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The face of a four month old secret finally revealed
I saw a good point last night. We presume Laudna was Vex, due to hair color. However, she said her parents also came to this event with her. So, they could have been Vex and Vax, while she was done up like Keyleth.
So, Marisha's playing Keyleth again. lol
Yeah, I never assumed she was anybody other than “Keyleth” specifically because she mentioned her parents
Still can't wait to find out how and why Laudna's an Undeadlock
So when the "rabbit" appeared I thought it sounded like an almiraj, but I was like "there's no way it's that big, must be some kind of magical mutation". Turns out it is an almiraj, and they do get that big, because based on their art: https://www.dndbeyond.com/avatars/thumbnails/30/740/1000/1000/636395097245241750.png
and the fact that their horn is 1 foot long, they really are that massive
Interesting. Orym’s husband’s name was Will.
Which also happens to be the name of Derrig’s son.
Y’know. Derrig. Keyleth’s bodyguard during the Dalen’s Closet wedding one-shot.
“The Boring Ballad of Derrig”
Yea the implication is definitely that ts him
That alpha wolf thing with Travis's characters triggered Matt a bit. I appreciate that Matt took the opportunity to educate the audience though.
Yea that was clearly a joke that happens in group often
it's a very "god dammit he really said that, he did it" with a friend group moment
Yeah it felt kind of tense but they've played together and have known each other long enough that it didn't really seem like a big deal.
Unrelated. I'm loving campaign three, I wish I had more to watch. The combination of urban and fey themes is really cool. The fey elements in it so far are so intriguing.
It was honestly a bit of a slow start to me
I always have a hard time with the beginning of a new campaign just cuz it takes a while for me to get used to them going from high tier play back down to T1
Yeah, the starts do seem a bit slow. I was kind of feeling that with campaign three a bit too but it's picked up for me as of the last few episodes.
Campaign 1 was nice because at least they started at higher level.
Yeah, it took getting to the Nightmare King for C3 to start getting good for me
But even the space between that and the Shademother felt a little dragged
I’m probably just having a hard time adjusting to the fact that they’re not going through the same fast-paced time sensitive stuff they were doing near the tail end of C2
That's fair. I felt the same after the Nightmare King episode. Without looking it up, everything besides the dance/social gathering they went to was pretty slow.
I've only just reached the cusp of Traveler-con in C2, but I've gathered the end of the campaign has a lot going on.
It becomes a bit of a race against time in the end
You know, it might have been a good idea to start a campaign with each part of the group separately working their thing until they hit the first major bad guy that unites them in their interests.
They do that basically. They do sessions with their characters pre stream
It happened with both C3 and C2
But only to bring the characters up to level 3. They should stream the sessions up to facing the big bad.
Those test sessions are also to iron out any issues with the characters before going through the full production.
Some issues being a TPK pre-stream lol
Or atleast a near one. IIRC Beau was the only one of the 3 to make it out of the giant snake fight.
As far as I know there is an absolutely huge amount of work that goes into the character creation, it goes through the player, then matt actually has a day with them for feedback and some degree of corrections or implementation, then there's the design, then they work on the character in smaller groups to work out any kinks and get to grips with it
You can see it in C2 when the three smaller groups combine and form one big one.
Then in 3 with the smaller groups combining, I assume there was some degree of work outside the campaign
Yeah, they put a lot of effort into their characters and stuff, but I wouldn’t say it’s any more effort than any other table is capable of.
The extra effort is due to the production team and others over their shoulders
As previously mentioned, Level 1 and 2 are pretty deadly. Last thing I’m sure they want people to see is a character death in session 1 or 2 of a new campaign.
The one thing that I find the most positive is their genuine interest in the other player’s characters and their backstory. What I sometimes miss from my groups is that they go for their backstory and the rest of the cast supports that. My players are often a bit hesitant because they think that the other players are not interested, so they stick to the “main” story line. That is very different from table to table I guess.
Keep in mind, CR group consists of professional storytellers
So it might come more naturally to them
Of course, I would never expect that from my players. They are professionals and make a lot of money doing it too. But going for my own backstory that I developed with the dm should be a part of the story I believe. For me it is one of the coolest parts to find out about the other players stories. I always weave their ideas into the plot of the campaign.
Eh I don't think it takes professional storytellers to show interest and support in what other players are doing at their characters at the table
But it is worth it to acknowledge that the CR crew represents a high level of RP by way of a combination of acting chops, familiarity with each other, and trust. Something that shouldn't be expected of the average D&D group
Honestly I think this particular thing has a lot less to do with their ability as actors and more their closeness as a group - they want to see what stories the other has thought up and show excitement and support
A group that doesn't know each other isn't going to be like that
But I think it's someone that can be learned from CR and taken to our own tables, it doesn't take a great actor to ask another character for more detail when something backstory related comes up
It's the closeness of the group more than anything else. I find with a lot of newer DnD players they want to make memes and make things funny, which if they're in a set group, everyone's kind if seen it all before. With older players they want to potentially make things more serious like they are in CR, but sometimes they force it or do it too soon. Another "Mercer Effect" if ever I've seen one.
In my opinion it's more of the mismatch of players as opposed to the actual ability or influence, just to be clear
Ashton: "Help, it's again.."
i just looked this up, the blue doesn't go away naturally
remove curse can remove it
but otherwise she's just like this now
just gonna chose to hear "paralyzed" when he says "incapacitated" for those monster crits 😆
blue is wild magic?
Yea, Imogen is just blue now
Yea, Blue is Wild Magic
23/24 just inaugurates you as part of the blueman crew
the cotton candy look is here
These snosberries taste like snosberries!
jester is back
nightcrawler navy blue is kinda cool
Keep the blue lol
Bring on the fan art!
Second favorite? Aabria, you are the best.
so ready for the fantasy casino heist
It only goes away with dispell curse. So it might stay for a bit
Unless they already got rid of it and I didn’t see
dispel magic or remove curse
Just says remove curse. And they’ve not gotten rid of it yet lol
matt might allow greater or lesser restoration to clear it, esp if the players stop having fun w/ it
Ashly Burch’s Tiny Tina one-shot is very fun so far
indeed, quite delightful
Ashly’s really out here bringing the wrath after all those “Ashly killed Mollymauk” jokes
woww thats nice
Did Fjord beat Percy’s damage in one turn record? Or am I tripping?
Fjords record is 118
Percys record is 197
The 118 is campaign record for c2(against big baby monster) and 197 is search for grog
The whole rules lawyering to twin Catapult being allowed bothers me more than the incap =auto crit
Why?
