Yzarc
The Spark of Madness
Yes. Flight is, well flying in the sky flying not insects levetating above the ground flying.
Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)
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Is online ordering of basic household stuff a thing yet? I bet Molly could leave some very …interesting Amazon reviews for Clorox.
Probably should be blanket there.
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@Artemis1992 I think you should swap swift stride for flexibility, based on this comment from DP on the matter of human scale buildings:
At 12 feet we'll fit just fine in most public places, and with unnatural flexibility things that are a little tight shouldn't be a problem.
The speed loss isn't that significant, since we can get other charms for that, and buy the aspect through RR. Which would be nice since we could stack the boost with the wind stride charm out of Shintai if we needed to.
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Yzarc
The Spark of Madness
Also Holden made an oopsy on the Swarm Shintai.
As per the rules, you do roll damage Dice directly and not dex.
So (Strength +2, Dexterity +0, Stamina +1, Appearance 0) is the best stat for the Swarm Shintai.
As per the rules, you do roll damage Dice directly and not dex.
What that means is that the Swarm Shintai benifits from Str and not Dex. Meaning Dex becomes a dead stat in combat.
So (Strength +2, Dexterity +0, Stamina +1, Appearance 0) is the best stat for the Swarm Shintai.
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The shintai can.
You can take it further by picking up grapple aspects, but Demonic Weapon doesn't do much at that point.
Yzarc
The Spark of Madness
Swarms do not make Melee attacks. AS per rules we roll our Str and enemies either dodge or soak.
So Dex, Melee all become useless. Same for our sword.
Assuming we take +2 Str, we would be rolling 6 dice against enemies.
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Here is the relevant quote from the Incarnate Apotheosis Shintai because it is subject to interpretation as to what it permits.
ExWod:Incarnate Apotheosis Shintai said:
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Doesn't really fit the form I think.
Why would an armored figure be that flexible?
Yzarc
The Spark of Madness
Sorry, misunderstood what you were saying.
This basically allows you to push buttons and other actions that fall under Misc action catagory that you take in combat. The kind that you generally do as a Multi-action. Attacks are separate and not included in that.
Endless Light Casts Infinite Shadows
Endless Light Casts Infinite Shadows
[X] Shadow and Calamity Incarnation
"I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things."
Isaiah 45:7
Shintai: Devil-Tyrant Avatar Shintai
-Strength +1, Dexterity +4, Stamina +1
Demonic Aspect:
-Demon Armor: +2 Soak
-Hardened Devil Body x 4: +12 Bruised Health levels
-Hardiness (Heat): Immunity to heat of any kind (Environmental effects).
-Swift-stride
Transformation:
The Infernal appears to steel herself as if in determination, appearing vaguely saddened that it has come to this.
Searing, brilliant green light appears to break through from beneath her skin, from the direction of her heart, specifically from behind it.
At the precipice of where the Demon-Empress would become pure light and destruction, her remaining flesh and body suddenly flash freezes from the direction of her physical heart outwards, as the organ begins pumping liquid darkness, the appearance of which casts a sudden darkness over the world momentarily, as a holy, infernal light casts a deeper shadow still by shining through the substance of darkness.
The obscurement lasts a barely perceptible moment after which the changes are complete and the god-body of the Demon Empress stands in the world complete, her future fate grasped in the present world by will and mastery of Essence.
Appearance:
The god-body of the Demon Empress appears at first glance as an ice-sculpture of otherworldly, impossible beauty, with an intricate facsimile of a human body carrying liquid darkness in place of blood.
Until the Demon Empress opens her eyes, not ones on her once face, as her physical body is merely a vehicle of her will and a vessel of her transcendent soul which casts the shadow of her physical expression into the fallen world through it, but the ones in her blood which serves as her true physical vessel.
Whenever the Infernal would use her eyes as normal, eyes blazing with pupils of searing green open in random spots in the liquid darkness her current body uses as blood, peering out from her veins through the perfect, crystalline ice that serves as her flesh.
Whenever she speaks, her voice sounds like the symphony of glaciers cracking and moving combined with the rushing of an open flame or continuous nuclear explosion, which somehow assembles into a voice vaguely similar to her normal one, issued forth from no point in particular from her body.
If she is wounded more than skin deep (more than -0 Bruiser), which otherwise merely results in chips of ice flying off, the liquid darkness of her body bleeds profusely, and in seemingly illogical amounts her body should not be able to contain, but it always evaporates before it can touch any surface as if without the direct support of her existence it fades away like a dream.
