Fjord pulls one of the craziest moves in CR history | Critical Role C2E72 Highlight

[@Kubo_kubo]

He's "Yee'd" his last "Haw".....

[@juanpablomontalvo4715]

Junction He yeeted his last haw

[@janstucht1793]

more like YEET his last haw it say xD

[@vp21ct]

Ducey: "You've done something none of us have done . . . you changed." . . . dropping that wisdom on us.

[@The120696]

He plays the low INT high WIS character so well

[@HBlueVanity]

hes really bringin the tea

[@Sliferslacker21]

Dont forget the "Nonsense, hes not powerless; he's just discovered a new power." That line was bomb.

[@Squeekysquid]

@@Sliferslacker21 Then a few episodes later he drops a big one. The one about a person asking for a miracle.

[@omegagilgamesh]

Don't forget the "You out Percy'd Percy, motherfucker!" Taliesin is awesome!

[@MrIronWar]

All i saw in the chat that day was "CAST INTO THE FIRE!!" "ISULDUR!!" I love this nerd community

[@MaDmOnStErQr]

MrIronWar Chat: THROW IT Fjord: Throws the sword in the lava Chat: surprised pikachu meme

[@texteel]

FJORDOOOOO

[@ShurikenSean]

I was like "it wants it returned... the sword came from nothing" *looks at lava* and thats why such contracts have to be specific

[@dylanperkins7939]

*smirk* no....

[@andrewwebb6270]

And then after that during the equipment scene "AND MY AXE"

[@Quadraxis]

When you ditch your abusive sugar daddy and go back to mom.

[@tjmakes_]

Omfg 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@stonwall9065]

👀

[@georgeweasley54]

that is LITERALLY what happenednsksksskskksksksk

[@andrewpenn1145]

More like: when you quit your horrible job and leave your abusive boss.

[@TheEveryDayC]

i was literally JUST listening to the quadraxis theme before going to this video only to see you in the comments

[@park_j6076]

“But- that’s the glove!” “Well, but it’s on your hand, so you hold onto that” Such a small interaction but it’s my favorite moment in the episode

[@Sm0lPerson]

So wholesome.

[@jeshegames]

Was touching to me, he felt useless like he couldn’t contribute and everyone showed him that didn’t matter.

[@engerek666]

My eyes became wet on that part and I scrolled down the comments cos I was sure someone would mention it. To be honest, I didn't even understand the meaning at first. The logic reached me after the emotion. It doesn't matter where the power comes from, but who and how s/he uses it. But can't quite tell why it was so emotional. He said it casually. Words had no power. He didn't do any spectacular gestures while saying it. Yet the emotion it unleashed knocked me down.

[@Karak971]

On God I was nearly crying when they all started offering Fjord their magic items

[@jeaull]

This whole scene were they convince fjord that it doesn't matter is great, and when Travis almost cries and laughs is sooo good. And than I love how Sam is so good at carrying the anti meta game jokes through the scene and just omygosh I love this whole clip

[@joshkorte9020]

Sam just won d&d with two words "You couldn't"

[@RabidDogma]

Play of the Game: Sam Riegel as Widowmaker

[@tylerwallis6654]

Sam is the best example of how to bully like a Nerd

[@OgunTheShogun]

That burn is 2d8 fire damage to Travis's ego

[@calliecalamity8787]

Good old sam “sam reigel” reigel

[@kanukulgood]

Samerica rise up

[@diogolucena4332]

All his friends giving him stuff, just talking over each other in handing him shit until he's basically a crying mess, proving the power of friendship, may very well be the most anime moment ever in CR history, and I love it!

[@CaffieKuriboh]

best part of this whole video in my opinion XD

[@JB-xl2jc]

“When your equipment combines, I am.... Captain Wjild Mjother!”

[@Gray963]

The fact that it was so genuine and spur of the moment is something incredible. We are used to seeing that kind of stuff in scripted kids shows and stuff that go out of their way to set that stuff up... but it's always so artificial. To see a group of adults all come together like that without realizing it... that was something truly special.

[@knightghaleon]

My party had something like this happen when the fighter in our group took on a rusty ooze. Dude’s armor and everything was wrecked. But the forge cleric and artificer and rogue started handing him stuff to bring him back to something close to his power. Dude was moved. He was sad for his spear but the rogue had a sword she barely used so he became a swordsman after a little practice.

[@michaelweddle7279]

You have my sword And my bow And my axe! And my dagger, My whip Here, have some drugs!

[@nickh.7085]

Whether by RP or dice, Travis has had some of the best D&D moments I've ever seen.

[@ripl0x]

The triple 1s during the festival was the best. He really made that scene special.

[@RasakBlood]

Well that is partly because he is awesome at rp and commits to the character. And partly because he loves to poke the sleeping dragon just to see what happens. :P Craven edge and the deck of many things being the more notable examples. But even with smaller things Travis is always the one that says "Lets do it" :D

[@curtisholsinger6023]

My absolute favorite RP for the entire gang, in either season: Fjord, the first time he lost his powers, whispering "no no no no no..." to himself, in his normal voice instead of his fake accent, and having a freak-out walk through the town. Just absolutely perfect, and understated, and completely comfortable with his decision for his character. No scenery chewing, no "pay attention to me, this is my scene" - just pure roleplaying in the moment.

[@curtisholsinger6023]

@@ripl0x Absolutely. More fun than even the double 20s during the Search for Grog.

[@sh11death]

Well, haven't you heard? Fortune favours the bold.

