Scaldseat | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 107

[@Randomninja47]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the cast making up the song on the spot for the interpretive Dance?

[@Ducaso]

It was fantastic

[@ValStinks]

That was really great honestly

[@ArnoldERodriguez]

tbh I we need the audio from it lol

[@OliverBiggs]

MATTS BASS THOUGH

[@konstantinkoch6114]

easily one of keyleth´s greatest moments

[@spaghettikat1964]

Man, you can tell Marisha isn't feeling her best. She's wearing sleeves

[@technoviking5490]

Scanlan's "Are you standing up for me?" when Vex refused to hide him from the racist dockmistress was so good. I loved all the Vex & Scanlan moments we've been getting recently.

[@agathiandevaraj9757]

After Scanlan returned, Vex is trying her best to be the best friend to him in every possible way, even among friends like asking Grog to put him down saying Scanlan doesn't like being handled. It was a great character development for her.

[@babayaga3098]

Took me so long to figure out that TRAVIS was the one doing the high notes during the interpretive dance he continues to be my fave

[@maniacmagge2568]

"Can i quietly go into a rage?" "You are not my parents" New Barbarian subclass

[@arcadedomination8006]

Barbarian path of the passive agression.

[@hawkmore]

That's literally Gorgug from Dimension 20. Half-Orc barbarian quiet kid in school who's adopted by Gnomes and is just trying to find his dad

[@Doodle_Dunce]

@@hawkmore Nooo Gorgug is emotional constipation and lack of understanding how to channel his feelings. Gorgug loves his parents and they love him ;-;

[@Xsior]

Path of Adoption

[@deathless12345678]

Made a noble dex barbarian who's rage emotion was distain and annoyance.

[@amosparker4028]

"There is one living child currently left on the battlefield." -Mathew Mercer

[@tylerh2548]

Amtrios E'thyrri Vox Machina WILL cull the weak - the elderly, the children. All shall be broken on the anvil of their justice

[@jeremytinker2039]

Not for long!

[@MistahBryan]

Vox Machina moves to slay the child. The child runs behind a door, slamming it shut "Curses! it got away!" Vox Machina

[@sofialaya596]

@@tylerh2548 well vecna is tecnically just an op old man, vox machina never stoped hunting old people

[@LuiBei1994]

Time for vox machina to murder them.

[@duman173]

man the dance, and the fact marisha got so into it she forgot the point was to spare her voice and still did a full narration with sounds effects XD

[@Mr9TalesFox]

Sam: Do I have blind sight? Matt: You have sight everything. Sam: it says languages all. Matt: 'Screams internally'

[@heidismith3228]

Laura quietly asking Matt if he wants food because he didn't get any at 42:00 is just the sweetest thing. One of my favorite things about this show is their real-life friendships

[@TrashDeviant]

For real. I often used to wonder if the in-game romances caused any friction between the IRL partners but it doesn't really seem to so I guess they've been close friends for a long time.

[@Andrew-wh4fx]

@@TrashDeviant there's a sense of understanding among them that it IS just a game and it's all for the fun of it

[@Nr4747]

@@TrashDeviant Neither of the 2 in-game romances feel believable to me at all and they're also not acted out physically. If anything, the sibling relationship between Vax and Vex feels very real and sometimes leads to some hugging and other physical acting that could potentially make Travis jealous (but he understands that it's just a game and also is too confident for petty jealousy, it seems).

[@Paichan13]

@@Nr4747 Also the fact he encouraged Perc'ahlia. He's just a huge nerd for the characters and relationships and I love it.

[@MrRickyRAW]

TrashDeviant I’d say that they are all trained actors that have regularly acted out romance and probably physical romance in some form or another and it’s part of the performance. Even that aside, the game aspect is also a reason as others mentioned.

[@fenzelian]

I really appreciate that even with the end of the world looming and the clock ticking, the team has enough time to fill out the maritime legal paperwork necessary to get back their deposit on their tugboat rental.

[@jocksmachina7759]

Vax not going too far ahead twice is really awesome and shows a lot of character growth!

[@friendlyredneckneighbor4326]

Jocks Machina ... it’s just kind of too bad he didn’t pick that habit up before he became semi unkillable.

[@isaac8734]

@@friendlyredneckneighbor4326 he actually did. After everything went to shit with scanlan and everything he said to him vax realy show a lot of character growth and you can even see it on how he treated tarry or how he wellcomed scanlan back. I realy liked that.

[@SocialistSadako]

@@isaac8734 yeah it feels like vax is less of an edgy asshole nowadays

[@Ailieorz]

I miss reckless Vax though...

[@kjj26k]

@@friendlyredneckneighbor4326 He really did learn that lesson after the Briarwoods nearly killed him. Saving Cassandra was the last time he left the party behind and entered combat solo. And there was acknowledgement about that in that moment.

[@MunchyBubbles]

If Matthew Mercer isn’t beside me saying “She was looking pretty rough.” On my deathbed, what was life worth?

[@snakes-venom]

saw this and my brain went straight to, if im ever in a coma and matthew mercer isnt there asking whomever it is that has to unplug me "how do you want to do this?" what was life even worth?..... thank you lol

[@floatingeyeballs44]

Nah man, he has to be in the operating room during my life-saving surgery, pestering the surgeons by asking, "What do you bring to this ritual?" And telling them, "Make a roll with disadvantage."

[@liamperkins5461]

This is one of my favorite critical role comment threads. 😂

[@bananafish58]

28:07 Keyleth's inspiring interpretive dance with accompaniment by the rest of VM AND Matt was one of the coolest things they've done. I love how, right away, Sam and Liam provided Marisha with some beats, then others joined in. (It took me a while to figure out that Travis was providing the higher-pitched vocalizations!) Then Laura, watching Marisha's descriptive dance evolve, knew when to provide the emphatic poundings, which ended the dance. What an amazing, spontaneous, joyous collaboration!

[@rebeccacook8149]

I know, Matt with the bass and Travis with the tenor was pretty surprising. Though we've of course heard Matt do amazing bassy voiced characters and Travis's laugh always shoots up a few octaves lol

[@melusineshade8538]

says a lot about their complicity

[@sadboiz4lyfe]

my favorite genre of music

[@NoriMori1992]

Definitely a major highlight of the episode and the arc, I love everything about it.

[@levisays7676]

What about some respect for Taliesin and his kind of Ugga-Chaka type chanting that was brilliant

[@blast3718]

36:50 When Sam says "Mr and Mrs De Rolo", Taliesin's face a few seconds later when it sinks in is PRICELESS

[@MiaLuce777]

He responded "Let's be honest, it's Mr. & Mrs. Vex really" 🥰🥰🥰

[@dolphin64575]

the food hovering near his mouth while he processes 😂🥰

[@MajestDick]

Yeah it was the food hover that killed me lol

[@shadyh8er]

Me, catching up in 2023: "OK! Home stretch! No more distractions let's do this!" Me, minutes later: *replays the interpretive dance fifteen times*

[@Vanessa__Pauls]

I was not prepared for how great that was

[@devindenman526]

I legit had to zoom in on each person to break down who was contributing what to the song. That was improv magic.

