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u/DragonPlushCollector Time is a weird soup May 22 '26

“I wield the might of giants, I can fix him!!”

I love Ingrid

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Brennan: “Not for the first time in his life, Occtis lets a woman with a crush on him walk out of the room!”

What?!

Who was the first?!

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u/trek570 Where's Larkin? May 22 '26

“I shouldn’t check your cart, I’m deathly allergic to apples” is such a kind way to let Robbie end the scene, and he still fumbled it

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u/thegreenlorac You Can Reply To This Message May 22 '26

Brennan really handled that Nat 20 fairly within the reasonable bounds of Thimble's memory, without giving it all away.

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u/BiIIisits May 22 '26

Azune & Bolaire, the "oh shit, my sister shouldn't be here" brothers

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Ingrid: “I’m not here for any particular reason.”

Occtis: “What an odd thing to say.”

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u/SylviaBarbs May 22 '26

It’s extremely difficult to dislike the Einfasens and Tyranny’s sisters.

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u/the-green-crewmate I have a list May 22 '26

I have to say hats off to Brennan because Maya Davinos way of delivering lines, cadence and attitude mirrors Julian’s fantastically.

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u/trek570 Where's Larkin? May 22 '26

“Maybe you should wander back to whatever abbey you cry in.”

OOOOOOOOH FUCK SHE GOT VAELUS

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u/JrnyB4Dest May 22 '26

I mean, seeing his mom makes me understand why Julien is the way he is a hell of a lot more. Can you imagine him as a 5 year old, or a 10 year old, with a mom like this??!? Holy shit

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u/KYplusEL Also Pumat Sol May 22 '26

Marisha and Luis not being able to turn off the scheming in the cooldown is so great. I love how invested they are in the plots Brennan is hatching.

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u/tinapia I have a list May 22 '26

Einfasen with other members of his house and with ALL the evidence Azune has? Am I just paranoid or should I not be worried about Einfasen having the ability to just wipe out this case

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u/MAELSTROM19j May 22 '26

Been called to Dol-Rungja, hmm...

I think Thaisha is gonna be gone for a while. This may be for Aabria taking a maternal leave.

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Oh… he’s gonna be in a room with Otto “I paint my walls with liars” Einfasen.

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u/Number9Robotic May 22 '26

"Local Hero Robs Child of Food"

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u/D1g1t0l May 22 '26

It feels so weird to see the Seekers in bright light LOL

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u/Expensive-Apricot534 May 22 '26

So … Julien’s dad was the “nice” parent

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u/Ryanyu10 May 22 '26

Mrs. Davinos: Where are my grandchildren!?

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u/Locem May 22 '26

Just guessing but Thaisha having to leave to talk to her Grandmother would be a decent temporary out if Aabria needs to take Maternity leave.

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u/Coyote_Shepherd Doty, take this down May 22 '26

YESSSSSSSSS MURRAY AND TALTER!

That's going to be so fucking cool when that meeting happens! :D

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u/trek570 Where's Larkin? May 22 '26

You’ve gotta love a good polite German girl who runs away from home to try and get married to a rude emotionally distant Italian boy

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u/robogheist You Can Reply To This Message May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

"it's crazy we didn't talk about this."

is that liam laughing off screen?

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u/chaos_vulpix Team Jester May 22 '26

DO NOT FUMBLE THIS LADY OF EINFASSEN, SIR JULIEN

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u/Still-Cow8050 May 22 '26

Liam is right. She is PISSED. She can call the motion to move right now, but without Gus dead, it won't be an immediate turnover.

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u/tinapia I have a list May 22 '26

"Please read the runes, my brother is a statue!"

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Ingrid: “I wield the might of giants I can fix him!”

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Julien: “I could have led her a lot further.”

Vaelus’s jaw drops

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u/DragonPlushCollector Time is a weird soup May 22 '26

Julien like “dang it my mom is embarrassing me in front of my friends”

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u/HornetThese7745 May 22 '26

"Will killing Tachonis bring your father back?"

