Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)

The reason I ultimately wanted to fight here is because we have a potential ally in Mathews and we would not have that in the middle of the road if she tracks us down. Same with motes as we would not have recovered enough for it to matte
Also potential enemy if we fail at persuading him.
Plus there's a child in the blast radius, and our car with the video providing Dresden with an alibi.
 
QUESTION
1) Will a handful of grass/handful of earth from the Mathews property be a sufficient arcane focus for Crown of Eyes locating the children who walk on it/live on it?
2) Does Cindy's current location count as a secret for Essence regen?
  1. No, but the kid probably has a MySpace account, you can just use her picture online
  2. Not specifically about the supernatural world so no
 
[X] Leave as instructed, if she plans to confront you on some lonely stretch of road you will know precisely where she is and have control of her car

I really want to use her True name, but I can live without it. As long as we take her down, I am ok with it. We can have Matthews draw us a Clorox bath afterwards
We know her real name, but not her true name in any meaningful sense. We can't do anything magical with it even if we had the skill since the crown can't give it in a way that counts.
 
[X] Leave as instructed, if she plans to confront you on some lonely stretch of road you will know precisely where she is and have control of her car


We know her real name, but not her true name in any meaningful sense. We can't do anything magical with it even if we had the skill since the crown can't give it in a way that counts.
note she probably uses an alias so its still their true name even if it doesn't count for rituals or power over them.
 
there's a child in the blast radius,
This is a very shaky supposition, not supported by direct evidence at all.
We know her real name, but not her true name in any meaningful sense. We can't do anything magical with it even if we had the skill since the crown can't give it in a way that counts.
It lacks most of the connotations, but it's still her true name, from what I understand.

We should use the crown on her to learn her fighting style / how she fights, though. We could use CIndy's photo to locate her.
 
This is a very shaky supposition, not supported by direct evidence at all.

It lacks most of the connotations, but it's still her true name, from what I understand.

We should use the crown on her to learn her fighting style / how she fights, though. We could use CIndy's photo to locate her.
I'd change the wording for the exact situation going on in the area where she is since we might get some essence as those kidnapping her are likely supernatural in some capacity.
 
The only way the other grandchild would not be here would be if she didnt sleep at home.
And this is completely plausible. She could be at a boarding school. At a friend's house. At her parents' house (we don't know anything about her parents, as far as I remember). Tons of possibilities, really.
I'd change the wording for the exact situation going on in the area where she is since we might get some essence as those kidnapping her are likely supernatural in some capacity.
No, the idea is to learn all of the valkyrie's tricks without her learning any of ours. This would compound the surprise. And might actually be "learning forbidden knowledge" for the essence recovery.
 
And this is completely plausible. She could be at a boarding school. At a friend's house. At her parents' house (we don't know anything about her parents, as far as I remember). Tons of possibilities, really.

No, the idea is to learn all of the valkyrie's tricks without her learning any of ours. This would compound the surprise. And might actually be "learning forbidden knowledge" for the essence recovery.
this is the crown use for finding the kid not about the valkyrie.
 
Or Matthew can just rescind his invitation, if we get him on-side. As long as she's not invited and within the threshold, she's powerless, but we don't care.

And we do still have a still-active Empathy Excellency, so we get 12 dice to convince him.
Assuming she didn't just force him to invite her in without qualifier because she has his grandchild.
kinda getting risky on essence anyone want to use the crown to find out about the kid and or threats around said kid?
We can do that after we win. Right now if we use the crown it should be to find out the Valk's fighting style to prepare to counter it.
 
This is a very shaky supposition, not supported by direct evidence at all.
He has two grandchildren living with him.One has been abducted.
Where do you think the second one is on a Saturday morning, if not in his house?
I dont know what further direct evidence you expect.

  1. No, but the kid probably has a MySpace account, you can just use her picture online
  2. Not specifically about the supernatural world so no
Okay then.
I was going to fumble our car keys and do a pickup grass thing.
But if she has a Myspace or social media page so much the better.

VOTE
[X]Leave as instructed, if she plans to confront you on some lonely stretch of road you will know precisely where she is and have control of her car
-[X]After leaving, have Clippy find the kid's Myspace page, then Crown of Eyes to find her, and Google Maps/Google Earth on the location, with particular attention to places that might have security camera coverage
-[X]Call Michael with the child's name and location; this is in his bailiwick, and getting his input seems relevant
-[X]Call Gard's number which you have, and ask her if she has a grey eyed sister named Katrina with a sideline in kidnapping children.



[X] Leave as instructed, if she plans to confront you on some lonely stretch of road you will know precisely where she is and have control of her car



REASON
Google Street View only launches in 2007.
But Google Maps and Google Earth should be enough to tell you where to expect street cameras we can jack for surveillance.
Or which we should avoid to avoid police reports.

Call Gard for intel on Katrina's known capabilities, how to confine her, and how she or any family might feel if she gets shanked; even if she isnt willing to talk about it, how she does so is suggestive. And we get some idea about whether we make enemies by wounding or killing the woman.

If nothing else, it gives us a contact who might take possession of Katrina if we incapacitate her at any point in the next three days.
 
