LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA Eps. 1-3 Easter Eggs & Hidden Details (Nerdist News w/ Dan Casey)

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Vox Machina is back! 5 years after their adventures on Critical Role came to an epic conclusion, the team of unlikely heroes and their cast of nerdy-ass voice actors are back in their first animated series. The Legend of Vox Machina is Prime Video’s latest venture into adult animation, and is filled to the brim with enough vomit, violence, and easter eggs to satisfy new and longtime fans alike. Dan cranks up some of Scanlan’s tunes as he dives into the show’s first 3 episodes to break down everything you might have missed on today’s episode of Nerdist News!
Watch more of Vox Machina’s adventures in Critical Role Campaign 1: bit.ly/3uj9M60
Legend of Vox Machina interview with Laura Bailey, Liam O’Brien, and Taliesin Jaffe: bit.ly/34axwP5
Legend of Vox Machina interview with Matthew Mercer, Ashley Johnson, and Marisha Ray: bit.ly/3s90WFn
Legend of Vox Machina interview with Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, and Brandon Auman: bit.ly/3sduylb

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@tauro3516 2 жыл бұрын

Episode 1 when Keyleth performs “Call Lightning” her hand motion is the same motion Marisha uses when she cast the spell on stream.

@pedropinheiro9196 2 жыл бұрын

Oh that's wonderful

@artcatdraws4203 2 жыл бұрын

Good catch

@Tummyachesurvior 2 жыл бұрын

The two kids were voiced by Liam’s daughter and Sam’s son, respectively. 🥰

@anniebell6846 2 жыл бұрын

Swquuuueer ok I’m not teary

@recaru0331 2 жыл бұрын

@@anniebell6846 oh admit it, we all are.

@gav7497 2 жыл бұрын

Aww how sweet. I hope nothing bad happens to their characters.

@verbfrombonsai8852 2 жыл бұрын

@@gav7497 I mean the party promised they would be safe right?

@watchingrob 2 жыл бұрын

That is so cute

@CDiercksen 2 жыл бұрын

A great catch on Silas not having a reflection in the pool! There's an even clearer example of this moments before, when the Briarwoods walk past a mirror as they travel down the hall to discover Vax in their room!

@fnafworld109 2 жыл бұрын

Which makes 0 sense. Old mirrors used to be made with silver, which is lethal to monsters in lore and wouldn't reflect a vampire but fountain water is just fountain water.

@BananaBLACK 2 жыл бұрын

@@fnafworld109 I have always perfered the lore that a vampire's true visage is reflected in a mirror. While the naked eye can be glamoured.

@fnafworld109 2 жыл бұрын

@Bronze Eagle Productions ...k

@Zacknafin 2 жыл бұрын

@@fnafworld109 Mofo was invited and thus the host house has give up all its power >:D

@EvilMedabotic 2 жыл бұрын

@@Zacknafin same goes when the De Rolos invited the Brairwoods into theyre home

@AndreyKrichevsky 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite detail is in episode 3, when the party are talking discreetly in front of the Briarwoods. Vex covers her mouth with a fan when she talks, because she can read lips thanks to the Observant feat, so unlike the others she's aware that other people might be trying to read her lips too.

@PumpkinKing1312 2 жыл бұрын

laura was pretty good at pointing it out during the campaign as well!

@3m3a3x3 2 жыл бұрын

You can also see a big Flask with a sign or frame on it in the background of Gilmore's counter. Similar to the infamous Flask Sam uses during the Campaign 2 run.

@jamesadams1698 2 жыл бұрын

In Gilmore's, there is a broomstick (Vex eventually gets a flying one). Copious mayonnaise on the sandwich. Metapigeon. Various foreshadowings of Chroma Conclave and Vecna. Silas's blood-drinking, shapeshifting sword.

@709mash 2 жыл бұрын

Just don't call that sword beacon

@Aerandir09 2 жыл бұрын

Just adding here since you already pointed out the broom. There is also a witches hat an homage to Sam's long joke.

