Critical Role - Forgotten Gem - Drinking Sandkheg's Hide

From Campaign 1 Ep 65, Harvested from the CR archives by David Pierce. Grog buys the strongest drink in town and Percy and Keyleth decide to taste it with hilarious results. Drink Responsibly, people.
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[@TPBurrow]

You can even buy Sandkhegs Hide now for real - sandkhegshide.com/

[@godtiergiraffe864]

Travis: *eye twitch* That's VERY expensive. Only an idiot would pay that mu- Grog: "I'll take two"

[@mickeysmagic89]

Imagine if they were rare coins

[@giraffedragon6110]

The like count is perfect! Let’s not touch it.

[@PureGoldNeverCorrodes]

@@giraffedragon6110 was it at 350?

[@Strong5Bad]

@@mickeysmagic89 or a Ring of Fire Resistance. I kid, no spoilers but that thing paid for itself in the end lmao

[@blackheartthedarklord6428]

@@Strong5Bad "SAVE ME BITCH!"

[@jpumbaa1]

350 gold each, and he'll take two. When you use your canonical "not so hot on the numbers" to troll your wife.

[@Zebulization]

I loved her reaction. Jaw dropped.

[@endlessinferno9610]

“That ain’t no party funds!”

[@scottmcintyre2809]

Makin' it hail. lol

[@Sammie1053]

Something something Roman coin

[@falfires]

"Do you recommend it?" "Meeeehh..." Always cracks me up.

[@verysaltykryptonite8593]

falfires that’s simply beautiful 😂

[@KILLERGUNZ27]

They are so in sync with each other

[@Miner49er201]

3:24

[@EightThreeEight]

Or as the captions put it: - "Can you feel this?" - (affirmative grunt) - "Does it taste good?" - (dissentive grunt) - "Do you recommend it?" - (non-committal grunt)

[@belindaluna2067]

Marisha and Taliesin are an underrated duo.

[@azurebalmung4520]

I love that Liam's laughter got him so bad that he couldn't even lean back to disappear into the laugh dimension he usually drops into :P

[@bluefootwalking]

Oh, he did. He just fell so far & so fast that he appears to go full circle.

[@Ajehy]

Laura’s hilarity yanked him in the other direction.

[@cosmicgirlzz9]

Can we just talk about Tal’s/Percy’s “You’re not making it rain, you’re making it hail for gods sake!” 😂

[@kristiankamph4334]

I guess he is a Tosh.O fan. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHywZ5iui9yagbc

[@LividPatriarch]

I love that when Liam finds something really funny, he laughs with his WHOLE BODY

[@purplepotato2612]

Or he hides himself

[@skyharkness9738]

Such an accurate statement!

[@machdude3366]

If not for him being in the way, you can see Laura doing it as well. Pretty much twins.

[@elizabethkblanco4620]

Where is that video supercut of him laughing again?

[@Eleglas]

I love that depending on his laughter level, Talesin's crow voice comes out.

[@benhemsworth8555]

Vilya: My family doesn’t drink. Keyleth:

[@KickyFut]

😂😂 I was going to bring up the same thing!!! Marisha's look of shock when her "Mom" said that was priceless!

[@ozzie5646]

when travis says, *so deliberately* says "i'll take two" , laura's face is really one of the biggest Vex Moods™ i've ever seen

[@CorvusCorone68]

she was *vexed*, one might say

[@endlessinferno9610]

@@CorvusCorone68 I’d say she appeared rather *groggy*

[@sirmyself]

Not as bad as the "haggling" bit Travis did. Laura's reaction was hilarious 😂

[@Jaxom35x]

Tal and Marisha have a good friend connection. Several times throughout the campaign they improvised things at the same time that worked out like this. There was one time when Tal went to knock on a door so he did it in the air and Marisha knocked on the table....the same knock, in unison.

[@JQ377]

Do you know what episode that was?

[@Jaxom35x]

@@JQ377 I'm pretty sure it was one of the times when Percy visited Viktor the black powder merchant.

[@corvid4933]

@@JQ377 It's from early in campaign two, I'm pretty sure!

[@christofferhougaard]

@@Jaxom35x Yeah. That is campaign two. The Crit Role Crack videos has that moment. Though I do not recall the episode. But there aren't that many yet so you should be able to look em all through. It should be the ones made by CritGeminiHero.

[@khrister]

@@JQ377 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gp28d31vlLekmdU It's the first scene.

[@tacitakoe5004]

Talesin and Marisha are scarily in sync with each other and always have been. I no longer understand why anyone was surprised at their impromptu 'Shave and a Haircut' knock occurring simultaneously.

[@brandendierker5873]

Shave and a haircut. Are you 98 years old?

[@tacitakoe5004]

@@brandendierker5873 Spiritually, yes.

[@FondlesHandles]

Do you know what episode that was from?

[@TheFiddleFaddle]

​@@brandendierker5873 "Shave and a Haircut" was referenced by name in Looney Tunes and Roger Rabbit. It is not unknown to people of a certain age.

[@samanthatyler9863]

Vax's worried "ohh keeeey" when she takes a sip is adorable.

[@whitestoneandy797]

For sure but Travis saying "we be clubbing mother fuckers" had me legit laughing

[@JustinSIsTank]

The voice cracking for "...a bottle" transforming into steeled resolve and/or foolishness in "I'll take two"...brilliance by Travis Willingham.

[@binturongjustice]

perthival thredrethtein von muthel kowalthki de rolo III

[@wickedpissa25]

HUTHHAH!!!

[@moththefly]

omg

[@MTExactly]

Buh yuh can cah hih Pehrthey

[@meryah16]

Klothouthki

[@Dyerdon]

I just heard Percy introduce himself with that numb lisp now... my chest and stomach hurt, and tears are flowing from my eyes. Thank you good sir

[@antonymilne1346]

Underrated line "These are gold coins! you aren't making it rain, you're making it hail for God's sake!"

[@TPBurrow]

I love that one from Tal:)

[@magiv4205]

Taliesin's deranged crow laughter gives me LIFE

[@scharmoo]

IT IS CROW LAUGHTER YOU ARE SO RIGHT

[@magiv4205]

@@scharmoo honestly, the entire scene was hysterical, but whenever Taliesin chimes in I just LOSE it. It's infectious.

[@magiv4205]

@Chloe McIntire yeess

[@nickgutierrez83]

That's a perfect description

[@AgencyNighthawk]

More like a demonically possessed baritone kookaburra xD (watch Randy Buys a Bookshelf if you don't know what I mean)

[@chiroptera626]

I need a shirt of Grog saying "we be clubbin'"

[@WiseSageBum]

But he's just holding a club

[@garr_inc]

@@WiseSageBum Perfect.

[@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human]

Vex (and Laura IRL) took psychic damage when Grog said he'd take 2 bottles. It was also really funny to see Travis IRL have a brain freeze as he thought "only a moron would pay that much" before Grog ordered a pair of bottles.

[@izzyliberty8720]

I will never stop comparing this and the time Molly and Beau got high.

[@MarkEdwardRom]

i must know where to find that...

[@ashthathoth]

TheMaskedDood Episode 16, I’m not sure how far through the episode. Maybe try searching for molly and beau on shrooms.

[@bluefootwalking]

Or Beau's True Seeing experience

[@bigbundle3223]

@@bluefootwalking that's the true endgame for this shit, Taliesin just KNEW she'd body that shit

[@JDNevar]

Grog's Two. Very. Deliberate. blinks as his brain cells scream and thrash to bring out the phrase, "I'll take two"... It kills me. Followed by Laura's shocked, hurt, physically and mentally assaulted expression... and all that follows. I've not laughed so hard in ages. Thank you for this. Percy Keyleth interactions always brought me such joy and this... this was such a delightful one.

[@Falcun21]

I would have loved some explanation for why Grog was so dumb (if they ever explained it, I missed it and I watched the first campaign from start to finish and have even watched some episodes multiple times just because they're that damn funny. I've theorized that it was brain damage caused by his uncle when he defended Wilhelm back when Grog was still roughly an early teen, because when we meet his uncle, see see that Grog's people are not dumb as a species trait, but Grog himself is dumb as a bag of hammers.

[@darthozlord]

I like to think Travis knew that this would be a good RP moment from the others and chose to slightly piss Laura/Vex off by getting two for that exact reason.

[@KC-zc8ic]

Kryptonian Cowboy intelligence is a dump stat for grog

[@krounos1]

@@Falcun21 His Intellegence is 6 if I remember correctly and that possibly might of been reduced to by 1 at some point. That's why early on in the Underdark he had his INT Score drained so quickly by the brain dog.

