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Marisha Ray takes the RPG A Familiar Problem to Exandria with a chaotic crew of scrappy, stressed-out animal pals on an adventure! This one-shot features Critical Role’s own Laura Bailey, Matthew Mercer, and Travis Willingham with special guests Heidi N Closet (RuPaul’s Drag Race) and Isabella Roland (Dimension 20).
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HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing
1:15 Intro cinematic
1:35 A dedication
2:35 EPISODE STARTS (Button)
3:55 Sprinkle intro (wow, I forgot how wild early C2 was)
7:30 Nugget intro
10:20 Sprinkle and Nugget’s appearances
11:20 Toby’s intro
12:15 Clapp’s intro
13:10 Joanne’s intro
14:30 Get him Joanne
15:40 Ink hole
17:10 Familiars
18:20 Nugget poofs
19:20 Special powers (career familiars)
20:45 Hydrochondriac
23:30 Key or Quay
25:10 Nugget breaths too loud
27:05 Octopuses can also regrow legs
28:05 The Voltron approach
32:15 The streets
35:40 Tentacle monster
38:40 Natty none (glass shards)
42:55 Summon Horse
46:00 Crab driver
48:15 In Critical Role, we always name the horse
50:20 The derby hat
51:25 Clapp dips
55:50 Toby tries to bolt
57:15 Snitch owl
59:00 Don’t wake Drudy
1:01:05 Mist
1:02:55 Having the poof talk
1:04:50 Code names
1:08:20 Clicking the button
1:09:55 Freeing the animals
1:11:55 Trish the dish
1:14:55 The zone…. Of danger?
1:17:35 Daddy awakens
1:21:15 You get the stabbo
1:24:00 Crawling with the tigers
1:27:40 BREAK STARTS
1:37:40 BREAK ENDS
1:38:50 Clapp takes the knife
1:40:45 Tupac
1:45:40 Toss Toby
1:49:05 Hunting for the babies
1:50:35 Parent trapping the tigers
1:54:00 Naming the babies
1:55:45 Froga Yaga
1:57:05 Cannibalism
2:02:30 Come on babies
2:04:45 Never make a deal with someone in a hut
2:06:25 Pervy dear
2:08:45 Rabbit and murder baby
2:10:20 The tower
2:11:30 The Harbinger of Screams
2:13:55 Hootalage
2:15:00 Gotta maintain the storyline
2:15:45 That tongue
2:17:50 Eating the mushroom
2:20:25 A mysterious message
2:22:45 Leaving the babies
2:26:50 Crossing the stream
2:34:40 Sprinkle dies
2:38:45 Toby is Slapp’s familiar
2:40:35 Joanne is having a bad day
2:44:55 Sprinkle Freakout
2:47:10 Roll to care
2:50:40 Bird facts
2:56:25 Clapp freakout
2:57:50 Joanne serenades Clapp
2:59:40 The bucket comes in clutch
3:00:55 Pals and pails
3:03:20 Flashback map
3:07:05 Special guest Archie
3:11:10 Marisha wrote a speech (owl facts)
3:20:00 Archie is scary
3:22:45 Thaddeus laughs
3:26:10 Izzie does not want to upset Archie
3:29:35 ELDRITCH BLAST
3:32:55 Marisha’s Dad, Old 3-Finger Ray
3:34:30 pop
3:36:25 Widoghast’s Wall of Fire
3:40:25 Are you so crazy?
3:42:25 Nugget conforms to canon
3:43:25 Welcome to Hell, Sprinkle
3:48:45 Episode Ends, no animals were harmed
The in-game start date for the episode was the 14th of Cuersaar 835, and corresponds to Campaign 2 Episode 35
Yeah, my bad y’all. Thought this would post on Monday. Truly an incredible showing by Heidi. Also, owls have evolved to be so quiet, as a hunting strategy, that their wings have been studied for making quieter wind turbine blades and high-speed trains.
Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
wtf
I love how this oneshot proves that the M9 were right every time they joked about Sprinkle being a neurotic and traumatised and Jester was wrong
They do know that quay is pronounced key right?
The Professor Thadeus was unexpected lmao I love this so much
This was a great game and story! <3
Spoiler:
I was so engrossed in the irl Owl that when an ambulance drove by by open window i was like, "Don't startle the owl!!" lmao
Sorry for your loss, Dagon. I had a dog, Furgie, die about a week ago. She was my ballerina princess. RIP Furgie.
I've watch all of the main episodes and one-offs. They are all great! But this one in particular will ALWAYS be my favorite. Special love to all of the familiars past and present!!!! <3 <3 <3
Omw, Travis playing Sprinkle was the first great surprise, but I am LIVING for Laura's Nugget!
51:30
I lost it. X'D
This was a great and hilarious oneshot. Marisha's a great DM and everyone is a great player especially Heidi. Sprinkle was just a tease of Travis to Laura but now its canon. Haha
less than 15 minutes in.. THIS IS AMAZING!!!! 💖
🎶 Makin our way to the Quay 🎶
🎶 Octopus, other pals, as familiars 🎶
Nugget plays a piano discordantly
The first time she looks to the owl to see who Thaddeus attacks, it was in fact looking dead into the camera at us because we are Critters
Someone, somewhere said that, that cart was probably Beau's cart of fireworks that she had left outside the Chateau somewhere, and I really hope that is true.
Watching this made my day. Laura as Nugget is everything i didn't know i needed
I love how Marisha did a whole one shot just to Diss Professor Thaddeus one more time 😂😂😂
Idk who the girl in the middle bottom is, but she is awesome and hilarious
I love Laura’s Nugget voice so so so much. It is so cute 💛🖤
This is obviously fictional since sprinkle is alive
3:22:54 I love owls.
If they do another one shot of this, I hope they bring in a rabbit with a nervous disorder, and every time he gets frightened or nervous, he farts out sparkles
Now I have a stupid question to plug into google. Can octopi get goose bumps? Can they even feel cold? Does their body regulate heat? Time to poop and find those answers.
Watching that episode of C2 will never be the same again lol
I'm watching this after I lost my dog Snuffles, so Marisha saying that name in the first 3 minutes after her lil speech made me tear up a lil…
I am sorry Matt, but Marisha bringing the owl has blown all props out of the water