Best Short Critical Role Fanfics
Critical Role novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 25 Short Critical Role Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Critical Role fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
What The Water Gave Me
by fiach_dubh
A completely self-indulgent pirate au from someone who knows a lot about pirates but nothing about boats.When Captain Mollymauk Tealeaf, terror of the seas, finds a captured Caleb Widogast, Wizard, in the brig of a ship he raids, things change for him. Drastically.Featuring irritated Yasha, protecti
Professor Widogast as Observed By His Third Year Transmutation Class
by GoringWriting
Exactly what the new Professor of transmutation is like is a mystery. Until now.And he is... different would be the polite way.Radical.Fucking crazy.H..he's okay.Can't wait to mess with him.He's Professor Caleb Widogast
The good professor
by Stickandthorn
There’s a new Professor at the Soltryce Academy, and he’s about to make life (and gossip) at the school far more interesting.
Baby, We're the Lonely Ones
by Steve
Yasha knows she can be scary and off-putting. Frankly, she takes pride in it. So with Mollymauk spending Thanksgiving with his new boyfriend, Yasha posts a Craigslist ad offering to pose as the world's worst date to anyone who wants to spice up a family dinner. She gets to be awkward on purpose, for
Into the Deep
by suluismyspirit
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Online heart
by Dancer612
Caleb can’t sleep. Not with the scars. Not with the itch. Not with the memories. Not with Trent Ikithon still living somewhere in his head. One night, he finds a Twitch stream. The man behind the screen name ‘LogicalGhost’ is calm, brilliant, and impossible to look away from—playing horror games lik
Soulmarks of Ink and Shadow
by Dancer612
In a world where soulmarks appear as magical script written in the language of one’s soulmate, Caleb Widogast wakes to find drow glyphs etched into his skin—ink-dark, unfamiliar, and impossible to ignore. Across the border of empire and dynasty, Essek Thelyss bears a matching mark in harsh Zemnian s
All the Ways that Bind Us
by glitteringnights
This is the first time Keyleth is able to take a look at the younger man’s face in all her frenzied panic and his work. He’s around her age, maybe a little older, she thinks. His long hair is tied up and his uniform fits him a disgustingly flattering amount. She shakes her head, trying to dispel the
Resonant Echoes
by Lise
A problem shaped like seven unexpected mercenaries carrying one of the priceless artifacts he stole arrives on Essek's doorstep, but he can handle it. Is handling it. Will be able to handle it, at some point, if he can figure out how to avoid them killing him first.(Or: time looping your way into a
The Bestiary Volumes of Caleb Widogast
by thewaywardqueen
“So you're telling me, that I '' He slowly gestured to himself, eyes cast on the table not wanting to meet any of their eyes. “Caleb Widowgast has to join your guild because you need a human or you’ll be disbanded for lack of diversity by your magical government?”“More or less.” The purple one grinn
Catch Me If You Can, Darling.
by thewaywardqueen
Mollymauk runs a small, slightly illegal, magic business where they sell some magic items. But also put some minor hexes on people to pay the bills. A woman convinces them to put a curse on their Ex, Bren. Filled with guilt he decides he has to find out who this Ex is. Along the way he catches feeli
I Will Follow You Into the Dark
by theatergirl06
Drowning in guilt and shame after the events at Whitestone, Percy strikes a deal with a dangerous entity. But he miscalculates just how painful the consequences of his sacrifice might be...and how far a certain Ranger would go to rescue him.
i'll follow you into the dark
by ArtificialHaunting
After Caleb and Essek have their first real fight, Beau offers Caleb a safe solo research trip. It seems like the perfect way to distract himself from a house and a life that seems bent on reminding him of what is absent. Only, it turns out the trip is neither solo nor safe, as one Seth Domade was a
A Monument to All We Are
by Sable_Scribe
Sometimes Dead Gods still Dream. Sometimes Dead Gods don't stay Dead.Sometimes a Dead God's greatest hope is a handful of broken souls bereft of love and purpose, lost in a world that has never cared to truly know them.It is the nature of Faith to believe in what Isn't, to believe in the Light that
I've Been With You Through Your Worst (Please Let Me Be Your Best)
by GrellSutcliff
Bren had heard the whispers and mutterings for a very long time. Once puberty hit, that night, the voice started in his head, in a language he had no idea to understand. But Bren knew exactly what the voice was though, as his parents had been so excited to reassure the young man about it. That was t
Peace Never Lasts Long
by ScarletQuakeWitch
Caleb never expected to find a family. Not after everything he had done. Not after everything he had lost. But sitting among the Mighty Nein as sunlight fills the Xhorhaus and laughter echoes through the room, he allows himself to believe, if only for a moment, that he belongs. Then someone comes fo
kindling
by Anonymous
Sometimes, Caleb fears that being capable of inflicting so much pain and suffering without even getting off to it is the sickest thing about him.caleb and molly play bdsm chicken. neither knows the rules & they both lose.
Something Held
by PenPaperAndChels
(Sort of a sequel to a song for the empty cloak, but not really. Go check it out if you'd like some Scanlan angst.) After Vax is taken by the Whispered One, Keyleth and Vex are left with the same impossible absence. One lost the man she loved. One lost the brother who had been beside her since bef
The Blooming Pot Cafe
by kfnye98
How a cafe in Rexxentrum ends up being the home of several romances.
Could Have Been Me
by asexual_sinner
Mollymauk is Mollymauk. Period. No Questions. He knows nothing of Lucien. But that's not quite true, now is it?
I'm Here to Help (Don't Hurt Me Please)
by asexual_sinner
Lucien was an omega. A fact that he didn't feel was important to share until he went into heat and disappeared somewhere in the tower to hide away from the others. Caleb is the one to find him.
Quite a colorful bunch
by marlog
Molly makes an off handed comment about how Caleb would make a great tiefling, and in an attempt to flirt makes a reference to Tiefling heat cycles. This becomes Fjord's problem very quickly based on this picture https://www.tumblr.com/marlog-5/819909669919342592/i-present-to-the-court-submissive-se
Better Than I Used To Be
by AngrySaltLamp
A month after arriving at The Blooming Grove Funeral Home, Bren is finding his rhythm. When circumstances lead him to have a personal conversation with the drow he's been befriending the last couple of weeks, Bren discovers there is a lot more to being dead than he initially thought. With Bren's hel
Out of the Ordinary
by HobbitLife
Ebony has enjoyed the last three years since she escaped the clutches of the Briarwoods. Taken in by the twins Vex’ahlia and Vax’ildan, they helped her navigate the world she knows so little about and is now leading a normal everyday life. But nothing stays the same for long. And a chance encounter
Blood Wizard
by A_Random_Being
“All right, next stop, Cognouza!” Leaving Catha behind, Essek turned to look out into the beautiful sight that was the Astral sea, looking for familiar constellations and what he saw next was Ruidius coming closer towards them. Staring down at the red surface of Ruidius was an ocean. An entire crims
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About This List
This list of 25short Critical Role fanfics spans 568,309 total words. Kudos range from 6 on the newest entries to 2,904 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (10 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Slow Burn · Caleb Widogast-centric · Past Abuse.
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