Watch the episode live on Twitch and YouTube at 7pm PST. Restreams on Twitch at midnight and the next day at 9am PST

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Episode 114: Fight for the Bloody Bridge

Last we left off, the Mighty Nein and Bell's Hells had trekked to Ruidus and had set up themselves at the point of plan divergence towards the core and the Weave Mind. Meanwhile, we came back to Vox Machina that were helming the assault on the Malleus Key itself, and as such, drawing attention away from their more subtle plan within the depths of the red, ruddy moon.
They gathered their forces, found old friends who are now centaurs, then prepared themselves in Vasselheim, gathered allies, bolstered themselves, and joining a number of oterh skyships that descended after the initial beginnings of the assault, landed within the middle of the Tishtan Excavation site (the massive ancient stronghold now risen through the psychic powers of the Weave Mind) broken and standing frightening.
They battled their way through the core of where they had landed, heading towards where the Malleus Key currently stood. We left off just as they began to find the core of their goal.
This was the site that you had gained eyes on as you began to approach on that far end. So you haven't engaged yet, but you are on the cusp of it.

Previous Episode: "The Assault on the Malleus Key"

• CritRole Recap
• Episode Discussion
• YouTube VoD
• Alternate Front End VoD

Audiobook Link

A merchant’s daughter who yearns for adventure gets more than she bargained for when she falls for a broodingly handsome stranger in this saucy romantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars.

As the daughter of an ambitious merchant, Guinevere’s path has been predetermined: marry into a noble house of the Dwendalian Empire, raise her family’s station, and live quietly as a lordling’s obedient wife. But Guinevere longs for a life unbounded by expectations, for freedom and passion and adventure.

Those distant dreams become a sudden reality when her caravan is beset by bandits, leaving her guards slain and Guinevere stranded alone on the dangerous Amber Road. Her only chance of survival is to travel alongside Oskar, the aloof half-orc who saved her during the attack.

Unlike Guinevere, Oskar’s path is not so set in stone. With his mother dead and his apprenticeship abandoned, all that’s left is a long, lonely walk to a land he’s never seen to find family he’s never met. The last thing he needs is a spoiled waif like Guinevere slowing him down—even if the spark between them sizzles with promise.

Despite his cold exterior, Oskar is brave and thoughtful and unlike anyone Guinevere has ever met. And while Guinevere may be sheltered, she brings out a softness in him that he has never dared to feel before. As the flames of their passion grow, they realize that soon they’ll need to choose between their expected destinations or their blossoming romance.

Written by New York Times bestselling author Thea Guanzon at the behest of Critical Role’s Jester Lavorre, Tusk Love brings the most romantic story on Exandrian bookshelves to life.

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Triple Click

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Triple Quest

A 5e actual play show that just launched by the hosts of the Triple Click podcast (Kirk Hamilton, Maddy Myers, and Jason Schreier) and they hired Matt Mercer to DM for them!

The first episode is approximately 100 minutes

Please note that these broadcasts are only scheduled for the times listed below.

The Re-Slayer’s Take, Season 2

Follow the escapades of the second-coolest monster hunters this side of Exandria: The Re-Slayer’s Take! After six misfit mercenaries are rejected from the elite monster hunting group, The Slayer’s Take, they band together, battling supernatural creatures across the rugged continent of Issylra.

• Episode 9 releases Monday, November 11th on your favorite podcast streaming service at 5am Pacific
• Episode 10 releases Monday, November 11th on Beacon at 5am Pacific

Tales From The Stinky Dragon

Campaign 3: Kanon

A team of trained soldiers is caught in the middle of a war between distant deities and under-dwelling devils. As they turn the tide of this celestial crusade, a voice beckons them from the beyond—destiny or doom?

• Episode 4 releases Monday, November 11th on Beacon and the Tales From The Stinky Dragon Patreon at 12am Pacific.
• Episode 4 releases Wednesday, November 13th on your favorite podcast streaming platform and the Tales From The Stinky Dragon YouTube at 12am Pacific.

