The Core Anvil | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 108
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
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Upon finding the Core Anvil and the forge guardian that protects it, Vox Machina attempt to create the divine trammels that will aid in their fight against Vecna.
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Several years late and less than 10 episodes left I am not prepared
Same boat my friend. I both am excited and worryingly scared for what's coming next!
@@werewolffstudios def cried for a long time after I finished
Maddi Harris Oh dear! I reckon I’ll be the same :D
Wish me luck, I'm right behind.
Naoya Parenteau Luck has been wished. All 3x of the them 😄
Percy: I'm engaged with that thing, aren't I?
Vax: That is my sister, good sir.
That deserved more attention than it got.
Even better they are married
The fact that I read this right as it happened in the video makes this even funnier!
Time stamp??
I'm used to Matt's epic descriptions by now but NGL, the image of Grog Strongjaw, once a poor cobbler, ridiculed, outcast, left for dead, now standing at a divine anvil hammering out weapons to pierce a god - the heart of a volcano ringing with each blow like it once did during the primal forging of the world - that really got me. It's easy to forget that Grog has earned his strength just as much as the other party members earned their intelligence, grace, arcane power, etc., and that he's just as exceptional because of it.
I know the fact that Grog used to make boots has come up every now and then, but I don't remember that being his "profession", per se. It makes the whole VM arc all that more peotic
Yeah, that had some serious Mah'alleinir vibes going on.
Anyone who doesn't know what that is, read Wheel of Time you uncultured nerds.
I realize it's kinda off topic but does anyone know a good place to stream new series online ?
@@alexanderyosef3129 depends. New series of, what?
You're not being very specific.
@Rodrigo Leonardo Thanks, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there =) I really appreciate it!!
One guy to forge the trammels
One to inscribe them
One guy to chuck them all
At Vecna to bind him
This deserves a comment and more likes because of how good it is.
I see you and your references
In the land of Shadowfell, where the shadows lie...
Nice
This made me chuckle. Well done
Taliesin: *Spills coffee* "Oh, what a senseless waste of human life."
I feel like Taliesin has sacrificed someone for good luck and then had the accident anyway :D
10 Points of coffee damage !
Its official, Taliesin makes his coffee from human lives.
Hmm explains Caduceus in C2 with his dead people tea. Taliesin just based Caduceus off himself but with tea not coffee.
When that happens to me I just curl into a ball. He handled it like a champ. I am very awkward in human interactions I can relate to percival.
"The only person unable to find a barber who understands to leave it long."
Oh Matt, how I share your agony.
Aye, my hair is short now, but lord almighty, I had hair down to the middle of my back, and everytime id go to get a trim (and my hair barely had split ends, because I took care of my shit) they'd take like 5 inches off, I hated it
He rolls a Nat 1 on looking for a barber
barbers just dont listen, period. one time I specifically said "dont change it, just clean it up a little". I walked out of there with a goddamn bowlcut
@jack meoff #4
@jack meoff to eachxthere own. I look ALOT like my dad who is bald. with a #1 its downright terrifying. like it's a straight up Harry/James Potter situation
"I am engaged with that...thing aren't I?"
"That is my SISTER good sir!"
lol
The la k of time stamp here makes me sad
@@nateperkins9860 20:59
I like how grog was given such an important role in this end arc, it was nice he got that focus
One of many instances where 🙄 _OMG,_ Travis gets rolls sufficient-enough to be considered *EPIC.*
I don't have anything against these guys, BTW: the _story_ is compelling, the performers are good; been listening as background for weeks. But this is _so_ obviously a product of trained, professional actors that I have developed something of a hatred for those who react violently to the idea that CR is the WWE of tabletop.
This series should carry a disclaimer like: *NOTE: Purchasing Games Workshop products will produce nothing, IRL, like these people with years of improve and voice training, financial backing and massive community clout can.*
Sam, Laura and Travis are treasures...but, this is what those in the industry might refer to as *_semi-_** scripted.* It's not just a stream; it's an advertisement and a performance. If you know anything about Hollywood, improve or business, it's painful to see people take this at face value. 😔
I can only hope that the vast majority of their comment sections are populated by Harry Potter fans who don't know Santa isn't real, yet.
Zoopdter Doobdter So too get this straight... you are proposing these people have created nearly 900hours of scripted material as well as dozens of videos recorded prior to the streams just so they could come in and be the “WWE” of Table top RPG streams? I’m just curious... unfortunately I don’t have your vast knowledge of the industry and as such don’t quite have your perfect understanding of such things. :3
Also how does financial backing and a community have anything to do with the legitimacy of the show? I understand how the whole actors thing can get your panties in a twist, but just because they have a stable footing as a company and a show doesn’t mean it’s fake... if that’s the case literally anything with a large following can be the “WWE” of whatever have you... Then again I don’t have your vast understanding of “improve” as you so elegantly put it... I very much look forward to your response!!
Just so you’re aware... I don’t like shitty conclusions made with no evidence other than prejudice against a certain industry... I also dislike people who feel the need to make a half assed speech trying to save people from literally nothing. Watch the show how you wish, but if you ever feel the urge to make a comment about the legitimacy of the show how about you instead explain why you believe (using your extensive knowledge of “improve” and “Finance”)
@@zoopdterdoobdter5743 Do you not understand how d&d works? Yes there is a bunch of scripted stuff, performed by the DM, which is not only normal but expected in any game. I agree that most d&d games will never reach the heights of CR but that's not due to any deception, but because this is a game run by a very talented and hard working DM and played by talented and trained actors, all of whom are able to devote far more time and energy to the game than most players due to it being profitable. If you've been paying any attention at all you'd see for every epic success there's an equally epic fail, as is the nature of dice rolls.
