Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)

-[X] Put together own organization; suggest Tommy Fieracelli and his Shadow Killers as potential recruits
They need to be defused first.
If we DO offer additional assistance, being upfront with the associated cost would be wise. For ourselves and for him.

Make him look and feel less like a puppet maybe...?
Ok, sure. Modyfied the plan to say we won't say not to the loot.
I think we should offer to lend him some FFC sorcerers and bodyguards. They can support him while also learning about Earth, and encourage him to learn how to summon our devils.

He's relatively weak and lacking in allies. Now's the time to turn him into a client.
I have to agree with @uju32 . We don't want him as a client. We want him as ally, because he won't always be weak.
 
@Yog It probably doesn't need to be pointed out to Molly, but can you add something like- recharge when possible- to your vote? Only because yours seems like it could be rather time extensive with the "get rid of the human bombs" bit. I imagine we'd be working with the LOC and local law enforcement to better take care of that.
 
If people don't mind me asking, what are the issues with my vote? Is it suggesting he talks to White Council? Or something else? As far as I wanted to make it, it's basically twofold - fake strength now, to buy time, gather resources and make allies in that bought time, so, when the inevitable testing comes, he is prepared.

I am open to suggestions and changes
 
You know I know harrys rather slow growing though he is far better by the most current book than he is in book one. Has harry been getting at all better in this quest?
 
If people don't mind me asking, what are the issues with my vote? Is it suggesting he talks to White Council? Or something else? As far as I wanted to make it, it's basically twofold - fake strength now, to buy time, gather resources and make allies in that bought time, so, when the inevitable testing comes, he is prepared.

I am open to suggestions and changes
I don't disagree with any part of it really. It just feels like a lot to do all at once.

[X] Remove the last of the Red Court as a show of strength
-[X] Exile

[X]Yog
Maybe we can ask Lash if she can give advice on maximizing sin yields well minimizing suffering.
 
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@Yog It probably doesn't need to be pointed out to Molly, but can you add something like- recharge when possible- to your vote? Only because yours seems like it could be rather time extensive with the "get rid of the human bombs" bit. I imagine we'd be working with the LOC and local law enforcement to better take care of that.
Ok, added RVD use when we have privacy
I don't disagree with any part of it really. It just feels like a lot to do all at once.
Add priorities maybe? Like, "do this immediately, it's about to explode, then talk to these guys", etc.
 
The Sin Eater is the kind of being that could consume Infernal Essence safely, being powerful and inhuman enough not to burn up and very much a Creature of Darkness. Also it's a bit of an opportunist diet-wise by its very nature.
So unlimited (bite sized chunks of) cosmic power are a go. Does the sin eater have an intimacy for causing people to sin or for guarding the gates as far as Molly can guess?

I'll put a build up with the points for it included for convenience's sake.




Form of the Hero's Shadow (2 pt. Form Element)
The Splendor manifests in the world as an enchantment embedded in a specific person present at
the time of its summoning, chosen by its owner. If it has no other Form Element, then it appears
as a mark like a tattoo somewhere on the infected individual's body. Wherever they go, so too
goes the Splendor. If it has a physical Form Element, then it appears in the infected individual's
possession, and will always return to them at the beginning of each scene even if thrown away,
left behind, or given away. If its physical Form is something immobile like a tree, then the
targeted individual is going to find that tree wherever they go for the duration of the Splendor's
manifestation.
If the Splendor is an Adornment, then this Element allows its benefits to be enjoyed by the
person to whom the Splendor is attached, even if they're not its owner and not attuned to it. Even
if they're not Exalted at all.
Essence-Stoking Spirit (3 pt. Root Element)
This Element can only be part of an Adornment.
The Splendor stokes the fires of the Exalt's Essence whenever she affirms her innermost self.
When she regains Willpower from fulfilling her Nature, she also refills her Essence pool.
Overriding Vision (1 pt. Mystic Element)
This Splendor grants someone an Intimacy.
As an Adornment, it gives its user a new Intimacy while in use. This Intimacy is chosen when
the Splendor is designed.
As a Fascination, the Intimacy it bestows is based on criteria defined when the Splendor is
designed. The maximum duration before a target loses the Intimacy (assuming they don't win
free of it sooner by fulfilling some criteria built into the Splendor) is one day for a 1-2 dot
Splendor, one week for a 3-dot Splendor, one month for a 4-dot Splendor, and one year for a 5-
dot Splendor.
This splendor manifests as a mark in the shape of a simple pair of dice, though it always seems to be showing a different face each time you see it.

