Critical Role-Back Podcast

With the Good Plot finally knocking at the door, only a couple of hours being stuck on errands and with customer service remain until Jana and Bal get to join Vox Machina for dinner and a snack while covering Critical Role Campaign 1 Episode 24: The Feast.00:00:00 - Intro00:12:01 - Warnings: Body Horror, Loss of Limbs, Fantasy Racism, Torture, mention of Sexual Assault, Animal Abuse, Spoilers for Early CR3 and The Martian00:13:18 - Out Of Game Tidbits00:19:00 - Where Are We At?00:20:59 - Pay Your Staff!00:24:48 - Trauma Conga Line0:39:37 - Three Kinds of Customer Service00:52:19 - Even More Errands01:03:15 - Break!01:04:05 - Alas, Poor Beard01:06:33 - Sending the Lizard and Assorted Others to Dwarf Town01:10:53 - Final Preparations01:15:38 - The Dinner01:30:55 - The Snack01:37:20 - The Purvan ScaleSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumbl...Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/TyurruMusic "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

 Jana and Bal wade through all the tits, drugs, and religious  foreshadowing surrounding Vox Machina leaving Vasselheim behind for the plot and we all learn valuable lessons on treating NPCs well, lest they stabbinate you later, while covering Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox  Machina - Episode 23: The Rematch.   00:00:00 - Intro 00:07:09 - Content Warnings: Graphic Violence, Gore, Slut Shaming, Day  Drinking, Violence against not quite Children, discussion of Rape  00:08:18 - Out Of Game Tidbits  00:20:27 - Where Are We At? 00:21:50 - Back In Town 00:26:30 - Grog, The Vengeful  00:53:19 - Making The Tits Weird 00:55:58 - Grog, The Victorious (And Earthbaked) 01:14:10 - VICTOR 01:21:37 - Wrapping Up 01:32:20 - Careful Who You Piss Off 01:35:15 - Careful Who You Leave An Impression On 01:49:00 - Pike's Doing Her Part 01:53:44 - Knock, knock, it's the Plot! 01:58:29 - The Purvan Scale Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

Jana and Bal bear very snarky witness to Vox Machina joining one cult, visiting another, and tell you why you shouldn't eat crayons just, like, in general, while covering Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina Episode 22 - AraMente to Pyrah. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:11:03 - Content Warning: Drinking to Cope, Animal Cruelty, Appropriation of Maori Culture, Cannibalism, Implied Zoophilia, Ableism 00:12:22 - Out Of Game Tidbits 00:16:53 - Where Are We At? 00:18:35 - Logistics 00:24:43 - CULT CULT CULT CULT 00:43:39 - Reunion Time 00:59:30 Thank God We Can Go Shopping Again 01:27:45 - On The Road Again 01:37:00 - This Is Fine 02:03:25 - The Purvan Scale  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

 Going back in time a bit, Jana and Bal practice some much needed  self-care and cover all of Critical Role: Campaign 1 Episodes 20 and 21:  The Trial of the Take Part 3 and 4 in one combined episode, and follow  Team Grumpy through all the edge, the dice nudges, the hags forgotten to  time, and the official start of the shipping races.00:00:00 - Intro Music by Curran Son 00:04:42 - Look at that, this IS the first episode published in 2023! 00:09:02 - Content Warnings: Mention of sexual assault and those that  commit them, disrespectful language regarding sex workers, implied  cannibalism, implied rape, self harm, active shooter drill anecdote  00:11:08 - A Road Map00:13:59 - Out Of Game Tidbits 00:25:24 - Where Are We At? 00:25:50 - High Level Recap 00:34:57 - Of Hags Not Taken 00:42:39 - Cutting Myself on All This Edge 00:57:40 - There's A Mission 01:11:11 - Combat Report 01:37:25 - Orion Complaints Corner 01:46:23 - Off To The Shipping Races 01:53:50 - The Purvan ScaleSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

