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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doctor Shaft" data-source="post: 2054311" data-attributes="member: 25737">I would definitely support the thoughts of the previous posts on Exalted.Exalted is not just "Yeah, I'm usually good." It means, at all costs, your character is good.  Without a doubt. When the difficult situation occurs, the exalted character always strives to do the good thing.What is the good based on? Well, I would argue that the exalted character is unswervingly loyal and devoted to his or her deity or dogma. Now, this does not mean that exalted characters are foolishly suicidal or so pragmatic and forceful about their faith that they will go out of their way to promote it, even if it means destroying other things around them or warping the intentions of the faith for other people.  So, that means if an exalted sees a situation where she knows that her fighting won't change anything... then that exalted shouldn't do it. If the DM says something like:"2 Frost Giants are stopping a little girl to death..." and you know that your sword and dagger isn't going to change anything in that event. Then the exalted isn't, in my opinion, obligated to then rush in and proceed to die at the hands of giants.  Actions that have foolish motives are not exalted actions, at least that's how I would define it.So an exalted character doesn't necessarily mean "lawful psychotic!"  However, you definitely have to be rigid if you play an exalted character. You have to do right all the time. If an exalted character travels with non-exalted... yes, there will be problems. Unless that exalted character is truly "leading" them, then there's almost no reason for the exalted to be there. Why would a person who is supposedly doing the "Most Correct" thing be the lacky of Shady the Rogue?  Or even the equal?  He wouldn't.  This doesn't meant exalted absolutely won't travel with Shady under those conditions, but if Shady decides half of the time that he's going to rob people or murder them, it's not necessarily the Exalted person's job to kill him... but you'd have to question why your even traveling with the group.Or, if the other PC's do something the exalted believes to be incorrect... then said PC should not participate in that specific action.  Basically, and exalted PC shouldn't have any shades of "grey" in her personality, and if she does... they should be very restricted and deal closely with moral conundrums, like what to do about a slavery situation, or other complicated social problems.</blockquote>

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