WHAT IS HAPPENING | Legends Of Vox Machina Ep 2x1 Reaction & Review | Critical Role on Prime Video

[@johna6352]

Dragons get more powerful as they age. Brimscythe was a young adult...these 4 are ANCIENT dragons, literally among the most intelligent and powerful creatures alive in the world.

[@nirandon999]

To add to that, on a 12-point scale, young adult is a 5. Out of these 4, 3 are ancient, which is a 10. Cinder King is what currently would be considered great wyrm (12) though at time of stream ancient was largest category.

[@ShadowyFox_86]

@@nirandon999 We also need to point out that he's also a lot larger than a red dragon his age usually is.

[@WaywardVet]

I wouldn't say adult. In human terms, petulant teenager who just got his car keys.

[@roboticd]

For comparison, at the end of campaign one, Grog's hit points were about the same as a young adult dragon.

[@yiklongtay6029]

Brim's the intern

[@pauloskinner]

Watching this go down live on the D&D stream was INSANE at the time. One of the many "Matt! WTF!!??" moments of Critical Role!

[@NerdyNightly]

Can't wait to catch up with it!

[@michabarycki2781]

I was there 2000 years ago.

[@alexkramerblogs]

I'm playing a campaign where our Druid's dad has the tree teleport/walk spell, and so as she leveled up she knew she could learn it. This whole time she has been keeping a tree journal in-game (and in her IRL notes) for that very thing. This last session we levelled high enough that she now has it, and we had a bit of "jumping across the continent" shenanigans that our DM didn't prepare for.

[@NerdyNightly]

That's both brilliant and cruel

[@alexkramerblogs]

@@NerdyNightly basically fast travelled between a bunch of save points where we left some commissions running, and collecting them up

[@NerdyNightly]

@@alexkramerblogs That is amazing hahaha

[@alexkramerblogs]

@@NerdyNightly We realized one of the locations was like in-game a month ago, but in IRL we hadn't been there since June 2021. Had to dig through a few notebooks to remember some NPC names and shop details

[@katienichole6905]

Druids, man!

[@allmyhomieshatefreud5501]

5:37 interesting detail: Percy was able to push Vax outside of the acid’s target area because in DnD 5e, a black dragon’s acid breath is in a line, not a cone, making it much easier to push someone out of the area of effect

[@NewInkFoHalo]

Good thing they didn’t get caught in whatever ability makes Vorugal’s wings rain acid. IDK if there’s a DND analogue to it but it seems like it’s have a wide area of effect.

[@allmyhomieshatefreud5501]

@@NewInkFoHalo Vorugal is the white dragon; the black dragon’s name is Umbrasyl. The acid dripping off his wings is an original design, which I am a big fan of! Makes him that much nastier

[@NewInkFoHalo]

@@allmyhomieshatefreud5501 damnit I always get those confused, thanks for clarifying And yeah acid wings are a spectacular addition, really drives home the indiscriminate nature of their attack.

[@tristanmilner9511]

Fun Fact: Those kids spying on Scanlan(Sam Riegel) on the Whitestone balcony? They're voiced by Sam's real life children.

[@kyberpunkABY]

If anyone's interested in seeing how this madness went down on stream, check out Critical Role C1 Episode 39 "Omens", from about 3:28:20 onwards (Uriel's announcement -> fleeing Emon).

[@bludfyre]

Matt's comment about "I just destroyed my own creation" is so on point too. He looked really emotional in that moment.

[@lyannastark628]

Thank you for this!

[@SCUBAguypnw]

Great to see you two reacting to this show. I never cared about another show enough to want to watch someone's reaction to it until Vox Machina and now I watch pretty much everyone's reactions. Now I find reaction videos to be fun and have watched them for other shows as well. You two are really going to enjoy this season!

[@curtisd5864]

Loved the visuals for True Sight but also the ability of ancient dragons to influence their surrounding environment (snowing/frost along the ground, acid rain, poison fumes, and Thordak's... everything)

[@knuckles543]

creating a lair, which then go on to give the dragon's ''lair actions'', which suck for anyone fighting in it

[@emberise6613]

So happy to see you reacting to this. Looking forward to see what they've kept and what they've changed from the campaign. I love watching people who haven't seen the original tabletop version react because there's a joy in seeing other people have the same 'what the actual f, Matt?' moments. Like with the Sun Tree scene in the first season and then the Chroma conclave now. This show just makes me so happy and I'm so glad that it's making other people who weren't involved with the kickstarter happy too. Thanks guys!

[@NerdyNightly]

No thank you! This show was such a delightful sruprise in Season 1 and we're so stoked it is back!

[@PensandoRPG]

So great to see that you guys are going to react to season 2!

