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Vocals by Sam Riegel
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[@09spidy]

The only time I've willingly watched an ad for more than a 100 times.

[@Sparrow141420]

Hahahahahahahahaha right though?!?

[@emmylikesdeftones]

yep same XDD

[@naltered0990]

i thought i was the only one, lol

[@OmNom.]

Every time I see this ad I be wherever just like ITS DNDDDDDD DND BEYOND

[@fydeless4812]

lmao and i dont even play dnd

[@eveecco]

Let's all take a moment to appreciate the fact that Molly at least got fully animated once.

[@maryhales4595]

Long may he reign!

[@katarinaaguilar1936]

words can not describe how happy I was to see him

[@countkingpen]

Long May He Reign!

[@serafinschaller1688]

Long (and hard) may he reign!

[@bread1882]

That's why I'm here

[@enochtan2098]

Imagine if more people decided to put effort into the ads and make them worth watching instead of just plain annoying.

[@DnDBeyond]

This is our favorite Beatles lyric

[@cricketcricket91]

Sam Reigel: Why not both?

[@ponchopi]

@@DnDBeyond ♪ imagine all the cool ass ads ♪

[@esentertainment7368]

@@DnDBeyond nice

[@wjrneo2]

I watched it because it felt like a late 80's, or early 90's Saturday morning cartoon intro. And I used to watch the early 80's D&D show.

[@mattblissett1966]

The only ads you shouldn't skip are those Sam Riegel does. It is written.

[@sunflare1492]

This is the way

[@jonl.1603]

It is known

[@bebe_star]

I have no idea who he is

[@manuelkipka]

@@bebe_star ?!

[@bebe_star]

@@manuelkipka yep. 😂

[@prettypancakes2359]

Me being a Critical Role fan and getting this animation as a KZbin ad: "Do not recite the old magic to me, I was there when it was written"

[@goldenapplesaga5446]

😂😂😂😂 Nice👏👏👏

[@thefairtrials7423]

Uh what?!?! "Animatic" Is just a series of images planned as like a storyboard. this is an actual animation.

[@prettypancakes2359]

@@thefairtrials7423 The more I know, lemme change it

[@AnimeSunglasses]

"... On second thought, that animation slaps as much as Sam's song does. RECITE IT AGAIN, BARD!"

[@TiboFPS]

the first ad I did not spam the skip button on

[@brycerichardson3687]

"But you need a place to track yourself, cause you're so disorganized" Okay I didn't ask for this intervention.

[@TimmyCrackCorn]

I thought it was "track your stuff" ... have I been playing this wrong in my head several times a day for the couple of years? :0

[@jazzyjonny1449]

Yea it’s stuff

[@blackblaze1996]

It wouldnt be one if you had.

[@cloudunderweather9554]

nobody ever does

[@EightThreeEight]

It's "track your stuff". That's what the captions say.

[@paulstephens2861]

I love that Matt is this almost omnipotent being watching over them and disappears into the background.

[@rosalynnestone6951]

Is that who that is? I thought maybe it was the Traveler or maybe Caleb's invisible servant.

[@manuelkipka]

@@rosalynnestone6951 0:13 to 0:14 I think that is what he ment.

[@ruthannemarie2668]

I thought it might’ve been the traveler… but isn’t any god in dnd just the DM 😂

[@severian83]

He doesn't disappear...he is the background.

[@beanofglory1051]

As it was and ever shall be, so say we all.

[@TheInfinitlyProlonged]

The fact that they managed to get Nott pulling up her mask while she's hiding, Jester winking at Fjord, and Molly cutting his neck with his swords in so few frames still blows my mind

[@micayoung5578]

the fact that you noticed all those things in so few frames blows *my* mind! must have been an excellent perception roll lol

[@zombieno1]

Watched it at .25x speed and was able to see so much. Frumpkin made it in as well.

[@stonewall008]

The cheesiest most wonderful thing ever.

[@MrGaky]

Just like your jungling skills

[@-Omega]

stonewall008 Hey i didnt know that you watch cr, nice

[@taknarian]

This was such a gouda opening, made a brie-liever out of me.

[@loredelamore]

We instead get Thunder Cats Roar. :( T_T

[@gamingking1]

last person I expected to find here.

[@neji2401]

"we need an animated series" WELL GUESS WHAT FOLKS

[@LannasMissingLink]

WOOOOO!

[@NicolasPine]

I believe that the actual show will have even better animation quality than in this video

[@ameliapaws2081]

Mattia Salvetti what, will there be a show, and these characters are they like the creators characters or og ones

[@blueberryxz6919]

@@ameliapaws2081 There's going to be an animated show called Legends of Vox Machina, which will revolve around the characters from the first campaign of Critical Role (Grog, Vex, Vax, Keyleth, Scanlan, Pike and Percy), you can find it on Kickstarter

[@ameliapaws2081]

BlueBerryxz oh thank you. Where is the kick starter

[@powerthroughfocus]

Yah I’m gonna need a full 12 seasons of this animated series. Get it together Wizards

[@milkshook9497]

Yep, hurry up animators I rolled a d20 for persuasion

[@TotherKoala]

@@milkshook9497 you cant ignore the nat 20

[@CrownofMischief]

Well, we're getting at least 1 Mighty Nein season, now we just need a release date

[@genericname2747]

KZbin has a sense of humor, recommending this now that people are canceling their subscriptions

[@sapphicfreckle]

The only ad I've willingly watched

[@minorex123]

There is a short list of them for me, but this has to be the most replayed. Ubisoft's recent Alexandra one stands out.

[@cheftc221]

On repeat even.

[@jip9841]

And multiple times a day.

[@Megapixel8063]

Have you seen the ad for a supermarket where He-Man and Skeletor slow dance to “Having the Time of my Life”?

[@rcube33]

Do trailers count? Because I couldn't tell you how many times I've seen Halo 3 - 'Believe'

[@evertime123]

"If they don't make that they're fools" -Travis Willingham

[@toatahu2003]

And Travis knows about fools! Just ask Grog.

[@ryanschmidt3319]

Look Grog is no fool. I mean he has an intelligence of 6. He knows what he's doing.

[@dirtyharry0191]

Grog is actually so stupid he comes full circle and becomes all knowing

[@zyriab5797]

Once I heard him say that, I immediately checked if they did it !

[@XinBiDe]

@@zyriab5797 Same!

[@realtek2514]

*becomes a warlock* *IMMEDIETLY BEGINS TO SPAM ELDRITCH BLAST*

[@Cptjackjacky]

ELDRITCH BLAYYYAASSSTT

[@antsman6795]

I love how when the CR cast picture transitions into their characters, you can see Matt as the DM become this spectre-like being and fade out of sight only to be seen again in full form at the end.

[@jshortforjay7270]

D&D Beyond didn't have to go this hard but they did. Praise all the gods

[@commandercaptain4664]

I'm glad they didn't do this with 4E.

[@PhillyTheKid]

Praise paylore

[@lwetho1519]

I was not expecting this to be so good.

[@fatnootz3466]

ITSS DNDDDDD DNDDDDD YEAH

[@jaelhoward4621]

Tell your skeleton sugar daddy thanks

[@ULTIMATZEKROM]

Animator: So how hard do you guys want to go with this ad? D&D Beyond: Yes

[@appsogot9139]

Alternative response: Beyond

[@Qo0_0]

🕴😎

[@AkariEnderwolf]

Best response: 80's-90's hard

[@davidthemaster7244]

@@appsogot9139 I laughed. Good one or... god one😏

[@shoju0099]

@@appsogot9139 Those aren’t just random lyrics either, they’re targeted. Every single rhyme is more than 100 percent of his power!

[@dancourtney4]

Fun fact: the drums at the end are just Sam Riegel's voice

[@theowild2524]

my favorite part is that you can hear him doing "dundun dundun dundun" under the music. fills me with glee

[@oceanblue6056]

when I try to sing along now i cant help but pause and think "that is actually his voice making those drums"

[@HeroKiro]

Necro post but it's drums and him, not just him. He said that on ep 21, when this came out.

[@slywolfe]

@@HeroKiro and like 12 layers of harmony lmao Sam is the best

[@silvercandra4275]

I just wanted to say it in case no one else did... When Sam becomes Nott, she immediately runs away and hides and I absolutely love it.

[@inscrutablemungus4143]

I hope the person at D&D Beyond's marketing division who suggested advertising on Critical Role got a massive raise.

[@AlexQuill63]

Probably just the once, when this ad became a thing. Outside of that, every time a new episode of CR airs, he pours a glass full of whiskey and sits down to see how questionable Sam's ad is for the week.

[@BryonYoungblood]

@@AlexQuill63 But at the same time, props to whoever thought of the collab with Critical Role to advertise D&D Beyond. Brilliant thinking considering how many people have gotten big into D&D thanks to what Travis, Matt, Laura, and the rest of the Critical Role crew and their friends have done playing the game.

[@zeltroidmania]

@@BryonYoungblood yep I just got into dnd becuase of them

[@skipperdani]

@@BryonYoungblood There's more collab than just on CR, for example, if you own the Monster Manual on there, and look up Aarakocra, there's an audio file of how it is pronounced. Spoken by Matt. I've run into a few recorded by Marisha as well.

[@BryonYoungblood]

@@skipperdani Now that is awesome.

[@gabbyhartlage2749]

I feel like I'm watching Magic Schoolbus DnD edition. *It is GLORIOUS*

[@mitchellcipher8711]

Thank god I'm not the only one.

