The Mighty Nein infiltrate the vaults "Sarsaparilla" | Critical Role | Campaign 2, Ep127

[@sophiacozzo8964]

That stealth mission whent from "don't let any one see us" to "leave no witnesses" really quickly

[@cameronlancaster7596]

I meeeeean… there are never any witnesses once everyone is dead

[@dodgerspetgirlbanana7280]

Don't do anything suspicious enough for someone to call the cops vs. don't leave anyone alive to be able to call the cops (or in this case backup)

[@binder38us]

Reminded me of the movie Heat when the first amour car job goes wrong and they have kill all the guards.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

We call that the “Red Wake” school of stealth 🦈

[@RavixFourhorn]

I LOVE the running gag that Yasha thinks she can cast Message.

[@kei2kei]

But I would love it even more if there was a joke that Yasha DID really have a really minor ability to send messages to (AND ONLY TO) Veth (which Matt and Sam would play with). That would be hilarious.

[@emmjaygames]

I just caught Caleb being snarky about “we all forgot that nuance of the spell” 😂 these people are so ridiculous and I love them for it

[@GarthMcMurray]

"It takes 3 guards to build a snowman." is one of my favorite out of context quotes.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I need fan art of that...mostly out of morbid curiosity.

[@danielstephens1185]

@@Blasted2Oblivion it exists! Travis was right when he said "oh my god the art that will come from that!"

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

When he said that, I verbally said, "Taliesin, _noooooo!"_ 😂 💀

[@francofoohs2667]

Matt is such a Genius "My friend Jasper got me the got, he's a bit DENSE at times" hell yeah he is, with all that metal armor added to his mass

[@danielstephens1185]

Driving and twisting a dagger into the group, judging by Sam's audible wince and the groan by everyone else.

[@fierybookworm]

I love how Sam was so ready for violence until it actually started happening and then he almost seemed apologetic.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

It’s like that Season 1 (you know, the good one) season of Rick and Morty, where Rick wants to purge, but after a bit he gets turned off to the violence.

[@EyebrowsGaming]

10:39 Caleb's ice-cold "Sasparilla", demonstrating that he would have made a VERY good operative for the Assembly. The Nein should be glad he's on their side.

[@paawan3764]

I said at the end of C2 and I'll say it again, Caleb was one bad day away fr being the big bad.

[@artemis7913]

Iirc, Liam said that he himself didn't know where Caleb would go at points during the campaign. Such a complex character...

[@elliotthartup4095]

"somebody brought a grenade launcher to the paintball game" is absolutely hilarious

[@plemgrubern]

"is he an open mouth snorer?" is such an ominous question lmao

[@Scrubthulhu]

I freaked out when I realized Jester told Kymie who her mother was. Either he would have to die too, modify his memory, or he was gonna cause problems. He caused problems.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

For all her wisdom, Jester has a bad habit of not thinking what she says through. Though that could be seen as an intelligence trait XD

[@PixelSageYT]

@@stingerjohnny9951 Knowing when to be quiet vs knowing what to say. She did neither lol

[@TheSilverPhoenix100]

I love how the least violent people here are the guy who sold his sold his soul to an eldritch being and the barbarian who can literally fly into a rage

[@MrThierryFournier]

That acid kill reminds me of when Keyleth kill that guard in the lava, at the beginning of campaign 1, when she tried to use gust to have him go deeper in the lava but just cooled the lava around him to a solid state.

[@binder38us]

Shhh shhh....quiet...go to sleep

[@stingerjohnny9951]

@@binder38us Poor Marisha, always the one with the fucked up kills XD

[@jaredgibbs2784]

Caleb literally force crushed and force lightning these guards...he really is Lord Vader!

[@last2nkow]

but liam is Gaara... he loves sand...

[@youshallnotpass567]

At one point Travis says “Vader is in the hallway”

[@credendovides20]

There was no Caleb Widogast in this episode, only Bren Vader the Volstrucker.

