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Exalted 3 - What the hell?

Started by DisgruntleFairy, February 24, 2014, 01:51:28 AM

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JamesV

#1290
September 22, 2015, 08:49:18 PM
1e is lean and uncluttered? I ran it for almost 6 years and that is not an adjective I would use :eek:
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Skywalker

#1291
September 22, 2015, 10:01:44 PM
Quote from: JamesV;8572311e is lean and uncluttered? I ran it for almost 6 years and that is not an adjective I would use :eek:

In comparison to 2e and 3e, definitely. There are considerably less moving parts, and the "cool" is focussed much more narrowly on two or three mechanics. Its well worth a re-visit, as I think the books hold up well compared to what came after.

I personally liked the idea that dice adders were mostly reserved for combat, and non-combat charms and effects were less about dice enhancement and more about actual effects. I really wished that that had been carried through to 2e and 3e.

Nexus

#1292
October 09, 2015, 08:56:20 PM
Remember when Illinois Nazis where a joke in the Blue Brothers movie?

Democracy, meh? (538)

 "The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn't even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it."

Warboss Squee

#1293
October 09, 2015, 09:42:40 PM Last Edit: October 09, 2015, 09:49:36 PM by Warboss Squee
Quote from: Nexus;859423Exalted AMA by Holden on subreddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exalted/comments/3o4xdd/ama_out_of_nowhere/

Hope he brought an asbestos suit.

EDIT: And it's still vague generalities and "I can't talk about that".

Fuck you, Holden.

Nexus

#1294
October 10, 2015, 02:30:21 PM
I can't tell if he was being sarcastic or dead serious about everyone loving the Crafting rules. Unless there's been a major revision its one of the most disputed aspects of the new rules. People are already doing rewrites.
Remember when Illinois Nazis where a joke in the Blue Brothers movie?

Democracy, meh? (538)

 "The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn't even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it."

Anglachel

#1295
October 11, 2015, 07:27:51 AM
With the level of delusion they all have, it is perfectly possible he was serious. They all are pros at fading out any and all critic.

Btw, i just found the perfect form for all those SJWs and Outrage-Crowders over on rpg.net...take it, fill it out and shut up already :D

AsenRG

#1296
October 11, 2015, 08:31:52 AM
Quote from: Warboss Squee;859434Hope he brought an asbestos suit.

EDIT: And it's still vague generalities and "I can't talk about that".

Fuck you, Holden.

What asbestos suit, given that this is the usual tone:)?

QuoteIndon_Dasani 4 points 1 day ago

Is there going to be a nation/organization-running framework, like 2e tried to introduce in Mandate of Heaven and Masters of Jade? I'd love to be able to run an Exalted "Kingmaker" game but the current Mandate system is just so clunky.

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[–]kejakalope 15 points 1 day ago

No, deliberately not. We tried several models for it (including a very streamlined Creation-Ruling Mandate) and realized that the problem with all of them was that it asked players to stop roleplaying in favor of "stepping back" to (at best) play a resource-management sim, or (at worst) to just make a big Bureaucracy roll to smash complex issues of morality and rulership into the dirt. Neither of those ended up being much fun, or resulted in more satisfying storytelling.

There IS support for leadership and running "Kingmaker" style games, but no big dedicated sub-system. It's a matter of canny decision-making and leveraging the right tools to solve the problems of the day.

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[–]Terraneaux 2 points 1 day ago

I appreciate that you put that level of thought into it, and it addresses some of my problems with those systems.

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OTOH, I'm almost tempted to run an Exalted game focusing on leadership, now. With a dedicated sub-system, which will take me all of 30 seconds to swipe from another game;).
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Luca

#1297
October 11, 2015, 10:05:14 AM
Quote from: AsenRG;859566OTOH, I'm almost tempted to run an Exalted game focusing on leadership, now. With a dedicated sub-system, which will take me all of 30 seconds to swipe from another game;).

I wonder what this book called "An Echo, Resounding" sitting in front of me right now is all about...

Warboss Squee

#1298
October 11, 2015, 11:13:03 AM
Quote from: Luca;859575I wonder what this book called "An Echo, Resounding" sitting in front of me right now is all about...

Heard of that here and there.

Snowman0147

#1299
October 11, 2015, 03:42:07 PM
Oh Exalted how had the mighty had fallen?  Sine Nomine swoop in and kick your sorry ass with the Red Tide setting, took your power with the Scarlet Heroes, out perform you in leadership with Echo Resounding, and pretty much been keeping the promises unlike you Exalted.

JamesV

#1300
October 11, 2015, 05:50:29 PM Last Edit: October 11, 2015, 07:01:02 PM by JamesV
Quote from: Snowman0147;859604Oh Exalted how had the mighty had fallen?  Sine Nomine swoop in and kick your sorry ass with the Red Tide setting, took your power with the Scarlet Heroes, out perform you in leadership with Echo Resounding, and pretty much been keeping the promises unlike you Exalted.

And the coup de grace, Godbound. Not even complete yet, and still with more promise, and more likely to be in my hands first at this rate.
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Planning to Run: Godbound or Stars Without Number
Playing: Star Wars D20 Rev.

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AsenRG

#1301
October 11, 2015, 06:01:27 PM
Quote from: Luca;859575I wonder what this book called "An Echo, Resounding" sitting in front of me right now is all about...

Exactly the thing that Holden considers unnecessary, that's what;).
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Armchair Gamer

#1302
October 11, 2015, 06:23:30 PM
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No, deliberately not. We tried several models for it (including a very streamlined Creation-Ruling Mandate) and realized that the problem with all of them was that it asked players to stop roleplaying in favor of "stepping back" to (at best) play a resource-management sim, or (at worst) to just make a big Bureaucracy roll to smash complex issues of morality and rulership into the dirt.

  All right, who put CRKrueger on the Exalted 3E design team? :)

Anglachel

#1303
October 11, 2015, 06:37:51 PM
Quote from: AsenRG;859622Exactly the thing that Holden considers unnecessary, that's what;).

I'm not sure he thinks it's unnecessary...he just wasn't able to build a suitable version for such a subsystem with his skills :P

AsenRG

#1304
October 11, 2015, 08:00:34 PM
Quote from: Anglachel;859627I'm not sure he thinks it's unnecessary...he just wasn't able to build a suitable version for such a subsystem with his skills :P

I prefer to take him at his word, as expressed in the AMA.
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