Critical Role Animated - First Meeting

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[@author19creator]

I want the entire campaign turned into a cartoon now

[@mathewsmith2281]

Allison Althof that would be fuckin amazing

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

get in line. there's people waiting for *the first one* turned into a cartoon, since last year!

[@author19creator]

Nighthawk I'm in that line too, but I specifically want this version of Jester.

[@GreatBigRanz]

They turned them into comic books! www.comixology.com/Critical-Role/comics-series/107065?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC90b3BSZXN1bHRzU2xpZGVy

[@gamester512]

And they could also have some real fun with the Deck of Many Things moments, like when Grog gets the "Knight" card, they could have the "Knight" have a cartoony freak-out when Grog says "Kill the dragon". :P

[@SynchronizorVideos]

Jester's voice works really well with this animation style.

[@wademasters2344]

Synchronizor she is a talented voice actress. Of course her voice sounds great in an animation

[@SynchronizorVideos]

I just meant that the art style works really well with the voice & mannerisms Laura does for Jester. Obviously her voice work is great; that goes for pretty much the whole cast.

[@wademasters2344]

Synchronizor absolutely agree

[@Banzaipants]

That little arm wave with 'Nice to meet you...!' gold

[@leonmercury3732]

@@Banzaipants I'd say it's worth about 7 silver.

[@cibrinyark339]

I love how Jester shook her arm even though Caleb didn't take it just like Laura did

[@BryonYoungblood]

Each animation and animatic I see of this scene does that which is just too cute and it’s obvious Laura did it as a reflection of what she wanted Jester to do.

[@belakitu8331]

Man, back when Caleb's "German" accent was subtle XD

[@jacobkovarovic2044]

I really want to know how he does that. I can barely hear the German and I keep getting it mixed up with a British accent

[@deusvault5732]

I think the subtle german was a better serious character for a tv show while the absolute german was a better dnd character.

[@AuraRift]

Ever since the NINE! Episode...things changed XD

[@Top_Hat_Walrus]

@Gregory Painter i’m going to sound like an asshole but it’s actually nein

[@CrazyGoGoVrose]

I honestly didn't really know if he was doing an accent for ages

[@zhenshei9398]

Jester: How much silver did I just get? Beau: SEVEN! Jester: WHOO! Probably my favourite moment. xD

[@rafaeltaracena112]

Zhenshei i

[@nekoali2]

Pretty much anything Jester does is hilarious, oddly enough. Or better yet, when Jester and Nott get in a roll.

[@Grounded_owll]

you mean the punchline. its meant to be the punch line

[@anthonyewolf]

Very good editing choice.

[@char9520]

AND SIXTEEN COPPER

[@garrettcarter2959]

Obi-Wan Kalebi

[@DinoboySeth]

Yes I'm not the only one who thought that!

[@Metrion77]

Old Bren

[@Augie_Froggie]

May the force be with you

[@commandercaptain4664]

Hello there.

[@JoshJenrayAK47]

"How much silver did I just get?" *calls over* "Seven!" "WHOO!"

[@jamesgreen90]

And 16 copper

[@andrewvanhorne4359]

0:24-0:29 I just noticed that Jester swiped Beau's gold.

[@TomasPabon]

Oh damn, nice touch

[@michiwonderoutdoors2282]

1 GP 1SP lol very astute!

[@TieflingKumasi]

Her Vex was showing

[@schwarzerritter5724]

I think Beau is moving the coins around while trying to do elementary school level math.

[@haydenfrost988]

This is so cute! I love the style and personality you put into their movements.

[@invisibelchalk]

This is outstanding! Jester is so cute. You have them all down pat.

[@JayTohab]

OPINIONS: - Kanekuo has the best Nott - Isabel Silva has the best Molly But hands down... ...DarkYordle has the best Jester. :3

[@MalekitGJ]

@UCfHPdTquP3-qC6xjIplhXrA has the best Spurt

[@MalekitGJ]

@UCfHPdTquP3-qC6xjIplhXrA has the best Spurt

[@MitchNesbitt]

"how do I split 4 gold amongst 3 people?" Option A) 1,1,and 2 Option B) DM can change it to 3 gold, 9 silver, and 9 copper.

