Such good editing especially into the tinnitus ring. I’ve felt that feeling running my own campaigns in exandria several times. Don’t give the funny player a folding boat, btw.
So I could be wrong because it was several weeks ago but I’m pretty sure Fearne’s Skin Father said something along the lines of “ why are so many RuidusBorn disappearing?” Hinting that Ludinus has totally been absorbing Exaltants
In the case of Lilliana, I recently saw a Short about Endeavor from My Hero Academia that I think sums up what we’re seeing from her. Not redemption, but atonement. I’m fairly certain she’d be the first to admit that there’s no way she’ll ever be able wipe her hands clean of all she’s been complicit in, but can at least attempt to make strides to help her daughter now. It’s an interesting distinction that we don’t see often in media, since the “Redemption Arc” is so prevalent that those shades of gray tend to get lost
I guess Ludinis' funnel explains what happened to all the disappearing exaltants that were mentioned a while ago. I figured they were just getting blown up while trying to break through the Hallowed Cage
As someone who's father was murdered completely out of the blue in one of the campaigns I'm playing in (unbeknownst to me, his death was written into the campaign guide as an npc - I had just become connected in character creation), that shit is barely even acting, the emotions are so real. I was in tears for about 10 minutes as we went into combat and I had to reassure everyone that yes, I was absolutely alright and was having an incredible time but no, the tears were of no mind to stop soon lol.
Watching Marisha & Sam RP competitive banter as Beau & Veth so so so made me want a one-shot of them two (the only adults) trying to keep a bunch of camp kids alive & keeping the adventure a secret from the Nien. Or maybe a graphic novel, that be ok 👌
this was so funny! the two scenes of Braius being heartbroken, like he'd completely planned for those moments to happen, Veth shouting "Well I didn't!" plus Beau and Yasha (or Marisha and Ashley?) not knowing if they're married and needing Dani to chime in XD
Imogen and Laudna move in to the house next door to Beau and Yasha (they can kick out Martina Steward). Keyleth can buy the house on the other side as a summer getaway home for her and Vax (if he somehow sticks around). then we just have a road of Marisha and her love interests
I think his character might be waving in his faith and looking for a new god. Certainly, some people in the chat were upset that Laudna was getting in the way of that potential bit of character development but then they are always mad about something.
Congrats on the 10th! Also, ngl, my theory is that Lud wanted to shlurp Predatos into him since the beginning so he can kill the gods himself, and since they needed a host for the god eater, Lud would just absorb that person!
17:00 few things in recent episodes have brought me to tears, but this exchange between Imogen and her mother got me misty eyed. Especially after the whiplash of joy between Orym/Dorian and Ashton/Fearne.
Congratulations on your 25K milestone, and also on your 10-year anniversary! The photo was wonderful to see--you're a lovely couple! :) How the first half of this one was left is the most suspense I think I've ever had in a CR episode...and I think they'll need the two weeks off (even though they've got lots going in that time) for all of them just to figure out what to do next. Who knows?
I love that you fell into the same roleplay trap that Laura did, thinking that Ashton was asking for a tattoo, when it was actually Caduceus finally giving in to years of Jester pestering him off-screen 😅
If they all survive, I would LOVE to have a post Campaign 3 adventure featuring Orym, Dorian & Fearne w/ Ashton tagging along as they go to reunite the Crown Keepers. But along the way when they find Dariax, they come across Deni$e. That way we have 3 couples adventuring for 2-3 episodes 😂
the pacing of these last episodes gets me so anxious that I'm not watching them, so your videos have been a life saver (plus, it's like 1 in the morning when they air where I live), thank you so much
I saw a comment that was like “imagine how awful it would be now if Dorian dies during the final battle” AND…. AS ATROCIOUS AS THAT WOULD BE…. the angst gremlin in me…. NO, that’s too awful even for me 😂😂
Either of them dying would be awful but also 👀 good drama (even if it was just temporary). Orym would have to relive the worst day of his life or Dorian "I want revenge" Storm would lose Orym and his brother in less than a week
Congrats on your 10 year anniversary and 3 year streamiversary! Agreed that this episode was a roller coaster. I was listening to it at the gym and alternating between laughing out loud and nearly crying. I must have looked like a lunatic. 17:53, the expressions on the faces of the cast when Matt says the word "funnel" are devastating. This moment was both shocking and yet somehow not surprising. Absorbing a living person has definite... Hannibal Lecter vibes. I am curious to see if Bells Hells will end up doing the same thing to Ludinus. It seems like that would be their best bet to gain the power needed to control Predathos. But also, pretty horrifying.
