It's quite frankly rude at this point how many times CR has absolutely devastated me with, "How am I supposed to get over you if you keep sending ravens to me?". I'm in shambles.
@@Shmeat That's funny because I just saw another comment saying "it's clearly D" 🤣 We think we now better, but in the end we're just as confuse as they are.
It is clearly Dancer because Matt gives them a clue before where he says the scrying is quicker on Dancer because he is more connected / closer to her.
I now have to question what show that was, because I was pretty sure I knew what it was (not Mormon, did not attend a Mormon college, never even met a Mormon) but I learned about it from QI so now I’m wondering what other show it was mentioned on?
@daisukeds85 @@jessicaknox4837 i mean yeah, but the tree was destroyed, right? that's why the prime dieties didnt had a way to block entities from other planes and ended creating the divine gate, didnt they? i mean, im here for it but... oh fuck this theory will ruin my brain
If you look at Sam, Marisha, and Travis' (Calamity gang) reaction as soon as Matt mentions that tree being on Shattered Teeth, I think that pretty much confirms it's the Tree of Names (unless magically in Domunas/Shattered Teeth there are more than one magical druidic tree of Gau Drashari origin)
I feel like the dnd version of "you either die a hero or live to see yourself become a villian." Is "you either die a hero or live long enough to become a npc"
So I think the next question someone needs to ask for the next 4-Sided Dive is to Matt, and is: "So are there any talking swords in Exandria that _aren't_ evil?"
Oof…imagine being consciously aware of your surroundings to whatever extent the average peopley human person normally is with their brainballs but oops: you’re a sword listening to whatever hog bonkers religious jibber jabber some jerk-ass chants at you because you ain’t got no legs, Lt Dan…and no arms but when someone grabs you; they’re ARMED!? How many times does a sword have to hearhow one guy saw a thing that his god sent him so we all gotta worship him now no you can’t see the gift he sent me, Mom! Don’t touch me dad, I didn’t ask for this! I wanted to be fucking flail! Cursed swords are fully justified and done did what they had to do if you’re tired and running a fire sale on giggles
What would be hilarious is if they were given a talking weapon, or other wearable item with great stats, that constantly said highly questionable shit but in truth had absolutely no actual negative traits whatsoever. Just a giant troll. Just constantly chiming in with ambiguous comments when things go right or wrong to make it seem like it had some influence on those events when really its just some bored soul stuck in a sword or something.
Pragmatic question: why is a good person as likely as a bad person is to end up sealed in some fuckin weapon until hell freezes? Moreover, what does a non-evil PERSON look like? Who do you know that would make a good animated sword?
Matt absolutely dropping facefirst onto the table is the kind of GM break I love and cherish in my CR campaigns. He's busted completely, utterly, and it's wonderful. Well done, Sam, you absolute goob.
I'm so happy for Orym, he was down in the dumps but it feels like this trip to his home healed his heart just before the recent wounds started to permanently scar.
FCG calling the Changebringer three times in a freaking row is so much "Mom? MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!" and i love it so much, i was lying on the floor, everything hurt.
Keyleth : "I'll tell you a story about a goldfish one day" Marisha : "Really ?" That is so good xD. It's Matt's revenge for all of the "Shiver and Queef" 😂
Oh GOD damn it! Sam was doing his best to see Dancer again because he wants to say some variations of "I'm sorry I killed your Pussy". That has to be it and I don't blame Matt if he was trying to prevent that.
First of all, thank you so much for uploading these videos for us every week. You're a light. Second, when Laudna asks Keyleth if she knew what would happen to Vax is the Matron disappeared, Imogen reacted to Keyleth's reaction. I think Imogen realizes that she might be connected to Predathos as a result to being connected to Ruidus. Do y'all think that in that moment she realized that she might die or disappear or whatever when Predathos is gone, since the plan right now is to get rid of Predathos? I think Imogen realizes that she might not survive if Predathos is gone, but idk I'm just spitballing tbh
I really feel like Matt would have a discussion with Laura if that is something she would like to do if he leaves enough evidence of the possibility of Imogen dying after predathos this is killed (if that is what they end up needing to do in order to save the world, but I think they are just gonna lock him away again). Matt is someone who wants to make sure his players are having fun which is why he included a narrative way for resurrecting Laudna since Marisha wasn’t done with the character yet. I am all for the angst and there is a big possibility that Imogen could die after predathos is defeated, but unless imogen is killed becomes of dice rolls, I doubt Matt would kill Imogen because of narrative unless Laura gave him permission.
