History Headscratchers / EXALTED

*** Important point here; Lytek does NOT know "about the Great Curse." Lytek knows ''something'' is wrong with the Exaltations and he's not an idiot so he has connected that with Exalts going nuts but he hasn't read the Exalted core rulebook and knows that it's the death curse of the Neverborn designed to destroy the Exalted from the inside. As such he has no idea what the problem actually is or where it comes from. This naturally would make extremely nervous about taking any action relating to it, including telling the Exalted. What if he went to the Solars and told them something was up with their Exaltations and they said "We know, we did that ages ago for [insert terrifying reason here] and now you know you cannot be allowed to survive!" Or he tells them and only then discovers it it's actually a malfunctioning failsafe installed by Autochthon and telling them about it causes them all the explode, taking half of Creation with them. We know that's not going to happen but Lytek has no way to know. You can see why he might decide keeping it a secret and trying to fix it himself or at least figure it out himself was the wiser course of action.

*** Manual of Exalted Power: Infernals says that the reason [=GSPs=] can't use SMA is because SMA requires a connection to Creation that [=GSPs=] just don't have. (it gets burned away by the vitriolic power of the tainted Exaltation, or something) A GSP using Black Mirror Shintai on a Sidereal gets to use SMA, though.
*** In Ink Monkeys, each type of Akuma gets a special Infernal Monster Charm that only they (and not GSP) can learn; the Sidereal one lets the character exist partially within fate, and allows for mixing IMS with Sidereal Martial Arts; it all but explicitly states that it allows them to regain access to their SMA.

*** Manual of Exalted Power: Infernals says that the reason [[=GSPs=]] can't use SMA is because SMA requires a connection to Creation that [[=GSPs=]] just don't have. (it gets burned away by the vitriolic power of the tainted Exaltation, or something) A GSP using Black Mirror Shintai on a Sidereal gets to use SMA, though.

** {{Word of God}} is that Solars and Abyssals can learn them because their thing is (in part) excellence though Abilities, and since SMA is based on Martial Arts, it's part of their purview. Infernals, on the other hand, emulates the Yozi, and are unconnected to Abilities. The only reason they can practice normal styles when the Yozi can't even do that is because the sheer power of their exaltation.

*** Manual of Exalted Power: Infernals says that the reason GSPs can't use SMA is because SMA requires a connection to Creation that GSPs just don't have. (it gets burned away by the vitriolic power of the tainted Exaltation, or something) A GSP using Black Mirror Shintai on a Sidereal gets to use SMA, though.

** {{Word of God}} is that Solars and Abyssals can learn them because their thing is (in part) excellence though Abilities, and since SMA is based on Martial Arts, it's part of their purview. Infernals, on the other hand, emulates the Yozi, and are unconnected to abilities. The only reason they can practice normal styles when the Yozi can't even do that is because the sheer power of their exaltation.

* Why Can't Infernals learn Sideral Martial arts? Solars can learn them with a tutor, Abyssals can learn them with a tutor, so why can't Infernals learn them with a tutor?

*** There ''might'' be an explanation for it: Since the primordial of time was killed, thus creating a linear time line for Creation, However, Hell is made up of the body of Malfeas, meaning it might exist out of the normal space-time of creation; hence, time travel is possible in Malfeas. Granted, I could be pretty wrong, but it's the only answer I can think of.

*** WordOfGod says that part is baffling to them to, and that they [[CanonDiscontinuity personally disregard it]].

** The two halves of Manual of Exalted Power: Infernals were written by different authors with radically different takes on the Yozis, resulting in parts even in the same book that don't match up.
*** Yeah... Infernals is where things seemed to go all askew. A definite YMMV, but they don't quite seem to have settled back down or really gotten back to the essence of what the Yozis were. That said, the general consensus is still that Infernals was worth it.

*** Yeah... Infernals is where things seemed to go all askew. A definite YMMV, but they don't quite seem to have settled back down or really gotten back to the essence of what the Yozi's were. That said, the general consensus is still that Infernals was worth it.

* Why does everything Infernals-related flip flop on what the Yozi's are and their characterization?

*** It's actually an incredibly common thing, IRL. During eras when education and literacy were uncommon there would be a wildl spoken (low) language, and a courtly (high) language spoken by the literate elite. There tended to be an illiterate, purely oral language spoken by the masses that developed naturally whereas the written language would be kept in a forced state of stability, since conventions and grammar that were hundreds of years old could be faithfully recorded and taught to younger generations. Think how latin split into the various romance languages or how ancient chinese calligraphy is still intelligible.