HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing 0:15 Saying hello 1:30 Comfy Matt and Omar announce stuff 4:50 Intro cinematic 6:25 Episode Starts 7:05 Orym’s character intro 10:05 Dorian’s intro (btw, Robbie has confirmed he is an air genasi) 13:25 Fearne’s intro 16:35 Aabria’s monkey voice 18:05 Fearne’s magic is aggressive 19:25 Dariax’s intro 20:35 A new pigeon friend 21:40 Nope, we go forward with the story 23:50 The pee spear 25:05 Opal’s intro (it’s been confirmed she is human) 29:15 Spear pee confirmed 31:40 Calling for food 34:25 The Third Wing 37:50 The Contest 41:30 Present day 44:10 Food in the flute 46:15 Dariax is into the pranks 47:10 Counting taverns 49:40 Let me have this 50:35 The background info 53:05 Time is a weird soup 54:20 That feeling when your party is too chaotic to find the adventure 57:05 The compass 1:03:15 The gardener 1:09:00 Not a gardener 1:11:50 The setup 1:13:05 Calling the cops 1:18:00 The BBEG is gentrification 1:20:45 AGAB 1:25:15 The problem with young kids with money 1:29:30 Dariax isn’t even going to try to catch 1:38:40 Break Starts 1:50:00 Art Montage 1:53:40 Break Ends 1:55:30 Seeing the ocean for the first time 2:02:10 Looking for Thing 1 2:05:50 Bacon lips 2:10:30 Infiltrating the ship 2:13:40 Fearne has an accent now 2:19:00 Boat door 2:21:15 They are all hot idiots 2:24:05 Strong dwarven thighs 2:29:00 I AM THE COOK 2:30:40 Liam finally remembers Halfling Luck 2:36:25 Dorian cleans his hand 2:38:25 Cursed font 2:42:05 They almost made it out without getting cursed 2:43:30 A DM should never take bacon from a PC 2:50:05 Liam knows what it is, Orym does not 2:51:25 Talking to the bug 2:55:40 Fearne is very conspicuous 2:57:45 Bananas suppress curses 3:04:00 Mental math 3:07:40 Roll self-deception 3:08:45 A little more suspicious 3:11:00 Map out 3:13:10 Battle begins 3:17:40 Orym gets between Opal’s legs 3:19:20 Burnin hands on Orym 3:27:35 This is just a good catch by Aabria 3:30:35 Don’t mess with The Cook 3:34:20 Dorian is actually cool 3:39:45 HDYWTDT 3:43:20 HDYWTDT 3:49:00 The Door 3:57:30 It’s been awhile (Her plans) 4:02:30 Baby 4:03:35 Orym decides the mission 4:08:10 End credit scene 4:09:00 Episode Ends The in-game start date for the episode was sometime in the year 848. So all the players here did an Instagram live takeover the week before this game. If, like me, Instagram scares and confuses you, Bixby Boom posted those videos on RUclips. They're fun, check them out. Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
Matthew Mercer really said, "I'm on vacation, I'm not explaining _shit,"_ and built himself a character so dumb he'd never have to be The Guy Who Knows Stuff.
I did the same thing when I took a break from dming and got to play for the first time- dumb as rocks orc barbarian thembo, Karn knows NOTHING and Karn is ANGRY that's IT
@@V3loCiTy123 a person or character who is like a himbo but uses they/them pronouns (usually used for nonbinary people but not all nonbinary people use they/them and not all people who use they/them are nonbinary)
@@codydrebenstedt7221 gotta keep em locked up, you give em a taste of not having to prepare hours and hours in advance of every session and they could get hooked on it.
Dorian uses it sometimes but before it leaves Orym it just reminds him not to do any stupid shit while it's gone and he has the sensibility to listen to it
I love that Liam probably thought he wouldn't have to be the smart one anymore with a 13 intelligence and still has the highest intelligence of the party.
I just love how Matt decided to hand over the brain cells to literally any other character. Like, “I don’t care, I held the world’s collective brain cells in me for too long, take them away. I operate on vibes and vibes only”.
"I operate on vibes and vibes only" is a fucking excellent character summary of Dariax and also just an excellent line that I may steal next time I'm trying to describe a true/chaotic neutral character, thank you
Honestly I don't know if they were trolling her or testing her but they literally gave her nothing at sometimes it seems like the players are doing it on purpose
As a permanent DM, I absolutely love how Matt Mercer recognizes that the rest of the players are gonna go off the rails and very subtly steers the conversation back to the BIG OBVIOUS plot points and hooks as to not mentally destroy Aabria.
He literally in the first hour took a compass and made it spin on the town square to point a random direction and go there. Don't get me wrong, I love it, but he is definitely not backseating the DM. Like at all
@@dennisklomp2361 on the other hand, walking a random direction and having the DM tell you where you end up is kinda the perfect way to let them regain control of the hooks. That's how id use it anyway. But yea, I don't see Matt being the controller much here
@@jaredcarter1165 which would work, if the world was not already defined. What is north, east, or west in emon is already set in stone so you have no flexibility
@@dennisklomp2361 But you do have it. The important locations that already exist in Emon are already set in the map, sure. But not the tavern she just invented, or the nearby streets. Which means that when Matt's character picks a "random" direction through his compass (which is even just referred to as "that way", with no other indicative) Aabria gets to send them wherever she wants to. It's a specific direction for the characters, sure but not for the players or the audience, and that's where the DM gets to introduce her agency over the story.
Matt yelling in joy saying "So this is what it feels like!" When he lands the killing blow on the bad guy is absolutely so heartwarming. We need more DMs to experience what it's like to play. Most importantly the Forever DMs that always wanted to play as players.
I suspect a lot of forever DMs are forever DMs because they know they're the most capable to be doing it well. Watching other people do stuff worse than you must be kinda hard. Obviously, Mercer has the connections to know other good DMs, but a lot of DMs are probably DMs because they're most capable to helming a creative, fun campaign.
I love how Liam managed to play the only character who isn't OK with doing criminal stuff without keeping the entire party from going forward with the story, but still is making his stand in the end when that won't slow down the entire game to a halt.
This never really stuck out since she was absent a lot in C1, and she plays a low-profile character in C2. But damn. Ashley is a really chaotic player.
@@oliveri3534 And the robes with Nott in Aeor lol I think when she became able to be permanently at the table she became more comfortable doing actions that have more consequences as she knew she would be around to deal with them.
@@camclemons Hadn't gotten around to watching the first arc of C1, but that is hilariously typical in a DnD game. "Plays a neutral good cleric of light, slits people's throats".
i can guaruntee this is what liam was thinking dariax casts bless on guard liam: (ah, a cleric) dariax picks a lock liam: "sneaky cleric?" aabria: "nah" liam: (uh paladin then?) dariax casts a cantrip liam: (wtf)
@@BadButterfly65 had one in my friends campaign, as we were making no progress the act of pulling it out onto a table and smacking it with the mega dong opened a secret door, used my inspiration for this feat xD
3:11:52 "I WORKED SO HARD ON THIS MAP YOU HAVE TO GO IN THERE" Matt: "Hahaha ... *has flashbacks of the Ship fight where he prepared for hours, just for Taliesin to crush his dreams with a single Tide shoving the Boat into a cliff, ruining it all*
Lmao I thought the same. I've had similar things happen, my players have missed out on several encounter maps I've spent hours on each. Super proud they avoided the combat, but so frustrated I had to try and recycle the maps now.
Haha I have an AMAZING multi-story wizards tower map that has literally sat in corner for an entire campaign after party literally walked right past it at the beginning... And then again in the next town. Originally there were different wizards towers in each area, then one of my players speculated it was the same tower, teleporting around to follow them... Now it is in the background of every outdoor scene and my players will NEVER go in:)
@@kschleic9053 😝 There's no need for you to disclose it here, but I assume you have a _reason_ it's following them? And a good reason that they'll eventually have no choice but to enter?
@@bistfump Matt is usually their Dungeon Master, what Aabria is doing if you don't know. For over 250 sessions and who knows how many one-shots, Matt was the one narrating everything and telling them "How do you wanna do this?". So, him being told he gets to kill something as a player, and hearing the line he has told his table who knows how many times...Yeah
@@perezo27 understandable. I knew Matthew was the dm of prior sessions, but I didn't know he "had a line". I bet that felt good for everyone at the table lol
@@bistfump welcome! I have watched these guys for years of my life and if you ever want to go back and watch campaign one or two they are both great adventures! campaign one is so nostalgic and sort of builds this world/ you will still hear easter eggs to it even in this first episode with the mention of thordak/the cinder king. Campaign 2 is when the production value exploded and the animated show's kickstarter broke records.
funny thing is that is the correct terminology for a door on a boat. it's just callled a door it is the only thing with out a fancy name like walls are called bulkheads
“Matthew Mercer, how do you want to do this?” Maaaan, that filled my heart with so much joy to hear. Somewhere an angel got its wings… as elsewhere the hisser died a violent death.
He also has prolly wanted someone else’s to drive the “boat” of the sessions and let him play more in his world. He’s prolly spent so much time behind the scenes that he wanted to play a character who just lays back and is vibin the whole time
@@anamariefalk3796 seriously same thoughts here! I am almost to episode 50 of C3 and it is insane to see Fearne be one of the more in the middle characters of a group
"she has flowers in her hair, which are all...poisonous" "you'd think she'd be gentle, but her magic is...not" that's it I'm protecting Fearne with my life
Really nice to see Ashley so involved. She seemed a little withdrawn in TMN, probably because Yasha was such a quiet character - so it's lovely to see her so animated with a lively and lovely character
Yee, common thing for people who dm more than play, actually. Well, the good ones, anyway. I do the same myself. Prefer a big dumb character or an easily distracted sort, anything to make sure the party doesn't ever feel like I'm in charge or trying to be in charge. I never make a party face or leader or anything like that.
Yup this way he doesn’t have to know anything beyond his name etc and see where the new dm goes with the lore (and probably talking with her in private for when she goes completely against the lore that’s already out there)
@@storyteller3036 Because DnD is not about min maxing stats and oneshotting bosses, sure it can be fun but some of the best moments come from the failures and flaws of the players. Matt's created a lovable f*ckup that he can take a backseat with, enjoy the ride and not take it too seriously. I imagine it's helpful to Abria too as I can only imagine the stress of presenting an already fleshed out world, through her own lens, to the fanbase AND the creator himself.
@@IceniSteel I gotcha, thanks. I've only seen this channel through the calamity series so im basically getting all of my context from the comment sections lol
"'Do not try to out-drink the dwarf.' You'll learn that eventually." "But I'm so much taller than him *hair flip*" lmao I already love the energy of this group.
LOL He has the most long suffering "How did I end up with these people" look during the entire thing (especially that sigh at around 2:59:50 ...Orym is a total mood and I'm here for it.
@@paulinaray-zorick6502 He was never on C1. This might be just a me thing but he does kinda reminds me of Will Friedle who guest stared a couple of times on C1 so maybe that's who you're thinking of?
We can only hope to inspire our players to carry on with stories of their own to share with others.... and maybe... just maybe..... Part of their story might draw inspiration from our own. :)
Didn't help that the first quest giver was an outright crook. We always start scrabbling for reasons to go along with the shenanigans, and not doing the sensible thing of "welp, I'm outta here. Don't worry, I'll call the guards on my way out".
@@eirei0789 the first quest is weak as liquid shit, makes no sense at all and they all recognize that. "She was like Robin Hood in the beginning and then went like Steal something valuable for me, for no reason" or something like that. It made no sense at all, it was so random and thrown there, and it caught only because the players, especially Matt, metagamed the shit out of it to avoid derailing everything from the get go. Liam was visibly cringing so hard for the nonsense of the whole situation, but being mature and in a show he avoided arguing as he deserved.
@@DJROCKSTAZ I have a vague itching at the back of my brain that I have seen this refference before... I'm guessing terry pratchet or pirates of the carribean.
i absolutely love how aabria continued to be in character as the criminal while everyone else roleplayed their huddle, like she’s inspecting her nails and just absolutely chilling, but the moment someone says “insight check” she pops back into DM mode
@@julzbehr6696 With Matt's HDYWTDT if you watch Liam he starts to well up. He holds it together but you can see how much he loves Matt getting that moment
“Time is a weird soup.” - Fearne “Time is a nice chowder.” - Opal “Time is a sandwich.” - Dariax “I know that there’s more in this world. I know that temptation and corruption and imperfection is rampant in this world, but that’s not all there is. - Orym “You don’t have to be a bad person to do bad things if it’s hurting other bad people.” - Dariax “I’ve worked with some of these people and, when you get one person arrested, the rest of them know. And then they find you. And then they remove your organs while you sleep.” - Dariax “There’s two dead bodies, a pile of dust, a giant bonfire, and a hacked-up door. She’ll KNOW we were here.” - Dorian
From here to common street usage. Cut to a scene of Cthulhu stirring his own bowl of gazpacho, from within. A mobius strip chars and spits particles into the ether. An hourglass softly melts nearby. Ducks chant russian lullabies. Who'll make the T - 👕 shirt. Gazpacho ap pflaghan.
@@acecomics150 yeah it seems they had an off camera "session 0" for the other campaigns as well. Not a bad idea really. I should do that for my personal shitty dnd stream lol
Idk if it's been said but I really like how she opened up with having everyone do class related rolls. Also keeping everyone active by asking for a lot of checks. I'm enjoying it so far
@@ReiSilver I did that as a baby DM and I should say, it's a good idea to have your players practice the whole process of rolling + search the character sheet for the bonus + math, BUT my mistake there was not explaining the in-game reason for the checks well enough and also caring too much about consistency between the total value rolled and the effect you describe. It's always better to make for amusing moments than to have a clear distinction in what happens with a performance roll of 16 as opposed to "just" a 14
@@TheSilverPhoenix100 It's not that bad. Investigation and Arcana checks tend to be quite important and there are many subclasses which make good use of it. + you can always just change the spellcasting abilities of other classes into intelligence.
Their INT scores are not that low honestly (13 Orym, 12 Opal & Dorian, 10 Fearne and 8 Dariax). Except Dariax they should not be this stupid, but i'm not complaining.. it is hilarious and i love all the characters already. Especially Dariax and Opal :D
They seem so different, then Frearne says "time is a wierd soup" and I think maybe she'd get on with Yasha "I killed my whole family, I'll throw you under a bridge" Nydoorin
It's so tempting as a DM to push exposition and narrative in spite of failure, in some way or another. I love that Aabria just let them flounder a little on the terrible rolls, before bringing it back.
Just wanted to mention that Mister as a Wildfire Spirit has inteligance of 13 which is as high as Orym, the most inteligent member of our chaotic crew XD
"That's what it feels like! That's cool!" Matthew Mercer being the most wholesome. Would have double liked the episode if I could have for that moment alone.
I'm kinda glad she brought alignment into it, even if it's only for that one time. It was a nice surprise and will definitely make them consider actions differently.
DM: "Does that hit you?" Matt: "Oh, yeah!" As someone who's been playing a Divine Soul Sorcerer for half a year in Rime of the Frostmaiden, I can absolutely confirm that is true. I have never *not* been hit by an attack, it's amazing.
Me, an actual floutist: (dieing inside bc sugary substances are gonna be so bad for your instrument, while my lizard brain and logic brain try to convince the rest of me that it's high fantasy and D&D logic and it's ok bc his flute probably doesn't have padding or cork bc for heaven's sake it's a hollowed out ax handle and if it DOES have cork it prolly needed a good greasing anyway and ....pork fat) I'm........*conflicted*
@@VinceValentine That is a fun idea, but, across the editions of D&D inter-world communiation has been privy only to the highest of mages. And, Xanathar is not that outstanding as beholders go, power-wise.
Loved the moment at 54:38 when Ashley rolled an 8 and got a bit of a reaction from the DM. Liams response was great, "The impartial voice of god, whooo" Just such a perfect dnd moment.
So Matt Mercer, creator of this realm Rolled a divine soul sorcerer. Like a God allowing a little piece of himself to explore the wonder of its own creation Poetic.
Kinda like Tehlu who is also Menda...with scales of black iron....Old Holly's spear...a guilder along his shoulder...the shadow one who dances from skin to skin.....ipso facto Matt = d(H)ar(L)iax of Exandria? 🤔
For me, Liam O'Brien's halfling is channeling Martin Freeman's Bilbo Baggins from the Hobbits films. He is the sensible one bemused, bewildered and exasperated by the antics of his new companions and showing it all with his silent facial expressions. Love it!
more exasperated by the weakness of the plot and the zero reason for the party, specifically for his character, to join the inexistent, nonsensical "mission"
@@RPCauldron They played a few sessions off camera (stated in the teaser), and it seems like those sessions might have been in-setting given references in session 1 and the rapport they seem to already have. They rolled pretty terrible for most / all of the plot hooks so we might have missed some insights into those early sessions. It is only the first episode. We might have gotten some hints at his motives since he kept referencing a mysterious “her”. I personally like the lack of exposition dumps in ep 1, but I’m one of those masochistic Malazan fans.
CAMPAIGN 1 SPOILERS @@TaxManATX That ''her'' was probaly keyleth from campaign one. She is the leader of the tribe he is from and seems to have told him about there adventures in taldorei as part of Vox Machina. Sorry if you already knew that since the '' '' around the her.
Got halfway through ep92 of c3 and realised I could not continue without knowing everything that went down in Emon prior to the start of the campaign. So here I am! To anyone else in the same boat, godspeed 😅
I got to the middle of episode 2 of c3 (I’m doing a major catch up) and after several references to the EXU series I was like nah I need to understand the characters/backstory before I continue 😅
yup, this is me at the moment - 2x speed and skipping everything but the actual playing to try and get through it ASAP so i can get back to bells hells lmao (not that i don't like ExU so far, just I REALLY want to see more bells hells lmao)
Oh the quotes abound here: "Did you pee on my spear?" "Time is a weird soup" "That's the nicest thing that's been wiped on you all day" I love this group.
Seriously, it seems to me like Robbie is kind of playing the straight man (straight man in the comedy terminology sense to be clear - since we don't really know the character's sexual orientation) of the group. I like it though! He's a very pleasant counterbalance to the madcap antics of Dariax and Opal.
love how everyone has pretty much given fearne the ‘looks like a cinnamon roll but could actually kill you’ but there is def something sinister about her and i’m OBSESSED!! i mean fire monkey/fire magic? dark figure specifically stalking fearne? her almost grabbing the crate a couple of times but everyone assuming she’s just a good aligned bean so she’ll throw up? the way she attacks? ehehehe i’m excited to see what’s underneath! (we know miss ashley loves a good character w tough exterior and a beast in battle with cutesy exterior)
yeah, holy crap 500 plat? In the first episode? for a lvl 2 party? my GOD! She must crank the encounter difficulty a lot to account in her campaigns for all the power they can levy with that kind of coin.
@@sw96 And maybe if your cast it at higher levels, you can summon magical objects of an increasing rarity, up to Very Rare at a 9th(MAYBE? I don't play spell-casters very often.) level spell slot.
Oh I loove Robbie in this, he still has a bit of that noble poshness, innocence and confusion at the people around him but also just has that dashing adventurer face from old Hollywood movies
![Welcome to the Dark Side [Full Episode] | Escape From the Bloodkeep Episode 1](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/GiEQO77PV9Q/mqdefault.jpg)
HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing
0:15 Saying hello
1:30 Comfy Matt and Omar announce stuff
4:50 Intro cinematic
6:25 Episode Starts
7:05 Orym’s character intro
10:05 Dorian’s intro (btw, Robbie has confirmed he is an air genasi)
13:25 Fearne’s intro
16:35 Aabria’s monkey voice
18:05 Fearne’s magic is aggressive
19:25 Dariax’s intro
20:35 A new pigeon friend
21:40 Nope, we go forward with the story
23:50 The pee spear
25:05 Opal’s intro (it’s been confirmed she is human)
29:15 Spear pee confirmed
31:40 Calling for food
34:25 The Third Wing
37:50 The Contest
41:30 Present day
44:10 Food in the flute
46:15 Dariax is into the pranks
47:10 Counting taverns
49:40 Let me have this
50:35 The background info
53:05 Time is a weird soup
54:20 That feeling when your party is too chaotic to find the adventure
57:05 The compass
1:03:15 The gardener
1:09:00 Not a gardener
1:11:50 The setup
1:13:05 Calling the cops
1:18:00 The BBEG is gentrification
1:20:45 AGAB
1:25:15 The problem with young kids with money
1:29:30 Dariax isn’t even going to try to catch
1:38:40 Break Starts
1:50:00 Art Montage
1:53:40 Break Ends
1:55:30 Seeing the ocean for the first time
2:02:10 Looking for Thing 1
2:05:50 Bacon lips
2:10:30 Infiltrating the ship
2:13:40 Fearne has an accent now
2:19:00 Boat door
2:21:15 They are all hot idiots
2:24:05 Strong dwarven thighs
2:29:00 I AM THE COOK
2:30:40 Liam finally remembers Halfling Luck
2:36:25 Dorian cleans his hand
2:38:25 Cursed font
2:42:05 They almost made it out without getting cursed
2:43:30 A DM should never take bacon from a PC
2:50:05 Liam knows what it is, Orym does not
2:51:25 Talking to the bug
2:55:40 Fearne is very conspicuous
2:57:45 Bananas suppress curses
3:04:00 Mental math
3:07:40 Roll self-deception
3:08:45 A little more suspicious
3:11:00 Map out
3:13:10 Battle begins
3:17:40 Orym gets between Opal’s legs
3:19:20 Burnin hands on Orym
3:27:35 This is just a good catch by Aabria
3:30:35 Don’t mess with The Cook
3:34:20 Dorian is actually cool
3:39:45 HDYWTDT
3:43:20 HDYWTDT
3:49:00 The Door
3:57:30 It’s been awhile (Her plans)
4:02:30 Baby
4:03:35 Orym decides the mission
4:08:10 End credit scene
4:09:00 Episode Ends
The in-game start date for the episode was sometime in the year 848.
So all the players here did an Instagram live takeover the week before this game. If, like me, Instagram scares and confuses you, Bixby Boom posted those videos on RUclips. They're fun, check them out.
Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
What.
Thank you as always :D
So fast.
Just wow.
That was fast
Thank you Flando
Matthew Mercer really said, "I'm on vacation, I'm not explaining _shit,"_ and built himself a character so dumb he'd never have to be The Guy Who Knows Stuff.
I did the same thing when I took a break from dming and got to play for the first time- dumb as rocks orc barbarian thembo, Karn knows NOTHING and Karn is ANGRY that's IT
@@tairneanaich does Karn also betray?
@@tairneanaich what's a thembo?
@@V3loCiTy123 a person or character who is like a himbo but uses they/them pronouns (usually used for nonbinary people but not all nonbinary people use they/them and not all people who use they/them are nonbinary)
@@shawneti7893 noiceeeee
At the start Matt always refers to his character as "he", but by the end, it is always "I". Transition from DM to PC completed.
I DM a lot and that habit is a hard one to break even you first play a game after only dming.
oh no he's not coming back, aabria will have to dm s3 because matt refuses to dm ever again
@@eldritch_whispers1654 this is why you never let the forever dms out of their cage.
@@eldritch_whispers1654 I honestly wouldn’t mind
@@codydrebenstedt7221 gotta keep em locked up, you give em a taste of not having to prepare hours and hours in advance of every session and they could get hooked on it.
Fearne: "Time is a weird soup"
Caleb: "Time?"
Essek: "Soup?"
I was here before 1k likes
@@JaxonBurn so...?
@@JaxonBurn so was I, you ain't special lul.
taliesin, reaching from the planes beyond: "weird?"
@@yurigouveawagner9432 You, my person, won the internet today.
DM: Let's start the game in a building other than a tavern.
Players: Wake up and go to a tavern.
You can lead a horse to water, but you sure can’t keep a d&d player away from their tavern start
@@podor9756 at this point it should be a rule in the PHB that players start in a tavern
Opening a story with a character waking up is also a cliché.
@@Mikeztarpyou're cliche
Wake up and head to the tavern…. Damn, that sounds like real life…
This whole party has one shared braincell and Liam's character is in possesion of it at all times.
I'd say opal and Dariax share a chaotic braincell that just bounced around with himarious and bad ideas
@italkcrab I dont see a problem. I actualy like that most of them are clueless. It gives a nice break from the seriousness of the end of campaign 2
I didn't even really start the episode, read this comment and honestly, I'm not surprised by that "spoiler" XD
Yes
Dorian uses it sometimes but before it leaves Orym it just reminds him not to do any stupid shit while it's gone and he has the sensibility to listen to it
I love that Liam probably thought he wouldn't have to be the smart one anymore with a 13 intelligence and still has the highest intelligence of the party.
Liam: yay I’m not gonna be the smart one anymore
The rest of the party: congrats you have activated our trap card
"But how can we be a smart group if the smartest one is a dexterity warrior?"
"... that's the neat part. We are not".
@@boniakarlo That last line I heard in Matt/Dariax's voice 😂
Starting location: Greyskull
Starting roll: Nine.
Oh yeah, it's all coming together.
I just love how Matt decided to hand over the brain cells to literally any other character. Like, “I don’t care, I held the world’s collective brain cells in me for too long, take them away. I operate on vibes and vibes only”.
"I operate on vibes and vibes only" is a fucking excellent character summary of Dariax and also just an excellent line that I may steal next time I'm trying to describe a true/chaotic neutral character, thank you
That describes most of my D&D characters actually lol
ehhh, hes playing a sorcerer its literally in their blood to operate on vibes.
Honestly I don't know if they were trolling her or testing her but they literally gave her nothing at sometimes it seems like the players are doing it on purpose
If only all wizards thought this way
I have never in my life seen a bard be the most reasonable "mom character" of the party, and i fucking love it.
as someone who plays the mom-friend bard of the party, Dorian makes me feel validated
I’m getting Marquess vibes from Mike Tyson mysteries
Dad Bard! Dad Bard! Dad Bard!
The Fighter and The Bard are somehow the voices of reason. I love the party comp present here.
@@eliasmolck5566 Dad bard with a dad bod!
This guy Mercer is a great player, he might become a great DM one day
He will never be a great DM
Cereal
He's got great potential to change DnD.
I don't know, I think this world is doing all the heavy lifting for his character.
he should do a one-shot
With any luck
"Make a Perception check for me."
- first roll of the game - the air thickens.
"Nine"
YES! OF COURSE!
NEIN
NEIN
NEIN
NEIN
Nein!
Damn with 500 platinum they could buy a ring of fire protection
yea and go to the ice and snow lands of that world
Good work sir/mam/your highness. Top quality joke craft
@@TheDimensionY and then be like "wow, I though fire resistance would help with all the ice"
Sure, sure. Or a couple football fields of ball bearings , which is clearly the better option
Or even better, a air elemental gem with a ton of caltrops, then mix it together to create a blender
As a permanent DM, I absolutely love how Matt Mercer recognizes that the rest of the players are gonna go off the rails and very subtly steers the conversation back to the BIG OBVIOUS plot points and hooks as to not mentally destroy Aabria.
Glad to hear I’m not the only one in that position, and that I’m not the only one to notice him doing that.
He literally in the first hour took a compass and made it spin on the town square to point a random direction and go there.
Don't get me wrong, I love it, but he is definitely not backseating the DM. Like at all
@@dennisklomp2361 on the other hand, walking a random direction and having the DM tell you where you end up is kinda the perfect way to let them regain control of the hooks. That's how id use it anyway. But yea, I don't see Matt being the controller much here
@@jaredcarter1165 which would work, if the world was not already defined. What is north, east, or west in emon is already set in stone so you have no flexibility
@@dennisklomp2361 But you do have it. The important locations that already exist in Emon are already set in the map, sure. But not the tavern she just invented, or the nearby streets.
Which means that when Matt's character picks a "random" direction through his compass (which is even just referred to as "that way", with no other indicative) Aabria gets to send them wherever she wants to.
It's a specific direction for the characters, sure but not for the players or the audience, and that's where the DM gets to introduce her agency over the story.
Matt during the ad: that's really exciting isnt it Omar?
Omar: free me Father, for I must destroy!
Chaos Corgi
@@maxgreenwood1965 *Chorgi
@@BoojumFed thank you
@@maxgreenwood1965 Pretty sure Chorgi was supposed to be the short form of Chaos Corgi
@@Loingo oHhhHHh
Matt yelling in joy saying "So this is what it feels like!" When he lands the killing blow on the bad guy is absolutely so heartwarming. We need more DMs to experience what it's like to play. Most importantly the Forever DMs that always wanted to play as players.
It's too dangerous to let them out, gotta keep them behind their dm screen or they might never come back.
Someone’s gotta do it dude
I can remember that one time where they peer pressured him to accept a 'how do I want to do this' (around the oban fight, I think)
@@tomlaptain646 yeah pretty sure it was with the caedogeist who won the killing blow on him
I suspect a lot of forever DMs are forever DMs because they know they're the most capable to be doing it well. Watching other people do stuff worse than you must be kinda hard. Obviously, Mercer has the connections to know other good DMs, but a lot of DMs are probably DMs because they're most capable to helming a creative, fun campaign.
Hello to everyone who came back to be introduced to Dorian, Orym, and Fearne
That would be me!! lol
Watched the first 5 but kinda in the background now I’m here to really absorb the characters.
Hi! Thanks for the welcome! Started this morning for that exact reason :)
Hi 👋
Hello!
I love how Liam managed to play the only character who isn't OK with doing criminal stuff without keeping the entire party from going forward with the story, but still is making his stand in the end when that won't slow down the entire game to a halt.
He's basically the only compass in the show
This never really stuck out since she was absent a lot in C1, and she plays a low-profile character in C2.
But damn. Ashley is a really chaotic player.
Towards the end we got to see how she rivals Travis in amount of "Hit the Red Button" energy she gives off. Like the three books left in that library.
@@oliveri3534 And the robes with Nott in Aeor lol I think when she became able to be permanently at the table she became more comfortable doing actions that have more consequences as she knew she would be around to deal with them.
Shes obviously a monsta criminale.
I mean right from campaign 1 when she slit the throat of that duergar was it? So chaotic she lost favor with Sarenrae over it.
@@camclemons Hadn't gotten around to watching the first arc of C1, but that is hilariously typical in a DnD game.
"Plays a neutral good cleric of light, slits people's throats".
"It's hard to know who to trust in a big city."
"So you trust EVERYONE."
Everyone nods sagely.
They must have taken pointers from Vox Machina.
i can guaruntee this is what liam was thinking
dariax casts bless on guard
liam: (ah, a cleric)
dariax picks a lock
liam: "sneaky cleric?"
aabria: "nah"
liam: (uh paladin then?)
dariax casts a cantrip
liam: (wtf)
That's certainly what I was thinking.
I’ve previously heard D&D games described as a “pissing contest” but rarely have I heard one actually occur in game…
We already had a pissing contest in campaign 1 which Scanlan won
@@BadButterfly65 Guessing the girl got disqualified because...well, you know.
watch A Crown of Candy lmao
Dude that’s disgusting I can’t believe 16 people upvoted this
@@BadButterfly65 had one in my friends campaign, as we were making no progress the act of pulling it out onto a table and smacking it with the mega dong opened a secret door, used my inspiration for this feat xD
3:11:52 "I WORKED SO HARD ON THIS MAP YOU HAVE TO GO IN THERE"
Matt: "Hahaha ... *has flashbacks of the Ship fight where he prepared for hours, just for Taliesin to crush his dreams with a single Tide shoving the Boat into a cliff, ruining it all*
Lmao I thought the same. I've had similar things happen, my players have missed out on several encounter maps I've spent hours on each. Super proud they avoided the combat, but so frustrated I had to try and recycle the maps now.
@@antoniobutler7041 Yes, I think the only healthy approach for a DM is to assume up front that some maps will have to wait to be used later.
Ahh railroading lol
If you worked hard on a map, you can always use it later. Don't pressure your PCs into doing what you want them to do
Haha I have an AMAZING multi-story wizards tower map that has literally sat in corner for an entire campaign after party literally walked right past it at the beginning... And then again in the next town. Originally there were different wizards towers in each area, then one of my players speculated it was the same tower, teleporting around to follow them... Now it is in the background of every outdoor scene and my players will NEVER go in:)
@@kschleic9053 😝
There's no need for you to disclose it here, but I assume you have a _reason_ it's following them? And a good reason that they'll eventually have no choice but to enter?
Ashley and Liam's faces when Matt got the "How do you wanna do this?"
My heart your honor, my heart
I didn't watch the last campaigns, what's the significance of that comment?
@@bistfump Matt is usually their Dungeon Master, what Aabria is doing if you don't know.
For over 250 sessions and who knows how many one-shots, Matt was the one narrating everything and telling them "How do you wanna do this?". So, him being told he gets to kill something as a player, and hearing the line he has told his table who knows how many times...Yeah
@@perezo27 understandable. I knew Matthew was the dm of prior sessions, but I didn't know he "had a line". I bet that felt good for everyone at the table lol
@@bistfump welcome! I have watched these guys for years of my life and if you ever want to go back and watch campaign one or two they are both great adventures! campaign one is so nostalgic and sort of builds this world/ you will still hear easter eggs to it even in this first episode with the mention of thordak/the cinder king. Campaign 2 is when the production value exploded and the animated show's kickstarter broke records.
And Aabria's face while he was describing it was pure gold, like "This man can describe a scene like a son of a bitch", was really fun to watch
DM Matt: I studied sailing and ship terms intensely to prepare for Travis's character even though he knew nothing.
Player Matt: Hey look, a boat door!
funny thing is that is the correct terminology for a door on a boat. it's just callled a door it is the only thing with out a fancy name like walls are called bulkheads
Ladders are called ladders on a ship... >.>
@@jharrell23867 you mean the gangways
@@refinedbrass love your name!
@@k0pstl939 thank you fellow person of culture name came from d2 lod amazon back in the day it looked like she had brass tits
“Matthew Mercer, how do you want to do this?”
Maaaan, that filled my heart with so much joy to hear. Somewhere an angel got its wings… as elsewhere the hisser died a violent death.
I teared up a little, I was so happy for him
Not only Matt's reaction, but Liam and Ashley's ones too were so precious :')
I just watched the Mighty Neon episode where Matt got to say 'how do I want to do this'
Matt is showing his pent up frustration by making a character that fucks all the DMs plans right out the window HAHAHA
Either that, or he really wanted to play essek's himbo brother that the nein didn't meet :P
It's a nice safety net to avoid meta-gaming and not exploit his galaxy brain of D&D knowledge, too :) very clever
@@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi and literal galaxy brain knowledge of the setting
@@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi Wow. Looks like you rolled high on your insight check!
He also has prolly wanted someone else’s to drive the “boat” of the sessions and let him play more in his world. He’s prolly spent so much time behind the scenes that he wanted to play a character who just lays back and is vibin the whole time
Sam Riegel: My characters are chaos incarnate!
Matt and Aimee: Hold our dice.
I'm finally starting this after Episode 14 of C3 and can't believe how sane Fearne looks next to them
They are pure gold, and I can't wait for Aimee to guest in C3.
Sam holding their dice might actually improve their rolls for this game lol
@@anamariefalk3796 seriously same thoughts here! I am almost to episode 50 of C3 and it is insane to see Fearne be one of the more in the middle characters of a group
"she has flowers in her hair, which are all...poisonous"
"you'd think she'd be gentle, but her magic is...not"
that's it I'm protecting Fearne with my life
literally only watching this series now because i loved her at that start of the new campaign
seems she doesnt need it
@@Tanedhelion same. Favorite PC in both this campaign and campaign 3 so far
You'd think her magic would be gental**
yea how's that going :')
Don't close the video after Aabria says good bye, there is a little surprise after the credits show up!
YOOOOOOO I completely missed that on twitch! Thanks my guy!
@@AltrTheEgo I'd say always hang around for this series as Aabria is known for those sorts of things in her games so likely will be more.
rgr, will do.
+
Thank you!
Really nice to see Ashley so involved. She seemed a little withdrawn in TMN, probably because Yasha was such a quiet character - so it's lovely to see her so animated with a lively and lovely character
Fearne is honestly my favorite character of hers already
"I'M THE COOK!"
100%
I was secretly hoping she wasn't going to return, and already regret those feelings. Glad to have her on board.
Watch Campaign 1. Pike is much more involved.
@@FrostyTheSnowPickle Yeah for like ... the 10% of episodes she's available for filming :(
"We don't have cellphones! Someone invent the cellphones!"
Jester laughs in sending spell
Which would be extremely in character for her.
"Are you ok? I hope so I'm doing fine weeeeel that's it ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha"
@@Not_An_EV With poor Travis individually counting off each “ha.”
”You can reply to this message.”
Based on the intro to this campaign, their first sending will also be "Are you pooping?"
@@kellywilliam3708 or "are you peeing?"
Dariax is what I imagine Luc Brenatto will grow up to be like under Veth's, Jesters, and Caleb's guidance
Seriously underrated comment
So I’m not the only one who hears an older Luc in Dariax’s voice? 😂👍
the players: *gets 9s on their rolls*
DM: and i took that personally
"WRONG CAMPAIGN!!!"
NEIN!
Such a mighty number
Yes
I love that the top row of players is like "well, isn't this a nice day we are having ?" while the bottom row is like "I'm here to FUCK SHIT UP !"
One's a Warlock, the other is Matt Mercer with 8 Int. Let's gooooooooo
That's hilarious.
@@Cyyberslam8 the chat went crazy when we saw Matt had a dwarf.... sorcerer... with 8 intelligence. That was a sign for crazy things to come.
I remember Mercer saying That Aimee Carerro was turning into the Sam Riegel of the group in his IG takeover... so makes sense
I love Matts character, its like he build it to just avoid all responsibility xD
Its so nobody screams matts trying to take over because he's a dm
Yee, common thing for people who dm more than play, actually. Well, the good ones, anyway. I do the same myself. Prefer a big dumb character or an easily distracted sort, anything to make sure the party doesn't ever feel like I'm in charge or trying to be in charge. I never make a party face or leader or anything like that.
It’s so he is t in charge all over again
can anyone explain how he cast bless as a sorcerer?
@@QeepingItReal divine soul sorcerer subclass I think, gets cleric spells
I'm pretty sure Ashley designed Fearne with the goal of never being charmed again.
Alright guess I needed my heart broken 🥹
@@amphi_bian I mean, I was laughing when I came to that conclusion.
Ashley leaning so hard into pressing Matt to roleplay and do things off the cuff / out of the ordinary of expected play is pure gold here
Matt: makes a dwarven sorcerer
Me: "Hehe, dwarcerer."
matt mercer's dwarcerer
@@sepianutt23 Matt Dwarcer
Matt Mercerer
... Mattadwarf
dwatt Mercerer.
Matt is taking over the Travis role of “Let’s just see what happens and do it!” mentality.
DMs always love making other DMs deal with the same crazy stuff they have to deal with.
Pretty smart move of Matt to play a lower intelligence, happy go lucky PC when navigating the lore of his own world through a different DMs eyes
Yup this way he doesn’t have to know anything beyond his name etc and see where the new dm goes with the lore (and probably talking with her in private for when she goes completely against the lore that’s already out there)
could you explain it to me? I mean arent sorcerer's supposed to have high int and wisdom? so why is he the opposite
@@storyteller3036 because he wanted to
@@storyteller3036 Because DnD is not about min maxing stats and oneshotting bosses, sure it can be fun but some of the best moments come from the failures and flaws of the players. Matt's created a lovable f*ckup that he can take a backseat with, enjoy the ride and not take it too seriously. I imagine it's helpful to Abria too as I can only imagine the stress of presenting an already fleshed out world, through her own lens, to the fanbase AND the creator himself.
@@IceniSteel I gotcha, thanks. I've only seen this channel through the calamity series so im basically getting all of my context from the comment sections lol
"That's a story of next week" jokes on you, im already a week behind! Its a story for right now.
Behind club hell yeah!!! 🤝
yeahhh!
I literally JUST finished C2 yesterday, so im happy to be joining the behind club here!
just finished the episode right now and WOOP!! TWO MORE EPISODES TO FALL BACK ON!!
@@gabesynnott6506 I started c2 like a month ago and RIGHT NOW i'm starting exandria, i like being late
"'Do not try to out-drink the dwarf.' You'll learn that eventually." "But I'm so much taller than him *hair flip*" lmao I already love the energy of this group.
Opal is definitely my favorite. Too naïve to know anything really, but still really excited for everything.
I'm kinda disappointed Aimee didn't make it to the Season 3 cast. I would've loved to see their reaction to her just calling out for stuff she wants.
@@romxxii Maybe guest later on in the campaign shes great
"I am not becoming a criminal, I am babysitting." - Orym LMAOO
LOL He has the most long suffering "How did I end up with these people" look during the entire thing (especially that sigh at around 2:59:50 ...Orym is a total mood and I'm here for it.
Honestly this group needs a babysitter…
I laughed so hard at this 🤣 and I love how Dorian is like constantly looking to Orym about the right call to make 🤣
Can I just say? Robbie's role-playing is magnificent! For a first time player? Man what a legend!
Totes. I’m giving this a shake but so far the only thing I’m feeling is the addition of Robbie. (I know that sounds mean :().
He’s definitely not a FIRST first time player, he’s been a guest on [i think] campaign 1? But perhaps still new…🤷♀️
@@paulinaray-zorick6502 pretty sure this was his first appearance in CR, he wasn't a guest in C1
@@paulinaray-zorick6502 He was never on C1. This might be just a me thing but he does kinda reminds me of Will Friedle who guest stared a couple of times on C1 so maybe that's who you're thinking of?
@@paulinaray-zorick6502 true, he's been in campaign 2 at least!
MATT'S A PLAYER IN _HIS_ _OWN_ _WORLD!!!_ THERE IS HOPE FOR US DM'S!
And he's unapologetically playing a dumbfuck there just to stir the pot, and I love it!
Finally, I glimpse light...
We can only hope to inspire our players to carry on with stories of their own to share with others.... and maybe... just maybe..... Part of their story might draw inspiration from our own. :)
@@dripgod7565 "I GET TO GIVE SOMEONE *ELSE* A HEADACHE NOW!"
Haha, no.
I hope everyone realizes how hard it is to play the good aligned character like Liam is
Soooooo hard. I've played a character with morals once and it was horrible
Didn't help that the first quest giver was an outright crook.
We always start scrabbling for reasons to go along with the shenanigans, and not doing the sensible thing of "welp, I'm outta here. Don't worry, I'll call the guards on my way out".
@@eirei0789 the first quest is weak as liquid shit, makes no sense at all and they all recognize that. "She was like Robin Hood in the beginning and then went like Steal something valuable for me, for no reason" or something like that. It made no sense at all, it was so random and thrown there, and it caught only because the players, especially Matt, metagamed the shit out of it to avoid derailing everything from the get go. Liam was visibly cringing so hard for the nonsense of the whole situation, but being mature and in a show he avoided arguing as he deserved.
Just turned on my whole party tonight for unrepentantly killing innocent bystanders in their vengeance quest 😭 I swear I got an ulcer from the stress
@@RPCauldron nah. You're just mad for some reason.
Orym: "It's also hard to know who to trust in a big city like this."
Dariax: "So you trust everyone!"
Dariax, my beautiful idiot.
You can always trust an untrustworthy person to be untrustworthy
@@tatltails3923 Indeed, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for-they might decide to do something...stupid.
Well that is the most efficient option
@@DJROCKSTAZ I have a vague itching at the back of my brain that I have seen this refference before... I'm guessing terry pratchet or pirates of the carribean.
@@paulkemp8520 You'd be correct! Captain Jack Sparrow himself said the line I did during Pirates of the Caribbean!
i absolutely love how aabria continued to be in character as the criminal while everyone else roleplayed their huddle, like she’s inspecting her nails and just absolutely chilling, but the moment someone says “insight check” she pops back into DM mode
Love how uncomfortable "comfy Matt" ended up being.
Omar wants out, lol.
i can hear matt saying: "that's on-brand" in my head to your comment lol
@@alanhuynh2000 No he's just talking about Matt's ad at the beginning, his dog kept trying to jump out of his lap
CR intent on relearning the cuddling with untrained pets doesn’t make amazing content.
Matt: something about announcements
Me: watching Omar stare at his hand every time he gestures, checking for treats.
“Matthew Mercer, how do you wanna do this?“
I’M NOT CRYING YOU’RE CRYING!
And seeing Liam well up about how much it meant to Matt. Critical hit to the feels
When?
@@julzbehr6696 3:43:19
@@julzbehr6696 With Matt's HDYWTDT if you watch Liam he starts to well up. He holds it together but you can see how much he loves Matt getting that moment
I knew that moment was coming and I still teared up when it happened!
It's absolutely weird having Matt playing a dwarf who does NOT have a Scottish accent
Yeah, he sound like Yeza
I fully support this, got tired of Scottish dwarves so I made all of them southerners in my current campaign. “Y’all need’en ta work da forge hun?”
Did you guys forget about Dagon? The southern crippled dwarf ranger?
@@Dolphin_universe_ever Dariax is basically Luc
@@holyyoghurtman1952 Oh no
Sitting here crying when Matt got his first "how you wanna do this" and seeing how proud/happy Ashley and Liam looked 😍😭
Is it his first? Or does his own HDYWDT count while he was DMing in campaign 2? I forgot who he was at that time lol
@@ryanotorpedo It's his first as a non-NPC, and I think, if I can remember correctly, not in a one-shot run by another DM as well.
@@ryanotorpedoit was the Inevitable friEnd that got Matt his HDYWTDT
Same!! Liam looked so so happy for him
“Time is a weird soup.” - Fearne
“Time is a nice chowder.” - Opal
“Time is a sandwich.” - Dariax
“I know that there’s more in this world. I know that temptation and corruption and imperfection is rampant in this world, but that’s not all there is. - Orym
“You don’t have to be a bad person to do bad things if it’s hurting other bad people.” - Dariax
“I’ve worked with some of these people and, when you get one person arrested, the rest of them know. And then they find you. And then they remove your organs while you sleep.” - Dariax
“There’s two dead bodies, a pile of dust, a giant bonfire, and a hacked-up door. She’ll KNOW we were here.” - Dorian
From here to common street usage.
Cut to a scene of Cthulhu stirring his own bowl of gazpacho, from within. A mobius strip chars and spits particles into the ether.
An hourglass softly melts nearby. Ducks chant russian lullabies.
Who'll make the T - 👕 shirt. Gazpacho ap pflaghan.
Chaotic Good in a nutshell
@@billcasey9672 i don’t know what this means but i had fun trying to figure it out so thank you
@@kieran163
you're welcome! Have a great day! I do things like this, occasionally.
Essek likes soup and dunamancy. Time is a weird soup. All is right with the world
Can you imagine the pressure of DMing for Mercer on his own gd show? lmao she's doing great
Oh she's goddamn amazing misfits and magic on dimension 20 was mwah
@@spare389 LOL I just reupped my Droupout and started watching it. LOVE it so far!
i love how supportive matt is, too. reassuring that she looks great sitting behind the screen.
wholesome friendships right there
To be fair though, they've had play sessions together that weren't recorded to work out all the kinks.
@@acecomics150 yeah it seems they had an off camera "session 0" for the other campaigns as well. Not a bad idea really. I should do that for my personal shitty dnd stream lol
The return of critical roles most dangerous foe: The Door
Hodor is secretly behind all of these doors....
The chair is actually the most dangerous foe.
Forgot about that one. Chair vs door vs critical role. Last one standing wins
@@Blobby3822 my moneys on the chair
@@Blobby3822 the chair didn't actually do damage to the MN, doors however did deal damage to VM
10:10 I’m on my third rewatch and I just noticed Aabria does air quotes when she says “Dorian Storm” for the first time
Oh wow, eagle eyes!
Omg!!
DAAAAAMN
“Mister snatches it and jams it into his mouth.”
“*gasp* ohh..”
I already love Fearne so much
I love fearne
I also love Fearne. There is a great dynamic of parallel going on there.
I missed her verbal intro and just read the character panel in the bottom left and thought her name was FEAR ME. hahaha.
I love her scene later with her line “Stop moving Around!” *pins to the wall; point blanks fire hands*.
Idk if it's been said but I really like how she opened up with having everyone do class related rolls. Also keeping everyone active by asking for a lot of checks. I'm enjoying it so far
Yeah I think that was basically a tutorial for the new players, which is a great idea :)
@@mduckernz Though the new players did also get a bit of a tutorial during the play tests before they officially started filming EXU.
As a baby GM I am taking notes!
@@ReiSilver I did that as a baby DM and I should say, it's a good idea to have your players practice the whole process of rolling + search the character sheet for the bonus + math, BUT my mistake there was not explaining the in-game reason for the checks well enough and also caring too much about consistency between the total value rolled and the effect you describe. It's always better to make for amusing moments than to have a clear distinction in what happens with a performance roll of 16 as opposed to "just" a 14
I hate change and I'm like losing my shit. No matter, it's cool to see matt not as the dm for once.
God, look at those Int and Cha scores. Yet another 5e party of hot idiots sets off! This is going to be absolute madness.
Yeah 5e absolutely puts alot of stock into charisma and very little into intellegence, heck only two classes actually need it
Me in the first 25 minutes:
...
...
...
...
"Oh no...."
@@TheSilverPhoenix100 It's not that bad. Investigation and Arcana checks tend to be quite important and there are many subclasses which make good use of it. + you can always just change the spellcasting abilities of other classes into intelligence.
@@A.C_B. Yeah, our warlock was hell bent on playing an uncharismatic loner, so the dm agreed to change his casting ability to intelligence
Their INT scores are not that low honestly (13 Orym, 12 Opal & Dorian, 10 Fearne and 8 Dariax). Except Dariax they should not be this stupid, but i'm not complaining.. it is hilarious and i love all the characters already. Especially Dariax and Opal :D
“Funny, you think he is a cleric” And “Why are we all idiots??” Are my favorite lines this episode
Time is a weird soup
@Aidan Giese Like a chowder.
They seem so different, then Frearne says "time is a wierd soup" and I think maybe she'd get on with Yasha "I killed my whole family, I'll throw you under a bridge" Nydoorin
"I'm kinda into it and I like the attention."
TYPICAL BARD
This episode's prevailing alignment: Chaotic Failure.
I love this already.
Chaotic failure I love that
It's so tempting as a DM to push exposition and narrative in spite of failure, in some way or another.
I love that Aabria just let them flounder a little on the terrible rolls, before bringing it back.
"Chaotic stupid isn't an alignment"
Any Critical Role group: WATCH ME
Ah yes, the alignment of every good D&D party. /j
Fearne in EXU: Soft cottagecore lady
Fearne in Campaign 3: Chaos goblin
"Is there like- a boat door nearby?" Matt after running a nautical campaign lmao!
Playing up to the 8 INT score. ;)
Well... IS THERE?!
Aimee and Matt's characters yes-and-ing each other's dumbassery is SOOOO good hahahahahaha
Just wanted to mention that Mister as a Wildfire Spirit has inteligance of 13 which is as high as Orym, the most inteligent member of our chaotic crew XD
You know that explains a lot
sounds about right
"Why are we idiots?" Oh idk you put the points there lol
@@bradenhazle4378 They really didn't, though - only one has actually negative int; the rest, on paper, are normal or above average
@@bradenhazle4378 i mean, they're pretty tho 👌 the coincedence of having three charisma casters 🤣
"That's what it feels like! That's cool!" Matthew Mercer being the most wholesome. Would have double liked the episode if I could have for that moment alone.
Alignments:
Robbie: I don't know, let me check...
Liam: Haven't really thought about it....
Matt, immediately: CHAOTIC NEUTRAL.
I'm kinda glad she brought alignment into it, even if it's only for that one time. It was a nice surprise and will definitely make them consider actions differently.
I love that even though Matt is a player now he still can't stop saying "as you see" lmaoo
He's trying to quell his DM mode.
I mean, how else would you say that you're describing something /s
Yeah, it also has the feel of you’ve watched Matt play so many characters that when he plays an actual normal character it feels like he is npcing.
Thbb
What looks to be ....
I'm in love with the fact that the members' initials spell out F.O.O.D.D.
you’re a genius
well, I think you just made their party name
DOOF'D may possibly be more fitting. 😂
You're forgetting Mister the fire Spirit monkey
Fmood
Abriya squealing "biTcH have you seen the ocean?" is SO great.
"I rolled a seven so a little dookie comes out."
--Ashley Johnson, 2021
Alternative Title: Lies, Spies, and Dwarven Thighs
There is no alternative. This is it for me
@@forkysporky7073 I love this comment so much
Dariax is literally a golden retriever.
DM: "Does that hit you?"
Matt: "Oh, yeah!"
As someone who's been playing a Divine Soul Sorcerer for half a year in Rime of the Frostmaiden, I can absolutely confirm that is true. I have never *not* been hit by an attack, it's amazing.
As someone playing a wild magic sorcerer with 12 dex, mirror image is one of the best spells I’ve found to not get constantly hit
Ashley’s smile at the words, “Greyskull Keep” matched mine
"Honeyed flute and bacon lips."
Critical role I need a shirt that says it
Funnily, irl oily bacon would be better than sugery honey on an instrument
Honey would be the worst thing.
Me, an actual floutist: (dieing inside bc sugary substances are gonna be so bad for your instrument, while my lizard brain and logic brain try to convince the rest of me that it's high fantasy and D&D logic and it's ok bc his flute probably doesn't have padding or cork bc for heaven's sake it's a hollowed out ax handle and if it DOES have cork it prolly needed a good greasing anyway and ....pork fat) I'm........*conflicted*
maybe I'm to sexual but sounds like. Honey as in female fluids and flute as in male you know and bacon lips well meat-
@@ashleycook6025 Honey makes me think of resin for a violin bow, even though I now that is a very different substance
"Crime is in the eye of the Beholder", yeah I've heard of that Beholder, he has a goldfish.
He has a guide to everything
Wrong world, sorry.
*slow clap*
@@TenositSergeich I wouldn't be surprised if the Xanathar had operations on other worlds as well. He is a beholder, after all.
@@VinceValentine That is a fun idea, but, across the editions of D&D inter-world communiation has been privy only to the highest of mages. And, Xanathar is not that outstanding as beholders go, power-wise.
Loved the moment at 54:38 when Ashley rolled an 8 and got a bit of a reaction from the DM. Liams response was great, "The impartial voice of god, whooo" Just such a perfect dnd moment.
There are like 8 brain cells between them and I fucking love it.
4 of them are shared between the halfling and the monkey. XD
Came here for this comment.
@@Abyrae I mean the monkey is the smartest party member with an intelligence of 13
No. They have two. I ate the rest.
@@leahbeah1585 Orym also has an intelligence of 13
So Matt Mercer, creator of this realm
Rolled a divine soul sorcerer. Like a God
allowing a little piece of himself to explore the wonder of its own creation
Poetic.
Oh I didn't even put two and two together... That's really clever
His own avatar maybe?
Wow that's really cool
Kinda like Tehlu who is also Menda...with scales of black iron....Old Holly's spear...a guilder along his shoulder...the shadow one who dances from skin to skin.....ipso facto Matt = d(H)ar(L)iax of Exandria? 🤔
Basically Jesus Christ
Mad Props to the DM for explaining to Opal what Dariax was REALLY asking.
I can’t help it guys Ashley’s Fearne voice is so soothing
She is going to put me to sleep I swear
Fearne would be excellent at just slightly disturbing ASMR
She could say "I'll slit your throat now" and everyone will think "what a beautiful death"
@@thefriendlyknight oh god I feel myself dozing off here listening to her
Fearne Calloway Caduceus Clay
🤝
Soothing voices
The "infiltrating the ship" part had real "using scrambled eggs as a ruse at the hospital" bit from Campaign 2 vibes.
The Infected Junk Caper
And then veered HARD into supernatural horror. Love it.
@@aidancox5481 the whiplash from Aiëme da cõokė to 30 sailors hung and throats slashed, blood dripping from their necks is amazing
"You have no legal authority over me!!"
Gotta love Matt's sophisticated approach to playing 'stupid'. Playing stupid with intelligence. ^^
The Willingham Method.
@@bcn1gh7h4wk such a cool method name lol
Travis is a method actor
He’s playing “impatient”. Once he gets his mind headed in a certain direction, that’s where he’s headed.
@@ForeverWog And that is some wordplay with the word 'head' right there. But you're making a good point. He plays him 'impatient' & 'impulsive'.
For me, Liam O'Brien's halfling is channeling Martin Freeman's Bilbo Baggins from the Hobbits films. He is the sensible one bemused, bewildered and exasperated by the antics of his new companions and showing it all with his silent facial expressions. Love it!
more exasperated by the weakness of the plot and the zero reason for the party, specifically for his character, to join the inexistent, nonsensical "mission"
@@RPCauldron bro it was the first episode we have no background story yet
@@RPCauldron They played a few sessions off camera (stated in the teaser), and it seems like those sessions might have been in-setting given references in session 1 and the rapport they seem to already have. They rolled pretty terrible for most / all of the plot hooks so we might have missed some insights into those early sessions. It is only the first episode. We might have gotten some hints at his motives since he kept referencing a mysterious “her”. I personally like the lack of exposition dumps in ep 1, but I’m one of those masochistic Malazan fans.
CAMPAIGN 1 SPOILERS
@@TaxManATX That ''her'' was probaly keyleth from campaign one. She is the leader of the tribe he is from and seems to have told him about there adventures in taldorei as part of Vox Machina. Sorry if you already knew that since the '' '' around the her.
@@TaxManATX i agree Malazan fans dont need any exposition since character motivations in book one make sense after maybe 5 books or so ;)
Got halfway through ep92 of c3 and realised I could not continue without knowing everything that went down in Emon prior to the start of the campaign. So here I am! To anyone else in the same boat, godspeed 😅
I got to the middle of episode 2 of c3 (I’m doing a major catch up) and after several references to the EXU series I was like nah I need to understand the characters/backstory before I continue 😅
I have yet to start C3 and I’m so glad I’ve started this first 😂
Here before starting c3 and happy to hear it was a good idea. 👍
yup, this is me at the moment - 2x speed and skipping everything but the actual playing to try and get through it ASAP so i can get back to bells hells lmao (not that i don't like ExU so far, just I REALLY want to see more bells hells lmao)
Me too!!!! Got all the way to CR Bells Hells Episode 92 and realized I didn't know what the heck was going on!!!!
Oh the quotes abound here: "Did you pee on my spear?" "Time is a weird soup" "That's the nicest thing that's been wiped on you all day" I love this group.
in that order, out of context, a great story on it's own. 😂
Bacon lips
Time is a sandwich
"Crime is in the eye of the beholder" is my new favorite line ever.
And as true as that might be in Exandria, it's even more true in Waterdeep!
My Arcane Trickster might steal this! 😀
crime is in the eye of the law. would have been the best retort
Omg, Ashly is now the Caduceus of the group.
@@bosunbones.8815 That's exactly what I was thinking... we might be kindred spirits, lol.
Player introduction: man Robbie has that chaotic energy.
Character introduction: Man Robbie is keeping these b/himbos in check
😄😄😄
When the Bard is the party's left brain, things are looking dire.
@@Zombiewithabowtie 100% this
@@Zombiewithabowtie The monkey is the smartest of them all. He should be the brain
Welcome, friends, to a beautiful future.
It's a thembo world, baybee
Seriously, it seems to me like Robbie is kind of playing the straight man (straight man in the comedy terminology sense to be clear - since we don't really know the character's sexual orientation) of the group. I like it though! He's a very pleasant counterbalance to the madcap antics of Dariax and Opal.
How to spot the forever DM?
-Matt describing everything he does in a super captivating way with climax and all
It helps when you have multiple levels of bard in real life and most of your points went into oratory.
Dorian babysitting a gang of drunk college kids while wondering how he ended up in this situation is peak dad energy.
And I thought Caleb had dad energy.
Which makes sense because Robbie has a toddler.
"Yup. That's me. You're probably wondering how I got here. Well... It's a long story..."
love how everyone has pretty much given fearne the ‘looks like a cinnamon roll but could actually kill you’ but there is def something sinister about her and i’m OBSESSED!! i mean fire monkey/fire magic? dark figure specifically stalking fearne? her almost grabbing the crate a couple of times but everyone assuming she’s just a good aligned bean so she’ll throw up? the way she attacks? ehehehe i’m excited to see what’s underneath! (we know miss ashley loves a good character w tough exterior and a beast in battle with cutesy exterior)
One of my favorite lines so far! “Stop moving Around!” *pins to the wall and point blank Fire Hands*.
I mean, shes a wildfire druid. That's sorta the MO.
I think the shadow figure was stalking her cause she's the one that got cut inside the boat, but I do still want to find out what her Deal is
@@tatltails3923 she was also the only one that failed the stealth roll when leaving the ship
The look Matt gave when she said 500 platinum was the look of a seasoned DM saying "we are level 2 WTF are you doing?"
Timestamp?
@@dandytandy 2:41:36
@@plutonianshores13 Thanks!
yeah, holy crap 500 plat? In the first episode? for a lvl 2 party? my GOD! She must crank the encounter difficulty a lot to account in her campaigns for all the power they can levy with that kind of coin.
@@Slanderbot hey Bro, do you know why they started at level 2 instead of 1 or 3? Is there a prequil of sorts i missed?
I love that Matt keeps bribing the dog throughout the whole ad. STAY HERE AND BE CUTE!!!
No dont run away _I HAVE TREATS!_
THE DOG WAS SO CUTE THOUGH
I think this group just came up with a new running gag: Opal's Call of Summoning.
Bro…. I was just the 69th like, how D A R E you🙃/lh
This needs to be a spell.
@@novatheorem I was thinking that when I posted it too! That would be kinda broken...
@@DJROCKSTAZ Just make it like Divine Intervention, you have to roll under your level on a D100 and on success you can summon mundane objects.
@@sw96 And maybe if your cast it at higher levels, you can summon magical objects of an increasing rarity, up to Very Rare at a 9th(MAYBE? I don't play spell-casters very often.) level spell slot.
"Time's a weird soup, I killed my whole family!" Its just a saying from back home
I killed my family, I’ll throw you in a weird soup…I’m learning how to people.
"Time's a weird soup, I killed my whole family, I'll throw you under a bridge" it's just a thing people say!
That was the first thing I thought of when I heard that lol
Oh I loove Robbie in this, he still has a bit of that noble poshness, innocence and confusion at the people around him but also just has that dashing adventurer face from old Hollywood movies