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Here are some excepts from the main EX3 text, all about Evocations:

As usual, all material below reflects a work in progress and is potentially subject to change before publication.

Evocations, one of the new features of Exalted Third Edition, are powerful Charms that the Exalted can draw out of their magical arms and armor (and to a limited degree, certain other artifacts). Different Chosen have varying facility with Evocations, based on their nature, training, and their resonance with different magical materials. The Solar Exalted are the undisputed masters of Evocations, possessing the potential to fully master virtually any artifact.

Unlike the "set" progression of martial arts trees or the unchanging nature of spells, Evocation arrays are flexible, born of a synthesis of the construction and history of a daiklave, and the expertise and spirit of the one who wields it. A daiklave passed down through four generations of Dragon-Blooded, for example, might express differing Evocation arrays in the hands of each of its successive wielders. As such, all published Evocation arrays are intended to act as base-line suggestions which players should feel free to add to, elaborate on, or customize as their game progresses and they become a part of their weapon's storied history, and vice-versa. Even without doing any customization or homebrew, all Evocation arrays can be advanced through in various different ways, producing different gameplay 'builds' with the published Evocations.

Presented below is the Evocation array chart for Volcano Cutter. Forged primarily of red jade quarried from the base of the Imperial Mountain in the closing days of the First Age, Volcano Cutter is a reaver daiklave tempered in the battles of the Usurpation, where it was wielded by Exalts fighting on both sides of that bloody conflict. Its hilt features a core of polished white jade, while the blade itself is single-edged, tapering to a curved point, with a second grip mounted at the back of the blade for better control when stabbing or slashing in close-quarters, or to more easily plunge the daiklave into the earth and draw it back out.

Volcano Cutter’s Evocations exemplify the iconic elemental daiklave, with its eruptions of flame slanted toward cataclysmic destruction by the weapon’s awakening during the Usurpation.

[ChudoJogurt]

тоесть солар с такой штукой будет пыщать вокруг огнем и фаерболами?
тю

[Руслан]

Ну, там указана власть над огнем и магмой, думаю на уровне Алмаза там будет "махнул мечом - улочка, отмахнулся - переулочек". Метание файерболов, о котором мечтал Мангуст - это скорее на уровне Изумруда.

[Руслан]

