Does Vox Machina have enough money to buy another carpet?

anonymous asked: with the loot they have from kraghammer, the dragons lair in vaselhiem and the rest of the money they have from the keep. Do they have enough money to actually redo the flying carpet that was destroyed.

Short answer

Nope.

Long answer

Noooooooooooooooope.

Legit answer

Combining the dragon loot from both Rimefang and the previous-fought dragons with the rest of the party funds, we are informed in episode 24 (0:16:03) that Vex and Vax had to pay their servants out-of-pocket, since they did not have the 600 gold to pay them from the party treasury. Even the funds received from Nodstoc Greyspine were only 25k, of which 10.5k was quickly divided among the party members as a stipend (ep24, 2:23:31). Some funds might be obtained by way of Whitestone’s treasury, but considering the city’s plight before (and just how shady it is for them to take the money and run), it’s unlikely they’ll walk away with more than 10k. That brings them back to, at best, 30k gold.

The problem with Wondrous items is that they are Very Rare for a reason. Even if they did slap down 50k and gave it to a group of arcane masters to re-enchant, the process would take an in-game year before it would be ready. Keep in mind that between the party’s arrival in Kraghammer to the Winter’s Crest Festival in Whitestone, only 68 days have passed. Approximately a year and a half has passed since the full campaign started. For most adventuring parties, powerful items such as the Carpet of Flying need to have already existed before the band formed in order for such items to serve any use.

Could the party still scrounge up 50k and pay for a re-enchanted carpet? Sure, but it’s probably not the best investment. In episode 14, they walked away with 10 items and 9 potions for 49.2k. With that in mind, it seems hard to justify buying a single item that won’t be available for a while when one could obtain all of those items instead for the same price. Really, their best option is to continue to let their DM know that they reeeeeeeeally want flying items. Maybe Vox Machina will stumble across a potion recipe, or defeat a hag that just happened to have a Wondrous but Merely Uncommon Broom of Flying. 

Arrow, Arrow, Arrow.

Anonymous asked: How many arrows has Vex gone through? I don’t remember ever seeing her buy any, but ammo is a constant worry for Percy. Does she just have a million in the bag of holding, or does she have a never-discussed “infinite ammo” perk?

Vex does go through a lot of arrows. The good news is that arrows are easy to come by; a quiver of 20 is a single gold piece. Additionally, half of all unenchanted arrows used can be recovered and reused. Granted, this occurring is a lot lower due to Hail of Thorns, Lightning Arrows, and the Blazing Bowstring, but arrows are still much easier to find than bullets.

To answer your question, no, Matt has made it clear that ammunition, including arrows, are a finite supply. It’s not entirely clear how many she keeps on her person (thanks to @EliseMMorrison for pointing out that she keeps the rest in the Bag of Holding, Ep22, 0:59:00), but 20 arrows is usually more than enough for individual encounters until more have to be retrieved. As for buying them, being in a town and stating that you spend 5 gold to buy 100 arrows outside of the game is usually good enough.

List updated through episode 36. Total arrows used: 162

01 Arrival at Kraghammer (starstuff84, quadz08, thesingingbadger)

1. (15, 2:23:06) Arrow Attack against Goblin
2. (21, 2:32:45) Lightning Arrow Attack against Ogre 1 and Ogre 2
3. (21, 2:49:44) Arrow Attack through Blazing Bowstring against Naga
4. (24, 2:50:29) Arrow Attack against Naga

02 Into the Greyspine Mines (burdenedwithnopurpose, thesingingbadger)

1. (23, 2:09:26) Arrow Attack against Umberhulk 1 with disadvantage
2. (26, 2:09:40) Arrow Attack against Umberhulk 1 with disadvantage
3. (20, 2:24:37) Arrow Attack against Umberhulk 2 with disadvantage
4. (19, 2:24:44) Arrow Attack against Umberhulk 2 with disadvantage
5. (27, 2:47:58) Arrow Attack against Duergar 1
6. (23, 2:48:20) Arrow Attack against Duergar 1
7. (23, 2:56:51) Arrow Attack against Duergar 2

