Raishan | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 80

[@samuelperlman9123]

Vox Machina really could've used Larkin's help in this fight - where's everyone's favorite dwarf when you need him?!

[@Darksnakemrniceguy]

probably still tracking through the snow after they left him in the mountains... poor guy :(

[@jamesgarlick4573]

@@Darksnakemrniceguy no, he was in the tunnels with them. Maybe he is still trying (and failing) to jump out if the tunnel. Poor guy never gets to shine lol

[@Darksnakemrniceguy]

@@jamesgarlick4573 omg, most under appreciated ally from vox machina D: maybe one day theyll have a one shot stream just about him... one can hope :(

[@thegreenlee5941]

Right I mean Larkin fought one dragon for a bit but Jarrett stepped up this time, I think with their forces combined it would have been an easier fight.

[@Nildread]

I was really looking forward to seeing Larkin in action, but in the usual vox machina style they completely forgot he was with them. I guess it's hard to keep track of who you have following you if they aren't players. Matt really shouldn't have let Larkin get left behind though. Maybe it was on purpose and Larking played a monumental role in fighting off the lizardmen in emon, while VM fought the dragons. Also, Larkin could of really helped them with raishan.

[@edcaliburgaming1840]

I love how they called in a dragon to help them kill a dragon that they called in to help them kill a dragon

[@moonblazeofriverclan4840]

That was a challenge to read

[@sapph0sfriend13]

Dragonception

[@-Mothy-]

Same energy as "so you are just gonna bring me a birthday gift on my birthday to my birthday party on my birthday with a birthday gift"

[@tolazy5]

Don't read these while drunk... worst decision ever

[@BigggusDikkkus]

@@-Mothy- except yours doesn't really make sense...

[@federrpg3778]

After a very long scroll: 2020 Crew bringing it up top again 2:30 - El Profesor Sam 6:11 - Recap 12:26 - Game Resume 13:18 - Spider Percy 14:39 - Thordack has Great Insurance 17:28 - Fight Over... I guess 19:40 - Jedi Keyleth? 32:15 - Leaving Kima Behind 33:17 - A lil' "back-PIKE" 35:08 - "Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear" 35:52 - Hot Flashes 44:00 - Keyleth, Dragon Squasher 45:30 - HDYWTDT: Breakfast Edition 48:38 - Travis' PSA 50:39 - uh... Laura... what? 1:15:42 - Kima (finally) joins the fray! 1:21:02 - Laura's Limerick 1:28:52 - Raishan's "most powerful move" 1:30:48 - oh my heart... (great camera shot btw) 1:36:52 - Clutch?! 1:40:45 - Dragon TSA 1:41:22 - Catchphrase! 1:50:14 - The Bronze Dragon joins the fray! 2:15:39 - Realizations 2:17:30 - just a small prank... maybe? 2:21:39 - Vex... :( 2:37:54 - I died as I've lived #1 2:44:46 - What a misstep (2:45:53 "You Died as you lived..." #2) 2:56:55 - Pike, Glorious Pike 3:05:40 - Grog's ingenious idea

[@AmigoRoberto]

Bless you. ♡

[@Tairongo]

Doing the lords work.

[@starrmont4981]

Thank you kind person.

[@JosephTaber]

A paladin of Flando!

[@Crotalus18]

Godsend

[@lil_cap]

with the amount of healing potions he shoves into everyone's mouths, Grog is now basically a healer

[@amybyrne5208]

He unofficially multiclassed as fighter/barbarian/field medic

[@cho7879]

he might not have learned to read growing up with pike and willham but damn he learned first aids

[@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi]

but Grog _is_ a healer. He heals people and creatures...FROM LIFE!!!

[@draygontaygen677]

Grog feeding team healing potions (while rageing) I feel forced feed like i was 1yr old again 😂

[@loghanclement8010]

*insert joke about grog being more of a healer than jester*

[@rosagray2897]

"Where's your laser pointers, guys? This is why I gave them to you." - Matt Mercer every episode.

[@thegreenlee5941]

And I just know he has bought a hundred by now, and they are all at Liam's house with the other cat toys.

[@LoLotov]

I always thought this was such a funny bit til I heard, like ten or so episodes back, matt say: " this is why /I/ bought them for you." Poor guy went out of pocket like a teacher or something and they never use them hahaha. Still funny, but with a caveat.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

Every episode where they _do_ bring them: "Guys, don't point your lasers at the screen."

[@sethmcdaniels5227]

"Is giving someone a potion your full actin?" Every episode.

[@nataliepeters8459]

Poor guy 😅

[@demilung]

Hey, you know, how it's a bad idea to fight an Acient Dragon right after an Ancient Dragon? Yeah.

[@LemanRussVanquisher]

I feel like after slaying Thordak everyone sort of forgot that Raishan was an Ancient Dragon too.

[@Dan-hr1uj]

I mean it's understandable, Thordak went down really easy for being the Big Bad of the arc

[@christopherlaryck3333]

One of the dumbest things any and all of them have done. And considering they made a deal with her too. now the diseased (maybe?) deceiver gets to call the party dishonourable.

[@khangnghe391]

Christopher Laryck She shot first with the Chain Lightning on Vax, you can choose the targets. And it's not a safe choice but it's in character and emotions were running high, they definitely knew what they were getting into.

[@christopherlaryck3333]

Thanks, Khang. Perhaps you missed the last episode. While Raishan was attempting to speak to Thordak's body, in the tunnel leading to the cinder King's lair, Keylieth and Vax launched the attacked (this occurred near the end of episode 79 - the battle scene really begins here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/innciYqnas6GZs0). Vax made the first attack against Raishan. then deceiver fled into Thordak's lair. When the group continued to come after her, she attacked with the chain lightning. While I am not suggesting that she didn't 'need to die' I am only saying that it has become habit for the group to break their word. one of their first quests when they came to Emon was to not steal the thing they were hired to steal and get the mage in the tower to help them instead. Vax especially attacks people without provocation (see the young man that worshipped him as a hero and wanted to join the group). In a world of heroics, honour is a valuable commodity and Vox M has tainted theirs.

[@planetboondock2383]

Character trait solidified: "Don't let me die, I need to loot." - Vex

[@jgamer2228]

That’s her worst trait. It really solidifies the shitty person that everyone knows she is but continues to lie to her about

[@planetboondock2383]

@@jgamer2228 I love Laura Bailey so much, but Vex is such a shit.

[@TristanBach]

@@jgamer2228 characters would be bland without flaws

[@planetboondock2383]

@@madladzgaming2562 Vex should only be able to cast Hunter's Mark on people she wants to take advantage of.

[@shypup5675]

@@madladzgaming2562 Um, probably because it's Percy's fault? She was literally in the process of checking for traps when he just went ahead and grabbed the armor, it's what caused her death. And then people blame Vex for her greed for rushing over to the armor to check for traps...even though that is literally her job. Trap checking is what the twins do basically. Someone wants something checked for traps? Either Vax or Vex is the one they call for. And then they claim she got greedy for checking for traps, rather than calling it Percy's greed as the one who actually grabbed the armor before she could finish checking for traps.

[@Dergonu]

"I died as I lived. Hard." Not sure if I should laugh or cry.

[@TraskTrojanek]

I absolutely love how much Travis and Sam can laugh at their misfortunes instead of getting upset.

[@sazikanebaldimor2386]

I had to say i laught at this. Scanlan had been dying to use this line. like forever. XD

[@envymordecai4429]

When Keke fell in the lava Travis: She died as she lived! Me: Hot? Marisha: A fucking dumbass?!

[@Forke13]

Yes.

[@Khaoscntrl]

I cannot explain, to literally anyone, how much I love and care about the fictional character known as Shaun Gilmore.

[@themardbard9096]

Poor guy got walloped, it was so upsetting :(

[@UrbanJackal]

Noneed to explain. We all understand.

[@rhondacumbo7356]

I know. I've been, somebody better fix Gilmore up. NOW.

[@psigh8161]

Sam: "how does Gilmore look?" Me: "handsome." Matt: "he's seen a lot of struggle from the last battle" Me: "oh you meant..."

[@SocialistSadako]

I can't believe they didn't give him the hero's feast. Went so far as to deny Allura closure so theycould bring him alonh, and they give the feast the fucking trinket who can just bamf into the necklace when he goes unconscious

[@hylianhero987]

I love when Matt role plays his own NPC's as being frustrated and angry at the actions of his other NPC's lmao

[@happydonkey5333]

you see, in his early childhood Matt Mercer was not allowed to pay with dolls like his sisters so he makes up for it now by playing with his dolls

[@JameSeraphim]

@@happydonkey5333 "They're ACTION FIGURES mom GOSH"

[@9012Ferdinand]

early signs of schizophrenia

[@nolantremblay2966]

​@@9012Ferdinandor just being really creative?

