Loquatius last speech | Critical Role | EXU Calamity 4

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[@nickrussell8279]

When Sam Riegel is able to make a speech that makes you laugh and cry, you know he's truly made a final speech.

[@Zalied]

he wrote that speech during the break even

[@dehro]

or as he calls it.. a thursday

[@essielayn]

GENIUS! EPIC! SO PERFECT THAT IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT ITERATION OF “THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT!” 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@gomboc5146]

I can see why Brennan called this the perfect joke. It's so faceted. "Fire..." is a beautiful throwback to Brennan's first words of the campaign

[@cryofpaine]

I missed that until just now.

[@zacharyerickson6302]

the call back goes even deeper than that, mercer and brennon did a video after Mercer ran a game for Brennons group on Roll 20

[@Wretchrot]

Brennan casually suggesting silvery barbs to make Sam succeed ❤

[@bestofcriticalrole]

He really just wants them all to succeed and have fun :'3

[@tiger1within909]

Matt would never

[@levindeed]

@@tiger1within909 yeah he would, this is Loq's shining moment and he KNOWS there's a speech prepared. Matt would've remembered about Silvery Barbs too

[@graymanq]

My guess was he was asking because the assistant was gonna cast it to help.

[@milesroy9564]

Brennen not having Loras use dispel magic a spell he definitely knows

[@madmintentertainment6268]

"our two cities, are like a married couple.." Sam you genius .... Nicely done

[@fluidstatic5564]

As Brennan said in the campaign wrap up, this final speech is incredibly moving, and the last remark about Mercer's spell ink is the definition of a perfect joke. This mini arc is truly the best tabletop campaign I've ever seen, and this is just one of many shining jewels in the crown of its storytelling.

[@Dufis38]

brennen made this mini arc feel like it was 50 episodes

[@feitocomfruta]

“And remember *pause* the Market of Wonders…” will never not make me cackle, it’s just so perfectly timed.

[@youcefboufelfel6948]

When i started to watch this meni series i did not know that i will be witnessing the best DnD i ever seen .

[@zane4218]

Ho-ly FUCK that was so GOOD I’m still blown away rewatching. The touching tribute to his friends/ex. The amazing joke with a small reference to Matthew Mercer. The jabs at the ruling parties that were trying to sacrifice the masses to save themselves. All of it was beautiful.

[@bestofcriticalrole]

Sam is such a genius for having written this bit without knowing if he'd even have the chance to use it

[@gator_teeth]

This is, wihout a shadow of a doubt, the best DnD I have ever seen. Brennan Lee Mulligan at the helm of Mathew Mercer's world, with Sam Riegal, Marisha Ray, Travis Willingham, Aabria Iyengar, Lou Wilson, and Luis Carazo at the table. The energy was unmatched. The story, the tension, the heartbreak and hope. A message about love, a warning about hubris. It's all 10/10.

[@jamesperez988]

If this isn't a Bardic Inspiration for the whole of Avalir, I don't know what is

[@richhobo1216]

Sam's speech was incredible as everyone has pointed out, but I feel like an underrated moment in this clip is Brennan's sound effect of Loras yelling while inside the Wall of Force. It just sounds absolutely perfect and exactly how you would imagine it would sound

[@EditDeath]

For anyone coming to this clip without knowledge of what happened next, find Brennan's (the DM) speech following this, because it's beautiful. The basic summary of it is that Sam's speech was so beautifully presented that he waived the need to roll for a result, instead declaring it so effective as to be worth a natural 20. Everything he was trying for with this succeeded, and while no one's lives were guaranteed saved, he did at least give the people the absolute best chance at survival possible

[@feitocomfruta]

Because Brennan also knew that awarding this as a Nat 20 wasn’t guaranteeing a drastic shift in the overall story. In fact, he knew that the Calamity would be occurring, he knew this group were going to fail to stop the inevitable. But he knew that this would set up a vision of Peri-Calamity Exandria that ensured that there was a hope for the future, which inevitably resulted in modern day Exandria. It’s also why Cerrit’s escape was so important and impactful: out of the ashes of the complete decimation of the Shattered Teeth, Toramunda, and the Ring of Brass, a inquisitor eisfuuran phoenix would rise, literally and figuratively.

[@Paladin373]

In my head canon, Eldamir was going to teleport in and set him straight, but after hearing the speech he was too ashamed to contradict the Herald’s orders.

[@TacoBlend]

Or he's just so far gone in his old age, that it didn't evem occur to him what happened.

