Laura calling Travis "beebee", Matt and Marisha being cute and holding hands, and Liam calling Sam "husband" adds 10 years to my life every time it happens
@@corvus1253 right after Sam remembers that Travis and Laura are married. You see Marisha extend her hand to out to the side and Matt looks over and clasps it. 25:48
@@FeliceJaganshi I don't remember exactly, and I don't have the time to watch it again, but I think it's when they are trying to get everyone out of the coffins.... at least before the break
It’s seems fitting. It suits their personalities so well. Marisha, Liam and Laura are absolutely the most likely to form a punk band while Matt, Travis and Sam are the kind of relatives that only attend family funerals and no other family function.
The DM-ing style really shows off their personalities: Goth/horror is Taliesin, and "cute/funny mobster bears steal honey" is Marisha. It's perfect. (and, of course, 400-hour-long-epic-fantasy seems like Mercer)
@@lexsmithee652 Laura is the perfect straight man to set up a joke. That's why Sam and her laugh so much. She makes a reference and he creates a joke from it. I LOVE SAM. But I would get dirty with Liam.
@@seanhoedlmoser1739 I love seeing tangible evidence of the impact the first season of The Legend of Vox Machina had on Critical Role. It took 2 years for the comment to get to 666. In the 1 year since your reply, it's nearly doubled.
Trying to figure out if Matt and Marisha needed to leave early...? 'Cos it seemed like a DM take down. Is that just me? "You part the curtain and get friggin pwned. Your girlfriend then gets turned into a mushroom and sporesplodes. GG you're out."
Taliesen already stated that it won't help them in anything before he put it on, but Matt still decided to put it on, whether that be an aesthetic thing or rather him still thinking that it might help him somehow.
Logan True Matt and Marisha were getting married the week after or two weeks after this. Taliesin officiated. Hence I now pronounce you bride and groom or dust and shrooms
I'm not familiar with the rules of Vampires, can someone explain how a vampire doing exceptionally well on a 'wits and willpower' check makes you do the complete opposite of what exceptionally well on what those two words mean regarding survival as a vampire? It just seemed to me like rolling an D&D athletics check on jumping over lava, getting a nat 19 as a monk for a total of 30 and that meaning you dive headfirst into it, sink to the bottom and die.
@@Levsa399 Yeah I've watched the second one now and they're on holiday so I assume it was that, still feels a little early to kill them off though before they'd had much chance for any daftness.
Taliesin looked so nervous, he was very professional at covering up. DMing is so hard, but I can't even imagine doing it in front of the Critical Role audience.
honestly i think DMing for Matt has to be the worst feeling ever. You know you cant do better but you have to try, and you only can believe he is nice enough not to judge.
@Xellos Kaczor Any DM will have his own ideas of how things should be done. But we're all eternally grateful when we get to play, and only the biggest asshole DM (who would also have to be a bad DM) would give you shit about it.
If you listen, the background music has people talking in it, they say things like “where are you?” And “hello”. And let me tell you that’s creepy when you hear it from your headphones on a walk home at night
@@bigpenny8223 "Where are you!?" ... "Where are you!?" ... "Where are you!?" ... "Where are you!?" ... "Where are you!?" ... "Where are you!?" ... "Where are you!?" Agreed. Creepy for the first 10 minutes, and made me lose my mind a little bit more every time after. Got to the point where it was like nails on a chalkboard for me.
That’s the one thing I dislike about syrinscape: the repetition of voice sounds. My party uses syrinscape for our adventures and our last session was a heist at a fancy party. About 2 hours in I was ready to stab someone if it meant getting the guy on the sound thingy to STOP LAUGHING EVERY COUPLE MINUTES. Unfortunately the DM thought it was funny that I hated the laughter so he kept it on (albeit softer, he’s not evil, just chaotic)
@@rebeccamorlo3340 It's probably the ashes. My cat went wild once and we're still picking out pieces of grandma from the couch. We don't keep the urn so close anymore...
2:33-Sponsor 9:57-Game begins (Matt sympathizes) 11:35-Coffins! (Sam starts shouting) 16:15-Sam’s still yelling (coffin inception) 18:55-Pinkie swear 20:05-Matt coaxes the rat 23:15-That’s got to be Sam! 24:40, 25:42-Laura and Travis (I ate a rat!) 32:28-Episode 115 33:03-Something is wrong 35:30-Power Rangers helmet 41:27-Laura Laura Laura Laura 43:10-Lucky Charms 52:00-GnS or LDN? 53:20-How well do you know Shaun? 59:30-Stanima: the new sigil 1:01:53-Alpha money 1:02:15-Roll stanima 1:05:30-Your funeral 1:07:17-Your (Matt’s) funeral 1:10:00-I guess we don’t need to tell Marisha now (also, Shaun tea) 1:11:15-I don’t know if he has the stanima 1:13:15-Sam has his priorities straight (part 1) 1:14:13-HAMILTON?! 1:17:10-Shoe changing powers 1:18:45-About those laptops… 1:20:30-Good vibration 1:21:35-Laura’s hungry 1:23:50-A succinct summary of events BREAK 1:47:38-Willy Wonka 1:53:13-Liam the manipulator (part 1) 1:57:10-There are only so many ways I can joke about stanima 1:58:20-Overestimation 2:01:20-Rubber rat 2:02:40-Liam throws morality out a window 2:09:50-Travis has an epiphany (Laura not so much) 2:20:50-The card game 2:25:08-Hangry 2:25:54-Rotating glass death 2:28:18-Taliesin scent 2:33:47-Marisha drank the tea?! 2:36:45-Two of swords 2:39:38-Travis joins the party 2:44:15-Sam and Liam join the party 2:50:10-Three of swords (Goodbye, Max) 2:51:42-Laura stabs Ivan! 2:54:59-Liam the manipulator (part 2) 3:00:48-Can I take my shirt off? 3:07:05-I ATE A MAN 3:08:11-Dibs 3:10:15-Laura puts her acting skills to good use 3:12:00-I’m a good person, I swear 😉 3:13:13-Laura joins the murder bandwagon 3:14:34-Liam and Sam’s undying love 3:17:49-Flip of a coin 3:19:48-Taliesin wisdom 3:20:05-Liam the manipulator (part 3) 3:22:25-You can certainly try 3:28:28-The quote that will never die 3:30:45-THE Gary Gygax???? (Thanks, Liam!) 3:33:04-Sam has his priorities straight (part 2) 3:34:05-Matt’s dead, fyi 3:34:55-The Master Plan (Gary has some harsh words) 3:37:06-THE BEST LINE OF THE NIGHT 3:38:48-Travis attempts reason 3:39:40-Matt Colville to the rescue! 3:41:05-End of the episode
I love how Marisha just wakes up in a coffin, eats a rat, has no idea what happened, and her first instinct is to steal a bunch of stuff on her place of work because "it's worth some money"... I love her so much
Thought it was weird that she doesn't know she's a vampire yet but her first instinct is to eat a rat rather than to scream about something crawling around with her in the dark.
