I know “you can certainly try” is one of the most terrifying phrases Mercer says, but personally I think the scariest thing he says is a chipper “Actually, you know what?...”
Taking a moment to pause and acknowledge how perfectly Travis plays Grog's character. He is immediately in the spirit of it and jumps into his role as the party barbarian who, when played well, helps temper the party's fear by making a sport of the fight. Finding the joy in the rage and hyping everyone else up so they panic less. It's such a valuable RP tactic. Rage on, Strongjaw
Fearless fights in general can sway a fight by bringing attention to them. However Grog Strongjaw is the attention that will Devastate what ever he can reach. I would like to RAGE.
He's also an incredible and important help for social encounters. By being on a patience timer, if the groups indecision or circular discussion bog progression Grog can march on headstrong and break a stalemate
@@VeteranVandal I was trying to figure out what you meant by AP then it clicked. Yeah, analysis paralysis is plentiful here, and there is no clear leader in this large group. At least for this season, I'm still working towards S2.
@@SchwartzerAdler nah, there isn't much chaos in his character, it just happens that sometimes his actions result in chaos, but his personality is pretty much in the middle, True Neutral even, I would say at this point, but I'm now checking he is Neutral Good according to Wiki, so some of his actions onward may have shifted him towards good.
@@BigggusDikkkus this is terrible advice. i've been in a campaign where the party never felt safe and just went from one deadly fight to another. it was emotionally draining and in the end it made it impossible to create dramatic tension, as there wasn't any encounter we didn't survive by the skin of our teeth. players and characters should have time to breathe, it's no fun to be stressed out for whole sessions!
Everytime they said it gets better I was hoping for an effect that counters the stealth disadvantage. I'm kind of glad they didn't pick up the armour that did that since she'd be giving it up now.
Event though this is two to four years late, I think you are absolutely right. If you watch Mercer's face as they are reading it, you can tell that giving that armor was a very solemn act born out of his desire to not have to kill her character. Mercer is one of those dm's that makes sure encounters are not a piece of cake but he still cares about them.
2023 Crew bringing it up top again 0:00:24 - Sam Spittin Ad Rhymes 0:04:45 - Mercer Meme 0:22:15 - dirty jump cut 0:41:00 - Scanlan Inspires Keyleth? 0:54:25 - Too Many Books 1:00:00 - A very dramatic approach to ship moments mid-battle. 1:07:27 - Scanlan Cutting Words 1:45:35 - Scanlan's Healing Song 2:10:20 - Scanlan's Cutting Words (Pit Fiend Baby now you're mine!) 2:13:30 - Sam has very soft hands. 2:31:03 - A more pragmatic approach to ship moments mid-battle. 2:31:50 - Marisha and Travis competing over who is the biggest shipper. Spoiler alert: It's still Liam. 2:32:27 - Scanlan did nothing to that pit fiend. Except for those three times. 2:33:40 - Technically died in your arms tonight. 2:34:34 - This is why Vax's playlists are always so much fun. 2:35:00 - Scanlan's Cutting Words #2 2:36:40 - A Mythic Vibration 2:37:20 - When your husband refuses to listen to the DM's subtle hints 2:38:15 - Guys, this is why you collect these things. 2:39:29 - HDYWTDT 2:42:44 - Realizations start hitting 2:48:35 - Scanlan MVP 2:56:50 - BREAK STARTS 3:05:39 - BREAK ENDS 3:11:35 - Kior, Hunin, and new parenting lows 3:14:39 - The Whitestone Center for Troubled Teens aka accidentally adopting with the bae 3:18:28 - Spiderman! 3:19:35 - Nesting doll sextuplets: The gift that keeps on giving. 3:20:30 - And what it giveth, it taketh away. 3:20:53 - And this is why, no matter how hard anyone tries, Liam always wins "Who's The Biggest Shipper?" 3:28:47 - Worth it! Aka Guys, there really IS a reason why you collect these things. 3:33:33 - Cenokir's last appearance
Fun fact: high ground only helps with ranged attacks, in melee, it's a disadvantage and Anakin should've been able to easily sweep Obi-Wan's legs out from under him instead.
The moment when Scanlan leaves Pike because of his promise to his daughter is a clear character redefining point. I hope he got a character realignment for that.
Personally, I don't think alignment itself should be used. It contributes nothing to D&D. Just have people act like they do and OTHERS determine if they see him as evil or good.
@@shadowscall7758 I'm not too familiar with the rules, but I believe Rakshasa tiger demon takes less damage if their damaged by a character with Evil alignment. I'm sure there are other creatures and effects as well that make use of this even in 5e
@@auxilirem9416 Yes, there are, but that is only there because they have the alignment system. If they didn't have the system that stuff wouldn't exist and it really doesn't add anything, because people trying to debate, "Well, I am not really evil, so I should do full damage." Again, alignment arbitrary rules like that should just be removed from the game in my opinion.
Your evilness is killing me! (Aaand I) I must confess I want to flee! (want to flee) But when you see me you lose your mind! Baby it's a siiiiign Pit Fiend baby now you're mine!
2020 Crew bringing it up top again 0:00:24 - Sam Spittin Ad Rhymes 0:04:45 - Mercer Meme 0:41:00 - Scanlan Inspires Keyleth? 0:54:25 - Too Many Books 1:00:00 - A very dramatic approach to ship moments mid-battle. 1:07:27 - Scanlan Cutting Words 1:45:35 - Scanlan's Healing Song 2:10:20 - Scanlan's Cutting Words (Pit Fiend Baby now you're mine!) 2:13:30 - Sam has very soft hands. 2:31:03 - A more pragmatic approach to ship moments mid-battle. 2:31:50 - Marisha and Travis competing over who is the biggest shipper. Spoiler alert: It's still Liam. 2:32:27 - Scanlan did nothing to that pit fiend. Except for those three times. 2:33:40 - Technically died in your arms tonight. 2:34:34 - This is why Vax's playlists are always so much fun. 2:35:00 - Scanlan's Cutting Words #2 2:36:40 - A Mythic Vibration 2:37:20 - When your husband refuses to listen to the DM's subtle hints 2:38:15 - Guys, this is why you collect these things. 2:39:29 - HDYWTDT 2:42:44 - Realizations start hitting 2:48:35 - Scanlan MVP 2:56:50 - BREAK STARTS 3:05:39 - BREAK ENDS 3:11:35 - Kior, Hunin, and new parenting lows 3:14:39 - The Whitestone Center for Troubled Teens aka accidentally adopting with the bae 3:18:28 - Spiderman! 3:19:35 - Nesting doll sextuplets: The gift that keeps on giving. 3:20:30 - And what it giveth, it taketh away. 3:20:53 - And this is why, no matter how hard anyone tries, Liam always wins "Who's The Biggest Shipper?" 3:28:47 - Worth it! Aka Guys, there really IS a reason why you collect these things. 3:33:33 - Cenokir's last appearance
The hillarious thing in retrospect is that Pit-Fiends have Truesight, so all of the antics of this episode and the last happened while Ghurrix was fully aware of their true forms.
@@micryt. Most likely he either forgot about it, or he went with the rule of cool and ignored it so he wouldn't ruin what I think most can agree was one of the funniest encounters in the show.
@@petsan97 or the fiend simply went along with it because of the fact more magic seems to happen there regularly so posing as something other than what you are isn't that weird. That's what I'd like to think as a reason
"So, without further adieu-" "Nonononoo-" "Let's go ahead and jump in-" "Nonono-" "Into tonight's episode of-" "Nononono-" "Critical Role~" "Noooo~" Laura's not reaaaddyyyy-
NightsRain6758 "Adieu" exists, it's just pronounced differently, means something else and is NOT used in this phrase. See: idioms.thefreedictionary.com/ado
its hillarious how liam said 97 after taliesin and marisha were excited about percy's high role. and in fact percy dealt 97 points of damage in that round
I've seen so many comments for this video from like a year ago saying "I just caught up in so proud!" and here I am going through the whole series for first time being like "damn I was really late to this party"
SAME. Ugh I wish I had paid attention to this on Tumblr like, a year ago. Ah well. I'll start the new campaign in the new year! :D and catch up and finish this one in between.
There once was a pit fiend from hell In battle he did very well 'til a bard drew a blade And the pit fiend was slayed Then they looted the corpse where it fell
There once was a talented bard with sharp a tongue and kind a heart He drew a song-woven sword to give a pit fiend retort and tore the foul demon creature apart
Have you heard the tale of the Bard? Who sang songs of the cube that was hard? Loved himself more than others, Yet his sisters and brothers Held him in only the highest regard.
...and then you realise Cenokir is so weird because he is utterly wracked by grief for his wife, to the extent that is is constantly aware of her absence and the precise amount of time that has has been parted from her. .... .... ....and Grog was essentially the only person to not assume he wasn't just a creepy arsehole.
Given how Matt makes Cenokir basically unreadable unless they score an impossibly high perception check it's fair to assume he's got dodgy motives going on. Matt quite often plays with characters who betray the party so they see threats everywhere now. It's a drawback to using that trope so often.
@@Madhattersinjeans yeah, in campaign 2 they've all but given up on insight checks because its more effective to try to read Matt's or each other's portrayal of the characters than what they get from rolling insight because Matt makes pretty much everyone unreadable.
@aljxNdr knox probably not ptsd, which is usually more anxiety related. Seemed more like an either autism or schziphrenia thing where they have difficulty expressing emotions.
0:00:24 - Sam Spittin Ad Rhymes 0:04:45 - Mercer Meme 0:41:00 - Scanlan Inspires Keyleth? 0:54:25 - Too Many Books 1:00:00 - A very dramatic approach to ship moments mid-battle. 1:07:27 - Scanlan Cutting Words 1:45:35 - Scanlan's Healing Song 2:10:20 - Scanlan's Cutting Words (Pit Fiend Baby now you're mine!) 2:13:30 - Sam has very soft hands. 2:31:03 - A more pragmatic approach to ship moments mid-battle. 2:31:50 - Marisha and Travis competing over who is the biggest shipper. Spoiler alert: It's still Liam. 2:32:27 - Scanlan did nothing to that pit fiend. Except for those three times. 2:33:40 - Technically died in your arms tonight. 2:34:34 - This is why Vax's playlists are always so much fun. 2:35:00 - Scanlan's Cutting Words #2 2:36:40 - A Mythic Vibration 2:37:20 - When your husband refuses to listen to the DM's subtle hints 2:38:15 - Guys, this is why you collect these things. 2:39:29 - HDYWTDT 2:42:44 - Realizations start hitting 2:48:35 - Scanlan MVP 2:56:50 - BREAK STARTS 3:05:39 - BREAK ENDS 3:11:35 - Kior, Hunin, and new parenting lows 3:14:39 - The Whitestone Center for Troubled Teens aka accidentally adopting with the bae 3:18:28 - Spiderman! 3:19:35 - Nesting doll sextuplets: The gift that keeps on giving. 3:20:30 - And what it giveth, it taketh away. 3:20:53 - And this is why, no matter how hard anyone tries, Liam always wins "Who's The Biggest Shipper?" 3:28:47 - Worth it! Aka Guys, there really IS a reason why you collect these things. 3:33:33 - Cenokir's last appearance
Senokir is now officially one of my favorite characters. I thought he was an oddball just because people on the Fire Plane behaved differently but _nope_ even his business partner is mildly weirded out by him! He's hilarious and incredibly endearing at the same time.
