History Podcast / CriticalHit

** Fourth is Orem's sister Kammis, and Eladrin wizard specializing in familiars.

* {{Lunacy}}: The Void is a collective of insane gods, which fits the trope.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Ket is a Half-Elf, and Torq is a 3/4 Orc (His parents were a full orc and half orc, respectively)

* HurricaneOfPuns: Orem. "It gives me a lot of pep, see?"
* InAndOutOfCharacter: There's a lot, especially when the guys go off on a tangent.

* LampshadeHanging:

* LargeHam: Matthew, Torq's player, is this 9/10ths of the time. Stephen also qualifies when playing Orem, and ESPECIALLY as a DM. GM Rodrigo has been known to Ham a little when playing [=NPCs=].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Orem accidentally breaking a small town's protective illusion spell with an overuse of Prestidigation.

** Torq rolling unusually well and Randus rolling like crap.

* ShoutOut: Considering this is a show with 5 nerds, pretty much every episode contains a few references to movies, whether it's something one of the players say, or something within the campaign itself. Matthew is particularly {{egregious}}.

* StraightGay: [[spoiler:Trelle. She used to date Orem's sister Kammis, who thos trope would also apply to.]]

* TitleDrop - As the quote at the top of the page says, it's at least once an episode, plus whenever someone scores an actual CriticalHit.

* [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman What Measure Is An NPC]]: In the fight to save a bunch of panicky gnome villagers.

The plot of the campaign follows a RagtagBunchOfMisfits as they try to stop The Void, a group of [[EldritchAbomination Insane Gods]], from invading their plane of existence. The first and second seasons had them racing to keep the [[ColonyDrop Moon from smashing into the Earth]], and in the third season, they've been recruited by a [[CelestialBureaucracy Higher Power]] to help cleanse a part of the Astral Sea of the remaining Lunar Monsters. For the fourth season, the party heads to the Feywild, Orem's home plane, in order to restore the balance tht was upset by the unnatural lunar activity of previous seasons. The group includes [[SquishyWizard Orem Rivendorn]] of the Eladrin, [[BigGuy Halston Thorkelson aka "Torq"]], [[GadgeteerGenius Randus du Thane]], and [[MysteriousPast Smith the Sorcerer]], [[spoiler:who has since been replaced by]] [[LoveableRogue Ket]] the Half-Elf Warlock. In Season Four, they're joined by an elf ranger, Trelle.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The End of Season 2 has our heroes [[spoiler:defeat He Who Shatters the Sky]]

* StraightGay: [[spoiler:Trelle. She used to date Orem's sister.]]

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The names of some of the Lunar Gods: She Who Slumbers In Agony, He Who Shatters The Sky.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Orem accidentally breaking a small town's protective illusion spell.
* OneOfUs: Aside from obviously being gamers, the players often referance tropes.

* AGodAmI: Literally, The Thing That Shatters The Sky, plus all the other Gods of The Void.

* ActionGirl: 3 Examples, two of which are friendly [=NPCs=], and one PC.

* AdventureFriendlyWorld: The world is being attacked by insane extraterrestrial gods, who send their monstrous creations to attack, as well as having built towers on the Earth and the moon to draw them together.

* AlienSky: 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.

* CantArgueWithElves: Stephen constantly plays Orem as disdainful of Elves and condescending towards all non-Eladrin. No one seems to be disturbed by this. This is explained early in the show as a hypertrophied version of the trope when Rodrigo describes the eladrin to Stephen for the first time: "Eladrin are to regular elves as elves are to humans."

* CriticalHit: Torq scores these often, interestingly enough, Matthew is the only player playing by remote.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The End of Season 2 has our heroes [[spoiler: defeat He Who Shatters the Sky]]

** TheLancer: Randus and Orem

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Smith at the end of season two.]]

* LampshadeHanging: Innkeeper: "Sorry, that was my lampshade going off...."

* HurricaineOfPuns: Orem. "It gives me a lot of pep, see?"

* ShoutOut: Considering this is a show with 5 nerds, pretty much every episode contains a few references to movies, whether it's something one of the players say, or something within the campaign itself.

* FiveManBand: As of Season Four.

* AudibleSharpness: Invoked with the Hogba's Black Mistress battleaxe. The characters can ''literally hear'' the sharpness.

