Exalted Week! (May 12-19)

[TheCountAlucard]

http://i.imgur.com/kGu6l.jpg

Art by Melissa Uran (http://meluran.deviantart.com/), colors by kirubanzai (http://kirubanzai.deviantart.com/).

What legends will they tell of your deeds?

Exalted is a fantasy roleplaying game of mythic heroes, of gods and monsters and a fantastical lost golden age. A world with usurped titans and imprisoned demons and howling hordes of chaos champing at the gates to reality. At its forefront are the Exalted, once-mortal champions raised up by the gods, and invested with great and terrible power.

And it's getting a third edition! To celebrate, we're gonna gift our avatars with the divine shards of god-like puissance and let them loose on the forums! Go forth and carve your legend!

But I don't know anything about Exalted! :smallfrown:

That's okay. :smalltongue: I swear, it's not that difficult. :smallsmile: The setting's pretty much a fantasy kitchen sink, so almost any concept can be made to fit Exalted. Still, feel free to hit me up with a PM, or message me on Skype (thecountalucard666), and I'll be glad to explain things in more detail! Or you can pop over to the current General Exalted Discussion Thread with your questions; there are helpful people there, too!

But I don't LIKE Exalted! :smallsigh:

Tough. It won. :smalltongue:

Just kidding. :smallbiggrin: I hear Dragon Week got plenty of votes, so if you really don't wanna participate, I won't take it personally if you use a dragon avatar instead. :smallsmile:

Can't you at least give us the short version here?!? :smalleek:

Yeah, okay. :smallsmile:
The Exalted are the demigod champions of Creation, and for all their power they are still very human. There also exist myriad other kinds of beings in Creation, such as gods, demons, Fair Folk, elementals, ghosts, mutants, and stranger things still.

Among the Exalted, you have:
Solars, holy champions that glow with the golden light of the sun's blessing. Your best bet for Charles Atlas Superpowers or holy types, also crazy-awesome sorcerers.
Lunars, mercurial shapeshifters and champions of the moon-goddess. Your best bet if you want something monstrous or animalistic.
Sidereals, Heaven's agents who watch over the Loom of Fate. Very arcane, master manipulators. You wanna pull off Xanatos Gambits? This is your splat.
Terrestrials, the elementally-charged progeny of the Five Elemental Dragons. If you wanna pull off some AtLA-style elemental manipulation, this isn't a bad bet.
Abyssals, dark mirrors of the Solar Exalted, resonating with death and entropy. Awesome necromancers, also very vampiric.
Infernals, Exalts twisted to serve the imprisoned Primordials. Lotta demonic, alien stuff going on here.
Alchemicals, the cyborg state-champions of Autochthon, the mechanical inventor-Titan. If you wanna go steampunk, this is for you.


Each type of Exalt is then broken down into castes, representing archetypes and vague directions in which their proclivities can grow naturally. Sorta like a D&D character class, but more organic. Each caste has marks that distinguish it, and these marks flare into prominence on the Exalt's forehead when they kick off their shiny powers, glowing in colors thematic to the type in question. Notable exceptions are the Terrestrials, whose castes correspond to the elements, and Alchemicals, whose castes correspond to the magical materials in their bodies.

Here's an image with all the Exalted castes. Disregard the "Nocturnals" - they're a fan-splat, and this was the best I could do on such short notice.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk25/Trizap/TheCasteMarks2_zpsd4ea2953.png

Also worth mention is that magic items are typically made of magical materials intended to resonate with one of the Exalt types.
Orichalcum is a super-hard metal forged from gold. It resonates with Solars.
Moonsilver resembles silver, but is both hard as steel and as protean as its Lunar users.
Starmetal is forged, as the name implies, from fallen stars, and only from such auspicious discoveries can the Sidereals forge such useful tools.
Jade is the material of choice for the Terrestrial Exalted.
Soulsteel is a black metal crafted from the souls of ghosts; the Abyssals find that this icy metal is as strong as orichalcum.
Vitriol is no true material, but instead represents a demonic taint on other Exalted artifacts.
As for Alchemicals, they use jade, orichalcum, moonsilver, starmetal, and soulsteel as they please, as well as the crystalline adamant.


Oh, hey, their Kickstarter has begun; can you give me a link?

Sure. :smallsmile: (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/deluxe-exalted-3rd-edition)

[Heliomance]

Ooh, could someone do Naomi as a Twilight caste sorcerer, please? In the middle of Shaping, would look pretty awesome I think.

...ooh, or Daybreak caste. Now I can't decide. Dammit.

[Mono Vertigo]

I was already there before this thread was created.
And once it becomes irrelevant, I will retroactively never have been there in the first place.

EDIT:
Ooh, could someone do Naomi as a Twilight caste sorcerer, please? In the middle of Shaping, would look pretty awesome I think.

...ooh, or Daybreak caste. Now I can't decide. Dammit.

... I could but I don't know enough about Exalted to know how to represent Shaping. :smalleek:

[Dusk Eclipse]

Could anyone please Exalt my current avatar as Solar of the Night caste? My whole Exalted knowledge comes from Keychain of Creation and some forays into the wiki, so the artist would have full artistic license.

Thanks in advance

[TheCountAlucard]

I was already there before this thread was created.
And once it becomes irrelevant, I will retroactively never have been there in the first place.Sidereals are so much fun. :smallamused:


... I could but I don't know enough about Exalted to know how to represent Shaping. :smalleek:Hand gestures and glowing contrails seem to be the way to go. :smallwink:


Could anyone please Exalt my current avatar as Solar of the Night caste?From your username, I would have pegged you as a Dusk. Or an Eclipse. :smalltongue:

But Night definitely fits your avatar, yes. :smallwink:

[Heliomance]

Misho shaping (http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0216.html) sorcery... (http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0282.html)

and (http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0290.html) necromancy. (http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0291.html)

[Dusk Eclipse]

Eclipse caste sounds boring (never been much of a diplomat in RL or gaming) and I didn't know about the Dusk caste.

[Mono Vertigo]

Ah, right, forgot about Keychain of Creation. (Should seriously reread it now I know enough to understand more than 25% of the content.)
Okay then, Helio, I'll try to make something tonight or tomorrow, ideally after you've decided which Exaltation you want. :smallbiggrin:

[TheCountAlucard]

Eclipse caste sounds boring (never been much of a diplomat in RL or gaming)…Keep in mind that 1) Castes are loose associations, not strict roles like D&D's character classes, and 2) the iconic Eclipse of 2e was also a kickin' martial artist. :smallbiggrin:


…and I didn't know about the Dusk caste.Abyssal equivalent of the Dawn Caste.

[Dusk Eclipse]

Dawn are the warriors right?, sounds tempting; but dunno it feels to heavy handed to Exalt Dusk as a Dusk caste Abyssal (yes that character is named Dusk :smallredface:)

[TheCountAlucard]

Still not even in the running for "most heavy-handed" I've seen for an Exalted character concept. :smallwink:

And I'm not counting the time my character's fist was made of metal. :P

[Thattaman]

I know nothing about Exalted, so could someone just look at my avatar, think what he'd look like in Exalted and post it up? Please, pretty please? :smallsmile:

[Dusk Eclipse]

Still not even in the running for "most heavy-handed" I've seen for an Exalted character concept. :smallwink:


Would a runner up be an Alchemical exalt by any chance? :smallwink:

[TheCountAlucard]

I know nothing about Exalted, so could someone just look at my avatar, think what he'd look like in Exalted and post it up? Please, pretty please? :smallsmile:Fire Aspect Terrestrial using Elemental Bolt Attack.
Solar sorcerer, possibly Twilight, but could be any caste, shaping a sorcery spell.
Green Sun Prince, possibly Scourge caste.
Or he could be a Fair Folk. Or a humanoid god. Or really almost anything. Hand-auras are pretty vague. :smalltongue:

Tell us about the avatar/character, and I'll try and suggest something that fits. :smallsmile:

[Halae]

oooh, awesome!

would someone be willing to do up my current avatar as a No Moon lunar sorcerer?

[Doran]

Could someone please make my avatar Goblin's Kin into a Lunar?

She kind of needs the regeneration right now :smalleek:

[TheCountAlucard]

would someone be willing to do up my current avatar as a No Moon lunar sorcerer?Is this your Deadly Beastman Transformation, or do you just suffer chimeraism? :smallwink:

…and why does that sound like a pickup line?!?

[Lycunadari]

I know nothing about Exalted, so could someone just look at my avatar, think what he'd look like in Exalted and post it up? Please, pretty please? :smallsmile:

I second this. I'd read up on Exalted and do it myself but finals are coming up so I don't have the time.

Other avatars as references:
http://imageshack.us/a/img703/8596/lycunormal2.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img703/1373/lycucape.png
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/125/0/0/00ec24e7ca875a323aa365d2e99f0855-d4ylo33.gif

[Deathkeeper]

Alright, I'm back from my trip to the Exalted Wiki/TV Tropes. Anyone willing to universe-shift my avatar out of Pathfinder and into this week's setting? Considering my character's general personality and role, Air Aspect Dragon-blood sorcerer, maybe? I think it'd work, although the dragon is mandatory. Not sure if Fantasy Kitchen Sink includes pocket dragons. I can settle on it being an Anima, or similar magic critter, but for the sake of his theme I don't like presenting Jace alone.

[Mono Vertigo]

Hey, Helio, I'm a jerk so I didn't wait for you to make up your mind, also I realized "ahah, Heliomance" and thought Solar might be more appropriate.
http://i.imgur.com/VfqJcnr.png
Hope you like it. :smallsmile:

[Turalisj]

My avatar is obviously either a Fire aspect or a Chosen of Journeys :smallwink:

[Halae]

Is this your Deadly Beastman Transformation, or do you just suffer chimeraism? :smallwink:

…and why does that sound like a pickup line?!?Hmm... that's a good question. the wings in addition to everything else suggest chimerism though

[Mono Vertigo]

I second this. I'd read up on Exalted and do it myself but finals are coming up so I don't have the time.

Other avatars as references:
http://imageshack.us/a/img703/8596/lycunormal2.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img703/1373/lycucape.png
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/125/0/0/00ec24e7ca875a323aa365d2e99f0855-d4ylo33.gif
I can do you, if you want. A Wood Aspect, maybe. :smallsmile:

[Anarion]

Ooh, hmm, I'd like to mix up my themes. Would someone be willing to spiff up my pony avatar as an Eclipse caste Solar, focused on oratory skills and presence?

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e205/dirtytabs/Stuff_drawn/MLPanarion-small-1.gif

[Kobold-Bard]

Yeah, Keychain of Creation is basically going to be the go-to source material for this week.

If anyone would care to turn my Kobold bard (http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/Kobold-Bard/Avatars/Kobold-Bard20.png)into an Exalt I'd be vary grateful.

Requesting my default avatar with a Zenith Caste Mark and a golden multi-headed Dragon as his anima banner, playing an instrument (violin unless you come up with something more fitting).

Random avatar creators, expect PMs if no one volunteers :smalltongue:

[Lycunadari]

I can do you, if you want. A Wood Aspect, maybe. :smallsmile:

That would be great – thank you in advance! :smallsmile:

[Komodo]

My current avatar is a half-dragon monk.

Considering all I know about Exalted (Keychain of Creation and Chorus of The Neverborn) I assume that he'd probably a fire-aspect Terrestrial (ie, dragon-blooded? Eh?). Then again, I also hear that there are other races in Exalted that he might fit into? I might be able to draw it myself, but a pointer or two from someone in-the-know would be appreciated.

[Mono Vertigo]

Aaaand there you are. Man, I'm on a row tonight.
http://i.imgur.com/oZKcXd6.png

[Cuthalion]

Would you mind explaining a very basic little for those who want to create avatars for themselves (Head symbols, races, stuff) and don't have the time to exactly read up on this?

[Halae]

My current avatar is a half-dragon monk.

Considering all I know about Exalted (Keychain of Creation and Chorus of The Neverborn) I assume that he'd probably a fire-aspect Terrestrial (ie, dragon-blooded? Eh?). Then again, I also hear that there are other races in Exalted that he might fit into? I might be able to draw it myself, but a pointer or two from someone in-the-know would be appreciated.

A lunar with a reptilian aspect or chimerism might also be appropriate

[Lycunadari]

Aaaand there you are. Man, I'm on a row tonight.
http://i.imgur.com/oZKcXd6.png

Thank you! It's beautiful! I have just one small request – could you add my bird somewhere?

[TheCountAlucard]

Would you mind explaining a very basic little for those who want to create avatars for themselves (Head symbols, races, stuff) and don't have the time to exactly read up on this?Sure! I'll update the OP shortly!

[Mono Vertigo]

@Lucy: of course, I'll fix that right now!


Would you mind explaining a very basic little for those who want to create avatars for themselves (Head symbols, races, stuff) and don't have the time to exactly read up on this?
So, Exalted is a setting that includes mainly Asian ersatz of culture, martial arts and mythology. But you also find all other sorts of equivalents to other myths and cultures (like shapeshifters associated to the moon, aztec communist robots[!!!], etc).
Exalted are all blessed (aka exalted) by gods or equivalents. Solars are blessed by the Sun god, Abyssals are their corrupted version from the Underworld, Terrestrials exhibit elemental traits (air, water, fire, earth, wood), Lunars are the Moon's shapeshifters, Sidereals run the celestial bureaucracy, and Infernals are just weird as hell (literally).
Humans can exalt, as well as beastmen (who are, like the name indicates, half-human, half-animal).
Among other beings of notice you also have gods, spirits, ghosts, demons, Dragon-Kings, etc. Also Primordials/Neverborn/Yozis who are eldritch abominations, if you like that.
Often, when Exalts use their powers, a mark corresponding to their kind of Exaltation shows up on their forehead, and they're engulfed by their anima (aka aura of awesome). There are too many sorts of marks to detail here, however, so just take a look at the wiki (http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Main_Page).
In doubt, go for a martial artist that looks awesome. Kung Fu masters are valid, gothic knights are valid, half-badger barbarians are valid, etc.

[horngeek]

Hmmm... I'll have to decide whether to have my current Avvie Exaltified or have the character in this picture Avatared somehow.

