Battle Royale One-Shot | Critical Role RPG

[@johncordero1248]

I mean, if Tary is a "dirty camper" then in FPS terms, Keyleth had godmode on with her shape change, Grog is the 100+ hours multiplayer veteran who killed nearly everyone, Vex is the lucky noob who did well for her first try, and Percy was lagging.

[@horseridingguy]

Hahaha. This is perfect

[@pinkunicornstuff272]

Technically Percy was a cheater because he got 2 shots off on grog he shouldn't have gotten.....

[@toastghost9145]

Anthony Olivarez That kinda fits with the lag concept, though. The two shots could have just "delayed" and went off when they shouldn't.

[@thethirdflash]

That one guy Bloody marvelous...

[@colinjackson9720]

Percy had a broken controller

[@ComradeCrab93]

Travis: "You can't hide". Sam "Is that a rule"? Travis: "No, I'm just talking shit". Best part of the episode right there.

[@BlueVortecz]

Sam genuinely panics because hiding is his plan XD

[@PalleRasmussen]

Travis and Sam together are usually pure gold.

[@HDloly]

Percy: "I'm not hiding!" LOL

[@TalesofTuram]

Yes

[@Mooooooori]

i´m late, but here to upvote to 2000 likes! it´s been quite satisfying

[@looweeiss]

Travis: I was just doing it because it was dumb, BUT I DIDNT KNOW IT WOULD WORK Perfect summation of Grog

[@Darksnakemrniceguy]

i love how matt kept saying something about "if the enemy would be smart enough to figure it out he'd be able to get out o the trinket after a while" but hey, smart enough, or dumb enough :P

[@PalleRasmussen]

But we all loved Grog. Fjord is probably more satisfying to play, but Grog is more satisfying to watch.

[@jefferycrouse4652]

@@PalleRasmussen But the teasing between nott and fjord is amazing.

[@PalleRasmussen]

@@jefferycrouse4652 Travis and Sam are amazing together. The Chaos Couch, if it does not ring a bell, search KZbin.

[@eryvac0074]

This fight just shows how terrifying Grog can be. Imagine seeing an enlarged, flaming Goliath with melting and charred skin. He gets hit with everything anyone can hit him with, and gets sucked into Vex's necklace, only to break out of it through pure brute force. What a monster

[@skruffytiger2002]

This episode is like watching the ending of episode 1 of Invincible

[@skruffytiger2002]

@@eryvac0074 ok

[@aidenharper6013]

@@eryvac0074 Grog was taking it serious enough to finish percy off.

[@whitevii1533]

@@eryvac0074 ACKSHUAALLYYY

[@SamuraiCypher]

@@eryvac0074 what was the point of this “correction” exactly?

[@cakeinyoface6]

*Slight spoilers* Anyone else notice that Grog was on fire for more rounds than Percy was alive?

[@MrJoshuadoty]

cakeinyoface6 grog has almost 300 hp

[@benjaminrobinson6040]

anyone else think that if grog got a horse he’d be the equivalent of Sir Gregor Clegane from Game of Thrones

[@captaindonkeyballs]

Benjamin Robinson Nah man. Grog would literally eat Gregor. There is you see a difference between a psychopathic, homicidal, giant weapon swinging barbarian that goes around bare chested. And one that also kills dragons. I rest my case. 😄

[@bobbobby475]

I laughed when Percy said "If I got the stun he would've been in trouble"

[@awesomeman8385]

I'm pretty sure it was a tactic. He can only stay in rage if he hits or gets hit every round. Being on fire garunteed he stayed in a rage

[@vladi1Z]

LMAO Sam going "oh it hurts... hurts YOU because I have damage reflections" - he pulled some Yu-Gi-Oh trap card shit right here, I'm dead

[@RealityRogue]

That's fucking perfect. Ive got that stuck in my head now.

[@gd3710]

That was the highlight for me, best line because it wasl ike the first spell he cast near the start of the fight lol I completely forgot about it he should of started laughing maniacally before say the you part.

[@Da_Shark]

You've activated my TRAP CARD!!

[@TheNextStopSign]

did you know he voiced one of yugi's opponents? it was lit

[@AltrTheEgo]

Yeah Rex Raptor coming out now!

[@apblolol]

"he's designed to attack rooms" the friend "he's designed to not think" the wife "he's designed to make terrible decisions" the dm

[@the4given196]

and still kills 3 people and nearly kills the forth. grogs a fcking biest

[@twbillionare9568]

Oh yeah he was basically responsible for killing almost every member

[@eartheclipse8]

the holy trinity... the friend, the wife, and the dm

[@sebbonxxsebbon6824]

The unholy trinity..

[@jlighter1]

And none of them were wrong :D

[@Soviniy]

Grog died when the warpaint ran out. It was his source of power.

[@guywhotellsthetime1585]

Thats why he wears it to sleep, so assassins cant kill him

[@kkTeaz]

@@guywhotellsthetime1585 *tries to stab* *Skin deflects sword* *He wakes up*

[@firstnamelastname180]

If you die in DND battle Royale you die in real life

[@yavivanov6650]

Why a spoiler is the top comment?

[@Soviniy]

@@yavivanov6650 It's been so long I don't even remember if I framed it as a joke or not, but since this is a purely PvP episode, a lot of people in the comments are gushing over their favourite battle moments! :> To avoid that, it's best to watch before going to the comments section.

[@LocalParaGod]

I'm sorry, but I just like to imagine Vex sealing Grog into the necklace. Then she just feels it start to shake, as you hear a faint roar followed by three loud slams against a wall. Then all at once: the necklace shatters, and a blind fury Grog lands on the ground in front of a mortified Vex. That shit was so badass. Also could you imagine the fear on all of Vox Machina's faces when you just throw everything that they have at Grog and he just acts like it is nothing. Then to follow it up with him completely flattening Percy, giving Vex some Thor treatment and all of this while engulfed in flames. Grog would be a nightmare incarnate. I can't get over how just full on SAVAGE he went.

[@WexMajor82]

A high level Goliath barbarian IS a nightmare incarnated. They are just lucky he has not a build to soak up damage, but a damage dealer one.

[@Anurahm_Kycor]

@@WexMajor82 you mean 230 health and resistance to all damage while enlarged is not a tank build?

[@WexMajor82]

@@Anurahm_Kycor Yep. Bear totem. Look it up. That's the tank.

[@NinjaBusCow]

He was glorious in this Battle! I loved everything about Grog

[@zanderbarnwell1887]

P

[@ashmlk4432]

