The Diver's Grave | Critical Role | Campaign 2, Episode 44
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- Опубликовано: 18 дек 2019
- The Mighty Nein investigate Fjord's shipwreck, and their underwater adventure takes a spooky turn as they head deeper into the Diver's Grave...
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HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing
2:10 Thank you for being our Yev
5:15 Spotlight on Taliesin’s hair
6:15 Spotlight on Marisha’s everything
7:30 New intro
9:05 Intro reactions and credits
13:30 Episode Starts
17:35 Logic’s message
20:05 Backstory amnesia
21:50 Drinking underwater
35:30 Travis needs his pills
39:55 Reverse face hugger
47:30 The map is out
1:02:30 A devastating Nott joke
1:13:30 Flipping the double bird
1:15:30 A papercut in salt water
1:21:45 Fishsticks
1:22:15 HDYWTDT
1:24:15 Always take the key
1:25:25 Condescending to Nott
1:31:00 Vagueity
1:33:25 Don’t split the clerics
1:41:40 The Birnam seaweed
1:43:30 The legends are true
1:48:00 Preteen Taliesin
1:48:40 Infomercial Jester
1:54:20 Break Starts
1:58:15 Buttonbeard
2:03:45 Nott kills the floor
2:08:15 Travis is scared of ghosts
2:15:50 Nott lightens the mood
2:25:40 Dexterous seaweed
2:36:25 Fighting the Grudge
2:39:40 Battle begins
2:44:05 Drunk Nott the Brave
2:47:15 And my axe
3:06:30 Happy death sea unicorns
3:14:50 Liam should not hit the Creative Director
3:41:05 Ghostpunchers
3:51:35 Decompression sickness
3:54:35 And that’s why you don’t randomly make blood sacrifices
3:57:25 Episode Ends
Between Twitch and RUclips, live viewership of this episode peaked around 55,000 people. The in-game start date for the episode was the 13th of Duscar 835. Sam’s flask says “Your post was flagged as explicit” over a picture of Kiri
Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
What's the context of Sam's flask picture here... did something happen at the time?
1:12:18 Marisha plays basketball
Thank you
Does anybody know the name of that metal sounding song he uses during combat? The one with the pinch harmonics?
2:49:22 Magical Mercer Hair Flip
The best part about having their hp on the screen now is we can see Caleb sitting at 10 hp when Liam says he's willing to take another 9 damage. Caleb why
HotFrenchBread Liam likes to live on the edge
TinyTimcanpy Liam likes to make his sad bois suffer
@@sbollimpalli That's just... yeah... I can't even retort that.
Caleb and Liam seem to think he deserves to suffer.
@@jlokison Yes, literally a self destructive character. He still gets scared but will take what he sees as punishment.
Jester: "Where are the ghosts?"
Matt: " Do you look behind you?"
Jester: "Yes"
Matt: "About 15 feet behind you"
*Everyone screams*
This is at about 2:34:20 for those wanting to revisit.
They really are the d&d version of the Scooby-Doo Gang
There's something very amusing about Sam sitting there looking like a professional middle aged businessman in a meeting while playing a drunken, murderous goblin girl fighting merfolk. I love D&D..
Reminds me of Darin dePaul guest episodes in Campaign One.
it’s…beyond…I will see myself out
The Tide's Breath: explodes and sinks 700 feet to the ocean floor
Fjord: "He was a tidy man; he certainly wouldn't have left things like this."
Yeah I was thinking that as well when Matt is saying it looks tossed. I mean, how do you tell the difference between tossed and shipwrecked lol.
@@JohnVanderbeck I guess they're would be slight differences, as ransacking a room wouldn't be as violent as sinking. But then comes the problem of the boat then sinking and throwing around that loose stuff even more.
@@Darknova67 Exactly, like after ransacking drawers would be pulled out, or turned upside down and on the floor. In a violent event affecting the entire ship, I guess all the furniture would be tossed and piled up in one end of the room as either the motion or the water swept them up.
@@JohnVanderbeck To be fair, in most ships (and smaller private boats), even so far back as the 1500's, the furniture was mostly nailed down or even built in, so that it wouldn't be moved around in severe storms, the same is true to this day, most stuff is either nailed or welded down. Most drawers would have a notch in it where you had to lift it or wiggle it to be able to open it, most cabinets would usually have a small hook on the inside which would be moved with a finger through a hole, instead of having a knob to open them.
So even with the explosion, which would have happened in a different part of The Tide's Breath, the captain's quarters would probably just have been slightly messy, and not completely tossed.
@@minyasylvanas5637 interesting information, thank you.
Matt: “how much more damage are you willing to take?”
Caleb: *on 10 hp* “like 9 more”
Like nein more
You as deadly at 1 hp as you are at 10.
I KNOW I WANTED TO SCREAM
idk why this was so funny
me: oh hey a new intro!