Sam Riegel: "Wait, wait... Is this an ability check? Because I'm exhausted."
Matt Mercer: "Bigby isn't."
This. This. A good GM knows when to screw your players with the rules and when to let them slip a bit for the sake of the story. Especially when it's the player admitting that they missed a bit, because you want to reward honesty and keep everything fun as well as frustrating (so it's satisfying to overcome).
Sam is absolutely the best player at the table for keeping a very clear mindscape of what boons and banes are going on, and never letting the party suffer or gain from one being forgotten. He's probably the most honest player I've seen.
Still though. Matt keeps giving them second chance after second chance, and im a total hypocrite for pointing it out cuss i bet i do it too when I DM
Except he made the right call. Bigby is its own "creature" and has its own ability. Think of it kinda like summoning an elemental. Its checks and stats are independent of yours, as are the conditions.
I mean, Bigby's hand is a separate thing from Scanlan. I agree, Matt's being a very good G/DM in that moment, but it's not like he's *allowing* Sam to do it, it's just the way the exhaustion works.
what time
I really like how since Scanlan has come back that Vex has been looking out for him. They were never that close before but she seems like she's really trying to be friends now.
COMPLETELY agree!
Remember that time she told him she stole the broom in the mansion?
There's a mutual respect there. They're almost like brother and sister.
Well... maybe cousins.
Residual connection to Tary. :P
@@ScorchHellfire Nah, she never acts with Scanlan the same way she did with Tary. Also, the only reason she was so nice to Tary was because of how and why Scanlan left.
I do appreciate the character development. I like that Vex actually listened and paid attention and is trying to be a better friend to Scanlan.
Sam: "I can certainly try"
Everyone: deadpan
Me: "I get it!"
When Liam was like "he strung us out over several battles to get all our juice out" all I could think was "this is a lesson in not going super-nova in ever little battle leading up to Vecna..."
You'd think they would've learned their lesson from watching Orion blow through his spells so quickly after every long rest and then be completely ineffective.
This type of phrase only shows how Liam's thought is problematic. They are invading a God's lost forge in a volcano, it's not suppose to be easy story-wise, and in game mechanics therms, if you are facing opponents and didn't reach your goal yet you can bet there is about to be more. Yes, they have limited pool of power, yes, they will be tapped if not careful - nothing new.
@@HDloly Yup. Their pacihg was flawed and a matter of their own actions not Matt's. I'm sure it's because of it being the tempo they're used to but at some point critical thinking needs to be qpplied to your native assumptions. Hopefully that introspection happened later but by this point it was a little too late to be figuring it out.
Matthew the Merciful
@@HDloly It's not problematic, just admission how much they fell for it. Liam DMs himself, he knows what's up
I just had a random thought: Archaeology is probably one of the most dangerous jobs in the D&D world...
As it is in our own world... have you never seen the documentaries about one Dr. Jones?
Nope.. that falls on sewage workers. Between the diseases they can't afford to get cured and the giant rats, ghouls, wights, otyughs, crime syndicates, or whatever else is lurking in the sewers, they really do have the most dangerous job. Archaeologists usually have the benefit of showing up after the intrepid adventurers that found the damn ruins in the first place and majority are also decent spellcasters. As a DM I've actually been asked this question by players looking for a good background idea for why they quit their jobs to adventure. LOL making the D&D equivalent of minimum wage at a crappy job (pun intended) dealing with daily monster encounters really makes the idea of doing all that for better pay with less poop appealing!
@@azarinevil Sounds like it's about as bad as being a sewage worker in a superhero comic. So many things seem to show up in the sewers, gank a couple sewer workers, and only afterwards pick a fight with the hero.
I personally agree with what Matt said a while back: The most dangerous job in the D&D world is being a parent, because most of them die within a few years of having kids it seems. Or at least the ones that had kids that grew up to be adventurers. :P
I'd bet archeology is approved by Ioun. So I'd say archeologists do wear a Ioun amulet defusing protections/traps.
Honestly it is so nice that Grog got to have one of the most important roles in the preparations against Vecna. Gaining the blessings of the gods was important no doubt, but Grog (with Percy's instructions of course) was the only one who could go up to the Core Anvil and just hammer away. Maybe it was just me but I felt really proud when Matt pointed how Grog, in that moment of twisting the trammels, was very similar to the Allhammer long ago.
Grog and Percy having a role in the final preparations, without gods, is pretty cool...
Well, Ioun did give them the ability to do it... just not a direct 1 hours a week blessing like the others.
I don't entirely like the asymmetry of that but they can't exactly collect blessings leisurely can they
I'm sad Grog didn't get to go to Kord and earn a blessing.
@@grumpycloud30 Me too. I wanted Grog to get Kord blessing since he had a proper build-up throughout the series to recieve it. Meanwhile Vex and Scanlan getting their own blessings from deities they barely know about, is was very forceful. I understand that Gods are desperate to take out Vecna as well but it just didn't feel right with their character arcs.
@@Riverfall_ Sarenre had already stated that being a worshiper wasn't required to receive aid so it makes perfect sense that Ioun would impart her blessing onto Scanlan given that, even if he's not an official worshiper of hers, the way he lives his life as a Bard is very much in her service. Meanwhile Vex had already became a servant of Pelor when she earned the mantle of Mistress of the Grey Hunt.
Keep in mind too that, of the four who received blessings, both Scanlan & Vex were the only ones who had to undergo a trial to prove their worthiness since they were the least faithful of the four. Vax and Pike on the other hand just had to ask their respective gods since they had both been established as being faithful.
I do agree that it would have been cool for Grog to get a blessing from Kord though Groon did a pretty good job of explaining why he couldn't...yes Grog had started down the path but he was not yet far enough along it...and Kord wasn't nearly as giving a god as the others.
