The Hallowed Cage | Critical Role | Campaign 3, Episode 118

[@jackdog06]

4:36:12 Literally all I could think of here was Brennan’s unused quote from Calamity: “I appeared to you injured, because you hate when things stand tall.”

[@delightmare]

Where did he talk about that unused quote? Did he have an interview about Calamity?

[@jackdog06]

@ the Calamity Wrapup

[@thelemon0001]

"If the world is gonna burn, I want front-row seats." Now that is probably the most honest thing to have ever come out of Fearne's mouth.

[@Halowolfie]

The look of sheer destress Matt has when he's trying so hard to turn off the Red lights used for Asmodeus while the rest of the players return to the table. I felt that struggle, I was sweating with him XD

[@TheBlackSquirrel]

41:08 Context for those who needs it: Liam suffers from hyperacusis, which makes him sensitive to certain sounds.

[@kkeithccarter]

Was just about to begin my search for context and it did not take long at all. Thank you, kindly.

[@silversalmon9909]

Yeah he's talked about how if he scratches his beard on one side, its sounds like deep garbled demons sounds lol

[@swede85]

​@@silversalmon9909where did he talk about that?

[@flotilha935]

​@@swede85 he was going though the process of dealing with that on C1

[@silversalmon9909]

@@swede85 on a talks machina, tho those have been deleted

[@TidalShadow]

A rare instance where the familiars honestly came in clutch. You love to see it.

[@zerodkarma]

32:20 was the missed opportunity for a "i'm orym of the air ashari. you killed my father. prepare to die"

[@flandomaltrizian4603]

HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing 7:55 EPISODE STARTS 11:25 Recap Ends 1:27:15 BREAK ENDS 3:34:30 Power Word Stun 4:32:00 Predathos The in-game start date for the episode is still debatable. Sam’s Stanley Cup says “Super Villain Monologue Judge”

[@littledragongirl10]

Flando!! Always wonderful to see your post, it means you are alive and hopefully well.

[@phoebica]

Thank you!

[@kherubim1]

Happy New Year Flando!

[@samuelsantos929]

Wow u work fast

[@codybeames1534]

By the queen!

[@scifititan4201]

To be a fly on the wall when Ludinus appears before the Raven Queen.

[@phantomswagger9363]

"Heard you were talking shit."

[@donrichards271]

Marisha calling out Matt on how spell sniper works... and being right. How far she has come.

[@TempestLM]

Amazing, after playing same characters for years they finally remembered how one of their feats work

[@Dreagostini]

@@TempestLM I bet Matt was so proud of her.

[@yavorvlaskov5404]

I'll be impressed when Ashley does that, Marisha always knew what her toolkit was, just not always how to use it properly. I still cringe on occasion about that 5th level Thunderwave back in C1.

[@TempestLM]

@@yavorvlaskov5404 lmao I just watched to the moment when she casts Earth Bind on non-flying enemy third time in this arc

[@coldfate1]

Marissa: gets one thing right finally Marissa fans: SO MUCH GROWTH!!

[@Krymson22]

Can we please talk about how Travis kinda carried at the beginning of the fight with ludnis. The brand of castigation giving him disadvantage on con save really cost him with leg. saves and then also being obnoxious by not letting Luda do whatever he wanted or at least for free

[@josephbeaulieu1569]

Liam getting to take down two members of the Cerberus Assembly is so poetic. Also avenging Derrig and Will😭😭

[@mr.smiley2248]

Oof. I'm halfway through the episode and this Spoiler just smacked the fuck outa me.

[@MadelynHook]

@@mr.smiley2248same!

[@readyeddy1631]

Today's episode can be summarized with a single sentence: "Well well well if this isn't the consequences for my actions"

[@readyeddy1631]

Also if I had a nickel for everytime an ancient being disguised themselves as a child to convince Bell's Hells to release them, I'd have two nickels

[@joshuastrittmatter4188]

For Ludinus, right?

[@SuperDora150]

​@@readyeddy1631 which isn't a lot but its weird it happened twice

[@aldenp880]

yea what a crazyy episode man

[@transientanus]

Not really. The actions of Bell's Hells don't move this campaign along at all. This whole campaign has just been them being dragged along rails with none of their actions making any difference. The players have had zero agency. Which is what has made this campaign so bad.

[@HailHydra27]

...does Robbie's shirt say "peepee poopoo" in near-indecipherable metal logo font?

[@Bassic92]

Yes it does, Sam actually wore a similar one in a Fireside Chat last year.

