Breaking Down Every Character Build In Critical Role Campaign 3

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[@Siennarchist]

Would you make a short on that sorcerer + warlock combo that gives infinite spell slots, cant find it anywhere and it sounds like an amazing idea

[@DnDShorts]

@@Siennarchist tbh I can't believe I haven't made it already, it definitely needs a video!

[@thetheoristking8731]

@@Siennarchist a coffeelock?

[@zanderthegreen2385]

My main concern is if they informed Ashley that only moon druids can wild shape as a bonus action. And moon is the only One that can wild shape into a cr 1 beast before level 8.

[@AG-wo5ir]

One thing about Imogen is that, not only does she seem to have the Telekinetic feat, she probably also has the Telepathic feat. Both feats just scream Aberrant Mind

[@brotherofAnubus]

Liam is contractually obligated to have Lucky on his character. Vax had it as a feat, Caleb had it in spells, and Orym has it as a racial trait.

[@JacksonOwex]

OMG!!! HE DOES/DID!!!

[@dmtaboo_truth7052]

He's getting ahead of the Rollies meta

[@taco8951]

Liam also said he was going to make a Halfling and use his Halfling luck all the time because Sam NEVER used his except when it was detrimental to the party

[@haku8135]

This is now the third campaign in a row where Sam has been a small character. The tradition continues.

[@RM22201]

honestly small characters are just more fun

[@NicolasPine]

This time though, I don't think Fresh Cut Grass will secretly have a kid

[@SirZelean]

@@NicolasPine Just you wait for the day FCG reveals that he once built a smaller automaton himself, who he must protecc

[@LocalMaple]

Campaign Four: Sam chooses Fairy. Goes below average height with 2’3”. Takes Rune Knight Fighter at level 3. Now, he can grow to 11’ tall Proficiency times per long rest. When he hits level 5, the racial spell Enlarge unlocks. Since Rune Knights can cast spells, and the Giant’s Might only specifies a size change if you were below Large, he can double his size to 22’ Huge. At level 18, the default height for Giant’s Might becomes Huge. Meaning Enlarge reaches 44’ Gargantuan. And of course, he will have multiple cups for each potential size he can become.

[@JacksonOwex]

@@SirZelean When memeing I will suffer through the stupidity that is THICC, ATTACC, and PROTECC but when typing a regular sentence USE REAL FREAKING WORDS!!!!!!!

[@robbell3217]

I love how Tal's playing a literal punk rock.

[@adamr6621]

Would never have picked up on that XD, that's awesome~

[@renley5778]

You are so right and I never would have put that together myself lmaoooo gdi Taliesin

[@Donovarkhallum]

Underrated if not stolen

[@mitchellbirkhead9214]

Rage on behalf of the machine. Punk rock isn’t what it used to be.

[@hafsiesami3378]

And his companion rolls.....rock and roll

[@BobbyGentile]

I love FCG and am curious about him, but I gotta say, something about Laudna and Imogen just holds my attention. The idea of a southern-accented alien-power girl that's best friends with who might as well be Izanami is such a weird dynamic, I love it

[@Phantomvalthus]

I like to compare him to gir from Zim

[@jannebengtsson7338]

@@Phantomvalthus yes omg,that was what it was. I felt a familiarity but could not put my finger on it. Thanks.

[@adys9891]

FGC? Fighting Game Community?

[@BobbyGentile]

@@adys9891 autocorrect got me. I'll fix it lol

[@josh___something]

From what we know so far, I'm pretty convinced that imogen and laudna are "Roommates". I mean really, the fact that they went off together exudes such "They're Lesbians, harold" energy

[@meander112]

I saw tweets from Matt/CR addressing a few things: 1) Dorian's HP are just wrong (possibly only in the overlay) & will be fixed. 2) Robbie is a special guest, so he's not a permanent cast member. 3) Orym & Fearne were the original PC concepts for Liam & Ashley for C3. They just got to play them in EXU first. They did reroll their stats for C3.

[@AllHailSp00nRiver]

Theory: Robbie is a Guest Character like Tara on Buffy. He'll be a special guest character until the musical episode where he dies.

[@jayoctopus8832]

What about Travis? Will he be getting a new character or sticking with Bertrand?

[@jayoctopus8832]

@@gavinschaber3578 makes sense

[@Siennarchist]

Its interesting that they specifically mention an HP error, but no AC error, implying that the 13 AC for laura's sorcerer is in fact intentional

[@Reyn_Roadstorm]

I'm thinking that not only Robbie, but possibly everybody will dip in and out from time to time to let other people sit in, with the possibility of such a large group that it splits in two and they have a session with group A one week and then group B the next (maybe with the two parties ending up on opposite sides and fighting each other). Another possibility is simply some huge party battles against insanely powerful enemies. Watching the Behind the Set video, the table can seat 4 people on a side (which we already know from C3E1), but it also has cubbies built into the sides. Those could be designed to not only hold items for the players but also allow for some sort of table extenders to slide in and lock in place, making the table a bit wider and longer and allow for 5-6 people per side. The extenders could fold up for easy storage when not needed, and again watching the BtS vid, they do appear to have a little more room behind them so they wouldn't immediately be squished into the walls. Granted, trying to wrangle that many people would be more chaotic than usual so it'd be a rare thing, like say the end of campaign BBEG fight!

[@KoM]

Matt actually says the name of Ashton’s subclass: Path of Fundamental Chaos. It was sort of whispered/under his breath. I heard it on a second watch

[@theblaze5530]

You my man rolled a natural 20 on perception

[@thicclander6785]

Do you have a time stamp?