Percy and Keyleth not getting blessings made a lot of sense though since Keyleth openly despises deities and Percy isn't particularly fond of them and has/had dealings with Demons and Devils.
"I know, bro. You're not a bro, you're hubby." The wholesomeness of the cast will always shine through any crazy goldfish adventures.
48:15 Travis: "twenty... six." Matt: "NOT twenty six!" Travis: "THIRTY six" Matt: "Fourteen plus eight, twenty two" Travis: "Seventy six" Matt: [laughing] "Sure, great."
amanatee27 very late, but I get a similar feeling when they roll top high for them to count and declare "a million"
No matter the enemy, Matt always looks so proud when he gets to ask " How do you want to do this?"
Percy: “Don’t damage the face”
Vax “I stab it in the face” 😂
Really cool to see Matt throw them into three encounters in a row. He rarely does and they almost always blow all their limited abilities at the first sign of battle so this was a real lesson for them.
It's usually much better to front-load.
@@d4n4nable in dnd? lol
unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean by front load, using all your good shit first is the worst possible idea in dnd because a lot of the time, the difficulty doesn't come from any one encounter; the difficulty comes from the series of multiple encounters without the ability to fully recharge. think about a traditional video game with a boss battle at the end of an area. there are going to be a couple of small fights first and then maybe a mini boss or two and then the final boss. if you waste all your shit in the first fight with minions, you won't have the resources you need to fight the boss lol
in dnd, when you walk into a dungeon -- especially a very traditional dungeon like this, which is underground -- you never waste your ninth level spells on the first fight lol
@@sethescope Well 5e recommends 6-8 fights a day but many GMs don't do that, often because it's a lot of work and can feel contrived. But it does mean people get used to just use up their abilities more often and fast. So frontloading isn't too bad in many cases.
@@mohawkmeteor7189 5e reccomends 6-8 encounters a day. Those can be fights, but things like puzzles and social encounters count too.
i mean thats how a lot of later level fights go, its super tough and hard and you have to blow everything in it. Not always of course, but thats how there past few battles had been. Cant fault them for thinking this is similar.
Sam is one of the best players I've ever seen. Entertaining as hell. Witty. Well built character. And on top of it all, my favorite thing is his constant honesty and following of the rules. Great guy, great player.
There's one rule that both Matt and Sam have been ignoring to the point I wonder if they homebrew ruled against it. Cutting Words does nothing against creatures immune to charm, per the PHB pg. 54-55, and I'm pretty sure golems are immune to charm...as I'm sure many other higher-level enemies he's used it against over the years
I imagine Keyleth and Scanlan turning into Planetar brothers for the Vecna fight and going "We're on a mission! From God!".
Deus Vult Infidel!
Vecna: "I AM God!"
Vox Machina: "We're basically God's too, so..."
*TPK*
Like witness of jehova: “ Got some time to talk about God sir? “
Response after two years, but I GET THAT REFERENCE! "Mam, would it made you feel any better if you knew that what we're asking Matt here to do is a holy thing?"
the Blue Brothers
I absolutely love how engrossed Travis always looks whenever Matt's describing something. That smile he gets when he knows something super cool is gonna happen is a look I dream of getting from my players.
I like a lot that the fragment they struggled to forge was the Raven Queen's. Since she's not a "pure" deity, being a mortal who ascended, it makes sense her essence would be harder to work with.
I like to think her trammel was also the one that almost broke when elongating and almost got screwed up during the scribing.
And also, Grog and Vax have always been the most at odds with each other, and now Vax is even further away given that he's living on borrowed time
"... Second rate, Saturday night special, half-arsed god nodule..."
I saw that as she was the God who was hesitant to help so her bead was "less powerful" because she wasn't completely into helping VM.
I’m so tired I read this as “… Since she’s not a purée daddy …”🤦♂️
One of my favourite recurring things about this show is all the giggling when they cut back from the intro/break and wondering what silly little phrase was said to try psyche Matt out lol
Real late to this, but I kinda loved in Calamity when Brennan would straight up tell the audience what they said sometimes.
Like once when they returned from the break and he was red faced and said "And welcome back. Sam just shouted "taint"."
@@liamking9494 There was a moment where Luis was incredibly late on the draw and you hear him shouting "Wesley Snipes tax evasion" I just love the look on Brennan's face as its happening rofl
Sir, your name, that’s my name
I am the better 8
@@8butsideways I picked this name 12 years before you did _so who's the real impostor here?_
04:24:00 Just as Ioun said when she made Scanlan her Champion, the group couldn't do what they do without his Inspiration. Both Grog and Percy were able to forge and engrave the Trammels because Scanlan inspired them multiple times...and he saved a level 8 slot so that he could create his Mansion or some other high-level spell, so now they could rest undetected!
Yeah he and Keyleth are arguably the backbones of the party. So many utility spells and support that they can do.
Ok the forging scene was super tense, but the image of Grog standing at a forge that was last used by a god centuries ago, making a cage for possibly the greatest evil Exandria has faced in recent eras, is epic as hell
I love you, Travis Willingham. Please never change.
Vax/Liam finally got the dream of all 90’s goths: He was brought back to life by a crow, wears all black armor with raven feathers and a cloak, has pale skin, visibly heals in front of other people, can acrobatically leap out of the window, and throw knives into his foes. He became Eric Draven!
Not to mention, he's a champion of a literal God of Death! XD
00:00:53 Beverly Hills Crazy Frog
00:01:34 Tarot cards
00:07:15 Recap
00:10:23 Game starts
00:11:10 An arm!!
