Marisha Ray, voice of the druid Keyleth, admitted they used to be “pretty hot messes” during the home games, and DM Matt Mercer emphatically agreed, recalling the group’s bloodlust dating all the way back to their very first game. When asked about being not quite as put together as in the campaign proper, the actors admitted they found some old fun in the new chaos. “Each individual character gets their own moments and reactions, and you’re learning about them as they react to the circumstances as they’re unfolding.” “Vox Machina are pulling at the boundaries of each other to come up with the best solution,” said Willingham. Percy may be the primary character of the Briarwood arc, but Willingham believed that it could still function as a strong ensemble piece for the whole party.
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The “narrative nerfing,” if you could call it that, is all for the sake of building character, at least to Grog’s voice actor, Travis Willingham.
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He used the first two episodes as an example, calling it a “nexus point’’ for the series since it fuses beats from the cast’s pre-stream home games into the story. Speaking to Gizmodo ahead of Vox Machina’s premiere, O’Brien discussed how the cast spent extensive time with the writers shifting story elements around and locking down what to bring over for the show, comparing it to a game of Tetris. With only two 12-episode seasons currently planned of the animated show, obviously only a small portion of the campaign can make the final cut.Ĭondensing all that story was a “fascinating challenge,” according to Liam O’Brien, voice of the half elf rogue Vax’ildan.
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On its own, the “Vox Machina” campaign spans nearly 400 hours across 115 episodes. Since the same actors are voicing their characters, and have been guiding hands in the show’s development, fans haven’t been very concerned with whether Vox Machina would stay faithful to the original campaign, but rather just how much of it could be included in Amazon’s adaptation.
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With The Legend of Vox Machina, the voice actors behind Critical Role are attempting to break new ground as a tabletop roleplaying series turned into an animated TV show.