Exalted General /exg/

How do I play Fair Folk in my game? I managed to avoid the temptation to do the shitty 4th wall breaking I was originally going to do after reading up on the fair folk, but I'm still not super sure of myself.

>>49999409
The Fair Folk play a role to the point of madness. You have the guys playing at court intrigue, the guys playing at being gallant knights (despite not actually helping anyone, obviously), the ones playing the boogieman role, etc.

>>50000128

How does a "Mortal with Graces" work? One of the major plot NPCs in my game is a god-blood who has been warped and given herself over to the Wyld, gaining a number of Raksha shaping abilities in the process, with the Motivation of "Gain the adoration of the crowds through song", being essentially a pop star.

Are there any actual play records/stories that are enjoyable to read?

Does anyone have the full, proper Miravles of the Solar Exalted pdf that includes the charm missing from the backer version?

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A Zenith and a Pole of Earth Lunar

How big/small are Exigent motepools?

>>50002281
How the fuck should we know its not like any books are out. Odds are they never will. Make something up and go with it.

>>50002180
>Gilgamesh
>Accepting Exaltation
>Ever

Mongrel

Would anyone happen to know where I can find some custom evocations for either the Talisman of Ten Thousand Eyes or Mara's Demonic Tattoos? Or are there some in the book and I'm just incompetent at navigating it? I've checked the homebrew folder already, didn't find any there, was hoping someone might know somewhere else I could look.

>>50003102
Its not choice based. Except for Abyssal and Infernals. They can choose to die.

>>50003112
There isn't.

>>50003112>>50004425
I have some old Mara tattoo Ebocations lying around, if you want I can post them, though they're not very creative.

>>50002281
I'm pretty sure the idea is that they will be unique to each individual

>>50008551
Probably something including Exalt's and his god's Essence.

i.e Exalt*(Exalt's god/2)+5 or some shit

>>50008624
Nah, I doubt it. Maybe some of them? I don't see why they would share a deeper connection to their patron than any of the other exalted do

>>50000878
http://nobilis.me/doom-and-gloam

>>50008708
Tthat one is pretty enjoyable, though I don't personally like the kind of banter going on. Banter, sure, just something about the way those guys plays makes it seem like a game I wouldn't actually enjoy being in. It's nice to read, though.

So I'm trying to write evocations for an orichalcum and starmetal reaver daiklave. It used to belong to the regional governor of the East, who was a Zenith and blessed it after its creation, declaring that it would "Be the weapon that strikes down the enemies of heaven", and dubbed it "Heaven's Fang".

Said governor was also a huge ego-maniac and found almost no allies when the Usurpation hit. He was called The Irreproachable Prophet of Heaven as well, so that whole bit about striking down heaven's foes became a sort of play on words.

I need to figure out evocations for it, but I'm not really coming up with any. Right now all I have is a scene-long charm that marks (Essence) people and grants bonus withering damage against those people. I was thinking of maybe having an E2 evocation that conjures spears of light which make a withering attack against all marked enemies as well. All I know is that I'd like its evocation tree to be focused around said marked foes. Any ideas? If not, any general ideas for stuff an orichalcum and starmetal reaver daiklave might do?

>>50010292
AoE and ranged options against the marked targets and basic damage enhancers seem like a solid basis for the Evocation tree. Maybe throw in some social stuff as well. Like, you declare your enemies unrighteous, so maybe their social actions, being obviously foul lies of the wicked, are penalized, certainly against you, maybe against others as well. Have your enemies count as creatures of darkness for the effects that acre about that, stuff like that. Start from judging your foes evil and unworthy and work buy figuring out what that would mean in practice. Or at least I think that kind of approach would fit the Artifact based on what you told about it.

So what's most optimal way to attack Exalt? Undodgeable high damage projectile that explodes on command into long lasting fireball or other elemental hazard? Multiple lasers?

>>50010611
Waifus

>>50010660
This, always works.

>>50010611
pft, parry.

>>50010660
got the right idea

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>>49999227
How do I make a solar exalt who means well but is useless and whose prodigious talents are rendered worthless in most circumstances by other short comings or being over specialized?

Basically someone whose whole life has become surrounded by the frustration at being beyond exceptional at things the world does not seem to want or need while you try to make the world a better place doing things that everyone else is similarly gifted can do better than you.

>>50010708
That sounds like something you portray through roleplay rather than any specific build

>>50010708
>How do I make a solar exalt who means well but is useless
Hard to do since it only costs a week or two for a Solar to become better than your average joe at everything, even if you try your best to min max him you still get something out of it, unless you make him do nothing thus no xp to buy anything
>whose prodigious talents are rendered worthless in most circumstances by other short comings or being over specialized?
Again this is very difficult unless you give him all useless charms, but then to get access to those you still have Excellency and basic useful charms at the beginning.

Perhaps you can try to play as a DB in a Solar circle? Or just an Enlightened Mortal?

>>50010708
Bureaucracy.

>>50010708
>How do I make a solar exalt who means well but is useless and whose prodigious talents are rendered worthless in most circumstances by other short comings or being over specialized?

You cant since universal excellency.

>>50010984
Bureaucracy is only useless if your game takes place in wilderness or if your party is all about gartutious violence.

>>50010733
>>50010869
>>50011151
>>50011001
>>50010984

Thanks. I'll see if I can get the GM to clear a DB.

>>49999227

Joining a game where the PCs are villains.

They veto my character who wants to melt dos. Reality into an unending acid trip for the everyone for the rest of time. They calmly explained how my character concept and the characters frankness about heir goal would clash with the party in a way that was not fun or conducive to plot advancement of worthwhile roleplaying opportunities.

They then helped me build a new character instead of continuing the session.

I love these guys, I think I've found my new group.

>>50002281
We have one example Exigent. She is essence 2 and has 14 personal/33 peripheral. That's more than a Dragon Blood, but less than a Celestial of her essence. But there's nothing to indicate that this is in any way standard.

>>50012034
They certainly sound like reasonable people.

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I'll exchange sexual favors to play in a solo 2e or 3e game.

Pic related is my Abyssal OC.

>>50012252
Post contact details and tits.

>>50002180
lunars don't have elements

>>50012127
That's what, Essence*2+10 and Essence*5+23?

>tfw running a solo 3e game

>>50012775
Compared to DB essence+11 and Essence*4+23?
And Liminal Essence*2+11 and Essence*4+23?
And Solar Essence*3+10 and Essence*7+26?

>>50012777
>trip kek
I can play with you

>>50010708
rp mostly

maybe give him some flaws? but roleplay is likely better. try and get your st to work with(against) you by presenting situations you can't handle rather than tailor things to let your talents shine

>>50012905
Depends. It is a solo ERP game. What sort of character would you play?

>>50012923
3e only has Solar right? I guess I can only play Solar.

>>50012944

That's not really answering the question. "Solar" is a gametype unto itself; it's like answering "What sort of D&D character are you gonna make?" with "An adventurer."

>>50012988
Its not as if most people on /tg/ ever played in any kind of game, cut him some slack.

>>50012988
>getting dub after trip
Dawn of course, I can't lead people for shit or negotiate
>>50013030
Yes lurker here

looking at effects of anima exposure.... dragonbloods fit obviously, solar bleaching is perfect, lunar 'left out all night' is good...but whats up with infernals causing mildew?

>>50012988
the most boring splat that isn't abyssal

>>50013115
What about Lunar?

>>50013125
rank 3rd

>>50013179
then siderals heroic mortals/godblood and dragonblood, then infernal, then alchemical. fey aren't on my list.

>>50013215
It's like you don't even want to play Exalted, how about Godbound?

>>50013215
actually I don't really rank lunar, sidderal dragonblood infernals mortals or alchemicals, they all have something going for them other than "mary sue" and depend more on mood...it's all sort of tied. just solars tend to wear badly and eventually turn a bit bland to me and abyssals are nothing but much shittier solar clones

>>50013104
I'd expect cosmetic corrosion of metals or "mild radiation damage to inconsequential nonliving items(whatever that might be)" but mildew seems out of left field.

it's possible "minor radiation damage to cloth and wood" looks like mildew though

>>50013249
Your opinions are shit

>>50012475
I don't have tits.

