Input: Did you eat the cub uh I didn't eat the cub I saved the cub oh the cub is Trinket and I have never even told anybody about that I never told Vax about that or anything so Trinket was mine aw that's really cute Trinket yeah bear love also adorable Trinket uh someone mentioned we should bring Jennifer Hale on the show as a guest ooh she'd be pretty great that would be hot that would be interesting there's a short list for guests and a long list for guests for down the road yeah we're going to have some fun people jumping in for a few weeks here and there George Clooney anybody Carrot Top Carrot Top anybody why do I have food in my hair because you're doing it right anyway who would you guys like to see play D&D with us oh yeah there we go watch this thing light up yeah that's a good question I'm seeing that expect a crochet Trinket I appreciate that thank you let's wait two minutes until the feed catches up uh Ashly Burch Stephen Colbert Barack Obama Barack Obama I don't know if we can get Barack Obama you guys I don't know if we can get Ashly Burch that's tough oh not the president Barack Obama some other guy George Takei Wil Wheaton Steve Blum Troy Baker Tom Hiddleston Tim Burton Vin Diesel uh Tim Burton I love Vin Diesel Hardwick Vin Diesel we're working on Hardwick my eyes are bleeding Claudia Black so many uh Jon Snow Eliza Dushku there's a Laura emote Elijah Wood there is there's a me emote a lot of the people you guys have mentioned we're actually talking to I'm going to talk to Nathan I'm going to talk to Chris we're talking to Vin Diesel Garfunkel and Oates yeah we don't know if they're available Garfunkel and Oates would be amazing that would be hilarious that would be great bards they could be bards Dame Judy Dench yeah Steve Blum Troy Baker I don't know who is that Sasha Gray pfft Troy Baker Sasha Gray I'd play with them that'd be awesome Sasha Gray is a porn star yeah Troy didn't know what to make of this when we first started it yeah I think he still doesn't know what to make of it actually no you know what I've had conversations with Troy about it Peter Dinklage Peter Dinklage is on my hall pass list I don't think he'd be opposed to joining the game really yeah he seemed very interested when he brought it up Sir Ian McKellen because my first conversation with him about it was very brief and very much like cool I was like okay I think because me and Travis were so excited about it probably it grew on him yeah we'll drag him in sometime yeah wow this is an amazing Matt Oswalt that would be such a fun guest Danny Sexbang yeah Eminem if Grog comes across his uncle yes he would definitely want to kill him yeah yeah bad relationship you've had a little we've had a run-in once we've had a run-in with the family once with his son yeah my cousin yeah that was the only time you actually let him go deflated a conflict yeah well yeah you stopped the fight my childhood affection was the only thing that let him live it was amazing but if we see him again maybe a different outcome hey I have a question I have a question for the DM is there a spell or a portal or anything out there where we can all switch bodies with each other and I'm Keylith for a while and Taliesin is Grog for a while what is this an anime episode I don't know it could be cool there are artifacts that can do similar effects yes what I want to do that like soul transfers and stuff like that that just seems messed up soul transfers so would I be

Output: The party took a moment to share personal histories, with one member revealing they were the one who had saved the bear cub Trinket in the past, a fact previously unknown to the group. Following this, a player inquired about the existence of spells or artifacts that could facilitate a group body-swap. The Dungeon Master confirmed that such powerful artifacts, involving soul transfers, do exist within the world. The session then shifted to a lively out-of-character discussion about potential future guest players.


Input: out there where we can all switch bodies with each other like and I'm Keyleth for a while and Taliesin is Grog for a while what is this an anime episode I don't know it could be cool uh there are artifacs that can do similar effects yeah what I want to do that like soul transfurs and stuff like that that just seems messed up soul transfurs so would I be Grog then no you would rage it would just be me as Grog someone requested as a player Zac Eubank I've heard of him yeah probably try that guy in something Zac did you type that I would really hate to steal the show guys all laugh I don't think I've seen you stand up so fast we could have some kind of Freaky Friday oh this is a good question what if a party member dies do we have to scratch out the name on the shirt you could buy a new shirt you're welcome to it's a possibility there are magics that can through challenge reverse death but death is definitely a possibility and permanent death is definitely a possibility somebody's going to die eventually it's probably going to happen why are you asking the DM don't put ideas in his head it's possible that will happen but if it does happen it's your fault that's a season two thing this time around when we fight K'Varn that makes the t-shirt extra special ooh what are Lady Kima's and Clarota's alignments can we know that what's what what are Lady Kima's and Clarota's alignments you don't know that we don't know that you have no clue what their alignments are I'm down for that has anyone permanently died at any point not in this game permanently in this campaign nearly Ashley almost died permanently some of us have been in comas every other session hey there is an emote Laura throw up the Laura emote if there is one how do I get an emote is there a spirit in the room make it known if you're there what's the weirdest thing Grog's ever done as a character troll dick stuff no wait he went and humped a fairy in another you don't know what happened when I went through the portal yeah what happened up there yeah we don't know what happened a barbarian never kisses and tells what about all the other stuff you probably did will you tell us about that we did summon a pony and chop its head off that was fun and smeared its gore all over us you also collected lots of dried poo and put it in the Bag of Holding we had a dried poo chunk we used dried poo to blind the king a few episodes ago you rage-looted the rage-looting was pretty much the most disgraceful thing I've ever seen yeah the rage-looting disgraceful or amazing that got us in a lot of trouble we accidentally killed the ox right because we stuffed it in the Bag he felt guilty for weeks after he felt genuinely bad about it minutes after oh there was also the time you slapped Trinket on the ass and I think you were sleeping on the couch that night that was pretty bad we were going through this thing there were traps everywhere electrical traps everywhere and all of us were being really cautious and Grog hits Trinket on the butt with the blunt of his axe and sends Trinket running through the thing he needed to be motivated and he just hit every trap on the way through and almost died oh Trinket he was a little clumsy but he got through didn't he yeah yeah and then I slept on the couch for two nights all laugh I was in big trouble Erika Ishii Yuri Lowenthal yeah Yuri's probably going to come in at some point soon he guested before we had the show he came in our game yeah he guested once before the show he did as Ghost Fist the dwarven monk you weren't there that was probably a night you were gone somewhere Tiefling what's a tiefling Tieflings are like horned pseudo-demonic we haven't encountered any

Output: The party discussed the possibility of using artifacts to swap bodies, though they acknowledged the grim nature of such magic. They also considered the permanence of death in their campaign, noting that it was a real possibility. Reflecting on past antics, they recalled Grog's chaotic rage-looting, which caused significant trouble, and the time he accidentally sent Trinket charging through a trapped hallway. Finally, a player asked about Tieflings, and the DM explained they are horned, pseudo-demonic beings the party has not yet encountered.


Input: in big trouble uh erika ishi yuri lowenthal yeah yuris probably gonna come in at some point soon he guested before we had the show he came in our game yeah he guested once before the show he did as ghost fist the dwarven monk you werent there that was probably a night you were gone somewhere tiefling whats a tiefling tieflings are like horned pseudo demonic we havent encountered any tieflings yet demon blood theyre playables thats what i want to be if i die i want to roll as a tiefling that would be awesome you guys have seen them but theyre very rare in this setting at least in this part of the world tieflings are super rare you havent encountered them much yet yet matt someones asking whats good to roll as if you are brand new to the game if youre brand new to the game fighter fighters pretty easy i personally would say paladin or ranger are fun because you can taste a little bit of magic but youre also combat based its a nice introduction to how all things work and the magic is a slow build you dont get it immediately so at level one youre just a melee guy or combat guy and eventually you start getting abilities i think the hybrid classes are good for that someone asked about percy percy doesnt know if his sister died and percy doesnt have a plan for his family because right now percy is scared shitless of everything going on in the north so no no someone else asked before how often do players interact with their personal stories occasionally there hasnt been much room for that since everyones been underground for this entire run but there are personal stories happening in the world and im sure they will come up as things progress as well they have in the past and theyre going to again someone asked for fan art do we want the characters to look like us i think how we really look i think either would be fine a lot of the stuff thats coming in is based on the artwork of a woman named kit buss she took input from us on what we were looking for and she did the initial art and people have riffed off that which is great theyre incredible if you want to make a dragonborn that looks like orion with his face pulled out thats cool too yeah its your interpretation if you want to put my face on every character thats cool we want to see different interpretations that was a great photoshop somebody did do that someone did actually do that that was really weird i think kits artwork were using as the basis of the official art but youre welcome to create whatever you want going forward kits really talented could someone draw scanlan with the illusionary growth and the illusionary wang the illusionary giant weird nipple third purple nipple yes and the donkey dong i mean the donkey dong could be in pants or something it doesnt have to be pornographic this makes me uncomfortable yeah theres just so much to read do you write a synopsis for previous ventures actually the synopsis for each episode is on the geek and sundry website underneath the episodes so itll tell you what happens in that episode underneath just go to geek and sundry dot com he writes them all go to geek and sundry then click on shows then click on critical role and thatll get you there its geek and sundry dot com slash shows slash critical role its as easy as that yeah so simple i think this might have been covered but how did the campaign start his birthday yeah for my birthday i said i wanted to play d and d for a night and i asked the people that i wanted and they came and then the next day i sent out an email going oh man that was so great i feel like we should do that again and nobody responded for a day and i felt ashamed and sad because i thought that i was a dork and nobody wanted to do it but then slowly everyone trickled in going yeah yeah yeah and here we are oh really i didnt know you felt yeah for a day i was like oh god i just outed myself as the biggest dork in the group aw is trinkets intelligence higher than grogs yes

Output: The party remained underground, with little opportunity to address personal matters. Percy was noted to be deeply frightened by events in the north and uncertain about the fate of his sister. During a discussion, it was revealed that tieflings, while present in the world, are exceptionally rare in this region and the party has not yet encountered any. The group also briefly considered the tactical advantages of a paladin or ranger for a new adventurer.


