A Familiar Friend Returns | Lucien Reveal | Critical Role C2E111 Highlight

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[@jamesbasdeckis]

The fact that he left his cloak behind is biiiiiiig red flag if I've ever seen one.

[@Killer_Turnip]

Idk, maybe Travis was right. He's an Admin now. 😂

[@unvoicedapollo3318]

That's my thought

[@draegontaylor7169]

for real

[@CryingCreeperMLG]

That's what my friend said. Told her that my interpretation is that Cree threw it away before digging him up so that he wouldn't have a reminder of Mollymauk, and that's why she was so hostile when the Nein tried to contact her. She doesn't want them taking him and making him into Molly again. I believe that he isn't Molly right now, but he can be made to remember and become Molly.

[@lupinelp9226]

The Amish Toaster, ditto.

[@fraserclarke3146]

In the words of Sam Riegel... "it's gonna feel real bad when we kill him"

[@NicoNeilson]

OMGGGGG

[@behindthesmile1276]

Regardless of player or viewer, that would be painful to witness

[@Goldenman89327]

BehindTheSmile that would be hilarious though

[@Thomaznovaki]

@@behindthesmile1276 It would be funny if Cad gets the HDYWDT

[@akuhlgirl5550]

**Spoiler for campaign one** I just had the thought that if Molly wasn’t Molly when they found him and they had to fight him that it would be like fighting Orthax in Percy’s body but there wouldn’t be anyone to bring him back to their side and they would probably have to kill him and completely destroy the body to prevent this from happening again.

[@TeroTheShortOne]

Taliesin totally knew. He knew. "And *attempt* to do a full casting of Decompose, and see what I get," followed by "*Something* will be here"? HE KNEW. THAT TRICKSY ELDRITCH MOTHER--.

[@madhurdhingra4525]

Could be.

[@BadgerPride89]

Nah, he was leaving it open for Matt. I think he explained on Talks that it was his way of closing the book on the character for him but leaving it open for Matt.

[@shoylerk9973]

"I can, and I did!" -What every DM dreams to say

[@VoiceNerd]

I think I got the perfect story element to my second campaign coming next week that will make players have the exact same reaction. Fingers crossed!

[@Miskinovic]

@@VoiceNerd So? How did it end up?

[@Chica56]

HOLY MOTHER OF BABY JESUS ON THE HOOD OF A MERCEDES BENZ *HE’S ALIVE*

[@tythetyrantt4979]

Nice AOT abridge reference

[@SchizoFish]

@@tythetyrantt4979 you eh... you like some potates?

[@annikabunnel743]

THIS MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD FOR LIKE 15 MINUTES I GOT A CRAMP THANK YOU

[@cleavingaxe]

Not necessarily a good thing

[@seanmcgcostumes]

1:59 Liam: "Knowing how young Nott is, [...]" 2:10 Sam: *trying to hide a knowing smile while looking directly into the camera before shooting a glance at Matt*

[@TheDragonaf1]

New to the show. Why is this important? Isnt there another highlight that she Is actually the parent, and is a mother.

[@seanmcgcostumes]

@@TheDragonaf1 Oh! Well if you're watching this but are you I can see you don't mind spoilers. But if you really do, don't read on: Nott does consider herself the parent in the Caleb/Nott friendship, yes, and she is a mother herself. However, the revelation about her considering herself the parent in the Caleb/Nott friendship doesn't come out until somewhere between episodes 10 & 20, and her being an actual parent isn't revealed until much later. So when Caleb said, "Knowing how young Nott is," the group was still under the impression that Nott was a little girl in goblin years, when in fact she is already an adult woman. More than that, I will keep out of this so you're not completely spoilered. :)

[@nekky9534]

@purplerains there are two episodes featured in this clip, the first one is way before C2 e111 because, a. molly just died and b. they weren't in the covid setup yet so caleb doesn't know about nott's secrets yet

[@Gcc-dq6yo]

The "no no no" from Marisha because she knew that Matt was going to leave it on a cliffhanger

[@CarolinaMouse]

She saw the fire that would erupt in the fandom with the cliffhanger. I applaud her for trying.

[@Darkvoice6166]

I loved how Marisha was begging Matt not to end it there....and he still did. What an amazing man lol

[@boxlflox9094]

Thats one of the best moments for GMs, when your players just never want to stop playing.