@Lngbrdninjamasta 2 жыл бұрын

Sword's name was "Craven edge"

@cryofpaine 2 жыл бұрын

And Nott's flask on the shelf. You can see it when Pike is looking at Tusk Love, right above her head.

@nuru666 2 жыл бұрын

Where's the foreshadowing for Vecna? I spotted everything else :(

@jamesmatthewthomas2758 2 жыл бұрын

Episode 3, craven edge actually grows to it's full size after absorbing grog's blood three times, a game mechanic and reference to the swords power that will come into play during season two as grog struggles with the sword.

@isaac5625 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully also its voice personality and that faithful bathroom stoll conversation

@acapier 2 жыл бұрын

Great list! Here are a couple others off the top of my head: The party in the very first scene was modeled after The Fellowship from LotR, and their unceremonious exit is a sort of wink to tell the audience that this show is not that. Scanlan’s character intro song mentions the confused naming of Vax/Vex, which is a nod to Sam oftentimes mixing up their names. And a bit of trivia re Vex/Vax: they’re twins because Laura and Liam share a birthday irl, and they thought it’d be fun to incorporate that into their characters.

@whusmanameAtGeeMail 2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention (I didn't know this, and had to be told, 'cos I don't use closed captions at all) that even the closed captions mix Vex and Vax up sometimes.

@OneEyedJack01 2 жыл бұрын

I think it is stretching a bit to say the opening bar scene is a nod to LoTR. It seems to be more of a nod to the trope that many DnD campaigns start with the group meeting in a bar. C1E1 begins with Vox Machina arriving in Kraghammer and making their way to a tavern. C2E1 begins with the not yet Mighty Nein meeting in a tavern. C3E1 again finds the yet unnamed group joining in a battle outside a tavern.

@acapier 2 жыл бұрын

@@OneEyedJack01 ; I’m referring to the opening sequence that features a generic group that is strikingly similar to the members of The Fellowship of the Ring, who are then completely and hilariously obliterated.

@DougCoughler 2 жыл бұрын

Matt's character in the show, I believe, is the series' equivalent of the cabbage seller from "Avatar: The Last Airbender", which is done by the same studio, Titmouse. So really, it's a double Easter egg.

@matthewcawley1462 2 жыл бұрын

Bits of the ashari in general as well as Beauregard are also loosely based on Avatar so it goes a level deeper.

@AVspectre 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t realize it was the same studio - cool!

@levindeed 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't Titmouse only do the opening credits for TLA?

@DougCoughler 2 жыл бұрын

@@levindeed My mistake - they mentioned TLA when they announced Titmouse joining the project, and the animation style is so similar.

@BENI-ye4nx 2 жыл бұрын

Titmouse did Legend of Korra, not ATLA.

@robingirnt2596 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Here's some more potential ones we spotted: 1) Episode 1: Keyleth being the only one failing her save against the Dragon's Frightful Presence passive ability 2) Episode 1: the dragon fight being largely in Initiative/Round base & appropriate to their Lvl 5 characters (Vax throwing 3 daggers - 2 attacks with Atk Action & 1 as a bonus action; Percy shooting twice every time for 2 attacks with his attack action, etc) 3) Episode 2: Scanlan sliding on the gold pile potentially being a The Hobbit reference to scenes with Bilbo hiding from Smaug Fantastic show so far and love the level detail and fun they're having with it!

@canadiankazz 2 жыл бұрын

Also the "tower of DND dice" pattern on a tall door, hidden d20's EVERYWHERE (including a hidden critical role sign of a sword going through one on another door,) the snake also being a pun (a one-eyed trouser snake being slang for.... well, you can guess,) the battle music being a remix of the critical role theme, the five headed dragon rug foreshadowing the Chroma Conclave, the dragon eye we see also foreshadowing the Chroma Conclave (and Raishan, the Diseased Deceiver, in particular, who Keyleth will have personal grief with)... But yeah. good list.

