A haiku First i click my boots Then dagger dagger dagger Then i end my turn

-"She had horns" -"Two" -"And teeth" -"More than two" -"And eyes" -"Definitely two" I love Percy

Grog’s bartering is hands down one of the best moments entire campaign. The looks Laura gives her husband are priceless as he proceeds to barter up the price.

Just realized matt sent them to go do a dungeon and the other half to slay a dragon, matt literally had them beat dungeons and dragons while playing dungeons and dragons

"We slept in a tent! In the woods! With the loudest librarian on God's green earth!" :'D

Travis did such a good job at staying in character after his wife kissed him in character. Their relationship is so cute, and their interactions in both campaigns are so much fun.

49:40 I love Talesin's quiet quips. Travis: She had horns Talesin: Two of them Travis: And teeth Talesin: More than two of them Laura: And eyes Talesin: Definitely two of them 🤣

Vox Machina: "What is that?" Tiberius, holding a cage with a pseudodragon in it: "A coffee."

"Vax and I pretended to be married!!" Laura, knowing full well that Liam was playing Vax as very much into Keyleth: "Oh, did you?"

Taliesin saging his seat after Wil Wheaton sat in it made me lose it. What an icon.

“We’re getting you a leash” and “Vex will be so proud of me” get me every time

Travis is honestly just amazing. The narrative in my head was he tried to haggle like Vex because he enjoyed the pity kiss earlier and wanted her to be proud of him. But as he is Grog with a glorious intelligence of 6, he has no choice but to haggle in reverse because that's exactly what Grog would do and you can just SEE the sheer combination of glee and "Oh god am I really doing this" in his face as he makes that trade. This might be the best Grog moment in the series as it's such a beautiful in-character moment that is just hilarious.

"what did he plant on you? A tree? Do you have a crush on Cashew?" Some characters benefit from character development, but Grog; I hope Grog never changes!

I love that Ashley/Pike is EVERYONE'S favorite, including Matt. Every time she says something they're all just grinning at her like she's the cutest thing on the planet (which she is)

Matt hearing the group talking about ruining the carpet: 😁 Matt when the group remembers they have ways to repair the carpet: 🙁

The advantage of watching 5 years late is that "we'll be back in two weeks" means nothing... I don't know when I started watching, but I believe that I've blown through these 22 episodes in less than a month. I'll soon be "caught up"

Vox Machina: Unanimously agrees to keep the secret of the Slayer's Take Grog: PIKE WE GOT BRANDED BY A SPHINX

Why am I so invested in a character trying to grow a beard?

