The Legend of Vox Machina - Season 1 Eps 10 Reaction

[@Migs5000]

We all saw the betrayal coming but the way they revealed it, burning her name into the gun, was pure genius.

[@tylerdurham6091]

Percy and the gun isn't a bromance. It's a hate fuck

[@SomeKindaSpy]

That's everything with Percy/his things/ Vex.

[@lacewings]

You calling Vax the unluckiest rogue cracked me up since he has the lucky feat lmao

[@brak666]

It's even funnier when you remember he had advantage on all those saves because he's a half-elf and he still failed them all.

[@Zyvuun]

Let's not forget the time he re-rolled a Natural 1 and got...A SECOND NATURAL 1!!!

[@kereminde]

@@Zyvuun Still not as bad as Campaign 2, with Travis and the Festival of the Harvest Close. I will spoil nothing. It's too damn hilarious.

[@Zyvuun]

@@kereminde Oh, I was there for that, lol.

[@transientanus]

Not only does he have the lucky feat, because of his circumstances and his Fate Touched attribute, he got an EXTRA luck.

[@lary6420]

On the C1 wrap-up episode there was a fun bit about the acid chamber where they asked if there were other ways to get out of the chamber and Matt jokingly said: "Oh, you didn't make it out. The rest of the campaign was all in your head during your final moments." Got a few good laughs out of chat and the cast.

[@starlord157]

I hate that set up even tho he was joking. I would always think he wasn’t… ruined the walking dead for awhile for me…

[@Ghost-Mom]

Liam's default is sad boy lol, and we love him for it.

[@elfbreath]

All the cast have their wheelhouses and Liam's is definitely tragedy. He has the most fun when he's playing The Saddest Boy You've Ever Met.

[@addamsixx7915]

I walk away

[@GirishManjunathMusic]

So far, SPOILERS, Orym isn't so bad. FCG pulled all the Sadboi duties this time, apparently.

[@epicwalrus7183]

@@GirishManjunathMusic Vax didn't start off as sad boi either, I'm still expecting sad boi Orym XD

[@GirishManjunathMusic]

@@epicwalrus7183 vax started off "my father hates me and my mother was killed by dragons, I had to learn to sneak and learn to steal just so I could keep my sister and myself alive"...

[@childofbacchus]

The acid room was specifically designed in a way to not eat through the floor in the campaign. It’s a little less clear in the episode

[@elfbreath]

Yeah, the entire room was made of copper in the campaign

[@estoy1001]

It was made to process whitestone into residuum to restore the ziggurat, and this is an actual non-crazy sentence with actual words that Critters will follow.

[@wenzelplot]

The room filling up and not immediately corroding the floor or the 'glass' doors was a pretty good indicator. We clearly see it eat a rat, some boxes, and not a single piece of floor.

[@hhylobates4098]

Although acid dosent really eat through regular stone anyway. Think of "whitestone" as a soft mineral like limestone, chalk, other carbonate type rocks. Certain kinds of stone can dissolve while leaving other stone around it, that's how we get caves

[@kagemaru9773]

I think most any kind of stone is a BIT more durable than HUMAN FLESH.

[@shauryadeshwal7368]

As someone unaware of the Campaign and the fact that the names on the gun can change, the name reveal of Cassandra was shocking and impactful. It was better than I thought.

[@miss.chievious471]

I'm so glad that moment has been so impactful to people who weren't expecting it. In the campaign it was almost as much of a gut punch as the Sun Tree. Everyone, Taliesin included, had sort of assumed the blank barrel was for Percy. So when Matt dropped that, it was a BIG blow.

[@collincatastrophe]

The acid room scene with scanlan goin heavy and grog jumpin in was one of the most intense pieces of storytelling I’ve witnessed in awhile

[@blackbenetavo7715]

16:00 When she's ranting at Percy, you can see the briefest flash of yellow in her eyes at one point. Imagine how deeply a bad guy could get their hooks in your mind after years of Stockholm syndrome reinforced with actual literal mind control. Just blast someone with the ideas you want them to internalize over and over and over with mind control, for years, until they stick even when you're not actively controlling them.

[@elfbreath]

If Adam likes Percy and the gun, I can't wait for him to experience Grog and the * spoilers *

[@TheTurtle.]

The outhouse conversation needs to be animated.

[@sse2479]

@@TheTurtle. My mind immediately went to that scene, rofl

[@15jsoliven]

Considering how much changed from the original story I hope they keep it in. The fact that Cassandra's entire arc was changed ruined the show for me among other things they altered.

