HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing 1:55 Nathaniel Twenty’s self-help seminar 6:10 Intro cinematic 7:45 Episode Starts 9:55 Recap Ends 14:30 Yasha rubs Beau off 17:10 It’s real now 18:00 Bite down on Fjord 18:50 Tossing acid 22:15 Obviously we cut off Beau’s arm, not Caleb 23:40 Beau’s cuticles 27:00 Yeah, that’d be bad 28:40 Sam’s shirt 31:25 Taint check 34:10 Divine Interventions 37:15 Playing with the eyes 39:10 Day 15 41:30 Dammit Ashley 47:25 Fjord pops off 50:35 What a cataclysm 51:25 Battle map out 55:00 Into the Motherlands shoutout 57:15 Soft battle cry 1:00:40 Teleporting inside a dragon is a horrible idea 1:07:00 Beau is having a bad time 1:09:30 Sam’s system works 1:15:40 Legend recognizes Legend 1:20:00 Nice 1:21:10 Weird blood stuff 1:26:05 Beau plays Shadow of the Colossus 1:29:05 WHOO 1:30:15 Veth stands alone 1:31:20 Pigeon discussion 1:34:25 Sam isn’t aware of evasion 1:37:05 Veth is too scared to betray 1:41:25 Curse this fire resistance. 1:44:45 Sexy Skeksi 1:46:30 Otis steals Veth’s kill 1:48:50 Yes Laura, the dice are sparkly (also, why does Sam look weird?) 1:51:25 Beau looks so hot 1:52:00 One wolf wolf pack 1:54:35 BWOOOOO 1:55:50 Stacking halflings 1:58:55 Respect the pronouns 2:01:10 Double ones 2:06:25 Jester is truly desperate 2:18:00 Forgot the lance 2:20:15 Sometimes DM’s have to say no 2:24:00 Beau gets tail whipped 2:25:40 Ashley is out for blood 2:28:00 Break Starts 2:32:20 Art Montage 2:45:00 Break Ends 2:48:25 Veth learns about Fjester 2:53:50 Dagen got a show 3:01:15 Caleb protects Jester’s privacy 3:06:20 Fargoing 3:09:30 Veth gives Jester a gift 3:11:55 Communing to learn about the potion 3:14:35 Communing with Arty 3:18:20 The bomb drops 3:31:35 Minis are out 3:33:10 Should’ve played Joust 3:42:30 Zorgon 3:43:50 Less talk talk, more pop pop 3:47:10 Built this baddy for Beauregard 3:51:10 Lucien 69’s Beau 4:05:25 In the arms of the owl 4:13:05 Too much music 4:20:55 Otis is the worst 4:27:55 Travis takes 60 seconds 4:40:40 Caduceus is a lost cause 4:51:00 Substitution jutsu 4:54:05 Counterspell chain 4:55:50 D&D is an endurance sport 5:10:55 A bit of a pickle 5:15:30 Look, up in the sky 5:24:10 Episode Ends The in-game start date for the episode was the 27th of Brussendar 836. Sam’s flask has a blank piece of paper that says “Dagen is hiding here”. The back is still “Turn Your Stuff Into a Turtle” Because it’s on Matt’s shirt, I’ll shout out Into the Motherlands. It’s an afro-futurist science fantasy game on Tanya Depass’s channel. I need to get caught up, the first season is already done, but it’s good so far. Krystina Arielle is fantastic in everything. Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
Imagine being the owner of a store that sells custom print T-shirts that is struggling to survive during a global pandemic, only to see a middle-aged man with pink hair and giant teeth enter your store and order a half-dozen shirts featuring unflattering photos of a bunch of strangers.
Mighty Nein: "Have we met a dragon before?", "Oh sh*t it wasn't kidding!" Monster Manual (pg 102): "Though only moderately intelligent, white dragons have extraordinary memories. They recall every slight and defeat, and have been known to conduct malicious vendettas against creatures who have offended them."
@brendan stockdale Just because you didn't ask, doesn't mean other people didn't like it or find it informative. The world doesn't revolve around you. 😌
travis has the least DnD experience but is still the best player, maybe tied with sam who is also maybe tied for least experienced. He needs to go full caster next campaign.
Beau: incriminating evidence to ruin someone's marriage Caduceus: hallucinogenic rotten fruit Jester: cupcakes laced with anti-witch-powder Caleb: crushing guilt
Campaign 1: Taliesin's character's backstory awakened the final boss Campaign 2: Taliesin's old character wants to awaken the last boss In the next one Tal will probably just play the BBEG for 110 episodes and then reveal himself
This is my first time watching these but I did notice that the final C2 episode is a whopping 7 hours. I hope they started that episode early because I know if I played a session from 7pm to 2am I'd be collapsed under the table by the end of it.
Fittingly this had the highest number of Nat 20s in a single game. I guess Sam’s ad worked. I really liked how Travis took control of the Gelidon situation rather than wait for the dragon to find them.
When this campaign finally comes to a close, I think the best merch idea ever would be Jester's Sketchbook. Filled with all the drawings she's done over the course of the campaign.
When Taliesin made Molly a character with an amnesiac background it was basically throwing a grenade in Matt's lap. So Matt pulled the pin, threw the grenade back, and called it Lucien.
How dare you make this funny!... Im so proud. All i can see: Taliesin: *"my character has no memories and- oh he died" Throws grenade towards matt and walks away* Matt: *"oh no he died" pulls pin a bit later on and throws it back* Everyone: *"what the fuck?!"* Taliesin: *"oh no"*
Percy as well as what Ashley did with Yasha. They've given Matt enough rope to hang them when they leave him a blank slate. Even Fjord and Jester qualify to some degree. But as long as they're having fun they don't seem to mind.
@@MorinehtarTheBlue Idd. As a player I fucking love DMs with Mercer energy, it makes it so much more enjoyable to play a character when a DM is engaging with it as well :) I find it hard to do as a DM tho, I tend to want more detail because I'm afraid that a player won't find my filling in their blanks enjoyable. It's a struggle, but it's awesome when it works! :D
@@Micras08 I certainly understand the apprehension but as a player I can hardly complain about the result if I don't share my vision for it with the DM either. The best part of a blank slate is the capacity for surprise so I rarely mind the ad lib.
@@johnshirayuki Profane Soul Blood Hunter, they get spellcasting of a warlock but at 1/3rd level progression I believe. There are also different powers tied to when you use the Rite feature for the extra damage (When they cut themselves and their weapons light up)
I already liked him a whole bunch and was on Jester levels of trust before I should be honestly (lol), BUT, this moment right here completely solidified everything for me in an instant. It really is just so fantastic, especially as an artist! Lots of great imagery
@@cyberbrunk I think that was because Liam seemed to be reacting to what Tal was doing and he can't really tell Tal what to do. Tal caught this possible interpretation and said he thought Liam had an opinion
for first time viewers: get your comfort blanket, comfort snacks, and stress ball. you’ll need it. for second time viewers: just contact your therapist, friends, please
We need to talk about Travis's ability to read the situation and make a decision while everyone else was as he said stuck in "analysis paralysis" amazing move as a player to see what was happening and just immediately know they only had one choice
Yet another example of how the ADHD mind was built to think fast under pressure. When I first started watching CR, I never imagined Travis would become one of the players I admire and identify with most. Even though I don't quite live for combat like he does.
He used to do that in the last campaign, as grog, but played it off like an impatient childish dumb guy. I loved when he did that, cause the analysis paralysis is the worst to happen to you and to watch.
Seriously so glad he did that. It has happened too often that Matt is very clearly signaling "danger is coming make a decision" and the party is just stuck throwing ideas around and panicking and then instead of being prepared they are still caught off guard by the thing they have seen coming. Sam also tries to keep the game on track sometimes, but he is maybe a bit more low-key about it.
@@Margar02 THIS! This is just a great example of one of the positive sides of ADHD, being great under pressure. He analyses the situation perfectly, quickly, and makes a move, instead of being stuck in analysis paralysis.
@@Cyyberslam8 When I saw the length of the episode, I knew it hit the fan. I wasn't expecting it to hit that fast. I really wasn't expecting that fan to hit a bigger one.
Exactly. That battle cry enabled multiple natural 20’s (including Fjord’s sick ass Paladin crit) as well as saved some of the Tomb Takers from fear. In a group this large, and against a foe so powerful, the battle cry was unquestionably a significantly better move. The damage she didn’t have halved can always be healed.
@@PlanetTelex00 - If she'd raged on the first turn, she'd still have been able to battle cry on a later turn, letting those crits happen later. It was the saving throws to avoid fear that were really timing sensitive. (And this was before Gelidon's turn; we didn't know if she was going to manage to a breath attack that turn while a huge number of targets were still grouped up.) Not raging was a good decision; Ashley's mistake was not using an Action at all that turn (she could have activated her Protector Aasimar wings to be doing a bonus 13 damage on her future turns, and a fly speed of 50 after her feats/bonuses). And also charging straight at the dragon was pretty questionable given that she didn't rage. Running sideways away from the group would have been smart, to not be in the same cone as the party. And to make the dragon maybe need to dash to get into range of anyone, instead of giving her a reachable target. The M9 have quite a few PCs who are effective at range. Although Jester and Beau did later port out there, and then Jester fell off, so it might well have been Jester taking those attacks if not for Yasha tanking them. Yasha's aggressive move maybe caught Gelidon's attention, rather than having her fly up to where a cold breath cone could reach above/around the cover everyone was behind, if she didn't go for Jester.
that moment made me very unhappy. especially as they were discussing possibly teleporting it away seconds before Lucian dispelled the tower... im not sure they could have wormed their way out of revealing it though.
Yeah no I caught that they couldn’t have possibly known it was in there, thus couldn’t have got it out of the bag of holding, but not only did they show it was in the bag, but what it was so they could pull it out
I think this is the first time Sam’s ad read actually had a material impact on the squad. With all those Nat 20s, Nathanial Twenty is gonna get a lot of new customers!
Now that Ashley is DODECAHEALED, considering how well she rolled this episode, we need to petition Nathaniel Twenty to perform an emergency service for Wil Wheaton
@@aimeepollock2943 Long ago, I was trying to learn a skirmish minis game and I was having the worst freaking dice luck. The guy teaching me had me roll three times and take the middle roll for everything just so the game would play halfway normal instead of me getting killed because my strongest dude couldn't manage to hit his weakest. I think if they had Wil do that, his d20s would still never roll double-digit numbers.
@@bignumbers i'd honestly love to know what everyones alignment was at the start of the campaign compared to this part of the campaign and if it changed at all, each character has grown an tremendous amount
@@johnshirayuki honestly, just look at their wikis as it does say their alignments and how their alignments changed over the course of the campaign. tho look at my other comment for beau and caleb's, if ya want.
@@bignumbers not really if you mean alignments as of this episode. beau has been neutral throughout the campaign. caleb was lawful evil during his time as a volstrucker, then started the campaign as neutral stayed neutral until this episode when he became chaotic good.
Yeah, running a session THAT long with THAT many different characters across two different major battles... it's honestly amazing the only slight slip was Sam's turn getting missed once. Massive kudos!
the players are each playing 1 PC. matt meanwhile is at one point playing: -gelidon -zoran -tyfal -otis -lucien -cree while also keeping in mind the world itself, like for example, what relevant characters like essek or dagen are doing. is quite impressive if you ask me, i dont even know how he does it. is specially interesting if you see that matt was taking all of his turns quite fast, faster than most of the cast even
Sam made my eyes tear up. "ever get that feeling when we're playing where it's like 'Ah, fuck, i hope this doesn't end?' I just had one of those" SO precious.
though, wouldn't that pinpoint exactly where they were? there's just this sudden stink zone in the middle of the field, stands out like a sore thumb if you ask me. the dragon would've probably just frost breathed that entire area and they would've started as frozen popsicles
@@wytfish4855 the idea is that they could throw them, create a large cloud of stink that totally overrides the dragon's very senstive sense of smell, and uh... profit?
Matt: "For the sake of brevity we don't have to role play you staying in the tower again." Also Matt: *roleplays in his head the Tomb Takers laughing their asses off as they get away with their bag of holding*
I don’t understand how Fjord doesn’t feel himself no longer carrying the Bag of Holding. It weighs 15 pounds and it super important. How does that go unnoticed?
@@radical_peasant That's not just it thou. Fjord passive perception is not THE highest. It surprises me that say, the cast doesn't let the characters with the highest PP carry the BoH. Not even now in C3, Orem should be the one with it, with how brokenly high his PP is, you would have to be the best rogue in Exandria to steal from him there. Same thing here in C2, Cad should be the one to have it. Or maybe Beaulregard.
@@wessneider2266 To be fair, if Otis did the more logical move and stole the amber they all saw, M9 likely wouldn't have even known until they woke up with Lucien having 8 hours to go ahead. So yeah it was off, though not that Matt made it too hard to spot, but too easy.
@@gwydionknight well yes, but this one felt like two different episodes. It just had such different themes from the first part compared to the second. Spoilers btw: The first part is when the M9 and the tombtakers just demolished an ancient dragon. Everyone was excited, and everyone felt really powerful. Then in the second part, when they battled the tomb takers, everyone realized how close to death they were. Everyone was stressed, and in that very long battle, there were way too many moments where one bad roll could mean a character’s death, or even a TPK. Basically, the first part felt like an episode where the M9 seemed like gods, and the second part felt like an episode that showed how they were very very mortal.
was in the discord live chat when that happened and the channel nearly exploded with a cacophony of "Nice" "Nice" "Noooooooo" "Nice" "NOT NICE!" "NOT NIIICE!!!!!" "Nice"
god that scene with Lucien holdin beau in place and pulling his blade, "Is this really how you want this to go?" is so eerily remniscient of Molly's death
The whole battle reminded me of it honestly. Especially the way they kind of charged into it head first. Made for a fight I could not take my eyes off of but OHHHH BOY did I worry there would be a death.
@@aleyoakenshield5384 i wanted fjord to die i thought it wouldve been great for plot progression. especially on the finally reciprocated romance for jester. maybe its just cuz i like widowjest. losing fjord would have been very interesting. and a call back once again to them bamfing out and leavijg yasha behind. overall just got so much nostalgia from this fight
41:21 Idk if it was on purpose, but I love the dynamic between Lucien who “sees all” and Caduceus just sees it all. Just the idea of Cad having a higher perception than the guy with nine eyes is such a great concept lol
Last episode Jester aged many years as a random encounter, This episode they are attacked by an ancient white dragon. Matt's random encounter table is vicious!
To be fair, I think in the Eiselcross setting they released you can either fight the dragon or bribe it enough to get it to leave. I think it might also only be an adult, or there's at least a chance it won't be Ancient. But how could Matt resist bringing back Gelidon when Ashley rolled a dragon?
To be fair, the age increase was completely optional, and the dragon had a 1 in 160 chances of happening (they rolled a d20 and then a d8), and it's probably the worst option on that table (there are very few things deadlier than an ancient white dragon roaming in a frozen landscape).
Matt: "She is very engaged by your friends." Liam: "The wedding is close." Matt: "It's hard to see you when you're off the map." Liam: "My favored terrain."
Girl got action economy'd into oblivion. It's crazy how powerful a group can be when they have 14 more moves than the opponent, even when it's a literal ancient dragon.
Haha, I love this so much, but also these Californians describing a snowfilled landscape at night as "pitch black" really brings home how they have not experienced anything like it. Yes, it can get really dark, but man that snow acts like a HUGE softbox relecting whatever little light there is all over the place. Usually you can actually see quite well :) Not an angry diss, just amusement
True. Although, I'm not sure how dark it would be in the true Arctic in a total cloud cover, having thick snow in moonlight or even nighttime starlight can make everything at least dim light. I suppose it would be yet another thing for Matt to keep track of, and he had to kiss it.
In a previous episode Matt told they were sweating in their coats in the cold and that it felt pleasant to feel that instead of the cold. That man has never set a foot in the real cold.
So true. On a snowy field, on a clear night with some moon, you can read a book. (I've tried it, it works.) There's a reason people are wearing shades when skiing.
I discovered that first hand during the snow storm in Texas last year. I was amazed at how bright it was outside at night, and that was with most not having power...
They also talk about alcohol like it'll keep you warm. Short term solution, sure, but it burns your heat quicker and leaves you cold. Unacceptable option in the frozen north of Eiselcross
It took Vox Machina over 4 hours to kill vorugal with an ancient green dragon to boot compared to the nein who nearly took Gellidon out in less than an hour!
The mental image of Beau surfing an ethereal cat claw while lightning blasting an ancient dragon with shadow punches is the most amazing thing I've ever imagined.
@@gaminggambeson6553 Holy shit. The M9 have done a better job guarding Vess DeRogna's body after she died than they did when she was alive. Let that sink in.
"Hey, Lucien, ya think there might be anyone you know showing up when we get to Aeor?" >One episode later "OH FUCK THE DRAGON" Lucien: "The fokin wot mate?!"
Giving her allies advantage on savings throws was super helpful and I know Ashley was agonizing about not raging at the start of the fight but I think using her battle cry was the right move
I so totally agree with you. I was watching this live and without that battle cry, the M9 would not have hurt Gelidorn as painfully as they did. Go Yasha and the barbarian battle cry!
I know this comes from three years later, but as someone who’s been observing the comments, you could like. Feel her trying to push off the comments people make about her not raging right or often enough. Reasons why to just leave people alone and let them play their characters and have their fun.
4:26:29 is a perfect still shot of everyone’s personality. Even in the chaos of battle with lives in the line, Sam is laughing and fueled by the chaos. Travis is contemplating, Laura is having a panic attack, Caleb is thinking about Frumpkin, Ashley just doesn’t know, Talesin is thinking about his third character, Marisha is just along for the ride
Hello critters! As you can see, this is a big ol' episode with lots to spoil, so for an optimal viewing experience, I would recommend _not_ reading the comments! Or do read them, if you don't care! Happy watching!
Considering how non-optimal healing in the middle of combat is in D&D, Jester honestly gets way too much flack. She has saved them so many times just by doing a ton of damage.
@@whitevii1533 Oh, clerics are very good damage dealers, and healing is usually a mistake until someone goes unconscious. It often doesn't heal enough to get the player out of danger. What's the point in a 1D4+modifier Healing Word, or even a 2nd or 3rd level version, when most enemies hit harder than that? Far better to only heal after someone hits 0 HP. That way they probably get a turn before the villain's next turn, best choice for action economy. But the joke of the reluctant cleric is still always hilarious.
Every single time Yasha does her battlecry, still after months and months-- Ashley: "it gives everyone advantage on attack rolls and saving throws" Everyone: wait, what does it do?? Everyone: that's your what? Ashley: my battlecry; advantage on attack rolls and saving throws. Everyone: 😱oh! That's really good! Everyone: 😲 that's amazing!! 😂😂😂😂
@@joelmills4304 I generally dont care when rules get messed up but ashley taking damage as an eagle and clearly subtracting hit points off of yasha and no one noticing or piping up and telling her the eagles hit points so she knew how much to damage she should have actually taken got to me.
@@Telrob I groaned at the part when Lucian sliced at illusion Caleb and didn't rationalized why the blades didn't hit as per the description of phantasmal force. This would have made the escape a lot less stressful.
I'm extremely impressed that Matt could run a full npc adventuring party and a white dragon at the same time. He gives so many unique abilities to his human NPCs that I can't believe he doesn't get lost in the abilities more often.
@@Tabletop_Nonsenseverse he is doing exactly what orion did and got a lot of shit for... Being a rules lawyer most of the time, remembering all the rules and spells of everyone else at the table, but when it comes to his own spells he happens to get them wrong in a way that just happens to make them way more powerful... He casts guardian of faith and tells matt to take dmg even though the spell dosnt work like that, which he knew, specially since he was reading it... He tells matt to take half dmg when enemies save on sacred flame... dosnt work like that either, he knows that. Matt asks what the range of a spell is and tal will tell him double the range unless matt looks it up... Almost every time he casts a spell he tries to give it more range, targets, dmg, and usefulness, unless matt notices it and looks it up, tal pushes the limits of his spells all the time... Cant be a rules lawyer, be reading a spell, having the dm trust/asking you to tell him how a spell works, and then just get them wrong to work in your favor almost every time, and not make it look like obvious cheating...
