By Goat or By Boat | Critical Role | Campaign 3, Episode 56

[@flandomaltrizian4603]

HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing 0:40 Sam Riegel: Mind Freak 3:35 Laura’s merch corner 5:40 Someone with teeth like that must know about food 9:25 Intro cinematic 11:15 EPISODE STARTS 13:05 Donnie Boy 14:15 Recap ends, Travel day 1 (also new art drops) 15:25 Travel day 2 16:15 Ruidus is on the down side of flat Exandria 18:10 Travel day 3 19:50 If you’re hot, you can’t be cold 21:00 Fearne milks Donnie Boy 23:35 Travel day 4 (Donnie Boy makes an offer) 26:05 Battle begins 35:10 Tossed raccoon 38:35 15’11” becomes 16’1” 43:20 Sam finds a goat blog 44:05 Talking to Donny Boy 52:15 Deanna and FCG 1:00:40 Imogen poops her non-existent pants 1:01:15 Commune 1:10:20 FCG and Deanna 1:18:55 Deanna is nosy enough to hear the kiss 1:20:05 Chetney’s old man roll 1:21:55 Chetney is second smallest 1:23:30 They progressively understand the raft was a bad idea, but can’t back down 1:25:55 Deanna does goat murder 1:29:45 Donny Boy is freaking out 1:34:10 Into the Savalir Woods 1:41:20 Confronting the werewolf bite 1:44:05 Ashley is doing object work 1:45:50 Differing perspectives on goat killing 1:47:45 Travel Day 5 1:49:55 Shutting down the motor (intro to monster) 1:58:35 BREAK STARTS 2:13:15 Art Montage 2:15:15 BREAK ENDS 2:17:45 Battle begins 2:21:30 FCG is the only one allowed to tongue FRIDA 2:36:00 FCG cain’t quit FRIDA 2:38:05 Crazy in love 2:59:05 Lady’s boat 3:01:00 HDYWTDT 3:04:00 Fresh wood 3:10:35 Talking to fish 3:14:45 Second mouth 3:18:25 Chetney is our king 3:22:35 Deanna and FRIDA 3:27:50 Travel Day 6 3:30:50 Travel Day 7 3:37:45 Riding the aeormatons 3:39:40 Blood muffins 3:42:45 Aabria is worried about Burching Travis 3:54:00 The Crimson Shades might be bad 3:58:30 A very disturbing monster description 4:02:05 Tchh 4:03:15 Roping Matt into the nonsense 4:06:30 It’s a secure line 4:10:20 Episode Ends The in-game start date for the episode was the 25th of Fessuran in the year 843. Sam’s gas can has multiple sequential messages that say “Happy 4/20! : Yes, I'm talking to you. : You specifically. : No, you're not being paranoid. This is really directed at you specifically. : Why? Are you doing something wrong? : Something you should be ashamed of? : I'm just wishing you a happy 4/20. Why are you being weird about it? : Anywho, Happy 4/20!” Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?

[@kingxl10]

Had to scroll so comment for algorithm

[@RuailleBuaille]

Cheers Flando!

[@samuraiko]

As always, Flando, thank you so much! (And scritches and boops to Beau!)

[@Pberry2761]

Traveller bless you, Flando

[@lilcrowlet1802]

Thanks Flando

[@sarahlizzieful]

Where Taliesin has his eerily realistic crow noises, and Liam has his shockingly life-like elephant noises, Matt has his comedically accurate goat noises. What a talented bunch.

[@josephanderson4296]

Ashley does an impeccable chicken impression

[@xaigoart]

@@josephanderson4296 and an impeccable Egyptian mummy impression for sure :D

[@kampfh7150]

They should really consider voice acting

[@veritush]

i almost die with: -"goats do float" -"alive?" -"let me check"

[@jarrodcollihole1379]

And christians "if they do float, they're a witch" mate knows what's up

[@phoenixdzk]

Deana: You'll float too!

[@TheAsmodha]

Fun fact: most animals with hooves are excellent swimmers.

[@robertgard4738]

@@jarrodcollihole1379the fact it didn’t lead to a small Monty Python moment was mildly disappointing

[@MisterSmith00]

A perfect reminder that "Speak with Animals" is one of the most hilarious spells in the game.

[@deaconstjohn4842]

That and speak with the dead can create some potentially hilarious moments lol true

[@Piketom1]

Druids are one of the most fun classes you can have in a game too.

[@masterjaczor9892]

I love at around 1:25:24 and onward Matt is trying to explain that the goats are not normal sized goats and eventually gets to the point of yelling out "They're RIDING Goats!" while the party is just like "I didn't realize that they were so big." I just love the idea that they entire party thought they were riding on normal sized goats when some of them would be twice the size of a normal goat.

[@KraakenTowers]

Like that horse from the cartoon where Daffy Duck plays Robin Hood.

[@literatouristin]

Classic dnd 😂 I love everything about that😂

[@brodylockwood14]

This is why D&D is stupid, you can literally do anything you want. It's like a group of 5 year olds role playing in the backyard.

[@JacopoSkydweller]

More like 5 or 6 times the size! Hilarious though. 10'x10' raft.... Yeah probably not lol. Lord Of The Rings Online riding goats are a great reference.

[@magnetronman298]

Yeah when Matt mentioned they were considerer large I was like "wait that would mean a single goat occupies a 10x10 square, like the boat"

[@lemonoclefox]

anytime FCG curses or says something lowkey vulgar I just recall Ashton that one time going, with shock and pride, "what the fuck, Grass? what have you been reading?!"

