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{{quote|''"Until next time, listeners, here's hoping all your dice rolls are... [[Title Drop|Critical Hits]]"''|''Stephen Schleicher, at the end of each episode''}}

 

If you came looking for the Game Mechanic which results in high damage, that's over [[Critical Hit|here.]]

 

 

The plot of the campaign follows a [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] as they try to stop The Void, a group of [[Eldritch Abomination|Insane Gods]], from invading their plane of existence. The first and second seasons had them racing to keep the [[Colony Drop|Moon from smashing into the Earth]], and now, in the third season, they've been recruited by a [[Celestial Bureaucracy|Higher Power]] to help cleanse a part of the Astral Sea of the remaining Lunar Monsters. The group includes [[Squishy Wizard|Orem Rivendorn]] of the Eladrin, [[Big Guy|Halston Thorkelson aka "Torq"]], [[Gadgeteer Genius|Randus du Thane]], and [[Mysterious Past|Smith the Sorcerer]],{{spoiler|who has since been replaced by}} [[Loveable Rogue|Ket]] the Half-Elf Warlock. In Season Four, they're joined by an elf ranger, Trelle.

It does take occasional breaks to answer listener questions, and Stephen and Rodrigo have created a set of podcasts which focus on Game Mastering 101, with its own set of characters. (Episodes 58-62).

 

 

You can find the episodes [http://www.majorspoilers.com/media/criticalhit.xml here], or download them from iTunes.

 

* [[A God Am I]]: Literally, The Thing That Shatters The Sky, plus all the other Gods of The Void.

* [[A Wizard Did It]]: Well, technically some Insane [[Eldritch Abomination|Gods]] did it - the moon is explained to be livable only due to the will of The Void.

** Bao Bel-Bina is a tiefling Avenger who serves Erathis.

** The third is Trelle, an elf ranger that recently joined the party.

* [[Adventure Towns]]: Moonhold, The Exilarchy of Cogs' city, and Diamond Throne.

* [[Alien Sky]]: Two: One happens after The Void's first attempt to {{spoiler|smash the moon into the Earth}}, described by Rodrigo as constantly red, filled with clouds and roiling lightning. The second is when the heroes are {{spoiler|transported to the moon,}} described as a bubble surrounding the planet with a blurry view of the planet itself.

* [[An Adventurer Is You]]: It's a D&D Game.

* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Torq's [[Weapon of Choice]] is a Great Axe.

*** D&D Brian namechecks this trope when the Torqletones fight the Candle Heads for the first time.

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Torq is a half orc fighter with almost no skills... except killin' things. In this he excels.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: The main one is Torq's "Uh... whut?", but Randus' "Indeed" is a close second.

** In the third season we appear to have Ket's "I don't cheat; I very rarely bluff" as a new one.

* [[Cool Airship]]: Thony's Proud Baroness.

* [[Critical Hit]]: Torq scores these often, interestingly enough, Matthew is the only player playing by remote.

* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Torq.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The Void are a group of insane, evil Gods who inhabit the Campaign World's moon, plus the countless number of creatures they create and destroy on a whim, often sending them to fight the heroes.

* [[Game Master]]: Rodrigo, Stephen and Rob.

* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Randus and Thony.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: The players, for sure. Not so much their characters.

* [[High Altitude Battle]]: With the Lunar Dargon in Episodes 27 and 28.

* [[Hit Points]]: Since this is a Dungeons and Dragons campaign, absolutely.

* [[Running Gag]]: Torq jumping out windows.

** "Uhhhhh, funnelcake?"

* [[The Roleplayer]]: Matthew appears to to be a glorious mix of this and [[The Loonie]].

* [[Title Drop]] - As the quote at the top of the page says, it's at least once an episode, plus whenever someone scores an actual [[Critical Hit]].

 

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