Thanks. This was for a weird convo with a friend of mine. Fjord’s triple smite was no joke though…
I mean, the line between incapacitated and paralyzed is not exactly easily distinguishable
im guessing that since incapacitated is part of both unconscious and paralyzed, and both of those have the melee auto crit thing, that's where the confusion might come from
Incap has literally just one rule in its own condition, then about 3 or 4 buried under other rules. But none of it has to do with autocrit
yeah... Also, autocrit is on any attack if the attacker is within 5 feet of the (unconscious/paralyzed) target, not just melee attacks, and not on melee attacks at any reach - they have to be in 5 feet.
doubled a lot of damage that really should not have been doubled, unless he intended for them to be unconscious but jumbled words. I presume he intended unconscious with how he described it.
Made for a great and intense game
huh, didn't know about the 5 ft. thing, good to know. seems with incap on its own you could even still do a bonus action so that would surly have made for a quicker, less intense fight if that was supposed to be the condition
You can't take a bonus action if something prevents you from taking an action
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/combat#BonusActions
anything that deprives you of your ability to take actions also prevents you from taking a bonus action.
! ah makes sense... its still a type of action so also falls under 'cannot take actions or reactions'
Now with that said, I'll just head canon that the creature on its attack has a rider of 'while a target is incapacitated in this way...' since I think there might be one or two creatures that do have a bonus on their attacks /damage after they've grappled /restrained /charmed /incapped an opponent with another ability
Oh, it's ExU tonight instead of CR?
Yeah. Last Thursday.
wait, EXU is still going?
They said it'll be an off-shoot series of one-shots.
ah
yeah it was the last thursday of the month day off anyway
Just the 2 episodes as far as I know. I'm so excited to catch back up with Opal and the gang, and to see Matt back as a player
yes the first ep was pretty fun, Aabria continues to be unable to give any lore due to poor roles, there are hints Deni$e might make an appearance, and Death Dwarf Dariax does not disappoint
chenga
hmmm
Mmmm Magnets.
Oh no. Buying gifts for Laudna.
Through sheer force of fandom. We have destroyed Imogen's vision!
Thus episode has just been a "Imogen gets more and more worried about herself" one
Pate and Sashimi!
Alright, we found our weird factor to the Aberrant Mind
it's gonna be real interesting when later AM features are gained
She's 1 off from Psi Sorcery
oh boy that is gonna be big yeah
lvl 6 is probably after this arc, and I will further weep as Laudna never advances to 3 Warlock...
And someday we will have to end our adorable cotton candy Imogen lol
😈 It is time
For poodle!
I'm just waiting for Laudna lvl 6 shadow sorc and a hound of ill omen pate
From a power standpoint, staying at w2 for a bit longer synergies’ best with that multiclass at least until sorc5
And thematically it makes sense, since she isn’t exactly cooperating with briarwood
so I think I predicted Ruidus being spooky, in a sense
since when I made my own custom calendar, I added 'the red night' to days of full ruidus on a date of 13th
https://twitter.com/MoistOwletteOff/status/1514676592517201920?t=XprW-OHksfqb-5daNYYmZA&s=19 sam reigel got an invite to the flat earth society
POODLE TIME
that is terrifying
vespin whatsit? who's that? why'd they get excited?
oh i just googled him
he freed the betrayer gods 👀
So, two things:
1: I'm betting Matt will introduce Ruidium Corruption - he's already said the name Alyxian in this campaign
2: Chetney does have shadow touched, right? inflict wounds, invisibility, they gotta have it
Correct, its been confirmed since inflict wounds on that one lady
ah yea
i thought Laudna took the rod back from when they used it upstairs
Matt playing hardball tonight
did they use it again last week?
I thought they'd left a door barred behind them
Timeline wise I feel like perhaps the other party got to play fast forward maybe?
Holy hell
Murder hobo time 😂
the ultgar scene was oscar worthy and i need to know everything
Fearne sounds like Burn.
Ahh, puns.
sounds like burn, spelled like fear 😈
Travis just constantly wheezing at every comedic part is just too good, I love it
So, Stephen Colbert tonight?
Yep. Looking forward to catching it at the weekend.
all i remember from the last one was stephen played like a true old school player, very cautiously and expecting a trap every 5 ft 😆
Mareeeesha
Wait. Is Matt borrowing his Elden Ring oneshot as an insert for this?
Nope
What’s going on currently?
in a tower and fighting the bbeg
I’m watching and went on twitter to watch all the reactions to the Yasha dealing
Nice job Stephen but I’m just loving the deliciousness of everyone freaking out again
No one give the barbarian wisdom saves
I actually missed what happened at the end of it - got doing a thing and suddenly it was over
Very much a downtime episode but got some good Ashton + dunamancy lore
It's going to be interesting once Orym reaches Battlemaster 7, seeing how Matt might run Know Your Enemy, if it's used at all. Hopefully it does get used, it's gonna be interesting.
Know Your Enemy?
yep
What is that?
It’s a feature that essentially lets the Fighter learn some of their enemy’s stats
they can interact and observe over a minute, and then tell if - compared to the battlemaster - it's better, evenly matched, or worse, in two things, between its physical stats, AC, current HP, and class levels / fighter levels.
so Orym could look at a thing and vibe check its Dex and Con
and its AC
that would seem the most used of the three
Sounds a little like Extract Aspects, only it takes time to observe, rather than just punching something.
New Exandria Unlimited announced!
GM’d by Brendan Lee Mulligan, taking place during the Calamity!!!!
now that's interesting to me
Extract Aspects is an immediate "here's their list of damage type adjustments, here's their condition immunities" whereas KYE can figure out "do they have an AC better or worse than me" or stuff like "are they stronger or weaker, tougher or squishier" and such. A different niche.
😄 Aabria as a player? Nice
yussss more EXU. branching out with more DMs exploring more places and times within Exandria is a great evolution for the series and CR as a company
the whole deal about the floating magic cities just taunts me with how little is known
like, what in sam hell are those domes of frozen time, eh?
also, the M9 just... never returning to the strange domes, never really sat right with me, that.
Seemingly, a rescue system. In the even of a catastrophic event, places can be paused in time so that they can be rescued once the danger passed.
But, nobody ever came for Aeor after it was smote by the Gods
Yea, I was so wanting them to do that.
I'm tripping, your name is dyno but so is the dyno bot
Because, it's possible that Fjord could have ended the spell just by hitting the bubbles with Star razer.
but yeah, even in the epilogue, the wrap up, like
I was shouting, "NO! YOU DIDN'T GO BACK FOR THE DOMES!" Desperately wanting that level 15 or 16 party to try and un-bubble the ancient super wizards or whatever, people with knowledge
I've slowly been reading the Taldorei guide after finishing wildemount and there are a lot of interesting things that could be taken on that would probably be weird to shoehorn into the official campaigns
That moment when a DM preps something the players don’t end up doing
In the Wildmounte book, those bubbles have suggested solutions for players. One of which is smacking them with an exalted Arm of the Betrayer.
also, the suggested options in EGTW says arms of the betrayers, not exactly the vestiges
jinx!
