"Nott vs Crab" - Critical Role 2 | Animatic

Nott fights a crab and shoots some seagulls.
Audio from Critical Role Campaign 2 Ep 33: "The Ruby and The Sapphire"
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[@arystocrat]

Hello! I know a lot of you guys subscribed because of my CritRole animatic but I've soft-launched my Patreon! I'm currently making a webcomic. If you like fantasy adventures and queer characters having shenanigans, maybe check it out! It helps support me and my art. Here's the link: www.patreon.com/arys There will be a monthly poll that you can vote on my next illustration too, if you pledge $2, you can throw in any CritRole character you wanna see! I highly appreciate it if you could take a look!

[@porkbandit1107]

What's the comic called mate?

[@arystocrat]

@@porkbandit1107 It's called Sanguine in both tapastic and webtoon. Here are some links if you want to read it: Tapas: www.tapas.io/episode/1310519 Webtoons: www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/sanguine-/list?title_no=262758&webtoon-platform-redirect=true Tumblr: sanguine-comic.tumblr.com

[@seraphinaedan1033]

I remember looking at crit role stats, and seeing an odd number, that Nott has a bunch of kills one episode more than anyone else, and it was really high compared to any of her other stats. It was the seagulls,

[@nekoali2]

Matt going "I can't belive Nott is going to get killed by a crab I threw in for flavor..."

[@Sparrow_Bloodhunter]

I mean... can you really ask for a better outcome? whenever someone tries to do weird shit in D&D it's always way more fun than just playing normally. me and my friends were in a catacomb of a city, we were up against 2 undead frost giants. rather than fighting them normally (because we'd get our asses kicked) I decide to rip a 10 foot by 10 foot wooden door off it's hinges to use as a shield/battering ram. I'm able to pin one giant to a wall and bash the other to the ground with the shear weight of this massive chunk of wood (I'm a 20 strength build) and we manage to take them down. because of this I form an emotional connection with the door and decide to name him Steve, me and Steve take on the dungeon together, even killing 2 sexy dryad girls (I allow their ghosts enter my mind and live in my body because I'm a gentleman. the other party members don't know this). at the end of the adventure I haul the door out of the catacombs and back to the Inn. unfortunately the Inn wouldn't allow me to bring it inside, it was the middle of the night and pouring with rain, I knew my beloved door would be stolen if I left it outside so there was only 1 thing to do. I carried Steve on my back to the mages guild, I begged and pleaded with them to teleport the door to my hometown. the DM told me to right a very compelling essay on why I should be allowed to do this in order to convince them (which I did) and then he told me to roll, anything less than a 20 and the door would be destroyed, nat fucking 20. a portal opens up, my father is on the other side, I hand him the door and tell him to watch after my new friend, then the portal closes. several months later in the campaign we're in the port city of Nardorf. one day while searching for jobs and such a package arrives for me, it's a shield and a letter from Steve. apparently Steve was once a powerful forest spirit who got cut down and turned into a door, because he was being kept underground away from sunlight and nature he was unable to recover his strength. by teleporting him to my mountain village (populately by roughly 80% werewolves) he was able to recover. he got a job at a pub as a sort of bouncer/sentient door and used his paycheck to by me the shield in memory of the day we first met. I actually cried irl when I read that letter and I'm kinda tearing up just typing this. I love Steve the door, protector of the forest, preventer of bar fights, friend of Sparrow.

[@Timothious_Maximus]

@@Sparrow_Bloodhunter That's fucking incredible.

[@NinjaBusCow]

@@Sparrow_Bloodhunter That is amazing.

[@Sparrow_Bloodhunter]

@Julio Noob @ConceptBro thank you. It fills my heart with joy when people enjoy my stories. If I wasn't so bad at creating actual plotlines I could probably be a writer, but as it stands now I can only tell the tales of things that happen to me and my friends.

[@Timothious_Maximus]

@@Sparrow_Bloodhunter no worries dude, you just need some practice with the art and you could do great works of fiction.

[@perceptionmatters7082]

" You fought bravely" -Nott, The Brave.

[@nighthorder6542]

She fought a sandcrab more fearsome than Lorenzo.

[@novaedwards7740]

"more bait"

[@haloelite439]

No no no. There's no comma. She's just "not the brave"

[@preacherjohn]

Except when she's drunk or Caleb is in danger or needs something.. XD

[@neverstarkeeperstories6231]

THE COMMA YES!!! She deserves it!!!

[@mothclaws8019]

"I've fought mudcrabs more fearsome than you!"

[@omegagilgamesh]

Funny thing about that Oblivion line is that in Skyrim with the larger Mudcrabs you had to be careful with in the really early levels or they WOULD kill you in two or three hits.

[@proto303]

@@frenne_dilley you one hit kill them with a first level fire touch!