[@TheJerbol]

Yezzir

[@csn583]

🤘

[@nc55122]

🤘

[@kylenaylor8909]

Yes! Bee Rye Tattoos made them and sometimes has them available in his merch store! I have one and can say it is AMAZING

[@AVeryTiredChild]

"I'm here because I'm curious. And if the world IS going to burn, I'd like to have front row seats" OH MY GOD. What a way to perfectly describe "chaotic neutral". I love her

[@underdescribed]

ohhhh that empty table moment with sam an hour in is so sickk we never normally get them this late in campaign

[@ACrowVid]

Technically... its not late for him. ;)

[@underdescribed]

@@ACrowVid haha, for braius, true!

[@noaramboa2913]

I think that’s only the 2nd time this has happened right? First being dusk way back in the early days of c3

[@Superdummy803]

The fact that the rest of the cast doesn't know which God Braius contacted is just sauce for the goose. Brilliant episode from start to finish.

[@kiwisam3689]

@@noaramboa2913and I think when Imogen had one of her red storm dreams?

[@quirknerd]

SPOILERS . . . . . The parallel of Ludinus stunning Keyleth and Otohan taking her down with Imogen stunning Ludinus and Orym taking him down is so amazing. I love this game.

[@PistachioPancake]

Oh dang that's poetic I didn't even think of that

[@alyiamcool]

You've gotta love poetic justice 💯

[@alyiamcool]

You've gotta love poetic justice ❤

[@Marhathor]

I didn't even think of that. Man, Critical Role has good scriptwriters.

[@jackdog06]

4:10:05 When the DM gives you a free rest, every alarm bell in your head should go off at once.

[@Kiwicrack]

Oh nice, this room has a typewriter, shotgun shells, 2 boxes of bullets and a green herbohhhhhh fuuuuuuuck!

[@MGearShark]

*police siren noises*

[@alvintollah]

It's the tabletop equivalent of plentiful ammo and healing items just before a huge locked door or long hallway.

[@febril41]

​​@@alvintollahA save point before a large door with some mysterious merchant that sell healing item.

[@TheJerbol]

@@febril41 and every final upgrade

[@LisaGrimm-LG]

"...which now begins to take the form of almost a small child of glowing light." Oh, I've seen it before, throw it out of the airlock, I don't want Bells Hells to choose whether Exandria's going up in red, blue or green explosion.

[@StarPichu12]

The trauma, the trauma, please no star child, not again!!

[@SirxocolatlKaka]

What are you refrencing?

[@LisaGrimm-LG]

@@SirxocolatlKaka Mass Effect 3 ending)

[@SirxocolatlKaka]

@@LisaGrimm-LG thank you for the quick response. I never got around to playing those games but with such a cosmic horror thing in it I might have to try it.

[@LisaGrimm-LG]

@@SirxocolatlKaka it's not much of a cosmic horror, it's a space opera. But it's a great trilogy nonetheless)

[@135mikerules23]

[Spoilers from Cooldown] Laura: “Listen Matt. If Predathos is going to take me over, at least make me hot. Make me a hot villain.” Matt: “I can guarantee you that some online communities, will find you hot.” Matt knows Laura’s priorities.

[@TheJerbol]

I just recently watched a short where Aabria asks why Matt (and Brennan) always make hot villains, Matt's like, 'Nooo the fandom makes them hot' and it cuts to Matt describing the Briarwoods as basically sex gods

[@LordSvzklx]

That seems like a low bar, there’s always going to be some online community that’ll find anything hot 😄

[@transientanus]

Nobody cares about the crappy 5 minute conversation that they lock behind a paywall.

[@rhaenatargaryen8061]

i mean we know the lesbians will go crazy over predathogen

[@punctcom]

Can I get please more of what they said during this cooldown? A transcript or something :D

[@Baraz_Red]

Orym was so brutally honest ! It was surprising, as that character is usually so polite, modest, diplomatic.

[@treymarcum]

Why are you here little Ashari? Same reason you are Ludinus, to avenge the death of my family.

[@MrReset94]

When everyone left and Sam was praying Asmodeus, I almost thought Brennan was going to come in and play Asmo-Chan

[@ApenasUmLF]

He could appear this week. It would be awesome

[@MagashiSaizen]

I agree with Liam on the little cool down snippet at the end , it was asking for permission to come out for a reason, everything was pointing to it needing consent to come out and Imogen gave it to it I'm not surprised though, Imogen has always been walking that thin line between rejecting or accepting it. So lets see how this ends up shaping the structure for Campaign 4.

