Critical Role - Queries & Quandaries | 4-Sided Dive | Episode 27 Discussing Up To C3105

Episode Date: September 6, 2024

Travis Willingham, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Laura Bailey as discuss complicated gods, Ludinus’s plans, newly found freedoms, and their thoughts on the latest character developments! BEACON  We’re excited to bring you even MORE with a Beacon membership! Start your 7-day free trial today at https://beacon.tv/join and get unparalleled access to the shows you love completely ad-free! You’ll receive NEW Beacon exclusive series, instant access to VODs & podcasts, live event pre-sales, merch discounts, & a private Discord. YOUTUBE MEMBERS / TWITCH SUBSCRIBERSTwitch Subscribers and YouTube Members gain instant access to VODs of our shows, moderated live chats, and custom emojis & badges:  https://www.youtube.com/criticalrole/join  https://www.twitch.tv/criticalrole   4-Sided Dive airs one Tuesday a month on http://twitch.tv/criticalrole and http://youtube.com/criticalrole "Let's Roll (4-Sided Dive Theme)" by Peter Habib and Sam RiegelOriginal Music by Omar Fadel and Hexany AudioAdditional Music by Universal Production Music, Epidemic Sounds, and 5 Alarm

Hello and welcome to Foresighted Dive. I'm Marisha Ray, your 27th Tavern Keeper. That's a lot of episodes of this show. We have so much to discuss, dissect, and disseminate tonight. Guys, Xandria is going through it. And the uncertainty is palpable. So, I thought it would be fun to use my favorite divination tool here to see what is in store for us.

I'll start. Okay. What's in store for Laudna? I'm going to pick red. It's a very Laudna color. R-E-D. I'll pick three. One, two, three.

And I'll pick one. Why not? Your character will want to fuck Scanlan, but won't get the opportunity. Okay. That's great. Laura, why don't you go next? I'll purple. Purple, P-U-R-P-L-E.

One, two, six or five? Six. One, two, three, four, five, six. One, two, six or five? Two. Okay. It's gonna also be. Your character will think about fucking Scanlan,

but decide against it. Probably smart. Yeah, that's, yeah, that is fair. Travis? Yeah, yeah, blue. B-L-U-E, one, two, one, eight, three, seven, or four? Seven! Oh, Jesus. So much pressure. One, eight, three, seven, or four? Seven! Jesus!

So much pressure. Your character will probably fuck skin. Hey, that's right! That's great, that's great. Sam, your turn, last but not least. Isn't there just one left? Yeah. That one.

Green, G-R-E-E-N, one, six, two or five. Isn't there only one left? Nope. How do these work? No, you don't, you weren't a teen girl in the 90s. Don't worry about it, it's magic. It's magic. One.

One. Three, four, seven or eight? Eight. Nobody's chosen eight yet. Your character will definitely fuck Scarlet Yay! That's great Give the people what they want

Yeah, the future looks gross Welcome to Foresighted Dive, let's do a fucking show! Welcome back. You guys, let's begin the night with our open discussion segment. What the fuck is up with that? What the fuck is up with Down? What the fuck is up with downfall? Oh. Wait, what?

Was that a holdover? No, no, keep rolling. But also, downfall is my first topic. Downfall? The oculus thalamus. Yeah, because y'all haven't gotten to talk about downfall yet, except Laura. What did you just say? You know what?

I said words that you- Ba da da da da da downfall. Memphian came out of me real hard, y'all. I've been hanging out with my mama. I've been hanging out with my mama. Yeah, let's talk about it. Are we restarting? No!

We're still going. This is the best part of the show. When did we ever restart? As if we were capable of such a going. This is the best part of the show. We could never restart. As if we were capable of such a thing. This is the best part of the show. No, the first topic really is downfall, so. We're going with it. Wait, are we?

We're shooting this live. Jesus Christ. Okay. Put down your phone. Yeah, this is what the people love, our utmost professionalism. Yeah, we haven't, oh, I our utmost professionalism. Yeah, we have it. Oh, I thought you were going to try and kick my menu.

Oh no. You're just ruining the shot. Ruining the shot. This is going great. Yeah. Guys. Do you have any God thoughts? Do you think about God?

Is that what it says there? Yeah. What do you think? Do you pray? Well, I'd really like to meet her. Oh, it's a song, yeah. That is true. Do I think about God in my life?

Sure. Oh boy. In the game life. Oh, in the game life. No, I wanna know if you, Sam Riegel, pray over your Emmys. Yeah. Oh, do you have a shrine in your house?

I have a place where my Emmys are. In the bathroom, aren't they? Do they touch tips or anything? I face them towards each other. Oh! And, um. Do they talk to each other? Does it have such a portion? Do they touch tips or anything? I face them towards each other. Oh! And um. Do they talk to each other? Does it have that support?

Do they talk to each other? I don't know. Do they share secrets? Maybe it's like toys, and at night when we go to sleep, they come alive. Or does a stargate open between them? Whoa! When they face close to each other,

or towards each other like that, it looks like the Oracle. From Neverending Story? In Neverending Story, yeah. Where the eyes shoot down. But you have to be worthy of an Emmy to stick your hand in the middle of a balloon. Ooh, is that how you find out if you actually

are worthy of the Emmys that you won? Yes. That'd be amazing. Otherwise, they kill you. So yes, I pray to my Emmys, but Brayus definitely believes in a higher, lower power, and thinks about God all the time. Sure.

Wonders if he knows that Breas exists. Hopes that he does. The Lord of Hells? Yeah, the King of Lies. But, well, okay. Yeah. How? The God of the Devils. Yeah. How? The god of the devils.

Yeah. Ruler of Hells. How in are you, though, on this platinum dragon situation? How in, what does that mean? You're wearing the armor now. Yeah, are you? Are you all in? Yeah, like all in.

All armor. You mean like, how much am I buying into it? Are you swayed? Look it, I'm doing the Brayus finger. He's so cute. I know. It's also a long crossword. Like on a scale of one to six, how deep is he? Yeah, yeah.

I mean, so this is true, that he was an acolyte of the Platinum Sanctuary, of the Platinum Dragon. He knows this stuff. This is not like, he's not making it up as he goes. He said convincing him. And he believed. So maybe putting on the armor and going through the whole rigamarou

is sort of, you know, like, I'm trying to think of what it's like, like if you go to your old high school and you walk around and you're like, oh, wow, this place, I remember, it's kinda nice. I did have some good times. Yeah. He wasn't always being bullied.

Yeah, so maybe he's getting a little taste of that. I don't know. Okay, okay, okay. What happens if you. Because you said yourself you have a hard time being a villain, or being a good. I'm entering my't know. Okay, okay, okay. What happens if you- Because you said yourself you have a hard time being a villain, or being a goat. I'm entering my villain era. Oh, you've got it.

With a comfy sweater over it. Yeah, I do have a hard time being a villain, and I think this is gonna be the ultimate test of Sam Riegel. Can he be a villain, or will he be easily swayed by very nice people welcoming him into the fold? What if you get a visitation from the Lord of Hells and he's like, hey bitch, I see you stepping out.

Prove yourself to me and kill one of these fuckers. Oh my god. Oh, yeah. Or flay them or something. I've only known you for a day and a half. He probably would. So if that happened today, maybe. Oh no!

But you know, I assume more days will go by in the campaign before I'm asked to kill one. You assume more days will happen in the campaign? Well so far it's been one. Yeah. I've been on like four episodes as Brayus, five? Yeah, something like that. But y'all don't even get together as Bells Hells

for like two months. That's it? That's like it. It's like two or three months. It's all so fast to me. This is a whirlwind of a campaign. Yeah. I feel like they all, like late game,

they all kind of start being like this though, where you're like, so much is happening. At this point though, is there anybody in Exandria that doesn't think the gods are real? It's not like a faith thing. No, you know the gods are real. Yeah. I mean, I think before the sky is covered in ley lines and the moon stops moving and stuff,

maybe you're like, I don't know. I think it's just a matter of if you wanna worship them or not. Or if you're like, screw those guys. Right. We're all caught up on episodes, right? Correct. Last time Matt said something,

maybe this was in the cool down, I'm not sure, but. Check out cool down on Beacon. Boop, boop, boop, boop.ldown on Beacon. Buh buh buh buh. TV. Beacon. It's really great. Anyway, he was saying that if you believe in a specific deity, you go to that realm when you die.

And even if you sort of vibe with one. Without knowing it? Yeah, like if you're like a nature girl and you die, even if you don't believe in the wild mother, you still go there? Yeah, that's what he hinted at, yes. But what if you're just, what if you're an asshole? Do you go to one of the betrayer grounds? I would think so.

What if you really don't like the wild mother, but you're a nature girl? What if you're just like the most- Do you have to go there? The most boring person, and you don't have a personality. Yes. And you don't like anything. Yeah.

What if you're like, I like collecting pebbles that look like meerkats. Hey, look, pebbles are fine. I'm kind of interested. Pebbles are pretty nice. Yeah. There's some- Pebbles are a person. Pebbles are unique.

I feel like there's some kind of deal struck that we haven't gotten to yet between the prime deities and the betrayer gods. What do you mean? Well, because if you just vibe with or devotee of one of these gods and you go there after you die, it feels a little luxiny. Like, it feels a little beacon-ish

that absorbs a bunch of souls so yeah they strike some deal that like spirits like like on the don't you remember what what god was it that we went to and it was like we went to the graves of the museum yeah there were all these little pearls of heroes and stuff but like why do you have to go anywhere are we just currency did they strike some deal and they moved them away i I mean, well because- Are we just Bitcoin and Exandria? Well, 100%. Is it like a tip jar at a restaurant

at the end of the night? They sort of divide them out with all the servers? And won't Exandria eventually run out of souls? I mean, if before the souls were being recirculated, right? That's my ultimate question. Now they're just getting pulled away. Well, how does their new souls? Like if, what if the more like natural order

should be more like the Luxon or like reincarnation, but instead you're just getting sent to the tip jar, to the give a penny, take a penny. I feel like this is why people tune into Foresighted Dive, not for answers, but for questions. Yes, more and more questions. Where do babies come from? Yeah, yeah.

It's like Jeopardy here, we only do the questions. Well, with that, what is the flying city of, nope, I would fail Jeopardy. Let's talk about Aeor. Was that what that was? We're trying to work into a question. Let's talk about Aeor. Was that what that was? I'm trying to work into a question. Let's talk about Aeor. Oh, wait, wait. It's part of the menu.

Hang on, wait. It would be, if it was Jeopardy and I was asking, it would be like... The Floating City. City, yeah. There was a mageocracy in the height of the Age of Arcanum. What is Aeor? Yes. So what is Aeor?

How did we feel about seeing it in its prime, you guys? It was super coolor. Yes. So what is Aeor? How did we feel about seeing it in its prime, you guys? It was super cool. It was. Looked like a fun place to live. Not right then, maybe. Not that day. But in general, it seemed cool. What did you guys think about the gods there?

You mean you? Like, what did you think about me? Aside from that wretched raven bitch. You raven bitch. Raven bitch. Oh shit. I liked how conflicted they were. I liked how, I thought it was interesting

how strong the city was and what they were capable of doing and that Bolo was a dragon. Rep Bolo. Rep Bolo for life. The greatest, greatest NPC to ever be. Gosh. What girl? It was, it was interesting seeing them come down and to be conflicted from their earthly ties. But also, they are in exactly the same predicament that Exandria is in now.

