Disparate Pieces | Critical Role: THE MIGHTY NEIN | Episode 4

The party presents evidence of the devil toad’s corruption at a midnight trial, and Beau confronts an envoy from her past...
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[@Klatubarada1979]

"I thought you were Nott, the brave?" "Nono, there is no coma, I'm just not the brave." LOLOL

[@leciii7831]

Your grammar went into a coma when you made this post.

[@duraemakye1384]

Lmfao

[@Lord_Numpty]

And heartbreaking later on.

[@krishnajain4391]

*comma

[@olimara1647]

Caleb explains that he is a hero: I murdered a man, I did it, he is dead, I killed him. He was a frog, and now he is dead. I killed the circus man.

[@schwany6703]

2 days ago, on this old ass video, still managed to get 14 likes, that's incredible

[@Amnesia1998]

And now you have 100 likes.

[@117chronicles]

And then there was 200 likes

[@Chrismarzek]

@@schwany6703 same. im trying to catch up so i can make sense of whats happened on other episodes from when i first found this channel.

[@baxterwilhelm8114]

This is straight up the funniest comment I've seen in my life.

[@quakeroats2007]

Everyone: "How do we prove our innocence?" Caleb running directly to the authorities: "I have killed a man!"

[@kida4313]

Also look at my piss goblin!

[@safi6749]

Mamaaaa,just killed a man

[@sobinir7933]

@@safi6749 put a spell against his head, rolled advantage now he's deeeaaaaaad

[@justaghostinthesea]

​@@sobinir7933MAMAAAAAAA, OOOOOOOOOOO!

[@foxisconfused]

@secretsaresafe9399 DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE YOU CRYYYYYY

[@M00nSlippers]

The Gang: We should steal 2,000 gold from somewhere to get NPC Gustav out of trouble! Matt: Dear GOD, please don't.

[@thelocaldork]

lmaoo fr he was like "ah shit how am i gonna fix this, please dont go stealing stuff"

[@Amon2323]

In fairness putting an NPC at least 2 of them have a history with into indentured servitude for 2 years would make any non Evil group pause. Nice to see even the pro DMs sometimes make little errors of foresight, gives hope for the rest of us!

[@Nessmess001]

Loved the scene of Beau making the demon's corpse mouth things while jester and fjord cackled, Molly just walked off disturbed, and nott pointed her knife at it thinking it was alive. All the whole with Caleb throwing up in the background. Truly a group bonding moment

[@haydenmorgan8156]

someone draw this now

[@phantomgrape]

This is a complete draw the squad prompt

[@thesandman1385]

This would be one of the best illustrations ever.

[@lakedoessomething702]

I can see my players doing this lol

[@TrashDeviant]

Sounds like a Friday night.

[@battleborn7672]

"roll a deception check" ... * looks up at DM * "zero"

[@outerheavenman]

I died laughing at that

[@puddlesdadawgcow3547]

I also died laughing. I mean how does he get so unlucky that he rolls a 3 and has a modified or -3

[@puddlesdadawgcow3547]

Of*

[@michaelklog]

i loved that matt choked on his cola XD

[@Beamankylo]

@@evaahh9584 47:45

[@carlarivera3058]

caleb: most towns don’t like goblins, most people don’t also caleb: THIS IS MY FRIEND SHE’S A GOBLIN

[@rowanharbour]

Omg, yeah, lolz!

[@G.F.SF55]

Maybe he thought it was best to be honest, but in retrospect it is funny 😂

[@Wendeta-hq2cp]

Well technically they already realised she was (the guards I mean) and I assume Caleb saw how she didn't have her mask on and was in more chains than everyone else, so being the smart cookie that he is he concluded that it would be best to just be honest.

[@Xcimeister]

I love that Liam takes his german accent so far as to say "A Centimeter of my Life" rather than "An Inch"

[@wouldiwasshookspeared4087]

And straight up calls someone an arschloch!

[@Inno4138]

It was definitely more impactful though

[@GermanyIsNotReal]

1:55:58 he did say "every inch of my body" tho

[@G.F.SF55]

​@@GermanyIsNotReal well the people around you rubb off 😂

[@zqueen3871]

Reminds me of the scene in Inglorious Basterds where the undercover American counts to 3 on his fingers incorrectly. Liam did the homework 😂💯

[@m.ed.g2000]

Beau - "MY FIRST NEMESIS!!" Matt - "A 12 YEAR OLD GIRLLL"

[@TheManowarcraft]

Beau-I just give her a little eh you know one of tho- Travis: SHE GOES UNCONSCIOUS 💀

[@TheFlynCow]

@@TheManowarcraft Beau:"I give her a little push" Matt:"Okay, How do you want to do this?" the Party: 👁👄👁

[@jacktom3799]

@@TheFlynCowbeau:i punch her mortal combat style and destroy her skull

[@MrSDPlayer]

@@TheFlynCow LMAO

[@qerupasy]

@Ambrose Contreras To be fair, expecting her to go easy on Vecna to protect Velora is complete nonsense. If you go easy at that point, you deserve the TPK.

[@andyenglish4303]

Gustav: Don't make the same mistakes as your forefathers. Jester: Wow they had four fathers? Nott: I know that's really progressive!

[@tomasroque3338]

when was that?

[@jennifermk4059]

1:41:25

[@tomasroque3338]

@@jennifermk4059 Thank you! I can't believe I missed that, I honestly spent 15 minutes clicking through the video to find that and failed.

[@brendaturner6831]

Lol

[@robrojas8790]

ty so much! in the Spanish subtitles this joke not make any sense.

[@julianaayu]

"Is that goblin pissing in my court??" Rules of improv: Yes, and...

[@endel12]

What *is* Sam doing???

