God, imagine the sword just giving up, and being Grog's drinking buddy.. Grog: "I would like a beer please.." Sword: -inaudible whispers- Grog: "Make that two"
And what makes it better is that Matt doesn't just say "Okay, Grog just knows a thing he shouldn't". He quickly comes up with a reason that makes sense within lore. Grog would never recognize a magical symbol as a protection from scrying enchantment but he would remember that a similar scratch mark made them not look at it.
Players and their characters should treated independently though. Personally I guess there were some offstage drama and it had to be done that way to prevent building up even more canon conflict and debate, since Abaca "claimed" to continue Tiberius' story on his own channel a few months before EP64. And Tiberius is hard to roleplay.
@@十十十-s1yMatt has a rule though that once the campaign is done, he can do whatever he sees fit to their story arcs. As you can see in later campaigns, he sometimes pilots old PCs. Him killing Tiberius isn't an asshole move, and Orion's continued plotline is a separate universe as far as Critical Role is concerned. Fine for him to do, but his story isn't cannon in the eyes of Critical Role.
@@stormrider7235 Yeah I agree Tiberius's death is fine or even not a half bad ending for him. It seems to be "in-character" for his pride of Draconia. What I implying is that this decision could be partially contributed by some fuss over "copyright" or "intellectual property" issue. Taking Tiberius out of picture is a quick and easy solution. (Just prejudice of how Abaca somewhat-frequent ranting when he was still around.
@@drakakisvikingprincess1056 she is a horder and loves to keep everything. Between that and trying to keep involving her bear that never does anything lol. "And trinket" everyone else "in a bar? A bear walking through a bar stealthily?"
Taliesin curiosly narrowing his eyes as Grog said, "or your life will be forfeit," after having drawn Craven Edge is one of the most quietly hype things in this show to date.
Riigghhhttt... and not the fact that his whole party is talking to him at the same time. Can you imagine being a rogue and trying to handle looking for traps and picking locks while 6 people try and tell you what to do? I'm surprised Matt let it happen. I would have given Vax disadvantage because of his party and given his party disadvantage on Stealth for the remainder. #StopTheTableTalk
I don't know why villains bother fighting Vox Machina. Just put a lot of doors between them and you. While they're trying to get through you'd have all the time in the world to complete all your villainous exploits.
Matt needs to send them to a place that's just all doors. Not magical doors. Just locked doors. The final boss: A large, heavy, metal door that they need to get through. No doorknob or clear way of opening. And it should be timed.
Andrew LOOKING angry dsoesn’t necessarily mean he WAS angry though, keep in mind. I for one have such an awful resting bitchface that back in highschool a friend of my ex-girlfriend’s (who had study hall with me) was genuinely wondering if I was ok. I, of course, was having a swell day.
@@acespades5722 Grog feigns being dumb, he's secretly a genius but he enjoys playing the dimwitted brute cus it gives him a chance to use a large axe lol
Thank you!! I knew the season followed the Briarwood arc but I didn't really know how far, this felt like the logical stopping point but now I 100% know, will definitely be watching the show now!
ONLY THE FIRST SEASON!!! I've watched every episode of the cartoon, am in the middle of this episode of the campaign and the evil lizards are in the cartoon, but they are not in this show yet.
@QuinnOfAebradore I know this is a year old, and I apologize. I think Sam meant it was the first during the course of the show? Obviously, I have not checked in any way to see if that is true or not. XD Just a thought!
Mechanically speaking, the performance skill isn't really a necessary feature for bards. Aside from the ability to use an instrument as a focus, there is nothing there that even encourages the use of an instrument. Even thematically, a bard can be anything from a dancer to a public speaker, even a bookwriter that does public readings or a comedian/jester. In fact, Matt took advantage of this during the Briar arc, during the part where Percy's sister was being held with a knife at her throat. His inspiration was literally just going drill sergeant to inspire his allies.
Liam is so great-- The send off he gave to Tiberius: "You're friendship was always valued here. I don't think we'd be standing here without you. I will never forget you." That was cool-- I really felt as though that was a genuine and heartfelt message to Orion himself. Liam just strikes me as that kind of person.
I know this is a 10 month old comment, but I think most of the group was done with Orion's cheating. I know that Sam, Laura, and Taliesin had made subtle or sometimes not subtle remarks about sketchy spell slot usage. And I'm pretty sure that Liam texted Matt at least once to alert him of fudged dice rolls. So while I think they would've been happy to have Orion stay if he had cleaned up his act, I think they were all done. Even if Orion was a good friend, I'm pretty sure the choice for him not to return was unanimous. After all the cheating, comments, attention hogging, and poor Travis getting shoved aside so bad he had nothing to do for 40 minutes, I don't think anybody voted for him to stay. The send off was a classy thing to do regardless though.
@@GottaLookInwardToSeeOutward well obviously you care enough to say something about it, instead of being a normal person and just ignoring it if it bothers you that badly
It's supposed to grant him literacy in Dwarven, the Items sheet specifically says the wearer "Can Speak, Read, and Write Dwarvish" so I'm not sure why Matt ruled that he couldn't.
@@devingordon3597 Because the premise of the item is that you're already literate; it adds Dwarvish to the languages you can read, it doesn't bestow the ability to read if you can't already do so. As an example, if you can't speak (because you have no tongue, or no vocal cords or whatever) a Belt of Dwarvenkind won't mean you're mute, except when trying to speak Dwarvish, when you suddenly become able to speak.
@@CorvusBelli01 The major difference there is that the person in question is physically incapable of forming words, whereas the only thing keeping Grog from being able to read is the lack of knowledge; The Belt grants that knowledge.
@@devingordon3597 I disagree. You said that since the item sheet specifically says the wearer can speak, read and write Dwarvish, then Grog should be able to do so. I'd rule that if the wearer lacks the ability to speak, read or write without the belt, then they don''t gain that benefit. i mean, if you put the belt on a six-month old infant, that infant doesn't spontaneously develop the ability to speak in Dwarvish, nor do they suddenly become literate. Same thing if you put the belt on Trinket; he wouldn't suddenly be able to read or speak. All of this is a convoluted way to say that when you say you're "not sure why Matt ruled that he couldn't", it's because Matt is using the item as intended. You would rule differently than him if you were the DM, and that's fine, but he's not wrong.
@@devingordon3597 the belt grants the knowledge to read dwarven but not the intelligence to read the letters together. Grog is almost intellectually disabled.
@@kurtiswick7022 because it was so damn obvious i could feel the same pain as scanlan. i don't know what liam had in this episode but he was not himself. he really look like an idiot on that one. I am not saying that like we never had some stupid moment in our live, just that this episode was one of those moment we all live sometime
@@Natshuri He had recently been diagnosed with hyperacusis, which is an audio processing disorder where certain noises and loud noises cause him a lot of pain and make it difficult for him to understand when a bunch of people are yelling at him.
@@OneHatEllie oh, that actually makes sense considering he actually tells everyone in that scene he cant understand them because they're all yelling over eachother
Only started watching because of the lock down. Was never able to get through Arrival at Kraghammer before, but I'm binging now. And I am literally just waiting for someone's "cool" one-liner on a boss kill to be an ad for Gilmore's. The most effective kind of promotion, lol.
Bringing to the top in 2021 00:08:01 - Start of part 1 00:09:21 - End of recap 00:10:21 - Sam arrives 00:12:32 - "Don't put a number on family" 00:13:15 - "I'm asking the Yellow Pages" 00:13:43 - The small matter of enchanting a stolen carpet 00:15:48 - Ripley's pistol 00:16:47 - Percy isn't Percying 00:18:17 - Pike may or may not have recieved a letter 00:19:18 - Keyleths tree-teleportation is faster than mail 00:20:19 - The party has no clue about what's going on 00:20:54 - Grog loves black holes 00:22:19 - Where is Vax's fanboy? 00:23:22 - "For people tuning in for the first time, I'm going to give you no context" 00:24:38 - Laura is keeping notes 00:24:55 - Scanlan loves Trinket 00:25:36 - "You hear the tree silently fist-bump you through its arcane connection" 00:26:14 - Cartoon physics! 00:26:56 - Ashley makes a Portal joke 00:27:29 - Pike! 00:28:47 - "Did you feel our bag of dicks that we did?" 00:30:27 - "I was born sure" 00:31:26 - Tiberius! 00:37:08 - Tiberius' final words 00:38:13 - Jarett 00:39:13 - Keyleth's elemental protector 00:40:19 - The party struggles to remember their prisoner's name 00:41:22 - Desmond 00:42:33 - Laina 00:43:20 - "Huevos rancheros" 00:43:56 - "Are there days of the week?" 00:44:32 - Grog lost a bet to Percy 00:45:30 - Desmond's hand, and Vax being a jerk 00:47:04 - "We should solve all of our problems with letters from now on" 00:48:19 - Scanlan inspires Pike "There once was a gnome from Emon, who sang a scandalous song, the ladies would swoon, at his rather large tune, and say - My, it's impossible long." 00:49:02 - Ashley rolls a natural 20 00:51:20 - Laura remembers Vex has lots of unvalued treasures 00:52:58 - "Your greed is endearing" 00:54:43 - Seeking an audience with the King 00:57:16 - Vex can read lips 00:58:18 - "I got my snake!" 00:58:47 - The second trial of Vox Machina 01:00:24 - Uriel 01:02:20 - Asum's findings about the Briarwoods 01:06:34 - Percy speaks 01:10:40 - "She is a good egg" 01:11:11 - Evidence 01:14:24 - Whitestone is a town, White Castle is a hamburger restaurant chain 01:15:17 - Grayskull Embassy? 01:15:55 - A reward for Desmond? 01:17:10 - Vex is a terrible person 01:18:29 - Laura gets The Whisper, and the party makes jokes 01:19:30 - Desmond and the gold 01:20:32 - A new quest 01:21:38 - Uriel dissing the guards 01:22:35 - Grog dissing the guards 01:23:12 - Scanlan reassuring Keyleth 01:25:05 - A ruse that aroused 01:27:21 - Marisha makes a pun 01:30:09 - Travis rolls a natural 20 01:34:03 - "I think she has to drop a D" 01:34:28 - Matt voices a guard 01:35:56 - The interrogation of Jeffrey 01:41:19 - Grog and the sword 01:43:31 - "And remember, shop at Gilmore's Glorious Goods" 01:44:40 - Keyleth communes with nature, and the party sings "Age of Aquarius" 01:47:24 - Scanlan informing Keyleth 01:48:19 - Vax remembers the familiar tavern 01:49:40 - End of part 1 02:04:51 - Start of part 2 02:06:31 - "Is someone popping popcorn?" 02:06:52 - Grog belches 02:07:06 - The Diamond Nest Tavern 02:07:37 - Vax and his cloaks 02:08:06 - "Where did Pike go?" 02:09:16 - "Kent Plucker and Dr. Drenzel" 02:10:28 - Vax forgot about Dr. Dren 02:11:19 - Scanlan and the traveling troupe! 02:14:22 - Laura gets The Whisper, and Ashley subtlely massages her ass 02:14:58 - Scanlan holds an impossibly long note 02:16:31 - Dr. Drenzel 02:17:54 - Kaylie 02:19:14 - Pike tries to help 02:20:21 - Kent Plucker 02:21:31 - Samson the pickpocketer 02:23:02 - The Shits! 02:23:52 - "You doubt The Cube?" 02:24:06 - "Grog, it doesn't mean what you think it means" 02:24:39 - Laura questions Matt's acting 02:25:20 - A new quest? 02:27:51 - Marisha gets The Whisper! 02:30:42 - Percy attempting Friends 02:32:55 - Vax's name is Greg 02:36:14 - The barkeep 02:37:53 - Vax uses the Thieves' Cant 02:40:12 - Team talk 02:41:51 - Scanlan challenges Kaylie to a flute-off 02:45:10 - The kitchen staff 02:46:07 - Matt RP's the popcorn 02:47:11 - "Oh, and... Trinket" 02:49:11 - Pike and Grog fails at stealth 02:52:02 - The "flaute-off" 02:52:50 - "Is this Jethro Tull?" 02:54:25 - Matt fails with the soundtrack 02:56:57 - The climax 02:58:52 - Scanlan learns a 2600 G life lesson 03:04:14 - Grog tosses Scanlan 03:05:24 - The door with five locks 03:06:36 - Grog the illiterate 03:14:01 - Scanlan inspires Vax with a limerick "I knew a goliath in Whitestone, who lived in a very, very fine home, 'til one day a wizard, or maybe a large lizard, burned it and left him alone." 03:14:21 - Liam can't keep track of what's going on 03:16:21 - Vax opens the door 03:21:04 - Leader of the Clasp 03:22:23 - Vax adresses the Clasp 03:22:45 - Scanlan is recognized 03:27:01 - Keyleth does a magic breeze, Travis and Ashley does farting noices 03:28:35 - Keyleth references The Lost Ark 03:30:46 - Liam is confused again 03:31:52 - A map appears 03:34:18 - Travis has a fear of construction paper 03:37:07 - Vaxio 03:39:07 - Vex uses her deep voice 03:41:34 - Grog bellows threats 03:46:06 - "Yeeeees" 03:47:43 - Scanlan intimidates with whining 03:54:00 - Liam rolls a natural 20 04:01:16 - Ashley rolls a natural 20 04:03:06 - Liam rolls a natural 20 04:07:06 - Keyleth takes one for the team 04:12:58 - "How do you want to do this?" 04:18:27 - "And my compliments to the chef!" 04:20:21 - Scanlan says good bye 04:21:41 - End of part 2 04:21:54 - Wait... End of part 2
Semi-spoilers: To me what’s really hilarious is the rest of the group here doesn’t find out about that low wisdom until either the very end of the campaign or just before… And Sam’s reaction to all their blank stares is perfect “ why do you think I’m doing stupid shit all the time?”.
