TheLastOne
Person of impeccable tastes (for destruction)
M-R-L was a Dawn. All Solar's are awful, in the classic sense of the word. They are things of such miracle and awe that they destroy you if you get to close.Harish said:Twilight not Zenith
Memoirs of a Human Flashlight [Exalted/Worm]
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Solars do. Eagle-Wing Style.Yog said:
TheLastOne
Person of impeccable tastes (for destruction)
There are bureaucracy charms to make the whole bureaucracy more efficient and less corrupt. They aren't as good as the Sidereal anti-corruption charms, or for that matter the SHLiHN charms for the morally bankrupt, but they still rock hard.Auks said:
Edit for clarity:
Having people dump their paperwork on her would be organizational corruption, if of a minor sort.
Golden Lark
The First Fiction User
Sagacious Reading of Intent
It's in Linguistics.
In a nutshell, it lets you figure out why something is written the way it is, or why someone said something to you.
It can also instantly no-sell social attacks: that is, if someone says/writes something to you with the express purpose of getting you to react in a particular fashion or respond in some exact way, you are pinged and realize it, which shuts down the attack.
It's in Linguistics.
In a nutshell, it lets you figure out why something is written the way it is, or why someone said something to you.
It can also instantly no-sell social attacks: that is, if someone says/writes something to you with the express purpose of getting you to react in a particular fashion or respond in some exact way, you are pinged and realize it, which shuts down the attack.
Welp, Tattletales gonna be hating that shit.Golden Lark said:
Does it extend to artificial languages? Like... Machine languages? Like code?Golden Lark said:
Or, say, cyphers? Because from the description, it would give you the result of "this thing is written in gibberish because it is encoded using XXX algorithm with YYY encryption key".
Undead-Spaceman
Skeleton Supreme
- Location
- Somewhere in Orbit
Or more likely, "This thing is written in gibberish because the guy who wrote it doesn't want you to read it."Yog said:
There is only one lore charm that does that and it has some serious drawbacks. It only give only a 15 mote pool to the target and requires Taylor to commit the same amount of essence to maintaining the buff, if she stops the powers go away.Hoyr said:
Nope, Scroll of the Monk adds Soul-Enlightening Beneficence. Lore 4/Essence 3. Instant Duration, Short Version: Target mortal trades a permanent dot of will power for a dot of essence. Does knock the target out for (5-stam) hours and only works on non-essence users.cyberswordsmen said:
Edit: It also give the target the same essence affinity as the user (There is a version for each exalt type).
Golden Lark
The First Fiction User
There is no hard character sheet just yet, and 'favored' abilities are only REALLY going to matter story wise as far as those moments where she goes from novice to master in seven seconds. Mind you, this only applies to favored/caste stuff she already has at least one dot in.
As it stands, I will go over the following points as things to keep in mind:
1. A single dot in a skill is basics. The absolute minimum needed to fumble through doing a thing.
2. Modern America and its public education system does cover a wide swath of various topics. Add on top of this popular media.
Taylor easily has at least one dot in Medicine, Socialize, Bureaucracy, Investigation, Linguistics, Athletics, Stealth, Larceny, Awareness, Dodge, Integrity, Melee, Throw, and [Firearms].
Yes, even without ever having touched a gun in her life, I am giving her a dot in firearms from watching TV and movies. My justification? My buddy invited me over to try out his new gun, first one he'd ever purchased. Without so much as a word of instruction he handed me the unloaded weapon and a box of ammunition. I ejected the empty magazine, filled it up with bullets, reloaded the magazine, donned some noise headgear, thumbed the safety and took a bunch of potshots at some crap in his backyard. I had never before touched a firearm. Crap I had seen reminded me of stance, proper holding of the weapon, and my accuracy increased as I went through the rounds. By no means was I a sharpshooter or anything, but it's hard to NOT pick up the basics in America.
I'm sure someone will note the crossbow-esque rules regarding their lack of a -2 penalty to untrained users. That can easily also apply. As I was definitely not merely using physical dexterity to hit, I maintain my justification of one dot via media training alone.
The same applies for Melee. Get in a handful of pool-noodle fights as a kid, and you are suddenly very much aware of the opportunities and limitations of holding a long thing, hitting someone with it, and preventing them from hitting you with theirs. As John Snow said, "Stick 'em with the pointy end." That single dot can just be figuring out how to throw your weight behind a blow, or how to swing a baseball bat properly.
I will also say Taylor favors Conviction. This means her Limit Break will be related; I have not decided on it yet. It will most likely be custom, and of a 'see hated thing, deal with hated thing' variety. The scope is still to be determined.