Input: for like a day and I felt ashamed and sad because I thought that I was a dork and nobody wanted to do it but then slowly everyone trickled in going yeah yeah yeah and here we are oh really I didn't know you felt yep for a day I was like oh god I just outed myself as the biggest dork in the group aw is Trinkets intelligence higher than Grogs yes no no okay it's not I think his intelligence is a four so he's two points lower than you yeah suck it that's very close best and worst D and D memories I can only read that because it's in all caps best and worst best and worst D and D memories our six hour games were pretty bad no I love this dude they were like eight hours how much do you write and how much do you improvise I mean someone said how much do we write and how much do we improvise everything the players do is improvise yeah there's no pre-planning Matt's writing plot points but he's improvising too and we have no idea what the hell's going to happen I write all my songs from scratch all laugh every day he comes in two hours just writing songs does your full name fit into a tweet I have been specifically not tweeting my full name yet why don't let them have it I've been really enjoying watching people attempt to figure out what it is right now Percy's in a hole underground so it's not his favorite place to be once I'm actually in a place to try and impress people I'll be saying my name more did you ever consider doing a longer episode I don't know do you guys want to watch for five hours I know that seems a bit much for you guys we used to play for eight hours we used to play for eight hours someone asked why do I treat ones as regular failures instead of flops because I run my campaigns pretty hard and I think if ones were critical fails the classic way we would have TPK'd by now what's that total party kill because in some rule sets when you roll a one it's a serious I like treating it as no matter what you're doing you fail regardless no matter what your bonus is you fail I think that's enough in old campaigns I used to run if you rolled a one attacking somebody your weapon would go flying across the room and you'd fall on the ground or if you were trying to lift a boulder the boulder would fall and crush you and you're dead yeah I like the way you treat it which can be fun for certain games but for this why do you want us to die what a shitty question for this there's enough challenge where I think we don't need any more reasons if it's funny and it makes sense if it's a difficult challenge and you roll a one there might be some drawbacks to a failure in that case but I don't think it's a consistent thing I need to do people are saying to make them longer Sam I saw a question wondering when you're going to make a Weird Al Yankovick-esque compilation of songs next month yeah pretty soon I'm working on an album we're going to be in the studio yeah we'll be in the studio Scanlan at Sunset coming soon it's just me changing the words to contemporary songs but making them about Dungeons and Dragons and I'll grow my hair like Weird Al there was one time for a one that it was a really funny bad fail and that was when we were fighting the Dread Emperor oh and you went through through the stained glass window and Scanlan was trying to get the final blow and he rolled a one that's one of my favorite moments and the Dread Emperor literally side stepped him and Scanlan fell out of a window he lunged and tell them yeah so the Dread Emperor had maybe three or four hit points left people were hurt on the ground it was this epic confrontation we were dying Scanlan's never killed anything yeah he's never killed anything he pulls out his blade and just goes

Output: The party engaged in an epic confrontation with the Dread Emperor, with Scanlan attempting to land the final blow. Upon rolling a critical one, Scanlan lunged with his blade but was sidestepped, causing him to tumble out of a stained-glass window. The group discussed and affirmed their decision to treat ones as regular failures rather than catastrophic critical fails, a rule established to prevent frequent total party kills. They also reflected on past campaign memories, including the extended length of their play sessions.


Input: he rolled a one and thats one of my favorite moments and the Dread Imperor literally side stepped him and Scanlan fell outta window he lunged and tell them yeah so the Dread Emperor had maybe three or four hit points left people were hurt on the ground it was this epic confrontation we were dying Scanlans never killed anything yeah hes never killed anything he pulls out his blade and just goes for an attack and were all like yes go go Scanlan and he rolls a one and its him charging towards him blade in the air you son of a bitch running Dread Emperor just side steps Scanlan goes flying nothing but net loses his balance crashes through a three story high stained glass window in the back end of this library out into a bramble bush with all the glass tumbling onto him and is like ow on the ground it was one of the funniest moments that we had it was really amazing it was pretty great it was amazing I was crying I was laughing so hard no holds bard thats the name of your album oh no holds bard thats good no holds bard I like that Ashley Scanlan or Steve Rogers oh man or Mr Rogers thats a really hard choice Mr Rogers for sure I love Mr Rogers when are you guys gonna do a drunk episode have we not done a drunk episode a drunk episode someone asked do I fudge my rolls no because at that point it becomes too weird if you dont stick to at least what roll is there then you lose the essence of fate and I think thats what makes it fun for me it makes it scary because then I dont know whats gonna happen Scanlan has fudged a bedroll I rolled the fudge question worst possible enemy to fight probably a beholder a beholder a beholder I would imagine is the worst we'll find out maybe he'll be super easy I dont know if you guys noticed who's been watching this whole time we've been playing I generally do random chaotic things to be quirky and funny just because I like to but this is the first time I was scared I really freaked out with the confirmation its a fucking beholder its terrible you looked excited yeah you did look excited I think you were excited that you thought it might be a beholder and then it was yeah and then I was terrified its gonna be fun it was a deluge of terror after that someone asked how the party met in game thats a good question oh thats a good question you guys found me in a basement yeah we saved you yeah I had been arrested the very first game we played you all had come together as individual mercenaries in the city of Stillben which is a swamp town on the far eastern side of this continent you all for your own reasons had come there because you needed money you were trying to establish some way of making your skills useful and there was a job board and all of you came together in a tavern saw there was a posting and you decided to combine forces and try it out thats how that started and then they met Percy along the way in a prison in the Umbra Hills we've never really discussed what I was doing down there yeah I would like to know thats a story for another time so why did Scanlan take a dump on that guest room bed yeah Scanlan hes kooky you'll find out when that guy gets to his room and just has the worst day has the worst day we probably talked about this in the last QA but Im sure theres a lot of new people here they want to know about Pikes death yeah it was so sad it was so sad Keyleth looked at her and thought she was a kid and then and I was just like I hate kids Ill try to make it quick in what was the final boss battle for the first arc they were going towards the center of the city because a glabrezu a

Output: The party faced the Dread Emperor in a desperate final stand, with several members wounded. Scanlan, attempting his first-ever killing blow, rolled a critical failure; the Dread Emperor simply sidestepped, causing Scanlan to crash through a stained-glass window. They succeeded in defeating the Emperor, but their relief was short-lived upon the terrifying revelation that a beholder had been observing the entire battle.


Input: so they want to know about pike's death yeah it was so sad it was so sad um keeneth looked at her and thought she was a kid and then uh and i was just like i hate kids i'll try to make it quick in what was the final boss battle for the first arc they were going towards the center of the city because a glabrezu a treachery demon had infiltrated the sovereign uriel the king of the area and his family filled their bodies with shades as opposed to their souls they managed to recover the family but they got into a conflict with the glabrezu and as the fight was ensuing pike got too close the glabrezu took a swipe at her and rolled a critical hit and did enough damage to bring her to death instantly so mid-fight went down the whole party froze i had already taken some hits and then i realized at a certain point because in the pathfinder edition if you're negative your constitution score your constitution and then i wasn't keeping track and i looked down and it was way past my constitution and i was like oh matt so what does it mean if you're this the look that he gave me he was like oh and he just paused because he was like oh that you're dead he was trying to figure out a way to say it it was awful and i instantly started crying i was like no no no no there's a video of it all of us are crying it was horrible you went under the table it's on liam's vine if you go find liam's vine there's a five-second clip of all of us just screaming bloody murder it wasn't just like she fell and died the glabrezu has giant pincers grabbed her by the torso lifted her up and then snapped her in half essentially yeah it was terrible and they had to recover both halves of her how long ago was that that was over a year ago it was a year yeah i remember you saying you'd had a bad week too no it wasn't a year almost a year i did you were on your way out the door and then we talked you into staying for a little longer because we were getting into the fight and you were like okay i'll stay i was like i'll stay and then she died that's right you were going to go somewhere in case anybody gets hurt oh that's right because didn't you have guests you had people who were visiting you and you went back and you're like you don't understand i definitely have ideas to keep the campaign going past level twenty and to epic or mythic stages i would like to if it goes that long we shall see what happens at level twenty we start killing gods there was a question for everybody you cannot pick yourself which is your favorite character oh what's our ooh that's a tough one outside of ourselves i would pick grog or scanlan but also rogues the damage that you can do is so crazy i pick mercer nobody else can take it i'm not a character you're many characters well that's cheating is it oh it's so hard that's so hard i love everyone i think laura's actually my favorite character really you have these very interesting emotional reactions to things that i find really entertaining from my side of the table scanlan is really hard to beat for laughs but tiberius is so quirky i love that i love how klutzy keeneth is with raw power at the same time i'm very partial to my twin oh aw trinket is pretty great trinket is the bomb it's hard to pick it's hard to pick i don't know i have a soft spot for grog oh keeneth i agree i would like to do the complete opposite of tiberius with rage and just tear shit apart with my teeth i like percy too i'm not going to lie aw yeah everybody's great percy as a character i don't have as much fun playing if sam's not there because scanlan is such a funny fun character and your ideas for things even right from where we first started

Output: The party confronted a glabrezu treachery demon that had possessed Sovereign Uriel and his family with shades, seeking to recover them. During the fierce battle in the city's center, the demon struck Pike with a critical hit, instantly killing her and devastating the party. The creature then seized her body with its pincers, tearing her in two. The group was left reeling from the loss, forced to recover both halves of their fallen companion.


