Critical Role, Campaign 4 Episode 28
Aha, so we're picking up RIGHT where we left off? Okay then ... good sign, then ... no faffing about, clearly ...
The wool business is actually A LOT more cutthroat than you might THINK it is ...
Arcana checks for both Occtis AND Murray ... yes Marisha, your Proficiency Bonus DOES go up at level 5 ... how long have you been playing this game now?
Oh gods yes, Gus really is completely smitten, isn't he? XD ... and she's also quite the education for him too, apparently ...
Insight checks, then ... wow, that's some big rolls, guys ...
A racket! Yes, exactly ... the Sundered Houses are basically becoming the magical Mafia in this world ... and something really SHOULD be done ...
Yeah, he really is trying to poach her ... but at least he's being polite and respectful about it ...
That's smart, yeah ... get Demodus out of the city and out to Timmony. He's definitely na good starting place. And maybe if Murray finds more to send on in future, maybe ... ?
Come on, Murray ... he's so sweet ... a little forward, but still ... LOL
Wow, that's quick ... that was indeed a VERY generous gift ...
Please do send our regards to Morgaine ... :3
Nice to have friends in high places, especially in dangerous enterprises like this ... and also nice for Vaelus to meet a more inherently friendly druid, too ...
Oh boy ... Thimble's so cute in the way she dances around responsibility in the more nefarous situations ... XD ... come on Laura, get your notes together ... and please throw her a bone, Brennan, she's definitely drowning in the mmost adorable way ... LOL ... Dame Cosgrove, yes! The new Baroness of Sloak ... I trust Gus will help out as much as he can there ...
Uh-oh ... the Met gala? Oh no, the MATT Gala ... weird ... oh sweet fuck, this is gonna be a weird one, and definite;ly a bit crigey for Mercer ... yeah, he's got them all really digging it in with this one, isn't he? INCLUDING HIS WIFE, that's so mean and it's beautiful ... LOL
Matt is STUNNED ... it's perfect ...I don't doubt if he was still DMing this Campaign he'd make Sam suffer extra badly for that one in some not so subtle way ... XD
Marisha does look FANTASTIC, not gonna lie ...
Which one IS the real matt Mercer? O.O
Oh yeah, Thaisha's snake ... what's going on there? Stealth check! Crap ... that's not great ... and so she's ABANDONING her animal spirit ... oof ...
As for the business at hand ... yeah, decisions must be made, and people peel off accordingly ...
She didn't so much CHANGE things as just give them a little NUDGE ... but yeah, Occtis really is a sharp one ... and yeah, he has a point, if HE can spot it, some others might be able to as well ...
Wizard flirting ... yes, it is awkward ... LOL
Using the Stone to go have a conversation with THJAZI?!!! Sreiously? That's A LOT, surely ... would that really be a good idea? But hell yeah, if they ARE gonna do it, then Thimble SHOULD be there ...
Profession checks? Oh yeah, that's right ... the non-Schemers at the table are gonna be, like ... "What?"
Oh yeah, this guy is A LOT ... O.O ... no wonder Hal chose HIM as the director ... LOL
Yeah ... Hal having to drop the bad news about the "suits" starting to interfere with their work ... and OF COURSE he;s going to tell them to god FUCK that shit ... but still he has to get them to BULLSHIT to the best of their abilities first ... yeah, definitely FUCK the Candescent Creed! Persuasion check? I mean of course ... oh nice, that's it, spot on ... YEAH!!! Go off, Shadia!
He really couldn't ask for a better cast and crew than this, I love it ... they all make me SO HAPPY ...
And also Kattigan is here too ... LOL ... "You can CHOREOGRAPH a fight?" Oh wow, he is going to learn SO MUCH fascinating shit here ... oh my gods, is Kattigan going to be IN THE PLAY now? O,O
Thjazi definitely lies in very good company ...
That is really beautiful, though ... sounds like it may not go quite how they might want it to, but there will still be SOMETHING ... just managing expectations, then ...
