HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing 0:45 Travis is a bit underdressed 1:20 Intro cinematic 2:50 Episode Starts 4:55 Recap Ends (Percalia have been busy) 6:00 Destination wedding 6:35 Matt rolls for attendance 7:10 Working out the guest list 10:15 Derrig the arm candy 13:25 Tary? 15:20 Doty the Terminator 16:40 Doojj 19:40 Realistic wedding simulator 21:00 Organizing the speeches 22:00 Scanlan always gets quiet when Tary is around 25:25 Keyleth dresses down the wedding planner 28:00 Pike and Scanlan will not live in sin 29:35 Scanlan is Daddy confirmed 31:35 Kaylee is a boss 32:50 Kaylee the bitcoin bro 33:30 The Derolo’s were destroyed by The Blockchained Oblivion 36:00 I need fan art of Grog’s outfit 40:15 Derrig and the couple 41:25 Derrig digs himself a hole 43:35 Kima and Allura 52:25 Liam still remembers the Ashari greeting 53:35 Chief Keyf 54:35 Derrig is a Shorthalt fan 57:15 Pike explains how to pour wine 58:00 Grog want ale 59:15 Grog the natural sommelier 1:01:15 Keyleth’s speech 1:04:15 Tary’s speech 1:07:55 Things start going wrong 1:12:15 Break Starts 1:18:50 Art Montage 1:22:15 Break Ends 1:24:10 Goat attack 1:27:25 Battle begins 1:37:30 It’s been awhile 1:42:35 Scanlan wakes up as a goblin 1:47:15 HDYWTDT (Savage Trinket) 1:50:05 HDYWTDT 1:53:45 Scanlan’s boring ballad 1:59:10 The villain reveal 2:02:30 Percy is ice cold 2:03:20 Headbutt 2:05:50 Are you fey? 2:09:15 Matt is the master of the long pause 2:21:50 Making your way towards the cliff 2:29:20 It’s been awhile 2:30:25 Revivify up the butt 2:33:55 Raven Kedge 2:38:35 Battle begins 2:41:40 Matt is going hard tonight 2:42:15 Nobody makes Grog bleed his own blood 2:52:10 Level 20 druids are objectively OP 3:05:00 Pike’s just gonna keep being a monstah 3:07:45 Scantana inspires Grog 3:11:45 The earth elemental isn’t great for communication 3:17:35 Travis works hard for the money 3:20:10 Vex brings the light 3:21:15 Spiritual Fenthras 3:25:50 Scanlan casts Grease (inspiration song) 3:32:10 Keyleth’s spirit bomb 3:38:15 Doosh and Poosh 3:39:15 HDYWTDT 3:40:35 Scanlan also bad at compliments 3:42:55 Setting up the wedding 3:44:20 Riding down the aisle 3:45:00 The ceremony 3:47:20 Percy’s vows 3:49:55 Vex’s vows 3:53:05 The “I do’s” 3:56:45 The last wish 3:58:30 A few words to Vex 4:01:25 A few words to Keyleth 4:03:45 Goodbyes 4:05:10 The boots of haste, though? 4:06:40 Congratulations, Lord and Lady 4:07:50 Catching the bouquet 4:09:25 Episode Ends The in-game start date for the episode would be probably late Misuthar-early Dualahei 816 (depending on exactly when they could reserve the venue). Sam just has a glass of red wine this time, no flask. Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
"Oh, you're watching the Vox Machina Campaign right now? Which arc are you at?" "I don't know, they're fighting those Briarwood guys right now." "Do you have the slightest idea of how little that narrows it down?"
Just saying that is spoiling it. Maybe asking what level VM are or where the fight is would be a better question that wouldn't basically tell them that the Briarwoods come back multiple times.
Tries to keep them alive? You mean in the normal caring-for-children sense, or in the face of some mortal danger? If you mean squishy children will be part of combat, that sounds tricky to make fun, because we'd hate to see the die rolls go badly and one or more of them not survive. So I'm guessing you probably don't mean that.
@@Peter_Cordes I like to think they wanna play with Grog and pretend to be Vox Machina but end up in actual danger, but also in my head, Pike is babysitting too, since there are 5 kids. So Pike and Grog have to protect the 5 de Rolo children from actual danger while trying not to keep them from being scared. Also Pike and Grog are in no way allowed to pretend to be Pike and Grog. The kids said so. Grog has to be Pike, and Pike can't be Pike because she is Percy, and one of the kids wanted to be Grog.
Laura - "I am in a wedding dress. Don't kill me when I am in a wedding dress." Matt - "Well Vex hasn't got in the dress yet." Laura, with fury in her eyes. - "I AM!"
When the eventual Mighty Nein X Vox Machina crossover is gonna happen, Caleb is just gonna walk up to Vex and just say that he's lost family members too.
Percy, during the Underdark arc, to Vax: Screw you! I want my final words with you to be indignant and irritated! Percy's final words to Vax: Talk to her, idiot.
@@wizzardoffuzz "If the creature's soul is free and willing", it's both not free because of the Raven Queen and not willing because Vax/Liam has said he intends to honor the deal.
When they eventually get to the last series of The Legend of Vox Machina, this seriously has to be the last episode. Just imagine the last shot of Percy and Vex'ahalia kissing, as it pans up to the sun rise, a raven flying away from the cliff. And then in the background you just hear Scanlan: "Pike, I caught the bouqeut!" Grog: "Oh no you didn't!", followed by a scream, heavy impact and further ensuing chaos, as the music gently fades out, to the final end credits.
I'm absolutely devastated. I started watching these cause of the show and going from Percy as a kid desperately trying to escape the Briarwoods and falling in the water, thinking he was alone and his entire family was dead, to Percy as an adult, Lord of Whitestone, flailing in the water knowing he to swim away because his family would be coming to help him, even though he was leaving Vex, then telling Sylas he wasn't afraid of him anymore. I hope they include this special in the show, as much as I loved the ending it's filled with so many incredible moments.
In old tradition the groom would set aside his sword for the day of his wedding and put it into the hands of the man he trusted. Trusted not only with his own life, but with the life of the woman he loved. By taking the grooms blade the best man accepted the duty of safe guarding the happy couple, and was sworn to lay down his in the defense of this new union.....so actually Keyleth this is exactly what best men are for.
"How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?!" Attacking a party of level 20 characters (especially a stressed Archdruid wedding planner) sure wasn't very... *bright* .
It's incredibly poetic that Vex ended up becoming the literal light that helped finish burning away one of the biggest sources of Percy's insecurity and trauma.
This episode is a "let's see how well Matt remembers the accents of the dozens of NPCs he made across a near decade long campaign after leaving it for three years," test. What a champion.
Scanlan is the friend who no one takes serious, but when you are on your last leg he puts everything into picking you up. Sam does such a great job between switch from goofy Scan to serious Scan.
I like to think Vex was still in a state of an afterglow from the Blessing of the Dawnfather, with small ripples of light glimmering on her skin as if sun under the water, making her and Vax's meeting an almost literal between light and shadow.
Mavander Serafin I mean, I think the blessing lasts an hour. So I'm pretty sure she was glowing through all of that. :) So you nailed it. Damn I want art of this...
How to challenge a level 20 party: Step 1: Reduce most of them to 1hp immediately before combat. Step 2: Separate the party. Step 3: Be Matt Mercer and tug at the world's heartstrings.
Step x: Be a competent high level wizard with abundant minions, locations, traps, glyphs of warding, Contingency, some Magic Jar shenanigans, and back yourself up with Clones of yourself in your demiplane, and combat the party using Simulacrum and illusory duplicates. Gate portals opened to planes full of your allies.
hey the players are all part of that. they weaved a lovly story together. Terrible VERY TERRIBLE at strategies and how to utilize their charcter abilities XD but great great story tellers
If someone told me three months ago "Yo, you're gonna cry over voice actors dressed in feathers and antlers as they pretend to have a wedding in a table top game..." I can never make fun of people crying over soap opera's or K-dramas ever again.
I agree with the first part of this whole heartedly, but.. soap opera's and k- dramas take themselves too seriously. Whereas this set of characters drink and make jokes, whilst breaking the third wall here and there. And while all that is happening, they simultaneously building these all too real characters that can be felt as real. My argument being, I could never stick around for a soap or k drama for long enough to ever care. That being said I can see why people might cry over an obviously fake scenario.
Speaking of callbacks, I like Ashley's nod in her speech at 3:46:00 to the Liam's Quest: Full Circle meta story one-shot (spoilers for it) with the line "richer for having known you", the same line Liam said as meta-Liam in game to the PCs, where it was also real GM Liam saying real stuff to his real-world friends. Ashley even looks over at Liam after saying that line, but IDK if Liam missed the reference or was just playing it cool.
Poor Liam, every Vox Machina one shot he's gotta cook up a new character that belongs near enough to this group to be wrapped up in their shenanigans, and he gets far less of the nostalgia boost that all of the others playing their characters get. That said, he absolutely crushes it with the character ideas. I love them so much.