*sees Molly's grave*
me: *gross sobbing*
@@tspooner01 Then you probably didn't also notice that the butterfly on Cad's cup is in Molly colours. Because, oooft.
I legit teared up
I‘m still like „once the clerics get lvl9 spells, they can resurrect someone who‘s been dead for up to 200 years and they don‘t even need an intact body, soooo...“
@@plusRpm I don't think molly would like that tho
@@nonstopogre1184 I don't think Taliesin would like it
Campaign 1, Taliesin - "Life needs things to live".
Campaign 2, Taliesin - "Things tend to live."
Campaign 3, Taliesin - "Life" *shrug*
Liam's "Lets get serious: I wear my familiar as night vision goggles" moment is top tier.
I now know where one of my players got the idea from. He used a bat familiar as googles the same way.
I FINALLY HAVE MADE IT TO THE SACRED ANIMATED INTRO DURING MY QUARANTINE BINGE
Me too! /hi-fives!
Just did as well! I nearly cried from the epic nerdiness of it all
Same!!
I was keeping up until I missed ep 26 and now I've caught up to this myself
I have seen the snipers but now it is here and I can watch it I'm freaking hyped
I love how Matt acts so surprised every time Sam casts Tasha's Hideous Laughter. Like "Oh, so that's where you were going with that terrible pun!"
It’s really just an excuse for sams terrible puns
I still keep thinking Nott's casting Vicious Mockery, despite that not being an Arcane Trickster spell.
ctlraltdestroy because scanlan
nah he’s not casting a spell, the jokes are just hilarious
I think Sam really enjoyed when Darin De Paul did it with knock knock jokes in C1
I love how heavily fjord relies on cad's perception. "Duecy, what's goin on brother " 😂😂
I think Fjord very often relies on his party to do things, maybe this is good character roleplay as Fjord is only just starting to become confident in his abilities which he got only a few months back or maybe it's just Travis wanting to let people have some spotlight for the things they've built there characters for.
@@RealMiniLink just getting through this one? Good luck bro there are sooo many episodes, but they're so worth it
There is a saying in spanish that basically means: a good leader relies on their team. You get there faster when you know and trust the talents of the people around you.
I remember Travis makes a joke one time about just "grabbing Caduceus & holdng him out in front" of himself like a flashlight or smthg. 🤣🥰
You can look forward to that later in the campaign bc I've not seen it again yet. 👏
Edit: Matt made joke in ep. 118 @18:30
I cant see shit! - grave bro probably
I love how Jester is always flirting with Fjord and he gets embarrassed but then every time they group together Fjords like "Ill be with jester" and it's subtle and he doesn't make a deal out of it but it's so cute.
Travis being scared shitless and trying to keep it together and play a character that is NOT scared shitless is a Delight xD
As someone (currently) watching through Campaign 2 for the first time and having almost no knowledge of the actors/actresses previously, is there a story or reason to Travis' fear? Is he terrified of horror movies/TV shows or something?
@@carbonzl1994 Travis is easily scared. He talks about it in one of the Talks Machina, I forgets which. That's also why they did a Travis Willingham Spooktacular.
NoBoy Lunatic He's essentially a big teddy bear.
I like to imagine Fjord is that scared too lol
@@GZilla311 and we love him for it. he really shattered the "huge, strong, scary jock guy" thing for me. he seems like an absolute delight honestly
It's funnier if you remember Caleb spends most of the episode, including the serious talk and attempted ritual with Fjord, wearing an octopus on his head.
Oh he dooooes, ahahaha
Christ, I didn't realize it until now, that's ridiculous
Thank you for this
My Widofjord shipping will never be the same...
caduceus has it for a while also
"I am immune to fear, I am drunk!" I love you Nott and I am gonna implement that rule into my own campaigns.
Drunkenness: immunity to fear, advantage on str rolls, disadvantage to *literally everything else*
Was gonna say that's already the rule. It's up to dm to determine when the player is affected by drunkenness
Its an optional rule liquid courage roll a d4 get temp HP adv to Cha skill checks adv to Cha ability check or adv against fear and have disadv to wis and dex saves and disadv to int and wis ability checks
I am gonna implement that rule into my own *life* 😂
@@Flangel66 Can´t wait to see how that story goes 😂
I love the domplete disconnect between Travis' greek-god physique and bravery of a six year old
It's my favorite thing😂
Fjord:*leading party fearlessly*
Travis:*scared shirtless the entire time
Shirtless? I wish..
@@NIKSEEN We all do
"They auto-fail saving throws. They're seaweed." I mean yeah Matt I guess that's true
but the party not getting any saves for that boss set up ability felt a little wrong
@@merrick1588 but they did, did they not? Everyone saved except for Yasha and Caleb
No, on that initial scream that messed everyone up it just happened. Her next ability go saves
2:25:36 for anyone wondering!
