C4E005 Branching Paths
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Runtime
3h 44m 16s
Sam’s Chalice
Campaign Firsts
Sam’s Chalice
Yummy Angel Blood, 02:42:47
A New Revelation!
“And ye shall be tested,” the blind priest said, “through lies and dimness, even your kin will turn against you, but the light will bear the truth.”
HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing:
| Timestamp | Description |
|---|---|
| 00:01:40 | How Thimble feels |
| 00:03:20 | How Teor feels |
| 00:06:05 | How Wick feels |
| 00:08:30 | How Tyranny feels |
| 00:10:15 | How Kattigan feels |
| 00:12:05 | The tracking check |
| 00:15:10 | Critical Role Announcement Playhouse |
| 00:16:10 | Gale on the line |
| 00:20:20 | Laura’s merch corner |
| 00:24:45 | Intro cinematic |
| 00:26:05 | EPISODE STARTS |
| 00:31:20 | Recap ends (Brennan explains how Hollow Ones work) |
| 00:36:10 | Going over what happened |
| 00:40:40 | The nature of the stone |
| 00:46:40 | Vaelen wants the stone |
| 00:48:40 | Julien and Azune |
| 00:54:30 | Murray has had a crazy day (good stone) |
| 00:57:30 | Sorry for your loss, Julien |
| 01:02:30 | Occtis’s second shadow |
| 01:05:25 | Command is subject to vocabulary |
| 01:06:45 | Bolaire got Vaelen into the city |
| 01:08:30 | Aranessa is desperate |
| 01:14:15 | Looks like we’re some kind of Seeker’s Table |
| 01:17:30 | Azune’s idea for the Schemer’s Table |
| 01:20:00 | Occtis was laying down the entire time |
| 01:25:45 | Thanks for coming to my funeral (Saying goodbye to the Seekers) |
| 01:27:40 | Occtis is not going to participate in the group project |
| 01:29:50 | Hal and Thaisha |
| 01:30:50 | Occtis died a virgin |
| 01:32:20 | Just the Schemers |
| 01:39:05 | Back to work (a magpie is born) |
| 01:41:10 | Take out the magpie |
| 01:42:00 | BREAK STARTS |
| 01:54:05 | BREAK ENDS (Ruling on the field is overturned) |
| 01:56:20 | Truck stops on the King’s Highway |
| 02:00:30 | Wick is a man of the wilds |
| 02:03:15 | Would you guess that it’s high noon? |
| 02:05:35 | What do your Ranger Eyes see? |
| 02:06:50 | Learning Araman’s days of the week |
| 02:07:55 | Wick needs to mud up |
| 02:09:20 | Wick needs help off the horse |
| 02:10:20 | Wick is not prepared |
| 02:11:15 | Jibbitz (The Concierge) |
| 02:14:15 | Thimble knows Abalang |
| 02:16:25 | Nick tells Abalang everything |
| 02:18:15 | Saving Abalang |
| 02:25:25 | Damn, we didn’t need to be nice to this guy at all |
| 02:27:10 | Abalang’s life really turned around |
| 02:30:00 | The Tachonis were working with the Crows |
| 02:31:25 | Wick was the weak link in the expedition |
| 02:36:15 | The tail sweep does not help |
| 02:37:20 | Laura finally gets a good roll |
| 02:40:10 | A nixie |
| 02:42:50 | Sam introduces the chalice (It says “Yummy Angel Blood”) |
| 02:43:25 | Hawthorn’s Glade |
| 02:45:55 | If you give a nixie a button |
| 02:48:05 | Stressed fur |
| 02:51:20 | Big folk and little folk |
| 02:57:40 | Wick’s slippers are holding up (archetypal fantasy observatory) |
| 03:01:55 | Demon alarm |
| 03:03:05 | Ulbid Morn |
| 03:08:00 | The observatory (The Stormwrack is getting worse) |
| 03:11:00 | Ulbid doesn’t kiss |
| 03:12:20 | C Pop toys |
| 03:14:55 | Don’t trust this guy (watching the road) |
| 03:19:15 | Thimble needs a tiny sword |
| 03:25:00 | Bedding down for the night |
| 03:29:15 | Kattigan is distracted by a doll |
| 03:31:55 | Ulbid’s daughters |
| 03:41:40 | Sleep paralysis demon |
| 03:42:25 | Sam’s shirt (And so it begins) |
| 03:43:40 | Episode Ends |
Main cast attendance
Aabria Iyengar, Alexander Ward, Ashley Johnson, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Laura Bailey, Liam O’Brien, Luis Carazo, Marisha Ray, Matthew Mercer, Robbie Daymond, Sam Riegel, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, and Whitney Moore.