It still might've worked, since they're essentially Vestiges (Just with a little buddy attached).
But alas
I feel like mentioning the Arms themselves and not Vestiges as a whole was on purpose
We will never know whether or not someone went back to uncover one of the greatest secrets of the fall of Aeor, which is that it didn't
The people of Aeor are right there!
Just gotta get them out of time.
imagine the news too
"So yeah the cognouza dudes went to the astral plane and became an eldritch horror hivemind in years and years of agony."
First, you gotta get them to calm down, because they're going from apocalypse in progress, to post apocalypse. lol
also, Intuit Charges seem really not well designed. It's either complete proximity detonation, or you need to be close by, IIRC?
close enough to manual det it, I mean
lol yea, not very intuitive.
Mage Hand
after the happy fun ball and jester's rapid aging incident, perhaps M9 just wanted to let sleeping dogs lie at that point 😅
like, surely they coulda stuck some Glyph of Warding detection into that
Yeah, I imagine some pretty big problems could’ve arisen with the reawakening of Aeor
let some other poor sap crack open the bubbles and unleash whatever horrors within
Eh. I'm on the side of, please try and save some folks who you can.
Their only crime was saying "Hey, we do not like the gods." So just don't send em to vasselheim.
Isn’t the whole city populated by mages?
I feel like that’s a really dangerous group of people to just wake up and release unto the world
I don't recall it being 100%. 🤷
also gotta love "so the Aeormatons have been introduced to Exandria, and are their version of Warforged"
and then C3, like 20 years later in timeline?
Now has a robot PC... not a warforged. Also, not even any Aeormaton references detected by me
Sure, but our heroes are also quite dangerous. And for the Aeoreans, their entire civilization is gone.
That’s like bringing back Netheril into the Forgotten Realms. Things are bound to end poorly for the people with the lesser developed magic.
The entire world has grown over theirs. So, that certainly mitigates the damage.
They had wi-fi, we have pigeons.
Oh boy, what if ExU:C takes place in a pre-Calamity Aeor? 😮
Legitimately, I think it do.
the aeor leadership was all mages at least... implied to be not-very-good-intentioned mages as well
imagine if Brennan slips in a reference to Fearne's family who were apparently 'last in' Aeor
FCG could be built from parts of an aeormaton, it was said Dancer constructed them of various scrap she found... so what if she found the core materials of an ancient buried 'warforged'?
FCG is definitely an aeormaton in some capacity
if this is an accidental prediction as to why FCG is self aware and sapient and whatnot, then go play lotto
I suspect that Matt introduced devexian to release them so that Sam could play one
Due to the timeline of when they actually start thinking of their new characters
I'm hopping on board, FCG is like that because they're made out of Aeormaton bits which gave them soul or something
I'm glad they are finally doing a thing set during the calamity. I was hoping for a one-shot, but exu doing a four parter is even better
Yeah I’m excited to see Examdria in a completely different era
Wdym?
C3 is going on break for a month
I know, I’m just wondering what you mean about us knowing how the last episode before the break ends
I’m a couple episodes behind so I just assume they’ll close up whatever arc they’re dealing with atm
Calamity era and Drassig rule have been two time periods I always thought would be really interesting to visit in Exandria, so it’s cool to see this going down
I fully expect a drassig rule at some point
Drassig?
Drassig was the tyrannical monarchy that ruled Tal’Dorei before the land became “Tal’Dorei”
Warren Drassig and his sons were the last rulers of the Kingdom of Drassig, then they lost their kingdom (and lives) during the Scattered War.
The rebel hero, Zan Tal’Dorei, was crowned sovereign of the kingdom after that
I’ve actually considered running a kingslayer campaign in Exandria here every player plays one of the historical figures of that time period as an adventuring party.
I'd expect one where each player is a member of Zans "crew"
There are a couple of named historical figures that could totally have been the “heroes of the Scattered War”.
i forget where exactly their memorial is but i think her main 'party' is all mentioned in the book
westruun maybe?
It wouldn't be out of line for them to play already named characters
a Gatshadow expedition mini series would be cool too 🤔
Yenlara, Palest Westruun, and the White Duke all come to mind
Kinda hoping that the calamity goes to multiple cities
I don't believe for a second that Dancer actually built the robots. I'm betting she found/stole them and reformatted them. That's probably what caught up to her.
a rogue and not an artificer? interesting theory...
How come they’re going on break for a month? (Haven’t seen the latest episode yet and won’t be able to for a few days)
ExU is running.
Errr… I know that.
So they won't be double-booking.
Eh, nvm. I’ll find out when I watch in a few days.
They saw that the fans were disengaging when they ran two games at the same time.
I think in general they are trying to build in more rests and breaks from the main campaign in C3 to avoid burnout (like it seemed C2 had), so it makes sense to have a season break after 24 'episodes'
Yeah it's good for the main cast to have some down time
And it looks like Matt isn't actually playing this time? So he gets an off camera break
Oh god Laudna took Silvery Barbs
It'll be fine, just like the spell is
Oh I know, I just know how many people are bound to overreact to it lol
I took at look at the chat, and the reaction was about as good as you'd expect
Oh I’m sure
Time for "HEY THERE DELILIAH, WHAT THE HECK DID YOU JUST DO?!"
Lol. Vigilante werewolf going after crooked merchants
Matt probably did that to troll him specifically.
And now Matt is out crazying Fearne? Dang
I don't think I've seen Ashley walk back an idea that fast as Fearne yet
F in fcg now stands for flesh
Is there any specific rules thing anyone here knows that would give Imogen her new flying ability?
She took Fly as a 3rd level spell.
Isn't that the same restaurant from the ExU?
Or am I having the weirdest feeling of deja vu
I don't think so?
The buffet in the casino in ExU: Kymal was called Taste of Tal'Dorei.
Ok, so I wasn't crazy
Quoth the fcg nevermore?
ERICA!
new guest! new guest! 👏 👏 👏
And she'll be there for at least another session
Since he just said that her mini will be there for next time they play
im hoping it'll be like dorian and she'll get like 10-15 sessions 🙂
'what else did I leave in here' 😂
https://twitter.com/CriticalRole/status/1527527526607622144?s=20&t=nPCNHylgyvztzdTDC84n-Q So, presuming bladelock here
Afterall, Dusk carries an implement of stabbery
WAH The rudeness
Going on break right now.... weh
Laura's face at "Cold hands, warm heart" was 😙👌
So wait ashtons rages are essentially time, space, luck and what?
gravity i think
The Aspects of dunamis
So the Path of Fundamental Chaos is a Dunamis sub
yea
thats why people think that the thing that ashton was revived with was one of the dunamis juice potions that yeza made in c2 (or something like it)
Ashtons burst are 2d4, im curious if they will scale or stay at 2d4
Whatsvthat mean
calamity time baybeeee
It’s time to see our heroes struggle to save their world, only to die in failure.
