Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)

Huh...are we sure there is still going to be a Wicked city when this mission is over?
Seems like they will go through a rebranding in the near future. Fun City? New-New Vegas? Maybe something else. But if Mother Summer decided to use the Favor as a way to participate Wicked City is going to be absolutely fucked. Especially considering that Molly and Tiffany are also going to chip in.

The question is on whose coach Mikaboshi gonna drop after his "family members" kick him out of his house.
 
[X] Take the Long Road as most supplicants do

Good point on potentially punching through security systems and wards, we don't want to accidentally do a Magnus the Red.
 
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Certainly if it was in WoD, the entire setting would be Hell since their God apparently went out for ciggies and never came back. Which would explain some things actually :V
That was always the subtext, for a setting about evil that humans do, and evil they become, it was always Inescapably accepting of some christian dogmas. The demon game line makes it more explicit when they mention fallen angels are in the 'abyss' supposedly without any human souls. In the WoD, being dead or alive, you're just changing to a worse neighborhood of hell... arguably all template changes are like that too lol, although some are to the better (demons, mage).
 
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I thought we wouldn't be "pushing through" them moreso sidestepping or skipping over. I looked on the character sheet to get a better idea but can't find the Gate spell @DragonParadox.

It's under Ancient Sorcery:

Calling the Calibration Gate

The sorcerer offers her Essence to the four points of the compass, then strikes the ground. When she straightens, an ancient, crumbling archway stands before her, granting passage into the otherworlds.
System: Spend 4 Essence and make an extended Intelligence + Occult roll (difficulty 7). Upon accumulating five successes, the Exalt summons a gateway which allows anyone who walks through it to pass into the Spirit World or even should they be so bold into the howling madness of Outside. The Calibration Gate remains present for a number of minutes equal to the sorcerer's Essence, at which point it vanishes as suddenly as it appeared.

It is basically invoking the platonic ideal of a gate in some place resonant with wherever you want to go so you can step at the precise layer of the Spirit World you wish... or Outside.
 
[X] Part all the layers of reality at once, you could do with some parctice opening Calibration's Gate
 
It will have to wait for confirmation by the QM, of course.
But I remember the QM saying that it was not an absolute prohibition.


I cant really go trawling through to check right now, but I think that was mentioned at some point.


I dont think so.

The Fallen and their Coins had no trouble getting into or out of the Greek afterlife in Skin Game, and neither did Amoracchius. The Spear of Destiny, the Holy Grail, the real Shroud of Turin and a bunch of other high-end Christian artifacts were stored in Hades' vault, and are apparently stored there when shit isnt about to hit the fan in the setting, without compromise.

Michael and Amoracchius had to run down Siriothrax to kill him, presumably in his own den in the NeverNever, and Great Dragons used to be basically cosmological constants.

These are all significantly bigger players in the Dresdenverse setting than Yomi Wan individually or collectively; Hecate of the Greek Pantheon is more or less explicitly implied to be the patron and empowerment of both the Fae Courts.
Yomi Wan doesnt really get special rules by comparison IMO.

Remember that its part of the core function of a Sword to level the playing field.
Against Fallen Angels, against wannabe gods, against vampires and Titans and Great Dragons.
Yomi Wan cannot fuck with that. Any more than it can break an Exaltation.
Not that it matters much either in lore or or in its effects. But the very belief in their holiness might of made them holy rather than even being the originals is a note in skin game. Doesn't mean much but I just wanted to add that lore tidbit
 
[X] Part all the layers of reality at once, you could do with some parctice opening Calibration's Gate
 
It's under Ancient Sorcery:

Calling the Calibration Gate

The sorcerer offers her Essence to the four points of the compass, then strikes the ground. When she straightens, an ancient, crumbling archway stands before her, granting passage into the otherworlds.
System: Spend 4 Essence and make an extended Intelligence + Occult roll (difficulty 7). Upon accumulating five successes, the Exalt summons a gateway which allows anyone who walks through it to pass into the Spirit World or even should they be so bold into the howling madness of Outside. The Calibration Gate remains present for a number of minutes equal to the sorcerer's Essence, at which point it vanishes as suddenly as it appeared.

It is basically invoking the platonic ideal of a gate in some place resonant with wherever you want to go so you can step at the precise layer of the Spirit World you wish... or Outside.
I'm still fuzzy on the aftermath even with the direct text. If we use this to get to the Mothers' cottage when the gate dissipates will the wards be in the same condition as before we cast the spell, or be damaged from whatever it does to open the portal?
 
It is basically invoking the platonic ideal of a gate in some place resonant with wherever you want to go so you can step at the precise layer of the Spirit World you wish... or Outside.
It doesn't seem like it'll bother the defenses then and we regen while there so I see no reason not to save us some hours.

[X] Part all the layers of reality at once, you could do with some parctice opening Calibration's Gate
 
Oh boy. Better bring our A game to this one, we caught someone's eye. Suddenly very glad we're near peak human alchemy; that should interact with our crafting charm narratively when making an artifact plague right?
Mother Summer is mantling remnants of the Maidens. Our Kingdom has heavy Maiden influence. There are likely thematic resonances.

can someone more knowledgeable than me tell me what the correct protocol would be for a solaroid getting to meet the Maidens? How bold are we supposed to act?
[] Take the Long Road as most suplicants do

[] Part all the layers of reality at once, you could do with some parctice opening Calibration's Gate

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OOC: The Summer Court owed you a favor, not Titania, the Summer Court.
Are Lydia and Tiffany coming separately? And do we know / can reasonably guess the restoration rate of essence in Mothers' cottage?
 
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