[@JustinGann]

"You. Need. Me. More than I need you." - Fjord, power move 2019

[@taddad2641]

he wasn't wrong either.

[@TheJerbol]

@@taddad2641 in a way it makes being subservient to a powerful being easier when that being itself is in a position of weakness that you can exploit

[@danielstephens1185]

Matt actually seems as surprised as everyone else. Like "um I didn't plan for this."

[@michiganpride389]

And what Laura does with the dust of deliciousness... true power gaming couple in all of DnD

[@Lucas-rz3vl]

@@TheJerbol Until it no longer is in that postition and now you have an elemental titan that might just be very pissed off with you

[@trainer-mana]

>Fjord gets a whip, and axe, and a way to shoot fire. HE'S SIMON BELMONT!

[@khurelbatbayanbat7913]

Alright so he needs to dress up as Simon Belmont now

[@trainer-mana]

@@khurelbatbayanbat7913 Leather armor with metal bracers? Close enough, I suppose.

[@zeterzero4356]

Dun-nah-dun-duuuun!

[@evanremillard5640]

Holy shit I never thought if that.

[@rockonmyfriend]

Fjord really should have had the glove of blasting all along tbth.

[@dylanperkins7939]

Fjord is just a regular dude with a bunch of magic items now lol. He's kinda like Batman XD

[@Gregor1657]

Or taryon

[@thutmosetoure1396]

Batman that can barely use all of his gadgets

[@mate12cf]

Batman is not exactly a regular dude

[@dylanperkins7939]

@@Gregor1657 Haha I didn't even think of that XD I think Tary still had artificer abilities at least. Fjord is like a classless NPC pretty much. A high-level classless NPC, but still.

[@BassRacerx]

@@dylanperkins7939 If i was DM that would be mad inspiration points and a free Actor feat and probably an extra 2 charisma points holy shit that was the wildest shit ive ever seen in DND period!

[@TopcatsLair]

Awwww when they're all giving him stuff its so sweet... and then Sam hilariously undercuts it "you're very weak"

[@deffdefying4803]

"If you make one comment about my strength I will throw you into the lava." "You couldn't, but--"

[@RabidDogma]

He's SO GOOD at being able to break the tension.

[@scottrauch1261]

@@deffdefying4803 that comment made me laugh out loud and I had to explain why I was laughing at midnight.

[@switch158]

@@RabidDogma I so agree, he was throwing Travis a bone because he was teetering on the edge of crying. No way to be sure, but I think Sam saw that, and knew Travis wouldn't like to be caught tearing up on the stream, so he gave him a verbal slap to snap him out of it.

[@sagarro5291]

The hat was amazing! I felt so happy for the group!

[@awmperry]

“If you have enough drugs you’ll think you’re magic.” “I AM A BIOTIC GOD!”

[@sethdraw4642]

I see. You to are a man of culture. (Love a good old mass effect reference)

[@shaun_on_guitar]

Fear me.

[@omegagilgamesh]

At that point I was thinking about how when they were in the Yuan-Ti Temple and Nott got stoned off her ass and tried to cast Teleport, even though she didn't have that spell.

[@Firan25]

*asthmatic breathing intensifies*.

[@duncangilbert622]

Nice reference. Nostalgic.

[@bensagnella757]

Fjord *Throws sword Wild mother: its free real estate

[@Youtube_Hivemind_Member]

Every character had amazing moments in this but no one is mentioning that Caleb - a character who at the beginning was stealing and hiding items from other members of the party to keep for himself - started the movement to give items to Fjord. Not only that, but the first item he gave was the burning hands glove from way before that caused him to be told to share for the first time by Molly. Caduceus said only Fjord changed, and right afterward Caleb changed, too. Good boys all around this episode

[@KINFIN123]

Scorching Ray but that’s splitting hairs

[@kootiepatra]

It seems to me like Liam played out Caleb clocking that comment, as well. I wonder if Caleb is reevaluating what he's doing with himself and why.

[@Ghost-Mom]

@@kootiepatra im a little late to the discussion, but I'd say he definitely is. In refjored, Caleb and Fjord share a moment before beginning the heist to steal the ring and reminisce about the time Fjord put his place to calebs throat. Fjord apologizes but Caleb quickly dismisses it as if he knows what fjord did was deserved. When Molly died Caleb was only beginning to realize he kind of enjoyed this new thing he had going, but the stress of putting his life on the line to get it back was a little much for him. Now though, that bond is even deeper, Caleb no doubt views them as a family and I think if another Lorenzo situation had happened, there would be no inner struggle whatsoever, just blazing fireballs of revenge.

[@MmeHyraelle]

Caleb is also refjordging himself :)

[@brittanyhuffman3701]

I love to see the progression of these characters. They were so well thought out

[@09spidy]

Travis suddenly decided to roll a new character, just in the middle of the episode.

[@deffdefying4803]

Fjord would like to CHANGE--

[@CatCheshire]

He just opened the menu and changed a few settings of his character XP

[@MrShmoople_]

Does this mean we can’t make “yee haw” jokes about Fjord now?

[@TheCrafter321]

Wellll Hayullll

[@larkrogers3690]

there's a yee haw in his heart

[@IL_801]

@@larkrogers3690 As a Texan, I can verify that it's the yeehaw on the inside that counts.

[@qrowacheron230]

I saw someone else say it best "he's yee'd his last haw"

[@lukamal123]

No but now we can make british jokes about Fjord now

[@DCabbagefarm]

I live for that "why are you doing this to me" groan Travis immediately does when Matt so much as looks at him at the very beginning

[@n4l9bx]

That deer in the headlights look gives me breath

[@elusivegamergirl]

lmao Matt's evil chuckle at the beginning as Travis said "Noooo" was perfect

[@JayTohab]

“You’re powerless?” “I think so...” “Nonsense; he’s just discovered a new power.” Caduceus has just won me over.

[@paulcatalanatto1170]

Just now?

[@connorbarauskas6730]

Tbh I prefer cad to molly. Molly was fun but I think Cad has much better potential to mesh well with the party as it stands currently

[@dylanmcla]

@@connorbarauskas6730 Potential haha Cad has been with them for 60 episodes.

[@flamecho5220]

@@dylanmcla Im just amazed people are STILL sad about Molly's death. Call me insensitive, but i dont miss him at all anymore. Caduceus is a great Character.

[@markamanic]

"So you're saying you're weak-er than before"

[@johnhorn990]

I love how happy and supportive Taliesin is in this moment. Fjord is making the decision and doing something Percy couldn't.

[@ash-tv3bu]

he out-percied percy

[@magiv4205]

I live for this comment

[@dynamicworlds1]

The pride Talison shows in his formerly newbie RPG friends as they spread their wings with strength in this campaign brightens my heart so much!

[@euapatroaeospets947]

Sorry. But i didnt understand the comment.

[@MaDmOnStErQr]

@@euapatroaeospets947 SPOILERS FOR CAMPAIGN ONE. Taliesin's character in Campaign one named Percival Frederickstein Klossowski de Rolo III or simply just "Percy" had a weapon that is cursed and was controlling him. Percy was able to destroy for a long time but didn't as he considers the weapon priceless. It was only destroyed because one of the PC's destroyed it, ending the curse for percy. The original comment is about how Fjord made a decision the Percy couldn't. Because of it, Taliesin is very happy that someone could make a decision that Percy couldn't

[@jazzvieadnan3779]

It's amazing how Travis went from coming up with no backstory at all, to this.

[@KingBobXVI]

Sometimes, if you have no backstory you just need to make one :P

[@kuroneko1813]

You can make it up as you go tbh. We always give away small details during RP in my group and sometimes we just thought of them on the spot. If you say its canon and it makes sense then it’s real.

[@BlackDragonWitheHawk]

We started to play DSA (the black eye) and I as a nooby was searching for plants, as the dm asked what I was looking for my brain invented double stinging stinging nettles... and they are a thing now in our campaing

[@magiv4205]

@@BlackDragonWitheHawk Oooh, a fellow DSA player! We're pretty much an endangered species in the english-dominated ttrpg scene lol.

[@eternasapphiremoon81]

Doesn't Matt help set up their backstories somehow, or at least tease bits and pieces of their backstory for them to reveal? Like in whispers/private texts and such?

[@astrof.3308]

best part of all this is that fjord is gonna start pronouncing "jester" as "jestah"

[@JB-xl2jc]

If he stays RP British it should be more of “Jestuhh”. “Jestah” is more Australian IMO

[@RabidDogma]

No joke, easily one of my favorite parts of this is watching how Laura reacts as her hubby's character development is happening. The face when she realizes that he's dropping the fake accent is PRICELESS.

[@disastergirl888]

Jeff B he should, however now that Travis is speaking for longer stretches in his British accent, I’ve noticed that he can’t always keep the RP accent consistent and sometimes slides into something a little less formal, much the same way as Liam did with Vax, so it wouldn’t surprise me if he went slightly cockney on some words. The slight variation in accents worked well for Vax’s character though (and seemed to be a conscious choice, from what I can tell) and it could be that it works well for Fjord too, particularly as he’s spent to long around people with completely different accents, it’s natural he’d be subconsciously affected. (Also I’m not meaning to criticise either Travis or Liam by saying their British accents vary sometimes, obviously they’re both super talented and way better at voices than I could ever hope to be, it’s just an observation).

[@JB-xl2jc]

Suzy Lightning Good point, Cockney is WAY closer to home and would use the harsher non-rhotic “ahr” kinda sound. Speaking as a filthy colonial who has never been to the UK it can be tough to avoid slipping between accents (even though RP and Cockney have pretty pronounced differences). I guess it’s probably like a British person trying to sound like a Southern US accent and slipping into Western US.

[@ColombianThunder]

@@JB-xl2jc jester is our word, but you can say Jesta

[@GodBear97]

You gotta love the fact that everyone is freaking out, and then there's Taliesin who's just sitting there nodding, going "Yes. Yes! You are making me so proud" Taliesin knows the struggle of being bound to an evil entity that you want nothing to do with. As Taliesin said, Travis/Fjord did what percy never could, he threw his own "cursed" weapon in the pit and said "Enough!"

[@ladaboy3507]

Meanwhile, when Percy’s weapon was thrown in a pit, his only reaction was “it was so expensive”

[@hokutoulrik7345]

@@ladaboy3507 it had two enchantments on it. Of course it was expensive.

[@azureshenanigans]

Taliesin is the evil entity

[@victorym744]

"I don't have anything to give you other than drugs" Me: "I don't remember THIS part in Lord of the Rings."

[@mizt_strider8003]

Good to know I wasn't the only one thinking of Lord of th Rings during that part!

[@TjerkMuller]

What do you think "Your love of the halflings leaf has clearly slowed your mind" alludes to, though? It's called 'pipe-weed'. Need one say more?

[@noneofyourbusiness2437]

@@TjerkMuller Yes, because they aren't actually smoking marijuana, dumbass. They call it tabac in certain sections of the book. Language changes over time and that book was written a very long time ago. They didn't consider weed to mean marijuana back then. They smoke tobacco like everyone else.

[@IceWraith101]

@@noneofyourbusiness2437 errrr yeah it still was. Drugs were pretty fucking everywhere in the 50s and then RAMPANT in the 60s and 70s. Its a really easy fact check. "According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term first appeared in print in 1932" Took less than 10 seconds. LOTR was written between 1937 and 1949.

[@MrUmakemelaff]

@@IceWraith101 It could have been coca leaf...

[@shimmyking4]

"Fjord pulls one of the craziest moves in CR history" *Twenty One Episodes Later* Jester: Hold my cupcakes

[@warforged79]

Husband and wife power couple, right there

[@oliverworley5162]

I mean, when people talk about clutch moments of critical role you get scanlans counterspell and jesters cupcake, but people forget fjords charm monster on the laughing hand and his defiance to ukatoa, both very important game changing moments

[@BisexualWrath]

Willingblam has had the most powerful moments in this campaign full stop

[@DerpyDaringDitzyDoo]

Well don't forget the Caleb save with the brightqueen, that probably avoided a tpk after all the failed conversation. No one expected that one lol

[@unblorbosyourshows9635]

@@warforged79 Ronin is going the be the world's protagonist at this point. Nerf parents

[@junewhite7564]

Just imagine how cinematic this scene would be in a film... the scene only being lit my the lava, the framing, and when Fjord casts out the falchion all we’d hear is the whining of wind as it passes through. Then the shot of the blade and fjord in the background with the eye of uk’otoa in the falchion lining up with fjord’s as it sinks. PURE CINEMATOGRAPHY

[@carlsmagicbicep9736]

My thoughts exactly!

[@vp21ct]

How DnD players see it.

[@MaDmOnStErQr]

Then for a cinematic scene, make it go around fjord when he holds the sword over the lava. Then make the music stop as he feels the comfort, a small window through the smoke will be seen as he pull the blade back. The scene follows the sword with fjord in the back.

[@pokumoku2092]

twitter.com/BlackSalander/status/1154628496863506432

[@omegagilgamesh]

I keep imagining that just before the falchion sinks it's last couple inches into the lava it gives a thumbs up just before going under. *Waits to see if anyone gets that reference*

[@lukefrederiks5906]

If you make Taleisen squirm, you’re doing something right.

[@noahbaden90]

Flashbacks to Percy's gun getting thrown into the acid.

[@danielstephens1185]

What, like Sam's Eldermancy drink?

[@hokutoulrik7345]

@@noahbaden90 right?

[@Srioll]

@@noahbaden90 Yup! I love how Taliesin celebrated! And you know he was thinking "Fjord just did what Percy didn't have the strength to do!"

[@Aikrehn]

"Nonsense, he's not powerless; he's just discovered a new power." I need a Cadeuceus in my life.

[@gaijinexec]

Ukatoa being a child: No it's mine! Fjord: LITERALLY TRIES TO INTIMIDATE A GOD

[@rachaelpoulin1997]

18:17 Travis looks like he’s about to cry and it’s so sweet

[@USful]

Rachael Poulin i think it was laughing at the reference “and my ax”

[@Idofphoenix]

@@USful Or the panic of "Shit now I need to know how all of this works"

[@ForeverDegenerate]

@@Idofphoenix Nah. Fjord's got this. As a Hexblade, he's got proficiencies with Martial Weapons and Shields. He knows how to use all that stuff. And as a Warlock, he'd be proficient with "point hand shoot fire." Of course, without his Patron, he's lost his Sword Specialization. But he'd still be able to use any sword he picks up, just not as well as he would be able to if he had the power of his patron coursing through his veins.

[@surimonizarro9791]

I was crying here oh my god. It's such an amazing scene

[@tomaszskowronski1406]

17:33 And here we are, Fjord Mustang, the first Half-Orc Flame Alchemist.

[@Fyngys]

Omg i love you for this

[@mattmaass3920]

You are my hero, this needs to happen!

[@NobleKos]

the amount of layers to this joke would make an onion jealous

[@Sirius10117]

Nice one

[@Sirius10117]

I don`t remember to have been here...

[@BadSkeelz]

Proof that Fjord didn't need Ukotoa for him to have some balls.

[@Jarethenator]

BadSkeelz Underated Comment.

[@epic321123]

"Then you have my whip!" "And my glove!" "And my ax!" "And my shield!"

[@Atomguy112]

_"And my drugs!"_

[@Chris_Meade]

"If you make a comment about my strength, I may throw you in the lava." "You couldn't...." I. Am. Deceased. 😂😂😂

[@notsomagicalmike7429]

It's funny. Fjord, Beau, and Caleb all have the same Strength modifier yet the monk and even the wizard carried Nott with ease yet we're supposed to believe Fjord, whose race has a natural bulk to them, can't.

[@Chris_Meade]

@@notsomagicalmike7429 issa joke.

[@notsomagicalmike7429]

@@Chris_Meade I'm aware

[@AlexPerez-tt9ru]

@@notsomagicalmike7429 I think it's more played for laughs between Travis and Sam. They had the same type of think with scanlan and grog

[@Chris_Meade]

@@notsomagicalmike7429 Sure doesnt seem like it lol

[@azrael4346]

This whole scene, as awesome as it was, gave me the WORST anxiety ever.

[@geopurple3698]

F**king same man

[@sethcrawford5107]

I could barely freaking breathe man, this was insane!

[@sethcrawford5107]

KryptiiK: Wow, way to ruin it dude. Just because you did not have a similar reaction to us, doesn't mean you have to say we're idiots.

