The Legend of Vox Machina - Season 1 Eps 1 Reaction

[@brandonmiracle9810]

As soon as you said (about Keyleth) "At least she didn't jump", my KZbin cut to an ad for goldfish crackers. I swear their algorithm has gained sentience.

[@HollywoodZach]

Speaking on the topic of "How to describe D&D to the older generation", my buddy got his job to allow him and the other employees that played, a conference room and a monthly snack budget of $200 because he pitched it to them as a "team building exercise that encourages creative problem solving and teamwork overcoming obstacles."

[@Starsaber222]

Structured group improv is another decent way to describe it.

[@tylerboyce4081]

OMG, "team building exercise"! I need to try this at work!

[@krinkrin5982]

I got props at work for 'keeping team morale high'. With Warhammer FRP.

[@mathsalot8099]

D&D is a much more effective alternative to all the BS "team building exercieses" many companies force their employees to do. Good job, my dude!

[@dehro]

theatre improv with dice, is my go to.

[@MrKrory]

Travis has actually been playing Thor for ten years in various animated and video game material. When he was brought back in for the Marvel's Avengers game, commemorating his tenth year as the character, he decided to get a tattoo to honor it. Instead of getting something typical like Mjolnir, he got the old Germanic/Norse runic word that means "to be worthy" on the side of his wrist. He said he got it so that every morning whenever he brushes his teeth or shaves and sees it in the mirror, it serves as a reminder to himself that he's worthy of the life he has - amazing career, great group of friends, and a wonderful wife (Laura Bailey) and son (Ronin).

[@DParkerNunya]

Travis is a national treasure

[@shelbybayer200]

He's also voiced Hulk in the Super Hero Squad show You know the perfect character that incapsulates the Iconic idea of what Grog embodies with Travis' favorite catchphrase in Critical role Vox Machina campaign *"I WOULD LIKE TO.......... RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE !!!!"*

[@WillfulVisions]

Keyleth: stumbles for a brief moment. Jay: Intense 'we're basically gods' flashbacks

[@VictorVonGrooove]

I spit out my drink at that part.

[@nickthedreamer4434]

"At least she didn't jump." I'M FUCKING DYING OVER HERE!!!

[@HollyComstock15]

@@nickthedreamer4434 He made that sound WAY darker than it needed to lmao

[@richieroberts16]

I guess it's Matt's turn to "Roll the Dice."

[@claygardiner7543]

'...It's too many dice for me to roll.' -Matt Mercer

[@Jonny_R]

Jay: "They're a bunch of nerdy ass voice actors who play dungeons and dragons." Me with Muscle Memory: WE PLAY DUNGEONS AND DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG-OOOONNNS!!!

[@carpediem3991]

DND BEYOOONNNNND

[@commandercaptain4664]

DEY DOOK URRR JERBS!!!

[@CarolinaMouse]

I did it too

[@nuru666]

WE PLAY DUR AN DUR!!!!!!!!!

[@Qwertky]

WEPLAYDUNGEONSANDRAGOOOOOOOONS!

[@velvet0ground]

"Don't fall Keyleth." "It's difficult terrain..." "You don't even know the half of it." THAT TOOK ME OUT. GOLDFISH FLASHBACKS.

[@georgerobins4110]

Goldfish flashbacks indeed lol

[@stressed_dm]

They were fully funded for their original goal of $750,000 in 45 minutes of the Kickstarter being up They hit 1mil within an hour of it being up 3mil within 10 hours The final total was 11.3mil

[@garretthenderson5738]

The rat bastards.... their kickstater went live about an hour after mine. I was just looking for $4,500 and barely made it. Critical Role sucked all the air out of the room. Stupid uber talented adorable weirdos.

[@thesevendeadlysins578]

That is insane and worth it.

[@corybishop3084]

"Thinking of a rhyme for dead dragon. Cause I... I guess we're killing one." Love this line from Scanlan.

[@benjeffries2610]

A perfect line to encapsulate Scalan. He a goof off, but their is a subtle change when he gets serious. Just embodies that sharp whit and heart.

