Trust | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 70
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Keyleth: "She was first on my list."
Percy: "I don't recommend lists."
So, so good.
42:41 for those who want to go to it.
Says Percy.. the man who keeps several lists LOL
@@azarinevil That's... That's the point.
Carey Roberts Percy has also many times recommended that his friends not trust him and that they strive to be different from him, he knows his ways are bad and wants the others to avoid mimicking them
Does anybody else feel like Percy has like a Batman / Emiya vibe? Does good things, but understands that at his core he's a bad person and tells everyone not to trust him. I enjoy characters like him. And the fact that Matt voiced Emiya is even funnier.
Percy: "I barely trust us to keep this secret."
Well, that was validated quickly.
Drake Ford in basically 50 seconds. I counted
You have to admire the Adamantine balls on that man that he managed to single handed out poker-face one of the most arch deceivers in existence to get the rest of VM out of trouble.
Either that, or he foresaw someone else fucking things up so far ahead of time that he was planning how he was going to fix the plan while the plan was being made. I know it's all a team effort in the end but when Talesin said "This is why you need me" while the rest of them floundered, I felt that.
That very much fits Vox Machina’s MO. They’re stupid, selfish, and ridiculously violent.
@@jgamer2228 I think you just described dnd
@@jgamer2228 And aware of this. How many times have one or more of them flat admitted "we're a bunch of idiots"?
Man, I love Grog's negotiations!! The gun exchange between him and Percy is fantastic!!
Grog, holding up his hand: "How many fingers am I holding up?"
Percy: "Four"
Grog to Scanlan: "Was he right?"
Scanlan: "He was right."
Grog: "I don't know why you need the glasses..."
Percy: "I need the glasses because I can't see things that are up close. I can see things that are far away perfectly fine."
Grog, putting his hand right in front of Percy's face: "How many fingers am I holding up?"
Percy, squinting: "I don't know"
Grog, looking at Scanlan: "Is he right?"
Scanlan: "He doesn't know"
It's funny, because in the LAST episode, Percy says he's NEARSIGHTED. (Plot twist, Percy only wears the glasses because he thinks they look cool.)
Yeah, he’s describing *farsightedness* here.
@@Eli-uu4vt To be fair, I'm nearsighted and I always forget which is which.
@@lordcypher5889 I'm very slightly farsighted. When I was younger, I was prescribed reading glasses because, when I held a book up close (as kids tend to do), the words started blurring.
Vex: "She can sense lies"
Scanlan: "So can I."
Everyone: *cough* "Foosaka" *cough*
What if Foosaka is the cure?
Raishon just needs to snort a big ol' line of cardamom and that wasting disease will clear right up.
@@Im-Not-a-Dog It'd be the ultimate twist because no one would see it coming, but be so rewarding. That 400 gold turned out to be well spent.
It would be pretty funny if when they asked Vax to drop his weapons, there was 3 minutes of him dropping the same two daggers over and over, followed by him dropping Whisper and ending up face down on the floor.
😂😂😂
One of my favourite tropes is when someone's asked to leave their weapons behind and there's a five minute scene where they remove daggers, pistols, improvised bombs, and beyond from every hiding place imaginable, and then at the end the person guarding the door says "No, _all_ your weapons," and then there's a _second_ five minute scene where they repeat the whole process all over again
Then his trousers.......cos Simon isn't holding them up u pervons!!
a la "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins"
@@alexv3357 I don't know if you have watched C2 yet but there are a few moments like this in there, my favorite is the one with Fjord and Vokodo
43:31
You can see Laura mouthing "Needs things to live" after Raishan says "Life [...]"
tell me we all didn't think it too. i sure did.
Laura Bailey is a gem.
This is the kind of content I come to the CZcams comments section for.
Travis notices as well, and I believe says it himself. Gods they're so sweet together
Travis was right there with her too!
An episode in which Matt and Marisha both have a passionate argument as Raishan and flirt with each other in character as the Sun Tree 😂
Marriage goals!
I love that Percy is Keyleth’s “anger translator”. True besties.