@@friendlyredneckneighbor4326 that and the fact that (also spoiler-ish) He is 69 years old, and gnomes live for over 300. So he's like a dumb 20 year old this whole time, he just claims to be old because... technically he is older than all of them, i guess!
Think back to the K'Varn fight. They were invited through the door and elected not to use it. From that moment, all doors in Exandria decided that Vox Machina would never again go through a door properly.
I love how grog accidentally becomes the smartest character because of travis’ tendency to roll nat twenties at stuff he isn’t proficient in and he still manages to be characteristically dumb
And how Matt will make it work almost every time. I can only think of 1 time grog got a nat 20 but he still failed. It was something ridiculous like flapping your arms to fly
1:58:15 It's funny, when Matt was leaning on the imaginary chair, I was so immersed that it actually came as a bit of a shock when Liam pointed it out. I honestly never realized how much Matt uses body language for his NPCs until now, it's just that engaging.
Yeah, and then after they said it, it stood out oddly to me (and to Matt apparently because he laughed about it when he did it again). Even though it fits perfectly when you don't think about it.
Man Taliesin has really came into his own here. In the audience with Uriel he played the diplomat really well in a way I hadn't ever seen him do before, mainly cause Orion thought he was in that roll and cocked it up often. Go Taliesin~
ugh, yes, I agree with this so much. Orion had Tibs try to throw his name around, I think more often than it was needed, and I genuinely felt like he almost screwed them over in their first audience with Uriel, bc he started getting unnecessarily pushy with his name and title, when Vax had already taken a diplomatic lead and was actually doing okay enough. I personally feel like both Taliesin and Travis, in particular, have been more interactive with the whole group overall since Orion departed; and not just when the situation called for it.
As much as I dislike Orion this doesn't really seem fair. Tibs was on a diplomatic mission from draconia, he was literally designed as a diplomat that's really bad at talking to people. That's not Orion being "that guy" that's genuinely in character behavior.
Fittingly, those were on checks involving modifying a gun, something that the smoke demon was granting him the knowledge to do. It's like trying to cook a complicated dish after throwing out the recipe
At one point Uriel mentions that there were precautions taken to protect him from mind control. But, part of Daxio's mission was to stifle any defenses around the Sovereign.
I'm pretty sure they used a similar enchantment on his crown (advantage against wisdom saves), but it was probably dispelled by Lady Briarwood, or by another spy. Asum and Uriel were probably thinking of trying to get a stronger enchantment possibly from Allura, but to create a greater enchantment than the one he had previously would take a lot of time and material. Uriel also just needs to be more careful. I hope that after this, he's more selective about who he meets with and that the people on the council become more aware of when he isn't himself. He could maybe even try and raise his wisdom stat using items or through training type mechanics.
-So how are you getting to Emon? -On our horses, that we own -They were eaten by harpies -ON THE HARPIES THAT WE OWN I just LOVE all the jokes from Taliesin 😄
You could feel from at least a few of the cast that they likely wished things had've turned out differently with Orion. It was a bit heartbreaking to watch the finality of closure cross their faces. A lot of critters seemed to forget that there are a lot of nuanced emotions wrapped up in when a friend disappoints you like that.
I think in a lot of ways (at least for some of them) it was closer to a friend breaking your heart than just disappointment. Probably also some grief in there as well.
The whole goodbye scene was so heartbreaking for me, you could tell how much Tibs and Orion meant to them, especially from before/early on in the stream but that going forward with them was just not possible It kinda felt like they were talking to Orion there as well So I’m really glad Matt gave them that opportunity both for the players and the characters
I've gone through losing a close friend. It sucks overall and there's a painful mess of feelings; you miss the friend they WERE and the good times shared, and simultaneously know the person they are now is just not someone you want to associate with. I'm a new critter so I am oblivious to a good chunk of what was broadcast outside of here (ie. Twitter, etc), and just how critters were processing this at the time. My own experience of my friendship ending to this day is a sore spot, and whenever I think back to it, it's like picking at a wound. There's PLENTY of differences between my experience and that of CR's that I simply cannot speak to, but from where I am I know that I prefer not to dwell on it just for my own sanity. I never got closure IRL (heck, not even a damn apology!); these guys got to get some closure in their shared fiction and I'm happy they at least got that. Their interpersonal IRL stuff is none of my business, and it's pointless to speculate.
Matt mentions shadow coming off Craven Edge and Taliesin just stares toward Travis with those expressions. And then he says his life will be forfeit and he's like...uhhh
As someone who is just now watching these videos, and yes seeing the comments, I feel like now is good time to say this. Rarely is a group as tight as this one. Most D&D groups can barely last a year, or finish a single campaign. Such is life. Work, responsibilities, family, distance...and yes personalities come into play. This current group of adventurers started over two years before the show started, playing in Matt's tiny dinner room (Liam posted a video of a night when they got the magic carpet). Some of them were first timers, some had played with Matt before. Travis and Sam are still very new to the game at this point, and it shows in how they play (not a bad thing mind you). So I was glad to see the send-off Tiberius Stormwind got. Orion had been with them for years before, invited into Matt's home, before CR started. Whatever happened since, be it medicial or personal, he was at a time a trusted friend. And Matt gave the character, and the good memories associated with him, a proper send-off. Tiberius being humbled by his original outrageous request, and then learned that his friends...didn't need him with the Briarwoods, forced him to realize he had a lot of growing to do. It was in character with what Orion created, it sealed a part of the past, and it allowed the group to move on at last. I don't feel nor care about the background stuff. Every group has it happen at least once. You move on. With dignity.
I agree. I think it was a beautiful sendoff to Tiberius. Other stuff aside, he was a great character, and Matt managed to bring me to the brink of tears. It was also sweet to see how the rest of the group/characters reacted.
I feel as though you should look up *some* of the "background stuff" Orion did. If he were just abusing drugs due to his cancer, and that the was sole reason for his departure, that'd be fine to not care about. He instead gaslighted his significant others and other people several of which were supporters of the show, created a fraudulent charity fund in someone else's name and kept all the proceeds, and was clearly abusing recreational drugs on top of all that.
@@u.s.s.chucklefucker1657 I will point those things out to those who try to defend Orion, but in this case he specifically stated that doesn't want to get into that. If he doesn't want to know, and isn't using his ignorance of what went on to defend Orion, then I don't see any reason to inflict it on him. I kindly suggest deleting that post.
“I HAVE A BELT THAT LETS ME READ DWARVISH!!” “But you can’t read!!” I freaking died, and the look on his face when Matt said that. Edit: Pike trying to make him feel better was adorable
I was in a campaign where our half ogre barbarian got hold of a belt of dwarvenkind. When he could suddenly speak and read dwarvish he became convinced he was actually a dwarf, based on the logic he couldn't read common or ogre so it must be his native language.
When Keyleth started to bring up the morality of the things they were doing, I realized it's because they were missing Pike for a while. I'm so glad she's back :)
Pay close attention to their goodbyes with the idea that they're speaking to Orion and not Tiberius. No one role-played a desire for him to stay, yet those who spoke at all spoke earnestly and with respect. Travis/Grog said nothing and Sam/Scanlan gave some half-hearted b.s., reflecting how each player was visibly reacting to Orion/Tiberius's antics.
As annoying as Orion got at the table, it's a shame he didn't get a proper sendoff in person. This was a nice way of doing it. Really shows respect for him and the character. They could've easily just made Tiberius disappear never to be heard of again, so this was some nice closure.
@@pyropip you're reading too far into it. Marisha and Laura, the victims of his alleged sexual harassment are sad to see him get put on the bus rather than smirk at his good riddance.
@@pyropip I second that their body language said a lot. I am also taking into consideration that I am completely unaware of the social dynamics beyond the cameras gaming together.
I fucking can't, them bickering about this door is too much XD I'm cringing but also laughing (if its the correct door youre referring to, haven't finished it yet)
Actually, it's more like six or seven total dragons. They took out Brimscythe in the prestream days, and they killed a white dragon then as well. Then came Reimfang and the Chroma Conclave to add five more to the total, making it 7 according to my math.
I am re-watching the Cox campaign. I think you will enjoy the second. The third is great so far. I am reading my game books again now and finding Mercer’s perspective as a DM to be creative and inspiring given his different perspective on the game. I dig it
4:18:35 Young Kitchen Worker: Hey! Y-you can't be in here! Vox Machina (Except Percy): *simultaneous yelling* Percy: .....and my compliments to the chef. Good night! My god Percy is the best in these in-between saga humorous episodes.
That third attack barely hitting after the first two missed would have been a perfect moment for Cutting Words 😂 "battabattabattabattaSWINGbattabattabatta..."
