Praise flando

Thank you for being just the best

You're so fast!!!

Wow, so fast

My God, it's true, you're so fast

I mean, Mister is a spirit animal and can't really perma-die. While Trinket was squishy and very mortal.

The vest made him to powerful

That made me laugh. Thank you for that. :D

@@themiazephyr No problem. Happy to spread some joy. We could all use a laugh right now. haha

Yes! just Yes!!!! 😹😹

the vest-ige

It’s her version of Marine Layer XD

But why do I think that this is what sparked odohun's attention ?

Big Fjord vibes

@@lefterismplanas4977this is exactly it, why would a new recruit suddenly attack the boss if they weren’t doing anything wrong? It made no sense and Otahn did not suspect anything until that point.

​@M0M0117 nah she had her eyes out already no way the exfil would have gone unnoticed even without laudnas darkness. Their plan was too rushed from the get go, outside team tried to pull too much, just classic dnd clusterfuck lol..

Seconds is what I think you meant

Been reading comments for a while, this one wins

That vest is Brennan's Vestige of Divergence.

He's become too powerful!

This is the best comment.

@@meghanna2034 " I would use this [sleeveless hoodie vest] from a desire to do good... But through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine." ---Some Dude :P

lol

Ive seen Anime, this tracks.

This is some Rock Lee type shit..

It's like handcuffs for the Psychic Damage ability that he seems to have 😂

Holy shit! The bracelets are Zaraki Kempachi’s eyepatch!!!

wooooooow good pull

As someone whos refusal to act out of character led to the death of my first ever ttrpg character I wholeheartedly agree

While I don't agree chat bashing the cast for their decisions in game, I don't agree that her decisions were "what her character would have done". Let's break this down from what we know has happened: 1. At this point, it is still not certain that Otohan is in her dreams, it is very likely but not 100% 2. Orym is the only one familiar with the echoes. It is uncertain if Otohan is the only person that can do this, but likely Otohan 3. A history check was done on Otohan and it is likely that was relayed to the group. A legendary warrior etc etrc (i.e. DO NOT FUCK WITH THIS NPC), the same thing happened in C2 when they fought the Iron Sheppards despite Matts attempts to put his friend hat on to let them know how dangerous they are. 4. Imogen is shit scared of what she thinks is Otohan IN HER DREAMS. Let that really sink in. And then she somehow has the courage to initiate combat? Not only did she initiate combat but she placed her spell in a way that divided the entire group. 5. With all her friends getting the shit beat out of them and some even dying, she still did not give in. 6. Making a statement like "Laura knows what she's doing", when she is literally saying out loud "I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO" makes it quite clear that she had no idea what she was doing. 7. Making a statement like "It's what her character would have done" is firstly presumptuous on your part. We have no idea what she "would have done" so we don't know. Second, and repeating my statement above, she was literally saying out loud that she doesn't know what to do. Taking that into account, she may or may not have "been in character". It's something we will never know so falling back on "she knows what she's doing blah blah blah" is bias and not entirely correct. 8. When shit hits the fan, Laura has a really bad habit of metagaming and being forceful on what she wants to happen and influencing other players decisions, it is really frustrating to watch honestly. She did it with Dorian at the ball when they were trying to steal the ring and she's done it multiple times in this episode. She's done it in many other episodes as well. She is the worst mannered player at the table and frequently cracks the shits when she doesn't get her way or rolls poorly or worst of all, invades someone else's decision with what she wants to happen. The above are things that have factually happened. My opinion on "playing her character", which is a complete assumption because I didn't write her character, goes is this: Combat should have never initiated and it is Laura who caused this to happen by doing so. Continuing on, If you are terrified of something she believes is in her dreams, you're not going to magically step up when you see that thing in real life. The likely thing that would happen is crippling fear or at the very least a conversation or handing over Treshi. The other thing that is likely is that Laura was flying and could see a majority of what was going on (seeing her friends get brutalised), it is entirely logical for her to give in for two reasons. First, Otohan was going to continue until they were all dead, Matt had made that pretty clear by this point. Second, she really had nothing to lose. If she really wanted to help her crew, she wouldn't resist as it is her only other option. It was very obvious that Matt was trying to give her an out and did so multiple times. You can't mix in something that throws her a bone like "it was extremely stressful situation" and then back her and say she was playing her character and it what her character would have done. It is fairer to say that it was extremely stressful and it would be difficult to play her character because of the tension between what she wants to do and what her character wants to do, therefore she made some mistakes (which is completely fine btw). Lastly, her passion for rping at the table has nothing to do with anything. All of the cast have a passion for rping, it doesn't excuse her which is what a comment like that implies. Again, chat bashing her for her decisions is not okay, however it was incredibly frustrating to watch Imogen play this out for the reasons mentioned above.

@@timothyhedi3798 Yes, you’re right. I should have phrased that differently. Of course she had no idea what she was doing, but I do believe that Laura made a conscious choice not to give in, because she has no idea what that would result in. Her giving in could have easily killed everyone around her, she just didn’t know. What I mean with ‘she knows what she’s doing’ is that I believe that Laura realized that Matt was giving her hints and that that was an option, she just chose not to because she was scared of the consequences, as Imogen would be. But I’m agreeing with you on that part. And of course it’s presumptuous of me, that’s always the case. People can always do things we never saw coming, but judging from how she has reacted in the past, it’s most likely that she would do what she did. That was the only thing she could think of because that’s what she has been doing and that’s what has worked for her. She was indeed shit scared. She knew she was a danger, but she didn’t know any more than that, so she went with her gut reaction. It’s the same thing she does in her dreams. She confronts and when she realizes she can’t do anything else, she runs. That doesn’t make it a good thing to do though, especially not in this scenario. Again, it’s very true that I have phrased ‘she knows what she’s doing’ wrong. That’s entirely wrong on my part, because indeed none of them had any idea of what was going on. On this part, I was defending Laura against people screaming ‘WTF IS SHE DOING?’ ‘SHE DOESN’T REALIZE SHE HAS TO GIVE IN’ ‘SHE’S BEING STUPID!’ etc. None of them knew what was happening, they were hurting and scared and doing what they thought was the best option, and yes, it was the wrong option. But then again, would running have worked? We have no idea what would have happened if they ran or talked or whatever. As soon as Otohan realized who Imogen was, she wanted her to give in. But yes, Imogen, and with that Laura, did feel too confident and she made the wrong decision, but it was a conscious decision. All I’m saying is that I believe Laura made this conscious decision to not give in, and I believe that that aligns with her character. We have seen her fight back in her dreams because of how scared she is of what it’ll do to her. Also, I don’t think we are really sure if she knew that two of her friends were actually dead; she definitely couldn’t see if they were breathing or not. We know that Laudna means the most to her, and even if that makes her sound bad, it’s true. She was entirely focused on that, and at that point it was already too late. When Laudna was taken down, and with the recognition that we aren’t sure if she saw her friends die, that was her cue of “I will lose everything I have here if I don’t stop” because Laudna is everything she has. That was when she realized that she couldn’t protect them like she tried to do. But still, she didn’t give in. She was going to go with Otohan. At that point she was still trying to protect her friends, because one important thing is that she didn’t know what was going to happen if she gave in. She was so controlled by that fear of both losing the ones she loves and losing herself, that even when that was the last thing she could do, she still didn’t do it. And I do think that that’s an important detail. I love how this episode went down and I love the decisions Imogen made, because it made her realize what's at stake if she kept being controlled by her fear. And we can so clearly see how it changed her and how it changes how she reacts in her dreams. And I love having discussions like this, so never think that I'm trying to put you down or anything; I'm really not. Imogen is such an interesting character to speculate about, but yes; we will never 100% be sure what she should or would have done, but that makes it so much more fun, right? As long as it's not disrespecting Laura, I'm fine with anything.

@@timothyhedi3798To be fair, there’s fight vs. flight, seems like Imogen is fight. When people see scary things they usually either try and run away or try to kill them.

Love Laura but there was obviously some bit of miscommunication here, Matt had to incorporate a wisdom saving throw at the end in order to get her to ‘let go’ and stop a tpk from happening, I don’t think laura quite understood what he was asking. I think she thought he was asking if she wanted to go with otohan or something

in game i think it was a day before or 2 days before orym died

Omg, I think you're right :D That's awesomely cruel/tragic!

You don't tell me what to do!

Dorian jinxed him 💀💀

@@enderbrightrubysheen "Hey, kid, you can't skate here!"

That is the vestige of game masters

It's excellent marketing, though. It's clearly, truly inhabited by the Spirit of Beau, which came through to multi-attack everyone in the party into oblivion 😭

Travis is truly the positive chad TTRPG player.

And smart as fuck. He is always insanely invested in the small details of the story and everything the dm is trying to craft. He is constantly listening, critically thinking, and just fawning over Matts worldbuilding and story.

chetney basically 1v1 otohan for a solid two rounds

I aspire to be as good a table player as him one day, he really amps up the experience for everyone.

Also, not that he was ever a bad party member, but he has grown a ton over the years. It makes the player he's become even more impressive. There was a time he'd be practically falling asleep if things moved too slow, and mostly wanted to fight or visit taverns. We should all strive to get better like he has.

i feel like they all paid for that betrayal, i don’t think they should have done that, they could have recouped later to work out a plan before going straight into pushing her into the other guys’ hands

Yeah I really feel like they dropped the ball there lol that was way too quick of a betrayal. Sure was funny tho

Laura's play this session was super poor. Exceptionally rash decisions without trying to take input from the others. Got em killed for being too hasty in making a decision. Hindsights 2020 of course but good lord.

I mean, Laura said beforehand that she didn't lock the manacles, so she might've known that Artana would get free and disappear?

@@jamescandalino3458 Yeah, it's kinda wild to see people have OP's take when Laura clarified, within seconds, that it was with the knowledge that Artana's manacles weren't locked. They also knew that she can turn invisible, that they might have aligned interests, and that her planned escape route would only work when she's alone, even if all that info wasn't explicitly said out loud. On top of that, the move solidified them as allies of Ratanish... even if that probably won't hold since there's the whole Otohan... 'encounter'

Delilah, despite her being a god-awful person, did, in fact, take the wheel. I can't wait for the Delilah redemption arc😁

@@sirkinzalot1432 i highly doubt that will happen

@@firedragonbri547 she had redeeming qualities. Her unending love and loyalty to Sylas for instance. If that unending love and loyalty could be extended to Laudna and her friends, Delilah would make a powerful ally.

@@silversalmon9909 I kind of want to see her react to Imogen going nova for Laudna and begrudgingly aknowledge her

@@firedragonbri547 😁😁😁

Laughs madly

Fearne and Orym are the first ones out

@@PerfectlyFriedBread damn.....

@@PerfectlyFriedBread Bertrand

Scrubs sad theme.... merry christmas

SAME

Same OMG

SAME never in my 2 years of playing catchup have I been more thankful to be behind, SHEESH

Well put. When Matt has a snazzy new vest and then rolls out an encounter with one solitary enemy...be afraid, be very afraid.

The whole "a night with no moon" thing in Exandria would be terrifying. "Where's Ruidus?" "Where's CATHA?!" Oh, the scenarios I could run with that...

The anger of a gentle man was inside matt all along

@@kathrinjenner5179 maybe the real anger were the vests he collected along the way

Crazy that the original quote ("“There are three things all wise men fear...") is from Patrick Rothfuss who guest starred on Critical Role!

Hahaha this is good!

Sam needs to use this if Backblaze is a sponsor next week, lmao

Poor Yev, finally comes back and this is the shit he comes back to

Underrated comment.

nailed it

AhhhHHHHHH

Same here. I'm always reading my character sheet frantically in between turns, and then I'll forget what I just read 'cause of all the adrenaline of a battle scene and have to reread on my turn. "Just a sec, just a sec, sorry..." Yeah, that's pretty much my mantra.

Same. Most of the time, I genuinely appreciate that they're not "expert players." They screw up and forget things and have to look shit up and guess what, they still HAVE FUN and make really awesome stories.

If only all that reading resulted in them getting their own abilities right. Alas, it doesn’t. Taking a moment to read your ability isn’t frowned upon at any table I’ve played at… but get your abilities right after reading them. Who knows if it would have meant anything, but Ashley JUST read the enhanced bond ability and STILL forgot to add the d8 to her healing.

@@kyleweir689 There was so much going on at that point, I think it's fair to miss the numerical things like that.

@@incognitoburrito6020 it’s a pattern of behavior thing, really

Around that time the players have sufficient levels and story for Matt to take off his gloves…

​@@matthijsclaessen8152 it's very true. I've ran Curse of Strahd twice now and around session 30 is when Strahd usually tries to confront the group.

@@matthijsclaessen8152 24 is where molly died

@@SPACEHARICE hmmm that is quite a bit earlier. Probably also lower level. (It felt later. Oh well. As a DM I know I pull my punches when they are at lower levels…)

I mean last time it was 26... but also last time all the most powerful members of the group all weren't there.

Did she really say that? Aw man...

🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭

@@MetalFire1998 6s

And Laudna’s first word after being brought back is “Imogen” ???? My gay heart can’t take it

Oh man.. episode 34 gonna hit this line really hard

stapppp ;(

@@simcard_101 it had to be done, sorry

TBH if they're reading the comments before seeing the episode, they're kinda asking to be spoiled o.o

Well done brother, I came here to say the same thing after accidentally reading an article by Polygon.

@@smashbrandiscootch719 not all episodes have twists THAT big and they're very long, so alot of people just see minor out of context spoilers and are fine with it. Warnings in the comments for big episodes are helpful especially for new critters who started at C3 so they haven't seen an intense episode like this before

i woke up last friday morning and saw that critical roll was live streaming (i catched like the last 30 min)... i should have slept longer

^^^

This

I kind of hate this episode. Otohan is built like a tier 3 enemy. This kinda feels like bullshit. How tf did they even get in front of the crawler? It felt planted. They should have just made it out of the compound

​@@SamiJ1508 she's shown to be able to read minds and possibly find them psychically. She also has some kind of dunamancy effects so she's probably messing with time or space. I'm actually surprised she didn't take the party apart Way faster than she did.

​@@SamiJ1508 They have been playing sloppy and recklessly with their plans, this encounter was well deserved by them (the characters, not the players). I'm glad Matt gave them a wake up call, they needed it.

@@theshadowfax239 It is extremely sloppy and I like the story so far but I am just not clicking with these characters. The M9 would have completely wiped the floor with this group at level 7.

Ya idk what that was about

It seemed like a a-hole move to me

@Colton Boo he was reminding them that they were out of camera shot. It was merely a, "Hey guys. I know you're super excited right now, but we're filming this and the audience can't see you."

Maybe you could see them thou idk maybe I saw something there that wasn’t there

Someone is being sensitive.

When Travis got 2 Nat 20’s in a row for what felt like maybe not-so-critical moments, I knew problems were a-brewing. Early nat 20 rolls are always a bad omen

I would also like to raise Yu watching from a distance and going, "I'm not getting that crown back am I?"

Watching the people that can put them down get laid out by 1 person I feel like they're both watching thinking Fuck that noise I'm leaving her alone

God this comment gave me a good laugh. Thank you for that. I'm just picturing a chibi version of them going nope

@@RomnilWater That is totally a Critical Role Animated thing... "Nope, nope, nope, nope, and NOPE."

I was waiting the whole time going "Where the hell is Artana? Why isn't she jumping in?" And then Matt showed us why she wasn't jumping in. lol

Now we know why the animation in the critical role opening theme features the players instead of their characters. Matt was planning on being brutal toward the characters this campaign. Anyone can die, including recently merchandised characters.

Oh man I'm sobbing and your comment made me laugh thank you

@@askthepizzaguy I don't... Think that's why...

My boy taking a page from Brennan Lee Mulligan's playbook

@@ncpolley he said at the beginning of the campaign that this one would be different in a number of ways

What's the time stamp for that?

@@aaronluebke8046 Context is that they're splitting up the health potions amongst the group and Imogen suggests giving one each to Orym and Fearne. 1:14:40 - 1:15:00 - CR C3 Ep 5

It's even worse because FCG can do ONE revivify, so as of the current situation, one of the two of them may come back, but only the one.

Factoid

It's Latin for 'Wrath', turns out.

@@TehCakeIzALie1 anger is the more proper translation, but yes.

@@HeroKiro If you want to split hairs, 'ire' is the most correct translation.

@@HeroKiro Wrath would actually be more appropriate, don't try to be a smartass.

@@HeroKiro wrath is the most common translation though it can also be anger or rage. Dont try to correct people whith your google translate responses.

The answer is yes, they've talked about it before. I have a feeling that tonight's trip to Taco Bell was a parking lot decompression session.

@@Pluveus is there a talk about it. I am really interested but new overall to critical role :O

@@theloraxxz1753 I'm pretty sure it's mentioned in the video "Safety Tools Used In Critical Role" (which isn't by them but compiles clips of things they have said)! It has an after care chapter, but the whole thing is interesting too (edit: now that i think of it though, be careful, pretty sure it has spoilers for C1 and C2, since you said youre new.)

It started on screen with telling Matt how great the game was

People are insanely weak these days. Aftercare. This is literally just a game. Annnnd... Death is an AWESOME part of the game! It gives so much meaning. Dying well or tragically or unexpectedly can be a highlight of a character's arc, or even the campaign.

In C1 he does something similar with consequences that still breaks my heart in the best way possible.... I don't really think he needed to see Breenan's to do that.

Brennan is an AMAZING DM - the tone is totally different, even when he's beating the party down Brennan is on their side, rooting for the players. We could all learn a lot from him, Matt included.

@@davidjennings2179 Brennan was on their side cause as he said many times during the campaign and as they all knew before it started, the calamity is inevitable its already written into the lore of the world and he was planning on killing them from the start. so he wanted to see them do what they could to struggle and fight back as much as possible but the expectation going in was that noone would live. which is different than a regular game when its usually the dm vs the players and trying to make things challenging while giving the PCs options instead of everyone involved vs the set in stone story that all being said theyre both really great DMs and calamity is my favorite minicampaign ive ever watched the combined role of brennans dmig, players like lou sam travis, and the world matt has built was a perfect combination of everything involved

@@JubioHDX Absolutely - calamity was a slightly different style because everyone knew (more or less) how it would end. Brennan DMs over on dimension 20 too - if you watch their stuff you'll see he manages to keep up the same perfect balance between difficult fights but still loving the party, even in regular campaigns.

"e-MOWW-shun-al DAAA-mage!"

Bells Hells second half: 💀💀💀💀

@@claclarolo1 WOW.

And then there is me, eating popcorn and enjoy the danger that remind me season 1 danger vibes.

I loved the “It’s okay” moment. You can see Matt feeling conflicted, because Marisha loves playing Laudna so much, and she just smiles a little at him and says, “It’s okay.” Excellent little spouse moment

@@flawlix excellent spouse moment but also great moment between a player and a dm who trust each other

Where?!

@@haileydamian 2:48:00

And kill each other so much

Only sunshine

Scrubs sad theme.... merry christmas

meanwhile Ashton is already Jrusar looking for a possible 'Nobodies#3' group

@@youtubey9887 Season 3 is about to be about the adventures of Ashton and FCG and their lost parties 🥺

"Let's what we can do."

3:23:40 for those looking

She's a Fae irl, let's nod kid ourselves

The hole time

whistling... kicking rocks

After all the heartbreaks i kind of hope he just suffocates in that hole all alone

Suffocating

Should have tossed a light in there so he could read his book 😂

yes I love it, even more angst added to this!

I had forgotten that. Oh, what an image you paint. :(

Dariax punching the air right now.

Welp, that’s depressing af

Except for the fact that they're going to just pop everyone back up as soon as the next episode starts, so it takes some of the sting out of it lmao

100%! I can still vividly recall what it all “looked” like. Excellent imagery from Matt

And in the second half we felt the Anguish and the pain of the cast

The absolute crushing emotional turmoil of the second half aside, I think the first half is what really got me hooked on this episode. Then again, I'm one more for narrative over combat.

@@djburk7930 literally started watching this while at work as a bartender 💀 i HAD to finish. Not a bell in hell am i waiting 8 hours to finish

Same! I may also need a show where all sound effects/foley are purely Matt's voice acting.

i spit apon you

I dont think he did. But they provoked it with their blatant disrespect and miscalculation of danger and power levels for a stupid npc extraction:D

@@svenr.3803 Wow, really? I would never have guessed!?! I have never made a joke before.

The heaviest episodes always start with the hardest laughter.

See Sam anoucement in episode 26 of campaing 2

Honestly this very much reminds me of the Pusheen C2 episode

Underrated comment is underrated

bounce... there is an economy quip in there somewhere.

👏👏👏

3:14:48

Did it really? Shit, I didn't even notice. I was too preoccupied with how easily Matt asked Liam to describe Orym's last moments. It felt like a total 180 from the last time we had a PC death in this show.

anyone know where I could find the music for that scene?

I need one. Or two.

kind of wish this is what happened. the Trent fight in C2 wasn't rough enough for my liking 😅

@@raychances6251 yeah I was hoping it would have been harsher too and I'm sure if they didn't have that collar it definetly would have been

@@clintonbehrends4659 I mean at that point they had just fought an entire abomination of a city and the remnants of the most powerful wizards of the age of arcanum, a single Assembly mage is not going to be a bigger challenge than that, no matter how powerful he is. I'd argue it was good that this fight was easier because it was mostly about finishing Caleb's story after the final fight was already fought, and Trent almost TPK-ing the group would have undermined the epic real finale they already had.

@@lordhelmchen3154 I agree with you and I knew he wouldn't be too hard for the group but for the time he was able to fight he was doing really well with the invincibilty up made me curious what a long term fight would have played out.

A reminded me of how at the end of return of the King The hobbits fight saruman in the Shire after defeating the big bad kind of anticlimactic

Same! I laughed when that happened, in my own campaigns it is also doors and furniture that are the hardest foes.

Caught that as well. And stairs are my nemesis! Whenever the DM asks me to roll when I'm on or near stairs, it never ends well.

My campaign doesn't have a door or a chair. It has... A glass of water...

But that she says, "It's okay."

I really appreciated the honesty of that moment.

Only when there is no way out. Otherwise, he is Matt the Mercerful.

I was gonna say you haven't finished this episode yet, have you...

That a Phil defranco shirt right?

@@Tr3nchAn0n it is! what a fun reference to see here haha

I was wondering if someone was going to see the shirt and know it was Philip DeFranco lol

Oh my god I didnt even think of that 😭😭😭😭😭

@@fireflyinspiration639 And both times to send a message to one of Laura's characters

I mean this in a genuinely loving way: Oh SCREW you!! My HEART!

@@Wyrmshield Fuck.

@@Wyrmshield I mean yeah, technically, but the Briarwoods was to send a message to Percy, and the rest of Vox Machina. Not for Vex.

you for got the NO!s lots and LOTS of NO!s

*Mighty Nein spoiler ahead* Like in the episode when M9 fought the white dragon in the first half was fun and then the second half was stressful!

I felt this so much! The first half way so funny and kinda silly and then we come back from the break and it's just straight trauma. As a new Critter, I love/hate it so much. I hadn't experienced this kind of "oh...oh no....OH NO" pain to this extent while watching a CR show yet.

First half gave me some major "M9 steals a pirate ship by accident" vibes.

We went from Mission Impossible to Suicide Squad

It's times like this when we see why he's the leader. It showed in the C2 finale, too.

@@Drekromancer absolutely, he is a tactician and knows when it is necessary to confront the crap.

By far, he is my model player. Enthusiasm up to the gills and everything is something to be excitement over, success AND failure whilst also being grounded to make decisions when the chips are down. Stellar player.

@@harrycunliffe1914 agreed, just because you don’t succeed it doesn’t mean you failed. Iv seen a lot of good rolls that ended poorly (once rolled percent dice for a magic item, doubled my speed but for every turn not moving I took damage)

He's so good at keeping everyone's head in the game. He did the same with the final battle for M9

I'm broken. It was so impactful. That has "I broke the world for us", "you were not born with venom in your veins" levels of impact.

Definitely up there as one of the lines that will cause a critter pain, for me "I'm sorry Liam" always hits.

@@anicientbolt2813 oh man no that's the worst because it WASN'T in character, it WASN'T a line, it was just a pure moment of love and sadness between two REAL best friends.

All critters took psychic damage with at one.

@@anicientbolt2813 That is the heaviest

YES! OMG I was thinking that exact same thing! Oh, I hope some Critter fan artist recreates that scene with Fearne and Ashton in the roles of Rizzo and Gonzo.

The one that I came up with is Roger Rabbit only removing his hand from the handcuffs when it was funny. 😜😜💯💯✌✌

Good pull

ha ha ha. a muppets reference, i fekn love it. gonzo for the win!

@@brudnick39 oh yes... oh and btw your age is showing lol

That thought...just gives you the full body chills

😔

Dude...

Makes the old saying valid "that the truly good die early" hit hard since he was the only one well put together

Critical Role might as well be a soap opera. It's clear to me that the majority of people who watch the show would watch it even if Dungeons and Dragons wasn't involved

That was my plan, relax after a long day at work, glad nothing went wrong :)

I've heard nothing but good things about this episode so I'm hoping it'll be as epic as people said

I was snickering as I was reading the live chat on Twitch. Someone kept on whining that they weren't enjoying it at all.

@@Quotenwagnerianer They may not have been. Even I'm unsure how to feel about this episode overall.

Yup! Definitely don't have minor anxiety from managing to avoid all spoilers but still knowing something's going down!

Oh sweet summer child

Waah, waah...

Yeah, I think Matt took that personally.

*not dead but yeah I just passed that part maybe 10 minutes ago and I love it. He’s definitely a “go down with the ship” type

It only adds to the tragedy that Otohan is also responsible for Wills death and kills the other Crown Keeper in the party right after Orym

I didn't even think of it that way at first but that really heightens just how fucking brutal this was.

Honestly, that's a great way to describe it. I was having difficulty putting my finger on what exactly it was that destroyed me so much about this... event (yk, besides some of my favourite characters being dead or dying), and I think you hit the nail on the head. Yeah, Imogen has always given strong "main character" vibes, but she really wasn't, because the rest of the cast were all also main characters. Now she's been shoved into that position in the most brutal way possible. And all the others got somewhat unceremoniously demoted to side characters. I can't wait to see how/if they come back from this, and if they do, how they go back to their usual ensenble cast format.

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i think another part of why its so brutal is because whether its as a player or as a character, the villain doesnt care about surrender. What good is their surrender? Instead, the lives of the other characters became a burden as they attempt to survive and retreat, from a foe who has no intention of letting them leave, and is fully capable of cutting them all down once they get their mind into it.

What's updog?

Oof

@@askthepizzaguy the body count, dog

Gods, say it isn't so!! I was rooting for Orym!! 😭😭

Yoooo savage haha

O got up to this epsilon said nope and watch c2 and c1 now I'm back here with some catching up to do

it was torture

Only to later on be holding on to it for dear life with tears in her eyes

I wish she would start to actually ply dnd instead of backseat this like a child watching a movie.

You disturb me.

@@dirkboch128 🤨

@@dirkboch128just a friendly reminder that it's a lot easier for us to sit back and make comments like that than it is for players at the table. This episode was literal chaos, with a lot of players being featured, and the fact that she was completely invested speaks volumes about her.

reminds me of what happened on the episode where matt said "mother I bring news from the womb"

"It's bad we're running" (too bad the lady is quick AF...)

Travis out here casually saving Sam's life

timestamp?

@@jerkq 3:40 I don’t know how to do time stamps 🤷🏼‍♀️

@@EmilyTrytek hey you did it!

“Don’t ruin things because your a cat”-Laura Bailey……famous last words

That was literally pointed out by Erika, maybe that's the reason?