Jana & Bal react to the official trailer for The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2 as well as cast announcements and episode titles, talk about their hopes, dreams, and fears for the season, and accidentally make fun of the edgy titles they've also given their patrons. Ooops.00:00:00 - Intro00:04:06 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY LULAFIA00:05:20 - Trailer Analysis 00:43:40 - Episode Title Analysis00:55:05 - So About Those Dragon Titles 00:59:57 - ConclusionSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/TyurruMusic "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

 Part 3 of Jana & Bal's thorough and honest look at the The Legend of Vox Machina cartoon, covering the actually really good final episodes, miscellaneous thoughts, what went wrong and weird with Ripley, and demanding tribute; not for pleasure, but for equality.  00:00:00 - Episode 10 00:10:54 - Episode 11 00:22:50 - Episode 12 00:38:40 - Insecure Writing Leads To Weaker Characters And Conflicts 00:48:29 - What is Magic and Why would Anyone Want To Learn It? 00:50:10 - The Lack of Escalation 00:53:09 - Pike and Faith, Archie, Adaptation Principles, de Rolo Family Dynamics, Gun Control 00:57:08 - The Vexleth Baiting 01:00:22 - Vex And The Perc'ahlia Of It All  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru  Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

 Jana and Bal rejoin Team Happy Fun Times Paper Party Hats in Part 2 of The Trial of the Take of Critical Role's Campaign 1: Vox Machina, and debate giant personhood and the intricacies of dragon procreation, while also unabashedly simping for Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:12:45 - Content and Spoiler Warnings: Vomit, Loss of Agency, Sexual Harassment, Body Horror 00:14:42 - Out of Game Tidbits 00:20:55 - Where Are We At? 00:22:23 - There are Giants in the Snow 00:36:14 - The Dragon's House 00:50:40 - Felicia Day Can't Wait To Be In You 00:54:40 - Dragon Enrichment 01:01:30 - Dragon Fight! 01:25:06 - Dragon Fight Aftercare 01:32:00 - Back To The Totally Not A Cult 01:39:14 - The Purvan Scale Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

 Part 2 of Jana & Bal's exhaustive and honest look at the The Legend of Vox Machina cartoon, covering the life and times of Archie, what went wrong and also weird with Cassandra, a genre shift that wasn't worth it, an unexpected Vaxleth defense, and why Laura Bailey should write Everything. 00:00:00 - Episode 5 00:17:22 - Episode 6 00:31:27 - Episode 7 00:45:13 - Episode 8 00:58:02 - Episode 9 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

Jana and Bal join Team Super Happy Fun Times on their fake mission and debate fantasy contract law, middle child syndrome, and the ethics of girl on girl bullying while covering Episode 18: The Trial of the Take Part 1 of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:16 - BIG CAMPAIGN 3 SPOILERS 00:04:36 - The Spoilers Have Stopped 00:07:33 - Content Warning: Gore, Allusions to Sexual Assault, Disrespectful Language regarding Sex workers 00:08:56 - Out Of Game Tidbits 00:21:40 - Where Are We At? 00:23:39 - Getting Ready To Be Hazed 00:28:28 - Meeting The Team 00:40:40 - Set-Ups and Fantasy Contract Law 00:55:45 - Mission Start 01:06:50 - Night Time Bonding 01:14:58 - The Butt Flap Fight 01:25:16 - Moving On! 01:35:03 - The Purvan Scale Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

 Part 1 of Jana & Bal's exhaustive and honest look at the The Legend of Vox Machina cartoon, covering the episodes that had us feeling decently hopeful because all went bad in the next section.  If you want to listen to the entire episode right now, feel free to support us on Patreon, where the 3.5 hour experience is available without interruptions, in addition to outtakes, notes, and other patron exclusive content! 00:00:00 - First Disclaimer 00:02:18 - Introduction 00:04:20 - Second Disclaimer 00:08:48 - Every Content Warning (all of them), Gore, Child Death 00:10:44 - We Have A Structure! Every Spoiler Warning 00:12:45 - Episode 1 00:33:20 - Episode 2 00:49:43 - Episode 3 01:01:13 - Episode 4 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru  Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

