Hubris | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 17
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Parting ways with their beloved cleric, Vox Machina is now adrift in a strange and unfamiliar city. With heavy hearts, they wander Vasselheim in the Braving Grounds District, home to the worshippers of Kord, the deity of battle and strength.
Fittingly, Grog soon finds himself in a fighting pit, duking it out with as tough an opponent as he could ever wish for.
Later, the party spots an attacking beast high on the city walls, and true to form, Vox Machina rushes to help. Following the fleeing creature off into the dense forests outside the city, they find their prey and a whole lot more.
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In a perfect world, instead of Philip, Grog would have recited Percy's full name perfectly as his "fancy name" and, after a moment of stunned silence, Percy would have added "You can just call him Percy".
Oh my god... Thank you for that.
Mateo Gg you my friend are a beautiful human being
That would be AMAZING
This is my new head canon
In a perfect world Grog would have remembered to use Stone's Endurance to reduce the last hit.
Vax "Grog if it's any consolation" Grog "What's that mean?" Percy "It's a grouping of stars in the sky." My favorite Taliesin remark yet.
I've been reading so much Darths & Droids that I forgot comments like that weren't common.
Timestamp?
@@samuelstensgaard4828 1:23:10 😁
@@FlyingDominion You're right, that's a total Jim thing to say.
You can see how happy he is that *someone* (Laura) caught it.
I'm really glad Travis got that extended 1v1 fight. He's always super respectful to the rest of the players and doesn't shove himself in situations Grog wouldn't, so I'm goad he got his time to shine on his own and everyone paid that respect back
I also love the fact that Liam knew Grog's backstory well enough to ad-lib a taunt
wym scanlan literaly tried twice to cheat
Time to shine? He lost the fight and Matt kept adding insult to injury afterwards.
Barely, plus I think he meant that as in he got a lot of conversational focused time which hardly happens which is especially interesting to most fans since he plays one of the most entertaining characters in the group. Also matt adding insult made it funnier cause travis wasn't fully upset, but portraying an upset grog which he built off of. @@monkemann4181
@@monkemann4181 Win or lose, it was his fight to have. It was a solid period of time focused solely and entirely on him. And he came 1 HP away from winning. He lost due to a trait. And, while there was some insult, Grog was also clearly well respected after that by the actual townfolk.
Game starts at 13:27. Break at 1:25:22; game resumes at 1:40:47 and runs until 3:29:58.
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Missed you on the other ones. Thanks babe
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I have to say, I've noticed a lot in the recent episodes, but Travis Willingham is definitely a majorly undervalued actor. He's played his character flawlessly in my opinion for far too long now to not be noticed. He always knows just when ti chip in hilariously, and times his moments well for the maximum effect! Cheers to Grog! Much love, my friend.
He's been noticed and praised... you must be new here
@@ksdajkfahgdkhsdag 3 months ago I was
@@ksdajkfahgdkhsdag shhhh let people have fun in phblic
Lmao I know you're new but it's just funny because it's the exact opposite. Travis gets waaaay too much credit for things.
@@xxliew I'm not sure I agree. How do you figure?
Pike leaves for ONE DAY and Grog is already in shambles.
Phillip is in shambles*
@@finesse1125 this comment killed me
This is how it works. Because who knows when she’s coming back 😭
Same
That moment Matt says that grog dissapoints a woman sloppily and Laura just collapses from laughing. If you know that these two are married makes it even more hilarious.
I laughed so hard I peed myself
@@TheMarionetteKitty gross
@@carterbutler2535 Everyone pees.
@@GiselleGauthier everyone gross.
@@carterbutler2535 not wrong
Sometimes I forget Travis and Laura are married since they don't act like it in game... then you hear the way Laura corrects his math
bb!
And then Sam getting in there to rub in a little embarrassment. lol
And how they acted during the shopping episode lol
That’s the guy who’s wife Orion made the comment to? That big mofo? I’d be scared to even look at her. Lol
>Visits a church
>Says goodbye to a close friend
>Immediately starts pile driving people in an arena
"Grief takes many forms."
~Liam O'Brien 2019
Visits church
Says goodbye to a close friend
Immediately takes a dump in the church
Matt: "You walk into a church, and Scanlan immediately bursts into flames..." Gawd, I laughed so hard!
"... wiping the tear from my eye and the poo from my bottom."
Mood
TFW the rogue is more diplomatic than the bard and the ranger is greedier than the rogue
Our cleric is greedier than the rogue (me). I am also at the lead when talking to npcs. It’s stressing me out sometimes lmao
We have a similar dynamic in my group. The bard is more shy than the shaman, the shaman is greedier than the rogue, and the rogue is more in tune with nature than the druid. Some of that is because of racial benefits, but still...
The rogue is an assassin not a thief so it checks out.
Oh my gosh, that’s so true and so awesome XD
@@DaDunge I mean assassins work for money otherwise they would just be serial killers but I get what you mean. My minotaur bardbarian poet is the face of the party so shit happens.
"We haven't had an awkward parental confrontation in what feels like months."
Percy, I love you and your quick humour.
“I wipe the tear from my eye and the poo from my bottom” is one of the best lines I’ve heard so far
Sam is the best bard out there. If you haven't seen EXU Calamity yet, he also plays a bard and has some truly amazing lines
I'm crying 😂😂😂😂
"Where do I mark off my loss of pride?"
Matt: * small voice * That would be in the additional notes...
I just got to that, I felt so bad... v3v
which part is this?
1:22:36 my good fellow!
Thank you, good internet citizen!
Ya welcome. :D
"Baby, it's eleven. That one was a five." *You doubt me???* "Five... Six... Oh, eleven." - Future CEO of Critical Role.
At least he’s not the accountant
I think, based on that interaction, we know who the *real* CEO is...
I have never seen Mercer look more Done than he did during the Scanlan+Magical poop scene
Amen.
I was about to turn off this episode for the night, but then I saw this comment and knew that I must witness this amazingness
This could have only been better if Sam came in wearing a hoodie and took it off to reveal the first Matt face shirt just after.
