Glass and Bone | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 8

[@InnerLion509]

Trinket falls... Vex:I would like to rage.

[@draiic]

+Joshua Guanzon (In Grogs voice) xD

[@ShaDowKirb0]

Joshua Guanzon I call click bait

[@eddvultures40]

That's how you multi class into a barbarian xD

[@KickyFut]

Wait...by murdering bears??? 😨 That sounds horribly inefficient....

[@darkecofreak23]

I love how worried Laura and Vex are for Trinket. You can hear it in her voice.

[@2buildornot2build]

Matt's obvious pleasure in Vex figuring out she still has hunter's mark and can track the queen is the best thing ever

[@PookieDaExzile]

@@rishavchakravarty3577 Look we late to the party my guy, Lets just let it happen

[@Beardpool1817]

Was just going to say the same thing yassss!

[@mybloodbeforehers]

I just noticed the same thing and came to look and see if I was the only one that saw it lol

[@Gremio16]

@@rishavchakravarty3577 my thoughts too, to point I went back and re-watched the end of Episode 7 to see. She did her attack then remembered she hadn't moved it to her, and never said she was going to even as her bonus action at the end. Then the queen teleported away, so I don't think the Queen had it on her. Though for purpose of story it worked nice, and it kind of, she forgot to use it before the attack, so maybe idea was that they all thought that she had then put it on after the attack, so let it slide?

[@Gremio16]

@@rishavchakravarty3577 Oh, I am sure however they did it, he would have told them where she is, by either Hunters Mark or Keyleth using beast things, or Vex being in the underdark, whatever it is, they would have gotten there. I was just curious if she actually had done it. It is a nice touch really. I mean, fairly sure in the escape/damage/sleeping she should count as having lost concentration on the spell, but it makes it more fun for the game to let some things slide. "The Rule of Cool". Game I play in, DM often is willing to allow things for fun, our dual wielding fighter threw two hand axes at once, his argument being if he can fight with two swords equally, why can't he throw two axes. DM found idea fun so went with it. Plus, more fun to just run with these things anyway than totally stick to all rules all the time.

[@praisethesun5800]

I like to imagine that Clarence dies a little bit inside every time they make a bad pun

[@NopeJustPatrick]

*praise the sun* - It's even worse when he can sense the sincerity in their minds. He knows that they honestly think it's funny, and he does not agree.

[@gavinan6964]

What do you mean by a 'bad' pun? All puns are the best of the best of jokes. Clarence is a hater, and you know what we do with haters - We dab on them.

[@jennessabeckett3949]

He made it clear at the start he *HATES* puns.

[@harrylane4]

It's even worse: he can read their minds. Every even worse pun that they thought of buy decided was too stupid even for VM would be projected to him.

[@ryandowling3897]

So that's why he kept missing

[@Jadeite811]

It's hilarious how Laura goes from aggressively caring for her fictional pet bear to constantly forgetting about her fictional pet traumatized weasel

[@fplaysdm74]

Let’s be real, she still forgot about Trinket until late C1 with the Pokéball

[@mxd33n]

I mean bear vs weasel... bear easily outweighs weasel

[@Peter-hx3im]

Campaign 2 episode 106 (Ukatoah) is my favorite "forgot about her weasel" moment 🤣🤣🤣

[@NarturArkano]

Let's be fair, Sprinkle has survived things that Trinket would never have, just because everyone forgets about him. Pretty sure it's an unnatural being at this point, just to make it make sense.

[@aidsonblades]

when sprinkle gets an initiative and attacks, you see if she forgets

[@JunkRatt1985]

I like how you can just tell what NPC Matt is acting as before he says anything with the ways he contorts his face and body language. Truly a glorious actor and DM.

[@mr.e7541]

He should become a voice actor

[@rendogisawsome762]

@@mr.e7541Yeah, he would be a really good voice actor.

[@JustTheTeep]

I'm so sad that no one laughed at Scanlan's "This is a Grizzly situation" joke, it was a goddamn masterpiece.

[@Eorzat]

Ikr? I definitely laughed out loud, but I think the mood was legit serious that no one really caught what he said.

[@StevenS757]

also the "bear chest" remark.

[@Abelhawk]

I keep waiting for Clarota to get angry at the puns again. :D

[@najangZ]

I was like SAM! You're Scanlan right now not Teddie! stop making bear puns lol

[@eacey]

It was ok

[@joedabro9969]

"Disadvantage because you're wearing heavy armor" will be carved on Pikes tombstone.

[@Dillo64]

Matt Mercer: Gives an epic 5 minute long speech telling a tale of might, magic, woe, and justice as he expands on what is clearly an incredibly deep character steeped in lore. Matt Mercer 30 seconds later: **goofy bear noises**

[@burnthewitch_]

Get you man who can do both.

[@ShadowyFox_86]

D&D in a nutshell

[@Beaniebabythenb]

Also Matt Mercer: *doin a funky dance* Ohhh abyssal abominations

[@katekursive1370]

DM: It's scared of her. Pike, in a cute voice: Yeah! That's right!

[@hannibustoogfyrre6074]

I love the reaction whenever Matt says "how do you wanna do this?" It's like some kind of Pavlovian Conditioning.

[@fangsabre]

I mean its basically the DM saying "think of the coolest way you can kill this guy using what you attacked with"

[@idk49779]

My zemnian (german) Dm says this too and no one besides him and me saw cr so far, but we all party when he says it... (This is also how I got into Cr)

[@kevinfelton689]

In episode 1 Liam looks at the camera and says "We live to hear Matt say 'how do you want to do this.'"

[@diversezebra6754]

To be fair, Dms have been doing this (to some extent or another) since 97 when I started playing. That being said, it is an ABSOLUTE hype moment for any party that is invested in a fight.