@karllommerse1378 2 жыл бұрын

The Fived headed dragon is also Tiamat

@Reblwitoutacause 2 жыл бұрын

Matthew Mercer has voiced somewhere between 1400 & 1600 unique characters ( voices, personalities, jobs, you name it ) between the 3 campaigns which Critical Role have done

@Phrixscreoth 2 жыл бұрын

And according to Crit Role Stats, 619 for C1 alone! (at least, the streamed games)

@asimpletrashgoblin8109 2 жыл бұрын

Around the time you see Tusk Love in Gilmore's, you can also see 3 floating daggers. i believe its a reference to Vax's Dagger Dagger Dagger

@Caitydid561 2 жыл бұрын

Spoiler: There's an even more obvious reference to "dagger dagger dagger" in episode 4.

@zeeduardo9408 2 жыл бұрын

there's a Wyrmwood dice box in Brimscythe loot in episode two, around 15'50"! also, the weapon's check-clerk-Matt has a speech disorder, , which may reference Matt's own past (as revealed in his Behind the Sheets episode).

@erictighe1683 2 жыл бұрын

episode 1 - Scalan's song describing the characters, there is a red weasel "AKA sprinkle" on the log behind Keyleth to the left. Deep Cut (source: amazon watch party) episode 2 when in Krieg's basement the tapestry covering the portal is signed by "Jameson" this is the same artist that painted the epic painting of himself and Pike that Scanlan commissioned.

@benvoliothefirst 2 жыл бұрын

WELL SPOTTED GOOD SIR

@NerdySammie 2 жыл бұрын

The lanterns on either side of the doorway as Vax and Pike enter Gilmore's look strikingly similar to the lanterns used on the new set for campaign 3

@Caitydid561 2 жыл бұрын

That could just be because they're pretty typical tavern lanterns from just about any fantasy setting, though.

@piperbird7193 2 жыл бұрын

@@Caitydid561 Possibly, but Sam did mention in the video about the new set that there were easter eggs about the lanterns that we don't know about yet, so I assume this is what he meant. I had assumed it was possibly because there's (sort of) Vs and Ms in the patterns of the lanterns.

@TheKrstff 2 жыл бұрын

Are we just going to overlook how the battle music is a rendition of "Your Turn to Roll," campaign two's theme song?

@Caitydid561 2 жыл бұрын

So is the main theme. It shows up a lot. "Your Turn to Roll" is actually a rendition of the original theme song.

@mgormley7530 2 жыл бұрын

so many easter eggs! I think Liam mentioned on twitter during the watch-along that Gilmore's lance of dragonslaying could be called a Dragon Lance. I'm not sure if it was intentional on the part of the animators but I DO know at least some of the cast has read and enjoyed the dragonlance books

@BananaBLACK 2 жыл бұрын

During CR a lot of copyrighted material is used. The DND stuff had permissions. And, no one really cared the odd impovised brand name drop. But, now this is a multimillion dollar venture, they must take heed.

@renefisel7661 2 жыл бұрын

"The murder hobos" Is also the name of the adventuring party the top dog of titmouse plays DnD with

@sandirawrmore6776 2 жыл бұрын

The Tavern Keeper’s appearance and build, in the first episode, was created by votes cast by the fans of the show

@DutchBarracuda 2 жыл бұрын

Fraid you missed one of the other mercenary groups being called The Death Dealers, which is a reference to The Death Dealer painting by Frank Frazetta, one of the greatest fantasy artist to have graced the world.

@TheWereman84 2 жыл бұрын

There is also a dark fantasy book series called The Death Dealer as well. I was kinda personally hoping that the name was an obscure easter egg reference to that series.

@DutchBarracuda 2 жыл бұрын

With nerds like these, it could be both.

@TheWereman84 2 жыл бұрын

@@DutchBarracuda actually, I just went and looked up the series and realized Frank Frazetta is also the author of the book series xDDDD so honestly it could just be a reference to Frank Frazetta in general

@CatBATd4rklycu73 2 жыл бұрын

The red dragon tome Gilmore references with Vax and Pike is an homage to the Dragonology book we all coveted at Scholastic Book Fairs as children.

