The Legend of Vox Machina 3x12 BLIND Reaction | Souls in Darkness

[@elfbreath]

Fun fact about the Percy resurrection: Taliesin said things could have gone very wrong when Vox Machina tried to bring Percy back. It wasn't just fighting off Orthax or doing a complicated ritual, it was convincing Percy to want to live again. Because Percy (and Taliesin) were convinced his story was always meant to be a tragedy, and if it ended with Anna Ripley then maybe that was something like justice. Any pleas to the Gods wouldn't have worked. Neither would telling Percy he still needed vengeance, or reminding him of his dead family. But Vex admitting she was in love with him? In Taliesin's own words: "Oh yeah, that'll do it."

[@radudancoroian5169]

Honestly having booty chicks to clap is a solid justificstion to come back from the dead lol

[@elbruces]

While they were playing out the ritual, Taliesin was sitting in their green room watching them on a screen and waiting to send a text to Matt saying whether Percy had been convinced or not.

[@MrPingn]

That's why I was like "Don't feel bad for Tal for what happened to Percy. He's probably having a blast with this whole situation." 😆

[@danieloconnor8167]

Yea he said it depended on what they said there where specific things that they could of said and he would immediately said no he's not coming back as Percy then we would of got molly early then maybe we might of had more time with him

[@elykphant1910]

Just to add even more emotion to that last song, Sam said it was the last thing he recorded the night before he went into surgery for his tonsil cancer.

[@bobbyhall994]

@@elykphant1910 omg I did not know that

[@elbruces]

There is absolutely no way he could have hit those vocal leaps near the end with Braius voice. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmPEpKh9d5d9lcU

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

31:31

[@WolfanTerror]

​@@elbruces well I don't know whar to tell you, that's what he said

[@Kiri_Dragon]

@@elykphant1910 ... OH mY Gosh

[@Soursprout93]

Get you a man who looks at you when you're throwing up like Vax looks at Kiki.

[@Lngbrdninjamasta]

Ultimate relationship vibes ❤

[@Mordring]

I mean, kinda was like that with my parents, a pair of mischievous trolls who are still together 38 years later. As their offspring I can attest it worked out quite well, indeed.

[@adamphillips5389]

Still blows me away that Sam recorded that song the night before he went into surgery to remove tonsil cancer.

[@adamphillips5389]

You can tell he was thinking about his family while singing. I think it's why the song hits so hard.

[@grifftastic2745]

Thordak's portion of the dracolich voice was performed by Levar Burton, btw.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Nice!

[@Hawk199031]

The D&D nerd in me wants to say that wasn't a dracolich. More so a zombie dragon with a soul reattached to it. Dracolich's need a phylactery for their soul just like any other lich.

[@samcarter565]

Part of me is hoping for Mark Hamil to voice the coming villain, but… if by some chance, Levar Burton did it, I would not be upset

[@user-jt1js5mr3f]

@@samcarter565 duuuuuuude

[@radicaladz]

Yeah, and so far, people are being cool about it, which is nice. I think that it's just the right side of tasteful - they had it low in the mix and it crucially doesn't distract from Cree Summer giving a career best performance as Raishan.

[@bandi138138]

It ain't a season of Vox Machina without Keylith throwing up

[@Chaosm03]

Most table to screen videos of The Mighty Nein will consist of Laura Bailey saying "You Pooping?".

[@VegetaLF7]

As with season 1, we see the thing that can save Percy is the love of another. Cassandra was the one to snap him out of his No Mercy Percy mode and here it's Vex's declaration of her love for him that broke Orthax's grip on his soul. Nothing is more important to him than family

[@Phi1618033]

And so begins Arc 3, where -- believe it or not -- shit gets even crazier than everything we've seen so far.

[@transientanus]

I mean, maybe. They're clearly telling a completely different story than the campaign. A lot of the craziest stuff literally can't happen now because of the insane changes they've made. It's basically a completely different story now.

[@user-jt1js5mr3f]

@@transientanus Not really, all we've done is likely omit the Darrington arc which was more of a downtime period before the final. Without delving into spoilers, I don't see how "it's a completely different story now." I expect we're getting the time jump and while off traveling a certain someone could still stumble upon things and draw everyone back together. Then everything is right back on track.

[@vincentlefur4490]

i WISH we could have it now 🙃

[@user-jt1js5mr3f]

@@vincentlefur4490 same…

[@zippomage]

i love how the possessed zombie corpse of an ultimate dragon wasn't the final boss of the season, it was just admitting you love someone. wicked.

[@hogwarts659]

I love it when Kiki transforms into her cat form Minxie and when the music changes to her Elemental forms.

[@DnD_Guru]

Delilah: We are his blood. Zerksis: We are hus Blood Cultists: We are his Blood That's a lot of Peeps Whispering about blood

[@Aidscapade71]

I know Cassandra definitely said "We are his blood" in S1 too...

[@352eden]

You're not ready for the stuff coming in season 4. And you're going to absolutely fall in love with the Mighty Nein.

[@user-jt1js5mr3f]

I'm excited to see them string a more defined narrative to c2. I loved the characters, but I found the overall narrative to be far weaker and more scattered than c1. I also look forward to Yasha getting more development, as is she's my least favorite character in CR (other than Opal) and deserves much more. I'm so glad Ashley has been able to flourish in c3

[@sandpiperr]

@@user-jt1js5mr3f I hope this is true because, honestly, most of the Mighty Nein are in competition for being my second least favorite CR character. And my absolute least favorite is Jester! Yes, I know, very unpopular opinion, but I just don't find her charming the way most people seem to. I hope that the series is good, because I couldn't watch all of C2.

[@user-jt1js5mr3f]

@@sandpiperr I'm a mix. I absolutely adore Caleb and Cad, I do like Jester and think she's Laura's chaos incarnate (but I don't love her the way others do), Fjord is just good, Nott was really good but then should have left after some things were resolved, Beau is OK, and Yasha is...meh? I like Yasha because Ashley's dry humor is fun, but as a character she really suffered from her not being there. Oh, and Molly exists. I have no emotional connection to Molly. As a group I find them really fun, but overall I enjoy the individual characters more in C1 and C3. I really don't think C2 is as great as the majority says, I think it hits that nostalgic spot because that's where most jumped on and many just skipped C1 because they couldn't watch from the beginning and didn't like the quality of the recordings.

[@sandpiperr]

@@user-jt1js5mr3f Well I agree with most of that. When it comes to Jester, though, I have no time for the "tee hee, you can't stay mad at my because I'm too cute!" characters. I'll give the MN series approximately one episode to impress me.

[@user-jt1js5mr3f]

@@sandpiperr considering the first three episodes work as a mini arcs, I’d encourage and hope you’d at least watch that.

[@bobbyhall994]

“Love changes people” is a huge theme for CR as a whole, and I love seeing the bond between Vax and Percy grow. It’s not just romantic love, but platonic love has the ability to change people too.

[@AdamEspersona]

Once again, “there is nothing stronger than love.” It changes people and saves people.

[@yiklongtay6029]

We aren't getting that line for easily another 3 years

[@radudancoroian5169]

Not really. Vax and Percy never really had a a friendship, not like Grog and Scalan for example. Vax's calling Percy his brother is more of him just aknowledgeing him as his brother in law.

[@nightingale8178]

@@yiklongtay6029 ohh I'd say more like 4/5 and only if M9 would release next year and every year

[@Mazygolucky]

“Pain doesn’t make people. It’s love that makes people.”

[@AdamEspersona]

Keyleth’s come a long way since Season 1. She found love that keeps her tethered. She found her own path to becoming a leader. She’s survived undeath, passed through fire, braved the fey realm, went to hell and back, and conquered her nemesis. And she did so by utilizing all she’s learned across three seasons to outlast and outwit her, baiting her into incinerating her own corpse, thus leaving the diseased ashes open to being “reclaimed” by the earth and free to be transferred back into her new body. In other words, she _deceived the Deceiver,_ beating Raishan at her own game and reducing her to being the DECEASED Deceiver.

[@transientanus]

Although technically, this version of keyleth should have had her soul burnt to cinders as infecting raishan with the disease again literally costs you your own soul. But they clearly don't care about the real story anymore.