[@serbian88]

As the show progresses and into s2 and probably s3 watch for the horns in battle music. Now that is Pavlovian reflex

[@theworldaccordingtosamuel1752]

Lol .love the dynamic of the group. "Is it a girl?""No its a guy""Ok then, then I'm calling it a girl to make fun of it" *pause...* *entire party starts yelling at Scanlon* lol

[@StoneCorazon]

TheWorldAccordingToSamuel it was trigglypuffs

[@theuncalledfor]

Honestly, his logic convinced me. "I think that IT is a chauvinist!" Think about it, you're using a bigot's biases against them. It works because they're a bad person. It's beautiful.

[@5pid597]

if this was said now cancelled but if roles reversed and called a girl a guy as an insult fine also chauvinist so can't hate

[@AtlasNL]

@@5pid597 Sure bud

[@zeerow17]

@@AtlasNL It’s probably true. You can disagree about the value judgment without gaslighting the poor bloke.

[@HostileBrownie99]

The look of disappointment on Matt’s face when they made the joke about Kima and Clarota was friggin priceless

[@tigerlilly5849]

HostileBrownie when was this I missed it 😅

[@delightfulbanana]

@@tigerlilly5849 46:55 ^^

[@tigerlilly5849]

Andrea Biagioni haha tysm 💜

[@Venya9]

Almost sprayed my coffee on the screen when he said that

[@jasonophee6153]

I ship it

[@groofay]

Pike is like, the ultimate soccer mom. "You can do it, honey! There's always next time! *hugs*"

[@jcb3393]

1:57:50 - "Pike is just an inspirational poster today!"

[@shadowrain1000]

17:25 - Game starts 27:43 - So much for bros 43:20 - Scanlan sings 47:10 - Sam's OTP 49:40 - Allura/Kima backstory 1:26:26 - The crack 1:28:40 - Tiberius eats cats? 1:50:05 - Sam insults half the cast 2:25:55 - Trinket is de-kittened and bursts out of Vex’s shirt 2:28:40 - Trinket is unconscious and Laura is very upset 2:31:15 - Sam “This is a grizzly situation” and NO ONE REACTS 2:35:22 - Nobody understands Keyleth’s dislike of Kima 2:39:00 - HDYWTDT 2:51:50 - Game ends

[@crodthesorrysap4165]

You didn't have to do this, but you did it for other people. May god be with ye.

[@b3a5t89]

This needs all the likes

[@thoronbar]

Commenting to boost

[@thedarkrebel3476]

Need more people like you

[@uwukotoa]

Blessing of Flando upon ye!

[@PadraicSmith]

I swear that Matt Mercer just holding 3 books and doing fingerguns is the best part of the intro after Scanlan's.

[@crodthesorrysap4165]

Matt,Sam and travis's parts in the intro are so good. The others seem a little forced except maybe tiberius.

[@jonahyogman6282]

@@biot7175 what things?

[@alexisonfireyoutube2994]

@@jonahyogman6282 gay things. I am very gay for her 😍

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

@@crodthesorrysap4165 Liam, Laura and Taliesin seem pretty close to how I imagine their characters honestly. If I'm going to get picky (Warning!) the ones that don't have their proper weapons do bother me. Ashley's shot is dead sexy and I feel bad for Marisha as hers is ruined by her trouble wielding the staff. The Matt Mercer one was cool but it's already lost some impact for me and I think it's because its dependent on the surprise factor.

[@ocean7889]

yes, the fingerguns are life lmao

[@abrown6539]

The recap is from 15:47 to 17:25, at which point the game starts. It runs without break to 2:51:52. [I've been doing this for every episode. If you find them useful, or think others might, please leave a comment so they stay near the top where they can be found. Thank you.]

[@maxliotine528]

There you are, had to scroll a bit this time

[@petehale3035]

Back to the top. Thanks for doing this

[@dh3001]

Thanks for these; they're so useful.

[@maeror1022]

:)

[@PheonyxJay]

Thank you again

[@rittennis8188]

Ashley: "I touch her... arm." Sam: Looks disappointed as hell when he hears this.

[@calebthompson8230]

Commoners: *have 4 HP* Matt: "Kittens have 5 HP" Therefore, most commoners would lose a fight with a kitten

[@dndprofessor]

Tbf commoners lose a fight against pretty much anything with stats. Even small animals

[@allenqueen]

Have you ever fought a kitten? They scratch and bite even when they love you

[@thecrypticautistic611]

Try giving a cat a pill

[@simonwatkins3236]

good dodge.

[@ankor7625]

My friend is a doctor in an emergency hospital. According to him they needed to amputate a man's arm after a fight with a kitten. That is an extreme case, but still...

[@InnerUtopia]

Hi I'm here over 3 years too late but I'm watching Critical Role for the first time and let me just say that "This is a grizzly situation" was SUCH an overlooked joke in the moment and both Scanlan and Sam need to be protected at all costs.

[@leomoon2]

Lol yes he does

[@peterlopez2388]

Couldn't agree more. Came from harmonsquest and this is waaaay better

[@LordKazake443]

Welcome to the fam!

[@EnDSchultz1]

Glad to see new people are still discovering this crazy and amazing show. Enjoy the ride!

[@purplelily2608]

Same here. Lol.

[@tylermaendel8807]

“I CAN USE MY HUNTERS MARK” Matt: about friggen time

[@Hyde_Hill]

I checked. She didn't have it on the queen. She forgot to do it twice. So Matt was deciding if he was going to be forgiving or not/ trying to remember if she did it.

[@mazie1874]

I can just imagine Travis walking in and being like “what’s going on? What are we doing?” And everyone kinda being like “Well... we kinda lost you”

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Kind of makes it a good thing he went out to a movie this episode doesn't it?

[@burningruin666]

"..." "Again"

[@corvus1253]

He chose a movie over D&D... Tsk tsk.

[@arrowb.8438]

i feel like his response would just be "well im not surprised"

[@tyree9055]

@Corvus Well, sitting through an entire 3 hour session doing nothing the whole time, would be kind of boring...

[@bankasai3120]

Remember the time when Scanlan made a man give up on breathing?

[@artsyebonyrose]

Good times

[@BinTtown]

@@artsyebonyrose The only time in all my years of playing DnD that I have a seen a bard kill someone with that ability is here and TFS at the Table. Both....amazing stories and DM's (though Mercer is the best)

[@artsyebonyrose]

@@BinTtown honestly bards are underrated and underestimated as hell lmao

[@BinTtown]

@@artsyebonyrose Yeah, I agree. But how often do you get to see them actually kill something with that power? Like never :P

[@rhymeswithmoose228]

@@BinTtown Killing someone with vicious mockery is every bard's true dream.

[@nathanharmon8971]

Man, when Travis is gone the group takes forever deciding what to do. They spent 20 minutes decided on whether to rest XD. It's nice when Grog just runs down a path rather than let the group deliberate about it.

[@EnDSchultz1]

Because he starts getting impatient since Grog can't usually contribute to the decision making. In the second campaign, though, Travis' character may as well be the de facto leader of the group.

[@notrod5341]

I've always been of the opinion most, if not all (so long as the players are fine with it), campaigns benefit from an idiot character who can force the party's hand if they're indecisive.

[@feyrieflight9481]

@@notrod5341 My character, and another character, died (and failed all three death saves lol) after our impulsive/idiot character set off a trap. It was still fun, though. My new character attended my old character's funeral.

[@MrBlorp-sf9ye]

Grog is just my MOST favorite character in the campaign. Second coming in a tie are Scanlan and Tiberius. Third is Trinket.

[@MrBlorp-sf9ye]

Grog is just my MOST favorite character in the campaign. Second coming in a tie are Scanlan and Tiberius. Third is Trinket.

[@Nargon46]

The best thing about becoming a Critter this late is that I have immunity to week-long suspense checks

[@jessegd6306]

Aye, til you get caught up all the way to the third campaign.

[@python1972]

Yeah butt he downside is you're probably still not caught up after all this time

[@paulisnotonice]

Welp itl take me awhile pretty coool

[@youshallnotpass567]

Lol “and we’ll be taking a break for the next week” me: “oh no…. Anyways”

[@Nargon46]

@@python1972 sorry for the 5 month reply delay but correct. As of now, I am on Campaign 2 Episode 31

[@TwistedScarlett60]

If only Scanlan beat the monster with his Savage Insults, I would have died of laughter. "How do you want to do this?" "I INSULT HIS MOTHER!"

[@MartinBerisso]

ye... why scanlan affects with his words ppl that do not speak his language is ... a bit weird right?

[@jennessabeckett3949]

Did you watch the last episode? He killed a guy by viciously mocking him to death.

[@spencercox7931]

Yo momma so ugly, her charisma's a zero! creature: freaking dies.

[@Jxrts]

He's just like: you ugly you ugly ur mama says u ugly

[@alecLogan]

Martin Berisso With high enough Charisma (as well as certain vocal tones and gestures) compliments and insults _transcend language barriers_ .

[@pickerplayer476]

I'm realizing Ashley's immediate response to a poor role is to stuff her mouth full of food. I feel you, girl.

[@danceyjohnson1375]

I loved Matt's face when they were debating the size of the mending wheel, that motherly kind of look when he makes a face at Tiberius. That pause and then, "....Tiberius."

[@MrRJPE]

Matt was smiling, but I believe he was thinking "Orion, are you fucking serious right now?" He's just too nice to actually say that.

[@ccRask]

Matt was definitely withholding annoyance, lol. What Tiberius was doing-- logistics aside-- was stealing a rp moment from Ashley. I've played with people like this... don't know when to let others have the spotlight.

[@adamwest1138]

@@ccRask They're the worst, we just kicked one of those out of the group, our DM had bought in a character from one player's past and he actually said 'I hate this character and I don't care about her backstory, so I'm going to everlund'. The DM ended up having to split the party purely because this didn't directly involve him.

[@ccRask]

@@adamwest1138 jfc.... kicking people is such a pain and heartache, even if it's for the better. I'm glad you got rid of them but sorry you had to have to do that. Wish people could just get it through their heads that not everything is about them/their character.

[@adamwest1138]

@@ccRask It was extra hard since he's a friend we've had for 20 years, but no one at the table was having fun with him there. Thankfully we're still friends, he just comes over for board games now. DnD is alot more enjoyable now

[@Eldar_Kenobi_Cosplay]

Vax: Lady Keema, Clarota, may I suggest you take the first watch? Scanlan: *gasps* What if they start f***ing? I laughed so hard!!!🤣

[@simonjohnston3100]

"Grief speaks before sense" - such wisdom

[@DasSpaceAce]

Just wait. The Eldritch Deity gets the chance to _really_ shine with his wisdom as the zen cow-dad.

[@ITLLBGRAND]

That look on Matt's face when Laura remembered she could track the queen is priceless 😍

[@MadScientistGuild]

ITLLBGRAND bruh she didn’t hunters mark her if she had the queen would have died

[@dariensampson7913]

@@MadScientistGuild She did hunters mark but it was after her first attack. She then forgot that she had done it on her second attack.

[@MichaelNNY]

Except the spell Hunter's Mark doesnt give you some mystical sign in the sky or anything like that. What it does is give you advantage on tracking checks. So she cant just concentrate and point in a direction. She would somehow have to find tracks made by the queen and then follow them. The idea that she knows where she is by mystical feel is a complete misunderstanding of the spell. It also only lasts an hour, not 24 hours. I understand Matt going with the flow for dramatic effect, but thats wildly ignoring the the core rules. =)

[@MichaelNNY]

@@dariensampson7913 I dont know what hunters mark she was using but its not the Hunters Mark from 5e, that for sure =)

[@svenlampe5715]

MichaelNNY 8 hours with 3rd spell slot, 24 hours with 5th level spell slot.

[@Jedicake]

"This is a grizzly situation" Scanlan is no doubt the greatest.

