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C4E035 Lead the Way

C4E034 Rock and Flame
C4E036 Spectacle

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Thumbnail for Critical Role IV episode 35, with a green emblem around the episode number and compass arrows in the bottom corners. A split image having the effect of cracked plaster, with photos of Ashley and Robbie, and art of Kattigan and Vaelus on the right. Ashley looks forward, confused but listening intently. Robbie is mid-sentence, his brow furrowed in thought. Kattigan is a tan-skinned muscular human with long brown hair draping over his shoulders and a short beard. He grins mischievously. Three scars streak down across the right side of his face over his eye. He wears a dark gray sleeveless vest open in the front. A necklace bearing a curved tooth hangs above his hairy chest. A strap across his body carries three corked potion vials, one containing purple liquid, one red, and one green. Vaelus is a purple-skinned elf with long straight white hair reaching past her waist. Two long locks of the hair are braided with metal pins placed into them, swinging to the side as she moves gracefully. She wears a chainmail veil covering the lower half of her face and a short-sleeved green leather shirt laced up to her neck. Chains loop through rings attached around her waist and across her left shoulder. Her purple skin has patterns of oranges, pinks, greens, and blues on the left side of her face.

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Runtime

3h 22m 44s

Cold Open End 0:00:00

Episode Start 0:10:36

Break Start 1:53:57

Break End 2:02:31

Ad Skit

The white text “VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED” over a black background. On hover, the image changes to Laura, Liam, and Sam sitting at the Critical Role Announcement Playhouse table. Sam eats a spoonful of strawberry ice cream and kimchi, his mouth wide as he looking into the camera. Laura and Liam look disgusted. Laura is covering her nose and mouth with her hands. Liam is blocking his vision of Sam with his hands and looking directly into the camera. In front of Sam are eight bowls of food with spoons coming out of them. Two hotdogs are coming out of one of the bowls. A shot glass of Malört is next to the bowls.

Running Bird Count

212

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New Character Cards

Look at Bolaire 👀

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HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing:

Created by Flando Maltrizian, Master of Time(stamps)
Timestamp Description
0:01:05 Sam gives up control
0:05:00 It’s over, the food is gone (Laura’s merch corner)
0:06:10 Sam gases the cast
0:09:15 Intro cinematic
0:10:35 EPISODE STARTS (almost missed the recap)
0:13:35 Recap Ends
0:17:15 Proposing a move to the Dol-Makjar glade
0:25:00 They finally bring up the dragon (not a lot of other choices)
0:28:20 Shuffa remembers Wick
0:30:20 Sallow rallies the fey (making new undead)
0:37:10 Taking the fair folk to the new glade
0:39:00 30 people in Dol-Makjar (Skinner doesn’t get to put his hat in Teor)
0:40:30 Hawthorn merges with the tree
0:44:40 Shuffa is a big Creed fan
0:46:00 Sallow makes the lake more dangerous
0:48:20 Looting bodies
0:52:20 Kattigan and Julian
0:55:00 Vaelus barely talks (Julian almost apologizes)
0:57:30 Bolaire’s body is having a bad time
1:00:00 Julian lays out motivations (Freedom)
1:03:05 Does the soul or mind go into the theater? (Bolaire fights and breathes)
1:06:50 Dame Seramai is trying to get with Occtis
1:09:05 Pimley immediately shoots the party (he sold out Demodus)
1:13:05 Pimley doesn’t recognize Bolaire
1:15:00 A rich man’s secret or a poor man’s secret
1:18:30 Pimley is super cool with being tied up
1:21:20 Thimble and Ulbid
1:26:25 Ulbid actually knows about shadow stuff (but also has a lot going on right now)
1:28:55 Thimble is back at Ulbid’s
1:31:25 Pimley tries to get out of the box
1:34:45 Pimley is in over his head (The Halovars are moving a lot of souls)
1:42:50 Everyone looks at the skull, nobody looks at the light
1:45:10 Pimley doesn’t want to hear about Bolaire
1:48:40 Pimley actually cares about his cousins
1:50:00 Thimble and Julian
1:53:55 BREAK STARTS
2:02:25 BREAK ENDS
2:05:15 Vaelus doesn’t need to protect Occtis
2:07:00 Julian fell asleep with his shoes on
2:08:55 Vaelus trains with Julian
2:11:55 Wulfric is a good boy
2:16:40 Turnip measuring contest (quiche)
2:17:30 Follow the eyes
2:19:30 Justin sees his face (Occtis is a wet blanket)
2:22:15 Bad eggs (refilling animate dead)
2:28:30 Into the theater
2:30:00 The Creed guy is not doing well
2:32:40 Pierce tells them everything
2:36:30 Lux Bridges is running a low-budget Creed
2:43:30 The Creed are flammable
2:45:50 Matt is hyped up by Brennan being a hardass (no convenient trees)
2:49:30 Ulbid talks to Vaelus about her sacrifice
2:53:55 Occtis and Thimble
2:56:50 Setting clear boundaries with Pimley
3:00:05 Cura Sligh (Thimble has a weird family setup)
3:03:30 Taliesin accidentally tries to start a scene within the scene
3:05:30 The worst apple (they have 5 fast travel points)
3:08:40 Gus came to Sloak
3:09:50 Pimley is so happy Demodus is alive
3:10:40 Hawkins and Dame Morgaine
3:14:35 Julien is a dawg
3:15:50 Pin barely avoided the Divine Sense
3:17:40 Demodus is doing great
3:19:35 Mini-griffin
3:22:10 Episode Ends