[@user-ve3bs2ye7w]

I still can’t believe Larkin wasn’t involved in this fight. He really let Vox Machina down

[@betterdeadthanred7410]

Man was busy leading the charge in the city. Really an underrated hero.

[@paulineisme]

That snivelling rat left him in the tunnels. An absolute coward, his clan would be ashamed.

[@JaxiPaxified]

You know Larkin is a dwarf, right?

[@nickprouten7762]

2 years later - still the most under rated comment here

[@messiejessie2493]

Raishan is Larkin.

[@galev3955]

I love the mental image of Ashley on the middle of a film set, wildly texting "SPRINTER BOOTS" :D

[@sw96]

I've literally been screaming that at my monitor in every episode where someone else plays Pike.

[@archiveFolks]

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[@jameshorsman2304]

except because of the time difference it would be nighttime in new york so she wouldnt be filming

[@lexijackman4047]

@@jameshorsman2304Sometimes…actors film…at night…

[@kamrenjones1641]

​@@jameshorsman2304you think actors do 9 to 5s ? 😂

[@bookworm13x]

If I recall correctly, Gilmore did get Hero's Feast. It was Jarett that didn't partake. Remember that he got struck with fear, but Gilmore wasn't affected during the Thordak fight.

[@neotagatg3238]

This is why sometime if your unsure don't 2nd guess the Dm. Laura clearly thinks it over before she says anything, and she was wrong only jarrett didn't get the feast

[@Peter_Cordes]

That's correct. It was so frustrating to see that mistake go uncorrected, 41 points of poison damage Gilmore shouldn't have taken from Raishan's breath. It was fire resist that Gilmore was missing, because nobody bothered to cast Protection From Energy on him and they only had 4 potions. What's even worse is that Heroes Feast feeds 12 *plus* the caster. www.dnd-spells.com/spell/heroes-feast - "Up to twelve *other* creatures can partake of the feast". So Jarrett didn't need to give up his spot for Trinket. It's basically the Last Supper (from Christianity) as a spell. But at least Gilmore didn't actually die, and it probably didn't make a difference in the fight. Still, it didn't help in that chain of fail of running up to heal each other and then getting more people hit with more AoEs. Because apparently VM is terrible at using group heals.

[@ksfarmmom]

No, a useless bear got it instead.

[@asluckdespairs]

Well none of them have heros feast benefits, because Raishun dispelled its magical effects from everybody... but sure it's totally trinkets fault. Although I do agree trinket is totally useless.

[@RaiofLight]

@@Peter_Cordes Actually they had 5 potions of fire resist, they got 4 before the fight from Drake and had one already. The potions were given out to Grog, Vex, Scanlan, Percy, and Keyleth. Keyleth could have cast it on Gilmore but would then had been limited in what damaging spells she could cast since it's a concentration spell. Don't think necessarily it was a bad choice thy made when dividing it up, the spell I think the group was missing was See Invisibility. They have encountered a lot of enemies in the past that had made use of it against them, so taking measures to prepare for it would have made sense. I don't know if Invisibility Purge is still on the 5E cleric spell list, but Scanlan could have picked up See Invisibility as a lvl 2 spell when levelling up...it last an hour and not a concentration spell so multiple people could have gotten a use of it.

[@JayHKayJr]

The bottom of Sam's drink is mostly just random letters, however starting on the second line from the top, there are these words, each on a new line: "This Is The Hidden Message". I don't think there's anything else in there, I just think it's something to catch our eyes and make us work for a funny, yet useless thing.

[@partingofways]

JayHKayJr i had to go scanning through all the spoilery commentary looking for this. Idk how this ain't upvoted to shit. Thank you.

[@KickyFut]

HD 720p setting was how I saw it, tho I had to magnify a bit... Pretty entertaining, but it screws with people with small screens/low res.

[@Pegaryx]

The rest of it mostly seems like german, but I cannot figure what the intended message would be since it looks like just random words, spelled as a non-german might write them if only listening...

[@louisec-m9503]

+

[@WeGoblinFolk]

I have been scrolling for this for a while lol

[@Anybol]

If that fight had gone slightly worse... next episode Percy and Grog go recruiting. To be entirely honest, as depressing as that would be, it might also be strangely hilarious.

[@Dracon350]

It would've been hard for one. We're talking about replacing people are basically your family at this point. Grog loses his best friend and sister, Percy loses his best friend and lover, and they both lose a mutual frenemy in Vax. Something tells me the two of them would've just parted ways after that. I imagine a scene in my mind where they would've buried the bodies at Greyskull Keep, in the temple to Sarenrae. Just five headstones with different flowers for each of them. Grog heads home to Westrun and helps to rebuild while Percy heads back to Whitestone to assume responsibility as a nobleman. It's a somber ending to an adventurous tale, but as it is often in DnD where the dice decide everything. All this to say that Vox Machina would've disbanded with the deaths of so many members and we would've seen _everyone_ make new characters. Thankfully, despite all the dumbassery this episode, none of this happened and we got the, "eh, we'll take it" timeline.

[@KainErrow]

Family that stupid is better off lost. The only party members I really cared about were Scanlan of those 5. And to see an end to Vax I would happily have traded the whole party.

[@Dracon350]

@@KainErrow See, comments like this make me question why and _how_ you've watched 80 episodes hating that many characters where they star 90% of the time. I know some people have their gripes, but I personally enjoy all the characters. In any case, they weren't stupid outside of Vax who was the one to initially attack Raishan, but even then he was doing it more-so out of emotion and not thinking straight at all.

[@KainErrow]

@@Dracon350 To be entirely honest I was in a lot of pain earlier and basically sniping anything that even vaguely irritated me. :shrugs

[@toof987]

@@Dracon350 Vax asked Keyleth for the go ahead to attack Raishan. He asked her more than once and while she didn't give a literal yes to attack, the way she put it implies that Vax should go ahead and attack.

[@goclo]

Scanlan: I died as I lived...hard. --- Talesin (to Keyleth): You died as you lived-- Marisha: ...a fucking dumbass?? I died laughing. 🤣 Marisha and everyone's reaction to her misfortune was so funny in such a downer of a battle.

[@envymordecai4429]

I literally yelled “As long as she doesn’t roll a- MARISHA NO.”

[@walker5192]

for the entire episode Liam has a face of regret for starting this fight

[@Ginric99]

Liam said in the Thordak talks Machina that Liam knew it was an awful decision, but it is what Vax would do

[@waynejacobs5092]

Well he should! He might have just gotten his sister killed. Lol

[@SocialistSadako]

Vax got his sister AND his best friend killed for being an utterly stupid piece of shit. Could've just let her do what she wanted and walk out of there, and the outcome would've been exactly the same. They can always hunt her down again after you have time to regroup and heal. Vax and Keyleth are the stupidest characters in this campaign, no wonder they're a couple.

[@waynejacobs5092]

@@SocialistSadako Vox Machina almost always break deals they made with other entities unless they're bound to it by some sort of contract that requires their soul or something as payment

[@WolvesHart79]

Thats what they get for Liam and Marisha metagaming all the time...Vax attacked her while she was casting a spell she told them all she planned on doing once Thordak was dead and Matt even said Vax recognized the speak with dead spell (a none hostile spell). Marisha is a derp and yelled to stop her because she didn't understand (or wasn't listening) what was going on, even though her character couldn't see what was happening and furthermore going against what she had previously told Vax, to only attack if Rishan got aggressive. The battle with Rishan was a huge example of metagaming biting you in the ass.

[@theuncalledfor]

I'm kinda loving how Raishan is just straight up more dangerous than Thordak just because she's a powerful mage and he was just a giant, crazy, angry fire dragon.

[@Draezeth]

Also they rolled horribly.

[@MrSealemon]

Spell casters make the best boss fights.

[@jeohranalfhir8366]

@@MrSealemon eh, depends! I understand it gives the dm more options, but as a DM it's also your choices in the design of any boss encounter that give yourself these options. For example, giving legendary actions to normal monsters is gamechanging already, and it's often pretty simple to alter existing actions into mechanically interesting versions of themselves imo, etc etc. Making even physical bosses interesting in their own right.

[@TheBrinkofDestruction]

They fought the **cinder king** before this, they were out of most of their useful stuff AND engaged without full frontage. They made terrible decisions the entire time, raishan isn't that dangerous. They enjoy drama more than tactics is all

[@ped3752]

I think it's by the contrary, Matt himself mentioned Raishan isn't as hearty as other dragons, it's just that they fought her at the worst possible time.

[@ericsims2078]

"Does your guilt have a mass cure wounds? In that case, doesn't matter." - Laura the savage

[@SocialistSadako]

Keyleth is absolutely insufferable and stupid and Laura is the best.