00:12:40 Roll initiative
00:25:58 Rolling in the coals
00:26:00 Percy accidentally causes Vex to catch on fire
00:35:33 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
00:36:14 Keyleths turn
00:38:46 Thanks keyleth
00:41:40 Scanlans Cutting Words
00:47:15 Grog gets to play (49:47 Action surge)
00:48:08 What is grogs save DC?
00:52:01 Ten points of coffee damage
00:54:06 Coffeepocolypse
00:54:45 Long distance help...
00:55:50 or not?
01:02:09 Grog channeling his inner Roman Reigns
01:12:35 Shapes and Grog are not friends
01:22:00 Let's not get too high
01:45:23 Break Starts
02:11:52 Break ends!!!
02:17:40 Every Dark Souls boss
02:17:59 Words failing
02:27:54 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
02:28:48 Vax's Elvis impression
02:31:00 Second Planetar of the day
02:47:10 Grog is bad at Perception
02:48:40 Twinsies laughing their asses off in the background
02:50:30 Healing word (Shape of you)
03:19:15 "Whiplash fucking" (thanks Gil !)
03:29:00 Freaking lava
03:37:19 HDYWTDT
03:44:30 Fantasia
04:03:00 Some more Inspiration
04:06:02 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
04:10:40 Even more! Inspiration
04:15:00 Marisha and Taliesin making faces at the hammer card
04:17:21 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
04:20:30 Sam inspiration
Thank you!
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BUMP
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Sam giving a thumbs up when Taliesen says he rolled a 12 on the inspiration on the last check is awesome
Jesus the blacksmithing part at the end of this episode was so fucking tense. Way more tense than I ever thought blacksmithing could be...
Matt, I feel your pain. "Leave it long please, just a trim." "Ha, sure." "Sir, no please stop cutting." "Bite me."
Do you guys know why it's difficult to marry a rogue? Because they always disengage! I'll see myself out.
keyleths begins to cry
Take a d6 damage for having thought of that joke. Everyone who reads it takes a d4 damage.
Medley Chaos pretty accurate, as most people (pretty much level one, so 1-12 hp) would nearly die from reading that
Rocks fall, everyone dies.
Can a troll cast vicious mockery?
No seriously, I like your Humor.
Sam pointing to were Taliesin spilled the coffee just shows he can provide comedic relief even when he's not there.
They have definitely figured out the out-of-town setup. Immaculately done. Well done, crew.
VM got way too used to one big fight, rest, one big fight, rest, and this dungeon punished that hardcore
Lol, kinda reminds me of my group. Our DM threw FOUR encounters in a row at us, and the entire time, we didn't stop to rest. It was only when she threw three Chimera's with a fireball trap, and had us see the next room had four Crystal golems with a Skeleton King looking dude that we went "we're closing this door and camping for the night." Needless to say, our group likes to bulldozer our way through stuff.
Yeah, when they were just tip toeing around that Guardian, they could've just stepped back and taken a short rest, that would've refreshed most of their class abilities, but they were trying to avoid a fight, so they just got caught with their Planetar cubes out.
Why would they have been punished by it? It was three total fights, only one of which was actually difficult, and Matt is the one who gives them encounters. They don’t decide what they’ll fight next.
@@Pluveus truly I was like, just pop the mansion on the stairs leading down! Take a chill! Even if it's just a short rest, and then you know the mansion is there if you need to go back or take a long rest later.
@@plutoisaplanet19 I agree. I also think there was probably a way to avoid that last fight. If scanlan would have remained a planetar he would have been able to read the runes and they could have gotten out of there unscathed (maybe). (All he needed to do later was for someone to cast dispel magic later to revert him to his regular form.) And with him and Keyleth both as planetars, they would have defeated the thing in 3 rounds or less.
I love how Planetars, incredibly powerful divine entities, are now synonymous with Dr Manhattan/Watchmen references! XD
Both bald, both blue, both fly, both are superpowerful, and Scanlan was naked in Planetar form, soooo...... Makes sense.
I am sorely tempted to get a tattoo of a goldfish with the words, "We're basically gods".
Femmie I never knew I wanted this until now
Do it do it do it lol then go to the next con they are all at and show them all
Femmie Golden gods
Do...do you mind if I actually do this though? I've been thinking about getting my next tattoo and this would be perfect
Were golden gods
Character sheets get more powerful with each coffee stain
Don't forget the burn marks from joint embers. I have many old character sheets with those as well.
Mine has burn marks because another player thought it would be fun to set it aflame, while my character fell into lava.
Most ... intense ... blacksmithing... ever!
Forging tools that contain the essence of gods to destroy a god... in a forge built by a god with skills granted by another god. Yep, it had to be epic :)
Yeah, but I'm pretty sure grog or travis messed up his calculations, for a 25 he needed a 17+8, but his strength is 8 so he forgot his blacksmithing prof. each time and yes I know I'm a year late
@@bertvanboven5590 no problem in here even more late than you :)
@@sebaseba6710 Indeed.
Taliesin was literally shaking like a leaf
i like the new(ish) set up. Much more intimate like a home game
Agreed, back in the early days the players felt SOOOO disconnected with those far away tables. now they can Actually interact with their own minis xD
Not to mention that because the table is smaller than the old set up it gives them more space to move around in, so not only does Mercer stand up but every member stands up or moves making everyone seem a lot more dynamic.
Plus everyone can see better. I mean Laura had no idea what the enlarged Grog mini actually looked like until this setup.
1:22:00 I love how Sam gets closer to the microphone so everyone can hear his remark loud and clear. LUL
He was born to play a bard, I swear.
@@TrashDeviant Yup, that was real life cutting words a.k.a. epic burn. :D
And it was on this day that my desire to get high with the cast of critical role was born.