[@KoM]

@@thicclander6785 it’s around 2:00:33

[@thicclander6785]

@@KoM thx

[@orionar2461]

Figured it was a overhaul of the IA chaos barb

[@DargonVessle]

Something I wanna point out, that I’m not sure if anyone else has, you said that Aston’s Chaos Burts deals force damage, but we see it deal lightning damage the second time it’s used. Given that you can also see Taliesin look off to the side a bit I think it’s like Chaos Bolt, where the player rolls to see what damage type is used, makes sense given they are both formatted as Chaos ____

[@decrisitsaitari1515]

Thank you. I was going to point that out too. He rolls a dice for the element.

[@brads2041]

@@decrisitsaitari1515 +1. I'm here for the same reason!!

[@gabestaton9404]

He also mentioned like 4 different rages and he’s got some spells… it’s nuts

[@WD_Gaster66]

@@gabestaton9404 Spells? Like what, Pass without trace? Because that's just Earth genasi stuff

[@sunnyfist5454]

I'm curious to see how many times Ashton and Fearne will steal from each other

[@KevinVideo]

Same. I sincerely hope the gold chain swap becomes a running gag throughout the campaign.

[@Jaxom35x]

@@KevinVideo That would be so hilarious.

[@VitaeLibra]

@@KevinVideo Took the words right outta my mouth

[@Drekromancer]

@@VitaeLibra I legitimately believe this might end with them falling for each other. Two chaotic ruffians, constantly trying to outplay one another? That's a recipe for good tension.

[@ninboy01]

@@KevinVideo I hope Sam ends the gag by having FCG eat it.

[@mitchellconner6928]

FCG: "we've been doing a lot of stupid stuff lately" Ashton: "Hey, you're starting to catch on!" This is what made me love Ashton the most.

[@dracone4370]

I'm still trying to decide who I like most, but Ashton is definitely edging out ahead of everyone else. Personally, I want to see another episode or two before settling into who my fave character is among the PCs.

[@mitchellconner6928]

@@dracone4370 yeah, I agree with that. Especially when you just know there's more going on with FCG. But I also really like Ashton's literal big, "fuck off" hammer.

[@pvic6959]

@@dracone4370 true, but if C1 and C2 have show anything, favorite characters can change

[@thancrow]

I love how he is playing his low charisma.

[@charliedepino7768]

Laudna is my favorite character. I love how she embraces her undead Warlock/Sorcerer to be the scary hero that scares the shit out of NPC's. I love how she goes into detail on what she's doing, it makes characters more interesting in my opinion. The Warlock/Sorcerer combo is very strong, and I'm looking foreword to see how she progresses and how her play style comes together.

[@paulogaspar8295]

heroes that scare the people that they are being the heroes for don't make that good of a hero.

[@maxinesenior596]

@@paulogaspar8295 to the people they're saving maybe, but if they're formidable you have to admit their strength.

[@NyctoGaming]

I'm quietly excited for Laura's Sorcerer, I feel like there will be a lot to dive into and learn as Campaign 3 progresses. I have no doubt FCG will steal the show with some crazy unexpected backstory, in typical Sam fashion!

[@juliosepulveda4596]

My first impression is that she might be Exandria's version of a Kalashtar.

[@VulpisFoxfire]

Other than his 'siblings', especially one in particular? :-)

[@kaiqueamorim1]

Sam said that he wanted a character with no background, he wants to just stride along with the group so I doubt that

[@Grayson.P]

@@kaiqueamorim1 Maybe so, but knowing Sam he probably already has some wild backstory for Fresh Cut Grass. He is just not revealing anything of it, choosing to coast along untill the time is right for him to drop a lore bomb. Also he normally has a purpose with naming characters the way that he does. (Lets not forget the whole Nott/Veth/Bren fiasco that broke Liam on stream)

[@tigherkai]

In typical *Liam fashion

[@taylorforsyth4278]

I do love how willing Talesin is to try out Matt's WIPs, hopefully this one turns out better than the last one. And it would be great if Travis introduced Bertrand because he's still working out some details with another one of Matt's class/subclasses

[@chriscoghe4618]

The last being gunslinger? I haven’t seen season 2

[@TsundeReaper989]

@@chriscoghe4618 he plays a “bloodhunter” in campaign 2

[@twinphalanx4465]

Spoilers . Talesins first Champaign 2 charecter died due to user error built into the class. Possibly this gravity subclass is a sorry lol

[@cuylshepherdton7437]

Blood hunters are stupid powerful. If you pick Order of the Lycan, that is.

[@twinphalanx4465]

@@cuylshepherdton7437 agreed, however he wasnt a lychen

[@zorod5475]

Ashton is my favorite. Talison is playing a literally broken character that doesn’t want to be messed with but cares about the people around them.

[@stanislawlavoie5394]

He's literally playing Punk Rock. And F.C.G. is a literal heal-bot !

[@Headphonemike]

Talison once said that he makes characters you can look at and know everything about but have it be wrong. Percy came off as regal and noble but he was an absolute monster on the inside. Ashton is going to be a good guy deep down

[@stevencooper564]

I really love the Kintsugi inspiration with his broken temple and shoulder. He looks beautiful!

[@primeemperor9196]

Same. Can't wait to see what Talesin does with him.,

[@Drekromancer]

@@stevencooper564 Side note: I can't wait to see what that Kintsugi note in his character design reveals about his personality. There's going to be a lot of depth there, I think. 🙂

[@zombo5485]

Theory on Travis's character is that he is 'The Anger', the person that EXU is looking for. He might be either a rogue, which is why he is so hard to find, or Travis is finally getting to play his dream werewolf as an Order of the Lycan Bloodhunter and changes when he is angry - hence the pseudonym.

[@eilermerkle980]

Why not both? Blood hunter / Rogue multiclass!

[@godturkey4098]

That would be sick, awesome theory!

[@maxinesenior596]

Or just be a straight up lycanthrope Rogue- one of the many options out there.

