@@chamomillesip I think he at one point said (Percy or just Tal I can’t remember the context) that it’s called that cuz Bad News travels fast. Incredible.
Imagine being the person who is delivering Scanlan's painting. Traveling slowly along a dirt path in an old wooden cart, finding out there's dragons in the nearby city, managing to sneak past them somehow and arrive at Greyskull Keep to finally deliver the painting... Only to find Scanlan's letter Forwarding the delivery back to Whitestone where you started your journey.
[wakes up] "hey! you! you're finally awake. you were trying to cross the border right, walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over ther-
Repost to move closer to top Game starts with a recap 10:54 - Part 1 begins 12:45 - Remembering Events 15:04 - Scanlan, Wordsmith 20:00 - Marked 23:22 - Percy's thoughts on Greed 24:10 - Grog's Plan for Scanlan 32:00 - Whispers 38:43 - Taliesin's Pun 45:08 - "You'll LOVE Whitestone!" 45:30 - Nice save Vex 47:05 - Scanlan's List 50:09 - Scanlan inspires Keyleth with a limerick 56:50 - Realm Seer (Idk how to spell the rest) 1:06:30 - Anti-magic missile 1:08:56 - Percy Wisdom 1:13:10 - I will fight you 1:27:59 - Scanlan sings a song at the enemy [based on U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For] 1:33:45 - Top Gun Debate 1:35:16 - Scanlan inspires Vax with a song [based on David Bowie - Ground Control to Major Tom] 1:40:05 - The Chickening 1:45:35 - Grog crits 1:50:35 - Cutting Flute 1:52:00 - A Close Call 1:58:02 - Scanlan sings to himself [based on Tubthumping (i get knocked down) by Chumbawamba] 2:00:40 - Keyleth Brings THE FIRE 2:14:29 - How Do You Want To Do This? 2:19:42 - Part 1 ends 2:19:48 - Part 2 begins 2:25:00 - More Backstory 2:31:10 - Vex's Limerick (Limerick read at 2:31:27) 2:53:49 - Percy's so freaking cool 3:08:20 - Vax Visits Keyleth 3:09:40 - Scanlan Tries His Luck 3:31:31 - Aldore! The sort-of love interest of Felcia Day's character 3:36:29 - Part 2 ends
" I love how we're sending them to the city with the orb of death." " What was that orb of death?" " No I said you might see your breath!" "Yah, right because it's winter..."
"Have you heard tale of Scanlan the Bard? Or Burt Reynolds if you look at his card. Always tries to get laid Sometimes with ladies he made But I still respect him because rhyming is hard." ~Vex
I love Percy's rant at Keyleth near the end at 2:58:50. I think it's the first time we hear him get outspokenly mad at any of the group. Normally he's laid back making funny remarks but this is the first time he's not just fundamentally disagreed with a decision but vocalised how much he thinks it's a mistake.
And he did it so gracefully too. He accepted her decision in front of the Clasp as a show of solidarity and only told her how he disagreed once they were out of earshot. He kept his voice low and measured and didn't yell. And he didn't call her out for denying that she was playing holier-than-thou with them, which she absolutely was. It's ironic that she hated Kima because she ACTS like the types of overzealous hypocrite she was accusing Kima of being, with no evidence. She talked about the harm that can be done by people with righteous convictions and then does the same thing here.
Was a great speech, though gotta say, if I heard my ruler say he didn't think he was better than a literal den of thieves and murderers... I mean I wouldn't be thrilled. Keyleths come back shouldn't have been "I don't think I'm better meeeh :(". It should have been "NO Percy. Rulers SHOULD be better than gangsters."
I mean he was right. It should have come back and bit them in the ass later tbh. I so wanted them to take a proper tumble from that gigant ass horse they are on
@@Elaksomfan I'd say that they would have bitten in the ass much more if they had taken that deal. The residium from Whitestone is an extremely, extremely valuable and powerful material. On top of that, they would be responsible for starting a branch of the criminal underworld in the holy city of Vassalheim. The consequences for those two things are far-reaching. You can't keep selling the future for the present. Not that Keyleth is necessarily right in her stance, but neither is Percy.
@@infinityseven5924 Tal's just typically better at articulating his thoughts as Percy with snappy lines and confident delivery that sound good in the moment. While there's a thread of somewhat misanthropic logic in a lot of his arguments, there are frequently major problems with things he says that wouldn't hold up to real challenge. Especially when looked at from the big picture. But it's the Paul Atreides problem; the dangers of charismatic leaders and how easy it is to buy into them. Tal intentionally played Percy as an ends-justifies-the-means sociopath and I'm pretty certain Tal himself would be the first to tell you no one should actually be following Percy or his advice.
And that part where Vex said “omg Scanlan, it’s okay, I got you!” Right after Scanlan got hit for 52 damage and nearly dying, he came back with “Yea you got me good with that attack you did on the last turn” LMAO!
I'm still sad that for all the campaign they didn't get to do it. It's not fair towards anyone - the players, Matt, the audience; just loss at all fronts.
@@upsidedownpyramid7617 So unrecognized that under literally every video there is a top comment mentioning his one liners. I love Taliesin but these comments get old so extremely fast.
@@upsidedownpyramid7617 Well, when he's not on camera he speaks entirely in arcane Latin poetry, so the cast is entirely unfazed by his dramatic lines on the show.
2:59:03 "I never forget that when I rule, I rule these people as well." Beautiful and powerful line by Percy. It's crazy to see his transformation pre to post Brairwood arc. From a character that was just there in the background, to a full on leader amongst his peers.
Exactly. And no offense to Marisha, but her character tanked a deal that they've been setting up for two episodes with her ridiculously fluid morality. She picks fights with Paladins, sticks up for mind-flayers, and then this? I really, really don't understand her!
No hate, but all I ever see are people praising Marisha for her RP of Keyleth, but more often than not she just ends up a thorn in the side, and a passive aggressive one, at that. Quite obnoxious, in my opinion. It's nice to see that not everybody kisses her ass.
@@ZakEmber I've never liked Keyleth for this exact reason. She clearly thinks she is better than all these people. Both she and Vax I find to have this sense that their way is the only right way. Very holier than thou. Not even Pike is like that.
Reminds me of the time our barbarian left somebody bleeding out who had not given us the information we needed, so he berated him for being "pasty and evasive."
Think its funny everyone plays a barbarian as a two-handed weapon wielding guy, tried a sword and shield totem barbarian, i was a amazing tank, was going to add battle Master for more dmg and some control
@@OutlawWalker sword and shield are good for barbarians, but two hand, heavy weapon is pretty much objectively better. Better damage and Barbarians don’t care that much about AC, they usually focus more on hp
"This is how schindler did it by the way" Damn, that's dark. And I love how Sam's eyes go left and right in wonder right before he tells the joke. "Should I ? Prolly not. Let's do this."
Laura: I like that we’re sending them to the place with the orb of death. NPC: What was that? Vex: I said you might be able to see your breath! Marisha: *High-pitched squeals* I love these knuckleheads.
I have literally watched the exchange at 45:08 more than a dozen times and it still makes me laugh. Matt's concerned peasant voice and the look on his face when he says "It's winter!" just kill me.
Honestly my favorite moments of these are when the party members plan together and banter together and matt doesn't talk for like 20 mins, he just sits there giggling and watching.
Liam quietly murmuring "yeah, rogue" every time Vex does some rogue shit is seriously the light of my life. Also I can see the root of Beau's thirst for parkour, lol
"This is just how Schindler did it!" Mercer's head goes down... O'brien is speechless... Ray snorts... Bailey keels over laughing... Well done, as per usual, Mr. Riegel.
I feel like Eskil Rydarian in this days of quarantine. "I cant go to library to study because there is plague and the world is on fire. How inconvenient."
Sam Carter she is no where near that. She is the worst player sitting at the table. Both As marisha and keyleth. She needs to study druid more, her mistakes cost the group a lot, and honestly, as a druid she should be able to control the battlefield bit she fails to do that. Matt needs to sit with her and explain what a druid is capable of and what she can do to help the party.
Yeah except she's playing a young girl who is still learning HOW to be a Druid. Her mistakes actually end up being more in character for her than if she actually thought about them.
Travis comments during the tree line up were brilliant… “Kids shouldn’t get separated from family” “They have to grow up at some point” “Injured people first” “Cause they’ll go through real quick”
I love the idea of Percy being the father of invention and starts the planning of many of modern technology 100s of years in the future of their Universe. "Keep them moving forward so we don't end up in a bottom-of-an-escalator-situation. What's an escalator? It's something I'm working on it's gonna be great"
@@zacharygadzinski3147 Spoilers: They get an artificer in this camaign (well, in the aftermath of this campaign) and he's played by Sam Riegal. Don't worry, Scanlan's fine.
@@joshhaworth2155 it was a well played moment. His character is wise but not very intelligent. He grasps complex concepts but explains them in a simplistic manner. He was loosely saying, creation requires destruction, under the cloak of role playing as Caduceus.
@@m.rachman1288 correct. Percy is smart not wise. However Percy only said the devil bit. Caduceus said the things need things to live bit. Cad is wise not smart. I didn’t set up that message well. Or this one frankly. Forgive the paraphrasing.
Percy has gone from being practically a non-entity for me to being a solid and enjoyable character. Even when he's doing "wrong" I enjoy him because he plays it well. I'm not saying he wasn't important during the Kraghammer arc but he was kinda quiet and some of the other characters kinda... drowned him out. Matt talks in one of his videos about ways to bring a potentially shy player out of their shell by giving them the spotlight and I think he did that excellently with the Briarwood arc.
this is interesting perspective, because my immediate assumption was that Taliesin did that on purpose to show the difference in Percy before and after he got rid of the vengeance demon
I think he definitely tried to show a change in Percy as a result of getting shot of Orrthax but that was a relatively slow process. I mean just in the sense of... from the moment the Briarwoods are mentioned Tallesin starts playing Percy as being more of an instigator rather than a reactor and that fits perfectly with what Matt says about the subject in his tips video as well as... Tallesin did seem the least comfortable, initially, with doing the streams. I'm not saying he didn't want to do them or anything of the sort. Just that, of everyone, he seemed the most self-aware. Again, it all fits in so perfectly with that GM Tips video. And now Tallesin is undoubtedly one of the bolder role-players of the group. Well, that's not fair... they're all pretty bold now.
hes probably my least favourite character, the tongue extraction and facial scarring was the point of no return for his character imo, characters have defining moments and with that scene he failed and just became a tone deaf steampunk guy for me even after orthaxs defeat he acted like he knew what was best for everyone. In general i find he acts like a genius but just comes across as pretty stupid, more so than talisan intends. Take the death orb sling shot he had planned to fire at the dragon hah "i have ideas" lol sureeee you doo xD
@@instinct9672 Hmm, very different take then most people. A lot of people love "No Mercy" Percy, it's usually Keyleth on people's shit list. Not attacking any of your feelings towards either character, just thinking you have a very unique perspective.
3:34:38 ...you want to tell me... that Matthew Fucking Mercer... figured out TIMEZONES for Exandria as well??? This man terrifies me more and more with each episode of this arc, does this man even sleep
Just when you think you have Matt figured out, he goes and pulls out something like that and blows away your expectations. He went and figured out 1700s style ship combat purely because of Fjord's sailing background and wanted to be prepared for it. He mapped out*l *all* of Whitestone in the off chance that Vox Machina wanted to go somewhere random in the city. Matt's level of readiness is insane
Oh yes, Matt is insane, isn't he? Sometimes I DO wonder if that man sleeps at all, ever, or if he is just always up preparing something. Or does he just dream of his worldbuilding and preparation? Like, I wouldn't even think of timezones for this world, much less would I be able to just quickly figure out how that translate for these wildly teleporting travelers. Damn do I admire him for his worldbuilding...
I felt it slipped slightly the past few episodes around the skull, it felt to much that Travis wanted to get the wish as opposed to exactly the way Grog would act in that situation.
@@Ginric99 Not at all actually. Matt actually summed it up when Vex did an insight check on Grog: He is a simple-minded individual that sees a simple solution to a complex problem. A non-intelligent character that just saw 4 dragons and barely left a mark after multiple attacks will come to a conclusion that a talking skull with a wish is indeed a lot better than crazy dragons.
I liked to think that was maybe the sword and skull starting to have an influence on him, as he did say he was the other "evil" member of the party, however the intelligence part did slip "up", if you will. Still fantastic play that I can only ever hope to reach :]
@DannyGirl percy honestly was pretty shady there too. Grog was trying to do the simple solution and didn't understand it was a bad choice. Percy understood it was a bad choice but didn't make it clear what his intent was. He does have a bit of a dark addiction.
Joe Auerbach I was thinking the same! I had to play it back to listen to it. His general monster noises are brilliant. Glad someone else here noticed and appreciated it 😊
He's good, but I'm not so sure I liked the Wyvern voice :P They sounded more like a long-necked hoarse chicken/bird, maybe it'd fit a Cockatrice, but I'm not sure if it'd fit a mighty, large, barrel chested demidragon!
How Matthew Mercer can make so many sounds is beyond me. It's insane his vocal range for creatures, people, monsters... Unreal man. A man of superb talent.
And it's easy to picture him playing with action figures as a kid doing all the voices and sound effects as the battles rage on! I do love how everyone compliments him on it from time to time, and I love seeing him acknowledge that appreciation in his usual humble way.
Game starts with a recap 10:54 - Part 1 begins 12:45 - Remembering Events 15:04 - Scanlan, Wordsmith 20:00 - Marked 23:22 - Percy's thoughts on Greed 24:10 - Grog's Plan for Scanlan 32:00 - Whispers 38:43 - Taliesin's Pun 45:08 - "You'll LOVE Whitestone!" 45:30 - Nice save Vex 47:05 - Scanlan's List 50:09 - Scanlan inspires Keyleth with a limerick 56:50 - Realm Seer (Idk how to spell the rest) 1:06:30 - Anti-magic missile 1:08:56 - Percy Wisdom 1:13:10 - I will fight you 1:27:59 - Scanlan sings a song at the enemy [based on U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For] 1:33:45 - Top Gun Debate 1:35:16 - Scanlan inspires Vax with a song [based on David Bowie - Ground Control to Major Tom] 1:40:05 - The Chickening 1:45:35 - Grog crits 1:50:35 - Cutting Flute 1:52:00 - A Close Call 1:58:02 - Scanlan sings to himself [based on Tubthumping (i get knocked down) by Chumbawamba] 2:00:40 - Keyleth Brings THE FIRE 2:14:29 - How Do You Want To Do This? 2:19:42 - Part 1 ends 2:19:48 - Part 2 begins 2:25:00 - More Backstory 2:31:10 - Vex's Limerick (Limerick read at 2:31:27) 2:53:49 - Percy's so freaking cool 3:08:20 - Vax Visits Keyleth 3:09:40 - Scanlan Tries His Luck 3:31:31 - Aldore! The sort-of love interest of Felcia Day's character 3:36:29 - Part 2 ends
Actually, IIRC, a fan sent in a "restraining order," supposedly filed by Aldore against Lyra at the end of her Trial of the Take arc, which Matt may have made canon. It *was* rather brilliantly written.
"Have you heard tale of Scanlan the Bard? Or Burt Reynolds, if you look at his card. Always tries to get laid Sometimes with ladies he made! But I still respect him, 'cause rhyming is hard!" Laura's limerick needs more appreciation! That was masterful!
I'm scrolling the comments because this just came up in game and I LOVED it, and I needed to see that other people appreciate it. Very clever. Lost it at everyone's facials XD 2:31:28
Vex: I like how we're sending them to the place with the orb of death Refugee: What was that? Vex: Oh, I was saying you might be able to see your own breath That killed me XD
@@sydney4814 Vex has the BEST improv comments. the one about the boy being able to anything he wants and vex pipes in about staying away from playing the flute. i peed alittle
I am just watching this for the first time, and I notice how many time Matt mentioned the Temple of Bahamut in Vasselheim, the one place where they should probably ask how to kill chromatic dragons, or at least find some allies to help in the fight. Matt is trully a master in storytelling, in general.
And that's the one place in Vasselheim none of them went to at the end of the episode. 😡 Sure as shit hope they don't treat the Sphinx like they treated Seeker Asuum.
What part? I listen to this at work, I only open up the videos to see things in the wonderful time stamps that people post... otherwise I have to keep it minimized :(
Keep in mind that Keyleth is not lawful good, even though she plays it that way. I think she's neutral good. (Maybe some major pre-stream events changed her outlook. I don't know.)
@@dowingba - Meh, alignment should be descriptive, not prescriptive, imho. She is the alignment of what she plays, and not the other way around - that's more like the earlier editions of DnD, 5e is quite lax in these areas. Still, I was on Percy's side, though I respect what Vax did, especially since it seemed this was his intention all along. What was annoying me was Keyleth trying to back him up in places where nothing should've been said, ruining his moments and the punchline, sometimes almost selfishly as if to dish out her own character traits. Sometimes I just can't stand her, even more than Tiberius in the earlier episodes.
Its moments like this one that make me roll my eyes at keyleth honestly lol. (Not marisha. Ik how sensitive people get towards keyleth. I dont hate marisha.) It always seems like she has her nose stuck up in the air as if she knows how the world works. Shes like those people who respond with "yeah well YOU KNOW HOW HORRIBLE MYYY DAY WAS" when they ask about your crappy day lol
am I the only one starting to fear Matt's strange god ability to match in-game events to precise music changes? it's getting a little "phenomenal cosmic power" here ... just in this ep, 2:49:53, that music downturn matched his subtle facial change when Percy started making his counter-offer O.O
ugh, that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the crescendos and dips and instrument changes INSIDE A SINGULAR SPECIFIC TRACK. NOT a track or mood change. seriously, did you not go look/listen at the timestamp I put? Matt's NPC has got a teensy hint of a smirk on, and then the music does a dramatic downshift EXACTLY when Percy says "Well I will not promise that now. What I can promise right now ... " and the NPC's smirk vanishes and becomes unhappy. Granted, Matt can hear the music and adjust his mannerisms accordingly, but the fact remains is that that SPECIFIC MOMENT IN THE TRACK just so happened to hit RIGHT when Percy makes that comment. That's not just "picking the mood music," that's bordering on composer-level "match the pace, tone, and movement of the music to the scene in the movie."
It's just coincidence. Much the same way you can cue up any music and a Kung-Fu movie and it will give the appearance of matching up. Or most albums and The Wizard of Oz
3:09:09 "That wasn't the kind of ship I was hoping to get." LMAO Talisien was on a roll with his one-liners this episode but that one topped them all. And scanlan following with "I don't want to be alone tonight" to Vex kind of mellows out Vax's weird booty call.
Yeah the Clasp meeting had A LOT of good quotes, whether its Percy's devil comment, or calling out Keyleth's ego. Or even her rebuttal. But I can't help but be clued in on Scanlan's threat. "If we return and you've struck a deal with the dragons, you'll be the first to die; not them."
I love how all of their charities relate to their characters. Taliesin chose a charity that helps teens in tough situations, Percy was a teen in tough situations. Scanlan just found out he has a kid so Sam chose a pediatric organization. Keyleth is a druid, and Marisha chose an organization to conserve nature. Vax has been in a place he needed to leave before, so Liam is supporting space exploration so we can find new places to live. Vex had no one when she and Vax left their father, so now Laura is supporting a place for teens to get back on their feet. And Grog knows what it's like to be scared you're going to die in a strange and unfamiliar place, and of course he's a warrior, so Travis chose an organization that helps soldiers. Finally, Matt doesn't have a character, but he took his joy of creating a story that people love and chose a charity that shares stories for people who don't have it. I think this is just so profoundly beautiful :)
Sam should have adopted Red Dress Day, an organization supporting finding missing Native American females as an answer for Scanlan finding his daughter and wearing of a racially insensitive football team shirt. His continuous insensitive not jokes are old and not as funny as he thinks they are.
07:18 - Game starts with a recap 10:54 - Part 1 begins 12:45 - Remembering Events 15:04 - Scanlan, Wordsmith 20:00 - Marked 23:22 - Percy's thoughts on Greed 24:10 - Grog's Plan for Scanlan 32:00 - Whispers 38:43 - Taliesin's Pun 45:08 - "You'll LOVE Whitestone!" 45:30 - Nice save Vex 47:05 - Scanlan's List 50:09 - Scanlan inspires Keyleth with a limerick 56:50 - Realm Seer (Idk how to spell the rest) 1:06:30 - Anti-magic missile 1:08:56 - Percy Wisdom 1:13:10 - I will fight you 1:27:59 - Scanlan sings a song at the enemy [based on U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For] 1:33:45 - Top Gun Debate 1:35:16 - Scanlan inspires Vax with a song [based on David Bowie - Ground Control to Major Tom] 1:40:05 - The Chickening 1:45:35 - Grog crits 1:50:35 - Cutting Flute 1:52:00 - A Close Call 1:58:02 - Scanlan sings to himself [based on Tubthumping (i get knocked down) by Chumbawamba] 2:00:40 - Keyleth Brings THE FIRE 2:14:29 - How Do You Want To Do This? 2:19:42 - Part 1 ends 2:19:48 - Part 2 begins 2:25:00 - More Backstory 2:31:10 - Vex's Limerick (Limerick read at 2:31:27) 2:53:49 - Percy's so freaking cool 3:08:20 - Vax Visits Keyleth 3:09:40 - Scanlan Tries His Luck 3:31:31 - Aldore! The sort-of love interest of Felcia Day's character 3:36:29 - Part 2 ends
10:54 - Part 1 begins 12:45 - Remembering Events 15:04 - Scanlan, Wordsmith 20:00 - Marked 23:22 - Percy's thoughts on Greed 24:10 - Grog's Plan for Scanlan 32:00 - Whispers 38:43 - Taliesin's Pun 45:08 - "You'll LOVE Whitestone!" 45:30 - Nice save Vex 47:05 - Scanlan's List 50:09 - Scanlan inspires Keyleth with a limerick 56:50 - Realm Seer (Idk how to spell the rest) 1:06:30 - Anti-magic missile 1:08:56 - Percy Wisdom 1:13:10 - I will fight you 1:27:59 - Scanlan sings a song at the enemy [based on U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For] 1:33:45 - Top Gun Debate 1:35:16 - Scanlan inspires Vax with a song [based on David Bowie - Ground Control to Major Tom] 1:40:05 - The Chickening 1:45:35 - Grog crits 1:50:35 - Cutting Flute 1:52:00 - A Close Call 1:58:02 - Scanlan sings to himself [based on Tubthumping (i get knocked down) by Chumbawamba] 2:00:40 - Keyleth Brings THE FIRE 2:14:29 - How Do You Want To Do This? 2:19:42 - Part 1 ends 2:19:48 - Part 2 begins 2:25:00 - More Backstory 2:31:10 - Vex's Limerick (Limerick read at 2:31:27) 2:53:49 - Percy's so freaking cool 3:08:20 - Vax Visits Keyleth 3:09:40 - Scanlan Tries His Luck 3:31:31 - Aldore! The sort-of love interest of Felcia Day's character 3:36:29 - Part 2 ends
Can I just say that Taliesin's roleplaying is an absolute delight? His orator skills are leagues beyond everyone else's, except perhaps for Sam's. Wow.
@@justadummy8076 I'm with you friend. I think Tal is just a weird dude, and I mean that in the best way possible, so sometimes it seems he's trying a little too hard. But when he has his roleplay and even combat moments they're so good imo that I can't help but love the dude anyway.
Just want to take a moment to draw attention to how attentive Travis always is. For someone who essentially has very few choices in battle by comparison, you can see him get lost in Matt's descriptions while everyone else is talking with each other or rolling. It can actually be really sad sometimes when Matt's giving a description you can tell he worked hard on and everyone is distracted or goofing off
@@TraskTrojanek Tal is probably so experienced in tabletop games that he knows how to visualize the situation based on instinct alone, allowing him to divide his attention. Really fascinating how he manages to talk and goof but still catch the details.
@@TheHighborn I disagree. Lawful evil at its worst are dictators that kill and impoversh millions. Chaotic evil at its worst is like a creepy serial killer. Lawful evil is worse by magnitudes.
@Ben Passlow Not what lawful means in D&D that is only a part of it. Remember you can be a thief and still be lawful good as long as you have a code of honor.
"We were saying the terribly injured, the people with the worst injuries" "All right, those people first" "Yeah, 'cause they'll go through real fast" best quote of the night
@@lagggoat7170 Check out Schindler's List. Movie by Steven Spielberg with Liam Neeson. A very good black and white movie about him*. Slow, but very well done
Thanks but I´m german. I know of the movie, but I also know far to much about this history (getting confronted with it repeatedly in school and rl), so I won´t be recreationally watching something like that in addition. I know I wasn´t at fault (being born decades after, even my parents were born post-war), but there is a certain feeling of guilt and responsibility nontheless.
I was 100% with Percy over the whole Clasp encounter. He was diplomatic and reasonable throughout, and as he said afterwards, they could have turned down the deal without making more enemies. Sheesh... Let the man skilled in diplomacy handle the negotiations, eh? He could have talked their way out of that if that was what the group agreed on, rather than it devolving into yet another problem. And calling his morals and motivations into question constantly for having made a deal in the past to avenge his family is patently unfair. He was fighting against the smoke demon even while possessed, and asked them to watch his back. Even under it's influence, he did his best to remain accountable. He deserves more trust that he's being shown. Just because he's skilled in politics, doesn't mean he's not their friend or that he doesn't have the group and Emon's best interests at heart. He's got a set of skills that can be very useful if they'd just let him actually use them.
I have to completely agree with this. Percy really didn't deserve how he was treated in this, and it was painful to watch. Finally a situation where his political skill set could be really useful, and he was essentially thrown under the buss. Why bother going to the meeting at all if the others felt that way about the Clasp? Not going for the meeting would have caused a lot less damage then the way things worked out. I can understand if Vax wants to cut his ties with the Clasp, but this wasn't the time or the place for that. Percy was trying to build a bridge, for the good of the survivors, and Keyleth and the others decided to burn it down as he was working on it. I love them all, but it was sort of heartbreaking how they threw his past in his face.
Argh, can not agree more. I detest how moralistic they try to behave and deny any shady option out of some potential concerns just because they don't want to have it on their conscience. It's a game people, just roll with it and deal with the consequences, it's more fun this way! This sentiment mostly goes to Keyleth and the twins, the rest are fine.
@@Lomniko being moral is fine the problem is them being inconsistent with it, vex keeps acting like she is a good person but is just selfish and greedy all the time and vax is a spineless enabler.
I mean that whole conversation about moving people out was gold. But when Sam made Schindler joke and Travis responded: “... and the room goes silent aaaand the mug comes up” I lost it.
not necessarily considering there is a cannon distinction between arcane and divine magic. Plus there are tons of clerics there i doubt they restrict their magic and druids draw from the same pool.
AncientSlugThrower I mean... considering the late Sovereign’s sordid history with Arcane magicks, and that Vassalheim is literally the “Things keep trying to kill us but we’re still here because we kill them harder and take proper precautions” sort of town, Tiberius just happens to fall into both precepts of “Chromatic dragonborn? Ugh” and “Arcane caster? You keep that mess out of my bar, you hear?” I mean, Scanlan and Keyleth both got in trouble the first time at the ring trying to manipulate the odds, it’s a fair thing to be highly skeptical of.
+Albert Halliwel He does doesn't he? Many a times I think he makes her funnier, but still keeps it in the same place as Ashley. But when Ashley doesn't know what's going on it's just so freaking funny! I can imagine the phone calls between Matt and Ashley and her just laughing so much, and of course her watching the past shows most likely make her laugh even more.
Beyond the writing, the acting, the improvisation, and everything else, Mercer's greatest strength might just be the way he watches the party talk and act and know precisely when to speak and when to keep it zip. He's a master.
The "tone setting" pregame was hilarious. "Is Clarota still with us?" *everyone sighs* "Jarod." "Maybe we should kill one of the refugees to make an example." "I use the skull to wish to know everyone's alignment"
Same. I also discovered that Vax chose the wrong lover, imo. Keyleth seems too unsure to make a decision about Vax and stick with it. Also I lost it and started crying when Gilmore opened his eyes, saw Vax there, and said, "I always assumed I would see you in my last moments."
@@carlyaskren359 Keyleth is the kind of lover you pick when you hate yourself and think you need to become a better person. Gilmore is the kind of lover you pick once you know you're good enough.
3:08:45 - Liam "Hi. I don't want to be alone tonight." Why is it that Sam and Laura have the best facial expressions when something shockingly romantic happens between Vax and Keyleth 3:34:08 - Laura mentions Kashaw and Keyleth acts oblivious😂😂
Percy said he hates to be the bearer of bad news but he is literally the bearer of Bad News
He never said he liked it, though 😩
i just understood the name of his fukin gun goddamn it taliesin
@@chamomillesip I think he at one point said (Percy or just Tal I can’t remember the context) that it’s called that cuz Bad News travels fast. Incredible.
You're both a gentleman and a scholar.
Oh god ur right XD
"I've never been to Whitestone. Is it cold?"
"In the winter..."
"It's winter!"
Easily the best quote! How’s life treating you 7 years after seeing this?
“I’ve never been to Whitestone, is it cold?”
“In the winter.”
“... It’s winter.”
*Ensuing laughter*
Time stamp: 45:10
I laughed so hard at this part rofl! Even made an earlier comment just you beat me to it by a half year or so lol
I watched this twice it was so funny. Good God that was comedy gold
Old comment but I don't care --- this was hilarious! I was listening to the spotify podcast on my commute and had to rewind I loved it so much!
Matt is so damn sharp. That shit killed me.
Imagine being the person who is delivering Scanlan's painting. Traveling slowly along a dirt path in an old wooden cart, finding out there's dragons in the nearby city, managing to sneak past them somehow and arrive at Greyskull Keep to finally deliver the painting... Only to find Scanlan's letter Forwarding the delivery back to Whitestone where you started your journey.
😊😊😊
"I like that we're sending them to the place with the Orb of Death."
"What was that?"
"You might be able to see your breath!"
"Oh, winter right!"
Great save there!
So damn smooth
That was a dex save and a half
@@Titoichi1986 you mean a "Vex save?" ;D
Laura Baily is briliant, only second to Sam in wit.
1:03:22 Percy says he's not good at being the bearer of Bad News, but in fact he's the only one who can use it.
hah
Josh Haworth
* High fives *
thought exactly the same thing! xD
Ba Dum Tss
well done!
"what would you like to do"
"Kill all the dragons and save the day"
"Roll for it"
"Natural 20"
"You wake up"
[wakes up]
"hey! you! you're finally awake. you were trying to cross the border right, walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over ther-
@@enderesting Wow. Just wow.
@@enderesting (claps) Bravo. Well done
@@enderesting dammit I was gonna write that xD it's also great cuz Laura accidentally referred to Westruun as Whiterun too lmao
@@enderesting Dammit. Beat Me To The Punch
Repost to move closer to top
Game starts with a recap
10:54 - Part 1 begins
12:45 - Remembering Events
15:04 - Scanlan, Wordsmith
20:00 - Marked
23:22 - Percy's thoughts on Greed
24:10 - Grog's Plan for Scanlan
32:00 - Whispers
38:43 - Taliesin's Pun
45:08 - "You'll LOVE Whitestone!"
45:30 - Nice save Vex
47:05 - Scanlan's List
50:09 - Scanlan inspires Keyleth with a limerick
56:50 - Realm Seer (Idk how to spell the rest)
1:06:30 - Anti-magic missile
1:08:56 - Percy Wisdom
1:13:10 - I will fight you
1:27:59 - Scanlan sings a song at the enemy [based on U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For]
1:33:45 - Top Gun Debate
1:35:16 - Scanlan inspires Vax with a song [based on David Bowie - Ground Control to Major Tom]
1:40:05 - The Chickening
1:45:35 - Grog crits
1:50:35 - Cutting Flute
1:52:00 - A Close Call
1:58:02 - Scanlan sings to himself [based on Tubthumping (i get knocked down) by Chumbawamba]
2:00:40 - Keyleth Brings THE FIRE
2:14:29 - How Do You Want To Do This?
2:19:42 - Part 1 ends
2:19:48 - Part 2 begins
2:25:00 - More Backstory
2:31:10 - Vex's Limerick (Limerick read at 2:31:27)
2:53:49 - Percy's so freaking cool
3:08:20 - Vax Visits Keyleth
3:09:40 - Scanlan Tries His Luck
3:31:31 - Aldore! The sort-of love interest of Felcia Day's character
3:36:29 - Part 2 ends
Cheers!
Thank you
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I wish Geek & Sundry would pin these to the top... but then again, they might not be monitoring anything anymore.
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"Remember to shop at Gilmore's Ruined Rubble, for all your reclaimed wood needs!"
When every splinter bit helps
Gilmore’s Glorious Woods!
“It’s one gold per intact plank”
I spit out my f***ing drink 💜
That comment probably wouldn't "jangle his dingles"
"Is it.. Cold?"
"In the winter."
"It's winter!"
" I love how we're sending them to the city with the orb of death."
" What was that orb of death?"
" No I said you might see your breath!"
"Yah, right because it's winter..."
I've watched that scene so many times and it still makes me cry laughing
I replayed that like 8 times 🤣🤣🤣
"Have you heard tale of Scanlan the Bard?
Or Burt Reynolds if you look at his card.
Always tries to get laid
Sometimes with ladies he made
But I still respect him because rhyming is hard."
~Vex
RIP Burt Reynolds
I wish the last line was "but I still respect him, cant be dim to write hymns"
@@dieselsince88 but then it wouldn't be a limerick
This video gets a like just for that.
Yo guys i have a question. Why does taliesin`s hands constantly shaking.
I love Percy's rant at Keyleth near the end at 2:58:50. I think it's the first time we hear him get outspokenly mad at any of the group. Normally he's laid back making funny remarks but this is the first time he's not just fundamentally disagreed with a decision but vocalised how much he thinks it's a mistake.
And he did it so gracefully too. He accepted her decision in front of the Clasp as a show of solidarity and only told her how he disagreed once they were out of earshot. He kept his voice low and measured and didn't yell. And he didn't call her out for denying that she was playing holier-than-thou with them, which she absolutely was.
It's ironic that she hated Kima because she ACTS like the types of overzealous hypocrite she was accusing Kima of being, with no evidence. She talked about the harm that can be done by people with righteous convictions and then does the same thing here.
Was a great speech, though gotta say, if I heard my ruler say he didn't think he was better than a literal den of thieves and murderers... I mean I wouldn't be thrilled.
Keyleths come back shouldn't have been "I don't think I'm better meeeh :(". It should have been "NO Percy. Rulers SHOULD be better than gangsters."
I mean he was right. It should have come back and bit them in the ass later tbh. I so wanted them to take a proper tumble from that gigant ass horse they are on
@@Elaksomfan I'd say that they would have bitten in the ass much more if they had taken that deal. The residium from Whitestone is an extremely, extremely valuable and powerful material. On top of that, they would be responsible for starting a branch of the criminal underworld in the holy city of Vassalheim. The consequences for those two things are far-reaching. You can't keep selling the future for the present. Not that Keyleth is necessarily right in her stance, but neither is Percy.
@@infinityseven5924 Tal's just typically better at articulating his thoughts as Percy with snappy lines and confident delivery that sound good in the moment. While there's a thread of somewhat misanthropic logic in a lot of his arguments, there are frequently major problems with things he says that wouldn't hold up to real challenge. Especially when looked at from the big picture. But it's the Paul Atreides problem; the dangers of charismatic leaders and how easy it is to buy into them. Tal intentionally played Percy as an ends-justifies-the-means sociopath and I'm pretty certain Tal himself would be the first to tell you no one should actually be following Percy or his advice.
"Can I take a roll for being a nerd?"
I love you Taliesin. :D
I want to like but my ocd wont let me take it off of 300
zap 4th
There, now it's even worse. 3-5-3, now it's the structure of a haiku. 😎
#imatryhard
That would be a nice shirt sentence
@@RufusMcTwigglefart isn't a haiku 5-7-5?
I just heard him say this right as I read this comment 😂
"Is Clarota still here with us?"
This is why I love Sam, I've lost count of how many times I've gone back to listen to it again, it's so good lmfao
Where is larkin?
Sam is a genius. "You know Vex, I don't wanna be alone right now" is such a funny recycling of the tension vax created lmao
Agreed; sometimes I wonder if Sam will try to play a non-comic-relief character, and then I think - nah, don't do it!!!
That’s why I love clarota
And that part where Vex said “omg Scanlan, it’s okay, I got you!” Right after Scanlan got hit for 52 damage and nearly dying, he came back with “Yea you got me good with that attack you did on the last turn” LMAO!
Cons: dragons attacking all of Tal’dorei
Pros: a reason for Percy to steal an airship
All ways a good thing when you can steal an airship.
A small price to pay for an airship...
I'm still sad that for all the campaign they didn't get to do it. It's not fair towards anyone - the players, Matt, the audience; just loss at all fronts.
*Hindenburg flashbacks* 😬
3:08:45 Liam "Hi. I don't want to be alone tonight."
Laura, Taliesen, and Sam: Synchronized eyebrows!
I came here looking for this comment specifically
@@yolumith4331 same bro
Is it ever really stated that anything sexual occurred? Ngl to me at least it didn't seem to give that vibe but I could be wrong
@@TheAstrobiologistOW Not explicitly, I don't believe. For all we know, they just cuddled.
*cue Careless Whisper*
"I have met the Devil, that's not him." Dayum! Percy with the quotes!
I love how for a split second the whole room was quiet and then collectively decided to disregard that statement as just another Percy quote
superlolgal555 it’s funny how Taliesin’s amazing one liners keep being unrecognized
Also, “That wasn’t the kind of ship I was hoping to get.”
@@upsidedownpyramid7617 So unrecognized that under literally every video there is a top comment mentioning his one liners. I love Taliesin but these comments get old so extremely fast.
@@upsidedownpyramid7617 Well, when he's not on camera he speaks entirely in arcane Latin poetry, so the cast is entirely unfazed by his dramatic lines on the show.
Oh my gosh, the limerick Vex created for Scanlan was AMAZING. Poor Liam almost died. XD Bless you, Laura.
2:59:03
"I never forget that when I rule, I rule these people as well."
Beautiful and powerful line by Percy. It's crazy to see his transformation pre to post Brairwood arc.
From a character that was just there in the background, to a full on leader amongst his peers.
Exactly. And no offense to Marisha, but her character tanked a deal that they've been setting up for two episodes with her ridiculously fluid morality. She picks fights with Paladins, sticks up for mind-flayers, and then this? I really, really don't understand her!
@@ZakEmber Neither does Marisha
No hate, but all I ever see are people praising Marisha for her RP of Keyleth, but more often than not she just ends up a thorn in the side, and a passive aggressive one, at that. Quite obnoxious, in my opinion. It's nice to see that not everybody kisses her ass.
@@ZakEmber she would rather kill all the people of the city than make a deal with thieves...
@@ZakEmber I've never liked Keyleth for this exact reason. She clearly thinks she is better than all these people. Both she and Vax I find to have this sense that their way is the only right way. Very holier than thou. Not even Pike is like that.
48:30 the biggest gut punch to me in the last few episodes,
Vex: "Child, where are your parents?"
Kid: "They haven't showed up yet."
Grog after CHOPPING A GUY IN HALF: “Told you he’d open up to me!”
Reminds me of the time our barbarian left somebody bleeding out who had not given us the information we needed, so he berated him for being "pasty and evasive."
Time stamp: 1:45:15
Think its funny everyone plays a barbarian as a two-handed weapon wielding guy, tried a sword and shield totem barbarian, i was a amazing tank, was going to add battle Master for more dmg and some control
@@OutlawWalker sword and shield are good for barbarians, but two hand, heavy weapon is pretty much objectively better. Better damage and Barbarians don’t care that much about AC, they usually focus more on hp
"This is how schindler did it by the way"
Damn, that's dark. And I love how Sam's eyes go left and right in wonder right before he tells the joke. "Should I ? Prolly not. Let's do this."
Is there a time stamp for this?
@@Ginric99 th-cam.com/video/qWoloOxtvc0/w-d-xo.html
I just love Laura going "What?? *Samuel* "
Dark humour gold!
Scanlan :Haaaaa......
Vex: YOU SAID YOU HAD 55?
Scanlan: haaaaAAAA!
Scanlan: I saw my mother. Also me failing in math class.
"I saw my mother."
"Did you try to sleep with her?"
Time stamp: 1:52:02 (the amount of scrubbing I did to get to this time stamp- worth it tho lol)
Laura: I like that we’re sending them to the place with the orb of death.
NPC: What was that?
Vex: I said you might be able to see your breath!
Marisha: *High-pitched squeals*
I love these knuckleheads.
I have literally watched the exchange at 45:08 more than a dozen times and it still makes me laugh. Matt's concerned peasant voice and the look on his face when he says "It's winter!" just kill me.
Honestly my favorite moments of these are when the party members plan together and banter together and matt doesn't talk for like 20 mins, he just sits there giggling and watching.
Richard Dennis oh same. it's so fun to watch Matt's little changes in facial expression to hint at how accurate or effective their plans would be
Liam quietly murmuring "yeah, rogue" every time Vex does some rogue shit is seriously the light of my life. Also I can see the root of Beau's thirst for parkour, lol
it has the same energy as travis celebrating whenever ashley rages in C2, its great!
MONK SHIT
Also. Parkour is literally the basis of monk movement. If you arent parkouring you arent monking.
I think that stemmed from Michael, Dwight and Andy, actually
"This is just how Schindler did it!"
Mercer's head goes down... O'brien is speechless... Ray snorts... Bailey keels over laughing...
Well done, as per usual, Mr. Riegel.
I coughed of so much laughter. It was wild that he made that association.
Sam Riegel’s grandmother was a Holocaust survivor so he 100% gets to make that joke
What a line ! A second or so before it watch his eyes and you can see the moment the line comes to him !!
Absolutely buckled
@@zetazimmer4769 anyone does. It's just a joke
@@reverieofmusic436 "it's just a joke" is not the defence you think it is.
I feel like Eskil Rydarian in this days of quarantine.
"I cant go to library to study because there is plague and the world is on fire. How inconvenient."
Same
I had the exact same thought.
Time stamp ish(?) I assume it’s around this time 1:00:23 correct me if I’m wrong :’3
Edit: probably more in this one 1:01:00
Foreshadowing level: the Simpsons
Keyleth: "I cast my 7th level fire storm!"
Scanlan: "Oh god we're all gonna die"
because marisha plays an awful druid, I mean a straight embarrassment to watch. They need a new campaign without her honestly
She has her 'd'oh' moments, but honestly she's one of the better players/characters.
Sam Carter she is no where near that. She is the worst player sitting at the table. Both As marisha and keyleth. She needs to study druid more, her mistakes cost the group a lot, and honestly, as a druid she should be able to control the battlefield bit she fails to do that. Matt needs to sit with her and explain what a druid is capable of and what she can do to help the party.
Yeah except she's playing a young girl who is still learning HOW to be a Druid. Her mistakes actually end up being more in character for her than if she actually thought about them.
crazysnypa it's fine, in any normal campaign this would be normal for someone to forget what spells do
Can we just take a minute to appreciate the hours and hours of work put into giving all these episodes subtitles? It's so amazing!
You beat me to this comment. Whoever does the subtitles deserves the whole world
I think Liam does them
I believe it was a team of volunteers for these episodes!
There. Are. Subtitles?
Jacob B you have been blessed with that information. Go forth and conquer.
Travis comments during the tree line up were brilliant…
“Kids shouldn’t get separated from family”
“They have to grow up at some point”
“Injured people first”
“Cause they’ll go through real quick”
Timestamp?
@@user-yy7tw9hv9n 46:32 46:52
I love that he intimidated ppl into running forward who hadn't even intended to go that run. 😂 it gets me every time
I love the idea of Percy being the father of invention and starts the planning of many of modern technology 100s of years in the future of their Universe. "Keep them moving forward so we don't end up in a bottom-of-an-escalator-situation. What's an escalator? It's something I'm working on it's gonna be great"
+
Percy = da vinci
Wouldn't be surprised if in campaign 3 they have an artificer in their party.
Im the 69th guy to tell u this oine was great!
@@zacharygadzinski3147 Spoilers: They get an artificer in this camaign (well, in the aftermath of this campaign) and he's played by Sam Riegal. Don't worry, Scanlan's fine.
“I’ve met the devil- that’s not him.”
Taliesin Jaffe deserves all the awards.
And then he goes and tells us that "Life needs things to live."
@@joshhaworth2155 it was a well played moment. His character is wise but not very intelligent. He grasps complex concepts but explains them in a simplistic manner.
He was loosely saying, creation requires destruction, under the cloak of role playing as Caduceus.
@@ogrbell8297 I know, I was just pointing out how funny the juxtaposition was.
@@ogrbell8297 it's the opposite actually, Percy is smart but not wise.
@@m.rachman1288 correct. Percy is smart not wise. However Percy only said the devil bit. Caduceus said the things need things to live bit. Cad is wise not smart.
I didn’t set up that message well. Or this one frankly. Forgive the paraphrasing.
Percy has gone from being practically a non-entity for me to being a solid and enjoyable character. Even when he's doing "wrong" I enjoy him because he plays it well. I'm not saying he wasn't important during the Kraghammer arc but he was kinda quiet and some of the other characters kinda... drowned him out.
Matt talks in one of his videos about ways to bring a potentially shy player out of their shell by giving them the spotlight and I think he did that excellently with the Briarwood arc.
this is interesting perspective, because my immediate assumption was that Taliesin did that on purpose to show the difference in Percy before and after he got rid of the vengeance demon
I think he definitely tried to show a change in Percy as a result of getting shot of Orrthax but that was a relatively slow process.
I mean just in the sense of... from the moment the Briarwoods are mentioned Tallesin starts playing Percy as being more of an instigator rather than a reactor and that fits perfectly with what Matt says about the subject in his tips video as well as... Tallesin did seem the least comfortable, initially, with doing the streams. I'm not saying he didn't want to do them or anything of the sort. Just that, of everyone, he seemed the most self-aware. Again, it all fits in so perfectly with that GM Tips video. And now Tallesin is undoubtedly one of the bolder role-players of the group.
Well, that's not fair... they're all pretty bold now.
I haven't seen Matt's video, so I can't add anything, but I see your point and I'm inclined to believe :)
hes probably my least favourite character, the tongue extraction and facial scarring was the point of no return for his character imo, characters have defining moments and with that scene he failed and just became a tone deaf steampunk guy for me even after orthaxs defeat he acted like he knew what was best for everyone. In general i find he acts like a genius but just comes across as pretty stupid, more so than talisan intends. Take the death orb sling shot he had planned to fire at the dragon hah "i have ideas" lol sureeee you doo xD
@@instinct9672 Hmm, very different take then most people. A lot of people love "No Mercy" Percy, it's usually Keyleth on people's shit list. Not attacking any of your feelings towards either character, just thinking you have a very unique perspective.
3:34:38
...you want to tell me... that Matthew Fucking Mercer... figured out TIMEZONES for Exandria as well???
This man terrifies me more and more with each episode of this arc, does this man even sleep
Just when you think you have Matt figured out, he goes and pulls out something like that and blows away your expectations. He went and figured out 1700s style ship combat purely because of Fjord's sailing background and wanted to be prepared for it. He mapped out*l *all* of Whitestone in the off chance that Vox Machina wanted to go somewhere random in the city. Matt's level of readiness is insane
Oh yes, Matt is insane, isn't he? Sometimes I DO wonder if that man sleeps at all, ever, or if he is just always up preparing something. Or does he just dream of his worldbuilding and preparation? Like, I wouldn't even think of timezones for this world, much less would I be able to just quickly figure out how that translate for these wildly teleporting travelers.
Damn do I admire him for his worldbuilding...
i'm guessing he just made it up basically on the spot, still impressive on-the-fly thinking
Pretty sure he just made them up for plot devices since Exandria is flat
Matthew Mercer is not human
"I met the devil, that's not him"
-Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III of Whitestone
Vax: I don't want to be alone tonight
*literally everyone's eyebrows raise and gasp*
Sam's face at this moment is hilarious
And Travis is looking at Matt. 03:08:47
Laura's eyebrows practically launched off her head.
@@Logan_Baron lmao
I know I'm shameless but I at least wanted a LITTLE more roleplay between them of what happened!! They must have at least talked?? Oh maaaaaan
"I have started from nothing, I can do it again!" bit of DM-sadness coming through after destroying his world.
Been there.
Done that.
Necessary, I let the game get out of control.
Still hurts after 30 years.
First time watcher:
Gotta say, having Vax get his Clasp mark replaced with a burned imprint of Keyleth's hand is one HELL of a heavy symbolic gesture.
“I am far, but I am not gone.”
@@envymordecai4429 and now I’m crying…. Again.
Oh my God Travis plays dumb so well. It's not easy to make a character like Grog have character growth or depth and he does it beautifully.
I felt it slipped slightly the past few episodes around the skull, it felt to much that Travis wanted to get the wish as opposed to exactly the way Grog would act in that situation.
@@Ginric99 Not at all actually. Matt actually summed it up when Vex did an insight check on Grog: He is a simple-minded individual that sees a simple solution to a complex problem.
A non-intelligent character that just saw 4 dragons and barely left a mark after multiple attacks will come to a conclusion that a talking skull with a wish is indeed a lot better than crazy dragons.
I liked to think that was maybe the sword and skull starting to have an influence on him, as he did say he was the other "evil" member of the party, however the intelligence part did slip "up", if you will. Still fantastic play that I can only ever hope to reach :]
@DannyGirl percy honestly was pretty shady there too. Grog was trying to do the simple solution and didn't understand it was a bad choice. Percy understood it was a bad choice but didn't make it clear what his intent was. He does have a bit of a dark addiction.
I love how he plays the innocent child like mentality at times. Like in his eyes.
Can I take a moment to talk about how amazing Matt's wyvern noises are? I mean, I know voice acting is his job, but that's a really spectacular noise.
Joe Auerbach I was thinking the same! I had to play it back to listen to it. His general monster noises are brilliant. Glad someone else here noticed and appreciated it 😊
He is also a professional "monster sound" voice actor for video games.
He's good, but I'm not so sure I liked the Wyvern voice :P
They sounded more like a long-necked hoarse chicken/bird, maybe it'd fit a Cockatrice, but I'm not sure if it'd fit a mighty, large, barrel chested demidragon!
Hell, even his creaky door noises are amazing! I spend my listening time mimicking him as best as I can. My cats haven't come near me in weeks😂😂
If you want to compliment monster noises, the Cloaker after it lost an eye.
Liam: It’s pronounced “Jif”
Matt (still in DM mode): Yes. *realizes what he just said yes to* I’ll fight you.
Time stamp
1:13:20 -timestamp
Especially when it’s pronounced Yiff
How Matthew Mercer can make so many sounds is beyond me. It's insane his vocal range for creatures, people, monsters... Unreal man. A man of superb talent.
Reminds me of the dude from Halo 2 who did all the crazy creature noises and that nuts vocal/subvocal voice of the Gravemind without sfx aid
And it's easy to picture him playing with action figures as a kid doing all the voices and sound effects as the battles rage on! I do love how everyone compliments him on it from time to time, and I love seeing him acknowledge that appreciation in his usual humble way.
The occasional blunders are humbling too, and everyone gets a kick out of them or ignores it out of respect for the moment
I know, right? He should become a voice actor or something.
@@IRQ17yeah. He could make a good Jotaro for example
Game starts with a recap
10:54 - Part 1 begins
12:45 - Remembering Events
15:04 - Scanlan, Wordsmith
20:00 - Marked
23:22 - Percy's thoughts on Greed
24:10 - Grog's Plan for Scanlan
32:00 - Whispers
38:43 - Taliesin's Pun
45:08 - "You'll LOVE Whitestone!"
45:30 - Nice save Vex
47:05 - Scanlan's List
50:09 - Scanlan inspires Keyleth with a limerick
56:50 - Realm Seer (Idk how to spell the rest)
1:06:30 - Anti-magic missile
1:08:56 - Percy Wisdom
1:13:10 - I will fight you
1:27:59 - Scanlan sings a song at the enemy [based on U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For]
1:33:45 - Top Gun Debate
1:35:16 - Scanlan inspires Vax with a song [based on David Bowie - Ground Control to Major Tom]
1:40:05 - The Chickening
1:45:35 - Grog crits
1:50:35 - Cutting Flute
1:52:00 - A Close Call
1:58:02 - Scanlan sings to himself [based on Tubthumping (i get knocked down) by Chumbawamba]
2:00:40 - Keyleth Brings THE FIRE
2:14:29 - How Do You Want To Do This?
2:19:42 - Part 1 ends
2:19:48 - Part 2 begins
2:25:00 - More Backstory
2:31:10 - Vex's Limerick (Limerick read at 2:31:27)
2:53:49 - Percy's so freaking cool
3:08:20 - Vax Visits Keyleth
3:09:40 - Scanlan Tries His Luck
3:31:31 - Aldore! The sort-of love interest of Felcia Day's character
3:36:29 - Part 2 ends
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bump!
Actually, IIRC, a fan sent in a "restraining order," supposedly filed by Aldore against Lyra at the end of her Trial of the Take arc, which Matt may have made canon. It *was* rather brilliantly written.
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My favorite Percy line:
"It's politics, you're not supposed to like them"
extremely relevant
He's got so many good quotes per episode
Watching this on November 5th, 2020. Couldn’t be more true
Watching this in July 22, 2021, it is SCARILY accurate.
Watching this with my thumb up my ass and this is so so relatable
I'm sorry, but that "You might be able to see your breath!" improvised joke was the funniest shit I've ever heard.
"Have you heard tale of Scanlan the Bard?
Or Burt Reynolds, if you look at his card.
Always tries to get laid
Sometimes with ladies he made!
But I still respect him, 'cause rhyming is hard!"
Laura's limerick needs more appreciation! That was masterful!
Isn’t it Burnt Reynolds? I thought it was Burnt.
I'm scrolling the comments because this just came up in game and I LOVED it, and I needed to see that other people appreciate it. Very clever. Lost it at everyone's facials XD 2:31:28
matt's improv as random npcs is so great! "it is winter!"
Vex: I like how we're sending them to the place with the orb of death
Refugee: What was that?
Vex: Oh, I was saying you might be able to see your own breath
That killed me XD
The crazy improv moments like that are soooo good imo :)
@@sydney4814 Vex has the BEST improv comments. the one about the boy being able to anything he wants and vex pipes in about staying away from playing the flute. i peed alittle
NicoDemus WhoDak I thought it was the lute, but honestly, both work 😅
I love Matt's Pike impression. He's spot on with the adorable factor lol.
nachoguy5 "Yeeeeah. ^_^ "
Sams face in reaction to Keyleth letting Vax in to her room was priceless. To be followed up by Taliesins comment of ships. Perfection.
Percy: "i'm not good at being the bearer of any 'bad news'..."
Percy...that's literally what your strongest weapon is called lol
The one that has a tendency to misfire. Often!
But yes, my thoughts went there as well!
@@Narokh As did mine!
Yeah Taliesin is amazing at subtle humor. Ngl I laughed when he said that and I don't think anyone else in set caught it
And nothing travels faster
@@MikeJones-ye6limarisha grinned and pointed at him
I am just watching this for the first time, and I notice how many time Matt mentioned the Temple of Bahamut in Vasselheim, the one place where they should probably ask how to kill chromatic dragons, or at least find some allies to help in the fight. Matt is trully a master in storytelling, in general.
And that's the one place in Vasselheim none of them went to at the end of the episode. 😡
Sure as shit hope they don't treat the Sphinx like they treated Seeker Asuum.
@@billbill3915 to be fair, the Slayer's Take is also quite reliable.
Watched the old old pre stream clip Liam filmed of them and he does the same with the flying carpet
*Keyleth lets Vax into her room*
Laura (mouths): "They're gonna fuck."
I love Laura so much.
lol, she definitely did
FoolishAnonymous HA! This was the first comment on my feed, and was sooo much funnier than I expected.
FoolishAnonymous Thank you for this comment
I went back to that part just to watch her lips lol
What part? I listen to this at work, I only open up the videos to see things in the wonderful time stamps that people post... otherwise I have to keep it minimized :(
Marisha deals 42 firedamage to each of the foes
Liam: "Gingers, man..."
Matt, without hesitation: "Word."
He's been firestormed by Marisha more than once
I-is that a euphemism?
As a ginger, I approve, lmao.
Caleb drives this home.
Time stamp pls
Percy: "I never forget that when I rule, I rule these people as well."
/Mic drop/ Seriously, though - THAT WAS SUCH AN AWESOME LINE
CalvinballAKA I was 100% on Percy’s side on that, but I understand how a sheltered Druid would want to avoid and not work with the shady, scary Clasp
Keep in mind that Keyleth is not lawful good, even though she plays it that way. I think she's neutral good. (Maybe some major pre-stream events changed her outlook. I don't know.)
@@dowingba - Meh, alignment should be descriptive, not prescriptive, imho. She is the alignment of what she plays, and not the other way around - that's more like the earlier editions of DnD, 5e is quite lax in these areas.
Still, I was on Percy's side, though I respect what Vax did, especially since it seemed this was his intention all along. What was annoying me was Keyleth trying to back him up in places where nothing should've been said, ruining his moments and the punchline, sometimes almost selfishly as if to dish out her own character traits. Sometimes I just can't stand her, even more than Tiberius in the earlier episodes.
.... and that's why Keileth is crap
Its moments like this one that make me roll my eyes at keyleth honestly lol. (Not marisha. Ik how sensitive people get towards keyleth. I dont hate marisha.) It always seems like she has her nose stuck up in the air as if she knows how the world works. Shes like those people who respond with "yeah well YOU KNOW HOW HORRIBLE MYYY DAY WAS" when they ask about your crappy day lol
am I the only one starting to fear Matt's strange god ability to match in-game events to precise music changes? it's getting a little "phenomenal cosmic power" here ...
just in this ep, 2:49:53, that music downturn matched his subtle facial change when Percy started making his counter-offer O.O
Well he is the one changing the music.
but it wasn't a change in music track. it was an in-track composition shift. the music matched to suit HIM and the situation.
yeah he has said that he has all of his music separated by moods.
ugh, that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the crescendos and dips and instrument changes INSIDE A SINGULAR SPECIFIC TRACK. NOT a track or mood change.
seriously, did you not go look/listen at the timestamp I put? Matt's NPC has got a teensy hint of a smirk on, and then the music does a dramatic downshift EXACTLY when Percy says "Well I will not promise that now. What I can promise right now ... " and the NPC's smirk vanishes and becomes unhappy.
Granted, Matt can hear the music and adjust his mannerisms accordingly, but the fact remains is that that SPECIFIC MOMENT IN THE TRACK just so happened to hit RIGHT when Percy makes that comment. That's not just "picking the mood music," that's bordering on composer-level "match the pace, tone, and movement of the music to the scene in the movie."
It's just coincidence. Much the same way you can cue up any music and a Kung-Fu movie and it will give the appearance of matching up. Or most albums and The Wizard of Oz
3:09:09 "That wasn't the kind of ship I was hoping to get." LMAO Talisien was on a roll with his one-liners this episode but that one topped them all. And scanlan following with "I don't want to be alone tonight" to Vex kind of mellows out Vax's weird booty call.
Yeah the Clasp meeting had A LOT of good quotes, whether its Percy's devil comment, or calling out Keyleth's ego. Or even her rebuttal.
But I can't help but be clued in on Scanlan's threat. "If we return and you've struck a deal with the dragons, you'll be the first to die; not them."
Best line. Is Clarota still here?
*you're
"the most basic shit" riiiiiiiiiiiiiight
to be entirely honest, even now, i still miss Clarota
Mee Ra I loved Clarota
Clarota was awesome! I wish he had stayed for longer.
Okay, so Matt's impressions of player characters are well-known for their accuracy, but HOLY COW that Thorbir was just SPOOKY how close it was.
He could be a substitute voice actor for any wil Wheaton role
@@k0pstl939 only purpose for the will is to counterbalance the Jaffe cake........ My man perch got so many nat 20
That limerick was Vexcellent.
I love how all of their charities relate to their characters. Taliesin chose a charity that helps teens in tough situations, Percy was a teen in tough situations. Scanlan just found out he has a kid so Sam chose a pediatric organization. Keyleth is a druid, and Marisha chose an organization to conserve nature. Vax has been in a place he needed to leave before, so Liam is supporting space exploration so we can find new places to live. Vex had no one when she and Vax left their father, so now Laura is supporting a place for teens to get back on their feet. And Grog knows what it's like to be scared you're going to die in a strange and unfamiliar place, and of course he's a warrior, so Travis chose an organization that helps soldiers. Finally, Matt doesn't have a character, but he took his joy of creating a story that people love and chose a charity that shares stories for people who don't have it. I think this is just so profoundly beautiful :)
THIS.
i was looking for this comment and i’d like to add vax is an angsty pessimist nerd so he chose space bc the earth is dying 😅
some of that was kinda stretching a little bit
Sam should have adopted Red Dress Day, an organization supporting finding missing Native American females as an answer for Scanlan finding his daughter and wearing of a racially insensitive football team shirt. His continuous insensitive not jokes are old and not as funny as he thinks they are.
@@kaberry4539what are you even yapping about bro
07:18 - Game starts with a recap
10:54 - Part 1 begins
12:45 - Remembering Events
15:04 - Scanlan, Wordsmith
20:00 - Marked
23:22 - Percy's thoughts on Greed
24:10 - Grog's Plan for Scanlan
32:00 - Whispers
38:43 - Taliesin's Pun
45:08 - "You'll LOVE Whitestone!"
45:30 - Nice save Vex
47:05 - Scanlan's List
50:09 - Scanlan inspires Keyleth with a limerick
56:50 - Realm Seer (Idk how to spell the rest)
1:06:30 - Anti-magic missile
1:08:56 - Percy Wisdom
1:13:10 - I will fight you
1:27:59 - Scanlan sings a song at the enemy [based on U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For]
1:33:45 - Top Gun Debate
1:35:16 - Scanlan inspires Vax with a song [based on David Bowie - Ground Control to Major Tom]
1:40:05 - The Chickening
1:45:35 - Grog crits
1:50:35 - Cutting Flute
1:52:00 - A Close Call
1:58:02 - Scanlan sings to himself [based on Tubthumping (i get knocked down) by Chumbawamba]
2:00:40 - Keyleth Brings THE FIRE
2:14:29 - How Do You Want To Do This?
2:19:42 - Part 1 ends
2:19:48 - Part 2 begins
2:25:00 - More Backstory
2:31:10 - Vex's Limerick (Limerick read at 2:31:27)
2:53:49 - Percy's so freaking cool
3:08:20 - Vax Visits Keyleth
3:09:40 - Scanlan Tries His Luck
3:31:31 - Aldore! The sort-of love interest of Felcia Day's character
3:36:29 - Part 2 ends
Lobstuzz Q
HybridThizzle I
Don't know if you even care after all this time, but the actual name of the David Bowie song Scanlan parodies is Space Oddity.
1:08:10 - Grog learned a new word.
Getting
Any time friendly fire hits Scanlan, I die laughing because Sam's reactions to it are priceless
"But I'm just a little man."
One of the best part os throwing the shade back at Vex haha 1:53:40
10:54 - Part 1 begins
12:45 - Remembering Events
15:04 - Scanlan, Wordsmith
20:00 - Marked
23:22 - Percy's thoughts on Greed
24:10 - Grog's Plan for Scanlan
32:00 - Whispers
38:43 - Taliesin's Pun
45:08 - "You'll LOVE Whitestone!"
45:30 - Nice save Vex
47:05 - Scanlan's List
50:09 - Scanlan inspires Keyleth with a limerick
56:50 - Realm Seer (Idk how to spell the rest)
1:06:30 - Anti-magic missile
1:08:56 - Percy Wisdom
1:13:10 - I will fight you
1:27:59 - Scanlan sings a song at the enemy [based on U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For]
1:33:45 - Top Gun Debate
1:35:16 - Scanlan inspires Vax with a song [based on David Bowie - Ground Control to Major Tom]
1:40:05 - The Chickening
1:45:35 - Grog crits
1:50:35 - Cutting Flute
1:52:00 - A Close Call
1:58:02 - Scanlan sings to himself [based on Tubthumping (i get knocked down) by Chumbawamba]
2:00:40 - Keyleth Brings THE FIRE
2:14:29 - How Do You Want To Do This?
2:19:42 - Part 1 ends
2:19:48 - Part 2 begins
2:25:00 - More Backstory
2:31:10 - Vex's Limerick (Limerick read at 2:31:27)
2:53:49 - Percy's so freaking cool
3:08:20 - Vax Visits Keyleth
3:09:40 - Scanlan Tries His Luck
3:31:31 - Aldore! The sort-of love interest of Felcia Day's character
3:36:29 - Part 2 ends
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The fact that Gilmore fought with thodak 1 on 1 and lived to tell the tale is crazy
The way Percy and Scanlan's eyes almost fall out of their heads when Vax says he doesn't want to be alone :')
Look at Laura’s too
Can I just say that Taliesin's roleplaying is an absolute delight? His orator skills are leagues beyond everyone else's, except perhaps for Sam's. Wow.
Sam easily has a Charsima score of 18+
Talisan... he's not as high in Charsima, but he is clearly proficient and gets his prof bonus when he talks.
Idk he comes of a lil cringe at times, but I think I like him
Idk, I think Liam's far better at this than Sam
@@justadummy8076 I'm with you friend. I think Tal is just a weird dude, and I mean that in the best way possible, so sometimes it seems he's trying a little too hard. But when he has his roleplay and even combat moments they're so good imo that I can't help but love the dude anyway.
@@ThinkFunSolver i agree, though i love tal and his moments i notice he’s just an emo indoor kid trying to play a witty politician/nobility.
Just want to take a moment to draw attention to how attentive Travis always is. For someone who essentially has very few choices in battle by comparison, you can see him get lost in Matt's descriptions while everyone else is talking with each other or rolling.
It can actually be really sad sometimes when Matt's giving a description you can tell he worked hard on and everyone is distracted or goofing off
I agree completely, I think the 2nd campaign they got ALOT better about that. The RP has gotten better as well!
I'd actually say Tal and Marisha are the ones who goof off amongst themselves the most, but Tal does also seem to be more attentive than others
I love Travis!
The goofing off is really adorable though
@@TraskTrojanek Tal is probably so experienced in tabletop games that he knows how to visualize the situation based on instinct alone, allowing him to divide his attention. Really fascinating how he manages to talk and goof but still catch the details.
I love seeing Mercer voice the characters of guests (and Pike!) because holy wow does he ever nail the voices. Its astounding.
"I've met the devil and that's not him."
my new favorite Percy line
"I like how we're sending them to the place with the orb of death."
"What'd you say?"
"You might be able to see your breath!"
"Right, Winter"
"Bonfires? In a SEWER?"
*dark souls flashbacks commence*
The most legit comment I've ever saw
And darkest dungeon
They’d go in hollow in no time. The Poor bastards.
Thorbir's terrible luck at cards might be my favorite thing in the episode. Amazing call back to the Wheaton curse.
i just realized that
"Not the kind of ship I was hoping for. I don't think we can all fit on that ship." Percy kills me every episode!
i love scanlons face when percy calls keylith out on her ego.
Taliesin just wants to be a skypirate and it's my favorite thing
He’s nearly a goth version of Balthier from ff12 at this point. He’s even got the hot Druid girl pal.
"Good girls don't scry." / *collective groans* / "Just because you can doesn't mean you should." ~ Taliesin and Liam
Big girls, as in grown adults.
"Big girls don't scry" the response should have been "It's my party and I'll scry if I want to."
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Underrated comment. Lmao!!!
Still the most underrated comment of this episode.
This comment just made me spit out my drink, coughing
"Crime is always with us. Therefore, if you're going to have crime, it at least should be organized crime."
"Ah, the Patrician himself. It is truly an honor" *bows low*
lawful evil >>>>>> chaotic evil
@@TheHighborn I disagree. Lawful evil at its worst are dictators that kill and impoversh millions. Chaotic evil at its worst is like a creepy serial killer. Lawful evil is worse by magnitudes.
@@Peter-hx3im tell that to Tharizdun.
@Ben Passlow Not what lawful means in D&D that is only a part of it. Remember you can be a thief and still be lawful good as long as you have a code of honor.
Keyleth succeeds with enormous fire attack
Liam who will later play Caleb: “Gingers man.”
Plus the way he looks at her then...
"We were saying the terribly injured, the people with the worst injuries"
"All right, those people first"
"Yeah, 'cause they'll go through real fast"
best quote of the night
Liam's reaction to the Schindler comment was just the best.
sorry but i did not understand that comment. tried to find out but couldn't
Schindler was a company owner in the nazi times and saved many jews. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Schindler
@@lagggoat7170 Check out Schindler's List. Movie by Steven Spielberg with Liam Neeson. A very good black and white movie about him*. Slow, but very well done
Thanks but I´m german. I know of the movie, but I also know far to much about this history (getting confronted with it repeatedly in school and rl), so I won´t be recreationally watching something like that in addition. I know I wasn´t at fault (being born decades after, even my parents were born post-war), but there is a certain feeling of guilt and responsibility nontheless.
@@lagggoat7170 ..... well hope you and everyone else has a good day
I was 100% with Percy over the whole Clasp encounter. He was diplomatic and reasonable throughout, and as he said afterwards, they could have turned down the deal without making more enemies. Sheesh... Let the man skilled in diplomacy handle the negotiations, eh? He could have talked their way out of that if that was what the group agreed on, rather than it devolving into yet another problem.
And calling his morals and motivations into question constantly for having made a deal in the past to avenge his family is patently unfair. He was fighting against the smoke demon even while possessed, and asked them to watch his back. Even under it's influence, he did his best to remain accountable. He deserves more trust that he's being shown. Just because he's skilled in politics, doesn't mean he's not their friend or that he doesn't have the group and Emon's best interests at heart. He's got a set of skills that can be very useful if they'd just let him actually use them.
Well said I wholeheartedly agree.
Yes!!! God, I was SO MAD during that conversation. I had to turn it off. And I love these people and this show.
I have to completely agree with this. Percy really didn't deserve how he was treated in this, and it was painful to watch. Finally a situation where his political skill set could be really useful, and he was essentially thrown under the buss. Why bother going to the meeting at all if the others felt that way about the Clasp? Not going for the meeting would have caused a lot less damage then the way things worked out. I can understand if Vax wants to cut his ties with the Clasp, but this wasn't the time or the place for that. Percy was trying to build a bridge, for the good of the survivors, and Keyleth and the others decided to burn it down as he was working on it. I love them all, but it was sort of heartbreaking how they threw his past in his face.
Argh, can not agree more. I detest how moralistic they try to behave and deny any shady option out of some potential concerns just because they don't want to have it on their conscience. It's a game people, just roll with it and deal with the consequences, it's more fun this way! This sentiment mostly goes to Keyleth and the twins, the rest are fine.
@@Lomniko being moral is fine the problem is them being inconsistent with it, vex keeps acting like she is a good person but is just selfish and greedy all the time and vax is a spineless enabler.
"you have terrible luck my friend" Aldor to Thorbir :D i smell a HUGE hint on the Wheaton-Curse
Percy: "I hate to be the bearer of bad news"
Also Percy in the next scene: "I pull out Bad News."
I mean that whole conversation about moving people out was gold. But when Sam made Schindler joke and Travis responded: “... and the room goes silent aaaand the mug comes up” I lost it.
That moment when you realize Vasselheim's restriction on Arcane magic was a way to rein in Tiberius.
not necessarily considering there is a cannon distinction between arcane and divine magic. Plus there are tons of clerics there i doubt they restrict their magic and druids draw from the same pool.
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I mean... considering the late Sovereign’s sordid history with Arcane magicks, and that Vassalheim is literally the “Things keep trying to kill us but we’re still here because we kill them harder and take proper precautions” sort of town, Tiberius just happens to fall into both precepts of “Chromatic dragonborn? Ugh” and “Arcane caster? You keep that mess out of my bar, you hear?”
I mean, Scanlan and Keyleth both got in trouble the first time at the ring trying to manipulate the odds, it’s a fair thing to be highly skeptical of.
When Matt Plays Pike he becomes the most adorable thing in history.
+Albert Halliwel He does doesn't he? Many a times I think he makes her funnier, but still keeps it in the same place as Ashley. But when Ashley doesn't know what's going on it's just so freaking funny!
I can imagine the phone calls between Matt and Ashley and her just laughing so much, and of course her watching the past shows most likely make her laugh even more.
Eszra Nah I wouldn't say funnier, just when he pulls his confused face its adorable.
+Albert Halliwel Yes. Pike and the mapmaker Turiok = adorable Matt Mercer.
AnkokuEvangeline and the pick pocket kid.
+Albert Halliwel because she got hundreds of spells dude, can't remember em all, all the time
Beyond the writing, the acting, the improvisation, and everything else, Mercer's greatest strength might just be the way he watches the party talk and act and know precisely when to speak and when to keep it zip. He's a master.
Sam's reaction when Keyleth lets Vax into her room is *amazing*
Keyleth got deflowerd!!!!
@@jenny_of_oldstones3523 creepy
"I've met the Devil and that's not him" - Percy
Me: SOMEONE GIVE PERCY A HUG
percy: don't be so full of yourself
keyleth: no u
The "tone setting" pregame was hilarious.
"Is Clarota still with us?"
*everyone sighs* "Jarod."
"Maybe we should kill one of the refugees to make an example."
"I use the skull to wish to know everyone's alignment"
The face of Travis when the leader of the clasp made the threat to vax looked like he was about to run charging in a frenzied rage with craven edge.
I never knew i cared so much about Gilmore till this episode
Same. I also discovered that Vax chose the wrong lover, imo. Keyleth seems too unsure to make a decision about Vax and stick with it.
Also I lost it and started crying when Gilmore opened his eyes, saw Vax there, and said, "I always assumed I would see you in my last moments."
@@carlyaskren359 Keyleth is the kind of lover you pick when you hate yourself and think you need to become a better person.
Gilmore is the kind of lover you pick once you know you're good enough.
Talisan's joy at the prospect of getting an airship is glorious.
3:08:45 - Liam "Hi. I don't want to be alone tonight." Why is it that Sam and Laura have the best facial expressions when something shockingly romantic happens between Vax and Keyleth
3:34:08 - Laura mentions Kashaw and Keyleth acts oblivious😂😂