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af275/umbrellako2/547dfb45.jpg

[Weimann]

I must cast myself before those of greater skill with pen and Photoshop. If it please them, let them bestow upon me an avatar so that I might walk straight with no shame on my brow.

Okay, really though, it'd be so neat if I could pester someone for an avatar. I'm thinking a Scourge in a striped sweater, based on my previous avatar, shown in the spoiler below. Maybe his anima banner could be the words on his sign, floating around? If you happen to know the pictograms, it could totally be in Old Realm... just a thought, no requirement. :smallbiggrin: I'd like a mostly black and white palette, however.

If anyone is nice enough to help me out, I'd be super grateful! Just PM me if you have any questions or anything.

Original avatar
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/Rustine/imustrunawaynow.gif

Ponified avatar
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/Rustine/imustrunawaynowpony.png

[Mono Vertigo]

Thank you! It's beautiful! I have just one small request – could you add my bird somewhere?

Fixed!
http://i.imgur.com/I3vJIJK.png

[Lycunadari]

Fixed!
http://i.imgur.com/I3vJIJK.png

Thank you! I love it! :smallsmile:

[Sanguine]

Ooh, ooh, Exalted, I want to take part too.

I don't know the first thing about making avatars though, so If someone could make one for me I'd really appreciate it. I'd like it to be of Remus, The Shield That Guards the Realms of Men. My favorite character of all the ones I have made.

Remus is a big fellow outfitted like a Roman Legionare only with a glowing green spear rather than a gladius. He's a Slayer Caste and I'd like him to be in full totemic anima flux if that's not too much to ask. So surrounded by a bonfire of green light, this symbol (http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/6471/slayerm.png) blazing on his forehead, and a gigantic monstrous looking leather shield in the background dripping blood.

[Eldan]

So, where do I go on this exaltation thing? My avatar is basically me (Entomologist) with magical biology powers.

[Dusk Eclipse]

I think an Alchemical (with lots of tentacle-y additions) might go well with the MAD-Wizard/Scientist vibe I get from your normal avatar.

[Eldan]

Aren't they robot-things? He has to be human, that's essential. He's a transhumanist, that doesn't work too well with robots.

[TheCountAlucard]

Infernal then. Definitely Infernal. Probably Defiler Caste with lots of Charms from She Who Lives In Her Name. Alternatively, a Twilight Caste Solar akuma of She Who Lives In Her Name.

But to clarify, Alchemicals are still "human," in that they have human souls and have lived past lives as humans; they've just been reincarnated into an artificial body with magical implants.

[Dusk Eclipse]

From my understanding they are more like cyborgs, they add mechanical things to better themselves (which is what transhumanism is right?). If not I guess Lunar exalted with a tentacled animal for could also work.

[Eldan]

Really? Because he's not evil, as such. Or at least, I don't see him as evil. Ruthless, perhaps, but he doesn't ever kill, he doesn't cause unnecessary pain, and he doesn't interfere with the freedom or will of others. He just wants to make people better and stop all death and suffering. Hell is a strange association.

[TheCountAlucard]

Infernals are alien, not necessarily "evil." At least, no more so than any other Exalt type. Yes, Exalted's "hell" isn't exactly a nice place - the Demon City of Malfeas is a twisted realm composed of the world-bodies of the imprisoned titans - but the Infernals can use their powers in ways and for purposes the Yozis never intended.

[Eldan]

Hm. Might be fitting, then. I'll have to read up on it.

[TheCountAlucard]

Do you have Skype? I'd be happy to chat about it.

[Eldan]

I do, but it's past midnight and I should have been asleep an hour ago. Eldan985.

[Deathkeeper]

Oh, was going through the wiki (I love learning new lore like this), familiars are a thing. Definitely want to cement that for the request I made earlier, although I'll need a suggestion for the closest thing to a pseudodragon, because the only dragons I could find on the wiki were measured in yards, and I don't think they'd fit in the shot. :smallsmile:

[TheCountAlucard]

Mutant <animal>? Small god/elemental/demon? Fair Folk/fey creation? Enough options are out there that it's not implausible.

[Urpriest]

Ooh, I kind of want to participate in this one.

I'm a bit torn between Defiler and Malefactor. Making the iconic Urpriest recognizable as a Defiler would just take a big crab claw, while doing the same sort of lazy reference for a Malefactor isn't viable on account of this guy probably not looking great in latex nun garb. On the other hand, Malefactors are basically the Urpriestiest thing anywhere, and IMO the best "cleric" class in any game ever. Are there any iconic Malefactors besides the latex nun chick? Alternatively, any other ways to make an Urpriest look Malefactor-ish?

[TheCountAlucard]

You could just go with the anima and caste mark. Use some sand-blast-y attacks, or grant some wishes to people.

[Beacon of Chaos]

So, I know a tiny bit about Exalted now (Thanks Alucard!) but I don't really know about appearances or what type I'd be or even what a caste is.

So here's my alchemist OC, the human form of my pony avatar:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i93/DiegoHavoc/Avatars/ootsdiegoavatar.png (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/DiegoHavoc/media/Avatars/ootsdiegoavatar.png.html)

He makes magic potions and drinks them and/or throws them at people. He can also grow mutant plant creatures to do his bidding and has a homunculous.

What would he be in Exalted?

[Deathkeeper]

Mutant <animal>? Small god/elemental/demon? Fair Folk/fey creation? Enough options are out there that it's not implausible.

And that's why I love setting like this, when "Small god" is at least a semi-normal thing.

[Anarion]

So, I know a tiny bit about Exalted now (Thanks Alucard!) but I don't really know about appearances or what type I'd be or even what a caste is.

So here's my alchemist OC, the human form of my pony avatar:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i93/DiegoHavoc/Avatars/ootsdiegoavatar.png (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/DiegoHavoc/media/Avatars/ootsdiegoavatar.png.html)

He makes magic potions and drinks them and/or throws them at people. He can also grow mutant plant creatures to do his bidding and has a homunculous.

What would he be in Exalted?

There are several routes. Experimentation could easily be a Twilight Caste Solar, which would be your traditional super powerful mad scientist type. Daybreak abyssal if you want the evil mirror-reflection of yourself. If you're looking for the more super secret hidden lab kind of thing, perhaps a Chosen of Secrets Sidereal.

[horngeek]

Infernals are alien, not necessarily "evil." At least, no more so than any other Exalt type. Yes, Exalted's "hell" isn't exactly a nice place - the Demon City of Malfeas is a twisted realm composed of the world-bodies of the imprisoned titans - but the Infernals can use their powers in ways and for purposes the Yozis never intended.

This is important, guys. There's no 'Good' Exalt type and no 'Evil' Exalt type.

Solars can be Lord Giggles Von Babyeater and Abyssals can be heroes.

So, now I've made my decision...

Can someone turn my current avatar into a Lunar Exalted? No Moon, give the sword a Moonsilver workup. Her Totem animal would be a swan, I'll leave a Tell up to whoever takes this on. :smallbiggrin:

[Elemental]

I shall have to think about this later, I have a wedding today so have no time for the whole crafting of avatars.
However, I will likely just create something that seems Exaltedish and claim that it is somehow. Does that work?

[horngeek]

Yes, it does.

...truth be told, you could probably use your current avvie if you had an Abyssal Caste Mark added, the eyes and shadow behind him fit 'Abyssal Anima' fairly well. :smalleek:

[Elemental]

But this is a Hallowe'en costume!

[Xefas]

I'm pretty sure I have a Solar Bunny on my old barely-functioning laptop. Gonna go see if I can retrieve that, or maybe just draw a new one.


Maybe his anima banner could be the words on his sign, floating around? If you happen to know the pictograms, it could totally be in Old Realm... just a thought, no requirement.

I have no art skills, but in the interest of aiding someone who does, and wants to take this request, I wrote out the Old Realm for "I Must Run Away Now". Or, I was going to just write it, but I didn't think that was in the spirit of things.


http://i.imgur.com/mFlXzBg.png

Here they are plain against a transparent background, if someone wants to use them.


http://i.imgur.com/yFeTNIk.png


Aren't they robot-things? He has to be human, that's essential. He's a transhumanist, that doesn't work too well with robots.

Ghost In The Shell would like to have a word with you. :smalltongue:

Alchemicals are pretty solidly Transhuman. They have a human soul, and a better-than-human body of minerals and machines (and Essence). Although, one could argue that their soulgem process actually makes them Posthuman, as their "human souls" are more like a synthetically condensed soul-puree.

[Eldan]

This is important, guys. There's no 'Good' Exalt type and no 'Evil' Exalt type.

Solars can be Lord Giggles Von Babyeater and Abyssals can be heroes.


Soo... if that is the case, then what do kinds of exaltation matter for, if it's not goals and morals? Just, basically, the colour of their magic, id est their power source? If so, then on what basis does one decide where a character should belong? Do I just say "No this an is not alien, so it's not infernal, it's not a robot, so it's not alchemical and I don't like black, so he'll be a solar?"

Edit: I wouldn't classify Ghost in the Shell people as robots. They are cyborgs. True, the extreme cases like the major have no flesh parts left, but they still started out from a human basis and a human consciousness. To a transhumanist standpoint, that is still a distnction, even if I hold inclusionary views towards strong AI.

[TheCountAlucard]

Soo... if that is the case, then what do kinds of exaltation matter for, if it's not goals and morals?Well, how your power expresses itself, yeah. A Lunar might dodge an attack by literally shapeshifting around it. A Terrestrial would launch himself away in, say, a blast of fire. And so on.

But they also have differences in-setting that takes a lot of explaining to get into. The Terrestrials are weaker, but more numerous, so they've formed an Empire that spans much of Creation. The Sidereals, meanwhile, manage the Bureau of Destiny and are literally fated to Exalt. The Lunars live on the fringes of Creation, and thus tend to resonate with "barbarian" tropes. The Alchemicals are the state champions of a machine-world called Autochthonia. The Solars had their immortal essences imprisoned in a cage of jade and thrown into the sea, so the world is only just seeing their return.


They are cyborgs… True, the extreme cases like the major have no flesh parts left, but they still started out from a human basis and a human consciousness.Again, Alchemicals have human souls, and have lived human lives, hence why I made a point of calling them cyborgs.

[horngeek]

And I'm simplifying it a lot, too. The Abyssals and Infernals both have goals that their creators had in mind, but a major thing they can do is turn away from those goals.

[Dusk Eclipse]

The more I read this thread, the more I want to play Exalted >_<.

[Tavar]

Eh....Abyssals do have some value judgement associated with them, but for the most part Exaltations are more tied to goals/method of achieving or approaching the goals.

Solars want to do great things(whether good or bad), and achieve those goals though largely Human means(they don't transform, or wield swords telekenetically). Well, that an raw, Unlimited Power!

Lunars....ergggg....Lunars are kinda in flux due to edition change, but currently they're survivors...who kinda protect stuff? They're shapeshifters. They were not exactly handled well in either edition.

Sidereals are cheating cheaters who cheat. Fate altering super-spys, who's main job is fixing the errors that crop up in fate(which is basically a computer running a really, really indepth physics engine), and who's side job is saving the world. They have fun powers like dodging by not actually being their in the first place, allowing cities to dodge, and shooting people to heal them. Oh, and Google. Sidereals are fated to Exalt.

Alchemicals are the departed souls of mortal heroes, brought back and placed in robotic/clay bodies, in order to defend several communist city/nations inside the robotic world body of a sleeping titan. Their abilities tend to get things done physically(ie, for a Solar you can, eventually, rewrite someone's mind by talking. An Alchemical does it by shoving a wire into their brains and rewriting it manually). Alchemicals also are different because as they grow in age and power they eventually become giant mecha, and then cities. To become an Alchemical one must repeatedly show heroism over the course of several lifetimes.

Infernals are exalted due to, essentially, being the same sort of people who would exalt as Solars and then failing in some way. A mortal who charges the gates of hell in order to rescue his daughter, even though he knows he has almost no change, that could be a Solar. The man who turns away, ignores his daughters pleas in order to live another day? He could exalt as an Infernal. Infernal powers are also weird and inhuman.

Abyssals Exalt only at the verge of death, when they are offered a Deal: you get to continue to live, and in return you help bring down Creation. Probably the most 'always evil', though it's complicated by how bad some places in Creation are. They have similar powers to Solars, but instead of Human perfection they focus on Death and decay.

Dragonblooded are exalted due to lineage, wielding elemental powers. Simplest to sum up, though not to explain fully.

[Xefas]

Soo... if that is the case, then what do kinds of exaltation matter for, if it's not goals and morals? Just, basically, the colour of their magic, id est their power source? If so, then on what basis does one decide where a character should belong? Do I just say "No this an is not alien, so it's not infernal, it's not a robot, so it's not alchemical and I don't like black, so he'll be a solar?"

The kinds of powers they get, sure. Infernals can (permanently) turn their skin into metal, their heart into a nuclear reactor, and their brain into a computer. Solars can't do that. Solars can cleave through metal with a stick, leap over mountains, and write pamphlets that actually convince people of things. Infernals can't do that.

But there's also the kind of heroic act an Exaltation is drawn to.

Solar Exaltations are drawn to an act in which the person attempts a feat in which they are almost certain to fail. They have a one in a million chance, but they try it anyway, because screw the odds. In that moment, they Exalt, and succeed. This could be a slave that forgoes his own certain escape in an attempt to do what he thinks is right, and free everyone in the compound, standing against a dozen armed and armored guards with just his fists and bare chest. Or it could be a serial murderer who decides he's going to take the one in a million chance to sneak past the hundred-man armed blockade between him and the convalescent hospital so he can kill a bunch of crippled old people in cold blood. The Solar Exaltation just wants you to do what you think is right, screw the rules, screw reason, and screw everyone else. You're a God-King and no one may question you.

Infernal Exaltations are drawn to an act in which the person attempts a feat in which they are almost certain to fail, and does fail. Or an instance where someone could have taken the one in a million chance, and didn't. This could be the slave who attempts to free his people, and instead gets beaten to within an inch of his life and left to bleed out in a ditch. The Infernal Exaltation comes and tells them that, next time, they'll have the strength to succeed. They can burn this world and all the wickedness in it. Or it could be the serial murderer who, faced with a massacre that would make him a national house-hold name, decides that he'd rather die unknown and unnoticed as some ignoble dirt farmer than do something so depraved. The Infernal Exaltation comes and tells them that, no, there is another way for them to find greatness. They can be a hero, and the Exaltation will make it easy for them. They could cast down the Gods themselves! Gods of plague, and murder, and suffering. They can slaughter them all and make the world a better place amidst a fountain of blood.

