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David,
Are there coyotes in this world? and do they have the same type of mythology behind them?
(Looking for a wise/curiosity spirit/animal/small god for my characters 'inspiration'.)
There might be coyotes in the world, it's not really clear. However as they have things like owls and colves and such, it would seem likely.
This is what I have so far.
PDF file
(I'll transfer it to my profile when done.)
David do you want us to email you stuff or just do everything here?
On the character sheet it has a section for Merits and Flaws, where is this in the rulebook?
You must have the 1E character sheet. Merits and Flaws are not used in 2E. They use Virtues instead, which are discussed on pgs. 75, 102-103, and 120. You would need to have either Resources 3 or Pat 3 to have simhata as a riding animal.
How do you pick a Merit Flaw?
I'm also having trouble picking a Motivation... any suggestions?
Motivations are tough because they are something intensely personal. The same is true with virtue flaws. Both really go to the core of who and what your character is. Try taking some time to think about them and if you still need help tomorrow or Thursday I'll be happy to help you.
Is my char viable or did I make a 'squishy'?
(first exalted char... so I want to make sure she will be playable.)
You're missing your Attribute scores, so it's kind of hard to say. I would be a least a little concerned by any way whatsoever to increase your physical DVs - soak is nice, but not getting hit is better.
I would be a least a little concerned by any way whatsoever to increase your physical DVs - soak is nice, but not getting hit is better.How can I increase my physical DV?
(Attirbutes added)
The easiest way is through an Excellency - either a Dodge one or a Martial Arts one, or both if you can afford it. Higher Charms are a lot more efficient at it, and of course eventually Exalted combat becomes all about the perfect effects, but to start out, getting at least one Excellency would be a really good idea.
Does it matter if it's the first or second excellency?
(I was confused by them, which is why I didn't take one.)
For combat abilities, I generally prefer the First, but it's really up to you.
For the record, the reason why I like the First better is that it has a better potential for success than the flat 2m/1 success of the Second, and it can sometimes get a little extra oopmh out if the total of your Attribute + Ability happens to be an odd number.
For instance: using his sword, Hapushet's Parry DV is 5 (Dex 2 + Melee 3 + specialty 3 + defense 2 = 10, divided by 2 and rounded up) and his Attribute + Ability is also 5 (Dex 2 + Melee 3). With the Second Excellency, Hapushet would be limited to buying 2 successes for 4 motes, or getting +2 Parry DV (because it gives a +4 bonus to his Parry DV calculation, with is then divided by 2). However, with the First Excellency, he can spend 5m and increase the calculation of his Parry DV by 5, which gives him a +3 DV thanks to rounding. So he is slightly better off with the First Excellency than the Second.
Does it matter if it's Dodge or Martial Arts?
If it's MA does that also count as offense and defense?
Dodge counts for the Dodge DV, Martial Arts count for the Parry DV. Martial Arts counts for both attacks and defense, but Dodge has one of the perfect defenses in it's charm tree. Since you don't have many ranks in Dodge and you don't need an excellency to get the perfect defense, I say Martial Arts.
EDIT: Oh, and I should be just about done with my sheet. I'll get to organizing it better later, but anyone feel like making sure I didn't mess anything up too badly?
Does it matter if it's the first or second excellency?
(I was confused by them, which is why I didn't take one.)
Oh, and one more thing: your serpent sting staff - which Magical Material is it made of? You don't have any MM bonus applied to its stats; you should either mark it down as orichalcum and apply the oric bonus (+1 Acc, +1 Def, +1 Rate) or choose which other material it is instead. You can always pay double the attunement cost for another material to gain its bonuses, but you only get the oric ones for free.
Oh, and one more thing: your serpent sting staff - which Magical Material is it made of? You don't have any MM bonus applied to its stats; you should either mark it down as orichalcum and apply the oric bonus (+1 Acc, +1 Def, +1 Rate) or choose which other material it is instead. You can always pay double the attunement cost for another material to gain its bonuses, but you only get the oric ones for free.
oric = orichalcum?
Do you mean the other materials that only work for other Exalts?I didn't know you could have an item made from a certain material if you were not that type of Exalt.
oric = orichalcum?
Do you mean the other materials that only work for other Exalts?
I didn't know you could have an item know you could have it if you were not that type of Exalt.
No, you can attune to other types of metal, it's just more difficult/expensive to attune to it properly. See the sidebar on page 382(385 in the pdf)
Where are the materials listed and what they do?
I looked in the index and found no 'material' or 'orichalcum'.
The effects are listed near the appropriate type of artifact. (The effects for melee weapons are after the artifact melee weapons, the effects for armor are before the artifact armor, etc.)
Where are we on getting started?Everyone check in and let me know if you are ready or not.
Not ready. But actively working on it. Finally gave up and printed about 200 pages of the pdf. For some reason every time I open Acrobat reader my computer crashes :/
So without all the waiting for my computer to restart between pages, I should have it done soon. I'm planning to work on it tonight, since my husband is gone I should actually get an interruption free evening.
After an evening spent on it, I still have to finish backgrounds (about half done with that) and pick Charms. And I guess equipment. So I'll need another day or two, depending on whether the kidlet has to stay home sick tomorrow or not. If he does I won't be able to finish tomorrow most likely. If he doesn't then I will.