imagine if vax had left the oil in front of his door for the rakshasa to slip on

This is the first time they haven't slept in the mansion since Scanlan learned the spell... Matt's so vengeful XD.,. "i havent gotten to attack them in their sleep in ages..."

I like how most of the time MM is "Matt," but when he's got the party in trouble, he's "Matthew". When he's REALLY got the party in trouble, he's "the DM."

It honestly made me chuckle when Vax, waltzing naked through a hallway, was suddenly surprised by both his current and former love interest magically appearing in front of him.

It should have been easy to see through Hotis' disguise. Even the most powerful magic in the world can't make you as glorious as the true Gilmore.

So Vex now has a flying broom, a witch hat, AND in this episode she got a crystal ball (orb of scrying.) literally a witch

"you have to wear this every time you fly" Scanlan is truly the master of calling in debts.

Keyleth: *destroys a castle wall* Percy: “Stop blowing holes in my ship!”

Pike: Who sent you? Dead assassin: The rakshasa... _jazz hands_

Pike: I have a special someone i wanna keep safe Grog: who i will protect them Pike: Keep yourself safe (golf clap)

Liam: “does she have that beautiful morning hair?” Matt: “no her hair is perfect.” Liam: “of course it is. Fucking wizards.” Caleb: *literally doesn’t even bathe*

Matt is a master of bringing characters to life, but he just cant capture how dead inside kashaw acts xD

I thought for sure that it was going to turn out that Gilmore died back in the attack on Emon, and it's been the rakshasha this whole time. So glad it didn't turn out that way.

Alura and Kima staying at an AirDnD

Matt: Keeps dropping hints on VM to get Identify. VM: We’ll just do it the hard way.

Beginning of the campaign: "Scanlan considers himself a lover first, a performer second, and fighter a distant third." Ep 58: Jumps off a tower and Leap-Of-Faith stabs a demonic tiger to save his friends life.

I love when Matt says, "Okay." in that very specific way. Its the DM equivalent of "what you did has literally zero relevance."

1:48:55 Gilmore casts Fold Person

Vax and Gilmore hug, wings enveloping them. Everyone: "Aaaw" Vex: "This is ridiculous"

Honestly, Gilmore being quietly heartbroken over Vax breaks my heart. This glorious NPC wormed his way into my hear, I care about him so much

The dynamic between tiny gnome Pike and giant goliath Grog is the cutest thing ever.

"how many people will die instantly if I set off the thermonuclear bomb in my pocket" god dammit sam you never cease to make me laugh

the party: let’s go to whitestone so we can relax for a little while before we go face death again matt: lol no

"I walk NAKED and PROUD out of the ziggurat" has got to be one of my top favorite quotes

I just want Gilmore to be happy goddammit

I loved how they all went "Robe of FLAYING?!" and then Pike: "Yikes!" Vex: "Gross!" Grog: "Awesome!" :DD

Man what a missed opportunity, would have been perfect to have Percy yell, "So it's come to this, has it? A fight to the death. Mano-a-mano. Man to man. Just you, and me, and my GUAAAAARDS!"

I kinda sympathize with Pike here...she's been doing this cleric thing for ages and Sarenrae never appeared, never answers divine intervention, and pretty much just made her presence known to smack Pike down temporarily for breaking a tenet. Vax does the paladin of the Raven Queen thing for about a day and the Raven Queen puts in a personal appearance. I'd be questioning my choices too :p

i want a Pike "I'm a Monstah!" shirt

I love how absolutely everybody wants to know who Pike likes.

Taliesin thinking of the orb to remove the robe is just straight up genius I wish I had a sliver of his mental acuity to recall that sort of shit

"Assassins! Assassins in the west tower and the courtyard!... Jenga!" I love the pause and how done with everything Liam/Vax sounded when he said "Jenga". it had the same energy as "...shit"

"He's somehow immune to hand-based attacks!"

Gotta love Percy/Taliesin talent on naming things. Bad News? Good. Diplomacy? Sweet. And when you think it can't get any better, he comes up with Death From Above.

