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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jürgen Hubert" data-source="post: 4625233" data-attributes="member: 7177">Running an Exalted campaign has been a real eye-opener for me. Here are a couple of suggestions from my experiences:- Make clear from the beginning that the PCs are powerful, and have real influence. This doesn't mean that they should simply slaughter through hordes of enemies with ease. Instead, make it evident in the reaction of NPCs. As their reputation rises, others will bow to them, and even act subservient or ingratiating. Others will ask them for all sorts of favors, or try to bribe them to stay in their good will.- Make clear that their decisions are meaningful. So they have slaughtered the ruler of a petty kingdom who oppressed his subjects, and the people rejoice. But who should rule the kingdom now? The locals want the PCs to rule, but if they refuse and just put someone else in charge, that person will end up being unable to maintain order by his own - he simply doesn't have the power and authority to keep it up, and the kingdom will collapse and/or be swallowed up by bigger neighbors. Show them the consequences of all their decisions, and be willing to make lasting changes to the world based on what they do.- Create several villains, and let them attempt to ally themselves with the PCs in order to stop one of their rivals. After all, the PCs are powerful and thus a potentially useful resource. Negotiating with the PCs and giving them something they want in order to seriously weaken a rival is more convenient than wasting lots of resources and efforts to try to slay the PCs, after all - especially in a world where raise dead rituals work. And the PCs might be more reluctant to attack a nominal ally, which should impose all sorts of moral quandaries on them - which in turn makes for good role-playing.</blockquote>

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