Matt voices 14 characters in this episode: Tiberius, Jarett, Desmond, Laina, Uriel, Asum, a guard, Dr Drenzel, Kaylie, Kent Plucker, Samson, the barkeep, leader of the Clasp, and Vaxio 00:00:31 - Ashley joins IRL! 00:06:51 - Grog uses words 00:08:01 - Start of part 1 00:09:21 - End of recap 00:10:21 - Sam arrives 00:12:32 - "Don't put a number on family" 00:13:15 - "I'm asking the Yellow Pages" 00:13:43 - The small matter of enchanting a stolen carpet 00:15:48 - Ripley's pistol 00:16:47 - Percy isn't Percying 00:18:17 - Pike may or may not have recieved a letter 00:19:18 - Keyleths tree-teleportation is faster than mail 00:20:19 - The party has no clue about what's going on 00:20:54 - Grog loves black holes 00:22:19 - Where is Vax's fanboy? 00:23:22 - "For people tuning in for the first time, I'm going to give you no context" 00:24:38 - Laura is keeping notes 00:24:55 - Scanlan loves Trinket 00:25:36 - "You hear the tree silently fist-bump you through its arcane connection" 00:26:14 - Cartoon physics! 00:26:56 - Ashley makes a Portal joke 00:27:29 - Pike! 00:28:47 - "Did you feel our bag of dicks that we did?" 00:30:27 - "I was born sure" 00:31:26 - Tiberius! 00:37:08 - Tiberius' final words 00:38:13 - Jarett 00:39:13 - Keyleth's elemental protector 00:40:19 - The party struggles to remember their prisoner's name 00:41:22 - Desmond 00:42:33 - Laina 00:43:20 - "Huevos rancheros" 00:43:56 - "Are there days of the week?" 00:44:32 - Grog lost a bet to Percy 00:45:30 - Desmond's hand, and Vax being a jerk 00:47:04 - "We should solve all of our problems with letters from now on" 00:48:19 - Scanlan inspires Pike "There once was a gnome from Emon, who sang a scandalous song, the ladies would swoon, at his rather large tune, and say - My, it's impossible long." 00:49:02 - Ashley rolls a natural 20 00:51:20 - Laura remembers Vex has lots of unvalued treasures 00:52:58 - "Your greed is endearing" 00:54:43 - Seeking an audience with the King 00:57:16 - Vex can read lips 00:58:18 - "I got my snake!" 00:58:47 - The second trial of Vox Machina 01:00:24 - Uriel 01:02:20 - Asum's findings about the Briarwoods 01:06:34 - Percy speaks 01:10:40 - "She is a good egg" 01:11:11 - Evidence 01:14:24 - Whitestone is a town, White Castle is a hamburger restaurant chain 01:15:17 - Grayskull Embassy? 01:15:55 - A reward for Desmond? 01:17:10 - Vex is a terrible person 01:18:29 - Laura gets The Whisper, and the party makes jokes 01:19:30 - Desmond and the gold 01:20:32 - A new quest 01:21:38 - Uriel dissing the guards 01:22:35 - Grog dissing the guards 01:23:12 - Scanlan reassuring Keyleth 01:25:05 - A ruse that aroused 01:27:21 - Marisha makes a pun 01:30:09 - Travis rolls a natural 20 01:34:03 - "I think she has to drop a D" 01:34:28 - Matt voices a guard 01:35:56 - The interrogation of Jeffrey 01:41:19 - Grog and the sword 01:43:31 - "And remember, shop at Gilmore's Glorious Goods" 01:44:40 - Keyleth communes with nature, and the party sings "Age of Aquarius" 01:47:24 - Scanlan informing Keyleth 01:48:19 - Vax remembers the familiar tavern 01:49:40 - End of part 1 02:04:51 - Start of part 2 02:06:31 - "Is someone popping popcorn?" 02:06:52 - Grog belches 02:07:06 - The Diamond Nest Tavern 02:07:37 - Vax and his cloaks 02:08:06 - "Where did Pike go?" 02:09:16 - "Kent Plucker and Dr. Drenzel" 02:10:28 - Vax forgot about Dr. Dren 02:11:19 - Scanlan and the traveling troupe! 02:14:22 - Laura gets The Whisper, and Ashley subtlely massages her ass 02:14:58 - Scanlan holds an impossibly long note 02:16:31 - Dr. Drenzel 02:17:54 - Kaylie 02:19:14 - Pike tries to help 02:20:21 - Kent Plucker 02:21:31 - Samson the pickpocketer 02:23:02 - The Shits! 02:23:52 - "You doubt The Cube?" 02:24:06 - "Grog, it doesn't mean what you think it means" 02:24:39 - Laura questions Matt's acting 02:25:20 - A new quest? 02:27:51 - Marisha gets The Whisper! 02:30:42 - Percy attempting Friends 02:32:55 - Vax's name is Greg 02:36:14 - The barkeep 02:37:53 - Vax uses the Thieves' Cant 02:40:12 - Team talk 02:41:51 - Scanlan challenges Kaylie to a flute-off 02:45:10 - The kitchen staff 02:46:07 - Matt RP's the popcorn 02:47:11 - "Oh, and... Trinket" 02:49:11 - Pike and Grog fails at stealth 02:52:02 - The "flaute-off" 02:52:50 - "Is this Jethro Tull?" 02:54:25 - Matt fails with the soundtrack 02:56:57 - The climax 02:58:52 - Scanlan learns a 2600 G life lesson 03:04:14 - Grog tosses Scanlan 03:05:24 - The door with five locks 03:06:36 - Grog the illiterate 03:14:01 - Scanlan inspires Vax with a limerick "I knew a goliath in Whitestone, who lived in a very, very fine home, 'til one day a wizard, or maybe a large lizard, burned it and left him alone." 03:14:21 - Liam can't keep track of what's going on 03:16:21 - Vax opens the door 03:21:04 - Leader of the Clasp 03:22:23 - Vax adresses the Clasp 03:22:45 - Scanlan is recognized 03:27:01 - Keyleth does a magic breeze, Travis and Ashley does farting noices 03:28:35 - Keyleth references The Lost Ark 03:30:46 - Liam is confused again 03:31:52 - A map appears 03:34:18 - Travis has a fear of construction paper 03:37:07 - Vaxio 03:39:07 - Vex uses her deep voice 03:41:34 - Grog bellows threats 03:46:06 - "Yeeeees" 03:47:43 - Scanlan intimidates with whining 03:54:00 - Liam rolls a natural 20 04:01:16 - Ashley rolls a natural 20 04:03:06 - Liam rolls a natural 20 04:07:06 - Keyleth takes one for the team 04:12:58 - "How do you want to do this?" 04:18:27 - "And my compliments to the chef!" 04:20:21 - Scanlan says good bye 04:21:41 - End of part 2 04:21:54 - Wait... End of part 2
I just hunted through the comments to see if someone else got as much of a kick out of that scene as I did before making a redundant comment. Pure comedy gold right there. xD
@@N7AslansHobbit_Ry Given how both Taliesin and Travis tend to use lingo that goes along with the accents for their characters, Grog probably thought it was close to a particular British slang term... Basically he laughed because he believed Doc was asking about their experience with skull-fucking. Taliesin picked up on where Travis was going immediately for Percy's cut-in.
I am so in love with the idea that the person with the lowest intelligence of the group is the one that completely by chance figures out everything. You have an expert rogue in your team who has been trained in setting traps and unlocking doors, you have a champion of a goddess you have the actual avatar of the four elements and yet a 7 feet tall Goliath whose sword is smarter than him figures out all the hidden puzzles! I just love it!
2:24:19 Matt is such a good actor and natural with his body language that this just appeared so natural to me, it didn't even occur to me he just had his arm in mid-air until it was pointed out.
I totally agree. But he's also so easy going and care free he's willing to let himself look flustered as he explains why he's doing that. Man I need me some Mercer confidence.
I noticed briefly and then realised what he was doing. But it took me at least a minute after he started doing it before I realised. It took all of them a long time to realise or at least comment on what he was doing. So after I noticed I just assumed that they had realised what he was doing to and going along with it.
And also hates water. Calling it: Third campaign Sam's going to be whatever the gentleman is (can't remember what), and he'll still hate water and goblins.
1:36:20 Jeffrey's interrogation was so perfectly role-played and narrated! "Give us the name of that girl so we can send our condolences to her?" "No no no no no! Please please please don't!" It was purely perfect, the best moment in the show! My tears just flowed I laughed. Million thanks for this moment!
I absolutely loved this. Matt was amazing of course, especially fast switching between Jeffrey, Craven Edge, and DM. So impressed with Travis, Sam & Matt in this scene. Also Sam & Tal ask actual good questions for figuring out next plot steps. Lots of people flounder with this.
Am I the only one who enjoys Travis' reaction to Taliesin as Percy apologizing to Sovereign Uriel because of how amazing that improv was? cause holy sweet mother of bananacakes Tal literally made me believe he was a nobleman lol
(First time watcher of Crit Role, tryinging to make my way through to Campaign 3) I absolutely adore the dynamic between Percy and Vex, and find it so freaking perfect and hilarious that Vex is being extra, EXTRA flirty now that Percy is both royal and potentially super wealthy.
I wish you all luck, but I can’t stress enough that there’s no reason to watch chronologically by campaign. You may miss a couple of references here or there, but if you want to get in on C3, do it!! No reason you can’t watch both at the same time, either, and I think you’ll regret passing up on the opportunity to be there for campaign 3 since the beginning :) (that said, c1 and c2 are still very very good and I hope you enjoy it whatever you do! Just don’t feel any need to have these watched before you start campaign 3 - it’s really not necessary!)
Scanlan: See Geoffrey, he doesn't want to use the sword. Craven Edge: I want him to use the sword. Scanlan: He doesn't like to use the sword. Craven Edge: But using the sword is soooooo much fun!
Yeah I'd have to disagree with Matt's ruling here. If the magic of the belt is supposed to somehow instill the wearer with the knowledge of the Dwarven language, and that includes the ability to read Dwarvish (for those who could otherwise read anyways), then I don't see how Grog wouldn't also be instilled with the ability to read AT LEAST Dwarvish. If the rationale was that Grog had some kind of reading impairment like dyslexia or something then I could understand him still struggling to read Dwarvish, but in this case it is simply the lack of knowledge of what Dwarven alphabetical characters mean. This belt fills that gap in knowledge, thus Grog should be able to read Dwarvish.
I don't think it works this way. I'm studying linguistics at university, and from what I was able to learn thus far is that knowledge of a language doesn't nessesarily provide knowledge of the writing system of that language. It's like when you are a child and you learn your native language you do not learn how to write and read automatically, you have to spend time studying it.
Oh no, I agree that in reality learning a spoken language does NOT mean you have learned the corresponding written language, but in this case the magic of the belt provides the wearer with both understandings. In other words, let's say Vex wore the belt: Vex without the belt does not know how to speak or read Dwarvish, but she does know how to speak and read at least Common. WITH the belt she would understand both spoken and written Dwarvish. Grog without the belt does not know how to speak or read Dwarvish, but he does know how to speak at least Common. WITH the belt he understands spoken Dwarvish, but not written Dwarvish. Matt's logic is that because Grog does not currently know how to read ANYTHING he therefore can not acquire the knowledge to understand written Dwarvish, even though if someone else (like Vex) who can not read Dwarvish (but can at least read something) were to wear the belt they WOULD be able to read Dwarvish. I'm saying this does not make sense since, at least as far as I know, the only thing stopping Grog from understanding how to read anything is that he has not yet learned how to read any particular language. It's not like he has some curse or disability preventing his brain from understanding written language, he simply has not yet acquired (either over time or instantaneously through magic) the knowledge of any particular written language. This belt should be providing the instantaneous magic understanding of the written language of the Dwarves, and thus Grog should be able to read Dwarvish.
This being my first watch through, I'm still really hoping that Grog gets to keep Craven Edge and is just too dumb for the sword to actually affect him in a bad way. I love the deep dark voice talking to him and Grog just goes with it, it's one of the funniest things in this campaign so far for me, which is saying something because this whole thing is hysterical.
There was a comment on the last video that suggested that Grog's stupidity could slowly drive the weapon insane in a reversal of the cursed weapon trope. That would be such a fun story to do, and I'd love to see it.
Holy crap Percy was on point... Totally Not Dr. Dre: "I take it you all experience a bit of skulduggery from time to time." *Grog Laughs* Percy: "Grog that doesn't mean what you think it means." Grog: "Oh."
The fact he caught on to what Travis was doing was amazing!! I was so confused and then with Percy’s reaction it all suddenly made sense! He is so quick!
@@MiniKitty27 Grog doesn't understand what skulduggery (unsavory behavior) means and probably thinks it's something along the line of "crushing skulls" - which he enjoys/is familiar with
@@kientran364 by unsavory behavior, does that mean sexually? because if so it makes complete sense that my asexual ass could not comprehend what was being said lmao
"Good Cop, Grog Cop" might be my new favorite thing ever. although I have to admit it would have been a lot funnier if the rolls we reversed and Grog was trying to convince the kid that he was gonna have a hard time keeping a screaming Scanlan from hurting the boy.
"Look mate, you're gunna need to give us sumfing to go on 'ere, ovverwise I don't fink I can 'old my die-min-you-tive associate back. They don't call 'im 'Th' Screamer' for nuffin'"
I think Liam and Matt have a great RPG relationship. As the player you have to ask the DM if you can/are doing something as the DM is essentially a God, but you can also press the question if you think the answer is incorrect/unfair and the DM can show leniency when needed.
So I’m watching this crazy journey for the first time and and I gotta say I feel really spoiled having the ability to watch these episodes back to back to back🍻
I don't think anyone with any powers will see this, but can the post credits scene of the last episode of the animated show PLEASE be all of them trying to guess Desmond's name, out loud, while standing in the basement as he shovels eggs into his face?
I started off originally watching two years ago but dropped it at episode 15 (Orion's meta gaming was a bit too much), gave up and jumped to campaign 2 so now since I watched ep 99 live I've jumped back to campaign 1 episode 25 and been happily watching :3
Watching Matt Mercer play Desmond, and then remembering Kynan's first appearance, it really blows me away how great of an actor he is. Specifically with those two characters he brings this really innocent, heartfelt honesty, and boyish enthusiasm, and it almost makes me cry when Vox Machina are mean to them. TL;DR Matt Mercer is really good at playing cinnamon rolls because he is a cinnamon roll and must be protected.
@@StoneCorazon He rolled a sixteen but even if he rolled a Nat 20 it would be literally impossible. A bear cannot sneak into a tavern unnoticed, unless it's invisible.
