"Started out as a bottom man, now I'm a top man." "Worked his way to the middle mostly." "Middle man." "Top of his field as a middle man." "Top of the middle." "Worked his way from the bottom." "Started from the bottom, now we at the middle man." "Top of it."
Afterwards they're talking to each other about if it really happened and one of them spots Trinket sneaking past their door carrying a pot of honey and he winks at them. XD
Marisha: Waffle, you're the Hacker. Me: Doesn't sound like that will come up much Taliesin: *proceeds to "hack" things for all of his actions in the entire game
Reminded me of a running joke in the hilarious short series Humans & Households from ZOE. In that series, fantasy characters in a D&D world meet for game night and play a RPG in which they are mundane characters in the real world (without knowing much about it). The rogue plays a hacker and has no idea what computers or electronics are, so he constantly tries using his "hacking" skill on things that definitely can't be hacked. The reoccuring catch-phrase "hacking doesn't work that way!" kept playing in my memory when watching Taliesins shenannigans.
Just love Matt always played Trinket as this really docile relaxed bear to Vex, and once she's away he's plotting heists and all cool. Always loved the face he made when doing trinket, so adorable.
YES! Where's a petition to get that made as an extra along with Grogs one shot and the Perc'ahalia wedding? Heck if theres a kickstarter for it I would pay for that since I missed the kickstarter for the series.
Now in my head canon Keyleth wanted to play Bunion and Flaggons, but no one would let her, so she went out in the forest and played with some bears. Who happened to have done the heist.
What else is he going to be proud of? A wasted song on a shitty expansion of an even shittier game? There's a reason more than half of blizzard has left Activision+Blizz. Blizzard's dead. Sold their souls and the brains behind their studio have long since left(Even before the dumbass, 7 month old comment I'm responding to). HS/WoW are activision property now, which makes their worth less than shit.
1:24:35 Favorite moment so far: Matt Mercer the Player making a dumb decision, and Marisha Ray the DM almost making him pay for it. The look of realization on Matt’s face as he yells “NONONONONO” is just PRICELESS!
@@JohnSmith-zf3yk oh ok, I get it. You're just looking for an argument. Good luck with that my dude. I look forward to seeing what comment you've replied to next!
@@mondelsson My dude, you need a girlfriend or a hobby or somethin'. I'm but a wee man on the internet. I haven't nearly scraped the surface of trolling enough to earn this level of dedication from an anonymous stalker. :P
@@h0lly_blue Gonna give your offer a hard pass. Some little gun-shy douchebag deleted his comments that I responded to. Move along, you're only getting half the picture and I honestly can't even remember the details on why I bashed 'em so hard besides that they earned it. :P
I just started watching this again for funsies after catching up on Campaign 2, and the whiplash of watching Liam play Cookie immediately after watching Liam play Caleb is something else.
@@yoimedytorres5945 Or as Laura looks at Travis, she was doing the same for Grog's one shot. I think the Willinghams were cuter only because Laura isnt a professional DM so she interacted with Travis more rather than treating him as just the BM.
I thought it would be and the first time I DM'd I was pretty nervous but as soon as I started my first time I was suprised by how comfortable I was at it. I do it all the time now and have a blast. I may just be a natural at it because everyone besides my regular DM who has tried it would agree with you that it is terrifying.
@ HartSickle I think it's more a matter of mind set, a lot of people get wrapped up in their heads but it's essentially just telling a story with your friends and anyone can tell a story.
when Matt flicked that cigarette after they scared those kids, his "nononono!" reaction is of a man that was so caught up in being a player her forgot that there are consequences for your actions.
Marisha: “I’ll give it to you based off of shitty English language” Talesin: “That’s how I get away with everything in my life” Never change Talesin, never change.
Yeah, that was great. And also factually true. Bears can get away with poking a hornet's nest, but not this (or any) level 20 war cleric, even if she's without her armor and weapons. OTOH, Pike probably loves animals like most of Ashley's characters do. If a bear tried to eat her, she'd probably have fun wrestling it into submission. If she had her gauntlets of ogre power on, her Str score (19) matches a bear's, and she's proficient in Athletics for a +10. Or +7 without her gauntlets which is still plenty. But if a bear tried to steal from her, then mama Pike would have to teach a lesson. Which might start with Guiding Bolt up da butt, Spiritual Weapon, or Flame strike. Or Hold Monster if they're lucky. Even without spells, she can grab a stick or any improvised weapon and make 2 attacks per round (with action + bonus because war cleric) for 2 chances to hit bear AC11 and do 2d8 extra weapon damage (divine strike). Actually that works with unarmed strikes, too, so she can literally punch bears into submission with the divine power of her bare fists. For defense, she's resistant to bludgeon/piercing/slashing from non-magical attacks (level 17 war cleric: Avatar of Battle) and has 172 HP, so even in street clothes she would have no problem surviving several rounds of 4 bears attacking her even without casting Heal. And Trinket's seen how she typically deals with enemies (who usually weren't furry animals.) In terms of how this translates to Honey Heist mechanics, falling off a cliff might not kill bears, but sufficiently angering Pike might! Or at least put you into full bear after a round or two.
When life gets you down, just remember; we live in a world where a quintet of grown-ass men can sit around a table, wear ridiculous hats, pretend to be four bears and a honey badger trying to pull off a great honey caper, and go on a wacky adventure with one of the grown-ass men's new wife at the helm.
Thanks for that piece of wisdom. I didn't know if I make a quarter-to-half a mil annually, I too can also start a business to profit off my hobby and live the high life.
Timestamps 13:48 Rules 16:49 Let the game begin 19:15 The other bears 23:18 ; 25:58 ; 28:00 The roles 34:35 Shit flinging and banner hacking 38:00 Trinket describes the necklace 38:32 Hats ! 48:40 The 3rd contestant in the honey festival 58:35 Getting a cart 1:03:12 Hooves sounds 1:04:00 Cow-cows, or people-cows ? 1:07:30 Magical item ! 1:16:26 Honey tasting 1:48:26 Break ends 1:59:05 Peddy's plan 2:11:40 First panda pun of the night 2:13:32 Fighting the poor guard 2:25:20 Hacking the mirrors 2:31:38 Trinket hides the body 2:33:48 Grog, the ... panda ? 2:42:39 Teleport 2:45:30 Panda talk 2:50:26 A familiar face 2:56:28 Trinket is optimistic about the heist 3:05:20 Marisha's puzzle (3:07:05 Cute Matt) 3:07:30 Awesome challenge time 3:21:50 Fire 3:26:10 Cool bears don't look at explosions 3:28:30 Thanks Sam ...
