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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Artoomis" data-source="post: 4203269" data-attributes="member: 111">As I said, the way I would play it is to warn that the action the PC is about to take is not within the bound of being "exalted."  One could debate endlessly about many individual acts, the key is to not penalize a player, but give them a chance to decide if they really want to the PC to step outside the bounds of exaltedness or not.Personally, I'd say even threatening a character with torture is not a good act, and therefore not "exalted."  Remember that an "exatled" character is often at odds with the rough-and-tumble world within which he or she lives and lives by a higher standard.My rule of thumb is that if you are uncertain (even a small doubt) if an act is appropriate, then the act is almost certainly outside the bounds of "exatled" character's required behavior.Basically, if you have to ask,"Is this okay? then the answer is "no."But... the player should always receive a warning.  No player should ever get blindsided by an after-the fact ruling that an act was not within the bounds of exalted behavior.  There is, otherwise,  just too much personal opinion involved to be fair.</blockquote>