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nott’s hair being UP in her concept art in the funniest thing. Wdym it’s actually in a bubble braid. We all assumed her hair was DOWN what do you MEAN it’s tied up

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can i interest you in some black fjord in this trying time

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Cold River Water | So Many Flowers | Beneath the Storm

Prints | Kofi | Patreon | 

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died and brought back and then ascended 3 days later....????

is vax a christ figure

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is vax a christ figure

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I’m Vax, That’s Vex / I’m Vex, That’s Vax / I’m Grog, I’m Grog

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Possibly done here. Chetney in the style of Ivan Bilibin.

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tlovm s3 was a hate crime against aro people everywhere

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These episodes were devastating but the way I cheered here..... PIKE YOU ARE THE ICON YOU ARE THE MOMENT 😤

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Empire kids! Are they training or just messing around? Probably both…

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Hey! I’m back with Inktober 17th! I’m going to stick to monochrome for now, because it’s faster, and the drawings of day 15-17 reminded me how much I actually like drawing with washed ink ^^

I felt like drawing Veth, but I was kinda at a loss of what sort of outfit to draw her in. Until I thought of Dani Carr, who arguably has the best outfits.. and then I found this outfit <3 (original below the cut.) It’s a lot less colourful than Veth would’ve picked out herself but I love it..

[ID: three images of an Indian ink drawing of Veth Brenatto from Critical Role. The second and third are close-ups of the first. Veth wears a little black dress, with an elegant neck-line, that’s tight enough to show off her curves. She wears a pearl button as a necklace and as earrings. She has one foot forward and one hand on her waist, and looks directly at the viewer with a confident smile. The third image is a gif showing the shine of a silver gel pen that I used to draw the tattoos around her eyes. /End ID]

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I see what you did there...

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A Quick Guide To Getting Caught Up On Critical Role Fast

This guide is for people who want the fastest way official to get caught up on all 3 Critical Role campaigns without seeing the full actual play episodes. They're all made so that the AP will still be enjoyable later even if you know what happens. There's no "right" way to get into the series, and already having an idea of what happens can even help make the APs more enjoyable and easier to understand.

Summary:

The Legend of Vox Machina

Crit Recap Animated

Exandria: An Intimate History

Critical Role Abridged

Guide:

Campaign 1:

The Legend of Vox Machina on Amazon Prime is the animated adaptation of C1 by the same creators. Sam Riegel said the creative approach is this was the version in av later play. All the important bits are there, but they get to those moments differently.

The Legend of Vox Machina has 3 seasons out now that cover events up through at least episode 85. A 4th season is in the works and will probably cover the final arc.

Campaign 2:

An animated adaptation for Amazon Prime called "Mighty Nein" is in the works, but not out yet.

Crit Role Animated is an older comedic summary series presented by their Lore Keeper that covers the whole campaign in 10 videos. Great if you want the gist.

It's like a history crash course history video meant to get you curious to learn the full story later. Great way to get a sense of who people are and what they've done. Available on YouTube and their streaming platform Beacon.

Exandrian History Review:

Exandria: An Intimate History is a timeline review of key events in world history, starting from the creation.

It was released before Campaign 3 as bonus content. It represents what the average person in Exandria knows about world history up to that point.

Campaign 3:

Critical Role Abridged is the Campaign 3 AP condensed down into 1 to 1.5 hours. It mostly cuts down combat to the narrated results and reduces table chatter and indecisiveness. It's a great way to experience the full campaign.

Critical Role Abridged is coming out 1 a week at a time on YouTube and 2 a week on Beacon. YouTube is currently up to episode 25. Beacon is up to episode 47. The AP is at episode 109. At some point you'll have to switch to full episodes to catch up.

Wiki:

There's also 2 world-class wikis where's you can look up extensive and meticulously cited information about anything you need. I prefer The Encyclopedia Exandria.

Viewing Notes:

An important thing to know about "continuity" in Critical Role is that it takes a more realistic view of how history is passed down through the ages and even dedicated academics will never know the full story or be fully correct. They know versions colored by in-world biases and lost knowledge.

Which is great for you the viewer because any campaign you comes into, the characters don't know most of what happened in past games. What they actually know will come up in game. The players have above table reactions and some subtle in jokes, but try not to act on meta knowledge.

It's structured a lot like reading one history book and then wanting to go back and read more about past events that set the stage for all those things to happen. They've tried to make it easier to come into the story happening now.

I certainly enjoyed watching the full APs from the beginning, and I think you can get a deeper understanding of the story from them, but it takes thousands of hours to catch up on the story that way and it isn't realistic for everyone. Each series builds on the consequences of past events more than they rely on unexpected twists, so already knowing what happens just helps you notice all the little things that led to them. Similar to how Shakespeare's plays are often more enjoyable to watch unfold if you already know the basic plot points going into them.

Happy viewing, and I hope this helps you or someone you know get into this very rich and interesting story!

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best friends <3

(unintentional sequel to this)

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nein out of ten experts recommend you kiss your halfling

[ID: a realistic painting of Caleb kissing Veth on the forehead. Caleb is a light-skinned man with auburn hair in a plait, wearing a scarf and winter coat. Veth is a brown halfling woman with beaded necklaces and a ribbon on her neck: her wavy dark brown hair is loose around her shoulders. Caleb’s eyes are closed as he leans over to give Veth a kiss, and she looks up at him in surprise. End ID]

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@rosiep8801’s widobrave poll but i giffed all the moments because i miss them :(