I Rolled a Dragon | Veth HATES Otis | Counterspell x3 | Critical Role C2E123 Highlights

Still reeling from this wild episode ngl
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[@Darkvoice6166]

The biggest plot twist ever, Cad took Harm and Jester took heal. It was amazing

[@g3mkn1ght60]

The world went topsy turvy this episode

[@anthonyhydron6180]

You know what we call that? Growth!

[@GRIMHOOD99]

Tbh if you are cleric and you don't take harm you are a weirdo in my book.

[@VeritasdeLumin]

Truly a memorable episode. The most unexpected and surprising in the history of Critical Role...Jester willingly healed someone.

[@volkelord443]

Not even Gelidon Believed it xD

[@cssruth]

Well...she is in love lol

[@mistamemewide]

I’d like to imagine that everyone on the battlefield just stopped and looked at jester: “...oh shit.”

[@incitingariot9925]

Jester healed people willingly on a few different occasions lol

[@Mightymajin]

I like to think when Fjord realized Jester truly loved him was when Otis took the bag

[@mast3734]

As someone with very little dnd experience, “I would like to cast harm” sounds like something the one barbarian in a party of magic users would say

[@heybuddy3616]

same energy as "muscle wizard casts fist"

[@Leveler02]

I mean... it's basically the same thing

[@tomasduron9744]

"I would like to cast decapitate" I think Grog said that at one point

[@mattiekarwin3667]

Bender: He's a barbarian with a frying pan. Whenever he attacks, he says 'I cast iron'

[@OverlordARG]

Ashley: "Eight..." Matt: "You rolled an eight?" Ashley: "Yeah..." Matt: *smiles* Travis: "HIAHIAHIA plz!"

[@RedtheEdge]

Whenever the DM smiles like that, be terrified.

[@Dapper_Demon]

“Rub one out real quick” -Yahsa, The orphan maker

[@smite4032]

Her speed is 50 so pretty fast

[@elusivegamergirl]

lol Laura laughing and then trying to act like she wasn’t and triggering everyone else’s laughter was just perfect

[@wuzzy41123]

"Why do you never roll luck!?" - Many of the Critters felt heard that day.

[@keithredacted8154]

Wasn't it officially disclosed that that was on purpose though? Are critters still telling him?

[@hunterpowers2568]

@@keithredacted8154 yeah I’m pretty sure when they leveled up a while ago Sam said it’s OP.

[@jonathansolberg5072]

Keith Redacted Yes they do! The live chatt on Twitch say it all the time.

[@chilicats]

Yeah, it's his personal choice but the critters still like to yell at him out of frustration

[@Leytier]

Taliesin just ripping into everyone is my favorite thing to witness

[@kronos1794]

Kinda wanted the traveler to show up and ask "You can do that?!" when Jester healed Fjord.

[@scottrauch1261]

Jester: well, yeah. I've done it before. The Traveler: Oh, i must have been busy at that time.

[@CuriousLumenwood]

Jester: Takes Heal Cad: Takes Harm Me, falling out of my chair from the stress of 2 near-TPK’s: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

[@shawnamoore6759]

My favorite part of the Harm bit was when Laura yelled "Live it up Caduceus!!" And Liam mumbled "Worked for Mollymauk." and Laura and Travis lost it.

[@srslyimnotaspy101]

"ThE bOlT fReEzEs ArOuNd ThE tArGeT tO cAuSe IcE dAmAgE"

[@ZealotZeke]

Got an honorable mention: When the group was running away, and Lucien’s Magic-Negating Field was *literally* a hair’s width away. Matt’s response was perfect. “You lucky f*ckers...” XD

[@yooooo8600]

He could’ve used an action to dash but that probably would’ve resulted in a TPK

[@belindaluna2067]

@@yooooo8600 Do we know the cone's not an action?

[@deathbykonami5487]

@@belindaluna2067 it's not, it's a special feature caused by the nine eyes on his body

[@belindaluna2067]

@@deathbykonami5487 .....You know it can be both, right? Anyway after the wrap up we sort of know what the deal is.

[@deathbykonami5487]

@@belindaluna2067 You're entitled to your own opinion and thoughts, as am I. I don't know why you had to make that sound so conceited.

[@pdizzle707]

One of the most stressful episodes of CR I've watched live

[@lautarosola386]

This was my first episode live after a year of catching up, 5.30HS of pure epic chaos, loved it.