[@AdamEspersona]

@@transientanus All you keep doing is bemoaning how much they changed things. Which is what they intended to do from the start: tell the story differently. The campaign still exists. Watch that if you can't stand this.

[@Dunybrook]

Just when you think this show won't brxak your heart, you realize it probably will break your heart worse than you imagined.

[@corporealghoul]

They mentioned winters crest is coming. Thats is the exandria equivalent to our december holiday season. If we get a holiday special from vox machina i will flip out. And they already have a one shot themed after saving santa.

[@PorkinsTheWhite]

Oh I want animated Chutney so bad. RTA!

[@thetntraider]

“Pain doesn't make people. It's love that makes people. The pain is inconsequential. It's love that saves them."

[@jasonmkc7797]

Can't wait to hear it from on screen.

[@scragglybeard9322]

Respectfully

[@Mazygolucky]

I cannot wait until we get this animated I’m going to bawl my eyes out

[@reverseprime141]

Seeing your reaction to Percy’s resurrection is a happy ending to this season

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

It also shows they did the right move in making it more dramatic and not the "lets go to the next temple and use a diamond" kind of ressurection that it was in the campaign. But you win some, and you lose some. I know there are people out there who were dissappointed that "A bard's lament" was missing from the show. I'm not sure how I feel about its absence. I felt it was not necessary in the show. Pike was around more to comfort and guide Scanlan. And one of the main reasons why that moment was so strong in the campaign was because you were not quite sure how much of it was acted and how much of it was genuine shock. That is hard to translate to a tv show. I still miss it, but not that much that I would it trade it for something else they did instead.

[@juicejooos]

@@Quotenwagnerianer Resurrection isn't that easy in Critical Role and it especially wasn't easy after Percy died from Ripley because he didn't want to come back to life in the first place.

[@DungeonDragon18]

@@QuotenwagnerianerThey got a bit of it with Keyleth yelling at everyone and storming off, and that made a lot more narrative sense than Scanlan being mad at this point.

[@transientanus]

Especially considering how cheap it was and what a bad writing choice.

[@appo9357]

@19:19 Did you notice the orchestral arrangement of Bald Man Cry?

[@surlycanadian]

Shimmy aye, shimmy aye, oh.

[@brandontrussell9568]

Honestly, if you did watch Calamity, it might be easier to enjoy just by yourself without doing a reaction. As incredible as it would be to watch it along with you! It's hard enough for anyone to find time to watch four 4-hour episodes of make believe+math, so I can only imagine planning and recording a reaction to it! lol

[@DungeonDragon18]

Yeah, a proper reaction video would be really hard to do for a series that long, but maybe she could watch it off screen and then give her thoughts about it with the relevant clips edited in.

[@samcarter565]

The last episode is more than 4 hrs long

[@crimsoneclipse0618]

Yeah, like maybe make it a patreon exclusive for those who really wants it, but yeah I can't even imagine how much editing you have to do for

[@mkang8782]

I agree that Angela might be better served just watching it for herself instead of doing reaction videos to it.

[@sandpiperr]

There are reaction channels that have done reactions to Calamity so I'd love to see her do one!

[@kingofheavymetal]

Can't wait for s4 and I can only recommend to watch the ressurection of Percy in the campaign ! (ep 69 around 1h11)

[@kptree1323]

Also recommend Ripley’s death in ep 68, there was something so powerful about everyone being involved in it

[@kingofheavymetal]

@@kptree1323 Oh for sure, Ripley's death is a sight to behold.

[@Mazygolucky]

@@kptree1323oh my god yes hard agree

[@Mazygolucky]

Also the HDYWTDT on Thordak and the feeble mind on Raishan are both also worth it in my opinion

[@kingofheavymetal]

@@Mazygolucky For sure !

[@Iamtheultra-nerd]

Vex just being ready to bone after like a day of him being resurrected is very in character

[@piperbird7193]

Season 4 was only just announced, so I don't know if there's anything recorded, or even written yet. Also, I'm not sure Sam can sing yet? His voice is still pretty rough from the cancer. I also wonder if they've already recorded Mighty Nein or not. Veth's voice will also be hard for him right now.