[@skylark7921]

Or my personal favorite - Ashton: “where did you even learn that kind of language?!” FCG: “from you” Ashton: “… fuck”

[@RaineInChaos]

I love them

[@mattkennedy5374]

@@RaineInChaos At first I didn't like Ashton too much, it felt like Tal was maybe pushing a bit hard on the role? But after about 10 or 15 episodes it dawned on me that 1: Ashton is the pissed off, older than you but still teenaged big brother and won't take shit from anyone if it involves his friends, and that 2: This is just a chance for Taliesin to let his inner teen goth back out

[@SessVlogs]

​@@mattkennedy5374 That and finding out that they have chronic pain 😥

[@erickremers3986]

Deanna and Imogen panicked exclaims of "NO!" When FRIDA says they're coming around to the flat earth thing xD priceless

[@Kubimaruicedragon]

What I find even funnier is that the ROBOTS believe it’s a flat earth. Just imagining all of the really smart robots/automaton with vast data banks of scientifically accurate information about the world and how it operates. Then these two fantasy aeormatons come on in like: “hold my oil” 😂

[@helplmchoking]

@@Kubimaruicedragon I feel like the slightly naive, out of time, very not-worldly robots trying to understand the world and desperate for a purpose are like the perfect cult/conspiracy victims. Doesn't help the others keep egging them on lol

[@SampsonRHill]

@kubimaruicedragon it reminds me of how the google ai is completely useless since they gave it access to Reddit since it weighs shitposts with the same validity as all other pieces of information lol!

[@d2beej]

I adore the whole "Chetney rolls a d100 to see if he dies of old age" running bit

[@r.s.2890]

Its like grogs "roll for beard"

[@mariahhaney7306]

I swear hes going to roll one day and actually keel over

[@joshhaworth2155]

@@mariahhaney7306 Imagine if it's right before fighting either Ludinus or Predathos at the very end of the campaign.

[@jamaalgaylord5029]

Makes me wonder if he does it for laughs or if he actually has a set number for it

[@mr.e7541]

​@@jamaalgaylord5029he said it's 100

[@thesilverlancesaga2578]

Christian should give Sam a bun recipe in game and one day sam should be like "hold on guys FRIDA gave me something to remember them by. I can't move too fast, I have a bun in the oven." And it will be the most confusing thing the group will hear. Or something like that.

[@waffleboy159]

God I hope Sam does something like this. that's so on-brand.

[@tybronx2446]

The perfect successor to Ferne's "I have a child" 😂

[@blakeverdon4492]

I can't help but wonder what Ashton would think of FCG's adventures while they were separated and scattered across Exandria. Just imagine your sibling or friend suddenly going abroad and then when they come back they tell you that in less than a week they meet someone, fall in love, found/reestablish their ties to religion, participated in a bull fight, went white water rafting through a jungle and explored ancient ruins, oh and also met the King and Queen of whatever country they found themselves in. These could be FCG's _walks up in chef whites and tomato sauce_ "No time to explain," stories LMAO

[@rhokesh4391]

"Just a string of sad romances..." "...and one tire track."- best exchange of this episode 😂

[@DredgenStorm]

Gonna need a timestamp for that one

[@koretechx1]

I'm genuinely surprised that FCG had a successful commune and didn't ask if the rest of their friends are still alive.

[@KillerOfWhales]

Probably didn’t occur to Sam just because implicitly he’s aware that they are, so it wasn’t immediately the first thing on his mind

[@sinbycosvi9]

To me, it made the conversation even more beautiful. This is the first time they've had an actual moment with their goddess, and instead of asking about themselves or their friends, he asked the Changebringer "Do *you* need help?"

[@BNOBNO14]

@@sinbycosvi9 agreed. Especially with who FCG is as a character.

[@wildroseabbieeify]

Definitely a happy little accident. Like Joshua said, it's probably Sam not considering to ask because he, as a player, knows they are probably okay. However, it ends up being very on brand for FCG to ask if someone else needs help instead of trying to ask for help for himself.

[@Laura-il3er]

I honestly think he wasn't expecting the Changebringer to come to him and hadn't thought of what he would ask beforehand

[@tomawen5916]

Matt: (voicing as a riding goat Donny Boy): "What happened to Jerry?...he exploded... is it going to happen to me?..i don't want to explode!". Best conversation with Ashley/Fearne talking with her goat.

[@bobthehognog569]

Poor jerry

[@DarcOne13]

"We're gonna stay and eat Jerry!"

[@OttersDen]

Honestly? That was the only thing that kept my brain from shutting down over the VERY sudden horror of it. 😉

[@GibsonYouTube]

i think the D20 crew has been rubbing off of matt, the improve skills are showing

[@jenny_of_oldstones3523]

Definitely a spit take,!!!

[@elijaaaah]

this episode i realised FRIDA only has a charisma of 9 when they have the most unreal robo-rizz i’ve ever witnessed

[@Colin-cv6wt]

his hair looks like lego

[@MrReset94]

That’s cause the actor has the rizz the robo lacks

[@mizzeti]

I would argue that rizz is also tied to wisdom, not only charisma :))

[@TheCJTECH11]

Lack of subtlety can speak as courage at times lmao I'm on board

[@DaveTh3Ninja]

"Fearne! SIT ON ME!" Best line of the campaign.

[@samuraiko]

I am PRAYING we get fanart of this and given the size difference, all we see of Imogen is like her hands and feet sticking out from under Fearne and a muffled speech bubble of "this is fine."

