#critical-role-spoilers
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Court of owls scene
The party vs 30 goons after offending the shadowbaker
So, who wants to be the hostage? lol
I like the idea of threatning PC appendages. I think I'm going to use it.
😄 Reasons to have 0 living friends/family whose local is known in the backstory lol
Yash
Body snatching, yep.
did travis's character die?
oh damnnn how?
Stabbed in an alley.
oh shit lol i didn't think he wanted to play him for long
you think hes coming back this episode?
The current BBEG that the party is after merc'd him at the end of the episode they were intro'd in.
I do think we'll see Travis back this episode.
You won't see him today.
awe haha wasnt sure
I wonder what hes gonna roll
so drager or w.e his name is got him?
Dugger
Matt confirmed on twitter that this was always the plan. Travis made a character for C3, told Matt he wanted them to come in later than the rest, Matt wanted Travis to still be able to play so Travis brought back a lvl 5 Betrand Bell to fill the gap, and Matt would kill him at some point.
yeah him
Yep, that's the person who killed Bertrand
This was ep 3
as you can tell haha
oh right then
lol i cant get my players to take notes idk how he does it
did Islands of Sina Una get plugged?
huh?
during the streams ad read at the beginning
was Hit Point Press just Kith and Kin or was it something else
Oh, I missed that, sorry
sending stones are cool
I'm getting Artificer vibes
lol they are super cool
Hit Point Press was mentioned, Islands of Sina Una were name dropped as one of their publications
liam looks like a halfling
Indeed he be
Oh no
Dugger Tombs!
Now Ashley, pls. Remember Mister.
It's not about remembering, it's about needing the resources to activate the spirit.
She has a Wildshape left to use.
I wouldn't be surprised if she's asked Matt if Mister could be a BA to summon. Just like how Matt futz'd with Pact of the Blade for Travis.
Mind whip such a nice spell
Sorc be squish Tal. lol
It and the Wizard are occupying space 5 miles from the fight because they have a d6 HD
Sorcerers have a d8 hit die. Her constitution is probably not great.
D6
They have d6
Warlocks have that good D8 😄
They're level 3 right? So that should be 6+4+4
Damn. I was sure. Well, constitution should still be a high priority for them.
Plus con mod
They don't take averages.
Also yes on con - 16 con ideally. 14con min when making basically any character regardless of class
Some classes can skate by on low con.
I actually have a player in a game with -1 con. It's ridiculous.
Sorc and Wiz have the most difficulty with that lol
Yeah, that's just asking to roll a new character sheet unless the dm pulls punches
She likes her shotgun lol
ALPHABETIZE
I mean... it's a 1 word command lol
?
Pre-wounded?
Ok, that feature of Fundamental Chaos is strong.
Any poor soul that gets within 15ft of you, gets yoinked 10ft towards you?
It's actually something that melee needs
Remember how often grog twiddled his thumbs in tier 3 combat?
Not really? The chain and dwarven thrower generally gave him some options.
So homebrew fix
dwarven thrower - grog weren't a Dwarf.
Chain - homebrew.
But then he switched away from it for a while because other weapons and often just was like uh... I run after this one thing and chase it
Grog counted as Dwarf because of the belt
Belt doesn't make you dwarf for the purposes of attunement
The point was still that Grog wasn't spending too much time unable to smash things.
😄 Gotta love them Spooky THP
not what the belt does.
It's what it did in the campaign, which is all that mattered. The dispute was not that Grog needed homebrew.
I distinctly remember multiple combats where he had audible frustration in his voice at being effectively useless. Shortly thereafter he was given a few items to help compensate a tad
Counting as a dwarf via belt / using the Dwarven Thrower at all - homebrew.
The chain - homebrew.
melee gets sore later on
Yea, this fight's getting more problematic as we go
Aw, death nell for Laudna being reborn. Not resistant to poison damage.
they're using hollow one
yknow, the... lacking homebrew, instead of the perfectly fine and interesting option that just exists
like they did with a cleric domain, and a robotic race, and a barbarian subclass
there's literally a path of wild magic and they made a chaos subclass
Yeah but this one is good 😂
Hollow One is a supernatural gift, not the racial choice. Most likely, she's VUMAN because she's got spell-sniper. But I was holding a twinge of hope for Marisha just going as dead as dead gets, without being dead. lol
ROBBIE
Interesting theory. FCG is actually reflavored reborn for race
spends 2 actions equipping arm
Critrolestats has them listed as an Aeormaton.
Yes, which doesn't actually exist. But seems to be similar to, hence reflavor
Mercers renamed tabaxi/leonin, loxodon and aaracokra for the setting too
Warforged.
Is the obvious jump, but warforged and reborn share some similar traits
Matt did say that when Devexian went off to reactivate all their buddies around Aeor, that that was Matt introducing his version of the Warforged to Exandria.
lol This fight is just going in such a bad way.
Oh no, Dorian's bout to bring down the roof lol
Someone push the mute button on FCG, y'all got money now.
I'm starting to feel like there is something to the "Oshad is Travis's actual character." idea floating around.
LEVEL UP
Ok, Laudna goes Sorc 2.
How is it/ how did it go
Marisha is probably going to learn why multiclassing is often a sub par optional rule, excepting the obvious hexadin style combos.