[@toamszkozak8822]

I imagine that the voice work is already done ,usually it's always done before the animation and we already had a first look for that a couple months ago and on top of that Travis also said that there is a chance that the Mighty Nein will premiere in late 2025 so they defenitly had recorded the voice linea for the show

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Mighty Nein voice work is probably already in the can. You know how long it takes to produce a season of animation.

[@jackakimbo5718]

I can't say for sure about singing, but from the most recent episodes of the campaign his voice seems to be pretty much where it was before, including doing voices outside of his normal speaking voice

[@easterslice]

The voices might sound a bit different in the animated show. They did for Vox Machina.

[@operative2136]

He can definitely pull off the Veth voice right now (he did it as recently as this past thursday), though I'm sure he probably has to take breaks from that voice between recordings.

[@MajorLacerations]

absolutely adored your reaction vids to VM, Love seeing people get so attached to characters beloved by me and many others

[@havenomouth]

Another vote for EXU:Calamity. It is 4 episodes with a break in the middle of each one. Each section could be treated like a movie reaction. Just scrub the youtube video to find the break, take note of the time, and plan your reaction based on the run time of each section. Also if you don't have the wherewithal to do reactions, I agree, just watch it for yourself on your own time.

[@mikebreaddelancey4755]

Season 1 ended with Vox Machina stopping the Briarwoods from summoning the Whispered One but it created the spinning orb of death instead. Those blind cultists appear to be worshipping it.

[@rickymoranjr9609]

when Vex confessed her true feelings for Percy made me cry like a baby 😢😭 she finally gave Percy a reason to never give up and to return to Vex

[@nickthedreamer4434]

22:03 "Dope. I don't know who that is. I don't know what that means." If it helps, you've seen that entity (and a similarly sinister orb of spiraling power) in season 1 and have heard both Delilah Briarwood and the Fallen Knight Zerxus (the demon guy who played a game with Pike) say the phrase "We are his blood." So you've definitely been getting...Whispers of this One particular being...and his apparent ascension drawing near (even if all the stuff with the dragons has taken a fair amount of the show's attention).

[@dntm123]

I don't think it's brought up enough how great Matt Mercer is in his few roles in the show. Like, he went absolutely ham voicing Orthax in this episode. And him as the Clasp member in episode 10 felt so genuine to the stream, like him giving exposition to Vax and Vex felt like a moment at table.

[@karuux]

I'm sure the mic appreciated the apology -- great reaction vid!

[@tinofaygo]

So, just a reminder, Vax said it to Keyleth in season 1 when they were about to be swarmed by Zombies at the sun tree. That's when she was like "you pick now to say it?!?!" She repeats those lines in a previous episode this season as an homage to that scene.

[@DrLipkin]

The good news is that Critical Role really cranks out content. LoVM only debuted in 2022, and they've released 3 season in 2 years. Invincible, another adult animation on Prime, debuted in 2021 and only dropped its second season this past April. Most likely we'll get The Mighty Nein in 2025, and probably LoVM s4 in 2026.

[@DracheLehre]

In the stream, Keyleth wasn't the one who killed Raishan, it was a guest character. Well that's not entirely true, she did essentially kill who Raishan was with a clutch spell, Feeblemind. If successful upon a failed Intelligence save, it sets Intelligence and Charisma scores to 1, renders them completely able to cast spells or even speak. There is a chance to shake it off once every month, but with the user's intelligence at a severely low level, they would have to be INCREDIBLY lucky. However, for boss monsters, they do have an ability to just say "Yup, I succeeded" a few times in a fight. But, luckily, they forced her to use them all before Kiki made the play.

[@AdamEspersona]

I feel that how they did it in this episode was far more satisfying. Kiki got to outright deceive the Deceiver, baiting her into leaving her diseased ashes open for absorption.

[@DracheLehre]

@@AdamEspersona Both ways they did was pretty good. The campaign was a bit more cathartic IMO because Raishan prized her intelligence and knew how to say the right things at the right time. Take them away and she becomes nothing but an angry, slobbering beast. Her actual death was just formality at that point. Plus, Patrick Rothfuss finally finished something.

[@zippomage]

@@AdamEspersona i dunno, using a spell to take away the spellcasting of a spellcasting dragon was pretty clutch

[@balijosu]

I also think Feeblemind would have been harder to translate to animation without some forced exposition about the effect.

