[Spoilers C3E64] Episode discussion thread
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Episode 64: Reunited
So, Team Wildemount: After being one half of Bells Hells, cast and scattered troop over to the continent of Wildemount, re-engaging with a member of Chetney's past, Deanna and her companion, FRIDA, discovering about some of the strange changes in the world and the surrounding ways that magic seems to function, both new and old because of the Apogee Solstice and the recent events. →
You managed to go past and succeed across some challenges.
You traveled from the city of Uthodurn to the ruined and cursed township of Molaesmyr in the center of the Savalirwood, absconded with information from the past of Ludinus Da'leth himself and survived and some of you got freaky.
But after some rest and a newly acquired staff, you chose to teleport yourselves back to Jrusar, and with your two new companions in tow.
Upon rolling your d100 for the teleportation, you rolled extremely low. As the spell flickers and you all feel your physical selves suddenly begin to vibrate with arcane energy and then are pulled out of this realm into a strange, interdimensional, in-between space.A liminal era and are immediately struck with a series of waves of damaging psychic force energies (blasts) blasting through you.
In the midst of the screaming echoing chamber that is the...
"Fuck it, I'm going to go ahead and I'm changing the lights for this..."
because you guys are now caught, stuck between this space. This is full-on like Doctor Strange being knocked through all the dimensions.You all are being pulled in so many different arcane tumultuous maelstroms at once. Each blast, as you are all being pulled apart and then pulled back together again with no direct connection to the Exandria destination that you had intended to. You do sense that the arcana is shifting away from the grasp of Imogen.
Eventually that staticky, continuous cavalcade of damaging magical energy begins to subside and you feel yourselves finally pull through as you all (thuds) land in a space, the staticky vibrations across your body begin to dissipate.
Previous Episode "A Haunted Past"
- CritRole Recap
- Episode discussion
- YouTube VOD
- Alternate Front End VOD
- Marisha Raygun Highlights "I Really Thought This Character Was Gonna Live"
I'm not ready for Emily to leave. Love her!
She's easily my favorite guest of this campaign so far!
Same, her ability to weave chaos into a plot is exceptional. I do wonder about the theories of her being ::: spoiler spoiler A secret disciple of the Raven Queen trying to infiltrate the Cobalt Soul ::: because that would make her pretty easy to bring back.
Prism's explanation of why she wants to protect Orym raises further suspicion, gotta find out what the Raven Queen would want with an Air Ashari.
They're finally all together!!
I have a screenshot of the ten (eleven with Matt) together with nameplates, but it's not letting me upload. Getting a JSON line 1 column 1 error.
https://twitter.com/criticalrole/status/1677135347661307908?s=46&t=0L3Zi_LY2MsktfpHDUZTmg
This picture on their Twitter is pretty epic.
It's working again.
LAURRAA.
LAURA BAILEY.
This is the evil twin/dark dimension version, named Laura Willingham. A nasty momma who can't roll for shit but runs the show.
She doesn't play by the rules and her business belongs to nobody. That's right, nobody's business.
If you had Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn 99, but gave her the eyesight and temperament of an adult rhinoceros.
You can't tame the wind, just gotta let nature run it's course.
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Travis: "You can't roll all baad"
Laura: "I rolled an 8... I just need my box."
Aabria: ..."you need to get your life right." 😅
Man when Taliesin's comedy hits...it HITS.
I told ya Chetney would return! Can't keep a union member down! Clock that cobbler coming! Pock O'Pea back in the saddle!
whew, that got me light-headed
Did he just say "We come in pieces" while holding up his hands? LMAO
Why, Laura?! Why?!
I mean… a full episode of bad rolls would be… interesting
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the curse :::
Thanks for creating the thread! I've pinned it to the community.
About the previous episode:
Glad to help. Can't make the mods do ALL the work, right?
Party members calling eachother "Hussy!" at brunch and local military on high alert before break. Good stuff.
Such a sexually charged episode 🤣
Ngl, I was kinda curious what would happen if FCG went full terminator on those birds.
I could see F.R.I.D.A. turning into a terminator to protect F.C.G. Now you have me imagining them combining for a strangely arousing Voltron situation.
How's everyone feeling about this episode after what happened at the end of the last episode?
Do you think the teams will be back together today?
