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My very limited exposure to Werewolf: The Apocalypse gives me ecofashy vibes. How accurate is this? (hexbear.net)

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Apparently there's a plot point that involves Gaia creating the Ratkin to eradicate humanity's "surplus population" through disease, which has some very uncomfortable implications, especially in the light of the gross indifference to human life that the ruling class has exhibited in the wake of Covid-19.

I realize this is hinged on a lot of assumptions (that this information is accurate in-universe and that Gaia, as the personification of the Earth, serves as a mouthpiece for the creators' environmentalist views), which is why I'm asking.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

WtA is very weirdly fixated on a lot of such stuff, IMO. IDK about WtF.

By the way, have you taken a look at Exalted 3e and Exalted Essence?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

On that topic, Exalted VS Old World of Darkness is a pretty fun one for the entire point of it being punching all that edgy bullshit in the fangs with shiny golden bullshit that can actually improve society somewhat. Or doubling down on the edgey power thematics, but not having to pay the awwwwwful price and be all mopey about being Killhard Soulshitter.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Killhard Soulshitter

Abyssals, arguably Infernals (they seem rather nice in Essence, though).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Not familiar with Exalted at all, no. What's the premise?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

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Pretty sure that's the summary of WtA.

Not familiar with Exalted at all, no. What's the premise?

Some titans made a bunch of gods. Said gods rebelled but had to fight the titans indirectly, making the 'Exalted' - the people empowered by the gods in some way. Titanomachia ensues and titans get defeated (with some developments that tickle my brain) and curse the Exalted.
A lot of time passes and some factions of the Exalted that are less afflicted by the curse start a war. They win, they make sure that the most powerful of the defeated ones do not get reincarnated (well, roughly speaking, 'reincarnated'), declare such the 'anathema' to be hunted down for everybody else' safety, and establish a polity that takes control over most of the world.
A lot more time passes during which there is a change of the world's hegemonic power, but then its ruler disappears and her disappearance coincides with the return of the Exalted who previously could not be reincarnated. These are first of the Exalted that got playable in every edition.

The more day-to-day premise is that you are a very powerful being, but (unless the character is Dragonblooded, or if what is happening is happening on the fringes of the world (which is flat)) you get the burden of hiding from said hegemonic power, and (unless the character is Dragonblooded, in which case you belong to the privileged group within said hegemonic power) you experience a degree of social isolation (which depends on the type of the character's Exaltation).