Fjord getting attacked multiple times by creatures polymorphed into smaller animals | Critical Role

Once? unlucky . Twice? coincidence. Three times? ....I guess it's a Fjord thing.
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[@alexrobertssings]

Honorable mention to the time they polymorphed the Dragon Turtle into a regular turtle, only to realise the regular turtle was faster.

[@alicebeilshmidt643]

and then a sea pickle or whatever the slug thing was xD

[@evalynn1863]

I was laughing so hard at that. Because boats move what like 4mph? and sea turtles can swim 22 mph so it was probably just swimming laps around the boat xD

[@TieflingKumasi]

Didn't Fjord also have his damaging armor spell activated during the first clip? Cause there was one clip I specifically remember them going "oh shit" over because of his armor attacking the polymorph

[@Saxonsredux]

@@TieflingKumasi It didnt kill it I guess.

[@holyyoghurtman1952]

@@TieflingKumasi that was the second clip. Ford couldn’t run in fear of Armor of Agathis turning it back

[@obsidianthe7th]

"It's a regular fucking turtle." So indignant. That is genuinely one of my favorite Liam moments.

[@HasegawaRayven]

I love his angrily indignant description of Caleb searching his bag for the component again.

[@override367]

I mean, he's not wrong, turtles don't even have a stat block, they're not capable of hurting someone

[@sovietonion3937]

@@override367 Until the DM says otherwise.

[@TheJim9191]

To be fair, Matt did totally screw him there, but it made for one of the funniest moments in campaign 2 so I can't be mad about it lmao

[@khango6138]

I am the 700th like, so sorry to break the very nice amount of likes :(

[@dig8634]

I love how the snow bunny did 1 point of damage, and in return Fjord did 1 point of damage, and that just unleashed this terrible Ice Worm. They barely scratched each other, but the consequences were still dire.

[@cr0wmatic]

I couldn't believe he rolled a 1! And... It still wasn't good enough haha

[@melusineshade8538]

that was gorgeous xD

[@dopiley]

to think it all started with a Nat 20.

[@Deimos_Day]

wyrm*

[@bennwardhaugh3013]

@@Deimos_Day Worm* Why try and correct something that is already correct?

[@Jackson-hp7rt]

"Wait... You have Starrazor up, don't you?" The moment of realization is just PERFECT.

[@trueMCGRaven]

it's even more hilarious that he actually let it play out for a moment only to drop the bombshell at the end that it didn't matter what Fjord did the worm was coming out.

[@sirgideonofnir6840]

The best part about the giant turtle is they were still terrified of it

[@Gyrhoe]

I know about snapping turtles. They should be terrified.

[@tjgaming4547]

No, the best part is that fjord now has a lasting phobia of turtles

[@TheHobosSon366]

One thing to remember about giant tortoises is that while they are slow, if they bite you it's probably going to take some of you with it. That shit fucking hurts.

[@elbruces]

The thing is, Liam was thinking of a Galapagos Tortoise, but the Monster Manual actually has an entry for a snapping turtle the size of a VW Beetle. That's what Matt was using.

[@fraidnaught9067]

@@elbruces That's almost twice the size of a normal alligator snapping turtle, my God.

[@Failed_Vestige_of_Exandria]

I love how Travis was all for the Dybbuk/Giant being polymorphed into a tortoise until he got attacked

[@jonsimpson6240]

Nah, as soon as he heard giant snapping turtle...

[@KimPinelli]

Which episode was that?

[@LukeLosiPfleger]

I love how most of the problem with the tortoise comes from Travis refusing to use disengage

[@deffdefying4803]

@@LukeLosiPfleger The turtle could've had Sentinel, who knows

[@chids6303]

@@LukeLosiPfleger It was because of Armour of Agathys so if it hit, it would take 25 cold damage and turn back into a Giant which would not be fun.

