True Heroism | Critical Role | Campaign 3, Episode 91

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Chaos reigns as Bells Hells attempt to find each other and leave Kreviris, but an old enemy complicates their attempted escape...
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@flandomaltrizian4603 21 күн бұрын

HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing 7:55 EPISODE STARTS 11:25 Recap Ends 46:35 Sam flask 58:20 Imogen and Lilliana 1:04:00 The Weave Mind 1:51:10 BREAK ENDS, map out 2:11:25 Chetney’s last words 3:17:40 Otohan goes Super Saiyan 4:03:00 Sending to Lilliana 4:26:20 FCG was alive The in-game start date for the episode is still debatable. Sam’s gas can has his cat mask, and says “In Bio” beneath. Wow Now, more than ever, I want to ask people to reply with timestamps of their favorite moments. Hopefully, collectively, we can make a whole fleshed out set, even when I am constrained. I think the algorithm limits replies to one or two stamps per, but experiment if you want. I'll post my full stamps to Reddit. Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?

@decay6516 21 күн бұрын

Thanks flando!

@phoebica 21 күн бұрын

Thank you, Flando.

@markmaris5355 21 күн бұрын

flando, PLEASE post the exact location of the Reddit you're posting your stamps to. I've searched and can't find it.

@lilylou4693 21 күн бұрын

If FCG's thing hadn't happened, Imogen&Liliana would have been my fave, but there's no better moment in this episode than the braze of glory and Sam's speech. He never disappoints. Farewell, my friend. Farewell. ❤😢

@KaelleB 21 күн бұрын

Thank you Flandro 💖

@phoebica 21 күн бұрын

SPOILER WARNING: Do not read the comments, if you have not seen the episode.

@azanthal 21 күн бұрын

Commenting to hope this is top comment

@houndgirl7365 21 күн бұрын

Joining to support this and seriously the spoiler is HUGE! You have been warned!

@decay6516 21 күн бұрын

Ditto

@EikeSky 21 күн бұрын

Congrats on getting this comment above Flando, and thank you for your service 💖

@muizzy 21 күн бұрын

I was too early for this comment to hit the top. Do not make my mistake.

@liongus 21 күн бұрын

Nothing quite like a 5 hour shopping episode

@fariz7727 21 күн бұрын

Yep, even Travis is there

@jothrax4673 21 күн бұрын

It was an odd choice after blowing up the tunnels, but after the intense espionage it was nice to kick back and see Matt improv some Rhyloran merchants.

@Vile_Oreo 21 күн бұрын

This comment deserves significantly more upvotes than it has.

@treasurecrafts2065 21 күн бұрын

Never thought shopping with be so interesting

@SomeYouTubeTraveler 21 күн бұрын

At least they nabbed some cool gear by the end, even though it cost a lot.

@ozpin8329 19 күн бұрын

2:09:06 Travis: "I almost got solo'd in one round!" Matt: *A C T I O N S U R G E*

@madelyn1758 18 күн бұрын

the exact moment i went from "they're twice as powerful now, they can take her!!" to "they're dead they're dead they're so dead"

@hughspann942 17 күн бұрын

stone cold

@kawikacortes347 13 күн бұрын

funny how they all freak out when matt actually takes away their plot armor and gives them a challenge

@jackakimbo5718 Күн бұрын

Having 4 action surges on a character that gets 4 attacks per round + can attack between turns with Legendary Actions is bonkers. AND a barbarian-esque rage ability to trigger partway through to give resistance to all damage types and even raises AC further? If Matt didn't allow for the creative use of Telekinesis to disable part of her abilities, I'm fairly certain this was a TPK

@chad8767 22 сағат бұрын

@@jackakimbo5718 I'm thinking back and can't think of ANYTING they could have done that is better than they did for this one. There is no combat turning counterspell that could have changed the tides, it was just brutal combat all the way. It really was boing to be TPK if not for Sam. And that is crazy.

@YourGoodTwin 20 күн бұрын

4:05:57 It's overshadowed by the blaze of glory, but this part where Orym, beaten down and practically dead, stands in place, like Captain America strapping on his already-broken shield to face Thanos and his whole army on his own, in the face of his father and husband's killer, absolutely broke me.

@Jelboo 20 күн бұрын

At that point, every one at that table was ready to accept the death of their character. You could see it dawn on them during that past hour. I feel like Laura and Liam for sure had already given up. Travis was also dead certain this was a TPK.

@scepta101 19 күн бұрын

That was such a good moment!

@ajaxdonqueso9597 18 күн бұрын

I was genuinely waiting on Liam to hit us with the "I can do this all day."

@KnicKnac 18 күн бұрын

Orym is basically a halfling version of Captain America. Just sad 5E doesn't have the shield bash rules 3.5 did.

@edmorris4103 18 күн бұрын

@@ajaxdonqueso9597 Same!

@jkrfan7 21 күн бұрын

Fcg’s story began with him accidentally killing his friends and ended with him sacrificing himself for his friends

@raziel9856 20 күн бұрын

It was very poetic. Such a great character arc.

@liongus 20 күн бұрын

Not only that. His story started with his stress mechanic forcing him to kill his friends and ended with him overpowering his stress mechanic and using it to save his friends

@augustawendt6279 20 күн бұрын

Stop it, you guys are making me cry even more

@monsta6501 20 күн бұрын

The only way Sam could make their sacrifice worth it for me is he comes back as Devexian to join the group. Otherwise my heart may never be repaired.

@klaudia123 19 күн бұрын

STOP THIS PLEASE I HAVE NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY

@ejd53 21 күн бұрын

The first words in the next episode are: "My name is Taryon Darrington, my friends call me Tary".

@JerichosFishStand 21 күн бұрын

I say, you there! Little dead girl!

@SevillaLorenzo-kd2ef 21 күн бұрын

Orrrr Luc Brenato

@nosiree7104 21 күн бұрын

Lol! That's exactly what I said in the broadcast

@vanished2667 21 күн бұрын

@@SevillaLorenzo-kd2ef Omgfg PLEASE

@ericjaeger8935 21 күн бұрын

He should come back as Doty Mark X. Where Doty has become self aware and has set out to prove himself, just like his father.

@jackoshadow 18 күн бұрын

"Pain doesn't make people, it's love that makes people. The pain is inconsequential. It's love that saves them.” His love saved them...

@Thejackiemoves 10 күн бұрын

Cad quotes are always welcome.

@Mazygolucky 7 күн бұрын

Crying 🥲

@zazikel1885 19 күн бұрын

You know that something big is going to happen when Sam is silent for an hour.

@WillMidgeRichards 11 күн бұрын

He had to be planning that for a few rounds when people starting falling

@carbonzl1994 11 күн бұрын

Also explains why he moved away as far as he could. I was wondering.

@Jinquisitor 21 күн бұрын

A heartbreaking truth is that by getting rid of Otohan, FCG did for Oyrm what Scanlan couldn't do for Vax.

@drag0n911 20 күн бұрын

💔😭 how DARE you be so spot on😭💔

@majorzipf8947 20 күн бұрын

Oh gods. That hit like a ton of bricks 😭

@seyeruoynepotsuj 20 күн бұрын

Can someone give some context to Campaign 3 about this? I know about what Scanlan tried to do for Vax, but am missing Orym's connection...

@IcarusNadir 20 күн бұрын

@@seyeruoynepotsujorym was down, he would've died

@88Lee 20 күн бұрын

I think he means that Orym is off the hook for eternal servitude to Nana Mori.

@michellev9906 21 күн бұрын

No spoiler... Marisha at Sam: I'm so mad at you right now. Travis at Sam, simultaneously: I'm so proud of you.

@MCinator 21 күн бұрын

and both reside in one heart times thousands

@ShawnLevasseur 21 күн бұрын

Semi-spoiler: And 'someone else": I'm so glad to be on the other end of this.