[@RazzBeri1]

Please let this be a normal campaign. With the Friz? no way!

[@fatnootz3466]

@@RazzBeri1 Campaing starts: Bard seducing everyone he sees Rouge stealing from anything he can Wizard fire balling everything Every party member (ecxept one) is killing everything on site

[@ReiseLukas]

@@fatnootz3466 and Arnold is in the corner as usual, not listening to the Frizz

[@Flowerbop]

This speaks to me on both an emotional and spiritual level. 👌

[@PinkyeBoy]

I just love how, on the pic, we see Matt Mercer, and when we switch to the D&D world, he disappears

[@jacoborwhatev1]

well there has to be a dm somewhere right

[@Enthusiasmmm]

Why can't all ads be this epic?!? This is practically an anime intro and I LOVE it!!!

[@AndrewJW]

You should try DnD. It's sick

[@cookiedrawsanime4239]

thank Sam Riegel

[@sirdigsalo1]

DnD: Trailer Me: Nice DnD: Official, animated, 80's cartoon inspired trailer me: *NOICE*

[@lodthefraud4993]

DnD: Official, animated, 80's cartoon inspired trailer sung by Sam Riegel featuring CR characters me: NNNOOOIIICCCEEE

[@nicholascavallo9836]

NNNOOOOOOOIIICCCEEE

[@camrynsmith7631]

Inspiration worthy of the Great Burt Reynolds

[@Nidrog]

DnD: Official, animated, 80's cartoon inspired trailer sung by Emmy award winning actor Sam Reigel featuring CR characters me: NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEE!

[@THERetroGamer9000]

I got that 80s cartoon feeling. Awesome.

[@PhantomFox77]

Between this and Your Turn to Roll, Sam just needs to start a side job as a songwriter for more cool shows.

[@go460]

333 likes ur welcome

[@scarletrhine4510]

This the perfect intro to an anime. now all we need is an outro that isn't a reprise of the intro and you'd have the perfect way to start & End a gaming session.

[@anatoleleconte723]

He wrote a Broadway musical

[@tylercampbell4668]

@@anatoleleconte723 lol is that Sponsor Me?

[@anatoleleconte723]

@@tylercampbell4668 yep

[@soultiger267]

D&D Beyond: The Animated Series 12 Action Packed Episodes On 1 Disc Coming Soon To VHS And DVD

[@lydiacheshire5183]

Can we PLEASE have a TV show for this?! I would actually totally watch this. And we got a show intro right here!

[@soultiger267]

@@lydiacheshire5183 I Can't Not Smile At This Song

[@christopherdaurio2617]

@@lydiacheshire5183 Keep an eye on Critical Role's "The Legend of Vox Machina". It's slated for 10 episodes on Amazon Prime video 📺

[@logantotman1574]

I love how Matt just gets Thanos Snapped when the team turns into their characters

[@leightonpetty4817]

Then at the end, you see him as this omnipotent god figure looming over them

[@nathanhorton8873]

Catchy Music: Check 80's style animation: Check General Description of the actual use and purpose of the website itself: Check

[@the_mushroom_lad4643]

W

[@the_mushroom_lad4643]

A

[@the_mushroom_lad4643]

T

[@cyntheticism]

It checks out.

[@ianstrijker9576]

just a good ad that tells you what its advertising in a fun and interesting way

[@AlvarM]

"That 80's synth is giving me life" Travis

[@beanofglory1051]

Us too, Travis. Us too.

[@spo0pti304]

i can't explain the amount of joy "you heard-abouta-critical role" gives me

[@aprilbingham7889]

This is literally a tv show opening from my childhood and you can't tell me otherwise

[@ash-tv3bu]

i envy this random girl who's self insert got to play with the mighty nein

[@maryhales4595]

Glad I'm not the only one!

[@cthefish]

i think it was one of the animators!

[@enigmace9787]

I know nothing bout critical role who are the people in this short

[@ash-tv3bu]

@@enigmace9787 most of the characters are the mighty nein, the player characters in campaign 2 of critical role. the warlock woman is just an original character created for the animation.

[@NathanWubs]

@@enigmace9787 go watch critical role start at campaign2 and you will know! you will know, feel and cry!

[@mr.smithers3525]

REGULAR GNOLL, REGULAR GNOLL

[@NWolfsson]

You, sir/m'lady, made my day XD *sings in choir* REGULAR GNOLL, REGULAR GNOLL!

[@evilkniveldante]

nein

[@culinarycrusader4978]

This should be a cult chant

[@marzipanmenthol]

And the short lived sequel brought to you by Matt carrying out a map: VISUAL AID, VISUAL AID

[@afilthycasualplays4007]

Regular Gnoll, Regular Gnoll CRITICAL GNOLL!