03 Strange Bedfellows (rusty-diamond, thesingingbadger)

1. (Miss, 1:53:30) Arrow Attack against Duergar

04 Attack on the Duergar Warcamp (thesingingbadger)

1. (15, 1:58:29) Lightning Arrow Attack against General
2. (25, 1:59:13) Arrow Attack against General
3. (18, 2:21:41) Cast Hail of Thorns against Bulette
4. (Nat20, 2:22:26) Arrow Attack against Bulette

05 The Trick About Falling (clericofkord)

1. (22, 2:00:04) Exploding Arrow Attack through Blazing Bowstring against Ogre 2
2. (19+, 2:06:32) Lightning Arrow Attack against Ooze
3. (13, 2:30:24) Arrow Attack through Blazing Bowstring against Hook Horror 1
4. (20+, 2:30:32) Arrow Attack through against Hook Horror 1
5. (23, 2:49:35) Arrow Attack against Ooze
6. (2:50:06) Arrow Attack against Ooze

06 Breaching the Emberhold (starstuff84)

1. (25, 1:27:13) Arrow Attack through Blazing Bowstring against Duergar 4
2. (18, 1:27:27) Arrow Attack through Blazing Bowstring against Duergar 4
3. (Nat1, 1:35:10) Arrow Attack against Duergar 3
4. (25, 1:35:18) Arrow Attack against Duergar 3
5. (27, 2:06:02) Arrow Attack against Guard
6. (25, 2:06:10) Arrow Attack against Guard
7. (2:09:00) Arrow Attack against Guard

07 The Throne Room (clericofkord)

1. (17, 0:36:47) Arrow Attack against Duergar 1
2. (19, 0:36:54) Arrow Attack against Duergar 1
3. (21, 0:54:25) Arrow Attack against Duergar 1
4. (23, 0:54:26) Arrow Attack against Duergar 2
5. (30, 1:29:17) Arrow Attack against Duergar Mage
6. (16, 1:29:21) Arrow Attack against Duergar Mage
7. (2:54:15) Conjure Barrage against Duergar King, 10 Duergar soldiers, Basilisk #2
8. (Nat20, 3:18:52) Hail of Thorns Arrow Attack against Duergar Queen and Illithid
9. (28, 3:20:09) Arrow Attack through Blazing Bowstring against Duergar Queen
10. (19, 3:39:32) Arrow Attack against Duergar Queen
11. (21, 3:39:46) Arrow Attack against Duergar Queen

08 Glass and Bone (clericofkord, thesingingbadger)

1. (1:20:22) Non-combat Arrow which Tiberius lights
2. (22, 1:41:54) Hail of Thorns through Blazing Bowstring against Monster
3. (29, 2:05:29) Arrow Attack through Blazing Bowstring against Monster
4. (23, 2:05:34) Arrow Attack through Blazing Bowstring against Monster
5. (26, 2:30:06) Arrow Attack through Blood-Seeking Bow against Monster
6. (24, 2:30:32) Arrow Attack against Monster

09 Yug’voril Uncovered (arosebyabbie, clericofkord)

1. (Nat1, 0:29:10) Arrow Attack against Duergar 1
2. (25, 0:29:42) Arrow Attack against Duergar 1
3. (29, 1:07:43) Arrow Attack against Duergar Queen
4. (2:08:54) Non-combat Arrow which Tiberius lights

10 K’varn Revealed (clericofkord)

1. (Nat20, 0:35:32) Arrow Attack against Undead Ghoul 1
2. (21, 0:35:37) Arrow Attack against Undead Ghoul 1
3. (16, 1:13:28) Arrow Attack against Cloaker
4. (28, 1:13:34) Arrow Attack against Cloaker
5. (1:30:15) Non-combat Arrow which Tiberius lights

11 The Temple Showdown (clericofkord, dragonmustang01, thesingingbadger)

1. (25, 0:27:49) Arrow Attack against Fomorian
2. (Nat20, 0:28:10) Sleep Arrow Attack against Fomorian
3. (26, 0:40:58) Cast Hail of Thorns against Fomorian
4. (17, 0:41:31) Arrow Attack against Fomorian
5. (26, 0:58:10) Arrow Attack against Fomorian with disadvantage
6. (17, 0:58:20) Sleep Arrow Attack against Fomorian with disadvantage
7. (29, 3:00:28) Hail of Thorns against K’varn
8. (23, 3:00:55) Arrow Attack through Blood-Seeking Bow plus War God’s Blessing against K’varn
9. (19, 3:28:14) Cast Hail of Thorns against K’varn with disadvantage
10. (16, 3:28:56) Arrow Attack through Blazing Bowstring against K’varn
11. (20, 3:53:49) Ensnare Arrow Attack against K’varn
12. (24, 3:55:30) Arrow Attack through Blazing Bowstring against K’varn
13. (14, 4:19:02) Hail of Thorns Attack against K’varn
14. (23, 4:19:23) Arrow Attack against K’varn

