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The current ST's are Muse and myself (Xeriar), but any player familiar with the rules can run a Chronicle.
 
The current ST's are Muse and myself (Xeriar), but any player familiar with the rules can run a Chronicle.
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* [[All Creation Character Creation|Character Creation]]
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* [[All Creation House Rules|House Rules]]
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* [[All Creation Setting|Setting]]
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* [[Backgrounds]]
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* [[Excellencies]]
  
 
== Chronicle ==
 
== Chronicle ==
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A Chronicle is a given ST's main storyline, consisting of their overall metaplot for a specific region.  Others can run their own adventures in the region, of course, but these need to fit within the overall main story.  Crossover between Chronicles is possible, but it will be rare - they will usually influence each other through intermediaries - news spreading, and so on.
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A Chronicle is a given ST's main storyline, consisting of their overall metaplot for a specific region.  Others can run their own adventures in the region, of course, but these need to fit within the overall main story - if you wish to run your own event in a Chronicle, run it by the CST (Chronicle Storyteller) first.  Crossover between Chronicles is possible, but it will be rare - they will usually influence each other through intermediaries - news spreading, and so on.
  
 
=== Weeks ===
 
=== Weeks ===
 
Chronicles are broken down by weeks.  First of Ascending Fire, Second of Ascending Fire, and so on.  Calibration occurs after the Fourth week of Descending Fire, making 61 'Weeks' per year.
 
Chronicles are broken down by weeks.  First of Ascending Fire, Second of Ascending Fire, and so on.  Calibration occurs after the Fourth week of Descending Fire, making 61 'Weeks' per year.
  
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During a given Week (besides the introductory ones, of course), players of a given Chronicle will declare their main character's goals.  Rather than continuous sessions with strict GM involvement, these will largely be roleplaying exercises with challenges that may even be player-run.  The benefits of these will be commensurate with the character's capabilities, and challenges posed.  Going artifact-hunting in the safer areas of Rathess may reward a minor artifact, for example, and what gets considered 'safer' will expand with the player's capabilities.
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During a given Week, players of a given Chronicle will declare their main character's goals.  Rather than continuous sessions with strict GM involvement, these will largely be roleplaying exercises with challenges that may even be player-run.  The benefits of these will be commensurate with the character's capabilities, and challenges posed.  Going artifact-hunting in the safer areas of Rathess may reward a minor artifact, for example, and what gets considered 'safer' will expand with the player's capabilities.
  
 
For the above reasons, the players are expected to be creative, and willing to develop and document parts of the setting as well.  Rather than force the poor storyteller to come up with every last detail of a given week, players instead roleplay out specific scenes with each other in order to show their progress.
 
For the above reasons, the players are expected to be creative, and willing to develop and document parts of the setting as well.  Rather than force the poor storyteller to come up with every last detail of a given week, players instead roleplay out specific scenes with each other in order to show their progress.
  
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This doesn't have to be with the Storyteller, but instead can be with NPCs or PCs other players have created.  Any respectable amount (at least 30 sentences per player / 30 minutes) of roleplay at all gives the base value of one xp going towards background dots for that week for the participating players' main characters, with more according to the following table:
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* Four weeks will pass in-game for every week that passes in real life, except for Calibration, which will always last an entire week.  This may be suspended or accelerated under certain conditions but is otherwise the intended pace of the game.
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* The game begins with some events during Ascending Air of the Year of the Mouse (768), just after Calibration.
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* '''Sentences Per Player or Minutes: Reward'''
 
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* '''30:''' 1 background-only xp
 
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* '''60:''' 2 background-only xp
 
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* '''90:''' 3 background-only xp
 
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* '''120:''' 1 xp + 1 background-only xp
 
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* '''150:''' 1 xp + 2 background-only xp
 
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* '''180:''' 1 xp + 3 background-only xp
 
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These will be eyeballed, roughly, I'm not too concerned about trusted players cheating on this since it's invitation only.  In the case of spell research, background xp points can go towards the cost of the spell.  This is the only form of training that permits this sort of development, however.
 
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* Major characters in a chronicle have an xp total equal to half their player's main character, provided they are played somewhat regularly.
 
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* Backgrounds over three dots require ST approval, as do all manses / demesnes and anything else that has a spot on the map.
 
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* Backgrounds above five are exceptionally rare, and require six points per dot instead of three.  They will need to be considered individually.
 
  
 
=== Events ===
 
=== Events ===
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Events occur when players or the Storyteller decide to shake up the chronicle a bit.  They take the place of normal weekly training, searching, and development, and are much more like traditional gaming sessions.  These will ideally be scheduled to complete in a given day.
 
Events occur when players or the Storyteller decide to shake up the chronicle a bit.  They take the place of normal weekly training, searching, and development, and are much more like traditional gaming sessions.  These will ideally be scheduled to complete in a given day.
  
