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Green Sun, Black Shadows (CG/Exalted)

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Does Lulu's ninja-maid know Terrestrial MA?
If not, and he finds out about it, I'd think he would want her trained so she can protect his sister.
White Veil and Falling Blossom styles seem to fit best.

Also, what do you think Lulu's response will be when he finds out Cecylene charms might let him heal Nunnally?

GilliamYaeger said:
Has anyone here played Planescape: Torment? If so, you no doubt remember when the Nameless One had a flashback to when he literally argued someone out of existence...
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Never got to that scene.
Though, sounds like at least an Essence 5 charm, and probably require a number of prereqs.
 
the DragonBard said:
Never got to that scene.
Though, sounds like at least an Essence 5 charm, and probably require a number of prereqs.
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Well, it certainly sounds like an Oramus social attack, especially considering that he decides what's real and what's not.

Wait, isn't there a rule that the Yozi who we make new charms for gets them automatically? Oramus is laughing at our innovations...
 
the DragonBard said:
Also, what do you think Lulu's response will be when he finds out Cecylene charms might let him heal Nunnally?
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He'd be ecstatic when he realizes his powers could do that.

Also, I don't think you'd need Charms to fix Nunnally's legs, even if they'd help. Someone with Medicine 5 and the right Attribute being high enough could possibly do it with regular surgery.
 
There' some inacuracies in the summary of the creation story, like how Theion wasn't actually reborn as Ligier, instead Ligier and Ruvelia were the Fetich souls of Theion but the Exalted host killed Ruvelia and turned Theion into Malfeas.
 
So... if at least some of Britannia's nobility are dragonblooded, we might want to invest in / do some research with genetics. The academy we live in has a lot of nobility there, after all.
 
codeRR said:
Hm...that would be craft (genesis)
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Assuming Geass not to be changed to something coming from exalted side of things, but rather a manner of local phenomena of some kind (ie more of a crossover than complete fusion), I would assume (should we meet C.C., who, by the way, might contract Nunnaly now) that studying it would also be genesis, or at least that's the closest thing I can think of.
 
Yog said:
Assuming Geass not to be changed to something coming from exalted side of things, but rather a manner of local phenomena of some kind (ie more of a crossover than complete fusion), I would assume (should we meet C.C., who, by the way, might contract Nunnaly now) that studying it would also be genesis, or at least that's the closest thing I can think of.
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Studying Geass itself would require...something that I don't know of. Alexander has more or less said that Geass is something of the neverborn/the underworld.

Also her immortality is likely a mutation...so maybe genesis would work on the immortality but not Geass itself as it's a magic effect not biological.
 
It is a complete fusion of the two settings, not a crossover. Our spider demons have said this is Creation many times.

But in the future then what the Exalted game line depicts. So a alteration of the modern day shap from the alternative settings book
 
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Enjou said:
As I said I was gonna do, here's a brief primer on the history of Creation for those not familiar with the setting.
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You miss the part where the Whispering Flame (later became She Who Lives in Her Name) vowed to serve the Solar since they proved to be stronger than Theion and due to her concept but they refused, which she screamed and body-slam into Creation, resulted in destroying 90% of it.
Other than that there was an age of Shogunate.
Enjou said:
Lelouch isn't exactly a nice person himself, even if he does want to make a more gentle world at the end of the day.

It's important to realize that Creation has no objective good or evil. Aside from maybe the Ebon Dragon being the latter, because he's the only sapient being known to have absolutely no dots in any Virtues, but even he "just is" because his concepts aren't necessarily bad things in and of themselves.

Even the Unconquered Sun, with ten dots in every single Virtue, is not objectively good in all situations - is it 'right' for those who are forced to subsist on nothing but the locusts from Locust Mana Plague to be declared creatures of darkness and thus be unloved by him and considered enemies of Creation? That hardly seems fair, especially if you're a nicer Green Sun Prince who just wanted to save some starving people. Sure, you might convince him to rescind it and declare them to be not so, but for the time being they're vulnerable to any number of things they wouldn't otherwise be just because of how he'd view them just because they happened to do what it took to survive.
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Agreed on this, Holy Attack and Creature of Darkness in Creation are something so different from the stereotype (If you're outside of Fate then you're a Creature of Darkness). While the Ebon Dragon is the ultimate dickery The Unconquered Sun couldn't stop playing Games of Divinity even if shit hits the fan so yeah. I think he got mote-tap while playing super magitek Xbox like a nerd wouldn't get out of the basement even when his house is burning down.
 
