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Eh, I am going to just behave how i use too, i dont read rule unless it audiobook. or text to speech.
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Drivethrurpg Gift Card does they accept Visa Gift card...Also is the shipping free cause i dont want to pay 12 dollar per shipping
 
Duburu said:
Cause i'm a material boy.
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The shipping isn't free no, and you can't get the 1e core as hardcover.

Duburu said:
Also most of my pdf is pirated so i dont want to get a pdf
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I'm actually unsure whether this is verboten or not.

Because Rule 1 states that "You can't post anything which, in the opinion of a Director, exposes anyone or the forum itself to legal liability in the United States, Australia, or Canada."

But the example of Copyright Infringement specifically mentions examples "like linking to illegal torrents or scans or posting anything like that on this site."

And there are no links or questions whether piracy is okay.

But I'll assume it's verboten and that you should probably not mention piracy too much. :V
 
ManusDomine said:
The shipping isn't free no, and you can't get the 1e core as hardcover.


I'm actually unsure whether this is verboten or not.

Because Rule 1 states that "You can't post anything which, in the opinion of a Director, exposes anyone or the forum itself to legal liability in the United States, Australia, or Canada."

But the example of Copyright Infringement specifically mentions examples "like linking to illegal torrents or scans or posting anything like that on this site."

And there are no links or questions whether piracy is okay.

But I'll assume it's verboten and that you should probably not mention piracy too much. :V
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If it make it any better i got it on a USB given to me from a friend who also have 1 terabyte of hard drive full of pirated material.

I don't use bittorrent or pirate anymore ever since comcast gifted me this Honorary Speech of "we know you pirate please dont do it or your internet will be slow again"
 
Duburu said:
If it make it any better i got it on a USB given to me from a friend who also have 1 terabyte of hard drive full of pirated material.

I don't use bittorrent or pirate anymore ever since comcast gifted me this Honorary Speech of "we know you pirate please dont do it or your internet will be slow again"
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Hmmm.

In any case it isn't like it's my call to make.

(inb4 i get infracted for harrassment of another user or something :V)
 
Duburu said:
When it say core rule book does it mean the Core rule book for exalted or the WoD?
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Depends. Is the book that is referencing it an exalted book, or a WoD book?

(Hint: if something is from one game line, they are probably referencing that game line's core book unless really explicitly stated otherwise.)
 
Estro said:
Depends. Is the book that is referencing it an exalted book, or a WoD book?

(Hint: if something is from one game line, they are probably referencing that game line's core book unless really explicitly stated otherwise.)
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I wanted to better read and understand Quest With Exalted element in them cause they seem good except when i goes to the Character sheet page to understand they have this Number in them +1 +2 +3, Now i never play DnD so i Don't Undertand what it mean when it say "Yes so uh 1 mote to increase +1L".
Exalted rulebook or The WoD/Mage the awakening
 
Walker of the Yellow Path said:
Sorta? Infernal Excellencies are basically drawing upon their Yozi's skill at a thing because they're a certain way. Your not incredibly intimidating because Malfeas is the Tyrant. Malfeas is very skilled at intimidation because he needs to be to be a proper Tyrant, and you're drawing on that skill of being intimidating. Similarly, Cecelyne isn't good at law and such because she's the Lawgiver of the Yozi. She needs to be good at making laws because that's her job and you draw upon that when using her excellency.

Basically, Excellencies don't draw on conceptual stuff like that. They are expressions of extreme skill that draw from their patrons skill.

Stuff like "people listen to me because I'm the embodiment of being a king" and so on is more Charms territory than Excellencies.
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First of all, I'd like to say that you're probably correct. I am not arguing that this isn't true. That said, this bothers me from a game design standpoint.