@Reblwitoutacause 2 жыл бұрын

I still own my copy!!! So cool!

@iwassayingboo-urns967 2 жыл бұрын

During the brimscythe fight when the d20 shaped rock is falling on Vax, the scene suddenly shifts into slow motion and there is a flash colour change to black and white (dunamancy) before Scanlan's hand smashes the rock. To me this represents Vax using the luck feat. Also the falling rocks during this fight might also be lair actions

@undeathghost5627 2 жыл бұрын

Good spot, though I'm inclined to believe the Vax moment might also be referencing that he is "fate-touched"

@bryncronin668 2 жыл бұрын

I believe in episode 4 or 5 they walk into another room to get the book away from [spoilers]. The table in the middle of the room is the same one they use on set today for campaign 3!

@Nikos_Blu 2 жыл бұрын

Extra little bit of trivia/easter egg, about the "I would like to RAGE!" moment. Before Travis and Laura started dating, Travis contacted her about getting a spot on Dragonball, where he could scream on full rage with all the transformations. While he didn't manage to get a part in there, we finally see a similar scene here, Grog screaming while his muscles buff up and the ground under his feet starts breaking, much like in EVERY DRAGONBALL TRANSFORMATION! Or at least the super-sayian ones :P

@maggiehill6266 2 жыл бұрын

the snake's name is simon, it was a magical item vax got and he named it after the first kid they saved pre-stream

@robbycarroll5608 2 жыл бұрын

The Dragon in episode 1 and episode 2 is a PATHFINDER Blue Dragon not a D&D Blue Dragon. Reflecting the fact that the Vox Machina campaign started out as a Pathfinder campaign and was later converted to D&D for the Critical Role stream. Matt Mercer even said as much at the beginning of the first episode of Critical Role.

@Scribeoflife 2 жыл бұрын

I did wonder that actually... Brimsythe didn't look like a blue dragon from the art I am familiar with and now I know why. 👍🏻👍🏻

@Gworgalad 2 жыл бұрын

7:02 When Scanlan searches the pile of gold it looks like a dice vault in the foreground with a row of green color dice.

@theFunkyThumb 2 жыл бұрын

Even if you're not a fan of CR, the fact that this show is done well, and is friendly for people who arent into dnd is something that cant be understated for the hobby

@docop8926 2 жыл бұрын

Don't you have to pay to watch it?

@theFunkyThumb 2 жыл бұрын

@@docop8926 if you werent a kickstarter backer youll need amazon prime

@BananaBLACK 2 жыл бұрын

@@docop8926 There are ways.

@docop8926 2 жыл бұрын

@@theFunkyThumb it's kind of messed up that they had everyone donate to them so they can make their show but then charge people to watch it

@theFunkyThumb 2 жыл бұрын

@@docop8926 thats not at all what happened, and im pretty sure i saw a comment you made earlier that was answered. They asked for help making a few episodes, something like 900k, and the community being what it is donated 11million. It wasnt until after that amazon offered to turn it into a full 23 episode season with a potential 2nd season. Backers got to see the first few episodes early, along with all the other cool stuff from backing. Fair deal i say, and now that amazon is supporting it we get even more of it to watch

@30092nana 2 жыл бұрын

Also the iconic line "My blade thirsts" is said that corresponds to the blade Sylus is currently using

@TotallyNotLoki 2 жыл бұрын

I think the serpent belt with the eyepatch was just meant to be a one eyed trouser snake.

@Reblwitoutacause 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. That fits their 12 year old humor pretty much

@Lngbrdninjamasta 2 жыл бұрын

It is also a throwback to pre stream when Vax gets the belt that turns I to a snake.

