Campaign 3, E33: “Blood and Dust”
Combat:
- Twitch: 2:17:04 to 4:09:50, YouTube: 2:02:10 to 3:54:50
Recurring Themes:
- High tension, above table dread: Boss fight including extensive lead up.
Pre-show:
Occurrences:
- Bodily fluids and gross out humor: Ad skit has Sam pretending to be a cat, including fake dirty litter box prop and coughing up a hairball.
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:
- Self harm: Chetney blood hunter ability.
- Unnatural movements: A character climbs like a spider with jerking motion.
- Mind magic/compulsion: Attempted without success.
Detailed descriptions:
- High intensity/combat: Combat actions and descriptions outside of mechanical combat rounds (entirety of part one)
Sound effects:
- Laudna whispers.
Break:
Critical Role Shop Showcase
4-Sided Dive Preview
Time: 41 seconds.
Mentions:
- Death: Brief existential dread joke about death.
- Drugs: Brief joke about seeming high.
Backblaze Growth ad
Time: 2:23
Visual appearances:
- Flashing lights: lightening effect near the end.
Welcome to Tal'Dorei 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:
- Mind magic: Forced mind reading (multiple instances).
- Self harm: Chetney blood hunter transformation (face wound).
- Trauma memories: A character is faced with the cause of backstory trauma.
- Major character death/intense threat of death: Boss Fight (multiple instances throughout fight).
- Queer character death: A queer character is killed.
Detailed descriptions:
- Corruption/loss of control: A character loses control of their class abilities.
- Explosion: Uncontrolled magical area effect.
Sound effects:
- Laudna whispers.