Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago

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Vox Machina is fighting an army! But a D&D group really shouldn’t be fighting an army…

This project is unofficial fan content and is not approved or endorsed in any way by Critical Role.

CW: Cussing

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:17 - How Not to Handle Mass Combat
12:03 - Choosing a Turncoat from Emon
22:50 - How to Handle Mass Combat
38:21 - Should Allura Have Died Off-Screen?
42:59 - How Much Does Thordak Know?
46:14 - Making Plans for Emon
53:32 - Some Thoughts
58:47 - Outro

Recommended Reading:

How to Use Establishing Shots in D&D (and Why Matt Mercer is Bad At It...) youtube.com/watch?v=uU7r3MYQLgQ

Does It Matter if the Critical Role Cast Doesn’t Know the Rules of D&D? youtube.com/watch?v=tl0aTXq7eQE

Can Your Players Ever "Break" Your Game? youtube.com/watch?v=-E-L0DTu5tw

Pirates of the Caribbean Gave Us Five Perfect D&D Villains! | Kraken Week: youtube.com/watch?v=f3fqplY1n7U

Matt Colville: Arguing About D&D in the 1970s: youtube.com/watch?v=wDCQspQDchI

The Villainous Cutscene - Vox Machina, Ep. 3 | Critical Role Demystified: youtube.com/watch?v=cKcLGjU9xRY

You can watch the full episode here:
Episode 77 - Clash at Daxio
youtube.com/watch?v=43gRUYn4x_M&list=PL1tiwbzkOjQz7D0l_eLJGAISVtcL7oRu_&index=81

Music from Epidemic Sound

The Pyre Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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