I love how Senokir was a pure comedy character until that point and then, in a few seconds, Matt managed to make the entire group go silent and feeling like shit for joking about the dude the entire time. Beautiful moment.
Awww... I love how it turns out Senokir wasn't that bad after all and just wanted something sentimental taken care of. I also love the look of validation on Travis's face as everyone realizes the favor isn't that big of a deal and that he was probably the only one that didn't assume that Senokir was like a serial killer or something. xD
Yeah, I was kind of baffled that the group was completely prepared to create more potential enemies by just ditching him before paying him back. At worst, they went back and heard him out, only to find out his request was unreasonable. At which point they refused and fought him, or they just portaled out.
If I was designing this campaign it would be the item that an interplanar army will use as an anchor to invade vasselheim. At least if they don’t check it out properly beforehand.
@@LittleBananaJoe I am in the comment section exactly for this, to look up if the guys is not connected some how to the Zigurat and the ashes is needed for him to come back to have an anchor or some thing
The uncomfortable and laughing just when Vax kissed Keyleth and I knew immediately she still looked like Vex, I’m waiting for the realization. Reminds me when Keyleth tried to kiss tiny Vax.
The scene he described was so awesome-- swooping down with wings, throwing daggers, blessing Keyleth with a kiss-- he's out there living out dreams of being a super hero, and I'm 100% here for it.
No, true love is smart enough to get her safely inside, or if you can't - kill the thing that would harm her. Making it take a step before it kills her is useless. Just sayin'
@@dorianr4770 theres a difference in a senseless death and a sacrifice to safe hundreds, if not the whole galaxy. Also the problem was that it destroyed the best scene of the entire movie and a beautiful end for finns character arc, and it even got out of its way to actually negate logic and consistency by making her suddenly teleport in front of him, whilst he clearly drove full speed away from her with a big advantage. Also her act of "saving" him from a sacrifice that could have saved the rebels, got him and her out of their vehicles so that theyre on foot a couple hundred meters away from an entire army out to kill them. So essentially instead of finn dying and saving everyone, now she, finn and everyone else die (at least if the movie stayed true to continuity and logic, which it didnt). So theres quite a big difference here. Also yes, I simply cant turn down an opportunity of shitting on the last jedi.
tbh that was also my assumption - though it'd be monumentally strange to say that in front of Vex. like yea Vax can be a dick sometimes, but not to the extent of ruining their marriage proposal
Late to the party but I assumed he was gonna get one of Vorugal's claws set into some sort of necklace since Vex mentioned she wanted one for that reason.
He was actually looking at having an official set of emblems made for the members of Vox Machina involving scales from each of the Conclave, his plans with Senokir were much more long term
Damn, they were on it. Thoughtful people! Hate to say I probably would've gotten stuck in "Huh, I'm not cold at all..." self-reflection for at least long enough to be way behind their reaction time.
43:10 When Matt was looking up if Bigby's Hand had a strength score equal to the Pit Fiend and said "Yeah, the hand's at 26, which is the same thing as the Fiend." You can see Travis check his character sheet real quick and then look up dejectedly. Poor Grog!
To be fair i think he has a 24 strength witout even the barbarian level 20 ability, which is 2 more than the main stats of his colleagues that read related manuals amd tomes amd 4 more than the normal maximum score.
Sam started this campaign asking Liam what race/class is the worst and yet he has saved VM's asses more times than I can remember and I'm not even through the whole campaign yet. MVP Scanlan.
This made no sense to me until I remembered they didn't start the campaign in 5e. Bards are great in 5e and gnomes are a pretty good race to play them.
I kind of understand why Sam does it. He's Full caster with a lot of spells, and at least in this fight, they're fighting a pit fiend with huge bonuses on all his saves and magic resistance. What I can't stand is when Taliesin does it. Like what do you mean you don't know what to do? Shoot it! Your a fighter. You already tried to disarm it and knock it prone, and they didn't work, so just hammer it with as much damage as possible. No party is going to be worse off having a ranged fighter using his three attacks to and stressing wracking up like 40-80 damage per turn. Percy's damage with sharpshooter (especially if burns an action surge) and Grog's with GWM and reckless attack (even more if used frenzied rage to give him a third attack), legitimately could've taken half of the pit fiends health in one round so long as Percy didn't misfire.
@@essexfuzz Once he switched to Animus, I wouldve given Retort to Gilmore to see if he could enchant the gun at all. But even if his damage is halved, his guns do a lot of damage. And lets be frank, the clutch player in the fight with Vorugal was Vex, because she knew it wasnt a time to try crazy tricks, and she spent every turn hammering the dragon with Fenthris. Percy needs to trust his (and his rival's) creations more!
Scanlan: **carries legendary bardic blade** Also Scanlan: "I've used this twice in jest, and once in self defense. I don't really know what to do with this..."
@@BrentDnD calm down. This is their game and they play it not the way you please, but the way they please. Sam is an actor. His character fights with wit and magic. Moreover, he plays College of Lore bard. He just wanted to stay in character and evade metagaming. Keep in mind that he jumped from a building with this sword in hand when Vax was in grave danger, I.e used the blade as a last resort weapon.
Sam is just so frustrating sometimes. The excessive anti-metagaming. He goes beyond what should be required so as not to metagame and literally "plays dumb" with his PC on things that the PC should actually know, or would know with common sense.
@@BrentDnD you might not enjoy campaign 2 either then... better get used to it, if you plan on watching any more. It's his character in a game with his friends. He enjoys exploring the options that not everyone would pick, and the resulting story that Matt crafts for him and the others. Isn't that what you're here to see as well?
@@BrentDnD I bet you’re the same kind of person who gets mad when someone metagames and then gets all in a tissy when someone role plays like what you’re doing rn. Honestly if you don’t enjoy it just stop watching nobody is forcing you to watch. If you truly just can’t enjoy it then stop. The comments section and fans don’t want you here nor do the players if you’re just gonna act like a douche
I know he's explained why it awakened in other places (Scanlan remembering his promise to Kaylee), but he started dropping hints before Scan did that. I think it was partially him metagaming as a DM in the party's favor-they were fleeing from a monster that had under 30 HP left and he hated to see them give up when they needed just one more round of attacks to finish him.
@@nathanbally He definitely wasted the uncanny dodge, which isn't surprising since, up to this point, he always says he's going to uncanny dodge the moment Matt says an attack hits him rather than waiting to see what the damage is, but saying he wasted the luck is just untrue. Mathematically, Matt had a 1/400 chance of rolling two natural 20's the way he did and Liam had no way of knowing that it would happen, so it was literally the best use of luck he had and just a worst case scenario with the way the dice worked.
@@Demonrifts to note after he used luck it's only 1/20 for another crit since he'd only have used the luck on a crit. But it's exactly right it's not wasted he had no clue.as for uncanny dodge while he does waste it on weaker attacks it does make more sense that the rogue would just dude before he's hit and not know how strong the hit was going to be though that's not how the mechanic works.
I think Liam had enough of getting KO'd as well, since his Campaign 3 character is a Fighter with max dexterity and a shield. And he's still one of the first to die (Bertrand doesn't count, that was planned)
SPOILERS BELOW: • • • • • *So, what was your favorite quote from the episode?* Mine was Vax saying "I'm just an EMT, She's the Doctor." That was the best analogy I have heard for a Paladin vs Cleric's healing abilities. 🤣👌
Its really funny how scanlan used to be a inspiration machine in the year days and now he has grown into the MVP of the group. Sure he cant rage and cause grog level damage, but he has saved them more times that any of them in these later battles. Bards are often times looked at as a funny joke in the group, which scanlan FOR SURE is, but he has flipped his goofy character into an amazing warrior in his own right.
Skallia Ray Combine this with his position in the group as the voice of reason AND the most charismatic... Scanlan was never lying about being the “de facto leader of Vox Machina”
@@thetgi4458 He's the freaking Michael Jordan of Bards, man, and one of the few who switches from role to role so smoothly in and out and combat. He can charm, con, sincerely persuade, buff the group, save lives, trap monsters, and rain down havoc. Plus, he has that flair for sudden, bold, and unannounced actions that *actually work.* Triceratops! Modify memory! Counterspell! Freaking legend, Scanlan is.
@@ryankelly3465 Pit fiends, just like the rakshasha, do not actually die when you kill them. they only die if you kill them on their home plane (which for the pit fiend is the Nine Hells not the Fire Plane). So if he actually knew the identities of Vox Machina they would have this pit fiend, the rakshasha, and the shadow fiend from Percy all plotting their demise from different planes and all very powerful in their own right.