To be fair, he had also the most emotional highlights with vax, since scanlan used some wishes to bring him back. Also playing/testing new classes in oneshots is really fun and the group is still the same anyway. (some characters matured a bit)
Vax: “Have you not crawled on all fours before?” Percy: “You should try it if you haven't; it's quite delightful… I have never actually been quite so honest in my entire life.” (Episode 105)
@@elbruces reminds me of the doctor: Doctor: I'm gonna save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek Fleet. And then I'm gonna save the Earth. And then, just to finish off, I'm gonna wipe every last stinking Dalek out of the sky! Dalek: But you have no weapons! No defenses! No plan! Doctor: Yeah. And doesn't that scare you to death?
@@elbruces I've always thought he was a cross between Batman and the Doctor. Heck, his design in TLOVM is basically the 10th Doctor. Percy's always had the long blue coat, waistcoat, neck-adornment, and signature hand-tool, but the faux-hawk hair they gave him really cemented the visual comparison.
honestly, i love how both his post campaign characters were kind of 'what-ifs' to vax's potential future: a servant of the raven queen and a lovely family man guarding the tempest.
Kima: "You gonna make an honest woman outta this one?" Percy: "Well, there's nothing that can be done about that, but..." Taliesin forever with the razor sharp wit. By the Gods I miss these characters so much XD
Man, that one dude they sent away to find 25 casks of ale for Grog really dodged a bullet there. He must have come back with the ale like that one dude with the pizzas and the room is on fire.
@@VG-fk6nk The original comment says "character that Liam has played that meets vox machina", so Caleb, and other one-shot characters that have not met Vox Machina are excluded from this
I love how every time someone says the name of their abilities Sam just repeats the name in surprise: Travis: "I'll use my Retaliation" Sam: "rEtAlIaTiOn?"
If there is anything I've learned about Sam is he's really good at being a proxy for crowd reactions. Whenever something new happens he always adds a reaction to resonate with those watching. The man knows how to perform.
my head canon for derrig is that there wasn't any politics involved, he was the one who pushed for keyleth having a bodyguard and he volunteered himself. this is because he is a die-hard fan of scanlan and so he wanted to meet and talk to his idol.
Keyleth knows and was on board. Derrig: You can bring a plus one to the wedding right? Keyleth: Aren't you married? Derrig: Not like that. I want to meet Scanlan Shorthalt. Keyleth:...just so you know, he's either going to think you're my consort or a prostitute. Derrig: Do you think that'll make him remember me? Keyleth: Yeah, probably. Derrig: Excellent.
2:23:08 - Even two Death Saving Throws in, dressed to the nines, beautifully and regally as Lady of Whitestone, on the night before her wedding, no weapons, no equipment, with help just out of range... Laura Muthafuckin' Bailey still takes a moment to laugh at, "shifting bulges in the water." And this is why we love her, now and forever.
it's like Dragon age origins, followed by the dlc..where every potato peeler in the village you departed from with a rusty knife is of some precious ore
I read your comment before getting to that point, was like "oh shit, now it won't have the same impact" I was wrong, cried like little bitch, I haven't cried like that for years
I was already brimming from the second the fog rolled in on the shore because I KNEW who was being foreshadowed, but I held it in. ...as soon as Sam said, "Vex, I wanted to get you a gift but nothing would be expensive enough for you, so..." I lost it. I knew what was coming. And seeing his face when he knew it was his last one... Holy Jupiter shit... From there to the end I was letting out every tear I never cried in my life.
The fact that (bc this is a strech goal episode) they did not put any sponsor ads or any in video google ads (which are not problem btw, as long as you keep your show going) is surely a great act of showing thanks to fans and one of the most humble and ungreedy acts you can see in RUclips. Noble souls, you are.
I knew it was gonna come back to bite them in the ass. That and the forgotten deal with the arch fey that shifted the time laps of the feywild their favor.
@Noob7Zilla Yes! I just remarked to my sister, "Please remember, this is the same woman that plays Laudna. Laudna!" Marisha is just incredible. I love watching her RP. Laudna's already my favorite.
@@jessicazimmer8910 For the whole first campaign I just thought Marisha was bad at improv, because of how bad Keyleth was at talking. It blew my mind when I realized Marisha was actually an amazing roleplayer, and Keyleth was the cringelord. It took until a few episodes into campaign 2, when the cracks started to show in Beau's "trying too hard to be cool" vibe. The woman is such a good actress that she convinced me she was a bad one. After rewatching with this new knowledge it was hilarious instead of cringey, and I loved all her characters. Laudna is fucking legendary, she really outdid herself this time lol
Them all calling for Tary while Sam looks pleasantly incredulous is so friggin endearing. He seems so consistently surprised ppl enjoy his characters so much.
Sam, in his head: OH SHIT I DIDN'T BRING TARY'S STUFF I DIDNT PLAN FOR THIS AHHHHHHH alternatively: OH SHIT HOW DO I PLAY TARY AGAIN I DIDNT PLAN FOR THIS AHHHHHHHH
@@jari948 Are you saying that Nott is _not_ a comedic character? Frankly, I think he even overdoes it a little bit with her sometimes - I wish he'd play her a bit more seriously on a regular basis, and not just during emotional moments. Sometimes, he tries to make a joke with weird timing and it falls flat - well, it happens to the best of us, I suppose. Honestly, I'd say Nott is far more of a wildcard than even Scanlan was.
they have a lot of context they can work in as forshadowing and although i was not as happy with s2 as i was with s1 i do love how they're setting up scanlan's arc so far and little bits like this
2:27:30 I mean I know it's terrible but I kind of find it poetic that Vex died in the water after falling from a cliff, and that it's Keyleth who finds her. Given the fact that Vex was the one who found Keyleth after the Keyfish incident
*SPOILER* Technically, per the wording of Scanlan's wish, if at some point Velora Vessar gets married, Vax could return and say a few words there too. "I wish that Vax-ildan can say a few words at his sister's wedding." Half-sisters are still sisters!
But the word :sister's: and not :sisters': implies that there is a wedding belonging to one and only one sister rather than a wedding belonging to more than one sister. Therefore, it is up to interpretation: (1) Scanlan's interpretation would likely point to Vex, and so would Vax's, if he had a say; or (2) the god's interpretation could be many things, like the *next* sister to be married, or only the *real* sister and not half sistor, or *not Vex, but Velora* because the god is a jerk, etc.
It's always weird to me how peculiar people gets with the wording when you cast Wish. It's not a Djinn, nor an artifact. You don't ask to an entity that tries to trick you or will take your words litterally, it's your own power altering reality the way you wish. Your words are merely the verbal component of the spell, your intent is what actually counts. When Scanlan wished for Vax to be present at his sister's wedding, he meant Vex and no one else.
@@XoIoRouge just for fun: Scanlan spoke this wish into existence so the pronounced form of the word is what we have to consider. So, having said " sister's ", Scanlan could argue that his intended meaning for the word was the possessive form of the plural of the word, i.e. " sisters' " in which case vax is enabled to say a few words at each of his sisters' weddings
It was dice perfection that it cost Scanlan his last ability to cast wish in order to make that happen. His last wish. And it was what he wanted all along 💜
@@ttrpgeek1248 i think he meant for the ep cause he hadn't finshed yet though its proablaby best that you don't read the comments till the end of the ep
Me when this came out: Derrig is cool Me now: *squints suspiciously at fighter with sword and shield and leather armor with a tattoo motif on his arm of something that shines in the sky and works for Keyleth* Liam, whatcha doing there buddy
I think liam confirmed it in a recent ep that derrig is orym's father-in-law. In reference to calligraphy, he said "derrig taught me how to write in in the air" or sth. Orym's dead husband is a half elf, the only son of derrig (presumably)
IIRC, Liam mentioned in one of the recent 4-Sided Dives that he already planned Orym a long time ago and actually used Derrig to set him up for Campaign 3?
@@henkmalan13 Will, Orym's late husband, was Derrig's son. If I remember correctly, Orym has refered to Derrig like a father throughout the campaign so far.
Yeah, I was not prepared for this I thought: hey look that's gonna be a fun one shot but noooo I was so wrong, holy fuck. It had me crying the last half hour straight
yes, it is why she emphatically looked at him when she said it and he smiled in recognition. It was so fucking cute it made me cry. Call back to Liam's love letter to his friends and his goodbye when he leaves with the Raven Queen
Can we all agree that grog tasted the poison in the wine when he said he detected hints of volcanic rock. Hell he said he was testing the food for poison too.
Dude.... I know! That's why I got all teary eyed when the fog rolled in. I KNEW it was Sylus... I bleedin knew it. And, that's also why I grabbed the tissues. If I was already getting misty then, at the least if they killed him there would be some monologue gold... But, nothing could prepare anyone for what actually took place. I'm still fighting tears and I watched it like four hours ago.
@@idaholcomb4778 man.... Doors... Like, it was invented to instill people with the ability to walk through walls... Yet, somehow, became the very thing that prevented vox machina from doing almost anything at all.
@@ss2smallhours true...I was just watching campaign 2, and someone cast Blink and I legitimately froze up, it all came rushing back... I think the only battle scene that ever matched Glintshore's intensity was Sam's last counterspell
I just love how Travis is the biggest fangirl of the ship. Just shows how much he loves his friends and wife and how much he immerses himself into the world character.
