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Totally understandable! To be clear, I did absolutely intend “no combat in this episode” as a negative. Combat being a bit less interesting to watch (for me) was just to say that personally I found it a relatively small negative.

I loved it! Emotionally intense, plenty of intrigue. No combat this episode, but I do feel like combat tends to be the least interesting part of most Actual Plays anyway. There is a lot of lore coming at you pretty fast, but personally I didn’t think it was too much to follow. I’d say give it a...

I’m sure that was just a “you’re four inches tall, your strength should be as low as it can possibly be” thing (or alternatively, I’m four inches tall, my strength should be as low as it can possibly be)

Oh, interesting! The characters’ spreads all seem above expectations for that method. I wonder if they had any “reroll if total is less than X” type insurance policy at play and just didn’t mention it.

Anyway, this is getting way off topic. I’ll drop the subject.

Well, we need stats for physical abilities, to resolve physical tasks through game mechanics. No, but you can only think of things you can think of, so in a game about making decisions as you imagine your character would, your character can’t make smart decisions if you can’t. That’s just the...

I don’t think they were anywhere near close, and also, having stats for mental abilities in a game that’s played by imagining yourself as a character in a fictional scenario and making decisions as you imagine that character would causes a ton of problems. So many debates about how one should...

Yeah, this seems like a pretty solid guess. Interesting party spreads if true! We’ve got… Two paladins (one of whom is multiclassed with sorcerer), a rogue, and a ranger for the soldiers. Strong DPS and some healing capabilities, but very limited AoE potential. Though the ranger and partial...

I doubt it, that’s just kinda how he talks.

Yeah, I have been assuming Travis would be a soldier since before the characters were revealed, and nothing I saw last night has made me change my mind about that. I’d bet that Luis (the other paladin’s player) is one too. Robbie (the ranger) could also be, based on him being a member of the...

Weirdly high stats have been a common feature of Critical Role, I think basically since the beginning. I don’t know if they’ve ever said how they’re generated, but I kind of assumed they roll and can reroll as much as they want until they get a set they’re happy with. I’d assume Thimble’s 3...

Well, they didn’t name it, TSR did.

Wisdom hasn’t really been about meditating, contemplating enlightenment, and pursuing philosophy for like 25 years, dude. It may be called wisdom, but every WotC edition has both described and treated it as a combined awareness and mental resistance stat, and as the quick wit to Intelligence’s...

I think one by one the group have all discovered the unfortunate reality that Barbarians are just boring. Rogues get to play the tactical positioning game and manage their action economy and fighters get to make a bajillion attacks and have at least two limited use class resources, and most of...

I thought we’d be learning who was in what subgroup (soldiers/seekers/schemers) in the first episode, but honestly I don’t feel any more confident in my guesses about who’s in which than I did before the episode…

I wish we got to see more of Laura’s character. I suspect she’s going to be my favorite, but she’s still mostly just the badass fairy everyone but Liam’s character knows. We haven’t really gotten to see her do anything but get rescued.

There’s definitely a lot to keep track of. I think I’m following the character relationships fine, but any time I hear “house [whatever]” I’m lost. IMO it’s usually best practice to introduce factions via characters, because that gives the audience (or players) someone to latch onto to represent...

She, but yes, this! Thank you.

Holy crap, cutting to break with death saving throws pending! Brendan clearly wants to emphasize high stakes for this campaign. Though, with two clerics there, I can’t imagine her dying unless there are house rules in play regarding how gaining HP at zero works.

Hell of an intense cold open!