Exalted 3e: Bright Souls and Shadowed Hearts (Recruiting!)

[TheGlyphstone]

Sure thing.

I thought 33 motes was a lot to start with but now I see how quickly you can burn through them.

[Felina]

You can pretty easily end up with half that just committed to various artifacts and scene-long or day-long effects.

However, in play you do tend to generate motes pretty consistently in actual practice, so you do kind of want to be spending them equally consistently.

[c0i9z]

I was planning on having the 5 commited to my artifact and then, soonish, 3 plus a wp to awesome scent sense.

[TheGlyphstone]

I think the only charm I have right now with a long duration is Harmonious Presence Method, but I am committing 10 motes between my two artifacts.

More spitballing evocations - one reflecting its legend for monster-slaying, the other for 'wounding' esoteric features:

Behemoth-Shattering Blow
Cost 2m Mins: Essence 1
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: None
Duration: Instant

Size matters not to the wielder of Soul-slitter as they strike not at an opponent's physical form but at the core of their essence. The wielder's next attack against an opponent with the Legendary Size merit can ignore the limits of that merit for calculating damage, though it still does not inflict an onslaught penalty to larger targets.

Spirit-Scarring Strike
Cost: 4m, 1w Mins: Essence 2+
Type: Simple
Keywords: Decisive only
Duration: Instant

Just as a vicious blow from another weapon can break bones or slice tendons, the intangible edge of Soul-slitter can cripple equally ephemeral features. An opponent who takes damage from this strike cannot spend motes from their personal mote pool for a number of rounds equal to the wielder's Essence/2 (min. 1 round), and if they possess the ability to use Sorcery cannot cast Terrestial Circle spells or rituals for the same duration.

At Essence 4+, the attack also inhibits the use of Celestial Circle sorcery.

[Outcast]

Spirit-Scarring Strike seems to be especially useful against Exalted.  Is that deliberate?

To me, those do look like Exalted kind of effects. 

[TheGlyphstone]

Its actually a lot better against beasts and behemoths because they have very large personal mote pools relative to their Essence and no peripheral mote pools at all so it  temporarily cripples their ability to use their innate Charms. The fact that its also useful against Exalted - ironically Night Caste Solars more than most - and Exalted sorcerers in particular is a thematically synergistic bonus - I originally drafted it as blocking all charms byt rejected that as way too powerful, and I'm not sure this version isnt too good anyways. Or at least not expensive enough for how good it is.

[Armphid]

I'm just shocked no one went all-in on maxing Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Style and Performance Charms.

I thought about going Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Style for my character, but ended up going Snake instead.  

Got the sheet done, I think.  Or almost.  Enough that I think I can submit it?  Need to find some art and fine tune the backstory a bit, but I'm feeling all right otherwise.  

[Outcast]

Rios the Dawn is done and her backstory and information can be seen here.

I think she's like 100%ish done but it's hard to say. It took a bit to nail down some of the stuff about her, and we'll see how things shake out in the end. Regardless of it all, I had some fun building and concepting her out.

On a quick glance... the one thing I've noticed is missing is a Limit Trigger.

[Angie]

Alright, I've received 6 sheets at this point, and I think that should be enough. If anyone is still waffling about, you have til Friday to at least get me a working draft that we can figure out later. I'm only going to bring 5 into the game, but it's going to be painful whoever I have to say no to, so if I do exclude it's not out of malice but because there's one I vibe with more. Thank you all for submitting, but I am going to lock this thread, as it has served its purpose. Message me if you have questions.