Yesssssssd
We getting into the THICK of it
YO
That's what I wanted
AND GODS DANG, WHAT IS THAT STRENGTH
29 Strength, 18 con, 20 charisma. Yes sir! You are a Paladin
Dear GOD-
Level 14
this bit of EXU will be interesting hehe
It's gonna be so tragic by the end
"Your son" never ends well
Yea..
Starlight griffin baby
griffiiiiin
And there's the "I'm not your kid" moment
Explains the red figure in the intro...
Which God is this Brennan...
what. is. happening
GOOD QUESTION!
Between Spelljammer and the opening of this, I'm thinking I need to go back and start listening to some d20
What’s just happened my wifi went out last I knew he was with his griffin
I'm really liking Mulligans style as dm
Which God is killing which God Brennan
PAPA PELOR
Ok so the standing one is definitely the dawnfather
But whomst is the red one, asmodeus?
in the words of Percival "OH SWEET PELOR"
Brennan giving us that sweet sweet "the evil gods aren't so evil"
I WAS THINKING 'IS THAT BIG BOI ASMODEUS?'
Please someone tell me what’s happened in back watching now but when my wifi went out I missed stuff what did I miss
Description
Description of?
Pelor stepping on the throat of who is seemingly Asmodeus.
Ok
Hollly crap this is crazy-
I hate spotty wifi
I just played a character with strong Asmodeus ties so I'm like "whaaaaaaaat the heck is this-"
I mean we kinda already knew that the Bretayer gods had only betrayed the other gods (and iirc they did it for mortals)
But still
"The tower of the first night"
who are the other two players? (Top row left and right)
The Betrayer Gods are the deities who strayed from the ideals of the Founding and embraced the destructive chaos of the Primordials or grew selfish of their own creations.
Luis Carazon (right) and Lou Wilson (left)
Iirc it was in taldorei Reborn? Where it was hinted at (the thing i said)
Explorer's guide explains it that essentially the betrayers saw how chaos was affecting the world, and wanted to just leave it to die and start over elsewhere.
But the prime deities didn't want to just shrug and let this happen.
Sam is apparently rich and famous I guess
So Luis' character definitely has a belt of Giant strength
Oh certainly-
14 AC is cracking me up
I hope we get more songs from Sam :3
.... What the heck is this setting?!
14ac at level 14, Sam... And so many odd stats 😂
honestly not a bad description lol
Yea this series is really hammering into perspective the fact that Critical Role is a post-apocalyptic setting.
Mhm
Read a preview on this on how it's supposed to show what was lost in terms of how magical the setting was pre calamity
THE CITY IS FLYING
Magical and technological
Y u P
We've got town criers and they had CNN
P much lol
Yeah, the Age of Arcanum is I believe supposed to be the most advanced era of Exandria
Tieflings confirmed to be around at this time
(Was a bit unclear as to when they may have popped up originally before)
This is awesome-
This is such a Sam character and I couldn't be happier
You know theoretically an elf Druid with their age slowed could have been alive back then and still be alive now. Like imagine meeting someone current day from back then
Just a random thought I had
Classic Sam
Sam
This is Tary but if Tary was actually like that
This is Tary's idol
Yea, We're just waiting for the Schism to catch up now.
Robot elephant bus let's go
I like the use of changeling persona for advertising 😂
Feast of ymir?
"The symbol of all that you have achieved" ah ok that's going crashing down later
This is honestly so on-brand for Brennan so far
This is giving me so much the city near Chernobyl vibes. So many young promising individuals
good description lol
Oof, this gone be messy lol
I’m so excited
this is awesome
Another 15ac character oof
Combat gonna be interesting to balance with over 10ac swing between PCs to target
We at lvl 14 and the only light at the end of this tunnel is the flames of re-entry. I think that Brennan's gonna be sending off some Tarrasque threats to us.
Oh they’re not just flying, they’re in SPACE
When everyone in the city has at least one level of wizard I sure would hope so
Yea! That's why some people think Ruidus is a really messed up flying city!
It's never fun when the Archmage herself has to go "Ok, so this is my IMMEDIATE problem now."
...Yea
A month
Won't have to fly it for just a month
It'll definitely be at least a month!
She's pre-calamity
I'm getting Nightfall vibes...
It was during the age of Arcanum when a Mortal woman ascended and killed the prior god of death
cool just wanted to make sure
Oh boy
flying mountain~
If Aabria starts introducing some Raven imagery here, I'm gonna have thoughts
This is crazy
I mean, I know there are mages everywhere in the Age of Arcanum, but… woah, the theories are just making themselves.
Oh they are it’s great
so the city flies basically sub orbit from the sounds
just before space
We still have half the cast to introduce!!!
vault of the golden scythe!
Nydas! SorBard
lots charisma!
Our 2nd multi-class, and both are Bard mixes lol
Y e s
Poor poor children
Travis playing a rogue JUST KIDDING HE’S A BLOOD HUNTER
Now I'm wondering if they're using the new race options...
Gotcha. I was kinda curious to see if Marisha had something to throw at us.
||He, supposedly, started the Calamity by releasing the Betrayer Gods||
Ok cool cool cool so I was correct in the fact we knew it
Well. I guess we can say they very much cracked godhood
They definitely contacted the gods that's for sure
And we have double wizard power
Possibly.
considering they are druids im betting on it strongly
I don't recall if we know how the elemental wounds got on Exandria.
Because each village was founded to watch over those passages into the elemental planes.
we know when they happened though
about 1k years ago from modern times
aka around the time of the calamity
“About 900 years ago or so, roughly a thousand years ago, we were a nomadic people. Then there was some sort of great sundering. We're actually still not 100% sure. A lot of information was lost. And the elemental planes started bleeding with this plane and—oh, Vex is falling asleep.”
Yea, I think we might be finding out what Kiki was told about.
Possibly
"so we've got one of those"
Aeorian mail order bride
it feels weird hearing "the jungles of marquet"
such a shame all these characters are going to die soon ❤️
Enjoy the ride down! Hahahaha
sam and aabria playing a divorced couple is incredible
thisisfine.jpeg
Slaying Longbow...
