>>35040735
New reader caught up during the break, thanks for running.

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Great to see you back EF, here's some Decu art for you

>>35040767
Appropriate lewd!

>>35040735
Holy crap you're back. Nice to see ya man.

>>35040735
>This is for the benefit of any new readers who might want a short, less cluttered version before committing to reading 60+ archived threads in order to understand what's going on.
That has been my problem. I'm going to be reading this thread eagerly.

Great to have you back EF.

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While the city is assaulted by undead and this Feurdelis character sprints towards the castle, we get to know a bit about what just happened: this young woman is Maka, once princess of a distant southern kingdom, now in exile. And she has been Chosen, right here, right now, by the highest of gods, inbued with His power as His Champion in Creation. She has just Exalted.

And those two guys are Abyssal Exalted. Champions of the world of the dead.

Phoenix, the other individual leading the assault, seems to be surprisingly and unexpectedly affable for someone in charge of an undead invasion force, and tries to talk things out. This doesn't stop Maka from tearing up any skeleton she comes across on her way to the castle, rallying the beleaguered city guard along her way, and discovering that her newfound powers are amazingly effective on the undead, which provide no challenge at all.

>>35040838
I bet he followed us when we ran to the castle, dudes a Day caste, can't be hard for him to tail us in secret

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In the meanwhile we begin to establish what Maka's character sheet (and character in general) looks like based on her first decisions and actions.

She's somewhere between 20 and 30, fairly tall and athletic. dark-skinned, golden eyes, hair something between blonde and silver depending on light. Lived most of her childhood in the lap of luxury as the heiress of the richest city-state in the setting. Had to flee when her family was dethroned. She lost all contacts with her motherland and has no news of them, or anything else going on there.

Maka is hotblooded and impulsive, unsubtle, gifted with extreme physical strength and stamina, charismatic and a good leader. She has good general culture, but no specialized lore or knowledge: well educated, but book-dumb in most technical, spiritual or magical fields, with the exception of a certain gift for military tactics and battlefield leadership.

She has been quite consistently portrayed by /tg/'s votes as caring and compassionate, bold and decisive, generally a genuinely good person, but prone to acting without a plan, solving most of her problems with violence, sex or both, and has shown to enjoy both of these, especially the latter, maybe too much.

Her weapon of choice is unarmed combat, supplemented at times by aids like boots, gauntlets and improvised weapons. Her fighting style is more about sheer strength and endurance than speed or acrobatics. Less Kung Fu and Karate, and more an unholy mix of Kickboxing and Pankration with more than a bit Pro Wrestling thrown in.

Her sexuality is "everyone".

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The castle is a battlefield. The Queen of Tianna, Amata, a Dragon-Blooded Exalted (a Chosen herself, but empowered by the Five Elemental Dragons (specifically, Air) rather than the Unconquered Sun) has been gravely wounded by Feurdelis. Maka steps in and fights the Abyssal just as she's trying to force Amata to admit defeat and surrender her throne, but the more experienced Abyssal is easily her match.

During the battle Amata's son, prince Samiel (also a DB, Fire), arrives to assist Maka, even though he's seriously wounded himself.
The fight now being a 2-on-1, they manage to stall for time until Samiel's sister, princess Irene (also a DB, Earth) arrives with reinforcements: a small team of siege engineers and a Concussive Essence Cannon, a powerful and ancient piece of portable magical artillery, with which she blasts a surprised Feurdelis through the castle walls and into the city. (And also through her own private rooms in the process)

Realixing that her invasion has lost momentum, Feurdelis promises she'll be back like a recurring villain at the end of the episode of a saturday morning cartoon before making a run for it.

>>35041042
So it's Feurdelis not Fleurdelis, right? Because you've used both in the past.

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With finally some time to breathe, the setting is fleshed out.

As the undead are mopped up, it is revealed that Maka and Amata knew each other. Maka's family had spent some time in Tianna as vacation when she was a child, and when their home kingdom of Gem was overthrown she made her way there, knowing that Amata would take her in and protect her.

Of course, now that she Exalted as a Solar, everything could change: legends and propaganda from the Realm tell of the Solar as evil monsters, devils wearing human skins. And while Tianna is an island in the Western Ocean, and not part of the Realm, those stories are widely known, and the Realm is known to send armies and agents well out of its borders to assassinate Solars, especially when they prove troublesome.

However, Amata (bedridden after her wounds) has no problems accepting that Maka is still the Maka she knew, and trusts her completely. Well, almost completely...

Since it's /tg/ calling the shots here, it's also decided that Maka is a delicious brown girl, and, coming from a city built under a volcano, in the middle of a desert, in the hottest region of the setting, she is very much used at wearing as little as possible while keeping the thread's images barely worksafe.
No one complains.

>>35041082
Try asking her next time you meet her.

>>35041107
>Since it's /tg/ calling the shots here, it's also decided that Maka is a delicious brown girl, and, coming from a city built under a volcano, in the middle of a desert, in the hottest region of the setting, she is very much used at wearing as little as possible while keeping the thread's images barely worksafe.
>No one complains.
As it should be

Well, fleur-de-lis is the stylized heraldic lily, especially used in France.

>>35041107
>Try asking her next time you meet her.
I'm sure that will go over well.

>>35041082
>>35041107
Hahah what

>"So, um... the magic voice in my head which I rely on to interpret the world around me keeps mispronouncing your name and refuses to tell me which one you actually said. Help me out?"

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>>35040993
>Less Kung Fu and Karate, and more an unholy mix of Kickboxing and Pankration with more than a bit Pro Wrestling thrown in.
We don't suplex nearly enough people

>>35041196
No, something like "bitch your diction sucks, how do I even spell your name properly?

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>>35041202
I agree.

>>35041202
Now I apologize for the barging in, but I need to know the sauce of that Donnie Yen movie. Been trying to find it for quite some time!

>>35041252
Flashpoint

>>35041269
I love you so much, anon-chan.

So, uhhhh, should I read an exalted guidebook/primer before? After? Never? I'm completely ignorant about exalted barring that it features fightan demigods of various pre existing factions

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Maka also takes a few moments to analyze what happened and what she is now.

She is a lot stronger, faster and more physically fit. Not quite superhuman, but peak human in different ways. Normally a person wouldn't be able to have the muscles of a weightlifting champion combined with the agility of a circus performer and the endurance of an olympic marathon runner, but Maka is. Exaltation has also made her more beautiful and pleasant and more charismatic and socially adept than she already was.

She has also gained a series of powers, called "Charms". Some of these require only a thought to activate or are always active, hard-wired into her body and soul, while other require her to focus her mind and expend magical energy stored inside her, called Essence. She can recover Essence with rest or meditation. She knows these things on a more or less instinctual level, like memories she's always had.

>>35041291
It couldn't hurt. People who know the lore are usually pretty good about answering questions of people who don't, but having some background is never a bad thing.

>>35041291
Eh, he's layin out the background info with the story so far, don't worry about it.

>>35041291
Like Exaltedfag said, the quest is pretty newbie friendly, things are either explained IC or in the thread, don't be afraid to ask questions if you want to know more.

>>35041291
Try the exalted generals if you have questions.

>>35041291
The actual threads are pretty good about explaining certain details you need to know so reading the discussions on the old threads helps a lot, but ask if you don't get anything

>>35041291
See the Exalted General for some newbie guidelines >>35027107 (also a corebook from which you can go read the first chapter describing the setting. Don't bother with the rules portion, the quest is running on a homebrew anyway)

But this quest tries to be accessible even to those that didn't. If something that you don't know is referenced, you can always just ask and anons will explain.

>>35041323
I just don't want to get sidetracked by looking up stuff constantly
>>35041316
To the archives I go, then.
>>35041313
Is there a reccomended primer to the setting if I get lost, or do I just wiki it?

>>35041351
>Is there a reccomended primer to the setting if I get lost, or do I just wiki it?
There is no real setting-wiki. Even what used to be, was more mechanics centric, but even that got dead.
(There is tvtropes if you want a mad random jumble of setting titbits, but if you don't you're out)

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>>35041291
If I'm doing my job right, you shouldn't need to. Just the thread, this synopsis, and maybe the 1d4chan article on Exalted should be enough.

If I'm not, just ask any question you might have. I or someone else will answer. In general the people following this Quest have been extremely helpful to newbies asking questions in the past.

So, back to Maka.

Over time, with exercise, practice, or just sudden insight, she has unlocked several Charms. As of now (that is, when I put the quest on hiatus), these are her powers.

As you can see, she has the gift of basically demolishing all undead creatures that are not something you'd call a "boss monster" or "mid-boss" with a snap of her fingers. (Though she CAN be overwhelmed by sheer numbers, it'd take A LOT of numbers to force her to burn all of her Essence on that.)

She is a powerful hand-to-hand fighter, and can gain Hulk-like levels of strength for a single action by spending Essence. On top of that, she has amazing endurance and resistance, with lesser blows literally pinging off her in battle, giving her skin the same level of sturdiness as a suit of enchanted armor. (This doesn't stack with actual armor, so /tg/ has taken this as an excuse to go into battle wearing as little as possible.)

She can also do wire-fu when needed.

She is probably among the most charismatic individuals in the setting, and has proven herself able to easily turn strangers, and even enemies, into friends, and collect a long list of allies with little effort. She's a magnet, drawing people to her with natural ease.

>>35041351
>>35041373
No wiki as far as i can tell.

What i did was read the 2nd edition books. Which amounts to 45 items in my exalted folder...

Honestly, if you read fast and enjoy the material, it's fun.

>>35041395
> (This doesn't stack with actual armor, so /tg/ has taken this as an excuse to go into battle wearing as little as possible.)
You say that like we needed an excuse to begin with.

>>35040767
That is pretty awesome art. Cute too.

>>35041398
Don't scare the new guy.

You don't need all the books. You only really need the general setting gist in the corebook and maybe Compass of Terrestial Directions: West for the neighbourhood.

But once again - we're in homebrew city.

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>>35041420
He did another piece that a different anon requested

OK, new guy is going to download the codebook and archive binge. See you in a couple of threads

>>35041501
Have fun anon

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(That >>35041440 is almost illegally cute. I want more!)

