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I am realizing that I had no fucking idea where anything was in this city.
What do you mean the Hallowed Round is outside the city walls in the middle of a forest.
What do you mean the Penterveral is up in the asscrack of some mountain ridge.
There’s a castle?!
While this is honestly the live show I care about the least, I am curious to learn about the civilizations/nations that were apparently lurking beneath Exandria’s waves.
Not sure how much info we’ll get, but I have to wonder how they are handling the departure of the gods, and if Uk’atoa will factor in at all.
Couple of things. Marisha not knowing you add proficiency to some skills.. rough… this is your 4th campaign with hundreds of episodes.
Secondly why did Marisha say she had a plus 7 to her dagger attack when she has a plus 1 in strength and a negative 1 in dexterity with a plus 2 in proficiency. Maybe she has a dagger with extra damage may have missed that.
Also bolair and azune need to decide who goes first in that battle It’s not whatever strategy goes best. Brennan a little too loose on mechanics.
That being said I’ve been enjoying the schemers table.
Fully missed that this happened, so enjoy if y'all want lol
I got these at the auction! Honestly did not think I would win :|
But here I am and they look sooo good! I love the sam signed his hand of all places!
But yeah, I've a meeting coming up with the Roll20 product director and I feel like it would be a fun move to wear one of these. Which one though?
I think the meeting it supposed to be pretty casual but it could mean a lot for the future and direction of my app and how it will integrate with their systems.
These are just some of my thoughts/opinions coming to the end of the first run with the Seekers table as a podcast listener. While they’ll come up, this isn’t a BLeeM or A****a hate post or fellating, just some of my thoughts on the campaign so far that I wanted to put out there:
- BLeeM has been mostly pretty good IMO. It’s taken adjustment, and he isn’t a perfect DM, but no one is. While I do wish he would tone down the 25 cent words a bit, and want him banned from ever saying “this place/moment/space” ever again as I hear it in my sleep, I enjoy his storytelling. As a DM and world builder, I love what he’s done with Aramán, and think he’s built and breathed life into a super compelling, interesting, and deep story. There are times some characters or explanations overstay their welcome, but overall he’s done quite well IMO.
- I hope this campaign has a long while yet, as there feels like so much unused potential in different characters, either due to being on the Schemers table I haven’t gotten to yet, or the Soldiers or Seekers through gameplay so far. I’m hopeful and excited for Murray and Bolaire, and disappointed thus far in Vaelus, Teor, and Kattigan, who could be so interesting but are so background and underutilized and relatively forgettable thus far, something I hope doesn’t happen to Azune.
- Occtis and Tyranny are by far my fave storylines so far, and I really hope they keep getting explored even more.
- Revenge plots are bland, so I hope Julien and Thimble get something more interesting to go on as the campaign continues. Just kinda bored when their stories are centered.
- Wick and Thaisha are super interesting as mirrors, and I think plays into why it took me so long to get through the Seekers table and find myself having issues with Thaisha as a character. Both are deeply religious, self-righteous, hijack conversations and encounters, and are in parties with people who directly contradict their beliefs. However, where Wick is on a path of confrontation of his beliefs, and is constantly pushed back on and forced to deal with his behavior listed above, it feels Thaisha, because her religion isn’t corrupted, is allowed to do all the things listed above aggressively and with minimal pushback or calling out, and it has already gotten old and I hope there ends up being more to the character than “I follow the only good religion, am always right, and am the center of the story” role being held thus far.
- The Seekers table isn’t weak just because of Thaisha though. I alluded to things above, but Julien is bland and boring, and feels most interesting as a catalyst to stop the party from getting bogged down by a Thaisha sidetrack. Vaelus barely exists as a character (thank you BLeeM for forcing her to exist by directly addressing her multiple times) despite her interesting premise, which leaves Occtis as my main reason for still listening to the table. I hope it improves.
- I’m typically not a fan of Taliesin’s characters, so fingers crossed Bolaire is interesting and played well enough to build on his unique story.
- I’m so stoked to learn more of Azune and Murray, and think they could have some of the most compelling stories and interactions moving forward.
- Hal exists I guess.
It’s been a little while since I watched…but it’s always kind of stuck with me that the portrayal of Beau’s dad and family didn’t ever seem to quite line up with the intended story.
I guess the only real interaction we got was when the party went looking for the hag and stopped into the family estate.
The way it had came across from Beau was that they (her parents) were like wicked stepmoms…had never wanted her or cared about her, like just scum parents. But when they pop in, Matt plays them like they were just young inexperienced parents…they loved her…they just didn’t know what they were doing and made mistakes. They…I guess really just the dad…admitted that they made mistakes and apologized, but that they did indeed love her and care about her, and Beau just acted like a bratty 8 year old.
Then as the game closes, Matt says something like, it makes me feel so icky “…to play your asshole dad”. As a side note this phrasing always stuck out to me…I don’t know Marisha’s real family life…but as her fiancé…even as just a joke…it felt like he might tack on a “…in the game…” or just something like that…but that’s just an aside.
Anyway, am I supposed to take that interaction to mean the parents are actually just sociopathic liars, or what? Were they actually assholes or just inept parents?