When she attacks with her sword, the liquid darkness constantly dripping from the edge of it, as if it were a part of herself, ignites into a nuclear conflagration which burns with the world-destroying, soul-scouring dreams of Lanka tamed to the will of the Demon Empress, which leaves wounds charred to ruin but swelling with a vile black fluid, as if even the fires were merely vehicles for the will-carrying blood of the Demon Empress which further seeks the destruction of her Enemies.
(If she has Flight from By Rage Recast) Her back cracks open horizontally around her shoulders, and a sheet of her blood flows down in a single shape. After it reaches sufficient length what appears to be a mantle made of a night sky of green stars, which are in truth distant eyes, lifts itself up and flexes into two great wings, ready to carry her aloft.
(If she has Shadow Spite Curse Signature) Whenever her eyes focus on something for too long, shadows cast by seeming emptiness begin to appear in her field of vision. In truth, the light cast by the inquisition of the Demon Empress' regard wounds the Essence of the fallen and diminished world, causing it to bleed and weaken from her presence.
(If using Bloodless Murk Evasion) The Infernal steps into a shadow and her ice-body completely shatters and evaporates into water, which quickly fade to nothingness. Meanwhile her blood falls as a deluge into the shadow and emerges from her destination already having donned a new body.
If she is wounded to incapacitation, her ice-body in chunks, her true center and core becomes visible. It appears to be an orb of swirling shadowy substance, which occasionally becomes more see-through, coinciding with flashes of extremely pale green radiance from within it, as if it were a looking glass or mirror through which something on the other side is peering into the world.
I'll just post mine too just in case.
And to keep voting for the other one too.
[X] Yzarc
Edit: Thematic wise, other than incorporating the Hells that are Key ones, Kakuri and Lanka, is as shown by the quote to show a potential use or evolution of an Infernal who still follows ot at least is allied in the future with the White God.
He also creates and inflicts calamities, disasters and harsh discipline, so I imagine those themes would naturally resonate more with Yozi and Hell influenced Infernal Exaltation.
Ice is due to cold and night of Kakuri + Arctis Tor.
The heart is of Lanka because nuclear power is...pretty symbolic of power, and the spiritual nuclear reactor that is an Exaltation, hidden by shadows so it is modulated and not world-scouring indiscriminately.
Lanka's dream harnessed.
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Same. there are already a few I want to vote for floating around, but I want to see what the people who've mentioned they've got something cooking have to post first.
In the interim, anyone interested in planning out our next crafting project, and where we want to stick the cyber demons? We've gotten into bigger goals, but only a few specifics.
If they can animate things that have computers but are t fully computer controlled then making Molly's car self driving would be nice. Phone for constant research would also be good.
Molly isn't criminal enough to use it on an ATM, but by 2006 margin trading penny stock bots should be a thing. Rather than trying to game the stock market at large scale we could just assign some demons to do that, but better than a bot could.
The white council might not take demon equipment, but Harry might trust us enough for it. A demon flip phone so that he can actually call people in the field would be nice.
Maybe we could ask Rosie to let us put a demon in her phone too, and to give it permission to call us/the police for help if she gets attacked.
Just out of curiosity, can that change with the particulars of the form at all?
For example: if Molly dissolved into a swarm of pixie versions of herself with moth wings made of ice that wielded tiny fragments of her demon weapon could she roll melee dice?
I see your point, but I think it could be made to fit.
That whole design is a mix of unholy power from a long dead age and what could be salvaged from the world that is as it dies in nuclear fire. Arguably it should do things unnatural from the perspective of the technology, and unusual from the perspective of the magic.
Exalted fueled Cold War -esque engineering says you can be as flexible as you want with the proper application of radioactive essence and cocaine.
Yzarc
The Spark of Madness
Nope. You have a fixed damage of Str.
We can get a max of 5 Str naturally and the highest the Swarm Shintai gives is +2.
So the Max dice we can roll is 7 Str. We can get +2 from Stunting but our Excellency does not work here as it is not a Attribute + Ability roll.
That is the main problem with the Swarm Shintai.
That would be totally cool I admit. If it's good enough for She-Hulk... Plus, this is Chicago.
[X] The Glorious Apocalypse Princess
OctarineShrike
Avatar of Mandos
Something to consider from a Soak vs Dex standpoint is the existence of Perfect Defenses(Though we haven't purchased one yet).
If I remember right you can get essence 6 before being a century old by taking a yozis sorcery initiation, then you act as if your E6 as long as your in a thematically appropriate area for that yozi/or as long as your not tripping the hole in that yozis perfect defence. I think it's one of those 2. I can't remember if you can then increase stats and skills to 6 after it though before being a century old, I'd have to dig through my Infernals book.
