Critical Role - To Be Continued! | 4-Sided Dive | Episode 10: Discussing Up To C3E43 & M9 Reunited

Episode Date: January 10, 2023

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Welcome to Foresighted Dive, Critical Role's monthly talk show featuring a roundtable discussion about the events and characters of our current campaign, alongside a heavy helping of hijinks. Foresighted Dive airs the first Tuesday of every month at 7pm Pacific on Twitch.tv slash Critical Role and YouTube.com slash Critical Role, with the VOD available on YouTube the very next day. And of course, each episode releases right here on the Critical Role Podcast Network one week after the initial broadcast. Let's dive into the chaos. Doesn't matter. Was it a zebra print? I think it was something. It had texture to it.

You know we should really zoom and enhance. Yeah. Or not. You look good in it, though, as always. Oh, thank you. Thank you. I've been working on my. Yeah.

Thank you. Okay. Cutting this off right now. We are. We're just going ahead. There's extra dice in here. I'm just going to take these. And we're done.

I want to roll the D6, though. No. All right. Here we go. Travis, get in here. Okay. Which one do you need? Do you want a bugger or blood?

No, no, no, go. You pick. Take the diarrhea yellow one. Oh, wow. You just rolled a dash for 20. You just rolled a dash for 20. We're counting that. You rolled it, bitch.

You rolled it. All right. I'm sure nobody else will get a 20. You'll be fine. Well, let's see. Ooh. Oh. It's Sam.

It's Sam. Yes. Yes. It's me. I'm the host. Yes. I mean, hooray. I's Sam. Yes. It's me. I'm the host. I mean, hooray, I'm the host. Do I come right here? Is there a spot?

Is this it? Am I standing in it? You're past it. You missed it. Hello, it's January 3rd, 2023, and I am Sam Riegel, your 10th Tavern Keeper. And gosh, you're not going to believe what happened to me today. Why, I sat around in my underwear all day, wondering why I'm like this.

Can you believe it? Anyway, back to the show. Ashley Johnson is back on the dive, and in honor of her coin flip heard around the world, I'm going to flip a coin to determine how I'm going to read the rest of the cold open. Thank you, Danny. You're welcome.

If it's heads, I'll read it as drunk Jimmy Stewart. If it's tails, I'll read it as drunk Jimmy Stewart. Oh, wow. If it's tails, I'll read it as drunk Jennifer Coolidge. Yes. I don't do impressions. Wow. I am bad at both. My heads. Heads, what is that?

That's Jimmy Stewart. Jimmy Stewart? Oh, I'm not a crook. Murray. Nope. Murray. Do you want the moon, Murray? Because I'll throw an axle around.

It's a wonderful life. It's a wonderful life. It's a wonderful life. Fire it. They sound the same. Jennifer Coolidge sounds the same. All right, I'll try. Oh. I want a hot dog real bad.

What is that? Is that Jennifer Coolidge or Jimmy Stewart? Just sound like Fern if you want to do Coolidge. Or I'm stuck a sword inside a mystery hole. And surprise, surprise, you get a fancy little prize. A magic sword named Seedling. Leila and I are going to talk a little about that mystery hole in just a bit. Glug, glug, glug.

Also, Chetney totally wolfed out an attack the party. This is not resembling anything. It's going great, Adam Sandler. It really is so good. Attack the party. And it was super shocking because, oh, don't sell the bank. Is that new in Irish? Because that had never happened before.

Who's this? It will never happen again, right, Travis Willingham? Finally, I want to tell you a little story. Once upon a time, there was this big angry bird that took a shit on my head for what I assume were obvious reasons. And I thought, this is the single worst thing to ever happen to me.

I think I'll make this part of the backstory of Campaign 3. And so I did. End of story. Don't go far after the break because we'll be playing Quiplash 3 on Jackbox. Oh, that word is fun to say in this accent.

Jackbox. Jackbox, Jackbox. Welcome to Foresighted Dive. Let's go get to the show. Woo-hoo! Hi, welcome back. Hey. I was expecting something more... You gotta make them comfortable.

Like, hey, welcome back to Foresighted Dive. I'm Sam Riegel, your host. I don't know. Just welcome back. Freestyle. Let's begin the night. First of all, before we do anything, my impression was atrocious.

Can I hear what Jennifer Coolidge actually sounds like? Oh, I don't know. Sounds a little bit like Ashley on Thursday nights. What a hot dog. Real bad. Oh, dear. And what does

Jimmy Stewart sound like? Murray. You want the moon, Murray? That's so good. Because I'll throw a lasso around for you. You want the moon? Yeah, it was wasted

on you, basically. Let's begin the night's discussion with our open segment, What the Fuck Is Up With That? We're gonna discuss events that happened in the last few episodes, and it's a free-for-all.

The first topic that I'm supposed to tee up organically is that... Yes! This is my favorite card. This is my nightmare. The Gorgonay. The Gorgonay. Wow!

Whoa! I'm falling apart! You're tearing me apart, Lysa! The Gorgonay get together. All of the wolves and stuff. We, Bell's Hells, encountered all these werewolves and we had to go on like a mission for you. How was that?

Boy, that's the you. How was that? That's the question. That was dope. I thought, I was hoping it wouldn't just be werewolves. So it was nice that it was a bunch of other werecreatures. Werethings, yes. There was a wereboar, a werebear. A werepanther.

Yes. Anything else? A weredeer. There was? No. What's the pronunciation of, is it lycanthrope? Is that it? Lycanthrope? As opposed to?

Lycanthrope, lycanthropy for werewolfism. Lycanthropic. Yeah. Hmm. Well, I'm liking it. I'm liking it too. Oh boy. What's it? Gross.

Jeez, sandwich. Did you, you'd been gunning for that place for a while well it also just felt like the thing that chetney had to check out because it was full of full of gorgine which i again was hoping it would be like uh something that would kind of unlock it a little bit because chetney just he got he got bit by a wolf how long long ago? Like, how recently was he turned into a werewolf? Yeah, like, is he a new werewolf? Yes. Okay. Yes, he's like months. Wait, have we heard this?

Oh. I think so. We have heard this. Yeah, like, it's been... It's been... It's been... a number of weeks since you looked at me.

Jim Stewart? Oh, Mary. I like the lyrics. It's been a number of weeks that you looked at me. Yeah, it's like he was up in the Savalierwood where it all happened. There were some blood hunters up there, Claret Order people,

and they essentially are like, this was not given to you as a planned thing, so if you're going to keep it, you have to prove that you can control it. We're going to be watching you closely. You have to take like active steps to make sure that it's reined in and that you don't spread it.

Or else what? Or they'll kill you. Oh, no way. Oh yeah. Yeah, because it is a curse in that if you change and you can't control it and you start biting fucking people and then they change.

Gives them a bad name. Yeah, well it's a spread, like kind of like a virus in that way. Do you start biting fucking people and then they change. Gives them a bad name. Yeah, well, it's a spread, like kind of like a virus in that way. Do you know how to change a person? Yeah. Have you changed a person? I don't know. So there's a mechanical process.

Listen, Dracula, I'm talking about his wives, all right? What if a werewolf bites a werebear? Yep, yep. It's kind of like Underworld. So there's no boarbears? Boarbears? No boarbears? Boarbear.

You know what? We're boarbear. We're boarbear. We really won't know until we try. I feel like we talked about this. Well, yeah. Where you kind of turn into the thing that you want to turn into.

No, no, no. No, this is Danny's shaking his head. Is that not true? We talked about it somewhere. We did. I don't know what dimension it was in. No, I think we were in game and we were conjecturing like,

why are there so many different species? It was in game. Yes. Or different types. Like, if I wanted to be a werepuma, could I be? Yeah. But then they explained to us, no, it's whoever bites you.

You turn into that thing. That's right, that's right, that's right. Strains of lycanthropy. Yes. Who would you be? Yeah. But then they explain to us, no, it's whoever bites you. You turn into that thing. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. I remember this. I remember this. I can't repeat.

Yes. Who would you be? What kind of were-beast would you be? In real life? In real life. Not the characters, but like your... Does it have to be a predator?

