Travis Willingham Gets Candid About Critical Role & What Comes Next | Table & Talk Ep. 2

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  @NERDCOREgg · 4 weeks ago (edited) · pinned

  SPOILERS FOR C4 Ep. 29+ IN THIS VIDEO. I hope you all enjoyed this chat with Travis! If you want to support Table & Talk's continuation, consider becoming a Member on YouTube or a Patron on Patreon - Links in description!

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  @evanmorrison9228 · 4 weeks ago (edited)

  Great interview! Travis's explanation that Brennan's familiarity with DnD being one of the key reasons why they stuck with it for C4 makes a lot of sense. You can see multiple times in C4 where Brennan refers to using a rule from an "older version" and he's not talking about 5e 2014, he's using  rules from 3.5e, or 2e. The history and knowledge of the game makes a big difference trying to put on a show like this, especially with the logistic aspects, and needing to be able to estimate how quickly each table will get through their arcs, etc.

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  @inverteal · 4 weeks ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtAhEo7eyFk&amp;t=177">2:57</a> Knowing Travis&apos; profound history on Critical Role as &quot;easily spooked&quot; to the point of his Haunted House walk-through being a Kickstarter reward tier, this childhood lore makes a lot of sense.

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  @Poormanhunting · 3 weeks ago

  Can we all take a second to appreciate that he made it a point to specifically name drop other good D&amp;D podcasts/shows? That&apos;s class right there 👌🏽

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  @MarveliteLuck · 4 weeks ago

  I love this interview because you asked him questions about things I&apos;ve always wanted to learn more about. Anytime we learn more about the behind the scenes, business/legal and managerial sides of Critical Role I get locked in because that&apos;s the hard work that goes behind making productions as good as theirs. We don&apos;t normally see the work that gets put into it, we just consume the content and as a creator of sorts myself, I always love to see the reality behind what it&apos;s like to actually put something like Critical Role together.<br><br>Travis is also my favourite Critical Role member, a lot of my own playstyle is inspired by him. The way he took on the leadership position when he didn&apos;t really want to feels very similar to me, and he taught me the value of taking opportunities to LEARN from them because a lot of media is business. Him being described as a paralegal is so interesting too, I really hope we get to have an interview one day with Marisha, Travis and Matt where they talk about all the BTS process of things someday - even though usually that&apos;s private business things.<br><br>Beautiful work, I&apos;m looking forward to seeing more of your interviews! Thanks for asking the questions you did, never stop &lt;3

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  @xerosereify · 3 weeks ago

  Ahh this is the kind of interview I love the most. No uncomfortable questions digging into anyones personal life, no attempts at getting the interviewee to spoil their own show, just a really interesting stream of questions on the technical stuff you normally don&apos;t hear too much about

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  @LightingGoddess · 4 weeks ago

  Excellent interview! Travis mentioned having guests who never played before. Sumalee Montano said she didn’t know how to play and went to her family for a crash course. She was amazing and knocked it out of the park with her kind and empathetic character during that much needed time in C2. They really need to have her back again.

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  @TheWanderersWit · 4 weeks ago

  Dude.. fantastic questions. These are the kinds of questions I see coming up online all of the time but never getting good answers. Well done.

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  @carrieforbes6204 · 3 weeks ago (edited)

  I love listening to Travis be able to answer questions in long form interviews like this. He is one of the most well-spoken people and is able to really show that the priorities of the original main cast have not changed. They haven&apos;t lost their love of what they&apos;re doing. In fact after so many years of doing this now they are more passionate because they&apos;re in the position to do the things they&apos;ve always wanted to do because they have the resources, the fan base, and their own community within voice actors and are able to pull in other friends. I just think it&apos;s pretty cool. ☺️

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  @RefuseResistRevolt · 4 weeks ago

  I think they are so successful at this not just because of the talent they bring, but the genuine interest and love for each other, the fans and the game. You can’t fake that stuff.<br><br>People can feel it.

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  @ElimusTaken · 4 weeks ago

  Watched A LOT of interviews with CR members and this one had some amazing original questions. Well done, great interview.

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  @DrgnDrake · 4 weeks ago

  Immediately engaging. Even if I don&apos;t follow football, I think that was a great opener.

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