The Tunnels Below | Critical Role | Campaign 3, Episode 15
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0:55 Sam’s mouth is the biggest Brushie ever had
5:30 Theater show info
7:15 Intro cinematic
9:00 EPISODE STARTS
10:30 Recap Ends
13:00 Panic room
14:20 Sharing a bed (booby trapped ship)
15:40 Ashton’s gift
17:35 Fantasy uggs
21:45 Tasting the ring
32:25 Not sure if Fearne is being sarcastic
36:15 How dare you, Imogen
37:35 Matt just steps on everyone’s innuendos
39:15 Curved tunnels (Fearne’s spire knowledge)
41:00 Shocker spires
42:15 Anthropogenic spire change
44:35 Map screen
47:50 FCG’s bird grudge
50:25 Exandrian evolution
1:00:55 Speaking with the Greenseekers
1:02:25 Speaking Marquesian
1:07:15 Sit and spin
1:11:45 Keep the tooth
1:17:05 Don’t discuss clients
1:20:30 Bell’s Hells
1:22:50 Honorary Greenseekers
1:24:50 Patches
1:33:25 Sam’s gas can
1:34:30 Hoods up
1:36:25 Nott the best detective agency
1:41:50 A huge goat
1:44:10 Ogdes
1:46:30 Bird in the beak, rat in the sheets
1:47:35 BREAK STARTS
1:57:35 BREAK ENDS
2:01:05 Liam helps
2:02:30 Ogdes makes demands
2:06:45 A full couple’s therapy session begins
2:13:55 Time’s up
2:14:50 Married to the work
2:16:10 Just like the always say
2:21:30 What’s the book?
2:23:00The second time that Laudna was so scary she knocked someone out
2:25:45 The New World Searchers
2:29:00 Platinum in a fanny pack
2:32:20 Pink lady
2:33:45 Detecting thoughts
2:36:05 Chetney already switched the coin
2:37:00 Fearne is eating during the interrogation
2:43:05 Laudna loses a toe
2:44:25 Scraping its way
2:45:10 Orym is squished
2:48:40 Freaking out Imogen
2:49:55 A fork ahead
2:50:35 Carved shaft
2:55:55 Game over man
2:56:45 Map out
2:59:10 I want it that way
3:01:15 Rollies
3:02:40 Emotional damage
3:03:35 Battle begins
3:14:05 That’s what I meant (Laudna did her best)
3:17:05 Spiritual bullseye
3:19:05 Gus comes in clutch
3:26:45 Laura is Laudna
3:31:05 Colorguard combat
3:35:05 Laura gives Marisha her luck
3:38:25 Laudna is a creepy princess
3:45:00 Marisha learns about the bullseye
3:47:30 Storm orb
3:49:40 Is that your turn Laudna?
4:02:20 Protect the wood (blood maledict)
4:03:45 Natural 40
4:04:55 HDYWTDT
4:06:30 Marisha is fully on the table
4:07:15 Quicker than a ray of frost
4:12:10 Heal us Sam
4:15:40 Happy feel-good times
4:18:15 The only man she’s ever loved
4:21:10 Write your notes, Laura
4:22:35 The cocoon
4:27:40 Touch Chetney’s shoulder (attack planning begins)
4:32:05 Planning done, they advance
4:37:45 Chetney’s discovery
4:42:10 Episode Ends
The in-game start date for the episode was in the year 843. Sam’s gas can says “4 Sale by Owner (Jrusar) wooden TOY BOAT. found levitating on street. Mild wear & tear. Smells like old man... 50gp OBO”
Lauren Walsh, who made some of my favorite art in the Tal’dorei Reborn book, has recently brought a new creation to life: a gelatinous cube adventurer named Woubble. This good lil guy really helped me get through my week, and I think they’d like to meet everyone. You can meet Woubble on Lauren’s Twitter, which also has links to their shop where you can get some Woubble in your life. He also has his own hashtag for fanart.
Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
Thank you once again, m'lord !
Thank you for your service
Nice job on the quick fix.
Fast as ever, thank you
Thanks 😊
sam:
campaign 1: "i hate goblins"
campaign 2: "im a little goblin girl"
campaign 3: "i hate birds"
campaign 4: "im a little bird girl"?
Wow Sam's gonna play grown up Kiri next campaign, can't believe you cracked it!
There's like three different humanoid-avian races in 5e right now, so Sam will have his pick.
Yes, I am very sweet.
@@nesso.9944 Assuming they maintain the 20 years between campaigns, she would only be in her 40s and Kenku can live to be in their 60s so it is possible.
Sam truly playing the long game, this is a filler character to provide context for his Kenku OC that he's been planning
and the minute Matt decided to use the line: "You made the kids honorary members", every single critter went oh we like them
They are like Holmes, Watson & the Baker Street boys ^^
First Eshteross, now Gus. Too many adorable men that I would die to protect.
Matt's personality bleeds through when he puts in stuff like that. I don't attribute that to Character fluff; I attribute it to wanting the party to go in a particular direction or reinforcing a direction they were potentially going to go in.
As far as Gus and Olly are concerned, they are giant blinking arrows of "GO HERE!" And given that Matt had NPC's chatter at each other from himself, that further reinforces the theory.
Using two NPC's to justify some of the party's guesswork also does the same.
Hardly likable. More manipulative DM.
@@devonsmith9519 Hardly. Ashton didn’t trust them, neither did Fearne. Had things gone differently (players withholding more information, for example) the two of them could have become hostile and tried to arrest the party, or listed them as suspects, or put out a bounty on them. Olly and Gus began opening up after the party grew more cooperative with them, compared to Olly’s aggressive questioning and Gus’s skeptical, standoffish behavior at the start.
@@devonsmith9519 You must be fun at parties
"I'm bathing in woodchips every night." I'm now picturing Chetney curled up sleeping in wood chips like a hamster
he's a werewolf. while dogsitting i sometimes see dogs chewing on wood clippers for the fireplace.
i conclude, chetney chews on wood when he needs to occupy himself.
It's not uncommon to put cedar shavings in outside dog houses for insulation and to repel ticks.
Thats fuckin adorable
@@mathmelody3213 Cedar and Pine! I used to work at a Tractor Supply and sold those two things so frequently! They work great for horses, chickens, dogs, and other critters (pun intended)
@@kariissmol9172 Or he's a werehamster and too embarrassed to admit it
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how cool Batman Orc-dad Lord Eshteross is?
You make a good point.
Like Liam mentioned last episode, he's basically the elderly Bruce Wayne from Batman Beyond. And I am here for it.
@@TeeheeX23 Orc-estrate
Owlbearman
Owlbearman is a myth.
*Chetney:* I sense a fork ahead.
*Imogen:* A what?
*Ashton:* A fork.
*Fearne:* How can you sense something so small?
If you come to a fork in the road, take it.
I love how that was somehow even too much for Ashley 🤣. When she said, "thats so stupid" to Laura I was like, girl, Fearne is you talking!
Matt Mercer once again proving he is an improvisational master. Successfully and convincingly carrying on an awkward and tense conversation between two people that exist only in his mind.
the party was completely invested in it too XD
so was I!@@Direwolf181
It was a pretty cliché moment if you ask me.
@@thewastedwanderer5787well no one asked you
Kek. And who asked you for your response? We can do this all day, bub.@@icarrionmoth
Campaign 1: “Your secret is safe with my indifference.”
Campaign 2: “I killed my whole family. I’ll throw you under a bridge.”
Campaign 3: “Bird on a wire, rat in a pocket.”
Exandria Unlimited: "Time is like a weird soup"
“Bird on a wire, rat in a pocket”
May I know what this meant? 🥺
Wouldn't "life needs things to live" be a better choice from C1 to fit with the other quotes?
"bird in the beak, rat in the bed"
Campaign 2: "Life is short, do something to a bagel"
Travis giving out IRL toys for the things Chetney makes is fucking great
@@TheCBC1984 That you need to explain. I dont understand what you are talking about!?
@@TheCBC1984 He says from a phone or computer that's most likely using similar groups to manufacture. How do you go through drive-thru's on that ultra high horse you're riding, cowboy?
@@TheCBC1984 where'd your other comment go?
@@phenjaws569 if you reported it, youtube auto hides it for you.
@@TheCBC1984 I didn't though
"Bird in the Beak, rat in the sheets."
Pate de Rolo
But also what's up with Laudna introducing herself as a de Rollo? What did she say? Lana de Rolo? Something with an L. The table even perked up. Pâté is just foreshadowing, I'm calling it now.
@@zoltanszaszi2264 I think it was Lorelai? She is from Whitestone so she would know who they are and know they're nobility maybe?
@@zoltanszaszi2264 I think that was a reference to Liam's one-shot, the Song (or Call? I can't quite recall off the top of my head) of the Lorelai.
She mentioned in an earlier episode that she was chased out of many villages and called many things, including Lorelai.
Bird on the head, rat in the bed XD
matt didn't HAVE to make the two npcs bitter exes that were forced to interact with each other, but he did. he did that for us. and he did it so that fcg could finally have the therapy session they've been wanting to have this whole time
We still don't know who she cheated on Matt with, I'm guessing illidan, who took his bros girl tyrande too. Heh
I think he did it as a fun little backstory for the NPCs and didn't expect that the cast would double down on it so much
We don't deserve Matt
@@sarahraynore6713 Matt knows his players...
I also love that (so far as I've watched at least) it wasn't some drastic awful thing that pulled Gus and Ogdes apart, but just the insane amount of time it took for it to happen really sucked, I mean the Gus decided after 10 and a half months that he should be "focused on his work"?! RIP that relationship but still love the FCG therapy and how flustered it made the two
Taliesin and Laura: "Come on Cleric, heal the party, cleric!"
Sam: "Oh I'll heal the party alright" *busts out the best spell neither of them had even heard of*
hahahahaha always loved how she always avoided healing as jester, best moment was when Cad was using mass healing word and she faked using it as well
To be fair it wasn't on the cleric spell list until Tasha's and even then it wouldn't show up on their spell lists (assuming they're actually using D&D beyond) unless they went and toggled an option on the create character screen.
I love that 3 out of the 4 characters Sam has played in the main campaign could have had that spell, but it wasn't till now that he finally took it.
@@valwenventureco9285 What spell is that?
@@lovethepandainyou Aura of vitality, it's normally available to just paladins, but bards can pick a few spells from anyone, battle Smith artificer (which is what darrington would be) get it as a subclass feature same with FCG.
also I think the lightning zone spell is just a reflavor of hunger of Hadar making it less alien tentacles and more purely psychic in nature.
Eshteross is an adoptive dad that did not want the kids when Bertrand and he divorced, but now Bert is dead hes like "I only know these hellions for a short time but if anything was to happen to them I would kill everyone here and then myself". The dad vibes.
9-9!
"It lacks human features you'd expect from a disrobed person"
A very PG and foreboding way of saying she doesn't have genitals and is in a Barbie doll situation.
Nonips
Can i just say your name is perfect
Because I'm a mature adult I giggled and said "She got no nipnops or vajayjay"
It's weird to watch critrole without Robbie, even though we've already done it for 2 campaigns. He was such an excellent addition to the cast
I really hope he comes back. He really did add to the party
Indeed. One of the first things I watched out for was how the intro changed. It was cool having Robbie's lack of experience bringing a kind of naivety to both Dorian and his reactions to everyone.
He was honestly my favorite person in the party in and out of character
He filled a hole that was missing since Orion. And I honestly miss robbie so much more than I ever thought I would
He'll be back. 😎
“I do appreciate I’ve instilled in you a deep fear of furniture” 😂😂
I read this literally as he was saying it 😅
What I loved about Matt acknowledging it is that it's been a growing sentiment for, like, 60 gameplay hours, but hadn't really been said out loud so directly
the way travis' eyes turned into hearts when laura fake flirted with him was one of the most endearing things ever, he's so in love with her it's not even funny
Timestamp?
4:18:28 it’s adorable
I mean who wouldn’t be?!?
It's like the romantic seal that was broken last campaign had really let him loose emotionally. Forget Grog, I don't think even Fjord would joke about breaking into showtunes. They all have really, really swung for the fences with their characters this campaign.
I remember the episode where Laura arrived late from an awards ceremony, and she was wearing that gorgeous, figure-hugging golden dress. Travis' eyes nearly popped right out of his head, ha ha!
I like how soon as Matt realized he said "massive carved shaft" infront of Laura Bailey, Travis' eyes were already glaring at his wife.
Timestamp?
2:50:30 for anyone still wondering
As a mental health professional watching Matt role play couples counseling with himself is equal parts hilarious and also scarily accurate and I'm not sure how I feel about the fact that he knows how to play both these roles so well
Pfffffffffft-
To be fair I feel that this is a constant about many of his NPCs, how he goes 1st person into such a wide range of very different type of characters, and what impresses me all the better is how he "morphs" his body language each time depending on who he is acting as. I wouldn't be surprised he did and does tons of reading and research outside the range of what his domain is because I got that feeling of "real" many times, I think there is a reason why people love a lot of his friendly "NPCs" and rightfully hate those that are made to be hated.
To give some examples (do not read further if you didn't watch campaign 2) :
Marion Lavore : A very charming and welcoming person suffering from agoraphobia (or maybe I am mistaking for something else but, people who cannot stand to go out), and it was not obvious from the very beginning but signs were slowly showing that she lives a very secluded life and that so did her daughter, instead inviting a lot of people at her place, and does not like to go out, and Matt in one of Talks Machina was asked about it and he said it came from him knowing people like that, "beautiful people" according to his words, and taking inspiration from that. People loved her and she was played in a very convincing way.
Another one; Trent Ikithon. Now I am not an expert in psychology so I am not sure which one it is between sociopathy and psychopathy, but he is also brilliantly played as an individual incapable of emphathy, which made him so convincing and so hatable, even more frustrating knowing that hate couldn't reach him, yet as chilling as it may be I do not believe there is reason to worry that Matt can make an excellent impression of such a character other than incredible acting.
Phew, that was long sorry but lots of things to say.
Maybe it's a function of emotional affinity of a person. I admire this trait in people.
@@Mgaak Probably deep empathy indeed, I can't believe I didn't mention that :)
@dark_neverland So? How's your mental health going?
Liam was amazing as both Caleb and Vax’ildan, but seeing him play a somewhat positive/often embarrassed guy makes me so happy! He has great sense of humor!
I think lil orim falls right in the middle of Vax's swagger and Caleb's seriousness. Love him sooo much
Orym is honestly so precious, he’s just more subtle in his moments! His blush and puffing out his cheeks in embarrassment drawing in the dirt with his sword while Ogdes and Gus are having their awkward reunion… He’s just a funky lil’ man!
His characters are always super emotionally complex I love it, Liam is a gem
Honestly, as much as Orym seems a bit boring on paper (halfling fighter isn't really what I would pick for a character) and I wasn't sure I was gonna be that interested in him in the beginning, he's grown into one of my favourite characters. We all know Liam's an rp genius, but I just really love the way he brings Orym to life with all these tiny little roleplay moments. They just make Orym seem so _real_ . Like, I love every player character (and an astonishing number of npcs) that's ever been on Critical Role, but they've all seemed like, well, _characters_ . And fantasy characters at that (which isn't a bad thing). Orym feels like someone you could meet at work and who would become a great lifelong friend.
I feel like he and Sam are trying to hold back their role playing skills to let the others flourish
I feel so cheated that it took three whole campaigns before we all got to properly meet "mischievous Ashley"
She's the best Ashley!
Yeah, I want a recount!
Or just Ashley doing, well anything!
That player Ashley
That thing she does with the lifts is so good everytime! Her face "oh nooOOOoOOO ;)" so funny
I really like how Marisha adds so much flavor and description to her eldritch blasts.
Laudna by far is her best work. I liked Beau, and I loved Kyleth, but Laudna is something else
Blahst
I really think she's one of the best in describing her combat. Beau largely did a lot of the same moves, but it felt fresh and different with her descriptions.
Agreed, but does anyone know WHY she insists on only casting a cantrip as her attack? Everyone else is hurling 2nd level spells while she is fixated on this one...
@@mariekeho Well one spell conservation is a real thing, typically I do the same with casters, but more to the point, warlocks have rediculously low spell count, like high level warlocks only get to 3 to 4 spells a day or something like that. Not to mention the multiclass which can put you behind in some respects and ahead in others. She has a lot of ability to go nova and use all her sorcerery points in one go, but afterwards it just becomes a cantrip game.
Also most of the time, the most chosen eldritch invocations are the ones that make eldritch blast better, so maybe that's why.
*Sam giving a totally normal advert*
"Huh...i guess Quip doesn't want the goofy ads"
*Starts breaking up with his old toothbrush*
"Ah, there it is"
A messy break up too...
@@TheConjurersTower at least it cleaned itself up quite well lol
I assume they don't go with sponsors that won't allow Sam to do whatever he wants these days. He did do some normal ads in the early days IIRC...but not anymore. Lmao.
@@AnxietyRatthey usually have 2 sponsors, Sam does a crazy bit and Matt does a normal read & thank you.
"You have negative nature? YOU ARE A DRUID" That feels very fitting with Fearne tho
Our Druid doesn't have druidcraft, but Fearne may beat her out for worst druid lol
I mean. Caddie was basically a druid with a god, and he had a negative nature.
People in my campaign keep giving me shit for being a ranger with negative nature lol. I keep going “iTs a sTeAlTh/suRvIvAL BUilD”
Also fitting that she can cure wounds and only did it once so far, like 11 episodes in or something.
And that with such a large party going on a stealth mission she doesn't have Pass Without Trace prepared
I love how Orym is dying from second hand embarrassment while Gus and Odges are dealing with their relationship issues.
But now rewatching it after hearing him and Chetneys talk....it's kinda sad now.
Fremdschämen
@@moraien3278 Ha! Should have known there was a german word for that. It's close to schadenfreude after all.
@@bdletoast09 It is. Your right. Fremdschämen is what Orym was feeling for Gus and Schadenfreude is what Olly, the Gnom was feeling upon Gus.
well i gotta say that that german thing of having very specific words is fun@@moraien3278
The episode where Matt goes to couples therapy with himself via 2 NPCs.
That was so funny. Nice username, btw!
Oof
With Sam Freaking Rigel as the therapist
Travis went from "no d&d romance" to elderly but even more horny Scanlan. I am here for this.
Wait, it's possible to be even hornier than Scanlan?!
@@J-manli it wasn’t until travis’s stunning innovations in elderly sexuality.
"Use your fingers. Explore."
Laura: why do you never romance in this game
Travis: hold my handcrafted chisel set
“You have a negative nature score?!? You’re our DRUID!!” 😂😂😂
Tbf if there was going to be one player to make a druid with a negative nature score, it would be Ashley
Nature is intelligence, isn't it? Don't druids stack Wisdom?
@@Nathan-oe8ut yes, but druids are all about nature so most people become proficient in nature. If she was proficent in it, even with a neg int score, it probably wouldnt me a neg roll
@@jessevancooney6963 i feel like that's such a boring choice of proficiency, similar to the overdone "flirtatious, suave bard" trope. But I get it
@@Nathan-oe8ut it may be boring, but alot of people still pick what makes most sense to their classes. Athletics is a boring choice for Barbarians but thats still the first choice for them
I like Bell's Hells but it would be so funny if they just pretended to be members of the Green Seekers for the rest of the campaign
lmaooo. yes but they just go around getting the name wrong and calling themselves the Green Sleeves for the entire campaign
Bells Hells is cool, but I just love the art possibilities for a group named Bells Hellions (plus it has that intimidation factor).
@@scabardgmvault Bell's Hells was my first suggestion, but I gotta say, I also really like "The Nobell Waymakers", because there's No-Bell and they're always Making Their Way. ^_^;
I'm hoping they start calling themselves the Green Sleeves.
@@brandonmikowski2058 Still, Vox Machina…The Mighty Nein…Green Sleeves lol
3:17:00 - I really hope, at some point, Sam's spiritual weapon manifests as a 6ft tall Pâté.
I’m kinda shocked he didn’t manifest a replica of “Dancer” since they were at a ball
@@KumaoftheForest idk, that seems like something FCG is not ready for. I mean, Dancer died tragically and afaik Letters hasn't processed it properly yet (only just finished this episode, I'm behind, but that and remembering the monster that killed their associates still seems like long term stuff). So manifesting their creator would probably hurt more than it's worth for the pun
Laudna: If i had a nickle for every time i've scared someone unconcious. I'd have two nickles. Which isn't a lot. But it's weird that it's happened twice.
Pate: Mhmmm... I concur.
This episode was so funny. ‘we haven't spoken in TWO years and you come back asking for help and you bring a THERAPIST??’ had me fucking dying
GAGAGAGAGAGA! I will now count to 3 and then I am still the unprettiest TH-camr of all time. 1...2...3. GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! Thank you for your attention, dear ai
2:06:45 with context or 2:07:10 without, for those wanting to relive that line.
@@OrangePukeko you’re a legend thankyou
I'm so grateful that the house I live in has thick walls, or I would have woken up all my neighbors laughing. That couples' therapy session was so great, contender for the Critical Role Funniest Moments Hall of Fame right there! XDDD
@@rhokesh4391 Yes me too! I’m lucky no one in my flat goes to sleep early because I was cracking up at 5am. I knew from the second matt said ‘I’d like my furniture back’ it was gonna be good
2:51:15 "you have a negative nature score?!? You're our druid!!!" I'm dying 🤣
it amuses me that nature and religion are intelligence based skills, so most clerics and druids suck at them
My druid sucks at nature. Great at survival tho
@@inaudiblebear0 religion honestly makes sense. As a cleric you only really know about your own religion, you don't study for situations where you might need a check. Nature is bullshit tho lmao
@@Walkingbro15 it's the difference between "I have no idea what that bird is" and "don't eat those berries, they'll fucking kill you!"
Sam "failure is fun" Riegel
Unrelated to anything in the episode specifically, but Marisha's character is just awesome, and her portrayal of Laudna is so fun.
came here to say this :D
Ashley as Fearne. Marisha as Laudna. I don't see how they top this. They are so damn good. It feels so RIGHT
I just don't get that take. I find her completely obnoxious. It's like she's trying way too hard to keep up with everyone else.
Laudna is my favorite pc marisha made.
@@2arobinson2 I really like Ashleys characters, I feel though as she really needs to put more effort in learning combat mechanics related to her character and just do better in that sense, tbh. It takes a lot of time for her to learn every campaign, which is not really what happens with the other characters. Killing the guard the episode before this was a misplay that couldve changed the entire campaign going forward. Luckily they managed to save the other guard.
Missing Robbie terribly. He was such a perfect addition to the cast.
They removed him from the title sequence.. Makes sense of course but still stings 😭
Agree, he meshed so well with everyone. Felt like he belonged there the whole time.
He'll be back.
He was a welcome addition in my book can't wait to see him return.
The most excellent unwilling frontman any group of ragtag dumbells could ask for
2:01:06 “don’t do that Liam!”
She legit sounded like a little kid getting mad at her brother, I love it! XD
i love the twins
Re watched that bit a couple of tinware and you can see when he decides to be mischievous
It was an absolute moment of sibling energy. I'm so glad that hasn't gone away over the years with the end of the Twins
Thank you for it... I didn't catch it for some reason...
They absolutely have sibling energy.
they will always be twins
I swear Marisha's torrents of swear words cursing her rolls is strangely wholesome and hilarious.
I love the different combinations she throws in, like "son of a cock"
Guys I just realized something… Chetney is literally the smartest person in the group… what the actual fuck
Edit: Just to make a clarification, I’m not saying that Travis isn’t smart , I just noticed that Chetney has the highest Intelligence score in the party.
Honestly, it checks out.
It’s Travis character… C2 was the same.
He did a lot of smart thinks, and more or less he was the brain.
In c1 he played a dumm character one of the reason he was more focus on doing fun dumm stuffs.
In c2-c3 he is playing characters that are useful not only in combat.
If he wants and if it in his character he will come up will nice plans
It's a thing that happens a lot, albeit sometimes in different ways, in TTRPG groups.
I'm a part of a biweekly game where the party's voice of reason isn't the camp-counselor cleric...it's my flat-10 WIS *Kenku barbarian.* And that's only because she has a habit of saying something strangely appropriate that she overheard one of her bounty-hunting mentors say.
And for context on how scary this actually is, said rage-bird has unsubtly implied that she might want to kill one of the party's spouses, albeit because said spouse is a sketchy-as-fuck mafiosa with whom said other party member has an abusive, henpecked relationship.
Also, Travis is not CEO for nothing. He supports everyone else while being a really strong player. A cool thing to notice is how Liam, Sam and Travis has stepped back in this campaign to give more space for Marisha, Taliesin, Ashley and Laura. Not that Laura needs more space, so the detail with making her a servant at party really showed how much she loves to be in front - just like Jester hated healing in the M9 😀I love their dynamic friendship and how it shows in the game. Also, Ashley is AMAZING as Fearne. The perfect chaos agent.
Tis the modifier that best befits a Blood Hunter after all...
2:13:00 Liam and Taliesen just simultaneously DYING together gives me life and waters my crops.
Me too, I really want to know what they were laughing about
@@mammers15 after Matt said there was still a bit of feelings and it's hard to fully get over somebody that burns you, BOTH grunted together and caught each other on it. Which I assume, the grunt was probably them trying to push back some memories 😂
That was just beautiful to watch how mirrored the two were for a solid half a minute, all beginning with a double geralt of rivia impression
@@BartixShieldsmen "Geralt of Rivia impression" omg 😂😂
2:57:50 We had a brief visit from some of The Mighty Nein.
Laura (Jester Voice): Meester, Meester is out.
Taliesin (Caduceus voice): Mister is indeed out.
Liam sitting next to Laura is one of the unspoken great things to happen in this campaign
Yeah, I hated the twinsies being separated in C2. So good to have them back.
Makes my heart hurt for vex and vax ❤️
He was probably tired of getting pummeled by Marisha.
You know for a group that does a lot of heist / investigation jobs these characters stick out as much as Mollymauk Tealeaf.
The perfect cover no one would suspect the rainbow troop to look for dark secrets
@@wondywon5463 except the opposite happened 🤣
VM: normal people
M9: colorful with a couple less commonly seen races
BH: A werewolf, a rock person with their brain exposed, a robot, a fey creature, a corpse, and then three relatively normal people
Matt's NPC game is literally on another level in campaign 3, how are all these different characters so charming/funny/creepy or entertaining in general. And we're only 15 episodes in.
The group is finally giving him room to breath again like in C1, in C2 the PC's were too douchy to talk to people as people lol. Either they were interrogating them, or it was purely a Nott & Jester Comedy Skit.
@@mayaenglish5424 Even this campaign they're ignoring Matt's obvious clues to joke around and be silly. Progress is sloooooooooooooow. They could have had a whole mission looking into Dorion's brother and who he's associated with but they just mucked around until Robbie had to leave lol.
@@MrBottlecapBill eeeh, that part's ok for me, CR has always been a slow burn. And to be fair not all of Matt's clues are obvious (Though some are a little painful when they miss them yeah lol). But I'm mostly just glad they're talking to NPC's like real people again rather than using them as comedy fodder. I wouldn't want them to get TOO serious though! And in fairness Matt did throw like 15 plotlines at them in fairly rapid sucession lol, if I was knee deep in it I'd be a little confused too until I went home and got out my conspiracy board and red string.
@@mayaenglish5424 That's actually Matthew's biggest weakness as a DM, though ironically it's also a Strength in a weird way. While it's neat his able to give his players so much to work with, I think he might need to learn to dial it down just a little bit. There is such a thing as bombarding your players with too much, after all.
@@irysgundam0052 I mean, I love it, honestly that's a big reason WHY I love Critical Role is BECAUSE it's so complicated. Very few pieces of media challenge my brain like Matt's scheming mind does. Most shows I can guess the plot within 5 minutes honestly, and if I don't, music cues and lingering camera angles will do the work for me, whether I want them to or not. Usually only Novels give me that level of intellectual satisfaction.
I don't think they're supposed to necessarily untangle it all at once (Though if they do, all the power to them). They clearly love it, particularly Marisha with her obsessive note taking and grand conspiracy board lol. And Laura practically hurls herself out of her chair when she figures something particularly clever out. He's doing his best to create an actual world with multiple complicated semi overlapping systems and fuck me if he's not pulling it off lol.
🤣
1:15:32 “I always prefer working with people who are in it for the money. Then you know what they want. The ‘right thing’ can do - can mean - fucking anything. Tell me I’m wrong.”
That is… SUCH a great quote, and I was floored when Taliesin just said it off the top of his head. Probably my favorite line spoken in the campaign so far.
I'm not sure how or why Taliesin keeps surprising me with his lines. I should be used to it. But holy fuck
Taliesin is just SO damned good at coming up with lines like that. (It's why I'm actually hoping that in S2 of LVM, he takes a crack at writing an episode the way that Sam and Travis have... I think it'd be poetry in motion.)
Also, I love that he repeated it a moment later. making it SOUND like BS while telling the truth.
meh. I still prefer his quote "life needs things to live."
Taliesin Jaffe rolled a nat 20 on wisdom when he was born.
"Good cop dead cop" is amazing
The fact that I just watched an entire couple’s therapy session between two characters I’ve just met and was completely engrossed throughout is a testament to how GOOD Matt (and the cast) is at role playing. I didn’t even think about Matt arguing with himself until Liam pointed it out.
I think the only thing I didn't like about that interaction was how everyone ganged up against Gus. Guy didn't want a long distance relationship so he broke it off before things got more serious. Then everyone sides with the smarmy A-hole who wants nothing more than to emotionally (and physically) hurt his ex?
Other than the context, the entire interaction was gold. Sam offered some great in-character advice on discussing issues with your partner. Chet coming in to score the deal. Imogen reading the situation and getting a feel for the... feels. Great job from everybody.
@@JordanGold5227 I think you make a good point. But I think the reason it was more unbalanced is because they were trying to get the npc (sorry I can’t remember their name) to help them, so it seemed to make sense to take their side. I don’t think anyone in the party felt like Gus was all in the wrong.
@@JordanGold5227 to Gus' credit, apart from wanting to walk away initially, he just took it and didn't cause any escalation. leagues ahead of people with sore breakups that couldn't stop themselves from talking / throwing shit at their ex.
Yeah, I'm so used to seeing Matt as different npcs (or rather _not_ seeing Matt, and only seeing the npc) that I have a bit of an "oh, right" moment, anytime he breaks character or someone points something meta out, like for example the fact that Matt was roleplaying couple's therapy with himself just then. And then I remember I'm looking at an actor and go: holy shit, how is he that good?
At 42min, "He's a flat Exandria-r." Hands down my favourite line in an episode with so much good stuff in.
I genuinely loved the home-game chaos of “shit where are the minis, Aw crap now I need to pee”
“Ya know what they say, a bird on a wire, a rat in a pocket” is going to be a common phrase in my vernacular after this
i love how taliesin and sam both wrote it down in their notes right after it was said lmao
was it nonsense made up or some reference?
@@hawkthetraveler6344 I think it was just playing around with the mess of the phrases, "Bird in the hand, two in the bush" and "lady in the streets, freak in the streets" that Marisha made for Pate to say.
@@wyrmfyregaming767 They know gold when they hear it
I almost died laughing at this 😂 he said it so seriously too
"you're pretty terrifying" - liam, "thank you" - smol marisha voice AW I LOVE HER 3:25:17
Taliesin: I do not like to rage, I do not want to rage, I fucking rage
Me: heh cool
Also me: ooh, write that down! Write that down! Possible character lore disguised in a quip!
Dont make me rage, you wouldnt like me if I rage?
This was the idea behind my very first PC. A barbarian who hates raging. As I worked on the idea, it became a barbarian who made a deal with a demon for the strength to save his mother from his abusive father. He then was gifted his rage but was cursed to wear a mask magically crafted from his father's skull, which is sculpted in the father's facial features, and when the mask comes off, the rage begins. When the rage ends the mask reattaches itself immediately.
@@BackgroundJoshuaI wonder how a warlock/barb multi class would work on the battlefield. RP seems super fun and very engaging.
Travis is now my favorite in the game. "EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!" I can't not crack up at his awareness of funny shit on the internet.
Lol
Timestamp please
@@monicatruong1223 3:02:40
Made me so happy, my man’s in touch with the high quality memes
Yes Steven He made it into CR
I love how this entire campaign is Travis trolling Laura. Probably as revenge for the romance stuff from campaign 2. :D
i love the party's tactic of scattering the second combat starts. no more warlock pocket, every man woman robot and walking corpse for themselves.
AoE is really powerful on clusters, last campaign they had a lot of defensive AoE abilities to justify clustering, this season they don't really have those abilities and all their enemies use AoE. (Either in their attacks or the shade creepers exploding on death) It makes sense when that they are scattering this campaign.
@@jasonreed7522 but theres a difference between spacing and running off to the other end of the battlefield.
That went from crime noir to reality tv real quick.
and then went from reality TV to Eldritch horror
@@wildestnothing927 So... just more reality tv?
@@lucasm.3864 You. You're funny. I like you.
@@wildestnothing927
Have a nightmare;
Normal person: Fuck that!
Matt: Oooh, a new encounter!
I love Liam doing Caleb’s accent while Matt is saying firebolt. It makes my heart happy
I'm glad Travis gets to play a crotchety old man and say whatever he wants and farts with a blank face. I'm here for it
The Greenseeker conversation had me dying,
“HONORARY MEMBERS” “PATCHES” 👌🏻😂
I'm waiting for the t-shirt to appear in the CR shop.
"Ali back me up!"
It was when ladna asked if they had a sticker sheet that got me
@@davidjules6094 Or actual patches!
@@davidjules6094 I want one that says 'You have a negative nature skill? You're a DRUID!"
"You have no spell slots; I filled them!" I swear to god, they really are siblings from another mother 😂
That was such sibling energy I rewatched that one minute over and over again. I loved it.
Absolute sibling energy, I love them together
Time stamp?
@@joviteh6355 2:01:02
It’s the mischievous nose touch from Liam that gets me every time. Just know he is winding himself up for something.
I think this is the First Time across all 3 campaigns that they’ve allowed some amount of trust towards some Authority Figures.
Really hoping it doesn’t come back to bite them, I’m loving the gritty NY PI vibe from the green sleeves. I mean, wardens.
Sometimes it doesn't feel right how skeptical they are of absolutely everyone in the world. I appreciate the camaraderie.
Too trusting. They are headed to Hartmoor to do a burglary and Orym just tells the cops where they are going? Not a wise move.
i didnt finish campaign 1 but wasnt there quite a few figures they trusted there namely kima and allura
@@donb7519 they didn’t show trust in them because of their authority though, they trusted Allura because they were friends. And they straight up didn’t trust Kima for a while because of how Authority-y they were acting at first.
as chaotic as Jester was with Sending, Sam is with his spiritual weapon. Matt can't predict him
When this aired, I had just got home and turned the stream on, asking myself "How is the gang doing?" and was met with Sam shoving the brush in his mouth. Just thought, "thats about right"
It's like that meme where the guy walks in with the pizza and the room is on fire but instead of shock he's just like 'Oh good I didn't miss anything'.
@@TheConjurersTower My speakers were turned up, then it went from a black screen to just Sam DTing the brush.
"No, I always prefer working with people who were in it for the money. Then you know what they want. The right thing can mean fucking anything. Tell me I'm Wrong" -- Ashton 1:15:30 my favorite quote ever
Those are words of wisdom that should be carved in the side of a mountain. Whether your money-motivations is greed or simply taking care of yourself, money is one of the few true-neutral motivators.
As Master Kim would say: Read-a-more-book!
Big Captain Jack Sparrow vibes - 'A dishonest person you can always trust to be dishonest. it's the honest ones you have to watch out for. You never know when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid.'
Seems like a lot of faith to put in somebody who's going to stab you in the back the moment someone offers them coin for it.
The creationist scene and Matt pointing out that the world was literally created by the Prime Deities had me grinning.
Also, I too am completely invested in Odges' and Gus' relationship lol.
matt: "gods are ACTIVELY, and PHYSICALLY involved in this world - theres a pantheon of them, please respect my lore" lololol
I’m invested in the drama but not in them actually getting back together. Personally not a fan of Odges, he seems kinda a dick tbh.
@@nicholas6836 I think he is just bitter and mad about how things ended. I am hoping they work it out (but I am also a sap lol).
@@jesterssketchbook lol exactly XD
Seems like they're probably better apart to me, but FCG did help pave the way for reconciliation. That doesn't necessarily mean they need to get back together, just getting closure.
hear me out - Lord E is actually the second owlbear man after being saved by the first, he swear its a myth to keep his own and his mentors cover.
Kinda like the Exndria version of dread pirate roberts?
@@secretsalute Or Batman and Batman Beyond, given that the Darington Brigade was roughly 40 years before Campaign 3
@@RvEijndhoven Liam DID say he was like old Batman in Batman Beyond during the carriage home last episode
@@RvEijndhoven This is only 10 years past Mighty Nein right? So it's only 20 years since the Darrington Brigade one shot
I love how long Marisha laughed at the "rat in the pocket" line from Liam. She fully giggled to herself for so long
In tonight's episode of Critical role, the spirit of Jester Lavorre temporarily possesses the entire cast!
extreme canon!
Promising
Right??? This party had such jester lavorre energy this episode
Just started the episode and this makes me so excited.
(...you pooping?)
I like how after mat said "...it's hard to necessarily fully get over somebody that has burned you." 2:12:50 Talesin grunted in agreement and Liam copied him in agreement. It was both cute and hilarious.
4:12:10 Laura: "C'mon CLERIC! Heal the party, CLERIC!!"
Sam: "Ok." _(heals party to full with 1 spell)_
Laura: shocked pikachu face
TBF, wasn't cleric spell until Tasha's, or Twilight Domain Cleric. And Jester got built over a year before Tasha's got published.
(Now slap in Goodberry...)
Besides it’s a domain spell anyways, empathy domain is a home brew subclass
"Conga-line of stealth" just might be one of my new favorite expressions
You can practically hear the Pink Panther theme as they start inching down the tunnel...
This is the only channel, TH-cam, Twitch, or otherwise, where I don't skip the sponsors.
Ya. very few people do anything to make their ad reads interesting. Critical Role and Terrible Writing Advice are two that I will watch the ad.
Crit Role and Harry Mack are the only ones
@@Viccerz Baumgartner Restoration does really slick sponsor segments too
Jay Foreman puts almost more effort into his sponsors than most people put into their main video
@@Viccerz Practical Engineering's Grady is more earnest than Sam, but I love how his Hello Fresh ads are showing him actually cooking with his spouse and child. And the extended Magic: the Gathering card previews that Loading Ready Run does are so funny that even non-Magic players can enjoy them.
Gus: *throws fireball and causes a loud, echoing explosion, rocking the entire cave*
Me through potato chips chewing noises: Now all of China knows you're here.
Omfg 😂😂
"you do not see roof snipers with heavy crossbows"
I immediately start thinking there's going to be one
C1, later episodes, Imaan..
Yet
The Tal'dorei Council was revealed so Matt had to quickly make another.
Are you referring to the Mahan houses?
@@mooshy2 No, the Chandei Quorum
4:14:32 if anyone is curious, FCG healed a total of 71 HP + however much they healed themself at the end (Sam didn't say). Which is fucking insane and awesome
holy shit I gotta start playing paladins
Fearne slapping Gus after that interaction was pure comedic gold! Ashley has some of the best characters.
Finally, Ashton can flip people off with absolutely minimal effort. Maybe he should attach that to his Hammer, somewhere.
I just want to know where you can even GET a thing like that 😂
He can have it engraved/fused to the hammer.
@@rhokesh4391 You can usually get things like that as drawing aids. Hands are hard.
He could replace the end of the hammer's shaft (hehe) with a hand giving the finger. Or maybe engrave it on the glass!
@@rhokesh4391 Art supply store, you can usually find posable models as reference tools.
I really hope the Bird/Rat idioms become a through-line for the whole campaign
Gus going “what’s a jelly person” has the same energy as Kiri going “where do babies come from”
If a black bird could blush
Who is Kiri?
@@theonionqueen3519 An NPC from Campaign 2, a young Kenku the party adopted for a short while.
@@theonionqueen3519 campaign 2
Travis clapping and yelling "its Christmas!" after being told to roll initiative @ 2:56:22 is like the unbridled joy of a child. Makes me so happy :)
Travis is OK with the role playing but he is here for the combat
4:13:00 “do something cleric, heal the party cleric!”
Sam proceeds to outdo Jesters heals in one strat.
Exposing myself, didn’t realize FCG was oh so unique in having varying spell casting abilities. Stand by jester being a better caster than healer but oh they’re both just so cute and kind
4:23:52
That description of Lady Emoth is simultaneously the most disgusting thing and the coolest, most unique monster design I've heard of. Feels like something from Resident Evil or Dead Space
Definitely a bloodborne boss
The shade mother is Aldrich from DS3 with a bit of Rosaria
1:59:59: Travis: "Never trust a chair."
Giving me M9 flashbacks. The truth is out chair!
The scene with Matt having to play out the therapy session was soooo entertaining. Literally role playing to and from himself. My mind was blown
I keep saying, Sam is missing out on an opportunity to use "Shiver and Quip".
"Sweaty Dwarf that is writing a horrible adventure book"
.....Why did Matt put Teenage Me in his game?!
I love 2:47:00 where Laudna just yells "Wh- ASHTON." It's so good
MATTHEW that was INCREDIBLE!!! I couldn’t have had more fun watching the exchange between Ogdes and Gus, and FCG setting up the therapy session was just 👌 chefs kiss. Been feelin some of that with my own recent breakup.
4:14:36
And just like that, FCG does more healing in 1 minutes than Jester did in all of campaign 2.
Well when he gets to cast a spell that paladins don’t get to cast until level 9, thats what happens. Not to mention it’s 3rd level and he does not have 3rd level spell slots at level 4… so don’t hate on Jester. She used the tools she had when she needed to.
@@nervecentral its just an exaggerated oberservation. Some would even call it a joke. And even if it what the dude said was true it doesn't look good when a level 5 cleric does more in a minute with a level 3 spell than a cleric that was played long enough to reach 15 who has access to level 8 spells regardless of what spell list they come from lol.
@@nervecentral They're level 5 already, so they do have 3rd levels.
@@stuffbuyer You've passed the vibe check 😂
Well, that’s because clerics don’t have to just be a healer. There were two clerics in that party, it gave room for them to do other cool stuff! I do get the joke in original comment and thought it was funny, this is more for people who are so caught up in the fact that Jester didn’t heal a lot.
Matt: yea, it's typically a paladin spell
Me: WAIT WHAT?! *runs to my character sheet to check spells*
which spell was this about?
@@God-qi1fr I forgot lol.
@@NatFloofer I found it its aura of vitality
@@God-qi1fr ohhh, right and I do have it (after checking again)!
I gave that spell to my grave cleric loxodon
I imagine ashtons time rage, looks like what you see when a light is flashing in a dark room, or kind of stuttering like stop motion animation.
Ooh that's scary. I like it.
LIKE EVOLUTIOK BY OEARLM JAM THEBHOT DEATH LAFY
@@connorexe7326 had a stronk writing this comment
Ooooo like an old school Holhousen film (wrath of the titans and Jason and the argonauts)
Wake up critters, new Marisha perch dropped 4:06:19
Taliesin notices it first, does the patented Quadruple Take, and decides not to riff on it. Funnily enough, neither Sam nor Travis seem to notice it, and it's up to Laura to bring up the topic.
I swear I was waiting for her to either faceplant into the table or to accidentally grab hold of the mic system and rip it down if she lost her balance.
3:01:38
Sam: (Pokes Marisha) "Boop"
Marisha: "Did you just boop me?"
Sam: (Pokes Marisha again) "Boop"
In case anyone missed this. I just thought it was cute. 😊
I saw the title and heard the gentle tinkle of a Laura Bailey giggle.
Anybody else highly excited about if, when and how F.C.G.s eerie background story will come up and clear?
He’s deafly going to become a bad guy
He killed all his old crew
It could also be a time-skip scenario where F.C.G. is absolutely ancient.
@@The_Shadow_Wizard maybe from aeor? or maybe that same time period
Henry crabgrass, given form...I mean, c'mon it HAS to be
@@realJohnolee I don't think he'll become a bad guy, but I have felt like he killed his old crew since it was first brought up. Maybe a malfunction of some kind that they can go on an adventure to fix? I'm probably wrong but it's a fun theory.
Campaign 1 theme: dragons and undead.
Campaign 2 theme: aberrations and demons
Campaign 3 theme: GOO.
Goo and furniture
Campaign themes / arch nemeses
Campaign 1: Doors
Campaign 2: Chair
Campaign 3: All inanimate furniture
Fear the Goo!!!!
Campaign 1 bbeg: doors
Campaign 2 bbeg: that damn chair
Campaign 3 bbeg: the animate objects spell...
I think they might mix fey and other creatures but side note that's so true lmao : also i think their going down aberrations again
& the NPC HALL OF FAME gains 2 new members. Congrats Green Seekers.
*green sleeves
3 dont leave out the misses
Liam and Taliesin at 2:12:54 bring me so much joy
Tal completely losing it lmao
I love watching these two together. I so hope we get a LOT more of this over C3. :D
A wild Dael appeared!
They always bring me joy together. I’m so glad they’re sitting next to each other this campaign.
Same, I rewatched the laughter over and over, it just makes me happy, and laugh as well 😅
"And those kids you made honorary members."
The Exandrian equivalent of Mystery Inc.?
I so love how Ashley even makes me see Fearne in her hairstyle. It's as if she feels more like Fearne when she is doing her hair like this. I thought that often during this campaign. Pike-Ashley wasn't like this, Yasha-Ashley wasn't like this. Only Fearne-Ashley is like this. Lovely.
I think Ashley and Marisha are really good when they are acting like their characters this campaign :)
@@KameMameHa yes they both tend to wear outfits and hair that fit the vibe often, sometimes makeup and clothes, but always their demeanour tends to stay and it’s so amazing seeing how good they are at emulating their different PCs
I've really enjoyed seeing her be able to dive into the character without having to be split between the show and working off site. She's great!
I got the same feeling about Taliesin with Caduceus last campaign. He got the purple mohawk roughly around the same time Cad got introduced, and kept his hair like that ever since.
To be fair, don't forget that blonde-silver wig that Ashley once wore when half cosplaying as Pike 😂😂