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Infernal Conundrum: [Exalted/Worm] - Part 2: Hell is Other Exalts

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Conjured Blade said:
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Not bad planning put into them. I'll also be posting up some sample charm packages.

Mostly ones that Taylor would actually be inclined to take (with listed reasons). Though a few I'll list out just for the hell of it (i.e: they amused me).

An example of the latter sort would be:

Ia! Ia! Tayhl'r Fhtahgn! (Mutate yourself, mutate others)

Malfeas
  • By Rage Recast
  • Devil Tyrant Avatar Shintai
Kimbery
  • Spiteful Sea Tincture
  • Great Mother's Tears (Desecration variant)
  • Tidal Renewal Discipline
  • Sea Dissolves Herself
While an example of the former sort would be:

Never Trapped Again (Exactly what it says on the tin. Guarantees that you will not be trapped again. Two ways combining to guarantee that nothing that stands in your way stays that way [standing that is])


Isidoros
  • Weight-Exaggerating Ego Density
  • Impeded By Nothing
  • Door-Splintering Juggernaut Motion
SWLiHN
  • Distance-Eliminating Translocation
  • Evasive Reassembly

There's also:

Taylor Hebert, M.D. [Medical Demon]
  • Omnidimensional Apprehension Scan
  • Autonomous Pattern Reconstruction
  • Remedial Acceleration Oversight (x2)
  • Meticulous Blemish Removal (x1-x5)
 
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Conjured Blade said:
On Another note heres the Charm Tree in text indent format for SWLIHN assuming the indentation is preserved. (EDIT: Doesn't preserve indentation it seems NVM)
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Here are a bunch of charm trees in image format. I have canon + popular homebrew (every charm sourced) for Malfeas, Cecelyne, Adorjan, TED, and Kimbery, and Revlid's homebrew for SWILHN and Metagaos. These were all converted to PNG a year and a half ago, so later edits to homebrew documents won't be represented.








I can create trees for any Yozi, but it'll take effort.
 
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My heart is basically set onKimbery favored (planning on grabbing everything at some point or another), with a rather extensive dip into Adorjan (ZOOM ZOOM with a smattering of Freedom Lets Go and, later, Tragic Love Amusement), and finally a smattering of Malfeas charms (By Rage Recast and Devil Tyrant Avatar Shintai because fuck yea BRR+DTAS, the soak charms, and the maybe the perfect parry if we don't grab the SWLiHN one). These all resonate the most with Taylor's personality at the moment and I think it'd be fun to play.
 
SwiftRosenthal said:
Here are a bunch of charm trees in image format. I have canon + popular homebrew (every charm sourced) for Malfeas, Cecelyne, Adorjan, TED, and Kimbery, and Revlid's homebrew for SWILHN and Metagaos. These were all converted to PNG a year and a half ago, so later edits to homebrew documents won't be represented.








I can create trees for any Yozi, but it'll take effort.
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Wow. That's an incredible effort you've put into this. Very impressive.

*beat*

Now if only I knew what any of this means.

Have I mentioned yet that what I know about Exalted is little more than the very barest bones?
 
Thief of Words said:
Not bad planning put into them. I'll also be posting up some sample charm packages.

Mostly ones that Taylor would actually be inclined to take (with listed reasons). Though a few I'll list out just for the hell of it (i.e: they amused me).

An example of the latter sort would be:

Ia! Ia! Tayhl'r Fhtahgn! (Mutate yourself, mutate others)

Malfeas
  • By Rage Recast
  • Devil Tyrant Avatar Shintai
Kimbery
  • Spiteful Sea Tincture
  • Great Mother's Tears (Desecration variant)
  • Tidal Renewal Discipline
  • Sea Dissolves Herself
While an example of the former sort would be:

Never Trapped Again (Exactly what it says on the tin. Guarantees that you will not be trapped again. Two ways combining to guarantee that nothing that stands in your way stays that way [standing that is])


Isidoros
  • Weight-Exaggerating Ego Density
  • Impeded By Nothing
  • Door-Splintering Juggernaut Motion
SWLiHN
  • Distance-Eliminating Translocation
  • Evasive Reassembly

There's also:

Taylor Hebert, M.D. [Medical Demon]
  • Omnidimensional Apprehension Scan
  • Autonomous Pattern Reconstruction
  • Remedial Acceleration Oversight (x2)
  • Meticulous Blemish Removal (x1-x5)
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Uhm. Your not getting trapped thing is missing a rather basic charm. CCC. You know. The success doubler for actions that work towards not being trapped.
 