[@wadeall8998]

@@TheTurtle. i hope so

[@mikelv1]

The gun hungers and Grog has the thirsty boi

[@xgozulx]

13:00 I didn't realised about the mage hand helping with the guitar rift xD

[@MsMorri]

"Man, he's the unluckiest rogue" You have no idea Jay.

[@emberise6613]

Came here right after watching. The acid trap was one of the moments I remembered most from this the first time around. Vax getting mind whammied. It was so great to see it all play out. Love how into Pike and Grog's friendship Jay is. They are the best friends, I love them so much.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

I already finished the season, and let me just say: The directing of these last 3 Episodes is off the charts. Not in my wildest imagination would I have pictured these events with so much style and panache.

[@ChadBurns]

Confession: I never started Critical Role until this show came out(and I have friends in the production!) I am now losing buckets of sleep chewing through the Mighty Nein campaign INSTEAD of Vox just so I didn't spoil the episodes....SO GOOD>

[@zippomage]

have you watched the Vox Machina Campaign yet?

[@user-jt1js5mr3f]

I also hadn’t watched the campaigns, but since watching the show I have finished campaign 1 AND 2, and EXU, and just started campaign 3 today. It’s been a busy 10 months 😂

[@theanyktos]

Couple fun facts about how this went down in the campaign: The fight in the de Rolo tomb was not against some basic undead, but against some sort of wraith things that could possess people. Scanlan happend to finish one with a Vicious Mockery, which lead to this exchange: Percy: Which one of my ancestors did you just _shame_ to death?!? Scanlan: The one that was just possessing you. Percy: That's fair. That bit with the acid trap: Vax did manage to get through the glass (by using a magic item he doesn't have in the show) and then promptly pushed the big friendly button on the other side assuming it was an 'open door' button. Of course it turned out it was an 'acid on' button instead. And then he got mind controlled.

[@gator7082]

I would have never dreamed as a kid playing D&D way back in the 80's that something this cool would come about. This totally caught me off guard.

[@ashleymcgowan8421]

Look, I suspected/knew my name would come up, as I share it with Ms. Johnson, but MAN did that still catch me off guard. 😳😆 So excited to see your reactions to these last three eps!!

[@mathsalot8099]

Jay putting Adam on blast for his love of Percy and the gun... after creating a theme song for Boba Fett and his best friend Slave One.

[@elbruces]

They think they're being funny with this "the gun hungers" bit, I'm just waiting to see them do episode 12.

[@Paichan13]

Funny you say all rogues have sad back stories. One of my campaigns I'm in has the most bookworm, socially awkward, never been outside her sage master's temple background and I LOVE her. And she's an Arcane Trickster. It's *brilliant*.

[@DungeonDragon18]

I've got an arcane trickster whose backstory is that she was raised by reclusive scholars, hated studying, and ran away to live her dreams of stealing everything that wasn't nailed down and being the queen of thieves.

[@Paichan13]

@@DungeonDragon18 Love it

[@jupitersmoon3033]

8:15 Jay you……you do know about the TikTok video about the women finding abandoned apartments behind her mirror right? In my opinion, that’s worse then a subterranean castle under a house.

[@pReviewd]

I saw that, it was nuts!!

[@dukeskunk]

I had a rogue once with a good upbringing, he was sent to school to learn all about the history of the world and he believed it was immoral to steal from the living, instead he dumped all his skill points into finding and disabling traps and opening locks, with Arcane Trickster prestige class so he could open chests from across the room to avoid the traps he was the world's greatest treasure hunter (self professed)

[@duckman2709]

Adam's shirt has me in stitches.

[@Ms.Mayhem99]

I can name you a happy rogue, penny luckstone of the seven on D20, she's a delight, I think you'd love her

[@robertjackson3552]

Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

[@mathsalot8099]

I need to start creating a homebrew for the subclass of Cleric for the Oxford Comma.

[@Dillsfawn]

Regarding the acid trap, I can't remember anything special about the floors, but IIRC the doors were Residuum infused glass. Which is why they were able to stand up to Grog and Pike and the acid. I imagine that even if the acid was enough to eat through that kind of stone, it could just be hand waved with the floors also being coated with Residuum.

[@AnxietyRat]

I watched it recently. The floors and walls were copper. Only the ceiling was stone that could dissolve.