0:00:24 - Sam Spittin Ad Rhymes 0:04:45 - Mercer Meme 10:01 - Recap Begins 0:41:00 - Scanlan Inspires Keyleth? 0:54:25 - Too Many Books 1:00:00 - A very dramatic approach to ship moments mid-battle. 1:45:35 - Scanlan's Healing Song 2:10:20 - Scanlan's Cutting Words (Pit Fiend Baby now you're mine!) 2:13:30 - Sam has very soft hands. 2:31:03 - A more pragmatic approach to ship moments mid-battle. 2:31:50 - Marisha and Travis competing over who is the biggest shipper. Spoiler alert: It's still Liam. 2:32:27 - Scanlan did nothing to that pit fiend. Except for those three times. 2:33:40 - Technically died in your arms tonight. 2:34:34 - This is why Vax's playlists are always so much fun. 2:35:00 - Scanlan's Cutting Words #2 2:36:40 - A Mythic Vibration 2:37:20 - When your husband refuses to listen to the DM's subtle hints 2:38:15 - Guys, this is why you collect these things. 2:39:29 - HDYWTDT 2:42:44 - Realizations start hitting 2:48:35 - Scanlan MVP 2:56:50 - BREAK STARTS 3:05:39 - BREAK ENDS 3:11:35 - Kior, Hunin, and new parenting lows 3:14:39 - The Whitestone Center for Troubled Teens aka accidentally adopting with the bae 3:18:28 - Spiderman! 3:19:35 - Nesting doll sextuplets: The gift that keeps on giving. 3:20:30 - And what it giveth, it taketh away. 3:20:53 - And this is why, no matter how hard anyone tries, Liam always wins "Who's The Biggest Shipper?" 3:28:47 - Worth it! Aka Guys, there really IS a reason why you collect these things. 3:33:33 - Cenokir's last appearance
If Ashley Johnson can go straight from a Hollywood set in hair and makeup to get to her game, how come I can't get my players to show up to Roll 20? LMAO
i can say that even in my 20 years of dming sometimes nobody puts enough energy in that game than me in my group. it fells often like im am fighting alone on the boat
@@jasonrichter9079 My DM feels the same. I can't play often but when I do I want to do more than shop or just to be distracted. It took me 2 sessions to drag a team of 3 guys to a fight... I play cleric so they wouldn't die and they didn't want to use it. Next time I will go as barbarian and I will start mayham I promised that to them
@@naszata THAT sounds like a plan Grog would do and i totally can understand that. i like that idea. tell me how its went. how dou you play in the moment. my 3 rounds play on roll20 and one of them got back to my table last week
Matt: I'm going to subtly hint that Mythcarver is needed Sam: i will not use Mythcarver Matt: the sword is vibrating with power Sam: I'm not good with swords! Matt: THERE IS A STORY REASON FOR YOU TO USE THIS BLADE NOW edit: oh my god Pike is OP now
Wow. Just wow. That whole sequence of events from Scanlan doing that amazing cutting words that somehow activated a secret power of Mythcarver to Scanlan being reluctant to actually use Mythcarver to him finally using it and getting that flurry of attacks that finished the pit fiend when everyone else was running back into the mansion. Matt didn't even give them his usual warning of "looking rough," so I can see why they all thought it was far from over. Sheesh. What an unexpected way for it to go. I guess Grog was right about the Vestiges having some sort of activation trigger after all. It happened with Vax's wings and now with this special attack of Mythcarver. Edit: And the addendum of what happened after the pit fiend down to stop the guards from all attacking too. Dang. Scanlan MVP.
Matt to Sam: Your sword is vibrating at your side after singing that song. Sam: What do I do? What do I do?!?! Matt to Sam: Your. Sword. Is. Vibrating. And. Wants. You. To. Use. It. Sam: I'll try another spell against the Pit Devil and run for the mansion.
To be fair using a sword is EXTREMELY out of character for Scanlan. He doesn't like to draw blood in battle, and is very caster oriented. Sam's playing him very in character and it was a little bit of a dick move on Matt's part to give Scanlan a legendary weapon that is a sword instead of a piece of armour or an instrument or something.
@@lessoriginal how is that a dick move? he's not gonna perfectly tailor the vestiges to each person. mythcarver is FOR BARDS. scanlan is the bardiest bard to ever bard. i think it was perfect, esp bc it gets scanlan to go out of his comfort zone.
@@smasshton on top of this I think it is actually perfectly tailored to him but not in the ‘natural’ sense. Scanlan can now stand closer to his friends and use abilities on them all, and if the foe moves close to him he will probably have advantage. He is an important target that you no longer really want to approach either.
Travis is really awesome. no matter what sticks to the no meta gaming. also hilarious and is very smart when playing his character. tbh everyone is great. fucking love this series. shout out especially to the story creator!
@@xDMrGarrison I think they weren't literal. Their point was probably that often DnD parties think they can do a quick 20 minute side quest, and then it takes multiple sessions.
I really like how positive and encouraging everyone is when someone succeeds at something. It really feels like they think about the group rather than personal succeess
Or the Abyss for that matter. Adding the Gated Erinyes this brings the count of Fiends "slain" to five. Hotis, Orthax, Yenk and now the Pit Fiend Ghurrix and an as yet unnamed Erinyes. Don't go killing creatures that will only come back from the grave for vengeance.
@@patchlasses5649 It doesn't really matter in the long run belive me. For anyone who knows how the nine yells work. It doesn't really matter in the slightest
1:00:00 - A very dramatic approach to ship moments mid-battle. 2:13:30 - Sam has very soft hands. 2:31:03 - A more pragmatic approach to ship moments mid-battle. 2:31:50 - Marisha and Travis competing over who is the biggest shipper. Spoiler alert: It's still Liam. 2:32:27 - Scanlan did nothing to that pit fiend. Except for those three times. 2:33:40 - Technically died in your arms tonight. 2:34:34 - This is why Vax's playlists are always so much fun. 2:37:20 - When your husband refuses to listen to the DM's subtle hints 2:38:15 - Guys, this is why you collect these things. 2:39:29: - HDYWTDT 2:42:44 - Realizations start hitting 2:48:35 - Player of the match 3:05:39 - BREAK ENDS 3:11:35 - Kior, Hunin, and new parenting lows 3:14:39 - The Whitestone Center for Troubled Teens aka accidentally adopting with the bae 3:18:28 - Spiderman! 3:19:35 - Nesting doll sextuplets: The gift that keeps on giving. 3:20:30 - And what it giveth, it taketh away. Aka: Gratitude. Aka: Percy.exe has encountered a problem and needs to be shut down. 3:20:53 - And this is why, no matter how hard anyone tries, Liam always wins "Who's The Biggest Shipper?" 3:28:47 - Worth it! Aka Guys, there really IS a reason why you collect these things. 3:33:33 - Cenokir's last appearance Also, that's three kisses in one episode. Got to be a new kind of record.
"Realization starts hitting" - what a nice way of saying "Laura stares off into the distance with a slipping smile frozen on her face as she realizes she nearly died again"
@@christopherbacon1077 has more to do with the fact that he has a pretty strong track record of saving the day or doing something incredibly necessary for the party's success. Sam/Scan's probably the most capable one at the table, which is why he's Scanbo.
I love Scanlan, as a character and not to take away from Sam's abilities as a player, but a big reason he is so consistently the MVP is because he knows his abilities and what they do, he stays in his lane, he pays attention to what is happening, and he doesn't take huge risks to play hero. He's a consistent team player and it's a shame that makes him stand out.
@@dainblack8289 lol i dont think Any of that takes awan from Sam as a player, highlighting some of the reasons he's such a good player actually does the opposite
Matt: "I'm not going to double that, cuz it's the attack that was critical. Not the poison. So that's a gift". Liam: "Um, actually it's pronounced *Jift*". Me as a Norwegian: Yes... yes it is! The Norwegian word "Gift" (pronounced jift/yift) means "Poison". (it also means "Married"...)
The Britney Cutting Words at 2:10:23 must be my favourite Scanlan song to date, and it's really hard to pick favourites there! Amazing, including the backup singers :D
Almost everyone has a child now VAX has keeynan skanlan has his daughter Percy and vex have the assmir and pike has grog the only one without is keylith as she killed hers
Right, if only Scanlan didn't deflect every personal question with humor then turn around and blame other people when they don't know any personal details about him.
I really, REALLY hope Cenokir just wants to lay his wife's ashes to rest... I really don't want Matt to rip the rug out from under us with this character, he seems really neat and cool and would be a fun ally. Plz don't do another Clarota Matt. Plz just let him be a sad widower who misses his wife.
everyone dumps on Clarota, but the dude was pretty honest with them from the start, and warned them several times to get out of there before he rejoined his people. He told them that being part of the collective hampers your ability to be an individual, and that his helmet was hiding and protecting him from that affect... and that he wanted to rejoin his people. Him "Turning" on them was seen 20 miles away, since he straight up told them the consequences of them staying after a certain point several times, and that it wouldnt exactly be because he wants to turn on them.
@@bloodydove5718 old comment i know, but that is something that has always bothered me, he basically told them that would happen, and did not have a choice, when he joined the collective he had to betray them. he lost his free will.
@@spaceblockb5284 Yea, especially since their comments later whenever he is brought up they don't seem to get that. Clarota didn't attack them, the hive mind collective took over and decided to make him attack.
I imagine he has bad anxiety issues, his body language is exaggerated versions of what I’ve suffered in the past and had a super anxious friend years ago whose hands shook without any real associated condition (at the time, anyway, afaik)
This is how it plays out basically everytime Vax uses Lucky to make an enemy reroll an attack. Matt: "It barely hits you." Liam: "I use Lucky to make it reroll." Matt: "Ok." _Rolls Higher_ "Now it hits you squarely."
Matt cracking the hell up watching Travis' Michael Jackson impression while everybody else had a serious conversation is the high point of the episode.
He did just give him the Boots of Feral Leaping, at this point it's mostly Grog having to get over the loss of a couple attacks to try and pull stuff down with the Chain of Returning. Percy does his best to ground enemies (but given how high of a level the enemies tend to be they often pass the saving throw), and Keyleth doesn't necessarily bring Earthbind to every fight. Scanlan hasn't been Fastball Special-ing Grog recently, too
There are multiple fan compliations of this kind of thing, including one titled, "Sam and Liam Calling Each Other Pet Names For 2 and a Half Minutes Straight". They're pretty adorable. (the top comment for that video is 100% correct)
Can we talk about how Scanlan very well might have caused a war between the fire plane and the hells by convincing them that the ambassador was preparing to make an attempt on the sultan’s life
I love how mythcarver is insanely powerful, and scanlan can wield it well. But sam still keeps refusing to use it bc "I can't hit things with swords!" Every time he refuses to use it, I die a little inside.
Sam of all of them knows his spells and what he can do the best. Unfortunately he's not a swordsman so he just couldn't put 2 and 2 together that he can use the sword effectively. In his mind his character class doesn't stab like grog and vax he's the utility spell guy. It's kinda like being a ranger laura still can be a pretty powerful sword fighter but the idea that she could isn't first on her mind. That's how Sam is
@@Zalied To be fair to Scanlan, he went full on caster with Lore college. So he isn't exactly built to be an amazing frontliner, even if his attack bonus is technically pretty good. He lacks the extra attacks and beefier armor that would really make it viable at this level. He can sort of fill in with buff spells. But with his build, he's usually better off casting damage spells. I imagine this is why Matt gave the sword a beefy multi-hit attack when charged with cutting words. But despite the internet's protests, he had no way of knowing that. Matt hasn't really given them all of the effects of their vestiges at this point. So it makes sense Scanlan kept playing as a pure mage (which is viable in 5e). This is compounded by the fact that this group fell into the same habit as many do, and long rest too often for spellcaster slots to really be strained in most battles. At least ever since they started the vestiges arc. They hardly ever get a chance to unload all of their spell slots before a long rest.