@@TheThreeHeadedDragon idk man the video about the moonwalking bear shows people can miss stuff easily if distracted. Being a beast ranger just sucks unfortunately
8:00 - Recap begins... 11:13 - The Game begins... 16:59 - Travis foresaw the dumpsterfire that was the year 2016 25:32 - Vox Machina returns to Emon via the Sun Tree 27:27 - PIKE!!!💕 31:26 - TIBERIUS!!! 😍😍 45:57 - Pike, the sweetheart she is, offers to heal Desmond's hand. 58:46 - They arrive in front of Sovereign Uriel to clear their names. 1:27:27 - bad pun segues into their investigation into Daxio's quarters 1:44:41 - This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius, Age of Aquarius~ 1:49:14 - Break begins... 2:04:50 - Break ends... 2:11:46 - Scanlan perform's a breath-taking flute solo with his old musical troupe 2:40:12 - The Infiltration 3:34:10 - They've found Riskel Daxio 4:13:00 - "How do you wanna do this?" 4:21:25 - Game ends... Since I didn't see anyone else get those points I decided I would. Like if this helps.
“Please, I just met a girl” was the *worst* time to take a sip of my drink. Now I’ve got chocolate milk all over the front of my shirt and a pain in my side from laughing so hard.
listeny it's always a bad idea to drink. I burned my toungue with hot tea and couldnt eat, drink or speak without pain for A WEEK because of a thing Nott pulls out for a teleport anchor in Campaign 2. i started letting my tea cool a lot more after that....
While Asum was digging in Port Damali, somewhere nearby, a young orphan half-orc, bullied for his weight and teeth filed to stubs in an attempt to fit in, is falling in love with the ocean. Further north, outside the capital of Rexxentrum in the small village of Blumenthal, a young boy with orange hair, blue eyes, and a knack for the arcane is sat with his parents, stroking the family cat as he sits in front of the crackling fireplace. And even further north, in the middle of the Savalierwood, an octogenarian firbolg with pink hair is enjoying the company of his family, and cultivating a taste for tea.
Of course Grog recognizes arcane designs. He's an expert in both shapes *and* colors.
:-)
And shiny things
Also ale ;)
And women...
Far too witty, far too witty ^_^
5 years later there are still pilgrims like myself. Stop at my bonfire and rest, you'll need it moving forward. We're a solid percentage in
Thank you. I’ll continue adding wood to this bonfire
*stokes the flame*
I will also stop and listen to a story while resting.
thank you brother. We have all travelled a long way.
Thank you friend
Set your campfire here if it's 2024 and you're watching this. Chapter 37 and counting. “You rested for 8 hours and it's time to continue”.
throws some more wood on the campfire
@@sonnentausnest brings in a fresh deer from the hunt
I bring Marshmallows and blankets for future resters
Come! Come around the fire, we'll talk about our favourite memories so far. Grog finally beating the half orc 1 v 1 was a personal favourite.
🔥
My oh my, not only do I have a second campaign to get to after this, BUT A THIRD. PRAY FOR US, NEW CRITTERS. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. WE'VE GOT THIS.
And don't forget Exandria Unlimited!
Plus all the one-shots!
Calamity too
Good luck to all new Critters! Enjoy the adventures that await you!
Coming up on the one year of campaign three, which is absolutely insane
Grog: I’m hungry. What should I eat?
Sword: the souls of the innocent?
Grog: some beer
Sword: NO
Grog: 2 beers
Boooo
I look forward to the sword eventually just giving up and accepting Grog for what he is.
God, imagine the sword just giving up, and being Grog's drinking buddy..
Grog: "I would like a beer please.."
Sword: -inaudible whispers-
Grog: "Make that two"
The sword is gona roll a 1 for the pie eating contest, so to speak, paired up with Grog.
I see what you did there
Who else is on the pilgrimage to catch up on all the episodes?
By the looks I'm 3 months behind, but I'm travelling the treacherous Road that vox machina have left behind
@@HalflingHelper Looks like we're traveling companions then. Have a safe trip ;)
same
@@sterlingmckenzi2235 hold fast we make it yet.
Here's a tip: set speed to 1.25
"Grog is often consulted for his vast knowledge on shapes, colors and, uh, shiny things"
I see why
bandanaBrosDandB Also Ale
the giggle in the middle just sells it! :D
And what makes it better is that Matt doesn't just say "Okay, Grog just knows a thing he shouldn't". He quickly comes up with a reason that makes sense within lore. Grog would never recognize a magical symbol as a protection from scrying enchantment but he would remember that a similar scratch mark made them not look at it.
Mercer didn't have to.... but he gave Tiberius a gracious exit in the story.
Then he killed him off screen. Gracious my b hole.
@@IRDANIMAL from what ive heard it was very deserved though lmao
Players and their characters should treated independently though.
Personally I guess there were some offstage drama and it had to be done that way to prevent building up even more canon conflict and debate, since Abaca "claimed" to continue Tiberius' story on his own channel a few months before EP64.
And Tiberius is hard to roleplay.
@@十十十-s1yMatt has a rule though that once the campaign is done, he can do whatever he sees fit to their story arcs. As you can see in later campaigns, he sometimes pilots old PCs. Him killing Tiberius isn't an asshole move, and Orion's continued plotline is a separate universe as far as Critical Role is concerned. Fine for him to do, but his story isn't cannon in the eyes of Critical Role.
@@stormrider7235 Yeah I agree Tiberius's death is fine or even not a half bad ending for him. It seems to be "in-character" for his pride of Draconia.
What I implying is that this decision could be partially contributed by some fuss over "copyright" or "intellectual property" issue. Taking Tiberius out of picture is a quick and easy solution.
(Just prejudice of how Abaca somewhat-frequent ranting when he was still around.
Vex: "How many cloaks do you have?!?!"
Vax: "You have the bear I have my cloaks don't judge!"
Oh you litle shit....... Ohhh. Vex....
Speech 100
Im pretty sure she was just mad because he kept loot and she didn't get to dibs it lol. Vex is a dragon
@@drakakisvikingprincess1056 she is a horder and loves to keep everything. Between that and trying to keep involving her bear that never does anything lol. "And trinket" everyone else "in a bar? A bear walking through a bar stealthily?"
@@r.palmer trinket does plenty
Taliesin curiosly narrowing his eyes as Grog said, "or your life will be forfeit," after having drawn Craven Edge is one of the most quietly hype things in this show to date.
Time stamp?
@@pitayafruit 1:37:17
@@javeriamazhar9132 thank you
Travis is SO. DAMN. GOOD.
echoes percy saying “Your soul is forfeit” at the start of the briarwood arc.
They finally found something Matt hasn't prepared for: the days of the week.
@@thedirtbagstash Well, everyone worldbuilds differently. I like to figure out the biology and ecosystems first.
I formed my world's matrix in a day. The lifeforms grew later at a ...substantially accelerated rate.
remhawk73 Ayyy! The incredibly rare Star Trek II reference!
@@remhawk73 comment of the year!
THURSDAY
Liam's hesitation with the 5 locked door truly shows how much Door trauma he has
Riigghhhttt... and not the fact that his whole party is talking to him at the same time. Can you imagine being a rogue and trying to handle looking for traps and picking locks while 6 people try and tell you what to do?
I'm surprised Matt let it happen. I would have given Vax disadvantage because of his party and given his party disadvantage on Stealth for the remainder.
#StopTheTableTalk
I think he was drunk
Yea Liam was to off his standards in this episode... as most of the crew to be honest.
It just dawned on me....there's a second campaign after this...
*sinks back in chair and contemplates what I've gotten myself into*
SAME HERE! I'm sitting here like "OH GOD THERE IS LIKE ALMOST 200 EPISODES AND I'M ON THE 37TH EPISODE! GOD HELP ME!
Same. A friend of mine told me about this back in winter 2017 and I'm now getting around to this....
I'm so glad I'm not alone with being so far behind😂
Yeah but all the fanart guys! Love finding art of moments form seen episodes :D
Lol I watched the second campaign first. And now I’m watching this while I wait for the new episode each week :D
I don't know why villains bother fighting Vox Machina. Just put a lot of doors between them and you. While they're trying to get through you'd have all the time in the world to complete all your villainous exploits.
Thats exactly what villains i tend to create would do. Just to rub it in the players/partys face to make it feel more personal. Ofc as a joke too.
Xellos Kaczor and make the doors out of unbreakable glass so that they can see him
Add a couple chairs along the way and they're proper fucked
Matt needs to send them to a place that's just all doors. Not magical doors. Just locked doors. The final boss: A large, heavy, metal door that they need to get through. No doorknob or clear way of opening. And it should be timed.
Just put them all into the Cube.
Vex I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if thousands of gold coins suddenly cried out and were suddenly silenced.
No, that was just Vex.
This ruthless intimidation of a young innocent servent boy has been brought to you by Gilmores Glorious Goods
*Wheeze*
@@joelrobinson5457 LAURA is so fucking annoying when the rp is scaling up by ruining everything...s t fu ffs.
I saw this and I thought: haha funny comment, then IT HAPPENED
Matthew showing the best of Tiberius, perhaps an insight into what once was before the cameras where on? Either way, this was handled really well.
Have you seen the vine compilations of Critical Role before they made it a show? Orion always looked really angry or upset and is seldom present.
Andrew LOOKING angry dsoesn’t necessarily mean he WAS angry though, keep in mind. I for one have such an awful resting bitchface that back in highschool a friend of my ex-girlfriend’s (who had study hall with me) was genuinely wondering if I was ok. I, of course, was having a swell day.
They made vines of their campaign prior to Geek and Sundry? Where can I find these?
Glad that thread was tied up
@@u.s.s.chucklefucker1657 Looking angry or upset doesn't mean anything. That's like saying "this man on trial is guilty, he won't look me in the eye".
"You hear the tree silently fist bump you through its arcane connection."
You take care of you, sun tree.
The sun tree is a bro
@@EggieBoi1284 Some would say a Sunbro \○/
\ [T] /
@@Phoenix-dh2ih praise the sun
🤙
Whenever Grog gets a nat20 on any sort of check that includes intelligence or wisdom is honestly hilarious
Jay 0729 but he does it so often tho like how tf does he know this stuff
Ace Spades it’s his one thought for the day.
@@acespades5722 Grog feigns being dumb, he's secretly a genius but he enjoys playing the dimwitted brute cus it gives him a chance to use a large axe lol
He's a savant.. it all goes in but rarely comes out lol
@@Red_Lanterns_Rage I'm pretty sure he is an idiot. But he just inexplicably has moments of ingenuity.
If you've made it this far you can watch season 1 of the show without any spoilers
Thank you! I was wondering how much further the animated show would go.
Thanks for the headsup
Thank you!! I knew the season followed the Briarwood arc but I didn't really know how far, this felt like the logical stopping point but now I 100% know, will definitely be watching the show now!
Yo thank you so much you're so awesome for this
ONLY THE FIRST SEASON!!!
I've watched every episode of the cartoon, am in the middle of this episode of the campaign
and the evil lizards are in the cartoon, but they are not in this show yet.
"Go ahead and make a Performance check"
"A Performance check? I've never done one of these before" - Sam Riegel, playing a bard, 37th episode in xD
@Quinn they didn't play DnD pre show. Idk pathfinder but maybe it has a different stat for that.
@@CC-of5xl It has multiple performance skill stats, even!
I gasped when he said that. I refuse to believe that was his first performance check.
@QuinnOfAebradore I know this is a year old, and I apologize. I think Sam meant it was the first during the course of the show? Obviously, I have not checked in any way to see if that is true or not. XD Just a thought!
Mechanically speaking, the performance skill isn't really a necessary feature for bards. Aside from the ability to use an instrument as a focus, there is nothing there that even encourages the use of an instrument. Even thematically, a bard can be anything from a dancer to a public speaker, even a bookwriter that does public readings or a comedian/jester.
In fact, Matt took advantage of this during the Briar arc, during the part where Percy's sister was being held with a knife at her throat. His inspiration was literally just going drill sergeant to inspire his allies.
Oh my god, Grog is actually gonna drive the Craven Edge insane
😂😂😂😂
Until he gets a chance to kill, then it will love him.
Liam is so great--
The send off he gave to Tiberius:
"You're friendship was always valued here. I don't think we'd be standing here without you. I will never forget you."
That was cool-- I really felt as though that was a genuine and heartfelt message to Orion himself. Liam just strikes me as that kind of person.