@sea_triscuit7980 2 жыл бұрын

Omg... I finally get it haha I was really curious about why the snake had an eye patch 🤣

@valsevenav 2 жыл бұрын

His name is Simon tyvm

@dracawyn 2 жыл бұрын

You learn the origin of where he got Simon (the belt snake) in Kith and Kin

@Jones1302 2 жыл бұрын

Love this show. Also, I didn't realise the belt turning into a snake was a riff of a character. I thought it was simply a one-eyed trouser snake (which made me giggle like a school kid) 😆

@jemmagreen5315 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't realise it was a character either. I just thought of how cute simon looked with an eyepatch

@MichaelChisholmChizzieRascal 2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't on the Twitch Q&A they said one of the artists suggested it because they thought it looked cool.

@jemmagreen5315 2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelChisholmChizzieRascal it was a great suggestion

@matthewcawley1462 2 жыл бұрын

Heheh, one eyed trouser snake

@loka7783 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: The belt snake was also part of the original events in the Critical Role game.

@trendane 2 жыл бұрын

OH! In the "Scanlan's HAAAAND!!" scene of episode 2, the boulder that the hand breaks through to catch Vax is a d20.

@Reblwitoutacause 2 жыл бұрын

icosahedron. Doesn’t quite roll off the tongue like “dodecahedron” does now, now does it?

@trendane 2 жыл бұрын

@@Reblwitoutacause Not a *human* tongue, no!

@BillH2949 2 жыл бұрын

7:57 a one-eyed trouser snake.

@mercraus 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely LOST IT at the Sprinkle burn. 🤣

@mrgrim7369 2 жыл бұрын

The dragon killing lance in Gilmore's shop is a reference to the DragonLance novel's which Liam has mentioned many times.

@babserella2778 2 жыл бұрын

Dunno about anyone else, but the scene with Vax and Sylas has been living rent-free in my head since Friday...

@markus242007 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing work Dan and company!!! Soooo many references in Gilmore's alone. One such reference, upon closer inspection, is that the book of dragon knowledge that Gilmore floats over to his hand looks like the Dragonology pop-up books. At the very least, its a close resemblance, and its awesome!

@williamkelly198 2 жыл бұрын

Bruh, Craven's Edge soaking up that blood was glorious.

@chipsalom 2 жыл бұрын

Man, its so great to be able to just straight up, objectively say they've all done a helluva job. And its almost SO full of Easter Eggs it gets to mind blowing level and you just give up, lol. As per usual DnD campaign I've played, too, the Critical Role "Bag of Holding" becomes a bag of hoarding, and my mind can't even keep up with how many things we're likely to see referenced from it. I love the silent, cruel way they pull off Silas and Delilah. They managed to capture the villainy of the way it felt watching the stream, and that is pretty damn awesome. Its both great to have the weekly trickle of episodes, and also maddening... but a smart business choice, I'd guess, lol. Especially after the drop of the second set of 3 episodes. Its almost a shame that future bingers won't get the anticipatory feel that you're left with after episode 6. :D

@ravenna6543 2 жыл бұрын

Percy's "Your soul is forfeit." Line slaps so hard in the Japanese dub. I'm sorry Tali but Shimizu Masanori smacked that line out of the park.

@isaac5625 2 жыл бұрын

Its amazing how these people were made by dubbing countless of Japanese animes and now they are the ones being dubbed in Japanese it has truly came full circle

@Malicious_Hero 2 жыл бұрын

That wasnt Beauregard. That was Boneregard.

@theFunkyThumb 2 жыл бұрын

You sir, can take my thumbs up

@robz5089 2 жыл бұрын

...ain't no slow regard!

@felrece 2 жыл бұрын

For the eye patch reference, it isn't anything regarding the campaign. One of the animators/designers simply added an eye patch and the cast was fine with it. They talked about it during the Watch Party they host after every batch of episodes air on Amazon.

