While it seems funny... This was Orion talking down to Sam. It was an out of game context explanation that didn't need to happen.

I like to say this is the intellectual way of saying, "Dude, you're not even using it."

Wow you can really tell that Sam is done with this same conversation

I love this moment but to be honest it’s kind of sad. It proved that at his best Orion was perfectly capable of being a good player. To see how far he had fallen until he left the show, it makes me wonder how different things could’ve been if he had gotten his act together.

If this was a "good Tiberius moment," I don't think I am missing anything by starting C1 at ep 28.

knowing where scanlan ended up in regards to ioun, this little chuckle gains more significance. kinda cool how things come around.

Even though this is a great moment, it always bothered me that Tiberius, in-universe, knew what 'sorcery points' were.

"They say all races are created equal, but you look at me and you look at small Scanlin and you realise that statement is not true. Now usually when you go one on one with another pc you got a 50/50 chance of winnin', but I'm a Dragonborn freak and I'M NOT NORMAL! So you got a 25% chance at best at beat me!

"In the interest of the group." No. In the interest of orion alone.

I loved the character Orion played but he didn’t have any empathy towards a players spotlight. He always wanted to sneak in an action or a word. Which ruined the players highlight.

See this moment need some background. I found this funny originally but going back and rewatching the series this is the third time he’s asked the first time Sam wasn’t even present he tried to get matt to give it to him without Sam being there and claimed he didn’t need the card Sam had explaining the ability. Then he asked and Sam said no. That’s when he decided to do this and I’m not sure if he was being funny or condescending anymore because he wanted it and was being told no constantly. Like with allura after they rescued Kima and he thought allura and him were flirting so he slammed his hands on the table and threw a tantrum when matt made reference to kima and allura having a past together this scene probably would have had a similar outcome if Sam didn’t agree. I did like him though it sucked he had to leave but honestly if you go back and rewatch knowing he was purposefully meta gaming, continuously making plans without consulting the group and then getting mad when they didn’t follow along, showboating and trying to “win” all the fights even if it was a sleeping old lady that he brutally destroyed, talking about his “half chub” when his character got aroused which I don’t think I’ve seen Travis that mad before or insulting fan made work that resulted in Travis stepping in to defend the fan who made the shirt on stream it makes it a lot easier in hindsight to see how problematic he was and how it was ruining the game for everyone including himself. I hope he actually got the help he needed cause I know he did have a lot of stuff going on outside of the show which is understandable but dnd isn’t about “winning” at least not for this crew. It’s about the experiencing and fun and connections they make with characters that only exist in everyone’s imagination. Oh yeah! Almost forget he also decided he should wear a flamethrower made by a fan on set multiple times which is already not safe but it really didnt bode well when Tiberius was most reliably known for throwing fireballs to close and injuring his friends and now Orion is walking around with a home made device filled with ignition fluid in a game that involves a ton of hand movement

Tiberius had his moments, but most of the time he made things a bit too chaotic, especially for the DM who already had to juggle a lot of players

And Chalk Talk was born.

4:02 when sam is just done with everything

rip tibs

Ahh, so this is the masterclass on how to play High Intelligence/Low Wisdom characters that I need. :D

maths with Grog: Onnnne.... T.. Twoooo... uhh Threeeee.... F... FFF.... many... maths with Percy: X = X + 1 maths with Vex: X = whatever I say... problem?

One of my favorite scenes, haha..

The best part of this for me is that an item that stores 3 spell levels seems so much more useful than an item that lets you keep concentrating on a spell for two more rounds after you start a new concentration spell, so this trade seems really in Scanlan's favour. Yeah, the circlet has some uses, but I feel like they're pretty niche uses. And the best part about the Ioun Stone is that anyone can cast a spell into it (they don't even have to be attuned while they do it, you only have to be attuned to get the spell back out), so they could've been walking around with an emergency Revivify after Pike left if they had realised it.

Such a funny moment... even though I understand and agree with some of the criticisms of how Orion approached the game you can't say he didn't contribute pure gold as well.

I’ve been waiting for that blackboard to be used. Thank you Orion.

