History Characters / CriticalRoleGrogStrongjaw

* TheDreaded: DownplayedTrope in that Grog himself isn't really feared by [[spoiler:Vecna]] outright, but upon realizing Grog has the [[spoiler:Sword of Kas, Vecna]] specifically focuses a lot of his attention on making sure Grog cannot fight him. Given that the [[spoiler:Sword of Kas]] not only gives Grog bonuses, but also specifically wants [[spoiler:Vecna]] dead, [[spoiler:Vecna]] choses to not only banish him, but also use two Legendary Resistances to ensure he can't get back. If not for that, the fight would have been significantly against him from the start.

* {{Catchphrase}}: When battle ensues, "I would like to rage" is his. So polite! And it's not just to satisfy RuleOfCool, either. "Rage" is actually a Barbarian character trait which grants increases to damage, advantage on strength checks and saves, resistance to most common damage, and outright immunity to fear or enchantment.

* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapons: Grog prefers to wield massive hammers and axes that get the most out of his brute force. Even when facing enemies flying above him or dueling a martial arts master, Grog will always just try to smash them with his big sticks rather than wrestle them down or pincushion them with bows or guns.

** As Travis once put it: "You don't ''fuck'' with Grog's cask of ale!" Tiny the Fomorian learned this the hard way: drinking all its contents made Grog mad enough, but destroying it when it was done made him snap, run forward, and ''headbutt the giant''.
** Shaving off any newly grown beards of his is also a fine way to piss him off. Also applies to Travis, who once broke a mechanical pencil in anger when Vax/Liam announced that he was going to shave off Grog's beard, it seems that this is a BerserkButton for both the player and the character.

* BatmanGambit: Pulls an impressive one (remember that Grog has ''six'' Intelligence) on Vex and Percy in episode 40 in an attempt to take the skull for a wish. His plan only failed when Travis rolled a natural one ''at the last second.''

** As Travis put it best in episode 11: "You don't ''fuck'' with Grog's cask of ale." Tiny the Fomorian learned this the hard way: drinking all its contents made Grog mad enough, but destroying it when it was done made him snap, run forward, and ''headbutt the giant''.
** Shaving off any newly grown beards of his is also a fine way to piss him off. Considering that Travis broke a mechanical pencil in anger when Vax/Liam announced that he was going to shave off Grog's beard, it seems that this is a BerserkButton for both the player and the character.

* DropTheHammer: Picked up the Firebrand Warhammer in the Underdark, which acts as a secondary signature weapon of his. Seems to have become his primary weapon in later episodes, and back to a secondary weapon once he obtains Craven Edge [[spoiler:and, after getting rid of Craven Edge, the Bloodaxe]]. He later acquires a Dwarven Thrower (which he was allowed to wield due to the Belt of Dwarvenkind despite not being a dwarf) and uses it to great effect whenever dealing with a flying enemy from then on out.

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* BadassBaritone: Thanks to [[Creator/TravisWillingham Travis]], he has one of the deepest voices in the party, and is by far the most badass.

* LikeBrotherAndSister: He and Pike have lived together for most of their lives, and it really shows in how they interact.

* AnAxeToGrind: He starts the stream wielding one, and it's his weapon of choice in the comic adaptation of the pre-stream campaign. Once he acquires [[spoiler:the Bloodaxe from Kevdak during Episode 52]] it becomes his signature weapon for the rest of the campaign.

* UltimateBlacksmith: [[spoiler:Ioun gave him supernatural blacksmithing knowledge, letting him make the Divine Trammels out of fragments of the gods themselves. In this scene, Matt compares him to ''Kord'', the Allhammer himself!]]

* UltimateBlacksmith: [[spoiler:Ioun gave him supernatural blacksmithing knowledge, letting him make the Divine Trammels out of fragments of the gods themselves.]]

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* BadassBeard: Thanks to a magical object, he's able to grow a beard. What makes this particularly badass is that Goliath's are biologically unable to grow any hair, so the fact he did means his biology has been permanently altered by the magic.

* TheSmartGuy: His introduction is a parody of this trope. In the words of "Professor Grog" himself, he is, "easily the brains of the group, and often consulted for his vast knowledge of shapes, colors and ''shiny things''....Also, ale."