>What is Exalted?An epic high-flying role-playing game about reborn god-heroes in a world that turned on them.Start here:http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/exalted/>That sounds cool, how can I get into it?Read the 3e core book (link below). For mechanics of the old edition, play this tutorial:http://mengtzu.github.io/exalted/sakuya.htmlIt’ll get you familiar with most of the mechanics.>Gosh that was fun. How do I find a group?Roll20 and the Game Finder General here on /tg/. good luck>Resources for Third Edition>3E Core and Splatshttps://www.mediafire.com/folder/b54o6teut3fx6/Exalted_3e>Errata for Third Editionhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1n3ooTmopm3CBxW5jwPp1761xsaIccea-5XIhVM_PQEc/edit>Other Ex3 Resourceshttps://pastebin.com/fG1mLMdu (embed)>Resources for Older Editionshttps://pastebin.com/BXSGuFdQ (embed)>Current Quixalted Extended QE Version (Fanmade Supplement)https://files.catbox.moe/rjgmo5.pdf>Optional Quixalted Exaltshttps://www.mediafire.com/file/jg86yrewnhx2ov3/QE_Reject3eExaltHomebrew.pdf/file>Exalted Demake/Black Vault (Now with updates):https://pastebin.com/Tt1PjuYt (embed)https://pastebin.com/qHRW9N51 (embed)>collection of Exalted Hackshttps://pastebin.com/gtZnycJs (embed)>stuff that might be interestinghttps://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/the-exalted-thread-with-no-original-ideas.317216/Infernals draftsdrive dot proton dot me slash urls slash6C7NEGSK64#TLbmYrIGT4wa6WTERQVWMG#WEuR11lAZejQFZGT9K6R84#thkhhzYVi0Y0V38CHFJEFR#j8vlaeX4HOAWXJR9K0Y890#MZ8q0qHk7Gm5K35832GRY8#8wlskZyvJrjo>TQ: Are you keeping the Scarlet Empress in Hell in your EX3 Infernal games?
>>97097470>TQno, she's just dead. fell down the stairs of the imperial manse after nearly 900 years of life. she was trying to use it's rejuvenating properties, but you have to keep using it yearly to re-apply and that requires stairs or a trusted carrier.
I have no idea what to do with the Scarlet Empress. I do know I want her to be morally complicated and I don't want any of that RoTSE lore being used besides her name and maybe that stuff about the righteous dead.If anyone has any cool ideas for what to do with her though I'd love to read it.
>>97097696Meanwhile in 1e.
>>97097696I prefer her dead.
>>97075598Previous thread
>>97097702Hey not, it's just foreplay between consenting adults. You've got no right to judge. You're the weirdo for peeking on their intimate moments, you sick peeping tom you.
What's the most evil thing your exalt has done, wittingly or unwittingly?
>>97097702This was back when she was a carry over for World of Darkness yeah? It just screams World of Darkness. As messy as this art is I just love it and wish we had more. Last thread had a badass fucking Hellraiser dude and I'm sad we don't have more of that.As much as I'm liking 3e infernals I have to admit, I miss the gross gore. Not to say that 3e doesn't have gore, it does, it's just... not the same. Just not the same at all. But eh, nothing is perfect.
>>97097726I have a habit of getting NPC's stuck in my area of effect powers. It's evil but when gods fight innocent people die so it feels flavorful to me. Very uh, anti-hero.
>>97097731I think it is just the scrapped metaplot.Reading 1e, you can notice that it was building to a second "season" featuring the Empress and the Ebon Dragon.
>>97097745Honestly scrapping metaplot was such a smart idea that they hated following. There's a reason it always went poorly when they went back on it
>>97097731If you're going to make suggestions, doing it during the drafting IS the time. Tell em you want it messy and fucked up>>97097470I don't run infernal games but I always just have her die an ignoble, petty death. I like to show all her politicking and lust for control was for nothing
>>97097779I think that it is the nature of "rpgs as novels" aspect of white wolf games.They seem to be incapable of disassociate the concept "the setting has history/lore" from "the setting has story(metaplot)".Since when they stop with a metaplot/story, they will also nuke the history/lore of the game.
>>97097808I feel like if I was a real fan I'd try drawing my own art for infernals. I'm pretty sure 3e Infernals art is all commissioned already but I have no clue.I really hope people talk about how they love the messy Exalted art though, the devs seem to read a lot of stuff so maybe we'll see something. But I gotta be real, I think they already know.
>>97097696What if she was in contact with the ebon dragon to the point she sold her last child to him (likely to be married to him and give him dragon blooded children) eventually she lowers her guard enough for the ebon dragon to trick her and kidnap her and then forced her to share the same destiny as her child.So basically 1e lore.
>>97097864I mean using stuff from other editions is cool. I do wonder, if you're in a setting where the Reclamation is impossible and the Yozi really are damned to be in Hell forever, why would the Ebon Dragon kidnap her? How would he react when he realizes that no, it won't free him and never had a chance to?I think I like the idea of him wanting to birth a new race of Dragonblood, but instead of children of Gaia they're children of the Ebon Dragon. I don't really know what he could with that that'd be interesting though.If you go the other way, with the Scarlet Empress having seduced the Dragon instead of the other way around then... Why would she do that. Why would a dragonblooded seduce the Ebon Dragon, what could they gain from it.I really don't have any interesting ideas with her lol.
