Liam: I need a nat 20 Taliesin: You’ll get one Liam: I rolled a nat 20 Taliesin: ‘,:)

I love the look on Matt's face when something is supposed to be near impossible and a nat 20 happens. Like he gets excited for it too haha

Player: Natural 20 DM: so what’s that total? (The most terrifying phrase that can be uttered)

The 2 20s from Grog are making up for Fjords 3 1s.

Travis doesn't crit often, but when he does, it's damn epic

Grog’s two Nat 20s is arguably the greatest moment in VMs history. Grog, being such a dearly loved character...after making a poor decision as only he could (pulling that card from the DoMT)...having an entire episode dedicated to searching for him...getting the famous and satisfying HDYWTDT...and in front of a live audience. Incredible!

I hold that the double Nat 20 in The Search for Grog is far and away the greatest moment in CR History for me. It is the perfect storm: + 4(ish) hours of no Grog, so this is his first real moment in the One Shot + Two back-to-back Nat 20 Rolls + 152 damage in two hits (with the added bonus that Grog literally 86'ed the guy at the end) + following on from the previous, the HDYWTDT + Live crowd reactions Just... 😚👌 Perfect

The first two in this serve a valuable lesson: anytime you need to roll nothing under a natural 20, have marisha sitting beside you, bonus points if she sees/reacts to your natural 20 a half-second before you call it

Grog's 2nd nat20 at a live event was when D&D turned into pro wrestling for a few minutes.

These freak outs are the best part. My last campaign I had a player that kept detailed notes of each session, NPCs they talked/heard about, random lore, cool moments. Whenever someone rolled a nat 20 (even me as the DM) he wrote in big letters) if a fellow PC rolled one he'd hop around and get hyped. After we finished the campaign we sat back and went through his notes as a highlight of the many months of adventuring. also any time the players make the dm say "mother fker" you are heading into a good time.

0:45 Matt looks so smug thinking "He'd have to roll a nat 20 to get this, there's no way"

I know it wasn't hype in the moment, but Keyleth's nat 20 after touching the orb was very important

We need memorable nat 1's next!! This video is soooooo good!!

I don't know what it is a about Travis but every time he rolls 1's or 20's there's some cinematic shenanigans going down. Or at least some abrupt hilarity. It's like his superpower.

3:36 Look closely at Matt's face. That is the face of simultaneous Surprise, Defeat, and Pride. As a DM, whenever your players roll a Nat20 at a critical moment, you can't help but smile at your own ruin.

you could say they were *Critical Rolls*

The avantika journal nat 20 will always be my favorite,that was the only way of shutting her down

That 2nd nat 20 by Grog, and the audience reaction, is like the gamer equivalent of the world cup of D&D team winning the penultimate award.

I also like where beau is getting tapped in her training but just gets pissed and throws 2 blind haymakers getting natural 20s on both

"How do you wanna do this?" Has to be the best thing to hear in these moments

Wow, I just now realised that both battles where Grog went "Vox Machina, fuck shit up!" ended with him actually fucking shit up with a nat20 killing blow! When he really wants others to succeed is when he shines the most. His power truly comes from his friends

I kid you not, no mater how many times I watch it, I get chills when Grog goes "FOR STRONGJAW!!!"

While this one was a lot less hype since it wasn't a climactic story moment, Ashly Burch in C2 rolling on a stealth check with disadvantage and getting 2 nat 20s...that was pretty dope.

The best part about that last one where Grog get's the back-to-back 20's is...on the next special one-shot where they have to find Bob and escape, he rolls another Nat 20 on his first roll of the session...meaning Grog technically hit THREE 20's in a row.

Funfact: They fought the last creature on a tower, that if screamed into the winds around it every plane would here it. So in the last combat Grog literally declared to every plane in existence, that you infact DO NOT fuck with Vox Machina.

First one, Matt: "holy shit, you would have needed to roll a 20." (passes pre-written paper to Liam) Talk about prep... I love how Travis turned 2 nat 20's in a live show into a full-blown WWE match.

The first one cracks me up SO MUCH because Matt looks so damn smug when he says "Go ahead and make an intelligence check.", while also crossing his arms, so his reaction to the Nat 20 is even funnier. I love it.

The crowd cheering on Grog as Matt said “how do you wanna do this?” Absolutely amazing!!

Seriously, the kill shot in Kevdak was insane! That look on Matt's face at 6:55 is such pure glee. Those are the moments I love DM'ing for.