[@punished7030]

@@frenne_dilley I've fought flies more fearsome than you!

[@nullpoint3346]

@@punished7030 Bot flies.

[@leviathan1082]

@@omegagilgamesh i kept getting one hit killed by mudcrabs in skyrim once, to me awhile to figure out why and i was getting pretty pissed off because i didn't know what was going on........ .....turns out my game had swithed itself to FUCKEN LEGENDARY MODE, for like half an hour i was running around not know WHY mudcrabs where killing me.

[@PhantomFox77]

Everyone's talking about the crab, but I'm cracking up at the accurate depiction of a sudden mob of seagulls.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Yes! Feed one, and _whoosh_ the whole beach-full is on you.

[@carella211]

The Skyrim sneak eye was a nice touch

[@Redbikemaster]

Came down to say that

[@Sparrow_Bloodhunter]

I wish someone would give me a nice touch... I'm so lonely.

[@Redbikemaster]

@@Sparrow_Bloodhunter same

[@michiwonderoutdoors2282]

I would have liked your comment but you're at 666

[@Fulgrim_The_Phoenician]

'Skyrim'

[@Missingno700]

One of my idiot players actually got killed by a crab a regular crab

[@droideka1890]

poke maniac Please tell me they were level 1...

[@petersenior5432]

HOW!? They're tiny, they do 1 damage per hit!

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

@@petersenior5432 1 damage can be lethal!

[@TarsonTalon]

Were they a Kobold?

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

@@TarsonTalon Hey! I'll have you know that we can be really hardy given the right circumstances. My Kobold survived getting shredded by a wyvern then falling from 200 feet in the air over poisionous rapids!

[@duckslapper12]

A part of me wanted the crab to get a nat 20

[@seanmacisaac334]

All of me wanted the crab to succeed in a grapple check

[@duckslapper12]

In an alternate universe, Nott died valiantly fighting the scourge of the shores....@@seanmacisaac334

[@TarsonTalon]

"The crab drags you toward the ocean. IT KNOWS YOUR WEAKNESS, NOTT!"

[@13vatra]

My 3.5 half elf sorcerer got bested by a rabbit once. We were heading towards a different town and had several days on the road. I decided to hunt with magic for shits and giggles. I found a rabbit warren and shot some fire magic off at the one visible rabbit. It rolled a natural 20 on its dex save so my DM ruled it took no damage instead of half and that it disappeared and no other rabbits were around.

[@swaghauler8334]

@@13vatra Ok I'll do it... "JESUS CHRIST! That rabbit is dynamite!"

[@gpearce11]

Depicting the DM as a voice in the clouds is probably the single best CR Animatic detail I've ever seen.

[@skelebells]

i love how you added matt in here! your art style is adorable

[@nuriko455]

Samez

[@davemarx7856]

As a god peeking down from the heavens to demand a dice roll

[@8-bitsarda747]

Death=(Nott/crab)*knee Best. Maths. Ever

[@SadamSkywalker]

if "(Nott/crab) = Nott*jump" then "jump = (1/crab)". I think we're on to something here!

[@Pntbllrfrk13]

Caleb Caleb Caleb Calb Calb Clab Crab CRAB

[@itilosi9929]

hodor

[@superlolgal555]

:0 it's all connected!!

[@sorenmine7765]

Oh Crap!

[@timpind.8237]

Sorenmine *Crab

[@ethanpeterson5640]

Crab Chrab Chrair Chair

[@JDog39617]

Matt as God in the clouds is great

[@walkermcmullin8665]

Is that not what he is? Do I need to up my medication?

[@tacolord2561]

mats description of the seagulls was so accurate, like when he said their was one i thought thats not how seagulls operate, and then he did the woosh and said 25 more came and i was like their we go

[@docmcstuffins7892]

1:12 this nott thinking scene is great

[@christopherbacon1077]

I really wish Matt had said at the end "And then it's mother shows up" because Giant Crab is an official D&D monster

[@davemarx7856]

"A weapon to surpass MetalGear"

[@bloodlustrous]

Dave Marx CRAB BATTLE!

[@Ajehy]

Snake? Snake? SNAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!

[@kjj26k]

SMALL ENEMY CRAB

[@sol_ar_]

1:23 Right outside of San Diego Comic Con, A goblin cosplayer with stinky robes and a determined crab prays to the utmost holy God Matthew Mercer for bird meat.

[@KaylaKasel]

Mercer in the sky is a fun funny touch.

[@human_collector0]

Those are well drawn hands. Thanks for animating this.

