Against the Tide of Bone | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 32
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Vox Machina are exhausted, facing an undead army, and preparing to storm Whitestone Castle! Thankfully they’re about to get some help from an old friend…
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Percy: "Vax....I have a sister"
Vax: "Pretty cool, isn't it?"
God I love it
Best line in the episode
Made me cry
Taliesin is fucking amazing. That was the best moment.
2:44:58 I came back here just for this line because I simply love his giddiness
Good fucking moment. Liam and Taliesin are my two favorite for the more serious heartfelt RP, so getting both is really nice
“I Percy’d.”
“you broke the gun?!”
“no, I critted!”
L Belacqua lol
At least he didn't Wheaton it.
That about sums up his rolls.
@@VulcanWolf Keyleth had the Wheaton curse this episode 😂
@@VulcanWolf those episodes were two of the best episodes ever. 😂
Percy: PEOPLE OF WHITESTONE, THE REVOLUTION IS HERE!
Scanlan and Vax: And it's sponsored by Gilmore's Glorious Goods in Emon!
Suprised there are many left after last episodes... rebellion
@@S_047 I'm assuming that last weeks rebellion was 10-20 villagers per giant for 60 to 120 people who engaged the giants and probably all died. The town hopefully has a population of about 1-2 thousand considering it was a good sized city before it lost half of its population to the briarwoods.
I'm sure crit roll stats or wiki has the actual population of the city. But even so population and willing fighters are not the same.
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Briarwoods: We have an army
Percy: We have a gnome cleric
Vax: We have a HOLY GNOME OVER HERE!!!
KIKI: I WANNA MAKE HIM EAT A BAG OF HOLY DICKS!!
PIKE: LET'S GO KILL THESE UNHOLY FUCKS!!!! (series not campaign but she was thinking it 😜!)
Grog carrying Pike and Scanlan on his shoulders is like the "little angel / little devil" gag.
Woah. I had never thought of that, but that makes it so much better! 😂
It's literally the D&D equivalent of Kronk, from Emperor's New Groove.
Grog is kronk
@@Jackshadowclaw Scanlan: reason number 2: look what i can do * giggles while shooting light from his arse*
Grog: i don't see what that has to do with anyth-
Pike: No, no...He's got a point...
@@qrrbrbirbel2 that's perfect lmao
Cleric vs Undead. This is literally Pike's Favored Terrain: Zombie Apocalypse.
ReaperGrimm5594 so true tho
Pike kills 30+ in one go....
i freaking LOVE turn undead. it's so effing broken lol
And it's definitely Kronk carrying them.
Zombie apocalypse? I’m getting Last of Us vibes
A vampire lord dead, a goliath brute defeated, two of the oppressor's houses burned down, armies of undead skeletons shattered before them, and three different zombie giants were put down for good. Dawn arrives, and clouds form the crest of the De Rolo family in the sky. The rebellion begins its assault on the castle. This battle of good versus evil now begins.
And the door almost wins.
Navrok doors are now favoured enemies for all of them
Favoured Enemy would give the VM advantages against doors. Doors are more like personal archrivals who always best them no matter powerful they are
@@alexv3357 Moriarty to their Holmes
Evil vs evil actually, VM can hardly be called good
@@kiwa8830 more like neutral vs evil since everyone's alinement is neutral besides pike
Vax draws balls on Grog's forehead.
Vex: Ugh, that's disgusting!
Laura: I'm gonna make a whole character based around this!
I read this as it happened 🤣🤣
Bill Wurtz and Artagan: "You can make a religion out of this"
Jester is literally amazing thoo c: I am in loooove with her character, she is just so funny and whimsical
@@maycherryblossoms there was definitely some unexplored sadness to her character but she was a fucking epic character!
@@maycherryblossoms she's gotta be one of my top characters so far. Haven't watched campaign 3 yet so we shall see.
the whole cast seems so much happier when ashley's there she's like a contagious ball of joy
poopslord i dont disagree but they are pretty fun and happy on their own too. Especially with Sam. Its only when Sam is gone or Grog that i feel like everyone is just bleh
To be completely fair, they're also very happy that their Cleric came to help them in the middle of their Necro-revolution arc...
Yes, it seems good for the party to see the selfless acts of pike (kinda like irl) and then there's just Scanlan roleplaying it to the extreme.
@Joe Tonner How does Darkvision effect this?
bubblegum butch 666th like, hell yeah
"Fire won't help, but I can... and so can she!"
*crowd parts to reveal Pike*
Oh my god, I'm crying.
I lost my whole shit in the middle of my University's cafeteria
This is still one of my favorite moments of campaign 1.
An epic moment of epicness as someone once put it.
it's a crying shame i haven't found the scene animated
Shimmyking4 Oh, I’m sure you’ll see it eventually. Like say...sometime in the fall ;P
taliesin: Check out our comic strip because the more people look at it the more people will think "this deserves to be an entire comic book
Sam: big dreams talisin
*one year later*
And another year later.......
@@Logan_Baron I looked further into the comments for PRECISELY THIS COMMENT. :D
Larry Berry what will happen next year?
@@ambiej123 Critical Role Land?
@@Logan_Baron Smash cut to one year later...
I will never tire of the pure, boyish joy on Travis' face as Matt describes unbelievably violent gore.
Travis when Matt is describing gorey deaths: :D
Travis when Matt is describing gorey horror: D:
And thanks to the cursed land scenery in the last few episodes, Matt could just go into gore anytime with any players. Matt was especially giddy explaining gore in Percy Killings.
Vex: Pike, what did you roll for stealth?
Pike, the bright glowing avatar of Sarenrae with Full Plate Armor: ...Um....ten?
What Pike should have said upon healing the NPC: Remember: Shop at Gilmore's Glorious Goods!
Lol I thought Scanlan was going to say that
Gosh I wish Pike was here more often. I love CR, but with her playing, they're acting more like heroes, just makes me happier.