[@DerpGnome]

@@SocialistSadako Yes. We get it. You hate Keyleth. Figured that, since you feel the need to comment 'she's soooooo stupid' on every episode, in someone else's post...

[@nataliecheriecampbell7778]

@@SocialistSadako Actually, I was impressed with Keyleth for owning up because it technically wasn't her fault this go. I mean, it wasn't the time, hence Vex's comment, but she was setting aside her anger at Raishan and saying that they shouldn't rush in again. However, it wasn't her fault that they all had to rush in in the first place. Vax forced Keyleth to respond to his demand with no context, and then didn't follow her answer and attacked, then ran into the lair. Definitely Vax's bad this time.

[@Diospepreco]

@@SocialistSadako yeah Laura is the best. Especially when she acts like a bratty 10 years old for an entire fight when things go poorly for her. Go watch the Pit Fiend fight, or the final Feywild fight, or the sphinx fight. Orion level of cringe right there. I also enjoyed when she threw a fit at her husband over an imaginary broom or when she got her alignment changed from neutral good to chaotic neutral because she was so totally out of character most of the time. She's also the best when she's constantly begging for advantage rolls for the dumbest reasons or when she constantly burst out and tell other people what to do when she's not even there. A real beacon of table etiquette. Also, I've noticed you post the same thing under every episode in every single comment related to Marisha. Do you have some form of compulsive disorder? Anger management issues?

[@Jonathan_D12]

Why are you guys even posting on a four year old video like nobody cares that you are angry. Just enjoy the show or dont ffs

[@zukofan28]

Alternate title for this episode: Can Everyone Please Stop Dying For Two Damn Minutes

[@jesselindsey9760]

Alternate alternate title for this episode: Can Everyone Please Actually Role Higher Than An Eleven For Fucking Once

[@nataliepeters8459]

Hahaha 😂😂

[@Draezeth]

Another alternate title: "When the dice gods forsake you"

[@vonkowskisoddities4164]

They kinda deserve it…this is a karma episode for always being dicks and breaking deals lkl

[@rhokesh4391]

Big Mermista vibes... 😂

[@hardlyworkin7]

I could actually HEAR Vex's ears perk up at the first mention of the hoard. I know Laura gets a lot of grief for the greed but I love the consistency of character

[@Will_Grey]

You just kinda throw your hand up like "Dang it, Vex! Oh well..." in the most Leave It to Beaver moment ever

[@qerupasy]

It's not the greed that is a problem. It's more that the group accepts it. It's possible that the resulting interpersonal friction was played out pre-stream, but it always rubs me the wrong way that everyone else just lets Vex walk all over them. It works as a character trait, but it suffers from that metagaming problem where you let PCs do things you wouldn't let NPCs do because you know that PCs are on your side.

[@drizzt102]

@@qerupasy Note the other part of the trait though. By and large she's the savvy one with money. She's the book-keeper. The accountant. So they let her do what she's good at. She's a master of coin character, and she is very very good at it. So I see this as an extension of that trait. She's paid full price what? twice? in the entire campaign? For anything?!?

[@cjtrules1]

Ironic that this negative trait is still looked at and accepted fondly while Keyleth/Marisha got destroyed every time they made a mistake or did something annoying. If Vex went for a treasure hoard and got the party in more trouble throughout the campaign then I wonder if opinion would have changed.

[@Bjaz98]

The great about this show is that I stopped hearing Matthew Mercer as McCree and now hear McCree as Matthew Mercer

[@kurtkrusader]

Haha its true! Now that Hearthstone is doing the whole Demon Hunter thing, I realise that I hear Illidan as Liam.

[@rachelbreault700]

Huh I didn’t know Liam does Illidan

[@xStonemanx1]

@@rachelbreault700 Laura is Jaina Proudmore

[@Abitflippant]

Matt is Ragnaros

[@rachelbreault700]

SkeleWolf That I knew! I didn’t know Matt’s Ragnaros tho!

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

"I died as I lived... hard" Only from Scanlan's lips could that phrase have so many other connotations

[@possummilk4262]

Nothing like opening with a 9th level Meteor Swarm to let you know that you absolutely shouldn’t have tried to fight this thing lmfao.

[@brilobox2]

Pedantry incoming: Meteor Swarm can’t be cast at anything except 9th level.

[@theq86]

A lot less blood and tears if they just honored their end of the deal. Or maybe it was the right call, I'll find out later. Seems like the wrong move to me so far.

[@ArcherWillows]

@@brilobox2 the funny haha: melfs minute meteors is a downcasted meteor swarm

[@Blizzic]

Vox Machina are pretty powerful until they run into a foe with any kind of tactical ability

[@asluckdespairs]

More like until they listen to marisha/keyleth and follow her orders to enter into a battle with low health and their high level spells already wasted. If they had rested before jumping headfirst thing would have went quite differently for them. Letting keyleth cause an unnecessary fight is what fucked them up.

[@kagato23]

@@asluckdespairs really that was Vax this time. He started this pain train.

[@duman173]

@@asluckdespairs so wait for a 1 hour for a short rest or 8h for a long to let reishan have her way with the body, they had to try and stop her, even if she wasnt using thordaks body for other things shes still a evil entity who would no doubt return for retaliation no matter the amount of time she promised to stay away and needed to be dealt with, it was the right call

[@liangtaoable]

Or doors

[@kindle1951]

@@duman173 I'm sorry but i have to disagree if it was the right call but who knows? Maybe it was one of the best choice to make because they are still alive. I would consider regrouping first and then striking at the same time (or at the same pace), so it leaves Raishan with only a little amount of time to react. If Scanlan was there he could have counterspelled her invisibility and let the rest work. I just hate that Vax ask Keyleth out of all people in the group.

[@mazie1874]

Once again, Percy is measuring hit points in kittens. “That’s like, 5 kittens”. I love it

[@paigejohnson8519]

Time stamp?

[@aemsly]

My group measures in babies

[@draygontaygen677]

Falling white bunnys (thanks keylith 👍)

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Tal not Percy. Carry on.

[@melusineshade8538]

this scares me a bit at how he *knows* the hit points of a teeny tiny kitten

[@kclifton2011]

Percy is always so positive. I love it. When the team rolls low or not as effective, he's always pointing out that it made the dragon use a spell slot or a legendary action or that the healing was "9 points times 6 is still a lot of healing"....he's looks at the glass half full. Great asset to the party. (he's a little too hard on himself sometimes). Percy should be short for "Persevere"

[@Madhattersinjeans]

Percy and the dude that plays him is just all round a great guy. He's the brains behind the group, sometimes. If they just let him enact some of his hair brained schemes this show would be...ahhh different.

[@sm3xym3xican76]

I feel like every party should have a Percy. Always trying to look at the bright side of things and being encouraging to the best of their ability

[@madelyn1758]

the fun thing about percy is his attitude is pretty consistent across the board- when *he's* the most positive one it's gotta be a pretty damn dire circumstance (like here, or their first attempt at vecna)

[@chadamonkey5641]

Sometimes you just gotta de-ROLL-o with it.

[@mineola_]

@@chadamonkey5641 yes. Yes. Thank you for that. 👏👏👏

[@trapical]

This is actually hilarious. Like, so much is on the line, Keyleth was the only healer left, and she just trips on her shoelace and literally faceplants into lava. You can't make this level of comedic timing up. I also love Liam's face at 2:46:12, he is just so beside himself upon hearing Matt describe the fall.

[@Grrrr1997]

Why did Vax looked so annoyed when that happened? do you know by any chance?

[@askthepizzaguy]

@@Grrrr1997 Vax began hostilities with Raishan rather than allow her to touch Thordak's corpse, so he felt responsible for all the death and destruction that befell the party after that point.

[@hmcturnan]

@@Grrrr1997 I just watched this episode for the first time tonight, and when I saw this scene at this exact time stamp I thought Matt was saying Keyleth couldn’t get out of the lava at all and was prone so that if she tried to get out she would suffer more damage. It came across as him kind of just saying Keyleth was insta dead no recourse. I suspect that’s what Liam was responding to

[@Grrrr1997]

@@hmcturnan ohhh! That actually makes a lot of sense and now I can finally understand why he made that face hahah thanks!

[@peytonstreufert8914]

The really annoying thing is 5e actually has rules that state a character can jump a number of feet equal to their strength score with a running start so she shouldn’t have had to roll at all for that short a distance. I guess not many people know about that rule though since I don’t see anyone else mentioning it.

[@PromethianChild]

This just clicked for me: Scanlan had his 8th level spell slot and one cutting words left for this whole episode. his 8th level spell is feeblemind. he was waiting for raishan to burn all her legendary reactions so he could cutting words her, then cast feeblemind with advantage. If it had succeeded, it would have pretty much instantly ended the fight, no question. unfortunately, he died the round he could have done it while saving someone else.

