Clever thinking and fortuitous roles were the only thing saving him, and that tension bleeds into the Amazon adaptation all the same.
In the source material of Critical Role, fans were on the edge of their seats when Vax separated from the rest of the party, only to face the series' main villains by himself precisely because he really could have been killed off.
While the adventure genre on television may make such lethal threats a rote occurrence where the audience can be sure the heroes will make it out alive, the chaos of Dungeons & Dragons means character death is a very real possibility at every turn. JA, Alduin, Jahkran, & Iiz Ven Strun appear after fast travel. Each battle seemed to present an impossible scenario, a narrow escape from the jaws of defeat, and riveting action for viewers who could not be so sure they would survive. Further battles saw Vax stranded alone with the immensely powerful Briarwoods, shadowy wraiths the team could not even touch nearly killed the whole team, and the silver tongue of Professor Anders turned the team against itself so they could not hurt their enemy without harming themselves. With intuitive fighting controls and simple card-based strategic gameplay, presented in stunning 3D animation & visuals, DRAGON BALL LEGENDS brings the anime to life on your mobile device From great heroes such as Goku, Gohan, Piccolo and Krillin, to evil villains such as Frieza, Cell, and Majin Buu, all of your favorite anime DB characters. Despite only narrowly prevailing over Krieg, that is not even the closest Vox Machina came to dying throughout the story. Yet somehow the stakes have only gone up from there.
