This wasn't on Matt. This literally happened because the PCs were being careless and Vex's PC rolled a 1 on an incredibly important saving throw. This wasn't scripted, it just happened. And that's part of why these sorts of stories are so engaging: almost anything can happen regardless of the "rules" of Hollywood.
The moment Matt asked Laura to clarify that she was reduced to 0 hit points by that trap, the look of horror on her face was almost immediate. She knew that that question meant, and it was absolutely heart wrenching.
Vex's death is a massive shock, but also echoes through the whole campaign going forwards. Matt Mercer is very good at making death matter in D&D, which is something that D&D often suffers from because resurrection is so relatively easy for higher level parties. He has some homebrew rules that make resurrection be not 100%, but also he builds it into the story and so do the players. The deaths in Critical Role always felt like big things, and they always had lasting effects, whether anyone was able to succeed in resurrecting the character or not. Also, I did have a set of dice within reach while watching this. They are going to dice jail, though, because I rolled a 6. I also failed my dex save and took 58 necrotic damage and insta died with Vex. RIP me, I guess.
“What happened?!?” They triggered a trap in a temple dedicated to the Critical Role equivalent of the Grim Reaper...I’ll let you do the math there. This was HORRIFYING during the stream. It was the first time the entire table was in a full on panic!
("humm actually"), I believe the first full panic moment was when the Conclave first appeared but yes this was a very personal kind of panic. They tell the first panic was when Pike died but that was off stream.
Even if they don't have bidets, that was a joke Travis made that stuck SO HARD that it's how critters still welcome each other on almost all chat boards or even in person to this day years later. And we lived through this trauma years ago, but it's still traumatic to see her death again.
It's worth noting that Grog getting a beard is a really really big deal for Grog since Goliaths (being distantly related to Stone Giants) are normally hairless and thus incapable of growing beards. In the campaign Matt worked resurrections a little differently than most games. Resurrections required a skill challenge as part of a ritual to try and coax the soul to return. Basically each character participating in the ritual (up to 3 people) would make their appeal/sacrifice to the soul and their success or failure would adjust the DC of the roll to try and bring the person back. If the roll failed then the character suffers permadeath.
Ah that explains it. Grog is completely hairless. None of his chest, forearms or head. No wonder he was so excited over growing a beard Btw. I'm hoping that belt does more than grow a beard. I hope it doubles his strength or something.
IIRC, in the game, it was a Belt of the Dwarvenkind -- gave him a Constitution bonus; it also allowed him to read/write Dwarvish, if he could read or write.
@@magp1001 As well as giving poison resistance and advantage on persuasiin checks with dwarves, as well as darkvision. The belt of Dwarvenkind is just stacked.
The old man at the end of episode 2 who looks like Bumi from Last Airbender is Victor, a Black Powder Merchant that Matt made on the spot (since he didn't expect Percy's actor Talesin to have his character look for black powder at the time) in a session prior to even the Briarwood Arc in the original campaign. He became an instant fan favorite even though he only appeared in 3 episodes scattered throughout the campaign. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "How do you still have more secrets from people?" at 11:36 when Percy was not the only person of the group to see Dr. Ripley leave during the final fight with the Briarwoods at the Zippertwat.
@@CallistoTheWarriorQueen They actually played homage to that in the show, just as Percy is reaching for the armor Vex says that they should wait for her brother to check. I think she did roll in the stream, Laura never argued it so must have been so low she knew it wouldn't have been high enough to find it. Also its a magic trap and not a mechanical one so probably a high DC on the trap to find it. Tho Trinket missed his dex save too and was hit by it too just had enough HP to survive, I guess that would have taken away from her getting hit and with the Raven Queen stalking Vax and the foreshadowing and its in her temple, I think it was better how it happens in the show.
Ripley is in Season 1. She's the woman they save in the briarwood dungeon who ends up running away when they are at the ziggurat. In case you guys forgot.
She took 58 necrotic damage which took her below 0, resulting in instant death. She was in middle of investigation check when Percy touched it, he rolled successful dex save and she didnt though.
I believe the party was around level 13 here (they got there 4 sessions earlier, apart from Scanlan who leveled up to 13 in the next session), so had a lot of options. However the dice were crappy and Vex was hit with an instant-death-if-it-gets-you-to-zero-HP trap after a big fight (bigger then the one in episode 3 here). Plus Pike (who was only level 11 at the time) was also not in this session, so they had to look elsewhere for resurrections, hence the sudden shock of Vex going down and the despair at the lack of resources to bring her back. Saying more would be spoilers for the next episodes so I'll leave it there.
Knowing that at the time of the campaign Liam was going through a LOT made it worse, like you remember the campaign, then you hear Liam sobbing as Vax, let's just say I was NOT ok
I didn't really have much of a reaction on stream because everything happened so fast. But here, even though I knew it was coming, his reaction has me tearing up every time.
I think I could've handled Vax crying. I've had time to prepared. But then they showed me crying. BABY. Vax. That's jut not fair. And cutting back and forth between him sobbing as a kid and sobbing as an adult, both times because Vex left him?? How tf is anyone supposed to stay dry eyed with that?
5:36 I never noticed that they put that meme in there, the cast loves making meme references during stream (even Matt joins in at times) so I'm not surprised. :D
They didn’t wait for Vax to check for traps on that tomb, then Vex rolled a 1 on the Dex save (Percy successfully saved). It did 66 necrotic damage, with the bonus effect of instantly killing if the damage dropped the character to 0, no death saves. Nasty stuff, fitting the name Deathwalker’s Ward of the Matron of Ravens.
