I really love how she uses the same sentence as Travis (cause, y'know, it's got a nice ring to it), but does it in a completely different way, stating it in her own voice like she has choices of things to do in this battle while Travis used to say it in Grog's, nearly asking Matt for Rage permission. In line with Travis' whole shtick of having his characters say things out loud (Eldritch blaeeeest! and UP! being textbook examples)
@@Captain_Garchomp well campaign 2 is unlikely to go too much farther based on things they have said, they seem to still be enjoying this and critical role is becoming a bigger and bigger company with the dnd show at its core campaign 3 is essentially inevitable
If you say "I would like to rage" three times, holding a keg of ale, during a full moon, Travis Willingham will appear, shouting "YEEAAAHHHH!" in Grog's voice
@James Kessler It is a complicated ritual, but it is totally worth it, because Travis will buff you with the Ultimate-Hypeman buff, giving you advantage on all die rolls, including damage, for the next 24 hours.
@James Kessler Nah nah, wizards have another ritual. I think it involves some bat guano and drawing a line through your hand, maybe some cat stuff? I know the warlock one requires that your eyes roll back though. The monk one is the worst though, cause it requires you to punch Liam, and it's quite hard to keep him on standby every time you want to buff up... It's still Travis that shows up, as he is the only divinity capable of granting the Ultimate-Hypeman buff, but each class has its own way of summoning him.
It's funny because in the first campaign it was about the same thing, people always joked about Grog/Travis being polite that he requests to rage in the most polite voice
@@CMFinB idk who Ron Howard is. I googled him and I assume you are making a rested development reference? I feel like Morgan freeman is more well known as a narrator.
I had a player that was an uber charger barbarian, guy was great. We start a new campaign and he decides to try something new so he makes a sword and board paladin. First session ends I turn to the other players and say "$5 says Ben changes characters by session 3" Next week literally first thing i hear "hey man is there a blacksmith in town that can make me a greatsword?" We lovingly referred to him as our palabarian the rest of the campaign.
Two things about this: 1. Travis is a great player, because all jokes about memory aside, he is almost always super in tune with what the other players at the table are doing. He is a cheerleader for his friends. 2. Because of their love of each other, sometimes the players adopt aspects of each other. Ashley has a concept for Yasha and she is very distinct from Grog in personality and backstory, but instead of coming up with a catchphrase for her rage (which would have been fine and cool), she chooses to instead pay homage to a shared love of the group's ethos by using a well-known and beloved catchphrase. She incorporates a part of another character that Yasha has never met, simply because the shared culture of the table makes it worth doing, not just for character RP reasons. So our takeaways could be: 1. Be a cheerleader. 2. Build your group's culture and in-jokes. They make the experience better.
@@RusticVisuals I believe he has said that he has ADD/ADHD so his brain can sometimes miss things. It make sense when he also got really annoyed with Orion taking up thirty minutes or so just on having Tiberius going shopping.
That last one when Grog came out it looked like he was waiting for Travis to tuck him away again but it was taking longer than usual and he got confused.
@@mikloslipcsey7923 I recently had my two characters meet (from the same campaign, I played with another character due to my first one being incapacitated for a while) and of boy it was confusing... Having to change between my bard's chaotic energy to my cleric's calm and motherly personality was definitely a challenge 😂
“I would like...to light some sage...in a small cage...next to this mage...in this book I’ll turn the page...counting my wage...with the actors on stage...in this room of beige...while I RAGE!!!!”
God, I really feel like Travis and Ashley's friendship as Grog and Pike kind of bled over into the real world, he gets very very proud whenever she does Groggy things
I feel like this happens a lot in the game. Liam and Laura are still siblings, and I feel like Sam and Laura have embraced their joint Chaotic Energy out of character a lot more after forging the Jester/Nott friendship.
Its like whenever she says "I would like to rage," she is transformed into pike and grog is standing behind her going "YEEEEAAHHH MONSTAHH!!!" love that Travis is just a straight up hype man for raging. Make him the patron saint of all barbarians already!