He moves towards the microphone to speak? The man must be some kind of genius
I'm dying everytime when I hear "magical components: visual, semantic"... xD
V stands for verbal - which means that the spell requires you to say an incantation
S stands for somatic - which means that the spell requires you to make gestures
M stands for material - which means the spell requires material components
Ikr I dont understand where Marisha got her meaning for it
@@gabrielkerne9175 i ask that for most of Keyleth's spells
@@gabrielkerne9175 Probably Matt given that he's made the same mistake before on the stream
If all your spells have both a verbal and somatic requirement, you don't ever have to learn the difference. And at least she knows the V and S means she's speaking and moving, if in the wrong order.
@@Ecapsora But... She doesn't. "Semantic" might indicate speaking but "visual" doesn't mean moving in any context I'm familiar with.
2023 Crew bringing it back to the top!
00:00:53 Beverly Hills Crazy Frog
00:01:34 Tarot cards
00:07:15 Recap
00:10:23 Game starts
00:11:10 An arm!!
00:12:40 Roll initiative
00:25:58 Rolling in the coals
00:26:00 Percy accidentally causes Vex to catch on fire
00:35:33 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
00:36:14 Keyleths turn
00:38:46 Thanks keyleth
00:41:40 Scanlans Cutting Words
00:47:15 Grog gets to play (49:47 Action surge)
00:48:08 What is grogs save DC?
00:52:01 Ten points of coffee damage
00:54:06 Coffeepocolypse
00:54:45 Long distance help...
00:55:50 or not?
01:02:09 Grog channeling his inner Roman Reigns
01:12:35 Shapes and Grog are not friends
01:22:00 Let's not get too high
01:45:23 Break Starts
02:11:52 Break ends!!!
02:17:40 Every Dark Souls boss
02:17:59 Words failing
02:27:54 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
02:28:48 Vax's Elvis impression
02:31:00 Second Planetar of the day
02:47:10 Grog is bad at Perception
02:48:40 Twinsies laughing their asses off in the background
02:50:30 Healing word (Shape of you)
03:19:15 "Whiplash fucking" (thanks Gil !)
03:29:00 Freaking lava
03:37:19 HDYWTDT
03:44:30 Fantasia
04:03:00 Some more Inspiration
04:06:02 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
04:10:40 Even more! Inspiration
04:15:00 Marisha and Taliesin making faces at the hammer card
04:17:21 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
04:20:30 Sam inspiration
04:24:00 one last spell saved
Thank you!
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bump!
"That was a whiplash fucking." -Matt Mercer, 2017
Someone put this on out of context D&D quotes!
So sorely disappointed that they didn't title this episode "Trouble With Trammels"
is that a tribble reference? >:}
I just started watching Star Trek last month!
Awwwwww a fellow trekkie 😍
LLAP fellow trekkies.
Nice ♡
The gilmore ad was worth not skipping the ads this week
Darby Sukut not Sam's ads, the break ads.
Let's not get crazy
I can never bring myself to skip the ads at the beginning. Only during the break. It's too much a part of the whole watch experience for me.
Holy shit, are we skipping over the fact that Grog now has abilities with a DC?? Little Grog is growing up!!
He chose the battle master specialization for his fighter levels.
Imagining Gilmore saying that makes far too much pictures pop in my head x)
I'm surprised he didnt go champion for the crit on 19s
@@SageSchispell I believe Travis is a tactician at heart so Battle Master let's him manipulate the battlefield in fun ways haha
@@sforce1412 You are right. He did curse on it last episode because he rolled 19 like 5 times in the same fight, muttering: "all of those would have been crits..."
Liam: "I am going to use my...Mmmmmmhh..."
Taliesin: "Bop."
1:45 i was really almost about to cry when I heard Gilmore’s voice ITS BEEN SO LONG I MISS HIM
I feel sorry for the crew of the boat they hired to get to the volcano last episode. Vox Machina hired them for three days! I had a little chuckle to myself when Keyleth said she'll planeshift them out. Although, it occurs to me now, the boat crew probably would have just gone home after ten minutes or so, figuring Vox just drowned after not surfacing at all. I mean, they didn't inform them they could breathe underwater. 🤔
They probably know magic exists so I doubt they'll automatically assume they're dead, at least not that quickly.
And I don't see why they couldn't wait for two or three days and then leave. They get payed either way and this way they can just get drunk there in stead of the shore.
Yeah I highly doubt they really care they are getting paid either way.
Just the mental image of a racked down sailor getting a bunch of shady looking misfits to an underwater volcano just to see them drowning themselves...
Thank you!
Judging from what we know of those crusty old salts, I actually think they would be completely fine with just sitting their sleeping, boozing, and playing cards for the full three days. I wouldn't be surprised if that monocle wearing contract writer back at the village gives them a hard time, or makes them actually "Work" xD must be a vacation for them.
After you've finished this episode, it's about 24 hours of campaign 1 left.
Shut up, this info hit me like a bus! Best 200+ hour I spent in life tho
It’s currently an hour and 20 minutes past midnight for me… so what you’re saying is I can probably binge the rest before I go to bed?
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@@misharu-hereMore like 400+!
OMG I'm both excited and sad. I still remember watching my first episode of critical role in March 2023. And now your saying that I finished C1 in less the 24 hours.
2:24:10 just the horror in their faces and voices after hearing "23 misses". That's when they knew they were in serious trouble.
Dragon Attack on Iman PTSD
This is my new favorite episode of Forged in Fire
Timestamps
1:34 Tarot cards
25:58 Rolling in the coals
35:19 Inspiration
41:35 Cutting words
47:15 Grog gets to play (49:47 Action surge)
52:00 Coffee damage
54:00 More coffee damage
1:12:35 Shapes and Grog are not friends
1:22:00 Marisha burn
2:11:51 Break ends
2:22:00 Cutting words
2:27:50 Inspiration
2:31:00 Second Planetar of the day
2:47:10 Grog is bad at Perception
2:48:40 Twinsies laughing their asses off in the background
2:50:30 Healing word (Shape of you)
3:19:15 "Whiplash fucking" (thanks Gil !)