Can it be a prey animal? You can do whatever you want. There's no rules. You can be whatever creature, beast you want. But it's got to be a hybrid, so you're going to... You know. If you pick a weasel, you're going to be teeny tiny. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

Oh, boy. I can see myself being a were-rat. Yeah. Feels right for me. You can be a were-rat, yeah. I want something that can fly. Can you be a were-eagle? Why? Why not? Fly, Murray. I want something that can fly. Can you be a were-eagle? Is that a thing? Why not? Fly, Murray, fly, Murray. Oh, jeez.

But now we're getting into Aarakocra land. Oh, that's true. That's not really a thing. Oh, yeah, yeah. I don't know. It's a smorgasbord. Anyway.

Before we stop talking about the Gorgina. We're not. What about that fight at the end? It was so much fun. Yes. Against Chetney?

That was great. Everybody should have at least one moment in their lives where Matt Mercer leans across the table and hands you a piece of paper

that's just instructions to fuck up the rest of the table. Yeah. What were your powers? I misread it at the top because it said it was like

Chetney Unleashed. No way! Yes! Did he change the font for Unleashed to some sort of... I think it was just italicized. Okay, okay. And then it said like I have, I think I have 58 hit points and it said 60 hit points and I was like, oh, okay, it's a measly bump

but it was an additional 60. So I got all the way down to I think like 7 or 12 hit points. And then I was rereading it while everybody else was going. I was like, oh, I've got much more on top of this. So it was extra hit points. And then there was that howling ability where you would let out a horrifying howl.

And if you failed, you would be scared or frightened. And you had legendary. I had three legendary resistances. That's the best. And three legendary actions every turn. And the howl would take two of the three if you did it. Dang. Oh my God.

And you never get to do that again. That's not a thing that you can access on the regular? It was implied in the story that it was the spirit of the moment. Sure, but I want to see that again. That could be what you're building to. I mean, you will get there. Maybe.

Maybe. Maybe. Maybe the next time the moon does flare, we will see what happens. I think it's a gift. Anytime Matt turns to one of us and says, okay, you now are gunning for the party, go for it.

Like, I love it. I don't hold back. I'm like, you figure it out. I'm coming for you. I only had one goal, and that was to try and, like, try and like patty kate everybody once like just get hands on each one i've fought the party too and it's very hard to fight they're very they're good they're good i can see why it's tough yeah and they, and you all move in unexpected ways. I feel like we all work in concert and symphony when we're together,

but just being in opposition, I was like, I can't read their minds anymore. I'm disconnected from the flow. Were you that night and all your Chetney nights living, like, this is seven years in the making of your love of werewolves. Oh. Yeah. More than that to turn into like a 60 foot tall werebeast or whatever it was yeah look look i'm out there living my best

life you guys listen my first like my first like lovey like snuggie soft animal was like a little blue panda but then after that for like six, it was a little plastic werewolf toy that was based off the Wolfman. You cut it like an action figure? I took him to church in the mornings, I took him to school. That's blasphemy. What was his name?

And I'd show him to people and they'd be like, oh, okay. Very like, Wednesday Addams. Did you have a name for this creature? No, just what he's... Wolfie? He's a fucking werewolf, Ashley. You don't give him names.

Well, I give all of my baby's names, my creatures' names. He's not a baby, he's a killer. Okay, wow. How old were you when you were carrying this killer around? 23. 30? No, I think I was definitely younger than 10.

Okay, all right. So along with Top Gun being my favorite movie, No, I think I was definitely younger than 10. Okay. All right. So along with Top Gun being my favorite movie, Teen Wolf was number two. You're a simple man. I literally watched until the VHS broke. And the Teen Wolf cartoon, which Taliesin and I share a love for, I would get up every morning on Saturdays and watch. And one morning I took brown Crayola marker and drew brown hair all over my body

and my tighty-whities. And cut little fingernails and scotch taped them to my fingers and my mom woke up and she was like, why? Like, what are you doing? Like, I'm a werewolf, mom. Yeah, it goes real deep.

Speaking of Wednesday, I guess you should watch Wednesday. There's werewolves in it. Spoiler. There are? Spoiler. Okay. Check it out. Also, after that fight, you, young man, you've got a little sword,

a little tiny sword to go with your tiny little hands. It's my same sword. But the gods were watching. I blessed it. Yes. Yes. And what, do we know what it can do? We know that it can do vines.

You see, he's toyed around with it in front of you guys. It can slash and send like a gust of slicing air. I'm not going to remember any of the ranges or numbers, but out, so he has a tiny bit of added range when he's sword fighting. Oh, so it's like a ranged weapon now? Slightly. If someone's like 15 feet out of reach,

they no longer are a number of times. And then I can sort of Spider-Man out some Grasping Vines. That's great. And what's it called again? It's got a long name. Seedling. The Wayward Pilgrim. Yes.

It's got a subtitle. Oh, is that a common or a colon? Seedling. Or parentheses. Dash. I think I used a comma. I don't think, I don't think in D&D it matters.

It matters to me. I literally need to know. Use different punctuation every time. No. Speaking of punctuation, I'm organically segueing to us talking about those sacred texts that we got privy to when we went to Plane Rider Rin and all those folks. Wait, I have a more important question. Why are you all dressed like blueberries?

You did not get the memo. Listen, blue jeans, you're in this too. These are the most common thing on planet Earth. You did not get the memo. Listen, blue jeans, you're in this too. These are the most common thing on planet Earth. Because we were saying in the lobby, it's beginning to look a lot like... Cowboys. Yeah! There it is.

Cowboys, I can do it. Great pitch, great vibrato. You just look like you're in an acapella group. I know, we all did. City boys. Just figured it out. acapella group. I know, we all did. City boys. Just figured it out. That's my group. I know. Alright, I'm sorry. Back to the... Yeah, we went

and we got some revelations about sacred texts. We learned some stuff about moons. We got some lore. We met plane rider Rin. We heard about primordial titans and gods working together, the founding, all this stuff Predathos?

Predathos, which it's hard for me to say Predathos? Predathos, I still feel like there should be a snappier one syllable nickname you know it's like Doth? yeah, sure, Doth it always trips me out when we get a deep

deep-seated secret that Mercer has been just casually holding on to for years. Yes. A decade. Like, Planarider Rin was very quickly in one of the books, I think, or just mentioned once in Vox Machina, right? Planarider Rin was mentioned. I should probably be on the camera for this. We met Planarider Rin before, right? In Campaign 2, they came up again. Planarider Rin was mentioned in the original probably be on the camera for this. We met Planar Run before, right? In campaign two,

they came up again. Planar Run was mentioned in the original Tal'Dorei guide. We never met them. No. But then in campaign two, in campaign two, y'all went to her sanctum.

That chamber in the elemental plane of fire is where Luke got killed. Yes. The second we apparated there and he started narrating Volcatica, I'm like, you did. I know, we are.

You did. Yeah, you did. You did, 100%. Yeah, bad memories there. But we made some good memories now, too. Thank you, Danny. I feel like there is a long game that he is just maybe starting to show a little bit more of.

You can't just sneak somebody in like that in three campaigns and them not have something. And the stuff that he was talking about, things coming from beyond the stars, I don't know, we're getting into alien shit now, right? It fucking feels like it!

Oh, for sure. We're going to space. You think we're going, oh, for the moon? I mean... But that's near space. We're going to space. For sure. You think we're going, oh, for the moon? I mean. But that's near space. He's talking about like intergalactic shit. Yes. Who knows how far out we'll get.

We might just go onto the moon and look from there. I want to keep going. Some of it is connected. I mean, Dunamancy is, you know, he's talked about how that's like gravity and time and it's physics, you physics, right? It's astrophysics and the threads of fate. All of it's interwoven. And there's the mesh butterfly net around Ruedas, whatever the fuck it is. The divine gate.