Could also be that one of her biggest fears is that she doesn't know what would happen to Laudna if the Gods were gone, since she was brought back from the dead by divine magic, so I think she sympathizes with Keyleth not knowing what would happen to the person she loves. She has also stated that she doesn't know what will happen to her if they kill Predathos; if she'll lose her powers or die, but that she's okay with dying if need be.
That's super true, but maybe they already had a talk about it. We don't know that for sure. But I'm sure that anything that happens will be with consent of the players and the DM, except if it's from bad dice rolls because those things can happen :)@@willowbird
That's true. It's all so tangled and messed up, but there's still chance that everything and up just fine. I don't know why I'm jumping ahead of myself, I just like theorizing lol@@ACaveTrog
Said it in the actual video but I was dying when they were passing the sword around trying to figure out if it was evil or not and then just going "Eh, let's give it to Travis anyways." Also, Taliesin answered his own question from last time. Last session he went "Why you? Why always you?" when the sword first spoke to Chetney and this session he says, in character as Ashton, something to the effect of "I don't trust things that can talk without a mouth" and rejects the sword.
This Episode has everything: We got Travis with another talking weapon We got a Recovering Keyleth We got a party freak out infront of a very important npc We got a Scanlan Shorthalt reference (mentioned only) We got Orym bestowed with a title
14:11 Marisha's note taking skills hit me in the heart hard than a crit on a max level divine smite 😂❤ As a guy with ADHD and a lifetime of experience trying to use similar tools to help keep everything in my brain organized: it was the multiple fonts part that killed me 🤣
It’s really cool to cut to the players reactions to what Keyleth says and dose. Not only is the C3 characters reacting to news that she shares but so are the C1 characters in many ways.
I’m here, months later, to say that I’m with Sam on the entire divination sequence that it was dancer and not D and to this day I can’t figure out why everyone thought it was
6:08 I feel it is very likely that Imogen would have given in at this moment, if she hadn't reunited with Laudna or FRIDA haven't gave her the pep talked.
2:02 so remember the 1st episode of the 3rd campaign sam saide Critical Role endorses knife fuccing? Fcg gonna take sword swallowing to a whole new level
I don't know why, but I get the feeling that in the next 10 episodes, we are going to see and meet in this campaign, the others that we haven't seen since C1: 1) Scanlan Shorthalt 2) Once again, Arcanist Allura Vysoren 3) Taryon Darrington 4) Grog Strongjaw 5) Sean Gilmore 6) J'Mon Sa Ord (the leader of Ank'Harel) Edit: The Legend of the Keyfish shall forevermore be etched into the hearts of all Critters, old and new alike, just as it is in the hearts and minds of all who know Keyleth and the Legend of Vox Machina.
Who wants to start a petition for the Raven Queen to give Vax a goddamn day pass to spend time once a month with Keyleth like he goddamn well deserves!!!!!!
7:42 so thats pretty cool either A - The demon prince knows of Luddy either by personal dealings, ie Luddy reached out to demons B - The Sword silently steals info from the others to repeat back to them in an interesting manner to feign knowledge
I listened to the audio only for this episode and the opening ad bit weirdly worked even without the visual aid. Also they cut to Liam in the bear costume too early come on production!
Oh my god, that sword is gonna cost them a lot. Like the group was not chaotic enought without it. Its gonna have some nasty surprises especialy when they meet some specific people.
Is it just me or at 12:04 I feel like Laura and Marisha are tapping into Keyleth and Vex characters for a moment? or was that the point of that close up lol
Why do I feel we all just stumbled upon a thread there???? Fearne said her plan was to be a deity or a god, what if she ACTUALLY was doing all of this to become one somehow someway????
Fearne as a god would be just as freakin chaotic as Artie omg also Sam spamming Divination was so freakin hilarious especially at the end cause anyone that’s ever played a cleric or Paladin knows this feeling too well 😂😂😂😂😂
You have be particularly strong to become a Patron. Devils have their contracts, Archfey have their might, Old Ones have their funky brain powers, Fathomless are usually Krakens or great aquatic beasts/demigods, Hexblades are just kind of everything with power. So if Fearne gains sway in a court to the point she becomes an Archfey, she *could* become a Patron; but, I don't really see it happening.
I do kinda wish they hadn't had access to Legend Lore and we could have seen the sword/chet thing play out without them knowing for certain on a meta level if it was evil or not.
I think it’s because it seemed to be a major plot point that was being spoken about that they were giggling over… I would t say that’s main character syndrome… that’s a player asking other players if they were listening.
Sam: Liam, I dont mean to spring this on you. But would you care to read the scene with me.
Liam: 🐻
Would’ve loved to have seen Sam go up to Liam with a bear suit
It's quite frankly rude at this point how many times CR has absolutely devastated me with, "How am I supposed to get over you if you keep sending ravens to me?". I'm in shambles.
Liam in a bear costume might be the most surreal thing I've seen on this show so far.
And that's saying something.
Travis has dibs on the suit next
Travis is way more of a bear than Liam - who is more of an otter. Of course, Kyle don't need no bear suit.
Now we need Sam in a full May Queen flower dress
Matt torturing Sam with Divination is the funniest moment of this campaign since the basement fiasco.
It's very clearly Dancer, and I have no fucking clue how anyone would think otherwise.
@@Shmeat That's funny because I just saw another comment saying "it's clearly D" 🤣 We think we now better, but in the end we're just as confuse as they are.
Yeah, i still got no clue but it’s funny either way
It is clearly Dancer because Matt gives them a clue before where he says the scrying is quicker on Dancer because he is more connected / closer to her.
"basement fiasco" What was that again? I only remember shooting the porn in the basement in Yios.
I feel like this was Matt finally getting justice for all the shirt bits and ridiculous ads thru out the years 😅 lmao
I love how we can all picture the disappointment on Liam's face when he's in the bear costume
deeply jealous of sam, travis, and laura learning about soaking through a television program and not from a freshman year mormon college roommate
My condolences.
I now have to question what show that was, because I was pretty sure I knew what it was (not Mormon, did not attend a Mormon college, never even met a Mormon) but I learned about it from QI so now I’m wondering what other show it was mentioned on?
@anufoalan I think they said it was Jury Duty.
I'm Asian, when I first learned of soaking I was mindblown. These poor mormons dude.
oh no
I love how many layers there are to Travis' "Who you calling a slapd*ck?!" and Tallesin's "Not you" interaction
List off every layer 🤓
@@MadGameBoy
Got the whole squad laughing.
*Taliesin
This Great Tree of Atrophy is definitely what became of the Tree of Names
WAIT
Oh good I wasn’t the only one who went there
@daisukeds85 @@jessicaknox4837 i mean yeah, but the tree was destroyed, right? that's why the prime dieties didnt had a way to block entities from other planes and ended creating the divine gate, didnt they? i mean, im here for it but... oh fuck this theory will ruin my brain
Glad I'm not the only one who called it.
Sounds like BH will be traveling to the Ruins of Avalir in the near future.
If you look at Sam, Marisha, and Travis' (Calamity gang) reaction as soon as Matt mentions that tree being on Shattered Teeth, I think that pretty much confirms it's the Tree of Names (unless magically in Domunas/Shattered Teeth there are more than one magical druidic tree of Gau Drashari origin)
I feel like the dnd version of "you either die a hero or live to see yourself become a villian." Is "you either die a hero or live long enough to become a npc"
If there is one person that could talk themselves into another powerful demonic "blessing", after "wasting" it on something frivolous, it is Fearne.
FCG's conversation with the Changebringer are Matt's way of getting back at Sam for all his shenanigans.
So I think the next question someone needs to ask for the next 4-Sided Dive is to Matt, and is: "So are there any talking swords in Exandria that _aren't_ evil?"
