Mighty Nein Level 3 Max Damage

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Mighty Nein Level 3 Max Damage

Thanks to @MakioKuta for this art piece!

By this point, we know most of what the Mighty Nein is capable of in combat, so time to revisit one of our old favorites: Max Damages!

As a reminder, this is the total amount of damage each character can deal to a single target during their turn, assuming no resistances or vulnerabilities, but allowing spells and effects to carry over from a previous round. For simplicity’s sake, no one gets any reactions, either. This also assumes the completely insane situation where everyone rolls the maximum number on each damage die, all attacks crit, and targets fail all saving throws.

The last time we did this was for Vox Machina at level 20. Level 20 characters are capable of dealing out insane amounts of damage (since, y’know, they tend to fight gods/demigods and are basically gods themselves). The damage a level 3 character can deal out is, frankly, hilariously small by comparison. (Le-vel 3! Le-vel 3!)

The good news is, the calculations are correspondingly much easier, since everyone can do five things at most. You’ll also recall that the spellcasters fall far behind the physical attackers at those upper levels, since most of their spells are area-of-effect, don’t require attack rolls, or are debuffs (or some combination of the three). This turns out to not be the case at level 3. So without further ado and in no particular order:

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Media References and Puns of 2-11 Zemnian Nights

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Zemnian Night, like Zemnian Days,
More often than not,
Are hotter than hot,
In a LOT of good ways.

Media References

  • (0:00:20) Matt: Our fresh sponsor of the evening is the fantastic film by the fantastic Guillermo del Toro, Pacific Rim: Uprising. [...] Travis: My wife and I, we original Gipsy Danger fans. [...] It is up to John Boyega and his sweet ‘stache…

  • (0:03:32) Liam: Emmy-nominated, ladies and gentlemen.

  • (0:17:56) Marisha: Maybe she was a ghost the whole time. (The Sixth Sense)

  • (0:22:08) Liam: We’re getting into Mr. Potato Head territory.

  • (0:57:42) Sam: If they find a Fight Club…

  • (0:57:54) Travis: Oh...oh...oh. Matt: American Pie reference!

  • (0:59:43) Marisha: Oh, it’s Bel Air.

  • (1:09:41) Sam: There’s a guy in an Abraham Lincoln costume who is just whackin’ it.

  • (1:13:07) Marisha: This whole place is magical, Caleb. Travis: Angels and Demons.

  • (1:14:56) Travis and Taliesin: Heaving, heaving breaths. (Clue)

  • (1:15:48) Matt: [Shallow Breaths] is smutty. It’s Anne Rice fairytale book level. [...] Matt: I got really into Interview with a Vampire… “My mom got these great new books about Cinderella! ...Whoa.”

  • (1:17:16) Matt: It begins like the Silmarillion.

  • (1:17:23) Travis: In a hole in the ground… (The Hobbit)

  • (2:11:58) Liam: Theo! Matt: Ruby… (The Cosby Show)

  • (2:12:30) Marisha: Test of wits, like Dinner with Andre-style?

  • (2:18:10) Matt: … not in a way that triggers your Spider Sense. (Spider-Man)

  • (2:40:23) Marisha: … before you jump in the ring with Muhammad Ali.

  • (2:47:55) Laura: You’re like a tiny Pennywise peeking through there. (IT)

  • (3:05:42) Travis: My MySpace is still up.

  • (3:19:52) Travis: Kick his ass, seabass. (Dumb and Dumber) Thanks to Collin for this one!

  • (3:24:24) Matt: You’re like the Paul Bearer to the Undertaker of Fjord. Thanks to Collin for this one!

  • (3:40:11) Travis: Like a small Morticia Addams. (The Addams Family)

  • (4:00:32) Laura: We can just go to the Hall of Justice. Liam: Meanwhile, at the Soltryce Academy! (Super Friends)

Puns

  • (0:02:30) Sam: Aasimar, I hardly knew her!

  • (0:45:20) Taliesin: Clean [Fjord’s breastplate], please. It has a bit of a brine.

  • (1:02:58) Travis: Your hands are all sticky before handling the books. Liam: Better than after.

  • (1:10:12) Liam: I like to learn something while I’m being titillated… Marisha: Edu-bation.

  • (1:21:09) Marisha: They keep talking about the heft of his equipment, lot of reference to his equipment. Travis: The gauge of his pipe.

  • (1:36:03) Liam: I appreciate the gesture, because it’s the thought that counts. It’s the gesture, Jester.

  • (4:02:14) Liam: I think that ship has sailed, Fjord.

Tales of Passion and... Tusks.

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Tales of Passion and... Tusks.

Thanks to @PettyArtist for this art piece!