1:14 - Announcements 5:03 - Intro ends 5:37 - Team Right! 6:10 - Prize for the victor 7:05 - Talisan breaks it down for Laura 7:55 - an unfamiliar battlefield 8:08 - Location, Location, Location 9:44 - Mysterious entity 10:02 - It's...Vax? 10:45 - The Forgot Deity, Colville 11:38 - prep time 11:48 - SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT! 12:05 - Roll Initiative 14:20 - Percy's prep 15:32 - lair actions foreshadowing 15:53 - Vex's Prep 16:33 - Grog's Prep 17:42 - Hi Tary 18:30 - Keyleth's Prep 19:35 - Taryon's Prep 20:15 - Plan B 20:48 - Justifiable safety 22:30 - Hamster ball 22:52 - The battle starts, proper 23:38 - Percy opens fire 24:13 - Percy's gun sets on fire 27:20 - Hard terrain lair action 30:18 - Grog the pincushion 33:50 - Doty goes flying 35:40 - good foresight by Keyleth 36:25 - Tary in the Hamster ball 36:45 - Care-packages 37:11 - Doty's the threat that needs to be killed apparently 38:34 - Flame on! 39:45 - Tary the Hedgehog 43:40 - Percy fixes Animus 44:15 - Lightning tower lair actions 45:25 - They still have their earrings 45:45 - Shore denied 46:59 - Rage tiptoe, Grog pokes his head out 48:50 - Grog's Dash and dive (to save from the snipers) 51:50 - Keyleth tries to put trinket to sleep 53:55 - First Victim 55:45 - Tary continues his prep 57:30 - What lies in the chests 58:35 - Brazier lair action 59:19 - That water isn't water 1:00:47 - Alliance? 1:01:45 - Gotta Catch'em all! 1:03:10 - Despite all my rage.. 1:04:14 - Grog attacks his cage 1:07:10 - Grog breaks time and space 1:08:02 - Surprise Gents! 1:09:44 - the weirdest 6 seconds 1:09:52 - Grog catches fire 1:13:44 - Tary STILL prepping 1:16:00 - Second misfire 1:21:25 - Grog closes the Gap 1:22:08 - the sound of impending death 1:22:35 - Grog's full round of attacks against Percy (ouch) 1:26:50 - Trinket goes to sleep (second victim) 1:28:55 - what Keyleth sees 1:30:35 - Take this quote out of context 1:31:20 - A window of opportunity 1:33:18 - Percy's struggle 1:34:40 - Diplomacy not so effective on the barbarian 1:37:30 - The mysterious case of Travis' warpaint 1:38:55 - "You may flee" 1:40:20 - Lover's Quarrel 1:42:30 - "You're so strong darling" 1:43:10 - Percy Unconscious, failed 1 death save 1:44:34 - Grog in shock 1:44:50 - The finishing blow/ HDYWTDT (1 DEAD) 1:49:35 - He emerges 1:54:00 - Grog thinks about it, Travis doesn't want to sleep on the couch tonight 1:55:45 - Keyleth drops fire form/ firestorm the tower 2:00:00 - Tary is the new Vax 2:05:40 - Laura the prophet 2:09:05 - firestorm number 2 2:10:20 - Laser show/ Distracting Grog 2:12:40 - Tary throws the smoke stick (still invis) 2:16:24 - Grog still on fire, Grog don't care 2:17:13 - The Jig is up! 2:17:45 - It's morphin' time 2:18:00 - Thinking about Umbrassyl 2:19:15 - The tactic 2:19:30 - Pets are GONE 2:20:17 - Tary strikes! 2:21:30 - Tary's nerves of steel 2:25:12 - "I'm still in my sphere guys" 2:27:00 - Grog implores Vex to stay 2:29:20 - Grog sees Vex and winds it up 2:30:40 - Vex falls unconscious 2:32:34 - Keyleth talks to Grog 2:32:50 - Acid Breath 2:35:08 - The fire goes out/ Relentless rage 2:38:35 - Tary likes his rainbows 2:41:57 - Shades on. THE DECK COMES OUT 2:44:38 - 5 cards (you're gonna want to watch this) 2:50:00 - SIR GROG!! (death by deck averted) 2:51:30 - Flipping the birds 2:51:47 - Grog finds Tary 2:52:40 - Keyleth vs the Knight 2:55:40 - Truce 2:56:30 - Tary saves Grog 2:59:30 - Wilfred still alive 3:00:07 - Keyleth squishes Vex (2 DEAD) 3:01:14 - Grog and Wilfred vs Keyleth 3:03:05 - Dragon form Drops 3:05:14 - Keyleth's last ditch move 3:05:57 - Just barely made it 3:07:09 - Options Dwindling 3:10:10 - Keyleth gets away 3:11:45 - Tary breaks the truce/ Wilfred becomes a Popsicle 3:14:45 - Grog catches up to Keyleth 3:15:40 - Grog breaks Keyleth 3:16:10 - Batter up (3 DEAD) 3:17:15 - Tary vs Grog. FIGHT! 3:19:22 - Tary starts the aerial bombardment 3:20:15 - Grog has a bad history with sanctuary 3:22:55 - Tary casts Napalm? 3:31:00 - More Acid for Grog 3:31:40 - Grog's relentless rage 3:34:00 - Tary meets Grog in the Tower/ Grog's request 3:35:08 - Tary goes Mano-e-Mano with Grog 3:35:45 - Grog, the Unkillable 3:36:45 - Grog's retaliation 3:37:05 - Shield of fire 3:37:20 - This is why Grog hates magic 3:38:12 - HDYWTDT, Grog falls (4 DEAD) 3:38:57 - "Doty take this down..." 3:39:40 - Colville blesses Tary. Fate dice obtained 3:40:07 - It was all a dream... 3:40:45 - Game end/ after game talk

[@TheManKnownAsAi]

God bless, you fucking unsung hero

[@Cyclone_R6]

You actual legend

[@cholulahotsauce6166]

Thanks Flando

[@SomeKindaSpy]

blep

[@WiTTeNx]

you can die a legend my friend

[@THESHADOWMASTER9]

Vex: "You're so strong darling, i'm so impressed." *Fucking headshots her lover*

[@annaptakova3242]

"I say as I shoot him again." Girl, you're evil.

[@lorddestrustor8828]

Oh man, Matt's reaction when the deck got involved. Rarely have I seen a grown man filled with such pure glee.

[@yeapeeplz]

it's times like these that you can really see sam's cunning show through all the comedy relief - it's so easy to forget how calculating he really is and that he's always down to play the long game

[@T3hIluvatar]

You can see he's a powergamer and minmaxer at heart, but loves roleplay even more

[@NoriMori1992]

I'm genuinely impressed at how well he plays Tary mechanically. It feels like he's been playing him for years, because he always seems able to confidently pull out an item that will help in some way, seemingly without having to think about it. It's one thing to have all these amazing items, it's another thing to keep such good track of them. And he managed to remember that he had a Fire Shield up 2 or 3 hours after he cast it!

[@gconnor18]

Oh I agree, I keep coming back to watch this and if you watch Sam on other peoples turns he is calculating and checking his sheet to make his decisions in advance. Marisha and Grog are what the most experienced players would create as they know how OP they can be but Tary is just pure brain power being used.

[@bobodaclwn447]

He’s also so good at not metagaming that he makes decisions that don’t allow his friends to metagame like have the DM pick a spot for him when he went invis and got out of the bubble

[@Pluto137]

rewatching the show I really see it. He also is the most note taking along Marisha

[@winterwolf9568]

Gotta admit, Grog breaking out of that necklace was pretty badass.

[@rallozarx4215]

59:58 - 1:08:49 just for people who want to watch it again

[@JayfroC]

When Matt described it as "a thousand windows shattering at once", I imagined Grog breaking out of it at the sound of Stone Cold Steve Austin's theme song. Badass moment.

[@mr.bardsman6589]

WinterWolf voy al k

[@joshuahorton3927]

@@rallozarx4215 Bless you

[@SPACEHARICE]

@@rallozarx4215 I love you no homo

[@beleva09]

Can we all just talk about how Grog just _punched_ his way out of *_another f***ing dimension_*

[@eryvac0074]

Can we talk about how he was an enlarged, flaming Goliath with melting skin and a greataxe throughout most of the fight? How terrifying would that be?

[@bartomiejpieniak8878]

That is the most DBZ shit ever

[@TheLoveless26]

@@eryvac0074 yep. Buu saga gotenks ssj3 form and buu both do it to get out of the hyperbolic time chamber

[@eryvac0074]

@@TheLoveless26 Thanks. Haven't seen DBZ in a while

[@raisethe6ixnow261]

@@eryvac0074 vvjhmhhcncxmhhvcggcgggkcgbcnbcnccv mcgcmmnxbccxhh

[@captaintalon4485]

Play of the game goes to the Knight that was summoned by Grog. For a level 4 fighter he lived a lot longer than I expected

[@Cheesusful]

did a lot more damage than i expected too

[@Logitekz]

I like how everyone who ganged up on grog at the start got their stool pushed in. Nobody rallies together against the Grand Poobah Da Doink without paying the price in blood.

[@justanothernerdydude4391]

Yeah but he isn't the Grand Poobah Da Doink anymore!

[@markky3050]

@@justanothernerdydude4391 hes now the grand poo bah of da doink and flowers.

[@justanothernerdydude4391]

@@markky3050 Not in this one-shot, he lost his title.

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

@@markky3050 Grand poobah da doiink of all of this and that, is his official title.

[@-gray-6966]

Of all of this and that!

[@LinkMorganM]

I love how Travis' face slowly cleaned itself until he was totally spotless by the end of the session.

[@ryankountz9752]

War paint is his own personal skin care.

[@crystalrichins5128]

So you noticed that too lol

[@graveyardshift2100]

Wtf I didn't even notice

[@u.s.s.chucklefucker1657]

I WAS SO FUCKING CONFUSED. Then I realized he was also watching the stream and removing the make up when he knew the camera wasn't on him.

[@TalesofTuram]

Agreed

[@maxhornby6592]

I feel like there isn’t enough appreciation for Sam’s last line in the battle before shattering Grog. “Doty take this down... I win” was so badass I actually had chills and rewatch this just to hear the line. It’s a combination of an unnoticed catchphrase with a sense of victory which is awesome as hell.

[@SocialistSadako]

SAME. That was probably the most epic moment in the entire campaign. Sam was an absolute genius in this battle, winning with actual smarts and strategy. And yet the entire comments section has a boner for stupid dumb Grog as usual.

[@asdfg6626]

I actually didn't understand the line! Would you mind explaining? I didn't watch much of Critical Roll, was it a reference to something that happened before?

[@kuropotato8097]

@@asdfg6626 He has a Robot that usually writes down his adventures. He always says that line and the robot starts writing. This one was cool because the Robot already died earlier but he still said it cause it's his catch phrase.

[@asdfg6626]

@@kuropotato8097 That's cool! In memory of his robot :) Thanks for explaining!

