Where the Cards Fall | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 75
Vložit
- čas přidán 27. 12. 2016
- Catch Critical Role live Thursdays at 7PM PT on Twitch: goo.gl/D9fsrS
Listen to the Critical Role podcast: goo.gl/jVwPBr
Vox Machina make their way through the City of Brass searching for the next vestige, but a desperate gamble leads them to making a devil's bargain!
For more RPGs we love, go to bit.ly/GS_RPG
Visit us on geekandsundry.com
Subscribe to Geek and Sundry: goo.gl/B62jl
Join our community at: geekandsundry.com/community
Twitter: / geekandsundry
Facebook: / geekandsundry
Instagram: / geekandsundry
Google+: plus.google.com/+GeekandSundry/ - Zábava
Matt: “Thankfully most of you have dark vision...”
Taliesin: “heavy sigh”
*Literally anything happens*
Taliesin: "heavy sigh"
As someone who's currently playing as a centaur and a loxodon respectively in two different campaigns... I felt that.
he should have played a warlock and taken devil's sight
Krampus the Christmas Devils
@@Leto_0 That's a little much. Percival, as a human, is the only one in the group who can not see. So despite Matt doing his best to not single him out the truth remains and it has got to sting.
Scanlan: "Lets make everyone look like Vax and Vex"
Vax and Vex: "Wow that sounds awesome!!"
*five minutes later when Scanlan casts Seeming*
Vax: *Looks at his girlfriend who now looks like his sister*
Vex: *Looks at her soon to be boyfriend who now looks like her brother*
Vax and Vex: We've made a mistake
@Quinn I still can’t wait to see trinket Percy in the animated series 😂
I loved it when Percy said “sister.” Then Vex started wanting to vomit. Lol.
Percy, upon recognising his girlfriend's palpable discomfort: *amps the awkwardness up times twenty by referring to her as his sister.* Percy is a little shit and a bastard man and I love him.
@@wolvo5441 I wish
It makes it worse that out of the other "Vax"s Percy is the only one that would be about the same height. Unless Scanlan staggered their heights when he cast seeming to improve the russian doll effect.
Taliesin : I'm making a super long name for my character.
Matt : Hold my beer.
That efreet had all the titles
He didn't make it. It's D&D cannon. Search for Marrake al-Hariq. The dude has like 100 titles, it's crazy.
@@Jujubizin Honestly 50% Matt giving them more time to decide what to give and 50% just to have an excuse to show that he actually pulled up the damn thing
@@Memokkeen hahahahhahaha
Rewatching the first campaign, because boredom and waiting for third campaign to emerge. EPIPHANY... at around 2 hours 40 minutes in, Pumat Sol was conceived in Matt's brain... True Genius backpacking on the sextuplet idea with a twist.
"(awful yet great impression of bagpipes)"
Whoever writes these subtitles deserves the biggest raise in history.
For real lmao
Great impression, therefore awful, of bagpipes
I believe I've heard the Liam actually does this shortly after shooting
it's definitely unique and personal and very very specific... im so glad potentially deaf people or people who have to watch in silence for whatever reason get the full experience of voice actors with no sound.
The subtitles are a humor all on their own, and I'm so glad they're here 😂
I would watch 3 hours of Pike teaching Grog to read.
that would only get you to "F" in the alphabet
And that's on the natural 20 side of almost every letter...
Best part of the episode!
I imagine that this would be like Teletubbies or Banana's in Pajamas or really anything that's the kind of show meant for Toddlers... I'd watch it.
@@hectoriiibongconuqui7106 one year late but I'm thinking blues clues and grog gets a fancy notebook to draw his pics in :)
Making Grog lose what he learned with Pike was the saddest and most evil thing Matt has done
Yes.
_The Raven Queen will remember that._
@@Reblwitoutacause😂😂😂
I was sure this happened already but I guess I saw it online somewhere 😅 huge deja vu either way
i love it when Matt gets weird with an npc. watching the cast get creeped out is the best
And I don't think that character was supposed to be "creepy," but the party was slightly unnerved by him so Matt amped it up to mess with them, and it's been my favorite character development by far.
@@averagegirl7113 according to talks machina he wasn't even a planned NPC. Matt made him up on the spot. Which is even crazier
Even better when you find out both these NPC’s where completely improvised by Matt last episode. He confirmed that he came up with both on the fly.
@@averagegirl7113 Matt tried to make him unique but if you've ever played Dragon Age he sounds like a Tranquil. A person lobotomized in order to control their magic. And yes I can see how he doubled down on in.
Oh boy, you must love c3
Scanlan: **loses 505 gold in Ank'Harel, feels terrible for days afterwards**
Vox Machina: **gets to the next city, bribes a guard with 20 pounds of gems to get through a door, and a fire giant with several magic items and 40 pounds of ancient dragon scale, even though they already have the necessary information, all in all losing somewhere between 2,000 and 50,000 gold**
Scanlan: "Alright, I see how it is... Hold my over-sized tankard!" **gambles away everybody's freedom in a cardgame he's never played**
By one. Every. Single. Time. Even in the extra game that didn’t matter.
@@eggularbagel But this is Vox Machina we're talking about. You know those items would have never even been thought of otherwise. I honestly think Matt put that sequence in to trim some of the party's magical item bloat
@@eggularbagel What they gave away was like chump change compared to what the fortune they still have. Hell, what they got over 100k worth of gold from Vorugal's hoard alone.