Oof…imagine being consciously aware of your surroundings to whatever extent the average peopley human person normally is with their brainballs but oops: you’re a sword listening to whatever hog bonkers religious jibber jabber some jerk-ass chants at you because you ain’t got no legs, Lt Dan…and no arms but when someone grabs you; they’re ARMED!? How many times does a sword have to hearhow one guy saw a thing that his god sent him so we all gotta worship him now no you can’t see the gift he sent me, Mom! Don’t touch me dad, I didn’t ask for this! I wanted to be fucking flail!
Cursed swords are fully justified and done did what they had to do if you’re tired and running a fire sale on giggles
What would be hilarious is if they were given a talking weapon, or other wearable item with great stats, that constantly said highly questionable shit but in truth had absolutely no actual negative traits whatsoever. Just a giant troll. Just constantly chiming in with ambiguous comments when things go right or wrong to make it seem like it had some influence on those events when really its just some bored soul stuck in a sword or something.
To be fair, the majority of sentient weapons in the _official_ _materials_ are super evil, so…
Pragmatic question: why is a good person as likely as a bad person is to end up sealed in some fuckin weapon until hell freezes? Moreover, what does a non-evil PERSON look like? Who do you know that would make a good animated sword?
the fucking d vs dancer debate had me in TEARS when i watched it live
Same here 😂😂😂😂 even rewatching I’m dying laughing
"...As well as take, sometimes, in ways that don't feel ... fair"
That hit hard, my gods. getting flashbacks to end of C1 with that line.
Matt absolutely dropping facefirst onto the table is the kind of GM break I love and cherish in my CR campaigns. He's busted completely, utterly, and it's wonderful. Well done, Sam, you absolute goob.
Thanks so much for uploading these for us every week MarishaRayGun ,💚
Anyone else notice Liam wearing the Imogen shirt in the second half? After Laura wearing it in the first?
Twins sharing clothes :)
I did catch that! Serious twin energy.
I'm so happy for Orym, he was down in the dumps but it feels like this trip to his home healed his heart just before the recent wounds started to permanently scar.
FCG calling the Changebringer three times in a freaking row is so much "Mom? MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!" and i love it so much, i was lying on the floor, everything hurt.
Keyleth : "I'll tell you a story about a goldfish one day"
Marisha : "Really ?"
That is so good xD. It's Matt's revenge for all of the "Shiver and Queef" 😂
Marisha’s facial reaction was priceless
Shit, i just realized:
_this week is EPISODE 69_
*_N I C E_*
Please let us not lose Ashley's character again.
Nice 😎
Nice
Yeah we said that last time and...well
I love how Orym’s thing is blanking out when big stuff happens
"some things trancend time" travis what a deep cut haha
8 years of CR and I'm still awed how much Matt inhabits and brings to life the NPCs.
The absolute perfection of emulating all of Keyleth's mannerisms
The lore this ep was everything I never knew I needed
Oh GOD damn it! Sam was doing his best to see Dancer again because he wants to say some variations of "I'm sorry I killed your Pussy". That has to be it and I don't blame Matt if he was trying to prevent that.
Oh hell, I never considered that! I thought Sam was trying to be sincere for once!
Travis: "You're not getting it" looking at Tal about the stone titan gaunlets lmao!! OMG so much great stuff in this one.
First of all, thank you so much for uploading these videos for us every week. You're a light.
Second, when Laudna asks Keyleth if she knew what would happen to Vax is the Matron disappeared, Imogen reacted to Keyleth's reaction. I think Imogen realizes that she might be connected to Predathos as a result to being connected to Ruidus. Do y'all think that in that moment she realized that she might die or disappear or whatever when Predathos is gone, since the plan right now is to get rid of Predathos? I think Imogen realizes that she might not survive if Predathos is gone, but idk I'm just spitballing tbh
I really feel like Matt would have a discussion with Laura if that is something she would like to do if he leaves enough evidence of the possibility of Imogen dying after predathos this is killed (if that is what they end up needing to do in order to save the world, but I think they are just gonna lock him away again).
Matt is someone who wants to make sure his players are having fun which is why he included a narrative way for resurrecting Laudna since Marisha wasn’t done with the character yet.
I am all for the angst and there is a big possibility that Imogen could die after predathos is defeated, but unless imogen is killed becomes of dice rolls, I doubt Matt would kill Imogen because of narrative unless Laura gave him permission.