[@bdletoast09]

@@TacoBlend Or he was already dead. With devils flying all over the city, even a powerful wizard can be overwhelmed, especially an old one who can't run that fast.

[@clintonbehrends4659]

@@bdletoast09 longstrider aint gonna save you from 60ft fly speed

[@grumbledore424]

My neck wasn't ready for the emotional whiplash from "everything is ruined" to "remember the Market of Wonders."

[@Barendsen2]

You can see aabria fall in love a little. And then the rest of the cast experiences the beauty that is Sam

[@AmarothEng]

That "wall" spell effect post edit was magnificent.

[@BordrKing]

I'm pretty sure it wasn't even edited like i can't remember a time even after switching to recorded broadcasts that CR ever used post edit effects like that during the game I'm pretty sure Brennan is just that good lmao

[@Finn-wc8nq]

Brennan is just good at sound effects that was all him

[@stonecoldku4161]

He even got the sponsorship in! He is sooo good.

[@frigginmanatees8616]

This part and Zerxes son yelling "DAD!" got me so good. Damn.

[@PalleRasmussen]

As Laura said in the wrap-up for TMN; "AAAAAAS! I always forget how smart you are!" He is.

[@Snack_Burglar]

Sam Riegel is impossible. He's a national treasure and must be protected at all costs.

[@Landis963]

I sort of get the sense that people had forgotten the throwaway joke of Quay opting to do a sponsor plug in all the hubbub, until he actually did it.

[@damiennightmaresx7950]

a true nat 20 on performance alone- when you earn 2 nats in a row its awesome xD

[@linzlsleepy1627]

Marisha’s reactions are so funny 😆

[@AschTheBloody13]

I rewatch this every so often, just to remind myself that I too can be like Sam Riegel, the goat, the meat man himself.

[@rogueontherun]

Just Sam wrecking my heart with his speeches. He is responsible for two tattoos I have because they moved me so.

[@noemiecansier8466]

THIS HAS ME WEEPING IN A PRET A MANGER

[@AuraXars]

i cried for a 4th time, it's SOOOO GOOOOOD

[@oldfrend]

i haven't watched everything CR has put out but i've seen a lot, and this is by far sam's best moment as a player and actor. the whole calamity minigame was phenomenal.

[@kmb3056]

I swear this entire cast made it their life goal to give the listeners emotional whiplash in their own special way

[@SoHawful]

I'm a simple man, when I see a clip of Loquatius' last broadcast, I watch.

[@gabepatton9851]

When his voice cracks our hearts shatter.

[@conflictdiamonds]

The goat strikes again.

[@SailorLaudna-eb2dz]

There's a sporcle quiz of this speech that I play every now and then for funsies

[@t3rcx]

Rewatching after C3E91 to remind myself how damn good Sam Riegel is at this.

[@thomassmart4088]

its a great thing that Sam chooses his way.

[@tdmotorsport]

Such a beautiful speech. But I can't get over that I'm old enough to have picked up on that Win, Lose, or Draw reference. No wonder my back hurts all the time.

[@JohnSo]

This moment lives uncontested in my mind as the most *epic* moment in roleplaying ive ever witness. As a humble wordmancer myself, I aspire to be *this epic* of a wordmancer. He wrote this IN SESSION. Sam, you are forever valued and worshipped. May you live long and prosper

[@MedievalMary]

Sam gets me every time!💔🤣

[@Kosainecm]

this broke my whole life

[@jordanhaas8699]

Has anyone been able to find the brand/who makes Sam’s shirt from this episode? Critical Closet hasn’t been able to figure it out yet

[@bestofcriticalrole]

He must have a really good contact to get all his bit stuff

[@voltcorp]

I believe he got it at Dan Flashes

[@gomboc5146]

@@voltcorp that's a pretty complicated pattern that thing must've run him at least 1k

[@Earthheart]

Whats with the cuts, I mean you cut out literally less than 3 seconds of line at some points for no reason. "If you are part of the administration, [ANY administration]" you took out two words in that line and it cuts a little of the heart of it out.

[@micahnewby7964]

Possibly conflicted with uploader's irl political views

[@snikerz5886]

I legitimately want a campaign with Liam, Sam, Brennan and Matt as players with a DM that can handle them.

[@quinnnewman9538]

god what a good orator

[@tehanua4383]

I LOVED this campaign. It was wild

[@chessmiller5661]

Im not crying youre crying

[@houstonhall1851]

Sam is secretly the best at the game. The front and center best is Laura. But the secret best is Sam.