Input: Grog oh keyleth I agree I would like to do the complete opposite of Tiberius with rage and just tear shit apart with my teeth I like Percy too I'm not going to lie aww yeah everybody's great Percy as a character I don't have as much fun playing if Sam's not there because Scanlan is such a funny fun character and your ideas for things even right from where we first started playing the things that you came up with to Burt Reynolds yeah Burt Reynolds fucking Burt Reynolds he's coming back soon all these different things that you would do it's just so different Burt Reynolds the customs officer with the badge that's one of my favorite deterrents you avoided essentially what would have been a throwdown with the entire thieves guild of Emon by bluffing your way finger mustache by pulling out a silver star and a fake mustache and convincing them that you were part of the customs department Pike would be super fun to play too because clerics are crazy yeah Pike's great you're really the heart of the group we don't pretend that losing you wouldn't have broken us into tiny little pieces Gilmore Gilmore you guys haven't met Gilmore yet oh my god you guys are going to love him I can't wait you haven't met Gilmore they haven't met Gilmore what is it Gilmore's Glorious Goods Gilmore's Glorious Goods we haven't been to Gilmore's no not since the show started they haven't seen Emon yet another really special thing that we've done is that during Christmas time oh yeah there's a Christmas episode we always have specials or winter's fest we get to do a Christmas special online this year and we always give each other presents from our characters and it's probably my favorite thing ever it is so amazing it's so amazing we come in Christmas pajamas the first Christmas Grog gave me two pine cone earrings literally pine cones it was street they were pine cones I still have the pine cones you gave me I still have the bag of leftover IKEA crap that's a good question which Laura should answer what kind of dice do you all use and what do you do with bad dice oh I love your dice thing I currently want to burn my dice yeah you should because I've been rolling like a you had a good initiative I've told you the last five games to get rid of your dice I know you have because that's what I do if I roll with a yeah you are fickle on your dice though come on I am fickle if I roll a one it's gone for the game I won't roll it again but if it rolls bad more than three times it's out it's gone it's done you have a dice graveyard there is a dice graveyard and I spent a lot of money on these really beautiful amethyst dice and they're garbage now you should auction them you should auction all your graveyard dice I should no they're cursed that's true but they're beautiful they're worth more money because they're cursed oh you could buy cursed die which is now a mystical item guys there is no god and it is the cold random chance of the universe of the universe no because some people roll bad some dice roll bad there's no magic dice there is only one god and it is the Dice God the Dice God he is cruel and painful that is true when it comes to dice just on principle I can't buy new dice because I'm like it's not the dice it is the dice it's chance you got a cool custom die I did get a custom die she's got a custom die and it's awesome I'd pay for cursed dice so we're good oh my god that's daunting I did see a question someone asked who has the most magical items Tiberius Tiberius Tiberius is a hoarder wait what happened someone asked who has the most magical items yeah someone asked me

Output: The party took a moment to reflect on past adventures and companions, recalling how Scanlan had once bluffed his way past the thieves' guild of Emon using a fake badge and mustache. They discussed the future prospect of meeting the merchant Gilmore, and fondly remembered a holiday gift exchange where Grog gave Pike pine cone earrings. The conversation then turned to the nature of dice, with some members debating the existence of a cruel "Dice God" and the practice of retiring unlucky dice to a graveyard. One adventurer revealed they had acquired a custom die, while another lamented that their expensive amethyst dice were now cursed and useless.


Input: It might be really hard to happen and uh let them fail spectackly because it makes a great story. Build out a sheet of a bunch of fantasy names in case they go to a place or meet an NPC you weren't expecting then you can just pick a name and make something up on the spot about it and take notes afterward. That's not how you do it though. It's how I used to do it. I wouldn't know where people would go and I'd have a whole list of names and I'd be like... you just have the universe printed on the inside of your skull. Kind of but I still have to pick out of random places sometimes depending on what you guys do. Oh. [laughter] I don't want to know how it's done. I know. No. He's destroying the illusion. This all exists somewhere else doesn't it? Most of it does. I write a lot of it up but there are moments where you have to pull out of the either because players go this way and you're like uh... all right let's see where this goes. But have fun. Learn the rules well because everyone's going to look to you for rules. Have fun. Let players play. Let them be creative. And let them succeed or fail spectackly. Have we ever thrown a total curveball at you where you've had to do that? Where you've had to be like uh... uh... A few times. I tend to prepare pretty openly and loosely so I can have some realm of understanding where you guys are going. Like that time we sneaked in the back door of the thieves' guild? Yeah that was... That was one of them. Because we just went straight for it. Yeah. What about when Grog decided he wanted to vet people to guard Greyskull Keep? Yep. That was pulled out of your ass right? A lot of that was pulled out of my ass. Very well done. That was amazing. Oh yeah. That was so great. We haven't gone to the keep yet have we? I know we haven't been back. Not since we left the last private game before this. We got the last six guards that are totally awesome. Our warm comfy beds that we haven't gotten to sleep in yet. Ooh! Which Game of Thrones house do we belong to? Baratheon. Stark. Probably Stark. Slytherin. [laughter] Slytherin. [laughs] Greyjoy. Somebody asked if Tiberius is inspired by a particular wizard or something like that. He actually is. Somebody mentioned Elminster. Tony Roberts. Tony Roberts that's exactly... [laughter] That's going to be funny if I actually do that. But no Tiberius is actually based off Elminster Aumar who I play in Neverwinter the MMO. I booked that before we started the group and then when I decided to make him a sorcerer I was like... it was right at the same time too. Yeah same time. We just started to play and that happened and... yeah so he's a dragonborn Elminster. Billy Mays here for the Wizard's Academy! Billy Mays here with another fantastic creation. Are Scanlan's feelings for Pike mutual? Pike come on give us a hint. Yeah give us something. I know it's been two years and we don't know. I just don't know because Pike's heart might belong to somebody else. [gasps] Wait what? I never heard this in two years! It's my backstory as a character that's just personal it's my secret that I deal with whether people know it or not. Intrigue! You're in love with the Dread Pirate Roberts? I told everybody my Trinket story. It's something I'm still working out. I haven't talked to Matt about it. Let a girl keep her secrets. Well maybe Scanlan has somebody else in mind as well. [laughter] Well this got uncomfortable really quickly. Yeah. [laughs] Scanlan denied! I did not start with Newgrounds Voices but I have been watching Newgrounds since late 90s. But that doesn't mean I couldn't possibly love Scanlan. There's a chance? There might be a chance. That's all you need. I could change your heart with enough spells. [laughs] Were you guys ever playing during the D&D scare of the 80s? Whatever that means. What does that mean? What is that? Oh the Chick tracts.

Output: The party engaged in a reflective conversation about past adventures and character dynamics. They recalled successfully infiltrating the thieves' guild through an unexpected back entrance and their recent recruitment of six guards for Greyskull Keep. Interactions revealed personal secrets, including Pike's unspoken feelings and the inspiration behind Tiberius's character. The group also debated their hypothetical alignment with a Game of Thrones house, settling on Stark. No new quests were undertaken, but the session deepened character backstories and party camaraderie.


Input: ``` so start with newgrounds voices but i have been watching newgrounds since like the late 90s but that doesnt mean i couldnt possibly love scanlan theres a chance there might be a chance thats all you need i could change your heart with enough spells laughs were you guys ever playing during the d and d scare of the 80s whatever that means what does that mean what is that oh the chick tracts oh when they said it was satanic and stuff no no i wasnt playing until the 90s no were all much younger maybe in 89 i might have been um important how sexy is grog as sexy as you want him to be enjoy your boxes buddy yeah i started when i was like 10 or 11 in grade school which was like the very end of the 80s oh my god this is going so fast can we have a kimah wedding oh grog and kimah im working on her where do you get your awesome shirts they want to know where your shirts come from oh the internet yeah we did start this campaign in a different thing like we started in pathfinder and for a lot of us like me included that was the first time playing d and d so like matthew homebrewed everything in pathfinder and then right before we decided to do this we switched over to fifth edition it was better for a group this size i think pathfinder with eight players becomes too like weighed down with floating modifiers and it becomes very difficult to keep fluid its fine if youre a bunch of friends at home playing for like eight hours but when youre playing in front of an audience of thousands on the internet every week we have to use a system that makes combat go a lot quicker so fifth edition was the way to go um i see a good one i have an answer ill start theres your emote laura there it is oh greg did it oh with a little porty emote thats cute thanks greg miller you and a wiener onscreen um someone wants to know what our favorite moment has been since we started critical role mine was sneaking into the like illithid captains room with scanlan holding a bucket of poop i was scared to death i didnt know what was gonna happen and it went great yeah you guys rolled really well it was electric that was mine anybody else my first crit with my new gun which was also my first kill with my new gun that was so awesome that felt really good that felt good taking out the abyssal abomination that felt nice i think for me i enjoyed like springing keyleth out of jail by convincing the guards she had pubic lice yes yeah i forgot about that was that during the game that was not during the show oh that was before the show before the show oh okay that was a good one though that was a good one was that the same time where i ran at the wall and started foaming at the mouth you were crazy yeah and we had to bust you out that and percy was an awesome lawyer oh thats right we had a whole like phoenix wright party id forgotten about that we basically took the insanity plea to get me out of prison as a team um thats a good question matt i just saw like if we all die or if some of us die do we have to roll in at like a level one or do we start at a higher level no you guys would start a level behind the rest of the group the detriment to it is you would be a level lower that is the drawback of dying or losing a character is like you would be a level or a half level behind the rest of the party on top of losing a character new character would be rough man that would suck its possible you guys all know it we all knew it going in can i come back as spider man or something im not gonna hold that back youre not spider man im not gonna be marvel in this bitch okay im not gonna be like oh death i can take it back any time and it doesnt matter anymore no do you design specific things for an ```

Output: The party recalled their early adventures, including breaking Keyleth out of jail by convincing guards she had pubic lice and later using an insanity plea, with Percy acting as their lawyer, to secure her release. They also discussed a daring heist where Scanlan snuck into an illithid captain's room with a bucket of excrement, a plan that succeeded due to favorable rolls. The group reflected on their transition from Pathfinder to 5th edition to streamline combat for their audience. They confirmed that a new character would join the party one level behind if a member died.