@@piranhaplantX pretty much what im saying everything in his character says dont use swords. and even if your think oh but the swords hinting at using it. the way he uses the sword is cutting words mostly which is not a sword swing. obviously they were trying to hint at it but sam wasnt about to take risks on a massive boss like this he even states so in the talks later on that its not really a time to be trying new things while everyones dieing.
All their 2016 playlists fit so well but vax’s is especially cute showing how in love he really is, plus keyleths with the song sacrilege from the yeah yeah yeah’s which talks about her boyfriend falling from the sky and leaving feathers in their bed. So perfect lmao
I know “you can certainly try” is one of the most terrifying phrases Mercer says, but personally I think the scariest thing he says is a chipper “Actually, you know what?...”
Oh god yes I felt that in my soul as I read it and could hear it perfectly in his voice
Especially cause it almost always comes before some crazy legendary action or some shit
It is the Dungeon Master's way of saying: "You made your bed, now lay in it".
I usually freak my player out enough with an eyebrow raise and saying quietly "did I write this?" when looking at my notes.
Apparently, I’ve unknowingly conditioned my players to fear a specific cheerful-sounding chuckle that I do. Didn’t even know I was doing it.
"Come on, in and out, 20 minute adventure." -Vox Machina about the Plane of Fire
Stones Poi boy did those words bite them in the ass when they returned, eh?
Scanlan: “Guys, why did we come to the fire plane?”
"What could go wrong?" Lmaoooo.
Yeah...I would have argued for using the time to fortify Daxio. They could have set all kinds if magical traps, like Symbol and other cool stuff
Instead they come back after 2 days, barely standing and now their fort is on fire. :D
Taking a moment to pause and acknowledge how perfectly Travis plays Grog's character. He is immediately in the spirit of it and jumps into his role as the party barbarian who, when played well, helps temper the party's fear by making a sport of the fight. Finding the joy in the rage and hyping everyone else up so they panic less. It's such a valuable RP tactic. Rage on, Strongjaw
Fearless fights in general can sway a fight by bringing attention to them.
However Grog Strongjaw is the attention that will Devastate what ever he can reach.
I would like to RAGE.
He's also an incredible and important help for social encounters. By being on a patience timer, if the groups indecision or circular discussion bog progression Grog can march on headstrong and break a stalemate
@@BBTManiac in their group it helps, because the have a lot of AP.
Also that grapple was amazing. The Fiend lost 4 attacks.
@@VeteranVandal I was trying to figure out what you meant by AP then it clicked. Yeah, analysis paralysis is plentiful here, and there is no clear leader in this large group. At least for this season, I'm still working towards S2.
Let this be a lesson to us all: NEVER go back on a deal with Francois Bertrand Jean-Luc Australia!
François* :)
@@Shornaal13 Merci
Oui
Its almost as big of a mistake as trying to leave before Burt Reynolds says you can leave
@@actor765 *THE MEAT MAN COMETH*
The Modify Memory that saved them from an unimaginable conflict is absolutely amazing. Time and time again Scanlan just does a super clutch play
Scan needs a cupcake...
@@Reepicheep-1 A really, unusually delicious cupcake.
@@CM-fy1lo perhaps a cupcake given by Laura Bailey? With some dust of deliciousness? In order to perhaps, modify memory??
Liam knew and made a big deal of it.
Chie jumpscare
Taliesin giving Sam the dirty limerick book is basically Percy giving Grog Craven Edge.
The very best heroine.
He cant help himself... its in his nature...
Some people just want to watch the whole world burn
Percy is as Chaotic Neutral as they come.
@@SchwartzerAdler nah, there isn't much chaos in his character, it just happens that sometimes his actions result in chaos, but his personality is pretty much in the middle, True Neutral even, I would say at this point, but I'm now checking he is Neutral Good according to Wiki, so some of his actions onward may have shifted him towards good.
I feel like when Matt designed the armor for Pike he was like "nobody kills Pike again."
As he is actively doing everything in his power to try and make pike die
@@TheElectrikCow it seems as though he's working pretty hard in making everybody die... a good Dm never let's his/her heroes feel safe
@@BigggusDikkkus this is terrible advice. i've been in a campaign where the party never felt safe and just went from one deadly fight to another. it was emotionally draining and in the end it made it impossible to create dramatic tension, as there wasn't any encounter we didn't survive by the skin of our teeth. players and characters should have time to breathe, it's no fun to be stressed out for whole sessions!
Everytime they said it gets better I was hoping for an effect that counters the stealth disadvantage. I'm kind of glad they didn't pick up the armour that did that since she'd be giving it up now.
Event though this is two to four years late, I think you are absolutely right. If you watch Mercer's face as they are reading it, you can tell that giving that armor was a very solemn act born out of his desire to not have to kill her character. Mercer is one of those dm's that makes sure encounters are not a piece of cake but he still cares about them.
2023 Crew bringing it up top again
0:00:24 - Sam Spittin Ad Rhymes
0:04:45 - Mercer Meme
0:22:15 - dirty jump cut
0:41:00 - Scanlan Inspires Keyleth?
0:54:25 - Too Many Books
1:00:00 - A very dramatic approach to ship moments mid-battle.
1:07:27 - Scanlan Cutting Words
1:45:35 - Scanlan's Healing Song
2:10:20 - Scanlan's Cutting Words (Pit Fiend Baby now you're mine!)
2:13:30 - Sam has very soft hands.
2:31:03 - A more pragmatic approach to ship moments mid-battle.
2:31:50 - Marisha and Travis competing over who is the biggest shipper. Spoiler
alert: It's still Liam.
2:32:27 - Scanlan did nothing to that pit fiend. Except for those three times.
2:33:40 - Technically died in your arms tonight.
2:34:34 - This is why Vax's playlists are always so much fun.
2:35:00 - Scanlan's Cutting Words #2
2:36:40 - A Mythic Vibration
2:37:20 - When your husband refuses to listen to the DM's subtle hints
2:38:15 - Guys, this is why you collect these things.
2:39:29 - HDYWTDT
2:42:44 - Realizations start hitting
2:48:35 - Scanlan MVP
2:56:50 - BREAK STARTS
3:05:39 - BREAK ENDS
3:11:35 - Kior, Hunin, and new parenting lows
3:14:39 - The Whitestone Center for Troubled Teens aka accidentally adopting
with the bae
3:18:28 - Spiderman!
3:19:35 - Nesting doll sextuplets: The gift that keeps on giving.
3:20:30 - And what it giveth, it taketh away.
3:20:53 - And this is why, no matter how hard anyone tries, Liam always wins
"Who's The Biggest Shipper?"
3:28:47 - Worth it! Aka Guys, there really IS a reason why you collect these
things.
3:33:33 - Cenokir's last appearance
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Grog: it's over pit fiend, I have the high ground! *Falls into lava*
Pit Fied: well, now you have the lava ground!
Pit fiend: You were the chosen one!
Grog: *I HATE YOU*
Goddamnit, my subreddits are pouring into each other again...
you were supposed to bring balance to tal'dorei, not destroy it!
Fun fact: high ground only helps with ranged attacks, in melee, it's a disadvantage and Anakin should've been able to easily sweep Obi-Wan's legs out from under him instead.
"You are all rolling really well tonight, it's frustrating me." Matthew Mercer, 2016
The Heartless Alchemist I've said that once or twice as a DM
Cody Crooks
I know, right?
And that was the last thing vox machina ever heard xD
Same
I love the happy tone he used at the start, then the ominous anger in "it's frustrating me" chills man
The moment when Scanlan leaves Pike because of his promise to his daughter is a clear character redefining point. I hope he got a character realignment for that.
You're right, you're absolutely right
For sure
Personally, I don't think alignment itself should be used. It contributes nothing to D&D. Just have people act like they do and OTHERS determine if they see him as evil or good.
@@shadowscall7758 I'm not too familiar with the rules, but I believe Rakshasa tiger demon takes less damage if their damaged by a character with Evil alignment. I'm sure there are other creatures and effects as well that make use of this even in 5e
@@auxilirem9416 Yes, there are, but that is only there because they have the alignment system. If they didn't have the system that stuff wouldn't exist and it really doesn't add anything, because people trying to debate, "Well, I am not really evil, so I should do full damage." Again, alignment arbitrary rules like that should just be removed from the game in my opinion.
Your evilness is killing me! (Aaand I)
I must confess I want to flee! (want to flee)
But when you see me you lose your mind!
Baby it's a siiiiign
Pit Fiend baby now you're mine!
Another Scanlan classic
Scanlan is the best!
Turns out, this song was rather prophetic...
Damn. Now I really want iTunes ringtones of this.
What song is this based one?
I don't think they realized the Pit Fiend is a dragon-level threat at a CR of 20. The Ancient White Dragon is CR 21.
Absolutely this.
WHAT?! I am so glad I didnt suggest it to my dm 😬
Holy shit......Unholy shit actually
Not quite. For some reason pit fiends and balors don't have legendary resistances or actions like dragons.
They should have just fought the fire giants 😂
2020 Crew bringing it up top again
0:00:24 - Sam Spittin Ad Rhymes
0:04:45 - Mercer Meme
0:41:00 - Scanlan Inspires Keyleth?
0:54:25 - Too Many Books
1:00:00 - A very dramatic approach to ship moments mid-battle.
1:07:27 - Scanlan Cutting Words
1:45:35 - Scanlan's Healing Song
2:10:20 - Scanlan's Cutting Words (Pit Fiend Baby now you're mine!)
2:13:30 - Sam has very soft hands.
2:31:03 - A more pragmatic approach to ship moments mid-battle.
2:31:50 - Marisha and Travis competing over who is the biggest shipper. Spoiler
alert: It's still Liam.
2:32:27 - Scanlan did nothing to that pit fiend. Except for those three times.
2:33:40 - Technically died in your arms tonight.
2:34:34 - This is why Vax's playlists are always so much fun.
2:35:00 - Scanlan's Cutting Words #2
2:36:40 - A Mythic Vibration
2:37:20 - When your husband refuses to listen to the DM's subtle hints
2:38:15 - Guys, this is why you collect these things.
2:39:29 - HDYWTDT
2:42:44 - Realizations start hitting
2:48:35 - Scanlan MVP
2:56:50 - BREAK STARTS
3:05:39 - BREAK ENDS
3:11:35 - Kior, Hunin, and new parenting lows
3:14:39 - The Whitestone Center for Troubled Teens aka accidentally adopting
with the bae
3:18:28 - Spiderman!
3:19:35 - Nesting doll sextuplets: The gift that keeps on giving.
3:20:30 - And what it giveth, it taketh away.
3:20:53 - And this is why, no matter how hard anyone tries, Liam always wins
"Who's The Biggest Shipper?"
