Cindergrove Revisited | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 46

[@trapical]

I absolutely adore how Gern's character sheet lists his class as "Necromancer / Candle Specialist"

[@sodapopmermaid7897]

1:05:17 Liam: knocks over Laura's dice, grins Laura: *HORRIFIED GASP* YOU-- /EVIL/-- Liam: still grinning, but also leaning away in fear

[@EvieCorwell]

Don't take this seriously, lad. They're all friends.

[@proph6022]

@@Keovar imagine seeing that situation and thinking she is seriously upset there. try interacting with others more

[@Spectralyzed]

@@Keovar Are you unaware that all of these people are best friends? There's a reason they spend hours every week playing this game.

[@georgeweasley54]

The absolute sibling energy

[@AS-zt8yx]

The best bit is her husband says "gimme a break" when she says that but as he finishes he looks over to see Liam mess her dice up and begins to crack a smile

[@dononof]

Irish dragonborn necromancer candle-maker. I did not know I needed this in my life.

[@Hawwwlucha]

Blair Boggs oh my god the candles are just magical pipebombs

[@Altyrell]

Necromancy For Love, Necromancy For Life

[@isamuddin1]

Nah death cleric still op

[@shadycactus6146]

i quite like him. my grave domain cleric would murder his ass without a second thought, but i quite like him

[@dylsie91]

Actually a pretty good Irish accent for once too!

[@twohorsesinamancostume7606]

3:15:35 "You'll always be welcome in Whitestone" Yeah.... a necromancer will always be welcome... in the city that was dominated and half slaughtered by the undead. That totally won't get him burned at the stake.

[@MarcAmAlb]

Live and let die. 😉

[@thatonewitch]

Oh hey, they're lighting the way up for him, that's a very *warm* welcome!

[@DJ42288]

You can hear travis right at the start say "yeah we do" after Matt's intro. Seeing the first baby steps of "WEPLAYDUNGEONANDDRAGONSSSSSSSS"

[@Dan280974]

that will be fun to see for the first time

[@ryandineen3655]

“I’d rather you have fun than not” Not the DM we deserve, but definitely the one we need right now

[@christenh359]

2:12:59 ❤

[@corporealghoul]

I've already watched all of C2... now catching up in C1. It is insane to think.... if I have this correctly, that Travis and Sam were new D&D players prior to this campaign. I know they are both voice actors but their ability to improvise is what I find amazing. Scanlan tripping and blaming it on Grog. Grog believing him and apologizing. So good.

[@teaganlee4219]

Omg I think I missed that, do you have a time stamp for it!?

[@dseray9494]

Well They had been playing for a few years prior also And college humour's dimension 20 has a load of people on it at times who haven't ever played before, it's really impressive how great they can be, albeit with editing on their side Still, it's really cool that Sam and Travis manage it so well

[@corporealghoul]

@@sammich7141 you must be a blast at parties.

[@corporealghoul]

@@sammich7141 i know what they all do for a living. I can still be impressed with how well they do though. Your comment didnt add anything positive. If anything it was telling me i shouldnt take joy from my surprise at the moment. Comes of kind of toxic. Hence my response.

[@dungeonmaster3198]

I mean, they are actors, they probably have years worth of professional improv training. What's astounding to me is the chemistry, the timing, you can't learn that stuff.

[@darkbunny9994]

Matthew thinking he was gonna have a cool genie fight, but his boss monster gets hamster-balled and Gern starts an undead dance party. An over-all better experience.

[@coolpapabell22]

I kinda feel like this is why more dudes started coming out of the rift after he realized how boned the Efreet was... :D

[@RFraser22]

And his mobs got splashed to death

[@min_conthi]

Out of context this comment is a fever dream

[@penguin36x]

If anyone wants to double check my math that tidal wave of water would be around 22 000+ gallons of water.

[@EDDY062390]

@@penguin36x 22,441.57 gallon

[@klinneah]

"Scanlan, you're up next." "I'm spending an Action Surge to shoot it three more times." "Scanlan, you're theoretically up next."

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

It's a useful version of what Tiberius would do.

[@wuftchan8299]

what

[@calebevans3690]

@@Blasted2Oblivion oof, that's a burn

[@honeysuckel1351]

@@calebevans3690 burn implies tiberius wouldve used something that wasnt telekinesis

[@calebevans3690]

@@honeysuckel1351 true

[@Hugo-pg9hq]

Gern meeting Gilmore would be something too beautiful for words.

[@benvella1728]

Total chaos

[@melissawardjohns220]

This should happen....sadly this campaign is done but he could use them in other campaigns set in the same space. Reuse NPCs and guest PCs it's wasteful to not and it's fun when you see favorite ones again.

[@rinconusmc]

Melissa Ward Gilmore’s glorious candles.

[@melissawardjohns220]

@@rinconusmc in my campaigns I dm this is now canon. I might name the shops the same but let's face it I will not ever be as talented as Matt Mercer for his NPCs. I'll just have them be branches of his store chain lol.

[@NinjaLeafSakura1]

@@melissawardjohns220 I would love to join your campaign just to see that! XD

[@executivelypunk]

matt: gives long, detailed explanation of how an item works, what it's made of, and how it could be useful in the given circumstances chris: "i have this blink candle. it's formed from various animals that blink." i love critical role.

[@Renegadebane]

Vests for undead with "service necromancy, please do not kill"

[@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi]

genius!

[@newtonianlaw3249]

@@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi Not really, I actually tried that... The guards, civilians, etc. took offence, killed them and arrested me.... This lead to a very hilarious courtroom exchange, but not the best of times for me... as I would have gotten the death sentence, if my party did not break me out before it happened

[@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi]

@@newtonianlaw3249 lol. Poor bastard. Have you tried offering them candles?

[@newtonianlaw3249]

@@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi Nooooo... Perhaps that would have helped

[@slayeroffurries1115]

@@newtonianlaw3249 oof. is necromancy prohibited in the setting you were playing?

[@Taneth]

"Roll a D20 for musical taste" "4" "It catches your ear with delight."

[@hannahwalls6851]

The lower the numbers are for the oldies and higher numbers would be for newer tunes. Roll for musical era I guess 😅

[@sleepy1697]

Kill random zombie... somehow STILL an old lady. Damn you Vox Machina.

[@calvinjohnson2881]

This is the best comment

[@clayxros576]

What do you expect? Old ladies are their preferred enemy.

[@joshhaworth2155]

Wouldn't be surprised if Chris and Matt planned that out ahead of time. "If they kill one, make sure it's the old lady."

[@goatelope7539]

Epic pattern

[@serbian88]

Vex's real favored enemy

[@mjr8888]

Every time Matt says "...we play Dungeons and Dragons" I keep on steeling myself to hear, "WE PLAY DUNGEONS AND DRAGOOOOOONS!!!" from Travis, and when it doesn't happen I feel disappointment.

[@SPACEHARICE]

my brain for some reason thought travis always did this to find no he didn't and only started doing it a bit through campaign 2

[@mastadon6384]

This is a dated comment BUT WE PLAY DUNGEONS AND DRAGOOOOOOONS!!!!! returns TONIGHT BABY, and I cannot wait.

[@SPACEHARICE]

@@mastadon6384 ITS THURSDAY FINALY

[@mastadon6384]

@@SPACEHARICE YEAH BUDDY!!!!!!

[@rafaelfreire3490]

YES!!! I thought I was the only one!!

[@Burori1]

I'm glad Gern was around for this one. The gang needed some laughter after all that happened in the past few episodes.

[@johnyliltoe]

The episode where Critical Role becomes a Monty Python movie.

[@Mr0Anonymous0]

Much needed relief after all the crying & scrying X)

[@grondhero]

I'm in the minuscule minority, but I didn't like this one, and Chris was pretty much the reason for it. Anyway, most people (and the players) seemed to enjoy it, so that's what's important.

[@NickTBrick]

@@grondhero You're not the hero we deserve, but the one we need. Your rationality legitimately made me day, thanks!

[@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608]

@@grondhero No worries about him coming back anyways so enjoy this one episode knowing that, due to the abuse allegations confirmed from multiple sources.

[@equusheart3344]

And every moment was pure gold XD

[@alzoruledura7416]

"Volcanos are nature's candle, what a stupid question!" OMG that killed me

[@theouterlimits7788]

What I love the most is how matt paints a picture of every action and condition makes it come alive even more. Makes you even more invested in the action.

[@davidbergfors6820]

Matt Mercer for Dungeon Grand Master!

[@Joseph-um6wz]

3:17:20 - Gern Blanston drops his whole backstory in 30 seconds, drops the mike, and walks out. Totally hilarious.

[@ViryLittlebottom]

you meant immediately start looting the CR studio

[@crodthesorrysap4165]

@@ViryLittlebottom guess its pay back for the broom

[@parkerdalrymple4398]

@@crodthesorrysap4165 This is why I love dnd! That broom doesn’t even exist XD

[@Shiznaft1]

1:16 Sam has been replaced 3:13 Get your shit together, Right Table 5:30 Grog's shirt design 7:40 It's going to be a long show with Chris and Sam sitting next to each other 8:15 - Recap begins 14:06 Grog is so supportive 18:00 Scanlan's not great with the stealth 22:31 Enter Hardwick 24:49 - Nature's Candle 30:00 no offence 33:21 Grog is concerned 37:40 - A Very Lucky Roll 44:52 Candle delivery 57:06 The beginning of the beautiful relationship between Scanlan and Gern 59:36 Fatty Arbuckle is the real hero of this story 1:03:04 The saga of Fatty 1:05:15 - Real Life Siblings 1:15:00 Scanlan/Gern might be my OTP 1:17:16 Grog is just making sure they're all dead 1:18:47 - Break Begins 1:34:13 - Break Ends 1:53:34 Kick his ass, Stimpy 1:57:47 Scanlan is a BAMF 2:00:16 The tragedy of Scanlan and Gern 2:02:05 - Tidal Wave 2:08:00 Scanlan ruins all of Matt's fun 2:14:23 Gern has fascinating turns 2:19:02 The best use for inspiration 2:23:12 Gern finally sees Scanlan 2:24:52 - Scanlan's Healing Word To Gern 2:30:45 - Laura's True Purpose 2:31:05 - Hamster Ifrit 2:32:38 The beginnings of Grog the Magician 2:34:22 - Salty Laura (2:34:10 - "...or I do have a flying broom") 2:39:16 Grog tries to make friends with the Efreeti 2:40:01 Scanlan is the MVP of this battle 2:52:25 How do you want to do this? 2:53:38 Grog casts beheading 2:54:11 Broomgate 2:58:13 Grog attempts to aid in the ritual 2:58:46 Gern and Coral aid in the ritual 3:09:09 Thanks, Gern 3:12:57 #FeelTheGern 3:14:11 Don't you forget about me 3:15:41 The special relationship between Vex and Gern 3:17:15 Gern's backstory 3:18:53 - The More They Stay The Same 3:19:32 Scanlan doesn't actually know anything about Keyleth 3:22:04 Sam judges Laura

[@Reblwitoutacause]

2:04:40 “She’s a squirter!”

[@Vakuma2point0]

thanks

[@itaysror6591]

Thanks

[@thoronbar]

Commenting to boost

[@kafnfriends]

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[@ZachSing]

Matt asking how Liam rolled a 34 on his attack and his answer being “I don’t know anymore” is perfect

[@DonCarnage42]

An attack bonus of 15 for a level 12 rogue seems fair enough

[@true_plays_games]

Yes Liam confirmed has never cheated his dice or sneak attacks or anything ever every single game 😲

[@a.garcha199]

His inability to understand anything about his simple class or what modifier to add when has been mind boggling so far

[@lezzleee]

​@@a.garcha199 He was dealing with his mom recently dying, and newly diagnosed Hyperacusis IIRC.

[@a.garcha199]

@@lezzleee I'm on episode 71 currently and not much has changed, in fact his reasoning seems to have gotten worse.

[@HowManyTimes234]

as soon as Gern pulls out that broom you can literally see Vex making the decision that she’s going to steal that broom

[@spacecowboyeddie6803]

Chris: *makes a charming Irish character* Taliesin: *light bulb goes off*

[@nosiree7104]

Funny thing is, I never realised molly was supposed to have an Irish accent till Matt did it later 😂

[@spacecowboyeddie6803]

@@nosiree7104 I don’t blame you. Tal’s Irish accent is absolutely terrible 😆

[@gm6892]

@@nosiree7104 this is true, and also confirmed by his friends teasing him on it later on in the campaign.

[@pancorleone]

@@nosiree7104I stopped after 13 episodes of C2 to watch C1. Mollymauk is supposed to have an Irish accent!?

[@OOKIE_DOOKIE]

​@@pancorleoneaparently

[@SeanstonVA]

I live and fucking breathe for Taliesin's facial expressions throughout the first 20 minutes after Chris introduces his character. He keeps looking for things to say and backs out at the last second every single time, stunned by what he's witnessing. It's goddamn glorious.

[@danielmetcalfe5589]

Gern is absolute chaotic goodness. Chris walking around and picking up random objects to simulate Gern’s treasure hunting was complete gold. Such a fun episode.

[@ThePhantomBeaver]

everyone in the party: "not to be dramatic, but i would die for Fatty Arbuncle" Gern: "i would kill -for- Fatty Arbucle"

[@jlamb117]

I’m glad that after watching Liam the last two episodes looking super drained and unbearable sad having a much better day this episode and looks like he finally had a good nights sleep! Love you Liam!

[@snor69]

I think its more character development than him all together. He did get molested by the raven queen so after that he has to act as if he's conflicted

[@lindagray2760]

He was also upset about Vex dying

[@grumdiddlydoo3559]

Bares repeating that Liam was going through a rough period of time for a big chunk of the earlier episodes. His mother was battling cancer, and my understanding is she finally passed just before episode C1 45. While he is a master of role play, I imagine he channeled much of that through his actual grief.

[@demilung]

"Can I modify his memory to make him forget not to kill himself?"

[@VarietyFox420]

We all said something cringy when we first started playing

[@fantasyfarce]

Vex - My greed almost killed me a few days back, but I've learned my lesson. Also Vex - Man I want that broom, Imma steal it!

[@fantasyfarce]

@Dean Forrester AND from a guest too!!!

[@jonholdsworth7560]

Yeah kinda was poor taste imo

[@fantasyfarce]

@@jonholdsworth7560 I think it fit in Vex's character and I have a sneaky suspicion that he and Matt knew when he brought the broom that he wasn't going to leave with it.

[@jonholdsworth7560]

@@fantasyfarce that is true.. he didn't seem angry about it at all. Guess it was the fact she stole it from a guest, and who was helping them that really grinded my gears heh

[@fantasyfarce]

@@jonholdsworth7560 I can see that. I don't know if he plays Gern anywhere else but I'm betting he didn't really lose anything. It's all good!

[@piabernardino]

24:49 Liam's face when Chris explains what he does lolololol Also, "A volcano is nature's candle!" Critical Role guests are the best guests :)

[@piabernardino]

2:08:45 better than the original, Hardwick

[@colmkehoe4]

47:55 "Squeeze the candle Fatty Arbuckle!" I've never laughed at an episode of Critical Role so hard xD

[@jarodtate3451]

Best part is Taliesin completely short-circuiting when that was said

[@Draezeth]

#feelthegern

[@WannaComment2]

Since he's not using it Scanlan should give that Ioun Stone to Percy. With his Magic Initiate feat he has only one 1st lvl spell slot per long rest, so it could quadruple his hex output. He'd just have to remember to store his hexes every day whenever he doesn't use them. Also I think that Stone can store and cast spells from anybody, not just the wearers, so it could actually be ridiculously versitile and useful. Edit because I found this discription: "Any creature can cast a spell of 1st through 3rd level into the stone by touching it as the spell is cast. The spell has no effect, other than to be stored in the stone. [...] While this stone orbits your head, you can cast any spell stored in it. The spell uses the slot level, spell save DC, spell attack bonus, and spellcasting ability of the original caster, but is otherwise treated as if you cast the spell." Holy shit this thing is awesome. It's a shame they don't use it like... at all.

[@TheUCuber]

Can you explain why it's so awesome? It's up to 1 3rd lvl spell, which you have store beforehand using a spell slot.

[@tyraberryhill3062]

From the description here, it sounds like it could be used by a non-spellcaster. The spells could be stored on days when the slots were not used before a long rest.

[@SuperGoose42]

So you could have Grog run into a room full of enemies and cast fireball (using Scanlan's insane DC of 20) before finishing each of them off by himself

[@bashelhunter4021]

DAMN dude. You found a sleeping giant in their possession and it just goes unused. This is arguably as good as or better than Craven's Edge. At least equal in standing considering he could have ANY spell in that his party has available.

[@Zalied]

Spell storing items are almost always underutilized which is good because the moment people realize it gets really annoying quickly by how op it it. 3rd levels to non spell casters. There's even some decent 2nd and 1ST level spells that are nice. Free spell slots even low level isn't bad either. Imagine a 3rd level cure wounds or healing word on a non healer that's free hp pots stored during downtime. 3 lvl 1 healing spells is basically 3 revives

[@FoxMoss0823]

I love how chaotic this episode is, having serious episodes only feel affective if you have a few light hearted ones in between

[@ash-tv3bu]

"as the kaitiaki of the fire nation-" fire lord keyleth confirmed

[@SwingingonSunshine]

Petition for Gern, Zahra, Lyra, and Kashaw to have their own campaign! (And Aldor just to make things interesting)

[@Matthew_Calmert]

And Thorbir!!

[@archliter]

I'm sorry but we all know that Thorbir will just FAIL TERRIBLY.

[@Matthew_Calmert]

Tatera But that will make it funny!

[@swampwasp3]

also Vox Morinica needs to be there

[@iMyoto]

Lillith?

[@koalaarecute]

I would like to state my undying love for all of those that post timestamps. You are the greatest people alive

[@mattblissett1966]

They're angels in human form.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

Second only to the glorious souls who typed up a billion hours' worth of captions, including the speakers' names.

[@fisharepeopletoo9653]

Watching through campaign 1 while current on campaign 2 makes me really miss flando

[@antuanlemon484]

@@fisharepeopletoo9653 it’s beautiful that we know his name

[@KeemTheDreamer]

Not all heroes wear capes

[@tysoncurtis9256]

"I would rather you have fun than not." Wisest words ever spoken by any Game Master.

[@andrewgelos9778]

Totally the right call on his part, which is (I’m guessing) why he overlooked later when Laura fudged the wording of the ability and just let her do it instead.

[@Introbulus]

"What's the range on the spell?" "...Infinity?" - Every DM and Player, ever.

[@gebdemedici]

Fire a Thunderbolt and have it hit a random person in another continent because the range is infinite.

[@tabletopoverlord5843]

@@gebdemedici Forgotten Realms is flat - don't let NASA fool you!

[@zemorph42]

@@tabletopoverlord5843 It fits the cosmology of that plane of existence.

[@WolfHeathen]

Re-posted timestamps: 1:16 Sam has been replaced 3:13 Get your shit together, Right Table 5:30 Grog's shirt design 7:40 It's going to be a long show with Chris and Sam sitting next to each other 8:15 - Recap begins 14:06 Grog is so supportive 18:00 Scanlan's not great with the stealth 22:31 Enter Hardwick 24:49 - Nature's Candle 30:00 no offence 33:21 Grog is concerned 37:40 - A Very Lucky Roll 44:52 Candle delivery 57:06 The beginning of the beautiful relationship between Scanlan and Gern 59:36 Fatty Arbuckle is the real hero of this story 1:03:04 The saga of Fatty 1:05:15 - Real Life Siblings 1:15:00 Scanlan/Gern might be my OTP 1:17:16 Grog is just making sure they're all dead 1:18:47 - Break Begins 1:34:13 - Break Ends 1:53:34 Kick his ass, Stimpy 1:57:47 Scanlan is a BAMF 2:00:16 The tragedy of Scanlan and Gern 2:02:05 - Tidal Wave 2:08:00 Scanlan ruins all of Matt's fun 2:14:23 Gern has fascinating turns 2:19:02 The best use for inspiration 2:23:12 Gern finally sees Scanlan 2:24:52 - Scanlan's Healing Word To Gern 2:30:45 - Laura's True Purpose 2:31:05 - Hamster Ifrit 2:32:38 The beginnings of Grog the Magician 2:34:22 - Salty Laura (2:34:10 - "...or I do have a flying broom") 2:39:16 Grog tries to make friends with the Efreeti 2:40:01 Scanlan is the MVP of this battle 2:52:25 How do you want to do this? 2:53:38 Grog casts beheading 2:54:11 Broomgate 2:58:13 Grog attempts to aid in the ritual 2:58:46 Gern and Coral aid in the ritual 3:09:09 Thanks, Gern 3:12:57 #FeelTheGern 3:14:11 Don't you forget about me 3:15:41 The special relationship between Vex and Gern 3:17:15 Gern's backstory 3:18:53 - The More They Stay The Same 3:19:32 Scanlan doesn't actually know anything about Keyleth 3:22:04 Sam judges Laura

[@GreenGrasshoppa]

This "comment" should be further up.

[@JA-jk9uf]

Thank you, this took forever to find!

[@drury2361]

19:21 - The Walking Dead 22:07 - A Simple Mistake 24:25 - Gern Blanston 31:55 - Gern's Infectious Accent 45:00 - Fatty's Special Delivery 57:10 - Scanlan Inspires Gern 1:14:50 - Scanlan Brings the THUNDER! 1:34:10 - Break Ends 1:52:50 - Stop, Drop, and... Zombie? 1:59:10 - Scanlan's Magic Ball 2:00:31 - Scanlan Heals Gern 2:12:50 - Good Guy Mercer 2:15:08 - Gern's Mind Tricks 2:18:53 - Dance Party! 2:24:10 - Scanlan's Bolt 2:24:45 - Scanlan Heals Gern Again 2:32:10 - Grog's Kill Steal 2:52:22 - Scanlan & Grog Combo! 2:54:15 - BroomGate 3:01:48 - CORL, NO!

[@Jojirius]

+Phalinx Hey, do those links work for you? For me they all lead me to the last point I was at in the video.

[@drury2361]

+Ant Wu I have to close out the video and reopen it for them to work. Timestamps have been FUBAR all week :\

[@ehcmier]

+Ant Wu Timestamp links haven't been working for me for over a week. They send me to the beginning of the vid.

[@mischa2643]

3:20:00 - scanlan is ashari racist

[@einar_476]

1:34:06 break ends

[@zsoro9300]

Travis' little dance when he celebrates paying attention to Keyleth's elemental transformations, recognizing she is doing a Fire Elemental for the first time 😄

[@vkjaencjhewbacjenajcean]

timestamp?

[@klaudia123]

I love to see how comfortable and confident Keyleth is when she's around her people

[@ThommeGun]

I like how scanlan was the only one to hear Gern's comment about keyleth at 2:04:40-ish.

[@zoeg.6926]

What did he say? I couldn't quite make it out

[@ThommeGun]

"she's a squirter."

[@zoeg.6926]

Omg lmao

[@ThommeGun]

yeah, I picked up on it because of the kind of jokes my dad shared with me, as well as the fact that I can filter sounds to a degree... again because of my dad.

[@PhilCowin]

Yeah, that was good. Pretty sure he said it so only Sam would hear too :P

[@isaiahwelch8066]

The more I watch CR, the more I'm impressed with the artistic talents of the Critter community. Everybody who has submitted art never ceases to impress me, and the talents you all have is something to behold. And what I love the most is that it isnt just cool combat poses or general looks you all put out, but several times now, you guys have captured moments that are moments of sorrow, of sadness, even death. It is these depictions that tear and pull at the hearts of everyone, new and old, that has experienced these moments of tragedy, of life and death. It is these moments that make for beautiful story-telling, and for the community to give these moments a perspective shown through visual artistry, it makes the story that much more compelling, and makes the events that transpire with these PCs have that much more depth. It is one reason, of many, why I keep watching these episodes of CR, and why, notwithstanding my own personal issues, I have laughed and cried, felt joy and sorrow. And if stories tell us anything, they remind us, again and again, of what life can be, and how full it is -- if we simply and merely pay attention to what is around us. It shows us that no matter where we find ourselves, there is always a reminder of what it means to actually live, and to show us that everything in life we could ever work for or hope for, we can achieve and accomplish. As I've heard it said: Fortuna faveat fortibus, semper fidelis. Thank you, Critters, for displaying your works of artistic talent. You guys are amazing.

[@UnhallowedEssence]

"That's Coral, Stimpy and Fatty Arbuckle" "Which one did we kill?" "That one was Carol, so sad" Why haven't they brought him back yet? He is so good at this

[@BossDragon3000]

Because he is canonically dead in the story.

[@UnhallowedEssence]

@@BossDragon3000 I must've missed that detail, although I'm mainly talking about the guy playing Gern Blanston

[@thisrandomdude2880]

There were allegations of sexual and emotional abuse against him by his ex-girlfriend. After an investigation (in which said ex refused to participate) by AMC during which he was removed from their show, he was eventually reinstated since nothing indicated that these claims were true. His previous partners and his current wife vouched for him, saying they were never mistreated in any way by him, and while some claim that they could associate emotional abuse with his character, they were anonymous claims that didn't really lead anywhere. Some accused him of blacklisting his ex and those that cross him, but I doubt it's anything serious. Another thing that later came up was the fact that his ex was cheating on him, leading to him breaking up with her, giving her a motive. As for Critical Role, the character was pronounced officially dead due to the whole ordeal and they didn't associate themselves with him anymore which I find pretty sad. I personally believe he's innocent, he's a funny, energetic guy who knows how to build a good character. But hey, what can you do, it's all in the past now and there's nothing we can do about him.

[@UnhallowedEssence]

@@thisrandomdude2880 I actually didn't know that, so thanks, although it sucks that he won't appear as a guest anymore

[@thisrandomdude2880]

@@UnhallowedEssence It's the world of entertainment, looks pretty on the outside, but it's filled with a lot of disappointment.

[@AJ-jc4wy]

plot twist: there’s nothing wrong with the camera, the left half of the room just occasionally phases out of existence

[@roadoabbie]

Talesin Jaffe is just that powerful

[@aaronkerr5710]

Real life blink spell

[@williammountfield8508]

I blame teferi

[@mr.e7541]

They are two Rogues they just went into stealth

[@jamesmaceaveli6679]

Me as soon as Gern mentions a flying broom: "So that's how Vex becomes a witch." 🤣🤣

[@Moola868]

I just ordered the Vox Machina pins now that I'm watching through C1, and I was looking at Vex's thinking "Why does she look like a witch? She's a ranger and now rogue, where does the witch come in?" The moment Chris mentioned a flying broom and Laura's face lit up it was just "oh, now I see."

[@jacobdavis5722]

Fire Keyleth to the Fire Elemental: Go to your room!!

[@NopeJustPatrick]

Is that a Dr. Who reference? If so, nice. That Doctor was one of my favorites, and I wish Eccleston had been able to stay for another season. If not, I'm terribly sorry for the presumption, and please feel free to educate me on the reference you intended to make.

[@brandonyoung7156]

Whew, I'm glad that worked. Those would've been terrible last words. :D

[@ltandrew1951]

Are you my mommy? 😂

[@flame6454]

@@NopeJustPatrick I'm really glad that worked. Those would have been terrible last words.

[@jakisz]

2:34:25 it was at this moment, everyone knew Laura didn't learn her lesson about being greedy that lead her to her death a couple of sessions ago. 3:17:20 Hell of a backstory. I also kinda love the fact everyone tried to guilt Laura into giving the broom back. While I understand at the time why they couldn't bring him back, it sucks this was his only appearance.

[@d2beej]

The legend of Fatty Arbuncle.

[@Pluveus]

I NEED to create a situation where I shout "For Fatty Arbuncle!" as my battle cry.

[@jiggityjack8113]

He was the best of men

[@RATLordGeno]

Arbucklej

[@elbruces]

*Arbuckle

[@NinjaDeathSlap]

Oh that Fatty did charge with the band at his back, And cared not for his joints that did creak and did crack. Not lava nor ash nor no infernal foe, Could keep Fatty from shamblin' along to his goal. The Candle! The Candle! Alight! Came the cry, And alight Fatty did though he surely would die. No mercy! No quarter! No fear would he show, And the demons of fire proved no match for his snow. He took blows from their blades that did splinter his bones, But our Fatty pressed on, unbowed and alone. And when the mist cleared, all the foes were froze stiff, But not Fatty the Brave! Oh, and it's pronounced JIF. The Candle! The Candle! Alight! Came the cry, And alight Fatty did though he surely would die. No Mercy! No Quarter! No fear would he show, And the demons of fire proved no match for his snow. Though battle would end with Fatty nought but a rack, Our vict'ry was won on that brave rattler's back. So come raise a mug! Lend your voice to this song! And let no man say that you did Fatty wrong! The Candle! The Candle! Alight! Came the cry, And alight Fatty did though he surely would die. No Mercy! No Quarter! No fear would he show, And the demons of fire proved no match for his snow. (x2)

[@Varnathin]

WAIT HIS CHARACTER MAKES CANDLES HIS LAST NAME IS "HARDWICK" I GET IT

[@ChazMcRich1]

Proud of u

[@aarthirajeshmarchetti2696]

Oh shit u rite O.o

[@Palpatine4Senate]

I don't get it.

[@FigurativeCritter]

@@Palpatine4Senate like a candle wick

[@cloud_sauce]

Oh my god, that flew right over my head!

[@AnimaVisionary]

Travis: We need to sacrifice a small animal. Maybe a squirrel. Taliesin: I've got a kit Travis: I'm not surprised

[@ashalenarua8452]

AnimaVisionary to be honest I thought he said kid, which makes that even better 😂

[@thomaslunn8241]

Exactly the same

[@grondhero]

Um, Thomas, did you mean "exactly the same" for "kit" or "kid?" Inquiring mind(s) want(s) to know.

[@NerdyAngel1989]

I know I am really late but it’s funny in an interview I saw Taliesin said that at one point in his life he was “the guy you know” he had in his truck something for any and all occasions. No matter what you need everyone “knows a guy for that” and at one point he was that guy. Kinda made me wish even harder that I knew him man lol I could use that guy you know about now.

[@disasterdrvid]

Matt: You all go into ninja-like stances and stealth Liam, Laura, and Taliesin: *all immediately mime Naruto running*

[@lordcypher5889]

To be fair, Liam is literally Gaara.

[@user-Aaron-]

​@@lordcypher5889He's literally not

[@liio415]

@@user-Aaron-no he literally is lol

[@user-Aaron-]

@@liio415 No, you need to look up what "literally" means.

[@shigehitochiba]

@@user-Aaron- No, no, it's revealed in one of their Halloween episodes, Liam is in fact Gaara.

[@cadeezell]

Liam: You don’t want to mess with his [Grogs] beard Chris: She has a name Laura: laughter followed by confusion why she’s laughing at that Travis: Darling, shush *with a flail of the wrist I like easy going comedic Vox Machina

[@StormSage13]

Imagine if all these guest stars come back for the battle with the Chromatics. Having several tables setup for a massive battle to free Emon- Vox Machina leading the charge. Honestly, them gathering allies kinda reminds me of DA:O. All their forces coming together to kill a giant, dragon asshole.

[@jjlightsky15]

+Stormblade13 That is my dream for this show!

[@StormSage13]

I would be epic, though understandable if they don't do that since managing upwards to 13 plus characters would be difficult, plus a large cast of NPC's.

[@simonnguyen5968]

I really want that too! Being a DM I understand it would be terribly chaotic having that many people but I thought there could be a doubling up system of some sort. Split everyone up in groups of three and have them add their initiative rolls together. The group acts on the same turn with a time limit to help things move along. If anyone can make it work Matt Mercer is the DM to do it.

[@StormSage13]

That sounds like it could work. I'm not a DM or a D&D player (though this series makes me want to give it a shot), so I don't know what playing a game is actually like, but I agree. Mercer has proven himself to be a DM of the highest caliber.

[@Intoxicatedmeta]

This would be a good dual DM opportunity, Chris Perkins for Group A and Matthew Mercer for Group B. Totally doable, I think this would be amazing. Matthew Mercer, make it happen!

[@darktreeannt535]

I'm watching this, and at 2:04:00 when they're starting the convo about the gallons, 10 x 10 x 30 feet of water volume is about 20k gallons. Secretly, Keyleth did the most damage ever.

[@deworde]

To be fair, only some of that would have gone through the elementals. But yeah, 30*10*10 is a decent sized room of water. Those elementals were *snuffed*

[@PixelSageYT]

@@deworde 2/3rds of the damage would have hit them and that's not considering that the other 1/3rd disperses. They occupy 10x10x10 ft, the tidal wave is 10x10x30 so each elemental occupies 1/3rd of the wave.

[@sergiom.p.s.junior8146]

@@PixelSageYT that's still close to 7.5k gallons. 7.5k points of damage. D:

[@PixelSageYT]

@@sergiom.p.s.junior8146 I did the math for it on reddit and it was a lot of damage lol

[@immigator]

In reality, the wave travels 30 feet. It would stand to reason that the wave itself is only a foot thick, three max to deal damage or push characters. At the least, each elemental would be hit by 748 gallons, at the most 2244 gallons. Still by far the most damage dealt in a single attack.

[@justanotherloreaddict]

I love how much fun Taliesin and Marisha have together, and how close friends they are.

[@Isogyre_]

marisha matt and taliesin are extremely close friends!!

[@justanotherloreaddict]

@@Isogyre_ Thank you for confirming that for me.

[@Isogyre_]

@@justanotherloreaddict no worries!! I believe they mention it in either Matt's or taliesins between the sheets! I'd reccomend watching them if you wanna get to know the person behind the character :)

[@wrenwynter9336]

I like that it carries over to Percy and Keylith as well, for the most part

[@claytonjudd779]

"My name is gern blanston." "No it isn't."

[@bigbasskurt420]

Years of story development, characters so in-depth you truly care about each of them, everything about their lives flipped upside down, love, choices..... HI IM GERN I MAKE CANDELS XD

[@elbruces]

Honestly the show needed that break.

[@mrcopycat2355]

@@elbruces Totally agree, too much lore drama in the last episodes. I actually was relieved to have the Grog/Scanlan exchange over at the outhouse.

[@fyktyvf]

@@mrcopycat2355 so was Grog tbh

[@mrcopycat2355]

@@fyktyvf Ooh I see what you did there

[@AaronQ64]

@@elbruces I actually disagree I found the comedy character really immersion breaking for myself. Guess that's the beauty of D&D is to each their own :)

[@Pixl0311]

2:03:50 - I tried to calculate this and if my calculations are correct (which they very well may not be since it's been a long time since I had geometry) that would be 22,441 gallons of water. The volume of a 10'x10'x30' rectangular prism is 3,000 cubic feet, and there are 7.4805 gallons per cubic foot. So that's the total amount of water in the spell, near as I can tell. Now only 5'x5'x10' of water could pass through any given square, so that's 250 cubic feet in a given square. So suffice to say how much water touches the elemental depends on I guess the volume or surface area of the creature itself - depending how water interacts with a fire elemental since I'm not sure if they're technically solid or what, but assuming all the water in a 5'x5' square was counted as damage, 1870 gallons of water would pass through each square.

[@dservez]

Dat math, tho

[@jdreyn02]

Your calculations are correct 22,441 is the total amount of water. Matt only counted 60 gallons going through each target which gave 60 additional points of cold damage. Your also right about the total water passing through is 1870 gallons but it was still enough just at +60 to one shot lol.

[@knightsolaire3781]

If only you'd tweeted in instead of the genius who said it came out to 225 gallons eh?

[@OZYMANDI4S]

I know some of those words

[@Ezra09_]

Late to the party here, but that's the total amount of water in the area. The elementals take up a much smaller area and so have much less water pass through them.

[@Velmarox]

I like the idea of Keyleth and Coran having a serious talk about how proud he is of his daughter with Stimpy just dancing away in the background.

[@NestanSvensk]

Chris was fantastic! He brought some great comedy to what have would otherwise been a pretty straight forward episode with mostly combat.

[@Leto_0]

AlmostSwedish well the reason it was a basic combat episode is because there was a guest

[@lyntoncollins2758]

@@Leto_0 Except the 2 episodes previous that had 2 guests and were all based in a city doing RPinf.

[@greenplantlizard]

@@lyntoncollins2758 To be fair, those were repeat guests who'd already been in an adventure that was essentially 2 parallel basic "find monster, fight monster" scenarios

[@elminsters]

0:08:15 - Part 1 begins 0:22:46 - Chris Hardwick's character makes his enterence 0:57:27 - Scanlan sings a song of inspiration to Gern 1:18:47 - Part 1 ends 1:27:55 - Fan art [what is the name of the music being played here?] 1:34:13 - Part 2 begins 2:00:42 - Scanlan sings healing words to Gern 2:24:52 - Scanlan sings another healing words song to Gern 3:21:12 - Part 2 ends

[@renegonshep]

The song is Pillars of Eternity Twin Elms

[@elminsters]

Angel Ford THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!! I've been trying to figure out what that music was for ages, you've totally made my evening mate, cheers!!!

[@Vegas242]

2:30:00 "YOU DON'T WANT TO F*CK WITH HIS BEARD!" "She has a name." "Sorry Laura"

[@nathanielranney9163]

3:23:03

[@ultimateninjaboi]

"We could have a burial." "You could hang a coat on him." Gotta keep reminding myself this came before C2. XP

[@superlolgal555]

ohno you just made me remember Dx

[@jesterhyzukus3828]

Rip the Legend

[@seanm5236]

Saw all that when it aired. Still too soon

[@evlredsun]

daaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkkkkk

[@AwkwardSilence22]

wow.....WOW.

[@lancecarlisle1749]

"He's a responsible adult." Finally, a lie about Sam/Scanlan that's too big to be believed.

[@Blazekickz]

lol laura's reaction when the flying broom made its appearance.

[@nickhutchinson8789]

i’ve forgotten what taleisin’s natural hair color was

[@505DGuy]

So has the universe... Only the oldest of Eldritch horrors claim to know the truth, they say it was either blond, brown or black. Okay maybe the horrors don't know

[@superlolgal555]

@@505DGuy That's because Taliesin is the eldest Eldritch horror to exist, and his hair exists in a constant state of change.

[@RATLordGeno]

That’s hilarious. When I saw his hair in the beginning of this episode, I thought the exact same thing.

[@codyrm86]

brown

[@jgfirstclass]

Purple

[@davidcurry5240]

2:16:29 did a dragonborn in Exandria just run out of spells? That must be rare.

[@IronOgre]

Ooh, is that double roasted sorceror I smell??

[@Archangelous1337]

The way Vex did that was so smooth, so well and so Vex haha. Also Gern's character is great. He did kind of remind me a little of a kind of Deadpool type character in this world with his forth wall breaking and it was good comic relief after all the emotional heaviness of the last few episodes honestly.

[@TheClassySeal]

"were killing a very large dragon hopefully very soon" Zoom to present "were hoping to kill a very large dragon in the near future"

[@yasminafarih3681]

You mean back when they were trying to fix the blade?

[@yancyeet9376]

"Can I cast modify memory to make him forget to NOT kill himself?" Fucking brilliant

[@andrewascher5888]

Can I use modify memory on you to make you forget I used up those spell slots?

[@toml4643]

I can understand why he broke the immersion from time to time and why it would annoy viewers, but for the most part I thought that Chris Hardwick was a great addition to the episode, and I definitely wouldn't object if Gern and his undead reappeared sometime in the future.

[@arcadia8722]

He definitely came from the Wil Wheaton school of yelling and overacting, but damn it makes me laugh! Just like Wil you just have to love it and go along for the ride!

[@cyruschoy6862]

there's always some immersion breaking characters in games too, i always pretend they're just batshit crazy in respect to the role playing and suddenly it makes sense.

[@whydearLordwhy]

+Tom H Still a tad annoying though :)

[@chadmcmillan1907]

Chris Hardwick was a class act in this episode. I vote for him to be a permanent member of Vox Machina. They need a lift after all this heavy emotional crap they've been pouring out in the previous episodes. (Yes I am still trying to catch up to live!)

[@jammygitz]

Chad McMillan #FeeltheGern (I'm trying to catch up too!)

[@stuart5350]

be a long show with Chris and Sam sitting next to each other 8:15 - Recap begins 14:06 Grog is so supportive 18:00 Scanlan's not great with the stealth 22:31 Enter Hardwick 24:20 - No you're NOT 24:49 - Nature's Candle 30:00 no offence 33:21 Grog is concerned 37:40 - A Very Lucky Roll 44:52 Candle delivery 57:06 The beginning of the beautiful relationship between Scanlan and Gern 59:36 Fatty Arbuckle is the real hero of this story 1:03:04 The saga of Fatty 1:05:15 - Real Life Siblings 1:15:00 Scanlan/Gern might be my OTP 1:17:16 Grog is just making sure they're all dead 1:18:47 - Break Begins 1:34:13 - Break Ends 1:53:34 Kick his ass, Stimpy 1:57:47 Scanlan is a BAMF 2:00:16 The tragedy of Scanlan and Gern 2:02:05 - Tidal Wave 2:08:00 Scanlan ruins all of Matt's fun 2:14:23 Gern has fascinating turns 2:19:02 The best use for inspiration 2:23:12 Gern finally sees Scanlan 2:24:52 - Scanlan's Healing Word To Gern 2:30:45 - Laura's True Purpose 2:31:05 - Hamster Ifrit 2:32:38 The beginnings of Grog the Magician 2:34:22 - Salty Laura (2:34:10 - "...or I do have a flying broom") 2:39:16 Grog tries to make friends with the Efreeti 2:40:01 Scanlan is the MVP of this battle 2:52:25 How do you want to do this? 2:53:38 Grog casts beheading 2:54:11 Broomgate 2:58:13 Grog attempts to aid in the ritual 2:58:46 Gern and Coral aid in the ritual 3:09:09 Thanks, Gern 3:12:57 #FeelTheGern 3:14:11 Don't you forget about me 3:15:41 The special relationship between Vex and Gern 3:17:15 Gern's backstory 3:18:53 - The More They Stay The Same 3:19:32 Scanlan doesn't actually know anything about Keyleth 3:22:04 Sam judges Laura

[@UnistonenArt]

You are doing a great work sir ✨

[@04xbrunner]

Bump

[@jonathanbalagot3932]

To think, this was the episode where Vox Machina was told about how dragonborn, without tails, were enslaved by dragonborn, with tails: 3:17:19. Considering the source, however, and how it was said, it's not surprising they didn't take note of it. Especially since there was no mention of Draconia. And he said "dragons" instead of "dragonborn."

[@JRTIntervencion]

Might have something to do with the desdain Toborf(? Dragonborn guardboss for Emon) talked to Tiberius

[@creativehoney4753]

I think Wil Wheaton must have come in and "blessed" all of Matt's dice for him to have rolled low that many times.

[@moriamo6591]

He probably licked every one for the effect to be so long lasting

[@zensationalist]

He did. Liam and Co. got him to “visit” the studio and “say hi” while secretly putting his hands all over and trying to transfer the curse to Matt’s dice. It was caught on video, but I’m not sure about the exact time that they did it.

[@harshman6530]

@@zensationalist If I recall correctly, that was right before the final boss fight of the campaign.

[@antuanlemon484]

@@harshman6530 I thought he was making a joke. But this us real?! 😂

[@harshman6530]

@@antuanlemon484 Indeed!

[@queenofbabble24]

Laura's reaction to the sloth coming to the studio is such a mood.

[@noaholorin5122]

I was rather disappointed when Scanlan didn't end up inspiring Gern with Candle in the Wind.

[@malcolmrowe9003]

When the undead sidekicks were dancing, I thought he should have done "Gern baby Gern! Disco inferno!" for his healing spell.

[@roguetalowen]

These comments are highly underrated 😅🤣🤣

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

@@malcolmrowe9003 yes! This is the song that kept popping into my mind too.

[@RevanXIII]

holy crap the bottom of scanlans mug has reached maximum capacity! he's probably added a few pounds to the mug with just the stickers!

[@OrionX700]

There is no maximum capacity to Sam's mug. It's never "too many stickers," it's "not enough mug."

[@jake1053]

Its a mug of holding!

[@TCDodger]

Ooooooooooooooooooo oooooonoo ok

[@pop-tartdepression393]

I can't wait till the stickers add height to the mug

[@baktrax]

1:16 Sam has been replaced 3:13 Get your shit together, Right Table 5:30 Grog's shirt design 7:40 It's going to be a long show with Chris and Sam sitting next to each other 14:06 Grog is so supportive 18:00 Scanlan's not great with the stealth 22:31 Enter Hardwick 33:21 Grog is concerned 44:52 Candle delivery 57:06 The beginning of the beautiful relationship between Scanlan and Gern 59:36 Fatty Arbuckle is the real hero of this story 1:03:04 The saga of Fatty 1:15:00 Scanlan/Gern might be my OTP 1:17:16 Grog is just making sure they're all dead 1:53:34 Kick his ass, Stimpy 1:57:47 Scanlan is a BAMF 2:00:16 The tragedy of Scanlan and Gern 2:08:00 Scanlan ruins all of Matt's fun 2:14:23 Gern has fascinating turns 2:19:02 The best use for inspiration 2:23:12 Gern finally sees Scanlan 2:32:38 The beginnings of Grog the Magician 2:39:16 Grog tries to make friends with the Efreeti 2:40:01 Scanlan is the MVP of this battle 2:52:25 How do you want to do this? 2:53:38 Grog casts beheading 2:54:11 Broomgate 2:58:13 Grog attempts to aid in the ritual 2:58:46 Gern and Coral aid in the ritual 3:09:09 Thanks, Gern 3:12:57 #FeelTheGern 3:14:11 Don't you forget about me 3:15:41 The special relationship between Vex and Gern 3:17:15 Gern's backstory 3:19:32 Scanlan doesn't actually know anything about Keyleth 3:22:04 Sam judges Laura

[@CRBASF2]

+baktrax She's a squirter 2:04:41

[@jthilts6697]

baktrax

[@TheFully]

comment for rewatching

[@grandsif]

baktrax o

[@jefferyharbuck1972]

10:30 recap ends

[@lenajn13]

I thought the cast was usually chaotic. I was unprepared for what chaos could be

[@Maladjester]

Vox Machina: kills zombies Chris: WHAT'RE YE FOCKIN' DOON?? THOSE'RE EXPENSIVE! I love this show.

[@Roddan96]

I love how the host of Talking Dead is a necromancer.

[@rac0t151]

And two of his "pet zombies" names are Coral (Carl) and Carol :)

[@parkerdalrymple4398]

THATS WHERE HE’S FROM! I knew that face.

[@petertapola8097]

@@parkerdalrymple4398 For me he's the host of MTV's Singled Out (in the 90s) :) I didn't even have MTV back then, though.

[@bigfatcarp93]

@@petertapola8097 Wasn't he on G4 once upon a time, too?

[@michaelnewman6936]

He makes & controls walking dead... it's perfect. ... and in my head canon Carol is still Carol- even dead she's a badass

[@Wildtrexkid]

2:39:02 the moment Sam plants the idea to steal the broom into Laura's head, that face though ^^

[@martinovallejo]

Laura's being mad at "everyone having flying stuff" is priceless

[@trealosgaming3345]

Then straight up steals one.

[@mrskkrueger]

@@trealosgaming3345 yeah, it's shit like that that makes me not like her at all...the longer I watch this, every episode, my distrust and disgust gets higher. It's like Tiberious all over again. This is my first time watching through, hubby and I watch an episode a night. He feels the same way. She's kinda gross.

[@trealosgaming3345]

@@mrskkrueger i am episode 71. I think i am at 2 weeks of watching. Helps my job lets me listen to what i want. But she gets her shit called out as time goes on.

[@mrskkrueger]

@@trealosgaming3345 Thank you, that's a relief, well, somewhat. She does seem more horrible as this goes along. I do love everyone, except her. It's the backhanded BS that sticks in my craw. When she died, the hubby and I looked at each other and both said 'yep, serves her right, greedy'. I do hope she can be a better person, when Sam is pointing out she is a shit person, you know its bad.

[@DerpGnome]

@@mrskkrueger I do hope you can differentiate between character and person, some the others have mentioned that Laura is not like that (a haggler maybe, but not greedy).

[@Pojambles]

I'm pretty sure I've seen Vex heal more with spells in 46 episodes than i've see Jester heal in all of Campaign 2.

[@Reepicheep-1]

Beau: "You're the cleric, and don't have any healing spells?" Jes: 'What do you mean I'm _The Cleric_ ? I didn't plan on being around people who might DIE!' "Nevermind, here's a Healer's Kit." 'Thanks! How do I use this?'

[@mineola_]

@@Reepicheep-1 not to be pedantic but beau didn't say healing spells but a healers kit.

[@OneHippiesMusings]

No shit, right?

[@austinmeyer_238]

Fun fact, Jester was originally going to be a warlock but warlock was taken before she could do it.

[@RollInish]

@@austinmeyer_238 Fun fact. Jester was a Cleric in a one shot before she was "going to be a warlock" lol

[@Abelhawk]

31:55 "Some sort of a flame-based elemental energy that's tearing over the side of a newly fallen petrifoid, uh petrifoid-petrifoid tree, look what yeh've done to me!" XD

[@drizzt102]

Percy is on fire......matt is really really nice. Hes carrying gunpowder. being on fire should be really really bad

[@idankatz8085]

The pouch where he keeps the ammo is fire resistant... Duhhh

[@leandromendoza5835]

And all the candles should have lighten up! So that would be fucking terrible!

[@JollyGreenWizard]

For the sake of simplicity, almost every fire effect in D&D specifies that it doesn't ignite flammable items/clothes if worn or carried. There's just too much fire in the game to keep track of all that without it getting R rated.

[@drizzt102]

@@JollyGreenWizard Solely for gunpowder, speaking as someone who has always enjoyed flintlock fantasy type settings, I generally do not use this rule for environmental fire/evolutionary fire. Evolutionary is like a creature that naturally breathes fire (this includes red dragons of course) or fire elementals. If a wizard is casting fireball, yeah I'm willing to fiat/handwave a level of "I'm not trying to cause an explosion beyond the one I am in direct control of here." Though if the PCs want to open that door and start trying to use gunpowder that way with their own fire spells, I'll let them, but warn them that the gloves are off at that point. You've decided you want the world to work that way, you have to live with the consequences.

[@ionfalcom1]

As a DM of 20+ years myself, matt is a very Gentle DM, these guys would of TPK'ed 5 times over if i was their DM, just from running their mouths at NPC's lol.

[@christiangriffith2580]

Keyleth uses Tidal Wave! It's Super Effective!

