Nielray

Cr fan

[nielray1007]

I’m sorry there’s a drop that is over a 1000 feet? Where’s Keyleth when you need her damn it?

[nielray1007]

MAJOR CR SPOILERS

So hey it took 115 episodes to get to a pc death in C1 (not counting tibs) and it took them 26 eps in C2. Now we’re getting it in ep 3. So I think C4 gonna start with a tpk.

[criticalroleclips]

Some confusing name introductions ensue

[your-turn-to-role]

@criticalrolo how does it feel having this be basically canon

[criticalrolo]

It feels FANTASTIC I’m gonna be riding this high for FOREVER

[dimension20official]

“What do you want me to tell your family?”

[dimension20official]

Episode 3 of Misfits and Magic is out now on Dropout.tv!

[stormyravenposts]

Just want to doodle some Thelyss brothers ;)

[tanoraqui]

cannot stop thinking about some Solstryce Academy freshman in 10-20 years being like, “…and for Transmutation 101 I have Widogast. He seems kinda dry, lecture-wise, but there was a cat on his desk the whole time so, like, pretty good?”

“Oh hell yeah!” says the other student in the cafeteria. “You got Widogast? I’m so jealous. I heard he nearly gets fired or even arrested like every other year for treasonous rhetoric.”

“What.”

“Yeah! Also, the cat. He has like three I think.”

[tanoraqui]

A third student leans across the table to speak in an undertone. “I heard he used to be a Volstrucker.”

“Volstruckers aren’t real,” scoffs Student B. “What’s real is he - ” They lean in and lower their voice even more. “He and Archmage Beck used to be a thing.”

“Bullshit.”

“It’s true!”

“It’s true.” An older student, eavesdropping, leans over from the adjacent table. “I was there when she came and arrested him personally two years ago. They had tension, man. When she handcuffed him…”

“I wish Archmage Beck would handcuff me,” Student C says wistfully.

[tanoraqui]

Halfway through class one day, he stops abruptly in the middle of a sentence, hand with chalk frozen at the board. Then he says, “Do not worry, Jester, I’ll be there as soon as possible. Save your spell slots; I’ll contact the others. Care for Fjord, delay if possible.” Then he puts the chalk down and looks back to the students, as he starts gathering books off his desk. “Class is dismissed - I have a family emergency to attend to. Read Chapter 15 and prepare to discuss it next week - and extra credit to the first person who can find me Expositor Lionett of the Cobalt Soul or her wife, and ask them to come immediately. Tell her Fjord’s old snake friend may be waking up at last.”

He strides out of the room without waiting for a response, books under one arm, drawing bright sigils in the air to cast a wizard’s Sending as he walks. “Old friend, do you have Teleport today, or a circle? Our captain needs urgent help, all of us. I’ll gather the ladies - can you Caduceus?”

[blair-the-bold]

The classroom was silent as the professor walked in. Professor Widogast looked much like he always did, though perhaps his hair a little singed, a few bandages placed haphazardly across his arms and one on his neck. He looked at his wide eyed classroom before putting his texts on his desk and sighing; he’d get no teaching done today.

“Alright, questions one at a time please,” he murmured.

Immediately every hand shot up. He pointed to a shorter student near the back, her balance shifting from side to side.

“Sorry, professor, but is it true you actually exploded a ship into a giant sea serpent like everyone’s been on about?”

It was going to be a long day.

[grogblogging-follows]

#is it true you were fighting pirates? no they were on our side actually#are you a pirate? not anymore#did you kill the snake? not yet but I’m catching up to help after class#what happened to your neck?#*thinks back about Essek kissing him hard that night after they returned high on adrenaline and adventuring excitement*#oh just a run in with a very dangerous mage#students: :O (via @princessamericachavez)

[squirrel-stowaway]

“Did you hear? There’s a blue cat on Professor Widogast’s desk! Not ‘blue’ like how people describe grey cats. ‘Blue’ like bright blue!”

“I went in to check it out, and it smirked at me, I swear!”

“Sure, dude, whatever you say.”

The news traveled quickly through the halls of the Soltryce Academy that morning, finally reaching the assumed owner of the cat later that morning as he made his way to his classroom.

For a man who could teleport, Professor Widogast sure could run.

But by the time he got there, a student curiously peeking through the door could swear that the cat vanished with a flourish of a green cloak, despite no one else being in the room.

