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[[http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/A_New_Beginning A New Beginning]]
 
[[http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/A_New_Beginning A New Beginning]]
 
==Character Generation:==
 
==Character Generation:==
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===Charms (All):===
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• Characters may purchase excellency packages for appropriate Abilities or Attributes. The Excellency package gives access to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th excellencies as well as General Charms. The Exalt must meet the minimum requirements before using an excellency. An Excellency package costs one Charm at character creation or equivalent BP/XP.<br>
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• The selection of a Sorcery Charm includes two spell selections of the appropriate circle.
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Additional charm selections used for spells enables three spell selections instead of the default.<br>
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• Custom charms from PoH’s Hundredfold Facets of Enlightenment, Jon Chung rewrites, Perfect Lotus Volume 1 and 2, and The Demented One are available for use as are those created by Jon Chung and DementedElf. All other custom charms, spells, and martial arts will need to be posted for group review and ST approval.<br>
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• All books are available for use, including Ink Monkey material.
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===Character Traits===
 
===Character Traits===
 
Traits may be of any value, with a maximum of 5 or Permanent Essence, whichever is higher; without requiring the spending of bonus points.  
 
Traits may be of any value, with a maximum of 5 or Permanent Essence, whichever is higher; without requiring the spending of bonus points.  
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===Caste Abilities/Attributes===
 
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Solars, Abyssals, Sidereals, and Dragon-Blooded caste ability lists are more flexible. The character must have at least 2 caste abilities from their original list, but then may choose 3 other abilities as caste abilities.<br>
 
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Lunar Exalted may choose any Attributes as Caste Attributes as long as one is from the Caste's original list.
 
  
 
===Health Levels===
 
===Health Levels===
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===Craft Ability===
 
===Craft Ability===
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Craft is considered a single Ability. Specific crafts are now specialties. Characters are not required to use a specialty when making Craft tests.  
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Craft is considered a single Ability. Specific crafts are now specialties. Characters are required to use a specialty when making Craft tests.  
  
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''Specialties: Air, Fire, Water, Wood, Earth, Genesis, Magitech, Fate, Glamour''
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==Martial Arts Styles==
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===Celestial===
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• The expansion charms for Solar Hero Style are considered to be native Solar Charms, and are therefore only available to Solars, Fiend caste Infernals, and Moonshadow caste Abyssals.<br>
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• Lunar Hero Style and Wedded Moon Style are considered native Lunar styles.<br>
  
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===Charms (All):===
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==Exalted Generation==
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• Characters may purchase excellency packages for appropriate Abilities or Attributes. The Excellency package gives access to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th excellencies as well as General Charms. The Exalt must meet the minimum requirements before using an excellency. An Excellency package costs one Charm at character creation or equivalent BP/XP.<br>
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===Solar Exalt Generation===  
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• The selection of a Sorcery Charm includes two spell selections of the appropriate circle. Additional charm selections used for spells remain the same in cost.<br>  
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• 5 Favored Abilities. 30 Ability Dots, at least 10 in Caste or Favored.<br>
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• Custom charms from PoH’s Hundredfold Facets of Enlightenment, Jon Chung rewrites, Perfect Lotus Volume 1 and 2, and The Demented One are available for use as are those created by Jon Chung and DementedElf. All other custom charms, spells, and martial arts will need to be posted for group review and ST approval.<br>  
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• 10 Background Dots.<br>
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• All books are available for use, including Ink Monkey material, except for Dreams of the First Age. These Charms will be available during play through discovery, self-discovery or otherwise.
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• 15 Charms, at least 7 must be from Favored or Caste Abilities.<br>  
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• 7 Virtue Dots.<br>  
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• Essence 3, max 4 at character generation<br>
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• 15 Bonus points +30 Extra Bonus Points. <br>
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• Automatic Background: Lunar Bond X. The Lunar Bond may be of any level the player desires. An automatic and modified version of the merit Eternal Vow from the 1E Players Guide is also in effect. Said modification allows for the communication of thoughts, emotions and sensations over extended distances. At the player's option, the True Love merit can be defined as automatically included in the above backgrounds; such is not required and may or may not be reciprocated.  
  
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===Lunar Exalt Generation===
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• Attributes: Primary (9 dots), Secondary (7 dots), and Tertiary (5 dots)<br>
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• Attributes: 2 free dots to place in Caste or Favored Attributes instead of 1.<br>
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• 2 Favored Abilities. 30 Ability Dots, at least 1 in each Caste and Favored. <br>
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• 10 Background Dots. <br>
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• 12 Charms and 6 Knacks, at least 4 Charms must be selected from Caste or Favored Attributes. Charm selections may be used to purchase Knacks.<br>
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• 7 Virtue Dots.<br>
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• 30 Bonus Points, +15 Bonus Points for non-magical traits only.<br>
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• Essence 3, max of Essence 5 at character generation.<br>
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• Lunars: Heart's Blood background is disregarded. Any reasonable forms may be used with or without a flashback scene, as appropriate. <br>
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• Automatic Background: Solar Bond X. Solar Bond may be of any level the player desires. An automatic and modified version of the merit Eternal Vow from the 1E Players Guide is also in effect. Said modification allows for the communication of thoughts, emotions and sensations over extended distances. At the player's option, the True Love merit can be defined as automatically included in the above backgrounds; such is not required and may or may not be reciprocated. The majority of NPCs will have this option enabled by default.
  