Critical Role Abridged

All the twists and turns of an episode of Critical Role in half the time! In Critical Role Abridged, the rich tapestry of a Critical Role campaign is lovingly distilled to its most pivotal, hilarious, and poignant moments in about 60-90 minutes per episode.

• Campaign 3, Episode 30 releases Tuesday, November 12th at 10am Pacific on YouTube
• Campaign 3, Episode 30 Podcast out Tuesday, October 15th on your favorite podcast streaming service at 5am Pacific
• Campaign 3, Episode 52 releases Tuesday, November 12th at 10am Pacific on Beacon

4-Sided Dive, Episode 29

Discussing up to Campaign 3, Episode 113

Join Taliesin Jaffe, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel and Laura Bailey as they discuss divine powers, Exandrian politics, epic crossovers, and all the nostalgic characters that have entered the campaign.

• Airs Tuesday, Nov0ember 12th at 7pm Pacific on Twitch and YouTube
• VOD and Podcast out Tuesday, November 12th at 7pm Pacific on Beacon
• VOD out Wednesday, November 13th on YouTube at 12pm Pacific
• Podcast out Friday, November 15th on your favorite podcast streaming service

UNEND, Season 1

Several decades after the events of MIDST and Moonward, a supernatural ship and a remarkable crew set forth on an expedition to explore the highest heights, deepest depths, and furthest reaches of the known cosmos. But their journey is fraught with peril as they discover truths and realities far stranger than any of them could ever have imagined.

• Episode 6 releases Wednesday, November 13th on the Midst Podcast YouTube at 10am Pacific and your favorite podcast streaming service at 5am Pacific
• Episode 8 releases Wednesday, November 13th on Beacon, Midst.co, Podcast Subscribers at 5am Pacific

Critical Role: Campaign 3, Episode 114

Bells Hells continue on their adventure…

• Airs Thursday, November 14th at 7pm Pacific on Twitch and YouTube
• VOD and Podcast out Thursday, November 14th at 7pm Pacific on Beacon
• Rebroadcasts Friday, August 16th at 12am Pacific and 9am Pacific on Twitch
• VOD out Monday, August 19th at 12pm Pacific on YouTube
• Podcast out August 22nd on your favorite podcast streaming service at 5am Pacific

Critical Cooldown: Campaign 3, Episode 114

Get a backstage pass to Campaign 3, Episode 114! You’ll be right there at the table immediately after Matt says “Is it Thursday yet?”, experiencing the cast’s post-show reactions.

• Releases Thursday, November 14th at 7pm Pacific only on Beacon

Creating Characters for our Daggerheart Critmas Live Show!

The cast of Critical Role roll up their characters in Daggerheart ahead of our upcoming Daggerheart Critmas Story Live Show! .

• Releases Friday, November 15th at 12pm Pacific on YouTube and Beacon

Watch the episode live on Twitch and YouTube at 7pm PST. Restreams on Twitch at midnight and the next day at 9am PST

Runtime	Break start
5h 06m	2h 44m

Episode 113: Assault on the Malleus Key

Bell's Hells and the Mighty Nein had traversed through the hidden portal to Ruidus, had gone to the depths of the Ruidian capital city of Kreviris and made contact with the remnants of the Volition, set themselves up, prepared for the assault on the Malleus Key to commence and be the distraction they need to divide and hit their targets within the red moon.
As they gave message, we cut to a short time before this where the members of Vox Machina present in Vasselheim begin to collect the rest of their allies so they can be part of the spearhead of this attack on the Malleus Key and the fortress that has risen from the surrounding dust of the Tishtan Site in the Hellcatch.
As you went to Whitestone and gathered Percival de Rolo, Cerkonos the Flamespeaker from Pyrah had joined you from Vasselheim, and the one member you had a hard time locating for quite some time seemed to be on a trek in Wildemount.
Upon catching up with Scanlan Shorthalt himself and his troupe of traveling midlife crises (transformed into purple centaurs) were making their "leather jacket road trip" across that distant continent before you let him know that you needed his help once more. Upon him decidin to join, you all had a group hug as he mentioned that he had to tell the other guys and let them know what's going on.
So here in the darkened, star-filled night in the Barbed Fields of the exterior range of Bazzoxan in the plains of Xhorhas, the Wastes, you disengage from your group hug and Scanlan (lower horse body and tail) the rest of your friends await you to join their band not far from where you currently converse.

Previous Episode: "The Assembling of Legends"

• CritRole Recap
• Episode Discussion
• YouTube VoD
• Alternate Front End VoD

An announcement on Beacon with cartoon characters of the cast advertised today.

"Beacon bits!"

New Updates Every Wednesday on Beacon.tv

I have found that the artist has a YouTube page

Dylan Does Draw

Very few details have been released thus far, so check this post for updates.

Please note that these broadcasts are only scheduled for the times listed below.

The Re-Slayer’s Take, Season 2

Follow the escapades of the second-coolest monster hunters this side of Exandria: The Re-Slayer’s Take! After six misfit mercenaries are rejected from the elite monster hunting group, The Slayer’s Take, they band together, battling supernatural creatures across the rugged continent of Issylra.

• Episode 8 releases Monday, November 4th on your favorite podcast streaming service at 5am Pacific
• The Re-Slayers (Bonus) Take w/ Jasmine Bhullar releases Monday, November 4th on Beacon at 5am Pacific

Second Wind, Tales From The Stinky Dragon

Campaign 3: Kanon

Go behind the scenes of Tales from the Stinky Dragon Campaign 3: Kanon with the cast and crew as they discuss each episode, player decisions, DM secrets, and life stories in this exclusive bi-weekly show!

• Episode 3 releases Monday, November 4th on Beacon and the Tales From The Stinky Dragon Patreon at 12am PACIFIC.

Critical Role Abridged

All the twists and turns of an episode of Critical Role in half the time! In Critical Role Abridged, the rich tapestry of a Critical Role campaign is lovingly distilled to its most pivotal, hilarious, and poignant moments in about 60-90 minutes per episode.

• Campaign 3, Episode 29 releases Tuesday, November 5th at 10am Pacific on YouTube
• Campaign 3, Episode 29 Podcast out Tuesday, November 5th on your favorite podcast streaming service at 5am Pacific
• Campaign 3, Episode 51 releases Tuesday, November 5th at 10am Pacific on Beacon

UNEND, Season 1

Several decades after the events of MIDST and Moonward, a supernatural ship and a remarkable crew set forth on an expedition to explore the highest heights, deepest depths, and furthest reaches of the known cosmos. But their journey is fraught with peril as they discover truths and realities far stranger than any of them could ever have imagined.

• Episode 5 releases Wednesday, November 6th on the Midst Podcast YouTube at 10am Pacific and your favorite podcast streaming service at 5am Pacific
• Episode 7 releases Wednesday, November 6th on Beacon, Midst.co, Podcast Subscribers at 5am Pacific

Critical Role: Campaign 3, Episode 113

Bells Hells continue on their adventure…

• Airs Thursday, November 7th at 7pm Pacific on Twitch and YouTube
• VOD and Podcast out Thursday, November 7th at 7pm Pacific on Beacon
• Rebroadcasts Friday, November 8th at 12am Pacific and 9am Pacific on Twitch
• VOD out Monday, November 11th at 12pm Pacific on YouTube
• Podcast out November 14th on your favorite podcast streaming service at 5am Pacific

Critical Cooldown: Campaign 3, Episode 113

Get a backstage pass to Campaign 3, Episode 113! You’ll be right there at the table immediately after Matt says “Is it Thursday yet?”, experiencing the cast’s post-show reactions.

