Critical Role's Sam Riegel on Nott and the D&D Beyond Jingle

[@Tucsonwolfman]

"Animated show" Well that aged hilariously.

[@KoriFudo]

Did they make a show or something?

[@Tucsonwolfman]

@@KoriFudo Gonna air on the side of you possibly not knowing..... But yes..... the launched a kick starter that fully funded in just a few hours and ended with close to 11 million....... But if you're just trolling.... Oh yes indeed a cartoon!

[@hannahjcattanach3324]

I can't wait!!

[@sawce846]

@@Tucsonwolfman when does it come out?

[@ForeverDegenerate]

@@sawce846 When it's done. It's coming out on Amazon Prime. They've been working on it for a few years now so I fully expect a substantial, tangible update by the end of this year.

[@ToastandJam1757]

"My undying love of Liam O'Brian" why is no one talking about this? God I love those twos friendship it's the quality I'm here for

[@Alina28357]

I know, it's slowly killing me

[@PalleRasmussen]

Go watch Matt Colville talking about the climax of Vox Machina, he talks about it and brought this great group of gamers to my attention.

[@Drekromancer]

@@PalleRasmussen Ah, a man of culture.

[@SophFearne]

2:39

[@dunewizard]

Sam Riegel: doing what every other advertiser fails at, MAKES ADVERTISEMENTS ENTERTAINING. D&D Beyond has clearly struck gold with it's partnership with Critical Role and I hope it continues forever.

[@RC-bl2pm]

This is exactly how we got back in....that youtube series lead to us gearing up with a bunch of dice and books and playing again...last time was AD&D!!!!...best ad campaign ever..i didn't skip that ad!!!!!

[@darkdragonsoul99]

@@RC-bl2pm skip hell I watched the one in question multiple times just to hear the song again.

[@horseanddoglover777]

I know so many players (including my own campaign) who go “GUYS, Dnd beyond” whenever a dungeon master whispers to a player. That’s good advertisement right there

[@cait812]

Sadly it is over

[@michaelfingers7726]

@@cait812 Nah. Good riddance to D&D Beyond for choosing to be so selfish and childish. Go play and support other, more worthy tabletop games

[@nickwilliams8302]

Nott is probably the best example of roleplaying an ultra-low CHA character that I've ever seen in D&D.

[@ManlyTorchic]

Is that Emmy Award Winning Sam Riegel ? O:

[@AdamRadenheimer]

Wow, TV's Sam Riegel?

[@ryankelly6053]

ManlyTorchicjgs.

[@ryankelly6053]

ManlyTorchic i

[@xotube2206]

Heck yes!

[@frog7763]

One won a bafta

[@asielromo3399]

Sam Riegel best girl

[@timpind.8237]

Asiel Romo The camera man route is a pretty badass one, though

[@abelsampaio389]

Scanlan hated trinket and thought of him like a liability, wether it was for the lulz or not. Nott is kleptomaniac, and LOVES... trinkets. Also, Scanlan's mother was killed by, you guess it, goblins.

[@Lord_Numpty]

Whereas Nott was a mother who was killed by goblins.

[@qualandrew201494]

@@Lord_Numpty Plot twist, she is scanlans mother

[@Morgiliath]

You have to represent him properly; he has to be introduced as Emmy Award Winning Sam Riegel

[@deviljoe1750]

Gets a like from his “undying love for Liam O’Brien.”

[@StealthMarmot_]

Every time I see him doing the hilariously dumb opening advertisements all I can think is: "Emmy award winning Sam Riegel everybody."

[@ronanhiggz9364]

Everyone talking about Sam, I'm more concerned about the hooded figure about to stab him behind him.

[@pyrrhos8175]

Ronan H It's Matt eavesdropping for future plot points.

[@joakker8820]

that looks like the emperor from star wars

[@secpendragon9760]

Vax is not amused

[@thecamelftw1381]

Proceeds to say nothing personnel kid.

[@grondhero]

It's just Liam, brooding.

[@HollowlegJake]

Sam Riegel, comedic genius, heart throb, and amazing human being. :)

[@hughcopson1799]

Hollowleg Jake Don't forget Emmy award winner! 🤣

[@HollowlegJake]

Hugh Copson oh noooo I forgot that D: Emmy award winner!

