Omens | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 39
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Vox Machina is in disarray as a mysterious skull is found and Vax questions the priorities of the group. Meanwhile, the city of Emon experiences a substantial political shift.
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Laura: "You're trying to kill us!"
Matt: *tries not to glance down at four ancient dragon minis of varying colors*
They can't exactly be called "minis" anymore.
L.mao right, he definitely used those Critter gifts!!! I was like OHHHHH NOOOO!!!
Okay but do you think the monsters came first or the minis? 😂
Like how many times have Critters actively fucked up VM because “Oh, Mercer would *love* this!”
"You don't have twenty gold?"
"Oh, I do, just not for your daughter."
Wow, that was cold Percy.
Well, Scalan threw Percy's child into the acid so fairs fair
@@derekhandson351 Yeah. XD It also is a nasty roast there by Percy to Scanlan.
@@BryonYoungblood Hence why Scanlan punching Percy was very well deserved. XD
@@cussundriakneal9904 Hey, the plan worked for the most part. XD And it also worked to trigger Scanlan so they could get into the stockade and save Kaylie.
2:41:10
Grog: Uh... Nineteen.
Matt: Nineteen misses.
*And the room goes quiet*
Scanlan: Nineteen misses?!
3:36:11
I love how even the music timed up for a dramatic hold on the high note
Grog: Twwwenty two.
Matt: Juust barely hits.
It’s funny to look back at this comment because now it’s like: “23 hits? It’s so low!”
Speaking of Scanlan, looks at Sam's face when Matt drops the bombshell. Everyone else looks shocked/horrified, Sam seems amused and/or excited at everything suddenly going to hell.
In hindsight, Gilmore treating them to a Hero's Feast should have clued them in to something bad happening
They should have had immunity to poison since the Heros feast last for 24 hours right?
@@unculturedswine1961 I think so but they may have thought it had expired/forgotten about it. They should also have been immune to being frightened
@@JoULove from what i got the heroes feast was two days before. (Keyleth drunk night, the next day was the cavern fight/jailbreak/looking for Vax, then the day start of the council.
@@pairuhdox1611 My original comment was about the worm encounter, but I think you're wrong about it being 2 days later, it all happened in the same day (although it's debatable exactly what time they feasted, it sounds like it was in the middle of the night but could have been earlier): bender -> sleep -> worm encounter -> return to the keep and hear about Kaylie -> prison break -> council meeting + dragon attack at dusk or thereabouts. If more time passed they don't explicitly say that from what I noticed
@@unculturedswine1961 actually, no. It had been a total of almost 48 in game hours since the heroes feast.
"I'm using a 6th level spell as a glorified messenger?"
"You used it yesterday for nothing at all."
A real time use of cutting words.
Harvey West right? Plus a messenger is more useful then she is on a daily basis.
@@ajmrozinski2551 No, but nice try.
@@ajmrozinski2551 Honestly enough lol. Flower child ;" Let me intimidate them.Three", then Matt replies"And with that everyone roll initiative."
Keyleth is about as useless as a brick
@@noyes5052 Her monk in the new campaign is about the same sadly lol. I don't think its the class choices at this point lol
Scanlan after being swallowed by the Wyrm: "I don't want to be in here anymore"
Matt: "Correct."
There's a big difference between a wyrm and a worm. Though both appeared in this episode.
@@3XC4L1B3R a Purple Worm and a Frost Wyrm, correct?
@@u.s.s.chucklefucker1657
No, wyrm is a name for an ancient dragon.
@@3XC4L1B3R Correct.
Specifically, lore-wise, Wyrms are ancient dragons, so old that they lack any limbs at all. They made up with this in size, though. They looked like huge worms, and hence the modern name for the slippery small things you see, worms.
Im talking about Wyrms using lore I learnt from multiple fandoms, not just DnD.
42:22 for anyone looking for it
i just like the idea that Grogs intelligence is so low he genuinely thinks cravenedge is a buddy and the evil can not seep into grogs mind as quickly as anyone elses.
It also helps that grog already genuinely enjoyed fighting and killing, so if anything Grog getting his hands on it could change the view of Cravenedge due to an actual kinship
He is going to drive this thing nuts, if it was lawful good it would have a chance of being patient enough to get through to Grog but chaotic evil doesn't stand a chance
A smaller target is harder to catch and dominate
Travis is epic
Honestly it's brilliant. That dynamic is too funny and like kinda adorable
"Did you tell her you're her dad yet?"
KILLED me. Travis' comedic timing and creativity is on point.
When does that Part happen?
@@willisrose9756 2:59:15
@@Reblwitoutacause thanks
“A womb with a view”
I swear to god taliesen is the patron saint of unnoticed one liners
When one becomes two.
The one in here that makes me laugh is Travis trying to remember what a d6 looks like and Taliesin just says "method"
@@evelynminer6425 You know, I laughed anyway but I don't get it. Help
@@OSDisco "Method Acting" is an acting technique wherein the actor tries to live like their character in real life. Taliesin was saying that Travis was acting like Grog in real life.
It's from gwar song
Laura, horrified, using the Mom VoiceTM: MATTHEW MERCER.
