Full cast mug ideas: Chetney - Respect The Alpha Fearne - Five Finger Discounts Orym - Sun's Out Guns Out Laudna - World's Best Dead! Imogen - Rides Like Lightning Dorian - Storm's a Brewin Ashton - Coffee or Fight. Choose Wisely FCG - CONTAINS OIL, NOT COFFEE. DO NOT DRINK FROM THIS MUG!! (that is on the tape that has been added. The mug itself has "Smiley Day!" on it, with a little snoozing moon that turns into a happy sun as the mug heats up) Yu - It's not Yu, it's me. Mollymauk - Chill Con Carnie Beau - DOPE MONK SHIT! (mug has a molded fist inside that looks like it's punching up from inside the coffee mug as the mug gets close to empty) Caleb - Coffee is Life; Gone Too Soon (the latter half is replaced with "Hot & Dark" with mug heating) Veth/Nott - Hungry? Eat a Shortstack (it has pancakes on the other side, but Yeza knows what she means) Cadeusus - Fresh from the Grave Ford - Swig in the Brig Jester - I
Chet: a wooden mug with "CPOP industries" on the underside Fearne: "Monkeying Around" on a pastel pink background Orym: "Zephrah Military Academy Class of 829" celebration mug Laudna: red mug with "Proud Rat Mom" on the side Imogen: "Rather be Riding" with a picture of a horse on the tail of the 'g' Ashton: "Long Live Punk Rock" in a scratchy bold font on a black background FCG is the mug Dorian: A blue and white, fine-china teacup Yu: One of those tumblers with floating purple, black and gold glitter
When Liam asks who is everyone's favorite Decepticon, Sam Riegel had the AUDACITY to say the Starscream. For those who don't know, this is the Decepticon he voiced in the animated series....
Sam! When FCG uses spells to "talk to gods" he's actually tapping into the Age of Arcanum version of the internet that only aeormatons still have the means to access
@@archbound6224 It would have been funny but also there is a certain point where reality has to take hold and you probably shouldn't encourage crazy people to take an active interest in you personally. Seem like a recipe for a Real Problem when Sam inevitably does something with the character that the society doesn't like... Escalation may be Sam's middle name but There's Haha Escalation then there's Uh Oh Escalation.
I like the idea of Fearne having a mug that says "STEAL THIS MUG", with the idea being that she stole it because of course she did. "Well, it told me to. What was I supposed to do?"
I love the idea of Fearne being autistic and genuinely not getting she shouldn’t have stolen the mug, but also because she definitely would have stolen the mug anyway.
I love that Dani has to chime in during the floating city, calamity, divergence, betrayer gods being banished whole kinda deal - chat was definitely going a lot back and forth there too during the episodes where it came up, and I'm so glad to see the cast picking each others' brains about it too. ^^
4SD Timestamps 0:00 - The Jaunt 1:00 - Time to Roll 1:13 - Nat 20 Ashley 1:35 - Ashley is Host 3:33 - Showtime 3:58 - *What the Fuck is Up With That* 4:30 - Mini Divine Gate 4:50 - Marisha’s Theory 6:03 - God Numbers 7:00 - Why those 2 Gods 7:50 - Moon City 8:18 - High Tech on Moon 8:54 - Inhabitants? 10:00 - Lore Check 11:20 - We don’t know.. 12:00 - Made by Gods? 12:58 - Moon Prison 14:10 - Marisha’s Hot take 15:08 - Keeping the Moon a Secret? 15:50 - Shadowfell? 17:00 - Ira’s Plan 17:26 - Two Gods Evil? 18:00 - Forbidden God Romance 18:48 - Born on Ruidus? 19:53 - Why Ira? 20:35 - Texting Matt 21:29 - Murder Bot 22:20 - Sam knows how it Works Mechanically 23:44 - DeathWish Run 24:48 - Dancer true maker? 26:02 - WTF is up with Fearne? 27:27 - Parent Ideas 28:52 - Question for Aabria 29:48 - Morrigan 30:36 - Into the Woods 31:30 - Who is your favorite bad robot in Pop Culture? 33:14 - *Tower of Inquiry* 33:42 - Ashley Pulls a block 34:44 - What Slogan would be on your character’s morning coffee mug? 37:52 - *The Deep Dive* 38:42 - Orym has taken a shine to Imogen and has encouraged her to step up as a leader. What does he see in his new friend to spark such direct encouragement? 40:47 - Otohan 41:40 - Otohan from the Moon? 42:45 - Is therapy something FCG truly enjoys, or does it feel compulsory since it is his designation? 43:30 - Assassin FCG 44:47 - Does FCG have a soul? 46:37 - Life needs things to live, but we’re not actually living 47:10 - Matt’s Response to the Ira Question 48:05 - Marisha’s Reassurance 48:50 - Laudna seems to truly believe that her dolls are alive. Where does this belief come from, rather than assuming their movements are the pranks of other Bells Hells Members? 50:55 - Impressionable Warlocks 51:37 - Was it your choice to make Fearne’s sweet nana Morrigan the Hag? If so, what inspired the name Morrigan? 53:29 - Fairytales 54:30 - Lore in Fearne’s Playlist 56:09 - FCG reunited with Dancer, but it was not a particularly joyful reunion. How are they doing after that interaction? Does FCG hope to one day return to Dancer’s side? 57:37 - How is Laudna dealing with the doubts that Delilah sows in her mind? This is one of the first times we’ve seen her really listen to Delilah and be deeply influenced by her words. 58:11 - Matt Juice 59:09 - Ashley, was Fearne tempted by Yu’s offer to take them back to the Feywild straightaway? 1:00:09 - Liam, Orym had Imogen reach out to Keyleth to update her on his situation. What was that interaction like for both Orym and you as a player? 1:01:48 - Orym and Keyleth 1:02:42 - Samuel Brent Oscar Riegal pulls a Block 1:04:37 - What is your favorite magic item in D&D? 1:06:16 - Fake Poop 1:07:00 - Marisha pulls from the Tower 1:08:32 - What are some of the thought processes that go through your mind when Fearne opens her mouth? I know that I get both anxious and delighted to see what chaos ensues when she starts talking, but I can only imagine what it is like to sit next to the incarnation of chaos. 1:09:39 - Ashley’s actually here! 1:09:58 - Liams’s turn to pull 1:10:03 - Tower Punch! 1:10:25 - Liam’s dance 1:10:49 - If Bells Hells we’re in a slasher movie, who would be the first blood, and who would be the final girl/boy? 1:12:27 - Consequence Box 1:12:50 - Laudna’s Hands 1:13:38 - Fast Forward 1:14:02 - What does Laudna think of the conversation she and Ashton had in the dust storm? The two of them seem to be similar in a lot of unexpected ways. 1:14:40 - The Consequence Claws 1:15:29 - BREAK STARTS 1:20:18 - BREAK ENDS 1:21:14 - CPU 1:22:40 - Crawler Tutorial 1:23:09 - Spirit Halls 1:23:25 - CPU won by doing nothing 1:24:00 - Orym has dealt with several callbacks to Vox Machina’s time, like Laudna and Bertrand Bell. What is it like for him to be interacting with threads of his boss’ adventures and what is it like for you to explore the past from this perspective? 1:24:43 - Marisha, for being partially undead, Laudna has an undeniable sense of optimism and enthusiasm for life. Was that planned? Or something you discovered at the table? 1:25:54 - Sam, are there any other conspiracy theories about Exandria that FCG has? If not, please invent one now. 1:26:48 - Liam, Orym seems especially rattled by the Ruidus revelation. Is there a reason that it’s affecting him so deeply or is he just seeing the bigger picture? 1:27:50 - Marisha, the idea of Laudna’s friends betraying her would be especially frightening, give how long she was alone before Imogen. How is she doing after the aggression between FCG and herself? Does she truly doubt if she was ever alive? 1:28:10 - Liam scares Sam 1:29:49 - Sam, you had a list of quotes from your fellow cast members for FCG to use when he switched to violence. Why those quotes in particular and how do you choose them? 1:31:06 - Sam, what was it like for FCG to be opened up and inspected by Imahara Joe? 1:32:23 - Marisha, your dice have not been kind to you. Are there any plans to overhaul your tray or are you determined to see these dice through? 1:33:36 - Ashley, what does Fearne think about seemingly being at the center of her father’s vision about Ruidus? 1:34:40 - Birds aren’t real? 1:35:36 - The Flat Earth Society reached out to Sam 1:36:42 - Liam, what does Orym think Artana Voe is doing in Bassuras? 1:38:11 - Liam loses a question 1:38:32 - Ashley, what was behind Fearne’s choice to sneakily give Gnarlrock shards to Laudna and Imogen? 1:39:29 - FCG is a cleric with seemingly no divine influence, but Joe gave him a token of the Changebringer. What does that mean to FCG? Could they have a connection to the divine that they just don’t know about yet? 1:41:37 - No and 1:42:50 - Marisha is the winner! 1:43:35 - Cauldrons 1: 44:24- Marisha chooses first 1:44:32 - Ashley, can you explain any inspiration behind Fearne’s iconic “Jazz is Chaos” eulogy? 1:45:09 - Liam chooses 1:45:59 - Ashley picks 1:46:12 - Sam picks 1:46:19 - Dani picks 1:46:39 - Sam, hypothetically you’ve been given HBO money for one sponsorship ad read. What do you do and why? 1:47:09 - Sam doesn’t know how much it costs to Skydive 1:47:47 - Halloween Costumes! 1:48:35 - Alanis pronunciation 1:49:31 - Ashley does spooky laugh 1:50:05- Poor Broom lost an eye 1:50:13 - Outro Music 1:51:08 - Dust Storm *Let me know if I missed any moments.*
It feels nice to hear Marisha say Laudna is meant to have arrested development. Since the beginning, I've been connecting with Laudna's specific type of naivete and whimsy because it reminds me of parts of myself. Outside factors forced me to grow up quickly and that didn't really mesh with the maturity lag that came with autism. For both Laudna and myself, there's a lot of lost youth that we never received closure for and, in seeking that closure, we continue to latch onto the salient parts of our youth. Laudna is impressionable and treats her dolls like real people. I'm emotionally fragile and still think my teddy bear protects me from the dark. It goes deeper than those things but they're brief examples.
