Uninviting Waters | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 62
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With the Moonbrush behind them, Vox Machina presses on towards the rushing rivers of the Gilded Run that barricade the Shademirk Bog. Battling the enchanted currents, they stumble into a lurking foe who's hunger knows no bounds!
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Plot twist: Liam was actually there the entire time. He just rolled a 40 on Stealth so no one can tell.
Underrated
We can't even remember him being there because he stealthed so hard that time altered itself around him
He stealthed out of existance
That was my thought exactly!
He rolled a 79
Fun fact: Sam sprained his knee while trying to get on the stage. Was in pain throughout the show and had to go to physical therapy for two months. Dedication.
Source?
Man, it's funny.
Wow, what a fun fact...
"fun" fact?? not to him, i imagine
Talk about rolling a 1 on athletics
I love that Grog is basically the team's timer. "Do something or I will just start hitting shit."
I think after the shopping episode, Travis decided to take his matter into his own hands if others arent doing shit
I love that whenever the group is indecisive about a plan Travis comes up with a plan that is virtually guaranteed to fail to make the group decide what to do.
That is the secret true purpose of the Barbarian.
@@Introbulus Actually true. Thinking back on it, the current campaign im in, the barb has forced decisions multiple times by threatening to run in and hit shit.
I think travis just has no patience and will say whayever stupid shit comes into his stupid little brain to keep things going.
@@xxliew i dont know if hes stupid or not but hes certainly the smartest in the group
@@xxliew Whoa there, while Grog is perhaps the most intellectually challenged of VM, Travis has proven time and time again that he is an excellent role player and strategist that makes sure not to metagame (too much) by making his character smarter than Grog is. While yes, Grog does say dumb things, it is Travis in character.
True friendship: Ashley pushing Travis, encouraging him to run from his wife's wrath.
I suspect she said something along the lines of "Run! I'll hold her off as long as I can!"
That makes me think that the announcer might have mixed up who of the two the better half is...
@@christopherbacon1077 😄
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I wish she'd never taken the freaking stupid broom to be completely honest. Every episode becomes about, "and I fly on my broom, and I fly on my broom, etc" ad nauseum... personally I struggled a ton with this set of characters but Vex's greed rubbed me the wrong way big time and this was like a constant reminder of her jerking over an ally who'd done nothing but help them(if we separate the actor from the Gern character, he was NOTHING but pleasant and was probably crippled in a lot of respects lifestyle wise the way he'd been getting by once his broom was gone) and it seemed like it became less about her being a ranger or a rogue and all she wanted to do was find minimal reason to fly on that stupid thing.
“I just want to say that was a death threat in front of a thousand people.”
“I think with this many witnesses it’s not a threat. It’s a promise!”
@Typical Animation "We didn't see anything!"
I hope she does lose the broom. It is not hers, never was, and never will be.
@@GeraldKatz wouldnt it be great if fearne stole it in campaign 3?
@@GeraldKatz I hope it makes you uncontrollably mad whenever you think about it.
@@brilobox2 Someone is triggered.
Scanlan: Do you care more about the broom than me?
Vex, without hesitation: Yes!
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Still, Vex had surprised pikachu face when he left VM saying that they didn't trully cared for him.
@@Rellyks Trash human is trash sadly. Scanlan is arguably their most valuable player.
This compared to a selfish hag of a shitbird player, makes me sad to see it was even allowed.
@@true_plays_games what exactly do you think shouldn't be allowed in this instance?
Or did you just want to spew some woman hate and then forget you didn't have anything to end the thought with?
@@jebbush6657 literally nothing in his comment had any implication that the hate was because she's a woman. It's a rash, rude comment for sure, but don't turn it into something it's not because you're doing yourself and the everyone else a disservice.
@@jebbush6657 you can't brush off every comment as woman hate wtf nothing implied woman hate there you weirdo, I personally really like jester but Laura in campaign 1 is horrible, she is greedy as hell, whines when things don't go her way, metagames the most, doesn't mark off spells or adds extra effects to them until Matt calls it out, is negative in every fight with her token "We are gonna die," stole from a PC and wouldn't lift a finger to help someone unless there's something in it for her, she sucks.
(In a very nerdy voice)
Talisen: "I'm using my new fancy counter ring."
Marisah: "Yeah, your counter ring."
Talisen: "I'm so excited to take damage."
Matt: "uh, thirty four
(No longer in nerdy voice)
Talisen: "I'm not that excited to take damage!"
Yes, we all watched the episode.
@@reverieofmusic436 and still people like to enjoy things again... mad about it? - don´t read comments.
@@reverieofmusic436 nope. i haven't because i like to look at the comments at the beginning of the video
@KingToniaaS right, so you enjoy spoiling the episode instead. Very smart
@@reverieofmusic436 it may seem weird, but i dont really care about that, more important for me is how does it come to the things people mention
"Nobody's going to watch a bunch of people playing D&D." Matthew Mercer, 2015. Hah.
I'm not sure what made him think that. People are willing to watch pretty much anything now a day. Office secretary ASMR videos get like 50m views.
We sure showed him! Harhar!
@@nomad2659 Matt seems to always underestimate the Critter community lol
@@jamesgarlick4573 Considering our Kickstarter? Yeah, he does. A measly three million for the final stretch goal.
Leisure Well, some people, like me, listen to white noise 10 hour videos to fall asleep. I guess some people find other types of noise soothing.
I just noticed haha they did this episode in a Theatre haha They went to a theatre haha
michael mcknight nice one I would have missed that! Garmili is gonna be pissed!
And Vax wasn't even there
I can't believe they went to the theater without Vax
Yea but that was before garmili warned them against it no?