[@zombo5485]

I was also thinking that his nickname could be more ironic rather than literal, e.g. *Little John* from Robin Hood or * The Comedian* from Watchmen. So, rather than him being someone who is always mad, he is always calm. But, yes, he could also be a lycanthrope Rogue. Seeing how Matt is using a lot more hb material, it seems this campaign it wouldn't surprise me if Travis has some home-brewed or new subclass, like Sam with the Empathy Domain.

[@TheCrazeace]

How does it feel to know you were right 🤣

[@pilotpear098]

My theory for Travis's PC, based on the INT void in the party and his love of werewolves is an order of the lycan blood hunter and the "people" that the EXU crew are looking for is actually a Jekyll/Hyde situation with "the anger" being his transformed state. Its just a theory but I think it fits neatly with the information we have so far

[@radeladle]

How does it feel to be so right?

[@nickh3205]

I’m going to guess that for the custom subclasses that Matt will release them later into the campaign online like the blood hunter and his other custom subclasses(Gunslinger, duck totem barbarian, etc)

[@exomancer3632]

CR Book coming early 2022 with 12(or 13?) subclasses.

[@nickh3205]

@@exomancer3632 that would be amazing, hopefully we do get a new setting book for Marquet

[@exomancer3632]

@@nickh3205 Call of the Netherdeep. Explores Marquet, and releases in March 2022. I'm not totally sure if it's leaning more towards adventure book or setting book, but it seems to have elements of both.

[@bfrobin446]

Or if not online, then in one of the print sourcebooks, the same way Beau's monk subclass was in the original Tal'Dorei book from Green Ronin.

[@Stone19298]

@@exomancer3632 I dont believe there are new subclasses coming with it, where did you learn of that? "Call of the Netherdeep won't introduce any new player races or subclasses" is a direct quote stated when they explained the book

[@Synetik]

I was thinking that they might've also built in the telepathic feat to Imogen's subclass.

[@garrettwhite4448]

Or perhaps it just straight up gives you the feat when you choose the subclass

[@frontallappen4981]

Variant human feat: Telekinetic/Telepathic. Telepathic abilities from Aberrant Mind with some minor homebrew because of the overlap.

[@vetobandito2635]

they as in a group? or they as in one of the many gender neutral characters? lol

[@TheShoo]

@@vetobandito2635 wut

[@robjohnson3095]

I imagine this is a Psionic character built using the Sorcerer template. This would restrict her to "spells" that resemble classical psionic abilities like Telepathy (read thoughts) and Psychokinesis (catapult) - which would actually be a pretty severe limitation, so it would give to increased class abilities. Also, when I've made such a custom class for myself, I made the "spells" be cast as "abilities" instead, as that helps compensate for not having access to Counter Spell (spell like abilities can't be counterspelled, and don't require fancy spell components).

[@scottjones2926]

Being a Halfling means no nat 1's! Veth: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@JamesSamson487]

Yes. Sam only played the Nat 1 rule when it was detrimental to do so...cos he is a living joke (I don't mean that in the negative way).

[@JacksonOwex]

@@JamesSamson487 I LOVE that about Sam! He loves the chaos and cool shit that happens when you fail more than he does succeeding, EXCEPT that ONE time, and IT WAS GREAT!!!

[@JamesV808]

Crit role theory about Travis new character, what if his new character is a half-elf child Bertrand Bell had with Lieve'tel Toluse.

[@andrewmarshall7697]

Taliesin needs to stop making characters I immediately fall in love with

[@mrsranmaru]

lets hope this time we get the 100 episodes without death.

[@andrewmarshall7697]

@@mrsranmaru I'd settle for 27

[@Durtaz]

@@mrsranmaru if he dies, that just means more characters to love??? Decent consolation, tbh.

[@mackerzz7147]

@@Durtaz I don’t think Ashton dying anytime soon I think if anyone gonna die first it’s gonna Fresh cut grass cus he might sacrifice himself Imogen or Laduna cus of them being so squishy especially laduna

[@buttsmcgee50]

I wish we could meet in the middle, he needs to stop making characters I immediately hate.

[@Hyde_Hill]

Also did you catch the hint of Marisha's character being from Whitestone? People are theorizing she is an undead version of one of Percy's sisters.

[@anonymouse8124]

... She has a white strand in black hair. That seems shockingly likely.

[@mahtanel7049]

I was thinking of it a lot. But it seems to me unlikely because we knew the whole family except Cassandra and Percy were dead, then Laudna mentioned she knows vox machina, doesn't know that they managed to win over briarwoods, but also says something like "they came to Whitestone", so she was around at least when they entered the city. This said, seems like she either went dead/missing after vox machina came to Whitestone, but before they eliberated the city. She might be one of those who died while vox machina forgot they have an uprising going on. But I love the theory that she is one of the derollos

[@J75Pootle]

Given that there's a roughly 30 year time difference between the end of C1 and the start of C3, and Marisha said Laudna was "young, but not as young as Imogen" which probably means late 20s early 30s I think it's likely that Laudna's a part of the next generation, maybe Cassandra's daughter, or even Percy and Vex's daughter?!

[@Hyde_Hill]

@@J75Pootle Given that she is possibly either undead or hollow, that is not really relevant as she would not age. Which is pretty much confirmed as she said she was in Whitestone when vox machina came. And don't think she looks 40+ and the way she talked about it she was not a baby.

[@RayneOnTwitch]

@@mahtanel7049 My friend and I have come to the conclusion that she's most likely the girl who was hung in place of Pyke from the Sun Tree.

[@The_Crimson_Witch]

Something that stuck out to me when you were talking about Orym: First of all, when you said his AC meant he had half-plate and the Defense fighting style, we know for a fact from EU Orym took the superior technique fighting style in order to get battle master maneuvers at level 1. Maybe Matt let him swap that out for C3 but I don't necessarily think that's likely, as keeping ST lets you keep extra maneuver options and an additional d6 dice for when you really need it. I'm pretty sure Orym uses a shield, so I imagine he's either using a breast-plate or studded leather armor +shield to get that 18 AC. If there's something I'm missing please do say, cause i did kinda space out during the fight. EDIT: Mr Video Man did not attempt to claim that Orym took the defense fighting style, my mistake. He did however say Orym was wearing half-plate, which is not correct. If it was, Orym would have a 19 AC, not 18.