[@zacklecuyer]

Imagine every episode of critical role, fully animated. Every minute of it. So much work but would be beautiful

[@spellister]

Zack Lecuyer as much as I’d love for that to be a thing, I’d say start at the beginning of campaign one. That way they can start there and get a system down to making them.

[@devildham]

It would be cool...it would also be like animating two movies worth of content every week.

[@zacklecuyer]

Spellister Mage definitely start at the start of the first campaign, then if that were released some people who started in the second one may watch the first too and then the quality of the animations of it all would be greatly improving

[@KarateokeBar]

definitely would be cool, but would for suuuuuuuuuure have to be edited waaaaaaaaaay down

[@schro34]

or be much longer then the actual first campaign

[@bryansmith844]

Sam literally is a bard- the section at the end talking about learning all kinds of different things, great outlook on life and makes for a great bard haha.

[@lnorlnor]

I love Nott so much, it's so amazing what Sam has done with her. I want to give her a hug at all times. Also it's really neat to have someone really play with the implications of a short-lived fantasy race, considering that it's much more common for fantasy races to be long-lived. Sometimes looking at Nott I think, "Is this how elves see humans?" The intensity of her devotion to Caleb, especially is so fascinating.

[@elbruces]

People seem overly concerned with longevity when no campaign, even one going from levels 1 to 20, ever takes more than a span of a few years in-game.

[@kalethstorm]

Man I really hope for an animated series. These guys are the bomb.

[@Jacob-qr8pl]

Kaleth Storm it'd be nice, but it would be no D&D game

[@geoffreynuttall4383]

would love it that its narrated by matt and he was every npc and during the battle scenes dice would randomly show up like a critical or a nat 1 over their heads and their would be a few forth wall breaks when needed

[@ΚωνσταντινοςΑλιραι]

Geoffrey Nuttall I dunno. Harmon quest is still a thing, maybe something more traditional in the terms of an animated series

[@tinkers_tools]

The cool thing is that it wouldn't have to be an animated series about D&D, but just an animated series that happens to be inspired by it, which opens it up to a much larger audience that wouldn't normally watch a show about D&D. Super keen if it ever does happen - could even start with pre-stream material just to see how it goes, and then continue it past Kraghammer if it does well.

[@kalethstorm]

True its be no D&D game we know and love but if they did the voices even if it was different characters for the animated series, I'd still watch the heck out it.

[@everythingalldwight4939]

I've always said an Animated series would never happen, but with each episode of the campaign it becomes more likely. I honestly believe now if they had the time and resources we'd already have it .

[@darkJman77]

Everything AllDwight the fan animations are more than enough for me. An animated show sounds cool but it might not be needed. Then again if it was like the comic books and just explored their lives before the show or if it was focusing other people in the world it could be cool.

[@zombeikiller2509]

I mean it is possible to make such a thing possible, but as time passes, who knows what may happen maybe they are in talks of such things, we won't know or someone is considering it?

[@trentthompson2972]

A little, six episode mini-series would be fun. I don't think we'll ever get a full scale thing.

[@cryophile]

I'd be happy if there were a movie.

[@neokoga]

And now with the kickstarter its a reality! its crazy

[@PaxIesus]

"If you know a producer that want to make it..." ...sounds like the critters need to start a massive kickstarter without telling the cast...

[@justsomedudete3320]

Can you predict the future my friend?

[@thrawnnoconnection6931]

Well...

[@Nargon46]

hehehe...... I'm from the future

[@CzarVentus]

"Just do what you like to do, and dont worry why you like doing it." Is such a good lesson to learn for most of us. Thanks Sam

[@RearmedDreamer]

It’s D&D!!!! D&D Beyond!

[@boof1990]

You forgot the DOODOO DOODOO DOODOOOO

[@Jacob-qr8pl]

RearmedDreamerOld the stream went NUTS when it first aired

[@juancgonzalez2102]

YOU GOT YOUR SWORD AND INVICIBLE WAND!

[@xanathar8659]

"You got the perfect warlock! With her weapons and supplies, but you need a way to track your stuff cuz ur so disorganized! You click, open the webpage, that you heard about on critical roll, and now your ready to kick some butt, in a mineshaft full of gnooooooolls! It's DnD! (DnD) DnD beyond it's DnD (DnD) DnD beyond! You got your stats you got your sword and you got your invisible wand! It's DnD (DnD) doo doo doo DnD beyond!"