[@thegarboarto]

@KryptiiK you must be fun at parties

[@serbronnoftheblackwater798]

@KryptiiK mega douche alert.

[@Gray963]

In 20 years of D&D... I have never once seen a man who would attempt to intimidate a primordial *Slow Clap*

[@thenosieyartist6924]

I I think he almost did

[@williamebel4763]

@@thenosieyartist6924 nope, at least some crits, nothing is going to happen... It's a god for fucks sake... He barely came as far as any mortal whould... Not even close.

[@pantelisrrasoulis2007]

@@williamebel4763 you can see that as well when Matt says "You can roll intimidation if you want"

[@williamebel4763]

@@pantelisrrasoulis2007 pretty much yeah.

[@jadenlife]

@@pantelisrrasoulis2007 Except that's not what he says. He initially tells Fjord, verbatim, to "make an intimidation check." Only once Fjord pushes the sword in another inch and steps directly up to the lava, a move which you can tell Matt finds dangerous and ballsy, does Matt say "you can make another intimidation check if you'd like." Matt's look and response to Travis could very well have meant "good luck" or "you're crazy; he's going to kill you" or simply "shit, I wasnt expecting this." Now, I'm not saying you're wrong or that he was close to success; I'm just pointing out that we don't know what Matt Mercer could, would, will or won't do, what Fjord's patron might do, or what piece of lore or backstory involving Fjord and his link to Uka-Toejam & Earl might still be hidden from the audience's view.

[@samandrielswings]

"Do we have a fire extinguisher in the studio? I am on fire." I swear I'll catch up to this show one day

[@BiggySn1p3r]

FUN FACT: for anybody who didn't know. 17:35 - Travis is the voice actor of Roy Mustang in Fullmetal Alchemist/FMA Brotherhood. That character usually wears a glove and can emit a fiery explosion from his hands. Now Fjord has a glove of blasting.

[@Firan25]

Now he just needed 2 gloves of blasting.

[@brokendays]

Well damn

[@luxintenebris1776]

Tiny Miniskirts!!

[@alexanderlucard4810]

Holy crap I never put that together but I love it! What a neat coincidence!

[@garhettthomas7601]

Now that you say that I can hear especially when he fights lust and envy never realized that’s awesome

[@martijnvanweele6204]

*Elrond:* "CAST IT INTO THE FIRE! DESTROY IT!" *Isildur:* "No." *Percival:* "Do you have a receipt?" *Fjord:* "You know what? SURE!"

[@josephevans3216]

Can we just appreciate that Fjord took the time to feel Ukatoa relent and start to help, right before he spat back in his fishy face?

[@Jebjeb]

Was that Uka'toa or the Wildmother soothing him?

[@MichaelNelson1965]

I don't think that was Uk'atoa.

[@samtheactualkenku6205]

@@MichaelNelson1965 I mean taking into account the other god that the Kiln was built for could have intervened. So we have Uko'toa, Melora the Wildmother, and possibly the Allhammer contending for Fjord's services....

[@Gray963]

@@Jebjeb it could have been either. I think Fjord AND Travis realized at that moment it didn't matter, he didn't want to be a tool anymore. I love it.

[@eb4305]

I'm sure self-sacrificing your blood into a holy brazier shows the owner of that temple you mean business. My money is on Melora starting the switch over

[@Krzysztorf]

Uk'otoa: Consume... Reward... Punish... Fjord: YEET!

[@sohaibadnan9639]

No one: Literally no one: Fjord: fuck out of here I don't need you

[@mistamemewide]

“THIS BITCH EMPTY, AYEET”

[@Klespyrian]

@@mistamemewide I can't believe how appropriate that meme is here.

[@tks8096]

"You can't fire me, I quit!"

[@bplup6419]

"If you make a comment about my strength, I might throw you in the lava." "You couldn't." Are we sure Nott isn't a barbarian because that was savage.

[@YourGodRimuruTempest]

I like to think of it as a brutal critical

[@KitsuneRokaku]

I LOVED how the party supported Fjord in their own ways. Clay was just a sweetheart as always, knowing Fjord's true potential. The one that warmed my heart was Caleb, how he gave him glove of blasting so he wouldn't be vulnerable. It shows both characters have come a long way, especially the scene during the heist back early in the campaign. This was really touching.

[@jumper4038]

Oh, hey Kit. didn't expect to see you here XD.

[@KitsuneRokaku]

@@jumper4038 HEY! Fancy seeing you here 😆

[@sabamonstergaming]

Yeah, Caleb basically spurred on a small collective movement on Fjords behalf. "Here take this.. and where's that whip?" He was determined to reassure him he did the right thing.

[@nyxus_s]

god this part of the episode was so adrenaline filled it felt like i was having a heart attack, jesus christ fjord

[@Alightbourne]

That little "Oh no..." from Travis when everyone start's offering magic items gets me a little choked up. This was such a wonderful moment.

[@dylan56789ful]

the moment he admits hes just normal guy again and they all just start offering stuff for him to use with no care for themselves or greed is such a amazing moment for the campaign.

[@MinersLoveGames]

Play Of The Game: Fjord.

[@notjarek237]

Fjord as Fjord

[@thatonepsycho5157]

@@notjarek237 *RapedBacon as Fjord. Yeah, that was Travis's username, I'm not joking.

[@deffdefying4803]

@@thatonepsycho5157 kinda wanna know the origin of that username, but I also kinda dont

[@makeljones2846]

POG

[@bernavei800]

My reactions to seeing this on the stream are basically every single Taliesin close-up in this video.