By now, critters have not disappointed in their own renditions of the cover art and tales available for purchase at Chastity’s Nook. Regardless, to aid in further delectable debauchery, we’ve listed the known titles, cover descriptions, and synopses up through episode 11 of season 2. (But seriously, we’re expecting at LEAST three solid minutes of Tusk Love covers in the art scroll this week, and several novels worth of quality... yeah.)

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Monster Analysis: Phase Spider

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Monster Analysis: Phase Spider

If spiders aren't for you, let Nott be your warning! Enter no further!

Thanks to captaincaboodle for the Phase Spider piece, and to @TriaElf9 for Content Warning Nott!

  • Encounter Appearance: 2-10 Waste and Webs
  • Armor Class 13
  • Speed 30 ft, 30 ft climbing
    • Not impeded by webbing
  • Bonus action to enter Ethereal or Material Plane
  • Darkvision 60 ft, Passive 10
  • Suggested Average, Max HP: 32, 55
  • 74 damage taken, 3 HDYWTDT by Mollymauk

Phase spiders first made their appearance in Critical Role in Vasselheim in the previous campaign. Fortunately, unlike the highly-populated colony Vox Machina battled through, the significantly weaker Mighty Nein only had to hunt down a single matriarch. (Though if it had a mate that helped it produce its babies, we may never know…) The spider made its home in Zadash’s sewers, feeding on whatever humanoids or rats were foolish enough to get close enough for it to strike. Halls lined with webbing and drained corpses warned that this monstrosity had been settled for a while, and was very good at hunting.

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Monster Analysis: Giant Sewer Rats

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Monster Analysis: Giant Sewer Rats

Thanks to @fwishb0ne for this art piece!

  • First Appearance: 2-10 Waste and Webs
  • Armor Class 12
  • Speed 30 ft
  • Darkvision 60 ft, Passive 10
  • Suggested Average, Max HP: 7, 12
    • Rat 1: 10 killing blow by Fjord
    • Rat 2: 10 killing blow by Fjord
    • Rat 3: 15 killing blow by Nott
    • Rat 4: 8 killing blow by Beau
    • Rat 5: 19+ taken, 13+ HDYWTDT by Nott
    • Rat 6: 7 killing blow by Jester
    • Rat 7: 7 taken, 5 killing blow by Caleb

Nothing screams beginning level D&D dungeon like giant rats. Although hardly a challenge and merely an appetizer for a much more terrifying main course, the diseased creatures swarmed would-be sewer travelers who did not heed the clumps of waste and refuse in the tunnels. Their matted and filth-coated fur not only spoke of the disease that they contentedly bathed in, but also of the refuse that fell from the city above. The lowly remains of trash and necrosis were funneled from the upper classes of the Tri-Spire to the lower classes of the streets above, then further down to these tunnels below.

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Media References and Puns of 2-10 Waste and Webs

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There's a site, naught but one click from here, called CritRoleStats. Don't say their names. Just go onto the homepage and say that you'd like some stats, and while you have no coin, you'd be willing to offer many reblogs.

Media References

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Media References and Puns of 2-09 Steam and Conversation

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We're looking forward to the Chastity's Nook Job as executed by Widowgast's Nein.

Media References

  • (0:01:04) Liam: Sorry, Kit.
  • (0:02:00) Travis: I feel like that was Masterpiece Theater all at once.
  • (0:02:23) Matt: Our very own James Haeck, who you may know helped me with the Tal’Dorei Campaign Guide…
  • (0:06:18) Taliesin: Darkest timeline shirts. (Community)
  • (0:07:15) Matt: Those of you who are in, around, or are planning to visit Chicago in April for C2E2, the whole cast-- aside from Ashley, who’ll be filming, will be there.
  • (0:08:41) Marisha: We talk about Deadpool.
  • (0:12:36) Laura: A mine! (Fellowship of the Ring)
  • (0:32:56) Sam: We need to look for Claudia Sheet. Laura: Sheed. Sam: Sheed. Sheedy. Ally Sheedy is here.
  • (0:33:02) Travis: Sheed or Sheen? Sam: Charlie Sheed.
  • (0:34:13) Matt: You don’t have to roleplay every meal. Taliesin: Not like Grover style!
  • (0:50:53) Travis: Xerox!
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Quick Answers 60

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Congratulations to Critical Role and Geek & Sundry for celebrating three years of streaming!

Are you tracking NEINS?
Ja.

Are you tracking the number of nines rolled in both the first campaign and this campaign?
We do have all rolls in tables for both the Tal’Dorei and Wildemount campaigns. As for the current campaign, we’d like to direct your attention to this fancy infographic designed by @callmedeeray, who constructed it using our data!

How many times has Frumpkin been killed?
As of episode 9, twice. The full and updated list of party KOs and deaths can be found on this page.

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