One of her more useful - and frightening (to others) powers, acquired at a later point, is the ability to train people. The training is of a martial sort, focused on physical conditioning, skill at arms, stamina and survival skill, and also instilling some confidence and force of personality. She can train a large group of people (who must be somewhat homogeneous, so no picking random people from the street: they must at least have some unity of purpose) into an effective fighting force, putting them through months' worth of a drill camp in weeks. If she's overseeing personally a single person's training, that time is cut down to days.

On top of all that, there's the "innate powers" that come with Solar Exaltation:
She can be surrounded by a soft golden glow that can be as bright as a bonfire by just willing it, with her Castermark on her forehead shedding light in a decent radius. (when spending a lot of Essence this effect is triggered whether you want it or not, and if large expenditures are made the glow, called the Anima, grows to titanic levels.)
She can always instinctively tell what's the time of the day (or more precisely, where the sun is in the sky).
She has also perfect health, with a high resistance to most common illnesses and maladies. Her wounds will never infect or become gangrenous, and always have a chance to heal perfectly given enough time or rest. So no bones healing up badly or crooked, no permanent scars, no nuisances like rashes or cavities or stuff like that.
Also, little risk of bleeding out from wounds, as Exalted can stop bleeding with an act of will - it doesn't always work and can take a few tries sometimes, but it beats the alternative.
Of course magical powers or artifacts can bypass some of these blessings, but that's the exception, not the rule.

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Back to the story. while overseeing the relief effort after the battle, Maka suddenly is struck by a vision of what she instinctively recognize as her new patron god: the Unconquered Sun.

Maka has one question for him: Why?
And his answer is: BECAUSE YOU ARE NEEDED. AND BECAUSE I HAVE FAITH IN YOU.

(Yes, the UCS speaks exclusively in all-caps).

Nothing like having the highest god of the setting saying that he has personally faith in you to clear doubts from your mind.

Returning to reality, she is confronted by the only member of the royal family still standing, Irene Tai Tianna, magitech engineer and artillerist extraordinaire and, as Maka quickly realizes, a first class weapons nerd. She has suspicions about Maka, but her mother seemed to know her so for now she'll trust her.

As she is going to be busy handling the town's defense and rebuilding the smashed walls and fortifications, an also because Maka doesn't understand what she means when she tries to explain how awesome it is that her class-4 Concussive Essence Cannon has a twelve mote resonation chamber backed by a double-layered array of Majana crystals encased in a steel lattice and a 6-second reload cycle, Maka excuses herself and goes to check on Prince Samiel.

She does some small talk with Samiel, explaining the situation, and persuading him to stay in bed and rest, then heads for queen Amata's room.

Amata seems quite versed in ancient Lore and doesn't seem to buy the bad propaganda on Solar Exalted. Besides, she knew Maka before she Exalted and she can tell that she's not a demon wearing her skin or anything silly like that. But, mostly, it's because Maka is not the first Solar she meets. But she won't say more.

In any case, she says that Maka is still her guest, and suggests that she tries to get in touch with her new god if she has any questions. She has exalted into the Zenith caste of solars, after all: the priestly caste.

>>35041730
Amata is a good wife

I trust her, even if she makes me nervous sometimes

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Thanking her, Maka goes downtown, and, trying to lift some rubble caused by the battle, tests the extent of her new strength.

The day after, her muscles aching horribly, Maka is woken up by one of Amata's maids, Millian, with coffee and pastries, and the news that Amata is angry at her for flaunting superhuman strength in front of a still-shocked populace that can't probably tell the difference between the people who attacked their city yesterday and her.

Well, Maka gets some new clothes (her clothes betting wrecked in combat and needing a change is going to be a recurrent event for Maka) and goes to meet Irene, have a chat with her. They talk tactics a bit and Maka realizes just how much of a magical weapons /k/ommando the girl is. /tg/ agrees that she's socially awkward in an adorable manner.

Then, Maka asks if she can use the roof of the castle tower, to meditate and contact the Sun.

Of course, by "meditating", /tg/ means dancing naked under the midday sun until she has a divine vision. (Best religion ever)

Since this is pretty important and probably went a long way towards shaping Maka's (and /tg/'s idea of Maka's) character, here is the conversation she had with the UCS in full:

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"I wish to learn how to worship you, so I can teach others how to worship you!"

"THEN, BE A CHAMPION OF JUSTICE, AND TEACH OTHERS ABOUT JUSTICE."

"TEACH OTHERS ABOUT KINDNESS. TEACH THEM ABOUT LOVE. TEACH THEM ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY. TEACH THEM ABOUT SADNESS. TEACH THEM ABOUT GUILT. AND TEACH THEM ABOUT HOPE."

"...How can I improve my abilities, to better face the challenges that await me?"

[...]

"RIGHT NOW YOU ARE NOT LEARNING NEW SKILLS, BUT RATHER, THE MEMORIES FROM YOUR NUMEROUS PREVIOUS LIVES ARE BEING REAWAKENED IN YOU."

"ONLY SO MUCH CAN REACH YOU THIS EASILY, HOWEVER. AFTER THAT, YOUR ONLY WAY IS EFFORT AND HARD WORK."

"AND PERHAPS, YOU WILL REDISCOVER AND MEET AGAIN OLD MEMORIES GIVEN FLESH ANEW. OLD FRIENDS. OLD ENEMIES. OLD LOVERS. OLD RIVALS."

"...What should I know about the Abyssal Exalted?"

"THE ABYSSAL EXALTED ARE DARKNESS BORN OF YOUR SAME LIGHT. IN PREVIOUS LIVES, THEY WERE SOLARS LIKE YOU."

"THEY WERE TURNED TO DARKNESS BY THE POWER OF THE DEATHLORDS."

"THE DEATHLORDS ARE AN UNSPEAKABLE EVIL BORN PARTLY FROM THE VILE ACTIONS OF YOUR AND YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS' PREVIOUS LIVES... AND PART OF THE BLAME RESTS ALSO ON ME."

"BLINDED BY MY LOVE FOR YOU, AND BY THE SPLENDOR OF THE WORLD THAT YOU HAD BUILT, I REACTED TOO WEAKLY, AND TOO LATE. OFFENDED, IN ANGER I TURNED MY FACE FROM YOU AND FROM CREATION."

"I DO NOT HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE SINS OF YOUR PREVIOUS LIVES. YOU ARE YOUR OWN PERSON. YOU SHOULD NOT BE TIED TO INJUSTICE COMMITTED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN. YOU ARE A NEW START."

"I HAVE HOPE IN YOU. PROVE TO ME THAT THIS HOPE IS NOT MISPLACED, AND THE UNCONQUERED SUN WILL TURN BACK TO THE WORLD OF CREATION."

"Can... can these Abyssals be brought back to the light? And what of the Deathlords themselves?"

"NO EVIL BORN OF A HUMAN HEART IS BEYOND REDEMPTION. NO DARKNESS BORN OF A HUMAN SOUL IS TOO BLEAK FOR LIGHT."

"THIS IS THE REASON WHY THE GIFT OF EXALTATION WAS GIVEN TO THE HUMAN RACE, AFTER ALL."

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>>35041853
>>35041881

>>35041881
>"NO EVIL BORN OF A HUMAN HEART IS BEYOND REDEMPTION. NO DARKNESS BORN OF A HUMAN SOUL IS TOO BLEAK FOR LIGHT."
>"THIS IS THE REASON WHY THE GIFT OF EXALTATION WAS GIVEN TO THE HUMAN RACE, AFTER ALL."
Oh UCS-Sempai, one day you will notice Maka again for sure

>>35040735
ITS BACK!

>>35041932
well it has been a long time since we prayed to him

its also been a long time since we saw Tia

we need more Tia, she much be getting lonely by herself with the barbarians

Holy fucking shit you're baaaaaaaack!

Fucking awesome, aw yes!

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(>>35041915 goddamn that's awesome)

Of course, once she's done, Maka leaves the tower, still in a daze, and forgets to put her clothes back on until she's reminded by the astonished gaze of a soldier.

She has some more talk with Irene, where she spergs a bit more on Essence weaponry. Maka thinks about getting a gun for a moment, but then decides her own "guns" are more than enough. (I'm talking about her punches you perverts)

Irene is clearly happy to have someone she can actually talk with, and who is a good listener like Maka, so she asks her if she'll accompany her to dinner, probably not realizing immediately that its basically a date.

With the help of Millian (mostly because she thought that the field armor she had worn all day was a sensible dress choice), Irene changes into something more stylish, and you have a nice dinner together downtown.

Of course, Most of the stuff Irene wants to talk about doesn't interest you can you can't even understand it, but you just listen until the real subject of discussion comes through: Millian realizes she's... kind of autistic about magical engineering, and that that bores everyone around her to death. She has no friends, no one around which she can just be herself. Ans she realizes Maka is just feigning interest to be polite.

Maka, being the social monster she is, turns the tables on her, replying that she shouldn't be ashamed or feel bad about being smart or gifted. And kisses her.

The two spends the rest of the dinner making small talk, or at least with Maka trying to explain her how to make proper small talk. And then they spend the night in bed together.

Next day, we finally get to have a talk with Amata, who is still a bit upset that Maka spooked her citizens.

So as punishment she'll have to help repairing the city walls with Samiel (so that everyone in town can see that she's on their side), while wearing a maid uniform.

>>35042113
We haven't spent enough time with her lately

I was reading some of the early threads and I noticed that her armor is actually power armor, or something like it

>>35042113
>>35040767
He also did this in case you missed it

>>35041957
Is, is Sol (who we don't call that anymore) beating up a poor messenger god?

>>35042113
>Millian realizes she's
???

>>35042215
I'm guessing that's a typo and EF's talking about Irene (who's the only person besides Maka at that dinner) there.

>>35042113
>Of course, Most of the stuff Irene wants to talk about doesn't interest you can you can't even understand it, but you just listen until the real subject of discussion comes through: Millian realizes she's... kind of autistic about magical engineering, and that that bores everyone around her to death. She has no friends, no one around which she can just be herself.

Man, she is going to *love* talking shop with the Twilight Solar who just showed up. Whatsername.

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While preparing for this bizarre punishment game, Maka stumbles into a letter addressed to her.

