[OOC] Exalted: Saga of the Rivers

destroyah87

Ok, since the game Arcanis has set up (Over Here) has reached critical mass I figured I'd set this up to catch any who want to play but cannot. just pipe up and we'll see what happens.

Any exalt types are fair game, although I'll be limiting the number of players to 5-6 max.

IC Thread

Graycoin

Well, I'm not 100 percent sure what I'm agreeing to here, given I'm just now getting a handle on what the heck I'm building in terms of a character, but if it'll make things run smoother, sure, I'll work with it.

Speaking of that, still working on a character. Its kind of slow going between trying to learn how to make a sheet, figuring out all these resplendent whathaveyous and astrological malarky, not to mention making a character for the first time. Hopefully the game doesn't start for a couple of days at least. Lemme know if you need to know anything terribly specific though, dest.

Last Son

Yay, charm questions.

1) Ok guys, tell me what the downside is in the charm "Iron Skin Concentration". Because as I'm reading it if I have a Stamina+Resistance of 9 I could pretty much shrug off any blow made by someone with an essence of 3 or less for just two motes, and even if I somehow botch it I still get 4A/8L/8B soak.

2) I know a flurry is a single 'action', but will all of the strikes within a flurry count as a single 'attack'? Specifically can I perform a flurry of 2+ attacks while using the charm 'Hungry Tiger Strike' and double the successes on all of the hits for just 1mote? Or would I need to spend motes equal to the number of strikes in the flurry?

ArcanisTheImpotent

no, each attack within a flurry is a separate attack.

ArcanisTheImpotent

also, something to note: Lion is probably going to seek out different styles of martial arts as a means of gaining power. Since he is an Eclipse caste, any charm short of Sidereal Martial arts is open to him

basically finding some way to learn a few of the Immaculate styles would be pretty awesome

destroyah87

Last Son wrote: »

Yay, charm questions.

1) Ok guys, tell me what the downside is in the charm "Iron Skin Concentration". Because as I'm reading it if I have a Stamina+Resistance of 9 I could pretty much shrug off any blow made by someone with an essence of 3 or less for just two motes, and even if I somehow botch it I still get 4A/8L/8B soak.

2) I know a flurry is a single 'action', but will all of the strikes within a flurry count as a single 'attack'? Specifically can I perform a flurry of 2+ attacks while using the charm 'Hungry Tiger Strike' and double the successes on all of the hits for just 1mote? Or would I need to spend motes equal to the number of strikes in the flurry?

1)There really is no downside to Iron Skin Concentration. It's a decent defensive charm, just like a lot of dodge and some melee charms, its purpose is to give characters a "No you don't button." in regards to attacks and damage.

2) Arcanis got it right.

ArcanisTheImpotent

Iron Skin is decent, but it's pretty much a poor man's Perfect Defense.

Papillon

Speaking of perfect defenses... I'm updating my character sheet for the flaw for SSE (oops).

Last Son

Ok, I've decided on a new character. Zenaar, Zenith caste, villager turned war-priest.

Background part one(Shorter this time, I swear!)

Spoiler:

Zenaar(Zen-are) was born under a different name, since discarded, in a farming village south of Nexus on the western bank of the Gray River. When he was 18 years of age the village had begun to grow larger than their fields could support and it was decided that a number of families would move and settle into a nearby-untouched valley. Zenaar’s family was one of the ones whom volunteered to go.

At first things seemed to be going well, the soil was fertile and there was numerous trees for lumber with which to build houses. But the valley was under the watch of a pack of Dogs of the Unbroken Earth and once the first homes were constructed they made their presence known, once night fell the spirits attacked the village, tore down their buildings, and rent their flesh with claws. Less than a dozen of the villagers survived, scattered in all directions.

Zenaar scrambled up the hills uncasing the valley stopping, exhausted, only once he reached the summit and realized the spirits were no longer chasing him. Filled with feelings of sorrow and rage he screamed at the heavens and surrounding stones, demanding answers for why the night’s events had occurred. He was shocked when he received a response.

