Critical Role discussions (and other DnD pods/shows)

Discussion in 'TV Board' started by TheSkeeter, Feb 27, 2020.

  1. RonBurgundy

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    Feel the same, but obviously loves playing the character.
     
  2. Andy Reocho

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    Working on catching up. I'm into episode 5 right now. Episode 3 was awesome as hell.
     
  3. Odin

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    there is no fucking way he is permanent
     
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  4. RonBurgundy

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    He needs to bring in macaroni samsonite before C3 ends.
     
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  5. Illinihockey

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    Jan 28
     
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  6. DuckD

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    I haven't quite finished the last episode (about a half hour to go) but I had an idea.
    it seems like lots of people want Travis to play a lycanthrope blood hunter (I'm not certain why). There were talks of a dire wolf attack in the last episode and "The Anger" is still "injured" from an attack a while back. What if he's become a werewolf and that's what the dire wolf attacks are? And he's "injured" still while they're trying to cure him?
     
  7. Odin

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    random words:

    the only reason travis would think he has advantage on history without actually having it would be if he's a blood hunter
     
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  8. Andy Reocho

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    Caught up. Loving all the fights with inanimate objects.
     
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  10. Odin

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    i'm really bored with c3
     
  11. Illinihockey

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    I was listening to episode 9 and was thinking the same thing. It’s just really slow paced and nothing is really happening. I feel like they need to get out of the city
     
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  12. DuckD

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    And while Chetney is kind of silly-fun, Travis' real character needs to happen soon imo
     
  13. Odin

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    well that was less boring
     
  14. Odin

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    also

    that was a fun reveal even though it was hinted at pretty hard. seems like chetney will he around a while, sorry @ those who dislike him for whatever reason.

    again, on dndbeyond theres only one way to get "fake" advantage on history checks and thats being a blood hunter. i mentioned that itt when it happened iirc
     
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  15. RonBurgundy

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    The animated series is actually really good. Scanlan needs to be toned down a little bit but I thought it was super solid so far.
     
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    i agreed to watch it tomorrow with some people but i still wanted a taste. got to the first "oh ok, so theyre just letting scanlan be scanlan huh" moment and stopped. everything was great.
     
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  17. DuckD

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    Watched all 3. So good.
     
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  18. RonBurgundy

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    The acting and writing was A+. Pacing was great too. I wished they would have just released every episode at once, but I get that’s not the way Amazon does it.
     
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  19. TheSkeeter

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    For future reference they come out at 7 pm est on Thursdays for us. So next week you can watch the new episode right before the campaign starts
     
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  20. Odin

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    this is very useful information and i thank you for it
     
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  21. TheSkeeter

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    The only issue I have from the first three episodes is that I wish they would have shown the moment for the actual game where Vex double crits while the Briarwoods are about to finish off Vax. That was my first “Holy Shit that seems scripted it’s so thematically perfect” moment
     
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  22. DuckD

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    They air 7pm eastern on Thursdays in the coming weeks?
     
  23. TheSkeeter

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    Amazon released 12 am GMT so yeah, they should release on Thursday in America.
     
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  24. DuckD

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    I'll have to try that next week
     
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  25. RonBurgundy

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    Tyfys

    that’s how they released wheel of time too iirc
     
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  26. Illinihockey

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    As I said in the other thread it’s more adult than I thought but my kids had to learn about this stuff at some point. Didn’t expect to see scanlan eating some chick out in the first 5 minutes of the show
     
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  27. RonBurgundy

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    Yeah my kids will not be watching this
     
  28. TheSkeeter

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    The chick pushing his head back down was good.
     
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  29. Illinihockey

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    it really was. I was like…whelp
     
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  30. TheSkeeter

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    Like it’s kinda subtle, but really sets the tone for what you’re getting into
     
  31. Illinihockey

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    When scanlan’s pants fell down and you could kind of see his balls my youngest howled
     
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  32. Odin

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    they did say watch it then decide if your kids are mature enough for such. always stressing how adult it would be. we should have known that was because of scanlan.
     
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  33. DuckD

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    I think if I can skip the bit with Scanlan and the girl my kids would be fine with the language and violence aspects. If not, it's relatively brief. I'll watch all of the episodes before them anyway
     
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  34. Illinihockey

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    I feel bad but we’ve all become the parents on South Park except its sex instead of bad words
     
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  35. Odin

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    lmao matt dropping a bloodwell vial
     
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  36. RonBurgundy

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    I have no idea what this is but stats sound OP for level 5 and 300gold no?
     
  37. Odin

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    its one of the class specific ones from tasha's. all of them are really good. tbh i wouldnt be upset with a trend toward more powerful items like c1 but perhaps not thaaaat far.
     
  38. RonBurgundy

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    Besides fjords sword, all the other magic items in C2 seemed meh. No?

    Matt broke C1 by allowing pathfinder magic items in. Scanlan’s +2 magic cone seemed busted early in the campaign. And however Percy had 22 dex by level 11
     
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  39. Illinihockey

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    how about vax’s boots of haste
     
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  40. RonBurgundy

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    Legend of Vox Machina is really fucking good (through episode 6 anyway)
     
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  41. TheSkeeter

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    It’s just gonna be the same people in both threads huh?
     
  42. RonBurgundy

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    Whoops didn’t realize we had a thread for the series.
     
  43. TheSkeeter

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    That wasn’t said with malice my friend. More sadness that not more people will the watching TLOVM even though it’s awesome
     
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  44. RonBurgundy

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    It’s doing incredibly well so far, and streaming shows like this usually take a season or 2 for other people to loop back in and find what they are missing.

    I haven’t played D&D since TMB group fizzled out (because of my schedule), but I’ve had such a craving to play lately.
     
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  46. DuckD

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    I've gotten a couple non-D&D-nerds at work to watch and they liked it
     
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  47. DuckD

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    Going to play some D&D with some guys from work in a couple weeks for a one-shot and I get to just play and not DM! Yay!

    Currently looking at playing a non-optimal, halfling wild magic barbarian/fighter multi-class, dual-weilding a warhammer and battleaxe, that giggles when he goes into a rage. Horace Hornswaggle. Looks like we're going to be 10th level.
     
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  48. Lucky24Seven

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    Watched the first two episodes. Really enjoyed myself. Been a long time since I watched an animated series. After the first episode I thought, I can’t believe these are only 15 minutes a pop, then looked at the run time and it was 28 minutes.
     
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  49. Odin

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    14 episodes is a pretty good run for robbie tbh. hope they cross paths again down the road.