Scanlan's letter to Pike

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6 жыл бұрын

With this video I do not claim the material as my own nor do I make any money of it. All rights belong to Geek & Sundry.
I recently finished watching the campaign and after watching the wrap up episode I wanted to listen to Scanlan's letter to Pike again, but without having to sift through the entire video everytime. So I clipped it and wanted to share it with everyone that might want to hear this beautiful and moving letter again. Honestly, it made me tear up.
Enjoy.

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@TheActualCaveman 5 жыл бұрын

You just cant roll charisma high enough to match Sam's level.

@Evija3000 5 жыл бұрын

Well Scanlan was unstoppable in charisma based rolls. If anyone can match Sam it's Scanlan.

@GuilloRamiro 5 жыл бұрын

Nice, so true dude ❤👍

@IDontEnjoyLife 6 жыл бұрын

Scanlan/Sam is surely the best bard to ever be rolled.

@someokiedude9549 8 ай бұрын

And to think, it started because Sam wanted to play the goofiest character possible.

@Danarcis 4 жыл бұрын

Dearest Pike, My entire life I have been half a man, not in statute nor confidence, nor certainly not in reputation, but you see, even though my heart has pumped blood for these 69 years, it has done so only as half a heart. The moment I first saw you, it was not a choir of angels singing, nor silly butterflies in my chest, no. The moment I met Pike Trickfoot was the tragic moment where I realized that my heart, my soul would be forever incomplete without you, for years I have strived to mend my incomplete heart, to join it with yours and find true bliss at your side. Though it may not have seemed so, everything I have done these past years have been to impress you, please you, protect you. I knew early on it was a futile effort, I am not stupid, the entire world may be mad, but that doesn't nullify the laws of reality, one law being that you are and will always be too good for a poor pennysinger like Scanlan Shorthalt. But even though I would not win your love, I could never stop trying. Does the sun stop rising when clouds blot it out? No! Like me it knows its purpose, to illuminate the world so that mortals can witness such beauty as you. But now as the sun sets on my life, I have discovered something new, I have a daughter, who's heart beats my blood and who's life is my own, and she unlike her father can be good and right, and one day worthy of your love. Which is why, on my deathbed I leave her to you. Don't you see? All this time I thought I was chasing a lover, but I was chasing a mother for my child. You, Pike Trickfoot, are the saviour to Kaley that I could never be. Your wisdom and honour and goodness can give her the chance at redemption that I never had. Pike take my daughter as your own, show her the light of Sarenrae, guide her to be a kindhearted Gnome, teach her to be everything her father was not, that way in death, my heart will be complete, and it will be inside Kaylie by your side, like I always dreamed it would. With love and respect, Burt Reynolds Esquire. EDIT: As all good coincidences will have it, this was comment nr. 69 on this video.

@lauravturner 5 жыл бұрын

"...I'm gunna cry..." Damn Sam. Bless you. To think, he only made Scanlan Shorthalt because he wanted to be the worst dorkiest character... but now he is the favourite of many and convinced everyone that gnomes and bards are decent characters.

@tharrock337 5 жыл бұрын

and this, ladies and gentlemen is how you D&D. what the hell man.

@nicka4761 5 жыл бұрын

indubitably

@tharrock337 5 жыл бұрын

@@frenne_dilley First of all, I love your name, this is a phrase that to me embodies what is missing in internet dialogue. I have to disagree though, I have seen and felt for myself that sometimes the character and roleplaying you want to do is hidden somewhere in the crunch of the game. You could play D&D all night without ever rolling dice and have fun that way but for me the most juicy stories are told when mechanics and Roleplaying align to deliver a 1 2 punch of awesomeness. You want to roleplay as a character with an Identity crisis? Why not multiclass? You wanna optimize your build? Why not roleplay as a Monk obsessed with the traditional notion of self improvement and rigorous training that is so dominant in classic kung fu movie narratives I think there are ways to live in the best of both worlds.

@nazgardthecartographer6172 Жыл бұрын

Love letters? Nah, murderhobo is the way

@Apexx27 6 жыл бұрын

What a damned legend. I wish i could be half the d&d player Sam is

@omegagilgamesh 5 жыл бұрын

Sam rolled a natural 20, adding his performance AND charisma modifiers. I also had a serious laugh at the "Jesus this is good!"

