Critical Role is a weekly livestreamed RPG game set in Exandria, which is the world created by veteran voice actor and Game Master, Matthew Mercer. Each week, Matthew leads his friends (also fellow voice actors!) on epic adventures.

Our first campaign centered on the ragtag group of heroes known as Vox Machina in the continent of Tal’Dorei. Vox Machina consists of:

• Pike Trickfoot, the Gnome Cleric (Ashley Johnson)
• Keyleth, the Half-Elf Druid (Marisha Ray)
• Percival “Percy” Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, the Human Gunslinger (Taliesin Jaffe)
• Grog Strongjaw, the Goliath Barbarian (Travis Willingham)
• Scanlan Shorthalt, the Gnome Bard and Taryon “Tary” Darrington, the Human Artificer (Sam Riegel)
• Vex’ahlia, the Half-Elf Ranger (Laura Bailey)
• Vax’ildan, the Half-Elf Rogue (Liam O’Brien).

The first campaign ended in November 2017 after 115 episodes and 373 hours of gameplay (via Crit Role Stats).

The second campaign focused on the Mighty Nein who found themselves embroiled in conflict between the Dwendalian Empire and the Kryn Dynasty after beginning their adventures together in Wildemount. The Mighty Nein consists of:

• Yasha, the Aasimar Barbarian (Ashley Johnson)
• Beauregard, the Human Monk (Marisha Ray)
• Mollymauk Tealeaf, the Tiefling Blood Hunter and Caduceus Clay, the Firbolg Cleric (Taliesin Jaffe)
• Fjord, the Half-Orc Warlock (Travis Willingham)
• Nott the Brave/ Veth Brenatto, the Goblin/Halfling Rogue (Sam Riegel)
• Jester, the Tiefling Cleric (Laura Bailey)
• Caleb Widogast, the Human Wizard (Liam O’Brien).

The second campaign ended in June 2021 after 141 episodes and 483 hours of gameplay (via Crit Role Stats).

The third campaign began on October 21, 2021 and focuses on the adventuring party known as Bells Hells. Campaign 3 is still in progress and takes place on the continent of Marquet. Bells Hells Consists of:

• Fearne Calloway, the Faun Druid (Ashley Johnson)
• Laudna, the Undead Warlock Sorcerer (Marisha Ray)
• Ashton Greymoore, the Earth Genasi Barbarian (Taliesin Jaffe)
• Chetney, the Gnome Blood Hunter (Travis Willingham)
• Fresh Cut Grass (F.C.G.), the Automaton Cleric (Sam Riegel)
• Imogen Temult, the Human Sorcerer (Laura Bailey)
• Orym of the Air Ashari, the Halfling Fighter (Liam O’Brien).

Learn more about the characters here.

Critical Role airs on Thursdays at 7pm Pacific on Twitch at twitch.tv/criticalrole and YouTube at  youtube.com/criticalrole. You can also watch our rebroadcast streams at 12am and 9am Pacific the following morning on our Twitch channel.

Be sure to watch the livestream to participate in our moderated live chat and connect with fellow critters!

And if you’re ever unsure about when something is airing in your timezone, our community created this handy dandy platform as a resource: criticalroletimers.com.

All legacy episodes of Critical Role (the entirety of Campaign 1: Vox Machina and episodes 1 through 19 of Campaign 2: Mighty Nein) are available via Geek & Sundry’s channels. All new episodes are available on Critical Role’s channels. We have created helpful YouTube playlists (Campaign 1: Vox Machina || Campaign 2: The Mighty Nein || Campaign 3: Bells Hells) for you so that it’s super easy to find each of our episodes, and the video links have been posted here on critrole.com with viewing opportunities on at least one free-to-view platform.

Critical Role VODs will be made available for everyone at 12pm Pacific on Mondays on the Critical Role YouTube channel.
But if you want access even earlier, Beacon Members receive Critical Role VODs on Thursdays at 7pm Pacific the day the episode airs!

Critical Role is also available as a podcast a week after the initial air date. Check out the PODCASTS section below for more information on how to listen.

MEMBERSHIPS & SUBSCRIPTIONS

The one true home for all things Critical Role is our special membership service Beacon! Beacon provides completely ad-free content and early access to our shows Critical Role Abridged, The Re-Slayer’s Take, Midst, the Critical Role podcast, and more! Members also receive live event presales, merch discounts in all our online shops, an invitation to a private Discord and exclusive series like Fireside Chats and Critical Role Cooldown! You can start your 7-day free trial today at https://beacon.tv/join.

Critical Role Twitch Subscribers and Critical Role YouTube Members have access to Critical Role VODs immediately after the stream ends, custom emojis to use in comments/live chats, and special badges next to your name for comments/live chats. YouTube Members will also have access to member-only community posts where they will receive member-only updates and posts on our Community tab.

Critical Role is captioned by an amazing team of editors and captions are used on both the live broadcast and on the VOD, thanks to episodes being pre-recorded. However, occasionally stream issues occur that cause captions to be unavailable or to fail during the stream. Check out how to enable captions on Twitch here.

Our captions go through an extensive captioning process for accuracy, which is important for a show that has a ton of interesting names and extensive lore. The process of finalizing captions can take some time based on the duration of our show, but if we ever encounter delays that prevent using final edited captions on our streams or VODs, we strive to have unedited captions in place until final captions are available. The YouTube description of each video is updated with which stage in the process the captions are at and any anticipated caption delays will be communicated in advance via our weekly programming schedule post Mondays at 10am Pacific on critrole.com.

Our shows are intended for adult audiences and you may want to watch an episode or show first and then decide if it’s appropriate for the little ones in your life.

Due to the improv nature of Critical Role and other RPG content on our channels, some themes and situations that occur in-game may be difficult for some to handle. If certain episodes or scenes become uncomfortable, we strongly suggest taking a break or skipping that particular episode.

Your health and well-being is important to us and Psycom has a great list of international mental health resources here, in case it’s useful.