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
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