Critter Art

palchinski asked: Has anyone organized all the pre/post-stream art? I know they have the Geek & Sundry galleries, but I seem to keep seeing ones that aren’t in there. 

Organizing all of that art is done by the inimitable Mr. Liam O’Brien. If you see a piece you like, you can find and follow that artist via their Twitter, Tumblr, or DeviantArt accounts! Critical Role Source does a great job of reblogging a lot of critter art, so that would be a good option to check out. Searching the Critical Role hashtag on Tumblr and Twitter is another solid choice.

As a friendly reminder, please do not repost or reuse artists’ work without their permission and credit. Reblogging and retweeting the original artist is fine, but if you plan on making your own post, profile header, or content with it, make sure you have the artist’s permission AND make very clear that it’s their hard work on display. Critters have the capacity for immense generosity; make sure that extends to our artists! Ioun knows they deserve it.

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!

Monster Analysis: Flameskulls

• First Appearance: 82 Deadly Echoes
  
• Armor Class 13
  
• Speed 40 ft flying
  
• Darkvision 60 ft, Passive 12
  
• Resistant to lightning, necrotic, and piercing damage
  
• Immune to cold, fire, and poison damage
  
• Immune to charmed, frightened, paralyzed, and poisoned
  
• Suggested Average, Max HP: 40, 54
  
• Actual Average HP per creature: 60
  
• FS1: 42 taken, 29 finishing blow by Percy
• FS2: 61 taken, 20 finishing blow by Percy
• FS3: 74 taken, 36 finishing blow by Vex’ahlia
• FS4: 79 taken, 20 finishing blow by Allura

Flameskulls are the results of dark experiments, in which a necromancer takes the skeletal remains of wizards and infuses them with necrotic energy. The product is a floating bonehead wreathed in green flame with very little recall of its past life and a dangerous collection of dark magic at its disposal. Their haunting laughter echoes the halls they protect, providing the adventurers they encounter them a brief, sinister warning.

Individual flameskulls are very weak compared to the might of a party consisting of mostly level 16 characters. The enhancements to their HP were negligible, their magic resistance almost didn’t even come into play, and the encounter ended before everyone even took their turn. On the other hand, even though each flameskull only had one Fireball spell a piece, a high initiative and an opportunity for all of the skulls to cast them all at once with the party all gathered in the same radius easily spelled disaster (though only Trinket had to worry about a knockout). Unfortunately, such a setback spent a lot of hit dice that could be useful later on, as well as burned another hour for their draconic quarry to prepare for their arrival.

While it is unlikely to come back to haunt Vox Machina unless they return the way they came, a defeated flameskull is not necessarily a destroyed one. The shattered remains typically require application of either holy water, Dispel Magic, or Remove Curse. Failure to do so within an hour of the skull’s defeat results in the spirit reforming and reinhabiting its vessel.

Raishan Reminder!

Given recent events, we thought it might be a good idea to remind everyone of our Raishan Compendium. This contains every single bit of information we’ve been given about the Diseased Deceiver up through episode 81. There’s also our Raishan Fact-Check (only updated through episode 70), and for a sense of what she’s capable of in a fight, check out last week’s Monster Analysis. 

Nicknames

@yukalue asked: So Vax seems to be the designated nickname giver. I was wondering if someone had compiled the first time he comes up with a new one.

Anonymous asked: I wanted to know if you guys could compile a list of times when VM has used pet names (darling, sweetheart, etc)? Thank you!

From Clarence to darling to Magneto de Rolo III, Vox Machina uses nicknames and endearments almost as often as their actual names. There’s a lot, so check out the full list here!

Thank you to 1001paperboxes, Alexandra, avventurierisenzapaura, @BnBGreg, @ChrisVLinden, dancer4813, Edward S., Eric R., @fancynancypie, freediatonicism, gingersoul79, Guystro, icecream-s-coops, @InvcitusRob, @JacobSBrowning,  @jgraveart, @jmworland, Katherine B., @lukempickles, Mikko P., @_miss_maria_, mthwiz, Nathalie H., Patrick J., Ro, @SaulOrmiston, @SilentEnGee, soaringsparrows, sonataofsilence, Supertoasty, themeaningofnight, tomcandance, @unnamemeN, wouldlike2rage, @ytoti_, zahra-hana and other critters for their work compiling this list!