The Legend Of Vox Machina | 3x3 | Vexations | Reaction!

[@sammiebray1661]

Opening the door naked was one of Laura’s best improv moments. A pure master class indeed. I highly recommend watching a table to screen for it 😂

[@InkyPetrel]

The delivery of "As you like" is more gentle and caring than a hundred big swooping romantic moments I've seen in media. It lives in my head rent free forever. Vex still wordlessly reaches for Percy, and he is so gentle with her fear.

[@AAAndrew]

Titmouse went absolutely balls to the wall with designing hell.

[@xavancreepypasta]

Oh, I have a dragon that doesn't want to kill me right away. I'll insult him first. She hasn't learned that dragons hate that sort of thing. Her own fault.

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

The title of this episode is perfect

[@Stincinati]

Raishan when asking about her cure: "Source" Thordak: "I made it the fuck up"

[@elbruces]

"I heard about it on social media. Do your own research!"

[@kenle2]

"Don't take it the wrong way." It's Scanlan. Take it the wrong way is pretty much his standard operating procedure.

[@tristanmilner9511]

3:52 her player making a power play. Laura did this, much like putting Grog in the pokeball during the Kevdak fight, on the fly.

[@dannybob42]

The orb is what was related to the Briarwoods, she didn't so much commune with it as she created it trying to quickly finish that big ritual they were planning Laura Bailey brought this on, it happened on the table, it's a power move

[@sandpiperr]

Yeah and I don't really know what he was so surprised about. They've established that Vex is the type of woman who boldly goes after what she wants.

[@pwalmsley9]

I just realised that the Chroma Conclave totally remind me of the Decepticons. Thordak's treatment of Raishan is pure Megatron and Starscream vibes.

[@nyanbrox5418]

I had this exact thought, star scream is clearly weaker than megatron, but also a snake who would just as quickly subvert him if he could, and the only reason he doesn't kill megatron and take his place is because he would get oneshot Also, similar to megatron and starscream, raishan has all the utility, in this case teleportation, while Star scream could turn into a Jet Also megatron and thordak are just huge physically Yeah, it's a nice comparison, I swear Star scream even had an episode in transformers prime where he was like "joining the autobots" because he was going to die otherwise Very nice

[@tractorfeed7602]

The spinning ball of Doom, Lady Briarwood was trying to conjure up Vecna and the ball popped up instead

[@nyanbrox5418]

I mean they needed to do the ritual during the solstace but vox machina showed up so she tried doing it early Literally undercooked the bally and fluffed up the recipe

[@Starsaber222]

To your question at the end, the overall outline is the same, but they are changing how the pieces fit together. The Briarwood arc from Season 1 was pretty much an abridged version of that arc from the campaign, but they have made more significant changes in Seasons 2 and 3. Other comments have/will mention the differences with Draconia. In the campaign, they went to Ank'harel to get Cabal's Ruin (the cloak Vestige). The Plate of the Dawnmartyr was in the Plane of Fire and they found out about it from Kamaljiori (the sphynx from last season). Not to go into much detail, but the character they were told has it in Dis didn't exist during Campaign 1 (more details on them in a future episode).

[@jasonmarbach]

Let’s gooooo been dying to see you react to this one, and all the rest of these eps too. Every episode is a banger this season

[@vanessaaves3271]

I love the design of hell! I can see why Grog was so excited lol

[@gaflene]

Having watched campaign 1, this season is the most different. I've appreciated all the changes, most of them make sense both story-wise and as a matter of adaptation. There's a big moment later in the season that got me emotional, even though I knew it was coming, and they changed parts of it but kept the spirit of it the same. Vex and Percy are 100% campaign true though, that came right from the table.

[@seankennedy4548]

Love this season so much. The visions of hell have just started. Next episode is pretty dark. Have watched through episode 9 myself. So much incredible work! I have some theories but I won't share them as they have lots of spoilers. yes the story has diverged from the game by quire a bit.

[@Heavensrun]

Kima's a halfling, BTW.

[@Fairburne69]

I somehow didn't know that and I saw the live stream. Always thought she was a Dwarf. Good to know thanks.

[@Ozgarthefighter]

To be fair, it's not immediately apparent. Her gruff personality in the show suggests dwarf, and her armor makes her seem much more stocky.

[@nyanbrox5418]

I literally never knew that, but that explains why she's so agile and carefree tbh

[@nicholasfondacaro7169]

This show follows the events of campaign 1 which ended years ago. They’re currently in campaign 3. They’ve made a bunch of changes to the story for the show, so even us Critical Role veterans are surprised by some of the events of the show. For instance, the red Dragonborn in the show didn’t exist. Although I have a suspicion that it was a nod to a player who was kicked from the group for inappropriate behavior. The character was also a red Dragonborn who had a thing for Allura.

