Critical Role Animatic - Jester, Nott, and a Guard's Very Bad Day | Invisible Part 1

[@jackdog06]

Guard: *has been shot TWICE* Nott: “Lets make it look like a suicide!”

[@gabrielshadwick886]

@Dvlinhb no

[@dravenocklost4253]

@@gabrielshadwick886 Double yes

[@sequorroxx]

Arkancide.

[@greendemon905]

"Let's make it look like a suicide AFTER I've already removed the arrows from his throat!"

[@PikaPenny17]

@@greendemon905 And put cloth over the wound.

[@wesleybradshaw2609]

Somewhere in the city a family is waiting for there father to come home from his first day as a guard.

[@divinityquartz3428]

:'(

[@MrAcebandage]

He was two days away from retirement.

[@wesleybradshaw2609]

@@MrAcebandage ...2 arrows away

[@danieloceansmith3156]

Rogal Dorn no, it was his last day, he had a retirement party planned the for when he got home, everyone is still waiting to jump out and shout surprise

[@wesleybradshaw2609]

@@danieloceansmith3156 Two people definately jumped out and suprised him.

[@_zurr]

I appreciate the gradual, ever-increasing surface area of blood on their hands and clothes. That's attention to detail.

[@bionicdragon5]

"He's wearing a pool of blood." -Matthew Mercer

[@mrbibs350]

I think Taliesin said early in the campaign "Some guard went outside to enjoy the breeze, and then just bam. Darkness forever."

[@jakobsturm656]

I feel like that was Matt when they killed one of the guards at the Iron Shepard’s base.

[@theuncalledfor]

@@jakobsturm656 The iron shephards were known slavers and torturers. Whoever worked for them deserved much worse than a quick death.

[@Woodfekker]

The thrilling sequel to ”Grog and Taryon goes shopping”

[@rayanderson5797]

"He's dead! We can't make look alive!" _Necromantic laughter_

[@jonathanhamilton6190]

100% they could have revived him and I would have been tempted to.

[@ironrose6]

"Shhh, shhh, it's okay. He's with Sprinkle now."

[@swagpotato720]

Them progressively getting COVERED in blood is the best thing ever.

[@Brandon-cc5db]

I love Jester's little cartwheel after the climbing attempt.

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Post campaign one shot: it’s years after the final encounter and everything is peaceful. But then the M9 are confronted by a young man, barely out of boyhood. All he says before he attacks is “You killed my father.”

[@unknownentityenthusiast6765]

My name is inigo montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die

[@gorillafighter4037]

No that's sad therefore this comment does not exist for me

[@bleachbleachBLEACHER]

The Mighty Nein exchange looks before frowning at the boy. With an exasperated sigh, Caleb asks: "Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down."

[@Mahawww]

Jester: No, I AM your father. *Casts disguise self* And since then Jester has lived a double life as a random kid's dad, in an attempt to pull off the best "prank" in the history of Exandria. The traveller... is proud.

[@felixenhorn9125]

Do You Have the Slightest Idea How Little That Narrows It Down? ?

[@Hades8103]

Sam: Rolls Nat 20, damage + sneak attack, second bolt damage Matt: *That's a lotta damage*

[@rkbkirin5975]

What D&D party hasn't accidentally offed an NPC or eight? (Eight dozen)

[@fleau31]

RKB Kirin in the grand scheme of thing they were in the way .... XD

[@MP-in3yn]

Mine don't kill NPC's

[@fidly4]

I was once a feywild barbarian in a crowd of commoners at a festival when the badguys attacked. I raged, and the random table gave me "each creature within 30 ft. of you takes 1d10 necrotic damage. You gain temporary hit points equal to the damage taken this way." Suffice to say my HP was very high.

[@jonahgreallyryan4249]

12500. Being a bat is messed up

[@duffman2625]

Are you referring to when Matt prepared a ship to have a whole combat encounter with them and one Control Water spell sunk the ship?

[@Strong5Bad]

I love all of Travis's reactions to his wife's actions in this scenario. Laura as Jester saying they could "Weekend at Bernie's" the guard and Travis immediately just going "NOOOOO" get me every time at this point.