To be fair, the end of month break this month is also Thanksgiving here in the US, so they probably wouldn’t have aired an episode anyways…. I know they are prerecorded, but still
I think Braius wants to pray over the mask but not to pray to the Matron. I think he was wanting to pray Asmodeous to see if he should keep it from the rest of the party
As someone with a toddler who is obsessed with that soundtrack, I now hear both "do you want to build a snowman" and "do you want to fight a snowman" when that song gets into my head.
Looking back at that 4sd is always so interesting! I remember watching it back then and wondering if the reason Marisha jumped to guessing it was Imogen that Dorian liked was because Laudna was starting to see Imogen in a romantic light. And I already suspected it was Orym he referred to after the moments they'd had in EXU and early campaign. Sometimes the shippers are crazy and sometimes they're reading just the right amount into things 😅 always good to get your breakdowns! You and Jarryd looked so happy on your wedding day 😊
It just donned on me, and it's likely already been noted, but all the time that Sam has been spending on his phone COULD BE SOMETHING (it could also be keeping in touch with his wife or taking notes on his recovery, etc, so it could be nothing) but it COULD BE SOMETHING. It made me flash back to Erika Ishii and texting with Matt, earlier in the campaign, but since this is Sam made he is writing an epic poem that will be performed for Asmodeus?
For drama sake, I think Lilliana should be destroyed, it would be a very cinematic moment for Imogen to become the next stage Exaltant. Plus, it gives Imogen more options, maybe even take over Predathos herself. Who knows :D Very cool video, have an awesome day, and happy 10 year anniversary!!
Matthew - effin' Mercer, once again always leaving us with cliffhangers Tbh Matt deserved Sam describing Veth's sex life because of that XDD I should of seen it coming with Imogen's mom, personally I don't think she's going to make it.
The Hells have quite a few people who (morally) would not hesitate to use their harness is the same manner. Perhaps THAT is how they are going to obtain the power necessary to beat Ludinous. This dream sequence is as much an eye opening to the harnesses real power as it is a horrible reveal about Lilliana.
Great video once again. But to bring a topic to discussion, in the latest Artagan Comic Book he lost all of his powers and has been turned into a mortal right? Do we get any kind of timeline? I imagine either way that it is something that happened before what we are seeing now? Or do we consider it as non-cannon?
10:57 Cad should be Fjords best man, without Cad, Fjord wouldn’t have found the courage to defy Uka Toa, seek the wild mother, and just support him all around through all his junk
I can’t focus on anything other than Luna’s right earrings looking like a d4, d20, and d12, then her left earrings being a d10, d6….then I can’t tell the last one but it can’t be a d8. But it should be a d8 based on the others. That consumed me for this video.
There is zero chance that someone like Ludinus, who is as obsessed with gaining power and that has gone to such extreme lengths to achieve retribution, will leave the finality of his vision to the whims of Predathos. This has been years and years and years of planning and countless hours of work by Ludinus. He will not leave the success or failure of his machinations to anyone but himself. At least thats what my read on him and this endgame is anyways 🤗
Typical D&D party. Always wanting to talk about sex when the DM has an epic battle planned. So many people have died opposing the Ruby Vanguard: Lord Eshteross, Bertrand Bell, Orym's family, FCG and now maybe Imogen's mom. I don't know why they have any doubt about stopping Predathos who has ultimately been behind all of it. Not to mention that he might just eat the rest of the world after he's done with the gods.
I mean, let's be fair, Ludinus is behind all of that. Predathos is an evil world eating god monster, but it wasn't sending hitmen over to Estheross' mansion or organizing an assassination attempt on Keyleth. it was done by those plotting to release him, but it wasn't ordered by Predathos in any way (as far as I can remember, Ludinus couldn't even communicate with Predathos)
Loved the ep but I did have to skip through some of Veth and Yashas sex talk cause it felt meandery. I jus wanted to see the Mighty Nein solo mission :D
I will say that all the “sex” and “relationship” stuff is my least favorite part of CR. Usually it’s not so much and I can just endure till they get on with it, but when Sam started down that road, I just skipped forward. 🤮 Congrats on 10 years anniversary!!🎉 I also liked that it took about 5 minutes before anyone saw Sam’s shirt of Marissa. The focus on the game play with Matt’s stellar storytelling had everyone riveted.