>>50012923
I'm not that guy, but I'm down for both 3e and ERP. As for character concept, I'm thinking a Zenith with War or Presence as their supernal, exiled from their homeland and adventuring to gain knowledge/wisdom/artifacts/experience/loyal comrades before returning to their kingdom to take that shit over- at which point things would get very 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' very fast.

Details like gender and personality are things I'd decide on after talking about our respective kinks and shit like that.

is it just me or does the exalted fanbase have a much higher percentage of erpers than most other games

>>50013698
White Wolf games in general has a higher percentage of wackaloons, kooks, eccentrics, new age faggots, and erotic roleplayers.

Classic World of Darkness is even worse. Or better.

>>50013667
are you one of the few who actually like abyssals then?

>>50013677
What are your kinks?

>>50013698
It's not just you. There's a reason why they had to specifically include a "Your ST can't force your character to have sex if you don't want to" rule in the corebook itself.

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So how's this for a character concept
Witchdoctor from a far east. Giant and stronk but slow and clumsy (str 5 dex 1 lol)
His village once was ruled by a lunar so they are believe that if you eat parts of animals you get their power and also have a few beast traits. My guy has sharp teeth and ritual scarification on the whole body (kind like pic related)
Anyways something attacked his village and ate his leg, but he exalted and drove off the beast(?!).
Now he's convinced that by eating his leg it also ate part of his soul/power and he'l be able grow it back if he tracks it down and eats it's heart .
So with a brand new sculpted peg leg he sets out to regain his soul.
He's a dex1 dude with a missing leg. Medicine supernatural and also high brawl, resistance, athletics and the giant and hideous merits.
He's also a genius but he likes to pretend he's a dumb savage
What do you guys think?
I know dex is the best combat stat.

>>50014028
if he thinks an animal ate his soul and he can grow his leg back by eating it back how is that not in some way being a dumb savage? I'd give him the barbarian flaw too

>>50014103

I think he was intending that to be "The wolf defeated me and has taken my honor/spirit(which is the same thing), I must defeat and eat the wolf to become spiritually whole again."

>>50014103
Because you can be smart even if you believe silly things. Also Lunars do get the power from things they eat/drink blood from

>>50013861
In my experience plenty of other games need something like that

>>50014103
No, smart people are fully capable of believing things that aren't true. These beliefs may seem silly, but they aren't necessarily obviously wrong in the context of what people holding these beliefs know about the world.

>>50013861
>>50014187

The Red Rule is one of those non-rules.

It doesn't exist to have any actual effect on the game; you should never actually invoke the Red Rule in a good group.

What it does do is make BAD groups very, very obvious. "Yeah I don't like the Red Rule."

>>50013847
I'd prefer not to shitpost my fetishes all over a thread in a SFW board. I'm definitely not into anything super /d/ like vote, but I'm definitely a pervert.

If you're serious, post some contact info or hit me up at [email protected] and I'll get into specifics.

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>>50014671

>>50014671
Come on, shitpost your fetishes all over this SFW board. It's part of the test.

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>>50014710
I'm sexually attracted to seabirds- the albatross and the magnificent frigatebird are my top two favs, but I'm cool with pelicans too.

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>>50014671
>not to shitpost my fetishes

Dude...you're on tg.

The place is fueled by magical realm, discussions on magical realm, magical realm hatred, hatred for magical realm haters and some occasional discussion of traditional games by people who might actually have played at some point.

Not any of the previous posters, but getting involved in some solo games sounds like a really great idea, plus I feel that would make figuring out who on /tg/ you click with a lot more efficient. I would totally be up for playing a game with someone if you'd have me. SFW or ERP would both be fine by me.

>>50014684
>dat gyaru
For all that's good and just in the world... sauce?

I am trying to chew myself trough the rulebook and it is a bit confusing. Is it because there are much more concepts and ideas than numbers in this system.

Also if I understand correctly; The rules in a nutshell are; "try to be awesome without contradictions, while being descriptive, yet short".?

>>50014878
Well, what sort of character would you make?

