#critical role syphilis bandits

[spooky-donut-ghost-house]

My list of characters I think Matt should voice in Mighty Nein animated:

Essek Thelyss

Pumat Sol

Artagan (which is obvious as he voiced him in TLOVM)

The Syphilis Bandits

Febron

Zorth

[essektheylyss]

Man, that Solstice really does just continue, huh? Sure is a shame that most of the Nein's babysitting options are otherwise indisposed dealing with the wards around the Blooming Grove going out of commission, or, I don't know, the newly-reimagined Nicodranas sewer system falling apart.

[wackachewbacca]

it’s a pretty tragic legacy to be known as the syphilis bandits not because you all have syphilis but because some freaks you found out in the wilderness pretended to have syphilis and then turned your leader to ash before your eyes

[piratespencil]

I think the funniest way this bit can go is if Bell’s Hells forget to tell Ashton anything about this whole orgy/porn shoot thing, and then like ten episodes from now the two Ruby Vanguard people who got away run into BH again and are like, “It’s YOU!! The porn gardeners!!”

And the rest of BH is like yes that is us. The porn gardeners. And Ashton is like what the FUCK is happening right now.

[the-caleb-widogast]

one day left til the show aaa

[aeoris4lovers]

an unstoppable force (the comedy gold of the encounter with the syphilis bandits) meets an immovable object (the looming devestation of “take them out, take them out”)

[setsailforthestars]

I love seeing which minor TM9 characters ppl are excited for. Personally for me it’s the Syphilis Bandits

[criticalrolenpctournament]

ROUND 1: POLL 23

Propaganda

Professor Thaddeus: He's just a dick

The Bad Luck Bandits: Maybe this way they can finally do something with their lives...

[companionwitch]

Do y’all think the syphilis bandits ended up as guards for Ludanis’ cult? I like to think so and that Beau and Caleb had a run in with them

[sylvanfreckles]

In a distant corner of Kingsley's mind, Mollymauk is rolling in his grave because nudity didn't work this time.

[beauregardlionett]

THE RETURN OF THE SYPHILIS BANDITS LMAO

[aspiringsophrosyne]

I'm still writing a post on as many of C2's weird coincidences as I can remember one day.

But while I was working on it, I realized I absolutely need, absolutely need the resurrection of the Nein's lavender man in the animated series to include him, specifically, having no pants and flowers in his hair.

Because, and this is easiest to find if you look it up on Critical Role's wiki's transcripts, if you go back to episode 23, after the Nein's second encounter with the Syphilis Bandits, after they've knocked a guy out, you'll get this:

Jester: What if we put some flowers in his hair, so when he wakes up, he looks really pretty?

Beau: That's good. Let's do that.

Molly: There's nothing better than waking up in the morning with no pants and flowers in your hair.

[thevalleyisjolly]

4, 16, 26?

Aww, thanks Thane! <3

4. Minor character you are (correctly) obsessed with.

I don't know what the threshold is for "minor" character, but I always love a good Syphilis Bandits scene!

16. Favorite group (all/most of the party) conversation.

Does Vax' goodbye scene in C1E115 count as a group conversation? If not, then probably the post-Tary hazing conversation! It's just a great blend of Vox Machina being themselves and Sam pulling a "my character is having a genuine moment but it's going to be dressed up in the most comedic way possible and possibly accompanied by a soundtrack of tiny violins".

26. You must swap one nat 1 die roll with one nat 20 die roll. They must both be from the main campaigns, but can be cross-campaign. Which are they, and why?

I have a terrible memory for dice rolls so I can't think of a nat 20 die roll that I would swap for a nat 1 (also, Matt is really good at narrating the results of the roll so that they seem like they were meant to be). However, I would like to give Wil Wheaton one (1) nat 20. It's what he deserves.

Ask me weirdly specific questions about Critical Role!

[freshprinceofbellairashari]

I don’t know what to say about them, but the fact that Matt brought out the Syphilis bandits only for them to run away in terror as Kingsley yelled at them not knowing who the fuck they were made me smile so hard. 

Maybe that’s the best way the Mighty Nein should be remembered. Not epic heroes fighting in a dreamscape, but of a bunch of assholes who bullied some inept bandits. 

[duskoscrawl]

utterly fascinated by the social backgrounds of each of the nein and how they influence each character. like there's five distinct groups between them:

rich bitches (TM):

essek and jester - these two start so distanced from reality - jester upsets caleb with the 'that's more money than my parents made in their lives scene'. essek's the son of one of the most important families in the dynasty and he starts a war bc he's never heard of other people. and then they keep this mentality of 'i only care about you if you are my friend' - think vergessen sanatarium (love them both tho)

wealthy merchant class:

beau - her dad is new money (tm) and she grew up rich before rejecting it. beau knows what good wine tastes like, she knows how to spend money. she knows how the structures of the empire works and why she hates them (knights of requital)

middling merchant class:

veth - chemistry's good, babe, but killing's better. the brenattos own their own shop, but they aren't rolling in money. she and yeza walk a line closer to the precipice than beau ever has. he is constantly rejecting the money she offers him

working class:

caleb and fjord - jester's pocket money is more money than caleb's parents made in their lives. neither of them have family support systems to fall back on. their heritage is sailors and soldiers and they want to uproot the social structures of their homes. fjord is the guardian of the children of hupperdook before going on to break down corruption in port demali's orphanages

i don't give a shit about money, don't talk to me:

molly, kingsley, caduceus, and yasha - these guys all come from social structures where finance isn't the deciding factor of life. the dolorav, the grove, and the tealeaf mentality are all places where having money isn't crucial. for these guys, money is just a thing that can do stuff, like obtain tattoos or new bracers

[lostsometime]

the fact that they’ve just like MOVED TO NICODRANAS and CHANGED THEIR LIVES ENTIRELY and they STILL RUN INTO THE M9 it’s just fate ok