Input: man that would suck its possible you guys all know it we all knew it going in can i come back as spider man or something im not going to hold that back youre not spider man im not going to be marvel in this bitch okay im not going to be like oh death i can take it back any time and it doesnt matter anymore no do you design specific things for an hourglass are there particular scenarios that require it there are its harder to do in the underdark there arent so many traps or timed circumstances i like the hourglass for certain circumstances that have a very definite time limit and i do think up what the challenge is what type of skills would work or let the players come up with creative ways that they can apply their skills to a situation to succeed and i figure out loosely off the fourth edition rules where i have number of successes vs number of failures in that period of time and if they dont manage to do it in that time period its a failure i think its fun it builds the tension and the party goes oh shit weve got to do this now i love it hourglass is awesome do we play any other tabletop games risk yeah risk how do you mean tabletop all tabletop board games anything im a big magic the gathering guy we play yeah we like magic the gathering settlers of catan settlers of catan mansions of madness mansions of madness yeah i think the four of us here are all warmachine hordes players yeah ive been playing the board game dungeon which is d and d inspired someone also asked whats a good way to get your wife or your kids or friends involved i yanked my eight year old son in by playing dungeon with him and he totally got into it because of dungeon and now i am dming a game for three eight year olds which is awesome its like d and d light in a board game and if they like the board game you can say you know if you like this we can ratchet up a bit yeah theres also d and d board games branded d and d board games that are fun mini dungeon delvers theyre fun i will be on mulligan soon and i like red and white blue and black and all the colors of the rainbow i just did that show with wil titansgrave which is a different tabletop rpg and its really fun how do i handle experience leveling in this game at certain milestones when characters have a chance to rest have a breather or sleep for the evening then thats when experience is divvied out for the next session characters dont level in the middle of a battle or anything but i keep track of it usually on a session by session basis and if theres a moment of rest then people can level up i also saw a question when did percy build the bad news and how long did it take bad news was built during the changeover to fifth edition took about four or five months yeah it was about four or five months in game in game sitting at a table just tinkering and tinkering somebody asked how i became a goliath because its not an official race in the book is it not an official race its now in fifth edition in one of the added books now it is i think i asked matt what the bigger creatures were in the world and he said orcs and other things and he also said there were goliaths that were half and half and i was like can i be that he was like sure yeah that was a thing i asked marisha once during our first game was wait i can do whatever i want kind of do whatever you want its awesome you can try fun imaginative world how is critical role going compared to how you envisioned it pretty good envisioned it one of our biggest fears when this thing came to our attention when geek and sundry contacted us was we didnt want it to change the game for us we did this together for fun we enjoyed it and it was just a wonderful thing for us for two years two years plus man and so our biggest fear was it changing that dynamic and so we tried to be very careful that we didnt

Output: The party took a moment during a rest to discuss the mechanics of their game world with the DM. They learned that experience is awarded at moments of respite, allowing for level-ups between sessions, not during combat. The group also discussed the in-game creation of Percy's rifle, "Bad News," which took several months of tinkering to build. Additionally, the DM explained the use of an hourglass mechanic for certain high-tension, timed challenges, particularly those with a definite time limit.


Input: Uh yeah envisioned it? One of our biggest fears when this thing came to our attention when Geek and Sundry contacted us was we didn't want it to change the game for us. We did this together for fun, we enjoyed it and it was just a wonderful thing for us for two years. Two years plus man and uh so our biggest fear was it changing that dynamic and so we tried to be very careful that we didn't alter how we played and didn't change the format really other than having cameras. We didn't want it to turn into a reality TV show. I was worried even when we were figuring out the setup of the tables how it was going to work that being far away from each other was gonna screw things up but it's just like when we were playing at our house across the table from each other. Just a little more distance. There's been very little change except we have other people now that we don't have to spend hours telling them oh what we do is we play this and this is what happened you guys already know because you watched it and it's awesome. Yeah that's true. There's a light boost to the energy because it feels like we're doing theater which is the one added difference that I like because when we played at home we would have moments where we'd go into lulls or get tired or something and that doesn't happen here. We're also only playing for three hours as opposed to eight and I'm drinking a lot less. It's much more chaotic. How do you handle Percy crafting things? I make a standard roll plus uh what is it is it dexterity and a modifier on top of that? Yeah he's proficient with a tinkering kit essentially so it's a proficiency bonus on top of that and what it will be is he'll tell me or describe to me the schematics of what he's trying to build and what materials he has at his disposal or ask me what he needs for it. I built Keyleth a special staff ages ago. Yes. So if he has the materials I'll tell him how expensive it is or how to get the materials and he attempts the roll if he fails wastes all the materials it's a complete waste. Man I've been doing a lot lately. If he rolls decent it's functional for the most part but the thing with tinkering is it doesn't always quite work how you want. If he rolls really well then it's pretty damn good. And I get a bonus if I'm actually back at the keep at the workshop. The keep has a workshop for him. I saw a thing asking what was it like shooting the opening credits. All laugh. That was fun being in costume for it and everything. Silly which is really funny because we did not plan on being in costume. No we thought maybe one or two things like a bracer or carry a weapon and then Matt and I emptied out our Ren Faire closets. Yep and then alcohol made its way in. We all showed up and were like oh this is cool let's put this on! Yeah it just kept getting more and more involved. Everybody give a quick huzzah to Jareth. All huzzah to Jareth! He graduated high school today. Oh nice congratulations. Congratulations buddy. Congratulations. Somebody asked if you accept fan art would you also accept someone making fight music for the game? Yeah. Totally. We don't want to tell anybody what not to do. I would accept a small statue of Pike that I can hold near my breast. I don't want to see that. Didn't you have one made? I did have one made in-game and that's what saved my life. That's right it did! It saved her life. I made two. I made one of me that I gave to you and one of you that I keep with me. Is it overwhelming having eight thousand people watching? No. No. It's not overwhelming. It's really cool. It's good to know there's people out there that have any interest in Dungeons and Dragons. I grew up an indoor kid. I was not quite sure if I could tell people I play this game and now people are much more open to the idea like oh Dungeons and Dragons it used to

Output: The party clarified the mechanics of Percy's tinkering, learning he requires specific materials and must roll with proficiency to craft items, with success varying based on the roll's quality and whether he's using the workshop at their keep. They recalled a past instance where a small statue of Pike, crafted by another party member, had saved her life. It was also noted that Percy had previously crafted a special staff for Keyleth. The group's base of operations, the keep, was confirmed to have a dedicated workshop for such projects.


Input: of you that I keep with me uh is it overwhelming having eight thousand people watching no no it's not overwhelming it's really cool it's good to know there's people out there that have any interest in dungeons and dragons I grew up an indoor kid I was not quite sure if I could tell people I play this game and now people are much more open to the idea like oh dungeons and dragons it used to be like you play D and D what the shit now it's you play D and D what's it like it's much more open it's great one of our favorite things about all the feedback we're getting through social media is how many of you guys are starting to play the game yeah that's cool that's awesome everyone should try D and D the world would be a better place with more D and D the world would be a better place with more D and D somebody asked what each of our favorite thing about playing D and D is the people we all do a decent amount of gaming in this group so this just feels like the most social friend oriented it just feels real because we're hashing it out together instead of doing this personalities are fucking great which isn't bad which is great we all do it but it's a nice counterbalance somebody asked why Tiberius is so loyal to Keyleth Tiberius comes from a presidencial family a family of political power of high seating in his land so he's very honorable and Keyleth is royalty in his eyes he didn't know because that was a reveal for Keyleth's character I think it was a year and a half we were playing and then you revealed it it was a while before I told you guys I was a princess hey it's Scott White happy tenth episode hey Scott thanks for coming actor Scott White people asked if this will be on video on demand or if people miss it how do they see it pay per view it'll be up on the website on the website I think we're just both really snooty which is why we kind of hang out dude Scott I was just talking to Amanda Wyatt today about your concert the other night and I wish I would have been there no different one no it's a totally different Scott White someone asked if it's weird not being a fantasy character in a fantasy setting for Percy as a gunslinger I really like it I will actually admit that I've always been fascinated by that moment in history where suddenly we went from bows and arrows to guns so I really like the idea of being the guy who made that terrible mistake and had this really bad idea and I'm really enjoying RPing that guy and trying to figure out what would drive a human being to do something so stupid as to invent a gun I love that we have Percy in our group which I think is why Percy is one of my favorite characters he's really screwing the entire future at this point yeah somebody asked us a fun question if each of us could have a familiar like Trinket if we could have our own animal what would it be like as our character like a pet in character Tiberius of course would have a small dragonite or pseudodragon definitely flying squirrel that's what I was going to fucking say bam oh and the dragon's name would be Monty Keyleth would probably have a mountain lion Keyleth likes cats and she lived in the mountains so something native would have been mountain liony thanks Effigy thanks for staying Sam oh yeah bye guys bye Sam Sam's got to run back to his family Sam text me the change in schedule if you get a second I actually think that's a pretty good time to start winding this down yeah it's only eleven thirty it's been an hour long Q and A so I think it's a pretty good time it's been an hour all right so we'll get a few more questions here and then we'll go ahead and close it on this guys going back to the question of my favorite thing about D and D because that kind of got segued out aside from the people I think that it's something really fantastic not to sound cheesy and magical when a group of grown adults

