Beau vs Percy and Gay Benjamin Franklin - Critical Role

[@Kachompsky]

Beau: Oh, you're one of those rich boys! Percy: ✨Oh yes✨

[@Nixahma]

I love Percy's voice so much.

[@StanisMaia]

The hottest

[@withlostoforeagano7475]

🔫💅🏻Oh Yes💅🏻🔫

[@The_Cowwwthem]

Truly the best

[@thatsmuggamer]

This joke lands on several levels

[@1rotzy]

“Has Beau ever seen a gun?” Flashbacks to the tree race “Yes.”

[@PureGoldNeverCorrodes]

Well it was behind her, so she didn’t see it as much as feel it.

[@bobloerakker7010]

@@PureGoldNeverCorrodes beat me to it😀

[@tajasnothere]

lol i *just* happened to watch that episode last night XD

[@Tsusagi]

I’m sad she doesn’t remember that Nott/Veth used a gun

[@kingmidas2112]

Even before that, when they first met the gentleman, he had dudes with rifles trained on them.

[@WarlordM]

Matt Mercer homebrew vs Matt Mercer homebrew

[@Theology.101]

Actually, deflect missiles is regular monk shit

[@WarlordM]

@@Theology.101 true, but spending a ki point to get another reaction is not, that is cobalt soul specific

[@Nixahma]

Speaking of homebrew, am I the only one that thinks Gunslinger should have been Artificer as opposed to Fighter? Just something that's been on my mind for a while.

[@incognitoburrito6020]

@@Nixahma Artificer didn't exist when they were porting their pathfinder characters to d&d

[@Nixahma]

@@incognitoburrito6020 Ah, that makes more sense. Still wish it'd get converted to artificer somehow, feels like it vibes better.

[@mistamemewide]

When in doubt, always remember, Percy is literally just a guy with a gun.

[@GZilla311]

However, also remember. Percy is a guy with a gun. In a high fantasy setting.

[@ff-pj3de]

And rich and fairly smart.

[@Enixon869]

"for his neutral special, he wields a gun!"

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

I mean they guy also wields curse magic.

[@alecchristiaen4856]

Vax: peerless blademaster and assassin, also chosen by the goddess of death Vex: Master hunter and survivalist, tamed a wild bear Pike: chosen of her goddess, a powerful healer and warrior Grog: rage-fueled nightmare on the battlefield Scanlan: tricksy bard with a vast collection of spells at his disposal Keyleth: force of nature able to shapeshift into many forms Percy: "...and this gun I found."

[@gabrielamedeirosribeiro3223]

Imagine the both remember this as like a dream, and then in some diplomatic trip or Cobalt Soul mission or something, Beau ends up in a meeting with the Taldorei Council and Percy’s there cause he’s supporting his wife, and they see each other and Percy tries not to stare during the whole meeting because it’s rude while Beau’s just glaring a hole into his head, and then after the meeting they finally get to talk and it’s just: “Expositor” “Sup, rich boy?”

[@cassidy20922]

This would be amazing

[@noveltystylus6703]

I'm into it

[@theoddduckling]

Headcanon accepted.

[@wolfdragonotaku2827]

Please someone write this fic

[@coolkiddjt]

percy would be an old man, so he'd probably recognize her but she wouldn't necessarily recognize him

[@angie.castle]

"So impressive! I fire again." XD that snobbish rich kid

[@VegetaLF7]

I remember thinking "oh how I missed this pompous bastard" when Percy started talking.

[@scarlightemperor3410]

Yeah this is the man we love

[@lgbtorion]

annoying

[@tristanmilner9511]

@@lgbtorion Yes, you and your comment most certainly are.

[@TroySpartan247]

No Mercy Percy meets Bullet Time Beau

[@ForeverDegenerate]

Beau: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge bullets? Dairon: No Beauregard. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready... you won't have to.

[@MrUmakemelaff]

He should've gone for the ass...