I thought the exact same thing watching - he was reaching out into the world to let Acaba know he still cared.
I'm pretty sure Liam was one that wanted Orion to stay. It was his birthday present for them all to play together and idt he wanted him to leave.
@@theburninator888 I stand corrected then
Kinda surprised that Sam follows him tbh
I know this is a 10 month old comment, but I think most of the group was done with Orion's cheating. I know that Sam, Laura, and Taliesin had made subtle or sometimes not subtle remarks about sketchy spell slot usage. And I'm pretty sure that Liam texted Matt at least once to alert him of fudged dice rolls. So while I think they would've been happy to have Orion stay if he had cleaned up his act, I think they were all done. Even if Orion was a good friend, I'm pretty sure the choice for him not to return was unanimous. After all the cheating, comments, attention hogging, and poor Travis getting shoved aside so bad he had nothing to do for 40 minutes, I don't think anybody voted for him to stay. The send off was a classy thing to do regardless though.
My thoughts exactly. Clearly there was a lot going on off camera and the healthiest thing for everyone was to part ways amicably and move on.
Matt as grog’s sword saying, “No, keep the tears coming.” had me uncontrollably laughing for at least two minutes
That part got me good XD
nobody cares
@@GottaLookInwardToSeeOutward well obviously you care enough to say something about it, instead of being a normal person and just ignoring it if it bothers you that badly
I wish Grog's belt had suddenly granted him literacy in Dwarven, then he could've been freaked out by symbols suddenly making words in his head.
It's supposed to grant him literacy in Dwarven, the Items sheet specifically says the wearer "Can Speak, Read, and Write Dwarvish" so I'm not sure why Matt ruled that he couldn't.
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Because the premise of the item is that you're already literate; it adds Dwarvish to the languages you can read, it doesn't bestow the ability to read if you can't already do so.
As an example, if you can't speak (because you have no tongue, or no vocal cords or whatever) a Belt of Dwarvenkind won't mean you're mute, except when trying to speak Dwarvish, when you suddenly become able to speak.
@@CorvusBelli01 The major difference there is that the person in question is physically incapable of forming words, whereas the only thing keeping Grog from being able to read is the lack of knowledge; The Belt grants that knowledge.
@@devingordon3597 I disagree.
You said that since the item sheet specifically says the wearer can speak, read and write Dwarvish, then Grog should be able to do so. I'd rule that if the wearer lacks the ability to speak, read or write without the belt, then they don''t gain that benefit. i mean, if you put the belt on a six-month old infant, that infant doesn't spontaneously develop the ability to speak in Dwarvish, nor do they suddenly become literate. Same thing if you put the belt on Trinket; he wouldn't suddenly be able to read or speak.
All of this is a convoluted way to say that when you say you're "not sure why Matt ruled that he couldn't", it's because Matt is using the item as intended. You would rule differently than him if you were the DM, and that's fine, but he's not wrong.
@@devingordon3597 the belt grants the knowledge to read dwarven but not the intelligence to read the letters together. Grog is almost intellectually disabled.
Vex should have got advantage on that tracking roll for *Favoured enemy: Old Person*
Favoured Terrain: Treasuries
"Matthew Mercer?"
"Technically."
Such an underappreciated little moment.
Grog with that natural 20 on arcane...Matt really missed an opportunity for the cursed sword to talk to him and explain what it is.
but to be fair, grog HAS a big knowledge of shapes and colors
@@RomanII1997 and ale
@@chibilutionaudios and shiny things.
@@commanderbacon6426 and ale...wait.....
I like the image of a giant man moving very quietly while a tiny gnomish woman next to him moves very loudly.
I have a tiny cat who is very loud. My previous cat was much larger and very stealthy. Cat logic?
Party : *continuous issues with doors*
Matt: “here’s a door based puzzle to further establish trust issues with doors”
The first time I’ve seen them get kinda hostile with each other as a party and Dm after that
@@kurtiswick7022 because it was so damn obvious i could feel the same pain as scanlan. i don't know what liam had in this episode but he was not himself. he really look like an idiot on that one. I am not saying that like we never had some stupid moment in our live, just that this episode was one of those moment we all live sometime
@@Natshuri He had recently been diagnosed with hyperacusis, which is an audio processing disorder where certain noises and loud noises cause him a lot of pain and make it difficult for him to understand when a bunch of people are yelling at him.
@@OneHatEllie oh well that's explain a lot thank you for informing me
@@OneHatEllie oh, that actually makes sense considering he actually tells everyone in that scene he cant understand them because they're all yelling over eachother
I LOVE the totally inappropriate advertisements for Gilmore's Glorious Goods.
Why promote it any other time LOL..
Only started watching because of the lock down. Was never able to get through Arrival at Kraghammer before, but I'm binging now. And I am literally just waiting for someone's "cool" one-liner on a boss kill to be an ad for Gilmore's. The most effective kind of promotion, lol.
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00:08:01 - Start of part 1
00:09:21 - End of recap
00:10:21 - Sam arrives
00:12:32 - "Don't put a number on family"
00:13:15 - "I'm asking the Yellow Pages"
00:13:43 - The small matter of enchanting a stolen carpet
00:15:48 - Ripley's pistol
00:16:47 - Percy isn't Percying
00:18:17 - Pike may or may not have recieved a letter
00:19:18 - Keyleths tree-teleportation is faster than mail
00:20:19 - The party has no clue about what's going on
00:20:54 - Grog loves black holes
00:22:19 - Where is Vax's fanboy?
00:23:22 - "For people tuning in for the first time, I'm going to give you no context"
00:24:38 - Laura is keeping notes
00:24:55 - Scanlan loves Trinket
00:25:36 - "You hear the tree silently fist-bump you through its arcane connection"
00:26:14 - Cartoon physics!
00:26:56 - Ashley makes a Portal joke
00:27:29 - Pike!
00:28:47 - "Did you feel our bag of dicks that we did?"
00:30:27 - "I was born sure"
00:31:26 - Tiberius!
00:37:08 - Tiberius' final words
00:38:13 - Jarett
00:39:13 - Keyleth's elemental protector
00:40:19 - The party struggles to remember their prisoner's name
00:41:22 - Desmond
00:42:33 - Laina
00:43:20 - "Huevos rancheros"
00:43:56 - "Are there days of the week?"
00:44:32 - Grog lost a bet to Percy
00:45:30 - Desmond's hand, and Vax being a jerk
00:47:04 - "We should solve all of our problems with letters from now on"
00:48:19 - Scanlan inspires Pike
"There once was a gnome from Emon,
who sang a scandalous song,
the ladies would swoon,
at his rather large tune,
and say - My, it's impossible long."
00:49:02 - Ashley rolls a natural 20
00:51:20 - Laura remembers Vex has lots of unvalued treasures
00:52:58 - "Your greed is endearing"
00:54:43 - Seeking an audience with the King
00:57:16 - Vex can read lips
00:58:18 - "I got my snake!"
00:58:47 - The second trial of Vox Machina
01:00:24 - Uriel
01:02:20 - Asum's findings about the Briarwoods
01:06:34 - Percy speaks
01:10:40 - "She is a good egg"
01:11:11 - Evidence
01:14:24 - Whitestone is a town, White Castle is a hamburger restaurant chain
01:15:17 - Grayskull Embassy?
01:15:55 - A reward for Desmond?
01:17:10 - Vex is a terrible person
01:18:29 - Laura gets The Whisper, and the party makes jokes
01:19:30 - Desmond and the gold
01:20:32 - A new quest
01:21:38 - Uriel dissing the guards
01:22:35 - Grog dissing the guards
01:23:12 - Scanlan reassuring Keyleth
01:25:05 - A ruse that aroused
01:27:21 - Marisha makes a pun
01:30:09 - Travis rolls a natural 20
01:34:03 - "I think she has to drop a D"
01:34:28 - Matt voices a guard
01:35:56 - The interrogation of Jeffrey
01:41:19 - Grog and the sword
01:43:31 - "And remember, shop at Gilmore's Glorious Goods"
01:44:40 - Keyleth communes with nature, and the party sings "Age of Aquarius"
01:47:24 - Scanlan informing Keyleth
01:48:19 - Vax remembers the familiar tavern
01:49:40 - End of part 1
02:04:51 - Start of part 2
02:06:31 - "Is someone popping popcorn?"
02:06:52 - Grog belches
02:07:06 - The Diamond Nest Tavern
02:07:37 - Vax and his cloaks
02:08:06 - "Where did Pike go?"
02:09:16 - "Kent Plucker and Dr. Drenzel"
02:10:28 - Vax forgot about Dr. Dren
02:11:19 - Scanlan and the traveling troupe!
02:14:22 - Laura gets The Whisper, and Ashley subtlely massages her ass
02:14:58 - Scanlan holds an impossibly long note
02:16:31 - Dr. Drenzel
02:17:54 - Kaylie
02:19:14 - Pike tries to help
02:20:21 - Kent Plucker
02:21:31 - Samson the pickpocketer
02:23:02 - The Shits!
02:23:52 - "You doubt The Cube?"
02:24:06 - "Grog, it doesn't mean what you think it means"
02:24:39 - Laura questions Matt's acting
02:25:20 - A new quest?
02:27:51 - Marisha gets The Whisper!
02:30:42 - Percy attempting Friends
02:32:55 - Vax's name is Greg
02:36:14 - The barkeep
02:37:53 - Vax uses the Thieves' Cant
02:40:12 - Team talk
02:41:51 - Scanlan challenges Kaylie to a flute-off
02:45:10 - The kitchen staff
02:46:07 - Matt RP's the popcorn
02:47:11 - "Oh, and... Trinket"
02:49:11 - Pike and Grog fails at stealth
02:52:02 - The "flaute-off"
02:52:50 - "Is this Jethro Tull?"
02:54:25 - Matt fails with the soundtrack
02:56:57 - The climax
02:58:52 - Scanlan learns a 2600 G life lesson
03:04:14 - Grog tosses Scanlan
03:05:24 - The door with five locks
03:06:36 - Grog the illiterate
03:14:01 - Scanlan inspires Vax with a limerick
"I knew a goliath in Whitestone,
who lived in a very, very fine home,
'til one day a wizard,
or maybe a large lizard,
burned it and left him alone."
03:14:21 - Liam can't keep track of what's going on
03:16:21 - Vax opens the door
03:21:04 - Leader of the Clasp
03:22:23 - Vax adresses the Clasp
03:22:45 - Scanlan is recognized
03:27:01 - Keyleth does a magic breeze, Travis and Ashley does farting noices
03:28:35 - Keyleth references The Lost Ark
03:30:46 - Liam is confused again
03:31:52 - A map appears
03:34:18 - Travis has a fear of construction paper
03:37:07 - Vaxio
03:39:07 - Vex uses her deep voice
03:41:34 - Grog bellows threats
03:46:06 - "Yeeeees"
03:47:43 - Scanlan intimidates with whining
03:54:00 - Liam rolls a natural 20
04:01:16 - Ashley rolls a natural 20
04:03:06 - Liam rolls a natural 20
04:07:06 - Keyleth takes one for the team
04:12:58 - "How do you want to do this?"
04:18:27 - "And my compliments to the chef!"
04:20:21 - Scanlan says good bye
04:21:41 - End of part 2
04:21:54 - Wait... End of part 2
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I hadn't paid attention to Scanlans stats until now but 7 wisdom really explains a lot.
Semi-spoilers:
To me what’s really hilarious is the rest of the group here doesn’t find out about that low wisdom until either the very end of the campaign or just before… And Sam’s reaction to all their blank stares is perfect “ why do you think I’m doing stupid shit all the time?”.
@@friendlyredneckneighbor4326 that and the fact that (also spoiler-ish)
He is 69 years old, and gnomes live for over 300. So he's like a dumb 20 year old this whole time, he just claims to be old because... technically he is older than all of them, i guess!
@@vivishii_ Gnomes reach marrying age around 40 and Scanlan is 29 years older than that - he's probably the oldest mentally too he's just a doofus.
@@vivishii_ 69/300*80 = 18.4 so yea. Gnome is essentially just fresh out of school.
@@GirishManjunathMusic lol, who let scanlan drink!?
Think back to the K'Varn fight. They were invited through the door and elected not to use it. From that moment, all doors in Exandria decided that Vox Machina would never again go through a door properly.