Thank fuck they don't have to DIG HIM UP ...
Speak With the Dead, then ... with Guidance ... here we go ...
Something's wrong? What's happening? Is this a problem? Is something ELSE happening here? Should we be worried?
Religion or Nature check ... hmmmmmmm ... and an Arcana for Occtis ...
There IS no Path? Oh, that can't be good ...
Damn it, it's the Tachonis ... I thought it might be ...
Thaisha is LEVELLING UP ... O.O ... she's jumping TWO levels? Fascinating ... the full FIFTH level, then ...
Fuck ... this DEFINITELY can't be good ... Nullus Tachonis? Occtis' grandfather? Shit! Get her out of this, Thimble! FUCK!!! This is getting SO BAD!!! Thaisha has to make a WISDOME SAVING THROW!!! Thatnks for that, Occtis ... she gets ADVANTAGE ... O.O
Thank fuck ... that almost became SO BAD ...
But Thjazi's soul is GONE from this place ... his soul is HIDING? That's both a relief and extremely worrying ...
So this was sort of a bust ... but they did still at least learn something ELSE very valuable, if a lot more worrying ...
Checking in with Demodus, then ... oh boy, this is going to be really tough, this kid has already been through SO MUCH ...
Meanwhile Azune and Murray are working VERY HARD to maintain their friendship in the face of what's about to happen ... but that's a start, I guess ...
Yeah, no, that is NOT Bolaire, but it's a pretty good rendition ... oh yeah, this kid is GOING NUTS through cabin fever right now, clearly ... but at least he's gotten a handle on what he needed to ...
The hard truth ... yeah ... best to just rip off the band-aid, Murray ...
Persuasion or Intimidation for VERY DIFFERENT RESULTS ... oh boy ... Azune's doing this with Luck ... hmmmm ...
This sweet kid is SO self-aware, I love it ... he's so precious ... and he STILL wants to finish his Thesis ... this kid ... I love him so much ... :3
Illusionists,. man ... LOL
Going over the notes, then ... Investigation? Hmmmm ... I mean this kid heard and saw SO MUCH, this is going to cover SO MUCH GROUND if it''s actually allowed to go on record ...
Swapping tables? Interesting ...
I really need Julien and Tyranny to actually spend some time together, I think that would be a VERY interesting relationship to see develop ...
Honestly, Julien's EXPLOSIVE reaction is very correct ...
Well THAT was inevitable ... Julien punches Wick in the face ... and threatens him ... and DEFINITELY puts him in his place ... which needed to be done ...
Wait ... that BOOSTS her hit points? Fascinating ...
Yes, they need to get back to Cyd ...
Nick Falcon ... oh boy ... and he STILL heals himself ... LOL
Hero! Hi! Oh, and she has the serum! Perfect ...
Hmmmmm ... not sure how I feel about that interaction between Julien and Teor ...
Tyranny does have a very dry sense of humour, yes ... not entirely sure if she WAS actually joking, though ...
Bolaire: "Magic can be temperamental." Yeah, that feels like a severe understatement ... but this seems like a suitably apt precaution ... and taking OTHER precautions regarding Cyd, too ... Divine Sense? Oh, so Teor is also trying to get a read on BOLAIRE ... hmmmmmm ... but then of course he DOESN'T know about the Professor's ACTUAL condition ...
So ... Cyd could ... EXPLODE?!!! O.O
"Uncle" Bolaire? Oh, I love her so much ... :3
Oh shit we're doing it ... O.O
Brothers reunited ... right?
Oh, that's interesting ... what's he saying about Bolaire right now?
Okay, this looks promising ... seems like it really IS Cyd, then ...
Catching up ... and finding out what Cyd's been up to, what he went through ... and of course he DIDN'T know, not for sure, what happened to Thjazi ...
Oh yeah, definitely heal that ... Cure Wounds? Thank you, Wick ...
Persuasion? With Advantage? Hmmmmm ... I mean it's tough to get him to trust Julian, but ...
