Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Last month , comedian and Late Show host Stephen Colbert took part in a one - barb sitting ofDungeons & Dragons , campaign by voice actor Matthew Mercer alongside members of theCritical Rolecrew , to raise money for the Red Nose Day charity . Over the course of this session , a short fantasy adventure with epic battles , ingenious trickery , fiendish cults , and treacherous imps , Colbert demo off his aggregation ofLord of the Ringsmovie swords while also pull in references to another infamous fantasy serial publication - theEternal Championsaga write by New Wave fantasy generator Michael Moorcock , far-famed for creating iconic phantasy characters such asElric Of Melniboné .
" Dignity : An Adventure With Stephen Colbert , " an 60 minutes - and - a - halfDungeons & Dragonssession lately uploaded toCritical Role ’s YouTube line , is the 2d time comic Stephen Colbert has been in aD&Dsession with Matthew Mercer , a professional voice thespian and regular Dungeon Master for theCritical Rolelive - play series . Back in 2019 , Colbert participated in an RPG one - shot trial by Mercer to raise money for Red Nose Day ; this was the first metre Colbert had playedDungeons & Dragonsin over 30 years after unrelentingly playingAD&Dduring his early days . TheDignityone - shot reunited Colbert with Mercer and introduced him to three members of theCritical Rolegaming group - voice thespian Sam Riegel , Marisha Ray , and Ashley Johnson .
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Matthew Mercer ’s opening yarn established the essence premise of theDungeons & Dragonsone - shotand introduced the new musician quality Colbert had designed using the 5th edition rule ; " Lucky Jack , " a human fighter seek to tame their dignity and a magical artefact literally called " Dignity , " stolen by the evil cult loss leader who burned down the tabernacle Jack was sworn to protect . Over the course of this one - injection RPG session , Colbert ’s Lucky Jack PC team up up with three microcomputer from the second time of year ofCritical Role ’s Wildemountcampaign , thwart an vicious plot to summon a powerful demon , and delivered several shout - out to British author Michael Moorcock , a innovator of " New Wave " sci - fi / fantasy fable whose stories tempt earlyDungeons & Dragonsback in the 1970s .
In The Critical Role One-Shot, Colbert’s PC Serves A God From The Elric & Corum Stories
At the scratch line of the " Dignity"Critical Roleone - shot , Stephen Colbert introduce his Lucky Jack character as a Fighter with the Acolyte setting , a warrior who once served in a synagogue dedicated to Arioch , the Duke of Chaos . The inspired pantheon ofCritical Role ’s Exandria fantasy mount contain no immortal by this name , but Arioch does show up in two of Michael Moorcock’sEternal Championfantasy sagas . InMichael Moorcock’sElric Of Melnibonéstories , Arioch is a powerful devil lord from the hellish planes of Chaos , a gold - skinned young with aspects of an insect who is Elric ’s patron deity and occasional nemesis . In theCorumnovels ( directly reference by Colbert during the academic session ) Arioch , in his aspect as the Knight of Swords , take up the frame of a fat , mirthful man who treats Corum with hospitality but also exterminates the protagonist ’s multitude on a whim . At first coup d’oeil , a fictional character as heroic as Lucky Jack should have no reason to serve a chaotically cruel deity like Arioch ; that tell , Ariochisa creature of chaos , not evil .
In The Critical Role One-Shot, The Pacifist Battleaxe Mirrors Stormbringer From The Elric Saga
In the " Dignity"Critical RoleD&DOne - Shot , Stephen Colbert ’s Lucky Jack character fights with a sword and handwriting - axe , but also carry a relic artillery from his temple called theBattleaxe Of The Gentle Path . Mechanically , this item was up to of distribute heavy amount of damage at the cost of player making attack rolls with disadvantage . Narratively , the Battleaxe Of The Gentle Path was also a sentient magical weapon system with disarmer beliefs who vocally object whenever Lucky Jack tried to use it on his foe .
Besides being a accelerator for comic relievo in theCritical Roleone - shot , thisDungeons & Dragonsweapon may also be an invert reference to the sentient blade called Stormbringer seen in Michael Moorcock’sElricsaga ; while the Battleaxe Of The Gentle Path is anunconventionalD&Dweaponwith mentation , feelings , and a disfavor of violence , the Stormbringer of theElrictales is a sentient , demonic Runeblade that devours the soul of its victim and gleefully seeks to remove Elric Of Melniboné’sfriends .
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