[@5-Volt]

Fjord: "I enjoyed these abilities." Beau: "Yeah. No. Abilities are dope." Idk why but I thought that was hilarious. Very Beau thing to say.

[@deffdefying4803]

Casual reminder that Beau is the only one of the entire Nein that doesn't have magic, or at least the magic one uses to cast spells. She might've been talking as an outsider's perspective on all the amazing shit the others can do, while she can basically just punch good.

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

@@deffdefying4803 Ki is amazing and you can do some magical ass shit, she really shouldn't be jealous

[@Aplesedjr]

deffdefying I still think this is a weird line of thought. Sure everyone can cast spells (though fjord and nott only barely), but the amount of ridiculous and powerful stuff monks can do shouldn’t lead to thinking of the monk as lesser. I mean, she literally ran up a 300 foot tall tree, stunned enemies at extremely crucial moments, done insane amounts of damage, and so much more over the campaign. Its like making it to the olympics but not getting a medal placement. You aren’t the best of the best, but you made it to the olympics for god’s sake. That alone is a crazy achievement.

[@noclue4108]

@@deffdefying4803 She can literally use ki to be super human fast, stun enemies, run up walls, ignore gravity to an extent and more. I like Beau, but I really never believed that whole “insecure in my power and worth” idea Marisha flirts with at times, simply because of the amount of obvious utility that Beau displays in and out of combat. I feel like Fjord is a better exploration of this idea, mainly because it’s more integral to Fjord’s story. Not a Marisha hater or anything, I’m fully aware she is amazing, just don’t like this and one or two other aspects of Beau. Edited for typo.

[@deffdefying4803]

Third time the same thing has been said, just in different flavours. I understood the first time.

[@matthewwheatley]

I LOVE how happy this made Talesin. His wide eyed wonder through the whole thing- drawing on his playing of Percy, his general love for awesome horrorgore moments - I think he had a great time last thursday.

[@fishiest3539]

half the chat was "ISILDUR!!" and the other half was "lol vjore"

[@angrykobold5970]

Lol vjore

[@christopherradek7468]

Nott: You're powerless? Clay: Nonsence, he's not powerless. He's just discovered a new power. Wow

[@OtakuShadows]

Man I saw this live, chat went absolutely INSANE when this started going down

[@DarkAuraLord]

I'll never forget the chain of people yelling "YEET IT INTO THE LAVA!" After he started holding it over the lava.

[@JB-xl2jc]

Then they were surprised when he actually did

[@bbittercoffee]

@@JB-xl2jc Chat: YEET IT INTO THE LAVA! Travis : *Actually yeets the sword towards the lava* Chat : *Surprised pikachu face*

[@evanremillard5640]

Yeah I could see the comments, they were out of control.

[@rjblake1999]

Everyone says what a great storyteller Matt is, but this Episode proved that Travis is a great teller of stories too. The entire cast is so good at weaving their tales into the narrative that Matt lays out. Well done Travis, for giving us the most shocking piece of your characters story so far. Bravo.

[@ravenhull]

There are some deep hidden depths to Travis.

[@flyingskyward2153]

I love how into it Taliesin is!

[@dumgum9344]

At 11:02 you can see the realization of "oh crap, what did I just do"

[@jinxadorahsnape]

I thought the same thing.

[@calliecalamity8787]

Yet he doesn’t want to hurt his friends because of it, he’d rather have the pain of losing that than hurting and/or losing his friends

[@dumgum9344]

@@calliecalamity8787 It's a real testimony of his character that the moment uko'toa (spelled that wrong) threatened him to consume his freinds to grow in strength he was ready to throw away what he thought was his identity, Travis's characters have always been my favorite (not being bias because of my last name)

[@Fadebound]

Fjord really just said "Byebye Uk'otoa, hello Wild Mother"

[@TheDisquietingNight]

So, a Paladin or Druid then? We have 2 Clerics already in the party

[@ancelbotha1552]

@@TheDisquietingNight Probably Oath of Ancients Paladin.

[@pierluigidipietro8097]

I suppose that Uk'otoa is not something that you can just say goodbye without consequences... Expecially if the last orb is still in your chest, though inactive, as I suspect. The other possibility is that now the orb is under the molten lava, as the sword melt, but I think it is unlikely. Next few episodes we will see what kind of ordeal Fjord will have to endure to sigil this change, and it will be an ordeal to pass without powers...

[@BisexualWrath]

Ended my friendship with UK'otoa, Wild Mother is my new best friend

[@thedon68889]

Probably archfey patron or something? I know she’s not technically fae but it works imo

[@datmanydocris]

"I don't feel rare." My man, you threatened one of the most powerful creatures in existence and made it _scared._ That's pretty rare.

[@themoviecritic1092]

Sounds like an additional line that Cad would say in the new animated series

[@ash-lynnsarah8626]

Everybody talking about Cad's words of wisdom but can we talk about Caleb? "Aim over there" Fjord shoots fire out of his fingers. "But thats the glove" "Yes but it's in your hand."

[@jondouglas843]

watching characters break pacts with sentient weapons/patrons is always really cool.

[@joshuabuchanan3634]

I absolutely love Nott's question at 16:33. She's trying to figure out if she would be able to deal with losing her goblin powers and going back to a normal life

[@CampaignerSC]

Great catch!

