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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scurvy_Platypus" data-source="post: 4580095" data-attributes="member: 43283">I'll note that what I've seen of the Quickstart rules doesn't even scratch the surface of the rules you get in the books. The quickstart rules are _much_ lighter it seems.A lot of the crunch in Exalted seems to come from their charms and stuff. If you groove on the whole optimizing thing and like figuring your feat chains and stuff in D&D/d20, then Exalted should be a pretty good match for you in terms of system. I personally loathe it.But the setting seems darn nifty.I would _really_ suggest looking through a book physically. Some people really dislike the art ("It's too anime!!), some people really dislike the system ("It's too crunchy and fiddly!!") and some people just don't like the setting (too anime or too high powered or too whatever).I personally happen to find D&D to have too many fiddly rules, so Exalted is way over for my tastes in terms of system.I say you should check it out and see what you think. If the setting grabs you but the system doesn't, you can always pick up a book or two and simply convert it to run a different system. Either Your Favorite System, or even the pretty good system they've got in the Quickstart rules.Online at least, Exalted seems to be one of those "touchstone" games that people like to convert to other systems for a variety of reasons. Kinda like Star Wars.</blockquote>