@actuallyerik1623 2 жыл бұрын

My personal favorite is Keyleth using heat metal on the door, Marisha tried to make use of that spell for years without succeeding in anything

@Reblwitoutacause 2 жыл бұрын

Didn’t they use it in Whitestone to pry a fence open? Grog had advantage, even though the metal burned him while doing so, because it was heated. When they were breaking into a mansion, IIRC.

@Fairburne69 2 жыл бұрын

That spell is best used when someone is wearing metal or holding metal.

@KairiRatten 2 жыл бұрын

She used it in the very first arc in Kraghammer to loosen a metal beam above the MIndflayer base, so it broke when they dropped a Fomorian on it. it kinda helped :3

@ManlyTorchic 2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad to help with the Kickstarter. The series is great and going back to the first campaign is so nostalgic

@TheHorreK2 2 жыл бұрын

i just learned about the story of the sandal, its so wholesome i love it

@Ivanbolder 2 жыл бұрын

The snake had an eyepatch as a reference to who he got the belt from also wore and eye patch in Kith and Kin the Novel about the twins.

@lucemferre 2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a reference to Snake Plissken

@zwolf4118 2 жыл бұрын

Underneath the weasel and triceratops skull the wooden stick in the glass case is the flying broom

@angramainyu4599 2 жыл бұрын

I am praying for a Scanlan scene where he solos a house of enemies

@benvoliothefirst 2 жыл бұрын

YOUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED

@angramainyu4599 2 жыл бұрын

Hey first time for everything XD and it was really well done too

@Reblwitoutacause 2 жыл бұрын

The painting of the red female ( Ruby of The Sea reference maybe? ) has a painters signature in the bottom right corner. “Jameson” The same whom I believe painted a portrait of a certain bard gnome?

@Fairburne69 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if it may have been the ruby of the sea myself. face wasn't what I imagine but who knows?

@robz5089 2 жыл бұрын

I believe in the picture was a dragonborn lady, not a tiefling... but, who knows?

@a_troll_ 2 жыл бұрын

It's most likely a depiction of the avatar of Tiamat, the evil dragon goddess, since it's very dragonborn like and not a teifling.

@Reblwitoutacause 2 жыл бұрын

@@a_troll_ oooh good call. I figured if they have Tusk Love floating around, who knows? Tiamat sexytime pin-up art is waaaay funnier tho 😂

@gfraserewu 2 жыл бұрын

Well done, sir. Thank you. Can't wait for episode 4!

@taraboyle5189 2 жыл бұрын

Love Salty Pete telling us all this

@frankensteinlives 2 жыл бұрын

Great job not spoiling any of the episodes referenced!

@ghostpants7930 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't catch Sylas lack of a reflection in the water but I did catch the one in the mirror they pased tho that one wasn't too difficult.

@DanGoodspeed 2 жыл бұрын

What a great adventure thus far. Watching the next three now!

@TJsCraftShack 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved the show! It reminded me of D&D games we played.

@arcadedelprof 2 жыл бұрын

im wondering if the weapon gilmore showed them is an actual "dragon lance" from the homonimous setting of D&D

@markus242007 2 жыл бұрын

probably a homebrew, but then again, the dragon longsword in D&D 5e could be re-tooled to be a lance.

@majorzipf8947 2 жыл бұрын

That was defo a reference to dragon lance. The actual item is called a weapon of dragon slaying in the book. So this name change was likely a nod to the classic DND setting

@arcadedelprof 2 жыл бұрын

@@majorzipf8947 it rang a bell, been a loooong time since i read one of the books

@bernardvezina-gagnon24 2 жыл бұрын

can you do this for every episode please ! that was great

@rationalexplanation655 2 жыл бұрын

at 7:04 in this video you can spot a dice tray filled with gold coins, a set of D&D polyhedrons, and a giant sapphire d20, bearing a stylized version of the Wyrmwood Gaming Company logo as Scanlan digs through Brimscythe's hoard. Wyrmwood was a longtime promotional partner of the show, with dice trays being given away usually at the halfway point of their live shows.