[@ExoticChad]

i get 4 gold you guys get nothing is my fav solution

[@Alexander-vg5qf]

The fairer solution would be: Person 1 gets 2g 1s 13c Person 2 gets 1g 11s 13c Person 3 gets 1g 10s 22c The first and second one get one extra copper of value than the third, but no can do.

[@ChevaliersEmeraude]

@@Alexander-vg5qf you could always give the extra bit of copper to charity! Like a temple or something! That way everyone gets the same amount! :)

[@bbrbbr-on2gd]

Mitch Nesbitt Or put the gold into a community expense fund for misc. stuff like bribes.

[@Alexander-vg5qf]

@@ChevaliersEmeraude that's... actually brilliant!

[@solahaze8948]

"Tieflings can only see movement"

[@dullahan_of_light6047]

Hannah Pilkey i love folktale shit like that. Shhh i heard that if a dwarf drinks water he grows three times his normal size, i also heard elves can tell how long you have to live by listening to your heartbeat.

[@solahaze8948]

@@dullahan_of_light6047 I heard if an Elf looks into your eyes, she's trying to read your mind!

[@Konpekikaminari]

@@solahaze8948 If I ever play an elf, and I hear an NPC whisper that line Imma go stare them right in the eye, and then say outloud something along the lines of "S/he is cheating" Regardless of the way said elf would normally be roleplayed

[@huffleprecious4143]

tieflings are cats confirmed

[@lumberluc]

"I only just met you..." "HI! I'm Jester!" Dying of laughter here! Very well done on the animation. You in competition with the others.

[@Lndmk227]

I would snuggle the stuffing out of Jester... ...y'know, assuming I didn't smell.

[@sesimie]

This kind of Animation is SOOOOO Jester!!

[@invaderzam]

Well this is just impressive

[@Angelos42]

invaderzam Respectfully, yes it is

[@ChrundleKelly]

Really good! But,poor Liam... It was all Jester's fault his character smells Ha ah.

[@Zergonapal]

Well I havn't played 5th ed yet, but I just assumed "filthy hobo" was a negative trait you could take for a bonus effect.

[@michaelbryant3640]

To be fair, Liam described Caleb as "pretty filthy" when prompted, so stinky isn't much of a stretch from there.

[@devinhoran7295]

What the? No it is not I can assure you, it is just character as far as normal 5e rules go.

[@BobTheArchmage]

Trent Baker 5e does not work like 3e/3.5e where you can take a flaw to gain an extra feat. Flaws are inherent in your personality/character building but does nothing mechanically. 5e isn't too big on the whole min-max shtick 3e/3.5e had.

[@Longlius]

Incidentally, I've never encountered a 3.x game where flaws were used. Most DMs I know banned them outright because of how bullshit the feat system was already.

[@BWCfordays]

Awesome and very funny as toons. Especially Jester's "Whoo!"

[@piercingmoon24]

This is impressive. I will subscribe in the hopes to see more of your work.

[@warbacca1017]

"Dont arouse suspicion..." Said by someone with large yellow, unblinking eyes

[@CeltiesSin]

i think ive watched this like 5 times in a row xD this is fantastic; thank you DarkYordle

[@KevinTheDane]

This is so awesome! How long did it take to make?? :D

[@xspain9907]

KevinTheDane what he said cause this is amaze ball's the animation is so goooooood I need more

[@flyingstapler]

Whaaaaaaat!! Your characters look amazing! I love the Jester! You should really make more! :D

[@classicalpotato]

"How much silver did I just get" *"SEVEN"* "Whoo!"

[@llamasniper1116]

Omg you need to make more I love the art style

[@hunbug]

Jaj de örülök hogy egyre több magyar critrole fant lelek a neten! Egyébként fergeteges mű, Jester designja, mozgása és arcmimikája visz mindent xD Jó szórakozást a 100k megtekintéshez, meglesz! c:

[@aronaranyossy]

ha 2022-ben kezded el, addigra már van egy csomó! Haverom mondta :P

[@patrickstar5136]

Jester back then "wuhu 7 silver" jester maybe 20 episodes later "my mother only send me 200 gold how am I going to survive?"