[@dftp]

I just wanted someone to say "We're not doing another porno!" in that moment..

[@xySuperManxy]

She had to know what she was saying, right? Right?

[@sansprobus7209]

She said what we were all thinking.

[@beedlebur]

Reminded me of Steve Harvey’s “YEEESSS!! SIT ON IT!!”

[@SJH2]

They’re riding goats. They’re…RIDING goats. THEY’RE RIDING GOATS!! 😂😂😂

[@DarkHarlequin]

This is such classic DM stuff. Trying to desperately communicate to your players just HOW dumb one of their ideas is without actually telling them what to do (and you REALLY don't want to deal with the fallout of this extremly dumb plan) and them hearing exactly nothing of it 🙄😁

[@PineappleZach666]

Goat boat.

[@twothirdsanexplosive]

It's not just DMing, managing a team is similar in that something that seemed straightforward ends up being imagined very differently by others and nobody checks assumptions until craziness happens 😅

[@CrabbyPattyLagune]

SHUT UP (smosh style)

[@GerardInandan]

before that desperate statement, i have a part of me that was just imagining the medium sized humanoids just dragging their feet/hooves while riding the goats. hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@wizkida981015]

By Matt accepting the cookie, he is now officially on team Snacker. Brennan wins again.

[@KyloRenNStimpy]

Needs a back mouth.

[@sweebos]

Snaccos \o/ (⁠~⁠‾⁠▿⁠‾⁠)⁠~

[@JacopoSkydweller]

Soon he'll be needing somebody to "SHOVEL SALAMI INTO AN OPEN FURNACE!&$!"

[@whattheflyingfuck...]

only twice makes a habit

[@jacobschallert8537]

If we didn't see it on screen it didn't happen

[@peterharoon7791]

Man, Matt is just so fucking talented with voices and sounds. How does he keep one upping himself like that? That fish voice was spontaneous but still so damn impressive.

[@DredgenStorm]

Out of everyone in this group, Matt has the most range with voices. It took me 2 years to realize that he voiced the Fanatic in Destiny 2: Forsaken. And that's only because I'm part of the Covid Catch-Up crew, and heard his Clarota voice. This man, is truly a god

[@Sleepierhead]

Matt finally allowing himself to eat not only on stream but the VERY INTRO OF THIS EPISODE just makes me melt 😭

[@MrWolfgangJca]

Ikr. I remember when they ordered some donuts during stream and he was like "Get that away from me!".

[@Sleepierhead]

@@MrWolfgangJca Matt mentioned I believe during his DM round table with Aabria & Brennan that when he started Critical Role, someone in the twitch chat mentioned about him eating during stream which made him incredibly self conscious which is why he stopped eating on stream. I’m super proud of Matt for getting over it & chowing on some delicious Eshteross cookies :>

[@forsaken696]

@@Sleepierheadok

[@SexiestPenguin]

@@Chilliconkanye bit of a stupid comment to make

[@SexiestPenguin]

@@Chilliconkanye That's not what I said, and you know it. But nice try.

[@101Kalamazoo]

That catfish voice was INCREDIBLE

[@munchkin5679]

For real!

[@Tovec8]

Greatest voice Matt's ever done.

[@Mezmero]

Sounded like what I imagine a DEEP SEA creature would talk like. Like anglers and stuff.

[@Dfarrey]

Alternative title: Whatever Floats Your Goat

[@arhtt_12]

Get this person on the production team stat

[@merlin9240]

That is fantastic.

[@wolvencreator8585]

HAH 🤣 That would've been so good

[@guyfromelsewhere3265]

Deserve more upvotes. Genius!

[@zipzipboom87]

Solid!

[@venom7111]

Learning about the concept of different animals' realities is hilarious. Fearne with 'speak with animals' is pure content gold

[@amymurata]

I've never laughed harder than watching matt as Donnie Boy desperately beg to not explode like his friend Jerry, who got murdered for absolutely no reason by 2 feral gnomes! Also you know it's gold when Sam breaks

[@bobthehognog569]

It was pretty hilarious

[@NuNuBC]

What is pretty interesting to me is that Deanna did that right after Chet said that they can ride one together. So I kind of took this as her killing Jerry so that there is no out for Chet and they would have to ride together.

[@danielstephens1185]

I never looked forward to Monday more just to watch it again! 🤣🤣🤣

[@monosito59]

@@jonathan4158 What part of goats big enough to ride for near the max range of medium sized creatures is him failing to describe how big they were?

[@cherryblossom4243]

​@@monosito59The part where his players didn't understand how big they were and he clarified it for them. Communication and theater of the mind is hard that way

[@abberkadabber5562]

I need a shirt with goat artwork that says "We're gonna stay and eat Jerry!"😂😂😂

[@0rderofTheWhiteLotus]

Yes! This!

[@DaMapleMoose]

Laura is so attentive. Aabria coughed and she's instantly in her purse looking for cough drops.

[@cjabdon926]

Cause they gonna film. Hahahaha

[@everlasting-hate]

Or because Laura is mom and the nurture reflexes be strong!

[@daisystorer7851]

i came to say this, like INSTANTLY thought of them and was looking through her bag for a minute to get them

[@thebopcajounalist]

You’ve heard of Horse Stack, we now bring you Goat Boat!

[@Dimloep]

Horse Stack was art. Pure art.

[@KnicKnac]

That was the Elden Ring one shot?