I love how grog accidentally becomes the smartest character because of travis’ tendency to roll nat twenties at stuff he isn’t proficient in and he still manages to be characteristically dumb
And how Matt will make it work almost every time. I can only think of 1 time grog got a nat 20 but he still failed. It was something ridiculous like flapping your arms to fly
I fucking love travis’s luck on rolls like that! I’m making a character after him!
Grog must be an idiot savant. :p
Its a skill onto itself
@@deleria010 its unto
1:58:15 It's funny, when Matt was leaning on the imaginary chair, I was so immersed that it actually came as a bit of a shock when Liam pointed it out. I honestly never realized how much Matt uses body language for his NPCs until now, it's just that engaging.
Your timestamp is in the intermission
Edit-found it. 2:24:30
@@michaelnewman6936 Thanks
Yeah, and then after they said it, it stood out oddly to me (and to Matt apparently because he laughed about it when he did it again). Even though it fits perfectly when you don't think about it.
Scanlan's flute should be called Good News
William Bowles GOOD NEWS EVERYONE
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I've not watched that in ages. I can still hear the voice...
Good blues
My staff of flames is called "The Burning sensation" haha
Then he can run up to people and yelm "HAVE YPU HEARD THE GOOD NEWS?"
I swear that's three times now Sam's made me nearly spit my food laughing with his sudden "Remember: Shop at Gilmore's Glorious Goods!" Thing
"Shop at Gilmore's glorious goods!" Is the "who's on the tandori councel" of campaign one
@@beesokay but less, really less dangerous xD
The blade is so evil yet Grog is too simple minded to be swayed by it
Grog and the sword never fail to make me laugh
The sword says things but he has no idea what it is saying, so he just keeps hitting things.
Will it even have influence when he’s raging?
Man Taliesin has really came into his own here. In the audience with Uriel he played the diplomat really well in a way I hadn't ever seen him do before, mainly cause Orion thought he was in that roll and cocked it up often. Go Taliesin~
POPPYCOCK! GIVE ME THE CROWN, URIEL!!
ugh, yes, I agree with this so much. Orion had Tibs try to throw his name around, I think more often than it was needed, and I genuinely felt like he almost screwed them over in their first audience with Uriel, bc he started getting unnecessarily pushy with his name and title, when Vax had already taken a diplomatic lead and was actually doing okay enough.
I personally feel like both Taliesin and Travis, in particular, have been more interactive with the whole group overall since Orion departed; and not just when the situation called for it.
It’s a nice adjustment to the character given that he’s no longer “possessed”. A really wonderful character choice.
As much as I dislike Orion this doesn't really seem fair. Tibs was on a diplomatic mission from draconia, he was literally designed as a diplomat that's really bad at talking to people. That's not Orion being "that guy" that's genuinely in character behavior.
First time playing without this Demon friend, and he's rolling an 11 and a 5. Good ol' uncursed/unblessed Percy.
Fittingly, those were on checks involving modifying a gun, something that the smoke demon was granting him the knowledge to do. It's like trying to cook a complicated dish after throwing out the recipe
Uriel really needs Clarota's hat.
I thought that 2 at least let them study it to put something on his crown
I genuinely thought that’s where they were going with that whole conversation
i think grog needs it more
At one point Uriel mentions that there were precautions taken to protect him from mind control. But, part of Daxio's mission was to stifle any defenses around the Sovereign.
I'm pretty sure they used a similar enchantment on his crown (advantage against wisdom saves), but it was probably dispelled by Lady Briarwood, or by another spy. Asum and Uriel were probably thinking of trying to get a stronger enchantment possibly from Allura, but to create a greater enchantment than the one he had previously would take a lot of time and material. Uriel also just needs to be more careful. I hope that after this, he's more selective about who he meets with and that the people on the council become more aware of when he isn't himself. He could maybe even try and raise his wisdom stat using items or through training type mechanics.
Holy shit, that interrogation was hilarious. I need a buddy cop movie starring Grog, Craven Edge, and Scanlan.
agreed
Berend Brokkenpap Craven Edge is the tired of everything police chief
-So how are you getting to Emon?
-On our horses, that we own
-They were eaten by harpies
-ON THE HARPIES THAT WE OWN
I just LOVE all the jokes from Taliesin 😄
Travis' facial expressions as Grog when the sword talks to him kills me.
It's so true
I almost peed when he asked if he could call it Bacon.
A blood thirsty, sentient sword and a...uniquely intelligent barbarian has to be the best thing ever and should be it's own sitcom
Mmmh, keep the tears coming.
Oooh cravenedge
Narrator: "That's So Craven!" Coming this fall to Disney XD!
Vax: "whatever we face next will be much easier"
Door with a simple puzzle: "Famous last words"
You could feel from at least a few of the cast that they likely wished things had've turned out differently with Orion. It was a bit heartbreaking to watch the finality of closure cross their faces. A lot of critters seemed to forget that there are a lot of nuanced emotions wrapped up in when a friend disappoints you like that.
Exactly.
I think in a lot of ways (at least for some of them) it was closer to a friend breaking your heart than just disappointment. Probably also some grief in there as well.
Absolutely!
The whole goodbye scene was so heartbreaking for me, you could tell how much Tibs and Orion meant to them, especially from before/early on in the stream but that going forward with them was just not possible
It kinda felt like they were talking to Orion there as well
So I’m really glad Matt gave them that opportunity both for the players and the characters
I've gone through losing a close friend. It sucks overall and there's a painful mess of feelings; you miss the friend they WERE and the good times shared, and simultaneously know the person they are now is just not someone you want to associate with. I'm a new critter so I am oblivious to a good chunk of what was broadcast outside of here (ie. Twitter, etc), and just how critters were processing this at the time. My own experience of my friendship ending to this day is a sore spot, and whenever I think back to it, it's like picking at a wound. There's PLENTY of differences between my experience and that of CR's that I simply cannot speak to, but from where I am I know that I prefer not to dwell on it just for my own sanity. I never got closure IRL (heck, not even a damn apology!); these guys got to get some closure in their shared fiction and I'm happy they at least got that. Their interpersonal IRL stuff is none of my business, and it's pointless to speculate.
Matt mentions shadow coming off Craven Edge and Taliesin just stares toward Travis with those expressions. And then he says his life will be forfeit and he's like...uhhh
"It's the equivalent... Of a Thursday."
The seriousness. Kills me. :)
As someone who is just now watching these videos, and yes seeing the comments, I feel like now is good time to say this.
Rarely is a group as tight as this one. Most D&D groups can barely last a year, or finish a single campaign. Such is life. Work, responsibilities, family, distance...and yes personalities come into play.
This current group of adventurers started over two years before the show started, playing in Matt's tiny dinner room (Liam posted a video of a night when they got the magic carpet). Some of them were first timers, some had played with Matt before. Travis and Sam are still very new to the game at this point, and it shows in how they play (not a bad thing mind you).
So I was glad to see the send-off Tiberius Stormwind got. Orion had been with them for years before, invited into Matt's home, before CR started. Whatever happened since, be it medicial or personal, he was at a time a trusted friend. And Matt gave the character, and the good memories associated with him, a proper send-off. Tiberius being humbled by his original outrageous request, and then learned that his friends...didn't need him with the Briarwoods, forced him to realize he had a lot of growing to do. It was in character with what Orion created, it sealed a part of the past, and it allowed the group to move on at last.
I don't feel nor care about the background stuff. Every group has it happen at least once. You move on. With dignity.
I agree. I think it was a beautiful sendoff to Tiberius. Other stuff aside, he was a great character, and Matt managed to bring me to the brink of tears. It was also sweet to see how the rest of the group/characters reacted.
I thought Vox Machina didn't do anything with dignity
That's a really good set of points. Thank you for that.
I feel as though you should look up *some* of the "background stuff" Orion did. If he were just abusing drugs due to his cancer, and that the was sole reason for his departure, that'd be fine to not care about. He instead gaslighted his significant others and other people several of which were supporters of the show, created a fraudulent charity fund in someone else's name and kept all the proceeds, and was clearly abusing recreational drugs on top of all that.
@@u.s.s.chucklefucker1657 I will point those things out to those who try to defend Orion, but in this case he specifically stated that doesn't want to get into that. If he doesn't want to know, and isn't using his ignorance of what went on to defend Orion, then I don't see any reason to inflict it on him. I kindly suggest deleting that post.
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Keyleth "Hey boo. I'll see you soon. You be good. You take care of you, man."
Sun Tree: "You too, girl."
I'm dying of laughter.
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"Tolkien would be proud" just about killed me.
shut up
Travis: wouldn’t it be funny if I rolled aranca check for Grog?
Dice: lmao it really fucking would
You mean the expert on shapes colours and shiny things ?
Which us all arcane really is
Of course he knew
“I HAVE A BELT THAT LETS ME READ DWARVISH!!”
“But you can’t read!!”
I freaking died, and the look on his face when Matt said that.
Edit: Pike trying to make him feel better was adorable
I was in a campaign where our half ogre barbarian got hold of a belt of dwarvenkind. When he could suddenly speak and read dwarvish he became convinced he was actually a dwarf, based on the logic he couldn't read common or ogre so it must be his native language.
@@misterthegeoff9767 That's hilarious :D
You can see travis' life leaving him at that very moment.
@@misterthegeoff9767 OMG that's so good
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Pike is just a bouncing ball a pure happiness and adorableness.
Adorable badassery
With a portable nuke behind every fist when it comes to undead
All of Ashley’s characters are just pure wholesomeness. I mean, Yasha is a bloodthirsty barbarian, but still is quiet, caring, and loves flowers
When Keyleth started to bring up the morality of the things they were doing, I realized it's because they were missing Pike for a while. I'm so glad she's back :)
Tiberius’ departure actually made me tear up a bit. It’s like the party was getting some closure/saying goodbye to Orion. It was very nice.
Pay close attention to their goodbyes with the idea that they're speaking to Orion and not Tiberius. No one role-played a desire for him to stay, yet those who spoke at all spoke earnestly and with respect. Travis/Grog said nothing and Sam/Scanlan gave some half-hearted b.s., reflecting how each player was visibly reacting to Orion/Tiberius's antics.
As annoying as Orion got at the table, it's a shame he didn't get a proper sendoff in person. This was a nice way of doing it. Really shows respect for him and the character. They could've easily just made Tiberius disappear never to be heard of again, so this was some nice closure.
@@pyropip you're reading too far into it. Marisha and Laura, the victims of his alleged sexual harassment are sad to see him get put on the bus rather than smirk at his good riddance.
@@pyropip I second that their body language said a lot. I am also taking into consideration that I am completely unaware of the social dynamics beyond the cameras gaming together.
@@mingodingo - I thought he harassed his ex girlfriends, not Laura and Marisha?
And Scanlan played and played... and realized too late that he played himself.
I can't believe he didn't "hand over my empty purse that I dumped before the contest started"
@@suzannepottsshorts I was waiting for a “I said I would give her my purse.”
*empties gold into The Bag of Holding*
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It could be considered back child support
i love travis' use of "your soul will be forfeit" great story rping
yeah especially because he's the one with the cursed weapon now
Once again Vox Machina, the team of adventures who have slain not 1, not 2, not 3 but 4 dragons....have been defeated by a door.
I fucking can't, them bickering about this door is too much XD I'm cringing but also laughing (if its the correct door youre referring to, haven't finished it yet)
Actually, it's more like six or seven total dragons. They took out Brimscythe in the prestream days, and they killed a white dragon then as well. Then came Reimfang and the Chroma Conclave to add five more to the total, making it 7 according to my math.
So 7 prestream, and one 1 white, (Slayer's Take) for a total of 8?
Rimefang was the Slayers Take mission (iirc), the Chroma Conclave is yet to come, as of this episode. So 3 prestream with 4 to come at a later time.
In all seriousness liam drunk as shit
During Pike healing Desmond, all I could think was she succeeds in growing a tiny little Deadpool style baby hand on the guy.
oh god
I am re-watching the Cox campaign. I think you will enjoy the second. The third is great so far. I am reading my game books again now and finding Mercer’s perspective as a DM to be creative and inspiring given his different perspective on the game. I dig it
2 years late, but I’m so glad that I was not alone with this visual!!!
4:18:35
Young Kitchen Worker: Hey! Y-you can't be in here!
Vox Machina (Except Percy): *simultaneous yelling*
Percy: .....and my compliments to the chef. Good night!
