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>Who are we?
Maka, an exiled noble Exalted as a Zenith-caste Solar. Queen of Gem, now ruling the western island of Tianna. You have gathered a vast amount of allies and friends, and defeated every threat to Tianna up to now.
You recently discovered that Tianna is actually an artificial island, built around a First Age Titan: an almighty flying fortress. Your forces have crushed the Bodhisattva Anointed by Dark Water, a Deathlord who tried to usurp its power for himself.
Now you have built a solid power base, and worked hard to draw the attention and earn the trust of the Unconquered Sun. What will your next step be?

>Solar? Zenith? I don't know Exalted...
This quest is as newbie-friendly as possible, and I want it to work as a newbie's intro to Exalted. If you have ANY question, ask in thread. For the setting, google "1d4chan exalted".

>Archive?
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Solar%20Quest

>System?
Dicepool-like system. When performing an action, everyone rolls 1d10 when posting. the first X rolls are considered, where X is equal to attribute + ability.

>XP?
Attributes cost [current score x5] xp. Abilities cost [current score x3] xp, except Zenith costing [(current score x3) -1]. Charms cost 10 xp, except for Zenith-based charms (related to charisma and physical/mental fortitude) which cost 8 xp. At the end of every "session" (thread) you will be presented with a list of possible acquisitions.

>Twitter?
@exaltedfag

>Any questions?
http://ask.fm/Exaltedfag

New System Info: http://pastebin.com/pvAZpsJ6
Characters info (player-made): http://pastebin.com/5WnD47jp
Quest in ebook format (player-made): https://www.dropbox.com/s/yxjjb8e50xs52fq/Exalted%20Quest%20-%20Threads%2001-86%20%5Bpdf%5D.rar?dl=0

>>43605634
>Try and calm her down.
Welcome back EF!

>Explain that nothing bad happened.
>Ask her what exactly is going on.

>>43605634
>Explain that nothing bad happened.
>Ask her what exactly is going on.
Amata, please.

>>43605634
>Try and calm her down.
>Explain that nothing bad happened.
No witch hunts honey, it might set a precedence. She did a bad thing, but we've already scolded her for it and everything.

I'm glad to see you made it EF

>>43605634
>"Amata, be nice."
>"If by burn her you mean seduce Malfeas' entire roster of demons, then maybe."

Oh shit, it's thread 99. We need something special for the next thread.

>>43605634
>>Try and calm her down.
>>Ask her what exactly is going on.

Sup EF?

Best thing to wake up to in the morning is paranoia.

>>43605719
Yeah, like a wedding.

>>43605752
Or the Honeymoon

>>43605634
It's not totally bad or anything, he only just knew our NAME and said he wanted to have a proper discussion with us one day.

Not catastrophic at all

>>43605787
What's so catastrophic about Ligier knowing our name?

>>43605634
>>Explain that nothing bad happened.

>>43605805
Nothing at all, like I said.

It's not actually that catastrophic, but according to EF the way he wrote our name implies he knows a lot about us personally.

>>43605805
I think it's just Amata's paranoia going full burn right now.

>>43605811
Maka has gone very big in a very short time. Everyone is probably aware of the titan now, unless they're exactly on the other side of creation.

>>43605634
>>Explain that nothing bad happened.
>>Ask her what exactly is going on.
oh fug i have an exam in seven hours. Priorities, priorities...

>>43605854
Well Creation is flat, so EXACTLY the other side would be the literal underworld. And those guys definitely know.

>>43605863
You should be studying.

>>43605854
This isn't just on the level of "Hey did you hear about that tall sexy brown Solar?". This is how EF described the name on his ask:
>Conceptual is different, and it's something that you can do only in Old Realm. Basically, if you know someone or something well enouh, you write a single symbol that encompasses their entire being, in a manner akin to a "true name". Everyone reading it understand who it's referring to, even if they never met that person, and everyone writing it will write it in the same way (unless they write it wrong, of course, but there's a right and a wrong way to write it). Yes, it's a magical aspect of reality, probably hardcoded in the universe by the Exalted in the First Age.
>That's going to be translated in english as all caps.

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You try and keep her pinned to the bed and prevent her from just running outside. "No! Wait! Wait! Look, nothing happened! He just said that he's not going to come! So..."

She struggles a bit against you, then gives you a death glare. "How does he know?"

You hesitate. "Uh..."

"How does he know so much about us? How can he even deliver a letter to Creation?"

"Through Ririth-"

"Exactly! I suspected as much, but I had no way to test it. But... Ririth is basically a huge walking portal to Malfeas. We can't let her cause damage to Creation!"

You sigh. "...She's not THAT huge."

She seems to be slowly calming down. "...Alright, maybe she isn't, but she's a point of connection to Malfeas, and that's bad. We sealed them in another dimension for a good damn reason, Maka."

You nod. "I know. It's just that, well... neither Ririth nor her father seem... you know, evil."

She sighs. "...Well, demons aren't evil, or to be more accurate, aren't willfully evil. They act according to their own... morals? Sort of. They're nothing like the morals of anything existing in Creation. A lot of what is perfectly natural for them is shockingly evil for us. So... they're not ABSOLUTE evil, but they're dangerous and nasty for Creation."

"You summon them all the time." You point out.

"But I don't like that. And I keep them bound and controlled. Ririth is... she's just a loose cannon."

"Isn't that a good reason to keep her under control? I mean, she might be a point of contact with Malfeas, but she's not a bad person. She's been very kind and helpful. We can't just... like, kill her."

She smiles without humour. "...You have no idea of how many horrible things I've had to do at good people in order to keep Creation safe." She says all of sudden, looking through you.

(cont.)

"Are you calling me naive?" You reply.

"...No. Not really. Just... you're the one you should be. You're the Zenith. You're a paragon, an example, a leader, and a moral compass for everyone." She giggles. "Though your own sense of morals has some screws loose sometime." She breathes in deeply. "...Alright. I... I probably overreacted. I don't like this at all, but I'll trust your judgement. But if at some point in the future a third-circle demon rips her open and uses her to step into Creation, you'll be the one who has to deal with it."

"Well, with the fact that she's Ligier's daughter, I don't think any demon would do that." You point out.

"Except maybe Ligier." Amata mumbles, nestling next to you.

Those words hang ominously in the air.

"...Oh, and Ligier called me MAKA." You say, using your own name in Old Realm, tracing it with a finger in the blankets. "Is this..."

She groans. "...Conceptual Naming. Great. He's been keeping his eyes on you pretty well."

"What's that about?" You wonder. "That symbol looked familiar, even though I've never seen it before."

"It's a trick of Old Realm calligraphy. If you're really good, you can write someone's name in a way that everyone will recognize it." She explains. "If you showed this symbol to a scholar from the other side of Creation, who knows Old Realm but has never heard of you, he'd... well, he'd know you. The symbol contains sort of a simple description of yourself, that triggers automatically in the mind of whoever reads it." She explains. "In the First Age, Solars used this to make themselves known even to the masses of mortals who would otherwise have no chance to meet them in person. Also... some charms and magical effects connected to your person can be triggered by the Conceptual Name as well."

(cont.)

You think about it for a second. "...But I already know myself. I mean, philosophical "does anyone really know himself" conundrums aside. Why would he use Conceptual Naming on a letter addressed to me?"

"To let you know that he's been watching you." Amata rolls her eyes. "I guess we'll have to keep that into account."

You groan, roll in the blankets a bit, and suddenly realize you've been in Amata's bed all this time.

You glance around. What about the desk? You're not even in her office anymore, this is her bedroom. Weren't you in her office when you started-

You meet Amata's smug gaze, who has apparently noticed your confusion and is enjoying every second of it.

>How's the wedding planning coming along?
>I wanted to talk to you about our future plans for the Titan.
>I wanted to talk to you about our future plans for the Abyssals.
>How's Valeriana's work coming along?
>You know, I was wondering about your other kids, other than Samiel and Irene...
>(Other?)

>>43605997
>The symbol contains sort of a simple description of yourself
So...what description does MAKA have? Actually, make that a vote.

>So...what description does MAKA have?
>You know, I was wondering about your other kids, other than Samiel and Irene...
>And...do you want to have babies with me too? or Tia?

>>43605997
>>How's the wedding planning coming along?

Not gonna lie, smug Amata is cute

>>43605997
>>How's the wedding planning coming along?
>How's Valeriana's work coming along?
>>43605874
i could stress out more, or i could relax

>>43605997
>>How's the wedding planning coming along?

>>43605997
>Can we engrave the word MAKA on our coins?

>>43605997
>How's the wedding planning coming along?
>You know, I was wondering about your other kids, other than Samiel and Irene...

>>43605997
>>How's Valeriana's work coming along?
>You know, I was wondering about your other kids, other than Samiel and Irene...
Now the question is, was this Sidereal shenanigans or was Amata so good Maka blacked out during the trip to the room.
Amata a qt.

>>43606014
>getting Amata pregnant
>being pregnant with Amata's kids
Decisions, decisions.

>>43605997
>So...what description does MAKA have?
>Can we engrave the word MAKA on our coins? Or is there any downside to using the conceptual name?
>How's Valeriana's work coming along?
>And...do you want to have babies with me too? or Tia?