Tal has worn every kind of hat possible over the last few millennia, that's why he's so excited to wear 2 at a time, that's new for him, and we all know ancient beings love anything new 😌😊😘🤣👏👏
You know Matt and Taliesin met doing cosplay stuff iirc in Matt's between the sheets he said about him cosplaying sephiroth and Tal cosplaying the riddler
I'm surprised we've never heard of High Bear Nation before. They must be some type of an underground organization, probably employ a lot of sleeper agents.
It's probably the best other party member impersonation that has been done on Critical Role, the next was the scarily good Travis doing Grog doing Pike in his one shot.
The best thing about it is she apparently improv'd it on the spot, since as she said, she spent over 500 hours playing with Laura at this point, so she knows Vex's mannerisms backwards and forwards.
this was so much fun!! marisha did so well, her personality really shines in this kind of fun, random campaign. i love matt's gravitas when he DMs but Marisha smiling and cracking up at her players' antics was really cute and refreshing too
"There's nothing wrong with being vegan, I can get just as much protein from bamboo and I don't have to kill an innocent ani-" "You killed a cow back there!"
That reminds me of our home game. Our thing is that we HATE WELLS. We went to the store (later dubbed “the boom boom shop”) and met one of our favorite npcs named Boom Boom man. He’s a pimply teen that has the classic “I dropped my retainer in the fryalator” voice, and sold our gnome (who I believe he thought was a child???) boxes and boxes of explosives.
Selfish repost for rewatch purposes below: 13:48 Rules 16:49 Let the game begin 19:15 The other bears 23:18 ; 25:58 ; 28:00 The roles 34:35 Shit flinging and banner hacking 38:00 Trinket describes the necklace 38:32 Hats ! 48:40 The 3rd contestant in the honey festival 58:35 Getting a cart 1:03:12 Hooves sounds 1:04:00 Cow-cows, or people-cows ? 1:07:30 Magical item ! 1:16:26 Honey tasting 1:48:26 Break ends 1:59:05 Peddy's plan 2:11:40 First panda pun of the night 2:13:32 Fighting the poor guard 2:25:20 Hacking the mirrors 2:31:38 Trinket hides the body 2:33:48 Grog, the ... panda ? 2:42:39 Teleport 2:45:30 Panda talk 2:50:26 A familiar face 2:56:28 Trinket is optimistic about the heist 3:05:20 Marisha's puzzle (3:07:05 Cute Matt) 3:07:30 Awesome challenge time 3:21:50 Fire 3:26:10 Cool bears don't look at explosions 3:28:30 Thanks Sam ...
First Attempt at this :) Sam's Generic Commercial- 00:24 And so it begins- 11:40 Important Rulesies- 13:30 Okay, now we actually start- 16:50 Spot on Vex with Trinket- 17:47 3 1/2 Strange Bears- 19:20 Peddy Tuxben- 19:48 Cookie and Waffle- 20:30 (Holy shit Taliesin's bear makes me question myself) Liam LasVegas- 21:10 Primeval Awareness:Honey Edition- 22:38 Roles Are Assigned- 23:30 Arm Wraslin'- 25:15 The Hacker- 26:20 The Plan- 30:00 The Plan Plan?- 31:00 Hack Those Decorations- 32:15 Theobald the Bold- 34:00 Is This A Felony?- 35:00 HACK THE SYSTEM- 36:20
0:34 Sam: "I forgot to write an Ad for Marvel Puzzle Quest" Matt: [Looks at Sam] [Looks down at paper with text right in front of him] [Looks at Sam] [Looks down at paper with text right in front of him] [Looks at Sam] [Looks down at paper with text right in front of him]
@@Eunostos I unno about that, there's a good argument that Leon might be a bit more of a cash-pull in, what with him being a gaming icon at this point.
Little known fact - Mercer was originally cast to play Zarya's bear, back when she was supposed to ride a bear and wield AK-47s, and pull out AK-47s as her ultimate.
Yea, but it did line up perfectly since a 5 is a thief looking at the sheet This is the actual game posted by creator: www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/5z7yhu/honey_heist_is_a_free_onepage_roleplaying_game/?st=j9yz2vc6&sh=13993166
"It's not Delivery it's de-muscle" makes me wish Brian was in the real campaign. That was the best line in the whole thing, and there were a lot of good ones.
