Critical Role Critical Role Campaign 4 Episode 4 is a High-Octane Rollercoaster

[OB1]

Also, Tal's C2 class was an already existing homebrew class of Mercer's, not something he created specifically for Tal.

Edit: Ninjad

 

[overgeeked]

According to the CR wiki Ashton and Beau were custom made for Tal and Marisha. The blood hunter started from Vin Diesel’s character in D&Diesel.

The CR campaigns are planned for months with session zeros, individual sessions, duo sessions, etc all happening off camera before episode 1 airs. The cobalt soul monk was published in Tal’Dorei two months before C2 started. Marisha’s character was already well established by then.

Path of Fundamental Chaos

Way of the Cobalt Soul

Blood hunter

Cross post!

 

[Charlaquin]

Do you have a source for this? The blood hunter definitely seemed more put together but the gravity barbarian seemed like Matt was literally writing it as the campaign went along.

It’s in Explorer’s Guide to Wildmount, isn’t it?

 

[overgeeked]

It’s in Explorer’s Guide to Wildmount, isn’t it?

No. Check the post I just made. It’s custom for Tal.

 

[Charlaquin]

I actually worry that this might turn into a too many cooks in the kitchen situation. When running a campaign, it's not a TV show. Too many people putting forth their vision and input could get confusing and chaotic! But, hopefully, Brennan knows how to juggle it all and will just use all of that as background and support.

I mean, a home game isn’t a TV show, but Critical Role is. And again, this isn’t a new thing, Matt has had a team the whole time, it has only grown since campaign 1. And Brennan has also had a team on Dimension 20, so he’s no stranger to working this way.

 

[nyvinter]

I'm not sure if Tyranny is actually a demon, or a tiefling? I've assumed she is still just a tiefling but because this is a homebrew setting, the lore difference between tiefling and a full fledged demon may not be clear.

Whitney wanted to play a demon and didn't know you really can't play a demon demon in 5e. I'm sure they used the tieflings as a base for it but possibly with some tweaks as tieflings as such don't seem to exist in this setting.

 

[Charlaquin]

Yeah. Between Tal and Liam, Liam is the more dramatic and dark goth type. Tal seems to be more attention seeking and performative “look at me.” I wouldn’t describe either of them as spotlight hogs.

Haha, no. I can see why you might get that impression given Liam’s proclivity for playing tortured, emotional characters, but that’s just his taste as a performer. Taliesin is a goth, as in a member of the goth subculture. The original goth subculture, in the 80s and early 90s, and his fashion sense still leans very trad goth. People who don’t belong to the subculture also frequently have a misconception that it’s all emotional angst and darkness, but that’s not actually the case. I mean, when goth first branched off from punk, before the name “goth” got applied to it, it was referred to as “positive punk.” It was more focused on introspection in contrast to the outward-focused anger and aggression of the punk movement, and goths do in fact tend to be much more positive in outlook than people expect based on their outwardly projected appearance. It was the later emo movement that actually embraced the depression and angst that people incorrectly associated with goth.

 

[Charlaquin]

So that Clue spell that Kattigan cast came from Valda's Spire of Secrets which I saw was available as a 3PP on D&D Beyond.

Cool! Yeah, I thought it was 3rd party, but I wasn’t 100% sure.

I'm not sure if Tyranny is actually a demon, or a tiefling? I've assumed she is still just a tiefling but because this is a homebrew setting, the lore difference between tiefling and a full fledged demon may not be clear.

Tyranny is definitely a demon, not a tiefling. I watched an interview where Whitney talked about it, and she said the character concept literally started as just “I want to play a hot, pink demon,” and she said she didn’t realize at the time that demon wasn’t a playable D&D species, but that Brennan eagerly agreed to work with her to figure out a way to let her play one.

 

[Charlaquin]

This isn’t how I took that comment at all. It sounded far more like Brennan thanking the behind the camera people at D20 and CR for their hard work in making these TV shows possible. Camera operators, set design, lighting, makeup, etc. Not that other people were co-DMs.

No, not co-DMs, but also, I’m sure there are people on the crew helping organize notes, maintain the setting bible, etc. I guess I could be wrong about that, but it would seem crazy to me not to if the option is available.

 

[overgeeked]

Haha, no. I can see why you might get that impression given Liam’s proclivity for playing tortured, emotional characters, but that’s just his taste as a performer. Taliesin is a goth, as in a member of the goth subculture. The original goth subculture, in the 80s and early 90s, and his fashion sense still leans very trad goth. People who don’t belong to the subculture also frequently have a misconception that it’s all emotional angst and darkness, but that’s not actually the case. I mean, when goth first branched off from punk, before the name “goth” got applied to it, it was referred to as “positive punk.” It was more focused on introspection in contrast to the outward-focused anger and aggression of the punk movement, and goths do in fact tend to be much more positive in outlook than people expect based on their outwardly projected appearance. It was the later emo movement that actually embraced the depression and angst that people incorrectly associated with goth.

Now I’m being goth-splained to. I need to go lie down.