Campaign 3, E61: “Crisis of Faith”

June 8, 2023

Combat:

  1. (Across the break.) Twitch: 0:28:06 to 2:45:58 and 2:56:19 to 3:24:30, YouTube: 0:13:10 to 2:31:01 and 2:41:22 to 3:09:34

Recurring Themes:

  • Religion: The role of religion and temples in Exandria is discussed including missionaries, religious military, and religious abuse.
  • Law enforcement: Armored religious guards are a major feature in the town the episode takes place in.
  • Bodily fluids: Descriptions and role play reactions bring up bodily fluids multiple times.

Pre-show:

Mentions:

  • Apocalypse: During merch, there is a brief mention of the events of EXU: Calamity.

Visual appearances:

  • Drinking: Ad character has an alcoholic drink in their hand.
    Twitch: 0:15:03 to 0:22:14, YouTube: 0:00:06 to 0:07:17
  • Smoking: Ad character has a prop cigarette.
    Twitch: 0:15:03 to 0:22:14, YouTube: 0:00:06 to 0:07:17

Campaign 3 Intro 2:

Time: 1:47

Epilepsy and light sensitivity

  • Rapidly alternating colors: High contrast bright colors, often on bright white, that rapidly shift with frequent jump cuts.
  • Flashing motion effects: Low frame animation without blur frames. Motion blur at the beginning Jumping stills with bright white lines on a dark background appear to flash as they change.
  • Jumpy rotoscoped shots: Short cuts for rotoscoped animation with a lot of movement can appear jumpy and disorienting. May affect motion sensitivity.

Part 1:

Occurrences:

  • Falling: A character falls from a height and takes damage.
  • Restraints: Repeatedly in combat characters are hit with spells that restrict movement. Later a character is caught in magic chains.
  • Unnatural movement: A character walks on walls with twitching movements.
  • Insects: Bees come out of a character's mouth and attacks someone else.
  • Earthquake: The feeling of an small earthquake as an earth elemental is summoned.
  • Human waste: Characters pee themselves in fear.
  • Gore: An enemy is crushed in combat with description of the impact and splatter.
  • Explosion: Fireball spell with force damage.
  • Blood: A character catches blood in their hands. Another character spits up blood after being hit.
  • Vomit: A character vomits in reaction to something.
  • Flashbacks: Character describes being forced to remember traumatic events.
  • Body horror: Monster emerging out of a person.
  • Dog Attack: Monstrous dog joins combat and attacks enemies.
  • Demon: A demon is summoned.

Detailed descriptions:

  • Form of Dread: Tree form.
  • Human waste: Multiple characters hit with the effects of a laxative at the same time.

Break

D&D Beyond Treasure Hoard Digital Dice Set

Time: 0:28

Visual appearances:

  • Flashing lights: Quick digital panning shots.
  • Mouth: Die that looks like a mimic.

Wizkids Cyclops Stormcaller Mini

Critical Role Shop Showcase

Critical Role Summer 2023 Convention Appearances

Candela Obscura Trailer

Time: 1:53

Mentions:

  • Corruption: Setting of the game is described as being impacted by magical corruption.
  • Conspiracy: Brief description of a secret society as the main characters of the game.

Visual appearances:

  • Flashing lights: The trailer is designed to mimic the lights and movement of a gothic lighthouse. Flashing lights and slowly spinning camera movement throughout.
  • Trypophobia: Extreme close up shot of a carbonated liquid.
  • Horror imagery: Drawings of a shadowy monsters. One looming over sheep.

Sound effects:

  • Static: Electric buzz of old lights turning on.
  • Flapping wings: Sound from an unseen flying creature.

Midst Intro Trailer

Time: 0:55

Visual appearances:

  • Flashing Lights: White lights with rainbow auras for entire ad.
  • Guns: A portrait of a character with a rifle is shown.

Welcome to Tal'Dorei Soundtrack Ad

Welcome to Wildemount Soundtrack Ad

Critical Recap Ad

Fanart and Cosplay Submission Ad

Twitch Subscription Sam's ASMR Ad

Time: 2:38

Mentions:

  • Teeth: Teeth implied to be growing where they shouldn't.

Visual appearances:

  • Kaleidoscope/hypnotic patterns: Background images of swirling brightly colored kaleidoscope views.

Sound effects:

  • ASMR parody: A wide range of ASMR sounds that are not all soothing. Some sounds are jarring and loud.

Part 2:

Occurrences:

  • Fire: Fireball spell.
  • Falling: Characters fall from a height and get hurt.
  • Religious scarification: Person with religious items and runes fused into their body.
  • Building collapse: A building is destroyed with magic in a way that doesn't impact other buildings.
  • Religious exploitation: Church hording money from a small community.

Detailed descriptions:

  • Demon: The look, texture, and smell of a demon is described as a character gets close to it.

Discussions:

  • Human waste: Characters talk about the poop from earlier in the episode.
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