I loved this waaaay more than I thought I would. Marisha had so much personality and did a super job at letting everyone have sooooo much fun. Also, Liam does a great Mark Whalberg impersonation
I can't deal with how sophisticated Trinket sounds compared to other bears 😂😂😂 I mean, I guess he really would, being that he's well-traveled, experienced, and hangs out with some pretty high-class people 😂
@@psychodrummer1567 - What edition of D&D gives an INT boost to ranger companions? It's not part of 5e beastmaster ranger. Narratively sure, of course Trinket is smarter, and better at language in order to understand Vex. (Plus I'm sure it helps to have communicated with people via Speak with Animals, as a way to confirm understanding of their speech in Common.) But mechanically Vex started in 4e then Pathfinder, but the Vex + Trinket we know use the vanilla PHB ranger class, which gives Trinket a boost to his max HP (setting it to 13x 4 = 52 since Vex is a 13th level ranger; That's not a bonus it's an alternate total, whichever is higher.) And a bonus to any skills and saves Trinket was already proficient in (adding Vex's proficiency bonus, +6). Also Vex's +6 proficiency to Trinket's AC, attack rolls, and damage rolls. Mechanically, 5e ranger companions are supposed to be CR1/4 at most, and Medium or smaller. So Trinket's already outside those limits if they're using Black Bear (CR1/2) or Brown Bear (CR1) stats from the monster manual. Those are both proficient in Perception but no other skills. So Trinket has +9 perception (like a mid-level Caduceus), vs. a normal bear having +3. (The base HP of those bears are 19 and 34, so the HP boost is not that huge.) The Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn book has a statblock for Trinket, though: He has an INT score of 5, vs. 2 for standard bears. His "race" is Brown Bear. I think his intelligence comes from his upbringing, being raised by Vex since he was a cub. Languages: understands Common but can't speak it According to that statblock, the benefit he gets from being Vex's ranger companion is: > Chosen Companion. Trinket has an additional 10 hit points, and has a +6 bonus to attack and damage rolls and to Wisdom (Perception) checks. So that's odd, his stats don't quite match the standard 5e calculation even apart from the Int score. Trinket has 61 HP (6d10 + 18 + 10) rather than a brown bear's (4d10 + 12). Maybe Matt homebrewed some stuff because Ranger companions scale poorly, especially when you multi-class. (The +18 vs. +12 is the +3 Con mod times the number of hit dice: trinket is "higher level" (more HD) than a standard brown bear.) Ah I see the impact on some other stuff now; Trinket's own proficiency bonus is +3 instead of +2, from being 6th "level" (6 HD) instead of 4, so his Perception and hit bonuses are higher by 1 more than you'd get from adding Vex's +6 to a standard bear. Trinket's Perception is +10, for a passive of 20. Or 25 on smell since bears have advantage on smell perception. Other than INT, Trinket's ability scores are the same as a standard Brown Bear. (Trinket has 19 / 10 / 16 physical, 5 / 13 / 7 mental.) Trinket's AC is 18 from plate barding, rather than 11+6 = 17 he'd have just from being a ranger companion. (I guess Matt figured it would be OP and not fit the narrative to have the +6 bonus apply on top of Trinket's barding? Because AC24 would be high enough to matter sometimes even against CR20 enemies.)
@@WTFisTingispingis The McElroys did a MaxFunDrive bonus episode with Matt Mercer DM'ing. It was pretty good. It's available to Maximum Fun subscribers only though.
Now I can think in retrospect that for every time Vex missed her hunters mark I can hear trinket yelling "Hunters Mark!". Hahah great episode. So good.
I think a lot of people miss the joke here, take a look at Marisha's wry smile, I'm willing to bet that she's someone who makes use of California's usage of recreational cannabis law, that's why everyone falls apart. Good on her imo.
Why do I feel like that this should just be Keyleth following around a bunch of bears and using speak with animals to ask them what they want to do as the roam the town?
My favorite theory that someone had is that this is what Keyleth did because she didn't want to play Bunions and Flagons with Grog. which is also why Grog killed off Keyleth in the opening ;)
@@sydney4814 Keyleth and Grog definitely fought over being Bunion Master and since Grog won she just went off to play with whatever woodland beings she could conjure up.
25:57 "Pandas, they're fighters not lovers." I swear Taliesin thinks of some of the cleverest lines that just get completely missed by the rest of the cast.
I underestimated Marisha as a DM, this was fantastic and enjoyable! She had a story, cool improv moments, props and even special voices. It was a great game and I'm looking forward to any future ones she might do!
Not to mention it was a complete story! Some of the others had a little trouble with the timings on their one-shots and couldn't therefore close the story properly.
Did anybody else hear the Ralph Wiggum "I'm in danger!" meme play through Matt's head when Cookie and Waffle were trying to convince Trinket to leave Vex for a life of crime, knowing that Laura was probably watching?
Part of me would have been fine with three+ hours of planning only to have them all clumsily stumble around town causing panic thinking it's going well
That's a perfectly valid interpretation of "hacker" IMO. The idea is that the muscle would excel at combat, whereas the hacker would excel at manipulating the environment.
Liam's laugh after he tripped the kid... my tea came out of my nose it made me laugh so hard. This might be the best one shot I have ever seen. No, scratch that. It definitely is.
3:12:37 is still to this day my most favorite line from almost all of CR just the delivery of Liam and Talisen playing off one another...its so good XD
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"Started out as a bottom man, now I'm a top man."
"Worked his way to the middle mostly."
"Middle man."
"Top of his field as a middle man."
"Top of the middle."
"Worked his way from the bottom."
"Started from the bottom, now we at the middle man."
"Top of it."
this part had me laughing way harder than it shouldve by the end😭😭😭
@@JubioHDX I think laughing hysterically IS the appropriate response 🤣
I imagine Keyleth telling this as a bedtime story to Vex and Percy's kids
I’m actually crying it’s too pure!!
“Let me tell you the story of how Trinket planned a heist. A honey heist. Oh also a bear wearing a bowler hat is in it”
As a person who has watched the one shot for the wedding, little vesper would love that story
Josie D I have a feeling Vesper would try to invite these guys over for Trinket’s birthday.
Afterwards they're talking to each other about if it really happened and one of them spots Trinket sneaking past their door carrying a pot of honey and he winks at them. XD
Marisha: Waffle, you're the Hacker.
Me: Doesn't sound like that will come up much
Taliesin: *proceeds to "hack" things for all of his actions in the entire game
i was sooooo glad that Tal got that role XD
Reminded me of a running joke in the hilarious short series Humans & Households from ZOE. In that series, fantasy characters in a D&D world meet for game night and play a RPG in which they are mundane characters in the real world (without knowing much about it). The rogue plays a hacker and has no idea what computers or electronics are, so he constantly tries using his "hacking" skill on things that definitely can't be hacked. The reoccuring catch-phrase "hacking doesn't work that way!" kept playing in my memory when watching Taliesins shenannigans.
Taliesin in every game: I'm gonna take this stupid ability and use it so well that the whole damn game hinges on its application
Just love Matt always played Trinket as this really docile relaxed bear to Vex, and once she's away he's plotting heists and all cool. Always loved the face he made when doing trinket, so adorable.
If Vox Machina animated series is eventually sold as a dvd, I reckon an animated Honey Heist would be a great bonus extra.
YES! Where's a petition to get that made as an extra along with Grogs one shot and the Perc'ahalia wedding? Heck if theres a kickstarter for it I would pay for that since I missed the kickstarter for the series.
Along with Search for Grog/Bob one shot.
@@kwhite665 YES!
@@kwhite665 and the Darrington's Brigade
@@athenearosa I imagine if they tried to crowd source any sort of animated project it would be overwhelming again. You would def be in good company.