[@herosmith5662]

Strong5Bad Especially knowing he went through this last campaign... also with Sam's character.... because of Sam's character's pet....

[@vintolio]

"We weren't teying to kill him, we were trying to keep him quiet." You said the same thing, but with different wording.

[@zorod5475]

This scene was one of the most stressful facepalming scenes in the entire campaign.

[@musicmiester300]

Nah, hermdefacing the platinum dragon is, this is a close second.

[@vinnie8792]

@@musicmiester300 no the acid guard is, this isnt even close :P

[@samskelly]

@@musicmiester300 Close one, i’ll do ya something better. The whole session with Caleb breaking into th Volstrucker place with Jester and Veth,, and the Nicodranas goose chase shortly after

[@LordAaronus]

ep 76: a guard's very bad day ep 127: oh you sweet summer child

[@prophetisaiah08]

Typical M9 plan: The final plan after 20 minutes of debate is not quite half baked, more like 3/4 baked. A solid enough plan to improvise around other complications, but with some serious holes in it. So the M9 put it into action. Somewhere between 30 seconds and 3 minutes in, somebody does something stupid/rediculous and the whole plan goes to pot and they have to improvise on the run as chaos erupts. Perfection.

[@bdletoast09]

I love that one of their most stellar victory was when they stole the Beacon to Zadash's guards right under their nose with clever uses of Disguise Self, Minor Image and Beau's acrobatics prowess... and it was 100% improvised on the spot, like, they were just getting out of the Tri Spires after a catastrophic break-in went awry despite it being meticulously planned and they managed to stole a precious artifact to a bunch of trained guards without them ever noticing through pure improvisation.

[@terrortalks3037]

The fact they're dragging the bloody body TOWARD the window and glass door *while invisible* means there could be someone inside who's having a horror movie of a night, frozen in terror as a man falls over in an explosion of blood, and then starts sliding closer and closer, despite being very much dead.

[@pagenein]

*Oh My Gosh Tiny Matt Pointing With The Stick*

[@yake222]

nat 20 first shot killed then nott's cross bow shot again sealing the deal

[@thelastcube.]

this is why you never leave Nott and Jester without an adult

[@estoy1001]

D&D: Learn how to feel guilty about something you never did :) I love these folks.

[@Feasco]

They could use some advice from Taako: "There's one other option, how about we just disappear this little problem?"

[@Juniper_Rose]

Jester and Nott visit Goldcliff

[@aquila1154]

2:04 love the animation

[@Providence83]

I would have loved if you kept the blood on their hands during the attempt to climb so that they're just smearing it all over the walls.

[@brilliantsky1643]

3:02 Jester: We we’re just trying to keep him quiet! Me: I think he’s being very quiet right now.

[@AnimeWolf5193]

"They murdered someone." "They _what-ed_ someone?!"

[@lauravturner]

I haven’t watched this part for a while. I knew that it was one of my favourite parts because it was so funny, but hearing it again has set me off crying with laughter.

[@Cscope1717]

Oh man this is so good. You're jester is so cute as she gets covered in more and more blood. Also the little PowerPoint presenter Matt is just brilliant, hilarious and adorable!

[@bennaasade1458]

Well, this just got blown out of the water. Can't wait to see acid asphyxiation animated.

[@tamama7000]

I mean they achieved their goal of keeping him quiet!

[@13vatra]

Permanently!

[@overratedusername]

This is just... cherry sauce

[@christopherbacon1077]

Because the others are completely unacquaited with what blood looks and smells like

[@bigpeacepipe9741]

The blood on their hands pun

[@haandotexe]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! this is one of my FAVORITE moments in cr but it's so rarely highlighted anywhere!!!!

[@katherine4236]

you'd think jester would be used to this since she did accidently kill a deckhand with an axe on the Ball Eater.

[@IrishKatana]

Poor Fjord I feel like at times he’s the parent of the group

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

_Someone's_ got to hold all the braincells. May as well be the guy with U'katoa.

[@thenihtgengar30]

this reminds me of the time Tody brought the two half dead guards to Grog and Terry and they tried to make it look like a accident. C1-E90.

[@stevejackson3815]

Amazing animation! You're so talented!

[@Nevict]

Accidental MURDER.