From Phoenix, the abyssal from the day before.
He basically says that he wants to talk things over, and that they don't want to destroy the town or hurt the citizens, but capture it intact. Which is very much not regular Abyssal modus operandi. He also asks to keep the letter a secret.

Maka and Samiel then journey north to a quarry escorting a caravan of stonemasons to extract materials for the repairs to the city walls, and find the area deserted.

We learn that the northern half of the island of Tianna is inhabited by barbarian tribes, who mostly keep to themselves and don't interfere with the city folk. And we find that, despite this, some of them set up camp in the quarry, outside of their territory, and have been killed by, according to Samiel, an Exalted. and not an Abyssal.

Maka then ventures into the forest nearby and meets with someone named Talon, who informs her that he is not an enemy but she has to remove herself from his territory. Everything north of the quarry is barbarian lands. He presumably attacked some of his own people who disobeyed him and went down to cause trouble with the city-dwelling folk, probably because he didn't want them to spark a war.

We invite him to Tianna to have some talks because Abyssals are around and we need to work together.

>>35042206 Yes. >>35041957 was drawn by a player in one of my old Exalted games, a good friend of mine and an amazingly talented artist. That's something that happened in the game, a messenger god presenting Sol with a Sidereal request of authorization to destroy a circle (the PCs) who was wrecking the setting (in a good way). Sol replied by punching him through the authorization, his fist leaving a stamp saying [DENIED] on both the paper and the god's face.

>>35041351
Here's the exalted general:
>>35027107

Just do what the first post tells newbies to do.

>>35042264
Funny you should link that.
I made that OP copypasta post in the general after reading this quest and falling in love with the setting and characters.

Guess it's gone full circle.

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>>35042262
>Sol replied by punching him through the authorization, his fist leaving a stamp saying [DENIED] on both the paper and the god's face.

>>35042262
>Sol replied by punching him through the authorization, his fist leaving a stamp saying [DENIED] on both the paper and the god's face.

That's pretty awesome.

>>35041881
>"THEN, BE A CHAMPION OF JUSTICE, AND TEACH OTHERS ABOUT JUSTICE."
Did UCS tell Maka to be a Kamen Rider?

>>35042350
Luna beat him to it, Tia's warform is Kamen Rider.

>>35042350
Everyone should be a Kamen Rider.

>>35042077
>its also been a long time since we saw Tia
It only feels like a long time because of the hiatus. It was just, like, yesterday in-game that we visited her and the other Rivers.

>>35042350
Yes. Yes he did. Well, except for the uniform. He knows Maka would find that much clothing far to restrictive and distracting to actually wear.

>>35042365
it was a bit more then that I think anon, its been some time since we saw her, I'm not sure she even knew about us fighting Daled

we need to kidnap her from her duties as queen of hte barbarians

>>35042284
Funny you should mention that.

I was the guy who, prior to that copypasta, would instantly drop links to the 1d4chan article and the tutorial whenever any newbie asked about the setting.

Now I link to that copypasta.

Guess it's gone full circle.

>>35042356
>Tia's warform is Kamen Rider
I AM ENDLESSLY PLEASED BY THIS FACT.

>>35042406
You know we still don't know her Tell, I mean it's probably her "gloves", but we haven't confirmed it

>>35042395
>>35042284
>dat dickwaving
Also I linked the OP earlier. I'm the guy that uploaded the 2.5 PDFs in it. That's not really a circle but whatever.

>>35040735
oh shit. OP, there is art for you

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>>35042215
>>35042239
Sorry, yes, typo.

>>35042350
>>35042356

Maka helps with carrying the stone back to Tianna, pushing her essence-boosted strength to the limit. In the process, she has somewhat of a minor epiphany, asking herself why she's doing all this, and realizing that, with how things are shaping up to be, people have to hang together or hang separately. Plus, Amata protected her and gave her shelter when she was a Mortal, and she has won Maka's respect and loyalty in that and other ways.

Of course, when she finally gets back to Tianna, she has to be carried to bed. At least now she knows what her limit is.

She's given a massage by Amata in person, though it's probably at least 50% an excuse to have some private time together. Maka tells her everything that happened, and they conclude that they are probably Lunar Exalted and an alliance with them would be just what Tianna needs right now that it's under threat by a Deathlord.

Also, Maka tells her about Phoenix's letter, they exchange some ideas and theories, and Amata mentions the fact that Tianna also has some Lintha spies hiding around.

(tl;dr Lintha are demon-blooded, insular, xenophobic pirates. They are not quite human as they descend from an even more ancient race, and their cruelty and viciousness is downright legendary in the West)

Then of course some skinship is had, together with the mention that Amata knows that Maka has bedded her daughter and she's okay with that. They're both older than her anyway, and can look after themselves.

(Millian unrelated but I'm trying to post all of the NPCs bit by bit.)

>>35042422
It's almost definitely NOT her gloves.

Her tell is her green hair. It's always an actual body part that subtly evokes your totem. Her green hair evokes the green carapace.

>>35042456
But green hair is an actual thing in the east, where we think Tia is from.

>>35042431
Oh, is it dickwaving time? I made and bookmarked the 3e leak pdf used in the OP now!

>>35042456
I was under impression that her gloves were an actual carapace that looked like gloves.

>>35042479
It's what I was implying, but we haven't actually talked about it, we should get around to that, although I don't know if Maka knows about Tells IC

>>35042468
I waved my dick!

>>35042438
where you meant to link a picture?

>>35042479
I have no idea what's going on anymore.

Though I have to say elbow-length gloves as a tell is criminally sexy.

>>35042452
>They're both older than her anyway, and can look after themselves.
The fact that Maka is younger than all her stepchildren amuses me no end.

>>35042611
Not Samiel, he's only 18, that was a real shock

>>35042622
Really? I thought he was older. Dragonblooded slowmo aging and all that. Huh.

>>35042635
Yeah so did Maka

> "Now be honest. There's nothing to be ashamed of, right? We're all consenting adults spending a cheerful night together. You're, what? Thirty? Fifty?"

>"...I'm eighteen years old."

>You and Smoke stare in each other's eyeballs. She breaks out in a giggle, with you quickly following. "Alright, technically adult."

Millian comes in shortly afterwards, actually, when Maka decides she needs a proper outfit, and Millian, with her Maid Eyes and her superpower of being able to tell body measurements at a glance, accuses Maka of being unrealistic.

In the end, the two bicker a bit, and agree that Maka's strong point in social situations is her sex appeal, so she needs an outfit that will accentuate it. pic related.

She then finds out that it belonged to Amata when she was young.

She then tests it to see if it's effective. On Samiel. Turns out it is, and she is chased out by him for interrupting his troops' sword-and-board drills.

She then has another chat with Irene. Tianna has a large supply of magical weapons, it turns out, but most of those need a supply of Essence to work. Essence in Exalted can come, generally, only from Awakened mortals (which requires incredibly difficult training, a blessing from a god, mad scientist alchemy, magitek implants or somesuch), Exalted and other magical beings, or Manses, of which Tianna has only three.

(tl;dr a Manse is a magical batcave that channels ambient magic into a stone with magical powers called a Hearthstone, which is basically a Materia from FFVII down to the ability to fit in slots in weapons and armor)

Tianna is also quite short on Jade itself, which means that, other than those essence-discharge weapons, it doesn't have much other magical weapons. Supposedly Tianna found an ancient weapon cache that only had this sort of unwiedly firearms and nothing with, like, artifact swords.

(tl;dr magical stuff in Exalted is made from one of several magical materials, generally. Jade is the most common, associated to Dragon-Blooded. the fact that Tianna is short on Jade means that apart from those essence-discharge weapons, that were found, not made, they have little "simple" magical equipment like swords and armor)

>>35042655
>pic related.
Your missing something EF

>>35042655
>pic related.

>>35042655
>pic related.
...I know Maka's tabard is skimpy, but it's not nonexistent.

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>>35042681
Boy do I feel silly right now.

>>35042716
>dat Tabard
Like a long lost friend

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Irene puts up an order for the most skilled blacksmiths in Tianna to forge a pair of combat gauntlets for Maka, from mortal steel, but with all the skill they can muster.

Also it turns out that due to constant Lintha attacks Tianna, despite being an island nation, has a very small navy and few sailors dare to trade with other lands or travel far from the coasts.

The barbarians' delegation comes, about 50 warriors strong for a nice show of strength, and camps outside the city.

Maka also receives another letter. It just says:

>Crossing of Main Street and Shark Boulevard. Be very careful. Keep this for yourself. Don't talk about it. Walls have ears. Destroy this letter.
>Signed: A friend. -M.

Maka goes to the indicated point, waist a bit, is intercepted by Amata, and tells her everything.
Amata drags her to a teahouse with an excuse, and once they're off the street and absolutely sure that they're alone she berates her for talking about that in a public place in front of other people. She explains this "-M" fellow works for her, as counterespionage. He just recently returned to Tianna, and is apparently somewhat of a free agent. He acts on his own with no oversight, but Amata seems to completely trust him. She didn't knew about the letter, and isn't sure why -M contacted Maka directly like that.

Of course, with the Lunars about to walk into town and the prospect of someone attacking them and sparking a war between the northern barbarians and the city of Tianna, both of them are pretty nervous.

At night, three Lunars, claiming to represent the confederation of tribes living in northern Tianna and known as the Three Rivers, introduce themselves at the city gates. Their leader is Talon, showing up in a half-human, half-wolf hybrid either out of habit or to be intimidating (and he is).

The second looks almost like a kid, androgynous, wild-looking and energetic, who seems to have come just for the prospect of free food, introducing himself as Zaan White-Teeth.

>>35042921
>that letter
Maka would have made a terrible Night caste anyway

>>35042921
man the anticipation for seeing best husbando again is killing me

>>35043005
To be fair, we got it right after getting a letter from the Abyssals, there was no way Maka could have known she would get contacted by Amatas spies, after Amata explicitly told her to stay out of her spy stuff.

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The third is a sharp-looking woman carrying a large, rapier-like silver blade, wearing, for some reason, an elegant wedding dress. She doesn't seem to blink at all, and keeps her eyes fixed on Maka. Her name seems to be Tia

As you head back to the castle with your guests, you decide to check once again the point mentioned in the letter.

You find there five suspicious-looking individuals about to roll three barrels of firedust (setting equivalent of gunpowder AND napalm) with lit fuses into your guests.
They're Lintha. Jagged teeth, discolored skin, gills, unnaturally-colored eyes, webbed fingers, fins on their sides or arms, at least one tentacle.

And they have two Erymanthoi with them.

(th;dr an Erymanthus is a common type of demon often summoned as muscle. They are bear-sized devil-apes with horns and thorns and quills and claws and teeth and a very bad attitude.)

Also, as soon as you left the group to check the alley, Tia followed you, looking almost possessed, apparently so obsessed about you that she didn't even notice the terrorists. "Fianlly, I've found you." she says.

Maka immediately tries to stop the barrels, but they would have blown up in her hands if someone didn't cut the fuses with throwing knives, from the shadows. However, in the middle of the fight, Tia bites Maka and licks her blood, then mumbling "it's really you" as if recognizing you by taste.

Maka manages to scream her out of her psychopath trance and redirect her to the Lintha.

Fight scene ensues, with some fire support from the mysterious individual flinging knives in the dark of the night. The attackers are quickly dispatched, with you uppercutting a Blood Ape three meters into the air and Tia casually ripping off the other one's head.

>>35043102
Tia best murderwaifu

>>35043127
It was also kinda screwing her that started our rapid slide into full slut-dom.

Because our husbando is GOOD.

>>35043127
Maka is the waifu, Tia is the Husbando

>>35041881
I like this version of UCS, he is doing his best to be a good sempai to his kohai Maka, and guide her to right the wrongs of the past

>>35043144
Thats definitly not Tias fault, Maka was already fucking both Mother and Daughter by that point.
Maka didn't really become a slut until we fucked half the city.
Still mad about that

>>35043172
> Still mad about that
You and me both.

That was badwrongdumb.

I'm rationalizing it as her Great Curse.

>>35043172
>>35043186
You guys are too uptight about that. Too uptight in general really.

>>35043172
>Still mad about that
hey, we got some great character development out of it, it was a turning point for Maka, helping her come to realise what she wants

>>35042077
>haven't prayed to him or seen Tia in a while

I propose a communal prayer with Tia, in the traditional midday fashion

naked dance lewds

>>35043144
>It was also kinda screwing her that started our rapid slide into full slut-dom.
Night 1 we couldn't keep up with her. And wrecked a room in the castle.

Second major night we sank an island.

After that it was Tia who couldn't keep up.

>>35043234
Solars are always the best yo

>>35043231
She can dance naked with us at noon, and we can dance naked with her at midnight

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>>35043234
Social 5 when?

>>35043172
>>35043186
I'm fine with it, though I'm not sure if my opinion would change if that's how Maka was all the time. I'm fine with going 100% slut sometimes as long as it doesn't become all their is to Maka.

>>35043231
Not that I don't want to see UCS soon, but I kinda wanted to wait until we finish out super cool city

>>35043269
>Social 5
>20 XP
A while

>>35043276
>it doesn't become all their is to Maka.
That's the good thing about it, she realised that's not what she wants and although gave in to the temptation, she learned about herself and how to keep such things among her lovers

>>35043281
I am totally down with an expectant DID I DO GOOD SENPAI dance when the city is more or less done, at least the main manse.

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>>35043269
Eventually.
First we have to deal with fighty stuff where that wouldn't really help.
Unless we got REALLY creative

>>35043213
Yeah no. If we were complaining about the vigorous fucking in general you would have a point, but getting gangbanged by dozens random guys is definitly a bit below Makas standard, and she should at least have standards.
>>35043226
>we got some great character development out of it
If only that supposed character development would have actually manifested, our next move was again a plan to fuck some random DB dude, even though we could have gotten the same thing without fucking him.
So no, it did not lead to character development beyond the initial freakout. Which is a shame because it really should have.

>>35043293
Except, see the part about seducing random DB dudes right afterwards.

>>35043328
>it did not lead to character development beyond the initial freakout.
yeah you're full of shit

>>35043319
Anon where the hell are we going to find a red carpeted dais to lounge on all day every day.

Be reasonable man.

>>35043343
Exactly what changed ?

>>35043328
>Except, see the part about seducing random DB dudes right afterwards.
Fucking an entire city =|= consciously using seduction against an enemy agent to not start a war.

>>35043348
Valeriana is going to make it for us, it's going to be the best dais in all of Creation

>>35043360
Sure, I have no issue with the "seducing the DB guy" its not what I choose but its alright. The point is it shows that nothing about Makas mindset changed when fucking it into submission is still her first response.

>>35043348
>reasonable
>Solar Exalted
That's not how that works

>>35043374
It was Amata's plan, she came up with it.
Then she yelled at us for going through with it.
The fuck Amata?

In all this you catch sight of the man helping you - a thin guy, tired-looking, bags under his eyes, but well-dressed. He smiles at you and disappears.

At the end of the fight, you try to clear things with Tia, but she acts like she's finally reunited with a long-lost lover, and also like a crazy psychopath who seems one minute away from raping you. And she is also actually physically stronger than you on top of that, so all Maka can do is try to talk some sense back into her before the situation gets too out of hand.

Of course it all ends up with a very weird scene where they basically wrestle a bit and try to rape each other, until Maka manages to calm her down. She then has a bit of an emotional breakdown.

Tia speaks in short, awkward sentences, like she's not entirely sure how to relate to other human beings. She explains she's come from Halta (basically the other side of the world). She's been on the run, chased by other Lunars (she namedrops a Ma-Ha-Suchi) for some kind of betrayal, but also looking for you. And claiming, rather adamantly, that your soul belongs to her, and her soul to you.

No matter how little sense that makes.

She also refuses to let go of Maka. The two of them spend some time together while the diplomatic talks go on between Talon and Amata.

(She seems to be especially disappointed that Maka has only two lovers. She was expecting a lot more from you)

>>35043400
Amata didn't yell at us for fucking the DB

>>35043360
Not part of this discussion, but we didn't fuck that Monk to get him out of the city, he had already agreed to that before we "raped" him.

>>35043477
We were also about to leave without fucking him when he stopped us

>>35043486
That changes absolutely nothing about the point I was making. The point was we didn't "fuck as a strategic move to get him to leave the city". That had already been solved by that point.

>>35043374
And what's wrong with that response? It works, with maybe the rare exception of Fae shit, it's one of our most valuable tools.

In fact, I like that about Maka, she uses sex as an expression of love and compassion and a tool to get things done. The communal gang bang was perhaps the one moment where it wasn't a good idea, in part because it was merely to facilitate Maka's own lust (also an expression of the Great Curse, which isn't necessarily Maka's fault anyway)

Maka's a slut, that's a part of her character. It isn't the only part, but it's the part I see a lot of you anons complaining the most about and projecting your own values on intimacy onto the character

Man, why are you whinning about? The festival went almost perfecty, just the ending that didn't have enough successes for maximun lewd. I liked how it ended, and don't care if Maka did hundreds of mortals. It was special, a once in an year thing, and even got Dancing Smoke in it.

Screwing DBs are a major upgrade from screwing random mortals so i'll take that as a win.

Lets leave the orgies to festivals.

>>35043328
To be fair, its more that the voters, or at least a large part and some dedicated samefaggers, are more interested in Maka slutting around then character development. So there isn't really anything that can be done about that. Its player choice, afterall.

>>35043514
Maka's problem wasn't too much sex, it was not being able to fucking control herself, and since the festival and Amata's talk with her she has toa greater degree than before at least

>>35043550
But there WAS character development. She acknowledged that there was a problem and now she's restraining herself.

>>35043550
The slutting has yet to detract from moving the plot forward, and in some cases aided or greased the plot wheels. One MIGHT even say that Maka's approach to sex before and after her exaltation is character development.

>>35043552
Makas problem is voters thinking with their dicks, really. Lets not pretend its some great character trait, its people wanting to play a slut. Which I have no issue with.
Even though, I too, didn't like the festival thing.

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>>35043550

Those samefags.

>>35043596
Yo, speak for yourself anon, I ain't voting with my dick when I push for it. You may think otherwise, but lets not pretend your speaking for everyone

>>35043550

I don't remember any serious samefagging in this quest, but it may be due the long hiatus. Ah, rereading this quest will be fun~

now, can we please try to not bun the thread with arguing? Maka's sluttiness is already a stablished fact and part of her. And she does have control, remember that she refused a bunch of drunkards the day after the festival.

City wide orgies are special events, she doesn't go around banging any random dude/mortal for fun.

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You manage to talk a bit with Tia once back in the castle, asking her a bit about the other two Lunars and about Exaltations in general, then you go back to the dining room where everyone else is... including the guy who helped you in the fight before, the knife-throwing guy.

Also Tia informs everyone assembled there that you are her wife.

Talon helpfully informs you that it means that you're apparently her Solar Mate. Each Lunar Exaltation is bound to a Solar one, a connection that transcends even reincarnation. Of course, not all Lunars are as obsessed or crazy about it as Tia is, looks like she's a special case.

But in general the result of the talks is that if Tianna can help the Three Rivers get rid of a Fair Folk infesting the west side of the island, they'll have an alliance.

(th;dr Fair Folk are basically fairies, but the asshole, super powerful bogeymen of legend, not fucking Tinkerbell. They live in the Wyld, which is the chaos beyond the world, and can reshape reality to their whims there. They also feed on human emotions and souls)

You'll need more help of course, because you can't use Tianna's troops for this and leave the city unguarded. So Tia suggests you recruit some pirates. Not the Lintha, normal human pirates. There is a haven on some nearby islands.

Another help can come from the island's volcano god. Amata doesn't seem to have much love for gods in general, and that one in particular, since in the West volcano gods have a habit of assuming they're entitled to human sacrificed. But you're free to try and persuade her to help.

Also, the person who helped you in the alley is -M, the guy who wrote the letter. His name is Mikahil, and he's a solar too: an Eclipse Caste. He wasn't sure he could take on the Lintha ambush by himself (he's not much of a combat guy), he also wasn't sure who he could ask to for help, and he couldn't inform Amata without the risk of the info spilling on her court, so he decided to inform only you.