As a DM, sometimes you gotta put the party in dire straights to dig into some of their resources, ESPECIALLY if you're generous with potions, magic items, and money
@@eggularbagel a fortune in items is only a fortune if you have someone willing to buy them for that amount.
Poor Larkin. I really hope he makes it home.
I forget who Larkin is and it's too far back to rewatch it lol
@@mydumbhandlename Larkin was a dragon four episodes ago. Or the other way around... Vax didn't catch on and I'm not sure they ever explained it to him in-character.
@@mydumbhandlename The green dragon of the chroma conclave "Ryshawn" has the ability change its form into people and during the fight with "Volrugard" the white dragon , Ryshawn took the form of Larkin(a dwarf fighter). Ryshawn took this form to prevent the "Volrugard" from learning of her betrayal. Before the fight started "Larkin" shows up out of nowhere and everybody realizes that this is Ryshawn in disguise. Just to mess with Matt, Sam/Scalan pretends to not catch on and make a big stink about some random dwarf showing up and how suspicious it is. But the rest of the party in character tells him its "ryshawn" and he needs to stop bringing attention to her. Then the group goes into Scanlan's Manson for one final planing session before they pull the trigger on this fight, when out of nowhere Liam/Vax says the greatest line ever "what are we going to do when our green friend shows up". This is immediately meet by a look of bewilderment by the whole group and they quickly realize that Liam had completely missed out on the whole Larkin being Ryshawn and began to joke around with him. Liam admitting he was spacing out deciding to lean into the joke and after the fight with "Volrugard" ,which resulted in "Ryshawn" dispelling her previous form of "Larkin" and taking on the full dragon form, he joked around about their missing Dwarf friend. He even went so far as to role play with Pike about forming a search party for "Larkin" in the following episode thus the "Larkin Watch" was born.
@@danielvillarreal8452 Raishan*
I own a larkin watch shirt. I wear it to spot true fans.
Ah, yes, the introduction of Vax, Vex, Vix, Vox, Vux, and Vyx
Vax, vex, vyke, vog, vercy e vey
@@alicebrandaoantunes7359 Oy vey.
@@michaeldwiggins8578 This is the vey
Vax Vix Vux Vex Vyx Vox Machina
That was just the seven potters! 🤣
Seriously, why is Sam always surprised when they look to him to be the face of the group? Dude's the only Charisma caster with ridiculous Persuasion and Deception modifiers.
True, but they do it cause Marisha is supposed to act as a wise leader, but she lacks the skill to do so, and among everyone in the group, Sam is the most creative of the group.
V. Khat Or it's because he has the highest charisma and has skills in both Persuasion and Deception which makes his roles, on average, higher than everyone else with a larger variety of spells that work in and out of combat.
High charisma the bards lament
He's probably surprised they're going to actually let him do his job instead of flubbing through a disasterpiece of bad improv and low rolls by someone with poor charisma.
Vax is paladin in this episode, so he is also charisma caster, too. Vex tries to haggle all the prices of anything, which is persuasion, too. Not to mention, not everyone they come in contact with is exactly "sweet" to gnomes. Obviously hes the smart choice to be the face, but thats why we're watching, and not playing.
It took me a moment to realize Liam's "Larkin Watch" shirt was Critical Role related. Poor dwarf. I wonder where he ended up... 😉🤭
probably ended up dead slain by some group of killers :) :)
Some random group of 6 or 7 murder hobos killed him
What?! But he was going to help them kill dragons! He must have been sick...
This is an underrated comment.
Hey guys, I think Larkin MIGHT be a dragon... idk insight or some such
Seeing Grog / Travis so badly want to learn to read made me warm inside.
James Brooks if only scan lan was there, he'd have a perfect inspiration aong for the int check:
"Spell your name, spell your name..." (in the tune of 'say my name' by Destiny's Child)
The saddest and cutest part of the episode
Sam could've just as well assisted in the int check on top of giving the inspiration by singing the ABC song.
Timestamp?
Edit: Nevermind, found it. (2:56:00 - Pike Teaching Grog)
It is the sweetest thing I've ever seen in this show.
Percy: Vex, Sister,,
The twins: simultaneous groans of pain and disgust
3:19:20
Matt ‘You see two young boys.’
Sam *instantly plots how to obtain the fire plane’s finest headgear.*
Only Sam could turn some variation of, "come here little boy" into, "I'll give you way too much money to find me the coolest hat in the city".
I remember when I first saw that giant mug Sam got as a gift from a fan and was expecting him to ditch using it after a few episodes. Here he is still using it and has made comedic uses out of it. What dedication!
oh hoh ho. You have no idea what things are coming your ways.
i have wondered how does he even wash that thing, not like you can run it under water in a sink and all the paper stuck to the bottom looks like it has never been wet... im ocd so i think of this stuff
@@cFull_Rtrd the simple answer is it isn’t washed
*Chuckles in Campaign 2*
@@vincentwagner9233 Chuckles in Campaign 3
Liam's shirt is amazing "Larkin Watch"
I like Travis' better actually :)
Shots fired
he he he...
Travis' is terrible! ;p
Laura wins with the Saga shirt imo.
