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Episode 73: Kindling the Spirits
Last we left off: Bells Hells had been on a bender of gathering information about what they could possibly bring to bear against Ludinus Da’leth, the Ruby Vanguard, and the dangers that may be besetting the red moon Ruidus above.
You uncovered a strange, damaged contraption that seems to be tied to the history and the longevity and innate power of Ludinus, and upon acquiring a few friendly tinkerers, some you saved as well, set that device on the path to being repaired and possibly bent to your use.
Along this journey also, Ashton discovered a little bit about his essence, his past, the Hishari people of which he was once with, and is one of the ole survivors of, and what seems to be the essence of one of the ancient, long-destroyed Primordial Titans that is buried and entwined with his physical essence, a possible dormant power that lies within.
Upon seeking any sort of interesting information on this, you gathered that one entity, Evontra’vir, the Great Tree of Atrophy that exists in the Shattered Teeth, was responsible for passing the shard of power that created this incident of the Hishari onto the leader of that cult.
With that lead, you made your way to the Shattered Teeth, made friends with an older tortoise woman who had helped Keyleth through her grief many years ago, who led you on the path to the island of Kalutha. You decided the best route to take to get there involved summoning a ghost ship and parleying with its captain.
After a seemingly unbeatable continuation of undead ghost skeletons assaulting you, however, you sent them fleeing and made a deal with the Captain Novos that included giving over to him the intelligent legendary weapon that you had been keeping at your side. This deal was accepted, and as such bought you passage across the seas to the island of your destination, where you currently now sit upon the oddly creaking ghost ship that floats billowing out mist and fog across the waves, heading in a southeastern direction for the next two to three days.
It is on this journey that you can make your fortune.
Previous Episode “Phantasmal Parley”
- CritRole Recap
- Episode discussion
- YouTube VOD
- Alternate Front End VoD
- Marisha Raygun Highlights “Three Days of Rollies”
Matt being a sexually assertive skeletal pirate.
Ghost rollies
The scramble at the beginning to find a die for Ashley’s scry roll is one of my new favorite CR moments
Travis yelling “8 years!”, for the amount of time played without learning how the Scry spell works, was a good note on the bit.
Letting novice players feel ever welcome to the performances on Critical Role.
Mister the familiar fire monkey, as directed by John Woo, performed by Matt Mercer
Ashton paying a tattoo artist in “exposure” on a ghost ship. Is exploiting a murderous pirate ghost wrong?
Unreleased dice edit
Looking up the Ribbon Worm
First 30 minutes (including intro & theme) of scrying. And scrying. And a mystery dice. And more scrying. But that dice.
I watched it like 4 times. I had no idea what was going on. But that dice. Might as well rewatch for context. And the scrying. And the dice. I must’ve missed something. I should rewatch the last 20 minutes… What a fun start to an episode.I see friends hanging out without any pressure. Also, wasn’t Matt’s waiting to remind them about the spell a great troll?
There’s an offshoot subreddit called FansOfCriticalRole and it’s pretty much where the conservative leaning viewers ‘hate watch’ the show so they can fight ‘the woke’. They love making demands and claiming it would be easy to make this show better. Of course the name is ironic, like how the r/MarijuanaEnthusiasts sub is dedicated to actual arboreal trees, while r/trees is… you get the idea.
Sorry, I wasn’t hating.
I was watching it when I was drunk, which probably didn’t help my comprehension.Yeh “YOU don’t roll for scry”.
It’s amazing how much the atmosphere around the table has changed, from the end of season 1, through season 2, through the pandemic, and where we are now.
It’s now a bunch of friends sitting around a table having a laugh. It’s great!
I liked Taliesin’s idea for Fearne to be able to recharge her “warmth” with the champion of Asmodeus who gave her the ring tattoo. The romantic climax between Captain and Navigator was fantastic. As for which stereotypical song playing in the background, I’m torn between Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On or Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong.
There were multiple instances of Genesis - I Can’t Dance during the fight with the 2-headed worm. Second most would likely be Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes.
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Song References ᕕ( ᐛ)ᕗ
- 00:15:00 R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly, and also, I think Sam was referencing "You Can Fly! from Peter Pan.
- 00:32:35 Bone Thugs N’ Harmony - Crossroads
- 00:54:40 El Pollo Loco Theme
- 00:57:12 Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
- 01:02:45 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss
- 01:16:32 Laura & Marisha “Fearne gonna fuck a bone…or die.”
- 01:47:31 Britney Spears - Work Bitch
- 02:14:58 Spooky Scary Skeletons
- 02:23:10 “Meet you in the garden…” Unknown
- 02:38:48 Beach Boys - Kokomo
- 02:50:06 “Forever feet” I don’t know.
- 02:50:10 Alphaville - Forever Young
- 03:22:40 A-Ha - Take On Me
- 03:30:05 Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes
- 03:56:27 Genesis - I Can’t Dance
Memorable Moments
- 00:57:03 Marisha takes Matt’s line “We can certainly try” and you see her make eye contact with him.
- 01:02:48 “Swallow your soul…swallow your soul” is a reference to the classic horromedy Evil Dead.
- 03:10:00 Battle with the Basalt Caecilian
- 03:23:30 Laura remembers the Ribbon Worm
- 03:40:24 Matt performing John Woo action sequences as Mister (really want to see some fan art of this)
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Sam’s Flask
spoiler
Links to Sam’s live action stage outfit complete with wings and shining from head to toe. QR Code link
Taliesin excited for undead intimacy improv
Chetney Vs. Basalt Caecilian
“Ooh”