[@danis4187]

"at least she didn't jump" me: having war flashbacks to campaign 1

[@BNOBNO14]

Spoilers for campaign 1 and potentionally the show Is Keylith the one who jumped and fell in lava too? I can't recall.

[@danis4187]

@@BNOBNO14 YES LMAO She did those things on two different occasions. The lava was around episode 70-ish I think and the cliff/goldfish moment was around 80-90 ish.

[@smiddlehurst1]

Jay: “I shall do my research and summarise these voice actors most well known works! How hard can it be?” *opens IMDB* Jay: “well…. crap.”

[@slevinchannel7589]

I first legit wanted to praise this Show for using the Age-Classification it has in a 'natural feeling way', totally unlike High Guardian Spice, but then i took it back. I see many issues, including: The Bard-Character; i get where that concept is coming from, i really do (i know that much about D&D); but its just not funny or anything. What a useless Character. Theyre falling in a Trap that i legit think they literally knew exists: The Trap of Misusing the '18'-Classification.

[@labradude]

@@slevinchannel7589 scanlan is the best part of campaign 1 mechanically and story-wise hes not useless lmao.

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@labradude Youre missing the point of my comment completly; as i'd expect of someone who ends his comment with lmao.

[@gaffawebber]

@@slevinchannel7589- this is part of the characters progression story. He starts out this way. They all sorta start out as eff ups.

[@roboticd]

@@slevinchannel7589 well fuck, I guess they'll have to replay 8 years of d&d games to change the story.

[@LordGrokken]

Couple of Easter Eggs, the two kids were voiced by Sam's daughter & Liam's son. The Murder Hobos, is the name of the group that the lead animator plays in D&D.

[@ashleycook6025]

"The tenth doctor is in this..." *Smiles like a girl getting her first valentine* Yeah, I felt that

[@butwhythough7134]

Critical Role's show is up. pReview'd's reaction is up. I've never been more excited to have another grown man whom I've never met call me a "peach".

[@andrewhelmer6853]

Preach Peach ! Accidentally introduced my Gf to them and she’s been asking all day if their reaction to Vox is up yet She calls them “our reaction bois “

[@theanyktos]

Marisha's the creative director. Same position she had at Geek&Sundry before they split off and made their own company. She's awesome.

[@jxcefxce]

Jay being a Laura Bailey Stan just absolutely kills me. We all worship Laura. ♥️

[@k_enigmatic6605]

* Cue the harp noise * Laura Bailey! 🤩

[@anonymouspotato3453]

[insert angelic choir here]

[@VictorVonGrooove]

@@k_enigmatic6605 I was expecting it!! Every time someone says her name.. Harp!

[@Reblwitoutacause]

CUPCAKES

[@BuckRodgers3]

@@Reblwitoutacause Between that and leaving The Game Awards twice just to come play DnD she is nerd through and through.

[@c15page]

"Don't fall!" "...you don't know the half of it." Also, does NOT surprise me the guys do RP. Good on ya!

[@childofbacchus]

The sheer KNOWING panic of that “don’t fall, Keyleth!!” cracked me the hell up 😂

[@Superdummy803]

"I'm a Critter, he's not." Under my breathe - "Not yet." :)

[@CarolinaMouse]

It happens to the best of us and I say that from experience. Critical role is my company into DND and nearly 5 years later I do not regret it

[@TBoring]

Didn’t know this was happening. So excited for your reactions. Side note, the beginning of the video, when it went all Gregorian Chant, has now inspired me to make a Cleric for the Church of the Oxford Comma. His name will be Ford Ox (because Ox, Ford) and he will be a Knowledge Domain Cleric

[@Dan-qy6zv]

Jay: The cupcake moment. You mean the moment Laura Bailey won D&D?

[@darkvizardking69]

The moment that made a certain trickster go 'oh yeah, she's good alright'

[@bebsandbubs2730]

I laughed when Adam mentioned Tiny Tina from Borderlands. She is voiced by Ashly Burch. Ashly is a friend of Critical Role, has been on the streams and live shows and is also a writer for this animated series!