Multiclassing is a choice of variety over raw power. It's not necessarily "sub par" or "overpowered".
I did however, build a rogue/fighter multiclass that, by level 5, outputs three attacks at turn at 1d8+3 each with sneak attack on top of that.
She's gotten her sorc points now.
So, next level is when she'll either be picking a boon or some metamagic
sneak attack is once per turn.
I'd say Imogen is getting the best out of this level right now, since she can have Sorcerous Versatility
Now that Laura's gotten some time with em, she can change up her metamagic a little. Orym can also do the same for his maneuvers.
Its also nice cuz stat boost
Your point being?
Sneak attack is once per turn, not on something you get on top of all those 1d8+3 pops
Also, how do you get three attacks per turn as a level 5 multiclass without beast barb
echo knight with TWF?
ECK is limited in bonus attacks.
did i say it wasn't?
it was more of an idea on HOW they got 3 attacks as a fighter/rogue MC
very temporary? or up to 5 times per long rest?
how do you attain 3 attacks per round without beast barb, as a level 5 multiclass
since you don't get extra attack while multiclassing in any fashion at total level 5, and TWF is only 1 attack.
but he's not a barbarian, so where would you get that from? He's fighter/rogue.... 😕
the point is that they're not a barbarian
well if thats how you play it, they're not a sorcerer or a warlock either
in fact that wouldn't even work, without berserker.
that has nothing to do with 3 attacks per round without the extra attack feature, you're missing the point.
so instead of trying to figure it out, you either force them and tell them they NEED barbarian, or disregard it's not every turn?
Rogue/Fighter, level 5
can't have extra attack as they do not have fighter 5
how do they get 3 attacks per turn
It's not saying they need, it's saying how the hell
echo knight... but this isn't critrole spoilers so if you wanna comment on their build maybe go to #character-discussion ?
I bet Laudna will take pact of the chain, to have Pate as her familiar.
Or talisman with Pate as such.
maximum kek will be had if so
?
Apparently it means 'lol'
Yup it used to be an inside joke of (irc) the Korean wow community. And later on I think it was actually canonised to mean lol in orcish in wow
Oh it was actually from starcraft originally
Attack Action, Action Surge - Attack Action, Bonus Action Two Weapon Fighting
It's only once per short rest, but it still counts, I guess.
The news letter came out because they’re not broadcasting Thursday, right?
More specifically, they're not broadcasting this Thursday because of the American holiday (or the last Thursday of December because of global holidays). They might still broadcast other non-CR shows on that day in 2022
Specifically they stated they were no longer going to stream on the last thursdays of the months.
Right, no longer streaming Critical Role. But may have other programming in its place
Yeah. Maybe things like Critter Hug, Narrative Telephone etc. will be released for the downtime weeks.
keke la ^_^ (oh, how I miss the b.net starcraft days)
Or one-shot reruns
Saves me 500mb of data this week! 😄
I doubt they'll do reruns. Everything is available on YouTube so it would be a bit pointless.
I think they mentioned one-shot reruns in the State of the Role address so le shrug
We’ll see what we get
Maybe they'll do the one with Bertrand, it'd be fitting
Search for Grog
I thought it might be interesting for them to one-shot the quest that only Bertrand got out alive from
But that’s a bit too steamrolly for a one-shot.
My guess would have been the cartoon on the open thursday slot
Something I really liked about c3e5, is Matt openly saying "Spell combos, awesome, little bonuses", which means I can just enjoy it because I know they know and they opt to do this purposefully with the knowledge this isn't base rules, but they have it because fun.
While I didn't spot any bonus from the thorn whip eldritch blast combo, it was still really cool
I believe he said something like if both spells succeeded there would be an extra effect
yea
which is cool, and the fact that this is something they purposefully opt for instead is cool.
what is an irritant however, is getting fundamental basic rules wrong. like ranged attacks: you have a hostile that isn't incapacitated within 5 feet of you? Disadvantage on every ranged attack unless you have crossbow expert or gunner.
Is it wrong if that's how they play?
Wait, was there a new ep last night?
Nope. This week is break week
Because thanksgiving but also because they take a break of the main campaign once a month
what do you guys think travis's character's entry point would be?
Probably within the next 2 episodes
Until they’re revealed. I’m holding to Lieve’tel the 2nd, who will be a vengeance Paladin.
Hopefully not tbh
I’d rather see him play an original character for the campaign
But then again, it’s not about me
maybe Matt can get some "Crown of Concentration" props for the cast to wear whenever they're concentrating on a spell
concentration is always something that slips under the cracks in a game
That's such a fun idea XD I might actually do that with my own table
just something BIG and unmissable for concentration, bardic inspiration (the cast have done great with bardic inspiration rules tho), inspiration, buffs and debuffs, etc.
like the "exploding kittens" cone of shame when someone asks whose turn is next, lol
I feel like some of the fans are gonna have a meltdown if Travis isnt in game next episofe
Personally i dont care lol
I think just regarding group comp and stuff it would be a bad idea to not reveal and let Travis' character join soon
but I also would be lying if I said that I didn't miss Travis
I like taking their time with it
We have an episode tonight right?
Yes
Oki
whos ready? woooo
Oof. I am technically still awake but it's 10 to 4am so... not me
....
The benefits of pre-recording...
I loved that
Truth or dare rollies, minus the dares
Exposition by dice.