[@BisexualWrath]

Well she would still be a rogue. Just no fury of the small

[@SkoloT]

I loved this too!! At first glance, it seems like a burn... but you can feel the hurt and wonder behind the question

[@_zurr]

@@BisexualWrath Maybe, maybe not. RAW Polymorph won't let her keep her skills and stats, and can be dispelled so is temporary. Reincarnate RAW also causes the resultant race to be randomly picked, but she would keep her Rogue stuff.

[@BisexualWrath]

@@_zurr that would involve them kill nott a lot

[@ashb9743]

Fjord becoming a Paladin of The Wildmother is the ideal resolve here lmao

[@mjr8888]

Doesn't have the strength score. He could become a Hexblade of the Ancient One, which would allow him to be a warlock of the Wildmother.

[@Colesign]

​@@mjr8888 Dex-based Paladins are a thing: heck, in the last campaign, Liam's character Vex was a Rogue/Paladin build.

[@matheusbravo3758]

But Paladins use Charisma as a spellcasting skill, ain't it? Could work...

[@tomveenstra7757]

@@matheusbravo3758 Yes they do, unfortunately though in 5e you need to have at least a 13 in stength to multiclass into a paladin

[@Chris_Meade]

@@tomveenstra7757 Yep, Vax put some points in strength when he leveled so he'd meet the requirements

[@XxChickenBoyxX12]

6:42 I laughed my ass off when I heard Sam whispered faintly "Charisma" after Travis rolled a 23 for it xD

[@oakenshadow6763]

I missed that! >XD

[@qlipothian]

Every warlock has been tempted to do this at some point.

[@zeterzero4356]

Interestingly the character the class is based off of in part, Elric of Melnibone, once did this with his sword Stormbringer, except it was into the ocean. No more than five seconds later he dived in after it. Elric had a hard life, and it both was and wasnt his fault.

[@stevenstine6854]

@@zeterzero4356 awe man.. I havent read the Elric Saga in YEARS!!!!

[@zeterzero4356]

@@stevenstine6854 Still have to read that last book one of these days. Then I suppose I'll have to read the Corum and Hawkmoon ones as well.

[@juliemichellerobinson1841]

@@zeterzero4356 Just saw this comment and WTH I've not read the Eternal Champion books since I was a kid (started with Corum coz my dad had it lying around, then Hawkmoon).

[@sierra2bork29]

My warlock actually may end up doubling down on her pact. Her sister was being used in a necromancy spell and they got to her as she was being sacrificed. When they saved her I quietly mummbled, "she will live. I will double down and give anything." So we will see how my DM takes that.

[@markdasaro9045]

Fjord is fast becoming my favorite for Campaign 2.

[@N7AslansHobbit_Ry]

Who was your favorite before??

[@_zurr]

Fjast Fjavourite indeed.

[@KalonOrdona2]

He always was for me

[@deffdefying4803]

@@KalonOrdona2 God same

[@grendl74]

Nott scorched Fjord into cinders at the end. I LOVED this scene.

[@nairocamilo]

Caleb should've rolled a Wisdom save after that

[@victorym744]

FATALITY with cutting words

[@SanJo2MD]

It was heart-melting when everyone decided to give Fjord their valuables and their weapons to outfit him without his powers. It consistently makes me smile :)

[@RoderickEtheria]

first time I've seen a player deliberately destroy their character's class.

[@aickavon]

welcome to high level warlock, where eventually the warlock has had enough.

[@jareddmunoz]

I broke my pact with The Raven Queen in a campaign. Out of the story I was tired of warlock and wasn't having fun. I RP'ed it as my Tabaxi deciding he couldn't rely on supernatural powers to fix his shortcomings. She took all my memories and I made him an Artificer.

[@Theplayerofx]

Travis almost crying when they gave him the items was so touching

[@Impling]

Facing off with and elder god. Have to make an intimidation check against a GOD! WTF!? WOW!

[@chainer8686]

Rolls in the low 20's appear to still have failed

[@carlsmagicbicep9736]

Yep, I think a 25 was the DC

[@rosehaley6012]

I'm pretty sure it was like with Caleb and Avantika's journal. It is theoretically possible, but you would need a nat 20 and maxed out stats

[@Gray963]

In 20 years of D&D... I have never once seen a man who would attempt to intimidate a primordial Slow Clap

[@Auntiebels]

@@Gray963 But in this case it made perfect sense; sure Uky can find others, but Fjord and the crew had knowledge of where what when why and how to release him. Losing Fjord is a BIG loss, UKY has time for sure, but it is still a stinging blow and Fjord knew that.

[@somebloke4998]

Tal the eldridge being an Travis’s IRL patron aggressively nodding his approval at his actions is all I need.

[@antheaquirke3713]

Listen, this whole ending scene makes me so emtional but when Travis goes- "But- that's the glove," with a little desperate laugh at the end, like he's still trying to protest, it's not him, he can't do anything, it was the glove not him- IT JUST GETS TO ME SO BAD.

[@eggb34n]

“Oh hey here try this” “oh look it works, yours now” “...what”

[@KazumiKiguma]

What makes this even better is that Fjord originally owned the glove and traded it to Caleb for that special water armor at Caleb's request, because fire. I love how he just gave it back without a moment's hesitation.

[@alexanderwheeler3943]

I love how proud Tal is that Fjord did what Percy never could on his own.

[@notjarek237]

Everybody giving Fjord something just made me so happy for some reason

[@davidens8204]

it truly brought tears to my eyes .. just awesome eh? to have friends like that?

[@SarahAndreaRoycesChannel]

I'm pretty certain Travis reaction (something along the line of 'o shit') was because he (the player) was close to tears.

[@Heritage367]

Sort of like the end of 'It's A Wonderful Life': "Remember no man is a failure who has friends!"