12 Dungeons and Dragons Campaign Tips (dragonmustang01)

None

13 Escape from the Underdark (clericofkord)

1. (19, 0:37:01) Hail of Thorns Attack against Elder Brain, Clarota and 3 Illithid
2. (15, 0:39:33) Arrow Attack against Elder Brain
3. (14, 22, 1:01:05) Arrow Attack against Clarota with advantage
4. (18, 1:01:48) Arrow Attack against Clarota with advantage
5. (27, 1:26:12) Hail of Thorns Attack against Elder Brain
6. (17, 1:27:40) Arrow Attack against Elder Brain
7. (1:48:37) Conjure Barrage against Elder Brain, Intellect Devourer & Troll
8. (20, 1:50:02) Arrow Attack against Elder Brain

14 Shopping and Shipping (Luscinias, thesingingbadger)

None

15 Skyward (thesingingbadger, Luscinias, dragonmustang01)

1. (17, 2:08:11) Hail of Thorns against Gryphon
2. (24, 2:09:53) Arrow Attack against Gryphon
3. (25, 2:36:22) Lightning Arrow against Gryphon
4. (26, 3:06:07) Grappling Arrow Attack against Rider 1

16 Enter Vasselheim (clericofkord, thesingingbadger, CritRoleStats, dragonmustang01, BadChili)

1. (1:27:10)  Non-combat Arrow into the trap chamber, which Tiberius lights
2. (35, 1:35:43) Arrow on Pillar Ceiling Off Switch
3. (None, 2:07:25) Conjure Barrage

17 Hubris (dragonmustang01, CritRoleStats)

1. (16, 2:27:52) Hail of Thorns Attack against Hydra
2. (Nat1, 2:39:15) Arrow Attack against Hydra

18 Trial of the Take Part 1 (thesingingbadger, clericofkord)

1. (19, 1:55:16, 1:56:38) Attack with Flaming Bow against Orc 3

19 Trial of the Take Part 2 (thesingingbadger, dragonmustang01)

1. (14, 0:18:33) Arrow Attack against Frost Giant #2
2. (14, 0:18:37) Arrow Attack against Frost Giant #2
3. (17, 2:07:04) Arrow through Blazing Bowstring against Rimefang
4. (Fail, 2:24:49) Arrow Attack against Rimefang
5. (20, 2:26:31) Arrow Attack against Rimefang with disadvantage
6. (27, 2:46:39) Exploding Arrow Attack through Blood-Seeking Bow against Rimefang with disadvantage
7. (26, 3:04:55) Hail of Thorns against Rimefang
8. (29, 3:19:37) Lightning Arrow against Rimefang
9. (30, 3:21:13) Arrow Attack against Rimefang

20 Trial of the Take Part 3 (dragonmustang01)

None

21 Trial of the Take Part 4 (dragonmustang01, frodo010595)

None

22 AraMente to Pyrah (tux3d0_mask)

1. (16, 2:33:07) Arrow Attack against Giant 2
2. (25, 3:26:33) Hail of Thorns against Druid 1
3. (Nat20, 3:27:40) Arrow Attack against Druid 1
4. (19, 3:43:48) Lightning Arrow Attack against Druid 1
5. (27, 3:45:32) Arrow Attack through Blood-Seeking bow against Druid 1
6. (15, 4:01:35) Hail of Thorns against Druid 2
7. (15, 4:01:35) Hail of Thorns against Druid 2

