Critical Role One-Shot - Shadow of War (Part 1/2)

[@FinchesFables]

Travis - *does character intro* Sam - *takes notts*

EXACTLY

[@quickattackfilms7923]

"The Orc Four... The Four Orcs... The Forcs... The Forcs. THE FORCS!!! THE FOOOOORCS!!!" "... No." That was hilarious.

[@clarkk8703]

There are 2 things I do when I see Darin De Paul is in a video: 1. I like it 2. That's it

[@UserDude]

3. Profit

[@thewpbard]

You don't even watch it? That's sad.

[@RDR911]

Nathan, did you watch the video? You'd get the joke if you did.

[@weiss4855]

There's two things i do in comment chains like these. I comment and that's it.

[@UserDude]

For those who don't get it, at the beginning when they introduced their characters, Darin introduced his character like that. ("2 things you have to know about me, my name is Mouzo the Chosen, and THAT'S IT.")

[@captaintalon4485]

Darin de Paul is the only person I know that can play DnD in full three piece suit comfortably

[@aeonclokwork]

Dude's snappy af

[@709mash]

He's always dressed very respectfully. I dig it.

[@alekringer1368]

with looking like that he sounds scarier then any orc in the game

[@michaelsinclair1343]

Honestly, if you get a really nice suit they can be quite comfortable. Always thought dressing up nice was synonymous with being uncomfortable until my wife convinced me to actually get a suit tailored to me. I absolutely love getting the chance to wear it.

[@steffaniee2292]

Dress to impress

[@Troommate]

I was not expecting that voice from Darin De Paul. Damn he's good.

[@Markus1069]

Yeah I was shocked when I found out he voices Reinhardt from Overwatch

[@UserDude]

Dude... he's a genius improv as well, you gotta see him on HyperRPG! the dude is a fucking legend.

[@negativeninja7465]

two things you need to know about Darin De Paul 1. He rocks 2. That's It

[@groovymarlin]

It's funny because it's true!

[@damakroscreed2829]

Yea darin at default is awesome.

[@grindstone4910]

"WHO'S YOUR COMMANDER?" "WE FOLLOW BAFTA-oh wait, that's you."

[@marti5420]

4 Grogs play some d&d

[@pauls6530]

Martin Rumbold yup, scanlon is just doing Grog, even all his gestures

[@BLACKzeronine]

Martin Rumbold 3 grogs and a groblin lol

[@MrSteeTV]

Hahahaha exactly what i thought

[@UserDude]

3 Grogs and a Goblin walk into a bar... 😂

[@Kizzy-qb9si]

Who’s the brains?

[@MonarchsFactory]

Holy wow, the voice work here is even more mind blowing than usual!

[@ChristianD_Avionics]

MonarchsFactory Love Laura's voice. She makes it so fun.

[@NWolfsson]

Travis is genius too XD didn't think he could do shrimpy voices

[@josephmartin4343]

The older gentleman is absolutely spectacular

[@krisbarski4226]

NeRethil Wolfsson Check out "Deadlands...MDA Charity"

[@duncanallaire2392]

Hey, it's you! I love your stuff!

[@dichotomusprime6646]

Holy shit, I gotta comment on De Paul's fucking RANGE, man. Like, he's this sorta kinda mousy, kindly old man voice normally and then just like, when he goes into character it's like he EXPLODES into this character who is like three times the size. He's a force of nature, man. Props.

[@praill]

Yeah I forgot he was the voice actor for reinhardt in overwatch

[@archiev1976]

I think his role as emperor Valkorion in Star Wars The Old Republic is even better than Reinhardt

[@SnarkyRogue]

He did a fantastic job as Valkorion. One of my favorite voices and characters in the old republic series.

[@xHiyami]

Same with travis being able to go from deep deep grog to super high version

[@VividWorlds]

Ikr? He himself always tells how his wife says that he looks like an accountant but sounds like a monster. He's just godlike here.

[@JanaxThe4]

I am absolutely stunned by the goblin voice coming from Travis. After hearing 113 episodes of him doing Grog this was...unexpected

[@princessblazena]

*in the distance Macaroni Samsonite cackles delightedly*

[@DanielleStJohn]

Saaaaame.