29:25 When Vex mentions that her dad is here but she doesn't want him to walk her down the aisle, and Liam looks like he's going to cry because VAX CAN'T BE HERE FOR HER
so the drugged wines from Eskil were from Kamordah? where Beau is from? and isn't her dad in the wine business? that was such a cute lil easter egg Matt
@@FulcanMal I assume Silas got to the wine supply and poisoned it. Males more sense than assuming he started a wine business in the meantime just to poison the wedding
@@djmccarthy4859 I think that punchline to her family story arc was the best line anyone's ever had on Critical Role, at least in my book. The whole serious speech as setup for it, and the delivery, and coming from that character, everything was just
SPOILER, This one-shot could be watched by someone with no context of Vox Machina and it'd still make them sob. The story is amazing, the players are exceptional, the villain is a broken grieved man, the freakin bride is dead (a bit), and the last half-hour is some of the most moving TTRPG ever. This is a game, and they turn it into a real story. Nerdy ass voice actors huzzah.
That would be me. The only thing I’m confused about Vex vs Vax? But this as a hook worked ridiculously well and now I’m digging back through for a good starting point into this world. Thank you, algorithm, for the introduction to whatever this is!
Minor spoilers: For those of you wondering whyy Liam seems so confused - He was not expecting to play Vax again, so pretty much the moment Matt makes it known the wish succeeded, he was getting into character, you can actually see his face change and the fact that he doesn't break character (no matter what Laura says). He was getting back into the voice and mind space of Vax and was only half paying attention to Matt and the others.
I wish Sam had warned at least Liam, though. It felt like Vax from right after Vex died, but just ten episodes later he's back to his normal prankster/reckless self, just with a sense of purpose. I wish we had seen THAT Vax. I wish he had called her "Stubby" just once.
@@tkeil5117 I hate to tell you. but I think that is Vax now, think about it, he's been in the company of the Raven Queen and celestials for a year (and time has no meaning on the plains. so it might as well be 1000 years). I think he would be overly serious and and 'out of touch' by this point. That being said Percy calling him an idiot to bring him out of himself for a moment was pitch perfect.
I think maybe he played as vax himself didnt expect to come back. He made peace with his death and tried to word it to the others to do so as well. He said to vex and percy that he wasnt worried for her and that she is in good hands.and he is happy for her to keyleth thats it may not be the same without him but its ok to move on and to everyone to continue live their lives
this is the perfect vox machina wedding. just after a huge fight, everyone is beaten and battered wielding weapons, the bride died but got better, no one was prepared for it, and they casually cast a 9th level spell because one of them forgot to buy a present.
One point that needs addressing is the moment Pike creates a magic Fenthris with Spiritual Weapon. I can see a lot of DMs shutting that down and I'm sure there were some people that got a rules aneurysm over it. I have to say though, that was top-level DMing the way Matt handled that. On Ashley's part, it was such a creative idea that added to the scene they were creating with Vex finally arriving to hand down justice. On the logistics aspect, Sylas was already in major trouble and there was very little chance he would survive one round of combat even if that idea was shut down for RAW reasons. In the moment, Matt made the best decisions to facilitate this incredible storytelling.
True! Also, Matt understood that Laura was a bit frustrated since her main weapon was not available to her during the main fight due to story reasons. It was a great fix on Matt's part to allow her to have that weapon available.
I will be honest. I am a dm, and when ashley said what she was doing with her spiritual weapon. I immediately said yes. I'll allow it. And when matt said it I was so glad. In all my years of dming, I've not had one player try that under duress. It painted such a beautiful picture I'd have kicked anyone who would try to shoot that down. It also got me thinking about the way the spell works. And I've begun altering and creating a variant of said spell. The idea is amazing and I think that moment was perfect.
A huge factor is that this is a one-shot and these characters are not going to be going on too many more adventures. There isn't much danger of this being an exploit that they try in an ongoing campaign and the most oddball thing Jester's made is a piano.
@@thechangelingdm It is a common joke/rummer that they are not actually playing the game but that it is instead a scripted show. It is of course completely untrue, but there were enough comments claiming it was that even the cast will make the joke.
I think it is now safe to say that I have never seen any individual,let alone a group of adventures, blue-ball the grim reaper more than Vox Machina has lol
@@fudgeanater It's in the crystal kingdom arc of the adventure zone which you can find on either spotify or the maximum fun network. RUclips as well. At least that's when Kravitz (The Grim Reaper) first shows up.
3:16:40 Sam breaks out his wallet and passes a few bucks to Taliesin. 3:16:54 Taliesin passes it to Marisha. 3:17:18 Marisha passes it to Liam. 3:17:23 Liam passes it to Laura. 3:17:30 Laura passes it to Ashley. 3:17:35 Ashley pays Travis for a dance. When you got friends all willing to work on a throwaway gag like that, you got good friends.
Was doing my best to envision every scene as if it was animated while it happened. Especially after having the images of their animated figures burned into my head. But yes! PLEASE animate this! Don’t care if it’s a special one-time OVA! Just want to see it! 🥺
It'll be there. I have no doubts. It could be a flashforward or they could make it where Percy & Vex never got married in the 1-year time-gap so this is their actual wedding.
I felt he was also mimicking Keyleth's awkwardness. People still leave comments on VM episodes hating on Kiki, and I feel like Liam was trying to support both Keyleth and Marisha by bringing in another ashari who is just as awkward and hopeful and generally "good" as Keyleth.
I feel like the beauty of the final scene with Vax overshadows the genuinely horrifying image of Percy watching his true love drown knowing he can do nothing to prevent it. And then having to leave her knowing their only chance is if he gets up to the surface to scream bloody murder for help. Genuinely blood chilling! The angst!!
The trauma of it is dulled when you know one of your best friends can bring people back from the dead, you've already been brought back from the dead, the person you are leaving to die has previously been brought back from being dead, and you're used to being and seeing your friends hurt by some of the worst pains imaginable.
She tried to cast a spell with a verbal component. In Matt's underwater rules in previous episodes, that costs you most / all of the air in your lungs, I forget which. So there's some justification for it. (I thought she also knew Conjure Animals, though. The wiki says she does, so even if a failed casting used up her only 4th level spell slot (which it probably shouldn't have but Matt didn't correct her quiet mention of not having a 4th level slot left later), she could have tried again for dolphins. Also, if Keyleth had thought of Air Elemental right away, she might have got there a few rounds sooner. :/)
I was looking trough the comments and could not find anyone adress how amazing Tarys speech was. You can really see Sams charisma behind it. Making it emotional, personal and poetic and a little funny in a perfect mix. I love it
It is still so fucking funny that Keyleth is deeply powerful and well respected as a leader and that Marisha just leans so hard into how awkward she is. I love it so much.
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HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing
0:45 Travis is a bit underdressed
1:20 Intro cinematic
2:50 Episode Starts
4:55 Recap Ends (Percalia have been busy)
6:00 Destination wedding
6:35 Matt rolls for attendance
7:10 Working out the guest list
10:15 Derrig the arm candy
13:25 Tary?
15:20 Doty the Terminator
16:40 Doojj
19:40 Realistic wedding simulator
21:00 Organizing the speeches
22:00 Scanlan always gets quiet when Tary is around
25:25 Keyleth dresses down the wedding planner
28:00 Pike and Scanlan will not live in sin
29:35 Scanlan is Daddy confirmed
31:35 Kaylee is a boss
32:50 Kaylee the bitcoin bro
33:30 The Derolo’s were destroyed by The Blockchained Oblivion
36:00 I need fan art of Grog’s outfit
40:15 Derrig and the couple
41:25 Derrig digs himself a hole
43:35 Kima and Allura
52:25 Liam still remembers the Ashari greeting
53:35 Chief Keyf
54:35 Derrig is a Shorthalt fan
57:15 Pike explains how to pour wine
58:00 Grog want ale
59:15 Grog the natural sommelier
1:01:15 Keyleth’s speech
1:04:15 Tary’s speech
1:07:55 Things start going wrong
1:12:15 Break Starts
1:18:50 Art Montage
1:22:15 Break Ends
1:24:10 Goat attack
1:27:25 Battle begins
1:37:30 It’s been awhile
1:42:35 Scanlan wakes up as a goblin
1:47:15 HDYWTDT (Savage Trinket)
1:50:05 HDYWTDT
1:53:45 Scanlan’s boring ballad
1:59:10 The villain reveal
2:02:30 Percy is ice cold
2:03:20 Headbutt
2:05:50 Are you fey?
2:09:15 Matt is the master of the long pause
2:21:50 Making your way towards the cliff
2:29:20 It’s been awhile
2:30:25 Revivify up the butt
2:33:55 Raven Kedge
2:38:35 Battle begins
2:41:40 Matt is going hard tonight
2:42:15 Nobody makes Grog bleed his own blood
2:52:10 Level 20 druids are objectively OP
3:05:00 Pike’s just gonna keep being a monstah
3:07:45 Scantana inspires Grog
3:11:45 The earth elemental isn’t great for communication
3:17:35 Travis works hard for the money
3:20:10 Vex brings the light
3:21:15 Spiritual Fenthras
3:25:50 Scanlan casts Grease (inspiration song)
3:32:10 Keyleth’s spirit bomb
3:38:15 Doosh and Poosh
3:39:15 HDYWTDT
3:40:35 Scanlan also bad at compliments
3:42:55 Setting up the wedding
3:44:20 Riding down the aisle
3:45:00 The ceremony
3:47:20 Percy’s vows
3:49:55 Vex’s vows
3:53:05 The “I do’s”
3:56:45 The last wish
3:58:30 A few words to Vex
4:01:25 A few words to Keyleth
4:03:45 Goodbyes
4:05:10 The boots of haste, though?
