History Characters / CriticalRoleScanlanShorthalt

** As a class feature, he gets the eponymous "Jack-of-All-Trades" feat, that allows him to add half his proficiency bonus, rounded down, to any ability check he makes that doesn't already include his proficiency bonus. That aspect doesn't come up very often though, as Scalan usually focuses on his skills of expertise, such as Deception.

** Averted in that, unlike most of Vox Machina, Sam never multi-classed. Putting levels into another class makes for a more balanced character, but one has to start from the beginning of that class, as opposed to the higher levels and bigger bonuses of one's original class had they stayed the course. By playing a pure bard, late game Scanalan is less balanced but ultimately more powerful for it.

** He makes fun of Aldor a lot in Episode 17, despite the fact that Aldor is pretty clearly the authority in the situation. Unfortunately, he doesn't actually make fun of [[JustForPun Rimefang.]]

* HornyBard: The living embodiment of this trope in a small package. He uses every opportunity to hit on AnythingThatMoves and charm the pants off his quarry with his song, literally and figuratively.

* DeathFromAbove: In Episode 58, [[spoiler:when seeing Vax in danger of being killed by Hotis the Rakshasa, he decides to leap off the balcony with Mythcarver and do a jumping stab attack that would make [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] proud.]]

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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Has transformed into both a Pterodactyl and a Triceratops with the Polymorph spell.

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* IHaveManyNames: Scanlan Shorthalt loves creating alternate names, sometimes complete with different accentes
and personalities. Burt Reynolds, The Kingslayer, Kenny Rogers, Francois Bertrand Jean-Luc Australia, the Meat Man, [[spoiler: Aes Adan]] and many others.

* TalkToTheHand: Bigby's Hand, that is. He regulrly summons it in battle, whether to hold down enemies or attack them,

* {{Vibroweapon}}: [[spoiler: Mythcarver, the vestige Scanlan received has so far been shown to deal extra damage thanks to this trope. It emits an audible high pitched hum, doesn't make a sound as it passes through enemies like a hot knife through butter and cleans itself of any blood and gore that sticks to it. [[TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential It gets even better once it awakens]]]].

* WeakButSkilled: Being a Bard, Scanlan isn't the strongest fighter and overall his offensive power is much less note worthy than the others. What Scanlan is though is a CombatPragmatist with a cunning wit, the creativity to back it up, and a wide arsenal of spells that allow him to essentially throw off whoever he happens to be fighting. On many occasions, the heroes have won a fight only because Scanlan quickly threw up a crazy move that nobody expected, allowing his more powerful/combat focused allies the chance to get in and seal the deal.

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* IHaveManyNames: Scanlan Shorthalt, Burt Reynolds, The Kingslayer, Kenny Rogers and many others.

* BladeSpam: [[spoiler:Mythcarver, when awakened, grants Scanlan the equivalent of a Fighter's level 20 Extra Attack boon: four attacks per round. [[UpToEleven All with advantage if he Inspired someone beforehand]].]]

* ConsummateLiar: As befits TheFace, Scanlan is a terrific liar. (Mechanically speaking, he's got an outrageously high Deception modifier (''+13''), as seen in Episode 61 when he manages to roll a 30 -- [[UpToEleven with disadvantage.]]) It is, however, one of his biggest flaws, something that is brought to the fore [[spoiler:when Scanlan leaves the group in Episode 85.]]

* SadisticChoice: [[UpToEleven Perhaps the most extreme example in the entirety of the campaign]]. [[spoiler: During the final battle with Vecna, Scanlan is put into an extremely tough situation: Either save his last 9th level spell to cast Wish, allowing him to [[BackFromTheDead revive Vax]], or use a 9th level Counterspell to stop Vecna from teleporting and escaping, since Vecna escaping would make the entire battle AllForNothing. Faced with no good way to handle it, Scanlan casts Counterspell to make sure Vecna pays for everything he's done, all while Sam begins to [[TearJerker/CriticalRole break down into tears]]]].

* VoluntaryTransformation: Prefers to turn himself into a fly or pterodactyl with ''Polymorph'' if he needs to scout or fly. Taken UpToEleven upon reaching level 17 and learning ''True Polymorph''.

* {{Fartillery}}: He has a tendency to fire Lightning from his rear end in addition to his crotch. In fact, ''The Legend of Vox Machina'' opening theme shows him doing just this.

* FilkSong: Most if not all of Scanlan's Bardic inspiration songs are these, as Sam rewrites the lyrics to popular songs to fit the situation.

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* SadisticChoice: [[UpToEleven Perhaps the most extreme example in the entirety of the campaign]]. [[spoiler: During the final battle with Vecna, Scanlan is put into an extremely tough situation: Either save his last 9th level spell to cast Wish, allowing him to [[BackFromTheDead revive Vax]], or use a 9th level Counterspell to stop Vecna from teleporting and escaping, since Vecna escaping would make the entire battle AllForNothing. Faced with no good way to handle it, Scanlan casts Counterspell to make sure Vecna pays for everything he's done, all while Sam [[{{Corpsing}} begins to]] [[TearJerker/CriticalRole break down into tears]]]].

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Early on Scanlan was more or less the ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} of the cast, being a meta-humor focused character who didn't really take things seriously. This can be seen at how many fourth-wall breaking jokes he made without care. Overtime however, Scanlan's humor was changed to be that of a StepfordSmiler, making him go from a silly JokeCharacter, into a more realistic character.

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* QuirkyBard: It does not take very long for the audience to learn how strange he can be. It's almost to the point of being a CloudCuckooLander.

* AmicableExes:[[spoiler:Tal'Dorei Reborn reveled that he and Pike become this, ending their marrige after their children have grown but still remain good friends and sometimes lovers]].

* AmicableExes:[[spoiler:Tal'Dorei Reborn reveled that he and pike become this, ending their marrige after their children have grown but still remain good friends and sometimes lovers]].

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* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler: The name he uses as a crime lord in Marquet, Aes Adan, is [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sindarin (Elvish)]] for [[CallBack 'Meat Man.']] ]]

* BadassMustache: As Burt Reynolds, of course.

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