Same here, we really latched onto Laudna. Especially because there's a general feeling of basically feeling floaty and dead that's easy to latch onto as well
genuinely very impressed with sam's contributions to the lore conversation in this episode.... he went from "i don't even know what spoiler we're not talking about" to "dani's nodding, I'm right"
Even if his 'I know nothing, I never watch our shows' schtick was always partly exaggerated, I feel like Calamity was a turning point for his interest in the deep lore. They all prepped so thoroughly for that, given the time-compressed format and general style of that series. And we know that Sam goes in 110% once he actually commits to something.
@@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll Sam is lowkey one of the best players at the table, as far as prepared-ness and game/lore knowledge. He just really plays it off and tries to let others do things first. You can tell when the party doesn't have a clear direction and he always suggests a good place to go. 'to zadash' etc.
@@NimrodArt He's definitely shifted from "I know nothing" to being more "in the loop" -- when the Ludinus reveal happened, Liam caught it first, Sam got it right behind him, and when Laura and Ashley were all, "who is that again?", Sam was whispering to them who he was.
He's one of those people where when he's tuned in he knows every single detail and how to maximize it to their advantage and when he's tuned out he doesn't log that they have sorcerer's in the party lol. I think he plays up that he doesn't know anything to hide the times he actually doesn't know what's going on, and does it brilliantly so people think he must then know everything, when the truth is somewhere in the middle.
I was thinking "Yes! A new opportunity! I SWEAR if it fails to fall, I riot!" And then, Liam straight-up PUNCHES the Tower of Inquiry it was sooo good to see 🤤
Orym's mug: "Visit Zephrah" touristy gift shop mug FCG's mug: "Smiley Day!" Full of copper coins Laudna's mug: Nightmare before christmas mug, but instead of Jack Skellington its Ira Wendigoth Fearne's mug: literally someone else's mug, with an entirely unrelated slogan
Yeah I was thinking that this group had to be in the next episode too, since it makes the most sense as these characters played big roles in, well you know. But I doubt they will bring in the same group twice
41:00 Ashley: "God, I can't wait to see what happens when [Imogen] gets in front of Otohan" Sam: "Might happen pretty soon" Marisha: "It makes me nervous" Me: *dying inside*
Don't they do 4-sided dive after the pre-records? So this might be fully intentional. Would explain why Ashley is in three 4-sided-dive episodes in a row.
Headcanon: The gods imprisoned on Ruidis, like the other gods, can project their influence, but can't grant spells because nobody knows their names, so they send out pulses of energy that grant power to children born that day, allowing them to gain power and influence in the hopes they'll pursue the mystery and rediscover these lost gods' identities, and maybe even free them. The shades seen on the moon are Ruidisborn souls claimed through the "mark" these gods have left on them, and the shadow assassins are a sort of golem, remotely animated by the moon gods and infused with Ruidisborn souls, tasked with preventing non-Ruidisborn folks from discovering the purpose for which people like Imogen are granted powers.
I love how they all laugh at Sam making the dumb joke about the Chroma Conclave being and inside job, forgetting that two dragons infiltrated three governmental powers to help do this. Note: Yes Brimsyth was already in before but he was 100% doing stuff to help prep for the attack and keep attention off Thordak's release.
The section around 50:00 about Laudna makes me think of her as an older woman but she has a young soul that didn’t have a childhood so she’s just full of untamed wonder and awe about the world and to me that’s very cute and endearing for a horror character lol
And oh boy, thank you Ashley for sprinkling some Scandinavian folklore/mythology into Fearne's backstory - there are indeed some very dark, tragic and plain weird tales there, and I'm excited to see where this all leads and what you've added if we ever get to come across it! (Fingers crossed.)
Watching this after episode 33 dropped and Liam saying "Orym is a final girl" during the horror movie question. Oh no. OH NO. He jinxed himself by knocking that tower and answering the question like this.
Watching this after ep 33 and seeing Ashley say about Imogen "God, I can't wait to see what happens when she is front of Otohan" and my body just can't!
I love Liam's just FEELING IT while he was wearing the Laudna hands. Same feeling of having long pretty fingernails, boy, is it inconvenient but you feel divine lol
50:00 You know, Laudna is an undead person. It isn't indeed the strangest thing for her to have the believe that her dead rat might actually be undead too. 50:20 "she saw those marrionettes come to life" I mean, she was a person hanging from a tree with a rope disguised in the costume of a vox machina member. It is a poetic parallel for her to resemble a marrionette in that way like i totally agree with marisha's point of impressionability, gullability and hopefulness, but it is so very perfect for these traits to apply to how she understands her dead animal dolls.
I have a fun little theory not lore related, with the moon stuff it's Matt's way of introducing spelljammer stuff so he can scare Travis with the space clowns 😃
@@davidbeppler3032 that's funny cuz me and a buddy at work were just talking about that movie today cuz he's wanted to make a spelljammer campaign where a town was taken over by space clowns😀
They're discussing up to episode 32, and you decide to post about what happens after that. You really needed your little moment so much you had to semi-spoil it? You're the worst.
@@manfredmilksteak6314 Let's be real, we can assume Bell's Hells going into a store won't go as planned, let alone facing a mysterious jetpack moon warrior.
@@reinderstwan I feel like calling it out as a major spoiler is a bigger spoiler than the original comment, which just made it sound like something happened.
I love how *spoilers* C1: Percy invents guns, and that carries over into future stories with certain factions using them more. C2: The CA crack open Dunamancy and develop artificial ways to exploit it. As well as the Aeormatons being woken up en mass. C3: "Oh yea. It's all coming together" with the latest shenanigans in Hellcatch.
Here's a theory: During the calamity, some floaty city people thought they would be "safer" on the moon. They somehow got themselves there and now they are fudged beyond measure.
It's not a bad theory,but to my knowledge Ruidus is the embodiment of Friday the 13. Every bit of bad luck and superstition is associated with that moon. Even the color could be perceived that way
@@unicornburger16 yup, theres footage online and he talks about it in his between the sheets episode. When i say next to the twin towers i mean *across the street*
You know, a lot of shows will offer a peak 'behind the curtain' and it's nice when they do, but one of the things I love most about Critical Role content is that there just isn't any curtain...Everyone just make's dick jokes or pranks each other as the new set is assembled in front of the audience and then bam, right back into character and the show goes on. Brilliant.
