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Here's something you might know if, like me, you're not terribly good at D&D. Occasionally, if your GM is gracious enough, you get a chance to reroll one of your actions; to make a better choice that not only improved your turn but, more importantly, helped the overall narrative of the TTRPG play. Now, the Critical Role cast is very good at D&D, but that doesn't mean they don't also relish the chance to revisit a choice.

In fact, that's something Travis Willingham loves about making Prime Video's The Legend of Vox Machina. 

That's what Willingham revealed in a recent Q&A session he and castmates Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Marisha Ray, Ashley Johnson, Liam O'Brien, and Sam Riegel took part in for YouTube channel Fall Damage. Focused on fans' "hot takes," the discussion veered into the differences between Critical Role's Campaign 1 and the Vox Machina TV series.

"I don't think we've ever been very interested in doing a a beat-for-beat retelling of the story," Willingham admitted, "It's an opportunity for us, especially as performers, to [think], 'If I could do that over again, I might do this a little differently.' And so that's what that's what we've been leaning into."

Willingham, who plays Grog Strongjaw in the high fantasy animated adventure, is obviously talking about The Legend of Vox Machina here, but as you might recall Popverse reporting on previously, costar Taliesin Jaffe had a very similar take on his approach to his character for sister series The Mighty Nein. I guess when you spend literally hundreds of hours with a character - as everyone in the first three Critical Role campaigns has - you start having a pretty clear idea of what you would've done differently.

And since there's no generous GM to grant these Rolers the chance to do it at the table, at leats there's a very supportive animation studio (and fanbase!) to give them that same leniency.

The Legend of Vox Machina season 4 is streaming on Prime Video now.

With two animated series on Prime Video, Campaign 4 in full swing, and so much more Exandrian lore to come, Critical Role is showing no signs of slowing down. That's why the adventuring party at Popverse are here to bring you everything we can from those nerdy-ass voice actors & Bo., including:

• Critical Role release schedule
• Critical Role's Campaign 4 characters ranked
• How to watch Critical Role in order
• Ways for you to relive the Critical Role panel from ECCC '26
• Taliesin Jaffe on playing Mollymauk Tealeaf for Campaign 2 vs. playing him for Prime Video
• Matt Mercer's homebrew warrior class (created originally for Vin Diesel)

...and much, much more. Roll initiative, player. Magic awaits.