Chasing Nightmares | Critical Role | Campaign 3, Episode 11
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#CriticalRole #Campaign3 #DungeonsAndDragons - Ігри
HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing
0:15 Sam skilldoo, we can too
4:00 Marish laughs at the sponsor URL
5:30 Laura’s merch corner
8:00 Intro cinematic
9:45 EPISODE STARTS
12:25 Recap Ends
16:05 Is the guy naked?
21:05 Chetney gets ready
24:40 Chetney and Orym hold hands
25:50 Map out
29:05 Battle begins
34:15 The furniture is just a test
37:15 Imogen crop dusts as she runs
38:00 We don’t know about Bruno
41:50 Taking cover behind Fearne
46:05 Knocking into a table
47:20 Face your make and weep
48:15 Imogen rides Orym
50:05 Laudna is into the Nightmare King
51:55 The woodshop is open
52:50 Where’s the mallet?
55:20 Spiritual stein
58:30 Drawing sap
1:03:40 Sam’s Wordle
1:04:15 The weights come off
1:08:10 Short kings
1:11:00 Parple
1:15:15 Maaakiiiing my waaaay
1:18:30 Orym and Chetney have different feelings about trousers (swollen wood)
1:21:30 Marisha’s emotional rollercoaster
1:22:45 Chetney reveals his final form
1:27:10 Werebot (Fur Cut Grass) (Wirewolf)
1:29:50 Ira doesn’t want to hurt them
1:32:45 Calloway
1:34:15 FCG transforms
1:36:40 FCG believes in Imogen
1:40:00 FCG is a turtle, Chetney is a wolf, the tables are alive
1:44:05 Ashton likes Ira’s aesthetic
1:46:00 Death isn’t real, they’re golden gods
1:46:55 The Feynus
1:52:30 Chetney is a good boy, yes he is
1:56:40 He knows Fearne
1:59:40 Is it over?
2:03:20 The turtle is running
2:04:55 The guards are having a tough one (Crispin Glover)
2:07:55 The boom
2:10:25 Where there was one wheel print in the sand, it was where FCG carried you
2:12:30 BREAK STARTS
2:20:05 Art Montage
2:22:30 BREAK ENDS
2:23:25 Big whoopty doo
2:26:35 FCG is a two-star passenger
2:32:10 Hard to keep a tampon
2:34:30 Laura’s characters always have pastries
2:36:45 Chetney and Gurge background
2:42:15 Chetney needs no chisel
2:44:35 How do you feel about a 3
2:46:40 Bite me
2:52:15 Sleeping like a dog
2:53:00 Chetney has friends
2:56:30 Moon talk
2:58:55 Werewolf Invisalign
3:00:35 National treasure techniques
3:02:45 Ashton is selling timeshares
3:04:05 Finally, the fan service episode
3:09:25 King of cagey
3:13:25 We cannot miss the ball
3:15:00 Checking the mission log
3:19:05 Only rich guys have goatees
3:25:00 Reporting to Eshteross
3:28:10 The paper has writing on it now
3:30:20 Imogen gets a Skillshare membership
3:33:10 Dorian makes a funny joke
3:34:55 Treat yourself
3:41:55 Orym has been bleeding this whole time
3:44:55 Chadney
3:45:55 Chisel shopping and making enemies
3:51:20 It’s easier to buy trust
3:55:25 Orym waves his ‘sword’ around
3:57:20 Fearne gets groomed
3:58:10 Laudna is a health department nightmare
3:59:30 Chetney lets it out
4:09:55 Orym meets Oshad Breshio (Jarrett was a campaign 1 NPC from Marquet)
4:28:30 Kill Keyleth? Who do they think they are, a cliff?
4:31:00 Keyleth is so cool
4:36:45 Snooty servant
4:38:25 Chetney sneak attacks Dorian
4:39:00 Laudna’s theatrical skills
4:42:10 Imogen owns the conservatory (and Fearne owns Kunthea)
4:44:10 FCG says the most true thing
4:47:50 What Imogen learns
4:52:00 Episode Ends
The in-game start date for the episode was in the year 843. Sam’s gas can has the game Wurdle69 on it. Over the course of the game words are revealed based on the original clues. The final message reads “Elbow Liams Upper” and the last word was not revealed, but is probably “Torso”
So, once upon a time I was running a game set in Thordak-occupied Emon, and one of the things my players were dealing with was a vampiric serial killer named Ixrattu Khar who’d taken over The Black Bastille. She ended up killing my brother’s character. She was barely mentioned in the old book, but then new Tal’dorei Campaign Guide has her as a major antagonist, with badass art and a Vestige. The book says her whole deal is… training assassins. I think maybe my brother will get some revenge.
Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
Flando clearly his high Dex and the Lightning Reflexes feat.
thank flands
That was fast!
Literally posted 2 minutes ago
I'm early for once!
Campaign 1: Renown Heroes
Campaign 2: Outlaws Fighting Injustice
Campaign 3: Monster Mash
Accurate
Yeah
Fits the settings.
First was a classic kingdom scenario. The second had two fighting powers with lots of moral ambiguity. The third one is situated in a jungle land that has elephant people and all sorts of weird races.
Campaign 1: Rags to Riches Disney Story.
Campaign 2: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll.
Campaign 3: Monster's Prom!
Campaign 1: Dark Souls
Campaign 2: Bloodborne
Campaign 3: Elden Ring
Chetney just out of nowhere starting to AGGRESSIVELY undress in the middle of a tense confrontation is such a power move
Keep that one in your back pocket for the next time you're called into the boss's office amirite?
I'm fully chubed out. 😳
Definitely Armstrong vibes from FMA. 😂
Keg is aroused
That should've been an intimidation check with advantage. I'm just saying.
They treated that scholar in campaign two who was obsessed with the moons like he was the most boring NPC imaginable, _and matt took that personally._
Beau asked about him a decent amount though- the other NPCs treated him as a cuckoo cloud-lander and so the party wasn't really able to discuss things with him outside of a message, which Jester would probably never have framed correctly or received a concise response from a mad scientist type of person lmao! Marisha is totally interested in Ruidis lore though, how could you not be after seeing the study in the Happy Fun Ball?