23 The Rematch (burdenedwithnopurpose, dragonmustang01)

None

24 The Feast (burdenedwithnopurpose, thesingingbadger)

None

25 Crimson Diplomacy (thesingingbadger)

1. (Nat20, 0:59:05) Lightning Arrow against Delilah
2. (Nat20, 1:00:57) Attack through Blazing Bowstring against Delilah
3. (15, 1:27:58) Cast Hail of Thorns against Delilah
4. (No hit, 1:28:06) Cast Hail of Thorns against Delilah
5. (28, 1:46:54) Holy Arrow through Blazing Bowstring against Sylas
6. (29, 1:48:13) Holy Arrow against Sylas
7. (29, 1:53:40) Exploding Arrow against Sylas
8. (26, 2:52:45) Arrow Attack against Broker
9. (28, 3:14:32) Entangle Arrow Attack against Masked Man
10. (16, 3:15:43) Arrow Attack against Old Lady

26 Consequences and Cows (tux3d0_mask)

1. (16, 2:48:25) Arrow Attack through Blazing Bowstring against Roc
2. (26, 2:48:52) Arrow Attack through Blazing Bowstring against Roc

27 The Path to Whitestone (thesingingbadger)

1. (28, 0:38:47) Arrow Attack against Invisible Stalker with disadvantage
2. (Miss, 0:39:25) Arrow Attack against Invisible Stalker with disadvantage
3. (15, 0:56:24) Arrow Attack against Invisible Stalker with disadvantage
4. (14, 0:56:48) Arrow Attack against Invisible Stalker with disadvantage

28 The Sun Tree (thesingingbadger)

1. (30, 0:23:59) Cast Hail of Thorns against Behir
2. (27, 0:24:58) Arrow Attack against Behir
3. (22, 0:41:22) Arrow Attack against Behir
4. (22, 0:41:37) Arrow Attack through Blazing Bowstring against Behir

29 Whispers (thesingingbadger)

1. (28, 2:48:28) Longbow of Sky Sentinel initial arrow against Kerrion
2. (29, 2:49:53) Arrow Attack against Kerrion
3. (27, 3:13:30) Casts Lightning Arrow against Guard #3

30 Stoke the Flames (thesingingbadger)

1. (Nat20, 0:47:54) Attack through Blazing Bowstring against Vampire #3
2. (14, 0:48:49) Attack against Vampire #3
3. (Nat1, 0:56:56) Attack against Vampire #1
4. (18+stuff, 1:00:02) Attack against Vampire #1

31 The Gunpowder Plot (thesingingbadger)

1. (1:47:20) Conjure Barrage against Guards 3-5
2. (19, p1. 2:01:09) Lightning Arrow against Guard 8
3. (19, p1. 2:03:18) Arrow Attack against Guard 6
4. (22, 22, 14, p2. 0:57:43) Arrow Attack through Long Bow of Sky Sentinel against Zombie Giant

32 Against the Tide of Bone (thesingingbadger)

1. (0:18:39) Conjure Barrage against Skeleton Horde
2. (16, 0:29:34) Lightning Arrow against Skeleton Horde
3. (24, 1:34:52) Arrow Attack against Zombie Giant
4. (24, 1:34:52) Arrow Attack against Zombie Giant
5. (Hit, 1:49:08) Arrow Attack through Blazing Bowstring against Zombie Giant

33 Reunions (thesingingbadger)

1. (26, p1. 2:10:23) Arrow Attack against Armor 1
2. (23, p1. 2:10:26) Arrow Attack against Armor 1
3. (19, p2. 0:01:48) Arrow Attack against Armor 2
4. (24, p2. 0:01:56) Arrow Attack against Armor 2
5. (14, p2. 1:31:49) Arrow Attack against Grog
6. (16, p2. 1:52:39) Arrow attack through Blazing Bowstring against Ghost 1
7. (21, p2. 1:53:22) Arrow Attack through Blazing Bowstring against Percy

34 Race to the Ziggurat (thesingingbadger)

1. (27, 1:02:57) Arrow Attack against Button
2. (22, 1:31:14) Exploding Arrow against Green Glass Wall
3. (2:30:55) Casts Conjure Barrage with Holy Arrow
4. (Nat1, 2:48:44) Arrow Attack through LBoSS against Silas
5. (25, 2:29:41) Holy Arrow Attack against Sylas
6. (23, Nat20, 3:13:49) Arrow Attack against Delilah with disadvantage
7. (Nat20, 3:14:14) Arrow Attack against Delilah
8. (13, 3:58:24) Arrow Attack against Delilah with disadvantage
9. (20, 3:58:57) Arrow Attack against Delilah with disadvantage
10. (23, 15 4:07:26) Explosive Arrow? Attack against Orb with disadvantage