[@InsanityVirus]

Dude she just knew the stream had been going for a while and saw that look in his eye XD She knew it was coming

[@ocsartobi6844]

Bet they had a talk when they got home.

[@XtrmPlays]

She was channeling all of us begging Matt not to end it as well.

[@andrewdoidge5370]

Honestly I see why Matt end it early but man I would just love to see those raw reactions right after finding out being Discussed instead of having two weeks to digest.then coming back.

[@Keamsy]

Instead of the big spoiler being "Molly dies", it's now "Molly's not dead"

[@buddyb3165]

Big Spoiler: HE LIVES!

[@mewzombieful]

Bigger Spoiler: technically Molly is gone for now cause what we have right now is not molly.

[@nicolasachille4371]

@@mewzombieful even bigger spoilers After the card reading jester done he's could still be there.

[@alexyork9568]

@@nicolasachille4371 Even BIGGER Spoiler LONG MAY HE REIGN

[@altbyssal]

Biggest spoiler: HES BACK

[@Darkjonny79]

"I am your god,Long may I reign." Possibly his most famous quote. We all know it's not easy to kill a god. Do it wrong, and they might just reform.

[@drpizzagames1015]

Two years later and that’s still a cold af line

[@HasegawaRayven]

I can hear it, that final scene. Veth digging in Molly's grave and not finding anything, Caleb joining her in a heated panic, Jester gets the crazy idea to Scry on his body, and she and the screen fades to white. White. Then, clouds. Winds. Snow. A hazy figure forms. Slowly, it resolves into the figure of a Lavender Tiefling. The camera sweeps in, closer and closer. As the view closes in on just his head, something makes him look aside, giving us his profile as the screen frames his lower face. Smirk. Cut to black. And that's how the Season ends Edit: Alternately, the ED music starts to pick up as Molly turns to face the camera, he smiles, then turns back and continues walking into the storm as the scrying fades back to white.

[@torbenh.9250]

I think you might like this kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJvVZ6mlasuBhas

[@HasegawaRayven]

@@torbenh.9250 Other than the music being off from what I envisioned, that was Perfect.

[@FINFOXBOX]

Wtf how did you knew?!

[@enwarrior8163]

@@torbenh.9250 i was about to share it but you beat me to it. Ah well.

[@the_enderslayer]

watch this be how they handle this in the show that'd be pretty sick

[@marcusmusings]

Chances are, it won't be Molly's personality though. It'll be him physically

[@amberpdavis]

But say they popped him with a Greater Restoration, would he remember everything??

[@whalwing25]

an actual cat I mean greater restoration might also restore Lucien. That’s if whatever causes him to lose his memory after being resurrected can even be cured that way. I’m not sure we are ever gonna get our Molly back. Probably a Lucien/Molly mix

[@Ryanfinder226]

whalwing25 now understand this is just theory at this point. But we have to also be prepared for this astral city to have possibly stolen his memories, making them not able to return by a healing spell because they aren’t forgotten or destroyed...just trapped outside his mind in that city

[@TheKoalaTTV]

whalwing25 The real question is, how many layers deep does it go? Who’s to say that there wasn’t a personality before Lucian or more personalities before that. I think a greater restoration might not do anything aside from fry his brain.

[@KingslayerSrb]

Maybe it will be one of those split-personality kind of things. Like Aloth from Pillars of Eternity for example (also voiced by Matt!)

[@rosenrot234]

That "Mollymauk is Fine" tumblr blog is a goddamn prophet

[@left4deadbyeric]

Well...this did not age well. Or did it?

[@gelatinouscube2342]

@@left4deadbyeric that Hand twitch though, he is in there, I know it

[@fr0aky527]

I hate and love this so much

[@NicoNeilson]

same tbh lmaoo

[@destinimiller8886]

Plz explain why they are all so sas

[@destinimiller8886]

Sad

[@boxhamwichderp2805]

@@destinimiller8886 it's Molly's grave

[@UponThisAltar]

@@destinimiller8886 Taliesin's first character is going to be a bad guy now probably. He came back from the dead, likely with a different personality. This is still speculation for now though.

[@anthonyelie4700]

Shine forever more, Circus Man. The Sun hasn't set on you yet. #LongMayHeReign

[@INTERNALSERVERERROR500]

Here's hoping molly doesn't become a BBEG.