This season has been such a drag that I watched 33 and I don't even remember her MEETING otohan. Or who that even is. This season is so disjointed and confusing compared to the previous two
@@Shorkshire You don't remember her meeting the woman who slaughtered the entire party just to torture Imogen enough to try and break her? I don't think it's the campaign that's disjointed. It's your memory.
Ashley: "I can't wait to see what happens when she gets in front of Otohan!" Sam: "Might happen pretty soon!" *nervous laughter*
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I've been catching up with campaign 3 for the past few weeks, and I got to 32 last Friday morning... Then I saw Matt's tweet and I got scared. Then I saw other tweets and got really anxious about Monday
I like that during the game the cast is relentless in teasing Matt. Yet when he gets upset off set they got his back and drown him in endearments. 47:46 for reference.
This might be the best 4-Sided Dive yet. So much revealed, so much casual and jovial energy, Ashley hosting for this episode, questions while playing Crawl, and best of all… LIAM PULLS A FEARNE MOVE!
Why can't the cities on the moon be the followers of the banished gods who were banished at the same time as the gods because those that banished them wanted to eliminate potential knowledge sharing of said banished gods?
And why can't it be that the "shadow people in the red storm" Imogen sees in her dreams are just people in the cities on the moon that she can see in her dream because she's ruidus born? Fearne hasn't dreamt about them and is ruidus born, so that would also mean something else is going on with Imogen (which I think we knew anyway but that's circumstantial evidence).
I mean, there have been hints that Imogen's mom is ruidus born. So maybe it's a second generation thing? Or maybe her mom was involved in moon stuff that caused Imogen to have greater connection?
@@Lynch2507 I think it's gotta be something to do with the combination of telepathic abilities (where are those coming from though?) and being ruidus born
It was mentioned that the Ruidus-born were getting stronger in the more recent years' births. Fearne is over 100yrs old, and Imogen is presumably in her 30's (I imagine). It could very well be that time difference makes the difference in Fearne not having the dreams. Also given that her mother is also Ruidus-born, that could play a part.
Random theory: What if F. C. G went against killing and genuinely wanted to help instead of hurt or kill. When he did so the mass producer or just producer of other bots like him didn't like F. C. G going against protocol or the mission so he Implanted something that would turn him to a hateful and vengeful state to complete it. And once it was completed he was just cast aside still with the bad implant in him and effecting him from times past.
this makes me think of FCG as the robit equivalent of those dogs that fail out of working dog training because they're too friendly, which is *delightful*
Theory: Hadar (as in the spell Hunger of Hadar) is a cinder red star-like 'elder evil' from the Far Realm. What if Hadar was attempting to break into this prime material plane, but the gods put up a divine gate to keep him from coming all the way through. Hadar is a dying star and feeds on living creatures to postpone its death, so maybe the gods were protecting Exandrians. Hadar even has agents called the Heralds of Hadar. The mysterious assassins maybe?
Here I am thinking that Liam was gonna be the one to knock over the tower on accident and be all quaint and soft about it, then boom, he brings the whole place down with a swift punch in the most boss way possible, letting it fall with grace. And might I add, i think he's the best out of these four to have gotten those claws. The sheer sass (And dorkyness) he wields them with it just *chef's kiss*👌
Another hit episode of 4-Sided Dive where the gang makes Matt insecure, Ashley gets jazz gatekept by Sam, and Liam wears a Edward Scissorhands cosplay!
Thank you, Critical Role and 4-Sided Dive, for imposing a Consequence upon Liam whereupon he becomes even hotter than usual. Your generosity has been noted. :)
I've recently been rewatching campaign 1 and I've always been interested with Zarahs moon patron and Vesh, Kashs deity. Now seeing that campaign 3 is heavily diving into moon shit I'm really hoping for a return on Kash and Zarah.
I initially thought the same thing, but I did research on both Vesh and Zarah’s patron, and neither of them are technically deities. They’re considered lesser gods. Also, if Ruidus has been around since at least the Age of Arcanum then the timeline wouldn’t match up
@@Thndrcougrfalcnbrd that is very true but I mean there isn't really a timeline before the Age of Arcanum, it's all a weird soup, just records yanno... I'm really holding onto this thought bc Kash mentioned a barrier being weakened in the first campaign when they went into the crypt to get The Death Walkers Ward, so there is potential that there may be a connection. Regardless i'm curious to see what happens.
My hypothese: Ruidis-born is a recruitment magic for the trapped gods to get followers. The city could have been a floating city which flew up to Ruidis. Perhaps from the age of arcanum… avoided the calamity? The power-spike from the leyline nexus event is the end-goal for freeing the the divine entities from Ruidis. Ruidis shows some connection to Feywild, so maybe the trapped deities are of Fey origins? The Nightmare King said he didn’t want to bring on an apocalypse event, so maybe he just wants to make his own powergrab during the apogee solstice, since he definitely declared he’s got intentions different from the other factions maneuvering for the event.
They showed the word "Nightmare" before the broadcast started, and everyone in chat was saying "Nightmare" just in case it a prize was associated with it (I think). Anyways, I think the proper response would have been either "King" or "Nightmare King" if that happened to be the case...
OMG it's the other way around - she has a thing on her neck, it's a tether, as if THIS IS their astral plane, from their perspective. And the assassins who turn to slush are also astral projections. OR, to get out of their god jail, they use the Astral Projection spell, then find a doorway from there to Exandria. So they live behind the gate, and project in THEIR dreams to come to the material plane.
These people are so amazingly creative beyond the added demand of thinking on the spot in a 4 hour improv every week. Actors may think about how to portray a character based off a script with a little improv thrown in but this is a whole other level and it is done masterfully.
What if the Prime Deities have only one prison, so when they banished Vecna, it had to be the same prison. Now, the two older gods have a third ally, who has knowledge of Exandria all the way up to 30 years ago. If Vecna returns with backup... That's bad.
Partially I do not think the thing imprisoned vecna at all it was just a way to force a god behind the divine gate. ( witch is surrounding ruidus.) I expect ruidus to be a spelljamming port like the rock of brahl.
I think the problem with that theory, while it would be awesome, The prison was created long before Vecna tried to become a god. And by that time it seemed like no one was supposed to touch it or know about it. The ritual used to banish Vecna was the same that banished Tharizdun during the Calamity, it just pushes Deities out of the Material Plane and gods just make their home somewhere else. Tharizdun got shackled to the Abyss and the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount states Vecna wanders the realms.
i don't think its vecna, just because I highly doubt Matt wants to reuse a big bad. I could see Vecna's ascension being noticed by whatsever in the moon and then things escalating from there, but i doubt vecna is the big bad again
A thought occurred to me when I was watching this: What if Exandrian historians have the heirarchy of the Gods wrong, and the Unknown Ones imprisoned within Ruidus are actually the true Prime Deities? What if the beings we currently know as the Prime Deities are actually Usurper Gods? And the True Primes are trying to lure the Ruidusborn to the moon so they can absorb enough magical energy/souls to power up enough to break out and reclaim their place at the head of the heirarchy (probably through very violent means)?
If I had a nickel for every time I heard Liam talking about The Jaunt, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. Seriously, I've read this story couple years ago because he mentioned it somewhere xD It's a good story 💀
IIRC he misremembered the title when he first mentioned it, but I knew what he was talking about from the description. I'm a little bummed he spoiled some of the plot in this video though. It's such a great story.
Agreed Zolo but all the same there's a limit to how long after publication one can reasonably expect the spoilers tag. I originally read it as a child, forgot about it, and reread it because Liam reminded me in 2x98 (had to look it up) that it existed. Creepy in a different way as an adult.
SAME HAHAHA he mentioned it in Talks Machina, with Laura as the other guest, and that's when I first got to read it since he pitched it so well. The other instances I think is in one episode I think in C2, and I hear there's another one in Dalen's Closet
I’m telling y’all the moon has to do with the gem dragons, specifically Sardior who lives in the “ruby palace” which is often “mistook for a small red moon”. Red moon with buildings on it, psionic powers, it all fits
I hope you're right, just because that sounds so dang interesting. Cosmic body being the vessel for an unfathomably ancient dragon, the likes of which the world hasn't seen? Yes please
The only thing that keeps me not following this theory is the large emphasis on the moon (most likely containing) the two ancient beings/deities and not just one
@@spencerwilliams4413 I definitely think that there’s more going on than just Sardior, but there’s no way it’s all just a coincidence in my opinion. That would mean that Matt is blatantly ripping off stuff from 3e without giving any credit to the original source, and I don’t think he would do that
@@spencerwilliams4413 I definitely think that there’s more going on than just Sardior, but there’s no way it’s all just a coincidence in my opinion. That would mean that Matt is blatantly ripping off stuff from 3e without giving any credit to the original source, and I don’t think he would do that
He knew there was no way he was ever going to top his god-tier Jenga move from SAGAS OF SUNDRY: MADNESS so he just figured, "Screw it, I'll knock it over."
