Matt: "You take 18 points of damage." Liam: "Seems fake."

Laura: "I'm just the biggest fan of Jaina Proudmoore." Travis: "I wanna die."

That beginning fucking killed me. ''...and while they're away,things are little slow for you guys..''

"What would a bush want with candles?" Thank you Taliesin

Laura playing a Gnome Mage thats also a huge fan of Jaina is such a hilariously fun treat in addition to Jennifer Hale being all-around incredible

>Taliesin rolled high for literally years >gave Matt the Golden Snitch. Now is the winter of his discontent

"37 hit points. We're all a little squishy." A month later, Caleb has like 8.

Jennifer Hale is a voice acting God... Bastila in KotOR, Commander Shepard in Mass Effect, Blackwidow in the 90's Spiderman... A true legend

I love how committed Liam is to his accent throughout this whole episode. Even when helping Jennifer or asking the DM a question.

Liam is channeling his inner Obby the Rat. Sam certainly must have made an impression

There is not enough love for Laura’s _amazing_ gnome in this episode.

When Matt made that Kobold say "Oh No" from seeing all his friends dead it absolutely broke my heart.

"Don't you hate it when people steal things from simple, honest candlemakers? I know I do."- Gern Blandston (stares hard at Laura Bailey) "Still haven't found my broom yet, you know? Strangest thing...."

"What I like about your hands is that they are small." *snap* Favorite part and Liam did it so well.

Is no one going to point out how Matt put in the work to make classic WoW spells into DnD spells? Power Word Shield, Hammer of Justice, Light of the Naaru, Frost Nova! Awesome job haha, so much flavour.

I die laughing every time Matt says something and they repeat word for word in character

Timestamps 10:00 Game starts 13:20 Character introduction 23:22 Door 24:34 Chin tentacles 28:20 Candlemaker interrogation 30:20 Bush 34:00 Light 37:26 Stealth 1:01:40 Matt has the golden snitch now 1:03:00 You were prepared 1:04:30 Don't f me Colville 1:12:00 Explosion ! 1:14:00 Taliesin is cursed now 1:27:40 They don't curse in mage school 1:34:01 Echoes of another life 1:35:25 Taliesin is not cursed after all 1:39:00 Pep talk 1:42:00 Talking staff 1:51:58 Break ends 1:57:10 Pointing the direction to the king 2:09:50 Boulder parchment shears 2:23:22 Rogue advice 2:33:40 Ooops 2:35:20 LR Jeekins 2:36:00 Hi Vax 2:40:40 Problem with the healers 3:17:45 Divine mousetrap 3:47:50 Can I have my die back ? 3:48:40 Dosvedanya

“Is there room for our World of Warcraft pauldrons?” Had me dying

"I was asking the DM." I love this oneshot

'hes more of a companion' Scanlan, in the distance: "Leave the kobold."

The king has returned to his throne and all is right in the world

Watching this thinking: Matt's Aluneth voice is amazing! I guess that makes sense seeing as he IS the voice of Aluneth...

Matt to Liam: "14? you were prepared!" Me: Illidan is always prepared

I love how Liam's Russian Dranai randomly becomes Polish Tommy Wisau every once in a while. :D *Rolls 1* "I did naht hit...I diid NAAHHT"

The game starts at 9:58 , the break was at 1:44:33 , it lasted 7 minutes, part 2 started at 1:52:00

Love it when Travis is playing smarter characters. So much fun seeing him be tactics guy.

"AND YOU. NO. TAKE. CANDLEEEEEEE!!!!" Holy sh*t it was so menacing...

Everyone was amazing (as always), but I just love Taliesin's quiet role playing style. Never hogs the spotlight, barely ever gets it really, yet makes his character super real so naturally.

"I'm the biggest fan of Jaina Proudmore"... I lost it there. :)

I love that Taelsin 'lit up' the rock by shaking it like a glow stick

i love how iterally everyone is in love with laura's character

Coming upon this 5 years later, such a fun one shot! Loved all the characters and Jennifer did a great job with her first time!

Laura's character: I'm a BIG fan of Jaina! Liam jumps over the chasm "You were prepared" says Matt. Warcraft with Warcraft VAs lol

So this one time when Illidan, Jaina, Turalyon, Darion Mograine and Elisande decided to play a game of DnD..... :)

"Good news my brothers... we come from both the future and the past." Bravo! :DD

Matt: "We get to have the fantastic Jennifer Hale join us." Jennifer: "I should go."

Matt totally went Gollum for the kobolds! I love it

i have killed thousands of kobolds and i have never felt bad.........and now mathew makes me regret everything that voice and acting is so fucking cute

Liam's accent is the best thing that has happened to me in a week

I'm a little ashamed to admit it took me a good 20-30 minutes or so to understand why Laura heaping praise on Jaina was funny. God damn it.

Matts Kobold voice sounds like a mix of Gollum and Donald Duck and I am here for it😂

Matt attempting to hold it together but sadly losing to Laura's gnome....OMG awesome.

As much as I love the CR intro, there was no other way I could start this episode than by playing the Kobolds & Catacombs trailer as a stand-in instead, with Matt's dulcet, bardic tones weaving the tale that would lead us into this amazing quest XD. I missed these guys so much!

Liam is pretty fly, for a Draenei

Liam's character in this is so great!

Aah, I love it when they have guests that never played before

So we have Illidan Stormrage ( liam ) , darion mograine ( talisan ) , jaina proudmore ( laura ), Reno jackson ( travis ) and Jennifer hale ( she’s probably voiced something in wow because come on, it’s Jennifer hale ) being dm’d by Aluneth ( matt ). Best oneshot ever! :D

Hearing Matt describe the WOW locations should be life goals for Blizzard, absolutely magical.