[@unclevivid9028]

PromethianChild scanlan is literally a genius so....

[@agilemind6241]

Scanlan didn't have Feeblemind as far as anyone knows. He also had spells for Counterspell that he never used which is why he died.

[@themardbard9096]

If he'd used the flute earlier, maybe he could have used it.

[@ModernArtery]

Scanlan's 8th level spell is Dominate Monster, not Feeblemind. But I agree I think he was trying to save it for the possibility of controlling an ancient dragon. I was actually expecting him to try to use it on Thordak.

[@HDloly]

@@ModernArtery [Edit: I was mistaken. My answer here is wrong. Please do not take in consideration. My last answer explain why. Thanks.] Dragons are not considered Monsters to be dominated by this spell. I have pretty sure I heard Matt saying in the previous dragon's fights that Dragons are in the "dragon" category, and that is why wyverns can't be dominated too. This battle Scanlan was level 15, and the spell listed is really Dominate Monster. www.dropbox.com/sh/ghuql8zx9d4y7sf/AAC6v2i9BrAdndHAsEi-fFDUa?dl=0&preview=Scanlan_L15.pdf If funny how the expectation over Sam makes him more genius than his real actions.

[@Will_Grey]

Vex: we can raise them! Percy: Yes, raze them to the ground.

[@connorwilson7954]

the raw energy Percy gives off with his one liners is unmatched

[@thomasokeeffe5050]

I'm so sad that no one caught that

[@zukai2596]

That was genius, I caught that first time. Funny how the captions didn't spell it Raze, perhaps even the transcript writer missed the joke! Haha

[@drizzt102]

No mercy percy was in full effect and feeling punny

[@3rdCharcoal]

YEAH NO MERY PERCY!!!

[@jeremytinker2039]

When the DM says "I can't believe you guys lived!"

[@cheez4208]

Matt: This whole battle is a metaphor for 2017 Me watching in 2022: Oh you sweet summer child.

[@Froggy48433]

True. Very true. Watching this in 2022 too lol

[@laurens.6940]

I can't even remember why people hated 2017 anymore

[@kittyNOnana]

@@laurens.6940 I believe it was the political situation

[@Krauly]

Watching this in November 2022 in Florida.

[@RomanII1997]

yea i mean, 2017 was a good year in comparison. somehow

[@Renekin93]

I wish there was an "Everyone is Ashley" one off. The imitations are so hilarious

[@danielsword4629]

And Ashley is the DM

[@Abitflippant]

Okay okay okay

[@FyreDrac]

Yes please

[@LoLotov]

The narrative telephone episode she did is as close as you're going to get I think, but still absolute gold!

[@k0pstl939]

@@LoLotov Actually there was a stretch goal to have Ashley DM, so this could happen

[@Artrysa]

You know, i'm looking forward to them going to shops and doing random stuff quite a bit.

[@lupojw6566]

Same

[@Aries482]

Oh god, if I didn't know there was still 35 episodes I would have thought this was going to be a tpk. That could've gone so badly.

[@advkow]

It really could have. I swear, I think I see a few DM moments from Matthew where he might have fudged certain stuff to prevent massive loss of life but let's be honest...for a lot of them it's their first time playing a type of game like this.

[@Nickle_King]

Let’s be honest here. It should have gone badly. The fact they survived was a miracle, or amazing DMing. Fighting a tactician dragon right after a roided up Super Dragon AND having a split party in a hostile environment? Like jumping out of a plane, they should have died. Walking away with only broken bones would be unbelievably lucky.

[@advkow]

@@Nickle_King I mean I think you saw some DM forgiveness there. When Vax goes to zero, and also when Keyleth jumps into the lava he asks for HP BEFORE rolling damage. Which is fine because it's their game and they can play as they wish. But yeah, I get the feeling the DM didn't want a slaughter and eased up a lot.

[@vaughnmonkey]

just because the character dies doesn't mean that the person stop's playing they just make new characters that get worked into the story

[@Aries482]

@@vaughnmonkey if every single character died, they might have had some struggles continuing.

[@Bladedheart]

Matt: What does Pike use to implore Vex's soul to return? Everyone: Uh... Me: A SHIT TON OF GOLD!

[@IJustLoveStories]

Matt: You're surrounded by poisonous fumes. Taliesin: I'm wearing my mask! I don't know if that will help. They're all living in 2017 while he's living in 2020

[@LoLotov]

OH GOD HE'S ANCIENT AND FROM THE FUTURE AT THE SAME TIME

[@OSDisco]

Pretty in line with Taliesin's origins.

[@Neutral_Tired]

@@LoLotov as most eldritch beings tend to be

[@codybeames1534]

He is living and has lived across the timeline in full. He just misplaced where the pandemic was a by a few years. We got what he meant though.

[@shinybugg9156]

Lol that's so true.

[@mrspartan6667]

Can we just talk about how much Matt loves to Play as Gilmore I swear if there was another DM for a session and Matt could play he would play Gilmore.

[@BLINDrOBOTFILMS]

I would totally watch that for a one off

[@krispinkeyes6542]

As glorious as that would be, I'm pretty sure Matt would play a dwarf bard.

[@chrisparker6517]

Nope, he played a space hamster..who was a pilot..and giant, but tiny...it was weird...

[@NonRegnumDei1934]

I've been reading about D&D's history lately and the very first worlds that were created were populated with powerful mages and other figures that were basically the DM's old characters they had used in previous games, kind of a reversal of what you're describing. Many of these characters still exist even in homebrew settings due to lending their names to spells (Mordenkainen, Bigby, Otiluke, etc.)!

[@tamarwin]

@@chrisparker6517 where can I find this?? :o

[@ColtonMelton]

Dude Mercer's face when Keyleth rolls a one... Even he was like holy crap their all gonna die lol

[@Will_Grey]

To be fair, this entire episode is Keyleth's fault.

[@JruJewJitsu]

Yeah horrible character. Just embarrassing to watch.

[@Will_Grey]

@@JruJewJitsu She keeps it interesting. Frustrating as all hell, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Just hope there's a strong resolution to her story. Story like hers has to end with a good payoff.

[@Aerensianic]

@@Will_Grey The most frustrating thing about her is that she is on this quest to learn leadership and all that but she seems keen to not actually learn any real lessons along the way.

[@Will_Grey]

@@Aerensianic I really hope she learns to look outside herself, or her people are doomed. Either that or pull a Scanlan and finally decide to just be selfish, and live for herself. Please at least learn the difference between taking responsibility, and taking blame.

[@whzpoor]

Sam really is the best, he doesn't bend the rules, he doesn't meta, he attempts to keep people honest when they break the rules, and he amuses everyone and breaks tension.

[@sepho3070]

he is and scanlan is the perfect vehicle for his brand of chaos, fun, and downright entertainment.

[@deathsalad2235]

He also waited until it was waaaaaaay too late to play the flute. If I was playing with him I would have been super pissed.

[@ShadowyFox_86]

@@deathsalad2235 Same thought there. Shit wouldn't have hit the fan quite so bad had Sam not been holding back on it so much.

[@thespankmyfrank]

@@ShadowyFox_86 He admitted it was his fault though, and I kinda feel like he got what was coming to him when he fully died (but was luckily revided, obviously). Idk why he'd wait THAT long so play the flute, it was kinda frustrating.

[@Daiwie44]

@@thespankmyfrank He is just too powerful! Don't you remember Scanbo?! He also waited a while before he used Mythcarver against the Pit Fiend. I honestly suspect he doesn't wanna overpower the game, but I don't know why. Maybe he was anticipating death and had another character ready?

[@darklordaranyx2467]

Egg: You are a saucy boy Vax: What, you egg? *He stabs him*

[@celgaha]

Best Shakespearean quote there is

[@juliamcdonough4175]

ah poetic mastery

[@leolion_plantstar9462]

who stabs who

[@christopherfleetwood5252]

@@leolion_plantstar9462HE stabs HIM

[@Abitflippant]

1:52:52 "No one expects the Marquet inquisition!" Totally unappreciated comment.

[@aduiel]

Haha, thank you for pointing that out; totally missed it!

[@becomingsentient1208]

Our chief weapon is surprise! Surprise, and fear! Fear and surprise, and an almost fanatical devotion to J'mon Sa'urd!

[@tallgrass1614]

the part where matt says, "you're essentially prone, in the lava." I died.

[@pestilentsleeper9152]

Nenene Ness - and keyleth almost did too!

[@technoviking5490]

I love how they actually thought Grog chucking a whelp head at the wall was what broke it and not Raishan losing concentration / teleporting away as it later turned out lmao.

[@nataliepeters8459]

Lmao I still thought that till your comment oops 😅😅 Come on just give Grog this one at least 😂

[@sloubser01]

I love Travis comment a few rounds earlier when he says 'It's like Pacific rim, you need a bit to get through"

[@CartoonFreakChannel]

Can't belive there's an actual English caption to a +3 hour video Like... That's commitment right there...

[@abriicotier4775]

There's caption for all the episodes and god thanks because english is not my first language so it would be really hard to understand what's happening if those caption weren't here

[@raized943]

@@abriicotier4775 Subtitles also make it a lot easier to watch at 1.5x / 1.75x

[@L4sz10]

I like how they got raptured by the relatively easy slaying of Thordak in the previous episode. However, Thordak was big and powerful, but utterly mad, Raishan is a very clever and cunning foe, and this episode made it clear that she was the actual main boss of the Chroma Conclave. Thordak was a weapon got loose, Raishan was the main schemer of the whole Conclave, and she had enough wit to maintain low profile. They really underestimated her or overestimated their own power and it was a bitter lesson. I just love the drama :)

[@Wildtrexkid]

they did have a fair bit more NPC help, like the airship and such with Thordak, particularly Raishan herself assisting them. it might just be a matter of 'counters', Thordak was relatively speaking, countered by the fire resistance potions and was straight muscle that was absolutely insane that VM can bash their heads (or more likely Grog's and Vax's) against. Raishan however, is a cunning fighter with very powerful magic and a will to survive while they had used most of their power JUST killing Thordak (Vax reaaaaallly jumped the gun to make such a major decision without even consulting the party, only asking Keyleth who has shown her herself to be massively stupid and unreasonable with Raishan, note making death threats constantly in Whitestone with complete disregard for what would wipe out the city like her precious Fire Ashari) might be a situation of Raishan would've been crushed by Thordak if she tried to battle him herself, but she's far more deadly to the party than Thordak would be

[@Thunar7]

matt said that he likes tricking players into making them think it's gonna be an easy fight and then turning weak creatures stronger and more clever, so they gonna be a more serious threat all of a sudden ;)

[@KickyFut]

I think they were received by the *relative* size between Thordak and Raishan. She was small *compared to him,* but they forgot how big she was compared to V.M. After fighting Thordak they were prolly thinking, "Oh, she's small we can take her!" 😅

[@Forfeitdemeanor]

Not really. Matt buffed Raishan so much that she is probabily the most powerfull monster in the history of D&D. She can cast 4 spells per turn. FUCKING FOUR SPELLS. She was casting spells after every single player action. She casted cone of cold twice in a single turn. There is no way to prepare for that. All the other Dragons were tough, but nothing close to this. Matt created new rules to make sure everything went as he wanted. Like creating a wall to stop Raishans pursuit. So you tell me she flied 160 feet carrying two eggs and also created an invisible barrier at the same time, considering she had just cast a lot of spells in less than 6 seconds? Completely unfair.

[@llewtree3013]

I mean they also fought two powerful dragons in a row, they lost a lot in the fight with Thordak so when it came to raishan they were starting to run on fumes

[@973daydreamer]

The look on Matt's face when Marisha rolls that nat 1 and faceplants: "I cannot believe you are making me do this"

[@bradleydixon1589]

It makes me happy that I’m not the only person watching this in 2021/2022

[@mayapplesauce1396]

@@bradleydixon1589 i think there are more of us than you think hehe

[@zemorph42]

@@mayapplesauce1396 Definitely, and I have a good idea why, too.

[@RoosterFloyd]

@@zemorph42 Because good content is timeless.

[@Paradox_Resolved]

If they knew the rules of the system they play they'd know they can jump a number of feet equal to their strength score without needing to roll at all. Those tiles are 10 feet each. Keyleth's STR is 14. The only way she would've had to roll is if she tried jumping over the widest parts of the lava river.

[@hancambam]

2:04:13 me 6 years later “NO LAURA GILMORE DID GET THE FEAST YOU GUYS SACRIFICED JARRET”

[@KL7382]

Maybe next time they'll wow it down somewhere

[@BrisBoom]

Dragon fight rules... 1. buff 2. spread out 3. use low level heals when people die only 4. spread out 5. resurrect when the dragon is dead 6. spread out 7. use low level heals when people die only 8. spread out 9. spread out. did i mention spread out?

[@BrisBoom]

P.s. wasnt trying to be mean just worry about you guys!

[@Scruffi]

S P A C I N G

[@veldin25]

Metallisika yikes

[@randomlygeneratedname]

Your forgot to say spread out

[@MisterDantastic]

@Metallisika I love your comment so much.

[@TheSvmurai]

A very extensive list of timestamps 2:30 - El Profesor Sam 6:11 - Recap 12:26 - Game Resume 13:18 - Spider Percy 14:39 - Thordack has Great Insurance 17:28 - Fight Over... I guess 19:40 - Jedi Keyleth? 32:15 - Leaving Kima Behind 33:17 - A lil' "back-PIKE" 35:08 - "Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear" 35:52 - Hot Flashes 44:00 - Keyleth, Dragon Squasher 45:30 - HDYWTDT: Breakfast Edition 48:38 - Travis' PSA 50:39 - uh... Laura... what? 1:15:42 - Kima *(finally)* joins the fray! 1:21:02 - Laura's Limerick 1:28:52 - Raishan's "most powerful move" 1:30:48 - oh my heart... (great camera shot btw) 1:36:52 - Clutch?! 1:40:45 - Dragon TSA 1:41:22 - Catchphrase! 1:50:14 - The Bronze Dragon joins the fray! 2:15:39 - Realizations 2:17:30 - just a small prank... maybe? 2:21:39 - Vex... :( 2:37:54 - I died as I've lived #1 2:44:46 - What a misstep (2:45:53 "You Died as you lived..." #2) 2:56:55 - Pike, Glorious Pike 3:05:40 - Grog's ingenious idea

[@escalantirizo]

Sam is Dead z

[@whusmanameAtGeeMail]

@Sam is Dead, you LEGEND!!! (Especially for the "timestamp" idea!!!)

[@Gio98art]

1:14:37 You'll thank me later

[@VengefulKyle]

Sam is Dead r

[@farret1972]

1:50:14 Brass*

[@epicglitter7218]

(SPOILERS) never realized before now, that Pike revealed the basic content of Scanlan's letter to her in this episode. she said she can't raise his daughter alone - she needs him back alive. in the end of campaign wrap-up many months later, Ashley would read the full letter out-loud, and it matches up - it was a request, in the event of Scanlan's death, for Pike to raise his daughter and be a good influence on her. thank Sarenrae everyone ultimately survived this fight - would have been especially horrible for Ashley to be absent for loss of any character, much less a TPK :(

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Raise? Sam wrote raise? But his daughter is an adult.

[@epicglitter7218]

@@MorinehtarTheBlue Yes. See the Campaign 1 wrap-up episode. Sam reads the entire letter in full (I was wrong in earlier comment when I said Ashley did the out-loud reading - it was Sam)

[@Dracon350]

​@@MorinehtarTheBlue Scanlan's daughter, at most, is MAYBE a young adult. gnomes reach adulthood around 40 years of age, and assuming scanlan is _actually_ 69 - 71 years old over the course of the series, it's safe to say she's not actually an adult just yet in terms of gnomes. i'd wager she's around 20 - 25 years old, personally.

[@madelyn1758]

I'd say "raise" is probably used pretty loosely. more like... be a good influence on and help guide

[@PhilBoswell]

I loved the face Travis made when Laura read that out, you can see how much he appreciates the story-telling 👍

[@Nonbinary_Dinosaur77]

Kinda disappointed no one in the cast noticed Liam's joke "Nobody expects the Marquette inquisition." I appreciated it Liam.

[@brilobox2]

They did though?

[@Le_GingerBeardMan]

Knowing Spanish made that add all the more hilarious. "This is my dog. His name is Travis Willingham." 😂😂😂

[@Wildtrexkid]

the good old medic barbarian, ressing multiple people with potions while the druid lava bellyflops ^^

[@tacothecat1604]

“No the suit was used once in a previous battle, fighting a fire giant… how do I know this?” -Talisan, remembering something from over a month ago Me: *binging campaign 1 who watched that episode yesterday* Yeah, at the battle at Fort Daxio Matt: “oh yeah, at the battle of For Daxio” Me: *feels proud*

[@z3styyy]

I can only imagine the panic Ashley feels during sessions like this. Just on the set of Blindspot manically texting

[@m0s_3pH]

"Guys, we can't get through this magical wall" Grog: YEET

[@xAugustx11]

they'd really benefit from a N/S/E/W marker next to the board, then they can just tell Matt "2 squares north" etc.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

That is a good idea. I also love the grid system like battleship idea.

