Exalted Index Part I – Campaign Logs

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The Chronicles of Heavenly Artifice

The Chronicles are an Exalted: Modern game, most consistently played by Charles Dexter Ward (a Twilight Artificer), sometimes joined by Aikiko, Ruki, and various others. Unlike most games, however, there’s no hard division between PC and NPC; players are free to adopt interesting NPC’s and to play various other roles. Thus, at any point, any character might be a PC – and therefore the focus of things.

• Prequel (Charles’s Diary). Including a brief summary of the history between Creation and the Modern World, as well as an account of events in our first (brief) Exalted: Modern game. This goes back to first edition, but is the basis for the ongoing second-edition campaign.
• I – The Student Artificer: In which Charles winds up employed…
• II – School Daze: Finding plans, the Dancing Dragon Ring, and basic combat training.
• III – You Can Bring the Hipparion to Dudael, but you Can’t make him an Artifact: Starting at Dudael and bringing back Hipparions.
• IV – A Talk in the Woods: Dryads, School, Zarchian’s Candies – and Terrestrial Magi.
• V – The Adamant Shards: Rise of the Nocturnals Part I, Tea with Gri Fel, and the Moonsilver Choker.
• VI – The Masonic Barrier: Masons, Lunars and the Rod of Construction.
• VII- Hearings and Horses: Artifact production, the Bureau of Nature, Student Requests, and meeting Terapishim.
• VIII – Reaping what is Sown:  Field trip to the Amazon, Manses and Demon Trees. Visits with Grandfather.
• IX – The Dark Gift: Appointments for Arcosanti, Rise of the Nocturnals Part II
• X – Flowers In Darkness: Rise of the Nocturnals Part III – the Castes
• XI – A Day at the Museum: Protecting Links, the Reconstruction Machine, Repairing the Water Manse, Family Peacemaking.
• XII – Current Dramatis Persona: The Cast List to Date.
• XIV – The Calm Before The Storm: Advanced Classes, Damaged Manses, and the Silver Sands.
• XV – Darkness Rising: Abyssal Exalts Vrs Manses, Unmaking Soulsteel
• XVI – Thaumaturgic Challenges: Dueling with Puissant Armiger, Crystal Arena’s, Polar Manses, and Explanations.
• XVII – Leonine Customs: The Celestial Lions, the Silver Sands, and Artifice.
• XVIII – The Question of the Divine: Gri Fel and Terapishim Investigate.
• XIX – The Shattered Mirror: Dragon Lines and Delivering Artifacts.
• XX – Incidents of Artifice: Visiting Vaal, Mr Montague, and Malakai
• XXI – The Maiden in Durance Vile: Montague and Dudael, Rescuing Maella
• XXII – The Logic of Lions: Celestial Investigations and the Bronze.
• XXIII – The Great Gates: Rachel and the Dragon Kings, the Bazaar of the Bizarre, Geomantic Engineering, The Gates of Hoenheim, Canadian Lodgings.
• XXIV – A Pointed Plot: Analyzing Deva Cutter, Hiding Rachel’s Family with Dragon Kings.
• XXV – In Which There Are Many Manses: The Lesser Exaltations.
• XXVI – In Which We Catch Up With Everyone Else: Manse Augmentation Rules, Assorted Characters and Events.
• XXVII – Hints and Allegations: The Dance of the Dragon Lords (power-granting manse function), On the Invisibility of Nocturnals, Revelations of Aden.
• XXVIII – Speculations on the Coming Darkness: The Nocturnal Manse, Speculations on Nox.
• XXIX – Deva Cutter and the Bronze: In which a plot against Creation is revealed.
• XXX – And No, That Doesn’t Mean What You’re Thinking Out There!: Conversations on Deva Cutter.
• XXXI – The Bicyclist of the Unpocalypse: Rescue Operations Begin.
• XXXII – The City of Crystal Dreams: Testing for Arcosanti City God.
• XXXIII – City and Soul: Manse Seeds, Settling in Aden.
• XXXIV – Annotations of Anonymity: Charles’s Entanglements and the Ambrosial Chalice.
• XXXIV – Fiduciary Divine: The Yu-Shan I.R.S…
• XXXV – Fishing in the Land of the Lost: Guardian Manses, Ms Cress Investigates.
• XXXVI – Titanic Misperceptions: The Elsewhere Net, Ms Cress and the Primordial of Cranky Teddy Bears. Conversation Pieces.
• XXXVII – Investigating Charles Mansen: The Sidereal Investigation, Adenic Essence, and Sandwiches.
• XXXVIII – Out of the Umbra: Tracking Charles, Planning for Terraforming, Hammerspace Mallets, Visiting Righteous Hala.
• XXXIX – Gates of the Third Circle: The Necklace of Dreams, Devon’s Tome, Mishinago the Philosophical Storm.
• XL – Small Gods and Sandwiches: The Adenic Initiation, Garden Parties with Righteous Hala.
• XLI – The Boy Scouts of Siderea: The Upgraded Winding Way Manse, New Sidereal Half-Caste Schoolmates.
• XLII – Laity and Lion Dogs: Equipping Harold.