FunkyEntropy said:
My heart is basically set onKimbery favored (planning on grabbing everything at some point or another), with a rather extensive dip into Adorjan (ZOOM ZOOM with a smattering of Freedom Lets Go and, later, Tragic Love Amusement), and finally a smattering of Malfeas charms (By Rage Recast and Devil Tyrant Avatar Shintai because fuck yea BRR+DTAS, the soak charms, and the maybe the perfect parry if we don't grab the SWLiHN one). These all resonate the most with Taylor's personality at the moment and I think it'd be fun to play.
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What about the FUCK ALL TINKERS charms, Rebuking Impudent Arms and its extensions? If Taylor turns out anything like canon Skitter, she'll get all sorts of mileage out of that branch.

BIT and the MRT branch are also great counters to a certain plague-wielding biotinker, though SWILHN medicine and Kimberian mutations cover much the same ground.
 
SwiftRosenthal said:
What about the FUCK ALL TINKERS charms, Rebuking Impudent Arms and its extensions? If Taylor turns out anything like canon Skitter, she'll get all sorts of mileage out of that branch.

BIT and the MRT branch are also great counters to a certain plague-wielding biotinker, though SWILHN medicine and Kimberian mutations cover much the same ground.
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Taylor hasn't yet developed that deep, abiding hatred for Fucking Tinkers so it's not on the list. For now.

Soon.
 
FunkyEntropy said:
Adorjan (ZOOM ZOOM with a smattering of Freedom Lets Go and, later, Tragic Love Amusement)
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Uh, she already has all that except for Tragic Love Amusement.
ShadowAngelBeta said:
Yeah, Fuck Tinkers... unless you are a Tinker in which case Fuck all the other Tinkers. Mostly those not working with you.

Also, same for Thinkers. Monster MA capstone though. ... Bad idea with Ziz, but still.
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She's a Defiler, so she's a Tinker in her own right.

@Thief of Words
Might want to implement priority voting for the Patron vote I think?
Would help reduce the effect of the final vote being between "I don't want Adorjan"(plus minority group who wanted Cecelyne), and "I don't want Cecelyne"(plus minority group who wanted Adorjan), and give the alternate, permitted Yozis a better chance.

Granted, I got a big chunk of personal interest involved since my top two favorites for patrons are already eliminated, but Kimbery and Isidoros have good odds yet if we don't fall into an "Anything But X" trap.
 
veekie said:
Uh, she already has all that except for Tragic Love Amusement.
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I actually want to go all the way to the third purchase of Earth-Skimming Gale Tread. ESGT3 vs Eagle Wing Style is one of those cases where the Infernal version of a charm is flat-out better than what Solars can get. No altitude limit, no duration limit, no wp cost to activate, and both hands are usable at the same time? Yes please.

Also, y'know, flight.
 
SwiftRosenthal said:
I actually want to go all the way to the third purchase of Earth-Skimming Gale Tread. ESGT3 vs Eagle Wing Style is one of those cases where the Infernal version of a charm is flat-out better than what Solars can get. No altitude limit, no duration limit, no wp cost to activate, and both hands are usable at the same time? Yes please.

Also, y'know, flight.
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And makes for fantastic pairing with Kimbery swim charms since that makes us ZOOOOOOM no matter what medium we're transversing.
 
FunkyEntropy said:
And makes for fantastic pairing with Kimbery swim charms since that makes us ZOOOOOOM no matter what medium we're transversing.
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I didn't even think about that. Is there a charm that lets us swim through the ground too? Transcendent Desert Creature should allow us to breathe in space, so I'm not worried about the fourth medium. If hard vacuum doesn't count as a Place of Desolation...

(Speaking of which, the QM has completely forgotten about Withered Soul Wastes. Brockton Bay is "spiritually desolate" as fuck.)
 
SwiftRosenthal said:
I didn't even think about that. Is there a charm that lets us swim through the ground too?
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I dunno. We could maybe make a Heretical charm after we've purchased a bunch of movement charms from various Yozi, which strikes me as a fairly solid mid-game character development touchstone if we want to go the route of Taylor fleeing being free to roam where she pleases.
 