[@xadielplasencia3674]

I prefer the other one, "that hurts... that hurts you"

[@delaraphilip]

IMHO I think Sam acts like he's unaware and makes up every one of his move spontaneously, but he's actually thinking 10 moves ahead of everyone else. The guy is a D&D phenom.

[@TopCatUK76]

100%. And he’s hilarious. MVP

[@joehales6153]

I swear that man has a flowchart for this fight or something

[@cjtrules1]

Completely this! I think it's because he wants to 9/10 times be funny and troll his friends.

[@AttiraKell]

I really like Travis' commitment to not metagaming. He runs over and checks the ball even though he knows Sam's not in it.

[@jbanks9491]

Attira Kell shame Marisha cant do the same....... she cast firestorm over the side of the castle and asked if she got taryon even thou she didnt know he was invisible and had left the bubble......

[@kevins9205]

J Banks Well that question was to make sure mercer kept it in mind when seeing who was hit, it wasn't Keyleth aiming for Tary

[@cayosjosef]

@Kevin Why would she spread the firestorm like that except for the hope of hitting an invisible opponent that she should not have known existed?

[@brianthegreat5994]

JC Chaos to melt Dody

[@TheWonkster]

As much as it is pretty annoying how much everyone rags on Marisha, it's even worse watching people stretch harder than a yoga instructor trying to defend her when she's actually in the wrong.

[@AncientSlugThrower]

"He's designed to make terrible choices." - M. Mercer on Grog.

[@plutoisaplanet19]

Matt slapping his legs in excitement when Grog pulls out the deck is the purest moment I've witnessed on critical role.

[@AsgardianHufflepuff]

That was so adorable, I actually reminded it just to rewatch 😂

[@seaweedzebra5343]

Time stamp?

[@Orromwan]

@@seaweedzebra5343 2:42:00

[@Andy-iq6rk]

I love how Grog basically killed everyone. He finished Percy, he slammed down Vex, he battered Keyleth and lastly his own strike killed him with Tary.

[@corndog4848]

His last roll was low for the DC he needed. He was likely to win.

[@Andy-iq6rk]

@@corndog4848 The dice gods giveth and the dice gods taketh away.

[@xaderalert]

Almost every D&D battle royale I've watched that included a barbarian had the same result.

[@Andy-iq6rk]

@@xaderalert Depends on the levels sometimes. The second battle royale saw Grog instantly out and Keyleth dominating since she had basically infinite health with wild shape and powerful spells.

[@kitten-inside]

Both Marisha and Sam held back to make it fair, I guess. After both ranged characters went down, it was a simple matter of hitting him from range. Grog can't fly, and his mind is easily blown with spells. GG

[@TheGinnerMatty]

Grog: “I’d like to rage” The rest of Vox Machina: “why do we hear boss music?”

[@isaac3916]

LLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[@redraven123]

The boss music plays before he rages. When he rages it just gets more intense.

[@WEB-0813]

Yah Yeet, This feels like doom music, the heavy metal is always playing, but will play even louder when fighting any enemy.

[@nuru666]

Imagine Grog as an NPC boss... Extra HP, Legendary Action and Resistances, extra + to hit and damage.... Oh plus 1d12+5 regen per round lol

[@jakobjansen9541]

When Grog dies one day he will just ascend and become a wargod.

[@ATinyWaffle]

Everyone is surprised that Travis keeps critting, but when Grog does three reckless attacks there is about a 26.5% chance that he'll crit on at least one of the attacks.

[@madhatten00]

true, but the same was for percy and he just kept getting 1s and 2s and no rerolls

[@Peter_Cordes]

@@madhatten00 - No, Percy didn't have advantage or disadvantage, only 3 straight rolls. So it's not "the same", and was surprising that percy rolled so many misfires.

[@curvilinearcube8716]

He shouldn't even be able to use reckless the way he does but that's fine

[@curvilinearcube8716]

@cak01vej my problem is he declares it on his second attack which he isnt technically allowed to do it doesn't bother me that much it's just that most people nit pick little stuff vax or percy do but not grog

[@curvilinearcube8716]

@cak01vej I mean that would be true but actually if his first attack is not reckless he as a player gets a bunch of useful information. On an average roll let's say somewhere around a 19 he would be able to determine how high a creature, or players armor class is, most of them are in the 19 to 25 range, after that if he knows its low or if it wouldnt take an exceedingly high roll to hit he can choose to roll without advantage meaning attacks against him don't have advantage.

[@bananafish58]

3:20:05 Gods bless Matt for sticking up for Tary ("No. That's a tactic.") when Marisha and Taliesin called him a "dirty camper."

[@TheSilverPhoenix100]

Yeah it really wasnt camping, it was hiding and buffing which is totally valid and what an Artificer is good at. Literally Percy was trying to camp as thats what he does best (being a sniper and all), and Marisha was playing with near god mode which everyone found out real quick with the last batttle royal they did

[@r.s.2890]

"its called being a sniper!" i yell whenever I get called a 'camper' "What, you want me to run around with my rifle and do 360 no scopes? yeah... because thats totally how snipers work." I love being a sniper in FPS, or in anything with a sniper rifle in it, but man do people make it hard to have fun sometimes.

[@MOTH_moff]

​@@r.s.2890 In all fairness, snipers tend to make it difficult for anyone not also using a sniper to have fun either. Like for example: I want to play a high-octane game with intense face to face gungisghts. Fast, reactive, high spacial awareness. You want to play a more stealthy game and fight using attacks of opportunity. Strategic, patient, disciplined. Neither of us are in the wrong, but we are inadvertently going to try to ruin each other's fun. It's poor game design IMO. I believe game designers keep doing it only because it's "the way it's always been" or something. Sorry for the rant, I just wanted to make sure it was clear that I'm not trying to insult you.

[@Nikotheleepic]

Lol coming from marisha who intentionally abused wildshape mechanics to have infinite health?

[@WhitneyHempsey]

@@Nikotheleepichow did she abuse WS? Genuinely asking bc I was under the impression that was one of the main benefits/tactics of playing a Druid, especially a Moon Druid. Did she do something beyond that?

[@MysticSybil]

Before they started they joked that the most dangerous characters get targeted first and the last man standing would be whoever avoided conflict and it would probably be "mr care package" ... and then they proceeded to do exactly that

[@DemianCorvus]

Except Grog was almost both XD. That was fucking amazing, burning more than half of the fight and enduring it until the very end.

[@justadummy8076]

Taryon and Grog were both targeted first for being Mr Care Package and Mr Meatman and the most dangerous characters (other than Keyleth) and then ended up the last standing characters

[@kkTeaz]

@@justadummy8076 it was because they teamed, not even the moon druid could survive them

[@TheGoondas87]

Travis tried his darndest to negate that though lol. He was so close to being the last man standing despite being part of ALL the conflict in the battle. I feel this was easily the most impressive performance (decision making and luck of dice combined) of any character across any campaign or one shot in critical role. This was less of a battle royale and more Grog vs the world.

[@annaptakova3242]

Yeah, I really thought they are going for the loot drop. They were so excited about it.

[@ajJBP47]

1:37:30 Travis: "I just absorb things to make me stronger Little did he know... CONSUME.

[@ScorchHellfire]

Ha. It just occurred to me that both of this characters have done that kind of thing. Grog through Craven Edge and Fjord through his pact.

[@qualandrew201494]

@@ScorchHellfire he said in ep 1 or 2 "i choose this char because i have a history with sentiant weapons" might have been on talks machina

[@AssarZaher]

@@ScorchHellfire stop spoiling campaign 2 shit for us man, I'm still making my way through campaign 1 episode 99...

[@robertabugelis3962]

Wow.

[@BobBob-pj3qo]

@@AssarZaher bro when you posted this that epeisode came out like three years ago and crit role c2 was nearly over

[@TotallyTemporary101]

"Doty, take this down...I win." His final two words actually gave me goosebumps! Sam would actually make a pretty good villain!! And frickin' Tary with that Shield of Fire call back from way, WAY at the beginning of the fight, "it lasts for 10 minutes, for when I get out of this ball" thing! Super amazing, Sam and everyone, well done!

[@TrainerBlue192]

What got me the most was "That hurts..." "But not enough?" "That hurts...you!"

[@owlbearnecessities6026]

The look on Laura's face when Grog starts breaking out of the necklace is priceless lmfao

[@giraffedragon6110]

at first she's like "pssh what's he gonna do?" then when Matt mentions siege she's like "ooooh nooooo, he might actually break out"

[@Reblwitoutacause]

@@giraffedragon6110 1:04:50

[@AilithWoW]

Sam (to Taliesin): "What could go wrong?" Travis: "That's a natural 20" Sam: "Ooohh that could go wrong....."

[@fosterdawson7339]

What’s the time stamp for that?

