I think the advantage was a nice touch. Granted by Ashley's reaction to her first roll she probably didn't need it, but the nat20 really sealed it. I think he said advantage because it was Pike, his love interest, reciting a poem to a bard. It made sense. But part of me also likes to believe it was Matt making sure they had a shot at the revival, because if that failed, the entire thing might've failed 'cause Grog didn't succeed.
@@acetraineraster5171 Not to mention it also likely can be advantage because of how Pike was feeling when Ashley read the poem to Scanlan as a bonus besides Pike being Scanlan's love interest.
then he turns to her at the end of her turn and says "That was amazing"...gods love that man. His compliments to the other players is such a beautiful thing.
@@michaelbrucato7180 not just a party member but your twin flame. Same birthday, best friends for years, he might just be playing her brother but he is also quite literally her brother.
Laura: "Natural 20!" *(actually goes into shock)* Travis: *(confirms it, but with a face to Matt that's saying, "I dare you to come over here and even THINK of questioning this.)* Matt: "I trust you." Travis: *(visibly relaxes)* "Okay."
Not only that, but matt actually said that if they couldn't find them somehow, he would have had to kill them. They wouldn't realistically survive that by themselves and Kima was already half dead when Vex found them. Makes those 2 Nat 20s really a sign that the Dice Gods do exist you know?
Matt STILL had to ask what the total with bonuses was, even with the Nat 20, which meant he probably considered that a "nearly impossible" DC. Something similar happened with Caleb deciphering the journal in Campaign 2.
The last clip has three combinations of true love in one. You have Matt and Marisha's Nat 20s, Vex and Percy's efforts to locate and return Kima and Allurea, while they hold on for dear life.
It’s also great because of how Vex is pouring her heart out to Percy’s body, even if he may not hear her and how she says her heart is his just makes my heart melt with how Laura delivers it!
The scanlan resurrection kills me every time. The fact that no matter what they did scanlan would leave their lives, whether for a year or for good. Just brutal. And that he couldn’t hear grog? Fuck
In my campaign, we had a fun nat 20 love moment. One of our characters died, and their "love interest" (its complicated) kissed them to say goodbye, but our cleric cast revivify and our DM homerules that you have to roll for revives, and he rolled a nat 20 and we all said it was because of true loves kiss.
ohmygosh the moments when vex'ahlia brought back percy and when pike brought back scanlan still make me tear up bc goddamn those were the realest, most tender declarations of love i have EVER heard!
That was easily a DC 30 perception check to see that far out into the water. She pretty much needed that, and she’s probably the most perceptive of the group.
Watching Liam break down in tears adds up to the psychic damage. They cried for each other, Liam for Scanlan's death, Sam for not being able to save Vax'ildan from incoming, permanent death.
@@billzonblox Taliesin's character Percy died and this was his resurrection ritual. The death(happened in the previous episode) hit Sam hard for some reason... maybe because there was a high possibility that it was going to be permanant. Taliesin was adamant it remained that way until this love confession from Laura
@@gimhanig5757 It certainly makes sense. He died fulfilling what he thought was his quest to prevent the proliferation of firearms and to get his revenge on Ripley. So his personal quest was over. So it’s no surprise it took a confession of love from Vex to pull him back to realize he had more of a role to play, and to live for someone else.
really? i thought he said he wouldn't come back if they prayed to a deity as Percy doesn't believe in them. which was why he said you are so lucky when he came back on set
7:37 - Literally how do people hate Marisha and Keyleth when scenes like this exist? The distress and love in that warbling voice tears at my heart even all these years later, outside of greater context. And how sadly yet well-meaningly Kerr tries to comfort Keyleth when he thinks she's obstinately fighting the truth, and how much she's basically pleading with the fates as well as him that he's wrong.
This comment is a bit late but that first clip hurts seeing how hyped Orion got, even slightly more than everyone else, because it showed how he could be supportive of others when they did something cool. I just wish he was always like this and had stayed with the group but I understand why he had to leave.
A lot of these still choke me up and make me have to look up, take a deep breath, then pretend I got something in my eye. Great moments. Good on you for making this. Thank you for the emotional roller coaster.
You know I never got why Vex didn't just hop off the broom and let them ride it back rather than force them to cling on while incredibly weak. Surely she could swim long enough for the party to come and pick her up.