@@Darksnakemrniceguy I'm inclined to believe it's intended in good faith. It's a complex game. Matt make his share of mistakes and rulings in his own favor as well. - Grasp of Hadar only triggers once per turn, not for each Eldritch Blast hit. - Phantasmal Force has a lot of grey area to it, but giving Lucien an extra roll to determine his target after failing the saving throw, and then skipping the Intelligence (Investigation) check and concluding it was fake after one attack is definitely a favorable ruling. - The bonus action attack from Crossbow Expert only triggers if you take the attack action with a one handed weapon, and shouldn't have been possible after a cantrip. - Lack of Darkvision only seems to come up for the Nein and not the Halfling member of the Tomb Takers.
@@jake55778 there is a big difference between: matt sometimes getting some spells wrong because they arent in front of him, and he has a millions things to juggle, and his mistakes work against him as often they work in favor... or some of the players, who dont know the rules as well, get some of their abilities wrong, sometimes working in their favor, sometimes not... yea, it happens. or the same player, over and over, make very similar "mistakes" that just happen work in his favor pretty much every time... even though he is very experienced, is a rules lawyer (so clearly knows his shit)... and is literally reading the spells that he is making more powerful... the amount of times it happens, just makes it too obvious... cant tell me that the rules lawyer just happens to "misremembers" his own spells to work in his favor, while reading them, with nothing else to do, pretty much every time... knows all the rules and spells of other people pretty accurately, but his own he only remembers them in a more powerful way? nah... if it were only here and there, like it happens to most people yea sure id agree... but this is too consistent... this is exactly what tiberius/orion was called out on.
@@Darksnakemrniceguy When did he cast Sacred Flame this episode? I must have missed it. You also don't give examples for the range, dmg and target which I find to be kind of a cop out when making such an accusation against a specific player. You also call him a rules lawyer, but the only thing he really is good at remembering is which buffs and debuffs are up. That's the only thing he consistently gets right over the others, so he is hardly a rules lawyer by normal standards. I noticed this back during the snake island part. That is when he really started to get good at remembering his bless and other buffs and I've noticed him getting consistently better at it. He makes as many rules mistakes as the rest of them otherwise. The Guardian of Faith damage at casting is also one of the most common mistakes in the game, at least for spells like that, i.e. Spirit Guardians and Moonbeam. "first time of a turn" has always been confusing to people and though I know by now that it is only on their turn, they often mix it up and they have for years. I don't think you can truly say he remembers spells for the other players? That is not a consistent thing he does. He even misremembered action economy like last episode? Or maybe it was this one. Taliesin is as scatter brain as the rest of them. I'm not denying that he is consistently giving himself and advantage, maybe he has, but if you are seriously gonna go around calling it too consistent and making pretty big claims about his recollection of other rules, then I think you're gonna have to back that up with some pretty good sources, cause that is not at all my experience of watching Tal play.
(Spoiler for episode) I know everyone is talking about the second half, but hats off to Travis for taking the initiative during the encounter of the first half; he avoided the analysis paralysis and helped set up the party for the inevitable fight
i disagree.... if u saw the look on matt's face, i think there was still a way to escape or hide from the dragon. no way did he expect a major dragon fight for everyone. he kept saying it was hundreds of feet away. i think they may have been able to stealth their way out of it... and maybe rely on some magic to avoid the fight.
@@powdernitz I think he just didn't expect his players to take it head on rather than exhausting there other options before fighting like they usually do
@@powdernitz I mean, a white dragon accustomed to looking through and burrowing through snow/ice that knows their scent and has spent at least multiple hours of travel to even get to where they are. It'd be alot of fucking RIDICULOUS stealth successes to make it out of that, multiple ones at that since I'd doubt the dragon would relinquish for a while. Like the only other options would be the tower. Maybe alongside a deception check of like "Well now your lair and treasure is finally unprotected" before M9 all dissappear.
@@lepthymo Counterspell automatically succeeds if cast with a slot that is higher level than the level of the spell you're trying to counter, otherwise you have to roll against the spell's level. As an aside, by rules as written this means no matter what slot the enemy is casting with, the counterspell's slot needs to beat the base level of the enemy spell, but this group plays it as counterspell slot level vs enemy slot level instead of counterspell slot level vs enemy spell level.
@@steinistein8611 caleb has a crush on jester and having a relationship with astrid or essek is too tricky basically, every mighty nein has a partner except Caleb (and Cad but he doesn't care)
@@ty-qj4ms oh well apparently didn't watch that. Well, the second he built the ship with that statement he also destroyed it and said that Caleb would never act on it. And Caleb is so stubborn, it's probably true. I think had things worked out differently, he would have ended up with Essek. They have so much in common and their intelligence synergizes beautifully. Astrid stopped being a possibility years ago, Essek after he betrayed them. So I think he'll just watch jester be happy with fjord and try and make his peace with it because he thinks fjord's much better for her, and he wants her to have a good life. If Essek doesn't get assassinated soon, maybe they'll start something sad and short-lived a couple months down the road. But at this point I don't see him ending up with anyone
@@aleyoakenshield5384 Very much agree with this. I've been really fed up with this whole arc, the whole damn thing has been one giant analysis paralysis very slowly going nowhere.
*LUCIEN THEORY:* *_LUCIEN HAS THE POWERS OF A BEHOLDER!_* _Or has gotten his powers from one!_ Some of you may have already seen this when I posted it on the Facebook group page! The facts: - Both have 11 "eyes" - Both have antimagic cone as an eye ability. - Both are incredibly egotistical - Both have sworn followers/minions that seem brainwashed (not as solid but still) - Caleb couldn't counter-spell the antimagic eye from Lucien, so Lucien IS NOT casting dispell magic. So this only lends to a antimagic cone eye since it disables the ability to cast magic against it. - Most recent episode, Matt almost made the amber gem-of-holding stone spill out when the eye was used on Caleb. But he was reminded that it was in the bag of holding and didn't do it. - Lucien can turn off his ANTIMAGIC CONE at will - Lucien sleeps with his eyes open, beholders are described as sleeping with at least one eye always open - LUCIEN USED THE DISINTEGRATION EYE RAY ON A GUY RIGHT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE! And the disintegration ray is the NINTH eye ray for Beholder stat sheets. Matt describes all 9 eye tattoos glowing when Lucien disintegrates the guy. -BEHOLDERS ARE BORN FROM THE DREAMS OF OTHER BEHOLDERS!
they got bamboozled proper. Although I'm a bit surprised at the stolen bag of holding, it ain't a small thing you keep in your pocket, it's a big backpack. Felt a bit iffy
@@cranederoc I think it's the small bag of holding they got from Lorenzo? To my memory it was just a small puch you could hang on your belt, found it under his bed :D
Hey man. Atleast wait a few hours before posting spoilers. I thankfully saw it live but people watching it now wont even have had enought time to get there.
@@walterendres916 I know you mean well, but this was posted 4 days after it aired on twitch and YT. I’m not sure what else people are expecting when they come to the comments.
Fjord telling jester and them to just leave him, no matter how many episodes its been fjord is keeping his promise to jesters mother to always protect her
@@aquament But he knows about the cone now. Far step is a Bonus, he can move so much to get out of it and do it. You wanna praise someone, try Beau. She almost died like 5 times through the episode to help everyone else.
@@JwanCortez oh yeah, I totally commend beau, I thought she was going to permadie. Still in not comparing them. There was heroism in both Fjord and Beau's actions. They both risked themselves to try to help others escape.
The amount of intelligence it took to play grog as well as he did was amazing, and from that position he could analyze what the group was doing, to then channel into his current tactics, with his slow burn multi class build he has created an amazing character arc
I'm so happy he got to play Grog in the first campaign and just...Grog all over everything, and then shift to being able to be intelligent in the second campaign, amazing range on that man.
@@1979ce if either Matt or Travis had remembered then he would've done something different. Calling him a cheater because he made an honest mistake is unfair and petty.
This literally happened in my group's current campaign. Everyone is still on their first character, except for one who was on his second. His first came back as a mini-boss and that battle ended with his second character's death. We then killed his first character to end the battle. He just got his third character this past week's session.
The way Travis cracks up for the first scene is hilarious. He’s having such a good time seeing his friends go through the “same thing” he had to with his patron.
HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing
1:55 Nathaniel Twenty’s self-help seminar
6:10 Intro cinematic
7:45 Episode Starts
9:55 Recap Ends
14:30 Yasha rubs Beau off
17:10 It’s real now
18:00 Bite down on Fjord
18:50 Tossing acid
22:15 Obviously we cut off Beau’s arm, not Caleb
23:40 Beau’s cuticles
27:00 Yeah, that’d be bad
28:40 Sam’s shirt
31:25 Taint check
34:10 Divine Interventions
37:15 Playing with the eyes
39:10 Day 15
41:30 Dammit Ashley
47:25 Fjord pops off
50:35 What a cataclysm
51:25 Battle map out
55:00 Into the Motherlands shoutout
57:15 Soft battle cry
1:00:40 Teleporting inside a dragon is a horrible idea
1:07:00 Beau is having a bad time
1:09:30 Sam’s system works
1:15:40 Legend recognizes Legend
1:20:00 Nice
1:21:10 Weird blood stuff
1:26:05 Beau plays Shadow of the Colossus
1:29:05 WHOO
1:30:15 Veth stands alone
1:31:20 Pigeon discussion
1:34:25 Sam isn’t aware of evasion
1:37:05 Veth is too scared to betray
1:41:25 Curse this fire resistance.
1:44:45 Sexy Skeksi
1:46:30 Otis steals Veth’s kill
1:48:50 Yes Laura, the dice are sparkly (also, why does Sam look weird?)
1:51:25 Beau looks so hot
1:52:00 One wolf wolf pack
1:54:35 BWOOOOO
1:55:50 Stacking halflings
1:58:55 Respect the pronouns
2:01:10 Double ones
2:06:25 Jester is truly desperate
2:18:00 Forgot the lance
2:20:15 Sometimes DM’s have to say no
2:24:00 Beau gets tail whipped
2:25:40 Ashley is out for blood
2:28:00 Break Starts
2:32:20 Art Montage
2:45:00 Break Ends
2:48:25 Veth learns about Fjester
2:53:50 Dagen got a show
3:01:15 Caleb protects Jester’s privacy
3:06:20 Fargoing
3:09:30 Veth gives Jester a gift
3:11:55 Communing to learn about the potion
3:14:35 Communing with Arty
3:18:20 The bomb drops
3:31:35 Minis are out
3:33:10 Should’ve played Joust
3:42:30 Zorgon
3:43:50 Less talk talk, more pop pop
3:47:10 Built this baddy for Beauregard
3:51:10 Lucien 69’s Beau
4:05:25 In the arms of the owl
4:13:05 Too much music
4:20:55 Otis is the worst
4:27:55 Travis takes 60 seconds
4:40:40 Caduceus is a lost cause
4:51:00 Substitution jutsu
4:54:05 Counterspell chain
4:55:50 D&D is an endurance sport
5:10:55 A bit of a pickle
5:15:30 Look, up in the sky
5:24:10 Episode Ends
The in-game start date for the episode was the 27th of Brussendar 836. Sam’s flask has a blank piece of paper that says “Dagen is hiding here”. The back is still “Turn Your Stuff Into a Turtle”
Because it’s on Matt’s shirt, I’ll shout out Into the Motherlands. It’s an afro-futurist science fantasy game on Tanya Depass’s channel. I need to get caught up, the first season is already done, but it’s good so far. Krystina Arielle is fantastic in everything.
Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
HOW ARE YOU SO FAST!?
Ur a genius flando, thanks!!
Brilliant work as always Flando 😊
Speed demon
SO FAST! SO AMAZING! IT’S FLANDOOOOO!
Imagine being the owner of a store that sells custom print T-shirts that is struggling to survive during a global pandemic, only to see a middle-aged man with pink hair and giant teeth enter your store and order a half-dozen shirts featuring unflattering photos of a bunch of strangers.
THIS ALMOST MADE ME CHOKE ON MY DRINK.
Yeah okay why dont you imagine it
Are you the owner?
Even better, imagine being that person, except you're a Critter, and recognize the people in the pictures. :D
Are you speaking from experience?
Otis: *exists*
Veth: And i took that personally
Woo!!!
Halflings are like The Highlander;
There can only be one.
@@Im-Not-a-Dog Remember when she and Jester got jealous of Twiggy? 🤣
First half of the episode: "Help, its again."
Second half of the episode: "We're running, it's bad."
I'm fucking dying, this is perfect
@@uhkingdom why thank you 😋
LMAO I DIED💀
omg is this a c1 reference hahaha
@@dylanwilson7544 No, both of those quotes are from Cad
Ancient White Dragon: "You have a new scent!"
Yasha: "It's crayon."
No comments? Criminal
😂😂😂 YEEEEEESSSS!!!
I laughed so hard at this
💀💀💀
Sam at the beginning of the episode: "I hope tonight's session never ends"
Words of complete regret
Might as well have said "I *wish* it never ends" T^T
@@callysto_ii _i see what you did there_
"I hope tonight's session never ends" has the same energy as "2020 will be a great year"
Timestamp for sam saying that? I remember him saying it but I can't find it
@@colettesheaff4180 2:21:20, not exactly the beginning
Every single time Sam has rolled a persuasion check he is shocked to learn that he has proficiency in it. It's my favorite thing
Lmao thats what I thought. Maybe he doesn't remember taking it
@@icannotchoose It's from Veth's background so he "technically" didn't take it.(Guild Artisan)
Ya boi can just choose to roll a base 10+bonuses and I as a player love that. As a DM.... not so much.
It may be that Veth's sheet was altered while Nott to get with the fact she was a goblin
@@NWolfsson that doesn't make sense halflings don't get extra skills.
I guess Lucien doesn't know that you shouldn't steal from happy people
To be fair, I don't think the Nein have been particularly happy whilst Lucian's been around.
ngl reading this hurt more when i remember it was molly who told veth to only steal from grumpy people pwq
to be fair... I dont think the MN can be considered happy as a whole... some of them are pretty darn happy people... but as a group... not so sure yet
I hate you.
Why must you be so cruel T-T
Mighty Nein: "Have we met a dragon before?", "Oh sh*t it wasn't kidding!"
Monster Manual (pg 102): "Though only moderately intelligent, white dragons have extraordinary memories. They recall every slight and defeat, and have been known to conduct malicious vendettas against creatures who have offended them."
Yep
@brendan stockdale Just because you didn't ask, doesn't mean other people didn't like it or find it informative. The world doesn't revolve around you. 😌
@brendan stockdale ok "brendan"
@brendan stockdale dude, you're posting troll comments on a podcast of dnd, also unless you're in fifth grade 3 sentences doesn't count as paragraph.
@brendan stockdale Ow! Can someone get me a band aid? I cut myself on this guy’s edge.
Caleb is the leader when he doesnt want to be. Beau is the leader when she wants to be.
But its Fjord that becomes the leader when they NEED one.
Brilliant 👌
Sounds about right 👌
That's why he's the one Jester chose.
travis has the least DnD experience but is still the best player, maybe tied with sam who is also maybe tied for least experienced. He needs to go full caster next campaign.
@@morgan6321 Yep and this was true even in campaign 1 best role players and best at the rules or at least at choosing what they are gonna do
Fjord is actually just two Lightfoot Halflings in a trenchcoat.
This is a very underrated comment.
If that is true then Avantika didnt seem to mind.
I love it
That’s perfect! Best comment I’ve seen so far
Excellent callback to the... kobolds, IIRC?
Miscellaneous objects in inventory:
Fjord: Silverware
Yasha: 8ft lance
Veth: Sex potion
Beau: (technically had) a bunch of drugs
@@gracewallin7971 Fed it to a baby. Chaos crew!
Beau has a stick
Beau: incriminating evidence to ruin someone's marriage
Caduceus: hallucinogenic rotten fruit
Jester: cupcakes laced with anti-witch-powder
Caleb: crushing guilt
@@MisterTingles And Veth has a banana peel
"You're all rolling very well this session. That needs to STOP."
*immediately 3 people roll 1's*
Matt, you're too powerful.
Matt does not approve of Nathaniel Twenty’s seminars.
He cast Command on them
He willed it into being. 😂
his lair actions are too good
He summoned the power of Colville!
Campaign 1: Taliesin's character's backstory awakened the final boss
Campaign 2: Taliesin's old character wants to awaken the last boss
In the next one Tal will probably just play the BBEG for 110 episodes and then reveal himself
C2E300:
Veth: "Caduceus! You were behind all this!"
Cad: "Yes it was I! My machinations lay undetected for years, for I am a master of deception-"
@@xizor3764 I kinda want to see this lol
Geoff's arc from heroes and halfwits anyone? (Years old spoilers)
IRL: Taliesin IS the final boss.
@@Griffolion0 campaign 5: taliesin takes control of matt mercer and travis, and makes everybody else fist-fight the two
sam at the first hour: guys, i dont want this to end!
sam at the last hour: matt, please make it end.
More like, puhlease let us not all die!!!
This is my first time watching these but I did notice that the final C2 episode is a whopping 7 hours. I hope they started that episode early because I know if I played a session from 7pm to 2am I'd be collapsed under the table by the end of it.
2:21:20 and 4:56:00 ❤
Plot twist Otis is a goblin that was turned into a halfling
i think this is my new favourite crack theory
@@thallium6754 Why thankyou
I believe this to be fact
They had to have a goblin body to put Veth in, didn't they?
@@josephhundley9274 the plot thickens!!!
Fittingly this had the highest number of Nat 20s in a single game. I guess Sam’s ad worked.
I really liked how Travis took control of the Gelidon situation rather than wait for the dragon to find them.
Right? Showed some initiative and I love it
cannot like as you have 69 likes, currently...nevermind in the time I typed that message you got two more, here take it.
@@druid_zephyrus 96 now if that helps anything
I'm often the "Travis" in most cituations like this. I see the party stalling with no real ideas so I just hop in and wing it.
@@druid_zephyrus Ah 179. I cannot like such a number. No, too cruel.
When this campaign finally comes to a close, I think the best merch idea ever would be Jester's Sketchbook. Filled with all the drawings she's done over the course of the campaign.
HELL! YES!
There’s artists who have done every page so far, would be an amazing collab!
@@iwillcry sauce please. I must see this artist
YES YES YES
FUCK YES! INSTA BUY!
When Taliesin made Molly a character with an amnesiac background it was basically throwing a grenade in Matt's lap. So Matt pulled the pin, threw the grenade back, and called it Lucien.
How dare you make this funny!... Im so proud.
All i can see:
Taliesin: *"my character has no memories and- oh he died" Throws grenade towards matt and walks away*
Matt: *"oh no he died" pulls pin a bit later on and throws it back*
Everyone: *"what the fuck?!"*
Taliesin: *"oh no"*
This is basically the same setup for Percy as well. I guess Tal really likes giving Matt a blank sleight
Percy as well as what Ashley did with Yasha. They've given Matt enough rope to hang them when they leave him a blank slate. Even Fjord and Jester qualify to some degree. But as long as they're having fun they don't seem to mind.
@@MorinehtarTheBlue Idd. As a player I fucking love DMs with Mercer energy, it makes it so much more enjoyable to play a character when a DM is engaging with it as well :) I find it hard to do as a DM tho, I tend to want more detail because I'm afraid that a player won't find my filling in their blanks enjoyable. It's a struggle, but it's awesome when it works! :D
@@Micras08 I certainly understand the apprehension but as a player I can hardly complain about the result if I don't share my vision for it with the DM either.
The best part of a blank slate is the capacity for surprise so I rarely mind the ad lib.
I find it absolutely terrifying to think of how Matt created the Blood Hunter class, and now hes controlling an ENTIRE team of them
Well they're not all blood hunters per se
Cree at least is a blood cleric
@@nathangomez4409 A subclass he also created, IIRC
@@myra_4 Otis is a warlock, not sure if he's multiclassed blood hunter aswell
@@johnshirayuki there is a blood hunter subclass that gives warlock stuff so it could be that
@@johnshirayuki Profane Soul Blood Hunter, they get spellcasting of a warlock but at 1/3rd level progression I believe. There are also different powers tied to when you use the Rite feature for the extra damage (When they cut themselves and their weapons light up)
Me, looks at run time: "Five hours? What happened?"
Also me, 45 minutes in: "Dragon fight. That'll do it."
Yeah, about that....
Me again, 3 hrs 30 mins: TWO Boss battles?
@@curtisgallant3029 I'm not gonna spoil it. Have fun.
You looked at the comments a mere 45 minutes in? Brave man. Very brave.
I LITERALLY SAID THE SAME THING
I'm waiting for the episode when each member of the cast gradually reveals a different t-shirt of Sam
Please let this happen 🙏
It needs to be the shirt of sam wearing a shirt of himself wearing a shirt of himself x5. FOR MAXIMUM SAM-ACTION!
This is the next t shirt arc
Yes... YESSS
At least one picture smurf blue of him, with a censor bar on his eyes.
*no spoilers*
Matt: I can’t get over the horrifying creature designs and drawings in there :)
~shows book~
The book: ⬜️
Lol my thoughts exactly
Yep.
Seeing such eldritch and ancient beings would have caused mental anxiety. The book is clearly an abomination, I recommend...
@@theGhoulman NNNNNNOOOOO, he was the only one who knew how to stop the ancient ones😵
I ordered the book and it comes with a free PDF version...the illustrations are terrifyingly beautiful
The imagery of Essek personified as a twinkling star that feels safe and familiar was SO damn good.
ahhh when was this?
@@lonebugget9949 The commune starts around 3:12:36 and that specific line is at 3:13:05!
for real!!
I wantto like this but the lukes are at 777 and I feel like thats a bad thing to destroy. So i like this
I already liked him a whole bunch and was on Jester levels of trust before I should be honestly (lol), BUT, this moment right here completely solidified everything for me in an instant. It really is just so fantastic, especially as an artist! Lots of great imagery
I completely lost it at:
Taliesin: "I'm going to try and grab Caleb, and try and... fuck."
Liam : "I'll do it."
Same. Lmao.
When did that happen?
@@slapsfitzgerald6862 4:19:06
Liam then moans loudly enough that Matt has to tell him to stop
@@cyberbrunk I think that was because Liam seemed to be reacting to what Tal was doing and he can't really tell Tal what to do. Tal caught this possible interpretation and said he thought Liam had an opinion
this was too intense when it aired live and we had no idea when it would end
I remember spamming in the chat" I HAVE WORK IN THE MORNING DAMNIT." As soon as it went past 12.
Yeah i live in Greece and when i woke up in the morning they were still going.
@@snikerz5886 Bruh, These episodes start at 11 at night for me. This ended like half four in the morning before my classes.
I was in tears!! I thought someone was going to die!
I WAS COMMITTED TO SEEING HOW IT ENDED DAMN IT! And boy am I glad I stuck around.
for first time viewers: get your comfort blanket, comfort snacks, and stress ball. you’ll need it.
for second time viewers: just contact your therapist, friends, please
And be careful with your stress ball guys. Don't want to break it like Travis does.
Oh no...
I just wanna see the fjord and jester moments to comfort me :(
My first time watching this and I’ve seen so many warnings like this I’m scared
@@m8cermit799 [my destroyed stress ball nods in agreement]
We need to talk about Travis's ability to read the situation and make a decision while everyone else was as he said stuck in "analysis paralysis" amazing move as a player to see what was happening and just immediately know they only had one choice
Yet another example of how the ADHD mind was built to think fast under pressure. When I first started watching CR, I never imagined Travis would become one of the players I admire and identify with most. Even though I don't quite live for combat like he does.
That's why he's our Captain.
He used to do that in the last campaign, as grog, but played it off like an impatient childish dumb guy. I loved when he did that, cause the analysis paralysis is the worst to happen to you and to watch.
Seriously so glad he did that. It has happened too often that Matt is very clearly signaling "danger is coming make a decision" and the party is just stuck throwing ideas around and panicking and then instead of being prepared they are still caught off guard by the thing they have seen coming.
Sam also tries to keep the game on track sometimes, but he is maybe a bit more low-key about it.
@@Margar02 THIS!
This is just a great example of one of the positive sides of ADHD, being great under pressure. He analyses the situation perfectly, quickly, and makes a move, instead of being stuck in analysis paralysis.
Cant believe the ancient dragon fight ended up being the more lighthearted portion of the episode
As a DM, an Ancient Dragon fight is ALWAYS lighthearted, maybe not for the players, but i have fun.
Aincient Dragon fight ends, DM calls break
*there's 3 hours left in the episode*
oh no
@@Cyyberslam8 When I saw the length of the episode, I knew it hit the fan. I wasn't expecting it to hit that fast. I really wasn't expecting that fan to hit a bigger one.
Umm.....wasn't half the party supposed to have a point of exhaustion during that dragon fight?
the first point is dav on ability checks, so in a fight that shouldn't matter too much. veth's stealths i guess
Essek, outside Aeor: wow it was great to hear from my friends! I can't wait to see them :)
The Nein, miles away: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Essek: Hello, hello? Operator, my call got disconnected. Operator: i am sorry sir. The call was disconnected due to Frost conditions.
Beau: If I had a nickel for every time my girlfriend threw her sword at the bad guy and it almost hit me, I'd have 2 nickels.
Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice
@@masonmullen6753 lmao wild that this is a canon meme in a way
And everytime it happens im yelling deflect missile at my screen
@@EdsonR13 well it never hit her so she could never have Deflected it
@@arunoc7208 I know but it'll be so cool when it does happen
When Veth tosses out her buttons and casts Hypnotic Pattern, she should call it Brenatto's Beguiling Buttons
...gotta pocket fulla buttons....
Ashley shouldn't have been so down on herself for not raging, without that battle cry, who knows who would've been frightened by the dragon.
Exactly. That battle cry enabled multiple natural 20’s (including Fjord’s sick ass Paladin crit) as well as saved some of the Tomb Takers from fear. In a group this large, and against a foe so powerful, the battle cry was unquestionably a significantly better move. The damage she didn’t have halved can always be healed.
That battle cry was sooooo much more fuckin clutch than a rage.
Advantage is *no joke*, especially when it lands you a paladin crit.
An aoe buffs usefulness grows so much with a group this large
@@PlanetTelex00 - If she'd raged on the first turn, she'd still have been able to battle cry on a later turn, letting those crits happen later.
It was the saving throws to avoid fear that were really timing sensitive. (And this was before Gelidon's turn; we didn't know if she was going to manage to a breath attack that turn while a huge number of targets were still grouped up.)
Not raging was a good decision; Ashley's mistake was not using an Action at all that turn (she could have activated her Protector Aasimar wings to be doing a bonus 13 damage on her future turns, and a fly speed of 50 after her feats/bonuses).
And also charging straight at the dragon was pretty questionable given that she didn't rage. Running sideways away from the group would have been smart, to not be in the same cone as the party. And to make the dragon maybe need to dash to get into range of anyone, instead of giving her a reachable target. The M9 have quite a few PCs who are effective at range.
Although Jester and Beau did later port out there, and then Jester fell off, so it might well have been Jester taking those attacks if not for Yasha tanking them. Yasha's aggressive move maybe caught Gelidon's attention, rather than having her fly up to where a cold breath cone could reach above/around the cover everyone was behind, if she didn't go for Jester.
Upsetting that Beau immediately forgot.
"She's the Nightmare in Ivory and you respect that!"
How can you not love Matt Mercer?
From a cast that takes every chance to rib him for unfortunate naming decisions.
I want more Uthodurnian Otters.
That play, where Lucien asked to see the stone, just to make sure they still had it = them learning where the M9 were keeping it.
Wow, didn't realise that's why they did it! What a catch!
Damn that is a play
Yeah it was pretty obvious
that moment made me very unhappy. especially as they were discussing possibly teleporting it away seconds before Lucian dispelled the tower... im not sure they could have wormed their way out of revealing it though.
Yeah no I caught that they couldn’t have possibly known it was in there, thus couldn’t have got it out of the bag of holding, but not only did they show it was in the bag, but what it was so they could pull it out
I think this is the first time Sam’s ad read actually had a material impact on the squad. With all those Nat 20s, Nathanial Twenty is gonna get a lot of new customers!
Oh 100% it surely can't be a coincidence
Now that Ashley is DODECAHEALED, considering how well she rolled this episode, we need to petition Nathaniel Twenty to perform an emergency service for Wil Wheaton
That will take away the combined luck of every person on the cast. 😂😂
Will can not be saved!🤣
I feel like they should let the man roll a d100 each time he has to roll. They could call it the Wheaton Handicap.
He's gonna need a few seminars
@@aimeepollock2943 Long ago, I was trying to learn a skirmish minis game and I was having the worst freaking dice luck. The guy teaching me had me roll three times and take the middle roll for everything just so the game would play halfway normal instead of me getting killed because my strongest dude couldn't manage to hit his weakest.
I think if they had Wil do that, his d20s would still never roll double-digit numbers.
"Do you moisturize?"
"Do you?"
"I do"
Caleb moisturizes, canon
*cue yasha looking at her nails*
Caleb moisturizes because he needs his hands in good shape for spell casting
Fun fact: Caleb's parents didn't.
@@MrUmakemelaff The victims were... 😎 dehydrated (🎵Yeaaaaaaaaaah)
@@MrUmakemelaff aaaaaahhhhhhh
Ways to know Jester really loves you:
She’ll heal you
She is now, no longer meatloaf.
Boyfriend perks.
@@kaitlynwickham6237 , truth.
Like medic from tf 2
And then she'll regret it
12:45 Beau and Caleb: Make pact to kill each other if they turn evil
Also Beau and Caleb: Both go evil at same time
Weren't they already evil?
@@bignumbers i'd honestly love to know what everyones alignment was at the start of the campaign compared to this part of the campaign and if it changed at all, each character has grown an tremendous amount
@@johnshirayuki honestly, just look at their wikis as it does say their alignments and how their alignments changed over the course of the campaign.
tho look at my other comment for beau and caleb's, if ya want.
@@bignumbers not really if you mean alignments as of this episode.
beau has been neutral throughout the campaign.
caleb was lawful evil during his time as a volstrucker, then started the campaign as neutral stayed neutral until this episode when he became chaotic good.
@@dull_demon4717 Beau poured acid down the throat of a sleeping guard. She's pure evil mate.
Massive shout-out to Matt for being able to play so many NPC's without missing a beat. From a part time DM, that's an amazing feat!
Yeah, running a session THAT long with THAT many different characters across two different major battles... it's honestly amazing the only slight slip was Sam's turn getting missed once. Massive kudos!
the players are each playing 1 PC. matt meanwhile is at one point playing:
-gelidon
-zoran
-tyfal
-otis
-lucien
-cree
while also keeping in mind the world itself, like for example, what relevant characters like essek or dagen are doing. is quite impressive if you ask me, i dont even know how he does it. is specially interesting if you see that matt was taking all of his turns quite fast, faster than most of the cast even
@@arthaiser Exactly, he really didn't miss a beat with them at all.