25:47 Sam makes a comment about Laura and Travis being married, and a couple of seconds after that Matt holds Marisha's hand and winks at her. So happy about their own marriage! :-D
"Are the cameras even picking us up as vampires?" Me, who researched that for an RP last year: Cameras and mirrors used to be made with silver or include silver in it's image capturing mechanics. Silver, being a typically 'pure/holy' material, wouldn't interact with undead like vampires and therefore wouldn't show them at all. Modern technology has no silver in it, neither do the mirrors. Vampires can be seen just fine in newer stuff. >:3
Interesting but not true, that’s a modern combination of two different myths :/ The no reflections came from the idea that they had no souls, and mirrors reflect the soul. They were believed to not reflect in ANYTHING, silver or not-and for the same reason, they had no shadows. Modern media tends to not want to confirm the idea that souls exist in their world building because of the religious complications, so the idea got bundled in with the idea of silver repelling evil.
@@InkdarkMage I mean, VTM is relatively explicit that vampires have souls with how diablerie works and there are all sorts of spirits and stuff. Really, I think media where the supernatural and death are heavily dealt with and the question of the existence of souls is shyed away from are the exception rather than the norm.
Modern technology including things like computers and other electronics use silver and gold so who knows if such devices could perceive them even with your theory.
One of the best moments in my opinion: After Matt and Marisha died Everyone else: syncronised screaming whilst looking at the remains Matt and Marisha: laughing
I'd watch an arc of this, like 10ish episodes, a lot expanding and deepening into modern day California vampire world in the twisted nervous brain of Taliesin
I honestly think Taliesin has a tea obsession. The Mushroom tea, Molly Tealeaf, Caduceus and his growth of tea... not to mention when he plays on LA by night, he mentions tea a time or two...
Liam: “Don’t judge.” **pauses** “I bite Arcade’s neck.” Everyone else: **gasps** Also, I love that Travis is the one consistently picking up on the clues and figuring out what’s going on first. And oh my god the growls Taliesin made for the wolves. Jesus Christ.
So from what I understand: What happened basically is Gary Gygax is actually an extremely powerful vampire and massive undead fan of Critical Role. He then chooses to financially stake and immortalize the show (literally) through Geek and Sundry by taking over the the building, turning the critical Role cast into Vampires, and setting up a real life DnD "larp" through their studio with REAL danger. The game the cast are "playing" is themed after a real life, notorious Gygax game module based around Alice in Wonderland, an adventure infamous for being a character grinder (I.E. lots of PC deaths), which is a fact that, ironically, Vampire Gary does not take into account when the cast actually plays. However, despite Gary's lack of foresight, things do go awry beyond what he had planned. The other aspect of the situation is, apparently, some of the staff at the Geek and Sundry building were undead all along, and this causes further problems (werewolves were not part of Gary's plan). I'm sure there's alot more I'm missing, but feel free to correct me or add-on to this thread.
@@LeDameMarciana I am only an hour and a half in so far, but apart from the kinds of rolls they're being asked to make (attribute + ability), what sounds like some early implementations of Disciplines (vtm vampire powers), and the general "you've been mugged and wake up a vampire" premise, this sounds nothing like any VtM game I've ever played, read about or seen in 18 years of knowing the system.
「B I T E S Z A D U S T O」 goth is traditionally a cross between really fancy and dark. Think vampire Lestat in Interview With A Vampire, only a bit darker. There are goth sub genres (cringe) including cyber goth, candy goth, nerd goth, et al. Laura and Travis aren't really goth here at all. Laura is more of a light punk and Travis is basically a normal guy that thought wearing black and eyeliner is goth.
Okay wait a moment...this is some really effed up Lewis Carroll stuff. It took me like 2 hours into the oneshot to realize this. It's some kind of twisted Wonderland. The "creative meeting" is a freaking tea party between three people that are all varying degrees of crazy. The mushroom spores, the "Eat Me", "Drink Me" And at 2 hrs 4 min Liam even says "We're through the looking glass."
I think it was based on an actual Alice in Wonderland DnD module for a previous edition - possibly Gary Gygax's Dungeonland for DnD 1e/AD&D, though I could be wrong!
You know that thing where you hear a word so much that it starts to sound weird? I think I'm experiencing the opposite of that where now after hearing it so much stanima sounds like the correct way to say it.
As I recall, in an interview Matt and Marisha said they really wanted to participate in this game; so Taliesen told them to start doing stupid stuff when they needed to get ready to leave.
Sovietnepal / smiller0109 Lets be honest: that’s the most human reaction (as in not monster) in the entire thing from those affected. Totally relatable.
DeluxeTux5249 It's a musical that has been super popular for the last four years (the cast constantly made references during the vox machine campaign) It's is really good, the tickets are VERY expensive and hard to get a hold of. If you have a chance I recommend listening to the cast recording it's worth the listen. Should be on yt
When talisman introduced his new character I made the connection immediately. It's probably because I watched both parts to this multiple times. Talisen needs to keep this going
Taliesin saying, "Rocky!" when they were all calling for each other made this for me at only 24 minutes in. Gotta love the Rocky Horror props. Also, the fact I'm seeing Morbius ads makes this even more fun.
I wonder how that conversation between Taliesin and the Geek&Sundry crew went: "Hey, so I wanna do this thing and would you be fine with being eaten by the Critical Role cast?" "Yeah, sure man, go ahead"
3:26:50 "do you touch things that look like theyre gonna explode?" laura: "not usually" travis: "be honest now" ;P lol, cant believe no one picked that up and ran with it also, fucking chobot -.-
Chop off the vampires head. Destroy it's phylacetery. Stuff the vampires head with holy wafers. Then put the vampires head in a bucket full of Holy Water. Then Seal the Bucket of Holy Water.
