Questions tagged [exalted]
The Exalted RPG by White Wolf/Onyx Path Press, use for questions about any edition or the background in general.
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Best way for a Solar martial artist to block lethal damage barehanded?
My Solar is our only unarmed martial artist at the moment. We had generally just assumed that a Solar martial artist would have little difficulty blocking unarmed attacks barehanded or at a minimum ...
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In Exalted 3E, can Dragon Blooded reasonably integrate with celestial exalted?
As I understand the lore of Exalted 3E, the Dragon-Blooded are supposed to be explicitly less powerful than Celestial Exalted such as the Solars and the Lunars, but drastically more numerous.
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Can a mortal use an artifact in Exalted 3e? If so, how?
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We are running into questions around whether and how mortals can use artifacts in Exalted 3E. My Twilight has now twice wanted to make artifacts to give to mortals, once to ...
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Do Half-Castes preserve their caste charms if they Exalt as another type of Exalt?
According to Scroll Of Heroes Half-Castes can progress up to Essence 3 and learn their celestial caste parents charms but I am imagining a situation where a Lunar seduces a dragon blooded in some spy ...
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Is there a way for an Exalted sorcerer to learn more shaping rituals?
Shaping rituals can be very useful for a sorcerer who needs to occasionally cast spells quickly. They come for free when you initiate into a new circle of sorcerery. See e.g. E3, p. 361. But Solars ...
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How to scry in Exalted 3e
The Exalted 3e rules books mention scrying repeatedly. It gets mentioned as a way to to familiarize yourself with a place for Travel Without Distance (E3, p. 480). Wards against Scrying are mentioned ...
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What are the limits on combining Martial Arts with other attacks?
Exalted does not allow the use of Martial Arts and other attack abilities such as brawl, melee, etc. (E3, p. 426). The rules say:
In short—Martial Arts Charms are not compatible with Brawl, or any
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Are there mechanics to heal shadowlands?
As far as I understand shadowlands occur in places where a great massacre occured and gradually expand, they can be used as gates for creatures of underworld and they give advantages to those ...
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Does the situation in which one Exalts in have a bearing on their caste?
I am aware that rising up to the occasion is how one earns a Solar Exaltation but does the situation have a bearing on which Solar caste the newly Exalted will be a part of? For example would someone ...
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How are "enemies" defined for spells in Exalted 3e?
There are a couple of spells that refer specifically to enemies in Exalted 3e. Death of the Obsidian Butterflies (P. 472) for instances states that "She rolls
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In Exalted 3e, are Solar and Lunars well balanced?
We are relatively new to Exalted and have only used Solar PCs thus far. We are looking at restarting and incorporating Lunars along with Solars. Before we do that, we would like to know if they are ...
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What happens to a Demon or Elemental when their service term comes to an end?
I can't find anything in the third edition about what happens to a summoned demon or elemental when their service term is over. Looking for any reference to what happens? Do they immediately return to ...
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Demon of the First Circle limitations
Demon of the First Circle or any of the Demon spells seems ripe for exploitation. I'm wondering how other storytellers have dealt with this issue.
I'm worried because of the ease of summoning, and the ...
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Can Medicine Charms be applied to oneself?
We are playing Exalted 3 and I'm the medic in the group.
Now we took some heavy (aggravated) damage and while it's obvious I can heal my comrads, I'm not sure if the medicine charms can be applied to ...
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What happens if you give away a Artifact with a Hearthstone?
If a person has an artifact with one or more hearthstones and for some reason decide to give it away to someone else what happens? Can another exalted attune the artifact and keep the hearthstone from ...
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