[@luckybug479]

I’m just laughing at REMEMBERING what happens, I haven’t even rewatched it for the twentieth time yet!

[@0Vageta0]

SOOO GOOD!!

[@lauravturner]

The cartwheel was perfect.

[@ziggy78eog]

The 18 dislikes came from the Guard's family.

[@katie2893]

i love how jester is the healer too

[@staceyfoster6835]

“His head fell off” will never not make me laugh lmao

[@hotscottrulz]

1:31 how did I know that reference was coming...

[@vlad_ap5313]

I am curious. Why reupload a version where the blood is black instead of red? Did you have some trouble with KZbin's policys?

[@KunKunGun]

Just a precaution. I also noticed other animatics that featured blood tended to be toned down, so I adjusted the color.

[@misterdayne2792]

@@KunKunGun better safe than demonitised. Or flagged.

[@skyesherwood32]

Wow. Your comment and reply was voiced as Siri in my head.

[@thebeatboxingboy448]

He’s quiet alright

[@internetfriend6701]

Just doubletap! Wow! My group couldn't dream of pulling this off!

[@angrychef1786]

One of my favorite moments that had me dying

[@stovepip]

"Mommy, when is daddy coming home?"

[@isaaceshleman2833]

“There’s a lot of blood” Really? Does 12d6 + 5 (~47) cause a guard (11 HP) to lose a lot of blood?

[@williamsblake99]

And nothing has changed...

[@soldier660]

2:04 Jest falling was cute.

[@NonsenseWithGlasses]

"We can we can we can Weekend at Bernie's him!!"

[@donnamitsuki281]

This is what happens when your party doesn't has a necromancer

[@jackmulcahy5046]

This reminds me of grog and tary in the shop when Doty came in with the guards

[@Carl-ds1ip]

Imagine being a detective and try to figured out what in the blue hell happen to that guy

[@eric_moore-6126]

I'd like to mention that Nott would've been visible after she killed the guard, and Jester would've been visible after she cast Dimension Door.

[@Nychico510]

😂😂 nott and jester

[@jiko26]

you know it always bothered me storywise that they went to rob this guy's house because a woman with a demon familiar told them to and they killed this innocent guard and this resulted in no alignment change for nott.

[@frankrobinsjr.1719]

Am I the only one surprised that "Weekend at Bernie's" became a verb?

[@BEEDRILL303]

I'm like looking for this part on ep 12 and had to look up this video but its a long long ways off from ep 12 😂

[@ErenYaeger2k]

Which episode is it 😭

[@BEEDRILL303]

@@ErenYaeger2k It says when the video opens season 2 ep 76 lol Idk why I would have thought it was ep 12

[@bluefrostryy]

Hello! Im a college student making a project about this. Id love to know why and how you got into the fandom, and also why do you think CR is successful right now! Any opinion is valid, thanks!

[@KunKunGun]

It's awesome that you're making a project on this! I got into the fandom while I was in college first being introduced to Pathfinder, and as you get into D&D related content online, you're bound to find Critical Role at some point. It's probably gotten so successful due to the performances and stories the players bring to their game and world. They're all professional actors so their performances are all amazing. Just look at all the animatics people have made with them. I hope this was helpful. Good luck on your project!

[@bluefrostryy]

@@KunKunGun Youve just saved us, youve just justified all our arguments

[@KunKunGun]

@@bluefrostryy Glad I could help

[@KainusGulch]

I didn't find CR until I'd been playing D&D for a few years, and I stuck with it because the stories felt so personal. It was cool to have a medium of storytelling in common that wasn't your bog standard writing in a book. We know the rules of the game, but we also know that individuals can produce possibilities beyond our imagination within the context of the world of Exandria. I can wait for when the quarantine is lifted enough for them to start regular sessions again. It'll be so good.

[@rebekahhiggins9002]

I got into this fandom about a year ago through a chain of different D&D live streams that eventually led me to Critical Role. As someone else said previously, you can't be a part of D&D content online without finding Critical Role. I got into the fandom because I really wanted to play D&D but had no one to play with so I settled for watching people play. I think it's gotten successful due to the wonderful storytelling and characters. In addition, they are all professional actors and can role play incredibly. Hope this helps!