Heroin dick'ed sidereal

or maybe

Lunar tentacle monster who is also the small japanese schoolgirl victim

>>50015008


I've never played a game in Exalted, though I'm STing a game that for some folks who are new to the setting. I always wanted to play as a Zenith seeking to stamp out corruption and rally the forces of good against the many threats besieging Creation. I was originally going to do a Gamagoori expy like an uncreative fuck(mostly due to Athletics Supernal being hilarious), but what about a Thousand Scales functionary that used their position to foil a plot to assassinate the Roseblack in the hopes of seeing the Throne held by someone who deserves it, and must now reassess their loyalty to her with the fact that they are now a Chosen of the Sun capable of taking matters into their own hands?

Kinda new here. Is there any debate over which Exalted edition is best, or are they all shit/get progressively better?

>>50015704
3 > 1 > 2.5 > 2

>>50015704
They're all varying degrees of wonky. 2e's the worst, followed by 1e, and 3e's the best. Not sure exactly where 2.5 sits on that continuum.

>>50015704

The consensus is that 3e fixes a TON of problems with 2e, but it's just too empty right now due to only the core book being out. If you exercise and eat right maybe you'll live long enough for 3e to be completed.

>>50014952
>Is it because there are much more concepts and ideas than numbers in this system.

Its because its full of redundant shit that most of the time will never come up in a game or is not something that anyone would spend more then five seconds on yet OP decided that it needs multiple paragraphs and mechanical statistics for it.

Which is positively magical when the game also drives you to reach as much as possible for stunt bonuses making the practical narrative even slower.

>>50015704
1e > 3e = 2e.

If anyone says 3e is the best they're a salty kickstarter backer still sore from getting scammed.

>>50015743
>>50015735
So 2e's the worst, but also the one with the most content? I hear it made some rather sweeping lore changes which upset a lot of people.
>>50015756
What makes 1e the best then anon?

>>50015759

Basically you have to do this

1) Take 2/2.5's lore
2) Read through it and whenever you find yourself saying "That's absolutely retarded" check 1e's version of it. This may vary from person to person.
3) Painstakingly try to port what you can to 3e

>>50015836
It's funny how similar DnD and Exalted sound - 1e is AD&D - the original, and one of the best - 2/2.5e is 3/3.5e - most popular and for fairly good reason but often utterly retarded and 3e is 4e - totally new and not what people wanted.

Shame you're lacking the 5e equivalent.

>>50015894
For a lot of people, 3E is more or less what they wanted, though. I'm pretty satisfied with it, I've run a campaign of it, and it works quite well.

>>50015894
We skipped 4e

Exalted 3rd is basically 5e D&D, except instead of putting out regular, interesting if not useable content like Unearthed Arcana, our devs threw a shitfit and stopped releasing anything because we hurt their feelings and called them retarded for having a man in a dress on the front of their book.

>>50015932
The devs pitched a fit because they were called to task on cumbersome rules that still manage to be vague, over a year after they were supposed to be published.

>>50016392
More like two and a half.

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>>50014684
>>50014897
Please?

>>50016645
If I knew I'd tell you.

>>50015727
false

>>50012923

Do you still have room for another ERP campaign? Asking for a.... friend...

>>50017023
Yeah, what sort of character would you make?

>>50015836
1e has fucking amazing lore, 2e fucked it up; basically flanderized it because they couldn't be arsed to go through all the books for 1e for depth.

>>50017126
Thats literally my opinion of 3e and 2e.

2e had amazing lore and 3e is just allusions to it and a whole bunch of nothing and retcons.

>>50017157
Yeah, it is fucking unbelievable that a single book only hints at things bazillion books described in detail.

>>50017697
Yet at the same time retconned into uselessness.

>>50017721
I guess it would actually be somewhat un believable if that were to happen.

>>50017052
massive dick, but haado gay

>>50016645
The gyaru's a guy nigga do you still want it

And can you get past the panda?

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>>50017850
I have thoroughly considered this information.

>>50017864

https://exhentai.org/g/895628/bccc9e8cdf/

>>50017850
No wonder I couldn't find it by searching for garyu loli ahegao

>>50017052

I'm the same guy from >>50015483

>>50017157
What the fuck? As far as lore content goes 3e's corebook isn't far removed from 1st edition. Third edition briefly explains the game premise, what the Exalted are and do, and an overview of the setting locations with some highlights. You know...everything you need to actually play the game.