3:29:00 Freaking lava
3:37:19 HDYWTDT
3:44:30 Fantasia
4:03:00 Inspiration
4:05:30 Grog needs a boost / Inspiration
4:10:40 Inspiration
4:15:00 Marisha and Taliesin making faces at the hammer card
4:17:20 Inspiration
4:20:30 Inspiration
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Timestamps! So I don't have to scroll for them.
00:00:53 Beverly Hills Crazy Frog
00:01:34 Tarot cards
00:07:15 Recap
00:10:23 Game starts
00:11:10 An arm!!
00:12:40 Roll initiative
00:25:58 Rolling in the coals
00:26:00 Percy accidentally causes Vex to catch on fire
00:35:33 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
00:36:14 Keyleths turn
00:38:46 Thanks keyleth
00:41:40 Scanlans Cutting Words
00:47:15 Grog gets to play (49:47 Action surge)
00:48:08 What is grogs save DC?
00:52:01 Ten points of coffee damage
00:54:06 Coffeepocolypse
00:54:45 Long distance help...
00:55:50 or not?
01:02:09 Grog channeling his inner Roman Reigns
01:12:35 Shapes and Grog are not friends
01:22:00 Let's not get too high
01:45:23 Break Starts
02:11:52 Break ends!!!
02:17:40 Every Dark Souls boss
02:17:59 Words failing
02:27:54 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
02:28:48 Vax's Elvis impression
02:31:00 Second Planetar of the day
02:47:10 Grog is bad at Perception
02:48:40 Twinsies laughing their asses off in the background
02:50:30 Healing word (Shape of you)
03:19:15 "Whiplash fucking" (thanks Gil !)
03:29:00 Freaking lava
03:37:19 HDYWTDT
03:44:30 Fantasia
04:03:00 Some more Inspiration
04:06:02 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
04:10:40 Even more! Inspiration
04:15:00 Marisha and Taliesin making faces at the hammer card
04:17:21 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
04:20:30 Sam inspiration
If we get to see the Forging scene in the show I would be so happy. It would be so epic
And with his newfound skill in attacking a whole bunch more, Grog became a powerhouse of not only taking insane amounts of damage, but consistently dishing it out as well. Welcome, to the Rage Kitchen.
we are 0 episodes without spilling coffee, our record: 108 episodes
Me terrified every time Matt gets a haircut
O.O "the bindings of mercy weaken"
it kinda surprises me that Dwarven Forge has never sponsored the show.... because of the amazing advertising synergy they would get from their perfect demographic
I think they actually did at some time, check all the episodes I would say.
They don't have to cause they get free shout outs from Matt all the time.
I think they probably give them stuff to use for the shout outs.
They don't need to because they have such a tight grip on that market
They definitely have at this point I'm pretty sure I saw them in campaign 2 at some point
Anyone catching up here in 2024?
Well, it’s nice to see ya.
Same here, better late than never!
better late than never! this was what got me into dnd actually!
@@fallshum23 same! my brother turned me onto CR and now I have a weekly game w a group of friends from church.
Indeed. I have a lot to catch up on.
Hi!! First time watching
108 episodes later and Sam's still surprised that cutting words counts towards his bardic inspiration lol
I feel like as this campaign nears its end Matt has been making sure to teach them as many valuable lessons about hubris as possible XD
Really happy for Grog, man. He deserved to have something cool as a gift for when fighting isn't a thing anymore.
108 episodes before a coffee spill is a good innings really
its a funny yet terrifying thought to me of a 7 foot tall Goliath that's rage smithing so you can just see him literally screaming at the anvil as he brings down the hammer repeatedly to bend the metal into shape lol
Fun story:
This was the first time Matt’s barber decided to tune in after hearing what Matt does for work. And her feelings were hurt in the first 30 seconds.
Is this actually true? Lol
@@HollidayRespawnyes, it appeared to me in a dream
My like got this post to 69
@@Tra5h_boat6368 nice!
"That’s the first time Marisha’s ever said that" #samriegel hahahaha
It's official, 'Risha is a stoner like the rest of us, eh, well like me anyway. It's all legal now in Cal, you can admit it now without serious repercussions.
That was pure gold.
@@joeciavarini9508 same in Illinois #stonernation 😂😂😂
@@joeciavarini9508 Well, it sounded like she was more worried about her mother seeing it than any legal repercussions.
@@fallenhero3654 1:22:04
Just me saying over and over again after the guardian fight ''take the sword, loot the room. Take the sword, loot the room''
"Take the fifteen foot long sword, loot the room."
Magic items resize to fit the wielder I assume since it have happen before. And it would been a nice weapon to have if I recall (2 months later :) )
This is true, but to my knowledge this usually happens after attunement. It does look like a rather good sword, though.
Oh no. What god-tier weapon did they ignore this time?
Nah, Mercer has had weapons too large for even Grog to use before, namely after them killing the pit fiends. I think he cuts off the resize of magical weapons at a certain point. So I doubt hed let them use the sword.
I'd buy those cards if every card was just Gilmore in another pose.
Bold of you to assume that they're not just Gilmore in a disguise
So you want an adult deck of cards that is only Gilmore?
@@Wookie_oo7 i would pay some serious platnium for a deck of 18+ Gilmore in multiple poses.
@@mortabellaxx8983 I have actually thought after I posted my first comment was a Karma Sutra deck of Scanlan and Scanlan 2
@@Wookie_oo7I believe "Deck of the Cube" would be the be a fitting name.