Diexposition!
Yes!
Diceposition
Love this
And ding ding ding
She popped up when Whitestone was liberated, it seems.
She was human, that doesn't rule out being Reborn though
Matt may be allowing her to keep the feat
AND another confirmation
She’s definitely not reborn she has a feat
Look at what I just said
Marisha's dumping out a lot for us lol
So, probably not another De Rolo lol But I will hold onto it for all I can.
I disagree that matt would of let her keep it
Definitely not a de rolo i dont think
It would highly fit Matt's style of DMing if he did
Im not saying it wouldn’t but in this case i dont think he did
We literally do not know
Well you were saying you were right lol
And thats my opinion not a fact only time will tell
What is happening ahahah
Oh laudna
Whats it like in nyc
Delilah as an undead patron
Atleast this kinda tells me why Marisha took a Sorc level.
She's avoiding leaning into Delilah's power.
Yeee
Laudna I think is the farmer vox machina helped out, Reginald I think his name was, she is his daughter perhaps
Wasnt that with the chroma conclave
No it was when they were trying to liberate whitestone because they had to dodge the weird sentinels
And they got Reginald to help them distract them
Episode?
I'm not sure
I can check and then get back to ya
Ok
I'm still wondering what's become of Delilah.
Because she was just a necromancer back then, yet around the final battle she's become mighty enough for patronship.
Probably has taken power from vecna?
Part of me is hoping she somehow became a Dark Lord.
Probably did
Somehow ended up slurped into the Shadowfell by the Dark Powers, and now she's ruling over this ruined version of Whitestone.
She was herself a warlock of a being who ascended to full godhood, and not just any warlock, she was apparently his favored servant hi jester could've been you, her getting a power boost from that wouldn't be surprising
I don’t remember the final episode but if Vecna was killed killed then i imagine she would be even more powerful but i don’t remember if he was killed or sealed
Right right
So, possibly not Travis's new character lol
Ooooooo i love this character
Hmmm, then why would they have thrashed Vesrah?
I thought vesrah thrashed them
I was in the middle of cooking when Orym outlined it. I thought he said that the reason he's looking for The Anger was because they attacked Vesrah?
😮 Ad?
They might of for mercenary work idk
Netherdeep?
Grim hollow
Ah
the party upon getting confirmation that Dorian comes from money: "cmon rich boy dance"
lmao
Gosh the MJ reference
Lol
The Fallen
😈 Matt made good on killing the entire council.
Lolllll
Can't wait to learn what idiot thought they could kill Kiki
Lol
A god couldn't manage it, what makes these idiots think they had a chance? lol
Well with a god she had friends
god or no god kiki is a level 20 druid of the moon good luck trying to kill her she can keep changing into different forms until they are all dead
Mhmm
My internet cut out for like 5 minutes. I dropped at the description of the kinetic imagery. Anything interesting happen?
...
COME
Excuse me?
Dorian's gonna quickly learn why you don't flash that money, I'm sure.
Maybe
Who dat
Based on Dorian's reactions here. Family is here.
Big bro time
So Dorian's real last name is Wyvernwind, neat.
It does sound regal
Pretty sure dorian isn’t his real name
Tonight really was a lore dump
Mood
So did Travis get introduced last night or no
No.
Had to shut off early last night, with about an hour or so left...
But i keep bouncing between a ravenloft and a witchlight vibe for this campaign so far
Last night was a fun character dump for some folks.
Like how Laudna's not exactly as in the dark as she stated in the first few eps.
Since she justified her info dumps to the group, to Delilah, as it all being only public knowledge.
Thursday after Thanksgiving was pretty accurate
I'm quite surprised how long Travis is staying away from the table.
The message at campaign start was "all bets are off"
Travis wanted to come in late too, so let's just wait and see.
So who thinks the Anger might just be Travis.
I feel like it's plausible
same
After this episode, I doubt it.
The Anger was a widely known and experienced mercenary, who became a hired bodyguard of a bunch of rich nobles. It sounds more like an NPC.
Sounds like a solid character backstory.
Also could be introduced via a case of mistaken identity or the legend made the man
really think the Anger is Travis
Highly doubt it.
Same
They seem to be setting up the backstory for him
what is this "The Anger"
The person Orym has been sent to find
ah
not to be confused with https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/the-angry
My understanding has been that, someone tried to attack the Council of Tal'Dorei. Pretty much all of them made it out, but the assailants got away. Keyleth became aware of a similar assault happening in Marquette, related to Oshad Breshio (The Anger). So, here we have Orym checking it out.
I think could be the anger but also could not be but the way that the healing lines up with travis wanting to be a mid game ish character pretty well
did Matt ever use the Udaak?
@worthy rain kinda? the party never fought Udaaks but they did appear in the show, specifically C2E52
I think he had them primed in the occasion that the party decided to work against the Dynasty
they're Asarious' defense iirc
I think they’re active “living siege engines” too, so I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw them stomping around in the Empire if the war had escalated.
Chances of the "necromantic blast" that Laudna said she was hit with being related specifically to the sphere/temple beneath whitestone?
Maybe. She told us that she was revived at the time when VM liberated Whitestone.
And she wasn't dead for too long beforehand being revived from what she can tell
That was my thought from the moment they confirmed Bertrand was temporary and mentioned Orym was looking for someone named "The Anger" / "Oshad Breshio"
And hilariously enough, Grog could have done it then..