Now in my head canon Keyleth wanted to play Bunion and Flaggons, but no one would let her, so she went out in the forest and played with some bears. Who happened to have done the heist.
TommyHellsing I WANT THIS ANIMATED
@@Darthmechas ditto! 😙💓
YES
Alternatively Auntie Keyleth is baby sitting, and the kids won't sleep unless there's a story
@@alexandercross9081 Vesper's gonna be a druid/rogue.
Matt looks so cute and mortal and powerless when he's on the other side of the table awww
Azlo The Great Mostly because the source of his power is covered.
The DM screen was the only thing keeping Taliesin from sapping Matt's power
Watching this two years later, and hearing Sam apologise for the length of his Ad segment... oh boy, how times have changed.
The Nord VPN ads are at a whole 'nother level
@@BRHency I was just about to say this. To the 1 year old post. lolol
It's gotten crazy lol
I second this after 2 more years. Riegel digivolved into something we were not prepared for
He had an ad last for months, he's grown stronger since this
"Panda's they're... fighters, not lovers" slipped right under the radar but deserves so much kudos
Matt's "I'm so proud of my wife" energy is so strong
What else is he going to be proud of? A wasted song on a shitty expansion of an even shittier game? There's a reason more than half of blizzard has left Activision+Blizz.
Blizzard's dead. Sold their souls and the brains behind their studio have long since left(Even before the dumbass, 7 month old comment I'm responding to). HS/WoW are activision property now, which makes their worth less than shit.
@@JohnSmith-zf3yk weird reaction but ok. Glad you got that out of your system.
@@JohnSmith-zf3yk Sir, this is an Arbys
@@JohnSmith-zf3yk ummmh wtf?
@@JohnSmith-zf3yk I bet you look exactly as you sound :D
1:24:35 Favorite moment so far: Matt Mercer the Player making a dumb decision, and Marisha Ray the DM almost making him pay for it. The look of realization on Matt’s face as he yells “NONONONONO” is just PRICELESS!
Nope nope, I take it back, favorite moment is 3:05:27 and everything that follows.
she went easy on him
Commenting to boost because this is such a golden moment lol
"Don't move! Humans can only see movement!"
Careful Sam, your Nott is peeking through.
"It's very true... But I can hear you though. you should take a bath!"
@@JohnSmith-zf3yk oh ok, I get it. You're just looking for an argument. Good luck with that my dude. I look forward to seeing what comment you've replied to next!
@@mondelsson My dude, you need a girlfriend or a hobby or somethin'. I'm but a wee man on the internet. I haven't nearly scraped the surface of trolling enough to earn this level of dedication from an anonymous stalker. :P
@@JohnSmith-zf3yk weird flex but ok - why are you so angry? do you need a hug or something?
@@h0lly_blue Gonna give your offer a hard pass. Some little gun-shy douchebag deleted his comments that I responded to.
Move along, you're only getting half the picture and I honestly can't even remember the details on why I bashed 'em so hard besides that they earned it. :P
Is it just me or does Liam look like one of the four main criminals from every heist movie
He's channeling his inner Joe Pesci
It's cause he is
I mean the way he says "of course I am" when designated The Brains...
He's the embodiment of every 1960's Irish henchman who's in way over his head.
Yes, so much
@26:20
Marisha: Cookie, you're the brains of the group
Liam: Of course i am
That's when i knew i was in for a treat with this One-Shot
I started this episode thinking Matt would be the most spot-on with the bear mannerisms, but I've gotta say -- Taliesin's commitment is EVERYTHING.
I just started watching this again for funsies after catching up on Campaign 2, and the whiplash of watching Liam play Cookie immediately after watching Liam play Caleb is something else.
Cookie gets more in Honey Heist 2 with Liam Las Vegas as he can do pair acts with the honey badger then :P
@@theodorehsu5023 liam playing the raccoon after this. so on point!
I'm going straight from campaign 2, never seen vox Machina, to this...omg, I'm DYING at Cookie and Waffle 🤣🤣👏👏
Same here, just caught up with TM9 and decided to check out the one shots before I go back to VM.
@@tanktrax317 same here
The look of love and admiration on Matt's face as he watches Marisha DM (especially in the intro) is so pure.
Addie Reese I was thinking the same thing! Get you a guy that looks at you like Matt looks are Marisha
@@yoimedytorres5945 Or as Laura looks at Travis, she was doing the same for Grog's one shot. I think the Willinghams were cuter only because Laura isnt a professional DM so she interacted with Travis more rather than treating him as just the BM.
Now we just need an Ashley DM'ed one shot with Brian as a PC.
@@davidparkes7741 Ashley is doing a oneshot, let's hope!
theres 2 things you need to know about DMing
its terrifying.. and thats it.
erbgorre and amazingly fun!!!!
I thought it would be and the first time I DM'd I was pretty nervous but as soon as I started my first time I was suprised by how comfortable I was at it. I do it all the time now and have a blast. I may just be a natural at it because everyone besides my regular DM who has tried it would agree with you that it is terrifying.
erbgorre I understood that reference
The Kaz Realm it was a beautiful one
@ HartSickle I think it's more a matter of mind set, a lot of people get wrapped up in their heads but it's essentially just telling a story with your friends and anyone can tell a story.
17:20
Matt: :)
Marisha: "Trinket..."
Matt: >:•(
Beautifully accurate lol. Matt's Trinket impressions are always adorable.
Sam and Liam immediately burst into smiles and had to hide them, everyone loves watching Matt get so quickly into character
@@Iamthecrazyone Is it an impression if he is Trinket?
I think my favorite part was when those kids thought Vegas was a ferret and Brian's response was "I'm not a ferret you little shit. Have some Carnage"
Marisha's Vex is spot on
Yes. Cadence and everything is on point.
Scarily good xD
#RespectTheCraft
right?!
When does she do it?
+Owen, 17:47 ish
seeing liam and talisen share a backstory makes me want them to share a backstory in an actual campaign sometime.
Liam had backstory with Laura in campaign 1, and Sam in campaign 2, so there's a chance he will have backstory with Tal for campaign 3😁😎😊
@@princessblazena Weirdly, his backstory is with Marisha, while also not being with Marisha
when Matt flicked that cigarette after they scared those kids, his "nononono!" reaction is of a man that was so caught up in being a player her forgot that there are consequences for your actions.