[@Chris_Meade]

He is absolutely going to be the bbeg or in service to it

[@aleccarlyle8108]

Here's hoping he DOES! I for one, love the Angst

[@INTERNALSERVERERROR500]

@@aleccarlyle8108 zip it! I want a heart warming and wholesome reunion!

[@belindaluna2067]

_Molly_ ? Probably not. _Lucien_ , though? Seems not unlikely.

[@user-pq4mt7em3i]

He's gonna become a yasha style bbeg

[@sweetpatate2729]

Caleb : "i'm going to hell anyway" Ohhhh Buddy don't say that. :-/ ... I can understand why he said that :-( sniff

[@homunculus7]

You mean because of his family barbeq?

[@joshfrew3628]

Caleb even if given the choice to get into a nice afterlife he'll probably chose hell

[@09spidy]

I love how Marisha was the first one to go "No please don't end it there", she knows Matt so well.

[@InsanityVirus]

Stay with a DM long enough, you learn when and where they're gonna end shit. Even new DMs can't resist ending it on a cliffhanger like that XD

[@robotichurricane4668]

Can we acknowledge the fact that Caleb said "I'm going to hell anyway" as he helps try to uncover Molly's body? It's the little details like this that I like about The Mighty Nein and how different of a group they are from Vox Machina.

[@TheJfh0901]

My roommates & I were watching ep 111 live & let me tell you we almost RIOTED when Matt left us on that cliffhanger.

[@Venslor]

Not just a cliffhanger, a cliffhanger before a week off. He's an evil man.

[@sevencats4964]

@@Venslor to be fair, the break wasn't planned

[@jams8015]

I know it only makes sense for Matt to play Molly next episode but god does it bum me that it won't be Taliesin

[@craigstarbird6915]

I mean. Matt will be playing whoever’s soul resides in the body but I’m 100% certain it won’t be molly

[@zepwolfx]

Matt will probably get the accent right though. Lol.

[@tomaszskowronski1406]

@@zepwolfx isn't getting the accent right mean getting Tailesin's accent instead of fantasy irish though? Also, who knows, maybe Lucien doesn't speak like that. He probably wouldn't as accent is an acquired thing. As Molly doesn't remember anything from past life he might have gotten it in his carny life.

[@HsDisciple]

lets be honest and I am gonna just throw this out there I love Caduceus but honestly they tied his story up together rather well and he is helping the group finish theirs, although mollymauk is back I do believe talesin can still play him and it will be up to him and matt to whether his story plays out as a rejoining it just is building up the whole thing cause we wont be getting anything new this week

[@jakefehr9681]

Here I was expecting Professor Thaddeus from the title

[@NicoNeilson]

LMAO THAT WOULDA BEEN AMAZING

[@selkiedraws]

Me too until I looked at the thumbnail for the episode 😂😩😩

[@tomaszskowronski1406]

@@NicoNeilson A Fammiliar Friend. FRIEND. Thaddy is no friend of Beau's. He's an flying asshole.

[@BoojumFed]

@@tomaszskowronski1406 That's what makes them friends!

[@tomaszskowronski1406]

@@BoojumFed are you implying that Beau is an asshole? You Sir have neau regard.

[@pyrosianheir]

This FREAKED ME OUT. What's going to hurt worse is everyone is going to have trouble dealing with it not being the same person, with trying to draw Molly back out.... And I don't think he's in there /to/ draw back out... But the best part of that whole sequence is the look of complete satisfaction on Taliesin's face that, despite dying, Molly is the cause of all of the emotional investment in the next arc. Which, honestly, good on Matt for building the campaign in such a way that dealing with a dead PC's backstory still can be worked into things. Very well done.

[@lordchipo]

Especially for a PC who has been gone for YEARS at this point, this is honestly one of the most impressive things a DM can do

[@katecoman521]

It’s not him. The fact the coat was left there is a clear indicator it’s not him

[@hadows6936]

“A grin of intensity and purpose” That description gives me hope, I don’t think he’ll remember everything, but at his core I think he’s the same

[@TheChreazy13]

maybe he knew that the M9 would come back to the grave and left it as a message

[@GamingNinja999]

That's what I thought originally too, there could be many different reasons why it was left behind though

[@JaayCeez]

Its Molly, he likes to leave clues behind, especially if he heard what Jester and the group did in his grave. He probably knew then they would eventually come back to his grave.