[@jan3211200]

The Powah of Freindship!.....(also ... freindship is magic.... i had to it was such a easy opening)

[@gazelleguy]

I love the thumbnail, looks like a kid in PE dropping the mic on his coach while all his friends on the bleachers are going wild. Also this was one of the best moments of C2, by far.

[@ash-tv3bu]

i love that even from the start of this scene you can see just how *done* travis is, how *done* fjord is. he knew the moment that dream began that he was finished with uk'otoa. he wants those powers, yeah, but would he do anything to get them back? ...no. he's *done.*

[@sqw33k]

Legit my second favourite CR-moment of all time. I don't think anything can dethrone Scanlan's lvl 9 counterspell but this whole sequence sure came damn close!

[@gothgirlgaming9050]

That episode sent the entire world into a different realm and honestly I'm not even mad about it

[@ryanorusio1056]

Unpopular opinion, but I can’t get past episode one of campaign one… I just find the characters less interesting

[@lordm2972]

@@ryanorusio1056 The First Arc in C1 is... Not the best. But It picks up at Arc 3 or known as Briarwood arc

[@shambhvilokre]

@@lordm2972 yeah bit what episode is that

[@lordm2972]

@@shambhvilokre episode 24 is the official start of the Briarwood arc

[@ultravioletunicorns]

I'm excited to see how Fjord's personality will be a little different now that he is using his natural accent.

[@jackmiller6617]

That was the most wholesome scene at the end when they are all started giving him their magical items! Made my day!

[@Sniffsnoff69420]

"I don't have anything to give you other than drugs" -the us government trying to cure depression

[@Spark_Chaser]

The look on Travis's face during the dream, you can see he's made his decision. He's done with Uk'otoa. He's made his decision that he's not getting jerked around anymore.

[@nerdpocalypse5004]

Man Travis is always great

[@EthalaRide]

"If you make a comment about my strength, I might throw you in the lava" "I will- *You Couldn't,* but..." I love Nott, I Love Fjord, I love Cad, I love Caleb, Everyone in this whole moment/arc beat was just so god damn perfect!

[@SharkyShocker]

Honestly... there was a little part of me that was hoping that the blade would still be in tact, but just submerged. So Fjord would try to summon it just for the hell of it and get it back like "Oh, god dammit!"

[@juanpablomontalvo4715]

SharkShocker I don’t think this is the last we’ve seen of the blade, its an ancient and sentient magical artifact with the key to a demigod on it... i think we’ll see it again

[@KazumiKiguma]

@@juanpablomontalvo4715 30 episodes later, they've run into the sword again, wielded by Mollymauk, calling himself Lucian. *DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUN*

[@juanpablomontalvo4715]

The Great Goblin Wizard Kazamaraz No Yasha uses Mollys body and has Obam uses it but really it was a double double cross and mollys soul locks oban in place so yasha can kill him for real

[@noireweiss762]

@@KazumiKiguma not gonna lie , an undead molly/lucien wielding the blade sounds awesome on paper

[@matiasmorales073]

so... sometime, in the future this is getting animated... holy fuck

[@isaacdickinson4521]

And this is what cemented Fjord as my favorite character in the Nein. As Talisen said, "he out-Percy-ed Percy," who was my fav in Vox Machina for a similar reason.

[@terrarising]

The whole drama with the change and the sword was awesome live... Sam saying "You couldn't..." killed me until the weekend.

[@09spidy]

And on that fateful night, Fjord looked upon the molten rocks and lava, and decided to YEET!

[@kindafishy6248]

Im actually just at episode 2 but i remember the scene were the crownsguard inform them that they'll leave and to stay in the inn. And he just, slams the door after their message. And that was when i knew: He is the guy making powermoves. Glad that this confirmed it.

[@KalonOrdona2]

Exactly, dude, called it the whole time.

[@deffdefying4803]

Powermove is his middle name. Fjord Powermove... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@fawkespryde9183]

I love Beau being like 'I have nothing to give you but drugs' and if that isn't a mood. I don't know what is.

[@NotAnotherCar]

Do they now have to change the name to ‘Travis Willinham’s Jolly Good Game Farm?’

[@diggis79]

Travis is still Texan I believe.

[@deffdefying4803]

TWYHGR isn't based on Fjord, it's based on Travis. Travis is Texan.

[@tarjah8030]

This episode was so good...! I will miss "Eldritch BLEEEAST" though. "Blost" just doesn't have the same effect...

[@thetrustysidekick3013]

7:06 Taliesen is how I looked that whole time this was going down!

[@dannyavarice]

My god.. That was intense! I want to watch a movie based on you guys! Fantastic acting, creative thinking, and dramatic dynamics. Truly astonishing. The power of words and heart. Holy hell. I'm speechless. I've played a lot of D&D, but I've never seen or even remotely been a part of a moment like that.

[@moistnugget141]

And then he proceeds to save Beau and Cad with just pure willpower and strength alone. Man the dice-gods mean it good with Travis. The whole worm fight was amazing

[@imanione]

Favorite interaction (aside from the "You couldn't" sass from Nott) got edited out (Caduceus healing Fjord). But my ACTUAL favorite part of this was also edited out... Taliesin giving Percy props to Travis!! #LoveTheseNerdyAssVoiceActors #Critter #Critter4Life

[@HonorableCnut]

Cad- “he’s not powerless, he’s just discovered a new power

[@Mosempai]

Tal has the face of "Yes, yes, This Eldtrich being is no good for you, even if it is fiction. I know because I am one".