Yeah. Because if you don't confront the thing, you open yourselves up to like a blank slate, just wiping the table. Yeah. Right? And then it's just kind of a free-for-all. And I think for a lot of people,

they're like, free-for-all is good. There's no one controlling the free-for-all, but somebody's gonna a lot of people, they're like, free-for-all's good. There's no one controlling the free-for-all, but somebody's gonna. Somebody's gonna. Every time there's a power vacuum, bad shit happens. And think about all of the horrible wizards that got released, all the people that were in prison that got released because Ludinus is doing

the things that he's doing. Yeah. Also, the Lord of Hells has gotta be the smartest motherfucker in all of the examples. Man. I thought he did great. He was. He's. Yeah. Also, the Lord of Hells has gotta be the smartest motherfucker in all of the examples. Man. I thought he did great. He was. He's. Woof, he's so smart.

And. He played us. He played you, but he was very clear about his goals. He wasn't like, he wanted a family. What? What? He wanted a family. He did want a family. And I think we know that. How much gospel did you watch?

I know. Did you watch it? Yes. Because he was also saying, I hate you! Yeah, because you don't want to be with me. It also shows that Brennan Lee Mulligan is a bad person. Legit. He's an evil.

Every time I see Brennan do something bad, I thank my stars that he is a good guy because he could be the most powerful manipulator. You stink! I know. He's wearing a skin mask right now.

Because we went through this. That's why that beard is a different color on the top of his head. It's all a ruse. This is dirty. I think it's like beard shades. It's really bright. It did, yeah.

He had a beard? Yeah, kind of. Yeah, he had a beard on. I only picture him as clean shaven. You didn't watch it. You didn't watch Downfall. It was on our channel, right? No, it was A&E.

Oh. Yeah. I mostly watch monk reruns on Peacock. I would've taken you for more of a psych guy, but you know. Wait, did you say your kid is watching through Monk? I watched an episode last night. Episode, season four, episode one is brilliant because... This is now the Monk talk show.

Stanley Tucci plays an actor who's playing monk in a movie and learns to be like monk, his mannerisms from monk, but he gets too into the character and then there's like two monks. So great. Oh! Stanley Tucci can do anything. Anything.

When did that show come out, like early 2000s? Oh, late, mid? Mid early 2000s? Oh, late, mid? Mid early 2000s? Yeah. I don't know, for forever. This is what we do, guys. Yeah. This is basically the game.

Welcome to our monk podcast. My son loves monk. I was gonna eat that gum again. What were we talking about, Eivor? Gods. Gods. The gods were so well played, so well acted. Thank you.

Yes. I want to know what parts of the story Ludinus didn't show us. What happened after. Does he, can he control that? I don't think he can, but he's also, I also don't know if Ludinus is not the Lord of the Hells. I'm just saying. No, you mentioned.

Ludinus has been around for forever. You also mentioned this in Cooldown. Manipulation, manipulation, deception. No, you mentioned. Luden's has been around for forever. You also mentioned this in cooldown. Manipulation, manipulation, deception. Wait, really? Well, people have been saying like the funnel, the little beer bong that he used to like keep himself sucking fake creatures and stuff, sure. But now we've seen two Brennan Lee Mulligan specials

where the- These different people. Lord of Hells is deceptive and lying and do all this other shit. But just figures that Luden's, Ludinus is pale ass. Ludin's. Ludin's Luda. Is pale ass. Is up to something.

Maybe manipulated the images or stopped it right before that crucial point where the gods were like. Like sad. Yeah, we should let everybody live. I know. But also we didn't see all of it. I know, that's what I mean. Maybe there was more to it.

There's always another shoe to fall on your head. It's true. There is, because there's gotta be a big twist that we're not thinking of yet. There's always a twist. Did Ludinus find that story orb thing in the ruins? Yes, and he went there specifically to find it. But just that one, is that the only one that there is?

I think so, because he wants to... Would there only be one? Well, because that was, it was from the device, help me out, Danny Carr, that's basically like the black box in the air. Yes, and it's called Thalamus. It is... Oh, the occultist Thalamus. Yeah, it's right there in front of me.

Yeah, and he's trying to use it to repurpose it to show the entire world what they did. Right, yeah. To be like, get on our side. With my mom. That fragment from that. He only has the, so okay, the way the Occultus Thalamus worked is that the moment that the gods stepped on Aor, at least the way that Matt explained it, the moment the gods stepped on Aor, the Occultus Thalamus was able to record everything that they experienced.

And then once Aeor was no longer Aeor, it stopped recording. You didn't see anything off Aeor at all. I'm just saying Lord of Hells had a huge budget. He faked the moon. I know, he faked the moon landing. It could be. It could be. Yes, but it's only that one thing.

It could be. He takes all of his simulacrum, and he's like, okay, you get over there. We're going to take this from the top. He sends it to live in Antarctica afterwards. That would be amazing. That would be amazing. It was all fake.

I called it right here. Pretty cool. It'd be pretty good. It was just an amazing utopia. The Lord of the Hells just fucked it up, blamed the gods. You're great. Trapped them on the other Lord of the Hells just fucked it up. Blamed the gods. You're great. Trapped them on the other side of the game. Beat your heart out.

Well, guys, you recently saved Ladna for like the fourth time. Yeah. Not intentionally. Yeah. Just sort of worked out that way. The soul anchor ritual. I feel like that was such a clutch thing. That was such a clutch move.

So good. To not destroy it. Yeah. And to keep the soul anchor. Also to get a soul anchor back, like as a magic artifact since campaign one was excellent. Yeah. Yeah. So great. Such a powerful.

I guess it was worth saving her. TBD. I just want was worth saving her. TBD. I just wanna see more Delilah. She's so cool. She is so cool. Get that bitch. She's a lady on a mission. She has unfinished business.

Fuck her business. Whoa. I mean, I guess she's in there, because even if Laudna dies, though. What happens? She's still stuck in there. It would take another powerful wizard to come along are we sure which i think somebody might you know i mean think about what the fuck

we did i mean it could be another thousand years but then some idiots are gonna come and go like we should let him out yeah yeah we should definitely let this wizard out of this anchor so wait wizard that was in the Astral Dreadnought in Mighty Nein, what was his name? Halas. Halas. Was he in a soul anchor or something else? He was in a gem. He was in a gem. He was trapped in a gem.

But not an anchor. And he was like, please let me out. And we're like, okay. So maybe she doesn't get trapped in there forever. Maybe she's just attached to the... Yeah. We just gotta kill you to find out. But you can still talk to her.

Yeah. That's so mean. It is. I love it so much. She's pretty terrible, though. So great. So, yeah. Maybe you guys could have a relationship, like pen pals.

I don't know, she's got nothing else to do. Yeah. It reminds me, did you watch Black Mirror? Oh, it does remind me of that episode. One or two of them. Yes, the bear. The bear. I don't know the bear one. This wife, and it just seems, it's just horrible.

It's terrible. Is that the one where they screw the bear? No. No, that's a pig. Oh. What? That was the pilot. I didn't like that episode. It made me angry. It was the fucking pilot. It was terrible.

Every episode makes you angry. It's a horrible... It was a wild episode to honestly come out of the gate with, of that series. But there is a couple, and the wife dies an untimely death. And they're like, oh no, and they have a child. And the doctors are like, oh, well there's like a procedure where you can basically put her consciousness in your head and the husband's head so that you guys can still like a parent co-parent and watch your child she can still like watch your

child grow and he can like go in her head and talk oh but then he could see like he's able to basically turn her like off and on. In his head. No, he can't do it in his head. He can't turn her off and on in his head, right? Or can he? He eventually extracts her. Yeah, because he starts dating another, yes.

Yes, he starts. This is our Black Mirror podcast. Glad you guys are such an authority. He starts dating somebody else. Yes. And she keeps going like, get them. She has sex with the bear. And then she's like stop dating her stop dating her I don't want you dating her and the they finally put her consciousness into a stuffed animal.

And then she's just like a little bear. Yeah, yeah where you just you can turn it off and on and then she gets like because the kid grows up and doesn't want stuffed animals and- Can you put Delilah into a stuffed animal? One of your like pate. No way she'd fly away. Not into pate, but into like one of your dolls. Into one of your dolls that you make out of bones. Well, she's kind of, cause now it's like a, it's like a Tony Stark thing because my, cause she's keeping me alive.

Yeah. Cause that was the thing with like. Anna is dead. Yeah me alive. Yeah. Cause that was the thing with like- Anna is dead. Yeah. So if I take her out, she's the only thing- You think, not a hundred percent confirmed. You think, one way to find out. Maybe there's a way.

One way. One way trip. We could just do some chest compressions afterwards. I'm sure we could. Just ah, put it back. Technically we're all immortal until we die. Yeah. Ludinus would just sucker up into his little thing.

He would trick her. He's the Lord of Lies, I mean. He might be. What if I'm gonna meet my hero? Oh man. And you hate him. Ooh. That's a twist. You should try flattery next time we're around him.

Okay. Just obnoxious flattery, see if he responds. Okay. But if you ask him questions that only the Lord of. Just obnoxious flattery, see if he responds. Okay. But if you ask him questions that only the Lord of Hells would know. Ooh. And see what he says. What would those questions be? I don't know. How many words of hell are there?

Yeah. Calamity and Aeor. When I prayed to you three years ago, I told you something. What was it? Oh, that's fun. Vasselheim, you guys. Vasselheim? We're back, baby.

Are we? We really are. Sam. Do you... You can't claim that you don't watch this show. You are in it. So fans should know that we are jumping in and out of Vox Machina, Mighty Night at Bell's's house concurrently multiple

times a day every week so it takes us a little bit to jump start our lawn more that is also i'm real dumb but yes we're back in vasselheim yeah we made this a big appeal to the the high council or whatever yeah it was so fun to see all these old familiar faces. And we met the greatest character that has ever been created in the Critical Role verse. Grog? Are you talking about? High bearer of war. I'm glad you think so.

Yeah, I thought you were talking about. Well, that's who you said. Mm-hmm. Gregor, Grogory. Grogory? Grogory. The cutest. Why did you ever say that yourself?

That's so cute and clever. It's too smart, yeah. It took me 30 years to come up with that name addition. 31 years that thing's been cooking up. 31, the winner. I love the idea that Pike has been teaching you how to write your name, and you just kept adding letters eventually. consonants yeah no that's not groglith it's spelled g-r-o-g-h-e-r-i yeah what

does this spell I couldn't keep my eyes open long enough to watch Matt be Grog because watching him be dumb and sweet at the same time was making my eyes water. It was so cute. Scanlan's the only one. Is that right? From Vox Machina. That we're missing. Notarian, but yeah. Oh yeah, that is true. Vox has shown up before Scanlan. I know. And disappeared. Matt did such a good job playing all these. He really did. Man, that was a tour de force. It's so much. And then like, okay, so we all had to get up and like state our case.

Which I did not understand that's what it was gonna be when it started. You had the worst, you came out of the game. I literally was just talking and then he's like, roll. And I was like, oh, that's my contribution. I hate lewdness. Yeah, that was the dumbest contribution, but whatever. Well, we didn't understand the assignment.

That made us realize the assignment. Yeah, I mean, it was still really good though. At least I didn't roll shit on my contribution. Yeah. I did, I rolled shit. Oh yeah, you rolled real bad. I was proud of the stuff that I said, and then I rolled real bad.

It was good. It was really good. It was well researched. You were ready. I feel like he dropped the DC so low too, because you said a really good thing. The better just sucks so bad. That's the worst, when you're like, damn, I just nailed that monologue that I just improv'd, and it's like, I rolled a four.

Damn. Fuck. And how, I love a four. Damn. Fuck. And how, I love how he exuded just insane sex appeal with Vex. Like, confidence. Way more than I was able to do myself. Oh? Yeah.