I know, it's especially wholesome since she was gone so often due to filming that he helps her remember since she basically has to re-learn her characters and the game each time
I feel like there's three main categories: 1. about 0.2% of a Grog (the most common) 2. yes you would!! / other verbal encouragement 3. incomprehensible voice actor noises
I never realized Travis did this whenever yasha rages. It's really cool seeing hin being so into the game that he gets excited for others even when he isn't involved.
I had a player that was a monk, his flurry of blows were either multiple crits or multiple fails. Rarely in the middle. Team fighter got more excited when the monk attacked than when he did and he'd often jump around and "act out" how the monk just 3 shot the zombie cyclops.
i think people forget how awesome and supportive of his friends actions in-game that Travis gets. He's like everyone's personal cheerleader and I really try to emulate that same energy with my party. He's the hype man and the one who keeps them in line when it gets a little rowdy. I love Travis!
travis has this incredible talent where while he is playing he could miss every main plot point of the night while also catching every rage moment. its beautiful.
Liam as a barbarian: "I run up to the monster and I uh will raise my weapon up with a flourish, allowing the uh adrenaline to fill my bloodstream, I would like to cast rage at 1st level"
I just imagine an overly polite barbarian: "eh, sorry guys, don't mind me I'm just raging over here. Sorry if it bothers you when I'm whirling like a derviche chopping your limbs. No bad feelings."
Look at these two buddies!!!! I feel like every time Travis yells excitedly it's the part of him that this still grog reacting to Ashley being his little monstah buddy Pike
Travis's rage: *as Grog* Matt, can I please have the rage? I really really would like that. It's the only thing I'm good at. Ashley's rage: *as herself* I will have the rage, please, with the multi-attack on the side and 5dl of "I'm tired of this shit."
I love this. And it felt empty in one particular episode, I forget which one, where Travis wasn't there and Ashley raged and there were no excited yelps. He truly is the master hype man
I love Travis's reactions. They are by far one of my favorite things in this campaign. To Yasha raging, to the monsters Matt comes up with, to Jester being cute, all of it is so delightful.
Everytime Ashley rages Travis gets briefly possessed by Grog
Except for 2:45 when he was somehow possessed by Scanlan instead...
@@TwotoTenth he held that note well.
Grog being so proud of his monstah, Pike!
If that were the case then they wouldn’t have a studio anymore.
@@andrewbernal9957
Nah, for that to happen, both of them would have Rage at the same time.
Ashley, in the most polite manner possible: I would like to rage
Travis: *INCOHERENT ANIMAL NOISES*
Matt: you are ridiculous Travis 😂
Ashley is like a librarian who sees somebody damage a book and proceeds to rip out their liver but in the most polite way
Not exaggerating, this is the funniest thing I’ve read in a week
I literally read this at 2:00 LMAO
I really love how she uses the same sentence as Travis (cause, y'know, it's got a nice ring to it), but does it in a completely different way, stating it in her own voice like she has choices of things to do in this battle while Travis used to say it in Grog's, nearly asking Matt for Rage permission. In line with Travis' whole shtick of having his characters say things out loud (Eldritch blaeeeest! and UP! being textbook examples)
Travis is actually roleplaying the Storm Lord being proud of his little barbarian
New Headcanon.... Grog IS the Storm Lord.....
@@Mirrorfaceable YES
@@Mirrorfaceable well, Artagan is The Traveler, so why not Grog achieving godhood as well
@@Mirrorfaceable I mean Travis did voice Thor...
@@Mirrorfaceable He punched Kord until he gave Grog his job
I can't wait for Campaign 3 when Liam plays a Barbarian and says, "I'm, uh, going to, uh...rage." And then both Ashley and Travis go, "HUAAAAAAAGH"
Liam definitely knows how to rage. I mean remember Asura?
@@TheSlorc Jesus fuck, Liam plaiyng a barbarian with his Asura voice would be bloody incredible! I need that.
