I just realized something. This is the arc where the M9 saw Keyleth and Zephrah, even if for a glimpse. Orym prototype was Liam’s backup character since C1. Its perfect introduction point - if Caleb was gone in this moment, we likely would have seen a version of Orym as a member of Mighty Nein
oh if the disintegrate failed caleb would not be dead in a between the sheets episode or the final overview matt said if he reflected it he was aiming at jester due to the banishment@@TaRatTinCan
@@wishstruck if I recall correctly the TM episode, Matt by be default he intended it to be Jester, but he said he was not sure in this case and he might have chosen Caleb. Deleting someone else’s PC because of the decision of another player is extremely tough and shitty choice to make, and since Matt has direct agency over this, I cannot see him actually going for Jester in this one
i can understand that, but Jester targeted him with the banishment spell. In Vokodo's thought process imagine fleeing from a place that terrifies you and being sent back by a person, then, that person stands before you. While the caleb choice would be applicable Choosing Jester would have been an appropriate choice in the villains eyes @@TaRatTinCan As heartbreaking as it would have been it would have been one hell of a twist in what was already an amazing set piece
@@wishstruckOh god. An alternate timeline where caleb disintegrates jester? Trauma would turn caleb into full vader. One accident could have make caleb the bbeg to might nein.
The only thing this video is missing is a starting with Matt "Does anyone here have more than 72 hit point?" *record scratch* Liam: "You're probably wondering how I wound up here..." lol
@@PalleRasmussen ya he honestly might be the best player in the group. I feel like he just brings out the best in everyone. They’re all great, but I feel like he’s not just great, but raises everyone up too, including Matt.
@@bulldozer8950 that is his nature. He was the oldest male in the family when his father died, so he became responsible and uplifting in character- more than he already was. His "Between the Sheets" is really good. It shows how he combines that with being the chaotic goofball he also is.
In Campaign 1 he was the perfect example of a very smart person playing a Chaotic Neutral Barb to perfection. He managed to contribute intelligently without breaking Role Play.
This is just... perfection. I remember everyone freaking out in the comments when this episode came out, about how much Caleb risked and everyone yelling why he would do this, especially since Liam has such a pokerface when it comes to this stuff, and now to hear the scene combined with his ACTUAL thought process omg, what a chaotic wizard, we stan
It's very on brand for Caleb and all I have to say is this could have gone a completely different direction. This is the definition of Wizard right here, high risk, high reward. The reward paid off that time despite the stakes being so high if it didn't. It was a massive gamble and even just remembering this I am on edge just imagining how different things would have been if it didn't pay off. That would have been a campaign changing moment, and would have shaken up the party dynamic HARD.
@@reallyidrathernot.134 Not everyone, but vokodo had the power to redirect magical attacks on successful saves, and if it had hit someone and brought them below zero, they would have been permadead
@@reallyidrathernot.134 Disintegrate is different to other magical attacks. Where other attacks knock someone unconcious if their hit points drop to zero, disintegrate instead disintegrates that person and everything they're holding that isn't magical. They're instantly dead. Vokodo had already reflected magical attacks during this fight, and if he had reflected this disintegrate (72 damage) he would have perma-killed one of the party members.
I like how Marisha was perching and stress eating the notebook after the flashbacks to Keyleth watching Vax turning into dust from the last campaign lol
so im only on C2E36 so i have no idea whats happening lol. Is there a way anyone can give context without spoilers? Im mostly confused by the mechanics of what happened and why it seems so high stakes
@@pvic6959 In this fight the enemy is reflecting spells back. Or at least has a chance to depending on how Matt rolls. Liam has a history of things going poorly with Disintegrate with his previous character Vax in campaign 1 (as shown in this video). So he wasn't thinking about the spell reflection when he cast Disintegrate and almost ended up having it reflected and hitting either himself or another member of the Nein. Which again would have gone really poorly and just been another major moment with Liam and Disintegrate.
@@Lumenadducere OHH It was reflecting spells? Oh man, I can see why that was really bad. Thank you for that context!! That makes so much more sense. I looked at the spell and was like "hmm i dont see why he/the party would be in danger"
God-tier editing. I think my favorite part is how the Zoom version of Talks Machina makes it sound so much more personal and crisp than in-person Talks, so it's like Liam is actually narratingin voice-over. Was there extra reverb added for the in-game "thought process" narration?
I haven't seen that episode so I was REALLY confused when Liam's authentic voice came out in Calebs internal monologue lol For a split second I was like "How?"
Looked up the source and figured out what this is. This is Liam’s ACTUAL recounting of his thought processes at this point, plus YOUR spectacular editing. Well done!!