[@18grape]

*YAY NOTT WUNDERBAR*

[@scottromig7633]

I think this video was my first exposure to Critical Role. I had no idea what was going on but I remember laughing my ass off over the seagull part Fast forward a few years and now I'm three campaigns deep, with a huge part of the lore of my own campaign setting based on a subclass from the Wildemount sourcebook Thanks for making this, it had a huge impact on me

[@jakubs.5966]

I ignored 1st and 2nd campaign, but I did watch all 70 episodes of 3rd one. There is magic there to be explored. Especially people who know when and what to push forward that makes GM crack/turn red/facepalming..:)

[@Feayeme]

I have tears in my eyes from laughing so hard omg! The analysis overview, and with Caleb's name turning to Crab everything was so hilarious!!!!!!

[@tokatstorm9270]

You know you're a nerd when you realize crab equals knee divided by jump plus 1.

[@8-bitsarda747]

But there's no numbers in the equation. That being "death=(Nott/crab)*knee

[@tokatstorm9270]

You're forgetting the second equation "death=nott(knee)+jump"

[@8-bitsarda747]

@@tokatstorm9270 oh, I didn't notice that. There's still no numbers though

[@nadadada3938]

​@@8-bitsarda747 of course there are numbers =P death = death (Nott/crab)*knee = nott(knee)+jump we divide by nott * knee 1/crab = 1 + jump/nott(knee) so we conclude that crab = 1 + nott(knee)/jump Nerd two weeks later gonna go now

[@apollomars1678]

@@nadadada3938 isnt it: (N/C)*K = N*K+J (N/C)=N+J/K Crab=J/K and we know, that N jumped (J) a couple of times to get C, so J>1 and there is only one crab, so the knee must have a sucess power to crack the C of max. 0,5 dividid be the times J was executed.

[@timkinss]

Very charming little witty bits along the way, liked it a lot ☺️

[@felipe.p.esquivel1905]

"You fought bravely" Nott, 2018

[@goddess9545]

Adorable animation. That crab looking upwards was so cute.

[@jamesscott7215]

I remember coming back to this moment, and thinking about how it reminded me of a campaign I was running where one of my players nearly got killed by a box he was trying to break.

[@seanical1694]

Superhero landing! He's going to do a superhero landing! SUPERHERO LANDING!

[@edgerslayer]

I still come back to this exclusively for, "You fought bravely."

[@124VAM]

"Are you trying to prank Caleb? I will not stand for that!" I adore Nott!

[@FordPrefict42]

The animation was perfect! Love how Matt was just observing the exchange from the Heavens!

[@cjd3053]

I love everything about this, your style and matt in the clouds and especially nott's thinking process/diagram of how she will emerge victorious over the crab ("yay nott wunderbar!!). I've never seen a crit role animatic that actually included matt so that was a great touch!! all your cartoon characters are so cute

[@18morehours]

this video makes me so happy. i watched it and then instantly replayed it to watch again. my favorite was when nott became math.gif

[@sable7687]

seagulls: appear Nott: *iTs HiGh NoOn*

[@bitter-unicorn]

1:16 Caleb Caleb Caleb Calb Calb Clab Crab

[@tnerbtnerb5136]

I would be HORRIFIED to live in a D&D universe. The most absolutely absurd perils imaginable assail you if the RNG Gods fail you. Lvl. 20 warrior killed by tripping on a stone at walking speed? Absolutely. Master Wizard fighting a titmouse? No doubt! Rogue tieing his shoelaces? Critical fail enough times and yes, yes you can die. I can't stand it.

[@mastanvx]

That's why you take levels if rogue and get reliable talent. Now you can tie your boot laces without fear of rolling a 1

[@danielwilson8604]

@@mastanvx wait, if you live IN the universe can you choose class and feats or is there a supreme version of you existing outside the universe who does that?

[@TheBlackLantern34]

But that's exactly what happens in real life two. Sometimes, someone just has absolutely horrible luck, and the most mundane things can end powerful people. Has happened all throughout history.

[@mixmastermind]

This is why the actual rules of D&D don't have critical failures

[@TalesStahl]

you live in a world where 150 People die each year because of falling coconuts... or you could be a accomplished neurosurgeon just to be killed by an Champagne Cork (24 per year). "tripping on a stone at walking speed" kills 6000 People each year in our world.

[@katherinelikesstuff]

nott: im going to hunt for a simple crab for food matt: you can certainly try

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

All of this is so great-- her expressions and the Anime Effects[tm] and Matt just, talking out of the clouds, I love seeing people's interpretations of a DM talking in particular and it was great. Thank you so much.

[@safirasart]

I loved this scene so freaking much!!! thanks for animating it!!

[@thebadge3331]

Great job Arys! This is amazing, I hope you continue to do more!

[@Ropeyandboaty]

This is fantastic! Well done :) Enjoyed Matt in the clouds and the mental calculations haha

[@respectfulevil9022]

I love the fact that Matt just looks down from heaven to talk

[@cardboard-boxgames9308]

This is amazing. I’m really looking forward to seeing what else you doin future. Keep up the awesome work!