[@julianaayu]

@@endel12 He's pissing

[@wouldiwasshookspeared4087]

@@endel12 he was refilling his flask lol

[@go44yeah]

​@@wouldiwasshookspeared4087 With piss

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

No One: No One At All: Caleb: "I HAVE KILLED A MAN!!! I HAVE KILLED A MAN FROM THE CARNIVAL AND MY FRIEND IS A GOBLIN!!!!!"

[@agathiandevaraj9757]

I donno if Caleb is doing it, or if Liam is pulling a Larkin moment, but its funny.

[@alexfirefly1956]

No one: Literally No One: Caleb: Alright, you got us. She's a Goblin.

[@reedk2402]

Alex Firefly ya but when she was arrested it was because the mask fell off. I mean town guards are stupid but not that stupid so its better to admit it than to try and talk your way out.

[@partialbullet2215]

I hope this becomes a running theme in the series *imagine* Royal guard: The goblins in this area are extremely dangerous and cleaver, we will give you 2 silver pieces for every goblin you slay Caleb: Okay you caught us, Nott is a goblin

[@ryanmc6756]

No one: Literally no one: Not a single person: Not an animal: Not me: Not anyone in the comments: Literally no one at all: You: haha no one funny

[@Virtualmess32]

"Shes had a bad night" "I'm at one hit point i understand"

[@nathanbaileigh9210]

Poor Caleb.

[@leonw5956]

It's the mages life

[@lauravturner]

“It’s a hard knock life - for us!”

[@vanish2884]

Most under rated joke of the episode imo

[@izzybella3409]

"I am either a clown, or a frog-killer." Incredible.

[@peteralexandergraae2830]

Sam's just like: clown to the right of me, jester to the left. Here I am, stuck in the middle of it all

[@sdagoth3037]

He is both.

[@haasgaming]

Caleb realizing something has finally gone right in his life, while on the other side a goblin devours cucumbers off the floor. Wonderful.

[@bumbledy_bee]

A truly historic momment

[@JnEricsonx]

Each having fun in their own way!

[@ishouldfindagoodname2416]

3:04:38 “Let’s go all of these places!” *Matthew makes the face of a DM that has not prepared all of these places*

[@XcZeus3469]

Matt has begun plotting how he can murder Jester and pass it off as "part of the plot" to stop her antics.

[@Rembanspellsong]

@@XcZeus3469 A good DM will never murder a PC just to stop some antics. Especially not when there are times when he can't keep a straight face because of said antics.

[@XcZeus3469]

@@Rembanspellsong Sarcasm. A good commenter knows how to identify it.

[@fashionsuckman4652]

@@XcZeus3469 gotta put a /s for the retards

[@bjminyard563]

My God that’s funny!!!

[@azanthal]

DM: "make a deception check" Nott: ".......zero......." everyone but nott : dies with laughter including me

[@virginiamooney4105]

Highlights: Matt disappearing behind the screen. Liam brazenly pointing and laughing at Matt. Sam's nearly folded hands and gestures with "3 minus 3 = zero."

[@chrisspiers1]

Nott could Star in her own film... ‘Deception Failure’.

[@neutwho]

Mollymauk saying “there’s nothing wrong with living your life. You only get one of em. Well, mostly….” is excellent foreshadowing.

[@matthewherndon6488]

It's my first time watching this series, but honestly this isn't that much of a spoiler at all. 😆 Death and resurrection is just how Critical Role operates.

[@aaronhopple5551]

Yeah...

[@neutwho]

@@matthewherndon6488 I did not say “excellent spoiler,” I said foreshadowing. Totally different! And totally unintentional on Taliesin’s part, as we later learn in the campaign 2 wrap-up, which only proves he is an ancient eldritch being of unfathomable knowing.

[@Archangelous1337]

How about keeping stuff relating to later episodes in the comment section of said later episodes. I know that's really difficult for stupid people to understand that love to rush back and allude to stuff later on like they're something special and then just make those of us on our first time through not want to come to the comment section to see some of the funny comments people have left, or helpful ones pointing out stuff we might have missed in this episode, because we might stumble into comments from these stupid people.

[@neutwho]

@@Archangelous1337 Lol this was six years ago, get over yourself

[@TheDevilsOwl505]

47:55 has to be my favorite Sam moment so far (finally watching Campaign 2 from the start) The way he rolls, sits back with the look of a natural 20 then goes "Zero" with just as much confidence is fucking hysterical

[@CasualApostate]

I just got to this part and I agree lmao.

[@juiciethebox1564]

And Liam pointing and laughing “look at him look at him look at him” is the icing on the cake

[@devinawe9102]

Sam Riegel playing a character with -3 charisma is everything I never knew I needed

[@zachary5833]

Zero

[@xOIwa]

I was laughing so hard when he said "0", but then i remembered my character has -4 charisma so.... :D

[@jamesborn3603]

@@xOIwa please tell me you've rolled a -2 before

[@xOIwa]

@@jamesborn3603 I did. But my character's name is Kay Oss so it's kinda suitable :D

[@LP-iy5mv]

That part was so funny

[@joom3004]

"Is that like a magic tric-" "What's your armor class?" *nervous laughter*

[@zennamok5428]

Didnt she take enough damage to be knocked out...

[@codyvandal2860]

Zenna mok no she had 18HP

[@olliecon5385]

*chuckles* Im in danger

[@expensivemagic4754]

lmfao

[@beluga_soup7285]

best part. she was getting too big for her britches.

[@KinToInferno]

43:05 Nott: gets stealth of 26 Caleb: “That’s my girl!” My heart: 💥💗💥💗💥💗

[@JacobHeaton-tx4gd]

an exploding heart doesn't sound healthy are you okay.