Ok, the Jester comic was very good. And now I’m anxious about Caleb’s.
Like, Jester’s backstory is kinda tragic. But Caleb’s? Oof
Hunter Severn Bonyun might just have my favorite take on designing CR characters.
who is excited
I'm going to bed
It time
aaah
OH WOW
This theatre owner is kinda sus to me
I dont think so but ya never know
True
Do not cast blacklight!
Theres just splotches of revealed white everywhere
currernt Critical role arc is reminding me of the move "Hot Fuzz" of the victims
Oh?
i saw movie recently so thats probably the main reason, and i think the only similer character with proper matching info, was the performer that was replaced by a superior understudy
Im really stumped i have no idea who it could be
if im going with Hot fuzz, its people who want to get rid of people who are ruining the theater
the affair couple, the drug dealer, the poor actor, the janitor who either saw something or was bad at his job
See the janitor is what doesnt make sense to me
The janitor seemed to be good at his job
As described by the bug boss it seems he went above ajd beyond
Yeah i think he was a witness but its weird cuz he was the first i believe
Maybe the janitor is the one behind it all
first reported
also maybe janitor was part of the group but wanted to back out, so thats why he vanished
Maybe
ya my guess is culprit(s) is/are someone who wants to fix the theater....with murder
My interest in the janitor has just peaked
very true, i wish hed be back but im okay with waiting, i wonder if its the thing like the mighty nein going down the worm hole
cause there was originally supposed to be a guest player apart of a group in the empire
and + hes in every ad part, so we know hes here, his character is still just waiting in the wings, so calm yourselves
Ye
Robbie definitely seems to be semi permanent cast. He is in the intro but not the main part of the intro
others are mad Robbie is still there, im happy hes here and hope he stays, but im okay if he leaves
I think robbie is definitely some form of permanent
TIME FOR MIMIC
at worst, i hope its campain 2 Ashley type permanent
This mimic doesnt solve everything tho
someone is feeding it
mimics make deals
Cuz they said that the janitor cleaned the streets and that the culdesac looked cleaj
hmm true, ill be sad if its just a mimic though
my fault for diving in to much to a conspiracy so i cant be mad at matt lol
Oooo mappy map
wall mimic stronger then common mimic, fun
You gotta cuz 7 ppl at lvl 4
Sticky psuedopods
wall em(is?) Da (the) Foe
She loves her crispy hands lol
Get in here Travis! lol
....
Que?
Matthew.... 27?
No. 28.
No mercy percy is now no mercy matthew
Someone should tell Marisha to ask Matt to replace the Spell Sniper feat with Crossbow Expert.
Does that help with magic tho
Any ranged attack.
Interesting
Eh, doesn't feel like that's too valuable vs spell sniper for her.
I looked it up and saw 🌿 thanks for that new info
It's a lot more valuable because she could attack regularly in melee.
I think it will be better onfe they are not in an urban setting
She doesn't want to be.
This is a very bad situation she's been forced into ATM
Now, she can flee.
Although laudna can last in melee shes not meant to be there but i get your point about her having more options in melee
Maybe next time she gets a cantrip she can take a shocking grasp for something
I'm curious if she'll try out Eldritch Spear shenanigans lol
I could see her taking tomb of levistus
Tomb is so nice for emergencies.
But idk if she will be taking warlock for a while unless she gets along with lady d
So i think we can expect 3rd level sorc
What does she get from that
Ahh
What’re they fighting rn?
wall mimic
bad from its acid breath
Ok
SHE REMEMBERED THE MONKEY
Havent landed many hits
🔥 🐒
Matt reminded her kinda
mister would be great against the tendrils
teleporting allies out of them
HES COMING
Yea, Mister can evac some folks.
last game i was in wildfire spirit caused no one to take any damage from roper
The spirit and each willing creature of your choice within 5 feet of it teleport up to 15 feet to unoccupied spaces you can see.
Campaign 3 enemy- furniture and walls
and slimey dude who lived in the walls
Well no cuz i was joking about how c1 it was doors and c2 it was chairs
Laudna needs to back out now, because she can be 240ft away and still just as effective.
Disengage and GTFO
With Sam playing a Therapy Cleric and him being Sam, I'm wondering if he'll even take Spirit Guardians next level.
Proba
Yassss dorian
wait what feat he grab?
not a fan of chromatic orb but he do him
FINALLY
YES
ITS ANOTHER OLD MAN
another old man
is chutney still santa related or just a crazy gnome in this world hmm
I think just a crazy gnome
strogue
Chutney is canish to Exandria because of the Telephone game
Yeah but this is chetney not chutney
now is he 100years old or does he look 100 for human standards
I am gonna be watching this intro for about an hour
Travis has gone full troll now with C3 lol
Ikr
will he diefrom a random hit and run via slay
Maybe lol
I need them to put the song on streaming platforms😡😡
"yes i will troll till we dive into the main swing of the campaign" -Travis Willingham probably
He had to get revenge for Laudna somehow 😂
Strength rogue is definitely... a play
I imagine the intro song might not be out til monday
The Vod's up for subscribers now.
