Critical Role & Sagas of Sundry - Quests N’ Answers | Inside Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode Ep. 9

Episode Date: November 6, 2024

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Sagas of Sundry Goblin Mode. Folks, this is a wild episode. And fortunately, I'm not here by myself. I'm with my amazing cast. We have. Danielle Radford. Amy Vorpaul. Jason Wynn.

And we also had the amazing iffy Wadiway. Join us this episode. I loved his character so much. We're going to get into it. But before we go any further, spoilers ahead. So if you haven't seen the most recent episode of Goblin Mode, you know what to do, cancel your plans, make better choices, then come back here, I'll wait. Okay, we're back.

All right. So we are like nine episodes into our main story now as of this episode. And I just want to check in before we get into the specifics. How are you all feeling about where we're at from where we started? How are you feeling about where we are in the campaign right now? It feels really good. This is, out of everything that we've done, the most, overtly, we're on our way to go do the most overtly heroic thing that our characters have done for the entire

show. And so that's really exciting to like watch them come into going from being strictly concerned about Larbenis and Eun-Zug to broadening their perspective outside of their own stuff. Even with like, obviously there's a bit of like the romantic interest and things like that. But also, Tippy's already had concerns about some of the blowing stuff up and probably like killing some dudes or whatever. Morality, I think, is what you were thinking. There it is. Thank you. The quotes around all of the words.

Morality. Morality. You know, like baby stuff for babies. Eating babies, not eating babies. Exactly. One of the biggest moral debates. Apparently anything goes in the sky. Yeah.

But yeah, so it's really interesting now that we're getting into some real, you know, they've kind of shook off the brand newness of coming out of the layer and they're starting to become a little bit more integrated and part of the world, meeting people, making relationships. Not, yeah, making relationships. Like, you now have this whistle

that connects you to something. You're, like, bound to something beyond just Eun-Zug's layer. And I love that. I love that for the characters. I know that you met some people in NACBrekka, but there are arguably friends or people that spoke to you, like you were actual. People we've been through something with

that there's that bonding through adversity that forms, in this case a heist. I think it's really cool because I feel like as a player, I'm so excited by all of the storytelling we're doing collectively, but also just like it's cool that half feel like naturally an arc is forming or like naturally Tippy is growing and I'm not even expecting it or like trying to force it is just

our choices as a group because I don't know about you guys but it's I'm always like what are we gonna do today like what's gonna stress Amy out the most today and how do we get there quicker? Yeah yeah how do we get there quicker? Don't worry we always find the path of least resistance by offering the most resistant.

It's crazy that these three to me like who dug their way out of a spike trap into a spider cave is now like captaining an airship that is... We just jumped through a portal to potentially another plane of reality. Jumped is a harsh word. Well, yeah, you jumped. We jumped. You guys jumped, right.

One of my favorite ends of an episode, you just get pushed into plot, sorry. Right. But I want to, I also want to say, like, as the dungeon master, it is really cool to see the pace gargantuanly pick up. Also, to know this lore and to know where I wanted to drop it, and just so you know, I've dropped so much lore faster than I thought I was going to. And that's very exciting for you all,

and that's the nature of checks by nature of everything that you've done. And it constantly is a reminder to me that even though, yes, you're bumbling, Yes, you're just minions. You actually are just bona fide heroes. So it's a math that I'm doing in my head constantly, and it's playing out really, really nicely. I mean, you're over here saying we take the path of least resistance and all of that.

And at the same time, Tippy chose and demanded to become a lichenthrope specifically. I want a bird to bite me, and that's final. That's final. Quote, Tippy. Listen, it was half, like, it'd be cool to be something that could fly, but then... Oh, I know where you're going. Quickly realizing how not cool birds are.