@@SMFAHgirl98 I think Caleb and Beau actually met with him though and spent 30 minutes trying to find interesting lore about it until they all decided it wasn't worth the time. But they did learn a few things more than with just a message !
Seriously tho, I'm excited to see what will happen when Ruidus hits its zenith. A lot of the characters seems to be linked to this moon somehow.
does anyone remember what episode that took place in? i cant remember all that the scholar said during that convo
I sent in question about him and his research in the wrap up. Guess I know why they didn't answer it then 😂
“You can do this. You can accomplish anything if you believe in yourself or if you have wealthy parents.”
- Sam Riegel, 2022
Wealthy parents who support you is what he wanted to say
Capitalism in a nutshell.
@@AltarexLuurkesien Only that in capitalism, believing in oneself is not enough. Class mobility is close to being a myth.
@@festerdam4548 it depends if Sam was speaking for himself or FCG when he said this, because FCG lives in a fantasy world...
The funnier part being that her last character had a wealthy parent lol
When I first saw chetney’s stats I was like, “that’s a really unconventional build for a rogue”
Now it makes sense
tbf a str based rogue is weirdly very viable. All you need is a one-level dip into some class that gives you medium armour and you get the AC, everything else tends to be str/dex optional
@@colonel__corn you don't even need the dip to be viable. just ask wizards, you don't need a high AC to be viable lol.
@@sillyking1991 wizards aren't right up in there in melee usually
@@jolienvsndijk str rogues can throw weapons, armor still isn’t strictly required, you just need to make other sacrifices for the “build.”
@@colonel__corn Honestly you dont even need the dip. Chetney has 14 DEX, so with the extra ASIs Rogues get, he could easily take Moderately Armored and meet the max DEX mod bonus for mexium armor.
With a breastplate, since thats what Chetney has, throw on a shield and you have 19 AC
The synchronicity of 8 players reaching for pencils and taking physical notes every time the hear a new name is like some kind of drug, for a DM.
Yeah the turtle polymorph was definitely Matt's revenge for everyone polymorphing his villains last game lol
And it will happen again!
True that. I was just screaming at the screen "Somebody punch the turtle!"
@@getDense XD That's amazing
I was just watching that/those episode/s the other day! :D
I assumed he had a purple headband too. (Since Sam played Donatello several times )
gotta say travis's acting for chetney's transformation was stellar! the voice switching from old man to beastly so effortlessly was amazing!
It's as though he's a professional voice actor or something!
I read this comment before seeing what happened and it didn't make the event any less amazing.
Sam: "The Ball, remind me why we need to go there again?"
Laura: "For the fanart."
Lol it's worth it for that reason alone!
Quite honestly!
Time-stamp?
3:15:07 (I think this is where op is talking about? Idk)
So that FCG gets fitted for a little robot tuxedo.
I will never get tired of how hyped Travis gets when people have a cool turn in combat
Them being excited for each other is why I love them all so much.
I honestly think Travis is the biggest Critical Role fan there is. He gets so excited and hype for everyone else's stories and awesome moments. I WISH I had a player like him at my table.
@@transientanus He should be the biggest fan, he’s the CEO!
These moments, are his shopping trip episodes.
@@DeathnoteBB Chief Excitement Officer.
God I love the way Liam describes his maneuvers and attacks so much, it makes Orym feel like such a nimble little badass
I saw another comment a while back that described him as a blade ballerina and I loved that.
It's why he's my fav
All i could think of was.. "10.000 years of pain" as he said he started to move.... aaaand it was. =P
Liam is my go-to example of how to describe a turn. Be it with Vax, Caleb or Orym, he seems to always know what he's aiming for when his turn arrives, and his descriptions are both concise and engaging.
With Caleb, for example, he made it a point to describe gestures, material components being used, sound effects, and specify the spell/action he was triggering all within a very small time frame. Awesome stuff.
I want to see his turns animated so bad
Wasn't it Liam who said when Travis' character was first introduced, that he could have been a werewolf gnome this campaign? I have got to go check how nervous Travis looked, or if he had a solid poker face. because he absolutely CALLED IT
FOUND IT in episode 9 - 2:35:30 Travis missed his chance (credit to Flando Maltrizian). Liam says: You could have been a gnome werewolf Travis, you blew it!
Travis pauses and thinks about how to respond then speaks as chetney to reply "#*%*, Reset, back to one".
I loved that, instant rewind to that episode to check Travis and Matt's reaction
@@rainbowjo00 omg thanks i was thinking about it but couldnt find the timecode!
Knowing about the surprise ahead of time, I looked at Travis the instant he said it, and he definitely looked nervous for a split second, lol.
The surprise got ruined for me by spoiling comments on that episode. It was heartbreaking!
Dude, that fucking deep, airy, raspy “I lied..!” 1:23:40 From werewolf Chetney made me tingle with excitement. Travis finally gets his werewolf character, while also playing his favorite old man character, we can literally only expect good things to come. Immediate favorite.
Perfectly said. Just wanna add "Immediate favorite BY FAR"
I lost track, which timestamp?
@@pitayafruit 1:23:40 I gotchu homie
@@NidoKnight thank you kind person!
His werewolf voice is INSANE
"You think Gurge has a gift...then get a load oF MEEE"
“Right, right….. that’s on me….”
- The Nightmare King
Of course a king would forget about the little people.
@@musculusmouse oOoOO
You know he's a good king when he owns up to his own mistakes.
Obligatory “time stamp?” request
@@viciousclam2417 1:08:20
That instantaneous and simultaneous slo-mo "making my way", is the ultimate proof that these guys aren't just great players, but great friends.
No way did i just experienced that part
Look at my phone and this was the top comment
I’m going to SLOWLY make my way. 🤣
Talisien “You guys are adorable”
I imagine that's what Dorian's dissonant whispers would sound like
And great improv artists
I love how offended Taliesin looked when it became clear that the Nightmare King was behind the moving furniture XD
I mean, he's been paranoid about literally every inanimate object for the entire campaign thanks to that man.
