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Laois casteless lunar + Kabru eclipse solar, they’re bond mates
but also
Mithrun daybreak abyssal + Kabru eclipse solar, they fuhckin
I just think we ought to Exaltedpost to the extent that we confuse others into checking it out.
Exalted First Edition was much closer to World of Darkness in its design and therefore had a ton of low fantasy elements baked into its rules that have since been weeded out, however, using them directly would make for a heroic low fantasy framework, so I am suggesting that Exalted 1e be used to play a Dungeon Meshi game in this essay I will,
I've recently been thinking about what kind of Exalts the Dragon Age Origins companions would be, so I decided to make a post about it. (And yes, this is inspired by the recent Dungeon Meshi/Exalted posts)
Alistair was hard for me to pin down, but he kind of gives me Fire Aspect Dragon Blooded vibes. Obviously a Lost Egg/Outcaste because of his backstory, but also because his ass is absolutely not built for Dynast high society.
Morrigan is absolutely a No Moon Lunar. She's a shapeshifting sorcerer who grew up outside of "civilized" society and is into magic deemed forbidden; very strong Lunar vibes.
Leliana is definitely a Night Caste Solar, girl was/is a spy and is an idealist who is absolutely dedicated to trying to make the world a better place. Classic Night Caste material.
Zevran is a Wood Aspect Dragon Blood. He's an assassin who enjoys the thrill of the kill, sex, and the other pleasures of life. Also an Outcaste like Alistair.
Sten gave me a bit of trouble at first, but then I realized that he's absolutely an Earth Aspect Dragon Blooded. A mostly stoic warrior who clings to the traditions of his people and believes those ways are the best.
Wynne, with all her tales and attempts at guidance, gives me Adamant Caste Alchemical Vibes.
Oghren is gross, and I hate him, so he doesn't get to be an Exalt.
Shale was impossible for me to pin down tbh, so I'm gonna be lazy and say that she would be an Exigent of some sort. Probably chosen by the God of Pigeon Killing.
Loghain is 100% an Azimuth Caste Infernal. He's a victim of war, suffering atrocities at the hands of the Orlesians occupying his homeland, who later helped free Fereldan from Orlais, and then later let his understandable hatred of Orlais blind him and ended up becoming a tyrant himself. (Though he would also make a good Dawn Caste Solar.)
Honestly, Loghain is a pretty good example of how an Infernal can be a hero and later a villain imo.
Hopefully, this post finds anyone else who is both a fan of Exalted and Dragon Age.
Hello everyone looking for a new fantasy tabletop game!
You can buy Exalted Essence now.
What's Exalted you ask?
Exalted is an epic fantasy TTRPG where players play the titular Exalted - humans elevated to superhuman/demigod status - in a wild and unique setting that draws inspiration from the ancient world rather than medieval Europe. Creation (the setting) draws key inspirations from the entire world. If you're used to having to make yourself visible on your own in other fantasy, there's probably some representation in Exalted.
It has explicit queer and trans themes about finding your people, creating your own identity, and having the power to punch back at the people who hate you. This isn't incidental. The writing staff is queer as hell. You can hear me break this down more here.
Curious to learn all you can? Well you can get a detailed overview of the entire game on the podcast Systematic Understanding of Everything hosted by myself, @presidentofbirds and @phillycuriosity
If I'm used to D&D 5e why should I pick this up?
Well, I presume if you're reading this post you're already interested in trying something new, so:
The entire game in one book. Exalted: Essence is self contained, character types, equipment, enemies and all!
An exciting style of fantasy that's different than classic D&D but like, textually gay, and very easy to have scenes like ballroom fights, epic galas, and touching homoerotic healing scenes - no house rules required.
But also, tactical depth and combat you can really sink your teeth into if fighting monsters and villains is your bag.
An excuse to use all your d10s at once
Character building and advancement mechanics designed to be familiar to a 5e audience. Characters "level up" based on story beats, and have Advantages, which are functionally similar to class and race features.
A world welcoming to most heroic archetypes, so it's easy to convert your favorite OC.
