why is this every dnd party i've ever been in || *Vox Machina* S01 E01 & E02 || First Time Watching

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[@JabberwockyReacts]

G'diddilyday, all! Just leaving this here to let you know I unfortunately had to cut out a clip near the end due to a bogus copyright claim. 😔Sorry!! You can find it without the cut or the watermark on Patreon if you'd like!

[@TheMadirishgunner]

just so you are aware at 6:01 theres a split second of you know what that youtube could potentially flag

[@JabberwockyReacts]

@@TheMadirishgunner thank you for that!! 😄

[@silkmoth843]

“Wouldn’t mind getting conquered by them at the same time” the classic response to the briarwoods

[@JabberwockyReacts]

Couldn't help myself lmao

[@jordanpeterson5140]

**bonk**

[@feugofox42]

@@jordanpeterson5140 that's the idea 😉

[@theacegamingdemon6983]

Oh if only we could see the reaction to the next episode. If you're in the know about the "Jenga" incident, then you know, but this line in response to them was fantastic either way.

[@JnEricsonx]

Met one of them. Grey Griffin voices the wife. I know her from Baldurs Gate and Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines. Look up her characters. End of story.

[@Didimowe]

Grog has an intelligence of 6, he knows what he's doing.😁

[@MrGorn25]

I do love how Literally it is in the rules of the book that 6 is too low to read. There is an episode of CR where Pike tries to teach him to read and he just totally doesn't get it.

[@WaywardVet]

I remember that... There's four letters in your name. Well one is there twice, so only 3. And What's the first letter of the alphabet? G! No, that's the first letter in YOUR name.

[@connerbixby6532]

Fun fact that Grog's belches were voiced by Marisha and Laura, not Travis.

[@andyenglish4303]

"He doesn't get paid enough for this." Me: Haha you think Desmond gets paid.

[@tycol322]

He does however get an allowance. He's allowed to live one more night. "Good night Desmond. Sleep well. We'll most likely kill you tomorrow"

[@bramo1825]

"It has put me in a good mood and I am very fuckin' thankful for that..." You pretty much spoke for every person who has fallen in love with Critical role with that statement! ❤ Critical Role has helped get me through some pretty tough times. I am beyond happy that in this animated medium, it is now being introduced to so many others that need what it provides.

[@TheRubberDuck77]

Fun Fact: the guard Scanlan pees on is Matt, there is one of him in every episode =)\ Also, how Sam came up with Scanlan, the first session was supposed to be a one off for Liam's birthday, Sam had never played dnd before and asked what is the worst class to play and he was told bard and then asked what is the worst race to play and they said gnome, so he made a gnome bard and got the name off of a dnd name generator lol

[@CanisMythson]

And then he ended up being one of the best characters *ever*.

[@TheRubberDuck77]

@@CanisMythson Yep.... I sooooo want to say something but noooooo spoilers hehehe

[@I.Lostalim]

And then he proved that to be all hogwash ... So many clutch Scanlan moments, but that's for some future episodes 😉

[@I.Lostalim]

Also, nobody told Matt that all of his random background characters were going to be animated with his hair.

[@TheRubberDuck77]

@@I.Lostalim Actually not all of the hidden Matt's look like that, some are dressed up in costumes he has done on stream too lol

[@dhamon45]

I love the lair collapsing being the result of Matt Mercer realizing immediately after the fight that there was no way he could let them have all that treasure at ~7th level.

[@dhamon45]

Also, back before they were streaming, their party name was "Super High Intensity Team". Yes, they were aware of the acronym.

[@fan-i-am]

22:16 That BELCH was a combination of Laura Bailey and Marisha Ray's burping! (Vex and Keyleth)

[@JabberwockyReacts]

I absolutely adore thAt 😂😂

[@unicyclist97]

Critical Role is so wholesome and so adult at the same time.

[@jordanpeterson5140]

Yeah, the bathtub was super wholesome.

[@dhamon45]

@@jordanpeterson5140 "Cut to it, I think, I was really working on something." Then Laura immediately changes the whole context. Classic.

[@kaitlynwickham6237]

First time I've heard someone call Percy "the guy with the eyebrows," and I'm all for it. Fits him perfectly. 😂

[@BiggySn1p3r]

Fun Facts: General Krieg was voiced by David Tennant, Marisha Ray based Keyleth off of Aang from Last Airbender, and I won't spoil it but Lady Delilah Briarwood is voiced by someone from Last Airbender. I'm sure you'll hear who it is.

[@VegetaLF7]

Plus the main cast is in pretty much anything ever requiring voice acting, these are some of the top names in the business.