Timestamps (there will be spoilers): 2:33-Sponsor 9:57-Game begins (Matt sympathizes) 11:35-Coffins! (Sam starts shouting) 16:15-Sam’s still yelling (coffin inception) 18:55-Pinkie swear 20:05-Matt coaxes the rat 23:15-That’s got to be Sam! 24:40, 25:42-Laura and Travis (I ate a rat!) 32:28-Episode 115 33:03-Something is wrong 35:30-Power Rangers helmet 41:27-Laura Laura Laura Laura 43:10-Lucky Charms 52:00-GnS or LDN? 53:20-How well do you know Shaun? 59:30-Stanima: the new sigil 1:01:53-Alpha money 1:02:15-Roll stanima 1:05:30-Your funeral 1:07:17-Your (Matt’s) funeral 1:10:00-I guess we don’t need to tell Marisha now (also, Shaun tea) 1:11:15-I don’t know if he has the stanima 1:13:15-Sam has his priorities straight (part 1) 1:14:13-HAMILTON?! 1:17:10-Shoe changing powers 1:18:45-About those laptops… 1:20:30-Good vibration 1:21:35-Laura’s hungry 1:23:50-A succinct summary of events BREAK 1:47:38-Willy Wonka 1:53:13-Liam the manipulator (part 1) 1:57:10-There are only so many ways I can joke about stanima 1:58:20-Overestimation 2:01:20-Rubber rat 2:02:40-Liam throws morality out a window 2:09:50-Travis has an epiphany (Laura not so much) 2:20:50-The card game 2:25:08-Hangry 2:25:54-Rotating glass death 2:28:18-Taliesin scent 2:33:47-Marisha drank the tea?! 2:36:45-Two of swords 2:39:38-Travis joins the party 2:44:15-Sam and Liam join the party 2:50:10-Three of swords (Goodbye, Max) 2:51:42-Laura stabs Ivan! 2:54:59-Liam the manipulator (part 2) 3:00:48-Can I take my shirt off? 3:07:05-I ATE A MAN 3:08:11-Dibs 3:10:15-Laura puts her acting skills to good use 3:12:00-I’m a good person, I swear 😉 3:13:13-Laura joins the murder bandwagon 3:14:34-Liam and Sam’s undying love 3:17:49-Flip of a coin 3:19:48-Taliesin wisdom 3:20:05-Liam the manipulator (part 3) 3:22:25-You can certainly try 3:28:28-The quote that will never die 3:30:45-THE Gary Gygax???? (Thanks, Liam!) 3:33:04-Sam has his priorities straight (part 2) 3:34:05-Matt’s dead, fyi 3:34:55-The Master Plan (Gary has some harsh words) 3:37:06-THE BEST LINE OF THE NIGHT 3:38:48-Travis attempts reason 3:39:40-Matt Colville to the rescue! 3:41:05-End of the episode
When he said they see a white haired dude furiously scribbling I was fully expecting it to be Percy and the final twist was that they all had to fight their characters.
You can see matt thinking to himself. "If I'm dead and taliesin is in the game also........then perhaps I should sit in THE CHAIR because then he can develop his character and I can be apart of game still". The power of the DM CHAIR compels him!!
2:10:11 Taliesin : "I can't believe you did that" Wait what? That wasn't supposed to be the answer? That's the first thing that popped into my mind. EDIT: Oooh they were supposed to crack open a window without getting burned and light up the scare, weren't they?
I think that is also a specific trait of the aristocratic vampire types in VtM, they resent feeding from animals and they can't get the full benefits from them
Chad Schery he was so broken when he died, the shame turned so fast into "I really wanted to play" you can watch it melt off his face and almost stops reacting until someone says something funny
Taliesin: *looks like a regular human being* Me: Impostor! Taliesin: I just like torturing you guys. This is such fun. Me: Green light, it's him alright
Matt: Lasombra Marisha: Gangrel Laura: Malkavian Travis: Toreador (Going off of Auspex and the "fascination" he experiences) Liam: Ventrue (or maybe Giovanni) Sam: Brujah (only Clan with Celerity that fits him as a character) The guy with the cards was a Mage. Of course the two Garou upstairs were in Hispo. And I'm guessing Taliesin is a Tzimisce.
I love how at the very beginning, Matt has to sit inside his coffin and fight through some nausea and his wife *breaks the lid of hers.* Opposites attract, I guess.
But he was wearing the Power Rangers helmet! ...Next campaign Taliesin's character just gets crushed by a rock the second he tries to introduce himself.
Yeah that was pretty obvious for Matt ;) Taliesin: "You feel an attraction for what's behind the curtains, nothing much really." Matt: "I'll open the curtains =D"
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Laura calling Travis "beebee", Matt and Marisha being cute and holding hands, and Liam calling Sam "husband" adds 10 years to my life every time it happens
When did they hold hands?
@@corvus1253 right after Sam remembers that Travis and Laura are married. You see Marisha extend her hand to out to the side and Matt looks over and clasps it. 25:48
When did Lima call sam husband?
@@FeliceJaganshi I don't remember exactly, and I don't have the time to watch it again, but I think it's when they are trying to get everyone out of the coffins.... at least before the break
@@FeliceJaganshi it's right around 32:25 !
I love how Matt, Travis and Sam look like eccentric relatives attending a funeral, and Liam, Laura and Marisha are in a punk band
Liam can really rock a smokey eye just sayin...
It’s seems fitting. It suits their personalities so well. Marisha, Liam and Laura are absolutely the most likely to form a punk band while Matt, Travis and Sam are the kind of relatives that only attend family funerals and no other family function.
The DM-ing style really shows off their personalities: Goth/horror is Taliesin, and "cute/funny mobster bears steal honey" is Marisha. It's perfect. (and, of course, 400-hour-long-epic-fantasy seems like Mercer)
Also Travis - a really dumb (those room shapes...) and fun but at the same time two layer game.
And Liam, surreal/dreamlike.
And then there's Sam's general chaos and and often times glorious inappropriateness
And now Laura, who is just all references and laughs.
