Critical Role discussions (and other DnD pods/shows)

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  1. TheSkeeter

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    They got to 20, but iirc Matt said they more than likely weren’t running a high level campaign this go around
     
  2. Odin

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    looking at these new ua races. they're definitely working on a feywild book.
     
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    It's about damn time they put out a feywild book
     
  4. Illinihockey

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    If thats true then I think they run campaign 2 until the end of the year. I think they'll resolve the Lucien and Assembly storylines and call it quits.
     
  5. Odin

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    not handling the tombtakers before leaving has likely caused a bunch of nonsense to happen thus doubling the number of episodes required deal with it. also good chance we see something ukatoa. no vandren appearance yet. calebs parents. etc.
     
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  6. Odin

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    im not sure i could ever play a pure warlock
     
  7. Illinihockey

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    I hope we get a one shot where a party goes in to map out the entirety of the folding halls of halas
     
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  8. TheSkeeter

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    You guys think they are ever gonna let Travis play?
     
  9. RonBurgundy

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    Didn’t watch it last night live, watching while I eat lunch, and so far he’s said less than 2 sentences since they’ve started lol.

    so far this is about the most boring episode in either campaign. Zzzzzzzz
     
  10. TheSkeeter

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    I know he’s more about combat, but they don’t EVER approach him for RP. He always has to pull the trigger. I know he and Laura had a moment later in the episode but I was mostly sleeping by then.
     
  11. RonBurgundy

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    He lets other people take the spotlight, and only gets involved when it involves him directly. Even at the end, he only got involved when Laura brought him into it.

    campaign 2 seems so much heavier into RP than the first toward the end and I’m not feeling it.

    it’s pretty clear they are nearing full wrap up mode though.
     
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    working through it now. pretty sure travis fell asleep at one point.
     
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  13. Odin

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    update. i'm choosing to drop his 8 wisdom to 3. this is going to be an incredibly fun character to play.
     
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  14. Illinihockey

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    A gelatinous cube has a wisdom of 6. Your character has the wisdom of animated armor.
     
  15. Odin

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    yeah that's pretty much what he is
     
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  17. TheSkeeter

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    Gat damn those are sexy
     
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  19. RonBurgundy

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    No spoilers, but great job by Mercer of setting up that encounter. Was unique and challenging and yet set up up so the player could really not fuck it up, and yet the player almost found a way to fuck it up. Lol.
     
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  20. Odin

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    yeah really fantastic encounter. i'm at the end of it right now. not sure wtf she is doing.
     
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  21. TheSkeeter

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    She just never has leaned how to play her character.
     
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  22. Odin

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    hopefully c3 goes better for her since she won't miss half of it.
     
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  23. TheSkeeter

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    I just don’t get how she can play something with as many choices as cleric but not be able to run a tank
     
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  24. RonBurgundy

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    I don’t understand either. Although with cleric she used the same 4-5 spells over and over.

    but with barbarian she either forgets to rage, doesn’t use reckless attacks, but remembers to use her other abilities. I don’t get it. Forgets to add damage bonuses, etc. was going to willingly provoke 4 opportunity attacks last night. She’s definitely not a power gamer and I respect her commitment to staying in character and RP though.
     
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  25. Illinihockey

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    barbarians that don’t use reckless attack is my biggest dnd pet peeve
     
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  26. Odin

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    moon druid who never wild shapes
     
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  27. TheSkeeter

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    What the fuck did you pick moon Druid then? I’m furious at the thought. That’s not even min/maxing that’s just the character.
     
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  28. Odin

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    he picked it because we went to session 0 with no one having any clue how d&d works and he thought druid sounded cool. he started as circle of land and still didnt play it properly, ended up switching to moon and yeah. seems like an obvious summon then wild shape approach? well, not really.

    he's playing an eldritch knight/divine soul sorcerer build i came up with this time around which is far more complicated than moon druid. we're doing curse of strahd so he's doing a Simon Belmont character named Simone Belmunt. as bad as he is at combat he's even worse at names.
     
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  29. RonBurgundy

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    Honestly the most fun I’ve had in DND is playing a barbarian because it’s so fun to just charge in, get advantage on every single attack, add GWM and hit for huge numbers.

    almost every melee class would kill for advantage on attacks and not using it is criminal especially with built in half damage reduction.
     
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  30. RonBurgundy

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    Bards not using all their inspirations is pretty annoying too imo
     
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  31. RonBurgundy

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    Rogues not remembering and asking if they get sneak attack damage every single time
     
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  32. Odin

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    i never used mine but thats only because the other party members never used what i gave them, which is more annoying than me not using it
     
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  33. RonBurgundy

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    fair fair fair.
     
  34. RonBurgundy

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    Re: dice

    I only have 1 pair, a $5 ugly brown colored set I bought at my local game shop the first time I played an adventurer’s league/west marches game.

    if I ever actually play in a real campaign (have never done that yet), I might actually have to upgrade.
     
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  35. Illinihockey

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    there was a episode of some show (can’t remember which one) where the enemy already had advantage on attacks and the player still wasn’t using reckless.
     
  36. RonBurgundy

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    Talesin is really good at DND. I hope he plays a wizard or sorcerer or bard next game.
     
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  37. Illinihockey

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    i think Sam is the best all around player. He has the funniest moments, the most heartfelt moments, he has been one of the most important in battle characters in both campaigns. It annoys me when he does things to make things hard himself or the party on purpose though
     
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  38. Odin

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    i feel like there's about three episodes left unless they take some time off before one last adventure like they did in c1
     
  39. TheSkeeter

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    Yeah the only hanging thread was the Cerberus Assembly.
    Matt all but confirming that Trent was following allows CA and Sumnovim plots to be wrapped within a couple of episodes
     
  40. RonBurgundy

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    Max 5 with 1 wrap up assuming they win/survive.

    I think we’re 2 from BBEG fight, 1 to wrap Caleb’s arc, 1 last to finish the story.

    also Jester is the absolute best character in this campaign by far. Her message spell alone is so hilarious.
     
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  41. Odin

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    session 0 part 1 was last night. party comp looks like this:

    owlfolk moon druid/pally
    protector aasimar divine soul sorcerer/eldritch knight
    warforged forge cleric
    reborn (construct) divine soul sorcerer
    half dragonborn draconic bloodline sorcerer
    mark of passage human peace cleric

    all of the sorcerer subclasses have been homebrewed to include additional spell tables like the ones from tasha's
     
  42. LuPoor

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    Good lord that's a lot of healing abilities
     
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  43. DuckD

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    3 out of 5 are sorcerers, and 2 of those are divine soul? Is there a reason behind that, or just that's what people wanted to be?
     
  44. Odin

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    yeah it was pretty crazy to see everyone come up with a character independently and end up with 5/6 capable of healing
     
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  45. DuckD

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    I like Forge Cleric. That's my dwarf right now. One more level and he's resistant to poison AND fire
     
  46. Odin

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    somehow, it's just what everyone wanted to be. i'm doing the divine soul because i wanted to be a construct created by a god. with the other guy divine soul just happened to be the best sorcerer class, rp wise, for the build he wanted to do. the draconic guy was the last one to make a character and had no idea what anyone else was doing.
     
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  47. LuPoor

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    Would throw so much radiant resistance and dex saving throws at that party
     
  48. Odin

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    Troy Barnes
     
  49. Illinihockey

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    I miss our 3 bard party even if we never got to play in 3 bard formation
     
  50. Odin

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    yeah im gonna need a copy of crit role munckin
     
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