Villains Gallery: Post-Conclave and Unlikable People

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Villains Gallery: Post-Conclave and Unlikable People

Thanks to @Takayuuki_art for the art piece!

We had an anonymous critter request a while back for us to create a list of villains and information about their intentions and deeds. There have been a lot of big bads over the course of 99 episodes, so many that we can't do them justice in one post. We're breaking them up by story arc, ending with the villains Vox Machina faced so far after the Conclave, as well as the folks who didn't quite make it to Villain status, but were still pretty unlikable.

After The Conclave

The Kraken

  • Kraken
  • Scourge of the rift between the Material and Water planes
  • Producer of lodestones that keeps Vesrah afloat
  • Attacked Vox Machina after Taryon spoiled their stealth
  • Killed Vax’ildan.
  • Was prevented from crossing into the Material plane.

Utugash, The Herald of Vassalage

  • Pit fiend
  • Ran a section of the City of Dis
  • “One of the prominent owners and taskmasters involved in moving souls and soul goods throughout this area of Dis. He is slovenly, he is lazy, he is powerful, and he needs to fall. [...] At this time, his laziness has left him a useless sack of demon s**t.”
  • Bought Tova from the Mentiri prison for his own entertainment.
  • Attacked by VM in his stronghold to fulfill the terms of Percy’s deal with Ipkesh, a cambion under his command.
  • Permanently killed by Tova
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Villains Gallery: The Chroma Conclave

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Villains Gallery: The Chroma Conclave

Thanks to @blacksalander for the art piece!

We had an anonymous critter request a while back for us to create a list of villains and information about their intentions and deeds. There have been a lot of big bads over the course of 99 episodes, so many that we can't do them justice in one post. We're breaking them up by story arc, continuing with the dragons of the Chroma Conclave.

The Chroma Conclave

Thordak, The Cinder King

  • Ancient red dragon
  • Head of the Chroma Conclave
  • Originally from the Shifting Sands, was defeated by Devo’ssa after attacking Ank’harel and thought dead.
  • Washed up on the Opash’s island.
  • Was tortured and experimented on by Opash for years before overpowering the necromancer.
  • Found the knowledge of the rituals to become a dracolich, and set out for Tal’Dorei to gain more power and find arcane users powerful enough to perform the ritual.
  • Invaded Raishan’s territory, and made a deal to help her cure her Soul Curse in exchange for her allegiance
  • Invaded Tal’Dorei, razing the Verdant Expanse before being defeated by Kima of Vord, Allura Vysoren, Drake Thunderbrand, and their compatriots, and banished to the Fire Plane.
    • Destroyed Byroden, killing Vax’ildan and Vex’ahlia’s mother.
  • Spotted by VM on their trip to the Fire Plane during Keyleth’s AraMente
  • Grew larger and more insane during his 15 years in the Fire Plane before breaking out with Raishan’s help and destroying Pyrah.
    • Returned with a Heartstone implanted with an Ember Seed buried in his chest.
    • Raishan broke him out earlier than expected due to her concerns about his increasing insanity- Winter’s Crest rather than the summer solstice.
  • Razed the city of Emon and began turning the Cloudtop District into his lair, forcing the surviving citizens to serve him.
    • Was slowly turning the city into a volcano
    • Laid several elemental dragon eggs beneath the former castle, having reproduced asexually
  • Killed by Vax’ildan in a tunnel leading to his main lair.

Brimscythe, The Iron Storm

  • Young adult blue dragon
  • Served on the Council of Emon as a human with the name General Krieg Tristan.
  • Member of the Chroma Conclave.
  • Lair located somewhere in the Cliffkeep Mountains. Can be entered via a portal in the basement of his home in the Cloudtop District.
  • Killed by Vax’ildan after VM’s discovery of the portal to his lair.
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Quick Answers 46

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If Vax gets surprise with all those nice assassin bonuses, how much damage (on average), can we expect him to do?

For the sake of this, we’ll say that Vax attacked immediately in order to get a surprise attack, and didn’t have time to cast Hunter’s Mark.

  • 42 (Sneak Attack) + 4 Slashing + 8 Psychic + 8 + 16 Divine Smite  = 78 Average Crit Damage
  • 42 (Sneak Attack) + 4 Piercing + 8 Psychic + 8 + 10 (Sharpshooter) = 72 Average Crit Damage

What is the max damage Vax has done?

Vax’s most damaging single attack was in Episode 79 (2:12:09), dealing 102 damage against Thordak. For any damage related questions, check out either our All Rolls chart, Average/Total Damage Dealt chart, or Damage Taken chart over on our Running Stats page!

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That’ll Run You...

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Anonymous asked: How many times has Matt, as a merchant NPC, said “That’ll run you….”? 

Thanks to @BnBGreg, @ChrisVLinden, @cwittland, Eric R., gracegraceplant, @JacobSBrowning, jm4ny, @_miss_maria_, motherhen-bear, @OmrJeuss, Ro, @sarabowdridge, Sarah E.H., seafaring-stranger, soaringsparrows, Supertoasty, themeaningofnight, @unnamemeN, wouldlike2rage, Wren, and other critters for their work compiling this list!