[@JacobGrim]

@@lautarosola386 it was my second and I totally agree

[@eduardochavez7889]

As Homer Simpson said "The most stressful yet "

[@zaraevee]

@@lautarosola386 me too! I didn’t catch all of it as it aired until the middle of the night but I caught the dragon fight and most of the one with the TT and it was so chaotic and crazy

[@annaemmons3490]

Im still catching up but I saw it live right as they started to engage with Lucien and co at the end. GOOD JEEZ that was stressful. Beau almost died and I was dying bc I couldn’t pause it like I thought it be able to and I really needed to pee. Very stressful

[@williamroop451]

Fjord moves and a halfling village is revealed behind him.... As the source of all of his nightmares.

[@tigerscool362]

I love passive aggressive Taliesin so much

[@playyourdrums6762]

It's better when you realize he's doing it to his pc with his pc

[@xyxyx--]

No one bat an EYE when Otis hid behind Fjord

[@g3mkn1ght60]

Its was so seemless and unassuming

[@wimpie031]

Little did they know....

[@tomlaptain646]

Matt learned from Scanlan's counterspell.

[@Kaladelia]

There were so many other things going on tho

[@Dekkuran]

I cannot remember being so anxious and agitated whilst watching an episode of CR. It is a testament to Matt's ability to create amazing antagonists. I paused Twitch several times to get up and walk around before coming back to finish the episode.

[@lucasmaloneywordsmith8661]

For me the only one comes close is the Might Nein's encounter with The Laughing Hand in the King's Cage. That shit took years off my life. But this episode had me in cold sweats for the ENTIRE SECOND HALF.

[@angrychef1786]

You can pause it? Shit i watched it live with no way to pause. Wife got a headache from the stress and anxiety and we had no way to stop

[@Dekkuran]

@@angrychef1786 I stopped at intermission on the live broadcast as it was late where I live. I watched the rest on VOD and that is when things got intense.

[@angrychef1786]

@@Dekkuran Oh yea it was 230 when it ended my time. Thankfully thats my weekend.

[@Nosraceroom]

*campaign 1 spoilers* There were a few fights in campaign 1 that surpassed this level for me (the Herd of Storms fight, the first Raishan fight, the first Vecna fight), but this one was by far the most tense of campaign 2 so far.

[@Hades8103]

The metagaming pigeon has multiplied. This world will soon come to an end as they claim dominion upon.....THE CHAIR

[@Micaerys]

NO! NOT THE CHAIR!

[@klaytonrocks]

The meta gaming pigeons are all perched on top of the Chair.

[@potato4390]

Is it a plane? Is it a roc? Noooo! It's a goddamn dragon!!! 😂

[@Dekkuran]

"Nothing. Just a wisp of clouds."

[@nicolasachille4371]

It flying fast against the wind.

[@TheIrishloon]

@@Dekkuran Imagine if Saruman was the BBEG, 😂

[@wimpie031]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHW0qWCdqt-raNU Said the Dragon when she landed 😂

[@bellringer53]

In a discord I went "they didn't. It isnt. Oh SHIT ITS HER!!!!"

[@bleachbleachBLEACHER]

Gelidon: "I've foooooound yooooooooou!" Me, beginning to Panic: "What level was Vox Machina when they started tackling the Chroma Conclave again...?"

[@JosephTaber]

I would like this comment, but it's currently at "69" likes, and that's too nice to mess up. So have a comment instead!

[@tamllinn]

But actually, what level were they? (I haven’t seen C1 yet and I’m curious)

[@bleachbleachBLEACHER]

@@tamllinn I did look it up eventually, Vox Machina were around Level 14 when they fought the first Dragon, and Level 16 by the time they fought the boss. Mighty Nein were level 13 in this battle, so perhaps SLIGHTLY underleveled had they been taking Gelidon on with just their party, but with the Tomb Takers, they made up the difference.

[@tamllinn]

@@bleachbleachBLEACHER Thank you!

[@CabageBeans]

@@bleachbleachBLEACHER I wouldn't say they closed the distance much. Vox Machina still barely beat the weakest dragon Umbrasyl(?) and barely beat Voragal even with a powerful abyssal demon.

[@perezortegavalentin9343]

I'd like to remind everyone that Matt updated Blood Hunter And one of the features he added was the Brand of Castigation, a mark that you leave on a target after you hit it with an attack. It allows you to always know the direction of the creature until you dismiss it, or dispelled. So...Lucien knows where Fjord is you guys

[@_____2219]

They can always dispel magic it.

[@perezortegavalentin9343]

@@_____2219 Do they have spell slots for that though? Do they even have it prepared? Not to mention, Lucien is at least a 14th level Blood Hunter, so even if Caleb uses Arcane Recovery AND has it prepared, it's not a guarantee that it will be dispeled, the roll can go wrong Not to mention, they could assume it's some Nonagon shit rather than Blood Hunter stuff, and that because of that, it can't be dispeled, and just don't try

[@countdini2000]

@@_____2219 if they knew. And the players are not meta like that

[@mrhappy6677]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Doesn't Cree already do that because blood tracking?

[@perezortegavalentin9343]

@@mrhappy6677 Cree's is limited by Channel Divinity (she is a blood cleric in case you didn't know, really cool subclass), and has a 10 mile radius, not to mention it's the aproximate direction and the tracking itself only lasts for an hous. Lucien's tracking has no distance or time restriction, and he can know the direction, no aproximation

[@JustVibing4now]

The meta gaming pigeon saw the future should've killed Otis

[@jackmyers8687]

"I summoned this bitch! Were going to end her!" That is the best quote of the game. Up for debate of course.

[@dubbingsync]

It was definitely the best of this session... In my opinion anyway.

[@augusttambourpetersen9221]

I legit clocked in a full on workout while watching this episode, because I didn’t know what to do with myself from all the stress of the last 2 hours of the episode 😅

[@whoanellynelnel3874]

Soulmates: Marisha the wife. Comprehending her husbands reaction to the 8.

[@xBeyondMystery]

ah damn now i wanna see the moment you're talking about

[@PollyLWorld]

Veth "I can take your man If I want to, but lucky for you I don't want to"- i'M A MARRIED WOMAN!

[@Zoe-hx6ly]

Oh man, Travis’ freakout after the greater restoration failed is one of my absolute favorite moments, kind of bummed it wasn’t included

[@BagBoy0611]

Jester casting heal should only be met with the proper reaction as seen at 10:30

[@dubbingsync]

"the halfling I'm trying to kill..." Should have actually tried harder Sam.

[@Grey_Shard]

Anyone else who was predicting the Return of Gelidon and felt that vindication when she finally showed up?

[@sunshinepurple1043]

The second Matt said, "Woosh" I knew it was Gelidon.

[@heykak]

I have been waiting for gellidon since the moment they went to eiselcross

[@zippacna]

Every time Matt had them roll for the day I would start chanting 'gelidon'

[@DrNeonGaming]

The Sam-stache is great

[@jdahl06]

I’d dare say it is a god-tier ‘stache.

[@709mash]

He's actually transforming into Burt Reynolds.

[@jacobreich2443]

A little Freddy Mercury going on

[@RuviGaPo]

WHY ARE THE MOST STRESSFUL EPISODES ALWAYS THE FUNNIEST???

[@yeetthatmolotov]

Coping, that's why

[@johnnypark6917]

Stayed up til 3 in the morning to finish watching this episode. SO WORTH IT Edit: Also, Sam shouting "Mask!" at Liam when he left for the bathroom is such a mood. Take care of your glorious husband Sam.

[@nathanclydetadle6928]

The whole group seeing the dragon: oh God....run People who play monster hunter: MOUNT THE DAMN DRAGON!!!

[@kronos1794]

More like "Sweet! I'm gonna turn you into boots!"

[@Blue_Lunacy]

The scariest part is this was just the beginning of the MN escape. Two major fights, low on spells, only had short rest, and the TT can scry for their location. I can't wait to see what happen next.

[@dubbingsync]

Same here, thats one great cliffhanger but terrible situation for the MN

[@ianmurphy9335]

The only good thing about this is that Lucian's Brand of Castignation is pretty useless for him right now. Cree can scry on them from their blood, so the Brand tracking them is redundant

[@gabrielbastos18]

Weren't they about 3 hours away from Aeor, according to Lucien? With their headstart, they may be able to reach Essek and the Kryn base before the Tombtakers catch up to them, assuming they'll even keep chasing them.

[@SCarr8813]

Travis RPs romance and Laura heals! Growth!

[@SgtSplatter782]

As a guy who used to play the Paladin I can attest to halflings and gnomes using me as a meat shield and/or hiding spot is par for the course during my home games.

[@jacobconklin7697]

This episode was so stressful I didn't notice Sam's shirt

[@spacecowboyeddie6803]

That awkward moment when they really should’ve killed Otis earlier on...😬

[@whoanellynelnel3874]

This episode was packed with excitement, I could barely handle this!

[@3ringstudiogaming]

Episode was Thrilling and Anxiety inducing but somehow had the funniest quips from the group by far

[@willnelson9906]

i still can't believe that out of all the things, fighting the ancient white dragon fight wasn't the most stressful part of the episode,

[@xaj3252]

I don't know why but that casual "what? I'm mad for 'er." from Fjord just... ❤️🥰😍🙌🏿💓💞💖 One of my favourite little Fjord/Jester moments

[@applesauce4389]

Probably gonna need a part two to this. There were just too many great moments in this episode. Two off the top of my head would be travis' greater restoration freak out and the major image dragon

[@FoxManZach]

Can we talk about how the first thing Beau thought to bite down on was Fjord 🤣

[@stonecoldku4161]

Group of wolves run past headed north. I really wish someone would've cast speak with animals. Jester: What are you running from? Wolfs: GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!

[@arancourt5623]

Was watching this episode at work with headphones. I screamed when Sam rolled his 20 and I didn't know the boss was behind me, and he was giving me a weird look. Lol

[@DrgnDrake]

I love that it cuts off at Marisha "I reek, I smell so bad!" What a place to choose...

[@rjbramirez]

The last time I felt this way was when I first watched CR1 with the beholder.

[@dangercuddles2617]

You know what would be a great RP moment with Sam? If the one time he DOES use luck Matt can describe it as the Traveler giving her a little boost for being a tricksy person and entertaining him through their journeys. The boon of the Traveler.

[@rjbramirez]

And with their faces, they have no idea what this session entails. XD

[@Windydella]

This episode had me on the edge of my seat practically the whole time, I have never felt so stressed in my life

[@flippjon]

I hope the pigeons make an appearance during an animation

[@stonecoldku4161]

Counter Spellception. A spell that gets counter spelled, the counter spell is counter spelled and that counter spelled is counter spelled. Everyone at that table better spin their totem to make sure we're all in the real make believe world of The Mighty Nein and not the dream make believe world of The Mighty Nein. My God, I think I broke something in my brain for that joke.

[@MisterSmith00]

In-game, I sort of pictured it as three consecutive “boom, boom, BOOM” as the abjuration magic was routed from each caster. That tops Scanlan’s “I counter-spell the Counterspell” from the first campaign.

[@jackmyers8687]

Too many great quotes this episode!

[@FaalKoriim]

This episode was astounding. I'm super conflicted on what I want to happen, too. On one hand, the City is believed to be bad, and shouldn't be allowed to return. But, on the other... I want to see it return. I'm curious.

[@ferfer4410]

That day I went to sleep when the sun was already out

[@Kay_Sea251]

Tahat's been me for the better part of last year...

[@volkelord443]

I witness a very stressful but amazing sunrise just before i went to sleep xD

[@yeetthatmolotov]

Every European critter relates

[@ferfer4410]

@@yeetthatmolotov I'm from America (the continent) :')

[@yeetthatmolotov]

@@ferfer4410 I thought that might be the case just saying european critters almost never can watch the live or only at the expense of their sleep schedule, like in germany critical role airs at 4 am till approximately 8 am, normal people usually wake up at that time

[@ClvrBstrd]

God that fight with Lucian gave me a stroke

[@kyleaj7414]

This was the very first episode I watched live! It was so awesome, I'll never forget it!

[@LobsterSpecial]

Fjord using positive reinforcement there.

[@lukeedwards6027]

I forgot that there were so many funny parts in a very long, stressful episode that made me lose years of my life and turned my hair white.

[@baconator_x4098]

I mean when we were sailing one time I rolled a Category 5 Hurricane. Something you can't hide from, can't reason with, and can't just punch into submission.

[@GameShowManOne]

10:18 TFW when your lover suddenly shows up at your apartment with a bottle of scotch wearing nothing but a trenchcoat. ;P

[@SootherousNoise]

Not gonna lie, they we rolling really well that night.

[@lilsmammy1387]

The cut to Matt at :33 is such perfect comedic timing 😂😂😂

[@8triagrammer]

God what a great encounter - have some scary monsters RUNNING from something else. Great tension and suspense builder...

[@countdini2000]

Sams next character is going to try to woo Caleb

[@menhir857]

Amazing episode

[@jamescanjuggle]

Covid really erased so much of my memory over the years, I had forgotten so much had passed. These moments feel new then come in as familiar, kinda like a stale muffin but its still good? Anyways thanks for the recap videos! Theyre great!

[@GamingHole]

Honestly one of the most exciting episodes thus far. That 5½ hour long episode is all excitement.

