Greyskull Keep Staff

the-great-designo asks: I want to draw the staff of Grey Skull keep- I believe there are just 5 of them, Jarett, two other guardsmen, the cook, and the old man who manages them. Are there any more? ( also it would be super cool if you posted what descriptors Matt has said about them so far)

• Erwen Dastell: Servant of Greyskull. Elderly around 100-110 years old. Ruddier skin, long grey ponytail, clean-shaven. Small spectacles across his nose. Lanky physique, generally wears long, grey-blue coats.
• Laina Yor: Cook of Greyskull. Late 30s, caucasian, blonde hair, generally pulled back in a ponytail or bun. Generally wears an apron over simple dresses. Plump and nearly always smiling.
• Jarett Howarth: Head of the guard. “A hottie,” according to Matt. He is in his early 20s, hails from Ank’Harel, has short, jet black hair and very tan skin. Well dressed over studded leather armor, wields a crossbow.
• Shayne Trantor: Evening guard. Woman with short, rough red hair, scars across both cheeks from a broken glass in a fight. Wields a crossbow and a broadsword.
• Cordell: Evening guard. Half-orc man (20s), short black hair, dresses in scale armor, carries a sword on his back and also wields a crossbow.
• Kendrick Yeates: Day guard. Human man, middle-aged.
• Nitebe Kurios: Day guard. Elven male rogue.

Gilmore Appearances

anonymous asks: How many times has Gilmore appeared?

Gilmore has long been a favorite NPC of the players and he has won the hearts of many a Critter as well, through sheer force of personality. He appears more often than most NPCs, but it never seems like enough. Updated through episode 41.

14 Shopping and Shipping

(2:03:27) The much-hyped Gilmore appears in his shop with much aplomb in a flash of beaded curtain, has lunch with Vax and flirts mercilessly with him, then returns to haggle with Vex over the price of potions.

15 Skyward

(0:23:35) Scanlan returns to Gilmore’s to request his infamous scrying potion.

24 The Feast

(0:54:36) Vax’ildan visits Gilmore’s to exchange news and buy daggers. Despite being in Westruun, Gilmore makes a spell-expensive trip back to the Emon shop just to see Vax.

38 Echoes of the Past

(0:42:45) A chance encounter between Vox Machina and Gilmore at the bar, resulting in a fantastic feast, spilled secrets about the Whispered One, and a heartbreaking conversation.

39 Omens

(3:20:45) Grog and Scanlan go to Gilmore’s and walk with Gilmore to the fateful gathering.

41 In Ruins

(2:19:50) Vox Machina find Sherri, Salda, the children, and a half-dead Gilmore hidden in Gilmore’s bunker. Pike heals Gilmore, and half the party escorts the group back through the secret tunnels to the Keep.

Vax’s most damaging sneak attack?
— yourcynicalcanadian

As of Episode 40, the honor of receiving the most damage would be 78, dealt to Professor Ander’s eye. Tied for second is Kerrion Stonefell’s shoulders and Kynen Liore’s KO, with 66 damage. Kynen should consider himself very lucky indeed.

Below is the chronological list of all of Vax’s most impressive single hits using sneak attack. Only one is a straight critical; the rest are thanks to Vax’s subclass auto-crit ability, Assassinate.

A recent trend in Liam’s playstyle is his desire to not kill as many innocents as possible (Riskel Daxio excepted). If he can manage it, he knocks out whomever he can. Some of Vax’s best damage comes from these dagger handle KOs.