[@AMediumSizedKodiak]

@@JacobHeaton-tx4gd I believe the doctors call that “dead”

[@JacobHeaton-tx4gd]

@@AMediumSizedKodiak indeed

[@seancain2216]

It is unreal how every persuasion, intimidation, and deception check is a failure (when it matters) for an ENTIRE TEAM.

[@Wendeta-hq2cp]

The team has no rizz. They completely suck at actually throwing their personality around. 🤣

[@peterrose5373]

At least partly because they're more interested in being amusing than sensible, and they have a lot of faith in their plot armor.

[@colebecker7832]

and caleb pulls the classic "you caught us, she's a goblin." this time in court while the judge's race is a sworn enemy to goblins

[@Ihileath]

Trash Panda better they find out by admission.

[@Pundae]

Another instance of Caleb's oversharing. For a man with so many secrets they're really bad at keeping them

[@urando3042]

@@Pundae makes him better at keeping the bigger secrets. They'll never know.

[@micryt.]

She was literally arrested for being a goblin.

[@Pundae]

@@micryt. that's not why she was arrested lol

[@DeathnoteBB]

In the bathhouse: Caleb: _actually taking a relaxing bath_ Nott: _eating off the floor and stealing everything_

[@bartholomewjenkins164]

DeathnoteBB He’s casting “Find Familiar” again

[@DeathnoteBB]

Bartholomew Jenkins Who Caleb? I was wondering what the book was for.

[@FrostyTheSnowPickle]

When Nott takes a bath, she *takes* a bath.

[@crungler]

@DarthLesbian420 stealing is easy! originality is hard.

[@FrostyTheSnowPickle]

Cookie the Fabulous - Precisely. Just learning from Nott.

[@cuttlefish6839]

I hope Beau keeps the gag of spamming help everytime she's being dragged to jail and sees her friends lol kills me everytime

[@DoubleK0802]

Yet another episode of Caleb revealing his friend is a goblin without anyone asking

[@NerdHerdForLife]

*Caleb* : Goblins aren't very well like, we need to keep you hidden *Also Caleb, every 10 minutes, completely unprompted* : MY FRIEND IS A GOBLIN!!!!

[@slvaltva1392]

he is like that one very protective friend who accidentally makes everything about race "This girl is kinda weird" "How DARE you say something wrong about her just because she is a GOBLIN???" "I didn't even know she is" "Oh"

[@ArkbladeIX]

Persona 5 Ryuuji if he liked to read

[@averystevenson7155]

They already knew at that point

[@ymir7447]

Matt just played four npc's in a courtroom by himself like a beast.

[@davidmauro8947]

1 take! xD

[@kyndreds]

Matt played like 12 characters in one scene near the end of campaign 1, that man is really talented

[@catherinereed8977]

@@kyndreds That was by and far an amazing scene.

[@corvus1253]

That's because Matthew Mercer is a DM god!

[@lucindatheartist6435]

Bassicaly me when I'm alone. Self roleplay

[@trashlord6447]

Caleb, standing in front of the police covered in blood: I killed a man lmao

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

Not just "I killed a man." It was "I murdered this carnie and that proves us all innocent."

[@xEvilRaptorx]

Matt had to do some quick thinking to keep Liam from having to make a new char lol

[@joshuarubenstein2298]

Cha cha real smooth

[@alexfox6232]

I'm A mUrDeReR! I'lL dO iT aGaIn!

[@anamitraroy1681]

Mamaaaaa uuwwwwuuuu

[@dolphin64575]

55:48 Marisha bringing back the manacled "help. help. help." 😂

[@golik133]

It needs to be put in the upcoming show😂

[@jenbrown4097]

Caleb: “I am injured to within a centimeter of my life.” Liam is so in character that he uses the metric system!

[@Sizzox]

”And it was the meteic system!” - Taryon Darrington

[@SooperDingo]

When your party members bully you so much that you incorporate taking a bath into your downtime

[@elbruces]

I do not understand these types of comments. As a DM, the biggest challenge I find is having enough story prepared to keep the players entertained for a full session, without them chewing through all the plot in under an hour (my group is very goal oriented). As such, if a player wants to eat up fifteen minutes of play time on something simple, or on having a conversation among themselves, that's a huge help. You can sit back and coast for a bit and let THEM tell YOU the story, which is delightful. I cannot imagine what kind of DM would be upset by their players giving them a break and picking up the narrative slack.

[@TheBlarggle]

@@elbruces I think 1: It's because the thing he chose to do, out of all the things possibly available to a creative player like him, he chose to bathe because his party members made up the fact that he was smelly. So instead of preparing potions, writing scrolls, shopping for spell ingredients(which he needed at one point), he chose to RP taking a bath. It's funny. So people comment on it. 2. You're taking jokey observations about RPing a bath too seriously.

[@wesleyw7908]

@@elbruces That's because these type of comments are jokes, and you apparently failed spotting the joke. Must have been a natural 1

[@elbruces]

Not always. I see a LOT of comments seriously suggesting that Matt should be annoyed when the characters want to take time to RP themselves without following his story. That's the context I'm coming from.

[@TheBlarggle]

@@elbruces No you don't.

[@mosssenter2977]

"Is the goblin pissing in my court" had me in tears

[@allblazing1160]

kicked it in the cotter Ra Ra Ra

[@hexpsyche]

1:15:46

[@funsize69]

Srsly thou what's he doing

[@thomassmart4088]

MVP

[@Lathlaer]

@@funsize69 Yeah Sam's and Laura's characters are clearly not right in the head :D

[@natashawylie7555]

Okay but Sam helping Laura hide her pregnancy because they hadn’t announced it yet was like the cutest thing. 2:11:49 and 2:33:49

[@thespankmyfrank]

Thank you for pointing it out! That's so sweet.

[@natashawylie7555]

@@thespankmyfrank Isn’t it!!!!!!