My god Percy is the best in these in-between saga humorous episodes.
The look on Mercer's face when Grog rolls a 20 for Arcane Knowledge
+Vernon Burt And the attempt to stealth the bear
when where?
+Red Baddass 1:30:30
So, I scroll a bit for no reason and BAM! spoiler.
Then you shouldn't look at the comments.
Matt gave Orion/Tiberius a worthy and respectful send off that made me choke up and shed a tear.
same, i started crying too.
I legitimately miss Orion. I'm kind of hoping he'll show up somehow in the new campaign after the new year.
Yeah, it was touching and I really liked how respectful Matt was. My ex-DM was nowhere near that nice when sending off my character...
You mean Tiberius Stormwind...uh uh from draCONIA
Orion was respectful and dedicated player. Think to yourself. Were you?
The pettiness that was felt throughout the group as Matt directs all attacks at Keyleth is absolutely hilarious. The look on Marisha’s face 😂
That third attack barely hitting after the first two missed would have been a perfect moment for Cutting Words 😂
"battabattabattabattaSWINGbattabattabatta..."
Young boys and old people should steer clear of Vox Machina.
"If you can't terrify the young, murder the elderly."
FoolishAnonymous you people are monsters
Doors on the other hand....
Jordan Barkley and horses.
Here’s a wholesome joke! So a drakonian walks into a nursing home red and leaves red.
Matt voices 14 characters in this episode: Tiberius, Jarett, Desmond, Laina, Uriel, Asum, a guard, Dr Drenzel, Kaylie, Kent Plucker, Samson, the barkeep, leader of the Clasp, and Vaxio
00:00:31 - Ashley joins IRL!
00:06:51 - Grog uses words
00:08:01 - Start of part 1
00:09:21 - End of recap
00:10:21 - Sam arrives
00:12:32 - "Don't put a number on family"
00:13:15 - "I'm asking the Yellow Pages"
00:13:43 - The small matter of enchanting a stolen carpet
00:15:48 - Ripley's pistol
00:16:47 - Percy isn't Percying
00:18:17 - Pike may or may not have recieved a letter
00:19:18 - Keyleths tree-teleportation is faster than mail
00:20:19 - The party has no clue about what's going on
00:20:54 - Grog loves black holes
00:22:19 - Where is Vax's fanboy?
00:23:22 - "For people tuning in for the first time, I'm going to give you no context"
00:24:38 - Laura is keeping notes
00:24:55 - Scanlan loves Trinket
00:25:36 - "You hear the tree silently fist-bump you through its arcane connection"
00:26:14 - Cartoon physics!
00:26:56 - Ashley makes a Portal joke
00:27:29 - Pike!
00:28:47 - "Did you feel our bag of dicks that we did?"
00:30:27 - "I was born sure"
00:31:26 - Tiberius!
00:37:08 - Tiberius' final words
00:38:13 - Jarett
00:39:13 - Keyleth's elemental protector
00:40:19 - The party struggles to remember their prisoner's name
00:41:22 - Desmond
00:42:33 - Laina
00:43:20 - "Huevos rancheros"
00:43:56 - "Are there days of the week?"
00:44:32 - Grog lost a bet to Percy
00:45:30 - Desmond's hand, and Vax being a jerk
00:47:04 - "We should solve all of our problems with letters from now on"
00:48:19 - Scanlan inspires Pike
"There once was a gnome from Emon,
who sang a scandalous song,
the ladies would swoon,
at his rather large tune,
and say - My, it's impossible long."
00:49:02 - Ashley rolls a natural 20
00:51:20 - Laura remembers Vex has lots of unvalued treasures
00:52:58 - "Your greed is endearing"
00:54:43 - Seeking an audience with the King
00:57:16 - Vex can read lips
00:58:18 - "I got my snake!"
00:58:47 - The second trial of Vox Machina
01:00:24 - Uriel
01:02:20 - Asum's findings about the Briarwoods
01:06:34 - Percy speaks
01:10:40 - "She is a good egg"
01:11:11 - Evidence
01:14:24 - Whitestone is a town, White Castle is a hamburger restaurant chain
01:15:17 - Grayskull Embassy?
01:15:55 - A reward for Desmond?
01:17:10 - Vex is a terrible person
01:18:29 - Laura gets The Whisper, and the party makes jokes
01:19:30 - Desmond and the gold
01:20:32 - A new quest
01:21:38 - Uriel dissing the guards
01:22:35 - Grog dissing the guards
01:23:12 - Scanlan reassuring Keyleth
01:25:05 - A ruse that aroused
01:27:21 - Marisha makes a pun
01:30:09 - Travis rolls a natural 20
01:34:03 - "I think she has to drop a D"
01:34:28 - Matt voices a guard
01:35:56 - The interrogation of Jeffrey
01:41:19 - Grog and the sword
01:43:31 - "And remember, shop at Gilmore's Glorious Goods"
01:44:40 - Keyleth communes with nature, and the party sings "Age of Aquarius"
01:47:24 - Scanlan informing Keyleth
01:48:19 - Vax remembers the familiar tavern
01:49:40 - End of part 1
02:04:51 - Start of part 2
02:06:31 - "Is someone popping popcorn?"
02:06:52 - Grog belches
02:07:06 - The Diamond Nest Tavern
02:07:37 - Vax and his cloaks
02:08:06 - "Where did Pike go?"
02:09:16 - "Kent Plucker and Dr. Drenzel"
02:10:28 - Vax forgot about Dr. Dren
02:11:19 - Scanlan and the traveling troupe!
02:14:22 - Laura gets The Whisper, and Ashley subtlely massages her ass
02:14:58 - Scanlan holds an impossibly long note
02:16:31 - Dr. Drenzel
02:17:54 - Kaylie
02:19:14 - Pike tries to help
02:20:21 - Kent Plucker
02:21:31 - Samson the pickpocketer
02:23:02 - The Shits!
02:23:52 - "You doubt The Cube?"
02:24:06 - "Grog, it doesn't mean what you think it means"
02:24:39 - Laura questions Matt's acting
02:25:20 - A new quest?
02:27:51 - Marisha gets The Whisper!
02:30:42 - Percy attempting Friends
02:32:55 - Vax's name is Greg
02:36:14 - The barkeep
02:37:53 - Vax uses the Thieves' Cant
02:40:12 - Team talk
02:41:51 - Scanlan challenges Kaylie to a flute-off
02:45:10 - The kitchen staff
02:46:07 - Matt RP's the popcorn
02:47:11 - "Oh, and... Trinket"
02:49:11 - Pike and Grog fails at stealth
02:52:02 - The "flaute-off"
02:52:50 - "Is this Jethro Tull?"
02:54:25 - Matt fails with the soundtrack
02:56:57 - The climax
02:58:52 - Scanlan learns a 2600 G life lesson
03:04:14 - Grog tosses Scanlan
03:05:24 - The door with five locks
03:06:36 - Grog the illiterate
03:14:01 - Scanlan inspires Vax with a limerick
"I knew a goliath in Whitestone,
who lived in a very, very fine home,
'til one day a wizard,
or maybe a large lizard,
burned it and left him alone."
03:14:21 - Liam can't keep track of what's going on
03:16:21 - Vax opens the door
03:21:04 - Leader of the Clasp
03:22:23 - Vax adresses the Clasp
03:22:45 - Scanlan is recognized
03:27:01 - Keyleth does a magic breeze, Travis and Ashley does farting noices
03:28:35 - Keyleth references The Lost Ark
03:30:46 - Liam is confused again
03:31:52 - A map appears
03:34:18 - Travis has a fear of construction paper
03:37:07 - Vaxio
03:39:07 - Vex uses her deep voice
03:41:34 - Grog bellows threats
03:46:06 - "Yeeeees"
03:47:43 - Scanlan intimidates with whining
03:54:00 - Liam rolls a natural 20
04:01:16 - Ashley rolls a natural 20
04:03:06 - Liam rolls a natural 20
04:07:06 - Keyleth takes one for the team
04:12:58 - "How do you want to do this?"
04:18:27 - "And my compliments to the chef!"
04:20:21 - Scanlan says good bye
04:21:41 - End of part 2
04:21:54 - Wait... End of part 2
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He also voiced cravenEdge
frankichiro You’re a man of honor.
Okay, Grog's reaction to "skulduggery" might be the hardest I've laughed at this game so far. Great timing & wit from both Travis and Taliesin.
I just hunted through the comments to see if someone else got as much of a kick out of that scene as I did before making a redundant comment. Pure comedy gold right there. xD
I didn't get it. Please explain?
@@N7AslansHobbit_Ry Given how both Taliesin and Travis tend to use lingo that goes along with the accents for their characters, Grog probably thought it was close to a particular British slang term... Basically he laughed because he believed Doc was asking about their experience with skull-fucking. Taliesin picked up on where Travis was going immediately for Percy's cut-in.
I am so in love with the idea that the person with the lowest intelligence of the group is the one that completely by chance figures out everything.
You have an expert rogue in your team who has been trained in setting traps and unlocking doors, you have a champion of a goddess you have the actual avatar of the four elements
and yet a 7 feet tall Goliath whose sword is smarter than him figures out all the hidden puzzles!
I just love it!
2:24:19 Matt is such a good actor and natural with his body language that this just appeared so natural to me, it didn't even occur to me he just had his arm in mid-air until it was pointed out.
Me neither
I totally agree. But he's also so easy going and care free he's willing to let himself look flustered as he explains why he's doing that. Man I need me some Mercer confidence.
I didn’t even realize that he doesn’t have anywhere to put his arm on.
I noticed briefly and then realised what he was doing. But it took me at least a minute after he started doing it before I realised. It took all of them a long time to realise or at least comment on what he was doing. So after I noticed I just assumed that they had realised what he was doing to and going along with it.
0:01 rip my ears
Techniquelly 00:00:01
"Go ahead and make a Performance check, if you could."
"I've never done one of these before!"
...says the bard...
Well, just because you play a bard doesn't mean you're performing music or theatre very often.
Vax, looking at Keyleth: "Oh she's adorable!"
Keyleth: *spits blood onto Daxio's face*
Vax: "Oh...she's traumatized!"
Sam(scanlan ) “I f’ing hate goblins”
Campaign two “ I’m a little goblin girl
Who also, incidentally, hates goblins
True
Scanlan and Veth would love Goblin Slayer
And also hates water. Calling it: Third campaign Sam's going to be whatever the gentleman is (can't remember what), and he'll still hate water and goblins.
@@thesaltycat9493 the gentleman is a water genasi and thats an interesting character hook
1:36:20
Jeffrey's interrogation was so perfectly role-played and narrated!
"Give us the name of that girl so we can send our condolences to her?"
"No no no no no! Please please please don't!"
It was purely perfect, the best moment in the show! My tears just flowed I laughed. Million thanks for this moment!
Spirithunter I know right? I am in silence compartment of a train and had run out during that scene because I couldn’t hold my laughter.
"Oh, not on the blade! Not on the blade!"
*No, keep the tears coming*
"Wot?!"
I absolutely loved this. Matt was amazing of course, especially fast switching between Jeffrey, Craven Edge, and DM. So impressed with Travis, Sam & Matt in this scene. Also Sam & Tal ask actual good questions for figuring out next plot steps. Lots of people flounder with this.
Am I the only one who enjoys Travis' reaction to Taliesin as Percy apologizing to Sovereign Uriel because of how amazing that improv was? cause holy sweet mother of bananacakes Tal literally made me believe he was a nobleman lol
Well, when you've lived for a thousand years, you've been a noble a time or two.
@@Wanttowrite Precisely.
Yeah, I had to rewind to see it again. He was really impressed.
Tal is best girl
He *is* a nobleman. Vampires are usually nobility
(First time watcher of Crit Role, tryinging to make my way through to Campaign 3)
I absolutely adore the dynamic between Percy and Vex, and find it so freaking perfect and hilarious that Vex is being extra, EXTRA flirty now that Percy is both royal and potentially super wealthy.
I'm in the same boat as you! We're making progress, slowly but surely!!!
@@venom_colada1512 Good luck, mate!! It's the perfect show for me to listen to while I do dishes and fold laundry. :D
ME TOO! WISH I WISH BOTH OF YOU LUCK!!
