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Why did you remove…?

If you’ve been digging in our archives in the past week, you may be disappointed to find a number of articles missing. Have no fear; they’re not completely gone, and will be returning somewhere else. On a somewhat related note, we’re probably going to be under a little bit of construction this weekend. Trust us, it’ll be worth it!

Is there a confirmed spelling for Taryon’s sidekick’s name?

Yep, Sam confirmed that it’s Doty. (And we strongly suspect it’s homage to the current Head of Live Broadcasting & Production.)

How many projectiles were thrown/shot at Sam over the course of Episode 85?

Not enough.

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What Does Vox Machina Have Left? Raishan Edition, Part II

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Coming off of an intense struggle against a weave of undead, Vox Machina stands ready to face Raishan!

Thanks to @amandammcclain (All graphics), artworkofolivia (Keyleth), daranthaart (Grog), dearhadrian (Raishan-card), ioana-muresan (Kerrek), kupieckorzenny (Vax), Megzilla87 (Allura), naddya (Pike and Scanlan), naomi-makes-art (Percy), offbeatworlds (Vox Machina), pencilpixie (Vex and Trinket), ryanismynamee (Raishan-group graphic), and vivikv (Kima) for use of their artistic talents!

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I’m looking for all of the items offered by party members as part of the skill check ritual through Revivify.

  • Vex:
    • Kashaw: Diamonds to commence ritual
    • Percy: Whitestone Residuum
    • Zahra: Moonstone from Staff
    • Vax’ildan: Vax’ildan
  • Grog:
    • Scanlan: Potion of Fire Giant Strength
    • Vex’ahlia: Ale
    • Vax’ildan: Prayer to Raven Queen
  • Percy:
    • Vex’ahlia: Whitestone residuum and plea to stay
    • Pike: Divine Intervention
    • Keyleth: Crow skull/flock of crows/use of raven wings
  • Vex:
    • Pike: Lock of hair
  • Scanlan:
    • Pike: Plea that she can’t raise Kaylie alone
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How many times has…?

Due to the recent release of our word count posts, we’ve had an influx of requests to track more. The posts we’ve made are the result of nearly a year’s worth of tracking; required the effort of over 100 volunteers; and months of work on our part to coordinate volunteers, collect stats, edit, format, check, and post. 

With the sheer volume of content now, we decided that, once we were done tracking previously made requests, we would no longer take requests that require a full-show rewatch. Further, we no longer take requests for tracking a particular phrase or word. We have amazing volunteers, and we want to make sure we can make the best use of their time and energy as possible.

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What Does Vox Machina Have Left? Raishan Edition

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Here we are, fresh into 2017 and fresh out of the fire into the frying pan! Wait, that’s not how it goes… Regardless, this is how we enter tonight’s episode 80!

Thanks to @amandammcclain, @DNShraider, @TobilTop, @sketchingsprw, @doodlebugarts, @kiwiwola, @strayliger, @TheRequiemMan, @PettyArtist, @iorverth, @KirbishArt, @impishcomics, and @tresselorner for use of their artistic talents!

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Do you have details for the different Mercer-created magic items like Animus, Holy Thunder Maul, etc.?

We posted what we knew about Animus here. The ‘holy’ aspect of Kima’s maul likely indicates that it could only be used by a paladin or cleric (though more likely just paladin), and the thunder indicates that it deals thunder damage in addition to bludgeoning damage. We’re not sure what else you’re looking for with that ‘etc.,’ but we do have everything we know about the Vestiges here.

How did Keyleth cast Alter Self? Did she take a level in sorcerer or wizard and I just totally missed it? Magic item?

It’s a Circle of the Moon Druid ability called Thousand Forms! She can cast it at-will. For all of Vox Machina’s spells, check out our Spells Cast chart.

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Which oath does Lady Kima follow as a paladin?

Kima is now under the Oath of Vengeance, despite Matt’s tweet last July that she was an Oath of Devotion paladin. We’re not sure under what circumstances the switch happened, though.

Can Kima as a Halfling even wield the Holy Avenger Great Sword she was given?

Absolutely! Though the Rules as Written say that all Small creatures are at a disadvantage when wielding Heavy weapons, while still in the Underdark, Kima wielded a great sword with proficiency because, as a paladin, she is proficient with martial weapons. Further, have you seen Kima? She can scarf down chicken while doing one-handed pushups; one great sword isn’t going to give her problems.