And there's, of course, the starting sort of position for an Exalt's story.

Solars start out, largely, alone and ignorant of the truth about themselves. They have no direction, but no one influencing them or expecting anything of them. The world is their oyster, and they can carve out whatever kindgom or adventure they want for themselves. But, Heaven is scared of them, and the largest empire in the world thinks they're demons. Their story involves making something from nothing, against the odds.

Infernals start out with allies. Powerful allies, and a whole realm of existence that is, more or less, at least non-hostile to them. But, their allies expect the world from them, and have a lot of trouble relating to humans. They're all carrots up front, with a big tentacled cthulhu-stick waiting in the shadows. The Infernal story is almost a coming-of-age one, where you try to find your place in the universe while a bunch of big, smart, strong people who don't understand you at all gesture in the direction they want you to go while giving no reasoning, and thrashing when you disappoint their enormous expectations. Eventually, you'll come to understand them, and join them, or you'll move away and forge your own path, forever haunted by their shadow.

edit: Oh, and the whole time, your body is changing in ways you can't fully comprehend. There's that too.

[TheCountAlucard]

The more I read this thread, the more I want to play Exalted >_<.Third Edition is right around the corner. Keep an eye out, their Kickstarter is due any day now.

[Eldan]

Hrm. The more I read here and elsewhere about exalted, the more I think that none of them really fit my avatar. I think I'll have to sit this week out.

Being thoroughly biological is essential to him. Biotech all the way. He could never arise in a system even remotely communist. So alchemical is out.
Empires are out too, as are elemental themes. No Terrestrial.
I and he both hate the idea of fate and would not want to live in a world that had it. Sidereal is out.
He's very dependent on technology, so not a lunar either.
Abyssal is complicated. I've stated several times that I'd take any deal to live forever, including genocide. I'm not sure if he would, he's better than me that way, more idealistic. But I don't think it would fit, death and decay is the opposite.
Solar could work. The goals are certainly grand. Except he has magic.
Not an infernal either. He sticks to his goals. Stubborn.


In fact, I'd also massively hate getting power from someone else, so I'd hate the entire idea of exalting. He'd probably make a point of not using his exaltation.

[TheCountAlucard]

Keep in mind there's other options still! Fair Folk, gods, demons, elementals, Dragon Kings… but really, you could just be a heroic mortal. :smalltongue:

Alternatively, Artisan Caste Mountain Folk. Can't believe I hadn't thought of that before. :smallconfused:

But if it's not your thing, that's fine; hope to see you participate in the next theme week.

[Tavar]

In fact, I'd also massively hate getting power from someone else, so I'd hate the entire idea of exalting. He'd probably make a point of not using his exaltation.
Two things: A, Fate = physics. Do you like having the laws of Gravity, cause and effect, so on and so forth? You like fate in Exalted.

Secondly, that's a pretty extreme position regarding power, but if he really is devoted to being completely independent from all sources(which I find extremely hard to believe), well, then he would not be exalted. If you don't want to use the power and Exaltation gives, it won't exalt you.

[TheCountAlucard]

Fate = physics. Do you like having the laws of Gravity, cause and effect, so on and so forth? You like fate in Exalted. A little distinction to be made here: fate and destiny are different in Exalted.

The Loom of Fate doesn't do much but keep things running smoothly; destiny, however, is the plan the gods have for Creation, which they enact through the Loom. You're fated to walk around obstacles instead of noclip through them; you're destined to abort a war through auspicious circumstances.

Of course, Exalts are notoriously good at slipping the reins of their destinies and doing their own things. :smalltongue:

Being a Sidereal is hard. :smallbiggrin:

Imagine working in a big government-style bureaucracy, hundreds of millions of employees, each trying to push their own agendas and get away with whatever the corrupt system will allow. Now imagine that you are one of the hundred or so that are the only ones there with some sort of human perspective, and then imagine that there are employees with names like Amoth City-Smiter, and the Maiden of Endings.

[Ifni]

Ooh, Exalted week. Does this mean I can request my first custom avatar? :smallsmile:

I'd probably like to use my PC in my currently-most-active PbP game. She's Eclipse caste, so when she's using magic she has a circle with a dot inside it on her forehead, which glows white-gold (like this (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/6218/eclipse.png)).

She has medium-brown skin, long dark green hair which she usually braids and clips up, and green eyes. (She's from a Dragon-Blooded family, aspected toward the element of Wood, and has some of the associated physical traits even though she's not Dragon-Blooded herself.) She's small and petite, only about five feet tall.

It might be neat to see her in combat mode, in which case:
-She's wearing utilitarian clothes; black trousers and boots, and a well-worn green jacket.
-She is holding / leaning on / swinging (whichever is easier to draw) a massive two-handed golden sword that's taller than she is (magic makes it light enough for her to use).

If she was in full flaring mode, her anima banner would be blazing around her; it's basically a depiction of Yggdrasil (giant white tree, golden blossoms, bed of thorns at the base), and it's visible for miles. If trying to get any depiction of this makes the picture too crowded, she could just have a halo of white-gold light around her, or just the caste mark.

Chibi picture: http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/7393/tek5079229f7175c0528908.png
(this gets the clothing/skin/eyes mostly right, and the hair partly right - it should be dark green instead of black but is otherwise ok - but omits the forehead mark, the sword should be gold, and the bow is unnecessary)

[Kyeudo]

Solar could work. The goals are certainly grand. Except he has magic.


You misunderstand. Everyone in Exalted has magic. The mortals are just the ones who have to strain really hard to use it.

There's also two major types of magic - Charms and Sorcery.

Charms are the easy things, where you pour the raw power of Creation through your skills and talents and it magnifies the effect greatly. A Solar warrior swinging a sword could throw a blast of golden energy to cut across distances and sear the unholy or he could just slice a mountain in half. A Solar savant can take his understanding of the world and with it shove his will into the teeth of Chaos itself, making anything he desires from raw potential.

Sorcery goes beyond Charms in both scope and difficulty. With Sorcery, you basically rip reality apart and put it back together with your will. Sorcery starts with replicating the miracles of the Bible (like the walls of Jericho and parting the Red Sea) and ramps up from there, ending with being able to do things like bend the Demon Princes to your will or rain corrosive acid-poison-hate across a continent until nothing living remains.

Guess who gets the best Sorcery? Solars.



In fact, I'd also massively hate getting power from someone else, so I'd hate the entire idea of exalting. He'd probably make a point of not using his exaltation.

Again, you misunderstand. No one gave you your Exaltation. It chose you and it becomes as much a part of you as your own soul. You can't not use it - it grants you capacities, talents, skills, and more, not just some magic powers to wave around. The Exalted are beholden to none, not even their patron. Solars could kill the Unconquered Sun if they wished and suffer nothing for it.


Honestly, I think a Twilight savant would probably suit your ideas best, seeing as First Age Twilights were pushing the transhumanist envelope as far as possible (One of them turned herself into a giant squid monster, another turned an enemy into a forest, and a third turned herself into a fog bank - all on purpose) and were creating new species for fun and profit. They made singing monkeys, lion-horses to ride, bugs that build villages, reptilian tomb guardians that only eat the living and can hibernate for centuries, and variations of humanity adapted for life underground (they are blue for some reason), underwater, and in mid-air.

[Tavar]

A little distinction to be made here: fate and destiny are different in Exalted.

The Loom of Fate doesn't do much but keep things running smoothly; destiny, however, is the plan the gods have for Creation, which they enact through the Loom. You're fated to walk around obstacles instead of noclip through them; you're destined to abort a war through auspicious circumstances.

Of course, Exalts are notoriously good at slipping the reins of their destinies and doing their own things. :smalltongue:
True, but that destiny is based on fate: it's basically looking at an OMG large number of probabilities, and figuring out the answer from there.

[TheCountAlucard]

More that it's facilitated through Fate. The god of Secrets Known By Only Two People will try and push Kevin to spill the beans about something he's hiding from the world to you, so that this secret falls under his purview, and fate in turn is made to guide Kevin toward that by making it more likely for you to be alone with him a lot.

EDIT: Mind if we drop this or take it elsewhere? I get the feeling it might interfere with folks requesting avatars.

[Triscuitable]

I've always been one for Abyssals, and I figure my three-year old Jace Beleren avatar needs to be cycled out. If someone could help me with that problem, I'd be incredibly thankful.

[PurityIcekiller]

Hiya, guys! If anyone needs help with Exalted avatars and doesn't hate ponies with a passion, feel free to ask me. I'm best with ponies and special effects.

And by the way, here's a better look at my current avatar: http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5050/winterflapexalted.png

[CapedLuigiYoshi]

Yeah, I have no idea about this Exalted stuff, and I'm already running late with a paper, so I don't have time to find out.

This'll be the first time in a while I've requested an avatar... could I get someone to avatar my current avatar as... whatever the closest thing to someone specializing in Air elemental stuff is?

[TheCountAlucard]

whatever the closest thing to someone specializing in Air elemental stuff is?An Air Elemental? :smallwink:

Just kidding; you'd probably want an Air Aspect Terrestrial.

Ooh, but here's a fun idea - an Air Aspect Terrestrial "Luigi" and a lesser elemental dragon "Yoshi!" :smallbiggrin:

[CapedLuigiYoshi]

An Air Elemental? :smallwink:

Just kidding; you'd probably want an Air Aspect Terrestrial.

Ooh, but here's a fun idea - an Air Aspect Terrestrial "Luigi" and a lesser elemental dragon "Yoshi!" :smallbiggrin:

If you think the avatarist could pull it off without too much issue, great! :smallbiggrin: (Blue would be a good color for the hypothetical "Yoshi", considering the blue Yoshis from Super Mario World.)

[TheCountAlucard]

I was just picturing an oriental-style dragon, but with a Yoshi head. :smalltongue:

Also, being an Air Aspect has its perks: for one thing, throwing around blasts of air/ice/lightning is easily accessible; also, you can buffet yourself with currents of air to boost your jumping (REALLY helpful in a platformer)!

[CapedLuigiYoshi]

I was just picturing an oriental-style dragon, but with a Yoshi head. :smalltongue:

Me too, pretty much.


Also, being an Air Aspect has its perks: for one thing, throwing around blasts of air/ice/lightning is easily accessible; also, you can buffet yourself with currents of air to boost your jumping (REALLY helpful in a platformer)!

Yep, sounds pretty much perfect. :smallsmile:

[Xefas]

This being Exalted, of course, once a hypothetical Air Aspect Luigi hits Essence 6, he can always pull out Mantle of Elemental Fusion to combine with his Yoshi Dragon to become unto a tiny lightning bending god in times of great need.

[Gensh]

I probably won't be able to take any requests since it's finals week (curse you, forum attack!), but everyone's favorite DEMON EMPEROR is willing to help for the low, low cost of your Free Will. You even get to keep your soul!
Because seriously, human souls are like pennies; more trouble to keep around than they're actually worth.

Canonically nude:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Fearbane/GitPMalfeasNude_zps2817620c.png

Outfit from Compass Malfeas:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Fearbane/GitPMalfeasClothed_zps973cab00.png

[Amidus Drexel]

Hrm... I'll have thought of a request eventually...

I'm not really sure what to go with, actually. Abyssal sounds nice. Hrm...



Lord Giggles Von Babyeater


I might borrow this name. :smallcool:

[Ronnoc]

Are there any intrepid avatar makers who would be willing to make my last infernal character?


Name: Jorrad Nyingma
Defiler caste Infernal
Anima: Jorrad’s anima banner takes the form of a constellation of white spheres orbiting a black hole, it’s accretion disk wreathed with viridian radiation.
AppearanceJorrad is six foot tall and weighs 180 pounds formerly tanned by the harsh luminescence of Hathsin's sun the catalyzation of his exaltation bleached his skin white. Dark of hair and eye, Jorrad generally dresses casually, rumpled long sleeved shirts and trousers concealing the emitter points for his personal shield and computer.

He's a defiler caste in the Heaven's Reach sub-setting of Exalted and borrows more than a little bit of inspiration from Kelsier of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn books if that helps any.

[horngeek]

I might borrow this name. :smallcool:

Well, I stole it from The Dresden Files anyway. So feel free!

…I think the original one was Darth Giggles Von Babyeater, though.

[Anarion]

Soo... if that is the case, then what do kinds of exaltation matter for, if it's not goals and morals?


I do think the various exalts have more of a moral bent to them than people are giving credit for in this thread. Infernals are alien and inhuman because they're associated with the Yozi, a race of primal elder deity things that are hell-bent on undoing reality and changing existence into their cthulu-esque nightmare world.

Abyssals are even more evil. They draw their power directly from the world of the dead and serve beings that are essentially dead elder deities that not only want the world to cease to exist, but want it to have never existed in the first place.

The Exalted setting kind of does the equivalent of encouraging every PC to play the chaotic good drow (i.e. buck the stereotype), but in terms of flavor, if you play an abyssal or an Infernal, you are evil until you prove otherwise.

That doesn't make the others good though. Solars can do whatever they want. They're humanity writ large, and so they run the full gamut from the utterly sublime to the sick and heinous. Lunars are more concerned with surviving and tend to be bestial in nature, and Sidereals and dragon-blooded are usually too busy being caught up in bureaucracy to consider the ethical ramifications of their actions.



In fact, I'd also massively hate getting power from someone else, so I'd hate the entire idea of exalting. He'd probably make a point of not using his exaltation.

It's not getting power from someone else, not really. It's a fusion that happens to your soul because you do something or are someone that shows you deserve to have it happen. If your guy is just a guy who's into his science, he's probably a reclusive dragon-blooded exalt. There's tons of them and they're not all empire-minded all the time. They all pay lip service to the empire, sure, but plenty of them go off and do random experiments or keep their own estates far away from prying eyes.