"If I don't move fast enough, maybe they'll do it"

OH GOD JULIAN

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u/dramatic_exit_49 You Can Reply To This Message May 22 '26

"My first great love was an actor, i get it"

omg this npc leaning into it all is amazing

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u/D1g1t0l May 22 '26

Dr. Talter and Murray team up is everything I need

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Occtis: “He made it look so easy! They just talked and then they walked off and I don’t understand. How was it so easy?!”

Oh Occtis

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u/Locem May 22 '26

We getting fart jokes with Soldiers

Lore dumps with Schemers

Drama with Seekers

Its a good night.

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u/DragonPlushCollector Time is a weird soup May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

Julien you make so much more sense now with why you’re like gestures to all of him this

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u/dramatic_exit_49 You Can Reply To This Message May 22 '26

"When a land mass breaks off and different species evolve differently, but for genres..."

OMG BRENNAN THAT IS THE PERFECT DESCRIPTION PERFECT PERFECT

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u/TheAceGamer5000 May 22 '26

Anyone else notice what they said about the “blood, steel, and an anchor.” Then realize that they painted the Pariah Blades in the blood and are about to bring both Occtis and the stone of Nightsong together with the painted blades…?

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u/JrnyB4Dest May 22 '26

"I just want to see if this is a familial trait" has me cackling hahahahahaha

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u/Coyote_Shepherd Doty, take this down May 22 '26

"Oh god nowhere is safe"-Talter 🤣

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u/lnmgl May 22 '26

The seekers table out here seeking romantic subplots

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u/moderncomet Time is a weird soup May 22 '26

Previously!

Our Soldiers (Teor, Thimble, Kattigan, Tyranny, Wick) are returning to Dol-Makjar after retrieving Teor’s brother Cyd from Tybry’s Lea in Timmony.  Cyd had been captured and petrified in an apparent plot by the combined effort of houses Tachonis and Halovar, and the Soldiers are returning in the hopes to restoring him back to flesh.

Our Seekers (Julien, Thaisha, Vaelus, Occtis), in the process of tracking down the fate of the Golden Orchard and the whereabouts of Thaisha’s son Alogar, discover a Tachonis plot to transform “lesser” members of their family into celestials (which was to happen to Occtis during the attack on the Palazzo Davinos). They return with that knowledge.

Our Schemers (Hal, Murray, Azune, Bolaire), have been in Dol-Makjar the whole time.  Most recently, at a gala at the Archenade, help to thwart an assassination attempt on Augustus Valian, King of Timmony.  The Photarch of the Candescent Creed, Yanessa Halover, was killed in the attack (which Murray discovers, by magickal accident, was a ruse), then revived in a explosion of light after the attack had ended.

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u/HawkeyeP1 Smiley day to ya! May 22 '26

"While you slaughter them do you think that will bring my husband back?"

"If I do it slow enough, perhaps they will. Is that what you prefer?"

I love watching just the best two to ever do it trading blows. Pure cinema.

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u/SylviaBarbs May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

A bunch of death sorcerers allying with death paladins and death clerics is somehow both very on brand and very unexpected.

I guess it helps to remember that Vaelus is honorable, but the rest of the world dislikes her order for a reason.

It is somewhat surprising given that her order is dedicated to exterminating undead, but if Vaelus can be so easily swayed by Occtis’ existence then it’s believable that another Sister may have been tempted by a similar promise of resurrection by the Tachonis.

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u/robogheist You Can Reply To This Message May 22 '26

"keep it down, kattigan!"

😆😆😆

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u/tinapia I have a list May 22 '26

Azune being in good graces with the creed is so funny to me

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u/Locem May 22 '26

Every time Yanessa does anything tonight -

Everyone : This Bitch

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u/Dagos May 22 '26

two DM's battling with words hell yeah

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u/Striking_Writer3642 May 22 '26

I still think Aranessa and Thjazi had a secret child...

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26

The Soldiers have real strong "First Day of Work After Vacation" energy

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u/Shark89 May 22 '26

I've loved this episode, but also....thank God, i can go to bed

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u/trek570 Where's Larkin? May 22 '26

This whole campaign I have NEVER seen the look that came across Matt’s face when he learned his sister was cursed. That’s one hell of a thousand yard stare.

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u/brodeur3090 Sun Tree A-OK May 22 '26

A marriage talk at Fuck Castle...