[@Kassuhday]

+Drew Peterson It was kinda overlooked but it was actually quite good XD

[@jokerjonathan123]

Sucks that it was an overlooked joke :(

[@NiteSaiya]

"bear chest" gets a mention

[@Incurafy]

I laughed so hard when I saw it, but no one else got it or they just ignored him, lol. I love the tweets for it though. :p

[@RoadtoOlympics]

I just want to be that guy and point out that she did not transfer the hunters mark to the Queen because she forgot to do so before attacking in the previous battle. It is in fact on the dead king. Derp derp.

[@h0lycafe]

I got a healthy feet ad in the middle of them healing Vax's foot I am *dying* with laughter here

[@mythmakroxymore1670]

That’s godlike

[@shadophaxx2401]

when healing clarota, scanlan should sing "I bless the brain down in Clarota"

[@crodthesorrysap4165]

I bless the dice for vex ahlia!

[@twinkiesnails8857]

Or a take on insane in the membrane

[@josephtaylor1842]

Lahvi's Delivery Service to the tune of insane in the membrane "All's okayyy with the mindflayyyyy"

[@obi-wank-enobi]

*TOTO INTENSIFIES*

[@Misadventures_85]

some verses about healing Clarota to the tune of The Knack's "My Sharona" 😄🎵🎻🎸

[@MrElectricDreamMan]

after re-watching this, I just now remembered the poor dwarf they left in the dungeon eating cheese. poor guy, never stood a chance against that lava.

[@davewhite756]

MrElectricDreamMan they also left dwarfs in a prison tent at the durrigar war camp

[@darkbunny9994]

They give 0 shits about the captive dwarves.

[@krispinkeyes7000]

@@darkbunny9994 As a lover of dwarves, this is very upsetting.

[@toshomni9478]

They were in the Underdark and constantly in danger of dying themselves but it is a little concerning how they didn't even seem to remember all the prisoners they didn't try to save.

[@dadbodfitness9704]

Actually they told the dwarves to sneak out after they left

[@coranbaker6401]

Honestly, Percy makes such little impact in both conversation and battle that I forget he's there half the time. It's nice to see him take center stage for once.

[@sailtheplains]

This. The rogues steamroll over everyone else. Its cool when the others get to step up. I like Percy. I want to see more of Percy

[@joshuaspector8182]

he definitely has his moments. a lot of times I agree, but he isn't useless by far.

[@Th3R4junC4jun]

Percy kicked so much ass last episode he just doesn't do a bunch of dumb shit

[@TheSvmurai]

oh, his character gets better, don't you worry your sweet heads.

[@patrickmerlin2001]

He's the stoic badass. He doesn't need to talk.

[@BlunderMunchkin]

Ah yes, back when the game was still casual enough that Travis could blow off a game to see the Avengers movie.

[@HobbitPower1138]

And now laura walks out of awards shows to play....

[@OmniValor]

@@HobbitPower1138 That was so fucking boss lol. I was actually watching the award show and CR at the same time waiting to see if she would win, and then she showed up on CR first!! I was like wtf?! lol

[@deathless12345678]

@@OmniValor could I get some context? Im new here

[@GlebShvetsov]

@@deathless12345678 in campaign 2 Laura Bailey (who plays Vex in this campaign) walked out of an award show that she had a chance of winning in order to be on Critical Role. she didn't end up winning an award, but it still shows how much their priorities have changed

[@deathless12345678]

@@GlebShvetsov i see thank you. If you have the award show name at hand i would love to know. I have become something of a fan boy in the last few weeks

[@Artrysa]

1:30:26 That is such a cool image. This platform of stone with a adventuring party on it. Floating above a desert of white bone, black obsidian and ancient, purple stone ruins. A single ball of light illuminating the surroundings of the party. And outside of their vision, there could be anything. It's utter darkness. Almost complete silence, in this vast, underground graveyard.

[@Titoichi1986]

The moment Matt finished with the description I paused the video and googled because I was curious someone drew that No results real bummer

[@Artrysa]

Shame, it's really cool. Too bad i suck at drawing otherwise i'd do it.

[@Fyreflier]

28:00 Scanlan: *unaffected by Pike/Vex/Keyleth outrage* Percy: you'll have to go paying for it alone Scanlan: oh wait good point nvm

[@Too-Much-Caffeine]

honestly of all the people most in tune with there character Sam gets so into scanlan its fucking great. Everytime I see his shit eating grin I wanna go out for drinks and shit. dudes awesome

[@sLeEpYrOcK1]

and shit where though? in another barracks? :P

[@Reepicheep-1]

2:18:00 "Can I throw lightning and not hit Tiberius?" "No." (chuckle of collateral damage calculation, should I do it anyway...)

[@jessicazimmer8910]

"In Draconia, those are snacks!" LMAO. I love how all the girls are immediately lost to Kitten!Trinket. :D

[@konstance13]

I don't know why Pike's "That's okay, we all start somewhere" cracks me up so much. She's such a sweetheart.

[@logicmage241]

Percy: "Lady Kima, as I'm sure you know, grief speaks before sense-" *clearly trying to get Keyleth to stop* Keyleth: All I'm saying, Lady Kima, is..." *immediate look of frustration/defeat from Taliesin*

[@luisvazquez4397]

51:28 Keylith's soapbox moment begins here. What an imbecil...

[@eremundead6321]

Wouldn't call her an imbecile. But that was a really awkward and pretty soapbox-y

[@django3422]

Just watch Laura's face throughout Keyleth's soapbox rants. Absolutely hilarious and takes away a lot of the awkward tension.

[@ThePsh07]

Cringey Keyleth at it again. 😬

[@MrRJPE]

She has some moments like this in Campaign 2 as well. I think it's a Marisha thing, not a Keyleth thing.

[@erichammer2751]

When Kaylin said "Nothing good is ever tentacle-y," it looked for a second that Matt was going to respond as Clarota.