Yeah ik that
But i mean the song wont be out on streaming services til monday
Probs
If Chuetney does die, then I'm thinking we get Macaroni Samsonite next lol
I cant wait to hear people sing this at conventions
or an actual character shows up lol
No characters, only the elderly.
i still hope he dies from a random slay
Sleigh*
Danke
burtrem Bell > Chetney regardless
Sir Bertrand Bell never attempted to murder Santa Clause.
yes but he did single handedly slay a tribe of bugbears
I miss Grandpa Bell..
grandpa bell was the best, a level 5 that was useless in combat, when he basically had a +3 weapon
Just read the gamblers blade and you'll be astounded at what Travis was doing
If you can’t. The TLDR for gambler’s blade is that while it can hit better, you don’t wanna go down with it..
I’m excited to see what kinda rogue Chet is.
also, it's not an in-the-moment thing
each long rest, choose +1, +2, or +3, it's now got that bonus to attack and damage, but you suffer a corresponding penalty to death saves.
Yes, he has
oh ik gamblers blade's curse, its strong but will ruin you if you go down,
but the way Travis was going, not even remotely how it worked.
"I'll wager +2 on this attack"
ya ik but i think he only said it first hit of each session to explain
but that's not even remotely how the item works
you set it to a certain bonus at the end of a long rest, and it's locked to that, and gives a corresponding penalty to death saves
yes, like i said, he chose to explain it on first hit of the day instead of explaining it at beginning of day
and if he used it wrong who cares?
it's similar to "i'll make my first attack not reckless and my second reckless"
so?
Travis feels too old to play young
Correct, but for the sake of dm discretion, he was allowed to declare it upon first combat of the day rather than at dawn.
Ever since Travis first played Chutney I knew that at some point he would want to bring him back to some capacity, but I expected a similar or a homage character not exactly Chutney, this campaign just got way more fun
This isn't Chutney, it's Chetney
Of course it's not the exact character duhhhhh
/s
~~Could’ve just called him Chutney and said he was an echo ~~
But hey, I ain’t mad. I loved Chutney lol
I just ran across this, and it made me laugh harder than I had any right to: https://twitter.com/marishasunrays/status/1469094854139564040/photo/1
And thus...Chetney
can I just say.
I love Travis a lot.
Yay the intro song is on streaming services
Laura Bailey is the guy from fortnite now
I feel like Fearne has to have the Feylost background
Wdym
Dont think so cuz she was around before the adventure was out
Im pretty sure she has the outlander background
I severely doubt it
Only one more episode this year!
Laudna had thaumaturgy, so pact of the Tome?
She’s 2/2 warlock sorc
Specifically, Laudna is avoiding her warlock powers, in order to get away from Delilah
but how thaumaturgy
Not sure.
theory: chetney's friend he lost was dugger. evidence: both carpenters
New Critical Role highlights from the last episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHcwtDkWxQk&list=PLMM64g94RzQHIlzR__M5Nfy7rfbj3KOBV&index=78
what's the over/under on this actually being Travis' character for the rest of the show
I say yes unless he dies
it'll be very interesting to see what the group name will be
It would be hilarious if they just never decide on anything
And thus they'll have marketing issues (both irl and in game)
That’d be pretty funny tbh
Chetney and chutney are two separate characters, so unless santa is cannon in marquet. Unlikely
iirc Santa is explicitly not canon
It’s a new episode today but nothing new for the rest of the year, right?
Yes
What’s happened in the last 47 minutes?
Is he going to take care of it like the corsairs took care of it?
So I missed the first half of the show. What happened?
Sam was smelly
Impressive
Will we ever get lore drops for the extent of Aeoran science? I would very much like to know whether the Aeorans knew the exact value for the speed of light so that my Chronurgist Wizard can rediscover it and exploit it.
To my recollection, Matt has said that they don't want to be the ultimate arbiter of everything Exandria, each DM can do their own thing
so that's for your DM to decide, not for Matt to arbitrate
I can't believe that it actually released in January of 2021!
A new set of #CriticalRoleHighlights #Shorts are up on my YouTube channel. Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUrSqR-2Pi8&list=PLMM64g94RzQHIlzR__M5Nfy7rfbj3KOBV&index=90
So no CR this week or next, yeah?
Not till 22
22 of what?
jan?
2022
Jan 6, 2022 is their return date
I'm at 118 on my catch up of Campaign 2!
Campaign 1… Done!
Just in time to see bits of it animated.
super excited for that
391622
Tonight..
Totally forgot it was Thursday
Caught up with the last episode just last night
God I love her
Fancy dress episode? 😄
The mister is 7
Have we found the Sankheg's hide?
And confirmed, Eyes of the RuneKeeper
yep
We now know half her invocations.
Chetney will know no peace. The slayer of jolly will suffer
Chetney is a menace to society, and I would die for him
I would die for this ogre, they're so happy.
😢 "YOU LIKED IT!?!"
Pretty is precious.
Fearne, you will eat all their cooking.
Matt is just killing me right now.
3 WEEKS!!
It's very swollen 😂
Imogen is angling for a date?
Can't wait for Pretty to be C3's Essek
Aasimar?
Continue to fish for Laudna info.
Taldorei campaign guide spoiler! Whitestone Andy!
Andy was Taliesin's Schmogwarts character
🤔 A moon in geosynchronous orbit that changes in light intensity? C4 is going to space!