We have developed problems
We do not want to find out what could have the opportunity to, and ability to, snap a Solar's bow. (We really want to see it 😈 )
OUR BOY
YESSSSSSSS
OUR BOY IS HERE
🦮
note: this is still "before the vestiges of divergence"
a quaint little guy, nothing special
Gift of Gab, for when you slip up
Oh, a lore drop from Matt in the chat earlier
interesting point: only a handful of cities could "float" during the period, due to a finite amount of Brumestone, and it being greedily taken by the most advanced cities of the time. Most cities were still terrestrial, especially those who were more aligned with the faith of the pantheon
Inquisitive rogue indeed
blindsense rogue ❤️
Hoooo boy
So I wonder, is Travis out? It'd be insane if each episode we dropped a player.
what did brennan say
Cerrit was looking at his own reflection in the now cracked mirror
I don't know how you got "dead" from that.
I can't help but think now that the intro sequence is holding.... a ton of spoilers
The context however we have no clue
I thought that he got dragged into the mirror after the guy said he would never reach the Wildmother's embrace.
vespin looking like he was reaching through the mirror to grab him but the mirror just shattered when his hand came into contact with the surface from the other side - my take
I think each of our heroes has some kind of patron prime deity connected to them whether they like it or not 🙂 just a theory though
Seeing people talk about Avalir and the very clear similarity to Savalir in the name, aka the woods Cad is from
There are a lot of those "this name is very clearly similar to the names of things from modern times but before parts of the names were lost" so I wouldn't be surprised
Fun speculation also being that the wildmothers embrace is the reason not all life on exandria died during the calamity: ie pockets of life
Just remembered that Ghor Dranas is ||the original name of Rosohna, capital of the Kryn Dynasty||
It's the ruins on which it was built yea
Which apparently spooked even the Dragons
What was the cr1 city with all the temples and i think the guild
Vasselheim, oldest city in exandria, pre calamity (as we have so eloquently heard during this first episode that it was around)
Vasselheim is also mentioned as the oldest city in Exandria in Wildemount iirc and in the Tal'Dorei books
I think the savalir became cursed post-calamity though, like a few centuries before c2
Yea, but it could be named because avalir came down near/in it (like how the Zemni Fields are named after the city that crashed there)
it was renamed from something else (Veluthil) when cursed 😅 I did see on twitter someone said that in EGtW savalir was said to mean 'guilt' in elvish which might suggest avalir would relate to that word somehow? and matt liked the tweet...
Currently, they're parked over Vasselheim, I think?
Avalir? Its over its sister city Cathmoira
So I have a thought with thr calamity series
I don’t remember vecnas lore well but had he ascended before? Or was in the duration of CR1 the only time he attempted?
Because the implication of the guy ascending to a betrayer god makes me think vecna but im probably not thinking right
vecnas first attempt was during c1
He achieved Lichdom before the calamity
or I guess it would be more accurate to say: his first attempt that succeeded was during c1
he had tried once before and been defeated (via Kas and his allies)
he was worshipped even after that defeat and due to the way it works in Exandria, that worship granted him more power
Im curious who this is in calamity
Do we know any other people that attemped to overthrow a god?
Let alone a betrayer
Ohh im stupid
We have heard his name before
Halas is also of the age of arcanum, Vecna should be a lich already and maybe have taken his Shadowfell tower already?
I mean this is the spoilers channel but Vespin was the one who talked to the betrayer gods and set them free
Yell at me to delete this if it needs to be
I certainly dont mind 😆
yes Vespin was the one historically blamed for releasing the betrayer gods
pretty sure he would be gone by now yea
iirc he did it like.. 100 years before the calamity?
lemme double check
yea, he achieved lichdom + attempted godhood during a celestial solstice ~100 years before the calamity
just one of the guys they're all making fun of for trying haha
I'm guessing that we'll be trying to stop Vespin from unleashing them, knowing that they cannot succeed.
Want more now pls.
The fun thing about this is knowing the lore regarding what is going down, but still getting to watch it
Cuz I believe both the Tal'Dorei guide and the Wildemount guide have a little bit of lore regarding some of the names being thrown around
Ok, someone just put this thought in my head, and I wonder if anything will come of it.
The Ascension of the Raven Queen is not even history in this series. That happened within the lifetimes of a lot of people here. So, I wonder if maybe we'll see folks who knew her.
That’s a bit of a recent development for the world, yeah. Could totally be the case.
With that being said, her true name was lost after ascension.
It's been a few hundred years at least
Especially based on what we now know about the celestial solstice stuff
Since (based on descriptions) the last "big" celestial solstice (during the time before the calamity) was the one vecna originally used to do his stuff, which was about a century beforehand. The lore dropped from this episode likely means that the last big one was probably two/three hundred (or more) years before this one (which is likely what the raven queen used to ascend)
Also worth considering that we don’t really know what’s Matt canon and what’s Brennan’s canon.
Like we know Brennan and Matt spent a lot of time discussing before Brennan got to the table. But we don’t know to what extent Brennan is doing his own thing either.
Considering Matt seems to have fully integrated all of the Canon aabria came up with, I wouldnt be surprised if he did the same with Brennan (or he worked with both of them to create whatever it is)
I just think it'd be cool if we ended up finding out some more stuff about her, since you could have an elf or someone who was around at the time. Or maybe we learn what it means for a god to get replaced. How does death work differently between them?
As interesting as that would be to learn, I can imagine them not getting into specifics
I'd be okay with it just being one of those mysteries we never learn more about.
Then again, if ever there was a good time to address it, it's probably this campaign.
I think he already did
Cuz thats what the ritual was
Even if we did I guarantee she either swore them to secrecy or made them forget
I can't wait for Imogen to fireball on self (via feywild shard, RNGesus, not malice) and absolutely derail the campaign in one singular instant by sheer unfortunate luck (i so want to see Matt's reaction if that happens near something important)
If I'm a prophet, then it's probably gonna be another moment like her horrid luck in that one fight against Merrow, as Jester, rolling misses, everything saves, minimum damage, the works. Everything going poorly, hail mary wild magic, and bam
Murphy's Law after all, she's already gone blue and hairless, and regained all sorc points before expending much, so not very good for her so far
I need me some more Delilah shenanigans. This woman has the durability of a roach.
Oh for real, i also love the inter party drama due to her
Bets on if the city starts falling tonight? Or does that come in the 3rd episode
Idk if this City fell. Like, aren't they landing it soon for the replenishment?
That’s definitely the plan
But they’re also an unknown amount of time away from an absolutely world-shattering apocalyptic event.
They certainly plan on landing it that's for sure
So far, everything is “going according to plan”. Let’s see how well that works out.
I mean, a crash is just an unscheduled landing...
😄 Time for more "OMG EVERYTHING IS EXPLODING!!"