[@JabberwockyReacts]

David Tennant is like Mark Hamil at this stage, just pops up in places all the time! 😂😂 And I didn't catch her voice, but I should have known with that evil purr it was Azula 😂

[@VegetaLF7]

@@JabberwockyReacts Another fun fact about David Tennant in this: he agreed to do this role without ever reading the script or even hearing the premise of the show. It was purely the story of how the show got made: that it was funded by the fans so vastly beyond even CR's most hopeful and wildest dreams (from an 11 minute short special to 10 half-hour episodes purely off the fan donations). When the background of how the animated series came to be, Tennant immediately agreed to the role, recognizing that if the fans of this group had that much passion and faith in them to do this to this extent, he *had* to be a part of that in even the smallest way.

[@JabberwockyReacts]

@@VegetaLF7 That's honestly amazing. I'll have to look into the making of this show 100% 🥰

[@UncleFanley]

Funny that you mention Mark Hamil... When they fantasy casted for a character (that would appear probably in season 4) the Critical Role crew menionned Mark Hamil... who tweeted in response something like "contact my agent and let's do this". We don't have any confirmation since but if the show lasts (and I believe it will) we may have Mark in.

[@cryofpaine]

That Scooby Doo reference was spot on. And the Pike "back crack" seems like it was a bit of a misdirect for those that know their history. Pike was killed when they were still playing their home game (which is what the first 2 episodes is based on). I don't think they've said it, but I think that was supposed to be an "oh shit" moment to make fans of the stream wonder if they were going to kill her there.

[@hawkname1234]

She gets the same back crack in Ep3, though.

[@cryofpaine]

@@hawkname1234 right, but episode 1 comes before episode 3, and takes place in their homegame. If you're a fan of the show, know their history, and watched the episodes in order - there's a good chance that seeing that hit she took might make you wonder if they would show her pre-stream death. Or an adaptation of it.

[@SpiderandMosquito]

"Never trust a man with a mustache like that." That's like half of Italy.

[@yeshevishman]

That reaction to Tusk Love just makes me laugh.😄 If you aren't aware, in CR's 2nd campaign, Tusk Love was the running gag of an erotic novel that kept showing up. They put it here as a little Easter egg.

[@InkyPetrel]

Always a delight to find a new reactor discovering this show :) Really enjoyed your reaction! I look forward to the next episodes, they start good, and only get better from here. I agree, Vox Machina definitely feels like a lot of DnD parties I've known too, sometimes it's fun to lean into the "typical" archetypes. It's worth noting, when the Critical Role cast made these characters for their home game, before they started streaming it, I think it was the first time some of them had played? So these are "first characters" for some of them, and it's much more of a "typical" party than you find in their later campaigns, though I love them all. (ALL of the characters live rent free in my head now. 3 different campaigns, 3 completely different groups of ragtag misfits that become found family, all just camping in my head, eating all the food and leaving bear fur on the sofas. It's getting crowded.) In the original campaign, Grog has an intelligence of 6. He's a big, murderous puppy and I love him. I think he's *technically* smarter than the bear, but barely. Huge heart though. You mentioned Avatar a one point, so it might interest you that Delilah Briarwood is voiced by Grey Griffin, who also voiced Azula. (All of the voices in this show are fantastic, I would suggest checking out the "making of" videos the CR folks put on youtube, but they do have some spoilers, sadly.) Brain gremlins don't always need a reason to cause havoc, I know that feeling. Glad Vox Machina was able to shoo them away a little bit, hope you feel in a better headspace soon.

[@IceMetalPunk]

IIRC, only Matt and Liam had played before Liam's birthday session.

[@AnxietyRat]

@@IceMetalPunk Nope. The cast members who hadn't played before are Laura, Travis, Sam, and Ashley. Taliesin, Marisha, Liam, and Matt had all played before. The first session Marisha was actually brought to the game but didn't actually play because she was there to help the other people who had absolutely never played before. So she wasn't the most knowledgeable player ever because she had only played it a couple of times, at that point,( she really got into it when she started dating Matt, if I recall correctly) but she knew the basics enough to help people who had NO clue what they were doing. Taliesin had been playing for decades just like Matt. He was a very very experienced player who had actually played with Matt a couple of times. Which is also why he was invited to the first games because they needed someone who knew the ropes very very well in the group to help others. They've mentioned some of their previous adventures on Talks Machina and stuff. It's also why he pretty much exclusively plays homebrewed classes ( minus Caduesus) Because he's played all of the other classes multiple times and they're kind of boring to him now so he really only likes to play stuff that he's NEVER played before and so Matt homebrews classes for him. And Liam played a couple of times in high school. So he was very rusty but kind of knew more than some of the others who that never played before. A lot of the mistakes that happened in C1 due to game gameplay mechanics. A LOT of it was because they were switching from Pathfinder to 5e dnd. So a lot of the spell names were pretty much the same but would very different effects. Which caused a lot of confusion in the first few months of C1. To be fair, they STILL fuck up their spells, sometimes. But it was VERY bad in the early days dude that switch in TTRPG systems. Most of this info about the past D&D experience is from their between the sheets interviews, I'm pretty sure. It's been a couple of years since I watched those Between the Sheets interviews but I'm pretty sure that's where they talk about when they got into D&D.

