ACT NIRMAL, THE GUARDS ARE COMING! (Critical Role Animatic C3E43)

[@Paris.HasFallen]

Imagine if unsettling presence had a save, and the guard succeeded and was just staring at laudna rapidly opening and closing the shears in confusion. (Meanwhile laudna: Why isn’t this working, I must need to do it faster)

[@Midori_Seabreeze]

Doesn’t it have a save?

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

@@Midori_Seabreeze Nope! As an action you just straight up give one creature disadvantage on saving throws for one minute

[@MadamFoogie]

Man, I'm constantly forgetting that unsettling presence and form of dread are two different things.

[@_____2219]

@@Midori_Seabreeze That’s frightful presence

[@Peter_Cordes]

@n_the_sky It's actually just disadvantage on *the next* saving throw they make within a minute, not all saving throws! All saves for a minute would be insanely powerful right before high-level combat with multiple casters all using spells like Disintegrate and Hold Person. (Hopefully you knew that and just phrased it ambiguously.) Unsettling Presence would be really good if used on someone the party actually wanted to fail a save (including against a spell like Charm Person, Fast Friends, or Detect Thoughts, or Banishment), instead of only ever for RP fun. Laudna's never done anything mechanically useful with it except an enhanced intimidation check. (I checked the kryogenix transcript search.) It's limited to 1 / long rest. Combined with Silvery Barbs, Laudna could be very effective at getting an important spell to land, basically double disadvantage. But IDK if she's ever used Silvery Barbs outside combat either. :/ She was going to use it in combat once in C3E24 (when the first met / saved Dusk: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGLaf5aLedOieM0si=mnqKRsnO8T9PqYx5&t=9133 ) but changed plans after realizing that she was far out of range. And another time in C3E47 when dealing with a guard who hadn't seen the party, whom FCG later banished, the wall was solid instead of bars so she changed plans and didn't break her invisibility. Other than that, just used for intimidation or RP lulz. Which is fun and all, and I really enjoy how Marisha RPs Laudna, but Bell's Hells are still generally poor at coordinating their abilities in and out of combat.

[@a.v.k.1168]

ah yes, laudna’s terrifying visage while trimming is so endearing

[@arturoreyescortez2476]

Marisha knows how to scare people.

[@MadamFoogie]

I just watched the haunted house special with Travis, and Arturo speaks true. She's a spooky. I'm glad Marisha is really enjoying her creepy character. Laudna is such a barrel of laffs.

[@OriginalCreatorSama]

you have to know the exact range of "normal" in order to know what's abnormal. the people best at being creepy know how to go juuuuust outside that normal human range of movement/tone/behavior and right into uncanny valley. marisha does this amazingly well! the sign of a really good actor!!

[@blackh9604]

I always love the audio editing you do. Also very impressive how consistent all the environments are lol

[@xinahliaofthefeywild8985]

I love how you handled Imogens way to communicate with the others. Well done buddy

[@Ando1428]

Laudna is a trip.

[@Breadly_TV]

This is amazing! I love the audio effects that you added on the psychic communication and the sheers! Glorious work, as always! And Laudna is our lovable creepy witch!

[@darkxwizzard]

i love how all those "mowing the lawn" and "fancy bushes" expressions kinda foreshadowed the basement "incident"

[@pinkjaguar12]

I LOVE HER I LOVE HER

[@johnfolmer5412]

Wanted to say I really love your work and figured it may be more tactful to do it here than on say your last video. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@Deelusi]

Thank you! Word affirmation really does wonders to me!

[@lexsamreeth8724]

All hail the Nightmare Queen

[@AlternetRedSkys]

Looked at main video the lake point sky keeping part happens at 1:28:35, Guards come in around 1:33:20 on main video on critical role. Chopping was around 1:35-36:25.

[@joova9174]

Laudna being creepy is the best XD

[@tomsanderson]

This is so good!!

[@dgrmn12345]

0:45 what did Fearne say there? Couldnt catch that.

[@Deelusi]

She said, "WHERE ORYM GO?!"

[@DapperDanLovesYou]

Fantastic! :D

[@levilukeskytrekker]

This is awesome!

[@eap4048]

Clock Tower vibes from Laudna.

[@Deelusi]

Clock tower?

[@eap4048]

@@Deelusi the giant scissors and how she was opening and closing them. The monster in that game uses a pair of giant scissors to kill people.

[@eap4048]

@@Deelusi kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3urqJKrmK6tmKM

[@TK-_-GZ]

Algorithmic punch

[@soldier660]

Poor people.

[@AlternetRedSkys]

at what time point is this in the main video??

[@Deelusi]

I believe it's around 1:50+. Right after Chetney climb down the chimney.

[@AlternetRedSkys]

@@Deelusi Thank you

[@gazaht]