>>43606050
why not both?

>>43606014
>or Tia?
I wonder if she'd want to, I mean I don't think she hates Tia, but Amata is marrying Maka, if she's going to have anyone's babies it would be ours.

The question is how do we get her pregnant.

>>43606014
You don't have to ask that, it's quite obvious to you just by reading it and thinking about it. But it's not something you can put in words.

It gives whoever reads it an idea of what the person is like. Physically, but also a as far as their personality and character goes, and a bit of their history.

Think of a level of familiarity somewhere around "passing acquaintance". That's what is contained in the symbol.

>>43606071
>double pregnant
That would be cute.

Unless you were talking about the sex, in which case, lewd.

>>43606122
I know the characters know it, I was more concerned in having that info passed to us, the players. Sure, we can probably guess "Hottest woman ever with a shitload of compassion and really, really tough. Also, nobility and has enough tits for everyone." or something, but it's nice when the exact thing is passed to us.

"...What if we wrote that name on our coins as well?"

She gives you an odd look.

"...Why? Don't tell me that you have a Charm that affects people even without you being there-"

She groans noticing your arrogant grin in reply and quietly facepalms. "You're terrifying."

"I know." You reply, flattered.

"...Well, it would be useful only with people who know Old Realm. Who are a very small minority nowadays. It was practical in the days of the Old Realm, but it isn't nowadays. The idea of using just your face on the coin is a lot better."

"Can't we use both?"

"The symbol would need to take a lot of place to be large enough to be readable, and if you wanted to put your face on one side and the symbol on the other you'd have to get rid of the symbol of the Unconquered Sun, and that would probably make Pyre Spark mad." She notes, half-joking.

"I see." You mumble. "Say, there was another thing I wanted to ask you..."

"Go ahead." She invites you.

"It's about your kids."

"Samiel and Irene?"

"The others."

She pauses for a moment.

"You have other children, but I only ever saw Samiel and Irene. I understand that they're adopted as part of your cover story, but I was wondering..."

"Well, no sense in keeping the charade up." She interrupts you. "There's just Samiel and Irene."

That takes you by surprise. "But... I thought-"

"Yeah, it's common knowledge that the Queen of Tianna has other children who failed to Exalt and are working in the city's army, administration, or so on. And yet, you never met them." She smiles. "No one did. It's just a rumor. They don't really exist. I adopted Samiel and Irene as part of my cover, but people would get suspicious about the cover if this Lost Egg queen, without any particularly impressive lineage, managed to have both her kids Exalt without having any unexalted children."

"...They don't exist?" You frown. "All this time I was..."

(cont.)

"It was all lies, trickery, misdirection and propaganda." She grins. "Far easier than taking care of real kids, and dealing with all the overcomplication to my cover story that they would cause. Every extra person added to a cover is an additional point of failure, after all."

"I'm amazed."

"Thank you."

"That wasn't a compliment." You roll your eyes. "Are you really marrying me, or is that a lie as well?"

She kisses your cheek. "That's real."

"You could be lying right now, though."

"Absolutely." She grins.

You groan. "...Is the ceremony ready, in any case?"

"Almost." Amata points out. "Getting the last few things ready. You won't have to worry about a thing. I'm having a lot of fun planning it, actually. It's going to be full of surprises."

"It should be a happy day. Don't make me dread it." You joke.

"Where would I get my kicks from, then?"

>I wanted to talk to you about our future plans for the Titan.
>I wanted to talk to you about our future plans for the Abyssals.
>I wanted to talk to you about our future plans for Gem.
>How's Valeriana's work coming along?
>I should go, I wanted to have a talk with (who?)
>(Other?)
>(Fast-forward to the wedding)

>>43606284
>>(Fast-forward to the wedding)

>>43606284
>>How's Valeriana's work coming along?
followed by
>(Fast-forward to the wedding)

>>43606219
>"...Why? Don't tell me that you have a Charm that affects people even without you being there-"
>She groans noticing your arrogant grin in reply and quietly facepalms. "You're terrifying."
>"I know." You reply, flattered.

She seems to be taking this relatively well. Good to know the Solar Socialing has taken affect already.

>>43606284
>I wanted to talk to you about our future plans for Gem.
>How's Valeriana's work coming along?
>When we have your biological kids, who's going to carry the babies?
>We ARE having kids.

>>43606284
>>How's Valeriana's work coming along?
And ask about the Titan in general, I wonder if they've found our hidden stash of Mountain Folk

>>43606309
>When we have your biological kids, who's going to carry the babies?
>We ARE having kids.
I don't mind being the one to carry, but if we do we'll have to wait at least a year for us to have Tia's.

>>43606331
It's still a good idea to prepare for it early.

>>43606284
>How's Valeriana's work coming along?
>Having kids
>Mountain Folk/Titan
I'm glad they weren't real in the end, it was kind of bad that we hadn't met her mortal kids until right before we were going to marry Amata.

>>43606284
>I wanted to talk to you about our future plans for the Titan.

>>43606284
>>How's Valeriana's work coming along?

"So, how's Valeriana's work coming along?"

"She's a bit stressed out." Amata mumbles as she idly combs her fingers through your hair. "Lots of things to do, and lots of things on her mind. What with all the damage and whatnot."

"...Yeah, I know. We're really asking a lot of her."

"She's the best civil engineer I've ever met. Heck, probably the best civil engineer in the West at this point. And she has a lot of grandiose projects, and now she might even have the means to accomplish them, but she has to put them aside and work on just repairing damage from the battle and earthquake." She continues. "I think that that's the reason she's working so hard and so fast, even though it's something that doesn't interest her. She wants to get all this busywork out of the way."

"So she can go back to work to what she likes?"

"Yes, I think so." Amata nods.

"...How did she take the news that I intend to make the Titan fly again someday? My promise to Flame?"

"...In stride." She replies. "She had already a lot of plans for Tianna that required the island to stay an island..."

"Yeah. I saw them. That's why I was asking, I'm worried she might be mad at me."

Amata scratches her head. "...Mmmmaybe she was a LITTLE BIT mad, but just a bit, and just for a day or so. I think she already has some ideas on Tianna and the Titan herself, but she's kind of hard to approach these days. She's working so hard, but she doesn't talk with anyone."

"...Should I go and see her?"

"I think the best thing we can do is let her work and leave her alone. She'll show up at the wedding and by then everything will be finished. I think she's deep into something and doesn't look like she'd appreciate being disturbed. You know, one of those creative trances."

"I think I know." You nod. "...I hope she'll be there for the wedding. I'd hate for her to miss it."

"I don't think she will. She was very clear on wanting to get everything done by then."

(cont.)

You roll a bit in the blanket, pensive. You let your hands idly caress your stomach.

"Amata?"

"Yes?"

"Would you have my kids?"

The question seems to catch her by surprise for a moment, but just a moment, Then, her expression softens in perhaps one of the few times you've seen a genuine, honest, kind smile on her face.

"Yes." She replies. No doubts, no questions, not even the obvious one. So much so that for a moment you suspect she must have misunderstood what you just said.

No, she didn't, a second glance into her star-strewn eyes tells you. She knows exactly what you meant.

"...Thank you."

You spend a few more minutes of silence together, cuddling under the blankets.

>Talk about the Abyssals.
>Talk about Gem.
>Once you're done, leave to talk to someone else (who?)
>(Other?)
>(Fast-forward to the wedding)

>>43606589
>Talk about the Abyssals.

>>43606589
>Talk about Gem.
>And ruling a big portion of creation, if not all of it
>Why can't we not go to Yu-shan? I want to meet Him.

>>43606589
>>(Fast-forward to the wedding)

>>43606589
>When are you going to show Tia your sweet moves?
>When are you going to teach them to me?

>>43606589
>>Talk about Gem.
Might as well bring it up.

Fug we sent Alexei to bug Val about the spell.

>>43606589
>(Fast-forward to the wedding)

>>43606589
>>Talk about Gem.
>>(Fast-forward to the wedding)
>The question seems to catch her by surprise for a moment, but just a moment, Then, her expression softens in perhaps one of the few times you've seen a genuine, honest, kind smile on her face.
I fucking love you Amata

>>Talk about Gem.
>>(Fast-forward to the wedding)

>>43606589
>>Talk about Gem.
>>(Fast-forward to the wedding)

>>43606589
>Why can't we not go to Yu-shan? I want to meet Him.
>We are at least inviting him, right?

>>43606744
>>We are at least inviting him, right?
Of course we are, he can bring Venus. It will be good for both of them to get out of the house.

>>43606744
We know why, Amata is already in a lot of trouble for allowing us to take over the Titan, enough to get jailed so she made a promise to keep us out of Yu-Shan for the time being. Which we'll totally disregard when the time comes and stop them from arresting our wife.

"...What are you thinking about?" After a few minutes more, she asks, noticing your frowning gaze fixed to the ceiling.

"...mom and dad. And my little sister. I wonder if they're alright. Where they are."

"I heard from Aexel that you've assembled a team to head over to Gem and scout the place."