[@Hyde_Hill]

Yeah when describing himself he even says breastplate. So pretty sure it is breastplate plus shield.

[@FaerieWithAHalo]

Yeah. He has a Sentinel Shield he picked up in EXU and it doesn’t make sense for him to have ditched it in favor of Half-Plate. So Studded Leather and Shield.

[@ronglurak9892]

He said that Orym DIDN'T take defensive dueler.

[@The_Crimson_Witch]

@@ronglurak9892 Defensive duelist isn't a fighting style it's a feat

[@The_Crimson_Witch]

@@ronglurak9892 Although granted he does indeed say that Orym did not take the defensive dueler fighting style, he meant fighting style defense. Regardless he still says orym has half-plate. This is not correct, as if orym did have half-plate it would give him 19 AC total- 17+2 from DEX (medium armor only lets you add a max of +2 from dex)+2 from shield.

[@g3mkn1ght60]

I think Matt said something like “fundamental chaos” when Ashton took his first turn, also, I would say Sam is playing a friendship domain cleric

[@kingstewy]

Peace Domain

[@Orzhovas]

@@kingstewy actually seems more like Unity Domain, which is basically the UA version of the peace domain

[@NicolasPine]

It could also be love domain, just saying Edit: It definitely isn't love domain, poopsie

[@noahg8910]

I was thinking Suffering domain homebrew.

[@The_Anthologist]

Personally, I think my favorite is Laudna right now. I just love her personality and can't wait to find out more about her backstory!

[@XMaster340]

Same, she fits Marisha so well and I just love her evil yet caring aura.

[@bioraidos5454]

Yeah, I love the "I look evil but I'm in fact a cinnamon roll" type of characters and Laudna really gives me that vibe and I'm adoring it

[@TheBabylane2]

I'm personally not into the whole creepy vibe. Just not my thing. I dont really like or dislike the character.

[@Iamthecrazyone]

Something neat about Laudna too that I noticed in episode 2, is that she’s a Hollow One.

[@beautyelisa688]

I always just adore Taliesin's characters, but I wasn't immediately sold on Ashton. That was until he said this when they searched a drunkard's pockets: "you never take copper. Silver if they're a dick, gold regardless, but never copper, that's just kicking someone while they're down". I really wanted someone like Molly to show up in the new campaign and this reminds me so much of him. Someone who seems like an asshole on the outside, but is an kind person on the inside. Ashton has captured my heart and I can't wait to see more of him.

[@CelticCubby]

So far Laudna has been my favorite. There is a Jack Skelington vibe to her that I am enjoying. Creepy but fun.

[@josh___something]

Well, scary scary :p. She's definitely gonna be fun.

[@BigBennyJ1]

I think my favorite Character for this Campaign is definitely Laudna. She's got that spooky scariness.

[@5-Volt]

You can tell Marisha absolutely loves roleplaying her. 😂 Totally owning it & it's awesome.

[@dmtaboo_truth7052]

@@5-Volt She's come a long way since C1, where I couldn't f*cking stand her.

[@TheBabylane2]

@@dmtaboo_truth7052 Im the opposite. Loved Keyleth, not liking Laudna so far.

[@paulogaspar8295]

@Jordan Ottersbach eva green? how can an undead spooky fictional character made you have an real life normal actress vibes?

[@FrensKafka]

My favorite character is a tie between laudna and imogen and the relationship between the two of them. I hope if it is a romance, they take a new spin on it and if it's not they really delve deep into a sort of sisterhood that i've come to expect from those two players

[@DDCRExposed]

The new characters sound fun and it's interesting to see the blending of both crews from the [intermission campaign] and this one.

[@valasafantastic1055]

I love all the new characters! Can’t wait for more. It was revealed on Twitter that 1) the EXU crew re-rolled stats. 2) Dorians HP on the overlay is a typo. Fun video thanks.

[@bastienperducat2652]

i really love Laudna and i'm looking forward to see how that creapy lady will evolve.

[@atelalafford4794]

I loved Laudna the second Marisha opened her mouth, she's so darling and weird and is in general such a stark difference to Marisha's previous characters that i can't help but be entranced. Plus, she's the first out the gate multiclass, which i am always a sucker for. I didn't even pick up on the Orym-Ashton pinch combo, that's so cool!! It's like a different shade of Sentinel. I knew Tal would be testing a new Matt build and I'm glad to see it's something fun.

[@Eric-xo5qs]

That C3 starts off on the continent of Gilmores birth, in wonder if we will get the Rune Child explained

[@andrewfornes5320]

Maybe Travis will be playing a Rune Child. i'd love to see that or an Artificer

[@Draconamus]

do you not have the tal'dorei campaign guide?

[@Eric-xo5qs]

@@Draconamus no does it have it in there?

[@Draconamus]

@@Eric-xo5qs yes it does on pg 103

[@TheClericCorner]

Great breakdown!! Had some ideas myself, but you really laid it all out well! A refreshing new video from your normal stuff! Love it!

[@jariel2568]

Honestly I'm crushing on Imogen already.

[@danielpayne1597]

Laura Bailey always plays ultimate waifu characters, be it in D&D, video games, or anime.

[@Drekromancer]

@@danielpayne1597 Huge facts.

[@TheBabylane2]

@@danielpayne1597 Jester was great and Imogen is good so far. I'd stay far the heck away from Vex tho lol

[@danielpayne1597]

@@TheBabylane2 Fair, Vex would probably just flirt to steal all our money and then ditch us, but Percy would say she's worth it :P The accent helps.