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==Martial Arts Styles==
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===Abyssal Exalted===
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===Celestial===
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• 5 Favored Abilities. 30 Ability Dots, at least 10 in Caste or Favored.<br>
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• The expansion charms for Solar Hero Style are considered to be native Solar Charms, and are therefore only available to Solars, Fiend caste Infernals, and Moonshadow caste Abyssals.<br>  
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• 10 Background Dots.<br>  
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• Lunar Hero Style and Wedded Moon Style are considered native Lunar styles.<br>
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• 15 Charms,  7 must be from Favored/Caste Abilities.<br>  
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• 7 Virtue Dots.<br>  
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• Essence 3, max 5 at character generation<br>
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• 30 Bonus Points, +15 Bonus Points for non-magical traits only.<br>  
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• Automatic Background: Lunar Bond X. Lunar Bond may be of any level the player desires. An automatic and modified version of the merit Eternal Vow from the 1E Players Guide is also in effect. Said modification allows for the communication of thoughts, emotions and sensations over extended distances. At the player's option, the True Love merit can be defined as automatically included in the above backgrounds; such is not required and may or may not be reciprocated. The majority of NPCs will have this option enabled by default. The requirements for True Love are waived for, and only for, the purposes of inclusion in the bond.
  
 
==Background Changes==
 
==Background Changes==
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| {{Dot5}} || Your ally is a Legendary Lunar or Sidereal character or a bureau head in Yu-Shan.
 
| {{Dot5}} || Your ally is a Legendary Lunar or Sidereal character or a bureau head in Yu-Shan.
 
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===Artifact===
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===Familiar===
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The game will use Epsilon's Mutation Point-based Familiars found [[http://fixalted.bazzalisk.org/index.php?title=Epsilon%27s_Mutation_Point-based_Familiars_Fix here.]]
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===Artifact===
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Mundane armor artifacts have had their costs changed. Mundane armor artifacts are those items listed in the Panoply section of the '''Exalted Core''' that have no special abilities or modifiers. Changes are below.
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=== Followers ===
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The Followers Background functions essentially as described in '''[[Second Edition Core|Exalted]]''', page 112, subject to the changes below.
  
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'''Artifact'''
 
 
{| style="text-align: left;"
 
{| style="text-align: left;"
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
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|-
 
! Trait: !! Effects:
 
! Trait: !! Effects:
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
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| {{Dot1}} || Reinforced Breastplate
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top; background: #ccc;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top; background: #ccc;"
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| {{Dot2}} || Articulated Plate
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| X || None. You have no followers.
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
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| {{Dot3}} || Superheavy Plate
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| {{Dot1}} || Provides up to 75 followers. Requires Resources {{Dot2}}.
 
|- style="vertical-align: top; background: #ccc;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top; background: #ccc;"
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|}
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| {{Dot2}} || Provides up to 300 followers. Requires (Allies + Henchmen) {{Dot2}}, (Contacts + Influence) {{Dot1}}, Retainers {{Dot1}}, and Resources {{Dot3}}.
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'''Resources'''
 
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{| style="text-align: left;"
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
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! Trait: !! Effects:
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| {{Dot3}} || Provides up to 1,250 followers. Requires (Allies + Henchmen) {{Dot3}}, (Contacts + Influence) {{Dot3}}, Retainers {{Dot3}}, and Resources {{Dot4}}.
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
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| {{Dot4}} || Breastplate, Chain Shirt
 
 
|- style="vertical-align: top; background: #ccc;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top; background: #ccc;"
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| {{Dot5}} || Lamellar, Reinforced Buff Jacket
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| {{Dot4}} || Provides up to 5,000 followers. Requires (Allies + Henchmen) {{Dot4}}, (Contacts + Influence) {{Dot4}}, Retainers {{Dot4}}, and Resources {{Dot4}}.
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
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| {{Dot5}} || Provides over 10,000 followers. Requires Backing {{Dot5}}, (Allies + Henchmen) {{Dot5}}, (Contacts + Influence) {{Dot5}}, Retainers {{Dot5}}, and Resources {{Dot5}}.
 
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===Familiar===
 
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The game will use Epsilon's Mutation Point-based Familiars found [[http://fixalted.bazzalisk.org/index.php?title=Epsilon%27s_Mutation_Point-based_Familiars_Fix here.]]
 