@@merrick1588 I just watched that part and I have no idea what you are talking about. So either I'm deaf (which is likely) or you aren't remembering correctly.
The little things like Beau starting combat by moving to protect Caleb warm my heart immensely. These two have such a big sister-little brother dynamic.
My unending obsession with the Empire Siblings
I'm pretty sure he's older, which makes it funnier
Previously:
Beau:"I can punch ghosts!"
Cad:"Why would you want to punch ghosts?"
This episode:
Cad: "Fuck off ghost!"
Beau: Punches ghost!
Yup!
Imagine working at Petco and Matt Mercer comes in and buys a bunch of fish tank stuff
I'd know what's up
I'd barely keep myself from asking for an autograph, because I don't want to bother him. I'd definitely compliment him on his voice acting and DMing and tell him to keep being awesome.
Fuck that I would def ask to autograph my PHB in my car. He's the God of DMs
"So, what kind of fish do you have?"
".... Merrow...."
@@neerGdyahS lmfao
talisen: what does slow give them
liam: slowness
travis: ( •_•)
taliesin: i can cast two level 1 spells in a turn right?
matt: nope!
@@alexandertaylor632 in his defense, he has been playing it for ALL the centuries he's been alive
@@f.ae.ri.e and they were allowed to last campaign. They could do up to a 2nd lvl bonusaction spell with a regular spell then.
@@mineola_ also in the rules you can cast two leveled spells on ur turn. You just need to cast two leveled spells as an action so you need action surge (possibly haste) and not to cast any leveled spells as a bonus action.
@@physicsnerd1742 I don't know about action surge rules, but haste doesn't allow you to cast an extra spell, the extra action you can take is very specific.
Ooof just thought how brutal it would be to use Tasha's Hideous Laughter against a foe underwater who couldn't breathe underwater. Just immediately start drowning.
I kept thinking how brutal it would have been for Drucilla to have had dispel magic.
A certain chaotic evil caster character of mine thanks you for the idea
@@MrSealemon oh *no*
I love how Travis is genuinely afraid of horror elements.
Yes! I was watching the whole time thinking "wait, I think Travis is legit scared"
Want to like this comment but don't want to ruin the magic
Fuck whoever ruined the magic 69
@@wombodjembe7180 we are now going for 420
@@Sintarzus that's a plan I can get behind
I didn't know that Nott actually becomes immune to being frightened by getting drunk. I thought this was only a RP thing Sam does for fun. "Liquid courage" got a whole new meaning now😂
that is the actual meaning of liquid courage
But it IS a roleplay aspect. Nott DOES literally become immune to being frightened when she's drunk, but that is still very much a personal aspect of the character, not a game mechanic.
@@robinnelsen7869 - Giving it a mechanical effect is a homebrew. (So is disadvantage on ability checks; the mechanical cost for this which makes it not something you want to go looking for RP excuses to do.)
So it's a homebrew game mechanic, invented to support RP of this character.
@@Peter_Cordes in the same sense as calebs PTSD, sure, but the reality is that these are BOTH. calebs PTSD came with no benefits, but it makes sense RP wise. these are gameplay additions, but they are primarily not for gameplay, but for story
Why do you guys sound like you're disagreeing when you're actually not?
The mighty nein: does any investigation check
Caleb: BOOKS, LOOK FOR BOOKS
I love that Nott is immune to fear from spirits as she consumes “spirits” every day.
This is satisfyingly sharp-minded =)
Caleb & Fjord: *collectively gives 32 HP of blood to a random magical pedestal in a cavern full of dead people*
Caleb & Fjord: it's to find out what it does!!!!
Also Caleb & Fjord: *has the ability to cast Identify*
Fjord? nope. Warlock.
@@g80gzt You can get identify as warlock but only with pact of the tome and the book of ancient secrets invocation.
@@brittanyanderson97 Well Fjord is pact of the blade. But Caleb totally could’ve just cast identify lol, but what they did was cooler.
@@JohnW-yv6yp Also I think Identify would not have told them anything they didn't already know or deduce. They know it has to do with summoning (because the magic was conjuration) and that it requires blood (due to presence of old blood). If identify was cast it probably wouldn't tell anything they didn't already know but that would be at Matt's discretion as the DM.
Also they found out what it did in the end anyways (making storms).
@@brittanyanderson97 That’s a good point.
I will never stop loving how expertly the transition was between Yasha's sword and Molly's Grave. Punctuated by "Roll the Dice" and the serenity of Cadeuces in his grove following the pan of the grave was so incredible. Kamille and Kevin Areopagita created a magnificent piece of art that towers over show intros with 10x the budget.
