Act 3 Episode 3: Hardcore Economic (and Naval) Warfare

The Circle kicks off the Champoor Jellyfish War by facing the Economy's crack strike kraken, stolen and mindjacked from a Lunar who was not paying attention to counter-schemes. Oops. Luckily, our heroes have allies and frenemies to assist in their own plans: Sky Sundering Shadow wants to make another deal, that Sovereign from up Northwest has some critical Auroral advice to give, and Nue is on hand to discover some truly disturbing weapons the Hearteater has on him.   Lythander gets hit with his greatest weaknesses: any social intrigue at all! Gavel gets stuck in a conference call at the worst possible time! Aura gets a blast from the past, with some threatening collateral damage! The Daedi communist revolution faces its first true obstacle: a Powerpoint presentation! The truth of the Economy is revealed, and...it's about what you'd expect! But somehow, so much worse! Hey, where are all those Pawns he should have, anyways? 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: A Lost Map Of A Heaven by Shaoqing Luna Li Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/5070-a-lost-map-of-a-heaven License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.SQLuna.com/   The following music was used for this media project: Music: The Final Battle Of Superheroes by WinnieTheMoog Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7418-the-final-battle-of-superheroes License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://linktr.ee/taigasoundprod   The following music was used for this media project: Music: Ice Demon by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3897-ice-demon License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   The following music was used for this media project: Music: Mind Scrape by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4053-mind-scrape License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   Lucid Nightmare by Tim Kulig Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8492-lucid-nightmare License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license