Harvest Close | Critical Role | Campaign 2, Episode 17

[@JulesHedge]

Matt: "This is where we are gonna pick up next week" Me: "Wrong" *clicks next*

[@jeffodraws3395]

This is accurate

[@Mary_Studios]

yeah that's me right now.

[@jessicakavin4178]

Because everyday can be Thursday when you're two years late! Woot woot! #quarantine

[@veronicasardo76]

Matt: this is were we are gonna pick up next week. Me: you have no power here

[@duckofages8493]

I already listened to the entire campaign up to the current but I am relistening while I play rocket league lmao

[@PrincessLelouch]

“Eat. You’ll need it.” Yasha: ... Thank you. Jester: He has a crush on you, I can tell~ Beau: Don’t let him tell you what to do. Nott: i’m in a boX the ladies of the mighty nein, everybody

[@alexbeltran6668]

I know vox machina is legendary. But if im being honest, i would rather the tv show be about the mighty nein cause seeing their shenanigans would be amazing

[@frockrock774]

Side note the women of the group in a few phrases

[@frockrock774]

Side note the women of the group in a few phrases

[@reichadendeng9007]

I died laughing when nott said that

[@kkTeaz]

2:34:29

[@ethansmedley724]

Caleb: "You can eat anything if you're determined enough." *cough* Sword-eating Fjord *cough*

[@GreenHornet1379]

You've done it. You made me snort from laughter. Congratulations to you

[@novanomi3362]

@@GreenHornet1379 lol thanks for info

[@MadameTeqi]

This is an old anecdote I love sharing from my first week at my first job, a thrift shop. I was pricing some items on a cart brought up front for that purpose. A couple of college age girls were watching me while i did this and started talking once I had a little clear votive candle holder. "Hey, look, she's got a shot glass." "No that's way too big--" The other girl stares her conversation partner down and says "ANYTHING is a shot glass of you believe hard enough."

[@crowfee2910]

"You can't snort all that cocaine in one sitting!" *BARDIC INSPIRATION KICKS IN* "OH REALLY?!"

[@Cheesusful]

All mushrooms are edible; some are only edible once

[@aaroniter8163]

1:04:12 To Caleb "Sir, sir, your daughter is a danger to the general public" - Nott, laughing: *thats the point*

[@wouldiwasshookspeared4087]

Now go home and get your fucking shine box.

[@kgth3b3ast40]

Nott "Now I feel like we have to play, he just human-splained me"

[@VioletShinobi]

Molly... has 2 swords and the most HP on the team... spends 90% of every fight using vicious mockery from 40ft away.

[@doommaster956]

His Percy is showing

[@TheAnonyomusGuy]

Didn't he lose the swords in the cave last episode

[@clark6318]

@@TheAnonyomusGuy He didn't lose them then, he was commenting at how the effect of the ice/radiant element he gets when he cuts himself with them went away because he had to let go of the swords to give a health potion because he needed two hands.

[@TheAnonyomusGuy]

Kenji Soriano seriously dude there's some people just discovering critical role, please be nice and remove the spoiler

[@jonahgollihugh8487]

@@kenjisoriano5880 dang dude...way to spoil that for me...

[@JEST3R_]

Mollymauk "I've thrown a baby before" Tealeaf

[@jefferycrouse4652]

Mollymauk or Taliesin? Either is entirely possible

[@icymoons]

so have I

[@KumaoftheForest]

Tea-yeet

[@estherkohlmoos7405]

Ikr? Feel like no one heard that I was sitting here like "wait w h a t"

[@thatonesentientbagel4043]

Fire Knight he’s been in the circus, I’m not surprised

[@z3r070000]

I can't help but think the guards are adorable in this episode, theres something humanizing about them running stands.

[@larrycantdraw8995]

They're like Walmart employees and I love it

[@an8strengthkobold360]

@Benjamin Armitage why did this make me laugh?

[@acarnivorouslizardfolk1033]

As soon as Matt described them at the Trebuchet with the kid my heart melted.

[@izstrella]

It’s so cute, I love it. Most of them do really believe they’re doing good for the world, it’s just a shame it seems their overlords may be corrupt...oof, that hits hard right now.

[@alexanderburke2973]

ACAB, but Some Guards Are Nice

[@kyttynkross1121]

When travis rolls three 1s in a row, I cant help but think back to The Gentleman's question: "Do you think you're lucky?"

[@housedugas895]

Yes, I am lucky..my specific brand is UN-Lucky. ;)

[@Glmorrs1]

@@housedugas895 Like that Irish saying, “If it wasn’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all”.

[@Wendeta-hq2cp]

He used all the clout on *that one game!* 🤣

[@Thehouseoffail]

The way Caleb says “The entire library” warms my librarian heart

[@jonathansims967]

That's really sweet!

[@animefreakly4734]

Did anyone realise the following: The chains... MAGICAL CHAINS! That the Manticore had on. The manticore was gonna be used for the colloseum. Secondly the cages underneath, in the thieves guild kinda place... yeah thats right, the Gentleman supplied the beasts for the Colosseum. Mathew Mercer. Well bloody done.

[@jeremytinker2039]

AnimeFreakly did not catch that, good eye!

[@sierrakusterback]

I was hoping someone else had noticed this! As soon as Matt said they were going to be fighting creatures, I knew they had to be the one's the Gentleman had

[@Smurdner05]

Jeremy Tinker gooday m8

[@space5814]

So they... hired gnolls to capture beasts for the colloseum? - Think it through.

[@PlasticAddict301]

@@20catsRPG Damn dude chill out. Just a fun revelation. Not a two page essay.

[@Simian-bz7zo]

I love the look on Travis's face whenever Ashley gets to 'how do you want to do this?' barbarian style. He looks like a proud dad watching his little monstah on her first day at (gladiator) school.

[@lordkalistos4124]

Wait until his real child starts doing things like that.

[@mischa2643]

I wanna see him DM for his babby. Bunions and flagons was too cute😍😂😭

[@jaydayao8406]

I started watching campaign 1 after campaign 2 and like early in Ash kept sayin "I SWEAR IM MAKING A BARBARIAN NEXT" and i'm just like :,)

[@squattingheads]

She cheated though. Rolled twice to get the crit

[@AdeptusSkibidicus]

Could it have been cocked?

[@brianpraul9758]

Mighty Nein: *slays a manticore, kills an undead spirit* Also Mighty Nein: *can't hurl a sandbag to save their lives*

[@bonniefazman9065]

Well, Molly can. He doesn't count though, he's a circus performer.

[@Kewryn]

Well, inanimate objects are Critical Role's natural enemy apparently ^^'

[@barbagianniv0lante107]

@@Kewryn and that's why the final boss of campaign 3 will be an all powerful carpet

[@jakobdiehn6596]

oh, they sure can hurl. just not in the right direction

[@bumbledy_bee]

Well, molly can

[@milesmatheson1142]

"Past her heaping bosom, what do you want me to say?!" That, Matt. She wanted you to say that.

[@GodBear97]

From what I know of Laura... Yes she did

[@handfulmousefly]

Laura Bailey, professional child, everybody

[@wierdalien1]

@@handfulmousefly and yet between her and Travis shes probably the high strung adult

[@BobCurdoggs]

I hope one day Ronin watches these and says to himself "Everything makes so much sense now"

[@kaizen5023]

LOL "The chest area..." Hahhahaa. "Laura... Forward thinking feminist...." "Don't talk about titties!" Hahaha I'm at the park literally LOL this part and ppl are looking at me!

[@MOTHforLife]

Those three nat 1s in a row really proves that the dice tell their own story sometimes.

[@pvic6959]

what was the timestamp again? (if anyone sees this comment and just saw it)

[@pvic6959]

nvm found it 33:22

[@elijaaaah]

And then Molly instantly getting a 19 is when I absolutely lost it.

[@thegrubbysir]

Well for 826LA is great

[@essentialasa]

I would have thought Wheaton was in the room

[@nadchan2043]

Isn't it super adorable how Yasha is that big muscular warrior but is also super shy and soft??

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

It's been slow building, partly from Ashley's necessary absence from the table, but ever since she accepted flowers from Nott and pressed them in her book, there's been elements of her softer side peeking through here and there.

[@derskalde4973]

Isn't it like that most of the time? That people who look really intimidating, who you think "Don't make them mad, or a stain on the floor will be all that is left of me! They look like they eat a bowl full of nails for breakfast, without milk!", are really gentle giants and big softies?

[@Herald-of-rust]

Indeed!

[@iwillcry]

Der Skalde but more often than not the big burly characters are dumb and gentle, it’s nice to see socially awkward and shy warrior for a change

[@gavinlangston603]

@@derskalde4973 as a gentle giant myself, I confirm.

[@rawrrxgnome]

Caleb: you can eat anything if you’re determined enough. Fjord: *knowing look of understanding*

[@sittingduck6049]

Still catching up in august 2019.. I love the image of a Tiefling girl with a pretty dress and decorated horns skips up to a strength test SMASHES it then skips away

[@andruloni]

This so much. One minute you're watching the fecking cutest fanart of her, the next she goes smashing things with a hammer, throwing a half-orc and rowing upstream in a packed boat

[@onyxtay7246]

And remember, she's got a pink backpack on, though I'd assume she takes if off for the swing. So this waif comes skipping up, takes off her backpack like a school girl, then rolls the boulder with one swing. Then she throws her bag over her shoulder and skips away. Whatever bar the Crownsguard frequents must be full of strange stories. Disappearing cats, floating dodecahedrons, child crackshots, and small strong women.

[@tychogoedhart286]

@@onyxtay7246 let's also not forget tiny 6-year-old girls hitting all the bull's eyes on every target in about 6 seconds with 6 arrows, splitting three of the arrows with the other 3

[@hadeskingoftheunderworld7010]

@@tychogoedhart286 I quote "child crackshots"

[@JohnW-yv6yp]

Sittingduck Strength of 16 is no joke.

[@billberndtson]

Rewatching this episode I learned something about DMing that never occurred to me before. Matt intersperses tense combat and role playing moments with frequent festivals and parties - the break of the tension is not dissimilar to an actual feeling of relief (like a weekend or summer break) and I imagine keeps the characters (and players) from getting combat fatigue. Seems a useful and important facet of DMing long arcs. :) Matt shows this old man the ropes yet again.

[@MasDouc]

He DM's like it's a video game RPG. After a tense dungeon you get to the next town and chill and enjoy your new treasure.

[@janelantestaverde2018]

How did you use to DM before? Did you send the group from one dungeon to another fighting lich after lich? ^^ To me at least, granting the characters (and players) a break to do stuff that regular people do seems like quite the ordinary thing to do as a DM. After all the characters are part of a living world where plenty of regular things happen on a daily basis :)

[@Olorile]

@@janelantestaverde2018 Way to not come off as condescending, in any way, shape, or form. You totally don't sound like you're just trying to speak about you as a DM :)

[@janelantestaverde2018]

@@Olorile Perfect, then everything worked out well as I was trying to share my personal experience with somebody else while pointing out the necessity of certain aspects of DMing without insulting their personal way of DMing.

[@janelantestaverde2018]

@Remy B No thank you, I'm fine. Don't know what I did wrong for people to start gossiping about me like that. Just tried to share my own experience with a little joke-ish sidenote. What else am I supposed to say if people just don't want to believe me if I say that I didn't mean to come off as condescending? People should really get off their high horses.

[@adampietruszka7968]

Thank you Flando Maltrizian 1:55 Emmy award winning sitcom promo 11:55 Tuna Salad commentary 12:30 Episode Starts 19:40 Yasha is a little weird 24:25 The Chest Area 27:55 Schrodinger’s Skeleton 33:10 Fjord plays some Trebuchet 35:40 HDYWTDT 50:10 Titan’s grasp 52:40 Nott fires up Jester 55:35 Jester has ALL the apples 56:35 Book barrels 1:03:30 Nott learns crossbow safety 1:08:00 Caleb plays Eagle Shot 1:10:40 Nott plays Eagle Shot 1:17:00 Jester worships the Allhammer 1:26:30 Beau is bad at arm wrestling 1:33:40 Yasha is better 1:58:15 Break Starts 2:07:35 Art Montage 2:11:35 Break Ends 2:21:55 Frumpkin manages to not die 2:24:25 The full Solid Snake 2:31:40 Cobalt tramp stamp 2:49:15 Mighty Nein Round 1 3:13:25 HDYWTDT 3:26:10 Mighty Nein Round 2 3:44:15 HDYWTDT 3:51:30 HDYWTDT Between Twitch and KZbin, live viewership of this episode peaked around 55,000 people. The in-game start day for the episode was the 3rd of Fessuran 835 PD (There was previously confusion about this date). Sam’s flask says “Coooo Cooo Use Mage Hand Cooo Cooo” Critical Role recently announced that they’ll be at Gen Con in Indianapolis. I saw their live Gen Con show when VM was in the Feywild and I have to say, it’s absolutely a wonderful live show, definitely worth it if you can make it. Tickets are on sale tomorrow, and the date is August 3rd. Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?

[@tollburd1348]

Me: *does not see a final HDYWTDT=* Immediate panic

[@OSDisco]

Bump, guess that pinning was a fluke, later on, they probably pin consistently. 19:43 "I feel like I slept outside?" Heh, characters, am I right? Dang, that connection to the baby line, wasn't terribly far-out but that was good reasoning. I just got heavy deja vu but I feel it was the exact same so, probably not of Nott's experience with festivals. Wait, why does Beau want to buy the tavern? I can't think of any reason at all. The mythical three natural one's. Perfect. Ahh, that arm-wrestling match!! Had the same intensity as Kern with just that one cryptic comment and the continual rolls. These guys from the... something seem pretty cool. I can smell the Ashley-leaving-in-game-reason scent from here though. When Beau says, "Maybe, we talk about our feelings." Ashley and Liam's expression is funny. These types of uses of magic like the Victory Pit are cool. Fun ways of using the fantasy elements like in Vasselheim, that one gravity bridge, the farms and other occupations that use the blessings of the gods directly. The tension to see Frumpkin punted every time he's spotted is palpable. Heh, the dice underneath Yasha says 2 when she's twice her size. Glad Yasha got a HDYWTDT. Aw hey, toothy maw, long time no see! 3:41:00 And Laura swatting it down. 2nd HDYWTDT. Yasha's doing well in combat which is nice to see. Do they(or did they) give 100$ for the nat 1's in advantage? Oh gosh, they don't do well in trying to make an actual plan of attack, they just argued for 5 minutes straight. Combat used to be pretty meh for me, skipping through once I got the basic gist of sneak attacks, hunter's mark, spend-a-grit-point, Bigby's hand, the couple odd dozen druid attack spells, etc; I used to just skim for the big numbers and for boring encounters I often just skipped most of it. After a bit of experience, forcing myself to analyze the battle map after watching Travis' infectious excitement, you can find a lot of fun in it. You can share in the mind of the players: of Laura trying to conserve spells, using cantrips at low levels, being spoilt with casting at a higher level, trying to position for flying creatures, sneak attack! and just watching terrible plans(granted, you can see that without any experience, too). Art mention 4:12:10 So handsome **Definitely spoilers** Nott with the festivals being a goblin and spoilers I've heard make me definitely think of what is truly happening. Or the festivals aren't supposed to be taken that way, perhaps she saw them after leaving her goblin tribe but I think I have a fairly clear idea of what's going on along with Caleb able to 'fix her'.

[@jennie22.02]

thank you

[@riemhostal7536]

You are a god! Thank you! I miss clicked and lost my place in the episode and you saved me!

[@supoagentti9547]

thanks dude

[@BLasherman]

Yasha in first episode: Strong , silent type Yasha since then: Strong, Crippling social anxiety

[@alittleantidote5852]

It's the same picture

[@MonteCreations]

She was the silent type BECAUSE of her crippling social anxiety

[@fitz8923]

On the outside: "wow, she's so strong, silent, and mysterious 😍" On the inside: "don'tpanicdon'tpanicdon'tpanic"

[@Glmorrs1]

@@MonteCreations Being in the circus surrounded by her people probably helped her feel more confident in the first episode. She had the knowledge that if she did anything weird, she can always say it’s a “circus thing” and no one will ask questions. Now she’s out in the real world and doesn’t have the protection of being surrounded by weirdos and freaks (as a weirdo and freak myself, I mean no offense to circus folk and carneys).

[@Shykrill]

@@Glmorrs1 we weirdos and freaks get it. Being among our own is just more comfortable.

[@HolyTurtleOfDoom]

Every time Yasha does anything I always look at Travis and I swear he's like a proud parent of this raging barbarian

[@Wildtrexkid]

his lil' Monstah is growing up so fast, but he did keep the 'Sea' part of Sea Monstah with Fjord ^^

[@rodney1120]

Too bad she always forgets the resistance part of Rage :p Unless D&D Beyond calculates that automatically.

[@CaptainPerfect]

Well as we all know, Travis did play a barbarian for 5 years haha, but I love that he's always so into anything that matt or other players do.

[@noamcohen7124]

especially at times like 3:12:35

[@jeanvalero1597]

When they are about to go play the titan game... he goes into grog headspace and looks at ashley xD so good

[@vertfreak09]

“Take care of your green friend there” *Everyone is alarmed*

[@peytonmarkel8431]

I would've just twirled a tiny fire around my fingers right then, if i was Caleb

[@Undomaranel]

*I intensify the Stink Eye.*

[@xAugustx11]

shoulda firebolted one of the cups off the table

[@radioface4997]

I wish he would have said "I will... _You stay safe as well."_ But super passive aggressively.

[@morganmae8396]

*nobody liked that*

[@Hanhan-fi1dr]

Nott missing the first three shots, and then going full Rambo on the other 6 was one of the best Things I've seen all day!

[@Deathven1482]

Johnathan “and get your fucking shine box” with a dead pan stare was the best fucking follow up ever. I had to repeat that seen like twice I loved it so much

[@punkypony5165]

The shine box part was so great. I love Good Fellas.

[@jaydayao8406]

"I only have 6 shots"

[@bluefootwalking]

Laughed for 15 min at that part!

[@canadiangopnik7007]

The traveller taking a bite of Jester’s apple was adorable

[@hannahysabelle]

1:21:45 🥰

[@RoosterFloyd]

​@@hannahysabelle Doing god's work.

[@thespankmyfrank]

@@hannahysabelle I somehow completely missed that first time around, thanks for the timestamp!

[@meduimrareberries5888]

@@RoosterFloyd You mean The Traveler's work.

[@RoosterFloyd]

@@meduimrareberries5888 The travelers work is more like linking a rickroll, not actually being helpful, haha.

[@owenchance2722]

And in that moment, Travis was gone. Only for a second, but we all could tell that in that moment, the dark lord was in control. A piece of him is latched on to Travis’ soul, and with it, a connection to he who must not be named. The harbinger of misfortune. W I L W H E A T O N

[@aliaphoenix7194]

Owen Chance I don’t know whether to like it or not... but I show my appreciation.

[@handfulmousefly]

I was laughing so hard

[@sbollimpalli]

I’m deceased

[@elijahy8433]

i had no idea where you were going with this is but I loved it

[@harrietr.5073]

I didn't know THAT was his patron.

[@shepgustafson8131]

What they were looking for really sums up the group: "strange meads" - molly and beau "strange meats" yasha "candy apples" jester "book barrels" Caleb

[@thatguy4996]

“literally anything shiny” Nott

[@shepgustafson8131]

@@thatguy4996 good catch thanks

[@awaterbottle5978]

what about Fjord

[@malakai960]

Fjord is looking for a good time... wait thats grog

[@elijaaaah]

Nott: "wants to eat rats"

[@penguin6385]

I love how sam makes it his goal to disprove the dice curse

[@simplyridiculous]

But. All he does is roll low. He loves the low rolls tho.

[@penguin6385]

@@simplyridiculous Not always, he loves the the low rolls, but he does know limits and when he should try for the higher ones

[@mrjaronchilds577]

Matt's pacing on this episode is a master class in DMing. Players attend a festival, play a few games of chance, get some food and drink, test their strength against a strongman, enter a competition, go a few rounds against some serious beasts, find out a war is about to start, things escalate in the ring and the competition starts getting their throats torn out, final round, doors open, HILL GIANT.

[@mdavies117]

Plus the fact that he shared is DM notes on this episode, makes this a special display in his ability to enrich small brainstorms he prepped for.

[@toasterroast7678]

@@mdavies117where did he share them?

[@Introbulus]

Oh i'm *so* glad they did a second round of the 80's sketch. It really shows of Sam Reigel's Emmy-winning talents as a script writer, and their professional talents as voice actors. . . . And I'm not even kidding that straight delivering of "Gag us all with a spoon" was incredible.

[@sabel9841]

Introbulus I know right?? I could not believe Taliesin managed it

[@billbill3915]

Gag me with a spoon, Introbulus!

[@Zomboinie]

Episode 1: "We can't trust these weirdos, they'll totally blow our cover." Episode 17: "WhY HaVeNt We StArTeD a BrAnD?"

[@Maurenriques]

AND THAT'S ON CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

[@mrsbasia122]

1:11:30 Nott's anger at the archery lane, and her subsequent owning of it was the best thing I've seen all day XD

[@ravelqueen]

matts voice on WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY LAURA??? PAST HER HEAPING BOSOMS!? is so good and I've listened to it 10 times

[@SuperSuperdude88]

me too. i love lauras expression when matt says past her chest

[@jasongustafson2691]

@@SuperSuperdude88 see, Matt made it weird when he said "chest area". If he had just said chest it wouldn't have been a thing lol.

[@TheCart54321]

Time stamp please

[@rmdewberry2482]

@@TheCart54321 24:22

[@NerdHerdForLife]

@@jasongustafson2691 I can definitely see how that would make it weird, but normally, I don't think anyone woulda thought anything of it. Having Laura there definitely didn't help lol

[@joeltjoa4283]

I love the thought of these great warriors who can defeat demons and defend towns from gnolls and unveil political regimes but SUCK at carnival games

[@an8strengthkobold360]

Poor fjord.

[@jonathansims967]

Its humanising them so well

[@flightlesssongbird4025]

Defeats gnolls, demons, willow wisps, weird rock monsters and unveil political regimes. *next day* Head to a carnival and absolutely SUCK at almost every single carnival game they attempt. It is just so sweet 🥲

[@respectfulevil9022]

Exept mollymauk

[@vanillaicecream2385]

@@flightlesssongbird4025 jester, the most adorable and seemingly fragile of the group has the 2nd highest strength score, beats a fucking barbarian in the rock game

[@RogueAssassinII]

Goblin Girl gets mad and decimates archery competition. Guard: “uh... whaaa”

[@Russianninja956]

My favorite moment from the carnival games hands down. He gets the farthest target and then goes, "I'm not done" LOL!!! Sam Reigel ladies and gentlemen.

[@R3adybreck]

How does one "decimate" an archery competition. Break 1 in 10 arrows?

[@ZeketheZealot]

Alex Rogers Colloquial definition rather than literal. Decimate has become more akin to “obliterate” rather than its original meaning. Cuz y’know, language evolution and all

[@MrGreensweightHist]

@@R3adybreck Definition 1 not 2 dec·i·mate /ˈdesəˌmāt/ Learn to pronounce verb 1. kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of. "the project would decimate the fragile wetland wilderness" 2. HISTORICAL kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers or others) as a punishment for the whole group.

[@lucash741]

@@R3adybreck I mean you say that but yes she actually did. She split one of the arrows in half out of 9

[@feliix88]

33:07 Travis: "no no no it's alright, let me try it first, for dignity's sake" Dice God/Patron: What dignity?

[@michaeldula8728]

feliix88 n

[@KamenRiderHellhound]

You mean RNGesus.

[@liamffrench-lydestad1438]

As he said, always ready to make a damn fool of himself.

[@stormcrowlegendary3512]

Well he won $300 for charity in the matter of 3 rolls. Wow. Such winure. Or is it a failin?

[@dylanhawkins385]

Fjord: (After all the Nat 1's) OH my pride

[@bensnod9159]

I can appreciate that this campaign's Sam and Ashley characters bond over their mutual love of feasting on rats.

[@Flowertot]

On todays episode: the gang roleplay arm wrestling and somehow make it more interesting than actual arm wrestling

[@jonathansims967]

I actually cheered when yasha won

[@yanheda]

@@jonathansims967 same! :D

[@expensivemagic4754]

@@jonathansims967 SO HAVE I OMG IT WAS EPIC

[@jonathanblair5920]

@@jonathansims967 i almost flipped my chair xD

[@baseballjustin5]

And now you know why actual arm wrestling competitions are a thing

[@xXLukemavXx]

The Traveller's interaction with Jester is so interesting!! You don't get to see deities act so directly around their subjects that often

[@Shornaal13]

Don't think it's an actual deity. And since she had planned to make Jester a Warlock before her husband went "oooh a *Warlock* you say?!!!", I really think it's more of a patron (demonic or otherwise) that was retrofitted to match the deity type the Cleric rolls with. Think more of Kashaw's wife than the platinum dragon.

[@sailormoonnerd_]

@@Shornaal13 I hate that i accidentally spoiled it for myself, so I know what/who it is ::'(

[@zacharygadzinski3147]

@@Shornaal13 Doesn't the new D&D book confirm that Jester's deity is a demigod who was an archfey at one point? Not a D&D player yet, but I would love to play once I can get into a better job.

[@Shornaal13]

@@zacharygadzinski3147 I haven't put my hands on it yet, so I don't know. I stated what I thought on the matter, but I'd be glad to be proven wrong. :)

[@snuckytoes8427]

Zachary Gadzinski Yeah and in recent episodes as well as the book they confirmed that it was actually Artagan to whole time.

[@wompusslompus5424]

Talesin with the somber tone " indeed gale. Gag us all with a spoon"

[@happyface-]

The Eagle Shot scene with Nott playing out in my head was hilarious XD Nott: **Tries to hit the farthest target, gets closer than Caleb, but still misses all of them** Guard: "That was actually very goo-" Nott: *"SHUT UP! I DON'T NEED YOU TO CONDESCEND TO ME! GIVE ME ANOTHER ONE!"* **Nails every single shot** **Looks up at the guard, waiting for the prizes without saying a word**

[@critterbites5098]

*Fury of the small*

[@shyfrog3731]

Toph Beifong

[@jlord5078]

@@shyfrog3731 and you just made it even better!

[@theowild2524]

I'm just imagining that poor guard who just watched a 45 lbs girl robin-hood the shit out of his carnival game and then immediately start discussing *eating the prize rats*

[@Hawk_of_Battle]

I like to think she was just adjusting to the unfamiliar and not very well made bow with the first 3 shots. Once she accounted for the range, wind conditions and poor equipment (she is very intelligent after all) the rest was pretty easy.

[@DarkAngelZz59]

OH MY GOD I just realized! That yournament is a genius idea to make the players fight the monsters and encounters you had prepared in advance on paths that they didn't take!

[@justintimeleave1360]

AniBunny (Antoine S.) if your players go to the tournament

[@rb4121]

@@justintimeleave1360 Sometimes, as players we decided to go to events even though it wasn't necessary because it was kinda obvious that our DM planned for it, and well, we didn't want to leave him hanging there. Sometimes that's a bit of meta-gaming that needs to be done, so your DM won't have prepared stuff for hours only for it to never show.

[@justintimeleave1360]

AniBunny (Antoine S.) yep, regular players do

[@elbruces]

Yeah, you learn fairly quickly that going in direction X is more likely to lead to an interesting well thought out prepared adventure, whereas going in other directions will lead to some random encounters while your DM tries desperately to wing it. You get pretty good at finding and following direction X without even thinking about it, through Pavlovian conditioning if nothing else. That said, recycling unused encounters is a thing.

[@cleoking6312]

@@elbruces im just wondering where a damn hill giant cane from

[@Tedi-Raven]

"Look guys! I'm Molly!" Was just so pure as she swings around the wooden swords.

[@jonathansims967]

It was adorable!

[@electricbluetiramisu3713]

I *need* more moments like that from Beau, she can be so great!

[@marli4442]

timestamp?

[@MikeV-oc6vz]

@@marli4442 1:13:46

[@KLC0515]

The feeling when your binge watching goes from “uploaded three years ago” to “uploaded two years ago”. We’re making progress folks!

[@jetblack6377]

Mine says 4 years ago, i got a long way to go

[@kaitlyncameron5161]

Cries in 2022…

[@crow8776]

@@kaitlyncameron5161 Same here... Loving it though!

[@atm2770]

Heck I’m doing a rewatch as well in Oct 2022. Boy was the world different back then.

[@JumblyGiraffe]

@@crow8776 I’m watching too!! :D

[@Arohan71]

The look of just sheer glee on Travis' face every time Ashley gets to do cool barbarian stuff is so friggin' fantastic.

[@mitchell13myers]

1:55 Emmy award winning sitcom promo 11:55 Tuna Salad commentary 12:30 Episode Starts 19:40 Yasha is a little weird 24:25 The Chest Area 27:55 Schrodinger’s Skeleton 33:10 Fjord plays some Trebuchet 35:40 HDYWTDT 50:10 Titan’s grasp 52:40 Nott fires up Jester 55:35 Jester has ALL the apples 56:35 Book barrels 1:03:30 Nott learns crossbow safety 1:08:00 Caleb plays Eagle Shot 1:10:40 Nott plays Eagle Shot 1:17:00 Jester worships the Allhammer 1:26:30 Beau is bad at arm wrestling 1:33:40 Yasha is better 1:58:15 Break Starts 2:07:35 Art Montage 2:11:35 Break Ends 2:21:55 Frumpkin manages to not die 2:24:25 The full Solid Snake 2:31:40 Cobalt tramp stamp 2:49:15 Mighty Nein Round 1 3:13:25 HDYWTDT 3:26:10 Mighty Nein Round 2 3:44:15 HDYWTDT 3:51:30 HDYWTDT

[@wildcat2087]

Thank you

[@firefly8767]

1:21:48 cute/wierd jester and traveler moment

[@KeeanTrinity]

1:21:48 jester pseudo makes out with the traveler

[@furiosa8747]

K

[@noahhastings6145]

33:10 Fjord Wheaton

[@dismalpeanut]

My favorite part of this episode is when Travis says "And your rat diet" to Ashley but she hears, "Your rat died" And she looks so alarmed by the random comment, "Wha-no it didn't!"

[@iwillcry]

Alikitty 00 ashley’s so precious

[@ASeed17]

WHEN?

[@bwo4653]

@@ASeed17 at 1:31:24

[@NoriMori1992]

I love how the misunderstanding never gets truly cleared up even though they both think it does 😂

[@adoragrayskull]

The way she turns to look at the nonexistent rat is so cute too

[@kyttynkross1121]

Matt: you can hear the festival. "Sounds like expensive food and drinks!" "And pockets to pick!" "And fights to start." The M9 in a nutshell, folks. Bonus round: "If the body is no longer edible, it's no longer a person." (from the one just crazy enough she might do it for the lols) "Anything is edible it you try hard enough." (from the one just desperate enough that you're pretty sure he HAS done it out of necessity)

[@matsh5633]

The Actors when talking to NPCs: Liam: RP mode intensifies. Laura+Sam: Allmost nothing but shits and giggles. Marisha: Question timmmme! Ashly:.............. Talisen: Everyone are his friends. Travis: Honest day of life conversations with major thought of the NPC himself. Travis is awesome.

[@karlwilker579]

Marisha is more like "talks like she's punching them with questions while high".

[@G33KST4R]

Also Liam: Okay you got me, my friend is a GOBLIN!

[@taranoreilly5101]

In Ashley's defense, her character has terrible Charisma and Wisdom, so it kinda makes sense she'd be incredibly awkward.

[@matsh5633]

@@taranoreilly5101 to anyone reading this: I've seen the 1st campaign by now and now I understand how much they play according to their characters. For example: Last campaign Travis was Grog, so no real talk mostly, which was mostly reserved to the others.

[@canniloni]

@@matsh5633 yeah and in campaign 3, ashley’s character is super bubbly and charismatic

[@Coldend]

What kind of weird "reproductive ritual" do the dark elves have, that they need advantage on an attack roll to accomplish it!?! Scary.

[@mosstdev]

Rick Neal Jr. maybe it’s for kidnapping children and turning them????They did mention that the attacks that were happening near the border involved kids. Idk it’s just a theory.

[@jasonfirewalker3595]

I can see you've never tried to woo a drow priestess.

[@Metafreak]

Kaido Vesternin Jimmy Carr

[@DUSKHUNTER713]

This comment gave me unwelcomed homestuck flashbacks

[@asantaimeep]

@@jasonfirewalker3595 snrrrrrkkkk

[@acapier]

Matt needs to introduce a new magical item: The Spoon of Gagging

[@angryowl72]

“GaG mE wItH a SpOoN mR aNd Ms HeNdErSoN!!!”

[@vcagande7998]

I love Ashley

[@straydragur]

Did something like this from my bard. He had someone hex a fork so everytime the Paladin in the group tried to eat he always stabbed the roof of his mouth. It was funny as hell to hear a half orc have continously bad luck eating simple meals and blame he god for it

[@berrybunnyprince811]

As a DM who advocates and encourages Homebrew when I saw this comment I immediately began frantically scrambling to write it down.

[@fe5986]

Yes, gag us all with a spoon

[@Me-ss2gq]

Yasha: *rolls 41 damage in a single attack* Matt: How do you wanna do this? Yasha: :O NO WAY REALLY??

[@Zlittlepenguin]

Normally I hate filler arcs, but honestly I’m just mad this episode wasn’t in the manga. 10/10

[@collectorsalmanac]

The Little Penguin there’s a manga?????

[@haydencrawford8552]

@@collectorsalmanac im pretty sure it was a joke

[@cptjosip]

@@collectorsalmanac r/woooosh

[@Graycata]

I was about to ask how do you got the graphic novel early. But then I saw the other comments

[@collectorsalmanac]

@@cptjosip Wooossh indeed.

[@ak1hiro133]

Beau: "You look good in blue" Caleb: (sniff) tHAT IS ME

[@thomasjoychild4962]

"I've had this dream..." *golf clap for Beau's reaction to enlarged Yasha.*

[@watchmano1755]

When I heard she’s trained all I could imagine was Nott on like a dog leash trying to bite the guard and Caleb stand there like “Don’t worry she doesn’t bite”

[@meenakshious]

Guard: Hey how are you- Nott: *Growling* Guard: AAAH! GET YOUR FUCKING DOG Caleb: it don't bite. Guard: YES IT DO

[@gloomberries3191]

@@meenakshious beat me to it

[@OneColeGuy]

Gloom Berries same

[@NYJWR07]

@@meenakshious Guard: Hey how are you- Nott: *Growling* Guard: AAAH! GET YOUR FUCKING DOG Caleb: it don't bite. Guard: YES IT DO Nott: Yes I do

[@TraGeekGaming]

sad orphan is freaked out by the tiefling. the goblin offers to hunt her down. that will help with the childhood trauma xD

[@camiart_casual]

3:09:50 "That's a big nope!" You might even say it's a... mighty nein? :DDDDDDDD

[@yamuda]

Go to your room and think about what you've done.

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

And the internet goes to...

[@kamenriderDemon]

i think you deserve an emmy too..

[@soup8900]

Boy you didn't just..

[@roxaswright]

How dare you

[@SinSokolov]

being so timid she whispers her name for the arm wrestling then destroying that guy is peak Yasha

[@oakenshadow6763]

She only gets cuter. Trust me.

[@vaibhavguptawho]

1:51:20 Matt: "beautiful even by elven standards, little bit of age" My brain: "SHE'S A MELF."

[@WereDictionary]

Beautiful even by elven standards? I guess the E stands for Everyone then

[@imsorrythankyouplease7613]

EILF?

[@ryankole7414]

MEILF technically

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

Nothing to do with the Acid Arrow, though.

[@joshuakass-amsterdam8474]

@@Zombiewithabowtie My first thought as well!

[@solis-eye]

Matt's face getting more and more concerned as Ashley counts up all the damage Yasha is doing is hilarious

[@chaoticlighttv6207]

I still love Matt's response to Ashley rolling damage Ashley: *Rolls handful of dice* Matt (looking very concerned): "Oh nooooooo"

[@cornelia3912]

Timestamp?

[@tiktokfan5000]

@@cornelia3912 not long after 3:13:08

[@KittyMax97]

For some reason Frumpkin getting respectfully picked up and escorted out, like he’s a normal cat, rivals the humor of being kicked to another plain. 😂😂😂

[@ijk9492]

caleb: "you have not seen me with my clothes off yet" laura bailey: *wheeze*

[@kriss554]

"YET"

[@Crimson-bm9jp]

Oh but she has... Remember the communal bath 🤣🤣

[@Catervarii]

@@Crimson-bm9jp very true... everyone knows what everyone looks like naked.

[@digitool5944]

@@Crimson-bm9jp I think he was diguised

[@bolio9383]

Never thought I could be that excited by an imaginary arm wrestle

[@elbruces]

They did one in season one that was pretty nail biting.

[@kkTeaz]

@@elbruces what episode?

[@elbruces]

Episode 36.

[@kkTeaz]

@@elbruces thanks

[@JaxonBurn]

I was literally on the edge of my seat

[@recurvess9569]

1:38:14 Imagine this scene animated. We're at a set camera angle, watching sweat drip down the competitors' faces and arms, their veins bulging and brows furrowing - it's intense - and in the background we see a blue skinned teifling wrestling a small green figure who has a crossbow.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

You mean what if the most awesome arm wrestling contest in human history was animated? I'm sorry but do you want the world to explode from awesomeness?

[@chriscordeiro1052]

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 OVER THE TOP: an animated series

[@mr.pinkpants3565]

I missed that the first time until I saw this comment, I went back and imagined Nott there just "IMMA KILL EM. IMMA FUCKEN KILL HIIIIIM"

[@xxXXRAPXXxx]

That was so intense i began sweating.

[@slywolfe]

Someone get Jester's Sketchbook on the task 👌

[@carrotandpeas]

Jester: Does anyone need healing? Caleb: I need it, I could get knocked out by a crownsgaurd right now 🤣 that stubtle shade

[@HonestMagpie]

I wonder if that's specifically a reference to the crownsguard vaporizing his cat with a kick. Because I'd be salty, too!

[@jakewulgar]

@@HonestMagpie they either gonna kill those guards who kicked frumpkin or they get eaten by a monster

[@soeby81]

Seeing Travis spot the ridiculousness that Sam writes on his flask and then giggle... I'm looking for it every time and he hasn't let me down yet :)

[@grindstone4910]

Laura's and Taliesin's middle-aged parent voices are spot on.

[@BrowneePointz]

...Taliesen IS middle aged

[@myaschuwerk1693]

KaraoYoshi he’s only like 5 years older than Laura

[@Arzaker]

"Yes Gail, ...gag us all... with a spoon"

[@yargolocus4853]

Grindstone they sound really good! I wonder if they have done it as their jobs before

[@teacuppuck]

And Laura is a parent now

[@east1581]

Ok when Marisha got 2 natural 20's in a row my mind was blow but 3 natural 1's in a row poor fjord but good for 826LA.

[@dom5pawn13]

It was with disadvantage. So 3 from 6.

[@Corosar]

@@dom5pawn13 he only rolled 4 dice. he rolled a nat 1 on the first roll twice

[@wenexplosion5538]

"I give her the stink-eye as we walk away." "take care of your green friend there." "..." "I intensify the stink-eye." I love Liam/Caleb.

[@laenaeverwood7453]

Gotta love these type of episodes where we can see the players just goof off and not have to be serious or worried the entire time. Friggin Nott going OP on the shooting game was the best. Same for Yasha at the Titan game XD

[@drobvensick]

Meanwhile at the back of a wagon a rotten severed head of a manticore is still their.

[@codyallen2838]

Hey brother, love you, it's 'there' though.

[@jadedoptimistt]

At this point I think you mean manticore skull

[@josied2009]

I thought of that, but nobody on the team talks about, not even Matt!

[@Patrioticpawn]

Cody Allen such a respectful interaction, I love it

[@GhimyDaCheese]

It's not there anymore. It's dissolved into liquid at this point.

[@aprazel]

I like how everyone got excited about dressing up for the harvest last episode, and Matt was the only one who participated.

[@EnfadTheFangirl]

12:30 Episode Starts 19:40 Yasha is a little weird 24:25 The Chest Area 27:55 Schrodinger’s Skeleton 33:10 Fjord plays some Trebuchet 35:40 HDYWTDT 50:10 Titan’s grasp 52:40 Nott fires up Jester 55:35 Jester has ALL the apples 56:35 Book barrels 1:03:30 Nott learns crossbow safety 1:08:00 Caleb plays Eagle Shot 1:10:40 Nott plays Eagle Shot 1:17:00 Jester worships the Allhammer 1:26:30 Beau is bad at arm wrestling 1:33:40 Yasha is better 1:58:15 Break Starts 2:07:35 Art Montage 2:11:35 Break Ends 2:21:55 Frumpkin manages to not die 2:24:25 The full Solid Snake 2:31:40 Cobalt tramp stamp 2:49:15 Mighty Nein Round 1 3:13:25 HDYWTDT 3:26:10 Mighty Nein Round 2 3:44:15 HDYWTDT 3:51:30 HDYWTDT

[@TheSolitaryGrape]

Thank you!

[@awkwardaquamarine19]

Boost

[@justadummy8076]

Bump!

[@averycheesypotato]

⛓️ 🆙 ⛓️ ⬆️ ⛓️

[@benjaminsimoneau5678]

stole the stamps from lars 3 comments down but whatever... bump anyway

[@baxterwilhelm8114]

I don't know if I'm in the minority or not but I have to say that Caleb's Quest for Knowledge is one of my favorite sub-plots/character interests in the series.

[@breaddboy]

You spelt smut wrong

[@oldwolflogan4224]

Caleb's book boner is my favorite part of his character.

[@melonhead238]

Shini HA! 😂

[@Aichi1138]

Caleb's quest feels like the one Tiberious Stormwind (from Drakonia) Should have been doing in campaign 1

[@AA-bc8nr]

I have to skip all of liams moments, he's always been a whiny drama queen but now he's a douchbag on top of all that.

[@lakedean4710]

Anybody else immediately watch this ep after ep16 FULLY EXPECTING THEM TO BE DRESSED UP AND THEN GET SUPER SAD WHEN THEY WERENT

[@goth_fraggle]

yup. same. so sad :(

[@arsonthefiregenasi6841]

YEP

[@catherinemckinley9726]

Sammmmmeeeee 😭🙃

[@kyttynkross1121]

Yes. I skipped the art outtro for ren faire costume goodness. :( I WAS PROMISED LEDERHOSEN

[@argetlamzn]

@@kyttynkross1121 and potentially two lederhosen!

[@WSPBane]

I love how happy they are for each other, when Ashley roles a nat 20, then just murders the beast. It's pretty great. Besides that Matt is always so great as a DM working with the players and as a story teller, I am always impressed.

[@MrK133n]

Winning is having fun. Everyone wins here. :-P

[@TheTHRacer]

I like how these “nerdyass voice actors” are having casual nerdyass conversations in character, like discussing whether if a skeleton is considered a dead body.

[@nikkikindinger2718]

Yes! FIght scenes I don't care for, but tiny stupid conversations about syntax? YES, please!

[@NerdHerdForLife]

@@nikkikindinger2718 Legit, the fight scenes are actually my least favorite parts of these campaigns, not that I dislike em, I just like everything else more.

[@Changelingineveryway]

Oh my god, Ashley plays Yasha so well. I didn't notice how low her charisma was.

[@mentallyderangeddoggirl]

socially awkward muscle lady

[@flyboy6392]

@@mentallyderangeddoggirl my kind of woman

[@isabellahopeferris-green2897]

Her voice is *so* pretty! For a lady who’s friggen huge, Yasha’s voice is really melodic and gentle and pretty.

[@1231237914]

@Indecisive N.E.E.T idk if its cuz i have a HUGE crush on ashley (or cuz i got some spoilers) but I've always liked yasha. She's gentle but brave and she has so much to her. You can feel the burden on the character just by the way she talks, its like she has this deep melancholy in her My type of character

[@bdletoast09]

​@@1231237914 I really like the subversion of the dumb muscle trope that was instead changed to socially awkward muscle. The arm wrestling match was great, but the part that finally made me love her character was during Fjord's reveal about his childhood when she *gently* asks "Did you killed them?". It's both hilarious and incredibly sad. I'm not caught up yet so I have no clue of what her backstory is (even if the fact that she can cast Healing Hand, chose to inflict necrotic damages with her divine fury and apparently have a complicated relationship with her patron deity makes me thinks she's a fallen aasimar) but it must be quite terrible and violent if it involves her thinking like that.

[@whatthefuckismyname9173]

I love that Nott just wanders around with her bow loaded. "He just humansplained to me."

[@evertime123]

In this episode of critical role fjord earns some money for charity

[@corvus1253]

Yep. Three 1's rolled in a row!

[@kaizen5023]

Brings new meaning to "epic fail"... Marisha was laughing so hard she was doubled over with her forehead was on the table 😂

[@thephantom2126]

sandbags are the new doors :D

[@shempai1166]

Matt ignoring a terrible perception roll so he can drop worldbuilding anyway on his players is so relatable

[@DannyMakesVideosIGuess]

Which terrible perception roll?

[@shempai1166]

@@DannyMakesVideosIGuess nott overhearing whispers of war. Side note I realized since this comment that matt probably had a list of stuff he would give based off of how high the roll was, and probably wasn't ignoring the roll at all

[@DannyMakesVideosIGuess]

@@shempai1166 Yeah he tends to be thorough like that and you can see him reading the entire interaction and redacting the interesting bits lol. I understand the sentiment to your original comment though

[@kitten-inside]

He very specifically told them that they were only getting the cliffnotes because of the bad rolls.

[@Glmorrs1]

@@DannyMakesVideosIGuess I loved that part. “You don’t hear that, you don’t hear that, you don’t hear that…,” He’s not just giving his players a little bit of information, he’s also telling them that they missed a lot of information, which can also be pretty informative itself. It’s a great way to tell the players that they know that they don’t know everything.

[@TheAngryOne6762]

With Schmidt and Frumpkin, they're actually 9 of them.

[@collectorsalmanac]

Dale Summers 10 if they have Jester 2

[@ASquared544]

Pixelated Dreams Jester 2 isn’t tangible, it doesn’t count

[@10xbetter88]

Well what about the meta gaming pigeon

[@fhantum6519]

10xBetter Okay so ten, meta gaming pigeon is a secret god

[@arturv.a.4542]

@@fhantum6519 11, if we counting gods Jester's best friend is in

[@TechLeafRanger]

I love how when Nott get's angry at the Eagle Shot, even the dice are like 'yeah, we need to roll high here so she can have an epic moment', and Nott just proceeds to Robin Hood it. It just was so perfect, like the shooting range scene from Back to the Future 3. Crownsguard: Hey uhhh...where did you learn to shoot like that? Nott: Local Tavern. *takes a swig from her flask*

[@SavedByFaith9981]

I feel like a lot of the game scenes just rolled epic little moments for all the characters, worked wonderfully for everyone, all the losses made the sims feel way more fun

[@ericburton3963]

Hearing about the groups idea for “trebuchet” honestly made me start wondering about the potential for magically based Carnival rides in D&D like why couldn’t a trebuchet be enchanted with feather fall in order to make a fun ride.

[@u.s.s.chucklefucker1657]

All you would need is a Magic Initiate Variant Human to activate the enchantment and target the rider, otherwise That's a pretty good idea.

[@puppeteerofmystery9643]

Also a good way to send off the more unruly drunk's claiming the spell don't always work. Cause they will believe it

[@ProLarrikin]

Love no one questioning the Goblin's history of attending weddings and seasonal festivals.

[@calescentlight5486]

I assumed she was lying through her teeth

[@AceBradMan]

Also how no one question why her default disguise is a halfling, from what I know, she never disguised as a gnome or a dwarf or even a kobold, always a halfling

[@darkestlight660]

@@calescentlight5486 stay tuned =]

[@VikingMale]

Like Goblins don’t party. And in this world of Orcs building libraries and marrying elves, I can see goblins having weddings..

[@jollyjeangiant]

​​​@@AceBradMan halflings are the right size and well liked. Dwarves are too tall, and kobolds aren't seen fondly by a lot of people. Gnomes might be an option but still people aren't as fond of them as halflings.

[@nightwolf1805]

Molly: *Misses two vicious mockery back to back* Molly: *Finally hits a vicious mockery and rolls a 1 for damage* FeelsBadMan

[@josied2009]

I played a ranger once, except she was the exact opposite from Molly in that part, she had a plus fourteen to hit and always hit even if she got a natural one but I always got terrible damage

[@KumaoftheForest]

That explains why he switched to a cleric

[@manumainio]

- Has two badass glowing swords and most health in the party. - Always stays 30ft away and only uses a spell that does 1d4 damage.

[@KumaoftheForest]

manu mainio the irony being that when he goes Melee, he dies

[@Draeckon]

@@KumaoftheForest Mate, regardless of how long the episode you just spoiled has been out, you never post major spoilers in earlier episodes - especially if you're not going to put a warning beforehand. I'm fortunate I already knew that.

[@flandomaltrizian4603]

HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing 1:55 Emmy award winning sitcom promo 11:55 Tuna Salad commentary 12:30 Episode Starts 19:40 Yasha is a little weird 24:25 The Chest Area 27:55 Schrodinger’s Skeleton 33:10 Fjord plays some Trebuchet 35:40 HDYWTDT 50:10 Titan’s grasp 52:40 Nott fires up Jester 55:35 Jester has ALL the apples 56:35 Book barrels 1:03:30 Nott learns crossbow safety 1:08:00 Caleb plays Eagle Shot 1:10:40 Nott plays Eagle Shot 1:17:00 Jester worships the Allhammer 1:26:30 Beau is bad at arm wrestling 1:33:40 Yasha is better 1:58:15 Break Starts 2:07:35 Art Montage 2:11:35 Break Ends 2:21:55 Frumpkin manages to not die 2:24:25 The full Solid Snake 2:31:40 Cobalt tramp stamp 2:49:15 Mighty Nein Round 1 3:13:25 HDYWTDT 3:26:10 Mighty Nein Round 2 3:44:15 HDYWTDT 3:51:30 HDYWTDT Between Twitch and KZbin, live viewership of this episode peaked around 55,000 people. The in-game start day for the episode was the 3rd of Fessuran 835 PD (There was previously confusion about this date). Sam’s flask says “Coooo Cooo Use Mage Hand Cooo Cooo” Critical Role recently announced that they’ll be at Gen Con in Indianapolis. I saw their live Gen Con show when VM was in the Feywild and I have to say, it’s absolutely a wonderful live show, definitely worth it if you can make it. Tickets are on sale tomorrow, and the date is August 3rd. Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?

[@TheSvmurai]

Thank you !!

[@Ninjaslikelamas]

kudos for getting this out so fast!

[@lindsaywright5182]

Anyone else keep on mistaking God of War for Grog??

[@rosesarafilovic]

Gods work my dear man.

[@mrkhan]

HOW!? It's been 20 minutes??!!? *YOU'RE A LEGEND*

[@PanKitsune]

Molly: 'I'll distract people for you!' Immediately gets distracted by something pretty. Molly, I love you but omfg. (but im glad caleb saved the spell slot!)

[@squattingheads]

Pan its a ritual so the danger wasnt there to lose one

[@rashkavar]

@@squattingheads Masking a ritual spell - ie: 10 minutes of incantations, gestures, etc - is kinda...tough.

[@desalator33]

Aww, I'm so happy Caleb got to have a caramel apple.

[@jennie22.02]

it was such a nice little moment when he said how long it had been since he had one. Caleb just tugs on my heartstrings

[@jaredwoods2361]

Matt: A mysterious bite is taken from the apple. everyone: "ooooooh" Jester: I lick the spot everyone: "EWWWW" XD

[@prettypjohnson4970]

"Making out with your god?!"

[@kkTeaz]

@@prettypjohnson4970 aoududhdsu

[@kkTeaz]

@@prettypjohnson4970 aouhdusuulu

[@kkTeaz]

@@prettypjohnson4970 aouhdusuulu

[@MostLikelyMortal]

Pretty P Johnson aoududhdsu

[@johncreekpaum4998]

Those Victory Pit descriptions were amazing. I'm always astounded by how well Matt narrates the game when the players have nothing to do, keeping players engaged even though they have no agency.

[@HyenaFox]

Yeah. Matt is both a great storyteller and a great writer, and his signature DMing style seems to be to narrate everything, even seemingly unimportant actions. It keeps everyone engaged. He also begins to narrate when nothing happens, and narrates almost every action the players don't narrate themselves.

[@khaaneph7311]

@@HyenaFox the way he narrates is something that seems so logical. in dnd, you display images to your party by describing it so that they imagine it themselves. do you know where else that happens? IN A BOOK MATT IS BASICALLY READING A BOOK BUT THE STORY IS INFLUENCED BY THE PARTY!!!!! after that, all you need is a good story and you 'dad' to do the voices owo

[@OmANnIe]

@@khaaneph7311 but a "book" he actually created which is absolutely amazing

[@erroncayne9148]

I find it funny and cool that I can hardly binge watch TV shows or movies anymore, but I can sit through 2 or 3 of these episodes a day with absolutely no problem. It's great. My ADHD is like "You know what? We like this. Let's focus."

[@energizer7354]

Was just thinking that today! I think because it is so refreshing unpredictable, random and real, the characters are well developed and Matt's pacing with tension and fun is perfect. Plus we get to see the in between plot points unlike a movie or a tvshow

[@concerned_ghost]

oh my goodness yes! the hyper fixation is real

[@Sotoben_]

I've never felt a comment as much as this one!

[@shelvinsglaslough]

yes!!! 😜 from my head to my toes!

[@MonochromeMochi]

Same! The sheer randomness probably helps a lot. With a show you can usually predict some of what will happen. In DnD you can guess a little of the major plot that within the next few episodes, but everything is so wildly chaotic it might take a total left turn. Not to mention the action/checks that are almost fully based on luck. All of that in a nice little magicy-story bow.

[@mentalrebllion1270]

Nott passing out her prizes reminds me of a mom who won prizes for her kids

[@jenny_of_oldstones3523]

It's so sad how maternal she gets with all of them in one way or another.

[@user-Aaron-]

​@@jenny_of_oldstones3523Smells like a spoiler.

[@ethanrose9682]

1:14:22 B: "Hey, guys, look, I'm Molly." N: "Well, don't cut yourself!" B: *Immediately cuts herself in the neck.* "Agh, a splinter." God I love these guys

[@SooyoungFTW]

2:57:30 "I've had this dream" Beau pls 3:12:40 "oh, natural 20" gotta love that tone 3:13:35 the Yasha chant 3:43:40 Ashley "Natural 20" Johnson

[@ArdenDemonic]

38:14 is no one else concerned by Talesin? "Apparently no one has thrown a baby before." I laughed so much that I alarmed myself.

[@shannyg4404]

Did anyone else notice at 3:26:58 Matt hit his head on the mic while grabbing his dice from the floor, then turned toward it and said “sorry mic”? I watched it like 3 times it was too funny and cute

[@oakenshadow6763]

That is awesome and wholesome.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

Huh. didn't notice he hit his head. I thought he was apologizing to some cameraman named Mike after ducking down to the floor.

[@bellymouth1828]

Oh my god Matt is such a good storyteller. That whole scene with the Minotaur fight had everyone gasping and on the edge of their seats. His descriptions were spot on and I was just amazed at the delivery.

[@daisyjohnson4837]

"Macaroni salad is the wild west of culinary delights."-Matt Mercer