Oh, were you supposed to be attractive? Yeah, exactly. I feel bad for poor Matt because, in addition to playing all these different characters, he also had to play some of them a little vague. So, like, for instance, High Bear of Ward, Campaign 1, old dude. We made him a female in the animated series. So if you notice, he only calls High Bear Vord they now.

Or High Bear Vord. He's not sure which one we're going with. Which time we're on here. Really love that for me. That's right. It's really helpful. We're keeping the food spicy, Danny. I like to think that Vord is like a name

that's been passed down. Oh, that's great. And like there's a High Bear Vord that's now like retired and now it's Sumali Montano's High Bearer Vord. Yes. Honestly, that's, yeah. It's like the Dread Pirate Robert. Or Superman. Or Priest.

Yeah. For Priest. For holy badass Priest. The Dread Pirate Robert. With dragon protector. To be fair, yeah, 30 years ago, Highbearer of War, old as fuck. Pretty old. Yeah. So maybe he died.

And I think it was you. And was replaced. I think it was you that said it before the game that you thought like a attack was coming while we were in that room. Like a lone survivor situation. So that whole time we were doing the thing, I was getting ready to rock. Yeah the figures like felt like it's a

State of the Union everybody's there just hit it once and we haven't left yet yeah like agricultural department secretary secretary that's like in the White House oh that is not true. Do you know where Scanlan is right now? I don't, and I haven't spoken to Matt about it at all. Yeah. So I have no idea. Okay, okay.

Legitimately. But Matt's also alluded that we're gonna, we've got, Luda! That we're gonna be Vox Machina. We're gonna come back, baby. We've got this three-prong attack. Oh my gosh.

Gotta practice. I know. You gotta practice. I need at least two Taylor Swift as bows. Sure. Chambered. I gotta sing again. I gotta feel my voice so I can sing again.

Or rap. Yeah, maybe it'll be spoken word. He's mellowed out in his hundreds? How old is he? 101. He's 101 now. 101. But gnomes live till 400. You're still young and spry.

I know, but that's not fun, so I'm gonna play him a little older. Also, I'm not really a gnome. I'm the lord of the hells. Oh, there you go. Sense, it's all distraction. All the gnomes are the lord of the hells. There are no such thing as gnomes in this world.

Three gnomes in a trench coat. The lord of the hells. The whole time. I am looking forward to that so much. What a cool idea. And we get to do Mighty Nein. And where are they right now? I know.

You know? Yeah. I mean, I know everything around here, though. Well, tech- No, you don't. Tech- technically, this is only like two weeks after our London live show. Oh.

The timing. Like our Mighty Nein reunion. They've been doing that. But two weeks, that's a long time in this- In game time? Yeah. Yeah, a lot's happened. Mighty Nein could've done a whole ton of stuff.

That's a trench inside of a big ass weird thing and we're all victorious. Not wedded yet. Not wedded. But engaged. Oh, that's right. Yeah. Engaged.

Oh, exhaustion. But now Ford's getting cold feet. Shut up. That would be awesome. If he stood her up at the- If the whole time when he comes back, he's like, I don't know if I should have done that. It was impulsive.

What do I do, Caleb? I think maybe we're rushing things. It's only been 20 years. How long have they been? No, seven years. How long has it been, Dani? Seven years. Seven years! Just like the ring.

Seven years. Don't say it like that. Just like the ring of seven days. i wish it was seven years if you could watch the vhs you're like i got seven years to get my affairs in order it's not so bad that's also like a guaranteed immortality for seven years yeah and then you just gotta show one other other vhs that's fine hard though it's hard to find VHS players. Yeah, you're screwed if you're a thing now. Oh my God. That's the ultimate horror. I would just pull up on the street with one VHS

and a TV like, on the street, open the door and make people watch it and drive off. The Ring is actually about planned obsolescence. That's their late stage capitalism. Yeah, it's gonna be exciting. Scanlan, we don't know about, the Mighty Nein, we know most everyone. We don't know if we'll get Caduceus or Kingsley.

Ooh. Dang, I'm stoked. I kind of want for Caduceus, because we had Kingsley. I do too. That's true, that's true. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Kingsley's off doing like,

Plank King stuff? Plank King stuff. Yeah, that's right, he's a Plank King. Yeah, Kingsley's off doing like pirate stuff. He stuff? Plank King stuff. Yeah, that's right, he's a Plank King. Yeah, Kingsley's off doing like pirate stuff. He might be a little hard to get a hold of. I like, he's like, I will be the Plank King and he's just in jail on Dark Joke. It's arrested.

That would be beautiful. Just talking mad shit from jail. I took over, everything's great here, don't come visit. Everything's great. No, no, you're not allowed. The Plank King totally abdicated when I asked him. I'm fine. He was very reasonable about it, honestly.

He was like, I don't want this title anymore. The letterhead says prison. And we got cool-ass titles, speaking of titles. What's that mean? Oh, yeah, our titles that we all got. Oh, we had the titles. I thought you meant like a title sequence. Well, we have that too.

We do have that, that's true. I had to write them down. I don't remember. I did too. Lupine, I think Sexual Prowess Prince. That's probably. Chetney Pockaby was mine. Right? That's right. Yeah. There was Lupine in there.

Do you think your fan is because of- My one fan? Your one fan, your dozens of fans? Scale Bearer Wayland? Oh, my super fan? Yeah. It's because of your one fan, your dozens of fans. Oh, my super fan? Yeah. It's because of your wish. Because of your wish. I know.

Do you think they existed before? And like you would have already become the most infamous toy maker in all of history. And then you just, you didn't know. And now she's gonna do it in some weird, creepy way. You guys, Rome wasn't built in a day. What does that mean? Things have been in motion for a long time.

This is all part of a grand master plan. I have, in fact, been tracking this gentleman's eBay profile and making sure that he was the top hitter on all of the pieces that I've been putting up. They have a zine. They have a zine. That sent me.

I wanna make a zine now. Matt went so hard, he was going so hard so fast I could barely keep up. He was like, what does he find? I'm like, I don't know, an egg, wooden egg. I loved that. Tallow collection. What are they called?

The poppers? Yeah. The sea poppers. The sea poppers. Yep. There you go. Will you sign my pop? So cute.

Oh, yeah. The whole, we went on a Funko tirade. Love y'all. I got, but this, can you do it in green ink? Y'all want to know your titles again? Yes, yeah, hit us. I mean, I know mine, but... Yes, Chetney Pockapy,

Sexual Lupine Paragon, no. High Hunter and Lupine Paragon. That's it. Lady Fern Calloway, Fae Scion of the Ancient Flame. Cool. Laudna, Veil Mistress of the Shadow Tree. Ashton the Reforged, Hammer of Paradox.

That's a good title. Dorian Storm, Master Muse and Son of the Wind. Son of the Wind. Imogen Timmelt, Exultant Hope of the Red Storm. A little weak, a little weak. Aurum of the Ereshari, Savior Blade of the Tempest. Oh yeah, yeah. Breus Doomsseed, Nationed Might of the Platinum's Call.

Nationed Might, I don't know what that means. It means new or emerging. Oh, great. I don't think that's it. My favorite is that in canon, Keyless gave us all these titles, which meant an hour before before this meeting she was like i need a notebook thank you i gotta i gotta think about all these names she wasn't

making she was saying it confidently she was not making it up she's playing that she wrote that the night before it was fully like it was she had it sky written on the ceiling yeah yeah yeah above everybody's heads like a teleprompter. Yeah, I was gonna say, using sky writing as like a prompter behind the crowd. It's actually pretty fucking dope. Everybody behind them is like, whoa. People in the back are mouthing names.

Yeah. And then she just waves her hand like she's being really cool and it just goes away. Yeah. Isn't the title technically like, Hope of the Red Storm? Isn't that bad? Couldn't that be I'm the Red Storm's hope?

Or you're the hope from the Red Storm. Yeah. Or, yeah. Could be double meaning, though, if I betray you all. Maybe because she's clued in and knows that you have to die first before you can achieve your ultimate,

like Harry Potter. Yeah. Dumbledore knew that Harry had to go, so you have to. first before you can achieve your ultimate, like Harry Potter. Yeah. Dumbledore knew that Harry had to go, so you have to. Spoilers. that's okay yeah okay i'm sure it's all positive stuff you're gonna turn the red storm into a a plus yeah well oh that brings us to the tower of inquiry already it's very simple you guys take turns pulling blocks from the tower dann Danny Carr will read us the corresponding fan question and we'll each give our own answer. And if for some reason the tower should fall,

there will be terrible and immediate consequences for the person responsible. And hey, since we had fun playing spin the bottle in the last game, remember when we did that? I did, it was awesome. That was actually really great. Let's decide who picks using Oh!

Oh! This banana bottle. I was wondering about that one. Adding rules. You know what I realized afterwards is that I could've used my mage hand to make anybody kiss anybody I wanted to. And I wasn't doing it.

Next time. Damn, how fair of you. I'm gonna do that next time. I was using my agent to make sure it pointed at me every time. Your claw in a very assuming way. I got to make out with Imogen, right? I could have just moved it.

No, but you didn't want him to. I was the make out bandit. I got Dorian, y'all. And Fern. And Fern. Yeah, I already had that though. Everyone's had Fern. It's. Yeah, I already had that, though. Everyone's had Fern.

It's pretty good. Yeah. It's like a return pass. Okay, let's see here. Is this gonna spin forever? Yeah, yeah. Mine is just like the other one. This flies off the table.

Whoa! Whoa! Ah! You. You gotta split it. Is it you? Is this me? Split it?

Okay, we'll take it. I'll take it. All right. I'm pulling. It looks so brand new. It is. It's a new tower. It went kerplunk last time. It went kerplunk last time? 35.

35, all right. 35. All right, from Brittany St. Cyr. I don't think I'm lined up with the camera. What up, St. Cyr? My favorite saint. Brittany St. Cyr, what is your favorite piece of Exandrian lore, or what lore topics

are your favorite to delve into? Oh, Melaeus Mere, best city ever! Untapped reservoir! My beloved Melaeus Mere! He sleeps at night and I just hear him going, Melaeus Mere! You see Ludinus? He got all fucking tweaky when I mentioned it

because it was the best question. I got up under his ass, my hand was in there. Oh, where was your hand? Up his ass. It was up Ludinus' ass. Belaeus Myr, the key to everything. How did it feel up there? Did it feel hot because he's a lord of hells?

It was, it was magma-rific. Yeah. It was incredible. I think Shattered Teeth and Malaya's. Shattered Teeth. I want to know more about Shattered Teeth for sure. I know I've answered this before, but there was like a panel or something. I think it was when we were in London and Matt was like, oh yeah, the underwater society in the middle of the ocean.

Yeah. Mermaid campaign. I'm just saying. Yes, mermaid. I've been trying. We need to do this. Did you know there's big ass pink and purple worms trapped in blocks of ice up in Isocross

that civilizations chisel through the ice and eat parts of the worm and it gives people powers and shit? Yeah, it's in these books that Matt fucking wrote. It's amazing. It's in these books. There's all sorts of shit. In Silra, we've only seen like a fucking fifth of it.

There's so much good stuff. We gotta, see, I didn't know we made books. Just like you didn't know we made books. They have words in them, which is a natural repulsion. You have books? Fuck. This is my job, you guys. No, we're not.

No, but we're not allowed to read the damn books. So how do we, oh, how do you know about that? You read the books. Dani read them to me. Wow, really? Really, you're calling out our audio book exchange? That was a secret between you and me. It's true.