Matt: What? :)
Her using mom voice even before she was one 😍 she has always been a good mom
I thought someone asked for a time stamp but don’t see the comment now. but it’s at like 31:25 ish
And Matt being the snarky rebellious petulant kid coming back with: “What?!” 31:26
Remember the wise words of Dr. Stephen Strange:
"The warnings come *after* the spells.
Insert GIF of Wong laughing
It warms my heart to see that, after this much time, the only comments people have about that, admittedly hilarious, moment is memes. Memes and puns.
@@TheKazragore Yeah, hmm, uh, there's a lot of other stuff. Glad you haven't come across it.
@@TheKazragore Oh, believe you me, people have said THINGS. 😕 But the best things are definitely the puns and jokes 😂👏🏻
Nice
Matt is a sneaky bastard. His psychological game is deep. In this episode alone, he changed Sams demeanor entirely. It’s not just Sam playing Scalan differently, it’s actually Sam not knowing how to deal with this daughter revelation. Well played. Also well played by the cast with their in character jokes. The roleplaying is getting better and better.
Matt:"Welcoom to Blernjons & Dergans"
Talisen:"You talk for a living"
😆😆😆
We PlAy BlErnJoNs & DeRgOnSsssS!
@@sweebosthat’s my level of english
@@eagerEman25
Yeah, wurds are hard. 😄
@@sweebos LMAO it asks if I want to translate it to English 😂😂😂!!!
Rage looting was one-up'd by *frenzied* rage looting, then *immediately* overtaken by *BIGBY'S HAAAAAAANND* looting. God I love these beautiful people
Percy: "You chose so poorly, you chose sooo poorly! It it truly impressive how poorly you chose!"
(my favorite character)
Same 😂
"what if it sends a dragon to us?"
Oh dear scanlan, if only you knew.
Matt probably had a moment to himself like "heh, just wait for this"
What's the time stamp for Scanlan's line? Do you know?
@@UchihaKat 3:09:40
@@tylertrebitowski Thanks!
I can only imagine how he struggled to keep a strait face everytime he bragged about killing a dragon.
It's a WUS. A Worm of Unusual Size.
"We had seven drummers in two years, and I killed two of them" is the single most accurate summation of life in a touring band I've yet heard.
Then you don’t know any drummers, or have any musical experience, drummers have incredible core strength and endurance.
@@ajmrozinski2551 I found the drummer. You can tell because the drool that comes out when his riser isn't level.
As a drummer who spent time with drummers....yeah I get why you’d want us dead. (Never forget the time a drummer left a gallon of milk in the drum storage lockers in Highschool for months)
DRUMMER LOCATED, PREPARE FOR DIE
Spinal tap nod
31:25 [Matt summons two Wurms]
Laura: "MATTHEW MERCER. You're tryn'na kill us."
Matt: [scooches box of Wyrms under table, internal evil laugh intensifies]
@@LightDragon777 correct, he's referring to the dragons showing up later in the episode when he said "wyrms"
@@LightDragon777 Yes..... Which are stronger than wurms....
Liam bring excited I’m my favorite part about that scene.
@@LightDragon777 wyrm means worm, serpent or snake, sometimes also used to refer to limbless dragons. Also, the etymological root of dragon also used to refer to snakes.
It is all snakes all the way down.
Dragons are just snakes with legs and wings.
Percy [Screams in noble] Derolo the third of whitestone.
His title has gotten even longer.
Time stamp?
Eventually his titles will be like Daenerys.
Percival Frederickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III of Whitestone definitely wins the "most unnecessarily long name in tal'dorei" prize
Marshall technically speaking Vex's current title is longer than percy's
Just needs to add on "Moreover with Vox Machina, at Greyskull Keep".
06:15 - Sam Taunts Travis
07:17 - Game starts, part 1 begins
12:00 - Recaps Ends
22:05 - Scanlan's Eye Bite
23:19 - Scanlan's Inspiring Limerick
29:30 - First proper use of Craven Edge
31:00 - Laura Thinks THIS Is Bad (just wait)
34:00 - MIST-akes Are Made ;)
39:54 - Scanlan sings to cast cutting words [based on Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me]
44:23 - Understanding the Situation
46:30 - Taunting The DM
59:10 - Mercer The Merciful
1:11:20 - Scanlan Inspiration
1:22:33 - Laura Realizes the Danger
1:25:00 - How Do You Want To Do This?
1:33:45 - Grog Feeds Craven Edge
1:43:03 - Part 1 ends
1:58:23 - Break Ends
2:01:15 - Matt's Ashley Johnson Impression
2:04:10 - Whispers
2:07:40 - Vax Confronts Grog
2:23:00 - Scanlan's Shitty Infiltration
2:28:44 - DadLan
2:34:40 - Reverse Whisper
2:42:02 - Prision Break: Lord Percy & Scanlan
2:58:50 - Grog's Question
3:11:15 - Keyleth Suffers a 3rd Degree BURN
3:17:00 - Vax questions (and will soon recieve an unexpected answer)
3:20:45 - Gilmore
3:22:09 - Grog's Attempt at Shopping
3:23:50 - Uriel Addresses Emon
3:30:00 - Omens
3:31:39 - The Bomb Drops (3:31:46)
3:36:11 - Horror
3:43:48 - Good question
3:53:51 - Game ends
Originally posted by @derfelpendragon5080 about 2 years ago, the people that make these timelines are so appreciated
Thanks!