Don't go far from me! I won't.. It may be because I've seen campaign one but those words had me crying my damn eyes out. Also just knowing, what this moment means in the grand scheme of the story, tears I tell you, tears.
Ohyeah about Critical Role and Reviving... it isn't just "use a spell", they have to go through and entire ritual that can fail. Dying IS a problem for them, and the higher your Deathcount, the higher the DC you have to beat.
Kash is played by Wil Friedel, he did the voice of Ron Stoppable in the Kim Possible show, and played Eric Matthews on Boy Meets world. And Sexy girl is played by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, she is the voice director of Legend of Vox Machina, as well as voice director on a lot of stuff. They actually played these characters in the campaign stream. They were guest players, during this session Ashley was actually not there. Don't remember if Pike was played by Matt or not, but Ashley wasn't there, and I think this was after one of the other players had left so there was room at the table. Wil Wheaton guest played too, I think they have skipped over where he was tho.... I am hopping they put him in somewhere else tho, I would love to see how they make reference to the Will Wheaton Dice Curse in the show lol
Yeah, that's rough. What stuck with me the longest however was "Nobody cares about you. I'm no different." towards Scanlan, leaving him in the dark. So cold. The Sphinx told everybody what their fears were, while actually showing it to him.
@@Stefan-xt5sk Yeah, Scanlan's fear was kinda brilliant. It never occurred to me that being unloved would be Scanlan's greatest fear but once she said it, it made complete sense to me.
Referring to 11:30 - nope, no new Percy backstory there, just memory lapses on most reactors' part. Ripley was in Season 1, Episode 10. Having previously collaborated with the Briarwoods, she was the one-handed woman Vox Machina encountered under Whitestone Castle. Percy was forced to let her leave unharmed towards the end of the episode because he didn't want to give away his position by shooting her. See here for a reminder: ruclips.net/video/0S6hAyTJYGw/видео.html
Remember that some spells, traps, etc. If you fail the saving throw you skip death saving throws and go straight to death and some things even require very high spells to bring them back.
This moment was intense but happened just as fast as that in the game, was so shocking and no one was ready for it. Can't wait to see u guys react to the next episode
Did yall grow up with Boy Meets World? Because Kashaw, the guy flirting with keyleth, is voiced by the actor that played Eric Matthew's. Oh and hes also Duncan from My Date with the President's Daughter. Growing up he was one of my favorite actors. So when he guest starred during C1 i was thrilled. And i was so happy to hear hed obviously voice his character when he shows up in the aninated series. Will Friedle is a god damn G.
There's a spell for that, but Matt Mercer uses homebrew rules that make ressurection more complicated and has a legitimate chance of failure. This moment, and what happens immediately after, has significant ramifications for the rest of the campaign.
So the character at the end of episode 2 is an iconic character from campaign 1 known as Victor the black powder salesman. I highly suggest looking up his highlights from campaign 1 or at least his intro. This is a very fast forward version of him, but he very much has Bumi vibes and was the first time Matt showed off this truly crazy character and it was gold the level of improv he pulled off from the insane scenarios and questions players asked this npc.
its episode 44 in the campaign so Vax, Vex, Grog and Keyleith are level 13, Percy and Scanlan are level 12 (they get level 13 next Episode) and Pike is Level 11 as she is not there very often she only reaches level 13 at level 58 and stays 1-2 level behind each other player for the rest of the game
As a long-time Critter, it's refreshing to see blind reactions to these moments. My reaction to the Vex death, knowing it was coming, was... extremely emotional. I cried, and not even manly tears, it was full-on sobbing. Also, I rolled a 10. Hope my modifier is high...
I knew that dice were eldritch beings, but I didn't realize that Matt was their personification of them, that makes so much sense. The "bidet" moment happened exactly like that on the stream. Yes, that is the meme. They confirmed that in the watch-along. The combat wheelchair was created by someone in the community. You can get the stats for it (on like Drive Thru RPG or something like that, maybe for free, I don't remember). Matt created an NPC in their 2nd campaign who uses that. Great character. Which you'll get to see when the animated Mighty Nein series comes to Amazon - they just announced they had signed a deal this week. I think the Pike think is a mix of Scrying and the Astral Projection she did in episode 9 of season 1. "Earth, Wind, and Fire" - Keyleth's Aramente requires her to go to the different Asharii tribes and complete their trials. She's from the Air Asharii, and has already completed the Earth and Fire tribes. The only one she had left at that point is water - which is why she couldn't directly part the water. And why she's "Earth, Wind, and Fire". THe beard being cut was actually a reference to a prank Vax played on him in game. The Belt of Dwarven Kind actually takes a d100 roll to give you a beard. You have to roll under a certain amount. Travis kept rolling really well, so it took several episodes for him to grow the beard. He finally managed to roll a nat1. That night, Vax got him drunk, and cut off half the beard. They were about level 11 or 12 if I remember correctly. Problem was, Ashley was back in NY filming Blindspot during this time. And yes, Vex is dead dead - the spell she was hit with, if you're dropped to 0 HP by that spell, it's an insta-kill.