[@mobiasjoe2807]

Rewatching random silly scenes has added so much time to this campaign for me 😅

[@craigmiller3394]

I have shared that clip. And I'm not even done with the episode.

[@WorldbuildyMcNPCface]

It is now canon in my campaign that anyone who rolls above a 35 stealth briefly enters the shadowfell as they sneak.

[@DannyMakesVideosIGuess]

DC30 *is* considered an impossible task (for anything barring Gods of course)...

[@RookiesRules]

@@DannyMakesVideosIGuess And Liam's rolled a 45 stealth check in an earlier episode. Natural 20 with his bonus.

[@levantdiggerus3473]

@@RookiesRules Man entered the Astral Plane.

[@jonastolliver8613]

Using this. Might even add a roll to be randomly decided at the DM's discretion on whether or not they come back. That'd make for an interesting side bit 😁

[@ericsims2078]

41:20 Laura/Vex mentions Vecna watching them. At the same time you see that evil, smirky, smile of a DM Matt gets as he quietly rolls behind his screen. Guess what happens when you say his name!

[@k0pstl939]

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

[@romanabanin2216]

this is what actually happens, god of secrets you know

[@DannyMakesVideosIGuess]

Holy shit that makes so much sense! You solved the riddle

[@ephexa]

Oh shiiiit kinda spoiler but I‘m so glad I know, I was so freaking mad at this OP mathafakaaa

[@amberblackwell5614]

Generally that is how gods work in D&D. They aren't omniscient. Their senses can detect within a certain radius of any place that is holy or otherwise connected to their domains, anywhere near their followers and any person or place where their name or titles have been spoken within a certain number of hours that increases with how powerful they are. At least that's what's been said in previous editions

[@desgroid]

I’m coming close to the end of season 1 for the first time. I can feel the sadness of the campaign ending growing within me.

[@Neckshitter]

Two years later I'm here as well, feeling maybe the same way.

[@Mewchu14]

Oh my god. The use of the jug. TIBERIUS’S BOTTLE OF AIR!!! IT WORKS!!!

[@_UPRC]

I liked this episode quite a lot! The random eating, the funny out of character shenanigans, and just the general tone of the adventure felt like a "classic" episode pulled out of the early Kraghammer/Underdark story arc.

[@alannar6189]

Daniel Babineau also Vax burned his foot

[@juliamcdonough4175]

TheBebop yeah but i have a feeling they mean more in terms of those who enjoy rp more than intense combat

[@NoriMori1992]

I agree, it did have that kind of feel to it!

[@Very_Okay]

yeah, this is my first time watching any critical role, and the last 6 or 7 episodes have been a little difficult to watch. i’m sure it’s partially due to just burnout after such a long binge, and also my own desire for this series to not end- but also everything feels so different now compared to the first 75 or so episodes. this has been a nice return to form.

[@kemopon7]

Did vax burn his foot again exactly 100 episodes later?

[@Wookie_oo7]

No, he burnt it during the Slayers take quests I believe. Unless that was in the acid that he lost the carpet in. I just recall that he lost the foot and it took forever to fully regenerate it.

[@georgecheatham2692]

@@Wookie_oo7 I'm pretty sure it was in the underdark

[@Wookie_oo7]

@@georgecheatham2692 I apologise you are correct, episode 7. I don't recall the lava happening and only the time he landed in acid and tried to save the magic carpet.

[@jocksmachina7759]

Lol I am dead. Too funny.

[@zaratsubasa159]

Oh my god, i didnt realize until i read this comment that this happened exactly 100 episodes later.

[@JJSijbesma]

Them constantly saying Vecna makes me wonder if Mercer uses the old rules on dieties which say they can hear anything for a certain amount of time and radius around a place someone says their name. (radius and time depend on the type of diety)

[@davidbeppler3032]

Glad I was not the only person to notice this. Wonder if J. K. Rowling was a D&D nerd too?

[@princessjello]

/gasp he really is moldy voldy

[@robertabugelis3962]

@@davidbeppler3032 I was thinking the same thing a few episodes ago. When Vax was disintegrated by Vecna, the spell is represented as "green light" . Avada Kedavra! Lol. Not sure if the guide says green is specifically for it or if it's a Mercer thing. Also, I've thought this about the way GrrMartin writes thrones. The way that characters with the thickest plot armour can die a chapter later on a whim almost seems like a d20 roll. The Red Wedding would have been a natural 1 on perception. Just a thought.

[@davidbeppler3032]

@@robertabugelis3962 Yep or the red wedding was a nat 20 on deception. Either way that was obviously a random roll that should not have happened. Bad GM'ing. :)

[@JesterfaceBassplayer]

Matt makes a very discrete roll at 41:18 just as they say Vecna.

[@isaac13d]

You know, that inspiring interpretive dance was on point. Also it was hilarious. The whole crew just picked up on it and ran with it.

[@bonniefazman9065]

I mean, the world is in danger of an arrogant newborn god so... Yeah.

[@Vanessa__Pauls]

Bringing it up to the top for the 2023 Critters, we are almost there crew! 1:50 Tonight's sponsor quiz 5:16 Dead character live show suggestions 8:04 Where's the cake? 10:08 Game starts with respect 13:09 You'll watch it until you love it 21:40 For your God given right to skip it 22:03 What do you mean lentil? 22:46 Super sexy voice 24:29 Pike keepsake 27:32 Kathleen Turner 28:06 Inspiring dance 35:50 Deathward on squishy couple 37:07 Kraken reminiscences 38:03 You can't die on your birthday 41:17 Vecna is watching 44:22 Little girl 48:47 Racism and principles 52:08 The docksmith 56:15 Of course a gnome would do that 58:50 The Shoreshanty crew 1:00:01 Fun with NPC names 1:03:07 Emma Stone 1:03:53 It's never a three hour tour 1:06:06 Captain Santy of the Shoreshanty sees the sea 1:08:33 The ship will be gone when they come back 1:14:36 Underwater chat 1:16:54 Please 1:31:03 Miley Cyrus 1:33:04 Demi Moore 1:35:57 The idea 1:40:08 In the volcano 1:48:01 Your favorite 1:49:49 Unconsiderate Revenant 1:50:14 It's the same foot 1:52:51 A Grog thought 1:54:48 That's Vox Machina 1:57:33 Dramatic pause then food 1:58:50 Loud John Bradley (CelebryD&D) 2:11:10 Dread commercial 2:19:22 Break ends 2:23:27 Taliesin's parents quiet rage (Initiative) 2:25:19 It's all for Sam always 2:33:35 Grog's birthday song (and naked planetar) 2:35:29 More cards/positions and Taliesin comments 2:39:44 More naked sexy planetar 2:44:44 It's always Grog 2:49:34 Grog vomit, happy birthday 2:50:11 Scary enlarge 2:51:04 Happy Birthday, again 2:53:21 Mr. November (Even more sexy planetar) 2:55:34 It sounds bad when you put it that way 3:02:44 Planetar Scanlan the Televangelist 3:08:48 Gravy Bowl Motorboating 3:17:45 It says Push 3:18:46 Check for traps 3:21:21 "I bought the book" boon 3:22:45 Honest planetar talk with Scanlan and Vex 3:26:02 Nervous Travis gets nervous 3:28:29 Sexy planetar is just creepy now 3:33:58 If only we had talked to any god 3:41:34 Scanlan's back 3:46:40 Grog uses the smelter 3:48:38 Warriors activate 3:49:30 Game ends

