Backgrounds

Backgrounds

This page is devoted to alternate backgrounds, houseruled backgrounds, background discussions, etc.

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Houseruled Versions of Canon Backgrounds

People come up with new and better ways of using Exalted's backgrounds fairly frequently; here's a list of houseruled background systems.

Familiar

• CrownedSun's Familiar System -- a Familiar-building system that uses point-based powers
• DeadManSeven's Expanded Familiars -- A slight modification of the Familiars background to bring them more into line with Backgrounds like Artifact and Manse.
• Szilard's Familiar Revision -- a free-form, effects-based familiar build system

Manse

• Shataina's Manse Creation System -- No one ever makes cool Manses when they take the "Manse" background; they just take cool Hearthstones and often forget about the "giant magical house" part entirely. This system, vaguely based on the Artifact creation system in "S&S", is intended to help people make interesting and fun Manses.

Resources

• Gyro's Lawyers, Guns and Money: Exalted Resources 2.5
  The Resources system, especially when detailed further in Manacle and Coin, is all kinds of messed up. Here's my formulation for what the values and such are most likely meant to be when detailed by its confused authors.
• Charlequin's Manacle and Coin Chart Replacement
  This chart is designed to replace the one in Manacle & Coin. It's real nice.

New Backgrounds

• Bastions - a new type of Artifact-Manse hybrid designed to create lairs and ancient fortresses with vast powers in and of themselves. - Telgar
• Weave - A raksha-only Background that starts faeries with increased shaping capability at birth. -DarkheartOne
• Disciple- A Former Flaw that I thought had potential as a background- Enchantress