>>97097896He does it because he is evil and he delights in others suffering, especially if he tricked them into it. A setting where it's impossible wouldn't change what he does in the slightest, because simply inflicting pain is an end goal for him.
>>97097896>why would the Ebon Dragon kidnap her? How would he react when he realizes that no, it won't free him and never had a chance to?Anon having basically a house of hell based BDs is huge for him they are basically proto infernals.He would have a way to directly influence creation with agents that can come and go as he need them to instead of relying on summoners being tricked or fucking up and letting one of his lackies out.>Why would a dragonblooded seduce the Ebon Dragon, what could they gain from it.What could someone gain from a being that created the cosmos and holds ancient forgotten knowledge?
So what happened to those Dragon-Blooded with Underworld Aspects they teased here and there?
>>97097911There is this idea that the Ebon Dragon is less evil in 3e and I don't really get it. the 2e Ebon Dragon and the 3s Ebon Dragon seem pretty much the same to me. Someone else is going to have to talk about why the prefer whatever edition of him. They both love doomed things, they both are toxic as hell, ect. The 3e Ebon Dragon feels less dumb but I think that's just because I don't like the metaplot he was involved with in 2e.Lots of mixed feelings. I think a child though feels right - he has the queen of dragons and their child would be a prince of dragons, born from a dragon. Something that he couldn't do before being a Yozi because he was only a shadow. But now the erection is real and hard instead of ethereal and shadowlike.Has to be some cooler options out there you'd think though...
>>97097921Forgotten or pushed aside. Not that I think it's a good idea. Honestly my biggest criticism of third edition is that the setting was in dire need of simplification and instead we got more complicated bullshit.
>>97097938>Not that I think it's a good idea.Ah come on. Dragons of Another Color had potential as a setting element.
>>97097937Personally I don't think he's important enough to focus on. He is a defeated shade only dangerous to the fools who listen to him, and in a way, that's what he would prefer to be. Besides, there are so many more interesting things in creation to base your story around instead of mucking around in hell with characters that had their chance and lost.
>>97097718>>97097470
>>97097948Like I said, the setting needed to be made simpler, cut the fat you know? Instead we have even more exalted complete with their own alterations and additions to the setting. Vaguely spooky dbs are not remotely on my list of necessary things
>>97097954I mean I half agree. I do think adventures in hell would be very cool and it's one of the things I'm not eager about when it comes to 3e. Too much focus on the Yozi though is pretty bleh.Saying that however, I like I imagine a lot of fans, I really want ideas for how to run a "redeem the Yozi" in 3e. You have people in super jail - it seems super obvious that people would want to fix that. I uh, just don't see that happening is all.
>>97097954you sound gay
>>97097979*One of the things I'm very eager about
>>97097979The redemption thing was always really dumb, since you're not redeeming anything. It was some stupid byproduct about them having to know your charms. But they aren't people who need rehabilitation, certainly not the rehabilitation offered by slowly hollowing out their identity and replacing it with whatever you like. They are primeval monsters who are planning on destroying the world and replacing it with something more fun (for them) and less uppity.
>>97097979>You have people in super jail>yozi>people
>new Infernal preview snuck in the OPBased Dr. Proton
>>97097978>Like I said, the setting needed to be made simpler, cut the fat you know?I wouldn't agree. The setting needs to be made more robust and internally coherent, but that doesn't mean throwing stuff out just for the sake of cutting unnecessary content.
>>97098135It wouldn't be cutting stuff to cut it. It would be to strengthen core ideas and to keep efforts focused on more universal experiences. Exalted has always had a problem with over focusing on details and exceptions instead of having a clear vision for how the game should be played and delivering content for that
>>97098260>It would be to strengthen core ideas and to keep efforts focused on more universal experiences. Exalted has always had a problem with over focusing on details and exceptions instead of having a clear vision for how the game should be played and delivering content for thatNo. The goal should not be, ever, to just make it simpler without a more clear and limited scope. That's not the kind of direction that leads to a better game or more clear vision. Cutting a few of the the Exalted out, yes, good idea, not because it makes the game simpler, but because they don't make sense in the context of the setting and are symptoms of massive scope creep in the first place.
>>97098282You said no but then just reworded my post. Did you misread it or something?
>>97098309The reasons why you do things matter, dumbass.
>>97098337But you just rephrased what I said. Exalted doesn't have a clear vision of what it's supposed to be, and devs keep adding details that bloat the setting in terms of scope and just sheer information. The setting needs to be focused and trimmed back to deliver a much more cohesive experience that most tables can actually use. I don't think we disagree, I just don't think you like how I said it.
>>97097470>TQ: Are you keeping the Scarlet Empress in Hell in your EX3 Infernal games?Nah, she's going to the Underworld and becoming The Scarlet Phoenix Astride The World.
>>97097726I just run games, but using leprosy as a biological weapon through a deal with a disease god was probably the most evil thing my players have done.>>97098110Sure, they're people. They're the original people, perhaps the inventors of the concept of personhood, even.
>>97098513Yozi are critters, not people. Primordials were just just fae with BBLs