[@tylerts97]

As well as being the guest on-stream when THAT ONE THING happened in C2

[@bebsandbubs2730]

@@tylerts97 Doh! Of course! Long may he reign!

[@mattr7994]

She's also one of the writers for the show

[@bebsandbubs2730]

@@mattr7994 Yes. I believe I included that.

[@Heritage367]

I have called it 'poker night' for years! And after episode 3, Adam is so going to cosplay 'No Mercy Percy'.

[@gamerjunkee1]

Nerd poker is the exact same words I've used to describe game night. Thanks, Jay!

[@darax723]

Gunslinger is from Pathfinder, which is the system they used prior to the stream (which is also why Pike is a cleric of Sarenrae, who does not exist in the D&D pantheon). Then they decided to switch to DnD 5e, and converted the Pathfinder gunslinger class to fit with 5e.

[@TomVCunningham]

They had to homebrew the gunslinger class for Jaffe/Percy when they transitioned their game from Pathfinder at home to 5e when they started streaming.

[@TheRubberDuck77]

Ashley Johnson was in Growing Pains not Family Ties, she was also the Forensic Scientist in Blindspot

[@Michelle-DiPalo]

Thank you. Was looking to see of anyone else made this comment before me

[@duanegiddings4981]

Also, the waitres at the end of the first Avengers movie. Of course, didn't know who she was at the time. And Growing Pains was so long ago, Not until I watched the shows theme again did I see it.

[@MirandaWeaver]

WAIT, SHE WAS!? I watched that as a kid! XD

[@jamescandalino3458]

@@duanegiddings4981 Wait what? How did I not know this?

[@duanegiddings4981]

@@jamescandalino3458 Yep,, even got a ine to be interviewed by a reporter where she thanks Cap.

[@mathsalot8099]

Level Up Montage is the single best D&D tip I have heard in a few years! THANK YOU! I am going to implement that in my next Campaign.

[@Nizzleson]

I paused the video and messaged my party immediately. We are about to run ToA from lvl 1, so lots of chances to do this ahead.

[@commandercaptain4664]

A montage of that nature needs more cowbell.

[@Grim_Dank_Future]

It warms my cold dead heart to see Jay fan boying over Critical Role.

[@CarolinaMouse]

Same here

[@AdrianFlipflop]

Per usual Vax rolled high on his stealth check which explains why Liam didn't get any intro by Jay

[@pReviewd]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheRubberDuck77]

He did talk about Liam, saying how he voiced Illadan, now he didn't name him as Vax, just said he plays their rogue

[@Geth-Who]

Fun detail: the kids in the village were voiced by Sam and Liam's kids.

[@DParkerNunya]

Oh no my heart

[@EEmB]

Jay's excitement setting all this up, and get to shine talking about this, I am so here for it! Also, never seen Adam so adorably and spontaneously react so much like a 14 year old girl that happen to get eye contact with her big crush from across the hall, in such a way as he does in 08:37! Just the pure loveliness!

[@simmsquee]

He did look so adorably pleased and shy. I wanna gif him in that moment with blushing cheeks.

[@leslatimer4709]

As soon as Trinket was introduced, my first thought was, "Jay's going to want a Trinket."

[@LemmingOfEvil]

Just watched the "cupcake" incident, and hot damn that was a clutch moment (and hilarious).

[@garretthenderson5738]

I have maybe got a dozen episodes live on twitch , but just happened to catch that one. The critical role chat is always crazy, but at that moment straight up "went plaid." All time great moment

[@k_enigmatic6605]

Welcome to the critter family, Adam....one of us! 🧡 the saga only gets better from here

[@joelgermany1236]

ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US

[@phantom6]

The animators, unbeknownst to Matt, animated an NPC in each applicable episode that Matt uses his voice or his voice with an accent, to look like him. He was amused when he found out, it's almost a play on the "Sams Matt shirt" joke.