4:06:40 Congratulations, Lord and Lady
4:07:50 Catching the bouquet
4:09:25 Episode Ends
The in-game start date for the episode would be probably late Misuthar-early Dualahei 816 (depending on exactly when they could reserve the venue). Sam just has a glass of red wine this time, no flask.
Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
Found ya before pin, which is really cool of Critical Role!
Damnit dude, i was trying to comment before you showed up xD
Speedy as always! Thanks again ❤️
Flando the MVP! Thanks for all your hard work!
Thanks!
"Oh, you're watching the Vox Machina Campaign right now? Which arc are you at?"
"I don't know, they're fighting those Briarwood guys right now."
"Do you have the slightest idea of how little that narrows it down?"
lol
*Time Traveler*
What year is it?!
*Poster for new Skyrim game"
WHAT YEAR IS IT!?!
Just saying that is spoiling it. Maybe asking what level VM are or where the fight is would be a better question that wouldn't basically tell them that the Briarwoods come back multiple times.
@@cjtrules1 it's a hypothetical meme scenario;-; you don't have to be a killjoy about it
@@eshelsh1905 A hypothetical meme scenario? You mean you made it up?
Not sure how what I said is being a killjoy.
Scanlan didn't have a present, so he broke the designs of the gods and the veil between life and death.
As one does.
Who would have thought he could have made an even more poetic wish then the end of the campaign...
Yeah btw my cousin's wedding is in a couple weeks. Anyone has a LVL 20 bard on call ?
@@bishop6218 You said LVL 2 Bard ?! I'm free on Mondays !...What's that ? Oh a LVL 20 Bard !...Yeah you'll have to wait for that.
Had me tearing up
@@bishop6218 eh, you don't want my bard. He's college of satire. Great at barbeques, though--the man can roast.
It takes a special kind of man to be the flower girl at your wife's pretend wedding
Rock- sprinkler*
Grog is the greatest flower girl. Change my mind
@@WaveShock007 why or how would I even do that?
I mean they've been invested in this kinda situation for years. Grog always flower girl's the dust of traclessness anyway.
Thing is, Travis is the grand captain of the Perchalia ship.
I want a one shot of Grog interacting with the De Rolo children. Everyone plays one of the kids and and Grog tries keep them alive.
Yes, Nanny Grog One-Shot!
Fuck yes
Tries to keep them alive? You mean in the normal caring-for-children sense, or in the face of some mortal danger?
If you mean squishy children will be part of combat, that sounds tricky to make fun, because we'd hate to see the die rolls go badly and one or more of them not survive. So I'm guessing you probably don't mean that.
@@Peter_Cordes I like to think they wanna play with Grog and pretend to be Vox Machina but end up in actual danger, but also in my head, Pike is babysitting too, since there are 5 kids. So Pike and Grog have to protect the 5 de Rolo children from actual danger while trying not to keep them from being scared.
Also Pike and Grog are in no way allowed to pretend to be Pike and Grog. The kids said so. Grog has to be Pike, and Pike can't be Pike because she is Percy, and one of the kids wanted to be Grog.
@@aromaladyellie "... and one of the kids wants to be Grog." I **need** this.
Me: How am I supposed to get over Vox Machina when you keep sending one shots to me.
Matt Mercer: I am imperfect, as are the gods
This comment is way too underrated
We'll never get over Vox Machina.
Did he say this???
@@kartermeijer6813 [spoilers for later in the episode]
Vax said this, at the very end
Angelwing Lowlang Vax says it.
Laura - "I am in a wedding dress. Don't kill me when I am in a wedding dress."
Matt - "Well Vex hasn't got in the dress yet."
Laura, with fury in her eyes. - "I AM!"
Never argue with the bride
corpse bride
All of Liam's side characters: Hey Vex, I'M SORRY YOUR BROTHER DIED! REMEMBER THAT?!
When the eventual Mighty Nein X Vox Machina crossover is gonna happen, Caleb is just gonna walk up to Vex and just say that he's lost family members too.
Steve Rogers
This is so true
@@lolasian1016 I wanna see this XD even if it's just a Fanfic
Lolasian 101 how will that work...?
@@DragonPrincessAoife Caleb likes his books. I suppose he might read about it.
Percy, during the Underdark arc, to Vax: Screw you! I want my final words with you to be indignant and irritated!
Percy's final words to Vax: Talk to her, idiot.
Damn if that got planned, I'm going to be simultaneously very upset and very impressed.
...well in a way they were indignant and irritated
Percy knows how to do a last word right 😂
@@Sigskogi he didn't have to plan it. Indignant and irritated are his personality
His previous last words to Vax were, "I don't accept this," which is equally indignant and irritated. Percy knows what he's about. 😂
I love how Liam's character has tripplet girls because in the campaign that he runs for his daughter and her friends they play as tripplets. :)
How do you know that?
Omg I wonder if his character is their dad in that game too, that would be adorable
MAH HEART!
Adriana, I’m not sure where from but it’s been confirmed somewhere (I think Talks Machina?)
@@Inconzii All Work No Play
"The DeRolo wedding? Ah yes. The bride was quite radiant."
Zem This was the most beautiful video I have ever seen.
@@calvinjohnson6242 I didn't make it.
@@calvinjohnson6242 indeed
So radiant one of the unexpected guests took some radiant damage
“I leave an empty seat for Vax” - Almost enough to make you cry
Scanlan using his last wish to let Vax speak at the wedding - *sobbing*
yeah it was very sweet... I mean he could have wished for Vax to come back to life.... but it was sweet anyway.
@@wizzardoffuzz The Raven Queen would never allow it. They made a deal, you don't break deals with gods .
I'm not crying, you're crying!
@@wizzardoffuzz "If the creature's soul is free and willing", it's both not free because of the Raven Queen and not willing because Vax/Liam has said he intends to honor the deal.
@@SendohJin where does the free and willing text come from? We’re talking about a wish here!
When they eventually get to the last series of The Legend of Vox Machina, this seriously has to be the last episode. Just imagine the last shot of Percy and Vex'ahalia kissing, as it pans up to the sun rise, a raven flying away from the cliff. And then in the background you just hear Scanlan: "Pike, I caught the bouqeut!" Grog: "Oh no you didn't!", followed by a scream, heavy impact and further ensuing chaos, as the music gently fades out, to the final end credits.
This has to happen 🥹😭
I'm absolutely devastated. I started watching these cause of the show and going from Percy as a kid desperately trying to escape the Briarwoods and falling in the water, thinking he was alone and his entire family was dead, to Percy as an adult, Lord of Whitestone, flailing in the water knowing he to swim away because his family would be coming to help him, even though he was leaving Vex, then telling Sylas he wasn't afraid of him anymore. I hope they include this special in the show, as much as I loved the ending it's filled with so many incredible moments.
Keyleth on the cliffside with the raven landing on her shoulder tho
I hope someone in production sees this because it would be a beautiful ending for the animated show!
and thus does the continent of Tal'Dorei gain a new ballad. "The Bard's Last Wish"
Now the bards songs are over and it’s time to leave.
TheCanadianLord I wouldn’t. Andrzej Sapkowski’s been a dick lately, and he might try to copyright smite them.
@@mindhackz
No one should ask you for the name
Of the one
Who tells the story
Julien Teychené tomorrow will take us away!!
Far from home!!
@@holyheals No one will EEEEEVER KNOOOOOOW our naaaaaamess!!
...But the baard's songs wiiill remaaaain!
Matt: "would you like to begin the rehearsal?"
Every player *gets PTSD from own wedding and anxiety and freezes up*
NeRethil Wolfsson I thought it was a bit of a shame, because it meant they skipped the rehearsal and went straight to the meal.
You guys are getting weddings?
Travis' wine glass has beer in it. More proof that Grog plays Travis
Yes
Grog doesn't play Travis. Travis doesn't play Grog. They are one being, in true harmony.
lol you beat me to it
Mhm
Grog! Travis! By their powers combined...Captain Ale.
I think Matt underestimates our willingness to watch Vox Machina plan a wedding for 3 hours
Honestly.... I somehow expected to be treated to a full roleplay session and was genuinely surprised when things started going sideways.
In old tradition the groom would set aside his sword for the day of his wedding and put it into the hands of the man he trusted. Trusted not only with his own life, but with the life of the woman he loved. By taking the grooms blade the best man accepted the duty of safe guarding the happy couple, and was sworn to lay down his in the defense of this new union.....so actually Keyleth this is exactly what best men are for.
She did a hell of a job, too.
Cool tidbit. Thanks!
Now I’m imagining Keyleth with Bad News XD
@@Ajehy YEEEESSSS! I mean ... that sounds nifty. :D
Thank you for this bit of history. I love it.
"Tary had BETTER make it."
