Vex and Simon

mycyber-world asked: Out of general curiosity, does anyone know how Vex got Simon (Vax's belt) back?

We’re informed that she “has her ways,” though Scanlan believes she “winked somebody” (Ep36, 2:31:17). The truth will forever remain a mystery.

Taliesin Nat 20s

Anonymous asked: Could you find the number of times Taliesin Jaffe has rolled a natural 20 since the beginning of the new year as opposed to the number of times he has rolled a Nat20 before that? Thank you, love your blog to bits!

Sure, that’s easy enough!

Taliesin rolled 38 natural 20s up through the Winter’s Crest episode. Since the new year, he’s rolled 6 more in the regular Thursday games, plus one as the goblin monk Mezek when he decapitated that poor bard, for a total of 7.

Noncombat Episodes

anonymous asks: I think there's been at least a couple - how many episodes have been entirely story (no combat encounters at all)?

Not very many!  Episodes 14, 36, 38, and 45 have no attacks.  

Episode 47 has no official combat encounters, but Trinket attacks Grog (for training), Vex’ahlia attacks the breakfast chickens, and Grog kills Horace in one attack (without an encounter).  

In Episode 24, Vax’ildan knocks a guard unconscious by surprise sneak attack, but it’s not a battle-type encounter.

How many times has Sam been late?

anonymous asks: How many times has Sam shown up after the stream has started?

Thanks to work, LA traffic, and the character background video now playing prior to the stream, Sam arrived at Critical Role after the stream started 21 times.  Those episodes are:  

• 11
• 15-18
• 23-31
• 36-41
• 43

Shopping Hauls

anonymous asks: Do you have a list of the goods obtained during the casts on-stream shopping sprees and what the items do (at least approximately)?

What show is complete without a shopping montage (or eleven)? Updated to Episode 36.

02 Into the Greyspine Mines

• Greater Healing Potions-Heal 4d4+4
• Sleep Arrows-Damages a target, user rolls percentage dice to determine effectiveness
• Potions of Water-Breathing-Allows the user to breathe underwater

14 Shopping and Shipping

• Greater Healing Potions
• Superior Healing Potions-Heal 8d4+8
• Potions of Petrification Removal
• Gilmore’s Glorious Color Sticks-Upon physical contact with a surface, it makes a mark on the surface of the color of the stick. (…they’re crayons.)
• Hat of Disguise-Allows wearer to conceal their identity
• Cloak of Displacement-Makes it more difficult for enemies to hit the wearer, in cold temperatures gives off a dim light, and drawing the weapon extinguishes all magical flames within 30 feet
• Frostbrand Short Sword- Does extra 1d6 cold damage, gives wielder resistance to fire damage
• Pearl of Power-Speak a command word, and regain one expended spell slot up to 3rd level once per day.
• Ring of Protection +2-gives +2 to AC and saving throws
• Belt of Dwarvenkind- gives +2 to Constitution modifier, advantage on charisma / persuasion checks with warm, 50% chance each day, at dawn, of growing a full beard, advantage on saving throws against poison, dark vision, a feat or you can speak read and write dwarvish
• Dagger of Life-Stealing- On a critical hit, deals 10 necrotic damage and gives 10 points to the wielder
• Manual of Quickness of Action-Permanently increase dexterity  
• Cold Snap Leather Armor +2-Resistance to Cold Damage

15 Skyward

• Trinket’s custom bulette-hide armor: Adds +2 to AC, resistant to non-magical bludgeoning damage
• Scanlan’s Scrying potion: Allows the user to leave a mark via bodily fluid and scry through that mark
• Herbalism book-How to find and retain the potent elements of various materials found in nature
• Animal extracting book-Gives advantage when extracting parts of an animal

18 Trial of the Take Part 1

• Winter cloaks: Provide warmth to the wearer
• Horses: Provide faster-moving travel between locations, neigh.

20 Trial of the Take Part 3

• Greater Healing Potions
• Vial of Caustic Liquid
• Black Poison-Dealt 6d6 poison damage to Lady Briarwood (Ep34, 2:58:57)
• Animal masks
• Fancy clothes

22 AraMente to Pyrah

• Potion of Stone Giant’s Strength-Strength of 23 for 1 hour
• Quarterstaff-Quarterstaff that can do bludgeoning or slashing damage
• Crossbow
• 80 Bolts
• Shortsword
• Coffee
• Lockheed the psuedodragon

23 The Rematch

• Black Powder: Bullets for Percy’s guns
• Iron Ingots: Bullets for Percy’s guns

24 The Feast

• Book of Properties of various liquids and chemicals
• Intro to Sorceries Book (with a chapter on alchemy)
• Chest with protection against magic detection
• Daggers
• Glaive: 5d4 damage
• Pink ribbon

27 The Path to Whitestone

• Shovel
• Pickaxe
• Wooden stakes
• Holy oil-when applied to a weapon, adds 1d4 radiant/holy damage
• Necklace with symbol of Sarenrae
• Scroll of Spirit Guardians-Spirits fly around user at a distance of 15 feet for up to 10 minutes.  Affected creature's’ speed is halved in the area and when creatures enter the area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it makes a wisdom saving throw.  On a failed save the creature takes 3d8 radiant damage (if the user is good or neutral) or 3d8 necrotic damage (if the user is evil).  On a successful save, the creature takes half damage.
• Chainmail collars
• ALL of Emon’s mirrors: Reflect light
• Alchemy set
• Horses

30 Stoke the Flames

• Immovable Rod: A metal rod that will stay suspended wherever the user puts it
• Common Healing Potions-Heal 2d4+2
• Greater Healing Potion
• Other unspecified potion

36 Winter’s Crest in Whitestone

• 20’x6’ Portrait of Scanlan and Pike on a horse (on order)