[@olivia3890]

I love how heated Taliesin got when Vex was so low on health, like reminding everyone she needed healing and telling her to take the potion from Grog :')

[@orlamcauley5879]

He's so cavalier when he's about to die - "I have a great new character planned!" - but when it's Vex, he gets so stressed. Which really sums up Percy quite nicely.

[@DocEonChannel]

I like the new camera angle. Being able to see the players' table makes it feel more grounded, more real somehow.

[@Evija3000]

The closer the camera is to someone the more detached from the surrounding space they become, which in turn makes them seem more detached from reality. Film theory :D

[@livderagon5419]

"High School Spanish is the official language of Los Angeles." This is why Taliesin is my favorite.

[@whiteamerican1988]

LA is the official city of dumbass libtard scumbags with no appreciation for AMERICAN language or values.

[@stineagerbk9234]

@@whiteamerican1988 there's no such thing as an "American" language. There's English and Spanish and a great joke, that went over your head...

[@nickxcaliber7991]

Stine Agerbæk you must be one of the LA dumbasses

[@TheSniperBoy]

White American Goddamn calm down.

[@Kishi671]

@@nickxcaliber7991 well, the US has never declared an official or national language

[@ordainedcrownie8534]

Timestamps: SPOILERS BELOW :) No break for this episode :) 6:10 - Game starts and post episode recap 13:17 - Spider Percy. 25:45 - Raishan removed Heroes Feast from Vex. 33:22 - Yoda!Pike Backpack 35:30 - Scanlan relishes his minor moment to being in front of Grog. 46:53 - Grog slaps Gilmore on the arse. 50:28 - Grog smells sweaty gnome. 58:38 - Nat 20 for Gilmore 1:00:54 - Vex goes unconscious. 1:01:15 - Adele Dezeems Horrid Wilting.(Abi-Dalzims Horrid Wilting) 1:08:52 - Grog contemplates healing Vex with his Superior Healing Potion. 1:15:28 - Kima arrives. 1:21:10 - Vex gives Scanlan an inspirational limerick to use the brass flute to summon J'Mon Sa Ord. 1:23:26 - Scanlan healing word on Pike. 1:25:56 - Nat 20 for Percy. 1:30:34 - Vax goes unconscious. 1:34:46 - Keyleth (in Fire Elemental Form) pushes Vax away from the lava. 1:35:38 - Most Keyleth thing to do: I love you so - Oh god I kill everything I love! 1:37:30 - Scanlan counterspells Prismatic Spray. 1:41:43 - Nat 20 on Reckless Attack for Grog. 1:44:16 - I would like to go that way! 1:50:38 - J'Mon Sa Ord arrives. 1:50:44 - Dragon mini having been used as a christmas decoration has no base so it wobbles everywhere. 1:53:45 - Pike does Mass Healing Word 1:56:15 - Scanlan shoots lightning from his dick. 2:12:12 - Scanlan is unconscious. 2:17:35 - Laura is scared to leave her desk 2:17:47 - Sam - when she gets back we should just be crying, Laura: I heard that! 2:21:58 - Vex dies. 2:26:28 - Pike casts Revivify on Vex. 2:27:43 - SPRINTERS BOOTS. 2:28:50 - Pike performs the ritual. 2:37:47 - Scanlan dies. 2:37:55 - I died as I lived. Hard. 2:44:45 - Nat 1 for Keyleth doing acrobatics over the lava. 2:45:53: Taliesin - You died as you lived. Marisha - A fucking dumbass yeah! 2:46:45 - Oh look a metaphor on the ground! 2:57:00 - Pike casts Revivify on Scanlan. 2:59:00 - Scanlan comes to consciousness. 3:06:50 - Grog attempts to throw dragon pieces through the barrier to see if it passes through. 3:07:10 - Grog solves the barrier problem. 3:10:40 - Scanlan and Kima dimension door to Thordaks body. 3:11:40 - GAME ENDS - Post game discussion.

[@ordainedcrownie8534]

you are most welcome :) I'm sure a few more will pop up with better timestamps :P

[@monican88]

This is an awesome list. Thank you so much!!!!

[@555smo]

scanlan goes unc at 2:15:12 not 2:12:12, just as an FYI edit

[@justanothernerdydude4391]

Poor Mercer never gets to use Prismatic Spray.

[@Mr.ShootMe]

Ahh at last, a timestamp list.. blessings of flando upon you!

[@joshuawoodfolk8202]

Matt: "This whole thing is a metaphor for 2017." Me, four years later: "Yeah, being trapped inside while the airborne poison does whatever it wants, I get it."

[@Hisslizard]

if only we'd listened

[@ALJ9000]

*maniacal laughter* U.N. is going crazy

[@bigdream_dreambig]

You don't always notice it, but these are really amazing voice actors. Laura's Ashley/Pike impression is spot-on.

[@matthewward1346]

Laura is so talented. All these guys are but her, Matt, Travis and Liam are truly top notch voice actors

[@eliaspatrikis1926]

SPOILERS: Gotta give credit to mercer the tactics and brilliance he showed in this battle was genius. Using greater invisibility to remove the heroes feast with dispel magic was such a good idea. Furthermore baiting them into the lair with the meteor swarm and waiting for the party to get weakened then she could come in for the finishing blow. I feel like when mercer is allowed to play a smart enemy like the pit fiend or raishan he can fully play to his mental capabilities and personally I love watching it.

[@TheKillaShow]

Elias Patrikis I was unimpressed. Seemed to pull a lot of machinas out of his ass to get his way.

[@iHumanist]

-They fought two ancient dragons back to back.- Scratch that, they fought one *uber ancient dragon* and then decided to fight another ancient dragon which they knew had powerful magic whilst having expended most of their magic users' spell slots. (Not to mention the twins dreadfully poor handling of Pike.) The fact that this didn't turn into a TPK was miraculous. Had Scanlan's counterspell failed against Raishan's prismatic spray, that would have been the essentially the end of Vox Machina. Only Grog and Percy would have survived, and Raishan still had a number of spells at her disposal. With regard to "pulling a lot of machinas out his ass..." Those "machinas" were almost completely in favor of Vox Machina. Had he just let Raishan go to town on Vax, Vex, and Keyleth after they *attacked and then pursued a ******* ancient dragon into the lair of the most powerful dragon in existence with a split (and magic-depleted) party* instead of having her hide on the ceiling for three rounds casting dispel magic, those three could have been killed with ease if Matt had used Raishan's in a much more devious manner. It's impossible to overstate the level of stupidity required to act as Keyleth and Vax did. Vex / Laura knew this at the end of the previous episode, but she obviously wasn't going to let her twin brother run off and die alone. Also, that Keyleth Nat 1 roll on the jump over the lava... Talk about being merciful not to mention wise considering Matt and Marisha were engaged at that point and are now married. Go back and look at Matt's reaction when it happened. It tells you everything you need to know about this entire encounter. In a one fashion, you are right. Matt did "get his way" in the end: He didn't kill off his mostly mindless players as they so deserved. They fell into an obvious trap which they could have walked away at any point considering Matt did not have Raishan attack for something like 3 or 4 rounds. He gave them so many subtle clues and three or four overt ones. But I love the irony of it all. The wisest players at the table are the troll with 7(?) wisdom (Scanlan) and the raging, illiterate Goliath Barbarian (Grog) who has an intelligence rating less than some animals. I love Critical Role.

[@kyoukotsukino6322]

TheKillaShow "His way" was keeping a lot of reckless fools alive through having the boss make a lot of bad tactical choices in hopes luck helped the players out of a fight they didn't really deserve to win, or even survive. I think it was mostly for the fans - a colder DM would have just TPKed the grouo and let them reroll characters and hopefully learn from it all.

[@sarge9269]

Elias Patrikis too bad it is impossible to dispell heros feast. Its duration is instantaneous but its effects last 24 hrs. So since the duration is instantaneous it can only be counterspelled but that has to be done as the spell is cast. This battle should've been much quicker and easier than it was

[@Forfeitdemeanor]

@@TheKillaShow Yeah. Using legendary actions to cast spells? Cast 4 spells in a single turn? When player characters can at most cast level 2 spells as a bonus action? Yet Raishan casted two cones of cold in the same round and did far more shit.

[@nixiedreamstar]

I'd like to remember that episode where they had a conversation with Raishan in whiterun and said 'we can easily kill you'.

[@darkvizardking69]

Well, if they weren't exhausted from just killing a bigger dragon, they may have had a better chance at this. The issue of possibly fighting two battles in a row when you need to put out all the stops for a bigger threat is what you won't have much for later.