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😨 That escalated quickly. Matt’s just like, great job on liberating Whitestone guys, guess you won’t be needing Emon anymore right?
Vax: "what are we doing here, I feel like we dont have any purpose anymore"
Matt: "I'm about to end this mans whole career"
Time to reroll a character, haha!
More like, "I'm about to revitalize this man's whole career."
Liam: “I would like to roleplay a midlife crisis
Matt:”…so anyways, here’s a bunch of ancient dragons.”
@@TheDarthLuffy I love seeing MC syndrome getting destroyed by the DM lol
3:36:12
Travis: "Nineteen." (already getting out his hit dice)
Matt: "Nineteen misses."
Music: (dramatically gets quiet)
Travis: ( 〇□〇)
The funny part to me about their discussion with Uriel - They just fought through that whole battle, dragged themselves out, and immediately walked into Uriel's place just going, 'Yeah, that place is SUPER dangerous,' covered head to toe in wounds and bleeding all over like they just went through a war.
I was super disappointed when Scanlan didn't polymorph himself into a triceratops while inside the worm.
This is what I was waiting for too!
If you dont have room to transform the spell is wasted
I'm disappointed that the Thunder Wave didn't make that Worm's muscles constrict like a fist, Scanlan should be Halfling Puree.
@@Overlordough1201 it's thunder damage, not shock, like an Fus Ho Dah.
@@GoombaPlayer hmm, okay. Thanks. Also
*FUS **_HO_** DA*
pike would be the WORST person to hear “im not mad im just disappointed” from
momma Pike
oh man that would destroy me bro
I'd just curl up and die
Nat 20 emotional damage
I need Ashley Johnson to say this so I can use it against friends.
Travis: "You just massacred people"
Matt, grinning and rubbing his hand together: Yes.
"Look how I massacred my boy!"
Here, have your 666th like.
I created this city and I will decide how it gets destroyed.
The mark of a good DM is not only his ability to create, but to be willing to destroy what he has built utterly.
1:12:25
Marisha: ”Half of its my faulth…”
Sam: ”No no no… all of it is.”
Sam’s a comedic genius. A savage comedic genius.
If they'd only caught on that it takes a minute to cast.
@@neerGdyahS Matt was reading from the wrong info, I'm sure he would have caught it. Really a perfect storm
"did we kill the entire city because we went back to general krieg's place?" ---- Bard: "But think of the 4000 gold we got". if that doesn't sum up D&D idk what does :P
AND a tea set
@@randomlineofletters Don't forget the dominos.
This always annoyed me tbh, Krieg was there to soften the city up before hand, the dragons were always going to attack the place, and the instance otherwise just irks xD
Binging the critical role series best I can and just got to this episode.....
Travis: Uh...19
Matt: 19 Misses.
Dead silence as they realize they are screwed.
FallenStargazer43 their looks are absolutely delightful
Laura realizing that 20 didn't save against the breath attack was glorious
Just getting to this now
I am binging now because of....... well you know lol.
Same here
Pictured right: Vax ranting about not knowing why they're doing the things they're doing.
Pictured left: Matt internally screaming and jumping up and down in utter glee.
Probably my favorite thing from this episode.... :) it was such a hilarious way to go.
You need a reason? I'll give you a reason
Vax: "I don't know what to do anymore."
Matt: "I have a couple dragons here behind the screen if you want to play with those..." 😈
"We're in a hentai, make it go away!"
-Percy
God I love this show
I need a timestamp for that!
@@TH-by9cc 31:28 found it for ya!!
"Everything else was Dragons, Why wouldn't it be Dragons?!" Best line of the episode.
When vax comes home after being away and him questioning his purpose was an incredible plot point. He almost loses hope for his purpose than Matt throws him a purpose, saving the world
Spoiler:
And avenge his mother
Marisha: “We should stay another 5 minutes and look where we are at”
Laura:”HES ROLLING LOOK HES ROLLING, GO GO GO”
Matt: “you feel the ground shake…”
Everyone:”GOGOGOGOGOGO”
Thats dnd everybody
One might say...there was a disturbance in the Force.
Because the DM will never allow the players to get all of a dragon horde. Just click on detect magic, and rage loot into ye old bag of holding and skedaddle.
@@Smitty-hr2mg ::lightbulb moment:: Is this partly where the Load-Bearing Boss trope originates? I know there are pre-D&D examples, and it makes a certain dramatic sense anyway, but "prevent excessive acquisition of resources too early in story" is a very good reason.
@@Smitty-hr2mg Now I'm thinking he set it up to establish "you can't win every fight, sometimes you need to run". Shame the other lesson they learned was "Wind Walk is useless, never prepare it"
@@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll Hell no it's not where it originates.
Travis's face at "19 misses" is priceless.
Best "Oh shit!" moment ever.