All Single Dagger Damage Above 50

• Ep 4 - Duergar Guard - Assassinate - 52 damage - Kill (1:42:00)
• Ep 4 - Mindflayer - Assassinate - 62 damage - Hurt Badly (1:46:35)
• Ep 5 - Ogre - Assassinate - 62 damage - Kill (1:58:32)
• Ep 5 - Orge - Assassinate - 52 damage - Kill (2:08:16)
• Ep 7 - Duergar Guard - Critical - 59 damage - Kill (0:30:00)
• Ep 23 - Kynan Leore - Assassinate - 66 damage - KO (2:45:15)
• Ep 24 - Guard - Assassinate - 62 damage - KO (3:42:30)
• Ep 29 - Kerrion Stonefell - Assassinate - 66 damage - Hurt Badly (2:53:16)
• Ep 33 - Professor Anders - Assassinate - 78 damage - Dagger to the eye (p1 1:18:57)

Honorable Mentions

• Ep 20 - Vince Cyinnor - Assassinate - 42 damage - KO (02:21:11)
• Ep 30 - Guard - Assassinate - 50 damage - KO (3:02:33)
• Ep 37 - Daxio - Assassinate - 46 damage - KO (3:54:08)

Trinket is Useful

Anon asked: How many times has Trinket been useful at all?

We here at Critical Role Stats are a team divided between #LeaveTrinketBehind and #NoBearLeftBehind.  Here are our bipartisan findings. Updated to Episode 41.

02 Into the Greyspine Mines

• (2:11:12) Trinket protects Scanlan during Vex’s attack phase

07 The Throne Room

• (3:47:23) Trinket provided the needed assistance to Pike to drag Vax from the incoming magma.
  

17 Hubris

• (2:41:29) Trinket damaged the hydra

18 Trial of the Take Part 1

• (1:56:13) Trinket killed an orc

19 Trial of the Take Part 2

• (2:48:56) Trinket damaged Rimefang
  

24 The Feast

• (2:43:10) Trinket learned how to Cannonball attack

25 Crimson Diplomacy

• (2:50:27) CANNONBALL! Missed The Broker, hit the monk.

26 Consequences and Cows

• (2:27:24) Trinket sat on comfort-watch for Percy

27 The Path to Whitestone

• (0:27:11) Trinket helped defend the keep and Desmond when the stalkers attacked

30 Stoke the Flames

• (1:30:00) Trinket stayed on night watch with Grog in the tavern and kept him awake

31 Gunpowder Plot

• (p1. 1:14:14) Trinket did damage to Tylieri
  
• (p1. 1:32:13) Got the initial kill of Tylieri.
  
• (p2. 0:56:42) Carried Vex away from the skeleton army.

32 Against the Tide of Bone

• (0:18:41) Quickly carried Vex back to the skeleton army so she could get in an early attack

33 Reunions

• (p1. 1:38:42) Grappled Ripley
  
• (p2. 1:30:40) Successfully cannonball-attacked in the crypt

35 Denouement

• (2:01:38) Part of the kill of Orthax

36 Winter’s Crest in Whitestone

• (2:10:54) Won Vex some gold by tying for first in the pie eating contest

37 A Musician’s Nostalgia

• (4:18:59) Trinket carried the unconscious body of Daxio back to the palace

38 Echoes of the Past

• (2:11:47) Gave a solid perception check in Krieg’s house

41 In Ruins

• (1:42:32) Trinket beheads a looter at Gilmore’s
  

Stealth Twin Sit-Ups!

Stealth Twins use Sit-Up! It’s… Well, effective for what they use it for! (Mostly laughing and disappearing.)

• Liam: 28
  
• Laura: 4
  
• Total: 32
  

Updated through episode 36. Thanks to TheSingingBadger, DragonMustang01, Rusty-Diamond, and all our volunteers for their contributions to this list!

01 Arrival at Kraghammer

• Liam (1:20:10) To dodge Balgus
  

03 Strange Bedfellows

• Liam (0:53:12) After his 30 roll for stealth
  
• Liam (1:54:24) After a successful dexterity check with advantage (that negated a Natural 1)
  

05 The Trick About Falling

• Liam (1:59:24) To hide after killing an ogre
  

09 Yug’voril Uncovered

• Liam (1:56:03) At Grog furiously drawing a naked Kima.
  
• Liam (2:16:41) Cursed by armor.
  
• Liam (2:26:03) Natural 1 for perception to see the sunken ship.
  

