THE CAST
BUDDY
DM (Keeping Candles Mysterious) & Zander (Cold Hard Witch)
Buddy started playing D&D in the early 90’s and has played on and off ever since. He was most recently drawn back in during 2018 and has been playing with friends in Ohio, Oregon, California, Connecticut, and New York ever since. Buddy is a theatrical designer, with lighting and sound being his primary focus. He has lived in Texas since 2008 but still regularly returns to Ohio to work with Ohio Shakespeare Festival, which he has been with since 2003. Buddy also does some consultation and architectural installation work with various design teams.
CHALE
Inaere'uss & Acantha (Mist Opportunities) & Blip Rocksmash (Echoes of Krynn)
Chale’s been playing tabletop RPGs and streaming online for 2+ years and loves every minute of it! When she’s not streaming or working as a Lab Technician, she enjoys Twitter, singing, and drawing. She’s also not a Mimic.
DAVID
Melvin (Mist Opportunities)
David got started on table top RPGs back in college with Pathfinder and has been playing and running games ever since. These days, when he's not playing D&D, David can be found fixing other people's computer and technical problems or playing a video or board game with friends and family.
LIZ
Sereian & Maaerys (Mist Opportunities) & Zelmyra (Trapped by Hope)
Liz has been playing TTRPG’s for the last 2 years and has fallen in love with it! She’s so happy to be a part of the LSRPG family. When she’s not rollin’ dice and takin’ names, she has the privilege of singing and tasting wine for money! In addition to making music and drinking wines, Liz enjoys the culinary arts, being outdoors, gaming, and knitting things for her friends and family. Oh, she also really loves doing her makeup and giving very factual updates about the LSRPG campaigns in her recap show, Makeup with Miss Information.
LINSAY
Manto (Echoes of Krynn)
​Linsay Rousseau is an award winning LA based actor, voice-over and performance capture artist with over 20 years of theatre and improv experience. She is best known as the voice of Elita-1 in Transformers: War for Cybertron on Netflix, and for her extensive work in video games, including Deathloop, Fallout 76, Vain Glory, Rage 2, World of Warcraft, Wasteland 3, Call of Duty Mobile, Elder Scrolls Online, Rogue Company and Monster Hunter: Rise. She's also a contributor to The No Sleep Podcast. On the MOCAP side of things, she's worked on games for Santa Monica Studios, Insomniac, Naughty Dog, Riot Games and HBO/Survios. On-screen, she has appeared in episodes of NCIS, Seal Team, General Hospital and she had all the judges fooled in her appearance on To Tell the Truth.​ A bona fide geeky badass, she hosts the weekly geek talk show, The Roll Out, as part of ThatHashTagShow on YouTube
NATHAN
Reginald (Cold Hard Witch)
Nathan first began playing D&D with a group of High School friends around 2005, back in the days of 3.5 edition. After high school, the party split and Nate didn't find his way back to the table until 2015 when a group of work friends clued him into the new 5th edition. He got hooked on his first streaming campaign when he found Matt Mercer's Force Grey: Giant Hunters, which pretty quickly led to a totally healthy and not at all obsessive Critical Role addiction. When not at the D&D table, Nathan is a company member with the Ohio Shakespeare Festival and enjoys listening to podcasts. Nathan is a Ranger at heart, but loves playing rogues, monks and warlocks.
PANDA
Rah (Dark Sun) & Teely Tumblewood (Echoes of Krynn)
Panda (a.k.a. CirqueDuPanda) is a variety streamer on Twitch who loves TTRPG's, gaming, and anime! A big dork who seduced and killed zeus, wrote undead dragons love letters and offered her pinkies to a demogorgon... her characters are also interesting.
RODNEY
Flynn (Cold Hard Witch)
Rodney has been playing Dungeons and Dragons for the better part of 15 years, and oh boy, did this year keep the interest going. Rodney is an actor and stage combatant in Michigan. He has worked with and is tested and certified in 8 stage combat weapons and was most recently on the fight team at the Michigan Ren Fest.
RYAN
DM (Cold Hard Witch), Sivor (Mist Opportunities), & Falkrunn (Trapped by Hope)
Ryan is a fight director/actor manager for the Ohio Shakespeare Festival. Loving partner to his warrior maiden Tess and father to his princess Zelda, he spends his days in his Buckle and Rose shop making leather goods, painting, and crafting adventures (and puns.) A lover of swords he is a sharp fellow with a bit of an edge who loves a fine point and abhors dull conversation but, to cut to the end, it's been slice chatting with you.
SAMUS
Rhimb Celebryl (Trapped by Hope) & Anwir (Echoes of Krynn)
Samus is a Chicago-based opera singer, actor, and non-profit fundraising specialist. He was corrupted into LSRPG by opera colleague Sean in 2020, and is very grateful to be part of this community. He is addicted to board games, escape rooms, and a good cup of coffee. And by cup, he means pot.
SEAN
DM (Trapped by Hope), Nether & Gesualdo (Mist Opportunities), & DM (Echoes of Krynn)
Sean (a.k.a. MEDM) is a professional singer, actor, and Dungeon Master, and he’s extremely grateful that so much of his week is consumed by storytelling. He started playing RPGs back when there was only one flavor of nacho tortillas chips.