Could also be that one of her biggest fears is that she doesn't know what would happen to Laudna if the Gods were gone, since she was brought back from the dead by divine magic, so I think she sympathizes with Keyleth not knowing what would happen to the person she loves. She has also stated that she doesn't know what will happen to her if they kill Predathos; if she'll lose her powers or die, but that she's okay with dying if need be.
That's super true, but maybe they already had a talk about it. We don't know that for sure. But I'm sure that anything that happens will be with consent of the players and the DM, except if it's from bad dice rolls because those things can happen :)@@willowbird
That's true. It's all so tangled and messed up, but there's still chance that everything and up just fine. I don't know why I'm jumping ahead of myself, I just like theorizing lol@@ACaveTrog
Sam getting owned by Matt this episode is reminiscent to scanlan getting scammed in s1 lol
Said it in the actual video but I was dying when they were passing the sword around trying to figure out if it was evil or not and then just going "Eh, let's give it to Travis anyways." Also, Taliesin answered his own question from last time. Last session he went "Why you? Why always you?" when the sword first spoke to Chetney and this session he says, in character as Ashton, something to the effect of "I don't trust things that can talk without a mouth" and rejects the sword.
That chain of divinations had me wheezing! 😅
This Episode has everything:
We got Travis with another talking weapon
We got a Recovering Keyleth
We got a party freak out infront of a very important npc
We got a Scanlan Shorthalt reference (mentioned only)
We got Orym bestowed with a title
Also Ashton lore drop
Grog mention too
Your edits always add to my enjoyment of an episode, thank you for these great extras to the story and characters we love!
0:00 of course sam found out about the bear scene in baldur's gate 3
thanks so much for making these. i don't have time to keep up with the whole episodes nowadays so these are perfect!!
Personal theory, I think Ashton was the Hishari's possibly successful result of the ritual
"I'll tell you about a gold fish one day."
Marisha looked like she had flashbacks to when Keyleth did a swan dive to get a diamond XD
14:11 Marisha's note taking skills hit me in the heart hard than a crit on a max level divine smite 😂❤ As a guy with ADHD and a lifetime of experience trying to use similar tools to help keep everything in my brain organized: it was the multiple fonts part that killed me 🤣
That slow zoom on Sam during the "FCG is About to Join the Ruby Vanguard" chapter is everything.
This channel has been as part of my life as CR is. Thank you for your videos!
It’s really cool to cut to the players reactions to what Keyleth says and dose. Not only is the C3 characters reacting to news that she shares but so are the C1 characters in many ways.
Standing ovation for the goldfish. For it thought itself a god.
Just commenting to help with the algorithm thing cus you deserve it girl
I’m here, months later, to say that I’m with Sam on the entire divination sequence that it was dancer and not D and to this day I can’t figure out why everyone thought it was
Besides Sam's shenanigans I'm excited for Fearn she might wear the black crown or not she is crazy enough.
6:08 I feel it is very likely that Imogen would have given in at this moment, if she hadn't reunited with Laudna or FRIDA haven't gave her the pep talked.
That Sidney Bechet coming on at 2:03 was something I never would have expected in a Critical Role session. Hats off to you, Ashley.
2:02 so remember the 1st episode of the 3rd campaign sam saide Critical Role endorses knife fuccing? Fcg gonna take sword swallowing to a whole new level
I just. Sam talking about the druid getting freaky in bear form and the immediate cut to Liam in the suit. I had to pause to catch my breath.
I don't know why, but I get the feeling that in the next 10 episodes, we are going to see and meet in this campaign, the others that we haven't seen since C1:
1) Scanlan Shorthalt
2) Once again, Arcanist Allura Vysoren
3) Taryon Darrington
4) Grog Strongjaw
5) Sean Gilmore
6) J'Mon Sa Ord (the leader of Ank'Harel)
Edit: The Legend of the Keyfish shall forevermore be etched into the hearts of all Critters, old and new alike, just as it is in the hearts and minds of all who know Keyleth and the Legend of Vox Machina.
The KEYFISH eill never die and will live on forever
Hey did anybody else notice Chetney wearing a bag of holding when he jumped into a portable hole?
