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Exalted 3E Discussion

Discussion in 'General' started by Smuthunter, Feb 4, 2015.

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  1. evildice

    evildice (emotionally stable clown posse)

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    At some point hopefully they'll start directing that energy into fixing 3e in a way that preserves the genuine improvements.

    But that's a lot of Charm re-writes.
     
    evildice, Feb 4, 2016
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  2. UrsaTempest

    UrsaTempest Yuri Fanatic, Archivist

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    Well.... the other issues with complicated dice roll is some of us can only play TRPG/Exalted via web. It isn't terribly crippling if you use IRC or Skype-bot, but it's huge problem on play-by-post game, since the game essentially paused for each roll.
     
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  3. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

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    No, it isn't. The only solace, I suppose, is that they wouldn't have such vitriol if they didn't care, you know?
     
    tehelgee, Feb 4, 2016
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  4. Biigoh

    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    Tanuki have aversion to charm bloat.
     
    Biigoh, Feb 4, 2016
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  5. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

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    I'd rather have charm bloat than charms with built in upgrades.
     
    tehelgee, Feb 4, 2016
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  6. Bre Karn

    Bre Karn (Very Slow) Writer of Glorious Smut

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    I see things the other way around.

    I'd rather have Charms with built-in, easily referenced upgrade paths, stuff like 'Taboo-Inflicting Diatribe o through ooooo' which instantly tell you what degree of WTFness you can expect. Fewer Charm names to remember, confine little dice tricks and simple, flavorless performance enhancers under a single umbrella.
     
    Bre Karn, Feb 4, 2016
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  7. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

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    All the Charm upgrades are specific to that Charm's function, they're not general function abilities, like the more generic Charms are.
     
    tehelgee, Feb 4, 2016
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  8. Valette-Serafina

    Valette-Serafina Shameless Shadow

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    Excellencies do a rather good job there. It's my opinion that they were one of the greatest steps forward from Ex1 to Ex2.
     
    Valette-Serafina, Feb 4, 2016
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  9. Nervaqus987

    Nervaqus987 Well worn.

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    Honestly, I wouldn't mind a sort of "General" Charm set that contains the meat and potato effects, like dice adders or extra Health Levels or Elsewhere Storage, or a Ki/Essence Sense thingy.

    Leave more room for the splat specific Charmsets to have cool stuff.
     
    Nervaqus987, Feb 5, 2016
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  10. Plotvitalnpc

    Plotvitalnpc Personification Personified

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    Y'know what'd be interesting?
    A game where the realm is falling into major civil turmoil, as a result of a small number of Taken (IE, the culture of mortals and Stonebearers, who're mostly still mortal, from...well..the Stonebearers homebrew) managed to interdimensionally drop themselves into the place, and are now both engaging in guerrilla warfare with the Realm and inciting the peasantry by teaching them the blasphemous art of stealing the power of elementals by trapping them in gems and jamming those gems into your body.

    And the players are Dynasts.
     
    Plotvitalnpc, Feb 5, 2016
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  11. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

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    They had that in 2e. The Excellency sets. Most people hated them.
     
    tehelgee, Feb 5, 2016
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  12. Nervaqus987

    Nervaqus987 Well worn.

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    Which book?

    I don't remember them.

    The Excellencies(First, Second, Third, etc), sure. But not a general set that I'm thinking of.
     
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  13. Anondylar

    Anondylar Lazy Turtle

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    I'm pretty sure the excellencies were disliked because they were basically charm tax, no so much for what they did.
     
    Anondylar, Feb 5, 2016
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  14. UrsaTempest

    UrsaTempest Yuri Fanatic, Archivist

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    Yeah, I personally love Excellencies. They are awesome! Boring, maybe, but awesome!
     
    UrsaTempest, Feb 5, 2016
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  15. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

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    That's what I mean. First, Second, Third, Infinite Mastery, etc.
     
    tehelgee, Feb 5, 2016
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  16. Biigoh

    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    I kind of find the basic excellencies to be useful, along with the other generic charms. Sure they're boring and what not... but if you have them in the "general" charm section, you can then devote your charm sections to actual interesting and novel stuff that doesn't involve dice mechanics like rerolls if you get a result of 1 or 6 and so on.
     
    Biigoh, Feb 5, 2016
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  17. Bre Karn

    Bre Karn (Very Slow) Writer of Glorious Smut

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    New Kickstarter update. Final Backers' pdf is due in a month, and then it's PoD/Deluxe print time... sometimes?
     