@@arthaiser and in all likelihood, Dagen was close enough to become involved in that combat, if he were actually inclined to do so.
And Essek's there too
"I summoned this bitch - we're gonna' end her!" Most barbarian thing said in either campaign. Ashley for the win!
She went from "Call an ambulance" to "But not for me!"
I don’t know, “I have an intelligence of 6, WATCH THIS!” pretty damn good too
Brenatto's hypnotic pattern should be "Brenatto's Buttons of Bullshit"
A glorious amount of alliteration.
I'm not gonna go into the ocean for some fucking buttons
Veths vexing visions
Jester's heal spell: "Get Better by Jester"
Caduceus's sanctuary spell: "it's bad, we're running"
Sam made my eyes tear up. "ever get that feeling when we're playing where it's like 'Ah, fuck, i hope this doesn't end?' I just had one of those" SO precious.
2:21:20 ❤
"They Mighty Nein'd us!" is a sorely underrated line.
You are 100% correct
My first thought when the Dragon started sniffing for them:
"You guys remember those strangely specific stink stones Jester used once for a prank?"
Youre a genius.
Like. Holy shit. (Literally)
That.. is REALLY genuinely clever and i love this idea
"I wish I didn't know your scent anymore!"
though, wouldn't that pinpoint exactly where they were? there's just this sudden stink zone in the middle of the field, stands out like a sore thumb if you ask me. the dragon would've probably just frost breathed that entire area and they would've started as frozen popsicles
@@wytfish4855 the idea is that they could throw them, create a large cloud of stink that totally overrides the dragon's very senstive sense of smell, and uh... profit?
Alternatively titled "Ashley Rolls an 8"
Agreed. Otherwise, "Hi, my name is Yasha. I don't believe we have met!"
#RollWithYourJohnson
Totally reads like an episode of always sunny.
Accurate tittle
@@lockskelington314 their smells was still here so it was only a matter of time
Matt: "For the sake of brevity we don't have to role play you staying in the tower again."
Also Matt: *roleplays in his head the Tomb Takers laughing their asses off as they get away with their bag of holding*
I don’t understand how Fjord doesn’t feel himself no longer carrying the Bag of Holding. It weighs 15 pounds and it super important. How does that go unnoticed?
@@wessneider2266 i would think the AC for snatching it was much bigger than his regular passive perception. they had to roll REAL high
@@radical_peasant That's not just it thou. Fjord passive perception is not THE highest. It surprises me that say, the cast doesn't let the characters with the highest PP carry the BoH. Not even now in C3, Orem should be the one with it, with how brokenly high his PP is, you would have to be the best rogue in Exandria to steal from him there. Same thing here in C2, Cad should be the one to have it. Or maybe Beaulregard.
@@radical_peasant also taking into fact that Otis is basically a cope of Not, even as a blood hunter, they probabaly had a very high sleight of hand.
@@wessneider2266 To be fair, if Otis did the more logical move and stole the amber they all saw, M9 likely wouldn't have even known until they woke up with Lucien having 8 hours to go ahead.
So yeah it was off, though not that Matt made it too hard to spot, but too easy.
This episode feels like what would happen if you merged two critical role episodes and just put in a break to separate them.
Their have been 6 hour episodes in the past
Our homegames have always been 8 hours, sometimes even 10 in the early days so i have no issue with that lol
@@gwydionknight well yes, but this one felt like two different episodes. It just had such different themes from the first part compared to the second.
Spoilers btw:
The first part is when the M9 and the tombtakers just demolished an ancient dragon. Everyone was excited, and everyone felt really powerful.
Then in the second part, when they battled the tomb takers, everyone realized how close to death they were. Everyone was stressed, and in that very long battle, there were way too many moments where one bad roll could mean a character’s death, or even a TPK.
Basically, the first part felt like an episode where the M9 seemed like gods, and the second part felt like an episode that showed how they were very very mortal.
“you take 69 points of psychic damage”
“nice”
But is it though?
@@reyntime8735 If Beau died it would had been a better death then Keyleth’s that got sure
There isn’t a death that can top the Keyfish
was in the discord live chat when that happened and the channel nearly exploded with a cacophony of
"Nice"
"Nice"
"Noooooooo"
"Nice"
"NOT NICE!"
"NOT NIIICE!!!!!"
"Nice"
@@binturongjustice is that discord public?
god that scene with Lucien holdin beau in place and pulling his blade, "Is this really how you want this to go?" is so eerily remniscient of Molly's death
The whole battle reminded me of it honestly. Especially the way they kind of charged into it head first. Made for a fight I could not take my eyes off of but OHHHH BOY did I worry there would be a death.
I knooooowwwww!!!
Honestly I think this could have been at least one death. Matt was being very careful balancing the battle
@@aleyoakenshield5384 i wanted fjord to die i thought it wouldve been great for plot progression. especially on the finally reciprocated romance for jester. maybe its just cuz i like widowjest. losing fjord would have been very interesting. and a call back once again to them bamfing out and leavijg yasha behind. overall just got so much nostalgia from this fight
@@mythopoeia1164 i agree. I love a good sacrifice.
41:21 Idk if it was on purpose, but I love the dynamic between Lucien who “sees all” and Caduceus just sees it all. Just the idea of Cad having a higher perception than the guy with nine eyes is such a great concept lol
Last episode Jester aged many years as a random encounter, This episode they are attacked by an ancient white dragon.
Matt's random encounter table is vicious!
To be fair, I think in the Eiselcross setting they released you can either fight the dragon or bribe it enough to get it to leave. I think it might also only be an adult, or there's at least a chance it won't be Ancient.
But how could Matt resist bringing back Gelidon when Ashley rolled a dragon?
To be fair, the age increase was completely optional, and the dragon had a 1 in 160 chances of happening (they rolled a d20 and then a d8), and it's probably the worst option on that table (there are very few things deadlier than an ancient white dragon roaming in a frozen landscape).
@@giorgiomauceri410 All that considered, they held their own pretty well.
@@cultistsash well that’s what happens when teams work together, they make the dream work! But that second battle on the other hand...
@@giorgiomauceri410 IK I'm late, but I'm siding with Travis. Rolling the Dragon is one of the BEST options on that table.
Matt: "She is very engaged by your friends."
Liam: "The wedding is close."
Matt: "It's hard to see you when you're off the map."
Liam: "My favored terrain."
Liam was quick on it this episode 😂 "For my bonus action I'll continue to be a little twig boy in the arms of the barbarian"
Liam should be the bard next campaign.
@@ReasonImprisoned They were all playing hard tonight. Just one more;
Liam: "We're in rare form tonight."
Reminds me of:
Marisha: ... Fucking titties!
Liam: That's the goal.
I didn't spot this but someone up above mentioned this one:
Tal: "I'm going to try and grab Caleb and try and... fuck..."
Liam: "I'll do it"
4:19:06
Amazing to listen to an episode of D&D where a fight with an ANCIENT WHITE DRAGON is just a footnote in the episode’s overall story
They kind of made light work of it with 7 players + the tomb takers. But yeah crazy episode for sure
Girl got action economy'd into oblivion. It's crazy how powerful a group can be when they have 14 more moves than the opponent, even when it's a literal ancient dragon.
@@sergnb0 Also from tactical standpoint with 15 reach that dragon should have been in the air since his 1st action.
@@antoninleopold2910 “Her” she is the Nightmare in Ivory, and you will respect that!
@@Levsa399 Yes, my apologies. I was really afraid that she will die in one round. 😉 That would be unceremonious way to end the nightmare.
Haha, I love this so much, but also these Californians describing a snowfilled landscape at night as "pitch black" really brings home how they have not experienced anything like it. Yes, it can get really dark, but man that snow acts like a HUGE softbox relecting whatever little light there is all over the place. Usually you can actually see quite well :) Not an angry diss, just amusement
True. Although, I'm not sure how dark it would be in the true Arctic in a total cloud cover, having thick snow in moonlight or even nighttime starlight can make everything at least dim light. I suppose it would be yet another thing for Matt to keep track of, and he had to kiss it.
In a previous episode Matt told they were sweating in their coats in the cold and that it felt pleasant to feel that instead of the cold. That man has never set a foot in the real cold.
So true. On a snowy field, on a clear night with some moon, you can read a book. (I've tried it, it works.) There's a reason people are wearing shades when skiing.
I discovered that first hand during the snow storm in Texas last year. I was amazed at how bright it was outside at night, and that was with most not having power...
They also talk about alcohol like it'll keep you warm. Short term solution, sure, but it burns your heat quicker and leaves you cold. Unacceptable option in the frozen north of Eiselcross
This episode is where the LEGENDARY DRAGON is the EASY fight
I don't want to live in that world
To be fair the second fight was after a mere short rest, and against a dude who is apparently part beholder. (Antimagic cone eyes)
It took Vox Machina over 4 hours to kill vorugal with an ancient green dragon to boot compared to the nein who nearly took Gellidon out in less than an hour!
@@HazzMacHarry it is not just mighty nine who fought Gelidon, the entire TT gang doubled the damage output
@@HazzMacHarry it is not just mighty nine who fought Gelidon, the entire TT gang doubled the damage output
The mental image of Beau surfing an ethereal cat claw while lightning blasting an ancient dragon with shadow punches is the most amazing thing I've ever imagined.
it also sounds like a description of a 90ies airbrush art.
@@reesofraft4166 Or a painting by Boris Vallejo.
@@tomf3150 which is a 90ies airbrush art. or maybe 80ies.
Sounds like a power metal album cover.
@@bionicdragon5the album cover to Yasha’s Rock Harp Hits.
So the quest to help Vess Derogna investigate some ruins is going...well...
May I award you the comment MVP cause my god this made me laugh so damn hard 😂😂
This made me laugh so hard 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Not only help her investigate, but also be her bodyguards. I think they took the idea of “body” guards a little too literally.
@@gaminggambeson6553 Holy shit. The M9 have done a better job guarding Vess DeRogna's body after she died than they did when she was alive. Let that sink in.
@@Drekromancer
Well they have just now failed that.
3:14:43
I love how the Traveller shows up like
"What's the tea sis?"
"Hey, Lucien, ya think there might be anyone you know showing up when we get to Aeor?"
>One episode later
"OH FUCK THE DRAGON"
Lucien: "The fokin wot mate?!"
