Duplicity

is the fifty-fifth episode of the second campaign of Critical Role. The Mighty Nein engage in an intense battle with some nasty fiends below the city of Asarius as they search for the source of the rifts...

Announcements

 * First and foremost, we have two fantastic sponsors tonight:
 * D&D Beyond: Sam just ate some pie because it's Pi Day (3.14). Liam asks if that's the ad bit?  Sam confirms it is not.  The D&D Beyond team is growing: they are currently on a quest (get it?) to find a Senior Product Manager and two Product Designers.  They shared with Critical Role that the last developer they hired was a Critter who heard about the job opening in one of Sam's ads.  We got someone A JOB!!!  Laura says that's awesome!  Sam is also excited that the team is growing, because that's more people for him to command when Sam becomes the company's president.  Liam says, "In your dreams!"  That got Sam thinking...D&D Beyond is looking for employment, so Sam started digging around and found some other jobs that are being offered right here at Critical Role!  Sam starts putting the positions out there:
 * Writer: Obnoxious talk show host seeks part-time joke writer. Beard-trimming skills a plus.  No education required.  Criminal record encouraged.  Must be a good lookout.  Candidate must also be willing to withstand constant overwhelming stink of cabbage. (No respirator provided.)  Ability to stay turnt a plus.  Send applications to submit@talksmachina.com.
 * Dice Management Specialist: Online personality and style influencer seeking a full-time dice management specialist. Seeks help organizing her extensive collection of dice.  Must be able to sort over 93,000 dice (yes, that is Laura's actual dice count) by color, cuteness, luck, whimsy, size, and unscientific superstition.  Must also catalog over 4,000 stuffed bears.  In lieu of payment, candidate must accept weekly stipend of 300 "ugly" dice.  Meals not provided.
 * Seamstress: Overworked content creator requires talented seamstress/seamster to remove sleeves from every garment she owns. Sleeves to be disposed of by dunking in acid, death by fire, and/or shredding in a wood-chipper.  Mail applications to sleevesarefuckingbullshit@fucksleeves.com.
 * Image Consultant: Guten tag! I am an underdog candidate for political office in search of an image consultant to help overcome my impossible odds.  Currently running a failing campaign for President of D&D Beyond, getting ass handed by far more attractive, energetic, and likeable candidate.  Attempted to run on a platform of rules, math, and fascism, but my opponent's smile can melt a million hearts and he can charm the world with his wit.  Please help me restart my atrocious campaign and salvage my dignity before I am decimated.  Send CV to germanaccent@liamobrien.tv.
 * The Rook & The Raven: The Rook & The Raven are makers of high-quality notebooks, specifically designed for RPGs. Matt shows one of their Mischief & Misadventure books.  It's a good way to cleanly and easily contain all of your character information and notes.  They also make plastic sheets for any notes you want to be able to draw-and-erase.  They're awesome, and you should check them out at Emerald City Comic Con this weekend (Booth #825), as well as C2E2 later this year!  They are good folks, and tell them Critical Role says hi! (Marisha specifies that you should hold up your notebook and say, "As seen on Critical Role".) Matt asks Marisha how many pages of her notebook she has filled out.  Marisha has filled out all of them...please send her more pages, The Rook & The Raven?  Until then, Matt gives his notebook to Marisha.  Travis says she could avoid this problem by writing smaller than "font 48".  Marisha slams the book shut and shouts, "DON'T JUDGE ME!"  Travis immediately apologizes.  Liam takes Marisha's book and reads a half-page of her notes:
 * "'Patient. Listen.  Stay alive.' - Dairon. [written in pink] Investigating well! [that's it for the pink] Spooky sexy speeches? [Marisha corrects Liam: it's *spectres*, not speeches!] Line of blue dream energy (euphemism).  Succubus = resistance against cold, fire, lightning, poison, and non-magical."
 * Sam laughs that Marisha had to remember to stay alive by writing it down?!? Liam clarifies that *he* makes spooky sexy speeches.  Matt is pretty sure that Taliesin is full of blue dream energy.  Anyways, to celebrate the artists of The Rook & The Raven (friends of the show Deven Rue and Crys Sully), they are releasing a special bundle with a limited release cover design that will only be available until Sunday, March 24, 2019.  Go ahead and check them out at therookandtheraven.com/criticalrole.
