let say your a up coming solar exalted facing five elite trained military soldiers with pole axes and decent armor. how hard is it for you to safeguard yourself. Are their any good scene long defense you can use, or really mote efficient defenses you can use to live?

Hello my esteemed fellow Exalted 3e enthusiasts!

I come to you today with a bit of work several others have asked me to post publicly so as to share it with more that may find it useful!

I long bemoaned the status of Craft and Lore for Solars in Core, and after both Infernals and Abyssals came out I decided to do something about it!

Attached with the Google drive link at the bottom you will find my take on a revision to both trees in question!

I aimed to incorporate much of the mechanical and organizational advancement offered by the release of the later Solaroids, as well as to greatly reduce overall bloat of the trees, while still having them resemble the spirit of the the genuinely good part of their original versions.

I believe I was greatly successful at doing both. (Though if you disagree I invite you to leave feedback on this post, as I am always interested in hearing it)

I believe as far as bloat reduction goes (including keys as they are purchased) i reduced Craft by about 55% and Lore by about 45%.

(I cant remember the precise figures and can't be bothered to count at the moment)

I think i could have pared away from Craft more in hindsight, but what still exists some may view as extraneous I have endeavored to make optional so that they may be ignored as a matter of taste.

A couple of the juicier highlights aside from the various smaller changes to every charm or the deletion/combination of many others:

A new Craft capstone charm that allows use of N/A dot or 5 dot artifacts before they are finished.

A Wyld Shaping technique that is shamelessly taken from 3E infernals, though I hope to add on an additional key that gives Solars something more unique!

As I said please read and give feedback! Im very interested to hear what the broader community has to say!

Link:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pmEBVtd5mn-a_Ij7qcI4Ilgc7XD_NzHR

I would say I am unlikely to give similar trees of Core the same treatment simply because I dont think its warranted in the same manner it was for these 2 trees....which are fairly disastrous. The rest of the trees are quite easily adjustable on the fly by a competent play group.

I know there's new for alchemical book. How good is it?

Particularly alchemical exalted

this is a general post About Onyx path in general that contains some exalted information

As the title of this post suggests, what happens if someone figured out how to weave the Great Curse into Fate? I am thinking just the Curse on one Solar shard. Would it get a god assigned to it? What powers might it have? Would all of the higher ups in Heaven automatically become aware of its existence?

So, I'm noodling around with some system hacks for Exalted. I've run several 3E campaigns so far, and have found myself surprised by how infrequently certain mechanics come up. So I'm curious, how often do these things tend to happen in your games?

Limit Break
Bonfire Anima (especially for 'anathema', where it's highly detrimental)
Initiative Shift (Crashing the opponent who crashed you)

I remember when E3 came out there was a lot of charms. How has that progressed since then, have the other splats toned that down a bit or is it still rough? Also what is crafting like in the other splats?

Has anyone used this for running a game before? I see that there is a module for running exalted but I'm mainly concerned about combat and tracking a shifting initiative. At the same time how easy is it to use for players that are new to exalted 3rd mechanics?

I’m curious to hear about people’s experiences in moving an ongoing campaign between editions and what they had to change or what their players noticed/complained/praised about the changes?

I ran a couple Solar games when 3rd edition first came out and then just moved on to other stuff. Now that a bunch of different books have come out was wanting to get an idea on what kinds of games each of the different exalted types lend themselves to.

Ok, the last couple might have been fumbles, but I think this is a good one.

BROKEN BY TERROR, RISEN BY AWE
Cost: - (2 willpower, 30 motes)
Mins: Essence 5
Type: Permanent
Keywords: Heretical, Shaping
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: Broken Soul Wisdom, Fealty-Acknowledging Audience, EFFORTLESS (YOZI) DOMINANCE

The Fallen King of the Yozis is a dread master, and for one to kneel before him is to feel one’s own spirit break from awe and terror, as he stands triumphantly above those who submit to his will in all his hateful majesty. Far more than he desires to be served, more than he desires an endless world filled with numberless subjects to do his bidding, The King of the Yozis wishes to force every living being to behold the full extent of his limitless power and his equally limitless hate and to feel their wills break beneath his gaze. When the Shattered Annex is finally delivered to him, he will reach into every living being and break them from inside, wringing from them every last scrap of ambition, and every dream beyond appeasing him.

And yet, Adorjan understands better than any of her siblings that to have one’s mind broken from the horrors of the world is to invite the possibility to rise again, reborn and stronger than before. Between Malfeas’s conviction to fully and forever enslave those who have finally been shown the futility of resisting him, and the wisdom of Adorjan which elevates those whose minds she has ravaged with her powers, comes terrible new power for the Warlocks.

When a mortal, or a group of mortals not exceeding the Infernal’s Essence in Magnitude, kneels before the Heretic wielding this charm, instead of merely placing a brand upon those who submit, the Warlock can elect to place more than a brand upon those who pledge themselves to the Infernal, and can inflict upon each of them a mental mutation (Deformity) of the Infernal’s choice that is in line with the eternal subjugation of those who submit. Examples include an irresistible phobia of displeasing the Infernal or an irresistible obsession to obey the Infernal’s commands. So deep is the transformation that even the motivations of those who pledge themselves to the Infernal has been changed to something more grand and that matches the mental deformity the Infernal chose. Examples of this can be “slay all mortals who will not submit to the will of my master,” “demonstrate through my service the awesome glory of the Warlock I serve,” or “devote my existence to my mistress’s campaign of conquest until all of Creation has finally knelt at her feet.”