[@countdini2000]

2:05 Sam Foretells the Almost TPK to occur 4 hours later

[@kab6754]

This was a gut-wrenching, heart-stopping episode!! And in the end, they ended up with a backpack with torn straps, provisions, and a threshold crest. And the Tomb Takers have a bag of holding Lucien can easily cancel the magic on to get the amber necklace and everything else in it.

[@michaelturja1849]

Actually, Lucian would need to flip the bag inside out. If he ended the magic, I believe that all of the stuff would be shunted into the astral plane like what would happen if the bag were destroyed

[@Joannapomeroy]

Travis: if it tries to leave, we will let it leave... Ashley: I summoned this bitch! We will END HER!"

[@AnInsaneOstrich]

Turns out Taliesin cast harm on Sam, not Gelidon.

[@HyenaFox]

Sam's mustache looking even more Hobo Johnson the longer the episode goes

[@8bitlatina845]

This was the most intense episode I have ever seen during this campaign. Amazing and exhausting.

[@SmellsFischy]

Keyaleth *forgetting she has the lance* *taps pockets, pulls out 8’ lance.* Ah! I’ve been looking for this!

[@jasonL287]

One of the best 5 and a half hours of D&D ever

[@AnimeWolf5193]

I think I fell asleep 3/4 of the way through this live.

[@overlord4663]

i... honestly don't know what the Mighty Nein are gonna do now, they're on an untreaded path that's got _very_ prickly bushes around and many pairs of sharp yellow eyes staring at them also that Dodeca-Heal Yourself bit might be the best i've seen on the show to date

[@HowdyItLovll]

Idk, the Pauly shark bit was pretty amazing

[@Magus_Union]

The Book freaking works. Wish I could order a copy tbh.

[@jackdadson1408]

Anyone else notice the D8 Ashley rolled is shaped like a potion bottle? Pretty sure that was a Kickstarter project I saw a while ago, dice shaped like various potion bottles, it looked pretty cool.

[@jamesdougherty3107]

Sam is awesome. He always makes me smile.

[@Dirty20]

This was an absoloute gold mine of an episode

[@gayane_igityan]

I love you Ashley Johnson!!!

[@beaniegenie7550]

Ashley was on FIRE tonight!

[@artloveranimation]

and that was from just the first half! 😅 such a crazy episode

[@peter_parkour]

Of course Laura is the first one who laughs at an unintentional innuendo 😂

[@g3mkn1ght60]

This is top 3 episodes for nat 20 count

[@coolman2199]

This episode stressed me out as much as when I watched the Vecna fight live

[@sethtrouy8001]

Nice

[@perezortegavalentin9343]

Favourite episode to watch live, this shit was insane

[@curtisy1219]

how has nobody clipped yasha yelling "FUCKING" and then beau yelling "BITCH" right after-

[@Mightymajin]

This episode showed me that Sam might secretly be a genius

[@Sr_Tables]

I don't remember from the stream, were they able to get away with a threshold crest or no?

[@calswartz615]

I think so? Though I might be wrong since I was mostly stressed out for REAL that someone was gonna die and that it was gonna be a cleric

[@Sr_Tables]

@@calswartz615 ya same lol but I think I remember Jester was able to fly off with the one the big guy had on his back but I'm not sure

[@calswartz615]

@Jim Tent and, most importantly, the FIREWORKS. They lost probably hundreds of gold pieces worth of fireworks because of the Tomb Takers. If I didn't like them before, I definitely hate them now.

[@calswartz615]

@Jim Tent okay this is a very, very valid point and if this happens I will jump out of my chair faster than when fjorester became canon

[@FullAnimania]

@Jim Tent Sadly dispel doesn't work on magic items, only spells (like calebs storing thingy). Antimagic zone would do the trick though (the thing Lucien has)

[@Tavish_Studios]

can't believe Sam/Veth still had the rhino sex 'potions' 🤣

[@thattrainerliam]

Great episode but boyyy I wanted Matt to bring out the combat timer 😂 I was actually hoping a certain character would get eaten 😂 but in seriousness W t f 😂

[@rmsn6504]

Rewatching these after the campaign ended. I don't think anyone ever asked how Veth's potion actually worked and how it was supposed to be used. Dang it

[@arancourt5623]

Now presenting: Critical Role! Starring Genevieve Jester Lavore as...the healer?

[@lunarwhyte1582]

Sam looks like Freddie mercury for some reason lmfao

[@arancourt5623]

You mean Freddie looks like Sam.

[@lunarwhyte1582]

@@arancourt5623 yes 🤣

[@matheusfiorelli8829]

Nat 20s galore this episode xD

[@smelly4498]

my internet went out during the lucien fight. that was one night i didn’t sleep.