[@darkroselight3835]

Beau finaly get's to play catch with a Dad.

[@castellavione7264]

Omg wth XD

[@nuru666]

omfg you fucking savage!

[@Kara99]

B R U H 🤣

[@canniloni]

OHMYGOD

[@cricket98741]

Jesus💀

[@CitanulsPumpkin]

Ah, Fighter. The most basic of the base classes. So simple it couldn't possibly hold its own against the casters, the smiters, the sneak attackers, or the ragers. What could this basic fighter possibly do to?.... Wait. You attack how many times?

[@MegaKain101]

Sometimes simplicity is best

[@orionishere]

Op WHAT is your pfp

[@projektred8335]

Not to mention improved crits

[@cxfxcdude]

@@orionishere looks like, Draw me like one of your french Grog’s

[@1rotzy]

Maybe simple, but multi-classing into fighter for any class to get that action surge is invaluable.

[@patcat1276]

Ben Franklin is one of talesin's former identities

[@dangowad5368]

I'd like to think Taliesin and Broken Matt Hardy were friends in a past life

[@JulianCommodus]

@@dangowad5368 Taliesin is an eternal eldritch being from another dimension; he doesn't have a past life to go to!

[@sid6484]

only 26 damage from 6 shots from percy is frankly impressive

[@Nick-ox1vu]

some may say ben frankly impressive

[@A-Certified-Dumbass]

@@Nick-ox1vu That.....that is a good pun

[@methylphenidate1270]

I like how everyones dressed up and Travis is just... there. He's havin fun and thats all that matters LOL.

[@HighNoonTex]

He had a costume on as well, but gradually took it off during the show, probably due to the heat.

[@deltablaze77]

You can't see in this clip, but Travis is actually wearing assless chaps during this episode.

[@TheAceOfTrace]

IIRC, Travis and Laura were dressed for a Nord VPN ad.

[@babybop114]

@@TheAceOfTrace uh no I don’t think so. This was a Kickstarter reward, so there were no sponsors

[@lost_limey]

@@deltablaze77 All chaps are assless. Otherwise they're just pants

[@jee462]

It's so nice to finally see Beau playing catch with a good father figure :)

[@TheReaver1234]

CATCH OR DIE!!!! BANG BANG

[@Kasino80]

@@TheReaver1234 CATCH OR YOUR SOUL IS FOREFIT!

[@TheReaver1234]

@@Kasino80 LOOOOOL, spoopy

[@HenhousetheRed]

Just imagine how OP Vox Machina would have been had they had a Monk on their team.

[@deathbykonami5487]

Or the Goliath Barbarian that could tank everything because he had over 300 hit points

[@LuxTheSlav]

Vox Machina was plenty OP enough without the most UP class in the game.

[@Krzysztorf]

@@LuxTheSlav They already had the most UP class on their roster - Vex was a Ranger.

[@LuxTheSlav]

@@Krzysztorf It's a close call 😂 A lot of their PF imported stuff was way unbalanced, so she did okay. It was mostly Trinket that was a waste of dierolls 🙃

[@theburninator888]

@@LuxTheSlav Monk is not the most OP class in the game. In fact, it is widely regarded as the weakest next to Ranger. Monks are OP in PVP yeah, but not normal campaigns.

[@TheOnceandFutureJake]

I love how when Taliesin misses during the action surge shots, Ash just reflexively remembers War God's Blessing because she used it a bunch as Pike. That's peak sense memory.

[@fenixmeaney6170]

Percy: Why Won't You DIE? Beau: *juggling ball bearings*

[@matthewmason7792]

*B A L L* *B E A R I N G S* *S O N*

[@cask2590]

Beau, who also grew up with a rich family: "Oh, you one of them rich boys?"

[@jonathonbartos3061]

Which explains her disdain for them. She knows what it's like to be one, and she *hated* it.

[@A.C_B.]

"gay benjamin franklin" sounds like the perfect synthesis of percy and molly.