Oh you sweet summer child, Sam pushes him so much further than that in later episodes
Mercer is the one who decided the potion would work like that isn't he?
I would love to see the world where Vax was given the OK to fight Grog in the pit, and only after signing up realised he was getting tossed in with no weapons, no armour and no magic. I can just hear Vex laughing the whole way to the bank with that one.
I always figured Vax would set up a fall with Grog and vex collect ALL the gold
In that case it'd come down to Uncanny Dodge & Vax's AC versus Grog's rage damage reduction & much larger damage.
Most likely Grog takes it, but Vax's uncanny Dodge would make it atleast somewhat of a fight. (No weapons *really* hurts Vax more for obvious reasons.)
0:01:31 - Opening credits end
0:06:14 - Critical Role neon sign made by Marisha and Felicia
0:12:07 - Orion (Tiberius) leaves the room to get a drink just as Matt was about to start the recap
0:12:36 - Sam arrives (like a trailing fart according to Marisha lol)!
0:13:27 - Game starts, Part 1 begins
0:14:43 - The groups misses Pike
0:18:35 - Scanlan sings a song about missing Pike, after having taking a dump in the temple
0:19:16 - Matt facepalms and then at 19:30 looks at the camera is if to say look at what I have to deal with lol
0:38:05 - Grogg doesn't have a middle name
0:40:19 - In hindsight, this was a very good idea
0:42:33 - Grogg's fancy name is "Philip"
0:59:27 - Scanlan tries to stop the match by causing a riot but that fails
1:01:30 - Wife calls her husband "baby" and helps him out
1:05:58 - Grogg invokes the name of Macho Man Randy Savage
1:09:50 - Vax tries to enrage Grogg
1:16:06 - Grogg loses but earns the respect of his opponent. I honestly didn't expect Grogg to lose, I love that the game can do this sort of thing!
1:18:05 - Scanlan being a bro
1:24:05 - Scanlan lol
1:25:08 - First Matt's NPC defeats Grogg, now Matt as DM says Grogg is disappointing the woman who's paid to sleep with him
1:25:20 - Part 1 ends
1:28:27 - Break begins
1:40:32 - Break ends
1:40:48 - Part 2 begins
1:44:04 - Grogg was named after a bear?
1:51:18 - Grogg just can not catch a break!
1:59:37 - Scanlan and Vex have the same thought
2:10:50 - Scanlan sings a song of inspiration for Vex (Taylor Swift - Shake It Off)
2:12:30 - Scanlan covers the group with...
2:30:25 - Subscriber count in bottom left corner goes from 4,996 to 5,001 which is the goal they needed to reach in order to get an 8ft Trinket
2:42:35 - Scanlan sings his Bigsby's Hand song (Michael Jackson - Bad)
2:43:45 - Scanlan sings to inspire Grog (Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen)
2:59:29 - Matt "How do you want to do this?"
3:06:12 - Sean Connery
3:17:02 - The patriarchy
3:17:51 - The matriarchy
3:29:48 - Husbands and wives
3:29:54 - End of part 2, game ends
3:37:36 - Matt voices Gilmore in response to a donation
1:01:59 excellent foley work from vox machina
Grog was named after "beer"
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You are a wonderful human being.
Thx chu!!!!!!
This episode is a prime example of how Failure sometimes is a more meaningful story. If Grog had won it would have been just another win, but this experience lets us see Travis' really awesome Roleplay and Grog is WAY MORE AWESOME.
It was such an epic fight and Grog knocked out the half-orc who then came back w/ his racial at only 1hp! Even though Grog lost, he still ended in better shape than he left that half orc in and he also seems to be the only person to ever get that guy that near defeat! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time watching it in my head!
@@jamesgarlick4573 Epic fuckin fight
This is one of the tough decisions DMs face and Matt has made his call based on dice. However I still think, that considering the amount of roleplay that happend and how dice only decided the defeat I think it was not a correct decision to make. Reward is an important part of DnD and take it and give it to players based on pure randomness seems a bit chaotic and sometimes it just doesnt correspond with the situation.
@@Jay-bz5qk it is primarily a game of numbers and grog lost the fight due to his numbers it was a damn good fight and he almost won the dice that decided the outcome were attack and damage die the same die that choose the outcome of every battle
Couldn't he have used Second Wind to give himself some temp HP?
Grog's fight was more intense than the K'varn fight. I'm not even joking.
True that
Awww Grog made a friend.
Studying this fight to figure out how to make combat, especially 1v1 combat, more interesting.
It ought to be taught in textbooks! This is a perfect example of how a DM and a player can collaborate on creating an exciting and fascinating scene that mechanically is little more than a dice-chucking war of attrition. What could have been a very boring 20 minutes of just calling out numbers was probably the most awesome 1v1 I've ever seen in an RPG. It's crazy that this was Travis' first game.
Frankly Grog probably should’ve lost worse because I’m sure they didn’t reduce his stats given how he was supposed to remove his armor and stuff. Not to mention the advantage of applying an attack to whatever attempt he wanted as well as choosing disabling attacks like the knee shots and solar plexus. If he didn’t have the frenzied rage 3 hit perk he wouldn’t have had a chance either.
"You find yourself sloppily disappointing a woman until you pass out in your own sorrow."
Dear God, Matt! He already lost the fight, do you really need to beat him down again?! 🤣
Seriously, Taliesin just drops pearls every damn time he opens his mouth and no one else even notices.
A subsection among fans certainly appreciates Taliesin. But yes, it can be frustrating when he slips in these insightful, funny, apropos, clever-as-hell lines...and they whoosh by most of the others.
I enjoy all of the players/cast-members' talents in different ways, but Taliesin seems to be good at everything. I love how he lets the others shine, yet also picks the right moments to be loudly--or quietly--epic. I've heard Percy has an amazing arc in C1 and I can't wait to see it.
His one-shot character, The Owlbear? Legendary. Just legendary.
