Why, Matthew?! Why? | 4-Sided Dive | Episode 15: Discussing Up To C3E66

[@Grim-Aces]

I am imagining they get to the sky elevator and Matt tells them that it cost a silver piece to use it.

[@Misfit_Kitten]

And Fearne starts trying to shake it.

[@OccidentalAvian]

@@Misfit_Kitten ~Ohh noo!~

[@VulcanWolf]

And a Dogecoin to get back. 😏

[@paladonis]

Or it becomes the same scene as when Captain America gets attacked by the Hydra members in Winter Soldier....except it's Matt deflecting questions that ask too much info from the Party

[@Aerostorm56]

What if it takes the change bringer coin. Also I just realized Change bringer sounds like a lady with a bag full of quarters

[@BusWindow]

I'm like, 99% sure that the switch on Ashton's hammer activates the Immovable Rod he took from Bor'Dor to turn the hammer into Mjolnir

[@poe_slaw]

That’s what I assumed it would do when he dropped it off with Milo but I’m undecided on whether there’s anything else new

[@Aurora_Lightbringer]

It's a valid strategy. Knock them down, click it and if they can't reach for the off switch, they're kinda... stuck... indefinitely.

[@Aurora_Lightbringer]

​@@poe_slawDefinitely something else new with the weird rocks/prisms which I'm assuming works by separation of spells fired into it (more targets)

[@ForestRaptor]

​@@Aurora_Lightbringer more targets and hitting with all types of magic

[@nickorlandini2247]

😂❤

[@dblundz]

Matt doesn’t want to appear on 4SD cause he gets bullied for answers 😂

[@Aurora_Lightbringer]

To be fair, it's a difficult situation for him. Usually this is a space for the group geeking out and theorising about the game, but it's hard to do that without making Matt feel excluded as he can't say anything. I love seeing him in these though, but you gotta feel bad for him since he's constantly playing a game of lies and literally can't give anything away.

[@siobhan-rae]

he’s been building Ludinus’ plan for 9 years, i think he’s not sweating it

[@Ziaotic]

​@@Aurora_Lightbringer i think of it as practice for his poker face

[@henrymccoy7171]

@@JamesJohnson-dz1gj - Most of the fun for players is figuring out the clues themselves. I don't like being spoon-fed a plot.

[@jenny_of_oldstones3523]

They really need a new Talk show. B. was a turd but Talks was a real success. Ms. Burton is adorable, she does a terrific job with interviews at cons & the Watch Alongs. Oh BTW did Ashton & Dani plan their matching color schemes.

[@Pablo360able]

Sam: "I've never been a champion before" Dani, offscreen: "yes you have"

[@meghanmcgowan7748]

It's a lorekeeper thing 😂

[@herebyaccident5174]

To be fair to him I forget scanlan was technically iuons champion

[@MaraW1832]

@@herebyaccident5174 So did Scanlan

[@douglaslain5962]

I always forget that Scanlan had a vestige as well, because he never used it.

[@meghanmcgowan7748]

@@douglaslain5962 me too tbh

[@tonevr6648]

"Sam , You keep adding body parts to FCG" Would you say Sam is Fleshing out his Character >.

[@annabarich4712]

Dani does, quite literally, seconds later. Everyone was cross talking over her so you must have missed it.

[@ghomerhust]

well, he already had that fleshy tongue.......

[@numbernine5894]

*TIMESTAMPS!* 1:15 Travis does the intro 3:15 Canned Bits™️ 4:55 Intro cinematic 5:15 Show Starts: What the fuck is up with that? 6:00 What magic doesn’t work? 6:50 Are some gods dead already? 7:10 Ley line theories 9:00 Is the Changebringer the most powerful in the pantheon? 10:40 Do all of the gods have champions? 12:40 I wonder how things are going for the Betrayer gods right now 13:20 Ludinus on the surface of Ruidus? WTF is up with that? 16:50 Team Issylra 17:35 Was the Dawnfather a good or bad guy in this? (Talesin) 18:20 Ashton’s new hammer feat. cool crystals 22:50 Ashton’s new path 27:05 Vision from the Matron of Ravens 29:00 The road to Predathos 34:00 Keyleth 36:45 Sam is a criminal 38:15 …and a dogecoin enthusiast 39:45 First tower pull (Matt) 40:55 What trait of one of your fellow party members is your character most jealous of? 44:00 Second tower pull (Sam) 44:30 How do you keep DnD fun for yourself and not turning too much into something that you have to do out of obligation? 47:30 Wait, you guys are getting paid? 49:40 Deep Dive 50:30 How is Ashton handling the revelation that Abaddina was part of the Hishari and does he want to go back and talk to her more? 52:30 How is FCG doing having parted from FRIDA for now? 56:30 WHERE ARE BEAU AND CALEB, MATTHEW? 57:00 Why Wildemount and Issylra for the party split? What factors determined the two party makeups? 59:25 How is Chetney feeling knowing that his past actions have come back to collect? (Bounty) 1:01:10 Transformer sounds 1:02:15 What inspired Ashton’s desire and focus to be a hero? 1:05:10 How is FCG feeling about the Changebringer lately? 1:09:45 How did you go about making sure Yu and Bor’Dor were different from each other? 1:13:15 What was the revelation that Chetney made Orym’s toys like at the table? 1:16:35 What did Ashton think of the people of Hearthdale and the eidolons? 1:18:40 FCG clearly felt guilty during Laudna’s outburst RE Team Wildemount having a good time. Does her response color how he feels about nothings moving forward? 1:20:40 How has it been exploring the ups and downs of religion within Exandria? 1:22:05 How did Chetney feel being bait for the demon? 1:23:35 Tower of Inquiry (Talesin) 1:24:20 If your character had to pull from the tower what would their approach be? 1:25:40 Matt pulls 1:26:00 As official lore keeper, has there been anything that has come up in game that has completely taken you by surprise? 1:29:00 Break Starts 1:36:20 Break ends 1:38:30 Travis vs Talesin 1:45:55 What did it mean to Ashton to begin to get in touch with his Earth side? 1:47:25 Matt vs Sam 1:55:25 How has it been taking concepts introduced in EXU:Calamity and fleshing them out more in this campaign? 1:57:45 Talesin vs Matt 2:06:05 Can you tell us some more about what Ashton’s new Chaos Burst abilities do? 2:07:25 The prize 2:08:55 Forgotten consequences 2:10:40 Moppo Once again past midnight so let me know if there’s anything I missed and please boost!