[@heliosdrak4875]

Well vader can use lightning, he's more starkiller.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

@@heliosdrak4875 Didn’t they explain it away that he can’t shoot Lightning because he has robot arms? Like they’re shit conduits for the power or something?

[@baileyjacobs9069]

I like that when Caleb, Veth and Jester descend into the final room Matt describes torture equiptment. While, yes, the heist was pretty brutal, Liam was right in saying these are not innocent people by any means

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

I mean torture equipment in government facilities in medieval times was universally common... Just saying

[@macromicro1715]

Well definitely not the wizard, but the guards. Pretty much every guard in every prison in near every part of the world would see something similar. Torture in such an era, would be considered a somewhat “normal” to practice. Especially in the empire, so that probably gave them zero red flags. Not to say they couldn’t put together some evil shit was going down, but if your a rent-a cop those questions are more likely to get you on a table then get one removed. Probably were just happy to not be sent to the border, nice soft gig protecting a wizards magic swag. Truly for the humble guard, anything an everything else is beyond their power or desire to do anything about.

[@mayaenglish5424]

We have no way of knowing that, personally if I had an evil wizard lair, I wouldn't let my guards know more than the basic cover story that I tell the rest of the world. Liam and therefore Caleb were making some pretty big assumptions about what those guards did and didn't know. They didn't interrogate anyone so we'll never know. It's like the previous time when Nott assassinated that guard in episode 76 when they were sneaking into that house to steal a ring or whatever. They eventually figured out the homeowners were terrible via a hidden letter or something, connected to slavers so felt fine about it in retrospect, but why lol? Why would a random Guard know about secret connections to slavers? Well why would guards know about secret government work here?

[@dartdevious561]

These are not rent-a-cops are the yogurt store

[@mayaenglish5424]

@@dartdevious561 True true, But they could have been fed all manner of King and Country bullshit, rather than the actual far more twisted truth. Why the hell would some crown's guard, prestigious as this post may or may not be, know how Evil and insidious Trent is? Super powerful Arch Mage says stand here and guard this door. Don't ask questions... Are YOU going to be the one to ask questions? If they see anything suspicious: What are those implements for? They're for the war effort, need I say more? etc.

[@karllee2593]

Sleep spell, and some nice handcuffs and gags would have made this so much more pleasant. But Caleb stalking through his abusers halls, eliminating everyone in his way, is so very satisfying.

[@jbonzmcgee]

When Matt said "you hear a voice coming from in that room "WHAT THE FUCK?!" I thought he was gonna pull out the unlucky bandits again "what did you do to trevor?!"

[@EvelynNdenial]

jester did say to go work for someone doing crimes that has money, i guess the assembly counts.

[@Ellisepha]

That would have been SUCH an amazing plot twist, holy fuck.

[@bluefox5331]

Oh god that'd be... something lmao

[@TheSilverPhoenix100]

to add a level of brutality to this, there is a theory that extreme gravity warps the perception of time so them being crushed like they were might have been nealy instant for the party, but for those guards it may literally have felt like minutes if not hours

[@PapaTrike]

Being near an area of extreme mass slows down time but only to outside observers. You wouldn't notice anything different. Example: If you fell into a black hole outside observers would witness you slow down as you approach the horizon until you "Stop" at the edge (Then slowly turn red and disappear over a long time) You'd experience the outside world speed up as you fell closer to the horizon.

[@draked8802]

@@PapaTrike so what you're saying is Matt should have described them being slowly crushed in the air in slow motion with their screams turned to deep abyssal wails for several minutes while the party continued their rampage?

[@SirButterlegs]

Low INT Cad: I could do an Earthquake right over there Fjord: .... they are underground, idk about the earthquake Cad:

[@stonecoldku4161]

Imagine being someone who has never seen an episode of Critical Role before and this is the episode you tune in for the first time. You would be sitting thinking "My God, these people are sociopaths."

[@danielstephens1185]

There's a reason the running joke/meme is that D&D parties are just groups of wandering "murder hobos."