The second edition corebook is similar to other two excPrimodialsPrimodialsPrimodialsPrimodialsPrimo

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>>50017887
thank you kindly

I believe most 2nd edition fans, hell, Exalted fans in general, have never and will never actually play the game itself, and just like discussing the lore.

>>50017984
Yeah, but in ERP terms?

>>50018137
Sure except for the nWoD underworld, the new exalts, the old exalts being gone or reworked like the Infernals being best buds with the Yozi whom live through them, Abyssals becoming the Sith and Lunars playing Kingmaker on the edge of reality, sidreals now being their own antagonist faction and chaos lords becoming the hannya and changing the reason for why the raksha go into Creation. Its exactly the same otherwise. Really.

>>50018231
:'^
It took literal months of shilling and annoying my friends but I've managed to finally get games going at the cost of no longer being invited to parties.

>>50018243
As in kinks?
MC/hypno, tg/traps, probably something like "infiltrate the DB's harem to spy on them disguised as a girl"

>>50018231
Honestly, that's true for most RPG fans, not just Exalted. The hobby is something like 90% bitching online and 10% actually playing (and that's a generous estimate for playing).

>>50014274
Honestly, every group should has (or at least should have) general guidelines for what's acceptable and not acceptable in the game.

For example, my group's guidelines are roughly:
- Characters can die due to stupidity and bad luck, but not DM fiat without consent of the player.
- No sex between PCs and either PCs or NPCs unless consent by both parties (players, not the characters).
- No explicit sex scenes, just fade to black
- Chaotic and Evil characters are allowed but you still have to be a functional party member.
- The DM is better at power-gaming than you are. If you make something broken to the point it disrupts the game, the DM is going crank up the difficulty until it's either balanced or you die.

>>50018252
>the old exalts being gone
Literally none of the old Exalts are gone.

>or reworked like the Infernals being best buds with the Yozi whom live through them,
The Yozi aren't best buds with anyone, because they're terrain, not people.

>Abyssals becoming the Sith
You remember the reason why Abyssals have a Liege background, right? They were always supposed to have a strong master/knight relationship.

> and Lunars playing Kingmaker on the edge of reality,
Also a thing they were always supposed to be doing.

>sidreals now being their own antagonist faction
What is: the Bronze/Gold Factions

>>50018252
As presented in the 3e corebook: Infernals aren't even mentioned, Abyssals look pretty similar to their 1e depiction dunno what you're talking about, Lunars don't have too much said about them beyond 'play them if you like this list of things', sidereals are the same as previous editions.

I never said that 3e changed nothing, nor do I think that keeping everything the same should be a design goal; just that the 3e corebook has everything you need to play the game and the lore that IS there is good.

it's mostly about what holden said he'd do and how he gets to remove things he always said he hates...and since the guy used to be known for flamewars before he got tapped for inkmonkies he hates nearly everything to some degree

>>50018535
"Its mostly" What is it? What are you even talking about?

>>50017052
>>50013677

Are you not interested in that idea?

made me think of bull of the north's demon hoard army probably sounds like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8cqzAUsArM

>>50020401
better version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-tjJDFfjQw

>>49999409
>>50000128
So I've seen a DB 3e project, as well as Lunars and Alchemicals, but has there been one to convert Fair Folk to 3e, as niche as they are?

>>50018313
I'd play a Dragon Blooded and you could infiltrate my Harem if I could infiltrate you behindif you know what I mean

>>50020762
I love it when a plan comes together

How many dots do Heroic Mortals start with?

>>50017887
Gallery has been removed or is unavailable

>>50023159
There is a pretty big sidebar in the character creation section about mortal chargen

>>50023271
How the fuck did I miss that

>>50023190
You copy pasted the link in wrong.

>>50018600
3e in general.

>>50018459
As presented in the 3e corebook: Infernals aren't even mentioned, Abyssals look pretty similar to their 1e depiction dunno what you're talking about, Lunars don't have too much said about them beyond 'play them if you like this list of things', sidereals are the same as previous editions.

