I am backer, and I have not received any PDF yet.

I really don't mind the Abyssal's text, except this part:

QuotePlay one of the Abyssal Exalted if you want
• to walk with death as your constant companion.
• to be a warrior-poet of macabre passions and dark romance.
• to be a master of necromancy.
• to be a champion of the dark lords of the Underworld.
• to uphold the chivalry of death.

I think its cool they add these blurbs into the game. They did so in Vampire:Blood and Smoke, but in this case, since you can not play an Abyssal Exalted using the core book, I feel bad for the player who sees this text, gets excited, only to find out they cannot play said Exalted until that splat's corebook drops.

On another note, any mention of the new Exalted types?

Quote from: Starglyte;818422I am backer, and I have not received any PDF yet.

I really don't mind the Abyssal's text, except this part:



I think its cool they add these blurbs into the game. They did so in Vampire:Blood and Smoke, but in this case, since you can not play an Abyssal Exalted using the core book, I feel bad for the player who sees this text, gets excited, only to find out they cannot play said Exalted until that splat's corebook drops.

I was wondering about that since it will be year or two before the Abyssal book is released. I guess you could fake it 'till you make it with the Exigent book?

Edit: This probably puts that kind of material high on the list to be trimmed.

I feel like I'm being trolled. Either by 3M or OP, I'm not sure which.

I've been lurking this thread for a while and I'm surprised you guys didn't get word of that leak sooner. I heard Holden was pretty pissed when it popped up on 4chan.

Quote from: Starglyte;818422On another note, any mention of the new Exalted types?

Only the Exigents get a write-up like that, wasn't clear on whether that was because the other's hadn't been completed or if they're not getting one.

The Exigents

Sometimes there is calamity beyond measure. Sometimes there is crisis beyond reckoning.
Sometimes the world must have a champion, but does not. Then the gods themselves lift their
faces to Heaven, and utter a prayer for deliverance.
If the need be sufficient, the god without any other recourse, and the heart of the Unconquered
Sun moved by the prayer, he may answer, and send down a portion of his divine fire. This is the
Exigence: a gift of Exaltation, an extreme sacrament handed down to answer the most urgent of
disasters.
Exigence is…
• Unique. An Exigent will be the Chosen of the god who catalyzes the Unconquered Sun’s divine
power, her blessings and Charms fitting her divine patron. Almost all Exigents are one-of-a-kind
—while there are 100 Sidereal Exalted, there exists only one Chosen of Masks.
• Variable. The power and properties of an Exigent are unpredictable. Many Exigents are little
stronger than a Dragon-Blooded, while others equal the might of the Celestial Exalted. Most are
unique, but on rare occasion, Exigence may produce a tiny handful of similar Exalts. On the
other hand, two Exigents produced by similar gods—such as the gods of two different volcanoes
—may vary wildly in blessings, power, and nature, though both will express the power of
volcanism in some way.
• Costly. Exaltation carries a heavy price for the one who bestows it. The Exigence consumes
some gods entirely, while others are weakened greatly. No immortal calls for the divine fire
lightly.
• Inconstant. The blood of the Terrestrial Exalted spreads far across Creation, while the Celestial
Exalted reincarnate endlessly. Few Exigents are so enduring; for most, their Exaltation will end
with their life. For those who can pass on their power to a new hero, the method of transition is
often strange and idiosyncratic, and some are susceptible to interference or even destruction
between incarnations.
• Corruptible. Before being catalyzed into Exaltation, the divine power of the Unconquered Sun
may be stolen or traded, perhaps even falling into the hands of criminal or forbidden gods. Some
Exigents are the result of such illicit Exaltations, while others are worse—Exaltations altered or
polluted as they passed through the divine black market, producing monstrous Exalts of terrible,
blasphemous power and nature.
You might be…
• Strawmaiden Janest, the Harvest Exalt. Chosen by a lowly field god to defend a farming
village from the Fair Folk, you are a wandering hero carrying a miraculous scythe with which to
reap those who would menace the small folk of the world.
• Nurlissa, the Chosen of Masks. Your traded your face for Exaltation in the form of a mask.
Your Charms are an array of magical masks which let you be anyone, including your old mortal
self. Or you might don the beast-mask to become lord of animals, or the devil-mask to fight with
the strength of a raging demon.
• The Bleak Warden, Chosen of the Seals. You were Exalted by the guardian of an ancient
prison holding forbidden gods and cursed magic. You wield the power of seals—either placing
them on your foes, or unleashing pandemonium long ago sealed away by Heaven. You try to
bend this power to righteous ends, but some forces are hard to justify unsealing.
• Thousand Venoms Mistress, Chosen of Toxins. You are a divine assassin, the latest bearer of
your Exaltation, title, and profession. You are the master of countless poisons, and may even
transform your own blood into an array of toxins whose agonies bring divine revelation.
• Willow Specter, Chosen of the Dice. You won your Exaltation gambling with Plentimon
himself. The god of gamblers has made you the luckiest man in the world, and you’re out to get
everything you can before your ways catch up to you—every gambler knows there’s a bill to be
paid some day.
• Someone else. The true fire of Exigence burns in your own creativity.
Play one of the Exigents if you want
• to be something unique in all the word.
• to define your own powers and agenda.
• to do or be something none of the other Exalts offer.