The rocks in the stomach thing really messed up. And then, like, actual real panic is both Tippy and player of, like, I've ruined this character that I've worked so hard. Everyone's like, by the way, I'm making... Irreversible. Irreversible. Also, I kind of love the idea that Tippy especially, we've been joking about how Tippy's like a little baby, but

Tippy is, this is kind of Tippy's puberty. Yes. And so not only is Tippy now you've got feathers in weird places, it's also like you're literally getting your driver's permit. I'm getting my wings, right?

I wish you learned about the wear bees. Yeah. I love that like because in my mind all of our We're wear beasts have been so cool, like our wear people, right? We've had a shape shifter and a wear bear and like a wear, what was it, wear hog? A wear boar. A war boar. Jackal wear, a war bat, a wear crocodile. Yeah.

A we're a wermit. In my mind, I was like, where bird's going to be like a hawk or a, oh, it's going to be a swallow. Well, because they said, oh, yeah, we have a wear eagle. Then the most wretched creature in existence, thug. A man described as just circles comes up. And then gives you the chomp. And then you're like, by the way, he's not an eagle. We forgot to mention, we lie to this man.

We tell him he's an eagle, but he's not, he's a swallow. It's just like the image of like a bird just like beaking somebody. Just to give them lycanthropy is incredible. It makes me want to operate everyone everything all the time and just, you know, have consequences that come along with it. You do get to fly a ship. That is part of- That was really the big concession

in terms of like, do I want this forever? I get to fly a ship, which feels kind of artificery, feels kind of like Tippi would wanna do that, but he's also a freak bird round thing. Yeah, he sure is. And we got some, we got some closure with Ray Telg and Smelly. Yeah, I also just, I loved Captain Ray Telg.

Oh, so cool. If he is just one of my favorite people to people in general, but also just he's such a savvy player. He really is. It's like I, he is, he is the exact right amount of random. And then it's like he'll go deep, not wide. You know, it's like he's got his one thing, his pitches. Every time he goes, okay, I want to do this or make a dexterity. And I'm like, oh my God, oh my God.

Like there's a part of me that panics a little bit because I'm like, this could, this could change how I view the marks. and it did, but it always is like, it's in such good hands, and it's well thought out, there's a reason behind it, and he's just such a talented comedian and improviser. So good. Yeah, it's hard to say no, too.

And that was a delicate balancing act as well because, you know, he has to come in here and, like, seamlessly fit in with the group for, like, a short arc, but also, he's representing a faction that had to dump so much major lore on us. I know. I know. I felt, I felt that,

uh, that tension of like, gosh, I'm really giving him a lot. And he handled it expertly. I had nothing to be afraid of. But I like the idea that he was a guy in charge, too. Like if he does take up space. So, I don't know. He freaking killed it.

He was always the right choice. It was so satisfying to see him his character introduction and be like, God, this guy's so cool. And then he was so cool in the fight. He was really, like, beat ass. And then, you know, now he's got a sick polykele going for him. Like, come on. Pollock.

Policules aside, it's also. just awesome to have, like, we are by nature, like, I think when we were coming into the show, our characters are meant to be kind of like flimsy and, like, we're trying to rise above the fact that we should be, like, realistically, we should just be one shot by

adventurers in most scenarios. But I love the idea that there's just this badass shape-shifting guy with a metal arm and a glave who just saved our bacon and like believed in us and like pumped us up. It's like very, it's,

It's like every shonen anime that I love, there's always this mentor character, like, badass, like, badass swordsman to the other people idolize. And I'm like, that was Iffy's character to a T. Absolutely, absolutely. And no one better, no one better to play that, too, to balance the cool factor and the absolute power with, like, deep emotion, too. Well, I don't want to speak for myself, but I was feeling some deep emotion when I had that flashback sequence. Shoot, so much happened this episode. What?