Ну и еще новинки
Из вышедшего комикса, не смогу удержаться чтобы не запостить

И о феях:
The Fair Folk
The Fair Folk are born of the chaos beyond the world—ravenous, beautiful, and immortal. They stride boldly into Creation, taking whatever they please by force or seduction. Also known as the raksha, they seem similar to men and women, but aren’t human and could never be mistaken as such. Mortals don’t wrap themselves in proud robes of woven poetry, nor move with the grace of a waking dream, nor wear all the blowing colors of autumn and fire in their hair and eyes.
The Fair Folk hate Creation, for it offends the children of the Wyld. When the world was raised up from chaos, it shattered the purity of the Wyld, inflicting upon it an immutable center; the certainties of time; and other, subtler transformations. What had been free was now fixed. The oppressive weight of Creation’s certainties presses hard against those Fair Folk who enter the world; in its every aspect, reality announces itself as their enemy. The raksha have warred against Creation since its first dawn. Once, they came within a hair’s breadth of victory; perhaps in the Time of Tumult they will succeed.
The Fair Folk love Creation, for it beguiles them and fills their essential emptiness—an emptiness of which they were never aware, until Creation existed to contrast them. The raksha are soulless, donning ethics and passions like masks and fashion; they’re not real the way a mortal is real, and must endlessly invent themselves. To immerse in the life of Creation—and dine upon Creation-born souls—provides another, intoxicating existence, which many fae throw themselves into wholeheartedly. The souls and sagas of heroes satisfy them best of all, drawing Fair Folk to the Exalted in endless cycles of savage war and equally savage love.
So it is that Creation has learned that the love and hate of the Fair Folk are to be feared in equal measure.
The Hosts of Faerie
The raksha have long dominated the Wyld, but they are not its only children. The hosts of faerie are vast and diverse, describing horrors and beauties in countless variety. The raksha commonly enslave such lesser fae, or create them wholesale as servants, putting each to the use its nature (or maker’s whims) dictates. Lesser fae generally excel singular tasks—they are swift couriers, doughty wonder-smiths, lascivious paramours, savage warriors, feral hunting-beasts. The lesser faeries most familiar to the people of Creation are those the Fair Folk put to work as warriors and hunters, such as squat hobgoblins with flesh like twisted roots, shark-toothed oceanic reavers, and the wolf-faced howlers of the Winter Folk.
The churning vicissitudes of the Wyld and the dream-forges of the Fair Folk also sometimes birth colossal, monstrous terrors. These behemoths are distinguished by their uniqueness and overwhelming power. Most have no more intelligence than an animal, and often not even that much self-awareness—the Fair Folk tame them with little difficulty, despite their enormous strength. To bring one of the more intelligent or willful behemoths to heel is a great accomplishment among the courts of madness, bringing forth accolades, envy, and rivals.
The raksha hold themselves above all other children of the Wyld. They see lesser fae as potential slaves and amusements—not kin or peers. But the raksha are no longer the undisputed lords of the Wyld. In the centuries since the failure of their last great crusade to end Creation, a new and terrible sort of faerie has emerged from the depths of the Wyld. These twisted and hungry beings—the hannya—count raksha as their preferred prey.
Fair Folk in Creation
The Fair Folk take on a host of forms as they enter Creation and rob substance from its Elemental Poles to sustain themselves. What follows are the most widely-known (and feared) generalities of the Fair Folk; individual raksha may bend or break the trends of their court. The Wyld is ever-inventive, and ever-treacherous.
The East: The raksha of the East and Northeast are much consumed with pageantry, garbing themselves in emblems of the forest and the seasons: cloaks of leaves and torcs of laurel, juniper-berry tassels, crowns of woven dead branches. They favor armor of magically hardened wood.
Fae of the Southeastern jungles become indolent in the heat, wearing rainbow feathers and red, black, and yellow skin colors. They prefer to lay ambushes, using blowguns and spears steeped in hallucinogens to capture mortal playthings. They regard the fevered visions provoked by their darts as a refined delicacy. Deeper Southeast, scattered tribes of bronze-skinned and devil-fanged nomads range up and down the shores of the Dreaming Sea, and roam across the great interior plains, kidnapping travelers and drawing out their souls in forced contests of chance and daring. They spare only the domains of Ysyr, where it is rumored the reigning thaumatocrats have learned to enslave their kind.
The South: Raksha of the Southern coast creep into towns and cities by night wearing the form of black lions. They infiltrate the houses of sleeping mortals to steal their breath, or whisper from the darkness to draw watchmen away from the fires, never to be seen again.
In the far South, the raksha are desert raiders on horses of flame and shadow, dressed in flowing robes of stitched dream and burnooses of woven poetry, wielding sabers edged with deadly omens. Only their love of riddles, bets, and challenges can offer hope of delivery from their hunger—alas, precious few count themselves sharper than the Fair Folk.
The West: The raksha of the West are divided between the aquatic fae of the ocean depths and wild cannibal raksha who dwell upon miraculous isles. The latter paint their bodies, carve terrifying and impressive masks to frighten away the hannya, and prefer to extract dreams and souls from boiled flesh. Their whale-bone outriggers cut the waves like swift arrows when they go a-raiding.
The fae of the open oceans wear whatever sea-life features take their fancy. Some are swift and terrible hunters, driving schools of sharks and barracuda before them as hunting-hounds; others use their beauty as a lure, drawing sailors and dock-girls into the sea with cruel, sweet songs, crimson-rouged lips and nipples, and the artful concealment and exposure of surging waves.
Most prideful and lovely of all the Western fae are those raksha who have named themselves the Pearl Court and made their home upon the coasts of the Caul. They adorn their flesh in shifting nacreous hues, seduce the winds and waves into compliant alliance, and draw ships onto the jagged shores of the Caul with storm-song and false omens.
The North: In much of the North, the Winter Folk are feared even above the hungry dead. Villages shudder and reach for weapons or tribute at the tinkling of their sleigh bells and the creak of their ice chains in the night. The Winter Folk adorn themselves in ermine or mammoth fur, bedecking their bodies with great antlers, horns, wolf fangs, or bear claws; many sport cow or wolf tails, which they take some pains to hide. The loveliest of the Winter Folk often walk nude through the midst of howling blizzards, offering the warmth of their bodies to lost travelers in exchange for sips and bites of the unfortunate’s soul. Such liaisons are addictive, drawing doomed “snow dolls” out into the killing cold again and again in desperate search for their lovers.