That fucker's going down.
And he took that personally.
Hes not the Nightmare King,
Hes the Chair Emperor.
@@Im-Not-a-Dog The Nightmare of the Round Table
@@Im-Not-a-Dog When you say chair eperor i just see Chairface Chippendale in my head XD
Idk if the Critical Role crew reads these, but this is just a suggestion. Plz no hate. I really like the mini’s and the art and work Matt puts into the encounters. Could maybe at intermission or as initiative is rolled , get pictures or stills of the mini’s or battle maps on the screen? Maybe how they have mini character sheets pop up, but with the mini’s and monsters. I watch on my phone at work sometimes, and I’m sure others do as well and seeing the work he does can be difficult. Much love from a random critter!
This needs more attention!
On the same note, but different reason. I'm legally blind. I haven't been able to follow the battlemaps for years. I can see the condition rings, though. So that's nice. Would be very nice with something more legible, like in the break, or like every 15 minutes during combat or somethng.
I hope they see this! I've had the same thought, and now that they're not live this shouldn't be a problem.
I've often thought I would like some more still shots of the minis and battle maps - mainly just to admire them!
I thought of this in this very episode, there was a pretty good shot of FCG a top of the stairs, and then I wanted to see chetney mini so bad after the change, and it was never caught in camera... This would be great!
"It's Thursday night," I sing at the top of my lungs on a Monday afternoon because I am European.
It's Thursday somewhen!
How do you watch it on Monday afternoon? It doesn't hit UA-cam until Monday night at 20.00 UTC/21.00 CET.
Same ❤
Tuesday for me
@@SeanGHOB 8pm is technically after noon!
I'm quite fond of the fact that Ashley has fully converted into Travis's Religion of Rage and also gets excited when someone else rages.
Must be some form of pavlovian response by now
Meanwhile, whenever Sam doesn't know something cleric-related, Laura's Cleric Trauma activates.
Really got jazzed when Taliesin raged and Ashley gave him the "Yeah, you are!" just like Travis did for her. All of us Barbarian's need a legit hype woman!
Hype man, hype woman, or hype whatever, anybody to hype you up is valid.
Chetney: "I could be armed to the teeth! You don't know!"
Everyone: "aww cute"
Chetney: (wolf forme)
Everyone: "oh shit..."
yea this definitely caught me off guard. Has it been determined if he is multiclassed or was the character portrait just to throw people off?
Brings a new definition to "armed to the teeth"
@@joeystuart2949 misdirection - the character portrait as he transforms shows bloodhunter (4), and he would need at least 3 levels in bloodhunter to get the transformation
@@coff3eSl0th ah okay I have never really looked at blood hunter
Yep sort of explains why he wanted him to come in later, wanted to be able to transform straight away for the reaction we got in this :)
Matt planning campaign 3 during campaign 2: they wanna fight a chair?! FINE! THEY'RE FIGHTING CHAIRS!
For real be careful what you wish for! As a long time DM I do stuff like this as well🤣
Always the furniture
don't ever say things around the dm, it hasnt happened yet but my main char i accidentally once said "the only way this necklace leaves my neck is if someone chops my head off"
so i know it involves that :(
@@Nug_180 I have a player in my game (who shouts out random things every couple of seconds) learning this lesson the hard way. its fun hearing him say thing just to immediately back pedal and loudly exclaim "out of game"
@@sandyramhoff8137 You’re teaching him a valuable lesson: If you tempt the universe, it will fuck you 😜
Can we just take a moment to appreciate whoever writes the subtitles for these 3-5 HOUR long shows? That shit has got to be arduous, to say the least.
I was thinking the same thing. I bet Dani is involved. And thank you for all your hard work. It's so nice to see the words someone said that I can't make out in the audio, and bam! The spoken words are attributed to who said them! That is golden.
@@xmateosx IIRC they pay a professional closed captioning team to caption their videos nowadays and I too find the captions to be essential and amazing
@@basementbats just staying ahead of the curve. Love this crew!
They are so awesome. Especially as they sometimes get a little testy and funny and throw in their own whit!
yes, always thought the subtitles of Critical Role are absolutely the best
"A man is not made by his tools, a man makes the tools." Is a pretty raw line from Travis
Chetney is such a great Charakter and I think it's the same Chetney that stabbed Santa in the Christmas special
@@stevennuic That was Chutney. This is the same idea but reworked, though not the same guy.
@@Shoefae "The guy doesn't make the same, the same makes the guy"
@@stevennuicChutney fought Oogie Boogie. Chetney is fighting Jack Skellington
I know it's a year ago, so you probably don't have a timestamp, but how about a general part of the video? 1/4 1/2 3/4 ?
It is so eerie when Ashley becomes Fearne. She really does look like a totally different person when she goes into "Fearne mode". It's so impressive
She's so good
I feel the same way about Marisha with Laudna. Last campaign, it was Laura with Jester. I love seeing them embody their characters :)
@@kellyriddell5014 100%!
@@kellyriddell5014 I mean, Jester is just Laura lol
@@Aeltrius until she casts sending, then Jester is an uncontrollable trickster spirit that possesses our poor Laura Bailey
If Laudna doesn't message the Nightmare King to ask, "whats the first word you think of when it comes to our group?" that will be a missed opportunity. Group has to stay consistent. >_>
Then again, giving a powerful fae creature a chance to give you a name, really by far not the wisest thing
So, par for the course then?@@danielcastillo591
@@danielcastillo591 There are many adjectives I'd give crit role PCs, but "wise" is very rarely one of them.
The mental image of Dorian barrel rolling on the floor with a turtle in his arms trying to be sneaky is just too precious 😂
I find it hilarious that they somehow managed to have a turtle that didn't attack Fjord. Fjord wasn't there, of course, but that shouldn't have stopped them.
