Grog's One-Shot | Critical Role RPG One-Shot

[@hms21793]

Grog saving trinket was literally Travis just making sure his wife didn’t kill him later lol

[@Veloziraptor111]

Second time he's done that.

[@ryandang5525]

Grog isnt married

[@connormead5918]

@@ryandang5525 Travis is to vax i think?

[@adoptedbythe1king]

@@ryandang5525 Travis is married to Laura who loves Trinket

[@doctorfaust9759]

​@@adoptedbythe1kinglol this is like my 12th thing I've seen and even I know he was joking

[@vocaeien]

"You take 5 points of stupid damage" I'm sure every DM has wanted to say this at least once

[@mordirit8727]

I took this from Travis and nowadays I love describing stuff like that. Why say "you take 17 cutting damage" when you can say "you take 17 fucking werewolf biting at your shoulder damage"?

[@bretsheeley4034]

> I'm sure every DM has wanted to say this at least once per session. ... per player. ... per encounter.

[@ocanacho5664]

@@bretsheeley4034 once, the bard tried to calm a bear by playing the ocarina. The bear bite him in the face and almost kill him

[@plumey7593]

@@ocanacho5664 This is why you take the Calm Emotions spell instead of relying on your ocarina kids

[@Megan-hd5lc]

Wanted too? I do. On the reg

[@henryohenry1504]

"Rolls with disadvantage." "Why???" "Because I've never seen you throw a spear before." 🤣🤣🤣

[@joekc7114]

I mean he’s not wrong 🤣🤣😂🤣

[@Grimsoth]

Anyone have a time stamp?

[@henryohenry1504]

@@Grimsoth 1:25:33

[@Grimsoth]

@@henryohenry1504 tyvm

[@henryohenry1504]

@@Grimsoth no problem! That's what us critters do!

[@bbaattttlleemmooddee]

When Travis started to DM I got hyped. When Grogg started to DM I lost my mind. When DM Grogg roleplayed Pike my head exploded.

[@Annarki2000]

Travis doing the Trinket voice when Vex used speak with animals at 3:27:00 was hilarious.

[@geofffowler110]

I'm a dude, playin' a dude, playin' another dude.

[@Comrade2261]

Same lol

[@bananahamikz]

Fr

[@bananahamikz]

Sys

[@hotscottrulz]

This episode is so fucking cool. I love how each of the characters have their own ways of playing: Scanlan is a power gamer who’s a little *too* into it, Vax is clueless and doesn’t get it, Vex is a little weirded out, but is kinda into it, and Percy is quiet, but knows the game. And, of course, Grog is an excellent Bunion Master! It’s all anyone could have asked for...

[@shadycactus6146]

it's so good. i really want them to do this again for campaign 2, but jester should dm lol

[@chironzahhak7742]

@@shadycactus6146 I can't wait for all the okays, likes, so cools and stuffs of our little Jester!

[@davidparkes7741]

@@chironzahhak7742 Don't forget the technicallys.

[@superlolgal555]

Lol yea Scanlan was doing everything in his power to get points it was amazing

[@Tesoro1996]

Actually, I would love to see Caduceus DM a game, that would be like the chillest game ever.

[@celestecormier]

Percy deserved the extra 500XP because the pun "Did you perpetrate this grizzly murder" was absolutely GLOSSED OVER

[@tealversace]

Um... in hindsight... that couple at the bar at the start... the little blue woman and a half orc??? DID HE JUST META HIMSELF AND LAURA'S NEW CHARACTERS AS A RELATIONSHIP BEFORE THEY EXISTED INTO HIS OWN ONESHOT????!!!!!? Edit; 2021... I made this initial comment a few episodes into campaign 2 and someone just pointed out that it was the most liked on this video. Wild :D

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

tealversace If it is, I will have the same reaction as Fjord in this instance

[@tealversace]

with a bABY HELLO FORESHADOWING.

[@GratuaCuun]

Laura confirmed this on Talks Machina this week (03/06/18). Total foreshadowing that she didn't know Travis was going to do.

[@ch3ls3ab0t6]

Oh my goodness. Laura is even pregnant IRL. This is amazing.

[@amberlin8610]

tealversace maybe, maybe not? I did pick up on the Fjord a bit. Did not on Jester, though now i know, did they hint that she was pregnant with that baby bundle drop?

[@jacksonrigdon652]

i love that Travis a professional voice actor had to do a voice of someone who cant voice act trying to do a voice.

[@DuncanDisordely]

(Spoilers) Bit like Mark Ruffalo in Shutter Island, having to act like a doctor pretending to be a federal marshal (badly)

[@hostile_prof]

I'm a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude

[@DimaJeydar]

"It takes a great actor to play a bad actor"

[@yourdadsotherfamily3530]

Voiceception

[@HenriqueErzinger]

It's like Liam (notoriously great at accents) as Caleb, pretending to be bad at accents, while at the same time doing a perfect german accent trying to do other accents badly

[@starwarsnerd100]

From everyone’s reactions, I have to assume Travis’s Drunk Pike impression is dead on for drunk Ashley Johnson.

[@The1337Duke]

3:27:53 I honestly think this is the only time on the entire history of Critical role where sam breaks, and is genuinely struck speechless at the sheer absurdity of the circumstances he got himself into, trying to kill his friends imaginary, IMAGINARY bear, in a game within a game, two levels deep, because he knows that killing it only one level down would make Laura genuinely upset. WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS

[@killxswitch]

This bit is my favorite Critical Role moment of all time. I wish we could've seen the rest of the cast completely lose it as well but seeing Travis having to spit out his beer, Laura and Tal both collapse in laughter while Sam and Liam simultaneously suffocate-clap, and then Sam completely blue-screened, it's just the best.