[@HenriqueErzinger]

The switch mechanic was cool because we got to see a bit of high level Moly (and he destroyed Scanlan), but because of that there wasn't nearly enough Percy in this... on top of that Taliesin got really unlucky and broke both guns in the short time he had to play... He could actually have been something to keep Beau in check with his absurd amount of attacks per turn and high damage, and at the very least least she wouldn't keep Vax pinned.

[@Tavish_Studios]

when it comes to these battle royales, Tal/Percy seems to have the worst luck

[@Andy-iq6rk]

If we gitta be fair luck aside Percy got a lot of time because of bird boy bird boy and Molly didn't get much time. He did however manage to fuck up Scanlan as mentioned.

[@Fangoros]

I mean VM also just played really bad. 2 full casters and they barely cast any spells.

[@verbfrombonsai8852]

@@Fangoros Also ashley could have easily taken out Fjord way early but opted to not do it (but I guess it makes sense for pike)

[@coasterjudge]

This was easily my favorite round in the episode. I want see these two in a one-shot together.

[@AVJHalonen]

Yeah, same. That monk ability happens so rarely and it happened against Percy of all people. Such a strong image in my mind on what that looked like for the characters.

[@deltablaze77]

This particular scene in my mind is epic, peak skill Beau snatching, dodiging, and deflecting bullets Matrix style against all-out no mercy Percy giving her a full volley, had the dice been a bit more favorable to Percy I'm sure he could have put the hurt on Beau, but cinematically I like how it played out, because Beau got to be cool, but it still showed everybody how dangerous Percy was. :)

[@siobhannicolson5566]

"interesting, can you do that again?"

[@ahtikai]

That's not a founding father, that's a founding daddy

[@alexanderkuczaj2583]

i fucking love Percy, and there is a reason why he is called that for those who haven't watched campaign 1. In one turn in the "Search for Grog" one shot, he dealt 150ish damage in a single shot, about 200-250 damage that turn against the boss.

[@xxxEEHxxx]

Wtf seriously??? I’ve only watched campaign 2, I have got to watch campaign 1!!!

[@RoxxiTheDiceGoblin]

@@xxxEEHxxx Really do recommend it, campaign two was good, but campaign one was just... so much better, I also don't recommend looking at Legends of Vox Machina as a stand in, it's a really fucking good adaption, but still doesn't beat watching the actual campaign.

[@little_valkyrie]

@@xxxEEHxxx A while ago someone on tumblr did the maths for a fight between Percy and Trent Ikithon: assuming Ikithon as a 20th lvl wizard with middling hp... Percy could absolutely waste him in under a round from 800feet away with Bad News (Percy's sniper rifle), potentially even kill him in one shot if it was a crit and he rolled well for damage. Percy is *terrifying*

[@xxxEEHxxx]

@@little_valkyrie I would loooooove to see that. VM and MN teaming up to fuck up the Cerberus Assembly would be amazing.

[@TheReaver1234]

@@little_valkyrie I don’t know why, but all I see is Trent talking shit and laughing evilly. Suddenly his head pops and we see Percy way off with an upgraded bad news. Queue cyberpunk as he kicks the spent casing out.

[@alecchristiaen4856]

I imagine the turn happening like this: Percy dead-ass levels his gun at Beau, who's probs less surprised than Percy might expect (having seen guns before, since there's some time fuckery going on) First shot: Beau catches it Ozymandias style, taking a bit of damage. Second shot: caught with more ease Beau then looks at both hands, realizes she can't catch a third bullet and stares down the barrel right before Percy pulls the trigger straight in her face, blowing her off her feet. Then he puts a foot on her shoulder as she lies there and unloads Animus into her torso.

[@firedragonbri547]

And misses almost every single shot into the torso because Beau is just built different

[@arminakuma2828]

Percy: So anyway I started blasting.

[@mistabrrrly]

I like how everyone is dressed up… and then there’s Travis

[@VeRG1L_47]

With assless chops

[@TheRusty]

he came in with a strapped shoulder pad IIRC, but I guess it just got super uncomfortable.

[@bekfast_]

Travis always being the most underdressed at events where the cast dresses up is one of my favorite (possibly unintentional) running gags

[@known_film4081]

Its funny how Beau in C2 keeps buying ball bearings and uses them for different things, sometimes for practical things like figuring the depth of a cliff/building, traps or throwing them at people. Its like a sweet connection between both campaigns that we see happening in this moment with percy and beau.

[@trinityspark7160]

I mean Monks have always been the bane of Gunslingers even in Pathfinder. It just makes sense for it to still hold up in 5e.

[@audoldends6799]

Taliesin calling Ben Franklin Ben bc as we know he was alive then and so probably knew him

[@danielrobinson7872]

Percy started out as my least favorite at the start of campaign one, but steadily crept up to my all time favorite Critical Role PC by the end. Jester is second, and Tary is third. I'm looking forward to how the characters in campaign three develop.

[@nuru666]

Same, except he only made it to my #2 favourite, Grog was my favourite from the get go. We Barbarians gotta stick together

[@MostLikelyMortal]

Fearne is quickly becoming a fav of mine, if only for this campaign. She’s just so quirky

[@TheOneWhoReportsForDuty]

I’ve heard of No Mercy Percy but this is insane.

[@mayordong4655]

I started with Mighty Nein and only recently have started Vox Machina, and Percy very quickly became my favorite

[@whitestoneandy797]

Best freaking part. And I love Sam's mind. "Let's just change the rules" he's just a gem

[@Avenz0r]

“Has beau really seen a gun?” *has gotten shot in the ass*

[@themeanlesbeann]

If they do this again but with Tary and Veth switching I think M9 has a real good chance of winning again. If it was a lvl 20 battle I'd give it to VM tho, simply because Kiki at that level is damn near impossible to kill. Unless she kills herself like when she KeyFished

[@ripple-effect-mlp]

Beau: Oh, you're one of those rich boys! Percy: Oh, yes. Headcanon Beau: I hate rich boys. Percy: Well, F you, too.

[@Roflmaolinde]

Two of the best characters from any campaign!

[@niks713]

"Yasha from another plane of existence:"🤣

[@prophet89]

It's all fun and games till the high level fighter decides to fuck someone up.

[@VegetaLF7]

He does hold the record for most damage in a single round after all, done during the Search for Grog

[@keithreinsel7842]

High level Gunslinger, like any fighter, is nasty!

[@JohnSmith-zf3yk]

It's kinda just a bargain bin battlemaster crossbow fighter, really. The only thing that made Percy strong was the "golden snitch" which was obviously a badly balanced D20 and bad homebrewing that led to some odd interactions between gunslinger maneuvers and, well, y'know, there not being saving throws or limitations for most of the added effects. I don't know why they bothered with homebrewing gunslinger instead of just reflavoring a crossbow fighter. Taliesin's a very tactical player and it would've been a treat to see what hijinks he could get up to with commander's strike in a party with Vax/Grog, or just completely unload on someone with precision strike+sharpshooter+action surge.

[@keithreinsel7842]

@@JohnSmith-zf3yk Have you played the gunslinger class as well as the crossbow battlemaster? I find the gunslinger to be much more fun flavor and style wise. They rebalanced gunslinger as they went along-keep in mind Percy is now a level 20 Gunslinger. And he did all of that without Bad News-which packs a punch-and without using grit points.