[@MrNtlman]

Eh hem, it’s DND *pushes up cellotaped glasses*

[@Reoh0z]

Sam we

[@joshshin6819]

Reoh if i could of given more loves to this. I would :)

[@tet876]

we are smaller than him multiplied by 3 ?

[@Satsujinki1973]

Josh Shin "Could have" or "Could've" not "Could of." Never ever could of would of or should of.

[@MyNameIsSethS]

@@Satsujinki1973 you could of just let him live

[@Serapter]

Good thing you gave him permission to respond

[@kaelim888]

It's good to see Sam being Sam. I do sometimes worry he feels the need to be the funny guy and just make a lot of jokes. In this he's able to just speak and it's so nice to hear about his other creative talents and his insight too.

[@davidevailati4981]

camera man: how much you wanna zoom? dnd beyond: YES

[@rathorrath401]

Sam and Laura are my absolute favorites. Sam embodies what I think a great player is.

[@katekursive1370]

Same. I am so happy they are sitting together this campaign!

[@BassByTheBay]

Totally agree about Sam. He really commits to his character and accepts the consequences with no complaints. As someone who has played with close to 100 players over the years (I used to be part of a club), I can say that players like Sam are a rarity.

[@TheKroganMaster]

I feel SAM, Laura, Ashley have the hardest characters to rp. Since they will be compared to campaign 1 characters, they need to be their own. Though I have to say Sam from the get go nails that challenge easy. Nott is an amazing character and its so fun how opposite she is to the Scan-man. Sam is awesome! 😁

[@blackhornwasp]

I love critical role. It really shows just how great roleplaying can be in this imaginative game.

[@littlespacesuit]

Nott is a very, very special character to me. Sam has so beautifully fleshed out such a complex, nuanced character that really represents the experience of being a skittish, anxious person. One of my favorite characters ever, inside and outside of D&D.

[@dmwagner71]

Sam is such a fantastic player. It's a gift to be able to watch him and the rest of the group perform every week.

[@Nuan07]

I cannot believe how much love I have for Sam, he seems like such an awesome bloke.

[@stormaggeden]

This was a great interview! Its really interesting to see what thoughts the cast have. I love Sam so much so this was great! Nott is the best!

[@selcouth86]

Great interview. Really liked what he mentioned towards the end, being a "multimedia artist" in the words of Laurie Anderson. Maintain the same curiosity for the world that you had as a kid.

[@aster5767]

Why are we slowly getting closer to his face?

[@JacksonOwex]

Colin Pigott because we all what to be close to that sexy face!

[@TheMultiForge]

Because, why Nott

[@dylanmaguire3595]

Leaning in for the kiss

[@veeng5619]

It not moving closer. It his head getting bigger :D

[@gus8824]

We're going to kiss him

[@Unh0ly0ne]

Sam Riegel is nothing short of a genius.

[@EvieAnne1812]

Firaga a comedic genius?

[@ShaneAddinall]

Nott and Caleb have become my favourite characters this game! Love the juxtaposed humour and heartbreaking darkness.

[@brenen7412]

Sam, nott is still my fave character.

[@captcorajus]

It was funny and awesome when Sam introduced the jiggle on CR... then.. to see his 80s animation vision fully realized in music in animation is just amazing! So many talented people associated with this show.

[@chrisstuart7381]

I LOOOOOVE NOTT! She's so wonderful and broken and caring and messed up in the most wonderful of ways. Her love for Kaleb is just so maternal. Love you Sam!!

[@katekursive1370]

Girls *are* awesome, well said!

[@picklewart5382]

Depends if they're sheep or not.

[@codypatton2859]

I personally always prefered playing female characters.

[@40DanieljeaN40]

HBO, Netflix, whoever is watching!! produce this cartoon!!!! Saturday mornings need to be magical again!

[@robusterbrown1291]

Daniel Pagan amazon apparently

[@thrawnnoconnection6931]

They didn't fund it or anything, Amazon is just distributing it

[@macseigel7295]

Thrawn No Connection Amazon ordered 2 seasons, the Kickstarter only funded one relatively short season. I assume the support of the community is more than enough to get other parties interested in investing in more production.

[@sawce846]

“Nott has a lot of parental qualities” Sam naught but 3 minutes earlier: she’s an alcoholic

[@EternalAzhrei]

I'd love to see Nott get more confident but still with a low charisma score. Instead of avoiding the discussion she can just say all the wrong things, get the group into some trouble, push buttons to get what she wants and manipulate a little bit. Sort of like Beau but with a little more style instead of just brick wall. (Keep in mind I haven't watched the whole campaign so if Beau improves I don't know about it.) But this way we'd get some more good Sam Riegel acting and hijinx, but from Nott's perspective and the awesome way she has about her.