I always thought it was a weird take that Liam purposefully did this to kill another character and cause drama. Like the guy loves his friends, he wouldn't do that to them. Campaign 1 *spoilers* when Vex died in the tomb he was going to let Vax die because he knew Laura loved Vex so much. He cares more about having fun with his friends than creating drama like that.
I never knew people had interpreted it that way; that's so weird! I'd find it really hard to believe _anyone_ would purposefully try to kill their friends' characters (against their wishes) in a d&d game, you'd have to be a real sadist to do that. 😨
@@thallium6754 Yeah it's because some people think that because Liam likes drama he wanted Jester to die so Caleb could have more angst to work with. It's kinda dumb considering what we know about him and the fact that it would be the last thing on his mind in that scenario.
@@bethanyking3918 there’s also the fact that they’ve all played DND long enough to know that getting another player’s character killed in this way, at least deliberately, is a big no no. Liam straight up said he forgot about the reflection thing in TM and that makes sense because this could’ve fully ended a member of the MN here. If it hadn’t been a natural one and Vokodo succeeded with the deflect, Matt deffo would’ve had the Disintergrate hit someone who he knew would survive it I.e. Yasha or Vilya who was in her Orca form. People are harking on about Caleb’s role play after Jester permanently died but how is that fair to Laura who loses a character she loves sessions before her big story arc begins. If it had been Jester, had Matt not just fudged the roll like I would’ve in this situation because being fair and actively trying to kill your players are two different things, I bet you Matt would’ve had the Traveller expend a serious amount of power to resurrect her properly in this session or the next. Jester lives but Caleb still has to deal with the consequences of his actions. Idk. I’m just happy we didn’t have to see that. If jester died I’d have been very sad because, even though she’s not my favourite in the group, I still love her character to bits.
@@thallium6754 Yeah Critters can get wild sometimes, especially with Liam and Marisha for some reason. People make mistakes, hell I made mistakes as a player too from time to time that resulted in crazy antics. But the internet classically can't accept that because they're better than everyone else apparently and above it all lmao
@@zwojack7285 what mario said PLUS the fact that disintegrate doesn't JUST kill the target when they reach 0hp. it turns them to dust. no revivify. only high level magic can bring you back if your body is gone.
My DM one time had a caster hit one of us with disintegrate right before he ran away, killed a PC. So me, a sorcerer with magic-enhancing drugs and a scroll that was never explained but just did "vague time related things", opened a rift through time to grab the PC from right before he was killed. Best moment ever.
I'm pretty sure Matt actually said that he wouldn't have hit any of the other player characters with that. It would have been Caleb hitting himself with his own spell. That being said, what Matt says he would have done after the fact might have been changed after time to think.
@@gemmafire8628 Matt got interviewed on Talks afterwards, and he remembered that in the moment, Vokodo would have reflected it towards Jester because she was the one who Banished him back to the Astral Sea. He couldn't remember until that specific point in the questions where he was like, "RIGHT, he didn't know Cad could also do it, only that Jester did it to him successfully and he did NOT wanna go back again."
I loved this moment in talks because I thought it was some master plan of Liam the theatre nut. But no it was accidental. I honestly thought Liam was mentally preparing himself for Caleb’s response after he disintegrates Jester. I was SO heckin scared that’s where it was going.
Bruh, if Caleb poofed Jester(who he's uselessly in love with), underwater, I think the M9 would have lost 2 players that night. No wisdom save from that PTSD, right back to the sanatorium for Caleb.
@@Laticia1990 the m9 would loose two but it might push Caleb Widowgast/Bren Ermendrud past PTSD into destroy the world or 15 years of history mode again as a villain that the other characters need to decide if they try to stop or help. It would be devastating in so many ways. I know Caduceus would try to stop him, Veth would be torn between her family and Caleb, the others would be probably less conflicted at this point than they would have been just a story arc or two prior. The M9 from the beginning had the potential to be an evil party, Jester was a chaotic light of joy that kept them from falling early on.
@ wouldn't have been Liam's choice, if the spell reflected it was going to hit one of them. It would have been up to Matt and the dice, he would likely have gone for Caleb but Jester was a very likely candidate also.
@ agreed he would not have, Liam however was tired and forgot about the reflect, something Caleb probably would not have done, but once Liam said what he was doing and because he roled before speaking he committed to it. He didn't want Jester or any of them to be hit by that disintegrate, but once he spoke it was up to Matt and the dice... fortunately for everyone the dice were in their favor.
I have been recommended this video a few times, and I just want to say that it has one of the best thumbnails I have ever seen. The text is perfectly readable and interesting, Liam's pose is perfect, and there is just the right amount of space for it to feel full, but not cluttered. All the little editing elements on the image also come together and add to the whole thing like the little decretive flourishes on a wedding cake. Truly great stuff.