[@TheSpencermacdougall]

I love watching Fjord/Travis's PTSD (Post/Polymorphed Turtle Stress Disorder)

[@Worm.soup666]

Thays buitiful

[@Jim_boe]

if I had a quarter for every time they had to polymorph the same monster twice because the first polymorph was still dangerous I'd have 75 cents which isn't much but it's weird it's happened three times

[@MidnightMagpie73]

Give them time with season 3 and they will again XD

[@cussundriakneal9904]

😂😂😂😂

[@arwo1143]

Marisha during the game: How dare you not have a cow mini. Marisha on the drive home: please don’t buy cow minis, please don’t buy them.... OuR HoUsE iS aLrEaDy MaDe OuT Of MiNiS !!!!!!

[@tacitakoe5004]

Matt just needs to have a petting zoo on standby at this point.

[@braeden9015]

He does, but he still needs more

[@sheevpalpatine1105]

even the petting zoo wont predict that at some point caleb will turn himself into a mole at one point

[@breaddboy]

@@sheevpalpatine1105 Caleb is already a mole, planted by the Cerberus Assembly

[@Blackthorne369]

You take that back, you take that back now! No! Nyet! Nein!

[@LydiaTereK]

Someone should make a “all turtle attacks against Fjord” like by the end of the campaign, we’d probably have a one-hour footage of it

[@maxheath1158]

I want a ‘Fjord Stone must die’ one shot where the players are different types of turtle trying to kill him.

[@rimurutempest4945]

@@maxheath1158this would be amazing!

[@wolv0223]

I like how excited Travis looks when the big ol' worm is about to get Polymorphed, only for it to go so terribly for him.

[@paawan3764]

Same with the turtle.

[@Moraca101]

You missed the Roc turning into a bat and Matt rolling attacks while they talked

[@iwillcry]

the pettiness and determination of that rocbat inspire me to this day

[@Medaumplay3]

"I cast command, and command the bat to go away! - The bat goes away... One turn later, it returns"

[@lucasnicht3347]

what episode was that

[@Medaumplay3]

@@lucasnicht3347 I genuinely don't remember. But I believe they had just left Rosanna, going north after Oban and the mind-controlled yasha

[@Moraca101]

@@lucasnicht3347 C2 Ep66 The first part of the episode

[@bordenfleetwood5773]

The best part of D&D is that a good DM can make grown-ass adults feel afraid of make-believe animals. I'm not even ashamed to say that I live for those moments.

[@ferrous719]

I think it's so good because they LET themselves be scared. Especially Travis. He doesn't have to be big strong guy who Must Protect Family, he can be Fjord who is afraid of turtles

[@cmrobbins88]

The Nein Banes. Jester: Sending messages. Caleb: Burning flesh. Beau: Talking. Nott: Checking for traps. Caduceus: Getting killed. Yasha: Mind control. Fjord: Turtles.

[@chrism7395]

Shouldn't Cad's bane be the island of Rumblecusp :)

[@cmrobbins88]

@@chrism7395 I was also thinking about when he got killed by Nott twice, both times with an explosive crossbow bolt. And when he got eaten by that ice bug thing.

[@christophercrafte]

That's only 7 banes

[@theunicornwar7589]

@@christophercrafte it’s nein not nine though

[@Firan25]

Fjord: (also) flirting with women.

[@NWolfsson]

"It's a regular fucking turtle." Said with the might and conviction of "I don't know why I bothered changing it into a giant turtle, silly me!"

[@lunapaw997]

it’s hilarious cause fjord is like the only one who deals damage when attacked

[@oscarlangdon3233]

Why does the fact he does dmg matter when attacked ? Does it break polymorph or something ?

[@lunapaw997]

@@oscarlangdon3233 yeah, a bunny only has like 1 hit point, and as soon as the animal you polymorphed into hits 0 hp, they revert

[@evancutshall8592]

@@oscarlangdon3233 Depending on what creature something is turned into, they all have different amounts of hit points. when those hit points reach zero, they return to their previous form, and any extra damage from the attack that made them hit zero is carried over to their actual hit point pool. So if you damage a polymorphed creature too much, they revert back and get all of their scary abilities and statistics back.

