Thus Spake Zaraborgstrom

R. Sean Borgstrom - Quotes

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Exalted 2nd Edition Charms

• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/AnointmentOfMiraculousHealth for how this works in Ex2
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/FiveFoldBulwarkStance - Does it reduce every action in a flurry? (Y)
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SolarMentalInfluence - What does unnatural mental influence feel like?

Individual Sidereal Charms

• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/AvoidanceKata for how the charm interacts with Demons and Fate, its Consequences and Details
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/AvoidingTruthTechnique for how to use this
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/BattlePattern for use on Deathlords
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/BlindingTheBoar for its specialised use
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/BladeOfTheBattleMaiden for the irrelevance of pre-requisite depth
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/CharcoalMarchOfSpiders on when you get the extra actions
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/CeasingToExistApproach for how this charm interacts with Backgrounds
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/CrimsonPalmCounterstrike which explains how the flavour text can sometimes be relevant
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/DuckFate on whether a complete twink could use this charm to avoid Pattern Bite
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/EarthAndSkyBargain for possible circumstances of the spirit in question, and stackability
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/EfficientSecretaryTechnique where the pattern spider is when not in use
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/ExaltWays for what this Charm does and does not let you do
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/ForceDecision ... this is really useful, and really funny too!
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/FourMagicalMaterialsForm for "why" this does not include Soulsteel
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/GrandmotherSpiderMastery turning legions into chickens
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/HarmonicCompletion for communication while the Charm is in effect
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/ImpedingTheFlow for how good this charm is relative to others
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/JoyInAdversityStance for when this triggers and when not
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/LoversOath on polygamy
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/MarvelousInclusionofDetails on seeing the fates of things studied
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/OfThingsDesiredandFeared on finding a newly exalted Solar
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/OfTruthsBestUnspoken on finding Solars
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/OrdainedBridleOfMercury on why the Maidens made this charm before Arcane Fate
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/PAoCFormAndArmour which explains armour not being allowed
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/PatternSpiderTouch to make an army of Elemental Dragons ...
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/PiratesAndWaterSpirits for why a star was devoted to driving them out
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/RidingTheDragon for information on mounts
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/ShunTheSmilingLady yes, this charm sucks (did that even need to be said?)
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SongOfSpiritPersuasion on how this charm affects creatures outside of fate
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SpellShatteringPalm for Rebecca's take on this charm
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SpiritShapeCompanion for changes to the familiar's attributes (or lack therof)
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SubordinateInspirationTechnique ... sit, Ubu, sit
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/TerminalSanction this charm doesn't summon spirits
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/OSPvsUWBM for why these charms are the way they are, and info on Impeding the Flow
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/TranscendentHatchetOfFate for how to escape destiny BY escaping destiny
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/WorldShapingArtisticVision for how broad specialities can be, Eclipse usage, and the scope of TN reduction

Charm Related

• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/CharmTrees for advantages and disadvantages of short non-expandable trees
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/DevelopingNewCharms for how tough the charm limit is on Sidereals
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/EclipsesCanUsePrayerStrips ... interesting, hmm?
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/HowtoFindaFreshExalt What Sidereal charms are used to find a Newly Exalted Solar
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/PrayerStripsReusability save the trees, recycle! or not!
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/RideCharms for how familiars and aquaintances stack
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SolarVsSiderealDefence for how good these are relative to each other
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SolarVsSiderealCharms for how she tried to balance these.

Rebecca's Thoughts on Martial Arts

• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/FullyIndependentActions for clarification on what these are and why
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/InvoluntaryHeartSurgery
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/MaidensofPAoC for Maidens of the Prismatic Arrangement of Creation Style
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/MAandTNs for World Shaping Artistic Vision and MA
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/MartialArtsWeapons for e.g. using a sword as a MA weapon
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/NewSiderealLevelMA for notes on creating a new Sidereal level martial art
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/PAoCandCMOS ... which to put up first ...
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/PrismaticStyleAbyssals for information on Prismatic Style and Abyssals
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SiderealCreatedMA for non-Sidereal MA vs Sidereal MA
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SiderealUseofImmaculateMA for how Sidereal use of the Immaculate Arts works
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SolarChargen for use of SMA by Solars at generation
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/VBoSOddities for Virtue-reduction / Great Curse interaction
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/WhenToLearnSMA for information on when to learn a secret style
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/GodOfMA for an envisioning of how the Face background works