[@M3WT-va]

Lots of fun facts being thrown around, but fun fact: the guard who said "the bear stays outside" is the rapper Logic And the dragon is David Tennant from Doctor Who

[@baseballjustin5]

Logic and the crew a big friends of each other

[@misteryman526]

13:00 Keleth failed her save against the dragon's *aura of fear*

[@paularonald8626]

I guess Vex's favored enemy as a Ranger are Dragons, that's why she can sense their presence.

[@AAAndrew]

Glad you've started this.The first two episodes were to introduce the characters and were taken from the game pre-streaming. The next arc, that lasts the rest of the first season, did take place while streaming. They just announced that season 2 is starting in January 2023, and season 3 is green-lit. The story of how this series was made is pretty amazing. Worth investigating if you don't already know it. I will be back for more of your reactions to TLoVM. Buckle up, it's quite a ride!

[@tickingdeath105]

Wait, seriously? I thought it was coming out in February. Awesome!

[@AnxietyRat]

@@tickingdeath105 Yep. January 20th. So it's late January but still January.

[@dehro]

Cronus, from Clash of the Titans, is voiced by David Kaye, who worked on several DC animation projects with Travis and Laura, the voices of Grog and Vax, and on Ducktales,... which is directed (the voice cast) by Sam, the voice of Scanlan... incidentally, that's the job that put them in contact with David Tennant in the first place. The cast of this show, both the main cast and the (stellar) guests stars, are a real who's who of voiceover both in animation and videogames... they have pretty much worked with everybody.

[@fan-i-am]

Interesting that you mention Sokka from Avatar. The voice actress of Azula plays Delilah in this series!

[@shinythingster]

I donated to the kickstarter for this!! Got a sweet hat out of it. Also the show is very good.

[@jordanpeterson5140]

It's a pretty warm hat. And the dice are nice.

[@ambarthes]

So happy new people are getting to enjoy CR1 and Vox Machina. :) Enjoy te rest of the season--- and s2 is premiering in January 2023!

[@PriscilaQuin]

OMG I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE WATCHINGGGGGGGG

[@Domesthenes]

I love the tm on Scanlan's name in the Scooby Doo scene. Cause he would have a trademark.

[@JabberwockyReacts]

It just felt right 😂

[@jordanpeterson5140]

Trinket is like Perry the Platypus: he doesn't do much.

[@AnxietyRat]

To be fair, I think in the campaign he killed something ONCE.... But yeah, he doesn't do a whole lot mainly because Vex was scared he was going to get killed in combat all the time 🤣🤣🤣😭

[@dehro]

@@AnxietyRat reasonable...she was a basic beastmaster ranger..and that class suffers a lot in terms of scaling... Trinket was mostly dead weight, more likely to die than to actually contribute to the fight, especially at the level Vox Machina began when CR started airing the show (level 9)

[@IceMetalPunk]

Officially in D&D, only metallic dragons can shapeshift. But Matt Mercer just homebrewed that ability onto a chromatic dragon because it's more fun when the deadly dragon can be anyone 😁 Speaking of D&D mechanics, the reason Keyleth froze up is because all dragons of adult age or older have a Frightful Presence ability that requires a wisdom save to avoid being frightened... Marisha failed hers.

[@JabberwockyReacts]

I am a sucker for Shapeshifting Dragons, so I understand

[@I.Lostalim]

It's also worth noting that during the time Eps 1 & 2 took place they were playing Pathfinder, imagine some of his homebrew helped bridge the gap between PF and 5e

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@I.Lostalim Oh, interesting. I thought they switched to 5e already by the time they started streaming.

[@I.Lostalim]

@@IceMetalPunk They switched to the reasonably new at the time 5e after accepting Felicia Day asked them to join her channel. e1 & e2 of The Legend Of cover a very truncated version of a pre-stream event and then e3 coincides with session 24(ish) of the stream. So killing David Tennant Dragon would have been under Pathfinder.

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@I.Lostalim True, good point!

[@stevencavanagh7990]

Mat Mercer the Dm for Critical roll has a Cameo in every episode in these two he's the guy Scanlan uranates on and the guy Grog steals the Keg from. he also Voices Trinket and Sylas. If you've seen Avatar the Last Airbender you should recognise Delilah's voice.

[@cryofpaine]

And the kids in the 1st episode are played by Liam's (Vax) daughter and Sam's (Scanlan) son. Sam's daughter plays a role as another kid later in the series. You'll know her when you see her.

[@neonom1024]

*Matt *Role *urinates

[@JnEricsonx]

Hell, I've met her!

