Trick of the Light | Critical Role | Campaign 4, Episode 31
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Just a side note, Robbie Daymond, that the pink finger is actually one of your strongest and essential fingers. Second to the thumb. The least necessary finger is the ring finger. Best choice but Kattigan is cool and perhaps doesn't have a good knowledge of anatomy.
The teams attempt to reunite at the Rookery with varying cheerful and devastated attitudes as the consequences of their ventures begin to ebb throughout the city...
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OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN 4 CAST
GAME MASTER Brennan Lee Mulligan
Laura Bailey as Thimble
How are all the lightening bolts coming from the players ? Is it an inate ability or is it spell casting.
Luis Carazo as Azune Nayar
Robbie Daymond as Kattigan Vale
Aabria Iyengar as Thaisha Lloy
Taliesin Jaffe as Bolaire Lathalia
Julien genuinely gained a higher opinion of Wick after hearing that he wanted to kill Primus Tachonis with his own knife.
Ashley Johnson as Vaelus
Matthew Mercer as Sir Julien Davinos
Honestly, a Circle of the Hunt PC avenging Hannan is a thing if he ever is joining Thaisha’s Table. A Vassal to the Cormoray, or a Cormoray itself makes sense if he is joining Schemers, considering Amariya has some screws loose since the last meeting. Or probably, a Cloak member (not the professor) which wasnt introduced yet who would help them find 2 extra relics for the next ritual.
Whitney Moore as Tyranny
Liam O’Brien as Halandil "Hal" Fang
It impressed me that Brennan managed to remember that the enemies Thimbal was about to face were also affected by Hannan. So much to keep track of. He doesn't encourage the players go help him remember the rules either, which was pretty smart by Matt, but it does help the immersion.
Marisha Ray as Murray Mag’Nesson
Sam Riegel as Wicander "Wick" Halovar
2:22:00 Please tell me that Thimble is going to pull a Julia Roberts Tinkerbell moment!
Alexander Ward as Occtis Tachonis
Travis Willingham as Teor Pridesire
Part of me, though I know I don't get to dictate this story, fully embraced the moments between Hannan and Valeus, and with the whole story between Elves being unable to make children, and the small, shared kinship between them, thought that maybe, maybe there was potential for romance, not for love but shared understanding, and maybe an arc that leads towards the creation of new children for the elves, and it's struck me hard that Hannan died so frivolously. Ruined a daydream for me. RIP Hannan.
CREDITS
Produced by Maxwell James, Steve Failows, & Kyle Shire
Can we please just have ONE episode that doesn’t make us all cry??? It’s been over a month in a row of nonstop tears 😂
Set Designed by Shaun Ellis
Production Designer: Noxweiler Berf
Character Art by Loren Hontanilla
Edited by Taylor Burke and Emily "Stevie" Stevenson
Mighty Mouse Thimble!
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Opening Title Editor: Paul Foyder
As a story teller. Murray would be dead in the carriage…as a dm I would have happily have Marisha roll another character and remind her shes already played Baux and Murray (basically the same arrogant asshole) maybe think more about a character where you’re husband can’t protect it. Murray should be dead narratively and off table…y
Opening Title Colorist: Peter Koocheradis
Window Effects by Christian Brown
Damn, Julien and Occtis are delightful - just enough amount of drama, conflict and trauma bonding in combination with Matt and Alex being a chaotic duo!
Graphic Design by Aaron Monroy & Jordyn Torrence
Dol-Makjar art by Daniel Jiménez Villalba
Another terrific episode, thank you !
Miniatures Painted by Payton Keo Lacebal
Opening Title Theme by Neal Acree
I love how often Luis just keeps trying until he gets a Nat 20. Luck and Heroic Inspiration is a potent combination and he's got an extremely good track record of saving them for big rolls. Meanwhile Sam has an entire scene where every single dice roll is just a
Campaign 4 Key art by Hannah Friederichs
Additional Art & Design by Hannah Friederichs
I swear, I have watched this like 5 times now and I am still finding things I didn't pick up on yet.