I will miss it soooooo much *tearingup*

I miss Tiberius Stormwind (from Draconia)

As much with I agree with and fully understand Orion leaving the show (metagaming and infinite sorcery points and all that), I do miss Tibs. This Dragonborn sorcerer that's all over the place, bumbling about like a mad professor, and this moment is gold.

This scene is funny if Orion is joking, which I don’t think he is, and just rude and cringy if he’s not.

And this is how Scanlan got the Ioun stone, which actually makes a lot of sense in the last arc of campaign 1. Fate is at work.

His power says 'metamagic' lmfao that explains his metagaming so much.

-the hugest of eyerolls-

still one of the top 5 times i've laughed the hardest watching this show

The math checks out.

Just imagine an alternate universe where Orion (regardless of his flaws, mistakes, and some of his heated conflicts with his co-players) never left and starred in the Amazon adaption of Vox Machina as the voice of Tiberius himself.

Roses are red I have a lawnmower Grog’s INT is low Tiberius’s WIS is lower

Miss the Tibs

could you get the clip with Kashaw' awkward backstory questioning in the trial of the take part 4? when they're talking about the whole married to a god thing, I thought it was hilarious but it's hard to track down in the giant episode to show people the clip

This is one of my absolute favorite tiberius moments. It's just so incredibly endearing. Thank you for uploading this! I'm looking forward to watching this back again and again. :)

Such a great use of background props. Orion may have been a shitbag but _good God_ was this a fantastically clever moment of roleplay.

This was fire

Pike’s "Hey that’s RUDE!" tho

This is one of his few good/hilarious moments. No argument that things get bad, but I have to say in spite of it all, The Granny Grinder is the most hilarious and amazing name for a weapon I've ever heard and seen.

I’ve been waiting for someone to use that blackboard since I first saw it in Critical Role.

I always found Tiberius and Orion to be the odd one out, at time he was funny but even during this you see people looking bored and rolling their eyes (especially the last few seconds from Sam) I always wondered how and why the pay started playing with him since it seems Laura, marisha, travis and Sam don't get on with him.

Only if Taliesin was there :D

Tiberius does Scott Steiner math.

Grogs one comment at the end is funnier than anything Tiberius said in this clip

Sam shut him down HARD by asking what’s for lunch, and then reiterated saying “that’s the end of the conversation” and then Matt had to shut him down again by breaking his chalkboard. And this was all still after he had been denied previously

This Circlet would have been insanely powerful in Scanlan's hands at higher levels.

Wow. Everyone loved this. Good lord what a tragedy.

Matt was like "Enough of this nonesense. Not at my table... THE SHELL WALL CRACKS"

I am watching this and just crying my eyes out. I am not okay right now.

And I thought Scott Steiner was a math wiz.

I don't understand how people say this was funny, clever, or good role play. It was essentially bullying another player into trading their item away.

Tiberius Stormwind of Draconia, also known as Nicole Paige Brooks from Atlanta Georgia

Scanlan comes to regret this on Episode 29.

Quick maths

Tiberius was awesome in moments like these. When he was kinda bubbly and dorky, playing with the group. When Orion was playing against the DM and trying to be the spot light, not so much. That said, I've read a lot about the rumors and stuff and I do hope Orion is doing better. Stuff can get methed up fast. I was really hoping he'd be back for the new Amazon show

Mostly watching this because of realising how important it is for Scanlan's later..lets call it Ioun moment

This is such a bitter sweet gem. If only Orion kept it cool and behaved it would have been great to have Tiberius longer for more moments like this

RIp Tibs

I missed Tibbers so much when he stopped showing up. Q~Q We'll miss you, Tiberius Stormwind...from Draconia.

Say all you want about Orion, but Tiberius was the best played off the bat, without needing his individual arc to find his footing as a character.

What is Tiberius trying to get? A circlet?

2:40 evidence to why MM is the standard for DM.

Watching this back I realise how much of a... (To quote Orion) "half chub" he is to Sam. Ashley's initial reaction says a lot. Then Laura, Liam and Travis back up Sam.