I love that Travis gets so upset about intelligence/perception checks. he forgets how stupid grog actually is sometimes lol
yea but its also because he tends to roll really low on intelligence and perception checks without modifiers too. Like if you've noticed, he rolls single digits A Lot for those two, and he has a positive modifier for Wisdom. So its extra noticeable for perception
Hard for someone as smart as Travis to pretend to be stupid.
"I don't like holding my turn because I dont understand it"
(Doesn't help that they're saying "Hold Turn" instead of "Holding Action")
Poor Matt, no one doing their own work, reading the player's handbook properly, expecting Matt to just spoonfeed them all the rules, item stats, creature stats etc...
They started doing this more in the second campaign, but man, poor Matt...
"what's next to the poop?" christ i love this show out of context
Me: - "The lack of a second small dice on Grog's attacks means he's probably forgetting the Axe's necrotic damage for the past 3 episodes..."
3:20:18 MATT: - "You've been forgetting the necrotic damage this whole time?"
Me: - "Yup, #BlessedIdiots"
Well I think in this case it shouldn’t have been rolled because they were fighting constructs, the necrotic damage doesn’t affect undead or constructs.
@@360znb If only that were the case for the Magma Bulettes, the cultists or the other enemies they've fought
sam always impresses me with those inspiration and cutting words speeches.
Sam: wait, I'm exhausted.
Matt: Bigby isn't.
Blessed be Matt the merciful.
Watching them do math really makes me appreciate playing online where all the rolls are added together for me. I miss rolling real dice and actually playing in a physical group but hey at least I can avoid math.
It's cute Vex calls Percy 'Bb' like 'baby' and a gun xD
I love that they put blankets around what I assume is the stand for the screens when someone is on video, makes it look like they’re playing with a snuggly comfortable robot
I've loved these past couple of episodes! They've had everything from fun NPC interactions and traveling, to a proper dungeon crawl with cool fights and interesting puzzles. Matt's descriptions of the volcano and forge are so epic and immersive, it really feels like a high-level endgame adventure. The forging of the trammels was the thrilling cherry on top of the awesomeness cake!
And all of it was garnished with Scanlan's brilliant songs, of course! xD
I'm three years late to this episode and I hate being late because I miss out on SO MUCH COOL MERCH! I really wanted the tarot cards! They looked so cool...
SAME! I’ve been scouring the internet trying to find any :( I found a different one from an Etsy artist but it’s not nearly as good lookin
I know right. And that art book is not out
There were some on eBay but they are gone now have you had any luck since you posted this?
@@rangerraber2416 Unfortunately not =(
@@rangerraber2416 sadly no.
From making leather boots to god trapping spikes. Grog Strongjaw everybody
I love how matt says hes been rolling 2s and 3s. And they cheer but don't notice he is still kicking your ass with 2 and 3s
2:28:50 Liam: "Wait, wait. I'm using my last luck of the day on him, he has to reroll"
Marisha: "Wait"
Liam: "Wait"
Marisha: "Wait"
Epic moment. I think this is the first official usage of this recurring wordplay. It only took them 108 episodes and I still haven't yet heard "Makin' my way" or "It's been a while".
yeah it was right after a con where it was a running joke on socials all weekend
I didn't know what they were referencing, so I looked it up on CritRoleStats and found the video origin of the inside joke. It's random but pretty funny.
Oh wow...I just realized why grog was given proficiency with blacksmith tools...it’s Matt’s way of explaining how grog just got it from his fighter subclass. That’s so perfect.
Didnt he get the proficiency from Ioun?
@gorgit yeah he did in the story, but he also got proficiency with blacksmithing tool when he level up his fighter level. But the knowledge given by ioun was more then just proficiency
1:22:08 it's unreal how quick Sam is with his quips, especially when factoring in the Skype delay
I'm so curious about Matt's research/preparation process for episodes like this one where he has to become a pseudo-expert on a craft or topic. Is it a simple matter of just googling some stuff or does he read manuals, talk to real-life experts, observe workshops, consume other media that deals with it, some combination thereof? And of course, which does he find most helpful since I'm sure it's a combination of all of them.
Knowing Matt, probably a lot of research. Although for something like forging, you can get a basic idea from some videos and stuff. My knowledge of forging is about an hour or so of watching the "Man at Arms: REFORGED" series, and I understood everything that went on.
Pretty much everything was acurate
Except the quenching of metal in water....
You're not supposed to do that!
Many times, he seems to be winging it.
As a viewer, you just don't realize how much he is BSing his way through with confidence until he touches on a subject you actually know about ;)
Kenji Soriano depends on your goals... increasing strength or hardness, restoring malleability to exhausted metals, etc. and also varies some by metal. For platinum, heating and quenching softens and makes it workable, while the twisting and chasing after would fatigue the metal and add strength. (Working with precious metals is FUN!)
@@kenjisoriano5880 As an avid viewer of Forged in Fire, I picked up on that immediately. I was waiting for an oil quench, and when they mentioned water, I was like, "dem trammels gun' be brittle." 😂
Then again, Krystalline makes a good point. I only know about iron, and steel, not sure about the properties of platinum.
After Travis stood up is when I truly learned what an absolute unit the man is
I honestly can't blame Grog for forgetting about the necrotic damage on his weapon. I have a Cloak of Displacement that I somehow constantly forget to use... I had to write myself a note for the session to not forget to use it!
So, similarly to Taliesin's coffee incident in this episode, at one point the first dnd group I was in had an overnight session, and I accidentally knocked over an energy drink can... right onto the character sheet of the person next to me, which is why it's important to have a rule about drinks on the same table as your books and character supplies (my group immediately started having that rule at least, but it was an honest accident, and it can happen to anyone, much like the coffee incident here, it often happens with just a stray hand movement to catch some dice).