[@testfire3000]

I can't wait to watch Mighty Nein with you! You are going to lose your mind, seeing and hearing this same cast having completely different characters and voices!

[@JirkaKunst]

Taliesin: "It's just, one day you lose so many people and then just one day you stop. And at one point in your life you decide that suddenly for no reason, you're just not allowed to die yet. Your life just isn't your own anymore, and suddenly you've done what you were supposed to do and now you're back. And it's just not yours anymore, is it? And what of everybody else? It's not fair, any of it. I don't know. I'm very glad to be here. (laughs) I just miss an awful lot of people, that's all. And I don't understand how we get to choose."

[@genghisgalahad8465]

The resurgence of Critical Role in my headspace coming from the playstream/KZbin live play through uploads back then, man, to your reaction channel for their animated Legends of Vox Machina is one of a kind epic! 🎉 😅 I'll be sure to schedule my root canal AROUND any Percival incidents!

[@NozdormusRage]

So, this went a little differently in the campaign, but man... Vax calling him 'brother' and saying I love you impacted me so much more than Vex. And I'm a massive Percy-Vex shipper.

[@funnylilgalreacts]

Especially because it’s Vax. He was so protective of Vex and worried about Percy being dangerous. Knowing he loves Percy made my heart burst

[@gabthegreat01]

Vax calling Percy his brother actually made me tear up a little! Also, that scene at the end with the cultists chanting? Does that black orb look familiar? Like something a certain crazy necromancer lady conjured up toward the end of season 1? Does that jog your memory, perhaps?

[@ShockArcl1te]

Your reaction to the whole resurrection of Percy was everything.

[@JamesSerapio]

I live how you immediately picked up Raishan's transfer to thordak's corpse last episode. Yeah, the dragon is undead, and in D&D it's called a Dracolich. There's some interesting reading in those. 😅

[@AnimatedEffigy]

The Whispered One is coming. We are his blood.

[@karkajouautomaton4882]

Now the characters can come back next season with a "so what did you do during winter break?"

[@bryanmacklem2654]

This last episode had it all. Percy's resurrection, Keyleth really coming into her power, Scanlan coming to grips with being a good father along with another really good song, Vax coming to terms with being the Matrons champion, and knowing he has obligations, Vex having some real happiness, Grog and Pike just having fun. A minor spoiler though is that spinning ball was shown at the very end of season one under the ziggurat, and is the beginning of the final arc of Vox Machinas campaign, and it only gets better.

[@smoogis]

Additional tearjerker i noticed after rewatching the season: If you look back at the scene where Scanlan is talking to Kaylie in Marquet, the melody of the song she’s playing IS Kaylie’s song and he mentions that he’s good at lyrics when he was trying to come up with a topic to talk about after leaving the bar. he wrote lyrics to the song she was playing on her flute. that realization really got me.

[@rickymoranjr9609]

Keyleth really put her Earth Golem form to good use, plus I was sooooo happy that they brought Percy back from the death

[@Lngbrdninjamasta]

"We are his blood!" We have heard this phrase across all seasons of this series...💀 Angela, u might have to go back and look for who says them

[@zarathos616thewolf]

In fact, Angela, she became a Lichdragon because she kept her mental faculties and a bunch of immunities.

[@AdamEspersona]

Including immunity and counters to the vestiges. She planned that far ahead... except for Keyleth's new elemental form and her cleverness.

[@IceMetalPunk]

Technically, in D&D they're called dracoliches.

[@zarathos616thewolf]

@@IceMetalPunk technically critcal roll use pathfinder

[@Mordring]

@@zarathos616thewolf they only did in their home game then migrated it to D&D 5E when they started streaming as it was growing in popularity at that point. The only thing retained from Pathfinder was Sarenrae, Pike's deity.

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@Mordring And Percy's gunslinger class, which Matt homebrewed into a Fighter subclass to transfer it over.

[@BBerloat]

We are his heart, we are his blood.

[@BBerloat]

Great reactions all this season!

[@user-jt1js5mr3f]

Adding my vote to seeing you react to Calamity!