@@alexortner9517 Matt said after the game, the target would have been Jester because she was the one who banished him back to the Astral sea. So Caleb would have killed Jester... My heart...
That whole edit was absolutely glorious. I seriously was thinking of the ultimate spiderman where Peter keeps inserting his thoughts on the situation as it is happening. PEAK entertainment!
Welp. Guess I judged Liam wrong. I legit thought he was doing it on purpose, not by accident. And I wouldn't have watched Talks Machina, so I wouldn't have known. Thank you
@@ianmurphy9335 I still think he might've been unaware in this one occasion, being in the heat of the moment and all. There's zero reason why Liam would do [purposefully try and get himself/anyone else killed, they're his dear friends and the characters that they love after all. After 2 campaigns and the beginning of a third, I think it's safe to say that he just caught up in the moment.
I don't even care that I spoiled the ending of the Vokodo fight for myself, the editing on this was great and just makes me look forward to catching up that much more.
I love Marisha's stress reactions during the games. She's always crouching on her chair or kneeling on the floor and doing ridiculous things because of the tension during fights.
I love Liam, he's probably the most invested in the character drama at the table but man, sometimes he's so focused on the bigger parts of the story that he doesn't pay attention at all at the small yet very important stuff.
I love love love how you edited this, and brought in Liam's thoughts for the voiceover. And then the flashbacks. Just brilliant. Your videos are so much fun-- kudos!
Fandom: "You are laughing. You gave Laura a mental breakdown for almost killing one of the party members forever with no possibility of being brought back to life and you are laughing?" Angst King Liam: * shit eating grin*
he just didnt realise that he would have killed jester with it xD desintegrated, permadeath xD dont know if he knew it later because matt said after the spell would have gone to jester but months later when he was asked about it when liam was there he said "probably back to liam not remember" so maybe liam not evne know he nearly killed jester xD
i remember so clearly watching the end of this fight while in the middle of hand sewing, and the reveal of the nat 1 at the end had my hands shaking so bad that i had to put my project down. so awesome. i loved this battle.
Damn, I love that edit. Also, I remember watching that episode, and I was at the edge of my seat, and just like Laura I was saying goodbye to Jester. BUT thankfully that did not happen, and you can see the relief that Laura felt when Matt announced that Vocodo failed
One of the things I like about this is how Marisha turned the whole party into mist in the middle of a fight, because she didn't read the spell properly but was the first to pick up on the consequences from Disintegrate dropping Vax to zero hp.
There've been more characters that know Disintegrate than Fireball. Fireball users: Caleb and Tiberius. Scanlnan if you count his Wand of Fireball. Disintegrate users: Lyra, Gilmore, Delila Briarwood, Vecna, and Caleb. Edit: Matt got the damage for Chain Lightning backwards. Matt said 8d10. It's 10d8.
Lyra had Fireball - I’m pretty sure she used it on Rimefang once. As for NPCs, a lot of them probably had it too but Matt didn’t see a reason to use it when they had more interesting, higher-level spells.
Oh man, I love how you narrated this scene! When you did this on this episode I was losing my mind even worse! Because there would have been no forgiveness if you got anyone of the party!
I don't know why I clicked on this, because I have seen this clip several times now, but I'm really glad I did. The Talks narration over it was perfect.
Just noticed from the video description that it's C1 E102 and C2 E105, so not only did the exact thing almost happen again, but it was almost at the same episode number too.
When your character has the Keen Mind feat but you, in fact, don't. Good thing it went good! Tbh I could see Matt reminding Liam how vokodo's abilities that he already saw work lol
The beauty of Disintegrate is if the target rolls a critical failure, they take max damage. So Vokodo didn't take 70 something damage, he took a helluva lot more.
@@deathbykonami5487 hey every one makes mistakes, no big deal. It's better to inform so people can improve rather than belittle a person for not knowing the rules to a game. as an extra side note, critical fails and critical successes only work on attack rolls in 5th edition dnd. on Saves and checks they're just low and high numbers.
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Liam: "Some people think they can outsmart me. Maybe. [sniff] Maybe."
"I've yet to meet one who can outsmart Caleb."
"It costs four hundred thousand GP worth of parchment papper to cast fireball for twelve seconds..."
When your character has an intelligence of 18 but you don’t.
Twenty actually. But yes.
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Honestly feel that with my characters
@@kingskelett6265 with advantages on intelligence saving and skill checks
@@SPACEHARICE when you ever use intelligence saving throws tho
I love how when Liam mentions Henry his monologue transforms into a dialogue with a dog.
This is from a Talks episode, so the dog was actually there.
@@starsgears9200 yeah, I watched the ep
It just looks like a monologue when they cut it like that
lol you gonna love the new video.