[@Lord_Forehead]

Well spotted, that's awesome!

[@mirandactl]

I would have never noticed! So sweet!

[@uli11]

Honestly the moments of sweetness, caring and thoughtfulness between our ragtag troup is so incredibly wonderful to behold...

[@giuliagrosso1804]

Ashleigh c1: the moral compass of the group Ashleigh c2: goes missing for two episodes and rocks up arrested

[@madelyn1758]

ashleigh...

[@demonchildDLC]

Ashley*

[@cnh3109]

Ashley

[@amandanorris8]

Ashli

[@tacnomel2591]

I thought it was Ashlee tbh

[@Tiffany_jade_m]

“I’m at one hit point, I understand.” I need that on a t-shirt.

[@kungfuskull]

Tiffany Drudy i would totally buy that as merch. Hint hint, producers

[@LP-iy5mv]

I think that and zero would be good on a T-SHIRT

[@erikwilliams1562]

THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN

[@josephbarker7933]

I love how Sam OWNS his low rolls. "Zero."

[@mme.veronica735]

To be fair that's impressive. How many people can roll a 0 with a 3

[@deffdefying4803]

@@mme.veronica735 A fair few, -3 modifiers aren't that hard to come by.

[@Logan_Baron]

Felicia Day rolled a negative 1 on initaitive last campaign.

[@StrapMerf]

@@mme.veronica735 I have a character I rolled that could roll 1 0 from a 3.... dice gods hated me this day with 5, 8, 4, 7, 8, 12... (4d6, highest 3) i tried to sacrifice a d6 to the gods under my car tyre.. they did not accept my sacrifice, the dice lives..

[@allblazing1160]

were the hell is bo the breaker

[@shadowelii]

So you’ve got Nott using her body as a shield when Caleb’s down for the count last episode and now we got Caleb doing the same against a whole Lawmaster. I’m just very 🥺🥺🥺 about them both.

[@TheKazeetie]

Especially consider (possible spoilers for Caleb's backstory) How terrified he is of being locked up, this is like facing his worst fear if he failed

[@joshuarubenstein2298]

"We gotta prove our innocence" Caleb: "I killed him, Yea I killed him, got the head to prove it" *Cha cha real smooth*

[@AtaraxianWist]

*CHA CHA real smooth*

[@sebastianbennette5727]

Favorite Caleb quotes: "I'm either a clown or I'm a toad killer!" "I'm a dirty hobo and I reek like yesterday's garbage."

[@scottlucas5003]

I'd totally buy a "I'm either a clown or I'm a toad killer T-shirt

[@FlyingButterHorse]

And I'd Totally buy a "I'm a dirty hobo and i reek like yesterday's garbage" t-shirt. LOL.

[@John-rb8gb]

You’re forgetting some prime Nott T-shirt quotes like “All Magic Kills Goblins”

[@the_well-known_stranger2275]

A KZbin Commenter I LOVE TRINKETS SOOO MUCH!!!

[@Leviathis_Krade]

"Why's this crowbar seven gold?"

[@Jotunn96]

I love how Caleb is literally a light breeze away from death for the first half of this episode yet no one suggests that he gets medical attention for two hours

[@AnxietyRat]

Gotta love being the quiet friend. You get forgotten about sometimes. But more likely they just forgot he was at 1 hit point from the previous session.

[@lazynoodle6739]

@@AnxietyRat That's very likely they forgot. Even the time of the day changed - whole last battle was in a middle of the night and it was suddenly just 10pm when they rested here XD

[@coolerthanoranges]

He rolled some hit dice when they realized the boat ride was a short rest, so he at least wasn't at 1 hp

[@sleepy6613]

@@coolerthanoranges he declined the hit die, he wanted to stay at low health to show off his wounds

[@bayarea_pyro4159]

Caleb: “I’d like to jump for joy after acquiring these new spells in the bath-house!” Dm: “roll for agility because the floor is wet now that naught spilled the pitcher” Dice: “1” Dm: “you sprain your ankle and fall into a coma”

[@TheNapLover]

noone: Caleb: SHE'S A GOBLIN, OKAY, YOU GOT ME.

[@jgamer2228]

It simply astounds me at the amount of copycats in the comments section of every critical role video

[@henrymartinvo]

@@jgamer2228If something is obviously observable, lots of people will point it out. Copycats are the people who literally copy-paste comments for views. These folks are just pointing out the blatant reoccurring thing Caleb did

[@DaVeganZombie]

You can immediately tell how much this strange, new group means to Caleb by how incredibly blessed he comes off for having a moment of peace with his best friend where he’s now in a position to read in silence, and in peace for even a little while. Just two days ago in character he was starving. Wanted. Scared. Not just for his own safety but for Nott’s. And now he has friends waiting for him, his best friend is safe by his side, and they can exist in peace. It’s incredible storytelling.

[@theamazingfuzzy5913]

When Nott is taking a bath, she's TAKING a bath!

[@rafaelplugge3214]

Underrated comment! xD

[@joshprice4855]

"I kinda want to punch you back" "Then do it." Beau.exe has stopped working

[@LookieLoki]

When the dom tells the switch to take control 😂

[@Chameleon_Cat]

@Josh Price mac curruption noise du du du du

[@caca95cb]

@@LookieLoki god yes that's exactly what I thought

[@themurc6391]

Lol. I love that they all kinda hint at like “yeah I’m wanted for crimes so let’s avoid like 60% of the world”

[@lilymaguire6473]

omg Nott asking "are you still gonn be the same Caleb?" when they're going into the shower hits so different when you know her backstory. Sam really loves leaving little tid bits for the re-watchers

[@alexhuettl1716]

He and Liam REALLY started their RP early and rewatching it is AMAZING.