Hey Kyle, for real though, let's not forget about mermaid campaign. Yeah. Let's put that on my whiteboard. Are you just gonna do a serial hunger? I'm not involved in mermaid campaign. Somehow I'm gonna be so mad. Is that what we do a serial reminder? I'm not involved in mermaids yet. Yeah, I'm not mermaid. Is that what we're doing for Halloween?

I wanna be a mermaid so bad. Should we all be mermaids? Mermaids and mermaids. We gotta come up with a Halloween costume you guys like. We haven't said it yet, have we? Well, no. Not for Foresighted Dive, but for the show. At the end of this episode,

we're gonna pull for Foresighted Dive. No, but for the show, for the show. We talked about it. Have we finally really decided though? We need to re-ignite. Did you already come up, you're Well, we talked about it. We had some things we really said a lot. Have we finally really decided though? We need to re-ignite. Did you already come up, you're like, we decided, cause I already got my stuff. I didn't get my stuff, but I thought we decided.

What was it? Do I spoil it? We don't spoil it, that's what I'm saying. We'll figure it out after this. I'll tell you guys. I remember, I just didn't know if we decided to say it on that. We haven't said it out loud.

So I guess it's not locked in. We gotta figure it out though, it's like around the corner. I'll text the chain. Right now? Yeah. Okay, I'm gonna spin again. Get wrecked.

Let's go. Okay, okay, okay. I hate it when they pick side ones. It makes it harder. You have to pick a side one if you start. Yes, you do. Don't pick a middle one that's pansy shit. That's my way. My way.

This one's, ooh, this is a tight. My way. Tower's tight. Ooh, she tight? She tight. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh.

She's holding on. Gentle her. You got this, Marisha. If you knock it down on the second. It's making me nervous. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. She's holding on. Gentle her. You got this, Marisha. If you knock it down on the second.

It's making me nervous. Oh, wow. Hey. 19. 19. No, no, no, no, 19. No, no, no, no, no. All right.

Tight screen. From, oh, I'm so glad that we got this one. From Twitch username, theswanatemybaby. So far in the campaign, what has been your character's biggest achievement and what has been your character's biggest regret? Oh. Boy.

Oh. I don't know if I could say this about myself personally, let alone my character. Well, let's start with achievements. What was the other part? Regret. Regret. There are only two things. And they're in direct opposition.

This is a weird episode. I feel like, I know, right? I feel like it just happened, but I'm really happy that you are free of Delilah. Yeah, that's a pretty good one. I mean, that's for years. That's what she's been wanting. Yeah. That's better than going to the fucking moon? God, y'all are lame.

We went to the moon. Nobody else has done that. We did it. You got free of Delilah. Yeah, but I'm just talking for years. I've been spent more of my life with Delilah in her head. Hope Alan Shepard isn't watching this. Achievements. in her head i hope alan shepard isn't watching this um achievements

what have we done nothing important what have we done nothing you've made no improvement on anyone's lives or bettered any cause anywhere in the world yeah no i just want to eat my baby i'm sorry for them i Sorry. They can't remember things deserves better at this one my baby basement porn We didn't make a base. I was the front wheel of a race car. That was awesome. That was pretty great We paid like several years probably worth of rent to Shadana to an old lady and brought her. And brought her groceries. That's something to be proud of, that happened in like the first episode. Did we rescue orphans or free a town or make any discernible difference in anyone's lives?

I know, you literally free a town. You did help Hearthdale. What's that? That's the town in a, technically you didn't do it. Well, we did, yeah, we did. And then I murdered Bordor. We also protected the king and queen of Uthodurn.

Oh, that was a good one. That was a good one. Protected them. Yeah, king and queen, doesn't compare to the moon landing. Oh, but that felt good. Yeah. That felt good.

I think Chetney's biggest regret was leaving so many broken hearts up and down the Lucidian Coast. Yeah. Oh yeah, it was just wrecking game from Port Damali to Nicodranas. That's the Menagerie Coast. Whatever.

There's so many. They all kind of bleed together. I just know there were a lot of moonlit nights. I am also numb. It's a lot of lore, you all kind of bleed together. I just know there were a lot of moonlit nights. It's a lot of lore, you guys, it's okay. A lot of sand, a lot of places. We kept Ashton from exploding. Yeah.

That's actually pretty big. I mean achievement. Achievement. Yeah, he literally, boom. That was amazing. Because of Deanna's. Because of Deanna. Maybe that was more of Deanna's achievement.

Fuck, we're useless! I basically gave Ashton the ring, so that was my achievement. Okay, good job. Yeah, y'all were healing and stuff, but we know what saved the day. I don't even know why you guys are in the campaign. It's basically just me at this point.

Yeah, well, you're- I feel like, yeah, I don't know anything that I've done that was really good, though. You helped me chase away a bird called Shithead. That's true. Pretty good. It's part of the backstory. But it's true.

Fucking bird. Yeah. I probably still have some regrets about how Dancer thinks of fresh cut grass. I also, I personally regret that we never, I never followed up with Devaxian D. Dude, yes. Which is probably gonna come back.

Yeah, I don't know, yeah. Yeah, why would we reach out to him? Yeah. There's always, there's always a chance. That's true. Any of your girts over killing your whole adventuring party before? No, no, that was fun.

Okay, this is all good, yeah. I probably, probably could have handled the sword incident with Orym better, maybe. You have regrets about that? But not really. Yeah. I'm sure Laudna does. Yeah.

I regret, yeah, no, I think I regret it. I think I regret not getting my mom off the moon. In that moment of not trusting her enough to bring her with us, I was just afraid she was gonna, she was still too indoctrinated and she was gonna find out our secrets and head back. I still think that's valid. Yeah, or a litmus is planted like a...

But then I also feel like if we'd have gotten her, I'd let her be re-indoctrinated. She had just started to break away, and I was like, stay, let it all come back to you. At least she's still trying to help us, hopefully. Yeah. Hopefully. So is it fair to say that if your mom kicks it,

it'll be a regert, but if you can save her, achievement? Yes. TBD. Yeah. All right, spin that bottle. Oh. Yeah, Laura, you do it. Spinning it on the jewels.

Perfect. Wow. Nice. That was kind of weird. Going this way? Yeah. All right. Oh no, how's your back? Are you okay? What happened to your back? Did you do something? No, we're just old. Are you okay? What happened to your back?

Did you do something? Or are you sunburned or something? We're just old. We took Ronan to Disneyland. Yeah, so we walked around so much. Had to push his ass in the stroller. Yeah. He's just on this little golden chariot.

Oh no, and I already touched it, but this is a danger zone. It's like a battering ram. Oh yeah? It's all moving. Danny. Cow catcher on the front of the train. I can't help you, there's nothing I can do. They were like a pattering ram. Oh, yeah? It's all moving. Danny. Cow catcher on the front of the train. I can't help you.

There's nothing I can do. They were like, hey. I was like, watch out for the kid. I was overconfident. Here's my son to beat people. They get mad and they look down and see that sweet thing. Oh. You went to the bottom?

It's an unstable. Oh. Oh, you're such an asshole. Wow. Come on. All righty. That was a natural fear. What was that?

I don't know. I didn't see it move. Eh, it was something. Okay, 30 from Renee. Sometimes tension is high and there are arguments between characters. How do you manage those situations outside of the game and check in with each other as friends?

Aw, that's a great question. So yeah, speaking of Swordgate. No, I mean, I guess speaking of Swordgate, Liam and I immediately, like, like the cameras cut and then walked up to each other and we're like, that was dope. So like. That's what you said.

And he was like, fuck you. You bitch. Yeah, fuck you, Ray. That was dope, poop. We're gonna replace half the set. Your office, now. Yeah, we look for the little micro expressions while it's going down.

Cause there's usually like a little look or a laugh or a grin or something and then it's like back in the game face yeah that's always good and if you can't find one of those because sometimes it's super deep then half the fun is knowing like oh shit how how far is this gonna go yeah this cool I don't know I mean feel your heart rate like yeah and in do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. And in the situations like with Ashton, right? When that all was happening, I was getting like genuinely angry that that choice had happened

and all these things were going down. And like, we all talked as a group afterwards, right? Like, let's talk this through and settle this before we... You did. You vamoosed. As soon as that episode was done, I could feel there was tension at the table. I silently just got my stuff and I left.

I think you guys stayed and talked about it. We did. I couldn't take it. I couldn't take it. I just went to my car and drove home. Oh no. And then you were like, hey, everything's fine when you got back.

Yep, yep. I assume it was resolved. Yeah, it was great. It was. Okay, okay. I would say then, 95% of the time. Incredible.

Where it's cool. I don't even know what's going on. I might've stopped at the kitchen to get my food. But then I left. I didn't want any, I didn't want to see my friends mad at each other. Oh, damn. I feel like that's the most angry

that we'd ever been like playing about a thing in game. About a thing in game. I was pretty mad when Caleb gave up the beacon. But it ended up being a great moment. In a different way. And they're both great moments. They are great moments. Yes.

Big choices. But it's just a real game. Like, I don't think anybody that plays D&D or any tabletop game is like, oh yeah, I've never had a moment where a player like one side of the table wasn't pissed at the other. Like, especially 10 years. Yeah. 10 years, you gotta have a couple moments where you're like, what the fuck?

Yeah. Just, that's what makes it so good. Also, all experience Taliesin grabbing us by the collar, throwing us against a wall. Yeah, yeah. Don't fuck with me. Yeah. Yeah.

100% Right? He does it all the me. Yeah. 100%. Right? He does it all the time. It's fine. Okay, well, I'll say nine times out of ten, it's gone down to 90%. We'll get in arguments in game, but then be like, that was cool.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Drama's fun. It's drama. It's a collaborative element. But then there are a few times, but I feel like that's less even about like in character player drama and more like

you made a really big game choice. Yeah. And it's usually like, it's usually if a player makes a choice without talking to anybody else at the table about it and just like does something that is like game changing. Yeah. That happens also when we start a battle.

Yes. Like, okay, the plan is we're just gonna go talk and then someone attacks. I'm gonna fucking run. Fuck this, I guess we're doing this now. Leroy Jenkins. Yeah. Which, you ran into battle at one point in time

and I remember Taliesin having a great one-liner saying, please stick to something resembling the plan. Like, not even the plan, just. Oh well. Yeah. Oh well. There's so many of us, someone's bound to start some shit. Oh yeah. In terms of handling it, though, I don't know.

We talk real good. Yeah Yeah, but you're great at talking Sam, oh, I don't know It all comes with context afterwards like in the game you can't be like pause What the fuck are you thinking? Yeah, right and then afterwards I was trying to do that I didn't think that or I thought you guys knew that, and you're like, oh, okay. Got it. But again, it's so few and far between.

Yeah. I mean, if it was just a straight up home game, we would 100% do that at the table, like during the game. Are you fucking kidding me? Why would you do that? What is the plan here? The old tree who smoked weed said this was a bad idea, Taliesin.

I think it was said. I think we said that. Above the table, yeah. Yeah, we tried to do it the professional improv way. We're like, we're picking up on the cues. We can get you laying down. What the fuck is happening right now? They're going to come heal me.

Who? Who? Get up there by yourself! We have nothing! Because of all I remember, because like Travis and I sit next to each other and I remember me and him like talking off the side and we're like, we're just going to, what the fuck can we do about this?

We can't do shit except for sit here and be fucking mad. We're like a hundred feet down the pier. Or like Laura and you as FCG, we're like, guys, I don't remember you looking over and being like, do something! And I was like, what are we doing? I can make bees come out of my mouth. I don't know if that's gonna fucking help in this moment.