They all got fancy titles
I just finished catching up on episode 1, and holy shit no one does atmosphere like Brennan
It has been a long, long time since I finished a CR episode with my adrenaline spiking
oh boy more kids
anyway, gonna have to catch the rerun on this one tomorrow because the partner's falling asleep - enjoy, live watchers
😄 So many children.
Legends of the multiverse first four episodes were solid too (and about the same length of watch as one CR episode if you haven't watched yet) with Brennan as dm
Makes me want to go back and start to watch some d20 now
I'm re-watching Fantasy High with my partner, can't wait until we get to season 2 and Romance Partner Baron from the Baronies
oh shes an abjuration wizard
I think we’ve just seen the advent of the Threshold crests
And potentially the beginning of the schisms where the Ashari now guard.
Oh we doing some Tax fraud lol
TAX
FRAUD
Who knows what the Dreshari want this for
Laerynn here certainly don’t give a care. We’re off to find wherever this thing is in the city and probably blow it up
She’s got a window and this thing is a rusty latch. It is coming out. Hehe
and shes gonna do it and its gonna go real bad
also the way it had sounded in the first episode that the city had been up for way longer
the replenishment is once every 7 years but the last(?) replenishment is when this device was there
I'm guessing that Laerynn here is responsible for striking off the "Gua Dr" portion of the name.
Cerritt's gonna be bald before the end of the night.
theres that hubris!
Right on queue!
confirmation from the feywild nice
Patia, you don't know how wrong you be.
You think that the God's only distinction is being extra planar? You bout to get a crash course in what the distinction is.
This is fine.jpeg
That is quite the thought, the Gua Drashari possibly making this to prevent the ascension of new gods.
It's probably a pact they made
As long as this thing is running, it'll shave off enough magic to stop someone from getting stab happy with some divinity.
The hall of prophecy closing down is just pure comedy.
If the seers are getting wasted, then time is short lol
I KNEW IT
Confirms that people literally forgot her name
Ok so sad boy paladin does also have some hubris going on
The risk of live play your settings past
So rude haha
Was purvon at risk of not making it into C1? I missed a chunk there
From break to about 5 minutes ago
one of the deans was gonna kill him
I'm still wondering if we'll see Purvon in action. Because I'm curious as to the power of his armor. Greater or lesser than its Vestige of Divergence future?
I do wonder how they'd resolve a major divergence (teehee) from Canon due to live play shenanigans
Like, were the Vestiges insane when the gods they're tied to were out and about in the world?
Or did they only come to power in the divergence?
said they were made during the calamity so
GG Loquatious
....
When the Raven Queen rose to godhood, everyone forgot both her name and the name of the God she just replaced.
indeed
And now we're looking for "The Tree of names" which is connected to her rise.
central artifact of avalir
And I'm betting that this is what you need to Ascend
I think that's what the cortex is for.
I'm thinking that it is a giant shield.
That this power is being siphoned off, in order to make sure that nothing can ever get close to this thing again.
Jumping off the ledge for a bit hehe. Upon the tree is written the name of every God in the cosmos. And if you've got enough power, you can scratch out some names, and write in your own.
his husband was wrapped up in some stuff
sam's character is just a big ol liar
tell me more sam you jerk
Loquatious... what do you know
The invincible liar vs the unstoppable investigator haha
he definitely had googled it lol
DDB is so handy for this 😄
Do we know what flavor of wizard Patia is?
To whom is may concern, fireball.
Crispy archmage
Yea, I believe she is carrying the entire City on her back lol
Yes, he is flat.
Vindication!
The cortex is a giant barrier between this tree and everyone else. Nobody gets to interact with this thing again
And I guess Patia is Scribe flavor.
Now I just want C3 to find Scrabbles somewhere lol
Also: Dominus may be an old name for wildemount or may be what the shattered teeth are now
Hey asmo
Why you dying?
This is fine again
Please do not heal Asmodeus.
Please do
The devil god of the Hells is the master of tyranny and domination. His words are honeyed and carefully crafted, soothing and corrupting the mortal heart. Asmodeus rules his domain with an iron fist, and the punishments awaiting those that cross him are the basis of nightmares. Evil entities pay him tribute alongside his devils, and many warlocks are drawn to his power.
Zerxus, pls no.
This is gonna be good. 🙂
WOOHOO, onto the corruption arc!
Zerxus bout to become some archdevil.
Repay cruelty done unto you with further evil. If others show you kindness, exploit it.
This is great :]]]]
Yea, I'm just watching this going "So, which of the Archdevils are you?" for Zerxus.
Sam begins sweating
"Dominus was the smile". Like teeth?
Perhaps that get shattered?
Perhaps
Lmao "from fey" everyone pointedly looks at Sam
Sam really about to be revealed as some sort of disgraced archfey huh
Oh yea. It's time
T minus countdown to the eradication of 2/3s of all life on Exandria.
Goodbye Magitech New York
Juicy juicy juicy
Sam's secrets better be revealed before the end of this series I swear
Even asmo was calling him out
Woo!
Ring of gold/silver is coming after them!
We in a bad place now woo!
what a cliffhanger 
We ain't even halfway through
I feel like the group probably accidentally killed zerxus's husband with their planeshift experiments, and when he finds out he's going full asmodeus champion
Yea, the Paladin running basically lvl 20 stats is gonna be a problem.
i love the way those scenes played out though, a godless paladin vs the king of lies... and it wasn't all a one-way manipulation game
Azzy gave him everything he needed to fall.
the give and take, truths mixed in with leading statements to get someone to come to their own conclusion that just happens to align with what you want... *chefs kiss *
Huh. Gau Drashari. I wonder if there’s a connection.
proto ashari for sure
Yea, and based on Keyleth's brief recounting of their history, we are very close to when they became just The Ashari.
I'm still sitting in my corner here that the Tree of Names is actually the secret to Ascension. That all the rites of Ascension are are the method by which you get to scratch your name onto this tree, alongside the names of every other god.
An interesting piece of lore to lose during the Calamity
Very excited to have Zerxus join Asmodeus once he finds out that his friends (at the very least Laerryn) are responsible for his husband's death
(The others were most certainly involved in it as well. And if nothing else, Loquacious knew about it and removed all the files on him to protect Laerryn)
I also love that while yea Asmodeus was manipulating Zerxus, I'm pretty sure he was also telling the truth
At least the majority of what he said
It was a matter of presentation
I definitely do believe the "our promises were to the Primordials and we were called betrayers" bit though
Mostly cause that line is just too good for it to not be true
Azzy here knew exactly how to appeal to this faithless paladin.
Appear in a state of weakness
Some light retconning about what the betrayers were
And for good measure, sow some doubts in Zerxus's allegiance.
