I'd say increasingly complex layers of it, if possible. Because the harder it is to get into the outfit, the more it suggests having an on-call staff who exist entirely for the purpose of personally dressing you and keeping your varied wardrobe in good repairs.
I agree; there's room for a nearly naked Infernal who displays her wealth simultaneously with a middle finger to the regional norms of where she or he grew up. Presentation is important, though, and that Infernal isn't the "maximize decadence display" Infernal; she's more about displaying newfound power and wealth to mock whoever she dislikes.
Oh, I agree, it definitely should have been handled with more care. I was actually serious about the nearly-naked Infernal being a guy. I phrased it jokingly, but I really think that would have been better received. Any Exalt can be going around nearly nude, there's no particular reason it needs to be female, and I think there would have been more benefits re: being obviously more gender-equal to make the near-nude Infernal a guy. I think more games, honestly, could do with keeping that in mind. Unless they're legit going for 'appeal to the mostly-male audience', I guess, but meh on those games.
Well I was only really talking about a base layer anyway, but my point was more about basically wearing as much expensive stuff as you can, but substituting high-volume garb like silk robes and velvet jackets and cloth-of-gold for scented oils and bodypaint and probably that scene from Cold Days where Maeve was wearing diamonds all over and probably more ideas I can't think of.
I'm thinking of something like this, scaled up to greater levels of elaboration.
As-ever, it all comes down to the presentation of these things. Maybe those mortal souls are from the true believers of her cults who willingly gave themselves over to the rightful champion of the yozis? Maybe they were the walking-wounded of her legions who wished to be immortalized as one last display of usefulness towards the cause? Its all just another form of hoarding what is Yours and no one else's.
You're right, I'm sorry, I may have read your post unfairly. That does make sense.
Because Letter in Letter can't allow you to read the entirety of A Song of Ice and Fire and understand every intricate nuance, by flipping through a few pages. Or perhaps in a better application, if somebody asked you what's so hot about solar Jesus and you give them a condensed copy of the solar bible he can understand with minimal effort and almost no time.
Hmm. The Charm description doesn't seem to preclude stacking the whole saga into a few pages, but it doesn't seem to speed up reading the message either, so I see your point now.
No, man, it shows off how confident she is in her own body.
The obvious solution is to turn Exalted into Kill la Kill.
You mean it isn't already?
Not even slightly. It's a damned shame is what it is.
Nah, you're not looking at it the right way. You got the fetish armour and scissor sword which is represented by Artifacts, inhuman abilities which are charms, and the evil clothes can a First Circle Demon of some kind, new breed of Fair Folk, or First Age Creation.
That merely means that, in some cases, Exalted can, in some ways, resemble Kill la Kill.
Just to go back to this for a moment, it struck me that this particular image isn't even unique within the context of Exalted. And it actually shows up on page 211 of the Lunars manual representing the absolute worst of Raksi's characterization within the books, literally lounging naked while preparing to eat a squalling baby. I'd link the image myself but its understandably a tad nsfw for this board, so you folks know where to find it.Holden said:
I don't think the "your swords go 'ping' off my skin" shtick is actually part of the decadence thing. Holden also cited "casual power" as an Infernal motif when talking about Basphomy, and the other 3E signature Dawnoid with nekkid super-tough skin* is introduced in a chapter fiction where he picks a fight with a room full of elite soldiers for the lulz.
Perroneles are only sexy to certain specialized tastes.
She, uh. Burns people to death for insults. She's pretty villainous.
*shrug* All I know is, the devs have said otherwise.
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Wandering said:
And "offended" is a pretty vague term. Like, I'm comfortable calling John Carter "offended" when he kills a Green Martian for mistreating a prisoner.Holden said:
Given SWLIHN Charms, outfits that are impractical or literally impossible to move effectively in are also a potential option.