I wouldn't be so sure. Vex had a Strength of 7 and a Constitution of 10. I do think she was proficient in Athletics, so there'd be a chance, but she'd tire out pretty quickly.
I swear there's nothing like the high when the dice gods decide to play along with the character moment that leads up to the roll And there's nothing like the disappointment when a speech that literally brings people to tears is followed up by a failed check
Who is this guy on our far left from the last clip who keeps just shiting all over hope and love even in spite of evidence that their efforts are not in vain?
7:56 doesn't a perception of 11 confer a *_bonus_* of zero? matt probably gives her the sight anyway cuz it's a nat20 cuz it would be tough to go all rules lawyer in that situation.
You are missing out on a lot. There are hundreds of hours you can "waste" on CR campaign 1 and 2, but man, it feels like going on a loooong journey full of adventures.
so are these people just really good actors? Or do they not get to hang out with their friend until the campaigns over because theyre dead, and that make them actually sad?
They're all professional voice actors, and they'd already been playing this campaign for about 2 years before they even started streaming it, so they were about as attached to these characters as humanly possible.
Fate says "No, Matthew. The lesbians will not die at this juncture."
"Make a performance check," *looks around WHOLE table on tears* "With advantage."
I think the advantage was a nice touch. Granted by Ashley's reaction to her first roll she probably didn't need it, but the nat20 really sealed it.
I think he said advantage because it was Pike, his love interest, reciting a poem to a bard. It made sense. But part of me also likes to believe it was Matt making sure they had a shot at the revival, because if that failed, the entire thing might've failed 'cause Grog didn't succeed.
@@acetraineraster5171 Not to mention it also likely can be advantage because of how Pike was feeling when Ashley read the poem to Scanlan as a bonus besides Pike being Scanlan's love interest.
@@BryonYoungblood I think Matt has always had a good way of awarding inspiration which I think this was.
@@andrewboxall2945 So do I, and he really is good at world building too as DM.
I think he also did it because he knew she didn't have a high performance and wanted to give her the best chance
The way Ashley's voice breaks during the "will never be the same" in Pike's poem kills me every time
Same with her voice breaking when talking to Scanlan over the earpiece later
The way Liam hugged Laura in the first one, then proceeded to say “She loves me, she really loves me!” Made my heart melt like butter.
Two Nat 20's for an attack to save your party member will tend to get that reaction 😂
then he turns to her at the end of her turn and says "That was amazing"...gods love that man. His compliments to the other players is such a beautiful thing.
Everyone else had some great reactions too to that awesomeness
@@michaelbrucato7180 not just a party member but your twin flame. Same birthday, best friends for years, he might just be playing her brother but he is also quite literally her brother.
Also respect to Matt for not tearing up at any of these moments, that man has a pokerface made out of fucking adamantium.
Laura: "Natural 20!" *(actually goes into shock)*
Travis: *(confirms it, but with a face to Matt that's saying, "I dare you to come over here and even THINK of questioning this.)*
Matt: "I trust you."
Travis: *(visibly relaxes)* "Okay."
If Marisha hadn't gotten that natural 20 both Keema and Allura would definitely have died
Not only that, but matt actually said that if they couldn't find them somehow, he would have had to kill them. They wouldn't realistically survive that by themselves and Kima was already half dead when Vex found them. Makes those 2 Nat 20s really a sign that the Dice Gods do exist you know?
Matt STILL had to ask what the total with bonuses was, even with the Nat 20, which meant he probably considered that a "nearly impossible" DC. Something similar happened with Caleb deciphering the journal in Campaign 2.
For the whole campaign I was dead sure her name was spelled "K-i-m-a" o.O
@@igorczarnecki8196 it is spelled kima according to the subtitles in the episodes and the wiki, they misspelled it above
6:08 Liam is the embodiment of "I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine - until I'm not."
we have had a moment like this from Liam in every campaign. It's heartbreaking and beautiful to watch all at the same time.
A 5% chance for a priceless moment
well said
And a 100% chance of enjoyment
10%* gotta remember that one is also a possibility
The last clip has three combinations of true love in one. You have Matt and Marisha's Nat 20s, Vex and Percy's efforts to locate and return Kima and Allurea, while they hold on for dear life.
still the best one ever. i actually have that entire scene cut and saved. its the best moment for me in this campaign.
Underrated moment: Allura’s “Kima HOLD ON” - that hit me in my soul just as much as the other moments
6:03 Ashley's voice crack followed by Liams pained face brings me to tears everytime.
2:21 to this day this one for me, when Vex gave her confession to Percy, is hands down one of my greatest moments in campaign one.
The way the music swells perfectly Get Me every fucking time. 😭😭😭
I will never not cry during that 😭
What episode was this on?
@@13opilon 69th episode on the first season I believe.
It’s also great because of how Vex is pouring her heart out to Percy’s body, even if he may not hear her and how she says her heart is his just makes my heart melt with how Laura delivers it!
Ashley's face after she rolled the nat 20 always gets me
you see her hand after she rolled the first dice.
The way he said "All right." then cleared his through meant Matt was feeling that poem. 7:22
the music right before laura says "it's yours" is the same that is playing during their wedding in dalen's closet 🥺 how fitting ❤
Especially given what Vex means with "It's yours." being Percy has her heart. :)
Ashleys poem during "I won't be the same" always makes me cry
I freakin' love Ashley. Okay, I love everyone at this table, but she's just a bundle of adorableness and I love how caring she is.
I love that you included all the different kinds of love: familial, romantic, and platonic. It's beautiful
The scanlan resurrection kills me every time. The fact that no matter what they did scanlan would leave their lives, whether for a year or for good. Just brutal. And that he couldn’t hear grog? Fuck
In my campaign, we had a fun nat 20 love moment. One of our characters died, and their "love interest" (its complicated) kissed them to say goodbye, but our cleric cast revivify and our DM homerules that you have to roll for revives, and he rolled a nat 20 and we all said it was because of true loves kiss.
Laura's "yes sir" at 2:19 is so cute, remind me of getting caught talking at school
I can't take pikes poem seriously anymore because of yashas poem for beau
WARNING SPOILERS for C2 EP115
The poem from the latest episode with the rewritten poem is a heartfelt tearjerker though
that was the funniest thing 😂
Oh Beau Beau Beau
ohmygosh the moments when vex'ahlia brought back percy and when pike brought back scanlan still make me tear up bc goddamn those were the realest, most tender declarations of love i have EVER heard!
Thank the gods for Kiki's +11 perception
That was easily a DC 30 perception check to see that far out into the water. She pretty much needed that, and she’s probably the most perceptive of the group.
6:05 I think I just took 16 psychic damage in real life jesus christ that hit me like a bus
Watching Liam break down in tears adds up to the psychic damage. They cried for each other, Liam for Scanlan's death, Sam for not being able to save Vax'ildan from incoming, permanent death.
It's been like 5 years since i've watched these episodes and I still cried my eyes out
The dice is the most scariest, but also caring at the right time and knows.
Sometimes, the dice know.
Maaan Sam crying in the second clip always gets me
Wait wait, what happened... I missed out
@@billzonblox Taliesin's character Percy died and this was his resurrection ritual. The death(happened in the previous episode) hit Sam hard for some reason... maybe because there was a high possibility that it was going to be permanant.
Taliesin was adamant it remained that way until this love confession from Laura
@@gimhanig5757
It certainly makes sense. He died fulfilling what he thought was his quest to prevent the proliferation of firearms and to get his revenge on Ripley. So his personal quest was over.
So it’s no surprise it took a confession of love from Vex to pull him back to realize he had more of a role to play, and to live for someone else.
really? i thought he said he wouldn't come back if they prayed to a deity as Percy doesn't believe in them. which was why he said you are so lucky when he came back on set
My god I’d forgotten how maps were simple and 2D back in the day 😅
_sees dice gods do exist_
"We could make a religion out of this"
No, don't.
7:37 - Literally how do people hate Marisha and Keyleth when scenes like this exist? The distress and love in that warbling voice tears at my heart even all these years later, outside of greater context. And how sadly yet well-meaningly Kerr tries to comfort Keyleth when he thinks she's obstinately fighting the truth, and how much she's basically pleading with the fates as well as him that he's wrong.
This comment is a bit late but that first clip hurts seeing how hyped Orion got, even slightly more than everyone else, because it showed how he could be supportive of others when they did something cool. I just wish he was always like this and had stayed with the group but I understand why he had to leave.
So many would be nat 20 moments turned out to be a 2 or a 9 (NEIN!) and those are easy to forget but those moments make these ones shine.
A lot of these still choke me up and make me have to look up, take a deep breath, then pretend I got something in my eye. Great moments. Good on you for making this. Thank you for the emotional roller coaster.
6:05 Liam is me every Time i hear that voicecrack ;-;
The dice know when to give a 20 😭❤️
awww, this is wonderful! Absolutely the perfect serotonin blast
Laura is just such a passionate, loving and powerful individual and it comes out in her role playing. It’s such a pleasure to watch.
I’m just happy to see a happy moment with Orion. NIce to remember there were those as well, despite everything.
The way you can hear Ashley's happy little sob after Pike's Poem
"I just rolled natural twentyyy."
I'm not crying, you're crying!
8:13 Well I'm sure that will never be brought up again...
I started laughing in relief when they puffed onto the carpet. Whew
Aaaaaaghhagagh!!! The feels!!! Your videos are always amazing!!! Keep up the good work!!!
I love how into they all get especially laura
It would be cool to see a Natural 1s inspired by Love too, especially for Campaign 2 when they were all getting mind controlled so much.
You know I never got why Vex didn't just hop off the broom and let them ride it back rather than force them to cling on while incredibly weak. Surely she could swim long enough for the party to come and pick her up.
I wouldn't be so sure. Vex had a Strength of 7 and a Constitution of 10. I do think she was proficient in Athletics, so there'd be a chance, but she'd tire out pretty quickly.
This hit me hard for some reason
i love you for this i was just thinking about these instances
I swear there's nothing like the high when the dice gods decide to play along with the character moment that leads up to the roll
And there's nothing like the disappointment when a speech that literally brings people to tears is followed up by a failed check
The power of looove... A nat 20 aboooove
Who is this guy on our far left from the last clip who keeps just shiting all over hope and love even in spite of evidence that their efforts are not in vain?
Just want to point that the cideo opens up with the verry first Jenga moment.
Laura cleaning her glasses with absolute focus at 2:08 is somehow just the funniest thing to me
Nothing will ever beat "i should've told you. It's yours"
It's enough to make you believe there might be dice gods.
when the dice gods show they're real
......ah crap i just made a religion, didnt i?
I mean, the religion was already there. You just found it.
@@JustinSIsTank if this is not a spiritual awakening than I don't know what is.
Sometimes the dice are fucking poetic.
I love how Matt trust his players as much as he does
what about beau and yasha rolling a nat 20 and nat 19 on falling ~for~ with eachother
I’m loving this!
Aaaaand I'm crying all over again
would be great if in the future you included which episodes the clips are from!
4:00 they were genuinely crying?
7:56 doesn't a perception of 11 confer a *_bonus_* of zero? matt probably gives her the sight anyway cuz it's a nat20 cuz it would be tough to go all rules lawyer in that situation.
she meant bonus. she has a bonus of 11. she's got an insanely high wisom.
Hey now, where's Kaylie's nat20 to resurrect Scanlan?
Beautiful moments men...
I don't remember any of these. Because I haven't watched any Critical Role besides these random videos that get recommended to me.
You are missing out on a lot. There are hundreds of hours you can "waste" on CR campaign 1 and 2, but man, it feels like going on a loooong journey full of adventures.
0:38 1:14 3:51 7:11
3:55 okay cool, but what was the persuasion for?
Bringing back Percy (the empty chair).
so are these people just really good actors? Or do they not get to hang out with their friend until the campaigns over because theyre dead, and that make them actually sad?
They're all professional voice actors, and they'd already been playing this campaign for about 2 years before they even started streaming it, so they were about as attached to these characters as humanly possible.
@@CptObvious I have been absolutely hooked on this show. I have no words for what stumbling on this video introduced me to
@@Jacob-sb3su Welcome to the world of Critical Role
Ohhh Smoke and Dagger ugh my heart that was the worst one to me 💔😭
Please please tell me that Ashley's poem wasn't right before Scanlan leaving. I will physically break down please
Did you have a Nat 1 video in case we were in Bizarro world? lol
true love’s crit!!!
What episodes are these from?
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