[@magnetronman298]

@@KnicKnac yea

[@shashankiyer5751]

God I hope we get a Cad cameo one of these episodes

[@clarecasey3858]

I keep thinking they’ll end up at the blooming grove by accident. I’d take any Clay family member

[@CrabbyPattyLagune]

our WHOLE universe was in a hot dense stink, when 100 billion years ago, expansions started going whoa whoa. And then we did some maths and hetatropes began to roll me, holy fucken shit we built some walls, we built some pyramids. MATHS SCIENCE HISTORY EMPELLISH IN THE MYSTERY it all started with a PIG PANG, PANG!our WHOLE universe was in a hot dense stink, when 100 billion years ago, expansions started going whoa whoa. And then we did some maths and hetatropes began to roll me, holy fucken shit we built some walls, we built some pyramids. MATHS SCIENCE HISTORY EMPELLISH IN THE MYSTERY it all started with a PIG PANG, PANG!

[@Poggo__Doggo]

I need to see what chet does when he sees someone living in a tree

[@dude59974]

It could even be Taliesin acting him!!!!!!!!!!

[@shashankiyer5751]

@@clarecasey3858 That is exactly what I'm hoping for. It will be so funny

[@zurichRevolts]

"What're you talking about, we've survived this ENTIRE TIME without GOAT MEAT?!" hardest i've ever laughed watching this show

[@maeve615]

"Like a goat centipede.?" I'm dead... Matt has killed me

[@undcvr]

what time stamp was this?

[@reaprcussion5703]

​@@undcvr it was just after Deanna killed Jerry, when Fearne was talking to Donnie Boy

[@slktool]

44:23

[@undcvr]

@@slktool thank you

[@selena-9841]

GOAT CENTIPEDE

[@Radiago713]

Spoiler!: The fact that chetney, the woodworker, felled a tree to finish off that monster, is just so thematically perfect.

[@JustYTWatching]

It was done in such a cool way too. It's hard not to be cool when you've got a scythe that does stuff like that.

[@chillycharizard5985]

You are correct but I wish your comment wasn't the one that gets previewed on mobile because it spoiled me ;(

[@Radiago713]

@@chillycharizard5985 oh no!! I’m sorry!!

[@Radiago713]

@@chillycharizard5985 I’ve edited it so it’s less spoiler-y. Sorry it happened to you!

[@chillycharizard5985]

@@Radiago713 that's alright, at least is wasn't a massive story development

[@noblecrew]

The Campaign Two Aeor connections continue to grow!! So I have been rewatching campaign two, and posted something a while ago on a theory. We know that the Malleus Keys are being used to release Predathos from Ruidus by potentially being the key to opening the divine gate that keeps it in and through them, Ruidus is now locked in place. They are very high tech, very similar to Aeoran tech, and this is where it gets interesting. The city of Aeor was working on a project known as the “Factorum Malleus” or in common the Creator, or God Hammer. It was a weapon to KILL THE GODS and it was the reason why they we’re literally smitted out of the fucking sky. There are not many ways to kill a god and I guarantee that having two of them being connected under naming conventions like that, being that Malleus was apparently a word from the lost Aeoran language has got to be close to none. This only leads me to believe that Aeor was harnessing the power of Predathos with their God Hammer, or something like that. Also, now that we know more about Ludinus, he was connected to the fall of Molaesmyr, which lead to the corruption of the Savalirwood, which is the same thing that was corrupting PARTS OF AEOR. ITS ALL CONNECTED AND ALL COMES BACK TO THE MOON. Aeor was seemingly using its power to try and kill gods, Ludinus, potentially after excavating there, was using similar things from them in Molaesmyr and that lead to its destruction and corruption and now we’re here! Sorry, I know this is a ramble and paraphrasing my old comment with new info, but this makes me so unbelievably excited!

[@derrobi2975]

Holy shit insane good theory

[@AnilSaulnier]

Holy shit you may be onto something

[@astralluna]

no this is a perfect comment! it arranges all the information we know in a really good and easily digestible way, especially for people who haven’t watched all of campaign two or calamity (like me)! i’m so curious to see what team uthodurn finds in molaesmyr, i feel like it’s gonna be a second moon prison moment

[@Scarlac-Inc]

such a good comment, I was thinking about this earlier and you've said it perfectly!

[@gyongyverjellinek3992]

Just a thought - Maybe Predathos is tethered to Ruidus like the Nonagon was tethered to the creepy city on the astral plane. Which means that BH might end up having to work together with other members of the MN in order to dismantle Ludinus' plan.

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

Marisha may not have won the fight but she went the whole distance and stayed on her feet which in a debut fight is incredibly impressive, we all love her and we're super proud of her

[@havenomouth]

After seeing Marishas sparring sessions, the fight went exactly how I expected. Marisha was very good, fighting a bigger, stronger, more experienced, and more aggressive fighter. Marisha was a more skilled boxer that night, but the skill gap didn't make up for her disadvantages. Both fighters performed admirably.

[@0saintclark0]

​@@havenomouthMarisha was not a more skilled boxer on the night. She was leaning her head away every time a punch was thrown and was holding her arms out rather than keeping her guard up - she panicked. Understandable, but let's not give into hyperbole. She'll be better next year if she does it again as long as she practices getting punched in the face more.

[@cjabdon926]

@@0saintclark0 Show us how you fight

[@0saintclark0]

@@cjabdon926 by that logic nobody can ever criticise anyone unless they themselves are an expect. You can never moan about politicians again.

[@cjabdon926]

@@0saintclark0 Hahahahaha you cant fight

[@MycoArsenic39]

FCG: *Still thinks the world is flat even after divine intervention* Matt: “Well, it’s official, FCG is dying in this campaign.”

[@GAdmThrawn]

Make sure this heresy dies with the character and they never spread it to anyone!

[@yozen1995]

Though about it but there is a way for it to make sense for FCG to think this. Aero was a floating city, so he'd have programming to think there is an edge so he didn't end up falling off.

[@Pyre]

​@@yozen1995 I'm actually angry how well that could work.

[@katenawolfenstein9468]

Just gonna remind you of this comment, for no particular reason at all.

[@glasses6524]

​@@katenawolfenstein9468 spoil much? i would enjoy not knowing major character deaths in advance please. thank you.

[@devonsmith9519]

When FCG/Sam cast Commune with his description, my first thoughts were "A new hand touches the beacon..."

[@Dimloep]

Hear me and obey!

[@Ominous_Odyssey]

A foul darkness has seeped into my temple

[@normalhumanperson4946]

A darkness that you WILL destroy!

[@Dimloep]

Return my beacon to Mount Kilkreath

[@Ominous_Odyssey]

And I will make you the instrument of my cleansing light.

[@billystokes3917]

Fearne singing the creepiest song ever to communicate that she has no clue where she’s going is fucking hilarious. By far my favourite Critical Role pc

[@Flash4ML]

Reference to Willy Wonka

[@bradfordlindsey9781]

I was the 69th like

[@jenny_of_oldstones3523]

Yeah the Willy Wonka thing was like "💋 "chef's kiss"!!

[@Baalek1]

Fearne is very much the Gene Wilder!Wonka of Exandria.

[@junomonsoon]

When was this? I can't find the timestamp

[@Oniguy_05]

So like y'know how there are compilations of Jester's sending message? There needs to be comps of Fearne's speak with animals spell, every time it's gold!

[@KRAJJI96]

Matt not being able to contain himself rp'ing a scared goat was great

[@BritishTeaLover]

36:35 Sam Reigel, professional D&D player for 8 years, playing a spellcaster for at least 3 of those, just finding out how creature types work

[@romxxii]

When some people are having fun with their friends, they're not worrying too much about the details. Especially when there are details people in the friend group.

[@squirrelnestgames7698]

He also played a spellcaster in Pathfinder where Giants are Humanoid (Giants), which in many ways make more sense than humanoids above a certain size being a new type.

[@Stonearrowhead]

@@squirrelnestgames7698 also when Matt introduced the giants he did say the party saw 2 "humanoid figures" which also would have thrown me off for a sec

[@Markcrazeer]

Well to be fair not a lot interact with creature type, and bards don’t get (usually pick) a lot of them. Or get into situations where they are important.

[@scottwagner2566]

Scanlan's a bard, Nott's an Arcane Trickster with levels in wizard, and FCG is a cleric. He's always been a caster to some extent lmao.

[@morksinaanab]

at 2:40:27 Aabria and Travis' generational difference shows. Travis sings ACDC's Thunder. Aabria replies with Imagine Dragons' thunder

[@markky3050]

Believe it or not there's only 3 years between them. Aabriyah is 38 and Travis is 41.

[@MulberryDays]

that is a counterintuitively huge difference, though? Aabria is a millennial; Travis is not. they grew up under *very* different paradigms.

[@XylessBrawl]

I think it's more that Aabria just listens to newer music more than Travis.

[@zawbones5198]

@@MulberryDaysGenerational differences aren’t absolute rules set in stone

[@MrNoahTall]

Cultural differences. Same generation.

[@dubbingsync]

I can’t believe my reaction to FCG’s new art was “look at this dapper little robot”

[@kachronic]

the fact the game started with Matt having a mouthful of cookie is truly what dnd is about

[@kulttuuriministeri]

if Fearne's conversation with the Fishy Mori ever gets animated, I'd like to see it twice - first just from the others perspective and then the the actual conversation. It's such an entertaining thought that the first few minutes is just Fearne with her head stuck in the water and you can clearly see the bubbles from having a conversation with something and then coming up to ask what was it she was supposed to find intel on. I love her so much!

[@uninterruptedrhythm4104]

There ain't nothing more peak D&D than Fearne talking to a fish to get information about where they're going and then told by said fish that there's an even bigger monster on the way lol

[@elijahdavidson7694]

Between the goat floating and the crocodile flipping the googling of animal facts and proceeding to apply them is a new favourite trope

[@munchkin5679]

1:29:56 I had to watch this whole "He exploded 😨" section again to focus on Sam losing his sh*t 😂😂 I love it when he laughs so hard there's just little squeaks that come out. Like in the Grog oneshot when Trinket "died" 😂😂

[@travisfulgham9998]

EXACTLY! This 1000000%. Watching Sam lose his shit is one of the greatest things in the world. Pretty sure when Jerry was talking about his friend exploding Sam was on the verge of tears lmfao

[@ProtossChad]

it's my absolute favorite

[@rosesleeps]

The gnomes went absolutely Feral this session.

[@flaminyawn]

Gnomes can be docile, and even friendly under most circumstances, but you want to stay well clear of them when their mating instinct kicks in.

[@KnicKnac]

Gnomes docile!? They are always tricksy pranksters. They love adventure and stories.

[@flaminyawn]

@@KnicKnac Yes, but most of the time they won't just turn on a dime and explode you like a superfluous goat.

