Exalted Power Combat 101

Kasumi's Power Combat 101

(it's not Mailanka quality, but for the moment, it's all you've got ;)

In the shadows beneath Rathess, a light moved without fear or impediment, bringing its radiance to long forgotten wells of darkness, illuminating ancient secrets, and casting down that which sought to destroy what remained of the city's fallen glory.

That light's name was Alakra, and he was Chosen of the Unconquered Sun. His golden braids skipped in the wind created by the speed of his passage, his green eyes glinted in the darkness made light by his anima, and in his accoutrements of holy orichalcum, Rathess could be seen reflected as it was in all its majesty, not as the ruin it was today.

The first of the example characters helping us today is Alakra Magpie, a Night Caste procurer of artifacts (more or less a tomb robber with an academic tenure). Alakra is a young Solar of moderate experience (Essence 3), phenomenal mobility, and a powerful practitioner of Tiger Style.

He is equipped with orichalcum Razor Claws, and orichalcum Hearthstone Bracers, socketed with a Gemstone of Perfect Mobililty (from Castebook: Dawn, grants him two splittable dice pools per turn).

Alakra has numerous charms, but for the moment he has only one active: Feather Foot Style, which allows him both to walk on the surface of liquids (very useful for flooded parts of the Underways), and doubles his movement rate for the remainder of the scene.

Part One: Power Combat Is Not Just Combat

Unskilled Penalties For Exalted

Alakra roams the underways at will, seeking ever to uncover that which has lain hidden for far too long, and nothing can bar the passage of a determined Chosen of the Unconquered Sun. Sadly for our brash young hero, this means all too often he wanders into areas of exceptional danger just as easily as the safer parts of the Underways. While hurtling along at incredible pace, he stumbles across a chamber whose secrets the ancient Dragon Kings wished to see never again come to light--and accordingly, as he steps on the first flagstone, ancient mechanisms seek his doom...

Alakra has set off a trap! How very D