Critical Role
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What is Critical Role?
Critical Role is a group of nerdy-ass voice actors who sit around and play Dungeons & Dragons.
Streams every Thursday at 7pm PT and then rebroadcasts the following Friday at 12am and 9am PT on Twitch.
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Due to the improv nature of Critical Role and other RPG content on our channels, some themes and situations that occur in-game may be difficult for some to handle. If certain episodes or scenes become uncomfortable, we strongly suggest taking a break or skipping that particular episode.
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Current shows
- Critical Role Campaign 3: Main D&D 5e campaign, streamed every Thursday at 7pm PT, except last Thursday of each month
- Candela Obscura: Horror drama campaign using their own game system, live streamed every last Thursday of each month at 7pm PT
- 4-Sided Dive: Talkshow with a roundtable discussion of 4 guests, to talk about recent episodes and answer fan questions. Streams every first Tuesday of the month at 7pm PT
- Midst: Sci-fi fantasy radio drama, airs every Wednesday on Midst.co
- Re-Slayer's Take: podcast about a lesser-known band of heroes updates Mondays 5am PST
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Links
- Critical Role's official website
- Critical Role on Twitch
- Critical Role on YouTube
- Critical Role Podcast C1E0 - C2E19
Resources
- Interactive Map of Exandria
- Interactive Timeline
- Episode Transcripts
- Encyclopedia Exandria
- When is Critical Role: (Countdown to the next episode)
- Critical Role wiki (fandom)
- Critical Role Stats
- Official Daggerheart Toolset
- The Omen Archive
- Other Live Play TTRPGs
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A Long Walk of Reflection
Last we left off, our troop of ragtag, thrown-together, circumstantial heroes and friends have been wandering the center of Issylra. It is here in the Demithore Valley, that they encountered a village beneath one of the nexus points of the (now seemingly continuous) Apogee Solstice, upon which you freed the local villagers of what seemed to be an oppressive influx of Dawnfather faith, the temple itself encroaching and pressing its will upon the people as well as the worship. Through relatively violent means, stormed the temple and helped them and the guardian spirits of the land (the eidolons) to destroy the temple and send the surviving faithful to the Dawnfather away, not to return.
In thanks, the people celebrated and the local elder, Abaddina, granted you some scrying of your requests before sending you onto the next leg of what you seek (which is a means to return home, or at least for some of you, return to the people that are your home). As part of that gift, Abaddina send a guide spirit (one of the smaller eidolons in the form of a wind cougar) that is guiding you towards your destination. An individual named Hevestro (the Hierophant of the Emerald Tree) that resides to the far north within the Irriam Canyon, told if you follow the precipice in the distance (of the Ascendant Bridge Mountain about four or five days' travel), you should reach the chasm that is the canyon. Within there a shrine awaits, surrounded by blue flora.
With that, you gathered your things, you've made the beginning of your journey early in the day, northward, back into the Serratus Wilderness here to seek whatever lies in front.
♪Episode Song References♪
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Highlights
Bor'dor:"Anxiety's just breath before fear."
Aimee:"An Aaron Sorkin walk and talk. Mr President!"
Marisha:"We're West Wing-ing it."
Utkarsh:"That was a long shot."
Matt:"It's just me at the table at this point. I hate this idea."
Aimee:"Just full Tyler Perry-ing yourself."
Emily:"I'm in heaven."
Aimee:"One man Hamlet."
You coax it to you, in a friendly manner. It does not see you as a threat. As it leaps onto your lap (neck snapping mime).
Aimee:"I wont be ignored, Dan." (Fatal Attraction reference)
Dynios:"Oh, I'm so glad you finally asked."
Prism:"Actually, real quick. I just have to cast identify. We'll talk about it later."
Prism:"I'm a student. Of course I smoke."
Deni$e:"Anybody want some fuckin' rabbit?"
Bor'Dor:"Sounds like a gambler's mentality."
Laudna:"Time sunk fallacy."
Sunk Cost Fallacy
The sunk cost fallacy is a cognitive bias that makes you feel as if you should continue pouring money, time, or effort into a situation since you’ve already “sunk” so much into it already. This perceived sunk cost makes it difficult to walk away from the situation since you don’t want to see your resources wasted.When falling prey to sunk cost fallacy, “the impact of loss feels worse than the prospect of gain, so we keep making decisions based on past costs instead of future costs and benefits,” explains Yalda Safai, MD, MPH is a psychiatrist in New York City.
imitates grindcore metal vocals
Matt:"Yep, you got it."
Emily:"That's undercommon."
Ashton:"Done!"
Aimee:"You want to fart?"
Taliesin:(fart sounds)"That's our cougar."
Orym:"Damn it, Kim Cattrall!"
INTERMISSION
As you wake up, gather your materials, and press on for the day of travel, you make preparations.
slight of hand check
by Deni$e.Utkarsh:"One!"
Aimee:"Nayu. (No)"
Liam:"Orym is doing pull-ups with a 31 passive perception."
Matt:"Yeah, you see the two of them conspiring."
Aimee:"We have got to do something about your flatulence."
Taliesin:"Stop emoting with it."
Liam:"That's how I make Metal Gear alarm sounds. (alarm tooting)"
Utkarsh:"Heather Locklear lets one out."
Matt:"No."
Laudna:"Damn it, Charlize Theron!"
rolls two natural 1s
Aimee:(laughs)
Matt:"I'm a book! That's the entire opposite of what I want at all times. What's wrong with you? No, I don't want to get wet!"
Aimee:(mouth fart)
Liam:"You said cold. It's the shivering queef."
Aimee:"The fuck is that?"
Matt:"Not one of my finest moments. Forever emblazoned on the internet. Quiver and shift was what I was trying to say."
Emily:"I think it's still an eloquent mistake."
Matt:"Thank you."
Liam:
makes fart noises with his hands
Utkarsh:
vocalizes a few queefs
Matt:"Children. Children."
Aimee:"Bye, J.Lo."
Marisha:"Wind-ona Ryder."
Liam:"Hannah Waddingham."
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