Can we trust him? | Bitterness and Dread | Exandria Unlimited: Calamity | Episode 2 (P1) [Reaction]
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Did you hear that they're doing another mini series set during the Calamity? It's gonna be running throughout July, and it's called Downfall. From what little has been teased, it sounds like it'll be following Champions of the God's during the final days of another flying city that was attacked by a coalition of Prime Diety's and Betrayer God's. It's got Brenna back in the GM seat, and I'm already hype AF for it.
This is the first I'm hearing of it! Awesome!
i LOVE cerrit’s kids ironic that cerrit is a rogue but he’s raising a snitch lololol
rewatching this with you is so much fun. i'm slightly emotional actually . there's just something about someone else really investing in and appreciating it just as much. finding your tribe can be moving
@@dmperri And I appreciate you for being so supportive of my genuine reaction. I know I can go on tangents, and I might ramble. But hey, when my mind is going and I'm excitedly sharing hypotheses, it happens lol. I can't help it. So I appreciate you seeing it all for what it is. Thanks again for the support
I feel the same way! I am loving revisiting Calamity through his eyes.
The Matron of Ravens is the goddess of Death but also of Fate. I imagine, in my own head cannon, that she knows a lot of people are about to die but not why or how or if fate can be altered. So she taps her Champion. Go to find Vasselheim. Track down this rogue Mage find out what he's up to.
So Purvan gets to Vasselheim only to find Vespin Chloras and all his affects have been moved aboard Avalier.
So he dials home...
I missed him.
"Speak to the Septaeirm. Warn them of the danger. "
Which is why he appears at the party at the invitation of The Necromancy Wizards (who earlier were dolling out vials of toxic poisons).
It'd be like knowing a nuclear bomb was about to go off in a major city but not knowing which one so you search buy when people ask you pointed questions. You don't know where the bomb is hidden. You just have this great foreboding of Dread sent by your Goddess who knows a thing or two about mass Death but you don't know how to stop it.
Sam is wearing the same shirt as another player, Aimee Carrero, wore during the first EXU campaign (DM'ed by Aabria). It's a fun reference basically
To the Nydas theories I will just say that the Taxmen are something being built for the city. He was contracted to make them. So i won’t confirm or deny anything about him, but those automatons aren’t just being made is secret by him
if you're looking for something more lighthearted after this and you probably will, you gotta look at the regular EXU. it's technically homework for C3.
Thank you so much for the shoutout, I love that you remembered. ✨Again, I don't know if I'll add anything to this comment thread like last time but your insight so far is on the right track! I'm just gonna continue finishing your reaction and see if there's anything to add here.
- Quick fun fact: that slogan, "It's Love That Makes People," is from one of the most pivotal character moments in C2, and even without knowing who the characters are or what story context there was, just listening to that one speech alone is amazing. If you don't mind mild spoilers, just search that slogan on CZcams. The moment is from C2 E110, and is about a minute long. There have been several fan animations of it as well.
I just love that shirt, man. I hope I can get it someday ✊
Alrighty, had to come back after a while but I've finally finished! As far as your thoughts go, all of them are really good. And dressing up to emulate their characters was definitely something they went for. Some are subtle, some are overt. You're pretty right on the money as well with the anime comparisons (though I'm not as familiar with Bleach lore, the Nagato bit was actually pretty good).
I don't think there were any questions that I can answer right now so I'll offer another personal thought. I think what made this campaign so universally loved ( or at least one of the many reasons) was that we knew everyone had to die. Or at least, the chances of survival are slim to none. The Calamity was the apocalypse, and it wasn't just one day either. It was centuries. Only one-third of Exandria was left after it all. So you can imagine what it was like to have it be announced that there was going to be a short campaign with high-level characters, leading to 'doomsday' itself. And the worst part? You slowly start questioning when doomsday will be. What causes it. You know there's a chain of events leading up to it, but for every moment Brennan narrates and pauses, you keep thinking "Is this it??? Is this where they all fuck up???"
And it all makes a fascinating story. Reminds me a little bit of what Game of Thrones did but in a more compact way. You know everyone in the story is going to die. The question is how? When?? Why??? And would you like to watch this campaign to find out?
Great reaction so far! Keep on keeping on, my guy.
