Editing Exalted Versus World of Darkness (section)

===[[Alchemicals]]===

Heroes of the Machine God, Autochton "reactivated" them in reaction to the unsealing of the Black Vault, and the return of the Celestial Exalted. Unlike those Exaltations, Modern-day Alchemicals were created by accident as a random person touches one of the spherical nodes that got released from the hold of a Technocracy ship that disintegrated in the upper atmosphere.

In days of old, each Alchemical was part of a Caste, which were designed with specific duties in mind.  Although these days the number of extant Alchemicals number less than a dozen, the Castes still determine their personalities and implant preferences: 

* '''Orichalcum''': Draws from natural leaders and visionaries. Replenishes Essence when they defend or advance an Intimacy through forthright action or inspiration.  Their anima power is to add their Essence rating to all Damage rolls while their anima is flaring.

* '''Moonsilver''': Draws from those comfortable with lying through their teeth to accomplish their goals. Replenishes Essence when they defend or advance an intimacy through deception or trickery. Their anima power is to add their Essence rating to their Initiative total while their anima is flaring.

* '''Jade''': Draws from the rugged and salt-of-the-earth types, populist heroes essentially.  Replenishes Essence whenever they defend or advance an Intimacy through persistence or steadfast endurance. Their anima power while their anima is flaring is to add their Essence rating to their soak rolls.

* '''Starmetal''': Draws from plotters, planners, and dealers of knowledge. Replenishes Essence whenever they defend or advance an Intimacy through manipulation or long-sighted strategy.  Their anima power while their anima is flaring is to add their Essence rating to all attack rolls.

* '''Soulsteel''': Draws from those who seek justice. Replenishes Essence whenever they defend or advance an Intimacy through intimidation or explosive violence. Their anima power while their anima is flaring is to add their Essence rating to all block, dodge, and parry rolls.

Although they are essentially magitek cyborgs, Alchemicals can only "equip" so many Charm arrays at one time, though this limit grows as their Essence Rating increases.  ''Because'' they're magitek cyborgs, they're immediately recognizable as unusual unless they enter '''Dormancy''', after which they look normal for about twelve hours, in return to losing all their Exalted powers for that same timeframe.

Finally, an Alchemical may "reconfigure" their Charm arrays, but this may only be done during a Dormancy cycle.  If the Dormancy cycle is ended prematurely, then most of these planned reconfigurations fail.