[@forkysporky7073]

@@killxswitch That was my favorite part. Laura and Tal reacting simultaneously while Sam and Liam made the same reaction. So hilarious.

[@sweebos]

I was literally just thinking about this moment and came back here to watch this One-shot again 😆 👏👏👏

[@dominickquinn4189]

I'm sorry but "who portrayed this Grizzly murder" is the best line ever

[@sapphirekatty8730]

@Dominick except Sam said almost same joke way back in campaign one, when Orion was still with them, and his was more funny at my opinion. Too bad cast didn't notice it though.

[@smelly551]

I love how protective laura is of her twice imaginary bear. This isnt even the imaginary trinket.

[@aceknowles8841]

And no one ever brought up that Percy said "Did you NOT take theater class?" It is canon, that Percy took theater class, and no one talks about it.

[@Buttonpusher42]

Not to mention their experience with the Feywild theater (and the warnings about such from Garmelie/Artagan)

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

what it is is *obvious*

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

Percy is a theatre kid but the one who really likes doing stage management and making all the props

[@troodontalon5990]

"NOT THE THEATER!"

[@reuniclus9]

NO THEATRE!

[@ZephyrosGamer]

"You take 5 points of stupid damage". Love Grog! Best DM EVER!

[@astromechas]

Also "You take 8 points of smash your face damage." lmao

[@mollys4409]

Zephyros Snow *BM. BUNION MASTER

[@yourdadsotherfamily3530]

@@mollys4409 5D Chess Bunion Master’

[@NWolfsson]

I love how their characters are the total opposite of themselves when it comes to RP: -Sam does his normal voice for Scanlan. Scanlan does an accent for Scanlan bis (Scottish and sometimes australian, for some reason) -Liam is very invested and edging rules-lawyer. Vax doesn't get *anything* that happens. -Laura is the best and heavier RP-er at the table. Vex doesn't even know how to act like herself. -Taliesin tries to advocate decisions, showing the pros and cons and is basically intervening a lot. Percy sits at the back seat and watches the disaster happen...

[@raymondfisheriii791]

This is a neat observation that you made! Thanks for sharing, it’s really interesting to see it when it’s pointed out like that, shows the acting chops and how much time they’ve thought about their characters

[@jadaw644]

25:10 I know it's been years, but not enough people give love to Vax dreaming he was Liam. I don't know why, but 'I had this cart, there was no horses, it just *went.* ' kills me every time. 😭🤣

[@whitestoneandy797]

Dude I know! I was just watching that part and thinking the same thing. Out of all the craziness from this episode that scene always stuck out to me. Liam literally made it cannon that Vax had a dream that he was Liam lol This whole episode is just so incredibly meta in the best way

[@katiem5051]

"i had these kids. i don't know who these kids were" is the part that makes me lose it Every time

[@brandendierker5873]

I didnt even put that together. He said something like, i was in a different city for weeks! I was a father

[@Sandsquid21]

Wait… you guys don’t become your characters in the dreamspace after eating cheese before bed?!

[@paulchavez3039]

Imagine him going on about it "and I had the weirdest job ever where I just sat in a dark room and performed to nobody, like scanlan" 😂

[@herman1francis]

The fact that grog is such a terrible dm is hilarious. He's fudging all his rolls. He clearly has a grudge on vax ridiculing him all the time. If this was real world Dming it would be awful. But the fact that this is travis roleplaying grog dming a game with the other characters roleplaying themselves. This is pure genius.

[@MmeHyraelle]

Grog cant math :D

[@ethanpeterson5640]

Don't forget the OP self-insert DMPC

[@kairos4484]

@@ethanpeterson5640 Is that usually a problem? Not the OP part, but the DMPC part. I've seen DMs do it that play it well.

[@ethanpeterson5640]

@@kairos4484 DMPCs can be done well, true, but occasionally a DMPC might overshadow the party and I often prefer not to have one as a DM

[@kairos4484]

@@ethanpeterson5640 Understandable. I guess I've just had good GMs when it comes to it then. Have you played with one that overshadows the party?

[@MisterGreed]

The longer I watch this show the more I become convinced that Travis is a damn genius.

[@MLDeS100]

Mister Greed need to go watch his tabletop appearance. He proves it in that game.

[@atomicsquid9836]

It usually takes an intelligent player to convincingly portray a dumb charecter. The way Grog comes off effortlessly is a testiment to Travis.

[@YSPFrogGod]

Hose Clamp which one? there are many table top videos

[@Peter_Cordes]

@@YSPFrogGod - He was only one one episode of the show Tabletop, and google had no trouble finding it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m57Pemdpj6psY8U I searched on `travis willingham tabletop` and it was the very first hit.

[@FondlesHandles]

@@MLDeS100 freaking coat czech.

[@cthulhu5717]

The fact the Travis dropped his and Laura’s characters for the 2nd campaign as well as their pregnancy in this one shot is fantastic.

[@emmamassick9484]

Me watching this for the first time right now, i was like wait……did he just…..bfueiwnslwnrhrubdjiwmw

[@hms21793]

I know I was like “fjord? jester? Baby!”

[@thegeek0017]

I believe Laura had played Jester in a previous one shot

[@WinterFaery84]

Made me believe that Fjorester was canon ALL along! LOL.

[@HinataElyonToph]

@@hms21793 Fjord? Jester? RONIN???

[@MakDemonik]

I love how all of Grogs fuckery with the other characters (him succeeding at everything, him finding platinum while Laura finds poop, Vax failing the jump roll even though he had the highest roll) all of this would be absolutely unacceptable and probably irritate players in a normal game but because they know eachother so well and they are in the unique position that its GROG and not travis Game Mastering, its just a heap of fun and laughs

[@immakillu2]

It helps that he did it in a way that had no consequences to the game from a mechanical standpoint. Just cosmetically.