Marisha: “I’ll give it to you based off of shitty English language”
Talesin: “That’s how I get away with everything in my life”
Never change Talesin, never change.
Matt just nodding in agreement. Lol
That whole bottom-top-middle conversation was pure GOLD.
timestamp because it's genius 21:30
Why is Matt Mercer as Trinket the Bear so fucking badass.
Also, Liam fucking killed me with that voice. I laughed every time he talked.
Because Matt Mercer was on the fucking dice and he's amazing XD
Which would you say you like better, Grog as Trinket or Matt as Trinket?
The hat made it so much better
Coming from Jersey I wouldn't be surprised if it was based on someone he knew
If Marisha does another Heist, they should be cats, with Matt as Frumpkin
Milk heist?
I feel Liam should be frumpkin
Ha! I feel like that would have me laughing in tears!
Great idea! Cat Heist would be awesome :D
Kitty caper
I love how Matt is playing Trinket, lol! "No one eats the gnome! She will destroy you, trust me."
Yeah, that was great. And also factually true. Bears can get away with poking a hornet's nest, but not this (or any) level 20 war cleric, even if she's without her armor and weapons.
OTOH, Pike probably loves animals like most of Ashley's characters do. If a bear tried to eat her, she'd probably have fun wrestling it into submission. If she had her gauntlets of ogre power on, her Str score (19) matches a bear's, and she's proficient in Athletics for a +10. Or +7 without her gauntlets which is still plenty.
But if a bear tried to steal from her, then mama Pike would have to teach a lesson. Which might start with Guiding Bolt up da butt, Spiritual Weapon, or Flame strike. Or Hold Monster if they're lucky.
Even without spells, she can grab a stick or any improvised weapon and make 2 attacks per round (with action + bonus because war cleric) for 2 chances to hit bear AC11 and do 2d8 extra weapon damage (divine strike). Actually that works with unarmed strikes, too, so she can literally punch bears into submission with the divine power of her bare fists.
For defense, she's resistant to bludgeon/piercing/slashing from non-magical attacks (level 17 war cleric: Avatar of Battle) and has 172 HP, so even in street clothes she would have no problem surviving several rounds of 4 bears attacking her even without casting Heal.
And Trinket's seen how she typically deals with enemies (who usually weren't furry animals.)
In terms of how this translates to Honey Heist mechanics, falling off a cliff might not kill bears, but sufficiently angering Pike might! Or at least put you into full bear after a round or two.
When life gets you down, just remember; we live in a world where a quintet of grown-ass men can sit around a table, wear ridiculous hats, pretend to be four bears and a honey badger trying to pull off a great honey caper, and go on a wacky adventure with one of the grown-ass men's new wife at the helm.
@27:00 Brian is cast as baby driver 😱😍🤣👏👏
@@princessblazena such an underrated comment 😂
from 2020 here to say yup
Thanks for that piece of wisdom. I didn't know if I make a quarter-to-half a mil annually, I too can also start a business to profit off my hobby and live the high life.
Not only that she supplied them said ridiculous hats
Timestamps
13:48 Rules
16:49 Let the game begin
19:15 The other bears
23:18 ; 25:58 ; 28:00 The roles
34:35 Shit flinging and banner hacking
38:00 Trinket describes the necklace
38:32 Hats !
48:40 The 3rd contestant in the honey festival
58:35 Getting a cart
1:03:12 Hooves sounds
1:04:00 Cow-cows, or people-cows ?
1:07:30 Magical item !
1:16:26 Honey tasting
1:48:26 Break ends
1:59:05 Peddy's plan
2:11:40 First panda pun of the night
2:13:32 Fighting the poor guard
2:25:20 Hacking the mirrors
2:31:38 Trinket hides the body
2:33:48 Grog, the ... panda ?
2:42:39 Teleport
2:45:30 Panda talk
2:50:26 A familiar face
2:56:28 Trinket is optimistic about the heist
3:05:20 Marisha's puzzle (3:07:05 Cute Matt)
3:07:30 Awesome challenge time
3:21:50 Fire
3:26:10 Cool bears don't look at explosions
3:28:30 Thanks Sam ...
Julie Raimbaud 8
Julie Raimbaud commenting to move this up!
Julie Raimbaud ty
Yeah same
Also same
I love that Trinket is the group's treasurer. Vex has taught him well!
Someone tell Taliesin Jaffe to wear bowler hats more often.
Tal has worn every kind of hat possible over the last few millennia, that's why he's so excited to wear 2 at a time, that's new for him, and we all know ancient beings love anything new 😌😊😘🤣👏👏
You know Matt and Taliesin met doing cosplay stuff
iirc in Matt's between the sheets he said about him cosplaying sephiroth and Tal cosplaying the riddler
Honestly of the hat choices, I dare say the fez on Sam works the best of them all.
Check out Batgirl: Spoiled he plays the Riddler
The interpretation of hacking
“HE CAN SEE THROUGH THE SMELL?!”
I had so much fun with this. Tal as the hacker bear was pure gold. "You've been hacked! Say it! You've been HACKED!"
Trinket being a thief is so fitting! Especially since he's so close to the twins.
When he said "I learned a few things from the two that raised me" my heart grew three sizes
I'm surprised we've never heard of High Bear Nation before. They must be some type of an underground organization, probably employ a lot of sleeper agents.
Whaaaaat, everyone knows the High Bear Nation! Have you been living in a cave?
*rim shot*
Boo.
Goddamnit. It took me 3 times hearing "High Bear Nation" to get the joke. This one shot is too good. Too good i say.
You haven't? They are led by High Bear Vord
Holy shit that really was a great Vex imitation. She got the style of speaking and mannerisms down pat.
It's probably the best other party member impersonation that has been done on Critical Role, the next was the scarily good Travis doing Grog doing Pike in his one shot.
@@Wookie_oo7 Matt's fjord is so good it's terrifying
@@tobathetura7482 just don't mention his jester..... XD
The best thing about it is she apparently improv'd it on the spot, since as she said, she spent over 500 hours playing with Laura at this point, so she knows Vex's mannerisms backwards and forwards.