[@scooby45247]

sometimes you just gotta troll your spouse..

[@kadishevdox]

Who knew that one of the side effects of Sandkeg’s Hide was a telepathic bond between imbibers........

[@bezretmet]

brownie points for using the word imbibers

[@nomadhakunamatata5793]

@@bezretmet brownie points for using the word brownie!

[@boiboh2954]

That mutual “whale in distress” meh sound is the best thing in the universe

[@sodapopmermaid7897]

Vax is such a worrier. “Oh- Keeeey! D:” “Can you hear me? Are you alright?”

[@musicman9079]

You can tell that they've been friends for a long time because they can play off of each other improvising as they play their characters. The fact that Talesin and Marisha just synchronized answering the questions without even thinking is so funny in that moment.

[@johnthaxton9235]

I love watching Talisons face when he roleplays. He's so expressive. He and Marisha play off eachother so well.

[@Dakuu75]

I can't believe how in-sync there "drunk mode" was. That's awesome. XD lol

[@TLCsounds]

More people need to pay attention to Taliesin, I feel he is the most underrated on critical role.

[@ChaoticLegion01]

I agree, but I can never spell his name.

[@pnutbutr7065]

@@ChaoticLegion01 only Taliesin can

[@unclefestersworld3180]

No, no he's not underrated...at least from my standpoint. He has got his RP on every time he sits down at the table. Him and Liam are usually spot on, and rarely deviate from character. It's usually Laura and Sam that are disruptive to the narrative, but in a funny way.

[@hakulives2613]

Percy was legitimately one of the best D&D characters I think I've ever seen, and Taliesin played him PERFECTLY!

[@Ajehy]

@@hakulives2613 I would love to see this on The Legend of Vox Machina if it ever gets to a Chroma Conclave season. That classy, sexy, animated Percy just WASTED on bug juice.

[@seanhilton765]

My reaction to Percy first speaking post drink was "He has become comfortably numb" and I am proud that my brain came up with that on a second's notice.

[@MarcyStevonshy]

These are some of my favorite moments, when Keyleth and Percy are more in sync than the TWINS!

[@paulreg]

0:56 laura's face lol, we all know it's not real money BUT she's still gonna kill him later, and he knows it

[@coasterjudge]

Well this is the same woman who made him sleep on the couch for three days after nearly killing her beloved imaginary bear.

[@ZukoHalliwell]

That is the face of a woman whose husband wasted a ton of money without discussing it with her first. 🤣

[@kyanitedragon8579]

I really hope they have this moment in the animation. It's so great

[@nerdlydelicious1876]

I love how in synch Talesian and Marisha were

[@TheKirbyT]

I literally passed out laughing when I watched this for the first time. Tal and Marisha are are so in sync it's scary.

[@BerkelEHaluesen]

They are an awesome pair of friends. I've gotten so many laughs from just watching the two of them.

[@roge220]

Who's the real twins? we may never know

[@ChaoticLegion01]

I fell apart at the bit where he asked if they "recommend it"

[@Waffleyoda]

Keyleth getting as drunk as marisha did at the kickstarter sendoff stream

[@FoxGamer39618]

3:14 I love how it’s like they share a brain cell in that moment.

[@feitocomfruta]

Now that we have The Legend of Vox Machina Season One in the books, I hope season two gets made JUST so this can be a scene in an episode. 😂

[@SteelPaladin1997]

Amazon ordered a second season before the premiere even aired. Now, they've ordered a third.

[@StrifeAiray]

Grog: *does making it rain money motion* Percy: "You're not making it rain! You're making it hail, for God's sake!"

[@MemeronlDE]

That end bit is glorious. Thank you for bringing it back in my life

[@fieryhephestus]

some of the best bits are with keylith and percy. another great one is the bit with the water elemental

[@stinkyboyman]

Taliesin and Marisha were so in sync here its so perfect.

[@benjaminandrew9057]

Tal's "Its gold coins you fool! You're not making it rain, you're making it hail." That got me to LOL so hard.

[@Taneth]

And Pike... takes it.

[@RaibDarkin]

The first one. The second one destroys her.