[@TheNextStar1000]

I wonder if he reset like he did before the circus? (I'm not fully caught up only 1.17)

[@red_breeze]

2:30 I always thought if they ever revisit his grave there would be flowers and mushrooms everywhere, when jester saw nothing but mud, all my suspicions came true

[@cassiegreen1876]

Indeed.... "the earth will remember him"... But will the body of Molly remember them? The flowers or mushrooms are all gone now

[@red_breeze]

@@cassiegreen1876 it's going to be the classic two minds in one body. When the mighty nein face him again there will be some in the struggle for who controls that body, I just know it will

[@clockwork_mind]

@@red_breeze During Molly's life, there was never shown any mental struggle from Lucian. I honestly think that Molly is gone, his soul claimed by a God of chaotic good.

[@red_breeze]

@@clockwork_mind we never know, it is Matt we're talking about.

[@GRIMHOOD99]

I am now a firm believer that Matt Mercer is living purely on the cliffhanger energy.

[@Grey_Shard]

Aw, i was thinking Sprinkle was a reincarnated Molly... Well, there goes another theory.

[@themadhatter6554]

Sprinkle it's the main big bad, just wait and see

[@giorgiomauceri410]

Might be that Sprinkle is his phylactery (or philactery, I don't know the spelling)

[@TheTiredBard]

Well, the theory is still posibble. This person is not Molly, but Lucien, and they are very different. Maybe they are two different souls?

[@kohakunushi3028]

Oh you poor fools

[@Grey_Shard]

@@kohakunushi3028 i think Mercer just went with #4 in order to cut down on all the speculation and memes about Sprinkle on the net. Considering some of the interactions previously...

[@iamcage187]

Molly is the big bad Im calling it.

[@guyperson7487]

oh I really hope not

[@Jtrent]

Please

[@zorasilver1519]

No! Please, NO!

[@iamcage187]

That or hes going to release the big bad.

[@chshirerat5487]

Maybe the big bad brings him back as a puppet-esque person?

[@lanim5940]

Cad: ...in my profession we don't recommend this Nott: we'll take the upmost care. and who knows? he might not be there anymore. Cad: who knows? mr. krabs voice: who knows?? I think YOU KNOWS!!

[@insanimegamer]

Whenever they visited the grave, his coat was miraculously there. Except for the one time it wasn't. Bravo, Matt.

[@cinnabonbons]

Unpopular opinion but I really hope that Molly as we knew him is gone and stays gone. His death had such a profound impact on the campaign as a whole and it has honestly been better for it. Learning to let go of past grief and moving forward became an ongoing theme with pretty much every character, and this is an interesting opportunity to see that all come full circle with the Nein being faced with someone who looks like their friend but isn’t and having to contend with that. Also, Tal has always seemed much more comfortable as Cadueces than he ever did as Molly. I get why people like the character, but for Tal just never seemed to fully inhabit that character. You can see the stark difference immediately when Cad comes in.

[@Aozora210]

Same yeah I was hoping Mollymauk Tealeaf the one that TM9 remembers is no longer there and stays with them in spirit and that soul who gets the body is Lucien, Nonagon, or even a new personality. I'm glad the casts caught on to that so they're already prepared for it to be someone else... I think that would make more sense for Matt to DM too as he probably can do all the things he want as the controlling DM of the campaign.

[@HipsterKhan]

I don't know much about Percy so I can only comment about what I saw of Molly and Cad. I felt Taliesin loved to play Molly and it was only his battle with the accent that kept him from fully embodying the character. Whereas he still has fun with Cad as we see when he drops those super surreal wisdom moments and playing the goofy forest person, he's not as in there or upfront as he was before but that might simply be due to the nature(haha) of Caduceus himself. Mollymauk Tealeaf is FUN. But, who can say whether or not he was more enjoyable for Taliesin than the man himself?