[@Cracked_Moon]

“Do what you like to do, and don’t worry about why you’re doing it.” Great words for the shys. Thank you, Academy Award Winning Sam Riegel from TV

[@jimson980]

I first heard of Sam in the Transformers: War for Cybertron game as Starscream and thought to myself "huh, not how I imagined Starscream sounding, but still really cool!" No idea the actor would be one of the coolest people imaginable!

[@piethegoon5189]

We have made it full circle

[@PartridgeQuill]

I just heard him say he's open to a CR animated series!!! Did anybody else hear that? Because that's what I heard!!! Somebody pick this up!!! G&S Alpha, get on this!

[@joshkaid]

Steven Partridge NNNOOOO!!!!

[@5oundOfVictory]

Studio Bones should animate it, hands down. But actually give them the correct funding to do the whole thing and not stop after the first "season"

[@musical__turtles]

Boy do I have some news for you

[@survivingdenmark2516]

full circle. now we are just waiting for the animated series to start production

[@brianlacy8725]

GREAT interview, thanks D&D Beyond. Now, start making those phone calls to producers...

[@bigcrushpainting5249]

Love everything you do with critical role Sam, keep up the amazing work.

[@jokerswild469]

OMG ANIMATED SERIES YES!!!!!

[@MaskofFayt]

That trailer was boss as hell

[@Endur101]

I woke up tonight with this song stuck in my head. Thanks Sam.

[@caeshura]

I love knowing the kind of 'serious' side of Sam, and it really solidifies his existence as my role model. I want to be like Sam Riegel when I grow up, and fortunately -- because he's older than me -- I can always have this as a goal!

[@kurtholus]

His advice at the end was probably just some tag on but I legit almost cried. I really needed to hear that.

[@mitchellbrady7448]

You beautiful bastard. Recent episodes of CR have been crazy due to this man's masterful character building :D thanks Sam!

[@hopiahon563]

i like how when he said “voice” he kinda changes his voice into nott’s

[@sixthsith7720]

Sam is brilliant! 🌱

[@Jos7h]

Sam’s teeth are brilliant.

[@toddfink8706]

Love this guys talent. Never fails to make me laugh as you never know what he's gonna pull. Thank you Sam!!!

[@Arkatox]

Sam: So watch it frame by frame! Me: Um... I did that already...

[@zombeikiller2509]

Well watch it again a hundred times frame by frame. O.o

[@kinghoenn3478]

I find the lack of love for Tary a bit sad :/

[@RC-bl2pm]

He did such a great job with that character..funny, great characterization, quirky good voice........just loved it!

[@DocAcher]

Sam Riegel is a blessing.

[@Lunarblacksmith]

Life is like a Sam Riegel ad, you never know what you're going to get.

[@ferrous719]

I think nott and grog are good examples of how really good acting and good RP is sometimes when you are totally opposite of the character. Sam is so charming he makes this disgusting little goblin absolutely lovable. Travis is smart enough to know when Grog's stupid remarks will be hilarious instead of distracting or a problem.

[@StefandeJongTV]

I absolutely love the jingle, its a great song, would love to have it turnt into a longer track.

[@jenikai1]

i would totally support the critical roll anime

[@JacksonOwex]

jenikai1 animated, not necessarily anime, there's a difference, either would be AMAZING!

[@jenikai1]

the definition of anime if animation which is what anime short for so it would technically be anime, unless you want to call it animation and state anime only from japan

[@chainer8686]

Ah yes the time old subject of separating anime from other animation; In Japan, everything animated is called anime. Some of modern anime isn't from japan, at least not entirely, with Korea having a hand in the mix. Art style (as well as stereotypical anime expressions and reactions) is also up in the air as shows that many would consider anime with out question don't use the typical anime art styles while showes from other countries do. There's a lot more to it as well but I felt like sharing some of the core topics and there are tons of vids right here on youtube which go deeper into it. Personally I have grown to using the term in a very fluid manner, as being so strictly black and white doesn't really work when trying to come up with a list of criteria of what does or doesn't count as anime.

