Oh thank god. I even went to trying to fix my internet connection, just in case. You're doing the Lord's work.

lol thanks. Now l can stop checking whats wrong with my audio.

Thank you!

Thank you! I was so confused

I had to block it out cu I had a feeling it wasn't my phone

That's the privilege of being far tougher than whoever wrote the Do Not Do guide. Not many travellers to the Feywilds are groups of a half-dozen 13th-14th-level adventurers

They were exp farming.

It still bugs me they didn't take the time to figure out a way to conquer the happy campsite. Probably a great deal of loot just left behind, not to mention a potential ally or two if the elf and wolfman were getting death saves.

Daniel Morris they would have probably gotten on the werewolves’ good side if they managed to save that guy. But alas, they didn’t wanna waste time I guess and some of the party weren’t invested

@@kuroneko1813 The party was being prudent.

Keyleth: We mean no harm to nature, unless we do. Then we do lots of harm!!!

Still, another episode and another misunderstood spell by said druid. But mat is suck a great dm he went with it and made it work

@@arieltorres3594 Honestly, if any of Keyleth's misspells should get a pass it's this one for creative use. Though jumping from one to the other, setting them both on fire, and THEN attacking the exit door guy would work better and go with the spell specifics.

@@arieltorres3594 She has a lot of spells and a huge part of DnD is to be creative and let your imagination fly. If everyone gave a shit about rules like you Marisha-hating stooges, DnD would be _such_ a boring game.

@@arieltorres3594 i mean I see no issue with the way it was ruled. Treestride doesn't say you can't do any of the things she did. Marisha may not be the best with spells, but she got this one right.

I also noticed that the audio switches over as he says the word polite and gives it an unintended cool effect 🤣

@@ryanhoskins728iokijo😊i😊juih

its "this man's whole career" - scanlan is more like half a man anyway

percy's part here 1:14:45 (line at 1:15:45) scanlan's part here 3:00:40

@@danithedorito I like that you can see Sam write it down for later.

What’s funny is this meme wouldn’t have played in 2016 but it makes sense now.

i mean, i agree, but the joke is super funny anyway xD

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same

Thank god it isn't just me. Haha

i thought it was me >_>

Thanks for the comment, I thought it was my phone/connection.

i was so waiting for him to make some kind of quiet off hand comment but the "oh really" stare was just as good

❤​@@whitemoonwolf13

I didn’t notice that and it’s such a cool detail!

That dude's immersed!

Holy shit good catch

He has been doing it through the whole episode - I was so impressed when I realized what he was doing because it's HARD to act into the empty air when you can actually see the person you're supposed to be interacting with RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN! What a BAMF....

I recently noticed I do a similar thing while playing D&D with my group over discord and we just do voice calls, we don’t turn our cameras on, so I’m literally just looking at different spots in an empty room for nobody’s benefit 😂

Thank you very useful! I didn't even think of that!

You right

I read your comment 4 hours too late

Professionally done, by a group of amazing volunteers actually. Critters who gave up their time for the sake of us all. They were amazing. As someone who is pretty hearing impaired, I appreciate all that they've done.

I came down in the comments to see if others were talking about the skipping in audio (I'm 26 minutes in) and I came across this gem! Thanks for the tip. I'll be putting on caption for the remainder of episodes so I don't miss things said, which happens more than I like >.< lol

Unless it’s a Great Dane lol they are the tiniest big dog

@frenzelian will you please start writing PSAs??

I've never seen a better justification for the Athlete feat for a mundane frontliner.

@@tylerschoen5643 They’re very calm dogs?

That's really funny.

She wasn't enticed at all, she didn't know how to say no without offending him, since he already took one rejection so badly. In fact, Laura breaks character, laughing until she sees her friends' serious expression before resuming character. Vex wasn't tempted by the offer at all, he began by bringing up traumatic moments in her life, then basically says "I was betrayed and I took rejection so badly, do you want to be my companion?".

Also the fact that Liam was looking off-camera on a zoom call to make it look like he made eye contact with Laura. These folks may be voice actors but they know how to work a camera!

@@Jason-kp4vc I disagree, i think laura did a good job at contemplating it for a moment, it seemed like she was at least entertaining the thought more than anything, like wanting to know more or try to find different solutions before Vax, than steeled herself a bit more after what he said, not that she wasnt already leaning towards a negative already. though i do think it might have been a bit more politic to see what else they could do, like idk cast greater restoration or something, but then again, how it turned out was dramatic.

@@midshipman8654 Yeah if anything, I'm inclined to believe Vex was looking for a solution that didn't involve fighting as she expected him to attack them if she rejected him. I just don't see how or why Vex would be enticed.

@@Jason-kp4vc Sandour was toxic inside and out

So glad it wasn't just me who noticed! The build up sounded so intentional 😮

My favorite moments in all three campaigns are those when epic descriptors or heavy dialogue meshes seamlessly with music beats. ✊ Couldn't agree more about this one.

is she talking ab percy

😮

Life needs things to live

Mary Zorn well I mean if you actually stop and think about it that was very profound really.

@@NerdyAngel1989 I guess it was profound... to someone with a purely consumeristic view toward nature.

Eric Hanson I was thinking less take down the tree and more trees are homes to animals some of them living inside it so therefore the tree would be a door. Or you know the trees that are huge and naturally hollow and people used to make homes in them. Or you know forests in general the line of trees are a doorway to that. But nice to know your default with people is they are all nature hating asses glad to know your not someone I would want to talk to, thanks for the warning!

@@NerdyAngel1989 Hmm, I just reread my previous comment, and you are quite right; it really does make me sound like a disrespectful asshole. I apologize for the tone there, and thank you for responding to my unfairly harsh comment with a more thoughtful and considerate one. That said, the whole idea of nature being just a collection of 'natural resources' that gain their worth only when manipulated by human hands has always seemed more than a bit off to me. But then, that's probably an outdated viewpoint now that relatively few subscribe to anymore.

Shakespeare insult generator: a useful tool for all bards everywhere

Omg

@@kiwithekiki234 Duly noted

​@@kiwithekiki234 I use it for my warlock whenever she uses Counterspell. So, it's not just for bards 😂.

Time stamp?

@@DredgenStorm 3:31:50

I love that she basically said she was turned on by Vax's wings 😂😏

@@nataliepeters8459 Possibly the same reason she was turned on by Yasha

For the next 7.5 years!!!

And a bard to any fight whatsoever, specially Scanlan. The right tools for the right work.

Agreed, Keyleth is MVP in this episode :)

Kiki has a lot of cool clutch moments. I love to watch Marisha play. The way she uses and/or manipulates the terain to her advantage is some peak druid shit.

And always bring a barbarian to a Goliath herd fight

@@themeanlesbeann That treestride plus fire elemental move was inspired!

That’s a solid summary of critical role.

we're in the same boat, but i'm still gonna use "Your secret is safe with my indifference."

1. And now you know *the truth.* 2. To be fair, that *is* a fairly solid summary of Critical Role. It sounds like this *amazing* story, given to us by professional voice actors in a compelling atmosphere (which it is!) When really, more often than not, it's a bunch of MASSIVE nerds sitting around, fart arsing about, playing D&D, cussing out their beloved DM, and forgetting how to play.

I think that's the nature of proverbs in general; someone says a thing and often by accident it has broader applicability than the original context so it gets reused and takes on some weight through that diversity of use. These phrases have no less ability to carry the meaning you saw in them before now that you know their origin.

@@GeorgieChaos it'd actually be more natural if they were altered. Most quotes aren't used in the same way as they were first used. Sometimes, they're used to mean the opposite of what they actually mean. For example, "pick up by your bootstraps" literally trying to do the impossible (because you normally can't do that).

Keyleth burns are rare, but that one landed *well.*

⁠@@Lucifronzoh man, why would you?😅

This is how we ended up with Travis being Colonel Fjord Mustang

@@boz8761 🤣🤣🤣🤣

And Laura as Lust.

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I'm watching C2 and did a double take when I heard this. I had no idea he said it earlier, in C1.

What's even better is he doesn't pile on in the moment but actually notes it down for the right moment 🤣

Has same energy as this: m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y619pbKpt9OuiHU.html

But life always finds a way.

@@chrisweb8 Time is a weird soup.

T Keil Good eyes I never would have noticed that!

Duuude, that's so cool!

I though he was just messing around. I didn't know he actually used sign language😅

Awesome thank you for pointing that out

Well... if you pretend travis was signing broken asl while hammered drunk.... then it was 'gorilla', 'mind/think', 'me/I', then something that looks like he might be trying/failing to sign 'control' or 'exchange' or 'charity', then what looks like a backwards facing wonky 'tournament', then 'food/eat'. So it could look like he was trying to sign: The gorilla thinks I control the eating contest.