Lying Cat wins by miles
A warning for people watching the G&S CR playlist:
Don't watch the next video, Talks Machina Critmas, in the order it's listed. It's actually TM #6 and takes place after episode 79 (Thordak). It includes a lot of spoilers for that episode. Learn from my mistakes!
VoixMortelle thank you, appreciate the warning
VoixMortelle much appreciated!
Wow, glad I skipped that. Was thinking about going back and watching it, guess I'll hold off. Thank you for that.
You're a life saver! Thank you!
Thank you
Oh so much
You're amazing
Lmao. Now Vex and Vax know how Percy and Cassandra felt when they used Seeming to trick the Briarwoods.
Nope, not even close, way worse
Percy-"We dont have that much money"
*Grog looking in the bag of holding with 150,000 gp in it*
The Fire Giant starts spewing off the many titles of the Ruling class in the City of Brass, and my favorite part is that Travis' eyes literally start glazing over, because there is no way in hell that Grog is gonna remember all of that.
16:28, the party's reactions to Matt saying "you did not establish [a safety word]"
Liam: going through notes to avoid eye contact
Laura: vicious laughter
Ashley: Pitiful laughter
Travis: crying into mug out of fear
Sam: Studying notes to avoid eye contact
Tal: Pitiful but delighted laughter
Marisha: (looking at Matt) Yeah that's my freak
So happy someone brought up marisha's "Looky Look"
@@gilbertmolina8621 Oh the episode prior, when he was mentioning the neck braces... she does a little lip bite. Like dang control yourself lol (I mean the whole party wants Matt lol so can't blame her I guess)
@@Sgardner1990 She was biting her lip and and grabbing her neck when she mentioned "giant loincloths" lol
Who else is seeing this in 2019 and seeing Brian without a beard for the first time? I feel like I’ve been cursed.
Its seared into my brain
Me!! It doesn't look right!!!
It bent my brain a bit everyone lost their beards it seemed.
He can't get turnt unless he's got the beard :/
i love Brian i watched undeadwood and i loved it
40:10 - Find someone who looks at you the way Travis looks at Matt when he's describing something epic.
Great, now I have to kink shame the entire city of brass
Still do
OH
"It will function... It will just be.. Lifeless" Honestly, this was the creepiest thing.
RobinBonhomme I love him...I love him and his creepy smiling ass so so much
I had to rewatch that like 8 times just because I wanted to see everyone's faces lol
can i get a time stamp?
@@Phiro00 03:05:20
@@joaquinmarichal thank you very much, youre a lifesaver
I really can’t understate how much I adore Taliesin as a player. He’s got such a wonderful balance between careful roleplaying, badass/rule of cool moments, and then being completely up for just the most ridiculous plans just to see what happens and how amusing it would be.
Taliesin Jaffe Fan Club fist bump 🤜
I on the other hand very much dislike Taliesen as a player and the characters he played. I started with C3 and am working my way backwards so my introduction to him was through Ashton, and boy do I dislike Mr. Greymoore. I went on to kinda dismiss Caduceus and completely despise Mollymauk and Kingsley. However, I absolutely love Percy but I’m still not sure if I like Taliesen. It’s quite odd.
@@ArthurTorriaspercy has his flaws as a person but you gotta admit, he's the only one in C1 who consistently interacts with NPCs like normal people
2020 Gang, this is for you. (timestamp credit to Shams, from 3 years ago.)
-------
0:00:58 - Sam's Radio Play
0:08:30 - Brian McCree
0:10:20 - Somewhere Out There
0:16:05 - Grog Put in His Place
0:27:05 - Grog Vega
0:32:22 - Imaginary Joint
0:38:00 - Waska the Fire Giant
1:17:00 - Humorous, Yes
1:22:40 - Well... Are They?
1:36:10 - Scanlan the Gambler
-------
2:23:48 - Break Ends
2:56:00 - We're all crying here
3:07:15 - Market Madness
3:08:01 - The downside of sextuplets
3:12:19 - Vex models
3:13:27 - Introduction of Aasimar twins
3:13:32 - Young boys?
3:14:13 - Moral Compasses / Chaotic Good
3:18:17 - All the puppies and kittens
3:19:24 - The Ultimate Sibling Duo -gags-
3:19:51 - Use blunt force to the head for a more immediate effect
3:21:13 - 50 Gold???
3:21:55 - Too much Percy
3:35:15 - You can see Travis really taking in the message and digesting it
Boost plz
Boostin' it
This was the SECOND comment. Fantastic 😘
boosting this because i needed it lol
The faces marisha makes when grog imples a little bit of bdsm play, deliver so much
Sam just HAS to keep 1-upping himself with this loot crate ad reads
IMVADER2 to bad he can't 1 up his gambling roles
Matthew Thomas "everyone in that tavern simultaneously ohhhhhhhhh-ing"
Matthew Thomas ohh ouch that smarts. 😰😰😰😰
Might need to call Pike for that one.
His LootCrate ads here, or his D&D Beyond ads in the 2nd campaign. I'm not sure which are crazier.
Spinoff: Learning with Grog.
A whole line of children's books with Grog, counting and reading!
Guest appearance on Sesame Street, full costume, where dumb-ass Grog legitimately gets schooled by Elmo and four year olds. Hey, I'd watch it.
