Magical Materials and the Exalted

The extent to which an Exalt can draw out the Evocations of an artifact depend on the affinity between
her Exalted Essence and the magical material it is made from. The differing degrees of power that can
be roused are represented through two keywords: Dissonant and Resonant. The Dissonant keyword
restricts or limits that Evocation’s power for an Exalt who does not resonate with the artifact’s material.
The Resonant keyword depicts the heights of power which can be drawn by a wielder whose Essence
fully resonates with it.
The Solar Exalted are masters of Evocations, and may draw forth Resonant Evocations from any
magical material.
The Lunar Exalted have an affinity for moonsilver, letting them draw forth Resonant Evocations, but
their proficiency with the other magical materials is not limited
The Sidereal Exalted chase after fallen stars for precious starmetal, the only magical material they can
draw Resonant Evocations from. With all other magical materials, they suffer the Dissonant keyword.
The Dragon-Blooded share an elemental affinity with jade, and may draw forth Resonant Evocations
from any color of jade. They suffer the Dissonant keyword with all other magical materials.
The Abyssal Exalted have a dark resonance for soulsteel, drawing forth its Resonant Evocations. Their
proficiency with other magical materials is not limited.
The Liminal Exalted have a mysterious connection with soulsteel. Though they cannot master its
greatest power, it is the only magical material that does not suffer the Dissonant keyword when they
attune to it.
The Getimian Exalted, like the Sidereals, may draw forth Resonant Evocations from starmetal, but
suffer the Dissonant keyword with all other materials.
Exigents, as always, are impossible to generalize. They can resonate with any magical material, or
more than one, or none. Some rely solely on artifacts made from exotic material.
Other Exalted, as of yet unrevealed, have their own affinities for the magical materials.
Gods, demons, fae, and other unExalted beings capable of attuning to artifacts normally don’t
harmonize with any of the magical materials. For weaker beings, this means they suffer the Dissonant
keyword. Stronger beings, such as Second Circle demons, nephwracks, or raksha nobles, do not suffer
this restriction, but are unable to access Resonant Evocations. Many exceptions to this general rule are
found in Creation, and the Storyteller always has the final call on what level of power an unExalted
character can evoke.

Alloyed Artifacts and Exotic Materials

For artifacts forged from multiple magical materials, the primary material used to create
it—the one listed at the start of its description—determines the level of affinity its
wielder possesses with it. Artifacts that do not include any of the magical materials
don’t innately resonate with any of the Exalted, save Solars, but often specify some
other traits that determine the wielder’s affinity with them.

Weapons
Stormcaller (Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave, Artifact •••••)
The storm demon Akavadra was among the mightiest enemies that the Exalted faced in the divine
revolution. The demon trampled armors beneath dancing feet of lightning, cast great winds to scuttle
the armadas of the gods, and slew even the Chosen with her spear of lightning. In the end, it took a
saint to defeat the devil. Iron Leaf Kon walked through Akavadra’s storms unscathed, made
untouchable to the demon’s fury by virtue of his pure heart. He could not strike her down, for he had
sworn an oath against killing, but instead bound her in a sealing circle, and began to speak. Though he
could not win the demon to his own ethics, he convinced her to consent to being bound away in a
daiklave, so that she might witness the deeds of heroes across the ages and finally make up her mind.
Broken Thunder, the Twilight of Kon’s Circle, folded layers after countless layers of orichalcum
around the demonic Essence of Akavadra, perfecting the internal geometries of weapon’s composition
to seal away the devil. The blade was slender, an elegant and curving sword, but its weight is far
greater than it should be even in the hands of an attuned master—the spiritual pressure of Akavadra’s
malice. To abate this, Broken Thunder also forged a scabbard of white jade to contain Stormcaller and
ground its power. Even still, the blade must be purified with rice wine at each new moon, to keep the
storm demon’s wrath at bay.