To me I wish for once they would have actually conversed or bargained with instead of jut straight to killing I get it you need combat to punch up the story and for the game experience but I wanted to hear Sandor out and maybe see one of them bargain for power not just taking it

@@Nixo66 Agreed, this could have turned out as much more of a character growth moment. Very disappointing.

@@Draezeth i mean. sondor was being shitty and raising every single overly possessive red flag. what at first came across as insightful immediately got revealed as him tearing her down to make her vulnerable so he could prey on her but it shook her so much that even she was doubting herself for simply not taking shit from this weirdo. he wanted to possess her. no growth comes from giving your freedom up completely to another being

@@Draezeth what kind of character development would that be? Seeing a character locked into a toxic situation? Yeah we don't need any more of that shit.

@@Nixo66 Matt has practically been screaming at them to NOT trust anything they encounter in the Feywild since before they entered, and now you’re disappointed that they didn’t try to make a bargain with an Archfey, the final boss who is literally poisoning the land? For once they actually made a good decision here.

RIGHT?!

code for i am a gold digger

@@Ziajin why are you everywhere??? and always such a dick?!

Ziajin do you have a staff up your butt or what mate

timestamp?! 😭

Initially, I was thinking the same thing. Then I realized that Matt was also getting really sick of all the 20’s people were rolling the last couple of episodes. He might just be sandbagging them

Jeffrey Bomba I think the ladies of the table have the same obsession and it annoys their men. Both Have made so many comments about their different dice and curses. You can hear Travis from time to time complain about Laura’s massive dice collection or all the ones she brings. But Matt’s the dm so cant make the same comments all the time so I’m thinking it was a slip of his annoyance at her dice obsession (don’t get me wrong LOTS of players share this obsession)

Sam does a bit (actually he has Laura do a bit) on this in the early days of the second campaign. Here is the snippet ( it is just the bit, none of the game, if you are worried about spoilers) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9qblLFysrWzgqs.html

Sun Tree and Keyleth, what you talking 'bout? lolol

@@reedk2402 Superstitions are crazy. I mean, NASA and the baseball leagues in America have their own that they flatly refuse to break. Not surprised about dice blessings/curses.

"No breakup is _that_ bad." From Taliesin. I think that's a nice related point. No matter how bad his breakup was, it can't justify all of this, and shouldn't be used to make anyone feel guilty. Especially if he's made of tree.

​@@NinjaWLOGexactly. Any manipulative tactics are giant red flags, and should be avoided at all costs. Anybody who justifies trying to manipulate people like that over a bad breakup is in no way a good or decent person. Especially if he's made of tree.

You could tell he was trying to go back to acting like Grog though and not her husband lol gotta be hard for him 😅

@@nataliepeters8459The only time I’ve seen Travis break is when Laura’s character is in genuine danger

C2 Critter: "Indeed!!"

This is vague, but with the right foreknowledge it could be rather revealing of something pretty major in campaign 2, so you might want to add a spoiler tag.

SPOILER**** Have you heard of the Traveler? He's pretty cool.

The Treveler be with you

@@zacharydunn6577 no it's really not and if it was they would get it regardless of the comment. Spoilers here tho For all anyone knows they just meet him like they do other characters and he doesn't do anything naturey until just before we know its him

I love those rp opportunities

If Vex took a level in warlock she would have become a witch. Yet isn't Zara a witch since her class is a warlock?

@@zacharygadzinski3147 "witch" is not an official/meaningful term in 5e, but sure anyone can call themselves that.

@@elbruces wouldn't "witch" be the female term for "Wizard"?

@@Rztro1544 Nope

Thx, someone's gotta do it 😊 🙏 still gaining new fans and it's fun for the og fans to rewatch

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lmao when Matt said "yeah that's one of the pricey ones" I thought Luara was going to put it away and save it for later lmao

@@Kurse_of_KallAnd once again Vex would have died because of her damn greed 😂 What a great in game moment.

PyreGnome Ay “Life needs things to live.” -Percy

Really though, there’s not many things that enjoy being on fire.... pine cones, fire elementals...... thaaaat’s all I can think of.

@@christopherriley6299 Sugar cane?

@@leahsander5490 Ohhhhh, Did not think of that...

Agree with the sentiment, disagree with the way its worded. It shouldn't have "seeming", and men should be mentioned as well. Men need support too, they're not independent or invulnerable, not more than women atleast.

@@Jason-kp4vc oh dear god. you're taking an issue over the specific wording of a situation specific comment written in the context of the episode and taking offence that a stranger on the internet didn't include theoretical men into said comment. You honestly remind me of those people who will look at a woman who's gone through this and instead of helping go, "Yeah, but what about the men" It's completely unnecassary, of course men need to be included in those dicussions, but not as a what aboutism

@@erisplaysgames You misunderstand my point. Their comment came off as "strong women are actually vulnerable and need support", like strong men are badasses and don't need support. It's quite the opposite of what you think I said. I'm saying strong women are only as weak as strong men. This isn't a "haha biological difference means men are stronger", neither is it a "men are abused too" comment. I'm just clarifying that what they said could easily be construed as putting strong women down, and I wanted to rectify it.

@@Jason-kp4vc you’ve completely missed her point. She’s literally affirming what you think you said. She says in her reply exactly what you’re saying that of course men are included, that’s to be inferred. there was nothing to fix. You simply didn’t need to go “strong men need support too” because yeah of course they do.

@@Jason-kp4vc also the comment says nothing, and has nothing for you to come to the conclusion that it’s saying “strong men are badasses and thus don’t need support” that sounds like your subjective perspective. And that was part of the issue she was taking with you commenting that.

I specifically looked for this comment. It startled me when the bug happened due to overriding microphones. He sounded demonic!

Sometimes jester slips through and i love it

@@9474sammus Seeing as this predates Jester, I suspect Jester is just her RPing herself.

@@danielboatright8887 it dosent for me i knew jester and all of the m9 well before i knew VM i understand what you are saying but my context is different

@@9474sammus Same, Inwatched VM first then started my VM journey waiting for episode 100 (wooo july second its back)

@@danielboatright8887 just watched it but i think im going to catch up on camp 1 then watch episode 100 then rewatch camp 2 lol

Scanlan's songs get better and better. 'Home, home on the range...' Edit: That Cheap Thrills song. Oh wow. That's seriously excellent.

The twins' conversation was interesting. It's easy to talk about finding self-worth when you're low, but it's also a good idea to talk about it once you've /got/ the things that you thought would help with it - in this case, the title. It's worth evaluating not only how your self-worth is faring, but where it comes from every once in a while.

Okay so they're just going in? I guess sometimes you just have to go for it! What else could they do?

I think it's really interesting how Sondur went after Vex. Trying to play on her insecurities, her weaknesses, her temptations. Putting in truths (like 'unwanted daughter') to make the lies/seeds of self-doubt (like 'you're putting your family in danger for your own gain'*) more believable. If that's how you tried to get your last girlfriend, no wonder she left you, mate. (*If anything, Vex has seemed the /least/ determined to get the bow. She's been more focused on facing her past, and even joked about just turning around and abandoning this particular Vestige.) Also, I totally get why Laura (and maybe Vex?) felt guilty for attacking first, when Sondur hadn't proved to be violent yet - but let's be real, here. This guy turned into a monstrous tree and corrupted acres of land for centuries because he was spurned once. He was hardly going to take another 'no' well. That first attack doesn't sit well with the most noble of honour codes, perhaps, but I reckon it was the smartest play tactically.

I love how everyone's like 'Vex, he clearly has it out for you, heal yourself, use all the potions.' Edit: And then when she wonders whether she should have just said yes, they're all like 'NO! He was fucking awful! You don't wanna deal with that piece of shit!'

Also in his newest appearance..

There has to be a balance...

Leisure I do believe Liam was using the technology as an excuse to not answer the question about Vex’s past with the bloody dagger. Could be wrong but he seemed to cheese it up and Travis I think picked up on it.

If you knew anything about any of them you'd know Liam loves conflict. Seems highly unlikely but could have been. I'd have to find out what the dagger is but I don't see why Liam would be the one to skirt around a question like that. Feels biased

@@Alberecht I feel like he was kinda saying "ask her, that's not my story to tell"

The Dice: Um, aren't I the judge of that?

