Creating Characters for Candela Obscura: Tide & Bone

I love that they release these after the fact, getting to see how things alter and change!

I really feel like these should be the first episode of every campaign. I'd get a lot more out of these characters

Its cute that Aabria thinks we dont rewatch the episodes over and over between new episodes.

It was incredible to see Sam serious and dark side

sigh

How long do these session 0 last? How much pregame planning do they get to do before it is time to turn on the real cameras?

It's so great to see an actual session 0 being run by Critical Role, good job leading by example.

It's so great to see an actual session 0 being run by Critical Role, good job leading by example.

Please please please let us have a GM’s of Newfaire Roundtable with Matt, Spencer and Aabria!

I love hearing Aabria talk about her gaming philosophy

Also, Dickout Fishtop is an amazing name for an NPC.

Let me get this straight, just so I am no longer confused...
I am watching a Character Creation episode uploaded three days ago for an episode I watched sometime last year or so...
I am wandering through a rift in space/time and glimpsing reality out of logical sequence...
You 'Critical Role' peeps come up with the best story lines ;-)

Aabria holding Spencer at gunpoint just off-screen to prevent him from stepping in to correct her about THE LORE

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*watches in full chinhands mode * Noshir just walked in and set that backstory bar in the stratosphere, huh. Not just the story, but the telling. Sitting here transfixed, with my coffee forgotten in my hand, listening to Raj's story. Everyone was incredible during the game, but I wasn't expecting THEATRE from the session zero.

I would have been so curious to see Sam and Liam working their way (workintheirway) from this version of their characters to what they landed on for the show (staying deliberately vague here for spoiler reasons). That conversation must have taken some wild turns. Understandably a lot of things were refined off camera and in the 1-1 sessions with Aabria, I just WISH we could have seen the moment when certain decisions were made :D

Long may the Age of Aabria continue.

100% Need Noshir to be in the next Calamity mini-campaign or some extended arc in CR. Please and thank you. He SHOOKETH me as Bode in Jedi Survivor and this was just transcendent.

I wish we could have gotten to see the one on one sessions too!

Surprise, Noshir became the midmaid

Noshir Dalal would make a great Dracula.

I see all of Candela episodes, but my most like ones are session 0s and GMs vids. Cast's laugh, character concept, rough idea connected with actual sessions... these make me have fun and enjoy story sessions more. I really wanna thank and praise all of them for good play. Thanks!

So the twist for Cosmo and Oscar was done off camera. Probably a lot of details we discover during the 3 episodes were done off camera as well.

AABRIA's BACKK IN THE DM SEAT!!! Woooooooooooooooo!! As stupid as it sounds, she was the first woman DM I ever saw and I love her creativity. ♥

Spoilers!





When did the "Oscar is forever old and is actually Cosmo's dad" idea come in? Was that during the game? If so, holy crap that's awesome!

I was watching this simply to hear that idea be discussed as I assumed it was a secret in character creation that all at the table knew to be revealed to the audience. Since they didn't discuss it, it's either locked behind the one on one's with Aabria or actually developed IN GAME and if it's the second one, I am mind blown at how masterfully a core character change can be set up by the DM and acted out by the players because of and during a session. Regardless, this is top tier role play and acting that I should not expect at any home game table, but dang it's entertaining!

Liam doesn’t break character until the DVD commentary

If @NoshirDalal could just sit and read to me an jane austen audible or even a dark romance.... that would be fucking amazing

I really like these group creation videos they do for Candela Obscura but I have yet to actually make it through an episode of one the circles.

Man, I'd love to see some videos of the hair/makeup and costume deparments doing their work. That'd be dope. Please and thank you.

Every time noshir speaks me: “Charles.” 🥰

Where is the 3 season of The Legend of Vox Machina?

So I don't really like Candela Obscura. But I'm committed to binging this because I absolutely love Aabria Iyengar

NEW DUDE IS A BEAST!!!!!!!!

Aabria is just amazing in everything.

Loved this behind the scenes info. I really appreciated how good Sam can be in a serious light and not goofing all the time. I have gained respect for him as a performer. I love these CO series! Love the high production quality too. I think what CR crew doesn't understand why they are popular - it's their friendship and interaction that is the "magic dust". Not just the stories. I loved the Tide and Bone cast and Aabriya. They would have awesome chemistry in a non-serious game. I wonder if they could do a "funny version" of Tide and Bone.

that was insane, and i think also a great video on session zeros in general. Setting expectations and boundaries, pitching stuff, figuring out how you want things to be and interact. I loved it.
That being said. DAMN I HOPED WE'D BE ABLE TO SEE WHEN Y'ALL CAME UP WITH OSCAR BEING COSMO'S DAD!

'This is a space for working things out. It's okay to come in with only half an idea...'

Noshir: 'That's cool. Should I go first? Here's the fourth draft of my novella...'

Who's providing those dice trays, they are amazing.

The biggest difference is seeing everyone with their normal hair.
(Sidenote: I want that Sokka shirt)

This was so interesting to watch

Again, as fascinating as it is to see this process play out, it would be more enjoyable to get to see this before the series comes out to help viewers get a better perspective for everything that's going on.

As a RPG player of untold years, it's a rare and special thing to watch a relatively new player in action and get absolutely blown away. Hats off to Noshir here, it's super inspiring to watch the work he put into his character. Makes you want to go out and start up a new campaign all over again.

Thanks

These people are so talented

Liam saying he and his father were the only survivors and then introducing a brother and no one picked it up X'D

Absolutely love these sort of behind-the-scenes peeks into character creation!

Got dayum, Noshir has quite the smile. He embodied his character so well, holy crap. Everybody’s costumes and makeup was damn fine as hell

"We've got three episodes, they are a month apart. That means we have a beautiful audience that's going to forget 90% of the shit from episode to episode".
Thank you Aabria! I wish Marisha & co. understood that the episodes being so far apart hurts the series, and that it's better for CO to run at least bi-weekly on some "off" days like Tuesdays or Fridays.

CbD

I love these so much. I hope they do this when they start playing daggerheart.

I like that Liam was the one who cracked the most jokes here. Also enjoyed all their banter and how they bounce off of each other during character creation

I feel like Sam is always like this for sessions zero 😂