@@samuraiko I was thinking about that game as he was walking over to make a pull, wondering if he'd even try to do it again. But really I wanted that sucker to topple. I was so happy he punched it.
argument for re incarnation : The first law of thermodynamics: In general, the conservation law states that the total energy of an isolated system is constant; energy can be transformed from one form to another, but can be neither created nor destroyed. so the energy that powers the human body, after the body is destroyed the energy (soul) moves on to the next one. just a thought
One of my favorite magical items is the Coconuts of Haste! It's not official but it lets you travel as fast as a horse when you bang them together in the right way. Not to mention you can travel with a partner if they "hold the reigns" lmao Perfect reference and quite useful!
Hey! Portland, OR was mentioned! And I was born there! Whoo!!! Sorry, got excited because Oregon isn't mentioned terribly often by people not from there... it's like Seattle, WA or pick a CA city... so I get happy when we are mentioned. Some fun facts though: - overview of Central City in The Flash TV show uses Portland, and they digitally add in STAR labs to it. - Leverage was filmed in Portland and surrounding places because of similarities and varying climates to areas that they travel to anywhere that they'd need including Boston. You can even see TriMet in glass reflection of the light rail through Portland when Nate takes a meeting in the coffee shop with a detective I believe. Sorry, I just learned about these over the years, got excited and wanted to share it with others!!!
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Full cast mug ideas:
Chetney - Respect The Alpha
Fearne - Five Finger Discounts
Orym - Sun's Out Guns Out
Laudna - World's Best Dead!
Imogen - Rides Like Lightning
Dorian - Storm's a Brewin
Ashton - Coffee or Fight. Choose Wisely
FCG - CONTAINS OIL, NOT COFFEE. DO NOT DRINK FROM THIS MUG!! (that is on the tape that has been added. The mug itself has "Smiley Day!" on it, with a little snoozing moon that turns into a happy sun as the mug heats up)
Yu - It's not Yu, it's me.
Mollymauk - Chill Con Carnie
Beau - DOPE MONK SHIT! (mug has a molded fist inside that looks like it's punching up from inside the coffee mug as the mug gets close to empty)
Caleb - Coffee is Life; Gone Too Soon (the latter half is replaced with "Hot & Dark" with mug heating)
Veth/Nott - Hungry? Eat a Shortstack (it has pancakes on the other side, but Yeza knows what she means)
Cadeusus - Fresh from the Grave
Ford - Swig in the Brig
Jester - I
That's amazing
Chet: a wooden mug with "CPOP industries" on the underside
Fearne: "Monkeying Around" on a pastel pink background
Orym: "Zephrah Military Academy Class of 829" celebration mug
Laudna: red mug with "Proud Rat Mom" on the side
Imogen: "Rather be Riding" with a picture of a horse on the tail of the 'g'
Ashton: "Long Live Punk Rock" in a scratchy bold font on a black background
FCG is the mug
Dorian: A blue and white, fine-china teacup
Yu: One of those tumblers with floating purple, black and gold glitter
I think it would be great for Vax's mug to actually say "something pithy".
@@Blasted2Oblivion - Empty Inside. Fill with Coffee
I would totally buy a ‘How do you want to brew this’ mug
When Liam asks who is everyone's favorite Decepticon, Sam Riegel had the AUDACITY to say the Starscream. For those who don't know, this is the Decepticon he voiced in the animated series....
If there's something Sam has a surplus of, it's audacity.
I can't believe Sam pulled that off in plain sight. So deceptive...
Which animated series? AFAIK Sam only voiced Starscream in the video games.
@@vincentgeiszler3749 you're absoLUTELY right. I appreciate the help boss. But somehow, that's worse??
There's like, a 90% chance that it's the only Decepticon he knows
Sam! When FCG uses spells to "talk to gods" he's actually tapping into the Age of Arcanum version of the internet that only aeormatons still have the means to access
this is brilliant
@@Zee-iv9oe thanks! 😄
Commenting so this comment hopefully gets bumped up
That would bei amazing. 😱
Best fan theory I've seen yet :D
Out of all the revelations and theories this episode, I did not expect to receive Samuel Brent Oscar Riegal's full name.
Does it count as a revelation when they gave all their full names on Narrative Telephone?
@@ErinBookNut Yes, haha. I have only watched a few Narrative Telephones, unfortunately!
@@SeerOfTime577 it's one of the ones Dani is on. Everyone but Travis tells theirs. It's a good time
@@ErinBookNut wow I have watched all of them but I did not remember that!
@@jonathansolberg5072 it's the Fey Familiar episode, around the 26 minute mark.
I feel like Fearne mug slogans could include: “This mug isn’t mine. Yet.” “Oh this is your mug? Are you sure?” And “Just Borrowing.”
My thought was "Stealing is a mug's game." But that might be a bit Bri'ish...
"I can't remember who I took -- I mean bought -- this from."
I was thinking a mug that just said "STEAL THIS MUG", with the idea being that she stole it because of course she did. It told her to after all.
FCG's should be a Mobil oil logo.
I thought maybe 'world's greatest grandpa!' which she clearly picked up somewhere.
Fearne's mug just says "Property of Ashton Greymoore."
I love that 😂
The fact that Sam got messaged by Flat Earth Society is so fitting I love it
He 100% should have taken the member card for FCG and then put it on the gas can. It would have put Matt on the floor.
@@archbound6224 i think its the first time ever that same showed any sort of limit when it came to the bit.
@@archbound6224 It would have been funny but also there is a certain point where reality has to take hold and you probably shouldn't encourage crazy people to take an active interest in you personally.
Seem like a recipe for a Real Problem when Sam inevitably does something with the character that the society doesn't like...
Escalation may be Sam's middle name but There's Haha Escalation then there's Uh Oh Escalation.
@@mayaenglish5424 fair
They have members all around the globe. 😆
I like the idea of Fearne having a mug that says "STEAL THIS MUG", with the idea being that she stole it because of course she did. "Well, it told me to. What was I supposed to do?"
I love the idea of Fearne being autistic and genuinely not getting she shouldn’t have stolen the mug, but also because she definitely would have stolen the mug anyway.
I love that Dani has to chime in during the floating city, calamity, divergence, betrayer gods being banished whole kinda deal - chat was definitely going a lot back and forth there too during the episodes where it came up, and I'm so glad to see the cast picking each others' brains about it too. ^^
I absolutely loved that section of the episode.
underrated quote from this ep of amazing quotes: "I am far from the only matt."
“The shadow assassins from the moon” Is not what I expected from C3, but completely welcome.
So far they're just from the Fey, but we shall see.
Moonshadow assassins. they are almost invisible during a full moon.
totally CR lore and not some from a show about cute baby dragon
It's shadow government agents who disappear people who know about upcoming Armageddon - Matt is just trying to send message
It is my secret hope that because Matt has the inside scoop he built this campaign with the possibility of spelljammers.
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
Liam just punching the tower when he went to pull from it was SUCH a power move. I love it so much.
I think FCG's cup would be a color change kind that just has an angry face while the beverage is hot, and as it cools down it reverts to "Smiley day!"
YES!
MERCH IDEA RIGHT HERE
What about a cup with his grass symbol colored green, but when the beverage is hot it turns into bleeding wound?
Maybe the other way round? If you fill it with hot coffee it becomes Smiley day, but when the coffee runs out, a murderbot emerges...
i need this cup!!
Liam made those hands *everybody else's* consequence and we love him for it
4SD Timestamps
0:00 - The Jaunt
1:00 - Time to Roll
1:13 - Nat 20 Ashley
1:35 - Ashley is Host
3:33 - Showtime
3:58 - *What the Fuck is Up With That*
4:30 - Mini Divine Gate
4:50 - Marisha’s Theory
6:03 - God Numbers
7:00 - Why those 2 Gods
7:50 - Moon City
8:18 - High Tech on Moon
8:54 - Inhabitants?