35 Denouement (thesingingbadger)

1. (28, p1. 1:05:13) Holy Arrow Attack against Orthax
2. (27, p1. 1:05:15) Holy Arrow Attack against Orthax
3. (17, 25, p1. 1:32:58) Holy Arrow Attack against Orthax with advantage
4. (Nat1, 2, p1. 1:33:11) Holy Arrow Attack against Orthax with advantage
5. (21, p1. 1:48:45) Arrow Attack against Orthax with advantage
6. (28, p1. 1:48:48) Arrow Attack against Orthax with advantage

Welcome, TheSingingBadger and Kathatherine!

CritRoleStats started out as a relatively small endeavor, in which I would live-tweet monster stats as they happened and then flipped through the archived videos to figure out how many times the dice rolled a Natural 20. However, as the show continues and more people find more things they want to know, it’s become quite a bit for one person to handle, even with the invaluable support of the network of Critter volunteers.

With that, I’d like to formally welcome two volunteers who are also now the public face of Crit Role Stats here on Tumblr: @thesingingbadger and @kathatherine. They have been instrumental in the behind-the-scenes part of the blog, cleaning up the notes we have, checking and double-checking stats, and handling the digital paperwork when I’ve been too lazy to deal with it. They will also be helping to answer questions and make posts, in addition to helping organize the group effort of knowing all the things.

And, as always, we want to continue to thank the Critters who continually help with logging, tracking, and updating stats behind the scenes. This would not be possible without all the hard work you all put in!

Stoneskin!

Stoneskin is a form of insurance: most of the time when you pay for it, you don’t actually use it, but it’s fairly handy when you do use it. Despite his rare appearances on the front line, the resident dragonborn sorcerer certainly placed a lot of value in it. Updated through episode 36.

• Times Tiberius cast Stoneskin: 14
  
• Times it resisted damage: 2
  
• Total damage prevented: 26
  

01 Arrival at Kraghammer (rusty-diamond, burdenedwithnopurpose, Tiamat_ZX)

• (2:07:41) Preparing to speak to Lord Nodstoc Greyspine
• (2:54:39) Piercing from Naga bite (6 damage)

02 Enter the Greyspine Mines (kathatherine, Billieblujean)

• (02:38:35) During the battle with the duergar scouts (0 damage)
  

04 Attack on the Duergar Warcamp (rusty-diamond, burdenedwithnopurpose)

• (1:18:27) Attempted, stopped when realized it required concentration (0 damage)
• (1:45:59) Prior to war camp battle (0 damage)

05 The Trick About Falling (rusty-diamond, burdenedwithnopurpose)

• (1:57:05) Before facing the ogres carrying the black pudding (0 damage)
  

06 Breaching the Emberhold (rusty-diamond)

• (2:16:19) While storming the prison to free Kima (0 damage)
  

16 Enter Vasselheim (thesingingbadger)

• (2:01:15) As the party enters the staircase to the Platinum Golem room (0 damage)
  

17 Hubris (dragonmustang01)

• (0:41:48) Attempted on Grog, stopped by bookie (0 damage)
• (2:13:32) Preparing to battle the hydra (0 damage)

20 Trial of the Take Part 3 (kathatherine)

• Ep20 (2:46:05) As the Otyugh appears (20 damage prevented)
  
• (14 damage) Bludgeoning from Otyugh (Ep21, 0:26:35)
• (6 damage) Bludgeoning from Otyugh (Ep21, 0:38:06)

22 AraMente to Pyrah (tux3d0_mask)

• (3:07:19) As he leaps into the Elemental Plane of Fire (0 damage)
  

25 Crimson Diplomacy (dragonmustang01)

• (2:43:20) Before the battle with the Broker and Friends (0 damage)
  

26 Cows and Consequences (Tux3d0_mask)

• (2:44:32) As the roc approaches (0 damage)
  

28 The Sun Tree (thesingingbadger)

• (0:31:10) Matt as Tiberius vs. the Behir (0 damage)
  

I’m Tiberius Stormwind, from Draconia!

It’s very important for a diplomat to introduce themselves, after all. Updated through episode 36.

