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So, still working on that sunken ship/isolated community idea for Exalted?

[LadyLens]

Then find a way to create something analogous to the Shopsmith Mark V or Mark VII, a single power source that the artisan connects to various tools. This allows both high productivity per person, which is the one most important element in determining living standards, and also allows the avoidance of industrialization as we commonly use that term.

[LadyLens]

One way is to create the equivalent of power tools. Being a moderately competent woodworker, I know from direct experience how much faster and easier power tools make the relevant processes.

[LadyLens]

This link should be more helpful: Girl Genius: Adventures in Castle Heterodyne

[LadyLens]

The Immaculates will definitely preach against it. The entire purpose of the religion is to promote the hegemony of the Dragon-Blooded, and these new arrivals are extreme threats to that. They work with humans rather than lord over them, they have non-Artifact-based technologies beyond anything else in the world which they actively spread, and perhaps worst of all, they actively encourage education for all.

[LadyLens]

Here's a rewrite of Poison in Every Part: The main defence of many plants is poison, and this Evocation reflects that truth. If a decisive attack using Verdant Springwood inflicts at least one health level, the target suffers the following poison effect:

Oh, and some lacquers are toxic.

Concerning "Poison Against Poison," the intent of it is for use against stronger toxins, where it's a case of "injured is better than dead." Diagnosis rules are already in the main book under Medicine, and I saw no need to include those rules here.

[LadyLens]

Here's the writeup to date. General feedback on the Evocations is also accepted.

Verdant Springwood (Artifact ••• Jade Powerbow)

Verdant Springwood was carved during the Shogunate for the Busujima Clan, later than Ebony Fronds, for use by Shutaro’s eldest son, Mamoru. Carved from a yew tree allowed to fall of age and storm, it was lacquered with the sap of a lacquer tree mixed with a small amount of green jade, then after several coats, the words “the Green gives life and takes it away” painted on it in green, then more coats of lacquer. The bow, like the armour,...