Yeah, I learned that I, let the love of my life, presumably, or my lover, got horribly transformed into a nightmareish creature because I wasn't there for her. So that's going to be a lot for fibs to reckon with, and I think that's just some, it's nice. And not to say that his life has been characterized by loss, but I like that in the very first episode, like he has to deal with the death of his best friend. and that leads to something positive in the form of Loof. This is something he's still struggling to find the positive for, but I'm excited to continue to unpack that because I know we like to do a lot of banter and keep things light, and we do a lot of bits,

but I like that there's still the space for this, like, character growth in between them. I wonder, I guess, you know, no, I'm not going to even ask us. I was like, what do you think your lives were, but I don't know that there's enough information, and it doesn't matter. It was one bad picnic after another. Yes, yes. Okay, I actually want to bring up something

that I have been just remiss and not talking about, which is the looks, the looks that C.C. Anderson and Edwin Monson have been serving us, and specifically, like, you know. Me and Jason. Yeah, of course. Yeah, specifically, like, the females here. But, like, I just love how much freedom, they're having with this and how much fun it is.

And it's like glam, but it always tends towards what the theme of the episode is. So this was definitely a more steampunky machine construct episodes. And we get, you know, the little gears and just stuff like that all over my face. Which, who knew that that was a makeup option?

Right? It looks so cool, though. Thank you. And thanks to Cecee and Edwin. But like, yeah, I don't know. I guess makeup TikTok knows that, but I'm so, I don't know. no, it's such an art form that I just want to shout out

that I think is making the show better. Yeah, absolutely. Like, killing it all the time. Always have, like, great ideas, like, prepared to be like, hey, like, really, you know, in the way that we, you know, costuming and all those things or those are, like, skills that you learn because it ties into character and it ties into story.

Like, they don't, in some cases, they know more things than the cast does in order to be able to have looks to pitch for us or to just get ready. You need gem freckles all the time now. Gem freckles, I didn't even know that was a thing until now. You can glue things to your face, Jason. I know.

You can glue things to your face. Dan, next time. We're gonna get some prosthetic. Yeah, yeah. Request a bird look next episode. I do think, I do think one of the most insane, like, one of the scariest things in the world is head necks. Greetings adventurers, Spring has sprung here in love.

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One of the scariest things in the world is a headneck? Yes, it's a head and a neck all in one. Okay. On top of shoulders, you know, the bleed, it's a bleed. Right, okay. Oh, because I was like, I think that's just how heads. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah. It's just a head on shoulders, you know, somebody who's neck less. Yeah, but they do have a neck. You know, like the neck is just this bleed into the shoulders. Like if you were gonna draw it, it's just a Oh, just a trap-on-day. Yeah, yeah.

Like head necks. Like headnecks. I don't know how to explain it any better. There you go, yes. Thumb person. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes, thumb person. So just so you know, that is birds.

Birds have had. Just so you know, that is birds. That is birds. So you're saying, as a where bird, I'm thinking it can't get any worse. Now I know it can because not only are my wings, my ears, but I, am I just a thumb? Just some quick bird lore.

You're a thumb person as well. Amy, you were so fast as the DM to hit me with only bad news. Yeah, you're a thumb that eats rocks. Yeah, I was like, and by the way, you're now a were bird, and you're Tommy's full of rocks. I was like, that can't be a fan. Well, look, in that, in this moment, no, I was not prepared for you to choose a wear bird, but we did say any beast as possible.

You did say that. So I was pulling bird facts out of my butthole. Your cloaca. My cloaca. It's an all in one. He just had all in one. It's a catch-all hole. And so you...

You heard it here, folks. It's a catch-all-hole. I was like, you know, you're like... Trying to describe what you're feeling and thinking. And in my head, birds are just like, must get stones for belly. The quickness of which you hit me with that fact, I was like very taken off.

Now Amy, you were shook. Did you know this from just as you termed bird lore? Where'd you pull that bird lore from? Okay, yeah, well, not from bird lore as it is known. But I do know that from Jurassic Park at the book. The movie? The book. Oh, good.