@@alexv3357 As well as the DM

What's worked wonders for me: Every time you're going to a place that's "new" for the characters, but not for the players, you should jot down a list of everything in there with some DCs, then have them make some related knowledge checks right off the bat. Give advantage to any characters who purposefully spend time researching where they're going. This becomes their "passive knowledge" of what they come across or should know to expect. They can reroll once they encounter something, but for planning and suspicion purposes, the passive knowledge really helps metagame-proof your party.

@@SomeKZfaqTraveler I ask my dm this all the time. Especially as I am a guy who will just read stat blocks for fun. I dont want to meta so I ask if my character knows. Especially when I am playing a high INT character.

@@deathless12345678 I tend to presume my char knows nothing and unless its somthing ive encountered or researched i wouldnt know.

They really are spiritual siblings, in every way that matters. (In much the same way that Liam and Sam are 'married.') I don't know if you're watching C3, but Laura and Liam get to sit together again for that and the twin vibes (out of character) are consistent and adorable. :)

Welcome to the internet

Tbh it ain't even something I'd call sucky. Like just blunt and obvious. Just compared to shit like " Ana, I'm willing to believe, despite all evidence to the contrary, that you are a smart woman" it just seems even worse.

@@als2480 Taliesin even admits it was a bad line...he was very very sleep deprived during this episode...and so that line happened. He seems to deal with insomnia at times. c2 Spoiler. The night before Molly died he hadnt slept and didn't sleep the next night as well. He said in an interview he had a lot of emotions after Molly died and kinda just cried, curled up in bed, until the sun came up.

@@AnxietyRat is it his best line? No. But I like it. It is true and obvious, but sometimes the obvious needs to be said. Also that breaks my heart Molly is tied with Jester for my favorite C2 character. I'm still not over it.

@@als2480 more C2 spoilers. I agree the line made sense within the specific context it was used! But used out of context...it's hilarious that the " smart royal posh character" said it. which is why the cast keep doing callbacks to it. Yeah, it was heartbreaking to hear that story from him...I can't remember exactly where he said it...on Talks or in the wrap-up for C2 or in Between The Sheets...I can't remember. Yeah, Jester is one of my favorites as well..she will always hold a special place in. My heart. She is such a bright light. Tbh I really only liked Molly once Matt started doing the full on Irish accent and we learned a bit more about Lucien but maybe that's because we didn't have Molly around for very long. Not long enough for any super significant character development, IMO. he changed in minor ways, sure, but not enough for me to care about him as a character, personally. The character arch in its entirety was great. I honestly wish C2 went on longer...there were so many loose ends that were just...left. whereas. In C1 things were much more rounded off and complete. Sorry, started rambling on a bit. I could talk about these guys for days!

When they were talking about Arch Fey and then this happens? Labyrinth was all I could think about

Slightly inspired

Also, notice how her demeanor changes when her brother says her name?

Seriously...

You know, she *does* remind me of the babe...

Ikr? EVERY time

​ trinity It's true that for those who are playing one game session a week for public audience is more difficult to remember, but I always find funny and annoying. "How you can't remember? I remember when and how was found and by who!"

@@HDloly oh absolutely, I forget the names of all the npcs from the campaign I'm playing (to be fair, ever since I've moved abroad I've played quite sporadically). However, Sam saying "you've NEVER used this/this has NEVER happened", which tbh he does say relatively often, is always funny to me.

I feel like he used it on an old lady

@@paulm3952 Yeah he did, the old lady mercenary near the beginning of The Briarwood Arc

I agree, this is my favorite of Scanlan’s songs. I’ve heard it on some compilations of his best songs and I’m so happy I’m finally at the episode where it happens :D

I’m so upset that I recognize the songs enough to recognize them but never enough to know what song it is a parody of so I can find it later!!!

@@hag8752 that specific song is called "Cheap Thrills" by Sia if you still need it

@@SpieleteufelLP thank you so much

THIS !! If you look at Travis/Grog as well, he gets a his little smirk because of Sam's lyrical genius.

Yeah, it only took 60+ episodes too

Murphys law. Its inevitable that she would eventually say something in her career that wasnt a completely retarded statement or waste of time. Will it continue going forward? Probablyyyyyy not.