[@meanyvizzini8347]

Chemical engineer here: Let’s just assume that the metal components in the room were either tantalum or a nickel-based alloy and that the rest of the floor was either coated or magically protected. Love the reactions, guys! As a thank you, here’s one of the sillier things the Critters have ever done: Vex Gon’ Give It To Ya: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2GphKaqd7OZeK8

[@mayaenglish5424]

It was, Matt and Taliesin are huge science nerds lol. I think that's how Taliesin figured out what the room was for in the Campaign by asking what the room's floor's and walls were made of with a look of creeping dread lol. It's been awhile though so don't quote me. There are several times throughout the campaign when Tal will say something vaguely sciencey like, "I grab the raw sodium...", and then He'll give Matt a look and be like "you know what happens when I do this right?" And Matt's always like "Yes I do go for it!" lol.

[@neonom1024]

Scanlan's heavy metal skills are a great illustration of how this show is decidedly *not* "historically accurate"; it's just fantasy.

[@tokeeriksen2425]

Right, I was confused up until now. With all the dragons and vampires and shit. Dude... :p It's a great illustration of the silliness of the average D&D group.

[@neonom1024]

@@tokeeriksen2425 What I meant was it's a nice way to refute the kind of people who nitpick "realism" and question anachronistic dialog or technology in an otherwise proper medieval fantasy -ish setting.

[@lmcclymont]

It’s just a tribute!

[@tokeeriksen2425]

@@lmcclymont to the greatest band in the world!

[@GIJoepa]

Am I the only one that can't stop thinking about the fact that their DM made Todd into Darth Revan?

[@blueashke]

I'm actually the opposite about the Briarwood campaign. I'm happy that I had just marathoned through it before we got the last three episodes because I can handle the changes from stream to TV because of course they had to shorten it and tighten some stuff up. The whole acid pit scene in the original stream was honestly hysterical, though I'm sad that Vex didn't get the credit she earned in the original. (Then again, we'd have had to have her fly)

[@ShadowyFox_86]

The reaction of the players to the acid trap was fantastic. 😂

[@WeLoveWarfare]

Been looking forward to this all day!

[@SupergeekMikeDowntime]

Same! I’m loving watching folks who don’t know the stream/story reacting to the show, but Jay and Adam have been my favorites 😁

[@shadowkat678]

Hard same

[@jessicashorten5013]

"What this show needs....is more ZIGGARAUT." A brilliant reaction, I absolutely lost it before it got started. #JessedBe

[@brandontaylor3252]

Captain Winky is the true MVP. Let me tell you, playing perfect guitar lines in a life or death situation is some high pressure stuff. Scanlan is one bad little man.

[@michaelowens9109]

10:05 "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal." ---- Hoban “Wash” Washburne "Firefly" lol

[@eberwald4438]

17:26 I would like to submit as a counter example, Krombopulos Michael from Rick & Morty.

[@Timegambitgg]

I see Adam as Percy and Jay as the gun both hunger for that croooonch...just me?

[@carpediem3991]

Lol "so happy togetherrrrr... blamblamblamblam" Love it xD

[@DrWatson4]

Can’t wait to see tomorrow’s reaction cause I’ve already seen the show and Omn1s reaction so excited for Jay and Adams

[@erickchristensen746]

Most types of Acid don't eat through stone

[@Contradae]

"Roll a Rogue gotta be a sad boy." Lol, when was the last time you saw Liam play a happy character?! He doesn't, lol

[@LandonTheDM]

You described one of my player's Rogue perfectly. Very smart, very dexterous, had good relationship with his Clan but decided he didn't want to be in the tunnel digging business. Went to the city, was noticed by the head of a thieves guild and was trained. But at their heart they are an archeologist and a scholar.

[@seansilence2697]

It's occurred to me that the Pepperbox is Chekov's Gun on steroids lol

[@apvanlaan]

8:25 Have... Have you never seen ghostbusters? Apartments are NOT immune

[@thedudejsb]

This is getting a bit deep into chemistry and I don’t want to bore anyone so I’ll keep it real simple, just because the acid can distill one certain stone and organic material doesn’t mean it’ll be that effective on ALL stone. that chamber was designed to contain the acid so I’m assuming the floor would take a very long time to corrode and even if it did… then what? They’re underground

[@JonathanMandrake]

Yeah, I assume the Whitestone has points in its molecular structure that are easy to break and/or having a charge imbalance, and the Residuum is the part of the molecule that stays intact and remains solid

[@hhylobates4098]

@@JonathanMandrake Seeing as the surrounding mountains are called the Alabaster Sierra's, I imagine whitestone is something like a calcium carbonate type rock, like chalk or limestone. Easily dissolved.