Demons

• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/EvilDemons on comparing Demons' morality to Raksi's
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/WhenAndWhichLimitBreak on what circumstances produce bound demons with Limit, and whether the same Demon will break the same way every time
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/UnderstandingYozis

Fate

• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/AbyssalsNotOutsideFate for more information as to why Abyssals are not outside Fate
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/ArcaneFateAndResplendentDestinies for comments on these two
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/FateMACombination for how Sidereals combine the two
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/GreatProphecy on how the great prophecy came about ...
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/NudgeFate for how far Fate can be "nudged"
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/PredictTheFuture about one incidental way Sidereals predict the future

Outcastes

• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/ForestWitches for connections ...
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/Numina for information and differences between these and Sorcerors
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SeaOfMind on how it interacts with the Real Exalted World

Fair Folk

• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/FairFolkAttunement for Fair Folk having servants attune their Daiklaves and such.
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/FairFolkInspiration with Charm Hints
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/GracesPwnJ00 for why Staff Grace and not Temperance Art
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/MutationCannotBeEscaped
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/NormalActions for why Normal Actions and the Fae don't always interact
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/OneStrangePreview
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/WhyBeingDeadIsntSoBad for why Fae don't HAVE to reshape themselves after dying
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/ReactionsToShaping for how a Warrior might react to a Cup-shaping from his consort
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/Hephaestus for an example of why the Greater Arts of Glamour work the way they do
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/NotJustShaping for why shaping actions aren't the only meaningful things in a FF game

Other

• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/ArmourShouldSoakAgg for a comment that backs this up
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/BanalExalted for exaltation in a very boring world
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/CKvsSolars for her opinion of Solars attacking Chejop
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/DeathlordsPlan for a plan to save Creation using the Deathlords, and how it might have started.
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/DemonsAndFate for Demons in Creation
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/DemonSummoning for her take on the subject
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/FirstAgeNight for the importance of Night Castes in the First Age
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/FiveMaidens for the sanity of the Maidens
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/FiveMaidensEndings about the Maiden of Endings & Limits
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/GamesOfDivinity for what these might be
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/GoodandEvil and why it's not as important as you think.
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/HeavenWontSave for why Heaven won't save the day
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/LunarExaltation for Luna's role in Lunar Exaltation
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/KillingPrimordials for taking down the Yozis
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/MAInArmour for her take on what might be possible
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/Outcastes for a ditty about them
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/ParryFalling for whether or not one can parry a fall. Quite interesting.
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/Pie for pies appreciated by different maidens
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/PrayerStrips for the possibility of prayer strips for Occult or the other MA styles
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/PrimordialSouls for speculation on Demons and Gaia's souls
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/Quintessence for 7-Aspect DBs
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/RecognisingResplendantDestinies for some comment on this issue
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SadIvoryDeath on Sad Ivory and the vagaries of life and death
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SocialCombat for her take on how "social combat" works
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SolarUsurpation for how the Sidereals arranged the Usurpation
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SolarMonsters an alternate mortal's-eye-view of the First Age
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/Stunting for the fact that you can't use the same stunt too many times
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/SutraOfGenre on the seven natures of Exalted
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/TheGameWorldWorks explaining that Sidereal NPCs need not be overpowering
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/UsurpationAlternatives for how things could have been different, if ...
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/WhatRSBAimsFor when she's writing a game
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/YesNoMaybe for the existence of a unified metaphysics of Exalted, and the mathematical philosophy behind the Fair Folk

Weird without Context

• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/EarththeSetting
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/FunWithMortals - For a mortals game with Exalted
• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/MarxCreateYou - Exalted and memes

Info

• Thus_Spake_Zaraborgstrom/Rebecca for information she posted about herself on the WW forum ...

Rebecca's personal blog is here, and she sometimes discusses her work on Exalted in the Gaming forum here. (If you like her writing style, you will probably enjoy Hitherby Dragons, her daily storyblog, which she describes as "like a webcomic without the pictures." Brainhurty goodness!)

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