I love how Liam always finds new ways to integrate his character's backstory with their abilities. His job was a bodyguard and his abilities are about protecting and drawing the attention away from his friends. It's such a great way to express his personality through combat.
and also an amazing display of fighters. He really tries to not just "hit things real hard real often"
If only someone would tell him bait and switch doesn’t cost anything in the action economy
“As harsh as the world may seem at times, there are good people out there. It’s easy for them to be drowned out by the noise.” - Lord Eshteross
“You can accomplish anything if you believe in yourself, or if you have wealthy parents.” - F.C.G.
Words of wisdom, indeed!
“Time is a weird soup” - fearne
"what's the matter? You got some trauma of leaving someone behind?" - Chetney
fcg: ....or with skillshare, where putting in our code will get you ten percent (etc, etc)
"The wood shop's open." - Chetney
The team: "lets decide on a name at the spa"
also the team: does everything BUT talk about a name at the spa
Chetney: *starts taking his clothes off in the middle of negotiation*
Me: lol okay that sounds like something Chetney would absolutely do
Chetney: *starts taking clothes off in the middle of combat*
Me: Oh gods, what even the fuck is happening
It made so much sense five minutes later 😅
Maybe they were his best clothes and he didn't want to get them dirty? 🤔
@@RaXXha I mean it is one of my big pet peeves with fantasy, that characters often seem to only own one single set of clothing, so that is definitely possible 😅
As soon as he said he drew his chisel across his chest, I knew something was up. I said, “That’s something a Blood Hunter usually does.”
I love the foreshadowing.
As soon as Matt said there were pages torn from the book in the library my immediate thought was "oh so Beauregard's been through here"
Lmao
Preceded by the misspoken "porn" element that had me thinking "well of course Jester was here then". LOL
Imagine future adventurers looking for a specific obscure book and when they find it they find:
- Important pages torn out
- Very thorough notes in Zemnian forgotten folded in the back
- A pressed flower
- Dicks drawn in the corners of dozens of pages
And they would wonder "who in the hell checked this book out last??"
Matt: you take 22 of damage
Liam: from a table?!
me: ever stubbed your toe?...
Or your knee cap? *shudders*
He's obviously never seen the table we had when I was growing up. It's legs were 2 big crosses at each end. I'm pretty sure there are whole table and chair sets made these days that use less wood than just one of those legs. My Dad liked to point out that it would never move when we'd run into it rough playing as kids. I'd hate to be on the other end of that table charging 20ft at me.
Luckily a cross-legged table probably couldn't charge very well.
Ngl this amount of damage felt really legit and relevant
@@twistedbambi2370 or in Orym's case, your head?
I love how Matt was going to gloss over the spa day, but everyone was like, “nah, we role playing the whole thing!
Þey did þat in campaign 2 as well . I remember Beau perving on Yasha at the end lol.
YES
I like to think the employees got an unseen servant or something to do Laudna's massage, because let's be honest...
@@WeepingWillow6497 also in campaign one, ate the sauna from scanlan's mansion
@@jaydee6574 CANNONBALL CONTEST
That oh so adorable moment when Taliesin says he's going to rage, and both Travis and Ashley cheer him on.
and Marisha whispers "Ashton doesn't need to ask permission. Ashton DOES."
@@Nilda10 Didn't notice that; Grog and Yasha may have been great barbarians, but Ashton's silent fury won't be stopped by even the DM
And next campign, Travis, Ashley and Taliesin will cheer on the next Barbarian, I hope it’s Sam as a Kobold Barbarian that when he rages gets anchor arms like in SpongeBob but nothing else changes on the Kobold
And the adorable moment when Dorian gets hit and Ashton stands in front of them to protect them 🥺
Grog: Polite asking for permission to his pals to wreak shit up.
Yasha: Resigned plea for her inner strength to be enough.
Ashton: Warning so you have half a second to try and survive.
Chetney is a GODSEND to this campaign, Travis has an amazing ability to draw the best out of everyone
Evey group needs an insane wildcard
The mental image of Chetney and Orym holding hands when viewing the super tall fae creature is amazing
Hold me, fellow short... We are in for a fight.. 😄 😆
@@crabofchaos8490 fellow short 😂😂
I love that "peeping all pervy-like" is becoming one of Chetney's catchphrases.
And I’m glad that it is
Circa 3:28:00 - can we just talk about how mad the group sounds coming to Lord Eshteross talking about the Nightmare King, super soldiers, werewolves, paper that's now blank, crystals that make furniture come to life... and Eshteross is just like "Yes I believe them" WITHOUT QUESTION? I love him.
He's a retired adventurer. He knows what it's like.
I love their adventurer grandpa so much.
@@DragonbIaze052 good fng point
It’s too crazy to be made up.
@@DragonbIaze052 I wonder if he'd ever gotten polymorphed into a turtle.
Chetney: can you be like a winged angel of death?
Ashley in her head: well that's my last two campaigns so......
I never want Robbie to go anywhere because every moment between him and Travis just makes my day. I love this group of goofballs, they're the best!
This didnt age well
@@laserlights9684 nope. Nope it did not.
@@greenpyro good thing we dont have to wait to see what hes doing bc exandria unlimited is back
@@globemaster53 right? I honestly was worried about him and his brother. I cant wait for the cast to reconnect with Darian!
@@laserlights9684 why? I love spoilers
Loving Dorian's near death ground maneuvers. I hope that becomes a running gag.
I do larp. During a battle, my friend had all his limbs stabbed, so technically still wasn't dead. Since the scenario goal was to bring back these fist sized foam bricks to our side, he alligator-rolled to our enemies' side, got a brick in his teeth, and the opposing army let him get almost all the way back before killing him, just to rub it in.
@@sirilay which larp?
rolling gag?
@@suzannepottsshorts HAH! I see what you did there!
As a fellow Persian fan who watches this series passionately, I just realized the group that they're looking for called "Gorgynei" is actually what we call werewolf in Persian.
Gotta respect and appreciate Matt's attention to details even when it comes to names.
Im curious as well.. Isnt "marwa" comes from persian/arabic word meaning dignity or something as well?
@@yuki97kira It is
I always run the names I don't recognize through Google translate, just in case 😁
He also used Simurgh/سیمرغ which is one of persian myths that has similiarities to phoenixes. So glad that he is using persian myth and words in his world.