The way you figure out what type of exalt you are is to think about how your character exalted:

Did something really cool and got power when you did it? You're a solar

Did something really cool and got power after you survived it on your own? You're a lunar

Backed out of doing something cool? Infernal

Died and decided you reaaaally didn't want to die and you'd sell out the rest of reality to save your own skin? Abyssal

Just kind of grew into it? Dragon-blooded

Picked specially for it? Sidereal

Alternate dimension robot person? Alchemical

[alberkhav]

Ah, right, forgot about Keychain of Creation. (Should seriously reread it now I know enough to understand more than 25% of the content.)
Okay then, Helio, I'll try to make something tonight or tomorrow, ideally after you've decided which Exaltation you want.

[Lord Raziere]

yea, I wouldn't go too much into Exalted morality. That has WAY too much potential to descend into philosophical insanity, especially on a forum full of DnD players.

the only Exalt that you can really say is the closest to being the most good is Alchemicals- they are champions of the people who don't rule and whose entire purpose is to make sure that the wider society is safe as possible in a world of technological danger and depleting resources.

[Gensh]

Response to Anarion hidden because as Alucard said, this isn't really the place for it.

I do think the various exalts have more of a moral bent to them than people are giving credit for in this thread. Infernals are alien and inhuman because they're associated with the Yozi, a race of primal elder deity things that are hell-bent on undoing reality and changing existence into their cthulu-esque nightmare world.

Abyssals are even more evil. They draw their power directly from the world of the dead and serve beings that are essentially dead elder deities that not only want the world to cease to exist, but want it to have never existed in the first place.

The Exalted setting kind of does the equivalent of encouraging every PC to play the chaotic good drow (i.e. buck the stereotype), but in terms of flavor, if you play an abyssal or an Infernal, you are evil until you prove otherwise.

That doesn't make the others good though. Solars can do whatever they want. They're humanity writ large, and so they run the full gamut from the utterly sublime to the sick and heinous. Lunars are more concerned with surviving and tend to be bestial in nature, and Sidereals and dragon-blooded are usually too busy being caught up in bureaucracy to consider the ethical ramifications of their actions.

Most of us that argue against Exaltation having an inherent morality are more concerned with the perception of morality. Solars are glorious and even angelic at times (even though that's rare to see in the online metagame); Abyssals drip blood and blight the earth; Infernals derive nutrition from murder and belch green hellfire. We've always got to be careful with new players that they don't mistake the imagery that an Exaltation might bear with the person who bears it. Perhaps the easiest example to point out is that since there are so few Celestial Exaltations, someone who should have been a Solar might instead become an Infernal since without the convenient deus ex machina, he failed in his task; or worse, he died and was forced to choose between trying again as an Abyssal or making the "right" choice and dying like the mortal he is. Further, even the world-killing psychos have a point: it would be a mercy to destroy Creation than to let one of the Yozis - or heaven forbid a sole mad Exalt systematically drive the souls of the populous to such depths of despair that none Exalts ever again.

Also, Raziere, you forget that there was already a massive argument about Alchemicals being the most "Good" Exalts. It ended as poorly as always. :smallamused:

On a more relevant note, I'm going to try to throw together some canon avatars as time allows. It's always fun to throw yourself into the game (as my own avatar attests), but this is a great opportunity to show everyone that there are more characters than Panther. :smalltongue:

As such, someone else may use the Faffles I'd been saving:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Fearbane/GitPFaFL_zps58634d44.png
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Fearbane/GitPFaFLLarge_zps773dea5a.png

[Heliomance]

Ah, right, forgot about Keychain of Creation. (Should seriously reread it now I know enough to understand more than 25% of the content.)
Okay then, Helio, I'll try to make something tonight or tomorrow, ideally after you've decided which Exaltation you want.

Well Musashi already made me that spiccy Twilight avatar, which is amazing. I am tempted to be greedy though, and ask for a Hot Goth Chick Daybreak caste as well :p

[horngeek]

Can someone turn my current avatar into a Lunar Exalted? No Moon, give the sword a Moonsilver workup. Her Totem animal would be a swan, I'll leave a Tell up to whoever takes this on. :smallbiggrin:

…any takers? Now I think about it, she'd work as a Twilight Caste, but Lunar fits her slightly better. Either way, she should be doing something healer-y.

[Mynxae]

Is it bad that when I think of Lunar Caste, I immediately thought of Sailor Moon...? :smalltongue:

[Lord Raziere]

Also, Raziere, you forget that there was already a massive argument about Alchemicals being the most "Good" Exalts. It ended as poorly as always. :smallamused:


Nevermind then.

Just trust me people, Exalted + Morality Discussion = doesn't end well.

Exalted is more about power and the consequences of using it….which actually should have some morality in there once you think about it, but no one ever said that Exalted was realistic. its about as unrealistic as DnD, it just goes in the opposite direction in how it is unrealistic. which according to the designers, is the entire point of Exalted :\

[Kobold-Bard]

Hrm. The more I read here and elsewhere about exalted, the more I think that none of them really fit my avatar. I think I'll have to sit this week out.

Being thoroughly biological is essential to him. Biotech all the way. He could never arise in a system even remotely communist. So alchemical is out.
Empires are out too, as are elemental themes. No Terrestrial.
I and he both hate the idea of fate and would not want to live in a world that had it. Sidereal is out.
He's very dependent on technology, so not a lunar either.
Abyssal is complicated. I've stated several times that I'd take any deal to live forever, including genocide. I'm not sure if he would, he's better than me that way, more idealistic. But I don't think it would fit, death and decay is the opposite.
Solar could work. The goals are certainly grand. Except he has magic.
Not an infernal either. He sticks to his goals. Stubborn.


In fact, I'd also massively hate getting power from someone else, so I'd hate the entire idea of exalting. He'd probably make a point of not using his exaltation.

Sounds like a Twilight. Solar exalts of the Twilight Caste are the artisans, scientists and medics of Exalted. While a human can build a house, discover an element or heal a broken back, a Twilight could single handedly build a the starship Enterprise, create new species or cure every mental illness in an entire country.

In Exalted, everything is magic; the world & everything in it is literally composed of different flavours of Essence; pure magic arranged in a certain pattern in order to create somehing, no different than atoms. Charms aren't you casting spells, they are how everything from Darkness Incarnate down to the lowliest critter interact with the world.

Solar Charms allow you to turn your natural skills up to 11, but you still have to that skill or all the magic in the world won't do a damn thing. And you aren't "given" the power, for Solars you earn it by knowing your limits, and either intentionally or spontaneously having the guts to go beyond them

Personally your guy screams Twilight Caste to me. The First Age Twilights could use science to wield essence in order to create new species and literally biotech existing ones.

[Mono Vertigo]

Well Musashi already made me that spiccy Twilight avatar, which is amazing. I am tempted to be greedy though, and ask for a Hot Goth Chick Daybreak caste as well :p
That poster directly quoted an earlier post of mine, actually, so I have no idea what's up. Presumably they don't actually want to make an avatar. o.ô

[Anarion]

Response to Anarion hidden because as Alucard said, this isn't really the place for it.


Most of us that argue against Exaltation having an inherent morality are more concerned with the perception of morality. Solars are glorious and even angelic at times (even though that's rare to see in the online metagame); Abyssals drip blood and blight the earth; Infernals derive nutrition from murder and belch green hellfire. We've always got to be careful with new players that they don't mistake the imagery that an Exaltation might bear with the person who bears it. Perhaps the easiest example to point out is that since there are so few Celestial Exaltations, someone who should have been a Solar might instead become an Infernal since without the convenient deus ex machina, he failed in his task; or worse, he died and was forced to choose between trying again as an Abyssal or making the "right" choice and dying like the mortal he is. Further, even the world-killing psychos have a point: it would be a mercy to destroy Creation than to let one of the Yozis - or heaven forbid a sole mad Exalt systematically drive the souls of the populous to such depths of despair that none Exalts ever again.

Also, Raziere, you forget that there was already a massive argument about Alchemicals being the most "Good" Exalts. It ended as poorly as always. :smallamused:

On a more relevant note, I'm going to try to throw together some canon avatars as time allows. It's always fun to throw yourself into the game (as my own avatar attests), but this is a great opportunity to show everyone that there are more characters than Panther. :smalltongue:

As such, someone else may use the Faffles I'd been saving:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Fearbane/GitPFaFL_zps58634d44.png
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Fearbane/GitPFaFLLarge_zps773dea5a.png

One last thing and I'll leave off, as you're right that the morality discussion can spiral out of control a bit. For introducing new people to the setting, I think it's fair that they understand that some of the exaltations arise out of bad things.

Abyssal exaltation demands that you care so much about saving your own life that you commit yourself to the annihilation of existence. Infernal exaltation requires failure and weakness followed by giving in to the temptation to serve a monstrous master in order to have power. Sure, once you've got the power, you can throw off the yoke and do as you wish. But when you compare to the bravery of a solar exaltation or the endurance and grit of a lunar, there is a difference in character.

People should know that if they're picking a theme for themselves.

[Xefas]

Is it bad that when I think of Lunar Caste, I immediately thought of Sailor Moon...? :smalltongue:

You'd want the Sidereals for that. They're literally: Chosen of Mercury/Venus/Mars/Jupiter/Saturn. Not only can they do "secret identity that doesn't actually obscure my identity at all and yet no one recognizes me for some reason", but they're also specifically tasked with protecting Creation, and will get Super Fate Notification Emails when something is amiss that needs a'fixin'.


Infernal exaltation requires failure and weakness followed by giving in to the temptation to serve a monstrous master master who is under no obligation to tell you the truth, and will probably tell you that they're the Fluffy Chipmunk King What Dispenses Free Hookers And Blow With No Strings Attached Other Than Awesome Superpowers, Brofist Y'all in order to have power.

[Eldan]

It's not getting power from someone else, not really. It's a fusion that happens to your soul because you do something or are someone that shows you deserve to have it happen.


Yes, I understood that much. But it's still an external force that makes you powerful, and I sort of find that distasteful. And the entire "deserve" thing even more so.

[horngeek]

Lunars can, however, pull off the Sailor Moon look.

...Sailor Moon herself probably wouldn't like the methods one would use to do so, but... *shrugs*

[Mono Vertigo]

I am tempted to be greedy though, and ask for a Hot Goth Chick Daybreak caste as well :p
I might just do that myself, actually. Abyssals are amusing to make too. :smallbiggrin:

[Weimann]

I have no art skills, but in the interest of aiding someone who does, and wants to take this request, I wrote out the Old Realm for "I Must Run Away Now". Or, I was going to just write it, but I didn't think that was in the spirit of things.


http://i.imgur.com/mFlXzBg.png

Here they are plain against a transparent background, if someone wants to use them.


http://i.imgur.com/yFeTNIk.pngThank you so much! You are a scholar and gentlebunny.

[Mono Vertigo]

There you are, Helio, a gothic undead sorcerer of the Bronze Age Daybreak Caste.
(Still doesn't beat the aztec communist robots, or the invisible ninja bureaucrats.)
http://i.imgur.com/QZZWwC7.png

[Heliomance]

Awesome!

I have to say, neither of them are what I was picturing when I made the request - I was thinking more badass aura-flaring invincible sorcerer style - but they're both so adorable I can't resist them!

Now, which one to use first?

[Mono Vertigo]

Awesome!

I have to say, neither of them are what I was picturing when I made the request - I was thinking more badass aura-flaring invincible sorcerer style - but they're both so adorable I can't resist them!

Now, which one to use first?
Apologies, I'm not good at using that art style to make truly badass-looking characters, and without hint as to what the respective animas should be, I went with none at all. OTL
Glad you nonetheless like them!

[Kasanip]

…any takers? Now I think about it, she'd work as a Twilight Caste, but Lunar fits her slightly better. Either way, she should be doing something healer-y.

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af275/umbrellako2/hornge_zpsbe36e934.png

Sorry, I don't know about Exalted very much. :smallredface:

[Lord Raziere]

eh, that would work Kasanip, the only thing I'd change is actually make the caste mark distinct amidst the brightness, but I'm not gonna hold you to it and make anyone be exact- we are supposed to have fun with this, and I don't want anyone to feel like I'm telling you to stick to things exactly, especially when many people don't know what Exalted is.

[TheCountAlucard]

Sorry, I don't know about Exalted very much. :smallredface:Got time to chat? I'll do my best to fix that. :smallwink:

Caste Marks and AnimaAs Exalts use their miraculous powers, the expenditure of divine power makes itself apparent by igniting the Exalted anima, resulting in an increasingly brilliant aura. At its peak, it can literally be seen for miles; at this point, it also manifests an image iconic to the specific Exalt in question.

At its start, though, the first indicator of the essence being spent is the flaring of the Exalt's caste mark. All Exalt types except for Terrestrials have a caste mark; these glow with a color specific to the Exalt type.

SolarDawn, the warlords and generals and bandit kings. Their caste mark is a stylized golden sunburst, represented as an open circle with eight spokes.
Zenith, the high priests, mystics and god-kings. Their caste mark is a brilliant golden disk.
Twilight, the scholars, master craftsmen, and genius innovators. Their caste mark is a golden circle with the top half filled in.
Night, the master thieves, spies, and crime lords. Their caste mark is a golden circle with an empty center.
Eclipse, the diplomats, bureaucrats, and master travelers. Their caste mark is a golden circle with a small golden disk within.LunarsFull Moon, warriors and relentless hunters. Their caste mark is a silver disk.
Changing Moon, diplomats and social tricksters. Their caste mark is a silver crescent moon.
No Moon, scholars and priests of Luna. Their caste mark is an empty silver circle.SiderealsChosen of Journeys, Heaven's messengers and harbingers.
Chosen of Serenity, Heaven's diplomats and joybringers.
Chosen of Battles, Heaven's soldiers and shieldbearers.
Chosen of Secrets, Heaven's eyes and oracles.
Chosen of Endings, Heaven's reckoners.

[Kasanip]

eh, that would work Kasanip, the only thing I'd change is actually make the caste mark distinct amidst the brightness, but I'm not gonna hold you to it and make anyone be exact- we are supposed to have fun with this, and I don't want anyone to feel like I'm telling you to stick to things exactly, especially when many people don't know what Exalted is.

As expected, it was an error. It is known the meaning of [Caste Mark], but I don't know about appearance very much. If it is [Solar Exalted], it was thought to be [sun] shape.

