Following the devastating fires that broke out earlier this month, Critical Role has announced a special live one-shot aimed at continued fundraising to aid wildfire recovery efforts in Los Angeles. Through its nonprofit Critical Role Foundation (CRF) the company has already been able to contribute $30,000 from its emergency fund to the California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Recovery Fund, providing immediate support to those affected. With the recovery efforts far from over, Critical Role is rallying its global community to come together and provide even more support for those in need.
On January 30, Critical Role will host a chaotic and interactive one-shot charity livestream titled “Freaky Thursday,” featuring Bells Hells, the characters from its third tabletop roleplaying game (RPG) campaign played by Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, Laura Bailey and Liam O’Brien, with Game Master Matthew Mercer.
Through Critical Role’s Tiltify page, fans can donate or purchase rewards that directly shape the story. Story elements with the most donations will take center stage in the adventure. Each fundraising milestone reached will unlock unique surprises, including new allies, unexpected adversaries, or even character sheet swaps, ensuring an unpredictable and exciting adventure shaped entirely by the community’s contributions.
Donation milestones, which are already currently open, are:
$20k – WILD MAGIC SURGE: Every player must roll on the Wild Magic table!
$35k – MONSTER I: One of the Deadly Monsters is unleashed!
$50k – FREAKY THURSDAY: All players swap bodies to the right!
$65k – DISPLACEMENT: All players are teleported 50 feet in a random direction!
$80k – FREAKY THURSDAY: All players swap bodies to the right!
$100k – CATACLYSM: All Hazards cast their Cataclysm Spell against players in range!
$110k – MONSTER II: Another of the Deadly Monsters is unleashed!
$125k – FREAKY THURSDAY: All players swap bodies to the right!
$140k – CATACLYSM: All Hazards cast their Cataclysm Spell against players in range!
$160k – FREAKY THURSDAY: All players swap bodies to the right!
$180k – APOCALYPSE: Meteor Swarm is cast on the Battlefield, hitting randomly!
Donations made during the one-shot broadcast will either provide boons (Order) or banes (Chaos) to the adventurers. Here’s the list of boons and banes you can expect to donate to see on stream:
CHAOS
$200 – CURSE: The next player to roll a d20 has stackable disadvantage. (can cancel Fortune)
$500 – SMITE: Player of Choice takes 4d6 damage.
$1,000 – WILD MAGIC: A Player of Choice must roll on the Wild Magic table.
$2,000 – PUNISHMENT: Random Community NPC is briefly summoned to harm.
$3,000 – POLYMORPH: A Player of Choice gets Polymorphed into a random creature.
$5,000 – DECK OF CHAOS: A Player of Choice must pull from the Deck of Many Things.
ORDER
$200 – FORTUNE: The next player to roll a d20 has stackable advantage. (can cancel Curse)
$500 – CURE: A Player of Choice regains 4d6 hit points.
$1,000 – AEGIS: All players gain 15 Temporary Hit Points.
$2,000 – ASSISTANCE: A Random Community NPC is briefly summoned to help.
$3,000 – TRANQUILITY: All Players regain 70 Hit Points.
$5,000 – LIMITED WISH: A Player of Choice gains a use of the Wish spell, but can only speak 5 words when used.
In addition to creating grants for the below charities who are currently providing on the ground aid throughout Los Angeles, 10% of each donation is stashed into our overall emergency fund, which allows CRF to send help quickly in the event of a future unforeseen natural emergency.
- California Community Foundation Wildfire Recovery Fund
- Latino Community Foundation
- LA Fire Department Foundation
The adventure will be streamed live on Critical Role’s membership service Beacon (beacon.tv), as well as Critical Role’s Twitch (twitch.tv/criticalrole) and YouTube (youtube.com/criticalrole) channels on Thursday, January 30 at 7PM PT / 10PM ET
Fans can continue to support Critical Role’s wildfire relief efforts through February 28th by donating directly to the Critical Role Foundation or purchasing CRF-branded merchandise through Critical Role’s online shop.
For more details on the campaign and to donate today, please visit https://critrole.com/foundation/.
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