Livetweets of Song of the Lorelei
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“He gets a lot of action.’
”A LOT. Of action.”
Monster Analysis: Kestriv’s Traveling Pet Shop
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Thanks to @totalpartykillr for this art piece!
We know, we know, they’re not monsters! They are super adorable, well-cared for, (mostly) well-trained creatures raised for the express purpose of providing companionship for responsible individuals who are capable of offering the love, care, oversight, shelter, and dietary needs each furry or feathered friend requires.
Naturally, the pets were bought by The Mighty Nein instead.
Read MoreMonster Analysis: Ettins (Wuyun Gorge)
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Thanks to @p_agurcia for this art piece!
First Appearance: 1-022 AraMente to Pyrah
Encounter Appearance: 2-032 Beyond the Boundaries
Armor Class 12
Darkvision 60 ft, Passive 14
Advantage on Perception checks and Wis saves
Speed 40 ft.
Suggested Average, Max HP: 85, 130
Ettin 1: 111 damage taken, 9 HDYWTDT by Beau
Ettin 2: 104 damage taken, 25 HDYWTDT by Caleb
As we mentioned in our first ettin Monster Analysis, ettins are two-headed giantkin with uniquely named personalities in each head, and a combined intelligence in both on par with Grog Strongjaw. Ettins are fairly argumentative even with themselves; the alliance between two ettins are usually extremely short-lived as any plans quickly devolve into four-headed shouting matches.
The ettins staked in Wuyun Gorge, only a few hours outside the protection of the Crownsguard, had apparently enough of a system to gain half of an eaten goat. It’s unclear how many successful ambushes they had lain in the past, but we’re disinclined to declare the partnership especially effective.
Read MoreTalks Machina Episode 80 Highlights: 2-32
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Tonight’s guests are Liam O’Brien and Sam Riegel!
Announcements:
No Talks Machina next Tuesday, but they will be back the following week to discuss episode 33 of CR. Next Tuesday, instead of Talks, they’re filming something very special for the new channel. Sam: “You are? Oh, god.”
Handbooker Helper premieres tomorrow at 10 AM Pacific Time at youtube.com/criticalrole! The first episode focuses on dice basics.
There’s a new charity drive for the Pablove Foundation, dedicated to research toward ending children’s cancer; they’ve already hit the first $20k benchmark, which means Sam will be DMing a game of Crash Pandas! The next goal is $50k, which will be used to establish a research grant.
Stats for this episode:
Nott has successfully disguised herself 12 times since the campaign started.
Caleb’s most-cast spells (in order): Alarm, Firebolt, and Identify.
The party has spent 55 of their 81 days together on the road.
Gustav’s sentence in Trostenwald lasted 77 days. He averaged about 7 gold, 8 copper per day of work.
Media References and Puns of 2-32 Beyond the Boundaries
/We'd argue that freedom was a major theme of this episode. Freedom of gems from enclosed spaces, freedom of prisoners from time served, freedom of pets from traveling cages, freedom of Mephistopheles from [in]famous voice directors...
Media References
(0:00:18) Matt: Congrats on them making it through the Bonegrinder. (Curse of Strahd)
(0:02:27) Sam: *singing* I’m going to get, get, get, get, get you drunk, get you love drunk on my humps! My humps, my humps! (“My Humps” by Black Eyed Peas)
(0:02:44) Sam: I, Mephistopheles, hereby release you from our pact.
(0:03:45) Matt: Entitled Handbooker Helper. [...] ...the people in Hamburger Helper’s marketing team...
(0:06:51) Liam: We’re bringing in friends TJ Storm and Erica Luttrell.
(0:07:56) Liam: On all our breaks, [he] was just playing Civ on PC.
(0:09:29) Matt: It’s the worst ARG element of our whole show’s campaign.
(0:18:40) Matt: It’s gone critical!
(0:25:33) Travis: Ten points to Gryffindor! (Harry Potter)
(0:26:51) Taliesin: Magic domes. Marisha: Shiftpods. Taliesin: I wasn’t going to say it.
(0:27:30) Liam: There’s Crate and Barrel.
(0:29:33) Travis: What kind of gnoll, did you ask? Regular. (“Breaking the Law” by Judas Priest)
(0:29:50) Marisha: Sometimes they aren't regular. Sometimes they’re undead ones. Taliesin: Irregular gnolls. (“Breaking the Law” by Judas Priest)
(0:44:45) Liam: It was a little bit Egg McMuffin, if you know what I’m saying.
(0:54:17) Travis: You’re seven-foot Bob Ross, I love it!
