Critical Role s2, now with pirates
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schneefinkI have a new favorite character and I love him. The Mighty Nein are a disaster and I love them too.
(I'm too lazy to look for CR icons so this gets Taako being excited, because he would be.)
Episode 31
0:20 Nott asking Jester to forge a letter to find Astrid for Caleb, aww ^^
1:26 different approaches to libraries
1:49 yess I'm all for M9 finding out about Lucien now that Molly is dead.
2:32, aww Jester and the Traveler. After that fantastic temple vandalism raid xD
3:12 Jester is the WORST at Sending xD
3:20 This seems like Caleb&Nott and Liam&Sam, aww
E32
0:21 Caduceus is a virgin? please fic writers
0:44 canon that Molly had a nice dick xD
0:53 Fjord's skeptical look when Caduceus asks permission from the horses ^^
1:05 not all good yet ^^
1:33 Nott giving a thousand gold, whoa :) interesting, too. Does she trust Caduceus' word that much? I'm very curious about Gustav :)
2:30 Caduceus is so great. Ambush? Calm Emotions. a+ Great support from Caleb with Fear too. Pity it didn't work.
2:40 that is such a cool map though
2:48 Big Beau looks cool
3:20 yeah it is slightly odd that Caleb keeps casting new fire spells when fire traumatizes him. maybe things he learned before.
3:38 Fjord telling Beau a pet is a responsibility xD
3:39 The one gender-related D&D stereotype I accept: female players like pets.
E33
omg Sam's ads get weirder all the time ^^
The ocean! 0:27 Beau willingly meditating for the first time :)
0:36 Caduceus explaining doctorates to the owl Professor Thaddeus xD
1:24 "Little Sapphire" is adorable
2:10 Jester introducing her friends, nice
2:16 "she CAN" heal people, heh
2:20 "hypothetically, if he were to pass away..." ^^
2:32 omg unexpected parentage reveal :D
2:37 Pictionary xD
2:40 Jester and the message lengths are gold
3:43 yeah Marisha knows about falling damage ^^
3:46 Caleb without a book in a while absolutely has wizard envy ^^
3:49 so many dead birds
3:53 puppy therapy
Ep 34
I love these DnDBeyond ads. Go Travis.
0:18 uh-oh, bagpipes xD a tattooed turtle bard, wonderful.
0:49 is Yasha Super-Goth-Santa? xD
0:52 Yess I need Yasha&Caduceus bonding
1:15 Tracey :D (Beau&Fjord friendship hell yeah)
1:24 who the fuck is Tracey
1:39 octopus!Frumpkin as Yasha's backpack, aw
1:47 "Let me make a suggestion. [I cast Suggestion.]" Heh. At least Caleb tells Nott soon afterwards.
1:51 "See, Nugget, here's the situation" Caduceus <3
2:00 You can do that with a familiar, just make them disappear and appear elsewhere like that? Daaamn useful.
Cool battlemap!
3:57 Taliesin "I'm not rolling another character" oh no
3:59 so, uh, do we actually want to kill him? ^^ Fun that it was Nott who kept bringing that up.
Fjord MVP of that fight :)
E35
0:19 Fjord&Beau <3
0:22 oh yeah there is a wraith xD
0:27 Jester pretend-healing everyone xD
0:37 when the goblin thinks you are fucked up... ^^
0:50 "you let him live, that's really nice", Caduceus: what the hell did I get into ^^
0:53 Caduceus and Jester attempting to fight Fjord's specter ^^
1:00 poor Caduceus, needing Calm Emotions on himself to go swim in the ocean. After a life on the graveyard, suddenly this...
1:12 everyone's expressions when Jester lies to her mom xD
1:14 Nott telling Caleb (et al.) you should never lie to your mother ^^
1:29 "are we playing darts" I love Caduceus
1:40 okay talk about escalation, but the probably-pirates did start it by shooting arrows at a slightly suspicious drunk tourist. Might have been smarter if Beau had not attacked in return
That is such a cool map (nice shots around 2:14)
2:23 Travis-as-Yasha checking in on Beau xD
2:39 makes total sense that Caduceus is running.
2:44 "What are we gonna do, run and jump on that bloody boat?" "I was about to do that!"
3:08 Yeah, the one sailor going belowdecks might have been a mistake xD
3:22 Taliesin looking so worried and slowly shaking his head, he's my favorite
3:26 oh no, if Marion hears of this...
3:30 Travis just lying down on the desk xD while Caduceus is swimming out into the dark... with possibly sea monsters underneath... and he still first thing heals Fjord when he's taken on bord, a good healer is so important
They accidentally became pirates! Amazing.
