#quackthulhu

[catgirlthecrazy]

Ruidus: the Fowl Red Moon

So we were having a discussion in the AifL voice chat the other day, and we came up with an unhinged crack theory about Ruidus that I’m kind of in love with.

So on the most recent CR episode we learned about the Reilora, a bunch of strange, twisted alien creatures from Ruidus. We still don’t know much about them, but we do know they are capable of reaching out into the minds of people with a connection to Ruidus and influencing them. Now where else in CR canon have we seen something like that?

If you thought of this guy, you win a prize:

(For those unfamiliar, that's Quackthulhu, the big bad of the Darrington Brigade one shot. Yes, he's an actual creature that actually existed in CR canon).

Just think about it. Quackthulhu was an ordinary duck, who:

Was transformed into something twisted and alien by a strange rock from space

Could influence the mind and dreams of those connected to him (namely Lionel Gayheart)

Had red glowing eyes

And where did that that mysterious space rock wind up when Duck’atoa was defeated and the adventure over? In the possession of Archmage Doolan Tversky, one of Ludinus Da’leth’s colleagues on the Cerberus Assembly. It all fits guys.

[pocketgalaxies]

ASKDFJAKSJDFKASJDF I LOVE THIS GUY

[hansdampfinallengassen]

Lionel Gayheart and Quackthulhu.

From @criticalrole‘s “The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade”.

[fairytales-magic]

Ducktapus

Ducka’toa

Quackthulhu 

I can’t decide which is better x’D

[critrolestats]

Monster Analysis: Quackthulhu

Thanks to @morbidmic​ for this art piece!

Encounter Appearance: The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade

Armor Class 18

Darkvision and Blindsight 120 ft, Passive 15

Speed 50 ft, swimming speed 100 ft

Resistant to nonmagical weapon damage

Immune to necrotic, poison damage

Legendary Resistances (3/day)

Legendary Actions

433 damage taken, 6+18 HDYWTDT by Taryon Darrington

Full statistics here

The legendary Quackthulhu, a duck corrupted by an aberrant meteor, waddled its way out of its pond and into its new lair, where it lay in wait for our new band of adventurers. The content of the meteor is somewhat unknown, save that it’s white and luminescent, and it warps anything that has the misfortune of getting it embedded in their skin. The dire wolves only had a little, so they had minor (but still disturbing) mutations of face-splitting tentacles, extra eyes, and growing an extra leg. Quacktopus got the whole meteor.

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[casualmonstrosity]

Guess who watched The Adventures of The Darrington Brigade! Gonna finish this up and make a real post later. #sketch #quackthulhu #casualmonstrosity #prismacolor #criticalrole #criticalrolefanart https://www.instagram.com/p/B5jARHNjPnE/?igshid=wjki1yyhtxph

[thequeenofmyownscreen]

Sixteen things I noted about the one-shot “The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade” :

Back when I was thinking of starting Campaign 1, I think this one-shot was just being broadcast, so I definitely remember seeing gifs and all. Wild to be thinking in retropsect about my own voyage into Critical Role...

Laura's dress is SO BEAUTIFUL, Marisha with her hair done like that is CUTE AS A BUTTON, and Ashley IN A SUIT ?!!! I'm DEAD !! Oh and the guys are nice too I guess (lol, no, in reality I especially love Taliesin's vibe)

THEY DID A KARAOKE VERSION OF THE OPENING !! HAAAAA !!! THIS IS SO FUN

Amazing characters all around, I can't pick a favorite, they're all so good. I loved the crowd's reaction to Marisha's description of her character, and the crowd's reaction to Travis' character goofy accent And I do wonder if Laura based Farriwen on a 1st idea for Imogen - or maybe it's just me ; but there's similarities : the hair (well, Imogen's purple), the decorated arms (well, Imogen are scars).

I'm so happy to see Lionel again ! (even if this is Matt jaegering). Love this funky bardbarian who was definitely a duck before Scanlan True Polymorphed him.

the initiation ? Same as that time Tary was iniated into Vox Machina... which is to say, a fight !! I love the cast's realisation that their past mistake is absolutely coming back to bite them in the ass.

How many instruments does Marisha have back there ? I'm amazed and in awe !!!

Sam as Tary, knowing full-well he's inflicting psychic damage on Laura : "I'm gonna hop on my flying broom and watch the action a little bit closer."