12 Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Tips

• Liam (2:10:45) Partial at Vox Moronica’s conversation
  
• Liam (2:22:17) Partial at Salty Pete’s Natural 1 to pick the door lock
  

17 Hubris

• Liam (1:24:10) Half sit-up to “That’s not chicken, that’s just a piece of wood.”
  
• Liam (2:13:10) At Scanlan’s “Seeeeem-ING.”
  
• Liam (2:40:05) Vex’s Nat20 to save against her Nat1 exploding arrow.
  
• Liam (3:26:05) Scanlan: “My body’s a temple!”
  

19 Trial of the Take Part 2

• Laura (0:18:41) After a series of really bad rolls.
  

22 AraMente to Pyrah

• Laura (1:09:49) Grog’s haggling.
  

23 The Rematch

• Laura (1:41:25) In response to Matt’s “What is wrong with me? Run!”
  
• Liam (2:12:17) In response to the Black Powder Merchant.
  
• Liam (2:59:24) As Matt describes how Scanlan’s scrying potion affects the gnome.
  

24 The Feast

• Liam (3:15:17) Removing himself from Uriel’s party introductions.
  

25 Crimson Diplomacy

• Liam (3:12:08) At Matt’s running Old Lady.
  

27 The Path to Whitestone

• Liam (0:47:44) To dodge Tiberius’ Glacial Blast.
  
• Liam (2:23:00) At the 60,000 gp it would cost for Tiberius to enchant a ring himself.
  

30 Stoke the Flames

• Liam (1:04:56) At Sam (dressed as Burt Reynolds) inspiring Grog.
  

31 Gunpowder Plot

• Liam (p1. 0:42:51) Partial at the Duke’s Nat1 against Bigby’s Hand
  
• Liam (p2. 0:58:06) “Sister Vex? Do you mind giving me that gun again?”
  

34 Race to the Ziggurat

• Liam (0:17:02) After Grog flicks him.
  
• Liam (3:03:58) At Scanlan’s ‘Percy’s got a gun’ inspiration.
  

35 Denouement

• Liam (p1. 1:30:02) At Sam’s assertion that Scanlan speaks, “Gnome, Common…that’s it!”
  
• Liam (p1. 2:01:31) At Grog’s Nat20 Attack of Opportunity against Orthax
  
• Liam (p2. 0:29:06) At Scanlan’s attempted flirtation with a Whitestone citizen
  

36 Winter’s Crest at Whitestone

• Laura (0:28:12) At Scanlan’s mention of Fabio.
  
• Liam (1:13:33) Laughing at Scanlan’s Natural 1 in the arm-wrestling tournament.
  

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.
  

Nat Crits of 24: The Feast

Critical Wins

• Tiberius (1:31:16) Farting while Vax sneaks off. Yes, really.
• Vax’ildan (1:34:36) Stealthing to the butcher’s
• Vax’ildan (2:35:33) Stealthing upon sleeping Grog (with advantage)
• Vex’ahlia (2:43:00) Training Trinket to Cannonball (with advantage)
• Vex’ahlia (3:39:37) Stealthily casting Hunter’s Mark on Lady Briarwood.

Critical Fails

• Keyleth (0:59:15) Negotation vs. Sherri over books
• Vex’ahlia (2:02:41) Checking for traps in the Thunderbrand basement
• Tiberius (2:06:45) Persuasion vs. Master Thunderbrand to re-enchant the carpet
• Tiberius (2:41:10) Con save vs. Percy’s test run of Diplomacy

DM Rolls

• Lord Greyspine (Nat1, 2:15:00) Wis Save vs. Scanlan’s (reasonable) Suggestion

“Hi! I’m Tiberius Stormwind, from Draconia!”

As @CritmasElf pointed out Thursday, we needed the Tiberius introductions listed from this episode. Episode 24 currently holds the record with 8 introductions from the dragonborn sorcerer from Draconia. Here they are.

1. (0:40:22) Liceum 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