Filling in some of the blanks, then ...
The Hall of Mercy? Or the Fora Crucialma ... interesting ... "Two-score and seven lords" ... a sarcophagus that just got DUMPED because it wasn't old enough? Weird ... "the end of the Path" ... the Arx Nocturnis ... and a battle at the Orchard ... and a "bound Celestial" ... and Koral escaping with a gem ...
It's kind of fascinating how loose-lipped bad people can get around other people they think aren't going to survive ...
Divine Sense? Hmmmmmm ...
So that officially lays that to rest, then ... Teo and Cyd officially DON'T know anything about where their powers come from ...
PLEASE feed the poor boy ... oh yeah, we can DEFINITELY trust Hero in this, but she is definitely being put at great risk because of it too ...
Yeah, give your brother SOMETHING to proptect himself ...
Oh so THIS is where we take a break ...
Holy shit ... FULL table again ... this should be interesting ...
And now Aabria's rolling her new Hit Points, then ... and making other choices accordingly too ... Mageslayer? Oh hello ... nice choice there, luv ...
the remaining pariah Blade still in the Archanade? Fascinating ... and looks like it's a full house again ...
Hero is definitely enjoying getting to be REALLY AWESOME and I love her so much ... :3
Thimble and Cyd reunited! Awwwwwwww ... and Kattigan! Nice ... AND Azune ... to be honest it's just a full-on Falconers' reunion ...
I swear listening to Brennan do the accent there's always a part in the back of my mind that's just hearing: "I am Bolo." XD
A LOT OF STUFF has been going on ... so there's got to be A LOT of catching up ...
History check for Thimble about the Cloak ... yes, we were wondering about that ...
I love that Tyranny just calls Occtis "snack" ... XD
Bolaire is going to some GREAT lengths to get a very particular answer out of Wick ... Not sure if this is REALLY useful right now ...
The Play's the thing ...
Thaisha looks through her snake's senses ... who is just hiding in a dark quiet place ... so she gives Haala new orders ... Stealth check with Advantage ... and Guidance from Vaelus ... it's not bad ... ah, but wait ... shit ... yeah, she just got spotted ... damn it, Mulligan ...
Wait ... you're going to EAT this poor random innocent woman? Not only kill but EAT her, apparently ... okay, seriously, what are you doing right now? Fuck, she really is ... yeah, the massive snake is EATING her ...
Boy, this got pretty dark all of a sudden ... genuinely curious who that even WAS ... and now she's making another Stealth check ... hmmmmm ... this massive magical anaconda is now SLEEPING in the sacred tree ...
we are now VERY curious to see what's going to happen shen she goes to sleep ... O.O
Azune is right, no more petty squabbles ...
Working out what needs to be done next and considering what they're up against ... and now Cyd's here they have some fresh information to go on, but still more questions than real answers ...
The nearest window? Hmmmmm ... summoning a magpie, then ... nice ... how well will this actually work? I know magpies are corvids and that means they're SMART, but that's still taking a bit of a gamble ...
That definitely is A LOT of seats ... 47 Lords? Might be a lot MORE than that in here ...
Making dangerous plans, then ...
"The drunk man"? I like that ... XD
Three important locations ...
Thimble: "He gave us his seed!" LOL
MORE plans within plans, then ... it's all getting complicated, buty at least it means they're hammering out the important details ... it's still an awful lot of risky moving parts ...
O.O ... HOLY SHIT Wick just went off there ... and now he PUNCHES JULIEN ... and ACTUALLY HURTS HIM ... wow ... it's a TINY amount of damage, but it definitely does actually make an impression ... and I like thsat Julien RESPECTS it ...
Occtis: "I'm starting to think you think we're both important just because we're a little weird."
Hero once again coming through in clutch ... Hal. you should be SO PROUD of your little girl ...
Vaelus has never heard of chalk ... LOL
Team Theatre ... Team Bird Rescue ... Team Spy ...
