#daggerheart critmas one shot

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Help. No! Put me down!!!

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Why I watch with the subtitles on:

[thequeenofmyownscreen]

Daggerheart Critmas story Session 0, Matt in the first minutes : "We will not play in a fantasy setting, but in a version of our real world, set somewhere in the lates 80's, early 90's, in a not-named town somewhere in the middle of not much. You'll be teenagers, and you can by anyone you want to be."

The cast : "So... we'll play ourselves as teenagers as the ones we were in that first Campaign 2 opening credits, thank you very much."

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The Daggerheart Critmas one-shot was truly one of my all-time favourite one-shots they've done

partly because I'm biased toward things like "oh you're all just regular people but SURPRISE! You all have MAGIC" (actually would that be considered magical realism?) but like no yeah that was so much fun I thoroughly enjoyed it and fingers crossed they get to revisit em' in the future

[grigori77]

Critical Role, Campaign 3 Episode 117

What? This is IT FOR THE YEAR?!!! That's so soon ... O.O ... I mean okay, but still, it's shocking ...

You leave Robbie out of this, Riegel ... oh my gods ... then again, I mean, he does have taste, at least ... Phillippe is ... easy on the eyes ... but yes. Apologise to the man, Riegel ...

Oh, Daggerheart? The Critmas One Shot? Okay, that makes more sense ...

Artbook? SQUEE!!! Sweet ...

I just remembered! Imogen's mum! What's going on? What happened? Is she really dead? What does this MEAN?!!! Oh Imogen ... baby ... what are you gonna do? What CAN you do? An hour? CAN THEY make it in time? I mean Ashton's right, it's OBVIOUSLY a trap ...

Liam: "I like how long Matt's leaving you to twist in the wind." Yeah ... and that was such a serious moment, too ...

So we're really doing this, then? Okay ... let's go, then, I guess ... and Matt's got an ACTUAL TICKING CLOCK GOING?!!! Serously? You evil bastard, that's awesome ...

Don't go in that brain, Imogen! You don't know WHERE he's been ...

Imogen and Fearne are VISIBLY TETHERED?!!! That's trippy ... but also potentially glaringly obvious ... hmmmmm ... hope nobody picks up on that we don't WANT to ...

Whichever way you go Matt scribles something down ... the "bad choice wheel"? Gaaaaaaah ... not good ...

Ah yes, the Pipe of Remembrance ... Laudna's using it to look distinguished ... hmmm ...

Oof ... tick-tock-tick-tock ...

Are you two LITERALLY FISHING for Matt to create an explosive distraction for cover right now?

Wow ... Matt: "It comes for us all, Ashley." Riegel's t-shirt nonsense takes no prisoners ...

So ... wait for the explosions or try fighting the way through ... yeah, Laura's getting as anxious as Imogen is right now ...

The Trojan Horse play? Really? I wouldn't touch THAT plan with a really long pole ...

A Flying V ... wow ... this is so desperate ... I have such a bad feeling about this plan, I swear ... bound by her ribbons? Fearne keeps getting kinkier, I swear ... I mean yeah, okay, but still ... XD

I really don't like these odds, guys ... O.O ... deception check? Oh gods ... halflings indeed ... NAT20?!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!! Phew ... okay guys, sell it ...

Juggernaut: "You don't have to kick her." Yeah, c'mon Braius. You don't have to sell it THAT hard ...

OH SHIT!!! That's it! It's all going off! Time to move, guys!

Good idea. Follow Chetney's nose!

A smell? Oh for fuck's sake ... what have you got in mind NOW, Mercer? Balls ... he's really not going easy on us ... avadons ... great ...

Braius: "Ashton, is there a way to get us into the stone?" Ashton: "There's a way to get ME in the stone, and if it comes to that it's been a pleasure knowing you all."

Are they SERIOUSLY just all jumping in the Hole, right now? Gods ... I thought that LAST plan was a bad one ... oh ... wow, this plan sounds even MADDER ... if THIS works I'll be fucking AMAZED ...

