Yep, going to chime in here. We're kicking off. The important thing is to get momentum going, playing your character will come more naturally given a little time posting. I really don't want to see this RP die, so getting some progress in the first week is critical!
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The ceiling is about 10 feet high, a 4-yard jump will get you through the hole in the roof. Looking down the corridor not filled with advancing guards reveals that it leads deeper into the prison-complex, with stairs leading down below ground level at the end of the corridor, a few doors leading off to the sides.
I'm partial to the ceiling if we're looking to escape, or deeper into the prison complex if we want to strike a blow against the order - we might encounter political prisoners who we could free as well.
Well, without the survival Charms that let you talk to animals, it's not going to be able to communicate anything beyond visual information(especially at only Familiar 1.) It can tell you where enemy troops are, where the guy wearing the fancy hat is, but it can't tell you what's on the map the guy with the fancy hat is looking at, or tell you what he's talking about unless you invest more into it.
Your Falcon's statblock, though. It's an improved Mospid from page 348.
Strength 2 Dexterity 4 Stamina 2, Perception 3, Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Willpower 3
Athletics 5, Awareness 4, Dodge 5, Integrity 1, Investigation 2, Martial Arts 2, Presence 1, Resistance 1, Stealth 2, Survival 4
Attacks - Claw - Speed 5, Accuracy 6, Damage 2L, Rate 2
Dodge DV 5, Soak 0L/2B
Health Levels - 0/-1/-2/-4/Incapacitated/Dying/Dying
A successful survival+charisma roll(you've got a large enough pool that you don't need to roll, but under stressful situations I may require it, like in the heat of battle) allows it to communicate visual information that it's seen, without further investment in Charms or Familiar he won't be able to communicate more specific items
Friendship With Animals Approach requires Survival 1 and Essence 2, pretty sure you meet that req. Ignore the Majestic Radiant Presence requirement because it doesn't make any sense at all.
That also lets you get Bestial Traits Technique, which would allow you to turn your hawk into an absurd monster. With enough time it would end up like...
Str 5/Dex 6/Sta 5 Perception 5
Valor 4, Athletics 5, Awareness 5, Martial Arts 5, Resistance 5, Survival 5, another 5 health levels, and adult-human intelligence.
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Bah, I went with the familiar instead of the 'tame your own familiar' charms because of the majestic radiant presence technique requirement. Can we also ignore how using the animal training wipes out your original familiar dots? Because that was similarly stupid. I want to ride a claw strider so bad!
As for the perception check - I should just roll that on invisiblecastle post it, and add my reaction if I get two or more successes?
It is a 100% inconsequential perception check, you can roll however you want. Invisible Castle or Orokos preferred, though. Be consistent in your use and reporting rolls and I'm fine with it.
It is something I will have to take into consideration, especially if we're sprinting towards a locked door and can't afford to lose any momentum while at the same time looking so awesome.
I'd rather save that sort of moment for the future.
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Okay, so, the prisoner list. The top sheet is the main holding area list, only three prisoners are on it. The Ethereal Voice, listed as Anathema, placed under heavy guard in the top-security public cell, and a pair of murderers, Jaghai and Stoke, who you passed on your way in.
The other pages are lists of various anti-Realm political prisoners who are being held in the private holding cells in the basement, none of the names mean anything to you, but they might to other people.
Some of the pages handed to you by the clerk would be gibberish to anyone else, but your well-trained eye spots the shipping times and schedules for delivery that shouldn't be mixed up with a prisoner list. They're shipping multiple agents of the Tri-Khan and the Guild who are in holding back to the Scarlet Empire for 'leverage' over the next few days.
A hastily-scrawled interrogation report reveals the name of a prisoner that isn't on the list, Cathak Sindle. A single word scrawled on the bottom: 'Unresponsive'
Some of the pages handed to you by the clerk would be gibberish to anyone else, but your well-trained eye spots the shipping times and schedules for delivery that shouldn't be mixed up with a prisoner list. They're shipping multiple agents of the Tri-Khan and the Guild who are in holding back to the Scarlet Empire for 'leverage' over the next few days.
ooh! they're like currency with legs!
A hastily-scrawled interrogation report reveals the name of a prisoner that isn't on the list, Cathak Sindle. A single word scrawled on the bottom: 'Unresponsive'
ooh! plot hook with legs!
