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Critical Role One-Shot: Thursday by Night is the twenty-fourth special episode of Critical Role. The cast will be playing fictionalized vampire versions of themselves in a serious and dark world created by Taliesin Jaffe. He will also be the Game Master for this episode.
Synopsis[]
Pre-Show[]
This game looks like Vampire: The Masquerade but with some homebrew elements added by Taliesin Jaffe. It will be fun, weird, dark and really inappropriate. The build that they're going to be running is a mix between the new v5 Alpha and Onyx, you can go in and find books on every city and every type of creature you could want.
Announcements[]
The sponsor of tonight's episode is Backblaze! Yev from Backblaze is back again to peddle his wares. Backblaze is unlimited backup for Macs and PCs. You can use mobile apps to access data on the go. You can recover files by mail using a flash key or hard drive. They'll ship it to your door to restore your data. And you get a 15-day, fully-featured free trial if you go to backblaze.com/criticalrole. Sam has composed a rap in the style of Sir Mix-A-Lot to honor the people at Backblaze.
Part I[]
The gang awakens into pitch blackness. After a little investigation, they discover they are all sealed into individual wooden coffins. Laura eats a rat. With a series of strength-based checks, they all manage to extricate themselves from the boxes and discover they are on a set, which appears to belong to Nerdist.
Break[]
- Promotional video from Yev at Backblaze. 2 week free trial at backblaze.com/criticalrole.
- Tonight's giveaway is a lacewood complete dice tower system from Wyrmwood Gaming with the code word: BLOODBATH.
- "How To Play: Train Heist" from Cryptozoic Games with Becca Scott from Geek and Sundry.
- Presentation of the World War II Strategy Board Game.
- Critters' fan art.
Part II[]

Fan art of Matt Colville attacking Gary Gygax, by David Rodrigues.[art 1].
Featured Characters[]
Player Characters[]
- Laura Bailey: A fictionalized version of herself that had been sired as a Toreador.
- Matthew Mercer: A fictionalized version of himself that had been sired as a Lasombra.
- Liam O'Brien: A fictionalized version of himself that had been sired as a Nosferatu.
- Marisha Ray: A fictionalized version of herself that had been sired as a Gangrel.
- Sam Riegel: A fictionalized version of himself that had been sired as a vampire of an unknown clan.
- Travis Willingham: A fictionalized version of himself that had been sired as a Tremere.
New[]
- Gary Gygax: A fictionalized version of the late famous dungeon master and co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax.
- Matt Colville: A fictionalized version of Matthew Colville, author, DM and friend of Critical Role.
Mentioned[]
References[]
Art:
- ↑ Fan art of Matt Colville attacking Gary Gygax, by David Rodrigues (source). Used with permission.