Matt has been teasing stuff about the moon(s) since C1
We got us a map!
And... end.
Oh this is gonna be fun
I like to end with the "Here's how you effed up" scene. 😛
The jolly murderer yet lives…
wow, ruthless
Travis is keeping the main intrigue of the game for now, I see
I thought for sure he was about to die last night and then be like "Aand that's still not my character..."
Matt confirmed that FCG is an Aeormaton
Who was Matt referring to when saying that they don't have flight yet
Fearne.
I thought it might have been Imogen or laudna
Fearne's wildshapes still cannot fly just yet
Yeah, huh... The way that discussion happened seemed like it was a reveal
She just knocked off the swimming speed this level.
But that's an obvious known
If there was any doubt left about the haunted one bit - that got confirmed at least
Love the confirmation that the "being dead" part has almost nothing to do with who laudna is
she's just naturally really creepy
Just need her to somehow drag them back home.
I just wanna go back and see Whitestone or Vasselheim, pls.
Zephrah also keeps getting teased.
In more realistic goals. I wanna know what it's gonna take for Delilah to just die already
I can imagine them doing the same thing with other continents as they did in the past two campaigns
Small glimpses as part of a quest.
Teleport into a city, and then back out.
Marisha did confirm Laudna did not meet Percy
I didn't expect her to have, but we know that Laudna's not being 100% honest about her past. Like, when Delilah called her out about sharing some details, Laudna replied with how everything she's said is public info.
public info is not equal to "not honest" either, so technically she is honest, just doesn't say it all
Alrighty, anyone who was wondering just how “mature” this show would get, here’s the answer.
"As mature as the stream" is still the correct answer
Yep
Also Grog, no it is not normal to suddenly produce 3 cups of fluid out your side. Please see Keyleth or Pike.
THAT TRAILER!!! HOLY ****!!!! I CANNOT FREAKING WAIT!!!
People are saying that the Briarwoods look kinda like Laura and Travis lol
Just a tad lol
I’m so excited
I mean, visually might be a touch more graphic than I'd expect based on that trailer.
Never been a fan of the cartoon blood fountain aesthetic if overdone.
considering how many times Grog wishbone'd a monster as a HDYWTDT, it seems about right
Yea the trailer is pretty accurate to the violence described
Gaping holes in the side of grog and all
That definitely happened more than once
Yea, Kevdak comes to mind here.
"AND I BRING MY AXE DOWN ON HIM AND PART HIM PERFECTLY IN THE MIDDLE."
cleaving off part of his ear, skinning the side of a jawbone, pretty much shattering everty rib to about the midsection, causing Kevdak's form to just crumble into two halves at the waist...
...and of course poor Grog having busted legs from the fall down after cleaving Kevdak in two just going 'hell yeah...' and falling unconscious... XD
Yeah I think the violence etc is definitely the level I expected, based on how CR is, and also on the fact that we live in the era of cartoons like Castlevania being very popular
What do you guys think will happen since Ashley charmed the dude in the office? He knows he's been charmed once the spell drops right?
Mercer narratively plays fast and loose with raw quite often though, so could go either way
Help...
oh lord
Idk what's worse. Them going on the date, or ghosting Pretty
Time to find out
Hopefully it remains wholesome and not interrupted by plot shenanigans lol
Gene Hex-man?
Coulda been worse
No client names!
I can only hear Jonah Hex
Same lol
Time for crime
Laudna being terrifying is something that can be so personal
Travis crying every time Marisha starts describing anything
I love this dynamic.
It's so funny. He's always been the most squeamish whenever anything spooky happens, but now that one of the players is a source of it it's all the time lol
Laudna is the best, and I cannot wait for her focus
I wonder how or even if they're planning to do playlists since they already curated ones for the EXU bunch, I'd love to see Marisha go ham on a Laudna playlist.
I think it’s a little early for playlists tbh
Iirc they typically release the playlists once the characters have all opened up a bit more about themselves
(With exception to ExU because it was a miniseries)
With that being said, I fully anticipate the Laudna playlist to be the stuff of nightmares
Yeah fair I mean they don't even have a group name yet lol
I wonder though if the intro is going to remain like this for the entire campaign or they're going to switch it up to animation that changes once in a while like Campaign 2 I'd love to see Laudna animated
they'll likely switch it up at some point once the campaign is established more, they did the same thing for c2, they had that themed irl intro before the animation
I’m honestly surprised they did the live one this time. I expected that Titmouse would have been tapped for it.
its probably similar as to c2. They wanted the party to feel more established first
They look like they dumped a lot of money into the current intro
I thought the live intro was a geek and sundry thing because the intro for campaign 1 was never once animated and once they departed from them in campaign 2 they switched it up to an animated one
the first intro for C2 was the 80s style thing
Ok, so I see why the Bright Queen comic is shot off way down the road of the CR timeline. This is feeling like 2nd calamity stuff
Is it complete now?
3 issues
Is that all there is or are there more?
1 more part to go
Grog Strongjaw, Grand Poobah de
Doink, In Charge of All This-and-That
Goliath friend
The noble, if simple, warrior of Vox Machina, no one
really knows if Grog’s title is a real title at all, or if
Percy was just joking when he gave it to him. Grog
likes it, and that’s good enough for most people.
Love the new book!
Everyone still kicking it 20 years out?