[@csn583]

🧛‍♂️🚪

[@Akiyya]

Yeah but if she said no, it would have forced her or fearne. And seeing how it handled chetney, I dont think they could have fought it in any way

[@MagashiSaizen]

@Akiyya maybe but if you think back about the astral cage becoming permeable not broken could had meant that it allowed only mortals through and Perdatos needing a mortal vessel in order to get out pass it. They didn't have to fight it, if they had made it back something tells me it wouldn't had been able to follow. At least that is the impression it was giving me.

[@yeshevishman]

I actually think it WASN'T required to get consent, but it wanted consent. That's why Matt asked them if they wanted to try and "resist" it as opposed to "refuse".

[@RogueInBlue]

This entire episode is 4 hours of why you should take Dispel Magic and not always Counterspell

[@csn583]

Or that if you want to counterspell a high-level wizard, just one isn't going to do it.

[@RogueInBlue]

@ well maybe yeah. but my point is that if they had dispel magic, they could’ve ended the singularity very early in the fight. Rather than counterspell, where you have to be within 60 feet at the moment of casting (which can also be countered)

[@aakash2868]

@@RogueInBlue tbh druids do get it, Fearne just had other spells prepared **cough** earthbind

[@RogueInBlue]

@@aakash2868 if im not mistaken, Dorian literally has it in his spell list lol

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

10 f***ing years, man! Also, it turns out that the only thing more chaotic than Sam is an actual dog.

[@Sandsquid21]

“I’m a professional… I’m a professional!” Even more funny when you realize it isn’t a declaration in the bit but a reminder to himself to stay in character

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

@@Sandsquid21 Yep!

[@megaowl8884]

I love how excited the puppy was! He’s like so many new people!!! Hello hello!!

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

@@megaowl8884 Extreme energy right there!

[@sleepyearl104]

2:03:14 Sam's shirt reveal 2:19:03 ashley notices 2:19:32 tells laura "did you see sam's shirt?" 2:20:38 shirt-nanigans

[@BadVideoWatcher1]

Spoilers: I'm glad Orym got the killing blow on Ludinus

[@heykak]

OH shit its a nuclear crisis, we must stop the villain.. and the bombs right? and the bombs right?

[@ozankara35]

2:02:35 "Unless i roll a 20" and proceeds to do exactly that.

[@coltenparks9642]

Liam faces going from serious and contemplative to pure joy after hearing nat 20😂 also travis yelling call it out bitch to his wife priceless

[@omegagilgamesh]

1:50:09, "It's like one of those cysts you bust open with an encyclopedia." ...that's possibly the most random thing I've ever heard Travis say.

[@heykak]

ADHD my man

[@littlerebelrocket3976]

16:35 ASHTON is all of us in this moment. We might know Ludinus is telling the truth but it doesn't matter because we just don't like him

[@artloveranimation]

Ludinus tried to absorb and destroy his closest confidant. He trusted no one but himself in the end. He also saw himself as a hero and a mentor for heroes like Ben Kenobi so he hoped that they would believe he was right and would finish his mission for him, to "save the world"

[@Graemyr]

I initially read that as you saying Ludinus was Obi-wan's mentor 😂

[@joshuastrittmatter4188]

I think Imogen’s gonna be okay. Bells Hells and Laudna’s unconditional love for her will be what plays the biggest part in saving her. I have a strong feeling next episode is gonna be Imogen’s equivalent of what Ep. 102-103 were for Laudna-and by extension, the culmination of a famous quote. “It’s not pain that makes people. It’s love that makes people. The pain is inconsequential; it's love that saves them.”

[@devilishlyseraphic]

on one hand evil imogen but on the other hand evil!imogen

[@PistachioPancake]

See I was getting vibes that this might end up being like the Mollymauk situation or like when Ashton tried to take Rau'shan's shard into him except there isn't going to be any divine intervention or ring of temporal salvation this time around 😔

[@Ragemod14]

​​@@PistachioPancakeyeah same. I feel they stepped too far. She's likely gone. He's tried pretty hard to silently convince her not to give in. I mean, why she would in the first place, evades me. This isn't the first time she's had a choice and made the wrong one. I have a feeling this was the last chance.

[@csn583]

The dice will have their say, no matter what anybody thinks.

[@aro_ger_]

That's boring.

[@masterjaczor9892]

I'm no Zoologist but I think Matt is right. I don't think Teddy Kennedy is a Saltwater Alligator. It's actually a more common Saltwater Crocodile, but hey they do look very similar so I can't discredit Jerry too much.

[@VikingMale]

Well he could be in de Nile….

[@masterjaczor9892]

@ this pun made me chuckle and I hate it.

[@derianmcdougall1441]

You can tell by the rounded, and not pointed, scoop.

