51 years old, I've never had the pleasure of having a group of friends to explore this game with. I am committed to changing that now. This is fascinating!
I've never been exposed to D&D at all aside from small bits from tv/movie. Happened upon this video from another video where Joe got a new D&D table. This was pretty awesome! It was like watching a movie with a choose your own adventure twist to it. And the dungeon master was phenomenal. Bravo!
@imrbrt if you liked this i recommend checking out *Son of a Dungeon* which is on the youtube channel *Corridor Crew*, they're all cgi artists that did a 10-ish episode season-long d&d campaign and have 3d printed maps and dungeons that they cgi their characters into, it's pretty awesome.
@@clayman648 Workng on that now, about Ep 7. They're all gonna be at NYCC this fall, with luck I'll meet 2 or 3 cause I figure their lines are gonna be fucking NUTS.
He kinda just swings, hopes for crits. And then does like every paladin and asks for D8's like he made the class. Or me an my entire table laugh at him cause Fire breath isn't a bonus action. But he does it at every fuckin table lol.
@@norandomnumbers with the new dragonborn UA (likely coming in the fizban book) Dragonborn can use breath weapon in place of one weapon attack, which feels MUCH nicer
@@donjonmastergaming5911 I'm not waiting on UA or books for the fix, I run a homebrew campaign and allow my players to use it as a bonus action. The problem with allowing it to replace one attack is that often just hitting with your weapon is still way more effective than using the breath weapon.
That would be so cool. But I don't think the other celebrities would like it. He plays with some cool people. Some wouldn't think would play D&D, like the big show from WWE
@@KINGDUDE74 The Big Show is also a big video game nerd. Several years ago when I was working in Afghanistan, he and some oother WWE stars came over for a USO tour. I was leaving out on R&R the same time they were headed back to the states. While we were waiting on the flight to arrive for us to board to head to Dubai, him and I had a long conversation about Destiny.
To everyone wondering why Matt looks young this video is old because this is the first time keyleth and Percy met arkhan and they met again in campaign one just to clear some confusion.
Marisha saying how she loves playing with "old school" guys like Joe reminded me of that time Sam was impersonating her and goes "it's weird being next to all these old guys from the eighties or whatever".
Well, for being my first ever video to watch a Dungeons and Dragons adventure or even paying attention to DnD after starting Solasta! I am so blown away and this adventure was so great to watch. Thank you everyone. This is an incredible board game.
you should check out their normal game on critical role, there's 3 campaigns and dozens of episodes for each one. also *Son of a Dungeon* on Corridor Crew's channel is a really cool take on a D&D game with 3d printed dungeon maps that they cgi themselves into
For those not familiar, the dungeon master is the great Mr. Matt Mercer, who is likely best known today as Jotaro Kujo in the anime adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and the voice of McCree/Cole Cassidy in Overwatch
This was made before C1 finished... 19:42 Marisha: yeah Joe is great, he's welcome at my table anytime... ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? (In meme voice) Edit added: SUPER SPOILER (hidden in a read more) for the END of campaign 1 in this comment section
Did something happen with Joe that made him unwelcome? I only really pay attention to the gameplay youtube videos, I don't read Twitter etc. Or you just referring to his character?
CR campaign 1 ending SUPER SPOILER (Read at your own risk!) + + + + He didn't do anything bad himself - his character just stole the hand of Vecna after the last battle in campaign one.
Spoiler free answer: Archon shows up in Campaign 1 and he does some "shady business" in game. He is Evil after all,, but all in all they are still friends. (Matt knew what he had planned to do. So it wasn't THAT big of a deal. But still.. it was pretty crazy)
@@xEvilRaptorx Thanks. I was aware of his character, just the way your original comment was worded my mind interpreted it as some kind of drama happened. Glad I was wrong :)
Love how the poor rolling rogue gets his hands on one of Taliesin's d20s and instant 20 for initiative. His eldritch power has seeped into the dice themselves.
I’m not even 5:00 in and I’m tearing up at Taliesin saying out Perci’s name, as well as Marisha with her Keyleth smile on. Oh and then there’s Joe and his voice dropping for Arkhan. Oh the nostalgia. I’m looking forward to this.