@@erfanmartell2313 wait did he? Damn i completely missed that absolute mad lad.
Poor Matt, as Fearne keeps wanting to get bitten and he is trying to keep the game from devolving into a band of 8 werewolves.
Blood hunter Lycans don't spread the curse like most Lycans do. They harness the curse through ritual and alchemy. She could get bitten and nothing would happen but taking damage.
C1: Found Family
C2: Found Family
C3: Wolf Pack
Sounds like a great campaign
You can blame Travis for this, he's had a hard on for werewolves ever since their trip into the fae realm chasing Vexalias vestige, maybe even before that who knows but it was obvious from that point. Every time there was a chance for Travis to include a werewolf in the story or to try to visit them in the fae realm he was super excited both as Grog and as Travis.
He also included a werewolf in Bertrand's backstory during the search for grog oneshot. The man knows what he likes and wants, I seen the whole 'Chetney is a werewolf' thing coming the moment they started referring to Girge as 'the wild man' and there being talk of dire wolves in the spires.
I didn't see him blindsiding us with Chetney being a blood hunter, I thought he was definitely a rogue right up until he scratched himself with the chisel in this episode. When he started stripping off at the start of the fight I was almost giddy waiting for him to drop that bomb on the players, I could see it coming but it didn't make it any less fun.
There's a reason Travis is my second favourite CR member behind Sam 'I am going to derail you're fucking campaign and sponsors and troll you about it' Reigal.
Dorian: "Tap into your inner performer and give it your all!"
Laudna: "EVERYONE, BEND THE KNEE!"
That cracked me up so hard...
Time stamp?
@@JustLish-daddyifURnasty 04:38:58
I freaking love Laudna lol
Launda is such a fun character, I really like that Marisha just gets to go full ham
Strong Loki vibes
Ira: "Let's take these weights off"
Liam: "He's Rock Lee"
Some Gaara PTSD right there
I immediately thought this.
I almost felt sorry for him
I went to dragonball myself with goku
@@echovariel1106 Liam voiced Gaara, that's why the Rock Lee reference was relevant to him.
@@codyallen2838 i figured, my mind just went older anime than needed is all XD. Still the same effect of flooring someone, lol
I like how in this campaign their party is more relaxed, more trusting. It’s refreshing to see them have an early npc they can trust like Eshteross.
Whenever Ashton rages now we get both Travis and Ashley making feral noises, I love it.
1:16:55 "there's a thousand rules in this game, we learn them bit by bit by bit." Really great comment from Liam, I love how these guys look after each other like that.
It's also a great reminder for everyone out there, that even experienced players don't know everything
Love the image of : Ira hits Dorian then Dorian falls to the ground, Ira then turned to Orym and said "you're next" and then suddenly dorian just sit up like he just have a crazy hangover, dazed looking at Ira then got scared, lie back down and alligator rolled away.
And then Ira went over and swiped Orym he slumped down, Ira looking proudly over everyone else and then Orym just stand back up pulling a "captain America" , is like perfect comedic timing.
I've realized that my favourite thing in the WHOLE WORLD is how Robbie stares DIRECTLY into the camera with a "Is this guy serious?" look through ALL of Sam's ads. I love him.
He had no idea what he was in for joining them! Watching UA-cam is one thing. Being there as it happens is quite another!
I love how you can see Robbie acting all shy around the group, knowing he's the newest one to the group, but when he really starts to roleplay Dorian, he gets very comfortable and confident.
I love how Matt played into the original holiday one-shot and made Chetney's villain an evil Jack Skellington.
It seems like he might actually be Fearne's villain.
I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT UNTIL YOU WROTE THAT!
@@eric_moore-6126 It's an amazing twofer.
@@eric_moore-6126 but why spare her?
@@MikaeruDaiTenshi That's a good question.
A zombie, werewolf, robot,satyr, and gem man walk into a bar...
A zombie, satyr, and human leave the bar with an ogre. (Wrong episode, but it felt fitting)
Ouch
What the fuck is up with that?
Two wood elves and a halfling walk into a bar...
The halfling sits at the bar and says: "Two green faeries and a half pint of stout"
The bartender raises an eyebrow and replies: "yeah I see that but what would you like to drink?"
@@roticet are we really sure she's a human? The card said Chet was a rogue, but we know that's bullshit now. Maybe she just looks human? (Also, FCG was there too)
Laudna getting coached in theatrical presentation has the same energy as Beau getting coached on how to be nice and smile like a normal polite person, but with entirely different reasons for failure.
The power stance will always remind me of keekee.. I saw laudna turn into the VOICE OF THE TEMPEST just for a sec... Until she started talking. 'Bend a knee' no no no no not like that creepy lady
This gang needs a NAME. I imagine Laudna actually going through with a presentation at the ball but, trying too hard, accidentally pronounces the name the 'NEW BuDDIES' ...
It's even more hilarious when her only frame of reference for theatricality is a brooding Delilah Briarwood
Laudna responding to the nightmare King's threats by giddily raising her hand is such a mood 😂
"He had advantage on that and STILL rolled a 12"
Once again, Laura Bailey is the bane of Fae creatures
Harp music is a -5 modifier on wisdom saves.
Man... thinking about how Ashton use to roll with a group that prioritised self-preservation over getting caught, or being in a fatal situation - every man for themselves kind of deal... but then we got Ashton over here body guarding the hell out of a fallen Dorian & F.C.G from debris when they very well could get pelted next - they've got a new crew and it's as they said before:
Family look out for each other
I love this campaign so much thus far, my heart
This was actually the most beautiful moment of this episode ♥️ and shows you that he is a real good guy
He found his crew. Nothing is taking them away.