>Sam, sweating profusely because he only brought one character sheet
DnDbeyond didn’t sponsor this wedding
@@KumaoftheForest 😂 this is gold
I honestly thought for a moment, after that, they were gonna go like "... I guess we can invite Scanlon." to be met with roaring laughter
I've missed Tary
"How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?!"
Attacking a party of level 20 characters (especially a stressed Archdruid wedding planner) sure wasn't very... *bright* .
"stressed Archdruid wedding planner" is a good villain backstory to be honest
Spongebob reference ftw lol!
He might have just been looking for death. He didn’t even go after the baby.
How about a Bard who knows wish or power word kill? That is terrifying
I mean... he legit almost did it, if percy hadn't gotten out of the water they would both be dead.
It's incredibly poetic that Vex ended up becoming the literal light that helped finish burning away one of the biggest sources of Percy's insecurity and trauma.
Oh. My. Goodness that's the best point in the whole comment section
This episode is a "let's see how well Matt remembers the accents of the dozens of NPCs he made across a near decade long campaign after leaving it for three years," test. What a champion.
i would like this comment but i don't want to ruin the 420
Edit: but now that someone else ruined it it's getting a like
GEEZ, has it really been three years???
@@AriMakesArt no I believe it's been 2- ish. Campaign 2 started early 2018, and campaign one finished about this time 2017.
@Laura Martin-Falla I never knew that - amazing! Glad to know.
@ACEL713 I mean Liam's not playing his OC, and Sam was playing two characters. That they slipped.. once or twice? Is miraculous in their own rights.
"My station requires that I maintain a certain level of a plumage at all times"
I forgot how much I missed Grog.
@Grog "I... Would like..."
@Pike *please dont kill the waiter*
@Grog *crying*"Some ale"
I felt how the cast paused while Grog said that line I thought oh crap insert angry half giant
Scanlan is the friend who no one takes serious, but when you are on your last leg he puts everything into picking you up. Sam does such a great job between switch from goofy Scan to serious Scan.
Well Sam can read his friends. Friendship like that has instinct.
Sam riegel serious face on
@@KitKatWiffleBallBat I can only _hope_ that some day I find myself in a marriage that's even _half_ as beautiful as Sam and Liam's...
Sam is easily the best actor there and Scanlan the best character.
Scanlan and Grog are the best friends someone could ever wish for. They are both the heart of VM.
Matt: I want everyone to make a con saving throw
Everyone: 15, 10, 9, 14, 18
Grog: *32*
"Mmmm, it's got a bit of a sting in it's tail."
I like to imagine as everyone drops like flies, Grog belches loudly.
I like to think Vex was still in a state of an afterglow from the Blessing of the Dawnfather, with small ripples of light glimmering on her skin as if sun under the water, making her and Vax's meeting an almost literal between light and shadow.
Mavander Serafin I mean, I think the blessing lasts an hour. So I'm pretty sure she was glowing through all of that. :) So you nailed it. Damn I want art of this...
UGH THE VISUALS
Top thought & great mind's eye visual, kudos
You know, it’s been a year, and you think I wouldn’t cry over this. But, here we are.
I can already see this animated in my head and it's going to be STUNNING.
How to challenge a level 20 party:
Step 1: Reduce most of them to 1hp immediately before combat.
Step 2: Separate the party.
Step 3: Be Matt Mercer and tug at the world's heartstrings.
Step x: Be a competent high level wizard with abundant minions, locations, traps, glyphs of warding, Contingency, some Magic Jar shenanigans, and back yourself up with Clones of yourself in your demiplane, and combat the party using Simulacrum and illusory duplicates. Gate portals opened to planes full of your allies.
hey the players are all part of that. they weaved a lovly story together.
Terrible VERY TERRIBLE at strategies and how to utilize their charcter abilities XD
but great great story tellers
I was just waiting for Silas to charm Grog and turn him against the rest of the party just to add insult to injury.
@@vomitfountain he couldnt ... grog is a berserker's rage give him DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY against charmed and frightened
@@optimus2200 I had completely forgotten about that! Obviously Matt didn't though. Barbarians man...
Thanks for the info. :)
"You're gonna watch us do 3 hours of wedding planning" yes but this is Vox Machina. Someone's getting stabbed
Preferably someone old.
When grog heard about the ale, we almost lost a waiter
@@rareroe305 Also, someone new.
@@davidm1926 and someone blue?
Still sobbing at the fact that Grog wanted to be the flower girl because the last thing Vax did was grow snow drops for them as he walked away ;-;.
The "Vaxy" killed me inside a little. 🥲
If someone told me three months ago "Yo, you're gonna cry over voice actors dressed in feathers and antlers as they pretend to have a wedding in a table top game..."
I can never make fun of people crying over soap opera's or K-dramas ever again.
I agree with the first part of this whole heartedly, but.. soap opera's and k- dramas take themselves too seriously. Whereas this set of characters drink and make jokes, whilst breaking the third wall here and there. And while all that is happening, they simultaneously building these all too real characters that can be felt as real. My argument being, I could never stick around for a soap or k drama for long enough to ever care.
That being said I can see why people might cry over an obviously fake scenario.
Exact
Dude I was fine and then fucking SAM.
@@marshallrockwell5866 ironic since your comment shows how you take yourself to seriously... 🙄
@@marshallrockwell5866 That's the *_fourth_* wall, luv. 2 sides & back wall of set, then the imaginary one betw perfomers & audience
Vex’s absolutely enraged “SYLAS!” was a great callback to when Percy yelled it in the exact same tone and volume during the briarwoods arc
Speaking of callbacks, I like Ashley's nod in her speech at 3:46:00 to the Liam's Quest: Full Circle meta story one-shot (spoilers for it)
with the line "richer for having known you", the same line Liam said as meta-Liam in game to the PCs, where it was also real GM Liam saying real stuff to his real-world friends. Ashley even looks over at Liam after saying that line, but IDK if Liam missed the reference or was just playing it cool.
Poor Liam, every Vox Machina one shot he's gotta cook up a new character that belongs near enough to this group to be wrapped up in their shenanigans, and he gets far less of the nostalgia boost that all of the others playing their characters get.
That said, he absolutely crushes it with the character ideas. I love them so much.
He really does. That said, I think Derrig good to go for any future one-shots. I'd like to see that one again
To be fair, he had also the most emotional highlights with vax, since scanlan used some wishes to bring him back. Also playing/testing new classes in oneshots is really fun and the group is still the same anyway. (some characters matured a bit)
Rokkiteer I’d also love to see Lieve’tel again, she was amazing.
Sam: It had everything that weddings should have, vampires, drowning, poison...
Taliesin: Light bondage
Of course Taliesin considers being heavily manacled and drowned "light bondage" 😂
@@nosiree7104 underrated comment 😂
Vax: “Have you not crawled on all fours before?”
Percy: “You should try it if you haven't; it's quite delightful… I have never actually been quite so honest in my entire life.”
(Episode 105)
“Mannis”
“Know that when I die, you’ll bore me” AN FING POWER MOVE
Even though Percy wasn’t a bard, I feel like he deserved a free vicious mockery for that, just damn
Percy, unarmed, chained, hogtied and being dragged towards a cliff basically: "Really?!? Is that the best you got?"
@@elbruces reminds me of the doctor:
Doctor: I'm gonna save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek Fleet. And then I'm gonna save the Earth. And then, just to finish off, I'm gonna wipe every last stinking Dalek out of the sky!
Dalek: But you have no weapons! No defenses! No plan!
Doctor: Yeah. And doesn't that scare you to death?
@@alexanderbyrne9684
Good point, Percy definitely gives off some Doctor vibes.
@@elbruces I've always thought he was a cross between Batman and the Doctor. Heck, his design in TLOVM is basically the 10th Doctor. Percy's always had the long blue coat, waistcoat, neck-adornment, and signature hand-tool, but the faux-hawk hair they gave him really cemented the visual comparison.
I love how Liam's character has the job that he'd wanted Vax to have post-campaign. Much sadness.
Way to break my heart...
honestly, i love how both his post campaign characters were kind of 'what-ifs' to vax's potential future: a servant of the raven queen and a lovely family man guarding the tempest.
@@BadgerPride89 very true. Liam is great
@@BadgerPride89 Add to that Exandria's Unlimited Orym. A halfling fighter who also works for the Voice of the Tempest.
oh OW
Kima: "You gonna make an honest woman outta this one?"
Percy: "Well, there's nothing that can be done about that, but..."
Taliesin forever with the razor sharp wit. By the Gods I miss these characters so much XD
I can already hear this in Rosa Diaz’s voice.
Man, that one dude they sent away to find 25 casks of ale for Grog really dodged a bullet there. He must have come back with the ale like that one dude with the pizzas and the room is on fire.
Lmao yesss just like that scene from Community 😂😂
Troy did in fact come back to choas. I love that the episode revolves around them rolling a die the entire time too
Am I the only one that NEEDS to see Caduceus meet Suntree?
I'm the caiman if only he could actually talk to plants 😩
@@ericburton3963 Well he can TALK to them (and they understand him) due to being a Firbolg. But he doesn't understand them back :D
KubinWielki true but they wouldn’t be able to hold a conversation which would be the whole point of them meeting
Ooooooh my god now I very VERY BADLY WANT CADUCEUS TO MEET HE SUNTREE HOLY DAMN!
