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The Perfect Spotify (A Tribute)

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I liked the one shot. Looked like they had fun making the characters (Ashley’s cigarillo staff killed me). I did a write up with timestamps on it, if it helps. I had the Holding Out For A Hero song stuck in my head for a week and laughing about Marisha’s character’s distraction appearing so epic and musical in her imagination.

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I get the impression that the live shows have the entire cast aware of the desired direction of the episode. The ad lib moments are usually funny rather than surprising, making me think they aren’t affecting parts which Matt can’t fix. Maybe I’m overanalyzing, but I’m definitely excited for the show. Their beacon.tv streaming service is certainly going to be plugged for behind the scenes stuff and I am sorely tempted, I’ll admit.

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From what I understand they’re following the model of Dropout.tv and it should have the same services available in all regions. The main selling point, from what I can tell is the extra footage, such as the Session 0 prep for the upcoming live show that they announced would be part of the initial rollout. This is good news to the people who thought they would miss out on some of the campaign. I wouldn’t be surprised if they added their own serialized content like Dropout recently did with Thousandaires.

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the app is not available in my region

That’s a bummer. I’m fairly certain they’re planning something in Straya. Being a show in the anglophone sphere, it’s a larger market than the UK (though their show in London was certainly boosted by EU travelers).

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I’m curious about this side project also, The Re-Slayers Take

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Beacon Exclusives

CRITICAL ROLE FIRESIDE CHAT

Join us in the tavern for a monthly Ask Me Anything (AMA) series where you can sit down with us and learn more about our Critical Role cast and guests! Questions will be curated directly from Beacon members via Discord and each episode will feature a different cast member for a 30-60 minute LIVE fireside chat. Cozy up by the fire and enjoy the deep dive with us starting May 21st with our first guest, Matthew Mercer!

CRITICAL ROLE COOLDOWN

Get a backstage pass to a Critical Role episode! You’ll be right there at the table immediately after Matt says “Is it Thursday yet?”, experiencing the cast’s post-show reactions. Share in the tumult of theories, the chaos of questions, and the pitching of plans from the cast after the show. If you’ve ever wondered what lies just beyond the curtain, this is your chance to find out! Starting with Campaign 3, Episode 83, you’ll get instant access to 10 episodes with new episodes dropping every Thursday with each new Critical Role episode.

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THE RE-SLAYER’S TAKE

Follow the audio escapades of the second-coolest monster hunters this side of Exandria: The Re-Slayer’s Take! After six misfit mercenaries are rejected from the elite monster hunting group, The Slayer’s Take, they band together as The Re-Slayer’s Take, battling supernatural creatures across the rugged continent of Issylra. But will they be able to overcome the plight of The Timberblight and its undead army? Can Idrin, Farah, Heera, Frog, Timpani, and Poogs learn to work together through it all? This all-ages actual play is carefully edited into a tightly woven narrative that’s easily digestible in bite-size episodes, making for a fresh new suite of Exandrian adventures for a long-time Critter, or a perfect first dip into the world of Critical Role.

The cast is led by a duo of game masters, George Primavera and Nick Williams (Hero Club), with the main cast including Jasmine Bhullar, Jasper William Cartwright, Caroline Lux, and Jasmine Chiong. The Re-Slayer’s Take premieres Monday, May 20th everywhere podcasts are found with new episodes every Monday. Beacon members get early access to episodes and stay two weeks ahead of the free feeds.

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Critical Role Abridged begins with Critical Role’s third campaign, Bells Hells, with new episodes airing every Tuesday at 10am Pacific. Beacon members receive the first 12 episodes right away with two new episodes dropping every week on Tuesdays & Fridays. However, to celebrate the launch of Beacon, we’ll be dropping the first 4 episodes on YouTube over the next week for everyone to enjoy!

