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"Bats Out of Hell" (1x93) is the ninth episode of the seventh chapter of Critical Role.
Synopsis
Pre-Show
- The updated Critical Role fan art appreciation gallery was shown.
Announcements
- The Critical Role survey ends April 18th. It can be taken at http://www.geekandsundry.com/CRsurvey
- There are thirty sets of Critical Role dice left in the store, but there will be more available soon.
- The next Wednesday Club episode will be about how to read comics, targeted towards those who have somehow never read a comic before. Taliesin will not be in that episode.
- The dice are all sold out now.
- Matt and Taliesin will be on Eric's TBD RPG tomorrow at noon Pacific time for the Doctor Who RPG. Matt plays an Ood named Meatstick and Taliesin will be using his old man voice. Darin De Paul might also be in that episode.
- There is a new Signal Boost episode starring Marisha which will be shown during the break.
- Matt will be at Sakura-Con from April 14-16 in Seattle. He'll be doing some panels, signings, and other fun stuff.
- Will Friedle will be at the Wales Comic Con on April 8-9.
- Matt, Taliesin, and Marisha will be guests at MomoCon from May 25-28 in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Talks Machina is every Tuesday at 7pm Pacific time. Next week they'll be talking about this episode and the previous one.
- The Talks Machina live panel at WonderCon had a great turnout: approximately 2800 fans attended.
- The recorded panel will be uploaded to the Geek & Sundry YouTube account on Friday at 8pm Pacific time.
- Guest player Noelle Stevenson had a great day today and had a good lunch.
- Liam promotes Noelle's book Nimona. He's reading it to his kids. There's a bear in it. Lots of other animals too.
Previously on Critical Role
"Vox Machina...goes to Hell. In tying up loose ends and dealing with lingering business, [they've] decided to travel to the Nine Hells of Baator, specifically the second layer of Dis, to where the Iron City of Dis, under the rule of Dispater, to seek out the place where Hotis the rakshasa—which is now in a chain of perpetually hunting member of [their] team—[they] decided it was best to end it there as the only way to kill the entity is to destroy it on its own home plane.
"So [they] gathered [themselves], [they] transported via Keyleth onto the second layer of Hell, [they] wandered incognito as various demonic-adjacent entities, [they've] avoided a modicum of interest or other issues, [they've] made friends and signed a contract for aid with a cambion owner of some sort of a tavern in the vicinity.
"[They] met with a silly shop owner, [they] ate soul stones, and [they've] agreed to—for safe passage into the subterranean prison of Mentiri, which apparently houses Hotis as he's reforming, [they've] come to discover—[they] will go and assassinate a pit fiend named Utugash, who is the superior of the individual [Percy] signed the contract with, and upon his destruction and without leaking any information that could tie this individual to the assassination, be granted passage safely and unspoiled into the prison to seek out [their] quarry, slay it, and return home safely.
"As [they] snuck into the home of this pit fiend, [they] quickly discovered a dwarvish female who had endured quite some torture and was found chained to a table. [They] released her and she introduced herself as Tova. [...] [Their] new dwarven friend transformed into some sort of a lycanthrope were-bear, taking a greatsword from Grog's stash in the Bag of Holding.
"[They] gave chase over one of the guardians and keepers of the stronghold, killed it, and in doing so alerted other members of the stronghold, killed them and in doing so alerted other members of the stronghold, and Grog creeping forward down this hallway revealed a central chamber where, betwixt two pools of what appear to be molten glowing blood, and sitting upon a throne, the corpulent, grotesque, sweaty, slick pit fiend named Utugash sits there."
Part I
Utugash gives Grog a toothy grin and speaks directly into his mind: "So. What do you bring to me to pleasure?"
The pit fiend just stands there, armed draped over his axe, not feeling threatened at all by Grog.
Vax clicks his Boots of Haste and moves up to the opening in the wall. He throws three daggers at the pit fiend, hitting with all three and using Divine Smite on the first. Vax then ducks back behind the wall next to Grog.
Trinket runs up the hallway and enters the center chamber. Vex backs up next to Doty and holds her attack until she has visual on the pit fiend. Trinket attacks Utugash with his claws, but due to the attack not being magical it doesn't do as much damage as anticipated.
Taryon runs up next to Vex, pulls a patch off his Robe of Useful Things, and slaps a window onto the wall. Vex fires her two arrows through the new opening, the first being a Bramble Shot which fails to restrain Utugash but still does some damage. The pit fiend hefts his axe over his shoulder and snarls at the two individuals he sees through the new window. Vex ducks into a corner, out of view. Tary tells Doty to go back up Grog. The automaton squeezes through the hallway.
Tary and Grog see Utugash making some unknown gestures in the air with one hand.
Keyleth pushes past Tary and climbs through the window to get in range. She casts Blight on the pit fiend but he resists some of the spell damage. Keyleth turns to climb back through the window but only makes it halfway through.
Tova barrels through the window, knocking Keyleth onto the floor of the central chamber. The werebear rushes up to Utugash and strikes him twice with her claws. The first strike glances harmlessly across the pit fiend's belly but the second sinks in. Tova places a Blood Curse of Mutual Suffering on Utugash.
Grog runs in to join the bears, flanking the pit fiend. He smashes the Titanstone Knuckles together to Enlarge himself and hits Utugash twice with the Dwarven Thrower. Grog goes into a Frenzied Rage.
Percy wanders back over to the cells the party passed by earlier and takes a look inside. He sees piles of chests, boxes, and crates. The door is locked. He fires at the lock with his pistol, blasting it off. The door swings open. Percy fires twice at Utugash through the window, using the remaining charges of Cabal's Ruin to add to the damage. The gunslinger ducks behind the cell door for cover.
Utugash hits Tova with his axe, but due to the Curse of Mutual Suffering the damage he deals is inflicted on his own body as well. The pit fiend makes another gesture in the air.
Trinket smells someone else in the room. Tova, who can understand the bear in her were form, understands him saying that there are two small creatures in the room with them. The sound of grinding stone is heard. The ceiling opens up and searing hot oil spills down into the center of the room, hitting Grog, Trinket, and Tova. The pit fiend is not harmed as he is immune to fire damage.
Vax hears the creaking sound of a gate opening and turns to see a bone devil entering the hallway. The devil hits him with its claws and tail, but Vax manages to avoid some of the damage.
Utugash creates a Wall of Fire around himself, reaching nearly to the ceiling, obscuring the pit fiend from view, and engulfing Grog, Trinket, and Tova. Utugash stays in the center of the flames, content with his position in the battle.
Break
Part II
Featured Characters
Vox Machina
- Keyleth
- Percival de Rolo
- Grog Strongjaw
Pike Trickfoot(absent; not mentioned)- Trinket
- Vax'ildan
- Vex'ahlia
New
- Krix[spelling?]: the chain devil jailer
Returning
Mentioned
Inventory
Quotations
References
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