I should probably wait until the employment table's first "arc" is over, but fuck it, we ball. I will give a tier and a tiny explanation of placement + a tier of roleplay + mechanics.
S tier: Wic, Bolaire, and Azune
Wic: I think this is pretty obvious. Sam has single-handedly created the most interesting antagonist faction in the Halovar and an entire religion that’s interesting and rich in lore. Wick himself is hilarious and mechanically sound (not optimised, but Sam is a great player) + his roleplay is amazing.
Bolaire: Always trust Taliesin to create a unique and interesting character. He’s already S-tier, even though I believe his main parts will be in the late game. Amazing roleplay and, again, solid mechanically at doing what his class does (which we don't know yet, lol) but command is just op.
Azune: I have never watched other D&D content other than Critical Role, and everyone was super excited about Luis, and I can see why. Azune is an amazing character and I can’t wait to see more and i mean cmon potential 25 AC? + he will probs get mirror image bros gonna be a beast, meta magic bonus action booming blade? Like, guys be like Luis, read ur Handbook. U can be a "min maxer" (without being obnoxious and bending rules) and still play for the roleplay.
A Tier: Thimble, Julian, and Kattigan
Kattigan: I feel like this is the most unexpected placement, but the leveling up scene and the end of the Soldier arc REALLY, REALLY sold me. I fucking loved it and I can’t wait to see more + I respect a man playing Ranger (dogshit class) in a world that isn't level-scaled.
Julian: I mean, you always knew Matt was going to deliver an interesting character i wish he was more of a prick tbh.Matt could never make a bad PC.
Thimble: Again, super solid all-around from Laura, and she is lowkey single-handedly carrying the Soldiers table. Weapon Mastery + Rogue in 2024 is brutal; it’s way easier to get those sneak attacks, and the Swashbuckler’s ability to avoid opportunity attacks and have flight is soooo good. I am here for the Thimble revenge arc.
B Tier: Teor, Tyranny, Halandil, Murray
B-tier is basically the A/S tier waiting room (besides Murray, maybe). I know for a FACT that Hal, Theor, and Tyranny will climb these ranks; their plot points are WAY too interesting. All three have had amazing roleplay moments, and Theor, Hal, and Murray are all super good mechanically. Honestly, Murray could get the bump to A-tier right now just for the Potent dice shenanigans (if you know, you know), but I find her the least interesting of the other three.
C Tier: Vaelus, Thaisha, and Occtis
Time for some controversy again, ladies and gentlemen; this is ALL personal opinion. No hate is being sent towards the players.
Vaelus: Again, Ashley just struggling to play D&D after what, like 5 years of playing it? She doesn't understand her class at all; she’s constantly attacking at disadvantage even though her class (Oath of Vengeance Paladin) is about attacking at advantage (vow of emity) with Hunter's Mark. Roleplay-wise, she has been pretty whatever, which kinda sucks cause her character thematically is AWESOME. I don't mind someone being bad at dnd, look at tryanny but is honestly impressive at this point that Ashley still can't play DND ( i love u ashley).
Occtis: idk why I don't like Occtis. I love necromancers/summoners, but it’s just not hitting with me. They treat Occtis like he’s 12 even though he’s like 20+. His house is cool, but yeah, idk, I can't put it into words—nothing really stands out to me. His undead servant spell is super OP, though, Occtis being undead is way less interesting then i thought it would be.
Thaisha: Again, cool character, but I am basically putting her down here because she just needs to stop talking sometimes and let other characters do their thing. Too much above-table "banter" and cutting into character moments. The Lloy family is cool but we need to find out more; I also find it quite annoying her trying to force tension in the group. It’s kinda ruining the Seekers for me, which sucks cause I was so excited to watch Matt play.
Just thinking back on C2…but does anyone think that Liam took Caleb’s backstory a little too far? I mean…I felt like they were all competing for the most dramatic backstory…minus Jester maybe…but Caleb murdering his parents and family pet in a violent fire…kinda hard to come back from that, ha. He also told them kinda early. I don’t remember the exact in game time, but I feel like it was only a few weeks when he let it out, and they handled it a little too cleanly. Imagine a new friend told you that…intense.
I think Taisha being so confrontational is great material for the story, and Occtis standing up to her was one of the best roleplay moments in that arc. The problem is that both Julien and Valeus feel a bit spineless when they won't push back. Especially Valeus when the conflict between her and Taisha could be really cool and fun.
After looking through the day by day timeline here I felt that the formatting can make it be a bit difficult to read through the day so I made my own version on a Google Document
I also used the official timeline and Critical recap on the Critical role website to find what occurred in the past in the cold opens and add details with the closest date we know of.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions of what else to add or if I have missed anything important so I can add it.
Caught the fireside chat last night and was struck with the idea of what questions they filter out from answering. Would love to know what question you would ask that you know would never be answered by the cast in a fireside chat or panel.
Mine would be: Do you avoid talking about C3 as much as possible because you also hate it or is it just a sound business decision?
This post is meant to be lighthearted folks. As a C3 fan, I don’t mind poking fun of the fact that it’s not the favorite child.