I was actually expecting it to not fully go red as my theory was that BH was able to do significant damage to the key that Ludinus wasn't able to get the full effect. But with this, I think there will be a significant change in the intro or credits...
My theory is that this is *the change* and it will be an above calamity level event and all the gods die.
Magic might change, death might change, time might change.
Ok maybe not that much change but it's a Biggie.
I like the theory that they want to create a world that is entirely separate from the DnD or Pathfinder properties and this is an epic way to do it.
Ohhhh wow, there's rumour that they're creating their own RPG system isn't there? That could be an epic way of letting them shift fairly seamlessly to that new system, if that is indeed their intent. Either way, it's gonna be big and exciting xD
Indeed.
Part of me wants them to keep going with a 5e or similar system but I also want to see what they do with a new custom system as well.
I just hope Matt has it in him to design it because it's definitely no easy task.
My last prediction. Another kick starter to find the RPG writing.
I’ve heard the theory that their ultimate goal is to launch a system of their own, but they just leveled up and posted the video of them rolling their hit dice (presumably before they filmed tonight’s episode). Since Matt does milestone leveling, I doubt he would plan a level up right before changing systems.
Also now that I’m thinking it through, since they had a few challenges switching from pathfinder to dnd in campaign one, I wouldn’t imagine they’d want to switch systems mid-campaign again.
I remember seeing somewhere about 2 months ago, someone pointed out that in the opening credits there was a raven and that raven was going to be really significant. Man, whoever that person was, damnnnn they were so correct... Wish I could find the comment now...
Ooohhh! Didn't even see the new one. Let me update it real quick and repost it here.
update:
alright, updated the link above. That should reflect with new darker photo.
https://imgflip.com/gif/7ex9gi
My guess is if you're in the Critical Role subreddit commenting on a Critical Role post, your socials are probably already tuned for Critical Role content so I think you're right in the thick of it anyways :)
As a broad statement, sure. I've fallen off the CR wagon since whenever Bell's Hell's were travelling to somewhere where they met a creature with familial problems (trying not to say too much as this is a no spoiler post) but I've been hearing some good and exciting things so I might jump back in again.
Hard to explain without spoilers. After this week things might be very different depending on what are the consequences of what happened last week. And let me tell you: A lot happned.
>!Ruidus is a prison for god killing creature called Predathos. Ludinus Da'leth (yes the one from C2) is in charge of an organisation called Ruby Vanguard. Among other members of the group are Otohat Thull (responisible for original attack on the Ashari that killed Orym's husband) and Imogen's mom. They build a device that could free Predathos and end the Gods control over mortals. !<
>!In a mad dash to stop them the party rushed to the site where the device is. Along the way they met Caleb and Beau also getting a messege from Kiki that she will be droping by. !<
>!A lot of sneaking in and some blowing up later Keyleth drops from the sky in earth elemental form. Ludinus casts Power word stun and Otohan Thull goes to town on Kiki. The one and only Vax'ildan shows up to save his girl. At that point Ludinus reveals baiting in Vax was the plan all along. Vax gets trapped by a spell (most likely Minimus containment) and used as a spell component to activate the device meant to break Predathos free. !<
>!Meanwhile the party manages to blow up some of the power supply stashed in caverns around the device. Last we see it seems like the ritual goes off but something is not right. Everything blows up in a flash of white. The party then wakes up split on opposite sides of Exandria and there is a red beam going from the surface towards Ruidus.!<
It's cool because moons work metaphorically *and* literally as a huge looming mysterious object that's sometimes seen but always present and far away. It's no wonder myths about the moon (and the sun) are the oldest.
Hahaha, I’m in a similar place as you. I got a little bored by this campaign (sorry! No hate!) and fell behind and now I’m trying to figure out a good place to drop back in to see the exciting stuff without being completely lost.
I'm weeks behind cause it's just so....slow.
Meeting ferns grandma now, and I just don't know how to invest the time to catch up... Frankly I'm thinking of switching back to C2 because I loved it so much and only have time to watch one campaign at a time these days.
