D&D 4E Exalted 4e

Campbell said:
So 4e is a clone of
  • Magic The Gathering
  • Exalted
  • World of Warcraft
  • Guild Wars
  • All Video Games
  • Womanly Indy RPGs
  • Miniature Skirmish Game of Your Choice
  • Anime
  • Action Movies
  • Your Mom

Cool.

LOL :D Love it!. Now if we could only add D&D to that list it would be perfect. :p
 

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Campbell said:
So 4e is a clone of
  • Magic The Gathering
  • Exalted
  • World of Warcraft
  • Guild Wars
  • All Video Games
  • Womanly Indy RPGs
  • Miniature Skirmish Game of Your Choice
  • Anime
  • Action Movies
  • Your Mom

Cool.
You forgot:
  • Faulknerian Literature
  • Vampire: The Musical
  • "Observations of the Growth of Amoebic Cultures In a High Beta Particle Concentration"
  • Attack of the Radioactive Ooze From Beyond Jupiter
  • Gathering: The Magic
  • Bollywood Dance Numbers
  • The mutant living in Chris Perkin's stomach
  • Yams
  • F.A.T.A.L.
 


mach1.9pants said:
WTF is Exalted? Is it D20 compatible? Or is it another rubbish game where you strip your (opposite sex to your own) avatar to its undies and dance? :P

That takes at least 5 motes of essence, plus whatever it takes to attune to your underwear.
 

mach1.9pants said:
WTF is Exalted? Is it D20 compatible? Or is it another rubbish game where you strip your (opposite sex to your own) avatar to its undies and dance? :P

Exalted is what happens when The World of Darkness, D&D, Pulp, Greek Myth, and Anime come together to start a family. It is also a role playing game and a state of mind. Also an RPG.net Darling of the Decade.
 
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Son_of_Thunder said:
Ok, in all seriousness I think I just had a moment of epiphany. Is it just me or is 4e sounding more and more like Exalted every day?

In Exalted, you play gods. You start off as a normal person, then you exalt (typically off-screen, or prior to the start of play), after which you are a living, breathing, god. The typical starting Exalted character is roughly the conceptual equivalent of a 30th Level D&D character. The closest things Exalted has to typical D&D heroes in terms of power are Heroic Mortals, which are a bit like gnats compared to the might of the Solars. The only real similarities to Exalted that I'm seeing in 4e are the adoption of flowery (as opposed to textbook-ish) spell names and, to a lesser extent, the decision to provide a largely 'open' default setting for new players to build on as they see fit.
 

jdrakeh said:
In Exalted, you play gods. You start off as a normal person, then you exalt (typically off-screen, or prior to the start of play), after which you are a living, breathing, god. The typical starting Exalted character is roughly the conceptual equivalent of a 30th Level D&D character. The closest things Exalted has to typical D&D heroes in terms of power are Heroic Mortals, which are a bit like gnats compared to the might of the Solars. The only real similarities to Exalted that I'm seeing in 4e are the adoption of flowery (as opposed to textbook-ish) spell names and, to a lesser extent, the decision to provide a largely 'open' default setting for new players to build on as they see fit.

Not really. Assuming that the DMG idea that trained soldiers=level 1 warriors, then I think starting Exalted characters are basically around level 10-12.

And Heroic Mortals or even extras can really screw up an Exalt if she makes a mistake. Using 2e, getting surrounded means 1 guy gets an attack against DV 0 unless the Exalt has a charm that defeats unexpected attacks. And in 1e, it could be troublesome fighting multiple guys without a persistent defense. A 10th level barbarian can laugh at being surrounded by guys - especially with an Ironward Diamond to boost his DR.
 

Though being surrounded by guys has almost always been something WW has seemed to like to show as a really, really bad idea. It seems encounters against multiple threats even if your well above their level is in particularly deadly in WW games.
 

The idea that Exalted PCs are super-powerful beings, trampling over Creation, is more a function of the zeitgeist than the actual rules. They can be like that once they have a few hundred XP under their belt, but starting out, they're more likely to be similar to mid-level D&D characters. They can take on a battalion of mooks if built well, but levelling a mountain is still beyond them.
 

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