COD- Just someone who doesn't play by the rules of creations or the UCS doesn't like.

Holy- actually what does this mean in Creation? I mean how is it different. I never really figured it out
 
[X] Plan Be Thorough
[X] XP Expenditure Plan - Basic Combat Proficiency

Also I would like to bring into attention these two charms.

My Dark Lady
Cost: - ; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: Witness to Darkness

To those whose eyes are opened under the Shadow of All Things, he is a thing of wonderful beauty. Erembour is said to be as fair as the Argent Madonna, and she comes by her looks as honestly as any soul of the Ebon Dragon can. When not in direct illumination, the Infernal doubles the maximum MDV bonus or penalty he can inflict or benefit from based on difference in Appearance. In addition, when under this effect his unwholesome beauty leads men and women to revel and indulge knowing that they some day shall end; all social attacks he makes designed to form Intimacies of love or infatuation, or to prompt another to suppress Temperance, are unnatural mental influence. If both conditions apply, the social attack costs an additional willpower to resist.
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Radiance Devouring Elegance
Cost: 6m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Combo-OK, Sorcerous, Obvious
Duration: Until the performance ceases
Prerequisites: My Dark Lady

When the Ebon Dragon raises his voice in broken-hearted lament, even the light of Ligier dims to hear such woeful beauty. Lesser flames are less hard-hearted, and join him in his song, partaking of his nature. This charm supplements an action to make music, dance, sing or otherwise perform in any of the ways beloved of the Yozis. The character rolls her (Manipulation + Performance), adding her Essence in automatic successes. Any non-magical light source within (Appearance x 10) yards joins in the performance, invalidating its Stealth as if it was a 7-9 anima banner, and inverts its nature, consuming light where once it shed it. The visibility conditions of affected light sources (Exalted, p135) are inverted - for example, a bonfire permits no visibility within ten yards, murky vision from ten to twenty yards, and clear vision (if there would have been sufficient light beforehand) at greater distances.

If the Infernal knows Darkling Grace Complete, the Things Which Lurk In Corners which dwell in her shadow may continue the performance for her. When activating this Charm, she may choose to instead make the Duration "Until next sunrise" for a surcharge of four motes and one willpower.

At Essence 3, the range automatically increases to (Appearance + Essence) times ten yards. At Essence 5, the multiplier is fifty, rather than ten.
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Made by ES. Would raise Appearance past 5 and also we have a charm to increase the Social penalty of appearance past -3. In effect, it would make us a social beast.
 
Yzarc said:
Made by ES. Would raise Appearance past 5 and also we have a charm to increase the Social penalty of appearance past -3. In effect, it would make us a social beast.
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We already have appearance 5 from "Beautiful in my own way"

but other then that...I don't have opinion on them yet.
 
codeRR said:
We already have appearance 5 from "Beautiful in my own way"

but other then that...I don't have opinion on them yet.
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It stacks. Basicially, we can inflict upto -3 External penalty on our enemies depending on how much more prettier than them we are. This is capped at -3. What that charm? we can double it. If we inflict -1 it becomes -2. -2 becomes -4 and -3 becomes -6. This applies on their Social defence as well. Combined with the UMI granted by the charm, they won't have much hope of defending against us.
 
Now we just need Charms that let us slaughter our enemies just by using Social Attacks and we'd be set for the most diplomatic exalt ever.
 
Reckless_Sun said:
How about must use motes in 7 or multiples of 7.
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Every time you use motes? Too restrictive.
Enjou said:
Fair point. I'll change the plan so we're getting the history lesson first and force you to write it, and then any questions in the list not already answered by the primer can be answered after that.