Finally, a note, as Shyft mentioned to me:
I gave Taylor Sagacious Reading of Intent.
This does NOT mean she uses it every single time anyone says anything to her. She has to be confused by some communication, or suspicious she is being manipulated. Finally, there are plenty of obvious social attacks that SEEM like they are trying to get her to do one thing, but for hidden reasons. She will bow to peer pressure, etc, like she normally would if she has no reason to suspect anything more sinister.
Long story short: don't cry that she's not spamming her new toy every time someone manipulates her. First she has to realize the charm can DO that, then she has to actually consciously invoke it.
As it stands, I will go over the following points as things to keep in mind:
1. A single dot in a skill is basics. The absolute minimum needed to fumble through doing a thing.
2. Modern America and its public education system does cover a wide swath of various topics. Add on top of this popular media.
Taylor easily has at least one dot in Medicine, Socialize, Bureaucracy, Investigation, Linguistics, Athletics, Stealth, Larceny, Awareness, Dodge, Integrity, Melee, Throw, and [Firearms].
Yes, even without ever having touched a gun in her life, I am giving her a dot in firearms from watching TV and movies. My justification? My buddy invited me over to try out his new gun, first one he'd ever purchased. Without so much as a word of instruction he handed me the unloaded weapon and a box of ammunition. I ejected the empty magazine, filled it up with bullets, reloaded the magazine, donned some noise headgear, thumbed the safety and took a bunch of potshots at some crap in his backyard. I had never before touched a firearm. Crap I had seen reminded me of stance, proper holding of the weapon, and my accuracy increased as I went through the rounds. By no means was I a sharpshooter or anything, but it's hard to NOT pick up the basics in America.
I'm sure someone will note the crossbow-esque rules regarding their lack of a -2 penalty to untrained users. That can easily also apply. As I was definitely not merely using physical dexterity to hit, I maintain my justification of one dot via media training alone.
The same applies for Melee. Get in a handful of pool-noodle fights as a kid, and you are suddenly very much aware of the opportunities and limitations of holding a long thing, hitting someone with it, and preventing them from hitting you with theirs. As John Snow said, "Stick 'em with the pointy end." That single dot can just be figuring out how to throw your weight behind a blow, or how to swing a baseball bat properly.
I will also say Taylor favors Conviction. This means her Limit Break will be related; I have not decided on it yet. It will most likely be custom, and of a 'see hated thing, deal with hated thing' variety. The scope is still to be determined.
Finally, a note, as Shyft mentioned to me:
I gave Taylor Sagacious Reading of Intent.
This does NOT mean she uses it every single time anyone says anything to her. She has to be confused by some communication, or suspicious she is being manipulated. Finally, there are plenty of obvious social attacks that SEEM like they are trying to get her to do one thing, but for hidden reasons. She will bow to peer pressure, etc, like she normally would if she has no reason to suspect anything more sinister.
Long story short: don't cry that she's not spamming her new toy every time someone manipulates her. First she has to realize the charm can DO that, then she has to actually consciously invoke it.
There is an upgrade to it that reduces the cost to 1 mote.cyberswordsmen said:
There will be a borderline civil war in the PRT for who gets her. Paperwork powers. Less paperwork. Yess. . .Rask said:Once it gets out she has paperwork-related Thinker powers, everyone's going to dump their's on her. You are trying to one-up the Fiend and the Abyssal for things going wrong, aren't you?
What is creepy about Solars is that they can be so glorious that you cannot help but love and adore them even as they do horrific things to you. Just look at Desus. Yes, he did horrific stuff. But I don't see it as because he didn't care about doing the right thing. I see it as he slowly became a victim of the bubble created by his own charisma. Of course whatever he was doing was right. He was Desus.
It should get very easy for the PRT to start getting drawn into Taylors pace, even with her being young.
It should get very easy for the PRT to start getting drawn into Taylors pace, even with her being young.
NSMS
Probably evil, unfortunately.
- Location
- A rapidly widening tear in the fabric of reality
Appropriate, too- when her anima flares to full display, everyone for miles around can see it.Jefepato said:
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Hah
Fun thing about being a Solar--even their Limit Breaks will probably be tolerated, given how people like Alexandria are not only tolerated, but rise to positions of great power.
And "Usually a decent person, occasionally has moments of "FOR THE GREATER GOOD"... Usually with good reason", is... Honestly a pretty tolerable foible, especially given the prepostrous amount of Good a Solar can do.