[@Matty13808]

I saw that! Someone else started talking and I think that’s the only reason he didn’t. I would’ve loved to hear what Clarota had to say lol

[@gameguru7575]

I was listening to this during work, and i got to that part, i expected him to, but also i expected someone to make it dirty.

[@youshallnotpass567]

lol Clarota: “dude I’m right here!”

[@Grimnir1666]

i love how quiet Percy is compared to everyone else and then out of nowhere BOOM fucking obliterates the boss.

[@Exisist5151]

andromida3000 ahem. Spoilers.

[@quantumsushi5395]

you read the comments before you're done watching?

[@MissMokate]

+Quantum Sushi I do that sometimes to relieve the tension of watching the action unfold... though it is not wise of me lol

[@Exisist5151]

Quantum Sushi gotta know the time stamps to skip the break ;)

[@adoringfan1226]

Scanlan: Are you stuck like this? Tiberius the God: No, I can change back anytime I want but I really like how I look.

[@izzaacalley]

So here I am in 2020 and I’ve noticed that Matt Mercer doesn’t say “kind of” anymore when he is describing things he can’t quite picture he’s just gotten even better. It has also made me realize I say “sort of” when dming as a habit from watching CR. Matt has gotten so much better at his craft

[@andrewpeli9019]

I noticed the same thing. Some of the sequences, such as when they were escaping the Druegar war-camp, were pretty sloppy. You don't see that these days. He's improved a lot.

[@diversezebra6754]

'Sort/kind of', 'just', and 'like' are stalling transitions for descriptions. And considering they are not exactly used to being ON CAMERA or playing this nerd game (before it was widely accepted), I don't blame him at all.

[@misscutenar2333]

@@diversezebra6754 I dont think they were attacking him then, they were just saying that he has gotten EVEN BETTER, getting more used to camera presence and bringing his world to life even more. He has always been amazing at it though

[@diegocfq]

Nice, does he change "find purchase" too?

[@ThisisCitrus]

@@diversezebra6754 "nerd game" Yikes kid, the 80s called and wants it's ignorance back.

[@CodexRising]

Sam: "Yeah, well I'm so demeaning, I call it a girl" Ashley & Laura: So you have chosen death

[@Shepard312]

Why are people calling Trinket useless? I hear he gives expert massages, so he can't be that useless. Yeah?

[@johndavidson2365]

didnt he pull the one character out of the lava last episode?

[@Shepard312]

I believe so, yes.

[@johndavidson2365]

So not useless, just under utilized!

[@TheClassySeal]

Matt actually mentions it in one of the interviews. Something along the lines of "she has a bear to protect her, but she never uses it." It was something about how devastated she would be if trinket died.

[@alexanderwilkins222]

Shepard312 and he's adorable

[@colesilva7732]

Kima: I am a woman of action Tiberius: Ah, well it looks like we have something in common! Me: TIBERIUS IS A WOMAN OF ACTION?!?

[@funeraloak7422]

Yes of course

[@xWinterstarex7]

If it was scanlan i'd say it was since she's a woman of action, scanlan likes women in action...he likes action with women.

[@elbruces]

Hard to tell with dragonborn. Best not to make assumptions.

[@conmanreloaded4249]

El Bruce well Tibs can get a half chub so safe to say hes a dude

[@michaeliglesias2806]

I laughed too hard at this

[@silentdoe8369]

Well of course Travis had to see The Avengers. He voices Thor in a lot of the animated series

[@OrphanHart]

Just voicing something doesn't mean they're fans of what they did work on. They haven't played all the games they've voiced in or watched all the anime they've been in. It's a job. Super heroes just happen to be awesome and Travis likes them. Even if he wasn't Thor or Hulk I'm sure he'd go see the movie.

[@johndavidson2365]

Not to mention his character is actually awol, so he would be bored out of his mind waiting to play again

[@dustinsmith8785]

You don't think they knew he would be gone so Matt devised a way to remove him for the time being and at the same time progress the story?

[@thomascooper48]

The dude is actually Thor he hides it really fuckin well

[@santiagokamerbeek5374]

I´m amazed at how Trinket is so loved by everyone... and they never remember him... god damn it, YOU HAVE A BEAR AT YOUR SIDE!!!!

[@0Bonaparte]

Sprinkle?

[@nosiree7104]

"so loved by everyone" flash forward to Scanlan feeding it a poisoned hotdog. Lol

[@AmandaDavis6130]

Honestly it’s a frequent thing with animal companions - the ranger in my group keeps forgetting her panther.

[@AugmentedSmurf]

The amount of pure stress Laura goes through every time Trinket is in peril is incredible, and this episode nearly led me to tears as well, due to that.

[@benbrookstables1757]

Goddamn does Matt Mercer know how to cook up a home brew or what. This campaign is amazing. I would love to sit down with this guy for 2 or 7 hours and soak up everything he has to offer.

[@jonathansmith6362]

She being another dm that rly wants to dm like Matt

[@TalesStahl]

i dont even Play D&D i want to sit with him so he can tell me the lore of the planet he build. There must be so much lore prepred that we will never find out because the Player dont ask or roll bad on History/Religion checks.

[@Fidgottio]

The best part is that Exandria is now an official D&D setting

[@allenqueen]

@@Fidgottio where can I get that setting? I mean, is there a source book other than Explorer's Guide to Wildemont?

[@ThatKarin]

Pike and Scanlan's interactions are the best. I love that kind of pure soul x blatant perv dynamic. so entertaining!

[@colehuston4510]

you horny dog

[@crodthesorrysap4165]

Yeah.... pure..... (remembers when pike slits someones throat)

[@Roma-kp4qg]

I wish Percy spoke up more, he sounds really level-headed and smart

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Yeah we don't hear enough from Percival thus far and I'm hoping he ends up speaking a great deal more.

[@chocolatenotsochocolate450]

Silent ones are the most wisest

[@darkvizardking69]

To any first time watchers, just remember one word. Briarwood. When that comes up later down the line you'll see why the title 'No-Mercy Percy' exists.

[@o00o45]

@@darkvizardking69 oh damn.