Giving her allies advantage on savings throws was super helpful and I know Ashley was agonizing about not raging at the start of the fight but I think using her battle cry was the right move
I so totally agree with you. I was watching this live and without that battle cry, the M9 would not have hurt Gelidorn as painfully as they did. Go Yasha and the barbarian battle cry!
Fully agreed.
Not only did it give them more chances to crit, it saved almost everyone from the effects of the Frightful Presence.
I know this comes from three years later, but as someone who’s been observing the comments, you could like. Feel her trying to push off the comments people make about her not raging right or often enough.
Reasons why to just leave people alone and let them play their characters and have their fun.
"No one's cutting my hand off"
"Not yours, we'll start with beau"
AMAZING.
Beau: *surprised Pikachu face*
Always ask for consent. Do we have your consent to chop your hand off Beau? From Beau: No way you're cutting off my hand! But we asked for consent!
flashes of the adventure zone
@@beesokay why did pan lie to meeeee
4:26:29 is a perfect still shot of everyone’s personality. Even in the chaos of battle with lives in the line, Sam is laughing and fueled by the chaos. Travis is contemplating, Laura is having a panic attack, Caleb is thinking about Frumpkin, Ashley just doesn’t know, Talesin is thinking about his third character, Marisha is just along for the ride
I like how you used everyone's real name but Liam's
@@asf8648 right!?
Actually insane that I open comments on my phone and I'm paused at this exact timestamp lmao
Hello critters! As you can see, this is a big ol' episode with lots to spoil, so for an optimal viewing experience, I would recommend _not_ reading the comments! Or do read them, if you don't care! Happy watching!
Thanks for mentioning this!! :)
Bumping this comment up, cuz yes yes yes.
I really needed someone to tell me that
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As said before, try not to look/read the comments section!! It is full of spoilers!
I think the biggest problem in this episode is that Sam, or sorry “Nat Twenty’s” seminar actually worked
That seminar needs a supplement on how to avoid rolling dragons in random encounter charts.
I’m not seeing the problem here???
I was so surprised! Fjord kicked off a nat 20 in the seminar and then the team is just rolling 20s all through the dragon fight.
Okay, but the dragon was an 8 on a d8
3:10:11
Veth and Jester: "Matt, explain how your sex drug works, in VIVID DETAIL."
Matt: "Hard no."
Giving you that 69th like
He did through Yeza when they first laid eyes on them though. They're snake oil and don't work at all.
I got you to 300 likes
more like "hard? yes"
@@josuke4448 hehehe! I approve
I love how everyone's mouth's dropped when Jester cast Heal.
Mine did too.
Considering how non-optimal healing in the middle of combat is in D&D, Jester honestly gets way too much flack. She has saved them so many times just by doing a ton of damage.
@@whitevii1533 Oh, clerics are very good damage dealers, and healing is usually a mistake until someone goes unconscious.
It often doesn't heal enough to get the player out of danger. What's the point in a 1D4+modifier Healing Word, or even a 2nd or 3rd level version, when most enemies hit harder than that?
Far better to only heal after someone hits 0 HP. That way they probably get a turn before the villain's next turn, best choice for action economy.
But the joke of the reluctant cleric is still always hilarious.
Travis’ joy at Liam’s and Marisha’s eye situation is just wonderful.
Must feel good to not be the one carrying a curse for once...
You think Sam is dying inside after he literally said he wanted Nonagon to be his rabies?
Travis's joy at anything is delightful
Just like “I’m not alone!”
Every single time Yasha does her battlecry, still after months and months--
Ashley: "it gives everyone advantage on attack rolls and saving throws"
Everyone: wait, what does it do??
Everyone: that's your what?
Ashley: my battlecry; advantage on attack rolls and saving throws.
Everyone: 😱oh! That's really good!
Everyone: 😲 that's amazing!!
😂😂😂😂
also not knowing what to roll on some attacks, or even criticals, and the classic "can i sneak attack?" xD but hey, that is part of the show
@@staticbf3319 don't forget, forgetting how legendary actions and resistances work. But of course the above still applies. Love these nerds
@@joelmills4304 I generally dont care when rules get messed up but ashley taking damage as an eagle and clearly subtracting hit points off of yasha and no one noticing or piping up and telling her the eagles hit points so she knew how much to damage she should have actually taken got to me.
@@Telrob I groaned at the part when Lucian sliced at illusion Caleb and didn't rationalized why the blades didn't hit as per the description of phantasmal force. This would have made the escape a lot less stressful.
To be fair, Yasha used her battlecry like 3-4 times in 2 years.
I'm extremely impressed that Matt could run a full npc adventuring party and a white dragon at the same time. He gives so many unique abilities to his human NPCs that I can't believe he doesn't get lost in the abilities more often.
only downside of all that he dosnt catch taliesin cheating
@@Tabletop_Nonsenseverse he is doing exactly what orion did and got a lot of shit for...
Being a rules lawyer most of the time, remembering all the rules and spells of everyone else at the table, but when it comes to his own spells he happens to get them wrong in a way that just happens to make them way more powerful...
He casts guardian of faith and tells matt to take dmg even though the spell dosnt work like that, which he knew, specially since he was reading it...
He tells matt to take half dmg when enemies save on sacred flame... dosnt work like that either, he knows that.
Matt asks what the range of a spell is and tal will tell him double the range unless matt looks it up...
Almost every time he casts a spell he tries to give it more range, targets, dmg, and usefulness, unless matt notices it and looks it up, tal pushes the limits of his spells all the time...
Cant be a rules lawyer, be reading a spell, having the dm trust/asking you to tell him how a spell works, and then just get them wrong to work in your favor almost every time, and not make it look like obvious cheating...
@@Darksnakemrniceguy I'm inclined to believe it's intended in good faith. It's a complex game.
Matt make his share of mistakes and rulings in his own favor as well.
- Grasp of Hadar only triggers once per turn, not for each Eldritch Blast hit.
- Phantasmal Force has a lot of grey area to it, but giving Lucien an extra roll to determine his target after failing the saving throw, and then skipping the Intelligence (Investigation) check and concluding it was fake after one attack is definitely a favorable ruling.
- The bonus action attack from Crossbow Expert only triggers if you take the attack action with a one handed weapon, and shouldn't have been possible after a cantrip.
- Lack of Darkvision only seems to come up for the Nein and not the Halfling member of the Tomb Takers.
@@jake55778 there is a big difference between: matt sometimes getting some spells wrong because they arent in front of him, and he has a millions things to juggle, and his mistakes work against him as often they work in favor...
or some of the players, who dont know the rules as well, get some of their abilities wrong, sometimes working in their favor, sometimes not... yea, it happens.
or the same player, over and over, make very similar "mistakes" that just happen work in his favor pretty much every time... even though he is very experienced, is a rules lawyer (so clearly knows his shit)... and is literally reading the spells that he is making more powerful...
the amount of times it happens, just makes it too obvious...
cant tell me that the rules lawyer just happens to "misremembers" his own spells to work in his favor, while reading them, with nothing else to do, pretty much every time... knows all the rules and spells of other people pretty accurately, but his own he only remembers them in a more powerful way? nah...
if it were only here and there, like it happens to most people yea sure id agree... but this is too consistent... this is exactly what tiberius/orion was called out on.
@@Darksnakemrniceguy When did he cast Sacred Flame this episode? I must have missed it. You also don't give examples for the range, dmg and target which I find to be kind of a cop out when making such an accusation against a specific player.
You also call him a rules lawyer, but the only thing he really is good at remembering is which buffs and debuffs are up. That's the only thing he consistently gets right over the others, so he is hardly a rules lawyer by normal standards. I noticed this back during the snake island part. That is when he really started to get good at remembering his bless and other buffs and I've noticed him getting consistently better at it. He makes as many rules mistakes as the rest of them otherwise.
The Guardian of Faith damage at casting is also one of the most common mistakes in the game, at least for spells like that, i.e. Spirit Guardians and Moonbeam. "first time of a turn" has always been confusing to people and though I know by now that it is only on their turn, they often mix it up and they have for years.
I don't think you can truly say he remembers spells for the other players? That is not a consistent thing he does. He even misremembered action economy like last episode? Or maybe it was this one. Taliesin is as scatter brain as the rest of them.
I'm not denying that he is consistently giving himself and advantage, maybe he has, but if you are seriously gonna go around calling it too consistent and making pretty big claims about his recollection of other rules, then I think you're gonna have to back that up with some pretty good sources, cause that is not at all my experience of watching Tal play.
This episode would've been a TPK if Matt had his vest on
@@elvenbling why would you say this lmao this feels like it’s probably a huge spoiler 😭
@@babayaga3098 it is LMFAOOO
@@elvenbling why would you write that without a spoiler warning, wtf
@@elvenbling comments a campaign 3 spoiler on campaign 2 on one of the top comments.
(Spoiler for episode) I know everyone is talking about the second half, but hats off to Travis for taking the initiative during the encounter of the first half; he avoided the analysis paralysis and helped set up the party for the inevitable fight
Very true. Wish someone would have done that for the second fight as well. They were all over the place after a pretty good first round.
i disagree.... if u saw the look on matt's face, i think there was still a way to escape or hide from the dragon. no way did he expect a major dragon fight for everyone. he kept saying it was hundreds of feet away. i think they may have been able to stealth their way out of it... and maybe rely on some magic to avoid the fight.
@@powdernitz I think he just didn't expect his players to take it head on rather than exhausting there other options before fighting like they usually do
@@powdernitz I mean, a white dragon accustomed to looking through and burrowing through snow/ice that knows their scent and has spent at least multiple hours of travel to even get to where they are.
It'd be alot of fucking RIDICULOUS stealth successes to make it out of that, multiple ones at that since I'd doubt the dragon would relinquish for a while.
Like the only other options would be the tower. Maybe alongside a deception check of like "Well now your lair and treasure is finally unprotected" before M9 all dissappear.
I find it impressive that at the start of the counterspell chain, albeit jokingly, Sam correctly said that Caleb would counterspell at 4th level
Well, he's got experience counterspelling stuff.
Well since Ford shouldn't have been able to use counterspell to begin with , as he had used his reaction to bamph 15 feet away from Zoran...
Yeah he knows his husband lol
I have to wonder why though, counterspell is a third level spell, why not cast it at 3rd level?
