The Very Best of Jester's Sendings
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- Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2021
- okay okay okay like this took me a while to edit and put together even though it is one of the best running jokes but--
(Corrections:
6:24 - 6:52 Dairon should say Ep77, not Ep74
30:04 - 31:41 should be 'To: Essek (EP131)', not Yeza)
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Personal headcanon is that for Jester it's not exactly 25 words, it's *roughly* 25 words and Travis is playing the Traveller trying to keep up with her during these moments. When Travis miscounts or gets it wrong, no he didn't, the Traveller just lost count and was like "that sounds about right".
The one where he sort of goes “Oh shit!” and has to catch up on like 10 words and completely miscounts. In that moment, I imagine he reacted like Odin/Loki in Thor Ragnarok, just setting down a cocktail and completely screwing up the word count.
That’s AMAZING
My headcanon is that jester is like a kid with a bike who doesn't know how to brake. She literally doesn't know how to end sending, she just talks until the spell ends itself.
this makes the world so much richer for me - thank you!!
This is the best headcanon I have ever read
"I Paid for 25 words, I'm gonna use 25 words. 25 words words words This is a public service announcement. Do not respond. Balls. Poop."
consider this an upvote
both laura and jester would never forgive me for making the likes go to 70
@@Fyreflier you should have used all 25 words like velocirapture dinosir did. I would have been more impressed. You pooping? Doo doo doo doo doo.
i see what you did there, very well played Sir. the repetition of "words" gave me a clue as to your scheme, you poopin now?
@@Fyreflier I was about to upvote it myself, but the votes are 699, which is also pretty damn nice...
Twenty five. That's two words you cheat.
Sending is that one simple spell that you could never imagined being in the "wrong hands" until it actually got to the wrong hands.
"'Harmless,' you say? Challenge accepted."
All I'll say is, thank goodness Jester never got to learn the Dream spell.
@@Zombiewithabowtie Thank Bahmut for that.
Remembering all of Fig Faeth’s sending spells 🥲
@@Zombiewithabowtie What does that do? Is it Inception the spell?
I love those moments where she looks at Travis' fingers, realises how little she has left, panics slightly, and fucks up the rest of the sending
And then notices that she had 5 words more to go.
And it checks out sometimes! Like the Inevitable End, she hits the 25 perfectly on `Also, like your hair.``
the absolute chaos the traveller caused by giving jester the ability to essentially be one of the few people on the continent with access to a telephone that you *have* to pick up when it calls
I think it's a pretty common spell
@@doomerbloomer6160 Caleb and nott can both use it, too.
@@doomerbloomer6160 sending is a third level spell, depending on the lore and the average creature cr (ignoring players) and average npc wizard in volos is 1/4 cr then its easy to assume that very few actually would have access to sending,even amongs adventurers
@@someguyontheinternet1093 for some reason people don't get that the party we play are very powerful beings fighting other powerful beings.
@@someguyontheinternet1093 CR is just a general measure of how threatening an enemy would be to fight to a party of 4 players (and a pretty shitty one at that). An npc wizard with 3rd level spells isn't automatically a high CR enemy.
Ah Jester, the only person who's Sending spell requires a saving throw.
I honestly kinda Wish Matt made it that way
Recipient hears Would you like to accept a collect call from "HI! It's Jester."
Recipient: Nope
DM: Roll to save.
@@JAY-gl5xd would that be intelligence or will save?
@@BlueflameKing1 be honest it’s jester it’s a will save
She’s just going around giving half the continent regular psychic damage.
The best comment I’ve seen on Laura’s Sendings is that the spirit of Jester temporarily possesses her whenever she casts the spell. Why she’s so surprised with what comes out of her mouth
The way she was SHOCKED after "Caduceus here, we've been doing this creepy sh*t" will never not be funny
Imagine these animated on the other end.
I think she gets the Traveler inside her
@@AAEdPhoto
I really love the idea of Jester speaking in tongues whenever she’s casting message, just for extra chaos.
@@kinremnant4616 I CAN'T WAIT!!