[@syl20m20]

1 and a half year sure, but before that campaign 2 “mighty nein” will arrive

[@davidjoneas1500]

The next Show should be the Mighty Nein show which is campaign 2. I think a lot of people are waiting for it. I know I am.

[@transientanus]

I was really waiting for it, nit after how badly they screwed up this season, I almost don't want to watch it because I'm worried how they'll screw it up.

[@davidjoneas1500]

@@transientanus in what way do you they think they screwed it up this season

[@rogue7723]

Idk about it, from what little I've read about the _Mighty Nein_ almost all of the main characters are _massive jerks._

[@queenannsrevenge100]

@@rogue7723they start that way, but then, so did Vox Machina when you think about it. Vex and Vax are mercs who drift everywhere and had bad reps with most of their past clientele, Percy was “no mercy Percy”, Scanlan, Grog, and Pike were basically professional bar-crawlers, and Keyleth was the nicest one of them all. Mighty NEIN start with a lot of bad baggage, but their whole story is overcoming it.

[@DungeonDragon18]

@@rogue7723 That's kind of the fun of that campaign, watching a bunch of self-centered, traumatized, and apathetic mercenaries slowly work up to caring about each other and the world. A lot of the reason I love Beau and Caleb's friendship so much is that they hated each other at first, but as soon as they saw past each other's facades they realized they were soulmates.

[@toamszkozak8822]

About season 4 ,yeah we defenitly will wait for this a little bit but the good news is that it is possibile that we will get the Mighty Nein series in late 2025 so there's that and let me tel you something ,you are not ready for this ,you will fall in love with the Mighty Nein just as much (if not more)as you fell in love with Vox Machina,the Mighty Nein are seen by mamy as the best critical role campaign so can't wait for you to meet them

[@jonathan_marquis]

I've seen a few people react to EXU Calamity by doing a video for every hour (or so) of gameplay. From what I remember it's relatively simple to cut up in "chapters". I highly recommend watching it and I know speaking for myself I would love to see you react to it.

[@jxcefxce]

I think we’ll get the Mighty Nein show next before we get Season 4, and I hope you end up loving those misfits as much ad I do Angela!

[@user-jt1js5mr3f]

I'm so upset by that prospect. I want things to remain chronological.

[@Clancy111]

Genuinely love your reactions to Vox Vachina, would LOVE to see you watch Calamity. Its all on youtube although I'm sure you would want to edit it down as each they are quite long.

[@Ironoclasty]

Please sign my petition to allow tail-wagging dogs to stare at tennis balls in the background. The thing that this set is missing is a tail in constant motion while the juggernaut of puppy before it intimidates an inanimate object. This is a sub-plot that we know we all need. It is my fervent hope that, at some point, the canine in question suddenly notices the camera and approaches for a full-snout solo. There is no greater content!

[@billybossier2888]

My favorite part of the story about the Chateau only allowing chicken was just a quirk Sam added when he created it there is no limit in the spell. He just thought it was funny.

[@benprescott8646]

If you will recall Vax did already say the words out loud to Kiki back in season 1. When they were by the sun tree fighting off a horde of undead he told her and got rejected but has been there ever since.

[@janiekramer2344]

I have a feeling we are going to get the first season of Mighty Nein (their second campaign, animated) before we get Season 4. I'm okay with that since my absolutely favorite FAVORITE CR character ever is part of it. Also, the fan-made love letter and "get well soon" to Sam is both heartbreaking and heartwarming. Calamity is on YT. I'm just going to say this: if you choose to watch it, start buying boxes of Kleenex and bottles of wine now. And watch it in small doses. There is a reason that those who saw it probably jumped up and screamed when they heard Xerxus's name (and saw him on screen) in this season of LoVM.

[@ShyyGaladriel]

I really am looking forward to to Vox Machina 4

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

Ok, but have you ever heard of the Traveler? 😈

[@AtomikaBlerd]

@@happyslapsgiving5421 He’s really cool, you guys!

[@doctorsno906]

I hear he travels a lot, cool guy

[@mariusroth4966]

why did I read this in a very specific, blue-ish voice?

[@sdaubs]

@@mariusroth4966 Yep, I did the same thing.

[@chrisd4228]

@@mariusroth4966 same...

