Act 2 Episode 7: Rich in Jade, Cham-poor in Sense

Following the twin trails of the missing Night Caste and the magical disease hitting Champoor, the gang arrives at the Nighted City to find it awash with gangs in the midst of a macro-scale martial arts duel. Also thefts, and not just from pickpockets-Hell's greatest thief is also out here, taking everything not nailed down. So naturally the Circle...only tertially interacts with that and spends a major chunk of the episode shopping! Because they are still TTRPG PCs at heart!   On the personal fronts, Gavel gets a new frenemnemesis who looks awfully familiar! Atom gets the gang ready for a mid-Act costume change! Lythander and special guest star Willow Spectre re-enact some classic comedy routines! And, in the distance...do I see...a tournament arc?    This is an Actual Play of Exalted Essence, the classic high-fantasy high-powered TTRPG, using the new Essence ruleset hot off the Kickstarter presses! If you're interested, you can pre-order it here and check out the pre-release draft now! https://www.backerkit.com/projects/200664283/exalted-essence-tabletop-roleplaying-game --- Here are links to our Twitch and Youtube if you want to see more of our content (mainly video game variety streams and the video archives thereof): Social Handles: Gamerex: @Gamerex27 Corrack: @Corrack Chills: @DiogoMontesso) Alatos: @Alatos_Diogenes --- Musical Attributions: Opening Theme: Traveler by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4770-traveler License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Closing Theme: The Final Show by Luca Fraula Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4704-the-final-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   Additional Tracks:   The following music was used for this media project: Music: Comic Hero by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3532-comic-hero License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://incompetech.com The following music was used for this media project: Music: Silly Villain by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4787-silly-villain License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/   The following music was used for this media project: Music: Itchy 3rd Eye by Tim Kulig Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8807-itchy-3rd-eye License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://timkulig.com/albums   Monkeys Spinning Monkeys by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4071-monkeys-spinning-monkeys License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license