@@lepthymo Counterspell automatically succeeds if cast with a slot that is higher level than the level of the spell you're trying to counter, otherwise you have to roll against the spell's level.
As an aside, by rules as written this means no matter what slot the enemy is casting with, the counterspell's slot needs to beat the base level of the enemy spell, but this group plays it as counterspell slot level vs enemy slot level instead of counterspell slot level vs enemy spell level.
He died a Hero, yet lived long enough to become the Villain.
i would like, but it’s at 69 and it’s too perfect for mollymauk.
One more and itll be at 169 haha
A few more until 269
469 hear we go
666 but i refuse to like it
Only the luck of one Ashley Johnson could roll a whole effing dragon into existence
And then proceed to roll not only double Nat 20s but also double Nat 1s in the same combat lol
Tabletop Tycoon: "We want you to dress up as a D20."
Sam: "Already have the costume and the bit."
His book worked for the most part with alot of those roles! Lol!
Tabletop Tycoon: ....... We should be concerned 😑
They always apologise for Sam's bits, as if the sponsors don't know exactly what they've signed themselves up for
Nott: “everybody is falling in love”
Caleb: *silent*
Iiii don't get it
@@steinistein8611 caleb has a crush on jester
and having a relationship with astrid or essek is too tricky
basically, every mighty nein has a partner except Caleb (and Cad but he doesn't care)
@@ty-qj4ms has he? Has Liam said that in a talks episode and I missed it?
@@steinistein8611 yes, in the Talks Machina n. 143
Yasha asks Caleb in episode 96 if "he loves her"
"her" is Jester
@@ty-qj4ms oh well apparently didn't watch that.
Well, the second he built the ship with that statement he also destroyed it and said that Caleb would never act on it. And Caleb is so stubborn, it's probably true.
I think had things worked out differently, he would have ended up with Essek. They have so much in common and their intelligence synergizes beautifully.
Astrid stopped being a possibility years ago, Essek after he betrayed them.
So I think he'll just watch jester be happy with fjord and try and make his peace with it because he thinks fjord's much better for her, and he wants her to have a good life.
If Essek doesn't get assassinated soon, maybe they'll start something sad and short-lived a couple months down the road.
But at this point I don't see him ending up with anyone
I *adore* how much Travis loves it when everyone's freaking out about the eyes.
I think Travis has the best reacts in general. I often go back and watch a big moment again just to see his face.
"It's Taliesin. He's the master of snarky misses." I personally think Vex is his best snarky missus
Hands down my favorite comment on this video 🤣
👏 genius
"You guys are in analysis paralysis, This is happening" Travis you mad bastard you are so right. What a Chad move
Their whole trip through the tundra was kinda analysis paralysis, I'm glad he took decisive action
That's why he's the CEO
@@aleyoakenshield5384 Very much agree with this. I've been really fed up with this whole arc, the whole damn thing has been one giant analysis paralysis very slowly going nowhere.
Spoilers
The ones who failed Nathaniel Twenty's class are the ones who were trapped in the no magic zone.
dang, these critical role writers are really good
Wtf...this game...
remember that one time when Jester read Luciens fortune and pulled a card with a dragon on it... and then one just decides to show up? XD
Wait, so that means what's coming next is...
She showed him a red one, though.
@@orrusfellin5150 there was blood? 😂
@@orrusfellin5150 lol it’s Beau’s blood that got frozen to it
@@orrusfellin5150 it was a red one fighting a white one. He was the red one
Cad: "I grab Caleb and fuck!"
Caleb: " I will."
💀💀💀💀💀💀
"ill allow it" would be so funnny
Matt actually chastising Liam when he started moaning was kinda hilarious. One of the few times he's reprimanded anyone
You can tell the intensity of that let battle by how little Liam keeps Caleb’s accent up.
I totally wanna HC this as Caleb so tense from the battle that he doesn’t even bother translating into Common, he’s just speaking Zemnian
@@rustys0rcerer702 that makes it so much better
@@rustys0rcerer702 69, nice
@@rustys0rcerer702 HAHAHAHHAHAAH now it’s fully fledged in my head now, this image!!!!
"If we don't come back tell the Bright Queen, the second calamity starts at Aeor."
Was this in the episode? So many feels about this line
*LUCIEN THEORY:*
*_LUCIEN HAS THE POWERS OF A BEHOLDER!_*
_Or has gotten his powers from one!_
Some of you may have already seen this when I posted it on the Facebook group page!
The facts:
- Both have 11 "eyes"
- Both have antimagic cone as an eye ability.
- Both are incredibly egotistical
- Both have sworn followers/minions that seem brainwashed (not as solid but still)
- Caleb couldn't counter-spell the antimagic eye from Lucien, so Lucien IS NOT casting dispell magic. So this only lends to a antimagic cone eye since it disables the ability to cast magic against it.
- Most recent episode, Matt almost made the amber gem-of-holding stone spill out when the eye was used on Caleb. But he was reminded that it was in the bag of holding and didn't do it.
- Lucien can turn off his ANTIMAGIC CONE at will
- Lucien sleeps with his eyes open, beholders are described as sleeping with at least one eye always open
- LUCIEN USED THE DISINTEGRATION EYE RAY ON A GUY RIGHT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE! And the disintegration ray is the NINTH eye ray for Beholder stat sheets. Matt describes all 9 eye tattoos glowing when Lucien disintegrates the guy.
-BEHOLDERS ARE BORN FROM THE DREAMS OF OTHER BEHOLDERS!
that's... that's a really good theory not gonna lie
Ooooooo....
@@m8cermit799 Thank you kind fellow
That theory is mentioned in this episode by I believe Laura
I was thinking the same thing! Reminded me of a Beholder as soon as Matt said that you cannot dispel this.
4:54:52 all of them busting out terrible german accents for caleb's counter counter counterspell while liam's in the bathroom is iconic😂
Mighty9: “We should kill Lucian.”
Lucian: *steals Stone and runs*
Mighty9: *Surprised Pikachu*
they got bamboozled proper. Although I'm a bit surprised at the stolen bag of holding, it ain't a small thing you keep in your pocket, it's a big backpack. Felt a bit iffy
@@cranederoc I think it's the small bag of holding they got from Lorenzo? To my memory it was just a small puch you could hang on your belt, found it under his bed :D
Hey man. Atleast wait a few hours before posting spoilers. I thankfully saw it live but people watching it now wont even have had enought time to get there.
@@walterendres916 I know you mean well, but this was posted 4 days after it aired on twitch and YT. I’m not sure what else people are expecting when they come to the comments.
@@cranederoc you're thinking of the handy haversack, that's a big bag. the bag of holding is a pouch.
4:19:06
Cad-"I'm gonna grab Caleb and try to....fuck"
Caleb-"...I'll do it!"
That had me rolling
The disapproving glance Matt gave to Liam made me happy.
Liam's panic reflex is dirty jokes and I love it so much. As much as I love disapproving dad-matt "You guys are dying be serious."
@@addaptinginthedark Hey, if you're going to dye, might as well go out with a bang....
the moaning sound he made KILLED ME lmaooooooo
matt under his breath: “this is for the shivering quiff...”
What is? Nothing happened.
Yes!
*I''ll show you 'shivering quiff'..*
I love how thrilled Travis is, that now other people must suffer through fucked up dreams
"I rolled a DRAGON into existence!?!" Ashley hiding in her book and looking dead on like if this was a home game she would have fled the room
Not realising the kind of power she just wielded. Own that shit, girl!
And later "I summoned this bitch, we gonna end her" :)
Ashley summons... Blue Eyes White Dragon! :o
@@Reldonator oh shit
Fordshadowing
Fjord telling jester and them to just leave him, no matter how many episodes its been fjord is keeping his promise to jesters mother to always protect her
Don't read in too much, he was prepared to teleport 60 feet with far step, he wasn't sacrificing himself
@@JwanCortez If Lucien turned his gaze on fjord or used some unknown legendary action, his escape would have been negated
@@aquament But he knows about the cone now. Far step is a Bonus, he can move so much to get out of it and do it. You wanna praise someone, try Beau. She almost died like 5 times through the episode to help everyone else.
He was just confident in getting away by himself (and he could), that's all.
@@JwanCortez oh yeah, I totally commend beau, I thought she was going to permadie. Still in not comparing them. There was heroism in both Fjord and Beau's actions. They both risked themselves to try to help others escape.
Travis with a smart character is a joy. His lateral thinking is top notch.
The amount of intelligence it took to play grog as well as he did was amazing, and from that position he could analyze what the group was doing, to then channel into his current tactics, with his slow burn multi class build he has created an amazing character arc
I'm so happy he got to play Grog in the first campaign and just...Grog all over everything, and then shift to being able to be intelligent in the second campaign, amazing range on that man.
He made 5 mistakes every turn. He couldn't counter spell because he already used his reaction so he's also a cheater.
@@1979ce if either Matt or Travis had remembered then he would've done something different. Calling him a cheater because he made an honest mistake is unfair and petty.
Chris Ericksen Maybe you should calm down, because people make mistakes especially with how stressful this episode was for them.
Matt just did the impossible. He created an attractive Beholder.
I gotta give Matt props for that as well. Beholders are cool but fans aren't going to churn out artwork for creepy balls with eyes and teeth.
Its so annoying that mobile RUclips app shows top comment. First spoiled dragon, now this. :/
Not your fault though :)
Spoilers
I'm an idiot
All beholders are attractive, coward.
4:22:16 "It's Eldritch Blast, so it's _just a d10"_
Fjord starts having an existential crisis as the DM mocks his only ability.
Fjord has warlock smites, dude.
"Here's the art in the book"
*Light shines brighter than a diamond and keeps us from seeing the art*
Well, I guess that's what happens when you try to gaze upon unknowable horror.
@@sifuculreif6448 we just didn't have the insight good hunter
If Matt killed Tal with his own character.... haha that would be something
still could happen....we'll see later this week. :/
@@MiZzzzRC true true! Matt made it seem like a 50-50 chance of the fight not being over :o
Now Tal has a chance of killing his own character
@@alexhooi7268 with a mostly non-violent character nonetheless!
This literally happened in my group's current campaign. Everyone is still on their first character, except for one who was on his second. His first came back as a mini-boss and that battle ended with his second character's death. We then killed his first character to end the battle. He just got his third character this past week's session.
The way Travis cracks up for the first scene is hilarious. He’s having such a good time seeing his friends go through the “same thing” he had to with his patron.