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== Character Creation ==
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=== Experience Awards ===
  
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=== Merits and Flaws ===
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Roleplaying doesn't have to be with the Storyteller, but instead can be with NPCs or PCs other players have created. XP is given for this, and is largely self-policed.
  
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Merits and Flaws are allowed within reason, with appropriate changes and restrictions:
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For the purposes of determining xp gains, roleplay is broken down into blocks (~120 sentences), which are further sub-divided into segments (~20 sentences). Once a character has earned a full block they receive its rewards (1 xp, and 3 background-only xp), and their roleplay begins counting towards the next one.
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* Merits and Flaws that force the ST's hand are banned
 
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* Merits and Flaws with 1e-specific mechanics need updating
 
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* Some Merits and Flaws require clarification.
 
  
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* Banned Merits:
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A character can earn receive xp for up to four blocks of roleplay per in-game month, or real-life week (resulting in a maximum of 4 xp + 12 background xp). At the end of a week, leftover segments are totaled up, and xp is awarded based on the chart below.
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** Destiny is not permitted.
 
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** Legendary Artifact is banned. Not that they won't come into play, but such things need to be agreed upon by all Storytellers.
 
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* Banned Flaws (Major and Main characters only):
 
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** Amputee
 
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** Dark Fate - banned for all
 
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** Disfigured
 
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** Dying
 
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** Sterile
 
  
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Flaws are 'public' knowledge, so that other players who end up running adventures may react to them normally.
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* '''Segments (# of sentences): Reward'''
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* '''1 (20):''' 1 background-only xp
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* '''2 (40):''' 2 background-only xp
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* '''3 (60):''' 3 background-only xp
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* '''4 (80):''' 1 xp + 1 background-only xp
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* '''5 (100):''' 1 xp + 2 background-only xp
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* '''6 (120):''' 1 xp + 3 background-only xp
  
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* Clarified / Changed Merits
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These can be eyeballed, roughly, I'm not too concerned about trusted players cheating on this since it's invitation only.
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** Driving Passion applies to your motivation (Duh) - making it stronger.
 
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** Eternal Vow needs to be worked out with another Player.
 
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** Jack of All Trades is already possessed by all Exalted, and they have no need to take it.  Non-Exalted must take this merit in order to avoid the -2 die penalty for untrained abilities.
 
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** Mutations use the new Wyld Mutations as their base, naturally.  Some of these will not be permitted.
 
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** True Paragon has nothing to do with the Paragon Nature, since they don't exist any longer.
 
  
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=== [[Backgrounds]] ===
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* Major characters in a chronicle have an xp total equal to half their player's main character, provided they are played somewhat regularly.
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* All Charm, Combo, Ability, and Background purchases require ST approval.  This is mostly to make sure rules are being adhered to and to prevent nonsense like a bunch of 1-dot manses, but third-circle stuff (SMAs, Solar Sorcery, Void Necromancy), will be looked at more closely.
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[[Backgrounds]] (see link for the Lieutenant background especially) from the Player's Guide on may be purchased when allowed, with the exception of Inheritance and Experienced.
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* Background dots above 3 cost double (6 xp), and triple above 5 (9 xp).  Thus, to buy a background with a given rating:
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=== Minor Characters ===
 
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Players may make additional characters as Henchmen (heroic mortals), Retainers (normal mortals), or Followers (normal mortal extras).  These may be allied with their main or major characters with the appropriate background, or simply built as general antagonists or scenery.
 
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Such characters are expected to be treated appropriately.  Those not allied with a main or major character should act that way.
 
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=== Major Characters ===
 
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The Lieutenant [[Backgrounds]] describes what qualifies as 'major' characters, who actually utilize experience points.  Those not allied with a main character are expected to be played appropriately.  Players are expected to diversify their free major characters in a chronicle appropriately.
 
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4 and 5 dot characters ought to be unique individuals.  Players are not to control more than one of a given type per Chronicle, and no more than five {{Dot5}} characters that their main characters do not have as lieutenants.
 
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Major character purchases and developments must be approved like any other.  They are expected to be played.
 
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* Major characters get 5 xp for a background and description (doesn't need to be long).
 
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=== Main Characters ===
 
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Players are initially permitted one Main Character (a Celestial Exalted) per Chronicle.  Solar PCs will begin as heroic mortals, and undergo a Celestial Exaltation during their first Event.  No two main characters of a player may share a caste, nor may two PC characters within a Chronicle.  Diversify!
 
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Essence may only be raised once (to four) at character Creation.  Characters may not begin with Sidereal Martial Arts.
 
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* 5 bp will be awarded for a background leading up to the character's appropriate position in the Chronicle.
 
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* 5 bp will be awarded for a character and anima description.
 