"Have you tried greater restoration? "
I AM DEAD
Equivalent of "Have you turned it off and back on again?"
Or how about Control Alt Delete? maybe that'll work lol
The D&D equivalent of yoga, clearly.
if your dead... i hear greater restoration can help with that
Why are people replying to this comment? They can’t see it they’re dead.
Sun Tree, Pumat, Victor, and Gilmore all sit down and play a game of poker...
I need more thumb ups. this is the best thing ever
@@chishinrin4901 well victor isnt likely to have any
Matthew McConauTree and Ewan MacGilmore
and a fucking hole is torn into reality lol
And the suntree becomes an ent to join that party
I love that Vax did the equivalent of a high school senior giving his girlfriend his letterman jacket
Percy: "I assumed we were making a trade. I have a cloak."
Grog: "What does it do?"
Percy: "It makes you look _smashing_ "
Grog: "It's a Cloak of Smashing?!"
Percy: "... Yes."
Grogs low intelligence is great.
The cloak of displacement is in the top 3 magic items for a barb. It greatly negates the negative effect of spamming reckless attack. Its amazing.
@@ogrbell8297 It was a regular cloak being discussed.
"I have siblings, I know how this works." I'm just over here imagining young Percy and Cass bargaining for stuff...
This is right up there with:
Vax: "My sister is really good with... do you know what math is?"
Grog: "Mathis?"
Percy: "I don't even trust ourselves with this secret."
Vox machina 5 minutes later in front of everyone: "WiLL RaiShAn SleEp In thE ManSIon WitH uS?"
I am fairly certain Keyleth mentioning Raishan there, right as Kima arrived, wasn't an accident. Keyleth was the most vocal against keeping the secret from Kima.
2:51:21 That facepalm had an echo to it.
Keyleth really bugs me for shit like this. I can accept that it’s right for the character, but Percy wasn’t wrong when he said her ego was getting them into trouble. She’s so self-righteous and arrogant, and even when there’s a vote against what she wants she’ll go do it anyway. “Slimy” isn’t quite the right word, but it’s close.
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
@@Ninjewdi Yeah, but it was OK because she was the DM's girlfriend
Vax: I love this person, therefore they musT BE CLOAKED
I love Kima so much.
Cloak Gang, assemble!!!
You've heard of Friendship-Braclets, now get ready for Friendship-Cloaks!
I saw a fanart of Vax wheeling a rack of cloaks out of the washing salon, looking at the viewer saying: "what you looking at?", and somehow this image and this comment work so well together.
Funny thing is, Grog was originally going to get the cloak.
Grog & Scanlan: Separates from the party
Literally every npc: Why do I hear boss music?!
Especially every friendly npc
That outhouse a little while back definitely heard it
When the drake hits your eye
While you're trying to scry
That's Tal'dorei
Lol...now I feel like this should be an entire song, and then sent to Sam, so he could sing it on-stream. 😂😂😂
Laughed way harder than this deserved 😂 agree sam would be proud
🎶 😌 🎶
(That's Tal'dorei)
When you're taking a shit
Watch your daughter through it
That's Tal'dorei
OH MY GOD all those assum jokes were directed at Raishan
... OMG she must’ve been so exhausted and annoyed with VM... like ‘how can it POSSIBLY be that these FUCKING IDIOTS already killed two of our members’ ... they don’t even need to kill her, they should have just annoyed her to death :D
OH MY GOSH 🤣🤣🤣 THAT'S THE BEST THING EVER
HA. I just thought of this too
Hu. Your right.
It was a mistake to Assum they could trust him...
Percy: **has tense one on one conversation with ancient poison dragon**
Also Percy: **almost vomits and has to fight back anxiety attack**
#VeryRelatable
Seems he and Caleb have some things in common
When was that?
I loved that so much really thought he was keeping his cool but nope shitting bricks inside 😂😂
Still watching the episode, but nothing has shat me up more than realising that Reishan (not sure if I spelled it right) probably didn't go through the tree with them, and nobody realised because Percy failed the insight check. I hope I'm not right, I hate when I'm right.