>>35043627
Well she does, but the fun is in addition to other stuff

>>35043578
She acknowledged there was aproblem in that thread, we haver yet to see any actual behavior change coming from that.
Sure, we didn't have a situation come up anymore where that would be tested, but I'm willing to bet, the same thing will happen again, because no matter how much "character development" Maka goes through, it doesn't change the player votes.

>>35043608
>>35043627
Lets not pretend there isn't samefagging going on all the time, I never said its the reason that choice or any other won, but you would have to be very blind to think it doesn't happen.


Sheehs, I extra put my idsapproval into spoilers because I didn't want a huge argument on that, I have no idea why people here react so strongly to people saying they didn't like a scene.

>>35043663
Because your coming off as a faggot, anon, and projecting your own issues with intimacy on a make believe character because your not comfortable with the direction

>>35043644
>Also Tia informs everyone assembled there that you are her wife.
I remember back then we still had people that didn't like Tia, I like to think everyone came around

>>35043700
See, I liked Tia even back when she was first introduced, mostly 'cause I got a thing for yanderes. I'm glad investing in Tia paid off in a big way

>>35043695
Why exactly are you so butthurt ?
No, really, why ?

Public gangbang is not intimate anon. And you are being pretty ridiculous claiming it is.

>>35043663
Have you ever seen a tread improve after someone pulls out the samefag card?

>>35043731
I explicetly said "a lot of people AND", exactly because I did not imply it won just because of samefagging.
But yeah, maybe shouldn't have made that joke when people are already this touchy on this topic for some reason.

>>35043663

There has been a situation where it was tested, I said it so in the post you quoted.

Random mortals turned down? That happened. Since then she has only done it with named characters.

Although she has decided she and Tia will need a bed large enough for everyone

>>35043722
I don't need to be butthurt to spot a faggot, and intimacy has more then one definition that of which includes the act of sexual intercourse

That is what I mean. You are taking issue with Maka's promiscuity, and when I point that out you deflect saying I have the problem. There's ass pain for sure, but it's coming from you bro

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The rest of the night is mostly spent with Tia annoyingly boasting to everyone how amazing her wife is, making small talk with Mikahil, and, once that Tia bullies you into bringing her to your bedroom, complaining because you don't sleep on animal pelts or have the skull of your enemies hanging from the wall to show everyone that you are not to be messed with or some other nonsense.

She also insists for climbing into your bed a few minutes before you so when you get in it it's already warm.

We didn't get into any detail on what else happened that night, so fill in the blanks with what you think happens when you sleep with an obsessive shapeshifter with superstrength.


...man, we got only to thread 9, it's not even one fourth of the way in, but I have to leave already.

I'll pick up from here next thread, I hope it will not take TOO long before we're back on track. Incidentally if anyone feels like continuing with the synopsis of previous threads in my place it would be helpful and save time!
I'll be gone all day tomorrow, and I'm not sure when i'll be able to continue. Certainly expect another thread this week, maybe 2 more if i'm lucky.

>>35043816
That's a shame, still great to have you back EF we'll see you next time

>>35043803
>You are taking issue with Maka's promiscuity
Except no one in this entire thread complained about makas promiscuitiy, at any point.
The only complaint was some people saying they disliked how far the festival scene escalated, and made clear its because they would like for Maka to have some standards in her who she fucks and that it doesn't become a trait overshadowing her character.

And you are the one who keeps trying to insult people on the internet for having a opinion you don't like. That is pretty much the definition of butthurt.

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Also, what do I have to do to get you people to stop arguing?

I don't like stepping in and outright saying things that players should figure out on their own, but if you need me to say "it was the Great Curse" because apparently it wasn't obvious enough for you, then sure, it was the Great Curse.

And if you think it didn't cause some character developement in Maka when she realized what she did, then I guess I'm a terrible writer.

>>35043851
No we did all get that it was the Great Curse. If we wouldn't the discussion would be a pretty different one, we can still dislike the scene even if we were meant to dislike it, no ?

>>35043816
you might want to shorten the summaries, keeping them more succinct, otherwise its going to be 4-5 weeks before we actually get back to the quest proper

glad to see you back EF, we'll try and keep the thread alive

>>35043881
>And if you think it didn't cause some character developement in Maka when she realized what she did, then I guess I'm a terrible writer.
Lets not overdo it here, the issue didn't come up anymore, so we can hardly talk about character development beyond the initial realization.
The group of sleazy dudes we rejected are hardly a similar situation, considering one happened in the throes of passion, and the other not.

>>35043881
Nah man, it was obvious as hell at the time, it's just time bluring people's memory of it, that's all.

>>35043881
>And if you think it didn't cause some character developement in Maka when she realized what she did, then I guess I'm a terrible writer.
nah, they're just terrible anons who won't shut the fuck up about it and move on, these are your threads EF, just tell them to shut up and take it elsewhere as at this point, its blatantly disruptive

>>35043885
>we can still dislike the scene even if we were meant to dislike it, no ?
Sure, and we discussed that at great length

FOUR FUCKING MONTHS AGO

SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT IT FOR FUCKS SAKE

THE MATTER HAS BEEN DISCUSSED TO DEATH AND IS DONE WITH

If you want to keep discussing it, then go make your own threads or a IRC channel to circlejerk in your arguing and faggotry and leave the rest of us to continue playing this

>>35043846
Do you not know what promiscuity means? By the very fact people are voicing their dislike how the festival scene escalated into a communal orgy means they dislike the wantonness of her actions, her... promiscuity.

And no, I feel no particular shame over this debate. I called you a faggot because you were acting like one not because I'm particularly upset with you. I'm a bit frustrated now, but that's because I'm a baffled that your taking personal offense to being called a faggot on 4chan.

>>35043816
Thanks for the thread EF, I'm looking forward to getting back on track and more Tiatime(TM).

If the retarded anons won't stop sperging about that topic just tell them to shut up, its been discussed to death by this point, any more and its just derailing threads.

Speaking of the festival, it's time for me to wave my dick. And deculture's too, I guess.

Be happy it's not of the festival's glorious ending. Though I am considering ordering a comission for the festival's orgy now.

>>35041440

Fun fact, that pic was supposed to be this one, but it was too complex for the drawthread, so I had to comission this one. There is also a heretic version of this picture with a white chocolate tits Maka instead of chocolate tits Maka. Also a weird mix of brown chocolate Maka with white chocolate tits.

Exaltedfag, I thought you had received the chibi Maka on twitter? I might have messed up, twitter is a complex tool.

Anyway, I suggest you pre-write the summaries, and I'd prefer if you did the festival's summary to avoid any biased opinion sneaking into it.

Okay I'm a completely new guy, someone mind explaining this?
Great Curse? Super orgy?

>>35043881
I can see why you'd want to recap and try and get established readers to reinvest and/or find new readers.

Your problem is that recap threads aren't hugely interesting to your established base, so it tends to be shitposting general. This also means there is a lot of noise for new readers.

I agree with >>35043940 's comment too.

Maybe a shortish pastebin, I really don't know what the answer is.

The scene was fine.

>>35043954
>it was obvious as hell at the time
No, it wasn't. It was the after-the-fact explanation, but it wasn't "obvious" because no one would ever think that Makas promary Virtue would be Temperance, thats just bullshit.
If Maka wants to fuck the entire Exalted Host I don't care, but saying "it was obvious" is just nonsense.

>>35044042
uhh, I think you forgot the pic

>>35044059
It was very clear in character, and in the story, and if you can't see that, go and reread it and shut the fuck up.

>>35044042

Ah fuck, forgot the picture.

And I can't post from my phone.

>>35043881
OP, I may not be involved with that particular argument, but I think at some point it makes sense to recognize that some people (and some poster on /tg/) just enjoy arguing. It's an interactive activity, can potentially be competitive even if the debate it engages is asinine, and helps pass the time between posts. Now, I'm not commenting on whether the people engaging in arguments in your threads remember that you actually go through every post between updates instead of assigning an arbitrary time limit for discussion, or that you tend to have limited windows in which to access /tg/ to read debate and craft your next posts...so I'm guessing at least some of them don't realize that rehashing dead issue literally has a destructive effect on the quest rather than just taking their own minds off the wait between posts.

Anyway, just wanted to say I'm really glad to see you and Maka back.

>>35043881
I'll stop, Exaltedfag. And for the record I think you've handled it fine, I already attributed that scene to the Great Curse and shit.

>>35044042
>Exaltedfag, I thought you had received the chibi Maka on twitter?
He probably doesn't have tweetdeck, and is using default twatter, which makes seeing messages and tweets send to you a fucking pain in the arse

>>35044074
The point was that is not how Limit Break works.

>>35043992
I made a single sentence in a spoiler deliberatly so that no arguing would ensue, and yet people could not let it be and started drumming on it for some reason, the "Festival was kinda bad" guys, did not start this argument.

>>35044054
The Great Curse is a a curse that was placed on all Exalted except for Alchemicals, which didn't exist at the time, and Abyssals which had their curse removed when their shards were altered long ago that makes them occasionally act in extreme ways they otherwise wouldn't
The orgy was something that happened ~15 threads ago, we slept with about half a city in a bout of Curse induced madness.

>>35044113
'Limit' doesn't exist in EF's system, so apparently that is how it works.

And it's clearly a Compassion break, not a Temperance one. She fucks everyone because she loves everyone, and loves loving everyone. Most breaks are taking your virtue to extreme levels, not doing the opposite of your virtue.

>>35044054
Awhile back we had crossed a big hurdle by beating the Fae who lived on the island we're on.

This super ultra orgy happened at a festival we agreed to hold for a volcano goddess in return for her assistance in the battle. We basically got caught up in the moment and things.... escalated.

The Great Curse is something that affects every single Exalt in Exalted, but to differing degrees. For Solars like us it's basically a perversion of our greatest virtue.

I'd like to think that ours is Compassion, and since we were already an extremely sexual character we just went into mega orgy mode and fucked the entire festival, or at least several hundred people.

>>35044139
It was barely a thousand people.

But yeah, we went WAY overboard.

