#Re-Slayer's Take

[utilitycaster]

Devexian: we were created special, but initially only to serve, and not all of those ends were gracious, but we seized our souls, we seized our rights, and we rose in a city that was both beautiful and terrible. But history does not define who we are.

[encyclopediacr]

Critical Role schedule for the week of May 20, 2024

Monday, May 20 — The Re-Slayer's Take: Season 1, Episode and, for Beacon members, Episode 2 and 3 as well

Tuesday, May 21 — Critical Role Abridged: Campaign 3, Episode 5 and, for Beacon members, Campaign 3, Episode 16

Tuesday, May 21 — Fireside Chat with Matthew Mercer, AMA via the Beacon members Discord

Wednesday, May 22 — Midst: Season 3, Episode 15 and, for subscribers and Beacon members, Episode 17

Thursday, May 23 — Critical Role: Campaign 3, Episode 96

Thursday, May 23 — Critical Cooldown: Campaign 3, Episode 96 for Beacon members

Friday, May 24 — Critical Role Abridged: Campaign 3, Episode 17 for Beacon members

Further details are available at the blog post on the official website:

You can check out what else is happening in the future at the upcoming events article at Encyclopedia Exandria!

[ludinusdaleth]

thinking about how in c2 devexian says that aeormatons are created "through raw intellect, through power" (said proudly) and seems a bit miffed when veth asks if it's the same process as sex. and in re-slayer's take, devexian seems to turn distant when frog asks him if he has family, and he then insists to her (even despite his belief in entirely free will) that if she finds a way to make more aeormatons, she should tell him. we dont really know the full scope of him yet, but i think that is so interesting. this is someone who wants aeormatons to achieve the same population & populated existance as other races because it sees its people as absolutely "beautiful" (his word), and i think it stems into a familial want for it too; yet he doesnt really seek out those he has awakened. every aeormaton is his family that he has now fathered. but until his people are whole, he cannot be the father. cannot be whatever kind he wants to be.

[foldbaron]

[zellkabellk]

I wasn't expecting anything when I started listening to it but I love the "Re-slayer's Take" so goddamn much?????? Heera Agneheart... my beloved... though the whole group works so well and I love them all ;;;;;;; Im so fucking invested in all of them dfghjkkfhjk

The more edited format reminds me a bit of The Adventure Zone and it's a delight and I really love the slightly 'monster of the week' vibes !

[raptorix]

Used my Beacon access to buy a ticket for the Live Show next month (Yay!) And also listened to the first 3 episodes of Re-Slayer's Take podcast. :D

Thoughts on Re-Slayer's Take:

Great for newbies who are familiar with but not caught up with all of Critical Role. The GMs spell out more setting unique character descriptions, (What's a Tiefling? What's a Firbolg?) but also reward veterans with references we would know (like Vox Machina's brief run with The Slayer's Take.)

More spoilery thoughts behind the 'Read More'

So this is a far more produced & edited podcast than an actual-play. You're not going to hear out-of-character jokes or discussions about gameplay rules. Fully sound edited & music score.

Did my best to endure the constant squelching noises they used for the Gelatinous Cube encounter in the first episode. Someone recorded extended sessions of playing with slime or slurping on Boba *just* for that foley. DX

As for characters: Good charming cast! They utilize the 'DM PCs & player PCs' play style. One of the DMs plays as Timpani the Firbolg to help guide the story directly, while the other does narration & gameplay, and I think plays as the Goblin sidekick, Poogs.

I think I need to go back and re-listen to the first episode for intros. They don't spell out what classes the characters are playing. D:

I can't for the life of me understand why Farah the half elf (???) uses a gravely voice besides 'She's older.' Guessing from her choice in crossbow she's a ranger, though she might be a blood hunter/ranger build? She's been working as a monster hunter prior to her audition to try and join the Slayer's Take, and seems to be looking for a more consistent employment with them.

Heera Agniheart is possibly an Inquisitor Rogue, since she has a high intelligence & insight ability stats, and used sneak attack and a finesse weapon. Also an ochre yellow tiefling w/ water buffalo style horns. The artwork crops that feature out and I'd love to see a full portrait of that :O

Frog is delightful, and I hope to see more Aeormaton characters in Exandria. To make it easier, lore-wise, she was revived w/ full amnesia & is fully unfamiliar with current day Exandria. But she apparently trained with some Monks first, so gets to be the dodge-tank for the group.

Idrin Shadowstep is a Half Elf/Half Orc (I think of the lineage Matt designated as common in Jrusar) and appears to have a sorcerer lineage of either clockwork soul, or an Exandria-Dunamancy variant of it. He has a special time reversal ability he can use to re-roll his or his party member's failed rolls. Very noble of intentions and the neophyte adventurer.

DM PC Timpani Guff took Matt's Midwestern/Canadian accent he used on Pumat Sol and ran with it. A circle of spores druid who fills in as the party's healer & guide. He's trying to get the Slayer's Take to listen to his observations of an extra-planar force bringing old Slayer's Take monsters back from the dead. But because he's lied about his affiliation with them before, the members wont listen to his warnings. So now he's leading this little adventuring group to investigate this while the Slayer's Take willfully ignores it.

