C4E027 Complicated Questions
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Runtime
4h 47m 45s
New Level 5s
The Old Laws
Questions with Tsul’rekshi
- “Young Lord Wicander. Halovar, priestly house of Tansul, Shaper of the Sun. In the absence of a Shaper, how did your family retain their sorcerous abilities?”—Tsul’rekshi
- “What’s up with the paint?”—Tyranny
- Extra non-question in exchange for previous question having an ellipsis: testing Wick’s blood—Tsul’rekshi
- “The paint that currently coats the theater, the one that was given to me, in theory, and brought there, what is its intended purpose and what is its composure? What is it? And what is it made manifest for?”—Bolaire
- “From where if you are indeed aasimar and the blood of angels flows in your veins, then yes, your sorcerous ability is obvious. There are some many thousands upon thousands of luxes of the Candescent Creed. I’ve seen them cast spells. Even an angel doesn’t have that much blood. Where are they getting their power from? Where do the luxes of the Candescent Creed draw their strength from? How are they gifted?”—Tsul’rekshi
- “How was your client so capable in obtaining a artifact such as this? Also to know that you had the ability to rend it as you did.”—Bolaire
- “...what’s, you know, the birds that hide their eggs in other birds’ nests?”—Tsul’rekshi
- “What did you detect in my blood? What sort of ancestor, what type of blood?... Is there a type of.... Be this aasimar blood, celestial, demonic, fiendish?”—Wicander
- “Where is this angel you are bleeding dry?”—Tsul’rekshi
- “Wait, what, for real? He’s here in Dol-Makjar?”—Tsul’rekshi
- “What would occur should the river of Gavzidra come in contact with the fabric of the Old Path?”—Julien
- “I said: Sister of the Pit, my lot is to protect the angel that is next to me. Do you have anything for me, as I walk a very dangerous road that is going to be caught between my nature and my lot in life.”—Tyranny
HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing:
| Timestamp | Description |
|---|---|
| 00:02:30 | The Photarch is still taking meetings |
| 00:05:25 | Why would you wash wigs? |
| 00:06:35 | Nobody cares about the death of an improv troupe |
| 00:10:20 | No fairy doors (House Halovar hates religious symbols) |
| 00:13:05 | Thaisha is back |
| 00:13:55 | Critical Role Announcement Playhouse |
| 00:14:45 | Audio description |
| 00:19:30 | Intro cinematic |
| 00:20:50 | EPISODE STARTS (packed table) |
| 00:21:50 | No recap |
| 00:25:45 | Thimble sees dead Occtis |
| 00:27:00 | Occtis didn’t write his paper (Wick and Tyranny’s fashion montage) |
| 00:31:45 | I am Teor (This is the start of a very chaotic catch-up) |
| 00:43:50 | Wick is a nonce and a ninny |
| 00:47:15 | Song of Nightstone |
| 00:49:05 | Sam’s goblet (Mara) |
| 00:50:55 | Vaelus meets Tyranny and Wick |
| 00:52:20 | Sharing letters (Song of Songsong) |
| 01:00:15 | Occtis gives Azune whatever, no questions asked |
| 01:02:35 | What do we do now? |
| 01:05:40 | How good was Thjazi? |
| 01:11:05 | Kattigan needs enrichment in his enclosure |
| 01:17:55 | Brennan guides them away from suspecting Thjazi |
| 01:22:15 | Kibbidinkedaz (and nat 20 on the gems) |
| 01:25:00 | WTF, Murray is level 5 |
| 01:26:10 | Gems are stones |
| 01:30:10 | Tyranny stands up for Wick |
| 01:35:00 | Splitting into groups |
| 01:38:55 | Julien passes on the message to Thimble |
| 01:39:55 | Dr. Halter Top |
| 01:40:55 | Just guys being bros |
| 01:42:40 | Vaelus has what she came for (we’re recording this) |
| 01:44:40 | BREAK STARTS |
| 01:55:10 | BREAK ENDS |
| 01:57:10 | Wick has had a hard time |
| 01:59:30 | Occtis and Teor |
| 02:02:35 | Murray levels up |
| 02:04:35 | Azune and the legal team |
| 02:07:35 | Clench your balls (Azune crashes out) |
| 02:13:55 | Azune scores ice cream |
| 02:16:40 | Nobody knows Azune |
| 02:25:10 | The Photarch Team |
| 02:30:00 | Thaisha dunks on Cruelty yet again |
| 02:33:20 | Pet friendly church |
| 02:36:25 | There’s a snake in my pants |
| 02:40:50 | The Photarch cold reads Kattigan |
| 02:43:25 | Framing Teor |
| 02:47:35 | Kattigan blows it immediately |
| 02:50:40 | Thaisha rats out Enmity (please… be cool) |
| 02:53:10 | The Photarch gives notes on the play |
| 02:56:30 | Well now they can’t delay the play |
| 03:02:30 | Kattigan is hunted |
| 03:04:35 | Thaisha’s familiar goes for the basement (Hal has artistic integrity) |
| 03:06:05 | Fiend team |
| 03:10:20 | There are so many fiends here |