Cerrit's son, it seems, idolizes his dad and is in that developmental stage where he wants to grow up and be an investigator and "Eye of Avalier" like his dear old dad. I don't think of Kir as a snitch, he is not trying to get anyone in trouble, he is just playing at being who he sees his dad is. He is, however, just a kid with limited understanding and no real way of understanding more yet.
Purvan did has his name made fun of immediately by Sam, and it destroyed Matt, he just fully missed it when making up the name.
They all asked about his armor when his name was dropped, The Armor Vax gets in the show, and Brennan was being a coy Motherfucker like "Why would he have Armor?" because the Vestiges are all created During the calamity and bestowed to champions.
adding to this: Vestiges imbue the wearer with the power to strike down the gods (quote from Osysa, female sphinx, during her bestowing of the quest to vox machina), but were created DURING the calamity (which lasted for an unknown number of several centuries). as of right now, where YOU (jo) ARE in this episode, there are no Vestiges of Divergences from any of the total deities (good/prime deities nor bad/betrayer gods). as there is no calamity yet, calamity is coming but not yet here.
known vestiges discovered by vox machina SO FAR in season 2 in the Legend of Vox Machina are "Deathwalker's Ward" (matron's armor, worn by purvan first and vax now), Fenthras (vex's fey/faerie bow), Titanstone Knuckles (formally Kevdaks's, now grog's), and Mythcarver (scanlan's tuning fork-sword (it hums to his melodic voice) given to him by Kamaljiori "Kammy" the male sphinx and won from slaying the black dragon Umbrasyl)
Been following your journey with CR since your first reaction to TLoVM season 1. So glad to see you still with these wonderful creators. Looking forward to your reactions to Season 3 when it comes out. And then when you get to see The Mighty Nein, ... it will be epic.
Thank you so much! I'm excited to see what they have in store!
There's kindof three ways to dress for an actual-play session. One is to just wear your normal clothes; afterall, your character and all the events take place purely in your own head, so costumes would likely be overkill. This is the standard way of doing things.
Another is to fully cosplay as your character, in _full_ in-character costume. This is hit-or-miss for people; it can be immersive for some, but can actually hurt immersion for others (being fully dressed as your character while sitting around a table rolling dice can actually draw attention to the discrepancy between the gameworld and your literal inaction). This is most often done by Critical Role as compared to other actual-play shows/troupes (see: Candela Obscura).
The third way, and the one I prefer, is what I call "character-bounding" (named after "Disney-bounding" [worth a google]). "Character-bounding" is when you dress in normal(ish) clothes that _bring to mind_ or _suggest_ the character you're playing. To me, this works best, because at the table you are both yourself and your character, sometimes in a back and forth manner, and sometimes _at the same time._ So the 'bounding look helps unify all of that for you as a player, and for the audience as viewers (is my opinion on it). "Character-bounding" is, as far as I know, a technique pioneered by Dimension 20 (Brennan, Lou, and more) over on Dropout-tv. (I know they have a wardrobe lady on Dim20, but I can't recall her name right now; I assume she deserves most of the credit for the technique.)
The chains in the intro, which you identified as Brass, are also corroding in a manner similar to the Solar Bow from Vespin's ritual. Might be just a coincidence (the intro graphics would have been completed long before the actual sessions took place), but I enjoy the connection nonetheless.
Knowing that Cerrit's wife is a brilliant scientist, and that they are... having marital problems(?)... Gives a whole new dimension to the strange dynamic between him and Laerynn (an unease and tension bordering on friendly distrust).
I'm by no means saying that anything is going on. Only that there are thematic parallels there, between the two brilliant science-women in his life, and how he relates to them.
Yeah, _maybe_ the Taxmen are the explanation for the strange fiscal discrepancies in Nydas' accounting... ... But if they were built on commission from the city, I don't think that would lead to Nydas giving off such embezzlement vibes in his first scene. So it's gotta be something else...
Yeah, animal companions get their own stat blocks. Trinket had his own too in C1, and quite frankly, that's probably (at least) partly how he survived Purvan's Tomb when it killed Vex (since I know you've already seen LOVM S2). If he relied on Vex's stats and rolls, he could've died too.
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U shud look up the non-revised version of the history of Exandria
i second this! its vague! theres no major spoilers for this mini series (nor any of the campaigns) besides the fact that calamity does occur, there is no mention of the events of avalir in the history of exandria video! also take notes during it