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Full time Gameplay time Game 1st half Game 2nd half Mid break 1st start Ad start Ad end 1st end 2nd start 2nd end
3h 22m 44s 3h 2m 22s 1h 43m 21s 1h 19m 1s 8m 34s 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:10:36 1:53:57 2:02:31 3:21:32

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Main cast attendance

Alexander Ward, Ashley Johnson, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Laura Bailey, Matthew Mercer, Robbie Daymond, and Taliesin Jaffe.

Absent

Aabria Iyengar, Liam O’Brien, Luis Carazo, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, Travis Willingham, and Whitney Moore.

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Week 3

Episodes in week: C4E035.

13
Priest’s Day / Solaire
35th Trozemere
14
Weaver’s Day / Luniere
36th Trozemere
15
Hunter’s Day / Chassaire
37th Trozemere
16
Victor’s Day / Victoire
38th Trozemere
17
Smith’s Day / Forgiere
39th Trozemere
18
Farmer’s Day / Viére
40th Trozemere
19
Trader’s Day / Marchandiere
41st Trozemere
World
  • Pimley Morn arrives at his uncle's home [ep. 35]
  • King Augustus Valian of Timmony and his entourage, including Demodus Blix, visit the newly appointed Baroness of Sloak, Winifred Cosgrove [ep. 35]
Soldiers
Seekers
  • Thimble guides the faeries of Hawthorn's Glade and Ulbid Morn to the cherry tree outside Dol-Makjar [ep. 35]
  • Rest of group meets Pimley Morn back at Ulbid Morn's home and Bolaire remembers him from the poker game at the Seven Stars and how he sold out Demodus Blix to the Crowkeepers [ep. 35]
  • Ulbid Morn begins setting up protections around the cherry tree and speaks with Thimble about carrying wounds with strength and silence [ep. 35]
  • After a failed escape attempt, Pimley Morn explains to the group the underground soul trade of House Halovar in Dol-Makjar and beyond and mentions seeing a large shipment going to Venatus by order of Zebani Halovar to Segundus Tachonis [ep. 35]
  • Ulbid Morn finishes setting up protections around the cherry tree after working through the night and he and Thimble return to his home [ep. 35]
  • Julien begins training Vaelus in how to fight without divine guidance [ep. 35]
  • Group recruits Pimley Morn to aid in the rescue of his cousins [ep. 35]
  • Bolaire leads interogation of Candescent Creed follower Pierce and learns he and his group were chosen by Lux Bridges to burn Hawthorn's Glade, capture and kill its faeries, and retrieve its shattered moon crystal for Archlux Lapid of Arderin [ep. 35]
  • Occtis realizes that Lux Bridges recruited expelled seminarians of the Candescent Creed and administered their tattoos with filament diluted with lamp oil [ep. 35]
  • Group plus Ulbid Morn, Pimley Morn, Clauny, and four Black Rabbits head into Timmony on the Miller's Road [ep. 35]
  • Group exits tree in Sloak and discovers King Augustus Valian and his entourage, including Demodus Blix, are in town along with Dame Morgaine and Sir Hawkins [ep. 35]
Schemers

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NOTE: Numbers represent damage as dealt, taking into account resistances and other effects, and may differ from the damage as rolled.

Total: 0

Character Damage dealt
Thimble 0
Kattigan 0
Julien 0
Occtis 0
Vaelus 0
Bolaire 0

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NOTE: Numbers represent damage as taken, taking into account resistances and other effects, and may differ from the damage as rolled.