[@AutumnWoodham]

"Did not think I'd be seeing Gnome taint this morning" - a sentence you think you'd never hear be spoken

[@JnEricsonx]

I didn't expect to be seeing a gnome go down on a blue elf!

[@TuffMcAwesome]

Adam had the drink this time! Then immediately personified Jay.

[@nicksmyth4050]

17:00 I burst out laughing when Jay made that reference to the "We're gods!" moment

[@FLStyle]

17:11 "At least she didn't jump..." *** Insert Captain America "I understood that reference." GIF here ***

[@Case2_0]

I play a Druid Necromancer in my current campaign. So I can talk to the dead and plants. FURNITURE IS MY DOMAIN!

[@miss.chievious471]

"I think [Laura Bailey] is everyone's favorite?" I mean... he's not wrong.

[@Eddrian32]

Fun tidbit, the kids in the Shale Steppes are played by Liam and Sam's actual real life children!

[@RangerErnsy]

"I'm totally Percy!" Oh... oh no...

[@andrewwebb3248]

Will be interesting to see how this develops

[@corvus1374]

The actress who plays Lady Kima is Maribel in Encanto. You guys should watch Viva La Dirt League. They live action tons of video game tropes.

[@erickremers3986]

David Tennant's best line ever. *slams hand on war table* "FUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!"

[@nrgspike]

Minor correction but Marisha is the Creative Director at CR. Travis is the CEO. She was previously the CD at Geek & Sundry where CR got it's start.

[@Keyofone]

Adam, episode 1: I don't know anything about Critical Role. That line in light of Adam in episode 12 of this is hysterical.

[@555smo]

Laura Bailey and I have very special dice cut from the same Meteorite. I met her once in Gencon in 2018. She's awesome *cue harp music*

[@15jsoliven]

I've missed Vox Machina.. I love the other campaigns but nothing hits like the originals! I love the subtle moments of the future couples they through in!

[@miss.chievious471]

I'm new to the channel, because I'm basically going through and geeking out to all the different reactions to this show, but you guys have such a fun vibe! Can't wait to check out your other stuff :)

[@Petrichore34]

I, for one, really enjoy hearing you guys talk about your home game! Hearing you talk about why you love D&D gave me the warm fuzzies because I love it for all the same reasons. Also, your suggestion about level up montages in game is a cool idea! I think I'm gonna tuck that one in my back pocket. Looking forward to watching this with you guys!

[@wiredjeweler211]

I've watched these about 3 times, I just love your honest and over abounding joy in this series. I can't wait till season 3 and The Mighty Nein!!

[@milesspence6004]

They had to be very careful in this show with the DND references cause WoTC are extremely tight on their copyright rules and they would have had to have been very careful with what they can and can’t mention

[@artforartssake21]

I'm so stupid happy I found your guys show/movie reaction show you guys had me in tears XD Also little note lol Gunslinger is actually a Pathfinder class critical roles original game before it came to twitch was a Pathfinder game but Matt transferred it to 5E for the stream and he brought things from their Pathfinder game to 5E like Sarenrae who is Pikes goddess and the Gunslinger class

[@maggiecarolus7791]

i’ve never watched y’all’s stuff before but the respect you paid to Marisha got an auto sub

[@shoverload5135]

Ashley Johnson is also Gwen Tennyson in Ben 10 Alien Force through Omniverse

[@CameoAmalthea]

I liked how they translated the Ranger's primeval awareness ability (kind of mixed with favorite enemy)

[@ChandlerLawsonPlays]

As a Patron supporter, I don't always have time to watch your full watch-alongs, but your KZbin vids are a slice of joy. I just gotta say that your content always makes my day. Thanks for being your awesome selves. Much love from Kentucky.

[@paintsplattered17]

I love coming back to this video. Especially the beginning with Jay, a current Critter, explaining the cast to Adam, a future Critter, and Adam going :O at all of them. And then when Jay pulls David Tennant out of his sleeve and Adam bypasses :O entirely to jump straight to shy smile and shoulder swaying I love it.

[@terryandjoe]

So glad you're reacting to this, helps with the exposure, and shares the love! Really hope you guys like it, I've loved the first 3 so far. Eps 1-2 are "new" and then ep3 is where it gets to what most of us critters have seen.

[@leonielson7138]

David Tennet is my favorite Deatheater turned Doctor.

[@TheRubberDuck77]

Also, have fun playing where's Waldo, I mean Where's Matt, alot of the extra characters are his voice. ALSO HE is actually in every episode playing that inept guard... kinda like the cabbage seller in Avatar mix with Stan Lee cameo's from Marvel lol

[@prudencethewitch140]

omg Adams excited little dance in his seat when he found out that Tennant is in this :) That was adorable.

[@amrosoronar1853]

Ashley Johnson was also one of the leads in the TV series Blindspot and had a cameo role in the first Avengers movie (she was the waitress that was crushing on Steve).

[@jessicajones641]

When my two favorite worlds collide!!! (I stan Laura and Travis 💕 but Percy is totally my favorite character!) I am so impressed with the animation (I already knew the voice action would be S tier). All of the characters fit how I imagined them.

[@etceterakitty]

We play Dungeons and Draaaagooooooooooons!

[@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll]

The part where the creators of the IP have been able to keep this much control through the adaptation process is also pretty special.

[@PNW-hawks]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!! I have been subscribed long before the FIX IT came about and finally my name gets called out I couldn't have picked a better video to get called-out thank you😃😃

[@Cloudy_SkieZ1]

Hey Peaches! Congrats on the 100k!!!! Little off The birthday wish but HECK YEH! I finally watched it so I can finally watch your reactions! This show was completely unexpected and wonderful to watch! I’m a HUGE critical Role fan so I was VERY pleased to see this come to light

[@ricardoramos1059]

1st episode and im already hooked this is going to be fun

[@slevinchannel7589]

I first legit wanted to praise this Show for using the Age-Classification it has in a 'natural feeling way', totally unlike High Guardian Spice, but then i took it back. I see many issues, including: The Bard-Character; i get where that concept is coming from, i really do (i know that much about D&D); but its just not funny or anything. What a useless Character. Theyre falling in a Trap that i legit think they literally knew exists: The Trap of Misusing the '18'-Classification.

[@Baileycoltonsummers]

I can't wait for the next to and Adam's complete swoon we'll see in E3.

[@michaelwolf8690]

I love that the series starts out with Rigel's character urinating on Matt.

[@darkvizardking69]

Let's be honest, CR as a whole is filled with moments of Sam doing shit to piss off matt in the most fun ways.

[@theanyktos]

Honestly, the part at the end where you're just laughing even though it's not funny just then? Hard same, I was just giddily laughing in excitement almost the whole time, especially during the dragon fight, because did you _see_ that gorgeous bastard? That whole fight was _stunning._

[@richardbrown3055]

This episode was amazing, so much pay off for existing fans, and a great hook for new comers. While so much of the dialogue was great, hands down best line of the episode went to Scanlan with his “Thinking of a rhyme…” line, just perfect in every way.

[@marina7592]

Congratulations 100,000 subscribers... Woohoo 🎉🎉🎉

[@kagato23]

On Marisha ray and voice acting: during Halloween episodes, they always stick to a theme, and one year it was “characters you’ve voice acted.” And Marisha wearing an army costume said she was “Female Soldier #2” and noted she wasn’t glamorous, but she let Marisha make rent on the small ass studio apartment she had at the time.

[@ddhuzjak]

I love how you guys get excited to talk about your home dnd game and your characters... That's basically every dnd player ever :) We're all in this together :P

[@galmorzu]

YOU MENTIONED THE CUPCAKE MOMENT!!!! :-D :-D :-D

[@peterrasputin3679]

Awesome video guys as usual. It's great to see the passion for D&D, and your enjoyment of these stupidly talented actors that have helped to elevate something that has for so many years been scorned and dismissed. This first episode is a perfect introduction to Vox Machina and if it's any indication - this season is going to blow our minds.