[@internettevarolanadam]

This was the thing that christian moms were scared of when they heard about d&d back in the day.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

@@internettevarolanadam Yup, but a story about a dude sacrificing his son to God only for God to say “”Jk bro!” Is perfectly fine

[@internettevarolanadam]

@@stingerjohnny9951 When you think god is the ultimate moral compass you can easily justify the worst atrocities.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

@@internettevarolanadam Hence why I found gods that are a little less…gaslighty lol. But I hold myself to MY morality and realize my mistakes were MINE to make. I believe in developing standards and holding yourself to them.

[@jakekreeger5318]

Matthew Mercer’s face when Marrisa Describes her kill is literally am coming to the realization, “Oh my God, I married a psychopath.”

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

_makes a note to self to never snore in bed_

[@FalCorianHojasanta]

To be fair... Marisha had that exact same realization when Artagan asked to choke Vax to death.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

@@FalCorianHojasanta Marisha: Shut UP Matt, we agreed to keep that private! 😡

[@g3mkn1ght60]

I love how scared Ashley looks during the first sinkhole

[@danielstephens1185]

Sam and Travis looked just as freaked out! I can't blame them!

[@shadowX2121]

Caleb = Gaara of the Sand + Pyro Manic Wizard

[@last2nkow]

man... we need this whole thing animated... because holy crapola...

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I would love to just see fan art of the snowman made of guards.

[@danielstephens1185]

@@Blasted2Oblivion it's out there, including an animatic of that snowman joke.

[@VonSpicyWiener]

Best. Shopping episode. Ever.

[@oddtalesstudios3539]

Honestly, it feels like every single dnd party has at least one character who has a no mercy Percy moment.

[@artemis7913]

"You just crunched a bunch of people..." "Don't be a one-upper, Marisha!" Love that little interaction

[@Jasper_Silva]

That heist was one of my favorite sequences this campaign so far. Such a beautiful disaster.

[@EvelynNdenial]

wonder what Trent thought seeing those guards on his way to the vault

[@credendovides20]

"Well, isn't this extremely curious..."

[@chrism6315]

Pride

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

Sam being the bloodthirsty trigger happy one before recoiling in horror at Caleb crushing a guard is like when Rick was exited to observe the purge planet only to almost immediately throw up because of the violence

[@bigdrew565]

18:10 they need to have Travis Willingham reenact that for when they animate this.

[@monkeykingw]

Now I have to wonder: Was Caleb's first use of Gravity Sinkhole intended to kill the guard, or was it unintended since he could have just been trying to restrain him at first but of course, it did a bit too much damage? I mean regardless, the next few kills were very much on purpose.

[@coyoteflavouring]

@10:05 he was trying to do max damage from the start-- that guard was going to take fall damage if he survived.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

3:25 "I'm still gonna kill him." 😃 Such a GIF-worthy moment. Thank you Sam for existing.

[@Pocket18]

Liam's fucking muffled giggle at 9:59 is my same reaction when watching this live Also my personal thoughts, Jasper was the second guard that got murked.

[@bluefox5331]

When you plan plenty for code words, but not so much for the actual plan:

[@benwiseman8658]

“I’m here with a murderer….. ARHHHH!” 😂😂

[@KojinMacJorn]

"Vader is in the doorway!" CLASSIC.

[@PGT860]

3:28 h a, oh fjord...

[@hunterpowers2568]

If only he knew

[@binder38us]

So this was Caleb's Hallway scene like Vader. Everyone dies....

[@CAPappy]

This went from a stealth mission to a horror movie real fast

[@zeriul09]

the best thing is that we're going to be getting this animated properly

[@Egg-88]

This is one of my favourite episodes ever. You could argue that this went exceptionally well but in the most horrific way

[@blackk_rose_]

To include it all would probably be too dark for the animated series, but I definitely need to see Caleb go full Volstrucker. It makes sense he'd show no mercy and just kill everyone he sees in that place and it also hammers down what a terrifying foe he could've been had he not had his mental breakdown and met the Nein. They need to find a way to include at least Caleb's part in this. I understand if they have to leave out the part with the acid though.

