After 2 years of watching Orym, Liam's Battle descriptions are still so good! A Critical Role Short

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @birdscritters
    @birdscritters  Год назад +49

    Clip from 4-Sided Dive, Episode 1: Silken Secrets
    ruclips.net/video/jwtpHQ_-JUA/видео.html
    This video is unofficial fan content and is not approved or endorsed in any way by Critical Role.

    • @social.elenakrittik
      @social.elenakrittik Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for linking the sources! Too few creators do that nowadays

  • @DegenerationHex
    @DegenerationHex Год назад +1652

    “Let’s paint some pictures, baby”

    • @Drekromancer
      @Drekromancer Год назад +118

      Robbie Daymond - Try Not to Be Sexy Challenge (2023) - Difficulty: IMPOSSIBLE

    • @birdscritters
      @birdscritters  Год назад +50

      Miss him soooooo much!

  • @Anddrew914
    @Anddrew914 Год назад +663

    Dude the way Caleb played a wizard in C2 was a revelation.

    • @bookmarkyourthoughtsblog
      @bookmarkyourthoughtsblog 7 месяцев назад +31

      Legit! Made me actually decide my next character is gonna be a wizard

    • @JnEricsonx
      @JnEricsonx 3 месяца назад +3

      @@bookmarkyourthoughtsblog My first caster honestly is gonna be a Warlock/Sorc. But thats me.

    • @LostFoundling
      @LostFoundling Месяц назад +25

      Caleb 100% inspired the way I describe casting spells. When I'm sitting at a table with "I attack twice with my hammer" and "I cast green flame blade", I describe in full detail how my character "aims their staff and an inky spectral snake flies from the tip and as it opens it's mouth, it splits into multiple smaller snakes that take long arcing paths to strike their prey" for eldritch blast

    • @Aloysius_OHare
      @Aloysius_OHare 8 дней назад +1

      He was so majestic 😂

    • @applebottomjames
      @applebottomjames 2 дня назад +1

      Wall of fire comes to mind ugh, so good

  • @betteryou7hanme
    @betteryou7hanme Год назад +956

    When you boil it down, I think the most important thing to remember about CR is Robbie's big hat.

    • @ravenna6543
      @ravenna6543 Год назад +40

      *Hats
      He has a very large collection of very large hats. And somehow he makes every single one of them look good. Anyone else wearing a large hat looks silly but Robbie makes it looks downright sexy.

    • @BearlyAiden
      @BearlyAiden Год назад +6

      ​@@ravenna6543you're not wrong

  • @ayamamotohaha5235
    @ayamamotohaha5235 Год назад +292

    Liam did such a good job using material components he inspired me to use them in my campaigns

  • @Teodor_Ripka
    @Teodor_Ripka 3 месяца назад +50

    Marisha as Beauregard was also immaculate in her descriptions. Yes it was a lot of “pop pop” but she made every hit paint a constantly ever evolving picture.

  • @ShayedSays
    @ShayedSays Год назад +461

    I miss Robbie SO MUCH

  • @luckybug479
    @luckybug479 Год назад +187

    Describing combat was something I struggled with and Liam truly inspired me to try to become more descriptive and super frogging cool about it 😂

  • @xCCflierx
    @xCCflierx Год назад +61

    Vax got so fun and creative with just a teleporting dagger

  • @stumbling_
    @stumbling_ 4 месяца назад +28

    I always loved how Liam as Caleb would describe how each component was used to cast the spell.

  • @erinhansen1857
    @erinhansen1857 2 месяца назад +14

    “Is that just Liam being extra or something you can do that is cool and celebrated?” Yes

  • @ShadowyFox_86
    @ShadowyFox_86 Год назад +224

    😂 I mean, asking if Liam is being extra is a fair point.

  • @tommyg121
    @tommyg121 21 день назад +11

    Honestly the flair Liam brought to Caleb inspired me more than anything else after years of watching CR.

  • @chrismccaw3252
    @chrismccaw3252 Год назад +80

    I live for the pictures Liam paints.

