Grounders10
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They can, I think, but I have to ask why you have that impression of poor Sung Ya?
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Saw a couple lines that needed corrections.
All in all another great chapter Grounder.
Should be murmur.
It felt like it was missing a word.
All in all another great chapter Grounder.
I'm curious too. I thought it was the young lady developing a fancy to our dear Castellan.
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They can not actually. Arcane Fate causes all to forget them except the most powerful of wills, ie there's a (Wits + Integrity) roll just to remember them after they leave a scene. Resplendent Destinies can be used when they need to be remembered, but these amount to The Third Washer Woman By the River, That Guy At The Bar, The Informant (that pointed the way to the quest hook). Take for example The Green Lady, everyone involved with her knows her as The Green Lady, but who is she? To each person she's something different.
The Sid can be that 4th Cousin From The Side Of The Family No One Cares About, but not Your Daughter.
The Point of Resplendent Destinies is that they are premade cover identities that in their simplicity don't make the Pattern Spiders job harder.
Edit: Though Ceasing to Exist Approach might work temporarily.
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Oh thanks I haven't noticed that, still when would they meet a triple digit age or essence 6+ Exalted?
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Grounders10
Nine-Tailed Kitsune
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Triple digit, as in over a century old? Not until the next book at the earliest, though it should be noted that the Sidereals are all over that age. Essence 6+ is, in 3e, basically unheard of. 3e makes the distinction that the training times and everything listen in the book assumes that the player characters aren't just solars, they're the prodigies among solars. Those learning rates are the best any solar ever could expect to achieve, but most fall well under in at least a few categories. Like it says 1 day for learning the first dot of a caste skill. For a player this is true. For an NPC this might be a day and a half despite it being their Caste skill. Or two days even. Its still stupid fast and well beyond what a mortal could manage, but its slower. In fact many of them never manage to master enough of their power to push their essence higher than 4, and that assumes many many years or centuries of training. Reaching 5? Your one of the luminaries amongst the Exalted. The player characters can manage that in decades or, in the worst case, a century or two. Reaching 6 is possible. Getting higher than that is possible. The issue is you have to not only be a luminary of the exalted, you have to live for millennia and most Exalted, even the best ones, usually die well before.
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Try as I might, I can't pick which of the tails is the happy one...
There's also well...you have to be doing things to get that XP to spend on upping your essence. If you just sat around being fed grapes by all the people in your decadent court, your unlikely to grow...well maybe apart from skills and charms to increase your decadent lifestyle...while the Solar who went down into hell/into the Wyld to wrestle with Demons and the Princes of Chaos was still growing.
Or at least that's how I had it explained to me...
Nice chapter Grounders! So we finished Act 1 did we? Nice. Will be interesting where you take this.
Or at least that's how I had it explained to me...
Nice chapter Grounders! So we finished Act 1 did we? Nice. Will be interesting where you take this.
Grounders10
Nine-Tailed Kitsune
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Thank you for the proofreading.
Thank you for that clarification. Its been months since I've needed to reference the sidereal books.
Well, one person gets it. *Satisfied Kitsune*
Well, yes that as well. Act one can basically be summed up as the first twenty-four hours. Act Two will be settling in and preparing for war. Act Three will be the war.
Also does anyone have anything to say about the other new characters? We'll probably see Guon Fan again, and we'll definitely see Sung Ya and family. Also bears. The bears were fun.
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Gekkou_Yoko
Three-Tailed Kitsune
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- In my dreams, outside my mind.
In re-reading the chapter, I noticed a bit of a possible "issue" in the mystery type 73 "honda" I think you meant this? Type 73 Armored Personnel Carrier - Wikipedia It's a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The other Type 73 is basicaly a Jeap and is also made by Mitsubishi, and wouldn't cause them any fear of taking it over a bridge that size, it's only a half ton... and with worries about weight I'm fairly sure it is the Type 73 APC. Either way neither are not Honda's... I kinda love looking things up that get mentioned in books and found that Honda has no type-73's or really any military vehicles... they Do however make jet parts...or did. Not to sure on that one... *gives the Kitsune a scritch and heads off to finish the re-read* Edit, fixed a typo
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Grounders10
Nine-Tailed Kitsune
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There are 4 Type 73s. One is an APC, one is a Jeep, and two are heavier than 1 1/2 ton trucks.
Edit: On review the Honda Type 73 is definitely a typo. I meant and Toyota Type 73.
I update the ff.net one a bit after this one since I like to have a few people point out mistakes here. Its easier to update this one than it is to fix the ff.net one.