• Releases Thursday, November 7th at 7pm Pacific only on Beacon

Four songs and album art have been discovered for a Critmas album.

youTube Playlist

Spotify Playlist

Track listing:

• Winter's Crest Festival Time (sung by Pumat Sol)
• Silent Mind (sung by Imogen)
• Twelve Days of Grogmas (sung by Grog and Pike)
• It's Critmas (sung by the CR cast)

Lyrics to Silent Mind:
Silent mind, peaceful night
All is calm, all is quiet
Moon above us and storm passing by
Hold your loved ones close by your side
Dream in comfort and peace,
Dream in comfort and peace.

Silent mind, peaceful night,
Take a breath, feel alive
Hear the Winter’s Crest theater outside
Singing songs as we sit by the fire
Sharing holiday joy,
Sharing holiday joy.

Silent mind, peaceful night
Welcome guests, shine a light
Join together from places afar
Always grateful for all that we are
Friends forever we’ll be,
Friends forever we’ll be

Further details to come...

Happy Halloween Critters!

From a Cage-match of cast costumes and 2025 live shows galore to tongue twister Narrative Telephone challenges and UN-known happenings in UNEND, there are plenty of updates in store this week as we take a break from streaming for the last Thursday of the month - and get ready to go trick or treating!

Need a little Exandrian magic to light your way this All Hallows' Eve? There's plenty of tales from Critical Role Abridged, The Re-Slayer's Take, and behind the scenes on TikTok to tide you over to next Thursday.

Now let's get dressed up, grab our candy buckets, and head to Critical Role Land for some autumnal updates.

🔥 🎃 🔥

We're Heading Down Under In 2025

There's still time to snag tickets for our 2025 LIVE show dates in Sydney and Melbourne!
🇦🇺 Sydney - June 19, 2025
🇦🇺 Melbourne - June 25, 2025
Our general ticket sales begin this weekend, so keep an eye out - the US shows went quickly thanks to all your incredible enthusiasm. Looking to get a jump on tickets in the future? Get exclusive pre-sale access with a BEACON membership.

Narrative Telephone Is Back & Better Than Ever

Join the cast as they reunite in person for an all-new installment of Narrative Telephone! With extra effort, they'll endeavor to carefully re-create a deceptively simple yet delightfully devious ditty from the master of mirth himself Matthew Mercer, (whew), come complete the chaos with your own stitches and remixes on Instagram and TikTok and share the twisted narratives you create by tagging us.

In The Frozen UN, Four Riders Approach

A tonal shift is about to occur...

Experience UNEND Episode 4 from the creators of MIDST - now available on YouTube and wherever surreal, paranormal space exploration podcasts are found. PLUS voyage all the way through EPISODE 6 TODAY with your BEACON or Midst.co membership!

A Legendary Tome Of Adventuring Art

Celebrate the completion of Season 3 of The Legend of Vox Machina with this magnificent new art book from our friends at Dark Horse Comics and Prime Video - complete with cast commentary, character breakdowns, concept art, and a behind-the-scenes look into the creation of the show with series writer Meredith Kecskemety!

That's all the ghosts and goblins we've got for this week, thanks for sharing some of your Halloween with us.
Looking to get our latest news at the speed of magic? Get messages from Critical Role Land right on your phone and get an exclusive 15% off coupon by signing up for our handy new SMS alerts.
Until next our newsletter appears, try not to summon up anything with too many teeth, watch out for candy corn, and remember to stay kind. We'll see you next week for Episode 113 (eek)!

Watch the first campaign on Twitch and YouTube any time you want!

