Theo Anders and the Black Exaltation[Worm/Exalted][Hiatus]

That's called Plague-Eating Kiss. Essence 2, Medicine 3, 26 XP to learn including all prerequisites.

 

Also learn to punch the stupid out of them as well...and non-Caucasianness in addition

 

I'd rather re-align Empire ideology, swapping out the swastikas and ravens for stars-and-stripes and bald eagles. There are a lot of appropriate charms for this, but Abyssals have very few of them.

 

You want the murderhobo of Exalts to stand for the American Way?

 

Ah, yes, the medicinal pimp-slap.

Lover Clad: "No. It cannot be. You actually developed a Charm to reduce the flavor of your paramours?!"

 

Theo: Because my dad is a big pro-White idealist...unless he is good with slavery.

 

The historical Nazis twisted Germanism into something horrifying. I want TDP to do the same thing with Americanism.

 

Sounds like a good reason to off the father, no?

 

I'd prefer twisting Greeco-Romanism.

 

Theo: It normally would...but the gals he imports from Gesellshaft are not just hot but skilled as hell.

 

The way the quest seems to be trending it probably should be.

[X] What if I wanted to be a vigilante?

Not a repudiation of family, but rather a chance to prove himself, and perhaps, an opportunity. It's not like TDP's power resembles Kaiser's. He could make some interesting friends that he couldn't otherwise, in theory anyway. Having an ace in the hole could also be useful.

 

I will keep that in mind.

 

FTFY

 

Who doesn't?

[X] Of course. But we will speak terms later?
-[X] "I want to start it slow. Have you seen that fear effect? These powers get a lot of mileage out of their "Dark and Creepy" theme. Not to forget the trigger had a lot of influence on my mind with all the Freya and Death Goddess stuff. I need to sort this out, learn what sort of collateral damage I can cause before I make my debut."
-[X] "You're Kaiser, I'm gonna be the Prince. The Dark Prince, like in my hallucinations, because, honestly, look at me. I also wanna distance myself from old me, give up being the son of Max Anders the distant Medicine Mogul and become Kaiser's son full time. Call me "T", cause I'm sick of being Theo."

T of course is short for "The Dark Prince".

 

The thing with any fascist movement is that it's inherent to its native society. The Empire is trying to import a uniquely German construction into America without any consideration for its original context. American fascism is much more along the lines of Huey Long or [modern names redacted to prevent a political derail, but they're all hardcore Randians or reactionaries], with large doses of the KKK (optional). Instead of spray-painting swastikas, a racist Americanist Empire would intimidate minorities by hanging empty nooses from trees. Lung wouldn't be discriminated against because he's non-white but because he's an immigrant - possibly an undocumented ('illegal') one, depending on parts of his backstory that we don't know OOC.

Take into account the fact that WW2 is understood as the single most morally black-and-white war the US ever fought, and the public's treatment of a movement that actively emulates and glorifies the losing side just looks idiotic. Switching to Americanism would enable a long-term PR coup without actually toning down any of the Empire's methods.

 

Reminds me.about the Konrad curze worm quest by onlineimothep over on SB. Its hilariously.american but not american kkk. Just like heartland Americanism and patriotism. Cranked up to primarch levels.

'Murica.

'Murica with edge.

 

Or we can just murder everyone in the Empire that doesn't want obey us when we decide to switch to being a hero

 

Small steps, 1986, small steps.

(Though Hang High the Gallows would give us a ready excuse any time we want to clean house, since basically everyone in E88 is guilty of a crime.)

 

What made TDP gain Resonance in this scene?

 

Being called by his living name?

 

Probably: Trigger Condition: The character’s emotions lead him into a course of action he regrets + Acknowledging his living name.
Which means we are already being hounded by ill omens. Great.

That alone doesn't give us Resonance. It just makes it so that if we gain Resonance in any other way in the scene we have to gain one more.

 

His joy at his awesome powers pride lead to the spar and then he hurt Jessica and he regretted it, and acknowledged his name.

2 points.

 

I just remembered the existence of Resonance Bleed effects. That's going to be fun.

 

Current tally

Vote Tally : Theo Anders and the Black Exaltation[Worm/Exalted] | Page 17 | Questionable Questing
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[X] "Of course. We will speak terms later." We are not asking his permission to speak of terms.
-[X] "Just one small thing, father. When you call me by my name, it reminds me of who I used to be. I don't like who I used to be. I mean no disrespect, but would you do me the small favor of using my cape name from now on?"
No. of Votes: 5
evildice
Biofan09
dasstan
SwiftRosenthal
Tsotate

[X] Cape name if different than the Dark Prince
- [X] The world isn't yet ready to call me The Dark Prince, except maybe in bed. On the streets, I'll use something slightly less pretentious, slightly more normal-sounding. For now, I'll go by...
-- [X] Aminon
No. of Votes: 3
Tsotate
Biofan09
SwiftRosenthal

[X] Cape name if different thanthe Dark Prince
- [X] The world isn't yet ready to call me The Dark Prince, except maybe in bed. On the streets, I'll use something slightly less pretentious, slightly more normal-sounding. For now, I'll go by...
-- [X] Tenebrae
No. of Votes: 2
evildice
dasstan

