Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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In the aftermath of the Raishan fight, Vox Machina regroups… and Matt adjusts his plans.

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

CW: Drug use from 5:15 - 6:37

Chapters:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:12:35 - The Loot That Changed Everything
0:23:02 - Tracking Raishan
0:42:11 - What Comes Next?
1:03:10 - The Too-Perfect Villain
1:07:53 - What About Campaign Four?

You can watch the full episode here:
Episode 81 - What Lies Beneath the Surface
youtube.com/watch?v=um3mkvNmDPY&list=PLqTT_VuffgDP0I6accl0jP5p3kxBRPVPa&index=88

Recommended Reading:

How Should You Recap Your D&D Sessions? youtube.com/watch?v=9Vwnufq16a0

Let's Talk About Tiberius: youtube.com/watch?v=hYbElb3iREo

How Matt Describes Scrying Scenes - Vox Machina Ep. 10 | Critical Role Demystified: youtube.com/watch?v=bOtS5DOpkOk

How Daggerheart Teaches You to Worldbuild Like Matt Mercer | Daggerheart Demystified: youtube.com/watch?v=BCpDPPnRyWQ

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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