[@NerdyNightly]

Holy shit! Thank you so much for the Super Thank!!!

[@PensandoRPG]

@@NerdyNightly thank you guys for the good work

[@RonyZ_]

Caraca, eu não esperava te encontrar aqui Leo Bom, até que faz bastante sentido hehe Te desejo grande sucesso cara, tu é incrível

[@offcenterideas]

So excited to see you watching Vox Machina! Brace for a wild ride. This story arc is arguably the main course to the appetizer that was the Briarwoods.

[@FallenRingbearer]

I love how they show the real devastation of dragon attacks.

[@Companion92]

Finally, love this show. They adapted the dragon attack so well from the stream. They got the feal of it so right

[@Luzarioth]

There actually are friendly Dragons ! Half of the Genetic Dragon Tree is friendly to Mortals... most of them are Metalic, meaning Gold, Silver, Copper... the good Dragon God is Platinum... But when you encounter a Dragon, the second you realize that it isn't Metalic... fight or flight, as hard as you can ^^

[@drakobloodwing540]

And that's not counting the hybrid colors.Don't get me started if there was a purple dragon. Those motherfuckers work in family units.You kill one of them.They're whole fucking lineage.Will come beat your ass. You're taking the sovereign of blue dragons that have like Their own civilizations and the pure fucking ferocity of a red Dragon. Also, they have The same breath attack as Shin godzilla They could either basically flash radio to death.Or they couldn't concentrate it into a fucking plasma breath.They breathe

[@davidbergfors6820]

6:35 Yeah Nerdy, He breathes fire THROUGH a mountain! 13:02 Yes, Yes it is.

[@WaywardVet]

Seriously, how do these Dragons mate? We have "rancid breath", "the acid drooler", "your legs are probably freezing", and the only warm cuddler just seems to be the biggest asshole.

[@MoteMayhaps]

Canonically: Very rarely, and usually with dragons of the same elemental/color type. The white dragon here (Vorugal) is wooing another white dragon (Gelidon) by bringing her increasingly deadly kills to show his skill and strength, and therefore his value as a gene contributor of eggs. But dragons rarely stay with their chosen mates, they'll live separately and only meet up to make eggs or exchange kill counts (or treasure, if affectionate). We learn about Gelidon in a Critical Role livestream bonus question episode, I forgot which one they confirmed it in.

[@cloudstone123]

"They all failed their con saving throws." Actually, yeah, mostly they did. You can see the cast reaction to the attack to the dragon attack in the livestream here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3a3oHScadObetk

[@darrenl3289]

There is a great moment that is a nod to the actual game, when Grog rages and attacks one of the dragons and basically bounces off and breaks his axe. In the real game, Travis Willingham attacked and rolled to hit, added up the roll and bonuses and said he got (i think) a 21 or 22. Matt Mercer looked at him and said "you miss" and Travis looked stunned... and terrified lol

[@jamesmorehouse9896]

I’m glad y’all stayed on. I agree that episode 4 of season 1 is GREAT.

[@NerdyNightly]

It was a GAMECHANGER

[@aaronbourque5494]

Grog's (failed) attack on the dragon is almost a direct interpretation of the moment on stream where he attacked with a 19 to hit the dragon, and was told that 19 misses. Everybody at the table slowly lost it for a sec. "Let's wipe out the whole castle!" Yeah, that wasn't "the castle." That was the Cloudtop District, where the rich and powerful live. Or, used to live. Anyway, dragons eventually develop the ability to see through illusions (and invisibility). Tricking them is difficult. If you think this is as tense as it can get, you're gonna be amazed by the rest of seasons 2 and 3. When the dragons attacked in the stream, it was like an hour and a half or two hours of descriptions of destruction and everybody running away. Stretched over two episodes...

[@calvinjohnson6242]

It looks like a castle though.

[@tomasjallen]

@@calvinjohnson6242 my guess is that the castle is in the middle of the district, so the dragon took out both.

[@calvinjohnson6242]

@@tomasjallen I am very aware. I’m only pointing out that the OC’s correction isn’t quite right. They said it wasn’t “the Castle” and that it was the Cloudtop District. I argue that the Cloudtop District is basically a giant castle.

[@applejackjk18]

"I will catch up eventually" That's how they get ya x_x

[@applejackjk18]

Also giving a like because Balefire is awesome

[@placebo5466]

I watched all 3 episodes already. This season is 110% more dialed in. Not saying the first season was bad whatsoever. Season 2 is always my favorite for shows, you can tell if they are going to succeed or fail in the second season. From what I've seen so far, it looks like they know exactly what they're doing.

