Exalted: Shadow and Steel, Discussion I: We are making this happen

[Overcast]

Still in, will get post up likely this weekend if I can get away from the leadership long enough. Peace and love, with a side of tear gas.

[Sithdarth]

Here's hoping between the smoke and the things attacking us no one takes a super close look at what just happened. In other news I also hope at least some of the attackers are capable of fear. In any event pretty much everyone should know exactly where I am now.

[Overcast]

Due to the bad schedule here on the boat I have decided to post an action without feedback first and then wait for someone to tell me all the checks I actually need to do in post so I can edit them in.

[Red Mage Black]

Truth be told, I thought this whole thing was abandoned. Until I saw the post in the RP at least. I apologize if my post makes it hard for you to continue that line of RP. Just playing him as the heartless cold bastard that he grew up to become.

[Arhra]

Hmm, I had a closer look at the Dawn anima power and was all "Holy crap, it makes mortals flee?!" but then looked closer and it turns out it's just a standard difficulty Valour check. Kinda underwhelming.

So I looked at the semi-offical erratta:

'Dawn Solution' anima powerWhile this power is in effect, the character exudes a fear aura which causes all opponents attempting to attack or oppose her (socially or physically) to suffer a -1 external penalty on all attack rolls. This unnatural Emotion effect costs five points of Willpower to ignore for the rest of the scene. The Dawn’s terrifying glory unbound also disrupts attempts at coordinating attacks against her, increasing the difficulty to arrange such attacks by 2. Additionally, the immense essence pressure within the character’s anima slows all incoming attacks, increasing the character’s DVs by 2. Finally, Solars of the Dawn Caste are immune to all fear-based Emotion effects while their anima power is active. If a complementary mass combat unit is forced to check for rout because of the Dawn Caste’s actions while this anima is active, they suffer a -2 external penalty to the roll.

Am thinking it is somewhat overcomplicated. Debating using a -2 Fear internal penalty on actions involving Dawn (5 willpower to resist, no checks) and immunity to fear effects for a cost of 5 motes.

This Fear penalty is consistent with the effects of failing a morale check. Enemies who need to make a morale check (i.e. extras) flee if they fail the check instead of suffering the normal result.

How's that sound?

[Sithdarth]

Sounds good to me.

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Arhra

Hmm, I had a closer look at the Dawn anima power and was all "Holy crap, it makes mortals flee?!" but then looked closer and it turns out it's just a standard difficulty Valour check. Kinda underwhelming.

Dawn anima power has pretty much always been considered a joke.

[Red Mage Black]

When you think about it, the difficulty should probably be based on Essence score instead of just giving it a fixed value, because then it becomes useless at higher experience levels. That kind of reminds me to skim through the Lunars book again. Since the break in RP kind of killed my concentration on Exalted stuff.

[Arhra]

Actually, that was the other thing.

I've decided to use variant chargen rules for Lunars

It gives them slightly more stuff than Solars starting out, but that's no different than Abyssals getting more support on account of having a ton of guys backing them up.

Also better pick out some Intimacies, yo! Houseruled to Compassion + (Willpower / 2).

That was the other, other thing come to think of it. For the love of Luna, take a Dexterity Excellency! Unless you like flying apart in bloody chunks on account of being unable to boost your accuracy and DVs.

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Red Mage Black

Except heroic mortals at least.

Nah, even they are just meat for the grinder. Maybe one could last a round or two if no charms were used.

Originally Posted by Arhra

Unless you like flying apart in bloody chunks on account of being unable to boost your accuracy and DVs.

Well I know I do!