@scarlightemperor3410 3 жыл бұрын

And Proficiency

@omegagilgamesh 3 жыл бұрын

@@scarlightemperor3410 Now that I ACTUALLY play D&D 5e, I'd like to amend that: that was a NAT 20 with a +6 Charisma, and his Performance includes both the normal proficiency bonus AND Expertise, tripling his proficiency bonus. At lvl 17+ that's a total of 44 Performance.

@HaphetS 11 ай бұрын

since the original video was taken down I'm glad this moment still exists.

@foolslayer9416 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just astounded by the fact that Scanlan's dying wish was one of the most selfless things any person can do. To ensure a good future for a daughter he never raised.

@LordButtercookie 6 жыл бұрын

So many revelations and confessions in one letter

@Abelhawk 5 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe he joined the D&D scene so late in life.

@GRIMHOOD99 11 ай бұрын

Sam being impressed by Sam is so on brand.

@QuasarPsychosis 5 жыл бұрын

How the fuck did Pike not jump into his arms after reading that? Holy hell that was the cutest thing ever!

@0saintclark0 Жыл бұрын

I don't think she ever did read it? It was only to be opened in the event that he died.

@Althestane Жыл бұрын

@@0saintclark0 oh, she opened it and read it immediately after he gave it to her, to many laughs around the table. But Ashley never read it out loud or shared it, so it was an ongoing mystery to the fans. There are some fun clips out there of the characters talking about the letter in-game.

@sirbiakan1527 Жыл бұрын

he was a manwhore and she a pure cleric?

@Lucifronz Жыл бұрын

@@0saintclark0 Yeah, no, she read it. It's distinct in my memory that she *immediately* opened it up after he left the room. It was a funny moment.

@kikibee1580 10 ай бұрын

Because timeline wise, Pike was crushing on Percy at the time Scanlan gave her the letter. Her heart was someone else’s at the time.

@RealRedRabbit 9 ай бұрын

Fucking hell, he rolled a natural 30 on that one

@neekota 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, just wow.

@martinchua9104 5 жыл бұрын

If Scanlan had died, I feel like Sam would play as Kaylie trying to get revenge on who killed him. Makes me kind of wish Scanlan died. Not really though, knowing how C1 had ended

@asdfjkl1945 5 жыл бұрын

when he died fighting raishan he rolled up taryon and then when he was brought back he ended up playing as taryon anyway, so if the ritual had failed and scanlan had permanently died, he would've just played taryon

@DruidBarbariansCampfire 5 жыл бұрын

I don’t even want to imagine how the Vecna fight would have gone without Scanlan.

@Curumo1984 5 жыл бұрын

@@DruidBarbariansCampfire Badly. It would have gone badly. ;)

@SharkfightersSH 4 жыл бұрын

I highly recommend him to write something of similar quality to his wife, because that letter is good enough to make grownup Women jealous of a DnD-Character

@angelgamer3846 3 жыл бұрын

I believe be is gay

@SharkfightersSH 3 жыл бұрын

@@angelgamer3846 He often states, that he has wife and kids.

@Javid_74 3 жыл бұрын

@@angelgamer3846 Look not every charming gentleman with a good singing voice and poetic word is gay okay xD. He has a wife named Quyen (Q for short). She's got a between the sheets episode like the rest of the cast! Go check it out here on youtube.

@francis1230 Жыл бұрын

His entire character was based on how he met his wife. He was in an acapella group iin college that was a player and he changed all his ways to get a chance to date his now current wife.

@SharkfightersSH Жыл бұрын

@@francis1230 Okay, THAT is awesome!

@Kaiser8361N 10 ай бұрын

I really hope that one day they get an amazing editing team to cut out Foster and reupload these gems. Real shame to lose Between the Sheets and Talks because of him, but I understand why they took them down. Just sucks

@Kabal07 10 ай бұрын

I doubt they can unfortunately. KZfaq editing can only do so much, unless they have the actual masters of the recording, which I'm sure they do. Us Critters do want to see this up again in it's entirety but time will tell.

@Spider-Man_234 3 ай бұрын

Best case scenario we get something like the Try Guys where they just replace him with an elephant lol

@anitaardi4456 4 жыл бұрын

One advantage to just starting CR is getting to find the letter right after it was given to Pike rather than wondering

@maximumdm9612 5 жыл бұрын

Who the heck disliked this

@tinkers_tools 5 жыл бұрын

Kaylie's mother

@kishalanvaratharajan1334 5 жыл бұрын

Larkin

@ellerealyay1293 5 жыл бұрын

Vecna

@mariesadd6663 5 жыл бұрын

The pit fiend

@minecraftnerd957 5 жыл бұрын

grog read it as "dis i like"

@OptionZero Жыл бұрын

The bardiest bard to ever bard. Sam Riegel embodies the class more fully than anyone could ever have imagined.