He's just going like, let's turn into a wolf! Yeah, what are we supposed to do right now? Okay, yeah, Travis, you're the final one. Final spinny spin. Please don't let it be me. Kyle! Kyle!

No! Did he just nope out of it? He noped out. Hold a spin. Whoa. Whoa! Hey! Oh! Oh, God, this is like, this is like.

God, it's already compromised. Really compromised! Just pull from the other bottom piece. Over here? Yeah, do that one, cause it'll balance it out. I feel like you're setting me up for failure. How about smile? Oh, dang, yeah. Good job, baby. How about smile? Oh, yeah.

Good job, baby. 50! 50? That doesn't make any sense. 15, I assume. Oh, 50, five, zero. No, it's not. Five.

Oh, I guess, oh yeah, there is. For some reason, I thought, I hold the- The Lord of Hells! I was like, 30 questions, oh shit, no, there's more. Okay, It is... How did you come... Oh, from The Unicorn Elf from the Beacon Discord. It's a great name.

So good. How did you come about choosing your characters for Downfall? How hands-on could you be on deciding factors? Laura and Marisha, that's a great question for you two. Well, I wasn't in Downfall. No, I know, but you helped. But I was there. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Listened. I know who was in Downfall. Yeah. Well, this one was unique because, of course. You used a focus group. Yeah. Well, you're not creating characters straight from the get-go. You're not going, oh, this is the city,

and I'm gonna create a character that lives in that city. It was, that was a. Is that the brown note? Ronan, did we already tell this story? Well, I don't know, tell it. Ronan, we were putting him to bed, and just out of the blue, he's like listening to his bedtime story,

and he just goes, hey, you know what mommy's burps sound like? And we were like, what? And he goes, oh, what? He's tucked in, we've done bedtime, he's got his leg pulled up tight, the lights are low. You know what mommy burps sounds like? Oh, what?

I was in the dark. I lost my shit. I was like, that's right. A rat. That's great. You howitzer. You and Marisha. I'll burp at home and he'll be like, see?

That's what I meant. You're gonna hear it across the house. I love that. Anyway, this one was different because you were just creating a character, you had certain ones to choose from. Yeah, you had a certain pool of gods. Oh, yes.

Which we kind of answered on the last poor sighted dive. Yeah, which we watched. Obviously, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We watched everything. On Beacon.tv? Yeah. Tune in for cool down. Yes. So it was kind in for cool down. Yes.

So it was kind of like what gods interest us and which gods would have been involved in this. Yeah. And then it was like finding it as a group and going, these ones seem to mesh in the most fun ways. Yeah. Yeah. And I know Brendan was like, yeah, it makes, like if you don't play any portrayer gods, they'll be

NPCs. Yeah. Portrayers. Portrayers. But then early on, we were like, no one else could play the Matron of Ravens except for Laura Bailey. Or Liam O'Brien.

Or Liam. Liam would be a good matron, honestly. Yeah. He would have done a great job. Liam would be a good matron, honestly. Yeah. He would have done a great job. He would have done good. Yeah. He can see you, Travis. Oh.

But yeah, he's good. Thank you. Oh, Jesus. To Brittany St. Seer. Was that right? Yeah. Swan ate my baby. Renee.

Renee. Just Renee. Renee. And the unicorn elf. And the unicorn elf. And if you have a question for our Tower of Inquiry, you can enter it at critrole.com slash tower. Tower, tower, tower.

Now it is time. Good tower. To slide into the deep dive Where a lore keeper Danny Carr dispenses her very well-crafted quandaries from within novelty beverage repositories and we cram them into our mind holes with our eyes which is a Commonly known as reading Jesus Jesus fucking Christ, Kyle. Do we have mind holes?

I don't think a quandary is a question. Do we have mind holes? Oh, look at your new cup. Yep. Is a mind hole a mirror? Is a quandary a mirror? I don't think a quandary is a problem. I have two mind holes, if so.

I feel like it should be splattered with like, Maybe a third. Define quandary. Instead of Sharpie. Thank you. Don't you think? It's a state of perplexity or uncertainty. Sorry, man. Okay. It is a dilemma of perplexity or uncertainty. Sorry, Mike. Okay.

It is a dilemma. How do we determine who goes first? It is not a question. Here we go. Marisha tells us. We'll change it in post. Oh yeah, she decides. I think he meant queries. I bet Kyle really appreciates the nitpicking of his scripts.

You guys are so bad! It might be, wait, was it query? And I said it wrong? No, you said it right. It was just written wrong. Oh, I'm stupid! Wow, Sam, wow. I went to work!

I feel that so deeply. Oh my god. I'm sorry, guys. Who's going first, Marisha? Serving me well. I'll go first. Oh my god. 20 years later.

Fuck. Get off. Okay. That's what she said. Does having Delilah in the soul anchor change how you approach playing Laudna? I mean, yeah, it's a literal weight lifted off my shoulders and soul.

My soldiers. Oh, God. You're fired. Shoulders? Quandaries. Shoulders? Quandaries. Shoulders. No, it feels like... Shoulders.

It feels like you can move forward now. It's like a breath of fresh air. I don't think I've ever seen your cup. My cup? I know, because we're never on the show together. That's right. We're trying to leave one responsible adult alone. Watching the kid. We are letting... He just put him to bed and ran out of the house. Omar.

He's finally at that age now. Omer. He eats the mac and cheese in a dog bowl. Like, get on it. Omar ate all the mac and cheese in the dog bowl. Yep, yep. We'll let Chainsaw take care of all of them. They'd probably be okay.

They'd probably be okay. Da da da da da. Am I going? Yeah. You mentioned in the cool down how difficult it is to separate your thoughts as the matron experiencing downfall versus Imogen watching a thousand years later. What is the, why, what?

What did I do? Nope. What is that brain gymnastics like? What, and how do you keep it all straight? There's not a lot of space left for any of it. How do I keep it all straight? I think a lot before I talk. And then you throw in,

and then you throw in gesture and then you throw in Jester into the mix and like the minute she's mentioned, it's just like, like, yeah. The elevator music starts playing in your brain. That's gonna be rough when we're jumping. What is Jester's elevator music? Cause it's like, sometimes you get a girl from Ipanema,

but I feel like Jester's would be different. Elevator music's a good question. Jester's elevator music would be whatever TikTok song is the most popular. In the moment. In the moment. Right now it's please, please, please. That's the most popular one right now. We should do character elevator music.

Grogs would be like, C is for cookie. Yeah. Words would be like, don't tell my heart. My heart. Break it, break it hard. We're not a cowboy anymore. He's always a cowboy. Never get rid of them boots.

Oh my god, Ford and Imogen would get along so great. Don't let them meet. Maybe they'll meet. The wedding, think of the wedding. Oh no! Imogen would never go for it. I don't know. He's handsome. Could Ford? Dani, don't put me on the spot it would be so weird she's got mind

control powers that's true for you to leave your fiance who's your real wife for my or your wife yeah it sounds like something's going on sam Samuel. Yep. Sounds ripe to the possibility. Now that's a what if. That's a what if. Yeah. Grog made his first cameo. How was it to see your boy and what was the best part? Matt's impersonation was my favorite part.

Also Brace almost picking a fight with him and then seeing Grog and Pike reunited was amazing. And he represented himself so well. He did so good. In the council. He did great. He is just doing a great job. He was doing such a good bodyguard work. Right? He was so good.

Man. Especially considering apparently he was a little toasty. Yeah. Was he? He was just a little waisty pants during the council meeting. Was he drinking? Yeah, he had been drinking beforehand. Matt threw that in his pike where she was like, I told you you shouldn't have had those pints.

I was laughing too hard. I was missing some of it. My eyes were watering. I was laughing so much. His stupid face just like the... When is Grog not a little bit toasty? That's true. He's always got ale. I'm sure he found another one of those big jars that just auto generates the liquid.

That was probably one of the first things. Yeah, I feel like he still has his alchemy jug. What's in his bag of holding? That's what we gotta find. That's a really good TikTok. 70 years of shit in the bag of holding. Cultivated stuff, just slaw and body parts. It hasn't been 70 years.

70 years. 30, 31. 31 years. 30, 31. 31 years. 30 years? 31. 31. Okay. Campaign ended in 812 PD.

We are currently in 843 PD. So Old Man Percy isn't too Old Man Percy. I was thinking Old Man Percy was going to be walking around with like a bad hip at this point, but. He built a new one. No, he's got a cool cane that he doesn't actually need. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he doesn't actually need it. His little unassuming cane.

Go get him. Sam, how does it feel playing such a flirty character? Look at your mug, I hadn't even seen it. This is a temporary. I love it. Moo. Moo. After being in FCG's fleshy metal skin for so long,

how does it feel to be flirty? It feels like stepping into an old, old slipper. An old, stanky slipper. No, yeah, I mean, I feel like for the second campaign, I wanted to challenge myself and do something different and play a woman and play someone with a drinking problem this this I wanted to play healer I wanted to play a robot I wanted to play someone who wasn't really sure about human emotions but now I just get to do what I do best, which is Mac. Throw down Mac.

Mac! I gotta treat myself well, so I'm just making it easy on myself. It's like, this is no brainer shit. How much charisma does Reyes have? So much. Does he really, or are you playing? It's his high stat.

Is it one of your biggest bugs? Oh, that's right. Plus 13 or something? Plus 14. It's 14. I have Is it one of your biggest bugs? Oh, that's right. Plus 13 or something? Yeah. It's 14. It's 14. I have a plus 15 to deception. Then why am I so much better at it than you?

Dang! Truth! You really know. I got to bump that up somehow. This is one of those player conflicts, Lures. This is where Sam disappears. Don't you embarrass me in front of the cameras like that ever again. You know how I care about my reputation and my image. Oh my God.

I will fuck. I don't like them. That was terrifying. That's what Matt does. Yeah. It is fun watching you play Brayus though, because I feel like this might be the biggest, like when you go from Breyas to Sam,

it's the biggest whiplash. Cause you'll be like, yeah, I just, you know, it's my, it is my God. The ejector ceiling. Yep, same. That's so good. Okay, let's see. What do we have?

What do we have? Musubi. Delilah Musubi. Delilah is trapped in the crystal, which Laudna got to metaphorically enter and experience. What do you think of Delilah's prison? It's what a shithole. Fucking shit.

What shit? All those words broke up. I've been in this building for a lot of hours. It sucks, and it's nice to see. There's no interior decorating that happened inside the soul anchors? You should give her a little hamster wheel. Something to keep her occupied. Leave her some wood chips.

Yeah. I wonder, that's actually a good question. Can I go in there and like do anything with it? Change her environment. The little raven slumber, the little Pokeball had stuff. Yeah. Grog poo. Yeah, Grog pooped in there for sure.

A lot of trinket poo. Yeah, it's just a barn. Yeah. I'll ask Matt if I can like bring her white castles or something every once in a while. White castles. I mean, she did take care of you for so many years. I don't drink.

She did. What is this, Big Red? Big Red, shout out to the South, let's go. I don't know, find it. So like, would White Castle be like a Whitestone-specific burger? Yeah. Whitestone Castle?

Whitestone Castle. I'm sure we won't have any copyright issues about it. You can just take another one. Lewdness has, why do I sound so fucking drunk? You read so fast at home. I know. Okay, I'm gonna read it like I'm smart fucking drunk. You read so fast at home. I know. Okay, I'm gonna read it like I'm smart. Okay.

If it's an acting thing, she can do it. Yeah. Lewdness has seemingly confirmed his, nope, seemingly confirmed his need for Runeisborn and that he deeply. Oh no, is there like, is there a gas leak? Why are you like this? Stupid.