[@Direwolf181]

I mean ti be fair they were just in a bigger fight

[@slywolfe]

*Whitestone Whiterun is in Skyrim 😀❤️

[@Draezeth]

Not to mention the abysmal rolls

[@5amura115]

They should've asked jarl balgruff to assist them since they were in "whiterun"......

[@soxton4612]

Vox Machina with Kash: "hey you guys skipped most of the stuff I had planned" Vox Machina without Kash: "I attack Raishan"

[@joelrobinson5457]

Oh vax, that was such a mistake

[@spacerogue8382]

Its amazing how little flack he got from that.

[@brilobox2]

Here’s a rule for all you roleplayers out there: if your course of action has a very high chance of killing multiple people other than you, don’t f***ing do it no matter how ‘in character’ it is.

[@iamtoby653]

2020 first time watchers check in point!!!! I’m proud of you we getting though it 🎉🎉

[@yasminafarih3681]

Hi "panting"

[@gerardmaurer8043]

Still catching up.

[@Ruin530]

So much more to go. I might actually be sad whenever I catch up, no more binge watching....

[@kitaridraconia]

*check in high five*

[@charmer129]

Caught up on 2 so now its time to watch this

[@attiej2124]

Taliesin eating a paper towel out of stress and frustration is beyond relatable.

[@joshuamelo7618]

YEARS late but maaaan..... Matt did everything to keep this party alive

[@alexandraboeschenstein3916]

This could have easily been a TPK If Matt hadn't have made Rishan decide to leave.

[@SendohJin]

@@alexandraboeschenstein3916 How is Raishan going to kill or even survive J'Mon?

[@nathanjanes5274]

Because Raishan was hasted, but he only took one action each round

[@kezzen3930]

I’m not sure that’s true. It’s my understanding of the rules of lair actions that the dragon activates (they can’t choose the same one twice in a row);them so they should have stopped with Thordaks death. Regional effects either end or improve over time, so a lot of that damage wouldn’t have happened. Having said that the DM is always right, but if Matt knew the rule and chose a different one it kind of shows he wasn’t being easy on the party.

[@brennankunkel623]

Vax should have insta-died when he went down, 2 death saves failed for the tail attack after he went down to the claw and then another one from hitting the ground...

[@DahliaDame]

Thank you Travis for "we're gonna get through this"

[@MitchellWMcCarthy]

Once they started playing the up down up down up down game was the moment Raishan won the fight.

[@benjaminlindemuth615]

Friendly reminder that the number one reason for CR burnout is reading youtube comments. You don't need to put yourself through that cesspit.

[@charlottenelken]

Truer words have never been spoken

[@Christina-intarsia]

Thank you. I needed to hear that. Going back to ignoring the hate comments now 😛

[@rizahawkeyepierce1380]

It's actually not too bad unless you open up the replies (especially when there are a lot of replies)

[@liznolen1117]

Thanks for the much needed reminder. I started with campaign 2 where everyone boasted about how "great" the community of CR is, and I completely agreed. Yet, coming to watch this campaign for the first time, "great" is definately not how it started. So much unnessacary hate, and for what? I'm just happy people have grown up for campaign 3 and spread love not hate. But hey, "if you can't love yourself how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else" :)

[@benjaminlindemuth615]

@@liznolen1117 I think the best way to describe it is that us Critters are passionate. Anyone who watches several hundred hours of content would have to be. Unfortunately, some Critters turn that passion into hate.

[@joshhammer5518]

Matt forgot to put Larkin on the initiative roll :(

[@KuroiHoshiV]

Where is he?

[@Darksnakemrniceguy]

@@KuroiHoshiV i think i figured it out. raishan.... ate larking! thats why vax wants to kill her so bad! >_>

[@xEvilRaptorx]

*PSA: it's a running joke*

[@ytg018]

Matt's sadness when saying "I never get to use prismatic spray" was pure gold

[@danku1122]

Bringing these back to the top 2:30 - El Profesor Sam 6:11 - Recap 12:26 - Game Resume 13:18 - Spider Percy 14:39 - Thordack has Great Insurance 17:28 - Fight Over... I guess 19:40 - Jedi Keyleth? 32:15 - Leaving Kima Behind 33:17 - A lil' "back-PIKE" 35:08 - "Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear" 35:52 - Hot Flashes 44:00 - Keyleth, Dragon Squasher 45:30 - HDYWTDT: Breakfast Edition 48:38 - Travis' PSA 50:39 - uh... Laura... what? 1:15:42 - Kima (finally) joins the fray! 1:21:02 - Laura's Limerick 1:28:52 - Raishan's "most powerful move" 1:30:48 - oh my heart... (great camera shot btw) 1:36:52 - Clutch?! 1:40:45 - Dragon TSA 1:41:22 - Catchphrase! 1:50:14 - The Bronze Dragon joins the fray! 2:15:39 - Realizations 2:17:30 - just a small prank... maybe? 2:21:39 - Vex... :( 2:37:54 - I died as I've lived #1 2:44:46 - What a misstep (2:45:53 "You Died as you lived..." #2) 2:56:55 - Pike, Glorious Pike 3:05:40 - Grog's ingenious idea

[@tylercody4180]

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[@Grrrr1997]

thank you!

[@mobiasjoe2807]

Bump

[@uelideschwart4056]

around 1:28:50 our dear rogue could have been killed on the spot. Raishan attacked him 3 times, all 3 hit. He went unconscious after 2 hits. That makes the third hit an auto crit against him which means two failed death saves. Then the impact on the ground would have been the 3rd fail and with that he would have died right there. I think we saw some mercer-mercy there keeping Vax alive. Raishan would have finished him.

[@uelideschwart4056]

DAMN and then Keyleth almost kills him xD

[@franconova8048]

Yeah, Bullshit there too, I was furious. Vex gets a 15 feet fall and gets an auto fail, this jackass gets a 60 feet fall and nothing. I understand he could have forgotten that, partially because of THE CONSTANT WHINNING AND REMINDING OF FUCKING EVASION AND UNCANNY SHITDGE

[@dorphose]

He didn't just fall 60 feet and nothing. He fell 60 feet and failed 2 saving throws. Sure it should have been 3 but still, he showed mercy and only made it 2 and he just got lucky that he didn't die in the hands of Keyleth.

[@ZombiZohm]

I saw that too. The DM ignored that last tail attack which, if Vax was within 5ft. would have been 2 fails in addition to the fail from the fall. Vax technically died if not for some "divine intervention"

[@thedarkness125]

Dastariel Vek why not write matt and the gang and tell them how their fun is wrong and you can do better so youll be taking over, DMing and playing all characters.

[@johndotcom9648]

Laura's limerick was fire

[@ehudshapira2745]

It was so damn good. I want a 'Laura Bailey's Book of Limericks' ASAP.

[@josiemcmillan5012]

“So I’m gonna use Lightning Bolt”

[@tylerjones6529]

9

[@themardbard9096]

And thank god it was, or they never would've had J'mon.

[@rickrack4325]

I am SO in love with Laura's limericks (I mean, with Laura in general but...). She only made 2 so far but they're always top-notch! I wish so bad it became a running theme and she would make some more often, like everytime she'd ask something of Scanlan!

[@jordanschleth1760]

I can really see this fight messing up Vax. He was the one that initiated the fight and it resulted in one of the people he cares the most dying. Part of me kind of hopes he blames himself. Mainly because I love Liam's acting. Especially in super emotional scenarios. Interested to see if he reverts emotionally in any way. It seemed to me he was starting to be more open emotionally. I think he'll be overwhelmed with guilt.

[@ShadowyFox_86]

Basically the two people he's closest to were either the cause of them fighting when they shouldn't have attempted (Kyleth) or suffered most from the fight (Vex). That would make shit awful rough for an character that gets so deep into the emotions.

[@miimo_channel]

it’s so great to watch talks machina and listen to Liam’s thoughts about the moment.. he knew as a player that it would be an awful decision, but had to attack based on what Vax the character would do! such a cool commitment to the story, it makes these moments feel so much more real and meaningful ❤

[@Wertzuio]

i certainly hope so

[@RockChalk263]

It doesn't seem he takes as much accountability for his actions as he should based on the next episode. Scanlan had every reason to absolutely lay into him and probably should have been more forceful in pressing the point.

[@brilobox2]

@@miimo_channel its not cool commitment to character, its annoying and selfish to almost kill your entire party with an incredibly stupid decision that only makes sense to you the player. What did Vax think was going to happen? That having completely exhausted themselves fighting Thordak that Raishan was just dessert? No, he should be thinking that he’s going to get everyone he cares about killed.

[@IceyAqua1695]

Ok so I’ve been binge watching this while doing hw, and right as they made the “George I hugged the puppy really hard” joke I am literally reading Of Mice and Men.