[@aidankeane8971]

Shame he didn't prepare misty step eh?

[@Xenko007]

The best

[@julianaayu]

Remember... the Market's Wonder

[@CasualApostate]

Why is it his final speech?

[@einCAA]

It's the final speech of his character in the mini campaign that shows the hours leading to the calamity.

[@_The_Dumbass_]

Remember the Market of Wonders

[@ador7572]

whats this about?

[@einCAA]

It's a mini campaign that shows the final hours before the calamity. If you don't know critical role, think of Noah's flood. But he isn't Noah. He's just the journalist that brings the news of the coming doom to the world.

[@DeinosDinos]

ExU Calamity, talks about the Calamity, an event in Critical Role's world Exandria that wasn't really talked about cause it happened a long time ago. Kind of a prequel. Can't say more without spoiling so go watch it!

[@veritush]

@@DeinosDinos at this point if they watched this clip, the whole calamity is spoiled for them hahaha

[@jarvo5880]

if the people put their spell energy into the net some of them might die. they want to sacrifice the people

[@nuggrcrunch]

Lame lol

[@SirFoxbutt]

Someone told me Sam uploaded a picture of his handwritten speech that he'd created during this episode, I'm not sure if it's on Twitter or Instagram... does anyone have a link to it?

[@icymoons]

it's on instagram!

[@ninnusridhar]

Anyone whos playing a bard, please watch and learn. This is a masterclass in not only character playing, but also in emotion and comedy and heartbreak and humanity and hope. This is the band on the titanic playing as the ship goes down. And a thousand years from this moment, if Bells Hells finds any info about the ring of brass or avalir, you can cleanly place the praise onto Loquatious and Sam

[@Raichulula]

Not even people playing bards. But anyone with an interest in script-writing.

[@umacenuff1]

Watching this a few times this is my takeaway. Wonderful instigation by Brennan. “ how does silvery barbs work?” You actually forget at the end that he even posed this question. That’s how you suggest as a Dm in the moment without overstepping, especially in a 4 episode campaign, and it made all the difference. This story would’ve had a completely different outcome without that question.

[@pedrogarcia8706]

Especially because it was I think still a relatively new and niche spell. It was in a source book for a magic the gather setting that afaik wasn't super well received, so people outside the optimazation communities who all know how good the spell is wouldn't have that much experience with it.

[@HombreImpera]

A masterpiece from start to finish. Sam really is a master of his craft, that even after multiple rewatches of this series, he can still bring a person to tears with just a speech.

[@TheyCallMeCarg]

How is it possible to be the most infuriating and yet the most inspiring member of the CR cast? Sometimes it seems like he's not paying attention, or paying too much attention to the wrong thing, and then he pulls off the most memorable moments like this. Damn you, sir.

[@bdletoast09]

When I started watching the show, I found Sam to be annoying. I felt he was always distracting the table from the important stuff and I thought he wasn't as invested in the story as the rest of them... But boy, was I wrong. The more I watch, the more I was entrapped by this man's natural charm. He can be a bit too much at times, but he cares very much for the story he and his friends are telling, and when he wants to, he can be the most incredible guy at this table filled with incredible people.

[@Pablo360able]

Sam is *always* paying attention.

[@themandomerc652]

I really wish Sam/Loquatious had gone "What do your notes say??? Fuck it! WE'LL DO IT LIVE!"

[@fidellerosa]

beautiful Aabria. i get why Quay would reject his home plane of existence for her

[@sweebos]

This was such a beautiful moment 🥲

[@Butterzzzz]

This really felt like the peak of DND experiences, all of the cast working together and all in it, the DM leading the experience, it honestly looks like a group of friends in one of their parent’s basements just having fun

[@AAAlicia27]

Samuel. MFing. Riegel. Yes, I cry about this everytime I see this.

[@ezekielreyes1215]

I cried. Again. I don't often rewatch media, but I'll do it again bc it was so good

[@Pandamonium626]

Sam begins his speech and within seconds everyone else is swooning HARD lol

[@SkilesHasFun]

"Liars, traitors, scoundrels and curs, their hubris run amok." STRONGLY underrated quote from this monologue.

[@koji6745]

Anyone else here in a Sam making us cry round?

[@liamjrowan2896]

As much as Brennan is an absolute menace he so helpful 😂

[@dnf-dead]

There's an animation of this thats really funny 😁