for everyone asking what liam said around 16:39, i was wondering the same thing. i put that part in because i thought all of them laughing together was cute, but i also was hoping someone would figure out what he said! my best approximation is that he said something to the effect of "worked for molly" but if anyone has a definite answer, feel free to share!
Sad thing is i think that was a success, as we see Matt say actually 22 succeeds, and the DC for ancient white dragons is 22 :/ Though maybe he customized the stats.
@@shealupkes yeah, (at least nearly) every Ancient dragon fought in CR has had 1000+ hit points, because for most parties who know what they're doing, 400-500 is nothing. A paladin's divine smite gouges over 10% of that off.
When the wolves ran past, away from the dragon. I really wanted someone in the group to cast speak with animals to ask what was going on and the wolves just replying "GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!" Like Nott.
To be fair, I think that the fight could have been avoided entirely seeing as Matt kinda outright said, after Marisha rolled a 26 for stealth, that the successes and failures were even with Beau being the deciding factor. I’m kinda surprised no one mentioned that after he cast fly on himself 😂.
@@b3a5t89I'd be surprised if an ANCIENT WHITE dragon didn't think, "Hmm, I smell them, but I don't see them in all this snow," and DIDN'T start clawing through the snow to find them.
@@b3a5t89 White dragons don’t give up if slighted. Her swinging her tail randomly to dig them up was BECAUSE of the successful stealth. Pretty sure they would’ve just delayed the inevitable if they stayed hidden, Fjord at least had a moment if surprise and he took it.
Tal was hoping for it and would have loved every second of it..." I don't care if we lose right now because this is awesome.) Or something like that anyways.
When Sam cast the hypnotics wave, I thought it was a waste because Lucien is immune to charm. But then the spell expose the anti-magic cone. Mad respect for Sam 's ingenuity.
@@igglywompus My guess is that he may have some inclination as to what the spell would expose. They were talking about how the anti-magic field may have been like a sphere around Lucien. The spell itself was said be in cube shape. So that's maybe his idea, cast a spell in the area and see what will happen. Also, the illusion spell that make Lucien move away from the party? That's pretty clutch as well. And I saw a comment saying that this spell supposed to work even if Lucien attack the illusion. With the example of: If the spell was use to make Lucien think there was a bridge over a river and he crossed it. He would fell into the river but the spell would make him think he slip on the bridge and fell. Instead of the bridge wasn't actually there. Now I have no idea if that's true or not. But if it was, that's very powerful spell and application.
@@Blue_Lunacy that example is directly from the spell text, so realistically, Luciano would just think he whiffed or Caleb dodged until he succeeded on a check (can't remember which) to see through the illusion. But at the same time, concentration checks are 10 or half damage, so the slow should have stayed up at the end. So basically, the battle probably should have gone differently towards the end there, but they were 5+ hours in so some rules are bound to get messed up
@@Valsharoth yeah either way points in both their favors, the TT would have gained ground but with Lucien behind and Otis down, they would have been weakened and 3 eldritch blasts and other cantrip fire against Cree and she would have lost the spell.
“What am I thinking about right now?” “You want to hit me in the nose.” “No, I was thinking about waffles! ...But now I kinda want to hit you in the nose.” I love Beau and Caleb’s friendship with my whole heart.
"Dimension Door into a dragon? That sounds like a terrible idea!" Meanwhile Scanlan somewhere in Tal'Dorei: "One time I teleported inside of a black dragon and torn its guts asunder all by myself."
That’s impressive until you remember Scanlan pretty much exclusive channels his powers through seduction/sex… Basically, what I’m saying is, He fucked the shit out of that dragon and magically rearranged its guts while he was hittin it…
I really hope Ashley "what if we look just a little bit" Johnson plays a warlock next campaign. She always likes creating possible campaign-derailing moments, like Sam :D
Unfortunately, because of how often she need to work and how little time she has to read her class stuff, I think martial classes like fighter and stuff are perfect for her
To be fair that was when she was working in new york iirc the show she worked on finished so now she there for a while. Especially with her role as the person to run the charity
I'd love to see that too! It's like a running theme that she has a special relationship with higher powers for her characters, so a patron would be fitting. I want to see what she'd do with the warlock spells and the patron dreams and stuff
Especially with one of the starting points of Beau running straight for Lucien, the head of the enemy group, and getting her ass kicked by taking 69 points of damage.
@@TheRuancarlo Gelidon was still looking for them. There was a possibility that she would have thought that the scent is here, but perhaps they moved on, and took off to look around for them.
@@tylerchurch1152 She was going to find them. She started doing sweeps with her tail in their direction. 3 more rounds and she would have swept through the group. At least by scattering while she was still far away, the mostly avoided mass sweeping attacks and being stuck in a clump during a breath weapon. Travis was right. The rest were stuck in analysis paralysis.
“I would…” *pat pat pat* “Well. Continue,” has gotta be the most chilling thing to hear from Matthew Mercer during a life or death situation like this one
Ashley: _"I accidentally rolled the wrong number and now there's an ancient dragon fucking with us."_ Everyone: _"Let's hide."_ Travis: _"Yeah but what if we hit it with the ballistic Fjord"_
Can anyone else imagine the reaction the Tombtakers must have had after Lucian said that the wizard was his and he just went and attacked nothing? They must have been like dude, he's right over there where are you going?
If they weren't already a hivemind and Cree wasn't essentially a blood cleric devoted to his essence, they might have thought of betrayal at that point. From a single 2nd level spell
Marisha: I found my notes for Galiedon, I found fucking nothing. Honey you were like level 8, up against a VERY angry ancient white dragon while piloting two characters and one of them was a GERMAN accented wizard, it was chaos 🤣 don't be so hard on yourself
I think the best thing in the intro is Marisha just gawking in stunned amazement/amusement at Sam's mock-up self-help book prop. Like "He ACTUALLY made a fake book for this!?!"
Me, a complete fool yesterday:huh marisharayguns highlights vid is a little late this week. Me right now, snacks at the ready: This is where the fun begins!
@40:50 That moment of seeing Laura Bailey just *age* for a second, from the realization setting in. @41:40 And then her doing the calculation on exactly how much almost the *entire party* relies on magic.
Yeah, the Mighty Nein are a magic-heavy bunch. Vox Machina had a lot of magic users too, but relied more on physical damage most of the time, with magic enhancing the attacks. Stripped of their magic, Mighty Nein basically has Veth with the crossbow, Beau with her staff, Fjord with his falchion, Yasha with her sword and that's about it. Compared to Vox Machina having Vex with her bow, Vax with his daggers, Percy with his guns, Grog with his axe, Pike with her mace. Stripped of magic, Mighty Nein loses Cad, Jester and Caleb for the most part, while Vox Machina only loses Keyleth and Scanlan as major magic users.
@@ienzio7795 The problem is that they don't have a Vex and Percy. While they have a lot of magic versatility, having 2 consistent ranged fighters that can snipe from well outside of the fighter's reach and likely destroy their party before they even move beyond Grog, it becomes a very different fight.
57:04 Imagining Caleb actually gesturing like that at Lucian is so funny. I love it whenever Caleb gets a moment of just being a little shit. He deserves it.
if ashley hadn't rolled an eight, they wouldn't have faced the dragon, Otis wouldn't have had a good oportunity to steal fjord's bag at that moment. They could easily have arrived at Aeor had that not happened. Ashley's 8 seriously did some colossal changes on how things were happening.
never seen anyone talk about fjord’s ‘what? i’m mad for her’ and it’s driving me BONKERS. it’s so casual and confident…like…if someone said this about me i’m folding. instantly. it’s so cute and romantic…i’m dead. on the ground sobbing he loves her so much
Fjord and veth really friggen clutched the end of this session. From sam saying he's useless in this fight to havin one of the biggest impacts on the final outcome, never count yourself out as being useless.......
That was one of the most fun episodes to watch, ever. It had real drama, a serious pair of fights, and the TT's taking advantage when they saw it, was genius Mercer at work. It was bold and foolhardy, and the recognition of just how close they were to TPK, without a net was awesome. That was fun, and it was easy to see that the cast was 100% IN for it. Great episode. Thanks for the content.
"Next day of your Journey, Travis your turn to roll !" ".... 1" *silence* "You see Avantika riding a pissed of ancient white Dragon approaching and from undeath the ice a rather familiar looking Dragon Turtle bursts through the ground... roll initiative !"
27:54 matt has no business being able to whip out such an accurate impression of that stock sound effect… wait actually he does have business being able to do that, it's literally his job. but still insanely impressive how spot on that was!
God, this was such a stressful episode to watch live. Especially because in the middle of the second fight, I had to leave and take the dog for a walk. So glad that I came back just in time to see the end of it.
THIS WAS WORTH THE WAIT!......very impressed you distilled a 5+ hour gaming session with two battles, one with a female Ancient Dragon and the other with the Tombtakers and TM9 barely escaping the second encounter by the thinnest of margins. My own favorite moment was Ashley producing a lance out of nowhere and then scrambling to throw thermite grenades....right through Ashley saying "I summoned this bitch, we gonna end her!" Well done and good scene choices. You capture the essence of the crazy episode that everyone online could not stop watching and freaking out near the end, muttering "Oh no! tpk! TPK! ARRGHH!"
thank you for your sacrifice making this - it's a wonderful way to relive the stress that was THAT EPISODE without watching all five hours of it. also your editing is wonderful and it's a lovely way to observe everyone's individual reactions :D
49:48 Man... this was a real gut punch of a moment to watch live! Matt has broken down in laugher due to player actions and warned his players about their actions many times before but this was a real first in Critical Role history because well... I don't think even Matt had any idea what he was going to do next week if this episode ended in a TPK! This second encounter was incredibly well handled by both Matt & the players. Mechanically & narratively this episode was a CRITICAL SUCCESS! 🤣
The terrible feeling of not knowing wether Cad's magic was gone forever, and the fear that it could happen to someone else was so visible for laura and tal it made me genuinely anxious for the whole second half of the episode.
It's crazy how distrustful some of the party was of Marisha/Beau's play to save Tal/Cadeuces. As if she hasn't been clutch in the past and that as a monk she is the least affected by Lucien's abilities. Was it risky? Sure, but the casters were basically panicking when magic couldn't solve their problems and talking wasn't an option
All I can say is, this was awesome from a spectator's perspective! The fact that Ashley rolls an 8 on a d8 to kick-start this whole chain of events off, and just watching the move-countermove aspect of Matt and the CR PC cast was amazing to watch. And you know it was tense when the PCs were damn near at wit's end as they were racking their brains, trying to deal with an enemy who was able to cast Anti-Magic Cone, as well as an enemy that could deal Psychic damage. That is one hell of a fight, when the PC party walks away from the fight, but yet their enemies aren't defeated, let alone vanquished. And all because Ashley...rolled an 8.
It makes sense though. They had a previous encounter with this dragon already and she was actively hunting the party ever since and they were currently relatively close to where they had that encounter. It stands to reason that they could have stumbled across this dragon here far more likely than if they were at sea or wandering in the Empire.
“Matt, can you just change it to a boy?” “NO! She is the ‘Nightmare in Ivory’ and you RESPECT that!” XD I really appreciate Matt’s commitment to his character’s pronouns
22:05 When the CODzilla starts using her spell slots to _heal,_ you know it means something. I used to run a CODzilla back in 3.5, and I _never_ used any spell slots or channel divinities for healing. _Ever._ If it wasn't for buffing, it was for smiting.
Veth trying to prove her point about being able to steal Fjord is one of the top things I want in CR. lol The very idea of Sam being weird af trying to flirt with Travis makes me wanna burst out with laughter!
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for everyone asking what liam said around 16:39, i was wondering the same thing. i put that part in because i thought all of them laughing together was cute, but i also was hoping someone would figure out what he said! my best approximation is that he said something to the effect of "worked for molly" but if anyone has a definite answer, feel free to share!
dude i think you nailed it on the head! and jesus now i get why travis shushed him and all 3 proceeded to lose it hahahaha
The joke was in bad taste when we thought he was dead, but now.. *it's free real estate.*
You are correct, he did say "Worked for Molly."
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28:22 : "I summoned this bitch we're going to end her"- Ashley Johnson, circa 2021
The best line ever said about a fucking ancient white dragon
gawd I laughed so hard when she said that😂🤣😂
A Barbarian at her best😂.
The fact that Sam did that shit at the beginning and then they actually rolled a crazy amount of crits is nothing short of baffling
21 nat twenties, the most rolled in Critical Role history.
@@thallium6754 HOLY SMOKES THAT IS TRU...
It just proves the book works :D
@@lukaszjanusz4230 we must share this with Will Wheaton
@@sagescribe_ In Will's case, I don't think even power of THE BOOK can help :)
The "It's okay, I got this guys, I'm a monk" has the same energy as "It's fine, we're gods"
Marisha Ray
In this case, I think there's a monk ability that you can use to remove a fear or charm effect from yourself. Probably what she was talking about.
@@elbruces Clarity of Mind. Spend a Ki point to remove fear or charm.
@@fenrirswolh3 *stillness of mind, and it doesnt take a ki point. took 5 seconds to google.
@@Phiro00 so it’s an action to use then..
matt: You take 69 points of psychic damage.
sam and marisha: nice.
I think liam said it too
Give me 69 Psy dmg any day lmao(I'd die outright, pls don't do that😂.)
Ashley was so dang cute with how she covered her head with the book "I rolled a dragon! I'm sorry!"
Where's this at I must've missed it
@@yeahbuddy776 Start watching about 7:20. Pretty funny!
@@WakkasLove i appreciate it!
@@yeahbuddy776 You're welcome :)
Followed by the epic phrase "I SUMMONED THIS BITCH, WE ARE GOING TO END HER!"
That "23 fails" moment was this campaign's "19 misses" moment
Sad thing is i think that was a success, as we see Matt say actually 22 succeeds, and the DC for ancient white dragons is 22 :/
Though maybe he customized the stats.
@@deathwrow9652 that's the standard for ancient white dragons, it's a given he tweaks monsters to serve the campaign
@@shealupkes yeah, (at least nearly) every Ancient dragon fought in CR has had 1000+ hit points, because for most parties who know what they're doing, 400-500 is nothing. A paladin's divine smite gouges over 10% of that off.
When the wolves ran past, away from the dragon. I really wanted someone in the group to cast speak with animals to ask what was going on and the wolves just replying "GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!" Like Nott.
It's bad, we're running.
“NOPE!” -That Yeti from the chase scene returns for another bad entrance
Not even words, just the sense of overpowering terror and survival instincts.
Travis with the mvp moment with the "you guys are in analysis paralysis. This is happening" and takes off was awesome and very fjord
Tactical genius Tarvis at play
To be fair, I think that the fight could have been avoided entirely seeing as Matt kinda outright said, after Marisha rolled a 26 for stealth, that the successes and failures were even with Beau being the deciding factor. I’m kinda surprised no one mentioned that after he cast fly on himself 😂.
@@b3a5t89 yes, but counterpoint: travis loves fights lmao
@@b3a5t89I'd be surprised if an ANCIENT WHITE dragon didn't think, "Hmm, I smell them, but I don't see them in all this snow," and DIDN'T start clawing through the snow to find them.
@@b3a5t89 White dragons don’t give up if slighted. Her swinging her tail randomly to dig them up was BECAUSE of the successful stealth.
Pretty sure they would’ve just delayed the inevitable if they stayed hidden, Fjord at least had a moment if surprise and he took it.
the way that a HIGHLIGHT video from this episode is OVER AN HOUR LONG...
tell me about it, lmao. i'm good on six hour episodes for a while i think!
This was a special episode...
What’re the odds 2 crazy huge boss battles will happen one after the other, in a single (equal parts tense and fun) episode twice? Lol
I was half an hour in before it occurred to me to look at the time. This is so much fun.
“If Taliesin gets killed by his own character...”
I chuckled I couldn’t help it lol
By a mild technicality… this is also how Molly died. (Laughs in Hemocraft 🎲)
Followed by Matt's quiet 'oh shit' as his neck *disappears* into his shoulders cause he hadn't realized till that XD
Tal was hoping for it and would have loved every second of it..." I don't care if we lose right now because this is awesome.) Or something like that anyways.
“I rolled a dragon?!” -The world, 2020.
Ironic as fuck.
Hey, that's how shadowrun universe started, you never know!
This is the most underrated comment known to the existence of the internet
Someone somewhere rolled a Nat 1 on Dec 31, 2019 at 11:59pm.
@@PhilosopherWR WHEATON!!
Jester: "Live it up Caduceus!!!"
Liam quietly: "Worked for Molly."
"The bolt freezes around the target for ice damage fuck you" was my favorite scentence in this episode
When Sam cast the hypnotics wave, I thought it was a waste because Lucien is immune to charm. But then the spell expose the anti-magic cone. Mad respect for Sam 's ingenuity.
do you think he knew it would happen? Either way the visualisation was of the cone was an amazing feature of the fight
@@igglywompus My guess is that he may have some inclination as to what the spell would expose. They were talking about how the anti-magic field may have been like a sphere around Lucien. The spell itself was said be in cube shape. So that's maybe his idea, cast a spell in the area and see what will happen.
Also, the illusion spell that make Lucien move away from the party? That's pretty clutch as well. And I saw a comment saying that this spell supposed to work even if Lucien attack the illusion. With the example of: If the spell was use to make Lucien think there was a bridge over a river and he crossed it. He would fell into the river but the spell would make him think he slip on the bridge and fell. Instead of the bridge wasn't actually there. Now I have no idea if that's true or not. But if it was, that's very powerful spell and application.
@@Blue_Lunacy that example is directly from the spell text, so realistically, Luciano would just think he whiffed or Caleb dodged until he succeeded on a check (can't remember which) to see through the illusion. But at the same time, concentration checks are 10 or half damage, so the slow should have stayed up at the end. So basically, the battle probably should have gone differently towards the end there, but they were 5+ hours in so some rules are bound to get messed up
@@Valsharoth I didn't know that. Neat! And Yes, everybody were pretty much worn down by that time. Not just the long hour but the stress as well.
@@Valsharoth yeah either way points in both their favors, the TT would have gained ground but with Lucien behind and Otis down, they would have been weakened and 3 eldritch blasts and other cantrip fire against Cree and she would have lost the spell.
I love talisin just saying “WHY DO YOU NEVER ROLL LUCK”!!!!! It was amazing
Taliesin cast Vicious Mockery! It's super effective!
“What am I thinking about right now?”
“You want to hit me in the nose.”
“No, I was thinking about waffles! ...But now I kinda want to hit you in the nose.”
I love Beau and Caleb’s friendship with my whole heart.
"Dimension Door into a dragon? That sounds like a terrible idea!"
Meanwhile Scanlan somewhere in Tal'Dorei: "One time I teleported inside of a black dragon and torn its guts asunder all by myself."
Meanwhile, Vax is watching from the shadow realm and about to send attack ravens after Scanlan
That’s impressive until you remember Scanlan pretty much exclusive channels his powers through seduction/sex…
Basically, what I’m saying is,
He fucked the shit out of that dragon and magically rearranged its guts while he was hittin it…
Ashley "I rolled a dragon, I'm sorry" Johnson. That's the comment.
The most badass moment, Fjord decides he's already been spotted and bolts out fucking flying like a baller
I really hope Ashley "what if we look just a little bit" Johnson plays a warlock next campaign. She always likes creating possible campaign-derailing moments, like Sam :D
Unfortunately, because of how often she need to work and how little time she has to read her class stuff, I think martial classes like fighter and stuff are perfect for her
To be fair that was when she was working in new york iirc the show she worked on finished so now she there for a while. Especially with her role as the person to run the charity
@@wtfsuit yeah her show blindside is finished, which is why she's been here consistently for like 40 episodes now?
I'd also love to see her play a Bard
I'd love to see that too! It's like a running theme that she has a special relationship with higher powers for her characters, so a patron would be fitting. I want to see what she'd do with the warlock spells and the patron dreams and stuff
58:08 and 58:58. Further proof that Sam is a tactical mastermind.
He's keeping track of Caleb's spellslot usage even better than Liam is.
I bet Sam’s Next Character is gonna be a wizard, or going back to bard.
Reminds me of the Villain in Glasses.
@@erynncollier8672 He does have the sinister smirk down..
@@mistamemewide He's a robot
That was so crazy
The MN vs. TT fight had some deep shades of the first Lorenzo fight. It made me uncomfortable the whole time.
Especially with one of the starting points of Beau running straight for Lucien, the head of the enemy group, and getting her ass kicked by taking 69 points of damage.
CopyCrow nice
Just realised Fjord was the reason they fought the dragon, he was lowest roll and that's why he went for the fight....OHH MAN!! DAMN OTIS!!
When otis vanished behind fjord, it was the exact moment fjord got stolen
Im sure it was that roll, plus Travis being a glutton for a fight, deciding, "Well guys, I want to fight this dragon, so lets do this, FLYYYYYYYY!"
@@tylerchurch1152 gelidon would find them anyway, the decision to scatter was the best as it avoided the breath weapon
@@TheRuancarlo Gelidon was still looking for them. There was a possibility that she would have thought that the scent is here, but perhaps they moved on, and took off to look around for them.
@@tylerchurch1152 She was going to find them. She started doing sweeps with her tail in their direction. 3 more rounds and she would have swept through the group. At least by scattering while she was still far away, the mostly avoided mass sweeping attacks and being stuck in a clump during a breath weapon. Travis was right. The rest were stuck in analysis paralysis.
Ashley: nervous and apologetic for rolling a Dragon...
Me: "THIS IS THE CONTENT I SIGNED UP FOR!!!"
Travis was so fucking psyched.
“I would…” *pat pat pat* “Well. Continue,” has gotta be the most chilling thing to hear from Matthew Mercer during a life or death situation like this one
Ashley: _"I accidentally rolled the wrong number and now there's an ancient dragon fucking with us."_
Everyone: _"Let's hide."_
Travis: _"Yeah but what if we hit it with the ballistic Fjord"_
Can anyone else imagine the reaction the Tombtakers must have had after Lucian said that the wizard was his and he just went and attacked nothing? They must have been like dude, he's right over there where are you going?
If they weren't already a hivemind and Cree wasn't essentially a blood cleric devoted to his essence, they might have thought of betrayal at that point. From a single 2nd level spell
Marisha: I found my notes for Galiedon, I found fucking nothing.
Honey you were like level 8, up against a VERY angry ancient white dragon while piloting two characters and one of them was a GERMAN accented wizard, it was chaos 🤣 don't be so hard on yourself
49:49 Matt trying to not straight up Tell his players they need to run.
It is that DM moment of not wanting to tell them what to do but knowing how bad things are behind the DM screen
when the party tries to fight the creature you're using to make them run
@@firstnamelastname7298 Never assume your party will run. If it has a stat block, some player somewhere will try to kill it.
I think the best thing in the intro is Marisha just gawking in stunned amazement/amusement at Sam's mock-up self-help book prop. Like "He ACTUALLY made a fake book for this!?!"
Me, a complete fool yesterday:huh marisharayguns highlights vid is a little late this week.
Me right now, snacks at the ready: This is where the fun begins!
@40:50 That moment of seeing Laura Bailey just *age* for a second, from the realization setting in.
@41:40 And then her doing the calculation on exactly how much almost the *entire party* relies on magic.
Yeah, the Mighty Nein are a magic-heavy bunch. Vox Machina had a lot of magic users too, but relied more on physical damage most of the time, with magic enhancing the attacks. Stripped of their magic, Mighty Nein basically has Veth with the crossbow, Beau with her staff, Fjord with his falchion, Yasha with her sword and that's about it. Compared to Vox Machina having Vex with her bow, Vax with his daggers, Percy with his guns, Grog with his axe, Pike with her mace. Stripped of magic, Mighty Nein loses Cad, Jester and Caleb for the most part, while Vox Machina only loses Keyleth and Scanlan as major magic users.
@@VegetaLF7 Tbf, Keyleth and Scanlan are two of VMs most useful members right behind Grog
@@ienzio7795 The problem is that they don't have a Vex and Percy. While they have a lot of magic versatility, having 2 consistent ranged fighters that can snipe from well outside of the fighter's reach and likely destroy their party before they even move beyond Grog, it becomes a very different fight.
"I don't know what's wrong with me. If I can't cast I don't know what to do."
Felt so bad for Talisen
57:04 Imagining Caleb actually gesturing like that at Lucian is so funny. I love it whenever Caleb gets a moment of just being a little shit. He deserves it.
"claim the rest, the wizard's mine"
Guys Molly HAD to have had a thing for Caleb I am convinced
That wasn't obvious enough?
“I like it when you’re condescending, it’s attractive.”
Lucien seemed the most capable at handling magic is probably why
Timestamp?
He is literally a anti-mage
"I vould like to counterspell" Sam imitating Caleb is so funny
Immediately saved, to watch during a long, boring car ride tomorrow. This’ll make it much more entertaining! Thanks!
Lol same!
if ashley hadn't rolled an eight, they wouldn't have faced the dragon, Otis wouldn't have had a good oportunity to steal fjord's bag at that moment. They could easily have arrived at Aeor had that not happened. Ashley's 8 seriously did some colossal changes on how things were happening.
OOOHH, thats why they were behind fjord when Veth was trying to hide there.
That’s dnd
never seen anyone talk about fjord’s ‘what? i’m mad for her’ and it’s driving me BONKERS. it’s so casual and confident…like…if someone said this about me i’m folding. instantly. it’s so cute and romantic…i’m dead. on the ground sobbing he loves her so much
"I summoned this bitch - we're gonna' end her!" That's the most barbarian line in either campaign. Ashley for the win.
In the fight Geledon, we saw two amazing things, Caduceus took Harm, and Jester took Heal.
When Matt does the "... I can smell you" better then Smaug himself, you know your in for some sh*t to go down
Yeah he went to his Szorlok voice!
26:20 for anyone else who just loves when Sam says aloud he hopes moments like these never end
Fjord and veth really friggen clutched the end of this session. From sam saying he's useless in this fight to havin one of the biggest impacts on the final outcome, never count yourself out as being useless.......
That was one of the most fun episodes to watch, ever. It had real drama, a serious pair of fights, and the TT's taking advantage when they saw it, was genius Mercer at work. It was bold and foolhardy, and the recognition of just how close they were to TPK, without a net was awesome. That was fun, and it was easy to see that the cast was 100% IN for it. Great episode. Thanks for the content.
i so very much want to see the cast (except Sam) come in wearing Sam shirts now. Just once.
18:09 Matt getting mad, lmao
"Doing math, shut the f--"
Little difficult to laugh at Veth and Otis tetris-ing behind Fjord now that we know Otis was stealing the bag of holding
He must have been sweating his BALLS off.
"Next day of your Journey, Travis your turn to roll !"
".... 1"
*silence*
"You see Avantika riding a pissed of ancient white Dragon approaching and from undeath the ice a rather familiar looking Dragon Turtle bursts through the ground... roll initiative !"
Don’t forget about that giant frost worm
27:54 matt has no business being able to whip out such an accurate impression of that stock sound effect… wait actually he does have business being able to do that, it's literally his job. but still insanely impressive how spot on that was!
God, this was such a stressful episode to watch live. Especially because in the middle of the second fight, I had to leave and take the dog for a walk. So glad that I came back just in time to see the end of it.
I went to sleep after they caught up to the Corpsetakers ... I can't believe I missed the second epic fight of the night.
Yo, same!
Okay I know I just commented but this episode was so long I forgot that Sam did a life coach bit
the life coach bit is the only reason the M9 survived. all hail Nathaniel
John Mulaney voice: It’s an hour.
Grabbin the popcorn for this one
ayyyy, nico
THIS WAS WORTH THE WAIT!......very impressed you distilled a 5+ hour gaming session with two battles, one with a female Ancient Dragon and the other with the Tombtakers and TM9 barely escaping the second encounter by the thinnest of margins. My own favorite moment was Ashley producing a lance out of nowhere and then scrambling to throw thermite grenades....right through Ashley saying "I summoned this bitch, we gonna end her!" Well done and good scene choices. You capture the essence of the crazy episode that everyone online could not stop watching and freaking out near the end, muttering "Oh no! tpk! TPK! ARRGHH!"
Laura’s absolute child like cackle at Ashley saying “rub it off”, might be the best reaction she’s ever had to a dirty joke
14:51 "I'm trying to kill my wife but she keeps evading my AOEs"
If you think about it Ashley deciding to not use radiant soul in the fight against Gelidon saved their asses in the fight against the tombtakers
thank you for your sacrifice making this - it's a wonderful way to relive the stress that was THAT EPISODE without watching all five hours of it. also your editing is wonderful and it's a lovely way to observe everyone's individual reactions :D
thank you! that's my goal :)
22:36 Gelidon: "I wish I had somebody to care for me like that"
R.I.P Vorugal :(
"bad dreams, nothing but bad stuff happens in dreams"
campaign 3:
I'm just waiting for the day everybody comes in with a shirt depicting a different Sam face lol
AN HOUR LONG!!?!?!?
Thank you for your sacrifice 🙌
49:48 Man... this was a real gut punch of a moment to watch live!
Matt has broken down in laugher due to player actions and warned his players about their actions many times before but this was a real first in Critical Role history because well... I don't think even Matt had any idea what he was going to do next week if this episode ended in a TPK!
This second encounter was incredibly well handled by both Matt & the players. Mechanically & narratively this episode was a CRITICAL SUCCESS! 🤣
The terrible feeling of not knowing wether Cad's magic was gone forever, and the fear that it could happen to someone else was so visible for laura and tal it made me genuinely anxious for the whole second half of the episode.
This episode was stressful. I was so anxious during this whole episode.
I might cried if any of M9 died.
Amen man, I was so tense watching the episode through several parts
I didn't think it was possible to love Ashley more...then 28:20
If the DM smiles and is happy after you roll, run!
The Butterfly effect has never had a better example for the archives. Amazing edit Marisha ❤
"I rolled this Dragon we're gonna END HER!"
Love you Ashley 😂
It's crazy how distrustful some of the party was of Marisha/Beau's play to save Tal/Cadeuces. As if she hasn't been clutch in the past and that as a monk she is the least affected by Lucien's abilities. Was it risky? Sure, but the casters were basically panicking when magic couldn't solve their problems and talking wasn't an option
This whole session is the definition of stress. Jeeesus!
This episode took years off of my life
I'd love to see a video montage of all the times Marisha and Ashley put a book on their heads (like in this thumbnail). 😆
The dodecaheal yourself works! they have seen so many Nat 20s this episode
All I can say is, this was awesome from a spectator's perspective! The fact that Ashley rolls an 8 on a d8 to kick-start this whole chain of events off, and just watching the move-countermove aspect of Matt and the CR PC cast was amazing to watch. And you know it was tense when the PCs were damn near at wit's end as they were racking their brains, trying to deal with an enemy who was able to cast Anti-Magic Cone, as well as an enemy that could deal Psychic damage.
That is one hell of a fight, when the PC party walks away from the fight, but yet their enemies aren't defeated, let alone vanquished.
And all because Ashley...rolled an 8.
It’s so weird to see the contrast of the smiles and joy in the first part descend into tension and fear in the next, D&D can be so wild 😱
Beau is literally the embodiment of sheer luck while she was on the dragon
47:39!!! I totally missed that lol... amazing
I still can't believe Matt put a boss monster like Ghaledon, on a fucking random encounter table.
It makes sense though. They had a previous encounter with this dragon already and she was actively hunting the party ever since and they were currently relatively close to where they had that encounter. It stands to reason that they could have stumbled across this dragon here far more likely than if they were at sea or wandering in the Empire.
Matt when he thinks he's playing with a room full of adults then is reminded who they are but he has to pretend to be an adult anyway.
“Matt, can you just change it to a boy?”
“NO! She is the ‘Nightmare in Ivory’ and you RESPECT that!”
XD I really appreciate Matt’s commitment to his character’s pronouns
and then at the end of the battle, Matt misgenders Gelidon when Marisha is freed from her.
@@lanteanboy No one is always flawless
@@malteborgmanm2626 Nathaniel nattwonty is perfect
@@lanteanboy So? Shit happens
I mean... it's not like that's a gendered title anyway... so like, I mean you _could_ change it...
9:39 The instant he says "Bad Dragon" and you can just see it on their faces that they know. XD
I can confidently day that travis was the mvp of this entire episode, even at the beginning with the eye stuff he was super into it 😂
So when Bells Hell's come up against a white dragon I bet it'll have a bloody handprint on its neck.
21:54 Ashley letting us know _exactly_ when this episode streamed.
22:05 When the CODzilla starts using her spell slots to _heal,_ you know it means something. I used to run a CODzilla back in 3.5, and I _never_ used any spell slots or channel divinities for healing. _Ever._ If it wasn't for buffing, it was for smiting.
"I summoned this bitch we're gonna END her" cracks me up everytime 😂
7:58
I love Ashley's sudden accent change when she says that.
"Hay-ow?"
I really hope someone has done art of blinded Caduseus plummeting to the ground while riding Caleb.
Veth trying to prove her point about being able to steal Fjord is one of the top things I want in CR. lol The very idea of Sam being weird af trying to flirt with Travis makes me wanna burst out with laughter!
rewatching this over a year later. this was amazing
Epic highlight effort! Needed this to be ready for this week :-)
17:11 tal really just went from dad mode to stfu real fast my god
This is super late and will be seen by no one but for those who do, Gelidon's three attacks against Beau at 22:46 did a total of 69 damage.
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Sam's shirt is pov: you are one of Travis' die and you just landed a natural 20
Travis' gameplay has been super fun the past few weeks. Feels like a slight decent into madness, but I'm all here for it. LMAO.
The way i wanted so badly for Beau to use redirect projectiles to bury the skin gorger in Gelidons back😅
33:03 i love the way marisha and ashley collaborated on the “fucking bitches!” beauyasha is truly a power couple that finishes each others sentences 😭