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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Can a player with "Harmonious Academic Methodology" train himself without spending XP?
I'm trying to better understand Harmonious Academic Methodology (a Lore charm).
It can be used to train others, but the rules states that the lawgivers can also train himself.
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What would this Sorcery Fix do for Exalted?
So we have an exalted group that has a pair of melee people buzzsawing through things with Peony Blossom attack, another with the flamethrower martial art, the talker, and a wizard. The sorceror is a ...
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Derogatory term for dragon blooded?
As I understand it, the term 'Anathema' specifically excludes dragon bloods. Is there a derogatory term used, either by mortals or exalts, to refer to dragon bloods?
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What does it take for a new dragonblood character to know sorcery?
I'm trying to create a dragonblood beginning sorcerer based on the rules in Manual of Exalted Power - Dragon-Blooded. The background information indicates that it should be possible for a Heptigram ...
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What is a challenge to a Perfect character?
Solars are Perfect at whatever skills they choose to develop and use. This doesn't make the job of the storyteller easy. Perfect in this case means a charm that allows them to avoid a roll entirely ...
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How deadly are extras in Exalted 2nd ed.?
So, I'm rather new to exalted, playing in my first campaign, and I have the sneaking suspicion I'm doing something very very wrong.
My first character was an earth aspect (We're all playing ...
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How do I make a physical challenge for Dawn-caste Solar Exalted?
I'm currently running an Exalted (2.5e) game (set in the West around Wavecrest, if it's relevant). The Dawn caste Solar in the party is carving through things incredibly fast - using Iron Whirlwind (6 ...
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How do I avoid Paranoia Combat in Exalted?
Paranoia combat reduces Exalted combat to a solved problem:
Paranoia Combat" is largely the brainchild of Jon Chung, a poster on rpg.net. You can see some of the basic implementations (and ...
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How can I adapt Avatar: The last airbender to an Exalted game?
I'm a massive fan of Avatar: the Last Airbender, and I'd love to be able to run it as a game with people. Possibly not with an Avatar, but certainly benders.
Here are some examples of the elemental ...
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What systems use an initiative system similar to Exalted 2nd Edition? [closed]
As far as I remember, the Exalted system works on ticks and cool downs:
A "tick" is roughly one second, but is a fuzzy, arbitrary time unit used to demark how long actions take. An "action" is ...
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Sorcery and Occult Excellencies
The 2nd edition core book, on pp. 251-252, seems to make it clear that reflexive supplemental charms can't be used while shaping sorcery or while casting a spell.
This hugely reduces the value of the ...
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Can multiple types of armor be stacked?
A character in my ongoing Exalted 2e game has an artifact chain shirt. Artifact chain shirts are described as being able to be worn under ordinary clothing (it has no mobility penalty or fatigue ...
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Alternate Locust Crusades
I have an old copy of Time of Tumult that has the original writeup of the Locust Crusade. That chapter, of course, is crammed full of stuff, because it provides writeups for Alchemicals, talks about ...
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Exalted - Sidereal Dice Cap
Sidereal Exalted, in 2nd edition Exalted, don't appear to have a clear cap on the number of dice they can add to their pools with charms.
The section on Excellencies is only moderately clear -- they ...
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Bonus dice and flurries
A simple Exalted 2e rules question here that I feel like I should know the answer to.
I have an 8-die dex + melee pool. I do a three-attack flurry. That's three attacks, one at 5 dice, one at 4, ...
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