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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 2798129" data-attributes="member: 2020">(sighs)  I feel I have to ask the question here, on ENWorld ... and hope for some help.  I have read the Book of Exalted Deeds.  I know, through experience, that it is impossible to play an exalted character:  every other player in the party (not to mention their characters) will be aggravated, at best.  At worse, it will be the kind of thing that starts fights and ends friendships.  I like the idea that Good pays.  The idea that going through the hardships of playing a good character (much less a paladin) pays dividends, is a good one.  It's about time, really.  But the other players will not tolerate it:  not even a party of all good characters will tolerate it.  I know that, through multiple bad experiences.  I wish it weren't so, but that is my experience.  With that said, I paid for the book and went to the effort of buying it.   The book has a large amount of material in it, that could be useful for a character.  The people who wrote the Book of Exalted Deeds post in ENWorld, I think.  If one of them reads this post, could they offer suggestions?  If you have found a way to use the book (without simply discarding the flavor and just giving the feats and spells and PrCs to characters of any non-evil alignment:  that's an obvious solution) and have a lot of fun with it, would you tell me how it worked for you?  I like the concept.  But the fun is more elusive.  Whither the fun?  Edena_of_Neith</blockquote>

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