Yeah, this is Worm, which means "Things are only good to set you up for more Bad", but a Solar is much better equipped then most other Exalts to deal with the bad. Considering that Abyssals and Infernals both have plot-enforced pathos going for them, while for Solars, the whole theme is "Your power has Great Consequences, for good or ill--use it wisely"
Fun thing about being a Solar--even their Limit Breaks will probably be tolerated, given how people like Alexandria are not only tolerated, but rise to positions of great power.
And "Usually a decent person, occasionally has moments of "FOR THE GREATER GOOD"... Usually with good reason", is... Honestly a pretty tolerable foible, especially given the prepostrous amount of Good a Solar can do.
Yeah, this is Worm, which means "Things are only good to set you up for more Bad", but a Solar is much better equipped then most other Exalts to deal with the bad. Considering that Abyssals and Infernals both have plot-enforced pathos going for them, while for Solars, the whole theme is "Your power has Great Consequences, for good or ill--use it wisely"
Delusionist
Seeker of Truth
- Location
- Land of the Fruits and Nuts
All it will take is a single step into the Socialize charms to render Taylor a political bulldozer. Taboo Inflicting Diatribe is hilariously broken.Robotninja said:
Sooner or later Taylor will wind up as the Simurgh's nemesis due to being able to disrupt her plans.
NSMS
Probably evil, unfortunately.
- Location
- A rapidly widening tear in the fabric of reality
Not too soon, actually; I wouldn't bet on Taylor being capable of actually killing an Endbringer in a fight until she's hit essence 4 at least, and more likely 5. Plus, it'll take time for her to develop her most of her skills to a high level, and to learn more than low-level charms.tahu1809 said:
Hopefully never? Becuase first off that would be horrible wank, and second off, she'd be much better off by social-fu-ing em. Imagine that, sending those things back at their makertahu1809 said:
NSMS
Probably evil, unfortunately.
- Location
- A rapidly widening tear in the fabric of reality
Even with that, her being essence 4 is unlikely. From the RPG perspective: not an economical use of points. From the story perspective: too much power too early, and your essence rating is analogous to the strength of your connection to the energies of the world, and possibly your level of enlightenment/how well you understand and are in tune with your power as well (the 'connection to the world' explanation is the only one of these I can find as explicitly stated with only a quick check of the 2nd ed. book, but I remember coming across the other descriptions somewhere- just not sure if it was in canon material or not). So from a story perspective, I seriously doubt she'd qualify for essence 4 right off the bat (let alone essence 5).Essex said:
The pattern spider thing isn't actually canon, just fanon. Admittedly funny fanon though.Essex said:
NSMS
Probably evil, unfortunately.
- Location
- A rapidly widening tear in the fabric of reality
On Artifacts: it's been pointed out that with the right Craft skills and Charms Taylor could pretty much mimic a low-to-moderate ranked Tinker when it comes to making equipment (I think the reasons that Solars in creation don't do this were briefly mentioned earlier?), and with what we've seen it do in canon, Tinker-built equipment could definitely be made to a high enough quality for her to use it effectively. So she should be able to get reasonable gear for herself if she tries- and if she doesn't, a Solar's hardly a push-over even unarmed.
Lack of motes could be a problem, yes, but there are ways around them. Rely primarily on simple skill, use mote-efficient charms over flashy ones, etc. Normal baby Solars do okay with low essence scores, after all. As for regaining motes, Heathstones and cult are useful, but they only really matter over extended periods- hours at least. Most fights take far less time than that, and repeated, protracted combat isn't hugely common in Wormverse (it does happen, but singular encounters are far more common).
Honestly? I wouldn't have a problem with her being essence 4- it'd stretch my SoD a bit, due to the lack of any IC reason for her to have already developed that level of awareness/connection/refinement with her essence, but not to the breaking point- but essence 5 is too much.
Lack of motes could be a problem, yes, but there are ways around them. Rely primarily on simple skill, use mote-efficient charms over flashy ones, etc. Normal baby Solars do okay with low essence scores, after all. As for regaining motes, Heathstones and cult are useful, but they only really matter over extended periods- hours at least. Most fights take far less time than that, and repeated, protracted combat isn't hugely common in Wormverse (it does happen, but singular encounters are far more common).
Honestly? I wouldn't have a problem with her being essence 4- it'd stretch my SoD a bit, due to the lack of any IC reason for her to have already developed that level of awareness/connection/refinement with her essence, but not to the breaking point- but essence 5 is too much.
You'd think I'd get less annoyed by this, but I just don't.Essex said:
Places Stunting works: Creation(and Yu-Shan), Malfeas, The Wyld, Autochthonia, The Underworld.
Places the Pattern Spiders are present: Creation(and Yu-Shan).