Once upon a time, a group of curious storytellers breathed life into epic tales set in the wide fantasy world of Xanifria.

This is Liam O'Brien here to welcome you to Critical Role.

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With all that said, let's get into the story.

Hello everyone, and welcome to tonight's episode of Critical Role, where a bunch of us need to ask voice actors, really mess with me right before we go live, and play Dendritz and Dragons.

So before we get into tonight's game, we have a few announcements to get through.

First and foremost, our first of two sponsors of the evening, our returning friend Thrall of Campaign 2, D&D Beyond.

D&D Beyond.

There was a bit of a revelation last week that has shaken my campaign to its very foundations, and I've been a little distraught and distracted this week.

D&D Beyond wants me to mention that they're hiring again, they're looking for a digital marketing manager, a full stack developer, and a mobile app developer apply now on their website.

But I've been too depressed to really think about being funny for them this week.

I didn't write anything, there's no joke, I'm not a trained monkey, I can't just perform for you people.

So while I reassess my campaign, I'm going to suspend it for a little while, while I take stock of things.

And luckily, a few weeks maybe months ago, we had prepared for just such an event like this where I didn't write a bit.

We pre-shot sort of a generic ad for D&D Beyond in the event that something tragic happened to me, and I couldn't be here.

They would have it ready to play.

So we're just going to use that one tonight, it won't make much sense, but play that video, it's a generic D&D Beyond spot.

Hello, if you're seeing this video, it is because I, Sam Regal, am no longer alive.

I assume I passed away like I always imagined, shirtless, with rip dabs riding a jet ski into a volcano while blasting Ozzy Osborn's classic hit, the Crazy Train.

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