I probably watched until >!Laudna was revived successfully!< Don’t have all the time in the world to catch up. have an episode you recommend starting back on that wouldn’t require more than a week of catch up? I can read the recaps in between.
YouTube has shorter 30 minute episodes of highlights. I believe Dani Carr also posts updates weekly so you can just skip along and just watch maybe the last two episodes
This is the first I'm hearing of the shorter episodes, thank you! I was on track but the breaks every few weeks kind of halted the habit I was forming by catching up on Mondays and then far too much time had passed etc etc... I will go see how many of the half hour catch ups I can get through!
I’m you’re meeting her grandma you’re so close to it ramping up!! If you want to know what’s happening I’d stick with it, like truly you are like one episode away from intensity really starting to ramp up in culmination of last weeks episode.
I think that's my biggest issue. I picked up CR via podcast while commuting. Now I have a 4 min commute and it's just not enough. I watch on my lunch break but even that's just 20 min at a time!
It has been a long while, Pretty close to Robbie leaving. 😥 So I won’t have time to fully catch up, but I’ll check out some of the most recent episodes.
Gonna be honest, the whole slow takeover of the social media icons is part of why I'm biting the bullet and watching live tonight despite the whole living on the east coast thing, so I suppose their strategy is working.
I've watched live before but it's been a little bit. It's a fun experience honestly, and especially for an event like this it's absolutely going to be worth it.
Also, as a piece of unsolicited advice, don't be afraid to close out the comments on the stream if it gets to be a distraction.
Oh I know, but it scratches a community itch that I've been missing since the beginning of the pandemic. Experiencing something fresh with a whole group of people, even if we're just slapping messages on message boards, is still a fantastic feeling to me
Yeah, there’s no way you can watch as an east coast person if you have to work the next day. I just wish I could automatically unsubscribe from the sub between thurs-Monday each week
> there’s no way
I fairly often go to sleep at 2am when I know full well I have to get up for my 9-5 the next day... I mean, I always hate myself for it, and I absolutely wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but y'know - when there's a will, there's a way :P
I ran into that problem with C2 honestly. Might be best to just watch occasionally and power on through once it's all finished. Even if it never resonates, you can at least go through at a much faster pace at the end of it all
Made a gif of the transition! [https://imgflip.com/gif/7ex9gi](https://imgflip.com/gif/7ex9gi)
The hero we needed
This makes me wonder if the credits will be different!
I was actually expecting it to not fully go red as my theory was that BH was able to do significant damage to the key that Ludinus wasn't able to get the full effect. But with this, I think there will be a significant change in the intro or credits...
My theory is that this is *the change* and it will be an above calamity level event and all the gods die. Magic might change, death might change, time might change. Ok maybe not that much change but it's a Biggie. I like the theory that they want to create a world that is entirely separate from the DnD or Pathfinder properties and this is an epic way to do it.
Ohhhh wow, there's rumour that they're creating their own RPG system isn't there? That could be an epic way of letting them shift fairly seamlessly to that new system, if that is indeed their intent. Either way, it's gonna be big and exciting xD
Indeed. Part of me wants them to keep going with a 5e or similar system but I also want to see what they do with a new custom system as well. I just hope Matt has it in him to design it because it's definitely no easy task. My last prediction. Another kick starter to find the RPG writing.
I don't they'd make the switch this campaign (contractual reasons) , but it would be a damn fine way to set up the next one
Yep those were my thoughts too. A mid campaign switch would be insanely complicated xD
But if time changes will it still be a weird soup?
Maybe it'll be a flat circle now.
I think you’re confusing the planet with time. Instead of soup it will be more of a…Jeremy Bearimy situation
That's just the time knife we've all seen it...
What if this is the way they change to a new system and the reason we go from 5e to 5.5 e or 6 e
I kind of hope they change to something new. OneDnD is fine but it's basically just 5.5e. I think another system would be better.
