Braininthejar2
2018-01-30, 05:42 PM
So, me and my friend are preparing to give a try to Exalted 3rd ed (we have some previous experience with WoD)
And it turns out she created a healing supernal twilight with next to no combat abilities. She did buy the first circle of sorcery, so she will be dangerous given time, but so far she's a healer, that even exalted would avoid adventuring if the situation didn't force her.
What adventures would you propose to test the new mechanics and do interesting stuff without getting her killed?
BACKGROUND SETUP: a small southern city-state sitting between a mountain range and a desert, mostly profiting from trading between the seaside cities and the desert tribes, with some limited firedust mining of its own.
It is currently a fringe Imperial province - it was conquered just a couple years ago, killing (allegedly) the local royal family, just in time for the Empress to disappear, causing their support from the capital to dwindle just as they were supposed to consolidate power. As the result the Empire doesn't have as strong a control over the region as they'd like, a fact they're trying to hide with overt shows of force, not helped by the hot blooded and bitter "nth son" dragonblooded aristocrat seated with being the governor.
The Empire mostly cares about firedust they supply, so the governor buys a fair amount of slaves. Also, there are rumors of resistance movements, though nothing big has happened yet.
THE CHARACTER: a young but talented healer, mostly helping people working with firedust so far. She exalted when she got roped into helping an imperial noble - she was the only medic available in time, and he had a badly infected wound that would force an amputation without magical assistance, a fact that his aggressive and haughty entourage would not acknowledge. After somehow saving the man without revealing her new light, and receiving little gratitude for the deed, she has been trying to keep a low profile, even living below her financial means, but her reputation has been spreading - the local people know to call her in cases that seem hopeless.
Recently she caught interest of an alchemist working with Imperial military. He saw her talent, and has even started teaching her some occult skills on the side, in what she perceives as a prolonged attempt to hit on her (the man is in his fifties). He's a 3 dot mentor, and in the most cliche way, a sidereal plotting to put her on her way to greatness.
Recently she acquired a familiar - a strange baboon-like monkey some caravan brought from the far south, and then abandoned half-dead at her door (the caravan had got stranded in the desert, and the animal was deemed expendable when they started running out of water. By the time they reached the town, they thought it beyond salvaging) The creature has recovered under her care and is proving surprisingly smart.
The player has suggested that with her reputation, she might end up being conscripted as an army medic.
Lastly, her intimacies:
She has a defining one for assuring the wellness of her patients
a strong one (gratitute) towards her old medicine teacher, extended to her immediate family
a minor (gratitude) towards her new teacher
and a strong (scorn) against sadistic people - if she gets a cruel slaver as a patient, she might go as far as to commit a subtle malpractice to jeopardize his life, though that puts her intimacies at odds with each other, and strains her limit.
And it turns out she created a healing supernal twilight with next to no combat abilities. She did buy the first circle of sorcery, so she will be dangerous given time, but so far she's a healer, that even exalted would avoid adventuring if the situation didn't force her.
What adventures would you propose to test the new mechanics and do interesting stuff without getting her killed?
BACKGROUND SETUP: a small southern city-state sitting between a mountain range and a desert, mostly profiting from trading between the seaside cities and the desert tribes, with some limited firedust mining of its own.
It is currently a fringe Imperial province - it was conquered just a couple years ago, killing (allegedly) the local royal family, just in time for the Empress to disappear, causing their support from the capital to dwindle just as they were supposed to consolidate power. As the result the Empire doesn't have as strong a control over the region as they'd like, a fact they're trying to hide with overt shows of force, not helped by the hot blooded and bitter "nth son" dragonblooded aristocrat seated with being the governor.
The Empire mostly cares about firedust they supply, so the governor buys a fair amount of slaves. Also, there are rumors of resistance movements, though nothing big has happened yet.
THE CHARACTER: a young but talented healer, mostly helping people working with firedust so far. She exalted when she got roped into helping an imperial noble - she was the only medic available in time, and he had a badly infected wound that would force an amputation without magical assistance, a fact that his aggressive and haughty entourage would not acknowledge. After somehow saving the man without revealing her new light, and receiving little gratitude for the deed, she has been trying to keep a low profile, even living below her financial means, but her reputation has been spreading - the local people know to call her in cases that seem hopeless.
Recently she caught interest of an alchemist working with Imperial military. He saw her talent, and has even started teaching her some occult skills on the side, in what she perceives as a prolonged attempt to hit on her (the man is in his fifties). He's a 3 dot mentor, and in the most cliche way, a sidereal plotting to put her on her way to greatness.
Recently she acquired a familiar - a strange baboon-like monkey some caravan brought from the far south, and then abandoned half-dead at her door (the caravan had got stranded in the desert, and the animal was deemed expendable when they started running out of water. By the time they reached the town, they thought it beyond salvaging) The creature has recovered under her care and is proving surprisingly smart.
The player has suggested that with her reputation, she might end up being conscripted as an army medic.
Lastly, her intimacies:
She has a defining one for assuring the wellness of her patients
a strong one (gratitute) towards her old medicine teacher, extended to her immediate family
a minor (gratitude) towards her new teacher
and a strong (scorn) against sadistic people - if she gets a cruel slaver as a patient, she might go as far as to commit a subtle malpractice to jeopardize his life, though that puts her intimacies at odds with each other, and strains her limit.