Between Wall of Fire, Counterspell and Fireball, this episode was really a great reminder at how fricking terrifying a well trained wizard can be. Especially one specializing in pyromancy.
@@crazyinsider9615 And the best part is that it wasn't just a regular loss of levels where you just come back the same as before. He was broken then remade himself. Then in his growth with the Mighty Nein he became justified in that change and grew far more powerful than he ever would have under Trent.
@@matthewschwer6048 - Enough to know how long he could go toe-to-toe with Trent. More to the point, he's beginning to see Trent's limits. Something inconceivable to him at the outset of the campaign. Campaign 2 was only a third way through when it ended IMO.
Sometimes just watching the live stream or listening its hard to put everything into perspective but this gave me chills and reminded just how bad ass caleb really is. Can you imagine how terrifying this man would be without PTSD? If he actually became a scourger for the empire? No regret. No remorse. Just power...
I don't think I've caught that far yet. I'm a bit late to the party. I'm just after they rescued essek from the happy funtime ball lol but I can imagine that place would bring out the worst in him
Town cryer in Zadash: invulnerable vagrant incinerated by meteor strike. Cerberus assembly to blame? Is this because of their association with an anti assembly group?
In spite of this event not being the cleanest win for the Nein, this animatic shows all the best aspects. Plus the designs on each spell were fantastic. Next seeing Nott, the Brave really earning her comma was wonderful. Then again, I'm biased, seeing Nott being everything she thought she wasn't(Brave, smart, beautiful, strong) makes me so very happy knowing where that character growth will eventually lead her. Lastly, Caleb being Caleb was entirely on point.
As others have said the spell design is what makes this amazing, but i also wish to give you praise for the expressions on their faces adds alot of drama to the whole thing well done!
holy shit, this is just...wow. I saw the WIP on tumblr but the finished deal is just insane. The reflected fire in Nott's eyes (plus that whole sequence of her jumping and firing her crossbow!) Fjord's thunderstep, and literally everything about Caleb's spellcasting, especially the last part, and seeing his parents in the flames, gahhhhh, this is incredible!
Possibly one of the coolest renditions I've seen of this combat sequence. Personal favorite is how you animated the fireball, a roaring mass of flame that condenses before getting thrown out to explode on impact. Gorgeous.
I saw this over on Tumblr and now I see it here? No, i didn't rewatch it screaming or anything. No, not at all. This is amazing, I'm so amazed by all that you've done on it!!
This has got to be one of the coolest animations I’ve seen for any critical role content, even unfinished as it is. The music, the cinematography, all of it 30/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
That was amazing. From the way you did the spells, the background noise, seeing the ghost of Calebs past in the fire, and showing the pure arcane power of a wizard is breath taking. I especially love the image of his parents in the fire, you did such a amazing job showing how incredibly fucked up his history was and how much it rests on his shoulders. Well done my friend.
The character designs and the spellcraft are so cool, but I love that you had Jester’s Dimension Door just open under her like a Bugs Bunny hole to send her on her way
The subtext actions that players make in their discribtions that the animator makes up on their own is the Best part from minor actions to spell design.
Just started getting into Critical Role, just finished this episode. Immediately went looking for cool animations. This one was ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!! All the magic was so creative and captured beautifully!!!
I’ve had the honor of watching and rewatching this multiple times before I finally got to the episode. OUUUUGHHH THE WAY YOU CAPTURED THE CHAOS OF BATTLE 🎉 And can you believe we have this and potentially the tv show they’re working on now we’ll Able to see it there too!! Incredible work, I am still obsessed with this video❤
I loved the way you showed spell casting in a way I've never seen before!! I'm definitely subscribing for more because this is beautiful and so talented
Everything about this animation is so amazing! From the spell designs and the ideas of their casting, through poses and action, to emotions on the faces and in bodylanguage! Just incredible!
Just came from Facebook to say this was amazing. I got tingles. The hairs on my arm stood on end. Other parts of my body stiffened. Absolutely astounding work.
YEEEEEEEEEEEES I’ve been seeing your WIP’s and am loving the finished product, incredibly well done Not to mention I love the way the control water spell sigils were animated, the way the looked like they were washed away in water after the counterspell was magnifique
Awesome work, fantastic spell design and timing! Only wish you’d included balgura, cuz fjord’s summoning method is so badass, but everything else was amazing :D
Between Wall of Fire, Counterspell and Fireball, this episode was really a great reminder at how fricking terrifying a well trained wizard can be. Especially one specializing in pyromancy.
Level 2 evocation prodigy before the psychotic break!
@@EsquilaxM oh is that true? That’s really cool. I like the implication that people can lose levels when something happens. Thanks for the knowledge
@@crazyinsider9615 And the best part is that it wasn't just a regular loss of levels where you just come back the same as before. He was broken then remade himself. Then in his growth with the Mighty Nein he became justified in that change and grew far more powerful than he ever would have under Trent.
@@matthewschwer6048 - Enough to know how long he could go toe-to-toe with Trent. More to the point, he's beginning to see Trent's limits. Something inconceivable to him at the outset of the campaign. Campaign 2 was only a third way through when it ended IMO.