Macaroni Samsonite, about Damian : "You know what, Tary, I think we should take advantage of your rules and maybe we should call this a... BANISHMENT !" Damian fails her saving throw, and Ashley just leaves the table. Liam : "Oh man, we just got her back !!"

Sam is right, everything The OwlBear said is a one-liner, in the voice of Batman. Taliesin is so fucking funny.

I love Dotty's clear distates of Hazel... even though this robot knows only word, it is clear.

It's A GIANT DUCK MINI WITH TENTACLES ?? WHAT IS THIS ONE-SHOT

ITS NAME IS QUACKTHULHU ??? Matt this is too much laughing, my back hurts

Liam, about the mic that Ashley hit : "You just hit that like Marisha Ray striking an Irishman !" Marisha, pissed : "I hit you ONE TIME when you were leaning over my space, motherfucker !" (I love them so much)

I love Hazel's old-timey accent that slips sometimes in the strangest of syllabes, like "confusyion", "meditatyion", "inspiratyion", and I love that it gets ~worse~ and ~worse~(but hilarious !) during the episode.

So many puns this episode : about ducks, bears, owls, and stones passing

That was so much fun, holy shit. My serotonin levels are high, my skin is clear, my crops are thriving, etc etc. It makes its grand entrance in the top 10 of the CR one-shots, for me ! I hope Matt was not joking, and that someday they're going to do a follow-up.

[cranesofibycus]

[ID: A screenshot of two tweets followed by four images of the making of the mini for the Quackthulhu monster from the Darrington Brigade live show.

The first tweet by twitter user Mateogun reads “Is the Duckthulhu also made by Eldritch Foundry or is it a rubber duck with paint over it and hentai tentacles glued up to it?”. Matthew Mercer responds with “The latter! Customized it myself. :)” 

First image: Front view of the Quackthulhu mini with all tentacles attached and a base coat of light green paint.

Second image: Side view of the Quackthulhu mini with its beak painted and an opening on its butt visible where a crystal is poking out. 

Third image: View of the backside of the Quackthulhu mini with the crystal omitting blue light. The edges of the opening are painted in dark green. 

Fourth image: Front view of the Quackthulhu mini with its face as well as more details on the tentacles painted on in dark green. The pupils of the duck are red. 

/ end ID]

[bixbiboom]

CRITICAL QUOTES KICKSTARTER UPDATE

We successfully unlocked Pike and Yasha’s pins overnight! These are now among the pins you can select as your rewards from »Wistful Empire«!

Light blue text reading “I’m a monstah!” outlined in gold with a pair of white wings, and a purple hibiscus-type flower with a white center and silver outline, with text written inside the petals reading “I’m learning how to people”

Unlocking these also unlocked the stretch goal of adding a free sticker to every reward pledge, and the design has been revealed! Tremble before Quackthulhu:

A yellow duck outlined in black, featuring several green tentacles dangling from its bill and the words “Quack You”

During the course of the day, Vax and Caleb’s pins have also been unlocked!

A black-and-silver cloak featuring the words “I walk away,” and an orange-and-gold flame with a gold cat silhouette within and the words “you shouldn’t have killed my cat!”

Next up, we’re going to unlock Scanlan, Tary and Veth’s pins:

A purple bag spilling a red substance outlined in gold featuring the words “Do you spice?”, a gold-and-blue automaton head featuring the words “Doty take this down,” and a white mask and green envelop outlined in black bearing the words “you can reply to this message”

The goal to unlock Sam’s character pins is $3,750 AUD, and as of this post we’re only about $500 away from that goal! After Sam comes Marisha, and then Matt and Brian!

Check out »the Critical Quotes Kickstarter« to make your pledge!

[the-punslinger]

Critical Role - Adventures of the Darrington Brigade (2/2)

The Owlbear: "Stealth: 31" Liam: "I don't remember buying this carpet!"

Hazel: "Start at ten-thousiand gold." Tary: "We charge ten-thousiand gold." Gnome lady: "You drive a hard bargain but I accept." Mac: "...per hour!"

Lionel: "Did I miss something, boss?" Tary: "We're going on an adventure. We've been hired to retrieve an object that fell from the sky." Lionel: "That sounds great!" Tary: "Are you feeling like coming with?" Lionel: "I've been having bad dreams, but I could possibly use a day out. Night out. Time out." Tary: "What are your dreams about?" Lionel: "It was just a lot of water. Just couldn't get out of it. It was weird." Tary: "Were you swimming in it?" Lionel: "At times. Diving." Tary: "And then coming back to the surface?" Lionel: "I couldn't, though. The surface kept going away." Damian: "Do you dream in duck?"