[@desertrose777]

@@fosterdawson7339 1:23:22 I know it's been almost a year, but here ya go :)

[@YourGodRimuruTempest]

I love how even Matt felt bad about that nat 20

[@Phoenix2215]

I can appreciate that Taryon won using strategy, but I was rooting for Grog so hard by the end. They threw everything they had at him, and he just shrugged it all off. It was epic. Travis/Grog is my DnD hero.

[@couldarstrolm6969]

Imo they effectively let Taryon win. If I was in that fight I would've gone, "Really? That's cute. I'm going to wait 10 rounds for you to be done."

[@agilemind6241]

@@couldarstrolm6969 Game Theory though, if everyone else is just waiting for Tary then it is in the individual's best interest to attack the others while they aren't attacking you. It's a classic Prisoner's Dilemma, if everyone waits then they all get the benefit of easily killing Tary, but if some people wait and others attack then those who attack are at and advantage over those who wait, but if everyone attack then they are all at disadvanatage against Tary. Feel free to wait those 10 rounds while Grog pummels you to a pulp. Tary didn't pose a big enough threat for an alliance to hold - pretty much any of them could easily kill Tary one-on-one as long as they aren't too damaged already - I mean Grog nearly got him even after being targeted by everyone and single-handedly destroying dragon-Keyleth. Only a character that would certainly win against anyone one-on-one would be a big enough threat to maintain an alliance if all the players act tactically.

[@cvbays]

Could always put the sphere in the acid pool. Let it sit there until he comes out.

[@flaminggorilla909]

@@couldarstrolm6969 yeeeeah. But you always get that one guy who convinces everybody to surround him and then says yeah im gonna put a big ass aoe spell right in the middle on the 9th round of waiting. So i would probably not agree to it. Plus it was so fun haha.

[@Cheesusful]

Grog did get some seriously lucky roles over the course of this game

[@sipofdragon9593]

Grog has technically killed a dragon and went through multiple planes of existence and just broke them in just 1 battle.

[@andruloni]

Technically a real dragon wouldn't be dead yet at that point

[@andruloni]

@@ironrose6 Technically, I have no knowledge of hit-point values of DnD monsters and creatures. What I mean is a dragon that doesn't revert to its half-elf-half-human form after losing concentration on a shapechanging spell after taking damage in a heavy hit.Because that's what I rembered to have happened in the game.

[@andruloni]

@@ironrose6 Because I still think a dragon wouldn't be dead yet. I was enjoying it just fine untill you called me a dipshit out of the blue, under a comment not directed at you.

[@andruloni]

@@ironrose6 Ok, I don't need your attitude. I don't consider a dragon dead if it still has hit points available. I don't consider a dragon that becomes a humanoid druid, just by taking damage, a real dragon. Have fun while I delve into Campaign 2

[@reeper4329]

Dave Redacted you’re definitely in the wrong here considering a shape changed dragon doesn’t get legendary actions like a real dragon does. So its really not a “real dragon”

[@diogolucena4332]

Just in case anybody still had ANY doubts who the strongest member of Vox Machina is... everybody gunning for him, having to fight a DRAGON, and losing by an inch! Truly, Grog is a Beast.

[@MythrilShotgun]

Not to mention that Grog missed every 1d4 from Enlarge. Especially on crits. But yeah, Grog and Taryon were the only ones who tried to use legit tactics. Grog kept to inside buildings and avoided Range dudes, even dropped prone just to avoid range attacks. Tary used time, patience, and manipulation of the battlefield. Vex and Keyleth had gimmicks that really could have worked, but when they stopped working, ooooooff. Keyleth has a history of going for cool over effective. She had more wildshapes, for example. Sunbeam+Earth Ele. Half the group can fly, but they can't earthglide or do shit underground, except maybe Grog's siege. Instead she went for dragon, which while effective, a decent enough chunk of power from it comes from its mental stats, which shapechange basically ignores. Vex was always going to be at a disadvantage, though, with no real 'allies' to rely on for Sneak Attack. The necklace was a clever play, broken by sheer stupidity.

[@shamere07]

@@MythrilShotgun I'm still 30 mins in but if I was vex and not actually play dnd how ever .my first thought for her would conjure beast . Could do something to help with sneaks, extra damage more strategy from using that . Same with keyleth . Want to take out grog . Conjure or shift into a creature that can mind wipe grog . Tarry is gimmicks wait him out . Percy glass cannon . Lol

[@leonvalenzuela4096]

@@shamere07 barbarian class cant be charmed or intimidated, psychic damage is reduced by half as well... dont think that plan would work vs Grog

[@fftere]

@@MythrilShotgun You don't have to have allies to use Sneak Attack, Rogues don't have to have advantage to use it. As long as your enemy is engaged with something, you can exploit Sneak. That's pretty basic rules...

[@Demonrifts]

​@@MythrilShotgun Sorry bub, you don't have a clue what you're talking about. Until level 20, druids only have two uses of wildshape per short rest, and going fire elemental used both of them for Keyleth, so she didn't have any more. The damage she did with the dragon breath faaaar outpaced anything she could have done with an earth elemental and sunbeam. Grog takes half damage from bludgeoning and would have likely succeeded on every constitution save for sunbeam, taking half damage. Besides that, earthglide only works through unworked stone, which means it would have been useless. In all honesty, Travis only did so well because he had some amazing fucking rolls. He had 4 or 5 natural twenties I believe and so many natural 19s its ridiculous. Keyleth's plane shift was honestly a damn good play, and of course, Grog, with only a 10% chance of success, saved against it.

[@sevdalesh]

SPOILER ALERT this was the most epic fight a barbarian can have . Smash the gunslinger's head , break free from another dimension , kill the ranger ,revive , draw 5 fucking cards from the deck of many things and survive , kill a dragon ,resist planeshifting , kill the druid , revive once more , trick the artificer , strike with retaliation and almost clean sweep , but Sam won with strategy while grog fought with rage . I watched this 2 times in a row and im still hyped . My favourite battle royale by far this was amazing!!

[@iamthenatehawk1537]

dude spoilers

[@sevdalesh]

sorry!

[@sableseraph946]

And he could have won, had Travis remembered Stones Endurance.

[@iamthenatehawk1537]

Or his extra damage from enlarge

[@sableseraph946]

Or that the Dwarven Thrower does an extra die of damage when thrown.

[@cussundriakneal9904]

I liked how Teavis TRIED to take pity on his wife, and then she immediately backstabbed him afterwards. I love these two. XD

[@jefferycrouse4652]

Honestly her or taliesin should've taken his offer of alliance. Really would've saved their ass.

[@OBriens697]

@@jefferycrouse4652 Agreed, specifically since he didn't attack Tary when he had the chance and went for Keyleth. I think he did so because Tary healed him, maybe thats obvious but yeah, I think he wouldn't have fought either Percy or Vex until it was down to two.

[@jefferycrouse4652]

@@OBriens697 well of course he wasn't gonna turn tary into jelly. Grog recognized the black dragon Keyleth as the threat and neutralized her.

[@justadummy8076]

Jeffery Crouse also it would’ve been a free kill to add to his list because Keyleth was low af at that point

[@KumaoftheForest]

Honestly my wife is the same during our group’s Battle Royal. Dwarf Barbarian woman whipping my Earth Genasi Artificer’s ass. We did make it to the Final Two by her dmg reduction and my Creative fighting style and use of Spell stones “Steel Defender can activate and use those stones and it acts on its own turn leaving me to my own turn”

[@jkholzsager]

**SPOILER ALERT** So glad it was Grog and Tary at the end. Sam and Travis have the most fun with their combat, and the two play awesome off each other.

[@SeanLaMontagne]

"I'm gonna put myself in a hamster ball and take 5d4 damage" Matt: *furiously turns pages*

[@goatelope7539]

They all metagamed it except Travis. Nobody should have any idea what the hamster ball did

[@SeanLaMontagne]

@@goatelope7539 Its a balancing act for sure. Do I like meta gaming most of the time? No. Am I going to be annoyed if my party of 5e veterans all pretend we don't know how to fight a dragon for 20 minutes, basically cosplaying as newbies because "our characters have never fought a dragon". In that scenario, we can all play pretend like we don't know what we're doing and waste solid time in a session, or we can move on and acknowledge "yes we've all fought a dragon before and can get on with it."

[@smashbrandiscootch719]

@@goatelope7539 Bruh. It's a one shot battle Royale. I realize it's going to take an entire team of excavators to remove you from up your own ass, but it'd be a sound investment.

[@OsamaZahid308]

@@goatelope7539 I mean Scanlan had the spell, so they had seen it many times before this.

[@brodywubs]

@@OsamaZahid308 Ain't Scanlan - That's Taryon Gary Darrington!

[@wilchrand]

I was hoping for the end that Tary and Grog would just take turns pulling cards from the deck until one of them was killed by their choice.

