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How much can Grog bench press and/or lift?

Per 5e’s lifting and carrying rules (PHB 176), with the Titanstone Knuckles’ Enlarge activated, Grog can bench 2880 pounds = 24 Strength * 30 lift * 2 Large * 2 Goliath’s Powerful Build

When asked on Talks Machina about it (Ep02), Travis projected that Grog could bench two dairy cows. We learned that dairy cows usually weigh between 1200 and 2000 pounds each. So, an Enlarged Grog could theoretically bench two lightweight dairy cows.

Has Vax ever been able to use Dimension Door, through a feat or item? My friend is getting caught up and says he used it.

He has, by means of the Cape of the Mountebank (DMG 157). We first saw its once-per-day Dimension Door feature utilized in Episode 34 with the Briarwoods (1:19:29). Its final use was in Episode 46, in which Vax sacrificed it to help close the portal to the Plane of Fire in Pyrah (3:05:34). If you have questions about spell use, check out our Spells Cast chart!

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Gold Spent

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arktouros asked: Just in case any of the cast looks at this page, and so that someone can eventually tell Laura, total gold spent/lost/given?   

Let’s take a moment to appreciate that Vex’ahlia went from balking at paying 1 gold for information at the gate of Kraghammer in Episode 1 to willingly giving a 20 pound bag of gems at the gate of the City of Brass in Episode 74.  Updated to Episode 79.

Thanks to aringtrappedinamber, avventurierisenzapaura, @c_diercks, Carter M., clefos, @Cybrwulf1201, Danupert, @DekuBug, David and Sierra T., @dutchcritter, @EBalensuela, Ethereal S., Fingman133, Greg V., GuardianRoborn, icecream-s-coops, @Ju_Draakje, Kayla (Heroic Pages), @melissamelrita, @_miss_maria_, @mrsgoodreaver, mthwiz, Nickel708, openthepocketwatch, Patrick J., Rae M., sonataofsilence, themeaningofnight, vysoren-of-vord, and other critters for their work compiling this list!

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Monster Analysis: Thordak

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Monster Analysis: Thordak

Thanks to @jackwarg for this art piece!

  • First Appearance: 22 AraMente to Pyrah
  • Encounter Appearance: 79 Thordak
  • Armor Class 23 (22 without crystal)
  • Speed 40 ft, 80 ft flying
  • Blindsight 60 ft, Darkvision 120 ft, Passive 26 (+16)
  • Immune to fire damage
  • Lair and Legendary Actions
  • Legendary Resistance (3/day)
  • Suggested Average, Max Damage: 546, 812
  • Total Damage Taken: ~1452 (1404 confirmed, 48 estimated)
    • ~1099 taken with crystal, 16 finishing blow by Vex’ahlia
    • 353 taken without crystal, 31 HDYWTDT by Vax'ildan
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Quick Answers 41

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Where does Talks Machina get their footage from with the little character portraits underneath them with their hit points and all that?

Alpha.

How long in game time has it been since the last Winter’s Crest festival?

51 days, by our count.

When did Matt say, “I’m not going say it, but the sun is high in the sky,” or something similar?

Episode 74 (3:07:26)!

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Media References and Puns of Episode 79: Thordak

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The touch, the heal of Trickfoot: the healer of our lives!

Media References:

  • (0:00:58) Sam: I dug up an old poetry book and buried inside there was a very curious poem by a young Doctor Seuss!
  • (0:11:43) Travis: Britney Spears! *NSYNC!
  • (0:15:43) Liam: Meka lecka hi, mecka hiney ho! (Pee-Wee’s Playhouse)
  • (0:55:16) Liam: Check out the big hand on Scan! (Pulp Fiction) NSFW
  • (1:02:13) Multiple: Surprise, mothaf***ah! (Dexter) NSFW
  • (1:02:58) Liam: Is Thordy La Forge poisoned there? (Star Trek)
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Calling All Volunteers!

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Critical Role is off on December 22nd and 29th. Still need your CR fix on Thursday nights? Looking to avoid awkward political conversations with your distant relatives? Trying to procrastinate working on that final paper? (Yes, we know that’s what you’re doing, student critters. We are perfectly content to be your enabler.) Want to spend part of a day off watching an episode of Critical Role? 

