[ˢᵖᵒᶦˡᵉʳ] Is she your favorite? | Critical Role | Campaign 3 Episode 33

[@tatersalad76]

Incoming trade offer from Matt Mercer: *He receives: a slick new vest *You receive: unending trauma

[@fanzel123]

Deal😭

[@BouncingTribbles]

Matt's willingness to make whoever's bullshit they're dealing with the main character is awesome. Very admirable. No one should mind as long as you give every one small moments and commit just as hard when it's their turn

[@bestofcriticalrole]

Thats how you properly DM. Its really hard to do, Matt is such a pro

[@BoojumFed]

Just now noticing that Matt's T-Shirt predicts the entire cast's and audience's state at the end of the episode. ;^)

[@TrybzVibez]

Its a Phillip Defranco shirt lol and yeah that sums it up

[@elbruces]

That wasn't a prediction, it's a promise.

[@ls-wh9up]

I’m gonna say it… I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING

[@detectiveghost8856]

PROVOKING BLACK CLOUDS AND ISOLATION I AM RECLAIMER OF MY NAME BORN IN FLAMES, I HAVE BEEN BLESSED MY FAMILY CREST IS A DEMON OF DEATH!

[@PumpkinHoard]

*leaves out plastic garden chair*

[@CompassRoseCreates]

@@detectiveghost8856 FOOOOORSAAAAKEN I AAAAAM AWAKENEDDDD

[@dtczyk8976]

PROOOOOOOOOOOOVOKING!!!!!!!

[@lloydbrace9171]

NOW IMOGEN'S MOTIVATED

[@Amorfis]

Imogen going from... 'I'm not losing them to just surrender to you.' To... 'I'll go with you! I give in!... don't hurt her...' The *second* Laudna was threatened made me feel some feelings

[@BryonYoungblood]

Considering how close they are, it makes sense that Imogen would be like that when it comes to Laudna.

[@SpiritOfSpite]

It would be exceptionally funny if during her villain possession the wild magic item she has activated and her moon storm magic just fizzled into butterflies

[@ls-wh9up]

Turns her into a potted plant

[@BoojumFed]

Suddenly, Otohan feels her hair fall out...

[@GRIMHOOD99]

"Not again! Give me a moment."

[@danielcastillo591]

Honestly? Something about such an innocent item, which she got when Laudna was still with her, turning all that pent up rage into a beautiful symbol for change and life beyond death is equal parts comedic and heartwrenching

[@Linkolnverse]

It'd kill the story. It's why Travis didn't mention his werewolf losing control shit.

[@oakenshadow6763]

I love how he ended it there. He is putting on a show not for the audiance, but for his players. For his freinds. He makes these huge stories for them, making them the main character in turns, and letting them tell amazing epic stories with him as a guide. It is so amazing.

[@janteo1]

0:07 i can't laura's worried face and Liam smiling from ear to ear, it's just too good

[@Scandal262]

Matt seems very invested in this story

[@michaellauer8181]

inVESTed

[@elbruces]

What you did there, I seee it.

[@Stingra87]

Well at least someone is. I can't wait for C3 to be over and a new one to start with better characters and a story that actually does something.

[@verdantsands]

you must be new here@@Stingra87

[@edwardmccartney5405]

if Laura and Matt are not on the next 4-sided dive im going to be pissed

[@danielsteinbock4407]

TPK Vest is to powerful on Matt

[@critter505]

😂😂😂😂

[@Mexiturtle345]

Matt's gotta bring back the Beauregard vest at some point. This moment made this look so iconic lol

[@GodKnowsWhatIsInHere]

Vested Matt is a different beast

[@kyleortiz6331]

This whole episode had me on edge like... FUCK I need the next episode out now

[@Xingmey]

Wasn't that exciting. At least orym had to go and liam can make an interesting xhar... without a husband to check some boxes

[@jorundcoalforge6277]

Imogen went Nuclear. Kinda reminds me of the Heroes show from the mid-2000s before 2010.

[@geak78]

I liked that show. Wish it was finished

[@Name_Nah00]

I'm SO waiting for Bassuras to have a significant crater!

[@geak78]

@@Name_Nah00 I really want next episode to open with just Matt and Robbie with Dorian hearing a 25 word message from Orym and then learning of an explosion at Bassuras where his friends were reported to be. Then black screen with ominous music and the normal cast transported to Ruidus.

[@Name_Nah00]

@@geak78 OOOOOOOOH

[@GRIMHOOD99]

Next episode starts and instead of this there is a cast of dimension 20 with brennan as DM.

[@bestofcriticalrole]

They got obliterated to another dimension lmao

[@Anzy.99]

he got a new vest and got too powerful. we need to stop this man.

[@natest.laurent1602]

Laura: "scott! i can't control it!" Travis: "Jean!!!"

[@ephemispriest8069]

Chetney: Did someone call for a wolverine?

[@isaiahwelch8066]

This is what I'm calling Imogen's "Jean Grey" moment. I'll be surprised if anyone from Bell's Hells actually survives, let alone if Imogen doesn't become the BBEG that Jean Grey as "Dark Phoenix" became.

[@8bitlatina845]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@Headphonemike]

She's going to pass out?

[@isaiahwelch8066]

@@Headphonemike : No. More like having so much power that she could disintegrate everything around her. The only problem is, as far as we know, there is no Exandrian equivalent of Wolverine. We've never had a character have that much HP regeneration, let alone a character that could kill someone like Jean Grey in one strike, the way Wolverine did in X-Men.

[@nicholas6836]

I don’t think this is going to be a TPK. I’d say a couple of members of Bell’s Hells will die and stay dead but a few will live at least. Chetney, Ashton and FCG will at least. Maybe Laudna as well but that’s doubtful.

[@katherinelikesstuff]

just watching this again for no reason after watching Monday's episode

[@tyhar7493]

Hot take, Imogen just teleported them all to Ruidus! Otohan's back story was she disappeared after the war, I think she was there and somehow got expelled. She's using Imogen to get back.

[@arthur-ny5rf]

idk if thats a hot take, seems like everyone is saying this. but you might be right!

[@tyhar7493]

@@arthur-ny5rf Certainly haven't seen this floated anywhere else that I've viewed, but I won't claim to be the first to have thought of it though.

[@nicholas6836]

I hope that’s not true. They set this up, they better commit to it. Otherwise I’ll be disappointed (but that’s just me, it’s not like my opinion actually matters lmao)

[@bobben2056]

Does anyone else feel like if Bell's Hells ever gets animated that Shohreh Aghdashloo would make a great Otohan.

[@gravetouched]

YES

[@sandpiperr]

I love it!

[@cheeseburgerpaladin]

What a sick moment

[@zacharynorris123]

This cuts so much deeper after the most recent episode

[@dragonettiification]

I'm ok with a tpk but I just started to get connected to these characters

[@im9550]

Same

[@peter_parkour]

This was sick of Matt. Loved every second of it.

[@TheProteanGeek]

I actually started to expect this to be a TPK and then they all wake up at the beginning of this day or some moment earlier in the day.

[@8bitlatina845]

This clip brings to mind a scene from Alien, where Ripley call out the alien, "GET AWAY FROM HER, YOU BIT**!"

[@malrok5452]

Hmm, we can expect a lot of psionic themed characters in this campaign. There are a lot to chose from, some from official books, some from UA. There was a psionic rogue, warlock, fighter (Otohan), sorcerer (Imogen), monk (UA), cleric (UA), wizard (UA). There was a whole class discarded by the WotC, Mystic. I wouldn't be surprised if new Ashley and Liam's charakters were psions.

[@bestofcriticalrole]

Mystic is my trigger word (?)

[@francescogulisano2917]

NGL, if somebody did that to me I'd wake up at night thinking about it

[@PetersaberHD]

Their faces, Jesus.

[@johaniffsofiz]

Imogen goes Scarlet Witch

[@TheDrexxus]

This was painful to watch because Matt kept hinting again and again and again that she had to let go but Laura wasn't getting it. Reminds me of dream sequences where they don't really know what to do hehe but this happened over and over and she just couldn't get her head around the fact she had to give in to that power.

[@leofouassier8372]

I think that's just good rp. I mean, as a player, clearly you get that Matt is giving the signal that it is what needs to happen. But, as a character, it's just an adversary trying to force you to do something probably bad because it advances her own agenda. I think it's a perfect call to chose to resist until the MG presents you an interesting story beat to let go. That way she respected her character while also respecting her desire for engaging with what the MG has prepared.

[@TheDrexxus]

@@leofouassier8372 He ultimately took away her autonomy and just forced her to make a saving throw to move the game forward because she wouldn't make the right choice to continue the narrative. That failed save took away her choice and just made it happen because she wasn't picking up what he was putting down.

[@geak78]

On my first watch I thought Laura was somehow missing his hints. On rewatch, she definitely knew but Imogen's fear of the unknown was stronger than her fear for her friends. Until this moment anyway.

[@leofouassier8372]

@@TheDrexxus I can see why you would see it that way. I believe that in life, sometimes, things happen despite you and your own will even some things you do yourself. So I don't think it's necesseraly unrealistic. But some players wouldn't want the DM to have the power to impact their character that way. I think at this table they are ok, with it, I know my players would enjoy it too. But yes, I get what you mean, it would be alright to be against the DM forcing a decision for the player. In that instance I think it's done well because he insists that it's happening against her will (which is something that requires trust between and consent between the player and the gm) and even when she wants to let go she can't do it willingly she has to fail her roll. That emplifies the story abour ruidus born and something inside her she doesn't know and can't fully control.

[@peridaniel8265]

stop automatically assuming players making a bad decision/decision you don't like is because of the player's incompetence. they are in character. please remember that.

[@DarthAnimal]

This is the gayest of gay There is no hetero explanation for this

[@TheyCallMeCarg]

Point of order I didn't realize until just now. Matt said Otohan dropped her second blade to grasp Imogen's witch bolt, and then she moved enough distance to break the bolt. She wouldn't have had her second blade to make that final stab at Laudna.

[@Kadel___]

She still has another blade. Not just one.

[@roberttheronin9803]

@@Kadel___ ...she dropped her second blade

[@dravenzindle7585]

Otohan picking the blade up during a dash can easily be abstracted

[@BoojumFed]

@@dravenzindle7585 Or drawing a previously hidden blade as part of her move action.

[@Ryoga100]

Or she just stabbed with the blade she has...number of blades dosent designate number of attacks

[@jacob5700]

It’s going to be so anticlimactic when it was just a dream or they come back to life because of moon farts. 🤦‍♂️

[@elbruces]

Everybody spamming this comment needs to come back and post their apology next week when that doesn't happen. Keep that same energy.

[@lesliecarlton9616]

No she’s not my fav far from Marisa ray isent my fav either I like The the people who play the charters of zerxus Laerryn and Loquatius There on calamity but there my most favs 🥰