Matt starting off with "Water." to mirror Brennan's intro on EXU is golden.

There is nothing funnier then brennan playing a crazy old man. Be he raddish or phoenix lover.

This is the true "Oops all bards" season.

My absolute favorite thing about D&D is the juxtaposition between such profound and beautiful lines as "There is no light more welcome than that which pierces the darkness" and comedic treasures like "Slam it down big style."

Mat's "Water" to answer Brennan's "Fire" is so perfect xD

This Matt guy is pretty good. He should do this for a living.

Watching Brennan's joy at seeing his world so beautifully brought to life by another master of their craft is just perfection

I love how this game can be literally anything and still make sense... Veggie Tales meets Game of Thrones? Sure why not.

Love the sour expression on Zac's face when the Bishop was announced. A bit of that old rabbit still lingers.

I've waited all my life for Ganondorf to say "Slam It Down Big Style" and watching it transpire made me so happy.

HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing 1:45 EPISODE STARTS 2:30 Player intros (the splash zone) 3:50 Water 5:45 Queen Amangeaux 6:50 Karna Solara 9:45 Nathanial Charlock 16:10 The Bulb sees all 18:00 Delissandro Katzon 19:50 Kleva Katzon 22:15 Colin Provolone 23:45 Colton had it coming 25:35 Sirley Haig 27:00 Riding Sirley raw 30:50 Fructera 35:55 Karna stats (eliminating a knight) 43:35 Something is up with Charlock 45:30 Chutney 48:00 Charlock gets his mind blown by pickled creamy blueberry 49:55 Colin does the introduction 56:00 A Peter Pan movie reference 58:05 Jacque Tomate 59:45 Charlock stats 1:00:45 House Rocks 1:02:05 The Ceresians (happy trail) 1:05:00 The Ceresians are so incredibly Italian 1:08:25 Clear a path (Colin and Kleva bond) 1:11:35 The Bulbians (doubt that the bishop will amount to anything) 1:14:20 Karna sways the people 1:20:05 Mangeaux and Tomate 1:24:40 Tomate sucks 1:26:15 Tomate swings both ways 1:29:00 Pamela shuts down Charlock 1:33:30 Charlock and Mangeaux scheme 1:36:10 Who is Colin 1:40:10 Delissandro talks about how hard he is 1:45:25 Slammed down, big style (mayo on that sandwich) 1:47:20 Colin stats (blackmail letter) 1:50:25 Karna gets her secret letter 1:51:20 Delissandro stats (and blackmail letter) 1:53:10 Amangeaux stats (and blackmail letter) 1:55:30 Charlock’s blackmail letter 1:56:20 People head out 2:00:20 The gang meets up for the first time 2:05:40 Brennan nearly gets whomped by the party, even as a player 2:10:35 Deli carries Charlock 2:14:30 The FDA 2:29:25 Deli drops the mic 2:32:30 Everyone knows Charlock is lying 2:33:10 Charlock keeps receipts 2:37:30 Tomate makes a move 2:41:00 The Ravening War begins 2:43:00 Next time The in-game start date for the episode was the 22nd of Highbloom in the year of our Bulb 1188. If y’all aren’t aware, there is an aftershow for each episode of this show on Dropout. They’re real fun! Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?

okay anjali is crazy talented

Zac Oyama is low key one of the funniest people on the planet

Aabria getting a bit swoony over "sharply cut piece of cooked brisket," was funny in so many ways. :)

Now what I want is Aabria to run a game for Matt and Brennan in the world of Midnight City, just so she can start a session with "Earth," Collect all the elements

Matt just getting all the hype this week with this and playing ganon in the new zelda

Please have zac come over for a guest star in crit roll. would enjoy his humor at the table and his unique play on charaters

I honestly am kinda glad that Zac didn't go for a traditional Dairy Islanders' accent because I could NOT have handled Zac doing cockney the whole season, he's already too attractive

Hats off to Mat for somehow having time to Voice Gannon in tears of the kingdom and DM for Critical role and also Dimension 20. Man is at multiple places at once.

The amount of time I replayed Brennan going “Oh, they led with widowed” He’s such a joy

51:02 I don't think I've made anyone in my life laugh as hard as Zac makes Lou laugh here. It's so genuinely wholesome.

I love how Brennan got that callback at the beginning immediately

For those who didn’t watch the adventuring party: The Fellowship of Destiny’s Architects is a reference to the FDA. (The U.S Food and Drug Administration)

Idk who Anjali is or where she is from, but not only will I be looking up all her stuff I have to say SHE IS FUCKING AMAZING! Her roleplay is unlike anything I've ever seen on this show. Compelling, emotional and she speaks as if she lives in this world. Absolutely an amazing actress and performer, resubbing to Dropout for more of her and her character!

Brennan's long silent stare after Queen Mango clear as day lied AGAIN about not receiving a letter, was PERFECT.

