The Temple Showdown | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 11

[@XxaxX360]

I love how Grog plays dumb, but when it comes to the bag of holding he is like the Encyclopedia Britannica.

[@WorldWalker128]

Even the stupid keep collections. Like bottle caps, for example. Completely useless unless you're in the Fallout series, yet they can almost always remember where they got them from.

[@PrimordialNightmare]

I guess that falls under his vast knowledge of shapes, colours, and most importantly: shiny things!

[@alariok4401]

@@PrimordialNightmare j

[@caodogao4327]

@@PrimordialNightmare Also Ale

[@meganray8002]

Well Travis is actually really intelligent so

[@creamtaffy210]

I love the captions Sam: (bad flute playing) few seconds later Sam:(slightly less bad flute playing)

[@dylanhampton8958]

Travis had said "I don't know can you"

[@kingfason]

thank you for showing me the world of captions, now I can get a few more laughs

[@LilyTheSmol]

Where in the video?

[@no-yh7bs]

S fellow captions user 🙀 🈵🉐🈹🈵🈵㊙️

[@JHH-n1m]

Agnetta Dardjito when

[@captainbirch9835]

Giant: *drinks all the ale* Grog: I.WOULD LIKE everyone else: NONONONONONONO!

[@hadeskingoftheunderworld7010]

Proceeds to head but the giant into submission

[@crazyscotsman9327]

@@hadeskingoftheunderworld7010 My favorite moment so far.

[@brandonmcmeechan7797]

that needs to be animated more than anything else

[@kalorvalas6274]

Please give a time stamp

[@alarosebaster2626]

@@kalorvalas6274 1:50:50

[@Beaniebabythenb]

the Vex and Vax shirts. I'm dying K'Varn: You don't want to do that, boy. Grog: I have an intelligence of 6. Watch this.

[@MerryMoss]

That was so good! 🤣 love Grog

[@CaioFacchinettideAlmeida]

Timestamp: 3:44:50

[@MrKeyblademaster1992]

man, that really WAS a big mistake for Grog, but damn was it fun to listen to.

[@thevoidlookspretty7079]

“She’s useless in- in- in a sexy way.” “That’s not a compliment, Scanlan.” I almost died.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

So did Scanlan.

[@GodBear97]

K'Varn: "Oh you don't want to do that boy" Grog: "Well I have an intelligence of 6, watch this!"

[@ABagelLeftOnTheRoadside]

That is one of my favorite quotes 😂😂😂

[@ColdspaceDog]

Mine is “I head butted him. Nat 20”

[@CrusnikAngel]

At about 3:44:30

[@aarontaylor1883]

then he died because he did that

[@fieldrequired283]

K'Varn: You're about to have an HP total of zero. Watch *this.*

[@silasfrench2719]

I love Matt's subtle display of how awesome he is in this moment: Sam: "C'mon, Matt. Can't you remember where ten people are at once?" Rather than reply "No," Matt says: "Eleven technically." What a legend.

[@KindaKaylaHQ]

Wait what time is this?

[@silasfrench2719]

@@KindaKaylaHQ I don't remember. Probably while they were fighting

[@ItsAllEnzynes]

The PorkyThePig 4:06:08

[@BigBoss-xt5dq]

I don't fully get it

[@FloStudios]

@@BigBoss-xt5dq There's not much to get. Including Clarota, Trinket, and Kima, there's 11 players.

[@vsGoliath96]

It absolutely cannot be overstated just how hard Percy saved everyone's ass here. Advantage on all saves against a Beholder? Absolutely brilliant.

[@kedabro1957]

For me too lazy to find that part ... what gave him advantage?

[@ChuckPickle]

@@kedabro1957 one of his shots gave disadvantage on attacks, Matt ruled it that it would give adv. on saving throws against K'varn's eye beams.

[@tybronx2446]

@@kedabro1957 It's at 3:09:35

[@devmatt6393]

Definitely a lenient ruling on Matt's end regarding the eye beams as attacks, but yea that was clutch.

[@gorgit]

He basically single handedly won them the fight through that

[@DatDapperBoi]

Scandlan: Don’t Kill the giant he’s our wrecking ball. Grog: I’m your wrecking ball :(

[@django3422]

The giant is the EXPENDABLE wrecking ball. Grog is precious.

[@lostonessoul5154]

he's our BIGGER wrecking ball.

[@Reblwitoutacause]

@@lostonessoul5154 grog is, you mean lol

[@lostonessoul5154]

@@Reblwitoutacause yup

[@DatDapperBoi]

I can just imagine Sam in traffic yelling “I NEED TO GO DOMINATE A GIANT WITH MY BARDIC GNOME POWERS!”

[@ColdspaceDog]

And people just stare at him and realize there’s a nerd in traffic

[@valacarno]

...as he sets a purple beacon on the top of his car! ✨💜🚓💜✨

[@jeiberry]

Traffic on the 5 (freeway, idek why southern california says it like that but we do) is bad/monotonous enough I'd welcome watching some guy rave about being late to D&D

[@eb4305]

Its LA man, people see weirder on the highway.

[@Rabijeel]

2021 - and everyone pulls aside going: "Understandable. Have a great Day!"

[@paulkline1574]

"Your accent is terrible!" "Well I'm not from here!" "Everyone knows that now!"

[@67nearmint]

Liam O'Brien would be a dream to DM for. If he disagrees with a call, he'll respectfully state his case, and if the DM sticks to the original ruling, he is accepts it gracefully. He understands it's about the fun of collaborative storytelling, not "winning" per se.

[@RintTheReaver]

Travis too! Never once did i see him argue instead just asking for clarification or curiosity

[@scottnewman522]

honestly all of them besides Orion have been like that from what ive seen. i think ive seen Marsha butt heads once with matt over a call but otherwise besides Orion they make their peace and accept matts ruling

[@skapunker96]

Indeed they're all pretty good with that stuff. I appreciate Sam avoiding metagaming, even when the rest of the party (either jokingly or just not aware) mix player vs character knowledge in C1. Like everyone makes mistakes so it's all good, but Sam usually makes a point to avoid it. Travis is great at sharing the spotlight, yet having alot of presence still.

[@Smitty-hr2mg]

Liam is also a pretty good DM, seeing as he DM'd one of critrole's most popular episodes. Man has potential. I'd absolutely watch a Liam DM series.

[@scottnewman522]

@@julesking-aia4771 those are kind of one in the same imo

[@tsintzask]

"He currently has three quarters cover" "I ignore three quarters cover" "Then fucking fire" I love this interaction so much

[@chilly3238]

MasterFlygon It literally made me so happy as soon as I saw it Matt is so awesome and he and his players always have great chemistry

[@jonathangraf7671]

Such a good moment.

[@JHH-n1m]

When

[@JayFamTWH]

@@JHH-n1m sometime around the early 4 hour mark

[@JHH-n1m]

Jay/Fam; El Nerdo Gamer-o thanks

[@CalebMini2556]

For anyone who also couldn't find ease of use timestamps in the comments: 10:14 Start of recap 13:42 Start of episode 1:48:13 Return from break Hope this helps anyone also new to campaign 1

[@aarondavis7391]

Thank you for that

[@awaytoanywhere699]

same! thx

[@captmutt6939]

Nice to have this near the top where it will actually do some good. Normally by the time I read the time stamp post I have already passed the marks.

[@pam8806]

you forgot 5:12:58 matt dancing fabulously

[@ABagelLeftOnTheRoadside]

Thanks dude!!!

[@ryaku5]

"You. Owe me. A cask. Of. Ale." One of Grog's best moments after headbutting a giant.