So he's been keistering all this information for years. And that game, he hotboxed us. Oh, God. He definitely reinserts all the secrets he keeps in his keister before all this information for years. And that game, he hotboxed us. Oh, God. He definitely reinserts all the secrets he keeps in his keister before every game. But Dunamancy Dunamis, it's, it came, we already knew sort of,

at least in a metagame world, that it came from elsewhere, right? Like it came to Exandria. Like those shards. No, I mean, I think Dunamancy is part of existence itself, is what's been implied. But like those shards? No, I mean, I think dunamancy is part of existence itself is what's been implied. But like the shards

came from elsewhere. The beacons are, well, I'm starting to wonder if those are like little rabbit pellets that were shat out by Predathos when he ate a couple gods.

Yeah, not just pieces of the Luxon, but like something. Yeah, well, the Luxon is just their holy thing from beyond and it's not any more detailed than that.

And now we're getting more detailed. It was here first, yeah. They were like, the Luxon was here, and then the world started to come into shape. So you think Predathos pooped out? What if Predathos is like a silver surfer? What's his name? Big dude.

Galactus. Oh. Like what if it's... Yeah, that's my theory. Oh, that's your theory. I mean, Galactus. Oh. Like what if it's... Eater of Worlds. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's my theory. Oh, that's your theory? I mean, I don't fucking know. That means it's true.

Wait, but I feel like you know more... I don't know shit. You don't? Matt keeps me in the dark about everything until it gets revealed on stream. But you know far more detail

that you find than all of us. The way your brain works. So your theories are pretty founded in reality. Oh, God. She's coming in. She's coming in. Flying into Danny. Let's drop some lore. Oh, God. She's coming in. She's coming in. Flying into Dani.

Let's drop some lore. Wait, what? What'd you see in me? Hi, Dani. Hi, Travis. Tell us everything you know about Critical Role. Okay, so... In the beginning, there were these gods,

and they came to this place. Did we know, Dani, that primordial titans and gods had been working together ever before? No. No, that's news. They were the earliest foundation. One of the earliest foundation myths that is told in Exandria

is that the primordials hated the gods. And so the gods fought the, and that's how the schism happened was that some of the gods were like fuck the primordials they suck some of the other gods were like no we they we we agree with them we need to leave and all that stuff and that's where the schism happened so they could seal away the primordials and protect their uh but i guess before that all the gods and the titans were all on the same team that it was it's, before that, it was sort of implied that they didn't like each other.

Yeah, they were coexisting. Yeah. But it didn't seem like the Primordials ever liked them. Primordials is really hard to say repeatedly, by the way. We'll talk to Matt about it. And even if there are like two dozen deities between the Betrayer Gods and the Prime Deities, swallowing two of them...

Yeah, that's intense of them is pretty impressive. That's a big deal. We're talking about an interstellar food chain. Forget words like gods and primordials. They're all just powerful beings of different levels. And Predathos, whatever he, she, it is, if it's the Luxon or the Luxon came from it, or if there's, who knows how far that scales up.

But something came from beyond that was bigger and more fearsome than what we refer to as the gods of this world. And I think we have to assume that somehow the Luxon came out of its ass. Definitely assholes were involved. Speaking of assholes, what I'm curious about is what you guys think Bell's Hell's reaction to all this will be. Because, like, we have been playing this game now for years and years and years, and it's hard for us to comprehend. Bell's Hell is newly formed and doesn't know anything. So, like, what are we going to do with this information?

It's not like we know that we can even talk to gods or go to other planes. Other than Fern, have any of us been to other planes and other than this trip to the Fire Plane, I guess? Right? We're in the Fire Plane right now. Elemental Plane? Yeah. Currently.

Yeah. Have you been to other planes? Quorum has not? Have I? You went to the Fey Realm. From the Fey Realm. You've been there though, right? Yeah. To the Fey Realm. You've been there, though, right? Yeah.

To the Fey Realm, have I been? For sure. Get the fuck out of here! Have you been faking us this whole time? We'll see. What does that mean? No, I've been there. I've been there.

I don't trust Firm for shit. Have you been to other planes? I love it. No. I'm a thousand years old. How do you? No, I do not trust himne for shit. Have you been to other planes? I love it. No. I'm 1,000 years old. How do you? No, I do not trust him. What do you mean?

I'm only like 400. I'm not 1,000 years old. Yeah. Who knows where I've been? You've been to other realms. You don't remember any of your program, anything that Letters did? No.

Or whoever he did it for. See, I'm in a place of conflict because we're in Eos, sort of. We're near Eos, where I can learn a lot about myself, but we've got other shit to do. No, no, no, no, no. You've got to learn about yourself, man.

But we have other shit to do. Right, but what if we need to find the thing that unlocks your superpower? That would be nice. And then it's like, okay, we've got to go find shit. I also kind of ruined going back to the university

for us. Did you? No, you didn't. I mean, that woman is never gonna let us through the front door again. No, we tried to really actually befriend her. Plus, we did befriend her and she, whether she realized it or not, accepted a bribe.

So she's now... Oh, that's right. And there's also... If she's really a scholastic person, you should give her a peek behind the curtain and be like, I am of an earlier time than this. You should study me.

Help me learn about myself. They should take me to the lecture hall. Don't put yourself second. Prioritize you. There it is. Put your needs up at the top. Yeah, man. Thanks.

All right. I'm supposed to talk about other stuff. Could Rin and the Grim Verity be wrong about anything? That's out of context. Do we believe these interpretations

of the texts and the gods' intentions? I don't know. These are just random questions that I'm reading. Wait, wait. Can I ask you a question before we do this?

Just to disregard your menu. Thank you. know. These are just random questions that I'm reading. Wait, wait. Can I ask you a question before we do this? Just to disregard your menu. Thank you. Okay. So on the moon, there's a latticework. It looked like there was a city up there, whatever the fuck that means. I don't think I've asked you guys, what do you think that is? Is it part of Predathos? Is Predathos a city? We can't have two moving cities in this world, can we? Originally, I thought that

someone got up there and built it ages ago, but now I also wonder if a hunk of the world got knocked off and somehow a city survived. Getting turned into a moon, though? Did Matt imply also

that Pridathos was making other beings, like his or its very power like creates other creatures or beings around it? Didn't he say something like that? Oh. Or am I imagining this? I don't remember. I feel like that sounds familiar. This is last calendar year

so I don't really know. Oh yeah, of course, yeah. I actually feel like that sounds familiar. There was an implication that there were, that he was able to create beings and things like that. Yeah. Like by his very power. I think there's a possibility that these are maybe people that were of the faith of Predathos. And so in order to keep...

We need a camera on her. This isn't just my theory. Are you on camera right now? Just stay. Just say what you just said again on camera now. I just have a theory that maybe that the people, that the city on the moon is possibly the followers of Predophos. They were imprisoned with him.

Because faith, if you consider faith as something that helps a god grow and it gives a god power, then if you take away the people that had faith in him and just put them somewhere else, then it becomes their own little world. But if that faith has continued growing, and if there are people with him on the moon, maybe that's one of the reasons that Ruidus is getting stronger. Is Predathos a god, though? He's a god eater. I don't know. We don't know enough. That's why this is just a theory.

If you're just joining us, by the way, this is not a religion podcast. This is Foresighted Dive with Travis, Sam, Liam, and Ashley and our special lore keeper, Danny. We're talking about different things from Bell's House. What do you think of the Lutheran religion? Well, here, you know what? Let me rank my top favorite and my least favorite religion. No, no, no, no.

Okay. I have a better idea. I have a lot of ideas. I got a lot of ideas. Yes, I too think it might be a part of the world exploded and put into orbit. I think so too. That's what I think too. Orbit.

I mean, Milwaukee would definitely survive if the land underneath it erupted and flew into space. Milwaukee would. Which means Odahan Thule and everybody that wants to, I don't know, unleash Predathos means they want to press the reset button?

Yeah, maybe they are new Predathons. Predators. Predators. That's an interesting theory. It did say that there was somebody, I don't remember,

in the last episode was like maybe Odahan Thule found a new god because she was originally very into the Duskmaven. Right. And then seems to have lost her faith in the Duskmaven. And I don't remember who said it, but somebody was like, well, maybe she found a different god to worship. She was messing with the Matron of Reckless.

And one of the gods... Sorry. You go. No, maybe they're just like siphoning power, like mining from the moon. From that hunk of moon? From that hunk of moon. And that hydrogen too. There's so many unknowns.