There's something oddly funny about normal names in fantasy world. You have Vax'ildan, Vex'ahlia, Grog, Keyleth, Scanlan, Percival Fredrichstein Von Musel Kowolski de Rolo III, Pike, Kreig, Sylas, Cassandra, etc, and then there's just characters named Jeffery.
Percy is on par with Jeffery.
@@doublaich5990 right? So are Sylas and Cassandra, if not a bit old-fashioned.
Well the difference is almost all of the party ain't human so it makes sense for an old english name to belong to a human but a elf named Bruce would be weird ya know?
@@ricardoh.1575 hard disagree on sylas being on par with jeffery
@@Catnadi101 If I ever DM I will make an elven NPC called Bruce
I love how when everyone is seeing how devastating the dragon is towards the town and are in total shock and horror Scanlan's there just like "Man this is awesome we should do this again some time"
Volture "Are you that Friezer guy?"
"I am Lord Frieza, yes..."
"Imma deck you in the schnoz!"
SharkShocker Team Four Star!!
"There were many things in that spell that were not read by the caster"
Gets me every time. xD
Some would say... they mist it....
@@randybarker9571 you win. Well done
Keyleth again proving she can’t be bothered to actually know what she is doing.
@@SaneNoMore and she gives Matt attitude when it takes 10 seconds to read. As Uncle Ben would say great power comes with great responsibility and oh boy does Keyleth lack responsibility
@@SaneNoMore It’s actually so insane that she could have quite literally killed the entire party by casting a spell she couldn’t be bothered to read all the way, then gives attitude because she realized how bad she fucked everyone over. “We both misread the spell” is so childish. I don’t want to shit on anyone too hard cause overall I really enjoy critical role, but If Matt didn’t give her an out, it’s very likely that in 10 rounds Scanlan and Vex could easily be killed.
Taliesin: "It's a subtle way of saying I'm not going to make it to level 15."
Matt, sitting on probably the single most brutal fight in the campaign so far: "Ouch."
Timestamp?
@@rockstar6132 That was before the game started; Matt was saying he had updated his Gunslinger class online. Tal asked if there was anything new he should know about and Matt replied something like « no, it’s only 15th. Level stuff ».
Ooo
@@rockstar6132 2:45
grog: how do you feel about dragon
his sword: i think it sounds delicious, let's try a taste
me: DAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYUM
His sword: hmm never had dragon before….GIMME!!
Travis: [nervous laugh] "...You just massacred people."
Matt: "...yeah :)"
I kind of think that Scanlan might have had a one night stand with Tiamat and didn't call her back.
+CJBerdomas That would explain so much.
+Viktormon I'm his defense, she doesn't seem like the "commitment" type either.
+XDependent truth
+Ozpin Commitment type or not, she's still a vengeful goddess. You ALWAYS call back a vengeful goddess.
It's canon.
Percy only rolls 20's and 1's. He might as well flip coins.
The Jon Snow of DND
@@DarthAnimal Hahahahahahahahaha! True!
He got too cocky about his rolls so the Dice Gods are punishing him lol
@@lazynoodle6739 I've had the Dice Gods punish me... it's no fun at all.
@@Poisonedblade I had the dice gods punish me in that some dice I ordered don't feel like dice
3:09:45 "what if it summons a dragon to us?" Yeah sam... what if.
Matt heard that. He decided to add a few more xD
3:20:10 Liam looks in his cup and places it back down in what I would describe as "disappointed but no motivation to refill" and Laura notices and refills it for him. I may be reading too much into it, but it was such a subtle example of a good friend noticing another friend's needs, even seemingly so little, and doing what they could to help. It was moving to me.
I didn't even notice! Adorable 🥰
They act like siblings even though they are not and it is beautiful.
It's cute because after she refills it, he immediately takes a sip and she keeps looking at him, expecting a reaction and he's deliberately not giving her one until they finally both crack and begin laughing. They knew what they were doing. Sibling energy, indeed.
@@Xylarxcode “thank me dumbass”
🙂
2:40:45
Keyleth; That's the most privileged thing you've ever said.
Percy: That's the most privileged thing I've ever said that you've heard.
lmao @Percy.
As much as I love Taliesin's contributions to Campaign 2 (and they have been _totally_ awesome), I will forever be coming back to his performance as Percy. Absolute perfection.
TheKazragore what about it? It’s absolute bland compared to everyone else. Till his ark I had no idea what he even was about
@@TheKazragore Taliesan is the persona. Percy is his natural person. Lol
"Life needs things."
"Your soul is forfeit."
"Let's go there and politely demand help."
Percy really does have the best lines throughout the entire campaign.
@@Dragon_Lair “Your secret is safe with my indifference”
Love seeing Percy's personality reassert itself now that he's dealt with his personal burden. He's such a troll, I love it! And I feel like he and Scanlan don't interact much, so that was a fun scene. "You chose so poorly!"
Oh God it's even WORSE when they agree because you know it's gonna be a terrible fucking idea!!!!
sneeAIzeRSHcoIPough
Mercer: Hey, I heard you guys like dragons. So have some dragons. *backs truck into studio and dumps dragon minis*
I really expect Vex to have an itemized bill of charges for Dr. Dra's stay at Greyskull Keep... including the 100 gold for the bottles of water in the mini fridge.
Don’t forget the 5000GP charge for attempting to steal their 5000GP payment from the Emperor
Vax: -Starts a prank war
Grog: -Retaliates
Vax: -Surprised Pikachu face
I believe Vax'Ildan pointed out that Grog tripped him earlier on. Though shaving the beard has engendered a vendetta. Vax never really retaliated for anything Grog has done as a response but Grog keeps doing things to him. So yeah he is certainly surprised by the response.
@@MorinehtarTheBlue Grog is clearly not intelligent enough to know when to stop. Vax shouldn't be surprised at all. And in the end, they finally call a truce when they prank Scanlan together.
@@VoxolotlDays How so? Grog's a barbarian and a grudge held amongst his herd would likely result in the death of one or both of the goliaths involved.
He should be, to a degree, socialized out of this kind of behaviour. I'd also opine that Wisdom would be more relevant in this case.
And Vax definitely should be surprised by disproportionate retribution. If he even considered this eventuality he most likely wouldn't have shaved Grog's beard to begin with.
Grog hasn't really done anything AS insulting as the beard thing so I feel like it was appropriate that he would keep doing pranks
@@Katspearl Flicking Vax's nut sack was a physical assault and far worse on it's own then shaving the beard.
I rewatched Vax's speech to Vex just so I could see Matt's reaction, dude has a perfect poker face. Couldn't even tell that he was about to unleash hell in about 20 minutes.
Also Scanlan's comment at 3:09:48. Wondered if that would raise an eyebrow; nothing.
As a DM, you practice your poker face. Because it's so much better when the players don't know shit's gonna go down and they're being very heart-felt.
Unless you're a total dick DM, "Shit going down" is never a forgone conclusion. Players can always make an unexpected choice and completely change any plans the DM made.
"As you look around Emon, getting to know the place, you think you've been in this ally way before. Its hard to tell, because all of Emon is ash."
Time stamp?
Pike manages to be the absolute most adorable even when she isn't technically there. I love her so much.
The "19 misses" part has been talked about enough, but what stands out the most to me is something that probably wasn't even planned, but the universe made the events line up to create art.
As soon as Matt says 19 misses and Travis looks up dumbfounded, there is an odd silence in the music except for an eerie sustained ring. It perfectly captured the moment and really enhanced the gravity of the situation.
Gotta say: I LOVE Scanlan's limericks in the last few episodes!
They've been pretty top notch.
I'm Guessing He's had help.
@@davidbergfors6820 Nah, he's just a theater kid
@@davidbergfors6820 he’s mentioned down the road from this episode that for things like the hideous laughter spell, songs, and so on, he would often write stuff out and never use a ton of it. The man is also a musician with an encyclopedic knowledge of songs, so he can pull seemingly random things together pretty quickly with all those parts floating around.
*second worm shows up*
Laura: MATTHEW MERCER... you're trying to kill us.
Made me laugh so hard for some reason
Now you know he try even harder later on
I thought it was Keyleth who tried that?
On the wiki, the end of the description for this episode is : "Meanwhile, the city of Emon experiences a substantial political shift. "
And that's some Netflix level summing up of the episode. Congratulations to the people who wrote it.
That’s in the description
Well that's one way to avoid spoilers
Harsh new immigration policy against dragons...
Keyleth: "That's the most privileged thing you've ever said."
Percy: "That's the most privileged things I've ever said that you've heard."
Fucking.
Slayed me.
I hate him so much lmao
@@xg1559 I love him lol, best one liners
Travis is easily the best actor, dude's brilliant. It takes a genius to play an idiot well
I read a particularly good argument in an earlier Critical Role video's comments section for Sam Riegel being demonstrably the most skilled of these D&D players, and Matt Mercer is very possibly the best DM I'll ever know of (I say this as a dedicated Dungeons & Dragons fan who knows other such dedicated players). I even found myself nodding along with a couple reasons why Taliesin might be the best, though I haven't ever truly shared that particular opinion myself. In the end, I think the only thing that is definitely true is that whoever thought to combine all of these voice actors for a Dungeons & Dragons campaign (whether it was some sub-group of these very people or some other individual or group entirely) is/are (an) entertainment genius(es).
@@erichanson3369 It was the hand of fate. The group was founded on Liam's birthday, where they played a one shot of D&D with Matt being the DM. They all knew each other directly or indirectly beforehand, through work. And they enjoyed that one session so much that they decided to make it a regular thing. And then that went on for I think 3 years until someone from Geek and Sundry, I believe it was Felicia Day, approached them with the idea to stream a session.
The rest is history.
He plays knuckles, so he is a veteran XD
He is the best at not meta gaming. He plays the character like the character needs to be. Travis has even made me pull back on how I would play my characters. Sam is a close second to Travis. I also think Marisha is under appreciated, especially after watching her in the second campaign.
Travis is a lot better in the second campaign. With Grog he will break character and talk real strategy beyond what meager intelligence his character holds. It's usually prior to any engagements, so the metagaming isn't as obtrusive, but it's still present.