"Yes. They're due to head there just after the wedding. Should be there in three days." You reply. "I'm worried about what they'll find out."

"No sense worrying before you even know anything." She smiles, trying to cheer you up. "Worry once they report back."

"...What if they're dead, and I'll learn that, if only I acted faster, I could have saved them?"

"Why would they be dead now? Rankar either had them killed immediately after his coup, in which case there'd be nothing you could do, or kept them alive, in which case he wouldn't have a reason to have them killed later."

That line of reasoning is perfectly logical, but so cold and political it gives you the shivers.

Amata is right on both counts: They're either long dead or still alive, and, if so, you don't want to think about it right now. You have nothing and know nothing. You're just tormenting yourself.

"Now think of something else." She suggests.

"Alright." You nod. "Yu-Shan."

"Yu-Shan." She clearly regrets her last statement.

"Why wouldn't you let me go there?"

"Two good reasons. First, it would be a huge headache for me."

"Be serious."

"I AM serious. Second, there are people there who want you dead."

That last word shuts you up. You listen.

"And they have the power and the means to make that happen, believe me. You are a prime target for assassination right now. Maybe one of the top targets in all of Creation. In this exact moment, in Heaven, there are people whose day job is to come up with the best plan to assassinate you."

A shiver goes down your spine.

(cont.)

>>43606792
And why can't Maka and the other solars go?

"There are also people whose day job is to find ways to keep you alive. And then there's me." She proclaims. "I made a deal with them. I will not let you go to Yu Shan. In exchange, they are going to stay put."

"Sounds like a shaky agreement."

"Very." She replies.

You get the feeling it's not all there is to it.

"But it'll buy us time."

"Time to do what?"

She makes a hand-wavey motion. "The less you know about celestial politics, the better. Trust me on this one. Don't get involved with this mess. Leave it to me. Just focus on being Maka."

"I'm quite good at that." You grin, rolling over her and pinning her down to the bed.

"Oh, look who's alive again." She replies, sounding duly impressed. "Second round?"

"Second round."

(cont.)

>>43606810
If we went to Yu Shan with Mikahil we'd be protected by Eclipse diplomatic immunity.....but that doesn't mean jack shit if kejak's cronies decide to murder us anyway and damn the high Severity crimes they'd commit in doing so.

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>>43606848
>"Second round."
Fuck yeah!

>>43606855
Though Eclipse Diplomatic Immunity only protects us against the Gods themselves if we have official business in Yu-Shan. It does not apply to the Sidereals themselves.

But you are right in that the high Severity crimes would deter them, at least somewhat.

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This would be a good-ish time to fast forward to the day of the wedding. You talked to pretty much everyone who had anything to say at this point, and made a lot of arrangements and plans.

It would be a 12-day skip. It's assumed that Maka keeps training the Steelshard Mercenaries, managing Pearl, and handling a daily routine.

If you don't want this timeskip, say so replying to this message and say what you'd like Maka to do (played out), instead.
Otherwise, feel free to say if there are things you want Maka to work towards or to try and do during this timeskip (keeping in mind that she can't use Tiger Warrior Training).

You also gain 2 XP for the passing of time, putting you at 14 XP, and can spend XP if you want. I'll write down your available charms in a second, but feel free to ask for specific charms, or for any custom charm you can think of.

>>43606916
In the timeskip Maka should beg to learn the ways of Space Sex from Amata the only way she knows how.

Maybe if she learns a bit we can surprise Tia on the honeymoon with it.

>>43606916
If we have the XP for it I'd like Shining Ruler's Benevolence from Eclipse

As for what to do, beyond managing Pearl and stuff I'd like to see if we can ask Zaan about trying to Enlighten some mortals with Silk's help.

>>43606932
Knowing a Chosen of Serenity, she probably uses Celestial Bliss Trick with some regularity. Alas, that's Siddy Astrology, and not something a Solar can access. Maka will never know Amata's Space Sex Goddess ways.

>>43606916
>>43606932
>>43606951
We should talk to Amata about Sidereal Martial Arts. Though I'm not sure we have the knowledge needed to be the one to initiate that conversation.

>>43606963
Well we saw her and Lotus do weird shit beneath the Titan, but honestly I've never been a huge fan of SMAs. I'd much rather go deeper into Solar Hero Style.

>>43606945
>Zaan about trying to Enlighten some mortals with Silk's help.
I'll second that though, maybe we can test it out with our pirate captains after clearing it with Zaan.

>>43606916
We need to tease Tia over this time, gradually increasing the difficulty.
We also need to tease Samiel, Irene, Valeriana, Millian, Ririth, and, well, everyone else.

Except Flame. She's too estranged for this right now.

DAWN:

SHOCKWAVE FIST TECHNIQUE: (1B) An unarmed attack can be carried out at a range of [Phys+Dawn]x10 meters.

SUMMONING THE LOYAL STEEL: (Perm.) Can call any owned but unwielded weapon back to your hands. Can store up to [Physical] owned weapons in a pocket dimension. If disarmed, you can call it back to your hand with enough force to defeat wooden doors and iron chains.

REGIMENT-SLAYING STRIKE: (3B) Allows you to attack an entire crowd, mob or military unit with one attack.

MOB-DISPERSING REBUKE: (3B) Roll Social + Dawn. Unless a unit has a heroic leader who can beat your roll, it immediately routs and disperses.


ZENITH:

TRANSCENDENT HERO'S MEDITATION: (1C) +3d to your Social Defense pool for the scene.

MOUNTAIN'S ENDURANCE: (1C) +3d to endurance rolls for the scene (2B): +3d to one endurance roll.

HEART-COMPELLING METHOD: (upgrades Inspired Performance Style: on top of its effect, all social attacks have 1 automatic success).

TERRIFYING GLORIOUS PRESENCE: (upgrades Majestic Radiant Presence: on top of its effect, all social attacks have 1 automatic success).

OX-BODY TECHNIQUE: (Perm.) +2 Health Levels. Can be bought multiple times.


(cont.)

>>43606951
I dunno, the way Amata rocked Maka's world seemed like it was just her being good at sex and not using a magic fix.

We must learn from the real master here.

TWILIGHT:

STANCE OF THE MAGISTRATE: (1C) +3d to investigation rolls for the scene (2B): +3d to one investigation roll.

LORE-MASTER'S GAZE: (1C) +3d to knowledge rolls for the scene (2B): +3d to one knowledge roll.

BRILLIANT MANDALA COMPREHENSION: (1C) +3d to occult rolls for the scene (2B): +3d to one occult roll.


NIGHT:

CELESTIAL MIGHT: (1C) +3d to athletics rolls for the scene (2B): +3d to one athletics roll.

THUNDERBOLT ATTACK PRANA: (2B) +3 damage to your attack in a fight if you charge, run or leap into battle.

LIGHTNING SPEED: (Perm.) Double your base dashing speed. (1C) Triple it for the scene, instead.


ECLIPSE:

SHINING RULER'S BENEVOLENCE: (1C) +3d to politics rolls for the scene (2B): +3d to one politics roll.

MASTER OF LETTERS: (1C) +3d to linguistics rolls for the scene (2B): +3d to one linguistics roll.

SEA WOLF STYLE: (1C) +3d to sailing rolls for the scene (2B): +3d to one sailing roll.

>>43607019
>SHINING RULER'S BENEVOLENCE: (1C) +3d to politics rolls for the scene (2B): +3d to one politics roll.
Get that Queen of Creation face going

>>43607000
>MOB-DISPERSING REBUKE: (3B) Roll Social + Dawn. Unless a unit has a heroic leader who can beat your roll, it immediately routs and disperses.

and

>OX-BODY TECHNIQUE: (Perm.) +2 Health Levels. Can be bought multiple times.

Question: in a PnP game, do you also allow to take more than one type of exalted? Or is it just for this quest?

>>43607019
>SHINING RULER'S BENEVOLENCE: (1C) +3d to politics rolls for the scene (2B): +3d to one politics roll.

>>43607019
>LIGHTNING SPEED: (Perm.) Double your base dashing speed. (1C) Triple it for the scene, instead.

>>43607031
My Exalted PnP games have always been total clusterfucks. I've had people play mixed parties of solars, lunars, abyssals, DBs and alchemicals. And it was glorious.

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>>43607000
>HEART-COMPELLING METHOD: (upgrades Inspired Performance Style: on top of its effect, all social attacks have 1 automatic success)

Add this to the XP, if possible. Another plushie...sort of.

>>43607019
>SHINING RULER'S BENEVOLENCE: (1C) +3d to politics rolls for the scene (2B): +3d to one politics roll.

>>43607031
We don't have enough for both of those, Zenith charms cost 8XP and Dawn/Twilight/Eclipse/Night costs 10XP

>>43607056
Fun before rules, I dig it!

If we can only take one, I'll vote for
>OX-BODY TECHNIQUE: (Perm.) +2 Health Levels. Can be bought multiple times.

>>43607058
I'd hug and cuddle that all night long.
>>43607019
THUNDERBOLT ATTACK PRANA: (2B) +3 damage to your attack in a fight if you charge, run or leap into battle.

>>43607058
That's a cute Maka

>>43607058
>Not a sex doll
It's still cute, even if surprisingly chaste.