I like the idea that Jester thinks she has to use all 25 words for the spell to work.
She knows that she doesn’t NEED to use all 25 words. It would just be a waste not to use them all
my personal headcannon is that the traveller told her it was wasteful not to use all 25 words to mess with her
@@samuelwright7496 I prefer to think The Traveler lied to her and said she has to use all 25 words or the spell doesn't go through. He's Exandrian Loki. Fucking with Jester seems on brand for him.
I can just hear a god say “You … ALLOWED … her to get this spell?” And the Traveller, bent over laughing, responds. “Yes!!!! Isn’t it AWESOME???”
Love it
'Allowed her? I didn't allow her to get the spell, merely suggested it' :p
Her messages remind me of writing a sentence then running out of space and having to write smaller and smaller.
The Mulaney bit about making a Happy Birthday poster. Big ass H!
@@CaseyWinehouse
Yeah, but the past is the past.
*Big ass 'B'!!!*
Most of the birthday gift tags written as a small child.
writing an essay and reaching the word limit so you have to keep cutting stuff off 😭
I like to imagine all the laughter being in character. Just Jester trying to message someone and the whole Mighty Nine just losing their shit every time.
Fjord definitely counts the words out for Jester
It's Mighty Nein
Yeah in universe I assume jester doesn't see it as her being funny
It's just her personality
And when Matt tells her she doesn't need to use every word
It's arty
My favorite animated clip of her sendings
ruclips.net/video/2aJ-aTEG5hk/видео.html
@@toddalexander5015 that's cannon. They talked about that in one of the last episodes i think
Essek was full on psychic attacked 30 times by Jester
Yet we know at some point he started to look forward to her messages.
@@ShesAaRebel most likely stockholm syndrom xD
$5 says he shattered SO much dishware being startled by her Messages.
"HI ESSEK!"
*Teacup shatters*
"HELLO ESSEK!"
*Soup bowl goes flying*
"ESSEK, IT'S JESTER!"
*Plate that he almost had back in the cupboard drops to the floor and cracks in half*
@@TeroTheShortOne Jester once asked him if he was doing anything embarrassing when she messaged him. She rolled high insight and got a whisper, which made Laura laugh. I really wonder if it what happened was something like this.
@@TeroTheShortOne don't forget "YOU MAY BE UNDER SCRUTINY! "
Drops his whole dinner tray
Jester is the embodiment of spelling "Happy Birthday" on a poster and running out of room before the word 'birthday'.
The poster says 'HAP' and is a tad off the edges.
BIG ASS H
oh my god this made me laugh so hard 😭💀
HAPp
BIRThY
John Malaney moment!
"FIRST, LETS MAKE A BIG ASS 'H'." XD
I love how clear it is that Laura never has any clue what Jester is going to say with these messages, it's just out of her control.
A couple of times early-mid campaign Nott starts trying to dictate messages to make them more efficient and it's hard to tell if it was Jester glaring at Nott or Laura glaring at Sam that put a stop to it
Sending is an attack spell
14D8 Psychic damage
It wasn't before, but it is now!
Real talk for a moment: The ways Laura used sending actually changed the way that the spell was used for regular players. People realized the weaponized capability of the spell. It could be used to harass an NPC and even prevent them resting. It could force the DM to find ways to block its usage or deal with the interruption it causes. All it took was some thinking outside the norm.
That's CRAZY! Fucking genius!
its also a good argument on why real life magic would be horrifying- aside from instant healing, imagine getting spam messaging about fucking car warranty while sleeping or something
It really did for me!
Fewer than you might think, at least for us vets/OG players. Sending was easily the most commonly-banned spell I've ever run into as a player, and I was personally responsible for that at two tables. But, that was OD&D when a high enough level caster could prep and cast it nine times a day, especially on DT when you had nothing else to prep. One of the tables I played at in college already had it banned.
just came from an overly sarcastic production video on phones and she talks exactly about it.
I swear there were times even Laura couldn't control Jester.