[@hellbringer96]

It does speak a lot of "That Guy" DMs. The ones with the self insert DM-PC that is great at everything, always making whatever they want happen regardless of player choice or rolls, ect. I actually think it's perfectly done on the meta-level. I usually think of those DMs as either inexperienced in how the game works or just very egotistical and put their own enjoyment over everyone else's. That IMO perfectly what Grog of all people probably would have done after having just discovered the game.

[@SPACEHARICE]

@@hellbringer96 its actually a good game setting where meta gaming would be expected. because it's TRUE to their characters. I can imagine Vex lying about all her roles (something i wish they did In this game)

[@frankp6869]

So what the players would need to do, is role play themselves in how Grog's mind works as seeing Grog roleplay a DM. If that makes sense.

[@MakDemonik]

@BakPak Gamingsince its not DnD but a joke version of it so i guess BMing? Tho thats why I prefer the general term of Game Master / GMing. As its system agnostic and surprise surprise DND is not the only existing rpg :V

[@brendanmacey981]

I wanna see a one shot run by Jester in this way, where Jester in character is the DM

[@lordkalistos4124]

Anything we could imagine, would be turned upside down and reshuffled.

[@ZaneTheSaber]

oh gods the chaos that would ensue. "technicallyyyyyyyy"

[@deffdefying4803]

All the candy and pastries and ribbons and bows

[@spencers360]

And the aggressive flirting with fjord

[@victoriak8254]

Or Just imagine Mollymauk being a DM :,)

[@philliptivis3082]

I wish there was a reaction video of Mercer watching this.

[@Kasino80]

Oh god, I'd pay to watch that

[@roxana5490]

Both Matt and Marisha would be CACKLING

[@xaderalert]

He probably refuses to watch it out of spite. He said to Travis during an episode of Talks Machina: "if you ever do an in-game session DM-ing as Grog, please... PLEASE invite one of my NPCs so I can play!" Cold, Travis. Cold.

[@blueroninstudios]

Probably he and Marisha watched this together with tears coming out of their eyes from laughing so much! I like to think so!

[@lesterjennings4044]

Yes I want to see that!

[@redtippedthrobrobin6053]

This is quite possibly my favorite one shot now. A dude playing a dude who thinks hes another dude! The chemistry was just great!

[@millermagic686]

Joseph Yates sounds like tropic thunder x)

[@squattingheads]

Joseph Yates its so funny cause the whole one shot is basically the story of how the baby was made. I guess both were at a bar and someone (maybe even ashley) puked on them. Afterwards they went home and had sex. Vox machina representa the sperms fighting their way to the egg

[@Jawn15]

Never go full grog.

[@stevenjohnson3069]

tis sooooooooo meta....

[@traehadfield5365]

And this was mine too. Until the “Search for Grog” came out hahaha. 2019 anyone?

[@SeanBoyce-gp]

Scanlan: "Ask him his name." Percy: "W-Why would I do that?" These Whitestone elitists, man.

[@dmdiaries7208]

Is this the part where we cut off Percy’s head with a guillotine?

[@I.Re-em]

@@dmdiaries7208 this part should've been episode one, my man

[@kingcooling8218]

Vax: “Where did you get these toys?” Grog: “I stole it from a small child.” This was hilarious.

[@ldp6321]

It also implies that Vox Machina action figures exist in Exandria which is not actually that far fetched tbh

[@social.elenakrittik]

Timestamp please?

[@nicholascarroll2698]

Kingcooling8218 wonder if they were/to be Ronin's and this was them lanterning conception...(I didn't do the math)

[@Trailseeker13]

Vax- Where'd you get these toys? Grog- I stole them from some little kid! Matt- (in the corner crying) My mini's!

[@liamgreenwood3481]

I'm just picturing Grog stealing miniatures from essentially the being that made the universe he lives in.

[@jasminegold3005]

Yup yup

[@tap5445]

Ahahha

[@honestgoblinproductions5663]

@@liamgreenwood3481 ha ha ha ha.

[@ClandestineSnowman]

@@liamgreenwood3481 In the last VM battle royale, he DID break out of a pocket dimension - so in theory it's possible for him to siege through to different realities.

[@mattbetts01]

11:30 Let's play Bunions & Flagons 12:30 Character drawings 15:10 To Keyleth 15:50 The best Pike 30:56 - 32:10 NPCs 40:50 XP 47:40 Map time ! 50:50 Dubious map design #1 55:50 How to treat a dart wound 57:43 What what darts 1:04:20 Poor Trinket 1:19:00 Dubious map design #2 1:22:40 Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal ! 1:24:20 Grog's maths, or Travis' maths ? 1:26:00 BM's ruling 1:27:50 The mansion's decoration 1:35:30 Door utopia (... or is it ?) 1:43:20 The Trinket war continues 1:48:47 Trinket's rolling really well tonight 2:14:52 Break ends 2:18:20 The door puzzle 2:22:40 Keyleth hommage 2:26:45 How did Travis choose the monsters ? 2:28:38 Percy rolls 2:31:10 Vax has been through this before 2:39:20 Stupid damage 2:41:00 Pushing the latch 2:42:35 The dragon almost comes out 2:44:50 Vox Machina, meet your enemies 2:48:13 It's so fluffy ! 2:52:50 The unicorns refuse to cooperate 2:54:40 There can only be one 2:58:20 The return of Scan-ceratops ! 3:05:30 Issues with platforms 3:11:50 Unicorns really are magical 3:14:50 Unicorn taming: not going well 3:19:57 Fried T-rex 3:21:20 A wild Sam appears on the table 3:24:40 Inspiration ... ? 3:27:21 The cast is broken 3:31:29 Grog's story 3:34:30 Achievement: unlocked 3:44:30 Battle ends 3:48:07 Who won the game ?