• XLIII – A Few Quiet Moments: Restoring the Earth and Protective Toys.
• XLIIII – Ceiling Cat Says “A pox upon your Sidereal ways!”: The Adventures of Ruki and the Elsewhere Wallet.
• VL – I’m Going To Flurry Manse Construction! There’s No “Rate” Limit On That, Right?: The Geometry of Creation, Paperwork Disposal, the Soup Kitchen, Starlight Paths Manse Design,
• VLI – A Madness Divine: Terraforming Operations, Lost Dominions, The Celestial World-Body, Tea with Deiphages.
• VLII – Deiphagy for the Connoisseur: Deiphagy Treatment Programs.
• VLIII – Testing Theories: Surveying Aden, Hala and the Souls, Supernatural Genetics.
• IL – The Sahara Sea: The Activities of Elzeard.
• L – Sidereal Stargate Generation One: The Stargate Prototype, Investigating Deiphagy.
• LI – The House At The End Of Creation: The Geomantic Hive, the Manses of Yu-Shan, the Cauldron-Born, Thaumaturgic Prognostication Ritual, Talking with Gaia.
• LII – Lytek’s Inspection: Lytek and the Guardians
• LIII – Dun Shunkaha: Enter the Kickaha.
• LIV – A Constellation Of Effects: On Stunts, Powers, and how to make new Sidereal Charms.
• LV – Wraiths, Wyldjumps, and Wanderers: The Manse of the Dead, the Stellar Traveler, Errands for Gaia, Abyssals and Hala.
• LVI – The Exultant Avalanche: A Primordial Retrospective, Gathering Opposition, The Second Celestial Host Arrives, Waltzing Into Yu-Shan.
• LVII – Aikiko’s Quest: In which Aikiko sets out to find the Solar Guardians.
• LVIII – Moonsilver Interlude: In which Righteous Hala tests Charles and there are expanded Lunar Bonds.
• LIX – Explanations and Confusions: Shocking the Maidens, Stopped Hourglass Talismans, Explaining Extra Exaltations.
• LX – The Random Scrounge: Malinda the Diviner, the Elsewhere Net, Raksha Analogues, Strange Illnesses.
• LXI – Dreams and Iron Bars: The Raksha of Creation, the Wyld Essence Mutation.
• LXII – Moving In Faerie Circles: Visiting Kaernock, Young Slaves at the Faerie Market, Resplendent Butler’s Accouterments, Opening a Boarding School.
• LXIII – Traps and Recklessness: Pet Policies, the Disappearance of Terapishim, and Reckless Rescues.
• LXIV – The Dungeon Stroll: The Foundations of Yu-Shan, Geomantic Control Centers, Negotiating with Greater Deiphages.
• LXV – Tea with Darkness: Orchid the Deiphage and Yu-Shan the Reality Engine.
• LXVI – Science and Sorcery: Evacuating Deiphages, Dealing with Celestial Lions, and Rationalizing Magitech at the Museum.
• LXVII – Science and Sorcery, Part II: References from Elzeard, Coatl, Thaumaturgy, and Scientists, Terrestrial Sorcery.
• LXVIII – Getting Down To Terrestrial Firma: Seeking Elzeard, Terrestrials visiting Aden.
• LXIX – Where Have All The Flowers Gone?: Mathew in Aden, Explaining the Sidereals, and Elzeard.
• LXX – The Djinn of the Lamp: Charles and the EPA Investigators, Building Yggdrasil, Geomantic Engineering Rules. Factory-Cathedral Upgrade Inquiries.
• Aikiko’s Search, Prelude I: The basic Solar Guardian and Idihawa Shpaiki.
• LXXI – Meeting the Nocturnals: Discussing Alternate Timelines and Dimensional Portals.
• LXXII – Manses and Morgans: Examining Yggdrasil, Considering Charles.
• LXXIII – Primordial Jouten On A Bicycle!: Terrestrial Speculation, an Alchemical Encounter, and More Artificing.
• LXXIV – Alchemical Factions: Mass Artificing, Mercurial Bane of Deception, Starbreaking Clans.
• LXXV – Visitations: Elemental Balances, Raymond in Aden
• LXXVI – Advanced Deiphagy: Terrestrials in Heaven, Search for Terapishim, Geomantic Bunkers,
• LXXVII – Aikiko’s Search: Fortean Events, Aikiko Investigates the Sisters of Mercy.
• LXXVIII – The Primordial Archives: Geomantic Imbalances, the Depths of Dudael, Evacuating Deiphages.
• LXXIX – Memories of Dream: The Geomancy of Yu-Shan, Black Orchids, and “Akuma of Aden”.
• LXXX – Self-Development; No Pain, No Gain: Projects of the Guardians, Students, Servants, and Pets.
• LXXXI (Part I) – Too Many Cooks: The Archangel Protocols, Whisper of Normality, Canadian Kickaha Naughtiness.
• LXXXI (Part II) – Aftermath and Multiplication: Straightening out Kickaha Naughtiness.
• LXXXII – The Deluxe Ranchero: Dragon-Line Surveys, Madame Barbosa and her Horses, Thaumaturgic Upgrades.