This campaign is roughly 30 years out, no?
No. 20. C3 takes place maybe six months after ExU.
And C3 had a couple of months of handwaved travel in it
Didn’t the entirety of c2 span a year or so. Ingame?
Since molly to lucien took 6 months?
Oh, just a heads up. the first two eps of the animated show will be premiering on Tuesday. If folks need to go dark till the public 1/28 show
Do you know what platform? Just amazon I’m assuming?
Would love to support by watching
The kickstarter screening is elsewhere, and invite only. Amazon will be getting the series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOeZjYZtmKA Here they are
Khary is king 😄
So many nice designs.
Also, our Tavern keeper lives! They're perfect
shh spoilers
Ah, yes. Spoilers. In the spoilers chat.
Yea, with the casting of General Krieg, I'm pretty sure we now know what story is being told with the animated series.
In more spoilery things. We've finally got the entire royal family of whitestone, 20 years out.
Percy
Vex
Vesper Elaina De Rolo
Gwendolyn Zahra Melanie Von Musel De Rolo
Wolfe Kristoff De Rolo
Leona Pike De Rolo
Vax'ildan Fredrick De Rolo
Charlie
Charlie is a bear cub.
Also, Gwendolyn is proof that every bad decision Percy made with demons and devils was completely worth it. He got a very tiny little bean of a daughter.
Tiefling bean
Charlie is named after Laura and Travis' old dog who passed few years ago
looking over the cast list again, I don't think theres any better choice for Delilah than Grey Griffin
Legendary VA for a legendary character
Just watching the intro wondering how long before someone animates the characters into it...
Gnome Werewolf let's gooooo
Nightmare king description feels like they were fishing for Matt to go full Jack Skellington on the description
What is a Chetney anyway
There is so much going on here
18AC in just his kecks. 🤣
It's not RAW but it makes sense.
Eh, I don't think so necessarily. The swapperino/placement change is what makes the ac bonus in my head
TiberiusAudley — Today at 9:22 PM
Gnome Werewolf let's gooooo
Literally a common dog xD
It's a zag when your enemy expects a zig ac bonus
i mean, we knew this had to happen eventually
travis playing a werewolf in canon
i just didn't expect santa's elf to be the one lol
Explains the stripping
Did he say Order of the Loup?
Turtle
Yeah I'm aware of Lycan, didn't sound to me like that's what he said
Ok, so did they just switch Chetney from Rogue to Blood Hunter?
Unlikely. They'll just change the card to say Blood Hunter. Like he said, "I LIED!"
Good doggo
That's his transformed form. I was talking about the regular one.
Right
They could be two different classes for all we know
Also interesting confirmed Fey I suppose
Being from thr same place as fearne and all that
He probably just was going for the reveal. BH has enough skills to act rogue like
What could add up to 18, accounting for Lycan's +1 while transformed?
Was Blood Hunter further updated for Tal'Dorei reborn?
It's 19 while transformed
Oh nvm that's 19 while transformed nvm
Also, I think Matt is forgetting the -5 to passive perception for the hex
Unless he's got a creature for a level 4 combat with 25pp
But if someone can rewind, I'm like 97% sure Travis said Order of the Loup, which would imply a new order
Order of the Loup Garou
Feynus... Should have been the Fey Taint, since it was a Feint Attack.
Yeet the chisel
Oprah be handing out the goodies tonight!
Same reason you're unaffected as Fearne.
Soon
Do we Travis? Do we know more?
But how does he have 18 AC
Doesn't ice knife explode even if the initial attack miss?
Feel bad the bad guy got away, but sort of expected it
Chetwolf should have smashed the machine
Yes, Matt/Ash seems to have just forgotten about the exploding part
Nice way to reference c1 Sam
Damn, so much moon stuff already
"Disagreement" he killed Uthodern santa
Slayer of Jolly
Fearne calling on the concept of reciprocatity??? Nice fey moves
And now she's flirting with chetney again
yes, and it was already forgotten the first time Ashley cast it
Huh, YT stream was like 36k at Travis reveal and down to 27k now
"If we need to, how do we get ahold of you?"
"Don't."
Marwa's the new Gilmore.
Half plate with defense fighting style? Breastplate and shield?
He had the AC even when just in his underwear
And he hasn't been described as having armor either
only thing I can think of is barrier tattoo, but that's a very rare item setting AC at 18.
Definitely no shield
and not even unarmored defense would get 18 AC here.
Molten armor?
not described as being a completely bronze boy
If only we had Talksmachina
I highly doubt he has both ring and cloak of protection
I love this weasel
Yea, gotta wonder why fool thought it was a good idea to jump the Voice of the Tempest.
Like, they knew those goons weren't gonna do more than stain the ground.
Fearne just taking a coin out of the fountain is so on point.
Mama, why
It seems that Matt said on Twitter that he technically is wearing a breastplate and his hammer is a reflavored shield, so ac 19 is correct. It’s on the Cr wiki.
Ah
Sometimes I love the Internet:
Umavi are souls “perfected” by the beacons.
No, you're thinking of umavi. Umami is the actress who guested as Nila in Critical Role Season 2.
No you're thinking of Sumalee. Umami is the last name of the actress who played F'yra Rai in EXU.
No, you’re thinking of Anjali Bhimani. Umami is a Japanese grilled eel dish.
