Okay guys, i'm not sure what's going on here. It seems to me that you are not familiar with sourse material, but know the characters and remember the events of the last season pretty well, which is usually only the case for people who know the original campaign. So i guess you watched season 1 recently, and unlike most reactors were actually paying attention. So... it's unusual. And i like it. Subscribing, just for this show for now. Keep it up! Also, if you have some questions about the characters just out of curiosity (like what class Gilmore is, for example), - ask away, i'll explain as much as i can without spoilers.
@@ReactionBros8994 Also, to address something you asked about in the video, - the blue dragon, Brimscythe, the one they killed in season 1 - was an adult dragon if i remember right. While these four guys are ancient dragons, so at the very least over 800 y.o. So they all are bigger, older, stronger than he was, smarter and more experienced. Which might explain why he couldn't see through Scanlan's illusion, while this white dragon did.
Good point! You had me curious, so I pulled out the 5E Monster Manual. You're spot on with the age! They have a legendary ability called "Detect" that doesn't explicitly say they can see through illusions, but that wouldn't stop me as a Dungeon Master from using it that way!
@@ReactionBros8994 Yeah, i checked the age before typing that comment just in case =) And while the show tries to be accurate with the mechanics from time to time, they used a lot of homebrew in the campaign. Especially considering that they had to transition from Pathfinder to D&D when they started streaming, and Matt - their DM - had to homebrew Percy's class from scratch (PF has a gunslinger class, D&D does not). And just in general it's an animated adaptation that's focussed on the narrative instead of rules lawyering, and some things need to be changed for narrative/dramatic/comedic purposes. Like Thordak's Godzilla laser beam that usually ancient red dragons don't have, but it's epic as hell so why not. So many things stay recognizeable, but they are not following every rule to the letter.
@@ReactionBros8994 Matt Mercer’s dragons have Truesight. The fact that Scanlan fooled Brimsythe with the illusion in season one, was just because Brimsythe was foolishly arrogant, and didn’t use that ability.
Emon is way too busy and big for only 100k. My home town has about 200k and we aren't that big or busy (in perspective with the dimensions of an ancient red dragon and the explosion Thordac caused in the lower wards)
@Miklós Pál Márton Molnár This is also a fantasy world that can't easily compare to the real world. I mean there's farmland that's outside the city that could have people that aren't counted in the number, but I trust the 100k number we've been given. Until we're given more specific numbers, we have to assume that what we've been given is correct.
Allura's spell on the acid dragon was Earthbind, I believe. About 75,000 died in the initial attack on Emon- 75% of the population. It was great when you joked about looting Gilmore's: in the campaign, Matt let them choose between looting or finding Gilmore first. They chose to find him. If they had looted first, he would have bled out and died. As a long-time fan, seeing the dragon's attack animated took my breath away. Wonderful insights, predictions, and reaction in general! Looking forward to more of your thoughts as the season goes on!
As Dungeon Masters ourselves, we appreciate Matt's style more and more. We haven't seen the source material, but Emon's destruction was an incredible scene! Thanks for the comment, and we're glad to have you along for the ride!
Actually it was closer to about 30-40% of Emon's population at the time and the others were subsequently subjugated by the dragons on pain of death, but still that's a LOT of people dying in a matter of minutes!
@@ReactionBros8994 It was incredible, That set of episodes in particular, the initial attack on Emon/ fallout, are well worth a watch even if you aren't going to watch the full campaign (You should absolutely watch the full campaign though, it's fantastic!). The way he builds the tension with the alarm bells going off, then having Vex roll to spot streaks of color in the sky (because of her connection to dragons) then the first reveal BAM! Ancient dragon. And it just keeps punching you in the face with terror. The cast are laughing in fright, it's some of the best storytelling I've ever seen.
Brimscythe was a YOUNG Blue dragon. These guys are ANCIENT. Hence the power-gap and lack of magic sight. Why they put up with having a runt like him in their ranks I have no idea...