Of course, I am only this far in, though I've seen a ton of one-shots, interviews, and so on. Regardless, I'd love to get to know all of 'em. They all seem like not only would playing an RPG with 'em be super fun, but they're also the sorts of people who'd make great friends (with, alas, one exception).
Life needs things to live!
Meanwhile Sam jumps in with "Hold Percy"
Taliesin is one of the better roleplayers.
The problem is there are so many of them.
"That's not even chicken, that's just a piece of wood." Couldn't stop laughing to save my life.
I kept rewinding to that scene! 1:24:07
Possibly the best improv line EVER?!
I had to pause the video because of how hard I was laughing.
"The brine on this chicken is exquisite (gentle sobbing)!"
Just another golden improv moment from Sam.
When Laura is rolling Trinket's second saving throw and Travis reassures her by saying "Just roll it, you're good. You're okay." warms my heart a little
For anyone that’s trying to watch all of campaign 1, consider this the first checkpoint, the thumbnail colors changed to green
ok, the checkpoint being that Pike left?
@@maciejhammer2266I think the checkpoint is the end of an arch and the beginning of another. They just concluded the last little bit of cleanup on the under-dark, making this a landmark on your watching journey.
You smart @@the_pleasant_potter
Travis: *voice cracking* HE HAD ONE LEFT?!?
He was so heartbroken 😅
Scanlan has healing word, right? It’s just verbal components. Could have won it
Fast forward to campaign 2 episode 53
@@ArdenFox
Or used Cutting Words or Bardic Inspiration. I think those are technically non-magical effects.
@@ArdenFox most importatntly, rage gives you 50% dmg reduction and adds +3 dmg per hit, he never added that, not did he reduce the dmg taken. It would have been an easy win otherwise
I love this show so much. One moment I am laughing my ass of and in the next I am crying like a baby.
"It seems a shame to have a family and not take advantage of it." went completely missed, yet to me it was a very powerful statement by Percy - who has no family.
Indeed, it is something special. Glad you found us! Hope to see you on the live stream one day.
Literally everything Taliesin says is overlooked but highkey amazing during rewatching or going through the comments
It's a shame to have a racial ability to occasionally shrug off damage and not take advantage of it. D:
As far as we know, anyway. We don't know if anyone else survived
Broooo I didn’t even realize it was Percy that said it. He’s such a bean😭❤️ btw this is pretty late but is okay
1:23:10
Liam: "Grog, It it's any consolation-"
Travis: "What's that mean?"
Taliesin: "It's a group of stars in the sky"
XD I'M DEAD
omfg i didn't catch this! that's gold hahahah
It was at THIS point that Travis decided on a Half-Orc for his next character.
@Grim reaper that fight was painful to watch, particularly once you know the result (grog loses by one hp) and you notice that grog forgot to add rage damage, so matt character does 7-8 damage (1d4 /2+ 4 from str mod +2 from rage) while grog does only 5-6 (1d4 /2+ 4 from str mod). and the worst is seeing the other players too busy considering ways to cheat the fight to notice that there is such a damage range disparity.
@@docb2049 I was curious about this as I saw a couple comments mention it, so I looked it up. The +2 rage damage is only for melee *weapon* attacks, so Travis was right not to add it. Maybe Matt mistakenly added it for the half-orc?
Or could it be possible that the half-orc was somehow else proficient in unarmed combat, thus accounting for the difference in damage?
@@cloud_sauce he also may have had some extra strength I think could account for at least for 1 point if he had 20
unless Matt made him a little extra strong
Scantlan: I'm Grog's manager.
Also Scantlan: I'm betting against Grog.
*Scanlan
2:20:15 Taliesin : (laughs at Travis for pointing the laser pointer towards himself)
2:30:47 Taliesin: (does the same thing)
oh, this is the first episode of the Iconic Taliesin Hair
I noticed that too!! 😱😍👏👏
I was waiting for that too
The first episode we get to see a glimpse of the true power of the Immortal Jaffe.
You know everytime he changes hair color, he takes another mortals soul and extends his own life
A glorious day
Indeed 🎉
"...I want to mark off my loss in pride..."
"That would be under 'Additional Notes'"
Bravo, Mercer. That was brilliant and quick-witted.
Grog can't read or write so all good
The way Matt looks at Travis when Grog says "...I like your beard." to the bartender is just. So cute. He's so endeared to his player's characters.
Yeah, to me, he seems as sad as Grog about the fight. Dices can be a b**ch sometimes and luck was not on Grog's side. Matt suffered every roll as well😢
I know this is the 17th episode. I know they are voice actors. But still the array of sounds that Matt can produce are astonishing
A fast wiki on everything they have been Imin is mind boggling. Alot of shows and games i love
Hopefully by now you’ve seen c2 and realize how crazy it really gets
Was it the C2 ice worm/turtle where he creeped all the cast out with the screech?
He can sing, too!
"HE HAD ONE LEFT??!!"
I felt that in my soul
"No, he went 5 below zero then used his racial ability to come back to one."
"THAT'S EVEN WORSE!!!"
@@kjj26k Its even worse, cos Grog could of used his racial to tank that last damage
And a distant "F!" while he's out of the picture.
@@TheThezenith OMG thats right!!! That makes it so much more painful i forgot about that!
@@TheThezenith oh no!
inside or outside of character, Taliesin has amazing lines: "to be fair, the meteor didn't dodge the earth" - seriously, where does he store those lines? And they seem to slip right by most everyone!
Seriously, his jokes don't get nearly enough appreciation.
He comes from a show biz family. It's in his blood.
His grandfather wrote the script for The Manchurian Candidate so it's literally his bloodline.
I’d say it’s a goth thing, but Taliesin is so much more than a mere goth.
What is the time code of the joke? I feel so bad for missing this one
Since no one else I can find pointed this out: Taliesin's "Seems a shame to have a family and not take advantage of it" hit really hard knowing the next arc.
My heart!!!