@KyleRobinson204 21 күн бұрын

Marisha trying to cope and negotiate with Matt before Travis stopped her also hurt.

@taylorsmith9197 21 күн бұрын

@@KyleRobinson204 "MARISHA!" from Travis was great. I definitely play like Travis (not nearly as good in the RP of course), crap is gonna happen. Let it happen and make the best story you can out of it.

@VenomGengar 21 күн бұрын

I feel like she was saying it to Matt

@henkmalan13 19 күн бұрын

Brennan Lee Mulligan in ExU: Calamity: "Sometimes, without even rolling, a player just gifts you with a natural 20." Matthew Mercer in this episode: "Go ahead and roll 20d8 for me, please." Wonderfully poetic... 😭

@jgambolputty99 14 күн бұрын

Which Ep was that again?

@henkmalan13 14 күн бұрын

@@jgambolputty99 That was in the final episode of ExU:C, when Loquatious Seelie made his final broadcast. 🎙

@thenevermer 10 күн бұрын

@@henkmalan13and both by Sam! Absolutely love the power he brings to his characters

@thatoneguy1350 5 күн бұрын

It's always fucking Sam with this shit😭

@Wolfie-gj9ch 5 күн бұрын

@@henkmalan13 Absolutely a terrible ruling, just giving someone an auto success without so much as using an inspiration. Gives people who are well-spoken such a step ahead of people who are more timid. It's things like this that make people who are not charismatic, intelligent, or wise ask how to play characters that are good at those abilities. What a terrible way to play that.

@Wertaxtax 20 күн бұрын

Please, please, please, bring Matt and Sam for the next episode of 4 Sided Dive, I really really wanna listen to them talk about their feelings from this episode

@AngryKettle 15 күн бұрын

And Laura.

@LizardbethArt 14 күн бұрын

and Laura and Talesin, because (1) Imogen's mom, and also (2) Ashton TALKED TO FCG about exactly this MULTIPLE TIMES and also given (redacted)

@AngryKettle 12 күн бұрын

@@LizardbethArt Laura because she was telling him to detonate, perhaps as a joke

@newemotionfm 6 күн бұрын

@@AngryKettle Sam is crazy though and no suggestion isn't worth considering lol

@AngryKettle 6 күн бұрын

@@newemotionfm To be clear I'm not blaming her! I'm just curious what *she* thinks.

@leondowning3632 21 күн бұрын

To all future critters: SPOILER WARNING !!! DON'T LOOK IN THE COMMENT SECTION

@alexandertiberius1098 21 күн бұрын

Bump

@RebelYPuff 21 күн бұрын

Bump

@DerpGnome 21 күн бұрын

This

@TheDisplacerBeast 21 күн бұрын

You know an episodes good when they do this. Still remember the otohan fight had like thirty of these

@morganallen6259 21 күн бұрын

Bump

@milesparker846 21 күн бұрын

Otohan: “I am inevitable” FCG: “And I……am……Fresh Cut Grass”

@Pailzor 20 күн бұрын

"...a cat."

@skylarknight9170 19 күн бұрын

“And I ……am……Faithful Care Giver”😭

@davidjennings2179 19 күн бұрын

I am...the F*cking Cat Guy

@Ginfeldi 19 күн бұрын

yes theres not a more appropriate comparison

@i2cube 19 күн бұрын

"Smiley day to you!"

@paxtharsis 20 күн бұрын

I love how Travis shows his leadership skills in this episode "take your time..." Calming down the pace to make sure mistakes aren't made at the table is sometime as important to a game as what your character actually does.

@jasonrichter9079 19 күн бұрын

my best moment were when marisha already asking if they can bring him back and he just said: "Marisha" and she was quiet. like a father stops his kids stupid question^^

@Lilaraba 18 күн бұрын

@@jasonrichter9079No need to be rude about it tho

@alliryan326 17 күн бұрын

I just love how Travis champions everyone, even Matt, as the try to grapple with that brutal battle. And his trill at the epic-ness of the story unfolding!

@Katpitz7 17 күн бұрын

not like he was doing anything else that fight lmao

@sparklefulpaladin 12 күн бұрын

Yeah! If you want to see more of that side of Travis, check out the episodes where they're at Nana Morri's, especially the Communication Challenge (episode 79).

@Vincent-kl9jy 20 күн бұрын

My father didn't stop protecting his friends, and neither did my husband.

@Jango1989 18 күн бұрын

So underrated

@georgettehelena 21 күн бұрын

You could tell Matt wasn't even prepared for that action.

@KyleRobinson204 21 күн бұрын

When his voice broke on the "do you understand what that means?"... got me bad.

@jburt779 21 күн бұрын

This was Sam’s Isharnai moment. Matt was completely blindsided. Well, my wife and I were too …

@Pailzor 21 күн бұрын

He was holding his head for a minute straight, like "Whoa... How do I brain again..?"

@pmaEGG 20 күн бұрын

It’s an incredible story…but I can’t help but feel I just watched Bells Hells fight an overtuned and overpowered boss. Like Malenia in Elden Ring 😭

@KyleRobinson204 20 күн бұрын

@pmaEGG By the numbers, It was pretty fair. They were tapped out and beat up from the prior episode though. Under even slightly better conditions that's a win. Tough boss. As tough as Lucien, but it was fair. A party of 7 is awful to balance for.

@natealder7560 20 күн бұрын

The greyed out portrait at the end killed me 😭

@williamwall3403 19 күн бұрын

I was holding it together after a couple tears in the moment but that screen broke me

@zelly4914 17 күн бұрын

Right???!!? Made it too real.

@martinteece8983 17 күн бұрын

The person on slide detail was quick and on force

@akiraking00 10 күн бұрын

i was crying, but holding it together, but when they showed that i had to pause it and do a lap around the living room

@mariekedekker8376 20 күн бұрын

SPOILER Taliesen called it in a 4sided dive episode ages ago. That robot had a deathwish to save its friends. He was right.

@koji6745 18 күн бұрын

Nah this wasnt that. They showed FCG the light and want to live since then. Ashton wa worried theyd martyr themselves for nothing, or get someone hurt trying to save them (which Ashton himself did later and FCG Also learnt from). This was a miracle and the only thing that saved them from a TPK

@rayebeard 4 күн бұрын

I am so worried for Ashton and how he’s going to respond to this. Will he blame the Changebringer, or maybe reconcile with through the grief? Will he know that FCG did it happily and it wasn’t a rage-fueled mistake? Will he let the others help him?

@hansgouws6590 20 күн бұрын

3:38:49 Talesin to very low health Travis "Do you have any Blood-- well, you *can't* do any Blood Maledicts cause you'll just fuckin go down." Man... I was not ready for that 'Oh yeah. You would know, Tal. Wouldn't you??' reactionary sad thought.

@kettrdam 16 күн бұрын

had the same thought :(

@111doomer 21 күн бұрын

"Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most.... [voice breaks] human."

@nathanaelwaltz9006 21 күн бұрын

This right here ☝🏻

@joshuacowling2237 21 күн бұрын

I Understood That Reference 🤓 😎

@g00se99 21 күн бұрын

Bagpipes playing

@TheNahteb 21 күн бұрын

Well, now, really?!?! 😢😮😭

@LordDarque 21 күн бұрын

I was thinking this exact thing.

@rosenrot234 21 күн бұрын

"I am so mad at you" "I am so proud of you" Peak friendship

@BioSkiren 20 күн бұрын

*minor spoilers* The saddest thing about the fight this episode, is that Chetney couldn’t apply his bloated agony curse, which if I recall, does increasing damage every time the target does more than 1 attack. So just imagine how impactful that could have been.

@MeerkatADV 20 күн бұрын

Yep, her one shotting chetney at the beginning made this WAY worse than it should have been. If I remember correctly he literally never got a hit in, other than the shatter at the very end.

