Media References and Puns of Episode 103: The Fate-Touched

They're Vox Machina!
But they need help, too!
'Cause saving Exandria's the thing to do.
Necromancing and destroying is not the way,
Hear what Matthew Mercer has to say:
How do you want to do this?

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Media References and Puns of Episode 102: Race to the Tower

And we all say
"Oh, well I never, was there ever
A gloomstalker as magical
Mr. Mistoffelees"

He is loud and large, he is black
From the snout to the tip of his tail
He can pierce through illusions to track
With fleshless wings he sails

His shrouded form is looking for a snack
He is equally quick with his claws like a knife
He is always deceiving you into believing
That he's only hunting for life...

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Media References and Puns of Episode 101: Thar Amphala

Critters, Matt has tasked you with assigning D&D classes to the characters in Hamilton. Don't throw away your shot at making an epic half-elf wizard character sheet for Angelica, a halfling urchin bard for Alexander, a human battle master fighter Washington, or whatever your heart desires!

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Media References and Puns of Episode 100: Unfinished Business

Media References and Puns of Episode 100: Unfinished Business

Thanks to walking-fandoms for this gif!

 

Laura: Our infographic is no longer valid!

If it takes making more Hamilton references to invalidate our infographic it will have been worth it. We'll leave you to it.

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Villains Gallery: Whitestone

Villains Gallery: Whitestone

Thanks to @sootttea 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 Whitestone arc villains.

Whitestone

Lord Riskel Daxio

  • Elven fighter
  • Member of the Cult of Vecna
  • Acted as a spy for the Briarwoods within the Council of Emon.
  • Attempted to flee Emon after VM’s return from Whitestone with the Clasp’s help.
  • Executed by Grog after capture by VM and sentencing by Sovereign Uriel Tal’Dorei II.

Countess Jazna Graben

  • Half-orc ranger
  • One of the “new lords” brought to the city by the Briarwoods.
  • Seen patrolling the woods near Whitestone as Vox Machina approached the city.
  • Executed by Grog after capture during the rebellion and refusal to help rebuild the city of Whitestone.

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Villains Gallery: Underdark and Trial of the Take

Villains Gallery: Underdark and Trial of the Take

Thanks to @brinmataujall for this 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, starting with the Underdark and Trial of the Take villains.

Underdark

Duergar General

  • Duergar fighter
  • Led troops at the duergar warcamp
  • Wielded the Firebrand Warhammer
    • Taken after his death by Grog
  • Killed by Clarota

King Murghol

  • Duergar fighter
  • Ruler of the duergar- married to Queen Ulara
  • Served K’varn the Mad
  • Captured and tortured Kima of Vord
  • Killed by Scanlan in his own throne room

Queen Ulara

  • Duergar arcane caster
  • Ruler of the duergar- married to King Murghol
  • Served K’varn the Mad
  • Captured and tortured Kima of Vord
  • Escaped the throne room with Grog, was eventually caught by VM
  • Banished by Scanlan before returning to be interrogated, killed by K’varn the Mad in the course of this interrogation
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Media References and Puns of Episode 99: Masquerade

We're not saying that Taliesin Jaffe is on some kind of a watch list, but the man knows a lot about explosives.

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    Media References and Puns of Episode 98: The Mines of The Many

    Assignment. Burden. Business. Calling. Charge. Commission. Commitment. Job. Load. Milstone. Mission. Obligation. Onus. Responsibility. Station. Task. Trouble. Undertaking. Weight. Work.

    Or, put simply, duty. 

    Puns

    • (0:24:35) Tary: I feel a duty, a responsibility to this family, because they are my family.  Keyleth: Grog!  Grog: You feel a doody? The privy is over there, or over there, or the front yard beckons.
    • (0:28:28) Keyleth: So what exactly is your duty that you’re feeling inclined toward- Grog: *something* *general laughter* Keyleth: Dammit, Grog.
    • (0:29:27) Keyleth: But Grog does bring up a point I was trying to make before he started laughing when I said ‘duty.’ Grog: *tries really hard to not laugh again*
    • (0:29:37) Keyleth: You said you were compelled and felt like you had a duty. Grog: *again starts laughing, Liam and Laura are pretty gone, too* Taliesin: Stop it, Travis, god, I can’t. Liam: It’s gotten all of us now, it’s off to the races.
    • (0:31:21) Grog: Can you describe to me this “duty?” Keyleth: You don’t care! Percy: That’s hard, that’s very hard. Grog: I think I do now. Like, you know. Is it real like, hard, or, you know, is it- *breaks off laughing* Tary: It’s a little more nebulous than that, Grog. Percy: You can pass on this for now.
    • (0:31:56) Tary: Listen, when you see my duty, you’ll know. Grog: Copy that. Vax: It’s loose.
    • (0:39:46) Tary: (while talking to his mother) Mum’s the word.
    • (0:46:23) Grog: This is the meeting place of a dark group, right? A shady group? Shouldn’t we check this area for anything shady? (...) Taliesin: Is there shade? Is there shade in this establishment? Matt: It’s dimly lit, so there’s plenty of shadows.
    • (1:28:00) Pike: Tell her she has nice boots, Grog. Grog: Nice boobs! Pike: Boots! Boots, boots. Grog: Boo- Boots. Boots. Boots. Nice boots.
    • (2:17:58) Keyleth: Duty. Grog: Better.
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    Media References and Puns of Episode 96: Family Matters

    Media References and Puns of Episode 96: Family Matters

    Thanks to Chris Gutierrez (@bullyart07) for this art piece!

    Ogden: Pike, you have been saved from a family line of terrible curses!

    Ogden, you keep using that word. We do not think it means what you think it means.

    Puns

    • (0:03:50) Marisha: I still want to make Sportsball, but you won’t let me! I want to make it with you!  Laura: Don’t say you want to make it with my husband.
    • (0:53:30) Vex: Was he kind of a dick?  Wilhand: A what?  Keyleth: Oh! A penis!
    • (2:21:25) Vex: ... some really terrible gods. Some good gods. Travis: Good god!
    • (2:40:02) Grog: Do you want to go see another cleric and see if you even need to exorcise or not?
    • (2:44:42) Grog: I do love probing.
    • (2:50:19) Keyleth: You don’t look shady.
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    Media References and Puns of Episode 95: One Year Later...

    IT'S BEEN one year since you went to hell,
    Escaped with your lives and with a foe felled.
    Few months since you set up shop,
    Built a bakery with sun treats and bear claws.
    Two weeks since you went to the beach,
    Locked mastiffs in a room to mate, destroy, and pee.
    Yesterday was common as can be,
    But it'll still be a few days with the Trickfoot family...

    Puns

    • (0:10:45) Travis: So, I had the bear tattooed that I filleted off of Kevdak, and I had it tanned, and I then I got a copy of that tattoo on my back ‘cause that s***’s behind me.
    • (0:11:11) Liam: Did you put a bear a** on your bare a**?
    • (0:28:16) Laura: It’s called The Slayer’s Cake.
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