10:00 - Lore Check
11:20 - We don’t know..
12:00 - Made by Gods?
12:58 - Moon Prison
14:10 - Marisha’s Hot take
15:08 - Keeping the Moon a Secret?
15:50 - Shadowfell?
17:00 - Ira’s Plan
17:26 - Two Gods Evil?
18:00 - Forbidden God Romance
18:48 - Born on Ruidus?
19:53 - Why Ira?
20:35 - Texting Matt
21:29 - Murder Bot
22:20 - Sam knows how it Works Mechanically
23:44 - DeathWish Run
24:48 - Dancer true maker?
26:02 - WTF is up with Fearne?
27:27 - Parent Ideas
28:52 - Question for Aabria
29:48 - Morrigan
30:36 - Into the Woods
31:30 - Who is your favorite bad robot in Pop Culture?
33:14 - *Tower of Inquiry*
33:42 - Ashley Pulls a block
34:44 - What Slogan would be on your character’s morning coffee mug?
37:52 - *The Deep Dive*
38:42 - Orym has taken a shine to Imogen and has encouraged her to step up as a leader. What does he see in his new friend to spark such direct encouragement?
40:47 - Otohan
41:40 - Otohan from the Moon?
42:45 - Is therapy something FCG truly enjoys, or does it feel compulsory since it is his designation?
43:30 - Assassin FCG
44:47 - Does FCG have a soul?
46:37 - Life needs things to live, but we’re not actually living
47:10 - Matt’s Response to the Ira Question
48:05 - Marisha’s Reassurance
48:50 - Laudna seems to truly believe that her dolls are alive. Where does this belief come from, rather than assuming their movements are the pranks of other Bells Hells Members?
50:55 - Impressionable Warlocks
51:37 - Was it your choice to make Fearne’s sweet nana Morrigan the Hag? If so, what inspired the name Morrigan?
53:29 - Fairytales
54:30 - Lore in Fearne’s Playlist
56:09 - FCG reunited with Dancer, but it was not a particularly joyful reunion. How are they doing after that interaction? Does FCG hope to one day return to Dancer’s side?
57:37 - How is Laudna dealing with the doubts that Delilah sows in her mind? This is one of the first times we’ve seen her really listen to Delilah and be deeply influenced by her words.
58:11 - Matt Juice
59:09 - Ashley, was Fearne tempted by Yu’s offer to take them back to the Feywild straightaway?
1:00:09 - Liam, Orym had Imogen reach out to Keyleth to update her on his situation. What was that interaction like for both Orym and you as a player?
1:01:48 - Orym and Keyleth
1:02:42 - Samuel Brent Oscar Riegal pulls a Block
1:04:37 - What is your favorite magic item in D&D?
1:06:16 - Fake Poop
1:07:00 - Marisha pulls from the Tower
1:08:32 - What are some of the thought processes that go through your mind when Fearne opens her mouth? I know that I get both anxious and delighted to see what chaos ensues when she starts talking, but I can only imagine what it is like to sit next to the incarnation of chaos.
1:09:39 - Ashley’s actually here!
1:09:58 - Liams’s turn to pull
1:10:03 - Tower Punch!
1:10:25 - Liam’s dance
1:10:49 - If Bells Hells we’re in a slasher movie, who would be the first blood, and who would be the final girl/boy?
1:12:27 - Consequence Box
1:12:50 - Laudna’s Hands
1:13:38 - Fast Forward
1:14:02 - What does Laudna think of the conversation she and Ashton had in the dust storm? The two of them seem to be similar in a lot of unexpected ways.
1:14:40 - The Consequence Claws
1:15:29 - BREAK STARTS
1:20:18 - BREAK ENDS
1:21:14 - CPU
1:22:40 - Crawler Tutorial
1:23:09 - Spirit Halls
1:23:25 - CPU won by doing nothing
1:24:00 - Orym has dealt with several callbacks to Vox Machina’s time, like Laudna and Bertrand Bell. What is it like for him to be interacting with threads of his boss’ adventures and what is it like for you to explore the past from this perspective?
1:24:43 - Marisha, for being partially undead, Laudna has an undeniable sense of optimism and enthusiasm for life. Was that planned? Or something you discovered at the table?
1:25:54 - Sam, are there any other conspiracy theories about Exandria that FCG has? If not, please invent one now.
1:26:48 - Liam, Orym seems especially rattled by the Ruidus revelation. Is there a reason that it’s affecting him so deeply or is he just seeing the bigger picture?
1:27:50 - Marisha, the idea of Laudna’s friends betraying her would be especially frightening, give how long she was alone before Imogen. How is she doing after the aggression between FCG and herself? Does she truly doubt if she was ever alive?
1:28:10 - Liam scares Sam
1:29:49 - Sam, you had a list of quotes from your fellow cast members for FCG to use when he switched to violence. Why those quotes in particular and how do you choose them?
1:31:06 - Sam, what was it like for FCG to be opened up and inspected by Imahara Joe?
1:32:23 - Marisha, your dice have not been kind to you. Are there any plans to overhaul your tray or are you determined to see these dice through?
1:33:36 - Ashley, what does Fearne think about seemingly being at the center of her father’s vision about Ruidus?
1:34:40 - Birds aren’t real?
1:35:36 - The Flat Earth Society reached out to Sam
1:36:42 - Liam, what does Orym think Artana Voe is doing in Bassuras?
1:38:11 - Liam loses a question
1:38:32 - Ashley, what was behind Fearne’s choice to sneakily give Gnarlrock shards to Laudna and Imogen?
1:39:29 - FCG is a cleric with seemingly no divine influence, but Joe gave him a token of the Changebringer. What does that mean to FCG? Could they have a connection to the divine that they just don’t know about yet?
1:41:37 - No and
1:42:50 - Marisha is the winner!
1:43:35 - Cauldrons
1: 44:24- Marisha chooses first
1:44:32 - Ashley, can you explain any inspiration behind Fearne’s iconic “Jazz is Chaos” eulogy?
1:45:09 - Liam chooses
1:45:59 - Ashley picks
1:46:12 - Sam picks
1:46:19 - Dani picks
1:46:39 - Sam, hypothetically you’ve been given HBO money for one sponsorship ad read. What do you do and why?
1:47:09 - Sam doesn’t know how much it costs to Skydive
1:47:47 - Halloween Costumes!
1:48:35 - Alanis pronunciation
1:49:31 - Ashley does spooky laugh
1:50:05- Poor Broom lost an eye
1:50:13 - Outro Music
1:51:08 - Dust Storm
*Let me know if I missed any moments.*
Thank you so much for this!
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Finished! Comments are appreciated so other critters can find these!
Much obliged!
Thank you so much, you're amazing
It feels nice to hear Marisha say Laudna is meant to have arrested development. Since the beginning, I've been connecting with Laudna's specific type of naivete and whimsy because it reminds me of parts of myself. Outside factors forced me to grow up quickly and that didn't really mesh with the maturity lag that came with autism. For both Laudna and myself, there's a lot of lost youth that we never received closure for and, in seeking that closure, we continue to latch onto the salient parts of our youth. Laudna is impressionable and treats her dolls like real people. I'm emotionally fragile and still think my teddy bear protects me from the dark. It goes deeper than those things but they're brief examples.
Same here, we really latched onto Laudna. Especially because there's a general feeling of basically feeling floaty and dead that's easy to latch onto as well
"Smiley day to ya!" is definitely a coffee cup slogan
I would buy that mug.... With murder fcg as the image ;)
@@shelvinsglaslough Maybe one of those heat-sensive things where FCG switches between the nice version to the murderbot one?
Aw jeez, that is SUCH A GOOD IDEA! I really hope that they're going to make that one! 👀👀
Make this merch Laura
I need this mug in the shop!!! ☕
genuinely very impressed with sam's contributions to the lore conversation in this episode.... he went from "i don't even know what spoiler we're not talking about" to "dani's nodding, I'm right"
Even if his 'I know nothing, I never watch our shows' schtick was always partly exaggerated, I feel like Calamity was a turning point for his interest in the deep lore. They all prepped so thoroughly for that, given the time-compressed format and general style of that series. And we know that Sam goes in 110% once he actually commits to something.