@@lexsmithee652 Laura is the perfect straight man to set up a joke. That's why Sam and her laugh so much. She makes a reference and he creates a joke from it. I LOVE SAM. But I would get dirty with Liam.
This is not the last time Talisen would make dead people tea in an RPG.
Lol
Dead people mushroom tea, even!
I didn't even think about that
Caduceus making mushroom dead people tea
Daddy tea😁
“GUYS WE’RE ON A SET- laura where are you?”
Sometimes I forget Travis is scared easily
heyitstay okay? But honestly I think that’s adorable he’s a tall ass tough man, but he’s scared easy and isn’t afraid to admit it? That’s cool
Cosplay Clown tall ass man*
@@Clownbunnycosplay and?
"It's not just ashes... It's NOT just ashes. Amongst the pile, there is still a foam sword and a Power ranger helmet.
-Matt Mercer"
-Michael Scott
-Wayne Gretzky
-Don Johnson
It's not fair. Matt has perfect vampire hair.
So so true
Matt has perfect everything hair.
Perfect *modern* vampire hair. Sam has pretty good classic vampire hair.
awmperry Agreed. Sam looks like he just walked out of the 19th century. And he’s ROCKING it.
Too true
ok just to clarify:
- matt was first to die
- liam was first to drink from a human
- sam was first to kill a man
I mean, I’m not shocked Sam was the first to kill someone,
I'm not shocked Matt died.
You are so close to 666 likes
Man I was so pissed!
Matt literally warned everyone else about light sensitivity, then pulled back a curtain that says "Your Funeral" and DIES!?
@@seanhoedlmoser1739 I love seeing tangible evidence of the impact the first season of The Legend of Vox Machina had on Critical Role. It took 2 years for the comment to get to 666. In the 1 year since your reply, it's nearly doubled.
Years ago Taliesin said he would make Matt pay for forcing Percy to fight in his pajamas... This is that revenge...
Talesin shouldn't have said he was in his pajamas with the butt flap down.
The butt flap is legendary
It's karma for saying melee is better than brawl
Celebitto but melee is better than brawl you filthy casual
@@ShengFink the brawl story mode is better
Matt: It's fun being on this side of the table!
*It's Always Sunny font* : "Matthew Mercer gets turned to ash an hour into the game"
Trying to figure out if Matt and Marisha needed to leave early...? 'Cos it seemed like a DM take down. Is that just me? "You part the curtain and get friggin pwned. Your girlfriend then gets turned into a mushroom and sporesplodes. GG you're out."
I mean WoD doesn't reward the reckless... it tends to harshly murder and kill them.
He was wearing a helmet though so i feel like that shouldn't have happened
Gud meme
Taliesen already stated that it won't help them in anything before he put it on, but Matt still decided to put it on, whether that be an aesthetic thing or rather him still thinking that it might help him somehow.
OMG NOW I get the "I now pronounce you dust and shrooms."
I'm out of the loop. What?!
Logan True Matt and Marisha were getting married the week after or two weeks after this. Taliesin officiated. Hence I now pronounce you bride and groom or dust and shrooms
@@averynerdybookworm972 it's also funny because of Talesin's character in campaign 2.
Marisha dies: shock, horror, greatly upsetting
Matt dies: “yeah that makes sense”
Reverse for me lol
It's the DM curse
I'm not familiar with the rules of Vampires, can someone explain how a vampire doing exceptionally well on a 'wits and willpower' check makes you do the complete opposite of what exceptionally well on what those two words mean regarding survival as a vampire? It just seemed to me like rolling an D&D athletics check on jumping over lava, getting a nat 19 as a monk for a total of 30 and that meaning you dive headfirst into it, sink to the bottom and die.
@@nervesconcord
@@Levsa399 Yeah I've watched the second one now and they're on holiday so I assume it was that, still feels a little early to kill them off though before they'd had much chance for any daftness.
Taliesin looked so nervous, he was very professional at covering up. DMing is so hard, but I can't even imagine doing it in front of the Critical Role audience.
honestly i think DMing for Matt has to be the worst feeling ever. You know you cant do better but you have to try, and you only can believe he is nice enough not to judge.
@Xellos Kaczor Any DM will have his own ideas of how things should be done. But we're all eternally grateful when we get to play, and only the biggest asshole DM (who would also have to be a bad DM) would give you shit about it.
@Jimmy Jazz damn you rolled a natural one on that intelligence check didn't you
@Jimmy Jazz Chill bro, Taliesin doesn't do this a lot, and Jason Carl is not everyone's cup of tea.
@Jimmy Jazz you clearly haven't watched CR then if you hate "fake British accents"
If you listen, the background music has people talking in it, they say things like “where are you?” And “hello”. And let me tell you that’s creepy when you hear it from your headphones on a walk home at night
Haha that's what I was doing when I watched it. Freaked out and nervous at first haha
Seth Williams it was creepy at first but it kinda got annoying
@@bigpenny8223 "Where are you!?" ... "Where are you!?" ... "Where are you!?" ... "Where are you!?" ... "Where are you!?" ... "Where are you!?" ... "Where are you!?"
Agreed. Creepy for the first 10 minutes, and made me lose my mind a little bit more every time after. Got to the point where it was like nails on a chalkboard for me.
I heard “help me” “where are you”
That’s the one thing I dislike about syrinscape: the repetition of voice sounds. My party uses syrinscape for our adventures and our last session was a heist at a fancy party. About 2 hours in I was ready to stab someone if it meant getting the guy on the sound thingy to STOP LAUGHING EVERY COUPLE MINUTES. Unfortunately the DM thought it was funny that I hated the laughter so he kept it on (albeit softer, he’s not evil, just chaotic)
“Melee was better than brawl.” *looks directly at camera*
I see you, Mercer.
I see it... but I don't get it :(
Reference to Super Smash Bros. Melee and Brawl.
Shit... don't revoke my nerd-pass.
When do they say that? That's hilarious!
About 18:27. Matt's the one who says it.
I ate a rat bee-beee...!
Travis:
D:
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Matt's dead. Marisha's a mushroom. Liam: So I guess the wedding's off then. Anyone want to go do something Saturday?
Wait wot about Marisha being a mushroom?
they can still be married, just plant Marisha in Matt'sn ashes
@@aitanhao That's so sweet.
@@aitanhao
For some reason that sounds dirty...