[@darkvizardking69]

@@o00o45 damn indeed, Percy is why I want to build a gunslinger in a campaign that will let me.

[@ullinnofthesouth10]

I love how Matt was firm as a DM in this episode. He usually is, but he was like "F the BS" in this episode.

[@ethankroon4998]

I really just want to say that, while it was terribly-timed (Perfectly Timed) at 2:31:23 Scanlan says "This is a Grizzly situation" and everybody just ignores it but I busted out laughing. Love the show!

[@colleenrutledge6001]

47:21 I LOVE Liam's "Rated M for mature." voice. It's perfect.

[@loganreads90]

Matt: *Says something to the effect of "monster has teeth in its throat".* Ashley: "Ex-squeeze me?"

[@Jevonater]

Marisha: Nothing tentacle-y is good Liam: This is not a JRPG

[@soldier1stclass640]

Good thing too,just imagine a D&D Malboro...no one is safe

[@Molly-bj5gb]

"Omg what if they start fuckin?" I lost it

[@Randomninja47]

Molly Waters Same. I'm at work and probably looked like an idiot laughing to myself

[@LokiPii]

RIGHT? So funny! Scanlan is the best.

[@fredsaidwhatnow7731]

thats scanlan for you. i swear id go gay for scanlan

[@espeonix7478]

Even better if you use it for vex and Percy

[@jonathanblaine4121]

Yep, that there's a Nopemonster. Native to the plane of Fuckthatshit.

[@funeraloak7422]

I’m out

[@johnbuscher]

@@funeraloak7422 I see you may be interested in my car: the Out-y 5000.

[@hazylittlecherry]

Get in loser's we're going noping.

[@omegawatches6764]

I have accepted “Nopemonster” as the canonical name of that *thing*

[@dragonslibrary9207]

You are now entering the town of GetTheFuckOut, population absolutely fucking nobody because they all either left or died

[@lamchopsingalong1875]

I love how when Trinket takes that nap mid battle, Sam had the shittiest grin for like 10 seconds while Laura and Ashley are genuinely concerned. Then "This is a, Grizzly, situation". ... And no response from everyone else. Dude, it was perfect.

[@juli2234]

That kitten has almost as much health as your average first-level wizard.

[@KumaoftheForest]

And does about the same damage too

[@louisthemediocre7348]

If the wizards constitution is low enough, the kitten could actually have MORE health

[@PlasticSinks]

7 lives

[@1ManJusticeLeague]

1:50:10 DISADVANTAGE ON *YOU,* DISADVANTAGE ON YO' *COW,* DISADVANTAGE ON YO' *WHOLE FAMILY*

[@jennessabeckett3949]

You know it's good when you can't say it without laughing

[@KerriB]

Underrated comment 😂

[@guardedbard5144]

I felt Laura's heartbreak when Trinket fell unconscious. No one should ever bear the loss of a good companion.

[@DrossPedantic]

+James Robbins "Bear" the loss. :P

[@guardedbard5144]

As Scanlin spoke it was a grizzly moment for the party. But I do think that trinket is a valued member of the party.

[@homusnihil7883]

James Robbins Man, she took it so seriously it made even me feel bad.

[@RogaineForEwoks]

Yeah, the whole scene nearly clawed my heart out. Felt like I was in the maw of despair.

[@EldritchGoddess]

+James Robbins no, bad, bad pun

[@captaingildor6884]

When confronted with the problem of trinket, the party feels like a bunch of geniuses when they realize they can polymorph him. Then, for weight issues, they turn him into a kitten, instead of some kind of giant useful flying creature: this was the moment I sprayed milk and cheerios all over my monitor.

[@OdinixBigBang]

Trinket can't fly

[@TheMento98]

@@OdinixBigBang No one said he can fly, OP said the party could polymorph Trinket into a large useful flying creature instead of a cute little kitten.

[@harrylane4]

@@TheMento98 yeah but that wouldnt have been cute, would it Oh unless he became like a fruit bat or a parrot

[@TheMento98]

@@harrylane4 I think you misunderstood my comment. I was only making a remark on OdinixGG's obvious statement that a bear can't fly.

[@alexv3357]

It occurs to me that they aren't collecting scalps for extra gold

[@funke75]

true, but like Matt said in an earlier episode "The bag of holding is not a refrigerator"

[@alexv3357]

So? They easily could have made scalp jerky and taken that back with them

[@S_047]

@@alexv3357 brilliant. Matt: ... *visible confusion* .... okay. Roll for... uh.. survival?

[@Zilegil]

They wouldn’t do well in Baldur’s Gate 1 I guess

[@veggiebacon9243]

They also never brought back the promised ale to the guards right?

[@lukewithann7256]

holy shit its insane when you think about the fact that the exchange between keyleth and kima around minute 50 is fully improvised. these guys are really something else

[@smilingbear7430]

@Michael Mclellan i agree, matt obviously had an entire speech ready as he kept looking at a sheet of paper while voicing kima in that moment. Combine this with the fact marisha is his wife, it is rather obvious they had discussed this in advance to progress the story.

[@gagecowart7157]

@@smilingbear7430 where they married at this point?

[@chrisrudolf9839]

@@smilingbear7430 I don't think they had discussed to bring it up at this very moment, but most likely Keyleth's dislike of people claiming to enforce the will of the gods is something they talked about before (maybe it also has shown in their private game before they started streaming it) and Matt had parts of Kima's speach pepared for whichever moment it would come up. There might have been better moments to prompt such a discussion, but form the way Matt played Kima, he clearly had planned for some conflict between her and Keyleth.

[@youshallnotpass567]

Wait till you find out it’s all improvised

[@EmilM-pb2hn]

Seems like an entirely normal conversation to me. With uncalled for hostility from Keyleth.