Jana and Bal cover the three things you can do with dragons, why the  Slayer's Take is a cult and MLM, the legal ramifications of kill  stealing, and why the most explicit sex scene in the entire franchise is  a fight scene in their discussion of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 17: Hubris.   00:00:00 - Intro 00:08:30 - Content Warnings: Gore, discussion of Sexual Content, Sex Work and disrespectful language, Fantasy Racism, Cannibalism 00:10:23 - Out Of Game Titted Bits  00:16:02 - Where Are We At? 00:17:30 - Standing Around Forlornly, Taking a Sparkly Shit 00:25:15 - Heading to where the Fun is 00:34:55 - The really gnarly, gory, dishonorable, sexy fight scene that is really a sex scene 00:46:52 - Licking Wounds 00:57:30 - The Slayer's Take Makes No Sense (Legally) 01:04:20 - Hydra Killing or Something 01:18:02 - Joining the Cult/MLM 01:30:43 - The Purvan Scale Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/TyurruMusic "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

 Think of this as 5 days early instead of 2 days late. Will we return to a regular publishing schedule? Possibly. Eventually. No promises. Jana and Bal take a grand tour of the lore of future past while the  party loses some demonic but also some gnomish cargo in Critical Role -  Campaign 1: Vox Machina Episode 16 - Enter Vasselheim.   00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:00 - Second Recorded Birthday Week 00:10:35 - Content Warnings: Fantasy racism, spiders 00:12:03 - Out Of Game Tidbits 00:21:30 - Where Are We At? 00:24:03 - The Math Bit 00:30:11 - Keyleth has a Backstory 00:34:00 - Look, it's Vasselheim 00:49:00 - Temple Security Detail  01:06:20 - A Tangent About Songs in Fiction 01:08:09 - The Buzz Kill to Kill All Buzzes 01:11:58 - A New Break Gimmick! 01:14:38 - Back to Divine Security 01:24:59 - One Gnome Short 01:29:15 - The Purvan Scale 01:37:44 - Arc Musings Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/TyurruMusic "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

 Jana and Bal cover hitching an airborne ride to Vasselheim, the nastiness of fighting in the skies, Bunny Rabbit Hit Point Maximums, and many a bisexual maneuver in their discussion of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 15: Skyward.00:00:00 - Intro Music 00:00:19 - Introduction 00:03:00 - Bal Stole a Cat 00:06:45 - Teasing the TLoVM Episode 00:11:40 - Content Warnings: Fantasy Racism, mention of Sexual Harassment 00:13:24 - Out of Game Tidbits 00:27:23 - Where Are We At? 00:28:10 - Dividing The Goods 00:34:30 - The First Rant 00:38:51 - Back Into The Shop 00:43:10 - Weekend Projects 01:03:18 - Airship Time 01:19:17 - Combat Starts 01:28:12 - The Second Rant 01:34:30 - Back to the Combat 01:47:08 - The Purvan Scale  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/TyurruMusic "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo  

 Finally free of the Underdark, Jana & Bal now embark on a sightseeing tour of NPCs and also exactly what the title says while covering Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 14: Shopping and Shipping.    00:00:00 - Intro Music 00:00:19 - The Art of the Recuperating Episode 00:05:12 - Recent News, New Intro! 00:10:20 - Door Gag 00:11:03 - Content and Spoiler Warnings: Anti Ziganist Slurs, Fantasy Racism, Body Horror, Discussion of Sexual Harassment, Mention of Torture00:12:48 - Out of Game Tidbits  00:21:24 - Where Are We At? 00:22:50 - The Main Character Arrives 00:33:50 - Tea Time with Allura 00:54:50 - The Council of Foreshadowed Insignificance  01:31:00 - CN: Discussion of Sexual Harassment 01:35:28 - Breaks and Lore 01:39:53 - GILMORE! 01:50:27 - Shopping and Shipping 02:05:20 - The Purvan Scale Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/TyurruMusic "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