The Grog Alphabet Book - From G to R.
@@proudpapaprick and then he bits the living shit out of them, birdo becomes a Dragon and Grog crys for no having a way to get to him while Birdo flies
The fact that Matt plot a revenge after he prepared a whole game for the cassino visit and they decided not to play thoooooo LMAO i remember him getting really excited when they were about to play and then they just didn’t want to and later on he made them play for a vestige and betting their lives OMFG i love his dark mind
Sam got so crushed when he got scammed and then lost money that he wasn't even willing to entertain any more casino games and Matt's just like "oh you're gonna play, Sam..."
I actually felt bad for Matt when no one wanted to play the games, because you can tell he spent a fair amount of time thinking them up.
They chose to gamble. They could have simply told the truth. They want the armor and are willing to trade for it. The fire giant may have still wanted the pitfiend's head as the price, but the process of getting to it would have been different. Look how successful they were the one time they were upfront and truthful the entire time. Their own refusal to be honest is their undoing. It is their fault they get into the messes they do.
@@Lucifronzthe dice game had such terrible odds though. 1 in 6 chance to double your money. And if you lose you can double your bet for similar odds.
I always love when Ashley is there. The whole group in game and out of game are just happy she is there and it just makes everything wholesome :)
So true. Ashley is often quite, but the group seems more complete when she is there.
Matt felling Laura “that was adorable” after she snorted has my heart feeling SO FULL. That was precious
when was this?
sardonix 3:10:10
@@reamitri4347 it really was adorable
Matt: An imp would be interesting.
Sam: with jewelry and such?
me: no Sam.. that's a pimp, not an imp.
New world NPC idea: The Pimp Imp
bringing up top
0:00:58 - Sam's Radio Play
0:08:30 - Brian McCree
0:10:20 - Somewhere Out There
0:16:05 - Grog Put in His Place
0:27:05 - Grog Vega
0:32:22 - Imaginary Joint
0:38:00 - Waska the Fire Giant
1:17:00 - Humorous, Yes
1:22:40 - Well... Are They?
1:36:10 - Scanlan the Gambler
-------
2:23:48 - Break Ends
2:56:00 - We're all crying here
3:07:15 - Market Madness
3:08:01 - The downside of sextuplets
3:12:19 - Vex models
3:13:27 - Introduction of Aasimar twins
3:13:32 - Young boys?
3:14:13 - Moral Compasses / Chaotic Good
3:18:17 - All the puppies and kittens
3:19:24 - The Ultimate Sibling Duo gags
3:19:51 - Use blunt force to the head for a more immediate effect
3:21:13 - 50 Gold???
3:21:55 - Too much Percy
3:35:15 - You can see Travis really taking in the message and digesting it
Yeah but where is the link to the absolute operatic banger in the break?
Thanks :)
Boost!
Bump
Up
Vex and Vax being disgusted that Percy and Kiki look like their sibling is amazing
Grog learning the alphabet is the best thing I have ever seen
You mean straight up "Flowers For Algernon"-ing it up and suffering memory loss.
@@lustykong7591 so glad I wasn't the only one who remembers that short story... poor grog he just wants to be smart, maybe just not geenass smart
OMG Pike teaching Grog to read is the most wholesome and precious thing I've ever seen
I COULD WATCH PIKE TEACH GROG TO READ ALL DAY 😂
Omg that was the most heartfelt and heart breaking moment
Watching Marisha talk as Keyleth in any kind of negotiations always leaves me stressed, both sympathetically and otherwise.
It honestly just feels like she sees the solution and desperately avoids any avenue that could lead to it.
She's really good at role-playing low charisma
Too good.
@@Draezeth I'd say to good at role playing low intelligence. Even though I think her character intelligence is high lol
@@johnblack8872 keyleth ideas are usually not allowed due to her not reading her spells.
She throws elbows around like she's alone at the table. Someday Taliesin is going to get a black eye from her sharp, waving elbows.
Nothing is funnier to me than Travis's annoyance with Laura's dice goblin side. 😂😂 You can tell it comes from a place of love.
While watching this series of episodes were they're in the fire plain, my AC went out. In Summer. In Florida. So I rolled constitution checks along with them.
Dang. My armor class has never gone down like that. Must be a Florida thing
So you were also in the fire plane I see
Did you fail?
@@caemanlipsey7201 i think so with the lack of a response
Here I am in 2022 & there is a heat wave going on.
I love it when percy tinkers, he always tries to convince matt his designs are simple so hell lower the dc or cost or time for his rolls. I don't blame him, he just sells it so hard it makes me laugh XD
Bit of a necro post, but I’d argue that’s actually pretty in character. Most of the engineers I work with tend to relay their projects as though everyone is as familiar with the math and design principles they’re building on even if some part of their mind is fully aware that isn’t the case.
Kinda hope that Pike teaching Grog the alphabet makes into the animated series, it'd be the cutest thing followed by heartbreak as he gets out "Gr" before the effect fades
This furthers my theory that getting made fun of for owning a wine aerator has turned Sam down the path of the dark side. Slowly driving his friends mad with his ads
"You're an idiot and I'm very proud of you." I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!
Laura: 'Well, one of us has boobs'
Liam: 'Which one?' (Smirks)
*Travis will remember this*
O.o you already had my curiosity.... now you have my attention.
@@BitigoBlackI swear every member of vox machina and their fans is a bi panic
@@joelrobinson5457panic can be a good thing...
Its so funny because I was just thinking about how masc/androgynous Marisha is now compared to six or seven years ago... and my little queer girl heart is crushing hard. Critical Role is basically my bisexual heaven...
@@uli11 ikr? Marisha is adorable, the cast is just the best
@@joelrobinson5457that's what's so confusing to me. People judge the cast *so so harshly* for playing sub optimally or making mistakes .... that's not the point? They aren't here to show the perfect way to play dnd, they are just a group of best friends who just wanted to play dnd together. And we get a peek behind the curtains into that dynamic while enjoying the story they create together- flaws and all.
And i love that. To me the thing that makes this all work is that the cast are dramatically different, unafraid to just be themselves with each other, and to make it all work to backdrop the game. The people getting hung up on the rules of the game are missing the point.
I’ve never loved Travis and Ashley more than during the alphabet scene THAT WAS SO PRECIOUS AND I WANT HIM TO LEARN MORE ;-;
(2:56:00)
Did you finish the campaign?
@@Zseventyone yep!
There's some art in one of the books they released of Grog teaching Percy and Vex's children how to read. It's the cutest thing and it literally brought a tear to my eye
@@whitestoneandy797 yesss i think ive seen that one!! its adorable
@@pagenein honestly. it's so cute. Grog fits perfectly into a "fun uncle" role
3:21:23 “like 50 gold” which was exactly the amount Scanlan said he’d payed for the spice.. oh how the turntables
Holy CRAP! That guys name is LONGER than Percy's
Technically it's all his title. His name *is* shorter than Percy's!
@@KickyFut Not a D&D player but isn't the the sultan of the city of Brass an actual D&D character? If that's the case then kudos to Matt for bringing another existing entity that isn't a deity or fiend.
Not sure I understand... many of the characters in the City of Brass are NPC's that are neither deity nor fiend... Or are you asking if someone actually plays as the sultan? That I don't know...but I think the sultan is an Efreet.
@@KickyFut That's what I'm referring to. The sultan is an Efreet who has appeared in established D&D lore. I know there are well known fiends(devils and demons) and deities who have a presence in the universe where Exandria resides, but I'm certain that other established higher powers tend to pop up from time to time.
0:58 - Sam's Radio Play
8:30 - Brian McCree
10:20 - Somewhere Out There
16:05 - Grog Put in His Place
27:05 - Grog Vega
32:22 - Imaginary Joint
38:00 - Waska the Fire Giant
1:17:00 - Humorous, Yes
1:22:40 - Well... Are They?
1:36:10 - Scanlan the Gambler
2:23:48 - Break Ends
2:56:00 - Pike Teaching Grog
3:07:15 - Market Madness
3:08:01 - The downside of sextuplets
3:12:19 - Vex models
3:13:27 - Introduction of Aasamir twins
3:13:32 - Scanlan spots some young boys
3:14:13 - Moral Compasses/ Chaotic Good
3:18:17 - All the puppies and kittens
3:19:24 - The new, Vex-approved drinking game: Take a shot every time Percy says "sister".
3:19:51 - Use blunt force to the head for a more immediate effect
3:21:13 - 50 Gold, Vox Machina code for ill-advised and overpriced purchases
3:21:55 - Rule update: Take a shot whenever Percy says ANYTHING
3:35:15 - You can see Travis really taking in the message and digesting it
GoliathGames w
12:32 recap
14:16 game begins
@@TylerE86508 THANK YOU
Dumbass you left out the start of the game
3:51:25 - I Encourage Peace fanart
12:30 - recap starts
14:15 -Recap ends
2:23:48 -break ends
Why does no one put these on their timestamp lists?
The real MVP
Thank you so much
Thank you
Boost
It’s so much more helpful.
When Matt showed the picture of the Pit Fiend, Taliesin looked so done.
My heart broke when Grog's knowledge didn't stay. :( I will never trust Mercer again.
You mean you did?
Flowers for Grog
You should never trust Mercer ever.
@@briannastripe1789 Rule No1 of critical role. The man's mind is devilish in cunning behind that brilliant head of hair lol.
Integrity is important.
3:13:30 - Sam whipping his head up as Matt says "Two young boys" has me ded😅😂
I could feel every hair on my head stand on end when Matt did Senokir's creepy clipped laugh.... The man has RANGE, y'all!!! Chilling yet fantastic
TIMESTAMPS!!!!!!!
⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇
0:00:58 - Sam's Radio Play
0:08:30 - Brian McCree
0:08:58 - Ashley Catcalls her boyfriend lol 🤣
0:10:20 - Somewhere Out There
0:10:56 - Intro
0:12:29 - Recap
0:15:01 - Part 1 begins
0:16:05 - Grog Put in His Place
0:16:19 - That was hot 🥵
0:18:25 - Pike's feeling so tired (same. 💤😴 fucking mood)
0:27:05 - Grog Vega
0:32:22 - Imaginary Joint
0:38:00 - Whaska the Fire Giant
0:41:33 - Game of cards / card games
0:45:21-0:52:33 - Negotiating/ bribing a fire giant for info
0:57:14 - Vex flirts with Whaska
1:17:00 - Humorous, Yes
1:18:12 - Should I💪 !!KNOCK!!💪or knock?