[@Canadian_Ry]

I really enjoyed this breakdown. It'd be nice to see more commentary on the crunch of CR in the future :)

[@ddtalks2821]

(1:20) - Detect Thoughts : This is a 2nd lvl spell that Aberent Sorcerers get. (granted she doesn't cast the spell). Alternatively, she could be a Kalashtar not Human (4:50) - Chaos Burst : If you watch closely, you see Talesin rolling a d8. My guess is it is NOT just Force dmg, but like Chaos Bolt, the d8 determines the type of additional damage.

[@christophera.-mckeown130]

getting feeling that Taliesin playing something like a elemental chaos barbarian. i think him an matt put it together quickly so we might see a get nerfed or buffed

[@arnarogbjorn]

I think you also missed in the episode, but Matt said that FCG got the health he lost from his ability as temporary hitpoints, so it won't even hinder him in battle! I'm personally smitten with FCG with Aston in close second! It's more about the players for me, though I really love every player and character in this campaign so far!

[@RealMiniLink]

he also said at the end of the fight that he ended up taking the damage, my guess is that he gets temporary hit points equal to the damage he reduces and then takes the damage either after the battle or if the temporary hit points aren't used by his next turn

[@davidmcgeough2579]

As usual, another banger! Keep up the great content.

[@violetbliss4399]

Fellow Fearne devotee.

[@destinyrivera7607]

Ashton is my favorite character. Punk rock stone Barbarian. I can’t wait to learn more about this subclass. Maybe they will include them in Tal’dorie reborn?

[@RealMiniLink]

Bertrand is either going to be a temporary character or, less likely, a way to guarantee Laura doesn't make him roleplay romance again

[@mangohub3252]

Or Laura is gonna show her power level and push threw anyway

[@matheusmorgan8643]

It's just a guess, but Dorian might have a Str score that high because of backstory I remember that in EXU he shared just a little of his past and mentioned something about a family in not the best terms with him and a "big brother" My crazy theory is that he actually might be some sort of descendent of giants (clouds maybe? Would fit his original alligment) With a very dogmatic family that followed the ordning

[@starcravingmatt]

He could also be planning on taking some paladin levels later on, if he sticks around that long.

[@thomasboyette6265]

@@starcravingmatt Or Bardbarian

[@jeroen92]

Totaly agreed on Fearne, not just because of the character, but also because I am happy to see Ashley finaly playing a character that isn't shy or quiet.

[@MrZerakian]

Faern is my favorite thus far. I am assuming that "The Anger" is Travis's real character...maybe an Order of the Lycan Bloodhunter...?

[@OneTrueBelmont]

It would be Travis' dream to be a werewolf.

[@caitlynnhatch9254]

Well not the anger... but yes to blood hunter and yes to order of the lycan. Strange a LOT of people guessed it

[@thecrow4461]

I could be wrong but I thing FCG got temp hp when he sheared damage with sympathetic bond but then when combat ended he took that damage. Also something I noticed when Ashton entered a rage he rolled a dice then Tal said he was doing a gravity building. My theory is their subclass is some chaos thing and anytime they enter a rage they roll to see what effect takes place we just saw gravity. I also think this because of the wording of chaos burst with that other ability that seems to change damages.

[@codewordbw3340]

Yeah, possibly a re-flavored wild magic barbarian

[@The4Tifier]

I actually really like Laudna. Marisha role plays her very well and truly gives the character the disturbing and mysterious vibes needed to bring her fully to life! EDIT: Huh. Bring her to life. And she’s an undead warlock… I crack myself up…

[@joshuagrahm3607]

Didn’t catch the new video yet, but I can already tell that Sam’s character is going to have one hell of an epic moment sacrificing his life for a member of the party

[@aes2621]

I feel like Imogen’s telepathy is just that Matt reflavored AM’s telepathic speech to just do what the Telepathy feat does, given when Laura used Detect thoughts Matt asked her if she’s using a spell slot. The telepathy feat gives you Detect Thoughts for free and can be casted once a day for free, and additional times costing a second level spell slot or higher. I think that’s a fair swap since AW telepathy is fairly lack luster and the communication over miles is extremely situational. It’s more thematic and convenient to just use the feat version

[@JDStone-jg8cg]

Just finished episode three . . . and welp He got some things right . . .

[@chrishicks4253]

@DnD Shorts Please do more of this for future episodes of Critical Role. Thank you 😊

[@creator1246]

As soon as I saw Bertrand, my first thought was "oh, he's gonna die for sure". XD

[@beastslayer8729]

Isn’t Sam’s character a warforged? I assumed it was just flavored as an automaton since it was built by someone.

[@davidbeckett5823]

I was thinking the same thing. Either that or automoton is actually a new homebrew race from Matt.

[@andrewfornes5320]

Matt usually doesnt pull races from the Wotc's list, other than the normal ones... His Loxodon is crafted as a different name so his Warforged is probably the same. Plus i doubt that Sam knew about the Auto-Gnome before release so it cant be that.

[@davidbeckett5823]

@@andrewfornes5320 Fair enough that sounds right. It really probably is just a reflavoured warforged.

[@JuniperoHendricks]

Is warforged limited to eberon? I thought also I heard someone say aeormaton. My early theory is FCG is their Smiley Day self because they are traumatized/broken from his last encounter and may go thru Devexian style transformation, but maybe not since it's a little closer to Nott arc

[@TheAciddragon069]

@@JuniperoHendricks matt said in the c2 wrap-up that by fixing Devexian that they unlocked the Warforged race in Exandria

[@tempname3308]

It’s worth noting that the Bard’s HP is just flat incorrect. This is my reasoning: first level, 8+Con(3), second level 1d8+3, third level 1d8+3; meaning, even if he only rolled 1s (which Matt automatically has PCs re-roll), that’s still a minimum total of 11+4+4=19. My theory is that his health total is actually “27”, and that it got written down wrong. Or, something VERY hinky is afoot...

[@MJ-1117]

matt tweeted they used a home brew stat roll rule for the exu characters who leveled down

[@tempname3308]

@@MJ-1117 ...cool. A Bard’s hit dice is still a d8. A character still starts with the maximum roll of their hit dice plus their Con Mod at first level, and still gets additional hit points equal their hit dice plus their Con Mod at levelup. And the Bard is still level 3. So, the math is still incorrect.

[@anradhofficial4652]

@@tempname3308 His HP is just wrong. Another comment here says Matt confirmed it's gonna be corrected via tweet.

[@tempname3308]

@@anradhofficial4652 Aye, was watching the release yesterday eve actually, it’s like 24 or 26 hp

[@manibrn6315]

Omg when the Sootopolis music started @7:12 I was immediately transported back to my childhood haha

[@Ailieorz]

Favourite is Orym purely because the combat flavour descriptions are going to be off the charts. I also love how he took a basic class and made it just as good and powerful without having to build special subclasses brimming with goodies and bonuses. I have a feeling some of the others are going to become way too overpowered, especially Imogen and Ashton.

[@W417on]

I thought Imogen had the "telepathic" feat as that gives a free use of detect thoughts, although granted it does seem she had telekinetic too, so not sure how Matt is ruling it

[@W417on]

Oh and on rewatching Imogen has a saving throw which has a DC 10+number of people around, interesting to see where this goes

[@aenorist2431]

@@W417on Its probably a background / race thing, severely doubt she's plain human.

[@ashadder795]

I’m still wagering Kalashtar

[@ThomasFoldal]

The telepathy is something she has to have from her subclass, since when she uses it on the woman at the conservatory, Matt asks "are you using your spell slots or just your feature?". So it would line up with a custom or edited aberrant mind subclass, with moving FCG being the telekinetic feat

[@VulpisFoxfire]

@@ThomasFoldal ...I've been away from AD&D for a looong time...whatever happened to the psionisist class?

[@countkingpen]

I think my favorite is Ashton, but Laudna and FCG are both like neck and neck, all three are fascinating. Laudna being the creepy yet sweet and kind lady, Ashton being a literal punk rock, and fcg being… FCG. It’s perfect.

[@TyrackLP]

Fresh Cut Grass´s Cleric Domain might not be entirely new. Their damage sharing seems similar to the Unearthed Arcana Unity Domain from 2020 which I believe got scrapped in favor of the Peace Domain from Tashas. Channel Divinity: Shared Burden 2nd-level Unity Domain feature You can use your Channel Divinity to protect your allies through the strength of your shared bonds. When a creature you can see within 30 feet of you takes damage, you can use your reaction to choose a number of other willing creatures you can see, up to a number of creatures equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of one creature). Distribute the damage taken between the original target and the chosen creatures. Each creature must take at least 1 damage. Apply any damage resistance or vulnerability of the creatures involved after you distribute the damage.

[@KevinVideo]

It’s possible that the Unity domain fits better for the story. Nice catch.

[@DapperPhantom]

I’m holding out for Lycan Bloodhunter Travis it would fit him so well.

[@AlexT7916]

When Ashton destroyed the enchanted table he was using lightning , so it might be a wild magic barbarian

[@josephwalker7769]

Was SO looking forward to your video on this !!!

[@davidmcgeough2579]

Same!!

[@josephwalker7769]

@@davidmcgeough2579 great minds aha 😊

[@jonathangrey9365]

Just a terrific video breakdown overall. Thanks so much for putting this together, was awesome to watch.

[@nightfr09]

I've got an abberant mind in one of my games; she could have taken Metamagic -Subtle Spell which would allow her to cast detect thoughts quietly.

[@asliceofkai5006]

That's exactly what I was thinking!

[@KevinVideo]

Possibly, but it wouldn’t be explain why she had to make a Wisdom save for detect thoughts because there were too many people around. When she used an actual spell slot, she was able to avoid that flaw.

[@aenorist2431]

4:50 The extra damage isn't force damage, its random. Later on he rolls again and causes lighting damage instead.

[@DnDShorts]

I missed that, thanks for confirming! That makes it a little less powerful tbf! Also fits with the ""Chaos Burst" vibe!

[@xc0msoldier566]

I’m wondering if Travis will cycle through multiple characters and act sort of as a co-DM to Matt, giving us more NPCs and making things a little easier for Matt

[@godfreemorals]

Yes, that was my thought too. Matt has done this before as well, pre-famous

[@evanwhite5704]

A couple things about Ashton: 1. it seemed like the gravity ability was one of several that taliesin picked for that moment. he said something like "i'm doing the gravity one." 2. the damage for chaos burst is randomly determined. it was lightning one of the times after taliesin rolled for it. 3. I think the subclass might just be a chaos themed thing? that would explain the multiple options for things.

[@DaJMCity]

Ok F.C.C. (Fresh Cut Gras) is the New Meme Charakter for the 3rd Campaign Sam Reagel does play Small Charakters only to Disapoint Matt Miller on the ridiculous size of Mugs Sam uses First a a Halfling was a 5 Liter Mug Second at first cursed Goblin then later disencancted halfling Sam was using a 10 Liter Flask Now he is using a 25 Liter Gas Canister Maybe for Season 4 he will get a 50 Liter Barrel ?

[@KevinVideo]

To be fair, it's not that Sam loves playing small characters, it's that Liam loves having Sam play small characters.

[@DaJMCity]

@@KevinVideo true as well ut the face Matt does every time Sam came up with the mug game

[@krisp33bacon]

"Automaton is a new race. We've never seen them before." Warforged: Am I a joke to you?

[@JacksonOwex]

Yeah, I am pretty sure FCG is just a Warforged, likely slightly reflavored because... well, it's Matt Mercer and Critical Role!

[@dayinthedark]

After everything you've described here I think Matt has got to come up with some seriously challenging stuff! Exciting. Great vid!

[@awesomesauce_3516]

We actually saw that chaos burst damage from ashton is randomised, as we see tal roll for force, and then later for lightning in the same fight.

[@jeffreybomba]

I think your right, because he was always rolling and extra die in there. Random damage type is a typical feature of any spell with CHAOS in the title.

[@teamcyeborg]

Gotta love sitting here, having watched barely any CR

[@gabesynnott6506]

well you stumbled into this at the right time lol

[@caleblecrow2207]

Ashton is my fave, Jaffee is always good with character depth and I can't wait to see where this loveable lug goes

[@dmtaboo_truth7052]

Curious to hear why you feel Molly had any depth? Always felt like a nothing character to me.. Just a dressed-up flamboyant one.

[@caleblecrow2207]

@@dmtaboo_truth7052 Molly had a lot of depth, he just died before we got there. But even before there Taliesin was playing him like a type A personality struggling with a dissociative disorder. He was hinting at someone being ready to battle his past tooth and nail in order to carve out his own future. He used worldly experiences to make up for the uncomfortable feelings he had whenever his past came into question (the infamous 3 way). Calling a character shallow when they died 25 sessions in seems kind of stupid don't you think? Especially since at that point the entire roster hadn't really come out of their shells. I mean at that point Nott, Yasha, Beau, and Caleb all had not shown any depth outside of general motivation.

[@dmtaboo_truth7052]

@@caleblecrow2207 I don't know, maybe. The fact he never got to realize any of that potential depth, kind of soured the end of the campaign for me. They made such a big emotional deal about him that felt kind of unwarranted. And I didn't like the way Tal played it, choosing to have amnesia or be a completely different person, felt like they failed to bring him back at all.

[@renley5778]

Tal has always made my favorite characters and bah gawd he's done it again. I can't wait to see what other dunamancy shenanigans Ashton has in their arsenal.

[@Karina-Loves-Andreas]

HOLD UP...HOW did you guess Bertrand was short for this world??? I LOVED Bertrand, SO FUNNY!!🤣❤😍

[@cierealism4900]

i'm somewhat hoping laura's character, imogen, is secretly a kalashtar, since kalashtars have mind link (can speak telepathically to others) and she also prefers using telepathy instead of speaking aloud? she grew up thinking she was human since she looked like one, or she has some sort of back story that made her not know her actual race.

[@robotdude2206]

My favorite is Orym, followed closely by Imogen. The whole cast is fairly interesting, but there's something I like about regular people in a group of weirdos.

[@chrisjohnson6617]

Warlock/Sorcerer combo can also do an Eldritch Blast machine gun. Only two levels in Warlock needed, take Agonizing Blast to add Charisma modifier, then as Eldritch Blast levels up you fire additional beams, each doing 1D10+Charisma (+5 in all likelihood). You fire one with your action, then fire a second one as a quickened spell. At high levels that's eight blasts a round, doing 8d10+40, for no spell slots, and only 2 sorcery points per round.

[@shnordo]

I think Marisha knocked it out of the park this campaign with Laudna. I can't wait to learn more about the whole group but I'm mostly interested in Laudna.

[@Phi1618033]

Just in case no one has pointed this out already, but Fresh Cut Grass is literally a healbot. My expectation is that Sam is pretty much going to do nothing but heal and buff the party for the next several years.

[@darkguild69]

Nice video. Very detailed... And by that I mean there is no sound?

[@josephwalker7769]

I had that but reload and you'll have it. Think we were a bit keen to click on the video aha!

[@Feedbackking13]

Not detailed enough to look at Crit Role stats in which a lot of his speculation is thrown off.

[@Commodore468]

Subtle spell+ detect thoughts can read minds without visibly casting a spell

[@vae3253]

i really enjoyed this breakdown! thank you! ☺️

[@toolman4745]

I wonder if Imogen is a Kalshtar. The body is human as Laura said but it has the spirit inside. That would give her the telepathic capabilities but doesn't explain the telekinetic. For Laudna I'm very curious about two things. First, what is her race and second who is her patron? She's from Whitestone and she seems to be undead...could her patron be Vecna? Could she be related to Percy? I really hope Travis changes to another character. Grog and Fjord were both very interesting. Is Dorian going to be a full time character or is he just a guest?

[@shadesofgray9]

I had similar thoughts about Lauras character. The way she said she was human. Maybe a variant version that still gives a feat. She did use what I thought was the telepathic feat early on when trying to get information.

[@KevinVideo]

My guess is Laudna's a hexblood. Not sure what her original race would have been, but it's possible that Marisha is just having the hexblood lineage be the race.

[@KevinVideo]

@@shadesofgray9 I was also thinking Telepathic for the feat. Doesn't explain how she can shove people 5 ft., nor does it explain why she has to make a Wisdom save when she tries to detect thoughts with multiple people around her. Not unless that's a house rule Matt threw in.

[@73Rameses]

I'm excited to see if Laudna is going to end up Undead Patron with Pact of the Chain Warlock and Aberrant Mind Sorcerer

[@onyxcrescent9364]

My money's one the rat thing she crafted that's gonna be her familiar

[@GravityAP]

I’d put money on shadow sorc

[@HutchTheWolf]

Letters is great, but Fearne is this campaign’s bud of chaos and I’m here for it

[@KevinVideo]

Good catch on the 5 foot shove from Telekinetic feat. I honestly thought it was the Telepathic feat as she was not only using telepathy, but she had used Detect Thoughts without a spell slot. However, you might be right on it being a possible item as her version of it had some major consequences because of how many people were around her. Using the spell, she had no such issues. She does have Detect Thoughts as a spell though, so I'm still learning toward the Telepathic feat. It's possible she's got a new subclass that just so happens to give her the shove ability of Telekinetic. I fully expect Laudna to a hexblood. Not sure what her sorcerer subclass is though. I'm hoping it's Shadow just to make the character extra creepy. Matt mentioned last campaign that with the automatons now existing, that warforged was now an available race that everyone could choose from. I'm guessing that Sam is playing Matt's version of that warforged (ie. it can choose sizes, among other things, like the newer races from WotC). I will say that I love that Sam is playing a literal heal bot. I don't know much about 5e warforged, but in older editions, it wasn't that uncommon for warforged to be able to swap out parts as they were needed, including wings to fly.