However, since Lelouch will be getting a less than objective perspective on the history of Creation I will write up a history primer for those not familiar with Exalted. Maybe we can get some XP out of it.
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Why not?
Doomsough said:
I've been thinking about Oramus attack charms. Instead of the normal thing about making attacks more awesome in certain conditions, he should have a charm that lets a social attack act as a physical damage, and another charm that lets a physical attack deal effects that a social attack would.
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Enjou said:
Might be a fun idea. Charm name - Words Can Break Your Bones, or some play on that phrase.
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I like it! I totally like it! I also have the appropriate Charm to use as base:
WORDS OF POWER
Cost: 5m; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious
Duration: One scene
The spirit rolls (Manipulation + Valor) to use its
words as a physical attack against any creature it could
socially attack. This attack does a base bashing damage
of (Valor) in health levels; successes add damage dice,
as normal; the whole can only be soaked naturally.
For every health level of damage the target suffers,
she incurs a -1 internal penalty to all actions or a -2
internal penalty to actions with a specific Ability for
(spirit's Essence x 3) ticks.
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Enjou said:
As I said I was gonna do, here's a brief primer on the history of Creation for those not familiar with the setting.

Essence - Everything is made from it. Period.

The Wyld - Before Creation, there was the boundless, limitless storm of chaotic Essence known as the wild. It is boundless potential, ever changing. Inhabited by the Fair Folk, who were fully down with the madness of the chaos.

The Primordials - Since what happens in boundless chaos isn't exactly clear, it's not known when, or if ever, the Primordials came to exist. Maybe they always did, as time isn't exactly something chaos cares about. Regardless, they existed, and they warred endlessly with the Fair Folk since even the most chaotic natured Primordial was ultimately more inclined towards order than the Fair Folk were.

Making Creation - The Primordials got together because they were tired of the Fair Folk and the endless sea of madness and chaos always wrecking their shit. The Wyld wasn't exactly a pleasant place to live for beings like them. So they decided to make a place of shelter where they could not have to have all their shit wrecked and they could play their Games of Divinity (a super addictive system they made to entertain themselves) and made a flat plane of existence they called Creation, filling it with all sorts of cool stuff made from all their concepts. Stuff like the Loom of Fate, races of things, etc.

The Gods - Now, the thing about Creation is that it was complicated and the the Fair Folk were of course trying to wreck it like they do with all the Primordials' shit. As such, the Primordials couldn't just go play the Games of Divinity for extended periods. As such, they came up with the idea to create a bunch powerful slave stewards to mange the place for them. These were the gods. Now, the Primordials weren't completely dumb - arrogant as fuck, but they aren't stupid. They realized the gods could be a threat to them, so they made it so the gods were under a geas to obey them and never raise a hand against them. The gods are many and varied, having lots of different jobs. A god could be in charge of a greater concept like Buearacracy, a lesser concept, a specific location, an object, even something as small as a grain of sand. (though of course is sucks to be that last one and they hope to get a promotion)

The Incarnae - Before going further, the gods in charge of all the other gods are the Incarnae.
- The Unconquered Sun - The Ebon Dragon, having the need to define himself by his opposite, created this guy. He's the greatest warrior among the gods, embodying perfection and virtue. He even declared the Ebon Dragon to be a creature of darkness as his first act, but that was cool with the Ebon Dragon because that's how he rolls. The Primordials were so impressed with this god that they made him what amounts to king of all the other gods.
- Luna - A many faced trickster god that is both male and female. A warrior almost as good as the Unconquered Sun. Kinda crazy though.
- The Maidens of Fate - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The five Maidens are in charge of running the Loom of Fate, each being in charge of certain aspects of it.
- Gaia - Actually a Primordial rather than a god. She is the spirit of Creation, and actually Creation is technically her body. The Five Elemental Dragons are her children.