[@gamester512]

If it were me, I'd probably just pick something like a Giant Slug that would be very slow and pretty easy to just avoid....and/or just try to move/teleport it into a nearby hazard, like an acid or lava pool. :P

[@zevo9314]

jester and cad also have a spell that they put around themselves often that'll attack anything that enters, so not totally the only one

[@tauntaun71]

Fjord rolling a Nat 20 on the worm turtle was just fate laughing

[@nocrustashe]

One of my favorite parts about Fjord being attacked by Polymorphed animals is that he has so many things that if something damages him, it'll automatically damage it back. Just amazing.

[@ArchWizard]

HE BOUGHT A BAG OF TURTLES!!! 😂😂

[@belindaluna2067]

Of _course_ he did.

[@Daredhnu]

he has a miniature addiction, he doesn't need an excuse to buy them, it's just convenient that they give him excuses to buy them.

[@aromaladyellie]

I mean to be fair they turn things into turtles very often. I do miss when all polymorphed animals were horses, though.

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

7:44 Travis is very “they ask you how you are, and you just have to say that you're fine, when you're not really fine, but you just can't get into it because they would never understand”

[@mariakristensen8289]

I'm sad that the roc turning into a bat wasn't here. It also immediately went after Fjord

[@deffdefying4803]

It's less that it went after Fjord, more that he was on top of it when it was turned into a bat mid-flight, sending him careening into the ground at Mach 1.

[@KumaoftheForest]

What episode was that?

[@_lucas_2066]

@@KumaoftheForest 66 i believes

[@alcapwned3933]

"That's hilarious. Alright, that-" Cogs begin turning in Matt's head. "Wait."

[@nunuarthas8680]

which one poses a real threat to Fjord: an awakening ancient leviathan with its dominion span across the sea backed up by an army of cultists one snapping boi

[@Overlord99762]

Matt, with pain in his heart: I BOUGHT A BAD OF TURTLES

[@craftymuststash5397]

The mental image of Fjord being cornered by a tortoise and “just taking it” will never cease to make me cry laughing.

[@TheGuitarIsLife]

The pure “Are you FUCKING kidding me?” Laura was exuding after that bunny polymorph getting broken- absolutely priceless 😂

[@lauravturner]

Liam “A giant *tortoise.* “ Matt “It’s the *turtle’s* turn.”

[@High-LordHarza]

All tortoise are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoise.

[@sagescribe_]

@@High-LordHarza please share more of your great knowledge, oh Wise One

[@High-LordHarza]

@@sagescribe_ Dunno if you're being a dick or something, but I did say what I did because Matt is right to say "the turtle's turn"

[@picklepaddy]

There wasn't stats for a tortoise so he used the closest thing in the book. It happened to be a giant snapping turtle. And Liam said ok.

[@TheJim9191]

@@High-LordHarza that's only true in American English. In English, tortoises are the land dwelling kind and turtles are the swimming kind. It's a clear distinction.

[@jorgenaranjo8029]

Should had included when the small turtle started headbutting Fjord's boot. Never lose focus lol

[@skracha2]

other dms: "no, you can't polymorph my boss into a tortoise" matt: "and.. is now covered" proceeds to cover the miniature of a polymorphed tortoise with a blanket

[@rutheforbandet6157]

Matt knows that they’re stupid enough that they’ll do to still keep the fight hard, it’s why he doesn’t have to compensate by making things immune to polymorph. Now stunning strike on the other hand…

[@diceanddishes3143]

Why is it Fjord is always putting himself into these things

[@captin3149]

What's funniest to me is that he doesn't...he just appears to be a magnet for polymorphed creatures (Also, where's the polymorphed Roc?)

[@noclue4108]

Don’t victim-blame the poor sailor boy.

[@Chillton]

The consistency of him having something that hits polymorphed creature back on himself is just ridiculous XD

[@NWolfsson]

7:38 Trambooze was so happy to have his nat 20 and thought Matt was staring because he thought he cheated. Littel did he know, it was disbelief that he is AGAIN attacked by the transformed creature!

[@benhemsworth8555]

Literally anyone: casts polymorph. Fjord: I think we all know where this is going.