[@Megamanover9000]

There's two reasons I like Mozu the Chosen. He's a great guy. And that's it.

[@clairemuffin]

theres 2 reasons i like the two reasons comments its funny thats it

[@LoneTailProductions]

With over 300 hours of Shadow of War gameplay, I am happy to say that a majority of my army consist of Darin, Travis, and Matt. I regret nothing.

[@bradlindberg5647]

Sick, 300? I have a time limit lol

[@Gunnerblaster]

I love how excited Matt is to be DM'ing a LotR-based game.

[@quiotu]

I gotta say man, his nerd cred went up even more when he admitted something that's gone WAY out of style. He played a MUD. That's some vintage 1990 internet nostalgia right there.

[@Cyyberslam8]

AND he got the role of the Witch King. How fucking awesome is that

[@Gunnerblaster]

Yea - I mentioned that to my best bud. Him and I used to play a perma-death Darksun-setting MUD right up until just a few years ago xD

[@deaghaidh7807]

It'd be cool to see one of these for The One Ring.

[@vingilotetheship8512]

Hey, hey, hey man... MUDs are still in... In fact, the one he referenced is The Two Towers MUD (t2tmud.org), which I and other people do still play. There are also quite a few others out there with different themes. I watch Critical Role and happened to stumble on this video actually when I was researching some LotR/D&D ideas for T2T. @@quiotu

[@julieraimbaud5567]

Timestamps 4:25 Characters presentation 14:00 Laura's giant weapon 14:49 Hearing Sauron's voice ? 18:00 Off to a great start with 2 nat ones 20:00 Travis vs maths 23:00 Hitting people in the gronk 33:13 I would like to ... 50:00 Laura summons flying creatures 51:10 Team name 1:10:00 Travis vs fly 1:28:38 Law school ?

[@JameSeraphim]

1:22:22 Laura's laugh. Always funny when she laughs like this

[@SteelShroom256]

14:49 sounds more like Mozû Deadeye to me.

[@IzzyM801]

Boost

[@landreae]

Bumping timestamps

[@Phi1618033]

There are two things Darin DePal needs to do: he needs to be a regular on Crit Role and that's it.

[@somepersonlol4t34]

nah hes boring and bland.

[@Gundamluverx]

How can you say that about such a magnificent ham? Guy's a national treasure.

[@MegaBookworm96]

Think he's trolling us

[@TomaCT]

I like him as a guest! He makes great bit characters. Due to his amazing range I would keep him making many different guest characters!

[@__mindflayer__]

yep mee You're joking right? He like made the best jokes.

[@mathsalot8099]

Every time they say Grog, I was expecting Travis to say, "yes?"

[@fredreindljr1996]

In the Shadow of Mordor game, when you enter Uruk's Hollow to poison the grog barrels, you can hear Uruks singing a song about grog. I swear, it sounds like a choir of Grog Strongjaws.

[@chrisparker6517]

@@fredreindljr1996 late to the game, but i recently encountered an Olog who brews grog and proceeds to say grog like 7 times in two sentences.. so much grog...lol

[@aaronstrager4247]

Darin De Paul is an incredible role player

[@bknwuzheer1]

I could listen to them improv as orcs all day and never cease to be entertained

[@Lucifronz]

It's like the Goblin DnD episode. Nothing is more fun than chaotic evil. They're reckless, stupid and always ready for a good time.

[@ugninis_dinamitas]

There’s 2 things you need to know about this one-shot: 1. It’s fucking glorious ... That’s it

[@lizzy-np2dr]

Every once in a while you get so wrapped up in CR that you forget these guys are big time pros. Then they start doing stuff like this and you realize why they are the names to have in the VO world.

[@listofromantics]

Critical Role and Darin DePaul need to "put a ring on it." Darin's RP talent is godlike.

[@MrCompassionate01]

Yep I hope next campaign he's just here forever. Although he's almost too good he might upstage everybody.