The role of the Solar is to be the "Hero" to have all the trappings that make us instinctively go "he's the good guy". That way, when we see the harm they often do, we are forced to question our assumptions. Does it really matter that they didn't literally brainwash someone, when their rhetoric is good enough that there is no visible difference, etc, etc. One of the biggest ways that the game gets you to sympathize with the Solars is to make it so they aren't superhumanly strong or fast or smart, merely skilled. This way, when they win a battle against a foe, it seems to mean more. It doesn't matter that they end result was the same, because they "earned" their power, and had to struggle for it. Yes their skill means that the odds of the monster ever landing a killing blow are infinitesimal, but the fact that they can't just stand their and take it makes the battle seem more fair.

By that same token, Infernals are supposed to be the "Monsters", they don't look or act human. They have charms which cover them in mouths, or given them a final boss transformation, or simply stop caring about things. They have passives, and so seem to put less effort into the fight then the Solar, for the same amount of gain. Passive defenses mean that an infernal can simply stride through attacks without damage, whereas a Solar needs to block and dodge and weave. So in a fight between the two, the Solar should seem to be the underdog, even if she isn't.

For this reason I believe that superior skill should be the domain of the Solar, so that even if both exalts put in the same amount of work, the Solar should be seen as putting in more effort and thus more "Heroic". A solar should be an amazing fighter, an infernal should be supernaturally fast/tough/strong. A solar should be able to inspire great emotions with amazing speeches, whereas an infernal uses her Cecelyne excelency to make it seem that disobeying her is taboo, etc.
 
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Duburu said:
I wanted to better read and understand Quest With Exalted element in them cause they seem good except when i goes to the Character sheet page to understand they have this Number in them +1 +2 +3, Now i never play DnD so i Don't Undertand what it mean when it say "Yes so uh 1 mote to increase +1L".
Exalted rulebook or The WoD/Mage the awakening
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You have clearly, clearly not read the Exalted corebook, if you wonder whether a reference to motes is Exalted or WoD. Please do so. Answering questions from people who refuse to read the very basics of the gameline is not really the purpose of this thread.
 
Duburu said:
I wanted to better read and understand Quest With Exalted element in them cause they seem good except when i goes to the Character sheet page to understand they have this Number in them +1 +2 +3, Now i never play DnD so i Don't Undertand what it mean when it say "Yes so uh 1 mote to increase +1L".
Exalted rulebook or The WoD/Mage the awakening
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Oh my god...

I have to ask, what does dungeons and dragons have to do with anything? And read the books before coming into the thread and asking obvious questions.
 
Estro said:
You have clearly, clearly not read the Exalted corebook, if you wonder whether a reference to motes is Exalted or WoD. Please do so. Answering questions from people who refuse to read the very basics of the gameline is not really the purpose of this thread.
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This was kind of his intention in the first place.

That was why we were recommending books for him to read. :V
 
Irked said:
Again, 2e had its own (very deep) flaws, but I think "one clear description of the world, where you can predict what book has the information you want, and where the core gives a relatively complete look at what's to come" is probably its strength. 1e hadn't figured all that out yet, and 3e is deliberately obscure; for clarity, 2e does pretty well.
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Uh.
So, while there might be one description of the world, I disagree with basically the entire rest of that statement. It's not clear, and you can't always predict which book has the information you're looking for; when you also take into account the shitty indexing, this means it's not always easy to find a specific section you half-remember.
I don't really know what you mean by giving a relatively complete look at what's to come, so I can't respond to that.
It might be a strength relative to the other editions, but considered on its own it's definitely not.
 
GardenerBriareus said:
Based on what I know of Theion, he was, if anything, slightly less of a dick than the Old Testament god, if only because he was usually too busy playing cosmic Xbox or exulting in his own gloriousness to bother incinerating random men for not knocking up their dead brothers' wives. Any significant interactions between the Holy Tyrant and anything as miniscule as a human cult was likely run through Ruvelia, his lost fetich who represented Theion's capacity for benevolence and mercy. Malfeas is an insane ball of hatefire because the Exalted butchered all that was good in him and paraded the pieces before him, then tore him inside out and sewed up his own siblings/subjects inside him.
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Come to think of it, why did they do that?

I know I know, imprisoning them and all, but why the good things?
 
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