The latest episode of Critical Role Campaign 4 pits the Schemers table against a host of violent enemies in the sewers of Dol-Makjar. However, while there were plenty of surprises that kept viewers on the edge of their seats, by the end of the episode, I had one thought: I want to play a dwarf next in Dungeons & Dragons.

We all bring some level of our fantasies to D&D. For some, it’s the desire to be an elemental-breathing dragonborn, while others just want to get paid for beating people up legally as a duel-wielding rogue. For me, it’s being tall. I’m 5’1, so when I’m playing a fantasy role-playing game, you bet your bottom dollar I’m going to play one of the taller species. That means dwarves, gnomes, fairies, and halflings are usually out, while dragonborn, giants, and particularly tall humans and tieflings, are in. I’m sorry, I’m superficial like that.

However, the latest Critical Role episode “The Point of No Return” has just made a dwarf fan out of me — and it’s all to do with Murray Mag’nesson, played to perfection by Marisha Ray.

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