Mortals, Humanity in particular - Now, the gods needed Essence to do their jobs, and they didn't get enough naturally to do it well. So the Primordials solved this problem by creating a bunch of cheap, renewable batteries that would generate Essence through prayer. Humanity was the most numerous of these. Problem solved. These ants weren't worth putting a geas on, as even the greatest among them couldn't use Essence all that well, so they were not in any way a threat.

And Everything Was Wonderful - And so with the gods working to maintain and protect Creation and the tiny mortals keeping the Gods flush with Essence, all was right with the world and the Primordials could go play with their Xbox. Occasionally they would take a break, go outside into Creation, and cavort about doing stuff. You know, wrecking other people's shit, killing a thousand mortal children to craft a monument from their bones that would produce a hauntingly beautiful sound whenever the wind blows through it, that kind of thing. Except not everyone was happy. The gods and the mortals weren't happy, because every time one of the rulers of Creation came out they would cause disasters and stuff because they didn't care all that much about the suffering of the lesser beings. However, they couldn't really do anything about it. The gods were under a geas, and the mortals were too weak even in their numbers to ever have a hope against the Primordials.

And Everything Goes Tits Up - Fortunately for them, two Primordials weren't happy with the status quo. The first was Autochthon, the Great Maker. He was rather picked on by the other Primordials, most of the stuff broken by the others was his stuff, and he also rather liked humanity because they made regular use of a number of his own creations such as dogma and faith so he didn't like seeing them be killed so callously. Being the Great Maker and embodying innovation as one of his concepts, he came up with an idea. He proposed to the gods that they could invest a measure of their power into his inventions, called Exaltations, and that these could be shoved into the souls of humans to empower them to fight the Primordials. The gods agreed to this, though not before Luna convinced Gaia to side with them, or more precisely not interfere. After all, it would be rather difficult to take over Creation when the very spirit of Creation was not amicable to the idea. Fortunately Gaia had boundless compassion for all life and agreed.

The Exalted - And so the Incarnae and the Five Elemental Dragons invested power into the Exaltations. This was not without cost, as the gods were permanently diminished for this. The Unconquered Sun for example, set for the first time ever, once he had done this. Fortunately the Primordials had their heads stuck too far up their asses to notice this.

Four types of Exalted were created:
The Solar Exalted - Empowered by the Essence of the Unconquered Sun, these were to be the leaders of the rebellion. 300 of this type of Exaltation were made. The Solars had powers that let them make themselves more and more perfect at anything they did.
The Lunar Exalted - Empowered by the Essence of Luna. Another 300 created, each one wedded to a Solar Exaltation. There would be strong emotional bond between a Solar and their respective Lunar. (not always resulting in love - could just be deep friendship, respect, ect. Even rivalry is possible, but the two are always bound together) They got shapeshifting animal powers that let them do tricky stuff, sneak around, hunt things, etc.
The Sidereals - Agents of the Maidens of Fate. 100 of these Exaltations exist, 20 for each Maiden. These guys have powers to manipulate the Loom of Fate, and freaky martial arts that let you do things like make someone fall in love with you by punching them. Also, normal mortals always forget them once they've Exalted. Think of them as plotting super kung-fu fate ninjas and you'll have a fraction of understanding of how bullshit they are.
The Terrestrials, or the Dragonblooded - The Five Elemental Dragons empowered 10,000 individuals with their Essence. 100 of these were men, the rest were women. This was deliberate. Their first order? Start fucking, get pregnant, birth as many children as you can. No, really. The Dragonblooded are the only Exalted whose power is not limited by numbers, as their power is inherited by their children. They were intended to be the soldiers for the Celestial Exalted, for though they lacked the raw power of the Celestials they made up for it with sheer numbers.

The Rebellion - The gods quietly put together their forces, training them over a long period of time and letting their power grow. Once they were ready, the Exalted were unleashed upon the unsuspecting Primordials and the war for Creation began. The Primordials of course ordered the gods to order their forces to stand down, and the gods complied, but as the gods anticipated the Exalted had no reason to obey such an order what with having free will and all. The war is long and brutal. Much of Creation is destroyed. The Primordials have weaved it into the very laws of creation that they were immortal and unkillable, but the Exalted managed to start killing them anyways. Once a number of Primordials had been killed off and it was clear the Exalted would win, the remaining Primordials surrendered in the hopes of they could get a good deal out of it.

