Critical Role reaches a grim new milestone in the latest episode of Campaign 3
Critical Role told viewers to expect the unexpected in Campaign 3, and at the end of its 33rd episode — more than 130 hours into the game — they delivered in a big, heart-pounding way.
[Warning: This story contains spoilers for episode 33 of Critical Role’s Campaign 3. The video on demand of that episode will not air until Monday, September 12, with audio-only podcast available on Thursday, September 15.]
The dust hasn’t even cleared yet, but as the session came to a close on Thursday night, two characters — Orym (Liam O’Brien) and Fearne (Ashley Johnson) — lay dead, and two more lay dying. The fifth, a clever automaton named Fresh Cut Grass (Sam Riegel), was left hiding in an alley while the streets of Bassuras exploded all around them. It looks an awful lot like Matthew Mercer has created what may be his most lethal, and possibly purposefully unwinnable, fight in CR history.
The set was washed with the colors of fire and sunset reminiscent of Exandria Unlimited: Calamity — a subtle foreshadowing of just how intense this episode was. The episode was unprecedented for more than just its body count. At many points last night, the cast noted that to have even that many characters unconscious at a given time was uncommon.
Episode 33 started in the middle of a prior surprise combat, as the fortress the party was infiltrating was attacked in the middle of a blinding dust storm. Acting as nominal allies to the fortress’s defenders, Paragon’s Call, the Bell’s Hells split the party to use the cover of the chaotic battle to complete their intended heist. The first half was eventful but often lighthearted, as Chetney (Travis Willingham) missed a tripwire and bounced downstairs “ass over teakettle,” and Ashton (Taliesin Jaffe) and
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