I didn't catch that 'roll the dice' was timed on Yasha's sword pierce as well as on Molly's grave. Those together add so much weight and power to the moment. As well as that it can all come down to one dice roll to either put the final blow in the enemy or players.
OH MY GOD I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT ;-;
How about fjord hitting the water and the start of the song.
I ugly cried 😭😭😭
But did you notice the tiny purple butterfly that landed on cads tea cup
I think it's actually really thematically appropriate that the two who become afraid during "lament the dead" are Caleb and Yasha given their personal histories.
thats one detail i missed as i'm rewatching but i'm glad i saw this comment
Caleb’s “I’m always curious” gave me CHILLS. That whole interaction did
Time stamp?
@@absintheminded8466 3:45:50
I really wanted to see what that alter did
@@tawilk Matt was pretty clear about what it did before the end of the episode.
I am so happy to have made it to the "Your Turn to Roll" episode.
Same
Same
Yes finally
Also me.
That into is amazing. Now I want an animated series, it's too beautiful. Come on streaming services!
Fjord & Caleb, early campaign: seems like we're the responsible ones, better make sure none of these chaotic daredevils accidentally kill themselves
Fjord & Caleb, 40 episodes later: ahh what a nice day for a little stroll and a blood sacrifice on the bottom of the ocean
Nane growth my friend, growth xD
They've passed all responsibility off to Cad lol
Standard Warlock Wizard things really.
@@elenadowns2861 Cad’s the one who put the weird plant in everyone’s food
@@goldenwalzt1335 and decided to take a night time stroll in the middle of a violent mysterious jungle with the other cleric 😆
Travis: *dosent believe in dice luck*
Also Travis: *is scared of ghosts and paranormal*
Cad really said “I live in a graveyard, spirits and ghosts don’t faze me.”
Laura just mentioning The Ring and The Grudge and her big broad husband being like STTttooOOoppPP is adorable and goals omg
I know right? Travis being legitimately scared and Laura poking fun at him is* cute af
Cue Sam's wife sneaking in with the creepy doll...
as a person personally terrified by ghosts i feel this
@@atomicbuttocks 👻
I was totally waiting for Laura to put her hair over her face and become the Ring girl for shits and giggles. 🤣
Sam never misses a chance to play Nott to her fullest potential. If there is a space for growth or a joke, he will occupy that space. Like spoiler *when fjord says stab the ground and nothing happens but a drunken victorious Nott exclaims "it's been pacified!" Even though she doesn't know what's going on. He's truly as brilliant as he is funny
Sam is awesome
It's funny how he says cross bow!
Spoilers from later episodes:
It's crazy how many jokes Sam does with Nott that only he and Matt would truely understand the volume of. Like Nott's fear of water, or how her real name was used in some of her disguises, or "I am of child-bearing age." Sam is pure troll and I love it.
Sam is brilliant and my absolute favorite ❤
What I love about that is while Sam does all that, he also never takes over anyone else’s space. Like he finds any vacant space but he also won’t step on anyone else’s toes. He won’t ruin the moments for anyone, he’s brilliantly funny but knows when to pull back.
1:26:20 caleb: "alright guys, it is time to be as serious as this situation requires"
caleb: *[pulls down frumpkin the lil octopus over his eyes]*
“It’s a very old, primal magic”
Not the kind of magic would find in those hoity-doity ivory towers
Oh my gods I love you 😂
I think Sam mouthed “old magic” with a smile afterwards.
Literally any object: *exists*
Beau: "I parkour off of it!"
When playing as a monk, you are legally obligated to parkour off everything you can see
@@Digiarcstudio What else is the high dex for?
@@Squeekysquid Beau pretty much covers both uses for dexterity in one character, if you know what i mean.
Her roleplay is just garbage
@@DeoSiege stop watching then
"You're wearing an octopus, he's talking to seaweed, there is a Buttonbeard in front of us. This is totally normal." 1:59:24
This pretty much describes all of their shenanigans))
Well when you say it that way it sounds crazy! Lol. How can you not love a game that results a sentance that begins with "You're wearing an octopus..." and that turns out to be the least absurd part of the sentance.
Caleb's idea WAS functional though
Coming from them? Yes, it actually is pretty normal, if you think about how insane they usually are.
"And we're wearing sunglasses."
"Hit it."
it was at this exact moment that i said out loud “I fucking love dungeons and dragons”
the same show that has brought tears to my eyes and has told a beautiful, actually inviting story also has moments like this that are just like “....what the fuck is going on” hahahaha
Me : "Awww it's so cute how Travis is acting scared."
*A few minutes later*
Me : "Hang on.."
Marisha: remembers details about enemies from months earlier
Also Marisha: wants to make an "energy" check, makes up the word "vaguety"
I swear, she's Taravangian. xD
Oh hey! Stormlight reference!
From the storm light archive?
Percy flirted with grass. Caduceus talks to seaweed. I'm sensing a pattern here.