Maybe in the VM/M9 crossover episode??
Yep I agree.
Every single character Liam has played that meets vox machina has a connection to Vax, and it is murdering me
@@VG-fk6nk Caleb hasn't met Vox Machina
@@VG-fk6nk so then he isn’t connected to Vax in any way
@@VG-fk6nk The original comment says "character that Liam has played that meets vox machina", so Caleb, and other one-shot characters that have not met Vox Machina are excluded from this
Buddy The Ogre technically met part of Vox Machina
@@VG-fk6nk You really thought you did something there. Embarrassing
I love how every time someone says the name of their abilities Sam just repeats the name in surprise:
Travis: "I'll use my Retaliation"
Sam: "rEtAlIaTiOn?"
Dude I love it so much ❤️
If there is anything I've learned about Sam is he's really good at being a proxy for crowd reactions. Whenever something new happens he always adds a reaction to resonate with those watching. The man knows how to perform.
my head canon for derrig is that there wasn't any politics involved, he was the one who pushed for keyleth having a bodyguard and he volunteered himself. this is because he is a die-hard fan of scanlan and so he wanted to meet and talk to his idol.
headcanon accepted
absolutely 100%
and Keyleth covered for him (she said it was political, too) :)
That is the most wholesome way to go about that. Well done
Keyleth knows and was on board.
Derrig: You can bring a plus one to the wedding right?
Keyleth: Aren't you married?
Derrig: Not like that. I want to meet Scanlan Shorthalt.
Keyleth:...just so you know, he's either going to think you're my consort or a prostitute.
Derrig: Do you think that'll make him remember me?
Keyleth: Yeah, probably.
Derrig: Excellent.
2:23:08 - Even two Death Saving Throws in, dressed to the nines, beautifully and regally as Lady of Whitestone, on the night before her wedding, no weapons, no equipment, with help just out of range... Laura Muthafuckin' Bailey still takes a moment to laugh at, "shifting bulges in the water." And this is why we love her, now and forever.
M9: goes on an epic quest to get a little bit of mythriel
Vox Machina: mythriel utensils!!!!!!!!!
Level 20 man.
to be fair, getting the mythrill itself was certainly the easiest part of that arc
After all the utensils that were stolen it's worth it xD
Level 20 God killers, vs level 10 Dragon flee-ers...
it's like Dragon age origins, followed by the dlc..where every potato peeler in the village you departed from with a rusty knife is of some precious ore
I never thought I'd cry watching a podcast where a man is wearing what Travis is wearing.
The feels CR brings, man...
I bawled like a bitch.......
Grog is fabulous.
Excuse you, his station requires a certain level of plumage at all times
The dice absolutely playing into the story by giving Trinket multiple crits cuz he worried his mama gone.....priceless
Most underrated comment ever.
Travis: "I look like a New Orleans funeral director."
I missed that, it's so damned good!
He's got friends on the other side.
(Vax enters and the music plays)
Me: I won’t cry. I won’t cry. I won’t cry.
Me: (cries)
I read your comment before getting to that point, was like "oh shit, now it won't have the same impact"
I was wrong, cried like little bitch, I haven't cried like that for years
I was already brimming from the second the fog rolled in on the shore because I KNEW who was being foreshadowed, but I held it in. ...as soon as Sam said, "Vex, I wanted to get you a gift but nothing would be expensive enough for you, so..." I lost it. I knew what was coming. And seeing his face when he knew it was his last one... Holy Jupiter shit... From there to the end I was letting out every tear I never cried in my life.
I started tearing up just reading this because i was wondering if he would be there aghhh
I bawled like a little baby at that moment.
wish i knew what the music was!
keyleth, voice of the tempest, is so fixated on this day being perfect for her friends that she stars _rearranging the clouds_
Level 20 Druids, baybeee.
basically gods
starts*
@@JaYxNuT GOLDEN GODSSSSSS
Scanlan: *is literally the Chosen of Ioun herself*
also Scanlan: praise Serenrae!!!
"For what is the point of free will, if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?" -Gentleman John Marcone
Yes! Finally another Dresden fan. Plus that’s one of the best books in the series.
Ok so this takes place after the 105 episode thank you
He does it again in Search for Grog, in order to score some points with Pike 😏
@@zackari takes place after the entire campaign
"I had a hole in my heart, and I think the only reason I didnt perish was because you were holding my heart so tightly" OMFG IM CRYING SO HARD
The fact that (bc this is a strech goal episode) they did not put any sponsor ads or any in video google ads (which are not problem btw, as long as you keep your show going) is surely a great act of showing thanks to fans and one of the most humble and ungreedy acts you can see in RUclips. Noble souls, you are.
They haven't put any ads on the one shots that were achieved through the kickstarter.
i just can't wait to see the animated series; also i dont care if it makes them money it needs to get on tv
They’ve been so great about this on their kickstarter episodes!
Woah holy shit you're right
@@thunderborn3231 I care if it makes them money as it is their job
"Vox Machina kinda just forgot about Sylas Briarwood."
You, my friend, win comment of the year
Somehow the phrase “FUCK D&D” is both correct and incorrect here.
I knew it was gonna come back to bite them in the ass. That and the forgotten deal with the arch fey that shifted the time laps of the feywild their favor.
@@adrianahausch7919 feywild their favor was the door and they did that
@@paulmorris905 Did they? I thought I remembered them forgetting, haha
Keyleth as the friendzilla at the wedding is something I didn't expect going into it but fits so perfectly I'm crying lol
Seriously!
Marisha had an absolute stroke of genius there, that was just hillarious!
@Noob7Zilla Yes! I just remarked to my sister, "Please remember, this is the same woman that plays Laudna. Laudna!" Marisha is just incredible. I love watching her RP. Laudna's already my favorite.
@@jessicazimmer8910 For the whole first campaign I just thought Marisha was bad at improv, because of how bad Keyleth was at talking. It blew my mind when I realized Marisha was actually an amazing roleplayer, and Keyleth was the cringelord. It took until a few episodes into campaign 2, when the cracks started to show in Beau's "trying too hard to be cool" vibe.
The woman is such a good actress that she convinced me she was a bad one. After rewatching with this new knowledge it was hilarious instead of cringey, and I loved all her characters. Laudna is fucking legendary, she really outdid herself this time lol
@@BeinIan "The woman is such a good actress that she convinced me she was a bad one." Louder for the people in the back, 'cause for real, damn.
How could you not expect it? Marisha has been going over the top with Keyleth the entire time.
Liam O'Brien's superpower is the ability to make me sob like a child
Right! Especially when he looked at Matt and said "we had a deal".
Kind of by proxy of Sam's superpower tbh
@@judyweathers9735 I didn't catch that. Timestamp? Is it at the ending encounter?
@@Wiles731 I want to say it was when Vex was drowning.
@@Wiles731 Two months later... 2:26:00 or thereabouts.
"Go talk to her, idiot."
I am thrilled to see Percival is still committed to his 'indignant and irritated' bit even when Vax comes to visit.
Them all calling for Tary while Sam looks pleasantly incredulous is so friggin endearing. He seems so consistently surprised ppl enjoy his characters so much.
Sam, in his head: OH SHIT I DIDN'T BRING TARY'S STUFF I DIDNT PLAN FOR THIS AHHHHHHH
alternatively: OH SHIT HOW DO I PLAY TARY AGAIN I DIDNT PLAN FOR THIS AHHHHHHHH
I think nott is such a left turn next to his humorous characters from VM. Insane roleplay, i just miss the comedy
His slow dawning horror at having to play two chracters again had me rolling
@@jari948 Are you saying that Nott is _not_ a comedic character?
Frankly, I think he even overdoes it a little bit with her sometimes - I wish he'd play her a bit more seriously on a regular basis, and not just during emotional moments. Sometimes, he tries to make a joke with weird timing and it falls flat - well, it happens to the best of us, I suppose.
Honestly, I'd say Nott is far more of a wildcard than even Scanlan was.
"You told me to take off the mask."
That hits so hard after seeing that scene in the animated show and everything associated with it.
they have a lot of context they can work in as forshadowing and although i was not as happy with s2 as i was with s1 i do love how they're setting up scanlan's arc so far and little bits like this
2:27:30 I mean I know it's terrible but I kind of find it poetic that Vex died in the water after falling from a cliff, and that it's Keyleth who finds her. Given the fact that Vex was the one who found Keyleth after the Keyfish incident
Good grief, I didn't even think that.... it works perfectly now that you mention it :)
*SPOILER*
Technically, per the wording of Scanlan's wish, if at some point Velora Vessar gets married, Vax could return and say a few words there too. "I wish that Vax-ildan can say a few words at his sister's wedding." Half-sisters are still sisters!
But the word :sister's: and not :sisters': implies that there is a wedding belonging to one and only one sister rather than a wedding belonging to more than one sister.
Therefore, it is up to interpretation: (1) Scanlan's interpretation would likely point to Vex, and so would Vax's, if he had a say; or (2) the god's interpretation could be many things, like the *next* sister to be married, or only the *real* sister and not half sistor, or *not Vex, but Velora* because the god is a jerk, etc.
