Recap / Critical Role 003 Strange Bedfellows

Volume I
Strange Bedfellows, Episode 3:

Strange Bedfellows

"Beneath the Greyspire Mines" is the third episode of Volume I of the Dungeons & Dragons streaming series Critical Role, and the third episode of chapter 1, Beneath the Mines of Kraghammer.

Starring:

• Liam O'Brien as Vax'ildan ^note Half-Elf rogue (assassin)
• Laura Bailey as Vex'ahlia ^note Half-Elf ranger (beast conclave)
• Orion Acaba as Tiberius Stormwind ^note Dragonborn sorcerer
• Taliesin Jaffe as Percival de Rolo ^note Human fighter (gunslinger)
• Marisha Ray as Keyleth ^note Half-Elf druid
• Sam Riegel as Scanlan Shorthalt ^note Gnome bard (College of Lore)
• Travis Willingham as Grog Strongjaw ^note Goliath barbarian

And

• Matthew Mercer as the Dungeon Master

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Tropes in this episode

• Blasphemous Boast:

  Vex: "We're going to kill your God!"

• Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: The party inflicts this on a captured duregar.
• Wingding Eyes: Travis sports a pair of sunglasses with Xs on them while Grog is comatose.
• Worst. Whatever. Ever!: Sam has a muted "Worst show ever," after a mind-flayer eats a dwarf's brain.