I had an incident similar incident at the gaming group at my uni many years ago. I was taking a drink from a pint glass of lemonade and the next thing anyone knew it was tipped over all my books (I was the GM) no one at the table including me was sure how that happened. However drinks at the gaming table have been strongly controlled in games I've been in since.
0:07:27 - Recap
0:10:23 - Part 1 begins
0:35:33 - Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
1:45:23 - Part 1 ends
2:12:44 - Part 2 begins
2:28:04 - Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
2:50:40 - Scanlan sings a song of healing
4:06:02 - Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
4:17:21 - Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
4:20:36 - Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
4:23:32 - Part 2 ends
Blake Dale All the good parts B)
But wait, what about the part where Scanlan sings a song of inspiration?
lol
2:28:48 - vax's Elvis impression
That care bear stare by kyleth got me, just reminded me of Dave Chappell's skit haha
When you hear a bard saying he has no spell options and you're a warlock...
Had the lore wizard "not have options" when I'm playing a barbarian, or the knowledge cleric have no options when I was a sorlock
Conversation from one of my current campaigns:
Wizard: *Firebolt cantrip*
Hexblade Warlock: *facing off against four enemies with 6 more waiting* Don't you have anything...bigger?
Wizard: I don't think there's anything I can do...
Celestial Warlock: *Revivifying the Barbarian* We literally spent all day yesterday in that stupid magic school library so you could copy spells.
Wizard: Well, I don't want to waste spell slots.
Barbarian and Warlocks: --.-- --.-- --.--
Wizard: ...What?
Artificer: *shoots the Wizard*
@@lanapowell I think I found your problem, you have 2 warlocks, a wizard, an artificer and a barbarian. If that composition is anything to go by that poor barb is soaking up most of the damage while the magic dweebs sit back (perhaps bar the warlocks). Poor meatshield barbarians :
3:21:00 Travis is BigMad he forgot about the necrotic damage.
Laura comforting him is the most wholesome thing.
bringing back up (credit to @ashmlk4432
)
00:00:53 Beverly Hills Crazy Frog
00:01:34 Tarot cards
00:07:15 Recap
00:10:23 Game starts
00:11:10 An arm!!
00:12:40 Roll initiative
00:25:58 Rolling in the coals
00:26:00 Percy accidentally causes Vex to catch on fire
00:35:33 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
00:36:14 Keyleths turn
00:38:46 Thanks keyleth
00:41:40 Scanlans Cutting Words
00:47:15 Grog gets to play (49:47 Action surge)
00:48:08 What is grogs save DC?
00:52:01 Ten points of coffee damage
00:54:06 Coffeepocolypse
00:54:45 Long distance help...
00:55:50 or not?
01:02:09 Grog channeling his inner Roman Reigns
01:12:35 Shapes and Grog are not friends
01:22:00 Let's not get too high
01:45:23 Break Starts
02:11:52 Break ends!!!
02:17:40 Every Dark Souls boss
02:17:59 Words failing
02:27:54 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
02:28:48 Vax's Elvis impression
02:31:00 Second Planetar of the day
02:47:10 Grog is bad at Perception
02:48:40 Twinsies laughing their asses off in the background
02:50:30 Healing word (Shape of you)
03:19:15 "Whiplash fucking" (thanks Gil !)
03:29:00 Freaking lava
03:37:19 HDYWTDT
03:44:30 Fantasia
04:03:00 Some more Inspiration
04:06:02 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
04:10:40 Even more! Inspiration
04:15:00 Marisha and Taliesin making faces at the hammer card
04:17:21 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
04:20:30 Sam inspiration
I need more Gilmore infomercials in my life
I agree, but I also feel like I'd end up buying a bunch of odd stuff. lol
That was, pretty glorious. I especially like how its price was converted into in game currency ;P
*Gilmomercials
"That was a whiplash fuckin" Matthew Mercer 2017.
2:45:06
"Well, first you have to win a Gundam fighting game, then you play Smithing Hero, and then you tear the universe apart, and there you go!"
bringing it back up x
00:00:53 Beverly Hills Crazy Frog
00:01:34 Tarot cards
00:07:15 Recap
00:10:23 Game starts
00:11:10 An arm!!
00:12:40 Roll initiative
00:25:58 Rolling in the coals
00:26:00 Percy accidentally causes Vex to catch on fire
00:35:33 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
00:36:14 Keyleths turn
00:38:46 Thanks keyleth
00:41:40 Scanlans Cutting Words
00:47:15 Grog gets to play (49:47 Action surge)
00:48:08 What is grogs save DC?
00:52:01 Ten points of coffee damage
00:54:06 Coffeepocolypse
00:54:45 Long distance help...
00:55:50 or not?
01:02:09 Grog channeling his inner Roman Reigns
01:12:35 Shapes and Grog are not friends
01:22:00 Let's not get too high
01:45:23 Break Starts
02:11:52 Break ends!!!
02:17:40 Every Dark Souls boss
02:17:59 Words failing
02:27:54 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
02:28:48 Vax's Elvis impression
02:31:00 Second Planetar of the day
02:47:10 Grog is bad at Perception
02:48:40 Twinsies laughing their asses off in the background
02:50:30 Healing word (Shape of you)
03:19:15 "Whiplash fucking" (thanks Gil !)
03:29:00 Freaking lava
03:37:19 HDYWTDT
03:44:30 Fantasia
04:03:00 Some more Inspiration
04:06:02 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
04:10:40 Even more! Inspiration
04:15:00 Marisha and Taliesin making faces at the hammer card
04:17:21 Scanlan sings a song of inspiration
04:20:30 Sam inspiration