>>43607019
>LIGHTNING SPEED: (Perm.) Double your base dashing speed. (1C) Triple it for the scene, instead.

>>43605637
>Characters info (player-made): http://pastebin.com/5WnD47jp
>Quest in ebook format (player-made): https://www.dropbox.com/s/yxjjb8e50xs52fq/Exalted%20Quest%20-%20Threads%2001-86%20%5Bpdf%5D.rar?dl=0
These things are way outdated.

>>43607000
>HEART-COMPELLING METHOD: (upgrades Inspired Performance Style: on top of its effect, all social attacks have 1 automatic success).

>>43607159
Are there more recent versions? I might've missed them if so. Post the links here and I'll update them.

>>43606916
I'm not really sure there is much to do, I want to see if we can get to awakening some mortals, working on Pearl, but I'm not sure if there's anything else we need. I guess we can check up on Alexei and see how the spell is coming along at some point.

>>43606916
>>43607231
Don't forget Silk's tour around the island too.

I guess we can spend some time with our cult too, we've only prayed with them the one time, we can do it a few more times during the timeskip

>>43606916
Let's also spend some time in Tianna so we can spread around Horizon-to-Horizon, we can help out here as well as Pearl

>>43606916
Sneaky Maka Operations, where she goes undercover and listens to the people's thoughts of her, Tianna and things in general.

>>43606916
>>43607269
>>43607279
These two are good, don't be ignoring Tianna now that we have pearl up and running, but I'll second spending time with our Cult too.

>>43607279
Definitely want to get Radiant's help on that one so we have a perfect disguise

>>43606916
Maka serving as a model for God fashion.

Persuade Amata to invite Ligier to the wedding. She can use as many failsaefs as needed to ensure nothing will be fucked up by him.

>>43606916
We should also check up on the Abyssals at some point, see if they got everything or if they need any help

>>43607361
Ligiers letter told us that he couldn't come to the wedding

>>43607474
Because of the whole "Sealed in Malfeas" issue. Ririth said we wouldn't be able to summon him, making it impossible for him to come.

>>43607407
Also invite them to summer camp.
Doubt they'd come, but it would be rude not to make the offer.

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have a fanart

>HEART-COMPELLING METHOD: (upgrades Inspired Performance Style: on top of its effect, all social attacks have 1 automatic success).

>>43607559
For something to use against other Social monsters what we really want is TGP, that's the one-on-one charm.

IPS/HCM is for big speeches and showy dances. And Sex too I guess, but with HSDD and RLSS I'd put TGP at a higher priority.

>>43606540
>I think she already has some ideas on Tianna and the Titan herself,
That's good.

I've been thinking, keeping most of the island attached to the Titan will require lots of pilings to be driven down (or up?) through most of the land. Most could be made of simple rock, volcanic or otherwise with the help of flame. Those along the outer edge will require reinforcement with orichalcum. Maybe even retaining walls of orichalcum.

For the interior regions of the island I wonder if it would be possible to use some of the pilings to help build up terraced farmland?

>>43607565
That's cute, is that Milly?

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Your timeskip in short:

>>43606932
Amata coaches you in the arcane secrets of Space Sex, but only up to Initiate rank. (that's how she explains it at least).

>>43606945
Zaan tells you he'll research methods to Enlighten mortals, but it might take a while to hit on a formula that works without bad side effects.

>>43606963
Amata smiles mysteriously.

>>43606994
You tease a lot of people.
There is an incident where you thought that you finally got Tia to cave in and ravish you good, but it was actually Millian wearing a Tia mask and her clothes and you only realized afterwards. Apparently this was Tia's idea. She got you good this time.

>>43607231
Aexel managed to learn the spell from Valeriana. He says getting her to put in the time required to teach him was harder than actually learning.

>>43607252
Silk did her trip, and drained the Demesnes all around the island. When you see her again, she has grown in power perceptibly. You kind of wonder if you did the right thing: now she's extremely powerful, even for a Fae locked into Creation. All that Essence plus the fact that she's surrounded by so many Exalted and can feed on such powerful stories and emotions, plus the increasing population of Pearl, make her probably one of the most powerful creation-bound Raksha of the east.

Background Familiar +1.

>>43607252
Your cult's growth has slowed down a bit from its explosive beginnings. It's still expanding, but it will take time for it to be a meaningful growth. Still, you and Pyre Spark keep working on it. It's become the island's main religion, although not the only one. The few remaining Immaculates have converted, left, or gone more or less underground.

>>43607269
Pearl grows rapidly as many refugees from the earthquake-stricken Tianna move over, thanks also to Mikahil establishing policies with incentives for people settling in the "new" western Tianna. You do some public speeches and apparitions, as well.

(cont.)

>>43607632
>There is an incident where you thought that you finally got Tia to cave in and ravish you good, but it was actually Millian wearing a Tia mask and her clothes and you only realized afterwards. Apparently this was Tia's idea. She got you good this time.
Yes, totally. We "fell for it" completely.

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>>43607632
>Background Familiar +1.
Hmm

>>43607670
God DAMN it my usual hangup strikes again. It was Radiant, nor Millian (of course, Millian could never pull that off).

Sorry, I keep mixing up the two (I explained why on the ask.fm).

>>43607632
>it was actually Millian wearing a Tia mask and her clothes and you only realized afterwards.
That's an impressive disguise if nothing else, but now that means we can totally ravish Regis.

Get ready Butler-kun, we're going to be taking our honeymoon present from you

>>43607632
>Millian wearing a Tia mask and her clothes and you only realized afterwards
SHE'S EVERYWHERE
HOW DOES SHE DO IT?

>>43607606
yep

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>>43607702
>>43607704
Aww

>>43607702
No, no, it's fine. It's perfectly.

In fact, it's even better if it's Millian. Just imagine, the little maid dressing in an oversized Tia costume and with a silly mask, and Maka just botching her perception rolls one after the other.

>>43607731
Sometimes being the bimbo is fun

>>43607702
...can't we keep Millian? I will get a drawing for it, or write something, if needed.

>>43607632
>Initiate rank
Wait did we actually learn Sexy Space Magic?

>>43607784
Would Amata lie to us?

>>43607784
>Amata smiles mysteriously.

Could be.

>>43607279
With Radiant's help, you enact Sneaky Maka Operation. It's quite hard to disguise yourself effectively, but Radiant's a pro, and with her help you manage to pull it off convincingly.

Overall, the opinion people have of you is generally extremely positive, though not unanimously. There are a variety of objections:

1) Maka is going to get us involved against the Realm, or Skullstone, and get us dragged in more wars.
2) Maka is a goddamn sex addict and thus dangerous and immoral. Also the facts of Dancing Smoke's Festival are still remembered, and it seems that whole event had some negative long-term effects. Cases of depressive behavior, divorces, even two suicides.
3) Queen Amata was doing a perfectly good job and then she got seduced by this stranger from a distant country who doesn't know how we do things here.

Your approval rating is higher in Pearl and lower in Tianna City, but that's probably because the people moving to pearl are those who are more okay with you.

Generally, this means that, as Pearl gets settled, there are more people willing to work for you.

Background Followers +1.

>>43607407
The Abyssal received what they asked for (all the captured Soulsteel, two ships and one warstrider) and moved over to the Underworld side of Tianna. They informed you that if you'll ever need them, the spot where the Dark Omen was destroyed will remain a Shadowland for a few years unless actively purified, so you could contact them from there. A crew of workers is carefully disassembling the wreck for usable parts (working only during the day and under Exalted supervision). The area has been fenced to prevent people wandering into the Shadowland by accident.

>>43607561
They thank you for the offer, but refuse saying that they'll probably be busy.

>>43607784
No. It's just Amata pulling your leg. Though she DID teach you a few tricks born from her centuries of lesbianing experience, there's nothing magical involved.

That you can tell.

(cont.)

>>43607830
Well 2 ain't really wrong.

>>43607891
Could be worse. Overall, it's not that bad.

>>43607830
>1) Maka is going to get us involved against the Realm, or Skullstone, and get us dragged in more wars.
>2) Maka is a goddamn sex addict and thus dangerous and immoral. Also the facts of Dancing Smoke's Festival are still remembered, and it seems that whole event had some negative long-term effects. Cases of depressive behavior, divorces, even two suicides.
>3) Queen Amata was doing a perfectly good job and then she got seduced by this stranger from a distant country who doesn't know how we do things here.
These are all pretty valid concerns and number 2 is pretty sad to hear about, if not totally unexpected I suppose, we've been doing a sorta decent-ish job of keeping that down, but I mean, we still dress super sexy so we haven't really stopped all together.

Number 1 is right, we are going to get the people involved with them, we have pretty righteous reasons concerning Skullstone and the Realm is the one going to be bugging us, but it still our subjects that are going to suffer because of it, the least we can do is make it all worth it, make Tianna a kingdom to be proud of.

Number 3 is not wrong really, things we're okay-ish before we came and we don't really know a lot about the West, but they would have been attacked with or without us, we exalted because the Tyrant first attacked, so not entirely right either.