1:19:51 - Grog fibs
1:20:54 - The fib succeeds
1:22:40 - Well... Are they fuckable, though? 🍆🍑🥵?
1:26:24 - The fib is revealed to have been a lie all along
1:34:13 - Grog still can't read
1:35:10 - Vox Machina Unchained
1:36:10 - Scanlan the Gambler
-------
2:23:48 - Break Ends & Part 2 begins
2:50:05 - What's the sultan's name? (2:50:10 - 2:50:31 the sultan's long ass name)
2:56:00 - We're all crying here
3:05:04 - Druidcraft tracking device for Senokir
3:07:15 - Market Madness
3:08:01 - The downside of sextuplets
3:10:11 - Adorable snort
3:12:19 - Vex models
3:13:27 - Introduction of Aasimar twins
3:13:32 - Young boys?
3:14:13 - Moral Compasses / Chaotic Good
3:15:50 - Francois Australia
3:18:17 - All the puppies and kittens
3:19:24 - The Ultimate Sibling Duo gags
3:19:51 - Use blunt force to the head for a more immediate effect
3:21:13 - 50 Gold???
3:21:55 - Too much Percy
3:22:10 - Scanlan's Vex impression
3:31:05 - Travis' Criss Angel pose
3:35:15 - You can see Travis really taking in the message and digesting it
3:42:05 - Fucking Jenga!!
thank you
Boost
"Don't let anyone know you're working for me."
**Gives them all his symbol to wear**
Andrew Hayman her*
Not a symbol. Just a collar to signify that they are owned
They were the same kind that her personal guard wore. They are a connection to her.
He had a lot on his plate though. DMing well is no easy task as it is, and he cranks the effort up to 11.
@@terrencemedders1867 mercer never said the collars had her insignia. He said the collars were like thise worn by the giants ie slave collars.
@@bruggeman672, it's been too long for me to try and argue and I'm not gonna sit through it again now that I'm in the second campaign, but at the time of my watching this, it very much seemed like THOSE collars were collars that HER slaves wore, not the general slave populace.
3:35:15 You can see Travis really taking in the message and digesting it. He is a clever man playing an idiot character.
And everything is fantastic about it XD
I agree, except when it comes to math ; )
Favar1 So much true. It's really a testament to his dedication to that...ahem role.
What's even more fun about watching him is that he's subtly guided party decisions with his "Grog Insight"
Travis is a smart guy that plays a dumb PC very well....... and then you have a dumb player trying to play a wise PC (i won't say who that player is but im sure you can guess)
J Banks Percy?
I love seeing how different DMs portray different races to tell their respective stories. Matt makes fire giants antagonists, meanwhile I'm in a campaign where my DM has them as the protectors and allies of my character's dwarves clan. I love seeing the broad range of creativity!
I think RAW they are lawful evil which is probably why Matt chose to portray them that way.
Like any society, their actions depend upon their leadership. So, really anything is feasible if you think about it. As long as the leadership is powerful and effective, that is.
In this case, they seem to simply be at a disadvantage and are barely survivors, whereas many are aligned with Thordak outside of the Fire Plane for whatever reasons I wasn't really paying enough attention to discern.
It's the basis for the entirety of the Chaotic Evil alignment, in a way, as most within this respect *only* power and revel in destruction. Lawful Evil creatures are probably much easier to manipulate and control if you know their motivations and can convince them you're working towards them. But that can really be said for anyone. Sort of a vague statement I just made there, but you get the point.
39:02 Laura double face palming at Marisha blowing her cover as soon as she opens her mouth ! LMAO
I came back just to see the radioplay again. Sam is an amazing human being.
He seems to one up himself every week.
Wonderer Traveler Yeah, can't wait for tonight!
I don't feel the same way at all.
Spacecookie You don't like Sam?
Willem Maas
I'm not sure about Sam, but I really don't like his depiction of Scanlan. What an awful character. I think quite a bit of Sam makes Scanlan who he is as usually happens when people roleplay a character..
how has no one commented about scanlan being the gerbil to fire giants? that's hilarious
I switched from the podcast and control+F-ed the word gerbil just to see who commented on that and up-vote them. "In this case, you would be the gerbil" is one of the funniest asides I've heard in the show so far. I laughed for a solid 30 seconds.
Is there a former joke about Scanlan with a gerbil I've missed?
@@matthewurwin197 they made a comment about lemiwinks which is from south park in which mr slave shoved a gerbil up his butt in one of the episodes. The gerbil's name was lemiwinks.
@@idontwaitfor420 oh god...
(thanks for the explanation!)
@@idontwaitfor420 and for you I will tell you that gerbils up the ass was big thing which hit the news a while before the South Park episode and inspired it. So the reference goes far beyond any one who just saw South Park ... gerbils in the ass is just something 'people know'
Hmm, "aqueducts" that hold lava instead of water... "igneoducts"?
It is so hilarious how conspicuously hard they're trying to get that fiend in the mansion like "golly jee oh boy it sure is pretty amazing behind that door. Are you sure you don't want to come in?"
This is the first episode where it seems grog (Travis) is actually sad that grog can't read.
