Mandate of Heaven

The Mandate of Heaven lets Storytellers and players explore the philosophy of rule presented by The Assiduous Maxims. It is also a plot generator describing the rise and fall of nations in Exalted. Players and Storytellers interested in directing nations can use this "Exalted mini-game" during downtime to develop the direction of a series. Although you can use the Mandate of Heaven to develop plots, it is by no means the only way to do so.

A Mandate of Heaven game assumes players control the direction of dominions. The players have limited influence on opposing dominions through the selection of events, so they can flesh out (or avoid) plot points. In this way, players help to decide the overall direction of the game, which lets the Storyteller focus on story elements interesting to them.

This game option is player-directed, not necessarily character-directed. The players themselves guide the series' direction to help create the game in which they want to play. Players interested in their characters actually running dominions should see "Characters Running Dominions".