[@lefterismplanas4977]

You managed to binge this? Imlove the show don't get me worng, but at so many points did i was annoyed and had to stop

[@Zalied]

@@lefterismplanas4977 being annoyed at stuff depends on how you view the show and what your like about it. What annoys a lot of people (and rightly so some stuff can be annoying) doesn't bother others

[@spiffthespaceman5790]

And 4 years later I finished the book today, watched this episode and read this comment. What's the opposite of serendipity? It hurts Slim.

[@Drakefance5]

I still have nearly 2 whole years to catch up on? See you guys in 2020

[@anakah01]

I'm there with you bro :(

[@Pluveus]

Four months from that comment, and looking at the number of episodes, don't think of it as 2 years to catch up on, think of it as being halfway to episode 46 of the new campaign.

[@CaptCKernel]

Just got here. What episode you on now?

[@lillythestral9305]

Same

[@anthonykittchner7400]

We are so far behind

[@dylanquick6456]

Some spells casted by Raishan! (0:17:23) Greater Invisibility (4th) (0:25:38) 2 Legendary Actions: Dispel Magic (Vex’ahlia) (3rd) (0:35:35) 2 Legendary Actions: Dispel Magic (Vax’ildan) (3rd) (0:40:24) Dispel Magic (Percy) (3rd) (0:49:50) 2 Legendary Actions: Dispel Magic (Grog) (3rd) (0:52:52) Counterspell (3rd) (0:59:43) Abi-Dalzim’s Horrid Wilting (8th) (1:36:43) 2 Legendary Actions: Cast Prismatic Spray (7th) (1:43:34) Contingency (Haste) Previously cast (1:44:29) 2 Legendary Actions: Dispel Magic (Scanlan) (3rd) (2:12:56) 2 Legendary Actions: Cone of Cold (5th) (2:19:12) 2 Legendary Actions: Melf’s Acid Arrow (2nd) (2:37:25) Cone of Cold (5th) (Not mentioned) Legendary Action: Wall of Force (5th) (3:03:07) Teleport (7th)

[@Adrianoboda]

last episode at the very end: Meteor Swarm (9th)

[@drewdeckard5753]

This is great to see, thank you

[@michaelhughes5987]

The fact that an enlarged Grog yells "Catchphrase" before free guy was released makes this so much better. Grog is Dude 🤣

[@ookamiprime6646]

In this episode, Vox Machina play "The Floor is Lava."

[@karlcross9112]

I am so glad they slowed down the rate the fan art work changes, I get a much better view of it now. Such great work by so many!

[@TrueJunebug]

"Spider-Percy, Spider-Percy, kills his enemies with no mercy! Look out!!! Here comes Spider-Percy!"

[@BeaglzRok1]

Spi de Rolo~

[@kyoukotsukino6322]

"Except when his guns blow up in his face-y!"

[@brendancoulter5761]

yup

[@randomlygeneratedname]

Can he swing from a Web, no he can't he's a Percy, looook out, it's spider Percy

[@BoojumFed]

Is he smart? Listen bub. He's got lightning in his glove.

[@cbrusharmy]

One of several lessons learned (I hope): don't fight an ancient dragon right after fighting an ancient dragon, without rest.

[@Sabamonster]

After getting frustrated many, many times with some of the things that have happened due to what is often referred to as "character development" and things of that nature. I decided to just watch how things play out, and try to have a better understanding of the fact that NOBODY, not even us as an audience, understands what their characters are thinking, like they do. I just ride it out and watch. No sense in getting irritated, or upset with anything they are doing. It's their game, their characters, and if we don't agree with what they do... it really doesn't fuckin matter. They are having fun, and we get to watch. I've voiced my opinions many times, and after going back and reading them I realized that my emotional attachment to the characters was basically making me kind of an asshole. Whether the attachment was to my favorite, or least favorite character. My opinions mainly came from a good place, but in the end it was still irrational at times. It's a lot easier to just have fun and watch the story unfurl. A lot less stressful.

[@brettbrose4212]

100% agree

[@kunanonyantakanok5217]

Thank you

[@dougbecktroyd2692]

does the rest of vox machina have a problem with her or is it just the audience because they played a year with these characters before performing

[@Maztermox]

This was needed

[@randomlygeneratedname]

I'm watching this like it's game of thrones with more magic we gotta remember this is as much a show as a game

[@ehayys]

As a first-time campaign watcher who knows all the spoilers (not for lack of trying), I absolutely cannot imagine watching this live for the first time

[@venom_colada1512]

I would be so on edge-

[@ldoc3988]

i loved him a lot but i really wish kashaw (kashaw? kashew?) had been there when Vax decided to launch the raishan battle, just so he could've knocked him right into a plane of common sense

[@icspps]

Liam Doc It was an eventuality he would have tried to kill an evil entity, even if it was an ally at the time. Why? Because of the Vengence Paladin's Oath.

[@archie4president330]

@@icspps he could have waited- at least until the rest of the party arrived- or preferably until they were well rested.

[@icspps]

@@archie4president330 You are absolutely right. However, Liam Obrien has a tendency to not wait for people. Remember Cassandra in Whitestone?

[@archie4president330]

@@icspps to be fair he has said he wanted to play a somewhat pig-headed and more boyish rogue, but I do agree. If it's fun for him then great but his character at least isn't good at planning forward. Still it's a great show.

[@icspps]

@@archie4president330 RPing is important to fun. But if it messes with your team and changes situations from under control to deadly, it really should be decided as a group.

[@kyleking6101]

Sam 2017 disgustedly saying "stabbing eggs?!" compared to Sam 2018 shouting "YOU WANT TO SAVE THIS THING?!" and stabbing a defenseless baby manticore

[@PBnicos]

Thank you for the subtitles whoever made them

[@travistaylor7209]

To hear someone say “it’s been a while” without all of them singing it afterwards is weird now 😂😂

[@joeythemoose]

She literally heals more as Vex than she does as Jester 😂🤣🤣

[@Aurora_Lightbringer]

Jester isn't a healer though.

[@joeythemoose]

@@Aurora_Lightbringer oh and Vex was? 🙄🙄🙄

[@TristanBach]

I do love battle jester though

[@sionan7937]

I'm THE Cleric?!?

[@3RacoonsInATrenchCoat]

2:13:42 "You're in the cloud, but you can be restored." "Backblaze?" *flawless* product placement

[@Talsbynians]

*ancient dragon appears* Vox Machina: Let's all bunch in an entire group

[@RollInish]

Dives into lava to get to her dying boyfriend on the other side. Casts a ranged healing spell when she gets to him.

[@andrewpaul8732]

She killed vex to cast chain lightning

[@adams7763]

The look of defeat on Matt's face when Marisha rolls the nat 1 to jump across the lava... heartbreaking.

[@dtczyk8976]

She fucking sucks and she will never get truly punished because you know she would be a fucking jerk to matt. I hate how she gets away with everything. Even death isn’t a consequence

[@erisplaysgames]

Michael Mclellan ??? Vax struck at her, to stop whatever spell she might be casting, and out of emotion, and because Raishan is literally Lawful Evil and cant be trusted because she aided in wiping out a whole tribe of Ashari. But yeah, hate on Keyleth.

[@erisplaysgames]

d tczyk wow. Imagine being so insecure you lash out across the internet at a D&D character

[@manUNITED986]

@@erisplaysgames keyleth asked to stop raishan from touching the body, which in anyway means stop her interacting with it. Vax was right to attack. I get what you mean, but the entire ecounter is keyleths fault without a doubt.

[@toof987]

Yep Keyleth's fault. Vax only goes through with his initial attack after getting approval from Keyleth.

[@darcyd23]

I look forward to Sam's ad reads so fkn much every single episode. He somehow manages to keep it fresh and entertaining every time

[@godhandstan3908]

So, can i point out that "Speak with dead" has the little clause that states if the corpse recognizes the spellcaster as an enemy, it has no obligation to answer truthfully. And, while i can't say for sure that Raishan is subject to that rule, it's possible that the fact she betrayed Thordac in life means he'll either lie to her and cause her to fail curing herself, or just troll the shit out of her for all eternity. Honestly, it's kind of a more fitting punishment than just being killed in a hole.

[@cyrusambrose4547]

She said she had a way to force him to tell the truth.

[@deanthompson88]

Yea she used a scroll which was probably a lot more powerfull than just casting speak with dead, it probably dominates the soul aswell or something like that.

[@randomlygeneratedname]

He could have been mad enough it to relise

[@ianberry5562]

@@deanthompson88 yeah if a caster at raishans level needs a scroll u doubt the spell needs permission to get its info

[@Ring-maker]

@@ianberry5562 Her magical prowess doesn't really factor into her needing to use a scroll, she probably isn't able to learn "speak with the dead" with her caster class (I'm pretty sure she is a sorceress).