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All original material is Copyright © John Hodson 2011-2012. If anyone wants to add any material to my Exalted section I''ll include their with name and copyright in the post notes unless they want to contribute anonymously.

The first section is basically my take on Exalted. Right now I'm just copying up my notes so everything's very raw while I put down my ideas. I'll work on editing everything and making it more coherent later. As a result things will contradict the in game canon and even be self contradictory especially since not all my notes are copied in chronological order. They've been typed up without editing to remain as close as possible to my original vision.

Friday, 3 June 2011

    Solars use Essence to supplement their powers directly such as actually sensing with Essence to perform Heightened Sense Method. Lunars use Essence to improve their powers themselves, working more indirectly.
   They should put more emphasis on Luna and less on Gaia in the Lunar Exalted.
   Does sorcery mean sending your Essence into Creation? Sorcerers actually move their Essence outside their bodies to connect with Terrestrial or Celestial power.

   Solars and Lunars should be opposite sides of the same coin. Lunars don't serve the Solars, it's against their nature and that of Luna, but they do make a matching pair.
   What if sorcery is extending your Essence, not into an ability but into the world. Lunars find this a particularly demanding discipline since their Charms and Knacks are based on inward focus. To many Solars it's a natural extension of their Charms which are about affecting the world around them. However it's difficult for them too since expending Essence in the world is very different to moving your Essence outside your body.
   (Terrestrial Projection) Terrestrials, being bound to Creation through their ties to the Elemental Dragons and being of limited skill are unable to transcend the limits of Creation with their consciousness. (Astral Projection) The Lunars and Sidereals, as children of the Incarnae are able to channel Celestial Essence.
   It takes an immense amount of practise and intense spiritual control to be able to extend their Essence outside their body and then connect with the Essence of the world. (Divine Projection) Only the Solars have been given the gift of connecting with the gods themselves. The Terrestrial Exalted can channel the Essence of the world the Elemental Dragons were born from, the Celestial Exalted can channel the Essence of the face of the Heavens, the Solars can connect with the power of the gods and command Creation as the Unconquered Sun once did.

    I got this idea when reading about the Everqueen in Caledor (p. 305) when it talks about her being outside her body connected to it by a slender thread when casting a spell.