OctarineShrike
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We've got Porter, Odin, and Undertown to deal with too. Let's not forget Rosie.
Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)
- Thread starter DragonParadox
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- Crossover Fantasy
We definitely should arrange sparring and training sessions, and try to get the monks to tutor her too.
We might want to buy the spirit killing charm. Otherwise, yeah, I think we should be branching out and finalizing our foundation before leaping to E3.
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That would probably overlap at least a bit with Rosie, I think, as they both are new to their talents, even if Cindy is likely more talented in magic and now has winter tutors.
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- florida
Mmmm. If they are valued yes. I doubt she was.
Usum: Valued or not, bullets can become lodged in flesh, sparing the use of precious Essence.
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- florida
Ah. MEATSHIELD. My mind went different places, good point.
That would have been nice too, but meanshield is Usum's base assumption. It's not that he does not understand having loyalty to one's fellows and subordinates. In fact that is one of the things that makes the demons of Kakuri somewhat exceptional among their kind, but it is the exception and not the rule.
I blame hypoglycemia
We still have Red Court vampires to deal with, and the whole police issue.
Admittedly, thats a lot quicker to resolve once we get done with the Pathfinders; given as we know their local base, running them down is straightforward. As is flushing them out; just find a priest capable of blessing holy water. Then build a fog machine.
But we do have to deal with that, before we know how much XP we might have on hand.
Other than that?
Most of the charms under discussion either survival/defense or utility in the 1-2 dot range. Mercy in Servitude, Transcendent Lord of Flies, Boiling Sea Mastery, Hellscry Chakra, Windborn Stride, The Man Who Sold The World etc.
We might pick up an Ancient Sorcery spell too, or maybe the first two to three dots of a Path. We'll see.
We can certainly ask, if she wants, but we cant make promises for others.
And for Lydia, I honestly doubt she has the same near-masochist drive for physical self-improvement Molly does. She trusted the wrong spirit, she wasnt kidnapped and hung on a tree. Her traumas and needs are different. And martial arts lessons are something she shares with Daniel in a normal dojo, and I dont expect she'll want to change that.
I think Lydia would be a lot more interested in talking to Brother Divshimar than training martial arts with him.
And vice versa.
The sort of fifteen year old who casually drops references to Kantian philosophy would be fascinated by the opportunity to talk philosophy with a senior cleric of some education. The only two available are Father Forthill, who has a dayjob, and Brother Divshimar, who does not.
With his apprentices gone home, Brother Divshimar doesnt actually have any young disciples to
And if I know teachers, they are always delighted to have students.
Molly: Thats why I have a shield, remember?
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- Germany
I can agree that she is propably not so much interested in the Mo Kung (though it would be mechanically good for her), but other like the mind-focused Qiao Yu An or the enhancer for her unarmed combat that is the Qiao of the Shi would propably be of interest.
You can't tell me a 15 year old taking martial arts classes isn't the least bit interested in learning some of the classic "Punch through a brick wall" tricks. (Though to be fair she can kinda already do stuff like that with her excellency, but more specialised powers might still be useful)
And she can still talk philosophy while under physical strain in training, that's what a semi-divine constitution is good for.
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- washington
Kakuri demons have loyalty?
COMMENTARY
SUGGESTION
I would just remove the head clause.
You're not giving her a perfect defense, after all, something DBs have.
SUGGESTION
Should be Fey AND ghosts/undead.
SUGGESTION
I would suggest that, when they are killed, their spirits come to rest in her anima/power, and they return at the end of the story arc/30 days/new moon, whichever is shorter. Like with Familiars.
Thematically, it would be the same as their sharing a portion of her nature.
OTHER COMMENTS
-She doesnt have an environmental protection charm.
Death holds her amd her lineage lightly; she should have something to allow her to ignore wildfires and drowning .See Element Protection Form and Wild Wandering Forester Style in the DB charmset. Call it Ghost Body Style or something
-Research charm.
She has a huge library inherited from her father, and is someone who likes books; she needs a charm to interact with it and open archives. See Gale Force Research Technique in the DB charmset.
-She's a pseudo-Exigent of Death/her fathers daughter.
She should have a 1 or 2 dot charm that allows her to lay ghosts and undead to rest/get them to move on.
As a basic power.
Mechanics should be along the lines of free for unresisting ghosts and undead, and a roll for resisting ones.
And strong undead can pay WP to refuse.
At which point she can choose to roll combat and beat them to death.
And she should get 1 temp WP back in each scene she does this.
-She should probably have either a perfect defense or a resurrection charm.