[@Kampylakos]

he's an awesome voice actor and a cool guy, i love him. but he is boring and repeatable sometimes, i prefer him as a guest

[@Lucifronz]

@@Kampylakos I hope 7 years have made your personality less shit.

[@rjgarciaiii3466]

I love Critical Role but can you imagine other themed Campaigns: Witcher, Red Dead, Bioshock, Star Wars!? I want it!!!!!

[@richardwarnercool1]

RJ Garcia III there already is a Witcher game (only released in Polish), you can use Deadlands as a basis for Red Dead, I've seen a Bioshock game using the storyteller rules and there's already a fair few Star Wars RPG.

[@mkang8782]

I think the CR folks doing a Star Wars one-shot would be kinda epic.

[@709mash]

The Witcher would be amazing! Sooooo much potential.

[@kurskfirebrand4494]

warhammer

[@ganymeade275]

My heart wishes they would do a Star Wars 5e campaign (I am DMing one!) but my mind knows that it will never happen and Disney would sue if it did D=

[@nathanderweise_]

There are two things you should do. Watch this video, and that's it.

[@crosstar]

That got old pretty fast...

[@dislikessmoke1966]

This has 666 likes lucifer confirmed

[@__mindflayer__]

Cross you're no fun.

[@h0lly_blue]

@@crosstar make a perception check

[@corvus1253]

@@crosstar It's a funny gimic/quark of the character, chill.

[@709mash]

I still can't believe Darin de Paul has only been doing voice work for like 7 years now. He sounds like he's been doing it forever. Respect.

[@Onyxdragonlady]

I was tabbed out and had to check back several times to see "wow that voice came out of WHO?" I KNOW they are all professional voice actors but sometimes I'm just blown away by the talent you know?

[@OffbeatWorlds]

How does Laura make even a troll adorable?

[@Solrac_Royal]

Offbeatworlds because laura

[@thanksyoueel1076]

ologs are already adorable

[@kendrickrochelanzot2053]

ThanksYouEel I agree, I feel bad when people shame them

[@corvus1253]

Because Laura is adorable.

[@DAEsaster]

*Laura Bailey**** (Harp music)

[@machdude3366]

I really wish Laura plays more of the dumb brute characters, she is hilarious there.

[@prestonhawkins5782]

Mancubus!!!

[@TalosAcephalos]

@@prestonhawkins5782 MANCUBUUUUUS

[@imeantherearethedarktownsy5210]

*mancubuuuuuuuuuuus!!*

[@dylanchouinard6141]

i mean there are the dark towns you can access goodbye... mancubus

[@ScorchHellfire]

You should watch the charity stream they did back in the day on Geek and Sundry where they played the Deadlands Reloaded system (the one they used for Undeadwood) the first time.

[@Maximilianus101]

I am continually amazed by the voices manifesting from the small, dapper Darin De Paul.

[@darkamora5123]

5' 9" might not be huge like Travis or even 6' Sam, but I don't know if I'd call him "small ". Dapper definitely though.

[@PalleRasmussen]

@@darkamora5123 I am Danish. The average Danish man is 181.38cm (5 feet 11.40 inches) tall. The average Danish woman is 167.21cm (5 feet 5.83 inches) tall.

[@ambergifford5811]

Darin Dr Paul look dapper as always

[@omega311888]

i WISH i had his voice!

[@hyrulianguardlyfe3952]

Laura playing a big dumb brute especially a troll is such a perfect mirror of travis's role as grog stonejaw. Its epic gold and I found myself paying far more attention to her character then the others, though everyone did a good job. I can hear travis's brain going "Thats my wife!" every time Arby speaks lol.

[@brianhalligan9268]

How awesome must it be for Matt to be able to say he plays the Witch King of Angmar has to be ultimate nerd goal.

[@callmev3531]

5:43, Mozuu The Chosen's "two things and that's it." bit is a fun way to make his character distinct even beyond Darin's vocal portrayal of him.

[@tylersmith5124]

I knew they were all talented but I'd never heard that kind of voice from Travis and Sam. Damn. Well played boys.

[@matrinoxe7439]

"Pulled his 'ed off. Solved the problem right away." I know I'm gonna love this

[@Emilytea]

Critical Role? And Tolkien? My brain...? How has such a blessed thing occurred?

