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Exalted RPG
Published by White Wolf Game Studio
Developed by Robert Hatch and Geoffrey C. Grabowski
352 pages; $29.95
First things first:
Exalted has many types and factions of beings that are called Exalted.
In Exalted, you play one of the Solar Exalted.
This fact is vital and so trivial, but not knowing that makes reading the first 95 pages or so very difficult. Unlike previous White Wolf games, where you know going into it that you'll be playing a vampire, werewolf, or mage -- complete with some preconceived notions of what those types of beings do -- you go into Exalted not having the foggiest idea what the Exalted are. And while they do a good job explaining all the various types of Exalted, they don't specifically tell you until page 96 that you are playing one of the Solar Exalted . . . especially if you're reading the Limited Edition without the back cover blurb that makes this point a bit clearer.
So now you know. May the first 95 pages go easier.
Exalted is White Wolf's new roleplaying game set in the Second Age, the time after the golden era of the First Age but before the (potential) future of the World of Darkness.
It is a time of chaos. The Scarlet Empress -- the powerful woman who ruled The Realm for almost 800 years -- disappeared five years ago. The Realm now seems to be collapsing, with petty squabbling among noble houses -- ruled by Dragon-Blooded Exalted -- distracting each other while their society seems in danger of collapsing around them.
It is a time . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: October 5, 2001
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