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And this is completely plausible. She could be at a boarding school. At a friend's house. At her parents' house (we don't know anything about her parents, as far as I remember). Tons of possibilities, really.
This is not accurate.
I will quote:
'Old Man Matthews' is on the other side of the bridge, a widower who lives with his grandchildren according to a somewhat chatty fellow in an oversized football jersey. "Don't stop round his part, just drive on through and you'll find the main road eventually," was what he'd said at the last.
His grandkids live with him. Previously stated. No boarding school.
The lack of mention of any children(and no pictures in the house) means they're dead or otherwise out of the picture.

And no, its not at all plausible that the man would let his second grandkid out of the house and away from its defenses to go to a friend's place after the first was kidnapped.
And frankly, the second kid would not want to go either; the first kid got grabbed outside of their farm.
 
This is what our original build is best for.
A single good foe, no mooks or such.

We didn't follow up with the charms to optimize that build, but it is still a very strong basis with a load of dice to throw at problems.

Right now we have someone here who is definitly a foe, who is not prepared for this fight or on her homeground and who doesn't know our abilities and weaknesses.

The chance to win will never be better, in half an hour she'll know what Matthews knows, including about our cyber-demons.

Fight her now or regret it later.
 
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This is what our original build is best for.
A single good foe, no mooks or such.

We didn't follow up with the charms to optimize that build, but it is still a very strong basis with a load of dice to throw at problems.

Right now we have someone here who is definitly a foe, who is not prepared for this fight or on her homeground and who doesn't know our abilities and weaknesses.

The chance to win will never be better, in half an hour she'll know what Matthews knows, including about our cyber-demons.

Fight her now or regret it later.
1)This is not our homeground, and the person who controls it can very plausibly be compelled to fight against us because his grandkid is currently being held hostage.

2)Mathews has never seen us do magic. All Mathews might know is how we feel to his wards, and that we came to his place with an item that had a spirit or devil in it. He doesnt know how it got there, and frankly given that we came with Dresden, the guy who raised a T-rex with necromancy, bound the Erlking and killed the Summer Lady, its entirely plausible Dresden did it.

3)There is a child in the blast radius. I repeat, there is a child in the blast radius.

4)Our car, and the video tape that gets Dresden out of jail, is also in the blast radius.
 
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She is also going to track us down and the choices are fight her now or fight her later in the middle of nowhere.
I dont really expect that to happen
Finding a specific car on a major US interstate is hard when you dont already have a tracker on it.
And we have a demon in her car that could literally shut down her car on command.

She only finds us on the freeway if we want her to.
 
Adhoc vote count started by uju32 on Aug 31, 2022 at 11:13 AM, finished with 105 posts and 16 votes.

  • [X] Leave as instructed, if she plans to confront you on some lonely stretch of road you will know precisely where she is and have control of her car
    [X] Try to persuade Matthews to turn the tables in Katrina, you can find Cindy afterwards with the Crown (Charisma+Empath Excelency still in effect)
    -[X] STUNT: You steel yourself, your determination to end the threat, for she was a threat, awakening something within you. You do not fight it even as you take in her position and yours. You assess her appearance and danger even as you feel the Nuclear fire filling your veins, changing you. You smile at her, with a smile that promises violence. It was time to put her down. So you make your plea and give your minion its orders.
    -[X] Regardless what Matthews decides to do, have the car distract her by ramming her throughout the fight distracting her while you transform.
    -[X] Transform into the Shintai Form and go hard on her.
    -[X] Use a Melee Excellency and By Rage Recast but otherwise conserve Essence. See if you can limit the power use to that.
    -[X] Assess the situation and use Green Sun Nimbus Flare as a finishing move or if a good opportunity presents itself in the form of Matthews or the car or any other ally.
    [X] "No." Shintai Alpha Strike.
    [X] Leave as instructed, if she plans to confront you on some lonely stretch of road you will know precisely where she is and have control of her car
    -[x] A little girl's life hangs in the balance, so as much as you want to beat the bitch into roadkill, you walk away. You have a tracker on her car, you WILL find where she's going, and hopefully find Cindy.
    [X] Leave as instructed, if she plans to confront you on some lonely stretch of road you will know precisely where she is and have control of her car
    -[X]After leaving, have Clippy find the kid's Myspace page, then Crown of Eyes to find her, and Google Maps/Google Earth on the location, with particular attention to places that might have security camera coverage
    -[X]Call Michael with the child's name and location; this is in his bailiwick, and getting his input seems relevant
    -[X]Call Gard's number which you have, and ask her if she has a grey eyed sister named Katrina with a sideline in kidnapping children.
 
[X]Leave as instructed, if she plans to confront you on some lonely stretch of road you will know precisely where she is and have control of her car
-[X]After leaving, have Clippy find the kid's Myspace page, then Crown of Eyes to find her, and Google Maps/Google Earth on the location, with particular attention to places that might have security camera coverage
-[X]Call Michael with the child's name and location; this is in his bailiwick, and getting his input seems relevant
-[X]Call Gard's number which you have, and ask her if she has a grey eyed sister named Katrina with a sideline in kidnapping children.


[X] Leave as instructed, if she plans to confront you on some lonely stretch of road you will know precisely where she is and have control of her car
 
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