The fact that it's also my name makes this video so much better for me, personally lol
@@starsgears9200 do you know which talks episode?
Can you imagine getting killed by your own wizard's disintegrate?
"Mr. Widogast, I don't feel so good"
I just realized something. This is the arc where the M9 saw Keyleth and Zephrah, even if for a glimpse. Orym prototype was Liam’s backup character since C1. Its perfect introduction point - if Caleb was gone in this moment, we likely would have seen a version of Orym as a member of Mighty Nein
oh if the disintegrate failed caleb would not be dead in a between the sheets episode or the final overview matt said if he reflected it he was aiming at jester due to the banishment@@TaRatTinCan
@@wishstruck if I recall correctly the TM episode, Matt by be default he intended it to be Jester, but he said he was not sure in this case and he might have chosen Caleb. Deleting someone else’s PC because of the decision of another player is extremely tough and shitty choice to make, and since Matt has direct agency over this, I cannot see him actually going for Jester in this one
i can understand that, but Jester targeted him with the banishment spell. In Vokodo's thought process imagine fleeing from a place that terrifies you and being sent back by a person, then, that person stands before you. While the caleb choice would be applicable Choosing Jester would have been an appropriate choice in the villains eyes @@TaRatTinCan As heartbreaking as it would have been it would have been one hell of a twist in what was already an amazing set piece
@@wishstruckOh god. An alternate timeline where caleb disintegrates jester? Trauma would turn caleb into full vader. One accident could have make caleb the bbeg to might nein.
The only thing this video is missing is a starting with Matt "Does anyone here have more than 72 hit point?" *record scratch* Liam: "You're probably wondering how I wound up here..." lol
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With Baba O'Riley in the background
Not to mention, HAD it failed, Matt said on Talks that the target from the reflect would have been Jester.
Who would have died, because they weren't keeping health correctly. People calculated and she had in fact just a little HP above the necessary.
@@klay3841 it's pretty eaay to lose track of correct damage during a heated combat, especially with environmental DOT.
@@Quadraxis Oh yeah, absolutely. Not faulting them, just wanted to highlight it.
My hopes were thrashed that day.
Matt would have finally gotten his revenge on Liam and Laura for naming their characters Vex and Vax!
Travis was really the mvp of this checking for matt and then not saying anything
Travis is usually the MVP. He is such a friendly and supportive player, and an uncontrollable agent of chaos.
@@PalleRasmussen ya he honestly might be the best player in the group. I feel like he just brings out the best in everyone. They’re all great, but I feel like he’s not just great, but raises everyone up too, including Matt.
@@bulldozer8950 that is his nature. He was the oldest male in the family when his father died, so he became responsible and uplifting in character- more than he already was. His "Between the Sheets" is really good. It shows how he combines that with being the chaotic goofball he also is.
Yeah, don't play poker against that guy.
In Campaign 1 he was the perfect example of a very smart person playing a Chaotic Neutral Barb to perfection. He managed to contribute intelligently without breaking Role Play.
This is just... perfection. I remember everyone freaking out in the comments when this episode came out, about how much Caleb risked and everyone yelling why he would do this, especially since Liam has such a pokerface when it comes to this stuff, and now to hear the scene combined with his ACTUAL thought process omg, what a chaotic wizard, we stan
It's very on brand for Caleb and all I have to say is this could have gone a completely different direction.
This is the definition of Wizard right here, high risk, high reward.
The reward paid off that time despite the stakes being so high if it didn't. It was a massive gamble and even just remembering this I am on edge just imagining how different things would have been if it didn't pay off.
That would have been a campaign changing moment, and would have shaken up the party dynamic HARD.
Liam has great reactions when terrible things happen. Like the look on his face when vax died, just accepts it.
So what's going on? Casting disintegrate for some reason could have killed everyone else?
@@reallyidrathernot.134 Not everyone, but vokodo had the power to redirect magical attacks on successful saves, and if it had hit someone and brought them below zero, they would have been permadead
@@reallyidrathernot.134 Disintegrate is different to other magical attacks. Where other attacks knock someone unconcious if their hit points drop to zero, disintegrate instead disintegrates that person and everything they're holding that isn't magical. They're instantly dead. Vokodo had already reflected magical attacks during this fight, and if he had reflected this disintegrate (72 damage) he would have perma-killed one of the party members.