[@FMAxEdwin]

"Now we know how many hit points it takes to kill a cat" *flashbacks to frumpkin being kicked by a guard*

[@RonW357]

Poor Frumpkin :(

[@amybyrne5208]

That guard had some storys to tell

[@Pagan_Jak]

dude i never wanted to throw hands with an imaginary character more than i did that episode

[@cussundriakneal9904]

Or, in this case, *flash FOWARD* XD

[@KainusGulch]

That guard has a great strength mod if it was a five damage kick.

[@KainMalice]

Scanlan-“I am gonna use vicious mockery and call the monster a girl!” Laura, Marisha, and Ashley-“What is that supposed to mean?!?!” It was at this moment, he knew that he had fucked up.

[@WormSlayer]

Is it like a recurring theme that someones jaw has to come off in every single fight? XD

[@johndavidson2365]

Yes 😆

[@RayPoreon]

You have to admit, it makes all the fights jaw-some

[@erikenn]

Kinky Fish hope you watched street sharks to know that that pun is all the better

[@RayPoreon]

Eric Reed Nope.

[@samwes9501]

It is really jaw-dropping!

[@baktrax]

43:39 Scanlan sings a song of rest. 47:10 "Oh my god, what if they start fucking?" 1:49:58 Scanlan offends all women. 1:55:56 Keyleth is a strong, independent woman. 2:01:41 Pike is a strong, independent woman. 2:22:12 Women are good at math. 2:52:01 "Wow, that was exciting, and I feel, like, empowering..."

[@mfloyd21984]

Matt in 2015: I'll say a kitten has 5 hit points Liam in 2018: weeps in Frumpkin

[@hearmeroar2100]

"Are you congratulating us for murder?" - Keyleth the child killer

[@TheCakeIsDelicious]

True, but it feels a bit hypocritical - for someone who gets on other peoples case for killing so much, Keyleth consistently makes basically no effort to avoid accidentally killing people, and does it a lot.

[@ZakEmber]

I just started watching in Campaign 2, and I'm going through Campaign 1 now, and man... it just really feels like Marisha goes out of her way to pick fights no matter what character she's playing. She usually starts the same way each time, with an antagonistic question. I really can't figure her out in this show, in either campaign. Man, I hope it's all just for the characters and that Matt doesn't get earfuls of that at home.

[@fatehowls7382]

She is young. Think of like this: she has this high image of herself, a benevolent image because her tribe demands it, as a druid, but her actions contradict herself not because she wants to, but because things turn out that way. She pushed someone into lava as she was in the middle of a fight, killed a child and a dwarf by mistakes. I like D&D cause you might want to be something, but your actions change what other people view your character. But the hilarious thing about Keyleth is she tries so hard to be good, but the universe seems to want her to be in the other side.

[@morganalefae3137]

It's. A. Game.

[@Apollo9898LP]

@@morganalefae3137 ^^^^

[@gintaresurvilaite4109]

2:31:20 Scanlan- "This is a grizzly situation! :D" Everyone else- *completely misses the fucking hilarious pun*

[@stevedunbar4464]

This was the first ever episode of critical roll i saw as i was browsing twitch. Had no idea what playing dnd was like prior to this. This show brought me into the game and i'm so happy for it. Thank you to everyone at Geek and Sundry and thank you critical roll for showing me an amazing game.

[@nocturne311]

Started watching a couple of weeks ago. Percy slaughtering that abyssal abomination with Bad News and rolling a natural 20 to boot has to be my favorite kill of the campaign so far.

[@OneTrueBelmont]

1:58:21 Sam: I'm going to blind him with blindness Taliesin: Try blinding him with science, that usually works XD

[@youshallnotpass567]

Taliesin is quietly one of the funniest people on the show

[@nicolewolfcry7408]

The look on Mat's face when Laura realizes the she can use her hunter's mark to track the queen. Straight up pride that she realized it!

[@XcZeus3469]

27:45 Scanlan: Let's agree to leave Grog. He was good friend. Ladies: SCANLAN!!

[@funeraloak7422]

Wow! You said exactly what happened without adding anything! So funny and useful and needed!

[@XcZeus3469]

@@funeraloak7422 Wow! You pointed out the obvious without adding anything! So informative and useful and needed! Did you never stop and think some people enjoy the funny bits and need a useful timestamp to find it you half-witted asshat?

[@rcloft86]

@@XcZeus3469 i wouldnt worry about the bitter comments of a miserable turnip. Ignore it and it will go away!!

[@DaDunge]

It's especially good since Grog is Pike's best friend and Scanlan is trying to get into Pike's pants.

[@alexotero7105]

And then Percy persuades him with the fact that he would be going to whorehouses alone😂

[@veronicalebedev2829]

I love how Matt breaks when the party assumes that Clorato and Kima might get up to some naughty business while keeping watch.

[@jsanchez7412]

"In draconian, those are snacks" lmao

[@keilaradorsey4825]

no mercy percy starts here

[@ruzzyshuya4832]

"No mercy Percy". I like that!

[@Nougatbars]

RuzzyShuya I am watching the series for the first time. Is No Mercy Percy a thing? I hope so.

[@crimsonwizahd2358]

No Mercy Percy is VERY much a thing When he pulls out the Bad News, you know someones gonna die.

[@jennessabeckett3949]

Just got it. *HELL YEA*

[@multak69]

Every time I watch these I wonder just how big Matt’s vocabulary is

[@MissMokate]

I bet he's been devouring anything with a hint of ''fantasy'' on the cover for years now.

[@elbruces]

It's all toothy maws and ichor.

[@Logan_Baron]

I gotta say that Dungeons and Dragons increased my vocabulary. I was young and started out with the basic and expert boxed sets. There were a lot of words that I'd never heard before, and still don't hear outside of the game. I kept a large dictionary with my D&D stuff, regularly needing to look up some of the words.

[@idk49779]

As a zemnian(german) this is perfect to learn new words. Dnd in general taught me so many vocabs (eg. Dexterity, Constitution, prone, restrained...) I always try to improve my school english with watching/reading in english and Cr is so much fun too

[@ForeverWog]

I sometimes wonder if it had to do with having a stammer as a kid (as he’s mentioned in the past). I’ve heard stories about people with a stammer increasing their vocabulary as a way to pick a new word if they’re stuck on a word.

