The amazing part about Vex’s death was that it was just as shocking and sudden in the campaign. They had won, they had defeated the monsters, and then they just got careless. Vex failed a saving throw, and the party were making jokes about it. Sam even joked “Vex dies.” And then Matt tells Laura how much damage she takes, she says she’s unconscious, and Matt clarifies, asking the question “Does that bring you below zero?” And then just his silence after Laura answers yes, as everybody suddenly realizes what that means…
Also, can I say, you’re pretty lucky to be watching this two episodes at a time lmao When the show released, they did it in batches of 3 episodes each. So us poor saps had to wait a WHOLE WEEK between episodes 3 and 4 😭😭😭
I love the small narrative touch that they introduced a resurrection magic - which in any show would trivialise death as a whole - only for it to just... Fail. And actually show that it's indeed not foolproof and not a literal Deus Ex Machina.
@@georgerobins4110 I love how they specified that btw. Like, it contextualises magic in a very good way. In DnD magic is very arbitrary and stuff like resurrection spells have requirements from the bodies themselves, such as being in one piece and the death being under a minute in case of Revivify. In this case "While the body is warm" is a perfect way to describe it.
You should go check out the scene from the actual game. The simple tragedy of a failed save. Laura's (Vex) face when she realizes... Also Travis (Grog), Laura's husband, is just looking at Matt the whole time like "Please, buddy. Please don't kill my wife's character. Please. I'll be stuck consoling her the whole weekend. Please don't do this, man."
Vax's emotional performance in these episodes was VERY real. When this happened on tabletop, Liam - Vax's player/voice - was in the process of losing his mother. He poured the grief and despair of that into this performance, and made it absolutely fucking killer. That's how you roleplay/act real sorrow: you let yourself remember it.g
if i didn't know better i'd almost think you'd seen the campaign before! you're one of the most perceptive reactors i've watched, great job catching all the red flags & noticing smaller details!!!
Excellent reaction! I felt so bad for you, you care so much for these characters. Liam's voice acting made me emotional watching this so many times as well.
Funny you should ask if Percy knows about Grog's sword... In the live play, Percy looted Craven Edge off of Sylas, the sword talked to him, and Percy instantly went "Nope! Not going down this road again." And then he gave Craven Edge to Grog and told him NOTHING.
Grog getting facial hair is indeed a MASSIVE deal. His race, A half-giant race named Goliath can’t grow facial hair, and barely any body hair. In the campaign Grog’s player Travis had to roll for a few in game days to get his beard to grow. So yeah, a magical miracle to have him grow facial beard, especially this gorgeous of a beard 😇
The whole thing happened because that trap just happened to take Vex below 0hp Which is normally just an unconscious thing but that particular trap was particularly nasty due to where they were
An alternative reality where Percy got hit by the death blast trap and vax sees the matron of ravens come and claim his soul but cuz it’s not his sister he doesn’t call out and just goes ‘well, that was weird… anyways’
Campaign 1 spoilers about Sylas's sword incoming!! (Not about anything that's going to or might happen in the future though) . . . . If I recall correctly, in the original campaign Percy picked up Sylas' sword first and realised that it was sentient through a secret whisper from Matt and, because campaign-Percy was much more of a shit-stirrer and not-terribly-nice dude than LoVM-Percy is-for example, campaign-Percy never did forgive Scanlan for throwing his gun in the acid, demon or not-he thought it would be funny to give it to Grog to see what happened. So he did just that and m̶u̶r̶d̶e̶r̶ hijinks ensued! Otherwise, in both original campaign and LoVM, I don't think Percy had much experience with the sword as Ripley seems to have done most of the torturing.
not a spoiler but more information from the campaign the twins dad is a dick he is elven nobility who had a one nightstand with a human commoner and left. years later he found out about the twins and for the look of it insisted they come live with him for a time. there are a couple of things for his views on them their half elves so there is his racism and their born to a commoner. the twins ran away but by the time they get back to their mother she was killed by a dragon as stated first season.
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Ya Liam's "Somebody do something!" cuts DEEP. The panic, fear, desperation.
"Episode 1 and 2 were really gut wrenching so hopefully I will get a little bit of a break", oh boy this is going to be a rollercoaster.
The amazing part about Vex’s death was that it was just as shocking and sudden in the campaign. They had won, they had defeated the monsters, and then they just got careless. Vex failed a saving throw, and the party were making jokes about it. Sam even joked “Vex dies.”
