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[ScrapyardDragon]

aye; all it really does is let you use weaponry in place of brawl for touch spells. Not the worst effect in the game but there aren't a lot of touch spells that the target will be trying to avoid and the ones that they will, you're probably better off just hitting them normally with the weapon.

[GuardianTempest]

Although you do get the added bonus of getting a free melee whack with the melee spell you're casting.

[lanugo1984]

What are derangements? 

The book never mentions what they are? Is it just meant to be a substitute word for disorder? 

There is no such thing as a "Major disorder" though, while "Major derangements" are mentioned.

My friends and I can't figure this out. Help!

[Amanojyaku]

Yes, they're supposed to be interchangeable. You gain Insanity points, you go insane. It only gets worse.

[masmanus]

Are there any agreed upon house rules for installing/swapping Hearthstones? (Or alternatively, are there specified mechanics somewhere in core that I'm missing?)

[Amanojyaku]

I cannot locate a mention of action types required to socket or remove hearthstones in DtD or two editions of Exalted. I therefore surmise that socketing, removing, or swapping hearthstones is not something done in structured time... probably requires actual jeweler's work or something. No hot-swapping hearthstones.

[masmanus]

Jun 6, 2020 11:53:27 GMT -6 Amanojyaku said:

I cannot locate a mention of action types required to socket or remove hearthstones in DtD or two editions of Exalted. I therefore surmise that socketing, removing, or swapping hearthstones is not something done in structured time... probably requires actual jeweler's work or something. No hot-swapping hearthstones.

That's an odd omission ot recur in so many sources... I've been house-ruling hearthstones as "attach in an instant, essentially impossible to remove". Might as well refine that & post to the house-rule thread if it hasn't been addressed yet

[asher]

Me and my friends aren’t clear on something, when picking our class do we only pick one swordschool, gun kata and magic school that are class offers or can we just use them all and put xp in the ones we want

[Amanojyaku]

You can spend XP on any of the ones in your class progression. You can't spend XP on schools that are not in a class you haven't taken, or in a different class if you haven't completed your current one.

[asher]

What is the benefit of making a pistol out of mithril

[Amanojyaku]

Book 1, p.226.

[dervishvale]

What are the rules for throwing a weapon that ISN’T and actual throwing weapon? Trying to find the rules for it for one of my players and I can’t find it...

[Amanojyaku]

Book 1, p.202. P.211 adds that melee weapons that can be thrown need the same proficiency as a grenade would, and the range for those weapons is found in their descriptions. And just in case common sense is at a premium, throwing a weapon is indeed a ranged attack and thus uses Ballistics, per p.250.

[justinsane]

Would anything break horribly if I simply ignored weapon jams and overheating?

[Amanojyaku]

Weapon quality, Reliable/Unreliable properties, and at least one magical material may as well not exist if you do that. And from the same design standpoint that justified not adding characteristic dice to damage for ranged attacks, it also removes a balance point against relying solely on gunfire (recall that not getting attacked in the first place is the best defense against an attack). Probably better to not touch it.