Stone Leaf Kon never drew Stormcaller from its sheathe, but instead passed it onto the young
reincarnation of his Circle’s Dawn, Rusal Ji, hoping that both hero and demon might learn from each
other. Young and impetuous, Rusal became a favorite of Akavadra, unleashing her lightning
indiscriminately to satisfy his own rage. He burned the sacred grove of Jupiter to the ground to roust an
enemy of the gods that had taken up shelter there, cut down the legions of two nations in a single battle
to win the heart of a passing fancy, and drove the six-eyed mystics of the Karsi tribe to extinction to
satisfy his anger after being rejected. He died at the hands of his own Circle’s Night, who could no
longer stand these atrocities.
Heartbroken and guilty, Stone Leaf Kon sealed Stormcaller away, locking it inside a one-ton puzzlebox
of white jade that is buried in a dungeon filled with death traps, sorcerous wardings, and bound
demons. Though the Sidereal Exalted searched frantically for the daiklave in their preparations for the
Usurpation, they never found its hiding place. They keep a watchful eye out for any sign of the seal
being broken and the return of Stormcaller to the world.
Attunement: 5m
Type: Medium (+3 ACC, +12 DMG, +1 DEF, OVW 5)
Tags: Lethal, Melee, Balanced
Hearthstone slots: 3
Era: War of the Gods
Evocations of Stormcaller
An Exalt attuned to Stormcaller is immune to environmental penalties from wind, precipitation, and
other weather. In addition, only an attuned wielder is capable of drawing Stormcaller from its scabbard.
Stormcaller cannot be drawn except by its attuned wielder. Within seconds, the sky grows dark, the
wind picks up, and rain begins to fall out to four range bands from her. The storm’s Intensity begins at
0 and rises by one point whenever the wielder lands a decisive attack with Stormcaller while at
Initiative 15+. Its other Evocations can also generate Intensity. Characters limited by the Dissonant
keyword cannot raise the storm’s Intensity above their (Essence + 3).
Intensity Storm Effects
0 Weak rainstorms. -1 on all sight and vision-based rolls and ranged attacks
1-3 Heavy rainfall. -2 on all sight and vision-based rolls and ranged attacks
4-6 Downpour. -3 penalty on all actions. All ground is considered harsh terrain.
7-9 Gale-force winds. As above, and aerial creatures treat flying through the air as harsh terrain.
10+ Hurricane-force winds. As above, but flight is impossible.
Sheathing Stormcaller causes the tempest to disperse in one final blast of lightning and resets its
Intensity. This is a special unblockable decisive attack rolled with a free full Melee Excellency against
all characters within one range band of the wielder for point of Intensity. This does not spare her allies.
The attack has a damage equal to the storm’s (Intensity x 3), which is divided evenly among all
characters hit to determine the base damage rolled against them, ignoring hardness. No Initiative is
needed and no damage roll is made for trivial opponents or battle groups, who instead take (Intensity)
levels of damage. The wielder’s Initiative is not included in the damage or reset to base by it, nor can
she use Charms or other magic to enhance the blast.
Fulminating Edge Flash
Cost: 2m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 1; Type: Simple
Keywords: Withering-only
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: None
The wielder and the storm devil’s are as one, guiding the blade into a lightning-swift strike. This a
withering attack with double 7s on the damage roll. On a successful hit, the attack raises the storm’s
Intensity +1. The wielder does not gain any Initiative lost by her opponent (but still gains an Initiative
Break if she crashes him).
Fulminating Edge Flash can only be used once per scene, unless reset by dropping an enemy with a
higher Initiative total than the wielder to a lower Initiative.
Storm Binding: Lightning Cleaves the Heavens
Cost: 8m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Simple
Keywords: Decisive-only, Resonant
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Fulminating Edge Flash
Stormcaller’s wielder sheathes the blade with a whispered prayer, concentrating the fury of the storm
into a single bolt of lightning that moves with her will. This takes the place of the normal consequences
of sheathing Stormcaller. She makes an unblockable decisive attack against an enemy out to medium
range, adding (Intensity x 2) bonus damage.
Once this Evocation has been used, it does not reset until Stormcaller’s wielder performs the proper
ritual cleansing of the weapon with rice wine at the next new moon. She must have Occult 3+, or
Occult 1+ and a demon-related specialty, to attempt the purification ritual. This is a difficulty 3
Intelligence + Occult roll.
In addition to resetting this Evocation, the purification of Stormcaller tempers the storm devil’s fury.