[@brandonhunt93]

"For your God given right to skip it" this.

[@andreasschoen1702]

Boost

[@charlesboots6508]

Finally where they should be.

[@hannahparrish9961]

Boost

[@daniellins4114]

Boosting

[@nickgutierrez83]

1:36:03 - Sam: you gonna punch a volcano? Travis: I wasn't sold on it until you phrased it that way. 🤣

[@elizabethdragonclaw2916]

I'm glad even though Marisha specifically asked if she could inspire through interpretive dance when she first got that ability and Matt said no, that he went ahead and let her do it anyway after making sure that she did do actual speeches at first. cuz that was great

[@2g33ksgamingttv3]

Matt is too much of a sweetheart than to stick to his guns when the player in question is sick/lost their voice. I lost it at the dance

[@aurinsaint9058]

I gotta admit....Keyleth doing interpretive dance was actually inspiring.

[@katekursive1370]

Despite what it seems like, police will not come to arrest you for talking positively about Keyleth.

[@jamesgarlick4573]

It was pretty cool!

[@anitayoung7925]

You get 18 temp hps...

[@Rabijeel]

Yeah. for that Performance I had handed out "Inspiration".

[@true_plays_games]

She had a moment of capturing my heart, and then spent the rest of the episode being a blithering idiot.

[@JustinZymbaluk]

Matt being so excited that the cast is able to move their own figurines is adorable

[@AxlRosie91]

Petition for all the future Keyleth speeches to be in interpretive dance form. XD

[@notabeholder3837]

Works for me. Means we don't have to listen to her talk.

[@anonymousanimal5179]

+WizordTPK Rude

[@asherandai1000]

+AnonymousFool accurate though

[@asherandai1000]

because she seemingly took every opportunity to be a dick to others? all the 'moral' lectures and hypocrisy, all the rambling speeches followed by disdain for others speeches, the totally unjustified character anger, etc. i agree it goes to far, and she got much better towards the end of the series, just pointing out the reasons for you.

[@ksdajkfahgdkhsdag]

AnonymousFool dumb

[@piratewhoisquiet]

Matt, gotta say I've never heard a DM threaten a rocks fall everybody dies while the party is in a boat, on the sea ahaha

[@deanthompson88]

Meteor showers......a Tal'Dorei pirates worst nightmare!.

[@KickyFut]

Someone was practicing with their trebuchet, and didn't notice their crappy boat! If The Mercer was serious, he'd make it happen! I think he's threatened them with the rocks falling thing more than once...

[@nicolaslandry-tolszczuk7397]

he was refering to Roc's (the creatures)

[@joshuadixon4090]

actually falling Boulders (or rocks) is kind of a running joke among DM's, almost meme status. Party doing too well- falling rocks, party being mean- falling rocks, party being annoying- falling rocks, party forgot to bring the snack- falling rocks

[@MrBizteck]

@@joshuadixon4090 Ive threatened it more than once on my plrs !

[@omnilisk279]

“I’m just gonna hit with a regular arrow that does more than a lightning arrow from now on.” Yeah..welcome to the ranger class...

[@dylandenney3980]

Yea been playing a Beastmaster for over a year and the PHB companion features are useless except for flavor. Multiclassed into fighter after level 9 and my DM is also letting me add some UA revised Beastmaster features and let me have a warg to make it actually useful. I don't even want the extra spells cuz my Wisdom is too low to have a legit attack bonus and save dc. Still love my Goliath Beastmaster tho

[@Gladedancer]

Well, like Laura was trying to use it in that order against a single target, it is comparatively weak. But if cast at 4th level (I wouldn't burn a precious 5th slot), it will potentially do 5d8 to the prime target, and 3d8 to every creature within 10 feet of it. Against a cluster of enemies it can shine. So as a bonus action I would cast at the end of my turn after my first 2 attacks. It doesn't activate until I fire a ranged shot. So my following turn my next attack, zap, then bonus action Hunter's Mark, followed by another attack of my choice. It could use some love, though, as a Ranger spell.

[@SuperGoose42]

@@Gladedancer Alternatively, multiclass into Tempest Cleric mans use your channel divinity(?) to max out the lightning damage instead of rolling. Both classes utilize wisdom, Tempest is more of a fighting cleric than a healer, so I think they mesh pretty well.

[@Le_GingerBeardMan]

So true. I’m playing a Beastmaster Ranger, and after level 5 I just multiclassed into Inquisitive Rogue because it’s just so much better.

[@krinias1699]

I'm DMing my first campaign now and one of my newer players REALLY wanted to play Beastmaster, knowing that it's overall one of the weakest if not the weakest class, so I kinda reworked their companion. It's a young foal, that got trapped in the Nine Hells for a short time and got corrupted, basically giving it features of a Nightmare, so it's stronger, sturdier and more intelligent than normal horses, and will grow with the character, gaining more and more Nightmare features (Confer Fire Resistance, Fire Damage on Hooves, Flying Speed, Ethereal Plane Walk) and some bonus stats. Really hope this doesn't end up OP, but I have some metagamers in the party, so I felt like it was an appropriate way to balance the strengths.

[@ASquared544]

You know, having one caster with Shapechange and another with True Polymorph really adds a cool new dynamic & perspective for solving puzzles into the game. Yes, one person could do this, but so could someone else, & while one person can cast it on others, the other can change their form any time for the duration. It makes things really interesting in my eyes.

[@lefterismplanas4977]

True polymorph could lose Permanently transform someone if he caster keeps consecrate for the duration of the spell Edit:(But it can be dispelled and the target reverts to its original form if it reaches Zero hit points)

[@Charoy612]

It's nice to see them comfortably eating on set after so long. The return of Chomps Machina.