* Combat Medic: Randus, who has a Magitek crossbow and some offensive spells.

* StraightGay: While Trelle does seem hesitant to admit that [[spoiler: she used to date Orem's sister]] it seems to be more because of an awkward discussion due to who was listening at the time, rather than her being unwilling to share the fact.
* TheRoleplayer: Matthew appears to to be a glorious mix of this and TheLoonie.

The plot of the campaign follows a RagtagBunchOfMisfits as they try to stop The Void, a group of [[EldritchAbomination Insane Gods]], from invading their plane of existence. The first and second seasons had them racing to keep the [[ColonyDrop Moon from smashing into the Earth]], and now, in the third season, they've been recruited by a [[CelestialBureaucracy Higher Power]] to help cleanse a part of the Astral Sea of the remaining Lunar Monsters. The group includes [[SquishyWizard Orem Rivendorn]] of the Eladrin, [[BigGuy Halston Thorkelson aka "Torq"]], [[GadgeteerGenius Randus du Thane]], and [[MysteriousPast Smith the Sorcerer]], [[spoiler:who has since been replaced by]] [[LoveableRogue Ket]] the Half-Elf Warlock. In Season Four, they're joined by an elf ranger, Trelle.

The plot of the campaign follows a RagtagBunchOfMisfits as they try to stop The Void, a group of [[EldritchAbomination Insane Gods]], from invading their plane of existence. The first and second seasons had them racing to keep the [[ColonyDrop Moon from smashing into the Earth]], and now, in the third season, they've been recruited by a [[CelestialBureaucracy Higher Power]] to help cleanse a part of the Astral Sea of the remaining Lunar Monsters. The group includes [[SquishyWizard Orem Rivendorn]] of the Eladrin, [[BigGuy Halston Thorkelson aka "Torq"]], [[GadgeteerGenius Randus du Thane]], and [[MysteriousPast Smith the Sorcerer]],[[spoiler:who has since been replaced by]] [[LoveableRogue Ket]] the Half-Elf Warlock. In Season Four, they're joined by an elf ranger, Trelle.

The plot of the campaign follows a RagtagBunchOfMisfits as they try to stop The Void, a group of [[EldritchAbomination Insane Gods]], from invading their plane of existence. The first and second seasons had them racing to keep the [[ColonyDrop smashing the Moon into the Earth]], and now, in the third season, they've been recruited by a [[CelestialBureaucracy Higher Power]] to help cleanse a part of the Astral Sea of the remaining Lunar Monsters. The group includes [[SquishyWizard Orem Rivendorn]] of the Eladrin, [[BigGuy Halston Thorkelson aka "Torq"]], [[GadgeteerGenius Randus du Thane]], and [[MysteriousPast Smith the Sorcerer]],[[spoiler:who has since been replaced by]] [[LoveableRogue Ket]] the Half-Elf Warlock. In Season Four, they're joined by an elf ranger, Trelle.

** Bao Belbina is a tiefling Avenger who serves Erathis.
** The third is Trell, an elf ranger that recently joined the party.

* ForScience: Evoked by Randus occasionally, and the Queen's Rebellious Daughter.
* GameMaster: Rodrigo, and now, for a short time, Stephen.

* StraightGay: While Trell does seem hesitant to admit that [[spoiler: she used to date Orem's sister]] it seems to be more because of an awkward discussion due to who was listening at the time, rather than her being unwilling to sare the fact.

* ActionGirl: 2 Examples, both of which are friendly [=NPCs=].

The plot of the campaign follows a RagtagBunchOfMisfits as they try to stop The Void, a group of [[EldritchAbomination Insane Gods]], from invading their plane of existence. The first and second seasons had them racing to keep the [[ColonyDrop smashing the Moon into the Earth]], and now, in the third season, they've been recruited by a [[CelestialBureaucracy Higher Power]] to help cleanse a part of the Astral Sea of the remaining Lunar Monsters. The group includes [[SquishyWizard Orem Rivendorn]] of the Eladrin, [[BigGuy Halston Thorkelson aka "Torq"]], [[GadgeteerGenius Randus du Thane]], and [[MysteriousPast Smith the Sorcerer]],[[spoiler:who has since been replaced by]] [[LoveableRogue Ket]] the Half-Elf Warlock.