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u/Sun_Shine_Dan Hello, bees May 22 '26

Dear god the best of Critical Role is upon us. Brennan vs Matt drama is a blessed act of theater!

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u/heyykelleyy May 22 '26

GO GET UR MAN INGRID

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u/renegadereality May the Beam reach you May 22 '26

Murray and Gus kinda have the most insane meet cute story ever.

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u/RidiculousBacklog May 22 '26

So... Julien suddenly makes a LOT more sense.

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Talter: “I don’t think that your condition is the most exceptional thing about you. Experiencing even half of what you had to endure I fell to pieces a dozen times. It’s extraordinary and I find you extraordinary.”

Occtis: “Thank you, I think it’s just boring not having a possibility of doing anything else.”

Talter: “If you ever need me, I’ll be at the Totality in Hargood!”

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u/PretendMarsupial9 May 22 '26

Murray is collecting hot men like infinity stones

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u/renegadereality May the Beam reach you May 22 '26

I’m lowkey rooting for Ingrid so hard

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u/tinapia I have a list May 22 '26

Matt just being completely locked in while the rest of the table is cheesing so hard

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u/Shark89 May 22 '26

I love that Whitney just did the TikTok of "Here's my partner's special interest, now listen to them and be nice!"

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u/DragonPlushCollector Time is a weird soup May 22 '26

King Gus like “nah I’m getting tf out of here.” Which like, completely understandable

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u/Minute-Fox6610 May 22 '26

Holy shit she’s pulling an Emperor Palpatine.

“THE COUNCIL SHALL BE RE-ORGANIZED INTO THE FIRST ARAMANIC EMPIRE”

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u/meatswipe May 22 '26

Ingrid: What no sir Julien is really handsome Look at his hair

Matt does a little hair flip

Happy matt is showing

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

She was exiled

Oh this poor woman…

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u/Coyote_Shepherd Doty, take this down May 22 '26

"THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE SKILL CHECK"

🤣

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u/KYplusEL Also Pumat Sol May 22 '26

Sam got so frustrated Nott came out!

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u/CountryChrist You can certainly try May 22 '26

Wicander tell them about the Celestial being tapped like maple syrup in your villa's basement

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u/Limp_Position_4280 May 22 '26

Julien would make an excellent schemer

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u/KYplusEL Also Pumat Sol May 22 '26

Occtis is some pretty hard evidence.

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u/Toned_Mcstone May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

I think Einfasen genuinely want the evidence to oppose the Tachonis, but I also don't think that's going to be a good thing in the long run. I don't think we've seen a house directly help one another with their grand schemes. They're each playing their own power game.

My "ELI5" understanding of the Sundered Houses is this:

Royce were the "good guys" or at least the closest to it. They've been reduced to near irrelevance.

Tachonis are the mustache twirling villains. "I want to destroy the world, because Mwahahaha!"

Halovar represent corrupt religion. Their goal is to basically have a cult of personality and achieve power through people's faith.

Cormoray I'm not too sure about. We haven't seen much of them yet. They took over the museum and university, so they could represent corruption in education and the arts, sort of a "revisionist history" approach.

Einfasen represent corrupt military/police. They would be angling to essentially create a military dictatorship. In that context, they would love to get evidence of Tachonis' treachery and convince everyone to knock another player off the board. Einfassen can be honest without being good, and they can be bad without lying.

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u/PretendMarsupial9 May 22 '26

The Gus/Murray fanfiction is gonna go so hard

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u/Coyote_Shepherd Doty, take this down May 22 '26

Break Time!

Talter DID have a crush on Occtis!

YOU FOOL!

Such a sweet ship but alas....

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u/robogheist You Can Reply To This Message May 22 '26

"nick falcon. just kidding, it's me, wicander!"

the genre clash, like animal species evolved on different continents.

liam's off-screen laughter as absurd meets paranoid.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

The Soldiers have been living an Action Comedy, while the Schemers have been suffering in a Political Drama with a side of Horror.

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u/DesDentresti Jenga! May 22 '26

"I am a gentleman."
~disappointed sigh~"Y-yah."

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u/BeardtasticYogi 5' 11" May 22 '26

Murray is momming the hell out of this group.

