History WebVideo / CriticalRoleCampaignTwo

* MayItNeverHappenAgain: Downplayed. Though it's one of many dilemmas, Trent's machinations in creating the Volstruckers horribly traumatized Caleb and he is a powerful antagonistic force against the Mighty Nein. In the end, they have him incarcerated and unable to use his magic, ensuring he may never harm any innocents ever again. Furthermore, Beau and Caleb keep an eye on the remaining member of the Cerberus Council, Ludinus, to prevent more strife. [[spoiler:Subverted as of Campaign Three, as their efforts largely fail to stop Ludinus' plans]].

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In episode 140 of Campaign 2, during the final battle with Lucien, Yasha Rages and Travis, for perhaps the first time ever, doesn't respond with an incoherent grunt of encouragement, underscoring the seriousness of the situation.

* ReallyWasBornYesterday: Molly is fairly "with it" for this trope, but his [[TheHedonist hedonistic]] lifestyle and fascination with new experiences make much more sense once he reveals that he has no memory of anything before two years ago.
-->'''Molly''': That's a thing? They have stores purely for candy? Will wonders never cease?

* BornAsAnAdult: While Molly claims to have no regrets about [[spoiler:mysteriously waking up in a grave with no memory of his life]], he does (under the influence of drugs) express sadness about not having had a childhood.

* GreyAndGreyMorality: Especially in comparison to the first campaign. The Dwendalian Empire is a brutal totalitarian regime, but not everyone who serves it is corrupt, and they're NecessarilyEvil to protect the people from Xhorhas, an enemy of the empire built on the remains of the Betrayer Gods' city, Ghor Dranas. Even [[LaResistance anti-empire revolutionaries]] [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized can be very brutal in their methods.]] Xhorhas, meanwhile, has legitimate reasons to hate the Empire, but their armies still slaughter anyone caught in their attacks, including civilians, and their queen skirts dangerously towards RevengeBeforeReason. The player characters caught up in all this are also less clear-cut heroic than Vox Machina, with many of them having selfish motives.

* GrailInTheGarbage: On a whim, Caduceus buys a damaged antique longsword from Pumat Sol's shop. In the course of the party's travels, it's revealed to be a once-mighty magical weapon called the Star Razor. After the Nein have it reforged by UltimateBlacksmith Umagorn Smeltborne, Fjord starts using it regularly in battle and it's eventually confirmed by no less an arcane scholar than [[spoiler: Allura Vysoren]] to be an honest-to-Melora [[InfinityPlusOneSword Vestige of the Divergence.]]

** Vergesson Sanitarium was named after Lord Symon Vergesson in-universe, but is probably derived from the German "vergessen" (to forget). [[spoiler:Caleb spent 11 years there with fake memories implanted in him, and escaped after a fellow patient [[note]]either a disciple of the Archeart (according to Liam) or the Moonweaver (according to Matt)[[/note]] healed him and made him remember the truth.]] Among its many other uses, the Sanitarium is also a place to put people who are a danger to themselves and others, who cannot be allowed to leave and will/should be forgotten.

* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Lucien]] is consistently friendly and jovial with the Nein, treating them like old friends. They even travel with him for a bit as tense but tolerant 'allies,' and he repeatedly leaves them alive when he could have easily killed them. [[spoiler: (Though that might have been [[FightingFromTheInside due to someone else.]])]] That said, he's still a cult leader seeking the literal end of the world.

* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Lucien]] is consistently friendly and jovial with the Nein, treating them like old friends. They even travel with him for a bit as tense but tolerant 'allies,' and he repeatedly leaves them alive when he could have easily killed them. [[spoiler: (Though that might not have been [[FightingFromTheInside due to someone else.]])]] That said, he's still a cult leader seeking the literal end of the world.

* AffablyEvil: Lucien is consistently friendly and jovial with the Nein, treating them like old friends. They even travel with him for a bit as tense but tolerant 'allies,' and he repeatedly leaves them alive when he could have easily killed them. That said, he's still a cult leader seeking the literal end of the world.

* LOL69:
** The [=NordVPN=] sponsorship ads involve Sam, and eventually all the guys as a ragtag bunch of hackers straight out of the '90s, and for some reason (read: RetCon) all their handles end with 69.
** The cast also makes a lot of jokes about this once Episode 69 happens [[spoiler: though the episode itself [[DownerEnding did not end up being a very sexy one]] ]].
** One of the overarching ad campaigns this season was the 69th D&D Beyond Presidential Election, which pitted Sam Riegel against Liam O'Brien.

It also has an abridged AnimatedAdaptation in ''WebVideo/CritRecapAnimated''.

* TarotTrouble: Mollymauk created his own Tarot deck as part of his following of the Moonweaver and used it as part of his circus job to make cold reading on people and giving them what they expected. [[spoiler:After his death]], Jester obtained the deck and started doing genuine tarot reading herself. Both times she used it, on Fjord and [[spoiler:Lucien]] the results have been accurate enough to shake the entire table.