Traveling Speeds/Times

Heckate's Weapon Rules

1st Age Government

• Playable Exalteds...
  • In the Solar Chronicle
    • Solars
    • A Limited Number of DB's
    • A Limited Number of Sidereal's
    • Abyssals, but only converted from Solars. No starting Abyssals.

      Also it is not common knowledge that Solars can become Abyssals, in fact this information is highly secret. I will not allow anyone to meta-game player knowledge of the Abyssals. If you want to turn let me know, but its not like flipping a switch, it all has to be role played out, there also has to be a good in character, role play reason for something like this to happen.

  • In the Dragon Blooded Chronicle
    • Dragon-Blooded
  • In the Lunar Chronicle
    • Lunars
• Non Game Play Experience
  • Players can earn EXP while not playing and for actives outside of game play. 4 to 10 EXP may be awarded for stories of characters past, his exaltation, and good character descriptions. These must be approved prior to them being submitted for EXP and the point value is not assigned until they are turned in.

Merits and Flaws

Acute Sense: 3 pt Merit

You have the effects of the Sensory Acuity Prana charm as a natural gift, but you still need to buy it as a prerequisite for other charms.

Ambidextrous: 1 pt Merit

You do not have the offhand penalty.

Catlike Balance: 1 pt Merit

+2 dice to all balance checks.

Caste Scar: 3 Points Flaw

Upon the character's exaltation her caste mark was burning so intensly that she was left with a scar in form of the mark, forever visible on her forehead. Unless she covers it she will be clearly recoginzed as a solar. Furthermore her essence seeps through the scar when she uses it to fuel her charms. The first two steps of the anima banner apply to her even if she uses essence from her personal pool.

Huge Size: 4 pt Merit

Ox body technique costs 3 xp less and takes half the training time, -1 to stealth and socialize rolls.

Hard of Hearing: 1 pt Flaw

You may take Awareness Charms dealing with hearing but must double the cost to activate such charms. Awareness checks for hearing are at -1 dice.

One Eye: 2 pt Flaw

-3 dice for awareness rolls involving sight. other penalties are up to the ST and may depend on the situation.

Seasick: 2 pt Flaw, 3 pt Flaw for Eclipse Caste.

You don’t adapt well to life on the seas; the constant rocking motion disrupts your balance, and your stomach, leading to difficulty in taking any actions. While at sea, you’re at -3 on all dice pools. Spending a Willpower point and succeeding on a standard Resistance roll will reduce the penalty, for your next action, by 1 die for each success rolled (not to exceed 3 dice). It is possible to obtain herbs and homebrew cures to fight the effects of seasickness; these can be found in herbal remedy stores and exclusive port inns (needing Resources 1 to purchase enough curatives to last one trip). This medicine sets a flat –1 to all dice pools (which cannot be eliminated by the above roll), an effective Wits score of 1, and a base Initiative of 0.

Stable Form: 1-7 Points Merit

You have received a special blessing during your Exaltation. The warping effects of the wyld do not affect you as severely as others. Whenever the storyteller rolls a die to determine whether or not your character suffers the mutating effects of the Wyld, subtract from the result equal to the Merit value to a minimum of 1. So for example, if the storyteller rolled a 7 and you had 3 points invested in the merit, the end result would be 4 and you would suffer the 4-5 result (P. 280). The merit value also adds to your willpower dice pool in fighting the maddening effects of the Wyld. This Merit does not protect from creatures (or their Powers, such as the Fair Folk's Glamour magic) of the Wyld or outside hazards of the Wyld environment, only the mutating effects that are caused by spending too much time in the Wyld.

Disfigured: 3 pt Flaw

You were disfigured at birth or from an accident during your childhood. Pick one penalty:-4 socialize, -3 awareness, -2 athletics.

Poor Sight: 3 pt Flaw

You may take Awareness Charms dealing with sight but must double the cost to activate such charms. Note there is no 1pt version as glasses and other vision correction equipment are rare to non-existent. -1 dice to awareness checks involving sight

Deaf: 4 pt Flaw

You may not take any Awareness Charms dealing with hearing.

Hidden Anima: 7 Points Merit

Your anima tends to release spent essence slowly, leaking it out gently over time rather than exploding it out immediately after you spend it. The result of this is that your anima banner takes longer to appear, and only rarely gets as severe as that of other Solars.  SYSTEM: Add +5 to your Anima Chart to determine how quickly you're anima flares up. That means you can spend five periphereal essence without any outward sign, 6-8 essence causes your caste mark to glow, 9-12 essence makes your caste mark shine through clothing and other concealments, and so on.

Talisman of Luck: 5 Points Merit

The character is so blessed with good luck, that those travelling with her often consider her a lucky mascot for them, rival to any talisman. Once a session the character may reroll any dice pool of her own, or allow a re-roll of any other players dice pool. Once the dice are re-rolled the second result must stand. The lucky character must be present in a scene for a re-roll to be allowed, they are the one favoured by fate after all...

Concentration: 1 pt Merit

Substitute Endurance for Meditation.

Internal Compass: 1 pt Merit

You know which way is north at all times, underground requires a check still.

Patient: 2 pt Merit

Reduce all training times by 10% round up.

Code of Honor: 2 pt Merit

The +3 difficulty to affect a character is applicable to Charms that would force the character to violate his code, but not on the much more powerful Sorceries.

Expert Horseman: 2 pt Merit, 1 pt Merit for Eclipse Caste

You were riding a horse before you started walking. You can guide your horse and coax it to perform stunts that persons on foot will marvel at. For any roll that is difficulty 2 or higher, you add two dice to your pool. Attackers find you particularly slippery and attacks that you are aware of are at +1 difficulty if you are actively evading assaults.

Combat Veteran: 3 pt Merit, 2 pt Merit for Dawn Caste

You choose one per time taken but cannot take the same one twice: +1 inniative, melee, thrown, martial arts, brawl, damage, b/l soak.

Daredevil: 3 pt Merit

+1 stunt die to any stunt that chances you getting hurt, +2 dice to any action that is dangerous to the character.

Eidetic Memory: 3 pt Merit

You can remember minute details of any thing you've seen or heard.

High Pain Tolerance: 3 pt Merit, 2 pt Merit for Zenith Caste

You can ignore -1 of the wound penalties.

Natural Linguist: 3 pt Merit, 2 pt Merit for Eclipse Caste

Double the number of languages you can know and you can have up to 5 specailities instead of 3.

Natural Craftsman: 3 pt Merit, 2 pt Merit for Twilight Caste

Reduces crafting time by 25% and you can have up to 5 specialities instead of 3.

Impatient: 1 pt Flaw

Increase all training times by 10%.

Combat Ineffective: 2 pt Flaw, 3 pt Flaw for Dawn Caste

Same as combat vet. but negatives instead of positives.

Combat Stress: 3 pt Flaw

-1 dice pool for every opponent beyond the first engaging you at the same time.

Low Pain Threshold: 3 pt Flaw

Add another negative modifier to all wound penalties.

Animal Magnetism: 1 pt Merit

You have an easy time getting an animals acceptance, one auto success to any animal handling check. +1 to familiar background, only if you have spent a dot on it already.

Natural Leader: 1 pt Merit

+2 dice to all leadership rolls.

Enemy: 1 to 3 pt Flaw

1 pt: is a nuisance of minor power, this enemy will bother the PC and even his party until directly dealt with, he shouldn't be a hard enemy to dispatch but difficult to catch 2 pt: an enemy of equal power and resources to the PC and maybe his whole party 3 pt: an enemy of this caliber can only be dealt with after accruing power and experience, the PC and his party should be worried when this bad guy is in the same region

Creepy: 1 pt Flaw, 2 pt Flaw for Eclipse

People find you creepy to be around, most people wont talk to you unless they have to. -1 dice to all social, bureaucracy, performance rolls. +1 to intimidation checks.

Ward: 4 pt Flaw

You have a ward (someone you take care of or protect), this can be a friend who didn't exalt, a child you are sure to exalt, your child who might exalt or whoever you make of it. You lose 10 xp should your ward die or get captured and you dont recover, if insufficient xp the character loses 2 willpower.

Fugitive: 5 pt Flaw

You’ve come to the attention of the authorities of the Realm because of criminal activities, either before or after your Exaltation (these accusations may be trumped up, due to framing, or actually true). Your identity and description are known to law enforcement agencies loyal or nominally loyal to the Realm; posters with your picture advertising an award are available at guard-posts and city gates. Bounty hunters may be looking for your head to bring back, dead or alive. You may not hold Status with any group loyal to the Realm. Law enforcement agents will recognize you with an Investigation roll at +2 difficulty; agents from the city or group responsible for issuing the charge roll at standard difficulty.