[@chefgryff]

The fact I read this at the moment of him saying that was just perfect XD

[@DJCannon1107]

as far as I know so far after just starting watching, one of his _only_ moments after headbutting a giant as well haha

[@DoinItforNewCommTech]

It always gets me how everyone's intros make their characters look all cool and stoic, and then there's Scanlan going DOODEEDOO I'MA PLAYIN MY FLUTE

[@ShadowyFox_86]

Pretty much Scanlan in a nutshell.

[@GodBear97]

Can we just take a second to appreciate the fact that Grog Headbutted a giant into submission

[@boohoow]

Twas awesome!

[@ScorchHellfire]

Indeed. Sad that it will never make it into the animated series.

[@ABagelLeftOnTheRoadside]

Yes!!!

[@MrMhtmht]

Also Grog had a much smarter plan than all the high Int chars. No wonder he and tiberius were disappointed about the dumb fight

[@ABagelLeftOnTheRoadside]

@@MrMhtmht true

[@Abelhawk]

"Here, brother, have some ale." (Giant drinks the entire thing and breaks the cask) "I... would like..." XD

[@Lara-Luna777]

Abelhawk I can’t like this enough

[@omnilisk279]

"I run up his fat chest and I headbutt him in the face."

[@crazedkyuu95]

@@omnilisk279 Nat 20 to headbutt a giant.

[@jamesgarlick4573]

I thought the ale emptied a few episodds back... lol! I guess the story was too good to care? If so, it was worth the oversight!

[@bradleysimpson1621]

@@jamesgarlick4573 It was, Laura even tried to correct Matt but it just skated past.

[@locke_shadeson]

"Tiny and I had a meeting of the minds" Such a great line, so under-appreciated

[@spaceland-fae5264]

Everytime Taliesen does his mad Percy laugh I get 10 years added to my lifespan I love him so much

[@sparklegemrose]

💯

[@p0mander877]

Man, every time Percy takes an action it's the most epic thing ever. He's not just straight up shooting a gun, he's using the environment, being tactical, entirely aware of his surroundings. It's SO awesome to watch.

[@lolli_popples]

I know this is irrelevant, but I was like number 200 Also yes this is old and Percy is awesome

[@Duriel123]

Absolutely! The first time I hear 'human gunslinger' I was like.. Boringggg. But he's actually playing it really interesting!

[@obi-wank-enobi]

Percy inspired me to create a human gunslinger named William Torgue the third Not as cool as percy but I found that shooting things with guns in dnd is fun as hell especially when you have a ranger and a crossbow rogue with you to help you in shooting

[@valacarno]

The total opposite of watching Tiberius play, and one of the few things that actually balances out the cringe of re-watching the early episodes of VM.

[@josephsumner6287]

IMO, Percy was kind of a mediocre character at this point, when I first watched. His combat prowess was his saving grace in this arc, but *spoilers ahead* he became one of my favorites during and after the Briarwood arc. He is just a phenomenal character once he gets to show what he can do. And I agree that he definitely makes a human gunslinger VERY interesting.

[@k.g.7591]

Lady Keema: "Bahamut has never steered me wrong yet" Woman you've spent the last few weeks in an underdark torture chamber and all your friends are dead, that's about as wrong as it gets.

[@XMorbidReignX]

They don't have GPS for creepy dark mines and caverns...

[@FourDerpyPaws]

@@XMorbidReignX Godly Positioning System? ;)

[@XMorbidReignX]

@@FourDerpyPaws Seems legit.

[@jennessabeckett3949]

sometimes, people have to suffer to become better. Wait, is this a quote? idk but this is to good to not be a quote.

[@Zappygunshot]

@@jennessabeckett3949 After having been saved, Keema's been pretty much entirely useless so I'm not sure what that "better" is supposed to constitute.

[@imaEnVideo]

Percy single handedly won this battle for the team, the advantage on the saves negated almost all of the beholder strongest attacks. And that's not even counting the idea to use acid, the slamming K'vran with the metal structure, etc. Absolute MVP.

[@imaEnVideo]

Also, Matt is severly pissed at Orion aftet the game, just look how long their discussion is when the others are dancing, and Orion is clearly trying to calm down Matt.

[@ScorchHellfire]

@@imaEnVideo You know what they say about assumptions... From what I can see, Orion smiles and laughs at multiple points in their "discussion." Not sure how you can paint Matt as "severely pissed" when you can barely make out any of their facial expressions. Yet another hater bringing up something unrelated to the comment you are replying to, smh.

[@zestyspider3266]

@@ScorchHellfire dude... It's the same guy. Chill.

[@ScorchHellfire]

@@zestyspider3266 Ah... didn't notice. My bad. Still, what I said stands. Dude is trying to read people from several yards back with no sound and only body language, just making massive assumptions about what they're talking about. Good way to make an ass out of yourself, as the saying goes.

[@LynnTheOne]

@@ScorchHellfire Fucking, I know i'm not related to this but how is that a massive assumption?

[@firegirlgames4290]

did anyone else notice at 4:12:12 travis putting his hand up to make sure ashley doesn’t hit her head?? that’s so nice

[@mandybrown9506]

Came for this comment. He’s so nice

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

Buddies ❤

[@allamaraine8066]

He’s a good dude. 🙂 Love Travis. Proper gentleman move.

[@drakodrizzt7795]

Thank you so much for pointing it out! I was so focused on Kima's strike that i totally missed that gentleman! 🎩

[@diromiz]

oh my god so good

[@GreySpecimen]

That natural 20 on Grog's headbutt is possibly the most perfect moment in any D&D game I've ever witnessed.

[@grahamsxwing]

It was pretty good. Scott Kurtz's 'Binwin' reacting in character to a hostile NPC landing on an airship in front of his cleric is pretty funny though. Ignoring the meta knowledge the rest of the party has just received that the new NPC is the Cleric's long lost sister, he screams 'DOUBLE AXE TO THE BACK' and one hit kills her with a crit.

[@phadedintored]

Graham Mitchell I've been trying to find a clip of this for the past 20 minutes, do you know which video it is on?

[@grahamsxwing]

PhadedIntoRed pax prime 2014 show 2hrs 20 in or so

[@phadedintored]

Graham Mitchell Thanks man! That was pretty awesome! Haha

[@Madcowe]

1:49:28 here xD

[@achimsinn7782]

Travis is such a good player. He manages to stay in grogs character of being at 6 intelligence and handling everything with violence while also lightining up the mood in key moments and contribute to the advancement of the party. In other episodes he even used Grogs temper to speed up the narrative when it was about to slow down to a halt due to endless discussions by the others. And I just recently read a comment saying that he just started with D&D with this campaign. I would really like to have "noobs" like that in my group rather than some experienced players I knew in the past.

[@ImAKitsune72]

He is also a professional actor, so that probably has an effect on how he plays.

[@thewebspinner]

As someone who's just gotten into d&d (thanks critters!) I've noticed that a lot of the experienced players in my group have a tendency to over-prepare. They know what creatures to expect and a lot of their weaknesses and strengths even when their in-game characters wouldn't know that stuff so they always end up defeating enemies with little or no effort. If you're struggling with this like I was with my group have a word with your DM and talk about switching things up, change the monsters around a bit, give them some unexpected skills or change the way they fight or behave. Just had an amazing session with my group and even though at first the older players were complaining that "this isn't how X would fight etc." by the end of it we all agreed it was a fantastic game and I honestly believe that the greatest strength of a party is adaptability and creativity. Throw in something unexpected and the game is 500 times better.

[@mingodingo]

"just started with this campaign" but the campaign has been going on for 2 years so it's not like he's a new player.

