“Wait we can talk in mist form?” “Uh... sure. At this point I don’t give a shit.” Y’all are BREAKING him

Purvon: My name is Purvon. Raven Queen: I'm not calling you that.

Vex: One! Scanlan: Instant death Matt: *Funny you should mention that*

32:23 "He was named Purvan-" _giggles and jokes from the entire cast_ *6 years later, EXU Calamity* "Announcing the champion of the Matron of Ravens: Purvan Suul!" "SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH BRENNAN LEE MULLIGAN!!!"

That beholder was originally going to be just another fishmonster...but then the party decided to make fun of Purvon's name.

Also Travis’s face “I’m playing a smart character next time so I don’t have to watch these monkeys come up with the worst plans ever.”

Percy: *The smartest, most reasonable, most eloquent, and most practical character at the table* Also Percy:

Sam jokes about "Dead! Instant death!" but you can see Matt biting his lip.

Vax: "Hm, my ears feel really hot this morning, I don't know why that is". Percy: "I've been breathing on them". Vax: "... What?"

The book salesman that got Vex to pay full price, I feel like he must've gained 2 levels out of that

For those coming from The Legend of Vox Machina, the time stamp you're after is 4:23:24

Vex after losing that 30 gold: I may never financially recover from this.

Matt: “You see a tall set of double doors.” Scanlan: “doors..” I felt the angry eyes.

Grog "killing" Vax is one of the funniest things I have yet seen in this series. Travis's acting just sells it so hard.

The question "Does that bring you below 0?" after taking a bunch of Necrotic damage is potentially the scariest question a DM could ask.

"Roll a Perception check, with disadvantage" - "oh nice, that's a 31... no wait 41" "Whut?!" - "71! 124!" Matt: "You see through reality" That made me spit my drink through my nose! 😆

wonder if pre-stream vex ever said "If i ever pay full price, it will be the day i die"

Mary shows up for 2 adventures kills a dragon and a beholder...

Poor Kashaw. He kisses one druid once, and then her maybe lover is hitting on him, his twin sister is plotting his death, a gnome is trying to hook him up with the druids maybe lover, like this poor man is just trying to take care of his best friend and he's just having to deal with a bunch of dumbasses because she's too good.

Grog being so upset when he thought he killed Vax and the being so relieved when he found him alive was kind of sweet

“I was raised to believe in life, and when you’re married to death that’s pretty much all you have.” I love this line from Cash.

"Sorry, I don't speak fish." I love Percy's one-liners.

Percy: I apologise for any of the mistakes I’m likely to make Me and Vax looking at what’s going to happen in roughly three hours: 😬

I genuinely believe that this is the episode where Percy really realized what Vex means to him. It's not regret he feels when he triggers the trap, it's horror.

Perception check 71 You see through reality itself and you see you and your friends sitting in a table. All of you seem to be human oddly. And you are telling the story of what's going on in the world around you as if it were some sort of a game.

That dawning horror when Laura goes from "damn I'm unconscious, oh well" to seeing Matt's wordless look and slowly realizing what has actually happened was just terrible

LIam's acting was truly remarkable. But the pain in Laura's face when she realized Vex had died was truly heartbreaking. I think people underestimate how much creators put into our characters in any medium. Side note, Will was incredible as Kash. I wouldn't mind seeing that character more in his own stories.

Liam is the most immersive, believable, emotionally raw VA I have ever seen/heard. He makes me weep, he makes me laugh, and sometimes he is so gripping that I even forget to breathe. I really, truly respect him and his work.

"We get two tries each, it'll be great." I love Taliesin.

"You can move a little faster because you are 30 gold lighter." You have to love Scanlon.

The look of absolute devastation on Taliesin’s face after almost killing Vex is endearing.

Omg, everyone talking about the reactions to Vex's scene. Kills me that nobody calls out Travis. The look of complete concern for his wife knowing how hard this is going to tear her apart.

51:29 "You see through reality" You see a bunch of nerds sitting at a table rolling dice.

Trinket slams his claws into grogs hands. Grog: Trinket! Help me! Trinket leaning in close: *growl* *roar* (long live the tank)

Show of hands: who else is checking in after finishing TLOVM Season 2, Episode 3?

Matt’s home brew for resurrection spells is brutal. Taking a RAW spell and saying nope let’s play a mini game...

I've watched a year's worth of Critical Role in 25 days. Damn.

