Liam: "I hope this doesn't awaken something in me." Taliesin: "A little later for that." I 100% believe that's what Tal meant by this, lmaooo, he was Awakened ages ago 😂
I am being absolutely serious here but what is pansexual?? I am sorry i am not familiar with american sexual terms....sorry if i am being disrespectful here...i genuinely want to know
@@fardinshahriar1877 "sexually or romantically attracted to people regardless of their sex or gender." according to oxford. But more simply, "Pan" meaning all/everything (but not in this case, literally everything), and well, you know the rest.
All the little guys in the main campaigns seems to have been characters ideas that Liam suggests 🤔 Tary is something he came up with himself and many of Sam's characters in other games have actually been medium sized folks. None as big and handsome as Braius though 😂
Lets not forget about his weapon and i predict this now because its Sam Riegel. its a flail, it has two balls, its dripping black liquid, its called the Poison Pen. now shorten that. You're welcome....
I love that the one time they beat his persuasion/deception was on "Are you Dominox?". The one question that was purely RP and not actually revealing any useful info.
Okay, so the Bard part of Sam's new character is definitely from the College of Eloquence because his Persuasion and Deception rolls are stupid high and as an Eloquence Bard you can never roll lower than a 10 with Persuasion and Deception.
He's College of Tragedy, it's a subclass created by Matt and it's in the Taldorei Campaign Setting. He says that rolling a 4 he gets an 18 deception, this is just expertise (+4 charisma, +10 double proficiency at level 14). An eloquence bard wouldn't be able to roll under 24 with these stats.
Judging by Laura's reaction to Sam saying he's a Minotaur, I'm guessing that when Imogen responded to Braius asking if she was single, it was Laura taking over for a moment hahahaha
I KNEW Sam would wait until the live show to introduce his new character. I just KNEW IT. Such a triumphant return needed to be communally shared in-person with a crowd of rabid Critters.
I had just gotten out the shower, haven’t even dried off, I heard Matt say “if we could have-“ and then just loud cheering, I ran to my desk with my hair still dripping water. Welcome back Sam!!
I gotta say. Been playing D&D since the 90's...the rise of D&D-as-live-theatre-show in pop culture is not just totally unimaginably bizarre to Kid Me but also absolutely perfect. It's always been in the family of performance arts, it makes total sense as an evolution. I"m glad as hell I lived to see it.
Did Sam get bracelets or something similar? He seemed to speek with a slight lisp or maybe I`m just not used to him speaking after such a long time gone.
I noticed it too, throughout the show he would spray something in his mouth and wipe his nose so I assumed he had a sore throat or was just unwell, hopefully he recovers soon.
He has a clippable nose and lip ring I think. Plus we never had a Sam PC that talks this slow.... That might be why you think he has a lisp, but when he said Teven's name, there was no hint
@@Sp0lby It just seemed there was something in his mouth. Or maybe he had a medical operation. But it also doesnt really matter just wanted to know if i was the only one noticing.
I dont know why But i somehow knew sam wpuld come back as a paladin of a betrayer god Paladin because all the way back near the start of campaign 3 travis saw that one FCG paladin spell and said they should really have a paladin at some point and that thought always seemed to stick Betrayer god? Cause sam fucking would when the moral argument between saving and slaying the gods was all over the place
Does Sam have Invisalign? Anyone else hear it? Anywho I LOVE this character 😭 hot, metal af, british, deceptive, dark hair… I think I’ve met him before 😅
I love that we have Sam back but I am confused. Shouldnt minotaurs have bull heads? Like the one they met in C2 that Nott had the hots for had a bull head.
Most of the time they do, but Matt usually allows for a lot of flexible creativity at the table as long as it doesn’t overpower a PC. It also may have been to prevent potential terms of service violations and entanglements bc the CR fandom is intense, and a lot of Rule 34 fanart gets made, and with Sam characterizing his character as very interested in hooking up…. there could be some potential bestiality issues if he had an actual bull’s head.
Everybody's going nuts over Sam, and here I am just loving all their looks, and gushing over how badly I want that Seedling sword that Liam has in front of him(that's what it looks like).
I assume they knew Sam was at the venue, but maybe thought he was there to watch or come out to talk to the audience as a surprise at the end or something. That he was fully back with a new PC was possibly something they didn't know until Matt called him to the table in the same manner he called over Travis when he returned with Chetney.
@@rubychan2288 they acted surprised for his gas can but it was already filmed in the intro. They are actors lol of course they know everything for who is going to be there
It's amazing that snippets like this one are published before the episode is uploaded to the official channel of critical role. I guess this is what one can expect in response to gatekeeping practices and weird schedule.