I think ashton really apreciates fcg for being so kind and empathic. Ashton is a dick and hates many people, himself too... i belive, but FCG cheers him up so much that maybe he is starting to not hate that much
Ashton also accepts he him pronouns and for the sake of grammar I believe we should respect that
I don't think its so much prioritizing self preservation as much as doing what was the right move in the moment for the family as a whole. Needs of the many as it were. Because clearly Ashton's opinion was they did the right thing, and if they had stayed theyd simply all be up to their eyes in debt no different to Ashton. If not worse, its entirely possible Miss Hexum would've let some or all the crew rot or die if she had them all in her net. And more importantly at the time none of them knew if Ashton was even going to survive, nor what Hexum would or wouldnt do.
Its a hard call but sometimes you have to leave someone behind. Taliesin has told a story of a prior game with Matt where they nearly TPK'd and would have if the two non paralyzed members hadnt fled. Its hard but also its something that sometimes there really isnt a good alternative to.
It is cold that they never tried to get back in touch but they might not even know Ashton's alive. And in Ashton's mind clearly working off his debt and taking the fall was just "what you do for family" and promised to punch them for it later because "thats how you work shit out with family"
At the very least it speaks volumes of his own loyalty. But so does his business dealings, his allies and enemies. All of it.
Halfway through the fight the gnome is a terrier and the robot is a turtle.
*Matt Mercer voice* I Love Dungeons and Dragons
Never before have I had such an urge to comfort a man than when Matt screamed in frustration: "Yes, it is fucking lame!" when his dice wouldn't max damage his friends.
I *need* someone to animate when the two attacks went over the short characters' heads and the guy said "Ah, right! Right, that's on me." It'd be so funny
Not gonna lie, it was actually adorably funny to me XD
Chetney is like a triple threat troll character, I love it. It's like Chetney is Travis's gift to himself.
I feel that way about most of the characters. CP 1 was very archetypical and CP 2 was kind of like a "okay now to do something sharply different!" But CP 3 seems to be "okay ive tried a couple things, now I'm gonna make something I have a good idea I'll absolutely adore playing"
Treat yo self
I fully expect Sam to roll into the live show wearing a golden leotard whilst riding a unicycle.
Wait, hasn't he done the golden leotard already? And roller skates too! Not quite a unicycle yet though...
I see this happening by episode 25
@@cloud_sauce I remember a neon pink leotard
@@DeathnoteBB He's done a *yellow* (banana colour, not gold) skinsuit (with cube as Scanlan), and a shiny neon pink leotard in campaign 2 as Nott.
nah nah nah, you gotta think bigger. just tape nipples.
52:00 - he used Crimson Rite and we didn't even noticed. And Matts "For bonus action you need two-weapon fighting" was the subtle way to remind Travis that Crimson Rites take bonus action to use.
I remember watching it live and just being like… wait why is he hurting himself😂
@@sundergo7607 Yeah, same)
Speak for yourself! lol I was trying to determine if he was ACTUALLY doing a rite, or being a massive troll because Travis knew we all thought he was a werewolf lol.
@@mayaenglish5424 same - I didn't know what he was doing, but it was too intentional a movement to just be "color"".
@@JDOTczar I was squinting so hard at Travis going, If you turn out to be pulling the "Crazy Old Man" card I'm going to kill you lol! Cause He had already taken off his shirt and I was like...
Travis...
Travis You better mean it when you talk to me like that...
Travis...Ok he just dragged the chisel across his chest... Travis don't you LIE TO ME!!!
AWOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
YES!!!
The moment when Liam told Travis he missed out on being a werewolf a few episodes back makes me wonder if Travis's small freakout was him thinking Liam already knew he wasn't a Rogue, and just played it off as oh shit I could have.
Its such a good moment of "little did they know..."
Which part was that at?
Do u still remember when this happened? Id love to check that out again
Do you have a timestamp for that by any chance?
I think it was two sessions ago, when they were leaving the factory after Fearne got information from the guard.
"Recognize the alpha."
"The wolf hunts alone."
There were so many signs....
Agreed.
He's been dropping hints all along and no one picked up on it.
@@chrisnewman2737 I think the cast knew, quite a few were all like “I fucking knew it” when he changed.
There was also his reaction to Dorian and Fearne’s talk about childrens stories being ways of teaching them about the evils and dangers of the world, specially Dorian saying “Wolves in the night, that sort of thing”, and Chetney repeats it sadly. Fjord is my favourite character of all Critical Role but Chetney might end up taking that spot, he’s so cool.
@@pultofcat8615
I meant in the cast. I kinda had a feeling.
I noticed the sly look Travis had when someone mentioned that he missed his chance at being a werewolf.
@@chrisnewman2737 nah I mean in the cast. Go rewatch the two strip shows and then the change. How they reacted
They’re suspicious folk, they’re not gonna let a Viridian/Vilya situation happen again with so many clues. They’d prolly be theorizing in dms for weeks about it
Honestly, this episode has made Orym my favourite character. How he treated and acted around The Anger and Ela knowing what had just happened to them, Orym knows exactly what that feels like and Liam acted that scene perfectly. His empathy, the way he talks, his backstory, how he treats people, his curiosity, he's just such a lovable character.
Before starting the campaign I expected him to be a bit boring but yeah, he is like chill and cool, never expected to like him so much
With Dorian’s Nat 20 death save, now I’m just imagining the meme of the wrestler sitting up out of the coffin, but it’s Dorian
That's the Undertaker.
@@icspps The Undertaker is love
Welp.. now I might have to go figure this out.... or see if anyone else has done so already in the two week headstart they've had. 😛
@@brendofire so far I haven’t seen anything, but that would be spectacular
“The wrestler” how dare you disrespect mark calaway and the genius that was his character the undertaker
**Ira knocks out Dorian**
Dorian, a second later, stealthily: "I lived bitch."
**Ira knocks out Orym**
Orym, a second later, loudly: "I lived fey-nus."
time stamp?
@@graceh7685 Dorian's is from 1:37:30 to 1:42:20 and Orym's is from 1:44:34 to 1:48:20
Best part is Robbie, true to form, underselling his nat 20 while Marisha is freaking out because she understood what the nat 20 meant during a death save.
All I thought about when this happened was the Undertaker getting up meme while Ira's not paying attention
Anyone know what they were referencing when they started chanting, "I only speak the truth"?