[@TheJerbol]

Teddy Kennedy? Jerry? Crocodiles? Can't wait to see the context here lmao

[@ruigerd]

​@@TheJerbol it's about the ad read in the beginning

[@masterjaczor9892]

14:13 I love Laura's comment that Ludinus uses his staff to catch fish and that Matt confirmed that Ludinus is a big camper because it paints an image of Ludinus tying a string to this powerful magical staff and then tossing the line into the water (either that or it is spear fishing but I'm going with this narrative because it is funnier to me). Granted he could be using magic to catch fish but he loves the sport of fishing so why would he.

[@renzesparza6281]

Not that I expected Matt to be pro AI, but its still relieving hearing him say “fuck AI”

[@heykak]

turns out, creatives dont really like stuff that makes sloppy replications of their work

[@renzesparza6281]

@ 100%. I’m a digital artist and its combat on sight with anyone who feeds AI, or generates AI images and calls them art

[@banjohero1182]

fuck AI. all my homies hate AI

[@mr.t9280]

I'm so excited for the animated version with Ludi literally monologuing the entire time in a pseudo- Charlie brown background while they're planning and doing things 😂

[@Akiyya]

I knew we're in the last episodes, but kinda wish they had waited before going in. Ludinus was dead, and although he was prepared to put his soul elsewhere, the body he used to take lilianas power was gone, meaning he couldn't be a vessel, and if not him, I don't think there are many other candidates left. The other exaltants he went there with were dead, and who knows where he ended up or what he'd do to continue his plan/how long it would take for him to get back to where he was. It was a setback, which gave them time to potentially rest, contact people like keyleth, and figure out what the next step is before going right into the lions den on only a short rest.

[@Xorrin]

tbh even if i really hate how they just opened the cage just because, i would hate even more to wait for another NPC to decide for them again. They're too much relying on other people opinion but they never actually decided what to do with the whole Predathos problem, and in basically the last episode of the campaign it's a real issue

[@Jakanato]

They missed it but Laudna's shocking grasp should've prevented his ability to use shield as it removes reactions until the start of their next turn. Ashley would've hit a few more scorching rays from it when she cast it at 6th level. Oh well, still a great episode!

[@joshbone9888]

I was hoping someone was going to realise, ah well

[@Xorrin]

It was not really a game changing difference tho

[@qualandrew201494]

It could have been, might have avoided the need for PWS.

[@nicholas_egothha_skulls9337]

Also would of let the players feel better about the choices they make.

[@wilfrid22]

I was sooooo mad about that one !!!!

[@HowdyItLovll]

Sam's solo moment reminds me of just how attentive of a player he is, Braius is such an incredible character.

[@devilishlyseraphic]

i finally got caught up with the campaign during the holidays so i'm glad i can finally experience the angst, pain and suffering with all of you :3

[@alexandrajaggers831]

Same!! Congratulations critter!

[@csn583]

I got up to date two months ago. (Starting from C01E001 18mo ago!) Now if I can just manage to catch it live from the start instead of halfway through for once!

[@TheHiggi28]

SPOILER: Ashton says: The future is for the children. 20 minutes later, Predathos appears as a child.

[@milesparker846]

3:21:50 BAFTA Award Winner Laura Bailey

[@VagueHandWaving]

Talk about sounding

[@davethe1manrave]

The look of instant regret kills me

[@Catalyst375]

Part of me is wondering if Matt has a plan to pull the rug out from under them next episode. All we have heard of Predathos up to this point is from the Gods' own experience with them, and other prophetic visions of what might happen if it is released. They would have witnessed Predathos as just a mindless force of hunger, and their interpretation of its goals is as such. But this is the first time they've encountered Predathos itself. It knowingly creates Ruidusborn for the purpose of freeing it from its cage. It conversed directly with Ludinus. It created the Reilora in its image and can see the dreams and thoughts of Exandrians much like those born on Ruidus. The tethers of energy might even mean it has its own pull on Fate. I'll be pleasantly delighted if Matt pulls his own version of Calamity - people, fate seers, and the gods assumed one thing about Predathos' nature, but it has grown enough over millennia in prison, learned enough from dreams, that it realized it could turn Exandria into a garden. Two mortals have ascended to Godhood in Exandria's history, one very recently, relatively speaking. It has the option of hunting a limited number of Gods across the cosmos (20, not counting Tharizdun)...Or it could subjugate Exandria, make new mortals ascend to Godhood for the sake of feeding on that divine spark for however long it desires, and however long Exandria lasts.

[@VagueHandWaving]

Every Ascension takes the place of an old god (Vecna was just before Matt put his lore fully into place), so I think it would still be a finite amount.