Original sketch was such a style: http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af275/umbrellako2/horngrkgk_zps8d25948e.jpg


Got time to chat? I'll do my best to fix that. :smallwink:

If there is an easy explanation, it would be nice. Only a little information can be found. :smallredface:

[TheCountAlucard]

I'm editing more information into my previous post as we speak. Working from my mobile is making it hard to secure image links, though.

[Lord Raziere]

All the caste marks, for easy reference: (non-Exalted players, don't worry about Nocturnals, they are a fan splat, and I'm only putting them there in the event that some one might actually want one)
(As for Fiend and Midnight, yea I know they are pretty much the same, its annoying to me to)
(Also: just feel free to make what works for you)
(Also: This image might be large)

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk25/Trizap/TheCasteMarks2_zpsd4ea2953.png

[HalfTangible]

Can I get a full moon lunar with a raccoon totem?

[TheCountAlucard]

Mind if I paste that into the opening post, Raziere?

[Halae]

oooh, awesome!

would someone be willing to do up my current avatar as a No Moon lunar sorcerer?Repeating my earlier request

[Lea Plath]

Hey all!

Don't suppose I can get in on this and make a request?

Could I get Lea as a Chosen of Serenity, wearing a blue cowl/cloak and under it, a red tunic and leggings, with a star metal staff and lots of bracelets and bangles?

Thanks!

[Dusk Eclipse]

Could anyone please Exalt my current avatar as Solar of the Night caste? My whole Exalted knowledge comes from Keychain of Creation and some forays into the wiki, so the artist would have full artistic license.

Thanks in advance

Reposting my request.

[Gensh]

Yes, I understood that much. But it's still an external force that makes you powerful, and I sort of find that distasteful. And the entire "deserve" thing even more so.

An Exaltation is essentially a prosthetic for the deliberately-crippled human soul. Except much like Tony Stark, the rebels needed said prosthetic to be a weapon as well. Someone "earns" a Celestial Exaltation by matching a certain set of criteria set forth by the god that created it. Since said gods predate humanity by quite a bit and are tremendously powerful, they can sometimes be criminally out of touch. Being a Solar doesn't mean being a good guy; it means being the first to take action, to lead - whether that be leading soldiers to battle or leading a scientific field to new heights of discovery.

Infernal shards are still Solar shards; just drenched in the stench of failure and the bitter hatred of usurped titans. Many Infernals failed through no fault of their own; Creation is a pretty awful place when you get right down to it. Tony Stark is a Solar who risked his life to cobble together an armored battlesuit under harsh conditions (that change depending on the version); Victor von Doom is an Infernal whose life work accidentally exploded on him and destroyed his good looks, leaving him half dead and in a perfect position for a nearby demon to soothe his wounded pride with promises of another try in a better laboratory with attractive assistants and Reed Richards' head mounted on the wall.

[Thattaman]

Fire Aspect Terrestrial using Elemental Bolt Attack.
Solar sorcerer, possibly Twilight, but could be any caste, shaping a sorcery spell.
Green Sun Prince, possibly Scourge caste.
Or he could be a Fair Folk. Or a humanoid god. Or really almost anything. Hand-auras are pretty vague. :smalltongue:

Tell us about the avatar/character, and I'll try and suggest something that fits. :smallsmile:

He's a half-elf wizard worshiping Asmodeus. So based around infernal power and arcane magic as much as you can please. Thank you in advance.

[TheCountAlucard]

Infernal sorcerer, probably Slayer Caste; tell me, if he could armor himself in living metal and rain down nuclear fire, would he?

[Thattaman]

Infernal sorcerer, probably Slayer Caste; tell me, if he could armor himself in living metal and rain down nuclear fire, would he?

Yes, most definitely. He was actually a transmuter wizard in PF so would chang e himself into different things.

[Beacon of Chaos]

There are several routes. Experimentation could easily be a Twilight Caste Solar, which would be your traditional super powerful mad scientist type. Daybreak abyssal if you want the evil mirror-reflection of yourself. If you're looking for the more super secret hidden lab kind of thing, perhaps a Chosen of Secrets Sidereal.
Okay, Twilight Caste Solar sounds about right.

So, does anyone have any tips for designing an Exalted character? Because I've searched for images and I'm finding it really hard to pin down any particular style here. They seem to vary from regular medieval fantasy garb to over the top anime style outfits.

[horngeek]

As expected, it was an error. It is known the meaning of [Caste Mark], but I don't know about appearance very much. If it is [Solar Exalted], it was thought to be [sun] shape.

Original sketch was such a style: http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af275/umbrellako2/horngrkgk_zps8d25948e.jpg



If there is an easy explanation, it would be nice. Only a little information can be found. :smallredface:

It's lovely! Thanks, Kasanip.

...I'm slightly tempted to ask whether you can Avatarify Chiyoko, too, and I'll use both. I don't want to give you too much work, though.

[Ronnoc]

Are there any intrepid avatar makers who would be willing to make my last infernal character?


He's a defiler caste in the Heaven's Reach sub-setting of Exalted and borrows more than a little bit of inspiration from Kelsier of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn books if that helps any.

I've fallen a couple of pages back so here's a repost of my request.

[Anarion]

Ooh, hmm, I'd like to mix up my themes. Would someone be willing to spiff up my pony avatar as an Eclipse caste Solar, focused on oratory skills and presence?

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e205/dirtytabs/Stuff_drawn/MLPanarion-small-1.gif

Reposting my request for an Eclipse Caste Solar pony based on the avatar posted above. I'd be very thankful to anyone that took it up.

@Diego: the easy route is to add symbols and a glowing magic aura to your existing character. If you want to go more in-depth, Exalted essentially embraces any character archetype and tends to use a Wuxia old Asian style for the most part.

[Xefas]

Yes, most definitely. He was actually a transmuter wizard in PF so would chang e himself into different things.

I dunno. For that kind of transmuting, I wonder if being a Malfeas-favored Fiend wouldn't fit better. By Rage Recast and Devil Tyrant Avatar Shintai would give a person much more freedom in turning himself into a myriad of scary uber-monsters, than focusing on the brass armor/nuclear fire stuff. And then fill in Ebon Dragon charms for transmuting other people (into Demons! and stuff), consigning people to eternal torment, super-Asmodeus-Bluff-checks, and so on. For non-monstrous transmuting, Loom-Snarling Deception and Eldritch Secrets Mastery would cover that.

D&D Magic doesn't necessarily translate to Exalted Sorcery.

edit: (And I just realized how appropriate the Charm name "Devil Tyrant Avatar Shintai" would be for a disciple of Asmodeus.)

[Weimann]

I must cast myself before those of greater skill with pen and Photoshop. If it please them, let them bestow upon me an avatar so that I might walk straight with no shame on my brow.

Okay, really though, it'd be so neat if I could pester someone for an avatar. I'm thinking a Scourge in a striped sweater, based on my previous avatar, shown in the spoiler below. Maybe his anima banner could be the words on his sign, floating around? If you happen to know the pictograms, it could totally be in Old Realm... just a thought, no requirement. :smallbiggrin: I'd like a mostly black and white palette, however.

If anyone is nice enough to help me out, I'd be super grateful! Just PM me if you have any questions or anything.

Original avatar
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/Rustine/imustrunawaynow.gif

Ponified avatar
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/Rustine/imustrunawaynowpony.png


http://i.imgur.com/yFeTNIk.png

Reposting this as well as Xefas' generous contribution with the Old Realm idea. Anyone feeling like helping a guy out? :smallsmile:

It doesn't have to be exactly as I said above, just the sweater and the words are kind of important. I can imagine a Chosen of Journeys or a Night Caste as well. Again, just PM me if you want to discuss anything, and thanks in advance.

[Ifni]

Since everyone else is reposting, I'll add mine. It might have been TL;DR last time, so I'll try to be concise. Petite woman with dark green hair, green eyes, brown skin, carrying a very large two-handed golden sword, and with the Eclipse caste mark (small disk within a circle, both golden), as linked above. Clothing can be nearly anything but will generally be either utilitarian travel gear or fancy East-Asian styles (she has a magical amulet that creates clothing according to her wishes, and her birth culture is vaguely Japan-like, but she's traveled a lot).

She's mostly a diplomat and information-broker, but does know how to use the aforementioned enormous golden sword; the pockets of her magic outfit open onto an extradimensional space, where she keeps it most of the time.

[Sanguine]

Ooh, ooh, Exalted, I want to take part too.

I don't know the first thing about making avatars though, so If someone could make one for me I'd really appreciate it. I'd like it to be of Remus, The Shield That Guards the Realms of Men. My favorite character of all the ones I have made.

Remus is a big fellow outfitted like a Roman Legionare only with a glowing green spear rather than a gladius. He's a Slayer Caste and I'd like him to be in full totemic anima flux if that's not too much to ask. So surrounded by a bonfire of green light, this symbol (http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/6471/slayerm.png) blazing on his forehead, and a gigantic monstrous looking leather shield in the background dripping blood.

Reposting my request since that seems to be the thing to do.

[Lord Raziere]

Mind if I paste that into the opening post, Raziere?

not at all! :smallamused:

[Strategos]

Ah, good to see this week won.

As you can see, I went for one of the Fair Folk:
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u163/The_Great_Strategos/StrategosCasteKrisb_zps1889d6da.png

Strategos caste you see. :smallcool:

Anyway, I'm a bit busy for now but I'll see if I can get to work on some of the requests soon.

[Ronnoc]

I can sympathize with the busy end of things. All in favor of rounding up a Circle to hunt down the god of Finals? :smallbiggrin:

[TheCountAlucard]

That sounds like someone in Ryzala's department; better tread carefully. :smalleek:

[Anarion]

I can sympathize with the busy end of things. All in favor of rounding up a Circle to hunt down the god of Finals? :smallbiggrin:

It's not worth it. Sure, you can catch the God of Finals. But the paperwork necessary to make an alteration in the finals schedule needs to be filed in triplicate in seven different heavenly departments. And after that's done, you have to take a test to get the God to agree to anything you propose, as he'd rather die than let go his morals.

[Gensh]

I can sympathize with the busy end of things. All in favor of rounding up a Circle to hunt down the god of Finals? :smallbiggrin:

You have my sword! :smalltongue:


That sounds like someone in Ryzala's department; better tread carefully. :smalleek:

And now we know what to Total Annihilation first. :smallamused:


It's not worth it. Sure, you can catch the God of Finals. But the paperwork necessary to make an alteration in the finals schedule needs to be filed in triplicate in seven different heavenly departments. And after that's done, you have to take a test to get the God to agree to anything you propose, as he'd rather die than let go his morals.

Cecelyne Charms, yo~

[Xefas]

Cecelyne Charms, yo~

"Uh, I'm exempt from finals because, I, uh... I'm a Sagittarius. Sorry, ma'am, it's The Law. And Science! Swillyfactor Away!" ~woosh~

[Ravens_cry]

I'll probably make something with silhouette wings, lots of tattoos in lieu of clothing, some kind of scythe, eyes like midnight pools, and a smile both sweet and sinister.
Tame stuff really for Exalted.

[Ronnoc]

It's not worth it. Sure, you can catch the God of Finals. But the paperwork necessary to make an alteration in the finals schedule needs to be filed in triplicate in seven different heavenly departments. And after that's done, you have to take a test to get the God to agree to anything you propose, as he'd rather die than let go his morals.

Well I've never actually played a Sidereal interacting with the heavenly bureaucracy. I was speaking in terms of a circle of Solars, and or infernals hunting him down :smallwink:

[Heliomance]

So what's the fluff behind the Nocturnals? What did the fans feel was missing to need yet another type of Exalt?

[Lord Raziere]

missing? no. most Exalted fans actually feel the setting is too filled in. Nocturnals are the Chosen of Possibility, and are sort of counterparts to Sidereals. The Nocturnals are the court jesters among the Solar Kings, the Sidereal Advisers and the Dragon-Blooded Soldiers. They are all flash to the Solars all substance.

now, you may wonder why a fan (because only one guy was responsible, not the entire fan base) would fill things in more. that is a fantastic question, which I honestly don't know the answer to.

but filling in was not really the point. the point was having a different play style, a different experience like any other Exalt. and that Nocturnals are awesome because they are these guys who use possibility itself as their weapon, who mess with chance and fate in ways Sidereals don't, who are these strange rogue agents who are forged in paradox and contradiction, who walk among mortals to strive for altruism and to better those around them, despite never gaining any recognition for doing so, for their power is temporary, one of parlor tricks and whatnot. They are jesters, Harlequins and Heralds of possibility, paradox and reality, and sure, you may laugh at them.

but you won't be laughing when his magic trick reveals you for a fool.

tl,dr: paradox-causing possibility-shaping heralds and bards.

[Xefas]

So what's the fluff behind the Nocturnals? What did the fans feel was missing to need yet another type of Exalt?

So, the five Maidens of Fate? Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn? They embody stars and constellations, and they and their Chosen manipulate fate and causality through such stellar patterns?

There's a legend, in the setting, which may or may not be true, that those Maidens had a brother, Nox. He was the night sky to their stars, and whereas they represent fate, he represented the transgressing of fate, where they represent causality, he represented the defiance of all status quos, limitations, and preconceived notions. He was the unexpected, the limitless, and the uncontainable.

Naturally, when the Gods decided they wanted to rule the universe, they had to deal with him, because they thought he might side against them. I mean, he could do anything! Best to remove him, just to make sure. Some say he was killed, others say that he was maimed and bolted into the Loom of Fate to serve some arcane function there, and others say he's merely imprisoned in some fashion - but he will return some day, for no prison can hold him.

Nocturnals are his Chosen. Where Sidereals repair fate, and make sure everything happens the way it is supposed to be, Nocturnals disrupt fate to their own ends, good or ill.

[Eldan]

I want to fight for that guy. That's the first worthwhile cause I've heard in Exalted.

[Kasanip]

It's lovely! Thanks, Kasanip.

...I'm slightly tempted to ask whether you can Avatarify Chiyoko, too, and I'll use both. I don't want to give you too much work, though.

Are these ok?

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af275/umbrellako2/hornchiyo_zpsc539ffde.png http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af275/umbrellako2/horngen_zpsd4c5de1d.png

[horngeek]

They're both great! The only real problem is that the Caste mark on the one on the right is wrong- she'd be a Twilight Caste, so from this image...