3:28:47 - Worth it! Aka Guys, there really IS a reason why you collect these
things.
3:33:33 - Cenokir's last appearance
Can someone tell me please what book did Talisson give to Sam XDd
@@yasminafarih3681 THE LIMERICK by Gershon Legman
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Double likes for Ashley and her Skype call dedication to play the game. Absolutely amazing
Smackadoshious I agree 100%
I was reading this post and the moment I got done Ashley popped on screen fricking coincidences
I like to imagine that the crew of Blindspot were all like "We've gotta get Ashley out of here so Pike can go help fight that Pit Fiend."
All those times Grog and Scanlan get looks for looking for "young boys" and Vex is the one who buys herself a pair.
such an underapreciated comment
And gets an alignment buff for it, lol.
To be fair, she clearly implied she wanted to free them. Scanlan and Grog however didn't clarify why they needed young boys
@@derekhandson351 I guess Scanlan and Grog muilticlassed into Clerics with out us knowing 🤷♂️😏
@@yoshiking6027 its easier to say than his real name... it would catch on
24:50
“In the words of Bob Ross, everyone needs a friend.” THERE WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO SAY “BEAT THE DEVIL OUT OF IT”
You gotta beat the devil outta the brush.
This is the funniest thing
wappitawappitawappita
I love how Travis mocks Liam about maybe putting The Sound of Silence on his Vax playlist - but now it's on Fjord's.... it all comes full circle
Huh? The only song I recall being mentioned was Mad World.
The hillarious thing in retrospect is that Pit-Fiends have Truesight, so all of the antics of this episode and the last happened while Ghurrix was fully aware of their true forms.
Maybe Matt homebrew that he doesn't have it?
@@micryt. Most likely he either forgot about it, or he went with the rule of cool and ignored it so he wouldn't ruin what I think most can agree was one of the funniest encounters in the show.
@@petsan97 or the fiend simply went along with it because of the fact more magic seems to happen there regularly so posing as something other than what you are isn't that weird. That's what I'd like to think as a reason
The pit fiend walked past because he saw that they were masking their true forms, he only went back for those aasamir (sp?) kids.
Yep that's why Scanlan can roll a 32 in description and still fail
Pike, unconscious.
Scanlan: "I'm running away"
Ashley: "It's ok!"
Laura: "I have to get to Pike!"
Ashley: "Don't, it's dangerous!"
My heart:
Ashley Johnson is a treasure and we don't deserve her.
We just need to try harder to be worthy!
"So, without further adieu-"
"Nonononoo-"
"Let's go ahead and jump in-"
"Nonono-"
"Into tonight's episode of-"
"Nononono-"
"Critical Role~"
"Noooo~"
Laura's not reaaaddyyyy-
(ado, not adieu)
But yeah, that was awesome XD
www.dictionary.com/browse/adieu
NightsRain6758 "Adieu" exists, it's just pronounced differently, means something else and is NOT used in this phrase. See:
idioms.thefreedictionary.com/ado
AnkokuEvangeline Ah, you are correct, my mistake. I had misread the ado definition when I went to check.
Laura’s whining is starting to get irritating. It’s all “OH NOOOO!” this and “WE’RE GOING TO DIE!” that.
'I don't want to deal with a dragon, let's take on a fire giant! Oh, wait, that's scary, we'll take on a pit fiend instead!'
Oh so true...
What if, now hear me out, we go fight a god instead? Those are far less deadly right?
come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs
The amount the group let's themselves be intimidated is infuriating
@@nathanbally Oh yes, because you would be oh so brave if a fire giant was staring you down.
the ONE time the NPC is creepy and they don't trust him he is a total sweetheart
His disposition didn't help, plus they had fallen into the pattern of dealing with really weird people. Funny how grog was the first to catch it.
its hillarious how liam said 97 after taliesin and marisha were excited about percy's high role. and in fact percy dealt 97 points of damage in that round
I've seen so many comments for this video from like a year ago saying "I just caught up in so proud!" and here I am going through the whole series for first time being like "damn I was really late to this party"
Joseph Fanning right? I'm slugging my way through these as fast as I can.
SAME. Ugh I wish I had paid attention to this on Tumblr like, a year ago. Ah well. I'll start the new campaign in the new year! :D and catch up and finish this one in between.
Mia S I just now made here so there's that butbim watching season two as well
Leading up the rear chaps!
MrLarryland tally-ho!
There once was a pit fiend from hell
In battle he did very well
'til a bard drew a blade
And the pit fiend was slayed
Then they looted the corpse where it fell
There once was a talented bard
with sharp a tongue and kind a heart
He drew a song-woven sword
to give a pit fiend retort
and tore the foul demon creature apart
Have you heard the tale of the Bard?
Who sang songs of the cube that was hard?
Loved himself more than others,
Yet his sisters and brothers
Held him in only the highest regard.
@@uli11 Hey, finally a dirty one!
...and then you realise Cenokir is so weird because he is utterly wracked by grief for his wife, to the extent that is is constantly aware of her absence and the precise amount of time that has has been parted from her.
....
....
....and Grog was essentially the only person to not assume he wasn't just a creepy arsehole.
down to the minute...
Because Travis is a good player who appreciates the work that Matt puts into his NPC's.
Given how Matt makes Cenokir basically unreadable unless they score an impossibly high perception check it's fair to assume he's got dodgy motives going on.
Matt quite often plays with characters who betray the party so they see threats everywhere now. It's a drawback to using that trope so often.
@@Madhattersinjeans yeah, in campaign 2 they've all but given up on insight checks because its more effective to try to read Matt's or each other's portrayal of the characters than what they get from rolling insight because Matt makes pretty much everyone unreadable.
@aljxNdr knox probably not ptsd, which is usually more anxiety related. Seemed more like an either autism or schziphrenia thing where they have difficulty expressing emotions.
0:00:24 - Sam Spittin Ad Rhymes
0:04:45 - Mercer Meme
0:41:00 - Scanlan Inspires Keyleth?
0:54:25 - Too Many Books
1:00:00 - A very dramatic approach to ship moments mid-battle.
1:07:27 - Scanlan Cutting Words
1:45:35 - Scanlan's Healing Song
2:10:20 - Scanlan's Cutting Words (Pit Fiend Baby now you're mine!)
2:13:30 - Sam has very soft hands.
2:31:03 - A more pragmatic approach to ship moments mid-battle.
2:31:50 - Marisha and Travis competing over who is the biggest shipper. Spoiler alert: It's still Liam.
2:32:27 - Scanlan did nothing to that pit fiend. Except for those three times.
2:33:40 - Technically died in your arms tonight.
2:34:34 - This is why Vax's playlists are always so much fun.
2:35:00 - Scanlan's Cutting Words #2
2:36:40 - A Mythic Vibration
2:37:20 - When your husband refuses to listen to the DM's subtle hints
2:38:15 - Guys, this is why you collect these things.
2:39:29 - HDYWTDT
2:42:44 - Realizations start hitting
2:48:35 - Scanlan MVP
2:56:50 - BREAK STARTS
3:05:39 - BREAK ENDS
3:11:35 - Kior, Hunin, and new parenting lows
3:14:39 - The Whitestone Center for Troubled Teens aka accidentally adopting with the bae
3:18:28 - Spiderman!
3:19:35 - Nesting doll sextuplets: The gift that keeps on giving.
3:20:30 - And what it giveth, it taketh away.
3:20:53 - And this is why, no matter how hard anyone tries, Liam always wins "Who's The Biggest Shipper?"
3:28:47 - Worth it! Aka Guys, there really IS a reason why you collect these things.
3:33:33 - Cenokir's last appearance
Kyshakk n
Love the poetic leads, but knowing when the episode actually begins & ends would be greatly helpful.
You missed travis at 3:18:14
10:00 recap
14:02 game starts
@@mactireliath2356 No shit right? Why take the time to do this if you're not going to mark when it starts. Fucking weird.
Senokir is now officially one of my favorite characters. I thought he was an oddball just because people on the Fire Plane behaved differently but _nope_ even his business partner is mildly weirded out by him! He's hilarious and incredibly endearing at the same time.
I adored him! Want to see more of this sweetheart
The bit at the end made me cry for sweet senokir
I love him so much, I really hope he gets a role in the legend of vox machina season 3
technically Scanlan never dropped seeming so when vax kissed keyleth, she looked like his sister
Yeah they brought that up XD
Keyleth: "Vax I'm learning so much about you!"
David Cain OH GOD THE FAE DRAWING CAME TRUE AAAAAAAAAHHH
Scanlan would have dropped seeming as soon as he cast bigby's hand
Steve Slothstorm bud... seeming isn't concentration.
dragonfire Huh... You're right. I assumed that it would be considering it's duration but I was mistaken
- How long ago did she die?
- This would have been... Four years. Two months. Six days...
(...)
- Twenty seven minutes.
Senokir is the best
It broke my heart :'C, best NPC
This poor poor npc, meanwhile VM is all distrusting and are certain hes got alternative motives
@@xEvilRaptorx to be fair, they got stabbed in the back so many times that an npc who constantly remind them that they owe him is pretty suspicious.
I almost fucking cried
I love how Senokir was a pure comedy character until that point and then, in a few seconds, Matt managed to make the entire group go silent and feeling like shit for joking about the dude the entire time.
Beautiful moment.
Awww... I love how it turns out Senokir wasn't that bad after all and just wanted something sentimental taken care of. I also love the look of validation on Travis's face as everyone realizes the favor isn't that big of a deal and that he was probably the only one that didn't assume that Senokir was like a serial killer or something. xD
Yeah, I was kind of baffled that the group was completely prepared to create more potential enemies by just ditching him before paying him back.
At worst, they went back and heard him out, only to find out his request was unreasonable. At which point they refused and fought him, or they just portaled out.
Senokir was so adorable! I want to see him again
If I was designing this campaign it would be the item that an interplanar army will use as an anchor to invade vasselheim. At least if they don’t check it out properly beforehand.
@@LittleBananaJoe I am in the comment section exactly for this, to look up if the guys is not connected some how to the Zigurat and the ashes is needed for him to come back to have an anchor or some thing
Scanlan is to bards what Aragorn is to rangers.
An annoyance?
Definitely, he's amazing!
Well with Mythcarver, he is basically King of the Bards. Mythcarver is basically the Bard equivalent of Anduril.
Scanlan has a bad movie adaptation?
Aragon is more of a fighter lol
The uncomfortable and laughing just when Vax kissed Keyleth and I knew immediately she still looked like Vex, I’m waiting for the realization. Reminds me when Keyleth tried to kiss tiny Vax.
She couldn't do it, but apparently Vax is more flexible.