I wish you all luck, but I can’t stress enough that there’s no reason to watch chronologically by campaign. You may miss a couple of references here or there, but if you want to get in on C3, do it!! No reason you can’t watch both at the same time, either, and I think you’ll regret passing up on the opportunity to be there for campaign 3 since the beginning :)
(that said, c1 and c2 are still very very good and I hope you enjoy it whatever you do! Just don’t feel any need to have these watched before you start campaign 3 - it’s really not necessary!)
@@sivsi6598 thank you! And don't worryyy, I know! I don't really care for being there at the start, plus it's fun to watch these vids!
i know they are all really talented voice actors, but the fact that Matt can doo his friend's voice so freaking well is kind of unnerving lol
Haha wait until he plays a Kenku NPC in campaign 2 and imitates *everyone*
Scanlan: See Geoffrey, he doesn't want to use the sword.
Craven Edge: I want him to use the sword.
Scanlan: He doesn't like to use the sword.
Craven Edge: But using the sword is soooooo much fun!
This should be written into the animated version
Nah the sword should give a long monologue using long words and Grog resists it because he didn't understand half of it.
"Oh! I can read dwarven!"
"You can't read >.>"
"....*sadface*"
William Clark He can talk Dwarven though lol
if i were dming he could read but only dwarvish
Yeah I'd have to disagree with Matt's ruling here. If the magic of the belt is supposed to somehow instill the wearer with the knowledge of the Dwarven language, and that includes the ability to read Dwarvish (for those who could otherwise read anyways), then I don't see how Grog wouldn't also be instilled with the ability to read AT LEAST Dwarvish.
If the rationale was that Grog had some kind of reading impairment like dyslexia or something then I could understand him still struggling to read Dwarvish, but in this case it is simply the lack of knowledge of what Dwarven alphabetical characters mean. This belt fills that gap in knowledge, thus Grog should be able to read Dwarvish.
I don't think it works this way. I'm studying linguistics at university, and from what I was able to learn thus far is that knowledge of a language doesn't nessesarily provide knowledge of the writing system of that language. It's like when you are a child and you learn your native language you do not learn how to write and read automatically, you have to spend time studying it.
Oh no, I agree that in reality learning a spoken language does NOT mean you have learned the corresponding written language, but in this case the magic of the belt provides the wearer with both understandings. In other words, let's say Vex wore the belt:
Vex without the belt does not know how to speak or read Dwarvish, but she does know how to speak and read at least Common. WITH the belt she would understand both spoken and written Dwarvish.
Grog without the belt does not know how to speak or read Dwarvish, but he does know how to speak at least Common. WITH the belt he understands spoken Dwarvish, but not written Dwarvish. Matt's logic is that because Grog does not currently know how to read ANYTHING he therefore can not acquire the knowledge to understand written Dwarvish, even though if someone else (like Vex) who can not read Dwarvish (but can at least read something) were to wear the belt they WOULD be able to read Dwarvish.
I'm saying this does not make sense since, at least as far as I know, the only thing stopping Grog from understanding how to read anything is that he has not yet learned how to read any particular language. It's not like he has some curse or disability preventing his brain from understanding written language, he simply has not yet acquired (either over time or instantaneously through magic) the knowledge of any particular written language. This belt should be providing the instantaneous magic understanding of the written language of the Dwarves, and thus Grog should be able to read Dwarvish.
“Dante.”
“No.”
“Dmitri.”
“No.”
“Damien.”
“No.”
“Dingleberry, Darren, Dane, Dylan?”
“No.”
“Matthew Mercer”
“Technically.” 😂😂😂😂
"Earthbreaker Grun?" (sp?)
Technically related through Matt Mercer.
@@csn583 Honestly, i would have went with Desmond being the Earthbreaker in disguise, that could have been hilarious
Going back on these episodes and seeing Percy crushing on Vex is so adorable
Though their flirting is half Vex getting angry and Percy either throwing money at her or showing how she stands to make money
This being my first watch through, I'm still really hoping that Grog gets to keep Craven Edge and is just too dumb for the sword to actually affect him in a bad way. I love the deep dark voice talking to him and Grog just goes with it, it's one of the funniest things in this campaign so far for me, which is saying something because this whole thing is hysterical.
If you don't feed Craven Edge, it eventually will kill the user and eat their soul lol...
Grog-Craven Edge is one of my favourite interactions in this campaign.
There was a comment on the last video that suggested that Grog's stupidity could slowly drive the weapon insane in a reversal of the cursed weapon trope. That would be such a fun story to do, and I'd love to see it.
"...and remember: Shop at Gilmore's Glorious Goods!" :D
Holy crap Percy was on point...
Totally Not Dr. Dre: "I take it you all experience a bit of skulduggery from time to time."
*Grog Laughs*
Percy: "Grog that doesn't mean what you think it means."
Grog: "Oh."
my favorite moment. God-tier RP
The fact he caught on to what Travis was doing was amazing!! I was so confused and then with Percy’s reaction it all suddenly made sense! He is so quick!
i'm really stupid i don't understand what either were referring to, please help me lmao
@@MiniKitty27 Grog doesn't understand what skulduggery (unsavory behavior) means and probably thinks it's something along the line of "crushing skulls" - which he enjoys/is familiar with
@@kientran364 by unsavory behavior, does that mean sexually? because if so it makes complete sense that my asexual ass could not comprehend what was being said lmao
"Good Cop, Grog Cop" might be my new favorite thing ever. although I have to admit it would have been a lot funnier if the rolls we reversed and Grog was trying to convince the kid that he was gonna have a hard time keeping a screaming Scanlan from hurting the boy.
"Look mate, you're gunna need to give us sumfing to go on 'ere, ovverwise I don't fink I can 'old my die-min-you-tive associate back. They don't call 'im 'Th' Screamer' for nuffin'"
'Good Cop Grog Cop' would be a perfect shirt
It would.
'Good cop, bard cop'
Nonono. Good Cop, Bad Cop, OH HELL NO COP. (Grog Cop, Bard Cop, Craven Cop)
I think Liam and Matt have a great RPG relationship. As the player you have to ask the DM if you can/are doing something as the DM is essentially a God, but you can also press the question if you think the answer is incorrect/unfair and the DM can show leniency when needed.
Agreed
Yep, when Liam makes a good case, and it will help the story, Matt will let it happen. But, Liam always respects Matt’s ultimate ATHORATAH.
So I’m watching this crazy journey for the first time and and I gotta say I feel really spoiled having the ability to watch these episodes back to back to back🍻
...to back to back to back to back to back to dear god please help I haven't slept in a month to back to back to back...
SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK, I LIVE OFF OF THE SEXUAL POWER OF SCANLAN SHORTHALL
Oh just wait til you catch up and have to wait every week. It's hell D:
Then you come back here and start again!
Creative Zerox you will live for a thousand years then, cause scanlans sexual energy is godly
spoiled?? I HAVE NO LIFE ANYMORE! just vox machina D:
I don't think anyone with any powers will see this, but can the post credits scene of the last episode of the animated show PLEASE be all of them trying to guess Desmond's name, out loud, while standing in the basement as he shovels eggs into his face?
i second this, i just pictured it in my head and laughed for a solid minute
Oh man, I LOVE what they did with the show but now I'm gutted they didn't do this!
Shout out to everyone either watching or re- watching during the quarantine. Remember to wash your hands!
Best time to play catch-up!
With the wildemount book out, trying to get more lore from this campaign to help with mine. :D
I started off originally watching two years ago but dropped it at episode 15 (Orion's meta gaming was a bit too much), gave up and jumped to campaign 2 so now since I watched ep 99 live I've jumped back to campaign 1 episode 25 and been happily watching :3
@@BatteredWalrus Same honestly, i would just fast forward Orions parts just to power through those first episodes.
@@lunarturtle5501 Tiberius had some good moments, but yeah, he really slowed the game down and roamed too far outside his class.
"She's got holes in all the right places" has got to be my favorite Scanlan line so far
God they are both so good
Watching Matt Mercer play Desmond, and then remembering Kynan's first appearance, it really blows me away how great of an actor he is. Specifically with those two characters he brings this really innocent, heartfelt honesty, and boyish enthusiasm, and it almost makes me cry when Vox Machina are mean to them. TL;DR Matt Mercer is really good at playing cinnamon rolls because he is a cinnamon roll and must be protected.
When Vex tried to lead a BEAR into a TAVERN. SNEAKILY.
That really irked me, because it's so fucking obvious it would never work. But at least she didn't pout too much afterwards.
Ayyyy nice dream theater profile pic and username. They’re my favorite band
He rolled an 18 though
@@StoneCorazon He rolled a sixteen but even if he rolled a Nat 20 it would be literally impossible. A bear cannot sneak into a tavern unnoticed, unless it's invisible.
@@TheThreeHeadedDragon idk man the video about the moonwalking bear shows people can miss stuff easily if distracted.
Being a beast ranger just sucks unfortunately
8:00 - Recap begins...
11:13 - The Game begins...
16:59 - Travis foresaw the dumpsterfire that was the year 2016
25:32 - Vox Machina returns to Emon via the Sun Tree
27:27 - PIKE!!!💕
31:26 - TIBERIUS!!! 😍😍
45:57 - Pike, the sweetheart she is, offers to heal Desmond's hand.
58:46 - They arrive in front of Sovereign Uriel to clear their names.
1:27:27 - bad pun segues into their investigation into Daxio's quarters
1:44:41 - This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius, Age of Aquarius~
1:49:14 - Break begins...
2:04:50 - Break ends...
2:11:46 - Scanlan perform's a breath-taking flute solo with his old musical troupe
2:40:12 - The Infiltration
3:34:10 - They've found Riskel Daxio
4:13:00 - "How do you wanna do this?"
4:21:25 - Game ends...
Since I didn't see anyone else get those points I decided I would. Like if this helps.
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2:09:20 party meets Scanlan's od troupe
1:30:17 Grog gets a natural 20 for arcana check
Many Thanks!
S'all right. Trump got elected and made 2016 great again.🤭
“Please, I just met a girl” was the *worst* time to take a sip of my drink. Now I’ve got chocolate milk all over the front of my shirt and a pain in my side from laughing so hard.
listeny it's always a bad idea to drink. I burned my toungue with hot tea and couldnt eat, drink or speak without pain for A WEEK because of a thing Nott pulls out for a teleport anchor in Campaign 2.
i started letting my tea cool a lot more after that....
@@kariissmol9172 oh god I remember that. I could barely see the screen from how hard I was giggling 🤣
That’s why I don’t drink when watching comedy shows.
And if I do, I pause first
Grog rolling strength checks: Wheaton's long lost son.
Grog rolling intelligence and wisdom checks: Sold his soul for luck (and ale).
King Dwendal and Port Demali name drop, years ahead of time. Classic Matt.
Building the world and thinking so far ahead I had nearly whiplash on that double take with this rewatch.
While Asum was digging in Port Damali, somewhere nearby, a young orphan half-orc, bullied for his weight and teeth filed to stubs in an attempt to fit in, is falling in love with the ocean. Further north, outside the capital of Rexxentrum in the small village of Blumenthal, a young boy with orange hair, blue eyes, and a knack for the arcane is sat with his parents, stroking the family cat as he sits in front of the crackling fireplace. And even further north, in the middle of the Savalierwood, an octogenarian firbolg with pink hair is enjoying the company of his family, and cultivating a taste for tea.
@@Zombiewithabowtie yessss
@@Zombiewithabowtie In Nicodranas, a small blue teifling is eating pastries and learning to draw with her new best friend
Her best friend at this point is still trapped in the feywild.
They've went from one member having unexplained voices in their heads to another
"Daxio is a... mature elf."
...He's a MELF.
ha! Gotty
What about his acid arrow? :'D
MELF MELF MELF MELF
David Sastre Or his Minute Meteor
I laughed so hard at this, thanks
Mariah: "You take care of you, man"
Matt: "You too, girl."
Liam: "Tolkien would be proud, Matt"
Oh lord, this was funny.
Marisha* As a LOTR nerd, I almost spit out my coffee XD
I was thinking of Tolkien every time that Sun Tree cropped up, I definitely got a laugh out of that
Matt in game 1: "Its a weapon... spiritual weapon, weapon is in the name"
Matt in game 2: "Sure you can make a lollipop and a piano"
YES 😂
and it just keeps getting better
And a bust of Estelle Getty.
Matt in game 3: Sure, you can make a tankard of cold ale and try to deal precipitation damage.
Hey ! A sweet in Jesters hand is totally a weapon just ask the one that got from her a cupcake