Act 4 Episode 16: Ioldamania

Iolda. Third Circle Demon. One of the architects of Creation itself. Master martial artist. Gigantic bigot. It is finally time for our heroes to take him on personally, in a duel with all of Hell watching closely. Will this world-shaping demagogue be the one to triumph in his crusade of eradicating free will? Or will the Circle be able to pull off what even the Exalted of old could not, and bring him low? In our longest episode yet, we'll see which way the wind blows. One way or the other.   Lythander's patience continues to be tested by his mercurial Solar partner, and he has to adapt when Iolda's sheer power renders amost his entire toolkit compromised. Aura ruminates on a project whose very scope could reshape all reality itself, in the aid of helping those crushed underfoot as Ouroborous was. Gavel finds herself outmatched, and suffers a gruesome injury-can she push past it to save her people? And, beyond all of this, what lies ahead even if our heroes DO win? There's only one way to find out! This is an Actual Play of Exalted Essence, the classic high-fantasy high-powered TTRPG, using the new Essence ruleset! If you're interested, you can buy it now, right off the Drivethrurpg site! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/427275/Exalted-Essence --- 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   We also have a Patreon now! If you want more of our RPG content, and can financially afford to spare a bit of money, you can support us here! https://patreon.com/ActionEconomyPodcasts --- 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