>>35044054
Great Curse. Short version is a curse lain on Exalted by the creators of the world, whom the Exalted dethroned. The curse takes effect as impaired judgment, obsessive behavior and inflamed passions and eventual insanity.

Super orgy.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/31510225/
Short version, MC gets involved an orgy. (No kidding)

Someone else take this part, i'm biased.

>>35044054
Okay, so... look, how do I begin?

There's these guys, Primordials right? They made everything ever and represented high concept shit above and beyond Gods. After reality was made, they made Gods to dick around to take care of it and Geased them so that their children would never give them flak for basically dropping reality on their doorstep.

Gods found a loop hole, however, in Exaltation. By giving mortals bits of their power, they could circumvent the Geas by using these empowered mortals as proxies. The mortals, the Exalted, did the gods bidding and gave flak to the Primordials and then some

The Primordials, beaten and outsmarted, cursed the Exalted with their dying breaths. That curse manifests in aberrant and excessive behavior, things like extreme anger, abuse, sex, greed, pride, etc. The ones who were effected by this the most were the Solars, those blessed by the most powerful God Sol Invictus. The rest got minor forms of the curse, but the Solars were a big sticking point

Eventually the Solars got super corrupt, the other Exalted had a choice to work with the Solars to get over their corruption or revolt against them and slay them all

They chose the latter

>>35044158
>And it's clearly a Compassion break, not a Temperance one
There is a Sample Temperance Flaw that describes exactly what happened there, Overindulgence.
I can understand the Compassion explanation, even though I would think Makas primary Virtue would be Valor.

>>35044042
>Exaltedfag, I thought you had received the chibi Maka on twitter? I might have messed up, twitter is a complex tool.

Did I? I can't into twitter.
If you're the guy drawing these, you are amazing and I'd love if you could repost here anything related to Exalted Quest you might have :D

>>35044054

The Great Curse is something all Exalted suffer. In-character, no one knows about it. It basically makes sure that all Exalted have some sort of "flawed hero" deal where they have really a giant problem or weak point caused by their own personality flaws. It's a curse cast by the Primordials, the guys who created the universe, after being defeated by the Exalted (yep, they're that awesome potentially).

What happens is that sometimes Exalted just slip and lose control over their emotional side.

Some cry and shut down when overwhelmed by horror or cruelty, some become assholes and hurt people for their own enjoyment or lose all sense of morality, some suddenly decide to become monks or hermits, others fly off the handle and start punching everything they think is an enemy

Thanks for the information guys, that cleared it up a lot.

>>35044230
>even though I would think Makas primary Virtue would be Valor
You would be wrong. Go back and look at our history of virtue votes. We're Compassion as our primary, and Valor secondary.

>>35044208
To be fair, I don't think the Lunars killed any Solars, most just got the hell out of dodge while some stayed and fought with their Solar mates.

I love that the thread stopped arguing instantly and like 6 different dudes took time to explain to the new guy what was going on.

>setting and pc permissions to do the most of anything, to literally shape the world by your own divine will and the sweat of your caste-marked brow
>/tg/ uses the chance to have the most sex of anyone, since that's what female characters are for

Why would you even give the virginal hordes attending quest threads Exalted?

>>35044279
"Fuck fun" -anon 2014

>>35044279
Same reason why some doods decided to give tg pantsless magical girls i guess?

>>35044279
Its the ideal game for it really. Having massive amounts of sex is a staple of the game, the sourcebooks themselves can't shut up about it.

>>35044273
We're alright people in the end

>>35044328
Not to mention if we were Dragonblooded we'd be considered weird for NOT participating in massive orgies

>>35044273
Actually EF I was a bit curious about how DB Teamwork charms work, do you have them all in this setting?

>>35044237
>Did I? I can't into twitter.
EF, get tweetdeck, makes it SO much easier to use.

And no, he isn't the one who drew them, that would be Deculture, who runs Magical Girl Noir Quest, he does drawthreads everynow and then for quest related requests

>>35044279
That's just one aspect of her character and thing she's done, we've also destroyed a Wyld Zone and made a Raksha Noble our Familier, we're working on expelling the Lintha from the area, and we're also preventing Abyssals from taking the island, which is also a Directional Titan.
Also EF has insinuated there's a Sidereal somewhere about, no doubt with PLANS

>>35044354
Thats not really the case, unless you are House Cynis, then its totally the case.
Dragon-blooded have a rep for fucking around a lot, but its mostly not orgies, because Bastards and purity of Aspect and all that.

>>35044313
>I can find pornography outside of /tg/ and thus find the middle school need to shoehorn it into ANY activity they can exert a little control over tiresome at best

>>35044237

Ahahaha, unfortunatly, I can't draw at all. I just requested a couple of pica in deculture's drawthread and comissione another one. (I will post that in 4-5 hours, if the thread still exists)

Do you lurk the QM channe on IRC? I'd love to talk with you about Maka things.

>>35044323
Of course the magical girls are pantsless, magical girls wear skirts. Unless you're saying they don't wear those either, in which case the outrage is justified.

>>35044279
>Exalted
>not about having fucking a lot

Maka is pretty true to Exalted as a character.
She does a whole lot more fighting then fucking when it comes down to it.
The Festival scene is only something some people are mildy irrate at, and some people get extremely defensive over so its kinda blown out of proportion

>>35044423
>Do you lurk the QM channe on IRC? I'd love to talk with you about Maka things.
I remember him visiting the hugbox a few times long ago, but haven't seen him in it for a long while now

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>>35044432
Strike Witches. Look it up, when i say pantsless, i meant it.

>>35044439
Honestly as a completely new person, I can understand why people would be a little irate over it, especially over a character which they've been with for so many threads.

Well, he was away from the internet for the hiatus'
Duration.

>>35044423
>>35044466
>Do you lurk the QM channe on IRC? I'd love to talk with you about Maka things.

I don't, got banned out of it for something so inconsequential I don't even remember but that apparently pissed off a mod. Or maybe they just wanted someone to ban I guess. I do spend some time in the suptg IRC chat though.

After that ban I'm not exactly keen on going back to the QM channel in general as you can imagine.

>>35044498
Well the thing that makes it so tiresome to hear about over and over again is that EF dealt with people's dissatisfaction as character development.

Maka did some introspectin' post coitus and decided to rein herself in.

So people continuing to chime in that they didn't like the festival scene at this stage of the game is just a bothersome echo.

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>>35044485
I thought you meant more traditional magical girls.

>>35044498
It was far from the first overly slutty thing we had Maka do, though it is, thus far, the most extreme.

>>35044529
>I don't, got banned out of it for something so inconsequential I don't even remember but that apparently pissed off a mod.
You didn't, that mod just randomly kicks people for shits and giggles, as one of the other mods there, let me say, you ain't banned and your more than welcome to join it anytime.

>>35044529
I once got banned for asking if anyone else thought Log Horizon's theme song was shit, so I know that feel about inconsequential shit that leads to ban.

>>35044529
Uhh dude you didn't get banned, I'm checking the logs and theres nothing there, you probably caught Ash when he was just pissy, he does that to everyone and isn't indicative of the rest of the channel.

>>35044584
>as one of the other mods there, let me say, you ain't banned and your more than welcome to join it anytime.
Yeah, Ash really should stop randomly kicking people for no reason, I'm glad the other mods are sensible

>>35044606
>banned
Unless you were spamming chat and harassing people, or doing illegal stuff, then no, you did not get banned, we don't ban people from it unless you do that.

Like I said in >>35044584 you probably caught Ash at a bad time.

So please, let me make this clear, neither of you were banned, and you are more than welcome in the channel.

Has the thread been archived yet?

>>35044529
dude, just ignore that faggot ass mantle, the rest of the channel is perfectly fine, and checking the logs, you weren't banned

>>35044560
What have been the other things?

>>35044682
Not much really. She just fucks around a lot with the royal family and Tia. Once she had group sex with a whole grtoup of water elementals.
Her sluttiness is seriously overstated before then.

>>35044682
For starters this >>35042716 is our outfit 90% of the time. Also we had been having sex on a regular basis beforehand, and had group sex with our Lunar mate and the Royal Family the night before I believe, though that may have been after, I don't recall perfectly.

>>35044721
>>35044749
That seems like quite a large jump to make, from the sounds if it, it seems like she'd have taken twenty times the partners she had before in a single night.

>>35044783
>classic L&M
Ta-da~

>>35044783
Well, that's the Great Cure mate, super excessive behavior. There's a reason the Dragon Blooded all said 'fuck this' and stabbed the Solars in the back

>>35044783
I did say it was the most extreme thing we've done thus far, and we've scaled back a bit since then so we're unlikely to top it.

>>35044822
*Curse
I'm not sure a Great Cure is a thing

>>35044749
There's also that time we had sex with Tia and that tribal chief

>>35044848
Well maybe if someone comes up with a solution for The Great Curse.

>>35044814
Well, from the sounds of it, it does seem like that way. The amount described in the thread was somewhere within the regions of triple digits, which is anywhere from 100, to 999. Taking it somewhere in the regions of 150-200, I would say twenty times the partners was a little too high, but from the events described to me, it seems like 5-10 times the amount is a reasonable estimate.

>>35044863
That was afterwords, they wanted examples of things we had done before hand.

>>35044584
>You didn't, that mod just randomly kicks people for shits and giggles, as one of the other mods there, let me say, you ain't banned and your more than welcome to join it anytime.

>>35044621
>Uhh dude you didn't get banned, I'm checking the logs and theres nothing there, you probably caught Ash when he was just pissy, he does that to everyone and isn't indicative of the rest of the channel.
>Yeah, Ash really should stop randomly kicking people for no reason, I'm glad the other mods are sensible

>>35044649
>So please, let me make this clear, neither of you were banned, and you are more than welcome in the channel.

Then get rid of him, I don't want to stay in a chat where this kind of person is trusted as a mod. Until them, you can find me in suptg, where I am not going to be kicked or banned for shit and giggles by mods on a power trip.

>>35044871
Everyone knows you dispel curses, curing is for poison/disease.

>>35044872
It was a lot. I can't wait for next year's volcano festival!

>>35044749
The group sex with the royal family was before. And Amalia was not very happy with having been part of the same pile as her children.
Which is a shame because I really want Amalia and Irene more often together
>>35044682
Besides revealing outfits not much ?
She mostly sleeps with the Tia, Amalia, Irene, I think once with the Prince and Dancing Smoke.
Besides the promised gangbang of dozens water elemtnals, we didn't really have much in the way fucking around. Since we are married to Amalia, and technically similar with Tia.

>>35044783
In a way it was. Although it was more the "random people" that was the issue, Maka is otherwise not really about Quantity over Quality.
Its a stupid argument by itself, but its really just part of Exalted Quests version of Waifu wars, in which its mainly about who Maka should and houldn't fuck. Some people were mad about fucking the Dragon-blooded monks afterwards too, because some would prefer Maka to largely stick to her Harem, and some want her to fuck around more wantonly. It comes up with pretty much every character and let to some seriously idiotic decisions along the way.
I would suggest treating it like all waifu wars.
Seriously,. the fae guy thing ...

>>35044906
>Then get rid of him
Seeing as he is the channel owner, can't really do that unfortunately.

>suptg, where I am not going to be kicked or banned for shit and giggles by mods on a power trip.
Uhh wot?

Sup/tg/ is a hell of a lot worse

>>35044936
>And Amalia was not very happy with having been part of the same pile as her children.
I don't remember her being particularly mad about it, when did it happen?

>>35044906
>I don't want to stay in a chat where this kind of person is trusted as a mod. Until them, you can find me in suptg, where I am not going to be kicked or banned for shit and giggles by mods on a power trip.
You sure you're talking about the suptg irc channel? because if so, you contradicted yourself there, the amount of times I've been kicked from that for no reason is staggering.

>>35044961
Not mad, but she did tell us in the morning asfterwards to not have it happen again, or something to that effect.

>>35044279

Oh for god's sake. Exalted have a LOT of sex, because they're literally the only people in the setting who can do it risk-free. The Corebook has plenty of material that details how they can fuck around with little-to-no-consequence.

It's not as if the protagonist is in a monogamous relationship. Her partner literally does not give a fuck, and the God-Kings of Creation are expected to have a sprawling harem of pliant men, women and things-that-are-pretty close, up to and including ghosts and androgynous demons.

We get that you're insecure, but you don't have to project this hard.

>>35044906
Yo EF, theres a different QM channel just because of that fag, you should join it instead, where the mods are not cunts, plenty of QM's hang out and discuss things there because of that faggy mod in the qtg channel

#qmc on rizon

>>35044944
>Sup/tg/ is a hell of a lot worse
I was never banned for shit and giggles there in like five years, so it's not, at least not for me.

>>35044984
I don't remember that.

>>35045005
yeah, use this one instead, its actually good for discussing quests and world building and ideas for quests, much better place than the hugbox

>>35044682
Well, we turned the most powerful god on the Island into the prince's bitch because we thought it would be funny.
It was, though his mother does not approve.

>>35045006
>I was never banned for shit and giggles there in like five years, so it's not, at least not for me.
I joined it and inquired how to get a misarchived thread fixed and got banned for that...

>>35044984
Here's the post where they talk about it

"...They think I'm a monster. And there's only one way to defeat that notion: show everyone that I'm not." You say. "Attacking them head-on... would just prove them right."

"You're not the brightest ruler ever, but you have your good moments, Maka." She ribs you.

"I just don't have all the experience you had." Beat. "'Cause you're old."

"Oh you little-"

After the short ensuing scuffle between you and Amata is broken off, you lie back down on the bed side by side. Tia then lies down by your other side, sandwiching you between the two of them.

"...If we're married, does that mean I had sex with my children." The thought suddenly hits you. "Both of them."

"Well, no blood relation:" Amata brushes it off. "Besides, still not at the same time, much less not at the same time plus their mother plus your husband all together."

"A shame." Tia shakes her head with disapproval.

"...Is it fine, though?" You wonder.

You feel Amata's tone going unusually cold and serious, taking a step away from her jokes up to a moment ago. "...Maka. I've spent years of my life in the Realm. I've seen... things, compared to which whatever orgy, whatever sexual deviancy you might have is NOTHING. I've seen, even done, things that make my skin crawl to this day."

You feel her arms gently wrapping you with their cool touch.

"Maka. You're a good person. You're honest, and you're kind. I trust you."

"Do you trust me?" Tia asks, pointing at herself.

"...Well, you seem to be even more of a pervert than Maka, but she trusts you, so I will too."

>>35044936
>The group sex with the royal family was before
Correction of myself, it was actually afterwards, I remembred that wrong.

>>35045006
>I don't remember that.
Now you seriously make me search through the archive to search for that scene ?
Does anyone remember what thread that was ?

>>35045071
No, I don't think that was it ? Wa this right after all five of them had been in bed together ?
Now this is actually driving me crazy.

>>35045075
Seems like she's okay with it

The actual scene happened in Thread 26, but we didn't talk to her til later here >>35045071 and she wasn't mad about it or anything

>>35045005
Will check it when I get back home, thx. The fact that people felt the need to get away from the other chat because of this mod so much, that they actually created a new community, really speaks volumes.

>>35044906
>where I am not going to be kicked or banned for shit and giggles by mods on a power trip.
That's why theres a separate channel for QM's to hang out in >>35045005 said it.

>>35045109
The scene

You entered this bed with Tia and Amata just after lunch, so barely after noon. And you're sure you've spent more than a few minutes here.

"...has it been twenty-four hours?" It slowly dawns on you, as you look around.

Tia, Amata, Samiel, Irene and Dancing Smoke are clinging to you from all sides in a disheveled pile of contorted bedsheets and blankets, all snoring peacefully in your same overcrowded bed.

"...How." You just mumble, your confused brain slowly recalling the images one after another.

Tia opens an eye. "Are you complaining?"

Still trying to cope, and frankly feeling a bit surprised by her, you just mutter a startled: "...no."

You mentally count up to three. On the count of three, just as predicted, Tia rolls over and straddles above you, calling "Second round~".

"You are CRAZY." You push her aside and, with a titanic effort, manage to stand up. You notice you're still wearing your tabard, only turned sideways. You turn it right before stumbling out of the bed. "One day, mark my words, Tia, one day, I will find a way to satisfy even you. I don't know how many people I'll have to involve, how many charms I'll have to learn, What artifacts to use or how much essence to spend, but one day I'll find a way to make YOU have enough."

"There can never be enough Maka~" She giggles, her eyes slowly rolling back as she hits the pillow. Before passing out, she manages to grab and give a light squeeze to Amata's upper thigh, gurgling in her half-awake state something like "mrrrhghh makaaa" before finally slipping back into unconsciousness.

To that stimulation, the already-fast-asleep queen responds by an almost unintelligible "mmm.... won't... fit..." before going silent.

Well, looks like you don't have to worry about your first two wives not getting along. Or is that a husband and a wife, or two wives?

You'll have time to figure that out.

And then we left the palace

>>35045169
Yeah thats the one. Thanks for that.
I could have sworn she said something about that, well anyway. All the better I guess.

>>35045169
>"One day, mark my words, Tia, one day, I will find a way to satisfy even you. I don't know how many people I'll have to involve, how many charms I'll have to learn, What artifacts to use or how much essence to spend, but one day I'll find a way to make YOU have enough."
And then we did, Solars don't waste time

>>35045169
>
"There can never be enough Maka~" She giggles, her eyes slowly rolling back as she hits the pillow. Before passing out, she manages to grab and give a light squeeze to Amata's upper thigh, gurgling in her half-awake state something like "mrrrhghh makaaa" before finally slipping back into unconsciousness.

augh I miss Tia, I realize in-game she's only been gone for like a day, but I MISS HER SO BAD GUISE

>>35045600
>I realize in-game she's only been gone for like a day
It's been longer, like a week, we came back made the plan to fight Deled, and then trained Pyre for a full week

Don't worry though, we'll bring her along when we go fuck up the Lintha, we can't go to a scrap without our Combat Monster Husbando

>>35045634
I want to see her corpse engineering on the high seas

and damnit I want some more Tia right now, fuck waiting until we attack the Lintha, we should go get her now

So, is Maka a sub or a dom?

>>35045696
She goes both ways.
This is probably the answer to any either/or question regarding Maka's sexuality.

>>35045696
She's a submissive dom. She's purposefully submissive, to lure people into wasting their energy, and then once they are tired devours them whole.

>>35045696
A true slut is whatever is required for the situation.

>>35045717
>>35045731
>Being a switch
Literally shit-tier.

>>35045696
Mostly dom, unless she chooses otherwise, rarely as far as I remember. I think only sorta kinda once to boost Samiels confidence because he is such a whimp otherwise.
Pretty much only Tia could "make" her sub.

>>35045696
She's a devious switch, who appears sub at first, but goes dom on you when your guard is down

>>35045737
>hating switches
Anon, don't make me give you the switch

>>35045780
Masters or mistresses of nothing a shit

>>35045803
>hating the red mages of sex
It's the utility that's important, anon!

>>35045741
>I think only sorta kinda once to boost Samiels confidence because he is such a whimp otherwise.
Which worked hilariously well

>>35045811
>red mages of sex

snrk.

I may have missed it but when is the next thread going to be?

>>35046969
>I'll be gone all day tomorrow, and I'm not sure when i'll be able to continue. Certainly expect another thread this week, maybe 2 more if i'm lucky.

this threads at 270 posts, so it doesn't have much life left in it, EF, you'd be better off making a new one when you get back

>>35044249
>>35044230
I would say Maka's primary virtue is Conviction.

She is convinced to be a great ruler as she was destined to be, and thus holds herself to those standards. The fact that those standards mix Valor and Compassion as a cosmetic side is one thing.

Conviction in the idea of a perfect Ruler could explain her incessant need to try and do the right thing for the people behind her, trying to unite people and the ideas of a better tomorrow.

Its that burning conviction that allows her to be fearless in battle and adamant in politics yet at the same time become a able diplomat or a shameless courtesan, as the situation demands it.

>>35046969
and besides that, we need to get our immaculate monk-spy into our harem

>>35048020
Maka doesn't want Gem back because she thinks she'll be a great Queen, she wants it back because it's hers.

