Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)

Actually, a few more things.

Would this bypass our soak and be attacking us by effecting the sword or do you mean from being close to him? Cause stopping us from simply summoning him back sounds like a shaping effect and Usum has always been described as indestructible.

Yup, that would be shaping

Yeah, but the scene description didn't really convey what was going on very well in my opinion. I don't think I could describe to you where we were for most of this event.

Not entirely satisfied with it myself, it had a lot of moving pieces and I was stressing out over counting dice manually. :(
 
I think that yes, the Denarians are scary and we shouldn't underestimate them. But Molly and the rest of the crew are also far from little children and I think our special tricks slightly weigh them down due to the fact that we are free, yes.

But all this shows is that we need to pack our things for our team... And one more thing, Akariel really underestimated how dangerous it is to give away your power in an attempt to threaten during a villainous monologue. Classic mistake.
 
[X] Kill Akariel, it will likely win you favor with Silver for her nature, certainly with Azhi Dahaka for his history

So what are we going to do to turn this into a more stable connection with Azhi?
 
We aren't Micheal, don't have to follow the Knight's rules. There's something to be said about some Denarians being victims to eldritch intelligences older than the current creation in of themselves though. Don't.. really have the time to properly secure him right now and he has plenty of blood on his hands. Locking up Denarians is particularly dangerous since they can summon the Coin back apparently. Probably wouldn't work in Molly's soul since the Swords aren't allowed in there and the Swords need to be able to counter and respond to them for their game to work. So keeping him locked in a dungeon is likely an option though I don't really want to spend the essence.

Also killing him would get some points with Azhi and not doing so would probably turn this into an argument with him which would I could see resulting in certain people spending even more essence on an excellency to try and convince him. Not worth it when everything is still on fire and this is a marathon not a sprint and we've spent enough here as is. I feel like he'll have an issue with how we tend to spare people who surrender (not always killed the Hollow Man for example) later on if we continue to work with him but like Molly said that's a problem for the future. The guy doesn't even know he's speaking to royalty yet.

[X] Kill Akariel, it will likely win you favor with Silver for her nature, certainly with Azhi Dahaka for his history

The corpse would probably make for a good regent and Crown foci besides.
 
[X] Kill Akariel, it will likely win you favor with Silver for her nature, certainly with Azhi Dahaka for his history
 
[X] Kill Akariel, it will likely win you favor with Silver for her nature, certainly with Azhi Dahaka for his history
 
[X] Kill Akariel, it will likely win you favor with Silver for her nature, certainly with Azhi Dahaka for his history

There is a difference between Molly trying to be like her father, an Molly trying to be like a Knight of the Cross. We can still offer a chance of redemption to someone like Sanya, without being obligated to have to offer it to older hosts, who are only theoretically redeemable. And since we have derailed the canon, this should be Akariel's old host, who would have gotten killed in Small Favors.

The host could have had value as an intelligence asset imprisoned in Sanctuary, if we had captured them alone, but right now getting brownie points from the Abyssals is more valuable.

I feel like he'll have an issue with how we tend to spare people who surrender (not always killed the Hollow Man for example) later on if we continue to work with him but like Molly said that's a problem for the future.

That's another reason to kill right now. To show that we aren't unreasonable about dangerous enemies who don't surrender.
 
OOC: If Molly had faught this thing she would have been rolling contested Essence vs Faith rolls with every attack and if she lost one Usum would have gotten stuck in there with you taking 2 Wounds/Turn while he was in there and needing to perform a feat of strength to get him out, that was one of Akariel's tricks... well that and the shape changing and he has a decent social sheet. You get the point Denarians even middle of the pack Denarians are scary. But you know, you listened to the guy who can roll 22 dice for coming up with a battlefield strategy on the fly while having a lot of tools at your disposal.
This actually sounds super strange. I would actually have expected Azhi Dahaka to have been wrong since he doesn't have all the information. Usum is part of Molly's soul , as much a part of her being as her fist or teeth are. Or, from another perspective, Usum is a demon Usum, and the edge of his blade is as much his teeth as they are those of a sabertoothed tiger. Of course, he's also conceptually a weapon of sorts... Yeah, this is something that we shall keep in mind, ok.

Still, we did good to follow the abyssals advice - it builds trust.
Yup, that would be shaping
To clarify - would shaping defense stop the effect?
So what are we going to do to turn this into a more stable connection with Azhi?
For him, and all others, I kinda want to, after we finish the remaining two abyssals, call Uriel. We have his Name from his own lips. Call him down, maybe even get Harry to do this, and ask him to provide what briefing he can. Maybe do some preliminary talking ourselves (definitely do that).

[X] Kill Akariel, it will likely win you favor with Silver for her nature, certainly with Azhi Dahaka for his history
 
[X] Offer the Denarian the chance to surrender the Coin including the healing he would need to do so safely, it's what Dad would do

He'll most likely refuse, but we should give him the chance. A former Shih must have reasons to go Denarian.
 
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