Joshua Kashinsky and I are going to very quickly playtest my letter-writing game,
While You're Far Away, using characters from an Exalted game we played over IRC a while back.
The relevant chararacters are:
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Saadi Draught-of-Reason (me)
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Ivory Veil (Joshua)
The situation between these two characters should become clear as the game goes on. I think that even people with no knowledge of Exalted or our particular mini-campaign should be able to enjoy it.
I'll let Joshua introduce his character as he likes. Here's mine:
Saadi Draught-of-Reason comes from a well-respected Dragonblood family (Air/Water aspected) in Chiaroscuro. He is a black sheep not merely because he constantly gets into trouble, but because he is also Anathema (as a newly reincarnated Solar Exalted) and his family has sworn to kill him. Saadi has a bunch of leaping- and throwing-related Charms (read: magical powers) and his most prized possessions are a magical atlatl that throws endless spearbolts made of pure essence, a.k.a. Dire Tidings, and one (yes, ONE) God-Kicking Boot. The circumstances under which he acquired the boot and/or lost the other one are up for speculation.
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Ivory Veil's most distinctive feature is her mask of ivory that has an enchantment upon it which allows her to change her facial features at will. For the most part, she has used it to help in the advancement of her political influence in Chiaroscuro and to disguise her many nighttime larcenies. Her Charms are mostly centered around personal manipulation and surreptitious theft, though she does have a magical seven section staff which helps her when faced with the unfortunate eventuality of actual combat. Her motives are mysterious (most especially to me) but it was rumored around the court that she has a lover held in demonic bondage.
I'm reserving jusgement on the playtest until we're further in, but it will be interesting to see if that comes about naturally, or if it needs some prompting from the rules.
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