[@leanderdato4764]

It‘s been so long and I still get this jingle stuck in my head all the time

[@ryantaylor5487]

if this doesn't play at my funeral i'm not coming.

[@MrRhexx]

That was actually pretty sick

[@jasonhater3926]

Oh cool, I'm one of your subscribers XD

[@orkface234]

MrRhexx agreed

[@Pyromaniac_Akeks]

oh love seeing you here mate

[@reecopolis2248]

Hey its you cool beans

[@edwardoliveira1748]

MrRhexx mate. More d&d lore

[@poke950]

Is anyone else not able to stop listening to "ya heard about a critical role" something about the way he says it i cannot stop playing it

[@LucasB2882]

It sound like he's saying "ya heard about a critical role" but someone on twitter said he's actually saying "ya click open the webpage, ya heard about on critical role.

[@Mr_Hoppykwins]

yeah the CC also say "on critical role" I can hear it too now that I know thats what he says.

[@danielchausse5159]

Press 3.

[@Kryxx07]

That part gives me chills, every time I hear it.

[@michaelpmiddleton]

That, my critter friend, is the sound of the 80's. Well that, and the drums and synth.

[@WhitieWu]

I still come back to listen to this every now and again

[@beanofglory1051]

100% bookmarking it now XD

[@shelfenthusiast]

god this is so depressing now.

[@jamesl9014]

instead of getting character commissions, people will now commission entire animated theme intros for their d&d troupe, song and all.

[@ermacmacro7136]

@italkcrab You mean the Gnome Bard Scanlan

[@savirasoulstar4497]

@@ermacmacro7136 I miss Scanlan... Might have to go back and rewatch campaign one...

[@rayanderson5797]

Oh I've already got the song picked.

[@theUnfrench]

Sam - *sings his dnd beyond jingle* Me - *immediately looks for it on KZbin* Me - *obsesses over it for the next 30 minutes when I should be working* Still me - *makes it my ringtone and loves it for ever.*

[@Princess_Graffiti]

this is me

[@burninroses1755]

Lol my dungeon master is named Sam

[@emmylikesdeftones]

LMAOOO same

[@socratesl7020]

How do you make something your ringtone on iOS? Do you know?

[@theUnfrench]

@@socratesl7020 I get my ringtones and the like from Zedge. It's a pretty cool app. I don't know if IOS has it a available, though.

[@NyxiousYT]

1. Why did I only see this now? 2. Why is this not an anime?

[@rizahawkeyepierce1380]

"There are drum fills there, but it's also me going DOO DOO/DOO DOO/DOO DOO/DOO DOO" - Sam Riegel

[@J1bolone]

00:12 Matthew: Aight Imma head out

[@elim.4204]

0_0

[@TheLastPwnr]

Honest to God I managed to miss that detail until today, and scrolled to see if anyone else saw! Such a cool detail.

[@EightThreeEight]

Matthew Mercer's spirit exists in every part of Exandria.

[@grimreefer9324]

Aw, dude, that's *such* a good detail

[@JackMcJaguar]

I remember being fascinated with the transition of photo to M9. Sam to Nott is still my fave contrasting switch

[@smhallers9905]

The only advertisement on youtube that I don't skip. Also, that invisble wand must be a nightmare when you misplace it.

[@irishmanfromengland25]

mm...

[@firefly8767]

That is why you have locate object

[@yf-n7710]

@@firefly8767 Yes but what if you needed the wand to cast locate object?

[@anonym3]

yee.

[@roundaboutrequiem98]

@@yf-n7710 Just borrow your other party caster's arcane focus for a few minutes. Problem solved. Unless of course they're not an arcane caster. Which makes that a pretty big problem.

[@mytruemean1ng]

I have watched this about 40 times now and I still get chills. I LOVE THIS THEME SONG!!!

[@eek2079]

Lyrics: Who am I kidding, you sang along, didn’t you?

[@irok1]

How to get people into D&D, 2018.

[@roberthernandez9557]

Irok 121 ikr 😂

[@thecamelftw1381]

It's a lot of fun once you get get through the handbook. Honestly the most free and open world game out there.Been playing for 2 years and the amount of memories of creating personas that interact with your friends are endlessly.Made an old man who fights with an axe and I knew he was gonna a die so I put so much character by thinking of phrases to use and things he would do in scenarios.There is also the fun of managing what you know and what your character doesn't.These characters become their own people and the best ones are remembered for years.

[@tharrock337]

@Vee Plushie I don't wanna debate that the act of reading the handbook is very fun. It's a dull "read" but you are not so much reading it like a novel are you? It's a reference book pretty much impossible to get through from cover to cover but there really is no need for that. While reading it I come up with my own version of how these rules serve a charakter. Could they do a better job? for sure but I think the more they flesh out an awesome idea in that book, the more they might narrow the charakters the rules can form in your mind. You don't judge a game on how fun it is to read the rules do you? I once heard Mike Mearls say that "You don't get someone into basketball by showing them the rules right? You show them a game." and that is very true. The rules are important but not where the meat of the game lies.

