Overshee/NewValleyOfShards
The New Valley of Shards
An Idea I came up with at RPG.net Forums.
The Valley of Shards is infact a valley filled with Jade Spikes. There are 300 of them, and in the center are 5, each inscribed with the sign of a Solar caste. In each of these central spikes are the shards of the first trapped solar essences. This valley hold the prototype Jade Prison.
If an exalted is to enter the valley, they must make a willpower check with a difficulty of 2. If they succeed, nothing happens. If they fail, they are sucked into one of the many Jade Spikes. However, the whole place is leaking essence and a shard can escape within a month and speed back to his/her body, which has to endure being a mortal (with mortal stats) for a month.
If a mortal is to enter, they must be quick. In 5-10 minutes their soul will be sucked out of their body and into Lethe. However, if they reach the center in time and touch one of the 5 first pillars they will steal the shard of whomever was inside, the enchantment will be broken, and they will exalt with whatever caste the shard inside one of the pillars was.