 Jana and Bal celebrate finally leaving the Underdark and the least good arc of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina behind with a little musical interlude while covering Episode 13: Escape From The Underdark.Climb on top/life is yours to conquer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa6ZVuw9xi0 Out of the Abyss in 7 Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=474ln_UxZBk 00:00:00 - Intro Music  00:03:15 - EXU: Calamity Sure Was Something (slight spoilers)00:08:03 - The Perils of Podcasting00:15:39 - Content Warnings: Loss of Agency, Body Horror, joke about sexual assault, discussion of Cannibalism00:17:51 - Out Of Game Tidbits  00:25:26 - Where Are We At?00:27:50 - Fight Into Flight01:17:40 - WE'RE OUT OF THE UNDERDARK01:23:30 - The Least Ethical Pub Crawl01:34:45 - So Why Don't We Trust Kima, Again?01:46:36 - The Purvan Scale01:55:37 - Special Outro Music Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/TyurruMusic "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

 Joined by Bal's DM and person who cares about fighting mechanics Lily, Jana and Bal learn all about action economy and why you should really trust your DM when it comes to balancing boss fights, while covering Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 11: The Temple Showdown.00:00:00 - Intro Music 00:00:20 - Introducing Lily 00:03:38 - Still Timely Intro Musings 00:08:13 - Content Warnings: Vomit, eye horror, animal cruelty, mention  of torture and body horror, character death, non-respectful mention of  sex work 00:09:56 - Spoiler Warnings: Mention of places from the end of campaign 2 00:10:32 - Out of Game Tidbits 00:23:35 - Where Are We At? 00:31:20 - How to Catch a Fomorian 01:04:00 - Tactical Giant Sleepover 01:22:38 - Setting Up 01:36:30 - The Problem with B-Plots 01:44:45 - Eye Assault Excellence 02:06:14 - The Purvan Scale Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcastFind us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/TyurruMusic "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

 In a bit of a musical mood, Jana and Bal take on the absolute filler that is Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machine Episode 10 - K'varn Revealed.00:00:00 - Intro Music00:01:15 - We're Fine 00:07:25 - Remember the Campaign 3 Opening? 00:14:30 - Content Warnings: Mention of Child Death, Body Horror, Loss of Agency, Sexual Harassment 00:15:25 - Spoiler Warnings: Lion King (lol), end of Campaign 2 00:16:08 - Q&A Highlight Reel 00:39:25 - Where Are We At? 00:42:30 - Irrelevant Combat, Zombie Edition 00:50:00 - Looting etc. 00:58:23 - Irrelevant Combat, Cloaker Edition 01:10:33 - Avoiding the Main Quest Some More 01:21:39 - Spellcaster Genders 01:22:57 - Scanlan Fucks Up (CN: Sexual Harassment, Loss of Agency) 01:27:15 - nrav'K Revealed 01:34:57 - Reconnaissance  01:41:33 - The Purvan Scale

 Joined by their long-time fandom friend, local geologist, and Illithid Aficionado Christine, Jana & Bal hit the homestretch of this first and most forgettable arc, the last tentacl-y bits of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina while covering Episode 9: Yug'voril uncovered.  00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:14 - Too Many Percys 00:07:48 - So How About That Time Paradox 00:08:48 - Christine's Origin Story 00:13:02 - Content Warnings: Sexual Harrassment, Body Horror, old time-y tropes about sex work, TORTURE 00:14:53 - Spoiler Warnings: Nott's Story in CR2, Star Wars Prequels, Order of the Stick 00:15:34 - Out of Game Tidbits 00:26:53 - Where Are We At? 00:34:25 - The Episode Starts With A Fight Scene 00:45:10 - Is Trinket Edible For A Mind Flayer? 00:49:25 - Spells and Logistics 00:54:00 - Clarota Defense Squad and horrifying Illithid Lore 01:01:19 - End of Combat, Discussion of Torture 01:05:00 - K'varn Says Hi 01:12:08 - Keyleth vs. Kima Part whatever 01:19:46 - Kima needs a Vacation (CN: Sexual Harrassment) 01:28:20 - The Start of Vaxleth? 01:31:30 - Welcome to the Cube (and Sexual Harrassment) 01:32:20 - Here's How Clarota Can Still Win (And Get It) 01:38:44 - Clarota the Red Nosed Reindeer - A Christmas Special 01:42:26 - Things Happen 01:51:38 - Groaning About Tiberius Hitting on Vex 01:56:44 - Looting Mishaps & Shenanigans 02:02:20 - Lakes and Boats and So Many Caves 02:17:52 - The Purvan Scale