Transdimensional force of chaos, genuine possession hours
My favorite one was when she sent to Obann "The Orphan Maker comes alone... but, she comes more with another person."
Also the one where she says that the orphan maker is coming but then just fills the leftover space with dodododododo music xD
She said that? I don't remember. Lmao that's hilarious
I think the "she comes alone" was the first draft, and the actual one was "the orphanmaker has arrived! [pause] dodododododo"
Isn't that when Travis said: "That's the mother of my child right there!"
@@Thorn99855 Travis: Wife...mother of my son...
My favorite moments are the ones where even Laura is surprised by what she said. Particularly "do do do hmm donUTS!" and "Hey dad!"
Truly the best moments, I would add 22:40 "we been doing things, creepy shit" to Cornelius
Edit : Duh donuts 6:35
Hey dad 8:10
Bonus duhduhduh to Oban : 5:03
I imagine the Donuts bit would be Jester’s version of Porky Pig’s “That’s All Folks”.
For me it's her caveman message to Yeza.
During Sendings, Laura is no longer in control. Jester fully takes over.
Yeah, Jester FULLY inhabits Laura's body for those sendings. There's no other explanation.
Her messages were one of the best things about the campaign lol
Going into campaign 3 that was one of the things I immediately missed, but Laudna’s Tērrįfyîńg Whïšpęrš™️ definitely help to scratch that itch
Honestly, Jester herself, was one of the best things about campaign 2.
@@DMofIledar The TM made me laugh super hard, thanks!
@@DMofIledar Honestly I need a super compilation of those, such great moments. If she ever takes sending, it's gonna be next level
One of the worst, on my end.
My headcanon is that jester has just forgotten how to end the spell so she has to run down the word count
And she only has to take 1 more level of socerer to begin doing this again
Honestly, it will be hilarious if Imogen uses Sending and is always super succinct and only says what's absolutely necessary.
Omg but with the southern thing where they say goodbye but then start another story 😂😂😂
Imogen will get it right but they will have such ptsd fro Jester they're always going to brace themselves
Oh no. : )
Laudna with the tome pact boom could text people that sign it… could be just as funny, with extra creep.
The best part about this is the look on Travis's face every time. Just "yep, that's my wife!"
Well, the king’s wife is a true queen. 💖
8:11 "Hi dad...!" - I'll never forget Matt's face of pure surprise and at the same time, trying to not reveal that twist
I love how Matt reminds her multiple times that she doesn't have to use all 25 words, but Laura is absolutely insistent on using every last one
Jester is my grandma leaving a message. 2 minutes of confusing preamble followed by, "and the reason I'm calling is.... Beeeeeep!"
Jester is *me* leaving a voicemail since childhood lol
If you think Laura "the haggler" Bailey is going to use less than 25 words and get a worse "deal" on a Sending spell you're dead wrong
I love how Travis honestly, isn't tracking every-word, but is just like "Fuck it were calling it 15"
Astrid's message at episode 131 is truly peak Jester sending. The entire cast broke. Matt was the one pleading for mercy. Taliesin cackling like a madman. Liam and Marisha on the verge of tears, wheezing. Truly a scene worthy of a Renaissance painting.
at 26:32 for those who want to watch it again :)
@@two-robinjays Thanks, looking for that one :D
ive never seen Sam laugh so hard at anything but he was absolutely undone here
I was literally weeping laughing in my work truck when I first heard this scene haha. Funniest part of the campaign
"You pooping?"
I like to imagine that even long after the group retires, Jester prank Sends everyone in the party from time to time, usually at the worst possible times.
"You pooping?"
"............... Yes."
the funniest thing with the reunion is that this actually kinda happens-
@@still_mars1056 please tell me you mean when Veth and Beau both pick up the phone after some fun time
"How do you know when I'm pooping?! Every! TIME!!"
@@NotMe6044 she has scry
Forever this spell has been changed for people playing the game. Me being DM realizing the amount of messed up villains that could just send random words or sounds to distract the party or make them slowly go insane.
HEH HEH HEH
Or... messed up villains that could receive sendings.