[@matthewgordon3281]

Farming gods to eat... I mean, it makes sense. So dark. How would Predathos encourage anyone to ascend to apotheosis, knowing he is waiting to gobble them up? There would definitely have to be a monstrous misinformation campaign to get that going.

[@Dndnerd591]

I would like to know .... Asmodeus is a problem . How would they deal with him? Or is this another plan of his?

[@VagueHandWaving]

@@Dndnerd591 Asmodeus seems open to Predathos being released. So he definitely has a plan that probably involves sacrificing the Matron of Ravens and a few other Primes.

[@flamingjockeys]

@@VagueHandWaving I mean if Predathos eats gods, the current pantheon of gods would be effectively be an infinitely rotating set of figures. Mortals rise to godhood, Predathos eats them, mortals notice the disappearance of gods and decide to become gods themselves and repeat the cycle.

[@amymurata]

I can't wait to see if Sam ends up fully going evil with Braius or if he'll choose to help Bells Hells

[@KraakenTowers]

In this case siding with Bell's Hells would be the evil thing to do.

[@cbear3476]

I hope so or at least a wicked punishment for disobeying

[@Jakanato]

​@cbear3476 do you think there would be? Since Predathos is coming out and being released, wouldn't Asmodeus flee with the rest of the gods of Exandria?

[@cbear3476]

@Jakanato Potentially

[@TempestLM]

Stopping BH from releasing Predathos would be a good thing though

[@bester_kai6701]

Finally I can count myself as part of the Monday Crew as well. Only took five years and a bazillion of episodes! Hey y'all! 👋

[@MarcIntyre]

I finally did, I caught up to the newest episode of C3 and with such a good timing :3 I always wanted to write this message and here I am ^-^

[@CesidioLuror]

Welcome to the Monday Crew, friend :D

[@alexandrajaggers831]

Same!!!! I literally just reply commented the same thing a moment ago but: congratulations critter!

[@FlibbleBeck]

I am with you! Thank lord we could skip the COVID gap xD

[@criticalrolemodels]

Did anyone else catch when Robbie comes back to the table the captions are hilariously wrong? Robbie is singing "One of Us" by Joan Osborne and the captions say "Did you guys want to fuck?" instead of "What if God was one of us?" Lol.

[@Misfit_Kitten]

It happens sometimes. They also didn't recognize Travis singing "Copacabana" after he found the cave - "Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl..."

[@treymarcum]

Copyright reasons?

[@csn583]

These aren't auto-generated we're talking about. Their transcribers are having some fun.

[@LexSchilperoord]

​@@csn583sometimes they just miss a reference

[@criticalrolemodels]

@@Misfit_Kittenno he was just adjusting the song to that. He actually did say “she was laudna…” in this case of Robbie it was so wrong I thought it was funny 😆

[@sorcereradventurer]

Marisha rules lawyer moment! 1:41:10

[@JoeGrzzly]

Excellent work on that Spell Sniper ruling Marisha! Don't know how that will affect the fight, as I'm typing this immediately after it happened, but that was such a good catch.

[@altahir9515]

My first ep as part of the Monday Crew!

[@Elnis888]

Welcome to the party, buddy 🙂

[@CesidioLuror]

Welcome!

[@AerrowXIII]

Welcome to the show!

[@justsomeguywithaforeheadmu6209]

same here

[@timhutchinson8485]

The creative captions of their panicked vocalizations are so great XD

[@michaelribuffo5524]

Has anyone else been obsessed with the Chrismas album. Many gems but honestly, winter anymore is absolutely amazing

[@lauralee1405]

Yes I've played it so much my kids know all the words to all the songs 😂

[@soakedleaf678]

3:59:02 i love matt's look of trying his hardest not to smile about whats to come depending on their choices lol

[@peridaniel8265]

i havent combed the youtube comments too much for this, nor do i want to, but i have seen a lot of reactions on tumblr that are very... perplexing. a lot of people thinking they should have just taken defeating ludinus and walked away. a. how much good do y'all think that would've done in the grand scheme of things? this was always bigger than ludinus. predathos was pretty set on getting out regardless of whether that was gonna be through him, imogen, or some other exaltant. b. sorry but that's... such a boring outcome imo. matt's been dangling this super cool and interesting plot point in front of them, especially in front of imogen, for how long now? why would they not pursue it? frankly i am super hype for whatever is coming next. i think there will be a change in exandria fs, but i dont think exandria is doomed and i dont think the hells are doomed, and honestly a big part of why i have faith in that is because i trust matt. he's planted the seeds for this for a pretty big chunk of the campaign and i can't imagine it would all be set to lead to doom.