Followed by liam going: "so i run up to him and; greataxe greataxe greataxe"
1: is there going to be a Campaign 3
2: that would be amazing
@@Captain_Garchomp well campaign 2 is unlikely to go too much farther based on things they have said, they seem to still be enjoying this and critical role is becoming a bigger and bigger company with the dnd show at its core campaign 3 is essentially inevitable
If you say "I would like to rage" three times, holding a keg of ale, during a full moon, Travis Willingham will appear, shouting "YEEAAAHHHH!" in Grog's voice
if only that would work lol!!!
@@RavenStorm1031 what are you talking about? It does work dummy!
@James Kessler It is a complicated ritual, but it is totally worth it, because Travis will buff you with the Ultimate-Hypeman buff, giving you advantage on all die rolls, including damage, for the next 24 hours.
@James Kessler Nah nah, wizards have another ritual. I think it involves some bat guano and drawing a line through your hand, maybe some cat stuff? I know the warlock one requires that your eyes roll back though.
The monk one is the worst though, cause it requires you to punch Liam, and it's quite hard to keep him on standby every time you want to buff up...
It's still Travis that shows up, as he is the only divinity capable of granting the Ultimate-Hypeman buff, but each class has its own way of summoning him.
tried it can confirm
ashly's "thank you papa Grog" when travis reminds her to rage by acting it out was so cute.
0:41
IT WAS SO CUTE
Alternate title: "Grog being proud of his aasimar niece for 4 minutes"
I keep forgetting she isn't a goliath... Its the white and black paint. Playing tricks on me.
ashley, in the politest voice ever: i would like to rage :)
travis, fully supportive of his friends: YEAHHHHHHHHHHH
Me, immediately moved to tears, softly: yeah!
It's funny because in the first campaign it was about the same thing, people always joked about Grog/Travis being polite that he requests to rage in the most polite voice
If everyone had a supporting buddy like Travis, the world would have a lot more happiness in it.
The best hype man ever
""It's just a placeholder for now, I'll come up with something later"
The Narrator: She did not.
Or it’s just a veeery long placeholder. It might not be “later” yet XD
impossible not to read "The Narrator" as Morgan Freeman
@@TastyChubz Ron Howard. That's kind of the joke.
@@CMFinB idk who Ron Howard is. I googled him and I assume you are making a rested development reference? I feel like Morgan freeman is more well known as a narrator.
@@TastyChubz Arrested Development is literally where that narrator meme comes from.
You can take the player out of the Barbarian, but you can't take the Barbarian out of the player.
I had a player that was an uber charger barbarian, guy was great. We start a new campaign and he decides to try something new so he makes a sword and board paladin.
First session ends I turn to the other players and say "$5 says Ben changes characters by session 3"
Next week literally first thing i hear "hey man is there a blacksmith in town that can make me a greatsword?"
We lovingly referred to him as our palabarian the rest of the campaign.
the real barbarian was the friends we made along the way
As a barbarian player I completely agree. I live to rage
I want to like this comment
But it’s at “420” likes so I can’t haha
@@blindoutlaw, now you can. It is safe now
Grog will forever be his little monstahs biggest fan
I would like to imagine that everytime someone rages in Exandria an astral projection of Grog appears and goes "GWAAA YES YOU WOULD!!"
Grog totally needs to become a god/demi-god/patron.
@@NexusNemesis this. so much this. :D
@@NexusNemesis YES!!!!!
Yesssssss, next campaign a barbarian PC who worships the Grog, patron Saint of Raging
Pact of The Barbarian Warlock
Travis: *Absently staring at a wall*
Ashley: I would like to rage-
Travis: WHOMST HAS AWAKENED THE ANCIENT ONE?!
I love the idea that whenever Yasha rages, Grog just starts making hype noises on an entirely different continent and has no idea why
He can feel it! A disturbance, in the *rage*
It's like the anime "sneezing whenever someone is talking about you" trope.
Travis: *Not paying attention at all*
Ashley: I would like to rage.
Travis: My monstah needs me!
This is the only proper response to someone in your party raging.
My favs are when Travis is clearly engaged reading something but he seems to have a Pavlovian response to the phrase.
Ashley: um, I would like to rage-
Travis: YES 👏 YOU 👏 WOULD 👏
me: :') neat 💖
"YES YOU WOULD!" Travis' face, Marisha's quiet amusement. Just perfect.