  • @Sage2000
    @Sage2000 Месяц назад +13

    Liam is also an enabler of everyone around him

  • @TAP7a
    @TAP7a Год назад +17

    And at the same time… “AHOO-EY, I’m back, baby”

  • @castbet9183
    @castbet9183 Год назад +115

    I’m actually in a group where I’m playing as a Battlemaster and I took Tavern Brawler feat and I gotta say the combo makes my actions more fun & creative for me than just “stab stab stab”

    • @deathbykonami5487
      @deathbykonami5487 Год назад +9

      Yeah cause it turns your character into John Wick, since everything around you becomes a weapon.

    • @castbet9183
      @castbet9183 Год назад +6

      @@deathbykonami5487 yeah my primary stat is strength, but my Dexterity isn’t far behind. So I’m a Jackie Chan-John Wick combo

    • @Vespuchian
      @Vespuchian Год назад +3

      For bonus fun, take the Unarmed Combat style. It turns your unarmed strikes into d6’s if your hands are full or d8’s if you go full Mike Tyson on some clown.
      Made a pugilist build for a one-shot and had SO much fun describing boxing moves at the table

    • @castbet9183
      @castbet9183 Год назад +3

      @@Vespuchian I may take that option

  • @chainclaw07
    @chainclaw07 Месяц назад +7

    Liam takes the time to consider terrain and the physical environment - so just the act of getting to the enemy gets flairs like "I jump up on the table, naruto run across this wall and do an attack like achilles in Troy, you know that jump and stab - superman stab"

  • @Zai-kyu
    @Zai-kyu Год назад +21

    Ya, Liam is amazing. His ability to bring so much flair and passion to a character is beyond words at times. Definitely one of my favorite people to watch and listen to. Same can be said for Marisha this season with Laudna. I LOVE Laudna and how Marisha portrays and describes her.

  • @isaacbryce2748
    @isaacbryce2748 Год назад +370

    About FUCKING TIME they caught onto this.
    "How do ya wanna do this" is not the only time ya get to do choreo fam :/

    • @ethanhorn6093
      @ethanhorn6093 Год назад +28

      Yeah, it's interesting to me that so many players don't feel drawn to illustrate their actions more often. Like they feel the only time they should get to is at the end of combat and I am like "Why?". Liam is amazing though at putting his own flair on things that feel impactful.

    • @theamazingwam7998
      @theamazingwam7998 Год назад +18

      @@ethanhorn6093 Some tables prefer players cut down time describing their actions, excluding technical details. It depends really when you do it; some players take every opportunity to describe their actions in depth which results in bogging down the game time. Some do it before knowing the result of a roll, which means it could simply fail or not achieve the results their description led them to believe. Other players wait for a moment when the description would improve the moment, such as a game-changer or visually impressive spells, otherwise holding their tongue, letting their imaginations fill in the gaps.

    • @Logan_Baron
      @Logan_Baron Год назад +12

      I followed a DM tip I saw awhile back of letting the players know the AC they need to hit from the start of combat (Because they're going to know soon enough what number hits). So now I have them roll the to hit and damage dice at the same time, to save time, and once they see whether it hit or not, and how much damage it does, they can describe the attack.
      There's no: roll, wait for DM to confirm it hits, roll damage, tell how much damage you did, and let DM describe it, that I see in some games.
      Early on with newer players, I would sometimes describe the attack for them, to let them understand what they could do. An encouragement.
      I also always do max damage + a die roll to determine damage on a crit hit. So there's no need to roll again for that either. Player rolls to hit, rolls a d8 at the same time for damage, if it's a crit, just add 8.
      Keeps combat moving quickly but creatively.

    • @Not_An_EV
      @Not_An_EV Год назад +5

      I'm currently playing a character who's whole thing is a one man army isn't made by one man so he has a bunch of combo attacks for when I go on the same turn or just before/after another player. It's so dope to work with a player to make these cool ass moments mid fights. And as a player you'd be amazed how many of the little things your dm will let slide for the sake of a cool as fuck combo attack.

    • @BearlyAiden
      @BearlyAiden Год назад +1

      ​@@ethanhorn6093the reason i dont is because i focus too much on what i need to do, that i often forget to roleplay. That being said when big moments happen in combat, i do roleplay.

  • @RexPersonthing
    @RexPersonthing 26 дней назад +3

    Liam playing Caleb inspired me to finally give wizards a try - he made them seem so cool!! And I love playing fighters, so it's been so inspiring to watch him play Orym.

  • @Warhead-haggis
    @Warhead-haggis Месяц назад +4

    Nothing makes me feel more happy as a gm than a player leaning into the descriptions of their characters' actions. I will always respond and feed on my players' creativity.

  • @TinyJamako
    @TinyJamako Год назад +9

    introducing... the Liam O'Brian Effect

  • @NathanielZellos
    @NathanielZellos 2 месяца назад +4

    Dms that let you be creative with your descriptions are the ogs.

  • @ArthurTorrias
    @ArthurTorrias Год назад +8

    Orym is my fav character of C3 simply because of how Liam plays him. His practice duel with Dusk is still one of my fav moments from him. He's just so flavorful.

  • @missred101
    @missred101 Месяц назад +5

    My players are slowly learning how to describe their actions without overstepping (“I cut off his leg” while only dealing 4 points of slashing damage was an early example lol) and I finally get a chance to be a player again and I’m hopeful I can inspire my table mates further. Liam is a fantastic example to go off of.

  • @smol_hamster_
    @smol_hamster_ 4 месяца назад +10

    I usually partially zone out during the combat scenes because they're usually just not as engaging but I always pay attention to Orym's turns because of the way how Liam paints the scene with his descriptions

  • @t.h.mcelroy6597
    @t.h.mcelroy6597 Год назад +26

    Liam = MVP

    • @BigMikeMcBastard
      @BigMikeMcBastard Год назад

      Nah. He's maybe #4 behind Sam, Laura, and Travis.

    • @brendanmatthews8236
      @brendanmatthews8236 Год назад

      CritRole wouldn't probably be a thing w/o him, so... yeah. 😊❤

  • @ericdifrancesco1331
    @ericdifrancesco1331 Год назад +39

    Some other flavors he could be adding would be to steal from the pathfinder dirty fighting action list. Lots of spitting, tripping, foot stepping, and pants dropping. Matt was the battle master in the Critmas Episode with Chutney which got Liam excited for it.

  • @Mr_Emoticon
    @Mr_Emoticon Год назад +6

    I love being a fighter that bounces around the field providing cover and disadvantage on attacks against my teammates tanking a few hits then bonking the troublesome enemy that won't go down 😁. Something about taking a hit for someone then surging the HP back is so badass to me

  • @vaultdweller64
    @vaultdweller64 21 день назад +1

    What a great hat Robbie is wearing!

  • @Swaggyext
    @Swaggyext Год назад +3

    When I first watched critical role I thought it was weird that Liam described everything little thing his character was doing inside and out of combat but now I think it's really sick

  • @cartoonjohnstudios
    @cartoonjohnstudios 2 месяца назад +3

    I’ll be honest: I thought playing Wizards was boring until Liam played Caleb and showed just how cool you could make it.

  • @chrisriley2321
    @chrisriley2321 Год назад +35

    Matt should give himself some credit here it was his scene and world building and acting and noises that made the previous campaigns pop as much as they did. Liam has learned well from him

    • @kylehahn4410
      @kylehahn4410 Год назад +10

      Sure, but that's kinda "Celebrating Mothers on Father's Day" mentality. Celebrating one thing doesn't take away from celebrating another, and giving credit to Liam's descriptions doesn't take credit from Matt's DM'ing.
      Rather, I think they're giving credit to an underappreciated aspect of the game, which is Liam taking a class that isn't typically very cinematic in what it does and making it such. Matt's DM'ing gets plenty of well-deserved credit.

    • @chrisriley2321
      @chrisriley2321 Год назад +2

      @@kylehahn4410 fair point

  • @paietynb.2690
    @paietynb.2690 8 месяцев назад +3

    Not just as Orym! His descriptions as Caleb were epic, with his spell components

  • @scott4092
    @scott4092 Месяц назад +1

    I love Liam's creativity with fights. Also I always wondered if they did test games, I wonder what those are like!

  • @lima6638
    @lima6638 9 дней назад +1

    I often look for people who can describe their actions instead of going "I'm going to slash Goblin 12 with my Main-hand", I praise things like "I'll shift around the goblin and flick my wrist around to cut up the side of his face to see if I can expose his brain or at least take his ear!"