We would love to have your help in finishing some statistics we’ve been tracking for months! We are so close on some of them, and we’d really like to publish our volunteers’ findings before Critical Role comes back on January 5th.

If you’re interested in watching a previous episode and would be willing to listen or watch for any of the Critter requests on our Current Projects charts, there are a few ways you can get in touch with us:

  • Email us at critrolestats@gmail.com.
    • We’ll send you an episode suggestion and for what we need you to watch.  Please message us back to confirm!
  • Message us here, on Tumblr, preferably non-anonymously. If you’re messaging anonymously, please include a way we can get in contact with you otherwise.
    • We have had… issues with the Tumblr Ask system before, so if you message us about watching an episode, and we don’t message you back, please email us.
    • That said, once you’ve messaged back to confirm, we will likely not send a message back, since Tumblr Ask removes the message from the Inbox, making it much harder for us to contact you later.
  • Send a tweet to @critrolestats (though you’ll just be directed to email us).

Also, we have a Ko-Fi page! Running the site, compiling stats, organizing volunteers, and writing up analyses is definitely a labor of love for us, but it is still a full-time, purely-volunteer labor. While the stats are always going to be free, if you find what we do here useful, a few dollars would help us with site maintenance costs, out-of-pocket expenses, and the occasional con visits. Thanks to those who have already donated both their time and their money!

Looking for other ways to help the Critter community at large? Here are some options:

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What We Know About Thordak and Raishan: Updated!

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What We Know About Thordak and Raishan: Updated!

Thanks to Mel (@MonarchFisher) for the art!

We’ve learned quite a bit about both Raishan and Thordak since the initial compendium posts, so before the final battle, here’s a quick summary of what we’ve learned about both dragons in the last several weeks. The initial summaries for both dragons can be found here (Raishan) and here (Thordak). Since some of the information from Raishan is of questionable veracity, here’s her Fact-Check.

We’ve also included a quick primer on MM-standard ancient red dragons and their lairs, but be warned: Thordak appears to be far from a “standard” dragon, so there are no guarantees that these abilities will be exactly what we see tonight.

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Vox Machina's Allies Against Thordak

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Vox Machina isn’t alone in this battle against Thordak. Let’s take a look at who Vox Machina is glad is here with them. Here at the end of all things. Note: We confirmed all of these spellings with Matt, just to be sure!

Thanks to @amandammcclain, @megzilla87, @DjLeone85, @PurpleStylusArt, @capefoxalix, @Anodesu, @BChangArt, @BrinMataujall, @firlachiel, @RobynAlyHope, @jessejlarsen, and @iDrawBagman for use of their artistic talents!

Quick Answers 40

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Can you give us estimates on the upcoming Thordak fight?

Usually when you’re calculating odds, you have histories of both parties to compare for the sake of calculations. That said, we have no idea of what Thordak…

What are the Vegas betting odds?

….is capable. Matt has given us all a few hints, all of them pointing to something a bit more powerful than a MM-standard ancient red dragon. However, speculation…

WHO’S GOING TO DIE?!

….Ok. Critters, let’s breathe. Speculation doesn’t work well for odds, and you know we try to err on the side of less speculation. You’re welcome to speculate to your heart’s content, but we don’t have enough information on Thordak (or VM’s allies, for that matter) to feel comfortable conjecturing. Not to mention, the dice are telling a good chunk of the story, here, and we’ve seen them do crazy things before (see: Kevdak).

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Vox Machina’s Strengths

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Yesterday, we detailed some of Vox Machina’s main weaknesses, both individually and as a group. That felt defeatist, so in the interests of balance, here’s some of the things they’re really good at! Again, this list isn’t in any particular order and isn’t intended to be exhaustive.

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Media References and Puns of Episode 78: The Siege of Emon

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For those of you counting at home, there were three Hamilton references in this episode.

Media References

  • (0:02:18) Taliesin: You were giving me a little bit of this drunkenly during Westworld.
  • (0:02:48) Liam: Ohhh, you have chosen poorly! (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)
  • (0:03:23) Taliesin: How you never did a run on SNL is beyond me.
  • (0:04:36) Taliesin: Somewhere in Topanga Canyon right now, Dweezil Zappa is bleeding from the nose.
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