Bit late but Pike is their moral compass essentially. They're all basically chaotic neutral save for Keyleth who I think is Neutral/Chostic good but she's just kind of a narc sometimes. Granted I'm biased because I'm CN myself 😂
Keyleth is supposed to be Neutral Good, but Marisha plays her more Chaotic Stupid. Vax is Chaotic Good, like Pike, and Liam is usually phenomenal in playing him that way (e.g. Kynan incident). Grog and I think Scanlan are Chaotic Neutral (the wiki says that Vex was originally NG, but was later switched to CN, though it doesn't give a when for that). Percy obviously has some issues currently clouding that Neutral Good alignment at the moment.
+BloodrealmX Vex becomes CN in a later episode - episode 46, to be exact.
Fortunately no. There's no real opportunity for them to be strictly /evil/ though, and it gets less frustrating in my opinion.
Either way, I'd say it's /totally/ worth it to continue watching, please do!
That is true, and I do understand and can even appreciate that. I just found this episode to be particularly frustrating. I'm sorry, but ((((MINOR SPOILERS))))...
watching a group of barely-armed civilians get murdered by an undead creature to investigate some frayed rope seems a bit...cold, doesn't it?
Scanlan: "I have practiced aiming things with my ass in this campaign."
Three players including the GM in unison mutter: "This is true"
When is this?
@@devilred181:11:00 ish
The Pike x Scanlan ship should be called "Holy Shit"
Kalil Illinois 😂 that’s great!
This is the best
😂😂
I wanted to click the like button, but your like count is at 666 and I think it fits this comment perfectly, so I won't click it.
That's is the best ship name I've ever heard
: Vex walks through the handhold between Vax and Keyleth :
“Thanks, Sis. Certainly wasn’t trying to have a moment. Appreciate that. LOVE YOU!”
That was 100% the MOST sibling thing she could have done
@@ccRask that was the most vexhalia thing she could have done
@@isaac8734 It was both lmao
I will never understand how Scanlan is so ridiculously talented at singing parodied lyrics on the spot
I think he does Broad Way shows.
tyresw11 I remember Travis saying "Improv school paid off" after one song, don't remember when though
Anthony Martino I believe it was Liam that said that, and it was in one of the first few episodes.
tyresw11 years of improv
I mean he did play Gavroche in Le Miz
Missed opportunity for Pike to reveal she came because she felt a need from Sarenrae, who was alerted of their need when the agnostic Vax prayed for safety for the team.
Nitpick: Someone who prays to a god is not an agnostic. Agnosticism does not work in the context of that world where gods exist and are pretty obviously there. Agnosticism is the belief that it is impossible to ever know whether gods exist. Which is nonsensical if you're touring with a gang of god-empowered people who quite literally wield the power of their god.
If you mean to say he was not following a god, you could call him a former atheist (a = no; theos = god), which kinda works for him.
@@LootFragg I thought agnosticism was not knowing whether or not there are gods period?
@@ALJ9000 One step further, it is the belief that it is impossible to know.
If you think about it, nobody knows whether or not there are gods, neither theists nor atheists (some people might have that "knowledge", not going to go deeper there). Atheists don't believe in them, theists believe in them.
Agnosticists believe that it is not possible to ever know. There will never be proof of their nonexistence and we can also never find them, because they're gods, not big sky animals we can somehow detect.
This means there can be agnostic atheists who don't believe in gods and also don't think we can ever find out if they exist or not as well as non-agnostic atheists who don't believe in gods and are fairly sure they don't exist.
In the same way, technically, there could be agnostic theists, who believe in deities whom they believe to be undetectable. The core tenet of most religion is belief, regardless of whether the object of belief exists or not.
But yea, the word comes from Greek and basically means the "ism" of "not knowing". But if you put an "ism" at the end of something, it's usually a more firm belief in the thing. I might like waffles but if I'm a "wafflist", I probably believe in the superiority of waffles as food or something. A-gnosis is simple non-knowledge, but A-gnos-ticism is a mode of thought commonly associated with atheism and science but not technically the same.
@@LootFragg Good to know. You know quite a bit about this
@@LootFragg Depends on the worldbuilding. If you haven't personally *met* a god and can't cast divine magic yourself, all you really have evidence of is that some people who can cast spells claim they're empowered to do so by gods, and others claim it's just magical power that they've learned to manipulate. It would be perfectly possible to believe that a divine caster was just a superstitious wizard. Even the divine/arcane distinction doesn't necessarily prove anything when atheist druids and celestial-blooded sorcerers exist, and when a bard can learn to "Bless" people just by playing his lute super good.
*Magic* is a demonstrable fact. *Gods*, as far as most people are concerned, are nearly as elusive as they are in the real world. You can be an agnostic D&D character right up until your cleric calls forth a successful Divine Intervention, or even longer if you're a stubborn enough skeptic.
The characters really do reflect the players.
Ashley has to leave for work in 3 hours, hasn't slept, and still wants to keep playing with her friends. What a pure soul.
2 AM on LA time is only 11 PM in NY where Ashley films. Still hardcore.
@@urgaguer You have that backwards. NY is ahead of LA by 3 hrs.
@@urgaguer Reverse that silly, LA is 3 hours BEFORE NY. 11pm in LA is 2 am in NY
TBH I understand her. I play online games with my friends in the evening after work a lot and when work gets too much and I can't join, I start to miss them so much. We're all living far away from each other so it's really important to all of us to interact this way.
Yeah... I used to live in Vegas, phone calls were a pain
"All I can do is shoot arrows now, I'm useless!"
37 points of damage in a single turn later...
Keep something in mind Laura LOVES hearing big damage numbers and LOVES getting to do stuff it's why for the first few episodes after taking a level into Rogue she was almost insufferably cocky, she dialed it down later on but it's worth remembering that she's a human being.