Most underated member of the cast. She was great. The replies to this comment are pretty shit though

@@spencerpommier806 Aye, by far the most underrated, and by far my fave of VM:), the constant whining about her playstyle is especially galling considering how much of what Vox Machina can do is only possible because of her, since she is the linchpin that all of their rapid mobility hangs from, like Planeshift or Transport Via Plants. also all surveillance via scrying spells. And not to mention that Marisha is one of the most awesome members of the cast. the fact she could still RP true to her character even with all the hate she got on a daily basis is a testament to what a badass she is, that level of crap she received from the supposed "Critters" would break most people.....

@@sydney4814 It also goes to show that people always have trouble seperating actor and role. Which is quite evident when comparing Beauregard and Keyleth. They are nothing alike.

Underrated comment

This needs WAY more upvotes.

I myself am a little confused as to why she cast tree stride. Being a fire elemental allows you to enter the space of the tree anyways. What did tree stride add? I thought she was going to use it to teleport to the other tree when the first one died, but no she just walked to it

@@im9550 I think she was planning to use it to bounce between the Ents to set them on fire one after the other but she lost the spell due to damage and a bad concentration roll before she had the opportunity to do so.

@@sw96 3:01:38 she walked over to the other treeent before making the concentration check though.

@@im9550 Fair point, I'll admit I hadn't followed the battle that closely. With how the battle played out Tree Stride was a bit of a waste but had the Treants moved apart during the fight it would've been useful.

@@im9550 I think because the one she was inside died of DoT between her turns, she didn't have the action to stride to the other one, and when she did it was dead and couldn't be used.

I thought "Vex-Centric" was a wordplay as it is so close to eccentric and they met Artagan, in the feywild. I figured I read too deep but its true anyways :D

I was disappointed she did it so quickly though. I felt like the story could have had a lot more meaning if they had talked more. But instead she shot first at a guy who had shown no hint of malice, for essentially proposing to her. Strong case of "It's just a game" syndrome. Just because it's DnD doesn't mean shooting first is the answer to every problem.

​@@Draezeth No hint of malice? He's asking her to abandon her family and friends to join him, he's creepy as all heck, he blames an unnamed woman for him becoming the evil entity that he is, and right before Vex shoots him, he gathers up all his tendrils and vines and shit and demands an answer from her. It was clear that he was going to attack if she just said no, and she clearly wanted her no to be poignant, because no matter what he offers, she's loyal. It was a test for her, and something to show her that she needs to change. I think the pacing was perfect, and I don't think there would have been anything else gained from continuing to talk to him, though of course, I don't know everything Matt has up his sleeve.

@@tinnytintinnabulation Yeah, he's asking her for something unreasonable, and he's malicious, but the guy has been stewing in heartbreak for thousands of years. The least they could have done was say "Here's a better offer, you come with us. If you and Vex really are so similar then it's not romance you need, it's a family." It would have been a great character moment.

@@Draezeth dude what?

*TALISEN: (eerily realistic crow noises)*

I think in this case though Tree Stride wasn't needed. Fire elementals can already do what she was trying to use it for.

Bless you, my child.

Woot woot, just got here, thanks for this 2020 brudda.

@@irishtimelord3314 You are welcome but don't credit me. I am just copying from below

The entirety to of the "Scanlan" tags tells me this is going to be a Scanlan MVP episode.

The Part 2 times are off for some reason. Probably something to do with the break. These are the Part 2 times minus 7 minutes and 50 seconds, which I think fixes the problem? 1:38:36 - Part 2 starts 1:48:20 - Entering The Tree 1:58:10 - Saundor 2:06:21 - Vex's heart 2:09:00 - Initiative 2:30:00 - Scanlan Healing Song 3:00:38 - Scanlan Heals Vex 3:08:49 - Scanlan's literal disruption 3:23:12 - Scanlan Heals Vex (Spice Girls) 3:35:50 - Shock Through the Heart... 3:49:22 - Scanlan reminiscing about life. 3:50:55 - True Identity

Marisha is also the one that writes the most notes out of eeryone

To be fair, Master Mercer had created such an intricate and detailed world, it's no wonder they try to extrapolate meaning from every word he gives them. I love every silly moment it creates.

@@zackrose6261 and yet despite all that data, she makes the worst decissions by a long shot

@@TheHighborn TBF, notes written by players is generally out of character stuff, not in character stuff. The notes you take down should not affect how your character was made to act

I feel called out and I don't even play. XD

Laura had already played Jester in a one-shot they did early on, maybe sometime around the Slayer's Take section.