A vision of the Unconquered Sun appeared to him and told him of a time when spirits were held in check by great leaders, a time of peace for the citizens of creation, and how those times could once again come about. Zenaar sat entranced as the words of the God and when the vision faded he found that the sun had risen to its peak in the sky and a new vitality flowed through him.

Destroyah, would you permit me to use a custom Hearthstone? I wanted to use an Earth-stone but the only ones in the book are level 4/5. I was thinking of the following.

Gem of Flint(●● or ●●●)
This hearthstone is a rough black sphere. While he bears the stone the character's skin hardens, adopting the characteristics of Flint. The wielder gains +2L/+4B soak, this has no effect on aggravated damage.

Also, are we using the stats from the Armorium or the rulebook?

Brody

So I haven't actually played any Exalted, but I do have a little bit of experience with WW systems, and I intend on picking up books of this series(no idea which ones I should get). As far as what I would most likely roll, prolly Solar or Abyssal knight type character. Light, Medium, or no armor. Nodachi with most of my "Exaltedness" going into being super-fast strong with it if that is the way it works.

destroyah87

That sounds fine Brody, for books, Exalted 2nd edition will be sufficient if you want to play a Solar (or an abyssal for that matter, just give the charms spooky names instead of heroic). There is an Abyssal sourcebook in the works but it hasn't been released yet. (I think April of this year)

Last Son, for a Manse 2 stone it will grant: +1L/+2B. A Manse 3 will give +2L/+3B. I think that's more in line with the power of the standard stones in the book.

Graycoin

This isn't going to start really soon, is it?

I really really want to play a Sidereal especially since it seems like there's plenty of Solars for the main cast, but trying to absorb all the rules involved in playing them makes my brain vomit like its been on a roller coaster one too many times. Its slow going.

destroyah87

The game will start when all characters are finished (or mostly so), just so long as you don't take more then a month, I wouldn't worry about it. :wink:

ArcanisTheImpotent

me, on the other hand, I am much less forgiving; if you don't finish soon I will dispatch ninja teams

Brody

Well, with the likely hood of WoW being down all day, and having my wisdom teeth removed in about an hour, I'll make a hearty attempt at grabbing at least the core rule-book and start throwing my character together.

To make things faster once I do get the book though, is my character idea sound as far as game mechanics are concerned. If any of you have seen Fate/Stay Night, I'm thinking of a character kind of like Assassin, or at least being able to use Tsubame Gaeshi type attacks.

destroyah87

The idea's fine.

As long as the effects are the same as the charms in the book, you can describe it however you wish. Matter of fact, Awesome descriptions are encourged, The game has rules for giving bonus dice for good description. 'S called Stunting.

ArcanisTheImpotent

also, if I haven't made it clear: if you have any character questions/need help, I'm on AIM or MSN and always willing to chit-chat and give help

Last Son

Full background has been completed.

Spoiler:

Zenaar(Zen-are) was born under a different name, since discarded, in a farming village south of Nexus on the western bank of the Gray River. When he was 20 years of age the village had begun to grow larger than their fields could support and it was decided that a number of families would move and settle into a nearby-untouched valley. Zenaar’s family was one of the ones whom volunteered to go.

At first things seemed to be going well, the soil was fertile and there was numerous trees for lumber with which to build houses. But the valley was under the watch of a pack of Dogs of the Unbroken Earth and once the first homes were constructed they made their presence known, once night fell the spirits attacked the village, tore down their buildings, and rent their flesh with claws. Less than a dozen of the villagers survived, scattered in all directions.

Zenaar scrambled up the hills uncasing the valley stopping, exhausted, only once he reached the summit and realized the spirits were no longer chasing him. Filled with feelings of sorrow and rage he screamed at the heavens and surrounding stones, demanding answers for why the night’s events had occurred. He was shocked when he received a response.

A vision of the Unconquered Sun appeared and spoke to him of a time when spirits were held in check by great leaders, a time of peace for the citizens of creation, and how those times could once again come about. Zenaar sat entranced, listening to the words of the God and when the vision faded he found that the sun had risen to its peak in the sky and a new vitality flowed through him.

