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Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 115 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed! +2 bp, +2 sbp (essence 4 or lower)!

Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 232 general, 232 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

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Nov 7, 2004
I no longer believe in the greater purpose.

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Attorney at Funk
Jun 3, 2008

...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.
108 Kingdoms

Session 43 Completed - At Seven Gates
In which a door opens

120 BP and 120 Solar BP total. Current Essence 3.

Up to 60/30: Essence 1
Up to 120/120: Essence 2

Story Awards
Keldar:
Backing **** (Dawn Sergeant of Nexus)
Command ***** (The Dawn Guard)
Influence ** (The Nexus Guild)
Moonshadow Oath with the Overfactor

Stranger Visits Heaven:
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)

Xia Lan:
Allies ***** (Vladok, Wielder of Names)
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Influence *** (The CIO)
Influence +1 (Fan Club)

Xu Sim:
Allies ***** (Disciples of the Thran)
Allies *** (The Seventh Caduceus Physician Corps)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Command ***** (Bleak Ardua's Legions)
Influence *** (Nexus Folk Hero)


Artifacts:
Skullclamp (***) - Oasis in a Singed Land: When Xu Sim successfully completes shaping a spell, he may make an immediate Shape Sorcery roll at the end of his turn.
Before and After (****) - Paired Starmetal Hook Swords
Burning Tizona (***) - Red Jade Daiklave
Sifu's Second Hands (***) - Blue Jade Bracers
Weal and Woe (****) - Black Jade Flame Pieces
Vectron (***) - White Jade Reinforced Breastplate)
Skin of the Loyal (***) Moonsilver Silken Armor

Terminus (*****) - Orichalcum Grand Daiklave
Entreaty (*****) - Moonsilver Shield
Royal Road (*****) - Orichalcum and Moonsilver Articulated Plate

The Codex (****)
Clockwork Cat (***)
Perfect Host (***)
Nine Muses Attend (***)
Audient Brush (**)
Tempter Sent (**)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 116 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed! +2 bp, +2 sbp (essence 4 or lower)!

Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 234 general, 234 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Attorney at Funk
Jun 3, 2008

...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.
108 Kingdoms

Session 44 Completed - Atop Urza's Tower
In which there are finished and unfinished things

120 BP and 120 Solar BP total. Current Essence 3.

Up to 60/30: Essence 1
Up to 120/120: Essence 2

Story Awards
Keldar:
Backing **** (Dawn Sergeant of Nexus)
Command ***** (The Dawn Guard)
Influence ** (The Nexus Guild)
Moonshadow Oath with the Overfactor

Stranger Visits Heaven:
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)

Xia Lan:
Allies ***** (Vladok, Wielder of Names)
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Influence *** (The CIO)
Influence +1 (Fan Club)

Xu Sim:
Allies ***** (Disciples of the Thran)
Allies *** (The Seventh Caduceus Physician Corps)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Command ***** (Bleak Ardua's Legions)
Influence *** (Nexus Folk Hero)


Artifacts:
Skullclamp (***) - Oasis in a Singed Land: When Xu Sim successfully completes shaping a spell, he may make an immediate Shape Sorcery roll at the end of his turn.
Before and After (****) - Paired Starmetal Hook Swords
Burning Tizona (***) - Red Jade Daiklave
Sifu's Second Hands (***) - Blue Jade Bracers
Weal and Woe (****) - Black Jade Flame Pieces
Vectron (***) - White Jade Reinforced Breastplate)
Skin of the Loyal (***) Moonsilver Silken Armor

Terminus (*****) - Orichalcum Grand Daiklave
Entreaty (*****) - Moonsilver Shield
Royal Road (*****) - Orichalcum and Moonsilver Articulated Plate

The Codex (****)
Clockwork Cat (***)
Perfect Host (***)
Nine Muses Attend (***)
Audient Brush (**)
Tempter Sent (**)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 117 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed! +2 bp, +2 sbp (essence 4 or lower)!

Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 236 general, 236 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Attorney at Funk
Jun 3, 2008

...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.
108 Kingdoms

Session 45 Completed - Leaving Thran Behind
In which one chain is broken and one forged anew

120 BP and 120 Solar BP total. Current Essence 3.

Up to 60/30: Essence 1
Up to 120/120: Essence 2

Story Awards
Keldar:
Backing **** (Dawn Sergeant of Nexus)
Command ***** (The Dawn Guard)
Influence ** (The Nexus Guild)
Moonshadow Oath with the Overfactor

Stranger Visits Heaven:
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)

Xia Lan:
Allies ***** (Vladok, Wielder of Names)
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Influence *** (The CIO)
Influence +1 (Fan Club)

Xu Sim:
Allies ***** (Disciples of the Thran)
Allies *** (The Seventh Caduceus Physician Corps)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Command ***** (Bleak Ardua's Legions)
Influence *** (Nexus Folk Hero)


Artifacts:
Skullclamp (***) - Oasis in a Singed Land: When Xu Sim successfully completes shaping a spell, he may make an immediate Shape Sorcery roll at the end of his turn.
Before and After (****) - Paired Starmetal Hook Swords
Burning Tizona (***) - Red Jade Daiklave
Sifu's Second Hands (***) - Blue Jade Bracers
Weal and Woe (****) - Black Jade Flame Pieces
Vectron (***) - White Jade Reinforced Breastplate)
Skin of the Loyal (***) Moonsilver Silken Armor

Terminus (*****) - Orichalcum Grand Daiklave
Entreaty (*****) - Moonsilver Shield
Royal Road (*****) - Orichalcum and Moonsilver Articulated Plate

Sol Ring (N/A)
The Codex (****)
Clockwork Cat (***)
Perfect Host (***)
Nine Muses Attend (***)
Audient Brush (**)
Tempter Sent (**)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 118 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed! +2 bp, +2 sbp (essence 4 or lower)!

Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 238 general, 238 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Attorney at Funk
Jun 3, 2008

...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.
108 Kingdoms

Session 46 Completed - Among the Ashes
In which the tide of battle is turned

120 BP and 120 Solar BP total. Current Essence 3.

Up to 60/30: Essence 1
Up to 120/120: Essence 2

Story Awards
Jai:

Keldar:
Backing **** (Dawn Sergeant of Nexus)
Command ***** (The Dawn Guard)
Influence ** (The Nexus Guild)
Moonshadow Oath with the Overfactor

Stranger Visits Heaven:
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)

Xia Lan:
Allies ***** (Vladok, Wielder of Names)
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Influence *** (The CIO)
Influence +1 (Fan Club)

Xu Sim:
Allies ***** (Disciples of the Thran)
Allies *** (The Seventh Caduceus Physician Corps)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Command ***** (Bleak Ardua's Legions)
Influence *** (Nexus Folk Hero)


Artifacts:
Skullclamp (***) - Oasis in a Singed Land: When Xu Sim successfully completes shaping a spell, he may make an immediate Shape Sorcery roll at the end of his turn.
Before and After (****) - Paired Starmetal Hook Swords
Burning Tizona (***) - Red Jade Daiklave
Sifu's Second Hands (***) - Blue Jade Bracers
Weal and Woe (****) - Black Jade Flame Pieces
Vectron (***) - White Jade Reinforced Breastplate)
Skin of the Loyal (***) Moonsilver Silken Armor

Terminus (*****) - Orichalcum Grand Daiklave
Entreaty (*****) - Moonsilver Shield
Royal Road (*****) - Orichalcum and Moonsilver Articulated Plate

Sol Ring (N/A)
The Codex (****)
Clockwork Cat (***)
Perfect Host (***)
Nine Muses Attend (***)
Audient Brush (**)
Tempter Sent (**)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 119 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed! +2 bp, +2 sbp (essence 4 or lower)!

Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 240 general, 240 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Attorney at Funk
Jun 3, 2008

...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.
108 Kingdoms

Session 47 Completed - On Death's Door
In which two old debts are called due

120 BP and 120 Solar BP total. Current Essence 3.

Up to 60/30: Essence 1
Up to 120/120: Essence 2

Story Awards
Jai:

Keldar:
Backing **** (Dawn Sergeant of Nexus)
Command ***** (The Dawn Guard)
Influence ** (The Nexus Guild)
Moonshadow Oath with the Overfactor

Stranger Visits Heaven:
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)

Xia Lan:
Allies ***** (Vladok, Wielder of Names)
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Influence *** (The CIO)
Influence +1 (Fan Club)

Xu Sim:
Allies ***** (Disciples of the Thran)
Allies ***** (Scion of the Sevenfold)
Allies *** (The Seventh Caduceus Physician Corps)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Command ***** (Bleak Ardua's Legions)
Influence *** (Nexus Folk Hero)


Artifacts:
Skullclamp (***) - Oasis in a Singed Land: When Xu Sim successfully completes shaping a spell, he may make an immediate Shape Sorcery roll at the end of his turn.
Before and After (****) - Paired Starmetal Hook Swords
Burning Tizona (***) - Red Jade Daiklave
Sifu's Second Hands (***) - Blue Jade Bracers
Weal and Woe (****) - Black Jade Flame Pieces
Vectron (***) - White Jade Reinforced Breastplate)
Skin of the Loyal (***) Moonsilver Silken Armor

Terminus (*****) - Orichalcum Grand Daiklave
Entreaty (*****) - Moonsilver Shield
Royal Road (*****) - Orichalcum and Moonsilver Articulated Plate

Sol Ring (N/A)
The Codex (****)
Clockwork Cat (***)
Perfect Host (***)
Nine Muses Attend (***)
Audient Brush (**)
Tempter Sent (**)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 120 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed! +2 bp, +2 sbp (essence 4 or lower)!

Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 242 general, 242 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 121 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed! +2 bp, +2 sbp (essence 4 or lower)!

Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 244 general, 244 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 122 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed! +2 bp, +2 sbp (essence 4 or lower)!

Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 246 general, 246 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Attorney at Funk
Jun 3, 2008

...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.
108 Kingdoms

Session 48 Completed - In Battle
In which the tide rises

120 BP and 120 Solar BP total. Current Essence 3.

Up to 60/30: Essence 1
Up to 120/120: Essence 2

Story Awards
Jai:

Keldar:
Backing **** (Dawn Sergeant of Nexus)
Command ***** (The Dawn Guard)
Influence ** (The Nexus Guild)
Moonshadow Oath with the Overfactor

Stranger Visits Heaven:
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)

Xia Lan:
Allies ***** (Vladok, Wielder of Names)
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Influence *** (The CIO)
Influence +1 (Fan Club)

Xu Sim:
Allies ***** (Disciples of the Thran)
Allies ***** (Scion of the Sevenfold)
Allies *** (The Seventh Caduceus Physician Corps)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Command ***** (Bleak Ardua's Legions)
Influence *** (Nexus Folk Hero)


Artifacts:
Skullclamp (***) - Oasis in a Singed Land: When Xu Sim successfully completes shaping a spell, he may make an immediate Shape Sorcery roll at the end of his turn.
Before and After (****) - Paired Starmetal Hook Swords
Burning Tizona (***) - Red Jade Daiklave
Sifu's Second Hands (***) - Blue Jade Bracers
Weal and Woe (****) - Black Jade Flame Pieces
Vectron (***) - White Jade Reinforced Breastplate)
Skin of the Loyal (***) Moonsilver Silken Armor

Terminus (*****) - Orichalcum Grand Daiklave
Entreaty (*****) - Moonsilver Shield
Royal Road (*****) - Orichalcum and Moonsilver Articulated Plate

Sol Ring (N/A)
The Codex (****)
Clockwork Cat (***)
Perfect Host (***)
Nine Muses Attend (***)
Audient Brush (**)
Tempter Sent (**)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 122 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed! +2 bp, +2 sbp (essence 4 or lower)!

Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 248 general, 248 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Attorney at Funk
Jun 3, 2008

...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.
108 Kingdoms

Session 49 Completed - At Impact
In which victory heralds grief

120 BP and 120 Solar BP total. Current Essence 3.

Up to 60/30: Essence 1
Up to 120/120: Essence 2

Story Awards
Jai:

Keldar:
Backing **** (Dawn Sergeant of Nexus)
Command ***** (The Dawn Guard)
Influence ** (The Nexus Guild)
Moonshadow Oath with the Overfactor

Stranger Visits Heaven:
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)

Xia Lan:
Allies ***** (Vladok, Wielder of Names)
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Influence *** (The CIO)
Influence +1 (Fan Club)

Xu Sim:
Allies ***** (Disciples of the Thran)
Allies ***** (Scion of the Sevenfold)
Allies *** (The Seventh Caduceus Physician Corps)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Command ***** (Bleak Ardua's Legions)
Influence *** (Nexus Folk Hero)


Artifacts:
Skullclamp (***) - Oasis in a Singed Land: When Xu Sim successfully completes shaping a spell, he may make an immediate Shape Sorcery roll at the end of his turn.
Before and After (****) - Paired Starmetal Hook Swords
Burning Tizona (***) - Red Jade Daiklave
Sifu's Second Hands (***) - Blue Jade Bracers
Weal and Woe (****) - Black Jade Flame Pieces
Vectron (***) - White Jade Reinforced Breastplate)
Skin of the Loyal (***) Moonsilver Silken Armor

Terminus (*****) - Orichalcum Grand Daiklave
Entreaty (*****) - Moonsilver Shield
Royal Road (*****) - Orichalcum and Moonsilver Articulated Plate

Sol Ring (N/A)
The Codex (****)
Clockwork Cat (***)
Perfect Host (***)
Nine Muses Attend (***)
Audient Brush (**)
Tempter Sent (**)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 123 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed! +2 bp, +2 sbp (essence 4 or lower)!

Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 250 general, 250 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Attorney at Funk
Jun 3, 2008

...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.
108 Kingdoms

Session 50 Completed - Amid the Rubble
In which grief heralds victory

120 BP and 120 Solar BP total. Current Essence 3.

Up to 60/30: Essence 1
Up to 120/120: Essence 2

Story Awards
Jai:

Keldar:
Backing **** (Dawn Sergeant of Nexus)
Command ***** (The Dawn Guard)
Influence ** (The Nexus Guild)
Moonshadow Oath with the Overfactor

Stranger Visits Heaven:
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)

Xia Lan:
Allies ***** (Vladok, Wielder of Names)
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Influence *** (The CIO)
Influence +1 (Fan Club)

Xu Sim:
Allies ***** (Disciples of the Thran)
Allies ***** (Scion of the Sevenfold)
Allies *** (The Seventh Caduceus Physician Corps)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Command ***** (Bleak Ardua's Legions)
Influence *** (Nexus Folk Hero)


Artifacts:
Skullclamp (***) - Oasis in a Singed Land: When Xu Sim successfully completes shaping a spell, he may make an immediate Shape Sorcery roll at the end of his turn.
Before and After (****) - Paired Starmetal Hook Swords
Burning Tizona (***) - Red Jade Daiklave
Sifu's Second Hands (***) - Blue Jade Bracers
Weal and Woe (****) - Black Jade Flame Pieces
Vectron (***) - White Jade Reinforced Breastplate)
Skin of the Loyal (***) Moonsilver Silken Armor

Terminus (*****) - Orichalcum Grand Daiklave
Entreaty (*****) - Moonsilver Shield
Royal Road (*****) - Orichalcum and Moonsilver Articulated Plate

Sol Ring (N/A)
The Codex (****)
Clockwork Cat (***)
Perfect Host (***)
Nine Muses Attend (***)
Audient Brush (**)
Tempter Sent (**)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 124 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed!

Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 250 general, 250 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Attorney at Funk
Jun 3, 2008

...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.
108 Kingdoms

Session 51 Completed - Over Firewander
In which a number of plans are formulated

120 BP and 120 Solar BP total. Current Essence 3.

Up to 60/30: Essence 1
Up to 120/120: Essence 2

Story Awards
Jai:

Keldar:
Backing **** (Dawn Sergeant of Nexus)
Command ***** (The Dawn Guard)
Influence ** (The Nexus Guild)
Moonshadow Oath with the Overfactor

Stranger Visits Heaven:
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)

Xia Lan:
Allies ***** (Vladok, Wielder of Names)
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Influence *** (The CIO)
Influence +1 (Fan Club)

Xu Sim:
Allies ***** (Disciples of the Thran)
Allies ***** (Scion of the Sevenfold)
Allies *** (The Seventh Caduceus Physician Corps)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Command ***** (Bleak Ardua's Legions)
Influence *** (Nexus Folk Hero)


Artifacts:
Skullclamp (***) - Oasis in a Singed Land: When Xu Sim successfully completes shaping a spell, he may make an immediate Shape Sorcery roll at the end of his turn.
Before and After (****) - Paired Starmetal Hook Swords
Burning Tizona (***) - Red Jade Daiklave
Sifu's Second Hands (***) - Blue Jade Bracers
Weal and Woe (****) - Black Jade Flame Pieces
Vectron (***) - White Jade Reinforced Breastplate)
Skin of the Loyal (***) Moonsilver Silken Armor

Terminus (*****) - Orichalcum Grand Daiklave
Entreaty (*****) - Moonsilver Shield
Royal Road (*****) - Orichalcum and Moonsilver Articulated Plate

Sol Ring (N/A)
The Eye of Balor (N/A)
The Codex (****)
Clockwork Cat (***)
Perfect Host (***)
Nine Muses Attend (***)
Audient Brush (**)
Tempter Sent (**)

Attorney at Funk fucked around with this message at 04:31 on Sep 4, 2019

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 125 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed! The Kruthik attain Might 1!

Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 250 general, 250 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 126 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed!
Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 250 general, 250 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 127 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed!
Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 250 general, 250 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Attorney at Funk
Jun 3, 2008

...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.
108 Kingdoms

Session 52 Completed - Under the Dome
In which property rights are disputed

120 BP and 120 Solar BP total. Current Essence 3.

Up to 60/30: Essence 1
Up to 120/120: Essence 2

Story Awards
Jai:

Keldar:
Backing **** (Dawn Sergeant of Nexus)
Command ***** (The Dawn Guard)
Influence ** (The Nexus Guild)
Moonshadow Oath with the Overfactor

Stranger Visits Heaven:
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)

Xia Lan:
Allies ***** (Vladok, Wielder of Names)
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Influence *** (The CIO)
Influence +1 (Fan Club)

Xu Sim:
Allies ***** (Disciples of the Thran)
Allies ***** (Scion of the Sevenfold)
Allies *** (The Seventh Caduceus Physician Corps)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Command ***** (Bleak Ardua's Legions)
Influence *** (Nexus Folk Hero)


Artifacts:
Skullclamp (***) - Oasis in a Singed Land: When Xu Sim successfully completes shaping a spell, he may make an immediate Shape Sorcery roll at the end of his turn.
Before and After (****) - Paired Starmetal Hook Swords
Burning Tizona (***) - Red Jade Daiklave
Sifu's Second Hands (***) - Blue Jade Bracers
Weal and Woe (****) - Black Jade Flame Pieces
Vectron (***) - White Jade Reinforced Breastplate)
Skin of the Loyal (***) Moonsilver Silken Armor

Terminus (*****) - Orichalcum Grand Daiklave
Entreaty (*****) - Moonsilver Shield
Royal Road (*****) - Orichalcum and Moonsilver Articulated Plate