Tbh i love the twiggy moment but it makes me sad cuz canonically none of the characters saw it, and sure she got the dragon tooth, but still.

When grog killed Kevdak and Ashley said “fuck you” she sounded exactly like Ellie😂

8:19 when the rest of the party is worried about whether grog has enough hp to survive.... And he just waves them all off with his hands; as if saying "shhhhhh". Following it up with an "I don't care" because he is totally engrossed in this moment and u can see he has resigned himself to whatever fate has in store ........ I remember when I saw this the first time, Travis caused me to cease jumping up and down, and hold my breath for what was coming next! so much for compiling theit has caused me to relive so much of the joyI got from watching this show/game/family/movement/most epic thing 🙏

11:35 Ashley hugging Travis like he's a teddy bear will always be one of my favorite clips

I love that this video is full of so much greatness that Matt's physical acting of the dragon in his final moments is just glossed over. Like. The way his face changes at the moment of the disguise drop, the heavy chuckle, and then just *thunk*.

People are... touching? and... hugging?? each other. Was that ever a thing? I can't remember...

Honestly throughout critical role’s history the most hype I have ever been from a nat 20 will always be kevdak. Literally would have been the death of Grog if not for that hit being a nat 20. I remember running out of my room screaming into the living room of my very confused family, very very confused.

Grog VS Kevdak, absolutely chilling every time.

If I had a nickel for every time Grog entered a fight late and immediately killed the boss in his first turn using a Nat 20, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice, right?

The one from Exandria Unlimited Prime where Liam pretends to be Aimee’s 4 year old daughter Nancy, Aabrea makes her role for deception with disadvantage and then she gets 2 Nat 20s will not only forever be the most insane Nat 20 roll for me but also the funniest having Liam succeed in pretending to be her daughter.

For me, the most memorable will always be Vex's nat 20 confession. I cry every time.

What's funny is how Matt is so incredulous at Travis' second Nat 20 that he actually stands up to go check.

"Just give it a minute..." They had no idea what was coming 😆

You can just tell Mat gives up when he says “How do you want to do this?”

“How do you wanna do it?” The greatest statement in any RPG 😂

The Kevdak moment was so sweet, but let's not forget, if it wasn't for how well Taleisin did earlier, would've been a whole different situation

0:54 Matt’s face is the perfect combination of “FUCK yeah!” and “oh shit.”

amazing vid! i can't agree more that the nat20s for grog was the most cinematic bullshit i've ever seen done by this improv show. how poetic the dice can be to this day is so unbelievable lmao tbh

The violence in Ashley’s fuck you during the Kevdak fight is still one of my favorite things

Oh man Grogs double 20....There is nothing better.

One Natural 20 moment I love has been when Laura rolled it when all of Vox Machina were trying to revive Percy in Episode 69, after Vex makes her confession and tells Percy her heart is his, landing it on a persuasion roll, surprising everyone, as Travis gestures to Matt to come and see with Matt going "I trust you." while Laura is super psyched at getting her natural 20.

Liam: I am going to do this crazy deciphering with a nat 20 Matt: hands it to him on a paper, already prepared.

Sometimes we forget just how impactful Caleb's nat 20 was and how much it changed the game

You can see the life of matt leave his eyes everytime he hears "nat 20"

This video gets me so emotional!! Thank you for this!

That actually make me so happy when they jump up and cheer for each other.

That smile on Matt's face at 11:25 he knows what gonna happen next! That's right, everyone losing their minds!

I love that we live in a time where there's an audience for a d&d game and natural 20s are celebrated like touch downs.

I didn't have to even watch to know that two of these would have Grog in it.

"How do you want to do this" a man that has given up all hope

the look Matt gives when he say "Go ahead and make a Int Check"..... and the Look when the Nat 20 pops up xD

The damn live one. Two nat 20's in a row! God damn. If my players ever do that i'd leave.

I’ve likened these natural 20 moments to when your favourite sports team does something spectacular in the most clutch/last min moments. It’s an incredible feeling.

Travis is such a perfect hype man for his fellow players and he celebrates the best.

This was so much fun to watch, thank you for putting it together :).

Pokégrog will always be the most badass HDYWTDT to me.