[@Gabathegeek]

YOUR ANIMATION STYLE IS SO CUTE AND FLUID I CANT 😍😍😍 I love this so much 😭

[@Hearty1100]

I love how you captured their personalities so well. Especially Caleb's

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

best audio splicing I've heard so far. what software are you using?

[@lobokujo7825]

This was amazing ☺ for what its worth, you got a new Sub in me. I dont wanna sound demanding, but I would love for more Critical Role stuff coming from you. You're style and the shows tone compliment each other so well.

[@tylerbarnick8750]

This reminds me of Samurai Jack

[@king_haddock6511]

This is absolutely incredible. Wonderfully and expressively animated, so perfect.

[@Alaric11]

This is amazing. Who would have thought amazing voice actors would sound so good on an animated video.

[@o0Avalon0o]

This is the best thing I've ever seen! Great work!

[@schweigsamer]

most fun i had on youtube in a while please keep making these :D

[@Living_Life242]

I love how lively you make them, especially Jester. You should do Molly and Yasha’s intro next. One tiny mistake though; Fjord doesn’t have tusks. If you want him to look more distinct, the top half of his face is a noticeably darker green than the bottom half.

[@cobzone]

This is fantastic. Great animation and sync with the audio.

[@colbynelson2760]

This is amazing!!! Love you’re art style, can’t wait to see what you have in store.

[@Crowvidkitty]

I love, this is great

[@GuitarrAssassin]

Laura Bailey's Jester is just way too precious for this world.

[@PatS152]

This is my new favorite animation please make more of these please!!

[@alanbarkey8929]

You literally hit Jester spot on!!! Just waiting for you to make more!

[@KubinWielki]

The best artstyle I've seen so far in Critrole animations :D

[@MinersLoveGames]

This is so good!

[@RomanceFreak]

Wow! Your animation is amazing!! So colorful and smooth! 👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️

[@UltravioletArts]

Please make more of these that was so GOOD

[@wowhatheck]

Your style is super cute! This animation is really well done too! Amazing work, DarkYordle! I like it a lot

[@exile1412]

Still adore this super cute animation. Well done on all the details.

[@BB-xz9bi]

Please do more of these!!!! It’s amazing

[@adamstieber2591]

Bloody fantastic job on this animation!

[@admiralnemo1868]

I really love your style keep up the good work!

[@HobbylessWolf]

Haha this is great! Your artstyle fits it all perfectly

[@Hockleberry]

Man that was so good. Perfect animation style. Id watch a whole campaign of moments like these. Please make more CR animated shorts!

[@House_Kreinath]

Really like the way this is done! The animation goes well with the scene and I would LOVE to see more :)

[@jacobward1441]

MORE PLEASE! that's one of the best CR animated scenes I've seen

[@BannedFromTheaters]

Oh my god the amount of work this must've taken. Not just the animation but the sound design as well. You made this flow all so naturally even though there is background music in the original episode. and just massive kudos. This is amazing.

[@DianTherra9]

I think this was actually what made me watch Critical Role in the first place. It showed up among my recommended videos a lot, and in the end I figured I could just watch it. I enjoyed the video itself and I though "What is Critical Role?". You, dear person on the Internet, have both blessed and cursed me. About eight-nine months later I have just finished watching episode 63. This is insane.

[@zshepard0947]

I really needed this today... thanks!, and super cute animation style!!

[@rachelcov9172]

I love your style SO much. And the mouth movements sync up really well to the audio.

[@jasonpauldegraaf]

Make more of these! They're great!

[@Real_Beyoga]

Please do more!!! this is absolutely amazing and makes me happy every time i watch it.

[@timkinss]

This is, by quite some way, the best animation of CR I've seen :) It feels like real animation, not just moving mouths. And you captured the characters really well, especially Jester. More please!!!

[@Brainwave101]

I haven't even finished the first campaign yet but this keeps popping up in my recommendations with that smug ass tiefling looking at me like "you know you wanna click it."