[@iamTREES]

Boost? Boost

[@angelicalicari8355]

idk how the youtube comment algorithm works so BOOST

[@TheJourdanRao]

Thank you diet Flando

[@efadfa3]

needs to be higher up

[@jmercedesd]

THANK YOU, I was looking for these!~

[@MagileineTopDeckToFullField]

*Travis gets home* Laura: Why did Sam just text me asking for a recent picture of Ronin? Travis: *flying broom flashbacks*

[@isaiahwelch8066]

Best response Travis could ever have: "I don't know, ask him!"

[@UninspiredArtemis]

53:27 “it’s tough being the only godly one” somewhere, Pike Trickfoot is nodding her head in agreement

[@troikas3353]

Keyleth and Percy were the only non-god-linked ones in VM by the end

[@viktorstagnetti7491]

@@troikas3353 Grog was never officially made a champion of the Stormlord either. He just had the knuckles.

[@troikas3353]

@@viktorstagnetti7491 He wasn't a champion, but he was fine with the gods. Percy's the only character in VM that might offer a truly dissenting opinion on magic, the gods and religion as a whole.

[@Lucifer8881]

@@troikas3353 I mean, Vex, Scanlan, Grog were all kind of ambivalent. Sure, they accepted power to stop Vecna, but they didn't really have friendly feelings shown towards the gods, or anything more then, "yeah, they exist. I suppose they're alright. better then vecna, anyway" Keyleth and Percy were fairly anti-gods, though still willing to admit they might be better then some other forces. Pike was religious from the outset, though possibly chafed at some of the more peaceful parts of the religion she was actively rebuilding. Vax actually had a religious growth journey, originally toward Serenrae, but then co -opted by the Matron, who he then resented, grew to accept, and worship over the course of the campaign.

[@UninspiredArtemis]

@@troikas3353 I’m sure by the end of C3 we’ll have more god-affiliated characters just like in the previous campaigns, but as of now my statement stands. VM wasn’t originally god-linked just like BH currently isn’t.

[@corahoward1373]

Matt kissing Sam's hand gave me just a burst of happiness. I adore this group of friends, and how they aren't afraid to show how much they care for one another.

[@retributive]

Matt slipping into DM mode to describe Genghis Khan carving through the Marshmallow Man in order to win his argument is exactly what I needed today

[@Awkward_Ramble]

Sam, Travis, Taliesin: Betrayer God Champions? Matt: You’ve all met Aimee, right?

[@gabriellealtman]

and also the laughing hand, obann, the inevitable end all are technically champions for Tharizdun

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

​​@@gabriellealtmanThe Inevitable End is also a servant of Lolth. The Laughing Hand was created by Togor, the Crawling Chaos. The Chained Oblivion didn't really invest much into these like he did with Obann. And even Obann was duped. But if you're listing them like that wouldn't Yasha Nydoorin technically count as well.

[@mollymauktealeaf]

@@gabriellealtman 'Champion' seems to be a pretty specific and significant title, being magically forced to help someone who doesn't even realise themself that they are serving a god certainly would not constitute the title.

[@ionfalcom1]

@@gabriellealtmanNo, they were charmed by a champion of tharizdun, they are champions of lolth and torog respectfully.

[@knjjah2776]

xerxes from calamity too, right?

[@TriXJester]

39:10 Travis does realize that he has now created an open invitation for Sam Riegel to do that to HIS KID right?

[@kazeboiii]

Couldn’t help but think this, too 😂 Poor Rowan

[@ucoder8905]

its destined.

[@poofballoon]

​@@kazeboiii*Ronin 🙂

[@MyPisceanNature]

At Ronin's next birthday, Sam is 100% showing up with a t-shirt with Ronin's face on it.

[@dragcot9677]

does travis understand that now sam is going to a ronin birthday party with a shirt with a picture of ronin in it XD

[@apawhite]

Re: 36:21 when Travis asks why Ashton and Fearne didn't steal anything from Keyleth, on top of Taliesen's answer I suspect Ashton would never steal from someone else who basically has a really nasty case of chronic pain herself - Ashton can empathise extremely well there. Fearne might have, but she'd put it back straight afterwards because she'd feel bad about stealing from Orym's hero.

[@Laban6112]

Guys... I have a confession to make. I just now realized that it's Critical ROLE and not ROLL while looking at the captions during the outro. It only took 5 years for me.

