Stroth
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I'm never going to think of the Ebon Dragon the same way again.
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I'm never going to think of the Ebon Dragon the same way again.
Admittedly, it's a very fancy backstory. Though I think someone would have noticed a Sidereal dropping off the map for several thousand years. There's only twenty chosen of Serenity, it's not that hard to keep track.Erm... you kind of need to know yourself what said artifact should do or some idea... otherwise, all you have is a fancy backstory. kinglugia
Maybe it's magic, or maybe it's a Sorcery working which also involves the Loom of Fate, or maybe the Sidereal in question is under a Limit Break (yes, I know, it's a little too long for that, but just bear with it), or something else.Admittedly, it's a very fancy backstory. Though I think someone would have noticed a Sidereal dropping off the map for several thousand years. There's only twenty chosen of Serenity, it's not that hard to keep track.
Maybe it's magic, or maybe it's a Sorcery working which also involves the Loom of Fate, or maybe the Sidereal in question is under a Limit Break (yes, I know, it's a little too long for that, but just bear with it), or something else.
I hope Lunars get some love in 3e. The artwork and good hunks of the fluff in 2e made them seem really, really cool.
Has anything been said about them for 3e?
They are going to be devastatingly badass in a fight. I am lining them up to be able to take on Infernals. I want a Lunar swordsman who is just as capable in a fight as a Lunar going full-time DBT. Lunar thematics will be more tightly focused on the dualism of a "good" person who has a monster inside, or a monster who has a good person inside. Rage, transformation, and shapeshifting will be much more strongly evinced in their narrative and their mechanics. (John Mørke)
Definite support for social, mysterious Lunars. Not so much illusions. A Lunar has the most majestic god-body ever. They are all about being seen. (John Mørke)
Also, the connection between Lunars and animals is Gaia. (John Mørke)
Particularly when you expand "Frankenstein" to "all tales of created life or unnatural outcasts are fair game for inspiration," and particularly when you expand "werewolf" to "all tales of bestial dualism, and all shapeshifting folklore of any kind." I mean, hardly anyone in America has ever even heard of them, but I could riff on African werehyena legends alone pretty much forever. (Holden)
But yeah, one of the advantages of having new Exalted around is that Lunars no longer have to encompass literally every shapeshifter ever. Instead, they get to be a specific type of shapeshifter, broad enough to contain a wide variety of concepts without being so broad they lose thematic coherence. And it's really important that Lunars get that coherence in 3e.
Point being, Lunars can borrow animal-based symbolism for their powers without being limited to that. (Chai Tea)
I think it makes perfect sense, assuming that 1) Lunar Charms are godbody Charms, and 2) that the body of a god is more than base flesh.
So, a Lunar might transform her mount or familiar not because she has the power to transform things, but because she can transform herself, and her most beloved companion is as much part of her as her arms or heart.
Or, conversely, she might have an iconic steed that she always rides, even when she rides something else (briefly turning any random mule into Sleipnir or Kintou'n).
Think of the vÄhana of Hindu deities, which are less separate entities and more attributes and symbols of the riders; Luna riding the Silver-Horned Watcher, if you will.
Just eight more months to go!
I've never been so happy to be so wrong.
What does "ugh" mean and careful in what way?Really disappointed about the art. Some illustrations are quite nice, others are... ugh. Here I was thinking "I'm going to wow my players showing them that"... Well, I'll have to be careful about which ones I show.
Some of it's just bad. Like, deviantart bad.