[@TheCottonCandyQueen]

I love how this is animated and drawn! You did amazingly my friend

[@victoriavera2482]

Every once in a while i come back to this animatic and it brings me so much joy, thanks so much ♥️

[@rignorok42]

That seagull sound is adorable!

[@roobs2976]

absolutely amazing animation!!! please keep doing what you love and what makes you happy!!

[@melidiaz5025]

This has been of my favorite parts of the campaign, haha. Thank you for animating it, it's so cute!

[@fuxzzyslippers6302]

THIS IS MY ALL TIME FAVE CRITICAL ROLL SCENE AND TO SEE IT IN AN ANIMATIC MAKES ME SO GOSH DARN HAPPY. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

[@crosshairsm40a54]

Nott, on behalf of crab kind I warn you. You have angered the mighty critcrab and his crabling army has begun forming rank and file. The critcrab army will be here shortly! (All in jest)

[@jack727dave5]

🦀

[@crosshairsm40a54]

🦀🦀🦀

[@jack727dave5]

🦀🦀🦀🦀

[@oakenshadow6763]

I love Matt in the clouds just dieing of laughter.

[@nicodranasien]

Aww i love this! i especially love how you drew Matt up in the clouds XD

[@MadamFoogie]

Out of all the Critical Role Campaign 2 animations, this one. This one is my favorite. Thank you~

[@Shimkra]

Great art, I loved the way you melded the voice action to what you drew. Id watch more :D

[@atelalafford4794]

i love this lil moment sm and your style is super cute and fun and captured it to perfection, esp sky matt for flair lmao

[@kennethfender3518]

Yo this is awesome, was sad to click your channel and find this was the first thing, can't wait for more

[@FlatFilms]

Such a great moment in the story, loved the animation!

[@Alex-oe8ts]

Dude I love your comic on Taps, I love being subscribed to your Patreon and now I find out you animated something from my favorite show ever. This is amazing

[@gillins999]

I love your art style! I hope you make more!

[@anastacianikitina5080]

love that Matt is sitting in clouds, very cool portrayal :)

[@timothyholton1075]

Great up the wonderful work!

[@joelgermany1236]

Good job! Keep it going!

[@beahwatson]

your style is ADORABLE!

[@KonfuZer17]

Nicely drawn--more please!

[@sockrobot5]

That was great! I can't wait for more. Notifications on!

[@romanespinosa4084]

This is awesome!

[@sleepyboi6245]

Nice visualisation of the DM interaction and action scene ^^

[@bonk1152]

This is one of my favourite animations!

Lovd it !!! Thanks!

[@Antihero_Paladin]

Crab battle!

[@crazyinsane500]

Para-Medic, I've come across some kind of cave demon!

[@biohazard724]

OLI OLI OLI OLI OLI OLI OLI OLI!

[@timandshannon03]

Watching this unfold live was hilarious!!!! The animated version, equally hilarious! The super hero landing on the crab awesome!

[@anonymousalligator3339]

I love the way you draw nott so much

[@Alzzarla]

This is so precious

[@johail3510]

Thank you much for this gift, friend.

[@marek011011]

still one of top 3 animated cr moments ever!

[@Dev-rs9gn]

Great animation! Please do more

[@MegaCortez69]

Two years old and still an amazing animation 🖤💀

[@stray14417]

Aww! Everything about this is so cute!

[@helgemeff5555]

Nott the Sweetest!

[@gorbonator5008]

Nott looks like an adventure time character, I love it

[@TwistyTurnip]

Your Nott is really reminiscent of old Quentin Blake illustrations. It’s super charming!!

[@jackmcfarlane7173]

I love Mini Mercer in the sky!

[@bulbus7062]

I had some bad Roland Deschain flashbacks when Nott started to reach for the crab.

[@JnEricsonx]

HAH.

[@ludwigvannormayenn8657]

Still such an great animation :D

[@harbscantina]

Very funny - well done.

[@Henrinator]

Love it

[@ASuspiciousCrab]

Aha, the animation of my subjects battle. I must tell you all, we found him about 2 weeks later, but he had a proper funeral

[@pepekovallin]

Lol, I loved matt mercer watching from the clouds

[@MisheruHimeNeko]

This is the best video.

[@tonybishop3686]

I like this. Take my subscription

[@Grim_death144]

Favorite character

[@rickw9291]

The persona cut in was great

[@kristianholsting5966]

This was a fitting end for Toby the Crab

[@davishatler1874]

I love the Matt in the clouds

[@Zkeleton969]

Oh I love the Matt depiction in the clouds

[@alldayagain]

"More bait..." is great

[@sisterlillybug3142]

I love that you drew Matt in the clouds like a god XD

[@CyrixOkami]

Best thing if he actually crit failed completely he gets killed by a tiny little crab. On his tombstone it'll say "Here lies Nott, they were bested by a Crab, nuff said"