That’s my favorite reaction!
I imagine the small conversation between them went
Travis: I gotta do it you know
Marisha: No, No. I like it. Continue. 😂
Pray for Marisha's right ear for not going deaf when all she hears is "AHHHH" by Travis.
She's too busy punching liam to mind :p
@@SaffAshworth "Less method acting! Less method acting!"
@@SaffAshworth Wonder who Liam tortures then lol
Things that always elicit a response:
This.
Nine (Nein!)
Uk'otoa (Uk'otoa)
It's been a while.
wE PLaY DuNGeoNS AnD dRAgONs!
making my way!
Regular gnoll regular gnoll regular gnoll
And lets not forgey such classics as "How do you want to do this?"
Any time sprinkle comes up "kill me"
"are you pooping?" and "ELDRITCH BLAST"
And I walk away.
NINE
Two things about this:
1. Travis is a great player, because all jokes about memory aside, he is almost always super in tune with what the other players at the table are doing. He is a cheerleader for his friends.
2. Because of their love of each other, sometimes the players adopt aspects of each other. Ashley has a concept for Yasha and she is very distinct from Grog in personality and backstory, but instead of coming up with a catchphrase for her rage (which would have been fine and cool), she chooses to instead pay homage to a shared love of the group's ethos by using a well-known and beloved catchphrase. She incorporates a part of another character that Yasha has never met, simply because the shared culture of the table makes it worth doing, not just for character RP reasons.
So our takeaways could be:
1. Be a cheerleader.
2. Build your group's culture and in-jokes.
They make the experience better.
A different campaign and two years irl later my group still makes jokes about cheese after an incredibly memorable festival involving a fondue golem.
@@UponThisAltar Brb, going to make a Battle Smith artificer with cook's tools and a fondue golem Defender
Does he have somethin with memory I havent heard that before
@@RusticVisuals I believe he has said that he has ADD/ADHD so his brain can sometimes miss things. It make sense when he also got really annoyed with Orion taking up thirty minutes or so just on having Tiberius going shopping.
I so want Yasha to meet Grog when they eventually do the “Vox Machina meet the Mighty Nein” one-shot ✊
*Yasha:* "I would like to rage"
(somewhere far away)
*Grog, out of nowhere:* _"YEAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"_
*Pike:* (concerned)
That last one when Grog came out it looked like he was waiting for Travis to tuck him away again but it was taking longer than usual and he got confused.
i cant unsee that now
this comment enhanced my life
Lmao fantastic
I just imagine every time Yasha gets mad in a fight she hears someone screaming "YEEAAHHHHH" in her head
If we are ever blessed with a Vox Machina/Mighty Nein crossover one shot, I really want Yasha and Grog to meet!
I believe it was one of the rewards for the kickstarter.
I would like to have Yasha and Pike meet. Wait a minute... that wouldn't work, would it?
@@mikloslipcsey7923 It would be fun to see Ashely try!
@@mikloslipcsey7923 I recently had my two characters meet (from the same campaign, I played with another character due to my first one being incapacitated for a while) and of boy it was confusing... Having to change between my bard's chaotic energy to my cleric's calm and motherly personality was definitely a challenge 😂
@@chizera9931 which one did you play first?
its as if grog has become the spirit of Raging and whenever anyone does it, invokes his presence.
20th level does that to people.
Much like how the flash uses the speed force, all barbarians tap into the Grog force for rage.
Yasha is secretly a Ancestral Guardian Barbarian
Patron saint of Barbarians
Yasha, suddenly, during the bed shenanigans with Beau "I would like to rage"
Beau: What? Oh..
Fjord from lower floor : YEAAAAAH!
This fuckin SENT ME I fucking A S C E N D E D 🤣🤣🤣🤣
“I would like...to light some sage...in a small cage...next to this mage...in this book I’ll turn the page...counting my wage...with the actors on stage...in this room of beige...while I RAGE!!!!”
And this is what you call a Bardbarian.
You are talanted !
Oh, act your age!
Why did this turn into an Eminem rap halfway through in my brain?! LOL! Well done.