Hey sorry can I ask if you know where the vox machina SHOW (like on prime) ends in terms of the campaign? I’ve never watched this before but I wanna keep watching from where the show left off so I’m not just thrown into it some random episode which I’m pretty sure is what I’ve done here lmao ToT I have no idea where and when this is (this episode) pleaseee if you know can you help me?
@@Gumdropsss @Candy Seeker Hi! I'm a very new fan myself, but I have watched the show and a ways into the campaign at this point. The thing about the show is that it doesn't follow the events of the campaign exactly the way they occurred. The first couple episodes (with the dragon) happened in the campaign before they began streaming it and the first few arcs of the streamed campaign are skipped by the show, likely to avoid mention of Tiberius for reasons I won't go into here, but you can likely find in many other places without much effort. For this reason, I recommend starting from the beginning of the streamed campaign, daunting as it may seem, so that you don't miss things like references to guest player characters, inside jokes, and story beats that were skipped or changed. However, if you are sure you'd like to just pick up from the end of the Whitestone arc, the background color of the thumbnail of each video corresponds to each arc. The color for the Whitestone arc is light blue, and the Chroma Conclave arc picks up with the purple background right after. Again, though, I can't stress enough that the campaign and the show are quite different and you will likely be confused whether you pick up with the Chroma Conclave or right in the middle here.
@@laughterlightchats5133 I’ve found that it kinda picks off pretty accurately around the end of the Whitestone arc, so far I haven’t felt like totally lost and if I ever do feel like that i guess I’ll just have to watch from the beginning, but I do feel like it’s been ok so far. Since the episodes take very long though I’m still where I started lmao, kinda fell asleep mid way so i had to go back to the last thing i remembered haha, should be just a little less than an hour left of the episode (ep 36 I believe, called winters crest in Whitestone :>)
1:24:03 Since no one decided this amazing moment was worth a clip, I have timestamped the point where Grog starts to eat the bar stool.
There are several clips of this scene on TH-cam
@@KingNefiiria Then I just can't seem to roll a high enough Investigation Check to find this scene clipped. v.v
@@GUARDIANKAYSA my bad darling, it was just one, and in a compilation. But it is the first or second clip so it's right there for you to enjoy. Just not on its own
th-cam.com/video/Ob2NiPx7euI/w-d-xo.html
I laughed until I was crying when that happened
This was the point I had to pause and go to the bathroom before I peed myself laughing.
1:46:49 gotta say, love Liam being consistent with the “I don’t know what that is!” as soon as anyone mentions modern real life inventions
the first time i played dnd, the DM described an NPC as Jafar-like and the first thing that came out of my mouth was "whos jafar?"
I do this everytime a player breaks character because it’s funny to see their reaction
"My wife is the Head Master"
Laura and Travis bust out laughing.
I die.
Time stamp? I missed it
Archer Astatine 3:17:47
のむおさけ you are a blessing
It's 5 years later and I'm sad at work after an imaginary pit fight in a DND game that I wasn't even playing in. Great show.
7 years for me and same man T_T
Also 7years later
Over 7 years now and same but still a great fight
Here 8 years later and I am in the SAME boat
Scanlan: "So I leave and rejoin my fellow, wiping the tear from my eye and the poo from my bottom"
Matt: *regrets every decision he's ever made that led him to that point*
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the exact moment Matt Mercer died inside.
Katherine H.
Matt takes damage. Roll a saving throw Matt.
@@bigmike1ak But is it fish damage?
@@1SunnyDaze0 It's fecal psychic damage, very dangerous.
With Sam there, Matt dies inside every single episode. He keeps getting resurrected by Saranrae though.
How no one askes the important question of what is first or is he doing it at the same time ?
I feel like Taliesin was more mad about the exploding arrow failing than Laura was.
Hayden Weiss the “Now!” response to her nat20 made me laugh.
That's because the arrow didn't fail, the archer failed... And then got blown up. I'd be angry too (not at Laura, at the situation)!
@@mistresspheonix854 It did a shit ton of damage as well
I can only imagine the shock, after weeks of waiting for this show to come back on...
That the first thing to happen is Scanlan taking a magic blue poo in the temple of Sarenrae.
Sounds just like Crit Role to me
1:22:40
Grog: Where do I mark off my loss of pride?
Matt: That would be under additional notes.
cant believe i missed that lmao
So, from that Hydra’s perspective, a bunch of stone walls appeared around him after taking a drink, then a bunch of green people ran at him to kill him. Not the weirdest thing it’s seen, but that has to be up there.
I really hope there's a count of how many times a Npc said "I dont like you" to the party
mar -shadowrain- Conover if they had a silver for each time they would never worry about money again
What, like a TFS Krillin-style counter in the corner? Think it'll get that high?
It just gives them a dollar to the kickstarter.
The count behind this episode is last 100.
After that, we have no idea, probably say past 5,000
Seventeen episodes, numerous boss fights and Group-on-Group action, and fucking EVERYTHING pales in comparison to a half-orc and a Goliath in a ditch located at the ass-end of Nowhere.
DnD
I love this episode!! I haven't laughed this much in awhile!
The most epic battle I have ever witnessed, and it was all in words. D&D is definitely a land of wonders.
I was watching this in the middle of the night and I literally had to hold my shouts in as the fight escalated into an all-out bloody brawl. Easily the greatest moment on the show so far in my opinion.
Grog and that half-orc really was one of the best encounters in the show, and I've seen some of the later episodes.
This was before there was an official goliath in the system. Volo's wasn't out yet so that racial attribute didn't exist yet. I had the same thought until I looked it up
The hardest thing about watching this is knowing that if Travis had been aware of his Goliath damage reduction ability, he would have won
i mean, if both players had been aware of their available abilities then...who knows. neither of them rolled for relentless rage either.
but far more important than either ability, grog wasn't adding his rage damage which should have been an extra 3 per hit. bringing him up to 8-9.
Didn't use advantage for his reckless attacks (but Matt wasn't attacking with advantage against him either), didn't roll with advantage for his grappling checks, didn't factor in his resistance to all the bludgeoning damage he took, didn't use Brutal Critical when he got that one crit, aaaaaaaand I'm still wondering how he had a 20 Armor Class when Matt said they stripped off their weapons and armor before the fight (would have been 17 AC with Barbarian's unarmored defense). I get the feeling that rather than worry about the details, Matt just figured out what Grog was doing and approximately matched it for Kern the Hammer.
@@sillyking1991 I thought that too, but technically the rage damage only applies if you're using a weapon. So unless he's got a feat that compensates, this way done correctly (though I doubt he realized that).
@@davidarmstrong1617 unarmed combat counts as a melee weapon attack, so rage applies. Sounds really confusing, and it is, but tis the rules
@@davidarmstrong1617 I'm guessing they discussed the fight beforehand, and decided to make it simple to calculate all the attacks since there would be A LOT of them. It made it so they could describe each attack.
"Sloppily disappointing a woman" IM DEAD
That was Travis's wife's reaction, too: Vex/Laura head-desk at 1:25:09
As a "working woman" would she necessarily be disappointed when an evening of work becomes a ten minute task?
With Grog's constitution I suspect he can tie up an awful lot of a brothels schedule when he's at his best.......
Here we see the start of Taliesin’s Mohawk
Feels like witnessing a historic moment
[various ohhhh tourist noises]
Taliesin’s *what?*
30:34 The fact that he's able to incorporate the object that falls offscreen into the conversation is why I love Matt Mercer.
Improv chops!
Percy's face when Laura wastes his fancy explosive arrow kills me.
I thought itwas him horrified at blowing her up LMAO, just like Stanley from Arcane:" everything Stanley made either fell down, blew up, or broke" I feel like Percy keeps blowing up his contraptions
Gotta love that as soon as Pike is gone, Grog throws himself into a fighting pit w/ a mountain.
In that fight he was the mountian
Anna Vale To be fair he wanted to do it back in Crag Hammer and I'm hoping he fights there too!
The funny thing is that Grog was still taller. He’s like 7’8” and the half orc was 6’6”. This was like Rocky 4 and the half orc was punching above his weight class by a LOT
@@TheBoomstickBros Yeah he sould have lost though I believe. I am pretty sure grog didnt add his rage bonus
Pike is 100% of Grog's impulse control
Sam still throwing shade over Orion bitching out of that fight with the Beholder.
as he should
And a casting a spell that I don’t believe he is high enough level to use (chain lightning)
@@bodhixzx To play devil's advocate, they each started at level 9 on episode 1 and everyone has leveled up once or twice since and, according to critrolestats, Vex, Keyleth, and Tiberius were each level 11 by this episode. Sorcerers get access to chain lightning at level 11, so it's definitely possible he was able to learn it by now. Since two other character had levelled by this point and he said after casting the spell that it was new, I think it's reasonable that he got to level 11 by this point.
@@bodhixzx marisha said keyleth has a level 6 spell slot right before combat so tiberius was probably same level
The more I watch the happier I am hes not in the show.
Ah yes. The fabled "Sir Macho of the Savage Lands" technique I've heard so much about. I hear he once used that on Umber Hulk Hogan.
"Umber Hulk Hogan" that's fucking jenious, underrated comment 🤣🤣
One year later, I just fucking choked on my hot chocolate trying not to spit all over my laptop reading that comment and laughing. Well done!
Underrated comment
umber hulk hogan lmao
Liam is just the perfect rogue. His "I'll fight him" made me so giddy lol.
"My body is a temple!" Whatever you say there, "Holy Man".
"This place doesn't like magic"
Vox Machina :shape shifts and uses like 12 spells RIGHT INFRONT OF PEOPLE
arcane, not divine...but yeah...mat let a lot of stuff slide
Good thing none of them are lawful good.
Wildshape and Druid magic isn't arcane and Tiberius has low wisdom and doesn't care
@@MorinehtarTheBlue yeah, it's very much in character for Tiberius, who has essentially been praised for his arcane ability, to not understand or care why they don't like arcane magic
Like they explained back in Kraghammer, "We're obviously idiots."
Grog: loses big fight
Vex: loses her exploding arrow
Percy: loses his cool
Trinket: loses consciousness
Tiberius: loses group to play with
@@TheAmethyz everybody: wins
It’s funny that during the break they said Travis is definitely not a challenge for over lord status but now he is the CEO of Critical Role
"I know, I used it in the fight that you didn't wanna fight in," Scanlan remembers. Scanlan never forgets.
Nobody forgot. Hes just upfront with it
@@S_047 I think they were making a joke
@Norscan Wolf I wish they'd reveal all the little tidbits/info they are told in secret, such as the reason Keyleth was so against handing over the horn and going deeper into the underground, and you know it's not improv because Vax does an insight check on it and Matt whispers to him. I have a feeling Tiberius had something like that, because he uses 100% magic, and the Beholder dispelled all magic in it's line of sight, so he was adamant about not going in the temple because he was terrified of it. But we'll probably never know now.
Also trying to bring allies in on the carpet to help in the fight wasn't a terrible idea, it just backfired because he failed a roll and now everyone gives him shit for it. There's plenty to give him shit for, but I think in this case he was actually trying to help.
@@LagunaX1 he’s played the character well, he was concerned of being nullified and instead sought to get help, as soon as that failed he went back to assist. Not sure why people give Orion shit for a decent idea and role playing it fairly well.
@@ricosrealm As far as the characters know, Tiberius fucked off on a carpet then came back, stole the kill and said that he saved them all. It was a smart move as a player, but in Canon, since he never explained it to the characters, they thought he just left them then came back
Matt looked like he was having so much fun during the match with Grog
No matter what happens Grog wont die, means Mercer can unload on Grog for the first time without worrying about killing a PC....its a liberating experience for a GM
Also I'd like to think he's happy Grog can finally shine in his element. Ie. Grog being overshadowed by magic , trick shots, vanishing daggers ect. A straight up muscle fight
It was also an entire combat of Matt just playing one character. So for the moment, it was like he was playing alongside them rather than being a dm
I think I finally have an idea of what every character would be if they were an actual family.
Tiberius is the grandfather hard of hearing
Pike is the mother that takes care of everyone she meets
Vex and Vax are the Aunt and Uncle that mess about together and allow mischievous games that frown upon
Percy is the first born that's mostly chilled all the time, but when something's on his nerves you get out of his way
Keyleth's the socially awkward middle child that hangs out with her grandpa a lot
Grog is the youngest child that goes off a lot and everyone has to watch him before he does somethng that could kill him yet when he does it doesn't
And Scalan... is Grog's friend that has a crush on his mother, and constantly listens to "Stacy's Mom"
... very true
Yes! Just Yes!
Oh my god yes, its perfect
But who's the father?
TheGoodluckjonny pike is a single mother
2:00:49
Travis : « I can only come if Tiberius lets me. » …awkward silence…
Sam : « …Oh, to fly. »
That bought me to tears! It deserved more.
@@allycattiny if you are at the start of your journey into Vox Machina: enjoy! it is well worth It :)
HUBRIS, Aka the episode where Grog forgets about litterally all his abilities except Intimidating presence.
This was really upsetting
I am so upset after watching that part. I am stopping halfway through the episode, and not watching any more.
@@rockterhune3486 lol that is pathetic
@@rockterhune3486
lol you gonna suck it up and watch or you gonna be a pussy about it?
@@rockterhune3486 it's pit fight and Travis played full in role play, after the first shout was only savege beating
Thank you Blake Dale for this, it makes re-watching the episode easier.
0:01:31 - Opening credits end
0:06:14 - Critical Role neon sign made by Marisha and Felicia
0:12:07 - Orion (Tiberius) leaves the room to get a drink just as Matt was about to start the recap
0:12:36 - Sam arrives (like a trailing fart according to Marisha lol)!
0:13:27 - Game starts, Part 1 begins
0:14:43 - The groups misses Pike
0:18:35 - Scanlan sings a song about missing Pike, after having taking a dump in the temple
0:19:16 - Matt facepalms and then at 19:30 looks at the camera is if to say look at what I have to deal with lol
0:38:05 - Grogg doesn't have a middle name
0:40:19 - In hindsight, this was a very good idea
0:42:33 - Grogg's fancy name is "Philip"
0:59:27 - Scanlan tries to stop the match by causing a riot but that fails
1:01:30 - Wife calls her husband "baby" and helps him out
1:05:58 - Grogg invokes the name of Macho Man Randy Savage
1:09:50 - Vax tries to enrage Grogg
1:16:06 - Grogg loses but earns the respect of his opponent. I honestly didn't expect Grogg to lose, I love that the game can do this sort of thing!
1:18:05 - Scanlan being a bro
1:24:05 - Scanlan lol
1:25:08 - First Matt's NPC defeats Grogg, now Matt as DM says Grogg is disappointing the woman who's paid to sleep with him
1:25:20 - Part 1 ends
1:28:27 - Break begins
1:40:32 - Break ends
1:40:48 - Part 2 begins
1:44:04 - Grogg was named after a bear?
1:51:18 - Grogg just can not catch a break!
1:59:37 - Scanlan and Vex have the same thought
2:10:50 - Scanlan sings a song of inspiration for Vex (Taylor Swift - Shake It Off)
2:12:30 - Scanlan covers the group with...
2:30:25 - Subscriber count in bottom left corner goes from 4,996 to 5,001 which is the goal they needed to reach in order to get an 8ft Trinket
2:42:35 - Scanlan sings his Bigsby's Hand song (Michael Jackson - Bad)
2:43:45 - Scanlan sings to inspire Grog (Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen)
2:59:29 - Matt "How do you want to do this?"
3:06:12 - Sean Connery
3:17:02 - The patriarchy
3:17:51 - The matriarchy
3:29:48 - Husbands and wives
3:29:54 - End of part 2, game ends
3:37:36 - Matt voices Gilmore in response to a donation
Additional notes:
(1) This episode is referenced at 8m42s in the "Otakon 2015 - Laura Bailey and Travis Willingham Q&A Panel" video on the dragonmastrVids youtube channel
Named after beer, not a bear
"I feel uncomfortable, it must be the emotion." Big ass mood, thanks Sam, .
I really appreciate Taliesin looking up to the heavens and demanding of the Dice Gods “What have I done?!”
Timestamp?
I would love to provide that information but sadly I lost it and I am having trouble finding it again lol.
@@nurselaykan3721 2:48:36
Ay! I'm finally lapping myself. Round 2, here we go :D
This fight is just as awesome on the second viewing. Travis' enthusiasm is insanely infectious.
@@sprigganpanda2:40:06
I really felt the age of this clip when Matt said "making my way" and none of them responded. I waited for it.
me too!!
Every. Single. Time.
I wait for it every time
Same!
I always wait for it too
Vex: “I would like to range”
Them: Dire-ape
Me, an intellectual: Bigfoot
I endorse this comment
I was like Yeti? Bigfoot? KING KONG?
Personally, I’m a little mad that we couldn’t see the awesome battle between Bigfoot and a Hydra. That could’ve been so cool!
Grog "where do I mark of my loss of pride?"
Matt "That would be under additional notes"
I died.
Sam "That's not even chicken, it's just a piece of wood"
Matt " and yet that doesn't stop him as he makes his way, bite by bite, through a piece of driftwood he found by the bar"
I died again.
*Matt describing the giant 8-foot bear that will be made if they hit 5000 subs*
Me, watching for the first time five years later: oh shit, I wanna see that. I need to sub!
1:23:00 "HE HAD ONE LEFT?!?!"
Oh, what an epic cry of anguish for the ages
I honestly think that made Grog more impressive in that fight even though he lost
God how is Grog the most adorable member of the party when you have Pike, Keyleth, and Fucken Trinket there?
That, my friend, is what's known as excellent role playing.
And his int of 6 probably helps
Really I'm more impressed that Pike, Keyleth, and Trinket are still in the running for most adorable when you've got Grog in the party.
so true
i find that the best part about grog is the way he talks like deadpool, constantly breaking the fourth wall, giving weird petnames to his opponent
This is my first watch of critical Role and it's really noticeable that Mercer has stopped trusting Orion's roles and actions. Looking up basically everything he does and rolling a bunch of damage dies himself. I was wondering if I was just seeing something that wasn't there in earlier episodes and it doesn't appear that was the case. That is such a horrible feeling when you're DM. :(
i’ve noticed that too-quite sad. and the fact that Sam has started to “help” count Orion’s roles (to keep him honest)
Yeah, its super sad to see. When Orion threw a fit about the fireball stuff I went back to see what Mercer said, and he did agree to 20ft radius but no one believed him cause he does crap like that all the time. Reminds me of the boy who cried wolf lol.
@@amandowski9428 yeah, with hindsight, mercer should probably have agreed to not apply the damage on this occasion, due to the misunderstanding, and clarified for future reference, but regardless, Orion handled it like a tool as always.
@@TheYahmez Ah yes, the age-old art of armchair psychology on full display
@@amandowski9428 CR came back in my recommends. This was the exact moment I just stopped watching entirely.
"Sloppily disappointing a woman" is the funniest thing I've heard all day.
I'm paralyzed from the waist down and even *I* felt that attack to the kneecap lmao
@Jacob Treuer no you're good lol
I'm a woman and I felt those bone-crushing kicks to the testicles.
@@veggiebacon9243 I had to check that mine were still there after that.
@@veggiebacon9243 well we can imagine a kick to the clit. that shit shakes your core.
I really wanted Scanlan to use vicious mockery at the end of fight while the half orc was reviving.. Would have finished him off and blended in perfectly with the crowd all shouting as well.
I wanted him to be shouting the entire fight, could've thrown some inspiration to grog as well, most likely nobody in the town has seen a bard at work, I'll say the hurting words at the end would have looked suspicious though
I really wanted Vax to slip between the crowd and stab him between the ribs.
*edited to get the right twin*
you have NO HONOUR! ;)
Matt: Arcane Magic is very taboo in this place.
Tiberius: PRESITIDIGATION FOR FIREWORKS! I cast INVISIBILITY! Mage Hand! WoOoOO!
fits in with his low widsom, having the intelligence to know all these spells but lacks the wisdom to know the appropriate time to use it
It _is_ in character
@MV740 intelligence is more so memory based things and is more specific utility, wisdom is things like intuition and is more generally applicable.
@@TheAfker Don't think the stats have anything to do with this. You can have high intelligence and wisdom and still want to cause chaos because your character is just mischievious. People are mistaking character stats for character personality.
Orion can't sit still for a second, has no impulse control. He's on something.
Liam and Laura play and act like real siblings too well!
"we haven't had an awkward parental confrontation in what feels like months" this is a disaster party and i love them 1:51:56
I love how as "Grog" says "where do I mark off my loss of pride?", Travis sullenly bites into a piece of fried chicken like he's trying to eat his way through recovery from a bad breakup.
Also, can we just talk about Sam's choral singing with the background music while Vax jumps the hydra with his sneak attack...
That 1v1 was way more interesting than it should have been. Both Matt and Travis were fantastic!
Keyleth: "I cast Pass Without a Trace".
Invisible Scanlan, pooping in the temple ruin: "Yeah? Well, I cast Ass Without a Face"
DUDE! GOLIATHS GET STONE'S ENDURANCE! He could have canceled out that last attack! 8 months late, but Gah!
THey realized that at the rematch, so no worries
Yeah, I got there =] I was just very invested in that fight.
not only that but Travis also isn't adding his extra rage damage or realising he has advantage on strength ability checks (like athletics) when he's raged. Plus both grogg and the half-orc should be taking half damage bc their raging and fists are bulging damage......one day i hope they'll realise.
also don't Goliath's get an extra 1d4 for fist damage?
I'm actually kind of glad they didn't realize it. It meant the rematch could happen, and the rematch was so freaking incredible
1:24:04 "That's not even chicken it's just a piece of wood" Literally killed me 😂😂😂😂
Literally? Well, see you on the other side, friend
xD
NECROMANCY!!!
That wood was a bar stool covered with a fabric. It had an interesting taste I hear.
That's how you know these guys have had improv classes or at least remembered some exercises from stage rehearsals and such. Rolling with someone's story-changing "observation" about what you're doing is a classic Dwarven maneuv-... I mean improv skill.
that pit fight was the moment Travis decided to play a half orc in campaign 2
That entire fistfight had me at the edge of my seat. I was so tense.
I was so pissed at how it ended though
soon as he said half orc I knew he was gona lose :(
Grog should have won! He didn't add his rage bonus damage.
I agree. Though Matt says it was close (and Im sure it was) I feel that it was tipped in favor of the half-orc at the end.
grog also didnt use his racial ability
54:16 when Matt did the headbutt action, his hair flowed so majestically
like the wings of an angel
"Respect"
Little did Matt know, 3 years later he would use that word again for a much sadder fight.
I had to pause and step away for a while.
What fight are you talking about? I don't seem to recall this one...
@@Changeling_Miz i think its probably Lorenzo, that's all I'll say.
@@GoldenXShark22 yes
Same. That was painful to here. Similar tone and all.
NOT COOL, BRO *cries*
Having seen EXU and Sam coming out with a shirt that can be read as Ash Hole, it is even more cathartic when Matt says jokingly "I'm sure that's somewhere in Emon" AND NOW IT IS
I thought exactly the same!!!!
Thought the same, awesome moment!
I wonder if they realized or remembered this moment. It is glorious.
Lol
1:43:36 Orion ruining the moment by smacking the ale out of grogs hands made everyone (and me) roll their eyes, but it doesnt even faze Travis. He stays in character and plays it for laughs. When he sips the water and says, "its pretty smooth" my respect for Travis quadrupled. Meanwhile Orion tried to force meaningless change on a character while everyone else was supportive.