Extremely kissable dragons, demons, gods, elementals, ghosts, faeries, and unnamed ancient horrors
I'm a fan of a previous edition, what's Essence got for me?
Design focused on alleviating some of the previous versions' missteps
Virtues are back, baby
2e fans will find it an improvement from second edition's mechanical strengths - it's pretty easy to convert all your favorite 2e Charms to XS.
Streamlined versions of familiar rules to make it painless to introduce new friends to the game we love.
The Cliff's notes on Ex3's new Exalt types.
Did I mention it's all of Exalted in one book?
How does it play?
d10 dice pool looking for 7,8,9 as successes. 10s count as two successes, which can lead to explosive, heroic outcomes
Combat system designed to keep all players engaged the entire time - even characters who aren't focused on fighting at all.
Combat also narrows the gap between experienced and new players and players who want to win at RPGs and players who just wanna vibe so GMs aren't tearing their hair out trying to balance encounters.
Social system designed to resolve in a single roll so you can be immersed in role play and not interrupt it with constant rolling - without sacrificing a variety of social approaches
"Ventures" system for characters working on long term projects from traveling across the world to crafting magical wonders to building communities without forcing this to be "downtime" activity
Characters have access to Charms - exception-based special powers that make them extremely good at whatever they focus on.
It's easily my favorite game (and the project I developed that I'm the proudest of), so I'm excited for everyone to try it out.
Exalted doodles from a little while ago - had a fancy party so everyone got a dance with Emerald (except the zenith caste who was busy going into limit break and causing problems on purpose) 🦚🌙
More Exalted posting on main! You're welcome @dice-wizard. Unit wanted to do Dragon Ball, so here we go!
Goku - Dawn Caste Solar. Boom. Done.
Gohan - Also a Solar but Twilight. Pursuit of knowledge moreso than glory in battle. Dude grows up to be a goddamn entomologist.
Bulma is Sidereal, Chosen of Journeys. She literally has the dragon radar and invented a time machine. Nuff said.
Piccolo is a Liminal of Flesh. A product of revenge and rage. Yep. Checks out.
Trunks is Getimian, natch. Spring sounds the most fitting for him.
Vegeta is Dragon-Blooded, Fire. Dude basically runs on Id.
Exaltation, as well as immortality, power and authority, gives the Exalted absolutely massive badonahonkas. Just huge great honkalonkanas. Utterly enormous monkanoloknos. Tremendous...
Hey y'all, Exalted is really good and super cool.
I don't have anything more to say than that, I just really love it.
Exalted but you just make charms up off the top of your head whenever you use them.
What, you're gonna go down every interminable charm tree in every source book to check if Moon Shattering Dream Shintai or All-Truth-Warping Path Of Stars are real or not ? Ha, good luck fucker.
ok. listen. it’s about your girlfriend. you know how we thought she was a crop-blighting witch and we were planning to stone her? so, here’s the thing. every stone we threw drew not blood but like, the black and fathomless rage of a race of titans that were once slain but could not die. and she like, rose from her hastily-shoveled roadside grave as their resubstantiated champion or something. yeah, we’re suffering the onslaught of her vengeance right now. yeah. I guess we inadvertently created that which we had so feared. yeahh. could you like, answer her texts and ask if she’ll stop sloughing our flesh with her baleful gaze every time she sees us. thx in advance
Just take one of every exaltation type and ram 'em all into your soul at once.
What's the worst that could happen?
I love that Exalted doesn't have encumberance. I love that Exalted doesn't care about exact coins in your pouch. I love that I can just give my character knickknacks that probably don't matter but build flavor. His (fake) name is Professor Honeyguide - if that guy DOESN'T have honey flavored candy for good students, I'm playing him wrong, stats be damned.
Solar Archery Capstone:
Sidereal Archery Capstone:
Abyssal Archery Capstone:
bro stop being so verbose the hoes keep having to look up dictionary definitions every time they talk to you
Ill turn america into a necropolis of black iron and ash Thousands of miles wide