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!”
"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
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.
"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
"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.
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.
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
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
“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
"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.
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
"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
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
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
Taliesin: "Okay, these creatures have no eyes"
Matt: "Correct"
Taliesin: "I'm made of smoke"
Matt: "Mhm!"
*awkward silence*
Travis: "Well, Established."
Taliesin: "As long as we're all clear on what's going on here."
Liam: *quietly* "Nice Haiku."
I lost it!! xD
When was it said?
@@garr_inc 44:26 is when my quoted dialogue begins
@@LoafErikson
Thank you!
Travis dying at that joke 😂😂
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
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
Travis: [nervous laugh] "...You just massacred people."
Matt: "...yeah :)"
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.
Percy: "You chose so poorly, you chose sooo poorly! It it truly impressive how poorly you chose!"
(my favorite character)
Same 😂
"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!!
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..." 😈
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.
Rage looting was one-up'd by *frenzied* rage looting, then *immediately* overtaken by *BIGBY'S HAAAAAAANND* looting. God I love these beautiful people
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.
I love how when Marisha seemed kinda upset about her misunderstanding a spell and feeling like she ruined everything, that Talisan and Sam were right there telling her it was funny and making jokes... clearly trying to cheer her up.
D&D is about having fun. At the end of the day, it's not real, and our friends should come first. :)
Edit: Wow. The sheer amount of comments that care more about the game and its rules than the people playing the game are shocking.
Yea but, you know, if you get the whole party killed because you don't read spells.....lol
@@coldfate1 Then you can start a new game. It's not real. The game should never come before your friends.
@@GuiItyUniverse nah I'm not saying don't be friends over it haha. But you could tell everyone was starting to get a little annoyed. They all took jabs at her for not knowing her spells on the next few episodes after this haha. But that's what friends do, let you know when you're messing up so you can be better.
@@coldfate1 Light teasing among friends doesn't mean they're annoyed. If anything Marisha was annoyed... in the moment. Understandably. But that's just how it goes. I'm just saying she has good friends there trying to lift her spirits. This whole group has a fantastic dynamic.
Acting like you can't be annoyed with someone close to you is the most soy statement I've heard in a while. Everyone has emotions. Obviously, it's a game. But it's also obvious that they care a great deal about their characters and stories. Enough to get emotional themselves in moments of triumph, failure etc. Having another player cast a spell (that they didn't fully read and understand) to basically make you a non combatant for an entire fight, is pretty annoying. Being annoyed doesn't mean there's ill will. It's just being a human
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.
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:"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 😂😂😂!!!
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.
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”
🙂
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.
"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
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.
MATT: Thanks to Vax's vice like memory you find your way back out
CALEB: Hold my beer
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.
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”
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.
😨 That escalated quickly. Matt’s just like, great job on liberating Whitestone guys, guess you won’t be needing Emon anymore right?
THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T SEND MATT MINI-FIGURES
"I have so many badass dragon minis now! What to do with them all? ..."
No spoilers beyond this episode:
Matt recently said (one of the post-campaign Q&A's) that the reason he developed the Chroma Conclave is because he'd realized that for all the years he ran D&D, he'd never really done dragons. Like, ancient, world-ending dragons. Which is what the game is named after and designed around. So he decided to just do _all of them at once_ to make up for it. xD
He actually foreshadowed them a ways back. This has been in the works.
Or why you do...
@@elbruces where/how? I listen while at work and miss a lot, so genuine question
Man I love Sam Riegel, that man is a true savage thru and thru.
Marisha: Half of it's my fault.
Sam: No, all of it is.
It's around 1:12:25 for everyone who wishes to relive that moment.
Sam is fast becoming my favorite!
"everything else was dragons why wouldn't it be dragons" - underrated laura line
When Travis jumps up to whisper back to Matt!! This is the ultimate dedication to roleplay ever. I can't wait to see where Grog's story with the sword goes.
"Everything else was Dragons, Why wouldn't it be Dragons?!" Best line of the episode.
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
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
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3:54:03
Vex: "Did this all happen because we went back to general Krieg's place?"
Matthew: *looks over and scratches nose*
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.
Mercer: Hey, I heard you guys like dragons. So have some dragons. *backs truck into studio and dumps dragon minis*
"Hey you used it yesterday for no reason"
Officer, I'd like to report a murder...
Vax explaining where they got the lightning javelin 14:47
Vex: Wow...how did you remember that?
Me: What do you mean? You guys did that like a week ago...oh wait...
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.
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.
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
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)
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
Hellooo to everyone who just finished the LOVM Season 1 Finale to watch that amazing cliffhanger again!
I have to rewatch all of campaign 1 now before season 2 comes out
Me 2
Its mad there's so many of us😂😂
"hello"
Hellooooo?? I think you mean "bidet"!
3:24:24 is near the start of the scene!
Travis: "What do sixes look like? They're squares!"
Taliesin: "Method."
Beautiful.
Not method. Grog is an expert on shapes
*self proclaimed* expert
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.
"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.
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
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
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*
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.
The patience of Matthew Mercer really shows he's a really cool guy
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
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.
Scanlan's limericks are really worth the price of admission.
Percy: I want to try and poke one in mist form to see if I can get them to fight each other since one attack the other earlier.
Keyleth & Vex 10 minutes later: Hey do you think we could get them to fight each other? Yeah can we get them to fight each other?
There's been a number of times when Percy comes up with a strategic idea only for it to be ignored and then "thought of" by the party later. The man deserves some credit.
*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?
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 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
This was one of the most painful episodes to watch. Felt so bad for Marisha who undoubtedly thought for a time that her mistake was going to result in the entire party dying.
yeah, she was really upset and i dont understand people bashing on her. they're playing a game. nothing has changed from the time they had played befire streaming, they're still a bunch of friends enjoying the game together, and these people act like she committed a crime or something. she doesn't owe shit to anybody nor she has to come up to expectations of people, none of them do, so i really don't get these comments that keep shitting on her as if she killed someone's entirely family and fed them to dogs
honestly it’s kind of fucked that matt obviously didn’t make it clear how the spell worked. marisha was incredibly surprised that they wouldn’t be able to attack. idk he really rubs me the wrong way as a DM sometimes, he stacks things in his favor in dishonest ways. i get it’s his game blah blah blah but this was messed up IMHO 🤷♀️
@@allyabernathy4098 Totally disagree. I can understand if that's not your playstyle preference, but given how they've been playing for years it's not fucked that he didn't step outside the fourth wall to warn her. He's always been consistent about letting players do what they want and live with the consequences, if there are any, to be as fully immersed in the RP as possible. Anyway for all he knew she had a plan to escape or something else; he's not there to direct how they play.
@@Sephalia he ended up redeeming himself (*in my eyes, anyway) i just got to the part of the episode where he allowed her to reverse it because of the 1-minute casting time. i think i definitely just am not a fan of matt’s DM style, i just started watching CR after being an avid dimension 20 fan for years, and i vastly prefer brennan’s style. not that matt’s wrong or that it’s not interesting to watch, but i think you’re right that it’s just not the style i’d like to play 🤷♀️ it feels like brennan is more concerned with the player’s experience than following rules exactly as written.
*edit 2: also, he kind of applies when he wants to warn them inconsistently. around 1:23:00 he warns percy that his misfire chances increase dramatically in order to try and make sure he understands what he’s about to do. why not extend that to keyleth? he’s had the same guns, she just learned that spell- arguably, she deserved a heads up more than he did.
@@allyabernathy4098I would agree in this specific case, but this was many years ago and Matt is thousands of times better in the current campaign. We all learn and get better ❤
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".
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
Man when scanlan asks if anyone left any shit of his bed and Matt misread it and said “no, no one shit on your bed.” Scanlan says quietly “no, I guess I didn’t pass on that trait” kinda with some awekwardness and sadness. Looks like he was hoping his daughter left something only to be disappointed but noone caught on at the time.
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.
I just occurred to me that Percy most definitely knows that Craven Edge is talking to Grog.
+Onsie Twos He was the first to pick up the sword and it spoke to him.
+Onsie Twos He gave it to him
A year later and I still think Percy giving Grog Craven Edge was the most OOC thing he's ever done
And it was worth it and we all know it.
I would have to disagree with that. The reason that Percy gave Grog Craven Edge was because he couldn't use it effectively himself. Remember that it's a huge sword (I believe it's a greatsword if I remember correctly) and is a two-handed sword that uses strength not Dexterity. Percy has a (relatively) low strength and a high dexterity and even Matt said he wouldn't be able to use the sword since basically it would be too heavy. That's why they switched swords, Percy gave Grog Craven Edge and Grog gave Percy a Dragon Slayer Longsword, which Percy could actually use.
Travis's face at "19 misses" is priceless.
Best "Oh shit!" moment ever.
Sam's consistent integrity in the face of the absolute worst situations is the epitome of awesome.
rewatching this, 5 years on, although their game now is so much slicker and the production values are so high, there is something rather appealing about how shambolic CR was at this point. It feels much more like a normal game "what does this spell ACTUALLY do? what are the rules in this situation?" their roleplaying and fun together was the reason CR became so loveable, not how well-played it all was!
I'm a first-time watcher and I debated quite a bit whether to start with the first campaign or the second. I had initially settled on the second when I saw the difference in production quality. But then EXU just happened to come out so I figured I'd watch that first and then go into the proper campaigns.
In the end, I somehow ended up choosing C1 and I am so glad I did. The great story and characters aside, seeing how this entire madness started is something special in itself. Their low expectations coming into the show, the critters blowing their minds at every turn, them striving to make everything better for the viewers...
It just gave me the general sense that a handful of good, humble, hard-working people accidentally stumbled into something wonderful and made the absolute most out of it!
I’m watching 6 years after and amazed at the story and the acting. And I still can’t get over that they named their home greyskull keep 😂
Yes, this is the real deal! That's what's great about it.
Every time I rewatch this, I think to myself, what would it be like if Orion was still around
@@bgold54g Boy, I can only imagine how different it would have been if Orion had been the one to cast Wind Walk on most of the party without reading it, get pissed and argue with Matt for several turns on its function and the repercussions of using it, and then tell the whole party to "just make it work"... Definitely don't think Matt would have given Orion an out by letting him cancel it 9 rounds early without any penalty or repercussion.
It's hilarious reading all about all the shitty stuff Orion did, seeing the fan base's comments shitting on him, and then watching every other player make the same kind of mistakes, do the same level of metagaming, and argue/question Matt just as much, even after Orion was long gone. I love CR, but the double standards levied by the fan base and even the other players and the DM with regard to Orion is so blatant it leaves a bad taste in my mouth a lot of the time.
"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.
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
I don't understand why Liam never gave the Cloak of Mountebank (Dimension Door) to Pike. Wouldn't it be super useful to have a Cleric that could teleport to a downed ally once a day?
Because Ashley is absent more often than not. Consider as of this episode Orion who isn't even with the show anymore still has more tallied appearances than her.
the sheer panic on travis' face when matt said 66 poison damage is just as amazing on every rewatch
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.
3:36:12
Travis: "Nineteen." (already getting out his hit dice)
Matt: "Nineteen misses."
Music: (dramatically gets quiet)
Travis: ( 〇□〇)
I think the point Matt was getting at when Uriel asked the question of did the new owner build the portal is why the hell didn't the party report the portal the first time, but it went completely over their heads. Those 4 orbs in the wall when recapping their backstory set off such alarm bells for me, the fact they never told anyone about it is crazy.
To be fair that was at the beginning of the campaign while they were still using pathfinder. With the switch to 5e and everything going on IRL, it kind of makes sense they forgot to have their characters mention it.
Laura: did we kill the entire city because we went back to general kreig's place?
Sam: But think of the 4000 gold we got!
Me: dead
Bravo to Sam/Scanlan, bravo!
Laura's kind of greedy players are really getting on my nerves at times.
Entire population of Emon: also dead
"...the city of Emon experiences a substantial political shift." Understatement of the fucking century.
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
Travis' face when Matt says "Nineteen misses" is so freaking good hahahaha
Love the stream cutting off right as Marisha is saying "I'm gonna have an aneurysm between now and next week." Excellent way to end this episode 😂
Vex: technically, it's not in the house, technically
Me: *jester voice* technicallyyyy
Let’s hope Keyleth remembers that windwalk spell next time they need to do any traveling. That is a glorious spell for fast traveling!
The more I watch, the more I understand why Matt is being really nice as a DM. There are so many lies and crimes the group constantly get mixed up in, that the game could spiral into nothing but their consequences at any moment.
I know, I grimace whenever they lie in a situation where they could just as easily tell the truth with fewer foreseeable consequences. (Or when they try to squeeze way too much information out of someone they’re clearly pissing off)
Pike manages to be the absolute most adorable even when she isn't technically there. I love her so much.
The largest red dragon you've ever seen appears before you!
"Oh no!"
The dragon then proclaims:"MY NAME IS TIBERIUS STORMWIND!"
"OH NOO!"
"I'M FROM DRACONIA"(breathes fire everywhere with a mirror cannon)
@@daniels8618 *proceeds by spending 10 years casting spell after spell, while still "on his turn"* ; *unless the spells don't do what he wants them to do, in which case he goes "wait, no, I don't do that then"*
@@daniels8618 AND BY EXTENSION, VOX MACHINA
@@JohnSluggice I believe that's MOREOVER VOX MACHINA but I get where you were going with it.
Okay guys, I KNOW it's the largest *cow* you've ever seen saying this.