00:03:27 - Intro starts 00:04:33 - Intro ends, and Taliesin cleanses the area from Wil Wheatons dice rolls 00:05:32 - Ohana means Family (and Stitch makes a quick comment) 00:10:00 - All the feels! 00:17:29 - Mercer rolls natural 20 for intimidation 00:18:36 - Vanessa critically fails intimidation 00:20:23 - The Wheaton Curse is officially gone 00:24:12 - Tiberius demonstrates what high charisma and low wisdom means 00:29:54 - Tiberius gets his books mixed up (there's a website for that) 00:31:14 - Vex has a disturbing and amusing thought 00:35:11 - Vanessa has cookies! 00:36:46 - Keyleth gets Vax into trouble 00:39:11 - Vax gets back av Keyleth 00:40:00 - It's a funny story, like, we were on acid... 00:42:56 - Endearing reference to Lyra 00:43:11 - Grog gets Vexed 00:43:23 - Knock, knock... Who's there? 00:45:56 - Holy shit? 00:49:41 - Percy verifies Grog's description of Zahra 00:50:02 - The party nearly loses cookie privileges 00:50:39 - Grog uses words 00:52:07 - Use poo on carpet 00:54:15 - Kiki 00:54:33 - The story of Grog's beard continues 01:00:18 - Pike is cute, and Percey is a hipster 01:01:47 - The party falls into classic gender roles 01:03:19 - Cydric Gillsman, the Pythonesque potion merchant 01:04:57 - Travis and Mercer re-enacts a scene from Aladdin 01:06:37 - #ironschlager 01:09:09 - Grog uses haggle (and Travis demonstrates great role playing) 01:14:26 - Percy with the puns 01:17:28 - Keyleth is the Avatar 01:19:55 - Vex is an air bender 01:21:12 - Tiberius with the double entendre 01:23:34 - ONE MORE!!! 01:24:20 - Part 1 ends 01:36:34 - Aaaand we're back! 01:37:09 - Beard hype! 01:38:50 - Tiberius has a funny problem 01:39:15 - Mercer does a character 01:40:23 - Lockheed joins the party! 01:45:26 - Tyriok Gadsworth, the amateur mapmaker 01:46:05 - Grog alludes to a cartographer to get out more 01:46:32 - "Matthew, we've been doing this for three years and you still fucking blow me away, game after game" 01:50:03 - Vex rolls a natural 20 on persuation 01:51:52 - Tiberius courts a lady 01:52:48 - Mercer is a storytelling god 01:55:23 - Vax and Tiberius invents a hood lantern 02:00:43 - Tiberius is a rockstar enchanter 02:02:07 - Percy levels to eleven, and the party sings the FF tune 02:02:24 - Keyleth does Hero's Feast, with bananas! 02:06:07 - 0+0 = 100 02:08:23 - Mercer with the sound effects 02:12:46 - Tiberius attacks himself, and Marisha's ass 02:14:24 - Tiberius encourages smoking herbs 02:17:27 - Two paths diverged 02:24:10 - Pike rolls 19 for stealth 02:26:33 - Matthew clarifies that Scanlan is still back in Vasselheim, and Travis anticipates fan-art of a "tiefling trio"... 02:28:39 - Mountain bowling 02:35:53 - Percy with the Bad News 02:38:22 - Orion gets his reference filtered by Ashley 02:51:25 - Flamespeaker Cerkonos, and the plot thickens 02:54:36 - Keyleth reveals a shocking truth 02:55:20 - Challenge Accepted 02:56:40 - Goosebumps 02:57:54 - I'm not crying you're crying (Marisha takes the show to a whole new level, live, unscripted, in one take) 03:12:47 - Tiberius uses Magical Pacifier 03:15:11 - Mercer with the sound effects 03:19:19 - Marisha calls upon divine forces 03:22:09 - Orion rolls a natural 1 (and the internet can suck it!) 03:27:42 - Laura rolls a natural 20 03:28:35 - Tiberius is eloquent 03:39:00 - The water elemental is on fire 03:39:17 - Wait, that makes no sense 03:42:01 - There goes that beard 03:50:42 - Taliesin and Ashley sings Alicia Key's "This girl is on fire" 03:58:24 - Grog smells burning hair 04:03:10 - Tiberius and the Gas Station Elemental 04:09:02 - Upper camera starts having problems 04:13:20 - Upper camera back in action 04:14:03 - Laura being adorable 04:14:47 - Keyleth FTW! 04:15:20 - Sparkstone aquired! 04:17:58 - "Kaitiake, princess." 04:20:02 - Pike wants to stay and Mercer makes a suggestion 04:21:00 - Kaitiake Pike! 04:22:50 - The game ends 04:34:02 - Travis recieves a participation medal for "Philip" from a fan, Mercer makes it canon

Vax: Oh Pyke! Thank god you're here.. I fell into a pool of acid, and I just dont feel right... you know what, could you just take a look at this for me? *lifts foot Vex: FOR FUCKS SAKE

52:15 Pike: "Parhaps we can enchant the carpet with the magic poo." Matt:*dies a little bit inside*

1:14:12 "I'm drunk... everybody's breaking things... everybody's spending all our money" drunk bitter Vex is so fantastic

Percy using the recoil of Bad News to pop back up and continue running looked so fucking cool in my head

Weirdest thing about watching C1 after C2 is the lack of them singing "makin-ma-way-downtown" immediately after someone says the key words

Grog: *takes 30 damage* Grog: *still has more health than everyone else's max*

Scanlan's absence leaves a critical hole in my heart.

1:14:15 = “She’s rugburned.” Another Tal gem to fall by the wayside. He’s the king of fallen heroes.

02:02:20 Vex’s expression when she learned what a “Hero’s Feast” takes to cast, after financial blow after blow. Vex is now on suicide watch.

I'm looking forward to Scalans reaction when he learns that he was left behind and missed precious time with Pike.😂

Wait...so, he's married to a God, but he kissed,...you?! Percy: Oooooh...I see how this could work out poorly...

The small smirk on Travis' face as he's haggling is brilliant. He knows what he's about to do, and it produced one of the funniest moments in the campaign yet.

After 22 episodes I have decided that Liam is absolutely my favorite. Just seems lovely and charming, and his character is wonderful. He'll never read this, but I hope he knows that when he's having a hard time. I'm saying this like 8 years after this was released haha but yeah.

I love how they roleplay surprise with Pike, and then they see Ashley and it turns real

"Dagger dagger, dagger" "I like the comma there, the comma really brought it together. Like a haiku" - Unrecognized joke from Taliesin I loved, but damn this episode is fantastic!

Travis: [In Character] "you got a kiss! i didnt get a kiss!" Laura: [Also In Character] "{kiss} there! you got one!" Travis: [Trying Harder to Stay in Character] "....what the f*ck just happened...."

Orion seems to be having a good day. You can tell he's clear-headed and present in the moment. I wish that had always been the case, instead of him being tense, verbally aggressive, and high as a kite.

*talking about Zahra* Vex: you would have liked her, Tiberius. She has horns- Percy: two of them! Vex: and teeth- Percy: more than two! Vex: and eyes! Percy: definitely two.

Vex: a guy that is married to a god kissed you ?! Pike: what if she gets mad?! Vax: well tell her to get in line..

“You smell the scent of burning hair…” “IT COULD BE YOUR PUBES! DONT JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS!”

Vex: "...WHAT! HAPPENED!.." Percy: "...i-it all happened so fast....i-i was sad about the carpet, a-and....oh my god [facepalms]"

I love how Marisha had zero fear about shedding tears as she told them about her vision. You go girl, stuff like that makes me love this game so much.

Liam: "Dagger Dagger, Dagger" Taliesin Jaffe: "The comma there really brought it together"

Ashley showing really reinforces that this is a real group of friends and family which I don't think I've seen in any other roleplaying group.

The party roleplaying their reunion and breaking the news about the carpet, and DM Matt just sitting there watching with a silly grin.

ngl, taliesin is probably the most unnoticed, funny person here, in regards to his little unheard comments. It's a shame nobody hears them though.

I love the mix of how polite Taliesin is and how badass Percy is

I absolutely love Liam’s unabashed enjoyment of Matt’s performance. It reminds you that all of these guys are professionals and he’s just appreciating great work from a colleague and good friend. #friendshiprocks And Travis should have gotten Inspiration for playing Grog to a T in the shopping debacle.

Vax wiping away a tear at Keyleth using the phrase "mutts" to describe half-elves tells me all I need to know about his relationship with their dad 😢

"How about you give me all of the dragon's teeth, and 2 vials of blood?" "hmm...How about...all of the dragon's teeth, and 3 vials of blood?"

I’ve always loved the way Ashley gets deep into the narrative; her body language...she even cries and has goosebumps!! It’s an amazing role playing...she’s living every part of the story every time.

Percy giving a slight bow to the druid after defeating him is why I love both him and Taliesin.

I'm glad that Matt overruled Keyleth being on fire as a water elemental. Too many DMs just follow the book instead of saying "wait that's stupid."

so can we talk about how bad Percy being on fire would actually be, considering he has guns and ammo and gunpowder on him lmao

Fun fact: "Kaitiaki" the salute Keyleth spoke to her Ashari kin said to mean "Guardian" or "Brethren" is actually a real word in the Māori language. It translates exactly to guardian.

before meting sphinx "You need to protect this secret with your life". Party meets Pike inside the guild and loudly tells her about the Sphincter they just met.

Tal flipping through his NPC notes looking for who the character might be before the Pike reveal , and then the joy dawning on his face is the cutest thing I've seen lately.

Love Matt, and the whole crew, but when Liam said " Matthew we've been doing this for 3 years now, and you still blow me away" just gave me the feels. D&D is a great game that can make bonds with your friends, even if some consider you a nerd, being a nerd isn't a bad thing, but just the opposite.

"You are always part of our journey, no matter where we go, Pike" was possibly the sweetest thing said until now.

Laura playing a drunk Vex is my favorite. A serious reminder of how incredibly talented these people are. Every episode my favorite character changes.

Vax: "This is for Keyleth" Grog: "This is for our princess" You can see the characters saying it and imagine the tears streaking down Grog's enraged face. Incredibly moving. Bravo.

Watching Travis roll beard-checks for Grog is some of the most genuinely wholesome things out there. You can’t find that level of pure, positive excitement anywhere else, besides maybe a kid coming home from kindergarten and realizing he has a new puppy. Pure love. 💕

Watching Matt's face as the group tried to explain what happened with the carpet at the beginning was absolute gold!

I feel like Liam took it up himself this session to subtlety guide Orion to a more teamwork based play style. Paying for all his stuff, because of their combo and Tibs big part in preparing the kill and helping with the light spell with his cloak to support him

Everyone: Jumps into a pool of swirling lava. Mercer: "And so everyone dies horribly, ending the legend of Vox Machina. Tune in next week to watch everyone roll up new characters."

"Even though you are a water elemental, you are on fire." ".. Actually no, that's stupid."

The opening hour or so of this episode is some of the best entertainment ever. They get so into the role play, and Grog’s haggling was amazing. They should have named the episode Vex and the Terrible Horrible Very Bad No Good Day

I love Matt's awkward "I should go," line every time Grog interacts with the side character lmao.

Taliesin should count himself lucky that Matt decided not to simulate the effects of being on fire while carrying black powder.

Sickly dragonite: 200gp 2 warhorses: 600gp Heroes’ Feast: 1000gp Grog’s participation medal: priceless

“Don’t let it die, feed it, give it water” I am CACKLING 😂😂😂😂

1:56:50 Vax to Vex: "Are you haggling with the fabric of time and space?" 😆😆😆

"Fucking lion with wings. You saw Harry Potter, the Hippogryph will jack you up, bow back". lol Travis omg.

The Take: “You must keep what you see here a secret.” VM sees Pike: “Let us tell you this secret thing that happened to us!”

Even though the storyline for this episode mostly revolves around Keylith's backstory, I really loved how it still gave a lot of opportunities for the whole party's personalities to develop. Really good rp from the whole cast!

This episode is amazing. Tyriock, the epic Grog bartering, drunk Vex, Marisha’s stunning commitment to Keyleth, but my absolute favorite; Vax, despite his own trauma/fear or the many risks, immediately diving in after Keyleth. You can see in Liam’s subtleties that there was truly no other option for Vax. As if I wasn’t already emotional from Keyleth’s vision. They are all so beautifully talented, but Liam’s character choice in that moment just really hit me in the heart. This group never ceases to amaze me, they are all so very special.

1:00:20 Pike: Oh. Oh! Mercer: You never heard of Vesh Pike: Oh, I don't know who that is Cracks me up!

"I can take the cookies back" was my favorite DM in-RP consequence I've seen so far!

Ah, classic Liam, having characters that need to roll fire-related wisdom saving throws.

Damn, sometimes Tibs is genuinely a great character. Control flame to control the fire burning his body and just juggles it in front of a fire elemental. Gold. Wish we got more of that

So far, this has been my favourite episode so far. A lot of good feels, some sad feels, Pike returned, Tiberius was actually fun for the first time in a while, drunk Vex is the best thing, and Grog was in it. Grog simply existing is enough for an episode to be good.

"... with the loudest librarian on God's Green Earth." oh Percy. You've been having a rough few days, huh?

Loved Orion in this episode. Marisha stands out too with so beautifully playing her usually-goofy character's response to this solemn, serious event.

I love Travis, he plays it so real, everyone was "jokingly" trying to get him to not sell their stuff and meta-game but he stuck to his guns and did exactly what Grog would do. The guy is a treasure!

Master Hunter: “Do you trust me?!” *Silent pause* CR Group: “Well... not really no... I mean...” *Matt laughing to himself* 18:29

"Dont let it die. Feed it. Give it water." "Very good. Thank you."

43:06 one of my favourite moments in this campaign so far….. travis looks so disgusted his wife kissed him 😂😂😂😂😂

Watching Matt's eyes during the carpet story flickerting back and forth watching the chaos unfold.

Important moment when Keyleth is asking permission: Liam is concerned and focused Laura is staying calm Ashley is nervous Travis is intrigued Taliesin is apprehensive Orion is worried Sam is getting a pat down from his lady friends

When Grog started counting his share of the Hydra funds: "One, one, one, one,..." 🤦‍♂️😝

Can we just take a second to applaud Matt for the Ashari ritual, absolutely sensational imaginative storytelling, unbelievable even...

I'm YEARS late. But that was a fucking incredible performance by Marisha. That was incredible.

It took me 22 episodes to realise Keyleth is the Avatar.

This episode shows how light-hearted and funny Orion could be on a good day. I wish he was like this in all episodes.

"And two vials of dragons blood." "Do what Vex would do!" "How about *three* vials of dragons blood?" I died. :)

Vax annoyance and discomfort at her sister’s remarks about Kyleth is just so cute xD

Vex: Wait, Wait, Wait... A Guy married to a god Kissed YOU!?! Percy: Oh I could see how this could end Poorly...

I love the moment when Vex has been so in character talking about whether there's a god mad at Keyleth, and then someone says something about Matt having an evil look on his face and she just gasps really loud as she realises she shouldn't be giving him ideas :D

Laura's face when Matt said "deduct 1000 gold from your personal funds" for the heros feast was priceless 😂😂

"Please Sarenrae fix our magic carpet." lmfao what a thing to bother your goddess about daily. XD

3:14:58 Liam: "38" Matt: "Oh I'm such a Rogue!" I am dying lol!