And Molly got high on fungus.
can someone refresh my memory about the percy and grass?
I really need to rewatch campaign 1
@@pvic6959 when travelling the Feywild in search of Vex’s future vestige, the bow Fenthras, Keyleth jokingly insulted some grass that was changing colour. then it changed to red and seemed to be angry, so Percy begun a romantic monologue to subdue it, which worked. there are some really good animations of the moment, i recommend Ellie Vyle’s
Well...
Henry Crabgrass grew around Molly's grave...
When Caleb has Frumpkin on his face I’m just imagining that he looks like a low budget mind flayer
Liam has become Clarota.
@@littlecatthewolfhound Clareb? Calota?
walmart brand mind flayer
Am I the only one who hopes that when Yasha uses her healing hands on Caleb, she rubs her hands together like defibrillator pads? Even though I know that's not exactly what that tool is for, it's just funny to me.
I see her just shaking him yelling "Wake up!"
@@Zahnzak Or pulling an MCU Hulk from the first Avengers movie and just roaring him awake.
i had the exact same thought lmfaoo
That’s how I flavoured spare the dying for my cleric when i played one
Now that image never leaves my mind.
2:47:49 marisha grabbing the lil tiger plush and pretending its frumpkin while liam tries to tell her that frumpkin is attached to his face is so cute
I desperately need some fanart of Caleb w/ octopus frumpkin on his head. Please thank you
images.app.goo.gl/b1LS8vkBp3xmFAri6
@@mohammedmiah3942 This comment needs more likes
I thought Liam would figure out he should wear the octopus as a living mask right away! But alas.
@@kennymonty8206 Mindflayer disguise! "Greetings fellow MF-ers, eaten any good brains lately? And how about those Githyanki, what a bunch if party poopers amiright? Gimme a tentacle high five!"
@@mohammedmiah3942 nice
Travis: 15 + 9 = 19. Matt: wow she's almost dead!!! Everyone: We can't add either!!! ahhh!!!
i wanted to bang my head against the window of my car as i was listening to that lmao. no one math checked him! usually one other person is helping. so upset they let the thing live off a technicality D:
I overlook a lot of stuff with the attacks they make and whatnot but wow, sometimes their math fucking murders my soul not gonna lie lol Travis is pretty notorious for choking modifiers and adding wrong. I'm sure having to keep track of Yasha's shit since Ashley is NEVER there doesn't help matters.
This was most certainly a slap my forehead moment.
I went to the comments just to vent about this as well.
I'm fully convinced Matt knew Travis messed up. Matt did a double take almost begging Travis to catch it but chose to move on when nobody noticed.
I've been binging this in 2022 for the first time and this show means so much to me. That opening gave me absolute chills and when I saw Molly's shrine brought a tear to my eye.
Here in the same year friend! Binging this and then I plan on catching up to campaign 3
@@samuelboner4157 same, dude!
@@brunorabago4481 glad I'm not the only one!
I've been watching since 2016 and rewatch the campaigns often. It always makes me happy to see new people come and give CR a go! It has honestly been a bright spot in some pretty dark recent years for myself. So I'm happy they can mean so much to you too!
@@montgomerym5407 this is my second time watching C2, although I was delighted to see the old vintage opening, but I love that animated one ❤
That fist-bump at 1:05:26 between Travis and Liam when they weren’t even looking at each other made me so happy for some reason
"Jester wanna come up with me and...check out the captain's quarters?" has the same energy as "Wanna come in and look at my cd collection? ;)"
It definitely has Scooby Doo vibes, Fjord and Jester will "search for clues" in the bedroom while the rest of the party hangs around the haunted basement...
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I think the BEST detail about the new intro is that when the mimic pops open, Caleb's hand is immediately ready with fire.
I like that he's crouched behind thhd wall there too. Also Yasha just opening her eyes a little wider. That whole shot is really good
Gotta protect his goblin pal!
I think is the part where nott drinks like sam
Oh wow.
there's a lot of really great small details like that, which are only there for a frame or two. i think my favorite is traveler's hand appears breifly when Jester is a child. But you can also see Caleb using spell components, Yasha's hair and eyes change color when she activates necrotic shroud, the Stormlord in the clouds as the lightning flashes, Beau holding Caleb's shoulder while he's looking through Frumpkin's eyes, etc.
oh, and in that last scene, all of the characters are arrayed before Matt in the same format that the players sit at the table.
People during campaing 1: "Man, i feel like Travis has such great ideas but never says anything because of Grog's intellegence"
Travis this campaing: Yeah let's make a blood sacrifice on the bottom of the ocean, on a place full corpses called "The Diver's Grave", that's brilliant!
They’re very stupid. This is known.
Liam is playing a character that is willing to push every button that can get him closer to his end goal while Travis knows that it is a bad idea but wants to see what happens when the button gets pushed.
