Critical Role: Pyrrhic Return (C3E35)

September 26, 2022 12:05 PM - Season 3, Episode 35

Bells Hells sail the stormy skies as they return to Jrusar and reconnect with allies in a race to keep hope alive...
posted by nubs (4 comments total)

It kinda bums me out that, while Laudna's mostly dead, Marisha can't play Keyleth.

On the other hand, it's entirely possible Bell's Hells are about to meet Percy, Vex or Pike, depending on where Keyleth takes them, so I understand how that would create a logistical snarl.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 7:23 PM on September 28, 2022

I'm kind of curious to see if Matt declares a perspective shift and lets the cast play their original characters (and Lieve'tel), presented with the problem of a bunch of mid-level NPCs who seem nice enough—and are after all indirectly working for Keyleth—asking for the resurrection of a formerly undead woman who may be the host of Delilah Briarwood. Can such a person even be resurrected? If so, what personality returns? Hollow Ones canonically don't have souls, so maybe it would be the child who was hung on the Sun Tree, returned fully to life? Or has Laudna-we-know "overwritten" that personality—and if so, would it be Laudna the Hollow One or fully alive Laudna? Or would they find themselves face-to-face, somehow, with Delilah herself?
posted by The Tensor at 12:03 AM on September 29, 2022

I think if they use Resurrection (level 7 Necromancy), it will be real Laudna from before the Briarwoods, possibly without any warlock powers or spells at all. If they use Reincarnate (level 5 Transmutation) then it is anyone's guess.
posted by fiercekitten at 6:36 PM on September 30, 2022

They could also do a vanilla Raise Dead, as it's still within 10 days. But I'm gonna go with the assumption that nothing is ever easy for Laudna.
posted by coriolisdave at 3:48 PM on October 11, 2022