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>>43607830
>2) Maka is a goddamn sex addict and thus dangerous and immoral. Also the facts of Dancing Smoke's Festival are still remembered, and it seems that whole event had some negative long-term effects. Cases of depressive behavior, divorces, even two suicides.

>>43607937
And?

>>43607958
It's only going to get uglier the more we play like a bitch.

>>43607973
Well it would be out of character not to.

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>>43607990
No, it wouldn't.

Maka should have standards. What we do dictates what she does.

>>43607973
Your definition of Bitch is very loose... That was also a shit ton of threads ago.

>>43607973
It's not like we've had any city-wide orgies since then. Relax.

>>43607973
It's nothing to worry about.

>>43607997
>What we do dictates what she does.
And that's why it would be out of character not to.

>>43607997
Hellow, newfag. How many threads did you skip so you could comment here?

>>43607997
Like we have been doing since then?

I'm not saying don't worry about it, but we have been working on that.

Other things that happen, in short:

Tianna's armed forces are being restructured, reorganized, and increased in size. Karas takes active part in this. He mentions to you that he's working to attain Tiger Warrior Training Technique, and is going through Amata and Samiel's collection of books and treatises on military strategy, tactics and logistics.

He says he intends to create and train an elite combat unit, as soon as he can find the right candidates and Valeriana can take her time to work on the Vodak suits and convert them back to Ashigaru, taking the soulsteel out and whatnot.

He also says that he looked into having another Warstrider or two made by dismantling and reassembling the core components of the Skullstonian units. As soon as Valeriana can look into that.

The navy is in stand by, in the process of being scrapped and replaced by the ships captured from Skullstone. As soon as Valeriana can spare the time to work on them.

Mysteriously, Glorious Tide doesn't show up again. You're too busy to go and check with the sea spirits, though, and Amata makes sure to keep you too busy to go and check on them, instead saying that she'll take care of them. You suspect she has her own business with them.

You brief the Gem Scout Mission on the city and everything they need to know. They're ready to leave right after the wedding ceremony.

As soon as Mikahil's gold currency starts to spread across the West, the fame of Tianna as a rich land of opportunities begins to outweigh the fame of Tianna as a cursed island plagued by Anathema. Immigration starts to soar.

(cont.)

>>43608004
That's what the people thought when I brought it up a few threads back, then we discover the consequences.

>>43608013 >>43608030
Another step forward would be to dress less revealing.

>>43607997
Define standards.

And what you are proposing is very likely opposite to Maka's character. She's not banging random people right and left (much to my disappointmet), any more (or less, rather) is OOC.

>>43608047
>dress less revealing
You just went full retard

>>43608047
>Another step forward would be to dress less revealing.
No.

>>43608047
No, that would be a step backward.

>>43608047
It's still nothing to worry about.

>>43608047
>Another step forward would be to dress less revealing
Never.

>>43608062
Only exalted, people with political power and special exceptions (Pyre and Silk).

>>43608073
We'll see about that.

>>43608047
No one is saying nothing bad came of it, we knew that like almost as soon as it happened, if not just how bad things were, but we have taken steps since then to deal with it and prevent another incident.

There's nothing we can do about the orgy now except to keep doing what we've done since.

>>43607937
>>43607997

Just to be sure: you do know this event was a Limit Break, right?

>>43608085
So keep doing what we're already doing then?

>>43608032
>As soon as Valeriana can
Poor Val. I get the feeling she's going to become a mantra, like "If God wills it."

>>43608047
>Another step forward would be to dress less revealing.
Why do you hate Maka? Do you want another MC?

>>43608089
Yes.

>>43608088 >>43608102
Taking a few more safety measures would be good. Just to avoid hitting the Limit break again.

>>43608085
>We'll see about that.
A thing that could potentially happen that would be so bad it would completely outweigh upending Maka's character would be... what?

Not seeing it. The only thing I can see happen is you get a bit more disappointed. To which I can say: Nothing to worry about.

>>43607019
SHINING RULER'S BENEVOLENCE: (1C) +3d to politics rolls for the scene (2B): +3d to one politics roll.
Just got here. Have you come to a decision yet EF?

>>43608119

And you do know that a Limit Break is an exceptional event which is basicaly "the worst of the Solar, magnified to its logical perfection", right?

>Taking a few more safety measures would be good. Just to avoid hitting the Limit break again.

... Yeah, I don't think you know what a Limit Break is.

>>43608119
You are either delusional or a fool. The Curse works in multiple forms and will always find a way. Sacrificing a big and beautiful side of Maka just because you're scared is not something I can ever support.

(brief AFK. be nice, people.)

>>43608148
>>43608145
>>43608133
I'll bide my time. Can't wait to use that gif again.

>>43608119
That's not how it works.

>>43608159
Don't worry, we won't go overboard with this.
Unless that anon insists on being wrong.

>>43608119
There is absolutely nothing wrong with dressing and being sexy, there's a difference between enjoying something and indulging in it, there are some outfits I would vote against for going too far. In fact a good portion of our clothes aren't that revealing but are still really sexy.

>>43608201
You're right, only half of them are revealing.

>>43608168
It doesn't matter what happens, the only person you'll convince is yourself. You'll use the gif, whine some more, and everyone else will still tell you they disagree with your proposed reinterpretation of the MC of this quest. Because they happen to like the MC.

If you don't like Maka, then I don't know why you're here. It's not like she's changed much in ages.

>>43608159
We're just dismissing a dumb opinion. Ain't nothing to worry about boss

>>43608148

Not to mention that it's a rumor from people who don't like Maka, not cold hard fact

Even if it's true, sad as it is, Maka's Limit Break probably only caused already existing problems to get worse.

Heck, divorces, depressions and suicides are things that happens because of dozens of factors. For all we know the invading army of undead monstrosities could have been a bigger reason for those things to happen.

>>43608201

You must have hated our dance to the Sun

>>43608239

The last time we had a Limit Break, it was largely because we had to deal with obnoxious people who kept telling Maka she couldn't talk to their leader.

If anything, denying who they are is more harmful to Solars

>>43608268
I mean I voted for the Sun Priestess-to-naked choice, but I wasn't mad or anything.

What kind of person would hate Sempai thanking us

>>43608268
Yes, and it was a good scene, IMO.

In retrospect, I could have worded that a little better. I don't really want to approve of the Wronganon's behavior, even if I want more limit breaks.

>>43608268

Speaking of this, is there anything we were thinking of doing with Fleur?

I mean, she was pretty broken, or at least shaken, by the Tyrant's death, right?

We should probably help her.

Did we come to a decision on the charm? I'd like to know in case we need the charm purchased for a roll.

>>43608300
10 XP was spent, so one of the not!Zenith charms

>>43608294

What I liked in this scene was that Tia told Maka what was needed to get her out of it. To me, it really shows how she cares for Maka herself and not just because she's her mate.

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>>43608296
Give her time to grieve maybe calm down some.

There actually is something I want to do for her, in regards to her Whispers there's a necromancy spell that can turn them off for a whlie, if she or one of her circlemates can learn it she'll be free of them as long as she can keep it on/keep casting it

>>43607535
Oh, he could be summoned.
You'd just have to have the wedding in Calibration.
And have a solar circle sorcerer on staff.
And not mind killing most of the guests.

>>43607058
>>43607565
XP for these EF? If so, then it might impact if we get one charm or two.

>>43608361

I think we got at least one XP from them

>started messing around with AA2
>made Maka, Tia, Amata, and Samiel
>one of the first things Maka did was grab Sammy's butt
Success

>>43608300
Oh, then it was probably Shining Ruler Benevolence. Maka gonna be a political heavy weight

>>43608390

She's always a heavy weight

The barbarians of northern Tianna finish their reorganization into the two main tribes (each composed of several sub-tribes): Black Fangs (Or sometimes Black Talons, apparently in their tribal language the word's the same), with Tia as chieftan, and Silver Wolves, with Talon as their chieftan.

The Black Fangs settle the plains of northwestern Tianna. They're seminomadic, trade with the townsfolk, and boast the strongest warriors and most skilled smiths and artisans. Their tradition of internal raid-based warfare between clans to steal cattle, women (or men), goods, or for matters of honor, inherited from previous tribes but actively encouraged by Tia, worries you a bit, but she reassures you that "it's a barbarian thing, let boys be boys", and also "keeps them sharp".

The Silver Wolves settle in the forests of northeastern Tianna. They're more reclusive, and seem to be generally more peaceful while at the same time more suspicious of outsiders. They generally focus more on fishing and boating, herbal and spiritual lore, and communion with the forest. Talon prefers to keep a hands-off approach to leadership.

Ultimately, Talon officially recognizes Tia as her chieftaness as far as tribal politics are concerned, making her the de facto boss of the barbarian population of Tianna.

Zaan is playing in his mind with the idea of somehow developing some high-yield crops or animals with a lot of meat to help sustain the barbarian population. Without "proper" agriculture, after all, they need a lot more land to hunt and gather in to support their population. For now, however, he says it's "just an idea"

(If there's anything else you'd like some extra info on, ask me before i go on with the story.)