[@AAAndrew]

One of them mentioned a month or more ago that they were so busy these days, and how difficult it was to switch characters so much as they had to go from recording Vox Machina to Mighty Nein to then playing on Thursdays their characters for Bells Hells. This told me that they were already recording a fourth season of VM because the voice acting was already in the can for season 3 long ago.

[@bucue802]

Props to the editor for 22:58

[@houselebeau]

That orb at the end. I could be wrong. I played a dnd based video game once and there was a crypt level where a similar orb was raising the dead. They may not take that route, but that’s my best guess

[@TheRubberDuck77]

So the spinning ball of death we saw before, it was after the Briarwood arc, when they defeated Sylus and Delilah, thats what they summoned in the ziggurat. And in the post credit scene a guard or someone went down, touched and died.

[@briandalke5946]

I'm a bit disappointed they didn't do the mother scene, since it was such a major moment in the campaign, but I can understand why they went a softer route since they didn't know they'd get another season and they didn't do much set up for it.

[@thewheezingdead]

That's clearly Mumm-Ra we're in for the weirdest crossover ever.

[@Heavensrun]

Don't forget, Vax was the *first one* to express his love. It's always good to say it back, but it's not like he's never told her how he feels.

[@jacobhale4537]

Hes coming and i cant wait for it. I wonder if Matt is gonna voice him or if someone else will

[@zippomage]

I am REAL excited to see who they get, and how they do it. No doubt it'll be amazeballs.

[@zephyrfields9977]

20:23 There are so many ways this could have been worded better "You're like family but I have a real one" Dude. Chosen family is no less real.

[@davey3472]

Something about portraying men in such a great light, watching them call each other brother and clasping hands. Reckon there's a lot of blokes starving for that recently. Asides tho, what a great show this is, put purely and simply, its CHARACTERS. Motives, flaws, arcs, redemptions, this is what we need so much more of. If a lot of recent films and TV shows won't give us this, we'll go where we need to, and animation seems to be doing it really well recently!

[@sandorfalusi3486]

“We are his blood” Remember season 1?

[@billberndtson]

14:21 My favorite line in s3. Got chills. :)

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

imagine how OP Percy must be that they had to bench him 2 episodes so that Keyleth could solo a dragon.

[@magicalminty6203]

I'm pretty sure that dark orb with the cultists at the end, is from season 1. In the ziggurot where (I can't remember the characters or VA's names, so I'll name other characters they've voiced) Azula from Avatar TLA and McCree from Overwatch (the witch and the vampire) died.

[@brandonokeeffe1193]

You are thinking of Delilah(Grey Griffin) and Sylas Briarwood(Matthew Mercer)

[@magicalminty6203]

@@brandonokeeffe1193 Thank you, I'm terrible with names.

[@reconsoldier135]

Your hair looks fantastic

[@CptApplestrudl]

It's the end of October but I'd still be down for Castlevania as a next watch.

[@samantha4304-d4q]

Amazing!

[@uttkarshnarayan]

If Scanlan's "She's my real family" sounds hurtful, no one show her his "the bard's lament" exit speech from the campaign 😅

[@vellynis]

I'm really hoping (and expecting) season 4 to be The Daring Trials and Tribulations of Sir Taryon Darrington. At least partially.

[@DocEonChannel]

"We are his blood" is what Zerxes said. Kinda surprised a devil is in the cult of the Whispered One. It'll be interesting to find out what that is all about.

[@alitabuchanan5010]

This by far is the best season 😊can’t wait until season 4 I know rashon isn’t fully dead

[@niravathu7353]

As for the teaser at the end, there are some tells throughout the show that give hints as to who that is, and what they're after. - Lady Briarwood tells Silas to "Trust in the Whispered One, for we are his blood." - When she barely fails to summon the Whispered One at the end of season one, he leaves behind a spinning black orb with purple lightning. - The devil Xurxes tells Yenk to kill Vox Machina earlier this season, ending with "We are his blood, and the time of his ascension draws near." - The cultists around the spinning dark orb with purple lightning are chanting "We are his blood," while summoning someone.

