"My husband is attacking my boyfriend" pinnacle Laura Bailey right here folks.

Percy literally popped into existence next to this lady he's never seen and just machine guns into her while she catches his bullets and then his gun breaks.

im sure Liam loves Caleb with all his heart, but you can feel just how much fun Liam is having as Vax again

Matt: "We're gonna do an interdimensional, badass team deathmatch! It'll be great!" Rest of the Cast: "Orgy it is, then!" Matt: *"NO!"*

Tldr: Fjord stabs a british man so hard he turns into an Irish tiefling

Beau: “oh you’re one of those rich boys?” percy: “✨oh yes✨”

I wish caduceus had been in this fight so like...vax hides and gets like 29... and with his passive perception, Taliesin is like "you see that weird bone pidgeon over there?"

Beau:"You one of those rich boys?" Percy: "Oh yes" Then immediately Beau channeling the inner Ozymandias with that bullet catch at 2:25:45 Percy: "Interesting can you do that with the other hand?" Beau:*Catches with the other hand* *Percy proceeds to action surge to fire every remaining bullet possible until it fucking jams* One of my favorite interactions lmao

Imagine when they finish campaign 7 and it's one character from each campaign in a free-for-all... See you all in 2035.

somehow talesin is dressed up as percy, molly, and himself. all at once and im not surprised

The idea of the Percy/Molly switch like this is actually so fking genius. It accommodates the odd number of players while making it so neither team is unfairly balanced. The gem gives the regular team members something to fight over as a boon, and the odd man out still gets to play the whole time without feeling like they are unfairly beating the other team. You don't force Tal to sit on the bench nor give him a reason to feel bad for making the fight unfair. His job is to fuck up people, the others get to fight over who he gets to fuck up/how.

That fact that Molly rolled a 9 on initiative... I... Its too perfect.

Percy: You don't stand a chance. We ALL have vestiges. Fjord: That may be so, but unfortunately for you, we have a monk.

"Oh you one of them rich boys?" "Oh yes" One of the best bits of interaction this one shot

MN:”These guys are strong!” Beau:”Nothing a stunning strike can’t fix.”

Ok hear me out, when Beau went "You?!" when she saw Molly, and his response was "What did you expect?", made me think that this Mollymauk is from a timeline where Lorenzo never killed him, he survived and kept adventuring with the nine until he got to the level we see in play here, so his confusion to why Beau is surprised to see him is because to him, he practically sees her on a daily basis, so there's no reason for anyone else to have shown up.

everyone dressing up, meanwhile Taliesin is just here in his casual outfit

So the cage was surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of lawful evil, fiendish imps of all sizes and shapes all cackling maniacally at the cast? Did Matt just make it canon that Twitch chat was watching this fight take place?

I love that I had to keep reminding myself that, despite feeling like people were missing, all the cast was actually there and it was purposefully half the characters.

Percival's six shots against Beau was an absolutely phenomenal interaction, those two need to meet more often.

I love when they were like “we voted to see who would be the most dangerous and everyone said jester, but they were wrong. It’s just Laura”

Even after fighting Avantika, Lucien, Trent and Vox Machina, Fjord's biggest enemy is still Marine Layer.

ashley, every time she attacks: i'm so sorry, i feel so bad liam, when he _gets attacked:_ YEAH!! NICE!!!

I've never actually watched campaign 1, so I knew Liam was a crazy cool rogue and all but this is really the first time I fully realize the WHIPLASH he must have gotten going from THAT to a squishy human wizard with a 15 ac and not even 100 hp

Molly: *dies* Molly: *wakes up falling off a building in hell* Oh for fuck's sake!

Marisha died from fall damage once and decided: "never again"

Time Stamp - 45:49 and 1:23:21. Beau: "Caduceus? Is it going to be Caduceus? CADUCEUS!!" *Molly appears* Beau: "...You?!" Molly: "Well... What did ya expect? Help!" This right here REALLY explains how Beau views both Molly AND Caduceus.

You know, if they put that crystal with both Percy and Molly in a necklace, it could be the Talison Talisman! Sorry I had to.

The whole scene of Fjord standing up after getting eviscerated by Vax to then slowly walk up to two gnomes trying to be friendly then gets his Thunder Step countered to then fart out a marine layer just for Pike to be staring at him is literally so fucking on brand with Fjord

that freeze-frame to allow Matt to run over and grab the orignal Bigby's Hand mini was both funny and genuinely heartwarming. Just, the way they all knew the importance of using the original mini for nostalgia's sake. It made my critter heart happy.

When Sam said Counterspell, I bet Matt was thinking, "Finally, a Counterspell that doesn't hurt me."

This kinda highlighted how underrated Fjord's tankyness is. The whole of Vox Machina's team was targeting him from the get go and he just took it so that the other two went undamaged for a so long. His healing and locking down the casters in fog was a major contributor to their success.