PUSH!!! PUSH, I SAY!!! You got ONE CHANCE!!! Oh bollocks ... is this fucked already? Oh, it's actually IN the Hole ... keep it up, then ... O.O ... "gnomish might"? Sure ... oh all right ... we'll make allowances for the alpha ...

Crap ... rumbled now ... NOW what? "With MIND BULLETS!!! That's telekinesis, Kyle!" Ah crap ... yeah, this is fucking up, I totally expected this ... you got too cocky too fast, people! And now Fearne is being MUNCHED ON by an awfdul alien dog thing ... oh okay, here comes Braius with the steel chair! "You have to treat a woman with respect!" Yeah, that's it ... and now it's finally in the Hole ... so Laudna uses a Mage Hand to flip the it up ... phew ...

Sam: "Thanks Marisha, now sex it ruined for me."

Matt: "We are ... OLD." Travis: "You bet your sweet ass we are."

Another smell? Oh for ... musty? Hmmmm ... well that's just ... unsettling ... you couldn't PAY ME to go in there ... oh, it IS myceit? Okay, then ... awwwww ... actually they're really cute ... hmmmm ... yeah, I doubt they're actually gonna be much help in THAT capacity ... Primordial? Oh, okay, that could work ... Whispers! It's been a hot minute ... Sam scrambles for a plug ...

Fuck ... oh yeah, this place is just a total LABYRINTH ... this is just GREAT ... oh okay ... stawberries and Pate ... interesting ... and now they're smearing assorted fruit across their caps ... this is getting adorably surreal ...

Oh! Little tunnels going down! Yes! THAT has potential. Sort of ... it's pretty tight ... oh ... okay ... IMogen may have messed up there ... O.O ... Travis: "Insight the fungus!" And now Robbe's broken his chair ... wow ... what the hell is even GOING ON in this studio right now? And now Santa brought him a new one ... this is pretty surreal again ...

Robbie: "Sorry, I can't! I have a cushion on the way."

Travis: "Are you starting the downward trend?" Marisha: "It is me, starting the downward trend." Crap ...

Wow ... they really are trusting the weird little sentient mushrooms to guide them down right now ... O.O

Imogen! What do you weird sorcery eyes see?

Slide? Really?

Wow ... here we go, then ... yeah, this is turning into a terrifying Lovecraftian version of the waterslide sequence in The Goonies ... O.O

Oh dear ... yeah, that was all fun whle it lasted ... but now it's turning quite dark ... I hope this doesn't mean a particularly grim TPK for really dumb reasons ...

So ... this turned out to be perfectly successful? Okay, then ... and the myceit have followed ... ALL OF THEM?!!! Wow ... that's also kind of adorable ...

Do the Seed, Ashton! Do it now! Before we get eaten by some bizarre fungal alien monster ... oh ... oh dear ... what's THIS about, then? Are we in trouble right now?

Laura: "What if Predathos is just a big bunch of mushrooms?" Oh please, don't tempt fate like that ...

An Initiative roll, Matt? REALLY? Travis: "Oh, he's gonna fuck us!" O.O ... crap ... oh ... well THAT did something pretty definitive ... so I guess we're committed, then? Meanwhile Chetney is now OILING BRAIUS UP ... dear gods what has this session even BECOME?!!!

Braius goes swimming ... or at least TRIES TO ... wow ... oh, okay ... is he being REJECTED by whatever this is, or is he being EATEN by it? O.O

I really am getting serious Mystery Flesh Pit National Park vibes from all of this. It could go south SO FAST ...

Oh, so ... they're being JUDGED?!!! Really?

Speak With Plants? NOW?!!! Fearne ... oh, I don't see this going well ... okay ... so this is ALL the same thing all around them ... oh that's just LOVELY ... O.O ... and it's communicating with her through COLOUR? Intriguing ...

Yeah, no ... stop tickling the fungal hive mind nightmare swarm, Fearne ...