[@brittondiaz1088]

Oh my goodness, I didn’t even realize 😶

[@SatyreIkon]

Better late than never I suppose 😎 No shame in that, you're still a Critter.

[@mattleathen445]

The homophones are perfect for show title.

[@clinhin]

That's alright. I've been watching for years and I just asked myself recently, "why is it role and not roll?!"

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Huge shout out for kaiti_rae22 for that question. The anwsers confirmed what I was thinking all along, and which is also the reason why watch Critical Role in the first place. It's not because it is interesting to see professional voice actors play an improv based game, it is because they are a group of friends who all happened to have the same job and that vibe still permeates the table like no other group. And it reminds me so much of my own TTRPG group in my teens, only with people who are a lot better in staying in character. And that is so much fun to watch.

[@treymarcum]

FCG has legend lore. FCG needs to cast it on himself.

[@ThatsSpace_]

Oh my god! You’re so right 🤯. *on themself 😂

[@efadfa3]

@@ThatsSpace_ Both, actually

[@corwyncorey3703]

It won't likely say anything as a result anyhow. One line in the spell is pretty specific: "If the thing you named isn't of legendary importance, you gain no information."

[@SirJorb]

How about Chetney using Grim Psychometry on FCG?

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

​@@corwyncorey3703 I would say a sentient robot with a flesh tongue is of legendary importance.

[@samuraiko]

Please, please, *PLEASE* make Superfight part of the regular rotation for 4-Sided Dive. I laughed myself hoarse with this one, and it being a game that EVERYONE is invested in even if it's not their 'turn' makes it so much more fun.

[@Peter_Cordes]

Also, it's an improv game that they're actually good at. Not a video game that most of them are bad at and/or don't really care about, which is not much fun to watch someone else do.

[@zoddmark5873]

Tal's nonchalant introduction of his hipster fighter, but there's 3, had me dying.

[@shannononeill482]

Matt and Taliesin's whole "superfight" was the best part of the show this go around.

[@jackakimbo5718]

Oh god yes, this seems tailor made for these people.

[@poofballoon]

I agree!!

[@waffleboy159]

Travis is my favorite host. Please make him host more.

[@JanTuts]

Maybe even have him host _every_ time, and make it less about answering questions and more about playing games, and perhaps change the decor a bit to honour his Texan heritage, and then of course change the name of the show to something that would better reflect all of the above. How about: _"Mr. Laura Bailey's Howdy Play Saloon"_ ?

[@ucoder8905]

I'm pretty sure Travis has had nightmares like that Jan 😂

[@amymurata]

Sam admitting he stole mugs at Skywalker Ranch is extra hilarious to me since my high school got to record there, so I can visualize what it looked like when he was enacting his crime 36:47

[@pineapplefrostyfruits9225]

What are you talking about, Sam didn't do anything at all clearly. (Snitches get stitches-)

[@JanTuts]

So, you're just not going to tell us more about _how and what for_ your high school ended up recording at Skywalker Ranch?

[@amymurata]

​@@JanTuts my high school choir teacher had some connections so we recorded the songs we performed for our international tours at the Skywalker Ranch!

[@JanTuts]

@@amymurata Cool! :)

[@Drekromancer]

@@amymurata Classic choir kid W. From one touring chorister to another, I tip my hat to you.

[@jgrado3]

Travis and Ashley are just destined to be tavern keepers. If they do a show together, it’s gonna be both of them reading the prompter.

[@k0pstl939]

They'll rollies like 3 times and get the same number

[@rorydeblake6433]

Hearing Matt be so passionate about the show was very emotional for me. He truly is a masterful artist

[@tristram0073]

I really enjoy the cancelling of high level information gathering, as in sending and teleporting. It adds a stake and unknown that raise the tension IMMENSELY and I love it!

[@O-M-0]

Vax just got knocked from the top spot of the "people who need to be saved from this torment" list and replaced with Travis 😂

[@bidon1163]

I discovered critical role 7 months ago I'm finally caught up enough to watch 4sd as it comes out I'm so happy I made it you guys

[@tristram0073]

Wait you watched each campaign or just C3?

[@Ziptomba]

Welcome, and we are very glad to have you! What a wild run that must have been to blast through

[@Aurora_Lightbringer]

Good on you dude! Welcome to the caught up crew. You may feel a little devastated since you can't binge on demand, but the weekly is super worth it.

[@MyPisceanNature]

I started watching Critical Role just shy of a year into Campaign 1, it was pretty much the ONLY thing I was doing until I caught up 😆.

[@inb4loss]

As someone that has watched all the Campaigns multiple times, if you watched everything in 7 months that's crazy. I think it took me multiple years to get through my first watch through of C1+C2

[@taygepi1650]

I love that they made fun of the tower of inquiry questions for being shallow and then actually pulled some pretty good ones. I'm glad that they seem to be listening to feedback and making changes to the show.