@@tobathetura7482 you mean he is good at imitating someone talking like a cowboy? I wonder where he picked that up from?
52:50 I love the slow realization as everyone puts the idea of Fire Ashari + Victors honey. Taliesins reaction is the best tho
The look of absolute terror on Matt's face was so funny!
Matt knows he couldn’t survive a one shot so became the one character they couldn’t let die! And it saved him XD
1:02:50 "Alright, here's the question: how do ya spell Sunkist? And I can't read." -Waffles the Hacker
well, not like that. Its Sun Kissed. But your version goes better with the character not knowing.
@@tomaszskowronski1406 I love how you corrected the comment, but still appreciated the content!! 🥰😆👏👏
"I'm so glad I married you."
Not sure why, but this made me laugh and 'awww' at the same time.
FoolishAnonymous
When was that?
Whilst reading out the lock code.
FoolishAnonymous time stamp?
Mike Forgie The lock code starts at 3:06:25 ish.
this was so much fun!! marisha did so well, her personality really shines in this kind of fun, random campaign. i love matt's gravitas when he DMs but Marisha smiling and cracking up at her players' antics was really cute and refreshing too
Trinket talking to Vex: *Fluffy Teddy bear*
Trinket talking to other bears: ”Right, listen up losers, we’re bout to swipe some honey”
No image has ever encapsulated Liam's energy better than Cookie's portrait
Marisha’s Vex voice is truly terrifying. When she and Matt have kids they’re gonna be actual doppelgängers
I know right
I mean. They *are* voice actors.
@@hammeroftyr no way, impossible
It just sounds like generic female British to me...
@@CaptPhiI Which to be fair was Vex from Laura so yeah
My favorite goddamn line of the night: "Alright, here's a question: How do you spell Sunkissed? And I can't read."
Robert Hora
1:02:53 for your reference
It’s amazing how much Waffle IS Caduceus
"There's nothing wrong with being vegan, I can get just as much protein from bamboo and I don't have to kill an innocent ani-"
"You killed a cow back there!"
I found the phrase "Percy's Boom Boom tube" so much more funny than I should have.
Rachel Porter-Chastain oh no I started wheezing coz of that lol
That reminds me of our home game. Our thing is that we HATE WELLS. We went to the store (later dubbed “the boom boom shop”) and met one of our favorite npcs named Boom Boom man. He’s a pimply teen that has the classic “I dropped my retainer in the fryalator” voice, and sold our gnome (who I believe he thought was a child???) boxes and boxes of explosives.
Boom Tube, I know Taliesin is immortal but I didn’t know he was a New God
Probably because it can refer to a couple of things with Percy
All i can think of is Matt saying "Phrasing!"
The second pike is mentioned..."We eat the Gnome!"
The way Trinket just goes, “She will DESTROY you.”
Marisha:”I wouldn’t recommend jumping off any cliffs”
Oh Marisha you would be the best one to say that wouldn’t you
"Speaking from experience "
The look on Matt’s face when Marisha introduces Victor is priceless
Is my last name funny enough for ya
@@alecmitchell9912 eyyyyyyyyyy, I see what you did there
I applaud Marisha for Victor's voice.
Selfish repost for rewatch purposes below:
13:48 Rules
16:49 Let the game begin
19:15 The other bears
23:18 ; 25:58 ; 28:00 The roles
34:35 Shit flinging and banner hacking
38:00 Trinket describes the necklace
38:32 Hats !
48:40 The 3rd contestant in the honey festival
58:35 Getting a cart
1:03:12 Hooves sounds
1:04:00 Cow-cows, or people-cows ?
1:07:30 Magical item !
1:16:26 Honey tasting
1:48:26 Break ends
1:59:05 Peddy's plan
2:11:40 First panda pun of the night
2:13:32 Fighting the poor guard
2:25:20 Hacking the mirrors
2:31:38 Trinket hides the body
2:33:48 Grog, the ... panda ?
2:42:39 Teleport
2:45:30 Panda talk
2:50:26 A familiar face
2:56:28 Trinket is optimistic about the heist
3:05:20 Marisha's puzzle (3:07:05 Cute Matt)
3:07:30 Awesome challenge time
3:21:50 Fire
3:26:10 Cool bears don't look at explosions
3:28:30 Thanks Sam ...
Thanks
Yay! Thanks!
Boosting, thank you overnight gaming
First Attempt at this :)
Sam's Generic Commercial- 00:24
And so it begins- 11:40
Important Rulesies- 13:30
Okay, now we actually start- 16:50
Spot on Vex with Trinket- 17:47
3 1/2 Strange Bears- 19:20
Peddy Tuxben- 19:48
Cookie and Waffle- 20:30 (Holy shit Taliesin's bear makes me question myself)
Liam LasVegas- 21:10
Primeval Awareness:Honey Edition- 22:38
Roles Are Assigned- 23:30
Arm Wraslin'- 25:15
The Hacker- 26:20
The Plan- 30:00
The Plan Plan?- 31:00
Hack Those Decorations- 32:15
Theobald the Bold- 34:00
Is This A Felony?- 35:00
HACK THE SYSTEM- 36:20
Nice! Be sure to include Marisha's Dee Bradley Baker joke at 1:03:11 because it killed me lol
Still no coffee?
FINISH THIS.
I AM SORRY PEOPLE IT TWAS A BIG CUP OF COFFEE
A huge cup of coffee!
0:34
Sam: "I forgot to write an Ad for Marvel Puzzle Quest"
Matt:
[Looks at Sam]
[Looks down at paper with text right in front of him]
[Looks at Sam]
[Looks down at paper with text right in front of him]
[Looks at Sam]
[Looks down at paper with text right in front of him]
QHAHAHAHAHAH THE WAY HIS EYES SPEED UP
And then his facial explosion after Sam's first "Marvel Puzzle Quest."
Legitimately this is one of the funniest parts of this episode
At around 1:09:00 ish
If it was a cow and horse pairing, they could have been Bonnie and Clydesdale.
Ohh, that would've been perfect 🤣
The voice of trinket is literally the voice of mcree
Garret Maroncelli There's a reason for that you know.
The joke is that he's USING the mccree voice, not that people don't realise mercer's currently highest profile role.
