Exalted

In this single-session TTRPG adventure, DM Matt Rossi takes Liz Harper, Liz Patt, Joe Perez, and Nick Marino into Exalted, a world of high mythic fantasy where they role play champions of the Unconquered Sun, the peerless warrior kings and queens of Creation itself.

D&D has had many video games over the years, with Baldur's Gate 3 merely the latest one, and with two Pathfinder offerings also available.

There are certain characters, settings, and properties that just feel tailor-made for a video game, especially when the industry is capable of turning major media into surprisingly good experiences like Guardians of the Galaxy — heck, even Oswald the Lucky Rabbit has gotten a game.

I once spent three months painstakingly kludging rules together for 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons so that my friends could play in a game that was more like a fantasy anime like The Vision of Escaflowne, only to realize I was breaking my back to do something Exalted already did, but better.

Okay, I'm a long time fan of Exalted, the game originally made by White Wolf and now maintained by Onyx Path, which is a roleplaying game about the mythic past where nearly divine beings called Exalted helped shape the destiny of creation.

This isn't a post about how terrible Dungeons and Dragons is -- I think it's a fine game system for a specific kind of role playing campaign.

I have to admit that my first thought on hearing about the Paragon reputation system introduced in patch 7.2 was "I hope it doesn't ruin my green bars." What can I say, I like my reputation pane to look tidy.

If you played Pen and Paper RPG's in the 90's, you probably know about White Wolf, the game company that brought us Ars Magica (I know it was Lion Rampant first, still counts) and more famously the World of Darkness games, including Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension and others.