Exandria Unlimited: Calamity Wrap-Up

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• RE

  @reneehoenicke4765 · 1 year ago

  It's crazy because Cerrit leaving to prioritize his kids meant he missed the crazy PVP and couldn't do anything, but it is also the only reason he survived and the main reason they won. Cerrit had more HP than most after the fight at the helm, and because he wasn't there when the tree blew up he was in a better position to fight Vespin. If he had been as messed up as the rest of them, he might not have gotten that last blow on Vespin... Awesome story decision on Travis's part, but it also ended up being fairly crucial to their victory.

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• AL

  @alatarmaia7 · 4 years ago

  Aabria talking about Brennan not doing any affectation for Asmodeus is so on point. I showed some clips to my brother, a Dimension 20 fan, and he immediately went "oh, when brennan doesn't do any accent for the villain, those are the scariest ones"

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• JA

  @jackdog06 · 4 years ago

  Cerrit using his detective skills to discover what his children were like was genuinely one of the saddest moments in the series and probably in Critical Role.

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• DA

  @DaemonMunkir · 3 months ago

  Marisha saying "Fuck I gotta do politics?" back then with CR S4 releasing now is so funny

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• BL

  @Blue_Lunacy · 4 years ago (edited)

  When Luis said that Zerxus red flag was his instant attachment issue, it gave me a pause. Most media romanticize the idea of love at first sight. Luis straight up spitting fact that this can be problematic.

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• JA

  @jackdog06 · 4 years ago (edited)

  The fan theory that the Orb going to Cerrit’s daughter kickstarted the Cobalt Reserve is perfect as far as I’m concerned. I love it.<br><br>Edit 2025: huh.

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• AL

  @alexfelton5299 · 4 years ago

  What really stood out at a moment for me, and has stuck with me since finishing watching, wasn&apos;t like the the overarching theme or the poignant ending or any of that; it was a throwaway moment in a long series of throwaway moments coughed forth from the endless Atheneum of Brennan&apos;s mind.<br><br>When all the people were fleeing and teleporting and whatnot, Brennan talked about a wizard that was working the teleportation circles and warning people not to crowd them for safety reasons, even though the sky was breaking and the world was ending. Then another fleeing wizard, who I guess outranked him, hit him with a Control Person spell and yelled &quot;Get us out of here!&quot; and shoved his way onto the circle before the flash went off, vivisecting several people due to overcrowding.<br><br>It&apos;s such a Blink And You&apos;ll Miss It moment that easily gets lost in a literal 6 hour feature film, but just the hard baked context and genuine desperation of the moment and Brennan&apos;s penchant for understanding people and the ways in which they act made for, imo, the rawest moment of the whole series, and one of the hardest in CR altogether. I still think about it.

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• TR

  @tromar5758 · 4 years ago

  It’s so poetic that the only non spell caster survived this campaign

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• BO

  @BordrKing · 4 years ago

  I was DESTROYED when Brennan flashed back to Nidus and his brother looking up at the city like &quot;Do you think we&apos;ll ever get there?&quot; That shit lives in my head rent free

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• TR

  @tristanescure7384 · 4 years ago (edited)

  The little nugget of genius that I want to point out is what Brennan did with Vespin Chloras. To completely flip the scrip on the concept of an evil wizard in a way that made perfect sense as a symbol of hubris was brillant !<br><br>We only got glimpses but the story was perfect :<br>1. The Matron of Ravens ascends, making a precedent that mortals can become gods by replacing existing ones.<br>2. The best wizards of the age try to replicate the Matron&apos;s ritual but keep failing, presumably because they can&apos;t find the right names.<br>3. Vespin Chloras tries to be smarter than anyone else by aiming to replace a betrayer god because he reasonned that he could become omnipotent AND destroy an evil entity in on fell swoop.<br>4. Vespin comes face to face with the Lord of Hells but the ritual would take away his own name and he just can&apos;t let that go, so he makes a bargain with the devil to never be forgotten.<br>5. Asmodeus fucks up everything and honestly he didn&apos;t even have to do any of the legwork.<br>6. Vespin Chloras has one last moment of realization where he just breaks down because of how much he messed up.<br><br>This little story in the story is so good and fucked up and I love it !

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• DE

  @DeinosDinos · 4 years ago

  I love that here Brennan is talking about how he&apos;s spamming Matt&apos;s phone and asking him about every little thing like that annoys him and in the GM roundtable Matt gushed about how nice it was to have a collaborator when it comes to worldbuilding. It&apos;s so nice :)

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• OP

  @OptionZero · 4 years ago (edited)

  Sam Riegel being told he could pick essentially unlimited magical items for a mini campaign called CALAMITY and choosing a WAND OF SMILES is….very on brand.<br><br>Also, shouts to Lou for saying he couldn’t roll up to Critical Role as a fuckin’ bard, when he’s sitting at a couch with the bardiest bard to ever bard, a bard that fought Vecna, a bard that wore a pink leotard to a live show, a bard that sang about anal beads in an animated show on Amazon….

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