[@thecamelftw1381]

Honestly the hardest part for new players is too create a character, use a pregenerated character.The handbook is just reference.

[@Wolfrover]

TheCamel Ftw Not to mention, that's what the quick-gen rules are for.

[@Loalrikowki]

So, you sent this to Netflix as the pitch for a new series, right? They would eat it up.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

In all fairness, they eat up anything.

[@l-gzy7400]

Trygve Plaustrum i need this in my life

[@chadmcmillan1907]

100% would watch nonstop! I really hope they do this!

[@somer4213]

Well it sort of comes from a series already, all the characters in this (except the warlock girl) are from a weekly DnD livestream on Geek & Sundry, called Critical Role (this is from campaign two). The voice to the song is one of the players, Sam Riegel. Its pretty awesome and all the players including the DM are voice actors, so it really adds even more to the show. It’s live on Thursdays and you can find the episodes on Geek & Sundry’s KZbin (sorry if y’all already knew this, it’s just an awesome show and deserves a ton of love, Matt Mercer is one of the best DMs I’ve ever seen)

[@brechjebakker2912]

@@somer4213 I'm currently at episode 6 of that campaign and I would absolutely love an animages series about it! Voiced by them of course,it would be total badassery

[@ninjabugscrochetcorner9927]

This seriously NEVER gets old. I don't know how many times I've listened to it now. Pure GOLD!

[@defonotsomz]

If this was a series I would watch

[@Drxszabo]

The only ad I've willingly watched beyond the mandatory 6 seconds, thumbs-upped, tracked down to re-watch or put a comment about. *sings "It's DnDeeeeeeeee!"*

[@Zelphyn]

same

[@GuardianTactician]

I like how Matt Mercer just vanishes as the DM when everyone else becomes their characters.

[@miris3112]

If you watch frame by frame you can see his grey DM representation (with the hooded cloak)

[@theewaywardson]

Hes in the background in the closing bit as well

[@sonicbralaunik9671]

THE WORLD - TAROT CARD

[@sonicbralaunik9671]

I knew you were going to make a JoJo reference, Manuel Sacha, which is why I booby trapped your very own keyboard. Your next words will be, "What? There's no way!"

[@Wolfrover]

That's part of the job. The DM is Fate, known to the Roman's as Night: Making the world work from behind the scenes.

[@khaledzprsa8224]

It's dnd dnd begone

[@zombieno1]

I'm late to the game. Only started listening to campaign 2 and 22 episodes in. What happened a year ago? Thanks

[@SavePedroVoteFerris]

The one ad I’ve ever watched that has gotten me super into something is this

[@WolfRebel]

I honestly love the whole thing, but my favourite part is if you listen real close, you can hear Sam going "DO DO, DO DO, DO DO, DO DO" along with the drum at the end, like he did originally. I just can't get enough of this

[@gengar1187]

WolfRebel hell yeah, I listened a few times to make sure. I mean, I love all those dudes, but Sam is a fukkin god, Travis gets it, his reactions are pure Salieri

[@Herobizkit597]

Where is the source/inspiration for this cartoon? I'd like to see the original conversation!

[@WolfRebel]

Dru Bryan In episode 7 of Season 2, for his DnD Beyond advertisement, Sam decided to make an 80s theme song for DnD Beyond (cause DnD started back in the 80s). Basically the words in this are what he sang (though it wasn't as layered). He also did the drums with his voice. It was gorgeous. I guess DnD Beyond were like "okay yup we're making this a thing now" and the result was amazing. Just look for it on the Critical Role Highlights page, they always have Sam's ads on there.

[@brianlacy8725]

You HAVE to go back and re-watch the beginning of Ep. 7 to fully appreciate this. (Also doesn't hurt to watch the intro to the 80's D&D cartoon, if you haven't.) This awesome video is EXACTLY as Sam Riegel portrayed it in his original vocal in that episode, just with the awesome visuals masterfully filled in. I absolutely would have watched this when I was kid. I would absolutely watch it today.

[@tasketehimesama]

WolfRebel could be...

[@drysocks4412]

I love how Mercer fades away as the DM when the cast become their characters.

[@touristemily]

Dry Socks omg I didn’t noticed that part before. Awesome catch. That’s a really cool detail.

[@tomjack1000000]

He becomes the world. Nice catch :)

[@Gergbu]

Dry Socks yeah then him at the end overlooking it all!

[@spellbladeoff-hand7662]

And Nott shyly hides behind Fjord.

[@creature3628]

I'd like to think for that moment, Mercer was the Traveler.