Now he gets to just watch as Zerxus makes all the little leaps he needs, to get the story straight in his head, to lead him to "My friends are all my enemies and the Prime Deities are the enemy."
Admittedly, I don't think the thing about his friends is wrong
Loquacious at the very least has been lying to him (if not a bunch of others)
It’s interesting to think about exactly what in Asmodeus’s speech is a flat lie vs a contortion of words
Especially because (and maybe this isn’t the case with this iteration) Asmodeus historically can’t lie to people.
We know from the Wildmounte book why the gods became divided.
We know the general reason why yea
I also have a habit of reading the history of the setting as history told by the victor
Same
The primordials were killing off all the people on Exandria, and the Gods got divided over what this meant.
The Betrayers went "Yea, everything's broken now, so lets just start over elsewhere."
With the Primes "No! We must stay and salvage this."
What's told in wildemount also doesn't exactly... contradict what he said
So I’ve always toyed with the idea of all the gods not being as concrete and black/white as the people of the world think they are.
The Betrayers siding with the Primordials to wipe out life on Exandria, so that the Primes would also come with them to a new world. Once the slate was clean, there'd be nothing to salvage.
Yeah, if anything I feel like Asmo is either leaving crucial details out, or the winners of the conflict are.
Like in my Exandria, I never believed the Prime Deities decided themselves that they needed to go beyond the Divine Gate. That’s just what they want people to think.
Double checking the exact lore in wildemount definitely makes me think it's written from the "perspective" of the primes, and more specifically how they want to be viewed
To do a bit of tinfoil theorizing. I think the Drashari Cortex is going to become the Divine Gate.
Either way. A lot of interesting theories.
Like, I think this ends with them blowing it up, to wrap around all of Exandria.
Especially because of this bit
Beneath the elements, unknown to the Creators beyond the ashen skies, lived ancient beings who had already claimed this world as their home: the Primordials.
We know this isn't true. We have been told in other situations that they did know about the Primordials
That’s what I mean, yeah. History told by the victor.
This is the bit said after the descriptions of the gods creating life and granting gifts
It's categorically false based on what we know from other sources
Which also causes it to fit perfectly within what asmo said
I'm still wondering if the Luxon is going to come into play here.
It's gotta
Luis' name is under its symbol in the intro
And all of the other things in the intro are definitely directly related to things in the story
I can get behind this, but idk that we’ll actually see that. Cuz Calamity doesn’t feel so much to me like we’re actually gonna see the Calamity, just the events leading up to it.
The calamity (the war) lasted for... at least a while
Per Call of the Netherdeep and other sources
We are definitely gonna see the kick-off
I'm wondering how many gods were gonna see in this.
We've gotten Asmodeus and Pelor thus far.
Another fun bit from wildemount that lines up with what asmo said
Some gods were so full of grief and anger that they wished to leave this world behind and start anew. They tried to convince their divine kindred to join with the Primordials, allowing chaos to reclaim the realm. Other gods wished to remain and subdue the Primordials, to tame the land for the sake of their creations.
The Betrayers did truly believe that the evil things they gave to the creations were gifts (and in many ways, they were, as asmo said)
I’m gonna scour through the Reborn guide a little later too to see what kind of stuff made it into that instead of Wildemount
Good idea 😅 I don't have that.
I theorize that we see all of them starting to engage in battle as one of the final scenes
Maybe not in grand detail
And what has become of our tree of names? Where did it go? Like, we know that somehow this thing is tied to the Raven Queen's rise.
Tinfoil Hat: It’s the Sun Tree.
Pelor did something to it before dipping behind the Divine Gate to mask its real identity. While also using it as a sort of connection to the Material.
I think it'd be cool if we finally learn the Raven Queen's name in this story.
I wanna learn more about what it means to Ascend to Godhood in this world. Comparing The Raven Queen to Vecna
Yeah, I’m big curious as to all this divine shenaniganry
I also wanna know who made it even possible for someone to ascend, like… if the Tree of Names is the key to ascension, why did the gods make it?
If they made it at all.
I'm inclined towards they found it.
That this is what made them the gods of exandria to begin with.
Before this, they were all just bouncing around existence until they found this rock, and I think that this tree is what connected them to it. What made them Gods.
The gods are just beings from the Far Realm that put their name on the tree lol
Maybe the Luxon made it
And if you ever wanted to see a Godless Exandria, all you'd need to do is chop down the tree.
Well, Brass here wants to turn Avalir into a multi-dimensional floating city. What Silver and Gold are up to? Idk
Also, I wonder if there’s some connection between Laerryn’s experiment and Syngorn’s ability to jump to the Feywild
Oh I'm dead certain we just saw the beginning of the Threshold crests
This tech is gonna get spread out to other cities like Aeor.
Bolo is actually an Aeorean Spy!!
man this episode was very dense with exposition, maybe a little too much
but, I enjoyed the brief combat scene. funny that the abjurer went for offensive spell while the other wizard tried to do counterspell/dispel magic
also man, Brennan really nailed how to play the prince of lies.
Everything he said was a manipulation, every truth twisted in a way to serve his needs
and so likable
what do you mean? He was clearly just a poor, wounded man asking for help 🤭
I need Thursday
I also disagree with think asmodeus is manipulating
I think asmo is being serious and turthful
He is definitely mostly telling the truth
But that doesn't mean he isn't not manipulating
Oh definitely
I was SHOCKED when he cast protection
Taking everything asmo said with a grain of salt I wonder what became of the other gods and what their real story is
But also that hollow invited pervan to kill him
Yeah tbh Asmo is someone not to trust
I think everything he has said is categorically true, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t hiding something else
I disagree i kinda think its like a seven deadly sins thing (anime) hes the god of lies so he cant lie
Maybe, bit even still, just because he's telling the truth doesn't mean he isn't manipulating
Cause that at the very least is one of the things he is known for in exandria
Manipulation and deception
Do we know why Lucretia Hollow wanted to kill Purvan? Did I miss a clue or is it still unknown?
His words are honeyed and carefully crafted, soothing and corrupting the mortal heart.
For asmo
Yea, like, I just cannot see him as anything other a liar and corruptive god. Because that’s what he is in Critical Role.
That’s the thing I love about Asmodeus as a god. He’s very complex.
And again, I personally consider the lore out of the CR books as lore told from the common perspective. The stuff the Prime Deities want mortals to know. So this is a very intriguing plot to play around with.
much easier to lie to and manipulate someone with the truth thrown in as well
Gotta say, I'm really enjoying the not-always-cooperative dynamic between the party members like
I think it's very on brand and on theme for the Age of Arcanum, an age with a lot of incredibly ambitious individuals whose ambition is likely going to lead to the end.