+Neo232100 who doesn't love hearing big numbers though? In a game where you feel the stakes and the pressure, the knowledge that you can do hundreds of points of damage and only do a fraction of that is extremely frustrating, if not worrying. They've put so much time into their characters that loosing any one of them would be terrifying. Remember Pike? Yeah, that shit doesn't feel good.
It's nice to have glory and all, but it's more about knowing what you can do, and then falling short of your expectations.
Well yes that too. I just felt the need to point out that Laura wasn't even half as useless as she was acting like she was. Besides I was also pointing out that Laura is a human being and they can be mistaken.
Somewhere there's a joke about her being a half-elf :p
To be fair, Laura's character is very often relatively useless, compared to the heavy hitters like Grog, Vax and Scanlan. And Kayleith is just much more versatile than Vex could ever be, because she's a druid.
How did the Briarwoods ever take over Whitestone? Surely the doors would have stopped them.
Vampires can mist through doors. Their true superpower.
Vampires can't enter buildings without first being invited in.
That doesn't include public buildings like a town hall. Once they have control over the government they can confiscate the entire town if they want. Or just go around disguised as whatever until they get invited into every building therein.
They were invited in for a feast held in the Briarwoods' honor.
Roboplayer52 oh snap
3:15:36 "you see an old woman" "I draw out my blade" Vox Machina and their signature move
Good thing Tib wasn't there with his portable meat mincer
@kinsa89 do u mean the granny Grinder?
But was not correct in the end
I sense a running gag where Vox Machina are regularly defeated by doors.
I hope it's a thing XD
+Kiero Vance™ (Kyrobolt) It is on twitter.
+Leo Nielson And mistreat old women.
+RudeAlert And Vax getting young boys
+Sarah Clark-Bridges I thought that was Grog
Chat cracks me up XD
"REVOLUTION! Brought by Gilmore's glorious goods"
I love chat
This is a great advertisement for why to play a cleric the minute Pike showed up everyone was suddenly 2 feet taller and grew a conscious. I'm sure it's partially Ashley's personality as well but wow Vox Machina is a totally different group with her around.
Without pike, they seperate old womans in half.
With pike they are all goodie two shoes.
Ashley is that one friend who wanted you go with her to the gym... She apears to just make you a better person
@@vivamexico254 -- I love her personality, really friendly and bubbly, upbeat, the kind of person whom I'd probably just like to hang out with. :-)
It kinda helps that she turns a shambling hoard of undead into popping candy
To that effect, they may just be role-playing what necrosis, desecration, despair and corruption can do to someone's mind. This simply isn't the truth of the matter cuz they totally just made this bloody for fun. Amazing imagery though albeit gorey and not what we want from our dashing heroes. Pikes reentrance brought them hope and reminded them all what they stand for.
percy's little happy dance when he excitedly tells vax that he has a sister. my heart melted. taliesin and liam's rp brings me so much joy
Same!
The real story is that Pike saw the mysterious glowing poop stop glowing, and realized it was an omen...
Alice Vidrine 😂
Alice Vidrine Headcanon.
Matt already said a while ago that his poop at the temple didnt scry anymore
Keyleth "I'm gonna put my hand in his(Vax's) hands, and cast cure wounds"
Everyone at the table *raises eyebrows*
Thanks, I was looking for this comment. I was looking at it on my phone and came to my computer to see all those faces in a bigger screen, and it was really worth it.
SMH they seriously got away with putting uncensored handholding in a show like this. Unbelievable.
@@joshhaworth2155 It was so lewd. Gosh.
Travis looking directly at camera was so good.
@@joshhaworth2155 what's worse was it was unprotected handholding
“Run” Grog says with tense tone of voice.
“ I will surely will run “ the resistance fighter says as he pick up sword and wipes it off. Then he turns and runs back to fight. “ I like him” Grog says with a big old smile on Goliath his face. Travis is always so much fun to watch
Biblo Baggins I hope he survives
Complete opposite of his demeanor last campaign where he RP’D Grog as a massive wuss
@@aaronlaws2573 What?
MunchkinSlayer he meant last episode. All Travis (as Grog) wanted to do was retreat and run away. RPed him as a bit of a pussy
@@hellogoodbye1748 to be fair he had been hit by like 3 full crossbow volleys and numerous vampire attacks
Ashley during the break waving and showing the camera that she's got some ice cream as her snack? The cutest thing I've ever seen
You've got to appreciate the RP Liam brings to the table as Vax. He absolutely kills it every episode.
Leaving the dagger there makes him best pure boi
He behaves badly whenever possible. I love that about him. I hope he never changes.
no pun intended.
Vax and Percival are my favorite good bad boys
I can't believe that Sarenrae is the Goddess of Skype
LupineVolt pronounced sa-ren-rae (like a sassy woman).
I legit said Awwwwww when I saw this. No joke
Someone had to be
Hmmm, you must be speaking of a long lost land...
I have no knowledge of this "Skype."
The convenient appearance of Pike is everything
Vox Machina: "Doors are the worst enemies we've faced."
Pike: "Hold my drink."
Hold my icecream 🍦
The fact that Matt laughs about them getting a full comic book and everyone makes fun of him for dreaming so big, and now they actually have one made me unreasonably giddy
Plus the animation now too!
And now they have a whole damn cartoon show they're producing
And the second season backed by amazon!
@Link Lovell It's actually 12 episodes each season. Not an additional 24 just wanted to clear that up for you
I'm from the future to tell you that the EMU--the Exandria Movie Universe--is a brilliant 28-movie set, spanning C1 and now just beginning C2. Man, I can't wait to see C3 make it to the screen!
Sam plays a Halfling Dex Barbarian who insists on walking around naked except for a speedo.
I bet Matt called Ashley after the last session like "plz Ashley they're letting civilians fight a giant alone and die doing so while they're loking at a tree, we need you"
I was thinking that while watching. It was like...
Matt: There's a zombie giant fighting some civilians next to you
Party: can we look at the tree?
