Lunars

[karpomatic]

Just wanted to let you all know that Neall ran a group, including me, thru character creation and some combat for Exalted: Lunars. The combat was pretty awesome and Neall was fun as a GM. Thanks, Neal!

[pcontop]

Any details you can disclosure? How did they feel, power-level wise? And craft-wise, do they seem able to do higher-level artifacts?

[TheCountAlucard]

And craft-wise, do they seem able to do higher-level artifacts?

Do you typically create your artifacts in the midst of a fight? He said Neall ran them through "some combat."

(He also used the name of a 1e supplement, though, so maybe they were kickin' it old-school.)

[Robert Vance]

Ooh, I heard about this one. It sounded fun.

[The Wizard of Oz]

What was your favourite thing?

Did combat as Lunars feel substantially different from combat as Solars?

[Sunder the Gold]

Since default shapeshifting cannot be flurried with an attack, battles normally only last around four rounds, and activating either Hybrid Body or Deadly Beastman Transformation is a Simple Charm...

Was there any Lunar who fought like Bayonetta? Relying on artifact weapons and full access to their Evocations to fight, and only using shapeshifting to assume a form more advantageous to winning a rush or disengage action?

[karpomatic]

Well, not sure how much info I can give compared to Solar as I haven't played that since 1st edition. There was a charm that made transformation almost instantaneous. I believe it cost 4 motes and 2 initiative. I enjoyed the withering attack mechanics. There were A LOT of charms and Neall had the only copy on his phone. We did nothing with artifacts.

[pcontop]

Do you typically create your artifacts in the midst of a fight? He said Neall ran them through "some combat."

(He also used the name of a 1e supplement, though, so maybe they were kickin' it old-school.)

Of course, if there was a character creation, I figured he should be able to see something more of the charmset. So, I fished.

[Monghani]

Glad you enjoyed it! I know a lot of folks are jumping back into Exalted like me with Ex3. Spending initiative to speed up shapeshifting is sick!

[BrilliantRain]

What was your favorite charm?

[karpomatic]

What was your favorite charm?

Honestly, we spent so much time creating characters that we only did about 25 minutes of combat. I believe Neall said there are "hundreds" of charms to choose from. He went over the charms he thought would be interesting for us. If I remember correctly, there were three Full Moons, one Changing Moon, & one No Moon. I would assume the combat is the same as with Solar but Neall adding stunt dice and/or automatic success to our roles depending on how we described what we were doing is a great mechanic.

[The Wizard of Oz]

What did you play?

[karpomatic]

What did you play?

The PC I made was a Full Moon with a hunter concept. He had an affinity for big cats. His chosen form was a cougar.

[The Wizard of Oz]

Cool, nice and classic.

Any particularly cool powers you took/used?

What did you think of your anima powers?

[karpomatic]

Cool, nice and classic.

Any particularly cool powers you took/used?

What did you think of your anima powers?

Thanks. I figured a to-the-point fighter type would be easiest for a two hour demo.
When I get home from work I'll look at the character sheet and check the charms. it's hard to remember them all considering the fancy names for each one.