Critical Role announced a special live one-shot D&D adventure aimed at continued fundraising for wildfire recovery efforts in L.A.
Critical Role will host a “chaotic and interactive” one-shot charity livestream titled “Freaky Thursday,” featuring Bells Hells, the characters from its third D&D campaign played by Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, Laura Bailey and Liam O’Brien, with game master Matthew Mercer. Critical Role — whose fans are affectionately called “Critters” — is behind the hit Amazon Studios animated series “The Legend of Vox Machina.”
The Freaky Thursday adventure will be livestreamed on Critical Role’s membership service Beacon, as well as its Twitch and YouTube channels, starting Thursday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. PT.
Through Critical Role’s Tiltify page (at this link), fans can donate or purchase rewards that directly shape the story — and story elements with the most donations will take center stage in the adventure. The group has set a goal of raising $180,000. 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,” Critical Role said.
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“Let’s do some Chaotic Good. <3,” O’Brien posted Monday on X about the charity one-shot.
The charity livestream will go toward organizations providing on-the-ground aid throughout Los Angeles: California Community Foundation Wildfire Recovery Fund, Latino Community Foundation and the L.A. Fire Department Foundation, In addition 10% of each donation will be “stashed into our overall emergency fund, which allows CRF to send help quickly in the event of a future unforeseen natural emergency,” the company said.
Through its Critical Role Foundation nonprofit arm, the company has already contributed $30,000 from its emergency fund to the California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Recovery Fund.
Fans can continue to support Critical Role’s wildfire relief efforts through Feb. 28 by donating directly to the Critical Role Foundation as well as purchasing CRF-branded merchandise through Critical Role’s online shop.