[@KnotsOfWonders]

Just imagine their rp in sindarin :D

[@st4ne4rmthevill63]

Thank WB Games I guess.

[@johnevans8752]

The grace of the Valar of course

[@plumfiggle8896]

50:02 omg their reactions to a floating piece of lint is both adorable and hysterical I’m dying 😂😂😂

[@charoenwat]

It's so rare to see travis with a high pitch character

[@cryophile]

He also did a pretty good job of imitating Darin's natural voice. It's amazing.

[@scouttyra]

Check out macaroni Samsonite

[@ScorchHellfire]

He gets ridiculous in Adventures of the Darrington Brigade.

[@nem0men_901]

Little did we know

[@WhittleMiiSimpler]

I love this! What a great way to advertise for Shadow of War. The best of Critical Role with an delightful performance from Darin De Paul.

[@Lucifronz]

Better than the over-edited D&Diesel they did prior to this, too. It was pre-recorded, apparently, but put up entirely unedited (so for me basically no difference whatsoever since I'm watching these years later).

[@TheKoalaTTV]

There’s 2 things you need to know about this one-shot. It’s amazing. AND THATS IT!

[@blakemonway]

I liked this comment, AND THAT'S IT!

[@HowManyTimes234]

was not expecting Travis to do the nasally high voice while Sam does the chesty deep voice!!

[@ulfhazelcreek8108]

Paulas facial expressions as stupid Olog are awesome, seeing Travis being a goblin makes me laugh almost as much he does, Sam being Sawboney and aaalmost smart and Darren just Owning his role is just.. inspiration guys. Thank you. Can’t wait to get to playing. Seriously. Thank you so much.

[@Nephozx]

I wanna see Darin De Paul on more often man, that guy's a bloody genius.

[@thedude2122]

jesus i feel like travis and scanlan have swapped voices

[@rumocrytuf72]

You mean Sam right?

[@xiersr6788]

Samlan

[@The_OPN]

scmamlan

[@emilysmith3594]

Even more so in Season 2 with Nott's voice... I agree, it was pretty disorienting.

[@dehro]

shows you just how good they both are.. all of these guys really

[@ThePixelatedChef]

Darin de Paul is a national treasure

[@Kade_Bauman]

Best moment: *bug flies out of hands* “THE EAGLES ARE COMING” 😂😂😂

[@Lucifronz]

What are the fucking _chances?_

[@usernameig975]

"THIS IS A DEMOCRACY IN WHICH I LEAD. LETS GO UP THE STAIRS LIKE *HE* SAID!" holy shit i love him

[@tuffy1992]

The way I see it, there are two things you should do with this video: 1.) Hit the like button. ...and that's it.

[@NothingKingKN]

AND YOU WON'T EVEN WATCH IT? YOU MONSTER!

[@SneakySolidSnake]

all the performances are top notch. i like the commitment to the roles and especially laura's foolishness as her character. "oh, the drink's just been disrespected." and puts on the face of *seems legit.

[@WolfMoon173]

What the hell is this? I wasn’t prepared. My soul must adjust.

[@GeekandSundry]

One does not simply walk into Mordor... 😜

[@Nolinquisitor]

ROFL!! I wasn't ready for that comment. Well done. :)

[@WreckerR]

Oh wow, you really went there...

[@ilikebacon1170]

Geek & Sundry I would tell you to leave but it's your channel

[@DimaJeydar]

The way Sam said "caragor" is like straight a voice line from the game. Oh, right, it's because he voiced those orcs.

[@bailstom1]

God damn, Darin De Paul's voice work on this is just perfect

[@nuru666]

Darin Depaul: The dude everyone wants for a Grandpa.

[@whitenekoknight6035]

The more I watch them play different characters the more excited I become for the next season of Critical Roll. At the same time I'm reminded that we're reaching the finally of the current campaigne T.T

[@cxfxcdude]

White Neko Knight #FuckVecna

[@mr.kitchin8933]

Finale*

[@witheringrabbit]

I love everything about this. Everyone performed so well in character, but Travis. Man. Yet again, you get so well into character, with the voice and the mind set. Every person at the table, really. So enjoyable.