[@joshuastrittmatter4188]

*All* of this. I tip my hat to you.🎩🫡 (Also, your comment deserves to be up at the top. People need to see and read it, and read it very closely.)

[@bendobbygannoh]

It'll certainly be interesting to see what comes next, and I can't imagine Matt going 'You chose X, therefore the world I've spent over 10 years making no longer exists." That said, from an in-game logic perspective, I still don't find the party's choice very satisfying. I'm not convinced that releasing Predathos will either be good for Exandria or was inevitable. But, we'll see!

[@Aetheria60]

There was still absolutely no reason they had to go in there immediately. Screw meta-gamey 'let's press the button and see what happens' nonsense, from an in-game perspective, why should these chucklefucks get to decide the whole planet's fate just because a few of them have beef with the gods and are fine with committing genocide and/or have no common sense? Hell, I wouldn't want Ashton or Fearne deciding my wardrobe, let alone the fate of me and my entire planet. Secure the area and send for backup. Going in may still be necessary, but at least you're not running in half-cocked with no Plan B.

[@evetobe]

Bells Hells don't deserve to be there in the first place

[@issick486]

Yeah I’ve seen people say that Imogen wasn’t supposed to accept predathos. But Matt wouldn’t rail road that decision plus he didn’t seem concerned at all (unlike when Ashton nearly fell apart)

[@Khanflict]

WE PLAY DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS ON A 2025 MONDAY NIIITE

[@VagueHandWaving]

Matt gave them the soul prism. I don't think he expected them to use it on Delilah, or else he wouldn't have had Ludinus offer to fix it right before they found the cage.

[@VagueHandWaving]

Spoilers: If they didn't let Predathos out, they would have had to kill every ruidusborn for the rest of time and genocide the moon to prevent the gods from starting a new calamity.

[@Cheems59]

I was hoping Fearne and Imogen could split Predathos between them when it approached, so it would have less power and also be split up

[@Brilchan]

@@Cheems59 I still hope the whole team is gonna split him between the Bells Hells

[@sliverarrowhd5172]

It’s so interesting in that sense. I believe that even if they made the choice to leave, this series of events would still happen. Predathos would still be creating more Ruidusborn, trying to pull them in and free himself. At the end of the day, I think freeing Predathos is inevitable. There was no other choice. It’s just whether or not that decision was going to be prolonged or not. In Bells Hells case, they just quicken the process.

[@saskiascott8181]

That's a really good point

[@MrBiloxifireman]

There are so many holes in the lore that we don't know. I really wish Matt would make a book eventually explaining some of these.

[@RedLuigiGames]

Sans moon-explosion, I'm pretty sure a Ruidus supplement is incoming. He created a lot of races, monsters and lore, it's enough for a book like the ones we have.

[@brandontrussell9568]

@@RedLuigiGames It'd be kinda hilarious and infuriating if we get a book for the fuckin MOON before we get one for Issylra, Marquet, and the Shattered Teeth. lol

[@trautsj]

Jeez... 10 years. Wild. I haven't been here that whole time. I jumped in when they were live on C1 at like episode 95? or so I think; whenever that was. (It's been a while!!!!) but I've hung around ever since. Seen just about every piece of content made (even the ones that have been deleted for various sad reasons over the years) Here's to 10 more Critters!

[@DaltonHetherington]

Monday Crew!

[@CesidioLuror]

Happy New Year, Monday Crew!

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

Woohoo the ability the pause for pee breaks 🥳🎉!

[@StCla1re]

Happy new year crew 🎉

[@CrazyDeeDee]

Mondaaaay Creeeeew!! 😆🎉

[@TheCdnMedic]

First time being Monday crew, just caught up last night!

[@karlvitovec2221]

Is it possible for the battle cam not to have a dark filter? It is not helping as a viewer.

[@JimFaindel]

Somehow this campaign always feels like the party willingly makes every single bad choice.

[@iamkelseya]

I mean, dnd is all about following the threads you wouldn’t otherwise follow! Travis himself follows the more “bad” threads just to find out what happens, plus it makes the narrative more interesting than taking the ‘safe’ route 🤷 If you don’t play dnd yourself, it’s hard to understand just how many bad choices you and your party would make just for fun

[@JimFaindel]

@@iamkelseya I've been a DM and player for over a decade, and parties absolutely make bad choices for dumb reasons, not only because they may be more interesting

[@idoshulman6379]

​@@JimFaindelwhy the judging though?

[@jjlightsky15]

I don’t feel like these are all bad decisions…. They’re story and character driven. I think something this campaign does really well is show the grey areas in all decision making moments and the reality of what it is to be given such power and influence over the course of the universe. It’s not easy, it’s not simple, it’s not good and bad. Simplifying it down to good and bad is doing their sorry telling a disservice.

[@birdonerd7194]

Spoilers . . . . . . . . Liam/Orym is a stronger person than me. Cuz after shanking a sword through the throat I would've told Ludinas Monologue King D' Leath in his final moments: "Shut. Up."

[@tommacadam2183]

When predathos said “I’m so hungry” a kfc ad started playing immediately with a hip hop beat and a man saying “consume it” with the words flashing on the screen

[@Dndnerd591]

Well a few things... What is a possessed Imogen/ Predathos going to do? What will Braius do : will he help or betray them? And what of the other heroes in exandria? Will we see them one more time or will exandria be destroyed? So many questions that need to be answered. I say maybe two or three more left. And see they should have learned more. I just caught up after the episode 77 and 78 mess cause those episodes turned me off of this for a while. And now... We will see what happens

[@projekcja]

What is a possessed Imogen/ Predathos going to do? -Eat all the gods. What will Braius do : -Neigh. He can't do anything. Predathos too strong for him. If he really wanted to prevent his escape he'd have tried to stop Imogen and Fearne from freeing him. If he couldn't be bothered to even try to convince them not to, he's surely not going to do much now. And what of the other heroes in exandria? Will we see them one more time or will exandria be destroyed? -Exandria will not be harmed by Predathos, only the gods will be consumed or forced into exile. Exandria will still be subjected to an invasion by the psi-people who lived on Ruidus. All of those Thought-Eaters and Mind-enlavers have a hierarchy that was decapitated with the destruction of the weave mind, but some higher ups will try to take control and take over Exandria to enslave everyone.

[@XCILION27]

What if, the luxon and predathos are of the same species, but the luxon could not find anything to eat so it decided to split and wait?

[@fabiolosoproducoes1707]

Loved it

[@CheeseWyrm]

Was that the longest time so far from Sam's cast-shirt reveal until someone noticed? It felt like it! I can feel Sam's tension as he moves & poses the shirt hoping for someone to notice - whilst trying to not be obvious. Such fun :)

[@paris_mars]

Taliesin looks really great with a beard and his hair grown out.

[@elijahthorley4634]

Started off the new year badly by breaking a bone in my foot on new years day, this episode has really cheered me up!

[@csn583]

I'm confused, you weren't fully healed after one long rest?

[@romanc.49]

I'm at the start of this episode but I love how sassy they're getting with Ludinus, I can't wait to see how this turns out lol

[@joshpearce5680]

Well..

[@francisco_m7849]

I have to hand it to Matt Mercer. He played his part as GM straight through the entire set of roles that Liam did and not give away the fact that Liam actually had the killing blow potentially at this point.

[@zofiakaminska4223]

Question to people more experienced with D&D: Could a magic missle have knocked out a bunch of Ludinus' hit points if targeted at the neck??? It doesn't have a save, long range (120ft) and is a first lvl. With the extra 8d6 every hit, in theory, it could have damaged him quite significantly

[@CartersCovers]

In theory yes, but I'm pretty sure none of BH have access to the magic missile spell.

[@t3rcx]

Ludinus also has shield which automatically blocks Magic Missile.

[@Xorrin]

Only once per turn tho

[@JDOTczar]

IF they had it available to them it would have been a great way to burn his reaction

[@iamkelseya]

I like this! As a Sorcerer (Laudna and Imogen are) you have access to Magic Missile, and say if someone did something to make Ludinus use his reaction before hand on something other than Shield, every round someone used Magic Missile it would do 3d4+3 and 8d6 plus Ludinus would’ve lost 1d6+1 slots! As long as his reaction was used and he hadn’t cast Shield it would auto succeed

[@coltonwatmough9651]

What a good way to RING in the year eh?

[@VikingMale]

Not bad Aye!

[@JohannesVanDerBerg]

I love that how no matter how calm and composed Ludinus is, Paté is just so pervy that it genuinely freaked him out!

[@rhosegalia937]

I did NOT need Ira to say Good Girl 😢😢😂😂

[@codyallison2901]

Happy Monday from the snowy Midwest

[@HailHydra27]

wow that is peak Laura. i dont even need to time stamp it, you know exactly what i mean

[@TomNeedhamNeDrum]

Matt saying “f*** AI” yesssssss!!!