[@justatiefling9528]

I'm so glad he's back tbh! He DID impact the campaign, but I feel like saying he should 'stay dead' is kind of an a sad opinion to have and a disservice to a fun character with a super interesting story. The characters have mourned him for 6 months, the critters and cast for more than two years! I think that's more than enough time to bring him back. The signs have always been there and Matt has been hinting and nudging for a while and I don't think it's cheap or takes away from the grief the characters felt in the slightest. It feels deserved, like a long lost friend finally coming home in the worst, most dramatic way (literally)! One of the earliest hints that Matt gave imo was the little comment he made as Cree waaaaay back around episode 31 or 32 where she mentioned she was having dreams about Lucien and 'saw him alone'. I am freaking ECSTATIC to see where this goes! Molly has always been my favorite since the very beginning and I'm soo happy I get to see him again in some way :)

[@lurkr00]

Knowing Matt he won't do that. Instead, I would like to theorize that molly will be an obstacle for them. Both to overcome and to accept his passing. I like the idea of a perverted imitation of mollymauk, someone who the group will have a complex relationship with. He wears the face of their former friend but is entirely something different

[@Name_Nah00]

I guarantee its only Molly's body, with its original owner back inside.

[@jetvulcan2020]

on a different note the way Matt describes Jesters scrying spell with the green cloak forming around her it really makes me think Jester is becoming closer to the traveler and Artegon is becoming the servant of the god The Traveler. I would not be shocked if Jester is offered the position of The Traveler by the end of the game.

[@KitsuneRokaku]

Holy forking shirt! Our Majestic Bisexual God has returned! #LongWillHeReign

[@NicoNeilson]

LETS GOOOOOO

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

Sorry but Molly is GONE, this is someone else...

[@vil3on]

@@FoxHound-ut1hu Well, we know nothing for sure. Let people speculate, no harm in that

[@kylebeardsley6200]

@@vil3on Molly could still be in there. Nothing's certain. It could be anything from "Molly is gone, only Nonagon is left" to "Every time he dies, he shifts. Lucien is in control now."

[@Killer_Turnip]

@@kylebeardsley6200 oh that could be interesting. The group just needs to kill Molly to get 'their' Molly back.

[@julipazos1146]

HE HAD A NOTE FROM CALEB TO MOLLYMOUK IN HIM, HE KNOWS AT LEAST HIS NAME. I don't know if this is important but it may clear some things for some people (ep.27 30:18)

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

Sorry thats not Molly mate

[@julipazos1146]

@@FoxHound-ut1hu THERE IS STILL HOPE!

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

Juli Pazos ...The note was ignored, the coat was left at the grave and Talisan was clearly really didn’t want to have to play him. Mercer has him now and he will be the BBEG...

[@julipazos1146]

@@FoxHound-ut1hu oooki then, thanks -.- guess there is no hope left...

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

Juli Pazos just preparing ya for the pain.

[@ephemispriest8069]

Check a PC's body enough and it might just get back up.

[@Dorokill]

hold up, when Cad casted Decompose, if his target was to hit molly, would that mean that molly was taken from the grave THAT SOON???

[@selkiedraws]

😧😧😧

[@samminicksm]

Wait. Cree didn’t know he was dead/alive again when they went to Zedash after. Does that mean he dug himself out and went to like Shady Creeck Run THAT EARLY?! The second time he’s dug himself out of a grave...damn.

[@sevencats4964]

maybe cree resurrected him?

[@selkiedraws]

seven cats i am thinking crees blood magic has something to do with lucien/molly being able to rise from the grave twice now. Or their weird cult stuff? Who knows really! But I agree I think Cree is important and has a big role in all of it

[@No_Named_Nobody]

Samantha Nicole Yeah he did, I remember them telling him.

[@zonmisty1231]

Matt really pulled out the secrets from his luxurious hair in this one

[@DaniGeez]

I didn’t need to feel today, Nico.

[@mathewadams2929]

The Mighty Nein opening video will never be the same

[@sullenskulls9709]

Matt included the option to become a "Hollow One" in the character creation options in Explorer's Guide to Wyldemount - whats the chances that Mollymauk was actually built with some variation of this in mind all along.

[@ForeverDegenerate]

Zero. When asked if Taliesin had considered bringing Molly back as a Hollow One, he said, outright, no. He said that a Hollow One exists only because part of the departed's soul is desperately clinging to life and that Molly would never do that. He said that, as was his motto and creed, as long as he left this world better than it was when he entered it, Molly would fully accept death. And Matt agreed.

[@Amber_Witch]

@@ForeverDegenerate I think Tal said he didn't want Molly to come back as a Lingering Soul, a class Matt made as a death alternative. The Hollow One is almost the opposite of that; a body without its soul. I do think Molly could very well have been a Hollow One at the start of the campaign since he woke up "empty". My theory is that Cree, being a cleric, revived him this time so he's back soul and all as Lucien.

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

@@ForeverDegenerate Well also, Molly was a creature of impulse and pleasure, Tal said he would be miserable as a ghost.

[@johnatello90]

Is it just me or is Tal's reaction a little... muted compared to the rest? I wonder if Matt had discussed bringing Molly back with him before going forward with this.

[@ambskater97]

It's clearly something he knew about. I highly doubt Matt would go forward on something without consulting the player he needs to. Sam had to ask Liam if he could have Scanlan's last wish be to bring Vax back for the vow renewal.

[@FerunaLutelou]

The character backstories were mostly figured out by everyone at the table except for Nott's, which was semi improvised along the way. It's fair to assume Matt had an idea of where things could and would go with Molly originally, then repurposed that story right after the character died. Obviously enough he probably talked about it with Tal as well to straighten out the details.

[@KakashiFan1811]

I cannot believe I finished doing some molly art today and this freaken happens- like COME ON

[@davidsdurions]

Couldn’t stay away, eh? Love these!

[@NicoNeilson]

I had to capture this moment ;-;

[@lucykwiatek5159]

One of the rare times that I've seen 'em anticipate a "And that's where we're going to end". Spectacular.

[@elenadowns2861]

Y'all I spoiled ep 26 for myself so so long ago and I finally watched it yesterday and nOW THIS??????

[@kuropotato8097]

Dude it says the number of the episode on the video.

[@moonlight2870]

The coat is an indication that that's not Molly

[@selkiedraws]

I agree! I have a feeling Lucien has taken control of the body once again 😬

[@clockwork_mind]

@@selkiedraws Or some new son of a bitch in this body's lineup.

[@selkiedraws]

LDS_ Link true, but I have a feeling since Cree most likely brought him back, she summoned Lucien back into the body. While if the m9 would have resurrected him, I think molly would have popped in. But I have no idea. I am excited either way. A whole new soul in this body suit would also be very interesting!

[@seabasticutbrotasticut2313]

Spoilers: Oh god I knew I was playing with fire watching these. I knew I shouldn’t watch them because I’m behind, but my god MOLLY IS BACK BABY!!!!

[@selkiedraws]

Ehh, I think Lucien is back, not Molly. 😂😂

[@seabasticutbrotasticut2313]

Sarah Hunter TALELSINS FIRST CHARACTER FROM CAMPAIGN 2 IS BACK BABY

[@isacstromgren1285]

WELP

[@InsanityVirus]

I've been using clips to catch up while I stay up to date with the latest episode XD

[@selkiedraws]

Seabasticut Brotasticut 😂😂😂 WOOO

[@bryanfloyd1152]

Only a matter of time before he dies for at least a third time.

[@xxrabbitsnipezxx5794]

...by himself

[@giorgiomauceri410]

And this time they better use disintegrate

[@Starhartdeer]

@@giorgiomauceri410 don't worry, that's what phylactories are for ;)

[@WoodenBench]

Oh my god imagine Molly turning into some Kenny type character

[@Jettison42]

Riley S. You bastards!

[@thegoblet151]

I think Lucien (cause lets be honest, mollys gone) and the tomb takers are absolutely gonna be the main villains of the campaign. For one reason. How this campaign has treated villains, I found interesting. their hasnt really been a singular villain or group of villains for a period of time, for like the entire time. The closest we got was obann and he was killed rather quickly. And second, they actually have some stake in this villain. Cree and her group of friends made sacrilege of their memory of their friend, turning him into a puppet of what he was.

[@SuperGreenSmartie]

Holy shit I don't think I've ever seen Marisha literally BEG Matt to keep the session going before. That's how you know the session was just that good XD

[@Puffleman24]

Matt absolutely _feeds_ off these moments! Imagine how long he’s been sitting on that scene, how many tiny decisions and choices made by his players lead up to such a wonderful reveal. And one thing I really do appreciate about Matt is that they’re very rarely shocks, he earns his moments through excellent storytelling and god only knows how much hard work

[@thepaninpanic]

nico this is almost a 9 minute video do you want my heart to break into a million pieces

[@RPGArchangel]

Fjord “can you locate his sword?” Me: Remembers Fjord yeeted it into a pool of lava. “I don’t think she’s going to find it.”

