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Deus Pater (Exalted/40k)

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[X] The Sororitas. You are a Sister of Battle, and your skin bears the scars of many wars. You have slain the enemies of the faith on countless battlefields, advanced far in the service to the Church... and found the worth of those you are supposed to serve lacking. They feast on the victuals of a hundred worlds and drink wine from golden chalices, while you stand guard and know your sisters die in muddy holes with every passing day. No more.

[X] The Missionary. You have walked beneath alien suns and broken bread with people lost to the Emperor's light for millennia on end. Whole worlds have been brought into the fold by your deeds, and every time you returned home another set of scales fell from your eyes. You can scarcely bare to look upon the place you are meant to be speaking for, and while the frontier yet calls it's sweet siren song... you are done running.

These seem like the worldliest of the choices (for want of a better term), and they both provide interesting character motivations. The Sororitas' relation to her sisters and her own faith would be very interesting as she speaks out against the Ecclesiarchy, and the Missionary just gives me that feeling of a small voice making a big stand.
 
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[X] The Cardinal. You have a position of rank and power within the Ecclesiarchy, and you have done what you can to use it for good. Your teachings were always somewhat unorthodox, but you spoke to people's hearts and your support grew ever greater. Now, though, your superiors have rendered judgement, and those who trusted in your words are being condemned as heretics and sent to the pyre. Your position protects you from harm so long as you do not intervene... but you cannot stand aside and let your children burn.

[X] The Missionary. You have walked beneath alien suns and broken bread with people lost to the Emperor's light for millennia on end. Whole worlds have been brought into the fold by your deeds, and every time you returned home another set of scales fell from your eyes. You can scarcely bare to look upon the place you are meant to be speaking for, and while the frontier yet calls it's sweet siren song... you are done running.

Surprised to see the Missionary so far down. This is someone who avoided the Ecclesiarchy by converting worlds. Then, when they stopped running from their problems.
 
[X] The Street Preacher. You walked out of the temple long ago, seeking service of a more worthy kind. The alleys are your church, the forgotten wretches your congregation, the warmth of a full belly the sacrament you offer. You have seen a thousand worthy souls clad in rags and ground into the dust by the Church's imperious neglect, while on the horizon the gilded towers grew ever higher. You cannot turn a blind eye anymore; if your onetime brethren have forgotten those who dwell beneath their feet, then it will be your duty and your pleasure to remind them.

[X] The Theologian. You graduated top of your class at the Schola, and donned the cassock of a priest with a smile on your face. You had studied the many and varied forms of the Imperial Faith for years on end, only to find that not one of the them reflected the actual truth. The horrors you have witnessed in your service to the mighty have strained your mind, and in the end you knew you were faced with a choice; do the sensible, pragmatic thing, or take a stand on a matter of principle few of your peers even cared to name. Put like that, it isn't really a choice at all, is it?
 
[X] The Sororitas. You are a Sister of Battle, and your skin bears the scars of many wars. You have slain the enemies of the faith on countless battlefields, advanced far in the service to the Church... and found the worth of those you are supposed to serve lacking. They feast on the victuals of a hundred worlds and drink wine from golden chalices, while you stand guard and know your sisters die in muddy holes with every passing day. No more.

[X] The Cardinal. You have a position of rank and power within the Ecclesiarchy, and you have done what you can to use it for good. Your teachings were always somewhat unorthodox, but you spoke to people's hearts and your support grew ever greater. Now, though, your superiors have rendered judgement, and those who trusted in your words are being condemned as heretics and sent to the pyre. Your position protects you from harm so long as you do not intervene... but you cannot stand aside and let your children burn.
 
[X] The Drill-Abbot. You served on the frontlines, and in reward were permitted to retire to the Schola Progenum, there to teach the next generation of Imperial servants how they might best serve the Emperor. For decades you have nurtured their minds and sent them forth into the galaxy. Most died, their lives spent like copper coins, and those who survived highlighted your every failure in the doing. Now you pick up your hammer and set forth to confront your old students, and perhaps in the process teach them one final lesson.

[X] The Missionary
 
[X] The Drill-Abbot. You served on the frontlines, and in reward were permitted to retire to the Schola Progenum, there to teach the next generation of Imperial servants how they might best serve the Emperor. For decades you have nurtured their minds and sent them forth into the galaxy. Most died, their lives spent like copper coins, and those who survived highlighted your every failure in the doing. Now you pick up your hammer and set forth to confront your old students, and perhaps in the process teach them one final lesson.

