History YMMV / CriticalRoleCampaignThree

* ArcFatigue: Some Critters have felt the split party arc starting in Episode 52 carried on too long, and want to see [[spoiler: Laudna, Ashton and Orym]] again. This was likely done because [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Marisha needed to train for Creator Clash]].

** Bor'Dor's first on-screen action is to cast a high-level Lightning Bolt at Bell's Hells in a panic, and it's PlayedForLaughs.[ [[spoiler: Given TheReveal in Episode 63, this wasn't an accident, but a deliberate assassination attempt]].

** Bor'Dor's first on-screen action is to cast a high-level Lightning Bolt at Bell's Hells in a panic, and it's PlayedForLaughs. [[spoiler: Given TheReveal in Episode 63, this wasn't an accident, but a deliberate assassination attempt]].

** The sudden [[spoiler: betrayal by Bor'dor]] in Episode 63 shocked Critters, given [[spoiler: Creator/UtkarshAmbudkar did an ''extremely'' good job at ObfuscatingStupidity with his character. While many fans suspected he was more than he appeared, few expected him to be EvilAllAlong]].

* IdiosyncraticShipNaming: Southern Gothic has been a popular ship name for Imogen and Laudna. Similarly TombStone has evolved for the Laudna/Ashton ship.

** In possibly the biggest unexpected character appearance in all of ''Critical Role'', [[spoiler:motherflippin' ''Vax'ildan'']] appears in episode 51. [[note]] Sam, in a moment of humorous [[spoiler:irony, did technically predict this due to his gas-can joke of the session being a bingo card of potential character cameos, on which Vax was included amongst other more outlandish examples]].[[/note]]

*** ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' is namechecked, with a mention of the chandelier still being up after a performance [[note]]''Phantom'' has an iconic chandelier that rises at the start of act 1 and crashes at the end of the act.[[/note]], and a joke about how the cast is completely done with it after playing it for so long. [[note]]''Phantom'' was the longest-running show on Broadway at the time of the episode's airing - over 13,000 performances since 1988.[[/note]] As a demonstration for how fed up the cast is, Creator/LiamOBrien sings a few bars from ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' (specifically "Stars") in a monotone - ''Les Mis'' was the longest-running musical on the West End.[[note]]London's theatre district and counterpart to Broadway, one of the big two players in the world of English-language musical theatre.[[/note]] This also may be a reference to the fact that Sam appeared in a Broadway production of Les Mis in his youth.

* Wererobot[[labelnote:Explanation '''(Spoilers)''']]After getting into a fight with Chetney in his wolf form, FRIDA apparently failed a constitution saving throw, with Matt leaving it on a cliffhanger as to how it will effect them. Jokes about how a non-organic aeormaton can become a werewolf quickly ensued, especially with the cast comparing the idea to robotic dog toys.[[/labelnote]]

** In possibly the biggest unexpected character appearance in all of ''Critical Role'', [[spoiler:motherflippin' ''Vax'ildan'']] appears in episode 51. [[note]] Sam in a moment of humorous [[spoiler:irony did technically predict this due to his gas-can joke of the session being a bingo card of potential character cameos, on which Vax was included amongst other more outlandish examples]].[[/note]]

** In possibly the biggest unexpected character appearance in all of ''Critical Role'', [[spoiler:motherflippin' ''Vax'ildan'']] appears in episode 51.

* MagnificentBastard: As horrifying as his plans and ambitions are, [[spoiler:Martinet Ludinus Da'leth]] pulls off one for the record books. [[spoiler:In addition to gathering the Ruidus-powered Exaltants under his banner and smuggling large quantities of residuum out from under the de Rolos' noses, he also reveals that he has a ''Luxon Beacon'' in his possession as part of this device, meaning that he and the rest of the Cerberus Assembly potentially started the entire Dwendalian-Xhorhaus War just so he could research the depths of dunamancy (while keeping his real goal secret even from the rest of the Assembly). The cherry on top? He orchestrated many assassination attempts against Keyleth, the Voice of the Tempest of the Air Ashari, cutting down anyone in her way, including Orym's family... but not because she was a threat; he wanted to use her as ''bait'' to [[BatmanGambit draw out]] her old lover, Vax'ildan, the Champion of the Raven Queen, because he needed a sliver of divine power to fuel his device. As such, when Vax'ildan does emerge to save Keyleth's life, Ludinus has the trap all laid out for him to paralyze him, compress him into a power source for the Malleus Key, and unleash Predathos from inside the Red Moon.]]

* MemeticMutation: Ted Grasso. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Fresh Cut Grass has a similar voice and personality type to the titular character of ''Series/TedLasso'', prompting the nickname.[[/labelnote]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Campaign 3's opening addresses some of the SlowPacedBeginning issues fans had with Campaign 2.
*** The party members are more obviously likable from the outset, with even the less friendly ones like Ashton having their JerkWithAHeartOfGold nature emphasized sooner, and all are open to helping each other in-story and in combat.
*** Hints of an over-arching story are seeded much earlier, along with an ArcVillain hinted at as early as the second episode.
*** Multiple party members have personal goals that are clear to the audience from the beginning, while still being vague enough to keep fans and the players guessing. The very first scene of the campaign is Imogen and Laudna working towards their own personal goals, showing their personalities and what they're after.

* IdiosyncraticShipNaming: Southern Gothic has been a popular ship name for Imogen and Laudna.

** Did Fearne truly leave fate up to a coin toss, or was she going to choose to bring back Orym regardless, since she was closer to him? Did she then place blame on the Changebringer because she hated having to choose between her friends?

* IdiosyncraticShipName: Southern Gothic has been a popular ship name for Imogen and Laudna.