@devileanblack 5 жыл бұрын

Finally we get to see the letter. I can die in peace now. PS: The letter was awesome. Sam is truly a great player and wonderful person.

@ChrundleKelly 5 жыл бұрын

Rewatching campaign 1. Had to stop mid-episode to come find this. Amazing.

@jessicavanzuydam6458 2 жыл бұрын

Sam/Scanlan, I just cried my eyes out hearing you read your letter. I love you guys so much. In the beginning when I first started watching Critical Role/Vox Machina, it was purely to get my brother off my back and to pick up a few pointers for DnD'ing as we had just started playing a family. Needless to say it didn't take long for me to get hooked on your show/game (in fact it took 1hr of Episode 1 Campaign 1) I am now currently (on this day 18 August 2021) on ep 53. I have already almost wet pants laughing so much and so loud at all your banter (spewing my tea/coffee all over my laptop as well and choking on said coffee/tea), I too have been so grossed out by Matt's explicit gory details of brutal attacks and monster descriptions (this is a very good thing Matt, this is a complement and a very good one). At first I had a favourite character - Grog, then I it was Vax (Yes, I have a crush on Vax, it's like the teenager inside me has fallen for the inconspicuous/dangerously caring Vax). Then Vex, I was so, so, soooooo upset when you died that I cried my heart out especially seeing how Vax got so upset that he gave himself to the Raven Queen to save you. Pike, you are such a good Cleric and you love your team/group/family so much. Keyleth, it had taken me while to like you, I think it was once you and the group went to the Fire Ashari together that you became a favourite. Percy I know that it was dangerous to have that smokey demon attached to you, but you were so cool with all that smoke wrapping itself around you. I wasn't a fan of Scanlan because although he's madly in love with Pike, he keeps screwing around, but he grew on me and hearing this letter to Pike... Scan the man, you're not so bad. Again, I love you all so much, you have all made life so much more fun. Matt, one last thing, I watched your interview "Between the Sheets" I want you to know that you are a very, very, very, very good GM/DM you are the best voice actor and I love your millions of different characters. Matthew Mercer you are appreciated for your talent of story telling, I love yours more than the new Exandria campaign DM, you give the listeners so much more detail, descriptions, voices, expressions, but it's nice to see you taking a back seat and playing. Okay so I've got to work now, I just wanted to tell you all how much I love you and your show, I can't wait to continue with campaign 2 (I already watched ep1 and some of your guys' funny moments which include campaign 2). Keep up the good work, I can't wait to buy the VM and MN jigsaw puzzles. Okay, okay, gotta go. love you buy.

@yigitgulmez4377 11 ай бұрын

This is so fucking nice. I can't stand it.

@Wogle 6 жыл бұрын

**Insert Feels GIF**

@KristinaMarie96 5 жыл бұрын

This made me just cry. I love how much they put into these characters.

@HenriqueErzinger 5 жыл бұрын

So many stuff that no one commented he finally revealed his age hahaha

@ellerealyay1293 5 жыл бұрын

He revealed in his epilogue at the end of the last episode of campaign one

@bleachbleachBLEACHER 5 жыл бұрын

The real revelation here is that Pike had known his age ever since reading that letter.

@ChillyTheIceCucumber 3 жыл бұрын

bleachbleachBLEACHER - Which means that if Ashley had been there when he left, she could have answered when he asked “How old am I?”

@FlatFilms 5 жыл бұрын

Sam is amazing and I want his creative mind

@magiv4205 5 жыл бұрын

I mean I knew that Sam would've surely written something cool in his letter, but this is completely beyond anything I'd ever expected. Wow. Just...wow.

@rosemarykitten7686 5 жыл бұрын

I'm not crying, you are. T-T

@Allareous 5 жыл бұрын

ALL OF THE FEELS!!!!! ALL ABOARD THE FEELS TRAIN!!!!!

@magnushaveland2526 5 жыл бұрын

I rarely see like/dislike ratios like this. 1,4k likes and 4 dislikes!

@efrainlopez3782 5 жыл бұрын

Catching up on season one and I literally just finished that episode. I had to find out what that letter said. Well done

@Pntbllrfrk13 5 жыл бұрын

I already read this forever ago, so why am I still crying?!?!