Output: The party participated in a live Q&A session, discussing their characters and the game. They revealed that Tiberius's loyalty to Keyleth stemmed from his honorable, political family background and his view of her as royalty, a fact Keyleth had kept hidden for over a year. Percy's player explained the gunslinger's fascination with inventing firearms as a historical "terrible mistake" he enjoys roleplaying. The group shared what they loved most about D&D, emphasizing the social connection, and imagined in-character familiars like a pseudodragon for Tiberius and a mountain lion for Keyleth.


Input: uh so we've been going for about an hour now so I think that's that's a pretty good chunk of time yeah it's been an hour already wow okay so uh we'll we'll take a few more questions here and then we'll we'll wrap it up on this one guys um going back to the question about my favorite thing about D&D because that kind of got segwayed out a little bit um aside from the people which is obviously huge I think it's something really fantastic uh not to sound cheesy but it's kind of magical when a group of grown adults can get together and use their imagination and just have an amazing time and my favorite thing about Dungeons and Dragons is when you walk away from it and especially after you've slept on it and you meditate on it a bit it's pretty much real it's just as real as the other things we do in our day-to-day lives um if you guys noticed how excited we got when we were like oh my god you guys haven't met Gilmour yet and all of us just went oh my god Gilmour and we all got excited over an NPC that doesn't exist really um I dream about our characters yeah I do too yeah I have dreams isn't that crazy because for us Gilmour is real and Pike is real which is why we all fucking cried our eyes out when Pike died um is it my imagination that Gilmour is blond by the way does everybody else see Gilmour as very blond oh I pictured him with black hair I pictured him with black hair too I saw big curly blond hair oh I like that I pictured him with black slicked back greasy hair in a ponytail I can see that too um what's your favorite part Ashley uh it's funny because when we first started and for the two years that we've been doing it there was an element that I liked about it that it was just ours and then when I would try to tell people I was like ugh they're not going to understand we get to go and play make believe and nobody is judging anybody and we can just go do it so I was hesitant when we were starting the show but what's been awesome is that you guys have been so accepting and such an amazing group in the chat room and how you guys have been supportive of us this has been one of my favorite things that I've been a part of in my life

Output: The party took a moment to reflect on their recent session, discussing the meaningful impact of their shared adventures. They fondly recalled the NPC Gilmour, though their mental images of his appearance—ranging from blond curls to black slicked-back hair—differed significantly. The group also reminisced about the emotional weight of Pike's death, highlighting how real these fictional characters felt to them. This led to a broader conversation about the unique magic of collaborative storytelling and the supportive community that has formed around their game.


Input: Alright so we'll get to that a little more time uh so I think that gets us up to speed on everything we're trying to get you guys up to speed on before the show so welcome to Critical Role to give you a little backstory as to where we are for those tuning in for the first time oh you are tuning in to an interesting time this party of adventurers were tasked to locate an individual a famed folk hero a paladin of Bahamut named Lady Kima of Vord who on a vision quest went to search out and destroy a great evil that was germinating beneath the dwarven city of Kraghammer in the Cliffkeep Mountains the party upon delving beneath the city discovered it breached into the Underdark and following her trail fought past duergar ashy-skinned evil dwarves past mind flayers and various other terrifying denizens of the Underdark eventually saving Lady Kima after weeks of her own torture and discovering that some great evil named K'Varn had unified these normal enemy races the duergar and the mind flayers the illithid also finding that apparently this individual uh yes sir we should probably just go ahead and do the giveaway because we already got to six oh well snap let me finish explaining this and we'll do the giveaway they discovered this entity called K'Varn this great and powerful entity which apparently had acquired an artifact known as the Horn of Orcus that adorns its head that gives it some sort of power imbued by the dark god of undeath Orcus himself the party then managed to find its way into a cavern where the illithid city Yug'Voril exists and after a Scry spell via Keyleth last episode unveiled this entity K'Varn to be a dastardly beholder an extremely dangerous aberration that currently holds at the top of the temple in the city a stranglehold on the mind flayer civilization so that was where we left off the party slowly encroaching the edge of this island and we'll start in a moment once you give the giveaway all you gotta do is let them know to be active in the chatroom and that makes them a part of the giveaway all right guys so be active in the chatroom that will enter you as part of the giveaway we've already hit that so the giveaway should be happening very soon so say hello say your opinion be around and have fun say uh Vex is awesome that's right say you love Trinket well so it's a shame Scanlan is not here at the moment since he's stuck he's really stuck he's stuck on the five what's the fleshy thing in front of you that's ears these are dried apricots those are huge I'm just saying it's a shame because he's right in the thick of this sequence here so as the party was making their way up the shore they found bits of the ruins that coat the entirety of the subterranean city they found what looked like some sort of a large stone partially crumbled fighting pit and what looked uh as Vex Vax and Scanlan were stealthing over Scanlan himself invisible had stealthed over to scout ahead managed to find what looked like an encampment of some kind a series of rags and furs a very large living space for some sort of creature Scanlan failing his stealth roll seemed to draw the attention of whatever entity lived there which was an extremely tall large giant-like creature malformed kind of pale purplish-gray skin one squinty eye and one bulging yellowish one that was dragging something fleshy and bloody behind it it turned towards the rest of the party going to inspect what seemingly created the sound near its homestead and that is where we left off what's the landscape topography everything right now you're on the outskirts of the fungal forest that covers large portions of this island where you are right now is on the edge of this stony pit that's dug into the ground it's about a fifteen foot drop down into this pit where the remnants of this encampment was and the leftover large fire pit that's just slowly burning ember coals and Scanlan is still invisible Scanlan is still invisible next to you guys Scanlan also just texted to say don't kill the giant don't kill the giant right okay texted while driving I might add don't do that don't do that he wants a sex puppet maybe Scanlan can just stay perfectly still and you and I can just hide so that Scanlan can uh that's

Output: The party was tasked with finding the paladin Lady Kima of Vord, who had ventured into the Underdark beneath Kraghammer to confront a great evil. They delved deep, battling duergar and mind flayers, and eventually rescued Lady Kima from torture. Their investigation revealed that a powerful entity named K'Varn had unified these hostile races, and they discovered K'Varn was a beholder wielding the Horn of Orcus. While scouting the outskirts of the illithid city Yug'Voril, Scanlan, while invisible, accidentally attracted the attention of a large, malformed giant. The party then decided to hide and avoid conflict with the creature, following Scanlan's urgent request not to engage it.


Input: uh that's just slowly burning ember coals and um Scanlan is still invisible yeah Scanlan is still invisible next to you guys oh and Scanlan also just texted to say don't kill the giant don't kill the giant right okay texted while driving I might add don't do that don't do that he wants a sex puppet maybe Scanlan can just stay perfectly still and you and I can just hide so that Scanlan can uh that's true were there you said there were buildings around yeah there are chunks of ruined buildings in the vicinity probably a good 30 40 feet from where you are you guys are right along the edge I think we should duck and hide under his covers his big nasty fur bed all right uh booming footsteps I go okay stealthing away okay so the two of you leap off the edge of this down into his living bedding area should I grab Scanlan and pull him in no the two of you leap off down both make an acrobatics check ugh come on guys oh god oh it's the under dark ugh I'm switching dice okay that's much better favored terrain makes a ranger very happy that was horrifying she has so many dice now it's ridiculous that's a 22 under dark 22 20 20 and 22 all right the two of you leap off the 15 foot fall is easy to tumble through and both of you land right next to this large pile of rags and furs you both quickly dive inside this is stupid which the instinct of survival prevents you from immediately realizing the terrible terrible scent of long festering body odor what smells like a combination of dried blood and some sort of excrement as well as whatever entities once wore these furs or adorned them on their fleshy self there are still chunks and pieces of them dried and or still rotting within this pile uh retches so both of you sit there for a second diving underneath keeping as quiet as possible Scanlan is going to attempt to make a stealth check come on buddy all right oh no all right as this giant humanoid beast starts lumbering forward and you can just barely catch a glimpse at him because you guys are hiding from behind you can see giant saggy fleshy ears this kind of bulbous nose it looks almost like tumors all across his shoulders and back and his teeth are kind of broken and nasty there's this black in the gums it just kind of steps and looks over the edge sniffs and grunts licks his teeth for a moment looks over takes a couple steps around the edge glances over towards the edge of the forest both of you make a constitution saving throw constitution against his nasty ass scent as the smell itself it is a terrifying awful smell or amazing depending on who you are a natural one top of the game oh no get it out now natural one gets no bonus that is an automatic fail I should have rolled the one made out of meteorite but I used the jade one why and it all went wrong what kind of a choice is that fucked up yeah meteorite wins everything different energies man true if Scanlan were here he'd say we need to capture the giant by the way he would he would okay 18 and I'm saying retches shh shh shut up so Vex as you reach over you notice you put your hand up to shut him up but an unfamiliar liquidy warm sensation hits your hand as you catch him mid vomit stream laughter oh what you manage to muffle some of the sound you chunked that's disgusting this is really disgusting I'm sorry guys good plan vomiting noise all right the creature suddenly whips its head over towards the pile of rags and goes grunts and sniffs what's that smell grabs the edge and leaps off the impact of its weight no more than ten feet from you you feel even through the softness it is still soft through the nastiness you feel the impact of both of its giant thick tree like legs slam into the stone right around you make some noise what do you mean what do you want me to do Scanlan sees this that's ignorant laughter hears this