Alex: "Come back from the meta!"
Good point ... they need to work out what they're actually going to say about WHY Wick and Tyranny have been gone all this time ... that is going to be a very complicated and extremely dangerous bluff ... and don't forget that Wick is NOT good at lying ...
A dress rehearsal for bullshitting? Hmmmm ... not sure I'm super confident about this ...
Faerie reinforcements? Could be handy ...
I love how Hero's trying to wrangle all of this and actually mostly SUCCEEDING ... I want to give her such a big hug ...
Bring Teor in as a prisoner? Sounds like a MASSIVE risk that only MIGHT pay off, but just as likely could turn him into a major burden ...
I take it there will be FAR too many volunteers to "rough Wick up" ...
The first team switch ... I love how Hero just PIVOTS ... you're doing great, sweety!
Yeah, Occtis is right ... Julien needs to get a handle on WHY he's making the choice he is ... he can't just GO OFF and start butchering Tachonis and cause a fuss before it's time ...
Vaelus probably WOULD be the most help at the Villa Aurora ... Team Spy, then ...
Good point about the seed and the Miller's Road ... how much use WILL that actually be inj this? In the time frame available, that is ...
Are we locked on the teams, then?
Still stuff to work out, then ... something tells me they're gonna end up having to do a lot of this on the fly no matter what ...
Yes, looks like you ALL need to get some sleep tonight. SERIOUSLY, this is not the time for playing silly buggers ... and yet Thaisha is taking the risk? Oof ... that's NOT going to be a good plan ... great ... and now MORE OF THEM are going to do it too ... I hate this ...
Breaking the tables again, then ...
Damn Hero ... that was REALLY smart ... but also pretty EXTRA ... but pretty sweet use of a Firebolt cantrip all the same ... XD
She's doing it, then ... Thaisha's staying up ... grrrrr ...
Kattigan's being a good tactician and checking the Hallowed Ground's plans over for potential weaknesses ... of which there are MANY ... Brennan: "The theatre is essentially a killbox." Shit ... O.O
No Pariah Blades? FUCK ... that's not good at all ...
Insight check! On Misha? Come on, guys ...
Thaisha: "Are we worried about where Shadia is?" Um, YEAH, I should think so ... O.O
A bouquet of flowers? Oh, okay ... she brought the blades back home to ELODIES' rather than Hal's ... shit ... the complexities of modern families ... might be problematic ...
It's a complication, but it might work ... so Occtis is going to fetch them ... okay then ...
Hal and Thaisha really are still SO MUCH in love after all this time ... and he casts Enhance Ability on her ... that's really sweet ... :3
Elodie is WAY more understanding than I expected her to be ...
Constitution check for Thaisha ... which she fails ... FUCK ... not great ... so she's now EXHAUSTED while she has to do something SO IMPORTANT ... a Smith's Tools proficiency check ... at Disadvantage ... oof ... SOMEHOW she manages to land a Dirty 20 ... and Aabria getys HER VERY FIRST WHISPER ... O.O ...
Sam has NOTHING TO PLUG while this is going on ... I pity the poor boy ... LOL
She DOESN'T NEED to do any forging? Are you kidding me? That's really beautiful actually ...
He was reborn in the Lloy home ... does that technically make him a Lloy now? That would be kind of sweet ...
Intention and Clay ... hmmmmm ... it's very profound ...
So Thaisha DOES go to sleep after all ... okay, then ...
TSwitching out some of the table, then ... the following morning dawns ...
Approaching the Villa Aurora ... they NEED to get all their shit on the same page ... Tyranny's doing a REALLY GREAT job of bigging Wick up in his own head right now ... I hop it's enough for this to work ... and now she's biting his face ... oh boy ...
Oh, so Tal's jumpoing in after all, then ... this plan sounds REALLY complicated and esoteric ... and it's A WHOLE HELL OF A LOT of trust too ...
There's an actual book ON AASIMARS here? O.O
Gods, Filonius is A LOT!!! There's no wrath! Come on, you nutjob!