[@tyriquesmith8850]

I just got to the episode where Sam sings this song. And out of sheer curiosity I looked it up, and I am so incredibly pleased.

[@SuperLamarrio64DS]

The first time I listened to this I though it was the cheesiest and silly thing ever. I was so sceptical and closed the window. I opened it up again a few minutes later and after listening to it 20 times on a loop I can confirm it is now my favourite video on KZbin, and I will be singing this for a very long time

[@patrickdees5256]

When Saturday morning cartoons use to be a thing.

[@nameless3635]

That... ok

[@crnkmnky]

I definitely added it to the playlist where I put classic TV theme songs.

[@dggaming7610]

Rest in piece Saturday morning cartoons you were gone too soon

[@gamefan4254]

You made me hurt

[@resoluteendergodgamer9319]

Ah the good old days, also if you put a vhs effect on this video I bet it would look like a cartoon from the 80s. Wasn't born that time but I still watched stuff like that when I was a kid anyways

[@apandarose675]

The only ad I will look up specifically just to watch

[@Zelphyn]

yes, this and that Arknights Speed of Light add lol

[@kalispellyt1413]

If this was a TV show, I'd watch it.

[@natathetata1648]

Wow I can’t believe I saw this ad like 3 years ago and went huh catchy. And now I’m starting critical role season 2 and went WAIT A MINUTE

[@wafic1051]

lol same except I had the realization like a year ago

[@MsCunningLinguistic]

There are so many wonderful little details too??? Like how the cheesy 80's picture of the cast turns into their D&D characters, but sat in the same position as their real selves, and how Matt-with-glasses turns into a ghostly hooded figure for a moment before he disappears (only to return at the end, in the background, in the throwback style of the original concept art of campaign 2). Like he's a ghost that's always there, even if the characters can't see him - which is a valid way of explaining what a Dungeon Master is, I feel. SO GOOD.

[@iandakariann]

MsCunningLinguistic how about how since laura was put above the others but jester is rather short it results in her doing a "hop" into position.

[@jeffrycochran_mp3a425]

I liked the way Beau catches an arrow and throws it back eliminating a knoll behind Jester.

[@CommieCrab]

A ghost that's always there? Matt Mercer is the Traveler confirmed.

[@sananaryon4061]

One of them (Haven't seen Critical Roll, sorry) casts what I assume is magic missile

[@SaryTheWolf]

@@sananaryon4061 One: Go watch it, it's awesome!! Two: That's Caleb, he cases dancing light and scorching ray.

[@EYEOFATE3800]

It's a little late, but I admire every detail put into this trailer. My favorite being the role of Matt Mercer as DM, you clearly see him disappear and then appearing as the overseer/mastermind behind the adventure that will unfold.

[@sobinir7933]

Yoooo thats actually sick as hell, i didnt notice he turns into a hooded figure and fade away, i only saw him in the bg at the end. Super cool detail for sure.

[@jordantutwiler1611]

Don't forget Caleb's lights he puts out so everyone can see and hangs back

[@TwinFlower90]

Or Caleb getting nicked by an arrow just below the eye.

[@9206156175]

HOW DID I COMOLETELY MISS THAT

[@dorca9308]

This is the only ad I don't skip

[@BenDover-ch9vg]

Ive watched this so many times

[@FishoD]

This is the absolute best thing ever. The atmosphere and accuracy and the amount of details, plus Sam's singing and text, just superb. 1. Sam Riegel is the "frontman" however the second he changes into Nott he becomes scared and hides behind Fjord. 2. Matt changes into a Spirit as a DM and disappears (and is at the end as the all mighty). 3. Jester skipping around, her lollipop. 4. Caleb immediately casting 4 light globes, then just standing still, taking a bunch of arrows to the face and using fire. 5. Beau protecting Caleb by catching an Arrow and flinging it at the enemy. 6. Molly cutting his neck and blades turning into radiant weapons 7. Jester having invoke duplicity at the end 8. Fjord and his watery falchion and corrupting curse at the end. It's just so much awesome. Literally the only way it could be more perfect is if Nott didn't charge a gnoll head on with a dagger, but instead peaked from behind some cover and shot a crossbow bolt and hid again.

[@UnboundImagination]

When Nott is drunk she is The Brave! So charging head on would be proper

[@WyvernDukemon]

The Gnolls shot her Caleb. Nott goes psycho for her boy.

[@Id4nPr3scot]

I think that was the traveller tho (spirit)

[@GamerJotaro]

FYI Caleb wasn't casting Dancing Lights, he was casting Scorching Ray Edit: He does cast Dancing lights at the end

[@Id4nPr3scot]

His first spell is dancing lights. Scorching ray was his second. And the last was also dancing lights.

[@Meksworld]

Why can't we have this as a tv show!!!!

[@Kinemagichemistry]

*Squints* are you aware of the critical role?

