The Treatises, on the other hand, are wide-spread throughout the Realm and elsewhere as primers for sorcery, and reputed to have been written by the aforementioned first sorceress. The entry for The Broken-Winged Crane contains the first hints of the Infernal Exalted in the line at the time Bo3C was first printed, although regrettably not even suggestions of rules as to what such an Exalt is like. Two particularly interesting items are The Broken-Winged Crane, a book that has not yet been written that corrupts the reader into becoming an Infernal Exalted, and the Black and White Treatises. The first chapter concludes with a brief listing of interesting books and artifacts - most of these are not intended as normal PC items, but rather as plot hooks and McGuffins for stories. This is followed by more background information dealing with typical sorcerers of each of the Exalted detailed at that point (Solar, Lunar, and Dragon-Bloods) and rules for creating new spells. Bo3C continually drives this point home with a series of creative and bizarre spells that, offer countless plot hooks in themselves.īefore getting to all of that, we're treated to a brief history of magic in Creation, who tells of the first Exalted sorceress, along with a small sidebar giving the offical Dragon-Blooded version of the myth. The true difference is in concept and flavor - charms enhance an already present ability, while Sorcery can theoretically do just about anything that isn't prohibited by the ground rules of Creation itself. Mechanically, there isn't a lot of difference between Charms and Sorcery - spells could be rewritten as Charms branching off the Circle Sorcery charms and more or less act the same. Bo3C turns all of the dials to "maximum" dealing with the grander branch of the Chosen's magic, and is a great supplement to the paltry listing in the core rulebook.
Exalted has gotten a lot of press regarding its concentration on "epic" fantasy, and nowhere is this concentration more apparent than in The Book of 3 Circles, which deals with sorcery and magical items in Creation.
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