[@z34567890123456]

They showed children hung from a tree in season 1. This is not darker than that 😂

[@dndbasement2370]

Every players ever... We're the bbeg guys !!!

[@andrewdailey9646]

11:36 "He's a bit dense at times"

[@Serothil_and_stuff]

How nobody caught that GENIUS line is beyond me xDDD

[@hannahedwards8809]

"It takes a while. That's the worst part."

[@stonecoldku4161]

This is a full horror movie film you're enacting. Well that case Yasha and Beau are going to end up dead. They're the ones that had sex and thems the rules.

[@linus4d1]

Well, Avantika did come back for Fiord

[@alecLogan]

Also Beau was the panic-paralyzed spider-creature in the horror movie, only attacking when the guard moved, so I’m not sure whether or not that leaves her in danger.

[@ajgunter8932]

its almost like they were trying to get caught lol

[@ericisandroid8062]

i would love to see this episode of the animated series told as a horror story from the guard's perspective

[@aquament]

Probably my favorite episode to date. Also spoilers for most recent episode 4/8 But it's kind of funny how we went from grand theft ship, to Nott assassinating a guy in Reini arch, to Darth Caleb, and now we have Fjord tactically sending people to their deaths. The Nein are slowly turning into the by any means necessary, bad guys versus worse guys kind of characters. Short of the clerics.

[@eggpassion]

i would say they're doing that on accident which makes it even funnier

[@CAPappy]

I really want to see this animated in a Mighty Nein show

[@timr6318]

Well I've got great news for you

[@foolslayer9416]

At this point my PC would ask, "Huh... I wonder if those guys had families. Oh well..."

[@dartdevious561]

Stone cold murder wizard is my favorite gender

[@lemoniieeee]

Can’t wait to see this in the animated series lmao

[@dealinginfiction]

This is going to be great in rhe animated series. I can just imagine, Caleb casting Gravity Fall, a spell that he has never used before, and his eyes jusr go wide, like WTF did i just do. Oh well, more trauma.

[@blackk_rose_]

to me he doesn't seem remorseful at all. the guards are complicit and don't deserve mercy (at least in his mind).

[@jackmyers8687]

I have never tried Sarsperila

[@jackmyers8687]

And I love liquorice

[@kaitlynwickham6237]

Sarsaparilla is what gives root beer its distinctive root beer flavor.

[@jackmyers8687]

@@kaitlynwickham6237 Personally never liked it but to each is own

[@kaitlynwickham6237]

@@jackmyers8687 Yeah, I like root beer but _despise_ licorice.

[@danielstephens1185]

Sarsaparilla tastes similar to root beer, but was a bit sweet to my taste. I prefer...hold on...looking through my bottle collection (you read that right!) list... Jack's Dead Red. Yes that's a root beer brand.

[@Darklord-uo3re]

I fucking LOVED this episode!! My favorite so far.

[@dasmithstaizzle]

Oh man can you imagine if in the Mighty Nein Amazon Prime show if they do this?

[@timr6318]

They better

[@binder38us]

It will be GLORIOUS

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

They hate licorice? Well I guess they can't be perfect...

[@carloss3499]

They could disguise has Trent that would so much easier

[@Aloysius_OHare]

Caleb's murder wizard arc

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

"Are we the baddies?"

[@Rick_Harper]

(5:22) This is the soundtrack for the hallway scene kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYOsl6Z8msuUqsk

[@uria3679]

I can’t wait to see this moment animated 😁

[@PhantasmPiper]

This is some serial killer shit with this group

[@alexanderfeoktistov6826]

Can’t wait to see this animated

[@claytongeorgemusic]

Anyone know the title to the track that stsrts playing at 4:00?

[@gabrielbjornursidae]

Coming back to the campaign, Caleb and Beau are 100% evil.

[@chrism6315]

#CalebDidNothingWrong

[@tamrymer4153]

Licorice is awesome and sarsaparilla sucks

[@Chris_Lun]

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