I am really hoping they do! Genuinely excited for a reunion, partly because I feel like Laudna could really use some support from Imogen right about now. It will also be interesting to see how the dynamic has changed between all the characters given that Team 2 seems to have had a rougher time dealing with gray areas that appear to have shaken their resolve.
Sam's shirts are back!!
How many masturbation puns is too many? We may find out, tonight, for some.
Giggety ᕕ( ᐛ)ᕗ
Of course Laura rolls a 69 on a d-100 check...
The wind whispers, "destinyyy..."
And Ashley/Fearne decides to shapeshift into a "raccoon dog" aka "tanuki". Popularly referenced for having magical power in the groin area in the Ghibli film, Pom Poko
Here is a nice summary of the Ghibli film. Plus the translated lyrics to the famous song Itsudemo Darekaga
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There's always someone by your side. Remember, that lovely name.
A night when your mind is blocked and you can't see anything I'm sure someone will always be by your side. Even if the city where you were born is far away Don't forget the wind of that city.
There's always someone by your side. Oh, I'm sure you'll always be by your side. What to do on a rainy morning? If you wake up from your dreams, you'll be alone.
Someone will always be by your side. Remember, that lovely name.
If you're hurt by strife and can't see the light, Listen to me, I can hear you sing. Tears and pain will disappear someday. Yes, I want your smile. Windy night I want to meet someone I dreamed I wanted to see you. :::
F.R.I.D.A. begins to regret encouraging F.C.G.'s new smoking habit saying, "Something to look forward to."
Liam's "smoker voice" is right on point, "F.R.I.D.A. honey, commeeaaah!"
I had forgotten F.R.I.D.A.'s laughter recordings until he played Imogen's laughter back for her. That was a super sweet moment, I thought.
Yes Laura, get all the bad dice rolls out now LOL
I love Prism's one-sided best-friendship with Orym. Especially with Laudna and Ashton being jealous. And Fearne too, quietly sitting in the corner looking at Orym.
I hope the guests come back. The way they left, they made it easy to rejoin the group, but I think 10-person table is a bit too much. I loved the chaotic energy but I think a couple people were having a hard time.
The fact that Orym was so quiet and "oh ok" matter of fact about it, while Prism was throwing her soul at him - and Laudna/Ashton were all upset at not getting picked was just ... gold. Fearne's irritation that anyone was trying to claim her best friend was the absolute icing on that moment.
Definitely. I would love to see another episode down the road that embraces that chaos as the gimmick intended and just tries to cope, but it made for very challenging viewing and it did feel like quieter folks at the table were getting swamped - Christian, Ash, and Tal all seemed like they were both drowned out and struggling to keep up with the several different conversations going on at any given moment.
Like IMO it'd be a riot to watch matt juggle a ten-player combat at some point, but I don't think it would be nearly as much fun to have that happen during a significant main-plot episode. Make it a one-shot or a sidequest.
Saw a message from Nightbot saying:
Anyway we can somehow convince them to add this community to that list?
Hmm that would be great, although I'm not sure who to reach out to for that.
The DM has put them at the Merc(er)y of the Dice in this episode. Backed onto a cliff. Yeesh.
The bird look of disbelief is gonna need a screenshot on the rewatch. It looked more like an ostrich or something with a long neck, to me. High-larious.
Then the lovely moment where Prism's book get's swatted on the eye.
Rewatch confirms that I'm not going deaf, they need to fix/amplify Christian/F.R.I.D.A.'s mic.
My heart melts every time Ashley shape shifts into a creature.
~4hour, 3minutes in, Sam/F.C.G. is conflicted about separating from F.R.I.D.A. and says "I could flip a coin." This is a reference to an earlier conflict in the campaign where there was nearly an infamous TPK (Total Party Kill) moment, and a choice of who to raise, was made with a coin flip. Afterwards, the moral implications of letting coins "decide life and death" was discussed to relative completion.
Fan art thread:
Grandma Mori's house with the "sun bear creature with the extra long tongue" in lower mid frame snacking on a nearby fairy. The mantis and fairy on the right also look super interesting. Then the variety of fungi and flora is just excellent.
Imogen and Fearne's stump removal business.
Samurai Rusk!
good ole Vox Machina.
Much Sun. Very Tree.
There was a callback to season 1 around the 3 hour, 37 minute mark where FCG says, "Living things need life to live." This is a nudge to Taliesin delivering a similar line as Percy, effectively shattering his haughty intelligentsia persona.