The top middle icon is the one that works better.

Otherwise, it's perfect, thanks! :smallbiggrin:

EDIT: No, that's me being a bit blind. :smalltongue:

[HalfTangible]

I want to fight for that guy. That's the first worthwhile cause I've heard in Exalted.

The whole point of the Exalted is that they all embody some great goal/power, often even worthwhile goals, but are deeply flawed in some way. The Lunar's goal is to create a world where everybody is strong and independent (i read it as "every single human being will have the heart of a hero" but I'm not sure how canon that specific phrasing is) but they tend to be savage and chaotic. Sidereals keep fate running properly in a world filled with fate-wrecking gods, demigods and occasionally fae but are proud and arrogant as crap in their later years. Solars want to reestablish order and create a new golden age for creation, the Dragon-blooded want to keep that from happening so a second fall doesn't occur, etc etc.

EX: The Nocturnal caste's goal seems to be 'mess fate up'. But fate was installed into Creation and given caretakers for a reason. While certainly this can be considered a good thing, especially when Fate dooms a person or places, it can also be a very terrible thing, especially since Fate is meant to keep the world in working order.

What I'm getting at is if you can't find a good cause in Exalted or see the Nocturnals as the 'only worthy cause', you're not looking in the right ways/places. =p Be a leader, make the world strong and independent, keep the world spinning, end your master's suffering, and even serve your realm do not sound like bad things at all. Not anymore than 'mess with fate' does, anyway.

[Kobold-Bard]

...

If anyone would care to turn my Kobold bard (http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/Kobold-Bard/Avatars/Kobold-Bard20.png)into an Exalt I'd be vary grateful.

Requesting my default avatar with a Zenith Caste Mark and a golden multi-headed Dragon as his anima banner, playing an instrument (violin unless you come up with something more fitting).

Random avatar creators, expect PMs if no one volunteers :smalltongue:

Since reposting has been deemed socially acceptable.

[Castaras]

I'll probably (if I remember) switch my avatar to this old one. It ain't specifically exalted but it's magicy and crazy, and that seems to be the theme to exalted.

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u130/Castaras/CastarasAvvies/Cassie_PinkMagic.png

[Heliomance]

Could easily be an Abyssal.

[Eldan]

EX: The Nocturnal caste's goal seems to be 'mess fate up'. But fate was installed into Creation and given caretakers for a reason. While certainly this can be considered a good thing, especially when Fate dooms a person or places, it can also be a very terrible thing, especially since Fate is meant to keep the world in working order.

What I'm getting at is if you can't find a good cause in Exalted or see the Nocturnals as the 'only worthy cause', you're not looking in the right ways/places. =p Be a leader, make the world strong and independent, keep the world spinning, end your master's suffering, and even serve your realm do not sound like bad things at all. Not anymore than 'mess with fate' does, anyway.

I probably only find this a wortwhile cause because I don't know anything about that. Anyway, it's getting a bit much into real-world philosophy and politics if I explained why I find the entire Exalted setting mildly offensive.

[Lord Raziere]

yea.

Exalted has more flaws in its premise than its fans care to admit.

Me I get where your coming from, I kinda dislike the "no truly worthy cause" thing either, and how Exalted just seems to go out of its way to…

I can't exactly describe it, and its probably unwise to do so, due to the real world politics and philosophy thing, like you said.

Me, I like to imagine its more idealistic than as actually presented, ignore the people trying to force its "themes" everywhere and play it as Fantasy TTGL.

[Gensh]

Me, I like to imagine its more idealistic than as actually presented, ignore the people trying to force its "themes" everywhere and play it as Fantasy TTGL.

Raaaaaaaz, that's the point of Solars (and incidentally why I don't play them). Their entire schtick is that they can restore the glories of the First Age and why it's pretty important no one do something as silly as, oh, say, writing a splatbook about it. :smalltongue: The First Age and its return means whatever the heck you want it to mean. If you want to play a LG Solar, then you're setting about some sort of utopian democracy where everyone gets a say; if you're a CE Solar, that just means that the Dragonbloods are mostly right, but that's fine too.

Besides, there's these giant chunks of map that are almost entirely empty. The problem of course is that there really wasn't any encouragement to fill them out in Ex2 - they gave you an unlined sheet of paper and told you to create art, but are you supposed to draw or paint or write or...? But there's still room enough for you to toss in a society that's not crapsack or for your Solar to build one. And presumably, Lunars will have more of this in Ex3.

If you're playing Sid, DB, Abyssal, GSP, or Alchie, then you're deliberately making the choice of getting into the organizations associated with those character types. Even then, it's not necessarily wrong to play a Lost Egg DB. And heck, how many Abyssals and GSPs didn't go rogue? So really, only Sids and Alchies get shafted for quitting their day job.

[Doran]

Well 2e+ Exalted still isn't the Old World of Darkness. You have consequences to your actions, and you have a flaw built into your character, but nothing says that everything you do is ultimately futile or flawed.

For example you could use the idea of the circle of exalted being able to negate each others flaws, or that over the entire campaign your characters throw off their flaws:

Dawn - manages to completely destroy a neverborn, lifting the Great Curse
Zenith - turns to an Abyssal and back again to understand the Deathlord and Neverborn, and break them free of their curse
Twilight - repairs the forge of Autocthon, using ingredients from the Wyld, Labyrinth, and MAlfeas and builds a tool to remove the Great Curse corruption
Night - steals a fetich soul from Malfeas, sneaks into Authcthon's world-body and uses it to purify themselves
Eclipse - enacts an elaborate series of pacts, alliances and backstabbing so that all the Yozi, Neverborn and Celestials are forced to remove the Great Curse
Infernals - turn the Great Curse into a soul of theirs, used for understanding other exalts, and increasing or decreasing their corruption


Also if anyone is not aware, the following Exalted webcomics also exist (apart from Keychain of Creation and Chorus of the Neverborn)
Lunar Quest (http://tgchan.org/wiki/Lunar_Quest‎)
Two webcomics on Manse of Ivy (http://www.manseofivy.com/)
Heaven's Strife (http://fivefoldcomicstance.thecomicseries.com/)

[CapedLuigiYoshi]

Reposting request to make an avatar of a... what did Alucard say... an Air Aspect Terrestrial version of my current avatar. (With or without a blue Yoshi-esque lesser elemental dragon.)

[Deathkeeper]

Alright, I'm back from my trip to the Exalted Wiki/TV Tropes. Anyone willing to universe-shift my avatar out of Pathfinder and into this week's setting? Considering my character's general personality and role, Air Aspect Dragon-blood sorcerer, maybe? I think it'd work, although the dragon is mandatory.

Reposting my request. I know it's vague, but that's because I'd rather let the artist have somewhat free reign. I don't know enough about the setting to know exactly what to ask for. Except that it should keep the blue motif (although no blue skin please) for the sorcerer and there should be some sort of dragon with a similar color scheme to my current avatar's.

[TheCountAlucard]

I don't know enough about the setting to know exactly what to ask for.Well, you could be casting the archetypal spell of the Exalted sorcerer, "Death of Obsidian Butterflies." :smallamused:

The sorcerer calls forth a storm of razor-edged butterflies of black glass, propelled with enough force to score stone.

Alternatively, you could be calling up a cloud to ride, turning your skin to bronze, shaping your hand into a wicked wooden claw, summoning elementals, making a whip from your own blood… Exalted sorcerers can pull some trippy stuff.


Except that it should keep the blue motif (although no blue skin please) for the sorcerer and there should be some sort of dragon with a similar color scheme to my current avatar's.Blue jade is a thing in Exalted, and it resonates with the Terrestrial Exalted.

[Anarion]

Exalted has a pretty clear, if difficult to achieve, happy ending. You just have to redeem an abyssal exaltation into a solar. They're pretty clear in the fluff exploring that proposition that if you pull it off, the exaltation will be completely freed from the Great Curse forever more and it can never be inflicted on that exaltation again.

The end result is a solar that is capable of restoring the golden age and isn't afflicted by the crazy.

[5a Violista]

If I were to make a Heroic Mortal, how would I make it visibly from Exalted Setting?

Would it just look like a normal person, or what?

[Gensh]

If I were to make a Heroic Mortal, how would I make it visibly from Exalted Setting?

Would it just look like a normal person, or what?

Unless he particularly feels like riding a dinosaur, then yes, there's nothing to tell him apart. Mortals are mortals man. :smalltongue:
Though there was this one time with a Lunar and a greatsword...

[Amidus Drexel]

I believe I've figured out what I'm requesting now... :smallamused:

So, I'd like an Midnight Caste Abyssal with a black/dark green colour scheme... clothed in robes (a kimono, perhaps? Whatever looks good; if how you've drawn him makes you think he'd look better in plate mail or something, do that instead), wielding a black sword, with long, dark-coloured hair. Facial expression, pose, and other details are left to the discretion of the artist; whatever strikes your fancy.

I've found, normally, that the best art is slightly different from my expectations, so... feel free to interpret my suggestions however you wish. :smallamused:

[Deathkeeper]

Well, you could be casting the archetypal spell of the Exalted sorcerer, "Death of Obsidian Butterflies." :smallamused:

The sorcerer calls forth a storm of razor-edged butterflies of black glass, propelled with enough force to score stone.

Alternatively, you could be calling up a cloud to ride, turning your skin to bronze, shaping your hand into a wicked wooden claw, summoning elementals, making a whip from your own blood… Exalted sorcerers can pull some trippy stuff.

Blue jade is a thing in Exalted, and it resonates with the Terrestrial Exalted.

Eh, I've always thought the cloak suits him more; jade seems more armor-y, although I suppose both are entirely possible.
I think I'd prefer to keep with his character, though, and he's not very over-the-top. He's quite nonchalant, really, so I can't imagine it getting too nuts. I think it'd be something more evocation-ish, since he does enjoy blowing things up a bit.

[Gensh]

Eh, I've always thought the cloak suits him more; jade seems more armor-y, although I suppose both are entirely possible.
I think I'd prefer to keep with his character, though, and he's not very over-the-top. He's quite nonchalant, really, so I can't imagine it getting too nuts. I think it'd be something more evocation-ish, since he does enjoy blowing things up a bit.

Total Annihilation. Because nothing could possibly go wrong with summoning nukes at will. :smalltongue:
Join Team Green. You know you want to.

[Lord Raziere]

Raaaaaaaz, that's the point of Solars (and incidentally why I don't play them). Their entire schtick is that they can restore the glories of the First Age and why it's pretty important no one do something as silly as, oh, say, writing a splatbook about it. :smalltongue: The First Age and its return means whatever the heck you want it to mean. If you want to play a LG Solar, then you're setting about some sort of utopian democracy where everyone gets a say; if you're a CE Solar, that just means that the Dragonbloods are mostly right, but that's fine too.

Besides, there's these giant chunks of map that are almost entirely empty. The problem of course is that there really wasn't any encouragement to fill them out in Ex2 - they gave you an unlined sheet of paper and told you to create art, but are you supposed to draw or paint or write or...? But there's still room enough for you to toss in a society that's not crapsack or for your Solar to build one. And presumably, Lunars will have more of this in Ex3.

If you're playing Sid, DB, Abyssal, GSP, or Alchie, then you're deliberately making the choice of getting into the organizations associated with those character types. Even then, it's not necessarily wrong to play a Lost Egg DB. And heck, how many Abyssals and GSPs didn't go rogue? So really, only Sids and Alchies get shafted for quitting their day job.

But….*sigh* The way other fans keep going on about Exalted, its as if everything needs to completely perfect and canonical……and then they turn around and say things like this! Its just too dissonant, its almost as if I'm being stupid and thinking that either everything should be non-canon or that should be canon in some stupid black and white thinking.

Its confusing as to how much of everything your supposed to follow.

but whatever lets not make this another stupid canon discussion. we already get enough stupidity like that. if you want to discuss it more, PM me or whatever...

I'll try to finish up my seven avatars soon so that I may join in with making everyone else's….

[Heliomance]

Exalted has a pretty clear, if difficult to achieve, happy ending. You just have to redeem an abyssal exaltation into a solar. They're pretty clear in the fluff exploring that proposition that if you pull it off, the exaltation will be completely freed from the Great Curse forever more and it can never be inflicted on that exaltation again.

The end result is a solar that is capable of restoring the golden age and isn't afflicted by the crazy.

Really? Where's that? My current Zenith character's Motivation is to redeem the Abyssals, and he also has an Intimacy for restoring the reputation of the Solars. If that's true, that would be incredibly useful for him.

[Lord Raziere]

I think that redemption thing is in the Scroll of Errata….

[Anarion]

Really? Where's that? My current Zenith character's Motivation is to redeem the Abyssals, and he also has an Intimacy for restoring the reputation of the Solars. If that's true, that would be incredibly useful for him.

http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Abyssal_Exalted

Just scroll down to the redemption section.

[Cuthalion]

I suggest determining a date as soon as possible.

[TheCountAlucard]

I was just about to ask for the same. How about 12th-18th? Or would that be too short-noticed?

[Deathkeeper]

Total Annihilation. Because nothing could possibly go wrong with summoning nukes at will. :smalltongue:
Join Team Green. You know you want to.

I'm getting the distinct image of the two of them wearing sunglasses with an explosion behind them.

[Cuthalion]

Nope. That's fine by me.

[Weimann]

I'm okay with that, but wouldn't it make more sense to start on a Monday and end on a Sunday, to get a proper week? This way you start on the end of a calendar week, and it seems a bit off to me.

[TheCountAlucard]

My calendar starts on a Sunday and ends on a Saturday. :smallconfused:

[Lea Plath]

Hey all!

Don't suppose I can get in on this and make a request?

Could I get Lea as a Chosen of Serenity, wearing a blue cowl/cloak and under it, a red tunic and leggings, with a star metal staff and lots of bracelets and bangles?

Thanks!

Bump!

Also, question. What is the combo that let you kill everyone in Creation with a kick?

[Dusk Eclipse]

Could anyone please Exalt my current avatar as Solar of the Night caste? My whole Exalted knowledge comes from Keychain of Creation and some forays into the wiki, so the artist would have full artistic license.