I ran a campaign where the BBEG was a kobold with Ambitions far beyond the oldest dragon. Sending, dream, and illusions allowed them to end the world. (Almost ended it twice, but the party decided to do it first the second time.)
The “do-do-do-do-do” that broke the group and community.
I'm imagining Essek hearing that "you float really good" song at the end of the message, and thinking "You know what? I do! I DO float really good!" and that's enough to make him respond.
Wasnt that also when he was more ready to kill them to?
@@donb7519 that message tipped the scales, in the exact opposite way we expected it to
Just imagine getting on Jester's bad side, and just getting random messages of "Doot doot doot-doot doot..." any time, anywhere. No escape...
If I were one of the MN, her "you pooping?" would pop unbidden into my head whenever I use the bathroom.
This might be a better summary of the campaign than watching all 140 episodes
God my favorite message jester ever sent was the one to Astrid 131, it was everything that makes Jester great plus the utter fucking comedy gold of Astrid’s response is just “…I am so very… confused………. W-what did you say?!” Just 11/10 complete chaos, net zero information. Beautiful. Effervescent. Perfect.
astrid, one of the most intelligent magic users in the empire, trained in critical thinking and espionage, was completely baffled by jester
Hands down my favorite Jester moment in the whole campaign.
In the context of the episode it was even funnier to me personally. It had been a really stressful couple of days for the M9, and everybody just absolutely loosing it definitely released some of the tension.
See, to me, the fact that she sent a second message and also f**ked that one up is so much better
Just picturung fjord going "OH MY GOD RIGHT OUT THE FUCKING GATE?? WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR CHILL??"
surely by then he should know that Jester has no concept of chill
"Guess whos not limited to twenty-five words and more?"
-Jester
I believe Sending is supposed to convey intent as well as words, so technically _(TecHnIcAlly)_ a person can't be confused by the contents of a Sending. However, people can be confused by Jester's sendings because even she doesn't know what she intended to say sometimes.
I love how, by the end, Matt turned around and weaponized Sending against the Nein (with Trent & Caleb)
"If I don't even know the next word coming out of my mouth, how can anyone else?"
I love how Travis and Taliesin count it out on their fingers as she's talking.
Any idea if anyone counted the words, since it's recorded video, to see how accurate she was or travis counted?
@@robmc120 generally speaking Travis was pretty spot on throughout the campaign. I think there were a few instances where a syllable was counted as an extra word or where a jester fused multiple words into 1 long blob. But it’s pretty spot in.
It seems like it was almost alwaya little off to me. usually negligible, but at one point one of them counts "we need to talk to the bride queen are you aound" as 5 words. idk if it's just because she said it really fast but still there's absolutley no way.
at 12:44 the message is 34 words, so i would venture to say no, they are not all that accurate. lmao
"You have to much power with this spell." Sums up Jester using sending perfectly
"also, mom's name?" is my favourite what was my mother's name reference in all of critical role, solely bc she didnt actually have the words to say it properly
27:26 "It's me, Jester. Hey, I don't know if you're alone. If you're not and you're following us, then clear your throat if you're not following us."
Might be the greatest message ever sent in DnD.
That one HAS to appear in the animated series!
Laura: “This is possibly my father guys, I have to sound kewl… Ok, I’m going to send a message to the Gentleman, he’s always really happy to hear from me…
*ahem*
… Hi daaaad!”
Everyone: **internally facepalms**
I like to believe that Laura goes into these with no plan and just lets Jester talk.
The fact Laura insists on using all 25 words makes it even more hilarious
I can imagine Jester inventing text speech and abbreviations because of this to cut down on words until she could turn entire paragraphs into 25 words.
I love that whatever fingers Travis is holding up at the end is law, even though sometimes it's more like 30 words because Jester talks so fast
My favourite sending was when she spooked Beau's dad and then ended the messeage with Lululululu 😂
Me too! This one is underrated. Seeing Beau's reaction is even funnier! LOL
The psychic damage i have inflicted by knocking on my sisters door and asking what she’s doing and not hearing an answer and asking in the sweetest gentlest Romanian accent “Are you pooping?”
