Rules

This namespace contains the used rules for the Meruvian Dream campaign.

• Character Creation
• XP Costs
• Change to the Core System

• XP based character creation (see XP Based Character Creation for Solar/Lunar Guidelines)
  • XP pool: 450xp
  • No artifacts unless you have a very good reason

• You start with free dots (these dots count as actual bought dots for all intents and purposes, but are completely free):
  • Lore 2
  • Linguistics 1
  • Medicine 1

See Experience for the Igani Campaign for XP costs.

Please draft a short background story containing at least the following elements:

• Early life (parents, education, optional training or jobs, etc.)
• Exaltation (when, where, how, why, etc.)
• Family/Relations ( married/partner/boy-/girlfriend, children, parents, siblings, etc.)
• Contacts (work related, social contacts, etc.)
• Preferences with regard to Solar/Lunar mate
• [if you were not born with Meruvian nationality] How you got your citizenship

Note that “don't know” and “don't care” are both valid states for most parts of character story.

• Social Infuence rules
• Static Excellencies
• Crafting
• Training Times
• Added Hacking as a Twilight Ability
• Judge's Ear Technique is removed
• There are no xp bonuses for flaws

• We use Exalted Second Edition with 2.5 errata
• The Shards of the Exalted Dream, p130 and further, as base for rules changes to switch to a modern setting

• Old Realm: Extremely obscure, actively suppressed by the Immaculate Church
• High Realm: The language of Meruvia, and lingua franca of the civilized world (compare American English)
• Tengese: The language of An-Teng, and the second lingua france of the civilized world (compare Mandarin)
• Low Realm: dead language, sometimes used as slang and on the street (compare Latin thought for the plebs)
• Directional languages are still practiced, though Meruvia speaks High Realm exclusively
• Guild Cant is dead and unpracticed
• Riverspeak is still used by some groups, mostly nomads

• The training time of Knacks is equal to that of Charms

• Resources → As https://campaigns.13w.nl/berlin/rules:resources