Thanks in advance

Reposting my request, hoping that some avatarist wants to give it a shot.

[HalfTangible]

Can I get a full moon lunar with a raccoon totem?

Specifically in his actual totem 'im-a-raccoon' form, or if you prefer, his 'rip-and-tear' warform. Pose him however you like.

Alternatively, I'd like someone to make one of my characters (Onore) as a dawn-caste solar. Brief description:

A beautiful golden-haired woman in full plate, Onore radiates light and strength. Her armor is bright silver with golden trim and shines in the sunlight. Her eyes are a deep emerald, and stare with the uncompromising determination of a knight. She goes without a helmet.

[ShadowFireLance]

Hmm, I like Exalted..But...What kind of Exalted would my Avatar be? Any ideas?

[HalfTangible]

Hmm, I like Exalted..But...What kind of Exalted would my Avatar be? Any ideas?

... That appears to be a chimera.

[Amidus Drexel]

Hmm, I like Exalted..But...What kind of Exalted would my Avatar be? Any ideas?

You're already a god... although if we just go with "Lovecraftian Horror"... perhaps an Infernal?

[Ravens_cry]

How's this?
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4808/ravenscryexalt.gif

[Ronnoc]

Looks like an abyssal to me Raven.

[Ravens_cry]

Looks like an abyssal to me Raven.
All righty then!:smallbiggrin:

[TheCountAlucard]

I dunno, the slight build and pointy ears makes me think Fair Folk. :smalltongue:

[horngeek]

I dunno, the slight build and pointy ears makes me think Fair Folk. :smalltongue:

There's no reason it can't be a Fae-Blooded Abyssal.

A bit like a Solar I came up with once who has cat ears and tail because she's from a tribe of beastmen. :smalltongue:

[Doran]

Bump!

Also, question. What is the combo that let you kill everyone in Creation with a kick?

Creation Slaying Oblivion Kick (http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/t/14403.aspx)

[Thattaman]

TheCountAlucard, you said you'd make me an avatar. Have you started on that? Thanks you in advance! :smallsmile:

[TheCountAlucard]

Err, no, I was just taking what you said and phrasing it in Exalted-esque ways. I'm not an avatarist; the best I could do for you, any of you, is to sketch something and then snap a pic with my camera phone, as I don't even have a laptop or scanner anymore.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa100/TheCountAlucard666/Hand%20Drawings/image_zps9bbfd149.jpg
Here's an example of something I knocked out in an afternoon, a Terrestrial bad guy for an upcoming game.

If you really want something from me, I'll see what I can do, but naturally, let the buyer beware… :smallconfused:

[TheCountAlucard]

Went ahead and drew it. I doubt it's much good as an avatar, though.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa100/TheCountAlucard666/Hand%20Drawings/image_zps31c8c599.jpg
Charms in use:
Star-Piercing Spear of Glory - conjures a lance of wicked green hellfire.
Crowned With Fury - commands issued are coupled with green flames from the user's mouth, which coalesce into a crown of fire overhead.
Life-Blighting Emptiness Attack - augments an attack with shadowy nastiness.

And because I noticed it, here's one for AmiDrex, too. http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa100/TheCountAlucard666/image_zps0456a8f8.jpg

[Dusk Eclipse]

I was playing Dark Souls and fought Knight Artorias and with all the Exalteed stuff I have been reading, it just dawned on me that Artorias is definitely an example of an Abyssal (probably Dusk if I understand well the caste) exaltation

He was sent by his liege to fight the spreading of a malevolent force known as the Abyss; but it proved far too strong for him, he sacrificed his left arm and shield to save his companion from the corruption he could not fight back and in the end he was corrupted by it.

So instead of Exalting my normal Avatar, could I get this guy as an avatar? I think the caste mark could be either worked in as a background or something like that

http://www.entdepot.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Dark-Souls-360-PC-PS3-360-and-PS3-Artorias-of-the-Abyss-DLC-Launch-Announcement-Header.jpg

[Amidus Drexel]

And because I noticed it, here's one for AmiDrex, too. http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa100/TheCountAlucard666/image_zps0456a8f8.jpg

Ooh, fancy. I'm saving this picture. :smallcool:



So, I'd like an Midnight Caste Abyssal with a black/dark green colour scheme... clothed in robes (a kimono, perhaps? Whatever looks good; if how you've drawn him makes you think he'd look better in plate mail or something, do that instead), wielding a black sword, with long, dark-coloured hair. Facial expression, pose, and other details are left to the discretion of the artist; whatever strikes your fancy.

I've found, normally, that the best art is slightly different from my expectations, so... feel free to interpret my suggestions however you wish. :smallamused:

A repost for any avatarists out here.

[Maugan Ra]

I may as well actually see about getting an avatar of my own. It'll be of my character in the same game as Ifni is in, a Fire Aspect by the name of Kharal Zhou.

Physical Appearance: He's pretty tall, and well-built, being both stronger and tougher than average. I picture him as moderately tanned, with fairly short black hair, and he's clean shaven.

Equipment: He wears armour made of red jade (a reinforced breastplate technically, but any sort of red-hued medium armour would work) and carries what is basically a katana of the same material. Of course, it's just as easy to find him unarmoured, in which any kind of oriental officer's uniform would probably look about right.

Supernatural effects: He's a Fire-Aspect Terrestrial, so any kind of flame aura would be pretty cool. When he's using as much of his power as he can, his aura takes the form of a giant burning Phoenix.

Pose/attitude: I present two options here. Firstly, he's a proud and patriotic individual, so any kind of heroic charge or respectful salute would work. Even standing at ease. Or, as a second option, he is presently helplessly in love with Ifni's character, and the two of them are generally being adorable enough to make a man sick. So any sort of dreamt love struck impression would likely also fit.

[Ravens_cry]

There's no reason it can't be a Fae-Blooded Abyssal.

A bit like a Solar I came up with once who has cat ears and tail because she's from a tribe of beastmen. :smalltongue:
Think it needs anything to be more over the top Exalted-esque Fabulous™?

[horngeek]

Nah.

Brutally efficient can be just as impressive as over-the-top.

[Urpriest]

Hmm, I like Exalted..But...What kind of Exalted would my Avatar be? Any ideas?

Dagon? One of the Yozis (Exalted Demon Princes, very roughly speaking), specifically Kimbery, is very heavily based on Dagon, specifically in terms of being the parent of a sea-dwelling blasphemous civilization. Of course, a Kimbery avatar would basically just be green, since she's an acidic sea.

Can I get someone to Malefactor-ize my Urpriest avatar? Basically, add the cast mark, a bit of anima, and either sand or candied locusts falling from his hands depending on whether you feel confident drawing the locusts.

[Anarion]

Are there any avatarists willing to jump into this theme? As far as I can tell, most of the page one requests haven't been taken up, much less any of the recent ones.

[Lord Raziere]

You mean we gone into this without a single other avatarist who knows how to make all this?

great. there is a distinct possibility that I might have to make all of them myself, since I might be the only one who knows how. :smallfrown::small annoyed:

or maybe I'm wrong, I don't know, all I know is that I have to get my avatar I'm doing done before I can get to others, get it out of the way so that I'm not distracted.

[Heliomance]

How's this?
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4808/ravenscryexalt.gif

I figured you'd go for Fair Folk, rather than an Exalt. Though, as there's no caste mark visible, it's entirely possible that you did.

[Elemental]

Just letting everyone who cares know, I will try my hand at exalted ponies. Whether I will be successful depends on whether or not I can still Inkscape.

[Mono Vertigo]

Sorry, I've lacked the time to tackle other requests. Might make one avatar or two this afternoon.
I can't believe I'm the only one who's made Exalted avatars and that I've never played the damn game. :smallbiggrin:

[Castaras]

*cracks knuckles*

If someone can give me a list of the people who haven't got their avatar requests fulfilled yet I'll see how many I can get done this weekend in between revision. I don't know exalted at all but I have google to help me.

[Amidus Drexel]

*cracks knuckles*

If someone can give me a list of the people who haven't got their avatar requests fulfilled yet I'll see how many I can get done this weekend in between revision. I don't know exalted at all but I have google to help me.

In no particular order:

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And Thattaman, somewhere near the beginning.
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LDK has one somewhere, as does Weimann

I believe this is most of them... if I missed you, let me know, and I'll edit you in.

[Ifni]

Maugan Ra asked here (I'm interested in that request because it's for a character in one of my games :smallwink:):


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[Halae]

In no particular order:

And Thattaman, somewhere near the beginning.

I believe this is most of them... if I missed you, let me know, and I'll edit you in.

you've missed mine, from aaaaaaaaaaall the way back at the start of the first page

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[Castaras]

Done two so far. More will probably come at some point. For changes just let me know, and if you decide that you want to try get something else that's fine also.

For Ifni

Didn't know what sort of hair you wanted, so went with the curls you see. Adjustments can be made to anything. Hope the symbol is the right one, been scouring the exalted wiki for info.

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u130/Castaras/IfniRequest_zps2cec59cf.png

Lea Plath

I don't like drawing bangles any more. :smalltongue: :smallwink: Couldn't find info on star metal staffs, probably being blind, so made a metal staff. As with Ifni, let me know if I got anything wrong or you want something changed and I can do that.

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u130/Castaras/LeaRequest_zps618357e3.png

[Amidus Drexel]

Maugan Ra asked here (I'm interested in that request because it's for a character in one of my games :smallwink:):

you've missed mine, from aaaaaaaaaaall the way back at the start of the first page

Bah, and here I thought I had quoted both of you.

-edited in-

[TheCountAlucard]

Castaras: You're doing great, but so you know for the future, Starmetal in Exalted looks much like mundane iron, but has a bit more of a luster to it, and when the light catches it, it's this sheen that is colored with the auspicious shades of the Five Maidens.

(In other words, iron that has red, yellow, green, blue, and violet shinies.)

Starmetal artifacts also tend to be very… frugal by design, as the rarity of the material in question limits how much they can use in its construction. Starmetal, as its name implies, is found at the site of a fallen star.

[Ravens_cry]

I figured you'd go for Fair Folk, rather than an Exalt. Though, as there's no caste mark visible, it's entirely possible that you did.
Actually, I was going for Abyssal. I'll have to add some caste mark at some point.

[CapedLuigiYoshi]

Reposting request to make an avatar of a... what did Alucard say... an Air Aspect Terrestrial version of my current avatar. (With or without a blue Yoshi-esque lesser elemental dragon.)

This one was missed.

[Amidus Drexel]

This one was missed.

Another one I could have sworn I had quoted... Sorry about that.

-added-

[Castaras]

Castaras: You're doing great, but so you know for the future, Starmetal in Exalted looks much like mundane iron, but has a bit more of a luster to it, and when the light catches it, it's this sheen that is colored with the auspicious shades of the Five Maidens.

(In other words, iron that has red, yellow, green, blue, and violet shinies.)

Starmetal artifacts also tend to be very… frugal by design, as the rarity of the material in question limits how much they can use in its construction. Starmetal, as its name implies, is found at the site of a fallen star.

Awesome, thanks for the information. :smallsmile:

[Mono Vertigo]

Hey all!

Don't suppose I can get in on this and make a request?

Could I get Lea as a Chosen of Serenity, wearing a blue cowl/cloak and under it, a red tunic and leggings, with a star metal staff and lots of bracelets and bangles?

Thanks!

Tackling this one right now!

[5a Violista]

I made my own! I'm going to use it right now, because it has color (unlike my previous avatar).

http://i1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii499/Mahonri_Violis/Exaltedavatar_zps2c7fde9e.png

[Weimann]

My calendar starts on a Sunday and ends on a Saturday. :smallconfused:This literally makes me question some fundamental truths about reality. Is it an American thing? Because I've never, ever seen this in my 25 years of existence.

Also, I think my request was missed in that summary up there. Here it is together with the Old Realm pictograms Xefas provided.
I must cast myself before those of greater skill with pen and Photoshop. If it please them, let them bestow upon me an avatar so that I might walk straight with no shame on my brow.

Okay, really though, it'd be so neat if I could pester someone for an avatar. I'm thinking a Scourge in a striped sweater, based on my previous avatar, shown in the spoiler below. Maybe his anima banner could be the words on his sign, floating around? If you happen to know the pictograms, it could totally be in Old Realm... just a thought, no requirement. :smallbiggrin: I'd like a mostly black and white palette, however.

If anyone is nice enough to help me out, I'd be super grateful! Just PM me if you have any questions or anything.

Original avatar
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/Rustine/imustrunawaynow.gif

Ponified avatar
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/Rustine/imustrunawaynowpony.png


http://i.imgur.com/yFeTNIk.png

[Mono Vertigo]

Done with Lea's!
http://i.imgur.com/fpTdSry.png

[Lea Plath]

Lea Plath

I don't like drawing bangles any more. :smalltongue: :smallwink: Couldn't find info on star metal staffs, probably being blind, so made a metal staff. As with Ifni, let me know if I got anything wrong or you want something changed and I can do that.

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u130/Castaras/LeaRequest_zps618357e3.png

Oh that is fantastic! The only thing is you are missing two of my arms! What happened to them? D:

But anyway, that is awesome!


Tackling this one right now!

And thanks for the offer, hun, but Castaras has already done one for me and I don't want to deprive others of getting their avatars done. If you want to do it, sure, I like avatars but don't feel you have to!

Thanks!

Oh damn, that was a minute too late! And now I have two avatars. Sweeeeet :3

I'll have to swap mid week! Thank you both so much!

[Deathkeeper]

You missed mine, too AD. Although I admit there's not too much to the request.

[Mono Vertigo]

And thanks for the offer, hun, but Castaras has already done one for me and I don't want to deprive others of getting their avatars done. If you want to do it, sure, I like avatars but don't feel you have to!

Thanks!

Whooops, missed the previous post.
No problem, it's provided me some practice. Gonna make another one now...

[Ravens_cry]

I made my own! I'm going to use it right now, because it has color (unlike my previous avatar).

http://i1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii499/Mahonri_Violis/Exaltedavatar_zps2c7fde9e.png
Might want to shrink it down, as you can only see one corner of it under your user name.

[Mono Vertigo]

Could someone please make my avatar Goblin's Kin into a Lunar?

She kind of needs the regeneration right now :smalleek:

Gonna make this one!