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More people keep finding this little spot, so something must be working. Near 1k subscribers ain’t nothin to sneeze at ᕕ( ᐛ)ᕗ

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Travis may or may not be trying to get the trending for Motherfucking Matthew Mercer (coined in a recent previous episode)

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♪Episode Song References♪

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Highlights

  • 00:02:31 Marisha:“An important position.”
    Matt and Robbie:"Missionary."
  • 00:19:24 Laudna:“What’s harder: Expecting the worst, or being surprised?“
  • 00:20:21 Ashton:”…The timing has always been wrong, and we’ve been going so crazily…” Nah breh. Just cuz your shards are from a couple (Emperor Rau’shan and Empress Ka’Mort) doesn’t mean this will work. Ashton has already tried to initiate intimacy and was declined politely more than once, so it’s lost the romance.
    Plus it’s a bad idea SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THOSE SHARDS. How many times are we gonna see Ashton shoot his shot at the wrong hoop that is also loaded with explosives?
    It shows little to no remorse for his previous betrayal now that he’s making his own big red buttons to press.
  • 00:22:49 Taliesin:“When ‘No Game’ meets ‘No Game’ passing through the rye.”
    Liam:"Ashton’s between a rock and a hard place!"
  • 00:25:28 Fearne’s ultimate weakness, a cute creature beckoning her silently away from the group. You see this tiny gray sugar glider-like creature…
    Ashley’s reaction is heavy breathing, she is well aware of the cuteness power level this being possesses.
    Laura is pleasantly surprised watching this.
  • 00:29:57 Robbie makes a bunch of funny faces communicating with Taliesin. Then he hears Ashley say “before going all the way in, trying to pull my ass” and another funny face.
  • 00:30:55 Marisha:“It’s like she’s trying to get into old dresses.”
    Laura:(grunts)
    Marisha:“Just a minute!”
    Laura:(grunts)
    Marisha:“Zip it!”
    Laura:"Just. Zip. It. Up!"
  • 00:32:00 Fearne the Cockatiel heads into a gap in the city wall with Orym trailing behind.
  • 00:33:55 Liam:"Oh jeez."
  • 00:34:05 Fan Art Moment Orym’s “Prince of Persia” moment using his acrobatic skill to scale the city wall.
  • 00:36:42 Fan Art Moment Cockatiel Fearne chirping disapproval at the beckoning sugar glider in adorable miscommunication.
  • 00:38:08 Papa Zathuda shows up
  • 00:42:30 Zathuda:"Perhaps, indeed, my kin can still be the one to pass the Hallowed Cage and awaken it."
  • 00:45:45 Taliesin:“You deserve it, Demand a pony.”
    Ashley:"I really just want a pony."
  • 00:47:24 Clutch Insight check gets the first whisper in a while
  • 00:49:28 Mic Drop Moment Fearne:"It’s Calloway."
  • 00:49:43 Travis:(mouthing)"What does it mean?!"
  • 00:49:50 Zathuda:“Maybe it’s important for you to face your own demons before we can truly break through.”
    He reaches into his cloak and pulls forth this wicked-looking black iron hand mirror, with a handle on each side. He pulls it from the shadow and holds it out towards you (Fearne) You look in the reflection, and you see yourself looking back.
    Ashley:“I’m gonna, I’m gonna, I’m gonna…”
    All:"Homina, homina, homina

Jersey FactsRalph Kramden would threaten the moon with Alice, but for Norton (Art Carney) the threatened destination was often Bayonne, New Jersey (as referenced in the recent 4-Sided Dive) and Gleason (who played Kramden) was a favored celebrity in the city, due to his mentions of the town in his performances.

