Critical Role discussions (and other DnD pods/shows)

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

  1. Illinihockey

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    They need to do this shit via Skype. Plenty of other very popular shows are done this way.
     
  2. RonBurgundy

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    Don’t want to lower quality bar they’ve set for themselves.

    I think it’s a mistake tbh. They are a good sized company with professional VOs. Get good home setups and do it well. No excuses anymore. Now is the perfect time to draw in a bored and desperate audience.
     
  3. RonBurgundy

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    Cancelling for tomorrow. Sorry.
     
  4. LuPoor

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    Oh no do you have covid
     
  5. RonBurgundy

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    Being retrained to work in ICU/COVID wards/ER on the frontline. My life is pretty chaotic.
     
  6. LuPoor

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    Chaotic good though
     
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  7. Illinihockey

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    First Last of Us 2 gets pushed back, now this...what hasn't covid-19 taken from me
     
  8. Illinihockey

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    Checked my schedule and yup, I have nothing the rest of the month so I'm cool to play whenever we want to reschedule.
     
  9. Andy Reocho

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    No worries. Glad you’re ok.
     
  10. RonBurgundy

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    We can aim for next week. I want to kill off the bard with Mierda Cara’s scimitar.
     
  11. TheSkeeter

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    But I have a story to tell
     
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  12. RonBurgundy

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    Check discord. Can you make Thursday or Friday night work? TheSkeeter
     
  13. TheSkeeter

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    Yes I can do both days
     
  14. Illinihockey

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    Season 1, Episode 97

    Christ Marisha. She just jumped off of a 1,000 foot cliff and took 360 points of damage and insta-died for no fucking reason at all. This is the dumbest thing I've ever witnessed in D&D history
     
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  15. Andy Reocho

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    Can't wait to get rest on the wagon during our travels, with our mules* devine and Tobias pulling us around

    *Needed a tag team duo that was steady, but also wanted a laugh.
     
    #165 Andy Reocho, Apr 10, 2020
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  16. Illinihockey

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    Very excited to see how one plays a cleric/bard/warlock
     
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  17. RonBurgundy

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    ELDRITCH BLAST.

    I really want Odin to take the 1 level in every class multiclass build

    I will literally wave stat requirements to make it work.

    also since this is a fun small home game, I won’t require any stat requirements for multiclassing so fuck around with anything if you want.
     
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  18. Illinihockey

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    Since it came up for the first time last night, I wanted to make sure that going forward crits aren't going to effect divine smite damage. I know on games that double all dice for crits, it really beefs up divine smite for paladins and sneak attack for rogues (and probably other situations I cant think of now). If a rogue crits on a sneak attack will they just get 6 damage for their weapon and then add regular sneak attack damage?
     
  19. RonBurgundy

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    No you can double all other dice as normal crit.

    the house rule about first damage dice does max damage then you roll the second dice doesn’t apply to smite, so smite or sneak attack would double dice rolls.
     
  20. Illinihockey

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    Ok, last night I did 8 + modifier + roll additional d8, + 2d8 for smite. Just to be clear the roll will be 8 + d8 weapon + 4d8 smite (on a level 1 smite) + modifier.
     
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  21. RonBurgundy

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    If level 1 smite is 2d8 then yeah that’s right
     
  22. Illinihockey

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    Like a college kid that keeps changing majors, would be amazing
     
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  23. Wu

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    Does a barbarian with berserker even have “downtime”? And, if so, what would they accomplish?

    we’re gonna find out
     
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  24. Wu

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    we need to visit a bar and grill and take them in
     
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  25. Illinihockey

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    Sent my downtime plan over discord
     
  26. LuPoor

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    My ongoing campaign starts up next week after 4 month hiatus and we added another player. Will be DMing a party of six 7th level players. Pray for me.
     
  27. Illinihockey

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    kill someone first game and show them who is boss
     
  28. LuPoor

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    The kobold sun soul monk has requested to be killed. The campaign started as a one shot before it mutated into a campaign, and the guy is tired of playing a character as extra as this one is.
     
  29. RonBurgundy

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    TPK session 1 and come join us
     
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  30. LuPoor

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    Getting tempting, new player just told me i need to give his character a compelling reason to stay with the party or he'll just rob them blind and leave. He's also said he's going to spend all his daily spell slots on disguise self so the rest of the party is never sure what he looks like. Why would you pick this character.
     
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  31. RonBurgundy

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    TheSkeeter is in your game too??
     
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  32. TheSkeeter

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    I just can’t believe I’m the moral compass for the paladin
     
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  33. TheSkeeter

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    I’m an open book.
     
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  34. LuPoor

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    A paladin who needs an external moral compass is no paladin at all
     
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  35. RonBurgundy

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    Oh the paladin has a moral compass, it just points in one direction: killing all my home brewed adorable enemies I throw at them.
     
  36. Illinihockey

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    Everyone saw where diplomacy got us last week
     
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  37. Andy Reocho

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    I am ready to jump back on the horse tonight. Hoping we will have the whole gang in attendance and possibly a new guy ShuPoor
     
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  38. RonBurgundy

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    All are welcome to the Tunks’ den.
     
  39. LuPoor

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    What is current party composition
     
  40. RonBurgundy

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    level 3

    Ranger
    Barbarian
    Paladin
    Bard
    Bard1/Cleric1/Warlock1

    I don't think anyone is "Min/max"ing and it's a pretty relaxed game so feel free to pop in and out and we'll make it work. If you wanted to jump in tonight at 9pm I actually have a really good NPC I was thinking about introducing, but if you wanted to create your own character and jump in, I'd just use you to replace that NPC in the story.

    Discord at 9 if you want:
    https://discord.gg/4nHdTN
     
    #190 RonBurgundy, Apr 25, 2020
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  41. Illinihockey

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    Heres our campaign

    https://ddb.ac/campaigns/join/9594251381212639

    We're all level 3, got a free feat at level 1 but not the OP ones like luck, sharpshooter, great weapon master, etc.
     
  42. RonBurgundy

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    Posted in discord, but sorry for late cancellation. Will try for next week. Family basement campout instead, sorry
     
  43. Illinihockey

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    Your wife is tearing us apart!
     
  44. Wu

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    I’m enjoying the morally compromised paladin

    I see him as generating demand for my supply of axes
     
  45. Illinihockey

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    Just finished S1E102 and really though Matt was going to TPK them. Holy shit
     
  46. LuPoor

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    He's got a real random group, including Vince Vaughn, Tom Morello, and Big Show from WWE

     
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  47. Lucky24Seven

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    Hello, DnD nerds. Been watching the first season of Critical Role.

    Right at the point where Orion has left the show. Really liked his character, but his Meta Gaming was awful. Really enjoying this Briarwood plot line. Talisen is great at RP.
     
  48. Illinihockey

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    I think the show gets better from where you are. For me Orion was just super disruptive. Don’t think we need to spoiler someone leaves the show since it’s not super germane to the plot
     
  49. LuPoor

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    Orion sucked
     
  50. Illinihockey

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    sometimes it felt like he was role playing in a different game
     
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