SIBLING RIVALRY ⚔️ The Legend of Vox Machina 1x11 "WHISPERS AT THE ZIGGURAT" | Reaction & Review
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- We review and react to the episode "Whispers at the Ziggurat" of the series: The Legend of Vox Machina.
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Just to explain why Sylas completely turned to ash, he is a vampire and in D&D vampires are hurt by sunlight. This is important because the spell that Keyleth used was essentially concentrated sunlight which harms everybody because it is so strong but would do more to sylas in this case. This is also why although Grog does get hurt by the beam not as badly as Sylas.
That makes so much sense now! Keyleth was MVP this ep 🤩
@@MeeshDeeReacts Yeah it is one of the small mechanics that make this show so cool as somebody who knows D&D and the original show.
For example another one of those small things is when Grog faces off against Sylas and Sylas tries to control Grog again Grog resists it because he leveled up between the sessions and his class gave him an ability that does not allow him to be charmed/mind controlled.
Sunbeam? Did the sun tree further enhanced the spell, or taught it to her? Or was that just added for the show?
For Meesh & Dee, from the DND community wiki:
"6th-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self (60-foot line)
Components: V, S, M (a magnifying glass)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
A beam of brilliant light flashes out from your hand in a 5-foot-wide, 60-foot-line. Each creature in the line must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 6d8 radiant damage and is blinded until your next turn. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage and isn’t blinded by this spell. Undead and oozes have disadvantage on this saving throw.
You can create a new line of radiance as your action on any turn until the spell ends.
For the duration, a mote of brilliant radiance shines in your hand. It sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. The light is sunlight."
@@Dark__Thoughts It is likely sunbeam, not 100% sure how much of the interaction with the Sun Tree there was in the original show. I watched that part a long time ago and know a bit more details about grog because I am more familiar with Barbarians.
@@Dark__Thoughts Her interaction with the Sun Tree wasn’t part of her sunbeam spell on Silas in Critical Role. That was added for this animated adaptation for dramatic effect. She did talk with the Sun Tree quite a bit during the Critical Role, though it was usually with hilarious results, rather than dramatic ones.
In Critical Role, Keyleth actually used the sunbeam to destroy what was left of Silas - a black mist that was attempting to escape back to Silas’ coffin, where it could regenerate - rather than the way it is depicted here.
You two said you've never played D&D but Meesh is already ready
15:11 - Something happens and you instantly go
"Cleric!!!! Help!!!"
She’s a pro!! 😂😉
Delilah is still a human wizard whereas Slyas is a Vampire, thus immortal.
This episode was the most interesting to me to see how they adapted it for the show from the livestream. They kept all the essential elements.
That Kiki moment just flies.
Real men hug!
REAL MEN HUG 🫂!!
Grog: "Don't try and seduce me!"
Best anti-mind control ever, lol! 😅🤣😂
All because Travis rolled a Nat 20 (if I remember correctly it was on disadvantage too so it was a huge win) and because of his intelligence score he decided that it would be fun to play it like Grog was just too dumb to understand what was happening and thought that it was a seduction move
😂😂😂😂
@@XOISHTAR Wasn't it because he forgot he was immune to the charmed condition since he was raging?
@@frenchtantan I need to check, but I do remember that he did roll really well but that is highly possible as Travis, especially with Grog as it was his first ever character in D&D, often would forget his own immunities and resistances until after Matt had described the events based on his rolls and sometimes Matt would retcon the events while other times he just waved it off with a “we’ll remember it for next time”
Update: you are right. From just looking at the original campaign transcript… (and I likely was conflating this moment with another where Travis did a shockingly great roll on a dump stat for Grog) he and Matt RPed the effects of him rolling a 4 only for Travis to then realise that he is immune due to raging and Matt walking it back as an almost success only for Grog to shake it off. Thank you for catching that.
When the series first aired (three episodes every Friday for a month) the Critical Role channel did a watch along each week. Matt (the dungeon master of the game) was crying watching the scene with Keyleth embracing her power and killing Sylas. It was the culmination of him and his friends who were just playing a game of DnD, which garnered a huge fanbase, now watching the animated version of the story they told together. And the actress that played Keyleth is his wife...so it was just emotions all around.
It was also redemption of the hate Keyleth (and Marisha) received throughout C1. She's a strong woman but it can't be easy to see so many people treat your wife like that and then get back in front of the camera with a smile.
I honestly _prefer Legend Of Vox Machina_ Keyleth over Campaign 1 Keyleth if only because in Campaign 1 she came off as a bit too sanctimonious and a know-nothing-know-it-all, but I 💯% _agree_ that Marisha _didn’t deserve_ the online hate she got.
In regards to the "how did he do that" for Grog swinging. Travis (Grog's player) had Grog close his eyes during the combat. So every swing was "wild", which means he rolls at Disadvantage (you roll your attacks twice and take the lower number, thus much more difficult to hit). However, Sylas was unable to use his mind control on him. So it was a gamble that did actually pay off!
Honestly, D&D players sleep on druids. They're really freaking powerful, especially at later levels. Bards, too. Keyleth and Scanlan are incredibly potent in the game. Keyleth can both bring the pain magically AND tank with her expanding types of wildshapes. And Scanlan's near endless bag of Counterspells have saved their asses more times than I can count.
From what I heard, moon druids are kinda OP in 5th edition and also one of the best tanks due to their secondary health pool from shapeshifting. Never played pen & paper but I keep having a negative disposition towards druids, probably because in some of the computer RPGs (not strictly D&D) you typically very quickly meet some annoying druid circle that ALWAYS has some idiotic drama for you to deal with. Still can't help but love Keyleth though... Really hard not to.
@@Dark__Thoughts Moon Druids are so good there is basically no reason to play other subclasses. The others just can’t compare.
Yeah nobody underestimates Bards, they’re one of the best classes in the game. Druids are spellcasters so they’re hardly slept on either.
Problem with druids is that they are really frail at the beginning and as they are probably the most versatile class it's difficult to learn and play them effectively. But yes, at higher levels they're OP (in whichever way you want them to be).
Seeing Dee get emotional at Keyleth's self-sacrifice was really touching! Looking forward to continued reactions for you two
🥹🥹 Keyleth is MVP!
Idk why, but the scene of Percy looking up to see Cass caught him and her saying “I’ve got you.” MAKES ME WANT TO CRY EVERY TIME
One thing (of many) I gotta say that I like and prefer about your guys' reaction is that you're not doing a reaction video once per week like some other channels did/do.
Like it takes 3 friggin months for some reaction channels to get thru just one season. With this nice trickle of reactions, it's actually FUN to watch your reactions.
So keep up the good work ladies.
We appreciate this feedback a lot! We’re also hustling through this series as we’re aware that S3 is not too far away 🤩🙏🏼
I binged your playlist all yesterday and was looking for something to watch while working and squealed when I saw this just posted. So excited to see your reactions to this one!
Aww thanks for watching along!! You’re a real one for watching the entire playlist 😄🫶🏼 this was one of our fav episodes!! Can’t wait to watch more with yall! ❤
Didn't realize you two were reacting this until yesterday, glad I caught up! Such a fun series. Believe it or not, season 2 is even better.
Yesss! Welcome 🥰🙏🏼
This was such an insane episode! I love how everyone had their own glory moments and lines, it's so balanced.
This is by far my favorite episode of season 1. The fights are just so well done, just like their first fight in episode 3.
And to think a good chunk of this was improv-ed with dice around a table. Mind-blowing to see this animated. Your reactions are the closest I can get to seeing this for the first time again
Aww thanks for watching along 🤗🙏🏼
The climax of season 1 is so frenetic and tense, it's so good. The fluid shifting perspective of the action is pretty incredible.
After this show i really had to get the Vox Machina action figures. It's a shame only Percy, Vax, Vex, and Keylith were released.
Nailed it! The action in this episode is EPIC 🤩🙏🏼
This episode is AWESOME! This moment in the table is one of the reasons I started loving Keyleth as a character (and Percy as well). As always, next episode is also AMAZING, can't wait for you guys' reaction and the table-to-screen moments as well.
11:00 "Real Men Hug"... That's Right Grog...Yes we do!! 😉
Watching Matt cry his heart out during the cast reactions when his wife is on the ziggurat. Big Feels.
The Whispered one already brought Sylis back once, he's under no obligation to do it again, it's not his fault if she couldn't keep him alive. that said if anyone in Exandria can make demands of Vecna it is Delilah Briarwood.
10:55 pure, dumb, luck. That's one of the fun things about D&D. On rare occasions even things that really shouldn't work _do,_ because of lucky dice rolls.
(now, this particular instance is not a 1 to 1 translation from a specific moment in game, but it 100% has the vibe of one of those moments)
This episode was epic. The cliff hanger always gets me.
You two may want to consider reacting to the behind-the-scenes/making-of vids for this show. A 6 part series with each episode featuring a different focus like casting, story, animation or music. The playlist titled The Legend Of The Legend Of Vox Machina can be found on the Critical Role TH-cam page. I found it fascinating and hope you will as well.
Fun fact about the music during Sylas' death. The battle theme you've been hearing all season (the bar fight in the first episode, occasional uses throughout the rest of the show, and most notably Keyleth killing Sylas here) is actually the theme that is used for Critical Role's 2nd Campaign, beginning about the halfway point. The song is "Your Turn to Roll" and is worth a listen to if you get a chance. I bring this up because there's a great bit of timing if you know the lyrics to the song and compare them to Sylas' death. If you sing along to the tune during the scene, Keyleth kills Sylas right as the line "Villains beware 'cause you're 'bout to be dead" plays.
Your reactions are great and it's fun revisiting this with you. If you're this invested now, I cannot wait to see your reactions to season 2!!
This episode slaps 🔥🔥🔥 I love how they adapted the live show into the animated series
Great reaction, my two favorite reactors! Man this episode is soooo action packed it is wild! I really liked your reactions! Just a clarification, when Scanlan was going to start his singing, Delilah cast silence on him (in DD to cast spells you need a combination of components, sometimes you combine speech, gesture and physical elements.) with that he wasn't able to do his Bardic inspiration which helps the group, nor cast spells. Later Scanlan returns the favor and casts silence on her ( he the shhh with his fingers mimicking what Delilah had done to him).
Aww you’re so sweet! 💘 we LOVED this episode! Possibly one of our faves so far 🤩 thanks for watching along as usual!!
Cant wait to see your reaction to the s1 finale and the rest of s2
So fun fact, by now you've probably heard about the story of how this show came to be. Critical Role wanted to do a single 22 minute animated short set during one of the adventures they had during their private home game before they began streaming it as Critical Role, so they opened up the kickstarter that the fandom *immediately* blew up. Of the $750k asked for initially, that was beaten within the hour, over a million raised in the first day, and over $11 million raised by the end of the 45 day kickstarter. Amazon would later fund the rest of the season and pay for seasons 2 and 3 from there. The fans funded the first 10 episodes, this episode marks the first episode paid for by Amazon instead of the kickstarter.
Meesh & Dee Truly Such A Awesome Video Today!!🔥🐐🐐💎
the crazy thing is that vox machina basicly LOST, they tried to prevent the briarwoods from making this ritual and they failed, the ritual finished successfull and mr dark shadow came.
i always like seeing the good guys not always succeeding, even if the briarwoods maybe expected the result to be a bit different xD
all hail the whispered one
I re-lived every moment again with you and got chills, again. Thank you.
And there`s no 12th episode reaction yet :((
Let’s go! So awesome you can rewatch with us 🥹 finale coming out soon 🙏🏻
You’re 100% right, Pike and Ashley Johnson are very much Daddy. 😁
Big daddy energy!! 😜
I really hope y'all keep going after this season and head on over to season 2 as well. Really enjoying your videos!
You already know 😉 2x1 just dropped on our Patreon this morning! 🙏🏼
Great video, as per usual, ladies! So there was a lot that was added to this scene in the show that I don't recall being present during the liveplay, but I'm so glad they did! The "Real men hug" line (inspired), Keyleth being mostly deadened (that was originally Vex - the anti Keyleth attitude of Vex is entirely new, so I see why Keyleth sacrifices herself in the show), and I don't remember Pike being involved in the fight that extensively (I think Ashley had to leave earlier, so her astral projection turned off right when they got to the ziggurat in game). There were probably many more things that were new additions, but the end of the Briarwood arc was so many years ago, so can you blame me?
Yeah hard to remember the details but pretty sure Pike was part of the fight. I remember Keyleth and her destroying mist Silas together. I remember Marisha saying in her “how do you want to do this” that she was wanted to combine her shot with Pike’s to make Silas “eat a bag of holy D’s”.
@@qa1327 Pikes three turns added up to Greater Restoration on Vax (so this chaos in the show of 6 vs 4 didnt happen), then Healing Word for Percy+Sacred Flame on Sylas, finally whacking Sylas with her mace. The combo finisher with Keyleth was purely the flavor of the hdywtdt
14:57 epic moment. Didn’t happen quite this way in the campaign but I liked what they did here.
15:51 high anxiety inducing moment.
This was a great penultimate episode. Loved your reaction as usual. Looking forward to the finale reaction.
"Whiskers of the zippertwat"
If you guys have seen Stranger Things, the Whispered One is Vecna. However, that name is a trademark of dungeons and dragons so they cant use that name without paying royalties. So the gods are only referred to with their titles in this universe.
Great reaction! Even as someone who watched the campaign live this episode had me so stressed! The finally is amazing and season two is even better!
Yay! Thanks for watching along 🥰
Hey! Loving your reactions :3 I've been watching a lot of your content and I absolutely love it. I'm so excited that y'all are watching some CR content and was just wondering if you gals are gonna be checking out season 2?
Thanks for watching along!! Yess we’ve already started filming for S2 😉🙏🏼
enjoyed your reaction ladies 👍☺
Thank you!! 😁
Druids in Dungeons & Dragons, which is the class Keyleth is. Really are crazy powerful in the edition the cast plays, like you two see in the show. The player got alot of online hate during the campaign for her spell choices, so I'm glad they are doing her justice in the animated series.
She did have multiple blunders where she had literally no clue how the spells she prepared worked and they were either useless or Matt had to fudge the rules.
@@brilobox2 She switched from Pathfinder to D&D 5e as a primary spellcaster who could also shapeshift. She deserved some slack. Teasing or small reminders in chat, I get. But people were undeservingly horrible to her in overwhelming numbers.
Hey Arcane trailer dropped
Fantastic reaction, the intensity of the episode shows on both your faces, I was waiting for this episode VERY eagerly !
Also : you both feel just ready enough for d&d, and as a DM I volunteer as tribute 😂
Haha!! We’d love to learn how to play D&D!! 🤩🙏🏼
@@MeeshDeeReacts In that case my services are yours, send me a private message or an email if you want to get dungeoning :) In the meantime I cannot wait for you to start season 2, it's going to be a wild ride trust me
4:50 Not yet. :D
7:59 ... :D
12:57 Revenge, of course. As evil as she is, or rather became... Her watching & losing her love was kinda weirdly relatable in that moment.
15:53 And there goes the Skype connection. x)
I kinda hate druids but man, it's hard not to love Keyleth.
The finale will kinda lead straight into season 2 btw - which, in my opinion, is even better than season 1.
I think the reason the characters are amazing is because they were created by the voice actors so they are attached to real people living an adventure through their own creations.
When we getting league of legends champion voiceline reactions😢
These Ladies need to meet Laudna from campaign 3 now.
I saw the Vox Machina orginal campaign on Critical Role knowing how it ends, and I was still riveted by this episode. I was like "Nothing better thappen to my baby Kiki!" lol I love this series, glad you guys are enjoying it as well.
And yes you should definitely see the side by side comparison videos of the campaing played by the voice actors alongside the footage from the animated series, its a lot of fun to watch how things played out!
Two things about this episode: First, in the live campaign Vexahlia was the one who dies in the chamber with Delilah. They changed it so another moment has a bigger impact,. And two, the reason Pike's astral projection failed at that moment was because Ashley Johnson's internet cut out during their game play so they wanted to utilize that in the animated series.
You called in the end with percy.. he has levels of warlock which is a class in dnd where your magic comes from a deal you make with a demon
He didnt take any actual levels in warlock - that would have meant missing out on the maximum potential of just being a pure gunslinger. He took the feat Magic Initiate which gives 2 cantrips and a 1st level spell from one class; so he acquired Friends, Minor Illusion and Hex from the warlock list. None of which have really come up in the show yet, Percy seems very mundane after this season ends....
@@hhylobates4098 I wonder if they're going to just let it go and not have Percy's residual demon damage be a thing or if they are waiting for a thematically appropriate moment to reveal it. They have definitely smoothed everything out and uncomplicated it, just due to the medium constraints, but I feel like that's a juicy enough thing that they might just be waiting to unleash it as a gut punch of "oh I'm not free after all, my soul is forever marked" type angst they haven't had the time to get to yet. Technically not that much in universe time has passed yet from the end of season 1 through to the end of season 2, it's been what, like a few weeks, a month at most? And the break between Briarwoods and the CC wasn't super long.
@@mayaenglish5424 I've been hoping that if his powers aren't around yet then they'll use the other perfect time for them to appear, after the events of Glintshore and his brush with the well of power that birthed Orthax....
@@hhylobates4098 Yes, or Spoilers:
Whenever they go to Hell, the timeline is all scrambled but from the trailer I get the vibe we'll be headed to Hell first THEN Glintshore, so having the residual demon stuff come out around devils would be VERY fun. Maybe they can smell it on him. But either scenario would be great.
This episode is far and away my favorite episode of season 1 and it hints at what's to come in Season 2. I put season 2 of Vox Machina up there with season 3 of Legend of Korra and the latter half of season 2 of ATLA, it is just that good!
Some random Dnd factoids:
The highest level spell this season is the Astral Projection the Everlight bestowed on Pike. The second highest level spell is the Finger of Death spell that Delilah struck Keyleth with (it's a pretty nasty spell that does a ton of necrotic damage).
Keyleth's moment to shine is due to two spells: Daylight (which she used to illuminate the ziggurat) followed by Sunbeam (which nuked Sylas).
React to Saint Seiya - Legend of Sanctuary, is a CGI animation based on the 80s manga/anime Saint Seiya, the movie was made in celebration of the 40th career of mangaka Masami Kurumada (creator of the manga)
Would be nice that when you finihs the season, reacted to the "cast of Vox Machina" after
Keyleth hardcarry tho
After all this time that Vex has been berating Keyleth, been putting her down and trying to get Vax to dismiss romantic feelings for her, Keyleth still sacrificed herself to save Vex.
the animation does seem like a step up - they had originally crowd-funded 10 episodes, and then Amazon kicked in for 2 more and a second (and later third) season, and I think the budget went higher when they did
see you for the finale, and hopefully season 2 and 3!
It's been this way all the time, it was all fully funded before they started. They just really had a lot of that on display here
I think this was just the animators flexing.
Newest Arcane trailer pls
Filmed this morning and will be posting on Patreon and YT later today 🙂↕️