No, you're thinking unagi. Umami is the Japanese art of folding paper into intricate shapes.
No, you're thinking origami. Umami is Faerun's evil sea goddess.
No you're thinking of Umberlee. Umami is huge tidal wave.
No you're thinking of tsunami. Umami is a cured sausage type meat.
No, you’re thinking of salami. Umami is the main character of the musical In the Heights.
No you’re thinking of Usnavy, Umami is the the first name of the Actress in kill Bill.
No, you're thinking of Uma. Umami is a dark cherry red mineral consisting of copper selenide.
no, you’re thinking of umangite. umami is the mother-in-law of ruth in the bible.
No, you're thinking of Naomi. Umami is a Romanian dish usually made from beef brisket.
No, you're thinking of pastrami. Umami is a dish in Ottoman cuisine consisting of eggplant stuffed with onion, garlic and tomatoes.
No, you're thinking of Imam bayildi. Umami is a school of higher learning located in a huge city at the southeast tip of Florida whose mascot are the Hurricanes.
No you're thinking of the University of Miami. Umami is a term of affection for a female parent...or a female partner.
No, you're thinking of Yo Mama. Umami is a famous old song by The Rivingtons from 1962.
The wiki says breastplate and shield as well
It's time..
Episode 1 down.
I cant wait for the Twitch Stream Parties
Amazon prime in Canada doesn't have the episodes up yet for me anyway
Was hoping to download to watch on break at work
Today was only for kickstarter backers
so hang on, how does Chetney get 19 AC
next week, i believe
Next Tuesday.
So I'll have to wait till next friday to confirm, but I think I understand how these episode releases are gonna work.
Because 1 and 2 are a complete plotline. So I'm wondering if it'll be 2 episode plot and the 3rd leads us to the next week
Reflavored armor and hand held items
Press reviews and whatnot have said (as I understand it) that it's the 'original' 2 episode Kickstarter promise, followed by the 10 more ep to cover the Briarwood arc for a total of a 12ep season 1
Each week we get 3 episodes released
Also season 2 is already signed on
Woo
Lol I've just been watching both episodes over and over today.
Friday must come sooner, as I want episode 3, and also the ability to rewatch specific sequences over and over. 🙂
Armor plus shield is 18, his BA ability gives him a +1
He’s always had em, they just didn’t logic and remove it.
Unequip*
He can still use his gear tho, so him going shirtless was pure flavor/cinematic
His hammer is a parrying hammer aka shield, mostly flavor
I haven’t caught up on C3 but Travis is playing a blood hunter?
Yes
Travis keeps playing smaller and smaller characters
But hey I’m hoping this’ll make Matt care about bh and update it with some more modern wotc design philosophies
Why? He doesn't work for them.
The blood hunter got a complete overhaul some time ago. He changed from being a wisdom class to an int class. Several features were reworked too.
Maybe Matt will update anything that comes up during campaign 3 and puts it in but who knows.
I mean, with Ashton, FCG, and travis all playing Homebrew, i fee like there might be a bit of a delay on the elaborations of the classes
Maybe we’ll get another book for the other continent where Vasselheim is. He could put them in there. Won’t be out in the near future so a lot of time to play test.
😢 I can't watch Vox Machina anymore till Friday
Give more now pls lol
I was itching to see what No Mercy Percy would be like.
It’s such a delight to watch all these moments again.
Chaos Sam tonight
😄 I missed Nila
Tova! Tova!
I don't think that the first episode of the show could've introduced VM better than it did
I watched that final battle with Brimscythe so many times. The track is awesome.
Where does CR get their minis?
At least some are custom order from Hero Forge.
Makes sense.
It was obvious there's a guy inside. Awesome.
Steamforge does the custom stuff
😄 I missed Kash
I really love Scanlan's songs. I forgot how much I missed him from C1
I think the cast should go on the youtube show "Hot Ones"
https://youtu.be/FpNKVCMeeDg
No Mercy.
Watching the new show is super cool.
Loved seeing and hearing all the characters again
I love the cameos of Matt in LoVM. It's got a Stan Lee kinda feel to it
Matt has apparently said (aka clarified) that the stream is the original real Canon and the show is its own Canon (which admittedly we kinda already knew)
Absolutely. It’s an adaptation.
Hence us skipping from Brimscythe straight to the briarwoods
Hopefully we get some new way to potentially introduce Zahra and Kashaw
Cuz we met them in the Vasselheim arc
Next season. Maybe
yeah, they spend a fair bit of time of the CC arc in Vasselheim
so hopefully we get our Victor intro next season
What do you mean 'cameos'? He's an integral part of the show. He plays Lord Briarwood. I hope he plays all the major villains in the following seasons.
Each episode has had an NPC which is literally just Matt.
Some random throwaway person, but it’s his face and he’s voicing them.
Ok. He does other voices. He's a major actor. It's not Stan Lee in a Marvel movie.
This isn’t just him doing a voice.
It’s literally the background character is him. They’re animated to be him.
Episode 1: it’s the guy posting the job poster.
Episode 2: the guy Grog steals a cask of ale from
Episode 3: the guy holding all the weapons at the party
that's funny
Seriously?
rewinding
A nice nod that every NPC was Matt. Lol
Apparently it was done by the animators without Matt knowing originally
that's great