sinjun

*grumble* Dallyn's not the only one...

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Well, I've already got 2 Solar Nights in the works, and one Dawn approved, so of the two, I'd far prefer a Dawn to another Night (though I *could* end up making a seperate group and have them be composed solely of Nights, but I might have to go insane running 4 seperate groups then).

We can chat about it some tonight, I expect, and if you want me to walk you through Chargen, just let me know.

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You're completely welcome to make up a character if you like. I can help with CG, background, and all that jazz. If you can post, at a bare minimum, once a week, that's fine. :)

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*peers* I have no idea what you're talking about...

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Oh yes, I will need help going through Chargen. I could do a Solar Dawn. No problem. It's a Dallyn/Elyse sort of character. *grins*

Works for me. Now, if you would prefer one of the other types - I could manage them as well. Do you want a Zenith type? I could have fun with that as well...

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*grins* Exalted online game.

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Well, as it stands, I have one Dawn (fully approved) 2 Nights (in progress) one Zenith (in progress) and one Twilight (kinda-maybe, not sure yet). So, a Dawn is fine. I'm half-tempted to split the groups up into groups of 3 in some ways, but I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

Pages 104-105 give a good CG summary for you as well. It's not unlike Heroes or Daes in terms of sheets, really. Charms are what always take the longest, I find.

As for a background, I recommend reading through the general areas (starting on page 54, 34 if you want to read about the Blessed Isle, where all the Dragon-Blooded roam) and get an idea of where to be from. The world is high-fantasy. Kinda WoT-ish in some ways. Magic exists and is accepted, though it's called Essence. There are monsters, demons, and all sorts of fun stuff to deal with.

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Oh... Cool... 'Cept I really need to get through work today and tomorrow, first.

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I took the comment to mean you wanted to play in the online message board Exalted game I'm starting up. Sorry if I didn't interpret it right. Just got back from work and all.

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Dawn it is then. *grins* Always need fighters.

I'll have to go back through to figure out concept. Though I would prefer to have a concept different from the others...just cause I'm kind of snobby that way. Perhaps you can help me out with that?

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I did start skimming through that stuff.

And I had some questions for you. *grins* If I can remember them.

Does it matter where we're from? There's lots of info on the Blessed Isle, and the South and such. I wouldn't mind, just on principle, coming from someplace a little further out than the Blessed Isle, like maybe towards the Fire Pole and the South. Maybe. I need to do some more checking. Gem, isn't that one of the Cities in the South?

See, I was looking, honest!

I need to go back through the list of concepts again though, and figure out a bg.

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Maybe this weekend?

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*snugs* Oh. No problem.

I read

damara's comment about Dallyn to be referring to a PbEM thing we've been doing, which I'd like to continue but have to leave on hold for at least today. Maybe tomorrow as well. Once I get this backlog of email at work cleared out, I can relax a little.

I might be interested in your PbBB thing, but I know nothing about Exalted and really don't have time over the next 48 hours to create a character for a system I don't know at all.

Perhaps once I see how the end of the week looks.

Of course, there's still that assignment due next week, too.

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Well,

valwoo says she can't make it for Circus on Saturday — which I can live with. Both Vica and Demnor are dead, after all. They can each stay in lala land. (Not that I wouldn't have fun with them if the were around, mind.) So, it'll be a small session, anyway. If Matt can't make it, that's another little bit not to worry about, leaving only Becca and Sol, really. And, frankly, *grin* it's Becca I really wanna pick on. But, if

akesteven can't make it either, then a good round of Existence might be just the thing.

Not, mind, that a scene or two online isn't entirely possible meantime.

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Becca can make it. *grins*

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I'll answer both the above posts here.

No, it doesn't matter all that much where you're from, especially if your character tends to travel a bit. I can make up a reason to start you all in the same area. And yes, Gem is in the far south.

The other Dawn is a melee specialist. Likes his swords, he does. Given the Dawn's main thing is combat, that's probably fairly relevant to you. However, I'm probably going to split the Solars into 2 seperate groups if all the apps come through, so you very well may end up the only Dawn in your party, so I wouldn't worry too much about the concept-stomping issue.

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*snugs*

That's okay, I don't think my character will be done over the next 24 hours. There is a website, where you can download the basic rule book for free, though you do have to register with the site.

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*grins*

Well, okay. I can cope with that as well. I'll go back and reread on the far south and Gem. And figure out stuff tonight. I can't do it here unfortunately. I do recall you telling me that Ranged sucks in Exalted, so you know - Swords work. Well.

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Well, Ranged sucks only in terms of the weapons you can pick for it. You have a very limited selection of magical bows, but the archery charms are just mean and nasty.

Thrown has a few more artifact weapons in other books (and I can send information on artifacts and such during chargen easily enough). They don't have the best charms, but some of them can be really effective. They probably have, oh, two really decent artifact weapons you can pick from in books not in the core. A pair of claws that fire out from a chain and a decent sling.

Brawl, on the other hand, really, really sucks the way the corebook presents it. I tend to borrow homebrew charms for that ability if I make a character with it and ask the ST if I can have them.

Melee and Martial Arts are nasty as they are and pretty good.

Also, in Exalted, the defense is always slightly stronger than the offense.

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Book got taken off their free downloads list. :(

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*beams* Excellent.

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Ah... And where is that?

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Also, as it's a message board game, I can add/drop players fairly easily, so if you're busy the next couple weeks, don't feel pressured too much. Just work through some ideas for a high-fantasy type character and work through CG when you have a chance to look at a copy of the book and such.

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*grins* Martial Arts might be interesting.

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Awww, that's too bad.

Well, okay then. I have an e-copy, though it's all protected and such.

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If you go MA, there's a whole host of other styles you can take, and there's even a PDF (free) available that you can download and look at. It explains their basic functions and such. Let me know if you're interested in MA, and I'll pass along the link.

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Sorry - it's gone now, apparently. Too bad that.

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