>>43608361
I credited 1 XP for the plushie, but didn't see the second one in time. Given the votes, I was thinking Shining Ruler Benevolence, but recounting the votes it seems it's in the lead by just 1 vote, which is kind of a small margin for a Charm buy. I'm actually thinking of having Maka keep the Xp for now.

>>43608405
>Their tradition of internal raid-based warfare between clans to steal cattle, women (or men)
sooooo, we let a bunch of rapists live on our island? fuck thaaaat.

>>43608405

Any news from the Skullstone situation?

>>43608405
>>43608415
What kind of news have we gotten from outside of Tianna? Creation or just the West in general.

I didn't vote for it, but I'm not really against it, I'm fine for keeping SRB, I wanted to get it eventually anyway

>>43608424
Nothing wrong with diverse cultures, anon. Stop being a bigoted shitlord, you imperialist scum.

I have no idea how to integrate them with Tianna's society, desu. might as well just leave them be and have Tia lead them as an extra army.

>>43608424
>not wanting to be raided and stolen by Iscariah
Get the fuck outta here

>>43608451
He's not wrong, you know.

>inb4 samefag

>>43608451

We could just tell them "no more rape or I'll kick you out of the island. Literaly."

>>43608468
I bet you think that rape is not a wrong thing to do too?

Worthless trash.

I wonder if people are serious or just good at pretending, right now.

>>43608451
So if a band of slavers want to settle on our island we should respect their culture too?

>>43608424
As long as they keep it to the other barbarians and leave Tianna and Pearl alone, then it's Talon's problem and he can deal with it however he likes.

>>43608471
Not really saying he is wrong. The first sentence was a joke.
>>43608480
That can go wrong very easily, if Tia has to stand against Maka. She can still kick our ass.

Subtlety would be better, but
>>Maka
>>Subtle
>Pick one

>>43608505
the rape apologists? Probably, yeah.

>>43608517
>That can go wrong very easily, if Tia has to stand against Maka. She can still kick our ass.
except every character with a consciousness would be on Maka's side.

And that is what happens when you timeskip past 'unimportant' stuff. You make decisions like this, somehow. Because 'boys will be boys'

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>>43608517
>Stop being a bigoted shitlord, you imperialist scum.
That was not a joke, then? Fuck son.

>>43608515
I agree with you.

The barbarians should squabble amongst themselves. If they touch our people, they get the boot.

>>43608517

Maka can be subtle, you know.

>That can go wrong very easily, if Tia has to stand against Maka.

No? I don't see any reason why Tia would stand against this. She herself think it's nothing to worry about, but she supports her wife's fancy ideas like "ethics", most of the time

>>43608424
I personally don't really care as long as they stick to raiding each other and not anyone from the city, if it's part of barbarian tradition then for all we know it's the equivalent to an arranged marriage.

>yeah he beat up my friends and took me
>that's hot I'll marry him and give him babies

>>43608530
>except every character with a consciousness would be on Maka's side.
Tia said in the post that she has no problem with it and in fact encourages it
>Their tradition of internal raid-based warfare between clans to steal cattle, women (or men), goods, or for matters of honor, inherited from previous tribes but actively encouraged by Tia, worries you a bit, but she reassures you that "it's a barbarian thing, let boys be boys", and also "keeps them sharp".

>>43608567
>Tia said in the post that she has no problem with it and in fact encourages it
Tia does not count as a character with a consciousness. Did you not notice how she has basically no morals and the only thing keeping her in cheek is 'Maka would disapprove?'

>>43608552
Err, the first line. All of it, both sentences.

>>43608558
I'd say it's because she has to keep an image and be stubborn, not accepting orders/threats like that. It's like the wrestling scene, but amplified.

>>43608552
>>43608566

It would be hypocritical of Maka to punish her subject for it if she lets those people rape others.

>>43608566
I suppose as long as the people that don't want to put up with that shit can immigrate to Pear it's okay, unless they come to Pearl to take 'their' wives/husbands back with force.

>>43608597
The barbarians are not her people or subjects. As long as they don't mess with Pearl, Tianna and the other villages, there is nothing she can do as "punishment".

>>43608597
No it wouldn't.

>>43608583

You're mistaking consciousness and ethics, anon.

>>43608584

The wrestling scene was to not lose in front of her people. If we convinced her beforehand, it would be ok.

>>43608597
So what? It will be fine, there's absolutely nothing to worry about.

So you mean to tell me you're fine if the barbarians start raping and pillaging people who aren't into it?

>>43608609
I like your train of thoughts.

>>43608626
>So you mean to tell me you're fine if the barbarians start raping and pillaging people who aren't into it?
No, but right now they aren't. And as long as it stays that way we don't need to start upending an entire culture.

>>43608641
Then just let the barbarians fuck up each other.

But if they touch our people, we boot them. That's the plan: are you okay with it?

>>43608623

"Rape is forbidden inside my city. Do it in the plains, though, and I won't stop you."

>>43608618

Sure she can. At the very least, she can ask Tia to forbide it as a personal favor.

Also, I'm not sure how those barbarian governments work, but once we marry her they'll kind of be our subjects, too.

>>43608658
"Rape is forbidden inside my territory and on my subjects. Expect us to be enemies if you go against these rules."

>>43608658
>once we marry her they'll kind of be our subjects, too.
Not really, for the barbarians at most we'll be "the Chiefteness' wife". Tia is still in charge at most we can talk to her into doing things we want, but we can't go in and start giving orders

>>43608424
It's fairly common among nomadic barbarian populations. As a non-barbarian it's okay to feel repulsed by that, but changing ancient traditions is not easy.

Tia seems to think that there's nothing particularly wrong about that, but she's a bit crazy herself, so yeah. If you ask her to change that tradition she'll probably do her best, however, she is also right in assuming that keeping a certain low level of internal warfare will keep her barbarians strong and used to conflict.

>>43608430
The seas seem to have much less ships from Skullstone. Trade with the Archipelago has suddenly died out.

>>43608450
Realm armies are being recalled to the Blessed Island from all over the Treshold. An (in)famous Realm commander called Tepet Ejava, the "Roseblack", having received an order to return to the Realm alone to face a court of inquiry for alleged insubordination, has instead brought her entire legion with her. Miraculously this did not trigger the entire civil war (possibly because of some of her allies: the name of a Cathak Cainan is dropped here) but the situation is very VERY tense.

In the north, the Icewalker Tribes, led by the Solar known as the Bull of the North, are making sweeping conquests, and have arrived almost to the gates of Gethamane, Whitewall, and the Haslanti League. However, they have stopped just shy of them, even though they could have conceivably taken them by storm by now. There is tension and nervousness, and no one knows much of what is going, or what will happen.

(cont.)

>>43608626

>So you mean to tell me you're fine if the barbarians start raping and pillaging people who aren't into it?

No one is into getting raped and pillaged. That's in the definitions.

The barbarians acknowledge it may happen to them, and they like doing it to others, but they won't let it happen to themselves willingly.

>>43608656
That's not the plan. If it ever becomes a problem we'll start making plans. I think it's a good bet "booting them" isn't going to be the result, though.

>>43608658
"My kids aren't allowed to smoke. It's none of my business if my tenant's kids smoke though."

>>43608415
>I'm actually thinking of having Maka keep the Xp for now
Nah let's keep it

>>43608667

And the plains aren't inside Maka's territory?

>>43608717
Are they?

Whatever.

>>43608707
And what would the result be, if not banishing them from Tianna?

Look, it's pretty simple.

If Maka was in a barbarian village, and it got suddenly attacked by raiders here to rape, pillage and burn, what would she do, most likely?

>>43608697
>Roseblack
>Bull of the North
So, we ever meeting these guys?

>>43608697
>Roseblack
>Bull of the North
So this is when we are

>>43608743
She would kick their asses back to wherever they came from.

>>43608746
That probably depends on how serious were were about that while "being queen of all creation" thing.

>>43608697
>the situation is very VERY tense.
Can you guys feel it? It seems, to me, that they are in a real need of some LOVE, JUSTICE and MAKA'S MAKAS.

>>43608741
People aren't going to easily go with a plan for banishing them. The most likely one to win if you ask me is restructuring them and their customs. There's a bunch of other possibilities too, though. Just use your imagination a bit.

>>43608384
Keep us posted anon.

>>43608762

And what if she was at 10 min running of the village, and saw it happens?

>>43608801
She'd watch it from a distance.

>>43608801
At what?

>>43608814
She'd go and make popcorn and come back to watch

In the east, two exceptional incidents are becoming the talk of Creation. Apparently the Lost City of Denandsor was somehow "conquered" by the Deathlord Walker in Darkness. A fight with a mysterious Circle featuring a mix of Exalted, including Solars, ensued, wrecking the cursed and abandoned city.
Another event was the near-sudden appearance of a powerful worm-like demon in a village somewhere between Nexus and Mishaka. This demon, almost certainly Third Circle by what you hear, was fought and somehow defeated by a circle of Exalted. It's not clear if the two incidents are connected, or if it's the same circle or two different groups of Exalted.