When the owner grants this splendor to a target, they gain an intimacy for protecting gambling as an institution if they do not already have one that would encourage similar actions.

Every time that the user affirms this intimacy enough to recover a point of willpower, whatever supernatural resource pool that use is refilled

So the idea would be to make Harrowmont the owner and have him refresh the splendor once a month on the sin eater via HS. For the entire duration of the active period every scene where someone is enticed to gamble because of the sin eater's efforts feeds it as much power as it's physically capable of holding at once.

Harrowmont's oath doesn't precisely make him a servant in the sense that he has to follow orders, just that he has to feed it. With a splendor he can do that job perfectly, and hold the threat of switching back his employer back to the store brand dog kibble instead of as many high quality corruption flavored motes of fundamental essence as it can possibly eat being a thought away at all times*.

In exchange we ask for political considerations. Not totally sure on the exact details, but something to the effect of giving us the equivalent of basing rights and/or a promise to work towards advancing the position of good mortal governance in the supernatural world.

The exact terms would need ironed out, because he can't be expected to go abroad crusading with the job he just took. Even with no formal requirement he needs to be forted up and focused on local dominance to mitigate the outside's attack surfaces on this door.

The library doesn't want to be enforcement, but if they curate people to do so then it could work. They just haven't had the cover to go too far on this before, which this would give them.

Doing so also neatly solves a lot of his immediate problems, because federal office holder level security that's actually prepped for the supernatural should cover the gaps in his security while he gets up to speed with using his new power. From that point they can maintain a mutually beneficial political symbiosis across the spooky/mundane divide.

*Note that this isn't a hack we can exploit for infinite essence ourselves; unlike the sin eater we can't stay in a fixed environment engineered to do something that's compatible with a straightforward to trigger intimacy like it does.
 
They need to be defused first.
Arlene can do it.Or he can do so himself.

Upon receiving the Mantle, he just went from a lesser sorcerer to an Arete 3+-equivalent, and thats not counting any other hidden bennies/Investments that came with the position. He's not helpless, and the agent of a Power in a city with both wyldfae and White Court vampires had to have ways to undo mental whammies if necessary.

We can give him the names, so its not an issue.
Will fix.
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Wait, whats wrong with it? I just took another look, and there's nothing wrong with the spelling.

Comoared to us. He always will be. We came in and killed a mtehuslah and master mage with massive prep work.
He is always going to be a client state, we can just be nice about it.
Thats not true.
Lydia will always be weaker than us, that doesnt make her a client.

He's now the official representative of a Sin-Eater, an entity powerful enough to qualify as a Freeholding Lord, and we dont know how much power his patron can put behind him at need when he is in Vegas.
Declarations about relative power have no real basis for comparison. Especially in Vegas, the heart of his power.

I mean, feel free to go to Demonreach and challenge its Warden there. See how it turns out.
Circumstantial bonuses are very much a thing.
If people don't mind me asking, what are the issues with my vote? Is it suggesting he talks to White Council? Or something else? As far as I wanted to make it, it's basically twofold - fake strength now, to buy time, gather resources and make allies in that bought time, so, when the inevitable testing comes, he is prepared.
I am open to suggestions and changes
It does too much, it makes too many assumptions.

1)It burns Essence where it isnt necessary, bringing us down to 40%.

2) Its not his job to track down human time bombs, if any; there is no way I know of he can identify them short of intellectus
And frankly, his time right now is better spent doing actual recruitment of an organization.
Thats the sort of job you have minions for.

