re: The Legend of Vox Machina Season 1 thread (full season 1 out now)

Might not want to have any kids in the room. It’s R rated even though it’s a cartoon.

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Yeah, I clued in on that from the trailer. I watched Invincible & The Boys, I think this falls right in line.

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They transpose as much as possible from the original campaign stream (Critical Role). During that stream, they swear constantly.

The first two episodes take from events that took place before the original stream. The third episode basically starts around episode 27 of the stream. (Campaign 1)

Knowing that Kelly Hu plays Anna Ripley, I'm curious how that plays out.

Imagine for a second that you are a screenwriter or director in which the actors are playing characters THEY created, played and grew for 6 years prior.

As far as The Guild...Felicia Day, who founded Geek and Sundry, is responsible for Critical Role being on the air.

I read somewhere that season 2 has already been requested by Amazon.

I’ve enjoyed it so far but I definitely rate this below Invincible. It’s fun and the action is great. Story has kind of sucked though.

Easter Eggs galore

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One he missed: If you take a close look at the symbols in Delilah's book, you see what looks like multiple instances of the letters C, U, N, T in succession. This HAS to be intentional.

I will have to start looking for the Matt Mercer NPC cameos in future episodes. That's a GREAT Easter Egg.

There's still 6 more episodes. They release 3/week.

Since this is not a spoiler from the show because they didn't use it:

In the first Arc, Allura Vysoren tasks them with rescuing Lady Kima (Dwarf Paladin played by Stephanie Beatriz) who has gone missing on a quest from her patron deity in the Underdark. They end up having to fight off a horde of Illithid and an Undead Beholder.

They then have to work for a guild because they killed a bounty without authorization.

Episode 24 is about where the Briarwood Arc starts.

Critical Role live streams their D&D sessions (they are now on Campaign 3); the first two have well over 100 episodes each and run between 2.5 to 4 hours long (much like a regular D&D session). You can also get it in podcast form if, like me, you have longer commutes for work and find yourself looking for something to listen to.

It varies from a lot of other "play podcasts" in that those are intended as podcasts from the start and use less in the way of combat positioning and ranges than Critical Role, as Matt Mercer has the players with their figurines on battle terrain (which has evolved a lot over the episodes).

If you like them you can also try some play podcasts, like The Adventure Zone (featuring the McElroy brothers from My Brother, My Brother and Me plus their dad) or Not Another D&D Podcast (featuring several people from College Humor and Adam Ruins Everything). There's way more out there, but I really liked TAZ season 1 and both seasons of NADDPOD. NADDPOD also does a lot of non-session content, like D&D court and goofy oneshots and sessions (like visiting Donkey Kong island or Sonic the Hedgehog's world).

So yeah, the biggest thing to remember is that the sessions are LONG compared to a TV show and even most movies. Most people don't mind at all, but if you have a bit of trouble with the lower production values during Campaign 1 you CAN skip to Campaign 2 and miss practically nothing, but at the same time Campaign 1 is the reason for their popularity and you'll be missing out.

Notable guest stars included...
Campaign 1: Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton, Chris Hardwick, Joe Manganiello, Jon Heder
Campaign 2: Ashly Burch, Deborah Ann Woll, Micah Burton, and the greatest guest character of all - Spurt, by Chris Perkins

Awesome info, thanks!

Glad I waited a bit to watch VM, so at least now I don't have as long to watch the next eps.