Man, I love seeing when humans roll high on their intelligence.
It's always weird to me how peculiar people gets with the wording when you cast Wish. It's not a Djinn, nor an artifact. You don't ask to an entity that tries to trick you or will take your words litterally, it's your own power altering reality the way you wish. Your words are merely the verbal component of the spell, your intent is what actually counts.
When Scanlan wished for Vax to be present at his sister's wedding, he meant Vex and no one else.
@The RedCabbage Depends on the DM.
@@XoIoRouge just for fun: Scanlan spoke this wish into existence so the pronounced form of the word is what we have to consider. So, having said " sister's ", Scanlan could argue that his intended meaning for the word was the possessive form of the plural of the word, i.e. " sisters' " in which case vax is enabled to say a few words at each of his sisters' weddings
It was dice perfection that it cost Scanlan his last ability to cast wish in order to make that happen. His last wish. And it was what he wanted all along 💜
spoilers.
AyeItsSmiley not really. Just said that he used wish and never said what for.
@@Thankfuldead This is after the end of the campaign, why are you even watching this and reading the comments if you don't want "spoilers"?
@@ttrpgeek1248 i think he meant for the ep cause he hadn't finshed yet though its proablaby best that you don't read the comments till the end of the ep
@@Thankfuldead you dont read the comments if you dont want spoilers ya person
Me when this came out: Derrig is cool
Me now: *squints suspiciously at fighter with sword and shield and leather armor with a tattoo motif on his arm of something that shines in the sky and works for Keyleth* Liam, whatcha doing there buddy
I think liam confirmed it in a recent ep that derrig is orym's father-in-law. In reference to calligraphy, he said "derrig taught me how to write in in the air" or sth. Orym's dead husband is a half elf, the only son of derrig (presumably)
Haven't seen the most recent episode yet, but now I have that to look forward to
IIRC, Liam mentioned in one of the recent 4-Sided Dives that he already planned Orym a long time ago and actually used Derrig to set him up for Campaign 3?
@@henkmalan13 Will, Orym's late husband, was Derrig's son. If I remember correctly, Orym has refered to Derrig like a father throughout the campaign so far.
this aged so well
Me beginning the episode:
WOOHOO, VACATION WEDDING
Me ending the episode:
*crying like i did during the final episode of Campaign 1*
how about the ending of C2? I wholeheartedly believe that at least 50% of everyone's tears are Liam O Brien's fault
Can “Doty 4.0 tried to kill us all” become a one shot where they play as the Dranington brigade stopping a rogue Doty
There IS a one-shot of the Darington Brigade that I haven't watched yet. Who knows what _its_ premise is...
PLEASE! PLEASE!
I'd love if one of the future Doty's ended up as the first warforged in Exandria
Please please please please...
Ha! I’m a broken record. I didn’t even realize I had already replied to this, but apparently I feel the same way about it that I did the first time.
Spoilers
Vex and Percy: Thrown of cliff
Keyleth: It's okay, they're gods
Except Vex just about died.... Gods would not be so formidable.
@@Dyanosis No, Vex DID die.
Vox Machina: Hey let's have a wedding!
Matt: (evil maniacal laughter)
You know you're in deep when a DnD wedding makes you sob like a little baby. Thank you for this! So much!
Like for real though. I'm crying so hard even the 3rd time through.
Yeah, I was not prepared for this I thought: hey look that's gonna be a fun one shot but noooo I was so wrong, holy fuck. It had me crying the last half hour straight
667th like
God that ending......I’m trying to not wake
My kids through my sobs. Urgh. VAAAAAAAAAAAAX!
I never expected to see a comment from Get Germanized on Critical Role XD
But jepp, this One-Shot was very well done!
Was Pike’s speech: “My life is richer for having known you” a callback to Liam’s oneshot(s)?! Given the ending, that’s giving me chills... 😳
Ha on extra dimensional knowledge! 😂. Good, glad it wasn’t just me.
It was also what he said before leaving with the raven queen at the end of the campaign.
THANKS that speech that that line came from hurt my soul so much. Such a great one shot and speech. Bravo Liam bravo
yes, it is why she emphatically looked at him when she said it and he smiled in recognition. It was so fucking cute it made me cry. Call back to Liam's love letter to his friends and his goodbye when he leaves with the Raven Queen
I love how Derrig said "i know he wishes he could be here" about Vax, and then Scanlan wishes that Vax could be here for the wedding.
Can we all agree that grog tasted the poison in the wine when he said he detected hints of volcanic rock.
Hell he said he was testing the food for poison too.
I dont think tasting volcanic rock is a dead giveaway to poison. XD
TBH, Grog probably was just too hardy to detect the potion
When did Grog ever taste poison for informational purposes?
@@TazmanianAngel42 one of the drinks from market was made from some kind of monster scorpion venom so they would have an idea what poison tastes like
@@thunderborn3231 point taken
Say what you want about the dragons or the mind flayers or hell even vechna. But the briarwoods will always be vox machinas true arch nemeses.
Dude.... I know! That's why I got all teary eyed when the fog rolled in. I KNEW it was Sylus... I bleedin knew it.
And, that's also why I grabbed the tissues. If I was already getting misty then, at the least if they killed him there would be some monologue gold... But, nothing could prepare anyone for what actually took place. I'm still fighting tears and I watched it like four hours ago.
Though possibly they have to tie for first place with the doors...
@@idaholcomb4778 man.... Doors... Like, it was invented to instill people with the ability to walk through walls... Yet, somehow, became the very thing that prevented vox machina from doing almost anything at all.
Close to Briarwoods would be effing Ripley.
The encounter at Glintshore is so epic storywise.
@@ss2smallhours true...I was just watching campaign 2, and someone cast Blink and I legitimately froze up, it all came rushing back...
I think the only battle scene that ever matched Glintshore's intensity was Sam's last counterspell
I just love how Travis is the biggest fangirl of the ship. Just shows how much he loves his friends and wife and how much he immerses himself into the world character.
29:25
When Vex mentions that her dad is here but she doesn't want him to walk her down the aisle, and Liam looks like he's going to cry because VAX CAN'T BE HERE FOR HER
Dude, I wish that Scanlan would've made the wish so that Vax could be there for the wedding and have him walk Vex down the aisle.
@@randomcracka3How come Vax couldn’t be there?
@@lovablelillypup2499 did you watch it? He's dead.
@@randomcracka3 I did not watch it. But can you spoil on how he died?
@@lovablelillypup2499 really just by being dead I guess. Haha, it's complicated
Sam is being forever punished for Scanman leaving by constantly having to play 2 characters
As he should be! Forever and always.
so the drugged wines from Eskil were from Kamordah? where Beau is from? and isn't her dad in the wine business? that was such a cute lil easter egg Matt
Winona Honey id say it was more a reference to Eskil’s “gift” to Westrun being a trap back before the stream
But yes Kamordah is where Beau is from
Except I assume it wasn't really from Eskil. I assumed that was the wine supplied by Silas Briarwood to poison them, and only used Eskil as a cover.
haha nice 420 likes
@@FulcanMal I assume Silas got to the wine supply and poisoned it. Males more sense than assuming he started a wine business in the meantime just to poison the wedding
Well, Sylas and Delilah were originally from Wildmount... wouldn't be completely impossible for them to have a connection to the Lionett family.
Pikes best line EVER
“Well this is the top and so you have to pour it to that”
Nah its def "there is a curse that runs in our family... It's called DIABETTUS
I dunno, I kinda liked the, "...and most importantly have lots of sex."
@@djmccarthy4859 I think that punchline to her family story arc was the best line anyone's ever had on Critical Role, at least in my book. The whole serious speech as setup for it, and the delivery, and coming from that character, everything was just
And that's why she rolled at disadvantage.
SPOILER, This one-shot could be watched by someone with no context of Vox Machina and it'd still make them sob. The story is amazing, the players are exceptional, the villain is a broken grieved man, the freakin bride is dead (a bit), and the last half-hour is some of the most moving TTRPG ever. This is a game, and they turn it into a real story. Nerdy ass voice actors huzzah.
That would be me. The only thing I’m confused about Vex vs Vax? But this as a hook worked ridiculously well and now I’m digging back through for a good starting point into this world.
Thank you, algorithm, for the introduction to whatever this is!
I wish that as Silas was throwing them over the cliff someone had said “It’s okay, we’re gods!”
Minor spoilers:
For those of you wondering whyy Liam seems so confused - He was not expecting to play Vax again, so pretty much the moment Matt makes it known the wish succeeded, he was getting into character, you can actually see his face change and the fact that he doesn't break character (no matter what Laura says). He was getting back into the voice and mind space of Vax and was only half paying attention to Matt and the others.
I wish Sam had warned at least Liam, though. It felt like Vax from right after Vex died, but just ten episodes later he's back to his normal prankster/reckless self, just with a sense of purpose. I wish we had seen THAT Vax. I wish he had called her "Stubby" just once.
@@tkeil5117 I hate to tell you. but I think that is Vax now, think about it, he's been in the company of the Raven Queen and celestials for a year (and time has no meaning on the plains. so it might as well be 1000 years). I think he would be overly serious and and 'out of touch' by this point.