Methane poisoning. No, no. Okay, okay, okay. I'm smart. Smells like farts. I'm smart. Ludenus has seemingly confirmed his need for Ruidusborn, and that he deeply wants Imogen in particular to join him.

Listen, I can do this. What do you think his plans are, and how do you feel being the center of his focus? Hey, you made it. I did it. You did it. Top of the mountain. What was the question? I do... I wasn't actually it. I did it. Top of the mountain. What was the question?

I wasn't actually listening. I feel like I know what his plans are, which are he's gonna take the Ruidusborn, Predathos is, he's gonna try, no, I guess I don't really know what he's going to do. No, keep talking. It'll come together by the time you finish. Just keep going.

He's gonna use the Ruidusborn to break through the gate and Prodathos is gonna recognize them as part of himself and he's gonna either absorb them to gain his power back or he's gonna siphon Prodathos into all the Ruidusborn. Siphon, oh, oh, well, interesting. And then the Ruidusborn. As opposed to a single host. Wait, when was the first part of his plan, you said?

That you think is his plan? Well, because Proudathos is stuck in this, in the gate, right? The Hallowed Cave or Callowed Cage. Yep, Hallowed Cave. And I think the Rudeusborn will be able to get through it because they have part of Exandria and part of Proudathos. Oh.

Yeah, so. We don't even know what it looks like. No. Pridathos could be a humanoid, a creature. It could be a star creature. It could be an egg. They were saying that the blue crystal was like a representation of what Pridathos was.

So it's like. It's gonna be a beacon. Dude, that's the thing. I feel like it's Luxon. I feel like it's Luxon. It's gotta be connected. Pr Dude, that's the thing. I feel like it's Luxon. It's gotta be connected. Dothos is the Luxon? Or like connected to the same type of creature.

Cause the Luxon is in like, yeah, the Luxon was like kind of in the same vein. It feels like it was per Dothos in terms of like, it's not part of the prime, like the deities. It's something else. They said that the Luxon predates the deities, right? And landed on Exandria from another place. Like it crashed onto Exandria

and they're finding pieces of this creature. Yeah. And they're searching for all of the pieces. But like in the vision, Predathos landed in the same crash of light. Yeah. I think he looks like Slim Goodbody. Who's that?

You should Google it. Okay. Is that a scary thing? No, he was a man in the 80s who taught you about your body by wearing a skin tight Lycra suit that had the human. Oh, that guy. Oh, this guy. Oh yeah.

Right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. John Burstein. Wait, he has a name? Well, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jon Burstein. Wait, he has a name? Well, obviously. We didn't need that. We didn't need that. Slim Goodbody. Slim Goodbody. What, you thought that Slim Goodbody was-

Was actually his birth name? His birth name? Wait, his Lycra suit has a diagram of a body pattern. Yeah, yeah. You don't remember that? Oh, I hate it. Yeah. What was it like for Chetney to play such a massive part in Laudna's ritual

as the one handling her surgery? You were huge. I was so ready for that surgery, I wasn't even nervous at all. He looks like Screech. He does look like Screech. Wait, hold up. Oh yeah.

God, I watched a lot of him. Yeah, 100%. Wow. Yeah, I basically had your non-life in my hands as a surgeon. You kind of did. And I was not sweating it one bit. I could only succeed. Yeah. Really?

Yeah, 100%. Yeah, of course. Like a surgeon. I'm not a surgeon. I have one chisel. Anything is a plus. You definitely took a wood chisel to my chest. 100%.

I don't know if anybody, if you've never messed with a wood chisel out there, careful. Sharp as. Yeah. If you had been like an actual living person, it just would have been gushes of blood all over everything. Oh, yeah. Yeah, but it was just molasses. It was fully flayed. Yeah, and I wasn't gentle either.

Like I didn't do like the, I feel like I did a crack, crack, crack. Well you opened your own chest. Because you did the like hellhound thing too. That's true. Yeah. Kind of ruined the fun, but yeah. Breas smoked the heroism pipe,

showing a moment of great intensity when he killed a follower. Why was that moment chosen? And why did you highlight that Asmodeus did not speak to Breas? That moment was chosen because it was a moment of true devotion to the lord of the devils, to the ruler of all the hells, to the king of evil. And I highlighted the moment, I highlighted the fact that Asmodeus did not speak to Brayus because that was a sad moment for Brayus,

and probably because Sam Riegel was still trying to endear you guys to me. Oh. Yeah. Because it would be very easy for you to be like, oh, maybe we shouldn't hang out with this guy because he's evil, but if he's evil and pathetic, then maybe you'll hang out with him more.

Got a little chip on his shoulder. But if he's evil and pathetic, he could be not pathetic if he's with the platinum dragon. That's true. Yeah, Asmodeius is keeping empathetic. Save this for in-game. Okay, sorry. Don't fucking embarrass me like this.

There he goes again. That's happening. End, I will destroy you. He's like, I left during the conflict, but he just blacked out and didn't realize he was the one driving it all. Fucking mementos. How did Laudna feel standing up to the council

about her powers and connection to death? That was terrifying. Uh-huh. I didn't know how that was gonna go. Yeah, I know. Me neither. I feel like the point, I mean, Matt is just so good. Matt was so good in that moment.

Like the shit he was just rattling off his head. And I feel like the point I was trying to get to, he completed it. Where I'm like, yeah, like the light and dark and darkness, the beautiful darkness, it's good. Because death needs life to live? Yeah, and I was like, yes, you only get, you know, what did you say he's like oh

shadow is when you are yeah it's cast from the light there's a balance you need you need light to have darkness and i'm like yeah that that is what i meant what he said this goes back to your question danny about separating minds yeah as the matron versus Imogen, because in that moment, I was thinking like the matron, like trying to justify it because her ideals are she's so very, very, very against undead and anything that has an unnatural life. And it was her priestesses that stood up and defended you. Yeah. Priest-i.

That stood up and defended you, and I was die. This would have been defended you. And I was like, would they do that? But at the same time, I feel like then I went into the matron's head of going, well, I feel like she would hate Delilah for doing that to you. Yeah, that's interesting. But she wouldn't hate you because that was not a choice that you made.

Yeah, that's fair. You didn't choose to give yourself on death or an elongated life. Yeah, she's the victim. Yeah. As far as we know. Maybe that lobster. What doesn't break coming out in just a couple months? Yeah.

Do I have another one? Hey, this is for both of us. Yeah. Do I have another one? You were too. Hey, this is for both of us. Ooh. Imogen and Laudna are back together. What was it like playing them on the outs, and how does it feel for them both to have reconciled after the Delilah debacle? I mean, once again, so much easier to be past this.

Yeah, 100%. It's like breaking up with a coworker. You're like, well, gotta still see you every day. I know. Are we together, are we not? This is weird. Yeah. And also like breaking up with somebody,

like not because you don't wanna be with them, but because like it's just not healthy. Yeah, the place that they're in. Yeah, but everything's healthy. So much better. You're not gonna break up with Matt, are you? How did you- Go work a worker.

Like, extrapolate that. What? Extrapolate. Explain, extrapolate. It's a liquid you. Quandary. How did you exfoliate that, from what I've seen? Versha was talking about some guy that she dated at a Wendy's once.

Yeah. You're not gonna break up with Matt, are you? Whitestone Andy. What's the worst job you ever worked? And Sam, you don't have to answer this because you've never worked. I can't answer that. This. This is the only job I've never worked in your life. I can't answer that. This.

The only job I've ever had. Aw, thanks, Sam. That's cute. It's the best and the worst. It's the only. The worst job I've ever had? I mean, I worked in retail. There were some gnarly things that you, some asshole people that you dealt worked in retail. There were some gnarly things that you,

some asshole people that you dealt with in retail. I worked at Charlotte Roos. You worked at Charlotte Roos? I shopped at Charlotte Roos. Yeah, it's like a clothing store for young women. I applied to Charlotte Roos so many times. I worked at fucking Stein Mart. Yeah.

Charlotte Roos. Stein Mart. I mean Charlotte Ruth. Stein Mart. I mean, of course also I've worked as a, as Tinkerbell on Hollywood Boulevard, baby. That was probably that, I guess. It was probably pretty, that was pretty bad. I worked security in a club in LA and I got stabbed in the arm with a fork.

Did you really? Yeah, don't ever try and break up girl fights. Those are the worst. Yeah. I worked at a place called the Store of Knowledge. The Store of Knowledge? In the mall, yeah.

It sounds like, is that like a higher learning? Yeah, it was like a store that sold telescopes and like, Oh, that's cool. You know, like mind games and stuff.

Oh, that's cool. Why did Chetney not tell Ashton about the Bright Queen's offer? Because I love drama. Any opportunity. Oh, yeah. Any opportunity to fuck with another character. Amen, baby, amen. Yeah. Chetney not tell Ashton about the Bright Queen's offer because I love drama any Opportunity fuck with another character I Could share this with my teammate and be a good player, but I'm not gonna do that

Frustration I could just I could feel the frustration like floating off of Taliesin as you were just not saying it. He was like,. It wasn't an offer to Ashton, it was an offer to me. Yeah. To betray Ashton. Which I'm definitely going to do. Chetney, man, he's a little shit. How do you think I got to be faux hundo? Yeah, by stealing money. Selling being fellow.

You have no much money, had no idea how much money the bank of Chetney has. No, because he steals, like anytime we come across money, Chetney just picks it up and he doesn't share it with the group. I'm a war profiteer, you guys. I've just been funding the dynasty. And I got all this shit,

all in the first campaign about how greedy Vex was, how she was always doing horrible things. You do it in a greedy way. Yeah, you're too- He does it in a cute way. Oh yeah. Overt about it. Jesus fucking Christ.

Too overt. You are right though. Something, something, double standard, something, something. Brayus spoke to the council, spoke highly of his Bell's Hells companions. What was it like to play that moment? Do his words reflect his true feelings about his new party members?

Yes? No! Lies, lies! No way, one and a half days! I've known these people for months. That's so funny. That's right, you said that, didn't you? If I'm gonna lie, I might as well do it right. Oh, garbage.

Oh, garbage. I understood the assignment after you illustrated it for us. And I knew that someone with a high charisma needed to step up and do some lying. So I figured that was me. And, uh. You were wrong, and you were wrong. And I was wrong.

It was worth a shot. No, I think, I think Brayus likes these people. They will be, they're very powerful, and they're very trusting. Your character will fuck Scanlan and cause a TPK as a result. Yeah. More, speed round, come on, we gotta go through.

Yeah. It's like 11 o'clock, come on. Laudna and O I'm had a few strong moments together before and during the ritual with a lot of mentioning she hoped that it would be or um who took her down why did she look to or him for that option I think or um just like he feels like the He feels like the one Who could make a heart like a hard choice and Like he was my friend like you don't want it to be the person you're in love with that's horrible to die at the hands

of Your significant other plus there's always a risk. They won't actually Right. So it's like, it just feels like Aurum would be able to make the hard choice. Yeah, Chetney could also. Who the fuck are you sleeping on? Chetney would. Yeah, that could have been Chetney. Instant, you got it, babe.

Yeah. I would make it hurt or be terrible or quick. I got a variety, I got a menu pre-set. Okay, but. All right, see, you're gonna enjoy it too much. Yeah. Just to start, you're starting to go- You're going to give Orm anguish.

If I give Orm anguish, I'd just be like. Yeah, but you might be like, well, she's turned a bad- Yeah, maybe a little too quick on the draw. That's weird, I'm just saying. Chetney would- Watch your shit. You want the job too badly, Chet.