[@93clayb]

34:45 to see the moment that Matt became so proud that Laura finally used Hunter's Mark correctly

[@TheXenatron]

What does Clarota want to do? DANCE

[@jcchefjoe]

save his people from an outside entity that has taken control of them and outcasted him

[@KnotsOfWonders]

Then take control of the elder brain and make his people DANCE.

[@happi2301]

Very good.

[@WorldWalker128]

@@KnotsOfWonders Only if it was a Disney-themed DnD campaign.

[@guy31978]

'Now we know how many hitpoints it takes to kill a kitten' oh GOD Percy! XD

[@jameskalin5685]

What I always liked was that cats(especially house cats) had a significant higher charisma score than other animals. I worked this into a quest where the party wizard had cast a spell on himself to give himself and the party 20 int ( custom spell that I let him write for 2,000gp) what they didn't know was that there just happened to be stray cats nearby when they were in the city. And the cats pickpocketed the scroll of him learned common and began to make more. The cults of cats using there high DEX INT and CHA slowly took over the city and began to control it without any other race finding out. This was my favorite adventure as a DM

[@guy31978]

james kalin You are evil and devious DM, and I approve of your methods.

[@MajKetchup347]

+james kalin that is the most devious, underhanded, conniving, dastardly, evil plot i have ever heard, and i want to play it. sounds like so much fun!

[@lewkang5835]

Brandon Torres

[@RPG_Angie]

I wonder... When the GM realized that the group found a way to fly over the sea of glass and bone, did he only then add the duergar group under attack, whose screams sounded a little like Grog? If so, that was a wonderful way to make them engage with that creature he prepared for them...

[@Deathven1482]

Matt is a brilliant DM, hands down.

[@IshanDeston]

Half the fun of being a GM is making stuff still work, without denying player freedom :)

[@s1ientdeath]

+AnkokuEvangeline I think the bone floor was something different then the creature cuz they've been seeing signs of that creature for a while and the bones draged it under. he just put them together because without a distraction the bone floor isnt so bad

[@RPG_Angie]

s1ientdeath That wasn't my point, though. Both the creature and the bone floor were clearly prepared beforeheand. What might have been added on the spot was their fresh duergar victims.

[@squirrelgnome]

+AnkokuEvangeline Marisha Ray gave and interview that said "We later learned that if you didn’t move during your turn, you had to save against being pulled underground to your doom by cursed skeleton hands!" So he always planned on them making it over, just not very easily.

[@LH0KY]

I like how they have such distrust in the paladin that has a reputation of being honorable and overall a good person who has the faith and backing of their friend Allura while they have a literal monster who they know is insane and they know strait up eats people brains in their camp that they don’t question or sequester about their reliability to the group.

[@iank472]

Eehhh that same "goodly paladin of Bahamut" pinned a disarmed, defenceless duergar to a wall with a sword through the gut, used the pain of it (effectively torture) to force info out of him then twisted the blade to kill him in the most painful way possible. I wouldn't trust her either. At least Clarota is up front with his evil.

[@slipstream5762]

@@iank472 I hope you do understand that they found her naked, with hooks in her skin, and had been tortured for days, if not a week or more by the Duregar? Are you shaming her for that? Really?

[@iank472]

@@slipstream5762 nope I'm not shaming her at all. I'm pointing out that a paladin of Bahamut who violently and painfully murders someone, regardless of circumstances, risks severing their connection to their Patron. Bahamut traditionally isn't the most flexible of Gods when it comes to morality. It's perfectly understandable why she did it but she is still a paladin of a Lawful Good God.

[@Malamite]

Well Clarota, despite his creepy nature, has been at least mostly cooperative and even friendly with the party. Keema on the other hand, despite the party saving her, pretty much immediately started making demands of the party while ignoring their requests of her, and was all around not too fun to actually hang out with. It's understandable why they'd like Clarota more.

[@jackh7329]

This was the episode that first really drew my attention to Percy, and now he's one of my favourite fictional characters of all time.

[@loganhornberger9724]

Sam: "What if [Clorota and Kima] start fucking? Mike: *pinches the bridge of his nose* omg these guys XD

[@JohnDoe-lk3vu]

When did this happen?

[@loganhornberger9724]

Around minute 47, before Keyleth and Lady Kima start arguing

[@ryder98307]

*Matt

[@JaKe420Forever]

I assume you mean Matt?

[@getthegoons]

Tentacle porn aaaaaaay

[@Horsemaniax12]

51:24 "Dragging hooks across my flesh" -Kima *Pike who grabbed hooks from the torture chamber*😳

[@emilyofnewmoon]

Matt, not even 30 seconds into the video: "We still sadly don't have Travis..." Me, who just dealt with the whole last episode without Travis saying he would like to rage: ":0 :("

[@CJtheRad]

Watching Sam/Scanlan struggle to apologize for dissing all women is hilarious.

[@ThePsh07]

Indeed, it *is* hilarious to see people try to apologize for things they didn’t actually do.

[@Logan_Baron]

P. Here's a quarter. Buy yourself a sense of humor.

[@someonefromsomewhere1009]

@@ThePsh07 Sometimes they do jokes on the joke show

[@Sunociva]

Woke bs is stupid. God forbid he offend a game char and half the group guild him for it...

[@youshallnotpass567]

@@Sunociva literally no one was upset they were all laughing

[@essylo]

That "okay" from Matt after Tiberius says he wants to smash tentacles guy is priceless

[@paulchavez3039]

What time did that happen?

[@The_Thulhu]

"You don't know what his face looks like because it's GONE."

[@reloadpsi]

"This bear bursts out from your chest" Sounds like the best Alien parody ever.

[@Matty13808]

I almost spit my drink reading this 😅

[@izzyG710]

"are they in an underground base?" yes, everything here is an underground base.