What else is he going to be proud of? A wasted song on a shitty expansion of an even shittier game? There's a reason more than half of blizzard has left Activision+Blizz. Blizzard's dead. Sold their souls and the brains behind their studio have long since left(Even before the dumbass, 7 month old comment I'm responding to). HS/WoW are activision property now, which makes their worth less than shit.

@@JohnSmith-zf3yk weird reaction but ok. Glad you got that out of your system.

@@JohnSmith-zf3yk Sir, this is an Arbys

@@JohnSmith-zf3yk ummmh wtf?

@@JohnSmith-zf3yk I bet you look exactly as you sound :D

I’m actually crying it’s too pure!!

“Let me tell you the story of how Trinket planned a heist. A honey heist. Oh also a bear wearing a bowler hat is in it”

As a person who has watched the one shot for the wedding, little vesper would love that story

Josie D I have a feeling Vesper would try to invite these guys over for Trinket’s birthday.

Afterwards they're talking to each other about if it really happened and one of them spots Trinket sneaking past their door carrying a pot of honey and he winks at them. XD

Beautifully accurate lol. Matt's Trinket impressions are always adorable.

Sam and Liam immediately burst into smiles and had to hide them, everyone loves watching Matt get so quickly into character

@@Iamthecrazyone Is it an impression if he is Trinket?

@27:00 Brian is cast as baby driver 😱😍🤣👏👏

@@princessblazena such an underrated comment 😂

from 2020 here to say yup

Thanks for that piece of wisdom. I didn't know if I make a quarter-to-half a mil annually, I too can also start a business to profit off my hobby and live the high life.

Not only that she supplied them said ridiculous hats

i was sooooo glad that Tal got that role XD

Reminded me of a running joke in the hilarious short series Humans & Households from ZOE. In that series, fantasy characters in a D&D world meet for game night and play a RPG in which they are mundane characters in the real world (without knowing much about it). The rogue plays a hacker and has no idea what computers or electronics are, so he constantly tries using his "hacking" skill on things that definitely can't be hacked. The reoccuring catch-phrase "hacking doesn't work that way!" kept playing in my memory when watching Taliesins shenannigans.

Taliesin in every game: I'm gonna take this stupid ability and use it so well that the whole damn game hinges on its application

this part had me laughing way harder than it shouldve by the end😭😭😭

@@JubioHDX I think laughing hysterically IS the appropriate response 🤣

"It's very true... But I can hear you though. you should take a bath!"

@@JohnSmith-zf3yk oh ok, I get it. You're just looking for an argument. Good luck with that my dude. I look forward to seeing what comment you've replied to next!

@@mondelsson My dude, you need a girlfriend or a hobby or somethin'. I'm but a wee man on the internet. I haven't nearly scraped the surface of trolling enough to earn this level of dedication from an anonymous stalker. :P

@@JohnSmith-zf3yk weird flex but ok - why are you so angry? do you need a hug or something?

@@h0lly_blue Gonna give your offer a hard pass. Some little gun-shy douchebag deleted his comments that I responded to. Move along, you're only getting half the picture and I honestly can't even remember the details on why I bashed 'em so hard besides that they earned it. :P

Yeah, that was great. And also factually true. Bears can get away with poking a hornet's nest, but not this (or any) level 20 war cleric, even if she's without her armor and weapons. OTOH, Pike probably loves animals like most of Ashley's characters do. If a bear tried to eat her, she'd probably have fun wrestling it into submission. If she had her gauntlets of ogre power on, her Str score (19) matches a bear's, and she's proficient in Athletics for a +10. Or +7 without her gauntlets which is still plenty. But if a bear tried to steal from her, then mama Pike would have to teach a lesson. Which might start with Guiding Bolt up da butt, Spiritual Weapon, or Flame strike. Or Hold Monster if they're lucky. Even without spells, she can grab a stick or any improvised weapon and make 2 attacks per round (with action + bonus because war cleric) for 2 chances to hit bear AC11 and do 2d8 extra weapon damage (divine strike). Actually that works with unarmed strikes, too, so she can literally punch bears into submission with the divine power of her bare fists. For defense, she's resistant to bludgeon/piercing/slashing from non-magical attacks (level 17 war cleric: Avatar of Battle) and has 172 HP, so even in street clothes she would have no problem surviving several rounds of 4 bears attacking her even without casting Heal. And Trinket's seen how she typically deals with enemies (who usually weren't furry animals.) In terms of how this translates to Honey Heist mechanics, falling off a cliff might not kill bears, but sufficiently angering Pike might! Or at least put you into full bear after a round or two.