It has ACCEPTED the Seed with full knowledge ... wow ... this is fascinating ... oh, so they can get OUT now? Yeah, definitely better make a move NOW, guys ...

Matt: "It tastes like the Pirates of the Caribbean." Yeah ... don't lick the freaky water, Chet ...

To go all the way down, stay to the LEFT ... okay, then. Good. That's good. Oh ... more water slides? Great ... again I question their forward planning right now ... and Fearne just gets completely swept away again, definitely ...

LEFT!!! TURN LEFT INDY!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! BIG HOLE!!! NOT IN THE BIG FUCKING HOLE!!! O.O Roll well, people! Clearly there's NO coming back from THAT!!!

SHIT!!! They're all on different slides? Crap! It's that fucking bit in Ice Age now! That's not good at all! And now they're seperated into two different groups? Shite ...

Oh! Well, at least they can still see each other ...

Yes, of course ... Imogen can fly, after all ...

Return of the shoebill! Awwwww ... :3

So the potential ultimate destination may actually be in sight? Hmmmm ... now they just have to reunite and then get down to it ... ferrying across in groups, then ... goes smoothly enough, at least ...

Labyrinthine Recall? Nice one, Braius ...

"Are we there yet?" Oh boy ...

Voices muttering ... and a soft, faint WEEPING?!!! Crap ... O.O

Yes ... this must be the place ... Ludinus Da'leth! And Liliana! We're here! We're in time!

Fuck ... Imogen, your mum doesn't look like she has much time left AT ALL ...

Chetney wolfs out! Laudna assumes her Form of Dread! Yes! Game faces on, people! Braius inspires Imogen ... with a smiley face ... :3 ... does Orym want to be a MOUNTED fighter? O.O ... yay, Coriolus ... winged horse action for Wee Man! Nice ...

Going in, then! Here we go ... and Matt goes to break!

Battlemap time, then ... okay ... well this looks ... risky ... not more crystals ... after last week's session I don't like the look of this shit AT ALL ...

So they've been spotted ... ROLL INITIATIVE!!! Great ... O.o

THREE ROUNDS to set her free? Fuck! More ticking clock!

Chetney Curses his chosen opponent with Muddled Mind ... then THROWS HIS CHISEL at him? Blimey ... it hits! Wow ... and it inflicts some SERIOUS damage, too! That's very impressive, all things considered ...

Fearne throws a Scorching Ray at Chetney's opponent ... first misses, but second, third and fourth does ... and she pours a whole bunch of hurt onto him ... but he weathers it well enough, though ... hmmm ... Mister shoots Flaming shit at the guy next to him ... but it bounces off their Shield ... crap ...

Braius goes for the big fucker ... Misty Steps right up to him, then swings Poison Pen at him ... A CRIT!!! Wow ... and the second hits too! Divine Smite and a nasty little poisonous charge too ... oh yeah, that's A WHOLE LOT of damage in just the first hit ... O.O ... 109 points in a single hit and he just ENDS this guy on the spot! Braius: "Moo." Nice ...

Laudna assumes her Form of Dread and gallops in like a monstrous nightmare, unhinging her jaw to spit out her Hound of Ill Omen ... sweet ... oh! Fireball! Nice ... blasting two at once ... BOOM!!! Wow, that is A LOT of dice ... oh yeah, she just torches these fuckers. That must REALLY HURT ... the the Hound rushes in and tries to rip into the nearest guy, but is held off ...

Crap ... exaltants going for Laudna ... Mirror Image for the save? Crap ... not this time ... ouch ... at least one of them is now SCARED of her ... more going for Braius ... and they hit ... SILVERY BARBS!!! Beautiful save, Laudna! Or it would be if it worked ... balls ... oooh, that hurts ...

Ashton rushes in to attack Laudna's foe ... but the basterd uses sneaky psychic shit to BEAT HIM OFF?!!! Not fair ... yeah, Ashton's just swinging and missing now ... crap ...