[@witchywanderer]

Glad you're reacting to this. This season starts strong and is only going to get better as it goes

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Will watch along in spirit the OG Critical Role campaign one uploaded stream that I've yet to finish! Dropped off in a major way...thrilled for fave reactors to jump into this animated series! 🎉

[@belfire777]

Finally finished season 2 so im going back to watch this.. Rip Lance😢😢

[@hunter559]

Penny from Inspector Gadget (The first animated one) is the Green Dragon

[@NerdyNightly]

NO WAY. That show was my childhood

[@hunter559]

@@NerdyNightly She was Suzie in Rugrats as well

[@sober667]

The adventure begins They were always beside you Your nerdy best friends And the DM to guide you

[@ErinDionysusBee]

And they rise from the flames for the battles ahead

[@Brakkart]

Villains beware cos you're about to be dead

[@idleoz21]

I don't think Alura is casting magic missile at Umbrassyl, I think she was attempting to cast "Earthbind", and I think the "shrug off" of the spell was an example of "legendary resistance"

[@Heyjay1977]

I think the spell that was used is actually a reflavored Earthbind.

[@DarksideGmss0513]

There are two different forms of dragons, chromatic, and metallic, these 4 are chromatic they are evil dragons and they get the name chromatic because of their colors Red, Green, Blue, Black and White, and it's strange for 4 dragons to be working together that's really never happened. The metallic dragons are good dragons and they can be just as powerful as the chromatics, their colors are, Gold, Bronze, Copper, Silver, and Brass. And their are even gods for both forms of dragons for the evil it's Tiamat she's got five heads one for each of the chromatic colors. For the Metallic there is Bahamut he's the Platinum Dragon and it's said that in his human form he travels with 5 canaries which are actually Gold dragons in disguise.

[@xavancreepypasta]

I love Talktive Dragons. So they can understand your begging for mercy before they eat you

[@corybishop3084]

Sad I couldn’t join you guys for season 1, hyped for season 2. Let’s go!

[@obr164]

3:39 so cool thing about this spell is that i'm fairly sure that it's Earthbind

[@coreozurn4950]

That wasn't Magic Missile, it was Earthbind. Which wraps a flying creature in bands of energy and reduces their flying speed to zero, making them fall from the sky.

[@BaldursPicketFence]

3:45 it’s probably closer to Earthbind

[@binnsy6879]

Yeah that's gotta be it, I thought it was Hold Monster but the description of Earthbind fits almost perfectly

[@sybariticcupboardrat3763]

I thought it was a more powerful version of Lightning Lure.

[@arobinson8434]

Their OMG reaction mirrors mine watching Matt serve this up on stream.

[@KingGalen]

Liked Lance in the Fringe TV series as well Silens in Horizon Zero Dawn

[@derrickdavis5390]

I had no idea you guys live in Buffalo and are Bills fans, and are Vox Machina fans too? Cheers from a fellow Buffalonian.

[@mathsalot8099]

I only just found your channel, but I have to say I'd LOVE to see you cosplay as Keyleth! You would rock it as a druid princess!!

[@5hugoshin]

Wonder how far he's into the VM campaign. A lot of foreshadowing for those who know in this ep.

[@NerdyNightly]

Haven’t gotten to the season 1 plot yet!

[@5hugoshin]

@@NerdyNightly oh my. Really holding back for the show. Commendable I was in the middle of the briarwood arc when S1 finished and scrambled to burn thru the rest of the campaign before S2. I am not as patient.

[@Phi1618033]

Yup, that's Lance Reddick as Thordak the Cinder King.

[@TheMandalore6]

Man Yall are spoiling me! Vox Machina and the Expanse. I can't get enough!!!

[@NerdyNightly]

Good time to be a nerd!

[@shelbybayer200]

10:57 Green Eyed girl ....... Reference and FORESHADOWING

[@vondevitt]

i like that the little kid was Riashon

[@CountryMusicMann]

A single ancient dragon is an almost god-tier threat. It's capable of annihilating an average army with little trouble and is basically a walking, flying natural disaster. Emon suffered four of them. At once.

[@actuallyerik1623]

Okay so if Clarus Character knows this spell in her Campaign im relying on her to say the right spell because EVERYONE else says the wrong spell every time they teleport! Putting my faith in you! Guess i have to keep watching the reactions to make sure, see you in the next one 👍

[@idleoz21]

Transport via Plants?

[@actuallyerik1623]

@@idleoz21 thank you

[@rachelrohe3705]

Can't watch this video yet, since I'm having a watch party with my friends tonight and therefore haven't seen the episode yet. But can I just say how STOKED I am to hear that you are a fan of Critical Role!! I will definitely be coming back to see your reaction later tonight. (Also you have a long way to go, but stick with it - campaign 2 is even BETTER than campaign 1 for most people. They were really in their groove at that point.)

[@hawkthorn33]

It is really simple. They get 4 black arrows and "Thwack Thwack Thwack Thwack". Job done.

[@AntauriXX]

Pretty sure that Green-eyed kid was a dragon, we don't see all four dragons in the same place unless i'm mistaken.

[@warmmilk9480]

NPC's don't usually get saving throws. Except in actual combat. The dragons were way more of a story event.

[@MasterfulPaladin]

Mentions Attack on Titan, but misses the Eren Jaeger reference 😆

[@sybariticcupboardrat3763]

You guys talk about story telling similarly to how the cast of Critical Role does. It's all about the emotional impact and drive. That's what makes you get so invested in the characters.

[@CatDuckChu]

Where are your reactions to season 1?

[@Nic_S.]

It's really cool to see this from the perspective of someone that didn't watch Critical Role

[@BrandonDuckett]

Excited!

[@Dracobyte]

Rip Lance Reddick

[@elbruces]

That's interesting that up until S01E04 you thought it was an "inside" thing. Most non-"critters" got into it right off. What was it about that episode that hooked you?

[@moni130508]

Papa Zavala from Destiny as a legendary ancient Dragon

[@danielskinner5346]

Chromatic dragons are not friendly.

[@MegaCoupie]

For the algorithm!

[@NerdyNightly]

FOR THE HORDE

[@misterkite]

Bidet!

[@bludfyre]

Bidet!

[@NerdyNightly]

Bidet!

[@mndrew1]

Big boy dragon had Death-star breath! Dees guys is fucked.

[@knuckles543]

yep, they had no choice but to run, most of the group nearly went down from the acid hit in the game

[@mileonaslionclaw2525]

Rip lance reddick

[@madhavareddybalavenkatasum4931]

when will u react for bahubali 2

[@CharlieHepp]

true

[@mango0650]

real

[@karlwilker579]

FALSE

[@doriannoir9125]

Friendly dragons do exist in the dnd universe metallic dragons are good and chromatic dragons are bad

[@andrewwebb3248]

I really hope you don't watch any of campaign 1 just so this is all fresh and new.

[@Adityasharma-kr9ly]

When are you going to watch bahubali 2?

[@Zseventyone]

Y’all have quite a bit of CR-watching to do if you were on E9 here. Why you’re not taping your reaction is beyond me.

[@ExxploreX]

Bro where is bahubali 2 reaction????

[@srinupanchakarla851]

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[@srinupanchakarla851]

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[@robando2922]

Is it just me or do these first 3 episodes feel very rushed and jam packed?

[@AnxietyRat]

I mean all of it IS rushed. Compared to the campaign.

[@robando2922]

@@AnxietyRat Well that goes without saying. My point is it feels a bit too rushed. I know whats going on but a casual watcher might feel as if to much is getting crammed into the first 3 episodes. I understand there is a lot that has to be changed in regards to missing characters, plot points, as well as making it fit into an episode but I hope it stretches out in the later episodes. I'm not a fan of the pacing.

[@AnxietyRat]

@@robando2922 I honestly don't think it's going to slow down. They have so much that they need to fit into such a short season in addition to the episodes being with VERY short in length... They do have season 3 to wrap up this arc of the campaign but there's still just SO MUCH that needs to happen... I wouldn't hold my breath on it slowing down. 🤷‍♀️

[@Rezinstance]

***SPOILERS BELOW*** As someone whom is familiar with CR's 3 main campaigns, I'm not at all surprised by the pacing and density of both seasons, neither of which has detracted from the show for me thus far. Also, the way I like to think about it as my kind of 'head canon', is that this is how Scanlan is retelling the adventures of Vox Machina in the future (or present, depending on how you look at it), as bards are want to do, they leave out inconvient details that would hinder the story telling, they embellish others to excite, and sometimes, they leave things exactly how they were, because it deserves respect. It's kind of a meta way of coping with the fact that we never will get a 1:1 translation of the campaign to animation, because it simply isn't feasible, nor would it be watchable for newcomers, and there would be nothing new for long time fans of the campaigns. Also, I would not be surprised if at the end of this campaigns run in animation (hopefully the go all the way with 5/6 seasons covering the major arcs), that it indeed was present/future Scanlan retelling the story of Vox Machina to a crowd of people in a tavern as one of the last shots of the series, with hints at what is to come in The Mighty Nein and Bell's Hells, but we'll see.

[@calvinjohnson6242]

@@robando2922 The pacing of this show has always been kind of rushed. I’ve accepted that is the way it is going to be.

[@arcmar8327]

Don't flash the show on and off, it's kind of annoying, just pausing is fine!

[@aaronknight1430]

If CR is like DnD they are good dragons metallic type this are the ones here chromatic dragons

[@ryanratchford2530]

Wooo excited!