Both are in theme for her. DBs have a perfect defense that costs an automatic level of Agg damage and can only be used once per either scene or story, while Alchemicals and Solars have a resurrection charm.
For her, I would suggest a limit of around (Essence+1) times for her. Per story.
Death's favored daughter.
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In a twisted and esoteric way yes. Think 'honor among thieves', or maybe 'honor among killers' crossed with the hollow form of Bushido. The lord of that place was made by the suffering of the Ainu people of northern Japan, but also by the way the Japanese saw the vengeful power in the dark in the context of their own beliefs.
Yeah, my point was more that I'm skeptical about whether there was a mundane difficulty modifier from context or if the passive buffs are that ridiculous. A 4 point minimum willpower boost, social difficulty modifiers, and who knows what else at passive levels seems like a lot for people trying to be subtle.
Yes I can.
Do remember she took up martial arts in part as a social activity in the last three to six months. And this was after the urging of her father that she learn some self defense. She isnt one of the dojo kids who started drilling as soon as they could walk.
Im just not seeing her being willing to do the blatantly bullshit stuff Molly is doing to train Shih MA in anything like a reasonable time frame. Semi-divine constitution or not.
We're literally soaking in bleach to regen damage after every lesson.
Fair.
I happen to be of the impression that the perceptual filter we encountered at the very entrance was pretty ridiculous in its own right for the Dresdenverse. So Im a lot more willing to believe that if they're willing to go that far, might as well go whole hog.
I'm sure there's a charm for that, give or take a bit of homebrew.
True, but the amount of XP we're going to need to prep for the meeting is going to be quite a lot. So, we probably want to at least start on it.
I mean, maxing out Empathy and Etiquette won't take all that much, but getting Perception, Charisma and/or Manipulation upped will be expensive. And we don't know how much XP we're going to be able to earn before the meeting.
- Location
- Germany
She can be immune to drowning via Relentless Hunter's Trance.
I might add more resistance to environmental effects to that one?
I do. Acceptance of Inevitablility allows her to ignore any one attack and take a single level of aggravated damage instead.
That's perfect in the same way the Water-Dragonblooded defence is. (You even reference that one later in your own post.)
Not sure about that one. She is bound to the natural cycle, she can't just make other beings not-mortal, that would be against her entire theme.
Rest-Granting Strike and Call the Restless.
Maybe, do you want to design one?
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- washington
Did we ever get any word on whether schooling can give us exp for dots in specific skills?
Technically it can, specifically it gives you academics, but practically that is to slow to have any great impact on the quest. You are an Exalted and not just that you are a solaroid, education meant for mortals pales besides your inherent ability to just get better at stuff by the memory of ancient glories and the soft whispers of the demon bounded to your soul.
- Location
- being near locations is my passion.
Idle thought, and probably not worth doing or a bad idea in some way:
If this whole thing goes well, it might be amusing to have Clippy sneak a report on to Rose of Autumn's (the person online who tried to protect us by telling us to talk to Harry Dresden) computer giving a loose explanation of what we faced.
Her uncle became someone who was going to kill her because of what we're up against here. It might be nice for her to know that they can't do that stuff anymore. Closure, or at least a tiny bit of it.
If this whole thing goes well, it might be amusing to have Clippy sneak a report on to Rose of Autumn's (the person online who tried to protect us by telling us to talk to Harry Dresden) computer giving a loose explanation of what we faced.
Her uncle became someone who was going to kill her because of what we're up against here. It might be nice for her to know that they can't do that stuff anymore. Closure, or at least a tiny bit of it.
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After this, we may want to go and take pics of the elemental's home to get ideas of how to improve it, as well as start studying architecture, and possibly Feung Shui.
will we get XP for that super legendary roll?
Probably 1xp... Maybe 2xp for how insane it was.
- Location
- being near locations is my passion.
I've not thought about it hard, but I don't feel we should get XP for really good rolls themselves - maybe the results of a really good roll would be something XP worthy depending on context/thing rolled for.
Like, the outcome here was hilarious and I loved it but I don't think it particularly advanced our goal of getting a bit of private conversation time with the nice nurse lady or progressed the mission beyond 'find a private room'
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Oh, we should check for security cameras in the room before summoning the digging tools and remember to swing by the security office on our way out to destroy all video evidence of our presence here.
Like, the outcome here was hilarious and I loved it but I don't think it particularly advanced our goal of getting a bit of private conversation time with the nice nurse lady or progressed the mission beyond 'find a private room'
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Oh, we should check for security cameras in the room before summoning the digging tools and remember to swing by the security office on our way out to destroy all video evidence of our presence here.
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OK, vote closed, we are going down.