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INTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 3STORYTELLINGA GAME OF POWERSExalted is a game of powerful, world-shatteringheroes. Even a beginning Exalted character canraze mountains and overthrow empires. However,some players may be interested in an even morepowerful game, with elder Exalts and incrediblehigh-Essence powers. The advice in this section isintended to help you run just such a game, withsuggestions and guidelines for such play.WHAT IS A “HIGH ESSENCEGAME”?The definition of “high-Essence game” is inherentlyvague and slippery. As mentioned above, evenstarting-level Exalts are quite potent, and Exaltsof the same Essence level can differ drasticallyin capability. Generally, however, the scope andnature of a game changes as the characters increasetheir Permanent Essence. Following are guidelinesfor games with different Essence ratings. Note thatthese are only approximations — it’s quite possibleto run games with characters who fall into morethan one category, and many games won’t fit173