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Yes a century, since I'm eager to read on how would you portray a century old or essence 6+ exalteds compared to the normal mooks that Ranma and Co normally fights, but didn't Lunars have Elder Lunars who are at minimum of essence 6 by now?
This is Exalted 3rd Edition. So far there is nothing about Eldar Lunar's that has published and its distinct from 2nd Edition. There are Elder Lunar's but they aren't automatically Essence 6 in this. There probably are Essence 6 Lunar's but well...as Grounders aid, they are the luminent prodigies of the Exalted Host. Elder Charms haven't been written and are usually crap anyway, and its boring to read about.
More to the point, Ranma and Ryouga at least are used to throwing down with Ku Lon and Happosai (or rather getting their shit kicked in), so they already have a healthy respect for people with tripple digit ages. I think the story can last a while before you set up our newly minted exalted against the movers and shakers of Creation.
More to the point, Ranma and Ryouga at least are used to throwing down with Ku Lon and Happosai (or rather getting their shit kicked in), so they already have a healthy respect for people with tripple digit ages. I think the story can last a while before you set up our newly minted exalted against the movers and shakers of Creation.
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Three-Tailed Kitsune
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That explains So Much on why I couldn't find it! :lol Glad the missunderstanding was cleared up. Sorry if I had sounded rude, I wasn't intending it to read that way... It was meant to read as confused. >.<; looking back and re-reading it, my post came off as more than a little condesending... Sorry about that, text doesn't really let confusion through very well outside of books x.x; and I have no tallent for writing.
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I think if he ask her/him formally, Ranma wouldn't refuse. He/she might tease him however.
It is true that Ryoga likes to see Ranma struggling after the problems he gets (generally because of ranma in the first place). But he is also drawn into it each time... And Murphy wouldn't let pass the fact that Ryoga is a Lunar to Ranma Solar exaltation...
I can't remember if the Palace is a Manse or not. Would explain much things... Still if Setarial is attuned to it... Strange... I smell a story there.
It is part of Ranma history, but i always disliked it: The damn seppuku contract... A sign that the Saotome, in general, were rather... insane on a few points.
Setarial has a good reaction compared to the Ranma cast. She isn't pushing it and is probably waiting for more explanation.
However, Ranma is going to be flabbergasted when she'll heard about the Dynasts average life...
Holy shit...
Queen Merela... the Solar Queen...
Are you foreshadowing that Ranma bears her exaltation..?!
And that Setarial was a good friend of her? Perhaps even a consort once?!
Russian bears as air elementals... There's a joke there, right?:lol
Is that... a prototype of the Infinite Resplendence Amulet..?
Oh so true... The Realm cared only about itself and never for its people. The one true strength of Ranma: He cares, even of his enemies. That's something a Queen should have, right?
And another joining the "Harem" of Ranma, this time as a woman... He is going to run for the hills when he'll learn about the sexual views of a Realm satrapy.:lol
Aaaah... Yes, yes! Kodachi as a friend. A former enemy redeemed and showing what friendship should be and not what Ranma experienced so far.
Mortals in the Exalted setting... "It's unfair!"
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The thing is they survived that long by heading out into the Wyld and punching, clawing, and biting Raksha for a living, so most if not all of the charms they've developed would be specialized in that direction.
Grounders10
Nine-Tailed Kitsune
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Friend, yes. Consort, no.And that Setarial was a good friend of her? Perhaps even a consort once?!
I prefer 'Vaguely Eastern European'.
What Harem? *Innocent Kitsune Eyes*
The Palace is a Manse, however it does not produce a hearthstone. Its entire focus is on the comfort of its inhabitants. The Temple... might be one.I can't remember if the Palace is a Manse or not. Would explain much things... Still if Setarial is attuned to it... Strange... I smell a story there.
Yes I'll need to fix that.
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If Ranma is worrying that the arrest of Bengtsson would be considered "arresting your opposition" - make the trial public (or as public as it can be), with the accused being able to speak in his defense, and perhaps with someone speaking on their behalf (like the advocate).
Though I don't know what is Japanese view on secret courts...
Though I don't know what is Japanese view on secret courts...
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Wow... You're asking some very difficult questions here...
While Ranma did arrest his opposition, he didn't kill them like many dynasts would have (i am pointing the view of an outsider not what Ranma is thinking). And i think he's going to play on the angle of any crimes not related to the overhtrow of his position, that is the kidnapping of Sun Ya mainly.
As for the son of Bengtsson, Ranma did ask them to disperse first before non-lethaly dispatched them. When the soldiers stories of his first battle in Greyfall and this will reach the popuation, his star will rise again. Ranma doesn't use honeyed words, like the immaculate warned the people against the anathema, but actions that speak more loudly and effectively.
