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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
- Tales from the Stinky Dragon New episodes air Wednesdays every two weeks.
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
- The Witch Wolf (webcomic by Loremaster Dani Carr)
Resources
- Interactive Map of Exandria
- Interactive Timeline
- Dharma Tree's 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!)
Scene: Late 80s/Early 90s timeframe during holiday months with several teens in a small town in the vein of Stranger Things.
Taliesin: age16 Rogue:
[Orderborne Community]
(edgelord mall ninja) the only one with a license and a car. Dad's a cop.
"Nightwalker": (ability to move from shadow to shadow) mark a Stress to disappear and decide what shadows (in range) to reappear in.
Experience/Domains:
Marisha: age16 Ranger: Wayfinder
"Gifted Tracker":knows their way around town
[Wanderborne Community]
"Ruthless Predator": Mark a stress to gain one bonus to your proficiency for a damage roll. When dealing severe damage to an enemy they must mark a stress.
"Path Forward": When returning to a visited location or carrying an object from that location, the shortest path is revealed
Experience/Domains:
Travis: age16 Warrior: Call of the Brave
[Wildborne Community]
"Hedging your Bets": gain Hope when losing Fear rolls
"Battle Ritual":(once per long rest) When the odds aren't in your favor, describe a ritual or preparations made. Clear two stress, gain two hope.
Experience/Domains:
step-siblings
Laura: age17 Guardian: Vengeance (gaining an extra Stress slot)
[Loreborne Community]
Experience/Domains:
Sam: age14 Wizard: School of Knowledge
(Only Jewish kid?) [Loreborne Community]
"Prepared":Take an additional Domain card at level or lower.
"Adept":Mark a Stress instead of spending Hope to use 'an experience' and double the experience modifier
Experience/Domains:
siblings and making Matt Play Mom Music Teacher and Sex Ed Teacher
Ashley: age15 Druid: Warden of the Elements (mark a Stress and channel an element (fire, earth, water, air)
[Highborne Community]
Experience/Domains:
Liam: age17 Bard: Wordsmith "Spellcast Presence"
[Highborne Community]
"Rousing Speech": Allies in range clear 2 Stress
"Heart of a Poet": After attempting to Impress/Persuade/Offend someone, spend a Hope to add 1d4 to the roll.
Experience/Domains: