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I'm still getting a T for Teen vibe instead of M for Mature, there's no blood, no finishers, all the particle effects seemed very fun instead of visceral. The tactical mode was severely lacking, looks like they went back to DA2 with only being able to tell companions what moves to use instead of in-depth tactics like Origins or even Inquisition. Glad to see character backgrounds are back and the action side of combat looks good, so I'm still hopeful but this left a lot to be desired for me.

‘Let’s go, let’s go, let’s get the faaaaak out of here, let’s goooooo….’ 😂😂😂😂

Just want to note how quickly the haters stopped hating when the moment came. Either they became believers or they were mad that their narrative fell apart, either is great with me.

I love how the CR community will get so riled up there are people genuinely angry at how Laura is choosing to play her character, only for them to be reminded time and again that these people always have a plan

everyone like 'she couldn't cast spells' are misunderstanding the function of a Somatic element to casting. You need to have a [hand] free because mechanically, the ability to cast a spell with a somatic component is meant to be considered wielding a weapon, and the way we typically wield a weapon is with our hands. It's not because you need HANDS specifically, it's just the shorthand (hah) we use to discuss 'available equipment slots' for damage-doing items in the game's mechanics. But hands aren't necessary: your character could still fight as a monk with their arms/elbows/knees instead of fists, or commission a wrist-mounted crossbow instead of a 'hand crossbow' that you can activate by aiming and pressing something with your other wrist on the back etc. It's all just flavouring - the mechanics are the same still - so the same goes with 'somatic' elements of spells. If your character really has no hands, that doesn't mean they literally can't do any spells anymore, as long as they are not equipped with the equivalent of something two-handed :P Up to the DM how you want to proceed from there in terms or re-flavouring your abilities, possibly changing subclasses or making adjustments for things to make sense in-world. Definitely need to have a convo out-of-game to work out what can and can't be done, and what needs to be adjusted etc., but there's no reason you couldn't MECHANICALLY still have your character able to cast spells or fight - just a matter of learning how to do things differently, getting equipment adjusted, etc. There will be some things that you can't do eg Jester would struggle with her magic paints (though i guess she could use her mouth to hold the brush, but it would be very slow), and maybe trade that with someone else - or paint herself a hand in a paintbrush-holding grip or with an open palm for casting spells.

Everyone: "NOOO! JESTER, DON'T DO IT!!!" astarenbeoulve: "SHE'S A TRICKSTER!!!!"

Jester is the i=undisputed GOAT of Campaign 2

I've been coming back to this video for years and it NEVER disappoints!!!

[ *GrinderX5:* Offer her Sprinkle, the weasel who cannot be killed! ] Well, you’re close- she _sprinkled_ delicious dust on a cupcake, like a genius lil’ _weasel,_ & no one was _killed!_

Never has a chat made it more clear why we watch the cast play dnd and not them because so many of them are fucking annoying

This is an excellent example of what the phrase, “it doesn’t matter whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game” means. You play the game in a manner that facilitates you being invited to more games in the future. That’s why sportsmanship matters. You might win this game or this battle by underhanded tactics or strict rule lawyering, but when you’re not invited back to play again, you lose the metaphorical war. Rules are a great structure for games but in a game like this, strictly adhering to them in all situations won’t keep the game fun for 99% of players. The meta game, the game above the game is playing as epic characters, telling a great story, and making fun and interesting memories together. The DM’s job is to facilitate those things. Give them a road map for those memories to happen along. To challenge them in fun and unique ways. And when your players attempt and pull off epic strategies that also fit into the narrative and are brilliant displays of their individual character’s traits, you gotta let rule of cool ride. You gotta reward the creativity, the grit, the gutsy play, so they will take those risks/fun ideas and go for those epic moments when the opportunities present themselves in the future.

What was up with Marisha during this episode I wonder. She looks so completely out of it. Drunk? High? Stoned?

A modified memory doesn't necessarily affect how a creature behaves, particularly if the memory contradicts the creature's natural inclinations, alignment, or beliefs. An illogical modified memory, such as implanting a memory of how much the creature enjoyed dousing itself in acid, is dismissed, perhaps as a bad dream.

Everyone avoiding looking at Marisha while she was acting stunned is telling.

I didn't start watching Critical Role until 2021 and wasn't there for this stream, but I'm willing to bet real money that like at least 50% of the chatters spamming "Laura don''t do it, this is stupid!" or telling the other party members "Stop her!" immediately flipped on a dime and started saying "Let's go Jester! Let's go Laura Bailey! I never doubted you for a second!" Fuck those meta-gaming, backseating, doubting motherfuckers 😂

I sincerely hope that, when they animate this, they add a little scene of Jester telling the others what she did after, as imagining the groups' reactions to what she did is the other half of this delicious cupcake and I *want* it! <3

Jester should *be* the trickster god, not worship the trickster god. She has unseated Artagan in F-ing with people.

