Act 4 Episode 3: Sign of the Mushroom, in Sidereal Retrograde

Joktan finally takes to the field of battle herself. She already caused a complete party wipe in the First Age: can the Circle prevent a similar TPK in the Age of Sorrows? It definitely won't be easy fighting an elder Celestial Exalt with two different Sidereal Martial Arts styles and Second Circle Sorcery at her disposal, and that's without counting the Wyld Hunt detachment she has as an honor guard! But there's still a chance! Our heroes can still prevail-they'll just have to break fate to do so! Title pun intended!   Aura's frustration with Joktan countering her every move reaches a boiling point, both in debate and in battle! Gavel faces her own (figurative) mortality, and begins making plans for her staged death and a possible real death! Lythander struggles to defend the honor of his mushroom summons, and discovers something shocking as his and Aulong's mushroomfolk project reaches its final stage! Spider learns just what kind of nonsense Sidereal Martial Arts can do and has to get creative to break out of a very nasty spell! Nue demonstrates why Lunars are the Sidereal establishment's greatest enemies and suffers from some seriously swingy dice rolls! And Geresvin has a favor to ask even as he's commanded to fight the Circle: it seems that a certain old enemy is causing new problems for everyone in Hell!   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   Additional Tracks: World Of War (feat. Vanessa Füssel) by Sascha Ende Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/104-world-of-war-feat-vanessa-fussel License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   Might & Magic by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/9185-might-magic License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license