Without any spoilers... the mantle of the raven queen seemed to have been trapped. But not just some physical trap. Some magical traps can reduce a character to zero instantly if they fail their save. When vax sees his sister they showed pike fail to heal her. So shes dead dead. Like dropped to zero and lost all 3 saving throws instantly. Not only did she fall unconscious, but they made a point to show the life leave her eyes.
iirc for context, they were level 9 beginning of the stream... ep 3 here takes place around Ep 40something of the stream, so they are a little bit higher level than 6.
That's how traps get you. They did it to themselves. Don't blame poor Matt, he's not out to kill the players, he just wants to destroy his own world. ;)
28:14 It's almost a "based on true events" thing since it's a animated version of the campaign they played, so be ready for anything at any time, 28:48 Interesting theory! I mean, It is the tomb of the Champion of the Matron of Ravens (i.e. the goddess of death and fate)... the die rolled off the table! so I rerolled and got a 7.
I don't really blame Vasselheim for their isolationist policy (although I disagree with it). They're one of the oldest cities in existence. They are practically as old as the Vestiges of the Divergence, and they've survived things much worse than the dragons. Realistically, Thordak could show up, and they'd probably be okay. They're the reason humanity still exists, so their focus is on making sure they're able to so it again if need be. The Take really exists for contracts. Someone needs magical creature parts, so they hire the Take to get the items for them. The Take gets paid a lot of money and they deliver within days of the contract being accepted. It's not a bad system really. Combat wheelchairs (the ones with the swords) are wonderful. And yes, that was the butterfly meme
When I first watched what happened to Vex on CR I had to rewind cuz it happened so quickly in session. Some things have been truncated and changed for the show but I'm pleased that scene remains largely faithful and given proper time.
it's still funny coming back to this because S1E3 was the no mercy percy introduction episode and that hooked me right up to this show.Yet you guys didn't appreciate it as much as I did.
@@NerdyNightly Liam and Laura have had shirts made that say “He is Vax” and “She is Vex” because people were always getting their name’s swapped at the table.
And here we have The Major (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) & Governor Pryce (star Wars Rebels) make her appearance, I loved her sessions in the first campaign, i hope one day she'll make another guest appearance in one of Matt's campaigns.
To people with no sound here early: I believe it's still processing, not blocked. It's working on my PC but not my phone, and my phone has up to 1080p while PC just had 360p. give it a bit.
What's even better about Grog setting off that trap is that he made the Perception check to see the trap XD, but was stupid enough to set it off deliberately. Again, Grog = Terrible Intelligence but surprisingly decent Wisdom, hence good Perception check but dumb enough to set it off anyways.
Yeah, from what I've gathered that's basically what happened in the campaign. They're in a dungeon of a death goddess and the rogue is trying to look through it for traps and treasure and trying to emphasize how dangerous this place is( Vax's player was one of the more experienced players at the time I believe) and they triggered a trap on the armor of the champion of the death goddess and bam. That happened, she was dealt over 50 points of necrotic damage. If this style of damage reduces the player to 0 life points, it will kill them instantly rather than knocking them unconscious.
"Someone's going to think that's very funny." Yes, indeed I did sir, I found that quite funny. DAMN THOSE BREAKS!!! oh, and don't forget that one or two you accidentally skipped and originally couldn't go back to...without another playthrough *(until they added that in later)*
Y'alls reactions are wonderful! As someone who has watched the campaign I love hearing your thoughts and theories about what will happen! No spoilers, but you're in for the ride that is Vox Machina now!
"What if she has to be the harbinger of death to stay alive? You know what if she has to work for death in order to stay alive," Me: well.... Inner me: Keep your mouth shut!!! But yeah, she's dead.
The highbearer is confident because Vassleheim withstood sieges from GODS. Dragons are no biggie for them after gods. Oh and the black powder merchant Victor is a beloved NPC in critical role. Here he is in all his glory ruclips.net/video/6Z9mQAqhUmU/видео.html
Yep - I imagine it's because the show didn't constantly use her name and she was only in 1 episode. For anyone who reads this, Dr Ripley was the one-handed woman the party found in the jail cell underneath Whitestone Castle. She had previously tortured Percy and his sister. She had recently fallen out of the Briarwoods' favour and, when the party found her, offered to guide them to the Ziggurat. Percy wanted to execute her on sight but everyone stopped him. After she led them to the Ziggurat, she knew he wouldn't want to shoot her and give away his position, which allowed her to escape unharmed.
So yeah that tomb they are in now? Yeah it is dedicated to a Godess of Death. So I have a feeling that spells like Revivify are not going to work here.
So the belt is a belt of dwarven kind, you can look up the stats, i think it gave 2 con and something else, and Grog already had 18 con but this bumped it to 20 so like god tier con, but he was already so high but no.... Travis took it for the rp side ability, it had a small percentage chance to make you grow a beard every day you wear it. So Travis rolled EVERY time they took a long rest..... I so love that, it's so me too. Im such a fashion fighter, forget the stats, does it make me look cool
This is so Vox Machina, they all survive killing a dragon, then killing a Vampire Lord and his Necromancer Wife that created him (technically only knocked on conscious there but close).... but she dies to a random trap, that had she healed up after the fish fight she probably would have survived..... so random lol
I have heard this comment in several reactions now, about Vex calling people "darling". It is part of her posh british accent. She calls almost everyone darling, and there is no reference ever of Vex being bisexual
@@RaginMunchkin from what i remembered it has been mentioned in-stream as well. And she has flirted with some women. I don't remember names or anything but it has certainly been said in-stream that both of the twins are bi. Laura has certainly confirmed that, and I think that she has confirmed that a lot of times she is not just trying to be charming, but actually just flirting.
in the stream their health got pretty low but still the trap killing vex out of the blew for me ... especially as its dead dead not just unconcious as its very good shown here in the animation
It'll be fiiiine. They were only just messing around in a temple of the goddess of death. Nothing ominous or anything to really worry about on what's to come right? Right??