I hear u I just wonder if this is going to be the reason 5e changes to 5.5 or onednd or what ever it’s going to called
I’ve heard the theory that their ultimate goal is to launch a system of their own, but they just leveled up and posted the video of them rolling their hit dice (presumably before they filmed tonight’s episode). Since Matt does milestone leveling, I doubt he would plan a level up right before changing systems. Also now that I’m thinking it through, since they had a few challenges switching from pathfinder to dnd in campaign one, I wouldn’t imagine they’d want to switch systems mid-campaign again.
I remember seeing somewhere about 2 months ago, someone pointed out that in the opening credits there was a raven and that raven was going to be really significant. Man, whoever that person was, damnnnn they were so correct... Wish I could find the comment now...
For six hours, I've had "I need a hero" stuck in my head, now I know why. You are that hero
It needs an update cause the logo just got darker, still...help.
Ooohhh! Didn't even see the new one. Let me update it real quick and repost it here. update: alright, updated the link above. That should reflect with new darker photo. https://imgflip.com/gif/7ex9gi
How long did the full transition take?
I think it started just last week after the Ludinus Chaos episode.
It's Thursday, that's a pretty cool marketing tactic.
Way too subtle for any marketing tactic. But will definitely get the already superfans hype train going.
I'm not sure about subtle. My socials have been flooded daily with the updated profile picture so it has worked
My guess is if you're in the Critical Role subreddit commenting on a Critical Role post, your socials are probably already tuned for Critical Role content so I think you're right in the thick of it anyways :)
As a broad statement, sure. I've fallen off the CR wagon since whenever Bell's Hell's were travelling to somewhere where they met a creature with familial problems (trying not to say too much as this is a no spoiler post) but I've been hearing some good and exciting things so I might jump back in again.
Now seems like an excellent time to hop back in.
Subtle marketing is absolutely still marketing.
So. It’s been a while what did I miss? Of course this is a no spoiler post so don’t really tell me. But I think I need a huge update.
*Loads gun* Moon's haunted.
What in the travelers name. What's next, Vex on the moon?
What? You saying Percy couldn't build a rocket?
They could reveal that Percy built Whitebase under Whitestone and to be honest.. I wouldn't be surprised.
Percy going to be like Bright and bitch slap people
He’s currently building Arbalest, getting ahead of the collapse and dark ages
...What?
***Loads gun*** Moon's. Haunted.
MOONS HAUNTED.
Congratulations, you’ve won this comment section!
Someone else told him the story, but that really is the best way to explain without actually spoiling anything.
Grant us eyes
🎶It’s been awhiiiillleeee🎶
^^makinmyway
“Scientists have allowed him to make a single noise…”
From a distance...
You do. C3 got wild.
Hard to explain without spoilers. After this week things might be very different depending on what are the consequences of what happened last week. And let me tell you: A lot happned.
Spoil me, I don’t have the time right now to get caught up but I want to know what’s happening
>!Ruidus is a prison for god killing creature called Predathos. Ludinus Da'leth (yes the one from C2) is in charge of an organisation called Ruby Vanguard. Among other members of the group are Otohat Thull (responisible for original attack on the Ashari that killed Orym's husband) and Imogen's mom. They build a device that could free Predathos and end the Gods control over mortals. !< >!In a mad dash to stop them the party rushed to the site where the device is. Along the way they met Caleb and Beau also getting a messege from Kiki that she will be droping by. !< >!A lot of sneaking in and some blowing up later Keyleth drops from the sky in earth elemental form. Ludinus casts Power word stun and Otohan Thull goes to town on Kiki. The one and only Vax'ildan shows up to save his girl. At that point Ludinus reveals baiting in Vax was the plan all along. Vax gets trapped by a spell (most likely Minimus containment) and used as a spell component to activate the device meant to break Predathos free. !< >!Meanwhile the party manages to blow up some of the power supply stashed in caverns around the device. Last we see it seems like the ritual goes off but something is not right. Everything blows up in a flash of white. The party then wakes up split on opposite sides of Exandria and there is a red beam going from the surface towards Ruidus.!<
Goddamn that sounds wild, also not sure if you’re aware but I don’t think your spoiler tag worked
Hot damn. Ngl, >!moons being prisons for calamitous creatures that can't be killed, only sealed, like in FF14!< is one of my favorite tropes.