  While talking about Critical Role: Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 8: Glass and Bone, Jana and Bal are taken back to the world of performative ~* sTrOnG iNdEpEnDeNt wOmAn *~ feminisim of 2015, and of November 2021, as they are officially out of the time paradox. Sort of. 00:00:00 - Intro Music 00:05:24 - Content Warnings: slurs against sex workers, animal cruelty, body horror, scat, cannibalism 00:07:40 - Out of Game Tidbits 00:16:35 - Where Are We At? 00:19:06 - Licking Wounds 00:36:44 - Kima x Clarota?  00:38:25 - Kima vs. Keyleth 00:52:00 - Moving On 00:57:27 - A Tangent About College and Brownies 00:59:50 - Here Be The Titular Thing 01:05:50 - Fight Scene! 01:09:05 - Girl Power Feminism 01:13:30 - Kittens and Hit Points and Fight Scenes 01:18:53 - Post-Battle Body Horror and Implied Cannibalism 01:24:28 - The Purvan ScaleNext episode should be out in 2 weeks, we are however dealing with 3 people on the podcast rather than 2 or the first time, so that might make production take a little longer. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo&t=0s

 While talking about Critical Role: Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 8: Glass and Bone, Jana and Bal are taken back to the world of performative ~* sTrOnG iNdEpEnDeNt wOmAn *~ feminisim of 2015, and of November 2021, as they are officially out of the time paradox. Sort of. 00:00:00 - Intro Music 00:05:24 - Content Warnings: slurs against sex workers, animal cruelty, body horror, scat, cannibalism 00:07:40 - Out of Game Tidbits 00:16:35 - Where Are We At? 00:19:06 - Licking Wounds 00:36:44 - Kima x Clarota?  00:38:25 - Kima vs. Keyleth 00:52:00 - Moving On 00:57:27 - A Tangent About College and Brownies 00:59:50 - Here Be The Titular Thing 01:05:50 - Fight Scene! 01:09:05 - Girl Power Feminism 01:13:30 - Kittens and Hit Points and Fight Scenes 01:18:53 - Post-Battle Body Horror and Implied Cannibalism 01:24:28 - The Purvan ScaleNext episode should be out in 2 weeks, we are however dealing with 3 people on the podcast rather than 2 or the first time, so that might make production take a little longer. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo&t=0s

Tackling the worst episode of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina so far, Episode 7: The Throne Room, Jana and Bal choose to lighten the load with a pop quiz and many a Willhand'ildan joke. 00:00:00 - Intro Music by Curran Son 00:00:17 - Introduction 00:01:48 - This is a Bad Episode, let's have a Gimmick 00:03:23 - Animal related tangent 00:05:58 - Tearing into the Campaign Guide: Quarter Elf Edition 00:11:57 - Tearing into the Campaign Guide: Divorce Edition 00:17:45 - Content Warnings: scat, cannibalism, body horror, sexual harassment, torture, desecration of corpses, discussion of suicide 00:19:44 - Out of Game Tidbits  00:26:46 - Where Are We At? 00:27:50 - Episode Start; Kima & Keyleth (& Vexleth) 00:31:03 - First Question 00:33:03 - This Dungeon Crawl is Not A Trap 00:40:25 - Pike is a Blunt Weapon (with a serrated mace) 00:44:44 - Second Question 00:46:00 - Knock on Wood! Here be toilet humor in the broadest sense 00:50:41 - Third Question 00:52:18 - Just Crawling through these Dungeons 01:01:30 - Preparing for an Actual Trap (and the fourth question) 01:06:26 - Big Battle & Yelling 01:15:56 - And that's the episode! And remaining questions. 01:20:25 - The Purvan Scale Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru  Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo&t=0s