You need to catch up on the forums, we got stuff on the infernal now, abyssals are no longer minions of the Neverborn or the Deathlords, though most associated with them as disciples and students, and now all abyssals are warrior-poets of the Underworld instead. Lunars have like 10 pages of stuff in the Second Age part of 3e. My nig read before you talk.

>>50023417
>You copy pasted the link in wrong.
copied the stuff past /g/, went to an existing gallery, replaced its with the copied ones, got gallery removed?

>we got stuff on the infernal now
Aside from the flip to ability-trees from yozi-trees?

>>49999409
The Fair Folk are charming, seductive, voraious and passionate.

Right up until they're faced with any kind of permanence, at which point the facade cracks and they're usually revealed as the hungry, hollow cancers of mad narrative they are.

A good look into fair folk-ish perspective is Goblin Queen, an exalted/worm fic

>>50010660
Literally this. Solar-lunar bonds are an elaborate yet subtle control mechanism devised by the being with firsthand experience of the guy who literally can't be beaten normally.

>>50010611
Though the Ebon Dragon actually has some very good ideas.

>snipe them from afar
>spam subtle keyword-protection-or-get-fucked curses to mote tap their shit
>do everything in your power to make them think it's all someone else's fault
>manipulate target numbers/external penalties to generally exploit their overconfidence at being da bess, or come at them from an indirect angle
>jump somewhere hard to stunt in or see in, and attack from all possible angles
>when in doubt, copycat their shit

Pity about his Imperfections, huh?

>>50023417
I did read. Abyssals are still subservient to the Deathlords, changing their relationship to give more agency to the player is a good thing. "Warrior-poet" doesn't mean literally every abyssal is a fighter who writes poetry, its a thematic statement that abyssals have returned to embodying the unhealthy obsession with death, instead of being reduced to simply the exalted of murder written by a dude who literally decided to stop taking his anti-depressants to better write their 2e splat (it didn't work).

Yeah Lunars do have a couple pages about them in the setting section, it isn't much, but its good so far. The devs also don't really have a high bar to clear considering previous edition's Lunars.

>>50023697
Uh yeah totally. Definitely not because the best way to attack a player is to get them emotionally invested in a waifu

>>50023737
That was a joke.

Though I've never known any actual player to take the bond that seriously. Also people ignore how technically the bonds can be founded on non waifu feelings.

Do we have an Exalted Motivation generator or something?

>>50023897
Is there another version of the charsheet?
The one linked has Wide in its name, is there a smaller?

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Would doing UCS like GEmperor be okay?

>>50025211

I think it would strain disbelief to have UCS be THAT blitheringly stupid.

There's a pretty big line between "tragically-flawed" and "stumpfucking idiot" and G-E lives firmly on the latter.

>>50025282
>I think it would strain disbelief to have UCS be THAT blitheringly stupid.
>Yah my creators didn't allow me to play their cosmos gaming device let's put these supermote into mortals so they could kill them and I would have that game!
>Fuck yeah now I shall leave Creation to them while neeting up in this cocaine and gaming basement
>The super mortals are going crazy? Who cares
>Shit happens there and there and someone breaks the reality so nobody remembers them? Who cares
>90% of the population dies to a plague? Who cares
>The unshape is marching to destroy Creation? Who cares
>The supermote gets turned into blackmote and greenmote? Who cares
>The Ebon Dragon is going back to Creation via the marriage with the Scarlet Empress? Who cares?
>These Deathknights and GSPs are ganking me? Come on I'm almost finish another round

>>50025376
>>Yah my creators didn't allow me to play their cosmos gaming device let's put these
I mean, excepting the part where living under the Primordials actually sucked for basically everyone other than the Primordials.

>>The super mortals are going crazy? Who cares
Except he literally did care. That's the whole reason he turned his back on Creation.

>>Shit happens there and there and someone breaks the reality so nobody remembers them? Who cares
>>90% of the population dies to a plague? Who cares
>>The unshape is marching to destroy Creation? Who cares
All of this is STILL less dumb than how the God-Emperor handled basically everything about his rule.

>>The supermote gets turned into blackmote and greenmote? Who cares
Does anyone in Heaven even know?

>>The Ebon Dragon is going back to Creation via the marriage with the Scarlet Empress? Who cares?
RotSE is a bad book, no surprise there.