[@MommyOfZoeAndLiam]

Charlotte Roy Chomps Munchina I think you mean? lol

[@andynougat5202]

Remember when they used to eat fried chicken? I would order fried chicken and eat along. I still do sometimes while re-watching VM.

[@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi]

@@andynougat5202 i guess it's because of the lastest Talks Machina session in which they said they kind of miss it.

[@Ares9804]

@@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi I am a bit late to the talk but: I kind of liked the early episodes, where they were just some people sitting on a table playing DnD, getting their food in the middle of the episode and eating some pizza in the middle of a fight :)

[@sentient.ball.of.stardust]

I noticed they get a lot of hate on twitch when they're eating, it's insane tbh, i love it when they eat and it feels more home-y.

[@magiv4205]

The way everybody just joined into that avatar credits interpretive dance was beautiful

[@raddest_toddler]

Some stamps. Long live Phalinx's tradition and legacy. 1:50 Tonight's sponsor quiz 5:16 Dead character live show suggestions 8:04 Where's the cake? 10:08 Game starts with respect 13:09 You'll watch it until you love it 21:40 For your God given right to skip it 22:03 What do you mean lentil? 22:46 Super sexy voice 24:29 Pike keepsake 27:32 Kathleen Turner 28:06 Inspiring dance 35:50 Deathward on squishy couple 37:07 Kraken reminiscences 38:03 You can't die on your birthday 41:17 Vecna is watching 44:22 Little girl 48:47 Racism and principles 52:08 The docksmith 56:15 Of course a gnome would do that 58:50 The Shoreshanty crew 1:00:01 Fun with NPC names 1:03:07 Emma Stone 1:03:53 It's never a three hour tour 1:06:06 Captain Santy of the Shoreshanty sees the sea 1:08:33 The ship will be gone when they come back 1:14:36 Underwater chat 1:16:54 Please 1:31:03 Miley Cyrus 1:33:04 Demi Moore 1:35:57 The idea 1:40:08 In the volcano 1:48:01 Your favorite 1:49:49 Unconsiderate Revenant 1:50:14 It's the same foot 1:52:51 A Grog thought 1:54:48 That's Vox Machina 1:57:33 Dramatic pause then food 1:58:50 Loud John Bradley (CelebryD&D) 2:11:10 Dread commercial 2:19:22 Break ends 2:23:27 Taliesin's parents quiet rage (Initiative) 2:25:19 It's all for Sam always 2:33:35 Grog's birthday song (and naked planetar) 2:35:29 More cards/positions and Taliesin comments 2:39:44 More naked sexy planetar 2:44:44 It's always Grog 2:49:34 Grog vomit, happy birthday 2:50:11 Scary enlarge 2:51:04 Happy Birthday, again 2:53:21 Mr. November (Even more sexy planetar) 2:55:34 It sounds bad when you put it that way 3:02:44 Planetar Scanlan the Televangelist 3:08:48 Gravy Bowl Motorboating 3:17:45 It says Push 3:18:46 Check for traps 3:21:21 "I bought the book" boon 3:22:45 Honest planetar talk with Scanlan and Vex 3:26:02 Nervous Travis gets nervous 3:28:29 Sexy planetar is just creepy now 3:33:58 If only we had talked to any god 3:41:34 Scanlan's back 3:46:40 Grog uses the smelter 3:48:38 Warriors activate 3:49:30 Game ends

[@sheaketchum7495]

Jimeni

[@mikeharris6429]

Ioun bless you!

[@josh-cz3ey]

Jimenin MG Pughpp0pplllpqq

[@PlaySavi]

Thank you for the God given right to skip it, bless you sir.

[@bmem1993]

Exercising my God given right

[@HalfElfHalfling]

Dear the cast of critical role. I love the show. I always have. you guys do an amazing job. I'll be sad when the campaign comes to an end. love you guys 💗

[@JulfyJD]

Vex standing up for scanlan against gnome-racism was the cutest moment

[@SocialistSadako]

Vex has really come a long way in terms of character growth. She used to be such an unlikable asshole.

[@CallistoTheWarriorQueen]

I've noticed across both campaigns that in game Laura is often the first person to correct anyone using derogatory slang for a race, or using the wrong pronouns or referring to someone as something other than their preferred name. It's really lovely.

[@sethescope]

@@CallistoTheWarriorQueen this is completely unrelated, but when people were intentionally using Lionel's old name -- I can't remember the name of the guest, I feel so bad, but he was adorable! -- it got me so tilted lol so it warmed my heart whenever someone tried correcting the others. I'm trans, so that sort of thing gets me all worked up, even though Lionel isn't trans (except now he is in my head canon), but it was still shitty lol so I appreciated everyone who tried correcting the others, but everyone did it at some point and I think most everyone did the correcting at other points lol

[@CallistoTheWarriorQueen]

@@sethescope I have a trans child myself so it always makes me happy when I see people actively and nicely correcting others and themselves when it comes to pronouns and names. I don't know if you've seen Campaign 2 but I love the inclusion of some great gender neutral and trans characters.

[@Sfeksophobia]

​@@sethescopeI was the same with Lionel and also when they purposely used wrong pronouns for Raishan as a weird power move or something :( I know they didn't think it that deeply and it was six years ago but it left a bad taste in my mouth

[@canniloni]

laura's concerned and soft voice when she asked if matt if he wanted to eat something too was the cutest thing ever. also very cute considering the contrast to her vex voice

[@mrskribble]

Vox Machina vs Doors. They don't try the door, they just assume it's going to be difficult which makes it difficult. And I love it

[@bonniefazman9065]

Hey man, doors are super dangerous. They can hinder a campaign for hours.

[@8butsideways]

Yeah, what he said, doors are dangerous. Watch out for them, specifically the holy ones for some reason.

[@daamonwilliams3794]

Haha they definitely have 'we have magic' syndrome 😂

[@MaskofFayt]

Also, please for the love of god make the audio of the show and the adverts the same level. Its absolutely horrific when they cut to a break and then you're suddenly met with a 4x the volume "HI I PLAY SAM IN GAME OF THRONES"

[@lostinthedark7001]

MaskofFayt, BACK BLAZE!!!!!!

[@leavy]

I decided to let the video play while I went to feed dag, go to bathroom, etc and felt the walls shake after the first ad came on, then ran all the way back to make sure I didn’t knock anything off my neighbor’s walls

[@TrashDeviant]

I listen to Critical Role to help me sleep sometimes because I'm a terrible insomniac. The loud ads sometimes startle me as I'm about to drift off. Moment of panic, then I gotta do the drifting off thing all over again. But, its better than falling asleep to Emkay Reddit stories and waking up to robot voice frustrated and annoyed. So, I just roll with the punches. Better to wake up twice than 50 times.