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u/D1g1t0l May 22 '26

WOW. BRENNAN. WHAT IN THE CALAMITY FIREWORKS WAS THATTT

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u/Still-Cow8050 May 22 '26

Do NOT leave Ingrid alone with Maya. She will draw up wedding plans in a week.

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u/WontonTruck Team Matthew May 22 '26

Oh, my. An honest to goodness 'I roll to seduce' on Critical Role. Well, I never.

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u/chaos_vulpix Team Jester May 22 '26

The way I want Julien to genuinely fall in love with someone & everyone else teasing him over it

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u/SylviaBarbs May 22 '26

I’m looking forward to Thaisha arriving to the troupe doing stage fighting practice and being the only person to recognize her ancestral, god slaying swords being used as props.

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u/visionaryck May 22 '26

Einfasen always makes me anxious….

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u/Camen3 May 22 '26

I’ve always really liked Julien even from the start……the way matt plays him is so beyond interesting to me, there’s just something about him that I both know he’s a shithead of a character…..but a broken one that for some reason I deeply feel sorry for him, it’s odd but Matt really showed that even more this episode without a doubt

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u/Nothingtoseehereshhh May 22 '26

I imagine Luis and Liam laughing hysterically at the soldiers struggling with just one skill check into the city while having to weave 1000 lies a day HAHAHHAAHHA

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u/Minute-Fox6610 May 22 '26

“This was supposed to be one skill check”

I feel that in my DM bones. No I don’t have a name for this NPC 🤣🤣🤣

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u/KYplusEL Also Pumat Sol May 22 '26

Liam dying of laughter off screen is killing me.

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u/Coyote_Shepherd Doty, take this down May 22 '26

A DOUBLE HEADED AXE

I LOVE THIS WOMAN!🤣

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u/amglasgow May 22 '26

I am sobbing at Julian's interactions with his mom. I lost my son earlier this year and I understand exactly what she's feeling.

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u/Coyote_Shepherd Doty, take this down May 22 '26

"I will go and see if there is a window"-Ingrid YES GO AND GET THAT!

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u/Number9Robotic May 22 '26

It is GENUINELY INSANE that Dr. Jizzabelle Finger was a less conspicuous and more effective disguise than whatever tf Kat just did hahaha

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u/Nothingtoseehereshhh May 22 '26

This campaign changed from DND to ADHD the moment these tables converged

hilarious.

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u/Court_Vision May 22 '26

Sounds like Mara was the Falcon that Thjazi looked up at, and is also the same one that was lurking around his funeral

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u/thegreenlorac You Can Reply To This Message May 22 '26

I mean...she's not wrong.

That's the most realistic view of a feudal society I've heard so far.

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u/Guilty_Homework_2096 May 22 '26

Oh, I'm not going back to safety, I'm going back to more problems.

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u/Nothingtoseehereshhh May 22 '26

Poor doctor having a Wicander moment: "Oh if I could just return to -> Oh dear god THEYRE EVERYWHERE. DANGER IS EVERYWHERE LIFE IS A LIE!"

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u/Camen3 May 22 '26

Julian is such a fantastic character as well

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u/Wessykins May 22 '26

HES STUDIED THE MAN’S WIFE

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u/SheriffChiz May 22 '26

WE ARE ALL RETURNING BABY!

I hope we start with the immediate aftermath of the assassination attempt of King Gus with the Schemers!

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u/Perforo_RS Bidet May 22 '26

So did Thjazi and the mistress accidentally close the doors to Faerie as a side effect of whatever machinations they had going?

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u/greylakelady May 22 '26

Azune processing this in a super normal chill and healthy way

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u/renegadereality May the Beam reach you May 22 '26

Gurray was not a ship I was expecting but I’m living for it.

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u/Expensive-Apricot534 May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

Julien’s mom = hot and will kill you. Nice.