@@someonessidechannel1485 And Vax was the most excited about the theatre spoiler:
At least they ended up going to the theatre in the end xD and apparently it was supposed to be a trap? XD
You know what the problem was? The river is essentially the door to the Shademurk. So of course it had to give them trouble.
NODDERS
Being the Feywild, I wonder if they had stopped and asked permission from whatever might be in the rivers to cross, they might have been able to get across a lot more easily
Everybody gangsta till Pike passes her stealth checks.
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"Thank you, Matt, for saving a marriage."
I love Laura so much.
How?
@@marlonjose6569 bless you for. Having sense
@@9jester9 you sound really salty. Maybe don't watch if you dislike her that much?
@@9jester9 Haha if that's your opinion I think it's time for you to change your name
@qpzmal543 She wasn't done trying to find things out by communing with nature and it would have been metagaming for Vex to call the gnomes back since Keyleth hadn't told her anything.
friendly reminder that this shit started in somebodies kitchen
now they have books
and are filling huge rooms
and helping the shit out of charities
god i love this show
NOW THEY HAVE ANIMATED SERIES
@@yujfromspace2169 well....eventually
And apparently this all happened because Ashley MENTIONED this game to Felicia while she worked at geek and sundry. Love her or hate her, Felicia Day gave us Critical Role.
dont forget about the amusement park! critical role land
Don't forget all the fanart and fanfic! :D (Sorry.)
Jesus, how the hell does Sam think of those clever moves. I mean cutting the rope with magic missile. His style of playing is just amazing.
Sam is the best, this is one of his top 10 for sure.
Tyroki Yup. For his songs and for how he plays. It’s that same kinda thing that people like robin williams had where they can riff extremely well. Really rare and awesome talent
To be fair, the rope was a good idea for the river, not so much for when magic florida attacks
Yeah, but he always hides his brilliant moves with a thick layer of jokes. First thirty episodes I thought he had no clue how to play. Then I started watching closely and am now embarrassed at the initial impression.
@@stevenweller9413 Sam always tried to think extremely hard about his moves; sometimes taking too long to think of what to do, but he made that time count.
I know people focus on Laura’s reactions to the broom, but Talesin’s expressions are also worth watching. He spent a LOT of time making sure that Vex could fly the broom safely. It’s his baby too.
Yes! So glad someone else noticed this. No Mercy Percy was ready to annihilate that hag for daring to damage the broom lol...
Only because it would be SUCH a liability in addition to her greed.
I hated her reaction. As funny as Travis was and as awesome as Ashley was, Laura's greed is just disgusting. She honestly needs to chill.
@@PhobosDDeimos Maybe go back and watch E60 again to try and get a handle on why Vex is acting the way she does. It's excellent character work by Laura Bailey - it had me laughing to the point of crying while she was doing it but really sad for her afterwards when you think about the root cause of her 'greed'.
@@PhobosDDeimos Hey, players are allowed to have prized possessions. Even if it is just an item, Laura is allowed to have an item that she enjoys so much she doesn't want to lose it. Also, Travis and her are /married/, I think he understands when she's joking and being serious.
And if we're talking in character, Vex has reasons to be ''greedy'' (literally go back to the episode with her father + any mentions of her backstory.) Not even to mention that Percy spent nights working on upgrading the broom for her, which just adds sentimental value to the item (since Percy is her love interest.)
So, chill out and realize the motivations behind the character. Also, it's a cool magical item that Laura Bailey just wants to keep. Lighten up a bit.
"Hello darkness my old friend,
It seems I'm useless once again..."
*Travis cries deeply*
It's easy to forget that Travis attended an arts and theater school.
2:54:00 - "I-I puh puh puh... I p-p-pick up the broom!"
Ashley is terrified of losing that broom!
Still remembers the flying carpet I'd wager
I've never heard someone so afraid in their life for there friends marriage 🤣😂
@@JayBell6676 fuckin sad
"we're invisible *and* the broom is invisible? *phew*"
Lmaoo that was hilarious
That time the party tied themselves together for safety, not knowing they were essentially making themselves a giant sausage link.
everyone runs out all hyped and then matt just kinda awkwardly shuffles out like "oh golly, I'm just playin some dnd, I didn't think it was all this, awh stop it guys you're making me blush"
He is the most amazing and adorable and awkward and pure human being ever and I love him so much, he's such a humble and great guy
and to this day is pretty much the same and we love him
To quote him from a different event "This is certainly the strangest timeline"
"As I'm kissing him, I wanna give him a little pat down to make sure he didn't steal anything." Haha, classic Vex!
SPOILERS:
Matt to Matt: Let the broom work.
Inner Matt to Matt: Disenchant it!
And then Matt to Inner Matt: If we disenchant it, i will literally be ruining a marriage. Possibly be the reason why my close friend wound up dead.
I'llllllllllll let it stay working.
Tony there is a small chance that baby Ronin owes his very existence to the fact that Matt didn’t disenchant an imaginary broom.
I just wonder what spell she cast on the broom to make it slow down and then stop completely but then come to life again shortly thereafter. If it was a Slow spell, then the gnomes would've been affected.
@@ScorchHellfire Anti-Magic field probably. Suppresses magic while in the field, everything works again once it leaves the anti-magic area. Either that or a dispel targeting the broom specifically.
Haha, you can see in his face at the end. He really wanted them to get caught and that broom to be gone
Did anyone else realize they took almost a entire live game session only crossing rivers (and that was a lot of fun anyway)?
That's the DND experience. I can't tell you how many games I've played for 4+ hours and we only got through one day 😂
Spending an hour and a half to get across the river only for Vex to get Confused and swan-dive straight back in was an absolute highlight
NomadSkout
9 months ago
00:38 - Introductions
05:15 - Announcement
09:32 - Part 1 begins
11:12 - Game Begins
11:31 - Scanlan's preparations
12:50 - The Real Pike?
13:05 - Scanlan's foolproof test
14:19 - Vox Machina takes a little bit to get warmed up
18:15 - We have the twins even when Liam isn't here
19:25 - Vex Burn
20:09 - Payback
23:50 - Grog and Scanlan try sign language
25:20 - Keyleth would like a moment to assess the situation first
28:40 - Marisha's Amazing Rolls #1
29:30 - Scanlan discretely tries to save the day
30:55 - Scanlan Inspires Himself
32:43 - Scuba Grog
36:00 - Scanlan Inspires Pike
37:52 - Vox Machina's second greatest weakness is water.
40:43 - Just look at the DM to tell how bad your idea is.
41:16 - Garmeeli regrets everything
42:00 - Bigby's Pitching Hand
44:40 - Marisha's Amazing Rolls #2
46:29 - Keyleth's bag of tricks is running dry
52:30 - Marisha'a Amazing Rolls #3
1:02:20 - Fight starts
1:02:50 - Grog's FINE!
1:08:39 - Scanlan knows Keyleth's spells better than Keyleth
1:09:30 - Momleth's Amazing Rolls #4
1:20:45 - Mercer's Ninja Skillz
1:21:00 - Travis' Trickshot
1:28:25 - Pike - 100% Pure SAVAGE
1:30:35 - Scanlan Inspires Keyleth
1:31:07 - Scanlan is always the MVP
1:33:10 - Keyleth Brings the PAIN
1:36:26 - The players always surprise Matt
1:37:35 - GROGodile Dundee
1:39:47 - Scanlan casts cutting words
1:43:20 - Straight trippin'
1:47:37 - Sticklers & Kangaroo Courts
1:49:10 - Part 1 ends
1:57:50 - Part 2 begins
2:05:00 - Scanlan Inspires Grog
2:06:11 - Momleth Had Enough
2:15:50 - Grog Tossin'
2:21:35 - Mercer's Sponsor Burn
2:22:33 - Garmeli can't catch a break
2:27:20 - Vex Patdown
2:35:10 - Pike's stealth check
2:36:57 - Tree
2:40:26 - What Vox Machina does when they're bored
2:41:06 - Scanlan's devastation about Trinket
2:41:44 - We learn what Vex really cares about
2:43:20 - Travis Awakens the Dragon
2:50:08 - This is the worst plan ever
2:51:15 - The Hut
2:52:18 - Creep-Time
2:53:30 - Matt threatens a marriage
2:54:20 - Travis flees in terror
2:56:24 - Legitimate fear for his life, right there
2:57:56 - Part 2 ends
Boost
"Jug, I need the jug-no."
*Titanstone Knuckles click*
Clarotta was and probably always will be my favorite NPC companion, but Garmili is a close second now.
Blasphemy! Glorious Gilmore is the best npc.
Prophet's Bane When I said "NPC Companion", I meant NPCs that accompany you on missions.
Ah... I see. My point still stands though ;)
Come on Victor is the best NPC ever!
zenez Damn. Forgot about the crazy gun powder merchant XD
This is like the world's most bizarre game of Oregon Trail
Vax already got dysentery for a while back at Whitestone after the rakshasa fight, so you might be onto something here.
These guys would have died on the east coast planing the trip till they starve to death.
😆😆😆
Grog saying "Can I cast..." is such a wonderful thing
Man, at the end there Matt held Travis's life in his hands.
Yeah, I'm late, but I'm compelled to say....*her* broom???? You mean the one she stole from a random ally?
@@kadare68 Right, part of me as a Dm would be like ya no... That thing is gone now.
@@kadare68 You've never had a party member steal a thing before? Must be playing a different game.
@@elbruces not from a guest player in an established group.
@@kadare68 Who are you talking about?
I heard Marisha got that opal dice from Will Wheaton...
I heard he carved it himself!
ive rolled 7 in a row the wheaton curse is strong with me
same
It took them a hour to get across a river, this is the door all over again lol
Well, you could kind of say that the river was like a door (or at least a threshold) to the Shademirk... so it checks out!
Yep, the river was the Threshold Guardian.
"What are rivers, but nature's doors?"
...Keyleth, probably
51:42 "I instinctively cover my neck". Honestly, Vex hitting Scanlan in the neck during broom flying/arrow shooting practise on the chickens, is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life. So glad Sam remembers it too lol.
pike im standing right next to you !
i know :)
scanlan you take 1 point of emotional damage
brightdarkness poor scanlan
10 d10 emotional damage
Will Wheaton would be proud of Marisha's rolls during this session.
I love it when the crowd is shouting DISADVANTAGE when Matt rolled that 19
I love the moment where Taliesin takes Marisha's dice and whispers something to them to make them work better. Could've been a little prayer, could have been a curse we will never know
Taliesin and Marisha really make a great team and they get stronger and stronger each episode!
I'm pretty sure he threatened them.
"I know a man named Will who will never let you get above a 1"
I'm still not convinced Taliesin doesn't have a deal with the devil for his rolls. It's either 1s or 20s, with basically no in between. Sometimes he gets a 20 in a clutch moment, sometimes the devil comes to collect his dues and he gets a 1.
"It's hard and smooth. And appears to wiggle loosely when you touch it." Best line of the show by Matt lol
Don't forget it started with a bulge.
00:38 - Introductions
05:15 - Announcement
09:32 - Part 1 begins
11:12 - Game Begins
11:31 - Scanlan's preparations
12:50 - The Real Pike?
13:05 - Scanlan's foolproof test
14:19 - Vox Machina takes a little bit to get warmed up
18:15 - We have the twins even when Liam isn't here
19:25 - Vex Burn
20:09 - Payback
23:50 - Grog and Scanlan try sign language
25:20 - Keyleth would like a moment to assess the situation first
28:40 - Marisha's Amazing Rolls #1
29:30 - Scanlan discretely tries to save the day
30:55 - Scanlan Inspires Himself
32:43 - Scuba Grog
36:00 - Scanlan Inspires Pike
37:52 - Vox Machina's second greatest weakness is water.
40:43 - Just look at the DM to tell how bad your idea is.
41:16 - Garmeeli regrets everything
42:00 - Bigby's Pitching Hand
44:40 - Marisha's Amazing Rolls #2
46:29 - Keyleth's bag of tricks is running dry
52:30 - Marisha'a Amazing Rolls #3
1:02:20 - Fight starts
1:02:50 - Grog's FINE!
1:08:39 - Scanlan knows Keyleth's spells better than Keyleth
1:09:30 - Momleth's Amazing Rolls #4
1:20:45 - Mercer's Ninja Skillz
1:21:00 - Travis' Trickshot
1:28:25 - Pike - 100% Pure SAVAGE
1:30:35 - Scanlan Inspires Keyleth
1:31:07 - Scanlan is always the MVP
1:33:10 - Keyleth Brings the PAIN
1:36:26 - The players always surprise Matt
1:37:35 - GROGodile Dundee
1:39:47 - Scanlan casts cutting words
1:43:20 - Straight trippin'
1:47:37 - Sticklers & Kangaroo Courts
1:49:10 - Part 1 ends
1:57:50 - Part 2 begins
2:05:00 - Scanlan Inspires Grog
2:06:11 - Momleth Had Enough
2:15:50 - Grog Tossin'
2:21:35 - Mercer's Sponsor Burn
2:22:33 - Garmeli can't catch a break
2:27:20 - Vex Patdown
2:35:10 - Pike's stealth check
2:36:57 - Tree
2:40:26 - What Vox Machina does when they're bored
2:41:06 - Scanlan's devastation about Trinket
2:41:44 - We learn what Vex really cares about
2:43:20 - Travis Awakens the Dragon
2:50:08 - This is the worst plan ever
2:51:15 - The Hut
2:52:18 - Creep-Time
2:53:30 - Matt threatens a marriage
2:54:20 - Travis flees in terror
2:56:24 - Legitimate fear for his life, right there
2:57:56 - Part 2 ends
Logan Reynolds this needs to be higher
Logan Reynolds a
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Commenting to bump this higher
Logan Reynolds Bless you, sir.
I love all the players, but as a DM, Sam and Travis are two I'd be crazy happy to have in my game. Sam is so on top of team play, like he pushed everyone but also does everything to protect everyone. Travis is great for story movement and story respect. He makes sure everyone is respecting the DM's time and tries to reduce them from talking over him, and when plans take too long he forces them to decide by offering a worse option, which again respects the DM.
I really would enjoy all of them, but by far, Sam and Travis!
I agree, I would kill for players like Sam and Travis. Not hating on the rest, they are good and entertaining on their own ways, but those two are simply the best of the group by a long mile, being super funny and very good roleplayers at the same time.
He totally changed his mind about disenchanting the broom just to save Travis' life didn't he?
Im assuming it was a different spell than dispell magic in the first place
I actually think it’s bc scanlan said the command word a second tkme
I think he meant for it to be disenchanted but felt bad for Laura and Travis, each for different reasons.
Nope you can see the look on his face, he loves messing with them, this would never have happened if Laura hadn’t said something to Travis. He was just creating tension in Laura like a good story teller does.
Well to be fair even with the magic carpet technically it wasn't disenchanted by the anti magic, it was only cause of the acud it happened to fall in so unless there was something to physically damage the broom, it getting sucked into the sludge and lost, or being shattered it didn't sound like he was planning to disenchant it. Also I don't know what magic would disenchant an object xause you'd think a spell that could render your foes magical armor or weapon mundane would be very popular. I don't know too much about spells though so I have no idea if such a thing exists.
"I'm going to guiding bolt ... his face." Ashley is so funny. I love her. She's also the cutest!
She's a monstah!
Sky Harkness, pike is THE Monstah!
No need to compare friend. Every single person on that stage is *adorable*~
I love how she was filming the entire intro. It was just as awesome to her as it was for the audience.
@@relativelyobjective6412 yeah yeah everyone gets a participation price... THAT said. .. Sky iis right Pike rocks! Grog is pretty good as well... I can relate to Percy and Vax, Scanlan is cool but sometimes too pushy on pike, Vax gets annoying trying to get avatar and protecting the bear... and Keyleth just annoys me ... Pike is definitely the best
I wish Sam had said, "As they all discuss how to cross the river, bigby's hand lifts us up and sets us across the river"
Wouldn't that technically be flying and lead to them all being underwater and drowning?
the absolute look of HORROR in Matt's eyes when Grog says he wants to chop down a tree is hilarious
Me: *tries to come up with productive things to do while binging critical role to justify my obsession*
I just cleaned my entire room and exercised for an hour
I have crocheted seventeen drawstring bags. Glad to see I’m not the only one making up productivity!
I make more dnd stuff for my Friday game
@@DarthRioBarbossa I crochet while watching too! Currently working on an elven coat!
Dude that’s dope! How’s it goin?
long time since original comment, but yeah I make dolls, clothes and draw while watching
I don't think I have seen anyone have as much fun as Taliesin had watching someone else roll dice.
2:43:42 Matt gains the ability to kill Travis for real...
"It's a f*cking one! For the third time in a row!"
*remembers the hordes of twenties in the previous episode*: Karma B*iches!!
I love how when Matt described Bigby's hand throwing Garmilie he went full on Looney Toons.
I love how much Vex embodies the greedy rogue, more so than Vax. Also, that dramatic pause...I thought Travis was dead. Great episode.
vex has always been the greedy one. Vax is just a sneaky assassin
According to one of their early Q&A's, Laura always plays a rogue in RPG's and Liam knew this, so he made sure to get in there before her. It's likely why, as you say, she is more greedy than Vax in relation to their classes, but also likely why she chose Rogue as her second class.
Honestly, I think they've been developing this dynamic on purpose for a long time. The half-shunned twins, the often-too-generous-sometimes-to-assuage-his-own-guilt thief and the sensible-dipping-into-greedy ranger (who is also the most capable of surviving on her own outside of society)....both over-correcting for their childhood, if in slightly different directions. I expect that Liam was going to go Paladin of Sarenrae (he certainly hinted it) but this opportunity was so perfect. And then Laura moved into Rogue at almost exactly the same time, Vex grounding Vax in his past, Vax reminding Vex of *why* they have grown into who they are. Reminding her that they aren't as shitty as the ones who snubbed and bullied them. They're not perfect, because neither of them wanted to play Mary Sue - but they have engaging faults and virtues, which drive the story and support the party. Which really, isn't that everything you can ask for in a dnd character?
Laura is an annoying, greedy ass who acts like she's a goddess
Uh, that's because she is. Duh.
When Matt had Percy roll for damage on his natural 1 with the pistol, I thought he was going to have the gun explode and deal damage to Percy.
Arkatox I'm surprised Matt let any of his gunpowder work after being fully submerged.
Gunpowder is wax sealed. Anti-water/moisture. Or it would never work anyway.
My apologies, I would have been a needlessly jerky DM in that situation, but Talisan would have probably called me on it anyway, lol.
No, he wouldnt. They are actually good players. They just roll with DMs judgement most of the time.
So me lol
Scanlon being clever as hell hitting the rope to free each individual all at the same time. Outstanding solution. Well played sir Gnome, well played.
Tell me a situation he wasn’t MVP in. Meanwhile Vex can’t even remember she has a bear or Hunters Mark for 3 years straight a d still treats him like garbage constantly.
@@true_plays_games I've been disliking Laura more and more with each passing episode. I can't even say it's because of her character, although that is a part of it (Vex just sucks). Decisions like the metagaming for loot that got her killed when they found the first vestige and her general greediness is just not fun. She's so hell bent on getting herself whatever items she wants out of character (which is annoying in itself) and then lords it over everyone and treats people like crap while in character. Makes it extremely hard to be a fan of hers. The comment to Travis about the broom might not have been entirely serious but it was so just so petty that it wasn't even funny. I swear she just seems like Gollum to me
@@alittlesnag how was Percy getting Vex killed in your mind Laura’s fault?
@@ikanhazw1n people are mad she ran over there despite her saying she wanted to look for traps. Because she ran over there outnof greed it's her fault.so it's more of a proxy way of complaining about her greed
@@Zalied Ohhh, I mean, in fairness it was meant to be her Vestige
This is so funny on a meta level. Matt essentially took one of the classical situation which almost every player encounters in their game (How will the players cross the river...) and put in on steroids. My Gamemaster heart approves.
Important question: What happens if Marisha gave her new D20 to Wil Wheaton? Will the two curses cancel each other out?
Natesh13 or it'll create a black hole of critical failure that will permanently curse the entire room or worse.
Plot twist. Wil Wheaton is the Sauron of D&D, and that dice is the one ring.
I think that's how you get negative rolls
Aidan Wedgbury "I roll to attack the gaurd."
*rolls dice*
"You heal the gaurd."
All the numbers would immediately become 1
When Matt said Vax was going o save his boots of haste I legitimately snorted. Have you MET Vax? First thing he would have said is to use the boots. Come on!
Yeah, but I think Liam's gonna be back for the next episode, and he wouldn't want to use something like that without the player being there. Especially given that it's early in the day for VM, and they'll likely have another battle (and possibly a more important one) later on.
Matt was saving them so Liam vould choose to use them later in the day/next session if the opportunity were to present itself to do so since they only work once a day/once per long rest. At least that's what I'd assume/what I'd do if I were DMing and had to play for a player
I love the transition of Travis’s face from “shit that was close, thought she was gonna kill me-“ to “Matt don’t do this to me...” was too good 2:56:24 *saving a marriage*
Vex: Trinket dear please come and save mommy
Keyleth: please don't be mad at me nature, i am sorry
Would have loved Matt jokingly saying "How do you want to do this?" when Travis rolled the natural 20 for throwing Pike.
Pretty sure Matt's not suicidal... XD
Picturing this actually made me laugh out loud. You're right, it would've been perfect!
Given their location for this one I feel like an opportunity was lost in not pointing out to Grameeli that they had finally arrived at the theatre.
If Liam was there I guarentee he would have as he was the one that kept bringing it up. 😋
After seeing all the hate Marisha gets it makes me so happy to see people cheering for her like that when she walks out
it feels like no matter what the comment is, someone in the replies somehow ties it to something Marisha messed up. its the only thing about this fandom that bothers me.
I mean she still tried way too hard to be funny, pulling attention where she could. I dont hate her for it, she is after all by far the youngest from the group (and most insecure both ing and irl), but seeing the Lauras forced laugh at her the 9/11 joke (in front of live US audience, jeez), its hard to stay silent. I heard its better in the second campaign tho (where not her, but the poor storytelling Is the problem).
@@Jay-bz5qk nah, the story in C2 was just as good.
@@Jay-bz5qk what was that "9/11 joke" you're talking about?
I don't really like Keyleth but calling someone "insecure irl" you've only seen in these kind of formats, wow :D
@@R0XAZ_ Well it is not just acting - the cast stays out of character for a fair amount of time during these sessions too + there were talks machina, panels hosted by them etc. I mean you dont have to take my word for it, she admitted that herself (on her twitter multiple times). Its not like its a bad thing or anything - as I sad, I dont hate her for it, most people are insecure.
To the 9/11 joke - in like first third of the session (dont have the timestamp right now, would have to watch through again) she said "runny eyeliner like its 2001".
Keyleth/Marisha deserved that moment with the Blight so much for all the 1 she rolled at the start!
That’s just using your spells right!
She did it, she finally did it!
She deserved it the least lol
@@BKInbound my guy, shut up
"You are tripping balls right now" is my favorite quote ever in this show
his voice when he says it
it must blow their minds that they are more known and recognized for playing DND than for their voice acting, which is amazing in it's own, love Ashley Johnson last of us
i love some games and anime and i literally never look at the voice actors... cus that means reading small letters and i love to read but i suck at paying attention... i love laura and recently found out who she voices in the some of the games and anime i watch.
To be fair, I knew Liam, Matt, Sam and Laura from their voice acting long before I knew of CR. Liam's been one of my favorite voice actors for more than a decade.
I enjoyed Matt's voice acting a LOT but had no idea that all the characters I really liked the dialogue of were him until I found out who he was. 😂
_"I was in the sky, trying to get the training team in my viewfinder from the rear seat of the lead plane._
_My pilot in the front seat was howling at the earth below..._
_...The world turned upside down, and my stomach turned inside out."_
While watching this episode I looked up each of their other roles and they play some characters that I really love
If I didn't watch anime in japanese I'd probably recognize these guys from a lot of things.
Travis : :o :o :o
Tal: HIDE HIDE HIDE
Ashley: Pushes Travis off the table to escape the wrath of Vex!
True friendship ladies and gentlemen.
One of Ashley's strongest moments! One of Laura's weakest.
Matt missed such an opportunity
Vex : You wasted your entire hour of flying for that?
Matt : And Vax walks away
I love how so many episodes can be summed up in very few words, but they're 3+ hours a clip.
"VM crosses some streams."
"VM goes shopping."
Etc.
"The Gang Crosses a River"
I mean, anything in life can be reduced down like that. It’s about the journey, not the destination. Instead it was more like, “VM faces death in strange ways to a stream that has a memetic call of the void. In trying every trick they have in the book, they had to use their ingenuity to cross each stream. But their hubris caught up with them and they faced an enormous monster that was half plant half animal. Working as a team, they were able to defeat it, and even Garmile, an unpredictable wildcard, chose to save Vex even when he did not have to.” A lot more happened than just crossing streams. :/
When the audience screams: That's okay. I didn't need my ears. (Bleeds profusely from ear cavities)
MaskofFayt I leave my volume at 60%, you can hear and never have scream issues.
I use speakers that way i dont have to complain about self imposed problems.
I mean I use speakers and the screaming is still annoying. Its the same with any live panel though, obnoxiously loud audiences.
It takes away the enjoyment, for me.
I honestly hope that was the last live episode.
I get it's amazing for the audience to have the group so close to them, but paint me green and call me a pickle that is annoying.
I’m CRYING at Sam’s inspiration for himself and the Hamilton reference 🤣🤣🤣 was not expecting it. FANTASTIC
"This creature is profound in swallowing larger entities"
Cassie Barns So just like your mom, then?
100 d20 psychic damage
Travis' mind went there at the speed of light. His expression was brilliant
I was so sad about the lack of Liam, but Matt roleplays Vax literally perfectly after all this time playing together. He even mimics Vax's voice flawlessly.
He did except for one thing: Vax never ever "saves" his boots of haste for later. It's literally the first thing he always does ^^
@@PhobosDDeimos
There have been some moments when that was the case, but yeah. 😋
I suspect Matt didn't use them here so as to avoid a potential situation next Thursday where Liam attempts to use the boots and Matt has to explain he can't, which would be an instance of taking away the player's control--something he has a distaste for.
He is so clever this Mathew Mercer.
I love Grog and Pikes friendship, it makes me smile.
It's the purest thing! :D
2:13:03 Matt rping the grass....pure joy! Reminded me when he did that with the Sun Tree back in Whitestone
Matt did WHAT
Enter Henry Crabgrass:
@@michaelnewman6936 Role-Playing
No Liam?? I need my dagger dagger dagger 🗡
Ashley is representing
Marisha's shirt helped
One day their sound balance wont require me to tune everything up.
we can dream
And turn it down every 5 minutes. I've been tryung to watch it at times with headphones in the bed and the times that I have to concentrate on hearing something and then getting my ears blasted off are countless.
its fine even with headphones as i almost never use speakers just have to have it pretty low and the screams wont be to bad
ignore me it got worse at the end
Right....and then go deaf in the next second by someone screaming from a roll lol
I love how exasperated Matt seems when he describes the "hard and smooth object"
Watching through for the first time, the whole thing with Garmy getting thrown over the river to the middle finger has by far been the best thing I've seen in months. Triggered my asthma from laughing too hard.
I know this is an old video but I would like to Thank you all. I quit playing this game over 20 years ago during 2nd edition and never thought about the game again. 6 months ago I caught one of your vids on You Tube and saw it could be fun again. I have joined several campaigns and played a lot of AL because of you guys. In a week I am running my first campaign in over 2 decades. You are wonderful; people keep up the good work.
Please update. How’d the campaign go?
I haven't played in over 20 years myself but watching this series I reeeaaallly want to find a group and get back into it.
@@RoninXDarknight do it! There are a lot of online communities you can join and if (like me) you want IRL, start a group yourself!
Same I played in the early 90s but I always loved it and played PC games with D&D rules but my love of the game never left me I will always miss sitting around a table with my friends for endless hours in a world we created.
TIMESTAMPS!
Trying not to be too descriptive in order to avoid SPOILERS, but, well, it's no guarantee.
5:13 HUGE announcement
9:25 Game starts
13:05 Scanlan's foolproof test
19:40 Don't criticize the DM's handling of PCs
30:54 Scanlan Song No. 1
36:00 Scanlan Song No. 2
42:08 Fastball Special
44:45 Dice meltdown
52:39 Seriously?
1:09:50 On a ROLL
1:21:00 Travis' Trickshot
1:30:35 Scanlan Song No. 3
1:37:36 Unexpected swelling
1:43:20 Straight trippin'
1:47:37 Sticklers & Kangaroo Courts
1:49:23 Break starts
1:57:13 Break ends
2:05:04 Scanlan limerick
2:21:30 Keyleth goes to IHOP
2:22:33 Garmeli can't catch a break
2:27:24 Can he file for sexual harassment?
2:35:10 Pike's stealth check
2:36:57 Tree
2:41:06 Scanlan's devastation about Trinket
2:43:34 Laura makes a death threat
2:52:18 Creep-Time
2:54:20 Travis flees in terror
2:56:24 Legitimate fear for his life, right there
Awesomeness
Arcyo s
thx mate
Are you trying to get Travis killed, Matt?
If Laura doesn't kill him first lol. Poor Travis must have slept on the couch that night ha ha.
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Ok, she's being way too effin' childish about her dang flying things!! Besides, it's not even *hers!* She stole it, she doesn't deserve it anyway. The beauty of D&D is that karma actually supposed to work. She doesn't get any consequences... 😣 grumble, grumble...
@@KickyFut well she gets punished once in a while. Vex died when that trap triggered in Sir Purvan's tomb. She left her brother climbing from the pit and ran to see the treasure.
It doesn't change her outlook, nor make her more careful about using her broom. Matt should have been more active in endangering her broom. Maybe have her choose between rescuing it or a team member...
A Druid terrified of the ground is hilarious! 😂
And maybe a book for Wildemount. Well mr Mercer, let me tell ya something lol
Travis acting completely unamused at Laura but then totally being into it when she gets a good roll is super adorable.
So true. I love how he laughs and points when she rolls a nat 1 at 20:21, because he gets equally excited when she rolls well. And she gets super excited when he rolls well, too. It's adorable.
Kept waiting for Matt to take this opportunity playing as Vax to flirt with his wife xD
Surprisingly didn't happen.
Ok, it's been many episodes and I've still got many episodes to catch up on, but my thoughts so far...
I like Travis. He's a good player and just really gets into his character. Even when it sucks, he rolls with it and it's truly a joy to watch. Having never watched the Fullmetal Alchemist series, I deliberately started watching it on Netflix just because of his role as Roy Mustang. Really great guy.
However, I think I'm turning into a true Scanlan fan. Sam plays the game so well. He doesn't break character and he doesn't meta-game, but he uses the game and rules to the advantage of the group so very well. He's truly a great support. The use of Magic Missiles in this game is probably no true to the rules of the game, but the creativity of it in the moment allowed Matt to make an exception, and I'm glad he did. It was a really great moment, and Sam's done this many times in the course of the game. I bet he gives Matt fits but it's great.
Magic missile never specifies if it can only hit creatures, or enemies, it just says " blah blah, summons magical missiles to hit enemy creature, blah blah" but, considering how many different enemies there are, I think Magic Missile is more a sight based spell than a rule based spell, if that makes sense.
I also love how supportive Sam and Tals are to the rest of the crew. Not just with awesome creativity in game, but with supportive comments and encouragement. Brilliant, wonderful people.
you can see Travis trying to so hard not to be travis and stay grog when he is the only one that realizes that the plan is gonna fail
@@noamcohen7124 i really dont get why travis fanboys like you give him so much undeserved credit
@Ana you should really just stop. You sound like a salty ass Ex GF that is jealous of her ex BF having success. Travis is one of the few in the cast that stays true to their character & very very little meta gaming compared to the rest. Him & Sam are the two rocks that hold down the team, the others are great too, but they slip into meta gaming in this campaign while those two stay true
The image of Vax, Vex, Keyleth, and Percy all being flung through the air attached by string, but all doing 3-point landings, is a good image.
Damn, get a load of Marisha Wheaton over here.
Another sign of Matt being a good DM - Laura was deeply, visibly uncomfortable with every decision that was made about the broom, and clearly felt pressured to go along with what they wanted. She begged them to come back and Sam decided to do a perception check anyway. Anything that happened to her very precious item she was entirely powerless to prevent. That's an awful feeling! Matt choosing not to punish Laura for the other players choices is a solid move
Absolutely agree, Matt’s perception and understanding of his groups emotional states and reactions is awesome. I’ve heard so many D&D horror story’s lately of bad DM’s ignoring or pushing their players into things they’re clearly uncomfortable with or purposefully making the game unenjoyable for them that Matt’s DM’ing is a breath of fresh air. He loves his players dearly 🥰.
Something that I hope to accomplish as a new DM. I’m rewatching all of CR to help me learn how to be a good DM 😂
Hmm I think its a bit of his enjoyment in playing with the fears of the playerss and making them think about the allignment and stuff... he often pulls the "fulfilled prophecy" card when they are paranoid about something, especially to Laura... so when he saw that she was more worried about the broom than her friends, That was the punishment...the scare was ...
But also I think he hates flying items with a passion, I dont know why he keeps letting them have those jhahahahhaha
@@abrilvonbunny6205 I imagine he expected them to return the carpet and learned from that one that giving flying objects is not great. As for the broom, I don't think he planned for Vex to steal the broom. The third carpet later was specifically designed for more room so I imagine it was a deliberate choice because they were close to the end.
I agree! In some games PCs die because of stupid mistakes of other PCs (but particularly players) and it's very shitty.
I died when Matt rolled that disadvantage and he just went "Heh". That's always a fun thing for a dm
I wish I had discovered this sooner. I'm going to watch nothing else but this until I'm caught up.
it's so good it got me into dnd
Yeah, same... almost there now :D
And I'd love to try DnD. I've played Pathfinder before, which is quite similar but somehow feels more... harsh. Dunno what it is.
Same, and I'm starting way after you did. I still have about fifty episodes to go until I catch up
That's what I did. Haven't watched a movie or another show in a month or two. Just this. An episode to two a day. I think I have a problem...
Five months in off and on it hurts to stop watching but I have no longer have any other kind of social life
0:38 - Introductions
5:15 - Announcement
11:12 - Game Begins
12:50 - The Real Pike?
19:25 - Vex Burn
20:09 - Payback
28:40 - Marisha's Amazing Rolls #1
30:55 - Scanlan Inspires Himself
32:43 - Scuba Grog
36:00 - Scanlan Inspires Pike
42:00 - Bigby's Pitching Hand
44:40 - Marisha's Amazing Rolls #2
52:30 - Marisha'a Amazing Rolls #3
1:02:50 - Grog's FINE!
1:09:30 - Momleth's Amazing Rolls #4
1:20:45 - Mercer's Ninja Skillz
1:28:25 - Pike - 100% Pure SAVAGE
1:30:35 - Scanlan Inspires Keyleth
1:33:10 - Keyleth Brings the PAIN
1:37:35 - GROGodile Dundee
1:57:50 - Break Ends (past loud part)
2:05:00 - Scanlan Inspires Grog
2:06:11 - Momleth Had Enough
2:15:50 - Grog Tossin'
2:21:35 - Mercer's Sponsor Burn
2:27:20 - Vex Patdown
2:43:20 - Travis Awakens the Dragon
2:51:15 - The Hut
Woooo welcome back bro
You are a gift!
You are a blessing upon the world.
you missed something
2:02:30 - Travis has discreet fun with the audience
It's always a good time to see your timestamp post in the comments makes it so much easier to find certain points in the episode. Thanks!
I always love when Matt says “how do you want to do this”? And to see the reaction of the live crowd? So damn awesome!
Accidental retcons are always great. (Pike getting thrown when she was already on the other side.)
Well, she was there in ethereal form anyway. Who's to say she didn't decide that her ethereal form would be over there so Grog could throw her.
It would be too sad to stop that momentum.
Also what a thing to write one divorce papers: "He made a terrible decision in our DnD game, so I can no longer love him." 🤣 I also saw Travis' soul leave his body.
As funny as it was, Laura seriously needs to chill with her greedyness. It's really gone out of hand. Would I be sitting at that table, I would be so annoyed because of her.
2016: "Not sponsored by IHOP, probably never will be..."
2019: one shot sponsored by Wendy's
Wait, which one shot is that??
@@u.s.s.chucklefucker1657 it came out today!
It got removed. Basically it got 'deleted'. Bit of a cuffufle about the ethics of Wendy's.
So sad many (myself included) don't get to see it : (
Its sad that people get so outraged over things. These people probably wrote their complaints about the critical role one shot sponsored by wendys over possibly unethical tomatoes on their apple products made in buildings with suicide nets around the windows and don't bat an eye.
wait what? for real? they did a one-shot and then deleted it? wtf?!
it's bad enough that i can't watch Force Grey, and now i miss a CR one-shot cuz of that damn ginger burger pusher? what is this world coming to?
Raven Queen, please save us!
btw anyone know what it was called?
Travis had that look of "Matt....you're going to get me divorced over a broom!!!!"
Again it’s weird to see a lot of Hamilton references after Hamilton releasing on Disney plus a few days ago
Matthew Mercer, DMing like a boss and saving a marriage like a boss
Travis: "You're going to die live!"
*thug life shades*
I have spent an hour listening to people trying to cross a river, have no idea when they'll manage it, and am not even upset. D&D is a strange but wonderful experience.
Quarantine and shelter in place... Time to finally get caught up!
Just reached this point. I can safely say the Mighty Nein are better people.
That's what I'm doing!
Same! .... Oh wow your comment was four months ago.... it's been a long time already
I started late into quarantine and seeing that this is from 8 months ago is a little painful lol
@@katherinejoyce696 I'm now up to C2 Episode 90!
You know, these live shows are a fantastic treat, but I like Matt's DMing better when he's just in the G&S studio with his friends. It's still great, and it's all performing, but I feel like he projects emotions a little more organically when it's not on a giant stage.
He's more animated, and you can slightly feel the nerves. .. but I like this- it means it's real. The moment I sense a script or inauthentic lines, I'm done with this show
@@michaelnewman6936 well considering that this show is 100% unscripted, hope you enjoy the rest of campaign 1 and 2, andf hopefully join the rest of us with campiagn 3 in a few weeks!
@@Wet-Milk I'm on episode 75.... if I add in the talks machina, I'll never get there in time!
@@michaelnewman6936 dude, dm's have a script, it's called campaign notes. Matt gives prewritten descriptions all the time because he prepares stuff ahead of time.
@@thefallencat2080 you really think some keynotes on overarching events and motivations is close to reading from a script?