The Creation of Hell - They didn't. The Primordials were fucked over. The Unconquered Sun made them swear a number of oaths that were nigh impossible to break, and then the Exalted worked on building a prison for them. The fetich soul (Primordials have multiple souls, and the top one is the fetich soul - killing it causes big changes in the Primordial) of the Holy Tyrant, Theon, who was king of the Primordials was killed, putting the rest of him into a temporary coma. His world body was turned inside out, sewn together, and after some additional pruning of their compontent souls (including some fetich ones) to make it so they couldn't escape they finished sewing it up. Theon was reborn as Ligier, and the Holy Tyrant was changed to became Malfeas. The surviving Primordials were broken, considering themselves lesser than they once were, and thus became the Yozis. And they have been pissed off ever since.

And So A Glorious Age of Solar Bullshit Begins - The Unconquered Sun is pleased, and the Solars are put in charge of Creation while the Incarnae decide to go play with their stolen Xbox. The Solars begin to make the world into a glorious paradise for humanity. Autocthon fled Creation for Elsewhere because the Solars made him castrate some of his other creations in order to ensure the rule of humanity, and he was afraid he might share the fate of the other Primordials one day. But aside from that, things were great, and nothing could possibly go wrong...

And Then Things Go Tits Up Again - Well, the thing about killing Primordials in creation is that their dead souls had to go somewhere, and since they were in creation rather than the chaos of the Wyld that would normally just tear them to pieces they went to the soul recycling system that had been set up. However, since the Primordials didn't think they could be killed they kind of neglected to make the system robust enough to handle souls as big as theirs, so the dead Primordials were kind of stuck... dead, and in constant agony. The Underworld was born for this, and these dead Primordials became the Neverborn, being who only want all life to end and to drag everything in existence into Oblivion so they can die properly. Also, with their dying breaths they had placed a curse on the Exalted, with the Solars being affected the most. So they started suffering bouts of madness (Limit Break) that got more and more pronounced each time they happened. Those were dark days.

The Sidereals figured they needed to do something. Ultimately they had three choices - try to convince the Solars to stay sane (very low chance of success), fail at that (long age of terrible darkness and misery), or overthrow the Solars at the cost of diminishing Creation. They decided on option three.

The Rebellion, Take Two - So the Sidereals got all the Dragonblooded to fight their Solar god-kings. While the Solars were super powerful, and thousands of Dragonblooded died fighting each of them, ultimately numbers won out as the Solars ran out of motes. Of the 300 Solar Exaltations, all but fifteen of them were captured and put into a prison so they couldn't just find new humans to Exalt and start the problems all over again. The Lunars fled into the Wyld, and the Dragonblooded inherited Creation.

And Creation is Diminished - Well, since the Solars were dead and the Unconquered Sun was too addicted to his Xbox to notice what was happening, various forces took advantage of the sudden absence of powerful defenders in Creation. The Neverborn managed to get 13 ghosts of the dead Solars to agree to work for them, making them the Death Lords. They started a plague that killed off 90% of the population of Creation. The Fair Folk then attacked, and destroyed 90% of creation in turn. Finally one of the Dragonblooded managed to get her shit together, activate a defense system that had been made to fight the Fair Folk, and saved what was left of Creation. She became the Scarlet Empress, and ruled over the Dragonblooded.

And Then Everything Was Great, Right? - Fuck no. The Dragonblooded were made to be soldiers, not rulers. They sucked at it, but they still tried. The Realm they made was corrupt in various ways, but it was still better than living under the Primordials or the insane Solars, so oh well. The Solars, Lunars, and pretty much any Exalted who weren't the Dragonblooded were declared to be anathema, the worship of the Unconquered Sun was banned, and any Solars who were found were killed - since there were only fifteen at any given time, this was doable. The Sidereals try to manage things from the shadows, but could only do so much. The Lunars were plotting to try to fix things so humans didn't need the Exalted, but good luck with that given the Fair Folk and the corrupt local gods whose bosses are too busy playing with their Xbox.