| 03:12:30 | Hollis was here the whole time |
| 03:15:50 | Your whole operation needs to be tightened up |
| 03:17:15 | The Knife and Pigment |
| 03:20:40 | Tsul’rekshi |
| 03:25:10 | A token of favor |
| 03:28:30 | OMG Tsul, you can’t just ask people if they were conscious in the pit (bods that rock) |
| 03:30:00 | Tyranny has a fan |
| 03:32:50 | Teor serves the light |
| 03:34:55 | A legitimate business |
| 03:41:20 | Tsul really didn’t know how the Halovars worked |
| 03:45:50 | Wick is an aasimar |
| 03:46:50 | New rules with the dot-dot-dot |
| 03:48:00 | The truth of the paint |
| 03:54:00 | Where do the Luxes get their spells |
| 03:56:50 | The Cloak |
| 03:59:35 | Wick outplayed the demon |
| 04:05:15 | Tyranny’s question |
| 04:08:20 | Tyranny is level 5 |
| 04:10:55 | The beam comes inside |
| 04:12:00 | King team |
| 04:15:40 | Thimble hits it off with Gus |
| 04:16:40 | Occtis gets called out immediately (but then gets retconned) |
| 04:22:00 | Do you believe in destiny |
| 04:23:50 | Thimble laughs at ‘seed’ |
| 04:25:50 | He’s so hot |
| 04:28:10 | Turns out, they make you a king when you win a revolution |
| 04:34:35 | Splitting the letter |
| 04:35:50 | A seed |
| 04:42:00 | Murray drops a big portent |
| 04:47:15 | 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.
Week 2
Episodes in week: C4E027.
Day
6
Priest’s Day / Solaire
28th Trozemere
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Day
7
Weaver’s Day / Luniere
29th Trozemere
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Day
8
Hunter’s Day / Chassaire
30th Trozemere
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Day
9
Victor’s Day / Victoire
31st Trozemere
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Day
10
Smith’s Day / Forgiere
32nd Trozemere
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Day
11
Farmer’s Day / Viére
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Day
12
Trader’s Day / Marchandiere
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| Spells | Leveled Spells Only | Spell Levels |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Character | Spell | Base level | Cast at | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thaisha | Guidance | Cantrip | Cantrip | on Murray |
| Wicander | Aid | 2 | 2 | on Halandil, Thaisha, and Kattigan |
| Thaisha | Guidance | Cantrip | Cantrip | on Wicander |
| Thaisha | Find Familiar | 1 | - | via Wild Companion |
| Halandil | Enhance Ability | 2 | 2 | on self, Charisma |
| Halandil | Minor Illusion | Cantrip | Cantrip | |
| Vaelus | Guidance | Cantrip | Cantrip | on Murray |
| Azune | Guidance | Cantrip | Cantrip | on self |
PC natural 20s
Total: 4
| Timestamp | Character | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 00:03:23 | Wicander | Stealth Check to hide his identity from Olgud |
| 00:31:28 | Julien | Perception Check to notice Callowyn Royce’s bracers on Teor |
| 01:23:30 | Murray | Arcana Check with advantage on the gems used at the Palazzo Davinos |
| 03:02:34 | Kattigan | Insight Check on Photarch Yanessa’s intentions for him |
PC natural 1s
Total: 1
| Timestamp | Character | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 02:48:07 | Kattigan | Deception Check on Photarch Yanessa regarding Wicander’s betrayal |
Total: 26
| Timestamp | Item | Payer | Recipient | How obtained | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:06:13 | sopping wet blonde wig | Olgud | Wicander | gave | |
| 00:06:53 | Obalad's coffin | The Hallowed Round | party | retrieved | |
| 00:07:07 | sundry costume items | The Hallowed Round | Tyranny | took | |
| 00:07:57 | damaged Pariah blades | The Hallowed Round | Bolaire | retrieved | |
| 00:30:02 | Obalad's coffin | party | - | set down | |
| 00:35:22 | thimbleful of Yahrgraz | Halandil | Thimble | gave | |
| 01:00:17 | Tachonis correspondence | Occtis | Azune | gave | |
| 01:08:29 | Tachonis correspondence | Azune | Occtis | took | |
| 01:22:18 | Kibbenimkedaz | Occtis | Murray | gave | |
| 01:22:52 | gemstones | Occtis | - | laid out | |
| 01:22:52 | books, papers | Occtis | - | laid out | |
| 01:22:52 | Tachonis journal | Occtis | - | laid out | |
| 01:22:52 | schematics of Tannesar | Occtis | - | laid out | |
| 01:22:52 | Seremai correspondence | Occtis | - | laid out | |
| 01:22:52 | Tachonis journal | Occtis | - | laid out | |
| 02:00:14 | petrification antivenom potion x 2 | Occtis | Teor | gave | |
| 02:00:55 | Seremai sword | Teor | Occtis | gave | |
| 02:20:40 | Tachonis correspondence | Occtis | Azune | gave | |