@@Eunostos I unno about that, there's a good argument that Leon might be a bit more of a cash-pull in, what with him being a gaming icon at this point.
I also got some serious There Will Be Brawl Ganondorf vibes at times. Mob boss bear, y'know.
Little known fact - Mercer was originally cast to play Zarya's bear, back when she was supposed to ride a bear and wield AK-47s, and pull out AK-47s as her ultimate.
Never in my life did I realise that I needed a one shot of a gang of bears
Same here 😂
Same here
Hame sere
And how about a 3-shot?
Kinda sneaks up on ya, doesn't it?
Their rolls gave them the *PERFECT* roles!
Sam is Dead brian would have being amazing muscle
i think trinkets role was rigged though the others might have been random but that was way to convenient
Yea, but it did line up perfectly since a 5 is a thief looking at the sheet
This is the actual game posted by creator:
www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/5z7yhu/honey_heist_is_a_free_onepage_roleplaying_game/?st=j9yz2vc6&sh=13993166
Would you say they were critical rolls?
Toombz
_...Critical Roles?_
"It's not Delivery it's de-muscle" makes me wish Brian was in the real campaign. That was the best line in the whole thing, and there were a lot of good ones.
Matt's face when Marisha did Victors voice was classss.
She does a spot-on Laura impersonation
Well, really it's a Vex impersonation rather than a Laura one, but spot on nonetheless.
I was like. So the spirit of Vex possessed Marisha
I loved this waaaay more than I thought I would. Marisha had so much personality and did a super job at letting everyone have sooooo much fun. Also, Liam does a great Mark Whalberg impersonation
Joseph Yates *Mark Whal-BEAR-g
But...that's not a Boston accent
Isn't that like a New York Mobster type accent? Idk, I'm not American.
Not Mark Whalburg, Jimmy Cagny See...
No....everyone else just saved her because she only knows how to channel her faux felicia day.
I image the beginning of this as 2 sun bears, a grizzly, a panda and a honey badger just roaring at each other for like an hour
2:55:08 “From one extremely high bear to another...”
I CANT
Right! Lmao!
That one totally broke the cast
@@Rowlurorowf Mostly Liam
I can't deal with how sophisticated Trinket sounds compared to other bears 😂😂😂 I mean, I guess he really would, being that he's well-traveled, experienced, and hangs out with some pretty high-class people 😂
Trinket is a Ranger's Pet, those have a permanent boost to Intelligence stat - and he's 2 points INT better than regular bear.
@@psychodrummer1567 So Trinket is literally smarter than the average bear??
@@porowag6613 Yes, because *every* Ranger Companion gets a boost to the stats.
@@psychodrummer1567 - What edition of D&D gives an INT boost to ranger companions? It's not part of 5e beastmaster ranger.
Narratively sure, of course Trinket is smarter, and better at language in order to understand Vex. (Plus I'm sure it helps to have communicated with people via Speak with Animals, as a way to confirm understanding of their speech in Common.)
But mechanically Vex started in 4e then Pathfinder, but the Vex + Trinket we know use the vanilla PHB ranger class, which gives Trinket a boost to his max HP (setting it to 13x 4 = 52 since Vex is a 13th level ranger; That's not a bonus it's an alternate total, whichever is higher.)
And a bonus to any skills and saves Trinket was already proficient in (adding Vex's proficiency bonus, +6).
Also Vex's +6 proficiency to Trinket's AC, attack rolls, and damage rolls.
Mechanically, 5e ranger companions are supposed to be CR1/4 at most, and Medium or smaller. So Trinket's already outside those limits if they're using Black Bear (CR1/2) or Brown Bear (CR1) stats from the monster manual. Those are both proficient in Perception but no other skills. So Trinket has +9 perception (like a mid-level Caduceus), vs. a normal bear having +3. (The base HP of those bears are 19 and 34, so the HP boost is not that huge.)
The Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn book has a statblock for Trinket, though:
He has an INT score of 5, vs. 2 for standard bears. His "race" is Brown Bear. I think his intelligence comes from his upbringing, being raised by Vex since he was a cub.
Languages: understands Common but can't speak it
According to that statblock, the benefit he gets from being Vex's ranger companion is:
> Chosen Companion. Trinket has an additional 10 hit points, and has a +6 bonus to attack and damage rolls and to Wisdom (Perception) checks.
So that's odd, his stats don't quite match the standard 5e calculation even apart from the Int score. Trinket has 61 HP (6d10 + 18 + 10) rather than a brown bear's (4d10 + 12).
Maybe Matt homebrewed some stuff because Ranger companions scale poorly, especially when you multi-class. (The +18 vs. +12 is the +3 Con mod times the number of hit dice: trinket is "higher level" (more HD) than a standard brown bear.)
Ah I see the impact on some other stuff now; Trinket's own proficiency bonus is +3 instead of +2, from being 6th "level" (6 HD) instead of 4, so his Perception and hit bonuses are higher by 1 more than you'd get from adding Vex's +6 to a standard bear. Trinket's Perception is +10, for a passive of 20. Or 25 on smell since bears have advantage on smell perception.
Other than INT, Trinket's ability scores are the same as a standard Brown Bear. (Trinket has 19 / 10 / 16 physical, 5 / 13 / 7 mental.)
Trinket's AC is 18 from plate barding, rather than 11+6 = 17 he'd have just from being a ranger companion. (I guess Matt figured it would be OP and not fit the narrative to have the +6 bonus apply on top of Trinket's barding? Because AC24 would be high enough to matter sometimes even against CR20 enemies.)
Marisha runs her games like Griffin McElroy and I love it. Marisha is by far the most underrated CR member.
True!!! Love seeing another taz and critical role fan!!!
I'd probably flip my ass if the McElroy boys and the CR crew joined forces.
@@WTFisTingispingis The McElroys did a MaxFunDrive bonus episode with Matt Mercer DM'ing. It was pretty good. It's available to Maximum Fun subscribers only though.
Now I can think in retrospect that for every time Vex missed her hunters mark I can hear trinket yelling "Hunters Mark!". Hahah great episode. So good.
Moses Moon Trinket is now officially always playing a better ranger than Vex. LOL
Marisha's Vex is so spot-on, I had to look at the screen again to see if Laura had popped in!