The more I play D&D and watch Critical Role, the more I’ve come to realize that if you set a DC that requires a Natural 20 to succeed, the player is gonna succeed.

oh the memories! thank you for this video! i was smiling the whole time! i think i'm gonna rewatch campaign one again

The best of words you can ever hear from a DM after a really tense battle is "how do you want to do this"

the energy in the crowd during the search for grog, i can just feel through my computer monitor.

This seems a good place to brag about the amazing nat 20 I got in my last session. I had no targets on the first round of combat so I cast Pass Without Trace and used my bonus action to hide. +11 to stealth, +10 from the spell, and 20 on the dice for a total of 41 to hide....I did not get found.

2:33 look at Taliesin blessing the dice with his eldritch powers with a quick kiss.

Percy's maintaining hex after being fire bombed is probably my second favorite one from C1, pokeball Grog is easily my favorite simply from Matt's reaction alone. Haven't started C2 yet so I don't have a favorite yet.

Damn, I really need to finish campaign 1 so I can watch that one shot! I love how animated they get during live shows.

Thanks for the smiles! :)

im physically exhausted after getting so hype from this compilation.

Such a great video.

This video has my two favorite moments in CR history. Both of them are from Best Boy Grog. The best live moment and the most Hype moment has to be the double Nat 20s in the search for Grog. But even that awesomeness is topped by the final blow of the Kevdak fight. The Kevdak fight was like 5.5 hours long and it ended it the most poetic way I could possibly think of. It feels scripted but its not, the dice helped tell an amazing story that I will never forget. These moments will always help cement Grog as one of my favorite characters in CR history.

The utter pride in that last Nat 20

the kevdak fight is my favorite VM moment and i’m so happy we’re getting it this season

the visual image of grog, confused to hell and back, just swinging at the first thing he sees is just stupidly funny. its not at all what happened but its such a hilarious concept.

I remember I had simillar feeling dealing 139 damge to Strahd in one turn and killing him after looong campaign. Epic feeling :)

So many great and epics moments

I just love hearing Matt say: ...How do you wanna do this?

Grog has the best Natural 20 kills.

Look at matt in the last one when he's saying "How do you wanna do this ?" He leans back a bit, knowing it's gonna explose as he says that xD

Damn fine selection, I must say! I'd personally add Buddy's Nat20s from the Darrington Brigade one-shot, but these are goooood!

"Just give it a minute." Understatement of the century.

I mean, the title already says it but, I can't stop cheering along with them and grinning everytime they declare Natural 20.

That double nat twenty will always be a thing of legend.

I have never played DnD and I've never been more excited in my life to see these natural 20's

The last clip in particular brings me so much joy. I’ve done theater. There’s something about the rush of a hyped audience that just…electrifies you, gets all that adrenaline and endorphin pumping and gives you a rush you can’t possibly describe. It also speaks as to just how mesmerizing CR is - that at its heart, it’s just a group of people engaged in group oral storytelling, sometimes with little miniatures. And yet there’s a sold-out crowd of fans as crazed as those watching a rock concert or a sporting event. They can SEE and FEEL the story alongside the actors. They get just as swept up in it as if it were played out in full, with life size monsters and dungeons. What CR’s done is so “lightning in a bottle”. They’ve tapped into this niche that hadn’t really been explored in mass media before. And it’s made them superstars.

that "how do you want to do this" is honestly my favorite phrase.

VOX MACHINA SPOILERS 6:57 this moment is now immortalized in animated form… it was FUCKING GLORIOUS!!! It was EXACTLY as it was described, HOLY FUCK! Edit: almost exactly. The metal music was SO HYPE!

I think grog headbutting the giant into submission in early campaign one during the search in the underdark deserves atleast an honorable mention

His theme song needs to have a crowd chanting crowd during the musical score

Seeing this made the memorable 2 nat 20 by Lionel followed by 2 nat 1 by grog (ep 100). That was *chefs kiss* perfection. And also made me realized i miss grog and pike dynamic.

0:45 Notice how SMUG matt is upon telling him to make an intelligence check before getting destroyed 🤣

I love Matt's just "How do you wanna do this?"

First clip I had the exact same thing happen to me on my Tabaxi with my DM, it was my first ever fight in DnD (a test but it did start our campaign, we'd done the 'learn the basics' the week before so this was mt second time playing) and I rolled a nat 20 🤣 I just knew everything about our bad guy 😹 I don't think we were supposed to learn who it was yet and on our test run no less ☠️

The sheer happiness when they defeat a big monster and Matt says those magic words: "How do you wanna do this?"