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OP needs my slightly changed sheet from the spoiler on page 8
Also remind me to get at least one dot of investigation when I get a chance.
since we didn't have the chance to flesh out allies and mentor i only got what we yapped about in IRC
mentor i recall: "put in two dots. your mentor is a god."
i digged that concept, would be cool to visit it.
also the three dots in allies... i had assumed that the Khan is Oathbound with three other war chieftains in the south who are at or at least near his level of power and influence, but we didn't work out anything specific. not that we have to right now, but i'm sure i will draw upon that at some point.
until i can get that fifth dot in followers and have a real army going, will need all the help we can get there
Well, it very much depends on what sort of God you want to be your mentor. For example, it could be the minor war god of Tsas Khan's tribe, who is now teaching him and training him in hopes that he'll make the tribe, and by extension the god, more powerful.
Or really any other relatively minor god that could have a stake in seeing a friendly Solar Exalt get more powerful. Your options are practically limitless, it just depends on what you want.
As for your allies, none of them are Exalts(I'm trying to keep your Exalted foes and allies relatively sparse, as a flavor thing) but they're potent god/faebloods, with their own tribes and resources to call on, separate from your main force. Since you're good at this stuff, feel free to write up some basic descriptions/ideas for your allies, and I'll stat 'em up.
make a night caste assassin with a band of loyal until death Hashashin.
a band of terrifying assasayun
led by one who could kill Al-Tair and Batman at the same time without either of them noticing.
do it
I still remember how I first explained Exalted to a friend of mine.
"Listen, using the rules in the game I was able to create a beginning level character who is so stealthy he hides from peoples memories."
Apparently we are going to have a campaign going during the school year.
This is pretty rad. Stealthy characters are the shit, they are simply impossible to see or stop, the only way to survive is with an anti-surprise charm, but that doesn't stop him from killing all your mans anyway.
make a night caste assassin with a band of loyal until death Hashashin.
a band of terrifying assasayun
led by one who could kill Al-Tair and Batman at the same time without either of them noticing.
do it
I still remember how I first explained Exalted to a friend of mine.
"Listen, using the rules in the game I was able to create a beginning level character who is so stealthy he hides from peoples memories."
Apparently we are going to have a campaign going during the school year.
This is pretty rad. Stealthy characters are the shit, they are simply impossible to see or stop, the only way to survive is with an anti-surprise charm, but that doesn't stop him from killing all your mans anyway.
"hah! there you are! you've lost the moment of surprise, anathema!"
"hate to break it to you this way but i killed you a few seconds ago and i'm just cleaning my knives now."
"but... i would have remembered that!"
"yeah... i hid from your memories too. oh, and then i also killed them."
Ya we were joking about how a Night Caste assassin would go into a targets home and slaughter every single person inside the house in front of his target. Then instead of killing him, he just erases himself from the mans memories.
So now there's this man in a house full of corpses and he has no idea what the hell happened. Anyways I'm off to my LGS for the weekly dnd encounters. I shall be back to post later tonight gentlemen.
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I think I have a pretty solid feel on who the Khan is, what he's about, and how he will tend to react to things.
It gets more interesting of course as time goes on and your character changes
So folks with first time jitters: don't worry about it! your character is going to be evolving anyway so don't sweat it
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I'm partial to the ceiling if we're looking to escape, or deeper into the prison complex if we want to strike a blow against the order - we might encounter political prisoners who we could free as well.
he's my go-to guy on the awareness and perception front
Your Falcon's statblock, though. It's an improved Mospid from page 348.
Athletics 5, Awareness 4, Dodge 5, Integrity 1, Investigation 2, Martial Arts 2, Presence 1, Resistance 1, Stealth 2, Survival 4
Attacks - Claw - Speed 5, Accuracy 6, Damage 2L, Rate 2
Dodge DV 5, Soak 0L/2B
Health Levels - 0/-1/-2/-4/Incapacitated/Dying/Dying
A successful survival+charisma roll(you've got a large enough pool that you don't need to roll, but under stressful situations I may require it, like in the heat of battle) allows it to communicate visual information that it's seen, without further investment in Charms or Familiar he won't be able to communicate more specific items
later on i will have some talkin' to animal charms if i can meet the reqs
That also lets you get Bestial Traits Technique, which would allow you to turn your hawk into an absurd monster. With enough time it would end up like...
