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Critical Role: Voice Actors Playing D&D
- Thread starter Henchmen21
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MisterShine
Member
I kinda just want everyone to be the opposite, lol.
Travis is an intelligent Wizard, Marisha is a forthright and confident Paladin, Liam is a happy-go-lucky Cleric, etc.
Travis is an intelligent Wizard, Marisha is a forthright and confident Paladin, Liam is a happy-go-lucky Cleric, etc.
Henchmen21
Banned
I'd be surprised if someone didn't try a monk. I see either Travis or Taliesin with that role.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Kinda dragged a bit at the end, but the final moment was perfect.
Pilgrimzero
Member
LordGorchnik
Member
Im only just now on episode 20. I feel like I will never catch up
Alpha Centauri
Member
This campaign is over now, so you shouldn't feel any pressure to catch up. Just watch and enjoy
Yeah + there's ~2,5 months to catch up before the new campaign starts.This campaign is over now, so you shouldn't feel any pressure to catch up. Just watch and enjoy
LordGorchnik
Member
This campaign is over now, so you shouldn't feel any pressure to catch up. Just watch and enjoy
Yeah but that's what, 100 something episodes? And at 4 hours a piece no less. I usually only have time to watch an episode 1-2x/week at most. I'm not too worried about it as I really enjoy them.
Got to 22 and loved the guest appearances, Felicia Day is amazing at roleplaying her character.
93 anymore.
They'll be starting a new campaign around new years so you can just jump into that one as soon as it starts and keep watching the rest of the old one while waiting new episodes.They said they'll have a proper "End of Vox Machina's tale" special episode with all of the cast + others sometime later and they'll obviously announce it when it's been decided, so I doubt this episode will have everyone, especially since Matt & Marisha are probably busy finalizing their wedding stuff (I think it's on Friday or Saturday)
Jay Shadow
Member
Matt, Sam, Liam, and Taliesin this week.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
It'll be Mozart and Chopin.
Would watch it.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
I'm in the low 90s, and find Noelle Stevenson's bafflement endlessly charming.
They have a ten minute conversation about whether they should be bats or rats, and then everyone starts flapping their arms, and she just kind of looks around, like "what did I sign up for?"
They have a ten minute conversation about whether they should be bats or rats, and then everyone starts flapping their arms, and she just kind of looks around, like "what did I sign up for?"
Pilgrimzero
Member
Next temp game is run by Talison. I hope its Vampire the Maquerade
Jay Shadow
Member
Unless something changed since last week it should be.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Sam just broke Matt's mind with his explanation of what he was gonna wish for.
Henchmen21
Banned
I was more excited for the fact that Sam is going to let Liam choose Sam's next class & race again.
Jay Shadow
Member
I'm disappointed Sam aborted his Taryon stuff, so we didn't get his Doty 4 into the game.
Pilgrimzero
Member
To bad its a one shot
Jay Shadow
Member
They did call it the first episode of his one shot, so it may be more than one episode.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
There are at least ten+ weeks before s2 starts. There's time.
Pilgrimzero
Member
Its on and Matt and Marisha are playing!
Jay Shadow
Member
I feel like Matt has this outfit on hand at all times just in case a game of Vampire breaks out.
Matthew is looking clean as fuck.
Jest Chillin
Member
So... roughly 30 minutes of getting out of coffins? Unless they save this on the back half of the show, V:TM is not going to impress as a system to all these people who aren't familiar with it.
Pilgrimzero
Member
I hate to say it but games where they have played themselves have not been good imo.
So far this is mostly a yawn.
So far this is mostly a yawn.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Halloween Crit Role is exactly what I needed before Twitch Con.
Jest Chillin
Member
Halloween Crit Role? This is Tuesday Dress Wear from Taliesin's closet.
Henchmen21
Banned
#Stanima
Pilgrimzero
Member
And Matts dead in some really railroady death. Hate that.
And Marisha
This is a poor representation of a VtM game
And Marisha
This is a poor representation of a VtM game
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
"Would you like to see Hamilton again?"
Both death's could've been prevented. "Your funeral" wasn't exactly subtle and drinking whatever the two in Shawn's (?) office were drinking after seeing where it came from and what condition the people in the office were in was dumb.
+ this is a one shot. No harm no foul making it a bit more deadly. If this had been part of a longer game, it would've been dumb but as is the soon to be married couple dying first and almost simultaneously & not together was funny & grim.
Alpha Centauri
Member
I'm gonna be honest. I don't really like Taliesen as DM. I'm sure a bit of that is his lack of comfort with VTM rules, but some of it is just the presentation.
I generally love the V:TM setting though so I'm still looking forward to it.
I generally love the V:TM setting though so I'm still looking forward to it.
Matt - "Hey Taliesin, we have wedding shit to do, can you kill us off before the break? That'd be a fun way to strike fear into the others."
Taliesin - "Yeah sure, that sounds fun."
Pilgrimzero
Member
I suppose but this really comes off more like a Human centric World of Darkness thing than a Vampire game.
I still have about an hour to watch of it but unless this is some kind of Malk shared insanity or something this game really has nothing to do with VtM. They could have just as easily used D&D rules and said they were all vampires.
It seems to have nothing to do with the tone or flavor of the VtM setting.
This is just almost-humans in a nightmare cthulhu-ish scenario. Just kind of weird torture room after weird torture room. Sunlight in this room! Magic card game in this one! Meat thing in this one! Zoned out wage slaves in this one!
Taliesin said it has been, like, 25 years since he last played VtM and not to expect some kind of perfect (or even good) representation of proper VtM. It was meant to be a very isolated meta-ish session and not really delve deep into VtM lore or anything. The players were having fun and that fun they were having was entertaining to watch imo, which is the reason why Critical Role as a whole is fun to watch. I liked Taliesin as a GM. What he did isn't up to par with Matt's shit, but I think it was far better to Liam & Sam's games.
Pilgrimzero
Member
I do think they would do an amazing Shadowrun game, though.
Pilgrimzero
Member
Having finished it, while the reveal of Father made the rest of it make sense, it still seemed odd for an intro to VtM. I mean essentially it was them playing D&D crammed into VtM. But yeah yeah the whole meta thing.
Hopefully the next session has them experience the WoD more accurately since they are free.