@@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll Sam is lowkey one of the best players at the table, as far as prepared-ness and game/lore knowledge. He just really plays it off and tries to let others do things first. You can tell when the party doesn't have a clear direction and he always suggests a good place to go. 'to zadash' etc.
@@NimrodArt He's definitely shifted from "I know nothing" to being more "in the loop" -- when the Ludinus reveal happened, Liam caught it first, Sam got it right behind him, and when Laura and Ashley were all, "who is that again?", Sam was whispering to them who he was.
He's one of those people where when he's tuned in he knows every single detail and how to maximize it to their advantage and when he's tuned out he doesn't log that they have sorcerer's in the party lol. I think he plays up that he doesn't know anything to hide the times he actually doesn't know what's going on, and does it brilliantly so people think he must then know everything, when the truth is somewhere in the middle.
Everyone else: Liam NO!
Liam: Liam YES!
"wait there's a commercial break on this show?" cut to black
got me
Liam punching the tower: best boss mode of the season.
made my day !
He has been on several episodes im sure he was curious of what would happen and the fern convo was all the excuses he needed xD
Absolute mad lad
SPOILERS
I was thinking "Yes! A new opportunity! I SWEAR if it fails to fall, I riot!" And then, Liam straight-up PUNCHES the Tower of Inquiry it was sooo good to see 🤤
Orym's mug: "Visit Zephrah" touristy gift shop mug
FCG's mug: "Smiley Day!" Full of copper coins
Laudna's mug: Nightmare before christmas mug, but instead of Jack Skellington its Ira Wendigoth
Fearne's mug: literally someone else's mug, with an entirely unrelated slogan
Honestly I feel like laudna would have like a rob zombie mug that says "Living Dead Girl" on it
I love Fearne's being someone else's. xD
And I had the 'Smiley Day to Ya'!' thought as well, and I'm surprised it didn't come up. :P
This comment cheered me up after the last episode lol
Fearne has amug from every Dennys she's ever set foot in.
Another comment had a similar idea for Fearnes mug. "Property of Ashton Greymoor" since she steals his stuff.
It's very strange coming back to this after episode 33, what an ironic cast to be on this episode
Yes, I can't believe I had to scroll so far down to find this, it seems like hardly anyone noticed.
Yeah I was thinking that this group had to be in the next episode too, since it makes the most sense as these characters played big roles in, well you know. But I doubt they will bring in the same group twice
if nothing else, at the very least Marisha and Taleisin have to be on.
41:00 Ashley: "God, I can't wait to see what happens when [Imogen] gets in front of Otohan"
Sam: "Might happen pretty soon"
Marisha: "It makes me nervous"
Me: *dying inside*
Don't they do 4-sided dive after the pre-records? So this might be fully intentional. Would explain why Ashley is in three 4-sided-dive episodes in a row.
Headcanon: The gods imprisoned on Ruidis, like the other gods, can project their influence, but can't grant spells because nobody knows their names, so they send out pulses of energy that grant power to children born that day, allowing them to gain power and influence in the hopes they'll pursue the mystery and rediscover these lost gods' identities, and maybe even free them.
The shades seen on the moon are Ruidisborn souls claimed through the "mark" these gods have left on them, and the shadow assassins are a sort of golem, remotely animated by the moon gods and infused with Ruidisborn souls, tasked with preventing non-Ruidisborn folks from discovering the purpose for which people like Imogen are granted powers.
This is great theory!
I love, love, LOVE the opening bit of having the host read unknown things off the teleprompter. Please never get rid of this segment! :D
I love how they all laugh at Sam making the dumb joke about the Chroma Conclave being and inside job, forgetting that two dragons infiltrated three governmental powers to help do this.
Note: Yes Brimsyth was already in before but he was 100% doing stuff to help prep for the attack and keep attention off Thordak's release.
Ashley Johnson needs to he protected at all cost. She is a national treasure
her "Gale voice" alone should be in the national archives
Why just national though ?
"Does Matt know any Ira's?" Well, he voiced a Kingdom Hearts character named Ira
Matt has never had a villain named Matt. Just needed to point that out.
@@davidbeppler3032 Plot Twist. ALL of his villains' middle names were Matt.
@@Blasted2Oblivion Que evil laugh? Muha muha muhaahaahaa?
I love the cast LARPing as 80's bullies picking on the nerd (Matt)
Kind of reminds me of the old C2 intro actually 😄
The section around 50:00 about Laudna makes me think of her as an older woman but she has a young soul that didn’t have a childhood so she’s just full of untamed wonder and awe about the world and to me that’s very cute and endearing for a horror character lol
What do you mean she didn't have a childhood? She's talked about her happy childhood with her parents.
Only Liam can choose to take the tower's consequences and turn it against Sam.
Liam having a BLAST with the "consequences" gives me life
I just love Sam's producer confusion this whole episode
"What do we do? What happens next? There's a commercial break? Am I on a show???"
And oh boy, thank you Ashley for sprinkling some Scandinavian folklore/mythology into Fearne's backstory - there are indeed some very dark, tragic and plain weird tales there, and I'm excited to see where this all leads and what you've added if we ever get to come across it! (Fingers crossed.)
Watching this after episode 33 dropped and Liam saying "Orym is a final girl" during the horror movie question.
Oh no.
OH NO.
He jinxed himself by knocking that tower and answering the question like this.
Watching this after ep 33 and seeing Ashley say about Imogen "God, I can't wait to see what happens when she is front of Otohan" and my body just can't!
Or "laudna would be first blood"
“It makes me nervous.” Marisha Ray, touched by ghosts of the future
I love Liam's just FEELING IT while he was wearing the Laudna hands. Same feeling of having long pretty fingernails, boy, is it inconvenient but you feel divine lol
50:00 You know, Laudna is an undead person. It isn't indeed the strangest thing for her to have the believe that her dead rat might actually be undead too.
50:20 "she saw those marrionettes come to life" I mean, she was a person hanging from a tree with a rope disguised in the costume of a vox machina member. It is a poetic parallel for her to resemble a marrionette in that way
like i totally agree with marisha's point of impressionability, gullability and hopefulness, but it is so very perfect for these traits to apply to how she understands her dead animal dolls.
I have a fun little theory not lore related, with the moon stuff it's Matt's way of introducing spelljammer stuff so he can scare Travis with the space clowns 😃
One of the best/worst movies ever! Killer Klowns from Outer Space!
Didja know Christopher Titus is in it? Yep. Go rewatch it.
@@davidbeppler3032 that's funny cuz me and a buddy at work were just talking about that movie today cuz he's wanted to make a spelljammer campaign where a town was taken over by space clowns😀
Yes, spelljammer stuff would fit nicely.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space scarred me as a child. It's seriously the reason I hate clowns. Still it's a good movie though.
@@sybariticcupboardrat3763 Glad I'm not alone in that.
Ashley saying she couldn't wait until Imogen and Otohan met aged really well
@@fulkegreville4487 Hey buddy, not something to post on an episode that only discusses until ep 32. Massive spoilers
I went down to the comments to say the same thing. So I'll just like your comment instead. 👍
They're discussing up to episode 32, and you decide to post about what happens after that. You really needed your little moment so much you had to semi-spoil it? You're the worst.
@@manfredmilksteak6314 Let's be real, we can assume Bell's Hells going into a store won't go as planned, let alone facing a mysterious jetpack moon warrior.
@@reinderstwan I feel like calling it out as a major spoiler is a bigger spoiler than the original comment, which just made it sound like something happened.
I love how *spoilers*
C1: Percy invents guns, and that carries over into future stories with certain factions using them more.
C2: The CA crack open Dunamancy and develop artificial ways to exploit it. As well as the Aeormatons being woken up en mass.
C3: "Oh yea. It's all coming together" with the latest shenanigans in Hellcatch.
C4: now that we have travel to/from Ruidus...
@@Reepicheep-1
C4 will either be a Spelljammer or Planescape Campaign, I am calling it.
Here's a theory: During the calamity, some floaty city people thought they would be "safer" on the moon. They somehow got themselves there and now they are fudged beyond measure.
That'd be a little bit too much like the city in the Astral Sea, I doubt Matt would do that same thing again.