  • 00:51:46 Fan Art Moment Fearne’s reflection gives an evil grin and Matt catches the table with a solid jump scare as the image crawls out of the mirror.
  • 00:52:59 Fearne flirts with her doppelgänger and finds out they want to take her place.
  • 00:56:55 Imogen:“No, stay naked. You’ve going to transform anyway.”
    Laudna:“That’s true, but put your boxers on.”
    Chetney:“No, I don’t think I will.”
    https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/535/091/d97.jpg
  • 00:57:13 Liam:“I thought you said ‘Can I do a hentai with a short rest’.”
    Ashley:"Yes I fuckin’ can! Give me 10 minutes!"
  • 00:59:14 Fan Art Moment Dorian joins the pursuit in underpants and his flying boots.
  • 01:09:42 Laura finds out that Matt has rolled a natural 20 with the Ruidus dice she gave him. “Fuck!”
    Travis:“You did this! You did this!” makes Woman Yelling at a Cat meme face
  • 01:10:47 Marisha’s mumble code
  • 01:11:40 Marisha’s fan reads: "It was A HOT DOG!"
  • 01:13:25 Fearne uses her evolved form at the risk of two more points of exhaustion on top of what she still has from not completing the long rest to follow a squirrel.
  • 01:16:49 Voice Thief temporarily mutes Fearne.
    Travis:“You can’t cast any spells?!”
    Ashley:“Wi wubble compoment”
    Travis:"It’s happening already!"
  • 01:19:27 Matt:"Orym, you’re just watching them go to town on your flaming friend here."
  • 01:20:05 Ashley and Laura have a miscommunication with the phrase "I smell you guys."
  • 01:22:20 Ashley:“It goes boom-boom.”
    Travis:"Woo! Muthafuckin Matt Mercer!"
  • 01:22:53 Robbie:“Did you see the bloodlust in his eyes?! The excitement.”
    Matt:"I’m just confirming."
  • 01:24:32 Travis’ hype dance “Relentless. I fucking love this.”
    Liam:“Snatch and grab. They’re about to throw a sack over her head and throw her in a van.”
    Robbie:"I thought we were gonna take a nap and talk about our feelings."
  • 01:27:14 Earthbind actually helps!
  • 01:29:11 Fearne is knocked out and 2 death saves are failed on a second strike. Ashley makes an appropriate “oh shit” face.
  • 01:31:28 Travis and Robbie bonding over Marisha’s Tea Pee Break
  • 01:32:22 Ashley still affected by the Voice Thief spell somehow, even though Fearne has shrugged off the effect.
  • 01:33:34 HDYWTDT
  • 01:35:34 Robbie:“Does Mister throw his poops?”
    Marisha:“He’s got a gun now.”
    Robbie:“Excuse me?”
    Matt:“Guess what he uses for ammunition for the gun?”
    Robbie:“Poop?”
    Matt:“Yes.”
    Robbie:"Yaaay!"
  • 01:36:15 Robbie:“That shit gun is gonna work so much better now.”
    Ashley:"Yeah, NOW I’m gonna win!"
  • 01:36:57 Fan Art Moment Wild West Mister
  • 01:37:42 Zathuda and his cloaked fey dragon Gloamglut appear nearby.
  • 01:39:04 Zathuda:"You are capable of greatness, Fearne. Why do you insist upon shackling yourself to lowborn sheep? Why do you cling to shreds of morality when your heart screams to be free and take what you wish?..Now I know what’s important to you. Perhaps I need to develop the next lesson…Ludinus’ Vanguard can fall to dust. Sammanar and their court legacy can crumble, for all I care. Let Zathuda blood become the devourer of gods. May you take what’s rightfully yours and cast to ash my disappointment in you. Embrace your essence. Step into your destiny. I’ll be watching."
  • 01:46:00 Dorian gets caught up on lore.

INTERMISSION

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Most of you now catching up to the others with an evening’s rest. The late morning introduces you to a relatively hot midday here in the Hellcatch. The open blue sky with the occasional white-plumed cloud in the distance, still overshadowed by the ever-present glowing beam and red moon. The fortress is still a big abuzz from the events of this morning. Been long bouts of quiet with short skirmishes (with whether it be exterior guardians or testing scouts from the Vanguard’s positioning). The sight of that beast has definitely set everyone on edge. But you are awake and the day is yours.