I love how everytime Kima does anything Grog is just like "please marry me"

Pike to Keyleth: You should get comfortable with Vax. I think he really fancies you. Matt & Liam: *drinking from the cup*

@2:10:00 > "It's a robe of flaying" > Girls: GROSS > Travis: Awesome!

Assassin turns seeing 2000 lbs of raging grog runs back into Percy’s room slams the door turns to Percy and says for the love of god man help me hold the door

Once upon a time, Taliesin narrated Percy fighting in long johns with a buttflap open, and Matt took that into account so that Percy was fighting with lowered AC. Taliesin said “Someday, far far into the future, I’m going to make you pay for that.” Here we are in the future, and MATT in the one getting revenge with everyone having their armor off! (But seriously though, this is a super interesting battle, making everyone decide on what basics to grab in a short amount of time. Very good DMing! Battle after battle can get boring, it’s nice to have to mix it up)

Here way later than everyone else, but I love that the de Rolo crest has become a bat-signal for the town that there's trouble. XD

An entire character arc was shaped around one desperate plea, induced by one careless blunder.

This is why you always sleep in the mansion. No matter where you are.

The guy with the burnt chicken suffered the most here and by the title i can only assume he comes back to seek revenge on Vox machina

Thanks to the one that did this one, this one coment section is particularly terrible, 11:45 - Game begins 12:43 - DM sass 14:45 - Vax's train of thought 16:17 - JENGA 17:19 - Surprise! 18:39 - Scanlan inspires himself 33:34 - Badass Keyleth 36:40 - He's going down 43:52 - Pike in all her glory! 47:35 - Sassy Taliesin (Bonus sass - 48:27) 52:19 - Badass Scanlan 1:09:52 - Disadvantage, Vex 1:34:29 - "How do you want to do this?" 1:35:49 - Vax gets the final word 1:38:40 - Uh oh... 1:40:40 - Percy has a plan 1:44:15 - Even the twins have their differences lol 1:46:28 - Grog, you little shit 1:48:55 - Badass Gilmore 1:50:25 - Gilmore's reunion with the rest of the group (1:50:40 - Vax asks Gilmore a question to make sure it's really him) 1:51:23 - Anime cloud 1:52:09 - Vax and Gilmore 1:53:37 - Finding Kashaw 2:12:08 - Vax and Gilmore conversation 2:14:18 - Surprise! 2:15:12 - Vax and Gilmore 2:16:55 - Cute sibling moment 2:18:25 - Percy's gift 2:21:43 - Part 1 ends 2:34:15 - Part 2 begins 2:36:05 - Morning sibling chat 2:37:20 - Vex visits Allura and Kima 2:40:06 - Vax has the twirls 2:45:43 - Everybody hates Percy (also 2:47:28) 2:46:52 - Ass water 2:48:22 - Percy's threat 3:00:00 - Pike and Keyleth chat 3:06:45 - Scanlan and Pike (featuring Kiki's juggling) 3:13:03 - Percy and Vex 3:15:40 - Scanlan's gift for Vex 3:17:42 - Finally! 3:18:37 - Percy joins the rest of the squad 3:21:08 - Vax and Pike 3:23:05 - Vaxleth 3:23:34 - Percy and Pike 3:28:23 - Original OGs 3:29:12 - Sibling moment 3:29:40 - Grog and Pike 3:32:43 - Percy and Cassandra 3:35:51 - Gilmore and Vax

Sometimes it is hard to remember that Laura and Liam are not siblings.

I love how Matt like.. picked up queues from how Will played Kashaw and is sort of doing an impression of Will acting out his character, it's very impressive how he maintains the amount of consistency that he does.

I like how Vex is slowly multiclassing into a witch

Matt: “here’s a magical robe that cannot be removed without your skin coming off. It will flay you alive. A robe of flaying. Vax is in pain every time you try to-“ VM: “lets go to the magic-removing room” Matt: 👁👄👁

11:45 - Game begins 12:43 - DM sass 14:45 - Vax's train of thought 16:17 - JENGA 17:19 - Surprise! 18:39 - Scanlan inspires himself 33:34 - Badass Keyleth 36:40 - He's going down 43:52 - Pike in all her glory! 47:35 - Sassy Taliesin (Bonus sass - 48:27) 52:19 - Badass Scanlan 1:09:52 - Disadvantage, Vex 1:34:29 - "How do you want to do this?" 1:35:49 - Vax gets the final word 1:38:40 - Uh oh... 1:40:40 - Percy has a plan 1:44:15 - Even the twins have their differences lol 1:46:28 - Grog, you little shit 1:48:55 - Badass Gilmore 1:50:25 - Gilmore's reunion with the rest of the group (1:50:40 - Vax asks Gilmore a question to make sure it's really him) 1:51:23 - Anime cloud 1:52:09 - Vax and Gilmore 1:53:37 - Finding Kashaw 2:12:08 - Vax and Gilmore conversation 2:14:18 - Surprise! 2:15:12 - Vax and Gilmore 2:16:55 - Cute sibling moment 2:18:25 - Percy's gift 2:21:43 - Part 1 ends 2:34:15 - Part 2 begins 2:36:05 - Morning sibling chat 2:37:20 - Vex visits Allura and Kima 2:40:06 - Vax has the twirls 2:45:43 - Everybody hates Percy (also 2:47:28) 2:46:52 - Ass water 2:48:22 - Percy's threat 3:00:00 - Pike and Keyleth chat 3:06:45 - Scanlan and Pike (featuring Kiki's juggling) 3:13:03 - Percy and Vex 3:15:40 - Scanlan's gift for Vex 3:17:42 - Finally! 3:18:37 - Percy joins the rest of the squad 3:21:08 - Vax and Pike 3:23:05 - Vaxleth 3:23:34 - Percy and Pike 3:28:23 - Original OGs 3:29:12 - Sibling moment 3:29:40 - Grog and Pike 3:32:43 - Percy and Cassandra 3:35:51 - Gilmore and Vax

Vax and Keyleth be damned, the cutest relationship is Pike and Grog. I love their roleplay.

I can hear Matt’s evil cackling laugh through time as he came up with the idea for the rakshasa to turn into Gilmore the next time they met

I know I'm late to the party, but Travis helping Ashley count when she attacks really warms my hearth

When Vax was like "What did we talk about in the tavern?" I was like "Vax, for future reference, in bird culture, that's considered a dick move."

'Shiv'd by Rakshasa' is my new metal band name.

“ I SPENT TOO MUCH TIME LEARNING TO JUGGLE IN HIGHSCHOOL! ABILITY CHECK!!” I lost breath laughing

I love how salty Laura got when Vax sprouted wings lol

I like the exploration of religion in this arc, especially through such varying perspectives. Pike, who's been faithful her whole life. Vax, who was 'three-quarters atheist', but now finds himself serving (and learning to trust) a goddess he's indebted to. And Keyleth, who has always thought of the gods as keeping their distance (unless petitioned by clerics etc.), but is having to re-evaluate that stance, since the Raven Queen is proving herself to be more 'involved' than previous deities she's encountered the followers of. And I'm glad Keyleth's clarifying somewhat that her worry over the Raven Queen business isn't really out of an anti-god sentiment. She just doesn't want Vax to lose all of his freedom and agency because of the deal he made, and I think that's a valid concern.

Oh thank Jegus Gilmore is still alive. I was worried the rocklobster had killed him to take his place....

Matt the merciless Matt “ [insert random class] man, sorry” Mercer

Every time they talk to Gilmore I keep thinking "ask about pikes armor!"

2:58:57 After Vax getting wings and a wolf, Vex isn't even excited about the bow any more. It's heartbreaking. O great and Mercer-ful DM, let the Feywild journey bring her strength and confidence again.

I just finished DMing my first DnD game, and I literally have no idea how Matt does it. There is so much to remember, so many notes you need to keep, and trying to think up dialogue on the spot - it's very challenging. Matt makes it look effortless. Hats off to a man at the peak of his craft.

"I just spilled on my groin. I don't know why i said that out loud" Even his inside voice is nice a and somewhat narrative.

I wonder how long Matt was planning on springing the Rakhshahshshsa on the party but just couldn’t do it because of the Scansion.

I'm glad Scanlan finally decided to halt his pursuit of Pike. I think we all knew that it was never going to go anywhere and I loved that Scanlan realized that he wasn't in love with her, but simply the idea of a woman like her. He's had the best character progression out of everyone in the group, from being a playboy bard to becoming a father trying to find a spot in his daughter's life. Both he and Percy really bring life to the group.

1:50:10 can we all just appreciate the look on Matt's face when he appeared as Gilmore in the tunnel seeing a naked Vax and realize that no one else there really got what was going on for the first bit, this dude is on his game at all times.

Matt: covers the set noise with a “kids drops fruit” bit Me: My cabbages! The cast: My cabbages!! Me: 😍

A broom, a conical hat, a familiar, and a crystal ball. I'm beginning to think Vex's hidden character arc was actually that she was on a mission to become a witch.

The only ending more emotionally devastating than Gilmore turning into a Rakshasa is Pike getting left behind again.

Matt actually did use a different voice for the disguised Rakshasa. Amazing.

Scanlon: apologizes for objectifying Pike and rescinds his proposal, wishing to get to know her better before he makes that kind of commitment, as well as hoping that they will remain friends. Me: this is character development, people

I'm hoping the Feywild arc might finally be Vex's time to shine. Like she hasn't really had an arc yet and seems to take the backseat in most episodes, even the ones that seem to be about her mostly center around Vax which is cool, I love their dynamic but I'd really like to see Vex develop as a character and step out of Vax's shadow because despite having lots of potential she hardly ever gets any serious characterization and usually just supports everyone else in their arcs.

Vax: There's an assassin here! Everyone: Yeah, that's you subclass.

Whitestone guards standing on their posts and watching the fight with Rakshasa on the courtyard: *polite golf clap*

My favorite moment of this episode is Percy forcing a skill check for Keyleth juggling because of how long he had to practice to get it down

I love their faces (48:30), when Taliesin says he's doing action surge, going murderous on these guys, but to be fair, my man's gotta have some bad PTSD from being attacked in that very castle at night. He's probably not going very well at the moment.

Sam rolling an 8 on d8 & 6 on d6 for the attack and then 4 on d4 for the heal all in one round to save Vax is just showing how much he loves his husband.

"It's a 214 year old pub! Oh, god." - Taliesin at his best as always

I love that Sam fumbles with 'Rakshasa'. It literally translates to 'monster' in Hindi, and whenever he says 'Rakhsha' it's even funnier since that means 'protection'

Poor Sarenrae. She gives Pike the power to call down a column of holy fire to send a devil back to the hells. She gives her the ability to kill her enemies simply by whispering a word. She's brought Pike's best friend back from the dead on multiple occasions. She manifested as a third voice when Percy and Pike were performing the resurrection ritual and brought a child back from the dead. The only time she's received any prayer was when they wanted a carpet re-enchanted. Her de facto grand cleric, the person who in a few levels will be the avatar of her power on the material plane, values a pair of ogre gauntlets more than her. Then some Raven hussy comes along and is stealing everyone's hearts. Always the bridesmaid, that Sarenrae.

laura has been a really great support character. i cant wait for her arc

Vax: Life's not that bad... Percy: But your smell is... JESUS CHRIST PERCY

13:14 Oh yeah, good point. So not only did Matt blindside Liam with having an enemy put on the guise of a close friend to get in a cheap shot, he first waited until Vax was already without any equipment and also made sure he had nothing to fight back with with that whole robe trick. And this is all before making him one-on-one fight a foe that it took four people to take down. And people say that Matt goes easy on his players... Dx

Kash chimes in, "See, he came back. I told you we should've taken the taint."

Vax and Gilmore is one of the most beautiful, cinematic and endearing love stories of all time. I've never seen something non-canon be so canon before.

Vax embraces Gilmore and the wings follow. Ashley: I want that with my next character.

1:49:07 Dayum. Gilmore is a stone-cold killer when you cross him. I love it. xD

matt is still clearly not over vaxmore ohhhh god i thought i could respect vax's choice but every time he and gilmore are in the same room together its like watchin him break gilmores heart all over again and my man gil doesnt deserve all that. also keyleth is there and thats just the hasted action dagger attack to the heart right there

"That hat is very...arrow-dynamic"

“Fly high my bird” omg Gilmore is a TREASURE and if anything happens to him I will RAGE

Laura: "I'm an asshole" Travis: ".... you said it..." **looks left, looks right, flashes a huge grin for owning his wife**

i feel like vax only needs a katana now to become a fully fledged edgelord

As an engineer, I can confirm the anger and frustration caused by an unfinished project

I thought Liam’s plan against the dragon to put an immovable rod inside him was brilliant (whether it worked as planned or not), but Talesin wanting to take Vax to the Ziggurat was an incredible quick solution. And forget the hat. Vex needs a Return of the Jedi speeder bike trooper hat with that broom.

I love the way these guys are genuine friends with the way Liam was all, "no, do it the real way, I don't want any mulligans," when there was a rules understanding issue, and then once it was cleared up everything was just good. I've had too many games where a player disagreed with the rules and it became problematic.

"Someone fucking threw something at your head" favourite line

"Just telling a story, yo "

Chaotic _Neutral_ ? Suddenly Vex makes a lot more sense.

OK Need to move this up to the top again 11:45 - Game begins 12:28 - DM sass (Fixed the time) 13:10 An INTENSE discussion of what if ANY combat items VAX has on him 14:45 - Vax's train of thought 16:17 - JENGA 17:19 - Surprise! 18:39 - Scanlan inspires himself 21:14 PERCY doesn't have a defense against poison. 33:34 - Badass Keyleth 36:40 - He's going down 43:52 - Pike in all her glory! 47:35 - Sassy Taliesin (Bonus sass - 48:27) 52:19 - Badass Scanlan 55:15 VAXXXXILDAN (Scanlan singing) 1:09:52 - Disadvantage, Vex 1:32:34 WE INTERRUPT combat for BLUE GRASS 1:34:29 - "How do you want to do this?" 1:35:49 - Vax gets the final word 1:38:40 - Uh oh... 1:40:40 - Percy has a plan (THIS IS SUCH AN UNDERSTATEMENT OMG) 1:44:15 - Even the twins have their differences lol 1:46:28 - Grog, you little shit 1:48:55 - Badass Gilmore 1:50:25 - Gilmore's reunion with the rest of the group (1:50:40 - Vax asks Gilmore a question to make sure it's really him) 1:51:23 - Anime cloud 1:52:09 - Vax and Gilmore 1:53:37 - Finding Kashaw 2:12:08 - Vax and Gilmore conversation 2:14:18 - Surprise! 2:15:12 - Vax and Gilmore 2:16:55 - Cute sibling moment 2:18:25 - Percy's gift 2:21:43 - Part 1 ends 2:34:15 - Part 2 begins 2:36:05 - Morning sibling chat 2:37:20 - Vex visits Allura and Kima 2:40:06 - Vax has the twirls 2:45:43 - Everybody hates Percy (also 2:47:28) 2:46:52 - Ass water 2:48:22 - Percy's threat 3:00:00 - Pike and Keyleth chat 3:06:45 - Scanlan and Pike (featuring Kiki's juggling) 3:13:03 - Percy and Vex 3:15:40 - Scanlan's gift for Vex 3:17:42 - Finally! 3:18:37 - Percy joins the rest of the squad 3:21:08 - Vax and Pike 3:23:05 - Vaxleth 3:23:34 - Percy and Pike 3:28:23 - Original OGs 3:29:12 - Sibling moment 3:29:40 - Grog and Pike 3:32:43 - Percy and Cassandra 3:35:51 - Gilmore and Vax

"How many people will die instantly if I set off this thermonuclear bomb in my pocket?" - Rakshasa's thoughts as voiced by Sam I died.