[@sophietinnefeld-wilson2924]

Actually, Sam didn’t have that part in his backstory at this point. He knew that Nott didn’t like water, and had never known Caleb to be clean in any way. I’m hindsight, though, maybe Sam’s subconscious was already working on that but.

[@allmight8127]

​@sophietinnefeld-wilson2924 oh I was wondering about this cause. (Spoiler) Laura calls him/nott a half ling as a lie to the boat men.... wonder if that was the idea....

[@Drekromancer]

47:42 "I was just a bystander!!" *rolls a 0 for Deception* Nothing will ever surpass the joy I feel when I see Liam *point and laugh* at Matt for choking on his drink.

[@worldbuilder3262]

Best part

[@ALJ9000]

I live for these moments

[@at.myrthe]

It's one of the rare times Matt raises his glass and actually decides to drink, and he immediately regrets it

[@mb2001]

Thanks for the timestamp!

[@BashStash]

“Sorry for choking you with my stick.”

[@ChitenBugMan]

Hahaha GAY

[@wonderlandartwork3579]

... and I'll never do it again?

[@sita1871]

Lies! All lies!

[@astonlynch1591]

Her large wooden stick

[@gayfoxxx7229]

Both Beau or Marisha could choke me with a wooden stick anytime... 😏

[@glass_jaws]

Feels like the Circus master totally knew what was up with the devil frog, and was letting him feed on healthy people in the circus since they wouldn't likely die. Hence why the elderly were banned, but one got through and got eaten and started this whole mess.

[@megans4211]

+

[@2g33ksgamingttv3]

I'm pretty sure in a talks machina or something Matt admits that the circus master made a deal with it, this was probably something similar to the arrangement

[@gabrielleblack4328]

Yes exactly what I was thinking

[@gabrielleblack4328]

It’s so obvious Matt basically handed to them on a platter but they did not get it per usual 😂

[@Wendeta-hq2cp]

Oh absolutely! Gustav absolutely fucking knew and accepted it! "No sick, no elderly" aka "no easily killable people".

[@lillyschneider2036]

Matt to Marisha: You approach the Baumbauch family brewery. Me, a German learner: Ah, yes. The tree stomach family.

[@simongiles9749]

I assumed it was the Baumbach, which would be like a tree-lined brook.

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

"I thought you were 'Nott, the Brave'" "No, there's no coma. I'm just 'Nott the brave'"

[@danielvalentino3675]

Ricardo Rodriguez phenominal line

[@MaddBass7]

I appreciate your correct use of quotation. I don't know why, but it's nice to see in a KZbin comment for once.

[@valkoharja]

comma, but yeah.

[@ReptarTheUgly]

" H'ey "WhA'Ts up"'" mY+-";! guys

[@NullCodeMusic]

Ricardo Rodriguez comma*

[@Crensler]

"We literally cut off Barney's head and just shoved it in her face." I'm dying right now xD

[@sandrafunacc1]

Let the children rejoice.

[@Zander_Schilling]

Joy to the world, Barney's dead We've barbecued his head. Don't worry about the body, We flushed it down the potty, And around and around it went. And around and around it went. Around and around the body went.

[@Phoenixfox-og6el]

@@Zander_Schilling singing this was an absolute joy thank you

[@Zander_Schilling]

@@Phoenixfox-og6el I do my best to provide incredibly grotesque and messed up song to little children all over the world

[@BobBob-pj3qo]

in the campaign i play i’m a half ork barbarian that every enemies race/species we haven’t fought yet i say a fine addition to my collection then steal their head i have traumatised numerous shopkeepers because of this and anything we have fought i get advantage on intimidation rolls so far i have a goblin head an ork head and an ogre head we have only played two sessions but im gonna get a human head soon because we are the good guys

[@ActivistSpider]

"Welcome to level 3 tonight" 'If we live' *Matt's evil giggle*

[@jacksquatt6082]

"There's nothing wrong with living your life. You only get one of them... mostly." *- Mollymauk*

[@A2Ztigers]

Fucking love that during the court scene, everyone failed so many persuasion checks that Matt eventually had to throw them a bone and say "alright I believe you" hahaha

[@vohnjaajnhov9368]

Hahahaha as a dm, i always have to be careful what i ask the players to roll- like, there's a balance between having fun with game mechanics and adding a sense of risk versus accidently having the party natural one themselves into hours of unintended jailtime fun or bureaucratic nonsense 🤣

[@Lyonatan]

Would have been fun if he sends all of them to the quarry for a session. XD

[@tgodd]

I don’t think the dc’s were very high. She probably has a high insight score and everybody but Nott rolled above a ten.

[@DaVeganZombie]

Just because they roll low doesn’t mean the characters won’t believe them. Poor presentation =/= non belief. They are trying to persuade someone who was trying already to believe them, if she weren’t, she would simply execute them like she threatened dozens of times. They just did a really poor job of saying the things they had said- like a person laughing during a serious moment out of nerves. It was actualy kinda cool and said a lot about the character that she could see past that and remain objective.

[@Riverfall_]

I think that's the reason why there was no reward for their service to the town.

[@derblobinmeister3006]

It occurs to me that Nott can deny pretty much anything and fool a detect lies/ zone of truth. 'I'm Nott, a theif! I'm Nott .I'm Nott!!!'

[@sircastic959]

if they don´t know her name.

[@kierancharlebois8040]

Too bad that deception roll

[@darkamora5123]

Who stole the priceless gem? Nott, me! Who murdered this man? Nott, me! Yeah, checks out.

[@Wookie_oo7]

Oh hi Mark

[@Gon_Din]

Beau really talked shit, got hit!! 😂😂😂 Marisha: you're blowing smoke up my ass Matt: what's your armor class?

[@chadobrien3752]

Well deserved, that was getting hard to watch...

[@enquires_state_building]

laura giving liam sideeye when he's (really dramatically) describing caleb in the bath is giving me life

[@jweather66]

I loved that crazy scene. You know he smells like absolute crap, but he still refuses to scrub his body or even get his head wet when he just PAID for an expensive bath

[@DivaCosplay]

Jester: "Life does need things to live." Molly: "That's a terrible phrase, who said that?" Me: *Lost it beyond recovery*

[@maxharter5716]

(casts Mass Cure Wounds and directs all 700 points to Eva)

[@sandrafunacc1]

So did Bren, supposedly.

[@Ultrabutters]

@@maxharter5716 you're thinking of the level 9 spell Mass Heal

[@rickyish]

In that same moment Molly also said "you only get one life...mostly" 1:50:07

[@MadnessHEROReverend]

Ah, the lesser known follow up to Shiro Emiya's famous "People die when they are killed" quote. fun fact(s): Sam Rigel was the voice of Shiro Emiya, with Liam O'Brian as the Voice of Archer Emiya from Fate Stay/Night.

[@ErikaWeiss633]

"Here." *Pulls off one of the many rings they looted off of the toad's corpse* "This is an old family heirloom." XD, Jester is just amazing.

[@SorchaSublime]

"Thanks, it looks a lot like one I lost a few days ago" either the toad stole it or it wasn't one of those rings and jester stole it. Either or.

[@EyeAM138]

Finally started Critical Role and now I know why Matt is held in such high regard. Holy shit, he is amazing.

[@DarkDecimus]

He is like a Tolken or RR Martin, who not only creates these incredibly detailed and full, lore rich worlds, but also then acts them out and all the the npcs who populate those worlds! Amazing indeed!

[@bloodybutterflygaming1242]

Fellow newbie (both to CR and as a DnD player). He really is great. The only thing that sucks is there are so many people acting like if their DMs aren't on his level that makes them inherently bad. 😔

[@jasonryba2126]

@@bloodybutterflygaming1242 Trying to be a DM to a bunch of kids that have binged all of Campaign 1 is difficult at best.

[@FouEliane]

« I’m sorry that I choked you with my stick » what an underrated moment in the campaign

[@CathodeRayKobold]

Nott the Brave was waiting for 4 episodes to make that punchline.

[@TheCart54321]

Zoshi what punchline

[@Doodlebug080599]

Cool Dude Nott The Brave, no comma

[@MasDouc]

Shit was priceless

[@successtalkswithshivamsir4298]

Good

[@tonyravioli1982]

@@TheCart54321 "I'm Nott the brave" as in Not brave

[@berrybunnyprince811]

Caleb never mentioned that he removed the braids so I love to think that form now on that they are just there forever now.

[@toasted_equestrian]

Honestly if his hair is as greasy from lack of bathing, the braids probably stayed in really well.

[@louie8483]

I WAS THINKING EXACTLY THIS

[@pixelcat5725]

Hahaha thats true XD

[@HosannaReign]

My favorite thing about this is that those braids were actually over 2 years ago. Most of us are caught up on the campaign and in the know by now. Those of us rewatching the first episodes and catching up to the actual campaign through Christmas break are coming to know these small details. Even after all this time this show has managed to capture our hearts and our imaginations. Watching these episodes for the first time and in many cases for many other people re-watching these episodes, it is exhilarating to see. Oh how the continuity of this content doth spring forth, much joy for d&d fans.

[@zebur4170]

Due to his poor hygiene they slowly become dreadlocks

[@scottwagner2566]

I’m starting to think Laura Bailey is just a character Jester plays...

[@isaacmiller3386]

"Self is a construct"

[@MandyCummins]

We learned of Yasha's book where she puts flowers this episode and we thought hey that's a cool little idiosyncrasy for a character like her...and then plenty episodes later we will be smacked in the heart by the real reason she collects flowers.

[@wardalafef5705]

İ like comments like yours they don't spoil but rather excite by not mentioning what actually is there to be discovered

[@theglasswolf3206]

@@wardalafef5705 - same, they make me try to guess as to what the reason could be & that’s so much fun

[@AlibifortheAfterlife]

**After seeing Beau's character portrait for the first time** Me: Ah, yes, Beauregard of the southern water tribe.

[@TheArtistLuna]

I thought the same thing

[@sofiabasile3132]

SAME

[@immortalsnail-xd7zv]

@@Nalwoir you alright there?

[@chipperdrewski]

YUP. Sokka lookalike!

[@princessblazena]

Marisha feels about ATLA, the way I feel about Princess Tutu 😍😌😁 It creeps into my character building, I can't help it 😭🤣🤣

[@StealthMarmot_]

Keyleth: How can I fulfill my responsibilities? Beauregard: How can I AVOID any responsibilities?

[@joshuarubenstein2298]

Beau: *insults Dairon* DM: "What's your armor class?" Beau: 👁👄👁

[@eternasapphiremoon81]

...why do I hear boss music? in Latin? O_O

[@yannismpa3701]

@@eternasapphiremoon81 Anything specific? Like..... VENI VENI VENIAS NE ME MORE FACIAS

[@FuugaNatsu]

@@yannismpa3701 Gloriosa, generosa! :P

[@bonniefazman9065]

*Boss music intensifies*

[@steeveewuzzheer1992]

FITHOS LUSEC VITHOS VENOSEC Or whatever

[@timd4524]

1:58:20 Marisha " I smell bad ya'll ". Travis sneaks a sample sniff. " You smell like girl ". Cracked me up.

[@addaptinginthedark]

Caleb: "You are young. Sometimes, you will meet someone you think is good, and then it turns out they are not." Me: *just quietly sobs*

[@nutterbirdy1983]

Katia K I’m rewatching due to lockdown and I’m noticing sooooo many things I missed before.

[@addaptinginthedark]

@@nutterbirdy1983 It's crazy, isn't it? Matt is the most insane planner I have ever seen! And the rest of them are so amazing at dropping the smallest of hints about their backstories. It's truly a mastercraft.

[@muttzoone]

this makes me think of Essek oh wow

[@henrybach7865]

@Katia K that’s happened to me before...

[@pechum7361]

Timestamp?

[@kalelions]

"MY FIRST NEMESIS" "IS A TWELVE YEAR OLD GIRL" *dies*

[@Letham316]

lol, the bit where Sam goes "...zero :D " and Matt laughs so hard that drink goes up his nose.

[@Letham316]

"We're not criminals, we're not. Me and Caleb have just been travelling since we broke out of that, umm...nothing 😬 "

[@mrangsta]

At 1:02:50 when Norda calls them criminals and Sam says we're not criminals just travellers since Nott and Caleb broke out of....... (prison) but goes silent was brilliant!

[@jweather66]

THANK YOU! I totally missed this moment. When Beau asked Caleb (seemingly out of nowhere) when they broke out of prison I was SO confused. I reread 4 episode synopses to make sure I didn't miss the reveal, but couldn't find it! Felt so crazy.

[@Verbose_Mode]

Watching Matt talk to himself playing multiple characters is amazing. Also I wondered people call Beauregard the "Disaster Lesbian" I now understand.

[@willowwisp4627]

I don't get it .

[@vcagande7998]

Because Beau doesn’t have her life together and she’s a lesbian

[@DeathnoteBB]

Victoria Cagande No it refers to when people are dumb due to a crush, but they’re also a lesbian

[@DeathnoteBB]

No wait I fucked up, I was thinking of “useless lesbian”

[@davidparkes7741]

@@DeathnoteBB To be fair Beau is both a disaster & useless lesbian.

[@glanni]

Legend has it that the old gnome is still waiting for the strange man to return to buy the music box.

[@Pundae]

And the guy who held the farming books

[@DeathnoteBB]

Elsa Frost This is why people at yard sales don’t hold things without payment XD Everyone knows you aren’t coming back

[@chuckn4851]

Caleb: "We're not robbing a store Nott, we're going to be lawful and not draw attention!" *Realizes he couldn't afford a health potion if his life literally depended on it* Also Caleb: "K you got a plan for robbing?"

[@andyfernandez3288]

I love how Laura brought up "life needs things to live"...lol Talesin is never going to live that down.

[@neuroinsect1944]

Caleb is by far the most sane of this party. And that is terrifying. I love it.

[@TheAlienGinger]

Looking back, this is DEFINITELY not true

[@MrWTFgameplay]

The Alien Ginger huh... sane you say..?

[@codyrm86]

Yeah you wana rethink that bud?

[@megashark1013]

Yeah, Fjord is the most sane. And he barfs up saltwater every night.

[@juliustausch7377]

I like the contrast of Texas Ranger Ford and German Hobo-Wizard Caleb. It's amusing.

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

German hobo-wizard. Bloody brilliant.

[@Lyonatan]

"Injured within a CENTIMETER of my life" unassuming sentence showing how deep in character he is

[@masonwheeler6536]

It's still weird, after years of Grog, to see Travis being the one with the intelligence and common sense for the party!

[@CabageBeans]

He still kinda was, he just couldn't voice it in a way that wasn't in line with Grog's stats.

[@JadeReloaded]

Grog had common sense, it was just the common sense of the average five-year-old.

[@dennisn5308]

what impresses me is how well he plays are character with super high charisma, high intelligence but sub-par wisdom. It really shows how he is both crazy smart but also very gullible and naive.

[@ore0hn0]

I love it for him. He is having the best time

[@Gregatron13]

Also Sam having no charisma 😂

[@evandenison5310]

Jester: “They have four fathers?” Nott: “That’s progressive!” Iconic duo XD

[@irishpanic]

I want to watch an animated series of nott and jester detective agency. As long as Sam and Laura do the voices

[@bonniefazman9065]

Meh, Intelligence is a dumb stat anyway. XD

[@Siricerasi]

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[@Zizan931]

Lol i totally missed that joke

[@BAM_Deadstroke]

Caleb: *has really passionate emotional moment by himself in a hot bath Nott: *immediately breaks a pitcher, eats food off the floor, and steals shit from this nice bathroom

[@OnitaFreeze]

The two of them are the perfect pair

[@PaintedBirds]

"As you two take a bath" had two meanings here. 1) Having a bath and healing wounds 2) Stealing the bath

[@dao_of_potato4957]

@@PaintedBirds ok this gave me a good chuckle

[@Shadow-zf3hv]

@@PaintedBirds they'd do *both* those things. -someone rewatching and reading the comments because why not

[@marinadavis4113]

@@PaintedBirds Nott brekkered what shouldn’t be brekkered

[@WolfHeathen]

TIMESTAMPS 2023, BACK TO THE TOP: 00:30 - Sam Presents the DnD Beyond Awards 4:45 - Foreshadowing this episode’s rolls 8:50 - Episode Start 14:30 - No Respect for the Dead 19:40 - At level 2, you don’t kill kids, you just traumatize them 35:05 - A heartfelt apology 37:30 - Travis with unlimited Disguise Self is OP 44:00 - Jester, priestess of trickery 47:40 - Nott a rogue 1:11:10 - Caleb is the actual worst lawyer 1:14:50 - Yasha ran to get to the set of Blindspot, Fridays on NBC 1:24:50 - Yasha on the lam 1:38:20 - Nott and Jester Buddy Cop movie please 1:43:20 - This girl’s gonna be the final boss 1:46:25 - No comma 1:49:05 - This feels like an actual Monty Python sketch 1:50:20 - That 18 Wisdom score 1:57:55 - Beau is into ladies confirmed? 2:00:02 - Break Starts 2:11:24 - Break Ends 2:19:30 - I gotta use that sometime 2:42:20 - Old Man Matt 2:50:05 - Nott a German 2:54:15 - The Bathhouse Caper 3:03:25 - Map Hype 3:15:30 - …Spice? 3:33:50 - But why though? 3:40:40 - Yippee Kiyay

[@danielsandefur7364]

Bump

[@mightyxt]

7:30 intro

[@mightyxt]

3:01:55 “Why is this crowbar 7 gold?”