  • 02:08:55 Grabbed the “Dark Iron” frame for the mirror Zathuda used.
  • 02:11:23 You gather your things for the day and it doesn’t take long for you to notice that the energy is a little lifted. There is presence and purpose to some of the more elite guard within this space and the central war tent where you were first introduced to some of the Exandrian Accord, you can see the security detail around it is a bit thick. It gives the sense that there are some important figures meeting. If you approach around this time, you can hear (and you can see partway in through the central open tent that there are figures having a discussion) the voice of the Voice of the Tempest just beyond the edge of the material itself, as well as a few other hushed voices.
    As you approach the guard, they take note and one of them steps forward:

    (intentionally broken speech)“There is meeting, but how this is important to speak to the council?”
    …and present is Keyleth, Voice of the Tempest. You also see Tofor Brotoras and Qi Mandozi. The Earthbreaker Groon is not present or any other figures. It’s just these three currently having a conversation.
  • 02:15:13 Orym:"Got a little action last night."
  • 02:19:17 Chetney:"There’s also renewed sense of urgency. Seems like their timetables have all moved up. We encountered the Five Minds while we were on the moon. We’ve seen division among their ranks. The brazen attack last night/this morning, there was no fear. He just came for her and then let her live with a test. I don’t think we have as much time as we think we do."
  • 02:23:50 Keyleth hints at rallying Vox Machina allies.
    Laura chimes in with an epic crossover sample of Vex and LotR:"You have my bow."
  • 02:27:26 Liam’s grin when he realizes they’re talking about Caleb. Lots of smiles. Followed by disappointment at Keyleth’s announcement that another must be sent in his stead.
  • 02:28:45 Ashley mouths “Essek?!” behind her Mister plushy.
  • 02:30:18 Dorian:"If you’re relying on the help of the gods and their champions, I can’t say that I trust them anymore. If you’re looking to do something of this magnitude, it’s going to take people, and there are no people I’d rather be with."
  • 02:33:22 Chetney:"With all due respect, fuck you guys. It’s incredible to me that you would send, to use your words, a group of fuck-ups and send us to the moon. No backup. We see things that none of you have ever seen, encountered the Five Minds, seen Predathos’ blue glass, species that have never been seen on Exandria. Then we’re going to go after Ludinus to some city named Aeor by ourselves, and it’s ‘Stop him, good luck, but don’t risk too much’? I’ll say this much. Whoever you’re talking to, whoever the decision makers are, that should come through us. We’ve paid in blood and bone and metal and we have more answers than it seems you do down here. You should check in with all of us. We’re the keepers of knowledge, not you. It’s not the other way around."
  • 02:34:50 Lore Drop The terrifying release of Kaa’fourd…
  • 02:37:37 “Butt Snow"
  • 02:45:00 Seth Domade sounds a lot like Essek and Laura says it’s a disguise, hyped for the return of her hot boi.
  • 02:50:16 Fan Art Moment Laudna modeling the Predathos Prison scale model for Seth
  • 02:57:30 Ashton:“Well, I’ve got a giant hole.”
    Dorian:“You’ve got a hole?”
    Taliesin:“I’m going to open up the magic hole.”
    Robbie:'Say again?”
    Taliesin:"You heard me. I’ve got a magic hole."
  • 02:59:42 Travis:"The Bag of Holding still soups."
  • 03:01:33 Keyleth:“You look exhausted.” to Fearne with 4 stacks of exhaustion.
    Robbie:“Those aren’t breadcrumbs, those are loaves.”
    Travis:“Toe (tore) up! Wash your hair!”
    Keyleth removes 2 pts of exhaustion from Fearne.
  • 03:04:52 Fan Art Moment Fearne casually mentioning to the council that she can call upon the champion of Asmodeus. You see Tofor and Master Qi’s heads (slowly) turn over. You see Domade look over as well…(Keyleth) takes your (Fearne) hand a bit and pats it. She looks at the symbol (of Asmodeus) on your finger.
    Keyleth:“I’ll let you know.”
    Travis cackles and then tries to play it cool, "Whatever. Basic."
  • 03:07:15 Orym:“My family will help your family, and hopefully we’ll see the sunrise again.”
    Keyleth:“Yeah, and it seems we suddenly have an easier time communicating than we once did, so don’t be afraid to reach out when you can.”
    Orym:“Will do. Anyway, I know you have a tree to catch, so I’ll leaf you to it.”
    Keyleth:“Savior Blade.”
    Orym:“Tempest.”
    Orym bounces away like a Gummi Bear
  • 03:08:58 Dorian makes a mithtake (ha!)
    Mythtaker Qi Mendozi gives a wink and a gun saying,"Forgiven…Anyway. Stay alive!"
  • 03:11:40 Teleport to Zadash.
  • 03:20:25 The group stealth check brings out nervous squeaks from Laura that progressively increase in pitch.
    Ashley rolls a 1 so Fearne fires a fart for flavor at the guard.
    Travis:"Smells like deer shit."
  • 03:23:38 Taliesin’s glasses taste delicious.
  • 03:25:56 Seth’s Plan:"When I say, ‘Do not panic’, I need you to grab this individual, and try and hold them and keep them restrained. Should we succeed, there will not be a fight, and I have a backup plan just in case."
  • 03:27:01 The Chastity’s Nook!
  • 03:29:00 Dorian:"That one has two…"
  • 03:29:28 Iva:"We do have some classic standbys…Enchanting TrystShallow BreathsEmerald KissSpirited SucculentsThe Dance of the Burning CallGuard of my HeartThe Gale and the Raven and Tusk Love.
  • 03:32:20 Music change
  • 03:32:58 Seth:"Please do not panic."
  • 03:34:06 Ashton with the Hammer Pin Maneuver!
  • 03:35:47 Laudna makes a clutch counterspell.
  • 03:36:43 Dorian’s 7th level Force Cage cast gets O-faces from everyone…before it fails.
  • 03:37:58 Matt summarizes the rapid surprise round as Wizard Wing Chun.
  • 03:41:30 The Anti-Magic field fills the chamber revealing the true appearances of the other two in the chamber.
    “Bell’s Hells, I am Essek Thelyss. Ally to the Exandrian Concord and enemy to Ludinus Da’leth.”
    Laura:“And genuine Hot Boiii!”
    Essek:“This is Astrid Becke, Archmage of Civil Influence of the Dwendalian Empire. Successor to Trent Ikithon, and member of the Cerberus Assembly.”
    Mic Drop Moment Astrid:“I am no successor to him. I am his usurper.”
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Cooldown

