::Taps the game forum::

Did I break it?

I always wonder that when things were about to move forward & I post and suddenly it stops.

Sorry, been wokring on a few things and dealing with life. I'll get something up soon. I was hoping Sovanya would post, but I guess not.

Anyone still awake out there? We still doing this?

...Hmm. That could explain things.

I thought we were waiting on you.

I was waiting on someone more than just Lily and Rysha to post a response to the tremor of Nasty Plain Just Not Niceness that shook the earth at thier feet...

Chrsitmas is over people, get off your asses and start posting. I'm not accepting the whole "Ugh, I ate too much over the Holidays..." Nuh uh... bullshit... If you have the energy to sit your happy ass at the computer to read this forum then dammnit you have the energy to post maggot!

Post...
Or I will find you...
And you don't want that...



I'm kidding of course...
Mostly...

Hugs n' Kisses,
Dave The Story Teller

Sniffle.

I hope it didn't die.

Callum & Akryruh both posted on the 7th which was followed up by Mei, so everyone's accounted for.

Yar, Callum is here (having an identity crisis for this post)

It has come to my attention that apparently I was the next person up for a post... I don't know how this escaped the notice of my intelligence network.

Those responsible have been flogged and violated in ways that are kinky, yet refined.

I'll have something for you soon ladies n' germs.

Eh, even the Bothan Spynet has issues with incorrect intel sometimes...

Perhaps you intelligence network was more than willing to be "punished" ...

Ha! Never to trust anything that looks like a five foot bipedal camel with no hump!

Words to live by friends...

Yeah!

But those five foot bipedal camels WITH a hump are fine, I'd even buy a used car from one!

There, I posted... so quit all your complaining and name calling... geez....

Well, shit... that's.... impressive. *whistles softly* I'm not exactly sure how to even start doing something about that.... Suggestions, crew?

...I wish I'd gotten some kind of massive blasty spell now.

...which begs the question, how DO you see Dragon Lines? Would a spirit-seeing charm work?

dang it, I knew I should have taken the Tactical Nuke Prana ...

Lily: Actually All-Encompassing Sorcerer's Sight is the charm that permits an Exalt to actually see the flow essence itself. However, since this creature exists in both realms simultaneously (physical and spiritual) then a charm that permits an Exalt to see spirits would allow you to see where the physical ends and the spiritual begins.

Like seeing a spirit possessing a body. Even though they overlap each other, the physical body would be dim while the spirits form overlapped it.

This may help the Exalts discover a weak spot...

Rysha: Glad you like it, this should give Ryhsa a good workout no?

Remember, you're all still under the 'immortality' clause at the moment. Meaning it's impossible to actually die during this chapter. This is so you can get an idea of how I run stories and make things fun and interesting for the players, so do not be afraid to experiment and have some fun. Seriously, this a rare occasion where your character has nothing to lose.

OOCly it may make it too easy and it may even suck to know that your victory against this beast almost assured despite its great size and obvious power. Try not to dwell on it though, remember to the Exalts it's very real and very dangerous.

I've already mentioned one manner in which the beast may be climbed (the 'warrior' types would know that the body is a hopeless place to start, so go for the head), if you didn't get it or I failed to get the description across (which is possible, things get lost in translation), then I'll mention it again, along with one or two others. For now I'm going to let you talk amongst yourselves to figure out a strategy that works for you.

Most importantly, have fun and be creative.

Two questions.

Are there any obviously dead Selkies (the ones we fought already) handing limp anywhere in this part of the body?

You describe the body as gnarled like a tree but with oozing sores. Are the sores far enough apart that the body can be climbed that way or are we going to be trying to climb a wall of slime?

No. When 'killed' they retract into the body so there are none hanging, but you may see a few closed sores, looking like little puckered... well, you picture it. They regenerate rather quickly (about one per day) but they are not visible.



Thick as a tree, it still looks like a regular wormy body except for all the sores littering its body. Considering how it burrows it's not covered in a slimy coating, the slime just spurts and glops out from the sores. Chances are your character is going to get dirty and mayhap even come out of this feeling a bit sullied and unusual. The slime itself is more for dramatic license then any actual game effect besides me getting to laugh as you describe how thoroughly grossed out your character is…

The life of a hero... yipee!

To the next part... the sores are numerous enough (nearly 500 just on the part that's visible) that one way to reach the head may to leap from selkys to selkys dodging the attacks of the tentacles or reaching better footing as they try to retract themselves out from under you.

This thing is packing more tentacles than my entire hentai DVD collection... I mean, uh, my neighbors entire collection...

*knock knock* What's the hold up people?

Rysha (and I, by extension) are waiting on the results of Lily's scanning efforts.

Posted. Sorry but I'm low on time lately and getting over being sick (again), so I hope that the quality of my posts will imporve as well as the frequency.

Anyway, keep it going, hope everyone is enjoying themselves.

The spice must flow!

Sorry I haven't posted next, I have a post kinda ready, but I can't find the time to roll it... (Can't have dice at work & don't keep dice near the computer at home).

As such, is there an online Exalted Die roller that people use that could make it easier to do while I'm at work on those seeming to become rarer days when I have time to do fun stuff?

Thanks

DnD Dice roller at WotC

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm

you can roll any number of dice and it'll tell you what each roll is.

Here you go. An unofficial Exalted Dice roller.

Exalted Dice Roller

So. Um.

Are we dead?

I hope not, but...dang.

Callum here, certainly looks like, no posts in 3+ weeks outside of table talk, the momentum was being drained from a while back as well.

Unfortunately this happens ... does give me time to focus on getting my games back on track and getting prepared for something new.

The game has slowed down due to me handling my personal life. Nothing bad mind you, just little time.

Please be patient.

No worries.

Just hadn't heard in a long time.

Thanks for the headsup!

Lily, to answer your questions:

16+ means your considered to have spend 16+ motes of peripheral essence, so even though you're all close to full essence pools your Iconic Anima Banners are unleashed. You're battle will also be visible for miles.

The shard is what makes a mortal a Solar Exalt. It holds your peripheral essence pool and is bound to your soul. It's also what contains the memories from past lives. I don't have my book handy or I'd provide a better explination. It should be in the lexicon of either version of exalted.

Oh oh, ThAT shard!

Okay, yeah, I know what you're talking about now. For some reason I blanked on it, and thought you meant an actual piece of crystal.

*sigh*

Sorry.

*Bonks Lily*

Next post is up.

It may seem as if Quinn and Ahroun are stealing the show, but I'm using them as examples of how charms or combos, as simple as they seem, can end up sounding epic and destructive on a massive scale. That's why they're mostly destroying the 'filler', but looking damn good while doing so.

Lily - I know you held your action and meant to interrupt the creature, I had Mei-Ying reflexively attack the selkys that beat out Rysha on a stealth check.

That reflexive attack didn't effect Mei-Ying's action, since I used it for dramatic filler. Feel free to continue with whatever plan you had for her. .

No, actually, that's -exactly- why I was holding my action.

I figured I could try to react to its action, and hopefully help my pals out.

So that was my plan for this turn.

And arg, I forgot to post anima flare! I shall do so anon.

Just edit your previous post... you are allowed to do that you know...

Nice post Callum. Love the reaction.