Critical Role
"Is it Thursday Yet?"
Community to discuss anything Critical Role related.
Drop by our welcome post and share any feedback/suggestions if you have any. The FAQ post is also a thing.
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.
trigger warning
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.
Your health and well-being is important to us and Psycom has a great list of international mental health resources, in case it’s useful: http://bit.ly/PsycomResources
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
Basic Rules
- Follow server Code of Conduct
- Be kind to others
- No spoilers in titles
- For spoiler posts, mention the episode number in the title (e.g.
[Spoiler C3E61]
) - The post body can contain any spoiler up to the episode in title
- Comments should not spoil any episode after the tagged episode
- For spoiler posts, mention the episode number in the title (e.g.
Links
- Critical Role's official website
- Critical Role on Twitch
- Critical Role on YouTube
- Critical Role Podcast C1E0 - C2E19
- Beacon
Resources
- Interactive Map of Exandria
- Interactive Timeline
- Episode Transcripts
- Encyclopedia Exandria
- Critical Role wiki (fandom)
- Critical Role Stats
- Official Daggerheart Toolset
- The Omen Archive
- Episode Discussion Index
- CR Funny Moments (TVtropes)
- CR ABridged Art Archive
- Other Live Play TTRPGs
- CR Bibliography
(google docs spreadsheet)
(TY Dr Friedman!)
The Arrival of Fy'ra Rai
♪Episode Song References♪
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- 00:17:36 Steven Sondheim - Gypsy - Together (Wherever We Go)
- 00:45:01 Staind - It's Been A While
- 00:56:40 Paul Hardcastle - 19
- 00:57:47 ♪my rolling's always shit♪ Stephen Foster - Oh! Susanna
- 00:59:20 ♪firelight♪ Matt Maher - Firelight
- 00:59:23 Iggy Azalea ft Charli XCX - Fancy
- 01:24:03 Julius Fucik - Entry of the Gladiators
- 01:33:02 Scorpions - Hurricane
- 01:33:08 Scorpions - Woman
- 02:23:07 Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey
- 02:24:21 Staind - It's Been A While (again)
- 03:11:48 I Dream of Jeannie Theme
- 03:50:30 Dolly Parton - Jolene and Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
- 03:57:18 Shakira ft Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie
- 04:04:29 Alicia Keys - This Girl Is On Fire
- 04:08:38 The Beatles - With a LIttle Help From My Friends
Highlights
- 00:06:00 Fearne:"I love vardos."
Dariax:"I love shitting glitter." - 00:16:26 Fearne:"I don't poop, I pellet."
- 00:33:48 Pinky swear
- 00:49:35 Dark Fearne:"I found my power."
- 00:51:08 Orym takes a chess knight's defense position behind Fearne.
- 00:54:18 Fy'ra Rai arrives, "Dark Being! Whatever you say you are or say she should be, she will make that decision in her own time, not yours."
- 01:06:14 Opal argues with "Ted".
- 01:24:18 Matt:"I can't express the depth of empathy I feel right now in this moment."
- 01:35:25 Dariax begrudgingly heals his nemesis, Mister.
- 01:41:14 Stonky's Ring gets used and the group celebrates:
Anjali:"Give us the stonk! Put some of that stonk on it!"
Aimee:"It's a stonk hole."
Liam:"This ring comes from a fraternity somewhere." - 01:42:36 Matt's rule knowledge helps Aabria for teacher's pet points
- 01:59:20 Aabria:"Get out of the comments..." Callback to Dimension20
- 02:18:00 Robbie checks out of the death dialogue and hides in his hood.
- 02:55:25 Fan Art Moment Fy'ra Rai driving the Glitter Shitter with a full diaper of glitter slowly overflowing in globs behind them.
- 03:08:48 Aabria:"Oh my god. It will not be the last." Orym's lack of familiarity with pies deeply upsets the locals.
- 03:12:00 Fan Art Moment Pageant outfits. The designer mentioned, Jessica McClintock, favors a strapless design that has been a staple of most Fearne fan art. Dorian also just recently completed his chiffon scene to the I Dream of Jeanie soundtrack.
- 03:15:00 Those of you competing as yourselves have plenty of time to find an outfit. I'm not going to worry about the gold on that. You can decide what you look like when your time comes, and practice and warm up, if you need to.
Just before the sun sets, the pageant begins in proper, and the entire city is out for this. So, you are on a stage in the center o ftown. It's a little, like, stage that's built right in front of this beautiful fountain and statue of two of the most notable residents from the city,
Vex'ahlia and Vax'ildan
And the warrior comes out and gives a long speech that no one pays attention to about the importance of staying ready and being the kinnd of city that no longer needs to rely on the assistance of other people, and taknig Vex and Vax's lead, and becoming strong enough to protect themselves and people they care about. And the militia cries out and the city, like, all of the citizens, the Byrodenizens, if you will...
Matt:"It's canon."
...all give this loud war cry, but it sounds way more roucous and joyous. As Ruby comes out, one more time and says,
"Hi, I am your mistress of ceremonies for the 22nd annual "Byroden Forever Pageant", where we will be crowning this year's Gem of Byroden. We are a mining town, so there's a lot of rock puns.
Anyway! This will be a pageant in three parts. There is an interview portion, a talent portion, and, of course, evening wear."
- 03:25:54 Fan Art Moment "Hello. Dorian Storm." Dorian's wardrobe malfunction and inability to walk in chainmail booty shorts (Dwarf-sized) followed by Fy're Rai as Lisle Vester and a speech with the infamous "Fart Speech"
- 04:16:03 Aabria:(to Orym)"You are, like, a tiny celebrity, there." (referring to the food fair)
- 04:19:29 Dorian's riddle: "A half-naked genasi, a six-foot tall Feywild faun, and a tiny robot walk into a bar. Who wins the drinking contest?"
Opal K.O.'d
Matt's assymetrical facial hair