[X] The Theologian. You graduated top of your class at the Schola, and donned the cassock of a priest with a smile on your face. You had studied the many and varied forms of the Imperial Faith for years on end, only to find that not one of the them reflected the actual truth. The horrors you have witnessed in your service to the mighty have strained your mind, and in the end you knew you were faced with a choice; do the sensible, pragmatic thing, or take a stand on a matter of principle few of your peers even cared to name. Put like that, it isn't really a choice at all, is it?
 
[X] The Missionary. You have walked beneath alien suns and broken bread with people lost to the Emperor's light for millennia on end. Whole worlds have been brought into the fold by your deeds, and every time you returned home another set of scales fell from your eyes. You can scarcely bare to look upon the place you are meant to be speaking for, and while the frontier yet calls it's sweet siren song... you are done running.


[X] The Theologian. You graduated top of your class at the Schola, and donned the cassock of a priest with a smile on your face. You had studied the many and varied forms of the Imperial Faith for years on end, only to find that not one of the them reflected the actual truth. The horrors you have witnessed in your service to the mighty have strained your mind, and in the end you knew you were faced with a choice; do the sensible, pragmatic thing, or take a stand on a matter of principle few of your peers even cared to name. Put like that, it isn't really a choice at all, is it?
 
Hum, I am curious, but considering we are an exalted of the Emperor, how good are we against, say, Primarch?
 
We'd probably need to ramp a lot to come close to any of the ones around in 40k, but I'm not actually sure how fast the power levels rise in Exalted. From what I understand, Solar exalts can become literally impossibly good at things they specialise in whereas Primarchs still definitely have limits. Outside of perpetual shenanigans and plot armour shenanigans at least.
 
Brass Razoo said:
We'd probably need to ramp a lot to come close to any of the ones around in 40k, but I'm not actually sure how fast the power levels rise in Exalted. From what I understand, Solar exalts can become literally impossibly good at things they specialise in whereas Primarchs still definitely have limits. Outside of perpetual shenanigans and plot armour shenanigans at least.
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We are not a Solar exalted though(we probably work on their mechanic though?), our exaltation come from the Emperor and the Primarch are his sons. That's why I am curious
 
Melancholeric said:
I have a question - and I'm sorry if the question is silly, but I'm really unfamiliar with the Exalted setting.

Can we beat a motherfucker with their fellow motherfucker?
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There are two obvious ways to go about this. Solar Hero style has Shockwave Fist, which sends a motherfucker flying into another motherfucker.
Infernal Monster style is all about using a motherfucker as a melee weapon. It is also, unfortunately, Chaos bait of the highest order.
 
Arlos said:
We are not a Solar exalted though(we probably work on their mechanic though?), our exaltation come from the Emperor and the Primarch are his sons. That's why I am curious
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Most exalts seem to be able to do pretty crazy stuff. I'm not an expert so don't quote me on it, but the power ceiling for exalts is probably a lot higher than that of a Primarch, but at the same time a rookie exalt is much more vulnerable than a Primarch. Primarchs are also still really good at the things they don't specialise in, whereas I'm not sure that exalts really spread themselves across skills and attributes like that. I imagine that we're like a Primarch/Living Saint combo, but minus resurrection shenanigans and general extreme aptitude. Even that's not a good description - we're probably fairly strong, but I can confidently say that we function very differently to most 40k things.

To be fair though there's a lot I don't know, and for all I know we'll be punching people into ducks or something. Exalted is weird like that, and there are a lot of ways the Exalted can 'get around' physical resilience. So basically: Exalt vs Primarch isn't likely going to be a question of being 'stronger', but more one of whether we're out of context enough.
 
An actual Primarch is likely capable of walking up to 99% of reasonably representative Solars and feeding them their own legs. A highly experienced combat focused Solar would probably be able to match them, but... well, even then it'd be a tough fight.

(This of course largely depends on which Solar and which Primarch. Ain't no one short of a Primordial War Veteran throwing down with Angron and coming out intact)

That said, a Solar can specialize in fields outside raw combat potential, and in that role they have a much better chance of measuring up. It's not a sure thing even then - an artistic contest with Fulgrim could go either way, and Horus is superhumanly persuasive -but you've got a much better chance.

Primarchs are fucking ridiculous is what I'm getting at.
 
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