Fireside Chat & NPC Build with Matthew Mercer

is a special episode of Critical Role. It was during this episode that the character of Orly Skiffback was created.

The creation of a fan-voted NPC

 * There is discussion of the custom NPC build that fans have voted on.
 * Race: Tortle, 23.1% of the vote.
 * Class: Bard, 23.8% of the vote.
 * Background: Folk hero, 13.7% of the vote.
 * Occupation: Enchanted Tattooist, 22.7% of the vote.
 * Gender: Male, 33.6% of the vote.
 * Alignment: Chaotic Good, 27.8% of the vote.
 * Age: Middle-aged, 48.5% of the vote.
 * Matt asks for a "unique physical characteristic" of the character and picks at semi-random, and goes with "missing eye." For unique vocalization, he picks "stutterer" (Matt had a childhood stutter), and a Bayou/Cajun accent.

Quotations

 * Matt on Purvan: "If you're developing NPC names in advance, say them out loud before you introduce them to the players, because inevitably sometimes it'll come back to bite you in the ass. I've learned."