I like to imagine Liam is just describing this encounter specifically to Henry
I like how Marisha was perching and stress eating the notebook after the flashbacks to Keyleth watching Vax turning into dust from the last campaign lol
this is exactly what i've been wanting, but you made it even funnier
so im only on C2E36 so i have no idea whats happening lol. Is there a way anyone can give context without spoilers? Im mostly confused by the mechanics of what happened and why it seems so high stakes
@@pvic6959 In this fight the enemy is reflecting spells back. Or at least has a chance to depending on how Matt rolls. Liam has a history of things going poorly with Disintegrate with his previous character Vax in campaign 1 (as shown in this video). So he wasn't thinking about the spell reflection when he cast Disintegrate and almost ended up having it reflected and hitting either himself or another member of the Nein. Which again would have gone really poorly and just been another major moment with Liam and Disintegrate.
@@Lumenadducere OHH It was reflecting spells? Oh man, I can see why that was really bad. Thank you for that context!! That makes so much more sense. I looked at the spell and was like "hmm i dont see why he/the party would be in danger"
I LOVE how the editing seemed so “The Emperor’s New Groove”-esque and it’s one of my favorite movies of all time. Amazing editing!
God-tier editing. I think my favorite part is how the Zoom version of Talks Machina makes it sound so much more personal and crisp than in-person Talks, so it's like Liam is actually narratingin voice-over. Was there extra reverb added for the in-game "thought process" narration?
Yes！I did put a filter on Liam's monologue and it fits like a glove.
@@hoboodinson Excellent work sir.
What episode of Talks machina is the monologue from?
@@AKUX15 IDK the number, but it's got to be the next one Liam was on (guests are in the title) after the Vokodo fight (C2E105).
I haven't seen that episode so I was REALLY confused when Liam's authentic voice came out in Calebs internal monologue lol For a split second I was like "How?"
Looked up the source and figured out what this is. This is Liam’s ACTUAL recounting of his thought processes at this point, plus YOUR spectacular editing. Well done!!
I always thought it was a weird take that Liam purposefully did this to kill another character and cause drama. Like the guy loves his friends, he wouldn't do that to them. Campaign 1 *spoilers* when Vex died in the tomb he was going to let Vax die because he knew Laura loved Vex so much. He cares more about having fun with his friends than creating drama like that.
I never knew people had interpreted it that way; that's so weird! I'd find it really hard to believe _anyone_ would purposefully try to kill their friends' characters (against their wishes) in a d&d game, you'd have to be a real sadist to do that. 😨
@@thallium6754 Yeah it's because some people think that because Liam likes drama he wanted Jester to die so Caleb could have more angst to work with. It's kinda dumb considering what we know about him and the fact that it would be the last thing on his mind in that scenario.
@@bethanyking3918 it would also have massively upended his charecter arc, it would have been bad narratively.
@@bethanyking3918 there’s also the fact that they’ve all played DND long enough to know that getting another player’s character killed in this way, at least deliberately, is a big no no. Liam straight up said he forgot about the reflection thing in TM and that makes sense because this could’ve fully ended a member of the MN here. If it hadn’t been a natural one and Vokodo succeeded with the deflect, Matt deffo would’ve had the Disintergrate hit someone who he knew would survive it I.e. Yasha or Vilya who was in her Orca form. People are harking on about Caleb’s role play after Jester permanently died but how is that fair to Laura who loses a character she loves sessions before her big story arc begins. If it had been Jester, had Matt not just fudged the roll like I would’ve in this situation because being fair and actively trying to kill your players are two different things, I bet you Matt would’ve had the Traveller expend a serious amount of power to resurrect her properly in this session or the next. Jester lives but Caleb still has to deal with the consequences of his actions. Idk. I’m just happy we didn’t have to see that. If jester died I’d have been very sad because, even though she’s not my favourite in the group, I still love her character to bits.
@@thallium6754 Yeah Critters can get wild sometimes, especially with Liam and Marisha for some reason. People make mistakes, hell I made mistakes as a player too from time to time that resulted in crazy antics. But the internet classically can't accept that because they're better than everyone else apparently and above it all lmao
The editing on this video is just *chef's kiss* absolutely amazing, thanks so much for sharing it! Excellent work! XD
I have had a VERY bad time with Disintegrate I literally fear that word when uttered in a D&D context.
This outcome was amazing to see though!!
Am I missing something about that spell? Cant find anything in its description where it says "might kill someone else"
@@zwojack7285 it's cause vokodo had a magic reflecting shield, which would've made the spell hit someone else on a bad roll, in this case, Jester.
@@zwojack7285 what mario said PLUS the fact that disintegrate doesn't JUST kill the target when they reach 0hp. it turns them to dust. no revivify. only high level magic can bring you back if your body is gone.
@@zap4th368 I see thanks :)
Yeah, with no body only the best revives can do anything, and they're really... really hard to come by.
Matt: Can't believe you counterspelled "chained lightning"
Liam: 😛
Liam: "You hate me for that? Watch this!"