C1 - Travis: Yeah Rageee!
C2 - Ashley and Travis: Yeah Rageee!
C3 - Tal, Ashley and Travis: Yeah Rageee!
Beautiful 🥲
C8 - Everybody, in grandpa / grandma mode: YEAH RAGEEE!
I love that Dorian and Chetney are getting more friendly after being so antagonistic. That moment getting massages was great bonding between them!
Lol @ 3:09:25
Dorian: "What is it with this group! Everyone is hiding their..."
Chet: "Right! They're hiding behind layers!"
Dorian: "I was specifically talking about you"
🤣🤣
He wasn’t hiding much at that point.
@@Ajehy Lol, except a chisel between his cheeks 🤣
Laudna fangirling over the nightmare king is the butter on my toast.
absolutely Precious
Night Yorb
@@thefandombard4774 do not speak of the Night Yorb!
You said I was the butter on your toast...
That's the kind of thing that really butters my eggroll
7 years in Sam finally delivers a coherent advertisement that depicts the sponsor's product.
It makes me feel so old, because I wasn't even disappointed
They did say, expect surprises.
He learned how to from the sponsor of the episode, Skillshare!
I wonder how much extra they had to pay for that
@@The11thEvilEx haha, good one
I love how Matt tried to skip the spa RP and the cast said, NOPE! We're doing this.
I love that when Ashton rages both Travis and Ashley are totally into it. Barbarians are fun.
And then all three of them will do the same thing with the next new barbarian
like an infectious curse, as so will be for each new barbarian to come
I hope everyone plays one eventually and one by one they get recruited into the cheer squad.
@@ohhi7168 Then we have the "Oops! All Barbarians" battle royale one-shot.
Barbarians are fun, 100% agree
Why did Chetney’s transformation make me tear up?? Just their hype and excitement and the pure joy of the moment. Everything that makes this show special in one badass moment.
Yeah, that was awesome! And it made Chet's previous actions make perfect sense.
Yeah, I gotta admit the smile on my face was accompanied by tears in my eyes - just how well he executed the transformation performance and the reaction of the party... it was amazing! Liams excitement was just so contagious!
Travis has wanted a reason to be a lycanthrope for a long time.
Me too! Had to watch it multiple times to see everyone's reaction. Liam and Sam's reaction especially were so fun
Because of how happy it makes Travis. He loves werewolves, so this was a dream come true for him.
"I can tell you are mocking me."
"It's not hard."
Someone PLEASE animate that scene 🤣
Timestamp?
@@j.w.7608 4:36:44 for the scene start, 4:37:07 for the quotes.
I was thinking the exact same thing XD
More I watch this the more FGC sounds like someone who has so many issues that in order to have a semblance of control they have to solve everyone else's problems while never acknowledging his own.
I mean Thad be a pretty interesting thing to try and play in dnd
And not a far fetched reason for someone to become a cleric either
Other people are much easier to understand.
no that's the player
Almost like Scanlan. ❤
Was so excited when he mentioned “Ginang”. Ginang means Madam in Tagalog… I was already imagining the Lumas family might look Filipino .
Yes! As a Filipino myself, I got so excited!
@@FAVNVS113 they aren't in tal'dorei they are in Marquet... But yeah Marquet totally has South West Asia/North Africa coding.
Timestamp? I totally missed that
@@Graciousweasel Esterosh first mentions her at 3:36:34
Im so excited!
Orym, Captain Exandria: "I can do this all day."
I didn't really notice until this comment, but Orym really does have Captain America vibes. Relatively serious, with a few snarky one liners. A good guy with good motives for the most part, trying to get others to do their best. Powerful, but less flashy and magical than a lot of his friends. Love and reverence for where he's from. Etc
He also seems to be trying to find a way to get revenge for the attack on the ashari, one may say that he's *an avenger*
And he's very handy with a shield.
Does The Stormlord have some ancient artifact hammer that he could try to wield?
@@jackakimbo5718
Bro is worthy of a Vestige.
Refusing to handle his own money is a genius move by FCG.
If ever he is short of a diamond to revive someone, it'll never be his fault.
eeeeeeeeeh It's still his fault lol, just from one degree of separation. He still needs to speak up and say he needs diamonds, and if he doesn't then it's DEFINITELY his fault lol!
It's still genius though, he cut out a big chunk of math in a game comprised mostly of math.
@@mayaenglish5424 I get what you mean, meta-wise it's still Sam's role in the party so i'd expect him to say something, but in-game roleplay wise, it's up to the other partymembers to "stock" their healerbot. We know ofcourse that there's more to FCG, but he's still "just" an autometon designed for a purpose.
@@zarahandrahilde9554 Right, I suppose what I mean is, If he doesn't tell them he NEEDS diamonds in the first place, then it's still his fault because meta knowledge of course we all know that clerics need a diamond worth 300 gold that is consumed upon completion of the spell, but in game none of the other characters would have any reason to know that, resurrections are rare in this world.
And once that's been established moving forward I would still expect him to keep track of how many diamonds he has/ needs because they're his spell components, the other characters just need to fork over the cash! lol.
Plus they're all pretty sure he's sentient at this point and are actively trying to convince HIM of his own sentience. so that "just an automaton" stuff won't fly with the party for long I suspect lol.
@@mayaenglish5424 Nah, wont fly long with them at all xD They've pretty much been dealing with him as a sentient from the start, which is nice i guess but also a bit of a missed oppertunity (in my eyes) for a pretty cool character development arc. There's much more to him ofcourse, but it would be cool to see him win over a sceptic over time, instead of FCG himself being the sceptic about his own self.
@@zarahandrahilde9554 True, but then maybe he should have played this character last campaign with the asshole group lol. Rather than the the ones who are like, "sentient or not, you seem like a nice guy!" I think he'll have to convince many, many NPC's of his personhood in the future judging by how Matt's had everyone react to him so far so not a completely lost opportunity.
3:36:32 - "Ginang Ela Lumas, who is the matriarch of the family," Thank you Matt for this casual Filipino easter egg. Felt giggly on how damn good he said it.