Yeah, the whole "we have walls" is like a commander telling me "don't worry, we have sandbags". Yes. We do. And they have an A-10 thunderbolt. The dreaded Warthog close air support gunship. I am so not not hiding behind the sandbags! We gotta kill those, NOW.
This wasn't on Matt. This literally happened because the PCs were being careless and Vex's PC rolled a 1 on an incredibly important saving throw. This wasn't scripted, it just happened. And that's part of why these sorts of stories are so engaging: almost anything can happen regardless of the "rules" of Hollywood.
The moment Matt asked Laura to clarify that she was reduced to 0 hit points by that trap, the look of horror on her face was almost immediate. She knew that that question meant, and it was absolutely heart wrenching.
It actually put her below zero vex had 55 HP and she took 56 she was -1 which is death and she failed her saving throw
@@MyersXSNegative and 0 in dnd are the same thing. there's one exception but it isn't relevant to this situation.
@@MyersXS she did not make any death saves, because the trap killed her outright
Vex's death is a massive shock, but also echoes through the whole campaign going forwards. Matt Mercer is very good at making death matter in D&D, which is something that D&D often suffers from because resurrection is so relatively easy for higher level parties. He has some homebrew rules that make resurrection be not 100%, but also he builds it into the story and so do the players. The deaths in Critical Role always felt like big things, and they always had lasting effects, whether anyone was able to succeed in resurrecting the character or not.
Also, I did have a set of dice within reach while watching this. They are going to dice jail, though, because I rolled a 6. I also failed my dex save and took 58 necrotic damage and insta died with Vex. RIP me, I guess.
“What happened?!?”
They triggered a trap in a temple dedicated to the Critical Role equivalent of the Grim Reaper...I’ll let you do the math there.
This was HORRIFYING during the stream. It was the first time the entire table was in a full on panic!
("humm actually"), I believe the first full panic moment was when the Conclave first appeared but yes this was a very personal kind of panic. They tell the first panic was when Pike died but that was off stream.
Well they (both the cast and the reactors) had an appropriate reaction, shock
@@pauloskinner Dude, Spoiler?
@@blackpaw29 She died before the events of this show so not really spoilers
@@darksider1113 Thanks - Is this a different Pike to the Vox Machina one? Or did they just recreate her for the Series?
Even if they don't have bidets, that was a joke Travis made that stuck SO HARD that it's how critters still welcome each other on almost all chat boards or even in person to this day years later.
And we lived through this trauma years ago, but it's still traumatic to see her death again.
Bidet and beep beep
@@ShadowyFox_86 Hopefully we see "beep beep" when we get there.
Yeah hahaha!
It's worth noting that Grog getting a beard is a really really big deal for Grog since Goliaths (being distantly related to Stone Giants) are normally hairless and thus incapable of growing beards.
In the campaign Matt worked resurrections a little differently than most games. Resurrections required a skill challenge as part of a ritual to try and coax the soul to return. Basically each character participating in the ritual (up to 3 people) would make their appeal/sacrifice to the soul and their success or failure would adjust the DC of the roll to try and bring the person back. If the roll failed then the character suffers permadeath.
Also Travis got a beard and has not let go ever since haha.
Ah that explains it. Grog is completely hairless. None of his chest, forearms or head. No wonder he was so excited over growing a beard
Btw. I'm hoping that belt does more than grow a beard. I hope it doubles his strength or something.
IIRC, in the game, it was a Belt of the Dwarvenkind -- gave him a Constitution bonus; it also allowed him to read/write Dwarvish, if he could read or write.
@@magp1001 I was so sad when even Pike's teachings didnt stick
@@magp1001 As well as giving poison resistance and advantage on persuasiin checks with dwarves, as well as darkvision. The belt of Dwarvenkind is just stacked.
The old man at the end of episode 2 who looks like Bumi from Last Airbender is Victor, a Black Powder Merchant that Matt made on the spot (since he didn't expect Percy's actor Talesin to have his character look for black powder at the time) in a session prior to even the Briarwood Arc in the original campaign. He became an instant fan favorite even though he only appeared in 3 episodes scattered throughout the campaign.
I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "How do you still have more secrets from people?" at 11:36 when Percy was not the only person of the group to see Dr. Ripley leave during the final fight with the Briarwoods at the Zippertwat.
i assume they just meant that he just received more info on her whereabouts and decided not to share it. not necessarily a huge secret, but still.
I can see why Percy didn't say anything. He was trying to let it go, especially with what was going on in the world.
Ok, Matt may have put the trap there, but Laura is the one who rolled a nat 1 on her dex save... and died... instantly...
And from the sound of it she'd have been fine if she'd just thought to heal up after the battle. A perfect storm of events.
In her defence she was in the middle of rolling for traps when Percy grabbed the armour.