@GuilloRamiro 5 жыл бұрын

Damn Sam!! I got to know critical role, because of the uploaded videos in yt of season 2 about the Mighty Nein, and since the first episode, Sam was clearly a favourite of mine, with his awesome add for d&d beyond and explaining the funny character he chose, Nott the brave. That being said, is amazing to find out how awesome his character was in season one. Sam is amazing!! And also the great cast of critical role!! ❤👍

@omegagilgamesh 5 жыл бұрын

Try looking for a collection of Scanlan's songs. If you liked Nott's terrible puns when using Tasha's Hideous Laughter, you'll love the limericks and songs and parodies of songs Sam brings up when he uses Vicious Mockery.

@ikanhazw1n 3 жыл бұрын

He's just got so much goddamned charisma

@kayleigh0711 Жыл бұрын

This man is the perfect bard

@Red0543 5 жыл бұрын

Holy shit... That was amazing! :D

@ast8177 4 жыл бұрын

So even his age is a pun for 14 year old kids God dam i love Sam and Scanlan so much

@regret2760 5 жыл бұрын

I'm bawling, it's fine.

@worldeater2414 5 жыл бұрын

20th sub here and glad to see a youtuber and critter

@thestarlightforge6568 5 жыл бұрын

WAAAAAA IM GONNA CRY TOOOOO

@pyguy7 9 ай бұрын

As much as Sam puts on a goofy persona and mischief's around, he can be the utmost serious with the best of them when he needs to. Sam is a freaking Legend. He is the Barney Stinson giving the speech to his newborn daughter.

@Sagrimont 5 жыл бұрын

God, she’s so... wow. Like, if the voice actress for Pike... ugh, just 2cute4me fam

@fire_playz5110 3 жыл бұрын

Ashley johnson she was ellie in the last of us aswell u probaly know.

@theouterlimits7788 5 жыл бұрын

He was meant to play a board both combat and rp wise.

@thegeek0017 Жыл бұрын

This feels like forbidden knowledge

@luanazacheo6386 Жыл бұрын

i’m literally so sad

@squattingheads 4 жыл бұрын

If that man steals your woman, you kind of have to accept it

@LexNoxus Жыл бұрын

This straight fire tho

@Smashtacular01 5 жыл бұрын

Fucking... legend.

@1amanojaku 5 жыл бұрын

Oh SNAP! critical hit!

@sorwdzord360 5 жыл бұрын

Hey man any chance I could get a link to the video this is from

@lilogden 3 жыл бұрын

I mean, she was no way saying no to that.

@MrRu2h3R 10 ай бұрын

Holy

@dgiff07 5 жыл бұрын

Hey could someone give me a link to whatever episode or session this is from?

@alfadenonnistus7655 5 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f8-kZMip28WqiXU.html Here ya go

@dgiff07 5 жыл бұрын

@@alfadenonnistus7655 thanks!

@alfadenonnistus7655 5 жыл бұрын

@@dgiff07 Most welcome

@goosepapoose8666 7 ай бұрын

WHoa this survived the scrubbing

@bearly1395 5 жыл бұрын

There are 7 pieces of shit in this world. The seven who disliked this

@verbena305 5 жыл бұрын

how spoilery is this clip? cause im currently a couple episodes after scanlan gave the letter to pike in campaign 1, and i really wanna know the content, but i dont wanna spoiler myself about things...... im onlt at episode 53 :DD

@bate_0o7 5 жыл бұрын

This is the end of C1. So yeah there's plenty of spoilers in the full video, but this little clip doesn't have any of those. You're okay.

@VTCruzer Жыл бұрын

I don't like that they separated later in their lives

@zeyto5968 Жыл бұрын

Wait 5 years ago? On Google it is listed as being released in 2022 in confused 😐

@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll Жыл бұрын

The animated show adaptation "The Legend of Vox Machina" premiered in 2022. The table-top roleplaying game that show is based on, Critical Role's Campaign 1: Vox Machina, was first streamed in 2015, although they'd been playing at home for several years prior to that. Critical Role is currently on its third campaign, with new episodes most Thursdays.

@zeyto5968 Жыл бұрын

@@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll thank you for making it clear :D

@squattingheads 4 жыл бұрын

2:24 better not let his daughter read that letter though. It might charm the ladies, but damn is it a „fuck you“ to her real hard working mom she actually has.

@Kaden786 2 жыл бұрын

Her mom died though