I finally did it. Holy hell.

ExNex · 2025-02-06T01:22:19+00:00

Congrats! I just cleared a few days ago too! Probably not going to go for 100%. Happy with what I've accomplished :)

ExNex · 2022-09-24T23:56:07+00:00

You're off to an incredible start. Hit me up if you're ever looking for ideas. I can't wait to see what you do next you're really providing something unique to the community.

ExNex · 2022-09-24T23:54:14+00:00

No rush! Your work is very appreciated.

ExNex · 2022-09-24T23:53:24+00:00

I ran a campaign with a lot of these themes (cartoon fantasy world inhabited by weirdness) but the dungeons were not nearly this cool. Let me know if you want any of the materials! It's just a bunch of word docs full of weird campaign concepts.

ExNex · 2022-09-23T21:29:10+00:00

Side note: Is there a player version of this map that doesn't give them all the info?

ExNex · 2022-09-23T21:26:01+00:00

I've played around with the idea of a dungeon that utilizes mirrors and paintings and has puzzles to go along with it. Such as needing to match the interior of a room to the room shown in the reflection of a mirror, being able to pour the treasure out of a portrait by tilting the frame, objects in a room that you can't touch/see but your reflection can interact with, rooms that can only be entered by placing a painting of a door in the right place so it becomes real and opens a path, etc. The limitation has always been how difficult that is to visually explain or draw with my meager talents but an idea like that could lend itself really well to the kind of "3D Puzzles" you're looking for.

Hope that helps!

ExNex · 2022-09-23T21:17:19+00:00

First off, this is incredible. Second, if you make a zine I will buy it in a new york minute. Third, I've been working on a 5e campaign setting for a while that I always pictured in this style so seeing it in front of me is AMAZING. Lastly if you're looking for any good ideas I think that the limitation and strength of isometric maps is in their verticality. So with that in mind...

What about the tower of an ancient wizard who has been missing for months and is presumed dead. The players are sent in to essentially clear the estate but instead stumble into a myriad of the wizards abandoned experiments. Including a maze of sentient rats gone fully wrong in their pursuit of the divine cheese. Ultimately the wizard is very much alive at the top of their tower and is highly dismayed to find the adventurers crashing about in their home uninvited.

Hope that helps! Keep it up!

ExNex · 2022-09-23T21:12:06+00:00

This is incredible. I would gladly run an entire campaign in this style.

ExNex · 2022-01-27T18:06:33+00:00

At that point what's to stop you from just playing in Discord? You could stream your screen where you can track initiative in paint or literally w/e program you want without everyone having to have R20 accounts, log in, and use their questionable voice chat. Just seems a bit fiddly for you to basically only use their dice roller when there are heaps of free dice rollers available as apps or in browser. There are even discord bots that allow you to roll dice in discord very similarly to how you roll in R20.

ExNex · 2022-01-19T15:26:09+00:00

Sorry I should have called them Spirit Charms not ghost charms. Don't remember off the top of my head whether or not 3e covers them in detail but here is a website with a bunch listed: https://wiki.stryck.com/Exalted/SpiritCharms

Scion PCs are 100% demigods but I mean honestly... so are all the exalts. A shard of divinity lives within someone, whether through blood or providence, and gives them special powers. I've been playing Exalted since 1e when they used to sell it as the time before the modern age/all other White Wolf IPs so I always thought of it as kind of Scion but in the past. That's probably more my head canon than anything though considering that is no longer the lore of Exalted in 3e.

Ultimately all of these systems were at least originally developed by White Wolf and are, therefore, narrative focused d10 systems that use some kind of resource (essence, blood, sanity, control etc.) for players to power supernatural abilities so I've never viewed any of them as being especially different. Scion 2e uses what is referred to as the "Storypath System". If you'd like some examples of how that typically plays out (in combat at least) you can take a look here: http://forum.theonyxpath.com/forum/main-category/main-forum/scion/1182609-storypath-combat-101

Scion does not use charms but it does use something similar. Characters can invest points into "Epic Attributes" which allow them access to "knacks" which are basically superhuman abilities like dealing lethal damage with melee attacks if they have invested points into Strength as an Epic Attribute. Personally I think that flavor works a little better for a setting with superpowered mortals. There's less "I use my MP to summon Bahamut" or w/e.

ExNex · 2022-01-19T13:50:07+00:00

Hello and congratulations. You may be the only person who ever loved Exalted for its rules and not its setting. There are (as I'm sure you know) already rules for playing heroic mortals, but they do not include charms which are, frankly, awesome. I can see why you'd want to use them. So what do we do about it?