God, I really feel like Travis and Ashley's friendship as Grog and Pike kind of bled over into the real world, he gets very very proud whenever she does Groggy things
I feel like this happens a lot in the game. Liam and Laura are still siblings, and I feel like Sam and Laura have embraced their joint Chaotic Energy out of character a lot more after forging the Jester/Nott friendship.
Ashley and Laura are extremely good friends IRL so she and Travis most likely are as well.
Travis is a sleeper agent known as Grog, his triggering phrase is "I would like to rage"
That adhder is hyperfocused on the word “rage.” Always gets him.
2:00
Ashley: I would like to rage
Travis: *summons a demon *
Its like whenever she says "I would like to rage," she is transformed into pike and grog is standing behind her going "YEEEEAAHHH MONSTAHH!!!"
love that Travis is just a straight up hype man for raging. Make him the patron saint of all barbarians already!
Can we talk about how Tarv acting out giving hints to Ashley to rage is just the most wholesome thing
I know, it's especially wholesome since she was gone so often due to filming that he helps her remember since she basically has to re-learn her characters and the game each time
Yes our beloved CEO Tarvon the Willing
I feel like there's three main categories:
1. about 0.2% of a Grog (the most common)
2. yes you would!! / other verbal encouragement
3. incomprehensible voice actor noises
Travis is such a big, sweet goofball. So supportive of all his friends.
Who is also terrified of everything even remotely spooky
I love how Travis can be completely immersed in doing something else and he hears those words and immediately hyped up lol
2:11
Travis "Hype man"
Matt "It's true"
Travis really is everyone else's hype man. It's great!
Campaign 3 - Ashley plays warlock
Travis goes nuts every time she says "Eldtritch Blast"
Yasha: Fighting clockwork golems
Yasha: "Against these machines, I would like to Rage"
When she was captured and locked away: Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage
I never realized Travis did this whenever yasha rages. It's really cool seeing hin being so into the game that he gets excited for others even when he isn't involved.
AKA “Four minutes of Travis dissolving into Taliesin”.
I would like to be supported that fervently
It is not just Ashley, Travis is supportive of all his friends, all the time. Good team player.
I had a player that was a monk, his flurry of blows were either multiple crits or multiple fails. Rarely in the middle.
Team fighter got more excited when the monk attacked than when he did and he'd often jump around and "act out" how the monk just 3 shot the zombie cyclops.
@@justinc882 aw, that's kinda cute
@@n4l9bx He was a lot of fun, by far my most enthusiastic player in all my time as a DM.
Everytime this happens, i just imagine Grog suddenly screaming that can be heard around the world, and that's what all of these are
He is a 20th level barbarian/fighter, I’m sure he could be heard around the world.
I love that even when it seems Travis is focusing on something else he's still listening and shouts his support
i think people forget how awesome and supportive of his friends actions in-game that Travis gets. He's like everyone's personal cheerleader and I really try to emulate that same energy with my party. He's the hype man and the one who keeps them in line when it gets a little rowdy. I love Travis!
He's pretty much the best D&D Player in this way. He was like the biggest fan of Vex and Percy, even though Vex was played by his wife. He's adorable.
3:59 "YES YOU WOULD!"
If they ever animate Campaign 2, I want to hear a distant _YYEEAAHH_ every time Yasha rages
travis has this incredible talent where while he is playing he could miss every main plot point of the night while also catching every rage moment. its beautiful.
Every time Travis hears the word "rage," his inner frat-bro is activated
grog would fall IN LOVE with yasha
Strong women grog loves em. Remember how Grog was about Kima at first lol. Wrong tree bud.
@@annebeach6630 Wrong tree in Yasha's case too.
@@laurelmcfarland7316 lol so true.
@@annebeach6630 moral of the story... Grog (like most alpha males) is attracted to powerful lesbians.
@@TAKLProductions She could be bi... Maybe?
I love how Travis just gets briefly possessed by Grog whenever anything vaguely barbarian related happens ahskdkkd
I hope Yasha and Grog meet each other, I think they might actually be friends? He's just kind enough and she's just a little weird enough.
