Matt needs new dice | Exandria Unlimited | Critical Role

[@anonymousisthebest5225]

Matt rolling as a DM: I hold the power of the universe at my fingertips and everything shall fall Matt rolling as a player: I've forgotten how to breathe and I don't remember anything from an hour ago

[@kalamander8563]

God this is so accurate it hurts

[@romanpavlyutin9476]

It’s exactly like when you unlock a boss as a playable character

[@stxrmbreak]

@@romanpavlyutin9476 that’s a fucking hilarious way of putting it

[@spiritandsteel]

@@romanpavlyutin9476 this is it, this is the best comment of the week on anything.

[@PinkPixie019]

@@stxrmbreak Oh my god... it's unlocking Bower... Ganondorf....

[@breizhonegdefender]

The relentless positivity Matt shows after each roll is truly something to aspire to

[@josephdouglas5242]

Honestly yes. I use him as an examble for my barbarian character who is very enthusiastic about doing thinking stuff, but really doesn't have the stats to back it up. Like Matt said during the campaign wrapup, it's a lot of fun to roll poorly, because it's everyone else who will have to deal with it.

[@dovearchambault9229]

He's run a game for Rolldemort, so he's seen worse.

[@ferrous719]

He's been friend with Sam Regal a long time. (I love them too bc they are the best RP moments. I beat the shit out of my friend last night bc of a Nat 1 and a sadistic (loving) DM)

[@charlesmwolf]

a lot of DMs as players love to embrace the bad rolls, honestly. I hate to say that its common with DMs, but its common with us DMs lol

[@dapprligtnin98]

Or it’s how he personally copes with shit rolls while the rest of us practice pure, uncontrolled RAGE.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

"Can you get me an Arcana check" "Uhhhhhhh 5" "They are SO sparkly, continue" Story of his life as a player.

[@gabrielamedeirosribeiro3223]

“They’re so sparkly, continue” “Nevermind, you’re good” “It means nothing to you” Aabria is such a gem

[@frumpkins7155]

Yeah the "they're so sparkly" one cracked me when I watched it

[@Cpt_JohnRackham]

Honestly she could use a readthrough or two of the PHB. There's a LOT of the most basic rules that she doesn't have down.

[@najadetwo22]

@@Cpt_JohnRackham Clearly not what this comment is about, buddy.

[@Cpt_JohnRackham]

@@najadetwo22 OP said "Aabria is a gem" I'm disagreeing.

[@gabrielamedeirosribeiro3223]

@@Cpt_JohnRackham tbh, as long as the players are having fun (and they clearly are), the lack of rules isn’t really a problem, is it?

[@jelenadjokic9843]

It is a spectacle in itself watching Aabria try to save Matt from himself and his own dice.

[@haandotexe]

I feel like Dariax would be such a different character if Matt didn't roll as poorly as he did.

[@Superawesomevids549]

Honestly I think that's why Matt made Dariax a major dumbass. Using the DM curse to his advantage.

[@forresthunt9573]

@@Superawesomevids549 I've had to do the same thing with a merc character I'm playing. Made him a kid with no world experience, the barest amount of combat training, and unflappable (unfounded) confidence.

[@odd435]

My DM is always insanely lucky. Player or DM, the man just attracts Nat 20s. I on the other hand as a DM, always roll like Garbage lol

[@TheUnamazingRando]

Oh, without a doubt! Matt has said before that low stats are an RP gift, and I whole-heartedly agree!

[@zyanidwarfare5634]

@@odd435 I get super lucky with my rolls too, I managed to kill an enemy that nearly killed the other party members in one turn, I had my turn last so they had bad luck and then the enemy had amazing luck, I survived the enemy’s attack due to my big ass shield and then just one shot them with a nat 20 +4 shield bash because I had insanely high strength and the enemy was a dwarf that hit the ceiling when I bashed them It was a homebrew btw and the fight was my party members attempting to gain my full freedom because it was my introduction to the party, I was freed because the rogue got lucky with their stealth but after I was free the dwarf was alerted

[@shannononeill482]

I love how Matt gets the low rolls and just owns it. like...yep, completely on brand.

[@johnallegood4469]

I'm pretty sure he went into the game intending to play a dumb character anyway, because he KNOWS the stuff behind Exandria more than the others so it seems perfect for his character

[@dennisc3438]

As someone who only rolls 13-20s when it's a negative thing (such as incoming damage): you get used to it T_T

[@aster1760]

@@johnallegood4469 hell even his short time with the cast of dimension 20 showed his curse carries no matter if its his campaign or not, but he owns it just as hard there. hes just a very "yup alright lets go with it" player lol

[@Drraagh]

@@aster1760 That's the best way to handle low rolls. Have fun with it, go all out, rather than just acting like its a bad thing.

[@aster1760]

@@Drraagh yeah i mean a low roll while disappointing can be a great way to exemplify a part of a character, or bring out a moment for them that would be as emotionally resonating and deeply grand in the scheme of their over arching story as a success could have been. i believe the concept of a player taking their losses, especially their greatest ones, and turning them into a strong character moment, or a great session moment weather for drama, emotion, or humor is a great fun thing. take the now iconic beanbag toss moment from campaign 2. that shit would not have nearly been as memorable if it werent for an insane triple nat 1 combo spree

[@apocryphgaming9995]

"NO! It's my Gilmore dice and i'm gonna use them forever!" I felt that.

[@ErinBookNut]

I feel like Gilmore dice are just cursed. Hence why "don't fuck me Gil." Is now a thing.

[@H4HHiveDio]

@@ErinBookNut I think that's more in reference to their friend Gil (who I assume has made the cast custom dice sets) since I think Marisha jokingly called him out during the Darrington Brigade One Shot

[@lucketmi1]

Does he say Gilmore? I allways heard it as Guild of wars lol!!

[@krzysztofkaruzo6899]

shame it's probably cursed with Will Wheaton Curse

[@Reepicheep-1]

Also love the time Sam rolled a zero. 'Whaaaat??' "I rolled a 3, minus 3 mod, so zero." No hesitation!

[@arthaiser]

he said it with so much confidence too

[@Seiyusung22]

That one time Grog rolled a negative 1.

[@ntscho_tschi1009]

@@Seiyusung22 HOW?!?!?!???!?!??

[@alunbuss7877]

"Three minus three... is zero." That quote is burned into my mind XD

[@blackwidow1417]

Bless Aabria for trying to give him as much advantage as she can and being supportive XD. I love their interactions.

[@KarlEller]

She too is used to cursed dice, with the number of D20's she's yeeted back stage after they roll multiple Nat 1's 🤣

[@alunbuss7877]

"BLESSINGS!" *nat1* "NOOOOOOOO!"

[@fbnssfatboy]

'my persuasion is +5, so 6.' broke me. I have been rolling on my living room floor for a solid minute.

[@RexusprimeIX]

I love when there's a small pause after the roll, then Matt asks "Do I get an advantage?".

[@plutoisaplanet19]

"oh, where'd that wall come from?" is really peak Dariax. Thanks for the compilation :)

[@BiggySn1p3r]

The Wil Wheaton curse is real.

[@cyradon393]

Yep! It's real and it's very much alive!

[@dustyfedora]

He used his glorious mane to try and grace Wil’s dice, they ended up sucking all the luck from the locks.

[@kelduarjudgester9083]

See one of the unknown side effects is it only affects players and can travel through them, Matt was never an actual player often so the curse just built up over time

[@decimation9780]

But only for players, never for a DM.

[@jacobrichey3696]

I was just about to post it. He infected him the day they fought the Goliaths in campaign 1. RIP.

[@ArcienPlaysGames]

"I must have faith in my dice!" "I have faith in my dice!" "I have dice!"

[@maxschrapel4985]

Words of the dice goblin king

[@Cobbiest]

At a certain point, you learn to lean into the DM’s curse. It reminds me of Wheaton’s character in campaign 1, who he played as cool and serious, only for yakety sax to play every time he tried to do anything. Matt takes it much more gracefully, poor lad.

[@some_other_guy]

The Wheaton curse is just something else entirely. You really have to see it to believe it. I loved watching Matt's terrible rolls in this and in dimension 20's Escape from the Bloodkeep but he is just on another level.

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

To be fair, Wil Wheaton has been cursed for a lot longer. He warned everyone on CritRole before he came on the show. He's been beating math for 20 years. It's hard to stay positive after that much failure.

[@Failed_Vestige_of_Exandria]

Yeah, as mentioned by the others, the Wheaton curse is entirely separate from the DM's curse. Wil Wheaton rolls super poorly consistently, no matter what game or what role he has in that game. Take Paranoia for example: he rolled high numbers while succeeding is done by rolling low. If you were to ask him to scatter his entire dice collection on the floor in exchange for a million dollars if he rolls at least one 17, I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't manage to roll a single 17. And that's saying something when you consider how large his collection is.

[@OriginalCreatorSama]

@@Failed_Vestige_of_Exandria I heard the man has ACTUAL PHYSICAL REAL LIFE *BARRELS* of dice that have fucked him over.

[@ferrous719]

Granted I've mostly seen the compilations and not the actual games, but Wheaton looked pretty positive in them . Like, he just expects it's going to fail kind of positive not happy it's happening, but still, for that long that's pretty good

[@wryanparr7921]

Matt traded dice with Will to test his dice curse many years ago and has been tainted by the experience forevermore.

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

Worse, they had Wil come backstage to touch Matt's entire setup and hug him.

[@sammy431]

One of my favorite parts of Aabria’s DMing is the way she handles low rolls like this - her “they’re so sparkly, continue” on the arcana check was just 👌 perfect. Also as a fellow forever DM, I feel this pain - props to Matt for showing proper dice loyalty.

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

I love that you include a montage of Aabriya's reactions! When you have to treat double digits as a success, you know your player is dice-cursed. Matt should never have hugged Wil Wheaton. "Whenever I play a player, my rolling's always shit!" -Matthew Mercer

[@frumpkins7155]

I had to! Her reactions are GOLD

[@Akhaandir]

Didn't they get Will Wheaton to touch Matt's dice a while ago? If so, looks like the curse is finally starting to take effect

[@warwerewolf777]

Yup. I forget it was in campaign 1. I forget if it was for the fight with *spoilers campaign 1* Grog's Uncle, the Chroma Conclave, or Vecna

[@rockassassin64]

@@warwerewolf777 I don't think it would because even though my dice love to roll loy for like dnd if I playing a roll-under system they roll high every time Curse is curse

[@EightThreeEight]

Wil with one L.

[@myrmidonmamori]

@@warwerewolf777 Spoilers It was Kevdak. I remember in that video they also asked Wil to touch "the big goliath" on the map.

[@warwerewolf777]

@@myrmidonmamori Oh! I saw that where they asked him to do that, I thought they were jokingly trying to jinx Grog! Thank you

[@Dreadnaught1985]

Matt is a great example of how to fail forward and lean into the dice telling the story. He kept getting AN inspiration because he kept rolling with it.

[@TheRealGamer2052]

Matt when he rolls as DM: nat 20’s Matt as a player: constant rolls under 10

[@blueflameboy68]

this reminds me of when he played leland on bloodkeep and just totally lived with all the ones he rolled

[@ChaosMind10531]

Ahaha... The badass simping death knight... Love how they played that...

[@RiverM8rix]

He was equally unlucky when he played in Brian Foster’s Undeadwood. So unlucky, that he wanted no applause from the town after a victory because he never hit anything the entire battle.

[@a.h8075]

Man should play wild magic, that thing would be popping every couple minutes with his dice

[@Hotarg]

Do you want a Fireball TPK at level 1? Because this is how you get a Fireball TPK at level 1.

[@a.h8075]

@@Hotarg pffffft whats the chances…. Oh wait

[@maxharter5716]

@@a.h8075 1 in 50 with how often he rolls natural ones.

[@Will-mk5pj]

Nah man! That is why you play a wild magic sorcerer!

[@lostpupper2632]

@@Hotarg this one also has the GM's curse and did indeed play a wild magic surge sorcerer with the spell sniper feat. 100/10 would do again the chaos was glorious.

[@Kvalln]

The staring contest between Ash and Matt broke me watching it live. I love them so much

[@ashbash_567]

Robbie’s enthusiastic “YESSS!” when Matt just holds up one finger should not be as funny as it is

[@lenajn13]

I love that more than anything it was the dice that dictated that Dariax is a complete himbo

[@alisonlazarus4625]

Matt: I don't really want to think this campaign, I'm tired of having to be smart. Matt's dice: i think we can accommodate this

[@glenndallas7171]

@@alisonlazarus4625 Yeah, it's really this. Playing a dumb character meant that he COULDN'T metagame with all his knowledge of Exandria, and the dice were clearly conspiring with him.

[@thefamouscookie7377]

This was just as funny as watching this happen to him on escape the blood keep. He's not joking when he said he doesn't roll well when he's the player

[@cheese12893]

Will Wheaton dice curse: when it matters the dice will always role low Matt Mercer dice curse: when he's a PC the dice will always role low

[@dfrmotorsports4591]

I desperately need mats energy after rolling a 'dirty 1'

[@CED99]

That's a Zero 😃

[@DanishArtist]

Matt's dices only works for him as a DM/GM, they don't like having been downgraded to player dices :)

[@shade419]

The best part of this, hands down the best part... is how wildly happy he is!

[@SingingSealRiana]

Like Liam when something really bad happens to his character

[@Sanderford]

I love the good-natured way he acts when reading out his abysmal rolls. He remembers it's a game.

[@clownwig3]

The Wheaton curse finally set in. We thought it would affect the rolls during the Vecna fight, but no, the curse only targets players.

[@yellowbeard1]

Matt would make a great divination wizard. He understands the game very well so handling wizard spells will be fine even at high level and with the portent feature he can inflict a portion of his low rolls onto his enemies.

[@elbruces]

And he can load up on spella that force the target to roll to save so he doesn't have to roll at all. Or at least not very often.

[@amodelmannequin]

Matt Mercer. Wil Wheaton. Dont have an alliterative name if you don't want cursed dice lol

[@billbishop6109]

oh no

[@amodelmannequin]

@@billbishop6109 sorry man, I dont make the rules

[@evelynd9240]

To be fair, didn't the cast (aka Liam and Travis) make Wil Wheaton secretly touch Matt Mercer with the intent to pass a bit of the curse to Matt back during Campaign 1? Maybe the effects kicked in late? 😂

[@StareNation]

@@evelynd9240 yes! i immediately thought back to this

[@mong82191]

Well shit!

[@Mr.Comedian42069]

There’s always a catch when the DM becomes a player. Brennan is a nightmare to DM for, and Matt needs new dice

[@hmasterchaos8700]

This reminds me of a certain character known as Leland and his crusade to kill a single halfling

[@ExplosiveT-5]

I made a comment on one of the Exandria Unlimited videos but I must say it again for this. I am CONVINCED that when Wil Wheaton touched Matt before the ending of Season 1 of CR, he gave Matt the player instance of the curse, not the DM one. This is why we see it now after all these years.

[@kassandrajeffery7035]

They need to have an Opposite Day during the campaign... then either Matt's low rolls will equal highs, or he'll end up rolling high numbers and still fail lmao! Ooo! And we should have a game with Matt and Will... see which one's REALLY got the curse haha.

[@Rellyks]

Acording to Wheaton, he don't roll low, the rolls wrong. In games he need to roll low, all his rolls are super high

[@Yamikitsune]

@@Rellyks I've seen this video, it is real.

[@DarkSoul620]

Wheaton. Watch Wheaton in i think Paranoia. He rolls high in that game, which you want to roll low in.

[@davidcopplestone6266]

There's a video on KZbin with Will on Critical Role just rolling abysmally, including Paranoia.

[@tycol322]

@@davidcopplestone6266 appropriately titled the will Wheaton curse. I just watched it again the other day. It was hilarious watching everyone's faces as they slowly die and he just owns the chaos

[@roadworkahead4187]

This reminds me of a character who somehow, through whatever miracle the dice had in mind, rolled a nat 1 on almost every perception check he made, especially ones relating to finding strange things. This meant he almost always ended a check with “Damn, that’s a nice wall right there.”

[@bamcki991]

"I am looking at the waterfall with a 0" ARE YOU SURE IT'S A WATERFALL?

[@MochaChicka]

"Ohhh! Buddy...!" Matt, are you rolling d8s (or 10s at most) instead of d20s on your checks, man? (e.g., @ 0:49). Might help!

[@angelicalicari8355]

I haven't gotten to ExU. "it's not drugs YET" out of context is hilarious

[@TheMrBonzz]

Honestly love Matt for always staying positive no matter how low his roll always gets.

[@karo-kun2578]

Matt eather needs new dice or Wil Wheaton has some explaining to do. (Or Gilmore dice refuse to remain as a player, they only accept the high, respectfull role of the dm!)

[@kdgkid00]

I love Matt's excitement with every roll, like damn the man could roll a 0 and be like FUCK YEA!!!

[@threadsandpurrs]

He's so happy to be a player at the table and being a part of a story with his friends

[@T2TheDart]

Oh that background music is delightful.

[@NL_Critter]

That “ I had… ONE SHOT!” Had me in tears😂

[@renexe]

-"With advantage" +"Thank goodness" -"Yaaaaaay" +"Din't help" -"Perfect!"

[@heartstrings892]

I love how DM Matt and Player Matt are 2 entities that can come together but when they are apart you really see the difference.

[@moonpeter150]

Am I the only one who think our one of favorite DM Matt ‘stack’ his luck for C3? lol Also, Amiee: Roll two nat 20s in rows deceiving adult muscular halfling man as a tiny girl Nancy

[@Hazearil]

"Mother."

[@darwinjaevidavin8916]

I think Matt rolled more single digits in 7 episodes than the whole gang did in like whole of C2.

[@Rasmus4J]

Excellent video! Nothing of value was left on the cutting room floor. Truly entertaining! Had me smiling all the way through.

[@gremlinartsstudios2595]

"Sir, do you need other dice?" Matt, you good?

[@chrittle4892]

"Yeah! First roll of the night... that's a zero"

[@TPBurrow]

This is a really fun edit, I love it, I need a love it button, ❤❤❤❤❤

[@tarrantkorrin3796]

“They are *very* sparkly. Continue.” Just about killed me

[@Letham316]

"It's going to end so badly if he lands in there." She is of course referring to the ash hole! 🤭

[@WisakJ]

And still Dariax was the most fun of all of them by far. Even with his crappy rolls, his character was a sinny bright light.

[@jdwatson7588]

Wheaton dice cruse has jumped to MATT.....NOOOOOO!!!!

[@Mary_Studios]

You know seeing him play in Escape from blood keep he roll badly as well so you know this fits.

[@345rexter]

I have never identified with Matt more than in how poorly I roll while playing vs DMing.

[@oakenshadow6763]

The music and editing are so perfect.

[@_____2219]

Matt’s dice woke up and chose violence

[@kuropotato8097]

Malora thanking god when she is god has to be one of the best moments of this show.

[@joshuamorrow8863]

The will wheaton dice curse has been passed down

[@S1rcus_]

I feel this. I rarely roll above 10 and my old character had intelligence modifier of -3. I've rolled a -1 once.

[@fangirlingballerina5633]

Nothing will ever be funnier than a player announcing their roll: "Zero!"

[@Yellowtark]

And because of Amy I can't not look at his wrist movement whenever he rolls now 😂

[@KyleCorbeau]

With how consistently low he rolls (as a player), he should really consider playing a cleric and just *constantly* try at divine intervention. And just for extra flavor make it an atheist cleric so every time these miracles happen he has to justify why it *was **_NOT_* his supposed patron deity's intervention.😂

[@TheCrimsonElite666]

He rolled so many 4s and natural 1s but at least he rolled well in the final episode.

[@rain9190]

Oh, it's just me rolling for anything in DnD! Some tales of me being a bad roller: I stunned everyone into silence at a 2 player campaign when my character failed all death saves with a 6 and a nat 1... on session 2. First time I revealed a different side to our GM, we really learnt a lot that day. My other character had gone through being drained of blood by blood magic, paralysed and swapped places with an enemy, the barbarian rolled maximum damage and cut him in half, had to make a deal with the grim reaper to not die on session 3, after that entire experience he got seduced by a succubus in his most vulnerable moment and robbed for all his money, and was dipped in lava.

[@Klebkatt]

You know, I'm reading the comments comparing Matt to Wheaton , but if I recall, Wheaton actually rolls worse. I can't recall him rolling more than 1s or 2s. Maybe a 3 once.

[@ErinBookNut]

He got a 20 once. On a perception check. I died laughing.

[@MultiDante333]

he got a nat20 on insight once

[@beeta137]

Wil doesn't roll *low*, he rolls *wrong* (according to him) - he rolled high when he played Paranoia, I think, where low rolls are actually good.

[@GamerTagCaptCluel3ss]

This is just the universe balancing for that Triple Nat 20 TPK coming in C3

[@CoreUnderscore]

I love how much Matt loves his dice. "It's my Guild Wars dice and I'm gonna use it forever!"

[@Shatteredworld]

you know...i'm having flashbacks to the video of when Wil Wheaton touched Matt's Dice and hugged him before a session...did... did the curse have longer lasting effects than originally surmised?

[@bethanylittle5629]

I love that this video played immediately after watching Matt talk about the Will Wheaton dice curse…blessed were the algorithms today.

[@BackseatAlpacas]

Oh my god the Haruhi music is perfection

[@TheTaiylorWallace]

The editing style is amazing here. We don't need to know which roll corresponded to which consequence XD and also I love the breaking up of longer bits but they're still totally track-able.

[@BriannaZumbro]

Ahhh this is such a good video!!! Thank you so much for making this!!!

[@TheKuroninja]

Looks like the Wheaton Curse is hanging around Matt ever so slightly.

[@GamerM1235]

Ah, the DM's curse. You just can't role high. But your players, ahh, they will roll 20's until the BBEG is dead.

[@tona11Qapik]

Somehow this and Leeland in Escape from the bloodkeep makes me believe dice gods are real

[@woderfulLove]

THANK YOU!! I hoped someone make a video about it! Matt rolling like shit as a player is ridiculously funny. And I LOVE how he plays it off. I think I have never seen someone rolling a nat1 in such a short time EVER

[@cylordm6994]

Should never be upset with bad rolls, the most interesting and hilarious things come from failure.

[@sof_t_]

I don't know what's funnier, rolling a zero or a dirty 1...

[@RuneKatashima]

I am reminded of the time they let Wil Wheaton rub himself all over Matt's dice...

[@BixLovesMiley]

YAS I hoped someone would compile all his shit roles into on video. And he is the BEST sport about, I love his acting choices based on the bad roles. The whole chase scene in ep 6 for example!

[@noam242]

Huh.... so the Wheaton dice curse is contagious, good to know

[@irontwist1647]

When a player rolls so bad continuously; the dm posthumoniously gives him a curse effect 'explaining' his uselessness.

[@SGL2814]

As a DM I roll amazballs vs my players. As a player I roll terrible, but I RP the living crap out of my fails and bring smiles to everyone at the table. I feel Matts pain with the bad rolls but I enjoy how he deals with them. Matt Mercer should be a PC inspiration to everyone to just go with it. Not every character moment has to be an over the top epic moment.

[@DuskWolf224]

He takes it so gracefully! "Hell yeah! 4."

[@flamingkitten1]

If any of you have watched him on dimension 20 you would now why he says anytime he is a player he rolls poorly

[@KarlEller]

Leiland was such a beautiful disaster.

[@geekchic8798]

Matt is my group's spirit animal when comes to dice rolls.

[@Blazekickz]

The fact this this happened with the character he was playing was what made this so fun.

[@EightThreeEight]

Excellent use of the Haruhi soundtrack there, friend.

[@Glennjamyyyn]

So that's how mighty nein survived as long as they did

[@jrdds]

Matthew Mercer the Player, you are not a human...you are a living, breathing, meme!

[@romanlopez9485]

He's been hanging out with Wil apparently