Have run the standard exalted twice so far, I moved home last year and kept these books because I knew one of the people I roleplay with likes the system.
However i have misgivings over it and am looking at running a dragonblood game hopefully to expand into a campaign based around a mix of X Files meets Rome with possibly a dash of Sorceror Hunter and Orphen.
One is planning a sidereal character whilst another is figuring out a dragonblood character with the last 2 players still undecided on the system and the setting.
What I envision is that the PCs are travelling to the mainland by ship but are caught in a storm that has delayed them so its during the calibration.
Washed ashore they discover evidence of anathema when an entire settlement has been turned into a grove of trees hiding a truly dreadful secret.
This would be their first mission and how they deal with it will give me ideas as to where they go next.
What I'd like to know is have you had difficulty coping with the setting as written?