[@JohnSmith-zf3yk]

@@keithreinsel7842 I played a version of it a couple years ago for a one shot and found it pretty underwhelming at level 11. There're really 3(4 if you count the somewhat niche commander's strike) big reasons crossbow battlemaster outperforms gunslinger: 1). Precision Strike can be used before or after an attack roll(It's basically your very own bardic inspiration) which lets you gamble on sharpshooter more often for gobs of damage. 2). There are a lot of really good maneuvers and more of them than there are trick shots. Additionally you'll usually get more mileage out of your superiority die than you will grit, since the former is static and the latter depends on having a high wisdom. 3). This never really came up in the one-shot I played, but consistency is important. When the fight is already going well, you don't need to take gambles. If things are going poorly, Gunslinger has the unavoidable handicap of potentially making an already bad fight worse(misfires/breaks). And get creative my man! There's nothing stopping you from adding some spicy flavor to a character without touching the mechanics at all. I could reflavor a BM Fighter right now in which he uses a rapid fire "power staff" instead of a hand crossbow without touching any of the dice or class features.

[@RoxxiTheDiceGoblin]

@@JohnSmith-zf3yk Good points, and a fair review, but I'll throw my two ecnts in here as well as someone who's played Matt's Gunslinger and looked at other options when DM's weren't willing to allow the flavour. I'll start off with this: It's not about optimisation,, at the end of the day? FUCK Optimisation, do I try and make a build as good as it can be? Yes I do, but that's where my optimisation ends, flavour is everything, and Gunslinger's FLAVOUR is very important to a gunner based character compared to the build you're suggesting. Now to your points: 1: You get Grit points back on signficant kills and critical hits, this allows a fair DM to keep giving you a resource for your trick shots, if the DM isn't being fair then yes, this can be nightmare'ish to deal with, but imo, no worse than any other class's limited resources, and much stronger than precision strike for so many reasons. 2: That is 100% completely subjective and entirely depends on your play style and the type of characters you like making, there are far more trick shots I've used regularly than there are maneuvers, in fact whenever I make a Battlemaster I use the SAME exact maneuvers everytime because they are the only ones that fit what I like to do and how I like to play with my characters. I feel I have far more options with Trick Shots. See? Subejctive. 3: Misfire/Breaks aren't as big of a problem as you're making it out to be, most guns have a misfire score of like... 3 or 2, unless you're will wheaton chances of rolling those consistently enough for it to create this "handicap" you're talking about is very very unlikely, in fact this is about as likely as something with a -3 succeeding a DC16 saving throw, and sure it's an action to repair, but again: FLAVOUR And to address your final point about reflavouring classes without touching the mechanics at all. You're not wrong, you absolutely can do that, hell I do it a ton myself and have done for a huge amount of different characters, but it can only go so far. Mechanical flavour is just as important as reflavouring stuff that already exists, because some stuff just doesn't work with the theme's of someone's character. Matt's Gunslinger was made to fit a theme that carried over from Pathfinder 5e, that of a gunner who's primary focus is using guns and making guns. It synergises well with a variety of classes that you can use to increase that flavour further, for example, Matt's Gunslinger and Artifcer is one of my favourite combinations as it fully encaptulates a tinkerer archetype, which is what percy is and what the mechanics of the class reflect.

[@JohnSmith-zf3yk]

​@@RoxxiTheDiceGoblin To be fair, the ultimate problem I have with gunslinger is the win more/lose more(point 1 and 3) of the class everything else is more or less fine and just gripes on my part. If the fight is so hard that you need those extra grit points, that fight is probably overtuned. The logic is you're already critting and killing things. If you still feel like you NEED those extra grit points that fight in all honesty is probably overtuned or not meant to be won. On the other hand if the fight is that hard, having a gun jam can be rough while a break can be disastrous. I don't know about you but I don't use poorly weighted dice like Taliesin's "golden snitch". Any dice I use goes through the cup of water test and if I can't get 10 different results after a minute of flicking it in the water I don't use that die. My stance remains the same for the most part. I feel like something needs to be changed in the kit to make it less swingy. The extra grit points likely won't turn a lost fight into a victory but a gun break can turn a won fight into a loss. Now, I will say: If your campaign starts at a later level like 5 and you can bring along an extra gun or two then I think gunslinger is fine. A gun jam won't cost your whole attack action to unjam and a gun break won't be nearly as penalizing since you can just drop it and pull out another gun. Out of the gate at level 1 having a gunslinger in the party can actually be pretty dangerous. Something to keep in mind is my perspective of gunslinger as someone that plays a lot of arcane casters: Some of the best CC spells require an action and skill check to escape or be rescued from and that alone makes them great. Gunslingers self-impose those great CC spells /on themselves/ whenever a gun jams before level 10 which isn't something you want to have happen in a hard fight.