Matt: As you look at the tree there's still a zombie giant behind you
Party: we want to investigate the tree
Matt: Ok, so while the zombie giant is killing these guys next to you, you investigate the tree
Party: Can we do anything else with the tree?
Matt: Well there's a zombie giant behind you that just killed the citizens it was fighting and now he's walking toward you. Oh and now there's an army of skeletons coming from the other direction.
Party: We climb the tree.
Matt: (facepalm)
@@craven1927 It's the "This is fine" meme but instead of fire it's zombie giants, undead skeleton army, and droves of civilians dying.
Lmao, man that was frustrating!
Pretty obviously by accident, but I think they role-played that previous "shitty" session correctly. In an earlier episode, they were directly told by the DM that this place was corrupting them. Even Keyleth. So a bunch of peasants used as free meat shields fit the narrative. So does the cleric "waking them up" in this.
Same! And this is directly after Keyleth's big fuss about going out to fight the giants and saving people. There was a giant RIGHT THERE hurting the people. Nah, the trees more interesting. They got this suddenly.
Ashley's victory lap after taking down the giant was the adorablest thing ever!
3 years late but it puts a smile on my face thinking about it. Ashley is so wholesome, it's great.
Ashley saying "Kick some ass! Come on! Let's go!" as Pike jumps into and vaporizes a horde of skeletons is simultaneously the most adorable and epic thing I've ever seen in 5E. *Little monstah.*
43:54
Laura: 1d2? There's no 1d2!
Taliesin: [holds up a coin]
5e PHB page 6-7; Game DIce. For 1d2 and 1d3 Roll a D6 (they say any dice for 1d2 but it is easier with a D4 or D6). As a DM it is irritating they didn't read chapter 1
@@azarinevil A coin works just fine.
Taliesin is the quickest wit and funniest on the entire cast.
Carey Roberts many people dont read the whole PHB, and thats fine, using a coin is perfectly fine
@@azarinevil i have played dnd for 12 years off an on. 3 editions. I have never completely read any of the phbs. I will cherry pick something here or there but i have never read the whole thing
I've heard tales about Scanlan Shorthalt, Some say he's only 4 feet tall, can breath words of death & shoot lightning out of his arse. They are all true...
Dragonman712 except the fact that gnomes are under 3 feet tall...
That's why Scanlan is so amazing he's a head above the rest
They dont call him kingslayer for nothing
Scanlan? Never heard of him. Sounds familiar though, is he related to Burt Reynolds?
As a Bard, can confirm.
am I the only one hoping by some miracle, that Grog accidentally puts on a Headband of Vast Intelligence
jmanvt222 a bit late but no
Would have been funnier if someone slipped a potion of greater intelligence into his ale as a prank without saying anything to the rest of the party.. Vax really missed an opportunity there to mess with everyone.
"Vax! I have a sister!" 02:44:56 and the way he delivers it is the best and the most subtle moment of this amazing episode for me
It was so sweet and amazing and such a heart warming moment. Ugh, I could gush about it for days.
*Grog farts*
"We had a Gnome vs. Goliath rooftop showdown."
Is it really a showdown if it amounted to the Goliath showing up, looking smug, and getting immediately punted off the roof by Bigby's hand?
Lol less of a "showdown" and more like one of them "showing off!"
Most western showdowns last seconds shorter than that. So, yes.
I mean, to be fair, the Biblical tale of David and Goliath was him, hucking a pebble in his head and killing him in one blow.
*Singing* “Bigby’s Haaaaand!”
To be fair, it *WAS* Bigby's Pimp Hand Scanlan used...
Percy's soft little hopeful "Vax... I have a sister" was so pure and powerful. It's
like he hasn't had the chance to really accept the fact that his family isn't fully gone. It's like sitting in this cave, knowing this battle should be the last of his journey of revenge, surrounded by his sleeping friends, he finally finds a shred of hope that there's something good at the end of this dark path. Uge I tear up thinking of it!
A well-turned phrase: "An arcane display of virility if ever there was one."
I love Matt's verbosity
Certainly a sentence I wouldn't have ever expected to hear before encountering Scanlan.
@@joshhaworth2155 with Scanlan you should always assume it'll be a dick joke in some form.
@@darkvizardking69 True enough
Keyleth: We notice when you sneak off. You do know that, right?
Vax/Liam: No, my rolls are too high; you really don't notice : )
It's even funnier and even cute when you realize Keyleth was flirting and Vax was trying to deflect it with humor.
Vax: We're like family now, and I've seen you do many great things, and you have earned my trust. But, if you hurt my sister, if you hurt anyone else in this group inadvertantly, I--
Percy: I would expect no less.
Vax: Well alright then.
Percy: Vax? I have a sister!
Vax: It's pretty cool, isn't it?
This whole exchange, this whole plot arc, I just love all of it so so much
Really? I thought it was super cringe and out of character. He's dressing him down for no reason. They've been companions for years and never has this come up. Then he decides to talk like you would to a child, and pull a vin diesel from fast & furious for no actual reason.
@@Furthermore26 I get where you're coming from and I completely agree that Vax' mentality towards Percy gets annoying in later episodes, but right now, from a narrative standpoint, it makes complete sense to me. They may have known eachother for a while at this point, but no one actually knew ANYTHING about him personally. They also confirmed this on the stream and outside of it. Like, they were adventuring buddies, but no one in the group knew anything about his past and how he got to where he was because he is good at keeping secrets and ashamed of himself. So naturally, him mostly staying in the background for a long time until this arc started, I don't think anybody expected him to turn out to have such a volatile nature, especially the rare times when he REALLY gets angry. Even the players were surprised. The group is clearly worried for him because he's not in a good place right now, but they are also a little scared of what might happen if they don't keep him in check. Percy is my favorite character and I want the best for him, but Vax has every right to be worried, especially since Vex is getting close to Percy and he doesn't want her to be hurt.
@@Furthermore26 Not for "no reason", he made a deal with some unknown otherworldly being and they knew nothing about his history. Vax was concerned for his sister, which is far from out of character, and gave the typical brother speech about a friend dating his sister.. I've used that speech once upon a time, when I had a sister I actually gave a crap about.
@@Furthermore26 percy even said himself that he might hurt them and that they shouldnt hesitate to take him out if he tries, he also has an eldritch being visibly inhabiting his body. How is that 'out of nowhere'?
Im worried about that moment.... she could be a vampire or worse
Wow, what whiplash of the Group dynamic. As soon as pike comes into the Picture they all act far more heroic and man do they love her, I mean who doesn't? Also The session seems far more hopeful and brighter when she came along… Please let her be here next time!
I am so glad she showed up. If not vm would have retreated for the night. The rebellion qoukd have been crushed. Her showing up forced the groups hand.
I can't decide if them having a devoted healer made them decide they could pull it off or if Pike really is the moral core of the team.
Or why not both I guess.
@@reloadpsi i think both, but honestly I lean to her being the moral core of the team.
Yeah she’s like an anchor
@@deathless12345678 yeah. Marisha is that only when it benefits her.
The biggest plot twist was after the game when we found out ashley stayed up till 2 in the morning for this, pike is best character
"I didn't Wheaton, I Percy'd."
And that will forever be my terminology for nat 20's and crit fails.
"NATURAL 20 FOR LOVE"
"That's a four"
My brain goes 🎶I would do anything for love-but I CAN'T do that🎶
11:55 when the gang laughs at Tal for joking about an animation... just made me smile so much- they had no idea!
It's just adorable isn't it?
Just to bring it to the top
0:01:29 - Yay, Pike!
0:12:50 - Game starts
25:00 - Pike Returns, At the Turn of the Tide
33:30 - Pike vs The Army of Darkness (35:08 for the Destroy Undead)
38:38 Cock lightning is born
0:54:30 - Vex to Grog: "Pike makes you better"
1:01:07 - Scanlan Inspires Grog; the song is referenced again at 1:02:45
1:11:38 - Scanlan's SHOCKING Ass
1:12:48 - Scanlan Inspires Pike
1:14:00 - Scanlan's Cutting Words
1:18:11 - Blindspot reference
1:20:53 - Pike vs Zombie Giant
1:21:50 - How Do You Want To Do This?
1:34:14 - I think this is a reference to a fanfiction?
1:40:22 - Keyleth forgets how Heat Metal works...again facepalm
1:51:20 - Vex Blocked
1:57:56 - Break begins
2:03:32 - song
2:11:38 - Travis and Ashley Say "Hi!"
2:13:20 - Break Ends
2:26:30 - "She'll light up the hole"
2:40:20 - Prank Wars
2:45:25 - More Pranks
2:56:00 - Holy Feast?
3:02:45 - Boss Encounter Round 1
3:04:03 - Boss Encounter Round 2
3:05:15 - Boss Encounter Round 3
3:06:00 - Boss Encounter Round 4
3:31:45 - Grog's Blood Offering
3:32:40 - Vex's Lockpick Bluff
3:33:31 - Realization /
Not all heroes wear capes
I got so confused as to why there were so many boss encounters--till I watch up to that point
@@TALE727 same lol
Why?
thank you! Bump!
I would just like to point out how absolutely adored Ashley Johnson is by the entire cast lmao They genuinely fangirl her whenever she opens her mouth lol and honestly me too, she’s pretty charming and tbh i discovered Critical Role because of her, so thank you Ashley, for your existence!
a year late but THIS! ive only been watching cr consistently for a month or two. it was ashley’s character in candela obscura that got me hooked. she’s just brings such a great energy, im hooked every time!
How long till Matt has a door as a boss battle and just puts beholders in every doorway as an easier challenge.
PLEASE
TomDufall and behind door number 3? I dont know, we cant get it open!
Better start replacing doors with bead curtains
Gilmore only had his swishy stuff installed so Vax could get in and out of his frickin office
What is Vox Machina's least favorite musical artist?
The Doors
Grog: untrusting of the old lady.
Matt: further giving us confirmation she is indeed JUST an old lady.
Rest of us in hindsight: BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CHAIR?!!!
Let's not forget the nefarious door
but she isn't just an old lady, Grog was right! I mean, he had very little reason to actually suspect this poor old woman locked in a cell in a dungeon of being an enemy, much less a vampire like he thought, and they were literally just being a bunch of assholes to an old woman which is apparently part of their M.O. now, but he was right at least.
And NOW the team has reason to distrust all furniture! (C3 Ep1).
@@Reepicheep-1 I still think the animated furniture was Matt's revenge for the half hour they spent freaking out over the chair.
Imagine being a scared orphaned child running from an undead horde and seeing a gnome running around with your underwear on its head.
I had no context for this statement, so I am now confused/excited to see what Scanlan gets up to.
I mean, the fear would be pretty much gone because of the sheer confusion, so that's a plus
I love how Ashley chose to have less than 2 hours of sleep just to play with her friends.
1:55:55 - Matt: "The dagger is worth a pretty penny."
- Vex: STARES VERY INTENTLY AT HER BROTHER.
2:45:05 "Vax... I have a sister!"
MY HEART CAN'T TAKE THIS!
AniCat Gaming I literally started crying after he said that.
He looks so happy and I can't help, but feel everything is going to be sad.
Spoilers!
This makes so much sense for Perceval’s end of the campaign. He said he missed his family and that’s why he was always partially thinking this was all part of his own psychotic break. So him being extremely happy that there’s a possibility of having something that he’s always missed is totally with in the mind of Perceval.
His whole face lighting up is Adorable.
I'm always in awe of how much characterisation and flavour Taliesin manages to fit into just shooting a bunch of times. Especially in times like these you can see him strategizing _as Percy_ and portraying how Percy feels even as he's just doing a round of attacks like the other martial types. It really stands out, and makes every turn Percy takes feel unique.
Flavoring is why battlemaster is my favorite subclass
Yeah, he makes the Fighter class interesting (is that his class?)
I really wish he would make another character as brilliant and flawed as Percy (excluding Molly :'( )
@@yojayoung Gunslinger. Modified class for the Homebrew
Sometimes I forget that Laura and Liam are not ACTUALLY siblings because omg they are so good at it!! I cried laughing every time (When Vax had his foot injured in the Lava) Liam kept putting his foot up when they were healing him and Laura would give him shit .
They are such adorable friends and the "I swear to Pelor, if you had gotten us killed!" fucking kills me.
Still very much "twinsies" (as themselves, out of character) in campaign 3, more noticeable once more now they're sitting together at the table again. The pranks and whispers and general sibling energy is still super adorable!
Just realized pike and scanlan going south on grogs shoulders are like merry and pippin going south to Isengard on treebeard!!
😂 I can see that 👍
"Just realized pike and scanlan going south on grog"
-dce040186, 2020 >_>
well lets read the rest of the comment... oh!... ok ;P
@@Darksnakemrniceguy lol I was like “when did that happen?!”
Well.... at least it's more original than the ten thousand "angel and devil on shoulders" comparisons here.
Taking the hobbits to Isengard
Watching in 2020 and Taliesin announcing the comic strip and saying that hopefully that may turn into a comic book and animation and everyone else going 'sure' and 'big dreams' is soooo cute. Big dreams indeed.
Wait, do they get a comic book? 😳 I'm new here this month. ( Its currently Aug 2021 )
@@therandomshow_ they have loads and loads of comic books and also 2 seasons of an animated show in the making
@@kallepronk7328 omg where can I get the comic books? And an animated series?? That's RAD. Where will that be when it comes out?
Just in case anyone still doesn't know, the animated series is on Prime and it starts next week!
This keeps getting better as it ages
I just realized that when they make the show, this will probably be the first episode with Pike. So her introduction to the show is going to be her coming in like Gandalf at the turn of the tide, killing like 50 zombies at once, and then disintegrating a giant.
Jonah Bardwell no there will be a couple of episodes set before they started recording
I believe since they are rewriting some of the story to still have surprises, one of the things they will change is that pike can be there for the whole story
The only thing that is missing is Pike standing in front of everyone, facing all the zombies shouting “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!”
Remember Briarwood Arc is gonna be season 2
@@RedAilurus No they definitely said Briarwoods are season 1.
Percy has been in such a dark place for so long, the joy in his voice when he mentions his sister to Vax was such a pure moment I welled up a little
Pike : "Heroes never die!"
Vex : "...for a price."
Oh... My heart melted when Percy said so excitedly, "I have a sister."
This entire chapter is a beautiful mesh of French Revolution, Red Dead Undead Nightmare, Death Note, and Castlevania.
Don't forget Army of Darkness.
2:15:34. Don’t forget Silent Hill 2. Or just Silent Hill in general with monsters coming out of fog.
The rolling mists always give me Barovia flashbacks
@@wolfybat3335 the whole thing is very barovia imo
Don't mind me I skipped last episode because apparently it was pretty bad (according to the comment section but from the looks of this one it seems better)
Even if you skip the break, I need you all to see Ashley-on-a-computer being held up to the crew camera at break to wave and show off her ice cream. (2:11:53)
That wave was so cute, also I’m super jealous over that Ben & Jerry’s.
🙂
Oh my gosh that was so adorable!!!! I would have missed this thank you!!!! 😭
REPOSTING FOR REWATCH
0:01:29 - Yay, Pike!
0:12:50 - Game starts
25:00 - Pike Returns, At the Turn of the Tide
33:30 - Pike vs The Army of Darkness (35:08 for the Destroy Undead)
38:38 Cock lightning is born
0:54:30 - Vex to Grog: "Pike makes you better"
1:01:07 - Scanlan Inspires Grog; the song is referenced again at 1:02:45
1:11:38 - Scanlan's SHOCKING Ass
1:12:48 - Scanlan Inspires Pike
1:14:00 - Scanlan's Cutting Words
1:18:11 - Blindspot reference
1:20:53 - Pike vs Zombie Giant
1:21:50 - How Do You Want To Do This?
1:34:14 - I think this is a reference to a fanfiction?
1:40:22 - Keyleth forgets how Heat Metal works...again facepalm
1:51:20 - Vex Blocked
1:57:56 - Break begins
2:03:32 - song
2:11:38 - Travis and Ashley Say "Hi!"
2:13:20 - Break Ends
2:26:30 - "She'll light up the hole"
2:40:20 - Prank Wars
2:45:25 - More Pranks
2:56:00 - Holy Feast?
3:02:45 - Boss Encounter Round 1
3:04:03 - Boss Encounter Round 2
3:05:15 - Boss Encounter Round 3
3:06:00 - Boss Encounter Round 4
3:31:45 - Grog's Blood Offering
3:32:40 - Vex's Lockpick Bluff
3:33:31 - Realization /
*I RAGE BUMP*
Thank you
Bunp
Hero
Boost!!
Percy gets understatement of the year award....
"I have a cough."
Props to Liam, Vax is hands down my favourite character so far. In combat he's effective. In the group moments where they are talking/ camping he furthers not only the current story/ adventure but his own story threads and relationships. A true RP'er.
Vax and Percy have great arcs, and Vax made me want to play a rogue in my own first campaign. Grog is probably my favorite of them, with Scanlan being a close second, but as far as complex characters those Percy and Vax take the cake.
Omg lol my favorite part of this is easily Marisha excitedly blurting "omg it's ripley!!" followed by Ashley's "...wait who's ripley?" into "wait, we're _stopping?!"_
I feel a lot of kinship with Ashley in general, but that exchange just solidified the feeling for me haha!! 😆
Scanlan and the giant was so great. He brings up his horn: *HOOOOOON-PIng!*
Oh, my shawn...
*weak horn sound*
Bends over to fix it, the club goes over his head.
Classic comedy.
I love how Laura mouthed "Shit" when Pike asked Percy if he wanted to hold onto the corruption. I'd never noticed it before.
Literally anyone: does something cool
Matt: and she makes a three-point landing
Anytime he says that, I think of Deadpool. “She’s gonna do the superhero landing!”
Now I want Ryan Gosling playing Deadpool as a guest
Well, these guys are all voice actors that are heavily invested in popular movies, and each episode is full of references to various ones. The three point landing is kind of a staple in hero fantasy because it looks awesome, even though it would break everyone's legs if they actually had to fall more than a foot or so. And this table definitely errs on the side of cool.
I mean, he never specifies which points they land on. I do parkour, 2 feet and 1 hand, like spiderman almost, is most of the time a safer landing than just 2 feet. But the knee thing, completely ridiculous. With that said, I always imagine it as people trying to land on 2 feet but they cant support it so one leg collapses to a knee and they have to put a hand down for support.
The only way a three point landing onto a knee would work is if they landed on two feet and a hand, then the knee followed through. That’s how I imagine superheroes do it, so that I don’t feel pain every time someone lands in an action film. 😂
Vax in the tunnel, ignoring his sister's frustration at him. Liam IRL using a hand to block his view of Laura/ her view of his face. 😂 They do sibling energy so well
2:41:18 My sister tried to do the whole "put shaving cream in their hand and get them to rub their nose while they're sleeping" deal to me. The light woke me up, and I very groggily processed what she was trying to do as she put the foam in my hand. I let her tickle my nose and I twitched a few times...then I smacked her with the shaving cream filled hand. This reminded me of that.
I applaud this. Well done
I would’ve immediately shoved the cream into her face when she put it on my hand if it were me
I guess she failed her sleight of hand role 😂
Last episode - "Keyleth you are crazy, we are not going to fight them. We can't defend the peasants right now. We have to run!"
Suddenly Pike, and then they're all like: "We have a fucking holy gnome. Who needs spells, KILL EVERYTHING"
Suddenly having a fresh cleric against the undead is a big deal. I'd be inspired, too.
Its even better because she has a disruptive mace, damn near insta kill lower level undead.
Clerics, man. You don't go fight an undead army and vamps without a cleric. With one, it's a whole different story. It was a stupid decision for them to go to Whitestone without one to start with, especially that other spellcaster classes have really, REALLY limited options against necrotic and psychic damage/mind-affecting spells. I really don't like how at least half the protective spells of 3.5 just vanished from 5e
Well, to be fair, the story line happened, and their cleric just wasn't available. So... not a stupid move to go in without a cleric... just a necessary one.
Lets face it, paycheque trumps playtime :P
That SAID... having a holy person about IS optimal. I bet they had to do some serious scheduling on Ashley's part to even get her available on Skype, shooting schedules are usually harsh during the season.
Ashley was the one who approached Matt 20 minutes before the stream to let him know she could play. He had to hastily write in an entrance for her so her presence could be explained.
So, it's been more than 3 years, and I'm just now catching up here, but...when Grog had Trinket walk on his back? Yeah...
In a game with as much exceptional roleplaying as the CR folks manage, it's that kind of tiny purely RP-based moment that shines forward. That's SO TRUE to Grog's character; it aligns with with the silliest throwaway phrase of ANY character in the group (...that Trinket gives *expert* massages). The group immediately picks up on it, and it creates this sort of sideline visual that everyone absolutely buys into as something that would happen - organically - in this world and in this group.
I know it's a *trivial moment, but that's what often makes CR so exceptional -- these little organic moments that transpire between the characters because they REALLY know one another; they KNOW their shared history; they've really learned and internalized things about the other characters in the party.
Just fantastic.
I love it!
Keyleth definitely deserves more props for breaking rank, sticking to her guns and getting VM into combat, where surprise surprise, they do fine.
Imagine if pike had to chase them as they fled a city overwhelmed by undead.
Then again, she did heat Vax's daggers, making them temporarily unusable. I fully expected Vax to go "Keyleth, are you sure you're on our side?"
@@silvergreylion yes but if Vex had her way the whole party would have rested since she wasted her small number of slots which would have killed the majority of the rebellion and probably would have wasted Pikes astral projection. My point being they make a lot of stupid plans. Luck basically decides which one they follow through on.
Seems to me that Matt was going to have them get caught one way or another, regardless of whether or not they fleed, because that was how he was going to introduce Pike to the scene. Even as they were fleeing, the baddies were closing in on them and not that far away. And with the other players already knowing Pike was going to make an entrance, I have to wonder if Marisha wasn't just using that knowledge to have Keyleth force the setup.
Without Pike showing up, they probably would have gotten rekt.
@@mr.mayhem4054 Always trying to find a reason to discredit Marisha. What has she done to you people?
@@TheTommo97 Just here discussing the show. You're free to disagree with me. I won't attack you personally for it, even though you don't seem interested in extending the same courtesy.
And for the record, her return was close to what I envisioned it would be: a Big Damn Heroes moment. AND she finally gets a finishing blow, and there was much celebrating!
"Brave Vox Machina ran away!"
...
"Bravely ran away away!"
"We want to see how far this ship will sail." As of today, it's sailing with a $4.6M and counting kickstarter. The hype is real.
Upto 7.2million
I'm so excited
$7.5M!! As of now, we're getting 2 episodes with a never-before-seen animated special, and 6 episodes from this arc (The Briarwood arc). If we can get to $8.8M We'll get the full arc animated!! If we can get more than that, we might even get to see the next arc in this story!
I believe in us! We are critters, and we are indeed legion!
Up to $8.22 million!
9 million... it will only stop when it stops
Taliesin: Maybe one day we’ll have a comic book!
Sam: Big dreams.
Me: Just finished binge-watching the first three episodes of TLOVM.
Its so goood!!!
It's amazing ,isn't it
Right? Also, old FaceTime tech!
They do actually have a comic book as well.
@@bromega2477 They actually have many comic books, for many different characters from campaign 1 and 2.
Vax at 1:51:25 giving eyes to the camera when Keyleth holds his hands? iconic.
Travis's look is better
C'mon Mercer, I've been watching these for the last 3 days straight. I don't need the recap, friend; I live in this world right now.
Hunter Martin it took me over two weeks to get to this point. Did you even get any sleep during your binge?
I have not slept since I've seen the first episode...I'm too far gone but now I'm free
You are my people 😂
5 days to get here for me... you’re insane.
Polar Elephant took me a week and half because I’m binge watching both campaigns
Vax is a great character cause Liam isn't afraid to let him die
... i agree that Vax is a good character, but i disagree with you saying it's because Liam isn't afraid if he dies.
I think what he means is Liam isn't afraid to take chances. To go for glory, or to do something risky for the sake of the group. More so than any other, save perhaps Pike, would be willing to sacrifice his character if it kept someone else alive.
Rogues are, by definition, adrenaline junkies. You start off, at level one, as tissue paper with ONE heavy hit IF you don't get seen while sneaking about someone else's home.... it's all about risk vs reward for rogues, I think.
CorwinC73 the tissue paper made me snort hard
MissMokate along with spellcasters they fall pretty quick. But as you see later they get some nice tools.
Can I just say that Scanlan/Sam is the best bard ever xD His ability to take songs and just adapt them! Cracks me up every time!
Someone made a compilation of all of Scanlan's campaign songs (and what they were adapted from!), which really drives home how much of a musical improv genius Sam is. It also helps that the rest of the group typically join in for a few bars and are otherwise enthusiastic about it.
(ua-cam.com/video/hjTQ5q-DaEw/v-deo.html)
Pike is arguably the best person to be here. Being that in her religion just letting undead live is a sin pretty much. It's her holy duty to wipe Sylas and Delilah off the face of taldorei.
Granted since this moment, there is the grave domain clerics being created. Their very duty is to wipe out undead in all forms, something that the raven queen is very suited to be as a deity.
Shoehorning Ashley into the campaign makes critrole so real.
What d&d group doesn't have that one player who can't play consistently, for whatever reason?
Ya buddy! Thats me! Used to be a camp worker. 2 months gone at a time.
That would be I, The Once and Eternal Dishwasher
When I was at my last assignment in the USAF back in 97, my work schedule was on a 9 day cycle, and I could only make a couple of games a month, but there were others in the game with similar schedules too.
Just started a campaign and one of our guys can’t play on the night we picked for about two months. We decided to give him a bonus to stealth and the story is that he is there the whole time but no one noticed him.
There is indeed a shining light of hope in the hearts of the party, and her name is Pike Trickfoot. Welcome back, Pike.
Percy: *Viscously kills one person*
Vax: "Dont become what you came here to destroy percy."
*Entire party stares at a tree while a zombie giant slaughters people like 30 ft away from them*
Viscously? Does Percy have goo in those bullets?
@@jimjam7928 he CLEARLY has a 'adulation' about his weapons. think american gun culture. or Barry from archer if you get the reference. 'get it all down into your nooks and crannies...'
YES!!!!! I couldn't stand how high and mighty they were against Percy in this whole chapter, yet they all kill and cheer for it the whole campaign
Really. With Keyleth apparently having an unlimited supply of spells, you think all the undead wouldn't be a problem
Since skeletons are weak against bludgening, Trinket's roll attack would demolish!!!
Also, YAAAAAAAAAAAY PYKE 👼🏼
Oh my god. It would be like bowling
i hunters mark them
sloesty I don't understand your logic. In theory, bones are more brittle than flesh, thus being more susceptible to hard force (bludgeoning)
sloesty ...what? Blunt force causes hard things to break, like, ahem, dried, old, brittle bones. Piercing I would agree with, hell, I actually believe skeletons should be immune to piercing damage, though most weapons using piercing damage have alternate form of attack, like a spear being able to be used to deal the same damage as a quarterstaff lol
"How did you find your way in here?"
"We uhh... Ninjas"
Bravo Scanlan, Bravo
Things I will never understand:
- Why Matt is not a professional script writer or Author. The stories and plots he comes up with are gold.
Well, part of the tale is what the characters decide to do. But I agree, his world building is spectacular, and I'm sure he would be a stunning author
Well if you look at this as a show... An amazing weekly show that by now they thankfully have sponsors for, so they actually get paid for working on...
He already is the author of a pretty freaking great story.
There's a reason his name gets top billing on this.
Mannequin Victoria Chas
I once wanted to be a writer, and I got good feedback on what little I wrote, but I never really wanted to write a novel, or even a short story. Now I'm just beginning to build a world for D&D and I am actually excited about it. There might be a reason Matt isn't an author. Or maybe he is, and we just don't know about any of his published work because he uses a pseudonym.
This is amusing because this year, he IS a writer on 2 D&D campaign settings this year. Including his own Tal'Dorei.
Man, I love that they had Pike back for one episode and she literally just astral projected in and solved all their problems.
1. Took out over half a skeletal army by herself.
2. Took out 1 of the last 3 remaining giants.
3. Healed a sizable portion of Percy's crazy.
4. Summoned a spiritual guard so that they could finally get some fucking sleep.
5. Made her friends the dopest breakfast ever.
6. Defeated the undefeatable door.
Pike = MVP
ETA: !SPOILERS in the replies to my comment!
Her only weakness is that she’s so fucking clumsy in all that plot armor
How does this comment not have WAY more support!!??!!?
@@goclo True
pikes only weakness is her exhaustion from carrying the rest of vox machina
@@abdigailpaige that and the constant threat of losing all her divine plot armor to the party's constant attempts to undermine her alignment