Marisha Ray just made Critical Role history with Campaign 4 |
Critical Role has had many standout moments over the years — the reveal of the Sun Tree in Campaign 1, Jester’s spectacular use of a magical cupcake in Campaign 2, and Otohan Thull’s near-TPK of Bells Hells in Campaign 3, just to name a few. Now, despite being only 25 episodes in, Marisha Ray has delivered one such moment for Campaign 4, leaving both Dungeon Master Brennan Lee Mulligan, as well as her fellow Schemers, gobsmacked.
[Ed. note: This article contains spoilers for Critical Role Campaign 4 episode 25, “Targeted.”]
When we last left off, the Schemers' table had just uncovered a deadly plot focused on King Augustus of Timmony. After Photarch Yanessa of the Candescent Creed and House Halovar led the king to a private room at the Archanade gala, our wily players smelled trouble. Ray, playing Murray Mag’nesson, a dwarf divination wizard, cast Invisibility on herself and snuck in behind the pair.
Hell quickly broke loose as assassins, dressed in the colors of Argosia — a nation that Timmony previously rebelled against in The War of Axe and Vine — seemingly attacked both King Augustus and Photarch Yanessa. The King is attacked via the ingestion of poison, delivered by his own mind-controlled druid, while the Photarch gets a crossbolt to the chest.
As the battle........