@@rebeccamorlo3340 It's probably the ashes. My cat went wild once and we're still picking out pieces of grandma from the couch. We don't keep the urn so close anymore...
Do the people who work at Geek and Sundry who watched this go by these places and think "Ah yes, that's where I died on Thursday by Night."
I think my favorite thing is how Sam doesn't know anything about the building.
Liam's terrified "she's a mushroom!" cracked me up so much.
Matt as a DM: perfectly prepared, notes out the wazoo, flawless improv
Matt as a player: *dies 1 hour in*
see also Dariax in general
2:33-Sponsor
9:57-Game begins (Matt sympathizes)
11:35-Coffins! (Sam starts shouting)
16:15-Sam’s still yelling (coffin inception)
18:55-Pinkie swear
20:05-Matt coaxes the rat
23:15-That’s got to be Sam!
24:40, 25:42-Laura and Travis (I ate a rat!)
32:28-Episode 115
33:03-Something is wrong
35:30-Power Rangers helmet
41:27-Laura Laura Laura Laura
43:10-Lucky Charms
52:00-GnS or LDN?
53:20-How well do you know Shaun?
59:30-Stanima: the new sigil
1:01:53-Alpha money
1:02:15-Roll stanima
1:05:30-Your funeral
1:07:17-Your (Matt’s) funeral
1:10:00-I guess we don’t need to tell Marisha now (also, Shaun tea)
1:11:15-I don’t know if he has the stanima
1:13:15-Sam has his priorities straight (part 1)
1:14:13-HAMILTON?!
1:17:10-Shoe changing powers
1:18:45-About those laptops…
1:20:30-Good vibration
1:21:35-Laura’s hungry
1:23:50-A succinct summary of events
BREAK
1:47:38-Willy Wonka
1:53:13-Liam the manipulator (part 1)
1:57:10-There are only so many ways I can joke about stanima
1:58:20-Overestimation
2:01:20-Rubber rat
2:02:40-Liam throws morality out a window
2:09:50-Travis has an epiphany (Laura not so much)
2:20:50-The card game
2:25:08-Hangry
2:25:54-Rotating glass death
2:28:18-Taliesin scent
2:33:47-Marisha drank the tea?!
2:36:45-Two of swords
2:39:38-Travis joins the party
2:44:15-Sam and Liam join the party
2:50:10-Three of swords (Goodbye, Max)
2:51:42-Laura stabs Ivan!
2:54:59-Liam the manipulator (part 2)
3:00:48-Can I take my shirt off?
3:07:05-I ATE A MAN
3:08:11-Dibs
3:10:15-Laura puts her acting skills to good use
3:12:00-I’m a good person, I swear 😉
3:13:13-Laura joins the murder bandwagon
3:14:34-Liam and Sam’s undying love
3:17:49-Flip of a coin
3:19:48-Taliesin wisdom
3:20:05-Liam the manipulator (part 3)
3:22:25-You can certainly try
3:28:28-The quote that will never die
3:30:45-THE Gary Gygax???? (Thanks, Liam!)
3:33:04-Sam has his priorities straight (part 2)
3:34:05-Matt’s dead, fyi
3:34:55-The Master Plan (Gary has some harsh words)
3:37:06-THE BEST LINE OF THE NIGHT
3:38:48-Travis attempts reason
3:39:40-Matt Colville to the rescue!
3:41:05-End of the episode
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Bless you
Your like flando but edgy
Big fan of Liam The Manipulator Trilogy! It was very good ^w^
@@brendanshaw7401 you're
matt: "guys we *may* be susceptible to sunlight..."
matt: goes headfirst into the sunlight
I love Matt's "I'm a player and I'm concerned" face
Same honestly
His player face is always fun to see lol
I love how Marisha just wakes up in a coffin, eats a rat, has no idea what happened, and her first instinct is to steal a bunch of stuff on her place of work because "it's worth some money"...
I love her so much
Thought it was weird that she doesn't know she's a vampire yet but her first instinct is to eat a rat rather than to scream about something crawling around with her in the dark.
@@IaIaCthulhuFtagn the hunger is pretty overpowering
so she's basically RPing _Dishonored_
ah yes, the Skyrim method of stealing everything not nailed down.
@@MaskedKittyYT A method proven
I like that marisha is the only one who laughs when Matt dies hahahaha
Tommy_Girl They’re ALREADY like an old married couple.
Marisha is trash
Poor baby Matt always gets too exited and dies early. I love watching him play.
Is it weird that im loving Matt with a foam sword and a power rangers helmet as a visual.
Bj Broenstein And Vampire powers
Who isn't?
I just picture him as some weird member of Daft Punk
25:47 Sam makes a comment about Laura and Travis being married, and a couple of seconds after that Matt holds Marisha's hand and winks at her. So happy about their own marriage! :-D
That's adorable!
I didn’t notice that, that’s really cute!
"Are the cameras even picking us up as vampires?"
Me, who researched that for an RP last year: Cameras and mirrors used to be made with silver or include silver in it's image capturing mechanics. Silver, being a typically 'pure/holy' material, wouldn't interact with undead like vampires and therefore wouldn't show them at all.
Modern technology has no silver in it, neither do the mirrors. Vampires can be seen just fine in newer stuff. >:3
Dang, that’s interesting
Interesting but not true, that’s a modern combination of two different myths :/ The no reflections came from the idea that they had no souls, and mirrors reflect the soul. They were believed to not reflect in ANYTHING, silver or not-and for the same reason, they had no shadows. Modern media tends to not want to confirm the idea that souls exist in their world building because of the religious complications, so the idea got bundled in with the idea of silver repelling evil.
@@InkdarkMage I mean, VTM is relatively explicit that vampires have souls with how diablerie works and there are all sorts of spirits and stuff.
Really, I think media where the supernatural and death are heavily dealt with and the question of the existence of souls is shyed away from are the exception rather than the norm.
Modern technology including things like computers and other electronics use silver and gold so who knows if such devices could perceive them even with your theory.
VtM specifically the Lasombra don't reflect in mirrors. On film/digital they look like a glitchy monster. The other clans just look normal.
"How hungry am I?"
"How cute is the rat?"