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Raishan Fact-Check

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Raishan Fact-Check

Welcome to Chroma Decision 2016! In the spirit of the political year, the Crit Role Stats team has found it fitting to analyze the statements presented by Raishan and put them under the microscope, to the best of our ability.

Regards to Politifact for the, uh, inspiration! Also, American critters, go register to vote, if you haven’t already; today’s the deadline for many of you!

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The questions keep on coming!

How much would it cost to enchant Percy’s Bad News so he can do magical piercing damage and avoid another situation like with the Golem and the Rakshasa?

We answered something similar to this a long while back about the Pepperbox (RIP). Using the Pathfinder ruleset, should Percy be satisfied with turning Bad News into a +1 weapon that deals magical, non-elemental piercing damage, we optimistically estimate that it would cost him 2000 gold plus the cost of enlisting a powerful mage to focus on enchanting the weapon for two days. If he wanted a more powerful enchantment, the time and gold cost goes up exponentially.

EDIT: To answer the question “What about enchanting the ammunition instead?”: it can be done, but for the time it takes, you may as well enchant the weapon that fires it, unless you put a very specific enchantment on the ammo, like dragon slaying.

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Speculation

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Anonymous asked: Story threads that have been dropped/not hit on yet? For example: Kainan, Vax’s protégé?

Check out this post here for a number of the major ones.  Here are some others:

  • Did the entryway to the (possibly) Far Realm that Vox Machina caved in ever reopen?
  • Was Captain Damon single?
  • Why did it take Kima so long to go back to Vasselheim?
  • Why do Osysa and her mate have to stay apart? How did they meet?
  • How did Lyra’s parents die?
  • How did Zahra come to make her pact with The Great Old One?
  • Where is Keyleth’s mother?
  • Percy and Lillith didn’t come down to breakfast…
  • Where is Vouk (a.ka. the tongueless wonder) now?
  • How did Riskel, Sylas, Delilah, and Anders get involved with Vecna?
  • Where is Ripley and what is she up to?
  • What is the spinning orb of death?
  • What happened to Goran Vedmeyer?
  • Was the blue shard that VM traded to the Clasp to get to Daxio a piece of a threshold crest?
  • Who was the new owner of Krieg’s house?
  • There was an engraving on the bottom of the tea set that Vex took of L.M.-who is it?
  • How did the Chroma Conclave come to be and why?
  • What did Allura do with the skull?
  • Where is Kamaljiori now?
  • Is Craven Edge enjoying his vacation on another plane of existence?
  • Tales of Allura, Drake, and Kima’s days as adventurers.
  • Who is living in Greyskull Keep?
  • Who was Kerrek really?
  • Is Nala enjoying her book?
  • Did Garmelie really just want Tirelda’s hat for fun?
  • How are threshold crests made?
  • Who worshipped Orlan the ghost bear?
  • Where did the trees go that Vex saw drop out of the canopy? And how did they come back?
  • Why did Gilmore leave Marquet?
  • What is going on with the drug trade in Ank’Harel (and is fusaka part of it)?
  • The ruler of Ank’Harel, J’mon Sa Ord, has been there for way longer than should theoretically be possible- who or what are they?

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How many times has Matt worn the SHINRA shirt? It must be comfy because he wears it so much.

Eight times: episodes 19, 28, 43, 52, Q&A and Battle Royale: Take II, Deadlands One-Shot, 61, and 65.

Have you guys kept track of all of the times Sam has advertised something? Those are honestly some of the funniest moments of the show (and that’s saying something).

We did for the first 60 episodes!

Do you have a list of links for all the Q&A sessions the crew have held?

Episode 4, Episode 10, Comic Con 2015, Q&A and Battle Royale I & II, Comic Con 2016 1 & 2

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When did Vex get her bag of holding?

We’re aware of three Vox Machina Bags of Holding:

  1. The main BoH, carried by Grog since before the stream (also RIP, Dork the Ox).
  2. Tiberius’, which he picked up from Draconia (Discussed in Ep14, 0:26:12)
  3. The refrigerated BoH, granted to Take Team 1 (which included Vex) to harvest Rimefang’s bits (Ep18, 0:34:35), and presumably given as a permanent gift thereafter.

Which video did Liam tell the story about how he felt embarrassed because nobody responded to his email about playing D&D again? Big fan guys!

Thanks! Liam’s told the story several times, but you may be content to hear it at SDCC 2015.

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