[As Tary makes the brigade skip breakfast] Mac: "I'm fucking hungry!" Buddy: "Come on, Mac!" Owlbear: "We're gonna have adventure for brunch instead."

[After low stealth checks, Owlbear at a natural 1] Taliesin: "I'm somehow making more sound than a one-man band."

Owlbear: "I have the keen owlsight of a bear, so I can help as well." Tary: "You have the owlsight of a bear?" Owlbear: "Think about it!" Taliesin: "I wrote down like six of these before the show."

Matt: "The impact zone here, based on the remnants of a handful of bird feathers and the ash-like shadows that have been seared into some of the nearby rocks, the impact zone here was once a duck pond." Laura [laughs way too hard] Travis: "That's fucking dark." Owlbear: "It should've been a goose."

[Lionel flies into a rage] Matt: "You [Tary] notice, for the first time in some time, that it is not a happy rage." Tary: "Doty, protect me." Matt: "Doty pushes Hazel in front of you."

Owlbear is bit by a dire wolf Sam: "Take a bite out of crime!"

Matt [to Owlbear]: "You technically have no advantage, so you don't get sneak attack. Sorry buddy." Buddy: "That's my name!" Matt: "Sorry Buddy."

Owlbear: "Your death's gonna be grizzly."

Tary: "I'll fly over to the Owlbear, and infuse his cowl with Cowl of the Bat, making him sort of a Bat-Man."

Tary: "Nothing specifically duck-related hitting you?" Lionel: Let me go ask them... I can't. THEY'RE ALL DEAD."

Owlbear: "Tonight we feast on evil most FOWL!"

Laura [cheering 'whoo!'] Sam & audience: "Whoo! Whoo!" Liam: "It's the court of the owls."

[As Owlbear gets on Quackthulhu's back] Owlbear: "Danger right behind you."

[The Owlbear vs Duckthulhu] Liam: "This is the weirdest hentai." Matt: "Is it, though?"

Matt: "Tary, [you're up but you're paralysed]." Tary: "Duck you!"

Farriwen [to Owlbear]: "Hey man, it sucks to be taken out of a fight for a while, isn't it?" Owlbear: "Yeah. How do you -bear- it?"

[Damian using her rune to make Duckthulhu attack Lionel instead of Buddy] Damian: "Hey man, it's all about loyalty in ma family. You switch sides, you die."

[beaubeaubeauyourboat]

THE BEST MINI! QUACKTHULHU RISE!

[pocketgalaxies]

"this duck? not as horny as you hoped"

"i thought this duck fuuucked"

"we've all made that mistake."

[riahawk]

“I need you all to roll initiative against Quackthulhu.”

[sageadvicednd]

Matt Mercer: Folks have been asking for statistics for Quackthulhu, so I figured I’d throw it here for ya! is the duckthulhu also made by eldrich foundry or is it a rubber duck with paint over it and hentai tentacles glued up to it?

[jewishdragon]

WHICH MEANT THAT IF LIONEL WAS KO’D IN THE BATTLE WITH QUACKTHULHU HE WOULD HAVE REVERTED TO A DUCK!!! even with the 1hour cast of True PolyMorph, it’s only semi-permanent! Being reduced to 0 HP will end the spell! 

matthew

[critrolestats]

Media References and Puns of The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade

Oh Quackthulhu, you’re the one You make adventurers want to run Oh Quackthulhu, I’m awfully scared of you

Oh Quackthulu, soul-wrenching quack Fowl ot gn'thor tharanak Mgehye l' fahf shuggog.

Media References

(0:01:05) Brian: ...the birthplace of Lincoln spokesperson Matthew McConaughey, fashion icon and rapper Nelly, and role model and multi-Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.

(0:01:28) Brian: Doesn’t this outfit look like Guns N’ Roses tattoo, by the way?

(0:01:33) Brian: I feel like that yodeling kid from Walmart.

(0:03:41) Brian: Do that at some Dave Matthews Band concert or some s***.

(0:04:10) Brian: Ruffle? Mmm, Ruffles have ridges.

(0:04:39) Brian: I learned that the first time I saw Cher.

(0:04:57) Brian: Or “Play ‘Free Bird’!”

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