Priorities man
20:40
One of the best moments in my opinion:
After Matt and Marisha died
Everyone else: syncronised screaming whilst looking at the remains
Matt and Marisha: laughing
I'd watch an arc of this, like 10ish episodes, a lot expanding and deepening into modern day California vampire world in the twisted nervous brain of Taliesin
Charles Schmidt same man
I don't think I'd have the stanima
@@Doodle_Dunce I would
LA by Night!
I feel like I'm watching the seed - sorry, /spore/ - of Cadeceus Clay being planted. Mushroom tea indeed.
Yah, I was thinking Clay, too, good call!
I honestly think Taliesin has a tea obsession. The Mushroom tea, Molly Tealeaf, Caduceus and his growth of tea... not to mention when he plays on LA by night, he mentions tea a time or two...
Damn, Liam's portrait looked sick. I would love to see an actual series of this. Of them as themselves.
Liam: “Don’t judge.” **pauses** “I bite Arcade’s neck.”
Everyone else: **gasps**
Also, I love that Travis is the one consistently picking up on the clues and figuring out what’s going on first. And oh my god the growls Taliesin made for the wolves. Jesus Christ.
Persephone Winters That growl is legitimately the stuff of nightmares.
timestamp?
Those aren't growls. It's actually Talisen's native language spoken by Eldritch beings.
@@renniea.361 3:15:40 ish
@@GZilla311 It's the stuff of nightmares because that's what my partner's snoring sounds like when they WAKE ME UP.
So from what I understand:
What happened basically is Gary Gygax is actually an extremely powerful vampire and massive undead fan of Critical Role. He then chooses to financially stake and immortalize the show (literally) through Geek and Sundry by taking over the the building, turning the critical Role cast into Vampires, and setting up a real life DnD "larp" through their studio with REAL danger.
The game the cast are "playing" is themed after a real life, notorious Gygax game module based around Alice in Wonderland, an adventure infamous for being a character grinder (I.E. lots of PC deaths), which is a fact that, ironically, Vampire Gary does not take into account when the cast actually plays.
However, despite Gary's lack of foresight, things do go awry beyond what he had planned. The other aspect of the situation is, apparently, some of the staff at the Geek and Sundry building were undead all along, and this causes further problems (werewolves were not part of Gary's plan).
I'm sure there's alot more I'm missing, but feel free to correct me or add-on to this thread.
oh, is THAT what Vampire The Masquerade is? or came from?
also omg hi im a big fan of your comic dubs, esp the Bakugo ones :D didnt know you were a CritRole fan!
@@LeDameMarciana I am only an hour and a half in so far, but apart from the kinds of rolls they're being asked to make (attribute + ability), what sounds like some early implementations of Disciplines (vtm vampire powers), and the general "you've been mugged and wake up a vampire" premise, this sounds nothing like any VtM game I've ever played, read about or seen in 18 years of knowing the system.
Guess you could say he took a hit man and didn't expect the dead rising 😎
@@LeDameMarciana the VtM V5 Corebook lists the CR cast as play testers, and this came out before the book, so it's probably VtM V5.
Marisha: Don’t burn down the company while I’m dead
Them: -blow up the building-
The teeth on Sam's portrait. XD
Probably just like on his headshots, lol XP
I love the fact that if you squint, this episode also doubles as a ‘tour of the building’ vlog lmao
Set to the tune of Taliesin throwing shade at EVERYTHING
@@camiart_casual Everything and everyone XD
Travis and Laura always nail the goth type look imo. A good example is the Lord and Lady briarwood thingy they did for halloween last year (?)
MustBeNoodly Right? Sam is more goth'd up than those two.
as you can probably guess i dont know jack shit about goth things so i just relate all that stuff to goth
「B I T E S Z A D U S T O」 goth is traditionally a cross between really fancy and dark. Think vampire Lestat in Interview With A Vampire, only a bit darker. There are goth sub genres (cringe) including cyber goth, candy goth, nerd goth, et al. Laura and Travis aren't really goth here at all. Laura is more of a light punk and Travis is basically a normal guy that thought wearing black and eyeliner is goth.
Ah ok thanks for enlightening me on goth
「B I T E S Z A D U S T O」 goth is a headache. I'm ashamed to know enough to correct you.
Caduceus Clay was foreshadowed hard in this one-shot.
Expectation: Bram Stoker
Reality: What We Do in the Shadows
... still great :D
prideling Love 'What we do in the shadows' was such a great documentary XD
Core Werewolves not swearwolves m8
Yeah, it would be super cool to see them do a shorter chronicle (1 or 2 months) with a more serious tone, new characters, etc.
What we do in the shadows is so good I just watched it again yesterday
This is pretty much so every VtM game I've ever played, lol
Laura: you haven't eaten any rats?
Travis: no! Have you?
Laura: no!
Sam, completely deadpan: *I ATE A MAN*
Of course, Taliesin is a DM and he does VTM
This is acceptable
So goth.
Okay wait a moment...this is some really effed up Lewis Carroll stuff. It took me like 2 hours into the oneshot to realize this. It's some kind of twisted Wonderland.
The "creative meeting" is a freaking tea party between three people that are all varying degrees of crazy.
The mushroom spores, the "Eat Me", "Drink Me"
And at 2 hrs 4 min Liam even says "We're through the looking glass."
Have you heard of the game Alice the Madness Returns?
ZachieJaganshi I'd bet money Taliesin's heard of American McGee's Alice. He practically radiates that Cheshire energy
Oh it is! Nice work, mate, I didn’t catch that.
I think it was based on an actual Alice in Wonderland DnD module for a previous edition - possibly Gary Gygax's Dungeonland for DnD 1e/AD&D, though I could be wrong!
Yeah, the card game also made me think of the Red Queen's Court (although Tal was using Tarot cards and not playing cards)
Matt asking "but how will you pinky swear" was way too cute
"We're all kids once we're in the jaws of a werewolf" may be one of the most badass things I've ever heard...
I feel like Matt is trying to hold back his inner dm every time he describes something he does
"How cute is the rat?" I love Matt so much oh my god.
MAAAATT
SAAAAAM
MAAAATT
SAAAAAM
Ninjassin ROCKY!
Spongebob!
Donkey!
DEAN?!
FFFRRRROOOBBBBOOOO!!!!
"You're voice actor, you call that shouting?"
The killed me🤣🤣
You know that thing where you hear a word so much that it starts to sound weird? I think I'm experiencing the opposite of that where now after hearing it so much stanima sounds like the correct way to say it.