[@EvilMedabotic]

My favorite is Orym, I loved Cadeusus cause he was the heart of the group, always a ear to vent to and a great source of advise and level headedness, I feel Orym will play a similar role in CR3

[@dmtaboo_truth7052]

I like Orym too but I feel like he will be their brains/common sense. He doesn't speak much, but he oozes logic when he does. I can see the group slowly turning to him for guidance (or reluctant leadership) with big decisions.

[@digifreak90]

Personally, my favorite character of this campaign (or at least the one that I'm most curious to learn more about) is Laudna. I'm curious as to what her sorcerer subclass is. Also, in regards to Imogen, she seems to have some feat/racial skill (or something else) that has to do with her mental abilities as, when she first uses Detect thoughts in the conservatory, Matt asks if she's casting it or using her feature - which also seems to have the risk of being unable to fully control the power as she stated having a hard time even listening to the conversation with Bertrand due to the cacophony of thoughts she was hearing.

[@michaellauer8181]

I have to guess her Sorcerer Origin is Shadow but that is purely speculative based on her creepiness! lol

[@digifreak90]

@@michaellauer8181 It would be cool though. Personally Shadow is my favorite Sorcerer subclass.

[@Samurai_Stoner]

I'm absolutely in love with Laudna

[@Wingdings_Dingus]

video: VERY SUPER D&D youtube: this is a hearthstone video

[@teamcyeborg]

FCG sounds like it might just be a Warforged, no?

[@DnDShorts]

They did describe it specifically as an "Automaton", but it could be a reflavoured Warforged, we haven't seen enough yet to be sure! The AC seems a little low though to be Warforged, but we can't rule it out!

[@hunterfehnel2017]

I love Ashton, and need to see a printed version of their subclass, sounds so fun, and very busted! 😂

[@brianhalligan9268]

I have a sneaking suspicion his subclass will be in the new CR book WoTC is publishing soon.

[@rossburton8775]

WotC didn't allow any of Mercer's subclasses into the last book. Why would they allow them in the next one? They are uniquely over complex, over powerful, very character and campaign specific, and feature Pathfinder-style rules. Unless he starts writing subclasses that make sense, and are playtested properly, they won't get into official WotC books.

[@TheAciddragon069]

@@rossburton8775 have you ever even looked at Explorer's guide to Wildmount? Fighter: Echo Knight Wizard: Chronurgy Magic Wizard: Graviturgy Magic Dunamancy Spells Heroic Chronicle Backgrounds Grinner Volstrucker Agen all new subclasses the only one they didn't use was the Bloodhunter because Matt posted that on the DM Guild and they technically own it

[@rossburton8775]

Those are all subclasses, that's very true. None of them are Mercer's subclasses for CR. None of them were written by Mercer alone, or used on CR. All of them were written and play tested properly by WotC in conjunction with Mercer. All CR classes and subclasses (i.e. the ones actually used on CR, not the ones written for the WotC book under their guidance) remain un-official. Open Sea Paladin, Cobalt Soul Monk, Gunslinger Fighter, Bloodhunter; all denied from official WotC content. None of them made it in. Don't get your hopes up for "Busted Magic Casting Gravity Barbarian With Smites" ever being official. Just as none of the rest that went into CR ever did.

[@TheAciddragon069]

@@rossburton8775 Cobalt Soul is in the Tal'Dorei setting book, the Gunslinger and Bloodhunter were on the DM Guild meaning they couldn't be published and Open Sea Paladin came after EGW was released, or very deep into production non of them were "denied". yes these will be tweaked as we go but there is no reason to believe they won't be released

[@MyBubbleInSpace]

I absolutely loved Ashton (as I do with all of Taliesin's characters) their concept is really intriguing with the head injury thing. I saw a tiktok from the girl who had designed the t-shirt Tal wore and she said it symbolised her chronic migraines, so wearing that with a character who has some kind of head trauma is definitely intentional and I can't wait to see where he takes them as a character!

[@raymondharnack4160]

That part where FCG describes his siblings…. I about died.

[@jordanw.8446]

Could Laura's character be a kalasthar ? She was too sneaky when she said she was a human in my opinion 😂

[@brannenpfister2579]

Variant human. She has a feat already at level 3 (telekinetic)

[@TheRawrnstuff]

@@brannenpfister2579 She has the shove feature, at least. I don't think anyone has confirmed that she has that feat. The video is quick to judge that that shove must come from the feat, despite admitting that she could have a subclass or a magic item that lets her do other stuff. Why not the shove be a function of a magic item or a subclass? The Kalashtar get a free psionic communication feature, which would explain that exchange with Matt about using a spell slot. The *shove* - which was used as a justification for a feat and thus landing on Variant human in the vid - could be a part of the subclass, as well. We need more info.

[@dudelsackonator4494]

Fuck FCG! (Just kidding I love them) Seriously though, Laudna is already my absolute fave!!! I am so stoked for what this campaign has in store for us. I think we are in for a treat :)

[@DnDShorts]

I agree! It's gonna be an amazing adventure! First time I've ever got to watch from the start!

[@dudelsackonator4494]

@@DnDShorts Yes, for me too actually. The only good thing about the lockdown that I stumbled upon DnD... Love your content btw

[@trueRocc]

Thank you for clearing that up about Travis.

[@metetong2065]

It was really helpful to understand those character more! It's nice to see someone doing videos on critical role to actually add information and content instead of just profiting of the fan base with cheap compilation and video clips like so many on KZbin often do