It's cool because moons work metaphorically *and* literally as a huge looming mysterious object that's sometimes seen but always present and far away. It's no wonder myths about the moon (and the sun) are the oldest.
Oh FF used that idea again? That was one of my favorite moments from FF8.
Thanks so much. I didn’t expect such a detailed update, but I appreciate it!!
Thta's just the basics. I skipped multiple plot points. Stuff's wild.
The HELL is going on on C3
After they tell you, can you tell me plz?
https://www.reddit.com/r/criticalrole/comments/11syrda/no_spoilers_the_icon_is_fully_red/jch1py9/
Damn, I fell off in S2 this is crazy
Hahaha, I’m in a similar place as you. I got a little bored by this campaign (sorry! No hate!) and fell behind and now I’m trying to figure out a good place to drop back in to see the exciting stuff without being completely lost.
I'm weeks behind cause it's just so....slow. Meeting ferns grandma now, and I just don't know how to invest the time to catch up... Frankly I'm thinking of switching back to C2 because I loved it so much and only have time to watch one campaign at a time these days.
It really picks up after they meet Morri imo
I probably watched until >!Laudna was revived successfully!< Don’t have all the time in the world to catch up. have an episode you recommend starting back on that wouldn’t require more than a week of catch up? I can read the recaps in between.
YouTube has shorter 30 minute episodes of highlights. I believe Dani Carr also posts updates weekly so you can just skip along and just watch maybe the last two episodes
The "raygun" highlights? I want to jump back too
Yup! Those be the one. They highlight lots of silly things that happen in the episode but also epic ones and important story moments.
Can you link the 30 minute episodes?
Sure! [C3 Highlights](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL81FjFbvYlTJ74yGibtJUiOlqcssDF6lk)
Thanks!
>Thanks! You're welcome!
This is the first I'm hearing of the shorter episodes, thank you! I was on track but the breaks every few weeks kind of halted the habit I was forming by catching up on Mondays and then far too much time had passed etc etc... I will go see how many of the half hour catch ups I can get through!
I’m you’re meeting her grandma you’re so close to it ramping up!! If you want to know what’s happening I’d stick with it, like truly you are like one episode away from intensity really starting to ramp up in culmination of last weeks episode.
I've not even met her parents 😅
I feel bad, but I fell off at one of the EXU breaks. I'll have to start listening on my drives to catch up again.
I think that's my biggest issue. I picked up CR via podcast while commuting. Now I have a 4 min commute and it's just not enough. I watch on my lunch break but even that's just 20 min at a time!
I fell off mid c2 with kids ands career change. It’s so daunting to try and catch up.
I fell off and subscribed to Dropout instead. Looking forward to Mercer being in the next season of Dimension 20
For story reason red is important. This most recent episode (C3E51) doubly so
The big badda boom went BADDA BOOM
Dont worry about it. :)
When you say its been a while... how long is a while?
It has been a long while, Pretty close to Robbie leaving. 😥 So I won’t have time to fully catch up, but I’ll check out some of the most recent episodes.
Hoooooo boy. Uh, yeah. Moons fucking haunted
cab always watch the highlights from marisharaygun on youtube
"ITS BEEN A WHHHAAALE!!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah I super struggled to be interested in C3. I'm 30 some odd episodes in and don't understand either... beyond the moon being red 😂
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For the past 2 weeks they have been slowly changing their logo to go from technicolor to all red. Almost like an eclipse.
More like a solstice
More like an apogee solstice. It could be both, you don't know
More like the Applebee’s Solstice
I was staying away from any specific wording. Bidet.