Hunted: 7 pt Flaw

Although there has been no official Wyld Hunt called since the disappearance of the Empress, the Terrestrial Exalted still take the time to hunt down the most blatant of Celestial Exalted that plague the Realm. You are one such Exalted to earn the ire, for whatever reason, of the Nobles of the Realm and a great deal of prestige would be earned for claiming your head. In any part of the Realm there are Terrestrial Exalted, you are in danger of being hunted down. Informants are looking for you, and informants that lead the Dragon-Blooded to Celestial Exalted are handsomely rewarded. The Storyteller should make checks to see if you are spotted, altering the difficulty based on how well you disguise your self and what Charms you use to attract or obscure detection. This Flaw may shorten the life span of your character considerably, but will certainly provide your character with no shortage of intrigue surrounding his existence.

Shrouded Caste Mark: 3 pt Merit

The character’s Anima Banner is slower to flare with the burning of Peripheral Essence than other Exalted. Whereas most Exalted begin to display their Caste Mark immediately after spending Peripheral Essence, your character may spend up to three motes of Peripheral Essence before consulting the Peripheral Essence Spending Effects chart on page 149 of the core rulebook. Once more than three motes are spent however, the effect of spending 4-7 motes of Essence is immediately skipped to and the chart progresses normally. This gives the character a little leeway in spending Essence when stealth and obfuscation are paramount.

Sniffer: 4 pt Merit

After your Exaltation, you learned that you had a sort of internal compass that allows you to tell the proximity of other Exalted. If you spend one full round concentrating and successfully roll Essence against a standard difficulty, you can tell how many Exalted are within an approximate distance, not to exceed five miles. Distances are given in general terms, such as nearby, far, or on the edge of detection, and not specific numbers, e.g. 90 feet. If the character concentrates for another round and succeeds on a second Essence roll against a standard difficulty, the character can determine which direction the Exalted is, whether she is approaching or leaving, and how fast she is moving. You can use this Merit a number of times equal to your Essence per day.

Favored Technique Tree: 5 pt Merit

You are particularly skilled in Charms stemming from one chosen Ability, either a Caste or Favored Ability. When making a roll while using a Charm derived from your Favored Ability, such as the Salty Dog Method from Sail, you may add an additional die to your roll. The Ability must be designated when this Merit is taken.

Anima Echo: 2 pt Flaw

Your anima affects you strongly, so much so that it attempts to sway your behavior. Once your anima is chosen during character creation, pick a situation appropriate to the anima that your anima will attempt to assert its will over your character’s decision making. Roll the character’s Willpower versus a +2 difficulty; if the character fails, the anima’s will asserts itself and decides the character’s course for him. Example: Stoneblood’s anima is that of a boar; whenever Stoneblood is in a position where someone offers a different plan of action than his, Stoneblood grows more stubborn. In order to change his course of action to that which was suggested, he must succeed on the above Willpower roll. If he fails, he will take his original course of action, alone if need be.

Essence of Molasses: 2 or 4 pt Flaw

Regaining Essence is a frustrating experience for you; instead of regaining Essence at a rate comparable to other Exalted, you regain it at a slower rate. It is as if Essence were being absorbed into you through a clogged funnel instead of an open pipe. For 2 points, you regain only ¾ the essence that you would normally regain without this flaw (at rest, you only regain three motes every hour, while sleeping only helps you regain six motes). For 4 points, you only regain half as much Essence as normal (at rest, you only regain two motes every hour, while sleeping only helps you regain four motes). This flaw similarly affects the rate you regain Essence while in a Manse or using a Hearthstone.

Inefficient Essence: 4 pt Flaw

When powering your Charms with Essence, you must spend one more mote per charm activated in order to activate that Charm. When activating Combos, you must spend one additional mote for every Charm in the Combo. This penalty does not apply to Sorcery. Weak Essence: 6 pt Flaw Your Exaltation has resulted in no increase in Essence over other mortals, and is not comparable to other Exalted at your level of development. Instead of starting at two your Essence starts at one, lowering your Essence Pool and restricting access to Charms that require higher Essence. You need not spend additional experience costs when raising your Essence score; you simply start at a disadvantage compared to other Exalted.

Crack Shot: merit 2

If character spends 1 full round aiming, the next round on his innovative he may add his perception to the roll to hit.

Attunement Merit 6 pts:

The character can choose one other type of the five magical materials (not counting their own) that they may naturally attune to without penalty (as on pg.338 of the main Exalted handbook.)

Fast Learner: merit 3

Pick one: attributes, abilities, charms. Training times are reduced by 25% for the selected.

Faster: merit 2

You may move your dex+athletics+12 instead of the normal dex+12.

Night Sight: merit 3

Your exaltation has given you night vision.

Poison Resistance: merit 1-3

You can resist even the strongest of poisons. Each point bought grants you an extra dice to resist with.

Self-Confident: merit 7

When using a favored or caste ability and spending willpower to aid the roll, if you are successful you don't actually spend the WP. Up to ST discretion.