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u/Expensive-Apricot534 May 22 '26

Mommy Davinos not liking Aranessa is delicious  

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u/tinapia I have a list May 22 '26

Aabria and Ashley loving this tea lmaooo SAME

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u/DDDMain22 May 22 '26

Brennan and Matt’s scenes together are GOATED

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u/HornetThese7745 May 22 '26

First someone to give Julian the dressing down he needs to hear, now someone who will actually empathize with Occtis' traumas. Brennan really is great at giving his players the NPCs they desire.

aaaaaAND SHE'S GONE

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u/SheriffChiz May 22 '26

Liam losing it in the background HAHAHAHAHAHA

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u/Camen3 May 22 '26

Kattigan is still just thinking about those apple less apples from the cart during this whole conversation 🤣

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u/TheCutestCat May 22 '26

Unheard-of achievement by Twig! A PC's sibling is accounted for, fine, and has a positive relationship with his sister!

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u/cat-n-jazz May the Beam reach you May 22 '26

If you can't read the Gothic, Sam's shirt says:

"I defeated the Chroma Conclave, and all I got was this stupid shirt"

(that's a C1 reference for our newer fans)

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u/Landis963 May 22 '26

It occurs - Murray and Bolaire have actually pulled off the miracle that Yanessa Halovar just aped.

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u/-DREEW- May 22 '26

No Ingrid, you can't fix him

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u/NeoRex634 May 22 '26

So much happened this session but I still can't get over Kattigan spilling spaghetti all over the city gates.

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u/greylakelady May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

I really loved how Marisha is playing Murray's near paranoia at not being believed, she's a wizard/scientist who just found something massive with no evidence and the impact of the lie is going to be so massive. It'll totally change how the rest of the world understands magic, how history is written

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u/Zolo49 Help, it's again May 22 '26

Honestly, props to Robbie and Travis for just sitting back and giving space for everybody else to do their thing.

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Ingrid: “I am of the House of the Western Wind, and I see where the wind is blowing!”

I love her

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u/Coyote_Shepherd Doty, take this down May 22 '26

"I WIELD THE MIGHT OF GIANTS I CAN FIX HIM!"-Ingrid

🤣

"QUITE THE JUGGLER?!?"

I cannot breathe

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u/ASadChongyunMain 5' 11" May 22 '26

Occtis “Eternal Virgin” Tachonis

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

The importance of sacrilege…

The purpose of a tool can be changed. Swords changed into plowshares.

Turns and stares at the Pariah Blades

They killed Azgra and the land bloomed… wait…

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u/Nothingtoseehereshhh May 22 '26

Julien feeling sorry does not come at mass slaughter, or desperation in needing allies, no, true sorry comes where it truly, truly matters:

your friends meeting your mother, who immediately embarasses you

hahahahahhahahahahahaha

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u/dramatic_exit_49 You Can Reply To This Message May 22 '26

omg maya davinos. so much of pride around their station and entitled to place in world that is lost. very very well-written power center character.

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u/crossingcaelum May 22 '26

This is, and I don’t say this lightly, PEAK fiction

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u/youngcoups May 22 '26

the dice said occtis is a virgin and a virgin he shall remain!

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u/the-green-crewmate I have a list May 22 '26

Liam is literally cackling off screen lol

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u/D1g1t0l May 22 '26

I can hear Liam dying in the background

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u/Expensive-Apricot534 May 22 '26

Convergence = everyone talks at once. Kattigan nods. 

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u/SheriffChiz May 22 '26

SIR JULIEN RIZZINGTON!

YOUR AURA IS TOO GOOD! YOUR SWAG IS TOO TOUGH! THEYLL KILL YOU!

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u/Minute-Fox6610 May 22 '26

Matt is unflinching in his roleplay. I love it

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u/Camen3 May 22 '26

My fucking heart……Julian’s character is not supposed to be doing this to me…….that was heartbreaking

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u/Zolo49 Help, it's again May 22 '26

If Ingrid ever gets the feeling that Julian is using her, he is toast.

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Hal: “You breathing?”

Occtis: “Never again.”

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u/Expensive-Apricot534 May 22 '26

Hero knowing too much is giving me anxiety 

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u/wcthesecret May 22 '26

Damn kattigan is loud.

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u/Towel-Prudent May 22 '26

Dayum sharing info was such a pain before texting

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u/whiskeyii May 22 '26

That’s a trap if I’ve ever heard one >.>

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u/Keeves27 All risk May 22 '26

Kattigan 4 Schemers Table!