@savdes14 2 жыл бұрын

Missed Nott/ Sam's flask at Gilmore's. Also think Paté de Rolo is in Kreig's home. Pretty sure there were other easter eggs in his hidden rooms too.

@sfcSpidey 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t know much about dnd but really enjoyed the show

@wymans668 2 жыл бұрын

Vax's snake was neither of your explanations. It refers to Vax's belt "Simon" which when thrown on the ground turns into a snake and is great for distractions. Also Vax treats Simon as a pet.

@echoc7213 2 жыл бұрын

I think he was more referencing the addition of Simon's eyepatch, which wasn't in the stream but is a pretty awesome little visual addition.

@ShirtlessDan 2 жыл бұрын

At a cursory glance, I don't think anyone in the comments pointed out Vax's belt is named Simon, a Serpent Belt that he had acquired pre-Campaign One when the group was using Pathfinder rules. Fantastic list, and happy to see several easter eggs that I easily glossed over as generic items.

@RedhawkFG 2 жыл бұрын

The belt is also a one-eyed trouser snake, so there's that as well. Multi-layered joke there.

@Phi1618033 2 жыл бұрын

Is Chris Hardwick still sore about Laura Bailey stealing his flying broomstick?

@stwjester 2 жыл бұрын

Also the "Murder Hobos" are the creator of Titmouse's DnD Troupe.

@HeyThisIsBrian 2 жыл бұрын

There's another part earlier in the episode where Silas is walking past a mirror with Delilah and he doesn't have a reflection.

@johnkovacs9722 2 жыл бұрын

When the party is in Krieg's house looking for him Keyleth mentions "this guy is really into dragons" and looks at the carpet on the floor of the the Chroma Conclave :)

@nicholasp6455 2 жыл бұрын

Vax's snake-belt could also be a reference to his One-Eyed Trouser Snake

@aliasfan3124 2 жыл бұрын

The same thing happens when Sylas and Deliliah are walking down the hallway in the castle and walk in front of a mirror. You see Deliliah's reflection but don't see Sylas in the mirror. I thought that was a awesome eye for detail done by the animation team

@mrosef007 2 жыл бұрын

Damn i thought I couldn't be spoiled here, but welp you did it, well done^^. I didn't realise that Deliliah wasn't a vampire, I'm havn't reach that far on the campaign!

@KairiRatten 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrosef007 you were warned of spoilers in the video, dude, how could you think it's not gonna happen XD

@mrosef007 2 жыл бұрын

@@KairiRatten yea but no but yea you're right. But idk, challenge maybe ^^.

@Mediados 2 жыл бұрын

Matt Mercer: Being listed as "additional voices" Also Matt Mercer: "Dips on the main antagonist!"

@EchoesOfPastTimes 2 жыл бұрын

8:00 I mean, that's a cute explanation, and maybe the eye-patch was a reference to one of those characters. But it also means that this snake has only one eye... I think the dumb joke came first, any other references is either coincidental or a second thought. I loved that joke btw, I don't remember if it was in C1, but I only noticed it on my second viewing and it made me laugh way too much for what it is.

@benvoliothefirst 2 жыл бұрын

What's really gonna melt your mind... what if they were ALL dick references?!

@bronwynwilson3024 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention the hidden d20 rock in the dragon cage.

@charlesmidair 2 жыл бұрын

The party that gets wiped out in the very first scene reminded me strongly of the characters from the 1983 "Dungeons & Dragons" cartoon. Most of the iconic items where there (except pulling something out of a wizard hat), and they swapped who held the items (by gender, for example), but I'm pretty sure this was an easter egg.

@flamekatico 2 жыл бұрын

I think those might actually be LoTR rip-offs, but I also thought something similar.

@localbird 2 жыл бұрын

The rug in Brimscythe's portal room is a symbol of the chroma conclave

@robz5089 2 жыл бұрын

The Table Souvereign Uriel plans his campaign against the beast on most likely is a reference to "A Song of Ice and Fire"'s Aegon the Conqueror.