[@deathindustrialcomplex]

the starting npcs in the tavern being a blue skinned lady and a half orc and then jester and ford being in the next campaign is amazing

[@elisam.2896]

with a baby!!!! 😍😍

[@tiph3802]

And there was a baby. Wouldn't Laura be pregnant with Ronin right around this time?

[@DiChroma]

Let's all give Travis some credit for DM'ing max level characters for his first time DM'ing

[@kingmidas2112]

That...yeah. Didnt realize that. Good point

[@jamaalgaylord5029]

Travis didint dm max lvl characters.... grog did

[@anonymouskitten4715]

He might’ve DMed offscreen before

[@wuvs2spooge]

The fact that travis made the room that shape, and how hard laura laughed at it is an example of two people who were made for eachother.

[@zakarypembleton9666]

"Do you even know what genealogy is??" "Yeh, it's like a blue denim"

[@psuwhammy]

3:27:55 Percy's strained "did you perpetrate this grizzly murder?" pun is the cherry on top of this whole sequence

[@st4ne4rmthevill63]

Yeah man...the puns this episode were excellent

[@Introbulus]

I was a fan of his "cutting a rug" pun myself.

[@najadetwo22]

"I'm not asking you this in character," said Laura, asking Scanlan in character as Vex.

[@ionfalcom1]

BWAAAM

[@pauljinkerson6359]

Lol

[@Sprtschk]

The brilliant thing was asking him in Vex's normal accent.

[@jessevancooney6963]

"The... door just, opens? They dont do that! My own bathroom door at Whitestone hits me for 1 point of bludgeoning damage every time I go through it" "That's how its designed" I love how its now canon that every door is out to get them. Doors should have been Vex's favorite enemy

[@Rocknelson4]

I love that the entire time this game is going Vax is just confused. It's like deep down somewhere Liam can feel this happening and hes just screaming "IM TOO MANY LEVELS DEEP!!"

[@Built2Fast]

I think that is the only part about this that I didn’t like. Everything else was awesome but Liam’s bit got old quickly

[@django3422]

Yeah, that one got a little bit tedious. It's not that it wasn't funny, it's just that it wasn't all THAT funny and it did slow the pace down a lot.

[@jonahnicholas7373]

He’s the dude playing the dude disguised as the other dude

[@amelianyquist1215]

I loved it too :) It was exactly how I would play it because realistically nobody just knows how to play D&D immediately. So good :D

[@PalleRasmussen]

@@amelianyquist1215 he is also often accused of metagaming.

[@azarinevil]

I love how Grog messes with Vax's roll results, that is one of those little fun details that make it really feel like Grog is indeed the BM.

[@bananafish58]

Yes! Messing with Vax and helping Scanlan was so Grog! Travis's genious was evident throughout this episode.

[@taylorpomeroy7631]

Sam’s bit of doing an outrageously bad character voice that keeps changing is pure genius

[@huayujie143]

With all of the other hints at C2 characters from Travis I swear Sam was hinting at Nott with that voice lol

[@Tombr4mb4]

​@huayujie143 And Liam pointing out that one of the dice he was using was BOOK themed.

[@AprilsPunk]

I love how everyone's character accents gets stronger for everyone, Percy gets posher, Vex more British, Vax more pompous. Amazing.

[@georgecheatham2692]

And Scanlan gets.... More Scanlan

[@alpharage1090]

Also Scanlan becomes even more of a pauper joker, Keyleigh is dead and Pike is perpetually drunk.

[@SPACEHARICE]

its actually because they where drinking during this game.

[@Hyouketsu]

alpharage doytsddsddsddddrssddssskddkdysssyktikkrrrsrrrrtsrdsskttooseodozsxdk

[@Hyouketsu]

George Cheatham streusk daysslsryssssdudrdsllsslllksdss

[@julieraimbaud5567]

Timestamps 11:30 Let's play Bunions & Flagons 12:30 Character drawings 15:10 To Keyleth 15:50 The best Pike 30:56 - 32:10 NPCs 40:50 XP 47:40 Map time ! 50:50 Dubious map design #1 55:50 How to treat a dart wound 1:04:20 Poor Trinket 1:19:00 Dubious map design #2 1:22:40 Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal ! 1:24:20 Grog's maths, or Travis' maths ? 1:26:00 BM's ruling 1:27:50 The mansion's decoration 1:35:30 Door utopia (... or is it ?) 1:43:20 The Trinket war continues 1:48:47 Trinket's rolling really well tonight 2:14:52 Break ends 2:18:20 The door puzzle 2:22:40 Keyleth hommage 2:26:45 How did Travis choose the monsters ? 2:28:38 Percy rolls 2:31:10 Vax has been through this before 2:39:20 Stupid damage 2:41:00 Pushing the latch 2:42:35 The dragon almost comes out 2:44:50 Vox Machina, meet your enemies 2:48:13 It's so fluffy ! 2:52:50 The unicorns refuse to cooperate 2:54:40 There can only be one 2:58:20 The return of Scan-ceratops ! 3:05:30 Issues with platforms 3:11:50 Unicorns really are magical 3:14:50 Unicorn taming: not going well 3:19:57 Fried T-rex 3:21:20 A wild Sam appears on the table 3:24:40 Inspiration ... ? 3:27:21 The cast is broken 3:31:29 Grog's story 3:34:30 Achievement: unlocked 3:44:30 Battle ends 3:48:07 Who won the game ?

[@josephsawczyn1145]

Julie Raimbaud Thanks

[@weeklyhan8506]

2:43:01 Travis Whillingham, what have you done

[@johnsmtih1822]

Pablo Ibarra fm

[@KickyFut]

59:40 It's finally at this time that Vax realizes/remembers that Grog *does not like him!* 😂😂

[@stephupurlyf]

rewatch bump

[@brian0057]

It's hard to be a good DM. But it's nearly impossible to be good at being a bad DM. Travis is just that good.