The next morning, not one textbook was lacking a dick drawing.

[tanoraqui]

overheard (ok, eavesdropped) by Professor Widogast’s TA a month after King Dwendall’s youngest son enrolled in the academy; never repeated or spoken of to absolutely anyone:

“…he is brash, he is feckless, he does not spare a thought for another living soul save for what they can do for him - and on any matter of import, he quotes Ludinis Dereth without realizing he is doing so!”

“Listen Caleb, I pulled strings to get that brat into your classroom for four hours a week. I soothed feathers. And despite the fact that you and your library friends are constantly trying to undermine my power, I have saved you from getting fired or worse on at least three occasions - ”

“Beauregard has saved me from getting fired, or I have. You have had me arrested twice.”

“And were you charged with treason? This is the life I picked and this is yours. We both know how impressionable young minds are at this age - ”

“Astrid - ”

“So, you have four hours a week. So, Professor Widogast - teach.”

[squirrel-stowaway]

#there’s the time an Expositor was waiting for him the classroom first thing in the morning#perched on his desk with a clearly dangerous glint to her eyes#and EVERYONE was convinced that Professor Widogast was getting arrested AGAIN for treason or something#somestudents —few brave ones— even tried to stand between him and the monk before he put a hand on their shoulders and gently moved them#‘Expositor Lionett’ he said voice charged with emotion#and then she grinned#and pointed everyone’s attention to the body behind his desk#‘You’ve been making people mad again Widogast that’s the third one I intercept this week’#‘You missed one the other day’ Professor Widogast grinned to everyone’s surprise ‘but he was dealt with’#‘Nah I thought you could handle it. Don’t want you getting too rusty’#‘You staying for class Beauregard?’ ‘No way. Gotta fill in more paperwork before this asshole wakes up’#‘Watch your language in front of the students. Please’ the Professor’s sigh was that of an ever suffering brother#'Meet ya for drinks later?’ the Expositor said dragging the unconscious assassin out the window#'I’ll try to stay alive until then’ the Professor said and there was a lightness to his tone that suddenly made him seem VERY dangerous#and with a backflip the monk was gone and Widogast sent them all to their sits like nothing had happened#some swear there’s still a bloodstain behind his desk from what became known as THE MONK INCIDENT (via @princessamericachavez)

(but also I have another one)

“This is where you teach?” A voice echoes through the hallway, entirely too unimpressed with the prestigious establishment.

Students could not keep their heads from turning as a small halfling boy strides beside Professor Widogast, crossbow in hand.

“Try not to shoot anyone while I’m teaching.”

“So I can shoot them when you’re not teaching.”

A deep sigh. He already regrets volunteering to babysit.

Luc’s visits quickly become a widely anticipated—and feared—event among the students of the academy. His willingness to share stories of Professor Widogast’s adventures, some embarrassing and some truly spectacular, was well worth the occasional crossbow bolt flying through the corridors.

[isuckattechnology]

Every few years a mage will come by and Professor Widogast will excuse himself from classes, spending the week locked in his tower, his office, or the library. He and this mage will be completely absorbed in whatever research they are doing, heads bent just a little too close together and, for those brave enough to eavesdrop, they will alternate between rapid fire advanced theoretical arcana and flirtatious ribbing. By the time the mage leaves, there will be a new spell to the Professor’s name.

The strangest thing, however, is that no one knows who this mage is. To be discussing and practicing magic at that level, one would expect their name to at least be familiar beyond the rumours whispered at the academy, but instead, they are known only by the name eavesdroppers have shared: 'Essek’. All of this is suspicious enough. Many dont believe Essek is real, others are convinced he is Widogast’s spy, helping him conspire against the crown.

If you are at the academy long enough, you will quickly realise that Essek never comes as the same person twice. An elf, a human, a half orc, a tiefling….

Perhaps this 'Essek’ is a spy afterall

[nielray1007]

I just realized that Caleb is Harry Potter if Voldemort was the headmaster at Hogwarts

[nielray1007]

I’d like to point out that at the same level in campaign 1 Vox Machina were organizing a resistance to the Chroma Conclave and just killed Umbrasyl.

The M9 are currently criminals on the run from the Secret Magic Police, all because they stole some necklaces from an old man.

[nielray1007]

Just checked and realized that the mighty nein are 22 days from their one year anniversary (in game time according to crit role stats)

[nielray1007]

Then and now.

[nielray1007]