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[Akigagak]

1:

Items in Exalted do not generally have a value in game-world money attached to them. Instead, they are rated with the number of dots in Resources a character must possess in order to purchase them. Of course, the character is paying in Realm jade, Guild silver dinars or paper scrip, but most players don’t enjoy painstakinglykeeping track of every jade bit that changes hands.
An item with a Resources cost lower than the character’s Resources is an out-of-pocket expense. Within reason, the character can purchase as many of the items as she wants without a strain on her purse.
An item with a cost equal to the character’s Resources is a serious expense. When she buys it, she lowers her Resources rating by one dot until it is increased through roleplaying.
An item with a cost greater than the character’s Resources is too expensive for her.

And yes. Javelins aren't really worth the cost given, though, and are actually pretty terrible weapons. Well, Thrown in general is pretty weak if you use the weapons in Core.

2: Scavenger Lands. It's sort of like the Silk Road in our world, as it's a sort of melting pot of cultures, but with more anthropomorphic spirits, zombies, and giant robot suits.

3: You get five purchases of Ox-Body. You can't buy any more, though. They only way to get more copies of Ox-Body is to increase your Stamina further, something you won't be doing until you hit essence 6.

[Cogsmith]

1:

Items in Exalted do not generally have a value in game-world money attached to them. Instead, they are rated with the number of dots in Resources a character must possess in order to purchase them. Of course, the character is paying in Realm jade, Guild silver dinars or paper scrip, but most players don’t enjoy painstakinglykeeping track of every jade bit that changes hands.
An item with a Resources cost lower than the character’s Resources is an out-of-pocket expense. Within reason, the character can purchase as many of the items as she wants without a strain on her purse.
An item with a cost equal to the character’s Resources is a serious expense. When she buys it, she lowers her Resources rating by one dot until it is increased through roleplaying.
An item with a cost greater than the character’s Resources is too expensive for her.

And yes. Javelins aren't really worth the cost given, though, and are actually pretty terrible weapons. Well, Thrown in general is pretty weak if you use the weapons in Core.

2: Scavenger Lands. It's sort of like the Silk Road in our world, as it's a sort of melting pot of cultures, but with more anthropomorphic spirits, zombies, and giant robot suits.

3: You get five purchases of Ox-Body. You can't buy any more, though. They only way to get more copies of Ox-Body is to increase your Stamina further, something you won't be doing until you hit essence 6.

Thrown's not horrible. The thrown WEAPONS are horrible. Thrown's real strength lies in picking up building sized chunks of scenery and leaving people with worse Feat Of Strength Checks than you pinned and helpless under the rubble. Of course this has it's own difficulties (chunks of scenery being improvised weapons and having a minimum of -3 to accuracy among them) though these can be overcome (a few athletics charms and specialties in improvised weapons).

[Akigagak]

Um, yes? That's what I said, Gray.

Thrown in general is pretty weak if you use the weapons in Core.

[dragnar]

I should have my character sheet up soon, but in the meantime: Akigagak, your avatar is an abomination against all that is good in the world. Or it is awesome incarnate. I'm not sure which.

[Lucus Casius]

I should have my character sheet up soon, but in the meantime: Akigagak, your avatar is an abomination against all that is good in the world. Or it is awesome incarnate. I'm not sure which.

Both, perhaps?

[IronyOwl]

I'll have my character up "soon." Everything looked so good, it's hard to choose.

[Akigagak]

Yeah, I know what you mean. That's part of the reason why it's a good idea to have a firm concept in mind before you start going through the Charms.

[Lucus Casius]

Or a good dartboard.

[Akigagak]

So, how are you all doing? Any things you want to ask about or request? (Such as any homebrew)

[dragnar]

Oh yeah, almost forgot: How do manse's and hearthstones work? Do you get a hearthstone of the manse's level free along with it, or is it something separate?

I'm mostly done with my character, just need to figure out where to spend my background points.

