#critical role behind

[criticalyasha]

Behind the scenes from C3E65 post-Imodna scene with our CR cast

#critroleedit #critical role #cr spoilers #cr cast #cr bts #critical role behind #imodna #imogen temult #laudna #subs are up #as requested! #cr cast reaction #laura bailey #marisha ray #ashley johnson #matthew mercer #taliesin jaffe #liam o'brien #sam riegel #travis willingham

[otterlyart]

New Intro!

#critical role #cr spoilers #critical role spoilers #otterlyart gifs #my gifs #criticalrolespoilers #criticalrole #crspoilers #bells hells #cr3 #I LOVE ANIMATED INTROS SO MUCH #i dropped everything the second i saw this #am i a thousand episodes behind? MAYBE SO #critical role gif #critical role edit #chetney pock o'pea #fearne calloway #ashton greymoore #f.c.g. #imogen temult #orym of the air ashari #Laudna #as always with these intros i tried to get everyone's like title card moment and then some cute group shots

[revvethasmythh]

The Mighty Nein are so funny because Matt’s just there like, “Lorenzo was supposed to get away. You were not supposed to keep the Happy Fun Ball. You were NOT meat to go to Xhorhas. Trent was supposed to escape—” Mighty Nein just steamrolling their way through their own campaign. They do what they want. The DM’s long-term plans have no authority over this party

#i love Matt was like ‘’twiggy is a rogue. twiggy will not leave her fancy trinket behind’’ #and twiggy was like ‘’bet’’ #yes another c2 rewatch #cr2e45 #the mighty nein #critical role

[heybiji]

#critical role #critical role fanart #imogen temult #fanart #i am way behind on CR but

[soaring-trash]

this is exactly what i think pâte looks like when Laudna just man handles him, no thoughts, head empty, only mother

#critical role #critical role campaign 3 #bells hells #critters #critical role fanart #laudna #pate de rolo #no thoughts behind those eyes #not thoughts at all

[chaosgenasi]

I was wherever you go next.

#critical role #criticalroleedit #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #deanna leimert #aabria iyengar #basil.gif #cr3 #deanna #bells hells #i love her :( also love the ongoing theme of c3 being about like those who get left behind/'npcs'/etc.

[finncakes]

miss calloway ur hand in marriage please.... 🥺💕

#critical role #cr #cr3 #bells hells #fearne calloway #critrole #am i still way behind? yes #is it cause i'm consumed by /my/ dnd game? partially #i still draw fearne pretty often which has really made it apparent to me which member of bells hells is truly my fave #she's just. everything i love in a character.

[nellasbookplanet]

In the wake of FCG' fate I've been thinking about death in ttrpgs, and how it kind of exists on three levels:

There’s the gameplay level, where it only makes sense for a combat-heavy, pc-based game to have a tool for resurrection because the characters are going to die a lot and players get attached to them and their plotlines.

Then there’s the narrative level, where you sort of need permanent death on occasion so as not to lose all tension and realism. On this level, sometimes the player will let their character remain dead because they find it more interesting despite there being options of resurrection, or maybe the dice simply won’t allow the resurrection to succeed.

Then, of course, there’s the in-universe level, which is the one that really twists my mind. This is a world where actual resurrection of the actual dead is entirely obtainable, often without any ill effects (I mean, they'll be traumatized, but unless you ask a necromancer to do the resurrection they won’t come back as a zombie or vampire or otherwise wrong). It’s so normal that many adventurers will have gone through it multiple times. Like, imagine actually living in a world where all that keeps you from getting a missing loved one back is the funds to buy a diamond and hire a cleric. As viewers we felt that of course Pike should bring Laudna, a complete stranger, back when asked, but how often does she get this question? How many parents have come and begged her to return their child to them? How many lovers lost but still within reach? When and how does she decide who she saves and who she doesn’t?

From this perspective, I feel like every other adventurer should have the motive/backstory of 'I lost a loved one and am working to obtain the level of power/wealth to get them back'. But of course this is a game, and resurrection is just a game mechanic meant to be practically useful.

Anyway. A story-based actual play kind of has to find a way to balance these three levels. From a narrative perspective letting FCG remain dead makes sense, respects their sacrifice, and ends their arc on a highlight. From a gameplay level it is possible to bring them back but a lot more complicated than a simple revivify. But on an in-universe level, when do you decide if you should let someone remain dead or not? Is the party selfish if they don’t choose to pursue his resurrection the way they did for Laudna? Do they even know, as characters, that it’s technically possible to save someone who's been blown to smithereens? Back in campaign 2, the moment the m9 gained access to higher level resurrection they went to get Molly back (and only failed because his body had been taken back by Lucien). At the end of c1, half the party were in denial about Vax and still looking for ways to save him, because they had always been able to before (and had the game continued longer it wouldn’t have surprised me had they found a way). Deanna was brought back decades after her death (and was kind of fucked up because of it). Bringing someone back could be saving them, showing them just how loved and appreciated they are. Or it could be saving you, forcing someone back from rest and peace into a world that's kept moving without them because you can’t handle the guilt of knowing you let them stay gone when you didn’t have to. How do you know? How would you ever know?

#cr spoilers #sometimes i think about how oryms backstory has it baked in that will was magically impossible to bring back #while yasha was simply not powerful enough in either magic or connections to bring zuala back #and by the time she was years had gone by and yasha had moved on and bringing zuala back would've been cruel and selfish #similar to how deanna was brought back but now she was left behind and alone #speaking of could you ever truly move on from grief in a world like that? #how do you accept the inevitability of death when it isn’t necessarily permanent? #no wonder delilah and sylas went evil to keep each other alive #no wonder laerryn accidentally caused the calamity in trying to break through the planes #the hubris of a world like this would be UNREAL #as would the bitter feelings from everyone who knows this power exists but can’t access it bc they’re like. a farmer #critical role #long post #nella talks cr #cr3 spoilers

[catrollsdice]

Sam really said “I’m gonna keep the shirt bit going no matter where we are”.