[@MrBottlecapBill]

All the anti Keyleth "She never does anything useful in battle" seem to be silent all of a sudden now that she wiped out half the baddies on her own. Now they're attacking her being fine with undead LOL. If she had forced Gern to get rid of the undead they'd say "she's being melodramatic just to be the centre of attention" and disrupting the party. LOL hilarious.

[@ChefStache]

Could have been even more effective since there were likely over 20000 gallons of water in the wave

[@raymonholt69]

7.5 gallons per cubic foot times 3000 cubic feet is 22,500 gallons.

[@jackmack4181]

Raymon Holt 22500 bonus damage........... Ouch

[@yooziinsertname5667]

@@MrBottlecapBill 1 useful thing in 46 episodes isn't a good thing. sakura also did one useful thing people still call her useless. useless stays useless. don't forget when they were fighting the beholder in the temple all she did was pound the ground. and in the end knocked him down (everyone could reach him) for no damage. yeah girl is fucking useless

[@inkfoxes4941]

Matt: Look at this amazing map of fiery hellish doom with terrifying monsters to fight! It's gonna be epic! The players: LOOKS LIKE A DANCE PARTY TO ME :D Matt: ...bring back Will Wheaton.

[@SgtSoda]

Also, remember how many times Matt has told them what sort of throws the Hero’s Feast works with? Well for plot reasons, he decided to let them have one: 3:06:39

[@RPGtourguide]

Scanlan should have aided in the closing of the tear to the Fire Plane, using his Cutting Words to sing that "No one's knock, knock, knocking on the Fire Plane's Door!"

[@WintersMinion]

Yeah It would of been better if Scanlan had cast the spell rather than Vax using the cloak that way Vax would still have the cloak as that cloak has the Dimension Door spell enchanted in it which is very useful since for the most part the only person Scanlan can take with him in Dimension Door is Pike while Vax can take anyone except for maybe Grog and Trinket

[@BoojumFed]

"Block, block, blockin' up Fire Plane do-oor. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah-yeah-yeah. Block, block, blockin' up Fire Plane door."

[@agilemind6241]

@@WintersMinion True, but I think he was worried he would dimension door into the portal which would have been very bad.

[@Quadraxis]

Grog multiclassing to muscle-wizard is the best thing ever.

[@dignitas01]

Laura's face when Vex learns that flying brooms exist! And her off-mike conversation with Travis 🤣

[@canadian__ninja]

The real question: If Grog rolled a natural 20 on arcana, would he have cast raise undead?

[@stevenritter8719]

I was hoping for that to happen.

[@OzixiThrill]

Grog has quite the excellent memory and it could be reasoned that some magic actually did rub off on him from when he was the phylactery of a lich.

[@Mr0Anonymous0]

Matt didn't ask him to roll without a reason, from a meta perspective.. It makes sense that something absolutely crazy would happen. Love Grog's dabbling in the arcane arts btw :)

[@WedgeSkyrocket]

Shining Reflection I think it would have been funny if he did roll a nat 20 and Matt was just like, "You have a sudden burst of arcane insight, peering past the veil of mortality. You can do this, you were born for this - Grog the Enchanter. You concentrate with all your might and will the body of your enemy to rise and do your bidding, and... nothing happens, because you didn't prepare any spells today. And also because you're not a caster."

[@Mr0Anonymous0]

Wedge Skyrocket amazing ^^

[@bigboydrew706]

Holy shit that ending is even better knowing that Vax is a rogue "Criminal" and Keyleth is daughter to the headmaster "Princess" the Breakfast Club made it even funnier. Damn that was great!

[@patricklyons794]

Grog would be the Jock. Percy would be the Brain. And Vax for the basket case? Or Scanlon?

[@megabear37]

bigboydrew706 the whistling was honestly one of the best parts of the episode for me- bridge on the River Kwai

[@jonahnicholas7373]

Vox Machina faces their most powerful foe yet... THE ULTIMATE DOOR

[@cassidyleitner1798]

Imagine how badly that would have gone if they'd had to /open/ it, rather than /close/ it.

[@TheThreeHeadedDragon]

Impossible, that went far too well for it to be a door!

[@collabgamescat8309]

@@TheThreeHeadedDragon Nah nah, it's cause they were destroying it. See they're great at destroying but suck at opening, so it cancels out.

[@datmanydocris]

I don't know how that critter got that the tidal wave would only contain 125 gallons of water. The wave is 30 feet long, 10 feet tall and 10 feet wide according to the spell description. That would be 3,000 cubic feet of water. There are about 7.5 gallons per cubic foot so that would be 22,500 gallons of water. Even if we're only talking the water in one space (as in the specific amount of water hitting each elemental) that's still 5 feet long, 10 feet tall and 10 feet wide which would be 500 cubic feet, coming in at 3,750 gallons. So TL:DR, that tidal wave should instantly one-shot ANYTHING weak to water.

[@Menelvagore]

Sure come at us with math. Next you'll be figuring out thac0 on the fly.

[@alessandrofioletti6099]

Actually, doing real math it turns out to be 66,3 USGallons and 255 litres

[@datmanydocris]

@@alessandrofioletti6099 I don't know what kind of funky math you're doing where 66 gallons of water spread over a 5 ft. x 5 ft. space would somehow be 10 ft. tall. The math is incredibly simple. 5 ft x 5ft x 10 ft. is 250 sq ft. There is 7.48 gallons/sq ft. How exactly does that add up to 66?

[@tatianar9429]

@@datmanydocris A tiny fix, but 5ft x 5ft x 10 ft is cubic ft, not sq ft. For the same reason, there can't be 7 gallons per sq foot, liquid's not measured that way.

[@dylanwarner3041]

Just google 3000 cubic ft to gallons... it's 22,441.xxx gallons - an insane amount

[@taitaylor86]

Any time I hear Matt say " you can certainly try" I think something bad is going to happen

[@thats_so_laven]

Half of the time when I hear "you can certainly try", I'm convinced it's code for "absoLUTELY FUCKING NOT but it'll be fun for me to watch, so by all means go ahead"

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

As a DM, here's a secret: When we utter these sacred words, it is only in circumstances of great hilarity to our species, to watch the character flounder in a half-baked attempt. In non-fantasy talk, we only say that if we know they're going to fail, and it's hilarious. Eg the time my dragonborn monk tried to tame a chimera, HTTYD style. The only reason he still has both hands is the artificer using one of his invocations on Replicate Magic Item: Prosthetic Limb.

[@heathriley4891]

"I would like to cast 'Beheading'."

[@MidgetPally521]

Eyyy fellow rewatcher?

[@heathriley4891]

@@MidgetPally521 -- Yep. Caught-up on Campaign two, and wanted to revisit Campaign one. I'm split. I like some things about the Mighty Nein's campaign more than the first, but I like the characters -- mostly -- better in Vox Machina. I love Grog's wizarding prowess. :) For example. But I like Jester much more than Vex. Vax over Caleb. Split on Scanlon vs Nott. I miss Percy, not a fan of Molly *or* Caduceus. Split on Pike vs Yasha. Fjord's Barbarian-ness, or the lack thereof, is entertaining. I feel a little resentful of Blindspot because of the interference with developing Yasha more. Pike had time to develop before they hit Twitch/KZbin . . . Yasha, not as much. She doesn't feel 'lived-in' as a character yet. Heh heh. Long, needless answer for a simple 'Hey'. :D One of those days.