I want to go up there so bad. I want to go up there so bad. But how? We're going to go up there. We need a spaceship. Yeah, we don't really know what's going on yet at all. We don't have spaceships, right? Why not?

Can we teleport? There's gotta be. There's gotta be something. There's no air. Do you know? I don't need air. Maybe my guy doesn't need air. There are spell workarounds for that.

If there's a city up there. It's true. It's true. We gotta be able to get there. Yeah. He's gotta walk. Yes, ma'am. Like someone's gone up there.

Yes, ma'am. I'm with you. Maybe that should be the rest of the campaign we just build a spaceship let's start a space program we'll call it

BASA Bell's Aeronautics and Space Administration BASA let's see what else is on the menu tonight you know wait I'm gonna backtrack administration. Brassel. Let's see what else is on the menu tonight.

Wait, I'm going to backtrack. Odahanthul, Danny, you were saying, used to be interested or follow the Matron, and one of the two gods that was ed up by the Predator was a god, it was Matron adjacent. It was Fate and Winter.

And then the other one was fate and... Winter. Winter. And then the other one was... Order and death? Order and death? No, it wasn't death. Hang on. I don't remember what the other one was. Give me a second. I'll pull up my notes.

But the matron of ravens seemed to be taking on the responsibilities of some of the ones who had died. But the matron also replaced... Yeah. A different matron. She replaced someone at the midway point of our epic history, not at the beginning. Yes.

This is hundreds of years later that the matron of ravens came into being. Matron, the mage, that was during the end of the Age of Arcanum that that woman, mystery woman ascended, got rid of whoever the last person was. Just before the Calamity kicked off. Is the Dusk Raven the same as the Matriarch?

Dusk Maven and the Matriarch are the same. Just different names. Yeah, because why not, Matt? Why not give us more names to remember? Like Wild Mother and Cheryl are the same. Okay, good. There's what it was. Ethodoc oversaw darkness and winter.

Vordo oversaw fate and order. Vordo. Vordo. Vordo. That's not a good name. Hey, I'm Vordo. That's a bad dude. I'm going to get some smokes.

There goes those impressions. Boy, I'm great at voices. Sort of off topic, if I may change the topic. Is this a curveball? This is a curveball that I'm throwing you guys, and not because it's at the bottom of this page. Oh, okay. Not allowed.

Getting away from the heady topics of gods, we had a fun gambling episode. How fun was that? So fun. Do you guys gamble in real life? Like, do you go to Vegas? Yes. Yeah? I mean, yeah. Isn't, do you go to Vegas? Do you? Yes. Yeah?

I mean, yeah. When in, isn't the expression when in Vegas? I don't think so. Okay. What stays in Vegas? Stays in Vegas?

Yes. What stays in Vegas? What stays in Vegas? Are you a big gambler, Liam? You don't seem like a big gambler. I find it super boring. Super boring? I had a lot of fun playing at the table that night,

but people who are really good at it, I know their skill at being able to read other people, I get that, but at that point, it's just a full-time job. And I like my full-time job. I don't want to spend days, hours, months, years learning how to count the cards in a game of blackjack. So it's the studying that gets you about gambling. Some games you play against a person, and then most of blackjack. Well, and that's, so. So it's the studying that gets you about gambling.

Some games you play against a person and then most of the time you're playing against like the house or just odds. Yeah. And like if you don't study, you're just throwing

your money in the shitter. That's okay too though sometimes. Is it? Well, if you go and you're like, I've got 80 bucks, I'm going to lose this tonight. And that's okay.

I'll have fun doing it. You know how you can't, you can't just let yourself do that? Have you ever done a trash slots run? Like you go to the slots area of the casino and there are like stages. First you pick the trashiest slots you can find. There's always like Viking lover and then like the werewolf princess.

Oh, there are some smutty ass slots. There's some good ones. Oh yeah, and then you evolve to like, I'm going to go to the pop culture slots. You find the Ghostbusters slots. There's a whole art form to this. You just got to go and curate a slots run. I'd rather take that $80 to $150 and go see a show.

Ugh, culture, smulcher. Well, yeah. But it can be a stupid show. You can go to a show in Vegas. I have, yeah. That's what I did when we went there. You can go to a show in Vegas. I have, yeah. That's what I did when we went there. It depends, because you can lose it so fast, and that's what's so sad.

I like playing craps. Because then you're like, well, the fun is over so fast. Yeah. I like craps because it takes a little while to lose it, and also you feel like you're part of something, a community. That's the one where you throw the dice? Yeah, you throw the dice.

I don't know how to play, but when everyone else cheers, I cheer too, and I feel like I'm part of it. You feel like you're part of something? Yeah. Do you go to the craps table and just stand around even though you're not playing? I know, no, I do what the guy next to me is doing. Oh, oh, you just mimic the guy.

Yeah. Oh, nice. And then I feel like I'm part of something. That's a good idea. That's good. Do you know anything about the craps table? There's past. The cum line. The past and something else. What line? What line? The cum line. Okay. What? That's what I Do you know anything about the craps table? There's past. The cum line. Past and something else. What line? The cum line.

Okay. What? That's what I thought I heard. That's also the name of my autobiography. You know who does love to gamble? Laura Bailey. Oh, does she? What's her game?

She loves craps. There's also sick bow dragon. What? Yeah, yeah. I think, if I remember, there's like a plastic dome and it's got three big dice inside of it and he'll be like,

all right, last call for bets. And then he presses the bubble, like kind of like sorry. Like sorry? And he goes, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Like when they land, you can win different things. Oh, that sounds fun.

Do you blow on Laura's dice for her? So funny story. I am not allowed within a mile. Are you a cooler? When she is gambling. Is that what it's called when you're bad luck? She has called me a cooler, yeah, which is crap. She is a cooler? Are you accusing her of it? I'm the cooler, apparently.

One time, she was on some hot craps run. I had lost all my money and came back to see how she was doing the craps table. I was like, hey, babe. And somebody threw snake eyes, and she was like, get the fuck out of here! Take your ass! And I was like, what?

And so every time she's at the craps table and I come like within 30 40 yards of the table she'd be like do not wow

oh yeah how do you tell her it's time to go nope it's not time to go that's not surprising just the way she treats her dice on our

make believe game yeah and she doesn't even do it with like the grin of like hi my beloved this is a funny joke between us. You should go, because I want to join myself. She's like, fuck, come on.

So cut to 40 years from now, she's going to be one of those biddies at the slots. She's like, I'm using that one. I'm using that one. Get away with it. With the wrong mind. With the visor. Uh-huh.

Yes. Oh, I can't wait. All about it. She loves it she loves, she loves games. I've played War. You can play War in Vegas? At the Bellagio, they have War. No, they don't. It's a fun, yes, that's a fun game.

That is the only card game that I've played there, and it's so stupid. Against the house or against another? Against the house. Wow. So you're literally just flipping it over, and then like, I put down 20 bucks, I lost it it like that,

and then I lost half of it or something like that. Then I mortgaged my house. I only played two rounds, and I got the money back, so I didn't make anything. I just walked out just straight. But you had a great time. For how long?

For 15 seconds. War is so fast. All you do is just go like this. I'd rather buy a Nintendo Switch. Me too. But if you come to the nicer casinos, if you sit there for a second and lose plenty of money, then they comp you things, which is what we did in the game. Amazing.

They'll bring you salmon sandwiches. I know. Watered-down drinks. You'll get drinks. Yeah. It may be a room. It's time for the Tower of Inquiry. By the way, if you or anyone in your family has a gambling problem, we'll put up a number to call.

Know your limit. Yes. Know your limit. It's time for a pull from the Tower of Inquiry. One of us will pull a block from that tower, which we all discovered before the show started, is already leaning quite precariously. The leaning tower of...

Someone's going to pull the block, read the number, and Danny's going to tell us the corresponding question and whom asked it. And if the Tower of Inquiry falls, ooh, consequences will befall for the one who ruins it. Bitter and salty consequences coming up on

Foresighted Dive. Do we have to eat something? Travis, you've been on fire tonight. Why don't you go pull that block? I didn't fucking know you were going to pick me. Well, because you're energized. I can feel it. You're itching to knock it down. I don't want to knock it down.