[@ezrablock3218]

@Danny Dolan Well, also, maybe its just me, but I don't like the G&S feel. I used to watch a lot of the TableTop with Wil Wheaton and all the jokes are just so corny and meaningless and the way everything is shot feels so inauthentic, like a reality TV show that doesn't have any drama. All the G&S shows could be half-the budget and twice as funny if they got talented people and didn't try to make everything so clean and bright.

[@scarlett3722]

@@TrashDeviant I did this until I realised marishas laugh always woke me up. 🤨😂

[@henryohenry1504]

Marisha doing the interpretive dance because her voice was shot was pretty cute, but Liam immediately bringing up that ahe shouted through it was priceless 👌🏻

[@AsmrAmurana]

(enthusiastic a cappella music) is my new favorite caption.

[@bmwelker]

(Unnervingly realistic crow noises) is pretty damn good too. 😂

[@sethescope]

@@bmwelker that's such an iconic one lmao the people who did these captions are doing the lord's work and are extremely fucking hilarious people

[@sheylarochelle7072]

Watching all of Marisha's interpretive dance making sure she didn't elbow Talisan in the face. I was so worried for him. 😂😂

[@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll]

Unlike Liam, Taliesin has the advantage of having survived years and years of Burning Man with her, so he's probably developed more of a self-preservation dodging reflex. XD

[@amaterasuXrising]

3:26:02 I'm cracking up over Travis getting startled by Taliesin's growl.

[@lhmj]

Came here for this comment 😂

[@jessiecorvus9262]

People tend to forget he's a cleverly disguised centuries old eldritch being.

[@dull_demon4717]

best part in my opinion

[@nataliepeters8459]

That was the best 🤣🤣

[@xxTifaxForeverxx]

Pike giving Grog a bit of her hair was she CUTEST THING EVER!!! My favorite duo!

[@beebobox]

Monstahs!!

[@isaiahwelch8066]

This comment, lol. My all-time favorite Pike-Grog moment is when they were deciding what equipment to give out, and Pike mentioned she wanted the Gauntlets of Ogre Strength (+6 Str). As Travis hands them to her, he says, "You wanna be a monstah, don't you?" Ashley looks up and responds with, "Aaah! I wanna be a monstah!" I ❤ those Gr-ike moments...

[@DariyusKabraji]

The look on Grog's face when Matt mentioned Santy was a Goliath. Pure unbridled joy

[@lottiestewart8918]

That was a TENSE minute waiting for someone to remember that you can CARRY WATER WITH YOU. Thank god for travis 😭

[@tylerh2548]

The ranger's plight of 5E is constantly highlighted by Laura Bailey's mild exasperation with the mechanics of her character.

[@r.palmer]

Well i Matt's defense he has been letting her do like 6 bonus actions per round in the first round. Summon trinket, hunters mark, hail of thorns, actively using the bramble show or blazing bow string, lightning arrows, taking flight with her broom, using those boots of haste etc. She really had very little grasp on action economy for a ranger in DnD. They aren't that bad if you stop worrying about seeing big numbers every shot. You are a utility player not ment to tank not ment to do a lot of damage every arrow.

[@r.palmer]

But in her sevens none of them knew what they were doing. They're coming back from pathfinder and still do things all over the place. Liam clicked his boots, hunters marked, moved and threw daggers. Boot bonus action, as is hunters mark. Matt even does stuff sometime with his super bosses where the resist things they shouldn't one turn them the next time they don't. Or, canceling heros feast which is not capable of being done etc. And it's all fun we just enjoy the game. That being said campaign 2 he was vicious about action economy and what things can and can't do. He just needed some time.

[@kaleidoscope942]

your views on Ranger are wrong. Several options now for a ranger that can be your party’s primary damage dealer, even when you commented 9 months ago. Tier one damage dealer subclass options

[@stygianxv2797]

I just love that the planetars scoffed at Scanlan and now he's wearing their form and is a mockery of what they are lmao.

[@Ribula1]

1:50:30 "is the same foot?" "is the same foot." Magma magnet!

[@betteryou7hanme]

i just played For Honor for the first time, and immediately knew Liam's voice when I heard the Warden. immersion destroyed. curse you critical role, you beautiful double edged sword.

[@sethescope]

lmao this is how I felt when I was playing wow because the voice actor for...... I'm too lazy to Google his name, he's Lorethemar or something? it's the same actor who plays fenris in the dragon age games lol

[@theunusaulsnail6755]

If you listen to raider very closely while playing him, you can here our favorite barbarian

[@tommyjacques7059]

Man, playing persona 5... i call yusuke matt

[@tommyjacques7059]

Man, playing persona 5... i call yusuke matt

[@betteryou7hanme]

The VA rabbit hole goes deep. Remember when Shin-chan killed Ryu Hayabusa, in front of Gwen Tennyson, to get revenge on Revolver Ocelot for murdering Trunk's father, who was about to perform a fatal brain biopsy on Terra from Teen Titans, to create a vaccine for a world ending plague, so Gretchen Grundler hunts down Keiko Yukimura and murders her friends one at a time, before finally finding Lady Comstock held captive by mauraders, and then Chrissy Seaver almost drowns Jaina Proudmoore, before deciding to let her go?

[@ihe1523]

I can see Keyleth looking young as ever visitng Percy in his 70's/80's. Keeping her composure as they walk about Whitestone's gardens as Percy must now rely on a cane to keep himself upright to an extent. Some years down the road, Keyleth visits the now widowed Vexahlia as they both pay respects to Vaxildan's grave, sharing in each other's lament, but still happy to see one another and living on. D&D has inner aspects that are invisible to the naked eye. A campaign should be seen as tv series with 3-dimensional characters. There are moments that don't make sense but it's a part of either the plot's, or character's development. D&D allows people to enter into a dramatic world with a compelling storyline, and personify a character that they may or may not be. This became another rant that I can go on about so I'll end it here; Last episode had everyone SHITTING on Keyleth. SHITTING. I can understand an audience hating characters from GOT or TWD, but that was pure malice and imo completely unacceptable.

[@kriddius]

The sadder parts of Keyleth's life come later also... She will outlive Grog first. He's older than Percy I believe, and his harsh life will wear on him. Percy will be next, followed a century later by Vex. Their child will grow old and die and Keyleth will still look the same. Several centuries later, Pike and Scanlan will eventually reach the end of their natural lives and still Keyleth will remain unchanged except for maybe the beginnings of silver in her hair or faint wrinkles. It won't be until Scanlan and Pike's children are very, very old (if they have any and possibly with grandchildren out and about) that Keyleth will finally pass away after seeing her entire "found family" die off one by one.

[@TrashDeviant]

People are awful. Marisha is a human being with feelings. I didn't like Key'leth in the beginning but she grew on me. Beau is a totally different character personality. Less anxious and more angst. I dig it. People need to just not be assholes over a character. It is a game and a work of fiction. There's no need for toxic BS.