Technically, the magnificent Mansion is also an extradimensional space... so grog should have exploded in C1, and Fjord in C2
travis and his love for cursed swords follows us ever onward
Who wants to start a petition for the Raven Queen to give Vax a goddamn day pass to spend time once a month with Keyleth like he goddamn well deserves!!!!!!
When you have Marisha face palming, that's when you know you have a problem.
oh, changebringer.. are we human? or are we dancer?
7:42
so thats pretty cool either
A - The demon prince knows of Luddy either by personal dealings, ie Luddy reached out to demons B - The Sword silently steals info from the others to repeat back to them in an interesting manner to feign knowledge
Mental image: feed fcg a coin and they vibrate
Emotional damage 😂😂😂
I listened to the audio only for this episode and the opening ad bit weirdly worked even without the visual aid. Also they cut to Liam in the bear costume too early come on production!
11:40 marisha asking for the keyleth in her that still loves vax!!!! god this hurts!!!!!
I love how Liam and Sam read the scene. They are husbands after all
Oh my god, that sword is gonna cost them a lot. Like the group was not chaotic enought without it. Its gonna have some nasty surprises especialy when they meet some specific people.
I'm excited for this Thursday coming up.
Matt's revenge on Sam!🤣
Is it just me or at 12:04 I feel like Laura and Marisha are tapping into Keyleth and Vex characters for a moment? or was that the point of that close up lol
I deeply regret finding out wtf soaking is...damn you sam riegel
Laura really thought about that choice Liliana gave.
My head canon is that Key'leth told the goldfish story but changed it to grog or Scanlan.
Why do I feel we all just stumbled upon a thread there???? Fearne said her plan was to be a deity or a god, what if she ACTUALLY was doing all of this to become one somehow someway????
OH FUCK i think i only now realized that she was talking about the tree of names. but that would be dope as fuck
The fact the titan blood drop and the divination bit happened within an hour of one another is peak CR bullshit lmao
Anyone else keep expecting (hoping?) for Keyleth to recognize Laudna's face?
Vex most likely have told Keyleth what happened.
DA BEARS!
Fearne as a god would be just as freakin chaotic as Artie omg also Sam spamming Divination was so freakin hilarious especially at the end cause anyone that’s ever played a cleric or Paladin knows this feeling too well 😂😂😂😂😂
Q: How do you get your question on their deep-dive section during 4-sided dive?
Orym is a TARDIS
I think your 9:19 time stamp should be 9:59. Otherwise, excellent work as always.
So, Orym is a TARDIS?
14:48 couldn't Fearne be a Warlockpatron since fauns are fey?
You have be particularly strong to become a Patron. Devils have their contracts, Archfey have their might, Old Ones have their funky brain powers, Fathomless are usually Krakens or great aquatic beasts/demigods, Hexblades are just kind of everything with power.
So if Fearne gains sway in a court to the point she becomes an Archfey, she *could* become a Patron; but, I don't really see it happening.
new fan to critical role.... but this is awesome!!!
Current Matt has made a liar out of Past Matt's last words of Campaign One. I have feels.
Fearne would be a great god
Marisha with the Seth Rogen laugh
I do kinda wish they hadn't had access to Legend Lore and we could have seen the sword/chet thing play out without them knowing for certain on a meta level if it was evil or not.
Chetney doesn’t know it’s evil… so we still get to see how it will play out.
You always make the best videos. Thanks for the hard work. God bless 🙌 🙏
IT WAS DANCER
8:30 what show are they talking about?
Late reply but I think it's Jury Duty
This episode had fucking everything I could have ever hoped for
Goldfish! Lol
Sam needs to be stopped
Travis yelling "tattoo that shit on your neck" is not only hilarious but totally good advice. That shit would look dope on ashton.
Poor Liam
Called it.
❤️💜❤️💜❤️💜❤️💜❤️💜❤️
Second time watching
14:26 Laura bailey once again showing her main character syndrom - she can't have it when people aren't paying attention to her story.
I think it’s because it seemed to be a major plot point that was being spoken about that they were giggling over… I would t say that’s main character syndrome… that’s a player asking other players if they were listening.