I wanted to end the year on a first one. Really? Why were you farting and waving at it before the show started? You were fully farting on it and making it wiggle. Pick a heart. Wow.

This is so fucked. There's no way. Yeah, we set you up for failure last time. It's already jiggling just from your voice. Okay. Oh, really? You're going to go for that one? Wow.

This is so broken. You already touched it. You already touched it. I like Ashley's made up rules You already touched it. I like Ashley's made-up rules. You touched it. Now you got to take it. Oh no! John, you're cooked. I don't think if you touch it, you're... Isn't that a rule? This is fine. This is fine.

I got to do it forcefully. Oh. That was good. I got to do it forcefully. Oh. Oh my god. Oh! That was good. Bitter and salty consequences. Derek! Oh no! Whoa! Travis has ruined the Tower of Inquisition. You must go to the consequences box.

It's right over there. Oh no! There are consequences for your actions. There's going to be sanctions for you in there. It's right over there. Oh no, there are consequences for your actions. There's gonna be sanctions for you in there. It's true. Oh. Oh. You've got Gale. Whomever destroys the Tower of Inquiry

in episode 10 of A Must Do One following exercises every time they don't score the most points in Quiplash. What? 10 pushups, 10 sit-ups, run once around the set, laughing like a little school child? Wait, you're supposed to do all three of those, or

one of those? I think you have to do all three. You pick one for every time that you don't win at Quiplash. Okay, coming up later on the show. This just applies to me? Just applies to you. Tell me what that is. You did a triathlon. The one you pulled.

We should still answer the question. 33. 33. Sorry, Jackie Robinson. 42, baby. Sports! What genre of video game would your character enjoy?

From Lena. Thanks, Lena, for that great question. A genre of video game would your character enjoy? From Lena. Thanks, Lena, for that great question. A genre of video game. Would you be a top-tier Soul Calibur player? For sure. Soul Calibur. Nice. Hmm.

Hmm. Sims. I'm going to go Sims for Fern, because I think she likes to control shit what would you do with the Sims though would you put them in weird positions absolutely that's why because you can she could make little

she could put people up to no good you wanna go Sims trap people in rooms with no doors and no food and no water Flora style I'm gonna go Sims. What's the one where you build roller coasters or

amusement parks? Roller coaster tycoon. Yeah, tycoon. Yeah, there you go. But those are... All these men with wood. None of this newfangled shit. Cyclones, where it at? No alloys. I guess Fresh Cut Grass might enjoy either duck hunt.

Oh, yeah. Because they get to kill some birds. I think duck hunt or hit man. Maybe. Because I seem to be an assassin of some sort. Were you an assassin, do you think? Or were you a butcher? I was a kill bot, right?

I think. I don't know who I was assassinating think. I don't know who I was assassinating, and I don't know if I've assassinated. I don't know if I was successful, but I want to know. I want to know for sure I was. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Successful one. We were at an arcade holiday party, and the Slaughterhouse

game was there, and I forgot how amazingly simple and impossible that game is. I've never seen that thing before. Oh, yeah, it's great. It's dark. You're basically Jason Voorhees, but it's also super hard to play. You just kill people? Well, it's made in like 1984 or something,

so you're killing like monsters, but it's all like fleshy meat horror and stuff. It's pretty great. But you can also accidentally harm the people that are tied up in the room. Get another block. We're not playing the thing, but we need more questions,

so just go get a block. I will, I will. All right. Pull a block, Ashley. How? Pull a block. We're not playing the thing, but we need more questions. Okay, okay, okay. So just go get a block. I will, I will. All right. Pull a block, Ashley. How? Pull a block. Don't let it fall. Just pick one. Which one looks pretty? It could have just been from the pile. You don't have to play the game.

Good. Good job, Ashley. 51. 51. 51. Wait, these are actually carved in here. No, is that true? Do you think they're carved or maybe burned in?

Probably burned in. This was done by hand by somebody here. Yeah, definitely by hand. Yeah, these are cool. 51. I did. Yep, on the shitter. Wow, thank you for that. Is that how you make,

is that how Chimney makes? I could really think about it. Just all the shaming right into the commode. Gross. What would be your character's favorite Broadway musical from Graceful Witch on Twitter?

Thank you, Graceful Witch. Thank you, Luna. Character's favorite musical. Favorite musical? Beauty and the Beast. Till as old as time True as it can be Better you and friends

Than somebody else Disney's coming for us. I'm sure that's legal. That's definitely parody. I think Starlight Express, because there's a lot of rolling around. There you go. Maybe Billy Elliot, the musical.

Oh, yeah. Oh, good call. Jumpy. I love that movie. God, I really don't know musicals well. What'd you say? I don't know musicals well.

What about Into the Woods? Into the Woods seems right. Feels like a little on the nose. It does. We don't want that. Is there... Are there any... Maybe, maybe... Are there any musicals about...

Hadestown. ...heptomaniacs? Hadestown could actually kind of work. Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. Just because of the word Hades? Do you know anything about it?

Who would you be in Hadestown? Who would Fern be? I don't know. One of the Fates? Maybe one of the Fates. Maybe, maybe...ates? Maybe one of the fates. Maybe, maybe. Yeah, maybe one of the fates. Eurydice?

See, you know all the people. All right, one more block. Liam, come on. Go get it, go get it. Because Liam and I geeked out over Hadesdale. We listened to it two times in a row in an RV drive. Oh, it's moving on. 27.

27. 27. Okay. 27. My age. What would be your character's guilty pleasure reality TV show? Wow. From Carolyn Lou 53 on Instagram. Similar, but all fun. Guilty pleasure reality show.

Now, this is where Ashley shines. Yeah, you're going to excel here. I do love reality TV. I don't know anything about reality TV. I don't even want to hide it. Or would love Survivor. Like I do love reality TV. I don't know anything about reality TV. I don't even want to hide it. Like, I love reality TV. You do, I know. What is your primo reality TV right now?

Is it Below Decks? Yeah, Below Decks. Wait, that's a thing? I thought that was a cartoon. Yes, it is like... Lower Decks. Oh, sorry. Yes.

What does Below Decks mean? What happens on it? It's like the yacht and the people who charter it and then below deck, the people who run it. It's like Downton Abbey. Downton Abbey's,

but for boats. And it is mayhem. And it's delightful because everybody's living in very close quarters and they get up to their bed. It's trashy, snobby, rich people.

It's so trashy. And the rich people are so annoying. Okay. If you think of something, say something. Well, I don't know anything about reality television. Is there one where you get to see people in therapy? Yes. There's so many.

Sure. Oh my God. There is one that is so good. I think it's on Showtime. I think it's literally called Couples Therapy. Yes, there is Couples Therapy. I think there's one called In Therapy. In Treatment.

It was an HBO show. In Treatment. Which is a fiction show, which is great. Couples Therapy is rough. Couples Therapy is... Hard to watch. Yes, very hard to watch, because you're like... But it's amazing, because the moment...

This isn't about us, right, babe? Yeah. Oh, ugh. Yeah, you're like, all right. But it's amazing, because the moment... This isn't about us, right, babe? Yeah. Oh, boy. The therapist, though, she's incredible. She has, like, a... She's great. You learn a lot. Chetney would not...

Oh, like home improvement type shows, right? ...sully himself with network television. It would be public access, and it would definitely be Bob Ross. Oh, yeah. Not Bob Vila. No, Bob Ross, the painter. But what about Bob Vila? He does woodworking.

Yeah, like a bitch. Give me that amateur shit. I'm talking about artisan stuff. I can make a regular workbench. Suck it. Suck it, Vila. Sell me some aluminum siding. Wow.

Bob Vila. Remember the Lifetime stuff? Suck it, Mila. Sell me some aluminum siding, why don't you? Wow. Bob Mila. Remember the Lifetime stuff? I don't. By the way, if you're just joining us, this is not a show where we review reality television. Yes, it is. Could be. This is about Bell's Hells

and the Critical Role live play RPG series. Bob Ross's hair, Chetney's hair. Amazing. Wait, what is Chetney's hair? It's always covered under a cap. Does he have big hair? He's got bushy 70s, wiry hair, doesn't he? Yeah.