Output: The party attempted to hide from a nearby giant, with two members leaping into its foul-smelling bedding of rags and furs while the invisible Scanlan remained still. They discovered the bedding was a repulsive mix of body odor, dried blood, and excrement. As the giant approached and sniffed the air, one of the hiding characters was overcome by the stench and vomited, muffling the sound but alerting the creature. The giant then leaped down, landing just feet from their hiding spot, drawn by the noise and smell.


Input: So it grabs the edge and leaps off and the impact uh... the weight of it is no more than ten feet from you and you can feel even through the softness it's still soft through the nastiness you feel the impact of both of its giant thick tree-like legs slam into the stone right around you and someone says make some noise and another goes what do you mean what do you want me to do and then uh Scanlan sees this and... someone does a Michael Jackson voice going that's ignorant and there's laughter and he hears this and instinctively without much recourse his invisibility fades as he begins to form an incantation and oh god and thankfully he's distracted at the moment but the large entity is going to attempt to... and someone mutters so helpful if he was here and I know I just wish and I know he's got a great plan on the five and I'm sure he does and not texting it to us and see if he sent something to me yeah he texted me the same stuff all right and Orion says guys I'm just gonna sing a song right now and so no what he's actually going to do is he's going to cast Domination and that's cool and that is what he would want to do and that's what he would want if he were here and so as he finishes the spell the giant creature as he starts reaching and pulling the sheets back it pulls back right as you guys see its horrible gnarled face right in front of you its nose you can see dripping with liquid from somewhere inside and as you pull back your blade all of a sudden it stops and looks up turns around looking over at Scanlan on the edge and Scanlan goes hey go for a walk and the giant just says okay and climbs up to where Scanlan is and just starts walking towards the fungal forest at the edge of the area and what and maybe call him back here and we can tie him up is that dumb and I don't know come back and Scanlan says come back the giant turns around and make him sit down and sit down it sits down still hasn't made its saving throw and oh okay and even sitting Scanlan is up to its knee and wow and you've seen giants to an extent at some point or larger creatures an ogre would be about waist-high to this and can he talk and for just reference there that's about the size you're looking at and oh so he's really small and he's a tiny guy tiny guy and yeah he's like Rudy and should we capture him or should we just and Scanlan goes you wha and capture him capture him and you told me to do something you guys aren't there and I don't think you know how big he is and Scanlan would say capture him and I know that's what we're working through and Vax just backs back into the shadows hoping the giant forgets about him and thanks vomit-y brother and stealth check and but what if we have him help us fight and twenty-seven and can I bust out my rope of infinite twine and start tying it around him just a lot a lot just a whole bunch as much as possible because it's infinite this twine and all right you get about a third of the way through wrapping the rope around his body he kind of just sits there looking confused at you his jaw looks slack and you continue to wrap and as you are pulling on the second round all of a sudden his expression goes from dull slack to angry and Travis and Laura both go oh shit and he looks down at you Scanlan goes oops I think it's worn off at which point he makes a tense physical action against the rope that you've bound him with and before you have a moment to react with a powerful surge of energy breaks through all the rope that you had tied him on and great and you are now standing at the base of him and at which... where go for it and you guys are on the shore and yeah you guys are way far behind and oh should we just run and he's outside and Scanlan is outside and go go someone let Sam in all right so as this giant entity reaches over and is going to attempt to try and slam his fist down on top of you and ah and that is going to be a twenty-one and against my AC and against your armor class yes and oh no that hits me and all right and that doesn't count and you take fourteen points of bludgeoning damage as the hand just slams down onto your sister.

Output: Scanlan successfully cast Domination on the giant, compelling it to obey his command to walk away and then sit down. The party, with Laura suggesting the use of her rope of infinite twine, attempted to capture and restrain the giant while it was under the spell's influence. However, the domination effect wore off just as they were tying it up. The giant immediately broke free from the ropes and attacked Scanlan, slamming its fist down and dealing him significant bludgeoning damage.


Input: uh so like someone let Sam in okay alright so as this giant entity reaches over and is going to attempt to try and slam his fist down on top of you ah that is going to be a twenty-one against my AC against your armor class yes oh no that hits me alright that doesn't count you take fourteen points of bludgening damage as the hand just slams down onto your sister I just run up the thing's back I rolled twenty-seven for that stealth so presumably I'm presumedly he doesn't seem to notice you there disappeared-ed-ed-ed yeah so I'd like to stab him in the back okay go ahead and make an attack roll on that okay hey you're wearing a cool shirt hey buddy I miss horribly what'd you roll a one and a two did you roll the meteorite yet no not yet you ding-a-ling all scanlan we need you I hope you guys got my word that you did not try to capture him did you no we didn't and everything's gone horribly wrong because of that no don't try to no don't capture him that's a terrible idea Scanlan you got me killed that's not what you said oh no it's starting it's too late we're already in the giant battle if you had been here five minutes earlier you might have helped shape what happened sorry you do have one reaction to this as you stabbed and missed you have a reaction as well after you've taken it you pull yourself from under its fist and it's now starting to get up onto its feet proper oh what you got he's moving he's getting up now he was sitting down Bigby's hand grab him graple him okay alright graple him yeah I can grapple a massive beast how big it just says big a large no this creature constitutes as huge yeah an ogre comes up to his waist it can grapple a huge or smaller creature that'll do yeah yes oh wow alright so so go ahead and make a roll a contested roll for that if you don't mind I'm here you got this you got this plus what we're going to find out here in a second let me pull up the spell I got it right here concentration no AC the hand has an AC of no here it is alright so I got it right here grasping hand alright so use the hand's strength score to resolve the grapple so you roll that and add eight to it what'd you roll on the d20 eighteen eighteen plus eight that's twenty-six alright versus its athletics okay so as it's getting up suddenly you freak out bring your hand up and you summon that same sparkling wave of arcane energy that shoots out from your hands forms this giant version of your hand clings around both his arms his torso and tightens itself around its body as it does it stands up and it's currently grappled yes good job you dominated it earlier I do that with people yeah so mark off your domination okay got it also the target takes two d six plus five damage crushing as you're now grabbing and forcing its body that's not very much nine points total nine points of damage total to it alright gotcha to this wondrous entity yay alright alright great so that ends your turn it is currently grappled do I have a reaction it is now your turn can I jump away as a reaction you can go ahead and we'll say you've been down here Scanlan is right here and you are right here not with Trinket because you went out to scout and stealth so that's you there can I hit my earring up and go giant giant being attacked help can we go you guys hear that those of you who have earrings shout that out the rest of you are starting to run clang clang clang alright at full-round sprints yeah it's not going to be a very quiet walk for Pike hey I don't need to be stealthy now that's okay it'll take you guys about two rounds to get there at a full round so--

Output: The party engaged in a fierce battle with a colossal entity, with one member taking a heavy blow from its slamming fist. Another attempted a stealthy backstab but missed critically, while a third successfully used the Bigby's Hand spell to grapple the massive creature as it rose. Meanwhile, other party members heard cries for help through their communication earrings and began sprinting toward the fight. They decided against attempting to capture the giant, a choice now regretted as the situation escalated. The entity was temporarily restrained but still very much a threat as reinforcements approached.