>>50007103
Yes please, if you're still hanging around.

>>50025211
I don't know if that would work. The Emperor is morally ambiguous in ways that Sol isn't. At the very least, I couldn't see Sol being as heavy handed or dominating a presence to the Solars as the Emperor was to the Primarchs. The Unconquered Sun was content to lay some basic ground rules for the Solars and then let them do as they saw fit. He would be very unlikely to do anything the Emperor did during the rebuke of Lorgar, would not care if Angron chose to die with his gladiator bros instead of joining him, and so forth.

It's not to say that Sol is squeaky clean, he didn't start the Primordial War out of just the goodness of his heart, and the entire structure of Heaven is based on Might Makes Right. But generally he's more willing to respect people's autonomy as long as they don't cross the lines he put in place beforehand, and he didn't go Old Testament on everyone when the Solars offended him. He just decided to wash his hands of them.

>>50025452
>I mean, excepting the part where living under the Primordials actually sucked for basically everyone other than the Primordials.

It should be noted that even though the Second Age is called "The Age of Sorrows" things are STILL better for mortals than it was during the Primordial Era.

>>50025904
Is it really? The average mortal in prehistory was the slave of the Dragon Kings and had to worry about other races or Primordials doing weird shit like eat their souls. The average mortal in the second age is the slave of either other mortals or the Dragon Blooded and has to worry about raksha or rogue gods doing weird shit like eat their souls. I guess if you factor in the Blessed Isle the average mortal lifestyle got better, but not by much.

>>50025982
Not all mortals were fortunate enough to be slaves to the Dragon Kings, and most mortals in the second age are not enslaved to supernatural beings. Unless you count the Exalted, but they (generally) have a human perspective, and for the most part the relationship is more akin to a lord and his serfs than anything else.

>>50025904
>Primordials Age
>Enslaved by Dragon Kings who sacrificed them for blood as tribute to UCS
>Sometimes those big ayyy just fuck them up
>Solar Age
>Cool for a few thousands years before they decided it's okay to melt several people to create living music box
>Autobot GTFO after the Jadeborn got put under geas
>Anyone disagreed with Solar get either geas/rekt/UMI
>Shogunate Age
>Enslaved by DB
>Corrupted gods fuck shit up
>Sometimes Fair Folk came to eat them
>Either join that furry Lunar new society or gets thrown into the Wyld

>>50025982
We don't actually know, is the answer. People sometimes talk about the reign of the Primordials as if we know what it was like, but we actually don't. There are some snippets of information about what went on back then, but nothing more than that.

>>50026142
Literal fucking golden age; everything was made of Orichalcum. Everything. That includes everyone.

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>>50000128
Like House of Ballads, heh

>>50025642
Okay, I memorised doing more than I actually did, I just actually wrote up two and had the rest in the rough ideas stage. Anyway, the two I did finish are:

Inpenetratable Cover of Shadows:
Modifies Control Spell Invulnerable Skin of Bronze, instead of bronze the caster wraps dark, material shadows around herself. The shadows are as protective as bronze, all the effects of the original spell remain in place
Her Shadow Skin resonates with natural shadows and darkness, giving her soak equal to the visibility penalty imposed by the current lightning (+1 poor lighting, +3 heavy shadows, +5 pitchblack). The shadows are also lighter than the originial metal, counting only as light armor and only imposing a -2 mobility penalty when the spell is being distorted.

Armored in Darkness Approach: 3m, reflexive, gives light concealment or upgrades concealment one step (poor lighting, heavy shadows, pitchblack) until next turn (of course also upgrades the soak granted by the first Evocation)

>>50025211
Well, not the way ADB writes him, certainly. But you can look up some of Emp's speeches, and that comfy scene between him and Perturbo in AE, as guides to his speech patterns.

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>>50025870
>At the very least, I couldn't see Sol being as heavy handed or dominating a presence to the Solars as the Emperor was to the Primarchs.
Do you think maybe things would have gone better if he had?

>>50026619

Not really.

One person isn't any wiser than 300 people.

And never forget that Conky was perfectly content to have humans sacrificed to him, just because they weren't the top dog at the time. He's very much a "there's the best and there's the rest" kind of guy.