I'm just hoping for the sequel so we can have Grog and Yasha's WWE Smackdown.

“My husband is attacking my boyfriend” while her husband is her friend and her boyfriend is her husband. What a world, huh?

"You just saw a winged man scoop up the rock and then a T-Rex enters the frame" the absolute chaos of this fight is hilarious

"You heal 1d4. Unfortunately, your head's gone." Probably one of my favorite quotes I've heard in a while.

honestly props to tal for playin not only two chars but then playing molly at lvl 15 for like the first time

I love the disparity between Travis in just a t-shirt and Liam in full cosplay.

SPOILERS FOR CAMPAIGN 2: I love how Molly's appearance here mirrors his entire campaign 2 run: makes a flashy entrance, does some damage, fjord (almost) screws him over in combat, uses some truly crazy unique skills that hints at something greater, taken away just when his groups start to get into a good rhythm , and then appears at the end but doesn't do anything and just adds SO MUCH SASS.

"I cast thunderstep" "Oh and I cast counter spell" Scanlan. I missed you

We need a Round 2 with VM Grog, Vex, and Keyleth vs. M9 Yasha, Caleb, and Caduceus with Tarry/Veth as the Wildcard!

16:10 Ashley: “Natural 1, maybe I got it out of the way” Narrator: She in fact did not get it out of the way.

God I forgot how much I love Percy's first action Just *appears, fires at you point blank three times, absolutely BOOKS it up the wall*

What I found really impressive about this fight was the way the Nein worked as a team to take down each VM member individually. Mollymaulk dispelling Scanlan was amazing. I wish he was on the field for longer. We only just got a taste of what he can do.

Just realised they have a exactly the right amount of Party members to do this again Keyleth Grog Vex vs Caleb Yasha Caduceus with Veth/Taryon as the wild card

travis: i got backless chaps on. its hot in here. matt: it is now. best reply.

Was waiting for Jester to ask if Artagan was around and Matt saying "You turn and see him floating over your shoulder with a BARREL of popcorn, a massive grin on his face. He looks at you and nods his head and you understand that to mean 'I wouldnt miss this for the world!'".

I love that every *single* time Fjord has *ever* used Marine Layer, it has ended up screwing over the Mighty Nein more than their enemies. xD

Death in campain: *rage/despair* Death in BR onshot: naked ghosts dancing in lava

Matt: THAT WAS NOT THE ARRANGEMENT

3:36:23 has to be my favorite moment. That "FUCK!" after committing to the floor roll was just amazing.

With Legend of Vox Machina Season 2 underway and the announcement of a Mighty Nein animated series in the future, I think it's time to revisit this as a fun animated crossover short

Either way... Tal wins, all according to his plan lol

I absolutely love that Fjord was near death and teleported next to Jester, his cleric, and Jester went: "Oh hi, you look awful... welp, see ya!" and teleported away.

reposting timestamps 1:20 Intro cinematic 1:40 Episode Starts, character intros 4:15 Setting things up 10:50 MORTAL KOMBAT 12:25 We didn’t raise quite enough money to get the orgy one-shot 14:15 Beau vs. Vax rolloff 15:40 Pike must roll bad initiative 16:50 Prep actions 18:15 Freeze frame for Bigby’s Hand 20:20 Setup Ends, battle begins 22:45 Vax still has boots of haste 24:00 Scanlan is just Sam’s voice 27:05 Fjord rides Scanlan’s hand 31:30 Scanlan’s first song (It Wasn’t Me) (I miss having a bard) 33:25 Jester and Fjord are into each other 36:40 A new player enters 38:50 Jester’s dramatic death scene 40:05 No mercy Percy 45:55 Welcome back, King 48:35 Vax is a horror monster 58:10 Pike, you have to help Fjord 1:00:05 Sailor’s connection 1:04:20 Scanlan’s second song (Mrs. Robinson) 1:10:20 Jester is secretly not even in this battle 1:26:50 Molly turns it up to 11 1:31:15 Doors come for VM once again 1:32:45 Scanlan likes privacy 1:33:10 Scanlan’s third song (What a girl wants) 1:35:20 Beau can’t hit a guy with glasses 1:37:40 Cutting words 1:40:00 Hungry imp 1:47:20 Break Starts 1:58:30 Art Montage 2:02:20 Break Ends (trying to hit Vax) 2:10:45 Travis wants to limit the stupid 2:12:05 Fjurassic Park 2:14:50 Stunned Scanlan 2:16:40 Matt summarizes what Jester saw 2:21:35 Cure wounds up the butt 2:23:15 Percy meets Beau (gay Ben Franklin) 2:29:35 What happens to Percy when Molly appears 2:42:50 Shooting health potions 2:46:55 Scanlan’s letter to his daughter (and all daughters) 2:47:50 Fatality 2:50:35 No mercy Beau 2:56:00 Scanlan’s spiritual turn 2:58:20 No mercy Laura 2:58:50 Scanlan haunts Jester 3:01:20 You can trust Jester 3:03:30 Laura the competitive mom 3:06:30 Call a paleontologist 3:12:55 Protecc 3:15:10 Bury Sam in this outfit 3:19:20 Sam has already checked out 3:20:20 Laura is the most dangerous 3:24:20 The afterlife is just hanging out with Scanlan 3:26:50 Dead Scanlan negs Percy 3:35:50 Ashley Ally’s her death save roll 3:41:10 Fjord finishes up 3:46:15 Scanlan and Pike are having a good time 3:47:45 Bondage Vax 3:50:10 Marisha comes for Liam’s table 3:54:15 Scanlan’s limerick 3:56:20 Not real inspiration 4:00:40 HDYWTDT 4:03:45 Mask off 4:06:35 Reintroducing Vax to lava 4:11:35 Don’t run from Fjord 4:13:50 Chicken dinner 4:15:40 Everyone is back 4:19:35 Episode Ends

It's kind of sweet how much difficulty Ashley has with attacking the other players when you consider how often she was forced to as Yasha.

Now just imagine if Mollymauk made it to this level in campaign 2. His moves with Beau would have made a terrifying combo.

This is really weird: even though the entire cast is there, it still feels like only half of them really are...

Mollymauk using Curse of the Eyeless to protect Beau from getting hit by Vax actually made me tear up a little

Laura: VM is so OP at level 15! 3 hours later: pans to every member of VM being dead with MN surviving

Love that damaged Fjord puffed out Marine Layer like a scared jellyfish squirting ink 😂

I love Marisha asking "Has Beau seen a gun?" Nott literally shot her in the ass with one.

This reminds me why I like Travis so much. Even while getting pummeled he's asking if it should have been more damage instead of getting annoyed about it. Love his attitude.

That firestorm was insane. The chances of rolling 59 dmg is 0.12%.

57:20 "I cast thunder step" "Oh I cast counterspell" I fucking love this moment so much

I love that Taliesin is basically a seige weapon that's under temporary control by either side.

Marisha “oh so your one of those rich boys huh” Talisen”oh yes” This moment is amazing

I really hope they'll do a revenge round with the other characters. Vex, Keyleth and Grog against Yasha, Caleb and Caduceus with Veth changing in Taryon as the wild card. To be honest, I mostly want a pure barbarian fight between Grog and Yasha. He can outdamage her, but she'll be harder to put down.

I am anxiously waiting for the other half of this so that Sam can finally achieve his life's dream of murdering Trinket.

The only thing I'm sad about is that Ashley wasn't playing Yasha for the fanart of a black-winged-Vax clashing with a white-winged-Yasha mid-air

It's not surprising, but the way Matt delt with the odd number of combatants was genius. Touch the gem, switch in your player. I love it

I feel so bad for Fjord during that first hour..... and then I feel bad for Scanlan.

Matt’s got an image in my brain now of Caleb and keyleth dishing out spells, yasha and grog fist fighting, veth and vex shooting arrows and bolts, and talesin having another mental breakdown.

HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing 1:20 Intro cinematic 1:40 Episode Starts, character intros 4:15 Setting things up 10:50 MORTAL KOMBAT 12:25 We didn’t raise quite enough money to get the orgy one-shot 14:15 Beau vs. Vax rolloff 15:40 Pike must roll bad initiative 16:50 Prep actions 18:15 Freeze frame for Bigby’s Hand 20:20 Setup Ends, battle begins 22:45 Vax still has boots of haste 24:00 Scanlan is just Sam’s voice 27:05 Fjord rides Scanlan’s hand 31:30 Scanlan’s first song (It Wasn’t Me) (I miss having a bard) 33:25 Jester and Fjord are into each other 36:40 A new player enters 38:50 Jester’s dramatic death scene 40:05 No mercy Percy 45:55 Welcome back, King 48:35 Vax is a horror monster 58:10 Pike, you have to help Fjord 1:00:05 Sailor’s connection 1:04:20 Scanlan’s second song (Mrs. Robinson) 1:10:20 Jester is secretly not even in this battle 1:26:50 Molly turns it up to 11 1:31:15 Doors come for VM once again 1:32:45 Scanlan likes privacy 1:33:10 Scanlan’s third song (What a girl wants) 1:35:20 Beau can’t hit a guy with glasses 1:37:40 Cutting words 1:40:00 Hungry imp 1:47:20 Break Starts 1:58:30 Art Montage 2:02:20 Break Ends (trying to hit Vax) 2:10:45 Travis wants to limit the stupid 2:12:05 Fjurassic Park 2:14:50 Stunned Scanlan 2:16:40 Matt summarizes what Jester saw 2:21:35 Cure wounds up the butt 2:23:15 Percy meets Beau (gay Ben Franklin) 2:29:35 What happens to Percy when Molly appears 2:42:50 Shooting health potions 2:46:55 Scanlan’s letter to his daughter (and all daughters) 2:47:50 Fatality 2:50:35 No mercy Beau 2:56:00 Scanlan’s spiritual turn 2:58:20 No mercy Laura 2:58:50 Scanlan haunts Jester 3:01:20 You can trust Jester 3:03:30 Laura the competitive mom 3:06:30 Call a paleontologist 3:12:55 Protecc 3:15:10 Bury Sam in this outfit 3:19:20 Sam has already checked out 3:20:20 Laura is the most dangerous 3:24:20 The afterlife is just hanging out with Scanlan 3:26:50 Dead Scanlan negs Percy 3:35:50 Ashley Ally’s her death save roll 3:41:10 Fjord finishes up 3:46:15 Scanlan and Pike are having a good time 3:47:45 Bondage Vax 3:50:10 Marisha comes for Liam’s table 3:54:15 Scanlan’s limerick 3:56:20 Not real inspiration 4:00:40 HDYWTDT 4:03:45 Mask off 4:06:35 Reintroducing Vax to lava 4:11:35 Don’t run from Fjord 4:13:50 Chicken dinner 4:15:40 Everyone is back 4:19:35 Episode Ends The in-game start date for the episode was unclear. Sam’s flask mug has biohazard tape on it because it is his old flask that he failed to clean in the break between campaigns 1 and 2. For those who aren’t aware, Aabria Iyengar is not only taking the DM chair for Exandria Unlimited, she is also going to be running a four-episode arc for Dimension 20 starting on June 30th. The Summer of Aabria has begun, may her light shine on us all. Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?

Vax: "Vex isn't here, he's(Percy) all mine!" Killed me lmao

45:57 I love that transition "oh for fuck sake..." "OH FOR FOCK SAKE!!"

I love Percy so much. Beau: deflects the missiles Percy: oh interesting, can you do it again? *shoots FIVE MORE TIMES* lmao

The joy that Travis shows when Talesin speaks as Percy for the first time gives me life.

i love everyone freaking out when they see molly's abilities, nobody can react to it because they dont know what it is, lmao

Jester: "I will come around to see what Beau's doing" Beau: *beating the absolute shit out of a goth mannequin

"Monks, man." "Bards, man." "Rogues, man." Only 10 more classes to go! 😝

Beau: “Oh, you one of those rich bois?” Percy: “Oh, yes.”

Can't wait for the next one: yasha, caduceus and caleb vs grog, vex and keyleth, with sam alternating between Nott and Taryon. Which sounds surprisingly balanced, I'm kinda excited about this

Fjord: "I really like this outfit, maybe after this we take the tower?" Implying they're going to go bug Caleb to create the tower just so they can have a date night like Beau and Yasha lol (also implying they still all hang out which I assumed but still love)

Next Campaign: “Weird, all of our players are monks”

*Lore Bard:* No trickery, no double crossing. *Trickster Cleric:* Never.

I like how Laura was subtly trying to push Ashley to use a higher level spell slot against the duplicate

Sam's face gradually turns into the manifestation of Death. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! 😂

There's so much brutality that's borderline beyond the Mighty 9's personalities. I love it. Fjord almost dropped Pike into lava. Bau ripped Scanlans throat out. Jester used a 4th level healing spell. Insane how far these characters have come when thrown into a demonic fighting pit.

I love how they changed Taliesin place on the screen depending on who he was playing

Laura getting mad at Travis making simple mistakes to give Vox machina more of a chance made my heart warm

Liam, with more character deaths under his belt than any Critical Role player: I died once and it wasn't enough so I'm here to do it again! Also, the fact that Vax knows the Mighty Nein went to the elemental fire plane implies he's been watching them like a reality TV show

"I'll use my Pike dice!" ...... "F***" This had me laughing for an hour

OH SHIT WHEN TAL'S CAMERA SWITCHED SIDES

i love how ashley is so caring and apologetic in combats when she sinks back into pike, i know if she was playing yasha here she'd just be carving people down without a thought

12 and a half minutes in and already I’m thinking ‘oh GOD thank god scanlan and jester never shared a party’

There are very few immutable rules in the universe. One of them is that none of us will ever be as stylish as Tal.

Just after break and I suddenly realized that despite not knowing who I want to root for, but I definitely want a tiny red weasel to crawl up on Vax and transform into Arty as it starts choking him.

i could physically feel Sam's frustrations when Beau was just stunning everyone lmao. i feel for the guy, big matchup and for several turns you get to do a whole lotta nothing while watching yourself die.

I love how Taliesin is the prize to be won