Campaign 3, E3: “The Trail and the Toll”

Combat:

  1. Twitch: 1:57:29 to 3:09:16, YouTube: 1:42:35 to 2:54:22

Recurring Themes:

  • Alcohol: Long scenes in both halves take place in taverns and include drinking.
  • Murder: Multiple murders take place and the deaths are described.

Pre-show:

Occurrences:

  • Stabbing (fake): During Sam’s bit, assassins appear on set and Robbie throws a fake knife at them.

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Time: 0:16

Visual appearances:

  • Flashing lights and fire: The logo has a fire effect flaring up on a dark background.

Part 1:

Occurrences:

  • Alcohol, bars: Scenes take place in bars with characters and patrons drinking. Some are visibly drunk. The quality of life of a drunk patron is discussed.
  • Dislocated Joint: Laudna dislocates her shoulder briefly due to physical effort.
  • Fingernail Movement: Laudna shifts one of her fingernails in an unsettling manner.
  • Strangulation: A murder takes place in a locked room, and the victim can be heard choking. Their body is found with a neck wound.

Sound effects:

  • Blackboard Screech: Sam writes on his blackboard and the chalk creates a brief unpleasant noise. The cast yell in response.
    Twitch: 0:24:59 to 0:25:06, YouTube: 0:10:03 to 0:10:10
  • Laudna whispers: Multiple cast members echo Laudna’s speech in creepy whispers.
    Twitch: 0:36:19 to 0:37:00, YouTube: 0:21:24 to 0:22:06
    Twitch: 0:55:03 to 0:55:17, YouTube: 0:40:08 to 0:40:23
    Twitch: 1:25:55 to 1:26:02, YouTube: 1:11:00 to 1:11:07
  • Choking: A choking sound is acted out as a character is harmed.
    Twitch: 1:41:15 to 1:41:19, YouTube: 1:26:20 to 1:26:24

Break

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Time: 1:09

Visual appearances:

  • Flashing lights: Spell effects and fire animation (mainly white and yellow light).
  • Eyes: Starts with a closeup of a Raven's eyes. Later a closeup on a character's eyes. End's with magical eyes in the clouds.
  • Heights: a view of a city from above following a swooping bird.
  • Blood and gore: A monster is killed by bursting through its head. Other enemies are fought. Badly wounded characters are shown after a battle.
  • Fire: A Village is shown burning with two scared witnesses.
  • Imprisonment: A character is shown leaving a prison with hanging manacles.
  • Gun: A character is shown wielding a gun.

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Time: 2:37

Occurrences:

  • Insects: Bees are mentioned multiple times before they attack a person. We hear sounds of swarm buzzing and comical distress, and see a swarm, but no attack is directly shown.

Part 2:

Occurrences:

  • Monstrous Transformation: A character briefly transforms their body to appear unsettling. Includes unnatural joint movement, and black ooze around the eyes.
  • Snake: A character turns into a snake and eats someone.
  • Neck Wound: A body is found with a deep neck wound, which Matt describes with a gesture.
  • Disrespecting the dead: A dead body is handled and carried in a disrespectful way.
  • Alcohol: Characters spend the evening in a tavern and drink. One character gets very drunk and starts slurring.
  • Major Death: A major character is killed.

Mentions:

  • Impalement: A character is impaled in combat.

Visual appearances:

  • Flashing lights: Projected red lights move around the room in a circular pattern.
    Twitch: 4:20:31 to 4:23:21, YouTube: 4:05:37 to 4:08:26