Desperate to learn more Zenaar began to wander aimlessly throughout the scavenger lands seeking out scholars or anyone else whom he thought could teach him, he had little luck finding anyone to help however. But when he approached the Marukan mountain range, he began to have strange half-glimpsed dreams. The dreams led him high into the mountains to a cave then far below the surface to the heart of the mountain, the light from his caste-mark leading the way. After several days hiking through the caves he arrived at a door carved of the blackest Onyx.

At first the door resisted his attempt to push it open but after a moment of exertion his caste-mark flared brightly and the door swung open easily on its hinges. Inside he found a large room(50’x50’) carved of black onyx, white onyx bands ran from each corner of the room forming a rough X across the middle of the floor, and swirls of red were visible in the walls. Set into the northern and southern walls was a single door each. Drawn immediately to the center of the room he sat down and meditated on his recent dreams. He meditated in this way for a year and a day, stopping only to sleep and venture to the surface for food.

His head now filled with memories of the first age, explored the other two rooms. In the Southern room he found a shining gold breastplate and a massive hammer under a plaque that read, “May your faith protect you, and your judgment be divine.” In the Northern room he found a Shallow Onyx well, at the bottom of which sat an egg-sized stone which was black with white bands.

Armed with these tools he set forth back into the world. His first destination was the village where he was born and the valley where his family died. Confronting the Dogs of Unbroken Earth that resided there he faced them in battle. When he emerged victorious he made no attempt to kill or enslave them, he only made them swear an oath to allow humans to settle the valley. In exchange the humans would sacrifice 2 cows at the change of every season to the spirits.

When he walked into the village to tell the villager’s of this they were skeptical, remembering the previous attempt to settle the valley. But encouraged by Zenaar some eventually made the decision to move. Zenaar remained with them for three seasons, ensuring that both sides kept their side of the bargain before deciding that he had to move on.

Appearance

Spoiler:

Zenaar is 23 years old and stands 6' 3". He wears a pair of light brown pants and a white shirt under his breastplate. His hair is a dirty-blond color that hangs down to his shoulders and his eyes are a deep green.

Also, are we using the stats from the Armorium or the rulebook?

destroyah87

go ahead and use Armorium stats.

Crovaxan

so i just started reading Arcanis's thread and it was like epic awesomeness. So i'd be intrested in joining if u still have a spot. I'm gonna need a lot of help makin a char tho, like horseshoe level help. Perhaps more.

INeedNoSalt

Lots folks abound to help y' out, Crovaxan.

Crovaxan

alright so assuming i have a spot, anyone that can walk me through char creation through pm or aim/msn?

destroyah87

Ok, so correct me if I'm wrong but so far, it looks like we've got 7 people with characters/espressed interest in this game.

Arcanis- Lion
Last Son- Zenaar
Papillon- Deadly Shadow
Graycoin- (Sidereal Martial Artist)
Brody- (Abyssal)
Crovaxan- ?
lonelyahava- ?

Ok, Seven is the absolute max I'm willing to work with. So any other people are going to have to be turned away.
I'm sorry

INeedNoSalt

Crovaxan wrote: »

alright so assuming i have a spot, anyone that can walk me through char creation through pm or aim/msn?

You can reach me on AIM as Aluminium2518, if you want.

@Brody: There's no recent Abyssals book, so it's a lot of making stuff up and guesswork. Probably wouldn't recommend it if you're unfamiliar with the system.

lonelyahava

I'm making a Full Moon Caste Lunar, ranged specialist, with a backup specialty in Medicine. From the East.

Will be doing her sheet tomorrow night when I get home from work.

Brody

Thats prolly a good idea. I'd be closer to getting my character done, but getting sick after having your wisdom teeth removed is kinda counter to any sort of productiveness.

Plutonium

I'm considering rolling up a character if you need a final slot.

Perhaps the most twinky dawn you've ever seen. I'm talking a sword longer than your body.

destroyah87

Heh, Having your wisdom teath removed is no picnic. I had all four of mine taken out, the actual operation was no big deal, I was asleep for that. The next three days weren't fun though. They hurt and I couldn't eat any good food.