Azlo The Great Mostly because the source of his power is covered.

The DM screen was the only thing keeping Taliesin from sapping Matt's power

He's channeling his inner Joe Pesci

It's cause he is

I mean the way he says "of course I am" when designated The Brains...

He's the embodiment of every 1960's Irish henchman who's in way over his head.

Yes, so much

YES! Where's a petition to get that made as an extra along with Grogs one shot and the Perc'ahalia wedding? Heck if theres a kickstarter for it I would pay for that since I missed the kickstarter for the series.

Along with Search for Grog/Bob one shot.

@@kendrickwhite7104 YES!

@@kendrickwhite7104 and the Darrington's Brigade

@@athenearosa I imagine if they tried to crowd source any sort of animated project it would be overwhelming again. You would def be in good company.

TommyHellsing I WANT THIS ANIMATED

@@Darthmechas ditto! 😙💓

YES

Alternatively Auntie Keyleth is baby sitting, and the kids won't sleep unless there's a story

@@alexandercross9081 Vesper's gonna be a druid/rogue.

Milk heist?

I feel Liam should be frumpkin

Ha! I feel like that would have me laughing in tears!

Great idea! Cat Heist would be awesome :D

Kitty caper

Matt just nodding in agreement. Lol

Yes. Cadence and everything is on point.

Scarily good xD #RespectTheCraft

right?!

When does she do it?

+Owen, 17:47 ish

Because Matt Mercer was on the fucking dice and he's amazing XD

Which would you say you like better, Grog as Trinket or Matt as Trinket?

The hat made it so much better

Coming from Jersey I wouldn't be surprised if it was based on someone he knew

Nope nope, I take it back, favorite moment is 3:05:27 and everything that follows.

she went easy on him

Commenting to boost because this is such a golden moment lol

FoolishAnonymous When was that?

Whilst reading out the lock code.

FoolishAnonymous time stamp?

Mike Forgie The lock code starts at 3:06:25 ish.

Robert Hora

1:02:53 for your reference

It’s amazing how much Waffle IS Caduceus

"There's nothing wrong with being vegan, I can get just as much protein from bamboo and I don't have to kill an innocent ani-" "You killed a cow back there!"

"Speaking from experience "

timestamp because it's genius 21:30

Rachel Porter-Chastain oh no I started wheezing coz of that lol

That reminds me of our home game. Our thing is that we HATE WELLS. We went to the store (later dubbed “the boom boom shop”) and met one of our favorite npcs named Boom Boom man. He’s a pimply teen that has the classic “I dropped my retainer in the fryalator” voice, and sold our gnome (who I believe he thought was a child???) boxes and boxes of explosives.

Boom Tube, I know Taliesin is immortal but I didn’t know he was a New God

Probably because it can refer to a couple of things with Percy

All i can think of is Matt saying "Phrasing!"

When he said "I learned a few things from the two that raised me" my heart grew three sizes

Addie Reese I was thinking the same thing! Get you a guy that looks at you like Matt looks are Marisha

@@yoimedytorres5945 Or as Laura looks at Travis, she was doing the same for Grog's one shot. I think the Willinghams were cuter only because Laura isnt a professional DM so she interacted with Travis more rather than treating him as just the BM.

Now we just need an Ashley DM'ed one shot with Brian as a PC.

@@davidparkes7741 Ashley is doing a oneshot, let's hope!