As a fan of Dwarves, I kindly remind anyone about Dwarven Resilience: Advantage on saving throws against Poison, and Resistance against Poison damage. Mind you, it was more fun that he fail the saving throw (but taking a bit less damage for the Dwarf could have helped).
Ah, I wondered if this would ever come to RUclips. I wonder what this means for more Alpha content coming to RUclips going forward. Like Saga of Sundry
Abandoned by my parents at a monastery, i hate it here, and I'm sassy af. I'm not going to say that Marisha completely ripped the idea of Beau from Jessica, but she definitely did.
I always hear how difficult it is to get someone to play a Cleric. I absolutely love playing Clerics. Have played them since I was a kid. Loved being that person that everyone loved to have in their party...
Joe hardly played, yet his character was so OP for this mission. I'm new to D&D, sort of. I played as a kid, very little. Now, I want to learn as much as possible to play and DM. This was great!!!
When Jaffe rolled the 2 20's he should have gotten a much bigger part to act. He said he'd never done that and he's been playing forever. I would have made something miraculous happen. Doesn't have to kill the monster but I'd give him a scene that fit his achievement. Not just you shoot the monster twice. He was so happy and for an emo he doesn't seem to be much into trying to be happy
@@CampervanCookout I'm just waiting to see if the memes about an actors character dying in the movie, then a extremely similar looking and named character, by saod actor, come in with little context and joins the main party right after lol
I don’t know if anyone noticed, but it seems as if this occurred on the same day that they had a Talks Machina episode for campaign 1 episode 85 and 86 because Talisen is wearing the same clothes he did and his hair is the same as it was on the episode. I only know this because I watched all those episodes today and then found this video. Interesting….. 🤔
Jesus.. Joe would be a nightmare for a control freak DM. He knows his shit, he built a very capable character and there is very little hesitation in his play style. A weak DM would simply lose control of the table. A control freak DM would kill or cripple his character somehow.... but a good experienced DM that wants to create a fun challenging experience would love him. New players can learn from this guy... ive played dungeons and dragons since 1979. He is one of the best players I've ever seen.
I mean, he has built a simple paladin. The DM built the oneshot around his character- there were undead foes that he could control, no flying enemies that he was unable to reach (I have the feeling the Manticore wouldn't have fought them while flying). How a DM could lose control of the table or become frustrated over a DMG subclass is beyond me
51 years old, I've never had the pleasure of having a group of friends to explore this game with.
I am committed to changing that now. This is fascinating!
I'd love to see Joe Manginello, Brendan Frasier, and Nathan Fillon at a table together. That would be a dream.
Yessss!
dmd by Stephen Colbert xD
💦💦💦💦💦💦💦🤤
and .... that guy ... who has .... signature pauses .... in his ... speech patterns. We know him .... as ... Christopher ... Walken
@@thomassmart4088 add William Shatner and Barrack Obama to that lineup and it'll take 8 hours for a 3 hour game.
Who else came here from the video of Joe getting a new custom made d&d table from Canada?? Awesome!!!
It's so good to hear Matt's DM voice again! It's also fun to see the old dynamic at the table.
I've never been exposed to D&D at all aside from small bits from tv/movie. Happened upon this video from another video where Joe got a new D&D table. This was pretty awesome! It was like watching a movie with a choose your own adventure twist to it. And the dungeon master was phenomenal. Bravo!
same lol, really shows just people having fun
@imrbrt if you liked this i recommend checking out *Son of a Dungeon* which is on the youtube channel *Corridor Crew*, they're all cgi artists that did a 10-ish episode season-long d&d campaign and have 3d printed maps and dungeons that they cgi their characters into, it's pretty awesome.
@@theundeads1 Watch Critical Role Campaign 2
You won't regret it.
Just yesterday saw the vid with the new table, and now im here.
@@clayman648 Workng on that now, about Ep 7. They're all gonna be at NYCC this fall, with luck I'll meet 2 or 3 cause I figure their lines are gonna be fucking NUTS.
Joe is so low key- until his turn, then it's like a lightning strike. Any being that can steal the Hand of Vecna from Vox Machina gets major respect.
He kinda just swings, hopes for crits. And then does like every paladin and asks for D8's like he made the class. Or me an my entire table laugh at him cause Fire breath isn't a bonus action. But he does it at every fuckin table lol.