Protection From Good & Evil? Okay ...
Come on, Wick! It's time to lie your dumb little arse off! Oh okay, that might work ... he's using THE TRUTH to tell a lie ... that's really smart ...
That is SO profound ... Sam Riegel just scored a Nat20 without ever rolling a die ... O.O
Fucking hell she really is a total psychopath ...
Okay, here we go then, so they've wormed their way back in and now they're gaining their information as a reward ... yeah, here we go ... finding out what's happening tonight, then ...
NO SHIT he vomits ... that was incredible ...
Swapping out the players again accordingly ...
New day, new Portents ...
Oh, so Sam comes back JUST to level up ... nice ...
Going into the Einfasen estate for that bloody meeting ... I really do hope this doesn't go HORRIBLY wrong ...
Reviewing the case, then ... and they got Occtis' letter too! That's VERY helpful ... and there's more evidence that Azune can put in now ... INCLUDING the candle ... nice ...
Demodus' signature flame effect? Yeah, that's it. And Azune subtly Guides him while he's at it ...
Persuasion check! Adding an extra d8 for all the big swings they went through ... and Azune is rolling with Advantage ... and he Guidances himself too ... holy shit, that's a NAT20?!!! O.O ... fuck me ...
Okay then, Murray, you get demodus THE FUCK OUT OF THERE ... yeah, she really is SO PROUD of him ... he's a mage now ... a real Diploma? Awwwww ... :3 ... that's so sweet ... I love them both so much ... she really is just totalling MOMMING him right now and it's beautiful ... now get out of here, Demodus!
The Einfasen think maybe Azune could be one of THEIRS? Fascinating ...
Oh hell ... are they asking him to turn double agent inside the Creed? That could be extremely useful, but I worry it might just as easily backfire on them ...
CAPTAIN Nayar ... AND he gets a fancy new hammer too ... that's FUCKING COOL ... and OF COURSE Azune walks out of that meeting at Level 5 ...
More swapping out players, then ...
Here we go, time for that fake dress rehearsal, then ... roll for Persuasion, Hal! Holy shit ... he's going to just KILL THIS ...
It goes MAGNIFICENTLY ... she is IN TEARS over the performance ...
It worked to perfection. Now they can roget all of that bollocks and do the play the way it's SUPPOSED to be ...
Meanwhile Thimble's out gathering as many faeiries as she can to help ... Investigation! Nice on, Laura ... yeah, they're REALLY uncomfortable with all the bullshit that's been going on so OF COURSE they're game to help ...
Oh hello, a possible lead on the lizardman? Great ...
Wait ... is this THE FIRST TIME that Julien and Teor have actually properly interacted?
I'm glad he's just LOANING the greataxe to Teor ... yeah, that was a VERY valuable favour, after all ...
Dame Seremai's body ... yeah ... sounds like the proper thing to do there ...
Meeting with Hannan ... I hope this continues to be civil ...
And now he's a bear ... you're an idiot, Kattigan ... XD
Asking Hannan to investigate the Sprig ... well that's interesting ... awkward sexual tension? I really don't think so, Kattigan ... yeah, he is SUCH a third wheel ...
The truth and beliefs at the core of their big misunderstanding ... and what he meant by "flower doll" ... he doesn't hate her, he just feels sorry for her ...
This is good ... something of a reconciliation ... or at least the beginning of one ... and they're letting Kattigan be a part of this too even though he's basically stumbled his way into it ... :3
Hal gives his big producer's speech to buck up the cast and crew ... this really does mean a whole hell of a lot to him personally ... it's a powerful thing so OF COURSE he's putting all of himself into it ... it's beautiful ...
The Ritual's already starting ... and Vaelus Levels Up too ...
And THIS is where we call it a night, then ... gods, this was a long and bloody EXHAUSTING episode ... I really hope they take it a little easier on us next time ...
I guess we'll see ... is it Thursday yet?