[@Eggs_hatching]

Wild Mother's Stone family everyone. Keepers of the beasts

[@KumaoftheForest]

He’s learning, he’s not there YET but he’s learning

[@MartinTraXAA]

Matt: What is your favorite spell? Caleb: POLYMMORPH! Jester: Polymorph is pretty great... Fjord: ...*anything* but polymorph.

[@ooof4989]

6:16 Caleb saying “Scheiße! Fick dich!” is absolutely amazing- As a German, him saying these things just makes me happy

[@cricket98741]

What does that translate to?

[@rotlaub]

@@cricket98741 It literally translate into "Shit! Fuck you!"

[@Kasino80]

"shit, f-you"

[@Grintock]

@@cricket98741It translates as: "Shit! Fuck you!"

[@alphapu6644]

@@cricket98741 it means "Shit! Fuck you!"

[@Krensharpaw]

I love how Matt's like "I bought turtles damnit"...

[@aimeepollock2943]

You know how they have Critmas? Maybe we should all send Matt those animals in a tube to help him. It seems like he needs a collection on standby.

[@NightSterling]

And more often than not he has something on him that will blast said polymorphed being back into what they were

[@bluelionsage99]

For the record - some girl cows have horns. It depends on the breed.

[@Thewrittingferret]

pretty much all cows are born with horns, they are just removed through a process called disbudding when they are calves, well in the UK anyway.

[@bluedragon3657]

As Verity already said pretty much all female cows have the capability to grow horns. It's a thing that all horn wearing species (not antler wearing) have in common, both male and female animals have horns, most times the horns of the females are smaller thought.

[@daz211]

And some of em only got one udder and the milk tastes weird

[@elizabethsheeley923]

@@Thewrittingferret i'm not sure about in the UK, but in the US a lot of breeds the horns are slowly being bred out (i think, i'm not sure why though, probably a safety thing)

[@corran100]

Someone has been to Texas...

[@DaniGeez]

Oh man you beat me to it. Thank you for making this one so I don’t have to :D

[@gennadyreshetnikov5948]

I like how almost every polymorph MN did on an enemy backfired spectacularly.

[@Morvagor82]

6:14 holy cow, didn't expect some strong German language

[@greeninferno1339]

“I’ve been waiting for someone to do a giant tortoise” *later*: “**GAAAH**”

[@Vibinhasoueu]

To this day, i wonder.... how this man became a Paladin of the Wildmother!?!!?!

[@NWolfsson]

I mean, the man tried to intimidate a forest after becoming a paladin, guess his job bio is more about putting the most unruly parts of nature into order x)

[@deffdefying4803]

He's a little confused but he's got the spirit

[@annaptakova3242]

Beautiful. Thank you for doing this. My favourite is when they all get stunned except for Jester and Laura figures out like one of three options out of thousands or millions that could possibly save fucking everyone AND THEN not one of them, but an inanimate object fucks it up, Travis rolling the nat 20 and becoming the target, it's just perfect. THIS is how you know it's not scripted. Show me a person who could come up with this shit. Bonus points for Travis realizing what happened. Perfect expression. Honorable mention (totally unrelated) of Laura's sweatshirt in the time of quarantine.

[@narwaltz1239]

You forgot when they turned the Roc into a bat and it kept flying into Fjord's face.

[@williamthehuntsman]

If I were Fjord at this point, I'd be screaming "STOP USING POLYMORPH!!!'

[@zacharyfreeman8579]

Having just watched the Holy Grail a month ago I just now got what Travis meant during the bunny scene and it is so much funnier

[@seraphinaedan1033]

The greatest paladin of the wildmother

[@Lngbrdninjamasta]

..."well I don't have a _____. So I'll use this horse!" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bstuu2138]

Reads like a Cards Against Humanity card lol

[@Lngbrdninjamasta]

@@bstuu2138 bruh! 🤯🤯 ur a genius! Making a "Cards Against Humanity: Crit Role Edition" is such a Big Brain x 9,000 idea! 💯🔥😎😁😱🤯 Hint: Dearest peeps at Crit Role R&D labs. Please make this a thing! I would buy not only one for myself, but several for all my friends! Please, please, please 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🙏😱💯

[@Vespuchian]

It’s situations like this that ‘inspired’ my DM to institute the house rule ‘you can only polymorph/wild shape into things you’ve brought the mini for yourself.’