SwiftRosenthal said:
I didn't even think about that. Is there a charm that lets us swim through the ground too? Transcendent Desert Creature should allow us to breathe in space, so I'm not worried about the fourth medium. If hard vacuum doesn't count as a Place of Desolation...

(Speaking of which, the QM has completely forgotten about Withered Soul Wastes. Brockton Bay is "spiritually desolate" as fuck.)
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Ooh. I like that idea. Hell most places on Earth Bet would probably count.
 
HymnOfRagnarok said:
Ooh. I like that idea. Hell most places on Earth Bet would probably count.
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Even in Creation, every settlement above a certain (ST fiat) size counts:

WITHERED SOUL WASTES
Cost: 10m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: One day
Prerequisite Charms: Transcendent Desert Creature
Places of physical desolation most closely resonate with Cecelyne. She is, after all, more geography than goddess. However, the scope of her dominion goes far deeper than harsh lands. Upon activating this Charm, the character's understanding of the term "place of desolation" expands to include regions afflicted by spiritual desolation that aren't part of the Underworld. Wherever any community dwells where a majority of members suffer endemic social injustice fueled by corruption and vice, the razor grit of
Cecelyne trickles as inevitably as through an hourglass. Unsettled but lush areas remain useless to the Charm, as do regions inhabited by predominantly just societies. While most major cities in Creation offer bastions to Cecelyne, most small villages and farmsteads adhere to community standards that keep her out (at least during peacetime). Such communities are becoming rarer as the Time of Tumult worsens.

With Footprints Like Heralds Focus and any demon summoning spell or charm, we can bypass even that restriction just by taking our demon minions with us:

FOOTPRINTS LIKE HERALDS FOCUS
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: Withered Soul Wastes
When demons enter Creation, they track a little of Cecelyne with them. It's not much, these few grains, but every footstep out brings the Endless Desert one mote closer to freedom—or would if she were less than infinite. Once an Infernal learns Footprints Like Heralds Focus, every demon's presence qualifies as a place of spiritual desolation for Withered Soul Wastes. For the purposes of this Charm, the presence extends to a radius of (the spirit's Essence x 10) yards for demons of the First or Second Circle. Third Circle demons exert a presence with a radius of (Essence) miles.

"So I heard you like Kimbery."


WATER-DEMON CONCEPTION
Cost: — ; Mins: Kimbery 0, Essence 4; Type: Permanent
Keywords: Desecration, Sorcerous
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: Milk Of Primordial Kindness
Many a demon race has been sprung from the loins of the barzinoi and barzinai, from the water-skimming variant of the Anhule to the tentacled and needle-toothed mist demons to the walrus-like flying beasts that crack brass fruits open on their prodigious tusks.

This Charm permanently upgrades Great Mother's Wame, allowing the Infernal to use it to spontaneously gestate and birth First Circle Demons descended from Kimbery as though they were Genesis projects with an artifact rating equal to (Essence/2, rounded down). Such creatures come into existence unbound and materialized, with their mote and Willpower pools half-full.

These arcane pregnancies are only partially physical; they ignore the consequences of Crippling effects targeting the bulging womb, but gain the Sorcerous keyword, able to be aborted with appropriate countermagic (each application of countermagic ends only one pregnancy, and must specifically target the demonic pregnancy itself).

The Infernal may also create First Circle Demons not descended from Kimbery in this way, though this requires that she has, at some point, either consumed part of or engaged in intercourse with an example of the breed in question. Such creatures are marginally more difficult to create, with their artifact rating rounded up rather than down.

Finally, the Infernal can create his own species of First Circle Demon. This initial design costs 1xp, with further examples of the breed being conceived as normal. Such demons are treated as being descended from either the Infernal's Caste or Favoured Yozi (should her Favoured/Caste Yozis change, she may alter her selection), with herself as the sole progenitor.
 
SwiftRosenthal said:
I didn't even think about that. Is there a charm that lets us swim through the ground too? Transcendent Desert Creature should allow us to breathe in space, so I'm not worried about the fourth medium. If hard vacuum doesn't count as a Place of Desolation...

(Speaking of which, the QM has completely forgotten about Withered Soul Wastes. Brockton Bay is "spiritually desolate" as fuck.)
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Haven't forgotten. Already discussed. Cece is tied for the hardest nope on the nope for now list with Hegra. And Oramus. Who is an egg.
 
