The Pantheon: God-Like Non-Deities

The Pantheon: God-Like Non-Deities

Thanks to @ForgingMeanings for this art piece!

Though the entire pantheon of Exandria is presented in the Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting, we thought we could all do with a refresher on the deities that have been specifically mentioned on Critical Role thus far. Last up: the Ugly. We kid: these are those that have either been previously called gods, or were treated like gods, but aren't a part of the Critical Role pantheon.

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Monster Analysis: Remnants at Sprigg's Abode

Monster Analysis: Remnants at Sprigg's Abode

In the hidden residence of Sprigg the Obnoxious, Vox Machina learned the hard way that they weren’t the only ones with an eye on the key to Ioun. The primary goal of the Remnant—and Vecna, in particular—was the demise of Vox Machina’s key to Ioun (who can be argued the absolute antithesis to Vecna). Given each enemy’s damage output and battle capability, it would be ludicrous to think that the Whispered One had plans to take out the entire party with such a meager strike force. The untrained (but still reasonably skilled) assassins downed Sprigg immediately following a declaration from their demigod that caught the party by surprise.

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Puns of Episode 105: The Fear of Isolation

Episode 105 had the most puns made in all of Critical Role!

  • (0:17:08) Liam: Will you remind me where my Vecdar made me feel Vecna?
  • (0:20:45) Marisha: Let’s walk through that a******.
  • (1:13:18) Taliesin: I think we can just call them Macculkins now.
  • (1:14:52) Percy: I sometimes will talk to the fourth wall.  Sprigg: It’s a domicile, there has to be four walls. If there weren't, then it would be a yurt!
  • (1:15:09) Sprigg: I have nothing against yurts! It’s like a stick that you put in a yurt so it would fall over. I would want it to fall over. Therefore, I would have nothing against yurts!
  • (1:16:45) Sprigg: We were heroes and now I am here. Oh.
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Media References of Episode 105: The Fear of Isolation

Darin De Paul brought the hammer down this week as Sprigg. (Interestingly enough, not a single Overwatch reference in this week's expansive list.)

(You may also notice a distinct lack of puns in this article. Those are coming up next, for good reason...)

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Critical Role Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting

We’d like to extend our congratulations to Matthew Mercer, James Haeck, and everyone at Green Ronin who helped put out this extremely expansive guide to Tal’Dorei!

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If you buy a physical copy, you can order as many physical copies of the PDF as you want (to read RIGHT NOW) for $5 each. Keep in mind that if you order to pickup from GenCon, you must be there yourself with photo ID to get it (and we’re looking forward to seeing you there!).

Media References and Puns of Episode 104: Elysium

So, you guys think JCVD could take down Vecna?

Media References

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Taryon's Nicknames for Vox Machina

Friends may call him Tary, but Taryon Darrington calls his friends quite a variety of nicknames. As a note, we only counted the first time he used a particular nickname.

85 A Bard’s Lament

  • (3:04:31) To Vex: You, little elf girl, what’s your name?
  • (3:15:16) To Grog: Hey, big man, look at this.

86 Daring Days

  • (0:33:04) To Grog: Friends call me Tary, Jumbo!
  • (0:44:32) To Vax: No, you misheard me, Little Elf Boy.
  • (0:46:21) About Keyleth: Is Antlers ok over here?
  • (0:54:36) To Vex: I’m sorry Little--
  • (1:27:00) To Percy: Uh, Four Eyes, shall I trust Jumbo here?
  • (3:42:36) To Vax: I am eager to get my adventuring on, L.E.B.

87 Onward to Vesrah

  • (0:23:45) About Keyleth: The Redhead continues to propel us forward faster and faster, to everyone’s surprise and respect, including the captain.

88 Tangled Depths

  • (0:31:34) About Percy: While The Gunslinger was rendered useless...
  • (0:47:23) About Grog: The big fellow over there said that...
  • (1:15:01) To Grog: And, Bigly Man Over There, do you want a coin…
  • (3:45:06) To Trinket: Oh, Friendly Bear! [...] Never mind, Friendly Bear! Thanks to a critter for this one!

89 Curious Tides

  • (1:43:20) About Pike: Not Short Stuff…
  • (2:30:32) To Pike: Daughter of Sarenrae
  • (2:33:19) To Pike: And I will keep your friends safe. Your friends: Greg, Vox, Vox, Kiko…

91 Vox Machina Go to Hell

  • (3:44:47) About Vox Machina: Rocks Dockina

95 One Year Later…

  • (3:21:47) To Vex: Little E.G.