Plutonium, This's kinda full up. I should probably change the title
Sorry about that.

Plutonium

Fine by me, I was just wondering - Let the others have the fun, I'm already in a game.

lonelyahava

OK.. name is Cikala Pahi. Will come up with a 'deed name' for her shortly.... just, wanted to have that documented.... somewhere

Last Son

Whoever wrote the Armorium seems to have a dislike of slow and devastating weapons, blunt weapons in particular. Its making it hard to find a weapon I like the style of but isn't overshadowed by something like the Poleklave.

Rainfall

Last Son wrote: »

Whoever wrote the Armorium seems to have a dislike of slow and devastating weapons, blunt weapons in particular. Its making it hard to find a weapon I like the style of but isn't overshadowed by something like the Poleklave.

Just use the Grand Goremaul from the corebook, then.

Statistically it is the best weapon.

Also, it is a GIANT HAMMER. Which is cool.

ArcanisTheImpotent

see that's what the armorium seeks to avoid

the goremaul is ridiculous, above and beyond any other weapon

Rainfall

See, that's why I dislike the Armorium. Sure, if people aren't looking to twink it balances things out, but for a lot of things it just nerfs them so that nobody wants to use them.

It's a giant giant warhammer made out of the magical materials. Why shouldn't it be statistically just plain better than a Switchklave?

Hell, just compare it to the Grand Daiklave in the Armorium. It does bashing damage equal to the LETHAL damage of the GD, has lower accuracy and a lower rate. Yet they're supposedly the same artifact rating? It doesn't even succeed at producing a balanced set of weapons, since nobody would want to take a Goremaul with those stats.

What the Armorium does succeed at is providing Artifact versions of a lot of the mundane weapons that don't have them, and I heartily approve of that. For example, my Butterfly Fans in the other PbP game. They're statted from the Armorium, there's no stats for them in any of the written materials, and I enjoy the benefits.

IMO, the Grand Daiklave from the corebook is significantly better than the Grand Goremaul, simple because of the Rate and extra Hearthstone settings. Sure, you get an extra 4L damage with the Goremaul, but you can only attack once per round as opposed to twice. Unless you're using Extra Action charms you can't make more attacks in a round than the Rate of your weapon. And having three Hearthstones as opposed to one? That makes a huge difference, especially when you consider how many weapon-buffing Hearthstones there are.

Last Son

ArcanisTheImpotent wrote: »

see that's what the armorium seeks to avoid

the goremaul is ridiculous, above and beyond any other weapon

Aside from the lethal damage(Seriously, what?), it compares pretty well to the other ●●● weapons. Against a Grand Daiklave it trades +4damage for -1accuracy, -1Defence, and -1Rate, the Daiklave has the option of being slightly weaker but more accurate/defensive or flurrying and doing more damage for less accuracy/defense. If you switched the damage to Bashing and increased the speed to 6 it would be quite comparable to the Grimcleaver and Grimscythe(which are for some reason mechanically identical) as well. But as it stands the Armorium's Grand Goremaul is worse in every single way than the book's regular Goremaul.

It isn't even that great compared against other Armorium weapons(which as a whole seem weaker than the book's). Against the Grand Daiklave it gains Piercing in exchange for -1accuracy, bashing instead of lethal, no bonus minimum damage, and -1rate. Against the poleklave it gets Piercing and 2damage in exchange for -2accuracy, bashing instead of lethal, no bonus minimum damage, -2defence, -2rate, and +1atunement cost.

Balancing the weapons is a fine goal but the Armorium isn't balanced, its simply imbalanced in different directions.