@@Alphasoldier Fair point
It's not a bad theory,but to my knowledge Ruidus is the embodiment of Friday the 13. Every bit of bad luck and superstition is associated with that moon. Even the color could be perceived that way
FCG: "Smiley Day to You"
Laudna: "I'm (un)dead without my morning coffee"
Orym: "Rise and Grind"
Fearne: "This mug was probably stolen"
the meta of sam riegle, someone who lived NEXT TO THE TWIN TOWERS ON 9/11 making a 9/11 was an inside job conspiracy theory joke is peak comedy
Wait seriously?!
@@unicornburger16 yup, theres footage online and he talks about it in his between the sheets episode. When i say next to the twin towers i mean *across the street*
@@artemiswallace8716 those pics and footage where also how his wife's career took off if i remember from his between the sheets.
Liam is the peoples champion for finally bringing down the tower after fucking forever
You know, a lot of shows will offer a peak 'behind the curtain' and it's nice when they do, but one of the things I love most about Critical Role content is that there just isn't any curtain...Everyone just make's dick jokes or pranks each other as the new set is assembled in front of the audience and then bam, right back into character and the show goes on. Brilliant.
Watching this episode after C3E33 was a ride: "I can't wait to see what happens when Imogen comes face to face with Otohan" 😳
Famous last words
This season has been such a drag that I watched 33 and I don't even remember her MEETING otohan. Or who that even is. This season is so disjointed and confusing compared to the previous two
@@Shorkshire I can't say if this is a joke or not, but if not I disagree
@@Shorkshire You don't remember her meeting the woman who slaughtered the entire party just to torture Imogen enough to try and break her? I don't think it's the campaign that's disjointed. It's your memory.
Ashley: "I can't wait to see what happens when she gets in front of Otohan!"
Sam: "Might happen pretty soon!"
*nervous laughter*
I've been catching up with campaign 3 for the past few weeks, and I got to 32 last Friday morning... Then I saw Matt's tweet and I got scared. Then I saw other tweets and got really anxious about Monday
@ It’s one hell of an episode
@@NIKSEEN yeah, twitter went nuts about it... Can't wait to lose my proverbial shit too, and half live until Thursday!!!
@ well, how did the episode go? Lol
@@cameronyeager7482 panic inducing, for sure, but great!!!
I like that during the game the cast is relentless in teasing Matt. Yet when he gets upset off set they got his back and drown him in endearments.
47:46 for reference.
This might be the best 4-Sided Dive yet. So much revealed, so much casual and jovial energy, Ashley hosting for this episode, questions while playing Crawl, and best of all…
LIAM PULLS A FEARNE MOVE!
I’m so happy it was Liam that decided to bring the chaos
Why can't the cities on the moon be the followers of the banished gods who were banished at the same time as the gods because those that banished them wanted to eliminate potential knowledge sharing of said banished gods?
That's a cool theory
Nicely done, I dig it.
"I've seen this in my mind countless times." -Liam O'Brien 2022
" Theoretically it would make sense for Laudna to be first blood " That really hits different now
1:33:19
Just know that in my heart I am thumbs down-ing this comment TTnTT
I still have hope!
Still stings
could you please put a spoiler warning for future episodes at the top of this comment for people watching chronologically? 😥❤
And why can't it be that the "shadow people in the red storm" Imogen sees in her dreams are just people in the cities on the moon that she can see in her dream because she's ruidus born? Fearne hasn't dreamt about them and is ruidus born, so that would also mean something else is going on with Imogen (which I think we knew anyway but that's circumstantial evidence).
Could be like, "tiers" of ruidius born? Or maybe Imogens whole psychic deal is separate from ruidusborn and thats what's triggering the dreams?
I mean, there have been hints that Imogen's mom is ruidus born. So maybe it's a second generation thing? Or maybe her mom was involved in moon stuff that caused Imogen to have greater connection?
@@breenaj1095 I think the latter more likely
@@Lynch2507 I think it's gotta be something to do with the combination of telepathic abilities (where are those coming from though?) and being ruidus born
It was mentioned that the Ruidus-born were getting stronger in the more recent years' births. Fearne is over 100yrs old, and Imogen is presumably in her 30's (I imagine). It could very well be that time difference makes the difference in Fearne not having the dreams. Also given that her mother is also Ruidus-born, that could play a part.
Random theory: What if F. C. G went against killing and genuinely wanted to help instead of hurt or kill. When he did so the mass producer or just producer of other bots like him didn't like F. C. G going against protocol or the mission so he Implanted something that would turn him to a hateful and vengeful state to complete it. And once it was completed he was just cast aside still with the bad implant in him and effecting him from times past.
this makes me think of FCG as the robit equivalent of those dogs that fail out of working dog training because they're too friendly, which is *delightful*
@@amyzhou6213 F.C.G. is a Claptrap unit. change my mind lol
Theory: Hadar (as in the spell Hunger of Hadar) is a cinder red star-like 'elder evil' from the Far Realm. What if Hadar was attempting to break into this prime material plane, but the gods put up a divine gate to keep him from coming all the way through. Hadar is a dying star and feeds on living creatures to postpone its death, so maybe the gods were protecting Exandrians. Hadar even has agents called the Heralds of Hadar. The mysterious assassins maybe?
Liam bringing up transformers hands down my favorite part, I would like to nerd out with this man about decepticons and autobots.
Same, especially since he’s voiced transformers in the past
Here I am thinking that Liam was gonna be the one to knock over the tower on accident and be all quaint and soft about it, then boom, he brings the whole place down with a swift punch in the most boss way possible, letting it fall with grace. And might I add, i think he's the best out of these four to have gotten those claws. The sheer sass (And dorkyness) he wields them with it just *chef's kiss*👌
SOMEHOW I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE DOING THE 4SIDED DIVE TODAY. MY DAY JUST GOT 999 TIMES BETTER
Another hit episode of 4-Sided Dive where the gang makes Matt insecure, Ashley gets jazz gatekept by Sam, and Liam wears a Edward Scissorhands cosplay!
There is nothing better to me than watching friends truly enjoy themselves together. The content when you guys are together is always pure gold
25:30 As soon as Sam said “I think we all have a theory,” I got it. I legitimately had no idea who “D” was, but now I am certain.
Sounds like someone from C2 but I can't think of anyone who would fit :/
@@sakrira I think the cast (and a bunch of viewers) are thinking Devexian.
Thank you, Critical Role and 4-Sided Dive, for imposing a Consequence upon Liam whereupon he becomes even hotter than usual. Your generosity has been noted. :)
The actual consequence should be that he has to host the next episode with the hands
This episode is x10000 more emotional after watching todays episode. Good thing I didn´t watch this before or I would´ve died.
FCG, "ask your God for advice...."
"Hey Siri?" Additional AI he gets that's an informational database dating back to Aeor
Watching this AFTER watching E33 makes Liam's actions with The Tower of Inquiry hurt. He most certainly suffered dire consequences.
My fave friends-hanging-out moment: "This game does not suck, you're the one who sucks!"
I can't wait for Bells Hells to finally get to the moon and find out it's just New Orleans 1895.
I've recently been rewatching campaign 1 and I've always been interested with Zarahs moon patron and Vesh, Kashs deity. Now seeing that campaign 3 is heavily diving into moon shit I'm really hoping for a return on Kash and Zarah.
I initially thought the same thing, but I did research on both Vesh and Zarah’s patron, and neither of them are technically deities. They’re considered lesser gods. Also, if Ruidus has been around since at least the Age of Arcanum then the timeline wouldn’t match up
@@Thndrcougrfalcnbrd that is very true but I mean there isn't really a timeline before the Age of Arcanum, it's all a weird soup, just records yanno... I'm really holding onto this thought bc Kash mentioned a barrier being weakened in the first campaign when they went into the crypt to get The Death Walkers Ward, so there is potential that there may be a connection. Regardless i'm curious to see what happens.
@@Thndrcougrfalcnbrd that might not be true in Exandria though. Matt has changed a few things from your standard D&D lore.
Theoretically their baby would be 30 abd a potential NPC
Marisha doing the "it's just a theory" in that exact cadence made me complete out loud "A GAME THEORY"
My hypothese: Ruidis-born is a recruitment magic for the trapped gods to get followers.
The city could have been a floating city which flew up to Ruidis. Perhaps from the age of arcanum… avoided the calamity?