E36
0:20 "Well, he'll be dead eventually," heh. Grave cleric.
0:23 "buuut I'll go to work if I need to," Caleb being intimidating, practice...?
0:36 let's call the ship "Mistake", perfect
1:01 Huh, I thought Caduceus would be concerned about almost dying etc. but instead he's concerned about not following the will of his goddess, makes sense. (and then an anxiety attack about the near-drowning too)
1:06 Aww, Beau still wants to do good in Molly's memory
1:10 Fjord and Beau are great together. And they promise to keep each other in check :)
1:15 they have a cook :)
1:16 all except Beau and Yasha have some manner of disguise, heh
1:23 Caleb stargazing with Nott piggyback :) And strategizing teambuilding
2:35 Nott and Caleb forcing some teambonding, heh
2:38 Jester thinking Caduceus is looking for dead people ^^
2:50 Aww, Caduceus making sure there is vegetarian food ^^ And him and Marius bonding over M9 being crazy, heh
2:53 "Captain Tusktooth" is so bad
2:56 Aww, Caleb lending Frumpkin as tiny tiny owl to Beau
2:59 "this other fellow, Mollymauk, he showed us that... by dying" ^^ So Caduceus has a large family that he hasn't heard from in a while? Could Jester contact them?
3:19 using Calm Emotions to negate the charm effect, very smart. And hey, the beetles finally do damage!
3:37 Caleb faking a heart attack for teambonding, heh
3:40 Fjord telling Beau to hug Caleb ^^
E37:
Pirate costumes!
0:37 Travis and Matt read up on ships xD
0:41 Avantika is fun xD And all the fake name introductions, brilliant.
0:47 "but there are only seven of you" heh
0:52 of course his problem is his burial needs xD I <3 Caduceus
1:21 Dreams where you wake up vomiting saltwater = wet dreams xD
1:22 Fjord's patron is a giant leviathan? Uh-oh...
1:36 Wait, Jester was watching Beau and Keg? ^^
1:59 Jester's face as Avantika invites Fjord up xD
Matt/Avantika and Travis/Fjord flirting is so great.
E38
0:13 Caduceus is so polite to the plants ^^
0:39 ooh, Jamedi really is undead! I am biased but Caduceus is smart.
0:45 Jester not the biggest bug fan
0:48 Beau trying to look out for Fjord :) and talking with him!
1:01 Yes imagine if he did have snake head legs xD Snake head arms are freaky enough
1:06 wondering about snake dicks ^^
1:16 always nice, the DM asking out of the blue what your AC is... Cleric adventure :D
1:37 interesting that instead of healing himself, which would most likely give him more HP, Caduceus used Vampiric Touch on one of the monsters even though the whole party is here to support him... well he's not really used to party support yet
1:54 nice try xD No tricking Avantika
1:57 Jester being a missionary xD poor Jamedi
2:32 wait, Beau is sick?
2:49 yeah, if you have a secret discussion, make sure the others are away first ^^
2:52 "How many fingers am I holding up" and forgot the fingers xD Caduceus is my favorite. (I want Taliesin to have a clone so he can play Molly and Caduceus at the same time, because I liked Molly a lot too, but Caduceus is my favorite. Story-wise, Molly's death turned out really well. And imo party-balance-wise Caduceus is more useful, too.)
E39
0:20 Travis playing Yasha and making her flirt with Beau, heh xD
0:39 "It's gonna make Yasha boss" indeed, very nice combo by Caduceus+Yasha
0:44 Fjord thinks Caduceus can literally read minds *g*
0:47 literally decompose someone while interrogating, heh. And then trying to prevent her from killing herself, hardcore. Pity it didn't work, maybe next time…
1:06 oh shit is Avantika the ex, and Fjord the new flame? ^^
1:42 yeah the owl would have been smart, but noo, Jester gets the wizard high ^^
1:53 Giant!Jester!
2:05 wow that is a really cool mug Marisha has
2:38 wait, whyyy are they threatening Avantika all of a sudden? Not a good move...
2:49 uh-oh, a Nott&Jester plan? Called Fluffernutter? xD And Fjord is the only one thinking about it ^^
2:53 Travis calling "Molly", ouch. "Yasha's crying now" shut up Sam ^^
3:42 that Bane+Slow combo was great. Yay teamwork.
3:57 uh-oh, that Slow is a risk - Caleb is their only source of fire damage right now and that would have been a surer bet... otoh, if it did work...