That low-key is possibly from his yinzer background.
@@zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba0 Fire Breath should be a bonus action though. It's worthless in combat 99% of the time otherwise.
@@norandomnumbers with the new dragonborn UA (likely coming in the fizban book) Dragonborn can use breath weapon in place of one weapon attack, which feels MUCH nicer
@@donjonmastergaming5911 I'm not waiting on UA or books for the fix, I run a homebrew campaign and allow my players to use it as a bonus action.
The problem with allowing it to replace one attack is that often just hitting with your weapon is still way more effective than using the breath weapon.
Really wish Joe would stream one of his d&d sessions he hosts at his home.
That would be so cool. But I don't think the other celebrities would like it. He plays with some cool people. Some wouldn't think would play D&D, like the big show from WWE
@@KINGDUDE74 The Big Show is also a big video game nerd. Several years ago when I was working in Afghanistan, he and some oother WWE stars came over for a USO tour. I was leaving out on R&R the same time they were headed back to the states. While we were waiting on the flight to arrive for us to board to head to Dubai, him and I had a long conversation about Destiny.
I would personally want to keep them private. The word "privacy" is a keyword.
To everyone wondering why Matt looks young this video is old because this is the first time keyleth and Percy met arkhan and they met again in campaign one just to clear some confusion.
Is it bad that we pay this much attention that we are like, Did you just revers age?
So do you think it's canon or just a one-shot??
@@leetotigz6571 Matt actually gets younger the more he DM. But DMing for Sam and Laura aged him twice as much!xD
@@leetotigz6571 I mean, he's aged WELL, and not by a ton. He's just a slightly different kind of hot at this age versus now.
@@ERTWcoach I belive this is Canon since both keleth and Percy say that they met before when they fought the Brairwoods.
Despite being a lifelong nerd and gamer, this was the first D&D session I've ever seen..... and DAMN this was awesome!!
They make it look awesome. The knowledge of their own characters' ability really adds to the experience
I wonder how many people are like me and had a deep love of DND they didn’t realize was there until BG3 :)
Marisha saying how she loves playing with "old school" guys like Joe reminded me of that time Sam was impersonating her and goes "it's weird being next to all these old guys from the eighties or whatever".
HAHAHAHA
To be fair, she's roughly my age. I was born in '89. >_>
@@CasualLoLAddict My youngest sister is younger than you... but I'm older than Matt Mercer. :D
@@AnotherScribbler Wacky. My li"l sis is just shy of ten years younger than me.
@@CasualLoLAddict1989 represent!
It's such a treat to get more of Percy and Keyleth and more of Matt's stories. Taliesin's dice rolls were on fire!
Golden Snitch
Well, for being my first ever video to watch a Dungeons and Dragons adventure or even paying attention to DnD after starting Solasta! I am so blown away and this adventure was so great to watch. Thank you everyone. This is an incredible board game.
you should check out their normal game on critical role, there's 3 campaigns and dozens of episodes for each one. also *Son of a Dungeon* on Corridor Crew's channel is a really cool take on a D&D game with 3d printed dungeon maps that they cgi themselves into
I absolutely love how they include the rolls and modifiers!
????? doesn't everyone??????
Okay, the description of how Tiamat's healing works... that hit bang on. Well done, sir; that's outstanding storytelling.
That's topshelf dming
Nothing quite like a good old season 1 door. Forgot how much I missed them.
Thing of evil!
Did anyone else get goosebumps when Taliesin introduced Percy?
Heck ya!
I get a special kind of delight when he drops into his delicious "sardonic snooty rich boy" persona.
Hell yes! I was so excited to hear him announce Percy's full name
Absolutely yes!
Oh yes!
Great video, this is also probably the most viewed thing Geek and Sundry has released in ages lmao
I hope they put out more old content that was lost to Alpha. That DM tips live with Satine and Matt I’d have liked to have seen in its day.
Freaking Alpha, the bane of all fans
given the fact that G&S isn't exactly creating new original content these days (or any content for that matter) it's more than likely.
Do you mean these videos? Or were there more put out on Alpha? ruclips.net/video/6XikjjQok5Y/видео.html
@@danielgardiner8940 the finale of those was a live show, only on alpha with Satine & Matt. Cant find that anywhere. And I looked hard.