Yeah, chew on that for a minute. Did we get an answer from Orym? You'd have to help me. I know fuck all. About TV? Reality television. Ninja Warrior? Oh yes.

Oh yes. That's a good one. Okay. American Gladiator. What do you like, MMA? Huh, what? MXC. What is MXC?

Oh, it used to be on Spike. Oh my god. It was the read they dubbed over the obstacle where everybody got hurt before Wipeout. It was so great. Eat it up. Oh man. Well, thank you, Lena, Graceful Witch,

and CarolineLue53, and thank you, KnoxweilerBurff, for Lou 53. And thank you, Knoxweiler Burf, for our incredible... I'm sorry. I'm laughing at the name Burf. I'm an asshole. For our incredible handcrafted Tower of Inquiry. And if you have an evergreen question for our Tower of Inquiry, or fuck it, not an evergreen question for our Tower of Inquiry, you can enter it...

Yeah, I can change the rules. I'm the host. You can enter it at critrole.com slash tower. And with that, let's slide into the deep dive. Oh, this is it? We just keep going on this show? Yeah, we do.

Okay, and we're going to just keep going. Danny, do the thing. I'm doing the thing. We're going to take turns pulling questions from our tankers. Oh, thank you, Danny. And since I'm the tavern keeper, I'll be kicking this off.

I will? You know what I realized, the teleprompter, what it makes me feel? What? Awful? Why? There's a roach on the bottom of my cock. Is that real? Why is there a roach?

Why is there a roach? Is that real? No, it's not. Okay. Oh, I hate. The cream-filled kind. What does the teleprompter make you feel? The teleprompter makes me feel when you were in school and you had to read aloud. And like, you know, it would go down the desks like this.

And then you'd read like paragraph by paragraph. And then you would have to read out loud. And you'd be like, I would get so stressed out. Because you're like, I don't know if there's going to be a word in here that I don't know and I'm going to say it. Weird.

Yep. Says a lot about you. I hate reading aloud. I hate roaches too. First question from the cups is for me. Shithead. What was the me. Shithead. What was the inspiration for Shithead and what was that encounter like for you? So

the inspiration, truth be told, was when we were getting our character art done of our characters. There was early design phases, which I don't know. Do we ever share the early non-release? Not yet. I'd love to, do we ever share the early non-release? Not yet.

I'd love to, though. Some of the early robot designs were so cool. There were some from the same. But while they were designing the characters for us, they said, does your character have any other accessories or any companions that we should also throw in there? And I was like, nah. And then a second later, I was like, oh, what if I have, because I've always shat on people's familiars, like Trinket and et cetera. Yes, you have. I was like, what if I have a familiar this

campaign? And it's, what if it's a bird? And what if I just have a a familiar this campaign? And it's, what if it's a bird? And what if I just have a bird familiar this campaign? That would be fun. And so I had them design it. And then I was like, I hate familiars. I'm not going to do that. No. So I was like, I'm done with that.

And so then I showed it to Matt and I was like, I made this thing. I don't know what it is. Can you make something it to Matt and I was like, I made this thing. I don't know what it is. Can you make something with this? And he was like, I got you. Oh, amazing. I just assumed it was another instance of like what you said

about your quip ads where you're like, sometimes it's for the audience and sometimes it's just for me. It is. A little bit. Like I told Matt, this is a bird.

His name's Shithead. I don't know how it's going to come into the show, into the story, but I'll be ready for it. And he's like, okay, I gotcha. Blended. Oh, my God. Let's pick somebody to pick. Clockwise.

Yeah, to me. Look how awesome your mug is, man. I know, it's really, it was little flowers. Oram's sword has gotten an upgrade. What is your favorite part of seedling, the wayward pilgrim? And how does the name relate to Oram and Will? Well, I love spells.

I love magic so much after Caleb. So I'm loving playing a fighter and having all those restrictions put on me and being clever without it. But I'm not going to lie, I do misspell. So I like having the grasping mind. And then I tried to think of a name. Matt told me I should think of a name too,

since he was like gifted. It wasn't like we were finding the Star Razor. Yeah. It was just my old favorite. It was yours, yeah. It was getting favored. And so I just tried to think of something that kind of spoke to who Aurum is,

and I just thought, I was batting around different versions of how plants pollinate. They just pick up a seed and blow it for miles, and then it touches down and starts a new life, and I was trying to think of something along those lines. That's wonderful and sweet. Well, that's so wonderful. He's a sweet guy.

That's a good answer. Ah, he's a good guy. Alright, I like your cup. It's so pretty. I don't think I've seen it in person before. Adorable. Here we go. What you got? Read it as Jimmy Stewart. Yep.

Oh. What does Fern know about her grandmother's dealings? Does she truly believe that her grandmother will do them a favor with no strings attached? I feel like you know more. Yeah. You've always known more than you let on. You do?

Yes. Yeah. Do you? Do you? Do you? Okay, wait, I'm just looking at this again. Oh boy. You gotta stall while you figure out how to answer the question.

This is Foresighted Dive. Yes. This is where it comes up. I think in Fern's eyes, grandma can do no wrong. Grandma is amazing. And I believe she will help us. No strings attached? That I cannot answer. What do you mean you can't answer?

You can't answer or you won't answer? In game and now, whenever you talk about this stuff, you get this devilish look in your eyes. I do? You do. You curl up into a smish look in your eyes. I do? You do. You curl up into a smirk. For sure. Impish.

And your eyes just go crazy. Oh, I'm just a little imp. That's all I am, sitting over here. Yeah, I don't know. I love it. I love making you all uncomfortable. And I have found this to be a really weird during the game where I'm like,

what can I do that will make everybody feel very squeamish? Can we ask this? Did you come up with who your grandmother is in relationship to Fern? Or did Matt supply some DM extra padding? Matt added some extra. Matt and I think Aabria as well. Oh, that's right, because he came preloaded.

So because, you know, playing with Aabria first, which is like, so much of Fern, I think, was also established with Aabria because she has such a sense of playfulness as like a DM. And I think there, yeah, I don't know. I feel like so much of our characters were in EXU. Obviously we had eight games

to kind of establish some character stuff. Yeah. Yeah, so some of that stuff was already, I think Matt and Aabria had talked about. But a lot of sort of Nana's characteristics and sort of who she is and what she is. It's also me, too. I think Nana is fucking dangerous. No!

That voice? You finally did the voice? And I was like, oh, fuck, out of here. I think that she is at best, like,

right in the center, true neutral, at best, and that Fern is like her darling little Rapunzel child while she is dark, dark, darling little imp.

Yeah. Maybe she's using you as a fishing lure. Travis? Oh, it's me? Are you going to turn on us all? Is it coming? We'll see. Dive in.

Dive into the four sides. Why do you think Ruidus was affecting Chetney specifically? Do you have any theories? Not really. I was surprised that the flashing red Ruidus made him freak out so much, but now that we know about Predathos

and Vordo and what's the other one? Exo what? Tigra. Yeah, Tigra. Yep, that one. I can't tell if Predathos is like growing in power and flashing and it's like amplifying

aspects of abilities on the surface of Exandria or if that's a quality from two of the consumed deities and that's pulling it out. But if it's messing with Chetney, it's also got to be messing, we heard this from the Gorgina,

it's got to be doing it on a worldwide scale. And if it's messing with Chetney, it's also got to be messing, we heard this from the Gorgina, it's got to be doing it on a worldwide scale. And if it's just a pulse, like what happens when it's constant or unleashed or something else? When the mesh is removed? Does Chetney just never come back? Yeah, so I don't know. But it didn't affect Chetney before, like you said he's been wolfish for a few months

and it hasn't pulsed before this point while you've been a wolf, right? Chetney turned when, not Ruidus, but... Catha. Catha, thank you. When Catha was highest in the sky, but your classic transformation. Sure.

But he still maintained control. This one was from a pulse of Ruidus on the ship against Orm and Fern. Yeah, but that hasn't happened to him before. No, that was the first time. And he couldn't control it. So are people somewhere up on Ruidus or somewhere starting to monkey around with their god machine or whatever it is, and they're like, all right, let's give it a test for the first time ever. And it gave you a little Viagra shot in the ghoulie.

