[Neraagile]

Introduction

War has broken out in the Hundred Kingdoms, the Red Emperor a powerful entity has rallied several nations under his banner and is now waging war after war, conquest at his hands seems inevitable for the nations of the Hundred Kingdoms, but alliances are being forged, a large war is in the horizon.

Setting

The stock standard Exalted setting is in use, the only addition being the Red Emperor his dominion and his lackeys, all of which I will be posting some information about soon.

Who you are

The opposition. Whether you live in a nation bordering the Red Empire, if you're a refugee from an already conquered nation or a delegate sent from one of the remaining nations to try and sort out alliances with other nations to defend yourselves against this threat is all fine. I merely want you to have a reason to oppose the Red Empire.

My Expectations

I should be able to post 3-4 times a week, more if I'm having a good one, less otherwise.
I'm not a fan of walls of text and short posts likewise reduce my interest, so as an incentive I'm going to award a point of experience for every 4 posts with 250-500 words. This should likewise help with the fact that overall experience gain is a lot lower in PBP.

This game is geared towards Celestial Exalted, other characters are welcome, but I'm not going to give you anything, apart from the standard buff, to bring you up on par with Celestials.
Also:

• I'd prefer no Sidereals, the fluff is good, but the mechanics are all wonky, as such I'd prefer to keep them around strictly as NPCs. Likewise I would like to be consulted if you intend to touch Sidereal Martial Arts.
• Alchemicals are not unwelcome, but the character will undergo extra scrutiny as they have yet to be let back into creation.
• Lunars use these rules for character creation.

I will be using the Scroll of Errata including the altered character creation rules, available on DrivethruRPG for free.

Ink Monkeys material is allowed on a case by case basis, but seeing as their blog is currently down, the best I can find is this. If you can find me anything not posted there, you may request it as well.

Every character has the following:

• An extra free purchase of Ox-Body or Equivalent Charm for every dot of Permanent Stamina. You may purchase additional Charms as per the normal rules, discounting the free purchases.
• Extra Excellencies: 5 for Solars and Abyssals, 3 for Lunars and Alchemicals, and all current and
• future purchases of the Favored or Patron Yozi's 1st Excellency for Infernals, players choice.
• Sorcery Initiation Charms grant 1 free spell of the circle in question.
• Treat the four basic Craft Elements as 1 skill, and the exotic crafts become 1 dot specialities that add onto it.
• Alchemicals can spend BP to purchase submodules, 1BP equals 3 exp.

Combat will also be simplified, for the sake of expediency, more in the game thread itself, but here all that you need to know is:

• Speed no longer exists, instead increase the rating of your weapon by 1 for each point that your weapons speed is below 5.
• The Piercing weapon quality does not exist.
• Ignore Fatigue from attuned Artefact Armor.

I have already constructed a character sheet which I'd like for you to use for the mechanics, simply replacing the caste names depending on your exalt type, if you're playing a Lunar and have trouble with rearranging the attributes, let me know and I'll give you the appropriate sheet.

Additionally I would like some text regarding the characters personality, background and appearance, none of which has to be overly long, but make it interesting. A sample with your in game writing style, whether from another game or original, would also be appreciated.

[spoiler="Sheet"][b]Character Name:[/b]
[b]Exalt Type:[/b]
[b]Motivation:[/b]
[fieldset=Attributes][table=3,4][r=1,1][b]Primary[/b][r=2,1][b]Secondary[/b][r=3,1][b]Tertiary[/b][r=1,2]Strength ●[r=2,2]Charisma ● [r=3,2]Perception ●
[r=1,3]Dexterity ● [r=2,3]Manipulation ● [r=3,3]Intelligence ● [r=1,4]Stamina ● [r=2,4]Appearance ● [r=3,4]Wits ● [/table]
[/fieldset]

[fieldset=Abilities][table=3,13][r=1,1][b]Dawn[/b] [r=2,1][b]Zenith[/b] [r=3,1][b]Twilight[/b]
[r=1,2]Archery
[r=1,3]Martial Arts
[r=1,4]Melee
[r=1,5]Thrown
[r=1,6]War
[r=1,7]
[r=1,8][b]Night[/b]
[r=1,9]Athletics
[r=1,10]Awareness
[r=1,11]Dodge
[r=1,12]Larceny
[r=1,13]Stealth

[r=2,2][i]Integrity[/i]
[r=2,3][i]Performance[/i]
[r=2,4][i]Presence[/i]
[r=2,5][i]Resistance[/i]
[r=2,6][i]Survival[/i]
[r=2,7]
[r=2,8][b]Eclipse[/b]
[r=2,9][b]Bureaucracy[/b]
[r=2,10]Linguistics
[r=2,11]Ride
[r=2,12]Sail
[r=2,13][b]Socialize[/b]

[r=3,2]Craft
[r=3,3]Investigate
[r=3,4]Lore
[r=3,5]Medicine
[r=3,6]Occult
[r=3,7]
[/table]
[size=1]Bold skills are favored, italicised skills are caste.[/size][/fieldset]

[fieldset="Assets"][table=2,1][r=1,1][b]Backgrounds:[/b]
[b]Intimacies:[/b]
[r=2,1][b]Virtues[/b]
Compassion ●
Temperance ●
Conviction ●
Valor ●

[b]Willpower[/b]
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[b]Limit[/b]
○○○○○○○○○○
[b]Limit Break[/b]
[u][/u][/table][/fieldset][fieldset="Essence"]●●
Personal: x/x
Peripheral: x/x
Committed: x[/fieldset][/spoiler][spoiler="Charms"][fieldset="Charm Name (Dedicated, General, or Uninstalled)"]Description and page #.[/fieldset][/spoiler][spoiler="Combat"][fieldset="Health"]-0 [ ]
-1 [ ][ ]
-2 [ ][ ]
-4 [ ]
Incap [ ]
Dying [ ][ ][/fieldset]
[fieldset="Defences"]Bashing Soak:
Lethal Soak:
Aggravated Soak:

Hardness:

Dodge DV:
Parry DVs:
MDV:
Parry MDV:

[/fieldset]
[spoiler="Attacks"][fieldset="Name of Attack"][b]Type:[/b]
[b]Speed:[/b]
[b]Accuracy:[/b]
[b]Damage:[/b]
[b]Defence:[/b]
[b]Rate:[/b]
[b]Tags:[/b]
[b]Other Notes:[/b][/fieldset][/spoiler][/spoiler][spoiler="Advancement"][b]Total Experience Earned:[/b]
[b]Total Experience Remaining:[/b]
[fieldset="Experience and Bonus Point Purchases"][b]Bonus Point Expenditure:[/b]

[b]Experience Expenditure:[/b]
[/fieldset][/spoiler]