@@theq86 twins bro
The scene he described was so awesome-- swooping down with wings, throwing daggers, blessing Keyleth with a kiss-- he's out there living out dreams of being a super hero, and I'm 100% here for it.
True love is burning an action surge to move her out of the way of an impending attack thatll probably kill her.
No, true love is smart enough to get her safely inside, or if you can't - kill the thing that would harm her. Making it take a step before it kills her is useless.
Just sayin'
didn't Rose do that in Last Jedi and a lot of fans hated it? it's a common trope (which I'm fine with)
@@dorianr4770 theres a difference in a senseless death and a sacrifice to safe hundreds, if not the whole galaxy.
Also the problem was that it destroyed the best scene of the entire movie and a beautiful end for finns character arc, and it even got out of its way to actually negate logic and consistency by making her suddenly teleport in front of him, whilst he clearly drove full speed away from her with a big advantage.
Also her act of "saving" him from a sacrifice that could have saved the rebels, got him and her out of their vehicles so that theyre on foot a couple hundred meters away from an entire army out to kill them. So essentially instead of finn dying and saving everyone, now she, finn and everyone else die (at least if the movie stayed true to continuity and logic, which it didnt).
So theres quite a big difference here.
Also yes, I simply cant turn down an opportunity of shitting on the last jedi.
Oh my god the elegant ways and the amount of times scanlan singlehandedly saved the collective asses of vm is the stuff of legends
Except sometimes he is the cause
MegaHalohunter delete this comment or The Meat Man cometh
Taking on a house full of guards and a fucking Goliath single handedly is some god tier shit
Well he is the party'y only arcane spellcaster
Israel ever since Tiberius left Scanlan had to carry hard as the only proper spellcaster
Did anyone else think that Percy was thinking about commissioning an engagement ring? It seemed like Vax certainly thought so.
tbh that was also my assumption - though it'd be monumentally strange to say that in front of Vex. like yea Vax can be a dick sometimes, but not to the extent of ruining their marriage proposal
i kinda did but also thought it was way too soon for him to be doing that so i had no clue
Late to the party but I assumed he was gonna get one of Vorugal's claws set into some sort of necklace since Vex mentioned she wanted one for that reason.
@@RoninXDarknight that probably makes more sense!
He was actually looking at having an official set of emblems made for the members of Vox Machina involving scales from each of the Conclave, his plans with Senokir were much more long term
1:58:15 Laura going "it's cold" immediately followed by Liam passing over his flannel is such a sweet moment
And Sam grabbed his sweater too.
Damn, they were on it. Thoughtful people! Hate to say I probably would've gotten stuck in "Huh, I'm not cold at all..." self-reflection for at least long enough to be way behind their reaction time.
43:10 When Matt was looking up if Bigby's Hand had a strength score equal to the Pit Fiend and said "Yeah, the hand's at 26, which is the same thing as the Fiend." You can see Travis check his character sheet real quick and then look up dejectedly. Poor Grog!
To be fair i think he has a 24 strength witout even the barbarian level 20 ability, which is 2 more than the main stats of his colleagues that read related manuals amd tomes amd 4 more than the normal maximum score.
@@beargrills3508 Yeah man with a manual and the gauntlets at level 20 grog gonna have 30 strength
@@ashenone4989 and also lvl 18 barbarians can substitute their str score with rolls so guaranteed 30 on everything.
Bear Grills that is just ridiculous
@@ashenone4989 the best kind of ridiculous, utterly fucking ridiculous.
Sam started this campaign asking Liam what race/class is the worst and yet he has saved VM's asses more times than I can remember and I'm not even through the whole campaign yet. MVP Scanlan.
It doesnt stop. You leave when Burt Reynolds says you can leave.
"Level 9"
This made no sense to me until I remembered they didn't start the campaign in 5e. Bards are great in 5e and gnomes are a pretty good race to play them.
I love how Sam always says some variation of, "what can I do? I can't do anything," and yet always makes massive clutch maneuvers to save everyone.
I kind of understand why Sam does it. He's Full caster with a lot of spells, and at least in this fight, they're fighting a pit fiend with huge bonuses on all his saves and magic resistance.
What I can't stand is when Taliesin does it. Like what do you mean you don't know what to do? Shoot it! Your a fighter. You already tried to disarm it and knock it prone, and they didn't work, so just hammer it with as much damage as possible. No party is going to be worse off having a ranged fighter using his three attacks to and stressing wracking up like 40-80 damage per turn.
Percy's damage with sharpshooter (especially if burns an action surge) and Grog's with GWM and reckless attack (even more if used frenzied rage to give him a third attack), legitimately could've taken half of the pit fiends health in one round so long as Percy didn't misfire.
@@danieldaw1778 the problem with Percy is none of his damage comes from a magical weapon. This hamstrings him a lot with higher level fights.
@@essexfuzz Once he switched to Animus, I wouldve given Retort to Gilmore to see if he could enchant the gun at all. But even if his damage is halved, his guns do a lot of damage. And lets be frank, the clutch player in the fight with Vorugal was Vex, because she knew it wasnt a time to try crazy tricks, and she spent every turn hammering the dragon with Fenthris. Percy needs to trust his (and his rival's) creations more!
The open delight everyone shows upon Ashley's skype connecting is always great to witness.
Scanlan: **carries legendary bardic blade**
Also Scanlan: "I've used this twice in jest, and once in self defense. I don't really know what to do with this..."
@@BrentDnD calm down. This is their game and they play it not the way you please, but the way they please.
Sam is an actor. His character fights with wit and magic. Moreover, he plays College of Lore bard. He just wanted to stay in character and evade metagaming.
Keep in mind that he jumped from a building with this sword in hand when Vax was in grave danger, I.e used the blade as a last resort weapon.
Brent McPeek Sam is a saint you bad bad man T^T
Sam is just so frustrating sometimes. The excessive anti-metagaming. He goes beyond what should be required so as not to metagame and literally "plays dumb" with his PC on things that the PC should actually know, or would know with common sense.
@@BrentDnD you might not enjoy campaign 2 either then... better get used to it, if you plan on watching any more. It's his character in a game with his friends. He enjoys exploring the options that not everyone would pick, and the resulting story that Matt crafts for him and the others. Isn't that what you're here to see as well?
@@BrentDnD I bet you’re the same kind of person who gets mad when someone metagames and then gets all in a tissy when someone role plays like what you’re doing rn. Honestly if you don’t enjoy it just stop watching nobody is forcing you to watch. If you truly just can’t enjoy it then stop. The comments section and fans don’t want you here nor do the players if you’re just gonna act like a douche
Matt’s super subtle hint to Sam of “Use your damn Vestige fool” lol
I know he's explained why it awakened in other places (Scanlan remembering his promise to Kaylee), but he started dropping hints before Scan did that. I think it was partially him metagaming as a DM in the party's favor-they were fleeing from a monster that had under 30 HP left and he hated to see them give up when they needed just one more round of attacks to finish him.
@@TheNoonish iirc the blade started vibrating after Scanlan sang. Seems like it awakened after a certain amount of singing done in battle.
The sword of the song of promise
The sword; Song of Promises
The sword; Promise’s Song
5:04 - How llttle did Matt realize this derp gesture would greatly troll him in the near future...
How did it haunt him?
@@Wookie_oo7 Pretty sure that was the freeze frame Sam put onto a tee shirt.
@@tbmin3d It was indeed, I had gotten to the epsiode with the shirt since I had originally posted it.
@@Wookie_oo7 I mean, anytime there's a comment on one of these episodes about trolling, you can start the reply with the words "Sam's shirt..."
If Matt only knew...
Scanlan is the best character ever. Praise be the bard.
CJBerdomas He is. That was the biggest hell yeah moment.
"Praise the bard." Things 2e players never say.
PIT FIEND BABY NOW YOUR MINE!
Scanlan and Grog are the best!
Because noone ever played a bard. you had to get to like 10th level just to qualify!
I enjoy how Liam always made fun of his own low base HP in the game, then went and played the squishiest class possible. The man enjoys punishment.
You mean like when he wasted Uncanny Dodge on an attack that dealt 13 damage and then wasted Luck to still get crit for 44 on the next attack? Lol
@@nathanbally He definitely wasted the uncanny dodge, which isn't surprising since, up to this point, he always says he's going to uncanny dodge the moment Matt says an attack hits him rather than waiting to see what the damage is, but saying he wasted the luck is just untrue. Mathematically, Matt had a 1/400 chance of rolling two natural 20's the way he did and Liam had no way of knowing that it would happen, so it was literally the best use of luck he had and just a worst case scenario with the way the dice worked.
@@Demonrifts to note after he used luck it's only 1/20 for another crit since he'd only have used the luck on a crit.
But it's exactly right it's not wasted he had no clue.as for uncanny dodge while he does waste it on weaker attacks it does make more sense that the rogue would just dude before he's hit and not know how strong the hit was going to be though that's not how the mechanic works.
I think Liam had enough of getting KO'd as well, since his Campaign 3 character is a Fighter with max dexterity and a shield. And he's still one of the first to die (Bertrand doesn't count, that was planned)
It’s less metagaming if you use the ability when you get hit but not know how hard.
50:03
"You guys are rolling real well tonight.......it's frustrating me."
I just felt a chill run down my spine.
God, Ashley is so adorable it is almost painful. How can someone so wonderful even exist in this cruel world?
I mean no disrespect or anything negative, but that's mostly Pike coming through. When I see Ashley behind the scenes she seems way more... hip. lol
nah look at her award acceptance speach for the last of us left behind, she really is that cute
Simp
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*So, what was your favorite quote from the episode?*
Mine was Vax saying "I'm just an EMT, She's the Doctor."
That was the best analogy I have heard for a Paladin vs Cleric's healing abilities. 🤣👌
ha, true! really grateful that Vax multiclassed before this fight too!
As an EMT, I feel this.
Its really funny how scanlan used to be a inspiration machine in the year days and now he has grown into the MVP of the group. Sure he cant rage and cause grog level damage, but he has saved them more times that any of them in these later battles. Bards are often times looked at as a funny joke in the group, which scanlan FOR SURE is, but he has flipped his goofy character into an amazing warrior in his own right.
Skallia Ray Combine this with his position in the group as the voice of reason AND the most charismatic... Scanlan was never lying about being the “de facto leader of Vox Machina”
@@thetgi4458 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@thetgi4458 He's the freaking Michael Jordan of Bards, man, and one of the few who switches from role to role so smoothly in and out and combat. He can charm, con, sincerely persuade, buff the group, save lives, trap monsters, and rain down havoc.
Plus, he has that flair for sudden, bold, and unannounced actions that *actually work.* Triceratops! Modify memory! Counterspell!