Those spell designs are seriously so good! Stomping the ground to Thunderstep? Slicing to Counterspell? So very fitting.
Spell designs were amazing. Also: Caleb seeing the two in the fire was... *chef kiss* Perfection. Gave me goosebumps!
*quickly starts drafting a petition to get this person on the Legend of Vox Machina animators*
Sometimes just watching the live stream or listening its hard to put everything into perspective but this gave me chills and reminded just how bad ass caleb really is. Can you imagine how terrifying this man would be without PTSD? If he actually became a scourger for the empire? No regret. No remorse. Just power...
We can see a bit of that man on the episode they break into the sanatorium
I don't think I've caught that far yet. I'm a bit late to the party. I'm just after they rescued essek from the happy funtime ball lol but I can imagine that place would bring out the worst in him
@@GabrielLima-ny6oe No that was 15 years of pure anger and rage coming to a boiling point
Town cryer in Zadash: invulnerable vagrant incinerated by meteor strike. Cerberus assembly to blame? Is this because of their association with an anti assembly group?
@@deanholderde5959 Leave poor Pumat alone
I love the way the fireball hits the ship with enough force to knock it halfway over.
In spite of this event not being the cleanest win for the Nein, this animatic shows all the best aspects. Plus the designs on each spell were fantastic. Next seeing Nott, the Brave really earning her comma was wonderful. Then again, I'm biased, seeing Nott being everything she thought she wasn't(Brave, smart, beautiful, strong) makes me so very happy knowing where that character growth will eventually lead her. Lastly, Caleb being Caleb was entirely on point.
I'm so happy to see Fireball animated exactly how I describe it in game. This whole animation was stellar, consider me subscribed!
The fantastic addition of first consolidating all that fire into an itti-bitti beed was such a great call
@@AestusL4 Not to mention the bad ass foreshadowing with the arcane glyph on the ground as he took those few steps
As others have said the spell design is what makes this amazing, but i also wish to give you praise for the expressions on their faces adds alot of drama to the whole thing well done!
holy shit, this is just...wow. I saw the WIP on tumblr but the finished deal is just insane. The reflected fire in Nott's eyes (plus that whole sequence of her jumping and firing her crossbow!) Fjord's thunderstep, and literally everything about Caleb's spellcasting, especially the last part, and seeing his parents in the flames, gahhhhh, this is incredible!
Again, I just LOVE how you draw Caleb's spellcasting!
I love how you animated the different spells, especially dimension door! This is really nicely done :]
One of the most epic scenes of the campaign. Amazing job on this! I love the sound design too!
Okay something about Beau and Jesters faces when they dimension door just gives me goosebumps
The use of the score here was INCREDIBLE
HOLY SHIT this is so cool the emotions!! the spell effects!! the timing with the music!! *chefs kiss*
Nice one with the Prowler's theme from INto the Spiderverse!
Possibly one of the coolest renditions I've seen of this combat sequence. Personal favorite is how you animated the fireball, a roaring mass of flame that condenses before getting thrown out to explode on impact. Gorgeous.
I saw this over on Tumblr and now I see it here? No, i didn't rewatch it screaming or anything. No, not at all. This is amazing, I'm so amazed by all that you've done on it!!
This has got to be one of the coolest animations I’ve seen for any critical role content, even unfinished as it is. The music, the cinematography, all of it 30/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
That was amazing. From the way you did the spells, the background noise, seeing the ghost of Calebs past in the fire, and showing the pure arcane power of a wizard is breath taking. I especially love the image of his parents in the fire, you did such a amazing job showing how incredibly fucked up his history was and how much it rests on his shoulders. Well done my friend.
GotDAMN all those spells were amazing but that thunder step just hit different- wait no, Caleb takes the cake 🤯😍 well done!!!
The level of creativity in the designs of the spells is incredible
The character designs and the spellcraft are so cool, but I love that you had Jester’s Dimension Door just open under her like a Bugs Bunny hole to send her on her way
The subtext actions that players make in their discribtions that the animator makes up on their own is the Best part from minor actions to spell design.
The sun dogs shinning from the fireball shot! Chefs kiss!
This, alongside the other animation of the Fireball he cast, are some of my favorite animations of his spellcasting moments. It's amazing, really.
i'm sorry, CHILLS at that counterspell depiction
I mean what to say that hasn't already been said? You KILLED it
DUDE THIS IS SO GOOD I LOVE THE WAY YOU DID THE SPELLS!!! DAMN
This continues to be one of my favorite critical role animatics.
Just started getting into Critical Role, just finished this episode. Immediately went looking for cool animations. This one was ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!! All the magic was so creative and captured beautifully!!!
I'm so so obsessed with how you draw spells. oh my goodness
I'd LOVE to see an intro for campaign 3 in your dstyle.
I fucking L O V E the use of the Prowler theme here and the animation is just so *chef's kiss*
the prowler theme is SO GOOD for this bit
Wow! So much personality and character, even without the audio. Tense, dramatic, stylized,, I loved it
I just want to say that your animatics are absolutely stunning and heartbreaking. I adore the way you draw magic and can't wait to see more of you
I literally yelled 'WHOA' like four times during this, holy WOW.
You put so much character into every spell! This is so cool; I hope someone in the cast sees it.
That Thunderstep looked SO COOL
Caleb at the end: "Oops, I did it again."
The moment I heard the prowler theme all I could feel was hype
HOLY FUCKING SHITBALLS!
THIS WAS AMAZING!!!!
I LEGITIMATELY felt like I was watching an action movie HOLY SHIT!
That fireball was amazing 😍 All the spell animations were! And Caleb's parents in the fire 💔
God, still easily the top 3 most bad ass moment in the whole campaign
"Caleb they've had enough, let them pull back!"
"I'll take it under advisement. HIT THEM AGAIN!"
OHHH THE WAY THE THINDERSTEP DOES THE LIGHTING CHAIN THING
Jesus Christ this was so good! I love your interpretation of the spells, the Thunder Step gave me fucking goosebumps!
I LOVE your interpretation of the spells, especially thunder step!
I LOVE the Counterspell and Thunderstep in this!
I have watched this like 50 times already. The composition, music and climax are so good
fuck. it. up. this is *amazing*. but the silhouettes in the fire. now that gave me chills. this is so well done
I got so many chills! The spells! The silhouettes in the fire! Wow!!!
OOOH I SAW THIS WIP ON TUMBLR! I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THE WHOLE THING!
this is incredible and i really love how you drew all these spells
I’ve had the honor of watching and rewatching this multiple times before I finally got to the episode. OUUUUGHHH THE WAY YOU CAPTURED THE CHAOS OF BATTLE 🎉
And can you believe we have this and potentially the tv show they’re working on now we’ll Able to see it there too!!
Incredible work, I am still obsessed with this video❤
MN: Hey, guys it's Caleb!
Everyone else: Oh fuck it's Caleb!
I loved the way you showed spell casting in a way I've never seen before!! I'm definitely subscribing for more because this is beautiful and so talented
DUDE. This was so SICK! Love the creative use of enviorments & how the characters moved but as everyone else has stated, the spells were spectacular!
Everything about this animation is so amazing! From the spell designs and the ideas of their casting, through poses and action, to emotions on the faces and in bodylanguage! Just incredible!
Damn this was absolutely stunning. The spell designs were just beautiful. Man this was amazing
Youre animations are the BEST I have ever seen. You are so so talented. Keep on doing this art it's AMAZING
Ahhh the choreography is amazing
This is amazing, I've come back to rewatch it a few times for some help narrating spell bits in my own dnd game. So yummy.
Just came from Facebook to say this was amazing. I got tingles. The hairs on my arm stood on end. Other parts of my body stiffened. Absolutely astounding work.
That fight was great for Caleb (for storytelling)
This was bloody fantastic and the spell design is gorgeous
YEEEEEEEEEEEES
I’ve been seeing your WIP’s and am loving the finished product, incredibly well done
Not to mention I love the way the control water spell sigils were animated, the way the looked like they were washed away in water after the counterspell was magnifique
Wowwwwwww. Your style and use of color and music choice is superb.
This gave me goosebumps. your art is truly stunning and conveys so much emotion! really REALLY well done
this is actually so cool, how does it only have 700 view????
this is definetly poppong off in a few days, it has to, its too good.
This was incredibly cool, I hope they draw inspiration from this for the animated series
@@Demphure or they could hire me so i can pay rent 😭
@@aeli_tan_art that would definitely be preferable
Well. That was impossibly good.
BRO THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND BADASS!! GREAT RENDITION OF WHAT HAPPENED I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!
This is drop-dead gorgeous
LITERALLY SO FLIPPIN COOL MY DUDE!
This would be so sick as a full animation. Already is
This gives me chills, man I really really wish I were in a D&D game right now.
I freaking love it! This is so well composed and directed! and every frame is gold! nay! platinum!
Awesome work, fantastic spell design and timing! Only wish you’d included balgura, cuz fjord’s summoning method is so badass, but everything else was amazing :D
I wanted to but it kinda took away the pacing and this was more of a Caleb video (sorry Fjord😂)
@@aeli_tan_art you gave everyone a bit to shine.
That thunderstep though
This is so. Freaking. Good. I’m sad I’m only seeing it now. It’s awesome!!’
I mean, that was _spectacular. Wonderfully_ cinematic
that was badass
This is absolutely freaking perfect.
oh shit that was incredible!! love the different ways you animated the spells so fucking cool!!
This is amazing!!! I love the designs so much - and gods, these spells!!
God, the spells are fucking great.
HI THIS IS FANTASTIC! You’ve done such a good job of capturing the epic ness of that scene
So happy you did the fight start to finish! It’s amazing!
THIS IS SO GOOD
The whole thing is great, but especially the way you designed Thunderstep looks so epic!
Ive been waiting for someone to make this! So cool!
That was so intense. I have chills. Thank you for this.
That was beautiful. Every moment, the actions, klöefÖLGHAÄ amazing
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGGG THST'S SO COOOOOOLLLLLL
That was darn beautiful!
GORGEOUS
The spells look really good! I loved the pace of the animation. And it truly was a fitting level of epicness!!