@@CallistoTheWarriorQueen They actually played homage to that in the show, just as Percy is reaching for the armor Vex says that they should wait for her brother to check. I think she did roll in the stream, Laura never argued it so must have been so low she knew it wouldn't have been high enough to find it. Also its a magic trap and not a mechanical one so probably a high DC on the trap to find it. Tho Trinket missed his dex save too and was hit by it too just had enough HP to survive, I guess that would have taken away from her getting hit and with the Raven Queen stalking Vax and the foreshadowing and its in her temple, I think it was better how it happens in the show.
@@TheRubberDuck77 I love the way they reinterpreted that moment for the show too ☺️
Ripley is in Season 1. She's the woman they save in the briarwood dungeon who ends up running away when they are at the ziggurat. In case you guys forgot.
I forgot she got away!
Played by Kelly Hu!
She took 58 necrotic damage which took her below 0, resulting in instant death. She was in middle of investigation check when Percy touched it, he rolled successful dex save and she didnt though.
and boy she did not, she crit failed the save. big oof
And what a huge fail it was.
I believe the party was around level 13 here (they got there 4 sessions earlier, apart from Scanlan who leveled up to 13 in the next session), so had a lot of options. However the dice were crappy and Vex was hit with an instant-death-if-it-gets-you-to-zero-HP trap after a big fight (bigger then the one in episode 3 here). Plus Pike (who was only level 11 at the time) was also not in this session, so they had to look elsewhere for resurrections, hence the sudden shock of Vex going down and the despair at the lack of resources to bring her back. Saying more would be spoilers for the next episodes so I'll leave it there.
That make sense, since Keylith was able to cast Tranport via Plant twice in episode one, using both her 6th and 7th lvl spell slots.
@@jesterstyr4584 She only teleports once - also transport via plants is a 7th lvl. The first teleport was because of Gilmore having a teleport-crystal
@@undeathghost5627 She teleports once to Whitestone and once to Vasselheim
@@thefallencat2080 not the same day.
@@undeathghost5627 true, just saying that she did use it twice in the first episode
Liam O'Brien's sobbing had me WEEPING
Knowing that at the time of the campaign Liam was going through a LOT made it worse, like you remember the campaign, then you hear Liam sobbing as Vax, let's just say I was NOT ok
I didn't really have much of a reaction on stream because everything happened so fast. But here, even though I knew it was coming, his reaction has me tearing up every time.
I think I could've handled Vax crying. I've had time to prepared. But then they showed me crying. BABY. Vax. That's jut not fair. And cutting back and forth between him sobbing as a kid and sobbing as an adult, both times because Vex left him?? How tf is anyone supposed to stay dry eyed with that?
Me too!
5:36 I never noticed that they put that meme in there, the cast loves making meme references during stream (even Matt joins in at times) so I'm not surprised. :D
They didn’t wait for Vax to check for traps on that tomb, then Vex rolled a 1 on the Dex save (Percy successfully saved). It did 66 necrotic damage, with the bonus effect of instantly killing if the damage dropped the character to 0, no death saves. Nasty stuff, fitting the name Deathwalker’s Ward of the Matron of Ravens.
"Do not go far from me" was originally said when they were all reeling from the Chroma Conclave attack. They really expanded on its history.
Pretty sure the entire internet wants to see Clarus put together a Zahra cosplay now. 😁
I swear I’ll do it 😅
@@ClarusCloset I swear I will enjoy it.
Need to have a complete cosplay of all the CR player. Already have Percy Adam from preview’d.
Ok brb learning how to body paint 🙃
@@ClarusCloset Don't threaten us with a good time!
"Fucking bisexuals" May or may not be how I sum up all the hot ppl on this show from now on, thanks :D
Don't go far from me! I won't.. It may be because I've seen campaign one but those words had me crying my damn eyes out. Also just knowing, what this moment means in the grand scheme of the story, tears I tell you, tears.
Ohyeah about Critical Role and Reviving... it isn't just "use a spell", they have to go through and entire ritual that can fail. Dying IS a problem for them, and the higher your Deathcount, the higher the DC you have to beat.
That is very cool. I'm curious to see how they adapt that homebrew into the show
"What the fuck, Matt?"
Well, you're definitely critters. From now on it's just getting used to shouting that at the screen.
Classic CR moment.
Kash is played by Wil Friedel, he did the voice of Ron Stoppable in the Kim Possible show, and played Eric Matthews on Boy Meets world. And Sexy girl is played by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, she is the voice director of Legend of Vox Machina, as well as voice director on a lot of stuff. They actually played these characters in the campaign stream. They were guest players, during this session Ashley was actually not there. Don't remember if Pike was played by Matt or not, but Ashley wasn't there, and I think this was after one of the other players had left so there was room at the table. Wil Wheaton guest played too, I think they have skipped over where he was tho.... I am hopping they put him in somewhere else tho, I would love to see how they make reference to the Will Wheaton Dice Curse in the show lol
Nice info dump!
To be fair, Matt Mercer is D&D Santa Clause. He know's if you've been naught or nice to your DM, and what business you get up to at the table.
Man, Keyleth’s callout hit me hardest..
What do you fear more, failing your Aramente? Or knowing no one will live long enough to see you achieve it?
Yeah, that's rough. What stuck with me the longest however was "Nobody cares about you. I'm no different." towards Scanlan, leaving him in the dark. So cold.
The Sphinx told everybody what their fears were, while actually showing it to him.
