Scanlan's Monthly Puns

If this post sounds familiar to you, you may remember that this was a topic previously on /r/HobbyDrama in the sweet Summers of 2020. I specifically remember reading this while on vacation. However, the original author seems to have either deleted their account or taken the post down, so I decided to revive the post. Back when Removeedit worked for Reddit posts I could link to the text itself but that unfortunately seems to have shut down.

Anyway, let's get into this:

> What's Critical Role?

Beginning in early 2015, Critical Role is a live-streamed game of Dungeons and Dragons helmed by several popular voice actors such as Matthew Mercer (Jotaro Kujo, Leon Kennedy, Maximus from Leo the Lion), Travis Willingham (Thor, Roy Mustang, this store owner in Nip/Tuck) and Laura Bailey (Rise from Persona 4, the Female Boss in Saints Row 3/4, Kaine in Nier). If you were an anime fan watching dubs from the mid 2000s to the mid 2010s or you just played a video game, I guarantee you heard at least one of these actors in something. It's a veritable who's-who of big name voice actors.

While recording for Resident Evil 6, Mercer decided to give a birthday present to Liam O'Brien, specifically a one-shot D&D game. This was run in the... controversial... 4th edition version of the game, and presumably after Mercer took a visit to his local exorcist, realized the error of his ways. When O'Brien expressed interest in continuing the game, Mercer agreed and they shifted to Pathfinder. The crew share some stories as they go, with it becoming a frequent thing that gets brought up during convention panels as a fun aside. Back before Vine died it was very common to see the actors making Vines of tabletop moments, and some of the original campaign was preserved through Youtube. The team go by the name Vox Machina- latin for Voice Machine, but initially they operated under the name Super High Intensity Team, or... The SHITS.

I will actually be shocked if they refernece that old name in the cartoon. The party for Campaign 1 consisted of:

• Matt Mercer as DM.

• Marisha Ray as Keyleth, Half-Elf Dru

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

We're about a month out from LoVM finally releasing, does anyone have any predictions on how they're going to adapt campaign 1?

So far we do know (very mild spoilers technically if you want to go in super blind):

• Season 1 starts with 2 episodes that are an original story. They seem to include a place called the Shale Steps, which is a new place. (The clip they showed recently also showed them opening a door in Emon, so they might be in Emon for part of it as well, though this could be an insert later in the season)
• The rest of season 1 focuses on the Briarwood Arc
• They're confirmed for 2 Seasons, each of which will be 12 episodes long. (each episode being 22 minutes long)

My own wild and random hot takes: (heavy spoilers for campaign 1, of course)

• I'm guessing that Season 1 will adapt up to the Winter's Crest Festival in Whitestone, since it's a nice stopping point in the story and cleanly wraps up the Briarwoods plot. Though it's possible they'll adapt up to the Chroma Conclave attack, I'm guessing that will start season 2, especially since they have to fit in Kaylie's introduction and probably explain the whole Brimscythe thing before the Conclave attacks.
• We might not get the door opening scene in Whitestone since they gave us a new one judging by the clip they shared (though maybe they're just turning it into a running gag, which would also be fun)
• I'm guessing they'll just have Pike be present for most of the series rather than popping in/out, and they might give her some more interactions/scenes since she'll actually be there more of the time
• They're probably going to cut out the cow episode since it's kind of unrelated to the main plot, which will make me very sad, but also that's a pretty fair decision to make lol. If they don't cut it, I could see them putting this on the trip to Whitestone or maybe even before the dinner.
• For Season 2, I'm guessing they'll adapt up to Umbrasyl's defeat. That makes this season deal with Scanlan meeting Kaylie, the Conclave attacks, introducing the vesitges, the Raven Queen's temple, the Fire Ashari, Craven Edge, Kevdak, and eventually the Umbrasyl fight. They could try to adapt the whole Chroma Conclave arc in one season (especially since they're only confirmed for two seasons right now, and ending it after Umbrasyl would leave three dragons still out there), but I'm hoping they don't try to rush it, since this arc is huge and a lot of fun stuff happens in it. Luckily the whole original plan

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

Hello my fellow adventurers and welcome to my first ever horror story. As I am writing this it has not even been a week. However, I am saving it for now, just so I don't spare any details! Obviously, these aren't real names because that would be disrespectful, I would just like to share my experience and maybe save a future adventurer or DM from doing anything like this. Cast:

Myself: A ranger

DM: Dungeon Master

Greg: Ranger/snazzy guy

Yugo: Bard

Kazir: Warlock

Juniper: Warlock

Vordt: Fighter/Barb I'm not actually sure

Caleb: Rogue

Session 1 So, we begin having just been kidnapped and having no clue about any of the world, lore or surrounding planes, even having lived there as characters before which is possibly the first red flag but fair enough let's just roll with it. This party consisted of 8 people (I was already skeptical since the community generally says big groups are not easily dealt with, I was just really desperate for a game). We were in this room waking up on an airship, and along comes the first NPC, a scientist evaluating and inspecting the characters. So, as one would, we freaked out and asked to see the captain as this is very invasive.

While the NPCs were gone, Vordt tries to take the miscellaneous potions scattered around the room, the DM responds with "Hang on we'll deal with that later". This is followed by the introduction of the weird abomination of an NPC that might have been overdone to the point where he was just confusing and a bit creepy. He was a huge man with a spider's legs/body (a lot like Quelaag). Except this man also had crocodile heads for arms? To me, this seemed a bit tacky.

So, this all runs pretty okay for the next 2 hours or so, except most players were kind of bored, given the NPC was only talking to one character this ENTIRE time. Eventually we leave this area and remember that Vordt tried to take some potions earlier? Yeahhhhh, well Vordt asks about this and the DM says that he didn't manage to snag any, there wasn't enough time.... even during the 2 hour long rap/roasting battle that was going on at the time.

After we leave this room, we go through the deck and this captain is being generally creepy, Caleb has stealthed up part of the ship, ready to assassinate him(classic rogue amiright), long story short he doesn't get to assassinate this man. Anyway, we end up in the engine room, which I assume is where the controls are, so when the NPC leaves the room, I say to the other players, "Look, this gu

I won't be doing that today!

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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

You take away their little brooms

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

I just got into Unmatched with a few friends months ago, and everyone had made some really cool fan decks except me. Being the massive Critical Role junkie that I am, I made Grog a hero, with Scanlan as his sidekick! I thought I’d post it here, cause I’d really like to know what people think of it and how to balance it and the like. Even if you aren’t a critter, any feedback is appreciated!

Here it is, Merry Christmas everyone!: https://unmatched.cards/decks/ex8z/versions/QxY7FrY5

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Nothing, it just waved

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

There hasn't been a post all year!

It was about a weak back.

Him: I can explain everything!

(It's his best joke yet I think)