Quick Answers 66
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Stats for Fjord’s falchion with the Summer’s Dance enchantment?
Fjord’s falchion, as Matt detailed on Reddit, takes on the enchantment of whatever blade he attunes to. However, if the falchion had an enchantment from a previous weapon on it already, the previous enchantment is lost and the previous weapon is destroyed forever.
Fjord previously attuned to the Wastehunter Blade, which he took from the Xhorhasian infiltrator in the sewers of Zadash after the attempted toppling of the Zauber Spire. Its enchantment allowed him to deal an additional 1d6 necrotic damage to beasts and monstrosities. Fjord has now attuned with Summer’s Dance, the sword Molly previously wielded. Molly got that sword from the merrow hoard in the Ounterloch. It enables the wielder to cast Misty Step once (we’re thinking once per long rest, though that’s not confirmed).
Do you have a count on the total number of sets of manacles they've found?
About 13 sets. We’re not including manacles that were already on people in The Sour Nest, since those weren’t really “found.”
(Ep2-07, 3:59:53) Large set from manticore lair
(Ep2-16, 1:53:07) Set from hidden alcove in the Underworks
(Ep2-21, 4:00:53) 4 bloody sets from the Labenda Swamp safehouse
(Ep2-28, 3:40:07) A few sets seen by Frumpkin
(Ep2-30, 0:48:55) 4 sets in new Bag of Holding in The Sour Nest
Talks Machina Episode 79 Highlights: 2-31
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Tonight’s guests are Marisha Ray and Matt Mercer!
Announcements:
A one-shot will be airing on August 30 in place of Critical Role (Matt, Marisha, and Taliesin will be away).
A new Critical Role show will be announced (I have seen the future).
Crew AMA on Friday at 2 PM Pacific on the /r/criticalrole subreddit!
Stats for this episode:
The party spent 4,047 gold and 2 silver, plus the cost of the Dust of Deliciousness and the straw hat, in their downtime shopping (Matt’s enjoying the financial caution that comes from being at low levels).
Nott’s discarded save against the Bead of Force was the M9′s 3,000th d20 roll.
Jester used eight of her ten spell slots and both uses of Channel Divinity during the prank/escape.
Media References and Puns of 2-31 Commerce and Chaos
/And then something went clunk!
Twas the goblin most drunk!
We looked!
Then we saw him step on the doormat!
We looked!
And we saw him!
The Cad in the Hat!
And he said to us,
“Why do you stand there like that?
I know you need tea
I have three cups and powers.
So we can brew
tea out of dead people flowers!”
Media References
(0:00:29) Sam’s shirt is of the grocery store chain Piggly Wiggly
(0:02:01) Sam: Got in my Chevy, popped open a Coors, and moseyed on over to you. Opened the trailer, played some Johnny Cash, kicked off my cowboy boots and sat.
(0:02:53) Sam: Call the Piggly Wiggly and tell them you’re gonna be late!
(0:03:12) Sam: I’ve got some illegal fireworks, a smokehouse, a new tractor, a hunting dog, my mama’s Bible, some frito pie, NASCAR tickets, deer license, some new tires, a handle of Southern Comfort, but it’s you that makes me feel all right.
(0:04:33) Matt: For a limited time, our fantastic, beary awesome portrait art by Joana Carvalho, did a great job with it.
(0:08:48) Travis: Doogie Howser, eat your heart out.
(0:08:52) Matt: You know that point in the game where you don’t understand why you got so many points in Renegade instead of Paragon? (Mass Effect)
Livetweets of 2-31 Commerce and Chaos
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"I think what His Holiness is trying to convey is that he will be going on a spiritual journey, and there's only room on that train for one dude.”
Read MoreLevel 6 Update: Archetype Bonuses
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Thanks to @Peepadore for this art piece!
With the Iron Shepherds defeated and their kidnapped party members restored, The Mighty Nein has leveled up! Most of the spellcasters get to learn/cast more spells, and just about everyone gets a powerful class archetype feature. Some get more than one (we’re looking at you, Beau).
Read MoreMost Rolled Values (With Bonus Analysis!) Part 2: The Players
/In part 1 of our roll analysis, we focused on splitting rolls by campaign. Here, we’ll focus on each player’s contribution to the full distributions.
A quick caveat before we begin: we’ll be focusing mostly on the effects of campaign 1 skills on these distributions, since the vast majority of each individual player’s rolls will be from there and the effects are more obvious. There are a few exceptions, and they’re mentioned explicitly when they come up.
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