What a wonderful surprise! Chills at Keyleth and Percy's intros. Cannot wait to keep watching!
Wooooo! been waiting for this since his talk with Stephen Colbert!
This was such a great episode. Joe really knows his stuff.
finally they uploaded this to RUclips, after alpha closed down, there were no way to view this for years
Oh wow have not been to this channel in forever good to see they got something good coming out
For those not familiar, the dungeon master is the great Mr. Matt Mercer, who is likely best known today as Jotaro Kujo in the anime adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and the voice of McCree/Cole Cassidy in Overwatch
Uhmmm.... yeah..... sure
@@macer5679 what an odd reply
Yes! Keep pumping out celebriD&D! Imagine the lord of the rings cast playing dnd. That would be the most epic video of all time
do they even play?
I mean this was played years ago so I doubt it'll happen regularly if ever again
@@TheJerbol G&S still exists....ish someone had to find this and upload it
This was made before C1 finished...
19:42 Marisha: yeah Joe is great, he's welcome at my table anytime...
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? (In meme voice)
Edit added: SUPER SPOILER (hidden in a read more) for the END of campaign 1 in this comment section
Did something happen with Joe that made him unwelcome? I only really pay attention to the gameplay youtube videos, I don't read Twitter etc. Or you just referring to his character?
What have I missed?
CR campaign 1 ending SUPER SPOILER (Read at your own risk!)
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He didn't do anything bad himself - his character just stole the hand of Vecna after the last battle in campaign one.
Spoiler free answer:
Archon shows up in Campaign 1 and he does some "shady business" in game. He is Evil after all,, but all in all they are still friends. (Matt knew what he had planned to do. So it wasn't THAT big of a deal. But still.. it was pretty crazy)
@@xEvilRaptorx Thanks. I was aware of his character, just the way your original comment was worded my mind interpreted it as some kind of drama happened. Glad I was wrong :)
Love how the poor rolling rogue gets his hands on one of Taliesin's d20s and instant 20 for initiative. His eldritch power has seeped into the dice themselves.
The Percy era Golden Snitch was a bad time for Matt 😂
This originally aired Mar 24, 2017
(source: imdb)
Eons ago
Greatest line EVER…”You can certainly try”!
They so young! I love it! Thanks for upload ☺️
I tried really hard to find this after alpha shut down. Glad that I can finally watch it.
I was like "Why wasn't this advertised? I would be so hype to see Percy and Key again!". And then I realised that it was old. Still not mad at it :D
Aye same
I love how Joe gives Arkhan's introduction and then you're like, "You know what? We're gonna give you your space".
4:55 "Dupont, you should put your fist into it".
Dupont should have replied with: "You're not the first person to tell me that".
So this is where Marisha got the “idea” for Beau.
true tho.. haha, same vibes.
as she should, that was a great inspiration and i did a similar character to play in a campaign, mine was a fire genasi Monk tho
@@keslytomaz6328 wait...
@@stevend24 yeah?
@@keslytomaz6328 Like in EXU?
So glad I got to see this. A shame I missed the original event. Hope they upload more of this series.
LOL - 'Dice Of Wheaton' 🤣 Excellent show and well done all 😀 Mercer rules! 🤑 Nat 20 on 2 rolls - Holy crap awesome 😆
I’m not even 5:00 in and I’m tearing up at Taliesin saying out Perci’s name, as well as Marisha with her Keyleth smile on. Oh and then there’s Joe and his voice dropping for Arkhan. Oh the nostalgia. I’m looking forward to this.
AND THEN THEY DO INTERVIEW STYLE CUTS! OMG MERCER STOP IT!!!
As a fan of Dwarves, I kindly remind anyone about Dwarven Resilience:
Advantage on saving throws against Poison, and Resistance against Poison damage. Mind you, it was more fun that he fail the saving throw (but taking a bit less damage for the Dwarf could have helped).
You're hardcore
been looking for this
Fantastic, thank you guys. :)
Matt said hole in the mouth ans the entire internet had a flashback to the tomb of horrors
Just think we went from here to Arkhan in an officially published D&D book.
Isn't he in Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus?
@@Sgt_Mushroom Should be, yes
@@Sgt_Mushroom I believe that's what the comment is referencing, yes.
Than you for releasing this forgotten gem 😁
k seriously watched every minute of this, what a great story teller, an amazing DM
Crtical Role!
God this is an old episode! Matt doesn’t even have his beard yet!!
Joe isn't salt and pepper yet
G&S digging for content to survive
I need a group to play with. It's been too long. This has re-seeded my interest in the game.
Just remember, WOTC doesn’t want white people playing anymore.
It was nice to hear Story Teller Matt again
Well that was a fun and unexpected treat. Thanks for that. .....got anymore?
I only just watched ep 113 of S1 , wondering how they knew arkan . Then this comes out 3 mins after
Kismet.
I'm at ep 91. It'll be interesting to see how Joe joins the story.
synchronicity !!
Ah, I wondered if this would ever come to RUclips.
I wonder what this means for more Alpha content coming to RUclips going forward. Like Saga of Sundry
Sagas of Sundry would be a great rewatch.
@@ShirtlessDan They did put some of the previously paywalled "Dread" on RUclips a while ago.
GODS DO I HOPE SO
New Saga of Sundry would be fantastic.
When was this game played?
Instead of the usual "How do you want to do this? FATALITY!!!", this one was "How do you want to do this? FRIENDSHIP!!!"
Did anyone else notice that the Dwarven rogue did not get advantage on poison save or take half damage due to resistance?
I did. Came to comments to see if anyone else did as well
Probably forgot. I've been playing for years and still forget dwarves get poison resist.
I love how Marisha is always so into the game, just cuz she's having fun. And, like she's so supportive of her castmates. Really cool. ♥
Jessica bringin’ a bit of proto-Beau here! 😃
Abandoned by my parents at a monastery, i hate it here, and I'm sassy af. I'm not going to say that Marisha completely ripped the idea of Beau from Jessica, but she definitely did.
@@lincalmighty there might have been a conversation about it between the two of them.
We need more Joe DnD !!!!
“ I am so glad I distracted her.” A funny statement. It has been awhile since I had watched this and it was cool.
I always hear how difficult it is to get someone to play a Cleric. I absolutely love playing Clerics. Have played them since I was a kid. Loved being that person that everyone loved to have in their party...
it really is a game changer when you have one in your party
Clerics are awesome. Twilight or Peace Domain Clerics can downright break the game in certain settings.
I’ve been waiting so long for this release!
This was awesome! I am yet to begin adventures of my own, but... Can't wait!!
Keylieth in the one shot: He’s welcome at my table any time.
Keylieyh at the end of critical role: Don’t you guys congratulate him.
I know Joe Manganiello from True Blood lol but I saw him order a custom D&D table and I thought that was so cute!
"our dwarven fighter was accosted by a rock." That's comic gold!
Joe broke D & D. That was awesome to watch and listen to.
28:04 Look how captivated they are by his storytelling.
matt's the best! he speaks the way a descriptive author writes
The autogenerated CC can be hilarious. Like when The Headmistress was hit by a cemetery for 7 hit points. 🤣🤣🤣
Joe hardly played, yet his character was so OP for this mission. I'm new to D&D, sort of. I played as a kid, very little. Now, I want to learn as much as possible to play and DM. This was great!!!
well to be fair, the first snake NPCs were just the warm up fight. i assume the manticore would have been a much more difficult battle
“I rolled two natural 20’s! That’s never happened before! It’s all down hill from here”
Me: Truer words never spoken...
I play D&D with my friends and I play as a cleric. I love it because besides being a healer, they can do a lot of damage as wel
That double nat 20 was pretty badass
Well done. DM and players did a great job. Brought back a flash flood of many fun days years ago….!
I've loved this series! It is unbelievably weird seeing Matt off to the side rather than in the middle though, lol
Lol, Matt narrating how Dupont does hi Arcana check to set off his trap... party was too good and not falling for it quick enough!
NO ONE plays with fire like *Joe* *Manganiello* plays with fire.
So, now if I DM Descent into Avernus, Archon now has a manticore mount.
It's already in the book :)
@@thomaslangford4486 Let me rephrase: If I run Descent into Avernus, Archon has to be seen riding his manticore mount.
