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[@Mattables]

Welp, wasn’t expecting all this love at all ❤ see you all next week for episode 1!!

[@user-jt1js5mr3f]

it's a fantastic ride.

[@kennethgrow8262]

One of us...

[@christopherlee7334]

Bidet, and prepare for the influx of Critters!

[@BigLousClubhouse]

@@Mattables the Critters are powerful … welcome

[@AtomSkeptic]

Hell yeah!

[@zachwillett5853]

This is a detail that never EXPLICITYLY gets mentioned in the show, just implied very heavily, but this isn't a world with guns. *That* is a *Person* with guns. Important distinction.

[@BigLousClubhouse]

ditto ... he has a gun cause he designed, developed and invented it!!!

[@gregsteele806]

There are more guns in campaign 2. Other artisans building on what came before.

[@punkrockpearl84]

​@gregsteele806 to Percival's chagrin.

[@floressikristine]

There are guns because he invented the guns. It’s Percy’s fault 😂

[@Drummer4President]

Ripley was also, less successfully, inventing guns. So just because Percy got there first, with some help, I think it’s pretty clear that guns weren’t far off being invented by someone somewhere anyway.

[@aboyle524]

I WANT IT!!! The third season drops in October!!!! Edit: for the love of GOD please don’t deny us your reaction to this!!!!!! Also you can actually watch the campaign this is based on. Just look up critical role.

[@sqxbarto9229]

The first season had copyright issues and maybe audio was only available, not sure.

[@Ozgarthefighter]

​@@sqxbarto9229The first campaign is on the Geek and Sundry channel.

[@vex2788]

@@sqxbarto9229 plenty of reaction channels have done season 1 so not sure if thats true. or if its just been fixed

[@sqxbarto9229]

@@vex2788 I meant the Critical Role Campaign One.

[@ForeverDegenerate]

@@sqxbarto9229 Probably because Critical Role got lazy and didn't finish importing Campaign 1 to their channel. Campaign 1 was the property of Geek & Sundry and, now, whoever owns Geek & Sundry. Most of the Campaign One Videos are still on Geek & Sundry's KZbin Channel. Critical Role started importing those videos on to their channel a few years ago, but uh... they kinda stopped for some reason. It would not surprise me the episodes still on Geek & Sundry are the ones getting hit with Copyright. There's a reason Critical Role left Geek & Sundry to form their own company.

[@PristineTX]

This show is based on “Critical Role,” a group of famous voice actors and voice directors from Video Games, Anime, and Western Animation. They came together when, over ten years ago, one of the cast (Liam O’Brian/Vax’ildan) was voice directing Matthew Mercer (the DM) and they started talking about Dungeons & Dragons. Liam hadn’t played since High School, and Matt said he would DM a game for him for his birthday. They invited a few friends/co-workers who were also voice actors. They hit it off and continued playing a home game for a couple years, whenever they had time, which was a challenge due to their busy schedules, but it worked. A couple years later, Felicia Day, who was running the Geek&Sundry channel at the time, found out about this game, and asked if they would be interested in doing a livestream. They agreed to do it, but they were skeptical that anyone would watch. A few years later, Critical Role was one of the most profitable channels on Twitch, and became their own, creator-owned company. Their Twitch channel had more longterm subscribers than than anyone else, and their KZbin episodes garnered over a billion hours watched. Fast forward a couple more years, and the group started shopping the idea of making their show into an animated TV show. Nobody was interested, mostly because TV executives just couldn’t grasp the concept. Instead of giving up, they decided to crowdfund a pilot episode. They asked their fans for $750,000, which they hoped to raise in 45 days. By the end of the 45 days, they raised $11.4 MILLION DOLLARS. They smashed all Kickstarter records for TV productions and D&D combined. They had enough money to make a 10 episode season. It was news in all the entertainment industry publications. Soon, every studio that originally turned them down wanted to have another meeting. They had their choice now, and chose a multi-season deal and a further development contract with Prime Video, because Amazon agreed to give them unprecedented creative control for first time producers, and final approval for everything. That’s what this is. Now, the series has been so successful, not only is “The Legend of Vox Machina” contracted fully, Prime Video has already started production on the second Critical Role adventure campaign, called “Mighty Nein.”