[@cairothetiefling_]

Percy and Vax being brothers and calling each other ‘brother’ means so much to me. Was kinda disappointed Scanlan said ‘real family’ because real family is those you surround yourself with. Not just blood relations. They are truly family and that’s something I love about DnD, is you can make lifelong friends as your characters become friends and family.

[@katelynnjensen660]

The mighty nine come out in the beginning of 2025. You could fall in love with the second campaign before season four comes out

[@user-jt1js5mr3f]

I don't think it's nearly along enough for the beginning of 2025...where are you getting that release window?

[@hhylobates4098]

_Late_ 2025. About a month ago Travis said "Maybe late 2025, hopefully." And more recently said that production was halfway done, which still leaves 6-9 months to go

[@Musabre]

No spoilers in the comments , okay sure but IT'S THE BLACK ORB OF DEATH FROM SEASON ONE 😆😆😆

[@Irvine1992]

This was hands down the most emotional season. I am a SUCKER for brotherhood so when Vax is reaching out for Percy and says he and Vex love him and calls him "brother" I absolutely LOST it. Fantastic season.

[@DrLipkin]

In D&D, there are different spells that can bring someone back from the dead. The weakest spell that can bring someone back is Revivify, which can only bring someone back who has been dead for less than a minute. This is what was used on Vex in the Sunken Tomb. Someone who is Revivified comes back to life with only a single hit point, but they are otherwise unaffected by their ordeal. More powerful spells can raise someone who has been dead longer. But those spells take longer to cast (meaning they can't be performed during combat like Revivify can), and they take a toll upon the person who is brought back. Raise Dead can bring someone back to life that has been dead for 10 days or less, but the person that was brought back takes a -5 penalty to any attack roll, skill check, or saving throw that they make afterwards. That penalty is reduced by one each time the revived person takes a long rest (which is 8 hours of sleep). Unless the show changes things to make stuff more dramatic (which they've done before), Percy should be right as rain in less than a week.

[@rhylin26]

So grog was intended to be just along for the ride. His arc last season was basically his only arc on stream.

[@TheSenit]

Stranger and stranger things are happening *wink wink

[@bryanmartin8935]

Keep those tissues close. We got arcane coming next 😍

[@billberndtson]

29:44 When campaign 1 ended I consoled a fellow Critter who wasn't satisfied with 500+ hours of content, a talk show, a musical and many other songs, and cosplay and fan art to the moon. We always want more. Get ready for The Mighty Nein!

[@alexperry2406]

As someone who’s only watched the show, wasn’t the whole thing with the Herd of Storms the Grog storyline?

[@ryanbagley3293]

I mean, for someone who doesn’t have magic Percy got fire power that is up there with vex’s super magic bow with bad news, thing is a serious cannon

[@gregolsem4438]

on the bright side, we will prob get Mighty Nein season 1 before season 4 of Vox Machina some time next year

[@Zerashadow]

You get Mighty Nein in between as well, you will love those Characters as well, especially Jester something tells me :P

[@traviscue2099]

I assume that him coming back to life is a gift from the Matron, so its not typical holy magic.. Its very likely he'll heal back to full health in no time.

[@Mazecraft]

I'm getting hype for S4 and campaign 2!

[@pardox28]

Percy died in episode 68 in the campaign & was brought back via a resurrection ritual in the next episode, 69 (nice). So Critters had to wait a week to see if Percy would be brought back & so it was fitting that TLOVM watchers also had to wait a week for it to happen. Since the campaign uses D&D 5e rules where revivify, resurrection, and raise dead spells exist, in Exandria the Matron is a little more lax on those type of spells. By this point in the campaign, Pike had died once (pre-stream; it's why her hair turned white), Grog twice, Vex twice, Percy twice, and Scanlan twice. At that point in the campaign, only Vax & Keyleth hadn't died. But keeping that faithful to the animated series would have made each death not that impactful. So I understand why they made resurrection magic in the animated series world much, much rarer & the cost for doing so much more severe. As to the EXU: Calamity 4-episode series (20hr 17min in total), most of the ppl that have reacted to it on KZbin have uploaded it in multi-parts. I think most have watched 1 hour and then made that part 1; watched another hour and made that part 2; etc etc. I don't know if that matches Critical Role's content policy when it comes to reactions of their material, but you can find those specifics on their website.