Honestly in 5e Rangers are least impressive I think, anything they can do a fighter can do better, and the archetypes range from ok (horizon walker) to outright detrimental (beast master)
@@TheSilverPhoenix100 They didn't start in 5e and bard is indeed much weeker in 3e altough bard is prolly the top caster class in 5e unless you multiclass
@@lolka49hot In Pathfinder 1st ed they did more justice to bards. They are usefull as hell, many awesome abilities and the skill ranks alone meke them worth taking. Although it always was a more difficult class to play.
@@nantu07 Depends what you mean but Bard is higher tier in 5e compared to other class especially Lore Bard is stronger than most caster you can make whereas Bard in pathfinder is weaker than all the good spellcaster classes.
@@lolka49hot Because spellcasting should be only one part of the bard. Performance, inspiratons, skills only second to rogue and fighting skills are there to create (or help to create) a versatile character.
Thats a bard for you. Turns into a Fly sneaks in, Turns into Triceritops and smashes out, smashes into room and funnels enemies into a Stinking Cloud, pretends to hide somewhere, Dimension Doors somewhere else, proceeds to burp fire all over the place, run around proceed to vomit fire all over the place burning down the building, guy tries to stop him so he summons a giant magic hand and throws him off a building, proceeds to jump off roof into giant hand, then just dips. Like you gotta think how confused the enemy NPCs are fighting this guy, 'WTF WAS THAT!"
@Tyler K. Halfling, not gnome. But season 2 is all like that, every character has opposition to season 1 character in some regards, Nott is a goblin, while Scanlan hates them, Jester is romantically oblivious prankster, while Vex was mature temptress, Keyleth was a sweetheart, while Beau is cynic asshole, Pike was defender, while Jasha is brutal attacker(also contrast between kind hearted of Cleric and holding back of barbarian), Grog was powerful idiot, while Fjord is weak but charismatic leader et cetera.
First Campaign he played the son of a mother who was killed by goblins. Second campaign, he plays the mother killed by goblins that has a son halfling.
aF Kayzar They're just two different stories. The CR cast wanted to explore different characters, different arcs, etc. to keep things fresh and fun, and in the end, there is no CR if they're not happy playing. Besides, I find campaign 2 hilarious. Diff strokes for diff folks, I guess.
It's the same players but different characters in a different story. Saying it needs to be more like campaign one is like saying Robin Williams needed to play Sy from one this photo like the genie from Aladdin. They're not interchangeable. They fit the worlds and stories they were made for and while you have every right to prefer one over the other you can't expect to be every campaign, every story, to be a cookie cutter copy, following the same formula. Things get awful booting that way and the things you loved in the begining tend to quickly lose their charm
I know people have said this already, but I don't think anything has topped the sequence where Scanlan took out an entire house full of guards by polymorphing into a triceratops and setting it on fire using a fire breathing potion. The sheer amount of joy that I got from revisiting this has completely convinced me to do another re-watch of the first campaign.
I know Sam said he just kinda no-effort made Scanlan, and it was a random name and like 'I'll just pick dumb stuff' but the fact that he kind of always lived his backstory is a testament to how Sam is the bullshitting perfect entertainer, even more than Scanlan.
I love Travis. He's the best wingman anyone can have as friend. He not only is part of the show he also is an avid viewer and he loves everything that happens. Such pure reactions
I honestly love Sam's particular brand of comedy. Clever, occasionally dirty, but never condescending. I can't think of another show where I watch the ads on purpose.
Yea, i agree. But we have to agree that white maps with black markers were much more easy to see and understand for the audience than now. Specially because they are very small on the screen.