The almost instant regret on her face the moment she finishes off the last few words. Perfection.
My favourite was always when Travis isn't paying attention and has to catch up.
Imogen's succinct messages are so jarring compared to Jester's chaos. At least we have Laudna's messages
For me it's the fun part in watching those: realizing how Laura acts her characters to the limit. Like "smart, collected Imogen who doesn't have time for BS" and "totally chaotic Jester just letting words coming out of her mouth hoping they make sense"... Love it, and love the dedication to the characters. LOL
Eww the third campaign
I love how they're constantly shortchanging her on words by counting syllables
tbf she talks so fast that it's hard to keep up with the word count, I have tried more than once XD
TBF they are being generous by counting conjunctions as one word when grammatically and technically, they are considered two words. Like "It's" would count for two words technically.
“Use words carefully, but we could use words.”
Surprisingly well said.
Rather than the base game rules for this spell, it should be the Mighty Nein rules: the next 25 words you say will be sent.
i have the sneaking suspicion that the Traveler has made the 25 word thing mandatory for Jester for optimum confusion.
Getting a sending from Jester is like listening to a voicemail from a very distracted but excited aunt or mother
Giving Laura access to Sending is the best gift Critical Role ever gave the world.
I really appreciate the references
Some of my favourite moments are when Laura totally forgets what she was going to say just as jester casts the spell lol
Jester is attention deficit impulsive type personified, I can feel the train of thought evaporating right as she finishes starting the cast in my very soul
@@tahrey nearly a year later and I definitely see my adhd in jester lol ♡
Jester: Was that more than 25 words?
Matt Mercer, watching from on high: You’re good.
"its me jester hey i don't know if you're alone if you're not and you're following us then clear your throat if you're not following us"
Matt going "I love this spell so much" while crying from laughter.
i love that even with me being so far behind in the show i can still watch this without spoilers bc the messages have NO real substance LMAO
“I PAID for 25 words, I’m USING 25 words!” -jester probably
It baffles me how ANYBODY managed to abuse the sending spell. It's a simple utility spell it wasn't made for this! XD Only Laura/Jester could, I love it!
It WAS a simple utility spell...
this spell is forever changed by Laura, like
Literally forever lol
Wait then what was it meant for? It seems completely in line.
@@saikanji9570 I think people usually used it to communicate with party members if it was split or employers? I think what they mean is that no one has turned it into a joke like this. 😂
@@faithjolley6034 Ohh gotcha. Yeah that's a good point
My favorite is when Matt is all like “you don’t need to use all the words” and Liam is immediately like “oh, YES SHE DOES!!”
I miss jester. That blue lady is perhaps the best ever character in CR history
My heart still lives in campaign 2....I miss it so much
69 likes, Hope it stays this way
Between Jester, Yasha, Caleb, Nott, and the ripples that Molly left Campaign 2 really made something special.
my favorite thing is the moments when laura seems surprised by the words coming out of her own mouth, like jester has just fully possessed her and she has no control
I fully believe that Jester is just Laura's stream of consciousness turned into a character. Specifically the part that laughs at every unintentional innuendo. XD
*_”The Orphanmaker has arrived. Where can we find you?! ... Doo doot da do da doot-“_*
Holy s h i t
WE GET TO SEE JESTER’S SENDING IN A ANIMATED SHOW NOW
my favourite thing is travis’ brief moments where his brain reboots to make sure he’s counting words and not syllables
I love that it took Matt until after like 10 attempts to tell her that she didn't have to use all of the words hahahah
If Bells Hells ever meets the Mighty Nein, it has to start with Matt doing one of Jester's weird sendings.
EDIT: I mean, I was kinda right...
He got his revenge
"How's the circle of thumbs up?" just completely broke me...
I want to make a Circle of Thumbs Up Druid.
The donut sending is peak Jester, and by far my favorite because it shows Laura coming out of her Jester-trance in time to hear the end of it and laugh hard about it.