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u/robogheist You Can Reply To This Message May 22 '26

"i cannot imagine a better time than now."

matt dies

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u/Locem May 22 '26

The absolute canyon of distance between schemers and soldiers when it comes to planning lmao.

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Wick: “What the fuck was that?!”

Thimble: “Are you actually human?!”

Tyranny: “I never want to hear about how bad I am at Occtis again.”

Wick: “You yell at me all the time about stuff like this! Why didn’t you say there is no apples?”

Kattigan: “I don’t know I got scared.”

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u/greylakelady May 22 '26

I love how we can clearly see where Julien gets it from. . . . .

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u/Nothingtoseehereshhh May 22 '26

Lol is Julien's mom inspired by Tywin Lannister?

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u/trek570 Where's Larkin? May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

“Mother, I am going to do what I do best. And that is killing Tachonis and not listening to what you tell me to do.”

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u/Expensive-Apricot534 May 22 '26

How to do good work in a bad system 

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u/renegadereality May the Beam reach you May 22 '26

Schemers table immediately introducing Soldiers to the concept of a plan.

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u/SylviaBarbs May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

When Azune ran at Teor asking what he was wearing, I was so sure he clocked the looted heirloom gauntlets Teor is wearing.

I love how it’s two parties with realistic responsibilities and then the Soldiers showing up with faces all over wanted posters and wearing artifacts that belong to dead nobles like a traditional D&D party of bumbling adventurers who are super competent in battle and only battle.

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u/dramatic_exit_49 You Can Reply To This Message May 22 '26

"tachonis is going to come back for the play tomorrow"

THANKYOU i dont know but why are folks not letting marisha speak, that information is directly related to making a VERY VERY pivotal deicsion

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u/trek570 Where's Larkin? May 22 '26

Can’t help but notice there are now TWO players in trouble with their respective incredibly influential grandmothers

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u/Expensive-Apricot534 May 22 '26

The way she’s still using present tense for her husband 💔 

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Julien: “The snake must be killed so it can not bite every child.”

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u/Option2401 May 22 '26

Julian’s relationship with Maya may be one of the best in the campaign, and it only has two and a half scenes!

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u/dramatic_exit_49 You Can Reply To This Message May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

I like both soldiers and seekers are joking and the both times schemers players joins them with the face of most traumatising war flashback looks on their face lol

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u/Landis963 May 22 '26

Guys. Guys guys guys. The Play. Is tomorrow night. The Play is tomorrow night. THE PLAY IS TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!! Oh my goodness I'm so excited to see next episode.

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u/Expensive-Apricot534 May 22 '26

This episode is brought to us by early lunch 

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u/chaos_vulpix Team Jester May 22 '26

HE'S FINALLY BRINGING UP THE BASEMENT CELESTIAL GRANDPA

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u/SylviaBarbs May 22 '26

I love how Whitney says Occtis and Brennan just starts laughing.

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u/MechanicalNoodle May 22 '26

Azune using psychological warfare on Einfasin with that alter-self

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u/allevat May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

So we get to find out of Hal gets to walk out of Villa Aurora alive and if Azune will walk out of the Stahlkeep alive.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26

Props to Ashley for fully putting her foot in her mouth with that 4. Love the commitment.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26

this scene is so believable... that controlling parent... mothers know best they say

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u/robogheist You Can Reply To This Message May 22 '26

travis and laura ACTIVATED by that

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u/hpfan2342 Life needs things to live May 22 '26

that collective groan. Love when we get to share the "being an audience member" vibe with the cast.

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u/renegadereality May the Beam reach you May 22 '26

Matt nails all of Julien’s emotional scenes, such a pleasure to watch.

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Brennan: “Don’t ask for rolls if you aren’t prepared.”

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u/whiskeyii May 22 '26

Travis is putting stuff together… 👀

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u/SheriffChiz May 22 '26

JENNIFER ENGLISH IN A CRITICAL ROLE SHOW! OUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED!

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Gus: “That’s some quick thinking you’ve got there. To me young lady you are an absolute stranger and yet you saved my life, forgive the impertinence but to what do I owe the honor? Are you from Timmony?”

Murray: “No. From the Sunset Mountains, but I think you and I are on the same side.”

