The only Exaltation I've actually played through was...disappointing. Basically, I didn't really do anything important, due to largely being non-combat based. I exalted at a random moment that really didn't connect to my character, and then ran from the assassin's while the rest of the group did stuff(I had, like, Dex 3, Archery 1, no combat charms, and was unarmed at the time).