The Nord VPN ads are at a whole 'nother level

@@BRHency I was just about to say this. To the 1 year old post. lolol

It's gotten crazy lol

I second this after 2 more years. Riegel digivolved into something we were not prepared for

He had an ad last for months, he's grown stronger since this

I know right

I mean. They *are* voice actors.

@@hammeroftyr no way, impossible

It just sounds like generic female British to me...

@@CaptPhiI Which to be fair was Vex from Laura so yeah

Same here 😂

Same here

Hame sere

And how about a 3-shot?

Kinda sneaks up on ya, doesn't it?

The way Trinket just goes, “She will DESTROY you.”

erbgorre and amazingly fun!!!!

I thought it would be and the first time I DM'd I was pretty nervous but as soon as I started my first time I was suprised by how comfortable I was at it. I do it all the time now and have a blast. I may just be a natural at it because everyone besides my regular DM who has tried it would agree with you that it is terrifying.

erbgorre I understood that reference

The Kaz Realm it was a beautiful one

@ HartSickle I think it's more a matter of mind set, a lot of people get wrapped up in their heads but it's essentially just telling a story with your friends and anyone can tell a story.

QHAHAHAHAHAH THE WAY HIS EYES SPEED UP

And then his facial explosion after Sam's first "Marvel Puzzle Quest."

Legitimately this is one of the funniest parts of this episode

It's probably the best other party member impersonation that has been done on Critical Role, the next was the scarily good Travis doing Grog doing Pike in his one shot.

@@Wookie_oo7 Matt's fjord is so good it's terrifying

@@tobythetuna7482 just don't mention his jester..... XD

The best thing about it is she apparently improv'd it on the spot, since as she said, she spent over 500 hours playing with Laura at this point, so she knows Vex's mannerisms backwards and forwards.

@@tobythetuna7482 you mean he is good at imitating someone talking like a cowboy? I wonder where he picked that up from?

Whaaaaat, everyone knows the High Bear Nation! Have you been living in a cave?

*rim shot*

Boo.

Goddamnit. It took me 3 times hearing "High Bear Nation" to get the joke. This one shot is too good. Too good i say.

You haven't? They are led by High Bear Vord

Tal has worn every kind of hat possible over the last few millennia, that's why he's so excited to wear 2 at a time, that's new for him, and we all know ancient beings love anything new 😌😊😘🤣👏👏

You know Matt and Taliesin met doing cosplay stuff iirc in Matt's between the sheets he said about him cosplaying sephiroth and Tal cosplaying the riddler

Honestly of the hat choices, I dare say the fez on Sam works the best of them all.

Check out Batgirl: Spoiled he plays the Riddler

Liam had backstory with Laura in campaign 1, and Sam in campaign 2, so there's a chance he will have backstory with Tal for campaign 3😁😎😊

​@@princessblazena Weirdly, his backstory is with Marisha, while also not being with Marisha

Garret Maroncelli There's a reason for that you know.

The joke is that he's USING the mccree voice, not that people don't realise mercer's currently highest profile role.

@@Eunostos I unno about that, there's a good argument that Leon might be a bit more of a cash-pull in, what with him being a gaming icon at this point.

I also got some serious There Will Be Brawl Ganondorf vibes at times. Mob boss bear, y'know.

Little known fact - Mercer was originally cast to play Zarya's bear, back when she was supposed to ride a bear and wield AK-47s, and pull out AK-47s as her ultimate.

Trinket is a Ranger's Pet, those have a permanent boost to Intelligence stat - and he's 2 points INT better than regular bear.

@@psychodrummer1567 So Trinket is literally smarter than the average bear??

@@porowag6613 Yes, because *every* Ranger Companion gets a boost to the stats.