[@Dragonivon]

That was probably the most adorable thing I'll see all day... at least until Talks Machina tonight. Thank you for bringing a smile to my face.

[@tabby842]

Laura's accent while playing a tiefling makes it seem like she's impersonating a draenei

[@JoshSweetvale]

Blue russian Tiefling. Yeah it's either deliberate or syncretic evolution.

[@emeraldlaneian]

This is really good! :D

[@pop-tartdepression393]

Adorable

[@pop-tartdepression393]

Wait does Jester take Beau's Gold piece 0:24

[@RelatvityUnset]

Whoa! Didn't notice! Nat 20 sleight of hand check.

[@Ceegore]

I'm just getting into D&D. Trying really hard to learn. Last night I actually watched this live playtrough of Ep1 for the first time, and now watching this (which came up in my recommended feed), was one of the greatest things I've ever seen on KZbin. Honestly spit out the water I was drinking from laughing so hard. LUL :-D

[@mateuszmatijot]

This is Quality Animation. Im subscribing. You should feel good for being that good.

[@TheNetsMBD]

Wonderful style. Can't wait to see more of your interpretations this season!

[@Soy_Sauce_Supreme]

Okay this is the 4th time I've watched this in 20 minutes, amazing work I hope to see more, subbed.

[@Curtofthehorde94]

Please do a kickstarter to do the whole series... I'd chip in!

[@ezQuietCh]

This is super cool!!! Very nice!

[@chickencrusade3886]

Oh my god the tiefling is so adorable

[@L-Puffin]

This was so adorable, but also so so fluid! Amazing job!!! ❤

[@mightystu49]

This is, quite frankly, delightful. You've got a very great style, and should keep animating as much as you can!

[@aliyoung3219]

Oh my gosh, this is amazing. Please do more!!! :)

[@Killer66hitman]

This makes me want to watch season 2 of Critical Role! Thank you for the super cute drawings and great editing

[@ahobbitstail7022]

This is genuinely good. Please please continue.

[@WardNightstone]

this style works really well

[@unbreakablelag]

This is wonderfully done and has made my day.

[@DakarTwelve]

Wow, I adore this style! Looking forward to seeing more!

[@joaosoares-rr5mj]

loved the animation style

[@nopenope3228]

This one is... very, very good. Great job.

[@justvibing1141]

This is really good please do more. Also love the art style

[@Hanhan-fi1dr]

Why is this so underrated?

[@CeltiesSin]

its been out for a day and has almost 3k views id hardly call that underrated.

[@Hanhan-fi1dr]

Do ya' hear that? That's the sound of many other brilliant fan things, gone unnoticed. When I wrote this there weren't that many views, and so I assumed it was also going to go unnoticed too, which I thought was kinda sad.

[@timkinss]

Johnathan he doesn't know that. So talking condescendingly to him is out of order.

[@Hanhan-fi1dr]

I didn't... I explained _why_ I thought it had gone unnoticed, and then _why_ I said it had gone unnoticed despite it having 3k views. If you really believe that saying "Do ya' hear that?" is condescending.... how? slightly sarcastic, yes. But nowhere near "condescending." (Side note: With your logic, wouldn't saying "is out of order" to me also be condescending, I mean if sarcasm is, then treating me like a rowdy child is too)

[@kellenrist3973]

Your style is so adorable! It's especially well fitting for Jester. This is really great work!

[@RayOEM]

This is amazing, pls do more of these videos. Reeaaaaaally goooooood

[@Chaisz3r0]

This is wonderful! Would love to see more.

[@PGT860]

Well that was the cutest artstyle I've seen them animated in Lovely work!

[@siriussarcasm4772]

I gotta thank you for this.

[@smuge3165]

this is amazing i love the animation style.

[@Zyemeth0]

I would pay if this were like a 20min animated series. SO GOOD!

[@SharkyShocker]

We need more! Absolutely fantastic!

[@owlsthirdeye6174]

I love the art style

[@pigstiches]

This is stellar. Do more please.

[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

Your art is so adorable! :O

[@michaelsucharski6316]

I love your style :D I hope you keep making these!

[@matthewlove4082]

This is so good omg!!! Great job