The Yozis Have An Idea - So, after some time has passed and memory of the glories of the Solars has faded the Yozis get an idea. Malfeas, Cecelyne, She Who Lives In Her Name, Adjoran, and the Ebon Dragon make a scheme to get their hands on the Solar Exaltations locked in the Jade Prison to make their own Exalted with them and use those to bust out of prison. However, they can't do it alone. So they ask the Neverborn to collaborate with them, saying they should get 50 of the Exaltations siezed thinking that's going to be the majority. Turns out that of the 285 Exaltations trapped in the Jade Prison, the Neverborn manage to capture 150 when they bust out. So the Yozis get 50, the Neverborn get 100. These are all of coruse relieved of the Great Curse as the new users have other ideas.

What the Neverborn Did - They decide to create the Abyssal Exalted. These are just as powerful as Solars are, but are themed around death. Given that to get one you have to die and accept the offer of immortality the Neverborn offer you to get one, and accept their goal of KILL EVERYTHING. Give up on a normal life, because you're on a tight leash regarding that, but as long as you're killing things the Neverborn are happy enough. These guys are Blessed With Suck, but fortunately for them they can potentially redeem their Exaltations and become Solars who aren't afflicted with the Great Curse if they try hard enough.

What the Yozis Did - They discuss and decide on the Green Sun Princes. Ideally, they'd like the GSPs to have no free will, much like akuma (other Exalts who give up their free will to serve the Yozis), but for the same reason the gods let their Exalts have free will they had to do the same - they wanted their Exalted to be able to refuse an order to stand down from the Reclamation. Malfeas wanted to just control them by screaming at them and beating the shit out of them until they obeyed, but the Ebon Dragon convinced him this was a bad idea given that he embodies the concept of betrayal. They ultimately decided to use a carrot and stick approach, giving the GSPs townhouses in hell, drugs, and demon hookers galore, but then inflicting Torment on them when they weren't doing their jobs enough. This might be fine, except for the fact that eventually the Green Sun Princes are actually slowly becoming neo-Primordials who can grow powerful enough to slap the taste out of their masters' mouths, take their leash, and go off and do whatever the fuck they want. These guys can't become Solars again, but they don't really need to because they are Cursed With Awesome.

The Reclamation - The basic idea is for the GSPs to take actions that would turn Creation into an extension of Hell, thereby letting the Yozis enter it since there is nothing stopping them from being inside their own prison. Once this is done, they'll kill and/or torture the gods and inflict misery on humanity for their role in the rebellion. The GSPs will be rewarded with continued townhouses, drugs, and demon hookers. While not impossible, this is ultimately likely to fail as it's a very complex task that is very anti-human in nature with humans being the primary agents to carry it out. More likely the GSPs will decide they'd rather be Green Sun Kings and go off and do their own thing.

And that's where the Exalted setting starts off. The Scarlet Empress has disappeared and the Realm is in decline, the Solars are coming back in a big way, and the Neverborn and Yozis have their own plots going. How we went from that to Creation becoming the world of Code Geass is something I don't know, and will be revealed in time as the quest continues no doubt.
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I like it! +3 Xp for the effort.
chocolote12 said:
@Alexander89 , I really like the sound of this. Is it possible?
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Yes it is.
GilliamYaeger said:
Has anyone here played Planescape: Torment? If so, you no doubt remember when the Nameless One had a flashback to when he literally argued someone out of existence...
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Now you make me want to play it...

burningclaw2 said:
Now we just need Charms that let us slaughter our enemies just by using Social Attacks and we'd be set for the most diplomatic exalt ever.
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I totally agree ^^

Check out for an Interlude...
 
Uh...the worship of the UCS MOST DEFINITELY was not banned. Nobody up in Heaven was willing to cross him. He gets his prayers and festivalson the same schedule as all the gods by the Immaculate Faith.
 