Crit Role C1E97 ||I just got to Keyleth's legendary goldfish jump and I'm wheezing, I love her so much 😂||
It's fine, we're gods!
still unknown maybe felt betrayed by the raven queen or just god hatred idk
my guess is that she didnt want him to make contact with the septum and give warnings that could lead to the conspiracy being found out, so she set him up to be humiliated and not taken seriously, and would then assassinate him to make absolutely sure
The lore drops that got dropped in 2 of 4 episodes of Calamity alone
Next episode 1st rebroadcast is apparently going to be delayed to be being a longer episode
so somewhere between 5-6 hours
5-6 hourse? jeez
I’m feeling like combat occurs here
well we know at least one does
the last time a rebroadcast was delayed the episode was about 5 and a half
If told by the victors, of course they'd want to paint asmo in a poor light
Just finished up Thursdays episode. Definitely loving the pacing and atmosphere of it all
Also, we've got two more episodes of Calamity, then the one shot on the 23rd right?
So normal CR back on Jun 30?
Or they gonna take that weekend off entirely I wonder and return July 7
c3 comes back on the 30th
Sure. But also the matter of telling you how to RP these characters if you run a game here.
Thinking again about how Zerxus said he kneels to no God and then 30 minutes later he is kneeling for one
Well technically…he is kneeling -with- a god
Something I think I'm realizing about Brennans style compared to Mercer is that he seems to be able to keep the flow up a bit better than Mercer in the sense that there's no real dead air when a rules question comes up.
Like the counterspell question, he's still advancing things in the middle of looking it up
Brennan is certainly more used to a tight schedule. Dimension 20 edits out some dead air but it also often has shorter and less episodes so he always is moving things along
Spelljammer that he dmd too was super snappy.
Though he might be a touch long on exposition in the interest of keeping schedule, but it still works
The interplay in Calamity I'm finding for example is definitely a lot more intra character between the players, as opposed to with any npcs of note
gotta set up that hubris
also its a bit of a thing with the way that the series is set up
I dont remember the exposition being this long in D20 so I assume its just the source material requiring more than ususal
When the premise of the series (and the overall goal of it) is known, interplay is easier to happen
Also in this case: the PCs are the NPCs of note
Perhaps, I think his Spelljammer episodes too - the player interaction was definitely more than the npc too, at least compared to C1 and C3 CR in my opinion.
But like the whole of Brennans Spelljammer sessions probably add up to a long episode of CR
I wanted to love the Spelljammer stream, I really did, but dear lord B.Dave talks too much.
But that's off-topic...
I need to watch all these Calamity episodes again. It's so dense with lore and clues that I feel I'm missing so much.
Brennan’s very used to running more time sensitive campaigns, so you can definitely tell he’s an expert and keeping things moving forward.
His exposition style is about in line with his last d20 campaign, Starstruck Odyssey, which shared the situation of having an established world
Also probably owing to his proficiency at short term campaigns, I appreciate BLM's transparency with respect to which skill will glean the most relevant information in an investigative scene
Yeah, he seems to be really transparent about which skill sets are more prudent
Brennan is often very transparent with DCs and rolls. the "Box of Doom" is a famous part of all D20 games and he basically did it as well with the counterspell last episode
Box of Doom is a great tactic for those make-or-break moments
I’m honestly hoping he has one for calamity.
The way I always describe it is Matt's game is like a home game turned up to 11. He's basically the best home DM you can ever ask for, along with his story telling, his voice acting and his long game world crafting.
BLM is like a game show host. Structure, more pizazz and dynamics, and more of a kind of traditional entertainer. He grew up with improv and direct comedy as opposed to Matt's traditional performance background.
I absolutely love both and Calamity is in my opinion one of the best short term games I have ever seen so far
It looks like he has a special Calamity rolling tray that he used in what might otherwise have been called a Box of Doom on Dimension20
I think he just didn’t call it his Box of Doom because it was his actual rolling tray and not The Box of Doom™️
My character in ExU Calamity is Zerxus Ilerez, a human oath of redemption paladin who is the First Knight of Avalir. The First Knight is a title given to a legendary hero of the city who is tasked with slaying monstrous threats and defending the city. He is not a native of the wondrous flying city of Avalir, but rather he is from a terrestrial town near Cathmoira. Almost 7 years prior to the beginning of our tale, he met the love of his life, a half elf man named Evandrin, who arrived in Cathmoira with an infant son named Elias. The two men were meant to raise the boy together, but an unknown illness took Evandrin’s life too soon, a loss that has weighed heavily on Zerxus. That loss coupled with the extremely isolated life of The First Knight has resulted in an often stoic and serious Zerxus, who’s demeanor is most often softened by the humor of his long time friend Nydas (played by Lou Wilson).
Little zerxus backstory info from Luis on the crit role site! (timeline seems a little off though)
i think it would probably mean 7 year prior to the last time avalir took off, so 7 years with husband + kid, and now 7 years after husband died?
?? How is the timeline weird?
He fell in love 7 years ago, and sadly in that time lost him as well
cause 7 years ago elias was 7, not an infant ^_^; at least according to the in-game timeline
Ah
not a big deal though, still tragic backstory leading to sympathy for the devil 😭
You just know that he’s gonna turn on the party somewhere.
The lvl 14 Paladin with almost 30 strength and max charisma…. OUCH. The man’s already a tank, but he’ll hit like artillery
Dudes got a +14 without a +X weapon, mans will obliterate his enemies
And he’s up against mostly wizards/bards
I am very excited for the first real combat today of the series
travis, Luis and Sam havent had the experience yet of a BLM combat encounter.
Oh this is gonna go so bad.
I'm still sitting here, expecting someone to die
Only thing these mortals equal to the gods in is ego.
Brennan's upright, this ain't good
Gotta go big
Ooo necrotic damage
Does that mean that the original dragon was a Topaz dragon?
Confirmation of gem dragons (at some point) in exandria?
Ah, I missed the glitter
Casual devil for the first time
😄 They think they'll see tomorrow.
Yea, who is the master? And who is the chosen?
Aw she does still love him
Oof. It's gonna sting when it's revealed that he is keeping some crucial info.
Sam seems excited to be a bard again
Sam is a bard and an actor irl, so I'm sure he's just happy to be in his natural element
I'm still waiting to find out what flavor of Warlock he is
I am getting that feeling
PAIN TIME
⚡ SMITE ⚡
Yea, ya'll just saw his resume for being the First Knight of Avalir
Paladins...
I thought erinyes for the flying lady fiend
They're definitely the flying lady devils
oh yea erinyes makes more sense
They're also iirc stronger tha incubi/succubi
(Sidenote: Brennan's repping the Unsleeping City 😍 )
so what are these spiritual weapon summoners?
Maybe homebrew