Dalton Bradrick And obsfucate
Cananida. That's my word equivalent for stanima.
I have the same with "hyperdeemic nerdle"
Vampire!Liam is a precursor to Caleb; using manipulation and charm person on anything he can lol
Mat: Talesin can you kill me and Marisa before the break?
Talesin: Sure thing man!
Did he actually ask him that
@@maagicmaan569 they had an appointment with a wedding planner I heard.
As I recall, in an interview Matt and Marisha said they really wanted to participate in this game; so Taliesen told them to start doing stupid stuff when they needed to get ready to leave.
@@adampr21omg I felt so had for them because they died really stupidly and quick but now that I know this it's just funny lmao
@@adampr21That makes so much sense!! I thought they weren't thinking and I felt bad for them to having to sit the whole thing out after dying. 😂
Matt's slicked back hair and guyliner reallllyyyy completes the effect.
“Weird.”
- Talesin 2017
bluemethod05 "So, how was the Vampire game?" "Weird."
All this like suspenful description of the server room and then Matt just says “meat computer”
So good to see Matt more relaxed as a player sometimes :)
"You have…. Hamilton tickets?"
Sovietnepal / smiller0109 Lets be honest: that’s the most human reaction (as in not monster) in the entire thing from those affected. Totally relatable.
You have... Hamilton tickets? (I was laughing so hard)
Maybe the best moment of this whole episode
I didn't get that one
DeluxeTux5249 It's a musical that has been super popular for the last four years (the cast constantly made references during the vox machine campaign) It's is really good, the tickets are VERY expensive and hard to get a hold of. If you have a chance I recommend listening to the cast recording it's worth the listen. Should be on yt
Little did CR know about Caduceus Clay... And his tea
When talisman introduced his new character I made the connection immediately. It's probably because I watched both parts to this multiple times. Talisen needs to keep this going
1:48:30 Aww, Liam calls his wristband 'Simon', named after his snake belt as Vax!
Taliesin saying, "Rocky!" when they were all calling for each other made this for me at only 24 minutes in. Gotta love the Rocky Horror props. Also, the fact I'm seeing Morbius ads makes this even more fun.
I wonder how that conversation between Taliesin and the Geek&Sundry crew went:
"Hey, so I wanna do this thing and would you be fine with being eaten by the Critical Role cast?"
"Yeah, sure man, go ahead"
"Can I take my shirt off?"
"Yes"
"Oh my god yes"
"Always"
The subtitles are perfect
Travis: Can I take off my shirt?
Taliesin, Liam, and Sam: Always.
[no reaction from Laura]
Time stamp?
@@cjhenderson61 3:00:50 ish!
3:26:50
"do you touch things that look like theyre gonna explode?"
laura: "not usually"
travis: "be honest now" ;P
lol, cant believe no one picked that up and ran with it
also, fucking chobot -.-
Really digging the fact that this a subtle homage to the crew behind the scenes. Very cool move by Talesin.
"I was born in a box, how do I end" A head, a cross, a sun and a heart. Theyre all vampires, how would you kill one? Exactly.
Also, isn't this such an interesting call out to Molly?
Chop off the vampires head. Destroy it's phylacetery. Stuff the vampires head with holy wafers. Then put the vampires head in a bucket full of Holy Water. Then Seal the Bucket of Holy Water.
These are all technically ways to kill a vampire: cut off it’s head, stake it’s heart, burn it in sunlight, or through holy consecration
Cut off his head? Well that’s step one, what about two through ten?
its the symbolism lads, how to kill a vampire, is the symbolsss. Man two years ago...fwhoo
I LOVE THAT SAM LURED THE GUYS INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY IN THE AD SPONS PARODY SONG AND HIT THEM WITH THE STORE PORN OH MY GOD
Omg it was so good, and I'm so glad the camera cut to the other table.
Travis: "what didja do?!"
Liam: *tiny mouth* "she's a mushroom ;-;"
I barely had enough Stanima to watch this!
I just love how Matt and Travis joined in on the sponsor rap
Timestamps (there will be spoilers):
2:33-Sponsor
9:57-Game begins (Matt sympathizes)
11:35-Coffins! (Sam starts shouting)
16:15-Sam’s still yelling (coffin inception)
18:55-Pinkie swear
20:05-Matt coaxes the rat
23:15-That’s got to be Sam!
24:40, 25:42-Laura and Travis (I ate a rat!)
32:28-Episode 115
33:03-Something is wrong
35:30-Power Rangers helmet
41:27-Laura Laura Laura Laura
43:10-Lucky Charms
52:00-GnS or LDN?
53:20-How well do you know Shaun?
59:30-Stanima: the new sigil
1:01:53-Alpha money
1:02:15-Roll stanima
1:05:30-Your funeral
1:07:17-Your (Matt’s) funeral
1:10:00-I guess we don’t need to tell Marisha now (also, Shaun tea)
1:11:15-I don’t know if he has the stanima
1:13:15-Sam has his priorities straight (part 1)
1:14:13-HAMILTON?!
1:17:10-Shoe changing powers
1:18:45-About those laptops…
1:20:30-Good vibration
1:21:35-Laura’s hungry
1:23:50-A succinct summary of events
BREAK
1:47:38-Willy Wonka
1:53:13-Liam the manipulator (part 1)
1:57:10-There are only so many ways I can joke about stanima
1:58:20-Overestimation
2:01:20-Rubber rat
2:02:40-Liam throws morality out a window
2:09:50-Travis has an epiphany (Laura not so much)
2:20:50-The card game
2:25:08-Hangry
2:25:54-Rotating glass death
2:28:18-Taliesin scent
2:33:47-Marisha drank the tea?!
2:36:45-Two of swords
2:39:38-Travis joins the party
2:44:15-Sam and Liam join the party
2:50:10-Three of swords (Goodbye, Max)
2:51:42-Laura stabs Ivan!
2:54:59-Liam the manipulator (part 2)
3:00:48-Can I take my shirt off?
3:07:05-I ATE A MAN
3:08:11-Dibs
3:10:15-Laura puts her acting skills to good use
3:12:00-I’m a good person, I swear 😉
3:13:13-Laura joins the murder bandwagon
3:14:34-Liam and Sam’s undying love
3:17:49-Flip of a coin
3:19:48-Taliesin wisdom
3:20:05-Liam the manipulator (part 3)
3:22:25-You can certainly try
3:28:28-The quote that will never die
3:30:45-THE Gary Gygax???? (Thanks, Liam!)
