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[SamuraiMujuru]

What on earth is the One-Mind Plague and will it get a write-up?

[SamuraiMujuru]

I've been running a game set in the West and we've found the naval combat rules to be fun. Even in moments where the close-range combatants couldn't act yet the rolls to set up positioning for boarding were super quick. I just made a quick spreadsheet with the maneuvers and they rammed and boarded the enemy ship in no time.

[SamuraiMujuru]

Ooo, do it. I've only had one but it was a doozy...

[SamuraiMujuru]

Avatar and it's less spectacular but still really good sequel series The Legend of Korra are both good. The Vision of Escaflowne stays pretty tame and was a big inspiration for the game as a whole. There's a bunch of wuxia films that are made for a younger audience but are suitably bonkers like Demon Lute. Wakfu is a fantastic french anime that's a really good inspiration, too.

[SamuraiMujuru]

I think, technically, Karvara's evocations have tricks that futz with limit, but honestly, I think that paranoia, fear, and inevitability is actually an intentional part of the mechanic.

The heroes Exalted is made to emulate do snap, and that's the point. I've had one limit break that nearly led to that PC killing another PC and the entire group dynamic DID change. Everyone now looks at the Eclipse a little sideways. But that inter-circle turmoil has been a boon, not a bane. The best thing I can say is don't fear the strife, embrace it.

[SamuraiMujuru]

Yeah, especially with 3. It's a really interesting contrast to the other recent(ish) action series that has escalated the violence but stayed much more grounded, the film's of Gareth Evan's. (Merantau, Raid, Raid 2)...

[SamuraiMujuru]

I'm gonna second (third?) this. All the systems jive with each other far better than prior editions. Even with having to walk new players through things like combat things take less time overall. Everything speeds up even further with people who've become more comfortable with it. Scary text, intuitive in practice....

[SamuraiMujuru]

Not art in the "cool painting" sense, but other people have brought up other media so here goes.

Saw John Wick 3 earlier. Halle Berry is a Solar with a pair of omen dogs that invested heavily in Survival charms. Early on one of devs said that kind of combination would be, if memory serves, "terrifyingly effective." I'm inclined to agree.