Critical Role

Dungeons and Dragons has been around for some time now and used to be enjoyed in the 80s and had somewhat faded away from popularity. Granted some still enjoyed it but it wasn't in its prime anymore and very rarely did you hear of anything new and exciting coming from the world of D and D (or DnD).

That was true until a few years ago when Dungeons and Dragons got a new breath of life. People around the world have quickly taken an interest in Dungeons and Dragons again, all thanks to a group of "Nerdy-ass Voice Actors" and their show, Critical Role.

The cast of Critical Role gathers every Thursday night on Geek and Sundry's Twitch channel to play out their weekly installments. The group of friends started by playing Pathfinder (a different role-playing game similar to Dungeons and Dragons) and was approached by Geek and Sundry to make it a weekly thing on their Twitch Channel. The amazing cast has put in countless of hours of work to make Critical Role truly shine, including making an intro video for their show and creating a video to better explain their adventures pre-stream (before they brought their game to the internet).  

The cast is a group of friends including Matthew Mercer as Dungeon Master (DM), his girlfriend Marisha Ray as Keyleth a Half-Elf Druid. Liam O'Brien as a Half-Elven Rogue named Vax'ildan who has a twin sister Vex'ahlia a Half-Elven Ranger played by Laura Bailey, her husband Travis Willingham plays a Goliath Barbarian named Grog Strongjaw. There is also Ashley Johnson, who plays a Gnome Cleric named Pike Trickfoot, Taliesin Jaffe who played Percival Frederickstein Von Mussel Klossowski de Rolo III a Human Gunslinger adapted from Pathfinder and last but definitely not least Sam Riegel who plays Scanlan Shorthalt a Gnome Bard, in love with the beautiful Pike. All the players are amazing voice actors and do an amazing job of bringing their characters to life every week. (They used to be joined by Orion Acaba who played Tiberius Stormwind a Dragonborn Sorcerer; he left the group to explore other adventures.)

The group forms something magical and the chemistry is something you can't help but love. Whether you love DnD or have never played a day in your life. Critical Role is much more than just a game, its entertainment, its a story and it is great fun to watch. The stories told and the adventure you get taken on is truly a work of Art.