#also they have a whole bunch of off-table tome to discuss their characters‘ relationships w/ eachother

[gooenthusiast]

imo the ‚it‘s scripted‘ and ‚the characters are overpowered‘ are understandable from the outside pov of a casual watcher/ ttrpg fan but what I think those people forget way to easily is that not only are the people at the table professional actors, script writers, directors etc and know how to create great characters & stories but some of them have also played DnD for longer than many of us have been alive.

And by now they have a whole company and studio with many employees and can have a whole set with sound & light effects and a literal room full of minis. CR is not your casual once-every-few-weeks DnD sesh. They can play for like 3-5 hours (almost) every week (or more often depending on their schedules. Idk when they film), Matt has the time to create & plan a whole custom universe and story and they can monetise the hell out of it (with not only twitch subs & merch but also sponsors)

Do fans of Critical Role even like Critical Role? Christ, I can't look into anything for even five minutes before I see something about "Matt changed this class to make Marisha overpowered because he didn't want his wife to suck" or "Taliesin metagames and is a creep to his friends because he's touchy" (and it's namely hate for those two, but by the Gods, it's all bad). And there's so much that's blatantly untrue, like. I just saw someone bitching that Molly dying was scripted when if you watch the episode that's just. Blatantly untrue. Look at how Taliesin reacts. He has a full panic attack that makes him leave the table. Matt has never deliberately changed anything just to make Marisha overpowered -- he changes things to balance classes when he realizes that things aren't working, like he does for Vex and Trinket in C1. Like he does for the entire Blood Hunter class when he realizes that it's too hard for new players at early levels. People are genuinely so mean to a group of friends just having fun playing a game. God forbid any of them make a choice that may seem wrong at the time because they're reacting in the moment. Do you guys even like these people? Are you okay? Genuinely?