[ChudoJogurt]

Ну, там указана власть над огнем и магмой, думаю на уровне Алмаза там будет "махнул мечом - улочка, отмахнулся - переулочек". Метание файерболов, о котором мечтал Мангуст - это скорее на уровне Изумруда.

Но все равно - доступно Соларам.
Мне не нравится эта идея.

[Руслан]

Потому что огонь? Но Солнце ведь тоже символизирует пламя.

[ChudoJogurt]

Да там с равной логикой может быть и воздушный дайклейв и водный.
Причем в общем виде мне нравится эта идея, и всякие возможности сделать Алмазный и Деревянный мечи, но не у Соларов а у Драконокровных все же. Драконокровный с помощью крутого и древнего тулза кастующий Целестиал-тиер Элементальные Чармы было бы в тему. Для Солара швыряться фаерболами как-то на мой взгляд ну сильно не труъ, какие бы большие они ни были.

[Holod]

the hannya

 Похоже, Феям решили выдать персональных Немезисов.

[Руслан]

Да, фей теперь будут поедать еще большие хтонические ктулхи. Чтобы их сюжеты не сводились к одним лишь интригам и войне с Творением.

[ChudoJogurt]

Summon Bigger Fish!

[Алекс Мэрсер]

Стилистически солары могли бы юзать солнечный свет - и даже на высоких уровнях делать из него конструкты а-ля Зеленый Фонарь.  А стихи действительно, лучше оставить драгонбладам - на том уровне, который юзали маги в Аватара. Т.е. Лорд огня - и есть максимум огненного драгонблада.

[Руслан]

Но это же не стихия сама по себе, а привязка к оружию. Или что, у Солнечного не может быть огненного меча?

[Алекс Мэрсер]

Технически может. Но в плане рас и классов я за большую уникальную тематичноть. Пусть у него будет солнечный, а не огненный меч, который описан немного по другому при тех же эффектах.

[ChudoJogurt]

Но это же не стихия сама по себе, а привязка к оружию. Или что, у Солнечного не может быть огненного меча?

Хз, солар специализированный в стихийном мече defeats the purpose. Если бы я хотел специализироваться в стихии я бы взял драконокровного или элементаля.
Олсо, привязка Соларов к инструменту сомнительна и лично мне не нравится. Это опять же, что-то для Земных Возвышенных. Небесные должны превосходить оружие а не зависеть от него.

[Руслан]

А где сказано, что они от него зависят? Есть Чары общие, есть эти привязки к оружию, одно другому не мешает. Образ эпического воина, который привязан к конкретному оружию часто встречается в эпосе.

[ChudoJogurt]

Вкачанный в Эвокейшены Солар будет сильно зависеть от своего именного мечика насколько я понял. Это печально.
Солар должен уметь взять палку/челюсть осла и перебить ей сто тысяч врагов, потому что он сам эпически крут, не его инструмент.

[Алекс Мэрсер]

Будем посмотреть, что там ещё из чармов есть, может остальные ещё круче. А так, Большое Финальное Рубило с колдунскими свойствами для мифических героев вещь вполне обычная.
П.С. Они там с датой ещё не определились?

[Руслан]

П.С. Они там с датой ещё не определились?

Плейтест идет, арт и по мелочам правят. Обещают не раньше, чем через 6 недель.

[Алекс Мэрсер]

Ну это терпимо.

[Holod]

  Кинушки для вдохновения по сетингу  
  Более близких к Экзалтам по духу фильмов, я пожалуй не встречал.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGoGAulz23U (эхх, далекий 98ой. Все же впихнуть сюжет сериала (а уж тем более еще более здоровеной манхвы) в полуторачасовой хронометраж безболезненно никогда не получается    )

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjSsun4CRQ0 (чаптер 2, а ведь почти 11 лет разницы, а пацаны все такие же молоденькие)

[Руслан]

Да. помню-помню. Хороший пример.

[Zohri]

 Кинушки для вдохновения по сетингу  
  Более близких к Экзалтам по духу фильмов, я пожалуй не встречал.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGoGAulz23U (эхх, далекий 98ой. Все же впихнуть сюжет сериала (а уж тем более еще более здоровеной манхвы) в полуторачасовой хронометраж безболезненно никогда не получается    )

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjSsun4CRQ0 (чаптер 2, а ведь почти 11 лет разницы, а пацаны все такие же молоденькие)

второй ролик, конечно, фигня, но первый - эпичный случай, когда видно, как мешает классическому китайскому кун-фу фильму компьютерная графика.