[@Axl_Ericsson]

@@thewebspinner this is probably the best advice ever. A friend and I (we are both quite experienced) take turns in being DM for a group of pretty new players, and we always "modify" the monsters enough to make a significant difference, and I think it becomes very fun for everyone

[@jei4682]

Just here to remind everyone that they've been playing this campaign for 2 years before streaming, so I wouldn't say Travis is a noob by this this point.

[@therussbuss5314]

"I would like to rage." "I would like to grieve."

[@phyzixlab]

Grog walks into the club: "I would like to rave!"

[@spaceman9599]

Grog several hours later with the wrong combination of energy drinks and - ahem - inspiration: "Frenzied Rave!"

[@levantdiggerus3473]

@@spaceman9599 The ensuing bloodbath took weeks to clean up, and the literal bloodbath took FEMA two years to properly damage-control.

[@joedabro9969]

Grog at a poker table with a 3 and a 7. "I would like to raise!"

[@ALJ9000]

@@joedabro9969 I don’t know whether or not they’d try to call his unintentional bluff because of how giant and strong he is 😂

[@hellarossome]

In a distant kingdom, banners and castle walls fall as the city narrowly avoids complete destruction in their defense of their home. The kingdom and its loyal supporters stand, but they mourn the loss of their king and queen. Royal messengers seek out the last surviving of the wayward children of the Goliath family line. In a warm establishment of "lady favors and ale" a resting Grog is approached by a fancy man with a fancy envelope sealed by wax with a fancy yet recognizable family crest. Grog remembers what he was told in his youth, that this day would come. His lost kingdom needs the guidance of their lost son. He smiles. "I would like to reign."

[@vitsavicky]

Love how humble Percy is about all of this. He hands down carried this whole fight and doesn't take credit for any of it. He's just so happy they won.

[@MikeLeoK]

Vít Savický he carried the fight cause Matt was very generous with his interpretation of the rules. Disadvantage on attacks does not equal advantage on saving throws

[@maddie_jade]

Michael I mean, homebrew means DM rules. In the books rules, yeah, it doesn’t. So Percy carried the fight in the set of rules he’s playing in.

[@jonathangraf7671]

When you live as many lives as Taliesin Jaffe you learn humility.

[@Gabiii47]

@@maddie_jade Was it the headshot ability that caused that effect? What exactly does it do?

[@deathcompanybattlebrother]

@@Gabiii47 it usually gives disadvantage on attack rolls for one round, but matt ruled it gives advantage on saving throws since K'varn's rays hit automatically

[@rachelelliott73]

Head-butt was by the far the best moment in the whole episode. Matt actually had to have Ashley CONFIRM it was a nat 20. Loved it. Loved it so so much.

[@calebwooten7732]

It was a contested roll too, and you van see on Matt's face that the giant rolled high. Travis just rolled higher.

[@robpegler6545]

Ah, Vox Machina. Three hours of arguing about their plan of attack, and then they basically just rush in and wing it.

[@TheAverageFan]

Rob Pegler ya this episode kinda turned me off with all the time spent just talking about the plan. DM shouldve moved them along.

[@PainPwn1]

I think they did the right thing. Surprising the boss from above is better than going through the front door and allowing the caged monsters to be released.

[@DreadGuyTeach]

+Rob Pegler Yeah, i understand why they need to plan so much but... seriously, they have been talking about how they will fight K'varn for three episodes now (this one included)... getting long, man ! ^^

[@robpegler6545]

The funny thing was, Tiberius was the only one who actually tried to follow the plan, and everyone else got pissed off at him for for it.

[@AndyBestHP]

+Rob Pegler Like most real games of D&D :)

[@Nurfarious]

"Yeah I just killed it so don't tell me what to do".....Wow I'm really glad this dude isn't permanent

[@cktrapp4880]

He was permanent, this is where he first started trying to be the star and treating the others like crap. Sadly this gets worse, including him cheating on his roles until he storms off the show. Watch closely, Matt starts calling him on crap like his wanting to do multiple moves and spells on 1 turn. Sam had to start watching on roles, also. Orion forgot this was to be friends having fun.

[@futuremarine141]

that comment and the fact he was so pissy the whole fight and did no other damage really other than that really pissed me off

[@Lonit-be]

@@cktrapp4880 oh it started a while ago, I dont remember if it was ep 10 or 9 that he said, "oh that was a bad throw, I won't count that" confusing everyone. So far, he has also been the one that argues the longest and most frequently with Matt. A personal pet peeve of mine is also that each time it's his turn it's like he just arrived at the table, "huh, what are we doing?" The worst thing is that everyone has missed at least one episode so far except for him, 16 more episodes of suffering for me...

[@oieusouaclau]

I'm so glad he was kicked out of the show eventually. I already hate this guy so much I can't wait to get to his last episode so I won't need to look at his face ever again.

[@LuisSoto-tu1sg]

Newer viewer myself over here, Orion has always been sketch form the start, I’ve watched and heard all sorts of videos talking about how much of a “That Guy” he was and this is my first listening of the 1st Campaign. He’s so unbearable, and I’m glad he isn’t around for campaigns 2 and 3.

[@DigitalCoffee08]

“Well I have an intelligence of six, watch this.” GOD I LOVE GROG SO MUCH

[@ColdspaceDog]

DigitalCoffee08 grog for god Edit:hey that rymes

[@CrusnikAngel]

At about 3:44:30

[@josiahklein70]

Percy saying, "Science!" under his breath is something I now deeply love about this series as a whole.

[@FiresofShadow]

Percy "Die with hilarity or die not at all." Keyleth cliff dives as a gold fish.

[@Maliceinponderland]

4:19:15 The empathic yet sad look on Matt's face everytime one of his friends ironically say "This is fun" during the boss fight is heartbreaking

[@RomanII1997]

on the other hand, it WAS a fun fight. half of the fight was mid air, it was an extremely challenging enemy, some whacky moves by everyone in the party and glorious victory for the forces of good.

[@declicitous1763]

@@RomanII1997 “good”?

[@AlexeiDracorus]

@@declicitous1763 Morally ambiguous protagonists

[@ee930]

I LOVE when percy says "weird question" cause he's about to save the day! Praise science!

[@azarinevil]

When I DM that is my favorite preface to a question.. it's like Matt saying "What do you want to do?" to a player!!

[@ScorchHellfire]

Things are always great when Taliesin wants to do something "weird."

[@yasminafarih3681]

Still true in C2!

[@CrusnikAngel]

At 4:02:47

[@RollTales]

Matt: "You can still shoot him but he will have 3/4 cover" Taliesin: "I ignore 3/4 cover" Matt: "Then f***ing fire!" Gotta admire a DM who appreciates a bad ass moment, even against him :) lol

[@tazzeightsixfour9721]

+CapricornCross Pitting DM against party is an ineffective way to look at things, and almost always ends in an unsuccessful campaign...

[@Karak971]

+CapricornCross The way I look at DM'ing is your job is to kill the party in the funnest way possible for them

[@Bl4ckDr4co]

+Tazz EightSixFour I 'DM to win'. I nearly TPK all the time and my players keep coming back

[@tazzeightsixfour9721]

I am all for DMing with consequences... I love the fact that 5th ed. includes more permanent damage situations... I agree that the DM's role in an RPG is not only to guide the story, but also to dish out, sometimes critical, damage. However, the DM does not have to be contentious at every turn. That's what was meant by pitting the DM against the party...

[@1SeniorSmurf]

+CapricornCross The DM is a story teller above all things. Epic devastation and epic triumphs are both equal in their eyes... at least that's what I think a DM should be.