Voice actors. Playing D&D. In a Warcraft setting. To Skyrim music. Ok.

Jaina's Socerer's Apprentice got to play DnD. Some day I'll be just like you!

Did someone say [Adventurefury, Blessed Blade of the Thrillseeker]

Liam is comedy gold in this. Travis also encouraged his madness

LIAM! Thank you so much for bringing Illidan to life, he has been my favorite Warcraft character ever since I first encountered him. You did him justice!

I appreciate that Laura called Liam`s character Toes, the things that Vax lost, ...Vex and Vax are still being twins. Adorable!

1:44:35 Matt sings the Kobolds and Catacombs theme so beautifully! Somehow I managed to have missed this one-shot previously, but I am so glad I found it just to hear Matt's singing!

Laura you're a treasure, an adorable precious treasure. Thank you Matt and the gang, that was absolutely delightful.

It only toom an hour an 5 minutes but it happened... Leeroy Jenkins - Forever in our hearts

The "You were prepared." line from Matt to Liam doesn't get enough chuckles.

It's very strange to watch an ad sung by matthew mercer only to watch a game dmed by matthew mercer

between this and the taliesin one-shot where theyre all vampires, and considering the narrative of his own one-shots, liam is damn good at playing 'remorseless and a little insane'

To quote gern blanston "people candles"

It's obvious how much they all enjoy this game, but when travis gets that boyish grin/giggles when something cool is happening or when matt is RPing the kobolds, I can't help but grin right along with him.

I do believe Laura's Gnome is my favorite character in this one shot.

29:50 "We pay him in beer and women." *No, you're thinking of Grog.*

I think Quazi is officially my favorite Liam character. Also, love the play between Travis and Liam in this one-shot; makes me really hope Campaign 3 is an evil run.

29:22 Travis Supresses the Grog Raging inside him

Critical Role One-Shots are the gods gift to earth. And goddamn it is glorious.

Funny thing is Red Dragons in WoW are the complete opposite of Red Dragons in DnD. In WoW they're one of the friendliest dragon broods towards mortal races (since they're the brood designated to watch over the mortal races). If they'd have woken it and tried to talk to it, it may have actually offered to help them. Doesn't mean they won't lay the smack down when someone tries to steal from them though.

"Is there room for our World of Warcraft Pauldrons in here?" As a WoW player..that was a very real..very deep cut

1:44:36 Matt's amazing voice singing the Kobolds & Catacombs theme!

Laura in character is killing me. 😂

So they encounter one of the most rng-based bosses, Laura gets the most broken card in hearthstone, they find the modded version of Thunderfury, blessed blade of the windseeker, dance with a magma rager, and they go to fight a candle midget. God I love this DM.

Loved everyone's characters, but Liam's character had me CACKLING. Great one shot everyone!

All the voices Matt did for the Kobolds had me dying. Too funny. This was great!

Did someone say [Adventurefury, Blessed Blade of the Thrillseeker] ?

1:14:26 Matt's "I have the Golden Snitch now, fuckers!" face 😂😛

Hard-pressed to find a group of people that enjoy playing D&D together as much as Critical Role

1:27:51 Laura as Vex: *swears like a sailor. Laura here: "heck yeah!" I love how true to character she becomes

Wow. Liam breaking the 4th Wall? I have a feeling that Liam is playing a Deadpool-esque character, lol. PS: I seriously think that this is when Travis made Bertrand Bell, lol. Because he has that same pithy attitude.

Yes I miss the campaign. Are the one shots still entertaing? Hell yes.

Omg. Commander Shepherd on Critical Role 😂

Aw man that was such a fun one-shot. It felt like watching a cartoon with characters boldly making stupid decisions lol

fantastic effort! Also: having Matt back in the DM seat generates a huge amount of confidence.

Please, god please, let this be a glimpse of Liams character in the next campaign. It's the best.

From the future here. 👋 I loved watching Liam teach how to play the game to a new player

Matt is scary professional with his mad laughter one sec and straight face the next

i bloody love liam here, the high trogg part was GOLD

( 2:41:03 ) Jennifer: We still have to kill this beast! Cast: *laughs in Chroma Conclave trauma* I loved everything about this one-shot 🤣

I did not actually know that Matt sung the Hearthstone Trailed for the expansion... now it makes sense why I knew the voice! haha

1:09:32 Basically, this entire interaction is Aragorn telling Legolas about the Uruk-hai. "URUK-HAI. TAKE HIM DOWN, LEGOLAS." (Probably not the actual quote.)

I was expecting a Jaina mention from Laura, but that was fast XD

Liam as a D&D "Nico Bellic" was pure gold, and so damned funny (like when Travis plays Grog, or Sam plays Scanlan). Fingers crossed for Laura to play a "Jaina Proudmoore" badass sorcerer or wizard in the next campaign. Travis as a Paladin and Taliesin as a Life Cleric were very good fits.

Break ends 1:51:58 "U NO TAKE KANDEL!!!" 3:01:30 "U...NO...TAKE...KANDEL" 3:13:39

Jennifer Hale really does have such a nice voice. It’s so clear and perfect and has an ethereal quality.

Matt's kobold voice is amazing

WHY IS LAURA AS A GNOME SO PERFECT?!

Ok random question but are all the characters based on Hearthstone cards? Laura is clearly based on the Sorcerer's Apprentice card ("some day I'll be just like you!") and I swear Travis's character sounds a lot like one of the Argent tournament cards but hey that is probably just coincidence.

So awesome hearing Bastila/Satele Shan's voice in DnD. Finished this episode on January 29th 2022

Laura and Travis work so well together. Love those two.

I'm counting Greldamine as the canon Sorcerer's Apprentice now