Luck: merit 3-5-7

Depending on the level you buy, you may reroll 1-3 rolls per session, taking the second roll.

Past Life: merit 3-7

With this merit the exalted gets memories of his past life in dreams or flashbacks. He may remember things like, where hidden artifacts are, an old familiar, allies, or spells, charms and skills that might help him in training.

Spirit Sight: merit 5

As the charm spirit detecting glance, you must still buy the charm as a prerequisite for other charms.

Quick Healer: merit 3

Halve the healing times.

Strong Willed: merit 3

Regain 2 willpower per success when rolling conviction every morning.

Nightmares: flaw 2

You have bad nightmares every once and a while, ST should roll conviction while the character is sleeping (as often as every night), should the roll botch, the character suffers a dice penalty equal to his compassion for the day. He may spend a willpower to overcome this penalty for a scene.

Phobia: flaw 2

You have a phobia, in situations where your phobia comes into play you have a 2 dice penalty. Phobia types must be approved by the ST.

Ability Deficit: flaw 2-4-6

You have one less favored ability for each level you take.

Chronic Pain: flaw 4

You have a chronic pain that won't go away without concentration, your -0 health level is -1, -1 is -2, -2 is -3, -4 is -5.

Slow Healing: flaw 2

The healing times are doubled for you.

Short Life: flaw 3

Your lifespan will be about as long as a Dragon Blooded

Vulnerability: flaw 1-7

You have a vulnerability to one of the 5 magic metals. For each level you take, if you wield or wear an item of this metal you get a dice penalty equal to the level, if you are struck with an object of this metal the opponent adds dice to his presoak damage equal to the level.

Unlucky: flaw 4

Once per session the ST can ask you to reroll a roll taking the worse of the 2 rolls.

Cowardly: flaw 2

You cannot spend a willpower to add your valor to an attack.

Bad Tutor: flaw 3-6

You had a hard time learning charms at first or a bad tutor. Each level is one less charm you start with.

Child: flaw 7

You exalted real early in life(10-14 years old), due to your young age you are not completely physically developed and no physical attribute may start above 3. No skill may be above 3 (even after freebie points) and you can't start with the Ox-Body Technique. The ST may apply more restrictions.

Weak Willed: flaw 3

When rolling to regain willpower in the morning, it takes 2 successes to regain one WP.

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Traveling Speeds/Times	Printable version
Click here for the full traveling rules.

Special Thanks goes to "jpcardier" for doing the research and calculation on travel times.

The scale of the realm map in the inside cover of the Exalted Main Rule Book is as follows 

1 inch = 800 miles 

The scale of the Blessed Isle map in the inside cover of the Exalted Dragon-Blooded Book is as follows
1 inch = 325 miles

People and Horse speeds:

Who	How Far	How Long	M.P.H
Average Peasant/ Merchant/Extra	13 miles	1 Day	2.1
Militia Soldier	16 miles	1 Day	2.6
Infantry Soldier	18 miles	1 Day	3
Elite Soldier	24 miles	1 Day	4
Heroic Mortal	24 miles	1 Day	4
Exalted	28 miles	1 Day	4.6
Mounted  on regular horse	21 miles	1 Day	3.5
Mounted on warhorse	27 miles	1 Day	4.5
Mounted on Marukan swift	30 miles	1 Day	5
Mounted on Marukan scout	36 miles	1 Day	6
Mounted on Marukan scout  w/2 replacements	72 miles	1 Day	12
Guild Caravan	6 miles	1 Day	1

Ocean Travel:

Ship Speed	Average Miles	Time Period	Wind Speed
1 dot	111 Miles (74 N* miles)	24 hours	Gentle Breeze (8 knots)
2 dot	128 Miles (85 N* miles)	24 hours	Gentle Breeze (8 knots)
3 dot	150 Miles (100 N* miles)	24 hours	Gentle Breeze (8 knots)
4 dot	168 Miles (112 N* miles)	24 hours	Gentle Breeze (8 knots)
5 dot	195 Miles (130 N* miles)	24 hours	Gentle Breeze (8 knots)
1 dot	225 Miles (150 N* miles)	24 hours	Gale (32 knots)
2 dot	255 Miles (170 N* miles)	24 hours	Gale (32 knots)
3 dot	300 Miles (200 N* miles)	24 hours	Gale (32 knots)
4 dot	345 Miles (230 N* miles)	24 hours	Gale (32 knots)
5 dot	390 Miles (260 N* miles)	24 hours	Gale (32 knots)

*Nautical 

Imperial Calendar

Accredited to John Biles...