From someone down below the deep ocean. Bringing it back to the surface. 07:52 - Shout out to Waze 08:48 - Recap 11:18 - Grog kicks things off 14:31 - Percy's unknown foreshadowing 16:37 - Kima meets Zahra and Kashaw 17:14 - No one knows what the hell is happening 19:50 - Insight Check 21:28 - If we could all live in Grog's world 23:58 - This is what happens when Vox Machina tries to research 26:42 - Vex has met her match 31:58 - Purvan (32:23 for the reaction) 34:36 - Do your holy shit 35:37 - The moonhammer of Vax death 44:14 - Matt has given up 51:20 - Vex sees through reality (starts at 50:45) 1:08:17 - Protective sister 1:11:12 - Furries 1:12:02 - Owlbears 1:15:20 - A Meaningful Conversation 1:19:05 - Kima has forgotten what it's like to travel with Vox Machina 1:20:40 - The return of the roc 1:21:21 - Kash is always left in the dark 1:22:30 - Scanlan and Kashaw need to have a spinoff show 1:26:58 - Kashaw does not want to compete with Grog 1:33:31 - Vox Machina is a real family 1:42:20 - Break begins (Get Your Perv-On) 2:00:16 - Game Resumes 2:09:55 - Scanlan's just checking that Kash doesn't want to go with Vax 2:10:32 - Grog and Vax are practically brothers 2:13:37 - Testing the earrings 2:24:51 - "Kashaw, watch this." 2:26:20 - Two Tries Each 2:29:13 - "If it weren't for Vax..." 2:36:41 - The return of Vox Machina's greatest enemy 2:47:20 - Roll Initiative 2:58:48 - "Vax, did you see that?" 2:58:57 - Shit just got real (2:59:29 for the reaction) 3:06:00 - Scanlan inspires Zarha 3:17:56 - Kima update 3:23:10 - Scanlan rubs salt into the wound 3:37:30 - Scanlan Inspires Percy 3:38:40 - I Don't Speak Fish 3:45:00 - Matt's Opinion Regarding Their Saving Throws 4:01:08 - Fast ball special 4:05:26 - One Year Anniversary Limerick 4:09:44 - Matt frustrated by lack of fun eye lasers. 4:14:11 - Zahra kicks ass 4:19:11 - Grog can't have more than one direction at one time 4:21:55 - The underoos 4:23:30 - Vex dies 4:34:06 - Kash speaks the truth 4:34:17 - Scanlan really does care 4:43:18 - Zahra's gift to Vex 4:44:30 - Kashaw and Keyleth talk 4:49:48 - Kima guilt trips 4:51:34 - Kima and Keyleth are finally seeing eye to eye 4:51:59 - After game discussion

OMG. The conversation between Scanlan and Kashaw while they were on guard duty was comedic genius. 10/10.

"I'll use my aberration bane sword. I never use it." *Matt Mercer bites his lip trying to not laugh*

Matt: The group is getting a bit too powerful... I think I'm going to bring in 4 Ancient Dragons, another Beholder, and literal death traps... Should go well.

I keep forgetting that Mary isn't British. Her Zahra accent is incredibly convincing

I didn’t tear up at Vex’s death, I teared up at Vax asking to be taken in her stead.

By the way at 4:22:00 when scalan says "Did you pee your underoos" he did so because a reddit user i cant remember the name of told him saying that if he could say "underoos" during the night's session he would donnate 20$ to charity. You can see Scanlan wink at the reddit user after he said it.

This episode is full of so many amazing moments, but for some reason my favourite part is when Vax fixes Vex’s braid after she stuck her head in the water. It’s little things like that that really make me believe they’re brother and sister.

The fact that Percival Fredrikstein Kowwolski DeRolo III in canon rhymes in his sleep(1:25:09), is the single funniest thing about his character.

Mary comforting Laura is so sweet. That was a fucking emotional ride, y'all.

that night before going into it i love the different tones of the watches. 1st watch: Wondrous watching of nature and owl bears 2nd watch: Very soul searching reassurances between two dudes and seeing a majestic Roc 3rd watch: a very stupid, goofy conversation between 2 straight guys about how attractive the bi guy is

I love that in her first game when Mary got the HDYWTDT? against Rimefang she responded with this adorable, "I don't know what that means..." , but this time she did a full-on celebration/freakout with everyone else. She is so amazing.

“I’m gonna attempt to use my Wand of Fire-” *notices the radius on Fireball* “-oh no, no, that’s a bad idea.”

Helping Vex with her braids id the cutest brother/sister thing that Vax did so far. It’s a good RP moment since that must have been like when they grew up together.

Poor Liam. Whenever he starts to do his sneak attack stuff and adding multipliers there's always a misunderstanding somewhere. Thankfully he's really good natured about it and Matt has the patience of a saint.

Will is SUCH a good actor. I remember when he first showed up I genuinely thought he didn't like the group or something.

That "You fucking died" was so perfect man...

Can we all just take a moment to point out that Mary has two HDYWTDT's so far and they are on a freaking Adult Dragon and a freakin Beholder. One of those things is the greatest battle in even experienced adventures lives that they tell tales of their whole life, Zahara is over here like yeah thats just a normal Thursday for me. Absolute legend.

God damn, I love Scanlan. If you pay attention during the big fight, you'll notice he chooses to support the team at every turn rather than heal himself, which very nearly gets him killed, like when they were fighting Rimefang. When you consider how Sam describes Scanlan as viewing life "without any real meaning" it really throws his actions into perspective, both when he's joking around with the team and when he's doing something incredibly dangerous on his own, like setting fire to that manor in Whitestone. If it makes for a good song, he doesn't care what happens to him. As a side note, Sam was challenged by a fan on Twitter to work the word "underoos" into the stream somehow, with the promise of a donation if he pulled it off. You'll notice he not only does it (4:22:14), but he winks seconds later. Sam's a real stand-up kinda guy.

Bold of them to assume we need Matt's recap every episode as if we haven't all been binge watching.

19:50 Grog: "I wanna insight check Kima!" Me: Welp, here we go again Party argues about Kima's true motives Matt as Kima: "I've missed all of you" 😁

Vax, when confronted about literally anything: *I walk out* a mood

Liam's face when he's either angry/upset is absolutely terrifying

"Doors. We should just leave"

I heard "legendary action eye rays" at some point as "legendary eye raise" and just pictured the beholder giving the group the "mom look" 😅

Been re-watching Campaign 1 as its been SOOOO long. All I could think when Percy said "I think we're very broken people." Was Liam thinking, "Just you wait til Campaign 2, this ain't broken."

"i go to stealth" "roll for perception" "27" "2" i died lol

It's pretty funny how Kima was present for both Beholder fights and still has yet to truly fight one

I love that Taliesin has different hair in almost every episode. Dont know why it makes me so happy... but it does.

Who would've known years ago that Purvan's real voice is 2022 Batman by Brennan Lee Mulligan, but here we are

Revivify is one of those spells every cleric should have prepared but hope they never have to use.

One guest delivers the final blow and the other guest revives an ally... fucking epic guests!!

You know, of all the incredible things he does in this campaign alone, Matt's absolute unyielding poker face in dire emotional situations is one of the most amazing things about him.

You know what might have been a good idea? Stopping by the Raven Queen's temple in Vasselheim and requesting her permission to retrieve her artifact before just plundering the tomb.

Vex rolls a 1 Matt: You take 57 points of necrotic damage Vex: I'm unconscious Matt: Does that take you below zero? Vex: Yes...after a moment in a soft voice...Why? Matt: Can't even tell her, just describes it. Such a dramatic moment.

4:23:39 Just....just LOOK at Matthew's face. Everyone is just bantering, making jokes, " Oh, I got a 1" ...and with a heavy sigh, Matthew starts rolling for damage. His sadness gets deeper and deeper every minute. I can only imagine what this would've done to the story if Kash did NOT have that spell ready... ...God Laura's expression😭😭😭

Rewatching and hearing Percy's throw away "I hope this is the worst decision we make because it's all up hill from there" acts as glorious foreshadowing

Okay, so obviously, I’m a bit late here, but I just had to say that I absolutely LOVE Vax’s and Percy’s talk during their watch because it’s literally one of “the night talks” that one could have with their friend. Just a deep, honest talk in the middle of the night. It’s just so truthful and so believable and it’s soooo beautiful to me that their friendship is so deep and realistic. Their talent is unbelievable!

Taliesin's face after The Thing happens is heartbreaking. He looks like he's about to cry.

The palpable dread i felt when at 2:36:42 matt said "...set of doors." their arch(ed) nemesis.

Even though you get used to it very quickly, it's amazing how Matt dedicates himself to every little detail of the game. It's never "You hit the fishmonster with your lightning arrow, 16 dmg", it's "With a blue BOLT of lightning *FSSHH* your arrow SLAMS into the snarling beast *BUDOW!* who with eyes full of VENGEANCE screams *EVIL UNDERDARK GOBBLEDYGOOK* at you"

"It's legendary action eyerol.. eyebeam." The eye roll is your legendary action Matt, not the beholder's.

Twice now they’ve missed making “beauty’s in the eye of the Beholder” jokes.

I need an entire show of Vax and Percy conversations followed by Scanlan Kashaw conversations. Just hours of it, please

Sam is so good holy shit, during that conversation with kash he made everybody laugh, but he snuck in actually good advice he could take, rather than having the serious conversation about telling Keyleth his feeling he did it in the the context of Vax to be funny but he told him to give his feelings even if he doesn't think they will be returned, which applies in the Keyleth situation aswell. clever fucker.

Man, I remember when my party had an insta-death moment like this. One of our two Rangers (I was the other) touched the Wand of Orcus, and it shattered her mind. Our cleric wanted to use Revivify, but we were within a huge anti-magic field and surrounded by zombies, so our DM gave us a skill challenge. Somehow, we all made it out of the city, largely unscathed, in 36 seconds, and managed to bring her back. Some of the most intense DnD I've ever played.

sam: dead, instant dead 2 minutes later: ...

This checkpoint is dedicated to Olga1231. 44 down, Gods know how many to go...! 07:52 - Shout out to Waze 08:48 - Recap 11:18 - Grog kicks things off 14:31 - Percy's unknown foreshadowing 16:37 - Kima meets Zahra and Kashaw 17:14 - No one knows what the hell is happening 19:50 - Insight Check 21:28 - If we could all live in Grog's world 23:58 - This is what happens when Vox Machina tries to research 26:42 - Vex has met her match 31:58 - Purvan (32:23 for the reaction) 34:36 - Do your holy shit 35:37 - The moonhammer of Vax death 44:14 - Matt has given up 51:20 - Vex sees through reality (starts at 50:45) 1:08:17 - Protective sister 1:11:12 - Furries 1:12:02 - Owlbears 1:15:20 - A Meaningful Conversation 1:19:05 - Kima has forgotten what it's like to travel with Vox Machina 1:20:40 - The return of the roc 1:21:21 - Kash is always left in the dark 1:22:30 - Scanlan and Kashaw need to have a spinoff show 1:26:58 - Kashaw does not want to compete with Grog 1:33:31 - Vox Machina is a real family 1:42:20 - Break begins (Get Your Perv-On) 2:00:16 - Game Resumes 2:09:55 - Scanlan's just checking that Kash doesn't want to go with Vax 2:10:32 - Grog and Vax are practically brothers 2:13:37 - Testing the earrings 2:24:51 - "Kashaw, watch this." 2:26:20 - Two Tries Each 2:29:13 - "If it weren't for Vax..." 2:36:41 - The return of Vox Machina's greatest enemy 2:47:20 - Roll Initiative 2:58:48 - "Vax, did you see that?" 2:58:57 - Shit just got real (2:59:29 for the reaction) 3:06:00 - Scanlan inspires Zarha 3:17:56 - Kima update 3:23:10 - Scanlan rubs salt into the wound 3:37:30 - Scanlan Inspires Percy 3:38:40 - I Don't Speak Fish 3:45:00 - Matt's Opinion Regarding Their Saving Throws 4:01:08 - Fast ball special 4:05:26 - One Year Anniversary Limerick 4:09:44 - Matt frustrated by lack of fun eye lasers. 4:14:11 - Zahra kicks ass 4:19:11 - Grog can't have more than one direction at one time 4:21:55 - The underoos 4:23:30 - Vex dies 4:34:06 - Kash speaks the truth 4:34:17 - Scanlan really does care 4:43:18 - Zahra's gift to Vex 4:44:30 - Kashaw and Keyleth talk 4:49:48 - Kima guilt trips 4:51:34 - Kima and Keyleth are finally seeing eye to eye 4:51:59 - After game discussion

Matt's like "happy anniversary. I'm going to celebrate with a fun guy" and pulls out the beholder.

"We all get two tries at least" This line is probably one of the best lines in all their sessions up until this point.

Have to say, I love the fact that Zahra can converse with Trinket and uses the ability liberally, including to convey stuff back and forth with Vex. It's ironic that Keyleth never does.

It’s honestly so unfair that Mary and Will can’t stay forever. Cause they should have stayed forever as permanent members.

I'm really glad they brought Mary and Will back. They fit in so well with the main group. It kinda feels like a bit of a missed opportunity that they didn't try and make one or both of them full-time cast members to replace Orion. The episodes they're in are some of the most fun.

"I hate Beholders so much" little did he know that his future character would become the sexiest beholder ever

"Scanlan!" "Hoy!" "You've got good perception? You can see very well?" "Sure!" Scanlan has +0 to Perception. Vex has +8 to Perception. Sam is such a troll.

Matt’s face when he realizes that a fast ball special was happening in the game... pure joy

Poor Taliesin! He went through all five stages of grief in 10 min

I believe he was going through a lot at this point so I don't know how much was acting and how much was his actual situation but DAMN my heart was breaking for Liam at the end of that.

The party sees two large doors. Liam: "Well, we might as well just turn back now."

I know we are all shaken up by Vex but I must address how awesome Scanlan was in this! That interaction with Kashaw, that burn on Vex, that Limerick, that tag team with Grog. He was awesome this episode! On a side note, I love the face Matt gives when he rolled for the damages when the trap sprung. You can tell from his face he was like "oh crap they are not going to like this..."

Lol just a vex was investigating for traps, Percy goes and reaches. He could of waited literally 3 seconds.

The emotional whiplash of this episode is just great. I'm so glad to have found this show. Here. 8 years after it started 😅

Grogs reaction to the twins stuck in the mud is priceless!