[@anthonydavis5288]

@@TrashDeviant Yeah. Being a druid, Keylith really grew on me too. Honestly people look at the character and the player as one in the same. Multiple times irl they say "I would have done this but (character) wouldnt. They are their own person". Which is weird to think about. They are playing their own character they can do whatever they want. They are honest to goodness trying to stay in character. So good on Marisha for sticking to her character.

[@duckduckgooseberry7051]

People don't realise that she's acting in character. When she makes decisions in anything, she does them as Keyleth, not Marisha. It's PAINFUL to see Marisha get so much hate when she's just playing a character.

[@PVilla27]

Completely agree with you guys. Marisha is such an amazing human being. She doesn’t deserve all this shit just because her character (who she plays marvellously) is a little awkward.

[@scottwagner2566]

“But do we have time for principles?” “We never have before, why start now?” The saviors of the world, ladies and gentlemen.

[@bonniefazman9065]

I mean... They did save the world... At least twice.

[@ophiuchus_kin]

@@bonniefazman9065 The kingdom 2 or 3 times, the continent maybe 1 or 2 and the world once

[@Justanothertgrt]

Sams advertising is so good I get sad when an episode isn't sponsored Im happy.

[@BaldTheAvenger1]

God-DAMN I love this fucking show. You're all magical and make my life better just for existing. Cheers.

[@WumboWings96]

28:06 I’ve officially found my favorite part of Critical Role. I didn’t know I wanted an interpretive dance so badly until it happened.

[@golfshores97]

Ok, marisha's performance for an emotional scene with Liam at the beginning was absolutely the best so far. Going from "RAAAHHH" to something like "yes, I was angry, but I understand" and "I'm not asking" was genuinely surprising from her. Still love it

[@pagenein]

I soooo wanted Grog to say, as he began the process of forging, “don’t worry, I have an intelligence of six, I know what I’m doing”

[@Damini368]

What is ironic is that both parts of that are entirely true.

[@ALJ9000]

@@Damini368 It would’ve come full circle

[@cavalasphawkes4787]

Vox Machina faces their greatest enemy: a door of the gods!

[@JonathanMandrake]

An elderly door of the gods!

[@Waxotoo]

@@JonathanMandrake nah nah elderlies are their favorite terrain

[@ALJ9000]

@@Waxotoo No, the elderly are their favored enemies. Doors are their equivalent of Turn Undead

[@MindAndMyth]

Character with 6 int casually comes up with the greatest plan this party has ever made

[@Gerroditus]

I want to up this one continually. Surprising and surprisingly fitting for the character.

[@lefterismplanas4977]

When you realise that Scanlin can Permanently turn grog into a planitar just by concentrating on it for an hour. A plantar. You know ... those angel that protect Pelor. That are immune to fear, can fly, to a shit ton of damage, can speak all languages. Can speak with their mind. And are supper smart and all? He can Permanently make Grog into that

[@DannyMakesVideosIGuess]

@@lefterismplanas4977 Then Grog would subsequently lose all of his berserker barbarian, fighter abilities and race abilities.

[@faithjolley6034]

Honestly, this is the biggest difference to me from completing campaign 2 before coming to this one. Travis is such an amazing strategist that I feel like Grog's intelligence really does limit him. Playing a charismatic strategist in the next campaign was such a smart choice because he plays it well.

[@KaoKacique]

@@DannyMakesVideosIGuess He loses his race abilities, but not his class abilities

[@remavpralb7414]

Me: i wonder how Delilah keeps coming back. I wonder if cloning is a thing Me after looking it up in the Player's Handbook: wack

[@Soletmod]

Lich

[@VeteranVandal]

Could be. Could be ressurection. Could be a godly pact. She could have a simulacrum as well (she had both eyes, so, maybe?). She could be a Lich. Etc. Many, many ways to do it. The only real problem is paying for such methods, but demigods/gods can do such things somewhat easily.

[@josemontes3438]

Matt’s expression when Marisha is talking about Lady Briarwood bearing Vecna’s blessing is a look any DM will recognize from when one of your players says something genius.

[@jocksmachina7759]

Lol yes. Exactly this. Is there a time stamp you can post?

[@Martha-Novalin-]

@@jocksmachina7759 33:17 But I didn't see any great change in Matt's expression...

[@RDR911]

His expression never changes tho, lmao.

[@Barely_Here]

Angry old man He just starts looking around at everyone after doing something at his desk. It's very subtle.

[@duckduckgooseberry7051]

It was REALLY subtle I wouldn't have noticed unless you pointed it out

[@WeirdTangent]

"Motor-boating a gravy bowl" - what the episode SHOULD have been named

[@merakspielman]

Let's cast water breathing and make water in our endless magic jug and stick our heads in it so we can breathe! I love D&D.

[@Caspronfire]

uiuu

[@isaacgraff8288]

Don't knock it if it works. I love how it was Grog's ingenuity that came up with it.

[@nataniel1002]

CREATIVE SOLUTIONS people! Creative solutions.

[@ironrose6]

The alchemy jug isn't like a barrel or open container though, it's something you uncork... Just how big is this cork??

[@futurecaredesign]

The problem with this is that water, like air, only contains a certain amount of oxygen. 21 percent oxygen in air, 1 percent in water.

[@abrown6539]

Synopsis at 10:28 game begins at 12:59. Break at 1:57:47 lasting until 2:19:55. Game ends at 3:49:30. [I've been doing this for every episode. If you find them useful, or think others might, please comment so they stay near the top where people can find them. Thank you.]

[@wolverinehobbit1]

Boost

[@tequilamariex]

thank you!!

[@TheMusicmanifesto]

Bewst

[@tinyquokka]

2:21:50 - can we just appreciate matt's voice acting skills here? the way he creates life into these creatures by making incredible sounds for it - and far from easy ones to do, that's for sure!

[@disappointment7463]

Finally that conversation between Keyleth and Vax that was needing to happen. People may complain but that shit rlly needed to happen or else Keyleth was just going to remain angry and bitter about the whole situation. They rlly needed to discuss it

[@KHTBLD]

@@BrentDnD Oh my God, I wish I could like your comment 100 times. Vax was my absolute favorite about 50 episodes ago. I totally hate him now because every fucking episode Liam HAS to spend so much time doing these horrible talkings to his sister, Keyleth, Percy, Scanlan... I love a good drama, a good romance, as much as I love action, but this is absolutely ridiculous.

[@dawiddulian2403]

Hey, it's a role playing game, not a hack'n'slash. Conversations are essential, although they take time, they make characters' personalities deeper - it basically is what makes them different to just a character you play on your pc/playstation; personally, I love thie role play, but I get it, it depends on what you expect from a game I guess

[@violent___serenity]

I rolled my eyes and skipped right past that.