I can't be the only one who wants to see the alternate reality where Caleb destroys himself with the spell
I think Matt said if the roll had been good, the reflection would have targeted Jester ☠️☠️☠️
^ because she had banished him back to the astral sea and he was terrified, he didn't want to risk going back there
I think on an episode of talks, Matt said it would have bounced back at Caleb if it did reflect
Matt said if he had succeeded the Dex save, it was getting bounced at Jester. Imagine how DEVASTATED Caleb would have been for killing her!
I think he said that Caleb was the first Choice but then he switched to Jester
This is the perfect “*record scratch* you’re probably wondering how I got here...” chance with the crystal clear audio of Liam’s perfect VO voice.
My DM one time had a caster hit one of us with disintegrate right before he ran away, killed a PC. So me, a sorcerer with magic-enhancing drugs and a scroll that was never explained but just did "vague time related things", opened a rift through time to grab the PC from right before he was killed. Best moment ever.
I DIDNT EVEN CATCH HOW CLOSE THAT WAS! chriST LIAM!
Imagen if t hat would have got bounced back and hit him. Two characters in back to back campaigns getting taken out by the same spell lol.
Matt said it would have hit Jester instead. Imagine the angst..
I'm pretty sure Matt actually said that he wouldn't have hit any of the other player characters with that. It would have been Caleb hitting himself with his own spell. That being said, what Matt says he would have done after the fact might have been changed after time to think.
@@gemmafire8628 Matt got interviewed on Talks afterwards, and he remembered that in the moment, Vokodo would have reflected it towards Jester because she was the one who Banished him back to the Astral Sea. He couldn't remember until that specific point in the questions where he was like, "RIGHT, he didn't know Cad could also do it, only that Jester did it to him successfully and he did NOT wanna go back again."
@@gemmafire8628 He said he was gonna off Jester if it succeeded the save
I loved this moment in talks because I thought it was some master plan of Liam the theatre nut. But no it was accidental.
I honestly thought Liam was mentally preparing himself for Caleb’s response after he disintegrates Jester. I was SO heckin scared that’s where it was going.
Bruh, if Caleb poofed Jester(who he's uselessly in love with), underwater, I think the M9 would have lost 2 players that night. No wisdom save from that PTSD, right back to the sanatorium for Caleb.
@@Laticia1990 the m9 would loose two but it might push Caleb Widowgast/Bren Ermendrud past PTSD into destroy the world or 15 years of history mode again as a villain that the other characters need to decide if they try to stop or help. It would be devastating in so many ways.
I know Caduceus would try to stop him, Veth would be torn between her family and Caleb, the others would be probably less conflicted at this point than they would have been just a story arc or two prior.
The M9 from the beginning had the potential to be an evil party, Jester was a chaotic light of joy that kept them from falling early on.
@ wouldn't have been Liam's choice, if the spell reflected it was going to hit one of them. It would have been up to Matt and the dice, he would likely have gone for Caleb but Jester was a very likely candidate also.
@ agreed he would not have, Liam however was tired and forgot about the reflect, something Caleb probably would not have done, but once Liam said what he was doing and because he roled before speaking he committed to it. He didn't want Jester or any of them to be hit by that disintegrate, but once he spoke it was up to Matt and the dice... fortunately for everyone the dice were in their favor.
@ please accept this apology for misunderstanding
Did you use the talksmachina as a thought monologue?!!! Genius
I have been recommended this video a few times, and I just want to say that it has one of the best thumbnails I have ever seen. The text is perfectly readable and interesting, Liam's pose is perfect, and there is just the right amount of space for it to feel full, but not cluttered. All the little editing elements on the image also come together and add to the whole thing like the little decretive flourishes on a wedding cake. Truly great stuff.
thank you wow that's such a high praise. I personally love clean thumbnails even though it means not using eye-catching reactionary faces of the cast.
Can we just talk about how Marisha's reaction to Caleb not getting the spell bounced back is to bite her journal? She truly is our book-goblin queen.
Oh my gosh the talks narration explains so much of Liam’s face journey in this holy shoot well done on the editing
It actually sinks up quite well :)
The TF2 music at the end really makes it
especially when it his the quiet part for him to say "in the mouth and out the butthole"
This is professional, Hollywood level editing, dude. Well done.
THANK YOU!
I have a new video where I basically edit it like a legit hollywood heist movie maybe you'll like it!
marisha is the manifestation of Liam’s internal anxiety from making this mess
The best part of this is in a later episode just hearing Caleb angrily say “I killed Vakodo.”
THE TF2 THEME AKSKSALSD
I love seeing the immediate shock in Matt's eyes as soon as Liam says he uses decentigrate.
This is a really great edit!
Imagine if Caleb killed one of his friends
The PTSD levels would really have reached heights.
