The Legend of Vox Machina characters and classes explained

❘ Published: 2023-01-20T03:30:00

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The Legend of Vox Machina brought one of the most famous adventuring parties to Prime Video. Here are all their classes explained so you know more about these intrepid characters.

Adapted from Campaign One of the Dungeons and Dragons actual-play show Critical Role, The Legend of Vox Machina brought beloved characters and storylines to the small screen.

Matt Mercer‘s masterful DM’ing and Critical Role’s vibrant playable characters didn’t disappoint when the cast transitioned from table to streaming service.

With The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3 on the way, let’s go over the party’s classes and character backgrounds. How do you want to do this?

Percy de Rolo

Race: Human
Class: Fighter (Gunslinger)

Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, otherwise known as Percy, is a human fighter, using the Gunslinger archetype.

It’s worth mentioning that when the first episodes of the Critical Role show came out, a Gunslinger archetype was not present within the 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons at the time, instead being a Pathfinder class Taliesin Jaffe and Mercer adapted for their campaign. However, now, it’s a fully-fledged class for anyone to enjoy.

The role of a fighter in a group is to deal lots of damage quickly. They get more attacks than others and can often do ‘called shots’ as Percy does in many episodes, namely shooting off hands or making people drop their weapons. In D&D 5E, it feels like Percy leans more towards Artificer with his engineering skills and intelligence, but that wasn’t a class when his character was created.

Vex’ahlia

Race: Half-elf
Class: Ranger/ Rogue

The charismatic and expert haggler Vex’ahlia, often known as Vex, is a half-elven Ranger at the beginning of Season 1 of The Legend of Vox Machina, dipping into Rogue later down the show after learning from her twin brother.

In typical Ranger style, Vex uses a bow, has an adorable animal companion, is extremely in tune with nature, and can sense a certain enemy’s approach. We saw all this on display when The Chroma Conclave descended on Emon, setting up The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2.

Rangers use long-range weapons, are great for natural rolls, and are usually seen with an animal familiar — although they’re not typically as large as Trinket. She’s voiced by Laura Bailey, who has been in a million things but is particularly amazing as Abby in The Last of Us 2.

Vax’ildan

Race: Half-Elf
Class: Rogue / Paladin

The twin brother of Vex’ahlia is the shy yet deadly Vaz’ildan, known for his thieving skills, throwing knives, and ability to seamlessly disappear into the shadows. Played by Liam O’Brien, he’s a half-elven Rogue, dipping into Paladin later on in the show.

Rogues are the stealth characters of Dungeons and Dragons, focusing primarily on dealing high damage and then getting out of dodge before the enemy has a chance to land a hit. As for Paladins, they are holy avengers, fighting evil in the name of a God, much like a cleric.

Paladins don’t need to run away from anything or anyone. This isn’t a multi-class route you see often but you’ll see why Vax ends up a Paladin later in the story.

Keyleth

Race: Half-Elf
Class: Druid

Marisha Ray’s lovable yet awkward Keyleth is an uncharismatic half-elven Druid who has power beyond belief, when she learns how to harness it. Like Vex, Keyleth is extremely in tune with the nature around her, with the majority of her spells harnessing the power of the elements or the world around her.

Druids are extremely powerful, with the ability to cast a vast array of spells and wildshape into different animals. They are typically extremely wise and will often live for centuries when they become arch-Druids, which can be achieved by reaching level 20 in D&D.

Keyleth is one of the most powerful PC’s Critical Role has ever seen, and her well-meaning personality is charming.

Grog

Race: Goliath
Class: Barbarian / Fighter

The lovable giant Grog (Travis Willingham) is a man of little brain but an unbelievably big heart, and muscles. He’s a goliath Barbarian who dips into the Fighter class later on in the show.

Despite being easily the strongest member of Vox Machina, he is often underestimated because of his lack of intelligence, although that does make for some hilarious comedic relief.

Barbarians are prone to rage but are filled with fight and brawn, often preferring to settle matters with their fists rather than their brains or their mouths. They hit harder than any class in the game and are typically the tanks of the team, often having a pool of health larger than anyone else.

Pike

Race: Gnome
Class: Cleric

Best friend of Grog, Pike is a caring, lovable and sweet character who is loved by all. She’s a gnome Cleric who worships the goddess Sarenrae, known for being the god of redemption, healing, and temperance.

Essentially, Clerics are healers, using the power of their faith to destroy enemies and heal friends. Just like Pike, Clerics are tough, deadly, and extremely useful, especially when going up against towns of undead like in Season 1.

With BAFTA-winner Ashley Johnson bringing her to life, Pike is often the sentimental one of the group and displays a lot of care for the party.

Scanlan

Race: Gnome
Class: Bard

Lastly is Sam Riegel’s Scanlan. He is a gnome Bard build, and known for doing what most typical bards do: trying to use their charisma to get “lady favors,” and whatever else they can get a hold of.

Bards are charismatic characters who use the power of song or simply words to cast spells and convince, intimidate, or deceive those around them.

They, like Druids, often act as the support for the party, stopping deadly spells, casting boons like Bardic Inspiration, and dealing fatal blows on powerful enemies.

While watching, or making characters, take a look at our other D&D and Vox Machina guides like how to watch The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2, The Chroma Conclave explained, and The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2 ending explained.

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