It's only slightly off putting, it's more entertaining when he breaks character to be a voice of reason, but it certainly doesn't go with his character at all.
Taliesin, Liam, Ashley and Sam stay in character the longest in campaign 1. Everyone stays in character about as long as everyone else in campaign 2. It's absolutely fantastic either way, everyone really loves the role play and they seem to take it very seriously.
I like how Matt goes to move Pike, perfectly reasonably, and everyone explodes and he just freezes with his hand on her mini like "what did I just do?"
Scanlan: "Listen Drummer..."
Zed: "It's Zed"
Scanlan: "You can be replaced easily."
Matt gives a frowny Zed face.
Scanlan: "When I played with them, we had seven drummers in two years, and I killed two of them."
I can't stop laughing. Sam is gold.
Craven Edge is quickly becoming my favorite npc, even if I'm pretty sure it's probably very evil
Or maybe it's just a sword that wants to be used as a sword
More than Clarota? Gilmore? Viktor the gunpowder marchant!?!?
Have you read Warbreaker? There's a sentient sword that is always trying to talk people into killing because it was brought to life with the command "Slay Evil", but it's a sword, so it has no idea what evil really is. It's somehow kind of adorable.
@@matsh5633 tch... you got me with the black powder merchant... altho hes a 1 off character.. least as far as I know
@@seanob8001 oh heck yeah nightblood was awesome
@@seanob8001 absolutely the same thought, though craven edge is a bit more with it than that sword.
God I still think about how perfectly timed Vax's "I don't know why we're doing this!" conversation with Vex is. The whole time Matt's trying to keep his poker face like "Oh child you'll have a reason :)"
When is this
Efriam Marizan End of previous episode.
@@Werelord22 does the oh child you'll have a reason is that because of somthing that happens later
not only that it's
SPOILER ALERT: this arc and a few others
it's their freaking personal quest that they are taking on
Purple Worm? Really, Matt? That thing is brutal, I checked the stats.
Edit: *Reaches the end of the episode*I stand corrected...
Yea, the Purple worm is big, Gargantuan even (basically the same size as a Kraken, in terms of the technicality of DnD), but if you put it on a size/danger graph, it scores pretty low. This is a 7 member group, all at level 12. High Rollers (Yogscast DnD series, I can greatly advice you to look at) got through a Purple Worm with only 4 characters, all at level 11.
If you have a small party (4 or less) and players are below level 10, then yes, it's brutal. But anywhere above that, pretty much the only thing it's got going for it is it's burrowing ability and size. A couple of well-timed attacks from even single characters, powerful spells even at relative low level, like Blight, can really bring it down to size.
Adolescent purple worm, they got out of there when big momma worm showed up
Honestly its not hard with 7th level spells. Just planeshift his ass you good. Think purple worms have very low cha
@@QaRajhCreations or you could play the worm like it would actually act, not out to kill the party at all but swallow one and burrow straight down to safety. All of a sudden it is a much bigger threat since ith as its meal and has no reason to stick around. Sure the party will beat it if you use it as a sack of hitpoints that sits there and attacks turn after turn.
The party discussing whether to take the skull with them to Whitestone or not:
Scanlan: "What if it's a portal? What if it can send a dragon to us?"
Matt: *Breaks into a nervous sweat* Dragon? What dragon? I didn't say dragon! That's ridiculous!
Also Matt: Quietly slides a box of dragons behind a curtain.
"HES ROLLING HES ROLLING! GO GO GO GO!"
A RaptureRaven I'm not a big fan of metagaming, but that was one of the most hilarious moments I've seen so far.
I think Matt knew very well that they're going to metagame his rolls in such situations, and he's using them to push the story forward so they don't spend half the session in the cavern looting and wandering about
"These creatures have no eyes."
"I'm made of smoke."
"Nice haiku."
I'm crying.
oochie that’s not a haiku though
@@fplaysdm74 thats the joke
@@cheerio3442 I actually think the part that was said in between "I'm made of smoke and nice haiku" actually was a haiku.
@@PixelSageYT Unless im missing something here: Im made of smoke: four syllables, Nice haiku is two, so its not a haiku. probably just missed a joke or smth tho
@@cheerio3442 The part between those two sentences I belive was a haiku
3:33:18 I love around this part you see it strike both Laura and Travis that there are FOUR dragons. It's great storytelling on Matt's part because he describes the red and black shapes in the sky, so when he introduces the white and then green dragons, each one becomes its own "oh shit" moment.
Matt: "All of you take 66 points of poison damage."
Liam: O__O
Laura: :O
Travis: :s
Taliesin: :O
Marisha: D:
Sam: :D
"20 didn't save?!?"
"nope" deadpan expression. glorious
Sam’s constant smiling in the face of death makes this all just that smallest bit more fun than usual.
But didn't they have the heroes' feast from Gilmore?
@@gears9193 That was two nights previously; they went drinking, had the Hero's Feast, got back to the Keep, spoke with Doctor Dranzel, went to General Kreig's house that day, had a night's rest, busted Kayleigh out of the Stockade and then that evening went to the Sovereign's gathering.