01 Arrival at Kraghammer

  • (0:28:35) Adra: …we’re lookin’ at eight rooms separately. That’ll run ya, per evening about 25 gold pieces…
  • (0:56:00) Matt: …it’s an establishment of comfort and ease and will run you both for the evening, as you are not Kraghammer locals, about 30 gold pieces a night.

02 Into the Greyspine Mines

  • (1:01:20) Tremaine: Those’ll run you 1,500 gold pieces each.
  • (1:04:43) Tremaine: The greater healing potions run 300 gold apiece.
  • (1:06:45) Tremaine: That will run you 250 gold per arrow.
  • (1:07:40) Tremaine: They run 500 gold apiece.

14 Shopping and Shipping

  • (2:11:37) Sherri: Currently, those go for about… Those will run you… That’ll be 1500 gold pieces per superior…
  • (2:20:04) Sherri: That ring runs 6500 gold.
  • (2:20:38) Sherri: That one runs 4500.

15 Skyward

  • (0:28:43) Gilmore: First off, the ring that we discussed as our original deal…the price would run you about 1750 gold pieces.

22 AraMente to Pyrah

  • (1:06:06) Traveling salesman: This one…would run you a, uh, 500 gold pieces.
  • (1:07:17) Traveling salesman: This, I say, will run you a simple, uh, 6000 gold pieces.

23 The Rematch

  • (2:11:02) Victor: For the barrel, the barrel! That’ll run you *does math in the air* 4623 gold pieces!

24 The Feast

  • (1:01:10) Sherri: These will run you about 200 gold apiece.

65 The Streets of Ank’Harel

  • (3:52:20) Curiosity shop merchant: …that would run you 275 gold pieces.

67 The Chase to Glintshore

  • (1:00:32) Treev: That’ll run ya., for full disillusion or whatever you need, 750 gold.
  • (2:02:49) Matt: And that’s gonna run you about 60 gold.

Quick Answers 32

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Can you track the times Percy puts on the mask?

As a reminder, we no longer track stats that require an entire show rewatch. From off the tops of our heads, however, here’s what is likely an incomplete list:

  • Episode 22 (2:21:09) Walking up the volcano to get to the Fire Ashari
  • Episode 25 (3:08:35) Overkilling The Broker
  • Episode 29 (3:22:38) Killing Kerrion
  • Episode 33 (p1. 2:01:59) Killing Anders
  • Episode 60 (1:48:26) Hats Machina

This might be asking too much of a fan theory question but do we know which Oath Vax is likely to take if/when he reaches 3rd level paladin?

We’re not going to speculate because right now it could be anything or nothing. We’ll have to see what the upcoming episodes have in store!

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Don’t Cry For Me, Vox Machina

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@BananaMcGee1 Here’s a stat for you to find: How many times have any of the players cried on the show?
Anonymous asked: It would be cool to have a list of all the times the cast and characters cried in the show.

Hey, this stuff gets emotional, man.

Thanks to agent-of-chaotic-order, Eric R., @GraphixDave, holpike, i-encourage-violence, icecream-s-coops, @jeritchie3, kevvinn, pbandfluff, Rosie-LostBetweenThePages, Rowena Highlander, @SilentEnGee, vysoren-of-vord, wallflowerwaitlist, and other fantastic critters for their help compiling this list!

Updated through Episode 62

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Sibling Rivalry

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Anonymous asked: How many times have Laura and Liam smacked, hit, or shoved each other on the stream?

Thanks to @BabbaForrest, @EBalensuela, Henry Mills, holpike, i-encourage-violence, icecream-s-coops, @jeritchie3, and @SilentEnGee for their help compiling this list!

Updated through Episode 60.

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Quick Answers 20

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Today, we’re talking about character heights, nicknames, Grog’s *sharp* new hat, and more!

How tall is everyone?

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Chroma Conclave Foreshadowing

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Chroma Conclave attack?

The Story of Vox Machina

(0:13:50) Our heroes then locate and enter the home of General Krieg, finding a brainwashed servant, and a hidden passage that leads to a teleportation circle.  Using the device, they are transported to a distant cavern, high in a range of frost-covered mountains... and an incredible hoard of gold, jewels, and fine trinkets.

Across the room are 4 obsidian orbs set within the rock. As one is touched, a giant eye appears from within the black crystal and a voice erupts, calling for a "Brimsythe," and noticing the unfamiliar folk, growls, "Intruders... I know your face now. He is a fool, and so are you, insect." The orbs all crack simultaneously, becoming inert.

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Pike Stealth

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Anonymous asked: Could you please give us a list of all the times that pike rolled for stealth. With and without Pass Without a Trace.

Here you go!  In the future, you can go to our All Rolls table to look up roll-related questions and get your answers a little quicker. Updated to Episode 49.

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Beard Check

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While wearing this belt, you gain the following benefits:

  • Your Constitution score increases by 2, to a maximum of 20.
  • You have advantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks made to interact with dwarves.

In addition, while attuned to the belt, you have a 50 percent chance each day at dawn of growing a full beard if you’re capable of growing one, or a visibly thicker beard if you already have one.

If you aren’t a dwarf, you gain the following additional benefits while wearing the belt:

  • You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.
  • You have darkvision out to a range of 60 feet.
  • You can speak, read, and write Dwarvish

Total Beard Checks: 25
Successful Beard Checks (Percentile Dice Roll < 50): 11

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