Tiberius introductions: 29

01 Arrival at Kraghammer (rusty-diamond, burdenedwithnopurpose)

1. (0:45:20) Balgus
2. (1:12:11) The Carvers at House Thunderbrand

02 Into the Greyspine Mines (kathatherine, Billieblujean)

1. (0:49:33) Master Thunderbrand

13 Escape from the Underdark (dragonmustang01)

1. (2:14:17) Gatekeeper Xanthas

14 Shopping and Shipping (rusty-diamond)

1. (1:00:28) Tofur
2. (1:01:37) Seeker Asum Emring

15 Skyward (ashesofvalkana)

1. (1:12:49) Scale Bearers Vorak and Disona

16 Enter Vasselheim (dragonmustang01, TheSingingBadger)

1. (0:37:24) Scale Bearer Yon, talking over Scanlan
2. (2:31:21) “Hello everyone… Tiberiosa!” Deck of Illusions for two female versions of Tiberius. (It’s TiberiOHsa, not TiberioSAH -TheSingingBadger)

20 Trial of the Take Part 3 (kathatherine)

1. (2:09:41) Vince, owner of the Velvet Cabaret

21 Trial of the Take Part 4 (kathatherine)

1. (3:44:22)  "No one threatens a g**d*** Stormwind!“

22 Ara Mente to Pyrah (tux3d0_mask, kathatherine)

1. (2:47:51) Zirconus

23 The Rematch (SinkingMyShips, thesingingbadger)

1. (1:38:51) Guard (Partially to convince that he’s a mental patient)
2. (2:42:58) Kynan Leore

24 The Feast (thesingingbadger)

1. (0:40:22) Lyceum clerk
2. (0:42:01) Gatekeeper Xanthas
3. (0:44:44) Headmaster Atlum
4. (0:46:50) Reminder to Headmaster Atlum
5. (0:48:38) Headmaster Thunderbrand
6. (1:28:30) Karen the Blacksmith
7. (2:53:27) Seeker Emring
8. (3:15:43) Assisting Sovereign Uriel, to the Briarwoods

25 Crimson Diplomacy (thesingingbadger)

1. (1:14:08) Lillith
2. (1:28:55) Delilah Briarwood

26 Consequences and Cows (Tux3d0_mask)

1. (2:12:44) Guards to the Cloudtop District
2. (2:17:06) Drunk introduction to Keyleth
3. (2:32:22) Kyle the Cow Guardian
4. (2:40:00) Cow
5. (3:25:24) Byron the Gnome Druid

How much does Scanlan owe Percy for the Pepperbox?

anonymous asked: I kinda want to know how much Scanlan owes Percy for his Pepper box.

A generic Pepperbox is listed for 450 GP. Even with Orthax’s assistance, we could conceivably go even higher considering the cost of molding metal for a first-time design, as well as any other complications in building it. For now, we’ll say that the Pepperbox by itself cost 450 GP and a series of weeks to build.

However, enchanted weapons are a bit more expensive than generic weapons, and the Pepperbox had TWO enchantments in place: one frost (bonus +1) and one fire (bonus +1). Since these are separate rather than stacked enchantments, the Pepperbox would still be a +1 enchanted weapon. Using Pathfinder’s rules for magic item creation and this list of magical weapon enhancements (see Ranged Weapon Special Abilities), we determine that adding those two enhancements to the Pepperbox would cost a bare minimum of 4000 GP and 4 days.

On top of all that, 4450 GP is only the minimum up-front cost of the gun. That’s failing to calculate the cost of fixing it every time it broke (one repair since the stream started is 225 GP, plus pre-stream), the cost of obtaining black powder (400 GP from Victor plus pre-stream), and the cost of metal to forge custom bullets (350 GP in episode 23, and gathered scrap metal elsewhere). Gunslinging is an expensive hobby. Most expensive of all is the time required to rebuild a new Pepperbox from scratch: the bullets alone take up a significant time to forge.

TL;DR: We estimate that it will cost Percy at least 4450 GP, and at least three weeks of uninterrupted, problem-free work time to rebuild an enchanted Pepperbox… Assuming, of course, that the memory of its construction didn’t leave with Orthax’s spirit.

Counterspell!

Oh, that wondrous anti-magic reaction. Reminder that a spell of 3rd level of lower automatically fails. If the spell is higher than the level of the counterspell cast, the counter must succeed on a DC of 10 + the spell’s level, or the spell follows through.