[@ten5h1]

And the Critter community are PSYCHED!!!!!

[@thactotum]

Guys, I found the Lore Bard!

[@Bolvar4dragon]

Damn, that was a great breakdown.

[@MetFreak42]

Just an add-on here, regarding the Kickstarter... They made the entire first requested $750k within the first hour of launch. The team hadn't yet even published the first official go-wide ad that the Kickstarter was live, and the thing was already fully funded. I think you can still find them. Watch Laura Bailey's live take reaction to that news. It'll have you bawling. It caught every single one of them completely off-guard.

[@tenassidy3483]

Yes please give it a watch. They recorded the voice lines fresh for the show because all the critical role players are voice actors. It is Fantasy but high fantasy can be whatever you want it to be I honestly want to see you watch it please

[@DMG551]

I will make you 2 promises: 1. if you are this hyped knowing nothing and just vibing off trailers, you will love this show. 2. If you put out vox machina content, critters will always come to enjoy it with you.

[@ddebarre7192]

I'm one of the critters! I look forward to watching with you

[@Keyofone]

5:05 * describes how much he loves undead stuff* Oh, youll have fun with this.

[@Mazygolucky]

Literally the exact same thought I had 😂 like “oh yeah dude this is gonna be your shit”

[@jenniferharvey2617]

Vox Machina is fantastic. And the voice actors that do Critical Role are very well known anime voice actors that are amazing. You will love this show

[@jonathanhibberd9983]

Uh oh, you've summoned the Critters. INCOMING! 😁 So this was adapted from their campaign, but it's not a 1:1 copy. The first season is pretty close to what we saw in the campaign. Season 2 they took a few more liberties and made some changes to fit the format. This is based on their show which started as their home campaign, so it is absolutely a labor of love. It's their company they created, and Titmouse (Star Trek: Lower Decks, Legend of Korra) has a number of Critters on their team. This is based on D&D, but it's also their own custom world. So some things you'll recognize (many of the pantheon, some of the monsters, like the not-beholder that they fought in the trailer (it was a beholder in the actual campaign)). But they're also tweaked to make them "legally distinct from", as well as there are some things that aren't D&D (they actually started in Pathfinder, so "the Everlight" is a god from there, as is the Gunslinger class). If you want to see a beautiful fighting scene, season 2 episode 10. It is one of the most beautiful fight scenes I've seen in any animation. This show has a number of great ones, but that is the best. It's well worth a watch.

[@AnGawain]

Welcome to Exandria and the critter world!! You are gonna love it!

[@dwarvencleric20]

Bidet!

[@BigLousClubhouse]

5:54 you mention you can feel the "love" in the animation ... this was one of the highest grossing Kick Starters of all time and Critical Role community (critters) raised over 11 million bucks, most of the people who worked on this show were and or are fans of the Live Stream campaign ... so yeah ... LOTS of love for this show from the people making it!!

[@thomasdahlberg5920]

PLEASE do The Legend of Vox Machina! It's truly a legendary piece of work. From its creation to the actual quality. There's never been a show I've heard of that has had more hype behind it.

[@KaitheKnightly]

Second trailer does have spoilers but I guess you'll forget before watching so... happy to see more people who enjoy DnD being introduced to Vox Machina. They are a group of VAs who decided in their spare time to play DnD together, half way through a campaign they had so much fun they decided why not share it on KZbin. And it just grew from there. The DM made the world this take place in an actual module you can play yourself. I have my own copy. :3

[@Nitrinoxus]

The setting's been published as _Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn,_ for anyone who's interested in grabbing their own copy -- and for people who use it, yes, it's available through D&D Beyond!

[@hhylobates4098]

@@Nitrinoxus But the *Reborn* material comes after Vox Machina in the timeline, theres MAJOR spoilers in it. Better to dig out the original publication unless someones finished the story.

[@Nitrinoxus]

@hhylobates4098 True, it does include details about what happened to the region and the members of Vox Machina after the events of the campaign. It's scarce on specifics about the events themselves, but if you want to go into the series completely blind, it's probably best to avoid reading the sourcebook cover-to-cover until after finishing at least Season 2. _The Explorer's Guide to Wildemount,_ on the other hand...

[@sandpiperr]

None of them are that significant in the second trailer. The full trailer for the third, however, has many so avoid that one.

[@hhylobates4098]

@@sandpiperr ? Theyre the same though, you could watch the S3 trailer thinking its for S2. Both have dragons as the focus, show that xyz character survived at least until the scenes shown, x and y get new appearances, and they go to various diffenrt locations etc.

[@CLKagmi23]

I would watch the heck out of you reacting to Vox Machina.

[@arandomnamegoeshere]

I always like to think that the "legend" part is key - its a retelling of actual events (the original live play). They took hundreds of hours of live play footage. Gave it to a writer's room full of writers, the players, animation artists who all worked to distill it to what we see in the show. Its not a 1 for 1 representation. But it is the essence of the story. Modulated by the rolls of dice.

[@DwaynesWorld007]

I WILL WATCH EVERY EPISODE WITH YOU

[@Ekami-chan]

Not just D&D show, based on voice actors campaign that took years and there's over hundred episodes! (I just finished vox machina campaign of critical role and it inspired me back into D&D 😄) And yeees, watch it, then watch comparison videos between campaign and show 😁

[@KyleTheBard]

I would absolutely love to watch you react to this. Critical Role and Vox Machina got me through a really tough spot in my life and will always have a special place in my heart.

[@Catpuff818]

Vox Machina is so underrated, I'd love to see your reaction

[@williamlittle3325]

The magical hand is the spell "Bigby's Hand" change for copyright issues. They started the campaign in Pathfinder and switched to D&D 5e for their Livestream. Episodes 1 and 2 of season 1 is from before the home game. Everything else is a compact version of the Livestream campaign 1.

[@Lemon-dt4is]

Yes!! I'm the one who first requested it! I was so worried when it didn't win the poll! We need this!

[@DevilWearsAdidas]

Youre probably going to be the reason this channel blows up then lmfao

[@briantieken6718]

This is a work of love from a group of voice actors that with the assistance of an incredible fan base raising the most money ever raised on Kickstarter took their campaign and had it animated by the best in the business.

[@NerdySammie]

Fun thing about the acid dragon design: Matt Mercer (Critical Role DM) said in a behind the scenes interview that he told the animators to think "Florida swamp dragon"

[@lagggoat7170]

13:20 you have no clue what sort of fandom dragon is about to adopt you

[@lissalyn2003]

Yes and great timeing with season 3 coming in Oct. the more u get into dnd the more u will notice spells and why things may work or fail miserably. But I believe that’s why the show is so good. They kept things that also failed in the campaign game they played and it makes them seem much more realistic. If you enjoy it on or off KZbin they have videos of the making of that answers some of your questions. Enjoy the ride.

[@KaydenChrys]

Yesss, I love this series so much! Highly recommend! Also, you have a nice voice.

[@dainbramage781]

Watched the full vid and yes yes YES! Please react to the full series. I think you'd love it.

[@punkrockpearl84]

Why hello and bidet new Critter!! October baby here as well...trust me, you are gonna love this. I have watched a lot of reaction videos and lemme say, the reactions to this show never disappoint, and I have not seen a single reactor with as much energy and excitement as you when watching these trailers! You JUST missed the Season 3 trailer by like...a day? So, YES, as someone who seems super enthused about TTRPGs like D&D, who is curious about the world (Exandria, btw), and about dark & gritty stuff? Go. For. It. Take my like - I'll raise you a quick follow, and I'm eager to see what you've got to say, ESPECIALLY with all your attention to the little details. There are a ton of them in the show. It was a collaborative labor of love. Check out their Legend Behind the Legend of Vox Machina videos - it goes into the actors, the animation, the music, etc. So freaking rich in texture!

[@aceofspace14]

love the legally distinct from a Beholder Beholder

[@adamlatosinski5475]

Still you should run away like it's a beholder (which it isn't).

[@DevilWearsAdidas]

Spoilers???? ah after like almost 3 years it finally dawns on me why they didn't do the underdark and kraghammer thing. That totally makes sense now. I would have loved to have seen the mindflayer ally they made though.

[@MoteMayhaps]

The animators dubbed it the "Onlooker" XD

[@minkufu]

I don't usually comment on anything but i started watching you around when you first reacted to poison and you have been nothing but an absolute delight all the way. I always look forward to your videos and I'd be excited to see your reactions for this series, its absolutely one of the best ive ever watched. Also happy your channel has been doing well and you seem to really enjoy doing what you do, keep up the great work and keep havin fun! \o/

[@theanyktos]

Hi! found your channel through this and would be very much here for reactions to The Legend of Vox Machina!

[@user-jt1js5mr3f]

You absolutely have to do it, if you react like this over just the trailers. Be prepared to do what I did, which was watch season 1, and then immediately started listening to the original campaign. It is one of the BEST adaptations I’ve ever seen, and I’m tempted to say THE best. It’s so good.

[@maggiewright1781]

i never like videos on youtube but i immediately liked this one, i am sooooo stoked i want to watch you watch this so bad

[@theanyktos]

5:55 So the people who played the original campaign are all professional voice actors (you've probably heard of at least some of them, your Ashley Johnsons or your Laura Baileys for example) and due to the ($11.3 m) Kickstarter that launched this whole show they have managed to retain full creative control over their show. They hired a bunch of writers and condensed down a bunch of stuff they did in the campaign and scripted it. And now they're all voicing the characters they created and played for something like 400+ hours. And their DM (Matthew Mercer), while _not_ playing every single NPC like he did in the campaign, is voicing a couple of big villains, Trinket the bear, and a ton of miscellaneous background extras. If you're interested in more BTS stuff, they did a whole series of (non-spoilery) BTS videos before season 1 came out. Look for 'The Legend of The Legend of Vox Machina'. My personal favourtes of the bunch are the ones about the music and the cast (which is _stacked_ btw).

[@Velanaris]

Watching your reaction made me giggle and kick my feet in the air, I love your excitement for something I love and deserves recognition 😭

[@flegglespleen]

I can tell that you're exited about watching this one because your speech was RACING through the outtro and I do the exact same thing! I'm excited to watch if (when) you decide to react to it as I'm sure many other are!

[@y813lnJack]

If you go down this rabbit hole best of luck it will hurt but you will love. And if you like undead you'll love season 1. Also on trailer 2 fun fact Grog's (barbarian) broken ax is cause in the game he rolled a 19 and just went to roll damage when the dm said a 19 misses. But the thing you need to understand the most about this show, prime video only picked this up after critters funded it (beyond the hopes of the cast by miles) through Kickstarter. They are very active in the show

[@ms-literary6320]

4:54 if undead things are your jam. This is the show for you. No spoilers, just sayin’

[@Rezineight]

I love this show, it's the reason I got into dnd.

[@themorenajay]

Vox Machina: some real epic stuff, definitely NOT for kids, labor of a LOT of love, some really dark and messed-up stuff, a lot of funny moments, a lot of Scanlan to edit out maybe for KZbin but forever & ever WORTH WATCHING!!! I can't stress this enough. For a much tamer non-D&D fantasy show I can definitely recommend The Dragon Prince.

[@Stefan-xt5sk]

The last one was a lot less action packed because it was the actual opening for season 3. They just released the trailer for it (great timing for this video xD) and it goes HARD.

[@tiffk5768]

Its soooo goooood and they have a teaser for their next campaign too

[@DarcOne13]

YES, ALL MY FAV REACTORS ARE WATCHING VOX MACHINA! Do it. Also, the creature at 9:23 is an "onlooker" because beholder is a copyrighted creature.

[@katyharford5175]

please watch!! season three comes out next week!

[@dawnpartridge3331]

Omg I love Vox so much I really hope you get to do this but look after yourself too ❤

[@leadingblind1629]

Yes. Excellent show. You will love it

[@Auroku93]

AHHHH I'm so excited to see you watch this show, join the "Critter" family XD!!! Also, the bards 'Mage hand' is the spell 'Bigbys Hand', renamed "Scanlans Hand" for copyright purposes

[@Redpanda_96]

It's so good. The trailer just dropped yesterday

[@rhymingorange162]

Official season 3 trailer just released, got a month to catchup if you want to watch along with everyone else next month 😂

[@lorissawtf]

As a huge CR fan and LVM fan I’m addicted to watching people react to seeing it. Especially people who come in blind. This is probably one of the most entertaining reactions to watch. I do hope I get to see you react to watching the show, but I also wouldn’t begrudge someone the experience of watching it for themselves. It’s so good! I’m subscribing either way!

[@jordanwright1061]

Hi I just stumbled upon this but as a massive critter I implore you to take the plunge. I’ll be with you every ep of the way.

[@fallrus4802]

Absolutely brilliant show that is well worth reacting to.

[@robbiefieldwick3291]

hell yeah, lovm slaps!! massive fan of critical role and this series does so good at adaptation!

[@tehrickles1447]

The show is fantastic, I would heavily suggest it. It takes place in the world setting specific to Matt Mercers campaign for the Critical Roll show. Kind of a low tech/mid fantasy deal. If you love undead you're really gonna need to check this out, do hope ya put it on the channel. Would be jazzed to check it out. Also, Studio Titmouse did the work on the show and they absolutely killed it. It's probably in the top 5 as far as western animations go in quality. Stunning work.

[@scott4092]

Yes yes yes, I look forward to you discovering this show. It's so well animated, every shot could be its own poster.

[@WinterWitch69]

A lot of people have decided to jump on this show. I am enjoying people jumping in and re-experiencing it through their eyes. Please do this show it is one of my favourite things for good reason.

[@kiyara94]

Omg yes you would love this show so much!!

[@patricklyke1702]

Your channel came up randomly for me and after seeing this I would totally subscribe to watch you react to Vox Machina! Loved your reaction to the trailers - believe me you're in for an amazing experience!!

[@Opalwing]

From how you reacted to the trailers, I think it’d be really fun to watch the show with you 😁. At the same time, I completely understand wanting to binge the whole thing now and not wait for an upload schedule.

[@curtisd5864]

"Should I watch thi-" YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES! Even if you don't record/release reactions (although please do)

[@Spherrum]

I'm gonna subscribe in case you decide to react to the show. If you don't - watch it anyway. I have a feeling you're going to enjoy it. As to the bard character - you'll either gonna love him or hate him. Or, as it is usually the case for almost everyone, including me and pretty much every other fan i discussed it with - you're gonna hate him until he grows to become one of your favourite characters.

[@ConfuseTheMasses]

Crazy timing, since it looks like the season 3 trailer is set to release tomorrow (8/28). If you're wondering whether or not to react to this show, you definitely have my vote

[@elisab.2398]

OMG!! I am so STOKED you found this!!!! Can't wait to see what you think of it!!

[@Nic_S.]

YEEESSS, Please do a reaction to the full show. It's amazing.

[@troyvanleeuwen3296]

Absolutely worth the watch

[@WannabeVigilante]

The trailers do a great job at showing the epic chaos of the show but it’s sooo much more. There’s so much heart and soul and the storytelling is SO good. Please react!

[@JoshuaH225]

Just finding you thanks to this video. Always love watching someone new find Vox. Please post it. I’d love you see all your reactions.

[@ravenlunatic3006]

This show will take you on one hell of a ride that will leave you wanting more! I would love to watch your reactions to this series after seeing how much the trailers hooked you. ^.~

[@a_Taveren]

You should absolutely do reactions for this show! They always perform well for every channel that does them because the community is very welcoming, loving, incredibly supportive, and even the creators like watching reaction videos to the show.

[@Witchchylde]

I loved watching this myself, and I love your breakdowns of videos, so this would be a dream come true! And now that the full trailer for season three has dropped, I look forward to seeing you react to that as well.

[@punkartwantstew]

A bunch of voice actors became friends and played D&D as a stream in a homebrew world called Exandria. Each season (or campaign) the group gets to explore different areas of that world. Now they are on their 3rd season (I think) and their first campaign was turned into a show! Since they are all voice actors they revised the hundreds of hours of gameplay and voiced their own characters again. I'm pretty sure they have another show coming out about their second campaign, but Vox Machina (animated and vodcast alike) was an introduction into the world for the fans as well as the players

[@RPG_Angie]

Got this YT recommendation as a Critter who loves watching reactors fall in love with this show. I'd love to add your reactions to the list.