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=== Mentor ===
 
=== Mentor ===
  
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The Mentor Background functions essentially as described in '''Exalted''', page 113, subject to the changes below.
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The Mentor Background functions essentially as described in '''[[Second Edition Core|Exalted]]''', page 113, subject to the changes below.
  
 
{| style="text-align: left;"
 
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| {{Dot5}} || Your mentor is a divisional head or possibly even a bureau head in Yu-Shan, a god of Essence 6+ who serves as an emissary to one of the Incarnae or (if you have the nerve) a Third Circle demon.
 
| {{Dot5}} || Your mentor is a divisional head or possibly even a bureau head in Yu-Shan, a god of Essence 6+ who serves as an emissary to one of the Incarnae or (if you have the nerve) a Third Circle demon.
 
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==Exalted Generation==
 
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===Solar Exalted===
 
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• 5 Favored Abilities. 35 Ability Dots, at least 10 in Caste or Favored.<br>
 
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• 10 Background Dots.<br>
 
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• 15 Charms, at least 7 must come from Favored or Caste Abilities.<br>
 
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• 7 Virtue Dots.<br>
 
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• Essence 3, max 4 at character generation<br>
 
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• 15 Bonus points +45 Extra Bonus Points. <br>
 
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• Automatic Background: Lunar Bond X. The Lunar Bond may be of any level the player desires. An automatic and modified version of the merit Eternal Vow from the 1E Players Guide is also in effect. Said modification allows for the communication of thoughts, emotions and sensations over extended distances. At the player's option, the True Love merit can be defined as automatically included in the above backgrounds; such is not required and may or may not be reciprocated.
 
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===Lunar Exalted===
 
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• Attributes: Primary (9 dots), Secondary (7 dots), and Tertiary (5 dots)<br>
 
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• Attributes: 2 free dots to place in Caste or Favored Attributes instead of 1.<br>
 
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• 2 Favored Abilities. 35 Ability Dots, at least 1 in each Caste and Favored. <br>
 
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• 10 Background Dots. <br>
 
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• 12 Charms and 6 Knacks, at least 4 Charms must be selected from Caste or Favored Attributes. Charm selections may be used to purchase Knacks.<br>
 
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• 7 Virtue Dots.<br>
 
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• 15 Bonus points +45 Extra Bonus Points. <br>
 
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• Essence 3, max 4 at character generation.<br>
 
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• Lunars: Heart's Blood background is disregarded. Any reasonable forms may be used with or without a flashback scene, as appropriate. <br>
 
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• Automatic Background: Solar Bond X. Solar Bond may be of any level the player desires. An automatic and modified version of the merit Eternal Vow from the 1E Players Guide is also in effect. Said modification allows for the communication of thoughts, emotions and sensations over extended distances. At the player's option, the True Love merit can be defined as automatically included in the above backgrounds; such is not required and may or may not be reciprocated. The majority of NPCs will have this option enabled by default.
 
  
 
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===Abyssal Exalted===
 
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• 5 Favored Abilities. 35 Ability Dots, at least 10 in Caste or Favored.<br>
 
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• 10 Background Dots.<br>
 
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• 15 Charms,  7 must come from Favored/Caste Abilities.<br>
 
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• 7 Virtue Dots.<br>
 
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• Essence 3, max 4 at character generation<br>
 
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• 15 Bonus points + 45 Extra Bonus Points. <br>
 
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• Automatic Background: Lunar Bond X. Lunar Bond may be of any level the player desires. An automatic and modified version of the merit Eternal Vow from the 1E Players Guide is also in effect. Said modification allows for the communication of thoughts, emotions and sensations over extended distances. At the player's option, the True Love merit can be defined as automatically included in the above backgrounds; such is not required and may or may not be reciprocated. The majority of NPCs will have this option enabled by default. The requirements for True Love are waived for, and only for, the purposes of inclusion in the bond.
 
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===Infernal Exalted===
 
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• 5 Favored Abilities. 35 Ability Dots, at least 10 in Caste or Favored.<br>
 
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• 10 Background Dots.<br>
 
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• 15 Charms,  7 must come from the Yozi of the Infernal's caste.<br>
 
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• 7 Virtue Dots.<br>
 
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• Essence 3, max 4 at character generation<br>
 
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• 15 Bonus points + 45 Extra Bonus Points. <br>
 
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• Automatic Background: Lunar Bond X. Lunar Bond may be of any level the player desires. An automatic and modified version of the merit Eternal Vow from the 1E Players Guide is also in effect. Said modification allows for the communication of thoughts, emotions and sensations over extended distances. At the player's option, the True Love merit can be defined as automatically included in the above backgrounds; such is not required and may or may not be reciprocated. The majority of NPCs will have this option enabled by default. The requirements for True Love are waived for, and only for, the purposes of inclusion in the bond.
 
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==Ally Generation==
 

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