Or are people down on Exandria doing something that are making it flare? Like with those machines? Or is Rudis going, Chetney, time to franchise some more and get some more locations going. Time to bite some folks. Oh, wow. Get a little subdivision action going.

That's exciting. Yep. CPOP Industries. Makers of fine quality woodworking and also werewolves. Oh, wow. Wow, wow, wow. It's a pyramid scheme? It's a pyramid scheme.

First level only costs $1,500. Next question for Sam Riegel. Hi, I'm Sam Riegel. FCG has taken an interest in cooking. What sparked this interest despite them being unable to taste? Well, nameless person who asked this question, I would say that it's not despite them being unable to taste, but because of it.

They, Fresh Cut Grass, are desperate to do things like be able to smell, be able to taste, be able to feel love. The things that you all can do that I can't. And so, or be able to dream. So I think one way that they have figured out might be a thing that's achievable is to taste, maybe to taste things. So I think they're going to try to cook and bake to see if they can understand the mechanics of how taste works.

And maybe that's something that I can learn as the campaign goes on. And also, there might be some special things that come with the cooking. Like a feast? Like real world food for us at the table? Yep, say yep. Sure.

Yes, let's say it's real. Oh, shit, now I have to buy food for you all. We'll take baked products from Korean. Great. Baked goods. Well, you've been bringing in wood stuff. Maybe I can bring in just baked stuff. Just offload it onto Q and don't tell her that that was my idea.

Maybe we should just design our characters all such that we bring things to share at the table. Your character can be really into pizza. Yeah, you'd be into pizza. Your character's into liquor. Somebody's into tomato soup. You bring sourdough bread bowls. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love it. Should we go around? Should we go around once?

Let's go around once. Oh no. Puberty. Okay. I'm going to trade. Okay. I'm going to save that one for later. You get one trade.

I think I covered that. One trade. I think I covered that already in our answers. It was too close. Oram made a wolf figurine for Chetney but received a fairly brutal assessment of his wood crafting skills. What was it like to receive that

feedback from Travis? I mean the master craftsman. Why did Oram make the figurine in the first place? I mean it went about as well as Oram expected. But he was just trying to repay Chetney's kindness because

Chetney was very open and supportive and kind when Oram told Chetney about Will. Yes. And Oram never forgot that and wanted to repay him in a way that Chetney valued.

He obviously values wood and woodwork. Orm has been around. I do love wood. What a stupid thing. I love wood. 100 episodes of wood puns. I love wood. But he's been around long enough to see Chetney dress down

just about everyone they meet. So that was not unexpected. And he came prepared. But I really, I was not joking at the table that night. I ordered a wolf. I should have brought it tonight. I ordered a wolf. I got it. And it was too good? Well, I mean, it's fine,

but the wolf that, yeah, it's too good. You need to like drag it on the concrete a little bit. Yeah, it was like leapfrogging what you brought in. Like I was like, I don't, I want to,

it should look simple. I thought I picked a simple one. And now I've talked so much about it that I don't want to drag this poor Etsy store owner's thing and be kicked around in like this sort of a comparison. So I don't want to drag this poor Etsy store owner's thing and be kicked around in this sort of a comparison. So I'm just going to keep it

at home. You can imagine it. Nice. Give it to me one day. Ashu. Ooh. Fern was able to talk to Ladna and Oram about the coin flip for their lives. Oh yeah. How is she feeling about that coin flip for their lives. Oh, yeah. How is she feeling about that coin flip now after having spoken with them?

How did that decision affect her? Oof. That was... I couldn't even look at Marisha back in... Really? Oh, my God. And I was depressed for the whole week up till... Because I was like, I can't believe I had to make this decision.

After you were depressed for a week after? Oh my God, I just felt so bad. I was just like, I couldn't. You didn't rebel in it? Holding their lives in your hands and then just snuffing one of them out? Oh God. Neither of us would have held anything against you. I mean.

No, it wasn't even that. There's also an audience. It wasn't even that. Oh, God. Neither of us would have held anything against you. I mean. No, it wasn't even that. There's also an audience. It wasn't even that. Oh, they do. It was just like, you know, you get in the moment and you're like, oh, my people, my Ladna, my Orim. I think that having to do that has affected Fern in a very big way. And. In a positive way or in a, now I'm just going to steal more shit very big way. And... In a positive way or in a

now I'm just going to steal more shit sort of way? Or a protective way? I think in a protective way. I think that was... I think with Fern, there's a lot of human experience that she's starting to sort of... experience for the first time after leaving

the Feywild. So, the Feyrealm. So, I think it's a lot of complicated feelings that she's not used to that are like, oh, this makes me, my stomach really anxious and I don't know why. So, yeah, I don't think she liked

that at all. I didn't like that at all. That was awful. How was she feeling about the coin flip? No, I haven't think she liked that at all. I didn't like that at all. That was awful. How is she feeling about the coin flip? No, I haven't actually spoken on that. I don't think she's feeling any better about it, but I don't know if that's just me. Anyway, she's still dealing with it. Fern is still dealing with it.

That's all I'll say. Okay. Woodman? Oh, yep. Sorry, I know the way a clock works. No, this happens. How is Chitney doing now that the beast within has been tamed a bit further?

Does he notice a difference or is it too early to tell? It's too early. Too early to tell. I don't believe Mercer for a sneaky fucking second. Plus, the next time Ruinous flashes, I think he said that, I know Italicized Chetney Unleashed won't be there. Damn it.

Maybe it'll let me roll like a D100 or something. But if I wolf out every time it flashes, it's going to get real interesting real quick. What happens when we do land on the moon? Are you going to just lose it? Constantly. Is everyone going to lose it? Is Imogen going to lose it?

Like, that could be problematic. Are we going to go to the moon, you guys? We have to go to the moon. We have to go to the moon. What if we don't? Gemini. But also... What if it comes to us?

Hi! Moonfall. No, go away, go away! We haven't really discussed Imogen's fire creature that was standing behind her. That weird... Phoenix thing? Like, alien-looking thing.

Alien, yeah. Yep. That doesn't look like anything I think any thing. Alien, yeah. Yep. That doesn't look like anything I think any of us have ever seen. No. Again, another little touch, little flavor of alien life. That's a,

and it was like oblong. Oblong skull, yep. Oh boy. This is exciting. Yeah. What in the world is is going to be. Travis, I don't think there's anyone in this room that really, any of the players that want Chetney to get tamer,

we want you to wild out. Yeah. We do. Wild out. I don't think that we're in any danger of that happening. Yeah. Because I'd love to do one more round if we can, maybe a little speed round, but just to mix it up,

I don't know why, can you pick four? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. Okay. What does FCG think of this shithead albatross possibly hunting him for no real reason, as shitheads said during their conversation? We already answered that. Give me this.

Did we? Did we not answer that? Yeah, we kind of did. It's fine. Yeah, we that. Give me this. Did we? Did we not answer that? Yeah, we kind of did. It's fine. Yeah, we did. No, no, no, do another one. Your cup is too small.

Your hands are too big. Enormous. What did FCG think of the speak with dead ritual that they witnessed with Esteros? How do they feel about such clerical practices? It's odd because I am technically a cleric, but I don't have a religion. And I don't seem to know any of the cleric stuff. Like dead stuff, turning undead stuff.

That's all stuff that's all kind of new to me. And speaking with a dead body is something that I don't think my character has ever experienced before. And is super creepy and also kind of gets into like soul stuff. Like I think my character has had an idea about what a soul is, what a spirit is and what that means, what it means to be alive. But if you can just talk to someone after they're dead,

what does that mean? What are we? What are we inside? Star stuff. What do I believe? This is the thing that's plaguing me as a human being named Sam Riegel, but also as a character named FCG.

What do I believe? I don't actually know yet. And it's going to be fun to figure it out on this year's Critical Role. All right. Our souls just farts trapped within the body, waiting to be... Uh-huh.