Dorian flies up with his Winged Boots, starting to dance as he casts Hypnotic Pattern ... oh, okay ... nice ... yes! Get those three! Perfect ... please roll shit on the Wisdom saves, Matt ... O.O ... okay, one down ... two ... well, that's something, both distracted now ... Limewire Visualizer? Nice ... XD

Imogen focuses her energy at those same ones Dorian's just Charmed, and casts Whirlwind to drop RIGHT BETWEEN THEM ... yes! She batters both of 'em! Sweet ... and that's a lot of dice too ... and they're getting sucked up into it ... now she's PICKING IT UP with her mind and starting to guide it up through the air with them inside? Beautiful. So she sucks up the one who was menacing Chetney and now they're ALL getting chucked about ... fucking hell Imogen, that's just NASTY ...

The remaining exaltant next to Chetney releases a blast of Synaptic Static to blast a bunch of us ... oof ... this could be extremely bad if it works ... O.O ... AAAARGH!!! Psychic damage to Laudna, Mister, Orym and Coriolus ... OW!!!

In response, Laudna pours a Hellish Rebuke into him ... oh yeah, that has to hurt ... and she breaks his concentration! Yes!

Phantasmal Killer? Oh, that's not nice! Hey! No Frightened! Heroes' Feast for the WIN!!!

Dissonant Whispers? ALSO not nice. Damn it, he pretty much ROUTED Imogen there ...

Orym turns Coriolus into the fray and swings with Seedling ... damn it, that's a miss, then ... he flanks Braius and goes for his attacker instead ... "Fuck him up, Areolis!" Braius: "He doesn't even know my name!" Coriolus starts attacking the guy himself. Then Orym starts in too ... fight well, Wee Man! Yeah, he's messing this guy up, but not quite managing to break his concentration ... Action Surge! Again, that's a lot of dice ... yeah, even more mseed up ... but STILL holds his Concentration!

Ludinus can't so any spells right now ... but he tries to perform a Crush Will on Imogen ... she shrugs off the worst of it, but it still Stuns her! Oof ... oh, he is a MASSIVE C-WORD!!!

Chetney claws at his own chest to draw blood, then lays into his opponent ... RIP!!! SHRED!!!

First round down ... yeah, Liliana is HURT ...

Fearne casts another Scorching Ray into Imogen's Whirlwind ... okay, this should be interesting ... three out of the four hit! Yes! More hurt poured on them all ... now Mister chucks some more flaming shit at the guy on the ground ...

Braius stabs at the guy with the sharp tip of his flail's handle ... misses ... so he tries again ... Secon Level Wrathful Smite this time ... and this one HITS!!! Yes ... and he gets the HDYWTDT! He tries flirting with Orym through eye-contact while he does it ... then he gets in close enough to Laudna to pours a Healing Word into her ... nice ...

Laudna grabs hold of her opponent's armour and pours a Shocking Grasp into the plate ... oof ...backing off, she starts hurling Eldritch Blasts at whoever catches her eye ... okay, yeah she ENDS the one that Chetney's been struggling with, turning him into a bag of bones ...

THROWING A GLASS BLADE WITH PSYCHIC POWER at Imogen? Not cool ... thankfully he misees BADLY ...

Ashton burns a Chaos Burst and tries a Wormhole Strike ... oh yeah, he smacks the guy RIGHT THROUGH A PORTAL, so he just walks up to him and takes another swing at him ... Psychic Buckler? Hey, not cool! But at least Ashton still knocks him flying ...

Dorian goes to check on Imogen ... oh she's HURT ... he turns and hurls a Lightning Bolt to try and take out a whole BUNCH of them ... BOOM!!! Yeah, he seriously fucks them all up ... yes! Inspire her! Snap her out of it! Nice one, Blue Boy!

Another Hypnotic Pattern? Not cool, Matthew! Indomitable! Go Orym! Resist that shit! What ... AGAIN?!!! Come on ... fuck ... now Braius is CHARMED?!!! Fuck!