| Spells | Leveled Spells Only | Spell Levels |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Character | Spell | Base level | Cast at | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kattigan | Guidance | Cantrip | Cantrip | on self |
| Halandil | Healing Word | 1 | 1 | Thaisha healed for 5 points |
| Thaisha | Guidance | Cantrip | Cantrip | on Occtis |
| Bolaire | Command | 1 | 1 | on Vaelus (successful) |
| Bolaire | Command | 1 | 1 | on Vaelus (unsuccessful) |
| Kattigan | Guidance | Cantrip | Cantrip | on Thimble |
| Kattigan | Guidance | Cantrip | Cantrip | on self |
PC natural 20s
Total: 3
| Timestamp | Character | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 02:16:47 | Wicander | Deception Check to convince Abalang he’s “Nick Halovar” |
| 02:25:46 | Tyranny | Persuasion Check with advantage to convince Abalang to not give them away |
| 02:43:52 | Thimble | Deception Check to convince Brookmeadow that she’s looking for Hawthorn’s Glade |
PC natural 1s
Total: 25
| Timestamp | Item | Payer | Where obtained | Recipient | How obtained | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:05:35 | Stone of Nightsong | Murray | Vaelus | taken | ||
| 01:20:39 | House Tachonis signet ring | Occtis | Bolaire | gave | ||
| 01:26:23 | horse | Rohor | Julien | gave | ||
| 01:26:23 | horse | Rohor | Occtis | gave | ||
| 01:26:23 | horse | Rohor | Vaelus | gave | ||
| 01:26:23 | horse | Rohor | Thaisha | gave | ||
| 02:14:03 | symbol of the Candescent Creed | Wicander | Thimble | taken | ||
| 02:14:06 | symbol of the Candescent Creed | Thimble | Abalang | given | ||
| 02:15:45 | fruit leather | Tyranny | Abalang | given | ||
| 02:25:26 | 1gp | Teor | Abalang | gifted | ||
| 02:29:06 | horse | Teor | Abalang | taken | ||
| 02:29:06 | horse | Tyranny | Abalang | taken | ||
| 02:29:06 | horse | Wicander | Abalang | taken | ||
| 02:29:06 | horse | Kattigan | Abalang | taken | ||
| 02:45:54 | button | Thimble | Brookmeadow | gifted | ||
| 03:22:10 | porridge | Ulbid Morn | Kattigan | given | ||
| 03:22:10 | porridge | Ulbid Morn | Teor | given | ||
| 03:22:10 | porridge | Ulbid Morn | Thimble | given | ||
| 03:22:10 | porridge | Ulbid Morn | Tyranny | given | ||
| 03:22:10 | porridge | Ulbid Morn | Wicander | given | ||
| 03:22:27 | venison strips | Ulbid Morn | Kattigan | given | ||
| 03:24:42 | venison strips | Kattigan | Wulferic | given | ||
| 03:27:27 | a bit of fabric | - | Thimble | scavanged | ||
| 03:29:06 | rotting doll | Ulbid Morn | Kattigan | taken | ||
| 03:41:23 | rotting doll | Kattigan | - | thrown |
Total: 5
| Name | First mention | First appearance | Race (if given) | Identifier (if relevant) | Description (if given) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abalang Howl | C4E005 Branching Paths at 02:10:11 | C4E005 Branching Paths at 02:10:11 | Orc | Acquaintance of Thimble | Broad, thick-necked, squat/short, with a thick braided beard. Initially sitting in a gibbet/cage suspended outside an inn on the road outside Dol-Makjar. Imprisoned for attacking and stealing Light from a Candescent Creed caravan. Freed by Thimble in exchange for covering for the group/pretending not to have seen them. Last name also spelled "Howell" in captions. (He/him) |
| Ulbid Morn | C4E005 Branching Paths at 02:28:16 | C4E005 Branching Paths at 03:03:03 | Gnome | Friend of Abalang | Arcanist who studies the weather and movement of clouds to determine if the Barrowdell of the Stormwrack is diminishing/remaining the same/getting worse. Has a remote dwelling with a lookout tower. Old, deep brown skin, huge eyebrows that look like hats made of fur, long white mustache, adorable spherical nose. (He/him) |
| Brookmeadow | C4E005 Branching Paths at 02:40:18 | C4E005 Branching Paths at 02:40:18 | Naiad/nixie | Brook fairy, about seven inches tall, offers Thimble help. Saw Cyd pass by. Mentions Hawthorn's Glade. (She/her) | |
| Jasavi | C4E005 Branching Paths at 03:11:20 | Ulbid's wife (deceased) | Married to Ulbid for many, many years. (She/her) | ||
| Cerebel, Demuriel, and Elanadel | C4E005 Branching Paths at 03:18:22 | Gnome | Ulbid's daughters | Left to join the Falconer's Rebellion and have not returned in 15 years |
This category includes any mention of a bird by Brennan. Things named after birds (i.e. The Crow Keepers) are not counted. Things associated with birds (i.e. feathers), metaphors, idioms, and catchphrases including birds (i.e. “I can still hear the falcon’s cry”), and actual birds are counted on all mentions.
Summary
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Total | 7 |
| Chicken | 1 |
| Falcon | 1 |
| Grouse | 1 |
| Guinea fowl | 1 |
| Hens | 1 |
| Hummingbird | 1 |
| Magpie | 1 |
Total: 7
| Timestamp | Species (if given) | Line |
|---|---|---|
| 01:39:49 | Magpie | "Hal, you look out on the windowsill. There's a little nest on the second floor. You see a magpie looks down, hops to one side. A tiny little beak begins to poke out of an egg on your window sill. You know she'd been there for some time, but it escaped your mind. The last couple weeks have been so busy. You see a tiny little beak start to chip away at an egg. [...] This little bird sees its home city for the first time. [...] The magpie flutters off to one side and you look out at your city." |
| 02:56:55 | Hummingbird | "You can see that there are small hummingbirds, iridescent colors that are bathing in the flowers." |
| 02:58:50 | Guinea fowl | "You see that there is a yard that has some guinea fowl around it. The guinea fowl are very stressfully just pecking at seeds and some feed right around a cliff's edge that just drops 85 feet straight down." |
| 03:03:00 | Chicken | "Chickens come out of the front door as a much older gnomish man walks out, deep brown skin, eyebrows that look like hats made of fur, just huge." |
| 03:07:32 | Grouse | "You see, he goes, 'Well, all right, be careful around those grouse. There's a false ledge on the other side of the cliff and they often evade predators by going there and falling over the edge and pow.'" |
| 03:31:04 | Hens | "...You see he goes over, he's like-- final things he's doing is he ushers the little hens back into a coop that he locks up as it's getting dark." |
| 03:36:50 | Falcon (oblique mention) | "'My daughters would've loved you. They heard the cry.'" |