 Discussing Episode 6 of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Breaching The Emberhold, while making healthy life choices such as drinking coffee at midnight, and calling out the absolute DISRESPECT Kima had to deal with.  00:00:00 - Intro Music 00:00:20 - Introduction 00:05:45 - A Lindsay Ellis Tangent 00:10:30 - Content Warnings: Body Horror, Torture, Gratuitous Violence, Icky Pikelan flirting, jokes about Cannibalism, Sex Jokes, Mention of Child Death, mention of Alcoholism 00:12:16 - Out Of Game Tidbits 00:20:44 - Where Are We At? 00:23:16 - Episode Starts 00:33:30 - Tangents about Character Design recorded before The Legend of Vox Machina aired 00:35:08 - Approaching the Emberhold (and getting food) 00:37:37 - Pikelan and Middle School Shenanigans 00:45:44 - Tracking the Stitch Monster 00:50:05 - The Logistics of Kissing, Eiffeltowering, and Bicycles 00:53:58 - Doing A Sneaky-Sneak 01:04:55 - The Emberhold Has Been Breached! 01:23:23 - WE HAVE FOUND KIMA! Time to antagonize her. 01:42:02 - The Purvan Scale  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo&t=0s

 Jana and Bal discuss the first three episode of The Legend of Vox Machina; the performances, the adaptational choices made, and the Vex Apology Tour of 2022.  And if it cautious optimism and enthusiasm aren't quite for you, just know that had they recorded this a week later, it wouldn't have been quite as enthusiastic.  00:00:00 - Opening and Warnings (sexual content, violence) 00:02:24 - Introduction 00:05:58 - The Clean Slate Start 00:09:00 - The Vex Apology Tour 1 00:10:26 - Character Comprimation 00:11:50 - Ranking Vocal Peformances 00:14:26 - Scanlan 00:18:39 - The Vex Apology Tour 2 00:21:03 - Watch Episode 3 00:22:10 - Writing is Hard 00:23:57 - A Little Quiz for the Listeners 00:26:00 - A Lilith Tangent 00:27:00 - Adaptational Choices 00:30:34 - Aging is Weird and Keyleth is a Baby 00:32:30 - Conclusion  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo&t=0s

Discussing Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina Episode 5: The Trick About Falling, among an assortment of fun things bodies can do and the joys of no progress being made. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:26 - Explaining The Time Paradox 00:08:20 - Content Note: Animal Death - Remembering Dagon 00:11:20 - Content Warnings: Loss of Agency, Drinking to Cope, Body Horror, Sexual Jokes 00:13:00 - History of Fanfiction 00:15:22 - Out Of Game Tidbits (Warning for International Tabletop Day) 00:20:10 - Grog Jaw-Jaw 00:22:35 - DANCE PARTY! 00:24:20 - Bardic Philosophies 00:27:46 - Where Are We At? 00:28:44 - Ironic Tangents About Sound Mixing 00:30:24 - Duergar Interrogation (Warning: Loss of Agency, Body Horror, Discussion of Sexual Content) 00:31:57 - Keyleth and Sad Boys 00:38:43 - Alignment Tangent 00:42:24 - The Falling Portion of the Episode 00:47:35 - Running Away and Resting for the Night (Warning: Drinking to Cope) 00:52:31 - ARROWS! 00:53:40 - How exactly does resting work again? 01:02:20 - Breaking Camp 01:06:15 - There is a fight scene (Warning: Lava Related Body Horror, Sexual Content) 01:25:11 - The Purvan Scale WATCH THE DANCE PARTIES! https://youtu.be/7_oH58pq0Ac  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo&t=0s