[@dogpound9851]

It’s moments like this that make me think is it scripted then I remember the bathtub scene and go there is no way

[@TPBurrow]

Yeah, I know how you feel. Sometimes it feels too coincidental, but this is Dnd, anything can work if you can imagine it and these guys are high level improv actors who know each other so well, they can riff off each other for eternity. Grog's one-shot has the most examples of that occurring.

[@elbruces]

Taliesin and Marisha's comedy timing was as perfect as it gets here. I'm talking "who's on first" good.

[@TheLight10269]

3:08 The Other Twins

[@christofferhougaard]

YES! I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR GOD DAMN FOR EVER! YOU ARE A JOY BRING BURROW! THANK YOU!

[@Eszra]

Perfect drunk sync i love it.

[@lockandbone6784]

Jaffe and Rays friendship is one that I will forever be jealous of.

[@Wraithstrike19]

Apparently drinking Sandkeg Hide links braincells, who knew.

[@DanaBugg]

Percy and Keyleth the real twins here!

[@mandzmagpie8886]

I really REALLY hope this is animated at some point

[@aramere3650]

"Does it taste good?" "Nuu uhh." "Do you recommend it?" "Meeeh....." Liam = GONE

[@Animefan1803]

I will never forget, when they were talking about how "poor" the party was. Just for Travis to point out that he has a thousand platin coins in the bag of holding.

[@ellemars1817]

So much comedic gold, from Grog's teeny "A bottle," to drunk Percy/Keyleth, but Liam's infectious laughter is what gets me in the end.😂

[@jamescandalino3458]

I really hope they use this scene in the animated series. To see the Sandkeg's Hide and how it effects Percy and Keyleth in the show would be phenomenal.

[@TheCthultist]

I miss the days of Marisha and Tal sitting next to each other like this

[@dirttrackart]

Rewatching this after having dental work done: I've come to the conclusion that Sandkeg's Hide is just lidocaine. Thick, tastes nasty, numbs on contact, and will fuck you up!

[@8440k]

When Talisen slaps Marisha, Matt looks very serious! But their sync and comedic timing finally breaks him!!

[@OffbeatWorlds]

I was crying I laughed so hard the first time this aired. Thank you for uploading, this is one of my favorite moments.

[@florallychaotic]

The fact that it starting out with "I'm royalty from a far off land" and in the context of the video that's like one of the lesser funny things....you know its great

[@peteralexandergraae2830]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I cannot wait for the legend of vox machina to catch up to this

[@toysoldierkelsey]

I love Liam laughing like that so much. It never fails to make me happy.

[@dawnstar6727]

I just love how they act out even the smallest events and make it feel like its really happening!

[@elusivegamergirl]

“Those are gold coin; you’re not ‘making it rain’, you’re making it hail. For god sakes!!” lmao I love Percy so much.

[@timandshannon03]

Great clip! I love Taliesin and Marisha in perfect harmony!!!

[@peterlewerin4213]

In the middle 1980s some time a Swedish con, BorCon, had a guest: Harold Johnson from TSR. He held a lecture on building stories for adventures, I played some kind of Chess-like board game with him (new from TSR) and later he ran a show play session with Swedish volunteer players. One of the players tried to buy some strong drink, much like in the video. After some negotiation, the barkeep reluctantly produced a bottle of ... "Beerpess". It wasn't 350 gold, at least: "Uh ... you can _have_ it." No one wanted to drink it, as it smelled like "#%@$. The other players were a bit sore about the waste of time. Close to an hour later, when the party was homing in on the destination, they tried a backdoor mountain path. Only, it was guarded by a burly goblinoid. The first player moved ahead while the others were planning, and he voiced his sympathy for the guard. Maybe the guard would accept this bottle of alcohol as a friendly gift? "What is it?" "It's called 'Beerpess'" "Oh! oh! I haven't had a drink of real Beerpess in ages!" One quick trade later and the party could proceed to their goal unseen.

[@emmakeesler763]

I’m so glad I found this! Life has been rough, and it’s always nice to laugh off some stress.

[@TPBurrow]

Life needs things to live:)

[@FallingBloodrain]

I love watching Tal's physical reactions to Matt's notes just like Matt is moving him 🤣

[@cinnabonbons]

Is this the same stuff they end up sharing with Jarrett later on??

[@TPBurrow]

Yesh

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

They also share it with Alura and it doesn't really affect her (because she rolled a natural 20 constitution check)

[@RaibDarkin]

And Pike.