"The Sun Tree"

The party recently had an encounter with the Briarwoods. Two individuals that were responsible for a lot of strife in the background of Percival's history. Seemingly responsible for the destruction of his entire family, and have for the past five years been essentially ruling his home city and castle. They were out for a political banquet with Sovereign Uriel in Emon and the party members of Vox Machina, they were all invited to be part of this. It didn't quite go as planned. There was a scuffle and the Briarwoods absconded back to Whitestone. They send a couple assassins out to attempt to take out their driver, who was spilling information and essentially was going to be Vox Machina's way of being free of any sort of political issues (based on their actions that evening) and after much discussion and preparation and purchasing a lot of mirrors, the party took their transit over to the east-northeast towards Whitestone, where they began to traverse the Alabaster Sierras to the north (using the mountain range as opposed to going directly through the forest).
There they managed to avoid encountering a bunch of harpies that were distracted by eating the horses they left behind. They camped for the evening and began to make their way through some sort of a mountainous valley that led in towards the forest surrounding Whitestone. While they were traveling down this pass, there was a rumbling, and some sort of really fast, rapid-moving large blue creature that leaped down in front, catching them off-guard.
As this huge, blue-scaled reptilian-like creature (with multiple arms and legs) comes skittering down the side of the cliffs, blocking off the entirety of this passage, snarling at you with sharp teeth and this sparking-blue electrical energy jutting out of the corners of its mouth. I want you all to roll initiative.

Please note that these broadcasts are only scheduled for the times listed below.

The Re-Slayer’s Take, Season 2

Follow the escapades of the second-coolest monster hunters this side of Exandria: The Re-Slayer’s Take! After six misfit mercenaries are rejected from the elite monster hunting group, The Slayer’s Take, they band together, battling supernatural creatures across the rugged continent of Issylra.

• Episode 7 releases Monday, October 28th on your favorite podcast streaming service at 5am Pacific
• Episode 9 releases Monday, October 28th on Beacon at 5am Pacific

Tales From The Stinky Dragon

Campaign 3: Kanon

A team of trained soldiers is caught in the middle of a war between distant deities and under-dwelling devils. As they turn the tide of this celestial crusade, a voice beckons them from the beyond—destiny or doom?

• Episode 3 releases Monday, October 28th on Beacon and the Tales From The Stinky Dragon Patreon at 12am PACIFIC.
• Episode 3 releases Wednesday, October 28th on your favorite podcast streaming platform and the Tales From The Stinky Dragon YouTube at 12am Pacific.

Critical Role Abridged

All the twists and turns of an episode of Critical Role in half the time! In Critical Role Abridged, the rich tapestry of a Critical Role campaign is lovingly distilled to its most pivotal, hilarious, and poignant moments in about 60-90 minutes per episode.

• Campaign 3, Episode 28 releases Tuesday, October 29th at 10am Pacific on YouTube
• Campaign 3, Episode 28 Podcast out Tuesday, October 29th on your favorite podcast streaming service at 5am Pacific
• Campaign 3, Episode 50 releases Tuesday, October 29th at 10am Pacific on Beacon

The Legend of Vox Machina

Season 3 Finale Roundtable

(Episodes 7-12)

Join some of our cast and crew for a roundtable as they discuss all the intricate, behind-the-scenes details of The Legend of Vox Machina, Season 3 Episodes 7-12.

• Airs Tuesday, October 29th at 7pm Pacific on Twitch and YouTube
• VOD out Tuesday, October 29th at 7pm Pacific on Beacon
• VOD out Thursday, October 31st at 10am Pacific on YouTube

UNEND, Season 1

Several decades after the events of MIDST and Moonward, a supernatural ship and a remarkable crew set forth on an expedition to explore the highest heights, deepest depths, and furthest reaches of the known cosmos. But their journey is fraught with peril as they discover truths and realities far stranger than any of them could ever have imagined.

• Episode 4 releases Wednesday, October 30th on the Midst Podcast YouTube at 10am Pacific and your favorite podcast streaming service at 5am Pacific
• Episode 6 releases Wednesday, October 30th on Beacon, Midst.co, Podcast Subscribers at 5am Pacific