In reply to Lucien MacGregor (msg # 44):

I would love to look at any of those surviving rules, if you have the time.

I know some stuff is on the Internet Archive/Wayback Machine, but it is a mess to navigate.

One poster used to have a partial copy of the Forum, but he has let it laps & has been unreachable. I know he was a bit burned out about trying to copy it (Barley any warning) & hosting it (he told me he got death threats for not backing up the entire Forum, which was a ridiculous expectation devoid of appreciation).

I'm curious if the servers might still be around somewhere. They were supposedly saving them to re-upload the official Wiki, which kept getting pushed back.

Well, I misremembered how the 1st Merit works. It is only available to Solars/Abysals & Lunars. No Sidereals & other splats. My bad.

It is interesting looking at it as a precursor to 2nd Editions' Solar Bond.

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Exalted Player's Guide (1st Ed), p.g. 29)

ETERNAL VOW
(3-PT. MERIT OR 1-PT. FLAW, SOLARS,
LUNARS AND ABYSSALS ONLY)

In the First Age, Solar and Lunar Exalted joined in marriages blessed by Luna and the Unconquered Sun. So strong were these vows that many endured beyond death, joining each new incarnation of Solar and Lunar Essence in matrimony. Characters with this Merit retain one of these ancient links to another Exalt. As such, each may sense the other’s emotions or health across any separation of distance with a successful Perception + Essence roll. This intuition normally requires a dice action, though it
may be triggered reflexively when one of the partners experiences intense feelings. It is also possible to gauge the partner’s approximate direction with the intuition roll, but this requires total concentration for a full turn and cannot function unless both partners are in the same world — Creation, Yu-Shan or the Underworld.

As a final benefit, the characters may reflexively donate motes to one another with a touch at the maximum rate of their Essence rating each turn. If either party dies, the survivor experiences a moment of overwhelming pain and grief and loses a number of points of temporary Willpower equal to her Compassion. If the survivor actually slew her spouse, this costs her a dot of permanent Willpower instead.

Creating an Eternal Vow in play requires two willing participants and a marriage ceremony jointly blessed by a Zenith and No Moon and a successful prayer roll from both presiding priests. As any sacrifices are given jointly to Luna and the Unconquered Sun, the Resource value of these offerings reduces the difficulty of both prayer attempts. Characters with wedding bands (see BoTC, p. 92) and an Eternal Vow find the magic combines, such that they infallibly know their partner’s emotional state and health at all times without a roll.

Some Abyssal Exalted retain vows made in their previous incarnations as Solars, much to the chagrin and enmity of surviving Lunar spouses. Deathknights linked to Lunars and vice versa treat Eternal Vow as a one-point Flaw, typically coupled with an appropriate rating of the Enemy Flaw (see p. 37). The effects of the vow remain the same, as the link represents a liability rather than asset. Renegade deathknights pursuing the elusive hope of redemption — especially to be with their Lunar love — may purchase this Trait as a Merit like Solar Exalted.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:17, Fri 05 Feb 2021.

Interesting stuff, probably doesn't fit what I've got going for this game, but definitely interesting stuff.

In reply to K the Jester (msg # 46):

Yeah that merit actually inspired a character that has become an NPC in most of my Exalted games. Lunar with a Sidereal wife. He has a great background, but it is so complex I can't get an ST to take it on in it's entirety. Which kinda spoils the point for me. I have him detailed from the Primordial War to the Age of Sorrows. And his Sidereal wife is probably the least weird thing about him honestly.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:26, Fri 05 Feb 2021.

How's it goin'? Any interesting developments?

In reply to Aeryn (msg # 49):

Getting my S together, steadily. & you?

I’m a little short on time, so I apologize if this posts is a little off or long.

I tried to send this response yesterday & my computer kept eating it.

In reply to Aeryn (msg # 47):

If it amuses you, Aeryn could use Bond dice for Crafting, hacking, marksman, misc. tasks, as long as it fits the Intimacy they have the Bond funded on.

A Positive Bond could involve impressing the other person, or otherwise living up to their high esteem of Aeryn. “You are right. I am the best at hacking. The codes don’t know what hit them.”

A Negative Intimacy is fun, because you can use it to justify crazy Craft projects to foil the antagonist or make a rival jealous.

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I have an idea for a custom Lunar Bond Charm that is comparable to the Solar Charm, Design Beyond Limits. (If my memory serves, Lunars do not normally have an equivalent?)

The effect would be to allow the Lunar to subtract 1 from Ability requirements for determining an Artifact’s level if the Craft project is connected to the active Lunar Bond’s funding Intimacy & if the subject of the Intimacy is capable of Solar tier Charms (Solars, Abyssals, Infernals, Primordials), or entities of power equivalent to Incarnae.

This would explain how non-elder Lunars are not normally cranking out level 4 & 5 Artifacts while most Solars are in the Jade Prison (default setting specific, less important for this Modern Shard where Lunars are a new).

The metaphors I’m trying to use as inspiration is how the Moon reflects the Sun’s light to illuminate the night sky during certain phases.

I think it needs some work, but what do ya’ all think so far?

In reply to Lucien MacGregor (msg # 48):

I am highly curious about the Lunar/Sideteal couple’s exploits. ;)

In reply to K the Jester (msg # 51):

It's basically my version of history of Creation. And it eventually goes to the World Of Darkness(Old).

Who is Ralph?

Ralph is another bloke who was potentially interested in joining, He's Insanity Platybelodon on the discord server. For now, he's lurking, but he was working on concepts.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:40, Sat 13 Feb 2021.

In reply to Aeryn (msg # 54):

I am very curious what Ralph’s PC will be like.

  I'm kinda unsure of how to jump into the IC thread.

It has kind of become a duo-thread, apologies, maybe ST could set up another?

Yeah I'll get a second starter thread going, already renamed the one you two are in.

In reply to The Golden Sea of Chaos (msg # 58):

Lol! Love the rename.

Just moved OOC stuff from IC thread to here.

In reply to Aeryn (msg # 14):



And it is Doctor Cale. Not Ms. Cale. She did not spend 6 years in Evil Medical School for nothing, you know. ;) Lol.

In their eyes, thou art simply a powerful, wealthy, and ambitious individual. A full evaluation has yet to be made.

In reply to Aeryn (msg # 61):

Ah. It's the leather. No one takes a Doctor seriously until they put on a lab coat. Or a suite of battle armor. Hmmm. Glasses might help. (Or at least a monocle.) Perhaps a vaguely eastern European accent.

I have work to do.

I do believe that the "Doctors" thread may have come to a decent ending point, unless there were further queries/details to be revealed.

I agree.

Unless any other PC's wish to arrive at the clinic?

Or deadly ninja/mook Zoanoid NPC's?

In reply to Doctor Cale (msg # 64):

Hmm.....trying to figure out how to not raid the building with Mook Zoanoids is the hard part. Give me a moment to think. Option three should work well.

Oh dear. He took the Batman option...

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Ha. I am enjoying the continued evolution of the IC thread title.






This message was last edited by the player at 04:39, Wed 24 Feb 2021.

Oho, several updates in a day, splendid.

In reply to Aeryn (msg # 67):

Indeed. & what delightful chaos.

It's like the Avengers meeting for the 1st time.

I'd hardly call that an accurate comparison, the Avengers were far more... prestigious from the get. This is a Corpo and Skinchanger harassing a rogue ripperdoc after hours XD.