@@Stefan-xt5sk Yeah, Scanlan's fear was kinda brilliant. It never occurred to me that being unloved would be Scanlan's greatest fear but once she said it, it made complete sense to me.
Nerdy: "Hot."
Clarus: *Unquenchable thirst*
Referring to 11:30 - nope, no new Percy backstory there, just memory lapses on most reactors' part. Ripley was in Season 1, Episode 10. Having previously collaborated with the Briarwoods, she was the one-handed woman Vox Machina encountered under Whitestone Castle.
Percy was forced to let her leave unharmed towards the end of the episode because he didn't want to give away his position by shooting her. See here for a reminder: ruclips.net/video/0S6hAyTJYGw/видео.html
Remember that some spells, traps, etc. If you fail the saving throw you skip death saving throws and go straight to death and some things even require very high spells to bring them back.
This moment was intense but happened just as fast as that in the game, was so shocking and no one was ready for it. Can't wait to see u guys react to the next episode
I'm sure somebody has already said: But Zahra and Kashaw are the guest stars who returned the most...
Did yall grow up with Boy Meets World? Because Kashaw, the guy flirting with keyleth, is voiced by the actor that played Eric Matthew's.
Oh and hes also Duncan from My Date with the President's Daughter.
Growing up he was one of my favorite actors. So when he guest starred during C1 i was thrilled. And i was so happy to hear hed obviously voice his character when he shows up in the aninated series.
Will Friedle is a god damn G.
Of course, they had to have THAT moment happen in episode 3, so we all have to wait a full week to sit, stress, and hope. By the way, I rolled an 18.
😂😂😂 I took a drink at the wrong moment and almost choked at "hot lady and cash man"😂😂😂
Soooo... you guys haven't heard about Mercer's Rule for revivify/resurrections then?
Oh boy...
It was a running gag where the party would take all of Matt Mercer's location names and twist the names into something perverted.
There's a spell for that, but Matt Mercer uses homebrew rules that make ressurection more complicated and has a legitimate chance of failure.
This moment, and what happens immediately after, has significant ramifications for the rest of the campaign.
So the character at the end of episode 2 is an iconic character from campaign 1 known as Victor the black powder salesman. I highly suggest looking up his highlights from campaign 1 or at least his intro. This is a very fast forward version of him, but he very much has Bumi vibes and was the first time Matt showed off this truly crazy character and it was gold the level of improv he pulled off from the insane scenarios and questions players asked this npc.
Don't blame Mercer for a critical failure on a dex save.
It was a con save but the point still stands. Also blame Liam for being Liam.
Mercer made the right call. Let the dice fall where they may.
its episode 44 in the campaign so Vax, Vex, Grog and Keyleith are level 13, Percy and Scanlan are level 12 (they get level 13 next Episode) and Pike is Level 11 as she is not there very often she only reaches level 13 at level 58 and stays 1-2 level behind each other player for the rest of the game
Victor, the black powder merchant.
ruclips.net/video/6Z9mQAqhUmU/видео.html
probably Matt's most celebrated NPC.
He's done a ton of other stuff, but the long haired guy in the Slayers Take is Eric Mathews from Boy Meets World!!! aka Mr. Plays With Squirrels
No Way! FEEEEEENEY
@@NerdyNightly Fe. Fe. Fe. FEEEEEENYY!!
@@NerdyNightly do you want to change the title to Vex maybe? xd
@@NerdyNightly
And he's not just voicing the character for the show.
He's actually the guest star on critical role that created him
4:25 “If Henry Cavill is voicing a character…”
Sorry Superman was unavailable at this time. Best we can give you is Batman as an edgy Cleric.
Love friedle in anything
He has the keen owl-sight of a bear
To be fair, Travis has voiced Superman too lmao.
As a long-time Critter, it's refreshing to see blind reactions to these moments. My reaction to the Vex death, knowing it was coming, was... extremely emotional. I cried, and not even manly tears, it was full-on sobbing.
Also, I rolled a 10. Hope my modifier is high...
"Do not go far from me"
*sobbing* 😭😭
I knew that dice were eldritch beings, but I didn't realize that Matt was their personification of them, that makes so much sense.
The "bidet" moment happened exactly like that on the stream.
Yes, that is the meme. They confirmed that in the watch-along.
The combat wheelchair was created by someone in the community. You can get the stats for it (on like Drive Thru RPG or something like that, maybe for free, I don't remember). Matt created an NPC in their 2nd campaign who uses that. Great character. Which you'll get to see when the animated Mighty Nein series comes to Amazon - they just announced they had signed a deal this week.
I think the Pike think is a mix of Scrying and the Astral Projection she did in episode 9 of season 1.
"Earth, Wind, and Fire" - Keyleth's Aramente requires her to go to the different Asharii tribes and complete their trials. She's from the Air Asharii, and has already completed the Earth and Fire tribes. The only one she had left at that point is water - which is why she couldn't directly part the water. And why she's "Earth, Wind, and Fire".
THe beard being cut was actually a reference to a prank Vax played on him in game. The Belt of Dwarven Kind actually takes a d100 roll to give you a beard. You have to roll under a certain amount. Travis kept rolling really well, so it took several episodes for him to grow the beard. He finally managed to roll a nat1. That night, Vax got him drunk, and cut off half the beard.
They were about level 11 or 12 if I remember correctly. Problem was, Ashley was back in NY filming Blindspot during this time. And yes, Vex is dead dead - the spell she was hit with, if you're dropped to 0 HP by that spell, it's an insta-kill.