[@coreylando6608]

Good lord; Percy giving them advantage on all saving throws was the difference between victory and horrible defeat. Nice work, Percy!

[@G1NZOU]

I agree, and the trick with the shooting of the chains of the device to make it slam into K'varn, perfectly in keeping with Percy's engineering mind and something maybe even Matt hadn't thought of and had to adapt to on the fly. I love that kind of improvisation.

[@coreylando6608]

Harry Akira Eaton Yes, it's exactly the kind of hat trick I would expect his character to pull. And it is a perfect example of the rule of cool.

[@OzixiThrill]

Well, technically it was the GM's mercy that gimped the beholder; If he had stuck to the letter of the ability's rules, it would have had no effect, as it would have given the beholder a disadvantage on it's attack rolls, which beholders don't do.

[@Vahnatai]

RAW, the antimagic cone has to be declared at the start of the Beholder's turns and also prevents the Beholder from using other eye beams within that cone ('cause they're magic). Lotsa things were kinda handwaved, but good DM's know when to focus on the mechanics and when to focus on the spectacle.

[@partingofways]

OzixiThrill Idk much about how the abilities work but considering Percy as a whole comes from pathfinder I feel like there's a lot more room for interpretation regarding his abilities and their effects. But yeah it was a bit merciful on matts part, but I wouldn't say it's 100% wrong.

[@PastaBakeMilkShake]

1:49:50 where Tiny drinks all of Grog's ale with the poor barbarian watching in horror, regretting his generosity, and then Travis just goes "... I... would like..." It was hilarious. I watched it back five times! Absolute peak comedy and perfect roleplaying. Love how the party all tries to calm him down.

[@MajestDick]

Everyone going "NO NO NO!" was perfect. Almost as good as the second time Percy introduced himself and multiple others said "Just call him Percy"

[@loganclancy7147]

"Pike roll to breathe, with disadvantage because your heavy armor"

[@zacharychaira808]

😂

[@BlackMFVelvet]

I'm dead lol

[@hadeskingoftheunderworld7010]

With disadvantage because of heavy armor will be on pikes grave man

[@digitalnomad9985]

@@hadeskingoftheunderworld7010 "Rest in peace, with disadvantage."

[@nickroh.6088]

Matt: I think the story will be coming to an end soon Everyone: *laughs in binge watch*

[@Mephiston]

I mean, it ended too soon as far as I'm concerned. Thankfully Campaign 2 seems to be going on longer.

[@GhostFu]

@@Mephiston they played for 2 years before the stream, it's their game, we just happened to come along for the ride. We saw campaign 2 from the beginning, so it is a bit different.

[@Mephiston]

@@GhostFu I meant that in that I wanted there to be more campaign 1. Also, a reminder that they didnt play weekly for 2 years before. I mean, the stream started at like level 7 or so for all of them. They got through those levels in C2 pretty fast, then it slowed down a lot because of the political intrigue story arc.

[@GhostFu]

@@Mephiston yeah but still they played for like 10+ hours when the did get together y'know, I know what you meant. No shade, lots of one shots connected to campaign 1 though, so there's some decent content

[@Mephiston]

@@GhostFu Maybe when campaign 3 comes along they can do a few more references to VM. I'm hoping it'll be set in Issylra and one of them is a cleric or paladin of sarenrae

[@AnneIllustrating]

Pike “jokingly” saying “goodbye, my love” to Scanlan probably messed with my heart more than the actual players. That was MEAN. XD

[@ColdspaceDog]

Oof size: mega

[@garcia0505]

I had the same reaction as Scanlan/Sam: flicker of hope, immediately crushed to PIECES

[@tahaabbas6616]

It wasn't just scanlan, even the other players got excited (look at travis), they were all so invested in it.

[@ethanpeterson5640]

"Die with hilarity, or die not at all." I'd like to quote that at every single one of my D&D sessions now, if that's cool with Taliesin.

[@artsyebonyrose]

Everything Taliesin says feels so quote-worthy honestly, he just always seems so wise and badass at the same time haha

[@ABagelLeftOnTheRoadside]

@@artsyebonyrose i agree

[@Shannis75]

@@artsyebonyrose Agreed. "Life needs things to live" is hilariously bad, but it's still quote-worthy. :D

[@Nixahma]

Can I get a timestamp?

[@ethanpeterson5640]

@@Nixahma 2:50:36 according to CritRoleStats

[@1ManJusticeLeague]

3:25:24 Sneak attacking a monster made of eyes = legendary rogue achievement, free drinks for the night at any thief bar

[@jackmack4181]

Critical role Achievement gained 100 G "How did you not see me" Sneak attack a beholder

[@koal4042]

"I have a plan." - Taliesin Jaffe whenever he's about to do something crazy.

[@slotherin2878]

or the iconic "i have a really bad idea"

[@guyfromdubai]

I would like this comment, but I cannot break the holy number 420

[@koal4042]

@@guyfromdubai Respect

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

@@slotherin2878 having seen the series through, I would say that his "bad ideas" are often better than his "plans".

[@beethoven__]

Campaign 3 and he’s still keeping it weird

[@vsGoliath96]

Oh so THIS is what people were talking about when they were saying that Orion got more and more salty as the game went on. Damn, I liked him too.

[@jamesrodriguez3667]

SAME. I just started watching Crit Role and oof I don't look forward to the next 17 episodes he is in. Really a damn shame because Tiberius really was a fun and dynamic character (loved when he stood up to Lady Kima during their first meeting)

[@excessivelyfangirlingbookw3339]

I’m at the same point you are. You’re telling me it gets worse?? I was so incredibly angry after his stupid comment that I paused the video and went to sleep. I’m just now watching the last hour…

[@jamesrodriguez3667]

@@excessivelyfangirlingbookw3339 Currently at episode 20 and I have to say there doesnt seem to be an outburst that's as bad as this ep. However I do watch the eps mainly as a podcast when I work (i keep the window down but pop it up when things get exciting). Ive read in the comments during these episodes that you can see the cast visibly being offput whenever he makes his turns, so Im not sure if I just missed that since it was only audio.

[@vsGoliath96]

@@excessivelyfangirlingbookw3339 Yeah, it just piles on and gets more frustrating until he's asked to leave the show somewhere in the 20's episodes. I wouldn't say any outburst is as bad as this, but the behavior becomes more consistent. Also he starts cheating his dice rolls and lying about sorcerer points. Which sucks, cause Tiberius is a good character and his voice acting is a lot of fun.

[@jamesrodriguez3667]

@@vsGoliath96 I cringe everytime I see Sam having to peek at Orion's dice rolls. Such a shame since its a dream job earning while playing D&D with your friends and quite possibly the g.o.a.t. DM and somehow fucking it up and getting your ass fired

[@Introbulus]

To be fair, I don't blame Grog. You do *not* mess with a Goliath's Ale Cask.

[@ColdspaceDog]

Introbulus and if you try to kill him he kill you

[@k0pstl939]

MY CASK!!!

[@aussieserpine]

K'Varn: naughty naughty i left the door open for you Me: Doors are for people with no imagination

[@jackmackay6855]

9 months late but i am a big fan of this reference

[@Xackadee]

1 year late, but so am I.

[@jamesgarlick4573]

Me: Ha! I'm not falling for THAT trap again!

[@bluemagician2672]

I understood that reference

[@enigmaodell6806]

I read this in a deep-voiced Irish accent.

[@bardsandbarkeeps]

I actually cried at the dedication, enthusiasm, and pure emotion in Grog upon losing all his ale in the cask. X')

[@unclevivid9028]

It's funnier because they had used it all up but when he got back from not being there. When he pulled it out to get a drink they all half-heartedly tried to tell him it was empty. But just let him have his drink lol

[@colinshort710]

I’d like to point out that K’Varn went “Whos next?” And basically immediately got yeeted by Percy’s blast 😂😂

[@lighthouse-lh3ci]

"Who's next?" "Percy you're up." lol

[@IrisCorven]

Matt: You can fire, but he'll have 3/4 cover. Taliesin: But I ignore 3/4 cover. Matt: ... *Then fucking fire.* Might be the best moment of the first chunk of the show.

[@willnelson9906]

he made gunslinger too, which is even funnier

[@matthewring8301]

3/4 cover is sharpshooter feat not gunslinger

[@barryallen2240]

@@matthewring8301 he has that

[@AetherianScholwr]

I love that Matt has a strict adherence to the rules, but the second that he realizes that what the players are trying to do is within the bounds, he cheers them on. That’s what makes him a truly great DM. It’s not the narration, it’s not the voices. It’s that he has nailed challenging the players while also being their biggest cheerleader

[@rebekahhiggins9002]

can we just talk about how great Liam and Laura's shirts are?

[@SloppyMcFloppy1029]

i was just about to comment on it, i laughed so hard when i saw them XD

[@msauer03]

Can we talk about how much more handsome Liam got from this point until Campaign two?? O_o

[@jacktuck0294]

They are really great, now I’m thinking about if they had switched names on the shirts just to mess with everyone

[@adamwelch4336]

pretty fun!!

[@turnonewin3216]

@@jacktuck0294 sex C dx zz……….a. ; D. X,x

[@davidbergfors6820]

The matching "I'm Vex" & "I'm Vax" Tees are delightful!

[@stevenweller9413]

Agree completely. Totally hilarious.

[@DreadSithis]

Sam's constant annoyance by Tiberius is everything to me 😂😂

[@RuptimusPrime]

Percy played his ass off this game. Good rolls and clever thinking. Was really fun to watch

[@Sergio-zc5ul]

Yeah, Percy was awesome in this session. His headshots were the main reason the group made it in one piece!

[@TheTrueWolfboy]

Followed by exceptionally disappointing "How do you want to do this?" moments. "Imma shoot him in the eye." Then I got all excited when K'varn got back up. "Imma shoot him in the eye. With ice." Man, if Percy had done it it probably would have been awesome- "I'm gonna knock him off-balance underneath the hanging structure, and destroy the last chain!" Or something.

[@BigGameJames312]

Well, Most of K'varn is eyeball, so there isn't much they can do.

[@TheTrueWolfboy]

James LeBeau There's more to be done than a simple shot through the eye in Vex's case, and a LOT more to be done in the case of the usually-creative sorcerer.

[@finaltokko]

percy is that charecter that, is the guy who just fades into the background, doesn't really want to take charge and will happily go alone with whatever mad hatter plan the others come up with. while the rest of Vox Machina is off loosing their heads he's there surveying the scene. when he gets the chance to shine...well...as this game showed...he will work his ass off, save the whole team and then go back to cleaning his weapons as if nothing happened.

[@bonepaste_3336]

“We have two carpets!” “Boulder falls, smashes party” I’m deceased

[@bonepaste_3336]

“Well I have an intelligence of 6 so watch this” is also fucking gold

[@ColdspaceDog]

“I Would like to ra-No no no no

[@CrusnikAngel]

At about 2:26:30

[@pjkokkovas5170]

Honestly I love the mental image of the gnomish pike holding the weeping goliath. Hed have to get on his knees and hunch over to cry on her shoulder but I totally believe that's their friendship

[@garcia0505]

Right?! It's so sweet, and it's so them!!

[@BadgerRoyalty]

I mean that totally is their friendship, at least according to her back story.

[@jakivara7215]

I'm late as hell, but "I want my last words with you to be indignant and irritated" absolutely killed me🤣🤣 I love Percy so much

[@meganpopple9100]

And sadly, they weren’t.

[@hyboirds1536]

Percy was beyond MVP in this fight, all those fuckin beams would have wrecked havoc on the group if not for the constant advantage on those game changing attacks. He single-handedly neutered the Beholders deadliest aspect entirely.

[@SocialistSadako]

Yeah I don't think there's enough appreciation for just how wrecked the party would've been without those headshots. And blindness

[@dylanhecker6686]

And did really good damage with that shoot the chain and let the device smash into him move. Plus another headshot roll!!! Percy MVP

[@johnplesia5154]

True, but only because Matt allowed it to be so. Normally you can't replace attack roll with saving throw. Not saying it was wrong of Matt or whatnot. But it was so effective exactly because there was this rule bending allowed.

[@hyboirds1536]

@@johnplesia5154 yea thats something I've just come to accept as part of critical role. I don't know the rules all to well, so I just roll with it now. From what I've seen in comments, if I cared about every rule infraction I would never stop bitching about a show I love, so I just let it slide.

[@johnplesia5154]

@@hyboirds1536 True, usually when I play or am just chilling from home I can have the clarity and time to check on all those rules that they just wing on the show to save time and make for cool moments. So watching critical role is an exercise in remembering they're trynna RP and give us good moments first and actually stick to dnd second.

[@lightschunk]

Matt is a CONSTANT professional. He never broke DM poker face throughout this entire uncomfortable session. I’m extremely impressed.

[@HeartOfStone.]

Except when he breathes 2 big sighs of relief when pike got hit cause if she lost all her hp that particular ray would turn her body to ash but completely understandable lol

[@homunculus7]

you mean while the hackass sorceror threw hissy fits and forced his teamates to work on a 2 hour plan that was worst then their original plan cause he refused to enter the temple?

[@Rook_Gaming_Original]

@@homunculus7 I can't insult or make fun of him because that guy was obviously high. I recognize drug behavior he was combative then overly excited on his turn but couldn't pull his thoughts together. It's sad more than anything cause it's drugs or a medical issue...

[@ElegantlyBroken]

I believe he had cancer and was doing Chemo? I'm not certain, but that was what I found looking into it...

[@rouilia]

@@ElegantlyBroken I know he did have cancer at some point, but Orion said himself that it was drug induced behaviour. It's honestly really sad.

[@izzaacalley]

I love how the most intense moment was when the giant chugged Grogs cask of ale. The d20 never fails in the midst of great roleplay.

[@steeveewuzzheer1992]

Seeing all the Orion comments, I’m glad to see this one to take I’m off the upcoming edge.

[@TheAceUpYourSleeves]

Light spoilers for campaign 2: Except that god damn meteorite die in that betrayed Liam and his “bisexual maelstrom” with Essek, Jester, Astrid, and Eadwulf.

[@gctypo2838]

Everyone on about Orion's really sour behavior in the latter half of the fight, but all the Grog interactions with everyone this episode (and last) have been pure gold.

[@ShadowyFox_86]

I seriously thought there'd be character death in that one!

[@babayaga3098]

Grog’s coldstone joke made me so happy

[@Vaillle]

Not sure if it was this one or last episode, but Grog digging the hole to imitate Keyleth was freaking adorable and funny. It’s the little things that makes the viewing so fun and enjoyable!

[@austinish]

Grog: "I... would like..." Rest of the party: "Oh gods, GROG, NO!!!"

[@MerryMoss]

Heck yeah, Grog brings so much fun and laughter to the show, gotta love him! ^^

[@dontmindme1681]

"I... would like...to ra-" "No Grog, NO!!!"

[@jamesgarlick4573]

That was a beautiful scene! I loved every minute of it lol

[@fangsabre]

GROG Y E S

[@crazyscotsman9327]

You do not mess with a barbarian's booze.

[@SyaShim]

Grady Jean that was perfect and in character for everyone! Love it

[@p0mander877]

Best line of all time.

[@birdgvee4982]

"Matt, Matt, we have two carpets now. We have twoooo caaarpeeets." (makes Mind Flayer gestures) Matt: *starts spasming* uhr... uh... bolder..falls. smashs. the party. He's the best DM ever XD

[@jamesgarlick4573]

I thought it was a Star Wars jedi mind trick reference lol

[@CrusnikAngel]

At about 2:26:30

[@DaDunge]

He really hates that carpet.

[@Jarvolo27]

The change of looks on Matt's face when Travis said he got a natural 20 headbutting the giant is one of the best things I've ever seen.

[@barelystephen]

Seeing Orion pack up while everyone is celebrating says all you need to know. And man, Percy/Tal is the silent MVP here. So thoughtful and interactive with the environment. Top tier!

[@xpyder8237]

I have only been introduced to D&D and critical roll, and I have notice the group peel away from him, watching his rolls, and Orion push himself into the spotlight every time.

[@AssortedJade]

And then snapping at Sam and Laura when they try to warn him about the horn touching the elder brain + beholder 😬

[@xpyder8237]

@@AssortedJade "ITS MY TURN! ILL DO WHAT I WANT!"

[@germgoblin5313]

I am a bit socially autistic at times, sometimes i have a flaw where i read negative things into a situation that arent there and feel annoyed and left out, and I have done something similar in those situations and regretted it. I dont know if Orion is the same since im only on ep 3 and just heard of this drama but yeah if you feel theres some unspoken conflict between you and someone else in the group it could lead to that. Or maybe he is just an ass hole guess ill wait and see

[@devmatt6393]

For real. He acted so bitter about the whole thing but he was the one insisting that he wasn't going to go in the lair no matter what. Somehow he expected to have all the glory but also save his own hide. I really don't get it. From the point that he insists that he stay safe while the rest of the group goes in I lost all respect for him as a player, yet that is not nearly the extent of his selfishness. Matt does a great job giving the players an idea of what is possible yet Orion seems to ignore all that and expects that his solutions will work anyway. Clarotta had given a blatant warning to Tiberius telling him that his disguise probably wouldn't work, yet he did it anyway and simultaneously expected the mindflayers to help him while he's yelling orders at them in common when Matt had been clear about how Clarrota and other mindflayers communicate. Even all that would be fine if he had acknowledged that he made a mistake, but no, he had to be bitter. All this on top of cheating constantly. Really just detracts from the game.

[@danielstonebraker656]

You know Matt put an insane amount of effort into making k'varn's castle that the team completely avoided going through

[@wolvish6]

Literally. We did that to my DM. He spent hours planning and mapping and drawing a map with a kraken fight and all this stuff. Then we walked up and threw a chaos bolt which missed but spawned a 100 meter tall spire under the kraken forcing him in the air. The spire also had ghost servents so we sent them to stab the kraken for 7 days while we skipped on. He was not happy 😂

[@lokilucario]

Yeah cuz walking in there is a stupid idea lmao

[@Istira1]

My dm had a high level monster that the party was meant to flee and go on a detour with loads of content to get to the main city. I cast fireball, got a critical and killed it in one hit. About 2 days of content went into the bin

[@connerbradley5408]

Percy has quickly become my new favorite now that Tiberious has started driving me crazy. I think that its mostly due to Taliesin being a super nerdy and quiet little guy but the perfect moment to describe him is when he gets so excited over the flute

[@cussundriakneal9904]

Talisen is a gem of a person. "WE DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH DIGNITY!" He hasn't said that yet, but he will. :)

[@liamwelsh4665]

@@cussundriakneal9904 “ i want my final words with you to be crude and indignant”

[@francisfenzl1223]

he is a badass in disguise, i loved both him as mollymock and caduces in c2 such a good vibe always!

[@spaceman9599]

This fight was a peak character moment for Percy. Like Matt summed it up, some seriously smart tactical moves for a very tough setup.

[@RomanII1997]

i like how percy just feels *right* in how he is played. he's daring, he's badass, but not like mindless

[@matthewjohnson5857]

Scanlan to Tiberius, “you still running for Congress out there?” Lol. That being said, Percy did an out standing job this fight. I know I am late, but I’m glad I found this.

[@jonathangraf7671]

Foreshadowing Sam running for DnDBeyond President?

[@Fiyuh630]

You thought you were late 😭🤣

[@goatelope7539]

Lol, I love that Laura keep petting/scratching trinket subconsciously like it's an actual critter in hand lol

[@AndrisStafeckis456]

I LOVE the twins' matching "I'm Vax ---> That's Vex" & "I'm Vex

[@PotrovNivanski]

+Andris Stafeckis Yeah, awesome T-Shirt; even though I must admit I only noticed the text after an hour or so..... but that was my failing.

[@Laughing_Dragon]

+Potrov Nivanski I noticed it four minutes in XS

[@Laughing_Dragon]

+Kiero Vance™ (Kyrobolt) XD**

[@ericfarrow6128]

Andris Stafeckis Agreed, especially considering how the two of them are easily mistaken for one another in this show. Needless to say though, when one of the twins is mistaken as the other one, the results are quite side splitting.

[@ericfarrow6128]

Also, I noticed their shirts just 2 minutes in.

[@Kyshakk]

17:42 - Vax isn't well 23:02 - Scanlan comes to the rescue. 36:38 - Scanlan gives inspiration to Vax by "playing" the flute 49:18 - Grogg's attempt at diplomancy 1:08:31 - Translation is fun 1:11:00 - Keyleth sign language 1:49:54 - The Giant commits the ultimate sin...in Grog's eyes anyway 1:50:55 - Grogg's retribution 1:57:05 - Pike sings "Goodbye my love" to Scanlan 1:57:35 - Scanlan sings "I can show you the world" 2:13:49 - Scanlan sings a song to inspire Percy 2:20:33 - Lady Kima's sports team speech 2:25:53 - Scanlan asks if Trinket is worth it (note: I love Trinket but this is a fair question given their plan) 2:36:50 - Keyleth also tries diplomacy 2:47:13 - Percy's wit 2:51:10 - Scanlan sings "you dropped the bomb on me..." 2:52:13 - Scanlan sings a song of inspiration 2:54:14 - Judges give their scores 3:10:08 - Keyleth's epic smackdown 3:24:10 - Vax does "something stupid" 3:37:46 - Fastball Special part 1 3:42:17 - Scanlan sings words of healing for Grogg 3:43:24 - Fastball Special part 2 3:58:15 - Grog takes a beating 4:01:33 - Tragedy strikes 4:02:38 - Percy's sweet vengeance 4:04:08 - Percy's success! 4:05:12 - Percy says "I ignore three quarters cover" to which Matt responds "then fucking fire" 4:05:54 - Tragedy averted! 4:06:08 - Scanlan snarks 4:10:41 - Scanlan sings "Guided by the light" 4:19:40 - How do you want to do this? 4:21:17 - PLOT TWIST 4:27:36 - Scanlan sings "Hey Baby" to help heal Pike 4:32:33 - How do you want to do this...again? 4:54:41 - Dancing to celebrate 3k subs begins 5:08:18 - Percy & co dance along to "Macarena" 5:13:39 - Matt & co dance to "You Spin Me Right Round"

[@bulksquatthrust8792]

Thank you.

[@whoahanant]

You are my savior. XD I was trying to find the part where Pike says "goodbye my love". XD

[@lionskull1]

Thank you for posting this 2 years ago, if you hadn't i would have never seen Matt DEMOLISH that dance.

[@lamb6042]

The OG flando,,,,,

[@SyaShim]

Thank you kind soul! Your commend has to be much more higher D:

[@niamhcorrigan3972]

"It worked for the Spartans" they all died, Marisha. All of them.

[@orionjaeger2822]

Late to the party. But they died because they were betrayed and shown a way to get around the Spartans and attack them from behind completely negating their advantage and forcing a fight on two fronts. We have no idea how long it would have actually worked or if they would have succeeded because of this betrayal. Again. Late to the party. Binged the second season. Now the first.

[@WorldWalker128]

@@orionjaeger2822They still would have been overrun eventually. Persia was sending a large enough army to populate a small country. Better terrain, weapons, and a sound strategy helps, but eventually they'd have been overrun regardless unless Sparta sent more troops. 1000 soldiers (and the king) vs more than 100,000? No contest. Numbers in a battle with the same basic technology on both sides DO win the battle. Contrary to the movie, there were NOT only 300 of them. And the king didn't die last, but rather earlier in the fight. But, the soldiers had their orders.

[@LoLCTHSKateer]

@@WorldWalker128 numbers actually were around 70.000 vs anywhere from 80 to 300 thousands. And no, a long term fight may not benefit Persia: they relied on capable of moving inland and overtake a portion large enough to set up a base of operation and start to raid for food. Being held at the side of a cliff next to heavily salted wind for several days with zero supply line for water (tho they did bring more than plenty on food) will not be doing them any good. However, in the end, Spartan and the Greek had a reason to stay and defend. Marisha was just not thinking straight

[@SampoPaalanen]

@cak01vej There's a nice peice of sudtle (possibly unintentional) storytelling from Matt there when he makes K'varn charge in rather then do what's tactically sound. It tells us the viewer that K'varn is such an arrogant creature that he doesn't even consider that the Vox Machina could defeat him and all essentially without saying an single thing about K'varn.

[@jamesgarlick4573]

@cak01vej that analysis was amazing!

[@JACorvin]

Mercer’s eyes LIT UP as he says “Then fucking fire”. I died laughing at that reaction

[@ShadowyFox_86]

🤣😂 You can see how happy he was to have something work in the party's favor.

[@NumPad]

36:44 Subtitles: (bad flute playing) 36:47 Subtitles: (slightly less bad flute playing) Tracks 1 and 2 in Scanlan's "No Holds Bard" album, ladies and gentlemen.

[@StoneCorazon]

Clarota voice* “we will have none of those puns”

[@brendaarms4255]

I'd buy that!

[@KoiBoiRoi]

Travis looks so different with a clean face and glasses lmao

[@eli-drache4933]

Reiklund Right!

[@raptorokc]

lmfao grog's revenge headbutt was absolutely epic.

[@jackmack4181]

Critical Role achievement gained 50 G "David and Goliath" Make a giant fall over using a headbutt

[@darkecofreak23]

Oh, I laughed my ass off after that. I had to replay it because it was so awesome.

[@rafaellorenzin1281]

i love the karma tiberius gets because when vex got the killing blow everyone was excited but he was sitting there all pouty and whiny but when he gets the killing blow like no one cared that much

[@Lonit-be]

Yeah I saw that, they should have all started packing when he did that, unfortunately, the others are decent humans, unlike him

[@pmcgee003]

Only a Paladin would say "The guidance of Bahamut has not lead me astray" after months of horrendous torture in a dungeon. :D

[@NathanWubs]

+Paul McGee or a cleric. Or any more religious person. Myserious ways and all that.

[@thesaltycat9493]

I mean, I get what she was saying. Bahamut hadn't led her astray in her search. She got trapped in a torture room, but that kept her around long enough for VM to show up, which then was able to work with her towards the end of her quest. She figured she wasn't going to make it, but these circumstances allowed her to continue her mission. Edit: Whoops! Just realized when this comment was made. Sorry!

[@pmcgee003]

@@thesaltycat9493 still relevant 🙂

[@mysticaleco7646]

I love when Liam says to Matt “you’re a nice guy” the sinister grin on Matt’s face

[@_Alex_F]

How I love how Matt (and all the guys for that matter) managed to not only endure that dude without ever braking his super professional and polite attitude but also quickly dismantled his little solo metagame/rulebraking strategy. Respect!

[@katieb.1163]

one of my favorite lines, stated very mater-of-factly and professionally by Matt to Orion “ok you get one turn”

[@ScorchHellfire]

@@katieb.1163 I mean... Sorcerers kinda break the rules and do extra things on their turns as a feature, so it's not really that out-of-line that he was trying to do a lot in one turn. Basically it was a problem of him trying to bypass the limitations of the carpet to use his own movement while flying and still use the carpet afterwards, which was not really necessary, but whatever.

[@ScorchHellfire]

I hope you saw Orion's explanation of why he was acting kinda crappy this night in the next episode at about an hour and 48 minutes in. Turns out he was legitimately terrified and convinced that Matt was trying to kill them all, but Taliesin got him to see it from a different angle just before the next one aired and snapped him out of the negative viewpoint.

[@fritz1041]

@@ScorchHellfire why are you going comment to comment defending him? He may of gave one explanation for one event but he did this shit practically every episode. They didn't ask him to leave the show for no reason.

[@lincolnlhayes]

@@fritz1041 I feel the same way. If he doesn't trust Matt not to TPK them, he's clearly not paying any attention to how Matt plays.

[@10jeer]

There's so much that are so funny in this series but the clanking of pike everytime she's running is underrated!

[@youshallnotpass567]

Cli clang cling clonk

[@RPG_Angie]

I love to hear not just the cast, but the people behind the camera laughing. It's awesome.

[@RPG_Angie]

Grammar Nazi Well. am I glad I don't read the chat. I hope those idiots got weeded out. On a sidenote, I've had some nasty experience with a person with the same profile picture and pretty much the same name as you here on KZbin. He went around attacking people who expressed sympathy for transgender people and throwing a massive temper tantrum over the word transphobia existing. With that evil twin running around, you might wanna change your user name.

[@JakobTheCenturion]

AnkokuEvangeline Oh. That's not good. That's not me; I'm all for equality, really. I don't judge people, 'cause I myself am a pretty flawed person. I just like correct grammar. I won't crucify anyone over it, of course. "Grammar Enthusiast" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

[@RPG_Angie]

Grammar Nazi What about something like... Grammar Doctor The-grammar-doctor-will-see-you-now Let_me_fix_that_for_you

[@JakobTheCenturion]

Mehhhhhhh.

[@matthirst4569]

+Grammar Nazi Grammar Hammer, beating good grammar into fools since [enter year here]

[@doodledemon1865]

“I spank the giant” “Don’t spank the giant!” I spat out my water when I heard that in the background of their battle plan 😂

[@zarkaun96]

Grog head butting that giant was PERFECT. And Matt super hardcore goatee Travis into doing it haha. Love you guys

[@soldier1stclass640]

*smashes keg* "......I....would like..." *entire party*"NONONONOOO!"

[@nathank7989]

I enjoyed Percy's experiments with the vial of yellow liquid. It sounds like hydrofluoric acid. Yellow, attacks metal, slightly attacks sapphire. 1:28:43 I think Taliesin drew the same conclusion.

[@RPGtourguide]

Love the "I'm Vax/Vex" shirts. Those are perfect!

[@jonathangraf7671]

I still don't know which one is which.

[@captmutt6939]

@@jonathangraf7671 Vax is on the end, Vex sits between him and Pike. If you're joking I apologize tone is hard to tell when being read.

[@jonathangraf7671]

Just joking. That was an ongoing joke throughout Season 1.

[@oliviaw8006]

Jonathan Graf The way I remember is that Vax (the guy) said ‘Vaccinate your children!’ In one episode. So I forever remember him by that 🤣

[@marklakan774]

who ever does the subtitles is a legend i swear

[@SocialistSadako]

yeah shoutout to the amazing transcriptionists!

[@BroCo87]

Especially during the flute playing ☠️

[@dragonace5o998]

The "bad flute playing" followed by "slightly less bad flute playing" killed me

[@donnasilvio3974]

I try to remember to thank them for their PROPER REAL captioning on every video. It's not just the terrible auto-generated shit. My mom's deaf, & while she'd never watch this, I appreciate it even more on her behalf. I'm not deaf but I grew up w captioning since my early childhood in the late 80s- early 90s. I'm so used to it that I can have some trouble "hearing" shows without it.

[@thesaltycat9493]

Honestly, I really appreciate Marisha standing up for Laura at the end when Orion was being mean about her getting the initial victory. It was subtle, but she stood up for Laura, which was really nice to see.

[@isaac8734]

Time stamp ?

[@Mephiston]

This is pretty much the moment that everyone started to realise Orion was a metagaming asshole and the players started getting sick of his shit.

[@thesaltycat9493]

@@isaac8734 Sorry that I just got to this. Orion starts packing up and being mean when Laura gets the HDYWTDT at around 4:19:40 ish. Marisha starts talking to him about it shortly after.

[@thesaltycat9493]

@@isaac8734 Slight amend to my previous comment: The actual defense starts at 4:37:46 , so clear at the end of the episode.

[@stormsurge9962]

You can really see all the little stuff he does throughout even these earlier episodes. Constantly being rude and inconsiderate to other players, being persistently ignorant of the way the game works, trying to do everything especially when someone else does it, and then metagaming stuff like this.

[@jeremyachristensen]

Wow, Matt is a generous DM to give Tiberius a Perception Check, flying carpet movement, fly, alter self, flying movement and a persuasion check in one turn.

[@elwiwi4638]

Saves them an argument

[@ZimtPorridge]

I felt like he punished him for that by making this entire turn absolutely useless.

[@JesterC88]

@@ZimtPorridge You can do all those things, but it's not going to get you anywhere

[@ZimtPorridge]

@@JesterC88 Matt is making a good call with this too, knowing they got an audience that wants to immerse itself. Of course he wants to avoid random rule arguments every turn so he just makes all the bullshit useless via storytelling. Very smart!

[@majorlazor5058]

Dude’s character was like the superman of D&D. First time watching this campaign. It seemed like Tiberius had a drastically different ability every turn. Classic min-maxxer sucking the fun out of the game.

[@jonyleo500]

4:32:11 "MR pack AWAY YOUR DICE" holy shit that salt is amazing

[@briarhull6624]

Matt is probably one of the most talented humans I've ever heard of.

[@nickcoker5489]

The bit with grog raging when tiny drank his ale is undoubtedly both one of the funniest and most badass moments of this entire campaign!

[@iank472]

I dunno the 'Grog digging a random trench, everyone being confused and then he does the "I'm on a boat!" back to Keyleth' is definitely up there for me. I laughed so hard at that.

[@ShadowyFox_86]

@@iank472 🤣😂 As soon as I saw him doing it, I knew exactly what he was doing. I died.

[@iank472]

I think one of the worst parts of the whole Orion pissfit he threw during the big boss fight was it killed Matts usual willingness to reward out of the box, crazy ideas. Any other time Laura's Bolo arrow shot would probably have resulted in one or two of the beholders eyes being (maybe temporarily) disabled or impeded but due to just being exhausted from Orion's constant rule twisting he shot the idea down cold. There's few worse things in a DnD game than seeing a DM lose their joy in the game. Thank God Matt rebounded pretty quickly.

[@TheOdie1989]

Could not agree with you more, I am re-watching this campaign for the second time and every episode I have found myself getting annoyed at Orion in one form or another. He literally makes me want to pull my hair out. Also he acts as if the flying carpet is his toy and only borrows it out to the party >

[@daringndreaminx]

100% this.

[@ascelinecastelia2717]

I was so sad when Matt shot (no pun intended) Laura's arrow idea down and I completely agree that if he had been in a better mood, he might have allowed it. Thanks Orion.

[@Snulge]

It's important to note that he was confused about the plan, not just him but others too. They weren't sure if they were fighting or retreating to get the mind flayers. Then mat has them all getting pulled into the room sorta forcing an encounter when they had verbally said they wanted to run after, but still others wanted to fight. It was kinda confusing. It's easy to look back years later and say "I wouldn't have done that" but people get mad sometimes.

[@stevennevets610]

@@Snulge I mostly agree but I wouldn't say Matt "forced" the encounter as it's pretty reasonable for an enemy that has spotted the party to 'pull' them in to the fight

[@thewebspinner]

"We've had a lot of success flying around right?" Flashback to them crashing out of the sky into the Duergar camp 5 sessions ago.

[@ignisshadowflame1027]

I would say they have succeeded much more than they have failed.

[@heatherwind]

Okay, Grog's confrontation with Tiny over the cask of ale was *priceless*. That was fantastic RP, and I so respect him for staying true to his character. :D

[@zippomage]

I'd argue it is the quintessential d&d moment

[@clayxros576]

I. WOULD LIKE. TO RA- NONONONONO

[@Cavers]

Escpecially how Matt's description with the thunder and the slow-mo hightened the scene so so much!

[@Spook-xg4rr]

2:37:37 "But you can't persuade bats" Well, apparently you can if you have bread. I heard they like bread.

[@DocEJ]

I like bread!

[@josephdouglas5242]

I like bread!

[@dennisfreda5169]

I like bread!

[@tegandumpleton3360]

Where are you keeping the bread?!

[@ReplicatorFifth]

depends on the bat. most like insects. the big bats like fruit and nector

[@sithisarcanis]

The whole Fomorian Cask incident is fucking peak Grog in all 11 episodes that I’ve seen thus far. Such a great in character moment that’s badass too!

[@williamross6477]

“I…would like…to-“ Is one of my favorite moments in the entire campaign! 😄

[@baronvonkek8467]

Taliesin: This is like the end of Iron Man 3. Orion: And that was a terrible movie. Taliesin: I loved it. *awkward silence*

[@ss2smallhours]

Baron Von Kek cant blame orion on that one though, iron man 3 is one of the weakest mcu movie (i would even argue the worst, next to thor dark world)

[@azer8308]

Orion isn't wrong.

[@TheMento98]

@@ss2smallhours I didn't even bother to see Iron Man 3 I still remember my initial reaction "Oh another Iron Man movie..."Don't get me wrong nothing against the franchise, character, Robert, or anyone else involved with the project. But seriously Iron Man is what pretty much started the MCU, he's one of the more well known than any other Avenger, and I understand contracts need to be fulfilled but it was honestly a waste of a movie slot that should have been given to someone else oh I don't know... Maybe someone that hadn't been given a movie yet? *Cough cough* Black Widow or Hawk Eye? *cough cough* In fact I was actually a bit upset that Antman got a movie before either one of these two.

[@Christian-vq3lr]

Svhons yeah, but would you classify it as terrible? I personally wouldn’t, with it having little that is REALLY bad, just nothing exciting and some not good parts

[@boilderrik893]

Not sure if you're making a point. People disagree on things. That's not really a crisis