[@fhuber7507]

3:55 Tallesin's face when he says "who knows" He plotted this with Matt.

[@riptidesatyr7736]

*I AM NOW DEHYDRATED BECAUSE I CRIED SO MUCH*

[@NicoNeilson]

DRINK WATER PLS!!!

[@kotamane]

I can imagine tha animation of them sigging the soft earth frightened. The fear they felt and with jester looking and automatically switching to her scry out of curiosity and engagement. The switch of the land moving away faster and switching geographically to the cold winds blowing and there is the red eyed, purple skinned friend trudging through the snow with a smile...and I can imagine him looking towards jester just for a moment and smirk......animators get on this.....NOW!!! And nico keep doing the dramatic feels love it

[@AdrasAdraki]

And then Mercer went out to pick up a pack of cigars and milk...

[@ian3314]

Thanks for this Nico! Hope the short-time off did ya well! Keep up the great work!

[@NicoNeilson]

Thank you!!!

[@mewzombieful]

Taliesin's kiss at the end was such a molly gesture just that kiss and then middle fingers.

[@rooski1191]

“Eyes never shut.”

[@vanlee6171]

Tal going "who knows" and the side eye at 7:41 ...... something up

[@nslater1388]

I knew the SECOND Taliesin made a new character Matt was going to do something with Molly down the road. Never mind that Molly already died once before, but the chance to have such a story thread and let it sit and sit for over a year is right up Mercer’s alley. Matt doesn’t just stab you in the heart, he likes the twist the knife too.

[@ProperlyGaming]

Good story tellers know when to let a thread sit before tugging on it yet again.

[@AlienToppedPancakes]

Lol Caduceus made Henry Crabgrass when he cast Decompose the first time he visited the grave. "Something will be here."

[@KeiyarlaDraga]

It was more intense watching this than basically reading the entire episode in tweets. It was shocking when I read this, but holy crap that was more jaw dropping.

[@alongordon8221]

what happened to "what the sheet podcast" ??

[@NicoNeilson]

We took a break this weekend. We'll be back for episode 112 :)

[@gangamel5979]

@@NicoNeilson which would be in two weeks sadly :(

[@NicoNeilson]

@@gangamel5979 true :(( We all just needed a bit of a mental break this weekend

[@dseray9494]

The fact that mollys cloak is left behind implies that lucien, not molly is who is revived Which I find interesting as it was not technically lucien that jester scribed on Then again, the smile and the force character

[@ForeverDegenerate]

As they discussed during the game, she scryed on the body, not the soul. Regardless of who is in there, the body is still the purple tiefling they know.

[@nevermindthecats6599]

Honestly I don't even think it's lucien in there. I think it's a totally new character. Because why would lucien be back now if he wasn't in there the first time the body was revived? I think its a new guy and he went to shady creek bc it was the closest place nearby and cree found him and explained their past to him. So now he reunited with cree but doesn't really know about the nien

[@tuttman1234]

I really thought last week with the wizards was a big moment until this

[@Ghostie____]

I wonder if this reveal would have happened at Gencon of covid wasn't a thing

[@SaintBigfoot]

I want it it be him, but deep down in my heart I know it’s not.

[@longnexk]

Sometimes,, dead is better

[@RetroZelda]

2:36 and thus Henry was born

[@rebekahlarsen7691]

This scene gave me Infinity War feels. I was shook.

[@dartdevious561]

Meanwhile, Taliesin laughs in infernal

[@darkroselight3835]

I still think Cree's the one doing the manipulating here. The coat was probably tossed aside by time at this point, but I think Cree has the letter. She didn't want Molly, They wanted Lucien.

[@BladedFish]

Just coming back to this video now Little did they know...

[@boonraksaboonparn4988]

That Matt’s laugh… the same laughter I heard when my DM tell us that we woke up to the over-friendly NPC we met for quite a while and decide to share a room at the inn with to share the payment, laying on floor, throat cut clean open and bunch of unreadable runes surround him. And now we are the prime suspect of this locked-room mystery. And then he ended the session.