Yzarc
The Spark of Madness
2E only unfortunately. Does not exist in 3E and ExWoD.
we really should get a perfect defense at some point- i remember those from Exalted stories and quests most fondly.
Bloodless Murk Evasion is probably the first of those that we'll get, since it's pretty good and relatively cheap for us to acquire.
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Who strikes the Wind only works if you are running.
So we also need Running to Forever to run as a free action to really make it work.
In Exwod, there is no clear mechanically written-out way to get E6.
You can reach 6 in a stat with merits, but we took none of those. For physical stats, there are also Shih martial arts - but those are pretty low bang for your buck in comparison to Infernal charms.
Yzarc
The Spark of Madness
We need Murder is Meat for both the Spirit killing and for Shintai refreshes so, getting Running to Forever at 4xp is not a big thing, especially if the Shintia has the Swift Moment Aspect.
Because they have flaws I think we need two that lack overlapping conditions eventually.
I like BME because it's cheaper to get since it's in a favored charm set, and allows us to teleport Molly's willpower rating in yards either as a response or just because we want to.
The weakness to sunlight is a problem, but pretty much all of the perfect defenses need some sort of support for their flaw.
In this case, it doesn't even need to be another charm. We can craft something small to generate a little smoke or fog for us and use it to momentarily get us out of direct sunlight if we're stuck standing in it.
The Queen In Rags
ThatGazzer
Minds Eye Bind
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[X] Shintai: The Queen In Rags
-[x] Devil-Tyrant Avatar: Strength +2, Dexterity +2, Stamina +2
--[x] Aspect: Demon Armor [The Patchwork Regalia] – Increase Soak by 2
--[x] Aspect: Camouflage– Reduce Difficulty of Stealth by 2
--[x] Aspect: Stealthy– Add 2 dice to all Stealth rolls.
--[x] Aspect: Swift Stride– Movement and Jumping Distance are doubled
--[x] Aspect: Venomous– May Envenom Attacks, +3 dice of Lethal Damage
--[x] Aspect: Keen Sight– Lower Difficulty of all Perception Checks Using Sight by 2
--[x] Aspect: Extra Limbs– When the Infernal takes multiple actions, each subsequent action raises its difficulty as normal but doesn't suffer a penalty to its dice pool.
The Queen In Rags Can See You,
On Her Panoptic Throne,
She Knows You Lack All Virtue,
So She Waits 'til Your Alone.
The Queen In Rags is Shadow,
She Is The Thing You Fear,
She Is No Simple Scarecrow,
She'll Make You Disappear.
The Queen In Rags Has Killed You,
But Worst Is Coming Next,
Your Soul is Cut To Patches,
A̰̲͡n͏͉̝d͍̬͟͝ ̴̼͙͉͓A̛͙̻̦dd̗̘̯̻̣ḛ̀͝d̗̘̠̦̀͟ t̛̘͍͈͢͡o̴͜͠ ̫̪T̘̹̳h̪́͡͞e̙̦͘ ̵̤̺Res̵̷̲͕t.
-The Queen In Rags, A nursery rhyme popular in Sheol [or whatever Hell we end up making.]
Activating the Shintai, Molly's Burning Crown Of Eyes Alights casting impossible shadows all about her. She plants her sword before herself as her body transforms— A Crown of Brass and Vantablack Ice grows itself out of the Emerald and Obsidian Gem that lays inset upon the The Infernal's Brow, Her Third Eye manifested in the Mundane, a Portent of Her Power— The Unblinking Infernal Gem glows gently with a strange fel-light, her hair grows long, color fading away into a snowstorm white, before coming to life under the will of The Empress To Be— all the while, The Shintai grows powerful digitigrade legs ending in panther like paws with vantablack fur, the rest of Her body stretching and twisting painlessly to match The Infernal's new proportions in a unreal fashion, leaving Her long-limbed and gaunt in a way that perhaps reminds one of a certain wizard.
Then with a sound like tearing fabric, the Awaited Infernal Empresses own Shadow rips Itself free from Her body using the cutting edge of Her Demonic Blade, which starts to drip, imbibed with venomous darkness, Her Shadow tears Itself to shreds in the process, only to float about The Thousand Eyed Queen shoulders like a mantle, whereupon It coalesces into The Patchwork Regalia. Consequently— because of The Nature of The Shintai while it is active, Molly casts no visible shadow, though objects or persons she might carry will.