[@jackdizzy123]

@@Lngbrdninjamasta Godzilla had a stroke trying to read this and f*cking died

[@spectralumbra1568]

Does the sea turtle technically count? It couldn't attack Fjord because it was in the water, but it still was faster than and tried to attack their ship, which Fjord was captaining. And this most recent time, I think, is technically the first time turning something into a turtle has worked, and they still kind of had to struggle with it.

[@AlyxGlide]

M9 needs to go on a safari to find some kid friendly sea life 😄 Urchins, stars, clams, snails, slugs..

[@Cyb3rM1nd]

You mean the Dragon Turtle? Technically they're Dragon type, not Beast type so it's more accurate to think of it as a dragon than a turtle. IIRC they did polymorph it into a regular turtle to outpace and escape it but it didn't attack anyone in that form. I might be remembering that encounter wrong though. It's been a while.

[@spectralumbra1568]

@@Cyb3rM1nd Yeah they turned it into a sea turtle and then discovered that the sea turtle was faster than their ship when it kept trying to attack them. They ended up eventually turning it into a sea slug to get away from it. Polymorph never seems to work the way they intend it to on the first try.

[@Cyb3rM1nd]

@@spectralumbra1568 Ahh, I had forgotten that, thank you.

[@GasmaskBlacky]

The polymorphed roc in episode 66 also attacked Fjord as a bat. They all have it out for him.

[@sjd83]

Just loving Laura's 'Yeah, yeah, yeah...' as if to say "Well THAT was a spell slot well spent..."

[@raymondmacdonald2464]

To Hit?? THAT'S MY AC!!! My favorite part of this video lol

[@toshomni9478]

Nobody can keep a joke going like the cast of Critical Role.

[@WiseSageBum]

Or TFS

[@TitaniaBird]

@@WiseSageBum ...And now I kinda want Lanipator or Takahata101 to be a guest player.

[@synchchavet351]

I personally really like the first part how they displayed their health above their banners. It helped us know the severity of the situation, although I guess not knowing the health adds to the tension. I hope to see it return some day.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

It was a feature when Legendary had them on Alpha. Which was a parent company that owned Geek and Sundry. That company, and the chinese Corp that owned it, really didn't understand the audience and ruined a number of things under their management. That being said it was a fun little feature. I tend to like that kind of transparency and accessibility in Actual Plays. Though with the kerfuffle and the amount of time they've done with out it I don't see CR bringing it back. At least not without a lot of fan input demanding it.

[@azikenamorous8920]

Welcome to the Polymorph Zoo Fjord: .....No....God please....just no Every single polymorphed animal: *Instantly stares at Fjord*

[@lazybriefcase5257]

How the HELL did Sam remember that the armor did 25 points of damage the first time?

[@lauravturner]

I thought the same. Very strange remembering pointlessly specific information.

[@RAGEINGChiken]

Travis uses Agathis almost every encounter.

[@tamaralso]

He has the Keen Mind feat.

[@RAGEINGChiken]

@@tamaralso I feel like its the opposite, the amount of times he forgets how his characters work, he definitely does not have keen mind.

[@deffdefying4803]

@@RAGEINGChiken He has the Keen Mind feat for everyone excluding himself

[@Comicsluvr]

And THIS is why we play! The opportunity to laugh with good friends! The fact that they're doing it in front of a million people makes it funnier!

[@DrNeonGaming]

Michael Reeves would love this high impact turtle violence

[@movespammerguyteam7colors]

You guys literally made a Monty Python reference which is just hilarious.

[@LoadingScene-]

every video of this group has me smiling through the whole thing, i appreciate them very much.. you dont find a group like this very often.

[@AussieRider20]

I just loved that moment of "oh not again"

[@JuniperDenn]

This makes me sad that the dragon turtle did not actively try to gobble down Fjord specifically lmao

[@TieflingKumasi]

I love the first clip. The fact that Matt placed a ring to indicate "I WIN *SPLAT"* just kills me

[@TeroTheShortOne]

I cannot wait for the day, far in the future, where all of these are animated.