    Bre Karn, Feb 25, 2016
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  18. Yzarc

    Yzarc The Spark of Madness

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    Some additional news....

     
    Yzarc, Feb 25, 2016
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    Yzarc The Spark of Madness

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    More Additional news

    So a month for release, or so they say...
     
    Yzarc, Feb 25, 2016
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  20. Smuthunter

    Smuthunter Begone Thot!

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    Watch and wait, the day before the final prints come out their only printer will explode in a shower of ink and confetti.
     
    Smuthunter, Feb 29, 2016
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  21. Nervaqus987

    Nervaqus987 Well worn.

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    All hail the immortal PDF.
     
    Nervaqus987, Feb 29, 2016
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  22. Yzarc

    Yzarc The Spark of Madness

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    Is it raining frogs somewhere?
     
    Yzarc, Mar 23, 2016
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  23. Bre Karn

    Bre Karn (Very Slow) Writer of Glorious Smut

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    So apparently the updated text may be out next week. As well as the PoD. We may have amphibian climate perturbation soon?
     
    Bre Karn, Mar 31, 2016
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  24. Biigoh

    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    https://www.kickstarter.com/project...ition/posts/1534767?ref=backer_project_update

    Hello Deluxe EX3 backers-
    RichT here:
    PDF/PoD Versions of EX3

    Right now, I am waiting for the PoD proofs for Exalted 3rd Edition to arrive from the PoD printer. Should those be printed to our satisfaction, and I OK the proofs, we'll put the updated PDF and the PoD book version up for sale onDriveThruRPG.com for the general public, maybe as soon as next week.
    Your Backer PDFs will be automatically updated to the updated PDF, and will be in your DTRPG LIbrary area.
    Because this has taken so very long, we want to say thanks to you for all of your great support.
    So before the PDF/PoD versions go on sale on DTRPG, we will send every backer a link for a discounted version of the PoD, cut to as close to the cost for us to print it as we can get it.
    This PoD version is NOT the Deluxe version you pledged for. We are offering the EX3 PoD at cost for those backers who want it, not as anything you have to do. Your Deluxe EX3 that you pledged for is being prepped for the traditional printing that is part of this KS.
    Deluxe EX3

    We use the PoD as our last proof that the files are as we want them, as traditional printing files and PoD files are pretty much prepped the same way. If the PoD proofs are good, we will then get the traditional printing files ready and out to our printer.
    At the same time, those other projects from the Kickstarter that ship with the Deluxe EX3 (both Deluxe versions) like the EX3 Screenand the canvas poster map, also will go to their printers.
    Other EX3 Projects

    Here are where other EX3 projects are in their production:
    First Draft (The first phase of a project that is about the work being done by writers, not dev prep)
    •Exalted 3rd Novel by Matt Forbeck (Exalted 3rd Edition)
    Redlines
    •EX3 Quickstart (Exalted 3rd Edition)
    Second Draft
    •Arms of the Chosen (Exalted 3rd Edition)
    •The Realm (Exalted 3rd Edition)
    •Dragon-Blooded (Exalted 3rd Edition)
    In Art Direction
    •EX3 Backer Charms – Sketches coming in and being reviewed.
    I've also been talking with our composer for the Ex3 Music Suitesand he is starting work on the Sidereals theme, and we should have very good news about the Novia novel in April.
    Thanks!
     
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    Biigoh, Apr 1, 2016
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  25. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

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    Might wanna fix the coloring there, Bii.
     
    tehelgee, Apr 1, 2016
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  26. evildice

    evildice (emotionally stable clown posse)

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    Yowza.

    [​IMG]
     
    evildice, Apr 1, 2016
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  27. Biigoh

    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    Feel the tanuki pain when people posts in white.
     
    Biigoh, Apr 1, 2016
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  28. Sydonai

    Sydonai Versed in the lewd.

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    Is this one also going to be written by someone that couldn't be assed to learn anything about the setting?
     
    Sydonai, Apr 1, 2016
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  29. Stroth

    Stroth Definitely not an AI

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    It's a novel for a tabletop game. That's tradition.
     
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  30. evildice

    evildice (emotionally stable clown posse)

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    "Let's pay fairly good writers to misinform people."

    "Meh, it worked for Madison Avenue."
     
    evildice, Apr 1, 2016
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