Sol Ring (N/A)
The Eye of Balor (N/A)
The Codex (****)
Clockwork Cat (***)
Perfect Host (***)
Nine Muses Attend (***)
Audient Brush (**)
Tempter Sent (**)

Attorney at Funk fucked around with this message at 04:32 on Sep 4, 2019

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 128 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed!
Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 250 general, 250 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 129 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed!
Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 250 general, 250 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 130 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed!
Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 250 general, 250 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Attorney at Funk
Jun 3, 2008

...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.
108 Kingdoms

Session 53 Completed - Under the Dome Again
In which the Eye opens

120 BP and 120 Solar BP total. Current Essence 3.

Up to 60/30: Essence 1
Up to 120/120: Essence 2

Story Awards
Jai:

Keldar:
Backing **** (Dawn Sergeant of Nexus)
Command ***** (The Dawn Guard)
Influence ** (The Nexus Guild)
Moonshadow Oath with the Overfactor

Stranger Visits Heaven:
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)

Xia Lan:
Allies ***** (Vladok, Wielder of Names)
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Influence *** (The CIO)
Influence +1 (Fan Club)

Xu Sim:
Allies ***** (Disciples of the Thran)
Allies ***** (Scion of the Sevenfold)
Allies *** (The Seventh Caduceus Physician Corps)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Command ***** (Bleak Ardua's Legions)
Influence *** (Nexus Folk Hero)


Artifacts:
Skullclamp (***) - Oasis in a Singed Land: When Xu Sim successfully completes shaping a spell, he may make an immediate Shape Sorcery roll at the end of his turn.
Before and After (****) - Paired Starmetal Hook Swords
Burning Tizona (***) - Red Jade Daiklave
Sifu's Second Hands (***) - Blue Jade Bracers
Weal and Woe (****) - Black Jade Flame Pieces
Vectron (***) - White Jade Reinforced Breastplate)
Skin of the Loyal (***) Moonsilver Silken Armor

Terminus (*****) - Orichalcum Grand Daiklave
Entreaty (*****) - Moonsilver Shield
Royal Road (*****) - Orichalcum and Moonsilver Articulated Plate

Sol Ring (N/A)
The Codex (****)
Clockwork Cat (***)
Perfect Host (***)
Nine Muses Attend (***)
Audient Brush (**)
Tempter Sent (**)

Attorney at Funk fucked around with this message at 04:32 on Sep 4, 2019

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 131 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed!
Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 250 general, 250 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Attorney at Funk
Jun 3, 2008

...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.
108 Kingdoms

Session 54 Completed - After the Reckoning
In which almost everything is in its proper place

120 BP and 120 Solar BP total. Current Essence 3.

Up to 60/30: Essence 1
Up to 120/120: Essence 2

Story Awards
Jai:
Allies ***** (The Emissary of Nexus)

Keldar:
Allies ***** (The Emissary of Nexus)
Backing **** (Dawn Sergeant of Nexus)
Command ***** (The Dawn Guard)
Influence ** (The Nexus Guild)
Moonshadow Oath with the Overfactor

Stranger Visits Heaven:
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Allies ***** (The Emissary of Nexus)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)

Xia Lan:
Allies ***** (Vladok, Wielder of Names)
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Influence *** (The CIO)
Influence +1 (Fan Club)

Xu Sim:
Allies ***** (Disciples of the Thran)
Allies ***** (Scion of the Sevenfold)
Allies *** (The Seventh Caduceus Physician Corps)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Command ***** (Bleak Ardua's Legions)
Influence *** (Nexus Folk Hero)


Artifacts:
Skullclamp (***) - Oasis in a Singed Land: When Xu Sim successfully completes shaping a spell, he may make an immediate Shape Sorcery roll at the end of his turn.
Before and After (****) - Paired Starmetal Hook Swords
Burning Tizona (***) - Red Jade Daiklave
Sifu's Second Hands (***) - Blue Jade Bracers
Weal and Woe (****) - Black Jade Flame Pieces
Vectron (***) - White Jade Reinforced Breastplate)
Skin of the Loyal (***) Moonsilver Silken Armor

