#cr3e118

[revvethasmythh]

screenshot of the night

[justalittlebluetiefling]

Dude, never listen to anything that turns into a child and starts telling you how hungry it is.

[theloremagpie]

The choice to open the cage was a very clear example of - what's interesting and satisfying as players in a campaign VS what's logical and sensible as characters in a story.

Bell's Hells now had the time, allies and resources to figure out a better solution to the Pradathos problem. But the players want that final face off with the biggest threat of the campaign before it ends.

It's easy for people to get invested in the show as you would a scripted narrative, and feel frustrated with these kind of decisions (myself included). But the joy of watching a TTRPG is seeing what happens when they press the big red button. So I am trying to let go of my worries for Exandria and the party, and just settle in for some fun D&D, where ever that takes us!

[cassafrasscr]

If Matt wasn't a coward, he would've made Ludinus a C-Popper and given him disadvantage on the saving throw to avoid being entranced by Chetney's toy.

[fcgsfleshtongue]

First of all happy new year 🎊

Today I present me ranting about Imodna. I just love them so much ❤️. The way Imogen looks at Laudna when Luda talks about things that drive them to survive. I’m sad that the campaign is ending and I’m gonna miss these bitches. Thank you Laura Bailey and Marisha Ray ❤️🫡

Spoiler Alert🫡

Listen, listen, listen, I absolutely love, love, LOVE these two fuckers. Like they are so meant to be. The way that they love each other and would literally do anything to make sure the other person is happy.

Imogen: I said it before and I’ll say it again, the way that Imogen stood by Laudna throughout the whole Delilah situation. The way she didn’t give up on her. The way she supported whatever decision she made when it came to Delilah, even though she hated that women with every inch of her soul. Also the way that she just generally cares about her. The deep love she has for her. It’s just everything. The jealousy of Imogen is one of my favorite things.

Laudna: Like I said before I absolutely love the way Laudna cares for Imogen. Even before they started dating, she would literally kill anybody and everyone if they hurt Imogen in any way, shape or form. And even though Delilah was dampening their relationship Laudna always took Imogene’s feeling into consideration. The fact that she didn’t want to make her upset because of the decisions she made about Delilah. I love how soft Laudna is towards Imogen.

Spoiler for 118🫡

So, so, so, Imogen took in Predathos. She took that shit in. She did. So basically she’s in kind of the same position Laudna was in with Delilah. She had a higher power trying to take over and now Imogen has to fight to remain in control of her own body. What I’m going to need is for Laudna to be the one to keep her grounded. I’m gonna need for her to be the one to help her remain in her own mind and not let Prethados take over.

Something that I think would be awesome is if when the group is trying to keep Imogen grounded the memories they shared together flash into everyone’s minds the way the memories of Predathos flashed into theirs. I want the Imodna memories to flash into people’s minds but I want Matt to explain the memories in details and make it emotional and heartwarming. Honestly I would literally cry. I definitely think that if one person can keep Imogen here and present it’s definitely Laudna. Matt bless me by flashing Imogen and Laudna’s relationship into their brains. I feel like Laura is going to cry and I need that 😏

[thequeenofmyownscreen]

Orym abandonning the decision of 'what to do with Predathos ? Nothing or something ?' to his teammates, is both one I can understand (he's so fucking tired of trying to make them listen to his point of view, ain't that relatable) and one that is incredibly sad (all of that for him to step away...)

[wrenegadepilot]

Just some little spoiler sketches from the most recent episode of critical role (CR3 118) that I drew while watching. Under the cut because spoilers.

[hurgablurg]

to be honest, hearing ludinus' backstory gives his motives a lot of sense now. innocent people getting killed in the crossfire of two powers making a big spectacle of their fight - it's how you get terrorists.

disprivileged nations don't just spontaneously generate extremists because they are evil and hate your way of life (only privileged nations produce terrorists of that kind), they are created out of violent trauma and a desire for revenge and prevention.

Colonial powers want something from a region, they go in and take it, killing anyone who gets in the way. The orphans and loved ones of those murdered then dedicate their lives to getting revenge and gaining power to ensure their remaining family are never hurt again, and strike back at the colonial powers in acts of terrorism and enact their own schemes to grab hold of power locally. This incenses the citizens of the colonial powers as it undermines their perceived invincibility and specialness at home, and their perceived authority abroad, and not understanding that they are the ones who started it (insulated by their privilege), they respond with even worse atrocities, which in turn kill and harm more innocents, who also dedicate their lives to revenge, keeping the cycle going when the onus is on the colonial power to admit responsibility and fault, repatriate, and then fuck off.

The gods, by not being actual gods and just being very powerful entities, cannot bring themselves to admit that they are not all-powerful and either cannot or do not want to answer every single prayer and solve every single problem, yet still desire the boons that come with being worshiped as all-powerful. The actions they take to fulfill their desires and objectives destroy lives and create trauma, and thus create terrorists like Ludinus and the entirety of the Ruby Vanguard. If the gods really weren't as contentious of an issue like everyone says, no one in-universe would have joined.

The only reason Exandria didn't break out the white phosphorus to tortuously annihilate the impetuous upstarts right away is because they managed to hack a big laser satellite and point it at the White House, threatening the invulnerability of the gods.

Some CR Fans like to insist, maybe because Matt wrote Ludinus as never shutting up and never taking responsibility himself, that the Ruby Vanguard doesn't have a point, or that they are hypocrites, or that they are sore losers or that the actions they take in the course of their goals are inexcusable. That they deserve to die for ruining so many lives, while the heroes kill them in a multitude of cruel and spectacular ways and are lauded for it. They've all gone through some shit themselves, even the worst of them, and there's hundreds of thousands of Vanguard who are nowhere close to worse. Hell, my mind goes to that one kid who exalted during their recon mission after watching them kill his teammates. Many such stories. Ludinus himself was a little soldier boy going off to a war he didn't want, once upon a time.

But maybe Some CR Fans here don't understand that a series borne of Pathfinder might have villains with motivations and reasons more complicated than the ones borne of an inflated dungeon crawling splatbook.