[@Salemgray]

2024 now is crazy

[@Aldinth]

Why the hell is the most important comment so low?

[@katunderattack]

After watching Campaign 3 and being new to Campaign 2, hearing the gang all say “making my way” and no one singing along afterwards is very weird.

[@veronicanaumov2981]

Agreed. I started with Campaign 2, then began Campaign 1, and then started Campaign 3. Now I have finished Campaign 1 and 2 and am keeping up with 3. I've started a rewatch of campaign 2 and a lot of the jokes that are now iconic are overlooked but there are also a lot of things that are different. Slight spoilers, but uh watching the 3rd episode of campaign 2 and seeing how close the party got to a TPK really surprised me because of the events of campaign 3. I found it really interesting that a lot of times when I play D&D the party often gets dangerously close to a TPK. Granted I'm still a new player but seeing the party have to strategize changed my perspective. For me, I've played several sessions where my character goes unconscious very fast because I usually play sorcerer and so seeing Liam struggle because Caleb goes unconscious almost instantly in battle really made me understand the game a bit better. I think I have a better perpective.

[@ore0hn0]

I sing it in my head almost everytime. Otherwise it just feels like it's missing 😅😂

[@localterror]

I’m doing the exact same rn. It’s so strange!

[@jonathalon6022]

Guards in this world definitely don't get paid enough to deal with the amount of shit they have to.

[@bytheburnside7539]

No wonder their always so jumpy

[@pyrphoros8739]

Guards are generaly underpaid. In history as well. I find guards in role playing games allways unrealisticly diligent.

[@kristinka8895]

i think they dont even get paid

[@sofialaya596]

same as in every rpg, be at table or videogame, good old guard annoyance

[@neuroinsect1944]

One day someone stole a sweetroll the next day a giant frog goes on a killing spree.

[@strixx_-4483]

2:43:19 Matt: *Returns to normal self* Also Matt: *Continues to eat invisible porridge*

[@elbruces]

It's really good invisible porridge.

[@DeathnoteBB]

Method acting!

[@izstrella]

Oh gosh he did, ahaha!

[@felixrosales922]

I think Talisen, as Molly, acting like a big brother to Toya is everything I needed in life.

[@mentalrebllion1270]

I love they just looked at Yasha and were like “I’m adopting this” and she barely got a say and Caleb is like that tired dad who just looks at the puppy his family adopted without his say and is just like “fine, I’m too tired to argue this” and let’s them have it.

[@harrisonbentley-bales3345]

I love how this group went from "SCANLAN HOW DARE YOU BUY DRUGS" to "hay guis we jus met lets go get fukked up off some weird fungus"

[@GZilla311]

Well, this group IS practically the polar opposite of Vox Machina in a lot of ways.

[@smithy1578]

This is the tale of... the mighty NEIN

[@fizzledimglow3523]

When the devil toad is slain and the day is saved then you realize there's 76 more episodes left in the series.

[@elbruces]

They're only like second or third level at this point.

[@DeathnoteBB]

Fizzle Dimglow Cause it’s a campaign? That’s how DnD is, a bunch of different things

[@magoswes3588]

DeathnoteBB Mate, this was five months ago

[@DeathnoteBB]

Nurgle and Khorne Heretek Cody Okay??

[@maxharter5716]

@@magoswes3588 it's from over a year ago. Check the release date.

[@michaelj.mccall6530]

I want to crochet a blanket out of Fjord’s voice and wrap up in it on a cold day

[@abrilvonbunny6205]

doesnt matter when you read this, Any character by Liam: I'VE HAD A VERY BAD DAY

[@GodBear97]

2:52:01 - Oh fjuck, I just realized the implications of Nott asking someone going into water "You'll still be the same Caleb when you're done, right?"

[@zaffron7722]

MY WORD! THAT gave me chills!

[@LSZ71]

I dont get it..

[@zaffron7722]

Logan Szafas Dp you know Nott’s backstory?

[@GodBear97]

@@LSZ71 Possibly spoilers then: Nott went into the water when she was running from the goblins that took her and her husband, she drowned and woke up as a goblin in stead of the halfling she was when she went into the water

[@LSZ71]

I should really watch season 1....

[@MrNoahTall]

Caleb to a concerned Nott: "It was you and me. Now it's you and me and them. Take your blue friend's hand." Heartsqueeze.

[@jonathansims967]

Their relationship is just really amazing, i just started so i dont know anything yet

[@albertnormal6834]

There's a story about a wolf pack in there somewhere. And yes I know I'm responding to a 1 year old comment.

[@1989v9]

@@albertnormal6834 oh hey! thought i was the only one who's late here

[@captainrex-cx9uv]

@@1989v9 nope

[@bensavedbychrist]

@@captainrex-cx9uv I'm the latest!

[@sleeplessgames1677]

Jester repeatedly just rearranging entire stores in minutes? Yeah, she's making the Traveler proud.

[@bunnywaffles1190]

If The Mighty Nein get an animated series, I deeply want the episode that marks the end of the prologue/Trostenwald arc to end midshot with the entire group running after their rapidly escaping cart.

[@Kasino80]

Now that it's been announced I'm 90% certain they'll start with this arc. It's the perfect entry to the group.