Updated through Episode 36. Thanks to TheSingingBadger, Kathatherine, Rusty-Diamond, and DragonMustang01 for their assistance!

Total Counterspells: 12 (10 successful).

1. Ep07 (2:58:35) Tiberius against Queen Ullara’s Blur (success)
   
2. Ep09 (0:58:17) Tiberius against Mind Flayer Plane Shift (success)
   
3. Ep10 (1:46:43) Tiberius on Scanlan’s Dispel Magic…on Tiberius’ Silence on Vax (success)
4. Ep13 (0:27:10) Tiberius against Scanlan’s Dispel Magic…which was against Tiberius’ Silence (success)
   
5. Ep21 (2:54:00) Tiberius against Rakshasa’s Charm Person (success)
   
6. Ep21 (3:42:11) Tiberius against Rakshasa’s Planar Shift (success)
   
7. Ep25 (1:29:37) Tiberius against Lady Briarwood’s Feeble Mind (failure)
   
8. Ep25 (1:34:53) Lady Briarwood against Scanlan’s Lightning (failure)
   
9. Ep25 (2:47:52) Tiberius against Broker’s Invisibility (success)
   
10. Ep25 (3:11:52) Tiberius against Old Lady’s Dimension Door (success)
    
11. Ep33 (1:49:16) Scanlan against Anders’ Dimension Door (success)
    
12. Ep34 (3:21:45) Scanlan vs. Delilah’s Dimension Door (success) 
    

Cascade

anonymous asked: How many times has Matthew used the word "cascade"?

Cascade: Not just for dishwasher detergent. Updated to episode 36. Thanks to thesingingbadger, rusty-diamond, and @dragonmustang01 for this list, and all of our volunteers for the “empty” episodes.

1. Ep02 (2:47:20) “The brain, KSSH, cascades across the ground.”
2. Ep03 (0:59:02) “… the river that’s been cascading through this cavern…”
3. Ep03 (2:02:26) “… the waterfall, it’s cascading over the side”
4. Ep04 (2:15:25) “…as this suddenly flaring blast of divine energy comes cascading out of the front of your palm…”
5. Ep08 (0:32:53) “The divine energy emanates from Pike’s hand that begins to cascade across Kima’s form.”
6. Ep09 (0:38:00) “a once invisible mindflayer goes cascading out”
7. Ep12 (2:42:29) “…leaving you staring at this cascading funnel of sand…”
8. Ep13 (0:24:44) “…and using a polymorphed Fomorian giant, cascading down hundreds upon hundreds of feet…”
9. Ep13 (1:39:33) “…burst of purplish psychic blast just cascades out of the center…”

Less of a BANG, More of a caCHUNK

Don’t worry, Percy. As Grog says, it happens to all guys, sometimes. Updated to episode 41. Thanks to Kathatherine, TheSingingBadger, Rusty-Diamond, @dragonmustang01, and TUX3D0_MASK for their work on this. 

Total Misfires: 14 (2 breaks)

1. Ep02 (1:56:50) Pepperbox Shot vs. Umberhulk
   
2. Ep03 (1:53:22) Bad News Shot vs. Duergar across chasm
   
3. Ep17 (2:31:24) Pepperbox Shot vs.Hydra
   
4. Ep22 (3:52:07) Pepperbox Ice Shot vs. Fire Elemental
   
5. Ep25 (3:07:55) Pepperbox Shot vs. Broker
   
6. Ep27 (0:32:24) Pepperbox Shot vs. Invisible Stalker
   
7. Ep28 (0:36:22) Pepperbox with Sharp Shooter vs. Behir
   
8. Ep28 (0:51:32) Pepperbox Shot vs. Behir
   
9. Ep29 (2:41:35) Pepperbox Shot vs. Guard #1
   
10. Ep33 (p1.1:41:28) Pepperbox Shot vs. Professor Anders
    
11. Ep33 (p2.1:21:12) Pepperbox Shot vs. Possessed Vax
    
12. Ep34 (4:02:25) Pepperbox Fire Shot vs. Delilah
    
13. Ep34 (4:12:31) Bad News Shot vs. Delilah
14. Ep39 (1:23:46) Bad News Violent Shot vs. Purple Worm

Dagger, Dagger... Wait, those aren’t daggers.