[Руслан]

Еще спойлеры
Here's a look at how the EX3 text is progressing: From Holden:
"Playtest-based overhauls to defensive Charms are finished. Evocation cascades are finished, basic use-rules and setting material at front of section being finished. Antagonists being reviewed. Sorcery has received final review and is off to editing. We are currently neck-deep in art notes."

Also, down below Holden reveals an excerpt from EX3 with a couple of Hearthstones and Merits.
The EX3 Novels remain in the pitch/outline phases. Composer James Semple (he created the music we used in the KS video) is composing for the EX3 Music Suites. He has been bogged down on a couple of other projects but promises to get back to his EX3 work very soon. Writing is being done on the EX3 Quickstart.

Here are a few excerpts from the current draft of Exalted: Third Edition, including the first glance at a couple of new Hearthstones, and a fresh look at a pair of very classic Merits.

The Orb of Calm (Greater Hearthstone of Water)
For four miles around the stone, seas remain relatively calm, rain is never heavy, and winds remain light. Waves never become higher than three yards high and winds are never stronger than 25 miles per hour. This stone only functions if it is within two miles of an ocean or of a lake at least 50 miles across in its smallest dimension. If placed on a ship, seas around the ship remain as a moving zone of calm. The stone does not affect light winds, waves or rains. Instead, it prevents all weather from becoming dangerously powerful.

Stone of the Nightly Reunion (Standard Abyssal Hearthstone)
Every night, people can visit any graveyard within three miles of the stone and speak with the dead buried there. The dead can hear and respond and can also create slightly transparent images of the way their bodies appeared in life. However, without using any special abilities neither the dead nor the living can touch or affect each other in any way.

Allies (•, •••, or •••••)—Story
This Merit may be re-purchased as many times as desired.
Each purchase grants the character a single noteworthy Storyteller-controlled ally—a close friend or trusted companion with some useful capabilities. The nature of this ally must be defined at the time the Merit is purchased. One dot grants a mortal or very minor supernatural ally, who may possess useful contacts, political clout, refined expertise, or other resources he is willing to put at the character’s disposal, within reason. Three dots grants a supernatural ally at least as powerful as a young Terrestrial Exalt. Five dots grants a supernatural ally as powerful as one of the Celestial Exalted. The Storyteller has final say over what constitutes a valid ally.

Drawback: Allies aren’t automatons or flunkies. They have their own lives and concerns, and expect the character to provide the same assistance to them that they provide to her. A mistreated ally is likely to abandon the character or even become her enemy.

Contacts (•, •••, or •••••)—Story
This Merit may be re-purchased as many times as desired.
Each purchase grants the character a network of contacts willing to feed him information. The player must specify what sort of contacts he’s purchasing at the time the Merit is gained. Examples might include contacts within the Immaculate Order, the Delzahn nomads, the court of the Tri-Khan of Chiaroscuro, the Guild, the craftsmen of Nexus, House Mnemon, Western ship captains, the Lintha family, a specific noble family of Port Calin, all noble families of Port Calin, or the smugglers of the Haslanti League.

One-dot contacts are generally confined to a single city-state or similar region. Three-dot contacts may span a broad area or indicate an organization with vast but specific reach and influence, while five-dot Contacts mean that almost anywhere the character goes within a Direction, he’ll be able to find applicable contacts within the purchased field.

[Longes]

Ну это терпимо.

Ex3 отложен как минимум до января

[Алекс Мэрсер]

5-минутка юмора.

I like Lunars,cuz:
1) Shifting
2) I like the relative morality antihero vibe they bring in opposition to solars' absolutism, in the what-should-be vs. what-needs-to-be sense.
3) Eating people
3.5) ... and their memories/fates
3.75) ... and posing as them to gain a foot-hold in an organisation
3.875) ... and eventually replacing everyone, going crazy, and forgetting that the other people in the organisation are also you. Getting mad at them for not doing things.
4) Versatile powers that can be applied in creative ways
5) Beautiful white bird / Flies over its enemies / Transforms into whale.