Btw that hydra mini with the adjustable number of heads is super cool.
4:00 Marisha "it sucks when your high-level spells fail" voice of experience
4:06 how can Caduceus be out of healing? Can't he cast healing spells spontaneously? Or is that a 3.5 thing, or does he have no spells left at all. I thought the bigger problem was that afaik Cure spells are touch.
4:07 oh fantastic it could get both clerics at once...
4:09 is that just my impression/memory or does Fjord not use his blade very often?
4:17 Yasha gets it again. Matt is really generous to let them use absent PCs in fights, our former DM didn't (and I don't either)
And now most of their spellcaster are almost entirely out of spells... and I don't think they have many healing potions either... They better hope they get out of this without any more bigger fights, at least not until their next long rest. There are still snake & lizard people outside, but if the temple is a good place to rest? Avantika wants to go meet Ut'okoa asap...
NYCC panel: (after ep37)
I'm so envious I can't see all the cosplays
They just keep cracking each other up, I love it.
0:36 No it really is Travis who is forgetful xD
Spiritual weapons: Taliesin's being an expensive guitar and Matt's being Marisha <3
0:45 yes Molly found all of them attractive, and Taliesin does too ^^ The Shaggable Group, yes
0:50 Do Sam and Liam have to be so public about shipping themselves? ^^
Oh man that would be a cool Battle Royale already :)
CR s2 fic recs:
Not many, since I rarely get the urge to look for it. Sometimes I still find good stuff though.
Carry It Until We Die by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
starkraving
WIP, 36k, gen, futurefic
Summary: Mollymauk Tealeaf wakes up in a grave by the road ten years after he died. Things have gone a bit wrong since then and he might be the only one who can set things right… since it’s the Mighty Nein themselves who've gone wrong. AU: Where Molly comes back to yell at his super-powered Level 20 friends.
Why I love it: This is the fix-it fic I didn't know I wanted. All of the characters are fantastic, and there's some excellent angst. With guest appearances by Vax :)
Not finished yet (and I'm very curious how the author is going to handle as-yet-unrevealed backstory, especially Lucien) but already so good.
The Traveler Is My Co-Parent bysabinelagrande
3k, kidfic
Summary: A family can be a tiefling, an aasimar, a firbolg, two humans, a goblin, a half-orc, an upstart deity, and, um…
Why I love it: Short and sweet and fun and found family feelings :)
(I'm too lazy to look for CR icons so this gets Taako being excited, because he would be.)
Episode 31
0:20 Nott asking Jester to forge a letter to find Astrid for Caleb, aww ^^
1:26 different approaches to libraries
1:49 yess I'm all for M9 finding out about Lucien now that Molly is dead.
2:32, aww Jester and the Traveler. After that fantastic temple vandalism raid xD
3:12 Jester is the WORST at Sending xD
3:20 This seems like Caleb&Nott and Liam&Sam, aww
E32
0:21 Caduceus is a virgin? please fic writers
0:44 canon that Molly had a nice dick xD
0:53 Fjord's skeptical look when Caduceus asks permission from the horses ^^
1:05 not all good yet ^^
1:33 Nott giving a thousand gold, whoa :) interesting, too. Does she trust Caduceus' word that much? I'm very curious about Gustav :)
2:30 Caduceus is so great. Ambush? Calm Emotions. a+ Great support from Caleb with Fear too. Pity it didn't work.
2:40 that is such a cool map though
2:48 Big Beau looks cool
3:20 yeah it is slightly odd that Caleb keeps casting new fire spells when fire traumatizes him. maybe things he learned before.
3:38 Fjord telling Beau a pet is a responsibility xD
3:39 The one gender-related D&D stereotype I accept: female players like pets.
E33
omg Sam's ads get weirder all the time ^^
The ocean! 0:27 Beau willingly meditating for the first time :)
0:36 Caduceus explaining doctorates to the owl Professor Thaddeus xD
1:24 "Little Sapphire" is adorable
2:10 Jester introducing her friends, nice
2:16 "she CAN" heal people, heh
2:20 "hypothetically, if he were to pass away..." ^^
2:32 omg unexpected parentage reveal :D
2:37 Pictionary xD
2:40 Jester and the message lengths are gold
3:43 yeah Marisha knows about falling damage ^^
3:46 Caleb without a book in a while absolutely has wizard envy ^^
3:49 so many dead birds
3:53 puppy therapy
Ep 34
I love these DnDBeyond ads. Go Travis.
0:18 uh-oh, bagpipes xD a tattooed turtle bard, wonderful.
