Hel Fane: Twilight Caste

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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

    If mankind lived in barbarism under the Dragon Kings (skip the r from Dragon) then under the guidance of the Unconquered Sun the Solars civilised mankind. The Twilights didn't just create great Wonders at the height of the Fist Age they were the first to teach people writing. The Legend of Sigmar would offer a close parallel to a living god bringing civilisation to man.
   300 mortals chosen by the king of the gods to bear his power and rest their race from the grip of the Primordials while the gods sought to do the same.
   Mankind had never fought before so needed people to instruct them in how to fight and lead them in battle. Creation was great and messengers were needed to travel from one side to the other in great haste.
   The Exalted had one massive advantage on their side: surprise. The Primordials never thought the gods would do anything so bold as attempt their complete overthrow.

Sunday, 29 May 2011

    Lunar scholars depend on intelligence not knowledge. Their capabilities are intuitive rather than deliberate. While their Abilities have little bearing on their potential (which is why they are not included in their Excellencies) what they learn from one situation they may not be able to apply to another, this is not of consequence to them since it's their underlying intelligence that's the font of their ideas, lacking Abilities is not a handicap to them. Only martial arts of all disciplines requires such refined training to learn.
   To put it simply Twilight skills are based on what they know. Moonshadow Caste skills are based on what they think. This did make them inferior to the Solars in terms of raw power but they focussed on a different area.
   Of course Twilights think too, their power comes from thinking about something and they're exceptional at it. The Moonshadows' power wasn't that they were the best in any field but that they can use their minds in any way they please. Luna didn't create her champions to compete with the Solars. She made them to do things the Solars couldn't.
   *Moonshadow is my name for the No Moon Caste.