FateBreakers

While en route to their island tomb, the Circle encounters a frankly worrying amount of peril. Yes, even more so than usual when preparing to rob a millennia old tomb. Including but not limited to: whaling! An army of robots! A belligerent twentysomething and her pet murder shark! And for the weather forecast: Rain of Doom throughout the night! Don't forget your umbrella!

This is an Actual Play of Exalted Essence, the classic hig...

Upon actually reaching the Tomb of Ten Thousand Blades, the Circle discovers many threats to be expected in a Classic RPG Dungeon Crawl...and many that are definitely not factory standard. Also, this time they fight an enemy Exalt who actually knows what they're doing. Try not to get turned around in this first boss fight, and let's hope the gang finds their magic rock before being drowned in lava!

This is an Actual Play of Exalt...

At long last, the Circle comes face to face with the Abyssal Exalt that's been wreaking havoc on the region! Then they have a dinner party with her, since diplomatic immunity's a tricky thing to have a fistfight around. Also: Atom reveals the secrets of his successful restaurant chain! Gavel makes a lot of poorly-worded threats! And Lythander throws away a priceless Five Dot Artifact! All this and more in the climax of our first ar...

After getting their past lives' grave goods back, the Circle stumbles into a fleet of Fair Folk pirates and their pet titan. Naturally, there's more to this story than it looks. Because Fair Folk are stories, y'see. Also: Gavel has a very rough day! Atom becomes the main character of a bad anime! SSD gives out some edibles! There's a flying man in a weird mount! And, most shocking of all: Lythander actually has a good roll in comba...

In the finale of Act 1, our heroes brave their way through multiple minefields-magical, social, and an actual minefield-to track down the leader of the soul laundering ring! Since this is Exalted, that means fighting a god about fifty sessions earlier than in a lot of other games. Additionally: Gavel gets into heated religious discussions! Lythander gets his ENT degree! Atom sets up a market in an active warzone! More slugs than an...

With the players hitting Essence 2, the Circle's investigation of the divine conspiracy continues to escalate. Also escalating: their speedrunning of my outline! Lythander meets another BBEG 30 sessions earlier than expected! Atom goes on a scavenger hunt! Gavel gets invited to HellCon and ratios someone on sorcerous Twitter! Also, it turns out war crimes are bad! With special guest stars: a Second Circle Demon shopping for eyeball...

Today on FateBreakers, the battle between the Daedi and Eternal Stigmata's forces begin in earnest, with fighting a bootleg Cenobite! But that is far from the biggest problem here, as the crew uncovers evidence of a dangerous new Chosen being in the area. In personal notes, Gavel gets a nuclear warning notice from herself! Lythander learns why you shouldn't touch cursed relics bare handed! Atom sets his own allies on fire! With spe...

Today on FateBreakers, the gang remembers the Sidereals exist, right on time for a suspiciously talented martial artist to barge into the war as a third party. Naturally they have to scale a mountain peak to talk to the enlightened martial arts master, but as a wise guru they naturally raise more questions than they answer. Also, all the PCs fail important Awareness checks! Atom reads some bootleg heavenly poetry! Gavel gets sandba...

The war against Eternal Stigmata reaches a pivotal moment as Gavel duels an undead rival who can fracture souls with his blows. This was going to be a big fight for both of them already, and then the dice chose violence. That's RPGs for you! Lythander learns more about his prior incarnations, and also sees a face from far in the past! Atom debates his firewand! SSD finally gets out of the hyperbolic upgrade chamber! More friendly f...

As the Circle closes in on Eternal Stigmata, he unleashes his ace-in-the-hole in the finale of this arc: out goes the armies of undead, in comes the warstrider. In this extra long three and a half hour special episode, the war concludes in an explosive finish, full of energy beams, earthquakes, weird magic, mental whammies, and many, many lost health levels. This is why Ox-Body Technique is the most important Charm in the game, peo...

Our Circle thinks they are out of danger now that the nephwrack and his warstrider are out of the picture. Thanks to the Hearteater showing up, they are wrong. Now they have to stop the entirety of the Daedi from being mind controlled, all while trying to get to Champoor on time to find the missing Night Caste.

In the midst of all this, Atom duels his most potent foe yet: embezzlement! Gavel runs a marathon and beats up her own t...

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 shoppin...

The consequences for the Circle's actions in Act 1 have come home to roost, as the wayward Realm magistrate finally tracks them down. Tonight, the gang learns a physical confrontation can sometimes be less perilous than the high-octane, cutthroat world of intrigue.

Meanwhile, Atom experiments with their personal presentation! Gavel argues about philosophy and ethics with a stranger who barges into her hotel room! Lythander has a ...

In the beating heart of the Dreaming Sea, the high-stakes fight club tournament has finally begun! With a potent manse key on the line, and more than a dozen Chosen under the same roof, no one expected a smooth event, and naturally, it isn't! 

Atom faces off against special guest star Metty from DipShips as a mysterious Alchemical urban planner and brawler! Lythander tries to avoid getting his face melted by an angry fiery jellyf...

Tonight, the next match sets kick off with a live Exaltation, followed by a cameo from another Exalted AP. The Janests mystery deepens, non-party Exalts have seriously swingy dice rolls, and that Sidereal who's been floating in the background for a half dozen episodes finally shows up.

For the usual PC blurbs: Aura gets booked on the wrong match against a really bad opponent! Lythander (and his player) face their greatest nemesis...

Today on FateBreakers, the gang has no chance to relax in between brackets, as the looming threat of jellyfish invasion drifts ever closer to Champoor. To prevent the entire city from being sacked, the Circle has to court allies, uncover the Sidereal's sinister plot, and start the long process of god bothering the divine underground. But Champoor is a place where Way Too Much Happens Every Day, so there's a lot of sidequests in the...

Today, the gang meets with the de facto head of Champoor, the dragon Tenpenmeshu, to try and square all of the circles of the half-dozen different Evil Plots in the city. We finally uncover the mystery of Slug Man, and also the Sozens. Also, today's bracket matches: Atom faces off against the Realm magistrate, and Lythander fights his teacher!

And for personal milestones, Gavel finds a nasty surprise in her drink! Atom gets into ...

With the clock running out on the demon summoning (and the encroaching army, and Sozen's heist, and who knows what else in the background...), the Circle gathers their allies and makes plans to ensure Champoor is still in one piece by sunrise. But that requires restoring the rest of Lythander's lost memories which reveal some rather disturbing truths. Both from his prior lives, and also this one: Meon's memory curse was just the be...

Meon's trap has been sprung, and the gang must now escape both the ocean's crushing depths and the terrifying demon attempting to fry them all. And the army of jellyfishfolk now visible on the horizon, they're still here too. While the Circle struggles to reorient themselves and strike back at their Sidereal foe, their allies uncover the final pieces of several puzzles, and finally enter the long battle to save the Nighted City fro...