#I love that he just sat behind Taliesin with that shirt #what an icon #sam riegel #taliesin jaffe #critical role #critical role cast

[shrugsinchinese]

My grandchild, probably: “Because the M9 Reunion ending killed my Grandma, okay?!”

#critical role #essek thelyss #caleb widogast #shadowgast #critical role spoilers #realizing that this is actually critical role spoilers holy shit #anyway #mighty nein reunion #the lengths I will go in art for these mfs #leaf brush carrying the second page #mad respect for professional comic artists #behind the scenes you can catch a wild Shrugs lying comatose on the floor after eking out a 2 page comic

[yashley]

"Yeah, but we talked about it and I didn’t want it." "Why not?" "Because it scared me."

#critical role #ygifs #cr3 #fearne #she got me fucked up #her leaving her treasured cherished postcards at the altar of the raven queen where so many memories are left #leaving the one thing that had been her lifeline and her hope. the most important thing to her and she leaves them behind #because they weren't what she thought they were. #her innocence growing into sadness and that's the reason why she feared the dark versions of herself #because she was sad and angry and alone #this faun wearing her heart on her sleeve and running from what hurts her and it's just. ms johnson i'm #''do you think it’s the world changing you or do you think it’s you changing in the world?'' ''yes.'' girl i'm on my knees #I couldn't be more grateful fearne continued from exu this growth hurts so so so good I'd die for her #fearne angry? delicious. fearne sad? delicious. fearne tits? del- #fearne this episode you can really taste the If I'm Not Pleasing People It's My Fault When They Leave and it bit me

[otterlyart]

From Table to Screen: Percy’s first act of love

#cr spoilers #critical role spoilers #critical role #cr #perc'ahlia #percy de rolo #vex'ahlia vessar #syldor vessar #tlovm #lovm #tlovm spoilers #lovm spoilers #The legend of Vox Machina #The legend of Vox Machina spoilers #otterlyart gifs #from table to screen #PERCAHLIA GANG RISE UP #they really pumped up just how bad syldor was in this show #god what a bastard man #ALSO I can't find the interview but Tal's talked about this moment before and the thought behind it and i'll perish

[jennydolfen]

"I think you might be dead."

When you pray to the Wildmother to tell Orym you're okay, and the Wildmother pulls the whole deal with MOON and AIR and FLOWERS, and you're just too Fearne to notice your prayer was answered.

#fearne calloway #critical role spoilers #critical role #bells hells #procreate art #mucha colours #yay for remembering the moon is waning #clueless Fearne is the best #the wildmother statue probably facepalmed behind her back as she left

[heybiji]

#critical role #critical role fanart #laudna #cr3 #bells hells #fanart #doodle #quick lunch break laudna doodle since people asked to see more characters in my style #i am way behind in cr by the way i'm like on episode 40 lol #but here ya go!

[broodygaming]

C2 Spoilers

it drives me NUTS when people say that Taliesin and Matt decided together backstage to kill off Molly. It makes 0 sense and it's ??? just such an unnecessary rumor to spread. People on reddit often spout it like it's just a known fact. Like, as if Taliesin didn't famously complain about having to pull all nighters over a busy weekend to roll and conceptualize a new character cuz he had ZERO backup. As if Molly didn't JUST have a huge lore drop and was clearly building to be a major focus of the next branch of the story. As if Matt didn't have LOADS of lore and planning already done that he had to to redo and reconfigure to fit with the Tomb Takers going and exhuming Molly to continue their plans. Matt said he had this whole thing where Lucien was gonna show up in a different body and hunt down the M9 to kill Molly and take his old body back. He SAID that!

Idk why this drives me nuts. It just feels... almost disrespectful. Like. Y'all. Taliesin isn't a baby. He fucked up. It's okay. He made a dumb choice in the heat of the battle and doubled down and it got his character killed. Things escalated and there wasn't a healer and it's JUST as simple as that. Stop making shit up to justify something that only SEEMS LIKE IT'S ORDAINED because these people are talented story tellers. Blowing all the work they did to reconfigure the story and just HAND WAVING and being like "they planned it ahead of time" is just rude. If it all seems preplanned it's cuz Matt busted his patootie off and reweaved a frayed tapestry into a beautiful work. Happy accidents and all that. CMON.

#cr discourse #critical role #this is an oldie discourse but like just on reddit and seeing ANOTHER post about molly and ppl being like #yeah he sucked that's why Tal decided to bench him #like you really think if Tal wanted to bench his character he'd have NOTHING planned for his next character??? #you REALLY think that??? #they'd have 0 reason to lie about it too like #they're so open about talking behind the cameras and planning stuff and opening up about making sure everyones having fun #if Matt and tal worked something out cuz Tal wasn't having fun you'd be your ASS they'd milk that for all it's worth #to educate people about good table etiquette and how to sunset a character meaningfully so that players can enjoy their time #CMON

[gracefulfallen]

I’m obsessed with the fact that Avandra, The Changebringer, despite being in mortal peril, tells her Cleric that they’re free to choose whatever path they wish. If they are afraid, they can choose not to fight. The Goddess of true freedom blesses her followers no matter the choices they make.

#critical role #I’m far behind. just watching the Halloween ep now #but there’s something so beautiful in that