  • 01:30 Ideas for a shopping episode
  • 02:51 Liam:"…I started to hear the Tool song that accompanies that stop-motion…"
  • 04:03 Laura:"Did we say ‘bye’, or are we still in the episode?"
  • 06:32 Sam raises the question about the spell-splitting gemstone multiplying healing spells
  • 08:25 Taliesin raises the question about multiplying healing spells…
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Cooldown

  • 00:35 The Silt
  • 03:10 Matt:"These are weeks after the one-shot at this point, but are definitely getting involved in their own way…"
  • 06:42 Travis:“What if the All Minds Burn is the other half of Predathos and that’s why it hasn’t woken up yet, and if you plant that seed, it’ll wake it up.”
    Matt’s laughter is mysterious and unsettling.
  • 08:34 The Idea of a Rubber Hose style “like cuphead” image of Laudna, Boaty, and Ropey is born.

perfect fan arthttps://critrole.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Rohan-Ramanujam.jpg
by Rohan Ramanujam

  • 09:03 Bonus Ropey
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Cooldown

  • 02:15 Laura & Ashley:“Back door.”
    Marisha:♪"Open your back door baby."♪

Scanlan referenceScanlan’s magical song to unlock the front door of Krieg’s mansion has the following lyrics “open your back door baby. Loosen your hinges I’ll show you my key”.

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CR Cooldown

  • 00:45 Marisha:“When you started relaxing into it a little bit, it went from Carson to Carl Sagan.”
    (glad i wasn’t the only one who heard it)
  • 06:30 Wuukors, Avedons, and flying Feskuls (creature types on Ruidus)
  • 07:12 Liam’s killer impersonation of an old Speak n’ Spell toy while spelling out Kreviris.
  • 08:26 Taliesin:"So this is a tragetunity?"
  • 12:02 Liam giving the “Jim look” (from The Office) on Sam’s phone to close.
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