enough Kaers to protect their entire civilization in time would<Br> |
| − | '''Excellency Dice (or XD):''' the Chosen achieve power by super-charging an ability or stat, turning<br>
| + | be outside their reach. As the Exalts struggled for a solution, and they might have even found it,<Br> |
| − | the dot the would provide a normal die into one that provides an Excellency Die, which provide many effects.<br> | + | they were chosen after all, a group of the hated Dragonblood race came before them. Dragonbloods were<Br> |
| − | '''Height:''' Describes the number showing on the die, a larger number is said to be higher.<br>
| + | a non-human, magical race. They lacked the power of the Chosen, but had some power and could breed <br> |
| − | '''Potency:''' Used to describe how strong an XD is in certain ways. Most Types of Exalted have different Potency.<br>
| + | true. They were hated due to practiced of slavery and experiments on those they considered lesser, <Br> |
| − | '''Reflexive:''' A reflexive charm is one that can be chosen and paid for at any time, usually right after<br>
| + | normal humans. The Exalted had kept their numbers trimmed back to appease their populace. Now the<br> |
| − | the roll.<br>
| + | Dragonblooded proposed a solution. Let us breed an increase our numbers, with a few centuries of <br> |
| − | '''Set:''' A set is multiple dice that show the same number and provides and describes a success in ORE.<Br>
| + | population growth their would be hundreds of thousands of Essence Wielders, compared to the less than<br> |
| − | '''Simple:''' A Simple charm is one that requires its own action and roll to have its effect.<br>
| + | a thousand Exalted there were. The Exalted accepted and over the next few centuries the Dragonblooded<Br> |
| − | '''Supplemental:''' A supplemental charm is one that requires its XD to be spent right before the action<br>
| + | grew into a vast Slave Empire. Always they slavery was well justified as helping to build a Kaer or to<br> |
| − | it is effecting.<br>
| + | free a Dragonblood for important enchanting work, but slavery it was. Just as the monstrosity they had<br> |
| − | '''Width:''' Describes the amount of dice that show the same number in a set.<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 500 years.<br> |
| − | == Mechanics ==
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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>
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| − | 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>
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| − | 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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| − | 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<br>
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| − | 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 <br>
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| − | 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.<br>
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| − | 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.<br>
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| − | Excellency Dice enable a variety of dice manipulating capabilities, depending on the type of Chosen. The also enable the weirder powers that Exalted can<br>
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| − | call on.<br>
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| − | 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 <Br>
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| − | 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<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>
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| − | 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>
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| − | For an in depth look at what you can do with Excellency Dice, [[StarJaunter/ExaltedRewriteExcellency Dice|click here]]
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| − | == Statistics ==
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| − | 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>
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| − | experience points, or using the alternative Experience rules requires 3 times current dice plus 1 checks to advance.
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| − | == Skills ==
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| − | 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>
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| − | 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>
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| − | less realistic or even less fun. Please let me know if you try it out.<br>
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| − | '''Body:''' Athletics, Fight, Resistance<br>
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| − | '''Coordination:''' Grace, Ranged, Stealth<br>
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| − | '''Command:''' Leadership, Organization, Integrity<br>
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| − | '''Charm:''' Prayer, Persuasion, Oratory<br>
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| − | '''Knowledge:''' Lore, Medicine, Craft<br>
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| − | '''Sense:''' Awareness, Insight, Voyaging<br>
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| − | These skills may be used with other Stats but will almost always default to the assigned statistic. <Br>
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| − | As mentioned, Reign or Exalted skill sets should be usable if you wish without using this crazyness.<Br>
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| − | Skills cost 1 experience point each or a number of experience checks equal to new dice amount.<Br>
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| − | == Special Dice ==
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| − | 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 <Br>
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| − | 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.<Br>
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| − | A Master dice may be upgraded for only one experience point. <br>
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| − | '''Favored'''
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| − | 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<br>
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| − | 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<Br>
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| − | 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.<br>
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| − | == Advantages ==
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| − | 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<Br>
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| − | 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<Br>
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| − | 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<br>
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| − | 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 <Br>
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| − | Amaranth be either concentrating on it or commit the appropriate XD to keep it functioning.<Br>
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| − | 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 <br>
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| − | representing the Hearthstones power. If you have one without the other it means you either have loaned, or been loaned, the hearthstone. A Hearthstone,<Br>
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| − | 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<Br>
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| − | 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 <br> | |
| − | useful the manse is in other ways, whether magical effects, useful servants, good locations, or being defensible.<br>
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| − | == Virtues ==
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Exalted: Transcendent Edition, or ETE, 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 Martin Nerurkar
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.
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.
One Thousand Years ago, during what is now called the First Age, or even High First Age, Exalted,
Heroes Chosen by the gods of the Sun, Moon, and Stars, ruled powerful city-states in a time of
high essence. A prophecy arose that in 500 years the height of Essence would be reached and it would
release a horde of evil, tainted beings, which would forever more be known generally as Horrors.
The Chosen despaired, for while they may be able to best individual Horrors, the rare Exalted would
be overrun by the Multitude of monsters that were coming. In order to save their peoples the Chosen
agreed to lock them with magically protected Kaers and Fortress Cities. However capable the Exalts
were though building and enchanted enough Kaers to protect their entire civilization in time would
be outside their reach. As the Exalts struggled for a solution, and they might have even found it,
they were chosen after all, a group of the hated Dragonblood race came before them. Dragonbloods were
a non-human, magical race. They lacked the power of the Chosen, but had some power and could breed
true. They were hated due to practiced of slavery and experiments on those they considered lesser,
normal humans. The Exalted had kept their numbers trimmed back to appease their populace. Now the
Dragonblooded proposed a solution. Let us breed an increase our numbers, with a few centuries of
population growth their would be hundreds of thousands of Essence Wielders, compared to the less than
a thousand Exalted there were. The Exalted accepted and over the next few centuries the Dragonblooded
grew into a vast Slave Empire. Always they slavery was well justified as helping to build a Kaer or to
free a Dragonblood for important enchanting work, but slavery it was. Just as the monstrosity they had
allowed reached its height and the Exalted would be forced to act, the time limit was reached, all had
to enter their Kaers and Fortress Cities for 500 years.