The power-spike from the leyline nexus event is the end-goal for freeing the the divine entities from Ruidis.
Ruidis shows some connection to Feywild, so maybe the trapped deities are of Fey origins?
The Nightmare King said he didn’t want to bring on an apocalypse event, so maybe he just wants to make his own powergrab during the apogee solstice, since he definitely declared he’s got intentions different from the other factions maneuvering for the event.
Liam demolishing the tower genuinely made me grin for like twenty minutes
The story that Liam was referring to was "The Jaunt" by Stephen King (I think)
Correct. IT'S LONGER THAN YOU THINK, DAD! IT'S LONGER THAN YOU THINK!
That's the one! A blast from the past, when he was putting out those collections of short stories. Fun stuff.
Raise your hand if you want to hear Liam do a reading of "The Jaunt." (raises hand)
@@crispymartyr That, out of context, sounds REALLY dirty.
thank you so much! I have been scrolling the comments for this
They showed the word "Nightmare" before the broadcast started, and everyone in chat was saying "Nightmare" just in case it a prize was associated with it (I think). Anyways, I think the proper response would have been either "King" or "Nightmare King" if that happened to be the case...
Liam shouting out Schenectady (and saying it right) gives me life
OMG it's the other way around - she has a thing on her neck, it's a tether, as if THIS IS their astral plane, from their perspective. And the assassins who turn to slush are also astral projections.
OR, to get out of their god jail, they use the Astral Projection spell, then find a doorway from there to Exandria.
So they live behind the gate, and project in THEIR dreams to come to the material plane.
These people are so amazingly creative beyond the added demand of thinking on the spot in a 4 hour improv every week. Actors may think about how to portray a character based off a script with a little improv thrown in but this is a whole other level and it is done masterfully.
I bought my wife a coffee cup that says "Hocus Pocus, Time to Focus" and she absolutely loves it
What if the Prime Deities have only one prison, so when they banished Vecna, it had to be the same prison. Now, the two older gods have a third ally, who has knowledge of Exandria all the way up to 30 years ago. If Vecna returns with backup... That's bad.
Partially I do not think the thing imprisoned vecna at all it was just a way to force a god behind the divine gate. ( witch is surrounding ruidus.) I expect ruidus to be a spelljamming port like the rock of brahl.
I think the problem with that theory, while it would be awesome, The prison was created long before Vecna tried to become a god. And by that time it seemed like no one was supposed to touch it or know about it. The ritual used to banish Vecna was the same that banished Tharizdun during the Calamity, it just pushes Deities out of the Material Plane and gods just make their home somewhere else. Tharizdun got shackled to the Abyss and the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount states Vecna wanders the realms.
i don't think its vecna, just because I highly doubt Matt wants to reuse a big bad. I could see Vecna's ascension being noticed by whatsever in the moon and then things escalating from there, but i doubt vecna is the big bad again
A thought occurred to me when I was watching this:
What if Exandrian historians have the heirarchy of the Gods wrong, and the Unknown Ones imprisoned within Ruidus are actually the true Prime Deities?
What if the beings we currently know as the Prime Deities are actually Usurper Gods?
And the True Primes are trying to lure the Ruidusborn to the moon so they can absorb enough magical energy/souls to power up enough to break out and reclaim their place at the head of the heirarchy (probably through very violent means)?
@@oddball87 Yup, that'd be worse
1:10:03 YES! LIAM 👏IS 👏 MY 👏 HERO!
The suspense was KILLING me, it's so good to have someone that does the work of the people!
1:10:02 and 1:28:15 Liam is just full of chaos gremlin energy this episode, I love it :D
I wish he'd bring it out during the show, so much fun!
You can see the moment of decision - 1:51:52
If I had a nickel for every time I heard Liam talking about The Jaunt, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Seriously, I've read this story couple years ago because he mentioned it somewhere xD It's a good story 💀
IIRC he misremembered the title when he first mentioned it, but I knew what he was talking about from the description. I'm a little bummed he spoiled some of the plot in this video though. It's such a great story.
Agreed Zolo but all the same there's a limit to how long after publication one can reasonably expect the spoilers tag.
I originally read it as a child, forgot about it, and reread it because Liam reminded me in 2x98 (had to look it up) that it existed. Creepy in a different way as an adult.
oh thank god you named it ive been looking through these comments
Isn't that from a stephen king anthology? I remember one of them from that book about waking up in a morgue.
Edit - i think 1408 was in that one too
SAME HAHAHA he mentioned it in Talks Machina, with Laura as the other guest, and that's when I first got to read it since he pitched it so well.
The other instances I think is in one episode I think in C2, and I hear there's another one in Dalen's Closet
"Are people upset at people share names, I'm far from the only Matt" oooh nuuuuu, Matt you're adorable and that DM struggle is so relatable
40:58 ashley: "god i cant wait to see what happens when she (imogen) gets in front of otahan"
me having seen season 3 episode 33 😦
I’m telling y’all the moon has to do with the gem dragons, specifically Sardior who lives in the “ruby palace” which is often “mistook for a small red moon”. Red moon with buildings on it, psionic powers, it all fits
I hope you're right, just because that sounds so dang interesting. Cosmic body being the vessel for an unfathomably ancient dragon, the likes of which the world hasn't seen? Yes please
The only thing that keeps me not following this theory is the large emphasis on the moon (most likely containing) the two ancient beings/deities and not just one
@@spencerwilliams4413 I definitely think that there’s more going on than just Sardior, but there’s no way it’s all just a coincidence in my opinion. That would mean that Matt is blatantly ripping off stuff from 3e without giving any credit to the original source, and I don’t think he would do that
@@spencerwilliams4413 I definitely think that there’s more going on than just Sardior, but there’s no way it’s all just a coincidence in my opinion. That would mean that Matt is blatantly ripping off stuff from 3e without giving any credit to the original source, and I don’t think he would do that
Liam's "pull" from the tower is the best possible pull he could have done.
He knew there was no way he was ever going to top his god-tier Jenga move from SAGAS OF SUNDRY: MADNESS so he just figured, "Screw it, I'll knock it over."
@@samuraiko I was thinking about that game as he was walking over to make a pull, wondering if he'd even try to do it again. But really I wanted that sucker to topple. I was so happy he punched it.
Liam: Now I am the chaos gremlin
thanks for hosting Ashley! amazing and funny as hell
Fav Moments
0:00 Great Cold Open
1:09:53 Tower goes Down
1:21:13 Gaming with the Hands
1:28:08 Scaring Sam
1:38:09, 1:45:01 the hands are hilarious
We may have lost Brian but we gained Ashley.
Wow! Catching up on missed 4-Sided Dives and short-circuited at 34:45- they used my question! O.o ::happy dance::
I want a mug that says "This would damage me internally", and ALSO a "World's Best Dead" mug, and Also an fcg travel mug
I love seeing creators repping other creators. I have the same Philly D "Emotionally Exhausted" shirt as Marisha!
Marisha: It would make sense that Laudna would be "first blood" in a slasher movie.
(Watching a couple weeks later) Me: Whelp... now I'm sad, again.
argument for re incarnation : The first law of thermodynamics: In general, the conservation law states that the total energy of an isolated system is constant; energy can be transformed from one form to another, but can be neither created nor destroyed.
so the energy that powers the human body, after the body is destroyed the energy (soul) moves on to the next one. just a thought
One of my favorite magical items is the Coconuts of Haste! It's not official but it lets you travel as fast as a horse when you bang them together in the right way. Not to mention you can travel with a partner if they "hold the reigns" lmao
Perfect reference and quite useful!
Matt watches this and laughs manically in his study with a glass of fine whiskey.
This 4 sided dive is hitting different after this last episode😅
Hey! Portland, OR was mentioned! And I was born there! Whoo!!! Sorry, got excited because Oregon isn't mentioned terribly often by people not from there... it's like Seattle, WA or pick a CA city... so I get happy when we are mentioned.
Some fun facts though:
- overview of Central City in The Flash TV show uses Portland, and they digitally add in STAR labs to it.
- Leverage was filmed in Portland and surrounding places because of similarities and varying climates to areas that they travel to anywhere that they'd need including Boston. You can even see TriMet in glass reflection of the light rail through Portland when Nate takes a meeting in the coffee shop with a detective I believe.
Sorry, I just learned about these over the years, got excited and wanted to share it with others!!!