Campaign 3, E34: “What Dreams May Come”

Combat:

  1. Combat rounds without fighting: Twitch: 0:35:02 to 1:20:55, YouTube: 0:20:03 to 1:05:58

Recurring Themes:

  • Death and Grief.

Pre-show:

Sound effects:

  • Squeaky balloon: Noise of rubber against rubber as a player makes balloon animals.

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:

  • Intense Mindscape: Each character is taken through individual scenes remembering defining character moments.
  • Chetney transformation: With body horror.
  • Feeling cornered: Unable to escape someone.
  • City destruction: Part of a city is destroyed in a blast.
  • Major character death.
  • Short resurrection ritual (revivify): Characters use spells to revive dead characters. this involves asking them to return.
  • Triage: Having to choose who lives or dies.

Break:

Ads:

  • Merch showcase.
  • 80's toy commercial Twitch sub ad.

Critical Role Shop Showcase

Welcome to Tal'Dorei Soundtrack Ad

Critical Recap Ad

Fanart and Cosplay Submission Ad

Twitch Subscription Ad Spoofing '80's Toy Ads

Part 2:

Occurrences:

 

  • Torture: A line of questioning and intimidation briefly turns to violence.
  • Claustrophobia: A character goes in and out of a place with limited air.
  • Fear of discovery: Characters wait in hiding while a search is conducted. The atmosphere is tense.
  • Involuntary Body Search: Characters pat down a prisoner and the players joke, with words and gestures, about doing an invasive cavity search.
  • Public nudity: A character walks through town naked.

Discussions:

  • Village destruction: Memories are discussed of a village accidentally destroyed through magical means.

Mentions:

  • Drugs: Joke about snorting a spell component like drugs.