Yeah. Like, Laudna could sneeze and you'd be like, God, kill her! Get her. Like, I could see Orym just waiting to be like, okay, no, this is the moment. Understandable. Still hurt.

Still hurt. Disagree. We got to see Vex acting as representative for the entire Tal'Dorei Council. What was it like seeing her in a place of such importance? It was great. Wow. It was everything she deserved.

Yeah. Campaign war. Get it. Coming up. Yes, queen. It was pretty great. That's it. That's how I feel.

You were so stoked on it. Yeah. I could tell how proud you were. Oh, this is a big one. It says, what is it like for Chetney to meet a true fan of his work and to be surrounded by all of his crafted pieces, especially after being referred to as a guy who makes chairs in front of Exandria's leader?

Well, first of all, that's not wrong. I had my chair era. Your chair-a. My chair-a, and then I moved on to other things. But to see all of my masterpieces being appreciated in such a way was so wonderful. And it's just the tip of the iceberg, guys. In fact, we will call upon that group, those fans, to help us beat Ruid. I've called it now.

The Seapoppers? Yeah, because the Seapoppers all have enchanted pieces of mastery. They're enchanted? They're enchanted? Well, when you assemble them like Voltron. Oh, then they come to life. But you have to incorporate the anal egg as the final piece.

Well, that's like, yeah, that's the Arkenstone. Yeah, that's what I call it. That's like the soul gem. That's the Jaeger that I built out of wood that is durable as fuck. What creature, what grand demon do you have trapped in your ass? It's real uncomfortable.

The saving throws, I have to roll, you guys. That's what we're rolling for. You wanna talk about high modifiers? Ooh, baby. What grand demon do you have trapped in your ass? How is Brayus feeling with the Platinum Dragon of it all, wearing the armor of his former god, talking about saints? I sort of answered this a little bit before,

but I think it's refreshing and sort of sentimental for Brayus to sort of walk back down Platinum Lane. I'm just gonna ask this other one also, since... Yeah, why not? You're no stranger to playing new characters late in the campaign, with Terry and even Veth undergoing massive physical transformation. How is Breas different?

Are there ways in which the experiences are similar? I do do this a lot, don't I? This is your thing. This is my thing. Boy, I'm so boring, unpredictable. But maybe this one's different, because maybe this one, no, it's the same. What was the question?

How is coming in as a late campaign new character different this time? I think it's different because I have a mission from a god. I have a distinct mission to kill Ludinus for my god. You're also in direct conflict with us. You are on the bad team. Yeah, yeah, that's huge. And it will play out in exciting ways.

Don't flinch. Oh, he dodged. That's good. That's right. That's my six month stint as a boxer. I'll get you later for that. Do you remember when he would just walk up and punch at you before? Yes, I do.

That's right. Gotta get faster. That was fun. How did it feel for Laudna to finally decide that it was time for Delilah's reign to end? What was the exact tipping point for you during the daladna fight yeah i mean yeah it is yeah uh i don't want to be a liability going into the end of the world that would have been bad so i was like okay well i either get this out of me now or maybe don't go to a field trip on the moon

because that could be bad. But it's good. It was nice. You did it. Oh, that was so pathetic. How did it do it? It just didn't know, it just dropped right on down. It fit? Sam, Sam.

Wow. Son of a bitch. There's the arm. It's loading up the armory, Sam. Wow! Son of a bitch. There's the arm. They're just loading up the armory. Go. Talk to us about that daydream with Liliana and how Imogen felt learning that her mother will be a satellite for the Occultesthalamus.

Did she want to tell her not to broadcast? Yes. We saw where we got it! We saw where! Perfect! We're still here, we got it! Perfect! Perfect, 10 out of 10. Ray! So good.

Oh my god. What is it like being Ray Gunn? Honestly? It's rough right now. I'm so proud of my name bacon the Reagan got mad I got mad you just do some break dancing at the end of this show okay the daydream through yeah I think it's terrible that my mom's gonna have to be the satellite.

Did I want to tell her not to broadcast? Yes, of course I wanted to tell her that. And I feel like I did say that. If you cannot broadcast it and get away with your life, fucking do that. But I think he would suspect her too much if she was like, oh, I can't. Yeah. Or she just gets laryngitis and she can't. I'm going to kill your mom.

You've used See Invisibility quite a few times in both Campaign Two and here in Campaign Three. What was it like to turn on that spell and see a massive fucking dragon overhead? Awesome. There was no way either Dorian or I, do you also have See Invisibility? No.

Dorian and I, one of us was gonna do it. Cause you gotta check out the guards and the wards and the spells in that room. Yeah, you have to. I didn't expect to see a dragon coiled up underneath the ceiling. That was amazing. Yeah. Yeah, that room did not disappoint between the Judicators and the golems and the dragon and the cast of characters. Because the golems, were they also invisible?

Six golems that were, I think they were invisible and the dragon certainly was. And he harumphed at one point, he was like, hmm. Yeah, yeah, he did, he did. That's cool. With the crazy name, Ashalashurma. Ashadionysus. Nope, nope, that wasn't it.

It's closer than mine. I'm really close. You are close. Yeah. Ash. Ash. Ash. Ash. That was the end. Athadianisis. Yeah, Athadantadonis.

Something like that. Orthodontis. I'm pulling it up. I have this. It's his name. Thank God. Well, while Dani looks that up. It's taking too long.

Asanainen. That's it for the deep dive, which means we're almost done with this very special four-sided dive. But before we go, it's time for one more round of questions from the Tower of Inquiry. So we're going to spin the bottle again.

I'll go first. Athedashianus. Athelitis? Athedashianus. Something like that. Athedash. Athedashionis. oh it moves it is it is a set don't go there no sam don't do that weak start low oh boy there we go oh oh boy oh god ariel van zant Ariel Van Zant. Take your time. Ariel Van Zant asks, It's exciting every time we encounter a character from previous campaigns. What glimmers of their younger selves do you think your past characters still have?

And what are some personality traits you hope they've developed or discovered? All right, Brogri. Earned a couple letters. probably hasn't changed much. Maybe found love and lost it. Oh, I lost it. You think so? He's Joey from Friends, you can't pair him with anybody. He's Joey. Yeah, that's true.

He's gotta stay still. Yeah. I'm interested to see Scanlan and Pike's relationship. Oh, yeah. Post-divorce. I know. That's true. They got amicably divorced. Yeah. Because you wanted to play a divorced couple in Calamity.

I know. And now it's happening again. You've been wanting to be divorced for so long. Are you and Q going to break up? Oh! for so long. Are you and Q gonna break up? It's only fair you ask me. The return fire. No, reverse. Who the fuck?

Who no reverse? Woo! No. I love her and she loves me. Oh. Amazing. Spin the bottle. Okay.

Marisha, did you answer? Oh, uh. Oh, that's right, we had a question. Yeah, I love how Keyleth still has to take some deep breaths before she does public speaking, but. Also, because the love of your life is a fucking eight ball in the middle of a bridge connecting the earth and the moon.

She's having tough times. And I actually do really love that, where she's like, like Matt's doing a very good job at like, having just angry Keyleth under the surface at all times. And I actually do really love that where she's like like Matt's doing a very good job at like Having just angry keyless under the surface at all times. He's doing really good good job That I still don't know if X knows about facts. She's got to she has to has to right There's no way keyless wouldn't have told her I don't know there is a way that keyleth wouldn't have told her some compartmentalization going on I Don't know talked about it in the last episode

Where she was like the X time? Yeah, Keyleth kind of talked about it in front of everybody in the last episode not everybody But the little this little the mini council that you got where Vex was there She was like she said something, the most important person to me is in there, and I gotta figure something out. That was in front of Vex. We should bring it up

and make Matt fight himself. Yeah, I want to see them fight. Yeah. I have a random question for you guys. Who do you think is gonna be the hardest to convince of Vox Machina to come back? Scanlan.

Yeah, 100%. Why? Or Percy. He seems over it. Percy seems over it. He seems prettyina to come back. Scanlan. Scanlan. Yeah, 100%. Why? Or Percy, he seems over it. Percy seems over it. He seems pretty committed to White State. That's one thing that hasn't changed about her. She's still hot. She's still hot.

She has an amazing tit. Hot tits and a push-up rod, never die, baby. That's all you need to get Percy on a mission. Go, go. That's all you need to get Percy on a mission. Go. Pull. Dexter's gotta snap her fingers. All right. Yes, mommy.

I hate this. Go for it. I'm nervous for you. Do the bottom one. I believe in you. Oh, that one's not too bad. Too easy. The other ones were not gonna, it wasn't, it's not 49.

Okay. Ooh, it is wibbly. Oh, gosh. I'm a little scared of it. I just want this to be shitty for the next group, to be honest. What if you're in the next group? That's happened a lot scared of it. I just want this to be shitty for the next group, to be honest. Yeah. What if you're in the next group? That's happened a lot before.

Don't do anything interesting for the next few episodes. Poetry. Yeah. Okay, here it is. Tech565, scary ghosty on Twitter. Aw. As more time passes in the universe with each campaign, do you feel that technological advances will

surpass magic at some point or vice versa? Is there a balance that keeps each side in check to prevent such a thing from occurring? Wow. That's a good question. That's a great question. I've kind of wondered if the prime deities have conveyed to the Don Marshals of Vasselheim

to keep that sort of development of tech from happening again from the age of Archon. So if they were like, hey, this fucked up the first time, you guys will be the Dawn City, like, you know, the cradle of civilization, but also you've got to squash this where it pops up before it gets too big. Yeah, that's very interesting, actually. Yeah. where it pops up before it gets too big. Yeah, that's very interesting, actually. Like there could be an elite force of

luddites that go around sort of destroying technology around the world? Could be. I think if the gods are wiped out, the tech will for sure throw it over. Tarion is going to rule Alexandria. Yeah. But also, it definitely feels too like the people, especially like your Cerberus Assembly

and your other majorocracies, that keeps them powerful as well. It keeps them kind of able to have their control and their station. I mean, that was Ripley's whole thing, right? Yes. She wanted science to become greater than magic. Yeah, 100%. I always love fantasy worlds of games or books that I've read where they cancel each other out, where if technology is really powerful,

then magic loses its power and vice versa. Yeah. It's interesting. Excuse me. Spin it. Last one. Oh. Or Marissa or whoever. Oh, jeez. Oh, jeez.

Kyle. Spin it, last one. Oh. Or Marissa or whoever. Oh jeez, oh jeez. Yeah, that didn't count, that didn't count. Kyle. That is so appropriate. I just really want this to suck for the next group. What did I say? Yeah! So good.

This is the last one, and I can say that because I'm the host. What did I say? Yeah! So good. This is the last one, and I can say that because I'm the host. Last one for tonight. Go for the hard one, Marisha. Do the bottom one. Do the bottom one. Marisha, I really like your boyfriend vibes tonight.

Thank you. These are Matt's jeans. Oh, wow. Because I don't wanna... Can you imagine if you wore my jeans? Yeah, it would be hard to move. Oh my God. I was, I don't wanna. Can you imagine if you wore my jeans? Yeah, it would be. Oh my God. Hard to move, yeah. Ooh, honey.

Yeah, one hand behind the bag, proper hands. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whoa. You got this. Wow, even with the clunk at the end. 48, 48. Let's go. Okay, from Emerald Beacon. You put it on the.