3) Harrowmont literally took the White Council wizard exams. He's not a neophyte; he knows how to contact the Council if he wants to, and they know how to reach him. And its not supposed to be our job to arrange that kind of diplomatic meeting anyway; Vegas and the White Council dont often have many intersecting interests.

Not to mention that we KNOW the White Council has an Outsider-affiliate infestation at the moment.
Thats just asking for trouble.

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And finally, we do not have the AP to volunteer to do most of this stuff.
Molly doesnt have infinite time or effort to spend.
 
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It does too much, it makes too many assumptions.

1)It burns Essence where it isnt necessary, bringing us down to 40%.

2) Its not his job to track down human time bombs, if any; there is no way I know of he can identify them short of intellectus
And frankly, his time right now is better spent doing actual recruitment of an organization.
Thats the sort of job you have minions for.

3) Harrowmont literally took the White Council wizard exams. He's not a neophyte; he knows how to contact the Council if he wants to, and they know how to reach him. And its not supposed to be our job to arrange that kind of diplomatic meeting anyway; Vegas and the White Council dont often have many intersecting interests.

Not to mention that we KNOW the White Council has an Outsider-affiliate infestation at the moment.
Thats just asking for trouble.

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And finally, we do not have the AP to volunteer to do most of this stuff.
Molly doesnt have infinite time or effort to spend.
1) He's at least a bit high on power right now, and so we need to be at our best when suggesting moves that aren't enticing. Purging Red Court is unlikely to need an excellency to be agreed to. Talking to LoC and other mortals, especially WC? That we need the boost for.

2) We can help him, assuming he can't scry for them using Sandra as a focus. It's also his job if he wants it to be his job, and something that shows others, mortals most of all, that he's a caring overlord. It's good for his political image.

I can remove this part, but I think it needs to be mentioned.

3) I consider Molly to be an ally of WC in the ear against Red Court. As an ally, it's very much our business to try and foster cooperation and expand alliances. Harrowmont knows WC, yes. Does he like it? Probably not that much.

I am not staying our of global politics on this one.
 
Not to mention that we KNOW the White Council has an Outsider-affiliate infestation at the moment.
Thats just asking for trouble.
Oh yeah that's a really good point @Yog. Maybe we should let Harrowmont know? We don't need to give him details but since it's his job to guard a Gate to the Outside now that's something he may need to know. We just cleared Vegas of Outsiders don't want to invite them back in.
 
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Oh yeah that's a really good point @Yog. Maybe we should let Harrowmont know? We don't need to give him details but since it's his job to guard a Gate to the Outside now that's something he needs to know. We just cleared Vegas of Outsiders don't want to invite them back in.
That's a fair point, yes. When I get home, I'll shuffle things to either remove it, or shuffle it to the next month. I assume we'll be dealing with the council spies next, I think.
 
[X] Plan Friends, Foes, and Funds

I gotta admit, I'd prefer more dead Rampires.
Experienced Vampires are an asset in themselves, one that inevitably takes a long time to replace.
 
[X] Plan Friends, Foes, and Funds

Might cook up another plan closer to my vision, but from the presented stuff so far this feels best to me.
 
Wait, whats wrong with it? I just took another look, and there's nothing wrong with the spelling.
I was implying its not really hardened because its very vulnerable.
He's now the official representative of a Sin-Eater, an entity powerful enough to qualify as a Freeholding Lord, and we dont know how much power his patron can put behind him at need when he is in Vegas.
Declarations about relative power have no real basis for comparison. Especially in Vegas, the heart of his power
Nah we'd win.
I mean, feel free to go to Demonreach and challenge its Warden there. See how it turns out.
I would if we take the davy crocett charm. We would win, the consequences are a different thing.
 
Note that this isn't a hack we can exploit for infinite essence ourselves; unlike the sin eater we can't stay in a fixed environment engineered to do something that's compatible with a straightforward to trigger intimacy like it does.
Sure we can. It just isn't nearly as useful for us because we can regain 1 mote per 15 minutes rest. So any such splendor would have to compare to that and would often come up short.
I mean the last guy's cooling body is literally at our feet right now after we fought him at the heart of his power. The comparison has already been tested.
 
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