In the south, word is going around of strange apparitions featuring "machine men", nicknamed by some "Locusts" for their unsettling practice of appearing from nowhere, attacking isolated cities and settlements, mines, quarries and farms with overwhelming force, and taking literally everything that's not bolted down, and a lot of things that are, only to then mysteriously disappear.
Up to now no major city has been struck by them. It also seems like their modus operandi is inconsistent, as sometimes they'll take everything but spare the inhabitants, others they'll only kill whoever resists, and others they leave no survivors.

There's also stories about the number of incidents involving possession of the living by ghosts vastly increasing. Some believe this is the sign that something is wrong in the Land of the Dead, but no one can tell exactly why this is happening. As a result, exorcists, shamans and experts in the occult all across the south are finding themselves overworked.

>>43608801
She'd watch, probably.

>>43608032

>Glorious Tide doesn't show up again

She's coming at our wedding, right?

>>43608814
>>43608820
>>43608836

>Rape is okay, as long as I'm not right here

>>43608831
>East status: Fucked
>North status: Conquered
>South status: Weird Shit
>West status: Maka'd
Clear winners here

>>43608831
>Locusts
Ugh. Great.

>>43608862
Will you fuck off already. This isn't your personal rape shitbox.

>>43608831
>Alchemicals are in
YES.

>>43608831
If there's still time can we get Moray to send out a message to any of the Prince's old Abyssals and see if any of them want to join up with us against Skullstone?

>>43608831
>>43608914
To be clear, I'm only really thinking of the Zenith-turned-Midnight, but if anyone else hated him them too. Like Secret if she's around.

>>43608697
>changing ancient traditions
well, luckily we're a Solar, we don't have to shrink from doing the right thing just because it's hard.

>>43608862
Fuck off already.

Tia told us to let the barbarians be barbarians. So as long as it doesn't concern us it's a-o-fucking-kay!

>>43608934
>Secret
That was set a few years before current time, wasn't it?

She's probably pregnant with Marena's babies by now.

>>43608951
Right. We just won't do the "right thing" because it's not the right thing to do in this context.

>>43608956
so if Tia tells us that her Barbarians want to throw people into volcanos as a sacrifice we should let her?

>>43608961
Well Lynne mentioned her right before the fight so things might be different, it's worth a shot at least, at least to get in contact with some other Circles, Misho's being an ideal one to make an alliance with.

>>43608977
>stopping pain and suffering
>not the right thing
what kind of hack zenith are you taking us for?

>>43608979
Tia's the boss, we don't get a say in what the barbarians do directly, you knucklehead.

We can convince her to stop this shit if it happens.

>>43608994
The kind that listens to her faithful husband?

>>43608994
It's not pain or suffering if it's part of your daily life and you accepted it as your way of life.

>>43608541
>And that is what happens when you timeskip past 'unimportant' stuff. You make decisions like this, somehow. Because 'boys will be boys'
This is not a decision you made. it's something that was already part of their culture when you showed up. You are being informed of this now that the political asset of the barbarian tribes has stabilized after reorganizing them.
And you know this, so don't pretend to be mad.

>>43608771
>The most likely one to win if you ask me is restructuring them and their customs.

This is absolutely on the table. Lunars have a set of charms built specifically for affecting the customs and traditions of barbarian tribes, this should tell you how often they do it.

It's totally something that you can affect and change. You should, however, ask yourselves how much.

Is kidnapping people wrong, but raiding to steal cattle fine? What if someone dies in a raid? Is it okay to let the family of the killed start a personal feud, should there be a system of redress like Weregild, or what?
Given enough time and effort you could go as far as to produce a tribe of utter pacifists with no inclination whatsoever towards violence, but don't expect them to be in any way effective on the battlefield at that point. (Tia would probably disagree as well.)

There's also to say that you haven't spent much time with the Black Fangs and don't know much about their actual culture. These are things you heard more or less in passing. You're in timeskip, however, and I think you have the time to spend a day with them and Tia, hearing from them about their customs and way of life. Do you want to do that?

>>43608774
Interesting. Keep me updated.

>>43608914
You ask him, and he says he'll do that, but he doesn't seem to have very high hopes.

>>43608980
Doesn't seem like a good idea unless Jukashi was brought into it for guidance. I did see him on /aco/ a few days ago.

>>43608994
Why aren't you in africa saving the starving children? Anon, every shitpost you make is an opportunity lost for some poor dying orphan. Their entire life forfeit, just because you want to ruin our quest thread instead of doing the right thing. Have you no shame?

>>43609004
>Tia's the boss, we don't get a say in what the barbarians do directly, you knucklehead.
So we shouldn't stop the Abyssals, after all, we're not their boss. We can't stop them from doing anything, only their Deathlord master can decide what's right and wrong.

>>43609023
because I am not a god-king returned from ancient times that can do the impossible AND have it happen right in front of me?

>>43609020
>There's also to say that you haven't spent much time with the Black Fangs and don't know much about their actual culture. These are things you heard more or less in passing. You're in timeskip, however, and I think you have the time to spend a day with them and Tia, hearing from them about their customs and way of life. Do you want to do that?

Yes, why not? Let's do that.

>>43609035
Oh, so only supernatural demigods can do the right thing, you don't need to do anything yourself? What a hyporcritically amoral and lazy person you are.

>>43609023
>ruin our quest thread
oh yes, let's give up trying to be good. I can't wait until we mind-rape everyone into loving us.

>>43609020
>Interesting. Keep me updated.
I don't think you meant to quote me there.

>>43609035
We convinced the Tyrant to stop that shit, so don't think all high and mighty, because there's a limit to our power.

If for them rape and pillaging is fine, let them do it amongst themselves.

A better way of handling things would be to tell those that are sick of this tradition that they can come live with us in a better, more civilized part of the island.

>>43609020
>Do you want to do that?
Let's do it, I'm all for changing it depending on how it's viewed within the actual culture, but if everyone or even most people are for it and are okay with being raided and raid in return AND the people that aren't can come live in the city I don't mind it staying as part of their culture.

>Interesting. Keep me updated.
I'll keep messing around, without all the proper mods installed it's not a really good simulation, but I really do like how the Maka came out.

>>43609063
>that strawman

newsflash, anon. If you have more power, that means you have more responsibility to do the right thing with that power.

>>43609020
>This is absolutely on the table.
Well it was all dependent on the barbarians actually raping city dwellers first. I didn't think we'd want to vote before something like that happened, since for now we were content to let Tia handle it.

>>43609023
I never had a chance to get in touch with Jukaishi, though I'd love to, as a fellow Exalted-lover. His webcomic has always been a source of fun and inspiration for me.

Though by the looks of it he's tired of people mentioning his webcomic, and I can understand why. I don't want to annoy him, so I'm not even sure if I should try to contact him in the first place.


Also, unless there's some votes strongly against that, I'm going to keep Maka's XP unspent for now. Is that alright?


>>43609068
Er, no, but you get what I meant.

>>43609023
>>43609035
>>43609063
>>43609064
Quit it.

>>43609082
I'll vote to change it depending on how this visit and future problems occur, but for now we can at least get a better view of the situation

>>43609020
I'm reminded of that wife carrying competition. I wonder if we could implement something similar?

>>43609094
I'm for keeping SRB

>>43609064
> I can't wait until we mind-rape everyone into loving us.
We're already doing that, and have been for most of the quest. In fact, in this very thread our largest scale to date mindrape plan, the coin thing, was put into motion and started having an effect on people.

>>43608961
Keychain of Creation was set in RY 773, five years after the standard Exalted start date. I THINK the quest is at the aforementioned start date, RY 768, but I don't think it was ever explicitly confirmed.

Of course, we did have a run-in with the King of Uncloaked Steel while he was in the service of the Silver Prince, so that certainly seems to imply that we're currently pre-Keychain.

(And considering that we knocked off the Silver Prince, we may have prevented poor Dernelle from ever exalting in the first place)

If there's going to be trade and the like with the barbarians, won't it be almost inevitable that city folk visiting the tribes for trade etc. will also fall victim to the raids?
I mean, if you go and raid a camp or something are you going to ask people where they're from before you kill/kidnap them?

And can we ask our soldiers/watchemnt/whatever law enforcement here is to stand by and watch as people are raped and kidnapped right before their eyes?

>>43609113
>(And considering that we knocked off the Silver Prince, we may have prevented poor Dernelle from ever exalting in the first place)
Secret was mentioned by name already

>>43609094
>>43609113
Well, in that case the whole Misho's party idea is out. And it was an awkward one anyway, so it's for the best.

>>43609094
You can find jukaishi on tgchan's irc channel or on furaffinity, with the same name. He also has his own thread on tgchan.

But yes, he is tired of people asking about, but it's more about continuing it or asking about the plot or whatever, rather than making references.

>>43609119
>If there's going to be trade and the like with the barbarians, won't it be almost inevitable that city folk visiting the tribes for trade etc. will also fall victim to the raids?
>I mean, if you go and raid a camp or something are you going to ask people where they're from before you kill/kidnap them?
This is improbable, but we could always instruct the barbarians to not pillage and rape in certain months/seasons of trade and whatever.

>>43609113
>(And considering that we knocked off the Silver Prince, we may have prevented poor Dernelle from ever exalting in the first place)
She exalted in flashback time, though. Who knows when that happened exactly.

