History Characters / CriticalRole

Any tropes relating to the characters as they appear in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'' are can instead be found [[Characters/TheLegendOfVoxMachina here]].

Any tropes relating to the characters as they appear in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'' are also in the characters' respective campaign character pages.

Like any good ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign, the world of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' is populated by a wealth of varied and intricate characters, and oh, what characters they are.

* MagicHair: Played for laughs, when it was speculated in a Q&A after Episode 4 that Matt couldn't DM without his hair.

* [[Characters/CriticalRoleExandriaUnlimitedVillains Exandrian Unlimited Villains]]

* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: He learned most of his vocabulary words from reading D&D books in his youth and, prior to having a viewing audience to correct him, never had reason to learn how to correctly pronounce them, so he frequently mispronounces the names of several D&D creatures as well as a few esoteric real words. Most infamously, he's fond of the word "sigil" and pronounces it with a hard G. In his defense, there is a D&D setting centered around a city called Sigil, which ''is'' pronounced that way.

* [[Characters/CriticalRoleVillains Villains]]

* [[Characters/CriticalRoleMarquetVillains Villains]]

** "How do you want to do this?" When someone has just delivered a decisive blow, Mercer gives them the opportunity to choose how they dispatch their opponent. Saved for tough monsters or bosses, and has become something of a BorrowedCatchphrase for the Geek and Sundry Twitch chat, who chant it as a way of cheering when they think someone is about to get a kill.

** In a similar vein to "You can certainly try" is "I'll allow it", when he approves of an unorthodox interpretation of the game's rules.

** When Travis realizes that the (very expensive, and not very useful up until this point) Ring of Fire Resistance that Fjord bought for Jester is going to come in handy, Travis letting out a BigYes causes everyone to break down laughing, Matt included.

* TheGMIsACheatingBastard: Averted. Mercer plays entirely fairly, and in fact has been known to sometimes roll his dice in full view of the players (the sign of a confident DM who believes in fair play). More and more, he's taken to calling out his own rolls. At the end of Campaign 2, [[spoiler:he rolled on the table twice for Mollymauk's resurrection rolls so his players could see that he wasn't fudging anything. The first roll was a nat 1; the second one was a 12. The camera even cut to the die both times to prove Matt wasn't making anything up]].

* ApologeticAttacker: See the entry under KillerGameMaster. Matt really doesn't ''want'' to kill the players, and is just as pained as they are when a combat situation turns against the party. [[MeanCharacterNiceActor But it's his job to play out what the enemies would do in their situation.]] This is mostly clearly seen in Campaign 1 Episode 68.

** Averted. Mercer's style of presentation as a Dungeon Master can be described as "challenging, but fair." According to the Episode 10 Q&A, Mercer never fudges his rolls out of a belief it would take the fun of chance out of the game, and even takes photographs of important rolls so that no-one can dispute them. That said, if a character ''does'' die, then Mercer increases the tension by giving their resurrection spells the chance to fail. This isn't because he wants them to stay dead, but because it gives the moment the emotional weight it deserves. It also helps to avert DeathIsCheap, since Vox Machina easily has enough disposable income to cast Raise Dead a hundred times over.

** When Travis realizes that the Ring of Fire Resistance that Fjord bought for Jester is going to come in handy, Travis letting out a BigYes causes everyone to break down laughing, Matt included.

-->'''Liam:''' Did you say "Bay of Gifs"?
--> '''Sam:''' Uh, "Bay of Jifs," it's pronounced.
-->'''Matt:''' ({{Beat}}) I'm gonna fuckin' fuck you.

--->'''Laura''': He is trying to kill us!\\
'''Matt''': ''[grins evilly]''

--->'''Travis''': ''[accusing him]'' You did this.\\
'''Matt''': ''[grinning widely]'' Yeah. Yeah, I did.

---> '''Matt''': ''[on the verge of tears from laughing at Taliesin's latest move]'' You're ''horrible!''

---> '''Matt''': ''[barely holding his laughter]'' This was not in my plan!

--> '''Matt''': God I fucking love this game so much.

--> '''Matt''': As a dungeon master, that was one of the more frustrating moments - like, as a person that's built to an intense encounter like this - and one of the most proud I've been of a player outsmarting me.

!!Marquet (Campaign 3)

Ashton:
* SirSwearsALot

Fresh Cut Grass:
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots

Laudna
* StrangeGirl

Imogen:
* BookWorm

TBA

** [[Characters/CriticalRoleMollymaukTealeaf Molly]]

** In the penultimate episode of Campaign 2, [[spoiler Taliesin successfully rolled for Divine Intervention after Mollymauk's failed resurrection roll. The re-roll it bought him succeeded. Matt tried valiantly to hold onto his DM persona before breaking into a laugh and muttering incredulously under his breath.]]

** In the penultimate episode of Campaign 2, [[spoiler: after Mollymauk's resurrection roll failed with a natural one, Taliesin successfully rolled for Divine Intervention and the re-roll it bought him succeeded, Matt tried valiantly to hold onto his DM persona before breaking into a laugh and muttering incredulously under his breath.]]

** When an NPC ally he was controlling struck the final blow on a major villain, Matt was briefly stunned at what just happened. He then had an OhCrap moment as he realized he was going have to apply his CatchPhrase to himself. The players, of course, teased him mercilessly.

** One word: "Siggle."[[labelnote:Explanation]]This is a case of NeverLiveItDown, as Matt used to pronounce the word "Sigil" as this before the internet t on his case about it.[[/labelnote]]

** "How do you want to do this?" When someone has just delivered a decisive blow, Mercer gives them the opportunity to choose how they dispatch Gheir opponent. Saved for tough monsters or bosses, and has become something of a BorrowedCatchphrase for the Geek and Sundry Twitch chat, who chant it as a way of cheering when they think someone is about to get a kill.

-->'''Liam:''' Did you say "bay of gifs"?
--> '''Sam:''' Uh, "bay of jifs," it's pronounced.
-->'''Matt:''' ({{Beat}}) I'm gonna fuckin' fight you.

** "How do you want to do this?" When someone has just delivered a decisive blow, Mercer gives them the opportunity to choose how they dispatch their opponent. Saved for tough monsters or bosses, and has become something of a BorrowedCatchphrase for the Geek and Sundry Twitch chat, who chant it as a way of cheering when they think someone is about to get a kill.

** On a similar note, mispronouncing words that have a hard-G sound with a hard-J, essentially making fun at Matt's expense over the sigil/siggle confusion. Case in point: