Deadly Echoes | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 82

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Vox Machina has made their way to the mysterious island where Raishan is hiding. But the island itself may be an ancient and terrible death trap! With special guest Patrick Rothfuss.
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[@HellfireJags]

Matt just sitting there thinking, "My god, it isn't even a door this time, it is just a rock functioning as a door, and they still can't figure it out."

[@Dillo64]

HellfireJags I guess that’s just how your players get when they’ve been killed by traps before

[@Daungli]

@@Dillo64 they havent really had trouble with traps though. they just cant open doors for the sake of wildly overthinking everything they do.

[@Dillo64]

@@Daungli Didn’t Vex literally die from a trap that set the whole Raven Queen thing in motion

[@Daungli]

@@Dillo64 oh yeah. i dont know how i forgot about that

[@BBTManiac]

well, that wasnt the trap giving them trouble. It was the lack of checking for traps that killed

[@sleepy1697]

I'm beginning to think Vox Machina's biggest enemy at the end of the road will be an old-lady-shaped door.

[@katekursive1370]

Made of lava and enchanted with old magic.

[@jayclinton2801]

Both of you are fucking hilarious XD thanks

[@jamesgarlick4573]

They will be enraged with bloodlust but unable to defeat it lol

[@KingNefiiria]

@@katekursive1370 Not that hoity toity kind of magic you find in higher places of learning, with steepled spires and pointy hats.

[@janmaska1231]

@@KingNefiiria But then Laura solves it with a cupcake.

[@pantrat3153]

The fact Scanlan's devastating drug addiction arc and one of the most pivotal moments for him as a character all started with him essentially snorting saffron in a casino because he didn't know what Jarrett meant by "spice"

[@UnknowingMan1]

*On the car ride home* Laura: “....sorry about the deck of-“ Travis: “Not. A. Word.”

[@Jettttt3256]

Lol

[@okierebel3278]

Travis aint mad. He is messing with Laura. I have done it with my wife a lot. Its fun and the "make-up" is great.

[@donaldalessio7580]

Lol

[@sid6484]

lol if they fought for real every time characters they played did they wouldn’t have made it past fma

[@Rowlurorowf]

Reminds me of the broom incident on the convention stage

[@remyQuillmeister]

Props to Mercer for still being able to trick his players who are obsessed with checking for traps. That's impressive.

[@IrisCorven]

"How many legs did the chair have?" "... Four. Like a chair."

[@gebdemedici]

@@IrisCorven *looks into the camera without a will to live*

[@steelwookie]

Though, despite all their experience, they have a knack for over complicating any situation.

[@danburleton]

Feel like you can see the stress Matt gives then sometimes

[@Grrrritch]

I think its getting ridiculous actually. Every character in this world is basically Kevin Mcallister. How any of these baddies still hasnt lost a single digit is beyond me. Except for Victor of course but not really a baddie.... that we know of:p

[@oshawotti]

Matt: "You take 76 points of fire damage." Matt five seconds later: "Grog, I said 78 right?" Travis: "You said 72."

[@Girlwithpuffyhair]

I mean 8 - 6 is 2 so technically it adds upp or I guess subtracts down 😂

[@EnmaYoan]

And we all know grogs counting capacity 😅

[@johnflournoy1642]

Motivated reasoning in action

[@googly311]

Key- "How many fingers am I holding up?" Grog- "Square" Percy- "Well he's fine."

[@sweebos]

😆

[@joshhaworth2155]

It takes skill to play an idiot well, and Travis does that brilliantly.

[@corbanmartinez8552]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that Travis Willingham, voice of Thor, actually gets his hammer

[@JtotheMeezy]

Voice of Thor in what? Man the more I watch the more I realise how much I already somewhat know and love these people.

[@isaacorwhatever4329]

@@JtotheMeezy basically anything that isn't chris hemsworth from this century.

[@daisykid3]

I love that fact so much!!

[@ProperlyGaming]

@@JtotheMeezy yep all these voice actors you have most certainly heard if you like to watch animated super hero shows, english dubbed anime shows, and play games.

[@ethanbowman4748]

@@ProperlyGamingserana from Skyrim Dan guard dlc.

[@Korvus23]

What I love about Grog's collection of random stuff in the bag of holding is, in D&D giants typically have a bag of random junk that they collect. Its just a thing that giants (or Goliaths that are related to giants) do.

[@MisterTingles]

if you're lucky enough to survive a fight with a giant, you might find a big jar with a pickled dwarf inside... the sweetest prize of all...

[@MrGelflin]

Pickled Larkin?!?!

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

@@MrGelflin So that's where he was...

[@Grimmjowking]

@@MisterTingles fun fact. The feast of Dwarfs is something only the Hill classification of giants do. The other members of the Ordinong do not eat humanoids

[@SpiseyMcHaggis]

He needs a Cape of the Mountebank😅

[@whaitiritua-warbrick1398]

Vox Machina, slayers of The Cinder King, travellers across the far plains, saviors of the kingdom and continent of Tal'dore, are once again halted by a door of some form FOR 20 MINUTES. GODDAMMIT. :D

[@blackvial]

The final boss will be a door of some kind

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

I get the feeling that Percy will develop revolving doors just to keep the threat at bay.

[@SirFryStirFry]

Matt will makes a long hall full of doors as the lead up to the final boss

[@misteranderson8280]

Matt should have just let Keyleth make it through with Stoneshape, the whole nonsense would have been avoided =/

[@blackvial]

too bad none seems to know the silence spell, it would have made getting past the door faster

[@SWatson410]

What a terrifying existence poor Trinket lives now. Doomed forever to wake up to near instantaneous deaths and healing in chaotic sequences of unknown settings and situations.

[@kattriella1331]

Especially since it was pretty much confirmed that time doesn't really pass in the necklace, and whatever is inside has no real idea of what's happening outside. Trinket has basically spent the last several weeks/months in a nonstop sequence of chaos and pain with only a few moments of peace and food I'm between, and for him it's all happened in a matter of a few hours/days at most.

[@grumdiddlydoo3559]

Being isolated in a restricted space, on edge to be pulled out for combat, in which you may very well pass out soon into battle. Laura took the Pokeball concept seriously.

[@WoeUponThee]

Trinket said they can see everything that happens outside of the necklace, plus Vex could easily be letting him out every once in a while while not saying it everything, like how characters don't *have* to mention when they're eating since it's kind of assumed.

[@Beccinams]

Laura and Matt have both said that unless stated otherwise Trinket is out of the necklace. So apart from the period when Trinket is unconscious until healed and when Laura actively says Trinket is in the necklace, he is out.

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

In the future, a Crimson Weasel with PTSD just goes, "... Amateur."

[@joemcgurk7226]

It was really meta for Matt to make Taliesin's house into a dungeon in the game.

[@superego160]

this is wonderful and i cant ruin the 666 likes with it

[@CookieTheLonely]

There once was a barbarian named grog Who had the IQ of a log But that didn’t matter Enemies around him went splatter And with the gore he could fill up a bog

[@elisam.2896]

Excellent limerick! Thank you for filling in for Sam there.

[@omegagilgamesh]

[@nattraseri4934]

There once was a Barbarian named Grog Who had an IQ of a log He got once a sword Who spoke more than a word And he just wanted a salt-lick rock

[@disciple0flight328]

There once was a barbarian named Grog Who had the IQ of a log He talked with a sword That caused lots of gore and now he's dumber because of it

[@TheWordN3rd]

"You saved the party, but your marriage is in jeopardy" 🤣🤣🤣 I love this show so much

[@TheWordN3rd]

And Travis is such a team player for just jumping into what Grog's reaction would be.

[@WolfHeathen]

2023 timestamps: Recap starts: 7:18 Game Begins: 9:41 Choosing Pike's Spell: 10:03 Technicalities/The Mighty Grog: 13:41 The Mighty Grog 2/ Travis gets excited: 16:32 Less Mighty Grog: 18:50 +1 Tylenol (requires attunement): 21:09 Siri; Assisting D&D Games Since 2000-something: 27:58 Allura and Kima: 34:00 Happy Sun Tree!/PercyxSunTree: 38:38 Scanlan Has A Cold: 40:13 To The Mysterious Island: 41:48 Nat 20 #1 & 2: 44:30 Nat 20 #3: 47:59 Heading Out: 52:00 Hollow Earth: 53:17 At The Mountain: 57:37 Nat 20 #4: 58:00 Grog Dab: 1:01:01 Grog Tries to Barter: 1:06:19 A Trade Is Made: 1:09:17 Keyleth Is #1: 1:12:43 Nat 20 #5: 1:13:22 Marisha Tries To Monk It: 1:16:26 Entering the Mountain: 1:23:46 Matt's New Rule Is Scary: 1:32:44 Seeing Eye Half-elf/Goliath: 1:35:19 Necromance'd: 1:40:32 Spooky Skull: 1:44:38 The Pillar: 1:52:10 Cuddly Kerrek/Taliesin: 1:57:36 Kerrek Sees Vax's Wings: 1:58:31 Love In A Tomb (Vaxleth): 2:00:50 The Tome: 2:02:19 Mistakes Were Made: 2:08:30 Kerrek Cares: 2:12:38 The Door Opens: 2:14:03 Break Starts: 2:16:58 Break Ends: 2:32:06 Roll Initiative: 2:32:20 Nat 20 #6 &7: 2:33:09 TURN 1: 2:34:47 Skeletor! Myeh!: 2:37:30 Count Von Fireball: 2:40:41 Nat 20 #8: 2:42:28 I'll get you He-Man! #1: 2:48:50 Identity Confusion/Tard Bears: 2:52:40 Nat 20 #9: 2:54:09 Deus Ex Mattina: 2:57:15 Combat Ends: 2:59:42 Nat 20 #10: 3:02:04 "Scanlan's" Song of Rest: 3:05:49 (Based on Stand By Me by Ben E. King, via Bunk :D) In-proxy-cation/Suudecerer: 3:06:30 Taliesin Quote: 3:11:21 Percy Can Ride The Carpet: 3:14:08 "Scanlan" Sings Dispel Magic feat. Taliesin: 3:21:08 (Based on Roxanne by The Police) Vax Is A Monstaaah!/KerrekxVax: 3:23:50 Vax Is #1: 3:26:06 Grog Attempts Pragmatism: 3:27:37 Pragmatism Falls To Impulse: 3:29:04 Grog Outsmarts Percy (Briefly): 3:31:54 "Scanlan" Inspiration feat. Marisha: 3:32:42 (Based on Mickey by Toni Basil) Falling In Reverse: 3:33:53 The Raining Dead: 3:36:11 Vex Is #1: 3:39:17 Vax Is Grumpy (And Nobody Is Surprised) 3:40:05 Throwin' A Rope/Don't Rub It In: 3:44:45 Bungee Jumping, Now With 100% More Zombies!: 3:46:50 That's What Clerics Do: 3:49:01 Kerrek Is A Bad Influence: 3:52:32 The Sound Of One Hand Clapping: 4:01:37 Smitten 4:04:42 Not A Tuesday: 4:05:39 Nat 20 #11: 4:10:33 SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT: 4:12:28 Vex Is #1: 4:14:56 Fountain Of Evil: 4:15:46 Nat 20 #12: 4:18:56 The Lair: 4:22:27 Grog Accepts Trade Only: 4:23:11 The Chamber: 4:35:33 Game Ends: 4:37:08

[@Saltman95]

Bump! Thanks, pal!

[@siqueira4470]

up

[@espo_lou]

to the TOP!

[@mobiasjoe2807]

Bump🎉

[@charlesboots6508]

Bumping timestamps.

[@youreatowel1103]

Grog's little genius plan to trade with Vex is PERFECTION. In Grog's mind, its a fair trade though we all know the different in power level. Then the roll happens... Travis is so obviously mad that he says his roll in his own voice, but then because he's SUCH A PROFESSIONAL and a good sport he flips back into Grog to thank Vex for his cards. The dude is a champion of role play.

[@jasondavidson1707]

not gonna lie, my anxiety ramped up during that. Grog? With the Deck of Many Things??? 🤣

[@mynkir-sol2150]

@@jasondavidson1707 in my D&D Multiverse, there's at least one universe wherein Grog is Sorcerer Supreme... You're welcome!

[@ALJ9000]

@@mynkir-sol2150 One can only imagine how he bargained with Dormomu in that universe

[@Skip6235]

I love the idea of Pike learning Power Word Kill. Just this tiny, pious, gentle, kind, gnome just points at a person and they fall over dead

[@christopherfleetwood5252]

Like the killing curse, painless instakill. 😊

[@Digimastertwo]

​@@christopherfleetwood5252 I like to think that Power Word Kill and Finger Of Death both condense a thousand lifetimes of pain and anguish into the moment of death. That just seems on brand for that kind of spell.

[@christopherfleetwood5252]

@@Digimastertwo I could buy that for Fingering Death. 😁

[@mitchellbrian2585]

Matt: Your wings are done. Liam: I'm gonna fly across the bridge. Matt: A few feet out your wings recede. Liam: Look of surprise.

[@Ginric99]

Vax didn’t know his wings where done to the minute, perfect role playing by a player. If he had said I land that would have been metagaming

[@boibblunt3152]

Dod Matt not, a few episodes back, balance the vestiges and give the wings a 12-hour time span? I'm confused. Matt announced it at the beginning of an episode prior to the batter with Thordak, but I can't remember specifically which one.

[@ionfalcom1]

@@boibblunt3152 once a day,one hour

[@boibblunt3152]

Denalo Vehgan alright check out The Siege of Emon (Episode 78)- 1:59 for context and 2:42 to hear the wing time increase

[@zwaardian6946]

@@boibblunt3152 I hope you are joking with your comment on the wing time increase it was obvious sarcasm from liam

[@user-ve3bs2ye7w]

Man, Larkin would be so helpful here. Hope he’s alright

[@Epocseer]

Right? He's such a bro too. Bless you Larkin, where ever you are...

[@kyrogamingvt9716]

Yeah... wonder where he ran off to....

[@clevelandreed7013]

@Kyro Gaming He's probably just busy doing some other work. You know he's very successful. I mean a sword for hire that can summon dragons. That's great.

[@elbruces]

Wait, wasn't Larkin really one of Raishan's alter egos?

[@Epocseer]

@@elbruces yes my baby boy that's why what we're saying is ironic and funny ;) ♥️

[@wuvs2spooge]

*Matt to himself* "I'm gonna shoot 4 fireballs at them that will be great." *800 math equations later* "What have I done"

[@sato9293]

I think Trinket should have died from that damage but I am not sure.

[@sethescope]

it's how a DM can play themself lol

[@cieranosullivan3636]

@@sato9293 I think the Fireballs would have had to have done something like 120 damage to insta kill Trinket. I also think the necklace let's him go into it and stabilize no matter what.

[@ignisshadowflame1027]

@@cieranosullivan3636 That damage is possible to have been done with an average roll of 4.

[@deworde]

@@cieranosullivan3636 Yeah, the necklace exists *specifically* to allow Trinket to be used at this level.

[@EnDSchultz1]

Nobody seemed to pick up on the fact Matt mentioned, when describing the party's research about the island, that there had reportedly been a thriving civilization of natives living on the island when Opash was banished there, that subsequently vanished. Well... now we know what became of them.

[@dtczyk8976]

Yikes that’s pretty dark

[@georgeweasley54]

holy shit ..........................

[@MrBrachiatingApe]

I mean, Necromancer and people disappear? Was it ever in doubt...?

[@annafantasia]

*wince* Happy Indigenous People's Day.... oh dear.

[@ZodiacBandit]

@@annafantasia what was it is it campaign 2 I’m caught up with that what am I missing here

[@Ristro44]

Grog was so excited :( 'How many fingers am I holding up?' 'Square.'

[@joshhaworth2155]

Travis is so good at making Grog as dumb as possible.

[@grown_teen]

every single one of Travis’s emotions is palpable in this episode

[@Kasino80]

When Travis is having a bad night you know it's a slog to get through. He's usually the most engaged with the rp of others, but this time he just had enough of the bs meta gaming. Starting with Laura stealing his DoMT.

[@walfman100]

@@Kasino80 ya, in thordaks lair she was already super against grog having the deck so much so that the cast joked that laura herself was transported into the game world to tell grog not to use it, even before percy told them what it was. The "best" part is that everyone was taking a short rest in the cave while grog ran back into the lair to loot, so none of them should really even be aware that grog found the deck. Then the whole bs with her substituting the deck for a bag of rocks on the fly with no planning is terrible, the fact that the dm straight up told travis ya grog you cant notice the difference between a bag of rocks and a card deck is super infuriating. Yes Grog has and intelligence of 6, but 1)it is such an easy thing to see through there really shouldn't even have been a check for a normal person 2) if matt felt like grog was dumb enough to potentially fall for it the dc should have been 5(very easy) not a contested role between Vex and grog because no amount of slide of hand is going to convince someone that a bag of rocks is a deck of cards 3)for vex to get away with it she really should have had to at the very least have found something vaguely rectangular to put in the bag, if not an actual forgery check beforehand for an insight/perception check to even make sense. Everyone else is like but percy told them that it was dangerous, but none of them should have even been aware of the fact that grog found the deck because they were all taking a short rest away from the lair except for grog.

[@fuzzypyrocatlastname8119]

@@Kasino80 for real. She didn’t know what it was and just snatched it away after it did something good (at the time). She even said in Talks that Travis was not happy about it

[@alleycat2297]

Egregious amounts of metagamining going unpunished is the one consistent Critical Role trend that never gets old.

[@brandonbuchner1771]

@@alleycat2297 For the most part it's unique to Vox Machina. That improves greatly in campaigns 2 and 3.

[@Alcadeias90]

I love the wonderous expression on Laura every time Matt goes into some cool details. It's so wholesome, like a kid being told an awesome bed time story XD

[@SolomonCaineReaper]

It's the same look I get.

[@mineola_]

It's amazing! Travis gets that way too, or when there is like an intense role play part, his eyes grow big and he gets this huge smile.

[@ParameterGrenze]

And than she interrupts him rudely and blurbs out something stuipid.

[@callanfrancais7954]

Yeah, then forgets all of it at the following session.

[@OrphanHart]

I love that Sam gave specific instructions on how to play Scanlan. Even while he's away Sam is still the best at playing and makes sure he isn't making decisions that are out of character by the others. He's become the reason I look forward to each episode.

[@mattmark94]

agreed, Sam has the best RP of the whole cast

[@leonflanagan4050]

mattmark94 travis is great tho, not so much grog, hard to play idiots, but when Liam did his one shot he was surprisingly excellent.

[@StarlightDragon]

I agree. Actually, they are all pretty good at their characters. I never realized how in-character they were, until I started watching Talks Machina and realized how different they are from their characters.

[@mattmark94]

Leon Flanagan travis is second best to me, and he proved to be good in leadership roles, too bad that grog is an idiot XD

[@ozzyozzy3592]

For me it is the combo or comedy of Grog and Scanlan. The witty one and the protector.

[@dyeremin]

I never thought about it, but this episode made me realize just how much I like Sam and Scanlan and seriously miss him when he's not there.

[@true_plays_games]

He is the saucy glue and they all treat him like shit. Vex Percy Vaxtard make me want to retch half the episodes with their awful behavior.

[@happydonkey5333]

yeah Grog and Scanlan get completely ignored

[@davidmorris6707]

The last time he was not there- it got dark for the party....

[@thomhitzelberger7876]

yep i noticed he was not there and almost skipped to the next episode

[@kawikacortes347]

sam and travis always make a better episode. they can all have their moments but when one of those two are missing i find myself always skipping through the episode. even in 2nd campaign.

[@theathaspades3957]

When you realize the posted date has gone from 4 years ago to 3 years ago you know you're making progress. I may catch up after all.

[@TheJerbol]

you'll get there friend

[@ZodiacBandit]

It says four again so close to finishing campaign 1 I’m caught up with campaign 2

[@Jess-pr1xf]

LOL, 4 for me to. 😼But I hope I never catch up, cuz then I'll have to wait😞

[@katybechnikova2821]

From 5 to 4. This comment was sponsored by the #CatchUpCrew

[@henrycarson3023]

and then you see "campaign 2 wrap up" on your youtube page

[@dylandenney3980]

I know everybody has said this already but Travis and Sam are definitely role model rpg players. Nearly no metagaming and no serious arguing with Matt. They know that if something is ruled incorrectly it's more likely to be corrected by handling it respectfully. Any game master's job is about 20 times harder than any player's job and even the most keen GM is going to make mistakes

[@mr.mayhem4054]

They're far and away the best of the group, IMO. Which is perhaps a bit ironic considering they're both playing what are often described or regarded as the comic relief characters, and yet, they're the most consistent, least metagamed characters who seem to have much more thought behind them that actually leads to real development. They let their characters guide their decision making as players, rather than just using their characters as proxies for what they--the player--wants to do, which is often the impression I get from some of the others. They don't tend to derail or railroad anyone too obnoxiously. Their comedic timing is often on point, and rarely feels unwarranted or out of place. Their moments of drama don't feel inorganic, forced, or overly melodramatic. I never really find myself cringing at anything they're doing. And they, perhaps more than any other characters, really tend to flesh out the heart of the group. Virtually all of the most outstanding, entertaining, and iconic moments involve and depend on one or both of them. Without them, I wouldn't still be watching, TBH.

[@stormrider7235]

I would say, in terms of respecting the law of the GM, Liam and Taliesin are up there too. Liam is far more familiar with the rules of DnD than any of the other players and he uses the knowledge at his disposable to create intricate interactions. He always explains his reasoning to Matt and only goes back and forth until he understands the reasonings that Matt chooses instead. He doesn't necessarily argue just to gain favor. He goes by the rules and backs off when he realizes he's wrong or when he deems it's not worth it to drag it out in the middle of a game. Taliesin, in my opinion, can normally be placated with a simple explanation and is more along for the ride.

[@stormrider7235]

This is JUST in terms of going along with DM rulings. Metagaming and other aspects, Sam and Travis are superior, absolutely. Then again, all players have different types of playstyles and it's obvious which aspects of the game each players enjoys partaking in the most. They all have their own strengths and weaknesses to contribute to the gameplay

[@Lx79isJIzK-WJc04q8qbo]

@@stormrider7235 If you think Taliesin has shown himself in this campaign to be one of the best at the table in terms of respecting rules and Matt's decisions then you must be watching an entirely different program than I am...

[@simokerpitzis1651]

This time Travis would have liked to rage instead of Grog

[@jordanwolfe607]

I know Liam's attached to his boots, but goddamn I wanna see a hasted Grog. 100ft movement and 4 attacks a turn? He'd be even more of a monster.

[@The2ndnothing]

Yeah (if he could ever actually get a hit in against a boss monster).

[@snake698]

@@tuskam Haste is not that useful on a caster because the extra action can only be used to attack, dash, or disengage, something like that. The extra action gets mostly wasted except for a wild shaped keyleth, maybe, but she won't take as much advantage from the extra AC

[@snake698]

@@tuskam The limitation is just Haste's. The extra action Haste gives can't be used to cast a spell, the spell rule only applies when you cast with your action and your bonus action. You can still cast a high level spell and a high level reaction spell on your turn. If Haste didn't specify, you could just double fireball

[@pineconeduck9148]

Be much better seeing a D12 extra attack instead of a D4, especially as the D4 isn't getting sneak damage.

[@auxilirem9416]

I believe grog would get 5 attacks, and thinking about if he crits with any on top of brutal critical AND if he gets a kill he gets an extra 1 or two attacks. He could swing down an entire squad of orcs by himself if he rolled first on initiative before anyone could move lol

[@michaelcross7665]

I love love love how Matt designed a trap that utilized the party's intense paranoia against them xD

[@ScorchHellfire]

I love that, in Sam's absence, other people are coming up with with situational parody songs for the different things he's doing. It's like he's still there. xD

[@stargazer1946]

I think they did as good a job as possible at imitating the absolute perfection that is Sam lol

[@matthewjameson2440]

"How do you want to do this?" underwear, for a completely different type of roleplay.

[@whaitiritua-warbrick1398]

Matthew Jameson Seems kinky ;)

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

that's _fore_.... _fore_ play.

[@Taneth]

Jox Machina.

[@browncoatkevin]

That's more like "How do you want to screw this?".

[@bucket8906]

oOoOOOh...

[@jordanw2009]

I really respect Travis for playing his character how he does. He gets shafted this episode at -2 and still he plays great

[@VeteranVandal]

Man, I know I'd be pissed.

[@brilliantcut2488]

I know he's cranky about the trade, but I'm pretty sure he expected for her not to give him the deck in the first place. He's probably annoyed at how shit his roll was

[@matthieupaty5032]

Well it’s only in saving throws so it doesn’t penalize him too much

[@Yoder023]

And shafted from Laura, consistently

[@cman759]

I still don't get the minus two matt specifically said he drew the key in the deck

[@draleks9112]

Recap starts: 7:18 Game Begins: 9:41 Choosing Pike's Spell: 10:03 Technicalities/The Mighty Grog: 13:41 The Mighty Grog 2/ Travis gets excited: 16:32 Less Mighty Grog: 18:50 +1 Tylenol (requires attunement): 21:09 Siri; Assisting D&D Games Since 2000-something: 27:58 Allura and Kima: 34:00 Happy Sun Tree!/PercyxSunTree: 38:38 Scanlan Has A Cold: 40:13 To The Mysterious Island: 41:48 Nat 20 #1 & 2: 44:30 Nat 20 #3: 47:59 Heading Out: 52:00 Hollow Earth: 53:17 At The Mountain: 57:37 Nat 20 #4: 58:00 Grog Dab: 1:01:01 Grog Tries to Barter: 1:06:19 A Trade Is Made: 1:09:17 Keyleth Is #1: 1:12:43 Nat 20 #5: 1:13:22 Marisha Tries To Monk It: 1:16:26 Entering the Mountain: 1:23:46 Matt's New Rule Is Scary: 1:32:44 Seeing Eye Half-elf/Goliath: 1:35:19 Necromance'd: 1:40:32 Spooky Skull: 1:44:38 The Pillar: 1:52:10 Cuddly Kerrek/Taliesin: 1:57:36 Kerrek Sees Vax's Wings: 1:58:31 Love In A Tomb (Vaxleth): 2:00:50 The Tome: 2:02:19 Mistakes Were Made: 2:08:30 Kerrek Cares: 2:12:38 The Door Opens: 2:14:03 Break Starts: 2:16:58 Break Ends: 2:32:06 Roll Initiative: 2:32:20 Nat 20 #6 &7: 2:33:09 TURN 1: 2:34:47 Skeletor! Myeh!: 2:37:30 Count Von Fireball: 2:40:41 Nat 20 #8: 2:42:28 I'll get you He-Man! #1: 2:48:50 Identity Confusion/Tard Bears: 2:52:40 Nat 20 #9: 2:54:09 Deus Ex Mattina: 2:57:15 Combat Ends: 2:59:42 Nat 20 #10: 3:02:04 "Scanlan's" Song of Rest: 3:05:49 (Based on Stand By Me by Ben E. King, via Bunk :D) In-proxy-cation/Suudecerer: 3:06:30 Taliesin Quote: 3:11:21 Percy Can Ride The Carpet: 3:14:08 "Scanlan" Sings Dispel Magic feat. Taliesin: 3:21:08 (Based on Roxanne by The Police) Vax Is A Monstaaah!/KerrekxVax: 3:23:50 Vax Is #1: 3:26:06 Grog Attempts Pragmatism: 3:27:37 Pragmatism Falls To Impulse: 3:29:04 Grog Outsmarts Percy (Briefly): 3:31:54 "Scanlan" Inspiration feat. Marisha: 3:32:42 (Based on Mickey by Toni Basil) Falling In Reverse: 3:33:53 The Raining Dead: 3:36:11 Vex Is #1: 3:39:17 Vax Is Grumpy (And Nobody Is Surprised) 3:40:05 Throwin' A Rope/Don't Rub It In: 3:44:45 Bungee Jumping, Now With 100% More Zombies!: 3:46:50 That's What Clerics Do: 3:49:01 Kerrek Is A Bad Influence: 3:52:32 The Sound Of One Hand Clapping: 4:01:37 Smitten 4:04:42 Not A Tuesday: 4:05:39 Nat 20 #11: 4:10:33 SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT: 4:12:28 Vex Is #1: 4:14:56 Fountain Of Evil: 4:15:46 Nat 20 #12: 4:18:56 The Lair: 4:22:27 Grog Accepts Trade Only: 4:23:11 The Chamber: 4:35:33 Game Ends: 4:37:08

[@QueenLaurizia]

Thank you!

[@QueenLaurizia]

Also boost

[@QueenLaurizia]

52:27 Matt is the opposite of stupid, one of the many reasons why we love him

[@ryurineko]

Bumped

[@joshuawilson3388]

A perfect opportunity for "It's raining dead! Hallelujah, it's raining dead! " ala Gloria Gaynor, has been missed.

[@sfrink1425]

I love how Laura searches through a bag of what must be hundreds of dice to find a single coin to flip to determine which passage to take-instead of just rolling one of the dice and choosing 50/50.

[@jonatassilva2605]

Right? The sheer crazyness of the act is hilarious

[@gabrielcastaneda2343]

Matt was probably so happy when they fell for his explosive braiser, also Travis' smile as they all take damage because of his idea. "Karma for the deck" - Travis

[@clutterbot7279]

it was so theraputic seeing Travis smile as Pike and Vex were crossing the bridge on the broom when the skeleton made contact lmao

[@parkerdalrymple4398]

Travis looked so pissed during this episode XD

[@true_plays_games]

@@parkerdalrymple4398 I mean he’s playing without the only fun players and everyone but the guest plays their characters like petulant children.

[@adamshinabarger]

Entitled, forgetful, petulant, greedy... [prays that Sam doesn't miss anymore games...] Matt should run a game with only Travis, Ashley, and Sam with a rotating guest cast.

[@jerk1921]

Don't worry Travis, we all feel your pain.

[@TheExtremeCT]

It's really sad that this drug subplot is Scanlan's cry for help, but his typical lax demeanor is keeping his friends from taking it seriously. It's honestly very bold storytelling in a medium that seldom explores it. Sam is the type of player I strive to be.

[@callanfrancais7954]

Agreed, I wish all the players at the table strived to be the player he is. Then, they might notice a cry for help when they see it. Such a missed opportunity by all of them.

[@Foreverskull0]

​@callanfrancais7954 they quite literally cant see its a cry for help everytime they try to insight check him he rolls like 30+ for deception so they sadly have nothing to go on.

[@callanfrancais7954]

@Foreverskull0 I don't recall a lot of checks about this leading up to the blow up, but I appreciate that yes. However, if that were the case, I think it would be lazy of the cast members to blame game mechanics and their characters for not noticing what seemed like a very obvious diversion from character Scanlan was having. I think Sam was trying to teach them all something during that arc, to be more character driven, something really only he and Laura were doing. All the others were exactly the same person as they were in episode 1.

[@jojo22777]

@@callanfrancais7954 all of the players OOC knew exactly what Sam was trying to achieve with Scanlon’s arc, and NOT acting on that information IC is what Sam wanted them to do in order to tell that story. It’s in one of the Talks Machina episodes. It sadly happens in real life all the time - just look at Robin Williams. Brilliantly talented, funny, charismatic, yet deeply troubled and ultimately lost a lifelong battle with mental health.

[@missmoonlight7366]

It's so great how Travis appreciate everyone's singing and song ideas and making sure they don't have to feel ashamed because they seem ridiculous to themselves

[@uli11]

Travis is a sleeper star here. He is like the biggest sweetheart and this episode endeared me to him even more than I already did.

[@kenb9828]

2:43:58 "You take 76 points of damage" "Did I say 78?" -Matt "You said 72" -Travis

[@darknexlore]

Not sure if that was really slick or neither of them were really paying attention.

[@ABeardedSage]

Matt forgot after 2 seconds and I think Travis blacked out when he heard 70, lol.

[@danielconner1210]

ended up being 88 then kerr says you needed to add plus 3 to save, then 56 damage.... LOL

[@Jabokk2000]

So from 2:43:58 Grog gets 76 total damage. So the equation would be x/2+x/2+x+x=76 or 3x=76 == x=25.333# damage per fireball which doesn't sound right. Matt mentions shortly after that it was 78 instead which would be 26 per fireball which makes since but "Grog" says its 72 which would be 24 per fireball. However Percy takes 56 total @ 2:45:20 with all saves making it 2x=56 == x=28 per fireball meaning Grog actually took 84 total but Matt (DM) makes it 88 which would be 29.333# per fireball which also makes no sense. Feel like in this scenario a GM should just mention that a single fireball is xDamage and then have players calculate from there. But I've never played DnD so idon't know if just exclaiming how much damage a single attack does is against the "rules"/RP. Also at 2:52:37 Grog is corrected to have made all saving throws at 56 total damage making it 28 damage per fireball or if it had been a total failure on all throws 112 damage total. TL;DR Skulls actually cause 28 damage per fireball. Only replying cause this is the second top comment at this time

[@KyleMorganyoloswag]

@@Jabokk2000 each fireball would do different amounts of damage

[@MrZeuz34]

Chapter 82: the team attempts to get to raishan for 4 hours

[@ManfromMN]

Yeah, but more likely it was the team wasting time to end the episode so that Scanlan and Pike could be there for the fight maybe next time.

[@timarensdorf3630]

​@William Doerfler then they could have just said to the critters at that point, we are missing too many players tonight. So were gonna do a one shot this week until the rest of the party can join us the following week.

[@G.F.SF55]

@@timarensdorf3630 i see your point, but making a one shot on the spot ain't easy man

[@Claudia-ll1vq]

Well, it is *Dungeons* and Dragons

[@itmetetri611]

​@@timarensdorf3630 these sessions are fun as, I dont know why you would want to skip them. The journey is as important as the destination in d&d

[@EmpireFanatic]

2023 crew bringing it up top (Thanks Crown_of_kings) Recap starts: 7:18 Game Begins: 9:41 Choosing Pike's Spell: 10:03 Technicalities/The Mighty Grog: 13:41 The Mighty Grog 2/ Travis gets excited: 16:32 Less Mighty Grog: 18:50 +1 Tylenol (requires attunement): 21:09 Siri; Assisting D&D Games Since 2000-something: 27:58 Allura and Kima: 34:00 Happy Sun Tree!/PercyxSunTree: 38:38 Scanlan Has A Cold: 40:13 To The Mysterious Island: 41:48 Nat 20 #1 & 2: 44:30 Nat 20 #3: 47:59 Heading Out: 52:00 Hollow Earth: 53:17 At The Mountain: 57:37 Nat 20 #4: 58:00 Grog Dab: 1:01:01 Grog Tries to Barter: 1:06:19 A Trade Is Made: 1:09:17 Keyleth Is #1: 1:12:43 Nat 20 #5: 1:13:22 Marisha Tries To Monk It: 1:16:26 Entering the Mountain: 1:23:46 Matt's New Rule Is Scary: 1:32:44 Seeing Eye Half-elf/Goliath: 1:35:19 Necromance'd: 1:40:32 Spooky Skull: 1:44:38 The Pillar: 1:52:10 Cuddly Kerrek/Taliesin: 1:57:36 Kerrek Sees Vax's Wings: 1:58:31 Love In A Tomb (Vaxleth): 2:00:50 The Tome: 2:02:19 Mistakes Were Made: 2:08:30 Kerrek Cares: 2:12:38 The Door Opens: 2:14:03 Break Starts: 2:16:58 Break Ends: 2:32:06 Roll Initiative: 2:32:20 Nat 20 #6 &7: 2:33:09 TURN 1: 2:34:47 Skeletor! Myeh!: 2:37:30 Count Von Fireball: 2:40:41 Nat 20 #8: 2:42:28 I'll get you He-Man! #1: 2:48:50 Identity Confusion/Tard Bears: 2:52:40 Nat 20 #9: 2:54:09 Deus Ex Mattina: 2:57:15 Combat Ends: 2:59:42 Nat 20 #10: 3:02:04 "Scanlan's" Song of Rest: 3:05:49 (Based on Stand By Me by Ben E. King, via Bunk :D) In-proxy-cation/Suudecerer: 3:06:30 Taliesin Quote: 3:11:21 Percy Can Ride The Carpet: 3:14:08 "Scanlan" Sings Dispel Magic feat. Taliesin: 3:21:08 (Based on Roxanne by The Police) Vax Is A Monstaaah!/KerrekxVax: 3:23:50 Vax Is #1: 3:26:06 Grog Attempts Pragmatism: 3:27:37 Pragmatism Falls To Impulse: 3:29:04 Grog Outsmarts Percy (Briefly): 3:31:54 "Scanlan" Inspiration feat. Marisha: 3:32:42 (Based on Mickey by Toni Basil) Falling In Reverse: 3:33:53 The Raining Dead: 3:36:11 Vex Is #1: 3:39:17 Vax Is Grumpy (And Nobody Is Surprised) 3:40:05 Throwin' A Rope/Don't Rub It In: 3:44:45 Bungee Jumping, Now With 100% More Zombies!: 3:46:50 That's What Clerics Do: 3:49:01 Kerrek Is A Bad Influence: 3:52:32 The Sound Of One Hand Clapping: 4:01:37 Smitten 4:04:42 Not A Tuesday: 4:05:39 Nat 20 #11: 4:10:33 SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT: 4:12:28 Vex Is #1: 4:14:56 Fountain Of Evil: 4:15:46 Nat 20 #12: 4:18:56 The Lair: 4:22:27 Grog Accepts Trade Only: 4:23:11 The Chamber: 4:35:33 Game Ends: 4:37:08

[@Globbyismy_Hobby]

Thank you!!!

[@umberto3]

yay

[@kevinphung1181]

Bumpar

[@GlitteringKiwi]

Thank you!

[@daffodilsunrise]

Thank you! *vibes in new critter*

[@christopherarmstrong8255]

Minor spoilers.... I feel Scanlan would 100% have waited until Vex came to get him on the broom and then said "No thanks I've got this covered" and dimension doored himself across. Definitely would not have risked riding with Vex after she nearly died crossing the first time, particularly in his current state of mind.

[@zephrywright6946]

I was expecting Matt to pick up on that and I was dissapointed

[@VeteranVandal]

Kinda feel the same.

[@MatheusRangel_]

super late comment but, if something happened he could dimension door from the broom itself, he knows he will fight a dragon in a hour or so and want to stay alive which saving a 4th level spell could pretty much save him in the correct consequences. even if something happened and they got stuck with a skeleton hand(or head now) or pulled to the ceiling the thing has 500ft range

[@andrewpaul8732]

Sam would've dimention doomed his love across and then bigbies hand everyone else across. Or updated fly if he wanted to have some fun with it. Whole thing would've been done in 30 seconds.

[@zedbee2736]

I'll continue to update this as I watch further. :) Recap starts: 7:18 Game Begins: 9:41 Choosing Pike's Spell: 10:03 Technicalities/The Mighty Grog: 13:41 The Mighty Grog 2/ Travis gets excited: 16:32 Less Mighty Grog: 18:50 +1 Tylenol (requires attunement): 21:09 Siri; Assisting D&D Games Since 2000-something: 27:58 Allura and Kima: 34:00 Happy Sun Tree!/PercyxSunTree: 38:38 Scanlan Has A Cold: 40:13 To The Mysterious Island: 41:48 Nat 20 #1 & 2: 44:30 Nat 20 #3: 47:59 Heading Out: 52:00 Hollow Earth: 53:17 At The Mountain: 57:37 Nat 20 #4: 58:00 Grog Dab: 1:01:01 Grog Tries to Barter: 1:06:19 A Trade Is Made: 1:09:17 Keyleth Is #1: 1:12:43 Nat 20 #5: 1:13:22 Marisha Tries To Monk It: 1:16:26 Entering the Mountain: 1:23:46 Matt's New Rule Is Scary: 1:32:44 Seeing Eye Half-elf/Goliath: 1:35:19 Necromance'd: 1:40:32 Spooky Skull: 1:44:38 The Pillar: 1:52:10 Cuddly Kerrek/Taliesin: 1:57:36 Kerrek Sees Vax's Wings: 1:58:31 Love In A Tomb (Vaxleth): 2:00:50 The Tome: 2:02:19 Mistakes Were Made: 2:08:30 Kerrek Cares: 2:12:38 The Door Opens: 2:14:03 Break Starts: 2:16:58 Break Ends: 2:32:06 Roll Initiative: 2:32:20 Nat 20 #6 &7: 2:33:09 TURN 1: 2:34:47 Skeletor! Myeh!: 2:37:30 Count Von Fireball: 2:40:41 Nat 20 #8: 2:42:28 I'll get you He-Man! #1: 2:48:50 Identity Confusion/Tard Bears: 2:52:40 Nat 20 #9: 2:54:09 Deus Ex Mattina: 2:57:15 Combat Ends: 2:59:42 Nat 20 #10: 3:02:04 "Scanlan's" Song of Rest: 3:05:49 (Based on Stand By Me by Ben E. King, via Bunk :D) In-proxy-cation/Suudecerer: 3:06:30 Taliesin Quote: 3:11:21 Percy Can Ride The Carpet: 3:14:08 "Scanlan" Sings Dispel Magic feat. Taliesin: 3:21:08 (Based on Roxanne by The Police) Vax Is A Monstaaah!/KerrekxVax: 3:23:50 Vax Is #1: 3:26:06 Grog Attempts Pragmatism: 3:27:37 Pragmatism Falls To Impulse: 3:29:04 Grog Outsmarts Percy (Briefly): 3:31:54 "Scanlan" Inspiration feat. Marisha: 3:32:42 (Based on Mickey by Toni Basil) Falling In Reverse: 3:33:53 The Raining Dead: 3:36:11 Vex Is #1: 3:39:17 Vax Is Grumpy (And Nobody Is Surprised) 3:40:05 Throwin' A Rope/Don't Rub It In: 3:44:45 Bungee Jumping, Now With 100% More Zombies!: 3:46:50 That's What Clerics Do: 3:49:01 Kerrek Is A Bad Influence: 3:52:32 The Sound Of One Hand Clapping: 4:01:37 Smitten 4:04:42 Not A Tuesday: 4:05:39 Nat 20 #11: 4:10:33 SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT: 4:12:28 Vex Is #1: 4:14:56 Fountain Of Evil: 4:15:46 Nat 20 #12: 4:18:56 The Lair: 4:22:27 Grog Accepts Trade Only: 4:23:11 The Chamber: 4:35:33 Game Ends: 4:37:08

[@user-ov6jg4ug9d]

thank you very much i fell asleep during the live show

[@zedbee2736]

47 1776 No problem, I'm doin' it for all of you guys. :)

[@chantelbennett8444]

Zed Bee

[@MCBunkerwelt]

Thanks for the stamps. You're a hero! "Scanlan's" Song of Rest: 3:05:49 - is based on Stand By Me by Ben E. King :)

[@zedbee2736]

Bunk Thank you! It was really bothering me as to what song that was

[@andrelobato7763]

Matt didn’t give anyone Kima’s aura of protection...again *Cries in Paladin*

[@karlmiller1284]

in the last fight they didn't use her Holy Avenger area buff

[@nomadjensen8276]

I think he just conveniently forgets because he regrets giving her that powerful of a weapon lol

[@NovaStalker]

@@nomadjensen8276 Matt absolutely does not. Holy Avenger is a toy compared to the vestiges.

[@pineconeduck9148]

Or he is just managing that many different things that it slips his mind. He is a mortal man, after all.

[@chrism6315]

@@pineconeduck9148 I don't blame him, but he always fights suboptimal with his NPC's, Gilmour, as of the first raishan fight, didnt have counterspell, kept throwing high level spells for pitiful damage when they could have been buffing or things like that. He certainly has a MILLION things going on, and if he's doing it consciously I entierly believe its just because he doesn't want to take the spotlight off the players, but he fights much smarter as NPC antagonists than allies.

[@MarcellusGrey]

Travis looks so done with everyone. He's sitting there thinking 'Dear god, they are making this much more complicated than it needs to be.'

[@ryanbouton343]

He’s not alone. I’m totally zoned out toward the end of the episode here. I can’t possibly be missing anything interesting. I started on C2 and never skipped time or anything, but C1 has had a few tough moments. A few episodes ago I let an episode run for a couple hours on x2 since nothing seemed to happen. It was so boring I don’t even remember what was happening. I also couldn’t bring myself to watch the last 4 episodes with Orion, but that’s a different situation obviously.

[@nicolasandersson288]

@@ryanbouton343 the last couple of episodes with orion are really painful to watch holy shit

[@andrewpaul8732]

​@@nicolasandersson288 the last 4 episodes with Orion give me a half chub

[@nickanderson55]

@@nicolasandersson288 hi my names Nicholas Anderson glad to meet you alternate universe me

[@IRQ17]

@@nicolasandersson288 And I'm pretty sure Travis was having flashbacks to that in this one.

[@vassalloc83]

Watching Travis' face get more and more frustrated with all of the very stupid things his party is trying to do on this bridge is amazing. It's one thing to not meta game, but it's another to be able to keep your mouth shut when people turn a 30 second solution into a 15 minute problem.

[@albertchristian1]

His self-control is amazing. He very nearly snapped at Marisha twice.

[@DJ_Kie]

Yeah poor guy has to sit through like 80+ sessions of this shit..

[@Mrthomaspaulson]

Marsha frustrating me sometimes. Read your god damn spells.

[@andrewpaul8732]

​@@albertchristian1 someone needs to get on the broom. Marisha :I need to maintain concentration or two of my friends die so imma get on the broom. Matt:you're 30 feet from pike. Marisha: so if he's kicking me off.... Girl stop for God's sake

[@Invisibool]

​@andrewpaul8732 Or how like when Vex went over to go get Grog and Scanlan how ahe was making comments ("i give her a high five!" "Oh is this for Vex and Pike?") that shows she clearly isn't paying any attention to what others are saying like girl just stop talking ffs

[@MrZombieZealot]

I miss Scanlan, he clearly has a lot of character development going on right now, and Sam not being here for an episode to further that is killing me.

[@agathiandevaraj9757]

There were really good areas for his character's development in this episode as well. The Grog getting robbed scene (as Scanlan mostly hang out with Grog and has really good chance of seeing it without metagaming), The drug moment, and the getting across the bridge moment... I'm pretty sure Scanlan wouldn't trust Vex to carry him across after she nearly died and only a bit of metagaming saved them to an extent. He would have just portal-ed to the other side

[@EzraColdsGarage]

"It means if i die you win." - Percy. I so enjoy when Percy is taken aback by Grog.

[@georgeweasley54]

This seating arrangement is throwing me off so much lmao

[@xEvilRaptorx]

39:00 I can already see Keyleth going to the Sun Tree later and being like "so sun tree, you and percy are close?"

[@LootFragg]

"Yea, he's my bro, girl." "What do you two talk about?" "We don't talk, Key-key." "But... you said you're close?" "Yea, we're tight like that." "Wait so... how do you know him?" "Family, girl."

[@MojoBeast]

Laura Bailey's Pike voice is so good it's spooky. I wasn't watching the scene and genuinely thought it was Ashley.

[@demilung]

"The other end of the infinite rope" Just let that sink in.

[@arkmann]

The infinite rope has a beginning and an end, it's just infinite in the middle.

[@darkmatter3726]

There are no end points to an infinite value, though there are an infinite number of possibilities between two values. Just think - if the rope were 1 foot long - as you put as your example in an attempt to explain your reasoning, it wouldn't be called an infinite rope, as it is clearly finite, and would rather be called a foot-long rope or something similar. Infinite quantities do not have end-values.

[@TaraSeanan]

One end is a finite end, the other end is in a pocket/pouch, out from which it infinitely pulls. Matt kind of explained this in an earlier episode.

[@wahlflower3517]

I've always imagined it as like a bundle of rope that always seem to have an extra coil than you remember.

[@browncoatkevin]

I was expecting Bigby's Traveling Hand to grab Grog and have Scanlan holding on.

[@sid6484]

Kerrek: holds onto grog’s muscles “more than is maybe strictly necessary” says vax “strikes quite a figure” hugs tight to vax me: hell ya fucking superb you funky gay paladin

[@SynchronizorVideos]

Maybe that “Ker-bear” nickname is more accurate than we initially thought.

[@steelersfan33888]

Mini spoiler*** Grogs reaction to being tricked during the deck exchange was priceless. I felt so bad for Travis because you could see his heart sink immediately after his perception role.

[@MatheusRangel_]

im glad she did it because grog could screw everyone big time if that queens of spades was a king of spades(ruin), it would be so sad to see greyskull keep disappearing because of 1 card :(

[@chadb4838]

@@MatheusRangel_ It's part of the game, I think it wasn't bad to pull the cards from grog himself. But the manner in which it was done was a little snakey. Like for all they know he got a nice weapon and percy said it could be a little dangerous. But vex just yoinked them like she knew what each card already did and they all technically were taking a short rest and were outside of the hoard. and they magically know he picked up the cards and put 0 effort in the switch of the decks. just insulting grogs already low intelligence. He should know the difference in pouches and feel. It was a weird move. But i ain't mad, just didn't feel like the right way to do it. They should've waited and have had Gilmore examine and tell them what they were. Then having solid reason to take them away. And they could've told grog to not use them until they know what they are. With craven edge, i think his grog would listen to that

[@chadb4838]

@@MatheusRangel_ Or even allura could've properly identified the cards

[@jamilortiz1]

You can just feel the "you're sleeping on the couch tonight" look Grog (Travis) gives Vex (Laura) when she tricked him with the cards.

[@AncientSlugThrower]

Travis is almost never salty. This night he is the Pacific Ocean. He even took that shit from Percy and Scanlon like a champ. But being cheated by Vex, yeah that was a lot of metagame bleeding.

[@AHDBification]

He's always getting pissed off, he's just really good at controlling his emotions. If you watch his face closely you can see quick flashes of anger pretty frequently

[@pakinamac238]

I need to understand how Travis puts up with the Vex Vax IRL dynamic; $hit is gross.

[@veng3r663]

I still say she WOULD have been the more perfect one to portray Greed in FMA...

[@mordyth]

Jamil Ortiz yeah, she's not getting any action for a while

[@SamSphinx]

This episode had some of the most disturbing imagery in any episode ever. Since the Hanging Tree and Ripley's death.

[@TheFuryHasCome]

Can you please remind me what the disturbing imagery was around the events of Ripley’s death? After the gang was lured out into her trap and Percy died, I honestly tuned out on a lot of the finer details because those were incredibly intense situations.

[@creepyjesus1471]

Praise the Beef She was trapped in Scanlan's sphere spell, and then was basically torn and hacked to pieces by VM when Scanlan dropped the sphere

[@luxe.8419]

@@TheFuryHasCome IIRC Vex shot one arrow in her heart and one in her eye, Keyleth used a grasping vine to rip her torso from her legs, Vax sliced off her good arm. Can't remember the rest but it's delightfully gory.

[@phony1551]

Pretty much right but Vex's was one in the heart and another in her mouth as she screamed, a grog cut her torso open while a grasping vine from Keyleth choked her and pulled her body back, ripping the rest of the disemboweled upper body off

[@jayclinton2801]

The Deliverence, Hills have eyes, Tucker and Dale vs evil crowd, are considerably pleasant and wholesome compared to this lot, more often than not.

[@dravidpaiva686]

It's funny coming from C2 and seeing travis playing completely different characters. Its surprising how curious he is as Fjord in C2 and always acts on those curiosities, whether it be reckless or not. Here he feels like he's limited by either his lack of int or grog's boredom with anything other than fighting. Honestly grog vs fjord are so different, it really shows travis's ability as an actor.

[@tumbleweed1552]

Most importantly Travis is going “good god I’m never letting these guys problem solve without my help ever again.”

[@DaddyWarCrimes78]

And then came Campaign 3.

[@Ginric99]

I am waiting for Matt to give Grog a friendly talking sword and watch him throw it away lol.

[@ProperlyGaming]

Lmao he finds some super rare divine sword that let's you talk with one of the gods or goddesses that are considered kind and caring of humans and mortals and grog gets Nam flashbacks as soon as he hears it speak so he chucks it in a lake xD.

[@schizomaru]

Ok, I have to say... I miss Pike... but Pike impersonation is priceless

[@CptFUBAR]

you could say it's... pikeless ;)

[@schizomaru]

Classic Matt joke ;) Ps.: When a said Pike, I mean Ashley... =)

[@velkonemriam1935]

Oh dear Lol

[@xkcc5292]

schizo tosco yes, but it wouldn't be critical role if we weren't missing ashley

[@bucket8906]

ASH-O-LEE!!!

[@johndotcom9648]

Patrick Rothfuss needs his own show. He could just spread butter on toast & i'd still watch every episode.

[@fluxshaman8251]

Let's Watch "Grass Growing" with Patrick Rothfuss

[@pop-tartdepression393]

watching paint dry with patrick rothfuss

[@fluxshaman8251]

Patrick Rothfuss reads: The Entire Bee Movie Script

[@amandadube156]

+Christian Thorn Except every time he says "Bee," it's Patrick Rothfuss so yay.

[@fluxshaman8251]

Patrick Rothfuss and Matt Mercer read the Bee Movie Script and switch every time it says "Bee"

[@koookeeez]

This episode was so frustrating to get through! So much overthinking! But i absolutely love Matt's visuals and the picture he painted of this creepy lair. I really feel Travis's pain though. 🤣

[@andrewpaul8732]

When Matt goes "she dimention doors across to chasm and waits patiently" I spat out my tea

[@Nesseight]

That damn carpet should have been a mimic. Vex immediately jumps on it to see if it flies but it just it rolls her up like a joint and flies away from the party.

[@SuperLeDuper]

underrated comment

[@ParameterGrenze]

Never to be seen again.

[@gregfahlgren7501]

And then Scanlan tries to smoke it.

[@colourbloo]

Travis trying so hard to hold himself from metagaming

[@Ericb1980]

Mert Kesim is anything he looked miserable and hated everyone around him

[@jeffreybomba]

I have seen the look on Travis's face when he is trying not to meta game. That look was him thinking, "I am calling my lawyer during the break and filling for divorce."

[@codyrm86]

Yeah him and sam are my favorites just because they hate to meta game shit

[@Ziajin]

@@jeffreybomba i dont think he is as petty as laura

[@yasminafarih3681]

@@Ziajin Definitely Laura is scary XD

[@Davemate]

The whole skeleton pit thing just shows how bad their quick decision making is, haha. Fun episode though. I love how Travis (Grog) is arguably the most level-headed and smart in these situations but his character is too dumb (or lacking magic) to get involved.

[@chrism6315]

In this instance I think there is a non zero percent amount of Travis thinking. 'If Vex fell into that cavern sure would be some karma'

[@haku8135]

Vex was still ATTACHED to the broom. THE BROOM THAT FLIES! She just needed to grab it and they can fly back to everyone.

[@sharky_na1006]

Travis looks like a tower of a man next to taliesin in this episode its fucking great

[@Sideway8]

The worst words a critter can hear "Sadly we're down < _your favourite character_ > tonight"

[@TheOnlyValken]

They really don't listen to Matt lol. Thordak made this place his lair? Um yeah, I said that several times. Matt has the patience of a saint.

[@kartermeijer6813]

Being a Gm is like being a kindergarden teacher

[@emmikay7387]

A common joke with my party is that it doesn't matter how much a puzzle master you are in real life, when you're playing DnD your puzzle solving abilities devolve to that of a toddler.

[@haifischh]

Facts

[@newtonianlaw3249]

@@emmikay7387 .... In my experience, yes, except for one time where I planed a puzzle so complex that I thought that it would take them a few sessions at least to solve... They solved that shit in less than 15 minutes... A puzzle that I spent like 6 hours constructing, refining, and ensuring that they had no loopholes... they solved it in 15 minutes... Never have I have been so proud but so enraged at the same time before

[@adamshinabarger]

Crit Role Stats should tally how many times he's repeated himself, in response to which players or characters, and/or how long its been since he originally said what he's repeating... I'm confident I already know who's needed something repeated the most....

[@huckster2020]

Once again Grog makes the right call and suggests Bigby's Hand, which is exactly what Scanlan would have done. It's a shame Sam didn't give Travis control over Scanlan and tbh I'm surprised he didn't

[@aaronlaws2573]

Justin Hucker Travis hates spells and reading so that’s probably why.

[@amybyrne5208]

@@aaronlaws2573 travis plays a spellcaster in campaign two. He says in between the sheets and talks machina that it was just because it was his first campaign he didnt pick a spellcaster

[@chrisrudolf9839]

Actually, Taliesin does pick up on the suggestion and says something along the lines of he'll make Scanlan do this in case someone should fall. Probably didn't want to burn a high level spell at that point.

[@haku8135]

All Vex had to do was CLIMB. Pike also could've spoken the command word and used the broom.

[@kayladt25]

@@haku8135 she was attached to grasping vine and had to climb against gravity itself. That plus Pike has never controlled the broom so i don’t think either of those things would’ve gone as well as you think

[@awiseman93]

Travis leaning so hard into his character is just so phenomenal.

[@Reesuns.]

At episode 82, I realize how much I watch this for Sam Riegel.

[@B0mbo-h7x]

sam travis and matt are the best. The rest are insufferable

[@jonatassilva2605]

@@B0mbo-h7x Hard desagree. The 3 cant carro, Just as much as the others cant

[@crowwithashortcake]

@@B0mbo-h7x why would you watch 80 episodes if you hate over half the cast 💀

[@ParameterGrenze]

@@B0mbo-h7x Oh thank you! Someone finally said it. Marisha has her moments imo and Talien can be all right sometimes. Liam and Laura are the most annoying.

[@ParameterGrenze]

@@crowwithashortcake First: Because Matt is really REALLY good. One can not undersell how consistently good he is at what he does. Second I love Sams and Travis interplay and their devoted role playing on their own. I want to stop watching when especially Laura shows what a cringey person she is every other episode, but that would be unfair to the others genuinely heartwarming performances.

[@hazylittlecherry5423]

Holy fudge balls man. Travis is so freaking patient during this shinanigans.

[@RoyBoyRULEZZ]

I love how almost every guest that they bring onto the show is smarter / more strategic / better at planning than the entire cast other than maybe Travis, who is handicapped by Grog's intelligence

[@Altyrell]

I actually would love for the Guests from this Campaign to make Cameos (either as same Character or new Character) in Campaign 2. Though, I would LOVE for Joe to still remain as Arkhan, but makes covert/slight references towards Grog, for Chris Perkins [Shale in C1] to make an appearance as either Ashley/Yasha's mother or aunt. As well as for Mary [Zahra], Will (NOT Wheaten) [Kesh] to show up in C2 as either new Characters or reprise their respective Characters, as I would LOVE to see Zahra interact with Jester, especially see how Kesh interacts with all of the Mighty Nien (specifically Jester, Yasha, Fjord & Beau). Though, I would love to see Zahra, Jester & Lilllith (Kit Buss) interact with each other, especially if Zahra &/or Lillith knew Molly; prior to becoming Molly, when he was Lucian, perhaps even before he joined up with The Tomb Takers. Although, I think that it would be interesting IF the "Spellcaster" that was mentioned as being part of Molly/Lucian's past was Zahra, Lillith, or even Vesh [Keshaw's "wife"].

[@PeterSFam]

People keep bringing up his intelligence but there is a lot he can do with its limits. Its just the party, with Pike being the exception either flat out ignore what he says or treat him condescendingly like a child good for only comic relief. You can see again and again through out the campaign. Until he currently just sits back and lets them do whatever.

[@TheNowerianRaven]

@@AltyrellI thought the same about Mollys past and Zahra and others, when i watched the epizode before this one, which was like an hour ago.

[@Nildread]

Scanlan/sam is pretty good too, Travis and Sam just kinda get drowned out. Also Sam has different plans most of the time. he tends to ignore their plans but because he's a bard his moves help the team a lot.

[@fatalfury66]

Yeah i would love to see Travis play a high intel character, he would be amazing

[@abrown6539]

Synopsis at 7:24. Game starts at 9:42. Break from 2:16:58 to 2:32:10. Game ends at 4:37:07. [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

[@DireWoof33]

Boost!! 🐻🐻🐻

[@courtneyo.6240]

Thank you!

[@bubbi8321]

Thank you

[@PGryphin]

Yes! YES! This!!! Not 55 "funny" timestamps, but what I'm actually looking for. M.V.P.!!

[@armleg]

You'd think Percy's a redhead from how gingerly he does everything.

[@andrevieirahyurem287]

That's a good one right here

[@olga1231]

zed mvp Recap starts: 7:18 Game Begins: 9:41 Choosing Pike's Spell: 10:03 Technicalities/The Mighty Grog: 13:41 The Mighty Grog 2/ Travis gets excited: 16:32 Less Mighty Grog: 18:50 +1 Tylenol (requires attunement): 21:09 Siri; Assisting D&D Games Since 2000-something: 27:58 Allura and Kima: 34:00 Happy Sun Tree!/PercyxSunTree: 38:38 Scanlan Has A Cold: 40:13 To The Mysterious Island: 41:48 Nat 20 #1 & 2: 44:30 Nat 20 #3: 47:59 Heading Out: 52:00 Hollow Earth: 53:17 At The Mountain: 57:37 Nat 20 #4: 58:00 Grog Dab: 1:01:01 Grog Tries to Barter: 1:06:19 A Trade Is Made: 1:09:17 Keyleth Is #1: 1:12:43 Nat 20 #5: 1:13:22 Marisha Tries To Monk It: 1:16:26 Entering the Mountain: 1:23:46 Matt's New Rule Is Scary: 1:32:44 Seeing Eye Half-elf/Goliath: 1:35:19 Necromance'd: 1:40:32 Spooky Skull: 1:44:38 The Pillar: 1:52:10 Cuddly Kerrek/Taliesin: 1:57:36 Kerrek Sees Vax's Wings: 1:58:31 Love In A Tomb (Vaxleth): 2:00:50 The Tome: 2:02:19 Mistakes Were Made: 2:08:30 Kerrek Cares: 2:12:38 The Door Opens: 2:14:03 Break Starts: 2:16:58 Break Ends: 2:32:06 Roll Initiative: 2:32:20 Nat 20 #6 &7: 2:33:09 TURN 1: 2:34:47 Skeletor! Myeh!: 2:37:30 Count Von Fireball: 2:40:41 Nat 20 #8: 2:42:28 I'll get you He-Man! #1: 2:48:50 Identity Confusion/Tard Bears: 2:52:40 Nat 20 #9: 2:54:09 Deus Ex Mattina: 2:57:15 Combat Ends: 2:59:42 Nat 20 #10: 3:02:04 "Scanlan's" Song of Rest: 3:05:49 (Based on Stand By Me by Ben E. King, via Bunk :D) In-proxy-cation/Suudecerer: 3:06:30 Taliesin Quote: 3:11:21 Percy Can Ride The Carpet: 3:14:08 "Scanlan" Sings Dispel Magic feat. Taliesin: 3:21:08 (Based on Roxanne by The Police) Vax Is A Monstaaah!/KerrekxVax: 3:23:50 Vax Is #1: 3:26:06 Grog Attempts Pragmatism: 3:27:37 Pragmatism Falls To Impulse: 3:29:04 Grog Outsmarts Percy (Briefly): 3:31:54 "Scanlan" Inspiration feat. Marisha: 3:32:42 (Based on Mickey by Toni Basil) Falling In Reverse: 3:33:53 The Raining Dead: 3:36:11 Vex Is #1: 3:39:17 Vax Is Grumpy (And Nobody Is Surprised) 3:40:05 Throwin' A Rope/Don't Rub It In: 3:44:45 Bungee Jumping, Now With 100% More Zombies!: 3:46:50 That's What Clerics Do: 3:49:01 Kerrek Is A Bad Influence: 3:52:32 The Sound Of One Hand Clapping: 4:01:37 Smitten 4:04:42 Not A Tuesday: 4:05:39 Nat 20 #11: 4:10:33 SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT: 4:12:28 Vex Is #1: 4:14:56 Fountain Of Evil: 4:15:46 Nat 20 #12: 4:18:56 The Lair: 4:22:27 Grog Accepts Trade Only: 4:23:11 The Chamber: 4:35:33

[@orenmontgomery8250]

Bump

[@GabrielHenrique-ch3sc]

Cool

[@NonRegnumDei1934]

bupp

[@kafnfriends]

+

[@LoryK98]

You missed a Nat20 at 3:13:13

[@floydwurst9948]

I feel lile Matt designed this whole dungeon relying on VM massively overthinking and overcomplicating things. I like to imagine that Grog could have just pushed the initial Bolder to the side, the large door could have just been lifted, the glyph at the top of the spiral starecase would not activate if you would just take the stairs and you could just hold on to the bridge to get across the the reverse gravity chasm if you don't take 20 min :-D

[@elbruces]

@@ozancatak9354 please stop throwing around the term "metagaming" at random. Half the time in these comments people seem to think it means "any decision I don't like."

[@deimon451]

@@elbruces They really do metagaming though. One such example is Vax flying through the chasm at the risk of his wings expiring and you see Laura ALARMED and sends Vex to fly to his side in case something happens. Vex wouldn't know Vax's wings were about to poof out nor that he could be in danger, because Vax didn't say any of that in-character; Laura knew that information because it was said out-of-character.

[@MadManMatrix]

Deaymon vax has had the wings for months everyone knows it’s limits vex would certainly know about how long they would last and be concerned about her brother that has a knack for doing dangerous or dumb stuff and pushing his limits.

[@Fairburne69]

@@deimon451 I can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday. If I was playing in this campaign I would never ever remember if Vax told everyone about the wings 6 months later. I think people worry way to much about meta gaming. Just have fun and enjoy the game and do your best. Also let the DM worry about it.

[@Fairburne69]

When I play I often get confused and forget what my character knows and what I know in the same session. Trying to remember conversations from weeks months years prior? Forget it.

[@LittleTemplar98]

I like that Scanlan's downward spiral went undetected by the party, but that, even in the fanarts that had been drawn right after the episode, all the audience noticed it ^^

[@yasminafarih3681]

That's pretty much like real life

[@emilyvigil4954]

They talk a bit about it in Talks Machina. Essentially that they as the players see what's happening to Scanlan, but their characters are missing it partly from just so much going on in a short amount of time and primarily because Scanlan is ridiculously good at lying and/or avoiding suspicion.

[@Mephiston]

@@emilyvigil4954 I think after the episode of Talks Machina before this episode where laura makes fun of sam saying that "scanlan can get away with everything", sam kinda stepped it up because he realised he can, in fact, get away with almost anything.

[@Ginric99]

Emily Vigil I think they also allow him to tell his story so they don’t try as hard as they could to get to the root cause of his change. A great example where metagaming can be a really good thing. I as a player know this player is taking his character on this journey, so I will let him tell his tale and not have my character cut him off at the knees.

[@Panda_Roll]

@@emilyvigil4954 I've been binge watching, that hasn't stop them before. Laura and Merisha in particular are famous for metagaming. I think they just didn't pick up on it being to starstruck with their guest and then went all hindsight in talks machina.

[@rileymcneeley8266]

Man I feel for Travis playing grog sometimes. His idea for pyke to carpet across and then dimension door while he flew on the carpet was decent and they all just ignore it because it’s grog 😂

[@ThatOneNerdGirly]

Carpet was a bigger target for zombies so not a great idea, really.

[@marek011011]

i'm just screaming at the screen "you have Allura with you! have her detect magic and identify stuff"

[@CERap22]

To be fair, the problem is Matthew. He forgets that he has these two characters as part of the group until he is reminded they are present by someone in the party asking a question. Allure and ESPECIALLY Kima would never be so passive in most of the puzzles they encountered. Having said that, THIS is why playing NPCs who travel and fight like PCs is really hard for a DM. He is already tasked with essentially babysitting the party as they talk endlessly and go on their own tangents, not listening to his words, being oblivious to the parameters of their own spells, metagaming their way out of situations-- --- On top of managing his world, the encounters, and detailing the environments --- It's only natural HE, himself, would easily forget to engage his characters into what is happening, just as the other PCs do

[@chrism6315]

@@CERap22 don't blame matt for not offering up suggestions, gets too dmpc that way. He makes a dungeon then solves it, defeats the point. They should totally ask, but thats on them, not Matt

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

Matt-as-Allura (after Vax and Keyleth bring her to the Air Ashari chief for introductions, then completely forget she exists): "Well, it was nice to meet him..." XD

[@xxliew]

@@CERap22 matt likes to give his PCs all the agency. He's not going to have kima and allura do stuff unless the party asks them

[@jlokison]

Reason campaign 2 Caleb spends a lot of 10 minute increments ritual casting.

[@TeheMusicVideos]

Haven't seen Travis that peeved since the days of Tiberius

[@Altyrell]

Only times we've seen Travis that pissed: - Liam/Vax shaving 1/2 of Grog's beard after it fully came in. - Orion/Tiber making the "she gave me a 1/2 chub" then tried to cover it with her mind & strategy. - Laura/Vex giving Grog a "Deck of Rocks" instead of giving back the "Deck of Many Things".

[@carrot5787]

@@Altyrell "Deck of Not-Very-Many Things"

[@SCKentrol]

source? save me the trouble of back tracking to the early episodes

[@viktorstagnetti7491]

+Altyrell Also the infamous shopping episode in which Tiberius took up like an hour of the session himself. Travis has dreaded shopping episodes ever since even into campaign 2.

[@DynastyMaster62492]

TY for that

[@lespie98]

"I'm scared of all my dice right now." -Laura every episode.

[@Girlwithpuffyhair]

I bet that bag was her dice jail lol

[@The.Stranger451]

Shout out to Travis' patience. The team made every step of this lair a bit of a slog. Not only does Travis deal with the lose of his Deck of Many Things like a champ, but he weathers the over complicated mess with patience. I do so love this moment @2:08:30 where he gets to see all the sneaking around and contriving literally explode in their faces. Love that little smile on him.

[@brettbrose4212]

Tonight Matt created an amazing scenario with all the diverse traps, and well paced dungeon dwelling! The undead theme was also really nice for this session.

[@nik700]

I don't know what Travis hated more, Vax shaving his beard or Vex's trickery

[@Brooke_Corbyn]

nik700 the beard. definitely the beard.

[@Anybol]

He broke a mechanical pencil. Definitely the beard.

[@Zukuarinokushi]

Don't forget the giant guy drinking all his ale.

[@KickyFut]

But he resolved that quite quickly!😁 ...and completely! Nat20!!!

[@darkecofreak23]

nik700 I get the feeling that hated Vex’s trickery more, seeing as he got played by his wife as opposed to just a good friend. Maybe that’s just me imposing my view on it.

[@cobratom]

Grog gets so petty when Travis gets bored and I fucking love it

[@PatrickHaeslerMusic]

At this point every time Matt maps out a location, he has to consider where all the trees are, and which ones VM will know about, just because of this one spell.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Things like this can often trip up a DM when they are blindsided by it. It is far from the only spell that can do so however.

[@mohawkmeteor7189]

@@hahmann To be fair, by RAW they wouldn't have seen the island or the trees on it. Scrying is only on the target itself, Matt just likes to add flavor for a sort of journey there. But it is a huge boon to see the whole area around it and as such, those trees. Normally you see the target ans like 10ft around it maybe, everything else is blurry. In campaign 2 he doesn't do that anymore.

[@zacdredge3859]

@@mohawkmeteor7189 I think the first time they pulled this off was when Keyleth scryed Lockheed and there was a tree within 10 feet but on the side of a ravine; so Matt started with making a challenging instance of it working and I guess that kind of opened the treegate situation where they actively scry for transportation.

[@kitten-inside]

@@hahmann The way I understood it, she did not expect to be there then, let alone directly chased. It makes sense that preparations were not optimal.

[@1100MC]

Matt's descriptions to things is so detailed that I can actually picture it in my mind, fucking love it.

[@wanabeguitarguy]

I like that image of a Goliath and a gnome just watching a whole mess of anti gravity undead bullhunky going on over a pit and just turning to each other like "okay we're leaving them"

[@uli11]

Grog flexing, and then dabbing, and then laughing at himself while everyone else isn't paying attention is the absolutely most Travis thing ever... it *broke* me.

[@uli11]

And then to see his disappointment as Laura rains on his parade! Poor Travis just wants to have a good time.

[@cloud_sauce]

I missed that. I don't suppose you have a timestamp, do you?

[@michealfleury1226]

Dab is around 1:01:00 ​@@cloud_sauce

[@Ailieorz]

Vox Machina - Kills the most powerful dragon in the world, then spends 10 minutes getting down some stairs because nobody was really paying attention to what was going on.

[@jexxer]

"I'm doing some monk shit, all right?" So many small things in the Mighty Nein campaign are getting funnier as I watch these old episodes.

[@TheGoondas87]

Any 9 roll on these old campaign episodes still gets a knee jerk reaction from me.

[@deepseafish257]

Sorry for commenting on an old post, but I would like to add Ashley's "My next character will be a barbarian!" when she found out about Grog's super crits.

[@inplaid]

And Laura mentioning something in another episode about wanting to be a Tiefling. It's great

[@ianberry5562]

Sam said something to the effect of "I'm not a rogue" at one point

[@ee930]

NEIN!!

[@thatdanteguy]

Critical Role without Sam Riegel is like a cake that's not sweet.

[@ayylucard1355]

Dante Kerrek and Grog duo, surprisingly, made up for the lack of funny

[@OrangeyChocolate]

I dunno, I'd say it's more like a cake without icing: still tasty, but just missing that one little thing that makes it complete.

[@tazzeightsixfour9721]

The Liam limerick really spiced things up...

[@MrArielKl]

Dante when matt said no sam tonight my heart did break a little :'(

[@amandadube156]

urinal cake?

[@SenchoSenpai]

The best part of this is how much each of them appreciate Sam. He adds humor and levity that they all tried to mimic, and soon realize how talented Sam is to sing and think of all these well crafted songs and limericks. It is also amazing that even while he is away, Sam is constantly thinking about creating compelling character choices that result in a whole, flawed character with depth. Sam has been slowly developing this drug issue over many, many episodes and giving small signs that Scanlan is not okay which the rest of the party isn’t noticing. I miss Sam this episode. I hope he isn’t absent in many of these.

[@The_BiscuitBoy_PastStream]

Stop ignoring travis he ideas are so simple and good you dont need to make everything so complex!!!

[@MalevolentDivinity]

Travis knows he just got ripped off. And he's really mad about it. But he knows Grog doesn't know, and thus has to appear grateful. And he pulls it off. Dood.

[@christopherbacon1077]

Passive-aggressive Grog is hilarious

[@GamingKitsune99]

It was such a dick move by Vex

[@princemills6022]

@@GamingKitsune99 no, it was smart. Grog wasn't gonna budge and they all knew at this point how dangerous that deck is. Best to keep it out of the hands of someone who doesn't understand how dangerous what he found is, susceptible to being charmed....

[@syegfryedhellscream9508]

@@princemills6022 it was a dick move, Laura is well know for being greedy and metagaming a lot this campaign, she metagamed her way into Grog finding the deck too, Vexx didnt knew about how dangerous was except about wha Percy told

[@nickmalachai2227]

@@syegfryedhellscream9508 Look at it this way: the campaign could've ended last episode entirely because Grog would pull a card. If you're fine with that, then fine, but both Laura the person and Vex the character who is now aware of what they are and does not want to accidentally kill everyone were not fine with it, and have a wide range of things they are justified in using to avoid Grog killing all of them. All in all, though, why is it so important that practical strangers play a tabletop game different from how you'd like them to play it?

[@tommyjacques7059]

Vm: we have to get to raishan quickly! Also vm: lets investigate everyyyyythiiing

[@danidm5820]

As the Forever DM of my group, I felt the pain Matt was going through as he was trying to juggle 4 or 5 actions shouted out simultaneously by everyone while still waiting for the result of the original roll he asked for.

[@justinz9225]

Travis' hat-in-hand performance when bargaining for his Deck of Many Things was just... fantastic. That dude is so talented.