If I were watching this live I would fully expect the whole party to die.
31:14 "Matthew Mercer! You're tryna kill us!"
3:32:49 *No, **_now_** he's trying to kill you*
Laura’s attitude towards battles in campaign one is probably the worst attitude to have in dungeons and dragons. To summarize it, one tough enemy and she says we’re all going to die. Meanwhile, they are not going to die. PS, please I’m begging you, do not turn this into a bashing of anyone of the people involved in CriticalRole thread. There are way too many of those already, and I don’t want to have this one turn into one.
@@austinmeyer_238 Cool to see someone else still watching this so recently. I thought she kinda said it as a joke. I mean my friends do when we come across a boss or someone gets downed but i think i know what you are coming from. as if the DM can never ever hurt the party or kill would take away all the danger. Im not saying the DM should try to kill on purpose but in some cases its their own fault for almost dying. Like keyleth transforming everyone into a mist. or when for some reason Keyleth thinks its a good idea to cast sunbeam on an already almost dead tree.
Admittedly Laura isn't that bad with her exasperation, honestly I do the same thing when my DM pulls this shit (difference being he keeps the fights in the upper hard difficult to down right deadly encounters just his style and we all have a good laugh about it), that being said honestly I feel Marisha unintentionally does a lot of fowl play. This episode is a good example of that. First with not understanding her spell, then although owning up to it still complained about the outcome due to her own misunderstanding and the misunderstandings of others. I also don't like how she tries to be the moral compass of the group but then does extremely chaotic things that unintentionally make things much worse. I feel that isn't her fault but its a mixture of her not being able to differentiate between in game and out of game planning and strategizing thus making unintentional discourse. I like Marisha, but I just feel shes not someone who knows how to properly play casters in 5e. I know shes playing a I believe Warlock/Sorcerer multiclass in the newest campaign and I know that this is years ago so I hope shes gotten more used to the idea of casters in 5e as opposed to when this was first broadcasted.
@@austinmeyer_238 Laura has a great attitude ( except MAYBE when it comes to Trinket ) but oooookay
@@Reblwitoutacause Her immeasurable greed is getting on my nerves at times. I feel like she oftentimes tries to have a cake and eat it, too. Like her comment about wanting all the flying potions. It may be little things, but they do add up, imo. When Orion did this, everybody was mad at him about it...
the face Travis makes when Matt say 19 misses.....
Sam's consistent integrity in the face of the absolute worst situations is the epitome of awesome.
Looks like Keylith was...mist-informed about the effect of her spell
she was just mist-understood...
Everybody makes mist-akes now and then
Apparently Matt mist the 1 minute casting time of the spell.
It was a mist opportunity
@@randybarker9571 Apparently Fight Club 5 made a Mist -ake by saying the cast time is 1 Action
I was wondering why they let her cast that. Oh well.
3:54:03
Vex: "Did this all happen because we went back to general Krieg's place?"
Matthew: *looks over and scratches nose*
The dragon swoops down, puts its head in through the windows and says" delicious cattle! And by the way, I'm from draconia!"
Greetings and salutations
"Hey you used it yesterday for no reason"
Officer, I'd like to report a murder...
"...the city of Emon experiences a substantial political shift." Understatement of the fucking century.
Sam should release a Wierd Al-esque album featuring his various musical covers.
And it should obviously be called Gilmore's Glorious Tunes
Somebody made two fake album commercials around this concept. I love them!
Markamanic Gilmore's Glorious Grooves
@@snape1557 I like this name just a little bit more
Search. "Scanlan songs" here on youtube. But major spoilers.
Scanlan: *is a fly*
Matt: “make a dexterity saving throw”
Sam: “oh no someone’s got a fly swatter!”
This fucking sent me.
Seemed more like an electric (magic) bug zapper.
Nah, the flyswatters show up around 3:30:00
I like how as soon as they found out how awkward it was for Matt to do Pike’s voice they all wanted to have conversations with Pike
DM: "Role a strength check with disadvantage."
Percy: "Natural 20!"
DM: "WITH DISadvantage"
Percy: "three...."
46:44
Percy: "AAAAAAA!!!"
@@thomasdalrymple2277 I just imagine Taliesin is screaming that in his head after that XD
I'm gonna buy you ice cream, I'm gonna buy you good ice cream
The whole motherfucker back and forth between the two. Was freaking hilarious
The playlist of Campaign 1 should be renamed Compilation of Vax almost dying
And then eventually dying
@@WyllCKP Welp, I narrowly avoided that spoiler till now.
@@WyllCKP Thanks a lot you fucking asshole.
Hila well they all die at some point
@@ParadoxicWasHere no you didn't you knew it already
Vex: technically, it's not in the house, technically
Me: *jester voice* technicallyyyy
Perfect example of a player safety mechanism at 3:19:30 when Liam makes a joke, lightening the mood which kind of had shifted with his (very well executed) in-character speech. The speech was good and fitting in role play, but at the end of the day, when you have the feeling, it might have hit a bit too hard, just counter it so everyone is still having fun.
Yeah. I did however get the impression it was getting a little real there. The way Laura looks nervously between the two guys, even when not role playing, said a lot.
I'm curious to know what tipped him off. Grog may be a minor part, but I guess it's the lack of foresight that the group shows? They do act reckless oftentimes and sure enough the consequences come bite them real hard. Cut to full scale dragon attack.
*Keyleth casts message*
"Imagine I said it more succinctly than this"
*Jester casts sending*
"Hiiii it's Jester and we did some things and it would really help if you could help us and I hope everything's okay with you..." (repeat x3)
Nova lol and don’t forget: are you pooping? 😂
Du du du ru du du
Do dodo dodo do Donuts!
"Hiiieee it"s meee, Jester, how are you doiiing? I'm doing good, could be better though, you see my friends and I are in a bit-" (new message) "Oopsie that was too many words haha. Hi it's me Jester again, so sorry to bother you. But anyway as I was saying we're in-"
This all from someone who doesn't want to waste a spell slot on healing someone. 😅
*Laudna casts message*
The most godawful creepy echoes surrounding a perfectly normal and polite request.
Matt: hm. party's getting kind of OP.
... FIVE DRAGONS GO
"From now on we should solve all our problems with letters"
"Diplomatic Immunity"
I still think the party needs more doors that would be more appropriate
Four dragons, buddy...
@@django3422 Used to be five before they killed Brimscythe pre-stream
@@randomlygeneratedname I don't think they've created the Door Dragon for 5e yet.
"Did you tell her you're her dad yet?"
Grog for muthatfuckin president.
MATT: Thanks to Vax's vice like memory you find your way back out
CALEB: Hold my beer
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+Rockerchavnerdemo you deserve a cookie
this warning post better be here for all time!
+Rockerchavnerdemo Talk about cliffhangers, daaayum Matt.
You are a hero. Thank you.
You the real MVP
Appreciate it, my friend.
"I'm not saying it's ours, it's just nobody else's", perfect logic from our dear Vex'ahlia and Percival
.... also a fair point, but that made me smile
I love Laura/Vex's completely unbridled avarice. Good character design includes flaws and there are 7 good classics readily available.
I love Liam saying “fog of war” it’s the perfect way in my opinion of reducing any guilt someone could have for something during combat, can’t name the amount of times that due to stress I do something stupid in a game or just don’t read how an ability could work
Marisha: Half if it’s my fault! Sam: No no, all of it is.
Vax facing four ancient dragons during an existential crisis is not good XD
A, that's never good and B, when is he not in an existential crisis?
To be fair, Vax is always dealing with some sort of crisis, existential or otherwise
Vax towards the end was like a cat that scurried away to sulk alone damn. The future for them looks not good (first time watching lol)
Okay. I'm gonna assume there was much rage in the comments about marisha's fubar of the fight. But I don't know if I've ever laughed so much during a fight. Travis's glee is infectious.
While her constant ignorance of her own abilities I find annoying, the best jokes came out of that. Worth it.
Yep, many of the best moment of the show resulted by keyleth messing up and its the best
nobody was even really mad at her. you can see sam and taliesin trying to make her feel better after it. as dumb and scary as it was, no harm done in the end anyways
I would’ve debated the DM on that saying Keyleth would know how the spell works, since technically she’s the one casting it not Marisha, but yeah to retcon every time you misread a spell would mess up the flow of the game.
@@zestyeel7654 Yeah, retconning everything like that would mess up the flow and end up with the old "okay, I don't do that" turns again. Plus since Keyleth had basically learned this spell yesterday in game time, I'd say maybe she really doesn't understand exactly how it works just yet, this is her first time ever casting it after all and she literally just learned it, so it's entirely possible she would exactly grasp the use of it completely anyway. Thought the results of the mistake were pretty hilarious, apart from Marisha pouting and throwing a mini tantrum because she didn't fully read what it does.
I love this description. "The city of Emon experiences a substantial political shift."
Like.... You're not WRONG, but somehow it still feels like it's not entirely accurate either.
Understatement of the century.
They're all such fantastic actors, but man I gotta shout out to Liam when he's doing drama. I sometimes completely forget that he's just acting and not actually being all emo
I know he’s doing a good job acting because I’ve begun to find him annoying.
let's not forget: in real life he was dealing with some family tragedy.
@@SaneNoMore agree with Somekindaspy, he was dealing with some bad stuff IRL and they've all (Marisha, Matt, Taliesin, and Liam) that the game is therapy of a sorts where they can work through and process some stuff that they can't process at home. And knowing with what he was dealing with and having dealt with it myself...I kinda wish I'd stuck with the RP I was doing at the time and not shut everyone out and shut down. It probably would have been better.
@@SaneNoMore no yeah fr, sneaking off without even letting anyone know where he was going ooc, then sneaking back and trying not to be seen by anyone. Also that he thinks Grog despises him
He, Taliesin and Travis are the only ones that seem to feed the story back into their character and how it would affect them. The others are just playing a game and picking up the character beats when it suits.
Since travis has had that sword the smile he has when playing grog has gotten slightly more wicked
The patience of Matthew Mercer really shows he's a really cool guy