Arkhan, jeez. Not that difficult...
So this was where Percy and Keyleth first met Arkhan.
When Jaffe rolled the 2 20's he should have gotten a much bigger part to act. He said he'd never done that and he's been playing forever. I would have made something miraculous happen. Doesn't have to kill the monster but I'd give him a scene that fit his achievement. Not just you shoot the monster twice. He was so happy and for an emo he doesn't seem to be much into trying to be happy
I mean, Caduceus is as happy as they come.
Considering that I have had I've had a nat 1 and a nat 20 on the same Advantage roll? that's pretty awesome.
I know him as Alcide. He was a good man then and he is a good man now, my god.
See I knew Joe was the Real BBEG for Matt's campaign. Long game. Love it.
Who’d thought this celebrity guest would pull a move that shocked the entire party
I made a living as a player of playing the cleric. if done right, it's one of the most powerful characters in the game.
Agree... Its almost like the Bard with its versatility...
The healer is always vitally important
I DM'd a 3.0/3.5 campaign for 9 years. Lots of work and compromising but great memories. Never got to finish but we were so damn close.
I woke up to one of these and I was so so confused. It's pretty cool.
Damn, thank you for uploading this, I needed it :')
I want to see the dnd movie Joe manginello was trying to make happen.
They started filming here in the UK
@@CampervanCookout I'm just waiting to see if the memes about an actors character dying in the movie, then a extremely similar looking and named character, by saod actor, come in with little context and joins the main party right after lol
@@jeffsorrows haha yes, have you seen Vive La Dirt League's new D&D logic series?
Boys, if Dupont Dupont is roaming somewhere around Exandria and doesn't star at some point in CR season 3 I'm gonna be sooo disappointed
I don’t know if anyone noticed, but it seems as if this occurred on the same day that they had a Talks Machina episode for campaign 1 episode 85 and 86 because Talisen is wearing the same clothes he did and his hair is the same as it was on the episode. I only know this because I watched all those episodes today and then found this video. Interesting….. 🤔
This is the smoking gun!
Never got to see this Full Version.... wonder if they'll put out all of alpha... if so... I got some backlogged catching up to do.. 🎁
how about Vin Desal, Joe Manginello, Brendan Frasier, Terry Cruise, and Nathan Fillon with Will Wheaton playing CelebriD&D as a group?
VIn Diesal was there before
wow, all 6 names are spelled wrong. It's 'Diesel', 'Manganiello', 'Fraser', 'Crews', 'Fillion', and 'Wil'.
@@dopiley Yeah just hope the full version will come out. The full version of Terry Crews is on youtube already though.
That would be worth watching.
Holy crap that would be amazing!!!
Knew Dan Casey in undergrad, and can confidently state he's living my best life.
Newbie lvl 4 monk here. @ around 31:50 can someone please explain to me why her unarmed attack mod is 8, when it would normally be 4? Thanks!
+3 proficiency at level 5, +5 for 20 Dexterity.
Glad your back !
MATT LOOKS SO YOUNG UGHGHVH
Matt looks 10years younger in the thumbnail
I would so love to see a campagne with arkhan as the leader and the whole crew of critical role playing his mercenary's, partners or allies
a band of champions for the betrayer gods getting things ready for Calamity round 2
Jesus.. Joe would be a nightmare for a control freak DM. He knows his shit, he built a very capable character and there is very little hesitation in his play style. A weak DM would simply lose control of the table. A control freak DM would kill or cripple his character somehow.... but a good experienced DM that wants to create a fun challenging experience would love him. New players can learn from this guy... ive played dungeons and dragons since 1979. He is one of the best players I've ever seen.
I mean, he has built a simple paladin. The DM built the oneshot around his character- there were undead foes that he could control, no flying enemies that he was unable to reach (I have the feeling the Manticore wouldn't have fought them while flying). How a DM could lose control of the table or become frustrated over a DMG subclass is beyond me
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
We need a continuation of this campaign or maybe a sequel or something like that
I'm on the last 6 episodes of Vox Machina. Is there a certain place I should watch this in relation to Arkan's VM appearances?
Okay but I want several-hour episodes of celebrity DnD. Or several episodes. Or several campaigns.
I am so glad the lost Alpha vaults are being opened once more