[@Grayson.P]

wilchrand that would have been amazing to see especially since most of the cards drawn were a bit lackluster (2 had no real effect, and we didn't even find out the sword's enchantment.)

[@humbletreestump8134]

That would have been awesome!!!

[@celebitto7869]

Shouldn't grog have gotten death saves after hitting 0 hp?

[@TlalocTemporal]

Tary was right there. There was no chance, even with natural 20s, of Grog surviving once he went down.

[@StarrTheWitch]

@@TlalocTemporal i mean, Natural 20 would bring him back with 1 HP, and that Barbarian trait means he can take a lot of punishment at 1 HP with those high con saves

[@TheGoondas87]

Every time Taliesan tries to claim he could have easily killed Grog, in that cramped room, where Grog clearly had the advantage. I look back to this episode, where Grog was being teamed up on, Percy had the range advantage, and yet Grog still closed the gap and virtually killed Percy in a single round.

[@yargolocus4853]

If he would have gotten the stun off, he would have had a chance to back off and unload with action surge, all advantage. Having advantage for percy pretty much guarantees crits for percy. The numbers add up, and he could deplete grogs remaining health in one turn. But that was not going to be enough after barbarian level 11...

[@dannisthompson8102]

Well during the second misfire before Travis jumped to him he was suppose to roll at advantage because of reckless

[@Pokarot]

Percy could have second and third pact'd Grog. If he thought about it he was probably significantly stronger than any other character in this fight.

[@yargolocus4853]

@@Pokarot If I remember correctly, Taliesin has said it would be unfair since there is only long lasting consequences.

[@JDub-TV]

Actually I think Matt screwed up. The slowing towers should have been in effect when Grog closed on Percy, so I don't think he would have had the movement to close the gap. There is a moment after Grog unloaded on Percy where Matt admits he screwed something up, but he wasn't going to ret-con it, but never says what. I'm fairly certain he realized he missed the slowed movement.

[@thomasscott2783]

They need to make a t-shirt that says "As I'm standing there with 1 hit point, I pull out the deck of many things".

[@SunCrabJr]

Thomas Scott I’d buy it

[@MrCoffeejingler]

The whole time fighting Grog Sam was asking "in melee?" "A melee attack?" "Wait where are you?" Waiting to pull his trap card

[@teaganlee4219]

Oh my god he was, good catch!!!

[@ellispedersen4192]

3:05:47 You can see the intense fear on Marisha's face when she realizes Grog might have made the save against plane shift.

[@FlintMcroy]

Timestamps (Spoilers Ahead): 1:14 - Announcements 5:03 - Intro ends 5:37 - Team Right! 6:10 - Prize for the victor 7:05 - Talisan breaks it down for Laura 7:55 - an unfamiliar battlefield 8:08 - Location, Location, Location 9:44 - Mysterious entity 10:02 - It's...Vax? 10:45 - The Forgot Deity, Colville 11:38 - prep time 11:48 - SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT! 12:05 - Roll Initiative 14:20 - Percy's prep 15:32 - lair actions foreshadowing 15:53 - Vex's Prep 16:33 - Grog's Prep 17:42 - Hi Tary 18:30 - Keyleth's Prep 19:35 - Taryon's Prep 20:15 - Plan B 20:48 - Justifiable safety 22:30 - Hamster ball 22:52 - The battle starts, proper 23:38 - Percy opens fire 24:13 - Percy's gun sets on fire 27:20 - Hard terrain lair action 30:18 - Grog the pincushion 33:50 - Doty goes flying 35:40 - good foresight by Keyleth 36:25 - Tary in the Hamster ball 36:45 - Care-packages 37:11 - Doty's the threat that needs to be killed apparently 38:34 - Flame on! 39:45 - Tary the Hedgehog 43:40 - Percy fixes Animus 44:15 - Lightning tower lair actions 45:25 - They still have their earrings 45:45 - Shore denied 46:59 - Rage tiptoe, Grog pokes his head out 48:50 - Grog's Dash and dive (to save from the snipers) 51:50 - Keyleth tries to put trinket to sleep 53:55 - First Victim 55:45 - Tary continues his prep 57:30 - What lies in the chests 58:35 - Brazier lair action 59:19 - That water isn't water 1:00:47 - Alliance? 1:01:45 - Gotta Catch'em all! 1:03:10 - Despite all my rage.. 1:04:14 - Grog attacks his cage 1:07:10 - Grog breaks time and space 1:08:02 - Surprise Gents! 1:09:44 - the weirdest 6 seconds 1:09:52 - Grog catches fire 1:13:44 - Tary STILL prepping 1:16:00 - Second misfire 1:21:25 - Grog closes the Gap 1:22:08 - the sound of impending death 1:22:35 - Grog's full round of attacks against Percy (ouch) 1:26:50 - Trinket goes to sleep (second victim) 1:28:55 - what Keyleth sees 1:30:35 - Take this quote out of context 1:31:20 - A window of opportunity 1:33:18 - Percy's struggle 1:34:40 - Diplomacy not so effective on the barbarian 1:37:30 - The mysterious case of Travis' warpaint 1:38:55 - "You may flee" 1:40:20 - Lover's Quarrel 1:42:30 - "You're so strong darling" 1:43:10 - Percy Unconscious, failed 1 death save 1:44:34 - Grog in shock 1:44:50 - The finishing blow/ HDYWTDT (1 DEAD) 1:49:35 - He emerges 1:54:00 - Grog thinks about it, Travis doesn't want to sleep on the couch tonight 1:55:45 - Keyleth drops fire form/ firestorm the tower 2:00:00 - Tary is the new Vax 2:05:40 - Laura the prophet 2:09:05 - firestorm number 2 2:10:20 - Laser show/ Distracting Grog 2:12:40 - Tary throws the smoke stick (still invis) 2:16:24 - Grog still on fire, Grog don't care 2:17:13 - The Jig is up! 2:17:45 - It's morphin' time 2:18:00 - Thinking about Umbrassyl 2:19:15 - The tactic 2:19:30 - Pets are GONE 2:20:17 - Tary strikes! 2:21:30 - Tary's nerves of steel 2:25:12 - "I'm still in my sphere guys" 2:27:00 - Grog implores Vex to stay 2:29:20 - Grog sees Vex and winds it up 2:30:40 - Vex falls unconscious 2:32:34 - Keyleth talks to Grog 2:32:50 - Acid Breath 2:35:08 - The fire goes out/ Relentless rage 2:38:35 - Tary likes his rainbows 2:41:57 - Shades on. THE DECK COMES OUT 2:44:38 - 5 cards (you're gonna want to watch this) 2:50:00 - SIR GROG!! (death by deck averted) 2:51:30 - Flipping the birds 2:51:47 - Grog finds Tary 2:52:40 - Keyleth vs the Knight 2:55:40 - Truce 2:56:30 - Tary saves Grog 2:59:30 - Wilfred still alive 3:00:07 - Keyleth squishes Vex (2 DEAD) 3:01:14 - Grog and Wilfred vs Keyleth 3:03:05 - Dragon form Drops 3:05:14 - Keyleth's last ditch move 3:05:57 - Just barely made it 3:07:09 - Options Dwindling 3:10:10 - Keyleth gets away 3:11:45 - Tary breaks the truce/ Wilfred becomes a Popsicle 3:14:45 - Grog catches up to Keyleth 3:15:40 - Grog breaks Keyleth 3:16:10 - Batter up (3 DEAD) 3:17:15 - Tary vs Grog. FIGHT! 3:19:22 - Tary starts the aerial bombardment 3:20:15 - Grog has a bad history with sanctuary 3:22:55 - Tary casts Napalm? 3:31:00 - More Acid for Grog 3:31:40 - Grog's relentless rage 3:34:00 - Tary meets Grog in the Tower/ Grog's request 3:35:08 - Tary goes Mano-e-Mano with Grog 3:35:45 - Grog, the Unkillable 3:36:45 - Grog's retaliation 3:37:05 - Shield of fire 3:37:20 - This is why Grog hates magic 3:38:12 - HDYWTDT, Grog falls (4 DEAD) 3:38:57 - "Doty take this down..." 3:39:40 - Colville blesses Tary. Fate dice obtained 3:40:07 - It was all a dream... 3:40:45 - Game end/ after game talk Enjoy watching everyone!

[@FamousOldProspekts]

Real MVP right here.