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

I love how their solution to the "we have too many goats" problem was "we shall bring the same number of goats in terms of physical mass, but one of them is now just a pile of wool and a stack of meat."

[@elisam.2896]

The way poor Donnie Boy has been absolutrely TRAUMATIZED. First being MILKED by Fearne, multiple times, then watching his buddy being slaughtered in FRONT OF HIS EYES then to be abandoned as well!! I cant even 🤣🤣🤣

[@Ziaotic]

i dunno, l being milked by Fearne is the exact opposite of trauma imo

[@0saintclark0]

If you sit on your hand till it goes numb then close your eyes then you can be milked by Fearne too.

[@wholesomist3804]

I wouldn't expect two factions in the party: Animal Lovers with Imogen and Frida VS Animal Assasins with Chetney and Deanna.

[@modredastal1644]

Less than 24 hours after Deanna screamed "I love the goats! I will not leave them!"

[@sarahmcceig7161]

Fearne, of course, is both

[@itwasidio1736]

Also I cannot fathom how they have Fearne, a high-level Druid, and did not think to cast Water Walk through the whole trip.

[@angelamilioti5239]

@@itwasidio1736 love her for that

[@markjack9772]

@@itwasidio1736 high level?

[@elliekitabjian2069]

Marisha finally broke her perfect attendance 😭

[@MFAniki6390]

To be fair, she's busy punching some one in the face and/or getting punched in the face. For charity, of course.

[@elliekitabjian2069]

@@MFAniki6390 some of both 😂 was an incredible fight though! Marisha is so cool honestly

[@TheOfficialLardVader]

​@@elliekitabjian2069 definitely a lot more of one than the other. But she still is very cool yes.

[@czulus3498]

Technically, she didn't. She isn't apart of this half of the arc. So her perfect attendance is still good.

[@Xingmey]

@@czulus3498 hope the others get back soon... tbh, the 2 substitutes (can't even bothered to remember their names) are not as entertaining.

[@solmund1257]

I hope we get this amount of episodes with the other group. I really want to know what's happened to Laudna.

[@MadZax33]

They all died

[@Tobias.Sterling]

I love all of the characters (mostly) equally and I'm REALLY enjoying FRIDA and Deanna, but Ashton and Laudna are my top 2. I miss them so much 😭😭

[@flopilop4596]

I want more Taelisin!!!!

[@darkroselight3835]

Same, I've been loving the longer-term guest characters, so we really get to know them. But I miss Orym and Ashton so much. I can't wait to see what that side is up too.

[@zuzka6799]

This group is hilarious but it is already too long. I hoped they would switch groups after 3 or 4 episodes. I really want Orym, Ash and Laudna back.

[@ArcSlayer6]

Ashley Johnson on POINT these last few episodes! Absolutely loving this.

[@Secret_Takodachi]

I love that what broke Travis this episode wasn't Fearne drinking goat milk, it the fact that Fearne's goat was a boy.... 🤭😂🤣❤️ 21:12

[@LilayM]

It's when you put the two together - that's what breaks you, and I bet that's what broke Travis XD Goat milk next to that is pretty chill. Besides - there was Fearne goat milk joke last episode, so this wouldn't have come as a shock ; P Have a great day!

[@tyberiuscarter5011]

A Tall Frothy salty glass indeed

[@KuroiWashi]

Sam showing how Fearne was getting the milk also didnt help

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

It would be great if Frida became a Weregnome instead of a Werewolf.

[@vomitfountain]

That would be epic and no matter how it manifests ( if the curse even does manifest) in my heart Frida is a weregnome 😂

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

@@vomitfountain Her and Dianna could hang out on full moons and have a girls night.

[@greenquartz]

😂🤣

[@emma-leighnewman128]

😂😂😂

[@Camaika1997]

Molaesmyr gave me strong fucked up Pompei vibes with the corpses frozen in time

[@TheNowerianRaven]

It felt straight up like an area from Elden ring or other souls games to me. And that Monster there at the end *Chefs kiss*

[@Dice_and_Beans]

Chernobyll vibes to the max is more accurate in my opinion lol

[@Dice_and_Beans]

Chernobyll vibes to the max is more accurate in my opinion lol

[@j.bat.8235]

Either that or R'Lyeh or the ruins of the Elder ones in Antarctica.

[@SatyreIkon]

Matt as a freaked-out goat was something I never knew I needed. "What is time?" 😂 I'm dying!

[@hekidanjo]

We ARE proud of her. She put her entire heart out there and no one can ask more.

[@CuppaTeeh]

Marisha 'The mf Lion' Ray 💥

[@shivernaut8607]

I feel like I'm out of the loop

[@liamwalsh3309]

@@shivernaut8607 Marisha participated in Creator Clash 2, she basically had a boxing match with another youtuber/Twitch person for charity

[@shivernaut8607]

@@liamwalsh3309 thx

[@0saintclark0]

I felt kinda bad when they were adamant she was going to win easily when she barely made it through the fight.

[@berriesblue4302]

Every moment the fish talked filled me with absolute delight. What a cool voice!

[@lynkbaugus1265]

Christian is a real gift when it comes to these episodes. He's so charming and calm and lovely!

[@cardboardcreationsart]

Appreciation post for Matt's DRAG is not a crime shirt

[@Jukebox.00]

FCG determining what is and isn't humanoid like "Behold, a man!"