Some of my favorite moments: Good morning: 01:39 Scanlan is on a solo quest: 02:20 Inspiration song: 04:22 Scanlans first kill: 04:38 Scanlan has a plan: 10:56 A song for Clarota: 12:36 Scanlan has a gift to the world: 13:42 Preparing to fight: 14:45 Flute Solo: 18:34 Scanlan being bad at stealth: 21:25 Scanlan just killed two guards: 24:44 Vicious Mockery: 29:12 Kima and Clarota takes the first watch: 32:38 Calls an enemy a girl: 33:10 Talking with the Queen: 36:00 Scanlan takes Kima for a walk: 39:18 Scanlan rescues Pike: 43:00 Holy man Scanlan has +13 deception: 1:02:28 Scanlan will wait for Pike… emotionally: 1:05:00 How to cope with separation: 1:05:50 You leave when Burt Reynolds sais you can leave! 1:20:23 Scanlan wakes Lyra up: 1:21:59 Grogs Rematch: 1:26:05 Burt Reynolds Ace Attorney: 1:28:18 Sam’s first mug: 1:35:25 We are all cows: 1:46:19 Grogs Jam: 2:42:48 Ass aim: 2:43:07 Thunder Chest: 2:49:20
Apparently this is what spawned the briarwood arc because he wasn't enjoying it or something, I believe I saw that on reddit or on one of matts dm guide things
Vex is the treasury, Grog's the muscle, Percy's the brain, Pike's the heart, Keyleth's the face, but Scanlan will always be the Leader. Vax of course is the shadow, only shows up once in a while when you really look for him
@@jefferycrouse4652 i feel like its more like keyleth tries to be the face but then when she screws up and offends a guard scanlan has to jump in with plan b. The price of low charisma
Scanlan did what Joey did for “Friends” and what Barney did for “How I Met Your Mother.” He was essentially the “breakout” character of the show in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong, CR is a great show, but I doubt it would’ve developed such a massive fan-following if not for Sam’s performance as Scanlan
Completely agreed. And this is true for Sam in general. I started with Campaign 2 and would've stopped watching critical role a long time ago without Sam Riegel. Even for Campaign 1, it was a slog for me esp in the beginning but Sam Riegel's characters made it absolutely worth it in the end.
Oh jeez. I just realized that if Matt had done auto crits when Scanlan went unconscious fighting the dragon, Scan would've failed all his death saves immediately
Then it follows up with what should be Scanlan’s death, but Matt forgot that melee attacks should be 2 death saving throws instead of one. It’s a tragedy, because imagine the narrative of Scanlan if he had heroically fallen after standing toe-to-toe with Rimefang.
Great edit. Thank you for taking the time and effort to do this! Sam is perhaps one of my personal favorites from the CR crew. I feel like he's the glue that really binds the group together.
Sam + Bard is arguably the best thing that’s happened to DND. The rest of the cast is amazing, but Sam is MVP. Absolutely brilliant. Never disappoints.
Didn’t realize at the time because I was also a newbie to D&D, but Scanlan should’ve died in that dragon fight. He got knocked unconscious then hit twice but matt mistakenly only made each hit fail one death save instead of auto Crit for 2! Glad Matt didn’t know that rule yet lol
I gotta say. When I came into this game, I barely knew ANYTHING about Travis and Sam. The extension of my knowledge was "Oh yeah. Sam's the guy who voiced Teddie in Persona 4." And that was it. But holy shit, this show showed me Sam is hilarious when he's not restricted to say generic anime lines.
When scanlan was talking to the barkeep and was told to talk to Trevor all I could think of was the wildmount bandits saying “they’re the ones that ashed Trevor!”
I remember when i started watching CR, years ago, i think it was at episode 14-15.. Gotta say i don't miss Orion, he was such a bummer and behaved like a Child. How the group is today is great, they all seem to love each other, having a blast gaming, when Orion left, it felt like everyone could relax. I did like Tiberius as a char, but Orion was an asshole
It took maybe a month to find the time to actually watch them all and choose which clips and then maybe a week to edit the whole thing down. And then an extra day cause the first upload fucked up XD
Intro song: soundcloud.com/user-692430662/crap-battle-the-end
Who sings X's and O's at the end?
please
@@moagony6056 Ex's & Oh's by Saddle Up. It's from the Pitch Perfect 3 soundtrack.
this is awesome and was literally 3 hours of laughter basically. will you be doing more parts?
@@moagony6056 it sounds so much like Sam to me....like I can't comprehend that it's not him.
"I made the worst character but turns out im the best" sam just is scanlan
Scanlan is just Sam
It’s funny coz it’s true
tiberius after running away... every fight, "i'm the best character" -metagamer orion
Scanlan taking on an entire house of enemies by himself has got to be my all time favourite combat moment throughout the entire campaign.
Rafael Plugge time stamp? Please
@@cgvisuals 2:26:10
Scanbo
Throughout both campaigns*
The only thing that I want to see is an entire episode of the animated series to be made of this scene.
I like how Matt was disagreeing with labelling bards as the worst.
Honestly in 5e Rangers are least impressive I think, anything they can do a fighter can do better, and the archetypes range from ok (horizon walker) to outright detrimental (beast master)
@@TheSilverPhoenix100 They didn't start in 5e and bard is indeed much weeker in 3e altough bard is prolly the top caster class in 5e unless you multiclass
@@lolka49hot In Pathfinder 1st ed they did more justice to bards. They are usefull as hell, many awesome abilities and the skill ranks alone meke them worth taking. Although it always was a more difficult class to play.
@@nantu07 Depends what you mean but Bard is higher tier in 5e compared to other class especially Lore Bard is stronger than most caster you can make whereas Bard in pathfinder is weaker than all the good spellcaster classes.
@@lolka49hot Because spellcasting should be only one part of the bard. Performance, inspiratons, skills only second to rogue and fighting skills are there to create (or help to create) a versatile character.
Thats a bard for you. Turns into a Fly sneaks in, Turns into Triceritops and smashes out, smashes into room and funnels enemies into a Stinking Cloud, pretends to hide somewhere, Dimension Doors somewhere else, proceeds to burp fire all over the place, run around proceed to vomit fire all over the place burning down the building, guy tries to stop him so he summons a giant magic hand and throws him off a building, proceeds to jump off roof into giant hand, then just dips. Like you gotta think how confused the enemy NPCs are fighting this guy, 'WTF WAS THAT!"
Flying Fujigi time stamp?
Can’t wait to see them animate fights like that in their upcoming animated series.
All of this in like, a minute-ish
Best solo run I’ve ever seen in a game
Scanbo, it's Scanlan and Rambo together
"the best of sam" and it's literally just a cut of every time he speaks
Basically yes 😂
And it’s correct
"I don't like goblins"
First hint to Scanlan's backstory, never caught it.
@@Jorephthefirst I think the main point on that, is now he plays a goblin in season 2....
@@goblinphreak2132 I know that, but at the time Sam didn't had Nott in his plans.
@Tyler K. Halfling, not gnome. But season 2 is all like that, every character has opposition to season 1 character in some regards, Nott is a goblin, while Scanlan hates them, Jester is romantically oblivious prankster, while Vex was mature temptress, Keyleth was a sweetheart, while Beau is cynic asshole, Pike was defender, while Jasha is brutal attacker(also contrast between kind hearted of Cleric and holding back of barbarian), Grog was powerful idiot, while Fjord is weak but charismatic leader et cetera.
First Campaign he played the son of a mother who was killed by goblins. Second campaign, he plays the mother killed by goblins that has a son halfling.
Honestly, Scanlan was such a magical outlet for Sam's creativity. I miss how effortlessly funny everything ended up being in campaign 1.
Campaign 2 needs more comic relief. Someone step up!
Season 2 very much feels like an edge lords tale. Even childlike playful Jester has edgy moments. Needs more lighthearted and sillyness.
aF Kayzar They're just two different stories. The CR cast wanted to explore different characters, different arcs, etc. to keep things fresh and fun, and in the end, there is no CR if they're not happy playing. Besides, I find campaign 2 hilarious. Diff strokes for diff folks, I guess.
@@lordhawkeye Jester is the Scanlan of campaign 2! It's characters like Fjord and Beau who really bring the atmosphere down
It's the same players but different characters in a different story. Saying it needs to be more like campaign one is like saying Robin Williams needed to play Sy from one this photo like the genie from Aladdin. They're not interchangeable. They fit the worlds and stories they were made for and while you have every right to prefer one over the other you can't expect to be every campaign, every story, to be a cookie cutter copy, following the same formula. Things get awful booting that way and the things you loved in the begining tend to quickly lose their charm
"You will leave when Burt Reynolds tells you to leave" is an all time Scanlan quote for sure
Is this really 3hrs of Sam just saying stuff? Best use of time ever!!!!
I know people have said this already, but I don't think anything has topped the sequence where Scanlan took out an entire house full of guards by polymorphing into a triceratops and setting it on fire using a fire breathing potion. The sheer amount of joy that I got from revisiting this has completely convinced me to do another re-watch of the first campaign.
It was legendary honestly worth all the rewatches
Idk what i like more. Sams jokes or travis enjoying sams jokes
His reactions are the best haha!
Scanlan's first time using a sword was a critical hit that killed a king. And somehow Scanlan's story only got better from there.
“Here’s the plan… We’re all cows.” And so begins one of the greatest times of the show. 😂😂😂
"I didn't have a triceratops, but I have a stegosaurus."
How dare you, Matt!
I know Sam said he just kinda no-effort made Scanlan, and it was a random name and like 'I'll just pick dumb stuff' but the fact that he kind of always lived his backstory is a testament to how Sam is the bullshitting perfect entertainer, even more than Scanlan.
I love Travis. He's the best wingman anyone can have as friend. He not only is part of the show he also is an avid viewer and he loves everything that happens. Such pure reactions
I absolutely agree! In fact, part 3 which is almost done might as well be a best of sam and travis cause he's part of so many of the clips!
“Exciting but ultimately pointless” lol
a fitting epitath ;P
Like watching this entire video while you have work to do, like I just did... :D
Nott's horrendous jokes are epic, but not before discovering this video did I realize just how much I missed Sam's bard days :D
1:35:15 THE WHOLESOME ORIGIN OF SAM'S OBSESSION WITH MASSIVE TANKARDS AND FLASKS
I honestly love Sam's particular brand of comedy. Clever, occasionally dirty, but never condescending. I can't think of another show where I watch the ads on purpose.
Just noticed this is over 3 hours. Not even mad.
Dude, I tried so hard to get it down to the 3 hour mark... but some challenges are too great. The original rough cut was almost 5 hours long haha
“But come on, I’m a triceratops! I gotta have some fun, right?”
Watching these clips with the marker made battle maps made me realize how far they have come, to the epic Dwarven Forge maps.
Yea, i agree. But we have to agree that white maps with black markers were much more easy to see and understand for the audience than now. Specially because they are very small on the screen.
Some of my favorite moments:
Good morning: 01:39
Scanlan is on a solo quest: 02:20
Inspiration song: 04:22
Scanlans first kill: 04:38
Scanlan has a plan: 10:56
A song for Clarota: 12:36
Scanlan has a gift to the world: 13:42
Preparing to fight: 14:45
Flute Solo: 18:34
Scanlan being bad at stealth: 21:25
Scanlan just killed two guards: 24:44
Vicious Mockery: 29:12
Kima and Clarota takes the first watch: 32:38
Calls an enemy a girl: 33:10
Talking with the Queen: 36:00
Scanlan takes Kima for a walk: 39:18
Scanlan rescues Pike: 43:00
Holy man Scanlan has +13 deception: 1:02:28
Scanlan will wait for Pike… emotionally: 1:05:00
How to cope with separation: 1:05:50
You leave when Burt Reynolds sais you can leave! 1:20:23
Scanlan wakes Lyra up: 1:21:59
Grogs Rematch: 1:26:05
Burt Reynolds Ace Attorney: 1:28:18
Sam’s first mug: 1:35:25
We are all cows: 1:46:19
Grogs Jam: 2:42:48
Ass aim: 2:43:07
Thunder Chest: 2:49:20
thanks
2:36:14 Loved how Taliesin and Marisha added harmonies to Sam's "Bigsby's hand" song snippet!
Taliesin was so quiet in the beginning bless.
Apparently this is what spawned the briarwood arc because he wasn't enjoying it or something, I believe I saw that on reddit or on one of matts dm guide things
Origami Cubes I had seen the same, but only after I had finished the Briarwood arc. It was odd to see him that way again 😆
He was probably just nervous and felt a bit weird about it
He didn’t have the magic of his multicolored Mohawk, yet
@@CarpeDMOfficial This is an enormous bump but do you remember where specifically this quote is from? I'm always interested in Matt's thought process
It's crazy remembering how far back Vecna was mentioned. Last battle was epic and totally worth the wait.
God, I forgot about "but I don't make promises to dogs", the reactions from the party and Matt say it all.
43:28 that quick thinking of scanlan twisting all of Matt’s words
I love that Marisha is always immediately jamming to any scanlan tune
Vax with "will die today" speech since episode 4. That's being constant.
“On brand!”
@@Reblwitoutacause Branding is important!
No one can say that Scanlan isn't the leader/mvp of vox machina
Except for the members of Vox Machina; and we all saw how *that* turned out.
Vex is the treasury, Grog's the muscle, Percy's the brain, Pike's the heart, Keyleth's the face, but Scanlan will always be the Leader. Vax of course is the shadow, only shows up once in a while when you really look for him
@@jefferycrouse4652 i feel like its more like keyleth tries to be the face but then when she screws up and offends a guard scanlan has to jump in with plan b. The price of low charisma
@@jefferycrouse4652 Vax being the shadow is way funnier if you think about the ending.
@@mar30999 exactly.
So I imagine that when they all sing along with him it's Scanlans magic seeping into the rest of the party's mind and half way controlling them
I think the best single line to sum up Scanlan's general ethos is: "I'm super brave and hung, let's do this!"
I like how in the end he lets the boy keep the change not realizing that it is most likely more money then the boy has ever seen.
Scanlan did what Joey did for “Friends” and what Barney did for “How I Met Your Mother.” He was essentially the “breakout” character of the show in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong, CR is a great show, but I doubt it would’ve developed such a massive fan-following if not for Sam’s performance as Scanlan
Completely agreed. And this is true for Sam in general. I started with Campaign 2 and would've stopped watching critical role a long time ago without Sam Riegel. Even for Campaign 1, it was a slog for me esp in the beginning but Sam Riegel's characters made it absolutely worth it in the end.
thank you for all the work you put in editing this.
Eyyy thank you, buddy!
I definitely encourage you (and violence) to make more comprehensive Critical Role videos! This is a Critter's dream!!!@@JayHayz
@@JayHayz Agreed much appreciated.
LOL " it's not even chicken it's wood" that sentence killed me with laughter LOL L 😂😂😂
Same 😂😂
Favorite one liner EVER:
“I’m Super Brave AND HUNG, Let’s do This!”
Oh, I miss Scanlan so much. Nott is good, but Scanlan was excellent.
I've watched this so many times over the years. Really appreciate the time and effort getting this clip put together
Seeing how sam and travis interact in this campaign and then campaign 2, I really hope these friends stay together and give us more memories
Is it different in campaign 2?
“Just open it from the inside...”
Famous last words.
it was surprisingly fun to watch the set change around them.
Thank you for 2 things: 1, making this incredible video, and 2, making Tiberius bearable.
1:35:03 "Bring in the gnome!"
1:35:47 First appearance of The Mug
Scanlan isn't just a bard, no... he is the entire orchestra in a circus!
1:38:12 is literally the reason why I spent over 300 hours watching this nerds play make believe
This is insanely good! Great editing! :)
Thanks!
Best video on youtube. You deserve countless thank yous for making this. Sam Riegel is the best person
Haha, thank you dude!
This is giving me so much campaign 1 nostalgia! Thanks so much for all of your work
Glad you like it!
Oh jeez. I just realized that if Matt had done auto crits when Scanlan went unconscious fighting the dragon, Scan would've failed all his death saves immediately
was supposed to, but they were still new to 5e d&d
"Scanlan make you feel good!" Is what got me into Critical Role
1:20:31 is the greatest moment in any D&D game ever, and that is a hill I'm willing to die on.
Then it follows up with what should be Scanlan’s death, but Matt forgot that melee attacks should be 2 death saving throws instead of one. It’s a tragedy, because imagine the narrative of Scanlan if he had heroically fallen after standing toe-to-toe with Rimefang.
Vex: Scanlan!
Scanlan: What? I'm super brave and hung. C'mon, let's do this!
Only first 35 episodes.... is 3 hours long. Scanlan says way too many legendary things.
I was so mad the triceratops assault on the Whitestone house didnt make it into Legends of Vox Machina. One of my favorite Scanlan scenes of all time.
Great edit. Thank you for taking the time and effort to do this! Sam is perhaps one of my personal favorites from the CR crew. I feel like he's the glue that really binds the group together.
Thanks! I know it was a buddy of mine showing me a clip of Sam that got me into CR in the first place!
Why is nobody talking about the amazing harmonization to Scanlan’s rendition of “Help!”???? That shit was dope!!
1:38:12
"Hello. What a lovely dinner, we had LIGHTNING"
I lose it.
Every.
Time.
Sam + Bard is arguably the best thing that’s happened to DND. The rest of the cast is amazing, but Sam is MVP. Absolutely brilliant. Never disappoints.
"that's not... what it's called..."
...another difficult day, I turn to The Best of Sam to make me laugh. Thank you!
Possibly the most epic Bard on history got his name from a generator. It's not the name, it's the legacy behind it.
Sam as a lowly old peasant boy gives life meaning
Didn’t realize at the time because I was also a newbie to D&D, but Scanlan should’ve died in that dragon fight. He got knocked unconscious then hit twice but matt mistakenly only made each hit fail one death save instead of auto Crit for 2! Glad Matt didn’t know that rule yet lol
57:07 "that will be a 30" 😂😂
Part 1... YOU ARE A GOD
They're all so fantastic. But Travis and Sam are my favorite
I gotta say. When I came into this game, I barely knew ANYTHING about Travis and Sam. The extension of my knowledge was "Oh yeah. Sam's the guy who voiced Teddie in Persona 4." And that was it. But holy shit, this show showed me Sam is hilarious when he's not restricted to say generic anime lines.
feels so weird seeing Orion because now they never mention him
In all of season 1 Tiberius is only mentioned like 3 times after Orion left.
@@AnatoDragonshard I think they had a very bad "breakup"
the entire video is gold, but i have to give you that ending moment, is perfect, simply perfect.
I would like to go on record in saying Sam Riegel is a comedic genius
Oh my,this is so awesome made! Thank you very much!
The ending is so nicely made also :D
Sincerely hope for the 35+ eps :d
Thanks! Already watching/working on it!
Watching Travis react to Sam is about as enjoyable as Sam himself, lol
Genuinely one of my favorite things haha
Jesus he has so many good moments you could make a campaign out of it
Praise new studio, my ears were dead most of the first part. XD
Roses are red
Violets are blue
We're both gnomes
Let's screw
Roses are red
violets are blue
my name is scanlan shortholt
now heres my poo
i’ve watched this 4+ times now. pls. my soul needs part 2.
32:38 cracks me up everytime
1:29:28 the amaranthine oubliblablabli
Yo, part two! part two!
I can't seem to find the "Counterspell! Baby don't hurt me! Don't hurt me! No more~" original clip anywhere
almost every shot he's in Orion is eating XD
Orion ate a lot when he was on, at least it's something to do when you're not involved yet
SCANLAN the Fire breathing, 9th level counterspelling, Bard god!
Marisha's harmonies at 2:36:30 tho... I love singing troupes
1:10:14 Such a simple moment but easily one of my favorites in all of the campaigns.
"I need a beret."
And that. That was... The beginning of...
The Meat Man.
When scanlan was talking to the barkeep and was told to talk to Trevor all I could think of was the wildmount bandits saying “they’re the ones that ashed Trevor!”
Sam is the King Bard amongst all the D&D bards and that's a statement I'm willing to defend
57:24
Wolverine? That man is a honey badger.
I remember when i started watching CR, years ago, i think it was at episode 14-15.. Gotta say i don't miss Orion, he was such a bummer and behaved like a Child. How the group is today is great, they all seem to love each other, having a blast gaming, when Orion left, it felt like everyone could relax. I did like Tiberius as a char, but Orion was an asshole
He's uh... there's certainly an improvement, after he left.
How the long did it take to even edit all of this?! Thank you man, cause I’m really loving this :)
It took maybe a month to find the time to actually watch them all and choose which clips and then maybe a week to edit the whole thing down. And then an extra day cause the first upload fucked up XD
I Love Nott, but Damn, Sam was made to play Scanan.
A fire breathing bard gnome with purple hand magic that shoots stinky clouds
NOW THATS SCARY
"Best of Sam"
After seeing this video it just seems to be "All of Sam" and honestly, they are basically the same
1:29:28 the fact he stayed in character is so good
Holy crap Scanlan died to the dragon, I didn't remember that.
Twiceeeeeee ^_^
@@TheBloodypimp OOF-
I think twice?
Sam is a true master of improv
so good, thank you! looking forward to more :P
it has been so long since i watched c1 and i can't believe i forgot most of scanlans weird and great moments