[@evanst.germain5238]

flint mcroy is

[@murlend8455]

flint mcroy thank you kind sir

[@michaelamontpas7442]

flint mcroy a

[@Raji912]

flint mcroy trior

[@SuperJeffTheKiller]

The first hour was basically a boss fight vs Grog

[@Dracon350]

The entire fuckin' fight was a boss fight against Grog. There were few turns where Grog wasn't being targeted directly, and even then he was collateral damage. The man straight up withstood two fire storms, an adult black dragon's acid breath, two prismatic sprays, shrugged off a planeshift, managed to draw 5 cards from the deck of many things without destroying the universe, and was pretty much responsible for killing 3 of the 5 competing fighters. If Grog can get on top of anybody, they are almost guaranteed to be dead within two rounds, one even if they have a low amount of health. Vex unfortunately just played monkey in the middle with him, Keyleth was constantly shifting her health pool, and Tary just played the game the most strategically. Put himself in a bubble and gave himself all the buffs he could before going out to take the others on.

[@qualandrew201494]

@@Dracon350 If you check crit roll stats. grog is the 2nd highest possible damage (percy is first) but grog has the advantage of being resitant to everything nearly

[@Zalied]

@@qualandrew201494 and percy has the disadvantage of broken guns

[@leavethekidsalone]

Shit was crazy.

[@Maibak3175]

​@@qualandrew201494 I'd agree with you IF Grog won.

[@ScorchHellfire]

2:41:58 After Keyleth went dragon form, I kept wondering how it could keep going for like an hour and half longer. Now I know. Freaking barbarians. Freaking Deck of Many Things. Freaking Grog. xD

[@Srioll]

That Deck of Many things play was just brilliant xD perfect timing

[@matsh5633]

the heal from Tary was a cluth.

[@jamesg7776]

Keyleth should have attacked Grog at 1 hp instead of his knight then turned on Tary

[@ShaddoII]

What a crazy ending. Felt like Tony Stark fighting Hulk at the end Love the way Sam plays his characters

[@YamuraNovel]

Whatever happened to the gnome he used to play?

[@matsh5633]

@@YamuraNovel The character retired to go travel the world with his daughter.

[@bigdrew565]

Mild spoiler below for anyone, however unlikely it is, who hasn't watched the entire Darrington arc It's funny that you mention this, because Tary's parents are named Howarrdt and Maria.

[@humbletreestump8134]

Grog with persistent rage has effectively 450 HP. That's boss battle levels

[@andruloni]

"Ahh, acid! My only weakness!" :)

[@MichaelNNY]

Marisha has effectively the same hp through her wildshapes and shapechange, plus the Heal spell, plus using a bonus action to use spell slots to heal.. but barely used any of it. She should have won.

[@capricioushighblood4055]

@@MichaelNNY Sounds like an easy way to get completely hated.

[@MichaelNNY]

@@capricioushighblood4055 Grog isnt hated for having resistance to damage while raging, nor is he hated for any of his abilities. Using your best wildshape forms to win a battle would earn you respect, not hatred. If ANYONE should have earned some grumbling, it would be the character that sat out most of the fight until the opponents were whittled down/low on health. An even then, thats just good planning. I really cannot see any merit in your statements, sorry =)

[@capricioushighblood4055]

@@MichaelNNY Grog is pretty easy to hit and has no magical abilities, he feels like fighting a beast. Using wildshape forms over and over to constantly replenish your health pool is just boring to watch and boring to fight, there's a good reason why you don't make a BBEG a level 20 druid, he'd literally just be unkillable. Also I'm not a fan of the coward who hid the entire time, he's support but he could at least died with a shred of dignity. I cannot see any merit in any of your statements besides the one I agreed with sorry. =)

[@kylorenzo]

3 years later and Grog's deck of many things pull is still one of the funniest things I've seen in all of D&D

[@MegaLeader15]

Tary really said “call the ambulance, but not for me”

[@peolo-499]

1:23:21 "He's fine, he's fiiine! What could go wrong?" * natural 20 * "That could go wrong."

[@Rusaarules]

I like to think the moment Travis said he's pulling out the deck of many things, Matt was happy he gave him the deck. I think he knew Travis would be the only one with enough balls to keep pulling cards out of it.

[@cjtrules1]

Wasn't "balls" it was stupidity.

[@Rusaarules]

@@cjtrules1It's balls. I doubt you have them to pull from any version of the deck.

[@cjtrules1]

@@Rusaarules LOL. You can call it balls, I will call it stupidity. Both can be right since other members of VM thought it was stupid to pull more cards too. I wouldn't be STUPID enough to risk it.

[@Rusaarules]

@@cjtrules1They don't know how to have fun then. Especially with the over the top reactions of "It's gonna end the campaign!!" and shit. Plus it's a one shot. No point in not using it and hoping for the best.

[@cjtrules1]

@@Rusaarules Hahaha pulling a card that could potentially kill you is fun? They have no clue what all the cards do. They know there are many bad ones and don't know how that would affect any characters. Also, it's really up to Matt if any of the cards' effects carry over, they are magic after all. Travis got lucky that the bad cards didn't affect him since none of them would carry over into the campaign. If that happened in the campaign then Grog is dead. Losing all your nonmagical items and wealth is huge. Having a friend kill you one day is huge. I doubt you would be praising his decision if it teleported him to a different plane or insta-killed him.

[@StinkerTheFirst]

The fact that this whole episode is framed as Tary's dream is perfect, narratively perfect. Who else would dream about defeating everyone else in the group but him? There is so much to like about this one-shot. The battle map, the strategy, and the fact that everyone is having, no hard feelings.

[@witheringrabbit]

Love how Travis gets so deep into playing an idiot like Grog. "Interesting. I don't learn lessons very well." Really commits to how his character would act. Love it.

[@cjtrules1]

Not taking anything away from Travis' amazing acting, but pretending to be an idiot isn't exceptionally hard. If you know the rules and what your character's abilities/skills are then you can think what the best thing to do is and most of the time you'd just do the opposite since that would be the "dumb option". Being trapped in the locket. Rationally you'd give up since you don't think there is a way out. A stupid brute would do exactly what Travis did.

[@natchikiss]

Taryon really just hit Grog with the "Call an ambulance! But not for me." at the end.

[@MetalManimal420]

1:44:40 “Percy von Fredrickstein de bah de bleh de skittles and balls and ass. Whuh happened?” - Grog Strongjaw

[@korrasmuscles]

Man that was intense. I love battle royales. Props to Sam. He's a really strategic, creative and smart DnD player.

[@grashol15]

don't forget the comedic part of him beeing used as a beachball by grog. poor doty 2.0 thou. fried ,crushed and trown of a building , doty 1.0 had a better end.

[@TheDjMoo]

Sam is such an incredible player. I mean, he had his first 5 rounds planned out, executed them perfectly, and then improvised his way to victory. Meanwhile Travis is the kind of player you want at your table. He had such a great time and made everyone else enjoy it too. Except for when he killed them all.

[@CountryMusicMann]

"Can I reach my finger into the bloody hole in my shoulder, taste it a little, and go, 'Hi.'"

[@jamesdracup6719]

That was horrifying how grog killed 3 out of 4 of them

[@ScorchHellfire]

When the Pike is away, the Grog will play. >:D

[@HDloly]

Grog didn't kill Vex because Travis could not barbarize the wify and make her sad, but you know he would.

[@AcidRap69]

Last time I go to the comment section before I finish the video

[@deamon506]

He would’ve killed tary if Matt used sanctuary correctly.

[@shinzanagi1149]

@@deamon506 incorrect no where does it say on the spell that it breaks after 1 use. It says until the spell ends or if the warded creature, tary in this case, attacks.

[@chillycharizard5985]

"Doty, take this down...I win!" *THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST BADASS THING TARY HAS EVER SAID!!!*

[@SocialistSadako]

I legitimately got chills. That was so fucking badass.

[@aaronlefebre5060]

@@SocialistSadako Grog also got the chills from that, but it didn't work out so well for him lmao!

[@grizzlybear3809]

Sadly, Doty could not follow this instruction, so it isn't recorded in his biography

[@kkTeaz]

@@aaronlefebre5060 BA DUM CHING

[@SPACEHARICE]

My head Canon as grog was slowly dying tray was proudly walking over as he fell "Doty" *Makes it up to grog* "Take this down" *Grog is on his knees steering at tray at eye level* "I win"

[@estate873]

grog really kiled 3/4 of everyone in the game then got killed by someone at the very end. I got PUBG PTSD

[@jaytucker6982]

Vermillion Grog also should of won (probably at least) because when Grog saved against the goals of acid he should of taken no damage, not half. That’s how the artificers acid vials work

[@real_evin]

@@jaytucker6982 Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but he shouldn't have taken damage from Taryon's shield at the end, as Taryon was very clearly wielding a greatsword, which is 2 handed

[@harrisonpayne50]

@@real_evin the spell is described as more of a cloak around the body. It does not give you a literal shield in which you must have it equipped.

[@mrpigglehd2124]

@@jaytucker6982 A year later n all but he didn't save against the acid throw right? He took full damage so it was correct?