[@JimmySpaceHimself]

I feel like its slowly zooming in on sams face. Im not complaining, but I feel closer to sam than ever

[@Shiznaft1]

It is because of Sam's commercials that I finally bought the D&D beyond source material bundle. That and it is a practical purchase for me.

[@jtg1912]

I’m from the future ! A critical role anime will be enormously successful!!!

[@xlChanceGames]

that intro still gives me chills. awesome stuff (:

[@zrunne]

Nott and Caleb are my favorite characters, so much depth in those two. Also Frumpkin, who I suspect is secretly a dragon (it would be cool, if it were though).

[@user-kt9mu2fo7f]

I didn’t know Liam chose! That’s amazing, I love both of them so so so much

[@Andonios88]

Sam always plays a fun character and he is so consistent in how great his role play is. I was unsure about a goblin rogue, but damn he sold me on it :)

[@zerdius2008]

Make a cartoon, make a cartoon, make a cartoon!

[@mrshampitv7497]

Nott is one of my fovourite character. Sam play her so very well

[@MK-dh2mi]

He is such a treasure.

[@actuallyhard315]

"Do what you like to do and don't worry about why you're doing it." 👏👏👏

[@elijahcabacungan2915]

I love Nott so much. Great character and everything that the she develops into.

[@mattymoowhite]

For it is written "be careful what you wish for,you may get it..."

[@the_fella_kyle2161]

ITS FULL CIRCLE!!!!!!

[@danmorgan712]

It's really fun to watch this after the show already exists.

[@charroboo]

Nott the Brave. Best Waifu.

[@Dilettante15]

Do not lewd the goblin loli! She's 6-9!

[@poke2981]

Ravyn Darksong that's around fully grown for a goblin

[@floopthevolcano2330]

She's of child bearing age!

[@TimeturnerJ]

@@Dilettante15 Ah yes, always those people who like to infantalise Nott, despite Sam very much playing her as an adult from the beginning... I'm very glad that Sam finally put an end to that for good by revealing Veth.

[@mausjake]

I love seeing this now that Vox Machina is a full show

[@deggas3665]

It cost approx 88 thousand USD to produce an episode of 22min animated cartoon. Try a kickstarted if you want.

[@Jepysauce]

"Just do what you like to do and don't worry about why you're doing it"- Sam O'Riegel

[@VioletMoonfox]

A Critical Role animation nearly writes itself. Though would require quite a commitment from the voice actors, since the potential amount of seasons would be....many. They would be many.

[@BassByTheBay]

Sam seems like the kind of guy you'd just like to hang out with -- warm, open, funny, and fun.

[@itempouch6770]

My channel actually stopped doing lets plays so we could begin developing an animated table top show. The demands of creating one, at least for a small team are very demanding. We've basically had to hack a table top system to create something that reduces the pressure on editing. Things are looking good though. We should have the pilot episode released in about a month, after which we'll recruit a player or two then produce the show on a weekly to bimonthly basis. XD I know weekly to bimonthly sounds insane, but I've crunched the numbers and with a simple enough art style, I'm pretty sure I can pull it off.

[@brinashiloff3439]

Did you make this?

[@agroneman6005]

I really hope there is an animated series. Not only for me, but for my friends that aren’t Critters. My BFF and I want to convert them and they love animated stuff, so it would be perfect. Please!!!!!!!!

[@JacksonOwex]

Nerdie Critter Bookworm just tie your friends to a chair and sit them in front of whatever device you watch CR on, if they don't absolutely love it you might need to get rid of them! ;)

[@VanxHelsing03]

Sam is a National Treasure

[@peterr9761]

Who is @SideBySamuel?

[@CRGambit]

Travis also voices a character in their series Camp Camp so you have someone who's worked with them before

[@pointblank4671]

6:25 "let me think of some people" This might be the beginning of something beautiful

[@gierrah]

They went full circle.

[@CraveAHaven]

I'm happy this cast exists.

[@elijahvillarreal5799]

Can't the fans just get money together and help produce at least one season? I'd be willing to put down some money for this :) at least a mini series please

[@davidparkes7741]

This aged pretty good lol.

[@vickielavigne2696]

ITS FULL CIRCLE EVERYONE

[@roycecx3335]

Nott and scanlan are two of my favorites

[@adambirch6466]

I watch the jingle video over and over and every time it ends I am disappointed that an animated critical role doesn't start.

[@WickedFalsehood]

Sam Riegel you are my favorite for so many reasons. You Rock!