@@XxOzzyBoyx honestly I would have been down for the role play. Like imagine if he killed veth. This would have become a COMPLETELY different story
@@alexortner9517 Matt said after the game, the target would have been Jester because she was the one who banished him back to the Astral sea. So Caleb would have killed Jester... My heart...
@@bdletoast09 and if jester had less than 72hp she wouldn’t be reviveable without true resurrection...
As well as the fact, that Liam revealed Caleb was in love with Jester, thus adding to his already broken mental state and trauma.
That whole edit was absolutely glorious. I seriously was thinking of the ultimate spiderman where Peter keeps inserting his thoughts on the situation as it is happening. PEAK entertainment!
Oh this is great! You threw in the talks machina stuff. That is just *chef's kiss*, my friend. Blessed edit.
Welp. Guess I judged Liam wrong.
I legit thought he was doing it on purpose, not by accident. And I wouldn't have watched Talks Machina, so I wouldn't have known. Thank you
I mean, when he was declaring his held action he said he was well aware this could happen. I don't think he was being honest in the Talks Machina.
@@beangrff ...yeah, after episode 127, I can agree with that.
@@ianmurphy9335 my memory is foggy and all the episodes blend together for me, what happened in 127?
@@SuperGoose42 Sanitarium massacre for the amulets
@@ianmurphy9335 I still think he might've been unaware in this one occasion, being in the heat of the moment and all. There's zero reason why Liam would do [purposefully try and get himself/anyone else killed, they're his dear friends and the characters that they love after all. After 2 campaigns and the beginning of a third, I think it's safe to say that he just caught up in the moment.
Honestly, stellar editing. brought everything aorund for the perfect context to build tension and release it with perfect timing.
Easily could have been the death of someone. What a moment.
confirmed would have been Jester
@@Albatross0913 Soo glad we don’t live in that timeline.
this is a feat of editing, it's perfect
All according to cake...
My man, you deserve more upvotes
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Caleb: I like those odds
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Translators note: Cake means Keikaku
I don't even care that I spoiled the ending of the Vokodo fight for myself, the editing on this was great and just makes me look forward to catching up that much more.
you can literally watch my new video. It's a succinct and heavily edited version of the entire heist they pulled last week.
This is amazing and needs more views.
I love Marisha's stress reactions during the games. She's always crouching on her chair or kneeling on the floor and doing ridiculous things because of the tension during fights.
The fact that I found this video by watching Soundsmith (A TF2 youtuber) and then the triumphant music at the end is the TF2 main theme
Is perfection.
Exceptional editing for context and Liam's mental story
I love Liam, he's probably the most invested in the character drama at the table but man, sometimes he's so focused on the bigger parts of the story that he doesn't pay attention at all at the small yet very important stuff.
Great spell for doing massive damage or you know...for destroying a force wall so you dont have to split the party.
*IRONIC* he can disintegrate himself, but the wall...
of force.
2:55 "This is a mess and I have made a mess.." Haven't laughed that hard in awhile.
I love love love how you edited this, and brought in Liam's thoughts for the voiceover. And then the flashbacks. Just brilliant. Your videos are so much fun-- kudos!
God-tier content
Or should you say...
Traveller-tier.
Fandom: "You are laughing. You gave Laura a mental breakdown for almost killing one of the party members forever with no possibility of being brought back to life and you are laughing?"
Angst King Liam: * shit eating grin*
You Sir/Ma'am, are a brilliant editor......and demented. That was SO anxiety inducing (despite knowing how it turned out)!
you sir made my day.
you need to watch my new video because it's more awesome than this one!
he just didnt realise that he would have killed jester with it xD desintegrated, permadeath xD dont know if he knew it later because matt said after the spell would have gone to jester but months later when he was asked about it when liam was there he said "probably back to liam not remember" so maybe liam not evne know he nearly killed jester xD
i remember so clearly watching the end of this fight while in the middle of hand sewing, and the reveal of the nat 1 at the end had my hands shaking so bad that i had to put my project down. so awesome. i loved this battle.
Damn, I love that edit.
Also, I remember watching that episode, and I was at the edge of my seat, and just like Laura I was saying goodbye to Jester.
BUT thankfully that did not happen, and you can see the relief that Laura felt when Matt announced that Vocodo failed
THE EDITING IS SO GOOD
Damn, this is the best CR highlight video I've ever seen, major props for the editing!
thanks I think you will find my new Sanatorium Heist interesting!
This is such a great edit, and goddamn the moment when Vokodo's Reflect failed was fucking fantastic! :DDD
One of the things I like about this is how Marisha turned the whole party into mist in the middle of a fight, because she didn't read the spell properly but was the first to pick up on the consequences from Disintegrate dropping Vax to zero hp.