Listen... I enjoy shipping as much as the next person, but they've really gotta pull it back a bit. Do you all realize that... out of all 3 main campaign groups, there are only 2 characters who aren't actively in or pursuing relationships? As someone who is chronically single... it would be nice to see a little positive representation. They focus so much on relationship drama and we don't really get anything from the characters who are alone and are cool with it... and we really could have gotten a great moment from Orym in that respect. But noooooo... instead of actually having the character figure out how to deal with their solitude and the loss of a loved one... we have them get back into a relationship before any actual healing has been done. Imagine the amazing dialogue we could have gotten between Orym and Cad!
@@CheckersMcGavern you just cried about not having representation despite admitting you had representations There’s been at least one chronically single person each campaign m Hell travis this campaign has been single just having a sexual relationship and not an actual relationship.
From what I remember Orym had visions of Will that kind of helped him move on. I kind of like the romantic drama. It has been a constant in all of the critical role campaigns. Some of them are only at certain parts of the story, but themes of romance have been common in CR since the first campaign.
The matt mercer montage was incredible editing work.
It was sooo great. Then an ad for a fake game popped up right in the middle... SMH.
Such good editing especially into the tinnitus ring. I’ve felt that feeling running my own campaigns in exandria several times.
Don’t give the funny player a folding boat, btw.
Timestamp?
phenomenal work! I was howling throughout the entire bit
So I could be wrong because it was several weeks ago but I’m pretty sure Fearne’s Skin Father said something along the lines of “ why are so many RuidusBorn disappearing?” Hinting that Ludinus has totally been absorbing Exaltants
Ohhh I’ll have to look back for that, that’s interesting
A skin father? wtf?
In the case of Lilliana, I recently saw a Short about Endeavor from My Hero Academia that I think sums up what we’re seeing from her. Not redemption, but atonement. I’m fairly certain she’d be the first to admit that there’s no way she’ll ever be able wipe her hands clean of all she’s been complicit in, but can at least attempt to make strides to help her daughter now. It’s an interesting distinction that we don’t see often in media, since the “Redemption Arc” is so prevalent that those shades of gray tend to get lost
I guess Ludinis' funnel explains what happened to all the disappearing exaltants that were mentioned a while ago. I figured they were just getting blown up while trying to break through the Hallowed Cage
Yeah I completely forgot that it had been brought up before! I’m going to have to go back and watch those scenes again
@@Luboffin I think specifically it's Sorrowlord Zathuda who mentions it to BH in the faewild.
As someone who's father was murdered completely out of the blue in one of the campaigns I'm playing in (unbeknownst to me, his death was written into the campaign guide as an npc - I had just become connected in character creation), that shit is barely even acting, the emotions are so real. I was in tears for about 10 minutes as we went into combat and I had to reassure everyone that yes, I was absolutely alright and was having an incredible time but no, the tears were of no mind to stop soon lol.
Watching Marisha & Sam RP competitive banter as Beau & Veth so so so made me want a one-shot of them two (the only adults) trying to keep a bunch of camp kids alive & keeping the adventure a secret from the Nien. Or maybe a graphic novel, that be ok 👌
I liked how they were stacking the wedding live show by inviting all of bell’s hells to the wedding
this was so funny! the two scenes of Braius being heartbroken, like he'd completely planned for those moments to happen, Veth shouting "Well I didn't!" plus Beau and Yasha (or Marisha and Ashley?) not knowing if they're married and needing Dani to chime in XD
Imogen and Laudna move in to the house next door to Beau and Yasha (they can kick out Martina Steward). Keyleth can buy the house on the other side as a summer getaway home for her and Vax (if he somehow sticks around).
then we just have a road of Marisha and her love interests
That edit of Matt cut with the Veth and Yasha conversation was so perfect. Well done!
Haha thankyou I am quite proud of that one 😅
Braius wanting to pray over the mask is simply Sam equaling maximum chaos; also Bells Hells is level 15.
I think his character might be waving in his faith and looking for a new god. Certainly, some people in the chat were upset that Laudna was getting in the way of that potential bit of character development but then they are always mad about something.
@@Dunybrook in a four sided dive sam said that if laudna wanted the mask marisha needed only to ask in game so...
IM FINALLY CAUGHT UPPP! Started with C3, caught up once, got bored, started and finished C2, and now I'm BACK BABYYY
Welcome back!
The Dorian orym moment :’)
The following braius moment 😂
Congrats on the 10th!
Also, ngl, my theory is that Lud wanted to shlurp Predatos into him since the beginning so he can kill the gods himself, and since they needed a host for the god eater, Lud would just absorb that person!
that wedding photo was so cute!!!!!!! congrats on 10 years🎉🎉
edit: thank you for telling me Liliana is not dead yet😭😭 I hadn't realized
Thank you for the 'Matt dying inside' edit, it was hilarious and perfect
17:00 few things in recent episodes have brought me to tears, but this exchange between Imogen and her mother got me misty eyed. Especially after the whiplash of joy between Orym/Dorian and Ashton/Fearne.
Congratulations on your 25K milestone, and also on your 10-year anniversary! The photo was wonderful to see--you're a lovely couple! :)
How the first half of this one was left is the most suspense I think I've ever had in a CR episode...and I think they'll need the two weeks off (even though they've got lots going in that time) for all of them just to figure out what to do next. Who knows?
the montage of Matt's pain SENT ME lmfaoooooooo
Thank you for all the recaps! I don't have the time to watch the show right now and these videos really help me stay connected to the community.
I’m very glad they’re helpful ☺️
I love that you fell into the same roleplay trap that Laura did, thinking that Ashton was asking for a tattoo, when it was actually Caduceus finally giving in to years of Jester pestering him off-screen 😅
If they all survive, I would LOVE to have a post Campaign 3 adventure featuring Orym, Dorian & Fearne w/ Ashton tagging along as they go to reunite the Crown Keepers. But along the way when they find Dariax, they come across Deni$e. That way we have 3 couples adventuring for 2-3 episodes 😂
the pacing of these last episodes gets me so anxious that I'm not watching them, so your videos have been a life saver (plus, it's like 1 in the morning when they air where I live), thank you so much
Congratulations on 25k!!!
Happy 10 years. 🎉❤🎉❤ Thanks for another great break down.
I saw a comment that was like “imagine how awful it would be now if Dorian dies during the final battle” AND…. AS ATROCIOUS AS THAT WOULD BE…. the angst gremlin in me…. NO, that’s too awful even for me 😂😂
Either of them dying would be awful but also 👀 good drama (even if it was just temporary). Orym would have to relive the worst day of his life or Dorian "I want revenge" Storm would lose Orym and his brother in less than a week
Thanks so much for continuing to make these recaps!!!!!
Emotion for the emotion god!
Hilarious! Thanks for the extra sound as Matt died inside! Lol! Nicely done.
Congrats on your 10 year anniversary and 3 year streamiversary! Agreed that this episode was a roller coaster. I was listening to it at the gym and alternating between laughing out loud and nearly crying. I must have looked like a lunatic. 17:53, the expressions on the faces of the cast when Matt says the word "funnel" are devastating. This moment was both shocking and yet somehow not surprising. Absorbing a living person has definite... Hannibal Lecter vibes. I am curious to see if Bells Hells will end up doing the same thing to Ludinus. It seems like that would be their best bet to gain the power needed to control Predathos. But also, pretty horrifying.
You always create this videos with insight and skill :)
That moment with Liliana was SO DARK!! And Matthew effing Mercer... The way he skipped to the Nein is SO WRONGGG. I could not believe this.
Travis was wide eyed and jaw dropped nearly the entire time. 😮
To be fair, the end of month break this month is also Thanksgiving here in the US, so they probably wouldn’t have aired an episode anyways…. I know they are prerecorded, but still
I think Braius wants to pray over the mask but not to pray to the Matron. I think he was wanting to pray Asmodeous to see if he should keep it from the rest of the party
"Listen, I'm super into minotaurs," 😂😂
Great video Luna!
As someone with a toddler who is obsessed with that soundtrack, I now hear both "do you want to build a snowman" and "do you want to fight a snowman" when that song gets into my head.
God that cut with Matt and Sam and Ashley fading in and out on each side and the soundtrack! Muah!
Congrats on 10 years! 🎉
Happy 10 year anniversary 🥳🎉🎉🍻
The Veth/Yasha with Matt's reactions was epic. Hahahha.
And that Iliana scene.... Omg
My hope is that the explosion and collapse of the wall interrupts Luden-ass and Imogen finds a way to get her mom away.
11:34 omg congrats!!!! You looked so good and still look so good girl!!! 10 years is a great stay to a long happy life 🎉❤
Thankyou 🥰
Rumplecusp(spelling?) is where they saved Keyliths mom. I don’t remember if they ever said she came back to her kid and husband 💁🏻♂️🤣
Keyleths mum has appeared with her in campaign 3! I can’t remember which ep, probably when they went to zephrah 🤔
Congratulations to you two! 10 years is a really great thing.
Bravo. That Mercer montage is pure artistry
Looking back at that 4sd is always so interesting! I remember watching it back then and wondering if the reason Marisha jumped to guessing it was Imogen that Dorian liked was because Laudna was starting to see Imogen in a romantic light. And I already suspected it was Orym he referred to after the moments they'd had in EXU and early campaign. Sometimes the shippers are crazy and sometimes they're reading just the right amount into things 😅 always good to get your breakdowns! You and Jarryd looked so happy on your wedding day 😊
I listening to the stream at work. And it took every ounce of willpower not to scream in joy at Oryem and Dorian's kiss.😂❤
The funnel would have to be very very powerfully big to suck up a cosmic horror thingy like Predathos
Congratulations on ten years Luna!!
7:07 I thought it was Caduceus who got the tattoo from jester and Braius wanted a scarification tattoo??
It just donned on me, and it's likely already been noted, but all the time that Sam has been spending on his phone COULD BE SOMETHING (it could also be keeping in touch with his wife or taking notes on his recovery, etc, so it could be nothing) but it COULD BE SOMETHING. It made me flash back to Erika Ishii and texting with Matt, earlier in the campaign, but since this is Sam made he is writing an epic poem that will be performed for Asmodeus?
I was working too and saw your post/skeet on 🦋 and had to stop so I could go watch 😂. Even though I was horrified I needed to know what was happening.
For drama sake, I think Lilliana should be destroyed, it would be a very cinematic moment for Imogen to become the next stage Exaltant. Plus, it gives Imogen more options, maybe even take over Predathos herself. Who knows :D
Very cool video, have an awesome day, and happy 10 year anniversary!!
The editing at 9:40 is amazing.
Matthew - effin' Mercer, once again always leaving us with cliffhangers
Tbh Matt deserved Sam describing Veth's sex life because of that XDD
I should of seen it coming with Imogen's mom, personally I don't think she's going to make it.
Happy anniversary!!
I started screaming long before I started watching this episode. 😭😭😭
Love you so much Luna! You are the jewel of the CR community
Happy 10 year anniversary!
The Hells have quite a few people who (morally) would not hesitate to use their harness is the same manner. Perhaps THAT is how they are going to obtain the power necessary to beat Ludinous. This dream sequence is as much an eye opening to the harnesses real power as it is a horrible reveal about Lilliana.
Aww, congrats on your 10th anniversary!
Oh you should absolutely do a commentary on arcane l. Love it.
Happy anniversary 🎉❤
Great video once again.
But to bring a topic to discussion, in the latest Artagan Comic Book he lost all of his powers and has been turned into a mortal right? Do we get any kind of timeline? I imagine either way that it is something that happened before what we are seeing now?
Or do we consider it as non-cannon?
I didn't even realise it was already out!
I was waiting for this video!
Ludinus eats power with the funnel. Predathos eats gods. The *tweeeeest* will be that Ludinus has always been Predathos in a giant time loop.
Luna, those glasses are adorable and suit you well
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Y'ALL!!!
Great wedding pic! Contrasts on 10 years!
Honestly, Ashton finding the right way to approach Fearne was the most romantic thing that happened during that episode.
You are too quick! The episode is not even out on UA-cam yet 🤣
Some of us are Europeans who can't watch the live.
Oh I just realised daylight savings changed their UA-cam release, doh. Oh well I’m only an hour early. I’ll remember next episode!
I for sure thought that jester gave Cad the tattoo 🤔
Oh was it?! I thought it was Ashton because they talked about how Chetney should use the chisel. I might have got it mixed up though
10:57 Cad should be Fjords best man, without Cad, Fjord wouldn’t have found the courage to defy Uka Toa, seek the wild mother, and just support him all around through all his junk
No exaltants returning makes so much sense now
I can’t focus on anything other than Luna’s right earrings looking like a d4, d20, and d12, then her left earrings being a d10, d6….then I can’t tell the last one but it can’t be a d8. But it should be a d8 based on the others. That consumed me for this video.
Happy 10th Anniversary!
I am excited
I was kind of upset with Jester being happy to get rid of the WildMother seeing as how important she is to her fiance and friend.
I just keep feeling like Brayus is not Brayus. 🤔 I do have my guesses as to who it might be....what do you think?
There is zero chance that someone like Ludinus, who is as obsessed with gaining power and that has gone to such extreme lengths to achieve retribution, will leave the finality of his vision to the whims of Predathos. This has been years and years and years of planning and countless hours of work by Ludinus. He will not leave the success or failure of his machinations to anyone but himself. At least thats what my read on him and this endgame is anyways 🤗
14:49 Ashton and Fearne are the worst, and I love them for it.
thanks for sharing your sweet best man story :D
Typical D&D party. Always wanting to talk about sex when the DM has an epic battle planned. So many people have died opposing the Ruby Vanguard: Lord Eshteross, Bertrand Bell, Orym's family, FCG and now maybe Imogen's mom. I don't know why they have any doubt about stopping Predathos who has ultimately been behind all of it. Not to mention that he might just eat the rest of the world after he's done with the gods.
I mean, let's be fair, Ludinus is behind all of that. Predathos is an evil world eating god monster, but it wasn't sending hitmen over to Estheross' mansion or organizing an assassination attempt on Keyleth. it was done by those plotting to release him, but it wasn't ordered by Predathos in any way (as far as I can remember, Ludinus couldn't even communicate with Predathos)
I really hope Veth and her husband can talk through her minotaur k!nk and get a hand on a true polymorph for some night haha
690th like nice! Also great videos, keep it up!
6:07 all my homies hate slime moonsand is way better smh
Nooo I hate that too. It weirds me out 😅
(uko'ota)
10 years ago :o when did you get married you look like your in your 20s
I am proudly 37! ☺️
@Luboffin what ever deal you made with Asmodeus for eternal youth.... can I get some lol
Loved the ep but I did have to skip through some of Veth and Yashas sex talk cause it felt meandery. I jus wanted to see the Mighty Nein solo mission :D
Im honestly starting to wonder if this campaign will end with Bell Hells succeeding but still all dying in the end.
I will say that all the “sex” and “relationship” stuff is my least favorite part of CR. Usually it’s not so much and I can just endure till they get on with it, but when Sam started down that road, I just skipped forward. 🤮
Congrats on 10 years anniversary!!🎉
I also liked that it took about 5 minutes before anyone saw Sam’s shirt of Marissa. The focus on the game play with Matt’s stellar storytelling had everyone riveted.
Listen... I enjoy shipping as much as the next person, but they've really gotta pull it back a bit. Do you all realize that... out of all 3 main campaign groups, there are only 2 characters who aren't actively in or pursuing relationships? As someone who is chronically single... it would be nice to see a little positive representation. They focus so much on relationship drama and we don't really get anything from the characters who are alone and are cool with it... and we really could have gotten a great moment from Orym in that respect. But noooooo... instead of actually having the character figure out how to deal with their solitude and the loss of a loved one... we have them get back into a relationship before any actual healing has been done. Imagine the amazing dialogue we could have gotten between Orym and Cad!
@@CheckersMcGavern you just cried about not having representation despite admitting you had representations
There’s been at least one chronically single person each campaign m
Hell travis this campaign has been single just having a sexual relationship and not an actual relationship.
From what I remember Orym had visions of Will that kind of helped him move on. I kind of like the romantic drama. It has been a constant in all of the critical role campaigns. Some of them are only at certain parts of the story, but themes of romance have been common in CR since the first campaign.
arcane comparison... to is there anything as undoing as a daughter..... dont make me cry now!!! poor imogen :(