[X] Cape symbol, for Hero's its what goes on their products, for someone like Kaiser its their personal gang tag
--[X] Our caste mark, of course. It's not like we can hide it anyway, once our anima flares.
No. of Votes: 2
Tsotate
SerbobIV

[X] Of course. But we will speak terms later?
No. of Votes: 1
burningclaw2

[X] If I wanted to join the Wards?
No. of Votes: 1
1986ctcel

[X] "Just one small thing, father. When you call me by my name, it reminds me of who I used to be. I don't like who I used to be. I mean no disrespect, but would you do me the small favor of using my cape name from now on?"
No. of Votes: 1
1986ctcel

[X] Of course. But we will speak terms later?
-[X] "After all, the wards might offer me a better... ah... I can't say it with a straight face. We'll need to discuss this... later?"
No. of Votes: 1 Counted in Plan Bii
Biigoh

[X] "I am The Dark Prince Jörmungandr. All shall look at me and love me in dispair, for I symbolize that the end comes for all. The Eternal Void that engulfs all eventualities. Do you think that is a little too much?"
No. of Votes: 1 Counted in Plan Bii
Biigoh

[X] Costume : Looking at the color scheme of your power's lightshow... there is an inherent limitation to what you can wear as a costume. Black and Silver. Well... it's not like Hugo Boss didn't design a REALLY sharp looking uniform with that color scheme... yeah, no... Let's go with a medieval theme, of black ornate armor with silver highlights. Your symbol shall be a disc surrounded by a ring or is that a serpent.
No. of Votes: 1 Counted in Plan Bii
Biigoh

[X] Costume idea Bii
No. of Votes: 2
Biofan09
SwiftRosenthal

[X] Plan Bii
No. of Votes: 4
Biigoh
EternitynChaos
Happerry
Lon

[X] What if I wanted to be a vigilante?
No. of Votes: 1
Anasurimbor

[X] Of course. But we will speak terms later?
-[X] "I want to start it slow. Have you seen that fear effect? These powers get a lot of mileage out of their "Dark and Creepy" theme. Not to forget the trigger had a lot of influence on my mind with all the Freya and Death Goddess stuff. I need to sort this out, learn what sort of collateral damage I can cause before I make my debut."
-[X] "You're Kaiser, I'm gonna be the Prince. The Dark Prince, like in my hallucinations, because, honestly, look at me. I also wanna distance myself from old me, give up being the son of Max Anders the distant Medicine Mogul and become Kaiser's son full time. Call me "T", cause I'm sick of being Theo."
No. of Votes: 1
theonebutcher

[X] Purchases:
-[X] Lore ●●○○○ -> ●●●●○ (-8 XP)
-[X] Athletics ●●●○○ -> ●●●●○ (-5 XP)
No. of Votes: 1
SwiftRosenthal

Total No. of Voters: 14

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For some reason, probably formatting, this tally was all kinda of weird and jacked up. I think its all good now. Bii's plan is broken down a little bit but his votes are counted in 'Plan Bii.' Tanuki isn't counted twice.

I was going to hold off on XP spending until the next snip (In which stuff happens, and a vote or two is added to these votes and all of them get closed together) and open the charms to Glories: UCS, Ink Monkeys, Dreams of the First Age, Thousand Correct Actions (I don't have that book, so will need the relevant charms if they are proposed) and the 2.5 Errata (Anything else needs approval), but I see no reason to not allow it.

So as an addition to all votes following 06-Thunderstruck are the following options(I'm not going to write it every time):

[]Bank XP

[] Purchases:
-[] Write in

If you have a wishlist(Charms and stat improvements), or a general XP spending plan(Things like ASAP, Need, Soon, Luxury for both charms and stats), it'd probably be a good idea to post it so other people can see it. I'll link it under 'Extras' in the index. As a favor, if you do make a plan or put forward a charm in a vote, please list where I can find it, so I don't have to go hunting for it.

 

Note that 2.5 Errata includes a major overhaul of Dreams of the First Age - 33 pages of revisions, more than any other splat except The Fair Folk (and its 44 pages). Relevant to TDP are the 24 mirror charms in those pages. Also note that it makes one correction to Thousand Correct Actions, a published splat that focuses on Dragonbloods but four of its charms explicitly have mirrored Solar/Abyssal counterparts: one each in Integrity, War, Athletics, and Sail.

 

I seem to be missing Thousand Correct Actions, but I did see it when I was going through Anathema's charm filters(Forgot that it had relevant charms). If someone wants them, I'll just need the charm to look at. I'm pretty sure they were copied earlier in the thread.

I will add Dreams of the First Age to the list. (And go update the index)

 

Normally I would hate this kind of cop out but the way you wrote this is hilarious.

 

Well, my hands are somewhat tied by the rules(Thankfully), and as I wrote it, its definitely toeing the line. And its a better 'cop out' (Remember this is a (currently) SFW quest and I'm not very good at writing or writing sexy times) than going 'she pulls you back to the bench with kisses, and soon you are joined. Many tens of minutes later you sit next to the bench sated, looking to see if your lover, the Lover, is also satisfied.'

So I decided to have a little fun with it.

 

The way that the primary vote counter works, you actually do need to copy your previous vote. To prevent double-counting anyone, it only registers the most recent vote by each user.

(I'm abstaining from the artifacts vote because I don't really know what's worth getting)