[@henkmalan13]

Shout out to the editors' comments and producer Kyle Shire for ROCKING that green bodysuit during the NordVPN ad! 😅

[@jenny_of_oldstones3523]

Let's just give a round of applause to Sam Riegel Yes we've seen our favorite heros connect with their gods, but I think Letter's pure soul shined. I've been waiting for them to do this & they didn't ask for favor just confirmation that she was there, that she was REALLY watching out for them. Thanked her and (just like FRIDA said) asked if she needed they're help. I guess it's hard to admit it as a Goddess but she is Change and gave her a little peek maybe of some of the others? Either way it was a beautiful moment and I was touched so deeply.. I cried & got the chills

[@dylanmaycry2211]

(timestamp is 1:01:15 btw!)

[@jenny_of_oldstones3523]

@@dylanmaycry2211 sorry I'm horrible with that

[@Baalek1]

I am disappointed that Sam didn't initiate the communion by saying, "Are you there, Change bringer? It's me, Fresh Cut Grass."

[@laughingboytibb]

Thank you Lawn Father for bringing me Fresh Cut Grass

[@MycoArsenic39]

21:15 *Fearne milks Donnie Boy* Aabria: “Isn’t he a boy goat?” Everyone: *Laughter* Travis: *Hysterical denial*

[@JosefDerKaiser]

Doth though like the taste of butter?

[@parker2121]

Infamous psychopath Fearne Calloway trekking through the Flotket Alps and guzzling a thick glass of male goat "milk" as she goes

[@EleanoraM.]

This episode was the hardest I've laughed in a long time, in particular Fearne's interactions with the goats and the fish😂

[@whitestoneandy797]

0:20 Marisha might not have won, but she fought someone with an entire fight (including training) of experience. And she went the distance! And showed so much freaking heart! Marisha and Haley really had fight of the night, in my opinion. They both did a fantastic job and helped raise a lot of money. Marisha has played a Monk, but she proved she's definitely a fighter. I hope she knows how happy and proud we are for her!

[@8440k]

She just had around 6 months of training and stood her ground in all the rounds!! That’s simply amazing!! She fought for charity!! That’s incredible!!

[@Brion57042]

If she can take hits like that after 6 months of training, the other fighters should be very worried what she can do with a whole 'nother year. She's gonna be unstoppable.

[@salgutierrez4710]

All of that tanking, I'd say she's a barbarian

[@0saintclark0]

Fight of the night? You guys are unbelievable. You really can't just give a sensible balanced opinion, you have to exaggerate everything. It was one of the worst fights of the night because of the lack of technique on show, and also the most one sided fight. Marisha tried to tie up her opponent more times than she tried to punch her, even several times being broken apart by the ref and immediately ducking down to grab her round the waist again. If she's happy with just surviving thats enough for me and it should be for you, you don't need to make out like she put in some incredible display of boxing skill and for the love of god don't start hyping her up for next year because it'll probably lead to another embarrassing situation like the one we just saw.

[@snorpenbass4196]

@@0saintclark0 Just a wild guess here, but you're one of the guys who kept complaining about Marisha existing during the first campaign?

[@viperbike2489]

cannibalistic goats are SO gonna get animated.

[@izzla8934]

Oh my god I laughed so hard at that goat scene the screaming the harvesting the "what happened to Jerry" best chaos since the immovable rod and the golems scene

[@jeepersmcgee3466]

idk the immovable rod & golem scene, but what took the cake for me was the impromptu orgy porn shoot cover story

[@izzla8934]

@@jeepersmcgee3466 it was the heist episode they where low on spells and where trying to race other teams to find an object that was between two golems knowing they where low on spells they chose to take the item and leave but they left an immovable rod and the other team locked them in the room hoping they would get killed it causes Travis to scream at matt "NO MATT!!! you can't do that we're in here!" And he just yells in terror it's worth looking up

[@AustinRiggsFire]

Honestly this felt like one of the worst roleplay scenes I've seen in CR. A highly anxious life cleric just slaughters a giant goat whom she's been riding and bonding with for days, with no thought or discussion? Then later enjoys being covered in blood? The cast making joke roleplay actions like that is great, it's not great when it's done for real.

[@cosmicsymbols4225]

There was some freaky shit in this episode, but I think what takes the cake is the unholy nuckelavee chernobyl elk Gave me shivers 😅

[@joshuakruger9455]

"Goat's blood is Nature's aphrodisiac" and jokes like this, out of context, is why people think that D&D players are Satanists. 🤣🤣🤣

[@RedYDG]

You can play D&D without it making you a satanist. But working in Hollywood on the other hand...

[@HydroPlays...]

Mercer's random NPCs are such gold. Sun tree, Victir, Henry Krabgrass, Kiri, and now Donnie Boy. Long may the DM reign

[@Caydor]

The editors trolling Sam in post was too perfect.

[@slycooper334]

Headcannon. Orym is Fearne’s anchor. The way that Fearne nervously asked Imogen if she was gonna dream walk to check for Laudna kinda made me think, she’s desperate to find Orym. The same way that Orym died and she revived him by saying,” Please come back, it’s getting really scary here”

[@forgemakesstuff2734]

Agreed. I saw a comment on another episode a while ago that was pointing out how Orym seems to be Fearne’s moral compass, as she is fae and doesn’t really have one of her own, at least not one that would be acceptable in Exandria. But she knows Orym is generally considered good by people around them, so she looks to Orym for the “right thing to do”. He helps her know how to respond to situations, and since he’s not here right now, she has no idea what to do, and that’s terrifying

[@Mimithememes]

This made me even more sad that the party is apart 🥺

[@aislinncampbell3151]

I am equally horrified and excited about Matt's radiation-mutated, Sleipnir elk

[@MarWinsDP30s]

Me instantly reconizing the mini!! “Thats the mini from the happy fun ball!!!!”