[@glenndallas7171]

There's nothing like a good cliffhanger.

[@jamesscott7215]

God this is gonna make for the perfect cliff hanger in the animated series

[@sethhigbee86]

Oh he's the BBEG, I called this from the time he died. Playfully at first, because he said he has been resurrected before. The peacock feather eyes of 9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9 and when they heard about the eyes of 9 from the astral sea, confirmed it. Also, I did this to my group when I first said that he would be the BBEG. I was still shocked that I was right, when they raveled it though.

[@ClaireDuhLune]

Hell yeah

[@NicoNeilson]

!!!!!

[@phobiawitch835]

I remember my heart breaking a couple months ago for the death and funeral. Then, todayc I was at work when I watched 111. The moment they felt the looser dirt, I began to react. “No...” They aren’t able to find anything as they continue digging: “nooooo.....” The reveal. : *incoherent screaming* I had been doing laundry when it happened, and the noises I made, I think they resemble the fandom’s reaction to this reveal.

[@kyyoo8750]

It may have decomposed by the time Molly arose, but if you remember, Caleb left a note tucked into Molly’s shirt telling him his name and to find the gentleman.

[@sad_boi_hours3281]

So what does this mean for Tal, because as much as I love Molly I love Cad a lot too.

[@NicoNeilson]

My guess is Molly is gonna be an NPC now

[@tuttman1234]

@@NicoNeilson That sounds right

[@Captain_Garchomp]

I want Molly to return in a way where it's a battle encounter and Taliesin has to play Molly, and they all get back together again, but...it's just pipe dreaming

[@beejeweled02]

so how is it feeling, after ep 140?

[@k.whatever9046]

ayyyyyyyy

[@Captain_Garchomp]

@@beejeweled02 holy shit it took a while to respond but I was screaming and crying

[@Captain_Garchomp]

@@k.whatever9046 to this day I still can't believe I fucking called it

[@coyoteproject]

You left out the part were molly dies and matt announces the campaign just got a very serious new villain.

[@Sam-on5jf]

all of them fucking losing it absolutely sent me. BECAUSE SAME WHAT THE FUUUUUUU

[@perezo27]

I love that you made this BUT You must know make a Highlight of Caleb's tower

[@mackenix8329]

This is a great example of Matt's DM skills. Scry is a wisdom save but he didn't even roll for it knowing the players needed to see that Molly was alive. You can see just their reactions how epic of a moment that was for them.

[@annice-4609]

Its not molly. Its Lucian? Or someone else who took the body. I really wanna see the same body of molly with a complete 180 personality.

[@wisdomfeeteverywhere4389]

after hearing talisan at a con cant remember which one I called that talisan's next character was going to be a revenet or matts undead character class of molly I was half right

[@foxfire7]

Little did they know they had found the final boss of the campaign

[@Ravenovia]

More than anything, I’m just interested to see how Taliesin reacts to Matt’s new voice for Nonamauk-no offense to the guy, but his Irish accent was a bit inconsistent at times. Part of me wonders whether or not the accent would stick at all, would change, would become weaker, would become stronger...I think the first time we hear his voice will be the moment we find out how much he knows, no matter what the actual words are.

[@jesterssketchbook]

that imagery of him walking thru the snow, tho

[@sheikah3303]

if matt was my DM and ended the session like he did at that moment id have thrown my pencil

[@Arel_Thylas]

Tal going like "I'm not saying shit." is so funny to me as if his inability to keep a poker face doesn't already say everything anyway lul

[@mathewadams2929]

Don't forget they left a note with the body saying who he was and that he was part of the MN

[@16LaneC]

*spoiler*!!!! All to find out he just got resurrected this past Thursday

[@CaptCozy]

Your use of minimalist editing with REALLY GOOD music choices is really remarkable. The darkness while the music rang out was so perfect. Great work, and now I REALLLLY gotta catch up.

[@alexfirefly1956]

Even though, whoever it is, it probably isn't Molly right know (probably Lucien/Nonagon, makes most sense), but I am certain, they will find a way to get Molly back 💜

[@lax398]

1:59 sam’s face during this like “actually i have a husband and kid but i appreciate the sentiment”

[@greatereternity117]

FUCKING POGGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!