 * Gen Con: Critical Role will be headed back to Indianapolis for Gen Con from August 1-4, 2019! Our live show will be that Friday, August 2, 2019 at 9:00 pm EST.  VIP tickets are on-sale next Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 10:00 am EST.  General Admission tickets will be on-sale next Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 10:00 am EST.  Our official Talks Machina panel at Gen Con will take place on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 1:00 pm EST.  That's Travis's birthday!  Matt tells Laura to turn her phone notifications OFF!  Laura apologizes: that was the notification if Ronin is making noises in his crib.  The whole cast goes, "Awwwww!", but Laura agrees to turn it off right now.  Matt says they should also have a little window during the stream so that Critters can check in on Ronin while they watch the show.  Laura thinks that would be so cute, but Travis thinks that's not appropriate at all.  Matt quickly agrees that wouldn't be appropriate at all.  Liam says, "Everything is Content!"
 * Emerald City Comic Con: Critical Role is going to be at Emerald City Comic Con...very soon. Like, we leave tomorrow.  You can check out all the details about those events at critrole.com/events.
 * The Legend of Vox Machina: Some of you probably know, we have a Kickstarter for an animated series...that is CRAZY. Travis announces that Critical Role continues to be blown away: we have passed some INCREDIBLE milestones so far!  "The Legend of Vox Machina" has passed over 53,000 backers!  That is so amazing!  Critical Role cannot thank their backers enough: we love you all so much for sharing our excitement and passion for this animated now-SEASON of this SERIES!  We are so close to our next stretch goal, which is $7.5 million.  If we hit that [the cast cracks up...Travis doesn't even know what these words are anymore], it will unlock two more episodes of the beloved Briarwood arc, and we will give you more of that creepy shit that you want just as much as we do!  Also, it will unlock a special one-shot featuring some of our favorite Vox Machina campaign guests and they're gonna have to fuckin' fight each other!  Matt has ideas.  Confirmed so far to play (professional schedules permitting):
 * Felicia Day as Lyra
 * Wil Wheaton as Thorbir Falbek
 * Will Friedle as Kashaw Vesh
 * Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Zahra Hydris
 * If you want to check out the campaign or make a pledge, you can go to critrole.com/animated. Matt states that all this support has been overwhelming on a spiritual level.  Matt emphasizes that Critical Role is but one of many creators out there.  Beyond supporting Critical Role, the tabletop RPG community is a great community with a lot of great folks.  Matt encourages Critters to go to kickstarter.com/games and see a lot of other projects out there.  Matt has been supporting crowdfunded RPGs for years.  Even just this week, Matt has become a backer for Swordsfall and Humblewood.  Go see what else is on there and what other people we can lift up with this fantastic push of generosity and excitement!  Thank you all very much.
 * merch update from Laura: Here's a little treat for you, Critters! Laura winks, but that's not the only treat...in the store right now is the Menagerie Coast map!!!  You'll notice it's very similar to our beautiful Dwendalian Empire map and they go very well together.  Travis says it's almost like Deven Rue made this gorgeous map too.  Laura confirms that Deven Rue DID make this gorgeous Menagerie Coast map!  She's amazing.  You can check it out at shop.critrole.com now, along with a bunch of other awesome things.  Oh, and by the way...it's in the UK shop too!

Part I
Nott continues chasing the incubus and succubus down the tunnel, invisible (with a Natural 20 on her Stealth roll). The tunnel may have once been an underground river, and smells like a cannon blast. Fjord charges ahead of Caleb and leads the chase after Nott, with Fjord and the rest of the Mighty Nein just 20 feet behind Nott the Brave.

The Mighty Nein

 * Beauregard
 * Caduceus Clay
 * Fjord
 * Jester Lavorre
 * Nott
 * Yasha Nydoorin [controlled by DM and Travis]
 * Caleb Widogast

Returning

 * Nugget
 * The Traveler
 * The Wildmother

Mentioned

 * Zethris Olios
 * Yarnball