3:33:04-Sam has his priorities straight (part 2)
3:34:05-Matt’s dead, fyi
3:34:55-The Master Plan (Gary has some harsh words)
3:37:06-THE BEST LINE OF THE NIGHT
3:38:48-Travis attempts reason
3:39:40-Matt Colville to the rescue!
3:41:05-End of the episode
Gabrielle Joy Durrett Zp
Gabrielle Joy Durrett not all heroes wear capes
Bless you
Breaks Ends 1:47:30
ShastaGecko Thank you, Jesus how do people leave this out? Most important time stamp.
Travis "Hey Laura what did you find?"
Laura "I don't know I'm so hungry"
They quit RPing
Taliesin seems like the type of person who is always up to having fun. I love him.
travis: can i take my shirt off-
literally everyone at the table: always
Except Laura... his wife 🤣🤣
When he said they see a white haired dude furiously scribbling I was fully expecting it to be Percy and the final twist was that they all had to fight their characters.
That would have been FANTASTIC!!
Liam fights a pile of ash
That's why they had to kill off Matt!!!
SPOILER
I am halfway through this and really feel like they should have poured Matt's ashes in Marishroom.
Steven Zweidinger be together in final death
Very Homeric
Marishroom oh my god- 😂
>opens video
>sees Taliesin at the helm.
"..........oooooooh this gon' be good"
30:44 WAIT A MINUTE DID TALESIN REVEAL LAURA WAS PREGNANT BEFORE WE EVER KNEW!? The math checks out for them to know!
You can see matt thinking to himself. "If I'm dead and taliesin is in the game also........then perhaps I should sit in THE CHAIR because then he can develop his character and I can be apart of game still".
The power of the DM CHAIR compels him!!
2:10:11 Taliesin : "I can't believe you did that"
Wait what? That wasn't supposed to be the answer? That's the first thing that popped into my mind.
EDIT: Oooh they were supposed to crack open a window without getting burned and light up the scare, weren't they?
Taliesin plays crazy disturbingly well.....
Help's when your older than Dracula
Taliesin is always smiling here. It's eerie and wholesome.
Taliesin is amazingly creepy! We need series with him DMing this weekly!
I love that Matt needed convincing to eat the rat. Like he wouldn't do it unless he HAD to cuz it was a happy rat who was excited to play with him.
I think that is also a specific trait of the aristocratic vampire types in VtM, they resent feeding from animals and they can't get the full benefits from them
Seeing Matt get to play is awesome..as a lifer DM those occasions are special
Chad Schery he was so broken when he died, the shame turned so fast into "I really wanted to play" you can watch it melt off his face and almost stops reacting until someone says something funny
IKR, I've been itching to play a 5e character since it came out... I have a whole lineup of characters ready to use.
XthegreatwhyX and team wipe
I’m pretty sure him and Marisha had to leave early so they were killed off early.
it's wierd to see Taliesin super regular like that , i mean no painted nails ,(pink,bright green,purple,white) hair, mohican . just a regular look
Yeah I made a small mourn for his mohawk, he's still awesome and life needs things to live but... that's not really the same ;)
Well as normal as he can get
It's clearly not him. Decoy?
I love the fact that the vampire look is a regular look for Taliesin :D
Taliesin: *looks like a regular human being*
Me: Impostor!
Taliesin: I just like torturing you guys. This is such fun.
Me: Green light, it's him alright
Watching this from the second campaign, Taliesin just really likes tarot, doesn't he
I respect that
I'm a straight dude, but Goth Matt Mercer has me on the fence holy Christ.
I'm a lesbian, and same.
Haha you fuckers, us bi bitches feel great about eveyone on screen... :)
Christ has nothing to do with this, me thinks.
Marisha and Laura were giving me gay panics the entire time😅
Matt: Lasombra
Marisha: Gangrel
Laura: Malkavian
Travis: Toreador (Going off of Auspex and the "fascination" he experiences)
Liam: Ventrue (or maybe Giovanni)
Sam: Brujah (only Clan with Celerity that fits him as a character)
The guy with the cards was a Mage. Of course the two Garou upstairs were in Hispo.
And I'm guessing Taliesin is a Tzimisce.
Tzimisce? Sorry I've only got the first few books
MagicRainbow Kitties there like cenobites from hell raiser and they have the ability to manipulate fresh and blood and shape it how ever they want
I figured Liam was Nospheratu.
adampr21 With Presence?
As a toreador who married a malkavian, this could be a good thing AND a bad thing. >:3
Taliesin "this is gonna be weird" Jaffe
I had to rewind and check everyone's reactions whenever Taliesin said "Stanima!" Each person's reaction is priceless!
I love how at the very beginning, Matt has to sit inside his coffin and fight through some nausea and his wife *breaks the lid of hers.*
Opposites attract, I guess.
Then she falls on top of him while trying to get him out like they're the leads in a cliche action movie.
the strong must protect the sweet ❤
"You're rules lawyering a game you barely understand." Lmao
2:25:48 is when that line is said.
@Bman I try because it always really annoys me when I can't find the reference.
But thanks.
@@Speed001 Note, it's about a minute earlier on my watching, as I confusedly kept checking the time mark. Sorry, but trying to help :)
A summary of this episode....
*Incoherent Screaming*
Liam and Laura - 'there's so much space'
also Liam and Laura - sit the closest to each other they possibly can
I love how Travis starts freaking out IRL as soon as they make it to the CritRole stage in the game :p
But he was wearing the Power Rangers helmet!
...Next campaign Taliesin's character just gets crushed by a rock the second he tries to introduce himself.
Eh it was probably planned to happen like this, Matt and Marisha are going on their honeymoon and probably could not make the next session anyways
They had a meeting with their wedding planner after this. That's why they both start making bad choices at that point in time :D
Yeah that was pretty obvious for Matt ;)
Taliesin: "You feel an attraction for what's behind the curtains, nothing much really."
Matt: "I'll open the curtains =D"
Matt and Marisha had an appointment with their wedding planner they had to get to, so Tal killing them off was completely intentional.
Well this is just ominous as hell now, considering! :(