I’m still wondering how Grog keeps track of everything they have in the bag of holding if he can’t read or write. Travis maintains a list. Grog can’t.
@@anondecepticon he does mention that he draws pictures instead of writing, so I imagine that
I hope I'm not the only one frantically looking up stats for a Pit Fiend
Oh when they first mentioned pit fiend I grabbed my Monster Manual and thought "Oh damn..."
BlazeShepard757 Iui
Well they just fought an ancient white dragon which has an equal challenge rating but with the benefit of flight, while simultaneously fighting a Goristro which is nearly the same challenge rating. The scary thing however, is I don't think a single monster has been its minimum challenge rating in all of Critical Role. Matt has pretty much always beefed them up.
That's because the given challenge rating is for a group of four adventurers of that level. For this group of seven, you need to bump up the CR by at least 2 or so it was for 3.5. Either way, even a being as powerful as a Pit Fiend would have troubles against this big of a group of powerful figures.
No doubt, no doubt. Was kinda my point, I do the same thing with the party of seven I DM for. It seems most of my work as a DM comes from counting experience points and balancing enemies and magic. Roleplaying and storytelling just comes effortlessly after all that number crunching. lol
Ashley: (awful yet great impression of bagpipes)
omg this is amazing, props to whoever did the closed caption
An animation of Grog learning to spell is what got me to start watching the series. I've been looking forward to getting to this part for so long. Although it's during a much more serious situation than I would have guessed, it's still hilarious.
give grog a permanent intelligence boost :"(
wow the director/producers of blindspot are really understanding of Ashley needing to be there for vox machina
Apparently, they're fans as well.
Spoiler: They killed off Patterson. (Not really.)(But maybe.)(I hope not.)
I'm halfway through season 1. I should not have read the comment section.
lol don't worry she is currently in season two
Critical Role mug in Patterson's desk, and Patterson actually speaking the words "I'm a gnome cleric".
there was a disturbance in the Force, when that happened.
I knew all these guys were talented actors, but the "Dust Bowl" skit at the beginning just really sunk that in. That was fantastic. :p
Pike teaching Grog the alphabet is the cutest thing ever.
9:00 - "He's taken... by.... you?..."
God damn it Matt.
Matt/Senokir’s crazy eyes and grin get me every. single. time.
-Raishan tells them that fire giants reforged the Elemental Crystal
-Raishan tells them Thordak befriended the fire giants
-A social upset in the city is mentioned
-Matt reminds them that fire giants take pride in their crafting
Me (screaming): Take the hint!! Argh....
What hint?
OH DEAR GOD! It didn't accure to me until I saw the comment
Spoilers
Are you talking about the eggs
Yo what's the hint
@@animaljam4385 As i see the situation, they were in contact with fire giants that had contact with thordak. Probably even the one that modified the crystal. "They take pride in their work" is gm-code for "you can get them to brag about it and figure out its weakness"
@@thehellofajumper ohhhhh. interesting.
Me: *sings* Scrying eyes...
Sam, half a second later: also sings it
Talesin: joins in
Me: Surpised, confused and somewhat concerned for my sanity
I love how they always take forever to plan everything and then it goes to crap within 2 minutes lol. I'm still watching them plan their 6 twins plans but I bet it's going to fail.
"Did she... Use the magic?!" I could not breathe I had to watch this scene like eight times. Bless Scanlan and Sam. XDDD
Watching this episode during a historic heat wave is helping me really feel the atmosphere of the setting. Been making real life con checks for the last couple days.
Same. July 2022
We had to go through a heatwave it got up to 35°
@@monicatruong1223 Yeah that's rough. Once it gets north of 34 degrees, it starts to get completely, and utterly unbearable. At the time of my comment, the heat was hovering between 35-37 degrees for the week. It was so miserable. When you can't get a break during the night, it just makes a person want to sit down, and cry. I don't know how people deal with that regularly.
@@billbill3915 luckily it was that hot for like one day and we have a basement but past 25° it’s not fun it’s too hot to do anything
@@monicatruong1223 Yeah, I fuckin' hate summer. Never used to, but now it's hot as shit every year thanks to global warming. I'm all about spring/autumn/winter now.
therapist: beardless brian isn't real he can't hurt you
beardless brian:
2:32:00 For whatever reason Ashley's whispered "Do you want a tootsie roll?" was so clear over my audio.
😂 Looked to see if anyone else noticed this. Or Travis just beforehand saying “I really wish I had a roll of ritz crackers right now”
Why didn't pike just say, "So would you like me to bring your lover back?" I feel like that's a fair deal for some armor.
Caer Ibormeith I feel like there were about a thousand better options than the one they ended up choosing.
I think they need a body, that's one. Two, it might not work. Three, if it works he still might not want tot come back. Four, they are fire giants, i don't know if they are native to the plane of fire but if so then resurrection magic does not work for creatures from outer planes.
I feel like they forget the extents of what they are capable of at this point. For Resurrection, the 7th level spell, you only need a piece of the deceased, and they could've been dead for as long as a century. I feel like they could've pulled that off and it'd be much easier than fighting a Pit Fiend. They could've at least tried. Or they could've brought him back AND killed the Pit Fiend too, why not.
The option that occurred to me was using Modify Memory on the giantess to make her think she'd lost the game.