Ashley: "I would like to rage."
Travis: Looks on like a proud dad.
Travis will forever be Grog
Long ago grog adopted a little assimar. He will forever teach her the art of RAGE!!!
Travis has been pavloved to scream whenever he hears that sentence
I love how Ashley gets more confident in her Raging as the series goes on
3:10 Travis’ preemptive little celebration is adorable lmao
And the cool thunder
Travis is just so proud of his little buddy getting her rage on.
it's like how laura is possessed by vex at the mention of gold
I love that's it's basically a pavlovian effect at this point, beautiful
Amazing. We love this support in this house.
travis and ashley’s friendship is my absolute favorite thing
I like to think that every time Yasha is about to rage, Fjord cheers her from the other side of the battlefield
Liam as a barbarian:
"I run up to the monster and I uh will raise my weapon up with a flourish, allowing the uh adrenaline to fill my bloodstream, I would like to cast rage at 1st level"
taliesin "mike wazowski" jaffe
LMAO 💀💀💀
Reading this while watching I was so confused and then the next rage came up and I lost it
I just imagine an overly polite barbarian: "eh, sorry guys, don't mind me I'm just raging over here. Sorry if it bothers you when I'm whirling like a derviche chopping your limbs. No bad feelings."
The Travis reaction just past the 2:00 mark is my favourite 🤩
I love all the moments Travis and Liam being the barbdad and the roguedad in this campaign.
One of the most painful moments during the Obann arc was, when in the cathedral Ashley announced the rage and Travis didn't cheer.
i love how travis always has ashleys back for knowing when to rage or when she rages he rages XD pure comedy!
Look at these two buddies!!!! I feel like every time Travis yells excitedly it's the part of him that this still grog reacting to Ashley being his little monstah buddy Pike
Travis's rage: *as Grog* Matt, can I please have the rage? I really really would like that. It's the only thing I'm good at.
Ashley's rage: *as herself* I will have the rage, please, with the multi-attack on the side and 5dl of "I'm tired of this shit."
I love how calm she is about it & the crew (mainly Travis) is always ready to hype a friend!
Yasha: I would like to rage.
Grog: Hey, Fjord, ya mind if I take over for just a quick sec?
When Matt described Molly doing a thing, my Travis-hype came to a _halt._
Everyone needs a hype man like Travis. 🤣
"a good player hypes up the other players" - some guy on the internet
I love this. And it felt empty in one particular episode, I forget which one, where Travis wasn't there and Ashley raged and there were no excited yelps.
He truly is the master hype man
There's something about when she says "I would like to rage" in just the softest voice
It's like a proud father reacting to their child doing something awesome
That first one will always be my favourite. So proud of these monstahs!
My ringtone will now be Travis going YEAHHHH-HA-HA
Like a proud parent..
This is all just so cute and lovely that Travis WITHOUT FAIL just automatically responded, I love it x3
The way that he never loses the enthusiasm is so cute 🥰
No one is better than Travis. He’s so supportive.
I love that not only does Travis do this every time, but almost every time you can hear Marisha laughing or reacting to Travis.
Imagine a Vox/Nein crossover and Travis/Grog and Ashley/Yasha just look at each other, nod and simultaneously: "We would like to Rage"
I love Travis's reactions. They are by far one of my favorite things in this campaign. To Yasha raging, to the monsters Matt comes up with, to Jester being cute, all of it is so delightful.
"that's the secret fjord... I'm always raging"
Ashley: I would like to rage
Travis: *Monkey neuron activation meme*
the ending was perfect and i can’t believe i’ve never noticed how consistent this is. i’ll never unsee it and what a gift that is
I love how even when it seems like he isn’t listening he snaps to attention when he hears those words
Lovve how it's been years since he played Grog and yet that reaction has been instinctually ingrained in him
I would love a friend like Travis. What a good man.
I look forward to when Liam plays a barbarian. He's gonna let out his inner Asura, and shit's gonna get wild.
LMAO @ 3:05 the lighting and travis syncing up makes me imagine Grog as an illusory spirit flashing in with the lightning behind Yasha