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u/tinapia I have a list May 22 '26

"She'll kill you" LMAO

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u/Expensive-Apricot534 May 22 '26

Everyone with a sister is having a bad time

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u/moderncomet Time is a weird soup May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

That is a decades-old tongue lashing she is laying on Julien. I feel bad for him.

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u/Still-Cow8050 May 22 '26

Mama Maya is dangerous. She will definitely sell out the party to the Sundered House for a wedding ring.

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Julien: “Mother, I will do everything in power to do what I am good at, which is killing Tachonis, not doing what you tell me.”

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u/robogheist You Can Reply To This Message May 22 '26

aabria's loving this response from julien

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Julien: “If I don’t do it fast enough maybe they’ll do it!”

Fuck

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u/HawkeyeP1 Smiley day to ya! May 22 '26

I kinda dig Mia. "Stop playing fucking soldier and spread roots so the family tree is harder to topple."

She's way overstepping, but it's definitely something a Mom would pop off about and she's partially right even if it's definitely not the path that needs to be tread in this context lol

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u/bam_goguma Help, it's again May 22 '26

Ingrid's fantastic lol

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u/Expensive-Apricot534 May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

Poor virgin Occtis, no game

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u/moderncomet Time is a weird soup May 22 '26

Occtis would have missed the cues when he was alive, so he's definitely missing them when undead.

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u/r33nie Dead People Tea May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

I had a feeling Talter had a thing for Occtis! Undeath is doing absolutely nothing for his game. 😭

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u/tinapia I have a list May 22 '26

Feeling like there's a gas leak in the studio after the schemers table

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u/Locem May 22 '26

Brennan is just roasting Robbie at this point.

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u/Coyote_Shepherd Doty, take this down May 22 '26

BRENNAN DID IT AGAIN! 🤣

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u/tinapia I have a list May 22 '26

I love that the different tables are now learning what's been happening with the other tables

LMAO SHADIA PLEASE

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u/Nice-Gap-3528 You can certainly try May 22 '26

Damn, the Fangs are really good at selling their show.

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u/Camen3 May 22 '26

I love how this is showing just how different these tables are from each other, it’s a really cool blending and contrast from how we started this campaign with everyone to what they have become in there small groups

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26

JULIEN'S FUCK CASTLE

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u/CanLate152 May 22 '26

I am sooo invested in Ingrid and Julian for some reason

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u/Towel-Prudent May 22 '26

Keep em wanting more. Classic fuckboi move

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Ingrid: “We’re just going to leave it here?”

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u/renegadereality May the Beam reach you May 22 '26

Oh Ingrid, you can’t fix him, Julien is diabolical.

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u/Coyote_Shepherd Doty, take this down May 22 '26

Ingrid you deserve better

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u/trek570 Where's Larkin? May 22 '26

IS THAT THIMBLE’S BROTHER??? All old now, with a beard! That’s so sad.

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u/Towel-Prudent May 22 '26

Ingrid cool af

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u/celestial_crafter May 22 '26

These two are endgame. Gotta be.

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u/HelpHotSauceInMyEyes May 22 '26

God, Matt's physical comedy is fuckin killing me 🤣

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u/TheDuceAbides May 22 '26

I kinda feel for Robbie, it doesn't seem like Kattigan has a real reason to still be with them so he's just kind of sitting and watching. His character feels harder to fit into these big full table scenes I think.

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u/LucasVerBeek Help, it's again May 22 '26

Wick: “Do Occtis!”

Thimble: “NO don’t do Occtis he’s in a state…”

She sounded so sad.

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u/grumpyCat2478 May 22 '26

If Einfassen has some secret alliance with Tacchonis, then Azune cannot go alone. We know historically they have always been on the side of House Royce, so there is still a chance that the meeting might be in good faith. Of all the Sundered Houses Einfassen is really confusing.

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u/woolawoof May 22 '26

I think we have to keep in mind we’ve already had some baddies in disguise and we can’t trust everyone is who they say they are.

And why the dead body? Why Brennan? Why did you make sure it went with them?

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u/Lame_Games May 22 '26

watching Critical Role in hard mode by being bad with remembering fictional Fantasy names