You know, I see people say we 'redeemed' Tyrant, or convinced her her actions were wrong. I may be missing something here, but didn't she flip us the bird, go after the Titan anyway, get slapped down by the Silver Prince for her troubles and then all we did was apply the Zenith anima ability to make her soul go to Lethe? I don't see how that constitutes convincing her of anything.

>>43609145
Another way of approaching this would be to let the barbarians come to sell things in the city.

>>43609125
Oh, I missed that.

Good.

>>43609145
at that point, you might as well highly ritualise the entire thing with arranged 'kidnappings' that test your strength/resolve etc.

>>43609136
>>43609094
Yes, you never know if he'd be against it or actually like it if someone asked him for advice on how to make shout-outs to his characters in a quest like this one.

>>43609020
>>There's also to say that you haven't spent much time with the Black Fangs and don't know much about their actual culture. These are things you heard more or less in passing. You're in timeskip, however, and I think you have the time to spend a day with them and Tia, hearing from them about their customs and way of life. Do you want to do that?

Sure, it can be great.

>>43609119
A few points anon

1. Nobody said you can't defend yourselves or others from a raid or kidnapping attempt.

2. If the barbarians regularly abuse city traders then trade will cease and the barbarians will lose out on sources of iron and other essential resources. Barbarian tribes would have a vested interest to rein in raiders on city traders in order to keep up the supply of useful materials, they'll be self policing to a degree.

3. Give it time anon, they'll gentrify and their raiding culture will become more and more unacceptable to themselves as they become more sedentary and farming focused.

>>43609171
Guys we need to create the Barbarian Olympics.

>>43609113
>I THINK the quest is at the aforementioned start date, RY 768, but I don't think it was ever explicitly confirmed.

I faffed about with the dating and contradicted myself a couple times in the past, but, as far as the calendar is concerned, yes, the Quest is set in RY 768.

Of course, you realize this means absolutely nothing to me and all events you know of could be happening at unpredictable times, differently, or not at all. It's just a number.

It's not like I CARE about being consistent with an imaginary metaplot or anything.

>>43609109
I'm also for keeping it.

>>43609119
An easy fix is to tell Tia to make any non-tribesman off limits as far as raiding goes.

I'm unconvinced that having a tribe of barbarians on the island is a good use of the space long-term. It would be much better to simply assimilate them, and I'm surprised they aren't being drawn in like other folks into settling down.

>>43609161
The anima thing was the redemption. She was a ghost, she needed to be put back into lethe no matter what, just like any other ghost does.

>>43609161
That was after she got her shit kicked in by the Silver Prince. Before that, she was 100% with us on board.
The point is that we didn't have any say in what her underlings did anyway.

So if the Abyssals really had done something bad, we might have had to fight against them aswell.

But since we convinced them to be on our side, that one is a moot point.

>>43609184
>If the barbarians regularly abuse city traders then trade will cease and the barbarians will lose out on sources of iron and other essential resources.
well, they'd be abusing the traders trading with their RIVALS. Wouldn't it be MORE in their interest to screw that up for them?

>>43609094
>>43609109
>>43609190
Thirded

>>43609185
That's actually a really good alternative, regular inter-tribal meets where trhe various tribes show off there skill at arms, hunting, crafting, whatever to win honor/women/whatever.

>>43609079
No you don't the only responsibility of people with power is not to abuse that power. No one, no matter their personal level of power,is obligated to help others if they don't want to.

>>43609197
We don't need to turn the island into super-efficient famland suburbia. There's plenty of land out there, and plenty of other islands.

>>43609213
Since we convinced *her to be on our side.

>>43609220
so you can give every human on the entire planet enough food to last him a lifetime with a single snap of your fingers. Are you saying you don't have a moral obligation to do that?

>>43609228
The cities will have to expand eventually. The barbarian tribes can only expand so far before the borders clash with the ones of the cities.

>>43609213
>That was after she got her shit kicked in by the Silver Prince. Before that, she was 100% with us on board.

How was she 100% on board with us if she actively went against what we asked of her, disregarded our prior advice and went after the Titan anyway? She even sent an apology note of sorts saying she was gonna do things her way.

>>43609199
So Redemption as a technical term, rather than a spiritual epiphany.

>>43609214
Then their rivals would have an interest in protecting city traders and the tribe of guys raiding them would have to deal with trade caravan guards AND their rivals.

Plus the raiders need iron too and unless they plan on becoming wild raiders that only pillage and never trade with anybody they'll have to stop themselves or be left behind by their better equipped and better fed enemies.

And if they DO become wild raiders focused on looting then they'll get stamped out like any other nest of bandits or outlaws.

>>43609228
We're planning to make it the capital of a direction-spanning empire eventually. I'd be highly surprised if there's enough space on the island for that.

>>43609079
But you aren't powerless, anon. You COULD in fact be saving lives right now, instead of arguing on a campuchean filology imageboard.

>>43609255
Why are you focusing on that point when the thing is that we wouldn't have had a say in what her underlings did in the first fucking place?

>>43609258
>And if they DO become wild raiders focused on looting then they'll get stamped out like any other nest of bandits or outlaws.
Do you mean by us? because the consensus is to let them do whatever they want. Or do you think something changes if they go from 'lots of raiding' to 'lots and lots of raiding'? And where do you draw the line between acceptable and unacceptable raiding?

>>43609277
Considering it takes several days of travel to get from one side to the other by land, I'd say there's more than enough land.

>>43609255
>disregarded our prior advice and went after the Titan anyway?
She only really went against it in a moment of crisis, both times we saw her after that she still held Maka in high regards and stayed behind to hold off Silver Prince, whether or not she would have still gone after the Titan if she had lived is a moot point since she died, but she didn't completely fall at the end.

>>43609296
We don't have to worry about that until Tia tells us to worry about it.

>>43609244
No you don't. It's your power, you can do what you want with it as long as no one gets hurt, even if what you want to do is nothing.

>>43609322
but Tia doesn't consider raiding to be something to worry about, so no amount of raiding would lead to her telling us to worry about it.

>>43609309
Hmm, you're probably right in pure land for the city, but agriculture to feed as much of the population as possible locally would probably be good, too.

>>43609161

>You know, I see people say we 'redeemed' Tyrant, or convinced her her actions were wrong.

We didn't really do this, but we convinced her that she could try to become a better person and find redemption. She agreed on at least give it a try, stopping the "let's kill everyone because fuck them for my life and unlife" attitude.

> I may be missing something here, but didn't she flip us the bird, go after the Titan anyway, get slapped down by the Silver Prince for her troubles and then all we did was apply the Zenith anima ability to make her soul go to Lethe? I don't see how that constitutes convincing her of anything.

She went in her equivalent of Limit Break, after losing nearly everything in one attack.

And keep in mind she didn't go back doing actively malevolent things, she went "this is over, we're going to lose, so I will go on with my plan to destroy the horrifying abominations that will punish me if I die before them".

In the end, she did earn a bit of redemption, and without her we couldn't have won. Ironicaly, her breakdown lead to sacrificing herself for everyone, something that could have been avoided.

>>43609288
Because I never brought that up as one of my own points. I know that what happened with her underlings wasnt our say, I just look at the idea that we 'Redeemed' her and see it as being a bit hollow. My point was a seperate one from the question of her Abyssals.

>>43609338
People are getting hurt because of your inaction.

>>43609358
Why are you trying to pack everything in the same little tiny speck of land that is probably the biggest liability per square mile in all the west? If anything we should be getting everyone off the island, not crisscrossing it with civilization.

>>43609338
>No you don't. It's your power, you can do what you want with it as long as no one gets hurt, even if what you want to do is nothing.
Are...are you actually for real or just trolling? I realise this is a huge tangent, but dude. It absolutely is your duty to do that. If you see someone die next to you and you could easily help him but didn't, that's a crime, and for a good reason.

>>43609020
>Interesting. Keep me updated.
>http://imgur.com/a/2POi1
Here's what little I've played around with, there wasn't a good fit for Sammy's personality in the default settings, but Maka and Amata came out well and I played around with Maka's hair in some of the cards, not that you can see them well here.

Notable events are
>Maka grabbing Sammy's butt
>Amata (as the teacher) seducing Maka
>Tia beating up like 5 other students
I don't have that a screencap of that last one though.

>>43609358
>but Tia doesn't consider raiding to be something to worry about, so no amount of raiding would lead to her telling us to worry about it.

And we should care about the barbarians because..?
Keep in mind that they will have the liberty to come into our cities, if they tire of their barbaric ways.

>>43609296
Cooperation and trade will bring them around to a more civil way of life anon. The consensus is to let them do whatever they want "among themselves" If they start attacking hamlets of city residents or assaulting trade caravans then they're fair game for the regular forces of Tianna and Pearl.

I wouldn't worry about their raiding culture for very long, it's likely to become more and more unacceptable among the barbarians as they become more settled and used to trading with the cities.

Plus as a Solar we can nudge them towards the peaceful gentrification. We don't need to mind whammy them into line, they'll come on their own accord

>>43609376
I see, so you were arguing about something else. That's acceptable.