[Exalted] Need advice on running a chronicle

[Skade]

Forget cool artifacts, focus on stunts (says a man who had more artifacts than he could literally carry). It is my favorite thing in the system, and really makes the combats exciting and dynamic. I agree with everyone elses answers to the balance, question, and should point out that they should not balance. They each excel in their own capacity, and the differences should be used to make the game more interesting, rather than be seen as an obstacle. Oh, and what artifacts do make it in to the game should each have a story, some kind of plot should be attached to each one. Say for instance those Christos might be slightly cursed, or maybe wanted by some Immaculates or Lunars, or even the Abyssals for nefarious (or perfectly benign) reasons.

 

[Nightchilde-2]

Don't be afraid to give your PCs power. They'll come by it on their own anyway, and fighting it will just be an exercise in futility. If they want to take over a village, let 'em. If they wanna summon a demon..sure. Exalted's all about power, and what you do with it.

Abyssals. Watch them. They will tear through a combat like nobody else's business. Especially if they have Glorious Carnage Typhoon.

 

[blackshirt5]

As far as the story goes, I was definitely thinking of throwing them against a Deathlord and the Realm, but also, I created a backstory a while ago about two sets of swords, the Mystic Blades of the First Age and the Soul Blades of the Underworld; I think I'm gonna send them after those(which will be a quest that takes them from the Scavenger Lands to Denandsor, Mount Metagalapa, Rathess, the Floating Palace, and many more places); I'm also gonna do something cool with the Tombs of Nexus involving one of these swords.

 

[blackshirt5]

and hey man, ripping of Hellsing is cool; anime is a big influence on the whole feel of Exalted, and I rip stuff off for my use.

 

[Teflon Billy]

Teflon Billy - RUN A PbP OR ONLINE OR SOMETHING PLEASE?!

You got it.

I assume you are my first player?

Get to work on a PC, No Abyssals; but I could likely be talked into a Lunar if you had such an inkling.

I'll let you know when/where we'll be starting (my books are in the mail)

 

[blackshirt5]

Billy, will it be PbP? I might be interested in trying one for the 1st time, although you'll have to explain to me the way it works; I would definitely be interested in playing a Lunar.

 

[Teflon Billy]

Billy, will it be PbP? I might be interested in trying one for the 1st time, although you'll have to explain to me the way it works; I would definitely be interested in playing a Lunar.

...and then there were 2

I have no idea if it will be PBP or IRC yet...I just decided to do this a minute ago.

 

[blackshirt5]

Well, if it's IRC then I'm gonna have to hold off on it for a bit until I can get my own computer(right now I'm working on my family's computer and the clicking of keys keeps my parents up at night) and a net connection. Do you have objections to me going about a cowing entire tribes and killing their gods? It's something I've always wanted to do in Exalted.

 

[blackshirt5]

Well if it's IRC then I'm gonna have to hold off for a bit until I get my own computer, because right now I'm stuck using the family computer and the clicking of keys keeps my parents up at night. How exactly do you play a PbP game though?

 

[Teflon Billy]

...Do you have objections to me going about a cowing entire tribes and killing their gods? It's something I've always wanted to do in Exalted.

Not really, so long as the whole group meshes together. I'm not having a group where one guy is a Solar whose whole thing is defending villages with you

But no, all told I don't much care what you guys want to do, i tend to make adventures around your characters, not place your characters in pre-made adventures.