They're sort of the default group for you to be a part of when you make a Dragon-Blooded character. They Dynasty is a player-character group. It doesn't track.īut it makes perfect sense why they did it. They made an obnoxiously right wing society and then made them super casual about the one thing the right wing obsesses about above all others. The final thing about the Dynasty is that they're remarkably LGBTQ friendly. There's a sort of minimum quota of children that each couple should have if they want to stay in the good graces of their noble house. The third thing about the Dynasty is that, due to new children being potentially new Dragon-Blooded (and thus wielders of incredible magical powers), they are obsessed with fertility and marriage. The other thing about the Dynasty is that they are an authoritarian matriarchy, where women, especially mothers, have institutional, legal, and social privileges. The thing about the Dynasty is that they're ruthless imperialists, plundering the nations of the world to bring back massive amounts of tribute to support their bloated, parasitical lifestyles. They're called The Dynasty and since the Empress' disappearance, they have been competing with each other to see who gets to rule the Realm. The largest and most powerful group of Dragon-Blooded in the setting is an extended family, descended with varying degrees of legitimacy, from the Scarlet Empress. There's several unique things about them, but the most important is that, alone of all the major Exalted types, they can pass their magical powers down to their children. This book is about a faction in Exalted called The Dragon-Blooded. Today I'm going to talk about something strange I noticed while reading this book, and how I think it raises some important questions unique to tabletop rpg design.įirst, though, a bit of background. Don't think of it as me giving my best material to another venue, think of it as a dedicated thread allowing me to offload my petty and concrete observations in order to free me to think about more abstract matters. Either way, once or twice a year, the blog is going to get the scraps.īut they're going to be good scraps! I promise. I know, I know, it's a betrayal, but I started that thread in 2014 and I feel like maybe it's earned the right to first dibs on all my new Exalted books from here on out. Minor confession: I have another place where I talk about Exalted books.
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