[@JeremyTheGraten]

I mean, we already have a show of Critical Role...

[@heitorsatlermacedo2078]

Kinemagichemistry yeah but a podcast and a animated series are two different things

[@heitorsatlermacedo2078]

Jeremy the Graten yeah but a podcast and a animated series are two different things

[@Meksworld]

Yes I know of critical role but this is 2000% better looking then 90% of animation out there ...this reminds of the 80s D&D cartoon but with out the Scooby gang antics

[@rocklobster2425]

Aaaah memories. I grew up watching D&D Beyond, it was my favourite show...

[@Rainy_R]

why so i remember this from such a long time ago even before 4 years ago…it feels so nostalgic to me even before i knew what dnd was

[@bitzbox]

Amazing. We need this to be an animated series

[@companyoflosers]

the song was actually debuted on the critical role livestream. Sam Riegal is a player and all the characters seen here are based off of their current campaign's characters. so in a way, its already a series, just not officially animated. there are some fanmade animated highlight scenes though.

[@thebehaman9893]

We REALLY need this to be an animated series

[@kaitoudark1]

companyoflosers a link to those would be cool!

[@klumsy3420]

kaitoudark1 Search "Critical role campaign 2" and it'll pop right up

[@kaitoudark1]

Klumsy Gamer the fan animated parts, you mean? Or the official channels? Because I'm looking for the fan animations.

[@williamwall3403]

Now we just need a full series of this.

[@Yoghurtslave]

STOP THE OGL 1.1. Best regards from a random dungeon master.

[@AnnoDomini-sn1qg]

With the release of the animated series, this ad came to mind again and I wanted to rewatch it. Wow, I forgot how GREAT Sam's voice sounds in this! :O

[@HumbleCrow27]

The description should really say, "We're not fools."

[@ronanhiggz9364]

This is more badass than it has any right to be.

[@Arkatox]

No, it has every right to be this badass.

[@kristynab.6539]

I just remembered getting this as a youtube advertisement some time ago and thinking it's cool but not caring for it too much and now like two months later me and a group of friends are making our own campaign... this is awesome :D

[@kitkatdoesthings6242]

This is one of the most recognizable songs ever

[@julianamarie8280]

This gets stuck in my head more than I’d like to admit

[@zslayer18]

I didn't know I needed this in my life until it arrived. Bless this song

[@Malhaloc]

I had the perfect warlock Some weapons and supplies But the place I used to track my stuff Has been hyper-monetized Don't click open the web page Don't subscribe to the membership fees Cuz now they charge 30 bucks a month And I'm begging on my knees Quit D&D (DnD, be gone) Quit D&D (DnD, be gone) I lost my stats, I've lost my stuff Goodbye to my invisible wand Quit D&D D&D D&D, be gone

[@qmchale5130]

🤣

[@meganphillips7966]

Now that’s art 😅 a sad truth though -,-

[@jenniferstover9557]

We can always play with paper sheets and not do the d&d one of whatever they’re calling it

[@G.F.SF55]

Not quit DnD, quit DnDbeyond then, but ngl the free stuff they offer is pretty nice on its own

[@Malhaloc]

@@G.F.SF55 I'm waiting for Daggerheart to come out. DnD got big again because of Critical Role. Now they're making their own system, following the PR fiasco that Hasbro put the game through? Yeah, man. I can't wait for that ship to leave port.

[@misty6430]

Okay but why is this actually really catchy. Like I got this as an ad, and this is the first ad that I loved.

[@Cheonging101]

Is this an advertisement? Why am I not skipping this like every frickin' ad on KZbin? And why am I watching it 13 times in a row voluntarily?

[@garlicbreadcrumb3653]

Cheonging101 tru

[@jumanjicostco3248]

Was this the song Sam made a few episodes back? I can't believe they actually did this~ well done! And I love how they made the ratio 4:3 Such nostalgia~

[@esajaan]

Cassie Barns I didn't notice the ratio XD Amazing

[@snipegrzywa]

Yes, it's same /or based on it song

[@TheJPKaram]

If i am not mistaken he is actually singing it xD

[@MissYucca13]

Yeah! It was in ep 7 of the second campaign :)

[@TheBloodypimp]

Well he did say it was a 80's jingle. So they prolly worked on that premise.

[@cullylindquist9555]

I love that you can still hear Sam go, Dodo dodo dodo alongside the synth drums

[@SuperXdrake]

I saw this many times willingly, and now I got it as an ad before a video, blessed ad, and only ad I'll watch willingly before a video and not hit skip.

[@Hedgeclipperz]

I love the fact that Sam literally joked this into existence.

[@nicktheninja3166]

Bards and their expertise man, better watch what you say, even off hand and people might take it seriously. :p that +18 to persuasion man made this beautiful work of art ^^

[@jeohranalfhir8366]

his superpowers are real, even though uncomparable to those of Taliesin Jaffe the First

[@Geeko170]

This is the greatest thing I have seen all year.