As a side note the Infernals are conspicuously absent from the text. They get one mention in a charm and that's it. I wonder if the Ink Monkeys decided after all the frufurah about their splatbook it'd be better to take them out back.

Thanks for the blurb. Never been a big fan of the Exigents. Shame they don't give out more info on the Getimans and the other new Exalted types.

A thread on the most recent leak.

Quote from: Warboss Squee;818432I feel like I'm being trolled. Either by 3M or OP, I'm not sure which.

I haven't been able to find anything about the raw text leak. One forum post with no replies dated 2-8-2015 that claims it happened a week previous. Seems like there would be more discussion about it than that. But my Google-fu isn't particularly strong.

Quote from: Starglyte;818456Thanks for the blurb. Never been a big fan of the Exigents. Shame they don't give out more info on the Getimans and the other new Exalted types.

The new Exalt types are one of the setting aspects I'm the most dubious about.

Quote from: Nexus;818463All the new Exalt types is one of the setting aspects I'm the most dubious about.

Exigents are the one thing I like most about what I have heard for 3e. A potential antagonist that can challenge Exalted PCs, are easy to run for the GM and are varied.

On saying that, I am not interested in any of the other Exalted types that have been added.

Quote from: Skywalker;818466Exigents are the one thing I like most about what I have heard for 3e. A potential antagonist that can challenge Exalted PCs, are easy to run for the GM and are varied.

On saying that, I am not interested in any of the other Exalted types that have been added.

^ This!

Also, is there a way to get a hold of that 900+ page document? If so, please PM me with the details.

Exigents would have been fine as a catch-all "make up your own Exalt" if they'd also ditched Infernals and Alchemicals, and added no other new types. That might have been a good way to streamline the number of Exalt-types.

Quote from: Nexus;818462I haven't been able to find anything about the raw text leak. One forum post with no replies dated 2-8-2015 that claims it happened a week previous. Seems like there would be more discussion about it than that. But my Google-fu isn't particularly strong.

Well, thanks to a more tech savy friend I can now say its real.

Quote from: Kiero;818470Exigents would have been fine as a catch-all "make up your own Exalt" if they'd also ditched Infernals and Alchemicals, and added no other new types. That might have been a good way to streamline the number of Exalt-types.

If I adopt the new rules that's how I'll use their mechanics and the charm construction guidelines. It should work well enough with my version of "exigents"

Exigents should had been the only add-on Exalted in 3e.  We honestly shouldn't bother with all the other exalted types that are also added in.  I do agree that infernals should be taken out I do question about the alchemicals.  I think they add something to exalted since they are the only ones exalted by a primordial.

Thanks for the heads up on the current leak. I got a copy from 8chan. If you want a copy, just google "exalted 3rd edition playtest leak" and for me it was the 10th result.

I'm still upset they moved the general playtesting back in house instead of using wider bases, leak or no, they needed advice from outside the bubble. How much of the feedback they would have taken outside of the bubble, I don't know, but I have a feeling it would have been something more.