[@maeganh1169]

I barely passed the introductions and I have tears streaming down my face...xD

[@09spidy]

The Fourks better be a DLC clan that we can either dominate or fight later in the game, c'mon Monolith; make it happen.

[@tedwebster3435]

In the latest game informer they talk about upcoming DLC, maybe Fourks could be 4 new DLC Overlords or something

[@im9550]

Alas, it never came to be

[@TheGoondas87]

Now this is how you advertise your game on Critical Role. Now all I want to do is play Shadow of War! More developers should sponsor an entire one shot like this to get people to buy their game lol.

[@christenh359]

No kidding! I’m not even a big gamer and I want to play this game.

[@bananafish58]

57:48 - 58:57 Love Mozuu the Chosen's upgraded name and am so impressed by Darin coming up with Skak being the interpretor of "his" eyes, as Skak carves his helmet! Just in general, Darin really kept up with Sam, Travis, and Laura, who happen to be my favorite players. So well done to him! And I loved Sam's lower voice and general awesomeness, Laura's adorable troll voice, and Travis's high-pitched goblin!

[@ArshikaTowers]

"You got four in one round." "Hey guys, they are susseptible to torches...."

[@lnorlnor]

I love huge Laura protecting tiny Travis so so much.

[@KarlKarsnark]

Love this combo of players. They need their own long running series.

[@Built2Fast]

One of the best D&D sessions I have ever observed. This whole cast is amazingly awesome. It doesn't get any better than this folks!!

[@cgollimusic]

2 things you need to do right now.. Like the video, and that's it.

[@KaivaDubs]

There are two things you need to know about Darin's catchphrase: 1. it's unique and it's my favorite now. and 2. That's it.

[@tecsaran]

D&D in middle earth with my favorite group of players AND Darin De Paul??? Today is a good day

[@darklord884]

I love how the cast essentially played the opposite of their characters in the game here. Big strong uruk--->spindly little goblin archer Gigantic dumb olog-hai--->cunning manipulative mage Elegant elven assassin------>big brutish olog defender I forgot who/what role Sam played in the game, but outside of Matt (who played a godlike being both in the game and here) everyon played as the polar opposite of their in-game versions and I love it.

[@jaykon4026]

Omg Im 7 minutes in, and this is the greatest thing ever. Sam and Darin's voices are incredible. These folks are amazing.

[@peasant_purple]

There's two things you need to know about this comment section. 1)Everyone is using this joke 2)That's it!

[@PaladinLostHour]

There are two things I do when Darin De Paul is in a campaign - laugh my ass off, and that's it!

[@KuroTenryu]

Laura plays the most adorable doofus in the history of dnd

[@markdurham5062]

Been around Travis too long

[@pencilmage]

I am so going to use that "two things you need to know" line :)

[@estoy1001]

Travis has officially been playing Grog too long, his math has suffered...

[@LemanRussVanquisher]

It's so fun to see all of these guys playing out of their normal character. Gro... Traivs as a cowardly goblin is just great.

[@nathanonsgard2152]

23:00 "With my medical knowledge, I aim for the one place that hurts the most... the wang."

[@lewiswalker5489]

Now going to get Shadow Of War, To mind control Grog Orc's.... GROG ARMY

[@bradleyunderhill6449]

Wolfe lja all ready preorder but this makes soo much better

[@uverdog]

Will you be getting Scanlan orcs to be their partners?

[@datipadisdick2462]

I really want to like this game but lootboxes and micro transactions in a single player game? :S

[@rizzgubstjr8577]

Not buying the game is not how you show you don't like tat. Buy the game but not the micro transactions.

[@gamester512]

Besides, they have shown so many interesting Uruks and Ologs that you might encounter, I'm so excited for Shadow of War that I'm practically bouncing off the walls....and I haven't felt that way about a game for a very long time, like back when I was still going to High School (which was about 11 years ago!). I mean, just look at "the Tower", "Tasty", "the Bard" etc. The Tower in particular looked and sounded amazing! I loved the lines they showed from him, where first he said this: "Before we do battle, know this: I will endure more pain than you can possibly fathom. The Tower's armor will see to that." And then, after getting recruited (when most other recruits say something like "I serve you, Bright Lord!"), he simply says: "You stand before....the Tower."