​@@psychodrummer1567 - What edition of D&D gives an INT boost to ranger companions? It's not part of 5e beastmaster ranger. Narratively sure, of course Trinket is smarter, and better at language in order to understand Vex. (Plus I'm sure it helps to have communicated with people via Speak with Animals, as a way to confirm understanding of their speech in Common.) But mechanically Vex started in 4e then Pathfinder, but the Vex + Trinket we know use the vanilla PHB ranger class, which gives Trinket a boost to his max HP (setting it to 13x 4 = 52 since Vex is a 13th level ranger; That's not a bonus it's an alternate total, whichever is higher.) And a bonus to any skills and saves Trinket was already proficient in (adding Vex's proficiency bonus, +6). Also Vex's +6 proficiency to Trinket's AC, attack rolls, and damage rolls. Mechanically, 5e ranger companions are supposed to be CR1/4 at most, and Medium or smaller. So Trinket's already outside those limits if they're using Black Bear (CR1/2) or Brown Bear (CR1) stats from the monster manual. Those are both proficient in Perception but no other skills. So Trinket has +9 perception (like a mid-level Caduceus), vs. a normal bear having +3. (The base HP of those bears are 19 and 34, so the HP boost is not that huge.) The Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn book has a statblock for Trinket, though: He has an INT score of 5, vs. 2 for standard bears. His "race" is Brown Bear. I think his intelligence comes from his upbringing, being raised by Vex since he was a cub. Languages: understands Common but can't speak it According to that statblock, the benefit he gets from being Vex's ranger companion is: > Chosen Companion. Trinket has an additional 10 hit points, and has a +6 bonus to attack and damage rolls and to Wisdom (Perception) checks. So that's odd, his stats don't quite match the standard 5e calculation even apart from the Int score. Trinket has 61 HP (6d10 + 18 + 10) rather than a brown bear's (4d10 + 12). Maybe Matt homebrewed some stuff because Ranger companions scale poorly, especially when you multi-class. (The +18 vs. +12 is the +3 Con mod times the number of hit dice: trinket is "higher level" (more HD) than a standard brown bear.) Ah I see the impact on some other stuff now; Trinket's own proficiency bonus is +3 instead of +2, from being 6th "level" (6 HD) instead of 4, so his Perception and hit bonuses are higher by 1 more than you'd get from adding Vex's +6 to a standard bear. Trinket's Perception is +10, for a passive of 20. Or 25 on smell since bears have advantage on smell perception. Other than INT, Trinket's ability scores are the same as a standard Brown Bear. (Trinket has 19 / 10 / 16 physical, 5 / 13 / 7 mental.) Trinket's AC is 18 from plate barding, rather than 11+6 = 17 he'd have just from being a ranger companion. (I guess Matt figured it would be OP and not fit the narrative to have the +6 bonus apply on top of Trinket's barding? Because AC24 would be high enough to matter sometimes even against CR20 enemies.)

Bear Hakuda

Watching, toking, laughing. Bear 20 for all!

I hadn't twigged until you pointed that out!

omfg, how did I not realize that. I am dumb. lol

Did not realize that’s what it was-

it's always 4honey in this neck of the woods

I like the time when he was like whats the time? well im not going to say it but the sun is very high in the sky

I think a lot of people miss the joke here, take a look at Marisha's wry smile, I'm willing to bet that she's someone who makes use of California's usage of recreational cannabis law, that's why everyone falls apart. Good on her imo.

Right! Lmao!

That one totally broke the cast

@@Rowlurorowf Mostly Liam

There are so many great lines in this it’s hard to catch them all in one sitting. I didn’t realize this was about her fun buns until just now

well, not like that. Its Sun Kissed. But your version goes better with the character not knowing.

@@tomaszskowronski1406 I love how you corrected the comment, but still appreciated the content!! 🥰😆👏👏

Is my last name funny enough for ya

@@alecmitchell9912 eyyyyyyyyyy, I see what you did there

I applaud Marisha for Victor's voice.

Just finished season 1 because of it. This felt like the right time

@@daygoeson ditto!!

Hope you’re staying safe and positive!

Yup! I've only just got into CR, so I've had a lot to watch! (I just finished campaign 1, and am halfway through the current campaign.)