[@adamburgers]

@@mrpigglehd2124 He did save against the first one once it was a 1v1.

[@bananafish58]

2:41:57 I don't think I've ever seen Matt be happier about something a player did. Love how Travis set up his next move by putting on his sunglasses.

[@nitindasiah991]

Spoiler: Man, grog deserved to win. But taryon was built for battle royales.

[@WiTTeNx]

he actually couldve killed him if it wasnt for the fire armor thing. sam was at 25 ish HP left and seemed nearly out of spell slots. if travis didnt remind sam to use sanctuary on that one turn, he was getting triple hit and wouldve lost. but travis god rolled like crazy that game

[@sirken2]

@@WiTTeNx Yah but Travis just wants to have fair fun too

[@Djaenzee]

I am not quite sure, but I think Grog/Travis forgot to add the 1d8 to his thrown attacks several times, which might have taken down Tary or leading to a double KO in the end. Either way, it was fun to watch Grog do his thing. :D

[@charlesalexander560]

Yall really put spoilers up for the winner an it got top compliment. Not cool bro.

[@nitindasiah991]

@@charlesalexander560 shit. sorry dude. i didnt realize. i honestly didnt expect my comment to get these many likes. I'll add spoiler warning to it.

[@bloodhunter1231]

Here's the thing an arficier is pure support and compared to a cleric or bard is over all weaker without a doubt Tary was the weaker link with some tricks so sam was 100% correct in hiding if he rushed in he would have died they even called him a loot drop for a correct reason so I don't blame him for hiding one bit let the heavy hitters exhaust themselves then come at them it's a classic strategy

[@IronResistance]

Its actually insane how well Sam plays combat in DnD considering he is relatively new. He is without a doubt the best combat player at the table.

[@bored_boar]

@@IronResistance Scanbo is the best example of his pretty good grasp of battpe strategy. He went in, cleverly used everything in his disposal, and decimated a plethora of enemies. Even in the new campaign, he's got some of the best clutch actions.

[@IronResistance]

@@bored_boar Yeah I hope to see more from Travis. He didn't get to do much good strategy stuff last campaign because he had 6 int

[@TomasPabon]

@@IronResistance I mean, watching travis in campaign 2 and in this I'm amazed by his versatility as a combat player, he's more technically gifted (you could say "by the books") than Sam. Sam works on creativity and winging it but Travis strategizes very well

[@IronResistance]

@@TomasPabon Travis is actually really good, it was very hard to tell last campaign because he was on Barb where he basically had only one play at all times but now he has been really shining. Sucks that he kinda spams Eldritch blast but hes playing a warlock and theres no real incentive to not just spam the shit out of it so im pretty sure thats all anyone would do

[@justshidded2749]

*Terry awakes in his bed*... Doty... Take this down *fades to black*

[@barscribbles]

Just Shidded amazing.

[@TomasPabon]

Excellent

[@fanzel123]

Teeeeerrrryyy.....

[@bananafish58]

This may be my favorite episode to date. EVERYONE was so good and having such a great time. I wish Laura had said at the end who was favored to win on-line, but my money was always on Sam, with Travis to show -- my two favorite players! Felt sorry that Percy wasn't rolling well, and Marisha had some tough breaks with Travis pulling off some key roles -- "That 19 will haunt me fro a long time," and Laura knows now that her locket isn't inescapable. Matt created a fun premise and provided a fantastic map. And, in the end, Tary got to say, "Doty, take this down. I won." Couldn't have asked for a better ending...except that Doty was actually able to do so.

[@htz11235]

At this rate grog will still be on fire when they get back to the campaign

[@perigrin6]

I freaking love how content Travis looks after the "round of many things" is finished. I can imagine him just closing his eyes and taking a nap now that his life is complete

[@azan1011]

Travis was having too much fun slaughtering Vox Machina :D

[@scottrauch1261]

Deserved how they started with a understandable team up.

[@jamesvaldez502]

Sam is such a genius and his timing and delivery is just great! I love the way he delivered "that hurts.....it hurts you" Sam was born to play D&D

[@bananafish58]

He really is!!! It is such a wonderful outlet for his talent, creativity, and desire to entertain. Which, thanks to Felicia Day, we all get the pleasure of experiencing.

[@BlueDually4x4]

This really shows how well Travis and Sam can play their characters. Especially considering just how disadvantaged Grog was in terms of movement and his attack range. Granted he had some awesome rolls, all those con saves were epic.

[@curvilinearcube8716]

He truly had such a disadvantage with his 200 plus health and resistance to nearly all damage

[@avelicious]

@@curvilinearcube8716 that does put a grog-sized target on his back for the whole fight tho it was amazing to watch

[@curvilinearcube8716]

@@avelicious Of course it put a target on his technically 400 hit point back there was next to no way anyone was going to beat him without doing what tary did, it was fun to watch sure but damn

[@pedanticvampire8121]

I love how excited Matt gets when Grog pulls out the Deck of Many Things

[@Iwillgotohell2]

Just to say this in the actual video, but travis warpaint slowly fading as the episode goes on is one of my favorite parts of this episode

[@erbgorre]

his skin literally drank the paint lol

[@onlyinthefandom]

I am genuinely confused about where it even went. Its practically all gone by the end and Laura said it was from Travis wiping his face but the skull on his arm also faded away????

[@Iwillgotohell2]

He absorbed the paint to increase his power

[@Abelhawk]

I'd love to see a timelapse of it :D

[@GreenLanternCorps2814]

God, what he said when Sam pointed out that the paint was disappearing was fucking hilarious...

[@matthewmartinez9249]

Percy: I can run right? Grog: yes, you may flee Percy: great

[@TheOneNotTheOnly]

Yeah Travis could tell Percy didn’t want provoke the attack by fleeing so he spent his reaction to hit him anyway to remove the analysis paralysis.

[@daughterofluthien]

Two things we learned from this ep: 1). Protect your snipers--they are squishy; 2). Respect your supports, because they can and will MESS YOU UP

[@daughterofluthien]

Also Grog is a frickin beast, holy crap

[@hatvanmoos6329]

Carolyn Walters You know, as soon as the have a lvl20 battle royale, kiki is going to win this if the don't focus her because she has a 126 hp meatshield at her disposal at every of her turns.

[@daughterofluthien]

Hat Van Moos yeah, no kidding. Though tbh, anyone who's a true lv20 (not multiclassed) will be pretty dangerous---Percy gets four attacks per round at that level, which combined with an action surge could probably kill almost anyone in one go if he rolls well. And I have a feeling they're not gonna let Tary hide for half the game next time XD

[@Lucan47]

The big thing that holds Percy back is the misfires. It's kind of bullshit, to be honest, and one of the few things about Matt's game design that I really dislike, if not the only one. Because as fighters level up, they get more and more attacks which means more chances to roll a natural 1. So a level 20 Percy is actually MORE LIKELY to misfire than he is now. I hope at level 20 Matt removes the chance to misfire, even if he still takes psychic damage on a natural 1.

[@xerolove]

Luciano de Moraes Petersen i always view it as he still has the option to use a sword and it's more to do with balancing the weapons increase damage range then his level. maybe an upgrade to his guns that 'eat' a number of misfire before breaking.

[@92NUKE]

fighting against people who bend the forces of nature to their will and Percy who develops weapons hundreds of years ahead of current technology. taking focused fire since the beginning of the fight and shrugging off death its self several times. Grog delivered nearly every killing blow and was a couple rolls away from winning by pure force of rage. I feel like VM will always remember that Grog could probably beat any one of them at a time. I do wish Vax was here tonight though, he's about the only one who can bring as much pain as Grog.

[@NovaStalker]

Vax is a monster on this map until he runs out of haste which only lasts a minute and then he's is toast.

[@d13da14b]

Gotta love how they constantly say how Keyleth is the most op member yet they don't target her.

[@zepaduse97]

Devin Dyquisto lets be honest grog is the most op character

[@evanwilson9493]

I don't know @zepaduse97 I think keyleth is more OP, she should have used wildshape instead of planeshift, with multiple wildshapes, shapeshift, and herself she has more available hp than grog, she just got cocky and went for a save or suck spell instead. It'd be close though grog is a monster.

[@andruloni]

@@evanwilson9493 Grog had 90% chance to fail that save. It wasn't that bad of a decision, as it was 90% chance for a one-shot kill

[@williamshafer1996]

Constantly metagaming

[@LemonArsonist]

@@evanwilson9493 except she ran out of wildshape since elementals take up 2. And her HP as a dragon is irrelevant if she gets turned back into herself with a failed save. It was just luck on Grogs part. If he didn't get that critical on her, or got lower than a 19 on that save he was fucked.