| 02:21:41 | blank glyph | Murray | Azune | gave | |
| 02:21:41 | metamagic gems, unknown type and number | Murray | Azune | gave | |
| 02:40:02 | Candle Feast cookie | Halovar servants | Thaisha | gave | |
| 02:56:08 | edited script | Yanessa Halovar | Halandil | gave | |
| 03:25:18 | token of Tsul’rekshi's favor | Tsul’rekshi | Bolaire | gifted | |
| 04:34:59 | half of Tachonis correspondence | Azune | King Augustus Valian | gave | |
| 04:36:17 | cherry seed from the Miller's Road | King Augutus Valian | Thimble | gifted | |
| 04:36:22 | cherry seed from the Miller's Road | Thimble | Occtis | gave |
Total: 3
| Name | First mention | First appearance | Race (if given) | Identifier (if relevant) | Description (if given) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsul'rekshi | C4E024 Good Tidings at 03:32:03 | C4E027 Complicated Questions at 03:20:28 | Fiend | Runs Knife and Palette Pigments | "Does not truck in gold, but perhaps in introductions." Wears a disguise of an old woman in fetid rags with a giant paintbrush as a cane. Is actually 12 feet tall, hunched, with spines coming from the middle of her back along her vertebrae. Her enormous head is a tiger's jaw and snout with a wasp's compound eyes and antena with ram's horns curling off the side. Her upper body has huge blood-soaked tiger's claws. She has enormous cloven hooves hoofed in iron, an enormous prehensile tail with tiger striping to it, and a pair of bat wings extending off her back. (She/her) |
| Araq | C4E027 Complicated Questions at 03:18:28 | C4E027 Complicated Questions at 03:18:28 | Fiend | Disguised as a humanoid with her arms caked with vibrant different rainbow colors. Her teeth are all pointed. Out of glamour, she's a withered skeletal hunched simian demon covered in over 1,000 indigo spines that come into a darker shade and then into a lighter purple around her face. She has nine tails that end in barbed spiny lashes. (She/her) | |
| King Gus's deceased partner | C4E027 Complicated Questions at 04:45:28 | C4E027 Complicated Questions at 04:45:28 | King Gus's deceased partner | Was lost in the war for independence. Told Gus that "to realize this hope is your destiny." (He/him) |
Proverbs, Hymns, Quotables
Other Beliefs
Total: 3
| Belief | First Mention | First Mentioned By |
|---|---|---|
| "The purpose of the Light is not to cast judgment upon those who stray or err. The miracle of our aspirants is proof that even those who are born from the Pit itself know the touch of the Light." | C4E027 at 02:41:50 | Photarch Yanessa Halovar |
| "This is a lie to which I will have to beg the Light for forgiveness, as we all can." | C4E027 at 02:43:55 | Photarch Yanessa Halovar |
| "Of course, if I had my way, Mr. Fang, there would be no punishment in death. There would be only reverence and acceptance in Light." | C4E027 at 02:46:02 | Photarch Yanessa Halovar |
Other Vocabulary
This category includes any mention of a bird by Brennan. Things named after birds (i.e. The Crow Keepers) are only counted in Bird Lore. 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 | 9 |
| Unknown | 3 |
| Falcon | 2 |
| Cuckoo | 1 |
| Magpie | 1 |
| Owl | 1 |
| Red-tailed hawk | 1 |
Total: 9
| Timestamp | Species (if given) | Line | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:21:56 | Magpie | "Magpies take to the sky." | |
| 00:22:11 | - | "Approaching this place, birds take flight, gray clouds rumble ominously in the distance and Hal approaches along with Thaisha, Occtis, Vaelus, and Sir Julien Davinos." | |
| 00:46:40 | Falcon | "You saw Thjazi's favorite street food and a falcon's feather by a well of blood, and that was not celestial blood." | |
| 00:51:47 | Falcon | "'Falcon's Rest. The day you told me to light the fire, they had cleared all the falcon's nests off of Falcon's Rest.'" | |
| 01:42:33 | Red-tailed hawk | "You have a little sprig of holly by your side. You look out, see distantly over the Tintazi Wood, that red-tailed hawk in the distance that you know to be a Hannan circling, searching for something on the distance." | |
| 03:33:20 | Owl | "You see that her head turns, owl-like, and fully rotates and you don't hear any bones breaking at all." | |
| 03:45:00 | - | "And a pentagram turns into a beautiful tree of interconnected runes, feathered wings spreading from it." | |
| 03:58:13 | Cuckoo | "'And that they are something of a, what's, you know, the birds that hide their eggs in other birds' nests?'" | |
| 03:58:20 | - | "'Sorry, I'm on this bird thing recently.'" |