Conviction is such a broad Virtue anyway, you can apply it to almost anything with enough effort

>>35048154
Conviction confirmed for best virtue.

>>35045818
Having sex with Maka is very inspirational.

>>35048020
Eh, Maka doesn't seem that forward thinking. Half the time it seems she does shit as a spur of the moment, with the conviction coming later. Honestly she seems convincting more because she cares about protecting the people around her

Also, Maka's thing with Gem seems like a long term, far off future goal. She doesn't come across as driven to be Queen of Gem again so much as like 'yeh I'll get around to it'

>>35048020
>I would say Maka's primary virtue is Conviction.
We have literally never chosen a Conviction option.

We choose Compassion almost 100% of the time, with Valor being a distant second.

>>35048120
The monk left the island, that was the entire point.
The immaculates aren't going to come back. Its pretty much impossible for us to co-exist witht hem, since murdering the anathema is one of their core tenets.
Its actually the reason for their exsitence, though they don't know that.

>>35049093
>core tenets
Fringe tenets, actually, it's just EXTREMELY RELEVANT to us. You know, in the same way fringe anti-abortion tenets are extremely relevant to people trying to get through a protest line at an abortion clinic.

>Its actually the reason for their exsitence
Also wrong. The Immaculate Faith/Order was used as a vehicle for a fuckton of useful social functions, of which the Wyld Hunt is only one. Its primary reason for being invented was because Heaven was in chaos, so the Sidereals smartly coopted the Dragon-blooded into policing the Terrestrial Gods in their territories instead.

>>35049185
>Also wrong.
Yeah no. The Dragon blooded are considered the rules of creation in the immaculate faith due to their victory over the Anathema. They didn't need it for socvial functions, the order didn't exist as such during the Shogunate and they got shit done just fine. It exists mainly as vehicle for the Wyld Hunt and to foster hostility against the Solars.

>>35049185
>. You know, in the same way fringe anti-abortion tenets are extremely relevant to people trying to get through a protest line at an abortion clinic.
Solars are pretty much the Main Anatagonists in the Immaculate Doctrin. They are definitly not of "fringe relevance". "Destroy the Anathema" is what the Sidereals keep the Order as organisation around.

>>35049297
The Immaculate Order is just a tweaked version of the Immaculate Faith, which is the actual dominant form of Immaculate philosophy worldwide, and its core tenet is 'keep gods in line instead of worshiping them' followed closely by 'mortals have to obey, but exalts have to show noblesse oblige.'

Everything else is ancillary.

>>35049339
>Solars are pretty much the Main Anatagonists in the Immaculate Doctrin.
And demons are the Main Antagonists of Catholicism. The Wyld Hunt is about as central to Immaculate religions as exorcisms are to Catholicism.

>>35049379
>And demons are the Main Antagonists of Catholicism.
That would be Satan, and yes, he is pretty important to catholocism.
And the catholic church didn't have to raise armies on a regular basis to fight of him mliterally walking on earth. The Immaculate Order has massive resources dedicated to the Wyld Hunt, exactly because that is their reason to exist.

>>35049379
>The Immaculate Order is just a tweaked version of the Immaculate Faith
Äh, no. The Order is the organisation overseeing the following of the Immaculate Faith, the immaculate philosophy is what they have in Lookshy. The Immaculate Faith, the one represented by the Realm, is by far the dominant one.

>>35049379
Are you serious ? The Immaculate Dragons are considered worthy of admiration because of their deeds fighting against the Anathema. And the Immaculate Dragons are the absolute core of the Immaculate Faith. They are defined by their opposition to the Solars.
Resisting the Anathema is one of the Five Noble Insights.
They are mentioned directly in what amounts to the Immaculates Eleven Commandments, only the have Ten.

>>35049093
it's less about the order and the tenets and more about the scene with him and a sword in makas bed, just for the laughs you know

>>35050300
well and maybe so we can say we have makafied a monk of a faith that deems us a demon

>>35040735
How much longer is this quest going to go?
I don't want another OWQ situation where I start archive binging only to be there for the last 4-5 threads

>>35051159

You're safe. We should be in the mid game, at the lastest.

>>35051159

Even if it was something like that, it's be worth it. My first and only live thread of HQR was also the last of that quest, and it still was one of the best feelings I had.

So really, just read the archives and enjoy it. We're not close to an ending anytime soon anyway.

>>35051447
>>35051496
welp, into the archives I go
thanks for the info

>>35051447
We've barely finished the first act of this quest methinks. (Assuming EF puts up with our shit long enough) Beating the fae and learning about that directional titan was just the climax of disc 1 in this story.

>>35053894
So do we swap to disc two to watch a 2 hour cutscene featuring the titan before swapping back to disc one?

>>35053926
Well naturally anon, We also get to see a cgi battle during the first age that looks amazing and makes us wish we were playing in THAT time period instead of now.

bump

>>35043881
>I don't like stepping in and outright saying things that players should figure out on their own, but if you need me to say "it was the Great Curse" because apparently it wasn't obvious enough for you, then sure, it was the Great Curse.
Meh, "it was great curse" is boring shit.

>And if you think it didn't cause some character developement in Maka when she realized what she did, then I guess I'm a terrible writer.
It's not like you can do anything when the dick-thinking players spam votes for sluttery.

>>35061963
Chip, meet shoulder.

Also there's a guy who wants to talk to you about axes and grinding.

>>35061993
But seriously, curse is lame. If you apply the curse justification, then there is no possible character development or anything. It's the curse.

A character that had a moment of excess and is working on rectifying it is so much better.

Although of course given the pro-slut crowd still hanging, the curse does fit in all it's lameness.

>>35062045

You're aware that the Curse is a big thing for Exalted, right? It's an actual game mechanic, not something you can sidestep. The First Age of Solars fell because the Solars were subject to the Great Curse, and it was slowly but surely turning these invincible god-kings batshit.

>>35062045

What's there to rectify?

>>35062045
>not being pro slut

>>35062065
This. The Great Curse is an integral part of any Exalted Solar; the fact that Maka (through player decisions) has realised the perils of excess and resolved to step back from them *is* good character development in an Exalted context.

>>35062065
>>35062209
No, no. The curse as written is inviolate. So if it was mechanically used, the character development does not matter shit: she WILL slut it up again in same overblown fashon. And also there is the aftertaste of "it's not her fault, so no point in changing anything!"

She just had a moment of bad judgement and overindulgence. She decided to reign that in. That's character development. Bringing in the curse only kneecaps that.

>>35062239
Given that it's also mechanically possible to resist and/or mitigate the effects of the curse in game, you're entirely full of shit.

It's the exact same process as narrative overcoming of vices and flaws except it has mechanics assigned to it.
The Curse is an integral part of a Solar Exalted, and fighting it is a significant part of any Exalted campaign.

You really just sound like you hate it because it's has mechanics instead of being purely narrative.

>>35062239
>She just had a moment of bad judgement and overindulgence. She decided to reign that in. That's character development. Bringing in the curse only kneecaps that.

Except it doesn't work like that. The Curse is ingrained in her psyche and affects her decisions just like any other form of mental illness or natural character flaw. It's not some fat neckbeard in her brain pulling levers and forcing her to go fuck a crowd.

That's why the Curse is such a fucking big deal - it's integrated into the existence of Solars on the same level as their soul and consciousness.

>>35062278
1)The only "mitigation" for the curse is to always always follow your virtue, and that still leaves in unmitigatable triggers.
2)As written you cannot overcome the curse. Just a "NOPE!" holdover from 1e's ALL DOOMED setting. And that's why it's shit.

>>35062290
>It's not some fat neckbeard in her brain pulling levers and forcing her to go fuck a crowd.
But that's exactly how the curse works by raw.

>>35062291
If it's that shit, and you take this much issue with it, It would probably then benefit everyone involved if you kindly fucked off, then. Since you clearly want to play something that isn't actually Exalted.

>>35062298
>RAW

Theeeeere's your problem.

>>35062309
Hey, the other guy's argument exactly is "the curse is in rules so we must use it the way it's in rules!"

>>35062299
No u/

>>35062324
Frankly, I'm not entirely sure who's arguing what.

Seems it started as "Curse is Shiiiit!" versus "Curse is not shiiiiiit!"

and ended up as "Curse as per RAW is SHIIIIIT!!!" versus "Curse as per rules AND fluff is NOT SHIIIIIIIIIIT!!1!"

I dunno

What happened, happened. We can't change that.
Maybe when OP comes back we can talk about the mechanics for the curse, but I do doubt a retcon would happen at this stage, so lets shift the area of discussion away from that event.

>>35062349
The curse as an external influence forcing totally innocent guys into being bad is shit.

>>35062363
>Totally innocent
>Was no solar ever

>>35062375
But see, it's the curse, it's not their fault!

>>35062385
There were Solars before the curse. They were cunts too.

Facetiousness aside, You may as well be arguing that their other Solar abilities ruin the character by letting them bypass obstacles with them that un-exalted characters cannot; since the curse is just as deeply ingrained into their exalt as the rest of it.

You really seem to have a big hangup about this.

>>35062385
Strictly speaking, neither is Being a Solar. They're just guys who got randomly pumped full of magic reincarnation-juice from a Shiny Bodybuilder for doing something vaguely awesome.

By definition; Exalted is all about playing a character that has all kinds of involuntary shit thrust upon them and making the best of it. The Curse is just one aspect of that.

>>35062355
Personally I question the logistics of being able to have an orgy of that size anyway, especially if a singular person inside it managed to bed so many people.
I mean, just imagining if it was 100 people, if each one of them lasted 10 minutes, we'd be seeing this taking place over 16 hours, but ontop of that, we already know her harem would most likely be taking upwards of 5 or so hours. That makes it take almost an entire day.

Sure, I admit that I am not taking group activities into account, but I am also taking the minimum amount of people, as well as an exceedingly small amount of time per person. I would be surprised if anyone would even continue with other people if they came in under 10 minutes, it would seem to be a waste of time.

>>35062456
you are over thinking things, and bitch please, the spanish and germans have orgies like that all the time

>>35062456
Maka is heavenly good. She can bring a man to orgasm with one squeeze of her pussy and a woman with one twist of her fingers.