For those moments when words AND the way of blades aren’t piercing enough. Thanks to The Singing Badger for organizing this list! Updated through Episode 36.

Logged Vax’ildan Birds: 18

03 Strange Bedfellows (BillieBluJean, rusty-diamond)

• (1:50:07) Double bird when leaving duergar war camp.
• (2:00:26) Double bird towards Duergar War Camp.
  

04 Attack on the Duergar Warcamp (burdenedwithnopurpose)

• (2:26:04) Single bird in response to a duergar soldier missing him.
  

07 The Throne Room (rusty-diamond)

• (1:10:43) “I’m thinking of the middle finger” to the Illithid attempt to bore into his mind.
  

09 Yug’voril Uncovered (rusty-diamond)

• (2:19:12) Two separate single birds to the dwarf body whose armor cursed him with cold when he tried to grab it.
  

10 K’varn Revealed (rusty-diamond)

• (0:58:48) Double bird to the cloaker while fleeing.
  

11 The Temple Showdown (rusty-diamond)

• (4:22:49) Double bird toward Undead K’varn when the beholder fails to hit Vax with a psychic beam.
  

13 Escape from the Underdark (rusty-diamond, dragonmustang01)

• (0:54:55) Double bird toward the Intellect Devourer who fails to take over his mind. “That’s to the brains, the brains. (Little bit to Matt.)”
• (0:55:25) Double bird toward the other Intellect Devourer who also fails to take over his mind.
  

18 Trial of the Take Part 1

• (0:11:35) Matt acting as Vax, flipping off Grog.
  

24 The Feast

• (3:09:48) Invisible bird to Vex during the dinner.
  

25 Crimson Diplomacy

• (2:47:40) Single bird to The Broker before the fight begins.
• (3:03:15) Double birds to monk’s first attempt to breach the Anti-life Shell.
  
• (3:03:26) “That’s unfortunate.” Double bird to the Broker’s monk.
  

30 Stoke the Flames

• (0:55:10) While not technically birds, Vax does the eff-you under-the-chin flick at a Vampire Spawn
  

34 Race to the Ziggurat

• (1:12:36) A begrudging single digit to one of the opals in the copper room.
  

35 Denouement

• (p1. 1:45:09) While not technically birds, Vax’ildan does the eff-you sign after Keyleth casts light beam.
• (p2. 56:45) At Grog after his failed attempt at pantsing Vax’ildan.
  

Polymorphed Trinket

anonymous asked: How many times has trinket been polymorphed

Surprisingly few, considering the number of circumstances in which a bear would stand out:

1. Rat (Ep01, 1:18:15) Polymorphed by Keyleth to avoid a barroom brawl.
2. Kitten (Ep08, 1:27:58) Polymorphed by Keyleth to transport across the Sea of Glass and Bone.
3. Human (Ep36, 2:01:06) Polymorphed by Keyleth to participate in the pie-eating contest.

Even Seeming has been relatively rare.

1. Dark Green Fur (ep17, 2:12:43) Forest camouflage against the hydra.
2. Donkey (ep28, 2:29:24) First day of Whitestone infiltration.
3. Donkey (ep29, 1:44:07) Second day of Whitestone infiltration.
4. Donkey (ep30, 1:58:38) Third day of Whitestone infiltration.

In most cases when traveling with him has been difficult, Trinket has either been moved around using Fly:

1. (ep05, 3:04:39) Getting Trinket back from the duergar war camp.
2. (ep11, 2:35:19) Sneaking into Yug’Voril to battle K’Varn.
3. (ep13, 1:32:18) Escaping from Yug’Voril.
4. (ep17, 2:01:15) Flying over Vasselheim’s walls to pursue the hydra.
5. (ep27, 3:00:25) Crossing the bridge from Westruun.

Or, simply left behind:

1. (ep01, 1:02:23) While the party explores Kraghammer.
2. (ep05, 0:42:17) Outside the duergar war camp.
3. (ep24, 2:00:44) With Vax while Vex retrieves money from Kraghammer.
4. (ep25, 0:49:01) In Emon’s stables.
5. (ep26, 2:27:17) With Percy while the party hunts a roc.
6. (ep29, 2:37:12) In Sir Stonefell’s cellar.

There was also the time they had to get him on the airship via crane (ep15, 1:27:25).

Poor bear.