Epic Level Battle Royale

is the thirtieth special episode of Critical Role. Grog, Keyleth, Percy, Scanlan, and Vax battle to the death.

Announcements

 * Satine Phoenix will do a charity stream on Saturday December 9
 * The campaign wrap-up will air on Thursday December 14, with some additional questions possibly answered in the new year
 * Critical Role notebook is in the merch store
 * Witcher thing
 * Character playlists
 * Podcast will likely be updated the week of December 14

Part I
Matt Colville encouraged five members of Vox Machina to "show me what you've got" during their sleep the night before the fight with Vecna. He ordered them to all "roll initiative."

Over the course of eight rounds, only Scanlan took significant damage. Keyleth cast Sunbeam and used five successive elemental forms, negating any damage she took. Percy used all the charges in Cabal's Ruin to severely damage Scanlan, Grog broke down several doors, but failed to attack anyone. Vax hid from the group [and the audience] in the central tower, casting Fog Cloud and using his wings. Scanlan initially attempted a strategy of stealth and enchantment, but shifted to constant self-healing, occasional attacks, and reversing gravity on the central tower.

Break

 * Becca Scott previewed Illimat
 * Self-punishing Taliesin monk ad for Chronicles of Exandria: The Tales of Vox Machina
 * Mattbot GM Tips ad

Part II
After a number of rounds, the outer force field began to shrink, eventually confining combatants to the central tower area.

Keyleth successfully Plane Shifted Grog to the Water plane, leaving his fate to the Kraken and eliminating one opponent.

After Scanlan successfully counterspelled Keyleth's Feeblemind, he used Wish to Feeblemind her in return, rendering her a mindless Archdruid wild shaping on pure instinct. The mindless Keyleth used an Earth Elemental form to attack the tower, causing Percy to fall and damaging herself. Percy shot Scanlan into unconsciousness and killed him with a sword.

As Vax continued to attack Keyleth, she successfully incinerated him with a Fire Elemental form. Percy was unable to wear down her elemental forms alone, and was crushed to death between the tower wall and the force field. Everyone was restored to life, and Keyleth won the grand prize of Colville telling her "good job" (which she was unable to comprehend).

Vox Machina

 * Keyleth
 * Percival de Rolo
 * Scanlan Shorthalt
 * Grog Strongjaw
 * Vax'ildan