Legit!

Well, really it's a Vex impersonation rather than a Laura one, but spot on nonetheless.

I was like. So the spirit of Vex possessed Marisha

Cookie gets more in Honey Heist 2 with Liam Las Vegas as he can do pair acts with the honey badger then :P

@@theodorehsu5023 liam playing the raccoon after this. so on point!

I'm going straight from campaign 2, never seen vox Machina, to this...omg, I'm DYING at Cookie and Waffle 🤣🤣👏👏

Same here, just caught up with TM9 and decided to check out the one shots before I go back to VM.

@@tanktrax317 same here

True!!! Love seeing another taz and critical role fan!!!

I'd probably flip my ass if the McElroy boys and the CR crew joined forces.

@@WTFisTingispingis The McElroys did a MaxFunDrive bonus episode with Matt Mercer DM'ing. It was pretty good. It's available to Maximum Fun subscribers only though.

The look of absolute terror on Matt's face was so funny!

And thier magic items are just normal stuff that keylith just uses druid powers to make the effects.

My favorite theory that someone had is that this is what Keyleth did because she didn't want to play Bunions and Flagons with Grog. which is also why Grog killed off Keyleth in the opening ;)

@@VioletShinobi keylith didnt make me?

@@sydney4814 Keyleth and Grog definitely fought over being Bunion Master and since Grog won she just went off to play with whatever woodland beings she could conjure up.

She wouldn't have the leadership skills for it.

Moses Moon Trinket is now officially always playing a better ranger than Vex. LOL

… now I need it

Secretly a litch

A revenant honeybadger.

Okay so now I'm considering it canon that animals can be revanant's so far we've seen 2 Liam and sprinkle

Humans have an expected lifespan of 75-80 years, yet people still get pretty far beyond 100 in age, so it's not that unrealistic

@@privatizitat815 I can shorten that down to 5 minutes

Sam is Dead brian would have being amazing muscle

i think trinkets role was rigged though the others might have been random but that was way to convenient

Yea, but it did line up perfectly since a 5 is a thief looking at the sheet This is the actual game posted by creator: www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/5z7yhu/honey_heist_is_a_free_onepage_roleplaying_game/?st=j9yz2vc6&sh=13993166

Would you say they were critical rolls?

Toombz _...Critical Roles?_

Joseph Yates *Mark Whal-BEAR-g

But...that's not a Boston accent

Isn't that like a New York Mobster type accent? Idk, I'm not American.

Not Mark Whalburg, Jimmy Cagny See...

No....everyone else just saved her because she only knows how to channel her faux felicia day.

boosting

Thank you!

Danke!

Thank you bunches!

Thanks fake Flando!

HACK THE PLANET

1:23:23

1:23:52

36:24

Christy Marie she hasn’t played with an accent this whole game and suddenly she pulls a perfect vex out of no where. Delightful

i think the most delightful thing about Marisha as DM is the delight she takes in watching them play her game?? they way she laughs and smiles at everything they do is adorable

I am so glad that I watched this One Shot, not just for the best impersation of another party member up to this point, but also because excluding one numbty, the comments have been all positive towards Marisha.

@@caramelcoffees It's a pretty great way to DM. If you root for the party, everything they do is the best! I have a similar feeling with my Star Wars FFG group.

@@Wookie_oo7 Right? Marisha is definitely my fave Crit Role member (sorry Laura, Ashley & the rest). I've never understood the hate Marisha gets.

Ohh, that would've been perfect 🤣

Chris Jordan all of me would have been fine with this

Oh yes. Please. This would be a great poster.

lotsoninjas and replace the money with honey

I’m on it

@@Himynameishoodie post a link to it when you're done. I must see this.

@@Himynameishoodie status update?

Louis Yu thank you! As a Korean i thought i had to return my Korean badge for not understanding a thing they were singing xD

Literally the comment I was looking for here, thank you!

thank you !

I know right, I was having it on in the background and I had to double check to make sure Laura wasn't playing.