[@anettep6678]

Sometimes my brain just reminds me that Travis is the very serious CEO of a very serious media company 😂😂

[@alexanderdrury3308]

11:55 Hot take: Ludinus is a young Vecna. - During the solstice his left hand shrivels into what will become The Hand of Vecna - He has a weird obsession with the Raven Queen - He was siphoning life energy from other creatures like a lich with a phylactery - He believes he is greater than the gods - Last campaign Matt mentioned at least one wizard who might have successfully time traveled and never returned - Wotc revealed that Vecna is tied to the time traveling obelisks in Ythryn and elsewhere around the Forgotten Realms - In Forgotten Realms those obelisks were created by the weavers, who Matt teased with some of the ley line/string theory imagery leading up to the apogee solstice (also consider Nana Morri, “The Fatestitcher”) -Vecna is thought to have stolen the secrets to the obelisks from the weavers and erased all mention of them, not unlike Ludinus absorbing powerful Fey creatures, to keep others from using the technology - Vecna will be featured in an upcoming adventure from Wotc that acts as a sequel to Lost Mines of Phandelver - Where there’s Vax there’s Vecna or one of his followers

[@georgekaranikolove1830]

I really want this to be true, ESPECIALLY with Delilah awaiting her master inside Laudna's head

[@isaiahwelch8066]

Not quite. Vecna's obsession is simply a case of, "What, you too? I thought that I was the only one who ascended!" Ludinus, on the other hand, is a Chronomancer. Basically, a high mage with control over time itself. Ludinus probably learned this at the same time, or nearly the same time, as Vecna did necromancy, along with the Raven Queen learning how to ascend. At the same time necromancy was outlawed as being too powerful of a school of magic, chronomancy was also outlawed for not just the same fundamental reason, but because the degree of severity is much more catastrophic with control over time, rather than just control over life and death The situation in C3 is that Ludinus needs the raw energy of Predathos to fate-shift, rather than time-shift, Exandria. Basically, shifting Exandria on to a path of time that the gods never existed, as well as the Calamity never happening. Remember, Ludinus has a dodecahedron in the Malleus Key. My working theory is, the Key in the Feywild was an amplification key, which BH destroyed. The Key in the Shadowfell is a stabilization key that is used to stabilize the inherent chaotic nature of chronomancy. That key remains. The Malleus Key ("malleus" here actually being Latin for "change," another characteristic of Matt's naming schemes [see the final battle in C2 with Lucien]) is the power and control source for the whole scheme, with Vax being access to the realm of Fate, and the dodecahedron being a navigation system or computer of sorts. (I think of it like the dodecahedron is acting like the massive room in Man in the High Castle showing all of the possible parallel timelines to the timeline of Man in the High Castle.) In that sense, the Age of Arcanum may well never have ended. Additionally, the veils between the planes may have never been rent or torn, allowing for planar travel, which means no demons, devils, zombies, etc. It also could mean that the Elves, Dwarves, and other non-human races cease to exist, since the gods would not have created the races. Ludinus, despite his power, really strikes me as a D&D case of, "Just because you _can_ do something, doesn't necessarily mean you _should."_ Because I'll say this: Ludinus is very much violating the Law of Best Intentions, in trying to accomplish the fate-shift of Exandria: That the best of intentions can and will lead to the worst of consequences, up to and including death. Edit: I just thought of something: In D&D canon, Vecna was originally human, like the Raven Queen. Ludinus, on the other hand, is an Elf. So Vecna can't be a time-traveled Ludinus, since the two are not of the same race.

[@ionfalcom1]

Vecna's human though, how could he be a time displaced elf?

[@alexanderdrury3308]

@@ionfalcom1 People can reincarnate if they bind their spirit to the dodecahedron. Vecna is also rumored to be half-elf

[@endlesspotentialenergy6294]

The Dodecahedron being capable of reincarnation keeps this theory alive for me... 👀

[@spacecowboyeddie6803]

Travis: "Also, the better half of the group, otherwise known as Orym, Chetney and Fearne-" Tal: "Ah, easy mode - yes." Travis: *about Vax* "He's just continuously being tortured." Tal: "Nice." Oh, Taliesin, I love you~

[@BeefBurgerStrawberryMilkshake]

Travis: Here on "4-Sided Dive", we like to keep a closed loop community. Everything that's said on this show, we know we can trust you with. Taliesin: Snitches get stitches.

[@Chaz1871]

No mercy Percy

[@jaybagby4783]

I believe that ludinus (I’m horrible at spelling names) is going to try to absorb prodathos. I think the chest piece they found is a prototype for what he has now.

[@pippastrelle]

Ludinus does a grand ceremony to absorb Predathos and the Bell's Hells are making fun of his strapon the whole time.

[@k0pstl939]

The harness thing is a predecessor to what otohan has i thought

[@DParkerNunya]

​@@k0pstl939That's what I think as well, but it's an interesting theory, and Campaign 2 established it's possible to do something like that

[@treymarcum]

I think Otohan’s harness is an off shoot she’s using it to harness dunamace to get echo knight powers. Ludinus’ harnesses he totally absorbed fey to get extended life/youth so ya I think it’s a solid bet that V2.0 he want to uses to transcend godhood. I hope he eats something that gives him god like powers and then Preddy D invites him to dinner

[@justatinyhalfling]

Holly frickin shite that's Genius!!

[@TheSinisterSquid13]

Now i want a high-octane Ashton comic that does cool shit with his portals. Swinging the hammer into one in one panel, hitting the guy in the distance in the next panel.

[@twothirdsanexplosive]

X-Men #8. They fight the Brood and Magik teams up with Cyclops to use her portals. Taliesin mentioned the Hickman era X-Men on another 4SD so I have a feeling that the issue inspired him.

[@jazzycat8917]

Matt: "You know when you get gifts when you're like 'I feel obligated to show this off?" Taliesin: "....my mother.......**silently** sorry Mom"

[@_krumble_3053]

The moment between Sam and Matt at 33:34 is absolutely adorable.

[@zizzyglizzy3684]

and 25:36

[@flaminyawn]

"Live by the hipster, die by the hipster." --Tallahassee Joffrey

[@mr.dandydm]

Boil em, Mash em, Stick em on a Moon! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@whitestoneandy797]

Sam making fun of some of the questions was hilarious.

[@morganmcinroy4211]

Probably getting roasted by Sam is still an honour for the people sending them in

[@tiril6681]

i'm glad he did, so many of those questions clogged episodes that could've been interesting 😩

[@SuperEdvinsson]

Taliesin's pure epitome of a hipster had me in stitches 😂😂😂

[@slashfilledmind]

''What they were trying to do was very insteresting'' ''Yeah, you should look into it more'' As a DM, I very much feel that

[@caedodice]

4SD Ep 15 Timestamps 0:22 - Dice Roll 0:37 - Travis is Tavern Keep 1:15 - Intro 3:22 - Sponsors 4:12 - Moppo goes Dark 4:53 - Intro Credits 5:15 - Episode Starts 6:02 - What magic doesn’t work? 7:48 - Lack of information causes tension 9:01 - Is the Changebringer more powerful? Champion FCG? 9:54 - Gods are under threat 10:42 - Do all of the gods have champions? (Betrayer Gods as well?) 12:41 - What’s happening with the betrayer gods? 13:19 - What’s happening on Ruidus? 15:24 - Predathos mini? 16:38 - Wolf King in Molaesmyr 17:00 - Loam definition 17:22 - The Loam & The Leaf group 18:24 - New Crystals in Ashton’s Hammer 20:02 - Ashton’s New Hammer (What does the Switch do?) 21:11 - Crystal Refraction 22:42 - Ashton’s Goal (Directed anger) 25:41 - Hevestro’s Origins 27:08 - Matron of Ravens Vision 28:43 - Beating the Campaign by cutting the wire 29:30 - Unlocking Predathos? 31:10 - Ludinus didn’t fully unleash Predathos 32:27 - Must not Awakenn 33:20 - Oldest Entities 34:04 - The Voice of the Tempest 34:57 - Toxin isn’t a disease 35:25 - Gifts to Keyleth 36:23 - Stealing things 36:33 - Ashton’s weird moment 36:48 - Skywalker Ranch stolen mugs 38:16 - Doge coin Shirt 39:47 - Tower of Inquiry 40:29 - Matt pulls a block 41:02 - What trait of one of your fellow party members is your character most jealous of? 43:20 - Beetle Juice 44:03 - Sam pulls a block 44:33 - How do you keep D&D fun for yourself and not turning too much into something that you have to do out of obligation? 45:37 - The blue flower 47:33 - Do you guys get paid? 47:58 - Marriage & Other things (Rollies Origin) 49:44 - The Deep Dive 49:50 - Yum Yum What’s Its 50:03 - Kyle Shire is incharge of the copy 50:33 - How is Ashton handling the revelation that Abbadina is part of the Hishari and do they want to go back and talk to her more? 52:31 - How is FCG doing having parted from FRIDA for now? What was that goodbye like for them? 54:28 - Imodna 56:32 - Matt, where are Beau and Caleb? 57:02 - Matt, why did you choose Wildemount and Issylra for the party split? What factors determined the makeup of the different groups? 59:28 - Travis, how does Chetney feel about his past actions with Tuyen Otwana and how it came back to bite him? 1:00:30 - Werebot 1:02:14 - Tal, Ashton is ready to be a hero. What inspired this change and their want to look ‘legendary hero’? 1:02:52 - Ashton providing Comfort 1:05:09 - Sam, how is FCG feeling about the Changebringer lately and their connection with her? 1:09:47 - Matt, two guests have betrayed the party: Yu & Bor’Dor. How did you go about making sure both were different from each other? 1:13:16 - Travis, Chetney made Orym’s childhood toys. What was the revelation like for Chetney and you at the table? 1:14:16 - Orym’s Dad is Chetney? 1:14:50 - Travis wishes he made a bargain with Nana Morri 1:15:38 - Young Chetney 1:16:36 - Tal, what did Ashton think of the people of Hearthdale and the eidolons? (Stone Skin) 1:18:38 - Sam, FCG felt guilty about Laudna’s outburst regarding Team Wildemount’s good time. Does her response color how FCG feels moving forward? 1:20:42 -Matt, how has it been exploring the ups and downs of religion within Exandria? Especially with the Loam and the Leaf, and Zephrah? 1:22:07 - Travis, how did Chetney feel being bait for the demon when searching for the blue flowers? 1:23:07 - Baernie 1:23:49 - Tal pulls from the tower 1:24:21 - If your character had to pull from the Tower of Inquiry, what would their approach be? 1:25:40 - Matt pulls a block 1:26:03 - Dani, has anything in game completely taken you by surprise as the official lorekeeper? 1:26:47 - The Cupcake! 1:27:21 - Bor’Dor’s biggest accomplishment with Ashton’s pipe 1:29:02 - BREAK STARTS 1:36:22 - BREAK ENDS 1:36:32 - Super Fight 1:38:35 - Travis vs. Taliesin (Hippo vs. Moose) 1:40:57 - Sam doesn’t know where Hippos come from 1:44:02 - Voting 1:45:55 - Tal, What did it mean to Ashton to begin to get in touch with their earth side? (Primordial, meditating, earth elemental, etc) 1:47:23 - Sam vs. Matt (Genghis Khan vs. Guacamole Man) 1:53:12 - Voting (Werewolf with a Nail gun 1:55:26 - Matt, Brennan introduced the Gau Drashari and Apogee Solstice in EXU: Calamity. How has it been bringing these concepts into Campaign 3 and fleshing them out more? 1:57:54 - Matt vs. Tal (Three Hipsters vs. A Nudist piloting an attack drone 2:03:54 - Final Voting 2:05:20 - Tal wins 2:06:01 - Ashton has shown off some new Chaos Burst abilities. Can you tell us more about some of what these new abilities do? 2:07:23 - Prize! How to Stop Smoking DS Game 2:07:51 - Kyle’s Cackle 2:08:37 - Consequences for the Day 2:09:17 - The Knights 2:10:22 - Clean Up Time 2:10:40 - Outro Music 2:11:43 - Canned Bits

[@TheSolitaryGrape]

Thank you!

[@amaniamiller]

35:54 Of course Keyleth would just say thank you and except each gift. She's too nice!

[@MyPisceanNature]

My headcanon of the first time Bell's Hells met Keyleth, and they were in awe of her power, is she thought to herself after leaving, "So that's what it's like to be on the other side of that situation." 😂 Though I am sure she's actually had that happen many times, leading her people for decades.

[@Landis963]

@@MyPisceanNature This is Keyleth we're talking about. I'm sure it's a surprise to be on the other side of that equation every single time.

[@violetembers330]

I love how super fights goes. Please play it again in the future 😂

[@Nobody-dl4tm]

agreed

[@ventrue7]

I love that matt is joking about finishing the campaign with a dexterity check but he completely forgot about how he did the last fight in c1 xd

[@roxelmillian7242]

Talisen: do the betrayer gods have champions Spoilers for anyone who hasn't seen EXU: Kymal SOMEWHERE Aamie is watching this: REALLY?! Alright Matt bring me back in I'm ready for round two, imma bring the chaos of which is Opal 😈💅🕷️

[@boopydoopy1678]

Or EXUC w Xerxes

[@greasefire11]

"I'm gonna kick someone's shins!" Not how I expected Travis to end that sentence.

[@Landis963]

1:31:44 Something I just noticed in the Midst trailer: All three of our protagonists have an alchemical symbol above their portraits. Phineas and Weepe have Earth and Air, respectively, which is fitting as in many ways they occupy two sides of the same coin, but Lark, equally fittingly, is Salt.

[@rayebeard]

😮 That’s cool

[@Karthelinor]

Holy crap I want Sam's shirt. I don't know why but it just looks comfy as hell.

[@klff_]

Me too!!!

[@shadowfired]

I'm glad Sam called out just how terrible the Tower of Inquiry questions could be. I hope they keep up the quality from now on.

[@Dani_77709]

I'm glad he calls out what most of us are thinking.

[@_zurr]

When did he say this? I've been feeling it a little too, much prefer the Dive being more loose and driven by natural curiosity, but I get how they want audience engagement.

[@Kuribohcoast]

to be fair, the last few months have had some actually good questions so I think they're curating a bit better

[@shadowfired]

@@_zurr 40:50 He calls it out a few more times throughout too.

[@shadowfired]

@@KuribohcoastI agree, but sometimes a question like "What would your character's Twitter profile look like?" would still slip through.

[@vampirelogan]

1:13:55 OMG mind blown 🤯 Chetney made the chair that almost thwarted the whole Mighty Nein campaign.

[@owertymltu6456]

Mind blown? It was mentioned before in the campaign, right before RTA reveal in the last episode of the Wildmount group.

[@robat774]

@@owertymltu6456 respect the alpha!

[@vampirelogan]

@@owertymltu6456 Yeah, I know, it's just hyperbole for the likes and subs!

[@HailHydra27]

As a C3 only watcher i didn't connect the two until this comment

[@whitestoneandy797]

Please play Super Fight again. I'd watch another hour of that easily

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

It was funny but also frustrating. Somethings with the clear advantage got argued into submission.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

@@HessianLikeTheFabric I'm talking about disparities so wide it beggars belief. Where debating it becomes a farce. It's unsatisfying.

[@Nobody-dl4tm]

Yeah that was my favorite game they've played. Although I would love to see beer pong with whiskey

[@whoanellynelnel3874]

Whoever edited Ashley and Sam's reactions into frames -- thank you💚🤣

[@FanSeitz]

0:50 just 50 seconds into this and I am already crying laughing from Travis's misfortunes.

[@spudthepug]

I absolutely LOVE Kyle’s cackle! That’s a level of gremlin I hope to accomplish!

[@whitestoneandy797]

38:02 Did the cast of Critical Role just ask us to be complicit to their crimes... or else? 😅😂😂👏👏 these people are my people

[@Banquet42]

"Snitches get stitches" - Talesin Jaffe

[@johnnikyecole9114]

Sam and Taliesin are so freaking great. My favorites hands down

[@asifloserface]

1:25:25 That split second before Sam finished his sentence, I deadass thought he was gonna say "Ludinous has long hair,... Matt has long hair..." As if the joke was that Matt has become Vax level meta and is in fact Ludinous. LMAO

[@bigsarge2085]

Caught it live, what an exceptionally hilarious 4SD!

[@twothirdsanexplosive]

All four of them firing away at the random remarks was great. Travis: "when did you become majority owner of dogecoin?"

