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[Lioness]

That's great terminology.

[Lioness]

You don't like Ex3's combat system and I do respect that. The part of this conversation that's frustrated me is that there's an underlying assertion that I'm trying to keep you playing 3rd edition when I just commented on an aspect of your encounter planning that would still be a negative if you liked the system.

[Lioness]

I'm aware there's bigger problems at play here, but I'll do what I can to help.

[Lioness]

Scratch building NPCs and discarding them because they've been used. That's behaviour I associate with myself when my OCD is being challenging. I'm not saying you have a mental illness just that you appear to be approaching this game (and possibly others) in a way which practically guarantees diminished returns and is inviting some serious burnout....

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[Lioness]

There's things I could pick at here but you've already made up your mind.
If you were doing that for any game I'd advise against it....

[Lioness]

Okay, this became pretty personal. Lets not see a repeat of such comments in future? ...

[Lioness]

Battle Groups are a hybrid between 2e Extras and the old Mass Combat system and because of their dual role are a commonly misunderstood part of the system.

It's a feature that a small mob is normally far weaker than one person fighting solo, if you want them to outperform Storm Troopers they should really be paired with a character making command actions for them. Some Storytellers I've seen dispense with a character in favour directly manipulating traits, equipment and values like Size, Drill and Might to reflect the quality of leadership. This should be done with great care if the...

[Lioness]

As mentioned. Hearteaters, Dreamsouled and Umbrals are optional canon and featured in the Exigents book as further options of possible Exalt types.
Apparently the new team apparently had some misgivings about how so many new Exalt types had been promised (certainly the shedule made it look laughably unrealistic) but at the same time the core did kind of promise 3 more....

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Why? NPC character sheets are a renewable resource and you can acheve a fair bit of variance just by changing the weapon/armour options....

[Lioness]

I'm saying nothing....

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Hearteaters are going to be featured in Exigents next year....

[Lioness]

This is real, I've known about it for a while now.

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But the Yozis failed attempts from the KS preview would have equal claim, yes?...

[Lioness]

If Infernal Exalted don't generally have anything to do with hell is Infernal really a good name for them?...

[Lioness]

There's no statement that they did it deliberately, but the Calibration Feast isn't some obscure historical trivia that's survived to the present day by being observed by Dragon-Blooded sorcerers that was when the Usurpation happened.


Problem is highly individualised and independent describes the modern Solar Exalted really well. I know a lot of people who played 2e Infernals like Green Solars who'd immediately cut all ties with Malfeas about five minutes after Exalting but I see it as a questionable default state....

[Lioness]

Also it's not just me who keeps reading the thread title as "fight themed Martial Arts"?

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Can you give some examples?...

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Okay but what are the conotations of the word "rockstar" in this context?...

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The-All Thing observed equivilents of the Calibration Feast and the Banquet of all Peers. It's true that there are differences from the Solar Deliberative that stem from the fact they haven't conqured the world and forced the gods to heel, yet.

I don't see how it has to be particularly limiting absent hack writing. It's useful to have a prevaling culture of the other 49~ Infernal Exalted so you can decide where yours stands in relation to everyone else. It's like how Ex3 changed the Silver Pact, so that rather than trying to be all things to all Lunars its got objectives that your...