[@Dotterelly]

I was pretty lucky. My parental DnD experience was really sweet. My parents don't really understand it, but my Mum listened to all my explanations and then got me a personalised wooden dice tray and tower for my birthday with a note saying I don't really understand it but it makes you happy so I support you. Also I met my husband through a DnD game so there's that!

[@captjackp]

I’ve been waiting allll day for you guys and this one. I already love this show! Animation is sooo much better and different than I thought it was going to be. Can’t wait for the rest!

[@bluefalcon2099]

“Don’t fall Keyleth. .. Bwahahahhahah!”

[@sjaxs30]

This new world I’m about to enter is gonna be AMAZING!!!! and I’m gonna have to spread the word on this immediately

[@dorendelight]

The moment Jay started tearing up really hit home for me. You let those tears flow friend!

[@umamitea8241]

The tears were the sweetest thing EVER. It's a real thing and I felt the same way!

[@sarahharakas6652]

Yay yay yay! I'm so happy y'all are reacting to this show! I've been waiting for this release for nearly three years and I can't wait to see what critters and newbies alike think of it! And jsyk, the first two episodes are a "new story" but also cover a bit of something that happened in the campaign before they started streaming. And the last 10 episodes of season 1 cover the much beloved Briarwood Arc that happened at the beginning of campaign 1. I've seen the first three eps already, and I can't wait for your next videos, I think each episode builds so nicely on the ones before it and they just keep getting better and better! I could seriously talk about CR and TLoVM all day if I was allowed, but I'll stop now but again, yay, I'm so excited to watch your reactions to this show!

[@rantalmore]

Reminds me of the gold old days of a couple months ago when Wheel of Time was in premiere 😂

[@blakereed92]

My group actually started doing the "level up montage" thing recently! Didn't have a name for it though, that's awesome! Thanks Jay!

[@sagesaria]

A little extra context on the gunslinger, since I didn't see the comments mention this; the campaign that Critical Role started with was actually originally Matt's home game of Pathfinder, and gunslinger was a class in Pathfinder from the beginning. But when they had the idea to turn the game into an actual play show, they moved over to D&D 5th Edition, so Matt had to convert the class into 5e and then later published it. :)

[@Darkgod777]

Ashley Johnson was Chrissy Seaver on Growing Pains.

[@spywi]

I’ve already been following your channel since a year or more ago, but now that you’re covering Vox Machina, I’m definitely excited to see you guys react to this. Fellow critters unite!

[@SomeKindaSpy]

Something nobody EVER seemed to notice. Sovereign Uriel is named after Emperor Uriel Septim from Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

[@AllyshaWithaY]

I am not into anything like D&D but you guys have such passion for this that I actually read up about this show and critical role and now I’m watching campaign 1. So good job you guys, helping spread d&d!

[@chadwilson4947]

"i could do Percy so hard" I'm deciding to take that out of context.

[@TheKiza02]

I stick by the thought i had when D&D really clicked for me. players don't just live one life, they live multiple. The characters over time become real in a sense, memories of events that happened and interactions in game affect and change people, usually for the better. If you're playing this game, you're living another life for however long the character or campaign manages to last. And it's SO. FUCKING. INCREDIBLE.

[@ticozayas6430]

Laura was also Lust in FMAB, and gives a fantastic performance topped with one of the best death screams I've ever heard!

[@JenniferWagner13]

I am so happy to see you reviewing this and that Adam is on board. And if you like Percy *now*... well, buckle up ;)

[@chardwbu]

The "level up" montage sounds awesome. I hopefully will be able to convince my DM to do it.

[@CarlJohnson-yk9yi]

Jay, your emotional reaction to the show was a great expression of my own feelings about the game. I began my D&D experience in '79 and I have been hooked ever since. Like you my parents didn't approve although I didn't have to hide it from them.

[@timmi7986]

Congrats on the 100k you guys totally deserve it. Keep up the awesomeness!

[@sworddragonsliege]

D&D is awesome. I even got my grandmother into it. She is a murderhobo.