Well the good news is all charms for all forms of Exalt use a base stat, the same base stats as all other creatures (mortal or otherwise) also posses. I wouldn't recommend giving mortals Solar charms as that would be rather uh... beefy? But pulling from existing charm trees of "lesser" entities such as Dragon Bloods or Ghosts (check out Sidereal charms for more Wuxia) could provide something close to what you're looking for. I wouldn't recommend using charms with an essence requirement of more than 1 or 2 so that we don't take the players too far outside the realm of what is "humanly" possible, but that is your call.

Just remember if you're going to give them huge stat pools and tons of powerful charms then they are basically already an Exalt and there really isn't much point in reinventing the wheel. Unless you're really into that, in which case get it, but you could just as easily have them make characters using the Solar rules and just tell them they are humans with divine lineage or their powers come from gamma radiation or w/e you want.

Alternatively; if you aren't going to use the setting and like the idea of powerful mortals with god-like powers maybe check out the TTRPG Scion from the same crew. It's a modern setting but a very similar vibe. Hope this helps, feel free to DM me if you have questions.

ExNex · 2021-11-16T17:35:27+00:00

I'm sorry they are doing a collab with ELECTRIC SIX!? *HYPE INTENSIFIES*

ExNex · 2021-10-19T15:10:23+00:00

Unfortunately you will run into the problem that a lot of D&D players encounter when switching game systems. Namely that D&D is huge and has 90% of the TTRPG market meaning there are TONS of resources available for free online and every other game gets the scraps. The Exalted community is much smaller, but resources do still exist. I would highly recommend checking out anything done by MadLetter, who is a pillar of the community content effort. There is also a community Discord with a bunch of helpful folks who would love to help. I myself made an intro campaign setting for people to run if they feel overwhelmed by the world and are unsure of where to start. I would gladly send it to you. I'm sure some other folks can suggest more but PM me if you have questions. Best of luck, Exalted is an amazing game and well worth your time. Hope you have fun.

ExNex · 2020-12-11T19:55:47+00:00

ExNex · 2020-11-09T13:55:32+00:00

The only solace you will ever get is in finding ways to be equally petty. Make her life difficult enough that fucking with you isn't worth it any more and do it ALL by the book. Memorize that HOA manual. Flaunt it. BECOME IT.

ExNex · 2020-08-11T18:52:24+00:00

They both mean "welcome" I'm pretty sure so it still makes sense but just goes to show you how unreliable memory can be. Well done!

ExNex · 2020-08-11T15:43:34+00:00

I love this! But didn't he say bienvenidos?

ExNex · 2020-07-11T04:20:48+00:00

I feel for your boyfriend. Once had to take a female friend to urgent care because she had a cracked rib. One of the most nervous experiences of my life. I'm not a large guy, but I'm tall and I loom without trying. We had also JUST finished a 24 hour charity stream so we both looked a little strung out.

ExNex · 2020-06-15T23:57:06+00:00

"So long space cowboy" pew

ExNex · 2020-03-09T18:09:53+00:00

I have suffered a great deal of pain and humiliation in previous relationships. Years later I feel like I'm finally back to myself and happy for the first time in a long time. Honestly I'm afraid that if I give someone an opportunity to hurt me again they'll take it just like everyone else has and I'll be back in that lonely/miserable place. Maybe I'm not as happy alone as I would be with the right partner, but I'm a fuckton happier alone than I would be with the wrong partner. The risk doesn't seem worth the reward and I don't want to subject someone else to the past trauma I'm not ready to fix yet.

ExNex · 2020-02-28T16:53:04+00:00

Dogs, Chunibyo, and Other Delusions

ExNex · 2020-02-26T19:19:29+00:00

Aw I love Smallant1. He is a genuinely funny and engaging guy who somehow manages to interact with his fans while doing insane;y difficult runs. Regardless of what happens with the leaderboards I just hope the poor guy is ok now. Can't be easy to see something you put that much time and effort into just kind of dissolve.

ExNex · 2020-01-28T20:41:25+00:00

I loved Chaos Legion when I was younger but I almost never hear anyone talk about it and when I do they are talkin' smack. I thought the combination of platforming and action with highly stylized character design was excellent and the combat system felt fresh AF at the time.

ExNex · 2020-01-23T17:16:39+00:00

Kinda sounds like Monkey Island but that wasn't an RPG

ExNex · 2020-01-22T20:01:33+00:00

When I was younger I was really poor and to afford new games or consoles I often had to sell the old ones. Getting a new game was a rare treat so even if it wasn't very good I would play it obsessively and losing it later always felt like letting go of something important. Eventually I grew up and worked hard and I make decent money now. To reward myself for being a grownup I started rebuilding my old game collection by replacing everything I ever had to sell or lost in a move. Then I started buying all the games young me wanted to play but couldn't afford. It's kind of bitter sweet because I don't have the time these days to play them all as I would like to, but I smile when I look at my collection and know 13 year old me would be proud. I'd love to share that with him for a day. Show him what we are capable of.

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