Shit ... Coriolus is just BLANK now, caught in a stupour ... not good!

Phantasmal Killer again? ALSO not cool, Matthew! And Telekinesis? GAH!!! Fuck ... resist it, Chet! Fuck! Now Wolfman's helpless floating in mid air ...

Orym JUMPS OFF the horse's back and charges in to attack Ashton's opponent ... yeah, he comes in SWINGING ... HACK!!! SLASH!!! CLEAVE!!! This guy is getting SHREDDED, but somehow he STILL managed to maintain his concentration! Fucking hell ...

Ludinus hurls a Mind Sliver at Imogen ... yeah, he really wants to mess her up SO BADLY ... yeah, this one hurts her TOO ... but she's shaking off hisStun now ...

Chetney tries to break free ... so he MIsty Steps out of the Telekinetic grip and poofs out to jumps onto the Whirlwind with claws flying ... oh yes, CRIT that fucker! Yeah, he SHREDS this guy and all that's left of him is bloody ribbons. Nice kill there, Chet! He howls in victory ...

Fearne casts a Ring of Fire through the Whirlwind ... oh shit ... full-blown FIRE FUNNEL now! She torces everybody inside ... oh yeah, she DESTROYS the two that are left in there. And now Braius is released from the Charm ... finally Mister chucks more flaming shit at another one ...

Braius takes a very balssy risk to jump over the Whirlwind and try to get to Ludinus ... NAT20?!!! Beautiful Dex save ... so he just lands RIGHT IN FRONT of him ... Shining Smite? Nice ... POW!!!

Laudna forms a Void Puppet for cover, then pulls out Caleb's Globe and chucks it, hoping for a Disintegrate if it works ... oh NICE ... TEN D6? Wow ... 72? Wow ... she spends a Sorcery point to reroll some more dice ... EIGHTY-THREE points of Necrotic damage? HDYWTDT!!! Ths Void Puppet grabs the guy by the throat and ATOMISES him ...

The Shield is now GONE ... Braius unleashes his Smite ... and it MISSES ... his second attack ALSO misses ... shit ... yeah, Ludinus' new powers are ALREADY kicking in? Fuck ...

Ashton uses another Chaos Burst and tries to attack Ludinus ... shit, yeah, that's a tricky angle ... A HIT!!! Wait ... Silvery Barbs? Fucking Ludinus ... yeah, that MISSES ... shit ... UN-FUCKING-FAIR!!! Damn it, Matthew ...

Dorian flies in fast and hard as he can, trying a Hail Mary now ... Force Cage? Oh ... yeah, this could work, or it could fail SPECTACULARLY ... but he has no reaction so he can't Counterspell ... LUDINUS IS TRAPPED AND LILIANA IS FREE!!! Oh my gods I can't believe that worked ... O.O

Imogen drops the Whirlwind and uses Telekinesis to grab her mother ... oh, she is a WRECK, so very fragile right now ... Imogen pours a Cure Wounds into her ... wor, that's a lot of HP, Laura ... oh yeah, that's so beautiful ...

Reunion ... that's so sweet ... gods, I am so happy for Imogen right now ... and now Laura is SO FUCKING SUSPICIOUS of Matt ...

Give her some of your ESSENCE?!!! Blimey ... it doesn;t work, though ... shit ... she;s still fragile ... and Ludinus is POWERFUL now ...

Orym mounts Coriolus again and guides him up overhead, taking up a wary overwatch above the Temults ... he takes a look at Ludinus now, making sure it's not a Snowdinus clone ... nope, looks like that really is him ...

He's feeling TALKATIVE now? You arrogant prick ...

And Matt calls TIME on the session! Gods ...

Is it Thursday yet? Or rather ... is it the New Year yet?

Merry Critmas, guys ...

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The struggles of being a dog mom.

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Omar on the table brings me joy.

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Waiting patiently to see how long it takes Omar to stick his snout in Sam's water.

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Laura making sure they don't get in trouble is adorable.