They have said it before, actually not long ago, that they try to keep things secret but sometimes it is just near impossible. Some of them probably knew he was coming while others probably didn't. Besides, they are actors. That is what they do for a living. It is entertainment.
Who would have thought that people who are often outcasts bc they’re different (LGBTQ+ and nerds) would run together in the same group. Your statement runs counterintuitive to nearly everything CR stands for. If you can’t be accepting, you really don’t belong here.
How does Sam ruin the party? And why do you think Robbie is gone? They spent the first few arcs of bells hells all 8. They even had 10 last year around this time in one episode. Stop being a moron.
I love how as soon as Braius started fanboying over Teven, EVERYONE in chat was like "He's a paladin in service to Asmodeus, isn't he?" XD
Yep, even his characters name is an anagram lol
@@zgreninja1 Oh? I know that the letters for Asmodeus is in his name, but what's the rest of the anagram?
@@zgreninja1 you made my day^^
@@hfar_in_the_sky Red boi Asmodeus.
@@distortedsoul27or Bride O' Asmodeus 😅
I find it so adorable that both Ashley and Laura were so happy to have Sam back at the table you can see them wiping tears from their eyes 🥹
Even Sam’s voice sounded a bit emotional. What a great moment.
Why does his outfit look like something taliesin would have in his closet and sam borrowed it for this show😂😂😂😂
Well, Sam was on an interdimensional adventure after all. It's why he was away for so long
Liam: "I hope this doesn't awaken something in me."
Taliesin: "A little later for that."
I 100% believe that's what Tal meant by this, lmaooo, he was Awakened ages ago 😂
Because he probably did.
“I only rolled a 4 so…. 18” jaw DROPPED !!
The power of expertise
God that’s such a Scanlan call back
Sam playing a pansexual minotaur paladin/bard who might try to steal Fearne's devil boyfriend is just perfect.
I am being absolutely serious here but what is pansexual?? I am sorry i am not familiar with american sexual terms....sorry if i am being disrespectful here...i genuinely want to know
@@fardinshahriar1877 Basically you dont care if its male female or a lamppost. whatever floats your boat :D
@@fardinshahriar1877 "sexually or romantically attracted to people regardless of their sex or gender." according to oxford. But more simply, "Pan" meaning all/everything (but not in this case, literally everything), and well, you know the rest.
So Sam is playing Minotaur Scanlan?
@@ForeverDegenerate with a dash of paladin, but yes
The end of the little PC era from Sam Riegel
Well, Tary has been here, too, sooo...
@@synthellaart1587 Damn, forgot about mr Doty, write this down
He is short for a minotaur, so the spirit is alive.
He's got a Giantkin in Daggerheart too.
All the little guys in the main campaigns seems to have been characters ideas that Liam suggests 🤔 Tary is something he came up with himself and many of Sam's characters in other games have actually been medium sized folks.
None as big and handsome as Braius though 😂
I KNEW they were saving his new character for the live show, and I still screamed in joy when he came out.
Yup, seemed like the likely outcome
Yep same here 😁
"What a f**king outfit?"
That's actually what Sam calls it. "The f**king outfit."
Living up to the "Hells" part of the Bell's Hells.
Lets not forget about his weapon and i predict this now because its Sam Riegel. its a flail, it has two balls, its dripping black liquid, its called the Poison Pen. now shorten that. You're welcome....
The Pen Is mightier…. Pen IS. PenIs….
@@shadowpsykie You cant tell me that this wasnt intentional and i will die on this hill :D For the glory of the Poison Pen
He’s done a similar thing with his name: Braius Doomseed = Red Boi Asmodeus
Alternitivately the PP. XD
@@zgreninja1 Yip, you cant tell me with this name and that weapon that Sam wasnt playing :D
I love that the one time they beat his persuasion/deception was on "Are you Dominox?". The one question that was purely RP and not actually revealing any useful info.
Sam of course had to introduce his character here. Otherwise he'd miss the chance to dress up for a live show.
Sam walking in like some eccentric cult leader to his adoring followers! :O
I mean …… that’s a PRETTY apt description of Sam and the Critters.
Love how absolutely I’m awe Taliesin is of Sam’s look.
"When did get sneak into my closet..?"
Laura and Ashley crying and hyping Sam up is so heartwarming
Sam flexing that he does, in fact, pay attention to the lore.