Really cool to watch reactions from people who haven't watched the campaign, thanks!
Without any spoilers... the mantle of the raven queen seemed to have been trapped. But not just some physical trap. Some magical traps can reduce a character to zero instantly if they fail their save.
When vax sees his sister they showed pike fail to heal her. So shes dead dead. Like dropped to zero and lost all 3 saving throws instantly.
Not only did she fall unconscious, but they made a point to show the life leave her eyes.
iirc for context, they were level 9 beginning of the stream... ep 3 here takes place around Ep 40something of the stream, so they are a little bit higher level than 6.
Yeah, they are like level 13 by this point, IIRC.
Liam O'Brian: Alright, I'm warmed up. Time to depress you.
That's how traps get you. They did it to themselves. Don't blame poor Matt, he's not out to kill the players, he just wants to destroy his own world. ;)
I also think the dice were after them, post Purvon laughter. 🤣😂
28:14 It's almost a "based on true events" thing since it's a animated version of the campaign they played, so be ready for anything at any time,
28:48 Interesting theory! I mean, It is the tomb of the Champion of the Matron of Ravens (i.e. the goddess of death and fate)...
the die rolled off the table! so I rerolled and got a 7.
I don't really blame Vasselheim for their isolationist policy (although I disagree with it). They're one of the oldest cities in existence. They are practically as old as the Vestiges of the Divergence, and they've survived things much worse than the dragons. Realistically, Thordak could show up, and they'd probably be okay. They're the reason humanity still exists, so their focus is on making sure they're able to so it again if need be.
The Take really exists for contracts. Someone needs magical creature parts, so they hire the Take to get the items for them. The Take gets paid a lot of money and they deliver within days of the contract being accepted. It's not a bad system really.
Combat wheelchairs (the ones with the swords) are wonderful. And yes, that was the butterfly meme
The Oldest. It predates the calamity, practically to the founding
Matt Mercer: "Shoulda rolled better."
As they said on Talks Machina, "Dear Matt: what the fuck, man?"
When I first watched what happened to Vex on CR I had to rewind cuz it happened so quickly in session. Some things have been truncated and changed for the show but I'm pleased that scene remains largely faithful and given proper time.
I was pleased that you enjoyed the introduction of a combat wheelchair into TalDorei.
Dagen!
it's still funny coming back to this because S1E3 was the no mercy percy introduction episode and that hooked me right up to this show.Yet you guys didn't appreciate it as much as I did.
There is nothing better to wear under any impact-spreading armor than a quilted gambeson (from experience).
At this point in the campaign they were lvl 12 I believe.
Btw Vex is the girl, Vax is the guy.
I’m dyslexic and this will be my villain origin story
@@NerdyNightly will your villain name be Vyx?
@@NerdyNightly Liam and Laura have had shirts made that say “He is Vax” and “She is Vex” because people were always getting their name’s swapped at the table.
@@jeffwithheldforsafety8359 Stil waiting for the "She's Laura" and "She's Laudna" shirts lol
@@Rezinstance that would be great
And here we have The Major (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) & Governor Pryce (star Wars Rebels) make her appearance, I loved her sessions in the first campaign, i hope one day she'll make another guest appearance in one of Matt's campaigns.
To people with no sound here early: I believe it's still processing, not blocked. It's working on my PC but not my phone, and my phone has up to 1080p while PC just had 360p. give it a bit.
I have no idea. It said processed on my end, and I’m having no problems…
@@NerdyNightly weird, I am still soundless, but it seems like it is fine for the majority. Ahh, the wonders of RUclips!
@@ryanflake3481 I've got sound on mobile now.
there's no plot armor in D&D
Touch of death trap, used to defend the remains of the champion of the Goddess of Death. Yeah, that was just death.
Zarah killed that snail for the temp hp from pact of the fiend, she's powergaming.
"its the dice !"
*me looking at his 2 D20 that are perfectly positioned to see both my Monitors and bed*
"... hi Metthew !?"
"Mercer I'm fucking coming for you god dammit"
Go after Laura's dice, if she rolled better Vex wouldn't have died.
Laura is perfection and we do not come for her ever
Obligatory plug for the combat wheelchair supplement for D&D other settings. It's out there, and probably the inspiration for that moment.
Zehra IS a Warlock so tons of Charisma so hot makes sense. Also a tiefling if anyone was struggling with her race
What's even better about Grog setting off that trap is that he made the Perception check to see the trap XD, but was stupid enough to set it off deliberately. Again, Grog = Terrible Intelligence but surprisingly decent Wisdom, hence good Perception check but dumb enough to set it off anyways.
Yeah, from what I've gathered that's basically what happened in the campaign. They're in a dungeon of a death goddess and the rogue is trying to look through it for traps and treasure and trying to emphasize how dangerous this place is( Vax's player was one of the more experienced players at the time I believe) and they triggered a trap on the armor of the champion of the death goddess and bam. That happened, she was dealt over 50 points of necrotic damage. If this style of damage reduces the player to 0 life points, it will kill them instantly rather than knocking them unconscious.