Episode QC by Catherine Zimmerman & Paula Flores
Assistant Editor: Gianna Gencarella
S tier episode
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Closed Caption Editing by Margaret Dill, Nikki Kindelberger, Courtney Knewtson, Danielle Lackie, Eleanor Smith-Dufresne & Alice Tsoi
Post Production Supervisor: Tal Levitas
HEALTH & WELL-BEING
I can not get over how fucking good this campaign is 😭😭😭
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Good god Bolaire's self-inflicted faux melodrama aiming for the "No, I'M the most tortured boy!" award is so exhausting.
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I've grown so so fond of Alex' acting. We know all of the cast are amazing actors and actresses. But to me, there's something about his way of playing... No hesitation, heart on sleeve, gut punch. Like at 01:35:10. Getting into character so instantly that I only noticed my own breath catching after the scene was done. The fight with Julien was also very fun. 02:33:34 got me as well. There's so many of these moments.
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man would've been nice to have hannon for the initial rescue lol
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I‘m almost glad for the pause, because my feelings and my sanity can‘t keep up with this crazyness! How can anyone cook up such a story? I‘m crying and laughing and gasping every week, this is absolutely insane!
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Those moments where Julien absolutely crashes out, "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT???" are absolute gold
More User Perspectives
All of the Peter Pan references
@tylersizemore7795little sad they forgot thimble gave up her memory of the thaz nickname
@cbloc12Phew. Man, the theater scene got me tearing up a bit. That was beautiful. Good job with the music placement too. I want to see the new celestials being created to be animated.
@dealinginfictionMarissa Wright my hair future singing
@ChrisThompson-j4jAzune: King of persuasion
@anonymousartist89Going from the primus scene to a Nord Ad in the break is like seeing your favorite player tear his acl then go to commercial to hear WHOPPER WHOPPER WHOPPER WHOPPER
@JERSEY2K28N0Thimble continues to solo the campaign...
@RockForge_Magici'm so fucking sad about hannan broooooo
@analuiza5792I feel like with the death boons and one of the main goals being to create replacement afterlives for each one that was lost (and find a way for elves to reproduce maybe) that player-characters dying is kinda an important mechanic that maybe needs to be used with some thought, but more freely. And of course the narrative that those with lots of power are corrupt and need to be kept in check at all costs that seems to be a through line here can't be done by a singular group of heroes, because that just replaces one set of people in power with another and power corrupts. So the more people involved in the power-checking, and the rebuilding of the afterlives, and basically fixing and maintaining the world of Araman, the better. And the more characters responsible for the up keep of this and the completion of this story, the better to show that too. So I am not in the least butt-hurt about any PC death. It's sad. I will mourn Teor. But Travis Willingham seems super ok, if not very happy, when ever a character of his dies, and this game's story seems designed for the many players to play many characters. So I can handle it. I will mourn, and look forward to new PCs as they come.
Edited for spelling.
4:04:36
It´s so fun seeing thimbles stats next to kattigan.
Except HP he is outclassed in each and every one
5:00:00 If you spit on them both on the other hand.... don't do it.
@Ubermensch92404:57:00 Even though I am a fan of Julian. THAT was fucking funny.
@Ubermensch92403:28:25 when Azune says "Murray, you need to get to the point" I cackled lmao like girl read the room the Einfasen are not here for shits and giggles.
@christophergreenwood35282:22:00 Thimble = SWOLE 💪
@rbplays2:00:00 but it's a Mighty Nein
@FatalTrip10SPOILERS
RIP my vaelus hannan ship
I mean he hurt Teor right? That should have been grounds for the extra attack surely?!
@trautsjThimble, master of revenge!
@tatertotvalleyThis campaign is just so amazing. Everyone played this so well. The break is going to feel like forever!
@chilliewhkHooooly shit, Demodus' flipbook <3 I love that character so very much.
@JeraWizardPlease don't do a full episodes only with abria
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