This was the single most clutch play of all Critical Role. This moment is everything.

In the most recent campaign I was in, I played a CE rogue who made a deal with a hag for some powers (fey touched feat), in exchange for spreading misery all over the place. I wonder if this hag will send similar people after Jester.

Im so glad i never watched the chat. Everyone screaming "just kill her! Fireball!", telling jester to stfu and get out...just let the scene play out guys jesus christ.

That was entertaining but also I don’t know how y’all can follow these Twitch chats! That stream of consciousness was making my brain hurt!

Idk if yall noticed, but at 10:00, you can see Laura throwing a lifeline to Matthew to help get back to "yes, and" COLLABORATION AT ITS FINEST!

Sam asks “would stopping a peace summit count”? Beau ask if her solitude would count Yasha asks if her flowers would count JESTER THE BEST TRICKSTER CLERIC EVER ask “ Do you know the muffin man?” *smirk*

Taliesin goes full Beaker from the Muppets at the complete glory of this @11:00

cant wait for the Mighty Nein show to see this animated

This clip always gives me goosebumps LOL

My head canon is that the rest of the M9 had to physically hold Beau back from barging in when Marisha wanted to knock. Also watching Marisha’s mental journey is amazing because she was fully ready to essentially kill off her character to save her friends

9:08 Ashley: (says what everyone is thinking)

The pause, "Okay..", "Did I succeed?"........."Yyyup." Cinematic. That's true tension.

seeing this again after seeing some of matts plays in bg3, i love to think he was so beyond happy he got his fucking shit rocked like that in a play of utter unexpected genius.........

Even trying to read twitch chat at .25 speed is damn difficult...look...pause...read. I used to watch on twitch but was very laggy and chat was like trying to listen to someone in a very crowded room full of drunk people. Was very happy when they split it to also stream on TH-cam

One of the best moments in RPG ever

Marisha almost couldnt help herself, tried to interrupt this amazing rp moment because she just has to insert herself into situations shes not a part of. She has main character syndrome as bad as orion ever did. Almost ruined one of the cleverest rp moments I've seen in this show

Between this and Scanlan's modifying memory on the guard at the fire plain to avoid the whole army....holy shit, what a spell.

6:17 Neotag: "Jester thinking she can bluff an ancient witch". Oh more than just *thinking* she can.

The hag wanted something precious to jester so a cupcake is a fair trade.

Jester, God of Tricks

This whole scene was “ruined”by marisha being a selfish cnt because she didn’t get to perform her sacrifice. Vile.

Oh i just know matt was torn between fuming his hag was handled so easily by jester but also so proud of laura as a player

Oooh watching twitch chat's suggestions is giving me brain cancer. What does killing her do to Nott's situation anyway? If she's dead, nothing will ever be able to undo the curse.

cmon people you can't blame the hivemind for having about a dozen functional neurons

Shout out to the chat for once again being garbage, calling Laura stupid and selfish and then turning 180° when they realized what she was doing. Remind yourself that this isn't your game, it's theirs, and they are good at what they do.

Laura’s improv is astronomical!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

OH MY FUCKING GOD!!! I am listening to the podcasts (first time) and absolutely (like Kevdak and Veccna) had to come home and watch it unfold.

THey Had BETTER DO THIS in the ANimated series

I don't think some people in the chat were trying to be mean or anything when some typed "what about legendary resistance"? 'But I don't think this scene was at all one where a legendary resistance would have been appropriate. Imagine what this moment would have been after some of the party members went in to bargain with the hag and offered to give up something about them just to break a curse this hag created in the first place. Then having Jester go in and set everything up, offer something the hag was interested in, make her think she was "using her fingers for the last time" to enjoy a cupcake, rolling a 24 on a persuasion check for the hag to even accept eating it, having the forethought of sprinkling the dust on a cupcake because that's what Jester did, being a trickster cleric and looking for the tricksiest and funniest solution ever to deal with a hag of all things, casting Modify Memory, having the hag fail and then having the DM say "Nah, legendary resistance. Roll for initiative".

Twitch chat is salty as hell.

She literally weaponized a cupcake!!

Love the twitch comment "give her the weasel" :''D

"You fed a witch a baked good." The irony here is almost als delicious as that cupcake itself. This is possibly the best moment of C2, maybe all of CR. Laury Bailey is just phenomenal.