>What is Exalted? An epic high-flying role-playing game about reborn god-heroes in a world where pants are optional. Start here: theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/exalted/
>That sounds cool, how can I get into it? Read the 3e core book (link below). For mechanics of the old edition, play this tutorial: mengtzu.github.io/exalted/sakuya.html . It’ll get you familiar with most of the mechanics.
>Gosh that was fun. How do I find a group? Roll20 and the Game Finder General here on Veeky Forums.
So, let's say there's an island with a volcano in the middle. The volcano erupts, people die, a shadoeland is born. How do you guys figure this would affect the god of the volcano? Would the Underworld taint affect his nature, or would it just be a plain old god in a creepy environment? Would his ability to affect his volcano be compromised? Are there canon answers to these questions, or is this more of a "whatever works best for your game" kind of thing?
Dominic Collins
> Are there canon answers to these questions, or is this more of a "whatever works best for your game" kind of thing?
Whatever work best.
Most spirits find the Underworld and the Shadowland deeply antithetical to their own essence. In 2e it affects their mote regeneration, and very few gods can live in Shadowlands.
In the other hand, there is a scarce example of death tainted elementals and gods.
If you want that god to become all creepy and shit, it works well within the framework of the game. If you want that god to be the last untainted spirit of the land, it works too.
>Would his ability to affect his volcano be compromised?
Almost certainly. Most untainted gods will find a shadowland very unsettling, and with strange death essence. Its ability to manipulate its environment will be most certainly changed.
William Hughes
I find the lack of titan like proportion humanoid deeply unsettling in Exalted. It has absolutely every trope in existence - except giants, titans, and other oversized human.
There is nothing that say epic more than fighting against a 20 meter tall bronze behemoth.
Isaac Ross
>There is nothing that say epic more than fighting against a 20 meter tall bronze behemoth.
They exist, not coincidentally named "behemoths". There's no race of them or anything, but it's a perfectly fine concept for a behemoth.
Ryan Brooks
Alright. How much do you figure shadowlands can deviate from normal natural laws of Creation? I'm thinking os something like a shadowlann isle where the volcano is perpetually erupting, because the whole place is sort of stuck on the final terrible moments of its dead inhabitants. Some of the inhabitants who still linger on as ghosts would try to sacrifice anyone unfortunate enough to end up on the island to their god in an attempt to calm down his apparent wrath. Others would have turned against their god, blaming their own deaths and those of their loved ones on him. The god himself would be unable to actually do shit about the ungoing half-remebered, laf-real eruption, but would pretend otherwise and play the part of an angry god to the folks still trying to appease him, because that's the only way to hold on to any shred of power and dignity. Secretly he'd be kind of desperate, because the whole situation suck even more for him than for the ghosts who at least have the option of moving on. Does this sound reasonable and/or interesting? It's not supposed to be the setting for a whole campaign, but something of a side adventure for a few sessions.
Jack Jenkins
Gods and demons can also be like that. IIRC the Pale Mistress is describes as a fuckhuge woman-like creature, for instance.
