Campaign 3, E54: “Treacherous Toys”

April 6, 2023

Combat:

  1. Twitch: 2:28:30  to 3:28:41, YouTube: 2:13:34 to 3:13:45
  2. Twitch: 3:34:59 to 3:59:51, YouTube: 3:20:03 to 3:44:57

Recurring Themes:

  • Insects: Second half of the episode has the party fighting swarms of buzzing insects and a very large centipede-like creature.

Pre-show:

  • None

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:

  • Exposure therapy pressure: A person is pressured hard to return to a place of past bad experiences and trauma.
  • Ageism: Jokes about Chetney about being old enough to die in his sleep, with rolls.
  • Hurt Child: A villainous character uses a walking stick to hit a child, blaming them for something someone else did.

Detailed descriptions:

  • Food: The group has a large home-made breakfast that's described.
  • Joint Injury: Description of an attack on a knee.

Mentions:

  • Problem Drinking: A character mentions alcohol as a response to something bothering them, in a way that says this is a common response.

Break

Critical Role Foundation Update Spring 2023

Time: 1:40

Visual appearances:

  • Flashing Lights: Artificial fire in the background with a bright single spot flicker in the center of the frame.

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.

To The Last Gasp Ad

Time: 3:04

Occurrences:

  • Fire: Fire transitions and a ship on fire.
  • Guns: characters fight with guns.
  • Eye horror: Characters drip black goo from their eyes.

Visual appearances:

  • Flashing Lights: Bright white editing transitions and fire effects.

Sound effects:

  • Explosion: Grenade bang.

Critical Role Shop Showcase

Time: 0:52

Visual appearances:

  • Lightening: A lightning flash transition.

Mighty Nein Origins Volume 1 Collection

Wizkids Unpainted Minis Wave 4

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:

  • Buzzing Insects: The party encounters a swarm of magical insects trapped in a store.
  • Mind Magic: Compulsion spell (unsuccessful).
  • Monstrous transformation: Chetney with body horror description.
  • Giant Insect: Party encounters a room sized centipede-like insect.
  • Eye Injury: In combat attack against an eye.
  • Child Labor: Characters find paperwork indicating a business uses child labor.
  • Betrayal: Characters find evidence that a villainous character plans to fraud and murder someone who trusts them.
  • Harm to Animals: A character drops a creature off a cliff while it's transformed into a younger form.

Detailed descriptions:

  • Bees: Description of filmed beekeeping, with buzzing bee vocalization.
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