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I have started to feel weird about having a topic-specific sideblog, because it feels like I'm walling off Critical Role from the other things I like. So I'm probably going to post CR on @enjoymorestuff​ from now on.

I’ve got a sideblog about Critical Role (@quizzicalvole, which I think is a fun name), but I think I’m going to just start putting CR stuff on this, my main blog. What is Tumblr for but enthusing over your current hyperfixation, right?

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Speaking as someone who is on a D&D podcast called “Total Party Kill” (plug!) I thought it was great.

Wait, was Travis wearing a shirt last night that said “Total Party Kill”?

Why would he even tempt that shit??

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Mechafrumpkin

also can we talk abt how for a good minute and a half liam legitimately considered turning this golem into a walking suit of kick-proof armor for his cat bc I’ve never wanted anything more in my life

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Allura, put Kima on

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What about those giant siege weapons that are pointed directly at the golem?

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Matt: *turns to check a rule*

The entire rest of the cast: *immediately dissolves into a marshmallow throwing competition

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If the Mighty Nein were left unsupervised for two minutes with a bag of marshmallows, they would also immediately break down into anarchy.

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“So, get this, I get the clockwork tower designed just the way the boss wanted, with a million giant gears all interlocking perfectly. And then he says he wants the gravity to do weird stuff sometimes. I had to redo EV ER Y THING. And then, guess what? We start building the thing, and he walks up. We’re on day one of a million-day project, and he starts looking at the gears really close. Turns out he wants them all spaced out a little bit more. Says he wants gaps just big enough to grab a hand and suck in a body. So, you know, I’m back to the drawing board for another few months before we start building again. And the worst part? He was right. This is going to be my masterpiece.”

 -The architect who created this tower that Mighty Nein are currently exploring

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If Yussa didn't want anyone to bother him, I think he wouldn't have shown Caleb the teleportation circle. That's the equivalent of giving the key to your house to someone the first time you meet them. Also, just practically speaking, if you don't want to be bothered by adventurers, you shouldn't have a giant shape-changing tower in the middle of town. I think Yussa wants to be visited constantly, and the reason there's no door is that he wants to pretend to be shy. His goblin butler opened the door as soon as someone knocked. I'm picturing Yussa explaining to the goblin that he wants to seem unavailable, but not THAT unavailable.

ok but also: that means yussa was a trustworthy npc all along and m9 just went ‘nah this guy is weird cause he doesn’t have a door’

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Matt: This is my OC, her name is Allura.

Matt: She's very timid and nice to everyone and wants peace more than anything. She's also intelligent and creative.

Everyone at the table: *looks at Matt*

Matt: And here's this outspoken, loudmouthed, younger badass with red her.

Everyone at the table: *looks at Marisha*

Matt: ThEy'RE MArRieD

Everyone: ah.

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I tried so hard to pay attention during episode 78′s lore reveals, but there was so much of it. Thank you!

In case anyone else is confused like i was about the heart thing, here’s the info they found about it when they were at the cobalt soul! From the transcript of episode 78: 

“The Laughing Hand was once a warrior named Ganix who sought to strike down Torog with his army. His soldiers were slaughtered and himself captured and tortured. Torog twisted and cursed his body to an endless cycle of servitude, his ever-living heart locked beyond the veil to ensure an eternal pact.” He rummages through the rest of the pages and is about to close the book, then he goes to the very back and sees some of the fresher notes and goes, “All right. It says here that rumor has it that his heart was set adrift in extra-planar space to ensure it was never found. Though numerous arcanists were said to have sought it for their own research.”

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“ALL WIZARDS KNOW EACH OTHER”

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Allura came to save them againnnn! 

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The Mighty Nein: we fucked up again, we’re so bad at everything and everyone hates us and we’re terrible

Matt: *wraps them gently in a blanket, gives them a cup of hot cocoa, a side quest so they can actually feel useful, some breadcrumbs to help them get back on their main quest, and a beloved npc from the previous campaign* I love you, you’re amazing

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god I can't wait for Allura to jerk awake in a cold sweat next to her wife with the voice of an enthusiastic blue tiefling blaring in her head because it's only a matter of time now

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Allura: *sees a group of stupid ragtag adventurers that scream found family*

Allura: