Liam looked like a buffed Henry Crabgrass to me

Taliesin when talking of Matt saying "I've known that boy a long time" gives me great joy.

I would enjoy a CR show with [Class] Roundtables. Maybe 20-25 minute segments of everyone who has played [Class] discussing their experiences with it. Bring back relevant guests if they like. Have Matt comment.

Ashley sitting in her best morning talk show pose, dressed as a dalmation, and munching candy is a picture of class.

I feel like Sam is a little too hard on himself. He may not have healed as much as past clerics, but he's absorbed so much damage it's balances out. I personally like this preventative maneuver of absorbing half of someone else's damage, and it feels very on brand for FCG.

43:37 Essek and Percy working together would be terrifying. Keyleth’s job would be to make sure they don’t pull a Frankenstein

Shoutout to the subtitle crew who had to work with four people playing Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes while being asked character questions.

Here's the *actual* reason why Waluigi is named that: When they needed a second character for Mario Bros., they copied Marios sprite, changed the colors and named it 'Luigi', not just because it was another Italian name, but also because 'ruiji' means 'same/similar' in Japanese. When they created an evil counterpart to mario as a final boss for Super Mario Land 2, they named him 'Wario', not just because it's 'Mario' with the M turned upside down, but because 'warui' means 'evil'. When they needed a doubles partner for Wario in Mario Tennis, they created 'Waluigi', which is a portmanteau of 'warui' and 'ruiji'. So, not only is the name kind of clever, also Waluigi is a very tragic character because he is a reflection of a reflection, no matter how you look at it, and has truely no identity of his own. Also, Charles Martinet said that he voices Waluigi with an inherent sense of unfairness. The reason he cheats and fights dirty all the time is because he is convinced thats's what everybody else does and he's just evening the playing field.

Ashley slamming that button without gettng instructions because she got excited is the most Fearne thing she could have ever done and I am CACKLING.

1:08:50 This episode dropped some serious Sam Riegel lore. The rule of 37s honestly explains so much about Sam 😅

Cadeuces Clay giving FCG a Clerics in Combat tactical lesson is EVERYTHING.

taliesin with fake googly eyes might be the scariest thing ive ever seen

Liam talking in a New Jersey accent the whole episode is the definition of commitment

As a Brit I would love for Ashley to know that there are dozens of British accents and I'm sure she'll find one just right for her. The attempt she made at rp wasn't too bad.

Taliesin bringing back Cadeceus warmed my heart so much

Can we give a shout out to the member of the crew who timed Moppo’s movements to Taliesin’s words. The thought of someone wiggling a broom during that whole scene made me laugh quite a bit.

Timestamps 0:16 - Roll for Tavern Keep 0:37 - Tal is Tavern Keep 0:50 - Intro 2:00 - Moppo is in charge now 3:58 - Why Creepy Plastic Santa is in on it 5:38 - The most messed up thing I’ve ever seen 6:33 - Moppo Pictures 7:00 - Actual Start (What’s up with that) 7:11- Halloween Costumes 10:23 - The Shattered Teeth (Dolabos) 12:43 - Can’t see Ruidus (Dani explanation) 14:33 - Titan Blood (Titans felled in Calamity) 17:00 - Sam’s Wario Mustache 18:42 - Jirana’s Frog Hut 20:00 - Orym’s mom (Cherry Jones) 20:24 - Ghost Pirates 21:03 - Fearne and the Captain 22:29 - Gratz’char (Full stat block) 25:23 - Fearne gave up warmth for a boon 26:42 - Cyrillia’s spyglass (Orym stole it) 27:40 - Bells Hells Tattoo Locations 29:54 - Ashton’s Back Carving 30:30 - Cast Tattoos 30:57 - Ashley’s Tattoos 33:40 - FCG using the Staff 34:29 - The gross fight with the worm 34:47 - How do Clerics do it 37:00 - Monstah 39:40 - Adding dice 40:50 - To the Moon (Kimothee Chalamet) 44:08 - Tower of Inquiry 44:16 - Sam pulls a block 44:50 - Sam destroys the tower 45:08 - Sam doesn’t understand consequences 45:43 - Horror Sam 45:49 - Admiring the Set 46:27 - If you character was banished to a different universe, world setting genre other than high fantasy would your character prefer vs which one would they thrive in? 49:40 - Ashley pulls from the pile 49:53 - Cast discovers candy 50:17 - If your character had a heraldic crest or coat of arms, what would it consist of? 53:10 - The Deep Dive 54:10 - Liam, Orym was instrumental in saving Keyleth from the same toxin that killed Will and Derrig six years ago. How does he feel about that parallel? 56:06 - Sam, how did FCG feel about talking with Jirana about his own need for therapy and to let people help him, in order to help others? 58:26 - Liam’s side note 59:02 - Tal, Ashton hoped for mutiny. What were their plan or goals for the mutiny and are they happy with the ghost dance party? 1:02:43 - Matt romancing as NPCs 1:02:59 - Ashley, Fearne is the most optimistic about everyone surviving this adventure. Why does Fearne maintain this positive attutitude? How does she feel as a fey that is best friends with mortals? 1:04:53 - Sam learns Mario Lore 1:05:27 - Liam, what was it like for Orym to visit Zephrah and for you to finally meet the triplets and Orym’s mothers? (Dalen’s Closet Reference) 1:06:45 - Caduceus 1:08:10 - Sam, what is the deal with Marisha’s flat white coffee joke? 1:08:51 - The Backstory of the joke (the rule of 37’s) 1:10:37 - Tal, Ashton is a Titan of blood and has connections to the titans because of the Hishari. What do they think of this and how do they feel about the Hishari now? 1:14:11 - Ashley, tell us everything about Fearne’s flirtation with Tevan Klask, a Champion of Asmodeus 1:15:36 - Fearne & Genuine Relationships 1:16:44 - Tal pulls a block from the tower 1:17:23 - Have you ever gone home from a session thinking what do we do now? Do you talk to people between sessions to figure things out or wait until the next session? 1:18:39 - Sam never knows the plan 1:19:04 - “Do you have a plan?” 1:20:32 - Ashton’s Phases 1:21:40 - Sam pulls from the tower 1:21:58 - How do you choose an accent for a character? 1:26:55 - Moppo’s back 1:28:08 - BREAK STARTS 1:38:56 - BREAK ENDS 1:39:05 - Keep Talking and Nobody explodes 1:40:23 - Ashley Leads 1:41:23 - Sam’s Consequence 1:44:19 - Ashley gets too excited (Explodes) 1:44:46 - How is FCG? 1:45:07 - Ashley is a human 1:46:12 - Orym’s last name 1:46:22 - Orym’s Biological Father 1:46:58 - Tal’s turn 1:48:50 - How do Letters and Fearne feel about scrying? Do they enjoy being able to look in on people? Who would FCG scry on all the time? 1:50:09 - What does the title Savior Blade of the Tempest mean to Orym? 1:50:58 - Does Orym believe he’s going to return home? 1:52:00 - Bomb diffuse 1:52:24 - Does FCG believe the Changebringer is telling the truth? Does he mistrust her? 1:54:16 - Does Fearne hope to do more match making now that she’s proven she has a knack for it with Novos and Cyrillia? 1:54:44 - Laudna and Imogen have not told the group about their relationship. How does Fearne feel about that? 1:54:55 - Liam’s Bomb 1:57:04 - What did Fearne think whenever Grazt’char spoke to her through the sword? 1:57:28 - Bomb Explodes 1:58:02 - What was it like for you and Orym to visit Derrig and Will’s graves? 1:59:23 - What was it like for Ashton to confront Shady Sally? 1:59:32 - Sam’s bomb 2:02:28 - Blew up 2:03:34 - Moppo 2:03:49 - Top 10 Anime Betrayals 2:04:38 - Broomy’s back! 2:05:10 - Broomy is victorious 2:05:33 - End Music 2:06:32 - Moppo will be back Let me know if I missed any moments. In the future, Timestamps will likely be posted over the weekend as my schedule has gotten busier. Thanks for your patience.

"Class Talk - Cleric" was a great segment (completely sad Laura wasn't part of it). I hope Taliesin, Ashley, and Travis do a Barbarian segment. Questions on top of the game this vid was atrocious.

I like how Sam is playing Borat playing Waluigi

So........ does anyone realise how hard this was to explain to my daughter when she walk in on me watching this????? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

‘There will be hell toupee’ great one liner from Liam

Let me just talk about how good Sam is on this show. He is always upholding this clueless vibe like he doesnt know whats going on. But you can see how engaged he is especially on this show. Even when he's not hosting he always poses excellent talking points and directs the conversation in smart ways. He's made for this type of content.

I‘m so with Taliesin on background story. When my character doesn‘t know something, it‘s not part of my backstory. Many DMs actually really like that, because it allows them to come up with nice mysteries for the party! It‘s a lot of fun!

1:46:32 I identify so hard with Liam’s POV for Orym in regards to his biological father. I am an adoptee and my biological father lived in my local area my whole childhood until I moved at 19 years old. I was curious, for sure, but never made contact or really felt compelled to learn much about him. Now, my childhood wasn’t nearly as positive as Orym’s was, but I love that he doesn’t play into the troupe of “absent father daddy issues.”

Campaign 4: Everyone plays pirates in the Shattered Teeth.

22:23 Ashley "I coulda taken him" In a fight? Ashley: "..." You mean you could take them in a fight, right? Ashley: :)

The cleaning lore gets so intense on this show.

My favorite quote this episode: "That bass is going to drop on SOMEbody, and they're not getting back up!"

Boy. My ADD with them asking questions during the game hurt me. I fully went Travis "bunch of seals barking". HAHAHA

Taking shenanigan's and turning them into canon lore for the show. This is why your top shelf content.

Does Taliesin with the crazy googly eyes remind anyone else of Christopher Lloyd's Judge Doom in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" ?

Liam is Henry crabgrass' father, Mister Crabgrass.

Can I just say that hat is delightful on Dani Carr and she should make it or perhaps a less formal version of it part of her daily wear because it is perfection.

im so invested in fearne’s love life now i feel like there’s something fun there and my callowmoore heart is being delusional

ashley just opened a hellgate with the teach eachother how to kiss and tbh i am not complaining

If Sam really wants to be a unique cleric, he could change the names and flavours of the spells. I'm sure Matt would be more than happy to accommodate him.

I really hope this cleric talk is kind of like a small intervention for Sam. As much as I want to applaud the creativity and choices to play "off meta" with his spell choice, the choice has also severely hurt FCGs ability to contribute to Bell's Hells in a meaningful way. It is also getting a little tiring to hear Sam complain about how ineffective he is, but it is all due to his poor choices. I'm not saying he needs to play optimally, he just needs to make better choices.

Obsessed with Thirst Trap Waluigi I gotta be honest

I LOVE watching the cast answer questions and I LOVE watching them play games. Unfortunately, combining the two doesn't work. It just gives me a headache.

I just want to say bravo to Sam for the most authentic portrayal of an Italian man I’ve ever seen

Ruidus actually being a ship could lead into a C4 Sci-Fi story 😎

Ashley Johnson may be a "dalmation." But shes my GOAT ❤️

as a tattoo artist and a years long fan of cr, it would be a dream come true to tattoo these little imps. I adore them so much

Soooooo... I see the crew missed doing the plushie critters in Travis Willingham's Yeehaw Game Ranch.

Fun fact: Wario is a portmanteau of the Japanese word "waru" meaning "bad" and Mario's name, hence "Wario". They repeated this style of portmanteau for Waluigi, but the pun works better in Japanese, because they have a merged L/R sound (kinda sounds like a "d" sound further forward in the mouth) so Luigi is pronounced "ruiji" so his evil counterpart is "waruiji".

sam saying that he purposefully did not pick any spells that other clerics on the show have used before and then genuinely wondering why FCG is such a terrible cleric is absolute insanity

Y’all went all out decorating the set for Halloween!

Sam, you should use round 1 to set up buffs and defenses. You don't have to be a damage-dealer to be a "giving lover." Think about Bless, Bane, Spiritual Weapon, etc.

Ashley is such a delight

Sam making healer so hard for himself is honestly kind of on brand for him and impressive considering how far they seem to be in the campaign. I mean he managed absinthe and yogurt somehow so if anyone can pull off a healer without spells it's definitely Sam lol.

Nice to hear Robbie still doing their part in the CR universe as Creepy Plastic Santa!

I love chaos but I prefer questions not being asked during the game segments haha. It's just information overload and too many voices talking over each other :') maybe asking questions between games would be better? Love yall. Happy spooky season :))

I refuse to believe it was random chance that Sam of all poeple got Thirst Trap Waluigi, and Liam of all people got New Jersey Swampmonster

So happy we get more Dani in these episodes. Also, Liam's costume game is 100% on point. A+++

Bro, Waluriegel at 45:43 was legitimately frightening. To the crew: Thanks! I hate it.

It’s refreshing to see Sam being the one confused by a bit for once.

Sam hamstrings himself by avoiding the other cleric characters' "thing" is such a classic Sam move. Since he likes to heal, maybe Aid would be a good opener?

Sam's fake moustache over his normal facial hair is so funny to me for some reason

Fern got a STC. Sexually transmitted curse. 😂

When that half of the party said they were going to journey to Molaesmyr, I got so giddy with the prospect of running into Caduceus at some point. Cad is probably still my favorite character. 😌🍵 Really hope to see him again at some point. (Hopefully at the end of the month) 🙂

I recognize Talesin's 3D shades! They're included with The League of Extrordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier!

I would love a new section called "How Do You Want to Do This?" where the players review some of their thought processes when it comes to how they approach their classes. Some of my favorite types of discussions on shows like this are when Sam asks "How do I Cleric?" This is the stuff that shows like this is always about. I always feel like I've eaten well whenever Critical Role lets us in on their thoughts behind their classes and characters approaches. It's great and very applicable to all of us who play at home.

1:28:07 - That "Do we stop?" is so perfectly cut. 😆

Making Dany Carr their official Lore Master is the best choice they ever made

sam getting told to use bless is the best part of this video idc hat anybody else says. If he wants to be original to the other clerics instead of using your 3rd level spell slots on the amazing spell spirit guardians. Do beacon of hope it fits FCG it helps people make all healing better.

The opening segment was pure gold

The reason Fearne would be so comfortable in a Christopher Guest film is because she's literally channeling Catherine O'Hara

Sam really has to read more clerical spells, esp the Buff/Debuff options

I can see FCG in Star Wars, as a therapist for droids. Like a sitcom even. C-3PO would be his most frequent client, obviously. ;-) And if you think about it, FCG would fit very well in Army of Darkness. I mean, he's a cleric who'd have to fight the undead and he has a sawblade on his arm.

I love you, guys, just thank you for all this wonderful chaos. Ashley is gorgeous

This was so much fun! I love watching the cast being silly together like this ❤️

guiding bolt spiritual weapon and spirit guardians for combat. but mostly bless spam. bless is super powerful and works perfectly for fcg's helping character. command hold person and banishment are great control. but mostly you just stay out of the way and healing word people back up from zero.

I'm so happy they played Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, the added questions AND consequences made my brain scramble in the best way xD Let Chaos Reignnn

bro taliesin voice in the beginning of the episode gave me the chills , cant imagine how molly will sound in the series

Had to pause during, but i think it’d be a cool idea for Sam to multi class into bard to give him something to do round one. It’d be fitting for his personality and would fill the curve for this character arc of becoming a cult leader. 36:12

It took me a lot of time to realise that the name of the sword has the name of an absurdly powerful fiend attached to it oh boy

This is the best one yet. Thank you!

Love this show, wish it was every Tuesday

I really thought Liam was Old Gregg 🤣🤣

So they mentioned a space ship and if it exists in Exandria... there was a Spelljammer ship frozen in Gelidon, the Nightmare in Ivory's hoard in C2.

the vibes in these are so nice

A real spooky dive

Fearne asking what someone likes for fun is just so *suggestive!*

"While the crew is talking about baldur's gate 3" I am indeed in a crew who is talking about it all the time XD

Watching them play keep talking and nobody explodes was hilarious and I need to see them get super good at it and get in a flow!

I think Ashton being a Titan of Blood is foreshadowing, especially in this campaign, that he's going to be integral in preventing/stopping Predathos being unleashed. His link to the Titans might give him the power to help imprison Predathos again like he was so long ago; a mix of Divine and Elemental power.

I am never disappointed with this crew.

the opening scene just being moppo and creepy plastic santa is an amazing decision

The Halloween shows are so much fun.

Liam on fire with the one liners in this one lol

“It’s a space station?” Perfect, Taliesin.

Taliesin as Moppo gives me Bast'Alar vibes.

27:20 I heard that reference Taliesin. :) don't think it slipped by :D I love it.

Gotta say I am really enjoying the 4 sided dive lore.

S tier intro i love the halloween episodes

I freaking love this💕 You can see that the cast and crew are having fun and experimenting with different outlets. Its so freaking cute how excited they are about wearing dorky costumes and taking things in stride. I know this isnt everyone's cup of tea and that's fine ( there are some weeks better than others), but I love the general vibe of a recap show that is more relaxed. We get a lot of lore and a good track of where some of the players/ characters are at. They get a few games to sprinkle in so things arent stale and rigid to film. I think people forget that though they all love what they do, VO on some projects can be hours of repetitive dialogue/sounds that pending on the project are handled very rigidly because of budgets. 4SD feels like a lot of OG KZfaq/ Ebaums world type videos of friends hanging out to decompress/ discuss whats going on in their lives or in the world ( in this case the campaign) and just goof off. They get to kind of parody the rigid talk shows and press bits they do the rest of the time for CR and whatever else they are working on.

this put me in the spooky season feeling

Epidode 17 of the cast getting confused by the exclamation mark on the prompter for the tower of inquiry url, it's a classic at this point

How the choas can become even more chaotic than it already was blows my mind

1:55:18 As someone who genuinely, no joke, ships the tree witches together, this was all the fuel I needed to write even MORE fanfic about them. Thank you Ashley Johnson for setting my writing mind on fire.