Modify memory would be difficult as there are two more guardians in the room.
Matt: its still a mansion
Liam in campaign 2: nah its a tower with 9 sides and 9 floors
Late to the party but I’m pretty sure that’s a different spell. Scalan casts “Mordenkainen’s Magnificent Mansion” which is a 7th level spell. Caleb, for the most part casts or upcasts the 3rd level spell “Galder’s Tower.”
@@LseerLables no it's magnificent mansion. The thing that's important is just the mansion spell gives u X amount of space to fill as u wish. Liam spent a lot of time designing the tower to fit that space
and Bells Hells have a hole
Matt: "for all you critters under 35..."
I resent that, I was 23 when this came out and loved American Tale growing up
I’m 15 and I was literally humming no cats in America before I watched this. Weird coincidence.
3:13:31 I could not stop laughing at scanlans reaction timing when he heard "two young boys" 😂😂
"Some call them... Card games." I screamed of laughter. I love Keyleth so much.
ew why
@@dtczyk8976 Are we really having Keyleth discourse in 2020? Let the folks enjoy a socially awkward druid for God's sake.
@@LadyStarflower exactly thank u. She is awkward and i love her for it
I appreciate her trying but Christ does it hurt when Percy acts this way it’s awesome but her actions cringeworthy
Hands down the worst
“So, plan A which is certainly to fail, or...”
“Plan A!”
I LOVE Senokir. He just wanted a slumber party :C
This joke probably won't get into the animated series. A shame!
I feel like this was Matt’s way of getting rid of more magic stuff
Balance patch 1.75
They're just hoarding it... including non-magical items. Hoarding non magical regular weapons when they have thousands of platinum. It gets silly...
Maybe next time Matt says ' so, what do you guys want to do?' some one should reply with 'organize and tidy the bag of holding'
If only they could somehow know how easy it would be to find the right giant, huh.
Also, I wouldn't really say hoarding, implies intentionality, when they really just hadn't had the time or presence of mind to sell shit.
Pike has 2 sets of gloves vex has 2 bows. A DM might do something like this if the party gets so many items that they optimize for every situation but I feel like Matt here is just lightening their burdon. They couldn't even fill up after slaying the dragon because they walk around with french royalty riches on their adventures.
@@andrewpaul8732duplicate equipment is normal for a specialist, though. I had multiple pairs of pointe shoes as a dancer, and I'm sure once I can afford it I'll have more than one sword now that I'm in HEMA.
But yeah the bag of holding needed a good clearing out.
I love how grog tries so hard to further the story and gets screwed over by dice rolls and low stats. I would be lived every time I miss a roll and just toss it over my shoulder
Pike has the worst dice rolls ever and I think its just ashley really because yasha in C2 cant roll either
@@Trevbot789 she failed an upgrade twice because of bad rolls, i felt so bad for her 😥
@@Trevbot789 Ashley doesnt add her bonuses or her bonus dice from her build till a good deal into the second campaign, even then she forgets about them after a couple of episodes. After Matt points it out, she shows a practiced hand at the class. Probably the first time she took any real time to learn her abilities.
Ashley should be considered a guest lol....frequent guest despite being a original CR member
@@johnblack8872 I love Pike and Ashley but....yeah, you're right lol you can't argue that, really.
Senokir is up there with Pumat and Artagan as a character who can *only* be voiced by Matt in the animated series.
Senokir is such an underrated NPC. I love him so much.
Vox Machina: "We are looking for a fire giant who won an armor set via a card game"
Matt:"There are 3 fire giants in the whole city"
Vox Machina goes to the first fire giant and pays 5 enchanted items to find out which of the other 2 has it.
I mean not like they could have found it out themselves in 5 min but ok :D
Dino not to mention Laura already searched for it outside and discovered it wasn't there
Didn't the giant threaten them? Or was it the other one?
Brooke Corbyn - Yeah, I dunno why you wouldn't just keep walking at that point.
This was a way for Matt to unload some of the excess items they keep trucking around without giving them anymore more money (since they have enough right now to fund Whitestone for a year).
There was a whole lot of poor decision making in this episode, to be fair. It pales in the face of "sure, I'll sell my friends on the basis of a few straight dice rolls" 😉
3:19:29 Taliesin has to be getting back at them for the Seeming that made'em look like Percy & Cassandra back in Whitestone.
It took me 17 minutes of staring at Liam's shirt to get the joke...Hope they find him soon... :(
I needed your comment to get it... xD
Keyleth/Marisha: Is that a fantasy people have?
Percy/Taliesin: It is now.
The sound of hundreds of pencils hitting fanart paper...
Travis needs to publish a children's book "Grog learns his ABCs"
1."Chuckle? Cackle? Shackle? Charcoal." A bunch of parrots we have here.
2. Where is the sextuplet fan art? I want to see it now.
2. For making it, one would need to use _The Magics_
As Keyleth and Pike were carrying the "coin" all I could think of was Ross saying "Pivot... Pivot..." 🤣🤣
Check out Liam watching Keyleth (yes, Liam watching Keyleth, not Vax) counting out the pounds of dragon hide one by one, and see the of the birth Caleb's penchant for counting everything, especially coins, out one by one. 00:51:55 (i love that they forgot that they had dropped off the hide in the Whitestone storage cellar),