You may have noticed that Travis is always pushing everyone to push all the shiny buttons Matt puts before them... not really caring what it does, only wanting to know. Caleb pushed the button in order to get a promise from Fjord because, while he does like the rest of the party, he is still using them to achieve his own ends.
If their is a button, Travis has to push it
DND man. It’s too damn temping to leave something like that alone. I’d have done the same thing.
Here's a thought.... Caleb's probably never been this clean for this long.....
Didn't realize that Nott's alcoholism could have any positive benefits before this episode.
Now I'm seeing Nott the Brave drink herself into a comma.
...you...........
Ok..... that was good.
*slow clap*
I'm not sure whether to be disappointed or impressed with your wordplay
Don't you mean a co... I see what you did there. 🤣
Caleb really went most of that combat at less then half hp in a party with two clerics
One cleric and a half, let's be honest.
@@Shornaal13 Well all clerics can heal but they are not healing focused unless they are a life domain cleric. 5e is designed so that healing is intentionally sub par compared to the damage dealt so that you can not just have one healer focus healing and keeping up fully with the damage of the attack force. Most of the time it is just better to use healing word and get people up from 0 than to try and heal every bit that gets dealt since you overall are going to lose ground and spell slots.
What got me was Caduceus healing Beau over Caleb and Jester asking Nott if she needed healing. Like, did you guys forget that Caleb went to zero? 7 hp is asking for another one hit KO. :c
@@mentalmaker03 Its actually the better choice. As long as Caleb had one hp he'd be able to do all his wizard stuff just fine. Beau was in danger of being taken out by a good series of multi-attack rolls. Giving the tank a little bit more of a buffer isn't a bad idea.
@@RyanofAndor I'd agree if I didn't know that Matt sometimes purposely targets characters on the cusp of death. Pretty sure Matt was just being merciful. You'd think they'd learn at some point.
I can’t believe Caleb and fjord just randomly decided to put 40 hit points of blood into an alter, notice it was almost completed, then just decided to leave right after.
men be finding any excuses to h*ld h*nds with their homies in a cool way
Caleb faking a heart attack a few eps back to raise morale, to Dashila actually giving him a heart attack this episode. I thought that was fun lol
This comment section has been taken over by the catch up crew.
#CatchUpCrewUnite
Estri and the rewatch Crew, cause this show is my addiction
Julie Kavanagh You made it 10x better
We're almost there!
I haven't read the rest of the comments yet, but didn't Fjord miscalculate his last damage @ 19 vs the 24 it should have been? Makes me wonder if that would have finished her off. GG on not killing the ship, though.
ayyyy
IM POUNDING THESE OUT GOOD LUCK TO YALL
Laura: Where are the Ghosts?
Matt: Do you glance over your shoulder?
Laura, nervously: Yeeeah.
Matt: About fifteen feet behind you.
Everyone: AAAAAHHHH!
I gotta say gold is Marrisha's color she looked amazing in that outfit/dress she had on.
Yeah I'm curious if there was something happening before this, she seemed dressed up (especially since we all know sleeves are bullshit!). She did look pretty fabulous though.
Please I love that bodysuit(?) she is wearing it looks so good on her and as a pale ginger myself I need it
also Tal's hair looks amazing, and that tshirt makes Matt's eyes look beautiful
@@DubhMornielets be real, they are all gorgeous as hell.
Bane + Slow is such a great combo, this needs to be done every fight!
Unless your targets have a high wisdom save
@@an8strengthkobold360 that’s where Bane should help
@@jackabea9534 that was supposed to be charisma
@@an8strengthkobold360 oh yeah right I know what you mean. Bane means up to three creatures have to make a charism save
I use Mind Whip & Mind Sliver on my gem dragonborn bladesinger 👌
Omg Nott in the intro drinking from her flask the same way Sam does
The giant flask is supposed to be a reference to Nott.
I love how easily scared Travis is when he's the largest and most intimidating person at the table.
That’s the thing about us big guys, tend to be loveable giant teddy bears
I picture Caduceus as like a hippy guy that grows his own weed. Like complete 60s vibes, round sunglasses, peace symbol, and everything lol. Especially with his character doing thing like talking to plants to feel the vibe, calming emotions, and shit like that haha. Pretty sure if tie-dye was a thing in Exandria, Caduceus would rock it.
I like how nott and caleb are always conveniently close in initiative order
Oh heck. I'd seen the intro before without any context and I thought it was really cool, but it hits hard now that I've come to love the Nein.
Molly's grave (with the raven I have now decided to headcanon as Vax) was a gut punch.
I think that's *everybody's* headcanon
Molly's grave is always a gutpunch, every time......
Its not headcanon, it is canon. And hes making a stop on his way to visit keyleth on that hill.