Okay. With Orym's high history, what does he think of their options in regards to visiting the Fey Realm versus the Shadowfell? You want to answer this one or do another one? That's super easy to answer because I'm going to say that Orym does have high history,

but just the way Sam chooses when he will pay attention to the rules or not, I would say that Orim, he knows nothing about other realms. I would... I personally think, like, all his history, I'm going to not chime in unless it's, like,

real-world historical stuff in Exandria, because that makes sense, because he stands... He's in the room where it happens a lot, overhearing shit, and maybe people lend him books in Zephra. By the way, for the record, I don't just willy-nilly choose which rules to follow or not. I just don't follow the stupid ones.

Uh-huh. Uh-huh. That's great. Luck's a stupid rule. Okay. They're just dice rolls. Ashley, you're rule. Okay. They're just dice rolls. Ashley, you're next. Okay.

Eh. There you go. No, no, you read it. You read it, you read it. In a sultry voice. Fern seems to be enjoying her new role as Professor Calloway, Teacher of Fire. Oh, yeah, we gotta keep that going.

What was it about teaching Lana that spoke to her so much? Oh, boy. I think one of the things that made her feel very special was that Laudna had asked her to teach her something, to sort of pass something on to her. I think it's just fun. I think there's definitely a little bit of a fascination that Fern has with everybody's little things that they have

and sort of what makes people tick and why they are able to do those things. And I think she just had a blast with that. A blast. A blast. You know? All right, one more from you. My hand, my tiny hand.

Wait, I didn't get to do it. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, well, I didn't either. You did. Wait, you didn't do one? You got his. It's fine. You can do another.

Oh, wait, were you supposed to do? No, do another one. It's fine. I'll just sit here like a, were you supposed to do? No, do another one. It's fine. I'll just sit here like a loaf. You both read the question at the same time. Just doing nothing. We'll just read it at the same time. How did Chetney feel to have his original howl

go unanswered by the Gorgonay and need to rely on the howls of his friends to get their attention? What, did you just roll back? Yeah, I just shitty roll. Yeah, forgot about that. Shitty roll. That's emasculating. Yeah? Yeah, I forgot about that. Shitty roll. That's emasculating.

There's a pill for that. You laugh, but when you get it to my age, you start popping. Yeah, I liked this. I liked the metaphor behind it. Alone, not enough, but together. Sure. We bring the other animals to the party but also in failure you failed yep maybe that means later on you can try again and succeed to call the gorgine just to do a proper howl look the howl was fine. It just wasn't very supported by the...

I'll work on it. It's room for improvement. Because Ashley didn't let me read one of those, I'm going to go pull one of these. And we'll do one more Tower of Inquiry. 43, Dani. Can you do us a 43? Here, do you want to read the question?

I could always teach you how to do a full howl. What would your character's Smash Ultimate main be? From Lily Marie Diaz. On Tumblr. On Tumblr. Smash Brothers. You know what Smash main means, right? I don't know what any of those words are.

Is Smash a fighting game? I don't know what that means either. And the main is the character that you would pick. Smash Bros. Super Smash Bros. All the Nintendo is the character that you would pick. Smash Bros. Super Smash Bros. All the Nintendo faves. So like Yoshi. Battle Royale.

I bet Yoshi's probably in that game. Sure. And Mario and Princess. Or I'm gonna choose. Or I'm gonna choose Link. Oh, that's a no-brainer. I would, Chetney would choose Princess Peach.

I gotta look up what the options are. I got to look them up, yeah. Oh, I think, I feel like, I feel like Fern would pick Bowser. Why are you looking at me? I don't play Smash. Is that correct, Danny? I don't play Smash, I can Google it.

Guys, if you couldn't tell, we don't play a lot of Smash, Super Smash Bros. I do, and that's why I would choose... First one you see. Lucario? What is Lucario? Wait, let me see. What is Lucario?

I feel like letters... Oh, it's like a fox thing. What about... Kirby. Something else is off with the pronunciation of... I think Kirby makes sense. Kirby? The letters, yeah.

Kirby is good for letters. There's got to be a robot thing. Lucari? No. Is Mega Man in Smash Bros.? Oh, boy. I'm going to look up robots. Boy.

Smash Bros. Main. Hold on, guys. It could be Samus. I know this is a real show, but I don't... That's from Metroid, right? Yeah. R.O.B.

Rob. I could be Rob. R.O.B. Rob. I could be Rob. R.O.B. Rob? I think that was the old... The toy from the 80s. The toy from the early Nintendo that, like, puts the... Looked fun, but was not fun to play with.

Yeah, yeah. Got it. Thank you, Lily Marie Diaz. We're sorry. Remember, if you have a tenacious... Whoa. Tenaciously tantalizing question for our Tower of Inquiry,

you can enter it at critroll.com slash tower. We're going to go to break, guys. And then we're going to play some Quiplash 3. But before we do that, because I'm the host, I asked everybody here if we can play a little special mini game. In the spirit of the new year, one of my personal resolutions was to finally learn the name of our beloved crew and staff. Oh. Yeah. So we played a

little game show that we like to call Sam Riegel, Name That Crew Member. Dani, let's do this. Hello and welcome to Sam Riegel Name That Crew member. Today, we have three members of the Critical Role production crew. And we're going to see if Sam Riegel knows their names. Sam Riegel, you've been given a dossier full of the names and faces of every member on the production crew. You've also worked closely with every single one of these crew members for multiple years. Yeah, yeah. Are you feeling confident?

No, Dani. All right, let's bring out our first crew member. Aha, our first crew member has been an editor at Critical Role for over four years. And you both talked about Donkey Kong for 25 minutes at the holiday party three days ago. Sam Riegel, name that crew member. Hey, buddy. I know we talked the other day, and it was a great conversation. I want to say Dave.

I want to say Dave, or something with a D. Ooh, incorrect. Crew member, what is your name? It's Max Shapiro, Sam. I should have known that, yeah. Sorry, Max Shapiro. Sam. I should have known that, yeah. Sorry, Max Shapiro. Maybe next time.

Yeah. Let's bring out our next crew member. This crew member has been with the company for three years exactly as of Monday. He produces on Critical Role and Foresighted Dive, and a year and a half ago, he burned his crotch while helping you do an ad read bit. Sam Riegel, name that crew member.

This is an easy one. Eric E. Money, my main man. Ooh, not correct. Crew member, what is your name? It's Kyle, Sam. I burned my crotch for you. I don't even remember that happening legitimately. Well, let's bring out our last crew member.

You know what, Sam? I really believe in you on this one. Our last crew member is the creative director of Critical Role. You co-founded a company with her, and you've been playing D&D with her for over a decade. Sam Riegel, name that crew member. I feel like I should know this one. It's tip of my tongue.

There, there, I know that you're one of the two women on the show, and, right, two women? Maybe there's only one. It's three. It's definitely three. Oh, shit. Okay, that makes it way harder only one. It's three. It's definitely three. Oh, shit. Okay.

That makes it way harder. Yes. Three whole options. You're not Ashley because Ashley's here on the show. I think that's Ashley. I'm going to go with it's a trick question. She doesn't work here. Are you serious right now? Are you fucking with me?

Okay, all right. This is done. No, this is done. No, the bit's over. I thought this was going to be cute. It's done. I'm sorry with me? Okay, all right. This is done. No, this is done. No, the bit's over. I thought this was going to be cute. It's done. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Marisha. I'm sorry. You were at my wedding. I don't... He tried, buddy. He tried. Fuck. I thought this would help.

It's done! I'm not a good person. That's it for the podcast version of this episode of Foresighted Dive. In the video version, we wrap up each episode by playing some games, which don't always translate well to an audio-only format. Honestly, it's mostly yelling, truly.

So be sure to check out the rest of the episode via the VOD for the full chaos. If you've enjoyed this deep dive into the campaign, be sure to drop us a rating and a review on whatever podcast platform you're using. Your thoughts may just encourage a new critter to take the plunge. Foresighted Dive airs the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. Pacific on twitch.tv slash Critical Role and youtube.com slash Critical Role, with the VOD available on YouTube the very next day. And of course, each episode releases right here on the Critical Role Podcast Network one week after the initial broadcast. We'll see you again next month. Buh-bye.