Input: So we're being attacked and someone yells for help and Ashley's like can we go and you guys hear that those of you who have earrings shout that out the rest of you start to run then Liam and Ashley just go clank clank clank and there's laughter and at full round sprints yeah it's not going to be a very quiet walk for Pike and hey I don't need to be stealthy now and that's okay it'll take you guys about two rounds to get there at a full round so appreciate it and I just run towards the pleasant smells and and I'm going to take out one of my uh Hunter's Mark and one of my sleep arrows and I want to shoot it with my sleep arrow and a what and okay and I have a sleep arrow and awesome when did that happen and I bought them but I want Tiberius to make me more and Orion says you what and I've asked for more sleep arrows if you can make them and Orion says it takes a while for me to do that and oh shit and you also still have a grapple arrow and and that I know and so we've got two rounds to and but after the rope I'm going to try to sleep and yeah I know I know and Orion says it takes like at least a few hours to make sleep arrows right and oh it takes a while to make a sleep arrow yeah it takes like yeah we'll go into that later all right so you go ahead and pull out the single arrow first or sleep arrow first and sleep arrow first and okay you realize if you damage something that's asleep it wakes back up and yeah put him to sleep and yeah and I'm saying if you do sleep arrow first you hit him then you do a second it'll wake back up and oh okay I'm going to do the first arrow and then I'll try to put him to sleep okay smart thank you and just letting you know and I know right twenty five for the first hit and okay twenty five definitely hits and oh then eight and Sam makes shaky flute music and sixteen for the first hit and sixteen damage for the first hit and and then sleep arrow and Laura and Ashley both go oh natural twenty and there's cheering and fantastic and nighty night and go ahead and roll damage on that and Sam makes shaky flute music again and eight and get used to that sound and eight plus seven is fifteen sixteen seventeen plus Hunter's Mark and did you multiply the dice and oh no and that's a critical hit and oh sweet eight sixteen do I add the two for the bracers on that and not for the multiplication no it's after the fact and okay sixteen twenty what is that twenty three twenty four twenty five and twenty five and plus Hunter's Mark and yep and five for Hunter's Mark and nice and thirty damage and you put him in a coma and nice and he's not just sleeping and all right so as it's still standing up and you see as he's standing up now he's reaching off to the side and he's pulling a giant club up that was kind of leaning against the side of the inner portion of this giant fighter's ring and good choice and as he pulls the club up you pierce him in the arm with the first arrow and he looks down at you angrily with his one giant eye glaring and the smaller one the second arrow pierces the smaller eye and he pulls the arrow out with his fingers like a little tweezers angrily I will say because it was a critical hit on a sleep arrow normally what you would roll is five d eight to see how many hit points it can affect go ahead and roll ten d eight and everyone goes whoa and it's not damage this is just to see whether or not you can put it to sleep and oh really and oh he's got to have a and that's twelve okay sixteen twenty eight and then I get another and four more and I've got access to this thing let me show you and you're at thirty nine and math is happening here action math and wait one more and Matt and Orion say action math and aw forty seven and forty seven and forty seven and Orion says nice and that's some hot math and so the arrow pierces him and he pulls it out and you can see for a second the eye gets a little and oh come on come on and he flicks the arrow off and it snaps as it leaves his fingers and he glares down at you with his other eye angrily shrugs off the effect and no and man that would have been that's impossible

Output: The party sprinted toward the sound of distress, forgoing stealth. Vex initiated combat against the one-eyed giant, first hitting it with a regular arrow before firing a sleep arrow, which she rolled a natural twenty on, critically enhancing its effect. Despite the powerful magical payload, the giant pulled the arrow from its eye, shrugged off the sleep effect, and angrily readied its giant club. The attempt to incapacitate the creature failed, leaving it fully conscious and hostile.


Input: uh 47 yeah 47 nice thats some hot math so the arrow pierces him and he pulls it out and you can see for a second the eye gets a little oh come on come on he flicks the arrow off and it snaps as it leaves his fingers and he glares down at you with his other eye angrily shrugs off the effect no man that would have been that would have been really cool unfortunately he still has a lot of hit points left sleep arrow is something to glide into later in the battle oh that makes sense oh that does make sense how many wouldve done it he cant tell us that you dont know that no fucking youre still on the beach did I still do 47 damage on that sleep arrow or that was just oh no you still did the 30 damage from the sleep arrow okay okay that was just to see how much hit points it would affect if it was going to put him to sleep but a nice try all right all right so that ends your turn that brings us back to the top of the round between you guys so well wait for the rest to arrive before we do full initiative were just running off of the sequence of events here did you want to move at all or are you going to stay right here I want to run as far away as possible from him okay so as you start running backward well say to about there he has a very long reach with a club and he gets to swing at you as a reaction so as you go bolting he just takes the giant club around whoosh youre not groggy at all you little streaks it across the ground youre grappled yep which means hes in a bad situation and he because he is grappled it means he cant move from his current spot hes being held in place his speed is zero checking the stats but he still manages to roll a 14 to hit and he doesnt hit me all right so you jump over the club sweet roll off the ground turn around get your bow back in ready position untouched thats the end of your turn now its his turn oh god he is going to did you throw the daggers or did you leap up to try and backstab him there I tried to backstab him so Im right behind right so youre right there hes gonna shit on me isnt he spins around bends down just glares at you with his one giant yellowish eye with almost a slit pupil in it hello handsome as it does you feel this strange oppressive force come from the eye into your mind and I need you to go ahead and roll a charisma saving throw roll the meteorite Im going to use the meteorite all right come on meteorite thats better 17 17 yes you manage to resist whatever effect this was you shrug it off it looks at you angrily even more and takes its club and slams it into the ground like a giant pouty child sorry it looks like its yeah the smell is still present in your face pulls its club up to prepare itself for its next round thats its turn oh no sorry it also makes one attack it gets to use the evil eye and one attack so angrily its gonna lift up its club and slam down towards you yes that is going to be a 15 versus AC no sorry cant roll worth crap today club comes down impact sound actually breaks a good portion of the stone on the side of this that comes up falling backward and tumbling into a pile inside this pit as you dodge out of the way that ends its turn no youre up Im up scanlan no scanlan first and then you and then you so scanlan oh me yes I get to do more yes but hes a giant and Im a little thing yes you are yes he is I guess I should hit him Im going to hit him with a lightning bolt you should come in close okay I should come in close then I can fuck

Output: The party engaged a giant creature with a sleep arrow, which dealt significant damage but failed to put it to sleep. One member attempted to retreat but was grappled by the giant's long reach, while another tried to backstab it from behind. The creature then used a powerful evil eye ability, which the target resisted with a meteorite's aid. After the giant missed a follow-up club attack, the party's turn came around, with Scanlan preparing to cast a lightning bolt.


Input: okay so i’m up uh scanlan no scanlan first and then you and then you so scanlan oh me yes i get to do more yes but he’s a giant and i’m a little thing yes you are yes he is i guess i should hit him i’m going to hit him with a lightning bolt you should come in close okay i should come in close then i can fuck him up oh but he’s big and i’m little no don’t come in close seriously you’re real little like the size of a toe honestly he can still get you from where you’re at unless you move further away yeah so it’s the same right up against him or five feet back same same if you move away he’s gonna take a swing i’m not saying any of this i’m just thinking it furiously yes thinking it at me you yell it across i’ll just make does lightning bolt come from me or can yes it comes from you and it goes in a straight direction well then i have to move anyway so that i don’t strike vax or vex you get the feeling he has about a fifteen foot reach with this so as long as you stay within that reach you’re still gonna be okay well will i hit either of my fellows from where i’m currently yes yeah then i need to move you do where are you going to move what they can’t take it that ring is that high low it’s fifteen feet up so you can jump down into the ring if you wanted to go down there or you can move around this way oh gosh i don’t really jump well all right i’m going to jump into the ring i guess and then can i shoot from there or will the wall be in my way he’s big enough where you’d be able to see him okay so you leap off the side as you leap in the air he glances over with his large eye and does a backswing with the club in mid-air trying to basically baseball-swing you oh he’ll hit me we’ll find out that is an eighteen oh yeah okay you take nineteen points of bludgeoning damage as he tee-balls you really like backhand swing hits you ah go ahead and make an acrobatics check because your landing has now completely thrown you topsy-turvy the impact throwing you off your balance does a twenty is that good twenty will do twenty will do like a cat you correct your trajectory in mid-air and still three-point land down below you’re down in the pit you’re looking up this gargantuan humanoid is still standing above you looking down hissing at you as you still manage to not be affected by its swing at you you can now cast your spell if you’d like okay i will cast lightning bolt on his face and neck area all right good go ahead and roll eight d six eight d six give me those sixes boom how many do you need i got much i need all of them dexterity he does not make his saving throw yes he is too slow at that size ooh a lot of sixes six six six what am i doing right now you guys are running up to thirty one thirty one total thirty one nice all right drop it so after you land on your foot you turn around and reactively just fire this bolt of bluish arcane energy it streaks up slams into his face and shoulder area you can see he rears back from the pain of it reaching up in the air like he can somehow fight off the lightning bolt as the bolt passes through him it leaves this burn mark on his chest and the side of his face smoke is up off his torso he looks very pissed do i get my bonus you do can i give inspiration to mister vax over there you may i don’t know can you there you go yeah some jethro tull up in here you got the touch you got the power i will say the mild echoing sound of mildly off-key whistle following a mighty lightning bolt is

Output: Scanlan debated his positioning against the giant, ultimately deciding to leap into the combat pit to gain a clear shot. As he jumped, the giant took a powerful swing with its club, striking Scanlan but failing to knock him off balance thanks to a nimble recovery. Once landed, Scanlan immediately cast a powerful lightning bolt that struck the giant in the face and chest, leaving a smoking burn and enraging the creature. With his bonus action, Scanlan then used his musical flourish to inspire his ally, Vax.