The raven is really the part that gets to me. I love Molly but i was only with him for a few episodes. 115 with Vax...
the raven symbolizes Raven Queen, it could be vax since he is one of her followers, but it could also just be the Raven Queen doing her job.
"Things tend to live."--Clay
Life needs things to live, after all
life, uh, finds a way - clay
3:46:02
When a DM gives this look you know you’re fucking something up.
His blinks were close to audible.
Holy crap.
I’ve been binging the series and haven’t gotten over and been in denial of Mollys death since it happened and seeing the tribute to him in the animation made me teary eyed. Beautiful job with the entire thing.
Long may he reign 👑
I had watched the animated intro soooo many times, and I’m finally invested and making my way through campaign through in between episodes of 3, and I got soo annoyed at myself on how I never connected that molly wasn’t in the intro and clay was
@@jamesdelaneywhelan9255 he's in the intro.... just really hard to see through all that dirt!
@@moarblood5120 ouch🤣
It's honestly so amazing they included that in the intro. The memory to their lost friend lives on even if the character is no longer there. He wasn't forgotten.
The NEW INTRO!
Almost teared up at tribute to Molly
Sammmmeeeeee
Hit me right in the heart, just sucker punch. Loved it but uunf
I literally started sobbing I can't even make this shit up
Yup now everyone at work just gave me a funny look since they know I'm watching CR
It’s funny the reason I got into Critical Role was seeing the new intro just randomly and I got so interested and the first time seeing the Molly tribute was just confusing to me and now it was a roundhouse kick right to my feels.
I dont think Nott has ever failed casting THL must be due to the top notch jokes sam makes
No, Nott failed hideous laughter a few times. (or rather, the opponents saved)
@@MikaeruDaiTenshi yup, it was a joke
@@dkissam2 guess he saved
@@larrycantdraw8995 this comeback... I did not make my save
some of those regular gnolls back in the day saved hahahaha
Travis: knows nothing about sailing and boat terminology. Gets easily spooked and uneasy OoC by scary settings.
Also Travis: *Plays a sailor with an eldritch, lovecraftian deity for a patron*
Laura:"Just don't do the Ring girl".
Matt:*does wrost*
There's a whole new intro that people could pay attention to, but I say that we all pay attention to Tal's amazing hair instead.
I mean look at that volume. Ugh I love him.
I came to the comments not to say I how catch up but hiw amazing Talesin’s look is in that episode! Hope he rocks more mohawk with stubble
‘Tis very amazing
I wanna know what product he used cuz this never happened to me
I love how none of them had the idea of "ah this table conjures elemental stuff and a bunch of ships have gone down due to storms... wonder if that's connected"
That gives it so much legitimacy, though. The answer was clearly right in front of them, but they didn't see it. If they'd completed the ritual and the ship sunk, it would have felt 100 % justified. Because of course that's what the old magic elemental conjuration table does in the middle of an area know for it's mystic storms. (Not that I caught it either).
Combination of low roll on the arcana checks and thinking into the wrong direction. Caleb was repeatedly speculating that it might be something similar to the temple on snake island, Fjord didn't think so because of the missing receptable for the eye orb, but seemed also to think about a connection to his patron. The others simply didn't pay any attention to the runes. What bothers me more is that they gave up so easily on finishing off the ship-sinking hag they had already beaten to her last hitpoints and left both without solving the problem and properly pillaging the treasure.
@@chrisrudolf9839 never underestimate laziness also it's the funny point that they almost destroyed their ship and after the fact they're like "oh. well that was fucking close"
@@chrisrudolf9839 Yep, very annoyed. You've got SEVEN people down there and a cave full of coin, and ONE person fills ONE pocket with mostly COPPER!? And you know, MAYBE you want to kill the SEA bitch in the BERMUDA TRIANGLE!! Seems like a perfect time to fireball the whole cave after your party is out.
@@chrisrudolf9839 I think that most of them are of the opinion that a failed check should stay failed, if they fail to persuade someone they don't try and word it a little differently to try again (Unless you're Beau or something) and when they do try and roll again without a very good reason Matt usually shuts them down. They could have spent a long time searching for the sea hag but they've shown time and time again that they're not heroes, they're people who want to get what they need and not much more
I have to say the way the cave encounter was set up was absolutely genius. The sea shanty vaguely hinting at a angler fish kind of creature. The cave that players are suspicious of almost expecting it to be a mouth. In the end it’s something entirely different.
1:34:15 [after the marching order was decided as yasha and cad together, nott and caleb together and jester, fjord and beau together]
liam: "its like the beginning of the campaign"
sam: "and it will be the end"
The best bit of that new intro (new for me, I'm only just up to this ep now) is the part where Yasha thrusts her sword down and it cuts to Molly's cloak tied to the stick, blowing in the breeze. So moving. Had a genuine little tear at that moment. Thanks CR for making these characters and world feel so real.