Orion has moved on and Vox Machina will suffer the loss of Tiberius Stormwind. His stuffy pompousness was all ways good for a chuckle.

tibsy math is awesome. almost as good as drunk tibsy

Quick mafs

People finding way too many things wrong with this while it's one of the funniest moments in Campaign 1

would be more funny but he at the start of 3 episodes back to back tried to pretty much force an item on Sam within the first 5mins of playing once even while he wasn't present

Tiberius was very unique in mannerism and personality. I sincerely wish things could’ve worked out and that Orion was still with Critical Role today, nearly 80 episodes deep into campaign 2

Can anyone explain to me what happened with Orion? As in how he was a bad player? I just finished campaign one. Before I jumped in, I did a fair amount of research about where to start with the show and came across many people advising to start around episode mid 20’s once he left, but I chose not to and started from episode 1. The entire time I was paying extra attention to his character to figure out why people disliked him and I was wholly unsuccessful. In fact, I genuinely missed his character once he was gone, and developed a rather unhealthy annoyance with the character of Keylith instead. Albeit, I listened to the show on Spotify while at work. Therefore I missed, entirely, the physicality of the show, which may have been a big portion of the audience’s disdain for him. I only learned how much you actually DO miss by only listening to the show when watching the campaign 1 wrap up on Talks Machina. In the wrap up they talked about scanlans 9th level spell situation, and because I only listened to the finale, I ENTIRELY missed it. I went back and watched that moment over and over and cried like a snotty baby. That emotion 100000% did not come through in the audio format. So who knows what else could have been left on the table for me.

I miss him sooo much

So, with no context, this part of the episode can be funny, and the first time I saw it I thought so too. However, knowing everything that happened with Orion, what led to him leaving, and the item in question, it's suddenly not so funny and mean spirited. Especially when you find out that he had not only pestered Sam for this item for several sessions, but one of the sessions that Tiberius asks Scanlan to trade this item, he does it while Sam's not there and Matt is playing Scanlan instead. It doesn't matter if Scanlan doesn't get as much use out of the item, the point is that he's said no, the item belongs to him, and trying to trade an item with a character while the player is gone is a shitty thing to do.

I miss Tiberius.

So when did they kill off this Orion guy you all hate?

I miss Tiberius and what he contributed to the group's dynamic. I do not miss Orion, and his constant, annoying power gaming.

I miss Tiberius

Wisdom 4. Somebody was min-maxing

Question: if a sorcerer with 16 con can have 90 hit points max at level 10 (10D6+30), how the heck did he have 91?

Onion is such a POS. Spoiler alert he tries to ask for it AGAIN from Scanlan while Sam isn’t there and Matt Mercer is playing his character.

I did like Tiberius the character, lots of potential to grow, unfortunately...Orion happened to play him.

Tiberius is so funny hhahahaha

Can someone tell me what happened? Like legitimately? What happened? Why did Orion leave?

He was one of the best starting characters in the group. Such a shame

man I miss Tiberius in critical role

Wisdom of FOUR? What? How Is it even possible to roll 4 1s in a row when rolling for stats?

Who's here after watching "The Frigid Doom"?

Tiberius

Awww. I miss Tiberius. :-/

Such a shame that Orion left the show, Tiberius was a good character.

I will be honest, this is painful to watch. I feel Orion wanted to be an the arrogant, over confident jerk type of character (like Alucard from Hellsing ultimate abridged or Vegeta from Team Four star), but that character type doesn't translate well in TTRPG games because although the audience likes them, the other characters don't and in a TTRPG, the other characters are the other players. It feels so clear that the others do not enjoy his condescension and he just keeps doing it

Even though Orion is right about the items and him being a better strategist than Sam in D&D, it sucks that Orion left but it was needed since he lied and cheated dice rolls, there is proof from the actors, and he was such a min/maxer it ruined the game for everyone and Matt. Hopefully he learns to play the game like an adult, he missed quite the opportunity with CR.

wow this is so rude

I don’t view this as particularly good RP. Tiberius started using terms that are game mechanics by mentioning sorcery points and rounds. He lost me at that point regarding this being more than wanting something as a player.

Not a fan of this to be honest. I remember it at the time and thought it a bit meta gamey, a bit patronising, and very long winded. Being drunk and rambling weird maths isn't fun for me to watch.

I never liked Tiberius anyway, he did die a heroes death though, but the important thing to remember is that . . . he died LOL

God he is so annoying trying to take the spotlight

Idk why but Sam just really bothers me

miss Tiberius critical role isn't as good without him.

I miss Tiberius.