[@PlatinumJaz]

Travis: "I'm going to run maximum speed at percy" Taliesan: (Looks up from Marisha with fear in the eyes) "Shit"

[@HDloly]

should've see that coming

[@shutinpaladin6811]

Avoid the comments. Don't you dare scroll down. You've got to watch this blind.

[@markky3050]

Excuse me!? This is my 3rd time watching, thank you very much!

[@ScorchHellfire]

Too late, and too far down. :(

[@TheAlienGinger]

2:38:52 Sam: I don't like to roll this many things! Also Sam: Becomes a rogue

[@Reblwitoutacause]

To be fair.... Liam “picked” his character hahahaha

[@Sfeksophobia]

​@@ReblwitoutacauseHow's so, I haven't watched campaign 2 yet?

[@Jacobjiggle]

@@SfeksophobiaSam asks Liam “what should I be” and Liam says “Goblin Rogue”

[@Jacobjiggle]

He actually did the same with Scanlan

[@SuprSilvr]

Props to Sam for his winning strategy and Travis for outliving the salty ganksquad.

[@lautarosegurotti5523]

Strategy : hide in a ball

[@justadummy8076]

Lautaro Segurotti pretty good strategy, but he took it even further with the invisible flying out the window

[@HabarudoD]

Yeah, you can't blame Tary for hiding in a ball. Artificers' health levels are relatively low, comparatively, and less strong offenses than a lot of the other classes as it's more about support via buffs etc. I mean, he gets called "fucking ganker" by the druid that transforms into a goddam dragon which then proceeds to hide in a pool of acid for several rounds, only coming out to attack. I get that people become salty because Tary hid in the ball, basically giving him several rounds of guaranteed safety, but just remember that Keyleth had the ability to "instakill" someone with the plane-shift spell, which is 100% more broken imo. Hopefully most people have seen the mess that is the last PvP one-shot of Vox Machina, and seen a lot more cheesy tactics than using Otilukes Resilient Sphere on yourself...

[@bluemobster0023]

@@HabarudoD plane shift needs willing creatures

[@tristoncomeaux7332]

@@bluemobster0023 No you can hit an unwilling creature with a melee spell attack and they then have to make a charisma saving throw if it hits or they are plane shifted.

[@coreykobayashi9768]

If you play Risk, then you'll see that Tary won by using the "Australia" strategy. gG, Riegel 2 stronk.

[@megavore97]

The fuckin aussie strat man, stockpile and eventually swarm rofl.

[@ninjadrew1033]

Or South America Slightly Harder To Keep But Not Everybody Is Charging You. Also Yes He Really Did.

[@SilverStarPlays]

Doty... Take this down. "I win." - Sam Riegel

[@toastghost9145]

And right before that, "Ooh, that hurts. That hurts *you*."

[@jackmack4181]

Doty in happy voice 😂 TAAAAARY

[@afrosamurai3847]

I mean there's a reason high level big bads look to dominate or otherwise mentally manipulate barbarians, bloodragers, and the like to act as their own melee blenders. You can't out fight one in a typical fashion. That has transcended every edition or rules system, but props to Sam and Grog for some very tactical combat was a real thrill to watch.

[@talleywa5772]

Tary: "Call an ambulance...but not for me!"

[@LafunkSamZ]

Grog is seriously fucking SAVAGE in Melee also Travis had superb rolls this episode he was the anti-wheaton for once....

[@strikerrey6016]

Who else can actually physically bust out of another dimension?

[@artygunnar]

Kuwabara!!!!!! (he did have the jigen-to though)

[@chaddixon9764]

For once? He has the most 20s second only to Taliesen.

[@vikingbear6962]

Grog also killed everybody except Taryon.

[@wildriot8512]

The Groginator >.> ......

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

"Twenty-five to twenty.....?" "Twenty-nine." Piercy-full Fuckitstein von Muscle Closeallski the Roller III.

[@brianadams1044]

This comment has not gotten the love it deserves, I fucking WHEEZED.

[@Avonus]

"Does the fire ignite his cannon hand?" and then Matt rolls for it. I love this show.

[@codewordbw3340]

My favorite part of the early game - Travis (attacking Percy): "I start to swing down" Travis (as Grog): "Did he get new glasses?" *takes the glasses, and proceeds to smash Percy's face*

[@blackvial]

Only Grog could break his way out of another dimension

[@jessywarrabbit4797]

The GM's reaction when Grog goes. "Five cards" is amazing. (2:44:39 to 2:45:05)

[@Ruinred]

wonder how that battle would have been different if Travis remembered his d4 damage for enlarge on his attacks and his additional d8 for when he was throwing his hammer

[@Chris_Meade]

Ruin Red I know this is old, but the hammer is only an additional d8 for giants

[@mr.mobiusstrip2920]

Chris Meade it gets extra damage as well if you throw it though.

[@daphodil7876]

1d8 when thrown and another 1d8 if against a giant

[@JesperoTV]

Well there's that, but also he should have dropped out of rage the turn after killing Vex Edit: Eeeeh, RAW is a bit unclear, could be that Persistent Rage can let him rage forever

[@quincy3964]

xXjesperoXx I mean he has like 5 rages. Just rage again

[@SocialistSadako]

This was probably the most entertaining, satisfying episode of Critical Role, ever. Sam fucking Riegel absolutely killed it. "Take this down, Doty... I win. " Fucking LEGENDARY!!!

[@kitten-inside]

His opening move was equally as epic: "I got ten rounds, y'all. See ya!"

[@Pacier]

Okay, but can we talk about how genuinely sorry Travis was after messing up the wisdom save around 3:30:19 ?

[@mathewsmith2281]

Jim Stickell he just didn't want to cheat

[@sammiehopkins9408]

No matter how much Travis seems to love to kill everyone, he really does try to be the best player ever. And he is.

[@maartentops1703]

@@mathewsmith2281 He still did. He forgot his permanent -2 to saves he got from the Deck. He should have failed so many more saves, including the Plane Shift.

[@jeffreyjr1128]

Maarten Tops he did “cheat” everyone including Matt forgot about that. That’s barely Travis trying to cheat. Dumb statement

[@yargolocus4853]

@@maartentops1703 was that permanent? It came from the sword, not the deck. They did have a 1 year downtime where greater restoration, remove curse or even divine intervention could have removed it.

[@stevetheweeb8685]

Wow Matt of today has gotten so much better at knowing the rules for each of his players classes. Proud of that beautiful bastard.

[@Ginric99]

To be fair to Matt as a DM switching rule sets is a hard enough thing let alone doing it mid campaign and moving from pathfinder to 5E is a big step change. By campaign 2 he has the rules fo 5E down so can focus more on helping his players with there character rules.

[@mooxim]

1:44:38 "Percy Von Frederickstein de vaudebalooda de skittles 'n' balls 'n' ass" - Grog

[@willowkrum4071]

mooxim And now I have a new favorite Grog quote.

[@peternardi9774]

mooxim I iiiii

[@billyw8186]

What I learned from this: When confronting a Goliath Barbarian, nuke it from orbit and run away!

[@testfire3000]

It's the only way to be sure...

[@isapu1948]

The inquisition approves

[@ThatGuy-zh7jl]

Gotta run fast, now they’re mad

[@thegaspatthegateway]

@@testfire3000 grog is an alien xenomorph level of indestructible

[@kjj26k]

Maybe not in that order...

[@TheManKnownAsAi]

Some say that Grog Strongjaw is still on fire to this very day...

[@justadummy8076]

He could have saved himself a couple points if he’d put himself out earlier, it’s why I love Travis role playing as Grog

[@cultureless2504]

This episode should literally have been called the onslaught of grog. Almost every single attack preformed was focused on Grog. He roleplayed it so well, was by far the most entertaining person to watch and was responsible for every single kill besides useless trinket. And to all those who say play smart and win if you don't you just don't play the game right, rule of fun 10/10 that's what D and D is all about. They none stop talked about Grog after the game ended because he won the rule of fun, the deck, Roleplay, enthusiasm. Total steal at the end. Yeah sam and marisha played smart and cheap to win but Grog still beat an all against one mentality with a positive attitude which that type of abuse would ruin something fun like this for most players. Moral victor of this was 100% Travis

[@spookydoo4697]

all of them played according to their characters abilities and personalities, and all of them had fun. It would not make sense if there was five people in the table acting like a reckless barbarian

[@rivendriftwood]

True. I hate it when they deemed others strategy as cheap or lame just because they have a different way of fighting.

[@WhenDevilsDuel]

@@spookydoo4697 couldnt of missed his point any better.

[@spookydoo4697]

@@WhenDevilsDuel stfu, of course not, i get wat he is saying, i know travis was the most fun one to watch,, but the way john is saying makes it look like the others are doing something wrong, and that is not true

[@WhenDevilsDuel]

@@spookydoo4697 looks like I touched a nerve Ps. Just 2, not everyone else, and thats his opinion anyways