@Cybercoin 17 күн бұрын

I think it's also one of the reasons why Matt when after him at first because she has a LOT of attacks and would have ended herself more with attacks than any of them would.

@dragonforce364 26 минут бұрын

I can't speak to Matt's choice in targeting, but unfortunately bloated agony only applies once to the multattack, meaning it wouldn't be useless, but probably not game changing

@SamAfroman 19 күн бұрын

One other part I LOVE about the end there, is when Sam needs all those D8s, Laura, who has always been a stickler with her dice and people touching them, ESPECIALLY with Sam, is so eager to hand them over.

@ScreamsGeo 6 күн бұрын

She didn't even hesitate. Everyone else, aside from Marisha, didn't start collecting d8s to give to Sam until Matt asked them to.

@Misfit_Kitten 21 күн бұрын

If you're sad about the end of this episode, feel free to go back to the beginning of the episode, where the cast reacts to Taliesin's mouse voice. (1:05)

@ceciliaappel7827 21 күн бұрын

Thanks, I needed this . . . 😭😌

@user-bo7uw5dq1e 20 күн бұрын

that made me feel so much better

@tinnaa 20 күн бұрын

Thanks man, much appreciated. And needed, holy fuck

@TarkinRocher 20 күн бұрын

I was listening with the screen off and thought it was Liam 😂

@alli-gator-forest 20 күн бұрын

As a side note, what if Tal really did wear that suit all night 🤣

@OfficerCorsair 21 күн бұрын

Gotta say, I loved what Otohan brought to the campaign. No nonsense, no grandiose monologues, no overinflated ego, she's built for one thing and she knows it. Just a straight up killler. Brutal stuff, brutal battle, loved this so much.

@pippastrelle 21 күн бұрын

An NPC who brought just such real FEAR to her, both in players, PCs, and audience alike

@carlotacosta9193 21 күн бұрын

Otohan might be one of my favorite villains across all campaigns and you explained why really well

@vincentcyr3719 20 күн бұрын

She sets up Ludenis as a badass villian too. She was an absolute beast, a attack dog with one goal. And she was Ludenis's attack dog.

@Blackmetal699 20 күн бұрын

I was absolutely gripped the entire fight scene. Like... Damn. Best comparison to other media I can think of is Anton Chiguhr, and Matt really played into that with the Lauda's planting of the ring and their previous close call. She didn't need to be fleshed out, her mystery really defined her place in the narrative.

@christopherkecun8349 20 күн бұрын

Matt looked defensive to me at the end, I wish him all the courage of his convictions because That was a worthy foe.

@masterjaczor9892 19 күн бұрын

FCG is never going to find out that Exandria is not flat.

@alliryan326 16 күн бұрын

This is the true cost of his sacrifice! Hehehe

@morphingninja 16 күн бұрын

In until we find one of his optical sensors in orbit around it.

@hamwisehamgee77 20 күн бұрын

I was like, "Oh this is a long episode. I'll just finish it during my breakfast." Cut to me weeping at 7am before work.

@amymurata 21 күн бұрын

From "What's my mother's name," to Market of Wonders, to this heroic sacrifice, Sam Riegel is a master storyteller

@lilylou4693 21 күн бұрын

Sam's a true Bard. His words are like swords and cut soooo deep. But wonderful deep.

@MCinator 21 күн бұрын

He needs to be writing many things besides the hilarious commercial snubs of their sponsors. Just do it, Sam, just do it. We will be there for you.

@night9215 21 күн бұрын

Not to forget the revelation about Veth's death

@theultrasceptile 21 күн бұрын

It’s like he wants us to cry with every character he plays :(

@morganallen6259 21 күн бұрын

Sam Riegel is the one to rip my heart out every campaign. And somehow, I'm always surprised when it happens yet again. He truly is a master storyteller.

@lizablee 21 күн бұрын

3:58:49 Laura: "It only makes sense to do damage in this moment if what you're going to do is going to knock her out. But it won't." Sam: (whispers) "It might..." The plan was there...

@IzzyandLuna 21 күн бұрын

Nah.... it was Laura that planted the detonation seed in his brain a little bit later.

@user-bo7uw5dq1e 20 күн бұрын

when someone mentioned, "do we have a bomb..."

@doctorsikander 19 күн бұрын

@@user-bo7uw5dq1e she repeatedly asked/told him to blow up directly. Then acted all surprised and sad after he did as if it was a surprise to her/Marisha. I didn’t catch this part the first time I watched.

@catsandcrafts171 19 күн бұрын

@@doctorsikander I think she thought he could detonate Otohan directly as an attack, like his berzerker type rage thing. I watched that part a couple of times after reading your comment, and it seemed like her shock was that he had to detonate himself to do it. I know they're actors, I could be wrong. Their sorrow was genuine though.

@MageRights 19 күн бұрын

@@doctorsikander I think as well it could have been directed at ashley, the rest of the crew didn't get to read word for word what her abilities she got with the shard was, and iirc she kept describing a sort of 'i can make myself explode/hurt others in a radius around me' but to a great detriment to herself. But it was hard to tell who marisha and laura were looking at

@adamkoubeck 20 күн бұрын

The scariest thing is when Matt said "roll 20 d8," I immediately thought, "I don't know if that's going to be enough..."

@TheDangerNoodle 18 күн бұрын

Yeah I did the math immediately and with her being resistant to all damage, on average that was gonna be like 40 tops to her. I doubt it WAS enough - matt just had him roll for theatrics cuz it’d be boring otherwise

@benjaminmalisheski6494 18 күн бұрын

Same here, though as a dm I probably would’ve fudged the numbers to make it work no matter what he rolled

@ProbieKnox 18 күн бұрын

Just imagine if he had only rolled 1s lol.

@kaniamia 18 күн бұрын

I think Matt decided that Otohan’s resistance didn’t apply to nuclear damage.

@0saintclark0 17 күн бұрын

@@kaniamiayeah, whatever kind of Aeorian magic tech went into FCG it trumped Ruidusborn exaltant magic, in my head canon anyway. Cos honestly....I don't think the amount of damage WAS enough to actually kill her.

@bensdreamatorium8315 19 күн бұрын

4:40:40 - “I like being on the other end of this for once” GODDAMIT TALIESIN WHY DO YOU HAVE TO GO AND MAKE ME LAUGH SO HARD AFTER I’VE CRIED AND SCREAMED MYSELF HOARSE

@AllieKitaguchi 21 күн бұрын

Oh boy! A critical role episode where the Bells Hells fight Otohan Thull and Sam's doing the "I'm a cat..." ad read? Surely nothing terrible will happen! Not like there's a certain history there, or something...

@UponThisAltar 21 күн бұрын

Oh man, I missed the first 20 minutes of the episode on Thursday. Finding out this opened with "I'm a Cat" blew my mind. That ad bit might be cursed...

@levindeed 21 күн бұрын

Wait, was it the cat bit before the first fight as well?!

@literallyjustgrass 21 күн бұрын

I wonder if the ads are recorded post episode and Sam had fun sneaking in a lil reference

@levindeed 21 күн бұрын

@@literallyjustgrass very much doubt it. It would be a whole different energy at the table.

@mayapplesauce1396 21 күн бұрын

@@literallyjustgrass Probably not the case since they sometimes reference the ad bit during the episode itself !

@MRDUALITY 21 күн бұрын

Imogen struggling with the fight to love/hate her mother for ages and quickly Fern hears "he's proud?" and her loyalty is quickly shaken lol such a chaos beast

@hannahwoodhams6619 20 күн бұрын

As a Monday Ctitter [who is caught up] I love this community, because even reading the comments, MORE than Half of them are like "Dear GODS, Monday Crew, DON'T LOOK AT THE COMMENTS!"