Terminus (*****) - Orichalcum Grand Daiklave
Entreaty (*****) - Moonsilver Shield
Royal Road (*****) - Orichalcum and Moonsilver Articulated Plate

Sol Ring (N/A)
The Codex (****)
Clockwork Cat (***)
Perfect Host (***)
Nine Muses Attend (***)
Audient Brush (**)
Tempter Sent (**)

Attorney at Funk fucked around with this message at 04:33 on Sep 4, 2019

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 132 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed!
Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 250 general, 250 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 133 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed!
Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 250 general, 250 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Attorney at Funk
Jun 3, 2008

...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.
108 Kingdoms

Session 55 Completed - Behind the Wire
In which unity is forged and discord sown

120 BP and 120 Solar BP total. Current Essence 3.

Up to 60/30: Essence 1
Up to 120/120: Essence 2

Story Awards
Jai:
Allies ***** (The Emissary of Nexus)

Keldar:
Allies ***** (The Emissary of Nexus)
Backing **** (Dawn Sergeant of Nexus)
Command ***** (The Dawn Guard)
Influence ** (The Nexus Guild)
Moonshadow Oath with the Overfactor

Stranger Visits Heaven:
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Allies ***** (The Emissary of Nexus)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)

Xia Lan:
Allies ***** (Vladok, Wielder of Names)
Allies **** (Cathak Tsuka)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Influence *** (The CIO)
Influence +1 (Fan Club)

Xu Sim:
Allies ***** (Disciples of the Thran)
Allies ***** (Scion of the Sevenfold)
Allies *** (The Seventh Caduceus Physician Corps)
Backing **** (Emissary of Nexus)
Command ***** (Bleak Ardua's Legions)
Influence *** (Nexus Folk Hero)


Artifacts:
Skullclamp (***) - Oasis in a Singed Land: When Xu Sim successfully completes shaping a spell, he may make an immediate Shape Sorcery roll at the end of his turn.
Before and After (****) - Paired Starmetal Hook Swords
Burning Tizona (***) - Red Jade Daiklave
Sifu's Second Hands (***) - Blue Jade Bracers
Weal and Woe (****) - Black Jade Flame Pieces
Vectron (***) - White Jade Reinforced Breastplate)
Skin of the Loyal (***) Moonsilver Silken Armor

Terminus (*****) - Orichalcum Grand Daiklave
Entreaty (*****) - Moonsilver Shield
Royal Road (*****) - Orichalcum and Moonsilver Articulated Plate

Sol Ring (N/A)
The Codex (****)
Clockwork Cat (***)
Perfect Host (***)
Nine Muses Attend (***)
Audient Brush (**)
Tempter Sent (**)

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Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 134 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed!
Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 250 general, 250 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 135 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed!
Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 250 general, 250 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 136 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed! +2 bp, +2 sbp!
Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 252 general, 252 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 136 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed! +2 bp, +2 sbp!
Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 254 general, 254 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 137 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed! +2 bp, +2 sbp!
Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 256 general, 256 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells
* a locus of quantum probability that was never quite wyld shaped into an artifact but is still entangled with eikichi somehow

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

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Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world
Session 138 of Exalted: Squared Circle completed! +2 bp, +2 sbp!
Essence: 4
Total Bonus Points Awarded: 258 general, 258 solar

First 20/20: Essence 1
Next 30/30: Essence 2
Next 100/100: Essence 3


Other Character Awards:
-6 free caste or favored charms (Essence 2 or lower)
-4 free caste or favored charms (Essence 3 or lower)

Weird Powers:
-Getimian Attunement: The Circle, collectively, has 10 Getimian motes. These refresh at the end of each story.

You can spend these reflexively to reduce the target number of any action you take, 1 for 1, to a minimum of 4.