[@elenaj6283]

My friend's tiefling rogue had a single mom, joined a crime guild, thieved and murdered occasionally. She found out her grandmother was a fellow party member, found her place in the world with a husband and adopted son, and got to help found a nation for the monstrous races. Rogues are diverse and I love them all

[@theanyktos]

6:13 ... Todd? As in Todd the Barbarian from Bonus Action?

[@Oddlogical]

Woot to Jay giving a call-out (sort of) to Lathander! My wizard in our Forgotten Realms campaign followed the Dawnlord. Always up at dawn, doing calisthenics, praising the sun! (He was surprisingly athletic for a wizard, lol)

[@andrewwibel819]

The best part of watching you guys is watching your eyes get progressively glassier throughout the video.

[@iCyberDev]

"I was given a rod of alertness." - Jay, 2022.

[@breawilldraw]

Me a few hours ago: meh, I guess I'll watch this, idk who anyone is but it looks fun Me now: if the dude who's bad at picking locks and is in love with the cute plant girl is killed, I will WALK This is your fault, you own my becoming emotionally invested in this show.

[@Lenny-ue8hk]

"the gun hungers for souls" well they aren't wrong

[@superboyprime515]

Grog's jump into acid was crazy :O

[@BadV00d00z]

The rebels charging in yelling "WE ARE FARMERS BUM BUM BUM"

[@mordirit8727]

Oh look, The Vat of Acid episode!

[@angelusthornful]

For Jay. I played an Elven Jester Rogue who gained detect thoughts permanently. In 2E jesters are considered insane so magic-users get hit with Feeblemind equal to his level. Limited to touch. So became my crazy Vulcan mindmeld, used it on a Red Dragon :D

[@ttajohnson15]

A good example of a happy go lucky Rogue is Penny Luckstone from Dimension 20's the Seven.

[@MicahWo]

They are deep under castle whitestone, the floor is stone laid on mountain stone or bedrock in a room built to use acid as a refining chemical and trap. I guess they could have taken time to show the floor pitted with acid pock marks but really there is no "floor" to eat through, it's rock all the way down...

[@neintales1224]

I keep wishing I could find reactors doing some of the anime that were big in my D&D circles back in the day and were considered to be very D&D-ish, like "Record of Lodoss War" and "the Slayers". You guys seem like you'd be amazing candidates if you haven't already watched those.

[@cairothetiefling_]

"The gun welcomes you." 🤣

[@TriXJester]

Sometimes leaving certain enemy NPCs alive is a calculated mistake. You know its gonna bite you in the ass but its also a Future You problem

[@jamesfoster9613]

I assume that Grog survived through a combination of the Goliath (though in the show they call him a half giant die to copyright) racial ability to shrug off damage, high Con, high HP, and some Barb stuff. I really need to watch the campaign.

[@ravensguard_3227]

Jay feels safe in an apartment, apparently he’s never heard of H.H. Holmes and his Murder castle in Chicago

[@blazedj]

When it comes to the acid, think of it like this. The acid was coming from somewhere, which, more than likely, meant that it was contained. If it can be contained, then it’s corrosive properties probably aren’t so great, at least, not good enough to burn through everything it comes into contact with.

[@atleastdecent3810]

Actually it was not acid, but in fact Diet Mountain Dew

[@TheRubberDuck77]

Did The Scanman cast mage hand to help him maintain Bigsby's Hand? Lol

[@Geth-Who]

I think Scanlan's heavy metal might be his first actual onscreen use of Bardic Inspiration in this show.

[@HereBeDragonsYT]

I sing along with the intro every time

[@ladyofbookscoffee1706]

Have either of you read the Vox Machina Origins comics? I’ve wanted to read them ever since I heard about them. I’m so I love with these characters and this world. I need season 2 yesterday.

[@erikwillden4981]

you know,... I dont envy Jay in this. Your ability to not spoil what is going to happen to Adam is commendable. I can see your excitement as something is about to happen from the campaign and you want to confirm something or clarify something but you dont want to spoil it.

[@WaywardVet]

When Grog says he's going for a chemical peel...

[@ryanbrooks8045]

The Briarwood arch is awesome bc its when shit got real but the next is really good too and the last is probably my favorite. All of the chars have their arcs too. Campaign 1 just feels more epic than Campaign 2... even though Campaign 2 is still fun and has its moments (Laura Bailey).