[@thebrickslayer8819]

Indeed

[@tpfrozenking75]

God dn i just got this as an ad and for the first time in years i actually looked into the services they provide.

[@andrewhinson4323]

I swear Sam Riegal beatboxing the descending drum beat at the end is my favorite part XD

[@Abelhawk]

This is... beyond words. Amazing.

[@AndTheMan]

Would you say it's "dnd" beyond words

[@guh___]

Tiago Baenre should be a series

[@Silvershot6986]

I agree it was cool... but I play pathfinder.

[@veng3r663]

Not bad not bad. BUT Mighty Orbots, M.A.S.K., and Wheeled Warriors could still give this a run for its money...

[@vigilantsycamore8750]

(Caleb backstory spoilers below) You've got your perfect wizard His spell books and supplies But he burned his family to death And now he's traumatised!

[@jpc4803]

Why did you have to do my main Wizard man dirty? ;-;

[@heidibermudez2072]

@@jpc4803 that was actually a concept for song lyrics--

[@jpc4803]

@@heidibermudez2072 And then you got Fjord the Feeble Orc--

[@Jthomas-gg9pi]

Heidi Bermudez I don’t think it was actually an early concept I think Sam just said that

[@thetgi4458]

This comment killed my entire family

[@gollyjunior6393]

I’ve just started campaign 2 (on ep 26) and I’m loving it. This ad was one of the best things I’ve seen so far this series.

[@overlyactivetomatoyoutube2440]

Vox machina got a comic the mighty nine need a animated series

[@rangertastic9467]

Overlyactivetomato KZbin Mighty Nein*

[@117Jorn]

...well you're getting the reverse XD

[@yzertqhbog6597]

HELL YEAH

[@maxsmit3288]

Well guess what.

[@commandercaptain4664]

@@maxsmit3288 ight imma animate

[@SunakiVA]

This is the greatest theme to anything I have ever heard. Sounds straight out of the 1980's, and makes me wish that it was a animated show in that decade.

[@awesolme]

i feel the same, a little bit of Thundercats vybes

[@donnerblitzen1388]

They have. It's nowhere near as good as this ad is, but it does have rather great artwork and animation techniques. It came out I want to say early 1980s at the height of Saturday morning cartoons. I watched it when I was a kid(yeah, I'm old), it's a bit cheesy to watch now, but it was the 1980s, it was either cheesy, corny or badly done. The thundercats vibe I got was more 2011 thundercats than the old 1980s one.

[@Alt-pg4cb]

@@awesolme considering what happened recently, the name give's me partial nightmare's

[@Wolfrover]

Heck, no. I remember the D&D cartoon in the Eighties, and this would never have made it, for two reasons: 1. Enemies dying. The Eighties had a lot of rules for cartoons, and one was that the poor children should never, ever see blood or bloodshed of any sort depicted on the screen. In this intro, we have blood, we have gnolls getting torched by magic -- it would never have flown. 2. "The Complainer". Parent groups in the Eighties insisted that there had to be one character whose entire purpose was to object to the plan of action and be wrong. No exceptions. They would never, could never be right, because it was another of the rules, and the groups would always overrule them. Worse, not only did that hamstring their character development, but you could never get away from them, because their presence was mandatory. On D&D, it was Eric the Cavalier. On The Smurfs, it was Brainy Smurf. On The Snorks, it was Junior Wentworth. And the viewers got heartily sick of all of them. (Thankfully, by the Nineties, someone realized that teaching kids that anyone who objects to the group's plan is always wrong was not the best message...)

[@superplushtiman7ti075]

@@Wolfrover but in the actual cartoon Eric was also kinda racist with his jokes (“they’re not *troll* enough”)

[@simphiwe4930]

Just saw this intro on episode 7😂😂 Sam is a treasure❤

[@applejuice8271]

OMG I first saw that ad when I had no idea what d&d (or critical role) was... ... But now Im just recognizing all the characters from critical role! :D

[@grantcasey9005]

me, literally having no interest in d&d at any point in my life: Yo this kinda slaps tho

[@NewbieNoob2002]

This is the only comment that I can relate too

[@Alt-pg4cb]

i have a small intrest, but i think i would just make the whole thing awkward

[@caldeirao7323]

@@Alt-pg4cb It would be a awkward thing anyways so just go.

[@devilcraft4281]

@@Alt-pg4cb Yeah man, go ahead and take the plunge. I guarantee you won't regret it.

[@ronifr837]

@@Alt-pg4cb i mean you dont have to role play if you dont want to. The main purpose of dnd is to have fun so if you think youd like it you could gather some friends and just go for it but dont pressure yourself to do something you dont want to :)