Freaking legend, Scanlan is.
Sam/Scanlan probably never realised that giving the fiend a fake name, especially at the end, was a god tier move
Why is it god tier?
@@ryankelly3465 Pit fiends, just like the rakshasha, do not actually die when you kill them. they only die if you kill them on their home plane (which for the pit fiend is the Nine Hells not the Fire Plane). So if he actually knew the identities of Vox Machina they would have this pit fiend, the rakshasha, and the shadow fiend from Percy all plotting their demise from different planes and all very powerful in their own right.
@@DTrainn31 ohhhh I see thanks! Also I thought that the shadow fiend was gone? Or is orthax still out there planning?
@@ryankelly3465 as far as I know (I’m still watching through) he is out there. You have to kill them on their home plane
@@DTrainn31 oh shit lol
Another masterfully Orchestrated Vox Machina battle plan... jump in Balls first and hope for the best.
isn't that how most groups do it?
I am so scared.
welcome to dnd where No and i repeat NO plan survives first contact, and this makes the most epic confrontations
What about Vorugal? their plan mostly worked.
if they would play Shadowrun, they would die even before the run...
0:00:24 - Sam Spittin Ad Rhymes
0:04:45 - Mercer Meme
10:01 - Recap Begins
0:41:00 - Scanlan Inspires Keyleth?
0:54:25 - Too Many Books
1:00:00 - A very dramatic approach to ship moments mid-battle.
1:45:35 - Scanlan's Healing Song
2:10:20 - Scanlan's Cutting Words (Pit Fiend Baby now you're mine!)
2:13:30 - Sam has very soft hands.
2:31:03 - A more pragmatic approach to ship moments mid-battle.
2:31:50 - Marisha and Travis competing over who is the biggest shipper. Spoiler alert: It's still Liam.
2:32:27 - Scanlan did nothing to that pit fiend. Except for those three times.
2:33:40 - Technically died in your arms tonight.
2:34:34 - This is why Vax's playlists are always so much fun.
2:35:00 - Scanlan's Cutting Words #2
2:36:40 - A Mythic Vibration
2:37:20 - When your husband refuses to listen to the DM's subtle hints
2:38:15 - Guys, this is why you collect these things.
2:39:29 - HDYWTDT
2:42:44 - Realizations start hitting
2:48:35 - Scanlan MVP
2:56:50 - BREAK STARTS
3:05:39 - BREAK ENDS
3:11:35 - Kior, Hunin, and new parenting lows
3:14:39 - The Whitestone Center for Troubled Teens aka accidentally adopting with the bae
3:18:28 - Spiderman!
3:19:35 - Nesting doll sextuplets: The gift that keeps on giving.
3:20:30 - And what it giveth, it taketh away.
3:20:53 - And this is why, no matter how hard anyone tries, Liam always wins "Who's The Biggest Shipper?"
3:28:47 - Worth it! Aka Guys, there really IS a reason why you collect these things.
3:33:33 - Cenokir's last appearance
If Ashley Johnson can go straight from a Hollywood set in hair and makeup to get to her game, how come I can't get my players to show up to Roll 20? LMAO
Because Ashley is a professional lol
People take enjoyment for granted, when you love something it just give you bust.
i can say that even in my 20 years of dming sometimes nobody puts enough energy in that game than me in my group. it fells often like im am fighting alone on the boat
@@jasonrichter9079 My DM feels the same. I can't play often but when I do I want to do more than shop or just to be distracted. It took me 2 sessions to drag a team of 3 guys to a fight... I play cleric so they wouldn't die and they didn't want to use it. Next time I will go as barbarian and I will start mayham I promised that to them
@@naszata THAT sounds like a plan Grog would do and i totally can understand that. i like that idea. tell me how its went. how dou you play in the moment. my 3 rounds play on roll20 and one of them got back to my table last week
"Nah I don't subscribe to that voodoo bullshit"
Brave words from a man within slapping range of Laura.
He also has to share a house with her. It could come at anytime
As long as he doesn’t accuse her of not knowing anything about Game of Thrones
@@davidcurry5240 I understood the reference XD
Matt: I'm going to subtly hint that Mythcarver is needed
Sam: i will not use Mythcarver
Matt: the sword is vibrating with power
Sam: I'm not good with swords!
Matt: THERE IS A STORY REASON FOR YOU TO USE THIS BLADE NOW
edit: oh my god Pike is OP now
Liam confirming he knows how big an ashes box is crushed me
0:24 - Sam Spittin Ad Rhymes
4:45 - Mercer Meme
41:00 - Scanlan Inspires Keyleth?
54:25 - Too Many Books
1:45:35 - Scanlan's Healing Song
2:10:20 - Scanlan's Cutting Words
2:13:30 - Scanlan's Healing (Not Creepy at All) Touch
2:35:00 - Scanlan's Cutting Words #2
2:36:40 - A Mythic Vibration
3:05:38 - Break Ends
3:28:45 - Plate of the Dawn Martyr
3:33:55 - Senokir's Favor
3:40:50 - The Return
RIP Headphone wearers at ~3:10:00
my god are you the one who started the meme you know the one at 5:05
ps thanks for all the time stamps they really help
There may have been a screen cap tweeted at Matt...
I FUCKING LOVE YOU!!!
Wow. Just wow. That whole sequence of events from Scanlan doing that amazing cutting words that somehow activated a secret power of Mythcarver to Scanlan being reluctant to actually use Mythcarver to him finally using it and getting that flurry of attacks that finished the pit fiend when everyone else was running back into the mansion. Matt didn't even give them his usual warning of "looking rough," so I can see why they all thought it was far from over. Sheesh. What an unexpected way for it to go. I guess Grog was right about the Vestiges having some sort of activation trigger after all. It happened with Vax's wings and now with this special attack of Mythcarver.
Edit: And the addendum of what happened after the pit fiend down to stop the guards from all attacking too. Dang. Scanlan MVP.
Matt to Sam: Your sword is vibrating at your side after singing that song.
Sam: What do I do? What do I do?!?!
Matt to Sam: Your. Sword. Is. Vibrating. And. Wants. You. To. Use. It.
Sam: I'll try another spell against the Pit Devil and run for the mansion.
Oh my gosh, and when he finally put 2 and 2 together, he didn't roll with advantage! This is too much...
To be fair using a sword is EXTREMELY out of character for Scanlan. He doesn't like to draw blood in battle, and is very caster oriented. Sam's playing him very in character and it was a little bit of a dick move on Matt's part to give Scanlan a legendary weapon that is a sword instead of a piece of armour or an instrument or something.
lessoriginal it’s a weaponized conductor’s baton
@@lessoriginal how is that a dick move? he's not gonna perfectly tailor the vestiges to each person. mythcarver is FOR BARDS. scanlan is the bardiest bard to ever bard. i think it was perfect, esp bc it gets scanlan to go out of his comfort zone.
@@smasshton on top of this I think it is actually perfectly tailored to him but not in the ‘natural’ sense. Scanlan can now stand closer to his friends and use abilities on them all, and if the foe moves close to him he will probably have advantage. He is an important target that you no longer really want to approach either.
Travis is really awesome. no matter what sticks to the no meta gaming.
also hilarious and is very smart when playing his character.
tbh everyone is great.
fucking love this series.
shout out especially to the story creator!
I wholeheartedly agree!
There's going to be a anti-vox machina support group in the hells before long
I honestly really love this comment cuz there’s so many negative ones about the players and everything. So just thank you lol
2:42:52 Laura freezes as everyone else shrugs off that 50% possibility of another death. 0.0
LauraBailey.exe isn't responding
45%
"Abuses of the clergy?"
"That's my favorite chapter."
Matt: you guys are rolling really well tonight!
Also Matt: They, that's two natural 20s with disadvantage for the pit fiend's attack. Sorry, Vax.
Made even better with Laura on other side of the room rolling Nat 1s basically every other roll 😂
Matt: "The poison damage is not doubled, that's a gift."
Me: *chuckling in German*
I did not notice this xD Wie hab ick das bitter verpasst xD
Alter Falter.... 😵💫
that classic Zemnian wit
Hahaha genau meine Reaktion!
1 year late but for those without skill points in German:
"Gift" (German) = "poison" (English)
This whole adventure into the plane of fire is the definition of "in and out, 20 minute adventure"
You should look up the definition of "definition".
@@xDMrGarrison I think they weren't literal. Their point was probably that often DnD parties think they can do a quick 20 minute side quest, and then it takes multiple sessions.
Classic Vox Machina insanity. XD
@@xDMrGarrison not what he meant use ya head keyleth
Laura saying shes cold and sam and liam immediatly scrambling for their jackets. I love their friendships❤
2:37:09 Of course Matt decides it's a good time to try to awaken Mythcarver during a session when Sam is in a troll mood.
I really like how positive and encouraging everyone is when someone succeeds at something. It really feels like they think about the group rather than personal succeess
1:26:20 Grog climbing over that wall and the demon lady sees him. *cue attack on titan music* xD
I haven't thought about that song in so long until this comment.
HAVING THE SEX WITH THE BEE'S AND THE EAGLE'S
HOT HOT HOT
"Hold on, I need a breather. Naw I'm just fucking about. You're dead." -Grog Strongjaw.
Man they really need to stop pissing off things from the 9 hells.
Especially since they will return...unless killed on their hometurf
Or the Abyss for that matter. Adding the Gated Erinyes this brings the count of Fiends "slain" to five. Hotis, Orthax, Yenk and now the Pit Fiend Ghurrix and an as yet unnamed Erinyes. Don't go killing creatures that will only come back from the grave for vengeance.
To be fair only two of those knows their true name so....
@@lefterismplanas4977
Scanlan yelled where they lived to the Pit Fiend. Wouldn't take long to find out their real names from that point.
@@patchlasses5649 It doesn't really matter in the long run belive me.
For anyone who knows how the nine yells work.
It doesn't really matter in the slightest
There is a moment in every big fight so far where Laura says ‘we are all going to die.’
TBF, there is a moment in every big fight where they are one dice roll away from either a TPK or total victory.
1:00:00 - A very dramatic approach to ship moments mid-battle.
2:13:30 - Sam has very soft hands.
2:31:03 - A more pragmatic approach to ship moments mid-battle.
2:31:50 - Marisha and Travis competing over who is the biggest shipper. Spoiler alert: It's still Liam.
2:32:27 - Scanlan did nothing to that pit fiend. Except for those three times.
2:33:40 - Technically died in your arms tonight.
2:34:34 - This is why Vax's playlists are always so much fun.
2:37:20 - When your husband refuses to listen to the DM's subtle hints
2:38:15 - Guys, this is why you collect these things.