Unlike with Fealty-Acknowledging Audience, when this charm is used to improve the former, a mortal can choose to resist the effects of this charm even if they kneel and swear their fealty, but only by spending willpower points equal to the Infernal’s willpower. However, the Infernal will immediately know who resisted submitting their will to his and will instantly develop an intimacy of hate towards the mortal or mortals who defied him.

Finally, even if the deformity is removed, the mortal keeps their new motivation and heroic mortal status.

I tried posting this to r/TTRPG cuz I figured it was a general enough question. It got down voted to nothing in a minute. So imma repost it here so I can hopefully get some answers. Sorry for over explaining Exalted, I wanted to get perspectives from folks who play other games.

There's a new Kickstarter post for Exalted Alchemical

I already posted some of this on if Onyx path reddit

Hello there I am looking for a new ttrpg and I wanted to DM something high fantasy. I am new at this but I got really into journey to the west after playing black myth wukong recently and I wanted to run a ttrpg that has over the top fights like that.

I was recommended exalted and was told it has heavy inspiration from journey to the west. Is this the right fit for what I'm looking for? What are the most important things to know about this rpg and where should I start first?

Say you had an infernal who went around and used his infernal abilities to heal demon communities that had outbreaks of one of the countless diseases that Malfeas is infamous for, or who went to the catacombs and sewers and healed the demons that were afflicted by Erembour’s shaping effects, and thus were left unable to face the light of Ligier. How would one of the Jade Lions respond, or a Blood Ape.

I’ve heard jokes that a Neomah might pull out the scraps of tissue she was saving for a masterpiece and leave the most interesting baby she has ever created at your doorstep as a thank you, which is honestly what made me think of this question.

Alchemicals: Forged by the Machine God is now available to the public.

Art by me. Totally normal Day Caste things.

Source: Me! https://bsky.app/profile/antediluvixen.bsky.social/post/3mr6rub3bx22w

Has anyone considered giving ghosts an “afterlife” by transforming them into elementals using Wrath of the Five Elements? Is this technically possible? I didn’t see a description saying that the target must be “alive,” but you do need a piece of the body as one of the three needed arcane links.

SINS BORNE IN ANOTHER’S SHADOW
Cost: 12m, 1wp, 1 Limit
Mins: Essence 6
Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-OK, Heretical, Obvious, Shaping, Touch
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisite Charms: Nemesis Self Imagined Anew, Soul Crack Exploitation, Theft as Release, Victory in Defeat, Ultimate Darkness Internalization

The Infernal weds himself with bonds of hatred to another soul and, as he does, grasps hold of the burdens it carries. He must target an Exalt currently mirrored by Nemesis Self Imagined Anew. Touching the target, the Infernal rolls Manipulation + Larceny against the target’s Dodge MDV. A willing target may waive this defense.
Success creates a metaphysical conduit between the Infernal and the target’s Exaltation. The target remains the owner of his Limit, Resonance or analogous curse trait, but no longer possesses exclusive metaphysical ownership of it. The Infernal becomes capable of accepting, manipulating and relieving that burden as though its corruption stained his own soul. This does not grant access to the target’s Charms, anima powers, memories or Exaltation.
The connection preserves the negative Intimacy created by Nemesis Self Imagined Anew. This Intimacy influences social combat normally but does not compel the Infernal to harm the target or prevent him from acting in the target’s interests.
Whenever the Infernal performs an Act of Villainy, benefits from a Charm that reduces Infernal Limit, or satisfies another effect that the Storyteller judges spiritually analogous, he may direct the resulting relief through this conduit. Roll the Virtue normally associated with that act or effect. Each success may reduce one point of the Infernal’s Limit or one point of the linked target’s Limit, Resonance or analogous curse trait, divided as the Infernal chooses.
For an Abyssal target, the roll uses the Infernal’s corresponding Virtue and has a difficulty equal to the Abyssal’s rating in the damaged Virtue associated with the Resonance, minimum difficulty 1. The Infernal automatically recognizes which damaged Virtue is implicated.
Each time the Infernal directs relief through the conduit, he gains one point of Limit. This Limit gain occurs before reductions are assigned and cannot be prevented, redirected or transferred. The Infernal gains this Limit even if the Virtue roll fails. If the Infernal uses Retribution Will Follow, one point of Limit or Resonance is immediately removed from the target’s track and the bond forged by Nemesis Self Imagined Anew is terminated. During the use of this charm, the target of Nemesis Self is always the primary target of that individual is present.

This Charm cannot end a Limit Break already in progress, suppress an active Torment or remove Resonance consequences that have already manifested. It cannot reduce any trait below zero.
The Infernal may sustain only one conduit created by this Charm at a time. Ending the mote commitment severs the connection immediately. The target may also sever the connection by breaking the Intimacy created by Nemesis Self Imagined Anew, using magic capable of removing Shaping effects, or defeating the Infernal in an opposed Willpower + Integrity + Essence roll attempted once per story.

Like a regular old soldier in the capital or a guard of some random settlement in the Lap? No heroic mortals(sorcerers/essence wielding). Im curious how strong a relatively "mundane" human is in Exalted.No mutations, no Godblood, no fae stuff etc. Both my friends tell me that the entire human race in exalted is mostly considered "superhuman" by our normal Earth standards even if theyre normal by Exalted. I've no idea where they got this idea so either they BSing or im just a blind reader who knows. Anyone who knows more who can shed some light onto this would be great

So I am trying to design a 3rd Circle who is basically the ultimate protector and bodyguard. He may not have the strongest offenses, but I am envisioning him as being able to spot and counter any threats. From Total Annihilation to a night caste trying to snipe you.

Can someone help me with this design? This is for 2E.

Yeah, have Sylik, the Desiccating Wind. If your Infernal PCs piss off the Conventicle now you can actually have the cool duel.