ArcanisTheImpotent

that's because the Goremaul in the core is absurd

think about it, who will be the people using it? the twinkiest dawn. when you get those extra action charms, the stuff just comes out as being absurd, and the 'hearthstone' drawback can be supplanted by bracers, which orichalcum provides 2 more damage dice. I mean it's not my decision in the end, but when someone takes the grand goremaul, everyone else really feels the difference. and I mean, if you really want the power, the Grand Goremace is from what I can see identical to the old goremaul except switching from lethal to bashing, one less minimum damage, and a tiny bit slower. considering the multiple ways to switch from bashing to lethal and getting extra action charms and speedy attacks, I fail to see how the argument holds water

also, rainfall, the armorium grand daiklave has 2 settings, just like the goremaul and goremace. so again, I fail to see what the issue is aside from wanting lethal damage on a blunt impact weapon

Last Son

ArcanisTheImpotent wrote: »

if you really want the power, the Grand Goremace is from what I can see identical to the old goremaul except switching from lethal to bashing, one less minimum damage, and a tiny bit slower. considering the multiple ways to switch from bashing to lethal and getting extra action charms and speedy attacks, I fail to see how the argument holds water

And -3accuracy and its not Piercing.

also, rainfall, the armorium grand daiklave has 2 settings, just like the goremaul and goremace. so again, I fail to see what the issue is aside from wanting lethal damage on a blunt impact weapon.

I don't really care about the lethal damage, and in fact I'm surprised that the GGM doing lethal wasn't a typo and switched to bashing damage in the errata. Hammers should do bashing. What I care about is the lack of an accurate, slow, and heavy weapon; preferably that IS bashing. Stick it with a high speed and a defense penalty, thats fine and makes sense.

There are only two Rate:1 weapons that have a positive accuracy modifier. First is the Grand Dire Spear which ain't all that great damage-wise and doesn't fit the concept. Second is the Ringklave, which is a combat hula-hoop.

ArcanisTheImpotent

that's the thing though. you're swinging around a cadillac on a stick. Blunt weapons aren't meant for precision blows, they're for hitting the other guy and breaking every bone in his body. you're not going to remove the guy's ear with your hammer.

Last Son

Screw it, concept wins. Zenaar carries a giant golden hammer with which he beats people to death.
Character sheet below.

Spoiler:

Name: Zenaar
Concept: Soldier Priest
Caste: Zenith
Motivation: Restore the rule of the Solar Exalts.
Anima: A golden human figure standing against a white sun-burst.

Attributes:
Physical(Primary)-Dexterity(●●●), Strength(●●●●), Stamina(●●●●)
Social(Secondary)-Charisma(●●●●), Manipulation(●●), Appearance(●●●)
Mental(Tertiary)-Perception(●●), Intelligence(●●●), Wits(●●)


Abilities:
Caste and Favored
Athletics(●●)
Awareness(●●)
Integrity(●●●)
Linguistics(●●●)|Riverspeak | Forest-tongue | Low Realm | Old Realm|
Melee(●●●●)[Hammers]
Performance(●●)
Presence(●●●)
Resistance(●●●●●)
Survival(●●)
War(●●●)
Other
Lore(●)
Ride(●)

Background:
Artifact(●●●)[Orichalcum Grand Goremaul](Golden Judgment)
Artifact(●)[Orichalcum Breastplate](Faith’s Dedication)
Manse(●●)[Gem of Onyx](+1L/+2B soak)
Influence(●)

Charms:
Second Melee Excellency
Hungry Tiger Strike
One Weapon, Two Blows
Peony Blossom Attack
Durability of Oak Meditation
Spirit Strengthens the Skin
Iron Skin Concentration
Adamant Skin Technique(Flaw of Conviction)
Ox-Body Technique(-1, -2, -2)
First Presence Excellency

Combo
Impact of Divine Force
{Second Melee Excellency, Hungry Tiger Strike, Peony Blossom Attack, Adamant Skin Technique}
Zenaar ceases all movement for a heartbeat, adopting an expression of pure concentration. He then explodes into action; his hammer moving so fast it appears only as a golden blur as he strikes down his foes.