Brennan came to CR and started with fire, Matt came to D20 and began with water. Now we need Izzy and Marisha to each DM a miniseries so we can get a start with: "Earth..." and "Wind..."

I was so sad A Crown of Candy ended because it was such a great setting. And I loved seeing Brennan on Critical Role. Now this? Perfection!

Can't say I remember Veggie Tales being this lit but I'm all here for it

Thank you Daddy Ganondorf for bringing back Calorum

"I do love this city" should not not be that hard of a line but man context is everything.

with both aabria and brennan getting to participate as players, this will be insanely entertaining!!

Anjali is the best new player they’ve had on d20 since the very first season, and I say that having only watched an hour of this first episode and fully aware of how high a bar that is to clear. There have been some awesome new faces on this show over the years, but nobody has entered with the same strength and perfect aim as she has right away. To enter so gracefully and just IMMEDIATELY understand the vibe of the show and dive in fully committed like she has is something I’ve seen no other new player do for d20, not even Matt himself, and that’s without mentioning the strength of the rest of the cast. Every other player here has appeared on multiple seasons, are mainstays of the dome - Lou, Zac and Brennan are the probably three of the strongest improvisers in this space in the world, Aabria and Matt command dramatic attention like nobody’s business, but Anjali feels like she belonged the second she opened her mouth. I thought it’d be impossible to cut through such an insane cast, but all my attention is on her in any scene. She’s giving so much to the camera, so much to the other players and so much to the story from the second she’s introduced and that should be applauded. I can’t wait to watch her for the rest of the season.

Matt tried the old, "If we're speaking to each other in our native tongue then we don't have an accent" thing that Liam did in Critical Role campaign 2 was a fun moment, too bad it was perhaps a bit too niche of a call back.

"WATER!" I literally laughed out loud with Aabria and Brennan.

3:51 yeah I think Matt took calamity well

Funny how the regular dimension 20 crew were holding their dice at the end of episode to roll initiative but Matt went with a super broad time skip to the war :D

Brennan: "fire..." Matt: "water,,," who is gunna say earth and wind next?👀

This was a good day for Aabria’s Matt/Lou/Zac slow burn colleagues to friends to lovers fan fiction.

I like how instead of playing the authority figure who is against all of the pageantry and stiffness of being a leader, Lou is now playing the person who has to deal with the authority figure who is against all of the pageantry and stiffness of being a leader.

It's impossible not to laugh with Lou when he gets going. I lost it after that Zac introduction. OMG so great.

I love that you can see the friendship between Matt and Brennan. Two amazing DM's who have played together for a long time, dmed each others worlds, and when they are together it is just amazing and fun.

I know Mr. Mulligan has said it before but there is just something so beautiful about the connections that Lou, Zack, and himself have. Some people search a lifetime for that player base

When a Nat 20 insight meets a Nat 20 deception and both players have silvery barbs

After Brennans' DM Masterclass in Calamity I've been looking to get into d20 but never quite got the timing right, and then suddenly the stars allign and none other than the OG Legend himself is DMing the first d20 campaign I can actually watch from the start. And what a banger of a first episode. I knew nothing of the world going in and somehow Matt manages to make this completely absurd setting into high fantasy, and ofcourse massive props to Brennan for creating something this insanely original in the first place! All I know is I'm getting Dropout today!

That was a wonderful transition of the dome walls at 35:24. Brennan’s childlike wonder and excitement made that everything.

I knew Matt voiced Ganon but my brain short circuited for a second during the intro. 😂

The announcing part is my my new favorite moment in all of Dimension 20. Zac is just too damn funny.

Aabria's reactions are an absolute highlight through the entire episode. Thanks to the editor for showcasing them

Here from Dropout just to read the comments. (also, even with Misfits and Magic, I never knew how much I love Aabria and Lou flirting)

With this, the main three DMs of Critical Role and Dimension 20 have each DMed for each other. Matt DMed for both of them in this. Brennan DMed for Matt in Escape from the Bloodkeep, and Aabria in Exandria Unlimited Calamity. Finally, Aabria DMed for Matt in Exandria Unlimited Prime, and Brennan in Misfits and Magic and A Court of Fey and Flowers.

I am halfway through this and it just hit me...The Great Bulb, their world is in a fridge, isn't it. I always assumed the Great Bulb was a bulb like plant.

Bro, I’m so glad I managed to catch the beginning of a series for once. The political intrigue and gut wrenching tension is so juicy to watch

Matt is a Dnd God. That being said, Brennan doing Calamity was game 6 Michael Jordan...literally art

cant wait for Aabria to start the next game with "Earth"

Prepare to be slammed down, big style.

Holy shit that narrative hook is one of the most awesome ways I've seen to pull in extremely different characters without it seeming too forced or "random". So often I feel like the prison cell or tavern meetup can be a bit narratively weak and make the PCs feel forced to play along, cause we all know they're going to have to stick together whether or not it truly makes sense for the characters. But It's the kind of "railroading" everyone just kinda has to go along with. But the way Matt did it here not only baited the characters in a way that it made complete in game sense for them to get together, but he then gave them something in common and a reason to have stick together in the future! Very very clever, and I'm absolutely stealing it!

1:45:25 Lou 1000-yard stare after this

OH MY, YES. I'm actually in at the ground floor for a campaign hosted by Matt Mercer!

A song of Fruits and Vegetables!

less than ten minutes in and I feel like I'm basically watching TTRPG-style hunger games, in a way, but with actual food-based themes. XD

"Karna Solara" its sounds a lot like "sun-dried meat" (Carne de Sol), a type of meat here in Brazil. Aabria, I love youuu!!! 🥰🥰🥰

Zac always being a fishoutofwater-type is always charming!😊

i just want to say how lovely and refreshing it is to have Anjali on the show. i feel like she is really classing up the joint, and she seems so sweet and funny and psyched to be there. it’s really great to see😊

Ain’t no drama like a Candian drama cuz Candian drama don’t stop

The Creative liberty that the editiors made to stop the music at 7:47 had me rolling XD well done Editor-Chan

I would seriously like to see a cheese based charcter that is a froMage.

Damn Brennan really said when rolling for Deception "I rolled a three but can't get lower than a 20" then looks at the camera winking and clicking his tongue. The cast, the story, the deceptions. This season will ROCK!!

Such a great series, I already watched this episode twice last week it’s just so good

Brennan saying "water can be quite corrosive to candy" is such a great call back to the water daggers.

The back and forth between Brennan and Matt at 1:26:00 is so impressive. Watching them interact with each other with such fluidity and wit really puts a smile on my face as a fellow DM that appreciates a player who can improv on the fly as quickly as I do

Morning - Comida - the city awakes To the plots upon the throne - Banh mi make their bon mots, the steaks play at stakes In the plots upon the throne - From the great plots of armies and nations To the silent plots, dark and unknown - And some shall be made by - and some be betrayed by - The plots Upon The THRONE Welcome back to Calorum, folks!

Absolute banger to start off the series. Matt fits into this world like a glove.

Was I today years old when I realized Comida was the Spanish word for food? Yes. Lmaoo

Came here for the WATER part. Later I'll watch it full. Oh, I'm so glad, for these people existing

I really want to play in Calorum as an assassin from the Pimiento Clan, bred for increasingly spicy excursions over generations by a mad patriarch somewhat like the Old Man of the Mountain from the Middle East of the Crusader era. He would be like a "ghost." A "ghost pepper," if you will, whose burning residue would be found at the site of many a noble's doom. This is really forming up into an almost-serious idea for my gaming group. Thanks to Brennan and Matt for bringing this wonderfully absurd setting for lethal intrigue to life.

The "I'm here" statements at the beginning made me think sam was gonna pop up "and I've....been here the whole time"

Watching Brennan playing a Bishop again gives me PTSD

Matt has stepped into Brenan's world and has unleashed his darkness and i wait with bated breath for the rest of the episodes

The Bishop giving “how much could a banana cost $10”

Anj coming out of the gate strong! Not messing around!

Lady Amangeaux is my favourite so far. She's very charming :D

I'm very much hoping this, together with Calamity, will be bringing more CR fans over to Dimension 20 and Dropout.

An absolutely perfect blend of comedy and 100% serious political drama

That opening narration... Matt's voice is so good

Anjali Bhimani is so good. Very glad she has the chance to be in this.

Coming from watching CR, with this being my first D20 campaign, I HUGELY appreciate the additional of the sound effects and spell effects. I plan on watching the other campaigns

I didn’t think they were going to make this available on youtube at all! I’m so excited I can watch it :)

its crazy seeing the post production quality difference between D20 and critical role is crazy, not that critical role is bad but D20 really does put in alot of effort into the edit

This... Is Game of Thrones with food. That's what this is. I'm all in, lol.

Zac really leaning into the "gerard and his sworstyle book" energy

CANDY KINGDOM PREQUEL REAL???

Yup. This is good. This is why I pay for Dropout.

56:25 Matt's expression as he says "du Peche" 🤌

Art department for D20 is always epic. This season so far has been no exception.

New to D20, followed Matt. It took me 2hrs until I got the "Pyramid of Food" joke. This setup is hilarious. Love it!

not lou's character essentially being a sandwich

Thanks for being such chill people when it comes to business side. It really is refreshing in a world where playing certain music will get you fined, it's nice to see creativity unshackled and cooperations working together to give their communities amazing content. Dimension 20 and Crit have a long, fruitful relationship ahead.

I love everyone's reactions to returning characters (especially Brennan's, lol)

im so glad these two worlds collided again to bring MATT DM BRENNAN AHHH

Matt Mercer is so awesome. Nerd Jesus!