[@kidsfringer]

Yup Darin De Paul is now on my list of awesome actors. He's so much fun!

[@ttajohnson15]

See this in my feed this morning was like finding $20 on the sidewalk. Gift from the gods much appreciated.

[@OverwatchPlaysHD]

Well this is awesome

[@allenr316]

Gotta say i'm loving Travis's sniveling goblin voice. :)

[@CuriousHorizonTV]

This role playing, their voices makes me shiver. If you close your eyes and picture what they do, what they say, you can literally imagine yourself somewhere in Middle Earth. That's amazing! :X

[@brucemaximus3797]

I want these four serving under Az Laar as an elite strike force. Hilarity and awesome shall ensue!

[@nateP82]

Oh my god! I wasn't planning to buy this game, but if they make them into the game I will need to!

[@Mike-oc3bn]

I all the sudden want to get the game...love the critical role crew. Phenomenal people, with a superb talent for voice acting and story telling.

[@Ilcka]

Jesus when i wasn't watching i can't believe sam can make that voice XD

[@bananafish58]

1:07:08 Love the little roar Eden gives after his successful throw to hit!

[@zacharyp15]

I've put so many hours into Shadow of War and not only am I excited to find out that Critical Role played a part in it, but listening to them talk and converse, I could imagine actual uruks from the game talking.

[@chaosisprime9815]

Watching in 2020 and Laura with a large maul/mace is still the most adorable thing ever XD

[@RoyalSapphireMods]

This is a brilliant promotion by WB

[@lauramartin1902]

Travis's voice here is EVERYTHING. ah-MAZING

[@Kazhrei]

I love the level of nerd that is revealed by watching all the Critical Role episodes. Sure you have the basic of reading tolkein, but then you start hearing them playing MUDs. It's awesome.

[@bolivershagnasty2062]

Darin De Paul's voice is freaking AWSOME!

[@plagueman.]

that was really cool and great voice acting of course

[@Oduunich]

I love Laura in this!! Everyone did a great job, but Laura had me cackling at her voices and acting.

[@Jackal_Blitz]

Laura Bailey is adorableness incarnate. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard. You guys rock!

[@ryanlovell97]

This video was so beautiful, couldn't stop laughing and being amazed by all of their voices

[@Red_Fudo]

Are we sure Mr. De Paul can't join the CR main crew? Are we really really sure? It would be so freaking awesome and the new campaign it's gonna be starting sooner or later...

[@kickit246]

Him and Joe, but I think Matt said he doesn't want to go higher than what it is right now, plus it leaves room for special guests. I'd just love to see them on it a lot. Like... a lot, a lot.

[@rvb629]

He could take Marisha's place!

[@noravalio]

because after Orion left the community needed someone else to badger and rules lawyer and Marisha just happened to be bad at reading what her spells do

[@ennuii4]

Rules lawyering is not fun for anyone. Johnson is already crafting and figuring out her new character. I rather hope it isn't the only healer lol.

[@patrikg.6320]

that makes her RPing a playing beautiful for me, I hate perfection and perfectionists to some degree and for me failling is the most important part of learning, not saying Marisha gets a bit too real(as in being bad) sometimes but the hate is just unnesesery bitching at this point

[@lilsmammy1387]

Darin DePaul said in a panel of his that he played D&D with either Mercer's Mother or Grandmother so it's interesting seeing him carry on the playing through the family line

[@dmarkiwsky]

This is so damn good. Everything about it and everyone's voices makes me so happy. Also Darin

[@HolyAcorn]

It is so beautiful to see Mr De Pauls excitement and how engaged he is!

[@J--Dubs]

I listened to all of this before looking at it and I had NO IDEA that was Sam Riegel's voice. Damn good job.

[@jielibai2912]

There are two things I like about this episode. Everything, and that's it!