Shout out to anyone watching this during the quarantine.
Just finished season 1 because of it. This felt like the right time
@@daygoeson ditto!!
Hope you’re staying safe and positive!
Yup! I've only just got into CR, so I've had a lot to watch! (I just finished campaign 1, and am halfway through the current campaign.)
Legit!
"How do you spell 'Sun Kissed'? And I can't read."
My favorite line of the whole game.
"From one extremely high bear to another." "It's always bear twenty somewhere." Epic.
it's always 4honey in this neck of the woods
I like the time when he was like
whats the time?
well im not going to say it but the sun is very high in the sky
I think a lot of people miss the joke here, take a look at Marisha's wry smile, I'm willing to bet that she's someone who makes use of California's usage of recreational cannabis law, that's why everyone falls apart. Good on her imo.
I'd like to appreciate how at the beginning of the video Marisha looks like she wants to hide behind the DM screen.
Why do I feel like that this should just be Keyleth following around a bunch of bears and using speak with animals to ask them what they want to do as the roam the town?
And thier magic items are just normal stuff that keylith just uses druid powers to make the effects.
My favorite theory that someone had is that this is what Keyleth did because she didn't want to play Bunions and Flagons with Grog. which is also why Grog killed off Keyleth in the opening ;)
@@VioletShinobi keylith didnt make me?
@@sydney4814 Keyleth and Grog definitely fought over being Bunion Master and since Grog won she just went off to play with whatever woodland beings she could conjure up.
She wouldn't have the leadership skills for it.
"She's covered in honey! Look at her hair!"
One of the greatest overlooked lines in history.
There are so many great lines in this it’s hard to catch them all in one sitting. I didn’t realize this was about her fun buns until just now
25:57 "Pandas, they're fighters not lovers." I swear Taliesin thinks of some of the cleverest lines that just get completely missed by the rest of the cast.
I mean they only mate once a year so it fits
I underestimated Marisha as a DM, this was fantastic and enjoyable! She had a story, cool improv moments, props and even special voices. It was a great game and I'm looking forward to any future ones she might do!
Artibius 8/10/2018 baby!
Not to mention it was a complete story! Some of the others had a little trouble with the timings on their one-shots and couldn't therefore close the story properly.
Well, she DOES live in the same house as Matt fucking Mercer, so (not to downplay her skill as a DM, she IS good) I’m sure he gave her a few tips
High Bear Nation
= Hibernation omfg
Hilarious
Bear Hakuda
Watching, toking, laughing. Bear 20 for all!
I hadn't twigged until you pointed that out!
omfg, how did I not realize that. I am dumb. lol
Did not realize that’s what it was-
Top of the middle. Worked my way from the bottom
When an out-of-the-closet gay works his way through his comfort zone from bottom to verse😆😘🥰👏👏
If they had magic in this system, Peddy could be a Cleric and call his power Peddy Cure.
… now I need it
If anyone is wondering: the toy is actually singing in Chinese and the lyrics basically means “if you love me please hug me”
Did anybody else hear the Ralph Wiggum "I'm in danger!" meme play through Matt's head when Cookie and Waffle were trying to convince Trinket to leave Vex for a life of crime, knowing that Laura was probably watching?
Part of me would have been fine with three+ hours of planning only to have them all clumsily stumble around town causing panic thinking it's going well
Chris Jordan all of me would have been fine with this
52:47 Matt realized first, and Taliesin only realized when he looked at Matt, and then immediately started losing it
That's a perfectly valid interpretation of "hacker" IMO. The idea is that the muscle would excel at combat, whereas the hacker would excel at manipulating the environment.
Trinket discovering his ability as a thief like his mother Vex is priceless.
So just so everybody knows: the fish game was singing "if you love me, then hug me" over and over again. In Chinese (not Korean)...
Louis Yu thank you! As a Korean i thought i had to return my Korean badge for not understanding a thing they were singing xD
Literally the comment I was looking for here, thank you!
thank you !
For fanart someone needs to recreate "dogs playing poker" with the heist crew
Oh yes. Please. This would be a great poster.
lotsoninjas and replace the money with honey
I’m on it
@@Himynameishoodie post a link to it when you're done. I must see this.
@@Himynameishoodie status update?
Trinket: "Trust me, I've seen a lot of battles, and I haven't fallen in a single one."
I'm done. 😂
Of course, Cookie (Liam) must be smart - he went to Bear-kley!
This comment is over a year old, but I’d still like to ask you to get out.
Wow! Never realised how well Marisha ran this game until I to tried to run it with the 2 pages of info that's given for it XD Incredible!
Break ends at 1:48:27
Jeroen Not all bear heroes wear banner capes
Did anybody else notice that Cookie has a C in lighter fur on his chest and Waffle has a W?
Liam's laugh after he tripped the kid... my tea came out of my nose it made me laugh so hard. This might be the best one shot I have ever seen. No, scratch that. It definitely is.
"Were those Goliaths" was such a good line.
Okay I changed my mind THIS is my new favorite Critical Role One-Shot. I just love that Matt is playing Trinket, it brings me so much joy.
It's one of my favorites. Matt's serious Trinket is amazing. Grog's one-shot is also absolutely fantastic
Marisha's Vex and Victor impressions were AMAZING!
3:12:37 is still to this day my most favorite line from almost all of CR just the delivery of Liam and Talisen playing off one another...its so good XD
I'm a professional honey thief by trade & I must tell you that this is exactly how you get the job done.
John Phlips Second that.
As a honey thief myself the accuracy is buzzingly amazing
Liam Las Vegas the Honeybadger: "I'm 27."
Cookie: "You're practically dead!"
Me: *googles how long honeybadgers live*
Google: 24 years.
Me: Oh no
Secretly a litch
A revenant honeybadger.
Okay so now I'm considering it canon that animals can be revanant's so far we've seen 2 Liam and sprinkle
Humans have an expected lifespan of 75-80 years, yet people still get pretty far beyond 100 in age, so it's not that unrealistic
@@privpi I can shorten that down to 5 minutes
The last bit of Brian Foster on the internet. I wish Woody Allen had gotten this level of banishment.
Sam's intro is perfect, as usual!
Cat Broady I