As things stand now, we have a situation where there are artifacts that are resonant, dissonant and neutral with some exalted types, but they cost exactly the same, be their costs as merits, or their evocations. This is not a problem for the solars, who are resonant with everything. But for other exalted, it leaves something to be desired. It discourages the purchase of out of type artifacts, and that reduces the value of artifact companions such as Arms of the Chosen, because they come with very few artifacts of the same material.
What I want to accomplish is to make varied artifacts a little more 'cost-beneficial', and less of an explicitly bad idea. If you have a concept that makes for your character having an out-of-type artifact, you shouldn't have to be penalized for this.
So what are your ideas on that?
What I want to accomplish is to make varied artifacts a little more 'cost-beneficial', and less of an explicitly bad idea. If you have a concept that makes for your character having an out-of-type artifact, you shouldn't have to be penalized for this.
- The artifact merit costs one point less for out-of-type materials. So, a dragonblooded that got a level 3 starmetal artifact gets to pay 2 dots at character creation, not three. This represents the fact that such artifacts are not so desirable for the characters and in-universe, as equivalent artifacts of the correct material.
- Evocations can be purchased in three levels: Dissonant level costs <normal cost -2>xp, Neutral level cost <normal cost> xp, and Resonant level costs <normal cost + 2> xp. This is evocation by evocation - evocations that don't have a resonant or dissonant effect are, by definition, neutral.
So what are your ideas on that?
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