Laura voicing Jester who is impersonating Nott who is actually Veth who is voiced by Sam is some VA/DnD inception gold!
"that was 22 words"
"Wow. I'll give it some flair"
"We been doing things, creepy shit"
That's flair, alright.
Matt: "You don't HAVE to use all the words"
Laura: "YES I DO"
I want to see what sort of chaos would ensue if jester, fearne, laudna, chetney, and scanlon where in the same room together.
How terrifying is it that Scanlan of all people would probably be the voice of reason. That's...that's quite the bar.
That's a one shot waiting to happen, OMG. And you could manage it with only one player substitution too.
Proposed group name, Scanlan's cult of cube shitters, or Scanlan's COCS.
I love that Liam hasn’t played a character chaotic enough to be mentioned- but Vax comes pretty close
@@tahreylate reply, but who's the character substitution? All of these characters are played by different cast members.
13:25 - She looks like a 13 yo version of herself showing her grades to her proud parents
That is way too accurate
8:25 I love how exasperated Sam gets because he seems like the group’s troll but he’s probably the player most immersed into the game
Nott was meant to be a bit of an antithesis to Scanlan, so it makes a strange sort of sense
Jester learning how to properly use sending was the best character arc in the whole campaign.
That Astrid Sending in ep131 might be the single biggest crackup of the table in CR history. And deservedly
Rivaled only by Sam's character intro to the party in c3
I didn't think anything could replace the absolute joy of what was going to happen when Jester casts sending, but with Campaign 3 Laudna I have to say is giving her a run. So excited to see if they keep that shtick up, I think they will it's just so perfect lol
I hope she gets sending for the hilarity
@@Direwolf181 If Laudna gets Sending, I hope it has the same flavour as her Message spell because that shit is hilarious.
@@Abyrae apparently sorcerers don't get sending which is a waste
@@Direwolf181 Oh right, but I thought warlocks did. But then I doublechecked and its WIZARDS that can get it.
Creepy Laudna Sendings would have been hilarious. T_T
@@Abyrae Imogen can get it because of her subclass
I think what we've learned is that Travis has a loose grasp of how many words most words are
I love how Jester consciously learns to limit her words over the series
Imogen using Sending the first time and saying something concise was the biggest shock after years of Jester lol
Its crazy to think of all the stuff the Mighty Nein did, while having Jester be the main voice of their group
New spell idea: "sending of the jester" send a message 25 words in length also deals 1d8 psychic damage
To whom?
But it only works if you use ALL the available words
I am no longer going to be sending hate mail to the BBEG with my sendings it will now be “doo do do donuts”
If you can't dazzle them with your daring, baffle them with your bullshit
🎵This is the song that never ends...🎶 Directly into the brain.
@@kaneo1 That's some psychological warfare right there.
"Do do do hmm hmm....donuts!" gets me every time 🤣
I need to see Jester and Laudna sending messages to each other.
Honestly though, both of them would love it.
That would be perfect.
"...hey daaaaad"
It took me watching this campaign for the second time to realise that neither Jester or Laura thought to use the sending spell to talk to the Traveler. Especially after she found out who he was. Lol
maybe she tried many times privately but it never worked, so she just got used to never doing it
I really hope legend of vox Machina becomes a massive success so we can get the mighty nein animated and get peoples reactions to jesters messages
I want a mighty nein show incredibly bad.
@@asheslunchbox1947 It always came over to me as something akin to the first readthru of a really amazing animation script even from early on
this aged very nicely
This aged excellent
Your wishes have been granted
“I don’t have a word limit now, buddyyyy!”
At the start of the campaign I mentioned that I defenitely needed to see a "Jester message supercut" and I would like to thank you for this gift of pure delight.
Laura got Matt to turn shades of Talisman with some of these sending. Ya poopin'?
When they created the Sending spell and put it into D&D, they could not have comprehended the chaos they had set into motion.
Laura Bailey, the gift that keeps giving. She's so damn funny. Love her!!