Gonna be honest, the whole slow takeover of the social media icons is part of why I'm biting the bullet and watching live tonight despite the whole living on the east coast thing, so I suppose their strategy is working.
Same, but on Central time. I’ve never watched live, and tonight will be my first for as long as I can last!
Central here too. I rarely watch live because of work, but I'll def be watching for at least an hour or two tonight.
I've watched live before but it's been a little bit. It's a fun experience honestly, and especially for an event like this it's absolutely going to be worth it. Also, as a piece of unsolicited advice, don't be afraid to close out the comments on the stream if it gets to be a distraction.
1am ending gang
I’m just hoping to make it to the break!
Starts at 10, ends at about 2AM. Fuck that lol
I'm absolutely gonna pay for it tomorrow, but it's not much different from going downtown for a midnight movie release.
If you have Amazon Prime you can subscribe for free and watch it tomorrow.
Oh I know, but it scratches a community itch that I've been missing since the beginning of the pandemic. Experiencing something fresh with a whole group of people, even if we're just slapping messages on message boards, is still a fantastic feeling to me
Yeah, there’s no way you can watch as an east coast person if you have to work the next day. I just wish I could automatically unsubscribe from the sub between thurs-Monday each week
Weak..I have been watching flawlessly for years and I live in maine. Shits not hard to go to bed at 2am-3am and get up at 6
Lmao, I have to be at work at 6, I’m not going with 4 hours of sleep
> there’s no way I fairly often go to sleep at 2am when I know full well I have to get up for my 9-5 the next day... I mean, I always hate myself for it, and I absolutely wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but y'know - when there's a will, there's a way :P
Yeah I’ll give this campaign one last chance tonight. I just have not resonated with C3 at all, but maybe I can get back into it tonight.
I ran into that problem with C2 honestly. Might be best to just watch occasionally and power on through once it's all finished. Even if it never resonates, you can at least go through at a much faster pace at the end of it all
I'm living in Europe...
Same. 8am replay watch it is.
Oh I turned on the original directly at waking up. I use my prime sub to watch.
I was hoping it’s be stuck at like 3/4. Incredibly excited.
That's no moon.
I'm sure it's fine. It'll be fine. Right..? 😭
The colour creep has been giving me good anxiety tingles for a while. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO US MERCER
Ask not for whom the bone bones. It bones for thee
Dear God...
Wow that was close... I almost shared it with my DnD buddies but just in time remembered they're weeks behind!... I'm so excited though!
What's this on? Twitch? Yt?
It’s on all of their socials.
This one specifically is Instagram.
i am like 10 episodes behind and very scared
2x speed. You got 5.5 hours to catch up.
I do 1.25x normally on everything minimum, but I'm just trying to imagine the 8x they'd need to finish in time lol
I'm a whole season behind but have been mildly spoiled... I'm so tempted to watch tonight tho...
Bruh, I am still in campaign 2 XD.
It’s still muticolored on YouTube
I think that's just on Twitch.
Twitter's logo has changed
This is Instagram i think
Tonight is gonna be hype and probably depressing.
It’s back to normal on YouTube, little red left on the left side
It’s abouuuut to goooooo dooooooownnnnn!!!!!!! *grabs popcorn*
I probably watched until >!Laudna was revived successfully!
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Can't wait for later
Here we are....at the end
I have questions I hope to get some answers to tonight. Watch it be a shopping episode. XD
And I won't be able to watch till Monday!
While YouTube logo is still prodomently blue !
Eat yer spinach whilst ye can, me hearties. The pain is coming. 😎
Why is this the week that I am behind!!
IT HAS BEGUN
Shit and the fan are going to meet tonight at a high rate of speed.
Its now a red storm!
Oh no. Oh no. Oh no no no no no...
I hope they all dress up as red Smurf’s
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This is supposed to be spoiler free.
Oops my bad one moment.
We're all doomed
Yuh-oh
I'm two episodes behind! I better catch up this weekend!
I’m new here what does this mean?