Sound seems to be working now on mobile yay
6:39 Clarus is like "New Cosplay unlocked"
"Someone's going to think that's very funny." Yes, indeed I did sir, I found that quite funny. DAMN THOSE BREAKS!!! oh, and don't forget that one or two you accidentally skipped and originally couldn't go back to...without another playthrough *(until they added that in later)*
Y'alls reactions are wonderful! As someone who has watched the campaign I love hearing your thoughts and theories about what will happen! No spoilers, but you're in for the ride that is Vox Machina now!
"What if she has to be the harbinger of death to stay alive? You know what if she has to work for death in order to stay alive,"
Me: well....
Inner me: Keep your mouth shut!!!
But yeah, she's dead.
The highbearer is confident because Vassleheim withstood sieges from GODS. Dragons are no biggie for them after gods.
Oh and the black powder merchant Victor is a beloved NPC in critical role. Here he is in all his glory ruclips.net/video/6Z9mQAqhUmU/видео.html
I want to formally apologize for laughing I was uncomfy, and I’m also a terrible person 😅
Honestly your laughter was adorable, it definitely had the 'no way did that happen' kinda vibe to me. I totally get disbelief followed by laughter.
No worries, I laugh when I'm uncomfy too, and I can't always hold it back
You’re the most beautiful woman ever so it’s ok 😛
I laugh when I am shocked too ❤️
Laughter is a natural reaction to one's mind not being able to process something right away. It's natural, don't let haters get ya down girl!
They adapt the arc so well. I love it. They get the very bleak feel with the humor still being there. And the animation is just beautiful
Dang no one seems to remember Ripley from S1
Yep - I imagine it's because the show didn't constantly use her name and she was only in 1 episode.
For anyone who reads this, Dr Ripley was the one-handed woman the party found in the jail cell underneath Whitestone Castle. She had previously tortured Percy and his sister. She had recently fallen out of the Briarwoods' favour and, when the party found her, offered to guide them to the Ziggurat. Percy wanted to execute her on sight but everyone stopped him. After she led them to the Ziggurat, she knew he wouldn't want to shoot her and give away his position, which allowed her to escape unharmed.
"WTF Happened?" Circle of Death happened...and real bad saving throws
You nailed the Deckard Caine voice!!! I mean, nailed it!
So yeah that tomb they are in now? Yeah it is dedicated to a Godess of Death. So I have a feeling that spells like Revivify are not going to work here.
That's what happens when you don't check for traps, have death magic trap, and you roll a 1 on your save.
I rolled three times. Failed my death saves, but apparently I'm in good company!
Is it Thursday yet?
So the belt is a belt of dwarven kind, you can look up the stats, i think it gave 2 con and something else, and Grog already had 18 con but this bumped it to 20 so like god tier con, but he was already so high but no.... Travis took it for the rp side ability, it had a small percentage chance to make you grow a beard every day you wear it. So Travis rolled EVERY time they took a long rest..... I so love that, it's so me too. Im such a fashion fighter, forget the stats, does it make me look cool
This is so Vox Machina, they all survive killing a dragon, then killing a Vampire Lord and his Necromancer Wife that created him (technically only knocked on conscious there but close).... but she dies to a random trap, that had she healed up after the fish fight she probably would have survived..... so random lol
Criticalrole is going to do a live stream on Twitch and youtube to go over the episodes and do Q&A!! hope to see you there!!
AND That is only the first of WTF MATT to come this arc. Lets fucking go!
The death that changed EVERYTHING
You can safely watch up to episode 43. Episode 44 encompasses episode 3 and 4
And thus a fan favorite character was killed by a trap, classic
I have heard this comment in several reactions now, about Vex calling people "darling". It is part of her posh british accent. She calls almost everyone darling, and there is no reference ever of Vex being bisexual
Laura confirmed Vex is Bi though
@@CallistoTheWarriorQueen she did? I wasn't aware of that. Did I miss something in stream or was it background info in an interview?
@@RaginMunchkin from what i remembered it has been mentioned in-stream as well. And she has flirted with some women. I don't remember names or anything but it has certainly been said in-stream that both of the twins are bi. Laura has certainly confirmed that, and I think that she has confirmed that a lot of times she is not just trying to be charming, but actually just flirting.
Any having audio issues?
I do not have audio
Strange I could listen to other videos not this one seemed muted. Works now
@@MrGorn25 i will try again
in the stream their health got pretty low but still the trap killing vex out of the blew for me ... especially as its dead dead not just unconcious as its very good shown here in the animation
Campaigns 2 and 3 are fun but Campaign 1 gets dark and emotional... as well as hilarious. Buckle up, buttercup bc ya'll are in for a fun ride lol
It'll be fiiiine. They were only just messing around in a temple of the goddess of death. Nothing ominous or anything to really worry about on what's to come right? Right??
I thought it was funny, and spot on. The Deccard Cain voice that is.
Thank you hahaha I put a billion hours into Diablo 2 back in the day
Yeah, the whole "we have walls" is like a commander telling me "don't worry, we have sandbags".
Yes. We do. And they have an A-10 thunderbolt. The dreaded Warthog close air support gunship. I am so not not hiding behind the sandbags! We gotta kill those, NOW.
They got magic walls and hundreds of high level clerics of every god.
So battalions of Patriot Missiles and dozens of Stinger teams.
@@kenle2 Fair point "We cast... pewpewpew! Take that, flying fiend!! Not you, Scanlan. Put your missle away."
really enjoyed seeing your reactions to the end of episode 3
"What happened?! Its episode 3!" To be fair it was like episode 40ish when this happened in campaign so.