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==== Solars ====
 
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* May select one Favored Attribute (Costing 1 less bonus point or experience point to raise per rank, as Lunars)
 
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* Begin with 5 background dots, instead of 7
 
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* Begin with a twelve (12) Charms instead of 10, six of which must be favored or Caste
 
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* Begin with 25 bonus points, instead of 15
 
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==== Lunars ====
 
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* Begin with five (5) favored abilities, instead of two, including survival
 
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* Begin with 10 background dots, instead of 7
 
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* Begin with 25 bonus points, instead of 15
 
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== House Rules ==
 
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I'm trying to keep this list short.  What follows are the best and most important ones I've come up with.
 
  
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* Celestials are considered to have all Reflexive Charms with the Combo-OK keyword in each of their combos, for free.
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# 3 xp
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** This means they also begin with a 'free' combo, where they can spend a willpower to make use of any and all Combo-OK Reflexives known, provided they have only used another Combo-OK Reflexive Charm during their action.  This 'combo' is updated as more such Charms are purchased, and the result is similar to the free reflexives Dragon-Blooded get, but is more limited.
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# 6 xp
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** This means (Ability) Essence Flow doesn't exist.  See [[Excellencies]] for a list of additional excellencies, and (slight) house rules for them.
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# 9 xp
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* Characters have incapacitated health levels equal to their Essence.
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# 15 xp
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* Extras use my [[Fast Extras]] rules.
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# 21 xp
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* Fulfilling a sufficiently epic Motivation will allow a main character to raise their Essence above 5.
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# 30 xp
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* Mass Combat rules will change.
 

Latest revision as of 00:15, 15 August 2007

This is an (eventually) Creation-spanning campaign that will consist of multiple STs running chronicles in tandem. They will be high-powered, epic, and world-shaking.

The current ST's are Muse and myself (Xeriar), but any player familiar with the rules can run a Chronicle.

Chronicle

A Chronicle is a given ST's main storyline, consisting of their overall metaplot for a specific region. Others can run their own adventures in the region, of course, but these need to fit within the overall main story - if you wish to run your own event in a Chronicle, run it by the CST (Chronicle Storyteller) first. Crossover between Chronicles is possible, but it will be rare - they will usually influence each other through intermediaries - news spreading, and so on.

Weeks

Chronicles are broken down by weeks. First of Ascending Fire, Second of Ascending Fire, and so on. Calibration occurs after the Fourth week of Descending Fire, making 61 'Weeks' per year.

During a given Week, players of a given Chronicle will declare their main character's goals. Rather than continuous sessions with strict GM involvement, these will largely be roleplaying exercises with challenges that may even be player-run. The benefits of these will be commensurate with the character's capabilities, and challenges posed. Going artifact-hunting in the safer areas of Rathess may reward a minor artifact, for example, and what gets considered 'safer' will expand with the player's capabilities.

For the above reasons, the players are expected to be creative, and willing to develop and document parts of the setting as well. Rather than force the poor storyteller to come up with every last detail of a given week, players instead roleplay out specific scenes with each other in order to show their progress.

  • Four weeks will pass in-game for every week that passes in real life, except for Calibration, which will always last an entire week. This may be suspended or accelerated under certain conditions but is otherwise the intended pace of the game.
  • The game begins with some events during Ascending Air of the Year of the Mouse (768), just after Calibration.

Events

Events occur when players or the Storyteller decide to shake up the chronicle a bit. They take the place of normal weekly training, searching, and development, and are much more like traditional gaming sessions. These will ideally be scheduled to complete in a given day.

Experience Awards

Roleplaying doesn't have to be with the Storyteller, but instead can be with NPCs or PCs other players have created. XP is given for this, and is largely self-policed.

For the purposes of determining xp gains, roleplay is broken down into blocks (~120 sentences), which are further sub-divided into segments (~20 sentences). Once a character has earned a full block they receive its rewards (1 xp, and 3 background-only xp), and their roleplay begins counting towards the next one.

A character can earn receive xp for up to four blocks of roleplay per in-game month, or real-life week (resulting in a maximum of 4 xp + 12 background xp). At the end of a week, leftover segments are totaled up, and xp is awarded based on the chart below.

  • Segments (# of sentences): Reward
  • 1 (20): 1 background-only xp
  • 2 (40): 2 background-only xp
  • 3 (60): 3 background-only xp
  • 4 (80): 1 xp + 1 background-only xp
  • 5 (100): 1 xp + 2 background-only xp
  • 6 (120): 1 xp + 3 background-only xp

These can be eyeballed, roughly, I'm not too concerned about trusted players cheating on this since it's invitation only.

  • Major characters in a chronicle have an xp total equal to half their player's main character, provided they are played somewhat regularly.
  • All Charm, Combo, Ability, and Background purchases require ST approval. This is mostly to make sure rules are being adhered to and to prevent nonsense like a bunch of 1-dot manses, but third-circle stuff (SMAs, Solar Sorcery, Void Necromancy), will be looked at more closely.
  • Background dots above 3 cost double (6 xp), and triple above 5 (9 xp). Thus, to buy a background with a given rating:
  1. 3 xp
  2. 6 xp
  3. 9 xp
  4. 15 xp
  5. 21 xp
  6. 30 xp
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