@kevinphiggins 2 жыл бұрын

The snake from Vax’s belt (who is named Simon) having an eyepatch also makes him a one-eyed trouser snake, which is fun

@polkadotalien1 2 жыл бұрын

The Lance was a reference to dragonlance by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. In the hoard there's also a set of dice In a wooden tray.

@Travlr013 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't see it listed, but another easter egg to be found in Ep.3 can be seen during the fight between Sylas and Grog in the fountain pool. Near the end of the fight, Sylas charges Grog with his sword, Craven Edge, in a low guard, its tip slashing through the water before the strike. The angle of the "camera" makes the whole thing very reminiscent of the "wave-slicing stroke" from Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's "Lone Wolf & Cub". The panels in the manga showing the move is VERY close to what we saw here. And I'm pretty sure they showed a similar PoV shot in the live-action films starring Tomisaburo Wakayama as Ogami Itto. To me, it was an obvious homage to what is arguably the finest manga of all time (and possibly the most famous).

@SageSchispell 2 жыл бұрын

Silas actually showed no reflection in an earlier scene walking to his chambers. A solid hint before the whole neck bite

@Elanchana 2 жыл бұрын

Chroma Conclave floor motif in episode 2!!! I freaked out when I saw that.

@adamdecker5483 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure if it’s a reference/Easter egg but when the gang deposit their weapons at the banquet it reminds me of a similar seen in the movie Sinbad, a not so popular Dreamworks movie from the early 2000’s. I loved it as a kid though so it stuck out to me

@OnyxIdol 2 жыл бұрын

Lord Briarwood says "my blade thirsts" when he draws his blade, which could be a reference to Warcraft. I think the demon hunter says it.

@mmmmike0 2 жыл бұрын

When they break into Kreig's hidden stash room, there's a sigil of Tiamat on the rug.

@Ozblock1 2 жыл бұрын

Someone has probably mentioned this but the snake belt is obtained in the recently released novel Kith and Kin. He gets it from Thorn.

@afp75 2 жыл бұрын

so the lance of dragon slaying in Gilmore store doesn't sound familiar like a dragon lance.....

@DrCrypt13 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that they had a dragon lance, noone else got that?

@roboticd 2 жыл бұрын

How about the 2 kids being voiced by Liam's daughter and Sam's son?

@artcatdraws4203 2 жыл бұрын

The lance of dragon slaying in Gilmores shop was a reference to the dragon lance series a dnd novel

@DigitalOzymandias 2 жыл бұрын

The snake belt is straight from the campaign. It os a magic item that he had from pretty much the beginning. It even has a name, Simon.

@DigitalOzymandias 2 жыл бұрын

Also the joke is that it is a "one-eyed trouser snake."

@kylefresh101 2 жыл бұрын

part two plz

@phantommordicai 2 жыл бұрын

I’m episode 2 among the gold piles is a set a wyrmwood dice a popular sponsor or critical role, you see a set of dice in a few shots inside the dice vaults which is one of there most popular products

@Featherbow 2 жыл бұрын

Nott's flask and Vex's witch hat and broom are also in Gilmore's. The lens flare in the opening of the first episode is a D20, there's a wyrmwood dice box set in the foreground of Scanlan finding the troll dick, Scanlan's hand punching through the boulder is also a D20. Sylas is missing his reflection in the mirror before they get to their room, and Simon having only one eye could also make him a one-eyed trouser snake :P

@Marvin282 2 жыл бұрын

The opening credits have a million references/ spoilers. To try and not ruin it for those who done know, crows and the strings of fate

@Beckenstein 2 жыл бұрын

There’s a large flask at Gilmore’s that matches the one that Sam drinks from in Campaign 2

@sirhobo5987 2 жыл бұрын

Simon has the eyepatch because he is a One Eyed Trouser Snake

@chriskaschafsky5846 2 жыл бұрын

You caught most things. The only thing that you missed is the dragon Lance. This is a reference to the books that later became a campaign setting called Dragonlance by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman Great video