Cosmic Crit

This week Patrick sits down with Drew to tip the scales one way or another on his clammy and likely lugubrious Fish Wizard! How many times can Patrick say the phrase "you're a wizard, Drew!" in a Hagrid voice, well you have to listen to find out!

This week on the podcast we kick off Series 1 of Cosmic Crit 2.0 with a fully fleshed out set of rules for drafting player characters (Ancestries, Background and Classes) in Starfinder 2nd Edition. 
To avoid folks fighting over what class they will play, and to make it less likely to choose character options that they made in Seasons 1-5, we are drafting characters this time around. We recorded th...

The heroes of the Ghost Levels finish their explorations and find what looks to be a means to restart the elevator and escape, but first they have some enemies to take care of inside the cosmic orrery. Can a robot and an electrovore, the unlikeliest of friends, take out the 4 adventurers? Find out on this week’s Cosmic Crit 2.0! 

Adventuring in the hidden extradimensional ghost levels gets more complicated as humanoid foes begin to stalk the halls. Can the heroes survive the ruthlessness of Ysoki mercenaries and the rigors of the trapped passageways? The only way to find out is to smash play and listen to Cosmic Crit 2.0!

The adventurers continue to explore the dank and stank corridors of the Ghost Levels, and while they find no real ghosts they do find ghosts in the machines. Malfunctioning holographic traps abound this week on Cosmic Crit 2.0!

While still seeking a way out of the Ghost Levels the adventurers here find a set of large stone statues. But when the Vesk statue attacks and the heroes have little to no means of damaging it will they stay in fight or beat a retreat from that pesky Vesk? Well you will have to pledge your allegiance to this podcast to find out on this week’s Cosmic Crit 2.0

The Ghost Level explorers are sure that they will need to power the elevator to stand any chance at leaving this extradimensional space, so they set out for the dimly lit corridors. When they enter a workman's office what they find is dripping goop from the ceilings down on them. Will they survive a five round fight with an ooze beast or will this be the last episode of Cosmic Crit 2.0?!

The Absalom Adventurers find themselves stuck in a multidimensional malfunctioning robot, so that means another long commute to their job. When they finally get the doors open though they’ve accessed the fabled Ghost Levels of the space station, and in seeking advice from a security robot promptly get attacked for their troubles, all that and more action on this week’s Cosmic Crit 2.0!

Patrick is joined by most of the Cosmic Crit crew to play some Starfinder 2.0 Playtest with the beginning of “A Cosmic Birthday”. Can four weirdos come together after having a noxious nightmare about the end of a world and do the unthinkable: Find a job in this economy? Find out on the this week’s episode of Cosmic Crit 2.0!

Patrick and 4 of his luckiest players (not Myles) come together to make their characters and talk about their excitement about the Starfinder 2E Playtest. Find out the PCs they will be playing early with this Session Zero and get hyped for some “A Cosmic Birthday action over the next few months. 

The Kronus burns with violence and betrayal as the crew makes their final bid for survival. But with monsters loose and loyalties crumbling, escape may be the one thing no one truly earns.

When tension finally boils over, the horror becomes unmistakably real. As flesh twists and bones break, the crew faces a monstrous rebirth that shatters any illusion of safety aboard the Cronus.

The survivors of the Montero try to piece together what’s left of the Cronus—and of their sanity. A synthetic awakens, old secrets bubble to the surface, and new deals are struck in the shadow of Weyland-Yutani’s reach.

When something small and hungry crawls from the shadows, panic spreads faster than fire. The crew must face their first true nightmare aboard the Kronus—and not everyone is ready to fight.

As the long-dead ship stirs back to life, so too does its forgotten crew. But with the air failing and strange shapes skittering in the dark, rescue may be the last thing anyone has in store.

Exploring the Kronus reveals broken labs, shattered lives, and something far stranger than a simple salvage job. But as alarms sound and the Montero’s fate is sealed, the crew finds themselves trapped on a haunted ship drifting into the unknown.

The Cosmic Crit crew takes on Alien: The Roleplaying Game from Free League Publishing! When the crew of the USCSS Montero awakens early from hypersleep, a mysterious distress call pulls them off course. As they close in on the long-lost Cronus, secrets stir in the dark, and every choice could mean the difference between survival and catastrophe. Player Characters Patrick is Game Mother, and standi...

This week Patrick kicks of Crittecon 8, our Charity Convention for Doctors Without Borders with Paizo freelance author Michael Bramnik, the writer of the first full SF2E AP "Guilt of the Grave World". Listen to us talk about the upcoming adventure and what secrets he put in it, and where Patrick might spin the story in series 1 of Cosmic Crit 2.0.

Patrick leads the podcast in an episode this week talking about the shows future and direction. Join us this week to hear about Crittercon 8 announcements, learn secrets about the next series of Cosmic Crit 2.0 and find out about other changes to the format.

Join the Cosmic Crit crew one last time as we look back on Season 5: Horizons of the Vast. From colony building to swarm slaying, we reflect on the highs, lows, and lessons learned from our biggest campaign yet. Plus, we share our final thoughts on saying goodbye to Starfinder 1E before charting a new course into the future.

In the finale of Season 5, The Season Ending Story, the heroes of Cosmic Crit return to New Golarion with Rami’s aid, their long journey finally coming full circle. In Veridian Colony, they share hard-won wisdom, forge new bonds, and reflect on the battles that brought them here. One chapter closes, but the story lives on in the hearts of those they’ve saved.

Locked in battle atop the drifting crystal planetoid, the crew faces Umbriax’s devastating blasts of radioactive cold. As desperate gambits unfold, Jamphram and Zillex bring the mighty dragon down. With Krulveth restoring the orb and Rami arriving in the nick of time, the team seizes their chance to escape home.

Drawn toward the deadly gravity well of an undead white star, the crew navigates a perilous ring of crystal and rock in search of their prize. But their approach is cut short when Krulveth’s warship slams into the Peridot Peregrine, sparking a brutal showdown. Victory comes at a cost, as before Praedir can claim the altar, a vast winged avatar of Misaxanoi descends from the heavens.

This week on Cosmic Crit, the battle against the towering construct rages on as it unleashes devastation across Golarion World. A bold teleportation brings the crew face-to-face with their foe, and a decisive strike brings it crashing down -- almost. But as the dust clears, the true threat begins to rise again.

This week on Cosmic Crit, the Drift Rider crew assembles once more in Golarion World—but their reunion is cut short by the sudden rise of a towering, construct-like menace. Its purpose is unknown, its power unmistakable. As the dust settles, the crew prepares for a battle unlike any they’ve faced before.