And then Matt tells Laura how much damage she takes, she says she’s unconscious, and Matt clarifies, asking the question “Does that bring you below zero?” And then just his silence after Laura answers yes, as everybody suddenly realizes what that means…
Also, can I say, you’re pretty lucky to be watching this two episodes at a time lmao
When the show released, they did it in batches of 3 episodes each. So us poor saps had to wait a WHOLE WEEK between episodes 3 and 4 😭😭😭
I love the small narrative touch that they introduced a resurrection magic - which in any show would trivialise death as a whole - only for it to just... Fail. And actually show that it's indeed not foolproof and not a literal Deus Ex Machina.
Also establishing that it’s hard to pull off and has to be done ON THE SPOT (while the body is still warm)
@@georgerobins4110 I love how they specified that btw. Like, it contextualises magic in a very good way. In DnD magic is very arbitrary and stuff like resurrection spells have requirements from the bodies themselves, such as being in one piece and the death being under a minute in case of Revivify. In this case "While the body is warm" is a perfect way to describe it.
"episode 1 and 2 were really gut wrenching so hopefully i get a little bit of a break" oh honey, you've got a big storm coming 😭
You should go check out the scene from the actual game. The simple tragedy of a failed save. Laura's (Vex) face when she realizes... Also Travis (Grog), Laura's husband, is just looking at Matt the whole time like "Please, buddy. Please don't kill my wife's character. Please. I'll be stuck consoling her the whole weekend. Please don't do this, man."
That's what a nat 1 on a saving throw looks like.
It's no longer just Dungeons & Dragons but Dungeons & Dragons & Reactions. 😊
Vax's emotional performance in these episodes was VERY real. When this happened on tabletop, Liam - Vax's player/voice - was in the process of losing his mother. He poured the grief and despair of that into this performance, and made it absolutely fucking killer. That's how you roleplay/act real sorrow: you let yourself remember it.g
if i didn't know better i'd almost think you'd seen the campaign before! you're one of the most perceptive reactors i've watched, great job catching all the red flags & noticing smaller details!!!
Excellent reaction! I felt so bad for you, you care so much for these characters. Liam's voice acting made me emotional watching this so many times as well.
Funny you should ask if Percy knows about Grog's sword...
In the live play, Percy looted Craven Edge off of Sylas, the sword talked to him, and Percy instantly went "Nope! Not going down this road again."
And then he gave Craven Edge to Grog and told him NOTHING.
Lmao when you posted the last part and I saw the title I was like: well… about that… 😂😂😂😂
Grog getting facial hair is indeed a MASSIVE deal. His race, A half-giant race named Goliath can’t grow facial hair, and barely any body hair.
In the campaign Grog’s player Travis had to roll for a few in game days to get his beard to grow. So yeah, a magical miracle to have him grow facial beard, especially this gorgeous of a beard 😇
In the actual campaign Percy did have a one night stand with Zahra’s Cousin.
Percy was never tortured with Silas’ blade.
I definitely do not remember that lol
@@loganhemin4818in the show, I believe there’s a flashback while Percy and Cass are fighting where Silas cuts Percy with that blade
Lol. That was never confirmed.
Ah yes the episodes we were all waiting for
The whole thing happened because that trap just happened to take Vex below 0hp
Which is normally just an unconscious thing but that particular trap was particularly nasty due to where they were
Oh boy Ep3 ending made me cry.
An alternative reality where Percy got hit by the death blast trap and vax sees the matron of ravens come and claim his soul but cuz it’s not his sister he doesn’t call out and just goes ‘well, that was weird… anyways’
You are good catching red flags!
Since Show cannon isn't the same as Campaign cannon. You know i could see Vex and Zahra being ex's
it was a popular ship even in the campaign.
Campaign 1 spoilers about Sylas's sword incoming!! (Not about anything that's going to or might happen in the future though)
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If I recall correctly, in the original campaign Percy picked up Sylas' sword first and realised that it was sentient through a secret whisper from Matt and, because campaign-Percy was much more of a shit-stirrer and not-terribly-nice dude than LoVM-Percy is-for example, campaign-Percy never did forgive Scanlan for throwing his gun in the acid, demon or not-he thought it would be funny to give it to Grog to see what happened. So he did just that and m̶u̶r̶d̶e̶r̶ hijinks ensued! Otherwise, in both original campaign and LoVM, I don't think Percy had much experience with the sword as Ripley seems to have done most of the torturing.
not a spoiler but more information from the campaign the twins dad is a dick he is elven nobility who had a one nightstand with a human commoner and left. years later he found out about the twins and for the look of it insisted they come live with him for a time. there are a couple of things for his views on them their half elves so there is his racism and their born to a commoner. the twins ran away but by the time they get back to their mother she was killed by a dragon as stated first season.
Golden threads of fate + ravens? Go re-watch the intro some time.
21:00 excellent question!