Ot was rigjt after she missed that flurry of beaus

had the exact same thought! lol

Same here! xD

"Actually, you should have done a concentration check"

Yeah, I felt that would have been a pretty minor thing to show, especially since Vex the character could have seen the way things were set up and would have done it that way from the start.

Matt is also running a game with 6 PCs, 5 NPCs, keeping track of legendary reactions and actions, spell slots, hit points, everyone’s spells, and abilities. All on top of making it a fun, interesting, and difficult encounter. I have a hard time trying to handle doing that for my 3 players against a deadly lvl 12 encounter. I can’t imagine during a deadly 14th?? Lvl encounter

@@tylerschoen5643 All in good fun. I'm a DM myself, and do it all the time. It was just a funny juxtaposition

@@tylerschoen5643 It get's easier the more you do it. I also recommend using a laptop or notebook. It may slow things down a little but makes everything easier.

Hahahaha, I was thinking that too. I had never seen "Seagulls - Stop it now" until just a few months ago.

I literally had to put in effort not to go watch it for the trillionth time right then and there

Swing from a hairy vine I can be your backpack while you climb. I have watched that an ungodly amount 😅

I absolutely did not believe that scene came from the game until I saw it with my own eyes.

Enjoyed her landing a few ideas after her brooding when she couldn’t grapple the dragon or finish off the Herd’s archers… She really had a good battle this time! I was surprised Soundar was not hardier given his large number of legendary abilities, but Vox Machina must be also fairly impressive just now.

They have punched children, remember Kinen? (Or however you spell it)

I got so worried for that hag they decided to skip earlier 😂 they don't deal well with the elderly

@@yeet9397 Kynen was like 18 though? Or something

Keyleth, the closest thing to a moral center they have has apparently killed a child sometime in the past.

@@christopherbacon1077 pre stream she was trying to pull a child away from The Dread Emperor, inadvertantly choking the child to death. At least if memory of them bantering on the side about the past serves.

but then again she threaten his husband in and out of character because a stolen flying broom, lol. these extreme polarities are fun,

@@Chronostra no it doesn't. Greed is shit

@@Chronostra its called having a good relationship with your partner. You can make little quips like that and both get have fun with it.

The thing is that I didn't even realize it was bad what he said until Taliesin and Marisha were like: He's a dick! And your comment about how it is abuser talk. In her position I would have taken his proposition and accepted. In my head it was like: He needs love in his life, someone who will remember him. Man I didn't even catch it....

@@animadea4449 in future, anytime someone appeals to you with a shared weakness instead of in support of a shared strength run! It is the most classic manipulation of abusers. No love can be based on need and guilt, it has to be based on desire and respect.

@@Wicked_Necrosis Yeah it is one of the two

Travis usually, then I rewind as I missed all the others. Sometimes I watch an incident 8 times. Yes it's necessary.

Laura is mine, she’s always so invested. I rewind for big moments to watch each of them though. 😆

Mine is Taliesin 😂

He may be a lunatic, but Sam is a classy man.

Several players need to pick up on these things that make sam great instead of tryina copy his jokes and hope to be that beloved.

He really is an excellent player. If he’s unsure if his character would know something he asks presuming they don’t know and is all around great at putting himself in the characters shoes. It’s also a real mastery to be able to break tension with a joke at the right time and while doesn’t seek out many serious or sentimental scenes he won’t shy away when one comes his way.

Sam is an amazing player

Sam is a good roleplayer, but his weakness is mechanics. He rarely reads his own abilities and often mistakes how things work that he should know. Such as some forty episodes not realising cutting words consumes a use of bardic inspiration. He cant even remember in three sequential episodes that his advantage on saving throws is a gnome thing. In cp2 he doesnt get used to the basic rules of sneak attack until over 100 episodes in. He is lax on arguing, because he generally doesnt seem to care much about the mechanical aspect of the game. He's there to share awesome moments and roleplay with his friends, and meme or troll a bit. This makes him both a treat to watch and a fun person to have. But also frustrating to watch, as he doesnt pay a lot of attention to any mechanical aspect of a scene, or even want to make any decisions about mechanical aspects of his character. And as a result, It leaves the DM having to pick up the slack a lot which isnt a good thing, the DM has enough to keep at the ready without having to double check your abilities for you Its less obvious in this campaign as most players are still learning a new system and most of what he needs to know are spell descriptions. But in subsequent campaigns he ends up needing to be helped as much as Ashley despite not having the excuse of being unable the game consistently. I love sam as a viewer, and his personality is wonderful at bringing the mood back up when things are grim. But I can't honestly call him a good *player*

Press 2 for Great Old One?

Im sorry we are out of stock but we have 1 cleric left. Laura Bailey: I will take it!

To become a Trickster Cleric, please stay on the line, and don't mention the theatre.

More than anyone else, Laura is just hanging on every word of narration when awesome things are happening to her character (like here, or when Trinket was defending her from the Spirit Bear). It's pretty fantastic how invested in her characters she gets. Episode 9 of Titansgrave had some long narration where she was just 100% fixated on Wil Wheaton's narration for many minutes. When I see that happen in Critical Role, it always reminds me of that (because I saw it first, and because it went on for so long; much longer than any monologue from Matt because it was a more scripted episode, but still with a character that she had developed).

She’s the ahegao touch that this show needs

While I know what you mean by basic, my sleep deprived brain is just imagining water with a valley girl accent.

Does it make any sense that Percy has access to kettles of pure sodium? Where is he even storing them?

Same!!! That's exactly what i was picturing what the tree was looking like, too!

Never seen that movie but upon googling it, thats how i imagined it too!!

HA 😂

This is awful. God bless.

You win the internet

Got down to the root of it Hanson. Didn't branch away from the plot and your pun turned out to have more bark than bite. I'll leaf now, carry on.

Hahahaha

This thought lives in my head rent free

Oh, he's sick too.

One of the downsides of playing a Low Int Character... he can’t really make plans during missions and the only thing he’s really good at is when he fights. Of course Travis makes Grog appear smarter then he is depending on certain situations that he deems necessary, like when he was planning on attack Kevdak.

@@ShapCast but that's like battle tactic fighting thinking. Not intelligent thinking. He's not thinking if some complex plan of infiltration but he chimes in on battle tactic plans like hit this then hit this. Makes sense.

@@ShapCast he still has battle experience when he plans some things, but truly enough we can see he sometimes wants to just say something but cannot 'cause Grog is not smart enough

Yeah, I'd say battle tactics is just as much Wisdom as Intelligence. D&D Intelligence is very much book-learning or oral traditions rather than knowledge from experience. Even low INT characters should still have knowledge when it comes to anything they are experienced with - be that battle tactics, survival, or some kind of trade.

Orthax!

I think he mind melded with a crow that one time

Sounds a hell of a lot like Ultron to me, but hey that'd be a great voice for Orthax! Can you imagine him shouting "Your soul is forfeit!" in that voice? :D

He's practicing for his frequent use of a demonic voice for every time he casts Vicious Mockery as Mollymauk next campaign. :P

You picked up on the Record of Lodoss War vibe too, eh?

Can't figure out the source for the song during sondors speech @2:00:10?

@@TheNewton Ruins of Bone Hill

@@laiuhhajad65 Awesome ears! ty for info went through several of their playlists and never managed to ID it.

all i hear is repetitive skyrim music.

That TIMING when Vex drew her bow. HOW.

It rings so true, though. I love when poor communication between characters who care for each other and have good intentions is played/written WELL, without relying on idiot balls or contrived misunderstandings. Vox Machina have some great "ouch, too real" examples of that.

😆😂😆😂😆😂😆😂

You know, that's actually incredibly accurate.

I'm still waiting on my Space Balls the Flame Thrower.

Yes! That is one of the many things I love about this series. Some might think "voice actors" as people who just read scripts and use interesting voices, but this is a group of Very talented actors, masters of improv and dedicated to their characters. They breathe such life into their stories that the audience actually cares about each of them. I find these people fascinating. They are individually as interesting as the characters they so beautifully portray. Liam and Laura as Vax and Vex make such an inspiring duo, I am glad you see yourself and your sister in their mirror. That's pretty cool friend.

testfire3000 I think you’re completely right! Many people find it easy to look down on ~”the arts”~ and those who work with them as a full time job, that it’s not as necessary as some other jobs, and that may be true, but we all still love art, and need it in some form or another to reflect on our own lives. We need to express ourselves and explore our own feelings and connect with other people and understand their feelings in relation to our own, and I think art in all forms allow us to do that in incredible ways (especially Critical Role)

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I can’t believe this is the lowest one.

Boosting because I love these episode break downs

Need 3:23:33 for Scanlan attempting Spice Girls lol

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