Brennan, unfazed, in his calmest voice ever: "So, uhh... you're going to get ripped apart, amazing. Also you are witnessing all the horrors of man kind. Let's take a little break here guys."
It is so wonderfully and horrifically logical that it absolutely makes sense even though it isn't true. Brennan is such a master of creating characters and then breathing life into them even if it doesn't seem possible.
@@raeg1100 That's the philosophy major in Brennan. I consistently see it play out through his ability to catch lines of reasoning within the world or the characters and follow them to their logical conclusion.
Imagine that you and your sibblings owned a pet. Like maybe hamster. It's pretty terrible that one sibbling wants to put down the dog. But it is way more F8cked up that the other sibbling would rather imprison the sibbling instead. That escalated quickly
@@yiklongtay6029 Your example does kind of work.... I think the thing that puts it in better perspective is that the sibling didn't want to kill one dog, but all dogs in existence to start over and create a better dog. But hey, they're just dogs right?
"Xerxes, the bar has been set! Come meet me, brother!" is a line that, if it appeared unchanged in a battle scene of, say, LotR or 300 or some other popular movie, would enter the popular imagination as surely as Rohirrim's "DEATH!", "For Frodo" or "Tonight we dine in hell!".
Travis’s reactions are so much more hilarious knowing that at the end of last episode before the group went into the tree and started this sh*t, he chose to go home and check on his kids. So they’re all rolling all their dice for damage and their magical artifacts and stuff, and he just gets to chill like “Thank God I’m not there. That would suck” but also, “Brennan is killing all my friends and finds it so enjoyable”.
The greatest proof of Brennan's mastery of dismantling his players with EVIL isn't the first hour/second of carnage and Archdevilry. It's the fact that AFTER ALL THAT he managed to get a 20-25 seconds of shellshock and Travis's "What is wrong with Brennan, you guys" with A LINE FROM A RANDOM BACKSTABBING PIRATE. Holy shit that is impressive.
Sam: "You do have 3 hit points. Maybe....maybe you'll survive this." It's kinda funny. Matt trained the CR cast to have hope, even when nothing was certain, especially survival. What's funny is, Brennan, on the other hand, is this: Brennan: *Insert Marisha Disco Dino:* NO! *Proceeds to TPK ExU: Calamity*
Oh yeah. He fully told D20 to have back up characters for Crown of Candy. He came for the jugular and doesn’t stop till it’s over. It makes for such thrilling story telling.
I wouldn't be surprise if the whole table, including Brennan, need to be driven home by the end of this episode. They all been through emotional wringer through out this episode I can only imagine how exhausted they all were.
@@portagenial The "Chapter 3" finale of our Vampire: The Masquerade campaign was 9 hours long :') We started at 3pm and finished at midnight. It was an absolute thrill. My character kept being reckless and making mistakes and I got knocked out 3 times. A friend who's not in the party, but played in a one-shot as a now-NPC, spontaneously joined in via video chat when his character unexpectedly showed up. And the "face" of the party, the "practically the protagonist", my character's low-key crush, everyone's favourite due to her unexpected nutty antics as a Malkavian, died to save everyone else. It was only a month ago and it still hurts and amazes me how incredible it was.
Aabria mentioned in an interview that parts of Fey and Flowers, which shares Lou, her, and Brennan, were recorded on the same days as Calamity. So add that emotional whiplash to the pile.
I think what gets me so much is Travis, because he has spoken so much about not being that into the whole 'D&D thing' when he was younger and looking down / being intimidated by those who do. Watching him just break at Laerryn's line 'My best...finally' is just so wonderful
10:39 That's when Travis' soul left his body. I never saw this expression this close on my computer screen. It was heart breaking to witness him with that expression, even if it was just "acting".
Everything Travis does and did in those last few minutes of this campaign wrecked me. I cried for hours. Thank you for the zoom in, it’s very appreciated
I honestly think this episode is the most intense of the entirety of Critical Role, even more than the climactic fight against Vecna or the emotional C1 sendoff episode. Too many amazing moments, in all the best of ways.
My favorite bit is when brennans gonna roll for damage, the table hears the amount of dice he's shuffling in his hands and everyone is staring in quiet horror....the lou with the best friend energy "HOW MANY DICE ARE YOU ROLLING YOU F*CK?!"
SHIT. I lost it at the last few minutes even just watching clips! I don't think I'll ever see a better game played. More specifically, I don't think I would *survive* seeing a better game played. This one nearly killed me as it is!
Ah!! The onion cutting ninjas got me again!! Seriously good people in that room. I’d love to shake their hand and give them a hug and tell them that they are doing a good job 👏
Just bits. These are just snippets of the hole thing! It's less than seven per cent of the whole episode (my math might be off, I've had a long day), but this little piece is enough to make me cry again!
Thank you for literally just cutting someone else's video degrading the quality and then getting the credit for people-watching it instead of giving the credit to the original creators...
i very clearly state in the video description that this is taken from critical role and for people to watch the whole episode. this is merely a best-of, if you will, of a video that is over five hours long.
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Brennan is gonna run a horror campaign for Dimension 20 next season and after seeing what he did here, YIKES i’m excited
Yeah, I feel like d20 saw how much everyone loved Brennan's horrifying mood for EXU and said "let's do more of that?"
YES November can't come soon enough
Every campaign Brennan runs has potential to become a horror campaign wdym.
The trailer is out now!!
@@GRIMHOOD99 Exactly, Baron from the Baronesse agrees.
Brennan, unfazed, in his calmest voice ever: "So, uhh... you're going to get ripped apart, amazing. Also you are witnessing all the horrors of man kind. Let's take a little break here guys."
"hey gang, let's get some homicide going here. innnncredible"
The fuckin Bob Ross of TPKs.
@@RainaThrownAway I CHOKED ON MY 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪. Bless you! 🤣
Asmodeus saying the Prime Deities are his siblings and that his hatred for mortals comes from turning his family against him. So brilliant
Brennan was so unhinged for that i love him
It is so wonderfully and horrifically logical that it absolutely makes sense even though it isn't true. Brennan is such a master of creating characters and then breathing life into them even if it doesn't seem possible.
@@raeg1100 That's the philosophy major in Brennan. I consistently see it play out through his ability to catch lines of reasoning within the world or the characters and follow them to their logical conclusion.
Imagine that you and your sibblings owned a pet. Like maybe hamster. It's pretty terrible that one sibbling wants to put down the dog. But it is way more F8cked up that the other sibbling would rather imprison the sibbling instead. That escalated quickly
@@yiklongtay6029 Your example does kind of work.... I think the thing that puts it in better perspective is that the sibling didn't want to kill one dog, but all dogs in existence to start over and create a better dog. But hey, they're just dogs right?
The best Travis line is by far "You shut your fn mouth Brendan Lee Mulligan"
I like "I think I'm in the wrong class."
Lou repeatedly shouting "OH YES GOD! YES GOD! GOD, YES! GOD. GOD YES" at travis's nat20 is absolutely breathtaking. like liteerally, i can't breathe
Reminded me of Brennan on the finale of the second season of Unsleeping City
Lou is the best hype man in all of his characters.
@@grey8288 lou is great. Id love to see him in more CR crossovers with guest stars, that man has a next level of energy. Him and Travis
Aabrias face 90% of the time is just another DM watching and enjoying another’s DMs carnage
hundo p
"Xerxes, the bar has been set! Come meet me, brother!" is a line that, if it appeared unchanged in a battle scene of, say, LotR or 300 or some other popular movie, would enter the popular imagination as surely as Rohirrim's "DEATH!", "For Frodo" or "Tonight we dine in hell!".
💯
Next I need a Lou and Marisha Reaction Cam - because just listening to Lou on the other side of the table is incredible
They were also a joy to watch, I absolutely rewinded a few times just to see their antics
I second that notion
"you gotta cut this shit out, man."
I need one of these for Lou. Badly.
Travis’s reactions are so much more hilarious knowing that at the end of last episode before the group went into the tree and started this sh*t, he chose to go home and check on his kids. So they’re all rolling all their dice for damage and their magical artifacts and stuff, and he just gets to chill like “Thank God I’m not there. That would suck” but also, “Brennan is killing all my friends and finds it so enjoyable”.
The greatest proof of Brennan's mastery of dismantling his players with EVIL isn't the first hour/second of carnage and Archdevilry. It's the fact that AFTER ALL THAT he managed to get a 20-25 seconds of shellshock and Travis's "What is wrong with Brennan, you guys" with A LINE FROM A RANDOM BACKSTABBING PIRATE. Holy shit that is impressive.
Aabria, meanwhile, is just taking a second to be thirsty on main about the exact same line, and honestly, she's so valid.
I hear “wingspan?” With that slight voice crack and immediately burst out tears… damn it where’s the tissues
i can't help but feel like brennan made her voice just a teeny tiny bit like laura... just to fuck with travis
@@pudding-chan7615 oh wow the genius of this man
Luis's "YOU'RE WRONG!" Is one of the strongest emotional reactions I have EVER heard.
I can't believe Brennan literally Za Warudo'd the entire cast of EXU: Calamity in 1 hour of real time
Sam: "You do have 3 hit points. Maybe....maybe you'll survive this."
It's kinda funny. Matt trained the CR cast to have hope, even when nothing was certain, especially survival. What's funny is, Brennan, on the other hand, is this:
Brennan: *Insert Marisha Disco Dino:* NO!
*Proceeds to TPK ExU: Calamity*
Oh yeah. He fully told D20 to have back up characters for Crown of Candy. He came for the jugular and doesn’t stop till it’s over. It makes for such thrilling story telling.
And both Brennan and Matt find ways to instill hope despite the carnage, but in different ways.
I need Aabria DM'ing for Travis, she understands what gets him to react. It's the same as her.
I wouldn't be surprise if the whole table, including Brennan, need to be driven home by the end of this episode. They all been through emotional wringer through out this episode I can only imagine how exhausted they all were.
Travis: "Laura? Can you come pick me up? Brennan scares me..."
DnD: DesigNated Driver
Imagine playing such an emotional game for nearly 6 hours!
@@portagenial The "Chapter 3" finale of our Vampire: The Masquerade campaign was 9 hours long :') We started at 3pm and finished at midnight.
It was an absolute thrill.
My character kept being reckless and making mistakes and I got knocked out 3 times.
A friend who's not in the party, but played in a one-shot as a now-NPC, spontaneously joined in via video chat when his character unexpectedly showed up.
And the "face" of the party, the "practically the protagonist", my character's low-key crush, everyone's favourite due to her unexpected nutty antics as a Malkavian, died to save everyone else.
It was only a month ago and it still hurts and amazes me how incredible it was.
Aabria mentioned in an interview that parts of Fey and Flowers, which shares Lou, her, and Brennan, were recorded on the same days as Calamity. So add that emotional whiplash to the pile.
I love that Travis is such a lore fan. Anytime there's a reference to pre-established info about Exandria, he's immediately on it
"He inceptioned the timestop. He inceptioned the timestop. He double timestopped. (This man is a god). That's right, that's right."
This table was just too good.
We need the Marisha/Lou version of this too
The Market of Wonders spot gets me every time
HOLY-
I always forget how terrifying Asmodeus becomes in the span of a single sentence
I Need aabriya and travis to tag team more often they're So Much Fun
The moment, when Travis says "This is just.. not.. cool"
Dude
I think what gets me so much is Travis, because he has spoken so much about not being that into the whole 'D&D thing' when he was younger and looking down / being intimidated by those who do. Watching him just break at Laerryn's line 'My best...finally' is just so wonderful
10:39 That's when Travis' soul left his body. I never saw this expression this close on my computer screen. It was heart breaking to witness him with that expression, even if it was just "acting".
Everything Travis does and did in those last few minutes of this campaign wrecked me. I cried for hours. Thank you for the zoom in, it’s very appreciated
Brennan being truly truly *TRULY* evil in the calmest of tones is f*cking ☠️ _terrifying_ ☠️
I honestly think this episode is the most intense of the entirety of Critical Role, even more than the climactic fight against Vecna or the emotional C1 sendoff episode. Too many amazing moments, in all the best of ways.
Travis just having a ball because he's not at the Tree of Names.
"EXU: Calamity but it's just Aabria and Travis reacting" or as I like to call it: the best parts.
This is such twin energy. I have twins in the family (nephew/niece) and these two have far more twin energy 🤣🤣
wait until you hear about liam o'brien and laura bailey :D
@@pudding-chan7615 amazing twin energy 😂😂
Your fancam edits of aabria and travis are everything I wanted after watching calamity, especially this video in particular!
I'm pretty sure Travis is Critical Role's biggest fan 😄
"Why are you like this?"
"What is wrong with Brennan you guys?"
(I ♥ the Hype Corner!)
Oh god I never watched calamity I never realized it was this …. Intense.
you should...watch calamity. It's completely perfect DnD and actual play.
@@wickedly4 actually already on ep 3 rn. Started right after I sent the comment
@@joshuamurray9112 NICE!
Yeah it's completely nuts and I'm dealing with permanent emotional damage from watching it.
Oo PLEASE DO LOU AND MARiSHA REACTIONs NEXT!! (It’s a lot of hugs!!)
haha it's a lot of hugs and a lot of yelling for sure, i'll get on it soon
My favorite bit is when brennans gonna roll for damage, the table hears the amount of dice he's shuffling in his hands and everyone is staring in quiet horror....the lou with the best friend energy "HOW MANY DICE ARE YOU ROLLING YOU F*CK?!"
@9:19 "just like always" Travis: ELEPHANT NOISE
You know how dogs get REAL excited if you hype them up?
When Travis makes noises,i get that.
No idea what is going on, but he's hyped, so I'm hyped!
I really want the next EXU to be Liam as DM, with Travis, Aabria, Matt, Brennan, Ashley, and Lou as players.
this just makes me wanna watch Calamity again. I've never rewatched any CR content bc its just SO LONG but god I wanna rewatch this
That was buck-nasty dog
SHIT. I lost it at the last few minutes even just watching clips! I don't think I'll ever see a better game played.
More specifically, I don't think I would *survive* seeing a better game played. This one nearly killed me as it is!
Family man Travis did have a difficult time indeed
It’s the high five that SENDS me every time.
The duo we never knew we needed
Aabria's reactions are so gif-able I swear 😂😂
The only one who can beat Sam's insanity is Brennan Mulligan
Travis thinking, "Matt, you invited this man into our home...where we live??!"
And the winner of most pc kills in less than one second goes to Brennan Lee Mulligan!
I love " your grog is showing" and how he was keeping track of damage
Shouldn’t have started watching this at 3 in the morning but here I am hyped to rewatch calamity again
Y'all imagine if they resurrect Gameranch but with Aabria? Just saying CR, I'd watch that... I'd watch that a lot.
Ah!! The onion cutting ninjas got me again!!
Seriously good people in that room. I’d love to shake their hand and give them a hug and tell them that they are doing a good job 👏
Just saw this on my recommended page and I have to say I love that this is part 4
EXU Calamity was the best DnD I have seen in ever!
Thank you for this important service
that dang speech made me cry again lol
I listened to the podcast and getting to see this is awesome!!!
I have to watch Calamity again!
OP this was amazing! I think you should consider doing a Lou and Marisha one next time! Thanks for all the hard work on this one
Just bits. These are just snippets of the hole thing! It's less than seven per cent of the whole episode (my math might be off, I've had a long day), but this little piece is enough to make me cry again!
Lou Wilson is so good
the adhd is strong with this duo
6:11
Sam's "Just like always." Was cruel.
i feel like aabria was so done with zerxus by the end of ep 3 that in calamity ep 4 she's just like "come on man"
Spoilers:
This is why they are a couple in C3
Wait doesn’t Travis say “I’m increasingly attracted to Nydas” in e4?
Thank you for literally just cutting someone else's video degrading the quality and then getting the credit for people-watching it instead of giving the credit to the original creators...
i very clearly state in the video description that this is taken from critical role and for people to watch the whole episode. this is merely a best-of, if you will, of a video that is over five hours long.
Congratulations on winning the awful take award.