Reading NPC Monologues and Rewarding Absent Players - Vox Machina, Ep. 4 | Critical Role Demystified

This episode has lots of little lessons in it that we can learn a lot from! CW: Poop, foul language (in the CR clips) 00:00 - Intro and Recap Begins 01:19 - Re-introducing Absent Players 02:28 - Reading While Engaging Players 06:23 - Recap Resumes 07:26 - Rewarding Absent Players 08:27 - Matt's Random Encounter 09:49 - Saying Yes to the Players 11:34 - A Non-Surprise Round Compromise 13:25 - Fudging the Duergar's Rules for Action Economy 14:51 - Fudging the Daylight Rules 15:08 - "This DM is out of his mind." 16:19 - The Consequences of Certain Rulings 19:35 - A Quick Lesson from the Q&A 20:11 - Recapping the Lessons You can watch the full episode here: Episode 4 - Attack on the Duergar Warcamp    • Attack on the Duergar Warcamp | Critical R...   PATREON:   / supergeekmike   DISCORD:   / discord   NEWSLETTER: https://www.supergeekmike.com/newsletter ____________________________________ WEBSITE/BLOG: https://www.supergeekmike.com/ WISHLIST: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls... Address for Packages: Mike Christensen 100 W. High St., #1326 Moorpark, CA 93021 PLEASE don't address things to "SupergeekMike"; I need to show I.D. when I pick up packages, and that isn't the name on my driver's license Address for Letters: Mike Christensen P.O. Box 1326 Moorpark, CA 93020 TWITTER:   / supergeekmike   INSTAGRAM:   / supergeekmike   TIKTOK:   / supergeekmike   TWITCH:   / supergeekmike   ____________________________________ More Links, including my One Funny link: https://www.supergeekmike.com/links