Input: I'm very pissed uh do I get my bonus yeah you do can I give inspiration to mister back over there you may uh bad flute playing I don't know can you um slightly less bad flute playing there you go yeah some jethro tull up in here you got the touch you got the power I will say the mild echoing sound of mildly off-key whistle following a mighty lightning bolt is inspiring enough go ahead and take a d ten okay and now it is your turn I'm going to use that I want to make an acrobatics check I want to jump up on this guy's knee and then dagger dagger right into his strange eye that he tried to mess with me okay so are you going directly for the eye the eye yeah so I want to jump up his body off his knee jump up his body so what do I do acrobatics check first acrobatics check okay so four I'm going to use luck nineteen for the second so that's nineteen plus thirteen so I'm pretty sure I succeed so as he's reeling back from the blast of the lightning bolt you see that opportunity you jump up onto his partially bent knee use that as a platform and leap up in the air daggers drawn slow motion towards its face go ahead and make your first attack since you are going directly for the eye yes I will say that it is at a disadvantage on the attack but if it hits it will be considered as a sneak attack say that again I will say it's a disadvantage on the attack but if it hits him in his eye you will do sneak attack damage roll well all right meteor die no good first one's no good second dagger that's good and that's also good identical so that is a twenty six twenty six all right that one will hit thank you meteor die okay so this is one d durdee durdeedoo hurkee durkee durkee okay that's a two plus six is eight eight plus your five d six oh this is this attack because you hit him in the eye oh this is the second attack that you did right yeah technically you were both going for the eye I'll say I'll allow it hey you're a nice guy eight is twelve and is seventeen and eighteen and twenty two and is twenty six twenty six points of damage eyeball so the first dagger you attempt to swing down he actually moves his face out of the way and it just scrapes across the side of his cheek doing nothing more than a scratch but the second blade strikes true slamming into the side of the eye as it pierces for an eye you expect would pop it's still a hearty material you actually have to push into it it's almost like it's full of hot muscle on the inside of its eye the dagger still drives in and using your weight you drag down and cut it open on the bottom it screams out in pain and pushes you off you barely manage to catch yourself on the ground oh come on you haven't seemingly blinded him but you've definitely left a serious mark on his eyeball ugh he's huge do you want to use your movement at all you can or do you wanna stay where you are I will disengage and move back which means that he can't take a swing right you can use your bonus action oh you used your bonus action to do your secondary attack I'm pretty sure I get that on top of that as a rogue hoo hah but I'll stay there if you want I'm in no mood to argue with you tonight I know I know yeah right I'm pretty sure as a rogue you can use your bonus action to do disengage that's one of the benefits but you used it as a secondary attack to get sneak attack so you could move out of the way but you'll take a swing from him okay yeah I'll move back all right sure so you'd say you'd move back to about there yeah as you do he reaches up and grabs his eye with the other hand picks up the club and backhand swings at you that'll be a nineteen that hits couldn't just let him go in the trees you take

Output: The party's rogue, inspired by a companion's flute performance, attempted a daring acrobatic maneuver to strike the large creature directly in its strange eye. After a successful check, they leaped off the creature's knee and landed a dagger strike, dealing significant damage and causing it to scream in pain, though they did not blind it. The rogue then chose to disengage and move back, but the creature took a retaliatory swing with its club as they retreated, landing a solid hit.


Input: Okay so you could move out of the way but uh you'll take a swing from him. Yeah I'll move back sure. So you'd say you'd move back to about there? Yeah. As you do he reaches up and grabs his eye with the other hand picks up the club and backhand swings at you that'll be a 19. That hits. Couldn't just let him go in the trees. You take 19 points of bludging damage but as the hit slams into your back you manage to just catch your feet underneath you so you don't topple off the top of this edge. Okay. Ends your turn. What you got... hi I'm gonna do Hail of Thorns on him. Alright so you pull back yeah. Same wooden shaft all of a sudden sprouts these nice thorny jagged spikes on the sides as you release the arrow. Twenty six? Hits him. Okay so that would be I'm doing it at a level three so that is three d ten. Three d ten damage go ahead and roll that. Fifteen sixteen that sixteen yeah sixteen damage for that plus my Hunter's Mark seventeen. Seventeen? And then my second attack. Second attack go ahead and roll it. Alright seventeen? Seventeen does hit he's pretty big he's a big ol sack of hit points and no armor. Fifteen sixteen seventeen. Seventeen. Oh plus Hunter's Mark! Yep don't forget your Hunter's Mark. Five for Hunter's Mark. Okay so twenty two nice. Alright so one arrow hits him in the elbow and it looks like it pierces the sinew that holds the arm almost goes slack for a second before he flexes and tenses you hear the actual wood shaft snap as he brings his forearm up grabbing his club turning around you shoot the back of his elbow causing him to drop the club on this hand he looks extremely frustrated at the process now he's got blood streaking down both arms. Yes! He reaches down to grab the club again to try and prepare himself for another round of attacks. Are we there yet? You guys are just now arriving. Oh! The Formorian is gonna finish its turn and then the rest of you guys can go. Yeah! He's gonna take two swings first he's gonna go ahead and angrily leap forward to there small jump lands on the ground takes one swing at each of you. Can he move? Is he still grappled? Actually no that's a valid point he is still grappled thank you for that. Yeah! Woo! He's gonna try and break from the grapple for his move that is going to be an athletics of twenty go ahead and roll a d twenty and add eight. Come on! Eighteen plus eight. Attempts to break free of grapple can't do so he's stuck where he is he currently has nothing in range to attack. Except for me. No you're fifteen feet below he doesn't have range on you at the moment he tries to take a swing at you but partially because he's so high up he cannot move and because you are so small you literally just stand there as the swing the wind blows your hair back a little bit. Ooh! But does not find purchase on your body. I'm a little dainty gnome! Completely wasted its turn well done alright so that brings us to you again actually no it now goes to everyone else because they have all arrived on the scene now. Right good thank god. You guys are all starting to appear we'll say don't kill the giant! Over this area. Don't kill him. Don't kill him still? Don't kill him we need him. For what? How are we gonna use him? We have a mind flayer we have magicians we have all sorts of things he is our wrecking ball he's our way in. Yeah if we can keep him controlled I can get him mind controlled on our team for thirty days. Yeah yeah he is our ticket into the palace. Alright. He's gonna be like that one scene in Lord of the Rings. Ooh I like it. That one scene? Where he ate the Lembas bread? I love that one scene. So who's going first? Should we roll initiative? Alright.

Output: The party engaged a wounded Formorian giant near a cliff edge, with one member narrowly avoiding a club strike before retaliating with a *Hail of Thorns* arrow that severely injured its arm. While the giant remained grappled and frustrated, the rest of the party arrived on the scene. They collectively decided to spare the creature, arguing it could be mind-controlled and used as a "wrecking ball" to infiltrate a palace. The session ended with the group preparing to take their next turns in combat, aiming to subdue rather than kill their target.


Input: Yeah if we can keep him controlled I can get him mind controlled on our team for thirty days Uh yeah yeah he is our ticket into the palace All right he's gonna be like that one scene in Lord of the Rings Ooh I like it That one scene? Where he ate the lembas bread? I love that one scene So who's going first? Should we roll initiative? All right okay Oh we haven't rolled Everybody all together now? Everyone all together now all together now All together now Is he a giant like a giant? He's considered a giant I speak giant You speak giant? Say something Grog I speak giant Oh good Oh I can use my brain for something? All right so we have twenty five to twenty? Twenty five to twenty Twenty to fifteen Uh eighteen Eighteen Yeah seventeen Cleric and the sorcerer That close Ash I don't like going first That close to just spitting out all my coffee I like picking up the pieces Fifteen to ten Twelve Thirteen Okay Uh twelve All right so Percy and Keyleth All right so ten to five ten to five? Five Oh that's me I'm an eight You're an eight all right we got Vex That's Trinket too He's so cuddly All right that is almost everyone who Uh one One yeah Scanlan All right Tiberius and Pike you're up first As you guys rush on the scene seeing this creature being currently crushed by the semi ethereal giant arcane fist of Scanlan Pike Tiberius what are you doing Go first I don't want to see the giant fist of Scanlan Many have before I'll follow suit and be like oh is this what we're doing Scanlan? What are we doing? We're capturing the giant and don't remind him I'm here Capture Oh uh very well I'll Watery Sphere and help him maintain him Okay so you're going to use your Aqua Sphere? Yeah All right what is the effect on Huge creatures? Like it's a dope ass effect That's what it says in the book What it officially says? Yep Wizards of the Coast page three hundred and four What's the spell name? Watery Sphere Here we go got it right here A Huge or larger creature automatically succeeds on the saving throw Oh So as you create the sphere around it the water forms around its physical form It doesn't seem to be affecting it It's large and strong enough to the point where it's thrashing because he's holding it in place but the sphere is just having no effect He smells slightly better than he did before He does There are cleaner portions of his flesh This creature's a little larger than what you're used to capturing with a sphere What are you talking about how big is it? All He's Huge Look how big he is Look at how big he is compared to us This is an ogre I can capture those but not that guy Yes you were tickling his nipples with your water Essentially He got a little bath So hold on I knew that I do that to wash him off Okay yeah because he's really stinky He's much cleaner And I'm swirling around I'm like does this feel good giant? All right Pike what you got Okay I'm going to make a Spiritual Weapon You what? I'm going to make a Spiritual Weapon Okay I want to make a lasso again of sorts but with a grappling hook on the end so it will spin around him real quick A Lariat of Truth And keep him in place Okay all right so you're creating a Spiritual Weapon We'll say this can be considered just an additional grapple Okay All right good to know so you create it I'll just use this as the Spiritual Weapon in his space currently It begins to wrap around him rapidly One two three four And finds purchase on its own self holding it in place So there we go Double grapple Do you want to move with your turn or you want to stay there? Where am I at? You're right here Okay yeah I want to get a little

Output: The party decided to capture a giant to use as their ticket into a palace, with Grog noting he could speak Giant to potentially communicate. After rolling initiative, Tiberius attempted to use a Watery Sphere to contain the creature, but the spell proved ineffective against its Huge size. Pike then created a Spiritual Weapon in the form of a lasso to help grapple and hold the giant in place. The capture attempt continued as the party worked together to subdue their large target.