The Regalia appears to be a long jacket with attached hood and a full suit in whatever cut or fashion most pleases Her, all perfectly tailored for The Queen In Rags. It seems made out of a motley of collection of rags, the color of The Regalia seeming to shift and move at the Infernal's whim. leather, cloth and occult patches held together with brass thread, safety pins and studded with dully shining fixtures made of the metal-hard Ice Of Kakuri, The Regalia is best thought of as a Battle Jacket from Hell, which Molly wears To War with all that Offends The Fated Infernal Empress. Indeed, after every killed enemy, defeated foe, or challenge overcome of personal significance to Molly, a patch or scrap of fabric that symbolizes her Victory is added to the Regalia, though this has no actual effect besides Proclaiming To All the Glory of The Queen In Rags.
Crustpunk Stealth Build, with merit badges
-[x] Devil-Tyrant Avatar: Strength +2, Dexterity +2, Stamina +2
--[x] Aspect: Demon Armor [The Patchwork Regalia] – Increase Soak by 2
--[x] Aspect: Camouflage– Reduce Difficulty of Stealth by 2
--[x] Aspect: Stealthy– Add 2 dice to all Stealth rolls.
--[x] Aspect: Swift Stride– Movement and Jumping Distance are doubled
--[x] Aspect: Venomous– May Envenom Attacks, +3 dice of Lethal Damage
--[x] Aspect: Keen Sight– Lower Difficulty of all Perception Checks Using Sight by 2
--[x] Aspect: Extra Limbs– When the Infernal takes multiple actions, each subsequent action raises its difficulty as normal but doesn't suffer a penalty to its dice pool.
The Queen In Rags Can See You,
On Her Panoptic Throne,
She Knows You Lack All Virtue,
So She Waits 'til Your Alone.
The Queen In Rags is Shadow,
She Is The Thing You Fear,
She Is No Simple Scarecrow,
She'll Make You Disappear.
The Queen In Rags Has Killed You,
But Worst Is Coming Next,
Your Soul is Cut To Patches,
A̰̲͡n͏͉̝d͍̬͟͝ ̴̼͙͉͓A̛͙̻̦dd̗̘̯̻̣ḛ̀͝d̗̘̠̦̀͟ t̛̘͍͈͢͡o̴͜͠ ̫̪T̘̹̳h̪́͡͞e̙̦͘ ̵̤̺Res̵̷̲͕t.
-The Queen In Rags, A nursery rhyme popular in Sheol [or whatever Hell we end up making.]
Activating the Shintai, Molly's Burning Crown Of Eyes Alights casting impossible shadows all about her. She plants her sword before herself as her body transforms— A Crown of Brass and Vantablack Ice grows itself out of the Emerald and Obsidian Gem that lays inset upon the The Infernal's Brow, Her Third Eye manifested in the Mundane, a Portent of Her Power— The Unblinking Infernal Gem glows gently with a strange fel-light, her hair grows long, color fading away into a snowstorm white, before coming to life under the will of The Empress To Be— all the while, The Shintai grows powerful digitigrade legs ending in panther like paws with vantablack fur, the rest of Her body stretching and twisting painlessly to match The Infernal's new proportions in a unreal fashion, leaving Her long-limbed and gaunt in a way that perhaps reminds one of a certain wizard.
Then with a sound like tearing fabric, the Awaited Infernal Empresses own Shadow rips Itself free from Her body using the cutting edge of Her Demonic Blade, which starts to drip, imbibed with venomous darkness, Her Shadow tears Itself to shreds in the process, only to float about The Thousand Eyed Queen shoulders like a mantle, whereupon It coalesces into The Patchwork Regalia. Consequently— because of The Nature of The Shintai while it is active, Molly casts no visible shadow, though objects or persons she might carry will.
The Regalia appears to be a long jacket with attached hood and a full suit in whatever cut or fashion most pleases Her, all perfectly tailored for The Queen In Rags. It seems made out of a motley of collection of rags, the color of The Regalia seeming to shift and move at the Infernal's whim. leather, cloth and occult patches held together with brass thread, safety pins and studded with dully shining fixtures made of the metal-hard Ice Of Kakuri, The Regalia is best thought of as a Battle Jacket from Hell, which Molly wears To War with all that Offends The Fated Infernal Empress. Indeed, after every killed enemy, defeated foe, or challenge overcome of personal significance to Molly, a patch or scrap of fabric that symbolizes her Victory is added to the Regalia, though this has no actual effect besides Proclaiming To All the Glory of The Queen In Rags.
Crustpunk Stealth Build, with merit badges
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