It's much more the way he did it that was the issue. He could have slipped him the water and said "here, try this". But no, he had to be a huge butthole, and slap the mourning goliath's consolation drink out of his hands.
Grog should have raged
y’all are really hard on orion lmao. that part wasn’t even bad. it was in line with something tiberius would do and none of them cared.
@@frank._.lotion completely new to the show in general. Still learning about Orion’s bullshittery, that being said this moment, while obnoxious, was very Tiberius.
That being said, Grog should have raged.
@@frank._.lotion Yeah that was really on point for Tiberius... though I guess that's also the problem. I mean you can play a low wisdom character without being a dick to everyone, easily. But Orion for some reason is hellbent on playing Tiberius in the most disruptive way possible, without paying attention to the rest of the party or their mood.
@@frank._.lotion there were lots of times tiberius was one of my favorite characters for moments. but the characters an ass which is fine.
the issue isnt just that that was a dick moment its that it was a dick moment on a pile of dick moments.
rewatch like every episode after they teleport away from the illithids anytime ANY character does ANYTHING he butts in an does a similar thing or some other thing trying to steal the moment.
his character is often enough in character what he does but this was grogs moment and while the act itself wasnt that big you gotta just add it as another thing on the list of things. travis is playing his grog is depressed from his loss moment not tiberius playing his a little too brutish character moments.
Laura referring to the Hercules myth but referring to the Disney version is the highlight of my life
lol, it's at times like this when heat metal and a long ass sword comes to help
Personal bookmarks -
0:01:31 - Opening credits end
0:06:14 - Critical Role neon sign made by Marisha and Felicia
0:12:07 - Orion (Tiberius) leaves the room to get a drink just as Matt was about to start the recap
0:12:36 - Sam arrives (like a trailing fart according to Marisha lol)!
0:13:27 - Game starts, Part 1 begins
0:14:43 - The groups misses Pike
0:18:35 - Scanlan sings a song about missing Pike, after having taking a dump in the temple
0:19:16 - Matt facepalms and then at 19:30 looks at the camera is if to say look at what I have to deal with lol
0:38:05 - Grogg doesn't have a middle name
0:40:19 - In hindsight, this was a very good idea
0:42:33 - Grogg's fancy name is "Philip"
0:59:27 - Scanlan tries to stop the match by causing a riot but that fails
1:01:30 - Wife calls her husband "baby" and helps him out
1:05:58 - Grogg invokes the name of Macho Man Randy Savage
1:09:50 - Vax tries to enrage Grogg
1:16:06 - Grogg loses but earns the respect of his opponent. I honestly didn't expect Grogg to lose, I love that the game can do this sort of thing!
1:18:05 - Scanlan being a bro
1:24:05 - Scanlan lol
1:25:08 - First Matt's NPC defeats Grogg, now Matt as DM says Grogg is disappointing the woman who's paid to sleep with him
1:25:20 - Part 1 ends
1:28:27 - Break begins
1:40:32 - Break ends
1:40:48 - Part 2 begins
1:44:04 - Grogg was named after a bear?
1:51:18 - Grogg just can not catch a break!
1:59:37 - Scanlan and Vex have the same thought
2:10:50 - Scanlan sings a song of inspiration for Vex (Taylor Swift - Shake It Off)
2:12:30 - Scanlan covers the group with...
2:30:25 - Subscriber count in bottom left corner goes from 4,996 to 5,001 which is the goal they needed to reach in order to get an 8ft Trinket
2:42:35 - Scanlan sings his Bigsby's Hand song (Michael Jackson - Bad)
2:43:45 - Scanlan sings to inspire Grog (Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen)
2:59:29 - Matt "How do you want to do this?"
3:06:12 - Sean Connery
3:17:02 - The patriarchy
3:17:51 - The matriarchy
3:29:48 - Husbands and wives
3:29:54 - End of part 2, game ends
3:37:36 - Matt voices Gilmore in response to a donation
Additional notes:
(1) This episode is referenced at 8m42s in the "Otakon 2015 - Laura Bailey and Travis Willingham Q&A Panel" video on the dragonmastrVids youtube channel
+Blake Dale Thank you for these this episode was hilarious
+dean kerfoot You're most welcome :)
+Blake Dale Grog is named after beer.
+Blake Dale By the way, according to a lot of people, Grog lost because he didn't add his rage mod to his rolls.
+Blake Dale 38:50 Vax bets a grand that he can beat Grog's face in.
1:10:00 Percy's remark that "there's not enough popcorn in the world for this."
2:03:00 Vax doesn't know why he's being an asshole to his sister.
2:06:00 The hydra ate King Kong? Maybe?
2:14:00 A bit of a running gag about hailing the hydra.
2:39:20 Vex rolls a 1 to fire an extra-powerful exploding arrow, and a natural 20 to dodge the resulting explosion.
So this is why Travis picked a half-orc for Season 2 XD
Haha I was thinking the same thing!
This is exactly why
Relentless Endurance is one hell of a trait ^^And it was here Travis learned about it 😂😂
The four of them eating popcorn on the bottom screen just warms my heart what a great group of people
although it might suck that grog lost, i think its such an interesting thing to see his character dealing with defeat
And it will make his inevitable return so much better
He didn't lose. He forgot to reduce the bludgeoning damage and add +2 damage per hit for raging.
@@danielconner1210 Matt made it clear that they were both raging so Matt negated the abilities for both of them, and the Half-Orc had a +2 strength mod over Grog (something in the drink maybe?)
As Grog adds the lip from his fight to his lost beard on his belt....
"We are slowly gathering another party member"
-Tiberius Stormwind 😆
badkidrandom801 it was Percy btw
That one necromancer somewhere:
In a campaign of epic highs, Grog's fight with the Orc barbarian in the pit stands out as one of the best of the best, not so much for the plot line, but for the collective storytelling. Laura's (and others) many looks of horror are just priceless.