[@dragoninthewest1]

0:27 Indiana Jones is a gunslinger confirmed

[@Polar87]

Pretty much: Fighters ( what Percy class is based off of ) are the agressive can do tons of dmg but really can't take it Monks are the complete Yin/Yang as in they are VERY Defensive and have a ton of CC in their kit, Great tanks xD

[@jachinnelson5786]

Fighter's have a d10 hit die, and generally great con. (although i know Percy is a little bit of an outlier in that area). If you're ever planning to play a tank you generally pick, barbarian, Paladin, or Fighter. Monks have great preventative damage abilities. Great saves, high Ac, fast movement. However if you manage to get past the Ac there screwed just as much as rogues

[@transnewt]

Gay Benjamin Franklin? You mean accurate benjamin franklin.

[@sejdric]

Six shots. More than enough to kill anything that moves

[@Hellscrap3r]

You one of those rich boys? ✨🌈oh yes🌈✨

[@sheameyerson4233]

I hope someone has drawn Percy in the Fey Ben Franklin outfit

[@xantares13]

The Attack is probably the single most important action in DnD. Fighters get the most attacks and so therefore are the most important class. Flawless logic.

[@The_Cowwwthem]

I love this- the title was so good also! GAY BEN FRANKLIN 😂😂

[@mommamike219]

ben's got some,.....yes he did.

[@negljbreakergaming]

Marisha in that costume, damn

[@noxx-405]

Travis just wearing a T-shirt lol

[@balintkeszthelyi1293]

I was really hoping for Percy to get a crit in. Shouldn't have thrown away the golden snitch.

[@wizardpig02]

Percy with the fucking deadeye

[@EmbryW]

Gods I missed Percy SO much

[@SCP--ul7wc]

No mercy Percy once again

[@williamwilcox6964]

I’m not always a fan of the characters that Marisha makes, But I’m a big fan of her. I love how she always gets her feet up in the chair when she’s tense.

[@smalbeaste]

Laudna in campaign 3 is one of the best characters ever!

[@adamryan977]

@@smalbeaste I liked beau too in the middle and end game. But Keyleth was just all over the place. She had some great moments, like when she tried to save the people in whitestone from the zombie giants and her whole team was standing infront of the suntree discussing if the tree is the source of vampirism. Meanwhile Matt is describing how the citizens are squashed by the giants. Yeah lets just talk a little bit longer. But on the other and she did some stupid stuff and acting like a crybaby. Like jumping from a 500 feet cliff and turning into an goldfish. Or arguing in front of a prisoner about how mean all are. But yeah Laudna rocks. I hope her whisper becomes a thing like the ukotoa in campaign two.

[@SolonarTM]

@@adamryan977 remember when Caleb threw a ray of disintegration at a obvious spell reflect during the vokodo fight? If that had killed anyone(which it should have) we would all be here talking about how much of a bumbling fool Caleb is, which doesn’t seem appropriate.

[@BretekV]

@@SolonarTM Liam and sam both will straight up jump into the fire head first if their character doesn't know fire is hot. Which is great. I don't remember whether or not Liam made a note of caleb understanding there's a spell reflect effect going on when he fired.

[@tibot4228]

@@BretekV Liam said in the Talks Machina that he (Liam) had completely forgotten about the spell-reflecting ability, and that if Vokodo had ended up reflecting it, he would have retroactively justified the choice as Caleb being too cocky with his spell-casting.