[@Diospepreco]

@@dawiddulian2403 it's not a hack&slash and roleplay is equally as important as flashy fights. But Liam massively overdoes it. He's boring, he's one-dimensional, he brings the show to a screeching halt every time he has one of his obnoxious talks. And it's always the same generic, edgy shit. From his lines, you couldn't even tell if he's talking to his sister, his girlfriend, Scanlan, a god, his father, because it's always the same copy/pasted soap opera stuff. At this point, it's a hard skip every time he goes into one of his moments. And it could have been much more than this, because THIS is the really tragic stuff. He's on a timer and he knows it in advance. But when you've been serving the same one-dimensional piece, multiple times per episode, for the last sixty episodes, well, we've already seen it. Just die already and be done with this garbage.

[@Draezeth]

Vax, as a character, truly died when he became the chosen of the Raven Queen. He went from the kindest, most considerate member of VM to brooding and edgy. The old Vax still gleams through a little from time to time, like when he followed Grog around after Scanlan left, and when he gave the Ring of Invisibility away freely, but for the most part... I miss him.

[@x7ogforever]

I love Grog's genius moments, even though his ideas are as basic as sticking your head in a jug of water, nobody else thinks on his level

[@edwinlongwell]

Who is the best character of Vox Machina and why is it Grog?

[@Shepherd174]

Can I just point out the fact that Grog could have fixed the Euryale card penalty on 3 separate occasions now.

[@sableseraph946]

Shepherd174 Yes, but this has been mentioned before in the last few episodes (I think by Laura,) that none of the characters know Grog has been cursed and neither does Grog. It may be a permanent thing unless a God happened to notice the curse and be kind enough to cure him.

[@Shepherd174]

You know what that makes perfect sense actually

[@Abelhawk]

I'm sad he couldn't have gotten to see Kord. I'll bet he would've helped him. Whether to help him be more valorous in battle or whatever.

[@ImADogRuff]

Kanan Hood First time he pulled a card from Deck/Things.

[@bombshellblonde544]

Kanan Hood the dancing sword was the one that gave him the curse. The sword was cursed and disintegrated in his hand. Then he got the curse right afterward. It happened the episode after he drew it, apparently as an afterthought, because Matt made a mistake of some kind.

[@roybenari9472]

Dude... Dude!... It took 107 episodes but they made it to this point, where everyone collectively is making up rhythm and beat to Keyleth's interpretive dance! Amazing!

[@bishop6218]

Pike : "I have a sending spell prepared" Scanlan : "That's convenient" Pike : "That's what clerics are for !" Matt, you've made a *terrible* mistake !

[@haku8135]

He also just really low key threw shade at Ashley who could have taken this spell at any time for AAAAAAAAAAGES now and just didn't.

[@Zalied]

They constantly were talking about how it sucked no one had it and pikes a cleric poor ashley

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

To be fair to Ashley, she's only played in about 1/3 of the games the others have at this point, so shes not really all that familiar with the full scope of the cleric spell list.

[@Brunhaam]

"Grog, holding your breath for seven minutes cuts off oxygen to your brain" Grog:"Ox and Gems?🤔"

[@sweebos]

😆😆😆

[@heinrichkornelius]

"Vecna's watching now..." Everybody flips him off.

[@MickeyCuervo36]

Does their impromptu interpretive dance chant sound like the ending credits to Avatar: The Last Airbender to anyone else?

[@kyoukotsukino6322]

Considering Keyleth is basically a Korra that never really matured/learned about patience and self-control, it sort of fits.

[@FrenchCanadianWine]

Who the hell cares? It was awesome!

[@JessieIsSuchASlacker]

@@kyoukotsukino6322 do not insult out lord and savior Avatar Korra like that

[@kyoukotsukino6322]

@@JessieIsSuchASlacker It wasn't an insult, Korra started off as a spoiled princess, and then got better as the story progressed. But if you insist on my words up there being an insult, then... Not being able to recognize a character's flaws past or present, is a flaw shown by fanboys of all ages. I'm really sorry for you if you suffer from that deadly disease.

[@JessieIsSuchASlacker]

@@kyoukotsukino6322 lmao show me where Keyleth has any character development and then we'll talk 🤷‍♀️

[@hustonrelations]

October 2021, With Campaign 3 just on the horizon and having already watched all of C2, I’m just excited to see this amazing group of people come back to share their stories collectively. Started watching midway through 2020 and it really has been one of the most communal experiences I’ve ever had, between the cosplayers, artists, and musicians. So thankful for Critical Role!!!

[@CaullyD]

Matt including these really strong monsters to have the team destroy them just to make their self confidence in fighting higher for the final fight

[@kyoukotsukino6322]

I like how happy Matt sounded/looked when the players moved their own pieces. That moment you discover you can let others do your job and see them feel proud of it? Yeah. It is a good feeling. And special mention to Scanlan, murderer of babies.

[@soapbox5684]

I’ve been through a lot as I’m sure most of us have. And this group of friends!! I can always come back and rewatch their campaigns and truly as kinda sad as it sounds. They always make it better.

[@brettbrose4212]

Matt's vocals on that dance 👌 😂

[@unnamedenemy9]

I know it's two years late to ask, but surely Santy of the Shanty sells seashells that he sees on the seashore?

[@MrBizteck]

Thats worth a 👍!

[@seven-cats-3]

Seemingly, yes

[@privpi]

It's the shore shanty

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

The thought did occur to me but as a negative statement since Santy is not a she.

[@codyharrison5699]

Relistening to the podcast today (April 1 2020) and came across the interpretative dance, had to watch it in its glory. Absolutely incredible improve by everyone.

[@RPG_Angie]

I actually put off watching this episode for a few days because the complaints in the comments about the opening scene with Vax and Keyleth made me choose something else to watch. Now I got around to it and... The opening scene was perfectly fine. It was the scene these two needed to have, and it jumped pretty effectively through the things they needed to close: Keyleth leaves her anger behind, tries a bit of bargaining, but when Vax makes it clear he won't be getting out of the contract, she swiftly moves on to sadness AND acceptance, including her worries about forgetting him in the future. The only thing bothering me is that Vax/Liam yet again provides vague answers instead of specific ones (has he explained his deal with the Raven Queen at least once?) - but that's probably because Liam doesn't take many notes and focuses on the "emotional truth" rather than the storytelling details.

[@echonorris1413]

Finally someone not complaining about this part! Everyone seems to hate the keyleth and Vax talks but I love them.

[@dyslexia8375]

AnkokuEvangeline I think Vax doesn't give specifics because he thinks someone may get there hopes up and he doesn't want others to do that as he doesn't think escaping it is possible

[@RPG_Angie]

If that was what Liam was going for, then it didn't work out at all - not explaining his contract was exactly what got the group's hopes up. But that's a really minor complaint, to be honest. I wouldn't even mind that much if it didn't happen so shortly after he failed to tell important info about Vecna to the Raven Queen (and that eventually resolved itself, too).