  • @McFluffyston
    @McFluffyston Год назад +3

    Liam helped me create my warlock fighter so I can do both melee and magical descriptions

  • @alannar6189
    @alannar6189 Год назад +1

    This is the man who climbed all over his furniture to get into character for voicing Gollum. I’m not surprised lol

  • @JinglesRasco
    @JinglesRasco 3 месяца назад

    Liam is the reason I got more descriptive with my combat, as a Wizard, Barbarian, and my group's current DM. All the props to him for helping me make combat more cinematic.

  • @shineyluna1268
    @shineyluna1268 10 месяцев назад +1

    I want to be able to describe my actions like Liam

  • @TravisDavis
    @TravisDavis Год назад +2

    Need a critical role exalted one shot

  • @SquishyOfCinder
    @SquishyOfCinder Год назад +6

    I wish Dorian returned

  • @deriandoody2426
    @deriandoody2426 3 месяца назад +1

    Robbie is my favorite

  • @archiesto4444
    @archiesto4444 Год назад +1

    I am a druid, always want to play a druid, but the way Liam plays his battle master has made me LOVE the battle master - Liam is awesome!

    • @birdscritters
      @birdscritters  Год назад +1

      I'm playing a battlemaster fighter because of Orym and I'm having so much fun!

  • @ModiDraconia
    @ModiDraconia Год назад +2

    He's my inspo on how I play my (mostly) martial character

    • @birdscritters
      @birdscritters  Год назад

      I do admit that this may be the reason I'm currently playing battlemaster fighter 😉

  • @trappx2
    @trappx2 Год назад

    I really like the Warrior class in DCC because basically, you can do whatever you want with your attack. As long as you roll your mighty deed.

  • @KnicKnac
    @KnicKnac Год назад +2

    Flavor is always free just be precise. Don't need to bog down combat all the time.

  • @jonbarron9402
    @jonbarron9402 12 дней назад +1

    Thanks to Liam. without that birthday of his a decade ago or more this would've never have happened where he asked a bunch of nerdy voice actors to play a game together!

  • @BearCobb
    @BearCobb 8 дней назад +1

    Orym inspired me to play a Fighter as my first time playing D&D

    • @birdscritters
      @birdscritters  7 дней назад +1

      Totally, I played battlemaster because of Orym, it's so much fun!

  • @RinSyuveil
    @RinSyuveil 5 дней назад +1

    Ga I want Robbie to be a full time cast member he fits so well with the team

  • @officialhawke
    @officialhawke Год назад +4

    ive actually been struggling with this lately. my party just started a brand new campaign after our 4 year long one ended, and i'm playing a soon-to-be berserker barbarian. i feel like i only ever Do An Attack And Hit Or Miss. i need to work on making my turns more dynamic 😭

    • @flooferdoofer
      @flooferdoofer Год назад +1

      Give it some flair from who your character is. What is your barbarian's main personality trait; arrogant, short fused, eager for a fight, grumpy at the world, bored, dumb but sweet like Grog, or something else? Lean heavily into that.
      A bored barbarian who likes to fight to entertain themselves might be overly cruel in battle to compensate, going for kneecaps and spanks to tear down the enemy's resolve before their body.
      An arrogant barbarian who is very loyal might not immediately go for the biggest enemy in the group, but step up when friends are in danger.
      Basically ask; what causes your barbarian's rage? What do they get so frustrated over they can disregard their own physical harm and jump into the middle of danger? Also, weapon; well maintained and loved, or just a tool for destruction. And then figure out how to add their personality and how they handle battle/their weapon as little visual tells.
      Orym is great, but Taliesin with Ashton as a barbarian does an awesome job to. If you take away the fancy stuff, Taliesin is basically using their hammer as a baseball bat. Very much in the style of Harley Quinn from DC, brutal and full swing every time. Little extra flair cause Ashton loves his fancy hammer. They nonchalantly lean on it when not in use, but goes for maximum range of motion like a pissed-off baseball player when they can swing it.
      Good luck with your new campaign! I hope you find your own flair ❤

  • @nex5691
    @nex5691 8 месяцев назад +1

    well liam voiced illidan for a couple of years idk but he might come back in the war within

  • @jezmerritt
    @jezmerritt 3 месяца назад

    If I ever manage to find a new group to play with, Liam's been inspirational for me in making a whole stable of new characters... probably starting with my harengon Eldritch Knight 😁

    • @birdscritters
      @birdscritters  3 месяца назад +1

      My first character was an Eladrin battlemaster fighter and Liam was so inspirational! I found my groups on a Facebook group for D&D in my state, so check out if there is one for where you live? I've also heard of people finding groups on discord, or ask at your friendly neighborhood game store.