[@raulpasillas3140]

@@RaibDarkin yeah, the first time pike took it like a champ!. And then on her second one, Natural 1... lol

[@TitoMcFadden]

Alura *did* show some signs of being affected by it about 5 minutes later. She got a sudden lisp and couldn't pronounce her "S"s. Then she promptly took her leave to keep up appearances. So I think she rolled a 19 or something close. Pike rolled a nat 20 and felt nothing at all. Then rolled a nat 1 on the second and instantly face planted into the table. I'd like to think the first one finally caught up with her as she downed the second.

[@timgray5373]

Thanks for this - the later one with Jarrett/Matt is one of my favourite S1 moments.

[@AksentNethariaFilm]

"Look... Thcanlan..."

[@damiensharman135]

Taliesin and Marisha getting Percy and Keyleth intoxicated on some weird shit together parallels to Molly and Beau on those mushrooms

[@PrincessMeggala0913]

This bit makes me laugh every time I rewatch it. Tal & Marisha being in sync. Especially that last bit, always makes me die of laughter

[@LunaVee3435]

The party i DM for (none of them watches CR) just killed an ankheg and decided to create a cocktail that includes its acid. Goes to show that great chaotic minds think alike. As a DM i'm superproud they decided that getting high and shitfaced instead of coating their weapon with the acid was obviously the best thing to do.

[@N7AslansHobbit_Ry]

I wanna see this moment animated so badly!

[@gibrannone8564]

This is chemistry on display. Not every actors or performers have that. It is a rare gift to see it.

[@Tuiteyfruity5756]

I’m in tears I did forget this moment and thank you for reminding me of it

[@TarotVylan]

Ever want your players to get FULLY immersed in character acting? Give them weird booze. Shit's hilarious.

[@ZombieChimpanzee]

"Those are gold coins! you're not making it rain you're making it hail, for god's sake!" made me die.

[@Lobomutante]

I just love how Liam just EXPLODES into laughter and begins to thrash and thump to try to FORCE the laugh to leave his body.

[@13BloodyDragons]

Laura’s face when Travis gets two

[@angelowentzler9961]

Tal and Marisha syncing up again ^_^

[@HazySkies]

Man, when I first saw this episode I laughed so freakin' hard at this I was coughing for the remainder of the day. Was not expecting such perfect syncing and the same idea 😂

[@naomiwatt8733]

I hope this makes it in to LVM

[@rajinbin]

I SERIOUSLY could and watched hours of this it's crazy funny.

[@JGBarco]

I probably watched this scene like 50 times when the VOD was posted, shit had me laughing SO HARD

[@disappointment7463]

Bro I’ve been watching Campaign 2 and when Vax said “Ohhh Kiiiii!”, that shit hurt

[@miam9989]

Laura's horrified face when Travis gets the drink XD

[@marsmech]

I love how intune their theater of the mind is.

[@NoWayAnyHow]

The ONE time Marisha is asked to hit someone, she doesn’t.

[@SuperMadman41]

LMAO !! Thank you thank you for this clip made my day

[@Ando1428]

Keylith mom "my family doesn't drink"

[@piercewise1]

Hooray! Thanks for doing this!

[@TPBurrow]

Your very welcome, If you DM me on Twitter David (I followed you last night), Send me an address to post your prize to and I will see that it's done:)

[@RashaundaSpears]

Sandkeg's Hide: disgusting to drink, but enjoyable to watch other people drink it.

[@Gonbaga]

I haven’t seen this episode yet but I can only imagine grog after vex asks him “are you gonna try it grog?” That grog just says “I finish the bottle”

[@toothless3835]

Oh! And Laura bailey! Holy cow.

[@beafbuger]

sometimes things that are expensive... are worse

[@ericdavies1879]

3:00-3:15 for those of you who didn't pickup on Matthews body language towards the man who just hit his wife and 3:05-3:10Marisha eye's telling matt to calm down and 3:14-3:15 Taliesin quick glance knowing he's in trouble Then 3:10-3:14 watch Liam look at matt think why you mad oh ok how do I fix this and proceeds to make everyone laugh

[@briannaapling495]

I will never get over how in sync Taliesin and Marisha were in this.

[@ArkStClair]

Its crazy how synchronised they where