You put it on the heavy side. Well, oh, it's leaning. Yeah, it is. What? I'm a little scared. From Emerald Beacon, some character elements like Chetney's RTA tattoo or Veth's name anagram seem designed to be revealed much later in the campaign. When you create these subtle details for your character,

how do you determine when to reveal them? Subtle. Subtle details. Yeah. You can't do it early, and you don't want to be the first. Yeah. But also... You can't go too long either. Yeah, I'm just stealing reveals that have been done by players better than myself

in previous campaigns. I mean, Grog made leather boots and that was it. Nothing there, so... I just tried to find a little funny thing and then I thought it would be cool if he had a little icon and letters and then, it definitely couldn't mean the first thing. Especially after Matt's amazing PSA about it. But I had to let it go for a little bit. Yeah.

That definitely feels like the latest reveal. Yeah. The character reveal. You don't count, you're brand new. Yeah. Yeah, and all my stuff is, I'm letting it out. But you did have Faithful Caregiver. Yeah.

That was really great. That is true. Wait, did you know that, or that was a Matt thing? Oh, that's so beautiful. No, no, I came up with that. You did? Oh, you did? But not at the beginning of the campaign. Oh.

That's awesome. I was just Fresh Cut Grass at the beginning, and there is no reason. I just liked the name. You just wanted the joke of it? It was all for that pussy joke. Legitimate. And it crushed.

It was great. I really want to see if I can pull that bottom one, but I don't want a consequence. Uh-huh. I just want to see if I can get it. You just have to approve it by Kyle. Kyle, can we have a free poll with no consequences? See, shouldn't have made fun of him.

Boy, we're in a quandary now. Well, here's the thing. Quit tempting, Kyle. Kyle's very strong. I know. Because if you pull the, if you get, it's the last, it's the end of the episode. So if you get the consequence.

Then there's nothing. Then there's nothing. I just have to have a consequence for a split second. You'd have to have it for a split second. But it'd be funny if it carried over to the next episode, Kyle. We'll see. Go. Okay, okay.

I just really want to see if I can do it. Are you going for the very bottom one? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I just want to see if it can happen. That one, the one. There's no way. It's, yeah, yeah. I just wanna see if it can happen. Cause it looks like that. That one, the one. There's no way. It's, it's toy. Now see you, bitch.

Whoa! Fire! Whoa, you're going for the middle. La, la, la, la, la, la, la. My God. Wow. That's some steady hands. Well, wait, what was the number?

It was three. The number was three. Might as well do it. Might as well do it. Okay. From Gallant Gatsby, as someone that wrote 18 pages for their last character, how deep in the depth do you go

when it comes to a backstory? What's the longest you spent writing it and how satisfying was it to finally see it unfold and play? This is specifically for Grog Leatherboot Strongjaw. Yay! Love that. No, I added that, because you just said. Aw.

Yay! That was my joke, not Gallant Gatsby's. Gallant Gatsby, I'm sorry. I feel like my longest backstory was Jester. But then, like, I sent it to Matt, and he was like, mm. Because I had so much of it was, like, the traveler, was how she met the traveler and what he meant to her. And I created, like, this whole story about Marion and my dad

and all this stuff. And I realized I made probably more backstory for Marion than I did for Chester Like I really was like obsessed with that character and then Matt was like I the traveler like Like he's got to be this kind of thing So he like changed so much of it before we started playing Really? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So a lot of it was like a reveal for me while we were playing it.

Cause did you know from the get-go that he was Artagan? Yes, I created him. I wanted Artagan to be my patron cause I was originally making a warlock. That's cool. So he would. That I stole.

So he then became my god, which was super fun. I created like the idea of Nicodranas. I told Matt I wanted to be from a city that was inspired by Venice and the famous courtesans in that time. Courtesans. Yeah. Courtesans. Courtesans.

That's cool. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know which was longer, or or Laudna probably Bo I kind of did the same thing though I wrote a lot of stuff about Bo's dad and the encounter with the witch yeah like her parents and on everything with Camorta because yeah Laudna was a little bit more straightforward because I was like girl and tree that

yeah and then we both had hags in our backstory and campaign too yeah unknowingly yeah Nott's backstory was pretty complicated and I kept rewriting it as we went and then

Brayus's was leaked online so I had to rewrite that a bit. Was it? No! Oh yeah, you guys didn't hear about this? Just part of it. Not cool, by the way! It's four pages and page three of it got leaked. How?

It was at the live show and he was holding up his backstory and there was like half a page. Somebody zoomed in on it. And leaked it. Oh, bummer. It's fine. I changed it.

No longer applicable. Yeah. Grog was a couple paragraphs after Matt told us from the home game that we were going to be like paired up. I was like, okay. And then Ford I wrote on a flight back from Australia. We both wrote that on that flight. Yeah, 14, 16 hours.

So that was several pages because as Sam knows on our animated series, I just overwrite. I just write and write and write and write and write and write and write and write and write. And then for some reason Jenny was the longest. What? Really? Because he makes no fucking sense.

You gotta pad it with all sorts of shit that Matt can, because otherwise. Didn't work with? Yeah, otherwise, he was like, how does that work? I was like, I got it. So it was a character you yoinked from a one shot? That tried to assassinate Santa.

So I had to make up all sorts of stuff. Plus, he's 400 fucking years old. He has a lot of life. I got to dive into the books and talk about the historical things that happened and where he was and where he came from, just in case there was anything you wanted to pull from and also I overwrite, so. I loved that moment in the Tal'Dorei,

I mean in the council thing where you talked about remembering Zan Tal'Dorei and Erevan the Rival. Yeah. It was so good. Thank you, thank you. I think most of mine are like three to four pages. Yeah. Yeah, that's about standard.

Good length. I usually write dialogue in my backstories. I did too. Oh, really? I wrote dialogue in my, I kind of did it for Imogen, mostly, Imogen's is probably like two or three pages. But Jester was a lot longer. And then you went back and you wrote

the very lovely trinket story. Yeah, because we didn't ever write down backstories, really, for Vox Machina. Not really. But yeah, I wrote. We did, like you said, it was just a couple paragraphs. I wrote the short story for how she got trinket. It was so sweet. I still love it.

We should publish them someday. Our backstories? Yeah. That's what we write about. I still have them on my notes. That's true, actually. I think I have both of them. Yeah, we can make like a little zine

or like in our art books or something. That'd be cool. That'd be cute. Thank you to Ariel Van Zant, Tech 565 Emerald Beacon in Gallant Gatsby. And once again, if you have a question, you can submit it at critrole.com slash tower. And that's it for this episode of Foresighted Dive.

Don't bother looking for more Sighted Dive because you won't find it, but maybe next episode because Kyle and I have some ideas. But before we go, speaking of next episode, we have something very important to do. Oh, yeah. The next one is going to be our Foresighted Dive

Halloween special. So we got, wait, but folks, we're fucking tired. Oh yes. Folks, we're fucking tired. V-tick. That's just right. So next month we'll be having the chillest, most laziest Halloween extrav newsa that you have ever seen So we're gonna pull some lazy Halloween costume ideas for whoever is on the next episode if you've missed it

We've done this last year. It's very fun. But each of us are going to pull three and pick one Oh fun fun fun. Oh, okay Whole three now Oh fun fun fun. Oh, okay I know it's been a frickin year. Oh so crazy Wait, that's a big one too That's appropriate can we read these up? Absolutely. That's appropriate. Can we read these out loud? Absolutely, that's the point. I pulled. Jokes aren't for you, they're for them.

I pulled Discount Vampire, Entirely Normal Not Really Super Mario, and Apple Watch. Apple Watch! That's right, I also took part in this, so. Apple Watch is pretty good. Oh yeah, that's right, Danny. I grabbed four.

Someone who just came back from a semester in Spain. Amazing. That's pretty good. Oh yeah, that's right, Danny. I grabbed four. Someone who just came back from a semester in Spain. That's good. Matt's plaid pajama pants. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Just the pants. Oh, I accidentally picked four. Kyle's sleep paralysis demon. Oh no, that's a good one.

I picked a fourth one, Twitter. Amazing. Twitter or formerly noticed?? It's vintage. I really want to do the trend that's big in Japan, where you just go as a normal person going through something. You know? Oh, that's a good. That's kind of like this.

Yeah, you've seen these, where it's like a woman who is trying to catch the subway, and she just spilled coffee on herself. I kind of have one of these. Trying to make it work. They're so. It's a real, we should- They're so good. Well, maybe that should be our Halloween party this year, like just for fun.

Who'd you get, what'd you draw? I drew, I've got two, well, I've got a few good ones. Chroma Key bodysuit, go nuts audience. Sword guy. I love it. And Florida man. Florida man. But sword guy is so good.

Sword guy is pretty good. What about you, Dani? Oh, did you not read yours? No, I haven't yet. Oh, okay. Yourself with the tiny face makeup challenge. I don't know what that means, and I'm very scared. Oh, it's where you make the face just,

you make it and the mouth is right here. No, I don't wanna what that means. I'm very scared. Oh, it's where you make the face just, you make it and the mouth is right here. No, I don't want to do that. The feeling of forgetting why you entered a room in the first place, which I think is great. Yourself, but bloody for some reason, which is just me on my period. Oh. I don't know what that means.

Whoa, that would was such a graphic. I have one of the Among Us costumes we have lying in the back from that one sponsorship read, but you're not allowed to inflate it. Oh good. Because electricity for the fans is expensive. That would suck. That would actually suck.

Help me. Who was it that got stuck? It was Max. It was Max. Oh, Shapiro. It got stuck? It was Max. It was Max. Oh, Shapiro. It was Shapiro. Oh man. It was so good.

So sad. A Bee Movie, not the Jerry Seinfeld. Or Horse Girl. Oh, that's also fun. Man, so I guess we should, we gotta announce it. What did I do now? Is Sword Guy? That's the one that everyone laughed at the most.

I wanna do one, I wanna pull one. I'll do Sword Guy. You're so good. I was gonna do Discount Vampire, but I'm gonna pick Apple Watch. Apple Watch is great. I'm gonna do someone who just got back from a semester in Spain.

Yeah, that's a winner. Si. What is it? Someone who just got back from a semester in Spain. Bueno. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I really like the idea of just going as Matt's pants though. Matt's pajama pants.

Like, just the pants. Covered in five pairs of Matt's pajama pants. Yeah. Oh, Annie? Oh, I'm gonna do the feeling of forgetting why you entered a room in the first place, just because that sounds really fun. Yeah.

Every day. That means I don't have to remember anything. Yeah. Apple Watch. Nice. I don't have to remember anything. Yeah. Apple Watch. Nice. Are you good? I think I'm going to do a B-movie. It could be any B-movie. Any B-movie.

Any B-movie. Just a B-movie. Or a B-movie. Maybe The Wicker Man? That could be a B-movie. Oh, yeah. Oh, Danny. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, it's definitely open for interpretation. Yes. Well, uh... Any movie a B appears in. Tune in next month for our special Halloween snoozeganza. I want to thank our guests, Laura Bailey, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, and of course, our lovely lore keeper, Danny Carr. I'm Marisha Ray, AKA Raygun, your 27th Tavern Keeper.

And I guess this is the outro. Friends around the table, time to celebrate. It's a party, hit the lights, here we go, go, go. Wasting that away with a little escape. It's a chance to lose control. So let's just leave this world behind. Everybody come on, take a dive. One by one we roll the dice, come on. Let's go, critical road.

Pour another round, your friends are here to cheer you on. Critical road. Throw it back, it's good times all night long. Another round, your friends are here to cheer you on. Critical Role. Throw it back, it's good times all night long. Let's roll. Critical Role. No way to lose when you're having this much fun. It's your turn. No way to lose when you're having this much fun.

Oh, God. Things are flying off.