Yesterday was ADoA for me... Ryshy's captivity continuing. Col was already drained and on the tired side I think, but he still STed a good next part for me. It looks like we will continue next Sunday. :O
Meanwhile I was working on a couple of things:
Emberdays Stuff - Arties I made for Garenth, mostly, since Lumi didn't give him any and I'm more experienced with Exalted arty creation. ^^; I also slipped in Lim-Xue's future weapon, a powerful artifact bow by one of the Realm's famous artificiers.
Ruin Dancer Style - OMGWTF, I finished this?! Honestly, I have no idea how balanced it is but I don't know if I WANT to know. Not even sure Eni still wants to run Panoply of Faith, but I know she'll just ask me to ask Kraken or something. Rawr.
I guess I was in an Exalted-creative mood. :O Today: no game for me! Maybe I will go out. Or work on more sheets. Dunno.
I actually do look things
I actually do look things over myself, although Grey tends to make it hard by making his stuff really esoteric. :P I usually only have a few niggles that I'm not sure about if I'm being too harsh or not, that's why I tend to refer people to Kraken to help establish if its mechanically balanced.
And besides, he did offer to help out. >_>
Oh. :D
Well, I have tweaked the style a bit more just now, again. Looking at it at face value, it probably looks like it could be close to Celestial level. That always freaking happens with TMAs!
But! I still think that a lot of the charms depend on the situation being favorable. (Like the counterattack: it requires you to successfully parry first, and it doesn't do much damage unless combined with other charms.) I was trying to make a TMA that isn't too weak or esoteric, something close in power to Five-Dragon with charms that are both utilitarian and flavorful.
I dunno if I succeeded. :D but I really like the style, anyway!
The pinnacle is the only truly costly Charm, and it requires a certain amount of buildup for the damage to be worth the effort, I think. :O But it feels to me like it needs some testing to be sure it works as I intended, so *shrugs!*