Ginang (Tagalog) Noun - Mrs, Madam, Lady
I'm a year late, but I scrolled the comments to find this. 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
i know i’m super late BUT YEEEES LET’S GOOO
LITERALLY THOUGHT “OI!!! PHILIPPINES!!!!”
Everyone is rightfully in love with Robbie’s hair, but AJ’s hair has been so wild and fun this whole time like I imagine Fearne’s would be.
Didn't realize who AJ was and my first thought was "arange juice"
When Ashley's hair travelled to the 90s, Robbie decided to go further. 80s it is.
@@rafidifrancesco7956Arange juice .........instead of Apple Juice????
@@rafidifrancesco7956 ah yes arange juice. Much more popular than the opple juice
@@rafidifrancesco7956 Holy shit you have no idea just how much "arange juice" fucking sent me lmao
We all agree that this is Matt’s revenge for the chair incident last campaign.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I said that in a different video, one of the clips, don't recall which.
I'm fairly certain you're right, yes. And probably for spending almost a full episode and numerous HP opening a flacking door in campaign One, as well.
What is this chair incident?
@@brendanhart517 campaing two characters became stuck on their suspiscion over a totally normal chair
@@brendanhart517 there was a room that was absolutely trashed, but there was just a chair placed in the room, seeming untouched or damaged. They all got real suspicious of it, and kept harking back to it, but it was just a chair.
Taliesin is just so angry at 26:00. He's been saying that the furniture was relevant since episode one and no one listened to him.
I like to think that was him trying to get Ashton’s rage in ahead of the initiative because I feel that could/should have been justified in this particular moment lol
Honestly, I thought bertram bewitched the furniture as a ploy to convince the adventures to join him in seeking work because he was a bit of a coward
@@axeorlay same... I was confused why Ashton kept bringing it up cuz I was like obviously Bertie did it to test them... now I feel like a right oaf😅
That “short kings” moment was hilarious to an unprecedented degree XD
The real highlight of this episode is Dorian taking Chetney for his first massage ngl. I couldn't stop wheezing the whole moment, and naked Orym passing is just the cherry on top.
Just imagine an ecstatic, naked Dorian enthusiastically explaining massages to an also naked Chetney, while Orym, who is naked as well, passes by in the background going through his motions in his own world. I'm pretty sure I watched that bit 5 times in a row and laughed so hard every time from the mental image.
Omg I hope someone animates that scene 🤣👍
It was the highlight for me as well 😂😂
Roobie is a national tresure.
so true!
Esteross has contacts in the Cobalt Soul, no doubt about it. His motives align REALLY well with theirs and with how connected he is? Idk how far Beau has risen in the ranks since C2, but if he doesn’t know her directly, he definitely knows someone who knows her directly. Just sayin.
I thought the Cobalt Soul was based in Wildemount. There might be some following of Ioun in Marquette, but I don't think it's exactly the same.
Definitely, at 3:34:20 he mentions a contact that is with "a library" that has an interest in wiping out corruption. I mean, how many "libraries" that are also organisations who secretly investigate and expose corruption could there be, it is kind of an odd combination.
@@devinspencer1678 cobalt soul is an exandria-wide organization I think
@@rowgesage936 It's based out of Vasselheim, it's second largest branch is in Rexxentrum, and is indeed an Exandria wide organization.
He DOES have the narrow threshold for irritation that indicates someone who has met Beau. :)
Matt was sick of people forgetting his world has 2 moins so he dedicated an entire campaign to it so No one forgets.
Underrated comment!
🎶 I’M NOT A ROGUE 🎶
I will never get tired of watching Travis play this game
god, liam's characters are always so good, it's only been 11 episodes and i'm already falling so hard for the quiet little halfling who's absolutely hiding a heart-wrenching backstory that's going to ruin me in about a hundred episodes.... and i also just have hella respect for orym's decision to spend his free luxury spa trip doing naked fantasy tai chi in an infinity pool,
SAME
Actually this episode was very annoying, half the cast don't know how to play their characters. What is making a fighter LOOK good for doing a thing, martial characters are weak...
@@acetraker1988
Jesus christ, lighten up. its just a game. if you don't enjoy then don't watch it? and certainly don't bitch about it. you're getting this entertainment for free. remember that before you whine like a toddler wanting a different flavour of ice-cream than they already have.
@@acetraker1988 I didn't realize there was a way set in stone on how to play a character. It sounds to me like you're just a negative Nancy lol.
@@acetraker1988 lmao okay boomer
Slow motion “makin’ my way” is definitely a highlight of the campaign.
Makinmyway
@@dnf-dead
M a k i n g m y w a y !
Tiimestamp?
@@sergnb0 1:15:15
@@sergnb0 1h.13 m approximately
"Does he have a tiny hat?"
Man, that'd complete his look for sure.
"He doesn't YET!" was the best possible way to respond imo. I'm just imaging a tiny little top hate with a little fae flower in it. That'd be freaking amazing
Liam: 5 plus six is 11 points of damage
Jester, possessing Laura's body for a final laugh: Plus two 'cause it's in the butt
Important, unaddressed question: When Chetney turns into a wolf, does his size change? Or is he just a 3-foot-tall werewolf? 'Cause that sounds like it would be pretty adorable.
They made a joke of him being a Terrier, so I think he stays tiny 😂
From what i can tell from the blood hunter rules and i think even the rules on lycanthropy in DnD. He might swell up an extra half a foot or so but still a small creature. So yeah. Its like a were-terrier
And then Fearne wanted to be bitten.
We don't need that.
His size becomes Medium :)
@@warbacca1017 seven foot tall pink poodle wereworl
I love everyone freaking out about the moving furniture and Taliesin just goes “I knew it!”
And when he shouts at Lord esteros that they finally figured it out
"I had no idea you had such a cruel spark"
I love how Marisha looks around to see if anyone caught wind of her pun. I did, Marisha. I did.
Be our guest, Be our guest,
Put the nightmare king to rest,
break your wolfboy out of jail, chetney
And we'll provide the rest
Nice!
This was cute.