Discussing the Great File F*ckening, a plethora of Critical Role related controversies, lost and found Campaign 3 predictions, unhingedly looking at the bright side, and maybe also Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina Episode 4: Attack on the Duergar War Camp.   00:00:00 - A Pre-Warning: Discussion of Colonial Imagery and Violence 00:01:26 - Introducing the Time Paradox and File F*ckening 00:07:02 - Boasting about Predictions (slight CR3 spoilers regarding characters) 00:10:24 - A Bouquet of CR related controversies 00:11:30 - The Copyright Freak-Out 00:12:50 - The Twitch Leaks Freak-Out 00:17:25 - Discussing the Campaign 3 Opening 00:27:53 - Content Warnings: racist microaggressions, cannibalism, loss of autonomy, excessive violence, mention of attempted sexual assault 00:29:05 - Spoiler Warnings: Twilight (Breaking Dawn), Dragon Ball Z, Naruto (technically Boruto I guess), Campaign 2 00:30:00 - Out of Game Tidbits 00:38:53 - Where Are We At?00:40:15 - Pike Arrives!00:45:55 - Clarota Made No Promises 01:02:20 - Back to Planning 01:11:08 - Skip this tangent about CR3 seating arrangements, please 01:14:47 - BACK TO THE EPISODE 01:21:30 - The Actual Attack Starts (with Laura!) 01:34:45 - Bal's Gun Show 01:37:11 - The Fight Scene Goes On (Things Happen) 01:49:40 - The Purvan Scale 01:55:50 - Outro 01:59:53 - Scheduling Announcement  Further reading on the opening controversy: https://twitter.com/EvilCleverDog/status/1470886547004215300  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo&t=0s

Discussing Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 3: Strange Bedfellows, along with torture, cannibalism, metaphysical dicks, and dragon god sex. It's a ride, y'all.  00:00:00 - Jana from the future has warnings and announcements 00:02:36 - Intro starts 00:10:29 - Content and Spoiler Warnings: Discussion of cannibalism, torture, slavery, sexual content, MAJOR spoilers for Campaign 2!!! 00:13:13 - Cold Open on Torture and Cannibalism 00:18:40 - Out of Game Tidbits (remembering we have a structure) 00:22:35 - Where Are We At? 00:25:15 - Discussion of Always Evil Races 00:28:24 - The Torture Scene 00:33:45 - Metaphysics of Dicks & Straps & Topping as a personality trait 00:37:27 - Pike and the Hole She Leaves 00:41:55 - God Talk 00:45:05 - MASSIVE CR2 SPOILERS 00:45:50 - Spoilers Over, Scanlan being Creepy 00:47:37 - Greater Restoration Ritual 00:48:20 - MAJOR CR2 SPOILERS 00:50:35 - The Party Moves On 01:03:23 - We Find the Plot. Across a Crevasse. 01:08:10 - The First Vox Machina Planning Session (tm) 01:14:19 - Attacking vs. Exploring 01:21:00 - Screw Democracy, Do It Anyway 01:29:35 - The Purvan Scale 01:37:10 - Outro Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

 Discussing Critical Role Campaign 2: Vox Machina - Episode 2: Into The Greyspine Mines, and many, many vaguely related topics because there's just not a lot going on.  00:00:00 - Intro Music by Curran Son 00:00:17 - Intro 00:04:11 - Content Warnings: Loss of Autonomy, Violence, Gore 00:05:11 - Spoiler Warnings: Campaign 1, minor Campaign 2 spoilers 00:06:40 - Out of Game Tidbits 00:08:55 - A Rocky Horror Tangent 00:10:40 - Shirt Choices, Content Warning: Incest jokes? 00:12:03 - The Author is Ideologically Blocked on Twitter 00:12:58 - More Shirts and other Early Game Nostalgia 00:15:08 - Where We Left Off Last Episode 00:16:15 - The Actual Episode Recap Starts - Greyspine Negotiation Shenanigans 00:19:15 - The Foreman 00:28:40 - Attack on House Thunderbrand 2: Swedish Dwarf Boogaloo 00:42:40 - Son of Syngorn Goes Shopping 00:44:10 - Suspiciously Timely Concerns about Kith & Kin (and assassin school which is for assassins) 00:46:10 - The Inevitable Perc'ahlia Tangent: ARROWS!!! 00:50:00 - Back to the Episode, Into the Mines 00:54:05 - What Even Is Darkvision 00:56:36 - There Is Combat (With Mind Control Elements) 01:01:20 - Bal's Gun Show 01:03:30 - Back to the Combat and more Vision Shenanigans 01:13:03 - No Rest Allowed 01:18:14 - The Purvan Scale 01:27:30 - Effervescent 01:29:13 - Outro 01:31:58 - Jana From The Future   Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru  Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo

 Discussing Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 1: Arrival at Kraghammer and why it might not be the best episode to start your Critical Role journey with - but also certainly not the worst.  00:00:00 - Jana from the future has something to say 00:01:30 – Intro 00:02:40 – Gushing about Artwork 00:03:53 – Content Warnings: Sexual Content, Sex Work, Mention of Attempted Rape, Death of Civillians, Fantasy Racism 00:05:12 – Spoiler Warnings: CR2, Beauregard's Backstory, Reani 00:06:08 – Out of Game Tidbits 00:08:40 – How do we feel about the intro movies? 00:16:22 – What Happened So Far/Why the Comics Are Not Canon (to us) 00:19:21 – Episode Recap starts 00:26:32 – The Party Splits (CN: Sexual Content, Sex Work) 00:29:42 – Tiberius casts spells at a house for 5 minutes 00:30:40 – Back to the Bear Bar 00:34:15 – On to the mines 00:35:00 – The Fight Scene (CN: Civilian Casualties) 00:37:43 – How Do You Want To Do This? The Cultural Impact Thereof 00:40:08 – 5E and What Even Are Rules 00:42:50 – Combat Review 00:44:13 - Highly Ironic Philosophizing About Audio Quality 00:46:22 – The Inevitable Perc'ahlia Tangent 00:47:47 – General Characterization and Worldbuilding Tangent 00:51:30 – A Gay Bar full of Bears 00:52:25 – Pillars of Eternity On The Brain 00:53:57 – Matt playing female NPCs 00:56:26 – Are any of Matt's female NPCs straight? 00:58:28 – Bal's Gun Show 01:03:01 – Sex Work on Critical Role (CN: Sexual Content, Sex Work) 01:06:56 - What a Shawm Is (And Isn't) 01:09:09 – Grab Bag of Whatever Else to Talk About (CN: Sexism) 01:12:14 – Hints of a Very Different Game (CN: Sex Work, Mention of Attempted Rape) 01:16:26 – Not the Best Place to Start? 01:22:15 – The Purvan Scale 01:33:28 – Be Nice to People Doing Something New 01:34:35 – Outro Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru  Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo&t=0s

It's Session 0 of Critical Role-Back! Here we go over our general plans for and approach to this podcast, how we're going to handle trigger and spoiler warnings, and just who we are and why we're doing this.  00:00:00 – Lovely Intro Music by Curran Son 00:01:07 – What exactly is this? 00:02:43 – Content Warning Policy 00:03:15 – Spoiler Policy 00:04:21 – Podcast structure explained 00:07:11 – The Purvan Scale 00:18:15 – This is a Labor of Love, not of unconditional positivity 00:19:48 – Trigger Warnings (what we're going to warn about and what you should just expect every episode) 00:30:17 – Our discussion of warning about blood goes a little out of hand with the examples, so tw/cn: Discussion of blood in many, many forms 00:35:09 – The cast tries not to be assholes, and we try not to be assholes 00:38:00 – Orion Acaba 00:43:35 – Who are we, anyway? 00:55:55 – Messages from the future 00:58:00 – Additional content warnings 01:00:23 – First episode announcement  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/CRBackPodcast Find us on tumblr: https://criticalrolebackpodcast.tumblr.com/ Support our artist Lulafia: https://twitter.com/Tyurru Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo