The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade...but it's just The Owlbear
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- he's the hero we need and deserve
all clips are from Critical Role's "The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade"
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"Justice is my religion."
4:47
That delivery!
First time I saw that, I died. It’s just a perfect line.
@@alphabetsoup6837 Totally on brand!
Care to hear about terezi pyrope
He combines all the brute strength of an owl with the stealthy cunning of a bear.
"Owlbearman isn't real" - Lord Eshteross, 842-ish P.D.
843 PD, based on the critrole wiki timeline. Campaign 2 ended in 836, and the Darrington Brigade one shot occured in 826. Which means that in only 17 years stories of The Owlbear have traveled from the southern corner of the Dwendallian Empire in Wildmount to other continents and people such as both Ashton Greymore and Lord Eshteross have heard them.
@@jlokison I mean, you got love this. Even when is for fuckery, Matt's world is rich as always.
@@birdflip2906 if you have a copy of of Tal'dorei Reborn on page 265 is a portrait of the De Rolo family as of 832 PD. If the Bells Hells travel to Whitestone the youngest children in that picture would be in their late teens and adventure ready. Something to think about, especially with Lady Delilah Briarwoods involvement and manipulation within the Hells.
@@jlokison this campaign 3 has the potential to be both a nostalgic masterpiece and the most well planned history yet, the thies and backstory they have can come to breath taking moments (already had, by the way). I'm so excited, more so with this late calamity mini series. It's a beautiful time to be alive in the rpg industry.
R.I.P.
The only party that would make Tary the most normal member
Nope, the most normal one was Laura Freaking Bailey
AGDHSQVSJ THAT'S,,YEAH
@@LoryK98 Liam, Travis, Marisha and Taliesin all fully thought they were going to be the 'weird one' this time around. Instead we have a party of insane people. Love it
@@blueskybelyr what I would give for this to just continue as campaign 3.
For some reason, the delayed reaction to
_"I H I D E"_
is the funniest goddamn thing.
"I don't remember buying this shag carpet!" xD
Owlbear leaps, right on top of Quackthulu "Danger right behind you"
I love that taliesin had the thought to make a character who is the human embodiment of a shitpost lmao. I love this man more and more every day.
A shitpost?
Adras Adraki, posts that are “utterly worthless and inane”. Or a very stupid and ridiculous kind of meme.
lmao I love the voice Tal chose to use for this character too. It was so dramatic. It was amazing lol
He's a Batman parody in the best of ways
@@aisarikka big facts. I don’t think I’ve loved a Batman parody this much since Baman & Piderman.
“I have the keen owl sight of a bear”
Think about it
Think about it
Think about it
Think about it
No, but honesty
Think about it
He's not the hero we need, and certainly not the hero we deserve...but he's the hero we want to see, uh, hide. More. The hero we want to look for.
That's something to look forward too
Can someone roll a good perception check, please?
@@mistamemewide it's ok, I'm sure Talisen will roll a 1 on stealth again.
To quote Cyanide and Happiness, "he's the hero our city... has."
We need a one-shot where the Owlbear goes up against his version of the Legion of Doom.
Owlbear and a bunch of sidekicks
the jester, Poison Blight, Oozeface, mr. ray of frost and the puzzler
I'm calling the LoD equivalent the Sphere of Annihilation.
The Crimson Weasel
Talliesen needs to dm a game, make the others thiefs or something and as they are about to steal stuff or something he brings out the owlbear.
“I’m a people of Wildemount.”
That’s my favorite line.
lol he himself is an entire people.
@@elusivegamergirl noooo hes D&D Batman lol
@@Reblwitoutacause indeed
"It should have been a goose."
*quietly* "they have less to live for"
"Tonight we feast on Evil most FOWL!!!" - best line ever
“Evil, like the stone, has passed.”
That shit caught me off guard
@@kuroneko1813 I spat my water out on that one
It would be amazing if @criticalrole gave us a Darrington Brigade film. Humanity needs an official animated version of our boy Owlbear ASAP!
God, I forgot how on point Taliesin was that ENTIRE night with the thematic humor and one-liners. XD
pyrosianheir He had a list of punny lines that he prepared for himself ahead of time. Seriously smart move.
His best line was OOC: when he admits that as the night goes on, he'll probably become more like Lego Batman.
It would be amazing if @criticalrole gave us a Darrington Brigade film. Humanity needs an official animated version of our boy Owlbear ASAP!
The audience as the best Court of Owls...
"WHOO!! WHOO!! WHOO!! WHOO!! WHOO!! WHOO!! WHOO!! WHOO!!"
Which of them would be Talons?
@@GZilla311 ALL OF THEM.
@@GZilla311 *You'll never know*
Audience became twitch chat
@@oscarpines7927 Crap, you have a point.
I desperately want Will Friedle to join Campaign 3 as an Artificer Armoror who is the new Owlbear. The Owlbear Beyond.
Yes.
...YES YES YES YES GET HIM IN ON THIS.
Tary McGinnis XD
*yes*
When I tell you I shrieked...
Talieson is usually taking a backseat to everyone else because cad doesn't have a very dominant personality, but him playing owlbear just proves how hilarious he can be
Makes me wonder what a whole campaign of Mollymauk would have been like.
@@erinsilver3920 maybe he would have actually figured out the accent by the end, lol
Well Percy and Molly didn't take back seats. This felt like closer to those two.
@@Badusername2000 He had just gotten the accent down apparently, and then Molly died
It would be amazing if @criticalrole gave us a Darrington Brigade film. Humanity needs an official animated version of our boy Owlbear ASAP!
Travis sits straight up and takes notice when someone says "I would like to rage".
I know. It's always precious.😂
right? His reactions are priceless.
He has a real love of barbarians, probably because of Grog, but he always hypes it up, hopefully we'll get another vox machina vs the mighty nein soon and get the Grog vs Yasha fight we've all been waiting for
@@jackcrook6330 and set the levels to 20 for both to get a full on brawl
@@alphabetsoup6837 That would likely end with keyleth vs. Yasha since both are basically unk8llable by normal means. Yasha literally can't die through damage, only insta kull stuff or th8ngs like disintegrate, and keyleth basically has an infinite amount of health, because she can A. Heal herself, and B. Just keep turning into an earth elemental or something to get back to over 100 hp. But because keyleth has spells, she's probably more likely to win. Seriously, how are you supposed to defeat a level 20 moon druid?
I just had a mental image of the Mighty Nein meeting the Owlbear, and by that point in the timeline he's gone full "crazy old man" Frank Miller Batman.
Oh my gosh, I would love to see that!
Yes and
Complete with an Owlbear mech suit made by Tary
@@khango6138 Either that, or he went crazy and recycled doty
@@privpi nooooooooooooo
I love how Travis, (Being the resident Barbarian expert) tried to correct Taliesin about what was halved, however he was shocked to learn that the fire damaged was still halved for him. Best thing for me personally.
Bearbearian for the win.
@@jonsimpson6240 rogue-bearbarian
@@HallowedKeeper_ hell yeah.
@@HallowedKeeper_ I tried to be a rogue barbarian but my dm would not allow it
This is why Totem Warrior is the best.
I still love laura's reaction to hearing that the meteor hit a duck pond at 9:01 of immediately bursting into laughter, realizing that she probably shouldnt be laughing about it, and covering her mouth lmao
I like to think her character is hiding a split personality. Hope for episode 2!
"It should've been a goose."
I honestly laughed too
The funniest part is everyone else looking extremely surprised at that sudden outburst. Including the audience.
I don't know what they're doing for Campaign 3 but if all else fails, this group of eccentric characters are legendary.
If Campaign three is just like 20 episodes of the adventure of the darrington brigade I would be okay with that
pretty sure marisha implied that her character from this was her backup for beau
These very much seem like one shot characters. They're amazing, and I'd love to see more of them, but they'd wear very thin very quickly for an entire campaign.
@@catarinabarbosa2247 Trying and failing to imagine Caleb interacting with Hazel
@@blueskybelyr honestly? yeah, i think it would be super funny
she would probably fit right in with the chaos crew
i need more Owlbear in my life, the was the best one shot
Owlbear is literally a combination of Batman and Drax the Destroyer.
Don’t forget the 1990’s Wolverine.
Oh my god yes
@Daniel Ashar bin Mohd Fraziali * He has the keen owl eyes of a bear.
@@privpi Owl sight of a bear
*LEGO Batman
Fun Fact: Owls are dumb as sand. No joke, I learned this from a woman who works with raptors/predatory birds. She told the audience that owls have an amazing sensory package but virtually zero smarts.
But combine with the bear...
Not really. They are among the less intelligent birds, but that still makes them superior to many species.
They are in DnD, too. An owl is high in wisdom, but low in intelligence
That's what the bear part compensates for.
That explains owl from winnie the pooh
19:09 Ok, this one has to be the best pun solely on the basis of how unexpected yet totally appropriate it is.
For those not in the know- Duck Tales lyrics. DUCK Tales.
Woo-oh
Also if no one knows, Sam is one of the remakes writers
@@BorreloadMJ He does some voices on it. So does Laura.
@@BorreloadMJ He's actually the voice director.
@@EightThreeEight he's also the duck wrangler
Tal as Percy: rolling Nat 20s left and right, dealing incredible amounts of damage and being an overall badass.
Tal as Owlbear:... Natural 1 😎
DM: don't make Batman as your OC.
Tal: ok!.... UNLESS...
16:54
Something tells me Owlbear doesn't have a super rich alter ego like some caped crusaders
He’s just like any citizen of Wildemount
@@kuroneko1813 of the Dwendallian Empire
the Owlbear was the most memorable character in this whole show. second place goes to Macaroni Samsonite
Second place is tied with buddy
@@OneColeGuy lol
Buddy was more memorable than mac. all mac has is a funny voice.
@@companyoflosers don't forget Mac's maniacal tendencies lol
Buddy and Mac are more or less a single unit hahaha
"I hide." and "I am somehow making more noise than a one-man band. Shit." are my faves🤣
Lyrics:
You may have heard of my exploits,
they’re whispered... whispered in places where evil gather.
Where monsters and demons try and thwart mankind.....
Criminals and monsters... they’re superstitious... timid...
and...
Two of the worlds greatest predators:
The owl
And the bear
While frightening, strike nowhere near as much terror
As that alliance between them.
I am known as....
THE OWLBEAR.
YES
I think he actually says 'unliance'
Maybe
fun fact: Geese have less to live for than Ducks.
I agree. Geese are Chaotic Evil.
owlbear 100% feels like a character from "the tick" cartoon, i love it.
Spooon!
Or Lego Batman
Or Venture Bros
I fucking needed this in my life!
“I hide”
“Stealth 31”
I was waiting for “someone trips on the Owlbear rug that appeared in the middle of the room”
It would be amazing if @criticalrole gave us a Darrington Brigade film. Humanity needs an official animated version of our boy Owlbear ASAP!
I love how excited Travis gets when he finds out his friends are playing a barbarian.
Aside from the on point humor the rogue barbarian combo is actually really smart
Level 18 rogue level 2 barbarian is the most broken character combo in the entire game.
@@FrostyTheSnowPickle Not sure about that. I don’t think you can say any martial character is the most broken in the game, because magic is utterly ridiculous in 5e. The Sorlock is a pretty potent and powerful combo, constantly throwing around high level smites. Throw in one level of Hexblade so all you need is Charisma
@@yooooo8600 Level 2 barbarian gets Reckless Attack, which gives advantage on your attacks but makes attacks against you have advantage. Level 18 rogue has a feature that makes no attacks against you have advantage. Rogues get sneak attack on attacks with advantage. Plus you get all the broken features of rogue and you get the barbarian’s rage.
@@FrostyTheSnowPickle And a Hexadin can do 200+ damage in a single hit
@@FrostyTheSnowPickle too bad The Owlbear has 5 levels in Totem of the Bear and 5 in Rogue, not sure the subclass used.
....but it's just The Best Part. Seriously I could get a spinoff of The Owlbear
We need a vigilante setting solely for the Owlbears exploits
I want Reani to guest star. Seriously she could be the Jubilee to Owlman’s Wolverine. (1990’s cartoon version)
Maybe once they’ve finished with the Legend of Vox Machina series, they can make the Legend of the Owlbear.
The Owlbear is one of the reasons the Gentleman decided to retire from running the Myriad.
I’d love the justice league campaign where everyone is a spoof justice league characters
I'd love to see a serious take on The Owlbear in a "regular"cmpaign
He needs to be in s3. Even just as some local legend or myth. And he's gotta be some elusive level 20 character in the vigilante underworld
It’s revealed he’s hidden somewhere in EVERY episode
You crazy bastard, you called it.
Thine wish hath been granted
@@arikapiera no way, really?? I'm a bit behind...
@@JacobGrim look forward to it then!
I forgot how much of the Comic Relief Tal was in this.
considering how sam and taliesin's positions are usually reversed, that fact makes for a fucking amazing one-shot
Owlbear just growling in his unconsciousness is the best. It’s like DMX but asleep.
I love how "I would like to rage" is a trigger for Travis' attention.
the owlbear is probably the most ridiculous character i've ever seen, made me love taliesin even more
I love how quickly the audience got into the character and started “whoing” every time Owlbear attacked
Love how Liam and Travis are having more fun watching and listening to Taliesin than they are playing the game.
never thought that taliesin would be the guy who brings the comedy but he really nails it.
The fact that he has high stealth checks when useless and Nat 1s when somewhat usable is just so in character
The Owlbear is even better than Lego Batman :)
This whole one shot was brilliant
This was just the whole group being the delightful nerds they are.
The Owlbear is the best PC in CR history. You can't change my mind.
Why would we want to? That's correct
I totally agree
Owlbear is one of the characters that don't speak very often. But when they do everything they say is pure gold
“Tonight we feast on evil most fowl!”
6:49
"Where are you?"
**camera pans a foot to one side**
"I'm right behind you."
"Oh shit!!"
If there was a Netflix adaptation I need Jason Stathom playing The Owlbear, hes perfect
Johnny Knoxville could do it
But what about Tal himself?
18:10 Laura getting the audience to hoot is the best
I hate to say it but out of Talesan's 4 characters owlbear is my favorite
Ooooo, I love Percy though.....
4? I think you forgot about Arthur Fizzlebottom from "The Night Before Critmas" one shot they did one year. Owlbear is still amazing as a character.
I really love Mallory from the Elder Scrolls “One Shot”
@jfoley715 never trust anyone who orders the pork this early
I swear Taliesin's goal in life is to make us laugh and say, "fuckin' Taliesin."
"THAT FEELING, RIGHT THERE!!!" 😂😂😂
The best part of that for me was Lionel not knowing what he's talking about, THEN seeing the duck pond.
Travis’ joy at Taliesin saying he’d like to rage was priceless!
Also, I love the one liners/puns! Just... *chef’s kiss*
Taliesin plays broody characters with vague one liners so well.
My favorite part is how Taliesen “yes and”s everything almost instantly. Totally into the character, no ego getting in the way of leaning heavily into the joke.
I need a spin off where Reani is essentially the Jubilee to Owlbear’s Wolverine, and Lionel/Duck Boy is the Alfred/Robin of other episodes.
I want so much more of Owlbear
How has anyone not made an animated version of these owlbear moments!? XD
If you told me Talisien created this character just to make Travis laugh I would fully believe it lol.
I love the reference to tge owlbear in the latest C3 session. The owlbear has a reputation
17 years later, a completely different continent, and people like Ashton and Eshteross both have heard stories of The Owlbear. Makes me also wonder if Beauregard has actually met him in the 7 years since the end of campaign 2 while she actively deals with corruption across the Dwendallian Empire.
lol I love that Scanlan has "I use counterspell", and Owlbear had "I hide." They're both so perfect.
the entire audience whooting is the funniest shit to me, omg
whooting starts at 18:07
Yeah, usually audience interjections are deeply irritating, but this was just the right amount of insane and perfect to make it work beautifully.
You can really see Tal’s love of campy comic book characters with the Owlbear
1:30 the return of proud barbarian dad travis xp
Anyone else noticed Owlbear copied Dottie, When Tarry said thank you he simply replied "Tarry"
when Taliesin commits to being a chaos gremlin, he REALLY commits
during that one-shot, taliesin woke up and chose...Justice.
Laura loudly laughing at the duck pond before noticing she's the only one and then stopping herself.
I want a Darrington Brigade campaign!
I seriously hope we'll get more of them. Not just The Owlbear, all of the characters they crafted for this one shot were super lovable and memorable. There is so much to be explored with them too! I want to know more about Damian's family, about Macaroni's god, and how he and Buddy met...
I want Owlbear to form a justice League, where everyone makes absurd characters. It will be the Tick in D&D.
Travis’ face when he rages 😅
I have the keen owl sight of a bear
I need a one-shot run by the Owlbear.
Are we not gonna talk about how the owlbear could just give himself sneak attack at will?!
Reckless sneak attack is a crazy combo but you’re giving all of your enemies advantage against your Rogue hit die, not the same as Barbarian hit die.
Jordan Stolp True, but if you mainly focus on long range by using a cross bow or gun (depending on the campaign setting) you could help to mitigate the enemies dealing a shit load of damage to you
JCProfit unfortunately that’s not how that works. You can only Reckless attack if you’re using your strength stat with a melee weapon. If you want to use ranged weapons then your Barbarian levels aren’t doing much for you because you need 13 strength to multi class into or out of it. Also he does need to be using a finesse melee weapon so no great weapon master or polearm master unfortunately.
@@sadeknight9112 ah, damn. But you could still use reckless attack for a ranged weapon right?
JCProfit no dice, melee weapons only. It’s up to the DM if you want to include throwing axes or darts
1:29 I love Travis's faces when someone is going to a rage xD Like surprised and proud father of all barbarians
Can we have another Darrington Brigade episode so we can have more Owlbear, that’s all I want in life at this point
10:00 "That feeling! Right There!" XD
The Owlbear might be my favourite Critical Role character.
I'm playing a bugbear barb/rogue now it's awesome. Reckless attack with reach, then hide
That is very nice but a whip is the only weapon that’s finesse and range so you don’t need to be a bugbear to pull that off if you want
@@sadeknight9112 bug bears naturally have reach on all weapons. Look at their stats.
Luke McDaniel I know, just as I said you don’t need to be a bugbear to recklessly sneak attack with reach if you use a whip.
Totally. But sneak attack on a great sword is so funny
David Hudgin I’m sorry to say but you can’t use sneak attack with a Greatsword; it needs to be a finesse weapon like a dagger, rapier, hand crossbow or whip.
The most underrated line is "It should've been a goose, they have less to live for"
Sometimes you're having a bad day and sometimes, just sometimes, the internet sends you help.
I LOVE The Owlbear and how he’s just a meme character. This reminds me of our oneshots.
The way I see the Owlbear is how most people *play* Agent 47
...beautiful.
Bless your heart for making this supercut
I love that within the first 3 minutes you can see Travis and his barbarian heart fall a little bit in love with Tal
I never gonna get tired of re-watching this freaking video... 🤣
"What have you done, Taliesin?"
"YEAH!"
I wish instead of doing the main campaign episodes at the live shows it was just more adventures of the darrington brigade
Agreed
Every spoken line is gold, I love him
Guys. We can make gofund me page so Talisen will play this character in campaign 3
Travis is enjoying The Owlbear as much as the audience.
"Take that discount Frank Miller!"
- Liam
What a gem. Love me some Owlbear.
Take a shot every time Matt says god dammit taliesin or something similar.
I just like that he can't even keep a straight face after his lines