2:39:29: - HDYWTDT
2:42:44 - Realizations start hitting
2:48:35 - Player of the match
3:05:39 - BREAK ENDS
3:11:35 - Kior, Hunin, and new parenting lows
3:14:39 - The Whitestone Center for Troubled Teens aka accidentally adopting with the bae
3:18:28 - Spiderman!
3:19:35 - Nesting doll sextuplets: The gift that keeps on giving.
3:20:30 - And what it giveth, it taketh away. Aka: Gratitude. Aka: Percy.exe has encountered a problem and needs to be shut down.
3:20:53 - And this is why, no matter how hard anyone tries, Liam always wins "Who's The Biggest Shipper?"
3:28:47 - Worth it! Aka Guys, there really IS a reason why you collect these things.
3:33:33 - Cenokir's last appearance
Also, that's three kisses in one episode. Got to be a new kind of record.
...People are spreading these stamps now. Holy shit. Achievement unlocked. My unabashed shipping registries will take over all of you!
You forgot about 00:05:04
"Realization starts hitting" - what a nice way of saying "Laura stares off into the distance with a slipping smile frozen on her face as she realizes she nearly died again"
Scanlan's back must be so sore from carrying this party
Nothing he did until the end worked and then he did everything he could to avoid using Mythcarver. They had to literally beg him.
@@christopherbacon1077 has more to do with the fact that he has a pretty strong track record of saving the day or doing something incredibly necessary for the party's success. Sam/Scan's probably the most capable one at the table, which is why he's Scanbo.
He's a Bard... carrying the team is what they do
I love Scanlan, as a character and not to take away from Sam's abilities as a player, but a big reason he is so consistently the MVP is because he knows his abilities and what they do, he stays in his lane, he pays attention to what is happening, and he doesn't take huge risks to play hero. He's a consistent team player and it's a shame that makes him stand out.
@@dainblack8289 lol i dont think Any of that takes awan from Sam as a player, highlighting some of the reasons he's such a good player actually does the opposite
Matt: "I'm not going to double that, cuz it's the attack that was critical. Not the poison. So that's a gift".
Liam: "Um, actually it's pronounced *Jift*".
Me as a Norwegian: Yes... yes it is!
The Norwegian word "Gift" (pronounced jift/yift) means "Poison". (it also means "Married"...)
Heh heh poison & married I like that thank ya for the knowledge my friend ✌️
As a German, I find this hilarious
(For anyone not too familiar with German, Gift translates to Poison)
What a crazy coincidence
5 and a half years late, but my god Sam's ability to come up with songs on the spot is unmatched.
Grog talking about his plan to get his best buddy to safety... the whole time he sounded genuinely sad... ugh my heart T-T
The Britney Cutting Words at 2:10:23 must be my favourite Scanlan song to date, and it's really hard to pick favourites there! Amazing, including the backup singers :D
I feel like something made from the scales of five different colored ancient chromatic dragons would summon tiamat
Or be the one thing necessary to destroy her
Even tiamat fears Mr. Australia.
@@EzraColdsGarage He is not Mr. Australia.
He is...
*The Meat Man*
Almost everyone has a child now VAX has keeynan skanlan has his daughter Percy and vex have the assmir and pike has grog the only one without is keylith as she killed hers
what about keyleth?
+blackvial "the only one without is keylith as she killed hers"
opps my bad, my eyes just glossed over that part
Grog and Pike are basically siblings, so Grog, Pike, and Keyleth are still missing children. :P
This is the most savage thing since Attilla the Hun.
To say how powerful scanlan is in this fight its crazy to think VM know nothing about him. They probably dont even know his mothers name
Does anyone, either? I can't find her name anywhere.
They asked but he refused to tell them, deflecting instead.
Right, if only Scanlan didn't deflect every personal question with humor then turn around and blame other people when they don't know any personal details about him.
I actually found it in a couple of episodes after this one. I think it was juniper.
I see what you did there
I really, REALLY hope Cenokir just wants to lay his wife's ashes to rest... I really don't want Matt to rip the rug out from under us with this character, he seems really neat and cool and would be a fun ally. Plz don't do another Clarota Matt. Plz just let him be a sad widower who misses his wife.
Im just annoyed they didn't offer to resurrect her for the guy who saved their lives
@@m1ckyg21 only a wish or true resurrection can bring back ashes
everyone dumps on Clarota, but the dude was pretty honest with them from the start, and warned them several times to get out of there before he rejoined his people. He told them that being part of the collective hampers your ability to be an individual, and that his helmet was hiding and protecting him from that affect... and that he wanted to rejoin his people.
Him "Turning" on them was seen 20 miles away, since he straight up told them the consequences of them staying after a certain point several times, and that it wouldnt exactly be because he wants to turn on them.
@@bloodydove5718 old comment i know, but that is something that has always bothered me, he basically told them that would happen, and did not have a choice, when he joined the collective he had to betray them. he lost his free will.
@@spaceblockb5284 Yea, especially since their comments later whenever he is brought up they don't seem to get that. Clarota didn't attack them, the hive mind collective took over and decided to make him attack.
"I'm shaking more than normal." - Taliesin Jaffe
I've heard somewhere that he just has essential tremors that get worse with stress and it's nothing serious. I don't have a source though, sadly.
Its tremors, I've asked him myself on twitter and he replied that its nothing serious.
Even people with a nerve issue like essential tremors can also get the shakes from stress/worry :P
It's just small tremors I have it and when I get really stressed my hand shakes like crazy
I imagine he has bad anxiety issues, his body language is exaggerated versions of what I’ve suffered in the past and had a super anxious friend years ago whose hands shook without any real associated condition (at the time, anyway, afaik)
This is how it plays out basically everytime Vax uses Lucky to make an enemy reroll an attack.
Matt: "It barely hits you."
Liam: "I use Lucky to make it reroll."
Matt: "Ok." _Rolls Higher_ "Now it hits you squarely."
when matt said just how many guards would have went after them i actually had a mild panic attack and hyperventilated, scanlan you absolute mad lad
Cirkonis, just before seeing them off to the Fire Plane: "Start no wars Vox Machina."
"We're up high in the air, the city's on fire... It's very romantic." 😝
Matt cracking the hell up watching Travis' Michael Jackson impression while everybody else had a serious conversation is the high point of the episode.
seriously not going to even time stamp that? I wanna seeeee
3:39:10
How is Sam actually a Bard for real in real life?
Yes
Classic Bard College
Well he is an actor which is as close to bard as you can get irl
@@manaphy0993 unless you legally become a traveling bard
Singing acapella in college.
saundor, dragons, and now winged demonoids. matt really hates grog having melee range on anything
Because he turns everything into paste. The Pit Lord would've been demolished if stuck in melee with Grog.
I mean, it's the party's job to overcome that. The fact they still don't have a plan to keep him in range is on them.
He did just give him the Boots of Feral Leaping, at this point it's mostly Grog having to get over the loss of a couple attacks to try and pull stuff down with the Chain of Returning. Percy does his best to ground enemies (but given how high of a level the enemies tend to be they often pass the saving throw), and Keyleth doesn't necessarily bring Earthbind to every fight. Scanlan hasn't been Fastball Special-ing Grog recently, too
It is a lot of flying enemies in a row it could have been spread out more but it did also come down to who the party chose to fight.
2:37:19 I don't recall Liam ever calling Sam "husband" (twice!) to get his attention to try to convince him to do something!
There are multiple fan compliations of this kind of thing, including one titled, "Sam and Liam Calling Each Other Pet Names For 2 and a Half Minutes Straight". They're pretty adorable.
(the top comment for that video is 100% correct)
@@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll I know all about Liam and Sam's Special Relationship. I was just saying that I don't recall Liam ever...
Matt: With a perfect use of modify memory and some luck roles.
Me: oh Matt just you wait 😂😂
Gee, C2 ep93 maybeeeeeee???
This comment deserves a cupcake!
@@Rellyks 🧁🍭
@@Rellyks here let me add this dust of deliciousness to make it extra tasty
Me, a Hamilton fan reading this:
"Just you Waaaiiiittttttt!
Alexander Hamilton!"
Can we talk about how Scanlan very well might have caused a war between the fire plane and the hells by convincing them that the ambassador was preparing to make an attempt on the sultan’s life
I love how mythcarver is insanely powerful, and scanlan can wield it well. But sam still keeps refusing to use it bc "I can't hit things with swords!" Every time he refuses to use it, I die a little inside.
Sam of all of them knows his spells and what he can do the best. Unfortunately he's not a swordsman so he just couldn't put 2 and 2 together that he can use the sword effectively.
In his mind his character class doesn't stab like grog and vax he's the utility spell guy.
It's kinda like being a ranger laura still can be a pretty powerful sword fighter but the idea that she could isn't first on her mind. That's how Sam is
@@Zalied To be fair to Scanlan, he went full on caster with Lore college. So he isn't exactly built to be an amazing frontliner, even if his attack bonus is technically pretty good. He lacks the extra attacks and beefier armor that would really make it viable at this level. He can sort of fill in with buff spells. But with his build, he's usually better off casting damage spells.
I imagine this is why Matt gave the sword a beefy multi-hit attack when charged with cutting words. But despite the internet's protests, he had no way of knowing that. Matt hasn't really given them all of the effects of their vestiges at this point. So it makes sense Scanlan kept playing as a pure mage (which is viable in 5e).
This is compounded by the fact that this group fell into the same habit as many do, and long rest too often for spellcaster slots to really be strained in most battles. At least ever since they started the vestiges arc. They hardly ever get a chance to unload all of their spell slots before a long rest.
@@piranhaplantX pretty much what im saying everything in his character says dont use swords. and even if your think oh but the swords hinting at using it. the way he uses the sword is cutting words mostly which is not a sword swing.
obviously they were trying to hint at it but sam wasnt about to take risks on a massive boss like this he even states so in the talks later on that its not really a time to be trying new things while everyones dieing.
Talesin and marisha looking at the limerick book and laughing in the background was very wholesome.
I don't understand how Scanlan doesn't level up after every single session, jeebums.
All their 2016 playlists fit so well but vax’s is especially cute showing how in love he really is, plus keyleths with the song sacrilege from the yeah yeah yeah’s which talks about her boyfriend falling from the sky and leaving feathers in their bed. So perfect lmao
Boy I bet they wish they brought Kima with her new badass fiend killer sword.
When you sing so good you upgrade your sword
That mansion spell is so dang OP... I mean wow, it has shown extreme utility time and time again in so many different situations!
Most 7th level spells are really good.
It's a 7th level spell. It's supposed to be powerful. Game running as intended.
@@GeraldKatz Indeed. And I appreciate how well it works.