[@fmlbrad]

1:41:26 I feel like Brenden Lee Mulligan would be unbeatable at this game

[@wreckitremy]

Dani's outfit is so cute!!!! I love seeing Dani so much she is the best! Please make more of the critical role clothes in bigger sizes so ppl like Dani and me can wear them too

[@rayebeard]

I’m pretty sure that was Jester’s dress

[@moritzladstatter2292]

Finally with Matt again :D

[@candace483]

YAY

[@amsett1189]

40:02 Taliesin: Rocky Road (quietly)

[@AnthAnath8641]

1:01:20 Ok, Tallesin and Travis discussing the specifics of the Transformers transformation noise was PEAK nerd, and I love it 😂

[@thatoneguy8956]

tbh the betrayer gods are likely also panicking as I doubt predathos is going to stop with just the prime deities

[@Oleandra-13]

Maybe they're the Spicy/Umami of the Predathos palate?

[@virgoswagster474]

Since the gods are in danger, you think the Wildmother would call upon Fjord and Cad for help??

[@rayebeard]

I have a feeling the Dawnfather and Changebringer weren’t the only ones putting out broadcasts. If they weren’t aware of Beau and Caleb’s undertakings before, they are now.

[@MidasStorm]

The Live show they are doing in London in October is called Mighty Nein: Echoes of the Solstice. So maybe it will cover what happened to Beau and Caleb after the apogee solstice, and them calling the gang back together.

[@virgoswagster474]

@@MidasStorm yeah I just watched the comic con q&a where Matt said that and I’m super hype

[@wytfish4855]

cad for sure. i mean, one of the reason he isn't in the M9 vs Ukutoa~ oneshot was because he was busy constructing a temple for her. he's THE god person in M9 and i would be very surprised if mom didn't call her favourite son to help stop calamity mk2, and even more surprised if he refused.

[@huntertuggle2667]

You would think the Betrayer gods would be shitting there pants as well with Predathos. Wasn't he sealed before the divine gate?

[@Aurora_Lightbringer]

To be fair, they haven't really interacted with any Betrayers since the moon plot was even thought up (unless there's secret betrayer in the BH backstories we don't know about). I love the idea of Asmodeus being like "I'm quaking with fear" but it does make him less impressive and a little goofy.

[@MammalianCreature]

@@Aurora_Lightbringer A god quaking in fear of a thing that devours them? Sounds normal

[@dawidurbaniak2041]

@@Aurora_Lightbringer Imagine Gods coming to the Betrayers for help. How it would benefict Asmodeus

[@Spncr313]

39:11 well, now I'm gonna wait for Sam to unveil a shirt with Ronin on it, lmao

[@bAd12cheZ]

I'm still not over how good the four side dice song is

[@InkyPetrel]

I love that even Matt is like "You should look into it more", "start asking more questions" about Ashton's stuff. There's clearly SO MUCH lore there that Matt has just been WAITING to drop, and it feels like it probably ties in to everything happening. Taliesin holding cards close to the chest is one thing, but at this point I get the impression that if he keeps sidestepping it, Matt might drop Ashton's backstory on the whole party, lol. 27:46: Dani's sad little "Oh" :( Dani is all of us.

[@twothirdsanexplosive]

Dinosaurs was a phenomenal television show and all of its digs on society are so amazing. I still enjoy watching it and find it hilarious.

[@laisecorrea1621]

I'd love to hear from Matt how much being on this show and seeing what thoughts the players are having informs him on what to do or what needs to be shown/clarified to them.

[@frialzers]

As much as mr. willingham hates being the tavernkeeper, the episodes where he is the tavernkeeper are some of the most entertaining ones

[@DonRam11]

I love that Travis actually used his position to make the others do the tower - that kind of friendly malice is what I've been missing on 4SD!

[@jeny8748]

Can we just film Dani reacting to episodes? I'd totally watch that

[@Landis963]

1:48:30 Simpler answer: Even leaving aside extrahistorical prowess like "masters any weapon instantly", this is every Home Depot in the country, if not the world. He's got as many staff weapons and javelins as there are 2x4s.

[@deltan42]

Watched this live, but only just saw Tal's shirt - Please don't kill us Moon XD

[@FaithfulPuppy]

Somebody had fun with the teleprompter

[@fisherrend3814]

I’m sorry but Tal and Matt doing improv together is my new fetish

[@arkron81]

Taliesin and Travis forgot to take into account the weight of the plate armor on Taliesin's moose's speed and endurance.

[@wafflingmean4477]

So... how long has Santa been holding a baby and a machete in the background?

[@gregwillett8051]

Yes, finally. The dopamine hit i've been waiting for...

[@DuskWolf224]

... so Sam's Superfight character is basically a walking Guacamole-flavored mochi?

[@xShadow.Dancer]

As someone from Minnesota, the Minnesota summer remark got me good. Our summers are brutal

[@whitestoneandy797]

0:56 Sam wanted to host so bad 😂

[@angelowentzler9961]

Sam *deliberately* taking the marshmallow man made of guacamole 🤣

[@obadijahparks]

0:12 Travis.... background.

