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  • @vocaeien
    @vocaeien 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6879

    "You take 5 points of stupid damage"
    I'm sure every DM has wanted to say this at least once

    • @mordirit8727
      @mordirit8727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +378

      I took this from Travis and nowadays I love describing stuff like that. Why say "you take 17 cutting damage" when you can say "you take 17 fucking werewolf biting at your shoulder damage"?

    • @bretsheeley4034
      @bretsheeley4034 3 ปีที่แล้ว +255

      > I'm sure every DM has wanted to say this at least once
      per session.
      ...
      per player.
      ...
      per encounter.

    • @ocanacho5664
      @ocanacho5664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @@bretsheeley4034 once, the bard tried to calm a bear by playing the ocarina.
      The bear bite him in the face and almost kill him

    • @plumey7593
      @plumey7593 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@ocanacho5664 This is why you take the Calm Emotions spell instead of relying on your ocarina kids

    • @Megan-hd5lc
      @Megan-hd5lc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Wanted too? I do. On the reg

  • @hms21793
    @hms21793 ปีที่แล้ว +1588

    Grog saving trinket was literally Travis just making sure his wife didn’t kill him later lol

    • @Veloziraptor111
      @Veloziraptor111 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Second time he's done that.

    • @ryandang5525
      @ryandang5525 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Grog isnt married

    • @connormead5918
      @connormead5918 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ryandang5525 Travis is to vax i think?

    • @adoptedbythe1king
      @adoptedbythe1king ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@ryandang5525 Travis is married to Laura who loves Trinket

    • @doctorfaust9759
      @doctorfaust9759 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@adoptedbythe1kinglol this is like my 12th thing I've seen and even I know he was joking

  • @kingcooling8218
    @kingcooling8218 ปีที่แล้ว +844

    Vax: “Where did you get these toys?”
    Grog: “I stole it from a small child.”
    This was hilarious.

    • @ldp6321
      @ldp6321 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      It also implies that Vox Machina action figures exist in Exandria which is not actually that far fetched tbh

  • @henryohenry1504
    @henryohenry1504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6092

    "Rolls with disadvantage."
    "Why???"
    "Because I've never seen you throw a spear before."
    🤣🤣🤣

    • @joekc7114
      @joekc7114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      I mean he’s not wrong 🤣🤣😂🤣

    • @Grimsoth
      @Grimsoth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Anyone have a time stamp?

    • @henryohenry1504
      @henryohenry1504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      @@Grimsoth 1:25:33

    • @Grimsoth
      @Grimsoth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@henryohenry1504 tyvm

    • @henryohenry1504
      @henryohenry1504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@Grimsoth no problem! That's what us critters do!

  • @bbaattttlleemmooddee
    @bbaattttlleemmooddee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3942

    When Travis started to DM I got hyped. When Grogg started to DM I lost my mind. When DM Grogg roleplayed Pike my head exploded.

    • @Annarki2000
      @Annarki2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      Travis doing the Trinket voice when Vex used speak with animals at 3:27:00 was hilarious.

    • @geofffowler110
      @geofffowler110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      I'm a dude, playin' a dude, playin' another dude.

    • @Comrade2261
      @Comrade2261 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same lol

    • @bananahamikz
      @bananahamikz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fr

    • @bananahamikz
      @bananahamikz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sys

  • @jacksonrigdon652
    @jacksonrigdon652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1585

    i love that Travis a professional voice actor had to do a voice of someone who cant voice act trying to do a voice.

    • @DuncanDisordely
      @DuncanDisordely 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      (Spoilers)
      Bit like Mark Ruffalo in Shutter Island, having to act like a doctor pretending to be a federal marshal (badly)

    • @hostile_prof
      @hostile_prof 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      I'm a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude

    • @DimaJeydar
      @DimaJeydar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      "It takes a great actor to play a bad actor"

    • @yourdadsotherfamily3530
      @yourdadsotherfamily3530 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Voiceception

    • @HenriqueErzinger
      @HenriqueErzinger 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      It's like Liam (notoriously great at accents) as Caleb, pretending to be bad at accents, while at the same time doing a perfect german accent trying to do other accents badly

  • @jadaw644
    @jadaw644 ปีที่แล้ว +978

    25:10 I know it's been years, but not enough people give love to Vax dreaming he was Liam. I don't know why, but 'I had this cart, there was no horses, it just *went.* ' kills me every time. 😭🤣

    • @whitestoneandy797
      @whitestoneandy797 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Dude I know! I was just watching that part and thinking the same thing. Out of all the craziness from this episode that scene always stuck out to me. Liam literally made it cannon that Vax had a dream that he was Liam lol This whole episode is just so incredibly meta in the best way

    • @katiem5051
      @katiem5051 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      "i had these kids. i don't know who these kids were" is the part that makes me lose it Every time

    • @brandendierker5873
      @brandendierker5873 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I didnt even put that together. He said something like, i was in a different city for weeks! I was a father

    • @nickmorgan3199
      @nickmorgan3199 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wait… you guys don’t become your characters in the dreamspace after eating cheese before bed?!

  • @cthulhu5717
    @cthulhu5717 ปีที่แล้ว +917

    The fact the Travis dropped his and Laura’s characters for the 2nd campaign as well as their pregnancy in this one shot is fantastic.

    • @emmamassick9484
      @emmamassick9484 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Me watching this for the first time right now, i was like wait……did he just…..bfueiwnslwnrhrubdjiwmw

    • @hms21793
      @hms21793 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      I know I was like “fjord? jester? Baby!”

    • @thegeek0017
      @thegeek0017 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I believe Laura had played Jester in a previous one shot

    • @WinterFaery84
      @WinterFaery84 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Made me believe that Fjorester was canon ALL along! LOL.

    • @HinataElyonToph
      @HinataElyonToph ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@hms21793 Fjord? Jester? RONIN???

  • @ZephyrosGamer
    @ZephyrosGamer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2057

    "You take 5 points of stupid damage".
    Love Grog! Best DM EVER!

    • @astromechas
      @astromechas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Also "You take 8 points of smash your face damage." lmao

    • @mollys4409
      @mollys4409 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Zephyros Snow *BM.
      BUNION
      MASTER

    • @yourdadsotherfamily3530
      @yourdadsotherfamily3530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mollys4409 5D Chess Bunion Master’

  • @The1337Duke
    @The1337Duke 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1847

    3:27:53 I honestly think this is the only time on the entire history of Critical role where sam breaks, and is genuinely struck speechless at the sheer absurdity of the circumstances he got himself into, trying to kill his friends imaginary, IMAGINARY bear, in a game within a game, two levels deep, because he knows that killing it only one level down would make Laura genuinely upset. WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS

    • @killxswitch
      @killxswitch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      This bit is my favorite Critical Role moment of all time. I wish we could've seen the rest of the cast completely lose it as well but seeing Travis having to spit out his beer, Laura and Tal both collapse in laughter while Sam and Liam simultaneously suffocate-clap, and then Sam completely blue-screened, it's just the best.

    • @forkysporky7073
      @forkysporky7073 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@killxswitch That was my favorite part. Laura and Tal reacting simultaneously while Sam and Liam made the same reaction. So hilarious.

    • @sweebos
      @sweebos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I was literally just thinking about this moment and came back here to watch this One-shot again 😆 👏👏👏

    • @dominickquinn4189
      @dominickquinn4189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I'm sorry but "who portrayed this Grizzly murder" is the best line ever

    • @sapphirekatty8730
      @sapphirekatty8730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Dominick except Sam said almost same joke way back in campaign one, when Orion was still with them, and his was more funny at my opinion. Too bad cast didn't notice it though.

  • @taylorpomeroy7631
    @taylorpomeroy7631 ปีที่แล้ว +480

    Sam’s bit of doing an outrageously bad character voice that keeps changing is pure genius

    • @huayujie143
      @huayujie143 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      With all of the other hints at C2 characters from Travis I swear Sam was hinting at Nott with that voice lol

    • @aaronrachiele5521
      @aaronrachiele5521 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@huayujie143 And Liam pointing out that one of the dice he was using was BOOK themed.

  • @najadetwo22
    @najadetwo22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +761

    "I'm not asking you this in character," said Laura, asking Scanlan in character as Vex.

    • @ionfalcom1
      @ionfalcom1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      BWAAAM

    • @pauljinkerson6359
      @pauljinkerson6359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol

    • @Sprtschk
      @Sprtschk ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The brilliant thing was asking him in Vex's normal accent.

  • @hotscottrulz
    @hotscottrulz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1884

    This episode is so fucking cool. I love how each of the characters have their own ways of playing: Scanlan is a power gamer who’s a little *too* into it, Vax is clueless and doesn’t get it, Vex is a little weirded out, but is kinda into it, and Percy is quiet, but knows the game. And, of course, Grog is an excellent Bunion Master! It’s all anyone could have asked for...

    • @shadycactus6146
      @shadycactus6146 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      it's so good. i really want them to do this again for campaign 2, but jester should dm lol

    • @chironzahhak7742
      @chironzahhak7742 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@shadycactus6146 I can't wait for all the okays, likes, so cools and stuffs of our little Jester!

    • @davidparkes7741
      @davidparkes7741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@chironzahhak7742 Don't forget the technicallys.

    • @superlolgal555
      @superlolgal555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Lol yea Scanlan was doing everything in his power to get points it was amazing

    • @Tesoro1996
      @Tesoro1996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Actually, I would love to see Caduceus DM a game, that would be like the chillest game ever.

  • @Trailseeker13
    @Trailseeker13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5978

    Vax- Where'd you get these toys?
    Grog- I stole them from some little kid!
    Matt- (in the corner crying) My mini's!

    • @liamgreenwood3481
      @liamgreenwood3481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +591

      I'm just picturing Grog stealing miniatures from essentially the being that made the universe he lives in.

    • @jasminegold3005
      @jasminegold3005 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Yup yup

    • @tap5445
      @tap5445 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Ahahha

    • @honestgoblinproductions5663
      @honestgoblinproductions5663 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@liamgreenwood3481 ha ha ha ha.

    • @ClandestineSnowman
      @ClandestineSnowman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      @@liamgreenwood3481 In the last VM battle royale, he DID break out of a pocket dimension - so in theory it's possible for him to siege through to different realities.

  • @aceknowles8841
    @aceknowles8841 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1122

    And no one ever brought up that Percy said "Did you NOT take theater class?"
    It is canon, that Percy took theater class, and no one talks about it.

    • @Buttonpusher42
      @Buttonpusher42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Not to mention their experience with the Feywild theater (and the warnings about such from Garmelie/Artagan)

    • @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks
      @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks ปีที่แล้ว +4

      what it is is *obvious*

    • @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks
      @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Percy is a theatre kid but the one who really likes doing stage management and making all the props

    • @troodontalon5990
      @troodontalon5990 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "NOT THE THEATER!"

    • @reuniclus9
      @reuniclus9 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      NO THEATRE!

  • @philliptivis3082
    @philliptivis3082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1904

    I wish there was a reaction video of Mercer watching this.

    • @Kasino80
      @Kasino80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      Oh god, I'd pay to watch that

    • @roxana5490
      @roxana5490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Both Matt and Marisha would be CACKLING

    • @xaderalert
      @xaderalert 2 ปีที่แล้ว +283

      He probably refuses to watch it out of spite. He said to Travis during an episode of Talks Machina: "if you ever do an in-game session DM-ing as Grog, please... PLEASE invite one of my NPCs so I can play!"
      Cold, Travis. Cold.

    • @blueroninstudios
      @blueroninstudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Probably he and Marisha watched this together with tears coming out of their eyes from laughing so much! I like to think so!

    • @lesterjennings4044
      @lesterjennings4044 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes I want to see that!

  • @MisterGreed
    @MisterGreed 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2602

    The longer I watch this show the more I become convinced that Travis is a damn genius.

    • @MLDeS100
      @MLDeS100 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Mister Greed need to go watch his tabletop appearance. He proves it in that game.

    • @atomicsquid9836
      @atomicsquid9836 6 ปีที่แล้ว +245

      It usually takes an intelligent player to convincingly portray a dumb charecter. The way Grog comes off effortlessly is a testiment to Travis.

    • @YSPFrogGod
      @YSPFrogGod 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Hose Clamp which one? there are many table top videos

    • @Peter_Cordes
      @Peter_Cordes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@YSPFrogGod - He was only one one episode of the show Tabletop, and google had no trouble finding it: th-cam.com/video/emlI43ZE9-c/w-d-xo.html
      I searched on `travis willingham tabletop` and it was the very first hit.

    • @FondlesHandles
      @FondlesHandles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MLDeS100 freaking coat czech.

  • @SeanBoyce-gp
    @SeanBoyce-gp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1175

    Scanlan: "Ask him his name."
    Percy: "W-Why would I do that?"
    These Whitestone elitists, man.

    • @dmdiaries7208
      @dmdiaries7208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Is this the part where we cut off Percy’s head with a guillotine?

    • @I.Re-em
      @I.Re-em 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dmdiaries7208 this part should've been episode one, my man

  • @celestecormier
    @celestecormier 2 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    Percy deserved the extra 500XP because the pun "Did you perpetrate this grizzly murder" was absolutely GLOSSED OVER

  • @zakarypembleton9666
    @zakarypembleton9666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    "Do you even know what genealogy is??"
    "Yeh, it's like a blue denim"

  • @brendanmacey981
    @brendanmacey981 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6759

    I wanna see a one shot run by Jester in this way, where Jester in character is the DM

    • @lordkalistos4124
      @lordkalistos4124 5 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      Anything we could imagine, would be turned upside down and reshuffled.

    • @ZaneTheSaber
      @ZaneTheSaber 5 ปีที่แล้ว +304

      oh gods the chaos that would ensue. "technicallyyyyyyyy"

    • @deffdefying4803
      @deffdefying4803 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      All the candy and pastries and ribbons and bows

    • @spencers360
      @spencers360 5 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      And the aggressive flirting with fjord

    • @victoriak8254
      @victoriak8254 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Or Just imagine Mollymauk being a DM :,)

  • @DiChroma
    @DiChroma 6 ปีที่แล้ว +804

    Let's all give Travis some credit for DM'ing max level characters for his first time DM'ing

    • @kingmidas2112
      @kingmidas2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      That...yeah. Didnt realize that. Good point

    • @jamaalgaylord5029
      @jamaalgaylord5029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Travis didint dm max lvl characters.... grog did

    • @anonymouskitten4715
      @anonymouskitten4715 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He might’ve DMed offscreen before

  • @bleedketamine
    @bleedketamine ปีที่แล้ว +352

    the starting npcs in the tavern being a blue skinned lady and a half orc and then jester and ford being in the next campaign is amazing

    • @elisam.2896
      @elisam.2896 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      with a baby!!!! 😍😍

    • @tiph3802
      @tiph3802 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And there was a baby. Wouldn't Laura be pregnant with Ronin right around this time?

  • @starwarsnerd100
    @starwarsnerd100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +597

    From everyone’s reactions, I have to assume Travis’s Drunk Pike impression is dead on for drunk Ashley Johnson.

  • @Chris_Meade
    @Chris_Meade 6 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    "I ate that meatball from Scanlan and I fuckin diiiied.......I dont wanna make any assumptions but...."
    I am fucking dead XD

    • @Argenize1
      @Argenize1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I couldn't stop laughing

    • @MLDeS100
      @MLDeS100 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Probably the best moment in the whole episode

  • @smelly551
    @smelly551 5 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    I love how protective laura is of her twice imaginary bear. This isnt even the imaginary trinket.

  • @herman1francis
    @herman1francis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6408

    The fact that grog is such a terrible dm is hilarious. He's fudging all his rolls. He clearly has a grudge on vax ridiculing him all the time. If this was real world Dming it would be awful. But the fact that this is travis roleplaying grog dming a game with the other characters roleplaying themselves. This is pure genius.

    • @MmeHyraelle
      @MmeHyraelle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +246

      Grog cant math :D

    • @ethanpeterson5640
      @ethanpeterson5640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +350

      Don't forget the OP self-insert DMPC

    • @kairos4484
      @kairos4484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@ethanpeterson5640 Is that usually a problem? Not the OP part, but the DMPC part. I've seen DMs do it that play it well.

    • @ethanpeterson5640
      @ethanpeterson5640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      @@kairos4484 DMPCs can be done well, true, but occasionally a DMPC might overshadow the party and I often prefer not to have one as a DM

    • @kairos4484
      @kairos4484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@ethanpeterson5640 Understandable. I guess I've just had good GMs when it comes to it then. Have you played with one that overshadows the party?

  • @thefinalfrontear
    @thefinalfrontear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +788

    The way everyone devolves into just tears after Scanlan tries to poison Trinket is so fucking funny. I've never seen Liam laugh so hard.

    • @roxana5490
      @roxana5490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      I've never seen Sam laugh so hard!

    • @sifuculreif6448
      @sifuculreif6448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      *Scanlan* *as* *Scanlan:* "I'm going to inspire Trinket... By giving him some Meat."
      *Me:* NOOOOO!!!!

  • @lucaschalegre2513
    @lucaschalegre2513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    "we heard you liked role playing games, so we put a role playing game in your role playing game, so you can role play while you role play!"

    • @thomastakesatollforthedark2231
      @thomastakesatollforthedark2231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Better yet! Why not role play in the role play in the roleplay?! Sam would be completely unintelligible!

  • @NWolfsson
    @NWolfsson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +658

    I love how their characters are the total opposite of themselves when it comes to RP:
    -Sam does his normal voice for Scanlan. Scanlan does an accent for Scanlan bis (Scottish and sometimes australian, for some reason)
    -Liam is very invested and edging rules-lawyer. Vax doesn't get *anything* that happens.
    -Laura is the best and heavier RP-er at the table. Vex doesn't even know how to act like herself.
    -Taliesin tries to advocate decisions, showing the pros and cons and is basically intervening a lot. Percy sits at the back seat and watches the disaster happen...

    • @raymondfisheriii791
      @raymondfisheriii791 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      This is a neat observation that you made! Thanks for sharing, it’s really interesting to see it when it’s pointed out like that, shows the acting chops and how much time they’ve thought about their characters

  • @danielbeshers1689
    @danielbeshers1689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +507

    Something about this bothered me visually every time I watched it until I just now realized that Travis fills up like 32% more space than Matt, even after the DM cam is pulled back to make space for how tall he is.

    • @nuru666
      @nuru666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Travis is a freaking tank lol

    • @tkeleth2931
      @tkeleth2931 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      dude this comment made me legitimately laugh out loud. hahahaha I didn't realize until I read this and now I can't unsee it

    • @ANameToGoBy
      @ANameToGoBy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      It's the first thing I noticed when I loaded the video and saw Travis in the DM seat and it made me laugh. It's honestly hilarious how much space he takes up in the frame but also how uncomfortable he looks (Travis did great of course, but seeing how nervous he was is adorable.

  • @jessevancooney6963
    @jessevancooney6963 2 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    "The... door just, opens? They dont do that! My own bathroom door at Whitestone hits me for 1 point of bludgeoning damage every time I go through it"
    "That's how its designed"
    I love how its now canon that every door is out to get them. Doors should have been Vex's favorite enemy

  • @MakDemonik
    @MakDemonik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2498

    I love how all of Grogs fuckery with the other characters (him succeeding at everything, him finding platinum while Laura finds poop, Vax failing the jump roll even though he had the highest roll) all of this would be absolutely unacceptable and probably irritate players in a normal game
    but because they know eachother so well and they are in the unique position that its GROG and not travis Game Mastering, its just a heap of fun and laughs

    • @immakillu2
      @immakillu2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +253

      It helps that he did it in a way that had no consequences to the game from a mechanical standpoint. Just cosmetically.

    • @hellbringer96
      @hellbringer96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      It does speak a lot of "That Guy" DMs. The ones with the self insert DM-PC that is great at everything, always making whatever they want happen regardless of player choice or rolls, ect.
      I actually think it's perfectly done on the meta-level. I usually think of those DMs as either inexperienced in how the game works or just very egotistical and put their own enjoyment over everyone else's.
      That IMO perfectly what Grog of all people probably would have done after having just discovered the game.

    • @SPACEHARICE
      @SPACEHARICE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      @@hellbringer96 its actually a good game setting where meta gaming would be expected.
      because it's TRUE to their characters.
      I can imagine Vex lying about all her roles (something i wish they did In this game)

    • @frankp6869
      @frankp6869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      So what the players would need to do, is role play themselves in how Grog's mind works as seeing Grog roleplay a DM. If that makes sense.

    • @MakDemonik
      @MakDemonik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @BakPak Gamingsince its not DnD but a joke version of it so i guess BMing?
      Tho thats why I prefer the general term of Game Master / GMing. As its system agnostic and surprise surprise DND is not the only existing rpg :V

  • @redtippedthrobrobin6053
    @redtippedthrobrobin6053 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2199

    This is quite possibly my favorite one shot now. A dude playing a dude who thinks hes another dude! The chemistry was just great!

    • @millermagic686
      @millermagic686 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Joseph Yates sounds like tropic thunder x)

    • @squattingheads
      @squattingheads 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Joseph Yates its so funny cause the whole one shot is basically the story of how the baby was made. I guess both were at a bar and someone (maybe even ashley) puked on them. Afterwards they went home and had sex. Vox machina representa the sperms fighting their way to the egg

    • @Jawn15
      @Jawn15 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Never go full grog.

    • @stevenjohnson3069
      @stevenjohnson3069 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      tis sooooooooo meta....

    • @traehadfield5365
      @traehadfield5365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And this was mine too. Until the “Search for Grog” came out hahaha. 2019 anyone?

  • @hookandjet
    @hookandjet ปีที่แล้ว +189

    Rewatching this after years gone by. I would love to see Travis DM another one- shot, but THIS time he is Chetney.

    • @FullMetalWhovian81
      @FullMetalWhovian81 ปีที่แล้ว

      There would be bosoms galore!

    • @ryanotorpedo
      @ryanotorpedo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Chetney where did you get all these toys?
      Made em lol

    • @blackdragoness21
      @blackdragoness21 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That would be awesome!

    • @thgiEytnewT
      @thgiEytnewT 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@ryanotorpedo Hand-carved battle maps! Hand-carved dice! Hand-carved altitude stand thing! And then he complains because they made the wrong choices and he didn't get to use the hand-carved tarrasque mini.

    • @MsCunningLinguistic
      @MsCunningLinguistic 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      And Dorian HAS to guest star 😂😭

  • @deuxlamesvod1360
    @deuxlamesvod1360 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Everyone laughing at how Grog is a bad GM but nobody talks about Vax being so fricking lost, it's hella funny to watch

  • @AprilsPunk
    @AprilsPunk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1287

    I love how everyone's character accents gets stronger for everyone, Percy gets posher, Vex more British, Vax more pompous. Amazing.

    • @georgecheatham2692
      @georgecheatham2692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      And Scanlan gets.... More Scanlan

    • @alpharage1090
      @alpharage1090 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      Also Scanlan becomes even more of a pauper joker, Keyleigh is dead and Pike is perpetually drunk.

    • @SPACEHARICE
      @SPACEHARICE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      its actually because they where drinking during this game.

    • @Hyouketsu
      @Hyouketsu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      alpharage doytsddsddsddddrssddssskddkdysssyktikkrrrsrrrrtsrdsskttooseodozsxdk

    • @Hyouketsu
      @Hyouketsu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      George Cheatham streusk daysslsryssssdudrdsllsslllksdss

  • @jothamfunclara6583
    @jothamfunclara6583 2 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    Travis bringing a t-rex to fight Scanlan but forgetting to prep a triceratops is the most Grog thing he's done planning this one-shot.

  • @askthepizzaguy
    @askthepizzaguy ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Sam: "That's a LOT of apple juice!"
    *immediately afterwards: lifts comedic oversized mug and drinks from it.*

    • @filipprochazka4961
      @filipprochazka4961 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The size is actually appropriate, if one considers it in proportions to Scanlan.

  • @psuwhammy
    @psuwhammy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    3:27:55 Percy's strained "did you perpetrate this grizzly murder?" pun is the cherry on top of this whole sequence

    • @st4ne4rmthevill63
      @st4ne4rmthevill63 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah man...the puns this episode were excellent

    • @Introbulus
      @Introbulus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I was a fan of his "cutting a rug" pun myself.

  • @Rocknelson4
    @Rocknelson4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +827

    I love that the entire time this game is going Vax is just confused. It's like deep down somewhere Liam can feel this happening and hes just screaming "IM TOO MANY LEVELS DEEP!!"

    • @Built2Fast
      @Built2Fast 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I think that is the only part about this that I didn’t like. Everything else was awesome but Liam’s bit got old quickly

    • @django3422
      @django3422 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yeah, that one got a little bit tedious. It's not that it wasn't funny, it's just that it wasn't all THAT funny and it did slow the pace down a lot.

    • @jonahnicholas7373
      @jonahnicholas7373 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He’s the dude playing the dude disguised as the other dude

    • @amelianyquist1215
      @amelianyquist1215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I loved it too :) It was exactly how I would play it because realistically nobody just knows how to play D&D immediately. So good :D

    • @PalleRasmussen
      @PalleRasmussen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amelianyquist1215 he is also often accused of metagaming.

  • @spensirmclife6549
    @spensirmclife6549 2 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    I love how Percy just decided to use all the gadgets he had that he never got to use often. Like using Diplomacy, Manners, his Sword. Plus him trying to use a spear.

    • @David-ob1jc
      @David-ob1jc 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      “You throw the spear at disadvantage.”
      “Why?”
      “Cause I never saw you throw a fucking spear.”

  • @LightSage89
    @LightSage89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    "And in front of Scanlan materializes, to his horror, a fucking T-Rex."
    Best Grog line ever! Hands down.

  • @tealversace
    @tealversace 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7367

    Um... in hindsight... that couple at the bar at the start... the little blue woman and a half orc??? DID HE JUST META HIMSELF AND LAURA'S NEW CHARACTERS AS A RELATIONSHIP BEFORE THEY EXISTED INTO HIS OWN ONESHOT????!!!!!?
    Edit; 2021... I made this initial comment a few episodes into campaign 2 and someone just pointed out that it was the most liked on this video. Wild :D

    • @ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275
      @ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275 6 ปีที่แล้ว +508

      tealversace If it is, I will have the same reaction as Fjord in this instance

    • @tealversace
      @tealversace 6 ปีที่แล้ว +843

      with a bABY HELLO FORESHADOWING.

    • @GratuaCuun
      @GratuaCuun 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1146

      Laura confirmed this on Talks Machina this week (03/06/18). Total foreshadowing that she didn't know Travis was going to do.

    • @ch3ls3ab0t6
      @ch3ls3ab0t6 6 ปีที่แล้ว +372

      Oh my goodness. Laura is even pregnant IRL. This is amazing.

    • @amberlin8610
      @amberlin8610 6 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      tealversace maybe, maybe not? I did pick up on the Fjord a bit. Did not on Jester, though now i know, did they hint that she was pregnant with that baby bundle drop?

  • @mi.Dalton
    @mi.Dalton 5 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    After years of Matt trying...it was GROG who finally managed to split the party.

  • @DuelaDent52
    @DuelaDent52 3 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    “It’s no mystery that Grog likes you better than he likes me, so--“
    “SHUT UP LET GROG TELL A STORY”

  • @chymera45
    @chymera45 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    'There was a guy with long hair playing at the tavern.' since the animated show has depicted several characters who look like Matt AND showed a group of guards playing the game too, it is very possible Grog actually saw someone playing this game in the tavern lol

  • @broadsword3967
    @broadsword3967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1261

    Vax: Can i attack again?
    Grog: Idk you have more attack stuff right, ive seen you do a lot before
    Vax: Yeah i have 4 more, 5 more, 7 more attacks!
    Grog: How about 1 more.
    Vax: 1 more attack!

    • @AhNoWiC
      @AhNoWiC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Only time grog succeeded at bartering in his entire existence.

    • @troodontalon5990
      @troodontalon5990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@AhNoWiC Let's be fair.
      He got exactly what he asked for when he traded the dragon parts for the potion. Even though it was worse than failure, it was still a success.

  • @Jp5codforever
    @Jp5codforever 6 ปีที่แล้ว +596

    They are playing a one shot of their dnd characters playing a dnd one shot of themselves.
    Seems legit

  • @wuvs2spooge
    @wuvs2spooge 3 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    The fact that travis made the room that shape, and how hard laura laughed at it is an example of two people who were made for eachother.

  • @INKI_teh_Rogue
    @INKI_teh_Rogue ปีที่แล้ว +193

    It wasn't until the first dice roll that it dawned on me...
    Grog doesn't know numbers.
    This was a f*cking *incredible* idea.

    • @David-ob1jc
      @David-ob1jc 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Liam being the first to figure out he could cheat by confusing Grog with numbers.

  • @marauderhealth9639
    @marauderhealth9639 5 ปีที่แล้ว +617

    Just imagine if the Mighty Nein found Grog in a tavern who invites them to play Bunions&Flagons with him to pass the time, some time. That'd be amazing.

    • @thomastakesatollforthedark2231
      @thomastakesatollforthedark2231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I mean. That'd be a great quest hook. Have him be like a ghost or something that tries to help a member of the party find rest by finishing a game they never did. If the characters ever feel boring or stale to anyone they could use it as a break

    • @VadBlackwood
      @VadBlackwood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      the Mighty Nein finds Grog in a tavern, but then some half-elf pokes Fjord in the eyes :)

    • @rubyfire317
      @rubyfire317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thats the VS one-shot. The Tavern Dm dms their battle royal at some tavern

  • @angelsmilkyway4352
    @angelsmilkyway4352 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1447

    Matt has them so spoked they're afraid of doors

    • @GrandiaKnight
      @GrandiaKnight 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Remember the ghost door during the rakshasha mission?

    • @justanerd9719
      @justanerd9719 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      GrandiaKnight And the door to Pelor's chapel in the Briarwood arc.

    • @robertdvoskin75
      @robertdvoskin75 6 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      "The door to my bathroom hits me for 1 point of bludgeoning damage every time I use it"

    • @peterhousen7974
      @peterhousen7974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      "Well of course, its a door!"

    • @KC-zc8ic
      @KC-zc8ic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Except that Grog has a +30 vs doors

  • @brian0057
    @brian0057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3004

    It's hard to be a good DM.
    But it's nearly impossible to be good at being a bad DM.
    Travis is just that good.

    • @Grim_Sister
      @Grim_Sister 2 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      It helps that Grog has no idea what math is or how to count

    • @GigiLowe
      @GigiLowe ปีที่แล้ว +45

      +10 Charisma

    • @Mikeztarp
      @Mikeztarp ปีที่แล้ว +29

      What's funny is he's also good at the one thing Matt isn't: narration. If they could somehow do Dragon Ball fusion, you'd have the best DM that ever lived.

    • @blue1986monte
      @blue1986monte ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Scanlons in game voice sounds like freaking Doby from Harry Potter.

    • @ArthurRex131
      @ArthurRex131 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      What makes you think Matt is bad at narration?

  • @bobodaclwn447
    @bobodaclwn447 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    The moment that Laura saw that Travis had gotten sharpie on their pepper mill and he refused to look in her direction had me in tears🤣🤣🤣

    • @David-ob1jc
      @David-ob1jc 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      “Is that our pepper mill from home with marker on it? Travis Willingham!”
      “What? It’s from our wedding shower, it’s fine.”

  • @DeathwishXDreamer
    @DeathwishXDreamer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    "Why didn't you let me sleep in?! I spend so much time killing things and I never get to cuddle..."
    SOMEONE CUDDLE VAX PLZ.

    • @gradientforce761
      @gradientforce761 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah I didn't realize this silly one shot would make episode 114 hurt that much more

  • @azarinevil
    @azarinevil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    I love how Grog messes with Vax's roll results, that is one of those little fun details that make it really feel like Grog is indeed the BM.

    • @bananafish58
      @bananafish58 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Yes! Messing with Vax and helping Scanlan was so Grog! Travis's genious was evident throughout this episode.

  • @celestecormier
    @celestecormier ปีที่แล้ว +86

    51:17 you can see the exact moment where Liam realizes what the room is shaped like

  • @chrystalmathis8701
    @chrystalmathis8701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    Watching Grog become more and more refined with his speech and his vocabulary throughout the game. I have two head canons at this point that I can't choose from.
    1. Being he's actually far more intelligent and just act's like he's not because it's funnier that way.
    2. Being that he found a potion that enhances his intelligence for a few hours, listened to people at the tavern play this game. Then decided that THIS was what he was going to use it for.

    • @leadwriter8998
      @leadwriter8998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Head Canon accepted. cheers for that XD

    • @chrystalmathis8701
      @chrystalmathis8701 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@leadwriter8998 You're Welcome.

    • @tackyoptic
      @tackyoptic ปีที่แล้ว

      Smart but still very much dumb Grog would absolutely do the second option.

    • @gerstein03
      @gerstein03 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I like the second one better. Seems on brand for Grog

    • @Timri3681
      @Timri3681 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sorry for being a year late! Assuming you still remember this comment and/or have an interest in my feedback, I prefer option 2! But both are great!

  • @michaellaramee7984
    @michaellaramee7984 6 ปีที่แล้ว +669

    To quote Liam from a previous session. "I laughed so hard I grew a six pack"

    • @RevanXIII
      @RevanXIII 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      to quote Travis: "You take five points of stupid damage"

    • @LittleThymbol
      @LittleThymbol 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What session was that again?

    • @CountryMusicMann
      @CountryMusicMann 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Curious Tides after Pike's flashcards get narrated: "I have a fresh new set of six-pack abs after the last ten minutes!"

  • @thecourtjester2610
    @thecourtjester2610 4 ปีที่แล้ว +879

    "I don't like steam, it is angry water and it makes my face hurt."
    "Grog cant read cursive."
    "Are we gonna fight a baby now?"
    "Can we do things we cant do in life?" "You can try"
    "Grog is very dignified."
    "Im super rich because I never really buy anything."
    "My name? Is *Bob* ."

  • @roninazaxar
    @roninazaxar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    This popped up in my recommended 3 years later and the first things I've noticed at this point are:
    - Grog made the couple in the tavern Fjord and Jester and they have a baby
    - Vax's wild dream is himself as Liam IRL driving his kids around
    I love this group of misfits

    • @lukewood8212
      @lukewood8212 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I'm glad you noticed that about the green orc and the blue teifling who had a baby. Travis threw that out there long before the official announcement, and nobody noticed.

    • @tokidang1056
      @tokidang1056 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Popular successful voice actors with sizable bank accounts, always surrounded by friends/family and beloved by tons of fans are misfits... 🤔🤔🤔

  • @morethannever
    @morethannever ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Man I wish there were some more "in character" one shots. This is so freaking funny even 5 years later.

  • @chickendragon8526
    @chickendragon8526 6 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    "Are you arguing with the BM?" -Grog

    • @ezekielreyes1215
      @ezekielreyes1215 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Pretty funny because in canon, Scanlan really thinks he has argued with a BM

    • @firefly8767
      @firefly8767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      BM stands for Big Man

    • @crunch9876
      @crunch9876 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ezekiel Reyes what’s BM in game?

    • @firefly8767
      @firefly8767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@crunch9876 he called himself bm instead of gm which is what grog would do but travis said BM because it stands for big man which is grog it's an Easter egg

    • @crunch9876
      @crunch9876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Aishwarya I thought they said BM was bunion master?

  • @NWolfsson
    @NWolfsson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +454

    [About a door that simply opened without molesting half of the team...]
    Vax: My own bathroom's door in Whitestone does me 1 point of bludgeoning damage each time I open it!
    Percy: Yes, it's designed for that, I mean it's a DOOR!
    Vax: This door is faulty...
    I can relate to that x)

    • @jimeligino2029
      @jimeligino2029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      1:36:41 for the dialogue:)

    • @jimeligino2029
      @jimeligino2029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      *Vax’ildan:* “My own bathroom door in Whitestone hits me one point of bludgeoning damage _every time_ I use it!”
      *Percival:* “Because it’s designed for that - I mean, it’s a door!”
      *(beat)*
      *Vax’ildan:* “Well, this is faulty. This door is faulty.”

  • @TheDeanKids
    @TheDeanKids ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Lol. I LOVE Liam’s commitment to Vax’s confusion

    • @David-ob1jc
      @David-ob1jc 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For me that joke got old fast. I wish he’d made the bit about trying to roleplay Vax’s broodiness and depression. Great parody material there

  • @connerb5617
    @connerb5617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1085

    Reposting for my own ease of access.
    11:30 Let's play Bunions & Flagons
    12:30 Character drawings
    15:10 To Keyleth
    15:50 The best Pike
    30:56 - 32:10 NPCs
    40:50 XP
    47:40 Map time !
    50:50 Dubious map design #1
    55:50 How to treat a dart wound
    57:43 What what darts
    1:04:20 Poor Trinket
    1:19:00 Dubious map design #2
    1:22:40 Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal !
    1:24:20 Grog's maths, or Travis' maths ?
    1:26:00 BM's ruling
    1:27:50 The mansion's decoration
    1:35:30 Door utopia (... or is it ?)
    1:43:20 The Trinket war continues
    1:48:47 Trinket's rolling really well tonight
    2:14:52 Break ends
    2:18:20 The door puzzle
    2:22:40 Keyleth hommage
    2:26:45 How did Travis choose the monsters ?
    2:28:38 Percy rolls
    2:31:10 Vax has been through this before
    2:39:20 Stupid damage
    2:41:00 Pushing the latch
    2:42:35 The dragon almost comes out
    2:44:50 Vox Machina, meet your enemies
    2:48:13 It's so fluffy !
    2:52:50 The unicorns refuse to cooperate
    2:54:40 There can only be one
    2:58:20 The return of Scan-ceratops !
    3:05:30 Issues with platforms
    3:11:50 Unicorns really are magical
    3:14:50 Unicorn taming: not going well
    3:19:57 Fried T-rex
    3:21:20 A wild Sam appears on the table
    3:24:40 Inspiration ... ?
    3:27:21 The cast is broken
    3:31:29 Grog's story
    3:34:30 Achievement: unlocked
    3:44:30 Battle ends
    3:48:07 Who won the game ?

    • @Merlin1908
      @Merlin1908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Let's not forget 2:54:30, where Grog, of all people, quotes Tyrion Lannister.

    • @rawpancakes1653
      @rawpancakes1653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +

    • @scorpius1401
      @scorpius1401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you for the stamps

    • @scorpius1401
      @scorpius1401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mark D nicely done 👍

    • @shirakrause8160
      @shirakrause8160 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Boost

  • @nirobu
    @nirobu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1745

    Wow. Totally missed that secret baby announcement. Travis you clever man

    • @firefly8767
      @firefly8767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      Plus new character announcement?

    • @antonioleonard4022
      @antonioleonard4022 4 ปีที่แล้ว +226

      @@firefly8767 yep just realized the NPC is a half orc, and blue skinned woman

    • @plantlibrarian2845
      @plantlibrarian2845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Antonio Leonard shitttttttttt

    • @xEvilRaptorx
      @xEvilRaptorx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Correct me if I'm wrong,(edit added, thanks nirobu for the link. I stand corrected. But will leave the comment for others to find.) but their second campaign characters weren't picked or made yet. Plus it takes place like 20 years before C2 technically.

    • @nirobu
      @nirobu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@xEvilRaptorx th-cam.com/video/8HvAvefyYG4/w-d-xo.html

  • @natanoj16
    @natanoj16 6 ปีที่แล้ว +730

    I would love to see Grog DM a game where Pike is in it and just see all the favoritism :P

    • @SPACEHARICE
      @SPACEHARICE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      gets a nat 20 on pike
      grog says he misses

    • @SPACEHARICE
      @SPACEHARICE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      pike roles anything it's a crit that does 5 d 10

    • @nwfndalchemist
      @nwfndalchemist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Awe pike

    • @kjj26k
      @kjj26k ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The opposite of his treatment of Vax in this one! 😂

  • @averagegirl7113
    @averagegirl7113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    I love actors having to act like they don't know how to act, one of my favored tropes. Now I love pro DnD players playing a game of DnD in a game of DnD where they don't know how to play DnD

    • @bananafish58
      @bananafish58 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And with Sam, where a voice actor DND player pretends not to be able to do a proper accent!

  • @VadBlackwood
    @VadBlackwood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    1:37:13 I love the relieve on Percy's face when a door finally behaves like it supposed to and tries to murder everyone.

  • @TheXenatron
    @TheXenatron 6 ปีที่แล้ว +596

    "Grog can't read cursive"

    • @thebluewizard3094
      @thebluewizard3094 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you, for finally saying it, anyone could have, and you did it

    • @Wookie_oo7
      @Wookie_oo7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      The fact that Travis laughed whenever he looked at Sam drinking just made it too.

  • @hotscottrulz
    @hotscottrulz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2433

    Ah, this “Bunions and Flagons” game must be a rip off of my favourite game, “Cave Systems And Fire Lizards”!

    • @krzysztofbandyk168
      @krzysztofbandyk168 6 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      They all stem from "Half plate armor" anyway.

    • @definitelynotabby8555
      @definitelynotabby8555 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Watch yourself in the caaaves! There's lizards....

    • @Fenizrael
      @Fenizrael 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Which is of course derived from the original classic “Rock and Hot”

    • @humblebumble8192
      @humblebumble8192 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Tombs and Salamanders

    • @C_Bat
      @C_Bat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Caverns and Fire Scaleys

  • @cheesy2440
    @cheesy2440 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I desperately hope the animated show adapts this episode as a Christmas special or something. This premise is basically the beach episode of vox machina and it’s amazing

    • @cheesy2440
      @cheesy2440 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      5 months later update: no seriously I wasn’t kidding this is fucking amazing

  • @yourgirltoast1949
    @yourgirltoast1949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    I love the look of realization hit Travis when he does a character voice doing a character's voice and how long this is going to be

  • @Gamingwiz135
    @Gamingwiz135 6 ปีที่แล้ว +412

    That moment you realize Travis voices Thor in the Marvel games/shows makes Sam's read even more hilarious.

  • @groofay
    @groofay 6 ปีที่แล้ว +617

    Man, Pike's reading and math lessons are really paying off! Proud of you, Grog.

    • @jaredt6093
      @jaredt6093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I imagine "globular" is just Grog's new favorite word because it's the one big word he knows. He now goes around using it in any situation he can think of. "Why don't you just go poke the dragon, Percy? Lost your globulars?". "What goes globular, comes globular".

  • @Prophaniti666
    @Prophaniti666 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I so want an entire episode of the animated series dedicated to this.

  • @jeannareadsbooks8475
    @jeannareadsbooks8475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    The absolute GENIUS of this idea though, like I'm assuming Travis has never DM'd before seeing as his first DnD game was the infamous birthday one-shot, so he can use Grog's lack of intelligence to cover if he gets smth wrong, but it's also a fucking HILARIOUS idea

  • @HeatherGg15
    @HeatherGg15 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1940

    18:00 .... a half orc man and a lady with blueish skin???? TRAVIS YOU WERE HINTING!!!!!

    • @ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275
      @ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Heather Anne At what?

    • @jaredpearson7885
      @jaredpearson7885 6 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      Ricardo Rodriguez In the new campaign Travis is playing a half-orc and Laura is playing a blue tiefling.

    • @ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275
      @ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Cain Larson Oh...oh shit...now I want that to happen

    • @ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275
      @ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Cain Larson They are married, that means they can do more than with Taliesin

    • @thethirdflash
      @thethirdflash 6 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Ricardo Rodriguez Also... with the baby... and Laura is pregnant.

  • @Zkeleton969
    @Zkeleton969 6 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    For the intro, it should have just been grog's yelling looped over and over again

    • @bartholen
      @bartholen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And the intro animated badly like Grog drew it in Crayon.

  • @herbertkraft7379
    @herbertkraft7379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I love how Grog just discriminates against Vax because this is his chance for Revenge since Vax usually evades his pranks.

  • @dwarfzerker9686
    @dwarfzerker9686 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1141

    God this episode is such a meta mindfuck 😂

    • @mehazc
      @mehazc 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      ZerkerHealzzz96 It's interesting to see them be Vox Machina without a DM in Layer 2 of D&Dception.

    • @kyrahurley9891
      @kyrahurley9891 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Mehaz 2 DMs? “You want to roll a dice? Make a dexterity check” 😂😂

    • @NomNom1970
      @NomNom1970 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It's like they are playing in the 5th or 25th person. I love it, but sweet jeeezus it's very possible that my fragile mind might break.

    • @BetweenDD
      @BetweenDD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *mecca

    • @UponThisAltar
      @UponThisAltar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is so meta it hurts.

  • @tylerrogers7639
    @tylerrogers7639 5 ปีที่แล้ว +621

    I love how far Liam goes to be ion character. He is being vax pretending to be little vax, having no idea how to play the game. 10/10

    • @windows-into-spaces
      @windows-into-spaces 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      that's interesting, i found it lowkey annoying, lol

    • @bananafish58
      @bananafish58 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I loved what Liam did! And I loved how Grog kept messing with Vax, as per.

    • @roxana5490
      @roxana5490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@windows-into-spaces Right? I did too, especially after the 3rd time

    • @andrewhall3418
      @andrewhall3418 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I really appreciate that he, who brought 8 tubs of miniatures for Travis to use, acts as if he doesn't know how to play the game at all. it non stop made me laugh

  • @cho7879
    @cho7879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    idky but I missed those "I'm vax/vex → that's vex/vax" t-shirts so much since they wore them for the first time, I love them

    • @DimaJeydar
      @DimaJeydar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes! I was so happy to see them wear those at the start of this game. I thought they'd never do that again.

  • @TheGirlonfire25
    @TheGirlonfire25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I love how Sam's idea of Scanlan roleplaying is like a sad version of when he was Gavroche in Les Mis. Also his pure delight at diving into the "yes, and" of Travis playing Grog DMing

  • @WexMajor82
    @WexMajor82 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    "Because I've never seen you throw a fucking spear before."
    That actually makes sense.

  • @BadSkeelz
    @BadSkeelz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    48:34 the moment Sam realizes that if Trinket's in the game, he can kill Trinket

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      “Wait a minute, I can’t kill the real fictional Trinket, but I _can_ kill the fake fictional Trinket!”

  • @PVilla27
    @PVilla27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +585

    I need a campaign 2 version of this with Jester DMing. It would be glorious

    • @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks
      @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks ปีที่แล้ว +28

      they could just reuse the same maps

    • @calti7478
      @calti7478 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks they'd have to add more dicks

    • @HenriqueErzinger
      @HenriqueErzinger 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks nah, Jester is canonicaly amazing at art

    • @jentolka1412
      @jentolka1412 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That would be hilarious

  • @Zach-rw6jf
    @Zach-rw6jf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    2:43:02 Laura is legit mad at Travis for ruining their peppermill LOLOL

  • @alisewenner9978
    @alisewenner9978 5 ปีที่แล้ว +789

    Laura would have been about two months pregnant here, and they definitely would have prepped their characters for C2 by then!

    • @creidy2018
      @creidy2018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Yeah, it was definitely a secret character/baby announcement. That’s why Travis didn’t say the blue lady was a tiefling or it would be too obvious and the whole fan base would’ve lost their collective shit on the first day of campaign two

    • @DimaJeydar
      @DimaJeydar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Oh, I wondered if she was pregnant when near the end of the game she looked like she was about to throw up for no reason.

    • @kaidrock1235
      @kaidrock1235 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@creidy2018 when was there a blue lady?

    • @roxana5490
      @roxana5490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      OMG! The blue tiefling was Jester and the half-orc was Fjord! With a baby!

    • @charliesmith1502
      @charliesmith1502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      She had jester planed early c1 so 100% intentional

  • @ckannan90
    @ckannan90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    "There seems to be some sort of architecture about it" is my favorite description of a building.

  • @MiaLuce777
    @MiaLuce777 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Travis playing Grog playing Pike.... is something I never knew I needed in my life

  • @tranklin007
    @tranklin007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Grog at 50:35-50:45 is just PRICELESS!!!! "Because you're staring at the wall like a nerd. You notice the mortar is very fine." Travis you big lug never change lol

  • @vampiric13
    @vampiric13 6 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    "How do you all know what's going on?"
    "Just 'yes, and...' Vax."
    "No, but..."

  • @ScorchHellfire
    @ScorchHellfire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +667

    58:10 There's a version of Matt that exists in Exandria. It's canon now.

    • @Cadefullerton14
      @Cadefullerton14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      her name is Allura :)

    • @ZacharyNohea
      @ZacharyNohea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Cadefullerton14 fucking grand!

    • @hostile_prof
      @hostile_prof 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      And he plays Bunions and Flagons every week to entertain people

    • @clpumm
      @clpumm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Catthew Bursor

    • @LadyLier17
      @LadyLier17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There is famud comic where he is in shot. Can't remember which one

  • @Harcagnel
    @Harcagnel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This is the truest experience of a typical home D&D session I have ever seen. Right down to using children's toys and cooking utensils on the maps. I appreciate Critical roles production value but this feels like home.

  • @DaniGeez
    @DaniGeez 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1221

    When you learn that fjord and Jester make a cameo + THE BABY at 17:57
    Now that’s what you call foreshadowing

    • @paxtharsis
      @paxtharsis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      The baby is Nott

    • @parkerharris4489
      @parkerharris4489 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thom Hixenbaugh Nott what?

    • @tobistein6639
      @tobistein6639 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      @@parkerharris4489 Nott a real baby.

    • @Jawn15
      @Jawn15 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nott the brave

    • @spencer7117
      @spencer7117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      *fjoreshadowing

  • @richardproper8682
    @richardproper8682 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1587

    Oh God! I want a similar episode sometime in C2, only with Nott DMing and Caduseus saying "I don't want to play my character as myself, can I role up a lavender Tiefling with a complete lack of inhibitions?"

    • @lockelamora8099
      @lockelamora8099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      This but J e s t e r

    • @reedk2402
      @reedk2402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      I feel, while a good idea, it be super weird. I mean think about it.
      Jester: ok let’s play
      Cad: sure but I’m gonna be a copy of your friend that died horribly

    • @wittwashere
      @wittwashere 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      too soon yes i know i replied a year later its STILL TOO SOON!

    • @majinism5582
      @majinism5582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Me too, but it seems more of a Jester thing to do

    • @violet-heart1382
      @violet-heart1382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I get the feeling that Cad would be the new player who somehow keeps rolling Nat 20's with no idea what it means

  • @galev3955
    @galev3955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    OMG Travis pretending to be Grog pretending to be (Ashley pretending to be) Pike is a whole new level of meta, and I am loving it