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    Before the invasion of Britannia the tallest building in the district of Shinjuku was the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, with a height of 797 feet. Then the One Month War happened and the Government Building was demolished by Britannian airstrikes. In the ruins of what would later become one of many metropolitan ghettos Shinjuku was left with the Shinjuku Park Tower, standing 771 feet high, as its tallest structure.

    Leaning on the parapet, in the point most structurally integral, is a young man clad entirely in black leather save for a long purple scarf over his mouth and nose. He is of medium height, with pale skin and short, spiky black hair. Two long objects covered in cloth are resting at his feet. From his vantage point the mysterious stranger looks down at the movement of Britannia's forces, his keen eyes taking up every details and memorizing the most important ones.

    "Brooding at the top of an high place? How like you."

    The young man groans. "Gods, not you."

    "Now that's just mean." The second person leans against the parapet next to the first one, giving her back to the city so she can look him in the eyes. A girl of average height with long, almost waist-length light green hair and golden eyes, she wears a white straitjacket with various straps and zippers, a high collar and long sleeves that flare outwards closer to the cuffs. "Aren't you glad to meet an old friend?"

    "We aren't friend and you know it." He answers brusquely, before giving her a quick up and down glance. "White doesn't suit you."

    "What, no comments about how it shows my curves?" She laments in a mocking tone before she shows a sultry smile. "Bondage is all the rage those days. Want to have a try?"

    He looks the other way.

    "Oooh, so adorable." The girl coos.

    "Shove it Witch." He snaps back, still giving her his back. "Go back to your little cult."

    "I left it. It was getting boring."

    At those words he turns halfway, still not looking at her. "Just like that?"

    "Just like that."

    He stays silent for a few seconds before shrugging. "Not my problem."

    She leans forward. "And what are you doing there, among the livings?"

    "Another one of those demonic cocoons, and shortage in men." He gestures at the city below. "And it will be a miracle if this place isn't a complete Shadowland in the next 24 hours. Even by forcing that moron of Clovis to collaborate this will take months of work. Unless..." He peeks at her.

    "Don't look at me. The one in Area Eleven isn't mine. Go find the legitimate owner."

    "Thanks for nothing then." He spats before turning the other way again.

    "Anytime Blacky." She giggles before walking away. "It was a pleasure meeting you again but-"

    "Still looking for a replacement?"

    She stops. "And if I am?" She replies, expression and tone totally blank.

    "Nothing." He shrugs. "Just remember you need to present a proper request and wait for approval first."

    "Because it worked for me?!" Her tone is frosty, her hands clenched enough for the nails to draw blood.

    "That, as far I know, was a mistake. We don't need to repeat it. Have you tried to...C.C.?" He looks behind, only to discover the girl already left.

    The man stares in silence at the empty space for a few minutes before looking back to the city.

    "What is life good for, I wonder, if there is no death?"

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    • Basically the immaculate faith treats the worship of the Five Elemental Dragons as the most important thing, and all the other gods are restricted to certain days.

    So worshipping directly the UCS is frowned upon, but worshipping it with all the gods when its time is perfectly okay.

    Also Gaia only gave her elements and "children"(The Five Elemental Dragons, who may or may not be some of her third circle souls. It isn't really clear.) to creation, she wasn't literally the spirit of creation.

    Also, last nitpick, the Dragon Blooded weren't so catastrophically bad as the two summary seem to present: they ruled successfully for several hundred years, and only fell because of the Great contagion. Of course, it wasn't as good as the Solar rule before them, but it wasn't even that bad.

    Okay, i lied about the previous being the last nitpick. The Sidereals weren't always forgotten by everyone but themselves, but they caused it by accidentally breaking reality a bit when covering their traces after the Usurpation.

    Here. Nitpicks finished! Now you informed and enlightened. Your dream of becoming a bright light bulb can finally become true!
     
    Hrm...Dark spiky hair...

    ...R-Rivalz?

    Funnily enough though this dude's a dead ringer for a Night Caste I once played - especially with this typo since she was a bit of a bifauxnen ( "Thanks for nothing then." She spats before turning the other way again.)
     
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