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by rydi
Wed Jul 30, 2025 12:03 pm
Forum: Heaven's Reach
Topic: Heavens Reach II - Setting and Intro
Replies: 1
Views: 519

Re: Heavens Reach II - Setting and Intro

note that the overall theme is of human daring, ingenuity, and heroism. The people on this mission, as a whole, believe in what they are doing and are willing to take unconventional paths and and gamble on risky strategies to WIN. They are not incorruptable, but corruption, graft, and vices are thin...
by rydi
Wed Jul 30, 2025 12:02 pm
Forum: Heaven's Reach
Topic: Heaven's Reach II - Character and Ship Info
Replies: 0
Views: 215

Heaven's Reach II - Character and Ship Info

Character stuff goes here

Ship stuff goes here
by rydi
Wed Jul 30, 2025 11:59 am
Forum: Heaven's Reach
Topic: Lore
Replies: 1
Views: 191

Re: Lore

The Eternal Flame Doctrine Underpinning the culture of the Exalted Empire of Man is the Eternal Flame Doctrine. Countless permutations of this doctrine exist, but they all have fundamental beliefs in common: 1) The human spirit, both individual and collective, is unconquerable and capable of overcom...
by rydi
Wed Jul 30, 2025 11:42 am
Forum: Heaven's Reach
Topic: Lore
Replies: 1
Views: 191

Lore

The following lore is not available to all characters, as it has not been disseminated to the larger population of the empire. The captain of the mission for arc II has access, and will likely give information out to those that want or need to know more on these topics (by giving access to the appro...
by rydi
Wed Jul 30, 2025 11:33 am
Forum: Heaven's Reach
Topic: Heavens Reach II - Setting and Intro
Replies: 1
Views: 519

Heavens Reach II - Setting and Intro

Book II A band of misfits intent on avoiding the grasp of the corrupt, decaying empire, and united in the pursuit of ancient mysteries, explored the history of mankind and overthrew Heaven’s Son. The empire descended into chaos. The galactic senate seized power, yet did little else, endlessly arguin...
by rydi
Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:01 pm
Forum: D&D General
Topic: 9 Realms Backstory: Kyrot Empire
Replies: 0
Views: 93326

9 Realms Backstory: Kyrot Empire

The story of the Empire of Kyrot, generally referred to simply as “The Empire,” is really the story of its founder. The Dark Lord of Kyrot was born in a small fish-mining village. He was, presumably, named after the color of the sea on the day of his birth, but few remember him by anything other tha...
by rydi
Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:18 pm
Forum: Exalted: General
Topic: Re-Creation
Replies: 6
Views: 212771

Re: Re-Creation

Nelens Kari, Scholar of Virtue Appearance: Initially a bookish but robust young woman with long, fiery red hair pulled back in a braid, and red streaks on pale white skin. Soon will transform into a bald monk dressed in a combination of peasant's garb and priceless artifacts. Primary Motivation: End...
by rydi
Tue Jun 15, 2021 5:35 pm
Forum: Exalted: General
Topic: Re-Creation
Replies: 6
Views: 212771

Re: Re-Creation

Edge of Life and Death Cost: - Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 4 Type: Permanent Keywords: Form-Enhancing, Native Pre-requisite Charms: Dark Messiah Form, Wood Dragon Form An Abyssal who masters death, yet embraces life, may walk a knife edge between the two. Such an Abyssal may activate the form-typ...
by rydi
Tue Jun 08, 2021 5:28 pm
Forum: Isekai: Exalted
Topic: Charms
Replies: 4
Views: 191442

Re: Charms

not a charm, but: Bulwark of Possibilities Spd 5, Acc +1, Dmg 2b/2, Def +6, Ran -, Rate 1, Mobility 0, Attune 10, HS Slots 1 Tags: M, O, Sh0, This exquisite shield, made from a scale of the yozi Oramus cut in the fashion of a perfectly symmetrical gem of countless facets, framed by a thin layer of r...
by rydi
Mon Jan 25, 2021 2:47 am
Forum: Isekai: Exalted
Topic: Charms
Replies: 4
Views: 191442

Re: Charms

Relentless Saga-Body Cost: - (+7m); Mins: Essence 5; Type: Permanent Keywords: - Duration: Permanent Pre-requisite Charms: The King Still Stands, Devil-Tyrant Avatar Shintai Legends are not bound by the petty rules of mortals, and they persist as long as there are those who believe them. This charm...
by rydi
Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:38 pm
Forum: Isekai: Exalted
Topic: Charms
Replies: 4
Views: 191442

Re: Charms

Alternate Devil-Tiger charms. I altered them further to remove the weird xp reqs, and made a few other wording changes. I will be using these in Re-Creation as well. Echoes of Myths Unspoken Cost: --; Mins: Essence 4; Type: Permanent Keywords: Heretical Duration: Permanent Prerequisite Charms: Any (...
by rydi
Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:17 pm
Forum: Isekai: Exalted
Topic: Charms
Replies: 4
Views: 191442

Re: Charms

1st (TITLE) Excellency The TITLE struggles against being controlled, but is often a slave to her own desires, which most often tend toward a lazy hedonism . She instills her own vices in others , and subverts rules and structures of the world around her to remove obstacles to her desires. The TITLE...
by rydi
Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:16 pm
Forum: Isekai: Exalted
Topic: Charms
Replies: 4
Views: 191442

Charms

This is for posting novel homebrew charms, and modified existing charms, that we are using in the game.
by rydi
Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:15 am
Forum: D&D General
Topic: Pathfinder: Midnight Company
Replies: 2
Views: 25589

Re: Pathfinder: Midnight Company

THE CAST (we will update this as people post characters) Name: Emu Benro Concept: Insane and cantankerous master of combat Gender: Male Alignment: CN Race: Formerly venerable aasimar (human trait), reincarnated as a drow Classes (at 20th): Pathwalker Warpriest 12, Pathwalker Psi Warrior 1, Warblade...
by rydi
Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:00 pm
Forum: Exalted: General
Topic: Exalted Primer Requests and Discussion
Replies: 2
Views: 31409

Re: Exalted Primer Requests and Discussion

There are over 2000 charms. It is a stupid amount. It is better in 3rd ed only because they have not printed much material yet, but they actually made the system even more bloated in some ways. Perfect attacks always hit their target, perfect defenses always defend, defense trumps offense. Since the...