[@Grim_Sister]

It helps that Grog has no idea what math is or how to count

[@GigiLowe]

+10 Charisma

[@Mikeztarp]

What's funny is he's also good at the one thing Matt isn't: narration. If they could somehow do Dragon Ball fusion, you'd have the best DM that ever lived.

[@blue1986monte]

Scanlons in game voice sounds like freaking Doby from Harry Potter.

[@ArthurRex131]

What makes you think Matt is bad at narration?

[@connerb5617]

Reposting for my own ease of access. 11:30 Let's play Bunions & Flagons 12:30 Character drawings 15:10 To Keyleth 15:50 The best Pike 30:56 - 32:10 NPCs 40:50 XP 47:40 Map time ! 50:50 Dubious map design #1 55:50 How to treat a dart wound 57:43 What what darts 1:04:20 Poor Trinket 1:19:00 Dubious map design #2 1:22:40 Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal ! 1:24:20 Grog's maths, or Travis' maths ? 1:26:00 BM's ruling 1:27:50 The mansion's decoration 1:35:30 Door utopia (... or is it ?) 1:43:20 The Trinket war continues 1:48:47 Trinket's rolling really well tonight 2:14:52 Break ends 2:18:20 The door puzzle 2:22:40 Keyleth hommage 2:26:45 How did Travis choose the monsters ? 2:28:38 Percy rolls 2:31:10 Vax has been through this before 2:39:20 Stupid damage 2:41:00 Pushing the latch 2:42:35 The dragon almost comes out 2:44:50 Vox Machina, meet your enemies 2:48:13 It's so fluffy ! 2:52:50 The unicorns refuse to cooperate 2:54:40 There can only be one 2:58:20 The return of Scan-ceratops ! 3:05:30 Issues with platforms 3:11:50 Unicorns really are magical 3:14:50 Unicorn taming: not going well 3:19:57 Fried T-rex 3:21:20 A wild Sam appears on the table 3:24:40 Inspiration ... ? 3:27:21 The cast is broken 3:31:29 Grog's story 3:34:30 Achievement: unlocked 3:44:30 Battle ends 3:48:07 Who won the game ?

[@Merlin1908]

Let's not forget 2:54:30, where Grog, of all people, quotes Tyrion Lannister.

[@rawpancakes1653]

+

[@scorpius1401]

Thank you for the stamps

[@scorpius1401]

Mark D nicely done 👍

[@shirakrause8160]

Boost

[@groofay]

Man, Pike's reading and math lessons are really paying off! Proud of you, Grog.

[@JTakasa]

I imagine "globular" is just Grog's new favorite word because it's the one big word he knows. He now goes around using it in any situation he can think of. "Why don't you just go poke the dragon, Percy? Lost your globulars?". "What goes globular, comes globular".

[@danielbeshers1689]

Something about this bothered me visually every time I watched it until I just now realized that Travis fills up like 32% more space than Matt, even after the DM cam is pulled back to make space for how tall he is.

[@nuru666]

Travis is a freaking tank lol

[@tkeleth2931]

dude this comment made me legitimately laugh out loud. hahahaha I didn't realize until I read this and now I can't unsee it

[@ANameToGoBy]

It's the first thing I noticed when I loaded the video and saw Travis in the DM seat and it made me laugh. It's honestly hilarious how much space he takes up in the frame but also how uncomfortable he looks (Travis did great of course, but seeing how nervous he was is adorable.

[@mi.Dalton]

After years of Matt trying...it was GROG who finally managed to split the party.

[@spensirmclife6549]

I love how Percy just decided to use all the gadgets he had that he never got to use often. Like using Diplomacy, Manners, his Sword. Plus him trying to use a spear.

[@David-ob1jc]

“You throw the spear at disadvantage.” “Why?” “Cause I never saw you throw a fucking spear.”

[@chymera45]

'There was a guy with long hair playing at the tavern.' since the animated show has depicted several characters who look like Matt AND showed a group of guards playing the game too, it is very possible Grog actually saw someone playing this game in the tavern lol

[@marauderhealth9639]

Just imagine if the Mighty Nein found Grog in a tavern who invites them to play Bunions&Flagons with him to pass the time, some time. That'd be amazing.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

I mean. That'd be a great quest hook. Have him be like a ghost or something that tries to help a member of the party find rest by finishing a game they never did. If the characters ever feel boring or stale to anyone they could use it as a break

[@VadBlackwood]

the Mighty Nein finds Grog in a tavern, but then some half-elf pokes Fjord in the eyes :)

[@rubyfire317]

Thats the VS one-shot. The Tavern Dm dms their battle royal at some tavern

[@HeatherGg15]

18:00 .... a half orc man and a lady with blueish skin???? TRAVIS YOU WERE HINTING!!!!!

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

Heather Anne At what?

[@jaredpearson7885]

Ricardo Rodriguez In the new campaign Travis is playing a half-orc and Laura is playing a blue tiefling.

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

Cain Larson Oh...oh shit...now I want that to happen

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

Cain Larson They are married, that means they can do more than with Taliesin

[@thethirdflash]

Ricardo Rodriguez Also... with the baby... and Laura is pregnant.

[@jothamfunclara6583]

Travis bringing a t-rex to fight Scanlan but forgetting to prep a triceratops is the most Grog thing he's done planning this one-shot.

[@broadsword3967]

Vax: Can i attack again? Grog: Idk you have more attack stuff right, ive seen you do a lot before Vax: Yeah i have 4 more, 5 more, 7 more attacks! Grog: How about 1 more. Vax: 1 more attack!

[@AhNoWiC]

Only time grog succeeded at bartering in his entire existence.

[@troodontalon5990]

@@AhNoWiC Let's be fair. He got exactly what he asked for when he traded the dragon parts for the potion. Even though it was worse than failure, it was still a success.

[@bogsphil]

This is empirical evidence to have Travis DM a game yearly.

[@SnarkyRogue]

Grog's Game. Should be a national holiday.

[@mikechan1894]

Bi-annually at least.

[@TheRedAzuki]

I hope that in Season 2. When the rest of the new characters are just sitting and eating. Grog just randomly comes in, sits down at the table and is like "Alight... So I wanna play this game, and you guys will play it with me." And Grog should be a legend at this point so they can't really object to him.

[@C_Bat]

When Marisha goes to labour, Grog would be taking over the show by rage.

[@ROYBGP]

@@TheRedAzuki Nah. Jester should be the dm.

[@thefinalfrontear]

The way everyone devolves into just tears after Scanlan tries to poison Trinket is so fucking funny. I've never seen Liam laugh so hard.

[@roxana5490]

I've never seen Sam laugh so hard!

[@sifuculreif6448]

*Scanlan* *as* *Scanlan:* "I'm going to inspire Trinket... By giving him some Meat." *Me:* NOOOOO!!!!

[@hotscottrulz]

Ah, this “Bunions and Flagons” game must be a rip off of my favourite game, “Cave Systems And Fire Lizards”!

[@krzysztofbandyk168]

They all stem from "Half plate armor" anyway.

[@definitelynotabby8555]

Watch yourself in the caaaves! There's lizards....

[@Fenizrael]

Which is of course derived from the original classic “Rock and Hot”

[@humblebumble8192]

Tombs and Salamanders

[@C_Bat]

Caverns and Fire Scaleys

[@ckannan90]

"There seems to be some sort of architecture about it" is my favorite description of a building.

[@celestecormier]

51:17 you can see the exact moment where Liam realizes what the room is shaped like

[@Gamingwiz135]

That moment you realize Travis voices Thor in the Marvel games/shows makes Sam's read even more hilarious.

[@TimdeVisser86]

This is so meta. I love it. I've never seen 'Bad DM' done so well.

[@yourgirltoast1949]

I love the look of realization hit Travis when he does a character voice doing a character's voice and how long this is going to be

[@natanoj16]

I would love to see Grog DM a game where Pike is in it and just see all the favoritism :P

[@SPACEHARICE]

gets a nat 20 on pike grog says he misses

[@SPACEHARICE]

pike roles anything it's a crit that does 5 d 10

[@nwfndalchemist]

Awe pike

[@kjj26k]

The opposite of his treatment of Vax in this one! 😂

[@lucaschalegre2513]

"we heard you liked role playing games, so we put a role playing game in your role playing game, so you can role play while you role play!"

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Better yet! Why not role play in the role play in the roleplay?! Sam would be completely unintelligible!

[@deuxlamesvod1360]

Everyone laughing at how Grog is a bad GM but nobody talks about Vax being so fricking lost, it's hella funny to watch

[@alisewenner9978]

Laura would have been about two months pregnant here, and they definitely would have prepped their characters for C2 by then!

[@creidy2018]

Yeah, it was definitely a secret character/baby announcement. That’s why Travis didn’t say the blue lady was a tiefling or it would be too obvious and the whole fan base would’ve lost their collective shit on the first day of campaign two

[@DimaJeydar]

Oh, I wondered if she was pregnant when near the end of the game she looked like she was about to throw up for no reason.

[@kaidrock1235]

@@creidy2018 when was there a blue lady?

[@roxana5490]

OMG! The blue tiefling was Jester and the half-orc was Fjord! With a baby!

[@charliesmith1502]

She had jester planed early c1 so 100% intentional

[@VadBlackwood]

1:37:13 I love the relieve on Percy's face when a door finally behaves like it supposed to and tries to murder everyone.

[@hookandjet]

Rewatching this after years gone by. I would love to see Travis DM another one- shot, but THIS time he is Chetney.

[@FullMetalWhovian81]

There would be bosoms galore!

[@ryanotorpedo]

Chetney where did you get all these toys? Made em lol

[@blackdragoness21]

That would be awesome!

[@thgiEytnewT]

@@ryanotorpedo Hand-carved battle maps! Hand-carved dice! Hand-carved altitude stand thing! And then he complains because they made the wrong choices and he didn't get to use the hand-carved tarrasque mini.

[@MsCunningLinguistic]

And Dorian HAS to guest star 😂😭

[@joshuarose1381]

There was a long haired guy in a tavern playing it and I watched him for hours I may go back next week and watch again

[@richardproper8682]

Oh God! I want a similar episode sometime in C2, only with Nott DMing and Caduseus saying "I don't want to play my character as myself, can I role up a lavender Tiefling with a complete lack of inhibitions?"

[@lockelamora8099]

This but J e s t e r

[@reedk2402]

I feel, while a good idea, it be super weird. I mean think about it. Jester: ok let’s play Cad: sure but I’m gonna be a copy of your friend that died horribly

[@wittwashere]

too soon yes i know i replied a year later its STILL TOO SOON!

[@majinism5582]

Me too, but it seems more of a Jester thing to do

[@violet-heart1382]

I get the feeling that Cad would be the new player who somehow keeps rolling Nat 20's with no idea what it means

[@TheGirlonfire25]

I love how Sam's idea of Scanlan roleplaying is like a sad version of when he was Gavroche in Les Mis. Also his pure delight at diving into the "yes, and" of Travis playing Grog DMing

[@angelsmilkyway4352]

Matt has them so spoked they're afraid of doors

[@GrandiaKnight]

Remember the ghost door during the rakshasha mission?

[@justanerd9719]

GrandiaKnight And the door to Pelor's chapel in the Briarwood arc.

[@PrefectlySatire]

"The door to my bathroom hits me for 1 point of bludgeoning damage every time I use it"

[@peterhousen7974]

"Well of course, its a door!"

[@KC-zc8ic]

Except that Grog has a +30 vs doors

[@thecourtjester2610]

"I don't like steam, it is angry water and it makes my face hurt." "Grog cant read cursive." "Are we gonna fight a baby now?" "Can we do things we cant do in life?" "You can try" "Grog is very dignified." "Im super rich because I never really buy anything." "My name? Is *Bob* ."

[@morethannever]

Man I wish there were some more "in character" one shots. This is so freaking funny even 5 years later.

[@averagegirl7113]

I love actors having to act like they don't know how to act, one of my favored tropes. Now I love pro DnD players playing a game of DnD in a game of DnD where they don't know how to play DnD

[@bananafish58]

And with Sam, where a voice actor DND player pretends not to be able to do a proper accent!

[@chrystalmathis8701]

Watching Grog become more and more refined with his speech and his vocabulary throughout the game. I have two head canons at this point that I can't choose from. 1. Being he's actually far more intelligent and just act's like he's not because it's funnier that way. 2. Being that he found a potion that enhances his intelligence for a few hours, listened to people at the tavern play this game. Then decided that THIS was what he was going to use it for.

[@leadwriter8998]

Head Canon accepted. cheers for that XD

[@chrystalmathis8701]

@@leadwriter8998 You're Welcome.

[@tackyoptic]

Smart but still very much dumb Grog would absolutely do the second option.

[@gerstein03]

I like the second one better. Seems on brand for Grog

[@Timri3681]

Sorry for being a year late! Assuming you still remember this comment and/or have an interest in my feedback, I prefer option 2! But both are great!

[@roninazaxar]

This popped up in my recommended 3 years later and the first things I've noticed at this point are: - Grog made the couple in the tavern Fjord and Jester and they have a baby - Vax's wild dream is himself as Liam IRL driving his kids around I love this group of misfits

[@lukewood8212]

I'm glad you noticed that about the green orc and the blue teifling who had a baby. Travis threw that out there long before the official announcement, and nobody noticed.

[@tokidang1056]

Popular successful voice actors with sizable bank accounts, always surrounded by friends/family and beloved by tons of fans are misfits... 🤔🤔🤔

[@gcollins1992]

"Maybe we should just *support him* and go with it!" - Sam speaking to the table about Travis through Scanlan speaking to Vox Machina about Grog. I love Sam. Roflmao

[@apharys8921]

gcollins1992 He's so meta it's great 😂

[@JTakasa]

Sam is a very cherished member of the vo community.

[@MrRyanxdavey]

It's ridiculous that he even needed to do that. Did they (read: Liam) really think just being uncooperative the whole time was going to make for good content? Once again, Sam shows why he's the runaway all star of this show.

[@corsicasanova]

@@MrRyanxdavey that was just RP and good fun because Vax and Grog be like that. That's also why Grog is mean to him all game long and yes it does make for good content because it is a meta game and those interactions between characters being players and characters in the game are just nice :)

[@nirobu]

Wow. Totally missed that secret baby announcement. Travis you clever man

[@firefly8767]

Plus new character announcement?

[@antonioleonard4022]

@@firefly8767 yep just realized the NPC is a half orc, and blue skinned woman

[@plantlibrarian2845]

Antonio Leonard shitttttttttt

[@xEvilRaptorx]

Correct me if I'm wrong,(edit added, thanks nirobu for the link. I stand corrected. But will leave the comment for others to find.) but their second campaign characters weren't picked or made yet. Plus it takes place like 20 years before C2 technically.

[@nirobu]

@@xEvilRaptorx kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnnZcqmbm96MfZY

[@jeannareadsbooks8475]

The absolute GENIUS of this idea though, like I'm assuming Travis has never DM'd before seeing as his first DnD game was the infamous birthday one-shot, so he can use Grog's lack of intelligence to cover if he gets smth wrong, but it's also a fucking HILARIOUS idea

[@Jp5codforever]

They are playing a one shot of their dnd characters playing a dnd one shot of themselves. Seems legit

[@Deathven1482]

jp5ftw mind = blown

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

oneshotception.

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

jp5ftw they're dudes playing dudes disguised as other dudes

[@ScorchHellfire]

58:10 There's a version of Matt that exists in Exandria. It's canon now.

[@Cadefullerton14]

her name is Allura :)

[@Zekaz_Nohea]

@@Cadefullerton14 fucking grand!

[@hostile_prof]

And he plays Bunions and Flagons every week to entertain people

[@clpumm]

Catthew Bursor

[@LadyLier17]

There is famud comic where he is in shot. Can't remember which one

[@INKI_teh_Rogue]

It wasn't until the first dice roll that it dawned on me... Grog doesn't know numbers. This was a f*cking *incredible* idea.

[@David-ob1jc]

Liam being the first to figure out he could cheat by confusing Grog with numbers.

[@DuelaDent52]

“It’s no mystery that Grog likes you better than he likes me, so--“ “SHUT UP LET GROG TELL A STORY”

[@BadSkeelz]

48:34 the moment Sam realizes that if Trinket's in the game, he can kill Trinket

[@DeathnoteBB]

“Wait a minute, I can’t kill the real fictional Trinket, but I _can_ kill the fake fictional Trinket!”

[@bobodaclwn447]

The moment that Laura saw that Travis had gotten sharpie on their pepper mill and he refused to look in her direction had me in tears🤣🤣🤣

[@David-ob1jc]

“Is that our pepper mill from home with marker on it? Travis Willingham!” “What? It’s from our wedding shower, it’s fine.”

[@samtrue3]

As Percy once said in the mansion how about we grab some paper grab some dice and see how far the rabbit hole goes

[@Scotian6444]

samtrue3 shit.. Travis is the original DM.. thats what it felt like

[@Scotian6444]

He had a continuity to the play that surpassed expectations...

[@Scotian6444]

Grog was always impatient forcing the game forward

[@brettsigler869]

Pursey*

[@Prophaniti666]

I so want an entire episode of the animated series dedicated to this.

[@Harcagnel]

This is the truest experience of a typical home D&D session I have ever seen. Right down to using children's toys and cooking utensils on the maps. I appreciate Critical roles production value but this feels like home.

[@kfrews]

They should do one where they play another players character. Like Vax plays Grog, Scanlan plays Vex and so on.

[@jeremydavis6209]

Brad Poplin that would be great

[@spacetearable]

That would hurt...EVERYONE'S brains. Us included.

[@MsWells]

That shits hard. I had to do that in a game where we got soul swapped for a bit. It’s rough but fun.

[@samtrue3]

Long haired guy at the tavern is his name Matheson mercy

[@AstridCeleste96]

Stop the fake news, it was Catthew Bercer!

[@bdijkstra1982]

Liars, it was Mattrick Merci.

[@xx011]

man's a legend

[@PolynomialPandemic]

It was mad marker

[@johnsorrows8998]

It was obviously the sourcerer Mathias M. McCree man of a million faces its slightly creepy when you see them all pinned in the display cases though

[@LightSage89]

"And in front of Scanlan materializes, to his horror, a fucking T-Rex." Best Grog line ever! Hands down.

[@TheFalseVacuum]

I would have loved to see Matt come in and play as Gilmore

[@sh11death]

That's why I don't read comments. So many false hopes...... :.(

[@Wookie_oo7]

I hate you mate, I didnt need to think of this and now I will never know of this joy. But failing Gilmore, I would also go with Mercer playing as Senokir.

[@st4ne4rmthevill63]

Gilmore, Senokir or freaking Victor.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Well the entire reason they were playing a bunch of special sessions was a certain honeymoon that was going on...

[@morelkowa1]

And now i am saaad :< And i was enjoying this one shot too

[@keithfromdeast4830]

I really wish we could see how Matt would have reacted to this episode.

[@phoenixdzk]

That second 'speak w/ animals' did it for me. We can all stop trying to roleplay now. Travis playing Grog playing BM playing Trinket just did it to perfection

[@DeathwishXDreamer]

"Why didn't you let me sleep in?! I spend so much time killing things and I never get to cuddle..." SOMEONE CUDDLE VAX PLZ.

[@gradientforce761]

Yeah I didn't realize this silly one shot would make episode 114 hurt that much more

[@ItsFerreiras]

​@@gradientforce761this all happened before de vecna fight ep 114??

[@Chris_Meade]

"I ate that meatball from Scanlan and I fuckin diiiied.......I dont wanna make any assumptions but...." I am fucking dead XD

[@Argenize1]

I couldn't stop laughing

[@MLDeS100]

Probably the best moment in the whole episode

[@cho7879]

idky but I missed those "I'm vax/vex → that's vex/vax" t-shirts so much since they wore them for the first time, I love them

[@DimaJeydar]

Yes! I was so happy to see them wear those at the start of this game. I thought they'd never do that again.

[@BlueRadium]

It's like the Critical Role version of Tiny Tina's Borderlands 2 DLC

[@BiggySn1p3r]

Tiny Tina is voiced by Ashly Burch. Soooo.

[@2009mouser]

That is EXACTLY what this made me think of.

[@KurtisMuniz]

THIS. IS. F******. AWESOME!

[@MangasSurvives]

That was one of my favorite dlc add ons. Top 5 for sure

[@thethirdflash]

BUNKERS AND BADASSES!!!!

[@murlend8455]

Seeing Sam absolutely lose his shit for the first time is amazing. Travis needs to do this more often

[@herbertkraft7379]

I love how Grog just discriminates against Vax because this is his chance for Revenge since Vax usually evades his pranks.

[@tylerrogers7639]

I love how far Liam goes to be ion character. He is being vax pretending to be little vax, having no idea how to play the game. 10/10

[@windows-into-spaces]

that's interesting, i found it lowkey annoying, lol

[@bananafish58]

I loved what Liam did! And I loved how Grog kept messing with Vax, as per.

[@roxana5490]

@@windows-into-spaces Right? I did too, especially after the 3rd time

[@andrewhall3418]

I really appreciate that he, who brought 8 tubs of miniatures for Travis to use, acts as if he doesn't know how to play the game at all. it non stop made me laugh

[@NWolfsson]

[About a door that simply opened without molesting half of the team...] Vax: My own bathroom's door in Whitestone does me 1 point of bludgeoning damage each time I open it! Percy: Yes, it's designed for that, I mean it's a DOOR! Vax: This door is faulty... I can relate to that x)

[@jimeligino2029]

1:36:41 for the dialogue:)

[@jimeligino2029]

*Vax’ildan:* “My own bathroom door in Whitestone hits me one point of bludgeoning damage _every time_ I use it!” *Percival:* “Because it’s designed for that - I mean, it’s a door!” *(beat)* *Vax’ildan:* “Well, this is faulty. This door is faulty.”

[@cheesy2440]

I desperately hope the animated show adapts this episode as a Christmas special or something. This premise is basically the beach episode of vox machina and it’s amazing

[@cheesy2440]

5 months later update: no seriously I wasn’t kidding this is fucking amazing

[@DaniGeez]

When you learn that fjord and Jester make a cameo + THE BABY at 17:57 Now that’s what you call foreshadowing

[@paxtharsis]

The baby is Nott

[@parkerharris4489]

Thom Hixenbaugh Nott what?

[@tobistein6639]

@@parkerharris4489 Nott a real baby.

[@Jawn15]

Nott the brave

[@spencer7117]

*fjoreshadowing