Str 5/Dex 6/Sta 5 Perception 5
Valor 4, Athletics 5, Awareness 5, Martial Arts 5, Resistance 5, Survival 5, another 5 health levels, and adult-human intelligence.
so awesome.
"Hazar... KILL!"
As for the perception check - I should just roll that on invisiblecastle post it, and add my reaction if I get two or more successes?
What is Best in Life?
Or maybe the guy that got it wrong.
If he was the guy that got it wrong... well he probably killed the dude asking the question afterwards.
Observe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V30tyaXv6EI
edit: so i guess Tsas is a Hyrkanian in the R.E. Howard way of things
It is something I will have to take into consideration, especially if we're sprinting towards a locked door and can't afford to lose any momentum while at the same time looking so awesome.
I'd rather save that sort of moment for the future.
*BOOM*
The other pages are lists of various anti-Realm political prisoners who are being held in the private holding cells in the basement, none of the names mean anything to you, but they might to other people.
Some of the pages handed to you by the clerk would be gibberish to anyone else, but your well-trained eye spots the shipping times and schedules for delivery that shouldn't be mixed up with a prisoner list. They're shipping multiple agents of the Tri-Khan and the Guild who are in holding back to the Scarlet Empire for 'leverage' over the next few days.
A hastily-scrawled interrogation report reveals the name of a prisoner that isn't on the list, Cathak Sindle. A single word scrawled on the bottom: 'Unresponsive'
ooh! they're like currency with legs!
ooh! plot hook with legs!
Also remind me to get at least one dot of investigation when I get a chance.
All Judge's Ear.
Don't be tellin' no lies around them two.
i.e.
"Gul'demnit ah cain't hear straight since ah's been sorely afflicted wit dat Judge's Ear y'know."
since we didn't have the chance to flesh out allies and mentor i only got what we yapped about in IRC
mentor i recall: "put in two dots. your mentor is a god."
i digged that concept, would be cool to visit it.
also the three dots in allies... i had assumed that the Khan is Oathbound with three other war chieftains in the south who are at or at least near his level of power and influence, but we didn't work out anything specific. not that we have to right now, but i'm sure i will draw upon that at some point.
until i can get that fifth dot in followers and have a real army going, will need all the help we can get there
Or really any other relatively minor god that could have a stake in seeing a friendly Solar Exalt get more powerful. Your options are practically limitless, it just depends on what you want.
As for your allies, none of them are Exalts(I'm trying to keep your Exalted foes and allies relatively sparse, as a flavor thing) but they're potent god/faebloods, with their own tribes and resources to call on, separate from your main force. Since you're good at this stuff, feel free to write up some basic descriptions/ideas for your allies, and I'll stat 'em up.
Unless of course you love Rockslides.
make a night caste assassin with a band of loyal until death Hashashin.
a band of terrifying assasayun
led by one who could kill Al-Tair and Batman at the same time without either of them noticing.
do it
okay
because shoe asked
I still remember how I first explained Exalted to a friend of mine.
"Listen, using the rules in the game I was able to create a beginning level character who is so stealthy he hides from peoples memories."
Apparently we are going to have a campaign going during the school year.
don't forget your loyal and deadly followers!
mang i even had a 'how an assassin met the khan' thing
basically Tsas Khan wakes up one night
there is a dude sitting on his bed with a dagger at his throat
"Hi."
"Nicely done. Did you kill the dozen guards outside as well?"
"Thirteen. And no."
"I assume you want something because you're still alive?"
"Looking for work."
"It so happens I'm looking for assassins."
And then probably being Oathbound. Shoulda asked to get paid first!
This is pretty rad. Stealthy characters are the shit, they are simply impossible to see or stop, the only way to survive is with an anti-surprise charm, but that doesn't stop him from killing all your mans anyway.
"hah! there you are! you've lost the moment of surprise, anathema!"
"hate to break it to you this way but i killed you a few seconds ago and i'm just cleaning my knives now."
"but... i would have remembered that!"
"yeah... i hid from your memories too. oh, and then i also killed them."
"aw shi --" (drop)
Also, I've been chilling on #criticalfailures on slashnet if you guys want to chat game outside of this thread.
"i want to kill some dude's memories and also him. no i do not know what that means but it's what the client wanted. get a sidereal on the phone."
So now there's this man in a house full of corpses and he has no idea what the hell happened. Anyways I'm off to my LGS for the weekly dnd encounters. I shall be back to post later tonight gentlemen.