[5a Violista]

Might want to shrink it down, as you can only see one corner of it under your user name.

Thanks! That's what I was trying to do. However, something went wrong every time I shrunk it...so I ended up having to make it pink.

[Ifni]

Thanks so much, Castaras! Sorry, there were some unclear things about my repost, I was trying to be concise. Here's my original post, which was probably more informative:


Ooh, Exalted week. Does this mean I can request my first custom avatar? :smallsmile:

I'd probably like to use my PC in my currently-most-active PbP game. She's Eclipse caste, so when she's using magic she has a circle with a dot inside it on her forehead, which glows white-gold (like this (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/6218/eclipse.png)).

She has medium-brown skin, long dark green hair which she usually braids and clips up, and green eyes. (She's from a Dragon-Blooded family, aspected toward the element of Wood, and has some of the associated physical traits even though she's not Dragon-Blooded herself.) She's small and petite, only about five feet tall.

It might be neat to see her in combat mode, in which case:
-She's wearing utilitarian clothes; black trousers and boots, and a well-worn green jacket.
-She is holding / leaning on / swinging (whichever is easier to draw) a massive two-handed golden sword that's taller than she is (magic makes it light enough for her to use).

If she was in full flaring mode, her anima banner would be blazing around her; it's basically a depiction of Yggdrasil (giant white tree, golden blossoms, bed of thorns at the base), and it's visible for miles. If trying to get any depiction of this makes the picture too crowded, she could just have a halo of white-gold light around her, or just the caste mark.

Chibi picture: http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/7393/tek5079229f7175c0528908.png
(this gets the clothing/skin/eyes mostly right, and the hair partly right - it should be dark green instead of black but is otherwise ok - but omits the forehead mark, the sword should be gold, and the bow is unnecessary)

Specific changes from your picture:
-The caste mark should be on her forehead rather than her sword, if possible.
-Could you make her hair a darker green? If it's easy, showing it in a braid or tied back would be more characteristic, but loose is also fine.
-Could you change the skirt to trousers?
-I'd like to see her smiling, if it would be easy to change the expression.

Of course, it's cool if you want to work on getting other people first drafts first, or if this is difficult to do, but you asked for comments :smallsmile: (This is my first custom avatar so I'm trying to get the hang of providing useful descriptions.)

[Mono Vertigo]

Could someone please make my avatar Goblin's Kin into a Lunar?

She kind of needs the regeneration right now :smalleek:
Done!
http://i.imgur.com/gLxVvb5.png

[Amidus Drexel]

You missed mine, too AD. Although I admit there's not too much to the request.

This literally makes me question some fundamental truths about reality. Is it an American thing? Because I've never, ever seen this in my 25 years of existence.

Also, I think my request was missed in that summary up there. Here it is together with the Old Realm pictograms Xefas provided.

The calendars are laid out that way for some reason... I have no idea why, but it looks normal.

Also, I believe my stellar Wis score of 6 has shown itself quite nicely. This makes, what, five, six that I've missed? Sorry about that, both of you.

"edited in"


Oh that is fantastic! The only thing is you are missing two of my arms! What happened to them? D:

But anyway, that is awesome!


All six arms are there... four on the staff, and two in the air by the magic auras.

[Anarion]

The avvies here look awesome.

[Lycunadari]

Also, I believe my stellar Wis score of 6 has shown itself quite nicely. This makes, what, five, six that I've missed? Sorry about that, both of you.

"edited in"


It's probably not your fault – the multi quote drops the first ones if you try to collect more than 10 quotes.

[Lea Plath]

All six arms are there... four on the staff, and two in the air by the magic auras.

You are right. I'm sorry, Castaras, I am blind @.@

[TheCountAlucard]

On the Arms of the Chosen
Creation has a long history of weapons and conflict. Mortal craftsmen have proven ingenious time and again when it comes to devising means to kill one another. Across Creation, the blade and the bow and the spear equip armies of mortals. In secluded dojos, martial artists practice with seven-section staves, chakrams, and razor claws. In gladiator pits, champions earn their living with the cestus and the punch-dagger. In the farthest South, the firewand is popular, shooting gouts of flames after consuming a charge of firedust.

But the Exalted, and others who wield Essence, can rise to even loftier heights: the artifact weapons of the First Age. Such a godly weapon can seem ponderous to bear, but by attuning one's Essence to that of the weapon, one can wield it as though it was feather-light.

These legendary weapons are also said to often possess other powers, most accessible to those with whom the weapon's bond is strongest.

The Exalted swordsman's perfected blade is the daiklave; the Chosen spearman wields the dire lance; the archer, the powerbow; the brawler, smashfists, slayer khatars, and god-kicking boots; the hammer, mace, and tetsubo are pale in comparison to the grand goremaul.

TL;DR? Big heroes, big shiny weapons. :smalltongue:

[Qwertystop]

Any chance of reworking my avatar to Sorta-Exaltedishness? I was thinking just making it an Old Realm equivalent or something, in a globe because Sphere of Speech.

Or something.

[Ifni]

On the Arms of the Chosen
Creation has a long history of weapons and conflict. Mortal craftsmen have proven ingenious time and again when it comes to devising means to kill one another. Across Creation, the blade and the bow and the spear equip armies of mortals. In secluded dojos, martial artists practice with seven-section staves, chakrams, and razor claws. In gladiator pits, champions earn their living with the cestus and the punch-dagger. In the farthest South, the firewand is popular, shooting gouts of flames after consuming a charge of firedust.

But the Exalted, and others who wield Essence, can rise to even loftier heights: the artifact weapons of the First Age. Such a godly weapon can seem ponderous to bear, but by attuning one's Essence to that of the weapon, one can wield it as though it was feather-light.

These legendary weapons are also said to often possess other powers, most accessible to those with whom the weapon's bond is strongest.

The Exalted swordsman's perfected blade is the daiklave; the Chosen spearman wields the dire lance; the archer, the powerbow; the brawler, smashfists, slayer khatars, and god-kicking boots; the hammer, mace, and tetsubo are pale in comparison to the grand goremaul.

TL;DR? Big heroes, big shiny weapons. :smalltongue:

Yeah. My character's enormous golden sword is a grand daiklave. I quote from the description in the rules:
"Sometimes called a battleblade or foecutter, the grand daiklave is the ultimate expression of the philosophy behind the daiklave - one needs no defense against a dead opponent. Two-handed weapons with blades six feet long and over a foot wide, it is only the lightening effects of Essence that allow these weapons to be wielded at all."
Big shiny weapons :smallwink:

[Castaras]

Ifni: will be done sometime tomorrow. Sorry, didn't notice the longer description. :smallredface:

[Ifni]

Ifni: will be done sometime tomorrow. Sorry, didn't notice the longer description. :smallredface:

Not your fault at all, it wasn't cross-linked in the post that was quoted. Thanks so much for doing this, I really appreciate it :smallsmile: (and no hurry!)

[Deathkeeper]

My request got buried, and I was going to repost it again, Except I thought of a look!
So Jace, my current avatar, as Air Aspect Dragon-blood. As Count mentioned, Blue Jade is a thing, so why not? Blue armor (no helmet, hood down), as least bulky as possible, with the cloak over it? It can be a cloak or a coat, as long as it qualifies as Badass Longcoat (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BadassLongcoat). Appropriate amounts of lightning from a hand or two, because there has to be some awesome magic in there somewhere. Smiling, and with a casual pose if possible.
Oh and since it's covered right now, Jace has somewhat messy light brown hair.
And lastly, one dragon. He can be normal D&D style or a more serpentine, sky dragon sort of look, as long as he's a shade similar to my current one. Should be large enough to notice but not dominating the picture.
Thanks so much guys!

[HalfTangible]

Can I get a full moon lunar with a raccoon totem?

Specifically in his actual totem 'im-a-raccoon' form, or if you prefer, his 'rip-and-tear' warform. Pose him however you like.

Alternatively, I'd like someone to make one of my characters (Onore) as a dawn-caste solar. Brief description:

A beautiful golden-haired woman in full plate, Onore radiates light and strength. Her armor is bright silver with golden trim and shines in the sunlight. Her eyes are a deep emerald, and stare with the uncompromising determination of a knight. She goes without a helmet.

Reposting. Please? :smallfrown:

[Doran]

Done!
http://i.imgur.com/gLxVvb5.png

Thanks! :smallbiggrin:
I particular like the snake anima. :smallsmile:

[Castaras]

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u130/Castaras/IfniRequest-2_zps644113a3.png

Ifni, numero 2. Again, changes are easy. Is the symbol right for the forehead?

And question regarding exalted in general for the thread in general - I notice a large percentage of the avatars being made have the symbols in their foreheads. That the main trend for exalted characters?

[Qwertystop]

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u130/Castaras/IfniRequest-2_zps644113a3.png

Ifni, numero 2. Again, changes are easy. Is the symbol right for the forehead?

And question regarding exalted in general for the thread in general - I notice a large percentage of the avatars being made have the symbols in their foreheads. That the main trend for exalted characters?

That's where they always go. Lunars also have silver tattoos, but the Caste Mark is on the forehead.

[Maugan Ra]

And question regarding exalted in general for the thread in general - I notice a large percentage of the avatars being made have the symbols in their foreheads. That the main trend for exalted characters?

By and large, yes. Solars, Abyssals, Infernals, Lunars and Sidereals all end up flaring their Caste Marks when they draw on most of their power. And the Caste Marks are almost always located roughly on the forehead region, though it does vary somewhat... most variants, for example, have the symbol be formed out of glowing energy that sort of floats in that general region. Abyssals, by contrast, spontaneously develop bleeding wounds of the right shape.

Terrestrials (or Dragon-Blooded, depending on your preferred terminology) don't have caste marks. They do, however, exhibit anima flux when they draw on their power, which actually affects the surrounding environment - most other types just produce patterns of light. A Fire Aspect, for example, will literally catch fire when he starts using all of his powers, and at full strength will have an anima flux capable of burning it's way through concrete. They're immune to their own animas, fortunately... the surrounding terrain and occasional squishy mortal, not so much.

[Sanguine]

And question regarding exalted in general for the thread in general - I notice a large percentage of the avatars being made have the symbols in their foreheads. That the main trend for exalted characters?

Yep the Caste Mark is always on the forehead.

[Castaras]

Okaydokey, cool. Will remember that for later avatars. :smallsmile:

[Ifni]

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u130/Castaras/IfniRequest-2_zps644113a3.png

Ifni, numero 2. Again, changes are easy. Is the symbol right for the forehead?

And question regarding exalted in general for the thread in general - I notice a large percentage of the avatars being made have the symbols in their foreheads. That the main trend for exalted characters?

Oh man that is adorable. And yep, the symbol is correct :smallsmile: Thanks so much, Castaras!

[Mono Vertigo]

Went and remade my avatar It has always been this way.
Once I start playing I might provide very fast a lot of entries for the "Things I'm no longer allowed to do as a Sidereal" list.

[Ravens_cry]

Are Abyssal caste marks also always on the forehead?
Here's the edit.
http://imageshack.us/a/img27/760/exaltravens.gif

[Lord Raziere]

um…

all Exalted caste marks are on the forehead….so yes...

[Ravens_cry]

Thanks. It was tricky getting it to fit, but I think it's basically visible.
http://imageshack.us/a/img27/760/exaltravens.gif

[TheCountAlucard]

Very nice. :smallsmile:

[TheCountAlucard]

Good news, everyone!

The Exalted Kickstarter for 3e has been submitted for approval! As soon as a link is available I will provide it in the opening post! :smallsmile:

[Reverent-One]

Huh, reading this thread, now I'm curious about what sort of Exalted Vash would be. This description sounds like the Nocturnals would be right up his alley, wandering the world, helping people while hiding behind a veener of bumbling incompetence as much as possible, seemingly just being incredibly lucky.


but filling in was not really the point. the point was having a different play style, a different experience like any other Exalt. and that Nocturnals are awesome because they are these guys who use possibility itself as their weapon, who mess with chance and fate in ways Sidereals don't, who are these strange rogue agents who are forged in paradox and contradiction, who walk among mortals to strive for altruism and to better those around them, despite never gaining any recognition for doing so, for their power is temporary, one of parlor tricks and whatnot. They are jesters, Harlequins and Heralds of possibility, paradox and reality, and sure, you may laugh at them.

[Mono Vertigo]

He might also be a Scourge (Infernal) who's genuinely nice and pacifist, but unintentionally causes ridiculous disasters.

[Reverent-One]

Hmm, the general idea that Infernals exhaltations involve turning away from something or weakness doesn't seem his style. And now that I think about it, messing with fate fits the philosophy he follows for most of the series about how "Your ticket to the future is always blank".

[Mono Vertigo]

Good point. And I don't know anything about Nocturnals beside what was explained in this thread, but that is a much better fit than the closest equivalent of Sidereals.

[Xefas]

Hmm, the general idea that Infernals exhaltations involve turning away from something or weakness doesn't seem his style. And now that I think about it, messing with fate fits the philosophy he follows for most of the series about how "Your ticket to the future is always blank".

If I'm remembering the story right.

Knives decides to risk his own life, and the lives of everyone he loves to perform a deed of immense scope and grandeur - wipe out the human race by crashing their fleet into a planet. This could Exalt him as a Solar.

Vash turns away from action altogether; he attempts suicide rather than live with his hatred of humanity. And, later, denies his own superiority over humans in order to live among them as a wandering penniless vagabond. He could easily Exalt as an Infernal.

Though, I may be biased. I played an Infernal character partially inspired by Vash in a meatspace game of Exalted. His name was 'Peace and Love Triumphant!'. With maxed out Compassion and Conviction, he traveled the world, teaching other Exalts the power of Friendship! and Tolerance! with all the subtlety the First Malfeas Excellency abided him.

[Kobold-Bard]

...

With maxed out Compassion and Conviction, he traveled the world, teaching other Exalts the power of Friendship! and Tolerance! with all the subtlety the First Malfeas Excellency abided him.

"YOU WILL LOVE EVERY LIVING CREATURE OR SO HELP ME I WILL NUKE YOU TO ASH AND PERFORM AN AWE-INSPIRINGLY EXQUISITE SAMBA ON YOUR GRAVE!!!"

Something like that?