Yeah, that would explain it! I checked the Critical Role wiki, and Brimscythe is listed as between "Young and Adult". Maybe it's a dragon right-of-passage thing. You have to subvert an entire civilization to get a seat on the conclave 😆.
@@ReactionBros8994 I like to think Thordak just wanted a full set, and there was like no ancient blue dragons around so he just went with the only one he could find
@@ReactionBros8994 It probably had to do more with the fact that Brimscythe, being younger and weaker than the rest of the conclave, could more easily infiltrate societies without the risk of being exposed. It also, consequently, made him easier for the rest of the dragons to bully. Had Brimscythe tried to plot against the Conclave without any plan or means of backing it, he would have been mercilessly annihilated. The power gap between a Young or Young Adult dragon versus an Ancient is MASSIVE.
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So Grog actually got a Belt of Dwarvenkind, not one of Giant Strength. It makes for very interesting content over the course of the series. You're right about minions for the dragons. In the stream, they brought wyvern riders with them, which made an interesting vanguard.
I appreciate that so much more! Looking forward to Grog spontaneously sporting an epic beard one morning, or having incredibly successful negotiations with a Dwarf for no reason at all!
4:05: Poor Reginald. He was a libertine and a cad, and we liked it. 8:18: Funny you should say that. At the table the party had a choice, to chase down the looters who had ransacked what was left of Gilmore's shop, or to find Gilmore. They let the loot go, and Matt (the DM) said it's the only reason Gilmore lived, if they had detoured after the loot he would have bled out. (You're right, he does roll for the NPCs, sometimes with brilliant results for the story). It really was "very close" like Gilmore said. Poor guy lost everything, he was so proud of his shop and what he'd built (in the stream), the moment when the crystal disintegrates in his hand you see it hit him. [/rambling} I have feels. The destruction of Emon is exactly as shocking and brutal as it was in the stream. I'm so impressed they captured the sheer panic and hopelessness. In the game, this is a world they had been playing in for around 5 years, they knew all kinds of little NPCs and shops and quirks in the city, they had dealt with the Briarwoods and were doing the "between quests" thing where they were deciding where to go next, it felt like breathing room. Then Uriel summoned them to the Cloudtop district and Matt dropped 4 ancient dragons on them. Nobody expected it, it was beautiful chaos. Looking forward to watching the rest of your reactions to this! :D Enjoyed this one. *queues up the others *
Thanks for the comment, and to have you on board! The destruction of Emon was a terrific and terrible spectacle, even for someone who has no background with Critical Role!
With the exception of the green dragon, I'm not a huge fan of the dragon designs in this show. I wish they would have stuck more true to the dragon designs from the monster manuals. They even made the white dragon look more like the official design of the blue dragon, and the blue dragon from last season looked like a silver dragon... But the rest of the dragons in this season, again, besides the green, look pretty much nothing like they should.
To each their own. For me, I'm the opposite. I'm not much of a fan at all of the "official" dragon designs in D&D, so all of the dragons in my campaigns use custom art by me, or if a throw-away character, a google image search for a better design. Raishan (the green one) is one of the better designs, but I also like Thordak's design a lot, too.
@@AquaFoxcos Yeah I know. I just wish they wouldn't have gone so "fantasy" as they did. The designs of the D&D dragons in the monster manuals look like they could be real creatures. These look like they came from a 12 year old's imagination.
Okay guys, i'm not sure what's going on here. It seems to me that you are not familiar with sourse material, but know the characters and remember the events of the last season pretty well, which is usually only the case for people who know the original campaign. So i guess you watched season 1 recently, and unlike most reactors were actually paying attention. So... it's unusual. And i like it. Subscribing, just for this show for now. Keep it up! Also, if you have some questions about the characters just out of curiosity (like what class Gilmore is, for example), - ask away, i'll explain as much as i can without spoilers.
Glad to have you on board! We hope we earn your sub over the long haul!
@@ReactionBros8994 Also, to address something you asked about in the video, - the blue dragon, Brimscythe, the one they killed in season 1 - was an adult dragon if i remember right. While these four guys are ancient dragons, so at the very least over 800 y.o. So they all are bigger, older, stronger than he was, smarter and more experienced. Which might explain why he couldn't see through Scanlan's illusion, while this white dragon did.
Good point! You had me curious, so I pulled out the 5E Monster Manual. You're spot on with the age! They have a legendary ability called "Detect" that doesn't explicitly say they can see through illusions, but that wouldn't stop me as a Dungeon Master from using it that way!
@@ReactionBros8994 Yeah, i checked the age before typing that comment just in case =)
And while the show tries to be accurate with the mechanics from time to time, they used a lot of homebrew in the campaign. Especially considering that they had to transition from Pathfinder to D&D when they started streaming, and Matt - their DM - had to homebrew Percy's class from scratch (PF has a gunslinger class, D&D does not). And just in general it's an animated adaptation that's focussed on the narrative instead of rules lawyering, and some things need to be changed for narrative/dramatic/comedic purposes. Like Thordak's Godzilla laser beam that usually ancient red dragons don't have, but it's epic as hell so why not. So many things stay recognizeable, but they are not following every rule to the letter.
@@ReactionBros8994 Matt Mercer’s dragons have Truesight. The fact that Scanlan fooled Brimsythe with the illusion in season one, was just because Brimsythe was foolishly arrogant, and didn’t use that ability.
Matt recently said that there were 100,000 people in Emon when the dragons showed up, around 70-80,000 died in the initial dragon attack.
That poison cloud attack was 110% savage!
Emon is way too busy and big for only 100k. My home town has about 200k and we aren't that big or busy (in perspective with the dimensions of an ancient red dragon and the explosion Thordac caused in the lower wards)
@Miklós Pál Márton Molnár This is also a fantasy world that can't easily compare to the real world. I mean there's farmland that's outside the city that could have people that aren't counted in the number, but I trust the 100k number we've been given. Until we're given more specific numbers, we have to assume that what we've been given is correct.
Allura's spell on the acid dragon was Earthbind, I believe. About 75,000 died in the initial attack on Emon- 75% of the population. It was great when you joked about looting Gilmore's: in the campaign, Matt let them choose between looting or finding Gilmore first. They chose to find him. If they had looted first, he would have bled out and died. As a long-time fan, seeing the dragon's attack animated took my breath away. Wonderful insights, predictions, and reaction in general! Looking forward to more of your thoughts as the season goes on!
As Dungeon Masters ourselves, we appreciate Matt's style more and more. We haven't seen the source material, but Emon's destruction was an incredible scene! Thanks for the comment, and we're glad to have you along for the ride!
Actually it was closer to about 30-40% of Emon's population at the time and the others were subsequently subjugated by the dragons on pain of death, but still that's a LOT of people dying in a matter of minutes!
It looks like a mix between Earthbind and Hold Monster
@@ReactionBros8994 It was incredible, That set of episodes in particular, the initial attack on Emon/ fallout, are well worth a watch even if you aren't going to watch the full campaign (You should absolutely watch the full campaign though, it's fantastic!). The way he builds the tension with the alarm bells going off, then having Vex roll to spot streaks of color in the sky (because of her connection to dragons) then the first reveal BAM! Ancient dragon. And it just keeps punching you in the face with terror. The cast are laughing in fright, it's some of the best storytelling I've ever seen.
Brimscythe was a YOUNG Blue dragon. These guys are ANCIENT. Hence the power-gap and lack of magic sight.
Why they put up with having a runt like him in their ranks I have no idea...
Yeah, that would explain it! I checked the Critical Role wiki, and Brimscythe is listed as between "Young and Adult". Maybe it's a dragon right-of-passage thing. You have to subvert an entire civilization to get a seat on the conclave 😆.
@@ReactionBros8994 I like to think Thordak just wanted a full set, and there was like no ancient blue dragons around so he just went with the only one he could find
He was probably their intern, so they made him do all the tedious busywork, like dismantling Emon's army.
Hell, I´d put up with anyone if they had the voice of David Tennant. xD
@@ReactionBros8994 It probably had to do more with the fact that Brimscythe, being younger and weaker than the rest of the conclave, could more easily infiltrate societies without the risk of being exposed. It also, consequently, made him easier for the rest of the dragons to bully. Had Brimscythe tried to plot against the Conclave without any plan or means of backing it, he would have been mercilessly annihilated. The power gap between a Young or Young Adult dragon versus an Ancient is MASSIVE.
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So Grog actually got a Belt of Dwarvenkind, not one of Giant Strength. It makes for very interesting content over the course of the series.
You're right about minions for the dragons. In the stream, they brought wyvern riders with them, which made an interesting vanguard.
I appreciate that so much more! Looking forward to Grog spontaneously sporting an epic beard one morning, or having incredibly successful negotiations with a Dwarf for no reason at all!
@Reaction Bros The only thing he can't utilize from the belt is reading Dwarven. 🤣 Grog's Intelligence is a 6, so he can't read anything.
@@ShadowyFox_86 but, he knows what he's doing
That moment of Keyleth and Raishan meeting face-to-face... terrifying.
4:05: Poor Reginald. He was a libertine and a cad, and we liked it.
8:18: Funny you should say that. At the table the party had a choice, to chase down the looters who had ransacked what was left of Gilmore's shop, or to find Gilmore. They let the loot go, and Matt (the DM) said it's the only reason Gilmore lived, if they had detoured after the loot he would have bled out. (You're right, he does roll for the NPCs, sometimes with brilliant results for the story). It really was "very close" like Gilmore said. Poor guy lost everything, he was so proud of his shop and what he'd built (in the stream), the moment when the crystal disintegrates in his hand you see it hit him. [/rambling} I have feels.
The destruction of Emon is exactly as shocking and brutal as it was in the stream. I'm so impressed they captured the sheer panic and hopelessness. In the game, this is a world they had been playing in for around 5 years, they knew all kinds of little NPCs and shops and quirks in the city, they had dealt with the Briarwoods and were doing the "between quests" thing where they were deciding where to go next, it felt like breathing room. Then Uriel summoned them to the Cloudtop district and Matt dropped 4 ancient dragons on them. Nobody expected it, it was beautiful chaos.
Looking forward to watching the rest of your reactions to this! :D Enjoyed this one. *queues up the others *
Thanks for the comment, and to have you on board! The destruction of Emon was a terrific and terrible spectacle, even for someone who has no background with Critical Role!
It's not one of the dragons... and it's not the sword...
They're not Elder dragons.. They're Ancient. And Alura is an archmage... was? ;)
We'll have to wait and see if she made it. Our gut feeling is that her and the other council members are alive.
Wait have you guys seen the first season? If so did you start the channel after you watched it?
We've seen the first season but it was before we started the channel.
With the exception of the green dragon, I'm not a huge fan of the dragon designs in this show. I wish they would have stuck more true to the dragon designs from the monster manuals.
They even made the white dragon look more like the official design of the blue dragon, and the blue dragon from last season looked like a silver dragon...
But the rest of the dragons in this season, again, besides the green, look pretty much nothing like they should.
To each their own. For me, I'm the opposite. I'm not much of a fan at all of the "official" dragon designs in D&D, so all of the dragons in my campaigns use custom art by me, or if a throw-away character, a google image search for a better design. Raishan (the green one) is one of the better designs, but I also like Thordak's design a lot, too.
They had to make their own designs as they are not a dnd ip that’s why they can’t use certain names for spells and such.
@@AquaFoxcos Yeah I know. I just wish they wouldn't have gone so "fantasy" as they did. The designs of the D&D dragons in the monster manuals look like they could be real creatures. These look like they came from a 12 year old's imagination.