[@TheNspoon]

I think not taking notes but focusing on the emotional truth is what makes people so annoyed because he forgets specifics then has the same talks with people over and over. The one that got me was when he had the same talk with Gilmore in 3 different episodes about how sorry he was for picking keyleth over him

[@Evija3000]

Yeah, I actually really liked that scene as far as Vax'leth scenes go. After the last two episodes I was afraid Keyleth would continue raging and being super emotional. I liked that she dealt with it, had a mature conversation and managed to move on. I agree, this conversation had to happen and it went as well as I could have hoped for.

[@MiaLuce777]

If you think about it, a volcano is really just nature's door to magma. .... and vox machina discovers their old enemy has taken a new shape

[@gsusbauer]

2023 Crew bringing it back to the top! Alllmossst THERE! 1:50 Tonight's sponsor quiz 5:16 Dead character live show suggestions 8:04 Where's the cake? 10:08 Game starts with respect 13:09 You'll watch it until you love it 21:40 For your God given right to skip it 22:03 What do you mean lentil? 22:46 Super sexy voice 24:29 Pike keepsake 27:32 Kathleen Turner 28:06 Inspiring dance 35:50 Deathward on squishy couple 37:07 Kraken reminiscences 38:03 You can't die on your birthday 41:17 Vecna is watching 44:22 Little girl 48:47 Racism and principles 52:08 The docksmith 56:15 Of course a gnome would do that 58:50 The Shoreshanty crew 1:00:01 Fun with NPC names 1:03:07 Emma Stone 1:03:53 It's never a three hour tour 1:06:06 Captain Santy of the Shoreshanty sees the sea 1:08:33 The ship will be gone when they come back 1:14:36 Underwater chat 1:16:54 Please 1:31:03 Miley Cyrus 1:33:04 Demi Moore 1:35:57 The idea 1:40:08 In the volcano 1:48:01 Your favorite 1:49:49 Unconsiderate Revenant 1:50:14 It's the same foot 1:52:51 A Grog thought 1:54:48 That's Vox Machina 1:57:33 Dramatic pause then food 1:58:50 Loud John Bradley (CelebryD&D) 2:11:10 Dread commercial 2:19:22 Break ends 2:23:27 Taliesin's parents quiet rage (Initiative) 2:25:19 It's all for Sam always 2:33:35 Grog's birthday song (and naked planetar) 2:35:29 More cards/positions and Taliesin comments 2:39:44 More naked sexy planetar 2:44:44 It's always Grog 2:49:34 Grog vomit, happy birthday 2:50:11 Scary enlarge 2:51:04 Happy Birthday, again 2:53:21 Mr. November (Even more sexy planetar) 2:55:34 It sounds bad when you put it that way 3:02:44 Planetar Scanlan the Televangelist 3:08:48 Gravy Bowl Motorboating 3:17:45 It says Push 3:18:46 Check for traps 3:21:21 "I bought the book" boon 3:22:45 Honest planetar talk with Scanlan and Vex 3:26:02 Nervous Travis gets nervous 3:28:29 Sexy planetar is just creepy now 3:33:58 If only we had talked to any god 3:41:34 Scanlan's back 3:46:40 Grog uses the smelter 3:48:38 Warriors activate 3:49:30 Game ends

[@MoaxLycan]

1:16:50 just that very human moment of Matt "please don't" so defeated XD

[@Inhandable]

3:26:00 Where Travis says "Did one'a y'all growl just now" was so pure and so out of character bless him ❤🤣

[@mbalazs3544]

3:06:02 Sam breaks the campaign with one spell again :D that is why I love you :D

[@allanvargastomas3493]

it's been 2 years since this episode aired and i still have to see the anouncements, they are too hilarious!

[@woodengamer]

1:52:50 Grog is an utter genius!! Even Percy is shocked and feels Grog's genius idea is amazing....

[@dakotacates6424]

Btw True Polymorph is permenent is you consentrate for the whole duration... so scanlan could just BE a planatar forever... just saying

[@proudpapaprick]

Seems like a good solution for a high-level character at an advanced age. True Polymorph into something immortal and powerful and live forever protecting what you've built.

[@MrBleachfreak247]

dakota cates Staying as a planetar makes sense for some people, especially keeping your player abilities. Especially consider the planetary starts are incredible!

[@4D4plus4is4D8]

It's only quasi-permanent. The first version of the PHB didn't make it clear, but the updated version spells out that it only lasts until dispelled. So it could be removed by a powerful enough wizard, or if you drop to zero hit points you'd revert back to your original form. Still awesome, though.

[@Evija3000]

4D4plus4is4D8 Then just create your own magical dream bunker and live there.

[@LeyCarnifex]

And a duck can just be a bardbarian forever

[@joshuarose1381]

Are you going to punch a volcano? I wasn't until you worded it that way.

[@isaacgraff8288]

The mental image of them passing the Alchemy Jug around 'breathing' the water is really fun.

[@amiraha8601]

36:15 when husband and wife bicker over who's squishier

[@OnlySunlightShinning]

Amirah A the most married argument ever

[@kiwisvideos0]

I love them so much

[@plutoisaplanet19]

Then he loses and has to take it haha. Pike:.......I can cast it on multiple people....

[@Brilchan]

The description is great "enthusiastic a cappella music xD" and I have amazing respect for Marisha playing when she is sick

[@azarinevil]

I love when Grog delivers the best idea the way a child would because he doesn't overthink things.

[@bretsheeley4034]

I get the feeling that the reason for the ending of the birthday song was because the original Goliath bard who sung it was stabbed (with an axe)... which later resulted in the song slowly becoming a cult hit with the tribe.

[@InaKreka]

They could have totally polymorphed trinket into a planetar or a dragon, that would have been amazing against Vecna

[@EnderLord007]

Matt is very descriptive, but there still aren't a great many moments that I can absolutely see with my mind's eye. Vox Machina setting foot on the bottom of the ocean, silhouetted by gloom and smoke, with only the beam of Percy's flashlight to illuminate anything, even then only providing faint light among all of the darkness, I could *see* that, and what a fantastic visual it was.

[@beccacollins1528]

"Rocks fall. Everyone dies." It's good to be the DM! lol

[@andruloni]

Especially if that happens 5 miles off shore :)

[@spaceman9599]

Improv - Interpretive Dance. Brilliance. I suspect the cast have also levelled to Lvl 18 now ;)

[@alexisoneil7179]

I dont know if all of them have, they used XP in campaign one so not everyone leveled up at the same time. It also means that we got fun moments like Scanlan leveling up in Umbrasyl's stomach