Her tactical brain has improved more than any CR Cast member tbh
this is great. i clicked on this out of boredom but now i am hoping you have a bunch more like this. please make more.
I needed that, this is brilliant!
There've been more characters that know Disintegrate than Fireball.
Fireball users: Caleb and Tiberius. Scanlnan if you count his Wand of Fireball.
Disintegrate users: Lyra, Gilmore, Delila Briarwood, Vecna, and Caleb.
Edit: Matt got the damage for Chain Lightning backwards. Matt said 8d10. It's 10d8.
They spend more time at high level than low level.
The average damage goes down by just 1 point going with what Matt said. Is it really a big deal?
I think Lyra, Felica Days' trial of the take character had disintegrate too. I definitely remember her partly disintegrating a frost giant
Lyra had Fireball - I’m pretty sure she used it on Rimefang once. As for NPCs, a lot of them probably had it too but Matt didn’t see a reason to use it when they had more interesting, higher-level spells.
@@Elanchana Lyra did in fact have and use "Disintegrate"
To anyone that wants to know the monologuing from Liam was from episode 111 of talks at the time 1:13:15
Imagine if the heart of your party, Jester in this instance, disintegrates in front of you,
In this fanfic, I will show--
Oh god
Disintegrate is the ultimate "don't come back" move.
Oh man, I love how you narrated this scene! When you did this on this episode I was losing my mind even worse! Because there would have been no forgiveness if you got anyone of the party!
So, so, so good. Smiles all the way through. Holy shit. I am a fan.
I don't know why I clicked on this, because I have seen this clip several times now, but I'm really glad I did. The Talks narration over it was perfect.
Amazing editing. Thanks champ
Brilliant VO editing as well
This will forever be one of my favorite clips, bad decisions just BARELY not killing a teammate is what WE LIVE FOR.
Amazing edit! Bless you
(Rest in pieces Vax)
Dude I loved this moment. It was so intense! And bro wow fantastic job on the editing 👏👏🔥🔥 like really amazing.
I love how everyone waits until Matt says, “how do you wanna do this” but taliesin instant relief and face into arms 😂
By god I’m gonna watch 102 episodes of campaign 1 and 105 episodes of 2 to watch this spoiler-free. I’ll be back in several years.
"he who hesitates, disintegrates"
Thank you so much for the spoiler warning there are so many shorts that spoil things I haven’t seen yet
that's why I'm here.
"Uhhhh Matt, Keen Mind my character would know that would be a bad idea"
sometimes i come back to enjoy the comedy of this editing, thanks so much for this video
sometimes I check my TH-cam studio for lovely comments like this. thank you 😊 have a great day.
You got a subscriber strictly based off your editing..this was amazing
THANKS BRUH! may I suggest my new video of the heist episode as well?
Just noticed from the video description that it's C1 E102 and C2 E105, so not only did the exact thing almost happen again, but it was almost at the same episode number too.
I fully appreciate the spoiler notice, that could have been unfortunate
The editing on this video is top notch. Really really adds so much more tension and drama than a straight clip would've.
I like how you censored Travis‘ reaction at the end 😎
God this is such a good edit. I don't have time to watch all the talks machinas, but content like this is gold
Man this edit is so awesome! Ever once in a while I re-watch it and it's great everytime.
I come back here every few months. It's such an awesome edit ❤
When your character has the Keen Mind feat but you, in fact, don't. Good thing it went good! Tbh I could see Matt reminding Liam how vokodo's abilities that he already saw work lol
liam loaded the russian roulette gun
This voiceover is hilarious, btw also Caleb is best wizard boy.
"Alright, if I'm gonna obliterate a party member I might as well make it stylish"
And because of this, Liam chose a Fighter for the next campaign.
if thats a liam impression its really good
No that is Liam haha, the audio's taken from the latest Talks Machina episode
@@Ligands23 i see, lol. thanks. guess i should take a looksy at that video!
The beauty of Disintegrate is if the target rolls a critical failure, they take max damage. So Vokodo didn't take 70 something damage, he took a helluva lot more.
no they just take the 10d6+40 force damage if they fail or roll a 1.
@@TheEthanEdge thank you for correcting me cordially, unlike the rest of the insensitive people on TH-cam.
@@deathbykonami5487 hey every one makes mistakes, no big deal. It's better to inform so people can improve rather than belittle a person for not knowing the rules to a game. as an extra side note, critical fails and critical successes only work on attack rolls in 5th edition dnd. on Saves and checks they're just low and high numbers.
so much class from the audience of this channel.
This is FANTASTIC editing! Absolutely love this :D
The TF2 theme makes this so much better
thank you yt algorithm for putting this on my home page once again