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veekie said:
Uh, she already has all that except for Tragic Love Amusement.

She's a Defiler, so she's a Tinker in her own right.

@Thief of Words
Might want to implement priority voting for the Patron vote I think?
Would help reduce the effect of the final vote being between "I don't want Adorjan"(plus minority group who wanted Cecelyne), and "I don't want Cecelyne"(plus minority group who wanted Adorjan), and give the alternate, permitted Yozis a better chance.

Granted, I got a big chunk of personal interest involved since my top two favorites for patrons are already eliminated, but Kimbery and Isidoros have good odds yet if we don't fall into an "Anything But X" trap.
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Priority voting works...how exactly?
 
Thief of Words said:
Priority voting works...how exactly?
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Instead of putting an X between the brackets, you rank the items like so:

[ 1] Thing you want most
[ 2]
...
[ 9]
[ 10] Thing you like least

You can leave out the things that you don't like at all. NetTally will automatically decipher the votes and tally them according to a choice of a few different methods, including Ranked IRV and Shulze Condorcet. See the current voting round in the chargen of this other Exalted quest for an example (edit: of how it can be combined with task voting for unrelated votes in the same round).

(The spaces are there so this post won't interfere with the current voting cycle.)
 
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Oh my. So remember how I talked about using Tragic Love Amusement with Kimbery's Beloved/Reviled mechanic for fun and profit? Hoo boy.

BITTER BLACKNESS WEPT
Cost: — (+1 Limit); Mins: Kimbery 0, Essence 4; Type: Permanent
Keywords: Native, Obvious, Poison, Shaping
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: Great Mother's Tears, Intolerable Burning Truths (Trust Is Naive, Never Forgive)
Kimbery is the most charitable of all the Primordials, willing to give and give to those she loves; and she loves everyone. Except, of course, for those who have betrayed her. Or insulted her. Or failed her. Or ignored her. Or spurned her. Or those poor fools who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. In any case, she reacts to this mockery of her good nature by sobbing black tears of venomous tar that mark oil-spill trails across her oceanous form, seeking the one who would so malign their Great Mother.

Whenever one of the Infernal's beloved characters becomes reviled, she may immediately gain a single point of Limit in order to distil her anguish into a dreadful poison, one that wracks its recipients with the all the mad agonies of the demon sea. This poison is identical to the poison lacquer created by her Spiteful Sea Tincture, with the exception that its damage category is increased by one stage (from bashing to lethal, or from lethal to aggravated), its toxicity gains the L tag, and the penalty it inflicts is increased by (Essence). The Infernal may only hold this black tear venom for one former beloved at a time. While she carries a dose of this venom, she cannot lose points of Limit through any means but Limit Break.

Black tear venom is not injected in the same way as poison lacquer. Instead, when the Infernal rolls Join Battle against her former beloved, she may allow the venom to rise to the surface of her veins, marking them an unhealthy (and Obvious) tattoo-black as she weeps tarry tears. For the rest of that scene, she can freely imbue any of her attacks (including those made through Ichor Flux Tendrils) with this venom, though it has no effect on any character but the former beloved.

Kimbery refuses to allow traitors to escape their fate. Black tear venom ignores non-magical protection from or treatment of Poison effects. Permanent immunity to the venom is impossible to acquire, and black tear venom cannot be generated by any means other than this Charm. The venom is simultaneously a Poison and a Shaping effect, decaying the target's very right to exist. Both keywords must be negated for the venom to be stopped.

At the end of the scene in which the Infernal allowed her black tear venom to rise to the surface, the blackness fades from her veins and her tears dry and crumble. The venom is cleared from her system, and she loses all intimacies toward the former beloved character, whether or not they are dead.

At Essence 5+, the Infernal may transfer their black tear venom with a Touch to a willing character they have imbued with Fathomless Poison Haven, allowing their beloved agents to enact vengeance in their place. Should the agent lose the benefits of Fathomless Poison Haven while still carrying the venom, they immediately suffer its effects as though they were the former beloved, collapsing in agony as their flesh dries and crumbles, revealing the liquefying black flesh beneath. Such is the capriciousness of Kimbery. If the agent in question is a demon who is then turned into a Hellforged weapon, it retains the black tear venom as an innate property imbuing any attack made with it (though it still only harms the former beloved).
I wonder what would happen if we did this to an Endbringer ~
 
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