[@christospapadopoulos6271]

Someone please make this into an animatic

[@TheyCallMeCarg]

I know people love Percy and they have their reasons, but for the sole reason of "I despise guns in D&D so much" I never took to him.

[@lgbtorion]

I don’t like him at all

[@Jesus-cy9iy]

Man i wanted vox machina to win, monk be crazy with there moves and that stun punch 🤣

[@PalleRasmussen]

Well, try and stun Grog, and to kill him or Keyleth. Pretty hard even though Berserker is not the strongest Barbarian- as Uncle Kevdak taught his little nephew.

[@hailon_rias7341]

Man I have absolutely zero interest in Campaign one but Percy is so cool man, I wanna’ see more of him

[@nuru666]

You're missing out on a lot of GREAT moments

[@chintex_]

percy is broken jesus

[@PalleRasmussen]

Well, there is a reason Grog and Keyleth is not included.

[@romxxii]

I mean obviously you can't have Beau and Keyleth at the same time unless you just want Marisha to put on a one-woman show. And if you had Travis as Grog instead of Fjord, then someone in the VM team has to play their M9 character instead. you could sub in Ashley for Yasha, but then VM would be completely down a healer and then M9 could just have Beau burn all her ki points stunning Grog while Yasha keeps whittling down his HP. If you had both Grog and Keyleth in play, you'd need _two_ people from the VM lineup here to switch to M9. Otherwise the entire PVP would be Jester soloing all of VM minus their weakest member. So if we stick with the earlier choice of Yasha for M9, then either Sam or Liam will have to switch. If Caleb's in play, VM lose their rogue and M9 get a primary caster. Selecting Nott would probably give us the most balance (barb vs barb, CODzilla vs CODzilla, rogue vs rogue).

[@teytreet7358]

Gattling gun mode

[@rkjs7615]

What did I just run into lol

[@Pyrogman245]

Gay Benjamin Franklin? You mean Benjamin Franklin?

[@coolbeans621]

Why are they Fighting

[@sid6484]

vox machina vs mighty nein battle royale one shot

[@coolbeans621]

@@sid6484 oh I don’t really know anything about the other seasons

[@rkjs7615]

Can someone tell me what episode this was?

[@navyblueprince]

Vox Machina vs. Mighty Nein oneshot kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqGleoSejKabq68

[@mattdomville]

I haven't watched Season One of Critical Role, but why's this gun guy allowed to take Bonus actions in the middle of his Action? Does he have some kind of homebrew class feature that lets him do that?

[@navyblueprince]

yes! There's, unfortunately, no Gunslinger class for 5th edition so Matt had to homebrew Percy's abilities.

[@steelydan1]

Bonus actions, per RAW, can be taken at any point of the turn, even during an action, in the same way that movement can be split up as you go.If a Fighter 5/Rogue 2 wanted to use one attack on an enemy, then bonus action Disengage from that enemy, and then move and attack another enemy with their second attack that's within their movement speed, that's totally possible.

[@mattdomville]

But maybe Matt's got a houserule about it or something. Like Holding Turns, or treating Natural 20s as special (when it's not an attack roll or a Death save).

[@Whippenberg]

So from what i know, percy's guns have specific ammo counts and needs to reload before firing if he runs out of ammo. Part of the class was to reload as a bonus action, but it consumes the bonus action and without reloading, no attack. His bigger rifle, bad news, was a singleshot rifle for example

[@TheOnceandFutureJake]

When you have multiple attacks you can use a bonus action in between separate attacks. There's nothing in the rules that says all attacks have to be taken before you can do anything else. It just means you can't take any other main actions in that turn. So when you take the Attack action, and have extra attacks from the feature of the same name, you can break them up however you choose, just like movement. So basically, if you have the means, you can attack, bonus action healing word, move, attack, attack, or something similar.

[@quinnnewman9538]

dude have you been to france? people just throw themselves at you