0:49 is Yasha Super-Goth-Santa? xD
0:52 Yess I need Yasha&Caduceus bonding
1:15 Tracey :D (Beau&Fjord friendship hell yeah)
1:24 who the fuck is Tracey
1:39 octopus!Frumpkin as Yasha's backpack, aw
1:47 "Let me make a suggestion. [I cast Suggestion.]" Heh. At least Caleb tells Nott soon afterwards.
1:51 "See, Nugget, here's the situation" Caduceus <3
2:00 You can do that with a familiar, just make them disappear and appear elsewhere like that? Daaamn useful.
Cool battlemap!
3:57 Taliesin "I'm not rolling another character" oh no
3:59 so, uh, do we actually want to kill him? ^^ Fun that it was Nott who kept bringing that up.
Fjord MVP of that fight :)
E35
0:19 Fjord&Beau <3
0:22 oh yeah there is a wraith xD
0:27 Jester pretend-healing everyone xD
0:37 when the goblin thinks you are fucked up... ^^
0:50 "you let him live, that's really nice", Caduceus: what the hell did I get into ^^
0:53 Caduceus and Jester attempting to fight Fjord's specter ^^
1:00 poor Caduceus, needing Calm Emotions on himself to go swim in the ocean. After a life on the graveyard, suddenly this...
1:12 everyone's expressions when Jester lies to her mom xD
1:14 Nott telling Caleb (et al.) you should never lie to your mother ^^
1:29 "are we playing darts" I love Caduceus
1:40 okay talk about escalation, but the probably-pirates did start it by shooting arrows at a slightly suspicious drunk tourist. Might have been smarter if Beau had not attacked in return
That is such a cool map (nice shots around 2:14)
2:23 Travis-as-Yasha checking in on Beau xD
2:39 makes total sense that Caduceus is running.
2:44 "What are we gonna do, run and jump on that bloody boat?" "I was about to do that!"
3:08 Yeah, the one sailor going belowdecks might have been a mistake xD
3:22 Taliesin looking so worried and slowly shaking his head, he's my favorite
3:26 oh no, if Marion hears of this...
3:30 Travis just lying down on the desk xD while Caduceus is swimming out into the dark... with possibly sea monsters underneath... and he still first thing heals Fjord when he's taken on bord, a good healer is so important
They accidentally became pirates! Amazing.
E36
0:20 "Well, he'll be dead eventually," heh. Grave cleric.
0:23 "buuut I'll go to work if I need to," Caleb being intimidating, practice...?
0:36 let's call the ship "Mistake", perfect
1:01 Huh, I thought Caduceus would be concerned about almost dying etc. but instead he's concerned about not following the will of his goddess, makes sense. (and then an anxiety attack about the near-drowning too)
1:06 Aww, Beau still wants to do good in Molly's memory
1:10 Fjord and Beau are great together. And they promise to keep each other in check :)
1:15 they have a cook :)
1:16 all except Beau and Yasha have some manner of disguise, heh
1:23 Caleb stargazing with Nott piggyback :) And strategizing teambuilding
2:35 Nott and Caleb forcing some teambonding, heh
2:38 Jester thinking Caduceus is looking for dead people ^^
2:50 Aww, Caduceus making sure there is vegetarian food ^^ And him and Marius bonding over M9 being crazy, heh
2:53 "Captain Tusktooth" is so bad
2:56 Aww, Caleb lending Frumpkin as tiny tiny owl to Beau
2:59 "this other fellow, Mollymauk, he showed us that... by dying" ^^ So Caduceus has a large family that he hasn't heard from in a while? Could Jester contact them?
3:19 using Calm Emotions to negate the charm effect, very smart. And hey, the beetles finally do damage!
3:37 Caleb faking a heart attack for teambonding, heh
3:40 Fjord telling Beau to hug Caleb ^^
E37:
Pirate costumes!
0:37 Travis and Matt read up on ships xD
0:41 Avantika is fun xD And all the fake name introductions, brilliant.
0:47 "but there are only seven of you" heh
0:52 of course his problem is his burial needs xD I <3 Caduceus
1:21 Dreams where you wake up vomiting saltwater = wet dreams xD
1:22 Fjord's patron is a giant leviathan? Uh-oh...
1:36 Wait, Jester was watching Beau and Keg? ^^
1:59 Jester's face as Avantika invites Fjord up xD
Matt/Avantika and Travis/Fjord flirting is so great.
E38
0:13 Caduceus is so polite to the plants ^^
0:39 ooh, Jamedi really is undead! I am biased but Caduceus is smart.