[@TheShinofangirl]

I actually love playing against type. I'm currently playing a rogue who is sweet and bubbly and had very kind parents. Who might not understand her but still love and support her. Not to go into too much detail about her backstory but, she's a Tiefling who was adopted by Human nobles as an infant. As she grew up she began to feel disconnected from her culture and guilty over her place of privilege. Her goal is to help others find their roots by forcing aristocracy across the nation to return artifacts to their native people. Her tactics are generally persuasion first, stealing if necessary.

[@MrClawBoy]

I played a rogue who had a good upbringing, but became a rogue to serve her country as a Navel Black-ops operative.

[@leonielson7138]

Aasimar Protector, Way of the Sun Soul Monk, who ran away from the monastery to join a traveling fighting group to escape the prophesy that he'd defeat the scion of evil. He met, fell in love with, and married, a Tiefling, who was the daughter of Asmodeus, the scion of evil, who was prophesied to defeat the scion of good. Their marriage satisfied both prophesies, resulting in a neutral outcome.

[@neptuneknight5857]

I'm just waiting for Adam to see the next episodes cause they the 2 that really set it off get ready boys it's a ride

[@dredgenauryx3382]

If you would roll a rogue who has a great child hood they would not be a criminal... they would be a professional spy/assassin.

[@jlokison]

The Gun hungers more than you know, but the next episodes will explain more than the reveal in this show.

[@juliavincent1671]

In one of the campaigns I play in we have a rouge who isn't sad or tragic, she just... an asshole? A hooligan? IDK. She sneaks around and steals stuff because it's fun. Her chaotic-ness reminds me of Jester but with none of the innocence or sweetness.

[@ForeverDegenerate]

@pReview'd Adam: He has the Nine-Tails inside him! Me: Well Taliesin DID say that his intent with Percy was to create a White Haired Anime Shounen-Style Protagonist. Now that we have The Legend of Vox Machina, I'd say he succeeded.

[@JenniferWagner13]

Skype Pike! Vax was the unluckiest rogue and he had the Luck feat in-game.

[@andrewwebb3248]

Oh the jokes about "the gun hungers" are going to so come back amazing unknown foresight

[@daroe2340]

You can refine Whitestone into suude, so it could at some point go up Scanlan’s nose.

[@deltablaze77]

I could get behind the cult of the oxford comma.

[@andaroos]

Adam hungers for souls.

[@dustybookshelves2948]

Very true, plus you can't let a constitution as low as Vax's ride for RP goodness unless you vibe deeply with the grimness of it all. I think you're both really going to enjoy watching the original Briarwood arc at some point after this. Looking forward to your responses to the final two eps, which are SO. GOOD.

[@tking791]

8:15 I mean have you not seen the first Ghostbusters movie?

[@rontrezbeaugard8212]

Can’t wait for Adam to see the last episode

[@livfreely8853]

I know Ashley like for reals wasn't here for this part of the campaign so there's no way that what I'm about to say could actually happen, but for the latter half of the episode I was just thinking to myself "Pike should have jumped into the acid. She wouldn't have been hurt. She's an astral form. There is no body to hurt." lol

[@unicyclist97]

I'm a bit disappointed that they left out the part where Scanlan killed Percy's ancestor by pissing on him 😆

[@andybraid4263]

They left it out because it felt a bit like taking the piss.. 😄

[@Ketchup_and_Mustard373]

Jay can you guys please keep doing the roman holy priest voice In the intros I love it so much ❤

[@cdoodles92]

So you want a happy Rogue I see...may I introduce to you Dimension 20's Penny Luckstone (from The Seven campaign, offshoout of Fantasy High)

[@jacobmosovich]

this episode was WIZARD

[@TheUnamazingRando]

a "happy rouge" you say? That may be a challenge on technicality, but they don't need a tragic backstory. How about this: A thief rouge who does it for the thrill. Like the trope of the millionaire who performs daring heists because they're bored of their privilege?

[@bladecruiser.]

I am super excited to watch this trio of reactions, because it seems Adam has fallen pretty hard for it. The finale is going to be epic.

[@henriboylan7361]

The chamber was obviously set up to handle acid. Otherwise, why would they have such a large spout to introduce so much of it?

[@xzemmyx]

"un-Armed" you...you think she needs... A..... Hand.... With the doors lock? 😂😂

[@reesh420]

Jay I would normally agree with you about the sad rogue trop but I have in my main campaign a Pink Tiefling Rogue Thief named Star and she Is Both a badass and a delight. So there are exceptions.

[@edwindrood2816]

Heck of an episode