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== Overview ==
[[Exalted Lite]] began as a Lunar 'Reverse Vasectomy' and general Charm reduction project.  Since then, it sort of grew into a complete rethink of the system.  First I wanted a suitable set of rules for designing weapons.  Then artifacts.  Then Geomancy.  I found the Jumping rules comical and annoying.  Dexterity was all too clearly superior than Strength or Stamina.  Perception as an Attribute and Awareness as an ability seemed a bit silly.  Having several thousand Charms looked increasingly tiresome.

== Core Rule Changes ==
* The TN is now 6, and 10's do not count double.  This means flipping coins, or any other method of rolling a D2, is perfectly valid for dice purposes.  To this end, Sidereals will do other things than modify TNs.
* There are ten [[../Attribute]]s.  [[../Accord]], [[../Creation]], [[../Expression]], [[../Intellect]], [[../Might]], [[../Natural]], [[../Prowess]], [[../Socialize]], [[../Subterfuge]], and [[../Warfare]].  These replace both Attributes and Abilities.
* Willpower is rolled into the four Virtues.
* When rolling an Attribute, you add your Attribute to your success count.  So, when rolling a Might of three, and you net one 'success', your total success count is four.
* Nearly everything is considered to be either a 'charm' or a 'mutation', though these specific terms are a bit unfortunate.
** Except for Arts (Sorcery, Necromancy, Martial Arts, etc), Charms are extremely basic, simple things.  Even Heavenly Guardian Defense is more complex than any given standard Charm. 

== Purpose ==
I have several goals for [[Exalted Lite]]:

* Easier to run, especially when trying to include the entire setting
* Easier to learn, especially for those unfamiliar with Storyteller-style systems
* Faster to play, particularly combat
* More scalable, running ten opponents should not take ten times the work
* Better balance, fewer choices should be obvious
* Better segueing into high-level play, both in terms of Essence 7-10 levels and running armies and nations.
* A much higher focus on combos and related features.

== Progress ==
It's a bit intertwined, but the steps I go through are roughly as follows

# Core Mechanics - Basic success resolution
# Detailed Mechanics - Combat, miscellanious rules, Mortal rules
# Advanced Mechanics - Geomancy, Enchanting, etc.
# Universal Charms - Talents and such
# Elemental Rules - For Dragon Kings, Elementals, Dragon-Blooded, Elemental-Blooded and Dragon-Touched
# Elemental Charms - And their Charms
# Celestial Rules - Rules for the Celestial Exalted
# Celestial Charms - And their Charms
# The Arts - Sorcery, Necromancy, Protocols, Martial Arts, and a segue for others.
# 'Other' Rules - Raksha, Mountain Folk, Alchemicals, Ghosts, and their halfbreeds
# 'Other' Charms - And such.

Gods and demons...  Well this is a big project.

Overall, [[Exalted Lite]] is going to take itself a long while, even if people get crazy enough to help me.  In any case, that's the nutshell. [[User:Xeriar|Xeriar]]