0:45 Jester not the biggest bug fan
0:48 Beau trying to look out for Fjord :) and talking with him!
1:01 Yes imagine if he did have snake head legs xD Snake head arms are freaky enough
1:06 wondering about snake dicks ^^
1:16 always nice, the DM asking out of the blue what your AC is... Cleric adventure :D
1:37 interesting that instead of healing himself, which would most likely give him more HP, Caduceus used Vampiric Touch on one of the monsters even though the whole party is here to support him... well he's not really used to party support yet
1:54 nice try xD No tricking Avantika
1:57 Jester being a missionary xD poor Jamedi
2:32 wait, Beau is sick?
2:49 yeah, if you have a secret discussion, make sure the others are away first ^^
2:52 "How many fingers am I holding up" and forgot the fingers xD Caduceus is my favorite. (I want Taliesin to have a clone so he can play Molly and Caduceus at the same time, because I liked Molly a lot too, but Caduceus is my favorite. Story-wise, Molly's death turned out really well. And imo party-balance-wise Caduceus is more useful, too.)
E39
0:20 Travis playing Yasha and making her flirt with Beau, heh xD
0:39 "It's gonna make Yasha boss" indeed, very nice combo by Caduceus+Yasha
0:44 Fjord thinks Caduceus can literally read minds *g*
0:47 literally decompose someone while interrogating, heh. And then trying to prevent her from killing herself, hardcore. Pity it didn't work, maybe next time…
1:06 oh shit is Avantika the ex, and Fjord the new flame? ^^
1:42 yeah the owl would have been smart, but noo, Jester gets the wizard high ^^
1:53 Giant!Jester!
2:05 wow that is a really cool mug Marisha has
2:38 wait, whyyy are they threatening Avantika all of a sudden? Not a good move...
2:49 uh-oh, a Nott&Jester plan? Called Fluffernutter? xD And Fjord is the only one thinking about it ^^
2:53 Travis calling "Molly", ouch. "Yasha's crying now" shut up Sam ^^
3:42 that Bane+Slow combo was great. Yay teamwork.
3:57 uh-oh, that Slow is a risk - Caleb is their only source of fire damage right now and that would have been a surer bet... otoh, if it did work...
Btw that hydra mini with the adjustable number of heads is super cool.
4:00 Marisha "it sucks when your high-level spells fail" voice of experience
4:06 how can Caduceus be out of healing? Can't he cast healing spells spontaneously? Or is that a 3.5 thing, or does he have no spells left at all. I thought the bigger problem was that afaik Cure spells are touch.
4:07 oh fantastic it could get both clerics at once...
4:09 is that just my impression/memory or does Fjord not use his blade very often?
4:17 Yasha gets it again. Matt is really generous to let them use absent PCs in fights, our former DM didn't (and I don't either)
And now most of their spellcaster are almost entirely out of spells... and I don't think they have many healing potions either... They better hope they get out of this without any more bigger fights, at least not until their next long rest. There are still snake & lizard people outside, but if the temple is a good place to rest? Avantika wants to go meet Ut'okoa asap...
NYCC panel: (after ep37)
I'm so envious I can't see all the cosplays
They just keep cracking each other up, I love it.
0:36 No it really is Travis who is forgetful xD
Spiritual weapons: Taliesin's being an expensive guitar and Matt's being Marisha <3
0:45 yes Molly found all of them attractive, and Taliesin does too ^^ The Shaggable Group, yes
0:50 Do Sam and Liam have to be so public about shipping themselves? ^^
Oh man that would be a cool Battle Royale already :)
CR s2 fic recs:
Not many, since I rarely get the urge to look for it. Sometimes I still find good stuff though.
Carry It Until We Die by
WIP, 36k, gen, futurefic
Summary: Mollymauk Tealeaf wakes up in a grave by the road ten years after he died. Things have gone a bit wrong since then and he might be the only one who can set things right… since it’s the Mighty Nein themselves who've gone wrong. AU: Where Molly comes back to yell at his super-powered Level 20 friends.
Why I love it: This is the fix-it fic I didn't know I wanted. All of the characters are fantastic, and there's some excellent angst. With guest appearances by Vax :)
Not finished yet (and I'm very curious how the author is going to handle as-yet-unrevealed backstory, especially Lucien) but already so good.
The Traveler Is My Co-Parent by
3k, kidfic
Summary: A family can be a tiefling, an aasimar, a firbolg, two humans, a goblin, a half-orc, an upstart deity, and, um…
Why I love it: Short and sweet and fun and found family feelings :)