Virtues:
Compassion(●), Conviction(●●●), Temperance(●●), Valor(●●●)

Virtue Flaw: Foolhardy Contempt

Essence: ●●●
Willpower: ●●●●● ●
Personal Essence: 15
Peripheral Essence: 36 – 10 committed
Health Levels: 1|-0, 3|-1, 4|-2, 1|-4, 1|incap

Combat Info
DDV: 3
PDV: 5
Hardness: 3L/3B
Soak: 4A/11L/12B
Golden Judgment-Speed:6, Accuracy:10, Damage:16B, Rate:2, Piercing.

Bonus Points: 15 – Essence(7) = 8 – Resistance(2 dots) = 6 – Melee(1 dot) = 5 - Specialization[Hammers](1) = 4 – Impact of Divine Force(4) = 0


Background

Spoiler:

Zenaar(Zen-are) was born under a different name, since discarded, in a farming village south of Nexus on the western bank of the Gray River. When he was 20 years of age the village had begun to grow larger than their fields could support and it was decided that a number of families would move and settle into a nearby-untouched valley. Zenaar’s family was one of the ones whom volunteered to go.

At first things seemed to be going well, the soil was fertile and there was numerous trees for lumber with which to build houses. But the valley was under the watch of a pack of Dogs of the Unbroken Earth and once the first homes were constructed they made their presence known, once night fell the spirits attacked the village, tore down their buildings, and rent their flesh with claws. Less than a dozen of the villagers survived, scattered in all directions.

Zenaar scrambled up the hills uncasing the valley stopping, exhausted, only once he reached the summit and realized the spirits were no longer chasing him. Filled with feelings of sorrow and rage he screamed at the heavens and surrounding stones, demanding answers for why the night’s events had occurred. He was shocked when he received a response.

A vision of the Unconquered Sun appeared and spoke to him of a time when spirits were held in check by great leaders, a time of peace for the citizens of creation, and how those times could once again come about. Zenaar sat entranced, listening to the words of the God and when the vision faded he found that the sun had risen to its peak in the sky and a new vitality flowed through him.

Desperate to learn more Zenaar began to wander aimlessly throughout the scavenger lands seeking out scholars or anyone else whom he thought could teach him, he had little luck finding anyone to help however. But when he approached the Marukan mountain range, he began to have strange half-glimpsed dreams. The dreams led him high into the mountains to a cave then far below the surface to the heart of the mountain, the light from his caste-mark leading the way. After several days hiking through the caves he arrived at a door carved of the blackest Onyx.

At first the door resisted his attempt to push it open but after a moment of exertion his caste-mark flared brightly and the door swung open easily on its hinges. Inside he found a large room(50’x50’) carved of black onyx, white onyx bands ran from each corner of the room forming a rough X across the middle of the floor, and swirls of red were visible in the walls. Set into the northern and southern walls was a single door each. Drawn immediately to the center of the room he sat down and meditated on his recent dreams. He meditated in this way for a year and a day, stopping only to sleep and venture to the surface for food.

His head now filled with memories of the first age, explored the other two rooms. In the Southern room he found a shining gold breastplate and a massive hammer under a plaque that read, “May your faith protect you, and your judgment be divine.” In the Northern room he found a Shallow Onyx well, at the bottom of which sat an egg-sized stone which was black with white bands.

Armed with these tools he set forth back into the world. His first destination was the village where he was born and the valley where his family died. Confronting the Dogs of Unbroken Earth that resided there he faced them in battle. When he emerged victorious he made no attempt to kill or enslave them, he only made them swear an oath to allow humans to settle the valley. In exchange the humans would sacrifice 2 cows at the change of every season to the spirits.

When he walked into the village to tell the villager’s of this they were skeptical, remembering the previous attempt to settle the valley. But encouraged by Zenaar some eventually made the decision to move. Zenaar remained with them for three seasons, ensuring that both sides kept their side of the bargain before deciding that he had to move on.

Appearance

Spoiler:

Zenaar is 23 years old and stands 6' 3". He wears a pair of light brown pants and a white shirt under his breastplate. His hair is a dirty-blond color that hangs down to his shoulders and his eyes are a deep green.