Re-Slayer's Take is a difficult title, IMO. RST might be a good acronym. Maybe shorten it to 'Reslayers'?

It's also all-ages friendly. No curse words!!! Injuries also are not graphic. (PCs get bruises or get knocked out, but nothing deadly.) Stakes are challenging, but like in an action cartoon and not infantilizing. I have listened to another podcast attempt to an all-ages spin-off after the prior story setting was explicit, and they started out with kid-gloves and low stakes that almost put me to sleep. Thankfully Reslayers doesn't go that route. We're playing DnD and we got DnD monsters to fight!

Setting timeline-wise is between The Mighty Nein and Bell's Hells. So maybe if we revisit Issylra in the current campaign, we might see/hear of the Reslayers. We'll have to see later, however, as the Reslayers progress their storyline.

Reblogs with any lore corrections from a re-listen or future Encyclopedia Exandria entries.

[consilio-cameos]

Idrin Shadowstep is my new wizard cinnamon roll : he loves his parents, he uses dunamancy, he is sweet and kind, he has a bird, he is autistic (/hc)

[triaelf9]

The Re-Slayers Take Character Designs!!

My designs for The Re-Slayers Take podcast for Critical Role! Please check out the podcast, it's an all-ages (no swears no gore, but still plenty of thrills and spooks) actual play podcast in the style of an audio drama in easy-to-consume episode lengths!

More info here! https://critrole.com/the-re-slayers-take/

(and b/c Tumblr crunches art now, you can see more zoomed in pics on bluesky, maybe twitter? https://bsky.app/profile/triaelf9.bsky.social/post/3ktlp4fdzd72b )

[luckthebard]

Ok now that the S2 finale has hit the public feed I need to complain about a choice made in “The Re-Slayer’s Take,” which, to be clear, is a podcast I have largely been enjoying.

Spoilers ahead.

So in the S2 finale, Pike shows up and saves the day and defeats the villain they’ve been following for 2 seasons and True Resurrects one of the PCs.

I hate to be harsh but how did this, the edited, ostensibly newbie friendly ��you don’t need to know anything” Critical Role show also get infected with “Deus Ex Vox Machina” to fix a character death?

I was excited when I saw Ashley was guesting but it vanished when she was introduced as level 20 Pike to basically oneshot the BBEG. They’re in dire straits but don’t worry, Pike randomly drops from the sky and says she apparently has also been hunting the bad guy and defeats him for them.

I don’t understand this from the point of view of allowing these characters to be the heroes of the story. I will say it’s clear they were super excited to play with Ashley as Pike, but on a storytelling level, at what cost? I had just recently been telling people that I was enjoying that Re-Slayer’s Take had high stakes and narrative costs and it feels like they just shattered that in one episode for cheap, Marvel-style nostalgia.

I really hoped we’d see less of that from CR after C3 is all.

[occidentalavian]

Fun fact, this can-and-string network isn't the first time tin cans have appeared in Exandria. In The Re-Slayer's Take, Pumat Sol's cousin Timpani Guff's apartment in Vasselheim is littered with tuna cans.

Exandria has canned food, it's canon!

[littlebosslady7]

The Re-Slayer’s Take GMs, Nick and George hug Trinket at the anniversary party.

[utilitycaster]

I LOVE how Devexian just walks up to other aeormatons who have no memory of him and says cryptic shit. you KNOW he loves being an international robot man of mystery

[encyclopediacr]

Critical Role schedule for the week of June 24, 2024

Monday, June 24 — The Re-Slayer's Take: Season 1, Episode 6 and, for Beacon members, Episode 7

Monday, June 24 — Fireside Chat with Marisha Ray for Beacon members

Tuesday, June 25 — Critical Role Abridged: Campaign 3, Episode 10 and, for Beacon members, Campaign 3, Episode 26

Tuesday, June 25 — Candela Obscura: Game Master Roundtable

Wednesday, June 26 — Midst: Season 3, Episode 19, the series finale!

Thursday, June 27 — Daggerheart Cooldown: Ménagerie a Trois for Beacon members

Friday, June 28 — Critical Role Abridged: Campaign 3, Episode 27 for Beacon members

Further details are available at the blog post on the official website:

You can check out what else is happening in the future at the upcoming events article at Encyclopedia Exandria!

[ludinusdaleth]

official devexian art by @triaelf9!

[foldbaron]

It's Weird Week!

Weird Kids premieres this Thursday March 20th at 7PM PST / 10pm EST, LIVE live with Ashley Johnson and Taliesin Jaffe on Beacon/Youtube/Twitch.

NOTE: The finale of CharityHeart appears to be missing from this version of the schedule but also airs this week, Wednesday March 19th at 7PM PST / 8pm EST on the Darrington Press YT channel.

And, because it's a little buried in the announcement, Third Person (MIDST/UNEND) will be doing another AMA through the Beacon discord on Tuesday March 18th at 1PM PST / 4PM EST.

[essektheylyss]

discuss: can an Aeormaton be a document