  • @blackouthorus1519
    @blackouthorus1519 10 дней назад +1

    Battle master is the best martial class first dnd class that i had to include martials feats into a magic swordsmen build i took parry 😅 my dm hated me for doing parry all the time but if its a deadly hit i dont wanna be slapped to the next dimension

  • @PalleRasmussen
    @PalleRasmussen 10 месяцев назад +1

    He might need to read some fencing manuals ;-)

  • @latayantheazran
    @latayantheazran Год назад +1

    Wait 2 years since orym first appeared? EXU still feels like it started last week

    • @birdscritters
      @birdscritters  Год назад

      Yeh, I know time absolutely flies... I started watching just after ExU finished and it has flown!

  • @_Crunchy
    @_Crunchy 3 месяца назад +1

    Martial/ melee characters are by far the easiest to describe attacks for. I've never figured out a good way to enhance an encounter with a description of someone using a bow.

    • @TitoMcFadden
      @TitoMcFadden 2 дня назад

      "I load up a cross bowbolt" lol

  • @EyebrowsGaming
    @EyebrowsGaming 3 месяца назад

    If you think martial classes are boring, it's not them that's boring: it's your imagination. Sorry.
    My martial characters have been some of my absolute favourites. I have a hobgoblin fighter with the Knight background, Marika Rakhan, and she's a goddamn Lawful Evil warrior QUEEN

  • @powerpow365
    @powerpow365 Год назад +11

    Anybody have a link to a compilation of Liam’s descriptions?

    • @birdscritters
      @birdscritters  Год назад +4

      If I had time I would totally make one, but have a search on RUclips and I'm sure you might find one ☺️

  • @Foretelling
    @Foretelling Год назад +3

    I come from a text based roleplaying background, so I'm extra used to heavily describing combat etc, even as martial characters. I wish everyone did this!

  • @mrkoalateagaming
    @mrkoalateagaming 5 дней назад

    The creepy sound design makes me wish my headphones weren’t good 😵 too many nasty monster sounds

  • @yurmomsaccount
    @yurmomsaccount Год назад +1

    No no, Laim is still being extra.

  • @eddy9991
    @eddy9991 Год назад

    Love your channel, would you please insert source links into description?

    • @birdscritters
      @birdscritters  Год назад +1

      My apologies as my real job's been a little hectic. Episode credit and link now in the description and pinned comment.

    • @eddy9991
      @eddy9991 Год назад +1

      @@birdscritters you da you da best, you da you da best

  • @jenniferbonenfant-deguise4946
    @jenniferbonenfant-deguise4946 Год назад +1

    😊😅

  • @hosakuwanderer2399
    @hosakuwanderer2399 Год назад

    If only I liked the character. Oh well. Just not my cup of tea. But glad that he is doing well.

  • @hccdgvvfccdgn993
    @hccdgvvfccdgn993 Год назад +8

    Been two years already... Season three cannot end soon enough.

    • @JnEricsonx
      @JnEricsonx Год назад +2

      Im on ep 9 of the M9. I should have given this a shot when I was getting paid to stay home!

    • @kellyriddell5014
      @kellyriddell5014 Год назад +14

      It's been two years but they're only on episode 63 because of breaks and things. I wonder if it'll continue on into 100+ episodes even if it goes on another 2+ years to accomplish that, or if they'll wrap it up much earlier than the other campaigns. I actually don't dislike this campaign, I just liked Campaign 2 more. But to me, that's a compliment to Campaign 2, not necessarily criticism of Campaign 3.

    • @birdscritters
      @birdscritters  Год назад +12

      2 years includes the original ExU

    • @esgaril
      @esgaril Год назад +34

      you are welcome to stop watching and whining about it and let the rest of us enjoy it

    • @ethanhorn6093
      @ethanhorn6093 Год назад +2

      @@kellyriddell5014 I am in the exact same boat. I REALLY loved Campaign 2 and while I've been trying really hard with Campaign 3, I just... can't. Robbie's presence was the most fun I've had this campaign and it's a shame he's not there anymore.