[@mothermoth39]

This is the first video of yours I have seen and I really appreciate your style of reacting. The pausing and commenting is a breath of fresh air in a community that usually is so lazy about that stuff.

[@theanyktos]

I'm new to your channel, but I can already tell you're my kind of people, going through trailers frame by frame😂😂

[@Lilghost1412]

I found this Video through the Algorithm but I really enjoyed your Reaction to the Trailers. I loved how much fun you had so I would love to see a Reaction to the series!

[@sandpiperr]

YES! Watch it. It's perfect timing too because season 3 is starting in October. And definitely post reactions because the fans and the cast love reaction videos!

[@polarmoss]

Hi! Loved your review of the trailer. With the new season starting lots of viewers will likely be looking for a rewatch in the lead up. Would love to see your take on that. Subscribed for Vox Machina.

[@Gladissims]

Yes. Please do! The show is great. o^o

[@Mazygolucky]

As an ADHDer who is super obsessed with this show/the campaign it’s based off of I am so here for your enthusiasm and I did watch the entire video. My favorite type of KZbin genre is watching other people discover something I love for the first time and watching them fall in love with it too.

[@pheebo42]

So glad to see someone else experience the unexplainable joy of this show. I would love to see you watch it ❤

[@ashisafriedpickle7867]

100% would recommend giving it a watch! I think i’ve consumed every reaction to this show thats on youtube so always looking for another

[@joolzian2510]

Yes! Need to see you experience this show! It’s actually great you’ll have more to watch through right off the bat.

[@Keyofone]

And yes, I'd totally watch more Vox Machina reactions! From your reactions to the trailers, it seems like you'd really like this!

[@AmyLee-kf4fx]

Vox is such a fun ride and season 3 is coming!

[@FuzzyBunnyofInle]

I am so happy for you discovering this & oh boy, you can dig DEEP into this world.

[@purplelikefire]

Omg! I think youre going to love this show! It was made with a lot of love for sure by the creators and supported by the fan base who funded the first 10 episodes with a kickstarter. I hope you post it on here, but if not enjoy anyway

[@tomcat431]

YES! I love this series and I can't wait to see your reactions and potential break downs of this show. Love your content, keep doing what youre doing!

[@theanyktos]

I can already tell you're going to love this show. And _I'm_ going to love seeing you fall in love with it!

[@froggyfluf]

With season 3 just a month away, there's gonna be a Surge of hype for this show. Now is the Perfect time to get on board and share your reactions. I'd definitely watch!

[@xhopsalong]

HELL yes I'd love to see you react to this! Great timing too, with two season out already and a third in October. First season's a little generic (by necessity I'd imagine for viewers new to DnD) to start, but once it hits the midseason arc it becomes one fantastic time and it was no slouch in the early episodes either. Either way, thanks for entertaining us with the trailers! And if you love necromancy, boy does this show have a villain for you :D Also I'd very much recommend *not* watching the s1 recap rap until you've finished s1 because that's, in the name, a spoiler for the whole thing. Do give it a shot if you decide to finish s1 though because it's a great time.

[@cynicallysalty4592]

I'd watch tf out of your reactions to Vox Machina! Love to see the Critters adopt you! ❣

[@BeckyBug7]

Found you through this video. I will definitely be checking out your episode reactions!

[@cleosan8150]

It's always such a joy to see someone discover the Legend of Vox Machina =) I started with the actual campaign and they basically took the best parts and re-made them into this epicness. The cast really loves their characters and they were completely involved with the creation of the show which shows in all of the details (and many easter eggs if you are familiar with the actual campaign XD) Basically: Even if you know what is coming by having watched the campaign, you'd be delighted by all the awesome surprises you'd get - and all of this with sticking to the original as close as possible! Have fun watching, it's worth every second XD The "real" trailer for season 3 just dropped btw, what you watched was the intro of the episodes. They always release that before the trailers =)

[@bookwormwithwings]

It's a fabulous show, lovingly animated, you will absolutely find yourself going through frame by frame to revel in the details.

[@onewsfalsetto9439]

YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY WATCH THIS SHOW

[@ScatterBrainUK]

I've watched the series when it 1st came out, I've watched reaction videos to it just as long. I never get tired of seeing people react to how good it is. Subscribed hoping you'll do more reaction videos to it 😂. Also new season 3 trailer came out yesterday.

