Campaign 2, E1: “Curious Beginnings”

January 11, 2018

Combat:

  1. YouTube: 2:24:17 to 2:55:55

Recurring Themes:

  • None

Pre-show:

Sound effects:

  • Vomiting: A player makes a vomiting sound to express nerves. The camera is not on them.
    YouTube: 0:02:04 to 0:02:06

Part 1:

Occurrences:

  • Alcohol: Characters drink in a tavern for breakfast. A character briefly discusses their alcoholism. Later they talk about going on a brewery tour and getting sick from drinking.
  • Food: Characters order food in a tavern. A character eats their food very fast and noisily.
  • Gambling: Characters learn and a gambling card game simulated with dice. Cheating is involved. They argue about the money won.

Discussions:

  • Kleptomania/petty theft: A character talks about having a recurring urge to steal things.

Visual appearances:

  • Food: Players get food and eat it at the table. Food sits on the table between being actively eaten.
    YouTube: 1:11:29 to 1:27:22

Sound effects:

  • Applause: A cast member in character loudly claps and yells in approval.
    YouTube: 1:00:30 to 1:00:50

Break

Backblaze

Time: 2:06

Visual appearances:

  • Dog: A friendly dog is petted and picked up.

One Night Only: Sagas of Sundry Madness

Time: 1:25

Visual appearances:

  • Straight jacket: Multiple characters are seen struggling in straight jackets. Done to evoke horror.
  • Flashing lights: End titled has a fog effect gliding across the screen.

Sound effects:

  • Ominous narration: Ad copy is done in a deliberately intense and ominous way to evoke the style of the horror series. Includes whispering in someone's ear in an unsettling way and saying something they fear.

Critical Role Perfume Fake Ad

Painter's Guild Ad

Adulting in the Apocalypse: Grow a Plant

Time: 2:52

Occurrences:

  • Apocalypse: Setting is post-apocalyptic.
  • Radiation: Scavenged goods are tested for radiation and it's high.
  • Hearing voices: A character dozes off and hears voices in creepy whispers. They are mean.
  • Cannibalism: An interview subject is listed about eating a loved one.

Visual appearances:

  • Skeleton: A skeleton is used as a prop. A character says they looted it. Later they suggest a building project using skeleton parts.
  • Gas mask: A skull is shown wearing a gas mask.
  • Bullet hole: A helmet is used that clearly has a bullet hole in it and a skull in it.

Sound effects:

  • Repetition and whispers: Creepy whispers repeat words.

The Chronicles of Exandria: The Tale of Vox Machina Art Book

Time: 1:13

Occurrences:

  • Hearing voices: A monk hears a book talking to them, and is annoyed into breaking their vow of silence.
  • Self-harm: A character lightly flogs themselves as punishment.

How to Play: Photosynthesis

Art Reel

Time: 3:46

Visual appearances:

  • Fire: A character wields a fire spell (several static images throughout).
  • Guns: A character wields guns (several static images throughout).
  • Flashing lights: Two moving images back to back with animated glowing magic and a ripple effect.

Part 2:

Occurrences:

  • Monstrous transformation: A character suddenly turns into a monster in a crowded place. Some body horror in the way they attack.
  • Law Enforcement: City guards arrest the party for taking action in a situation where the guards did not.
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