[Akigagak]

Yep, Manse gives you a hearthstone of equal level. One of the Books of Sorcery goes into more detail on the construction of manses, and for using the background for something other than a hearthstone.

[IronyOwl]

It's in that weird spot where I'm almost done, but there's a handful of vital interconnected details I still need to figure out, like what weapon I'm going to wield. I think my charms and abilities are set, but it's hard to say.

Oh, question on combos: Charms that are "specifically allowed to supplement actions of other Abilities" can be included in combos with appropriate charms of the ability you're modifying, right? I'm not starting with any combos, but it's hard to not get ideas for later.

Secondly, any idea what rate we'll be gaining experience at? I know this is kind of an open-ended question, since we don't even know what rate we'll be playing at, but if you have any wild estimates or goals, I'd be interested to hear them.

[Akigagak]

Any charms can be included in a combo, if they follow the rules. If a moment comes up between the time when you activate the combo, and your next action, and a charm in the combo can effect it, then that charm can be used.

[dragnar]

Alright, I think this is all done. Also, the charms are all kinds of awesome. Literally, pick a kind of awesome and there will be one that covers it.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name Dragnar
Exalt Type and Caste Night caste Solar
Anima A shadowy silver panther

Motivation To .

Backstory
Dragnar had been training as a soldier in a small military outpost on the fringes of civilization, though he rarely worked hard at it due to his knack at never being around when his superiors showed up. He was skilled in combat, defeating most other recruits with his great agility, though he was a bit lacking in strength. Unfortunately, before his training was complete, the outpost was attacked by a massive group of barbarian marauders. The outpost's defenses didn't stand a chance, and were swiftly crushed. Dragnar and a small group of other recruits banded together to try and fight their way to safety, away from their attackers. Dragnar acted as a scout for the others, supposedly to warn them of any attackers. Instead, moving far ahead of the group, he quickly and efficiently killed or incapacitated any who stood in their way before setting out ahead, reaching the nearest town before the others even realized they were safe.

Attributes

Physical
Strength ●
Dexterity ●●●●
Stamina ●●●

Social
Charisma ●●
Manipulation ●●
Appearance ●●

Mental
Perception ●●●
Intelligence ●●●
Wits ●●●●●

Abilities

Archery
Martial Arts
Melee(favored)●●
Thrown ●●
War

Integrity
Performance
Presence(favored)●●
Resistance
Survival(favored)●●●

Craft
Investigate(favored)●●
Lore
Medicine
Occult

Athletics ●●●
Awareness ●●●
Dodge ●●●
Larceny ●
Stealth ●●●

Bureaucracy
Linguistics ●●
Ride
Sail
Socialize(favored)●●

Backgrounds
artifact ●
Manse ●●
resources ●●
followers ● (5 soldiers)
familiar ● (an ordinary cat)

Merits

Flaws

Artifacts and Equipment
Hearthstone amulet(orichalcum, set with a Monkey Stone)
short sword
2 knives
chain shirt

Charms

[Ability]

[Excellencies]
first melee excellency
first stealth excellency
first dodge excellency
first athletics excellency
first investigate excellency

[Charms]
keen sight technique
shadow over water
reflex sidestep technique?
increacing strength excercise
graceful crane stance
spider-foot style
monkey leap technique
easily overlooked presence method
sagacious reading of intent
judge's ear technique
Ox-Body x 3

Join Combat:

Defenses
Dodge DV 8
Parry DV 8

Soak: 3B/1L

Health
-0 [ ][ ]
-1 [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
-2 [ ][ ][ ][ ]
-4 [ ]
-X [ ]

Mental Defenses
Dodge MDV ?
Parry MDV ?

Virtues
Compassion ●●●
Conviction ●●●
Temperance ●●
Valor ●

Virtue Flaw
trigger- sees someone intending to kill another for their own gain.
effect- tries to kill the  attacker.
partial- is willing to merely help the innocent excape.

