[X] Tiered Rationing System
This genuinely made me laugh. Have 1xp for that.List of Worrying Things(TM) the Colchisians Do By Malchador the SigiliteTBC...
Very droll, to be sure.
As is inevitable for the Exalted, this list is certain to lengthen, especially once Fan Morgal gains Constructive Convergence of Principles and Principle-Invoking Onslaught.
So out of curiosity, how would Akuma look like to people?
Mechanically, they have Attribute + Ability Rolls set to 10. Have access to one Yozi tree, awakened Essence and are immortal outside of spirit killing charms.
They are treated as Akuma in ExWoD books in all other aspects, including restating them each time they die and reapawn.
This is in many ways not too different from living saints and daemon Princes.
So how would people looking at the three compare each? Especially as Akuma count as mortal enough to avoid being rejected by reality much more so then living saints but lack freewill like a Daemon Prince sworn to a single Chaos God?
I don't think living Saints are pushed out of reality at all. Celestine is mostly mortal to the point where her soul when she dies is catapulted back to the warp and then she has to climb her way back out and she has mortal flesh every time she's Reborn the only thing that stays continuous is her armor. I think she can stay in reality for as long as she wants because she was in direct proximity to Noctilith pylons and showed no sign of degradation other than she was a bit weaker because some of her abilities are psychic but she just stays around when demons are literally pushed out of reality. In contrast every time we see anything demonic that isn't Magnus or belakor try to stick around in reality when it's not screaming in agony seems to fail.So out of curiosity, how would Akuma look like to people?
Mechanically, they have Attribute + Ability Rolls set to 10. Have access to one Yozi tree, awakened Essence and are immortal outside of spirit killing charms.
They are treated as Akuma in ExWoD books in all other aspects, including restating them each time they die and reapawn.
This is in many ways not too different from living saints and daemon Princes.
So how would people looking at the three compare each? Especially as Akuma count as mortal enough to avoid being rejected by reality much more so then living saints but lack freewill like a Daemon Prince sworn to a single Chaos God?
I am mixing and matching a bit but Akuma have no Urge mechanic per say.The big thing about Akuma is that they become driven by a single objective that cannot change. If that objective is to take over a world, if they do so they must give up control so they can continue the work of taking it over, until they die.
I love this to *bits* and I can 100% see Malcador leaving this list out to sass the big golden idiot<3List of Worrying Things(TM) the Colchisians Do By Malchador the Sigilite
TBC...
- Alter the Geneseed of an entire Legion at a distance of hundreds of light-years through
SorceryAncient Tribal Rituals.- Did I mention they practice
SorceryShamanism? Yeah, occasionally one of them will suddenly gain a whole new psychic talent because they 'made a wish' to the tribal leader.- Attempt to teach Enuncia to ambitious Archmagi for an alliance.
- Graft entirely new fields of study onto tech priests in spite of having previously not been advanced enough to make a Laz Gun.
- Forge Auramite into mythical materials that should not exist outside the pages of stories lost to time.
- Awaken a Primarch to a full understanding of their power and nature though... er glowing golden martial arts. Adam is there something you're not telling me? Lots of people like Anime these days you know.
- Preach entirely novel Mechanicum
HeresiesCreeds.- Live in a warp rift.
- Shape the land into a paradise through wishes *checks notes* No, no, my mistake, it's Ancient Tribal Rituals again
How would this relate to his original domains of martyrdom and compassion? Since he only became Angry Ron after being implanted with, probably Khornite, archaeotech cybernetics that forced him to be like that, and even then he resisted their influence until the Emperor killed all his friends and family.Conversely, a Primarch like Angron, embodying rage and raw physical power, would master martial arts that amplify and channel his berserker fury.
Would the fact that the Primarchs are still around make this easier than it would be for a hypothetical post-letdown Space Marine?In conclusion, while Space Marines are capable of mastering terrestrial martial arts, only a rare few who are deeply connected to their Primarch's mythos can learn a Celestial Martial Art.
The Horus Heresy is an innacurate name as the Emperor wasn't considered a god at the time and Horus had to get stabbed and then mindfucked to do any of it. I call it the Lorgar Letdown.
So out of curiosity, how would Akuma look like to people?
Mechanically, they have Attribute + Ability Rolls set to 10. Have access to one Yozi tree, awakened Essence and are immortal outside of spirit killing charms.
They are treated as Akuma in ExWoD books in all other aspects, including restating them each time they die and reapawn.
This is in many ways not too different from living saints and daemon Princes.
So how would people looking at the three compare each? Especially as Akuma count as mortal enough to avoid being rejected by reality much more so then living saints but lack freewill like a Daemon Prince sworn to a single Chaos God?
You do not know. Also Angron's Archtypes and Aspects are something you do not know.How would this relate to his original domains of martyrdom and compassion? Since he only became Angry Ron after being implanted with, probably Khornite, archaeotech cybernetics that forced him to be like that, and even then he resisted their influence until the Emperor killed all his friends and family.
No. A Primarch sets the stage and it is up to the Space Marine to perform. A Primarch being there does not help.Would the fact that the Primarchs are still around make this easier than it would be for a hypothetical post-letdown Space Marine?
Fan has......issues with stripping people of freewill. He is rightly horified by it and would not go for it.In fact, I think we missed a trick with the saboteurs. The punishment for such treason could have been made being guilt tripped into accepting conversion into an akuma and serving the interests of the tribe forever after.
So personal interaction doesn't help with the "closeness to the Primarchs" requirement? That's honestly kind of a bummer. It's lonely being a demigod.No. A Primarch sets the stage and it is up to the Space Marine to perform. A Primarch being there does not help.
I guess we can do a three sided herasy. I am down for that.Genetor seems like it would be the most useful in the long run if we want to go the route @Alratan proposed, using charms to prototype acceptable/human mutations and then rolling them out to the Imperium.