[@seansloan6669]

This is the first video I've seen of yours and I'm already loving your vibe and the editing. You've got a new subscriber, and I'll be back for more. Also love finding Aussie content creators. You're definitely the best in the wealm

[@Zerashadow]

Travis did a great job playing Grogs 6 int

[@Ozgarthefighter]

I know the characters can be very tropey, and some people are critical of that aspect of the show, but the tropes are honestly a reflection of each player themselves. Sam Reigel, Scanlan, grew up performing in theater and sang a capella. He was also major skirt chaser. So Sam playing Scanlan is drawing from his own experience instead of the "horny bard" trope, he actually never played D&D until the Critical Role games so he never knew the trope existed.

[@IceMetalPunk]

I think what you've proven is not that Scanlan isn't a horny bard trope in the game, but that Sam is a horny bard trope in real life 😂

[@jeremywengerd8151]

Ohhhhkaaay…. The comment about Vax’s fingers had me rolling but the Dunmer comment got me to subscribe. 😂

[@sweeps3360]

😂thank you sooo much for the little Caspersight jumpscare at 12:59 , I'm still laughing

[@ThaignWL]

Man the Scooby Doo take hits hard.

[@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll]

Found your channel for the Sandman reactions, thrilled you're reacting to this! (And glad it improved a Bad Brain Day.)

[@JabberwockyReacts]

Thank you!! I'm glad you're enjoying the reactions :D

[@theanyktos]

"Yes soldiers, raise your very made-of-metal swords as high as you can", said the lightning dragon...

[@davidtrujillo1689]

I love this, you come with exactly the perfect energy critical role needs!

[@MikePjr]

(Literally anyone does literally anything) "Me"

[@composerbeef]

Mary "had" a little lamb

[@canadian__ninja]

Scanlan as Fred I can't ~

[@DougCoughler]

If it makes you feel better, you are not the first reactor I've seen who thought the soldier was actually Krieg's son.

[@JabberwockyReacts]

Threw me through a LOOP when I figured it out in editing lmaoo

[@IceMetalPunk]

Same. I guess the elder-to-younger "son" as a term of endearment has officially become outdated to the point of obscurity.

[@IgnisKhan]

I don't watch Dylan is in Trouble, so all the talk of misdirection somehow just made me think of Bo Burnham: If you're a musical comic Just give 'em a little weird voice inflection Then take a Viagra and slap them With a rock-hard misdirection

[@LordAaronus]

you really gotta follow campaign 2 for the Tusk Love thing. trust me it's nothing like that movie.

[@landail5681]

Who's da best?! Jabberwocky's da best! Yaah! 😄

[@JabberwockyReacts]

HELL YEAH!

[@JabberwockyReacts]

Also thank you for recommending of course, I owe it to you!! 🤩🤩

[@tickingdeath105]

Tired isn't the word I would use for the guy... more like anemic.

[@JnEricsonx]

The fact that Krieg is voiced by David Fucking Tennant went right over my head. It didn't even sound like him! And yes I know he's Scottish!

[@AnxietyRat]

Yeah, for Krieg he put a little extra Scottish flare so it's not his natural speaking voice. So it's almost kind of understandable that you didn't recognize him... because he's not speaking the way he normally speaks.

[@LydiaTereK]

6:58 nice edit lol ykyk

[@tiimmehg1012]

Cant wait to binge on patreon when theyre all out

[@renatamaclean1163]

22:00 I mean, you're... not wrong

[@Opalwing]

I love your reactions

[@JabberwockyReacts]

Thank you!! 🥰

[@gregsteele806]

Mary had a little lamb... with mint jelly. >.>

[@hawkname1234]

Really fun! Great jokes!

[@starking2162]

Fnn Fact for those who haven't watched the live play: Grog has an INT score so low that he can't read. (7 i think) Kinda Spoiler below: Later on, he can spell part of his name, and eventually can read a little (INT 8)

[@AnxietyRat]

Close! His base intelligence is six. Not seven.

[@damian01061973]

For Vox I Sub.

[@impartialthrone2097]

There's something about the way Marisha does Keyleth's voice in this show that just doesn't sound right to me. I don't know if "breathy" is the right word?

[@AnxietyRat]

To be fair, people have said the same thing about the way Travis is voicing grog's voice. I think it's because of the absolutely dog shit microphones they had in C1. I think they're voicing the characters pretty much the way they would have voiced them in the campaign a lot of them rewatched the campaign to study the story of what had happened and I assume to get reacquainted with the voice of their characters a bit. So I think they're doing it correctly but it isn't the exact same because the microphones were very shit back then. So both of their voices kind of sound different.

[@DaxRaider]

Son wasn't meant literally

[@JabberwockyReacts]

I realised that mid-edit 🤣🤣

[@ashzole]

you pronounced the name wrong it’s VOCS like vocals MA. is in ma and CHINA. as in chi na