[@Malvisk]

Anyone else finding it _different_ with them touching each other so freely...... damn 2020

[@elbruces]

Matt: "I bought an entire pack of turtles so..."

[@TearsOfALyre]

As someone whose mortal enemy is a massive sludge monster who was ploymorphed into a goose who survived the collapse of an entire universe. It only exists to haunt me.

[@Gyrhoe]

It's like talking to a genie, better be specific XD

[@frejajohansen]

Love this so much. There was also the roc that was turned into a bat!

[@artsyebonyrose]

I love how this reoccurs enough for a compilation lmao

[@BeatchBall]

"The Tortoise and the Hare."

[@LadyLier17]

This are some weird 6 seconds, Yasha went woooosh and the work went wfuuum, and then back jajajaja

[@aus__]

i love that matt forgot (or more likely failed to mention) Dodge, Disengage, etc against the tortoise

[@human_collector0]

thank you Speckogirl

[@malikwest8367]

Really you can have a hour long video of them having trouble with their own polymorphs

[@quack929]

I'm sure his stats went up in the time between the first and second clips and that could explain this, but I love how Liam was like "the save is 16" for polymorph the first time, and the giant completely failed it with a 5 so it didn't matter, but the second clip Liam says the save is 17, and the thing rolled a 16 XDDDDDD so clearly it would have mattered that time

[@TheSipex]

I cannot wait to see all of these animated

[@fiapritchard905]

I love how he’s so happy about the giant tortoise... and thennnnnnnnn hilarity ensues

[@thegeneralmitch]

Jester: I wanna turn it into a snow bunny. Mercer: Very well it turns into a lagombi from Monster hunter. >:D

[@OmegaGuess]

Creature: *Is polymorphed* Well...time to commit violence against a warlock.

[@agenda3854]

0:01 - Cow 2:13 - Giant Tortoise 6:33 - Regular size Turtle 6:42 - Snow Bunny 10:01 - Tortoise… again

[@XavierDarkhand]

Laura rolling a "Four" (Fjord) was just so appropriate. lol

[@DKnight5170]

When Fjord was being attacked by the giant tortoise @3:40, he honestly could've taken the Disengage action and gotten away from it without getting whacked, unless stated otherwise in the House Rules.

[@Cpt.Croissant]

I was waiting for someone to do this after the last episode

[@Shikaschima]

"It's a cow" You have not seen a mad cow before, my friend.

[@NinjaDeathSlap]

Polymorph: because DM's don't suffer enough already without their epic terrifying encounters immediately turning into some Benny Hill shit.

[@AlexanderTerry]

"im trying to give him half cover" - Scanlan "No." - Matt

[@Stitchlii]

I love when a flying mob get polymorp and takes fall damage and reverts back instantly

[@its_me_rikichi]

Whenever I'm sad I watch this video and it makes me soo happy

[@meanderscarlos2035]

I just realized something really funny when thay said" what dose the cow say! " it went perfectly with them counting how far it moooves

[@forteandblues]

I love Matt “well I bought a pack of turtles...”

[@salgutierrez4710]

Travis had flashbacks during C3E49

[@Krowseph]

No cow mini... how dairy!

[@philliptivis3082]

I hope someday the Mighty Nein get the same animated treatment as Vox Machina. I want...I NEED to see the giant tortoise attack.

[@Blackthorne369]

Have you heaaard the news? Have you heard the good news? Wahoo!

[@philliptivis3082]

​@@Blackthorne369 I...I need this. I need them to animate Nott leaping to save Fjord and just hugging him. I need Travis and Sam screaming as the tortoise tries to get them. Oh please oh please oh please.

[@AVJHalonen]

10:40 "I bought a package of turtles!" haha!

[@thothrax5621]

If I had a nickle for every time Fjord accidentally did damage to a polymorphed enemy because it hit him and he had an automatic retaliation he couldn't control, and either turned it back or threatened to turn it back, I'd have two nickles. It's not a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.