It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.

Buffy ,'Get It Done'


Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue

A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.

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Kalshane - Jan 11, 2018 6:35:10 pm PST #25444 of 26133
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

I need to head to bed, so I'll have to catch the rest of the episode sometime this weekend, but the new campaign is off to a good start. I can't decide if Nott or Jester are my favorite of the new characters.


Gudanov - Jan 12, 2018 6:54:46 am PST #25445 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping

I'm at episode 61. They are in the Feywild at the moment.


Kalshane - Jan 12, 2018 8:00:26 am PST #25446 of 26133
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

The Feywild arc was really fun.

Matt's Trinket face is evergreen. Any of the scenes with Victor the black powder are a blast. There's an NPC coming up after the Feywild that the mannerisms on top of the voice are just fantastic.

They did confirm last night that the new podcasts will be released exactly one week from when the episode airs.


Kalshane - Jan 13, 2018 8:43:45 pm PST #25447 of 26133
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Victor from episode #43 (with bonus Trinket): [link]


Kalshane - Jan 17, 2018 7:18:17 am PST #25448 of 26133
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

I rewatched the first half of C2: Ep1 and what jumped out at me this time is the look of joy and excitement on the players' faces as each person introduces their character and speaks in their voice for the first time. They're genuinely enthralled with meeting these new people their friends have created.


Kalshane - Jan 20, 2018 8:05:23 am PST #25449 of 26133
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Fun Critical Role/genre fandom fact:

Taliesin Jaffe, who plays Percy in the first campaign and Mollymauk in the second, started his career as Kenny in the movie "Mr. Mom" and made the first-known use of the word "woobie" (in reference to the character's beloved blanket.)


Gudanov - Jan 25, 2018 10:19:15 am PST #25450 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping

I'm now listening to both campaigns. I think Jester is my fav of the new set of characters.


Kalshane - Jan 25, 2018 1:43:52 pm PST #25451 of 26133
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Jester is fantastic and has inspired some truly adorable fan art.

I've been reading the Critical Role comic and it's been making me miss Tiberius. I realize there were some behind the scenes issues with Orion (in addition to some at the table) but Tibs was a fun character and Matt Colville has done an excellent job of replicating his personality on the page.


Kalshane - Feb 03, 2018 7:53:13 am PST #25452 of 26133
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

So tonight my 10th level party will be facing off against an 11th level stone giant Transmuter that I've made a legendary creature.

For all the complaints about how hard it is to die in 5E, there are definite exceptions, such as casting disintegrate at mid-level characters. Only the party tanks won't be instantly obliterated if they fail their save.


Kalshane - Feb 03, 2018 8:53:50 pm PST #25453 of 26133
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

No disintegrations. (Well, of PCs anyway. Their dragon friend, however, didn't make it.)