That Divine sense was desperately needed xd
Sam Riegel in his very best Rick James cosplay! 😂 I loved it!!
I thought he was Prince
I was thinking more KISS Army
what a fantastic character introduction :D
Sam made the most hottest character ever ❤😂
he is basically the horniest now *Badummtssss*
@@Cpt.Str4ng3 Both literally and metaphorically a horny paladin
The artist who made his incredible character art said, he told her to out-sexy Dorian 😂
Somewhere, Veth is blushing
What Sam Does in the Shadows
Okay, so the Bard part of Sam's new character is definitely from the College of Eloquence because his Persuasion and Deception rolls are stupid high and as an Eloquence Bard you can never roll lower than a 10 with Persuasion and Deception.
He's College of Tragedy, it's a subclass created by Matt and it's in the Taldorei Campaign Setting. He says that rolling a 4 he gets an 18 deception, this is just expertise (+4 charisma, +10 double proficiency at level 14). An eloquence bard wouldn't be able to roll under 24 with these stats.
@@tiagocosta9159 but he's not a level 14 bard, he is at least level 6 paladin
@@waltercosta2067Bard/Paladin levels doesn't effect proficiency bonus, expertise as a 14th lvl character would do it
@@darkhorsemcgreger3461 oh, I see what he meant
@@tiagocosta9159 If you watch Brennan's character from the Ravining War(spelling?) that was Eloquence I believe because he couldn't get below a 20.
Judging by Laura's reaction to Sam saying he's a Minotaur, I'm guessing that when Imogen responded to Braius asking if she was single, it was Laura taking over for a moment hahahaha
Is there a Mrs. Doomseed...?
Everyone is Mrs Doomseed
Ashley looks so pretty here
Ashley always looks pretty
4:25 That's probably my favourite description of Bell's Hells so far
I remember when I first heard Matt say that, my immediate response was "With a lot of greens and purples"
😂😂😂 “Evil? Good? In between?” Even Matt needed a moment to think of how to describe the group. 😂😂😂
I KNEW Sam would wait until the live show to introduce his new character. I just KNEW IT. Such a triumphant return needed to be communally shared in-person with a crowd of rabid Critters.
😢 The Mighty Riegel has returned!!!!
When you’ve spent 15 years watching Supernatural and suddenly Sam reappears you can’t help but say “Sammy!”
I had just gotten out the shower, haven’t even dried off, I heard Matt say “if we could have-“ and then just loud cheering, I ran to my desk with my hair still dripping water. Welcome back Sam!!
I gotta say. Been playing D&D since the 90's...the rise of D&D-as-live-theatre-show in pop culture is not just totally unimaginably bizarre to Kid Me but also absolutely perfect. It's always been in the family of performance arts, it makes total sense as an evolution.
I"m glad as hell I lived to see it.
Sam looks like a goth david bowie
LOL i love it
sam suits the long hair so fucking much omg
He looks like Dave Grohl 😂😂
@@BeezoPeena he's a good person to look like let's be honest
@@spo0pti304 heck yeah
I was there, standing ovation
A legend is back!
One of Braius' clutch move during the big fight gave away his bard subclass. And it was a special one.
He looks like rob zombie 💀
leave it to sam to find humour and humanity in every character he creates
The prodigal son has returned
Ohhhhhhh HES BAAAACCCCCKKKKKJ
I'm going to miss fresh cut grass
I’m not crying you’re crying
sam riegel in alice cooper make up, it's a win win
I needed him to walk up to the stage through the crowd for extra vibe.
Old Gregg?? Is that you?
Sam's outfit looks like it's out of the video for Space Lord by Monster Magnet.
What is the giant container going to look like for this character though?
Did Sam get bracelets or something similar? He seemed to speek with a slight lisp or maybe I`m just not used to him speaking after such a long time gone.
I noticed it too, throughout the show he would spray something in his mouth and wipe his nose so I assumed he had a sore throat or was just unwell, hopefully he recovers soon.
He has a clippable nose and lip ring I think. Plus we never had a Sam PC that talks this slow.... That might be why you think he has a lisp, but when he said Teven's name, there was no hint
@@Sp0lby It just seemed there was something in his mouth. Or maybe he had a medical operation. But it also doesnt really matter just wanted to know if i was the only one noticing.
He definitely sounds like he has a sore throat.
Could be a sore throat, the perils of being a voice actor.
"You pick up...hah..."
Ok so he has a large character now. Given his Giantkin in Daggerheart, how small is his new drinking vessel going to be, I wonder?