ArcanisTheImpotent

So, I'm undecided, I basically have two concepts rolling around in my head. there's Lion, who I posted on the first page, and this gal. I'd like to see what you think, I've never actually played a sword-specialist before, and I've got a neat motivation I think (and an extra-special hate for dragon-blooded)!

she's a bit of a combat monster, but then again so is Lion. I like kung-fu, obviously. if you guys like Lisandra more I'll write out her background and put Lion back into my folder, but it's pretty much one of those I-can-play-either scenarios

so whaddya guys think of:

Spoiler:

Name: Lisandra, formerly of Sesus; Dawn Caste

Motivation: Destroy house Sesus completely

Concept: Betrayed soldier

Attributes:

Physical -

Strength 4
Dexterity 5
Stamina 2

Social -

Charisma 4
Manipulation 1
Appearance 4

Mental -

Perception 2
Intelligence 2
Wits 3

Abilities:

Archery(caste) 2
Melee(caste) 5
War(caste) 3
Presence(f) 5
Integrity 2
Resistance(f) 3
Dodge(f) 5
Athletics(f) 3
Awareness(f) 3
Lore 2
Bureaucracy 1

Specialties:
Daiklaves 2
Single Combat 2

Backgrounds

Artifact 2 (Orichalcum Reaver Daiklave; Dawn's Edge)
Resources 2
Manse 4 (Gem of Adamant Skin)
Artifact 2 (Orichalcum Buff Jacket)

Attacks
Steel-edge, +14, 11L/2, Rate 3 Speed 4

Soak 10L/14B
Hardness 5L/5B

PDV 7
DDV 6

Charms

First Melee Excellency
One Weapon, Two Blows
Peony Blossom Attack
Iron Whirlwind Attack
Dipping Swallow Defense
Bulwark Stance
Heavenly Guardian Defense (Conviction Flaw)
Ox-body Technique ( -1, -2, -2)
Hungry Tiger Technique
Fire and Stones Strike

Combos:

Steel Breaks All Foes
(First Melee Excellency, Iron Whirlwind Attack, Hungry Tiger Technique, Heavenly Guardian Defense, Fire and Stones Strike)

Virtues

Compassion 1
Conviction 3
Temperance 1
Valor 4

Virtue Flaw
Berserk anger

Essence 2

Willpower 7

Personal 13
Peripheral 31 (9 committed)

Health levels

-0 oo
-1 ooo
-2 oooo
-4 o
Incap oo

Background

Spoiler:

Sesus Lisandra was born as one of the many children of House Sesus, a potential Princess of the Earth. There was hope that the Blood of the Dragons flowed through her veins, but by her 18th birthday it was obviously not the case. Seeing that there was no hope for Exaltation in the girl, she was assigned to one of the many Realm Legions in the Threshold, where her family hoped she would be forgotten about and eventually die.

It would have happened. Especially under her commander, Sesus Hario. Hario was one of her brothers and treated the mortal girl like some kind of plague-bearer. Lepers received better treatment from her brother and his fellow terrestrial officers.

This sired nothing but hatred in the young woman's heart, and she vowed one day to slit her brother and his friends' throats. It was a just a dream, however. Atleast, that's what she thought.

One night she was on watch duty and she felt a man slip up beside her. Thinking it was her relief, she turned to him.

"Oh, thank goodness Erick, I - "

A hand pressed around her mouth, and a voice whispered in her ear. "Shh, shh, don't scream."

The camp was woken up a few short moments later by light brighter than day. Lisandra had grabbed the man's blade and cut his head clean off. She had turned into a frenzied demon, and the bloodshed didn't cease until the actual dawn the next morning. All of the officers in the camp lie dead, the rest of the mortal soldiers in shock and awe.

"Just... get out of here," she said. "And if you go back..."

"Tell them I'm coming to kill every last one of them."

Last Son

If this is going to be a combat-heavy campaign would Followers be an ok idea, or would they simply be killed the first time we fought something nasty? I'm kinda drifting back toward my previous Twilight idea, tweaked to be less subtle social master and more 'Stop hurting innocents right now or I will shatter your armies, cast down your house into ruin, and cause your name to be synonymies with shame for the next hundred years'.