[@whoviancapaldi1732]

It’s so great to see people get to experience the world of Critical Role through this show! This season, things have diverted from the story the most compared to previous seasons. However, every episode includes concrete plot points of the campaign in some way or another since there’s SO much material to pull from. The show takes creative liberties, but most of the big through lines of the OG streams of the D&D campaign seems to stay the same. It’s a masterclass in engaging adaptations imo. We know what will happen, but not always how things happen or paced.

[@TrainerJoshB]

Most of us are guessing that she was supposed to represent Tiberius Stormwind aka Orion Acaba who uh "left" very early in campaign one. He was a toxic D&D player and had a massive crush on Allura in the game and got mad when he found out about Kima and Allura. There are a couple videos out on KZbin explaining everything.

[@Wolfking99-x4r]

This was the episode ill was dying to see your reaction to

[@neintales1224]

Yes the evil spinning orb of death in the intro is what's under Whitestone post-Briarwood. The bird that poops on Percy is a titmouse, like the studio doing the animation for the show, which has amused me way too much since I realized that. And yes, we who saw C1 know more, though they are changing up timelines and even some full out story beats, so I'm still kept guessing to a degree, even if I don't find the changes quite as major as some others do and think they really are following the spirit of it well.

[@easterslice]

At this point, the story is diverging a little, but not by much. SPOILER LABEL FOR THE CAMPAIGN Originally, Vorugal was settled in Draconia, much like Umbrasyll was in Westruun last season. Dohla didn't appear in the campaign, although she was mentioned (I think?) as one of Allura and Kima's former adventure companions. The party went to Draconia in order to scout out the area and plan an attack against Vorugal. There was no Hell portal near the city. This is the show streamlining the sprawling story, combining locations and trimming NPC character arcs. The spirit, though, remains the same. The producers are well aware of what the most important story beats are, and also the beats that fans will riot over if they aren't included. Vex opening that door is one of those beats.

[@uffish2]

I'm not sure if this has been explained or not, so just in case: the three campaigns. A "campaign" is the collective adventures a group plays together with a set of characters. Critical Role is in the middle of their third, having wrapped up the first (Vox Machina) and second (Mighty Nein). So the cartoon won't be catching up to what people who watch the show "know" anytime soon, if ever. They're going to do a Mighty Nein cartoon, and I wonder if they're laying groundwork in case there's a campaign three one as well, but that seems way too early to speculate on with any accuracy. The differences we see are just adaptational. We expect the individual characters will have roughly the same endings, but there's new and slightly changed stuff along the way. And maybe they WILL revise the ultimate fate of a main character. It seems unlikely, but possible.

[@Ozgarthefighter]

Talesin had intended the moment between Vex and Percy to be more romantic. Laura, on the other hand, had other ideas. Dhola the dragonborn is a series original character that might have been based around another players character that was removed from the Canon. It's a long story, but short version is the player did things at the table and behind the scenes which didn't go over well with the group so they parted ways.

[@user-jt1js5mr3f]

These first three were just ok for me, I enjoyed them but they didn’t wow me. Episodes 4-9 have been straight fire though. The narrative that the show is adapting is complete and those who have watched the show essentially know the major beats that we will see. However, they have made changes in order to adapt it, and some of those changes have still provided great surprises. Such as we knew they’d go to hell, but they had us encounter a character that was a big shift and EXTREMELY cool for those who know. It also makes sense because it relates to another campaign they’ll likely adapt in the future, so they’re also setting foundations in a very smart way

[@MrNyden]

This season begins to divert from the streams more than the previous two, and it gets more pronounced the deeper we get. This is not a bad thing - It certainly is keeping things interesting for us long time fans but it means that, increasingly, we don't know much more than you do. One of the cool things it allows them to do is dig into the secondary NPC's more than we ever saw in the live streams. Allura and Kima were characters we didn't really get to know much about and we rarely saw in a fight because Matt doesn't want his NPC's to overshadow the players. But, because of the adaptation, they're allowed to take center stage and really get a chance to shine once in a while.

[@jesterstyr4584]

Kima is a halfling, not a dwaf.

[@KaraOni13]

adding to this, dwarf women have beards, gnomes have pointed ears (scanlan & pike), since kima has neither she is a halfling

[@jesterstyr4584]

@@KaraOni13 The only dwarf I remember so far in the series had no beard what so ever, and was male. So presumably a beard is not necissary for female dwarves. But they'd(dwarven women) would be generally stalkier than other races. On the other hand, I can see why Kima could be mistaken for a dwarf because of her stalkiness.

[@Sanyaenyenwa]

The point still stands, though: Walking speed of Halflings and Dwarves both is 25ft, 5ft less than the taller races.

[@qa1327]

16:54 there’s a lot that is different from the campaign this season. Some great choices, some disappointments, but it’s been a great season overall. Enjoyed the reaction as usual.

[@yetibeardson1168]

This is fully unrelated to the show, but the way you/your editor distorts the opening them makes it sound like music from the best Sega Genesis game never made. I love it. Carry on.