And all this is without taking into account her unconscious use of Solar charisma.
The Public trial is no go because they need to prepare Greyfall against invasion rapidly. Ranma would certainly call all the leaders to assist such a trial, but i can see him waiting for the end of the invasion crisis.
As for the Japanese view... Perhaps are you refering to the old laws (samurai era) when the rank and sincerity of the accuser and defender were the decisive factor in a trial?
Until 1868, the Japanese criminal justice system was controlled mainly by the local daimyos. Public officials, not laws, guided and constrained people to conform to moral norms. In accordance with the confucian ideal, officials were to serve as models of behavior.
The people, who lacked rights and had only obligations, were expected to obey. Such laws as did exist were transmitted through local military officials in the form of local domain laws. Specific enforcement varied from domain to domain, and no formal legal codes existed. Justice was generally harsh, and severity depended upon one's status. Family and neighbors could share blame for an offender's guilt: whole families and villages could be flogged or put to death for one member's transgression.
Modern Japanese law: Three basic features of Japan's system of criminal justice characterize its operations.
First, the institutions (police, government prosecutors' offices, courts, and correctional organisms) maintain close and cooperative relations with each other, consulting frequently on how best to accomplish the shared goals of limiting and controlling crime.
Second, citizens are encouraged to assist in maintaining public order, and they participate extensively in crime prevention campaigns, apprehension of suspects, and rehabilitation programs.
Finally, officials who administer criminal justice are allowed considerable discretion in dealing with offenders.
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The bears were fun! I also liked Sung Ya's surprise-wisdom-from-apparent-living-scenery thing.
Guon Fan seemed to come out of nowhere, but since she's apparently from the Guild that's to be expected. They do rather strive to get everywhere, and a regime change away from the guys who kicked you out is a good opportunity. Someone probably ships it based on that "loosening up" line.
So, what I'm reading here is that government officials can make up bullshit to charge random people whose faces they don't like with and it will stick.First, the institutions (police, government prosecutors' offices, courts, and correctional organisms) maintain close and cooperative relations with each other, consulting frequently on how best to accomplish the shared goals of limiting and controlling crime.
Second, citizens are encouraged to assist in maintaining public order, and they participate extensively in crime prevention campaigns, apprehension of suspects, and rehabilitation programs.
Finally, officials who administer criminal justice are allowed considerable discretion in dealing with offenders.
Grounders10
Nine-Tailed Kitsune
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She is just very naturally quiet, taking after her mother.
Correction: Guon Fan is from the local Shipwrights Guild, not 'The Guild' as in the international organization. She has ties, most people who deal with trade in creation have at least a few, but she isn't part of them. She was, until recently, the head of the Shipwrights Guild that builds the ships for which Greyfalls is famous. That is a major part of the economy since their economic cycle is: Build ship, stock with trade goods bound for the Blessed Isle, sail ship to Port Calin, transfer goods to Realm ship, Sell barely used ship, board Realm ship bound for Greyfalls, buy more stuff on the way back, load onto new ship and repeat. Seriously, that's their economic cycle. Its demented as far as I'm concerned, but that's where the bulk of their money came from. Of course that's going to change soon soooo...
Anyway she got ousted after a dispute with some influential Dynasts and the moment the Realm bugged out the Shipwrights Guild informed her she had her job back. She's popular in the Shipwrights Guild... For obvious reasons probably.
jwolfe_beta
Semi Genre-Savvy Overlord
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Yeah revenue and the economy is something the new Castellan and her cabinet are going to have to look at when they drive off the incoming army.
Because it sounds like Greyfalls is a major trading hub and with all the upheavals, a lot of said trade is getting disrupted. And unfortunately the 'canon' blurb that I found about Greyfalls doesn't really get into the specifics of what they locally produce versus importing:
In fact the closest I found to actual import/export data was on the website for a campaign someone is/was running so no idea is this is canon or just made up:
Greyfalls Economy Under The Realm
Grounders10
Nine-Tailed Kitsune
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The Exports are correct, most of the Major resources are also correct, but Greyfalls was intentionally created in a location that is very poor in mineral wealth. Its also scrubland, or it was before the Realm got finished with their dozens of Canals and irrigation ditches.
Here's an excerpt from The Compass of Terrestrial Directions Vol I-The Scavenger Lands:
Notably I seem to have misremembered some of this. That is why we have reference books *Sheepish Kitsune*
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Fortunately since it is in such a prime spot for trading, I imagine that a lot of groups will keep trading with and/or via Greyfalls.