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What it says on the tin- what are yall's new theories on what various player characters may be hiding intentionally or unintentionally and/or stuff that they themselves do not know yet- A few I've seen floating around/or are my own

- Kattigan has a lot more that he either doesn't know about himself/Wulfric or hasn't shared because it hasn't become relevant

- Azune as the descendent of some sundered and broken noble house of dragon sorcerers? Possibly even a lost scion of the formerly royal house of Obridai? Or, funnily enough, actually a lost relative of the Einfasen?

-Murray backstory? I wonder if she has more of a connection to thjazi/the cloak than even she knows

-Occtis mom/tachonis matriarch? Also, if he had a good/semi-good relationship with any of his other siblings/cousins

-Wick's lost love

-Tyranny's demon name? Possibly she doesn't have a pit name because she and her sisters are actually just various personalities/aspects of Ksha'aravi he shaved off of his mind and sent into the World of araman to act as his semi-unwitting eyes rather than his actual "daughters"

-Bolaire's other siblings and his actual role that he did in the Play/what archetype was he meant to act as? (Also the structure of the play that killed a god in general)- assuming that Termina was the mask worn by the trickster goddess, who first wore Bolaire?

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I've been in the business of shopping around for dice and the tought came to mind... what are ashleys dice that seem so prone to always be cocked? Are they those weird cylinder types?

Has anyone done fanart of the little chameleon with the Bolaire mask that says “I’m Bolaire?”

I VERY much want to get it as a tattoo, but I’m curious about how an artist would depict it.

What color is the paint? Or perhaps colors? How do you imagine it looking?

This has been talked about before...but it's still a huge issue. Mainly just here to make known again:

Been over a year and still all Critical Role episodes in Beacon are just simply terrible for not saving the video position and timestamp. It's ridiculous and really frustrating. I hate it and would really love for someone to fix it so you don't have to constantly lose your place in video player when you need to pause or refresh or want to skip ahead or go back a bit - it should hold position.

How can we address this?

Critical Role Campaign 4 TRIVIA! To fill the gap between PRE-SHOWs, I'm hosting a Campaign 4 trivia night tonight so folks can have something fun this week and also remember some things they may have forgotten :)

7:45pm ET - 9:45pm ET we'll hangout a bit and then kick off a ton of trivia questions to test your knowledge before we return to action next week!

Oh and next week I'll have Luis Carazo aka Azune himself on the show to talk and answer questions!

UPDATED W/ LINK TO VOD (TRIVIA STARTS AT AROUND 14 MINUTES: Critical Role TRIVIA NIGHT PRE-SHOW | Prep for Campaign 4's return next week

Oh, wow. I just happened to look through a few moments, and found it has been re-edited with more cast reactions. No idea when that happened or if it was announced 🤣

That's a great call from CR. People had been wanting more of them.

So next Thursday, Araman is back! We've had a LOT of story threads introduced in the first arcs of C4, and I'm curious which ones other folks are interested in seeing where they go.

Mine include (in no particular order):

• Whether the Seekers are able to recover the three gnomish warrior statues from the Tachonis during their jaunt north
• Where exactly Alogar ended up
• Zebani's grudge against Wick, especially in terms of Armas
• Occtis' connection with Dame Seremai
• Are we gonna get introduced to Primus' other children (we've got Koral, Petra, Ryah, SOMEONE, Frons, Ethrand, SOMEONE, Occtis), and what role(s) are THEY playing in all this?
• Would the Einfasen go so far as to 'manufacture' proof that Azune is an Einfasen as a further incentive for him to serve their House?

What about y'all?

HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing

1:35 Gifts for the cast

4:30 Cast Walkouts

6:50 Announcements start

8:35 Sam lays down the pipe

12:30 Intro cinematic

14:15 EPISODE STARTS

15:55 Recap Ends

16:55 New character art style

18:40 Drowning Kingsley

21:55 Killed in a manner of his choosing (sneak swimming)

27:00 If Kingsley dies, it’s a shopping episode

29:20 Kingsley in the Lavish Chateau

32:05 Jester and Fjord in the middle of something (Jester art)

33:35 Veth and Caleb

35:10 Scry baby (Veth art)

36:25 Yasha and Beau (Yasha and Beau art)

38:05 Rudely interrupted

39:00 Kingsley tries to sell them on stopping the Plank King

42:55 The Lavish Chateau Preschool

47:05 What’s my mother’s name

48:40 Veth is into it (Caleb art)

51:35 Horny shows

53:30 Let sleeping babies lie (massive Jester healing)

58:05 Planning the assault

1:06:10 Fjord’s Water Breathing (Liam’s dolphin noise)

1:09:30 The cast drink their Bucky’s

1:12:05 Obi Dobson sucks

1:14:30 Sam’s Scottish mermaid

1:15:55 Orca trampoline

1:17:30 Honeypotting Obi

1:20:10 Kingsley’s voice acting

1:24:15 The puppeteer pirate

1:26:50 Never take our Seadom

1:27:25 Jester booty calls the Plank King

1:28:20 The Plank King

1:29:40 Plank King art (the King lays plank)

1:32:20 Sleepy orca

1:34:35 Kingsley keeps rope stocked

1:36:00 Jester calls him Wyatt

1:38:40 Taking care of the loose end

1:40:05 Captain Buttonbeard

1:41:50 Torching Kingsley’s ship

1:43:10 The Plank King gets the news (he kinda rules)

1:44:10 Caleb’s voice acting

1:47:05 Plank King gets a cellphone

1:51:10 Getting instantly discovered, but it doesn’t matter because Level 20

1:54:00 Plank King’s advisor has a really bad day

1:56:15 Jester thinks Plank King might’ve seen through the ruse

1:57:15 The assassins get obliterated

2:01:15 Giving the Plank King the bad news

2:03:20 That Throne room is gonna burn

2:04:55 The ballista are a bit underwhelming

2:09:40 Dodging cannonballs (we’ll get’em)

2:14:25 The time for words is over (could’ve cast Pass Without Trace)

2:16:45 Distracting dragon

2:14:35 Revelry mages

2:22:40 Cool guys don’t look at fireballs

2:26:20 Painting in the rain

2:29:35 Jester heals sometimes (up the stairs)

2:33:10 Some dragons like to watch

2:34:05 The Storm Demon

2:35:15 BREAK STARTS

2:44:55 BREAK ENDS (Caleb saves their asses)

2:48:00 Meteor Swarm (would’ve been cool)

2:50:45 The turtle shows up

2:52:30 Veth defeats the turtle with a joke

2:54:40 Rough day for the Plank King (talking things out with Jester)

2:56:45 Ambiguous hand motion

2:58:40 In the throne room

3:01:45 All according to keikaku

3:03:25 He really misses those assassins

3:05:25 Fjord is strong now

3:07:10Strategic monologue

3:11:15 Battle begins

3:11:55 Sam’s flask

3:18:15 The Plank King weaponizes therapy speak (also ballista)

3:20:40 Defenestrating Fjord

3:24:30Jester rethinks her relationships

3:28:00 Dominate Monster

3:29:30 Only Veth humiliates Fjord

3:31:25 Veth has death flags (but is just too dexterous)

3:35:10 Fjord gets his groove back

3:39:10 Incel behavior

3:41:20 You up?

3:45:55 Kingsley saves Jester

3:47:20 Sam inspires the people

3:49:35 Bring the thunder

3:54:55 Spit as a bonus action

3:56:25 HDYWTDT

3:58:35 Fjord wins back his honor (HDYWTDT)

4:01:25 You can still eat the mage

4:05:40 Episode Ends

Sam’s Flask Says “Arthur’s Seat” with an arrow pointing to Veth’s face.

Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?

I am coming to the end of my listen through of TM9 and am wondering what to watch next? I’ve watched EXU Calamity and all of TLOVM tv show and im currently watching C4 but need something else to listen to, should I go on to C3 or start C1 despite already knowing most of the plot points from TLOVM. Is TLOVM tv show enough context for the parts of C3 that I have heard reference them? Or are there some mini series/ one shots I should watch first. Thanks