• LXXXIII – The Dark Tournament: Manse Repairs, Martial Arts Strangeness, Legendary Techniques.
• LXXXIV – On The Oregon Trail: The Dragon Lines of Yu-Shan, Godzilla and Fraternity Parties.
• LXXXV – Fraternal Affairs: The Chaos Pocket, Aikiko’s Investigations, Searching for Godzilla.
• LXXXVI – Toho’s Tokyo Towers: Aikiko in Tokyo, Toho Studios, Aikiko finds a Job,
• LXXXVII – The Azure Depths: Return from Tokyo, Into Crater Lake, Battle with Mechagodzilla.
• LXXXVIII – Pursuit Cantata, The First Movement: Indian Enclaves, Mental Demesnes, Exalted Football.
• LXXXIX – Lost Horizons: Investigating Mechagodzilla, Speculations on the Cauldron-Born.
• XC – Meanwhile, In The Forest: Elzeard’s Science Conference, Probes from the Underworld, Once More with the EPA.
• XCI – The Pursuit Cantata, Crescendo: Aikiko’s Escape from Crater Lake, Lytek and the Loom.
• XCII – Correspondence School: Manses and Schoolteachers, Music Class Again.
• XCIII – Dreams Of The Elders: Utility Artifacts, Dream-Negotiations with Ten Peach, History of the Occupation of Yu-Shan.
• XCIV – E.Z. Phone Home: Scientists in Aden, Aikiko’s Parents, Heading for Pahang.
• XCV – Flowing Waters: Scouting the Tournament, Wenjioth, Master of the Terraced Flow, Dragon-Line Manipulation,
• XCVI – Seeking The Wildway: Studying an Abyssal Shard, Manses as Probes, Shards as Pocket Realms, Looking for a Way In, Invoking the Shinma for Search-and-Rescue.
• XCVII – Button Mashing Not Allowed!: Aikiko Competes, The Powers of the Prizes, the Temple of the Tournament.
• XCVIII – The Ri’kienthi: Abyssal Considerations, Elders of the Tournament.
• IC – The Lions Of Times Long Past: Lytek’s Office Rebellion, Charles and the Celestial Lions, Another History of Yu-Shan, Overlay Plans.
• C – The Temples Of The Elements: Malinda and the Lions, Raising the Pole of Water and Madame Barbosa.
• CI – To Dance With The Devas In The Pale Moonlight: Aikiko and the Priests, Sympathy of Ages, The Reconstruction of Souls.
• CII – Hooked On A Story: Luna, the Jade Pleasure Dome, and Fish-Children.
• CIII – Multiplying And Dividing Factions: Sidereals and Alternate Universes, Gates, Offworld Conferences, The Solar Academy, Advice on Trips to the Wyld.
• CIV – Deiphage Slumber Party: A sleepover with Harold, the Reclaimed Territories, and Soothing Deiphages.
• CV – Violets On Television: Training Artifacts, Bestowing Lesser Exaltations.
• CVI – The High Chancellor: Ms Cress and Evacuation Arrangements, Ship Building Contemplations.
• CVII – Copying Errors: Hot Chocolate Messages, Charles Develops (some) Caution, Building Repairs, Deiphages and Dream, Primordial Pocket Dimensions, Resurrection versus Duplication, Twenty-One Weft.
• CVIII – The Tomes Of Doom: Remote Presence, Gri Fel and Terapishim are Accepted as Gods of Arcosanti, the Subsidiary Convention on Forbidden Gods, Mysterious Encounters and Ancient Tomes.
• CIX – Arrangements for Arcosanti: Gri Fel and Terapishim take command, the Minions of Pure Frothing Delight, Approved Manse Construction, Recruiting Santiago, the First Guardian of Arcosanti.
• CX – Visiting Brigadoon: Constructing Manse-Ships / The Brigadoons and Ms Cress’s Inspection.
• CXI – The Sailor Brigadoon: The Bronze and their new Manse-Ships, Advertising for Colonists, Jose Cisneros and Catherine.
• CXII – The Return Of Mechagodzilla: Aikiko, Charles, and the EPA versus Mechagodzilla, Look at My Silly Hat (a Raksha artifact), Charles Teaches Thaumaturgy, the Thousand Aspect Maze, the Action-Interrupting Blasphemous Tirade, Anchoring Aden, and yet more Terraforming.
• CXIII- Nanny Mcphee VERSUS Mary Poppins!: Primordial Cults, the Book of Project Stanewald, Changing Priorities, The EPA joins the search for the Solar Guardians, the Search for Nannies, Lytek and Aden.
• CXIV – Interlude, With Voices: Opinions on Stanewald, Effects on the Tenders, the Shining Dream.
• CXV – The Voice Of A Brazen Vessel: Lord Jorgensen’s Reactions.
• CXVI – Views of the Enlightenment: Alora Nagandurga, the Citadel of Enlightenment, Galileo the Synergistic Overmind, The Gold Faction and the Graduate Student Program.
• CXVII – A Fine And Private Place: Celestial Explanations, the Privacy Manse, the Great Curse.

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