[@Nightwng2k]

I’m now around the 45 minute mark, and this is a sort of discussion that I’d been thinking about as times changed over the years of the appearance, the commercials, and so on. I’d been thinking how different things became from the early on first season, with lower tech and just getting the show from home game to streamed. To then getting better quality tech and making it look nicer. Then new studio, and sponsors, and more “business” related. Even sponsors that had nothing to do with D&D or even computer gaming or even computers. Old Spice, Toothpaste, and so on. I would NEVER use the term “sell out” because that’s not what I’m feeling. It just spiraled so much from what it started out as, and it’s just hard to connect back to what it was versus what it is now. In many ways, it’s great what it is now. But it’s so far afield from what it started as that it’s hard to connect the two anymore. Them talking about how great it was before the stream at all, then the early stream. I don’t really get how that old vibe ever existed, no matter how fun it feels now.

[@Shunnimi]

Soooo just a wild theory regarding Ashton: MAYBE Hishari tried to awaken a primodial and MAYBE they actually did partially succeed because one of their kids is slowly turning into one

[@SirLionel13]

This is the chaotic energy we needed. 4 Sided Dive tried to build chaos into the format. We need more of the natural chaos that Talks used to have.

[@hannahtadian7701]

Imogen is 100% a champion of her god (good or evil) and is being called forward to help in the fight hence the skin changes and her losing control

[@DarmanORC]

this group is just absolute chaos and I love it

[@quinns4560]

Still blown away by how fuckin hard the outro music goes on 4SD

[@Ciara_Turner]

One day they'l name an episode "What the fuck is up with Matt" and I don't know if I'm looking forward to that day or dreading it.

[@HallowTalia]

TIMESTAMPS! Reposted from @numbernine5894 in the comment for my ease of not scrolling down 1:15 Travis does the intro 3:15 Canned Bits™ 4:55 Intro cinematic 5:15 Show Starts: What the fuck is up with that? 6:00 What magic doesn’t work? 6:50 Are some gods dead already? 7:10 Ley line theories 9:00 Is the Changebringer the most powerful in the pantheon? 10:40 Do all of the gods have champions? 12:40 I wonder how things are going for the Betrayer gods are right now 13:20 Ludinus on the surface of Ruidus? WTF is up with that? 16:50 Team Issylra 17:35 Was the Dawnfather a good or bad guy in this? (Talesin) 18:20 Ashton’s new hammer feat. cool crystals 22:50 Ashton’s new path 27:05 Vision from the Matron of Ravens 29:00 The road to Predathos 34:00 Keyleth 36:45 Sam is a criminal 38:15 …and a dogecoin enthusiast 39:45 First tower pull (Matt) 40:55 What trait of one of your fellow party members is your character most jealous of? 44:00 Second tower pull (Sam) 44:30 How do you keep DnD fun for yourself and not turning too much into something that you have to do out of obligation? 47:30 Wait, you guys are getting paid? 49:40 Deep Dive 50:30 How is Ashton handling the revelation that Abaddina was part of the Hishari and does he want to go back and talk to her more? 52:30 How is FCG doing having parted from FRIDA for now? 56:30 WHERE ARE BEAU AND CALEB, MATTHEW? 57:00 Why Wildemount and Issylra for the party split? What factors determined the two party makeups? 59:25 How is Chetney feeling knowing that his past actions have come back to collect? (Bounty) 1:01:10 Transformer sounds 1:02:15 What inspired Ashton’s desire and focus to be a hero? 1:05:10 How is FCG feeling about the Changebringer lately? 1:09:45 How did you go about making sure Yu and Bor’Dor were different from each other? 1:13:15 What was the revelation that Chetney made Orym’s toys like at the table? 1:16:35 What did Ashton think of the people of Hearthdale and the eidolons? 1:18:40 FCG clearly felt guilty during Laudna’s outburst RE Team Wildemount having a good time. Does her response color how he feels about nothings moving forward? 1:20:40 How has it been exploring the ups and downs of religion within Exandria? 1:22:05 How did Chetney feel being bait for the demon? 1:23:35 Tower of Inquiry (Talesin) 1:24:20 If your character had to pull from the tower what would their approach be? 1:25:40 Matt pulls 1:26:00 As official lore keeper, has there been anything that has come up in game that has completely taken you by surprise? 1:29:00 Break Starts 1:36:20 Break ends 1:38:30 Travis vs Talesin 1:45:55 What did it mean to Ashton to begin to get in touch with his Earth side? 1:47:25 Matt vs Sam 1:55:25 How has it been taking concepts introduced in EXU:Calamity and fleshing them out more in this campaign? 1:57:45 Talesin vs Matt 2:06:05 Can you tell us son emote about what Ashton’s new Chaos Burst abilities do? 2:07:25 The prize 2:08:55 Forgotten consequences 2:10:40 Moppo Once again past midnight so let me know if there’s anything I missed and please boost!

[@lfleming221]

Minnesota in summer is ALL water source, bogs, etc… But the moose has home-field advantage. A friend of mine once lost a brand new Highway Patrol car to a moose. Even money.

[@adamcosgrove5366]

I love the notion of FCG bothering the Change Bringer to the point of... New God, who dis?

[@Myllorelion]

Moose are terrifying... as a human! No flipping way the Hippo has anything to fear from the Moose.

[@17mountains]

Yeah, the hippo wins this and it ain't even close

[@scooterdooter7123]

Ashton confirmed as Rocky Road

[@JackTheRipperMK]

56:18 shouldve called it the Menage a Spa

[@SleepyDawdler]

i dont know if its a new Camera or better editing or Green screen but i love this video quality on this episode, props to whom responsible!!

[@YTsucks300]

The Moppo lore just gets deeper and deeper