Intimacies
common soldiers
refugees

Willpower: 7

Essence
Permanent: ●●●
Personal: 16/16 (X Committed)
Peripheral: 37/37 (X Committed)

Bonus Points

Experience Points

Also, I now know that this was a reference to exalted. Apparently I wasn't too far off with this:

A glory-seeking Solar warrior armed with a BFS, valorous to the extreme, and capable of parrying anything he damn well feels like. So far, he's parried a torrent of molten copper so hard that it went back to the source and broke it.

So you made Fighter? Can you prevent falling damage by blocking the earth?

[Akigagak]

Alright, I think this is all done. Also, the charms are all kinds of awesome. Literally, pick a kind of awesome and there will be one that covers it.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name Dragnar
Exalt Type and Caste Night caste Solar
Anima A shadowy silver panther

Motivation To .

Backstory
Dragnar had been training as a soldier in a small military outpost on the fringes of civilization, though he rarely worked hard at it due to his knack at never being around when his superiors showed up. He was skilled in combat, defeating most other recruits with his great agility, though he was a bit lacking in strength. Unfortunately, before his training was complete, the outpost was attacked by a massive group of barbarian marauders. The outpost's defenses didn't stand a chance, and were swiftly crushed. Dragnar and a small group of other recruits banded together to try and fight their way to safety, away from their attackers. Dragnar acted as a scout for the others, supposedly to warn them of any attackers. Instead, moving far ahead of the group, he quickly and efficiently killed or incapacitated any who stood in their way before setting out ahead, reaching the nearest town before the others even realized they were safe.

Attributes

Physical
Strength ●
Dexterity ●●●●
Stamina ●●●

Social
Charisma ●●
Manipulation ●●
Appearance ●●

Mental
Perception ●●●
Intelligence ●●●
Wits ●●●●●

Abilities

Archery
Martial Arts
Melee(favored)●●
Thrown ●●
War

Integrity
Performance
Presence(favored)●●
Resistance
Survival(favored)●●●

Craft
Investigate(favored)●●
Lore
Medicine
Occult

Athletics ●●●
Awareness ●●●
Dodge ●●●
Larceny ●
Stealth ●●●

Bureaucracy
Linguistics ●●
Ride
Sail
Socialize(favored)●●

Backgrounds
artifact ●
Manse ●●
resources ●●
followers ● (5 soldiers)
familiar ● (an ordinary cat)

Merits

Flaws

Artifacts and Equipment
Hearthstone amulet(orichalcum, set with a Monkey Stone)
short sword
2 knives
chain shirt

Charms

[Ability]

[Excellencies]
first melee excellency
first stealth excellency
first dodge excellency
first athletics excellency
first investigate excellency

[Charms]
keen sight technique
shadow over water
reflex sidestep technique?
increacing strength excercise
graceful crane stance
spider-foot style
monkey leap technique
easily overlooked presence method
sagacious reading of intent
judge's ear technique
Ox-Body x 3

Join Combat:

Defenses
Dodge DV 8
Parry DV 8

Soak: 3B/1L

Health
-0 [ ][ ]
-1 [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
-2 [ ][ ][ ][ ]
-4 [ ]
-X [ ]

Mental Defenses
Dodge MDV ?
Parry MDV ?

Virtues
Compassion ●●●
Conviction ●●●
Temperance ●●
Valor ●

Virtue Flaw
trigger- sees someone intending to kill another for their own gain.
effect- tries to kill the  attacker.
partial- is willing to merely help the innocent excape.

Intimacies
common soldiers
refugees

Willpower: 7

Essence
Permanent: ●●●
Personal: 16/16 (X Committed)
Peripheral: 37/37 (X Committed)

Bonus Points

Experience Points

You haven't spent any of your 15 bonus points. The costs are at the end of the character creation section, page 85. Just before Jade (The archer) destroys a bug thing.