Sam Riegel? Brother, that's Old Gregg.
sam played a character of above average height? i never thought id see the day
Sam gets to play Tall!
I dont know why
But i somehow knew sam wpuld come back as a paladin of a betrayer god
Paladin because all the way back near the start of campaign 3 travis saw that one FCG paladin spell and said they should really have a paladin at some point and that thought always seemed to stick
Betrayer god? Cause sam fucking would when the moral argument between saving and slaying the gods was all over the place
Does Sam have Invisalign? Anyone else hear it? Anywho I LOVE this character 😭 hot, metal af, british, deceptive, dark hair… I think I’ve met him before 😅
I love that we have Sam back but I am confused. Shouldnt minotaurs have bull heads? Like the one they met in C2 that Nott had the hots for had a bull head.
Most of the time they do, but Matt usually allows for a lot of flexible creativity at the table as long as it doesn’t overpower a PC.
It also may have been to prevent potential terms of service violations and entanglements bc the CR fandom is intense, and a lot of Rule 34 fanart gets made, and with Sam characterizing his character as very interested in hooking up…. there could be some potential bestiality issues if he had an actual bull’s head.
@@anjelica948 Huh, makes sence. Thank you for the explanation.
Did the voice change while gone? :o
Did Sam eventually come out of that closet?
Everybody's going nuts over Sam, and here I am just loving all their looks, and gushing over how badly I want that Seedling sword that Liam has in front of him(that's what it looks like).
Not gonna lie... i thought for a moment that it was the guitar player for Korn, Monkey.😂
Isn’t he bleeding out?
whut?
I mean yeah he walked out with a bleeding throat, then they all instantly forgot about that
Nandor?!
Has anyone else watched this?
If Marilyn Manson was in KISS
Dude why would you upload this before the episode is even uploaded to their channel, with that thumbnail
why does the cast act surprised? lol they clearly know he is there
?????
I assume they knew Sam was at the venue, but maybe thought he was there to watch or come out to talk to the audience as a surprise at the end or something. That he was fully back with a new PC was possibly something they didn't know until Matt called him to the table in the same manner he called over Travis when he returned with Chetney.
@@rubychan2288 they acted surprised for his gas can but it was already filmed in the intro. They are actors lol of course they know everything for who is going to be there
This thumbnail is a spoiler, guys. It was there before even the Monday replay. Not good.
Thanks for putting spoilers in the image for your video. Real class move.
Sam is such a Diva
for joyfully walking on stage?
@teenybopper2352 Not in a Bad Way, but he's joyfully playing it up. I Like it. Divas can be awesome.
It's amazing that snippets like this one are published before the episode is uploaded to the official channel of critical role. I guess this is what one can expect in response to gatekeeping practices and weird schedule.
Great moment but putting a major spoiler in the thumbnail is pretty crappy
Thanks for the spoiler
Liam: "I hope this doesn't awaken something inside me"
Please. Bro. You've been openly gay at that table for years
Why do these guy do this EVERY TIME. Pretending to be surprised. Like they don’t know if they’re not in the back waiting…..
Sometimes they do, sometimes it's genuinely a secret. But if you're asking why voice actors act, well...
They have said it before, actually not long ago, that they try to keep things secret but sometimes it is just near impossible. Some of them probably knew he was coming while others probably didn't. Besides, they are actors. That is what they do for a living. It is entertainment.
@@iceman3317 Exactly. They knew he was there, they didn't know this was his character or that this was when he was coming in.
Who would've guessed, another alphabet character. How much queer pandering do you really need?
Who would have thought that people who are often outcasts bc they’re different (LGBTQ+ and nerds) would run together in the same group.
Your statement runs counterintuitive to nearly everything CR stands for. If you can’t be accepting, you really don’t belong here.
The hair does not suit him at all.
But the outfit... Good god is he rocking it. 😆🔥
So uncool to post this omfg
you need a cupcake
Is it your first day on the internet?
why???
They literally showed it as the episode on Thursday. We have known for a week already. How is it 'uncool' exactly?
@@iceman3317 People who saw the live show saw it a week ago.
Beacon subscribers saw it yesterday.
Everyone else will not see it until Monday.
There goes the campaign. Sam ruins the party. Ugh. Bye Robbie!!!
How does Sam ruin the party? And why do you think Robbie is gone? They spent the first few arcs of bells hells all 8. They even had 10 last year around this time in one episode. Stop being a moron.
Ugh was kinda hoping Sam was leaving crit role. Bleh.
mans doesnt know what a glorious king is