[@Wolfheart2299]

Yes please! Its an amazing show! Abd theyre making the second campaign (The Mighty Nein) into animation too

[@klarson7568]

Find it funny that you posted this and two days later they released the season 3 trailer lol I love watching people react to LoVM and this will likely get better views closer to the season premiere as Critters (the name of Critical Role's fandom) and animation fans see at the least this if not your first few videos. I say first few videos because I've seen this do well for most reaction content creators and it's never not fun to watch people get their minds blown by the animation (done by the company Tit Mouse) and the story content and I realize you'll likely be compelled to keep watching. We're in for a doozey of a 3rd season and a 4th season is guaranteed in the works, possibly even a 5th depending on how they play out the rest of campaign 1 (Vox Machina). And in the next year or two they'll be putting out the beginning of their 2nd campaign (the Mighty Nein) in the same/similar animation style. They are currently in their live play game playing through their 3rd Campaign (Bell's Hells) which just hit 105 just last Thursday. As a little trivia point. The first two episodes are the only ones not based on content from the twitch stream. Those two episodes are based off notes from the DM (Matthew Mercer) and players from the home game before streaming, with some modifications like the fact that there was one other player in their group original (A dragonborn) but because of drama that built up from both in game and outside the game he left after episode 25 or so of the first campaign. The majority of those first few episodes are not in the series likely become of that since all the players retained their creative rights to the character they created for each game and voice those characters in the series. Better to not dig up that drama for what would be a bit part, plus the majority of those episodes had little to no impact on the episodes after that actually have impact on the story that is in this series. Have fun watching it when you do and I look forward to finding it in my watch list when you do put it out. I can't see you not putting out reactions to this awesome series.

[@AAAndrew]

So, I'm a huge Critter (fan base of Critical Role), looks like others have explained a bit below of the background. I've also watched hundreds of episodes of reactions to TLoVM, seasons one and two, and I can tell immediately just from your reaction to the trailers you will absolutely love this. One of the great things about Critical Role is that they have so much content, and all of it is a work of love. This series was a work of love by all involved, not just the members of Critical Role who invented and voiced the roles. One of the head animators contributed to the kickstarter long before anyone knew TitMouse would be involved. The composer, Neil Acree (Warhammer and other credits) wanted to do the music so bad he scored a version of Critical Role's theme song and hired the Budapest Scoring Orchestra to play it, then sent the music to CR just to thank them for considering him. It's a complete passion project up and down. Even the other voice actors, including some of the top people and big name movie actors (two hobbits from LoTR, and at least two actors from Game of Thrones, and one Dr. Who) have worked with the members of Critical Role in the past and were happy to be part of this. So, the passion shows through. Season 1 is still coming off the kickstarter. The first two episodes were basically just going to be an introduction to the characters and show a moment from the pre-streaming game they ran in their living rooms. The rest of the episodes, which became possible after the kickstarter, and then Amazon picked them up, are the story arc where the whole group started to realize just what incredible stories they could tell around the table. (and if you like undead, necromancy, etc..., then you will be very happy) By the time they're doing Season 2, they're in their stride and the animation improves more as they start the next big story arc from the streaming campaign. But now Season 3 (and the trailer just dropped yesterday) looks like they took it up a few more notches. And now, they've also been picked up by Amazon to animate their second campaign. It all takes place in the incredibly well-conceived world Exandria, created by the DM, Matt Mercer. The second campaign are different characters, a different location in Exandria, 20 years after Vox Machina. Second campaign ran a bit over 150 episodes, each one 3-4 hours long of DnD. They're now over 100 episodes into their third campaign, also in the same world. Like I said, a LOT of content. I can also tell that you will be a hell of a lot of fun to watch this with. This will be fun for you, the fans, and all of the people new to your channel, like myself. I hope to see this on your channel, and you'll get a new subscriber. Cheers!

[@ticozayas6430]

It's not mage hand its Bigby's hand, whenever scanlan (the bard character) casts the spell he calls it "scanlan's hand" for legal reasons as to not get claimed by hasbro (parent company of wotc)