The book. You know, book everyone's reference. They made a book of the movie? Come on, come on. I hope they make a book of Timeline as well. and the adramidus train. It's just chock full of bird facts? No, no.

The book about dinosaurs. It is full of dinosaur facts. And when the stagas, this part is in the movie, they don't explain it as well. When the stegosaurus gets all sick and is like lying there, and Ellie like is gonna help her, the reason she's sick is because she, they can't figure it out because she's not eating anything poisonous.

But she is swallowing rocks because dinosaurs are chickens. But they, she's swallowing rocks. from an area that there is poisonous stuff growing from. They're just not clocking that she's eating that in the area. The rocks themselves are surrounded by poisonous stuff. So through all of that, then I was like, oh yeah, birds. Anyway, it's in the book. They spared one expense, non-poisonous rocks.

The most intense game of association I've ever heard in my life. Bird lore, rocks in stomach, Jurassic Park, A dinosaur poison. Yeah, that was incredible. Well, you try dungeon mastering for specifically you. That's fair. Very fair. That's very fair.

I'll take that. Oh, man. Well, not to be a rain cloud, but I do want to talk about the certified cloudy boy that attacked our airship. Yes, this is what I'm freaking talking about. So, like, I've gotten myself, y'all don't even know how many holes I've gotten myself, I've dug myself into, by just going, oh, oh yeah, this character, this NPC, which normally in normal campaigns,

you just go, human, teafling, halfling, dwarf, elf, whatever. And then in this one I'm like, oh, Air Elemental, Lemure, Ouse, who freaking cares? And I'm just like naming off monsters. And it is definitely, I don't say it's coming back to bite me, but there are decisions that need to be made. And one of them is if you're in the cloud in the sky, one specific monster that you've interacted with has access to you. Just my nature of him being an air elemental.

I love that he came back. Yes, it was like really, like, I don't know. It felt like rewarding to be like, oh, a character we've, a choice we've made is coming back to bite us, you know what I mean? It reminded me of one of my favorite video games, Final Fantasy 9, when you get on an airship for the very first time, it's this very exciting moment,

but then it's like shortly thereafter, you get attacked by this character who you weren't expecting to see. And it's like very exciting, and it gave me that same feeling in a very positive way. See, for me, it reminds me of cold calling, of someone who's just like, you know,

I'm a headhunter, and you said that you were interested in all of our great things. Like an MLM where it's like, so are you going to start selling these oil? Damn, yeah, yes. Literally, when I thought of that, I was like, oh, Palacius, it's like the MLM, and it's like your weird friend from high school

who gets right back in touch with you and is suddenly like, oh, you'll join, okay, great. And then it's just like really intense about it. Like, we're besties now. Yeah, it's like, oh, I'm. I thought we wanted to hang out. I need something from you. Not so fast, breasty.

Like, I thought we were going to hang out, but wait, you want me to buy a lipstick, but wait, you want me to be in charge of my own lipstick company? How did we get here? Yeah. I think we took math together? I don't know. Yes, exactly. Oh, my God, you nailed it.

That is definitely palacious vibes. And also, hats off to, like, airship combat at level two. That was awesome. When we saw the airship, I was like, I really hope we get to go on one someday, but probably not. I saw that twinkle in y'all's eyes when you were talking with Zog right outside of Nacabreka. And I, yeah, it was like, anything that does that, I will say for the players, like, I think I've always, Richard Cove has always been in my mind as a geographical location. But you just want to reward that eye twinkle, ASAP.

And so I will say like I moved that up a little. I have to figure out a way to twinkle more. You know what I mean? I twinkle more. I twinkled so hard at robot tippy this episode. As soon as Robotypy came out instead of doing a little robot stuff, I was just like.

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Oh, yeah. And then, because I have a little robot that does tasks. It was a very good thing. It was awesome to finally get Robotypy because it was a spell I've known how to do since I've leveled up, but it specifically says you need to find like a gemstone for it. And I was like, well, we haven't come across any of those.

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