As long as a wielder with this Evocation perform the ritual purification successfully on the last new
moon, sheathing Stormcaller without using this Evocation will not cause harm to her allies or any
character she has a positive Tie towards.
Resonant: An Exalt who resonates with orichalcum may reset this Evocation by spending a scene in
meditation with the bound demon, attempting to subdue it by force of will alone. She spends one
Willpower, and rolls Charisma + Presence against difficulty 6. A success resets this Evocation; on a
failure, she cannot attempt this again until she purifies the weapon under the new moon.
Sleeping Devil, Wake!
Cost: 5m; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Decisive-only, Dissonant
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: Storm-Binding: Lightning Cleaves the Heavens
A dark hatred radiates from Stormcaller as it strikes, poisoning the skies with demonic fury. This
Evocation adds (Intensity/2) bonus dice on a decisive attack. Every 10 on the attack roll adds +1 to the
storm’s Intensity, up to a maximum of (Essence) points of Intensity per attack.
Dissonant: Wielders who do not resonate with orichalcum can only add +1 Intensity with each attack,
no matter how many 10s they roll.
Divine Tempest Blade
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: Hungry Tiger Technique, Sleeping Demon, Wake!
Solar Essence and devil lightning become one in a devastating attack. Once the Lawgiver has raised the
storm’s intensity to 6+, she can use Hungry Tiger Technique even against characters that are not in
Initiative Crash.
Storm Binding: Falling Sky Strike
Cost: 10m, 5i, 1wp; Mins: Essence 4; Type: Simple
Keywords: Decisive-only
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Divine Tempest Blade
Mastering the storm demon with nothing more than her own will, the wielder forces the devil-cursed
blade back into its sheathe, breaking the storm against her own fury. In order to use this Evocation, the
wielder must be at Initiative 15+ and have raised the storm to Intensity 6+. The wielder diverts the
normal consequences of sheathing Stormcaller into a devastating barrage of lightning. She makes
(Intensity/2) unblockable decisive attacks against one or more enemies out to extreme range, making a
single attack roll. She divides her (Initiative + the storm’s Intensity) evenly among all hit enemies to
determine the raw damage rolled against them, ignoring hardness. The wielder adds the threshold
successes she rolled over each target’s Defense as bonus dice of decisive damage against them.
This Evocation is subject to the same reset conditions as Storm Binding: Lightning Cleaves the
Heavens. Once once is used, neither can be until they are reset.
Storm Binding: Tempest of 10,000 Hells
Cost: 25m, 2wp; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Simple
Keywords: None
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Storm Binding: Falling Sky Strike
Drawing Stormcaller with the tempered will of a saint or the killing intent of a devil, the wielder
unleashes a devastating storm on a nearby area—hurricanes, blizzards, floods, tsunamis. In order to use
this Evocation, the wield must first spend a scene in meditation, honing her intentions, before drawing
the blade. The Storyteller can use the effects Rain of Doom (Exalted, p. 483) to represent the
devastation wrought by Stormcaller’s ultimate storm, or create a unique effect.
As long as the wielder has attended to the daiklave’s purification dutifully for the past year, she can
ensure the storm will not harm her Circlemates or any characters she has a positive Tie towards.
However, if she has lapsed in purifications, has an Intimacy that she formed after interacting with the
bound demon, or is in Limit Break, the storm rages out of her control, often inflicting unimaginable
collateral damage.
This Evocation can only be used once per story. The Solar may reset it when she upholds a Major or
Defining Intimacy by successfully purifying Stormcaller beneath the new moon. Alternatively, she may
reset it by communing with Akavadra in a scene of meditation, accepting a Major Intimacy that
represents the demon’s corrupting influence, chosen by the Storyteller, in exchange for resetting this
Evocation. The Dawn Caste anima power cannot reset this Evocation.
Special activation rules: This Evocation can only be awoken by a wielder who has proven her will
superior to that of Akavadra, forcing the storm demon to acknowledge her as his master. This is
normally done by succeeding on the Occult roll to purify the blade for every consecutive full moon
over the course of a full year, but other narrative conditions may also allow the wielder to assert her
primacy over the demon. Alternatively, the storm demon might choose to make this Evocation
available to a warrior who earns her favor through great and heartless deeds of violence.