@Medaumplay3 20 күн бұрын

2:09:04 Travis thought he was in the clear, but he didn't account for matt's most powerful secret weapon: his comedic timing

@nick669 21 күн бұрын

I hope everybody enjoys this carefree and lighthearted episode. 💛

@MCinator 21 күн бұрын

hahahahaha

@desilulu1994 20 күн бұрын

😭😭😭

@Sirfinchyyy 18 күн бұрын

Lighthearted yes... they are lighted by one heart.

@anneroosv 21 күн бұрын

At 4:26:48, look at Matt's face. It's the same journey as the "what level? Nine" from VM. The shock, the realisation, the respect. Sam Riegel Sam Riegeled once again.

@JPIQQG 20 күн бұрын

Said it is riegel time and riegeled all over. Truly a moment

@JKSSubstandard 20 күн бұрын

I said the same thing to my friend. The EXACT same face. I think Matt was faster on the uptick this time that Sam had a devious, campaign changing plan

@stevenweller9413 18 күн бұрын

I already apologized years ago when I realized how wrong I was, but early in campaign 1 I didn’t realize how incredible a player Sam was. That thing about just feeling alive for the first time before THAT? It might be the best role playing I’ve ever seen as part of a brilliant tactical move.

@amg7535 20 күн бұрын

Without saying too much.. it was the Dad voice from Travis.. "MARISHA.." that cracked me, but Talisan shattered me. 😢😭💔 Sam, you beautiful genius.❤

@Nike-gs8ig 18 күн бұрын

Dad voice? I thought he was being a bit rude/harsh.

@acendantoverlord5737 18 күн бұрын

⁠@@Nike-gs8igIf you think that was rude/harsh, then I feel sorry for the day you actually see what being rude/harsh is. Sam is having HIS moment, Matt is trying to work out in his head on how to play this out, and Marisha is yelling questions that don’t need to be asked or answered in this particular MOMENT. Travis is being a good friend by metaphorically slowing her horse down. He’s not berating her or yelling at her, so he’s being neither rude or harsh. You just need perspective.

@justatinyhalfling 16 күн бұрын

He said it in a particular way to calm her down and stop her in her tracks, to think and pause for a moment, to realise that there is no way out ouf this for FCG. To stop trying to fix the situation and let Matt and Sam have the floor. That was powerful and kind of Travis. A true friend and leader.

@lucienschlut 18 күн бұрын

Sam is the best player ever. Even when his character just died, he throw a joke to make the rest of the table feel better... Ashley : I go retrieve what's left of FCG's body. Sam : It's just the tongue. All table laugh-cry, quickly stop... Marisha : Anything left of his torso? Matt : It was mostly destroyed. Sam : Just the little wooden feet. Table laugh again. Sam you are the best support friends can wish for. It's visible at how they all got saddened by your character's death... and give Liam a hug, he's your husband and need your love!

@morphingninja 16 күн бұрын

If I remember right, Liam suggested what character Sam would be for this campaign.

@PattPlays 21 күн бұрын

First 40 episodes: "I wanna die, I'm not alive, I'll go down in a blaze of glory to save the people!" Thesis Mid 40 episodes: "I've learned I have value and I should stop running out and nearly getting myself killed. I have self worth." Antithesis This Episode: Synthesis.

@SevillaLorenzo-kd2ef 21 күн бұрын

fruk 😢 chat was o7 the whole time but not enough, not enough.

@PattPlays 20 күн бұрын

@@SevillaLorenzo-kd2ef i was like YEEAAAAAH BABYYYYY

@MysteryMachineX 20 күн бұрын

Synthesis: "I am alive, and I will die for my friends."

@vecnasleg8786 21 күн бұрын

This was his “Suuuuperrmaaaaan” Iron Giant moment

@777goodgirl 21 күн бұрын

NYOOOOO!!!! Why you have to do dis to me!!!! ToT That's too fitting! But if it really is like that then he could still come back! (Theorizing intensifies)

@heatherwind 21 күн бұрын

I said exactly the same thing when I watched it live last Thursday. It was a full on Superman moment.

@RedLuigiGames 21 күн бұрын

@@777goodgirl At the same time, this would diminish his heroic sacrifice in a DBZ, "death-has-no-stakes" way, and complete his character-arc in a Pinochio "Im-brave-and-finally-can-be-a-real-boy" way. I'm torn. But I'd love FGC being Reincarnated by Fearne in a post-campaign, but not during the campaign.

@LaviYatziv 20 күн бұрын

Fearne and Birdie team up with Dancer and "birth" him again. This time with a tongue!

@equusheart3344 20 күн бұрын

NOOOO!! 😭😭😭😭😭

@claudiacat4249 18 күн бұрын

I don't know if Matt will ever see this, but I want to send my full and utter respect and love to him. I obviously don't know exactly what was going on in Matt's mind when the fight with Otohan broke out, but if there was ever a single seed of doubt or regret when he saw how desperate the situation got for Bells Hells, just know that I wouldn't have changed a thing about this episode. The dice told a story, you could say. All of this was meant to happen, and I am glad it did, however distraught I may be. This was where the story was meant to go, and you told it beautifully. Thank you for what you do Matt, every Thursday. We love you very much. (Sending critter hugs)

@irena4545 17 күн бұрын

Exactly. I don't know what Matt's plan might have been but as storytelling, this would be a masterful stroke. Things sometimes don't work out, actions have consequences. Sometimes, people die, and Sam made FCG's death such an impact that mere combat death rarely has.

@kaniamia 14 күн бұрын

I have full faith that Matt had a plan to avoid a TPK. I can think of multiple possible options. I do think Matt wouldn’t have enacted any of those options until at least a couple of characters were down, though. After all, the party got themselves into that situation by significantly pushing the envelope on their recon mission. But FCG’s sacrifice was a more satisfying resolution than some external rescue or the party being forced to surrender. I don’t think Matt was expecting that to be the end of Otohan, but Sam earned it by telling a damn good story.

@Amethystar 13 күн бұрын

You could see the gears turning in Matt's head as he debated, "Do I stick to the dice or use my power to prevent a calamity?" I feel like he would have killed at least some of them and maybe captured the rest to preserve their story, but they would have still had to start over with new characters. Just a guess.

@ADN1974 12 күн бұрын

i mean, it's not really the dice, Otohan has something like +12 to hit, to resist, to about anything... he had to roll really low to miss anything, where they had to roll high to hit her and do half damage :) and i mean, that's fine, the only problem is that, like the first time, he forces the fight to them, they can't run, they tried and find her in front of them and deals them out in 2 turns, they had no way out :)

@WolfBlood4455 15 күн бұрын

After finding Critical role 5 years ago, this is the episode I catch up with live.

@BoatingMyFloat 5 күн бұрын

Hope you're getting hydrated after crying so much haha

@rayebeard 4 күн бұрын

Welcome to the party! Here’s you complimentary box of tissues 😭 🤧🎉

@KevinM-ov3qr 21 күн бұрын

Next week will start with Travis rolling a 1 and Chetney dying.

@jigui2669 21 күн бұрын

FCG gave him a heart attack xD

@ixeyeb 21 күн бұрын

You mean 100... ;)

@sweebos 21 күн бұрын

😅

@pippastrelle 21 күн бұрын

When Chetney died, I knew it wouldn't last because HE SHALL DIE WHEN THE DIE TELL HIM TO lol

@literallyjustgrass 21 күн бұрын

I want this to happen so bad. I mean i love chetney to death but the d100 bit has been hilarious and i just want it to pay off😂

@gdaughdrill 21 күн бұрын

And the last words Otohan Thull hears are .... "I'm a cat"

@adamgoulder8019 19 күн бұрын

oh god. it's his next character.

@morphingninja 16 күн бұрын

If he plays a Tabaxi next, I really don't know how I'll feel... lol

@ThatsSpace_ 20 күн бұрын

😭 FCG offered to give his life for his companions so often, it always made me grumpy that he thought of himself as a disposable service for the greater good. I’m glad that when he finally was able to do it, that it wasn’t just as a robot doing his duty. That he recognized himself as actually alive and that it was a sacrifice rather then a service 😭😭😭 As an aside I hope Sam’s next main character (if there is one) is a big sized character like cad or grog just for the variety of it all lol

@PeteyFromPallet 19 күн бұрын

"Smiley day to you " on a hoodie, is all i want now.

@cmoore215 17 күн бұрын

There's a t-shirt for sale on their store that has this! (Dark blue and yellow pocket tee)

@RubysWrath 21 күн бұрын

I can't tell you how happy it made me that he figured it out in the end. That all that God stuff and aeor stuff wasn't important. That was what mattered was his friends and the bonds they held over everything.

@LoganWitt21 20 күн бұрын

This^ This right here. Send this comment to the top because yes, absoltely this.

@jnhln5796 20 күн бұрын

I read "bonds" as "bombs", kinda works too i guess

@MormonSwag66 18 күн бұрын

A Fire Emblem protagonist wrote this

@yoshi_auditore431 20 күн бұрын

FCG being the one to organise the team building exercises hits a LOT different now😢

@rayebeard 4 күн бұрын

Oh, man. The next time they go to Nana Mori’s is going to be non-stop flashbacks

@Jack-qs6gh 19 күн бұрын

This campaign is going to be an absolute banger of an animated series. The 4-sided dive on this one is going to be WILD. I hope the cast for it will be Matt, Sam, Travis and Marisha just by all their different reactions.

@jothrax4673 21 күн бұрын

After being warned about AoE damage, Sam proceeds to move directly next to every Critter.

@bridgers22 20 күн бұрын

I think Sam interpreted it as "it might not reach Otahan" so he moved closer

@davidjennings2179 19 күн бұрын

@@bridgers22 I think Jothrax was talking about the emotional damage done to the audience, rather than the blast damaging BH.

@charleshoffman4273 19 күн бұрын

In this case, Sam did Area of Emotion damage... D,:

@domaniac9119 21 күн бұрын

Half an hour into this, Ashton one-hits a frickin HOUSE. And then of course the other stuff happens. One of the most epic episodes ever.

@stevesmith5883 21 күн бұрын

Siege + Barbarian Crit is no joke and always badass, in an old battle royale episode with Vox Machina Grog punched his way out of another dimension with that combination.

@Blasted2Oblivion 20 күн бұрын

He is lucky it wasn't a werehouse. Bah dum tss.

@masterjaczor9892 19 күн бұрын

Hopefully nobody was in the house.

@koji6745 18 күн бұрын

Plus the killer whale move of coming from INSIDE THE ROCK, jumping up, SMASHING and diving back in??? They were *so cool* this episode

@muserj 20 күн бұрын

Well, looks like Sam's character finally got to save Liam's character from a pact with a deity level entity. Scanlan just missed it in C1, but it's unlikely Nana gets to collect now. Sam Riegel...master of the long game.

@beckyc.4945 19 күн бұрын

4:26:58 The look on Matt's face is giving: "I may have taken things a bit too far...." 4:28:47 The line that broke us all.

@alexanderwagstaff3643 21 күн бұрын

“Whoever it was, just put it back. I think they’ve earned it. Put it back.“

@ajaxdonqueso9597 18 күн бұрын

Oh come on man. Why'd you have to pull that line on me? I'm already taking psychic damage over here 😂

@danilaglazaciov456 18 күн бұрын

20d8 Psychic Damage

@maxwelltwardowski5400 18 күн бұрын

You just made me get teary eyed at work lmao

@batma1792 16 күн бұрын

Good Reference! It's a quote from Caduceus Clay. c-ya:-j

@bibs1310 21 күн бұрын

there's something incredibly sad about players' characters' deaths, but there's something even sadder about a player's character who dies sacrificing themselves to save their friends. i think one of the reasons why this is especially painful, more than molly's death, or laudna's death (for me) is bc it reminds me of calamity and how in that last leg, they all knew they were about to die with the city, and even then, the ring of brass put all of their hopes and items to try to make cerrit go back to his family. fcg knew they all had very little chances to make it out alive, but he also put all he had left to try to make sure their friends wouldn't die and would finish their mission.

@alyssasowell774 20 күн бұрын

I agree. There's always an impact with character deaths, but this one hits harder because of the significance of it. Plus it's the only one that (might be a controversial opinion) but I hope can't be undone. Bringing him back would undo the impact of the sacrifice in my opinion. Of course maybe at the end of the season if they all make it maybe making a deal with Changebringer to bring him back after they save the Gods would make some narrative sense. But the way FCG went out means no coming back so finding a way to undo that feels like it would cheapen things. Aside from that I agree, gave me huge calamity vibes. There was no way they would've made it out without their faithful caregiver.

@christopherkecun8349 20 күн бұрын

Assassin bot assassinated as programmed. The tragedy here is that the change bringer could not change that.

@janavee73 19 күн бұрын

He made it happen. When Otohan tried to move away, her grabbed her. Such a memorable moment. Such a Sam moment.

@hem9483 18 күн бұрын

@@alyssasowell774shouldn't be controversial. fcg being able to come back would ruin this entire moment.

@malrok5452 19 күн бұрын

Insane how close it was to TPK. FCG had 5 hit points at the end, end even that only because he got lucky and Matt rolled 2 points of force damage. At that point the only person not on deaths door was Fearne, every other member of the party hanging by a thread, with some already on the floor. One more turn of Otohan and at least two more people would fall. Which would mean they probably wouldn't be able to put her down before her next turn. Which would be the turn where she knocks down the last of them. ONE BAD DAMAGE ROLL AWAY FROM THE TPK.

@CptDadBod 20 күн бұрын

So many abilities used incorrectly in the heat of getting pooped on. Good classic D&D. You know you’re doing it right when the players panic so much they forget how their abilities work.

@forgotn42 21 күн бұрын

After this, I don't think Ashton cares about helping the gods. They just want to make the person who sent Otohan after them suffer.

@user-zf7ny8yf8q 21 күн бұрын

I cant believe there are people that care about that god awful character

@silversalmon9909 21 күн бұрын

@@user-zf7ny8yf8qabout fcg? Cuz he's a sweetheart 😂

@DellikkilleD 21 күн бұрын

@@user-zf7ny8yf8q said the fake account. touch grass. preferably at the bottom of a lake.

@user-zf7ny8yf8q 21 күн бұрын

@@DellikkilleD it's a game... maybe you should touch some grass and get over the parasocial overinvestment

@jesstolley7193 21 күн бұрын

@@user-zf7ny8yf8q There sure are! So what :P

@shadowX2121 21 күн бұрын

I love Otohan because EVERY SINGLE TIME she appears SHIT goes down and builds up the tension more than any other villain character in Critical Role FOR ME.

@nipahholiday9302 21 күн бұрын

SAME! Since Blood & Dust, I think she might be Matt‘s best work yet. And every single time she is mentioned or actually appears, I’m like: „She has to die. I’d love to see more of her but she needs to die!“

@stevesmith5883 21 күн бұрын

Yeah, I agree, both these fights with her have been some of the most tense ever, you really feel like there's TPK potential with her even more so than more typically formidible enemies like dragons, she's a real force to be reckoned with. When the fight began this time I thought "oh they've levelled up a bunch since last time this should be hard but fine" and then a round or two in Otohan showed why she's the infamous legend she is. I also like her cause she's the kinda charecter I like to make in video games, just loads of burst damage potential.

@100Peterll 21 күн бұрын

Exactly, and that's what it SHOULD BE, saw some comments complaining about her or how she's too OP... but people gotta remember she's in the top 3 most powerful enemies in this campaign along with Ludinus and Liliana, she's not a random level 13 character on a reckon mission on the moon, her name carried weight.

@shadowX2121 21 күн бұрын

@@100Peterll Yeah, I saw those stupid comments too. I would have been mad if she was weak after Matt described her as a Veteran in a past war.

@anlemeinthegame1637 21 күн бұрын

And the players still scatter their characters, so Otohan can bop around the map and eliminate them piecemeal.

@alishstar 20 күн бұрын

I stayed awake for the whole show. At the end my husband heard me sobbing and rushed in, thinking I had gotten bad news, or someone had been in an accident. I told him what happened. He stood there with a look of disbelief on his face, "you are crying over a DnD charterer? OMG go to bed!" HE'LL JUST WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND!

@geekytenikidndfan 19 күн бұрын

It's okay cause we do. ❤

@alyiamcool 18 күн бұрын

My husband reacted similar, but I think he kind of understands, since he watches anime

@JCJustitia 17 күн бұрын

That's sad. We are all allowed to have emotions over whatever; a score in a football match, a song, the sight of double rainbows or, indeed, a touching scene in a game.

@cthulhumonsta 17 күн бұрын

@alyiamcool tell him its equvilant to ace

@PeakNutmeg 16 күн бұрын

divorce him xD

@Mgaak 18 күн бұрын

Omg the moment when Fearne instead of healing FCG went for Scorching rays against AC 25 with resistance to everything. I just, I cant.

@theredeft5319 21 күн бұрын

Man it’s episodes like this that remind me on how good an RPer and storyteller Sam is. Scanlan had many moments like this, having to use his his 9th lvl to kill Vecna instead of wish for Vax to be saved, Scanlan’s original departure, Scanlan using his last wish to bring Vax for Vex’s wedding, Nott purposely incurring the wrath of the manticore by killing its baby to save Fjord, purposely noting using cunning action disengage to incur an AOE when Nott was at low HP to allow Jester to escape the blue dragon, and now this. His whole speech as FCG was beautiful.

@carlaramos7515 21 күн бұрын

The speech at Calamity! *pass along the tissue box*

@sparklefulpaladin 12 күн бұрын

Yes! Other Sam moment that broke me (though only on the rewatch) was the scene with Molly and Nott, where Nott was trying to steal something from Molly or Fjord and Molly caught her... asked her what she'd give him in return for the "letter" and she said something along the lines of "a vial of acid", which is the same thing that Yeza gave to her...

@roberthinch7841 20 күн бұрын

The text I got from my roommate after repeatedly screaming "DONT DO IT NO NO NO" the top of my lungs. "I've been waiting since Thursday, I'll grab snacks and let's discuss"

@phoebegilliland8897 18 күн бұрын

You have a good roommate.

@summergirlinparis 20 күн бұрын

Thank you to all the people who made it clear to not read the comments because I definitely would have and probably been even more sad 😢

@deidrebetts2936 19 күн бұрын

MEGA SPOILERS, DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED I love that in their final fit of rage and anger, FCG, someone who struggled with their mortality the whole campaign and someone who doubted themselves and wondered if they truly did have a soul, essentially said "fuck you, I am alive, and I'm making my own decisions now"

@LafunkSamZ 21 күн бұрын

Talisen being the first to break always gets me.....

@MCinator 21 күн бұрын

he's an old violet softy

@chanyael 21 күн бұрын

Yeah, it felt like he took this way harder than molly, poor ashton.

@thenecrosanct4906 21 күн бұрын

@@chanyael Well, he did say to Sam that he prefers to be on the other side of this.

@GracetheYounger 21 күн бұрын

@@MCinatorwhen I see him react that way to stuff, I always remember what Liam said in Liam's Quest: Full Circle. "Somehow a heart knocked around by the industry that birthed you came out a tender one." 🥺🥺🥺

@Luneowl 21 күн бұрын

@@GracetheYoungerI just watched that for the first time yesterday; damn, Liam going all out to tell his friends how much he loves them while making them laugh with a rattly robot voice.

@__-vb3ht 21 күн бұрын

Everyone on the internet: Sam once again delivered a heart wrenching monolgue that made everyone cry. Me: FCGs arc should have been surviving this and learning to not glorify sacrifice. No monologue can change my mind, I mean good could this monolgue be anyways? Sam: And I realise that I am alive me: oh fu...oh he got me

@saskiascott8181 20 күн бұрын

Nothing can withstand Sam's monologues

@ProperlyGaming 18 күн бұрын

Being alive means loving folk so much youd be willing to do anything to save them and help them. And sometimes that includes sacrificing yourself for them, especially in a dark, cruel, and fantastical world like exandria.

@__-vb3ht 18 күн бұрын

@@ProperlyGaming I agree, but FCG always glorified sacrifice in an unhealthy way. I thought their arc should have been learning to help people without dying in the process, but I do like how it turned out. Especially the messiness and desperation of the scene

@janus2773 18 күн бұрын

@@__-vb3ht i only watched the first couple eps and this one but the arc could also be interpreted as an unhealthy obsession for sacrificing himself to unlearning that behaviour to sacrificing himself only when it was absolutely necessary

@__-vb3ht 18 күн бұрын

@@janus2773 exactly

@iN-Mtz 19 күн бұрын

No one at the table cheered or got excited at that last HDYWDT. I don't think I've ever seen that before.

@MorticiaAttoms 20 күн бұрын

I figured Sam would eventually make FCG self-destruct since we found out that his core is a literal ticking time bomb, I just didn't think it would be like this. We are, in theory, only about halfway through the campaign. Damn you, Sam! He deserves another Emmy for his final monologue.

@machionio8123 21 күн бұрын

Liam: "hopefully she doesn't have another Action Surge" Otohan, three Action Surge's later: "you were saying?"

@kennethjfair 20 күн бұрын

Yeah, I feel like Matt seriously underestimated Otohan's power when scripting this fight. With four attacks, she's clearly a 20-level fighter. By giving her an offhand attack and three legendary actions per turn, she had eight attacks per turn, or twelve attacks with an action surge. Sure, he rolled well, but she would have been hard enough to fight at level 20 by itself. Between her DEX and clearly magical weapons, she had to have been getting at least +12-maybe more like +14 or +15) to each attack roll. She's going to hit most all of the time. Her weapons did magical damage to which no one in the party had resistance. Having her exalt to gain resistance to all damage PLUS giving her two more action surges PLUS giving her a superior healing potion PLUS having legendary resistances was just too much. When Matt said that she had her action surges back, I immediately thought, "Well, there's the TPK." I can't even imagine how this fight would have gone if she had the backpack and its abilities for the whole fight. Good on Sam for what he did. But Matt kinda screwed up to get them to the point where that was necessary.

@lyssatiny102 20 күн бұрын

@@kennethjfairI was thinking the same thing. I don’t THINK it was meant to be a TPK (Matt is a storyteller, after all, and a TPK now would be a very unsatisfying story), but how else was this supposed to go?!? Thank god for Sam’s legendary role play skills, but we really shouldn’t have needed that here. :/

@DukeTrout 20 күн бұрын

@@kennethjfairYeah, the legendary actions were over-the-top. Those are meant for monsters so that they can stand up to a party of PCs. Matt played Otohan like a PC; she didn’t need legendary actions. She already had 9 attacks per round.

@MysteryMachineX 20 күн бұрын

You guys missed the point. Obviously she was overpowered. That was the point. The party wasn't supposed to fight her.

@DukeTrout 19 күн бұрын

@@MysteryMachineX And they weren’t given a chance to avoid her. Maybe you missed THAT point…

@id9907 21 күн бұрын

Just confirmed it...the background music at the end is the same music as the end of exu calamity 😭

@koji6745 20 күн бұрын

oh god

@geoffreycannon2197 20 күн бұрын

Forest of Lost Souls, by Mandala Dreams.

@id9907 20 күн бұрын

@@geoffreycannon2197 Thank you, I always wondered what the song's name.

@geoffreycannon2197 20 күн бұрын

@@id9907 I had to hunt it down after I heard it for my own d&d campaign at the time. It was getting close to an end, and that song really helped set the mood.

@jayesteele1650 20 күн бұрын

Sam. Fucking. Riegel. You got me good with Scanlan's counter spell. I was floored with Nott's reveal. I never expected you to top both in one beautifully played move. Sir, I can't bow low enough to show my respect.

@picano25 20 күн бұрын

Love the light on the battle map as well as the close ups. Need more of that during battles and when showing amazingly crafted minis.

@SenterSen 21 күн бұрын

Good luck to the Monday critters

@Astragoth2 21 күн бұрын

damni it

@dakotafwebster8062 21 күн бұрын

Soooo conflicted with my feeling about letters atm

@thezapdad 20 күн бұрын

I watched it just now and remained unspoiled. This was as good as Scanlan and the wish.

@muserj 20 күн бұрын

Monday critter here...... Ow.

@SumDude129 20 күн бұрын

I fell asleep during the broadcast but saw clips later and I can see why he did it now. This went SOOOOOO bad for them

@Belphegor82 21 күн бұрын

4:37:30 "I'm really sad." I don't know why, but this tiny phrase hits like a ton of bricks. (me too, oh my god.)

@user-zf7ny8yf8q 21 күн бұрын

fakest Liam moment yet

@parodycalfilms 21 күн бұрын

@@user-zf7ny8yf8qLiam is one of the most emotionally invested characters, especially when it comes to Sam. Of course he was broken. Matt was too.

@jesstolley7193 21 күн бұрын

@@user-zf7ny8yf8q Dude, why are you here xD

@user-zf7ny8yf8q 21 күн бұрын

@@parodycalfilms every single cast member looked more emotionally invested and devastated than him. this is typical Liam tho and his fangirl lap it up

@danielhollan4711 21 күн бұрын

@@user-zf7ny8yf8qwhat a fucking asshole you are, you just seem like such a fun happy bundle of joy to be around! Wow how lovely of a human you are!

@masterjaczor9892 20 күн бұрын

If you a play a Barbarian (especially one with Siege Attacks) doors are optional, and thus Ashton has trumped the bane of all D&D players...the MIGHTY DOOR!!!!

@Scaramanga7 20 күн бұрын

Matt is quietly putting away the CR30 door he had to end the campaign.

@infinitedissent 7 күн бұрын

This is the second episode where I've thought "this will be the moment that Fearne finally activates her hotline to Asmodeus". But she never does.

@levindeed 21 күн бұрын

This was either top 1 or top 2 episode of the entire campaign so far, depending on how flustered you were by that Vax cameo during the Solstice. I know people probably already forgot, but this is ALSO the episode where Laura Freaking Bailey dropped two consecutive 31s for a major plot twist.

@Applebliss99 21 күн бұрын

This episode, the ashton dual-shard episode, and the first Otohan duel were some of the most intense nail-biting episodes of actual play I've ever watched hahaha

@levindeed 21 күн бұрын

@@Applebliss99 as someone who rewatched Calamity literally yesterday - can't agree with your here 😂

@benpalmer1583 21 күн бұрын

How is her bonus that high though? did she pick up expertise that I'm not aware of - I don't know how her bonus was higher than +10 Edit: I have been made aware of feats that give expertise - I was unaware of those before. I might look into taking one if I get the chance

@WoeUponThee 20 күн бұрын

@benpalmer1583 She likely picked the 'skill expert' feat at lv12 for expertise.

@cnof00 16 күн бұрын

@@benpalmer1583 She's likely a 20th level character and with maxed dex and prof it's not difficult to get over +10 I believe Ashton and Orm have 10-11 plus right now to hit.

@dreamofmedeukae 21 күн бұрын

AHHH MONDAY CREW AVOID THE COMMENT SECTION!!!

@davidschmidt5507 21 күн бұрын

How were you not spoiled yet 😅

@RebelYPuff 21 күн бұрын

Bump

@dreamofmedeukae 21 күн бұрын

@davidschmidt5507 I watched it live Thursday so I thought I would give a preemptive warning for others!

@anathem9982 21 күн бұрын

@@johnymey4034 What kind of joyless sack are you to want to go out of your way to try and spoil things

@Jri3102 21 күн бұрын

@johnymey4034 why?!? Just why?

@francescogulisano2917 20 күн бұрын

"Bonus action Jesus Christ" sounds like a cool ability for a cleric

@PurpleLukazaide 20 күн бұрын

The (Healing) Word of the Lord

@nicholasmair5935 20 күн бұрын

Sam: *sacrificing himself* Marisha: “But wait we can revive him right?” Travis: “MARISHA.” Very good call Travis, let the emotional impact of a sacrifice land.

@IzzyandLuna 20 күн бұрын

Just because he isn't as emotionally invested as the rest of them doesn't mean he can just shut her down like that. Especially if she's still at the shock/bargaining stage. He could've handled that way better but I know most of you don't care about the ladies of the cast.

@weirdgal12 20 күн бұрын

I didn't take this as Travis "shutting her down", I took this as Marisha not yet grasping the severity/permanency of it. Matt had asked Sam "do you know what this means", I think referring to the fact that FCG won't be revivable after doing this. Travis seemed very invested, but he's more of a tactician, so was likely feeling more pride at the strategy than feeling sad. (also that last comment "most of you don't care about the ladies of the cast" is irrelevant and uncalled for. CR would want us to be kinder than this, and to not assume the worst of each other. Smiley day.)

@SuicidalBeatz 20 күн бұрын

Holy assumptions, Batman.

@louisst-amand9207 20 күн бұрын

@@IzzyandLuna That's not the point, it wasn't her moment, it was Sam's. Travis was asking her to stand down so that Sam could have his final moment with FCG without being interrupted.

@memoundercloak 20 күн бұрын

@@louisst-amand9207 you have the emotional intelligence of a potatoe

@UNDRTKR90 21 күн бұрын

“And so, one of the Exandria’s greatest warriors had vanished in a blinding flash of light, having made the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of his loved ones. His name was FCG, a proud Bells' Hell.”

@sodasaintcommentaries4054 21 күн бұрын

"Ashton, I love Exandria. How flat it is. Protect it... for me."

@SevillaLorenzo-kd2ef 21 күн бұрын

Best thread ever.

@jacobhutcheson7019 20 күн бұрын

Please add a spoiler warning, not for me but for others

@minusxero 20 күн бұрын

"And so, the narrator came back to say that FCG fucking died." - TeamFourStar

@catscat1112 20 күн бұрын

Now Dorian needs to write a balled about fcg 😢

@anneroosv 21 күн бұрын

Also, huge, huge respect for Matt, for guiding everyone through it so graciously. That can't be easy, needing to be the one to pull yourself together to finish it. He did wonderfully.

@alyiamcool 18 күн бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏

@Robit-d20 18 күн бұрын

You know what would have been better? Not putting his players against unbeatable odds. Still waiting to hear about the boon Aston got for beating an impossible challenge. All we know is their at -2 to their con. Their transformation came from their interaction with fern, not the challenge. Bringing Laudna back from the dead required severing her ties to Delilah, but she’s back. Imogen had to roll over and over ever dream so she would statistically eventually lose to have her powers link with predathos, the list goes on…

@user-qq5jy9pk1j 8 күн бұрын

@@Robit-d20 this whole campaign has been about beating unbeatable odds. instead of rolling over and submitting to powers waaaaay above their league, they tighten the tourniquet, stand up, and keep swinging. its about not giving up despite the odds, finding a way to win no matter what. yeah matt could make it easier, but that would take away from the whole point of the story

@markushoppe5972 20 күн бұрын

All the Ghosts in Aeor, when there Aeormaton kill count meter moves up by 1, 800 Years after the culling. .......--.....--...................... PING ........... (O)...(O)...............

@GamepadRanger 19 күн бұрын

I was not ready. I need a hug. What a legend, man...

@forgotn42 21 күн бұрын

I can just imagine after they've defeated Predathos, Ashton standing in the presence of gods yelling at the Changebringer to bring FCG back. because they deserved it after sacrificing everything to make sure they were able to survive long enough to save the gods.

@kevkenm9223 20 күн бұрын

Man that has just got to happen. I can't picture no reward from the gods after all of this.

@innandhistory 20 күн бұрын

I hope so !

@hem9483 19 күн бұрын

cringe. no.

@forgotn42 19 күн бұрын

@@hem9483 Cringe isn't real.

@hem9483 18 күн бұрын

@@forgotn42yeah it is, you just wrote a lot of it

@jonathanhappel8699 21 күн бұрын

"I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant...it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are."

@carlton3363 20 күн бұрын

out here quoting Mewtwo

@anamitraroy1681 20 күн бұрын

I'm a cat

@FedericoVetencourt 12 күн бұрын

Did anyone else see the absolute hatred in Asthon's face when they saw Imogen's mom at the end there? I was sure he was going to go all out on her. Also WOW Otohan was BROKEN, I mean even before the whole exaltant thing, HOW MANY PSIONIC ENERGY DICE DID SHE USE?

@Juhimuz 17 күн бұрын

There is something beautiful with how Travis reacts during the ending. He loves the story told of others.

@TheQueerBumblebee 21 күн бұрын

today is NOT a smiley day sam. NOT A SMILEY DAY AT ALL YOU MASTER OF STORYTELLING YOU

@Keff11ispired11 20 күн бұрын

I don't even know what to do, there's still 2 days till next episode and like, the next two days are not going to be smiley days

@sasquatchbukkake 21 күн бұрын

4:26:43 - Matt's realization of what he's going to do before anyone else does... wow.

@sarahslope5200 21 күн бұрын

Moments before though, laura gives him the idea.

@Luneowl 21 күн бұрын

@@sarahslope5200First she jokes about him detonating, then when they’re on the ropes she asks, “Do we have a bomb?”. I wonder which one (or both) helped to inspire Sam?

@casolock 20 күн бұрын

I rewatched this moment and I think (could be miss reading it entirely) sam rolled to help make the decision and then him and Ashley were whispering and I couldn't make it out entirely but it seems he said something about having an idea and Ashley having no context for what he is about to do says he should do it.

@bridgers22 20 күн бұрын

@sarahslope5200 There was a moment in his turn before the last one where he was trying to decide whether to hit or heal. Everyone was like "you can't bring her down, so heal" and he said "well, I do have something..." I think he has the idea for a good bit and that's why he put distance between him and crew and why he gave the lady d6 to put his stress over the edge

@sarahslope5200 20 күн бұрын

@bridgers22 that's probably right, and why he didn't truly answer because he didn't want them to know his plan

@Figgy5119 19 күн бұрын

I wish Fearne had considered the very mighty ally she could summon just by kissing her finger

@Fenglang1 19 күн бұрын

and by doing so taking a step towards her darkest timeline! That would have been cool! I am picturing Raphael vom BG3, music cue included, showing up and wrecking shit 😂

@thtadthtshldntbe 19 күн бұрын

you know over the years as a DM and as a player I have had heated conversations about thing being demonstrated at the end of this session. Role Playing vs Roll Playing and how they relate. Personally as a player I like two types of games, one which is more for fun is a sort of rule lawyer humor snark fest where the characters by nature are a bit OP. The other is where Role Playing >>> Roll Playing (this does not mean that the dice does not matter). As a GM/DM I have table top rules that can be put on top of most games which allow a player who does something in their role... to buff the dice rolls significantly to enable the outcome of their role playing to occur. As a DM when you confront several of the scenes in this episode, where your party is just being overwhelmed, heading perhaps towards a tpk because they made some bad strategic decisions and so on, and you get what happens at the end you have a choice. Honor the Role or honor the Roll. Matt deserves profound credit not only for his skill as a DM in dealing with the situation but the art of being a DM in making Sam/FCG's sacrifice viable. Purely based on the mechanics employed by this enemy, she highly likely could have survived Sam/FCGs sacrifice. That I think was the look on Matt's face as he was running thru his options. In role playing terms, FCG's Role Playing act of sacrifice was worthy of giving the party an out on the TPK. So in terms of the art of the DM he honored. The 10d8 was probably based on a likely number to have a chance to drop the boss below zero, and I would not be surprised if in his head, Matt added FCG's Constitution to the damage total, and had it still been low, he would have made up some mechanic to do the job.

@hem9483 19 күн бұрын

Yep. I dealt with a martyr suicide from one of my pcs (upcast glyph of warding plus some other nasty shit they had concocted) and had to internally justify their actions to make sure I honored their decision to self sacrifice. (I ended up just taking the max damage roll of the spells involved + HP total of PC for the damage rolls)

@shannonwainwright5285 21 күн бұрын

Matt's face during all of this, killed me!!! 😭😭

@mikekoloski 21 күн бұрын

you can tell Sam didnt tell anyone what he was going to do

@MarthadelPilarMoreno 21 күн бұрын

@@mikekoloski That was on the fly. I mean he has done that "i'm at 1 HP, let's do soemthing with it" before, but this time he showed sacrifice. But I'm genuinely heartbroken ToT

@mikekoloski 21 күн бұрын

@@MarthadelPilarMoreno you could see how heartbroken all were. Ashley grabbing her Misters Plush.

@2centschange 21 күн бұрын

@@MarthadelPilarMoreno I agree that this was in no way a foreseen conclusion, however I do feel that Sam had prepared for doing something like this as a possibility. Which is not saying that's a bad thing. I know for my games I try and think ahead for how my characters will react to certain circumstances ahead of time as well. He likely had a "How to properly sacrifice myself for the group" idea in mind for a while. He's too good a player/story teller not to. I just suspect that he wasn't expecting it so soon.

@PeTTs0n88 20 күн бұрын

@@mikekoloski And I don't think I've ever seen Taliesin break that bad. Molly is up there, sure... but Ashton being knocked out to not see or be able to stop their best friend from sacrificing themself... And Liam broke down hard too. I've seen Matt emotional before (and that virtually always gets me), but Tal and Liam on the verge of ugly crying really got me hard.

@johnc._9822 21 күн бұрын

[SPOILERS] Do not read this until you have seen the episode! The Sam Riegel shoe drop never misses. "What's my mother's name!?", "The last broadcast of Loquacious Seelie" and now this. So many times that FCG was foreshadowing themselves. Not to mention that he has now saved Liam's character from being subservient to a manipulative deal maker.

@SevillaLorenzo-kd2ef 21 күн бұрын

He did what he couldn’t do for Vax.

@carlotacosta9193 21 күн бұрын

I would also add Nott's reveals (her family and what she really is)

@wizingtonshouldershelmet 21 күн бұрын

@@carlotacosta9193 yes! "Where's my son?" *pencil drop*

@ghastlygrapefruit 21 күн бұрын

Okay this made me tear up cuz its so true 😢@SevillaLorenzo-kd2ef

@AschTheBloody13 21 күн бұрын

@Johnc._9822 Well there might be an issue with saving Liam's character since they did return to Exandria as they were when they took the portal to the lake town, so there's a possibility they may get Monkey paw'd.

@user-pk5fn3kd6i 7 күн бұрын

Ashley spent hours using Mister in the beginning, even asked for Mister to be with her on the bombing run, has been holding the Mister puppet the whole game, turns into a fire monster, doesn't use Mister to harass/blind Otahan during the fight.

@jeffraab8893 20 күн бұрын

The last thing Otohan sees and hears is a wide-eyed and crazy faced FCG licking their lips whispering, "We had been trying to reach you about your cars extended warranty.......but now its too late."