[@tiril6681]

which one?

[@kendrickrochelanzot2053]

​@@tiril6681 I think the froghemoth

[@cloud_sauce]

I absolutely love Molaesmyr in all its cursed, crumbled and reclaimed glory! Matt's description of it is so vivid, in that it's not just an old decrepit pile of rocks, but a place that was once lived in and breathing. The mention of the figure walking just out of sight gave me goosebumps, as well as the multitude of ancient bones being twisted within the brambles and vines.

[@rj86dr89]

Congrats on being Ganondorph in Tears of The Kingdom Matt Mercer. I'm sure you're going to be awesome as one of the most Iconic Villains in gaming. So so excited to play the game.

[@packofweaviles1027]

Ganondorf* Where the ph come from

[@probablynotasith5355]

This is going to be a little random but seeing Liam during the Midst Merch stuff made me realize how much I miss Caleb.

[@Ziaotic]

this episode was probably one of the funniest Matt has been in a while

[@konstance13]

I love how he cracked himself up with, "Is that gonna happen to me?"

[@danielmetcalfe5589]

“We’re gonna stay and eat Jerry” is my favorite TTRPG line I’ve ever heard. And that’s not an exaggeration. I laughed so hard I choked on an ice cube. Donny Boy has me making real life death saves.

[@Frantasia]

The utter european confusion I felt at "They are goats, they won't survive 30 degree water"

[@lasagnathan69420]

I can't believe a CR episode actually worked its way towards my personal favorite silly phrase, "Whatever floats your goat!"

[@TinyJamako]

Don't mind me, just passing by noting my favourite scenes to rewatch later 13:29 24:32 38:30 44:04 52:49 54:26 1:10:10 1:25:37 1:27:27 1:29:51 2:21:34 2:29:53 2:31:19 2:59:07 3:10:42 3:13:22 4:03:19

[@EmbryW]

Aabria "Dost thou like the taste of butter?" Matt, laughing "you guys are being attacked" The table 😱😱

[@thegoht2212]

"I attribute our success to the blood of the goat." TheGoht approves!!!

[@pekvanc5354]

35:06 The frost giants speak broken hungarian? lol. It sounds like Matt sais ,,KI volt az?, Ki volt az?"(Who was that?) when the giant gets picked up by telekinesis.

[@J_CtheEngineer]

RIP Jerry. He was the Spurt of C3. Ive never laughed so hard. Never.

[@Caitydid561]

Eleven days!

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

Okay, so, this division of Bell's Hells are apparently going to be travelling through Annihilation.

[@anthill7774]

He was actually giving the goats a much-needed swim around the boat to prevent their muscles from dystrophy. So, can goats swim? The answer is they're great swimmers and have been known to swim long distances and even across seas to populate on close neighbouring islands.18 Mar 2020

[@xfabianao]

The giant tossed arms up like the raccoon made me spill my coffee 😂

[@icedrice-ts5zz]

watching this live was a WILD experience matty as donnie boy “i don’t wanna explode” was fucking hysterical

[@murasasme]

You didn't watch anything live, their episodes are pre-recorded now, but good on you for believing.

[@drayjustdray2181]

​@@murasasme semantics dude, they watched "live" on Thursday night when the ep aired

[@icedrice-ts5zz]

@@murasasme i meant like when it was streamed on thursday i know it’s not live live i was enjoying the live chat and twitter reactions

[@christiandavegutierrez475]

@@murasasme no need to be passive aggressive towards OP you could've just said everything is prerecorded now without the attitude

[@Ragnarok6664]

@@drayjustdray2181 not live, just on schedule, like TV 📺

[@envoy2500]

I LOVED THE HORSE STACKING REFERENCE LOL

[@thedredpanda]

The episode i finally catch up on starting at C1E1 came out illegally early with no name. It's like a little reward just for me for making it all this way ☺️

[@Extremely-GR33N]

Congrats, warrior.

[@bobthehognog569]

I was the 32 criminal

[@TheDisplacerBeast]

Hey, congrats man! I started on this campaign becoming aware of CR at the end of C2

[@imnotcreative2999]

The only person known to beat Mr flando

[@timburbagereads]

Welcome to the waiting game

[@youraveragegamer4604]

”Burch killed Taliesin, you kill me”😂

[@codyneedham6070]

I am HERE for the new character portraits

[@emmamcginley5121]

Fearne and the magic catfish was one of the moments that made me laugh the most so far. Matt’s delivery and Ashley’s commitment are stellar when it comes to wild bits like this!

[@Linkolnverse]

Matt writing down something after FCG interprets the world being flat based off his description of a God.

[@brendanbedore3297]

"were gonna stay and eat jerry" had me in absolute stitches oh my lord

[@starvingscientist]

Also love the new character art!!

[@Verdant13]

The constant Galaxy quest “I have one job. It may be stupid” from Ashley kills me.

[@chickennowyeah9890]

“Fearne! Sit on me.” -Imogen Temult, 843

[@chickennowyeah9890]

22:28

[@jerryeperez]

2:35:34 Correction to the subtitles... Matt is singing the Ultros battle theme ("Grand Finale") from Final Fantasy VI; not the Atreus theme from God of War Ragnarök. In FF6, Ultros is a giant tentacle monster that you initially fight while traveling down a river on a raft.