So awesome! The Raven was a fantastic touch as well.
Genuine not little tear here - I was gross sobbing on the streets
hahaha, you cried, weakling, i am far too manly to cry
**Cries**
Not to mention at that point, the lyrics say, "Take a chance, roll the dice."
@@OneTrueBelmont I didn't make that specific connection until I saw this comment. Owww my heart hurts now.
Travis' reactions just give me life. He's so into the stories Matt weaves. Love it.
2:29:25
Matts face when they start putting blood on the pedestal.
Then, Matt's disappointed expression when they decide to stop just short of finishing the ritual.
3:20:14
I just imagine Cad watching everyone else dodging the seaweed and being like
"wow good job you guys yeah nice.. wait"
*glances over shoulder*
"oh shit!"
*Cad is grappled by seaweed*
Laura Bailey screaming angrily is the most badass shit ever.
:D
Caduceus: begins to talk to plant matter/kelp/fishes/trees etc
Travis: _giggles in schoolgirl_
All the little ways that Matt will give away info on the bad peps stats while in fights to help the group while not being obvious about it is really cool. I can imagine some DMs just saying "miss" then moving on, but not Matt. All the "Just misses" or "Just hits" with out right saying stuff. Love it Matt.
I never once notices Beau blushing in the intro as she’s looking at Yasha 🥺
Thank you for pointing that out! I also love that Beau is holding Caleb's shoulder in the cart while he's looking through Frumpkin's eyes
@@Revolos55 Some other details that I thought were cool:
- Caleb hiding behind a pillar during the mimic scene and immediately starting to cast some fire spell as soon as the mimic transforms, while everybody else seems to be barely paying attention (also the fact that caleb is wearing the glove of blasting in various scenes in the video)
- Nott doing Sam's flask-wiggle while she's drinking in the cart.
- The Traveller's green hand that appears in Jester's bedroom after he boops her on the nose with the chalk (and the drawings on her wall of her with the traveller)
- The outlined symbols that appear above the DM's book are the dice D20 -> D4
I only noticed it at the end of the episode, it was so cute!
The idea of Fjord and Beau panic-singing Under the Sea and random Little Mermaid songs is amazing djfk
7:15 the first time I saw this intro I (and everyone else in twitch) lost their ENTIRE SHIT. it was a sight to behold; the animation was extravagant and more than 40 episodes later it still gives me chills to watch every Thursday!!! :D
So is it Thursday yet?!
I found it when I was still watching the CR-C2 fan animations and hadn't started the series proper yet. Must've watched it three or four times in a row because of how amazing it was--big part of why I finally decided to watch. I wanted to get to know the characters and their stories. Plus, I was working on an animation project for a class at the time, so I used it as inspiration--work hard enough, and THAT is the result!
I loved the intro! My favorite part of it is actually the ending with Matt standing there with his book and I just pictured him saying "Come...let me tell you a tale, take a chance and roll the dice, because after all...it is your story."
I really like how all the characters coming from the book he holds are ones the guests have played. Such a nice touch
The octopus helmet Caleb made, absolutely ingenious i love this man
Jester: "Have you had ghosts try to take you over before?"
Mr.Clay: "Yeah."
I love him.
Edit: 2:23:55
Well he did live in a.... /checks notes... cemetery?
@@MrK133n graveyard
A graveyard has an attached temple.
Explains why undead make him so uncomfortable!
Caleb has taken his first step in becoming a mind flayer
I don't think he will become a mindflayer. He might become a god of time and reality.
Underrated comment 😂🐙
Step one: Aquire octopus.
Step two: Attach octopus to head.
Step three: Brains?
Omg Molly's coat alone in the wind made me want to cry.
He wasn’t alone, Vax was there 😊
Poignant, lovely.
I hope they animate this campaign if they end up doing all the vox machina stuff I'm late to the part but how fuckin cool is all of this
This aged amazingly in only one month, given the recent news that they are, in fact, animating this campaign
I have excellent news for you lol
Not gonna lie, I'd even be excited about a spinoff from the point of view of the crew of the Mistake.
@@tonyzacker8946 lmao the "hired" crew they all but kidnapped?
@@brandendierker5873 Indeed! I could listen to their honest thoghts for hours.
Nott: "We're a very accepting group"
Also Nott: "They're not people!"
Well to be fair....
Travis: *Jokes about someone throwing an astral dreadnaught at them*
Matt: *Who would ever do such a thing?*
Also Matt: *scribbles notes furiously*
*laughs in knowledge*
I’m just glad @28:35 that Marisha is tuned in to her husband’s flawless octopus noises. No one else seemed to notice.
I love the little parchments that pop up on screen under Matt lol. "Fantasy Dating; I like long walks on the ocean floor."