That being said Percy calling him an idiot to bring him out of himself for a moment was pitch perfect.
It was neat to see Liam's demeanor change. It was pretty funny watching his brow drop lower and lower. He really is amazing.
I'd call that major spoilers lol
I think maybe he played as vax himself didnt expect to come back. He made peace with his death and tried to word it to the others to do so as well. He said to vex and percy that he wasnt worried for her and that she is in good hands.and he is happy for her to keyleth thats it may not be the same without him but its ok to move on and to everyone to continue live their lives
58:00 Imagine a big Goliath Barbarian looking at you with puppy eyes, saying: "Ale, please?"
Give the baby boy all the ale you can afford
this is the perfect vox machina wedding. just after a huge fight, everyone is beaten and battered wielding weapons, the bride died but got better, no one was prepared for it, and they casually cast a 9th level spell because one of them forgot to buy a present.
"I died, but then I got better!" should be the official Vox Machina moto :D
One point that needs addressing is the moment Pike creates a magic Fenthris with Spiritual Weapon. I can see a lot of DMs shutting that down and I'm sure there were some people that got a rules aneurysm over it. I have to say though, that was top-level DMing the way Matt handled that. On Ashley's part, it was such a creative idea that added to the scene they were creating with Vex finally arriving to hand down justice. On the logistics aspect, Sylas was already in major trouble and there was very little chance he would survive one round of combat even if that idea was shut down for RAW reasons. In the moment, Matt made the best decisions to facilitate this incredible storytelling.
True! Also, Matt understood that Laura was a bit frustrated since her main weapon was not available to her during the main fight due to story reasons. It was a great fix on Matt's part to allow her to have that weapon available.
Always love DMs who know when to best use the rule-of-cool
I will be honest. I am a dm, and when ashley said what she was doing with her spiritual weapon. I immediately said yes. I'll allow it. And when matt said it I was so glad. In all my years of dming, I've not had one player try that under duress. It painted such a beautiful picture I'd have kicked anyone who would try to shoot that down.
It also got me thinking about the way the spell works. And I've begun altering and creating a variant of said spell. The idea is amazing and I think that moment was perfect.
I would totally allow it, and if not Pike could just use divine intervention, guaranteed to work as level 20, so either way it would happen the same
A huge factor is that this is a one-shot and these characters are not going to be going on too many more adventures. There isn't much danger of this being an exploit that they try in an ongoing campaign and the most oddball thing Jester's made is a piano.
i love the callback vex made when she roared "SYLAS" just like percy
Sam/Scan doing what he did and then rolling that 17 and just saying "it was worth it" was so unbelievably perfect. 😭😭😭
The "writers" were spot on with that scene. 😉👌🤣
Jared T Writers? Explain.
@@thechangelingdm It is a common joke/rummer that they are not actually playing the game but that it is instead a scripted show. It is of course completely untrue, but there were enough comments claiming it was that even the cast will make the joke.
4:08:24 Is nobody going to talk about the fact that Taliesin referred to being completely chained up and tossed into the ocean as... "light bondage?"
Tbf, that barely qualifies as kinky to eldritch abominations.
I think it is now safe to say that I have never seen any individual,let alone a group of adventures, blue-ball the grim reaper more than Vox Machina has lol
in the adventure zone, they blue ball him so hard he shows up pissed
In the adventure zone they blueball the grim reaper so bad he fucks one of em 😂
@@JD-lj4gt alright, imma need a link to the episode or podcast of when that happens because that sounds hilarious
@@allypearlman5569 And proceeds to allow them to be GOOD OUT HERE because of his boyfriend :)
@@fudgeanater It's in the crystal kingdom arc of the adventure zone which you can find on either spotify or the maximum fun network. RUclips as well. At least that's when Kravitz (The Grim Reaper) first shows up.
Psst. Because Pike married them; they have an AC bonus for a week.
Okay bye
Ceremony* for the nerds
I was hoping she'd cast it. Just as a neat little bit. But it was perfect anyway.
Air conditioning for an entire week? Very nice 👌
With that profile pic how can you not mention that Silas got hit with the HEAVY FLAMER
theyre gonna need that extra ac for the honeymoon
3:16:40 Sam breaks out his wallet and passes a few bucks to Taliesin.
3:16:54 Taliesin passes it to Marisha.
3:17:18 Marisha passes it to Liam.
3:17:23 Liam passes it to Laura.
3:17:30 Laura passes it to Ashley.
3:17:35 Ashley pays Travis for a dance.
When you got friends all willing to work on a throwaway gag like that, you got good friends.
So wait… since that was Sam’s money, did Sam technically ask for the lap dance through Ashley?
@@TieflingKumasi Technically, yeah.
It falls out at 3:43:50 as well
I love how travis just doesnt take it out he just lets it fall out and doesnt even take it
I love that it had to go through the whole crew, they are such a great group.
I want to see Scanlan’s gift scene animated in TLVM because oh my god, that’s going to hit different.
Was doing my best to envision every scene as if it was animated while it happened. Especially after having the images of their animated figures burned into my head.
But yes! PLEASE animate this! Don’t care if it’s a special one-time OVA! Just want to see it! 🥺
It'll be there. I have no doubts. It could be a flashforward or they could make it where Percy & Vex never got married in the 1-year time-gap so this is their actual wedding.
Derrig is just Liam. Nothing more, nothing less.
I felt he was also mimicking Keyleth's awkwardness. People still leave comments on VM episodes hating on Kiki, and I feel like Liam was trying to support both Keyleth and Marisha by bringing in another ashari who is just as awkward and hopeful and generally "good" as Keyleth.
T Keil except Liam/Derrig didn’t go on a drunken warpath against Kima just because she worshipped a god.
@@KRob811 How are you still mad about that?
Let's just bring back something from the first arc of the first campaign to hold against a character in the post-post-post campaign! Why not?!
I mean, if Liam were an Air Ashari and received extensive armor and weapon training in a fantasy world. But yeah, pretty much
25:32 Looks like Keyleth is living vicariously through Vex'ahlia now seeing how she'll never get the wedding she wanted. :'(
I love how they all put Derrig through the fucking RINGER bc they thought that he and Keyleth were a thing
dude’s got 4 kids and has been married for nearly 50 years, guess it’s his fault for being played by liam /s 😂
*wringer. (A ringer is something that rings, like a bell, not something that wrings you out like a piece of laundry equipment.)
I feel like the beauty of the final scene with Vax overshadows the genuinely horrifying image of Percy watching his true love drown knowing he can do nothing to prevent it. And then having to leave her knowing their only chance is if he gets up to the surface to scream bloody murder for help. Genuinely blood chilling! The angst!!
The trauma of it is dulled when you know one of your best friends can bring people back from the dead, you've already been brought back from the dead, the person you are leaving to die has previously been brought back from being dead, and you're used to being and seeing your friends hurt by some of the worst pains imaginable.
Keyleth: "What's a best man for?"
Percy: "I'm pretty sure not this"
me: Well, actually......
AshesElite literally exactly what a best man was for lol
Also to keep the (possibly kidnapped) bride from running away.
You know, I thought Vex would be better at holding her breath underwater after the whole "I thought he'd never leave," moment...
They had potions of water breathing in the bathwater!
What lies beneath the surface 😏
I actually timed that when it happened and the whole scene took about 90 seconds
She tried to cast a spell with a verbal component. In Matt's underwater rules in previous episodes, that costs you most / all of the air in your lungs, I forget which. So there's some justification for it.
(I thought she also knew Conjure Animals, though. The wiki says she does, so even if a failed casting used up her only 4th level spell slot (which it probably shouldn't have but Matt didn't correct her quiet mention of not having a 4th level slot left later), she could have tried again for dolphins. Also, if Keyleth had thought of Air Elemental right away, she might have got there a few rounds sooner. :/)
@@Peter_Cordes How do you figure Keyleth would have gotten to Vex faster? Water elemental's swim speed is 90, Air elemental's fly speed is 90.
Who else thinks Travis looks like he should be at a bachelorette party or the set of Magic Mike
Codey Dewey i think that was the idea
I have had that exact thought every week for the past few years.
If Arkhan had been a guest (or the villain, I dunno)this joke would be even better
I was looking trough the comments and could not find anyone adress how amazing Tarys speech was. You can really see Sams charisma behind it. Making it emotional, personal and poetic and a little funny in a perfect mix. I love it
Truly a speech of the ages! I would faint if someone gave a speech THAT good at my wedding! :D
Very creative uses of spells. A lapel pin used to do conjure barrage, Spiritual weapon to arm an ally! What a show!
Me: *is hetero*.
Liam O'Brien on a suit with shirt unbuttoned: ...
Me: *was*
This is the most valid comment.
valid
Big Liam energy
Travis is the only man for me
Gorsh
Me: is hetero
Liam O’Brien: Exists
Me: p a n
It is still so fucking funny that Keyleth is deeply powerful and well respected as a leader and that Marisha just leans so hard into how awkward she is. I love it so much.
I can’t tell if Keyleth’s anxiety towards the wedding planning is just Marisha’s PTSD from planning her wedding 😂😂😂
I think it's Keylith living vicariously through Vex as she never got her wedding to Vax
@@allieofchaos That is cruel and sad. Brilliant.