When some amount of d10s are rolled and read to affect you directly, you can spend getimian motes to reduce the value of those dice. Every 2gm reduces the highest die by one.

Story Merits:

For everyone:

* Allies 3 (mortwright Istvan and his retinue)
* Allies 3 (Grey Nara)

* Allies 5 (Panther, Zenith Solar)
* Allies 5 (Swan, Eclipse Solar)

* Allies 5 (Marek Marrow-Hollow, Changing Moon Lunar)

* Allies 5 (Yarara Yara, Chosen of Endings)
* Allies 5 (Iron Siaka, Chosen of Serenity)
* Allies 5 (May Blossom, Chosen of Secrets)

* Cult 1 (Hedgehog residents)

* Followers 2 (Reckoning Cult splinter faction)
* Followers 3 (Hedgehog residents)

* Influence 2 with Ember Valley
* Influence 2 in the Hedgehog
* Influence 2 with the Tusk Alliance
* Influence 3 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Total Control Zone Dragon-Blooded underground

* About fifty or sixty years of extra life

For Bergsveinn:

* Cult 2 (northern Icewalker coalition)

For Blossom:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 2
* Followers 1 in Crystal

For Eikichi:

* Allies 5 (Arianna, Twilight Solar)
* Cult 1
* Followers 2 in Crystal
* Influence 2 with the Nexus elite

For Ir:

* Influence 2 with with the bards of the north
* Influence 2 in Crystal
* Cult 2
* Influence 2 with the Nexus poor

* Hearthstone 2 (Lantern-Soul Diamond)

For Tatsuya and Ying

* Contacts 1 (Crystal underworld)
* Cult 1
* Followers 1 ("The Rainbow Connection" apprentices and employees)
* Followers 1 ("Undermelt" assassins' guild and ebon shadow style dojo)
* Influence 2 over Nexus fashion and culture

* Nyaroshi's Blessing

Crafted Treasures:

* The Heavensward (Artifact 5) A lightweight, super-durable flying ship that can be controlled by a single captain who commits 7 motes to the vessel. It's powered by an ancient geomantic essence core thing

Loot Drops:

* Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light (Keeps you clean for free; commit 1 mote to get +2 dice on rolls to resist poison or disease)
* Jadeborn Essence Blade (Commit 5 motes to this golden bracer to project a punch dagger of essence; it's a light artifact weapon, can count as a dagger or khatar, and has the Brawl, Lethal, Melee, and Piercing tags)
* Black Jade Chain Shirt (artifact light armor; if it's been immersed in water within the last week, it allows the wearer to safely breathe any kind of air)
* Orichalcum-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; big enough on the inside to conceal even a heavy artifact weapon)
* Orichalcum shortspear (artifact light weapon) which is very hard to pick up or attune if you're not a Solar
* Red Jade-Reinforced Buff Jacket (artifact medium armor; if the wearer wants to be and no magic opposes it, they can always be clearly seen and heard from a hundred yards out regardless of conditions)
* Spidersilk tunic (artifact light armor; doesn't count as armor for martial arts purposes)
* Zantetsuken (artifact reaper daiklave; can teach wielder Shining Point)
* Earth Shaping Gem (leave this hearthstone in place for several weeks to allow those who touch it to sculpt nearby stone with their hands)
* Various earth and navigation-themed terrestrial circle spells
* a locus of quantum probability that was never quite wyld shaped into an artifact but is still entangled with eikichi somehow

* Resources 4 (2/2 uses)
* Enough red and white jade for a suit of heavy armor
* A bit of raw white jade and more raw black jade worth Resources 2 all together
* Enough orichalcum to make a medium weapon or armor piece, or two lights
* Enough jade in colors of your choice to make a heavy weapon or armor piece, or two mediums, or four lights
* Some ancient Niobraran coins worth Resources 2 on their own from the right buyer
* An ancient Niobraran phylactery which summons shadowy creatures against the blood relatives of interlopers somehow (artifact 5)

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