[@onebignerdynerd8807]

My flatmate told me to get some friends that enjoy critical role as much as I do, anyone free?😂

[@parodycalfilms]

Just a heads up for anyone reading the comments, no new episode this Thursday in light of the LA fires. The Critical Role Foundation is making a $30k donation to the wildfire recovery fund. Hoping the cast, crew, and SoCal critters stay safe.

[@parodycalfilms]

I'm just reading on social media that producer Kyle and his cats are safe, but his neighborhood may have been lost to the fire.

[@PlayWatch_616]

Does anyone know what's the song at 1:55:15 called? I want to put it in my battle playlist but i can't find it online. Thank in advance to anyone responding.

[@TheRealestSilencer]

Army of Angels by Edgar Hopp

[@PlayWatch_616]

@TheRealestSilencer Thank you SO much

[@rhaenatargaryen8061]

Oh boy. time to see what that elf I've been theorizing about since 2020 is up to

[@chrisstallings1948]

As a new fan to the channel, but lifelong fan of D&D, that "stun" move was EPIC!!!

[@herothebard]

Luanda talking to ludinus made me say “I speak for the trees” in how she was saying the titans should have someone to speak for them.

[@Lenorewolf312]

Finally had to wait for an episode! All caught up y'all!!

[@geak78]

I feel bad for Ashley, the shocking grasp should have prevented him from using his reaction to shield.

[@willemvandebeek]

Love the early break, perfect timing.

[@broccoliben7961]

Matt physically reaching towards Laura and Ashley was horrifying

[@kagemarunl]

The DM screen does not protect us from him! D:

[@shnanners1884]

Anyone else feel like the audio was different this episode? I feel like the side whispers/comments were picked up a lot more. IMO it made it quite distracting. Amazing episode!!

[@YannBK1608]

I missed you guys so much, glad to have you back! 😊

[@dubbingsync]

I may only be at the start but I can’t help in thinking, “Oh yes everyone, poke the bear in the cage that won’t go wrong at all.”

[@kisekhan2818]

I like bread

[@CesidioLuror]

I like bread 🦇

[@heyitsj8934]

I like turtles 🐢

[@bearhall4919]

I like the cheese

[@YGO_Addict]

Campaign 3 is firing on all cylinders, very excited to find out what happens next!! See all next Monday, Monday Crew

[@jeccalou9894]

So is Predathos the black hole thing in Downfall at the very beginning that began sucking in the light people, causing the gods to run from their home... and the black hole thing followed them to Exandria? That's what I assume is happening, but I have some long and short term memory issues due to an old injury, so I'm not sure I'm remembering things accurately.

[@roxelmillian7242]

Do you guys wonder.... What Opal and Fyra doing? Like what is Lolth trying to do with Predathos? And the others who follow the gods and betrayers? Are they having their own battles or are they joining to try and stop from the their gods being destroyed?

[@Forke13]

Man... as a DM myself I am very jalous of Matt gets to do here. It's a wet dream for many DM's I guess, but... There is so much love for Matt and his DM work, but I gotta (as well!) shout out the Players. You gotta appreciate the players being so into it. It's not at all given, that your Players can really dive in an roll with their rolls. These are professional actors and good at their job :)

[@Dorm-ax4486]

Even if the gods are gone their is still powerful entity that could take their place like archfey, archdevil, archangel, demon lord or even demi god like Uk'otoa

[@ivoandre8345]

True, but a party of high level mortals can take those down. Not all at once, of course, but they can, just like the MN took down Uktoa. Compare that to the stats of an exandrian god in their true form. Downfall showed us: Thousands of Hitpoints, free level 9 spells EVERY turn, full hitpoint regeneration, extremely high stats for skills and saves (like +20 or something). It'd be hard for 20 level 20 players to take one of those down, let alone the entire pantheon.

[@obiwanryanr.r.3588]

@@ivoandre8345 Even more scary, those "true forms" seen during Downfall wasn't even their truest forms, those were still fragments of their full power, motes of divinity held within rapidly crumbling mortal bodies with growing ties to their true immeasurable forms beyond the divine gate. Crazy stuff.

[@KraakenTowers]

​@@ivoandre8345why would they wait? It will be a Dark Calamity, demons and devils vs abominations. Whoever wins, there are no good guys left anymore.

[@the_usual_please1533]

1:41:14 Travis' first complete sentence. 😂

[@joluoto]

What would freeing Predathos do to Ruidus? Hard to tell exactly what happens to the place created as a prison once the prisoner breaks free. Worst case scenario the red moon goes boom, hope that's not what happens.

[@seanpinkey2188]

@1:38:30 "Not with that attitude" is a common praise of mine, use it all the time, this makes me very happy