Total: 13

Character Damage taken
Thimble 0
Kattigan 0
Julien 0
Occtis 0
Vaelus 13
Bolaire 0

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Total: 11

Character Healing performed
Thimble 0
Kattigan 11
Julien 0
Occtis 0
Vaelus 0
Bolaire 0

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Totals
Spells Leveled Spells Only Spell Levels
14 7 14
Character Spell Base level Cast at Notes
Occtis Animate Dead 3 3 on poacher corpse
Kattigan Cure Wounds 1 1 Occtis heals 15 points
Thimble Druidcraft Cantrip - via Fairy Magic
Kattigan Cure Wounds 1 1 Vaelus heals 11 points
Thimble Druidcraft Cantrip - via Fairy Magic
Thimble Enlarge/Reduce 2 - via Fairy Magic
Thimble Druidcraft Cantrip - via Fairy Magic
Thimble Enlarge/Reduce 2 - via Fairy Magic
Thimble Druidcraft Cantrip - via Fairy Magic
Occtis Prestidigitation Cantrip Cantrip
Occtis Prestidigitation Cantrip Cantrip
Bolaire Hunger of Hadar 3 3
Thimble Druidcraft Cantrip - via Fairy Magic
Thimble Enlarge/Reduce 2 - via Fairy Magic

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Total: 8

Character Ability/Feature/Trait Type From Notes
Thimble Fairy Magic Species Feature Fairy
Thimble Fairy Magic Species Feature Fairy
Thimble Fairy Magic Species Feature Fairy
Thimble Fairy Magic Species Feature Fairy
Thimble Fairy Magic Species Feature Fairy
Thimble Fairy Magic Species Feature Fairy
Thimble Fairy Magic Species Feature Fairy
Thimble Fairy Magic Species Feature Fairy

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PC natural 1s

Total: 2

Timestamp Character Description
1:45:34 Thimble Deception Check with disadvantage to obscure Bolaire’s nature from Pimley
2:46:30 Thimble Survival Check to navigate the Miller’s Road

DM natural 20s

Total: 1

Timestamp Character Description
0:41:02 Sallow Unknown Check to place Hawthorn on the cherry tree

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Total Long: 1

Total Short: 0

Timestamp Long or Short Characters
2:02:58 Long Bolaire, Julien, Kattigan, Occtis, Vaelus

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Total: 24

Timestamp Item Payer Recipient How obtained Notes
0:32:07 reagents Occtis - used
0:36:30 Armor of Shadows Coat Ulbid Morn Bolaire returned
0:36:30 Divination shielding ring Ulbid Morn Bolaire returned
0:48:42 potion of healing Candescent Creed fanatics Occtis looted
0:48:42 potion of healing Candescent Creed fanatics Occtis looted
0:48:42 potion of healing Candescent Creed fanatics Occtis looted
0:48:42 potion of healing Candescent Creed fanatics Occtis looted
0:48:51 82gp Candescent Creed fanatics Occtis looted
0:49:50 cold iron shavings - Kattigan looted
0:49:53 cold iron shavings - Julien looted
0:50:40 crystal ball - Occtis looted
0:56:07 wire trap Occtis Vaelus gave No indication as to when precisely Occtis picks this up
1:48:17 bottle of wine - Julien drank
1:52:57 supplies for Ulbid - Thimble retrieved given to Ulbid off screen
2:17:28 quiche - Kattigan made
2:17:28 quiche Kattigan party fed
2:22:40 dead pheasant Wulferic Occtis gave
2:23:24 dead pheasant Occtis - obliterates
2:23:24 reagents - Occtis created
3:05:34 crab apple - Kattigan picked
3:20:53 pint of ale Brauwla Bolaire purchased
3:20:53 pint of ale Brauwla Bolaire purchased
3:20:59 pint of ale Bolaire Occtis gave
3:21:42 1sp Bolaire Brauwla’s tavern spent Taliesin says he spent a silver at this timestamp, for two pints

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Total: 1

Name First mention First appearance Race (if given) Identifier (if relevant) Description (if given)
Archlux Lapid C4E035 Lead the Way at 2:36:16 Archlux of the cathedral in Arderin

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Total: 1

Timestamp Kiss
0:47:58 Temelow gives Thimble a little kiss

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Other Vocabulary

Total: 1

Word or Phrase Quote First Appearance First Used By
Glimmer "I was the Glimmer to [the Lux] and he was to set me on the path of righteousness..." C4E035 at 2:32:41 Pierce

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Laura, Liam, and Sam sitting at the Critical Role Announcement Playhouse table. Sam eats a spoonful of strawberry ice cream and kimchi, his mouth wide as he looking into the camera. Laura and Liam look disgusted. Laura is covering her nose and mouth with her hands. Liam is blocking his vision of Sam with his hands and looking directly into the camera. In front of Sam are eight bowls of food with spoons coming out of them. Two hotdogs are coming out of one of the bowls. A shot glass of Malört is next to the bowls.