@@charliefey8974 I don't have anxiety attacks.
Just coming back to say that "I guarantee you, the complete lack of satisfaction that you feel when she’s finally dead will be just as potent two days from now" is still one of my favorite things that anyone's ever said.
yeah that was a great line, talisen just whips them out so quick, really agile mind.
2:36:17
Scanlan: "Allura, Tiberius fell."
Allura: "Oh no... Anyway."
I was going to comment on that, it made me laugh.
Lmao yes. I'd like to think she did grief a lost friend in her own way but was just way too fucking tired to do a big show about it, but still. The reaction was definitely like, "oh, okay, too bad but let's move on".
Between that, the tacit implication of him at least being complicit in a slave-using society, and the fact it's implied Keyleth and Vax hooked up the night they found him dead... it's so unfortunately funny how hard he's being posthumously dunked on lol.
@@AIextheguywait, so it was more than a high five?
Nah. Mercer showed that numb acceptance well. Allura doesn’t not care. She doesn’t have time to grieve right now. She can’t fall apart or people die. She’ll grieve when it’s over…
I have no idea why Matt gave the Sun Tree the personality it has, but it's a truly inspired bit of brilliance on his part. My god.
I'm almost certain it was the first thing that popped in his head when she first spoke to it
@@joshuadixon4090 I hope that's the case, bless improv
Its a Very practical fit; a tree, thats associated with the sun, that sounds like a hippie. Giving it the care-free personality of a tree hugger is perfect
If I remember correctly, it was because Keyleth playfully said "hey boo," the very first time she communed with it.
Matt played off that with like a "hey girl," and it stuck. Became the running joke ever since.
Or something to that effect
@@CERap22 Yep
I'm amused by the fact that Raishan said "strange bedfellows" in reference to a potential alliance, since that's the name of episode 3, in which they meet Clarota for the first time :P
I'm glad someone else noticed that! Considering how things went with Clarota, I'm not very hopeful about Raishan.
It's a common phrase you dolt
Nice catch. I wouldn't put it past Mercer to pull some X Files shit.
Sizzling Humza Matt comes up with most of the lines before hand for what his characters may say. And he comes up with the titles of the episodes. So I wouldn’t say he just used it as a common phrase, he used it as a nod to the viewers basically saying “get it, Clarota was a former ally who turned against Vox Machina. Maybe Raishan will too”
And results were...mixed. He certainly had his uses but ultimately betrayed them. I would say this will probably be true of Raishan as well. Hopefully this time they'll be prepared for it.
Tal: "You smell like pine."
Laura: "And sap."
Matt's face/reaction = priceless!
I love how they continuously refer to Kynan as "the boy" or "your boy". Continuously reinforces in my mind how Vax/Liam adopts strays
"The length and bredth of Whitestone"
*Grog sits up worried*
"Wait a minute! What do you want with the length of bread of Whitestone?!"
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I love how while discussing the fate of dragons and the world Grog is uncaring but threaten the bread and Grog gets nervous
Travis' comedic timing on Grog is impeccable.
People gotta eat man
Bees nees
I love how Taliesin and especially Liam just *break* when Keyleth talks to the Sun Tree, it's the best thing ever
I find it funny that Talesin actually knows what Percy's prescription is for his glasses
He actually keeps saying "nearsighted" while describing farsightedness.
Thx I was wondering ^^
@Heavensrun to be fair, as someone with glasses, I mix up the two terms a lot too. I can't remember which one I have lol
"Grand Poobah de doink, Of all of this and that" one of my favourite moments in this campaign.
i was genuinely hoping Percy would grant Grog the Title he had attempted to use before: something about the Peanut Butter of something or other
I can't believe the closed caption says "[record scratch]" when Sam just says "Wikki Wikki".
The thing is, anyone truly needing subtitles due to being deaf are clueless of what that actually sounds like. Also I can't like this comment because it's on 420
"I don't want to lie to her, and lose her trust."
"I can erase her memory."
"Do that!"
😒...🤣
Technically not a lie I guess.
Travis so naturally asked "Why the length and ~bread~ of whitestone" this guy is SO in character he's actually losing intelligence and I love it
Man over here asking the important questions. What's Raishan want with all that bread?
😄
Travis is an absolute beast of an actor, everyone has their clutch moments but every damn game Travis is on point. It's Travis and Sam, holding it down when the momentum slows. Love those guys so much.
Matt's posture when speaking as the sun tree has me CACKLING
I'm convinced this is the session where Travis decided he was calling the shots in the next campaign.
I mean he is the CEO of the company so it makes sense.
The watershed moment.
aarswft he and taliesin are the best players in my opinion and strategically I think Travis is leagues ahead of most of them so it makes sense. I notice a lot of frustration from Travis because he is strategizing and can’t say half of the stuff he wants to do because he has to RP grogs intelligence of 6 haha. I loved grog but it’s nice to see what else Travis can do bc grog severely limited him and you can tell he was getting upset about being the dumb “muscle” of the group. Glad we get to see him as Fjord
Jazzy B I’m on a mission to catch up on Critical Role, and I’m really excited to finish this campaign so I can see how Travis plays Fjord. I liked how he played “Tarvis” in Liam’s one-shot, so I’m excited to see him play a more intelligent character (even though I love Grog).
@@gabrielherzog2462 Not a spoiler. But just a heads up, Travis believes playing Grog for so long affected him. So a lot of times you'll see him put Fjord in a backseat role, because of playing Grog so much. Could change but it randomly happens during C2 to this date.
"What does all this sh*t do?"
"Break, mostly."
Percival.
Yes.
And Vax’s brilliant throwaway reply: “Like us.”
That moment when the barbarian is basically like "let's not resort to violence just yet, let's see how this plays out first." That is incredible character development and usually a good idea to take into account.
Pretty sure it was Travis doing a little OOC damage control, cause that whole spiel was _wild_
@@čelična_alhemičarka If you want to stretch the limits a bit, Grog isn't stupid, he just has limited mental capabilities that are taken up by the subject he is really good at: all things battle related. Thus it could be argued that knowing when not to fight falls well within his area of expertise and thus isn't completely OOC. He generally doesn't indulge this restraint because most foes he comes up again he's pretty confident he can take...but he knows damn well given the situation that Raishan could destroy them at that moment.
It's one of the things I noticed...almost all of his "Intelligent Grog" moments revolve around combat in someway-shape-or-form. I'd argue the most stretchy use of that would be when he kinda comforts Vex & Keylith after Percy's death but even that could kinda fall under dealing with the aftermath of fighting too.
@@RoninXDarknight this is like Goku being fight smart. Sure he has a int of 6, but when it comes to winning a fight, he’s a genius
Grog, "Guys, you're forcing me to be the voice of reason, and THAT IS NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR ME!"
@@RoninXDarknight exactly. Low int doesn't mean a lumbering oaf ALL the time. Grog doesn't care about book learning or math. But being who he is and his background, he's a tactical genius when it comes to killing things.
This episode had me rolling. The conversation with the sun tree was amazing. I wish Matt had kept the “hey boo” part from previous episodes, but it was still soooo funny
Oh man, that giggle when Matt/Kima got a nat20... that is the sound of a DM dishing out KARMA.
My favorite backfire moment for Scanlan so far. Totally had it coming and I frankly would've been very unhappy if he'd succeeded.
@@VulcanWolf Same!! Heck I wish she had done more damage lol. I feel like 50 points would have been justified
He deserved worse honestly
@@annafantasia she's a paladin right, I was hoping he'd be like "actually she's gonna smite on top of that as well"
How dare he wipe her memory to protect her from Raishan.
3:10:11
lmao who remembers
"is it cold in whitestone?"
"only in the wint-"
"It's winter."
In my top 10 moments.
Haha yeah, what episode was that first "It IS winter!" in? :P
@@ShatterNL episode 42, when they’re sending some of the refugees from the Keep to Whitestone via tree
[SPOILERS]
Making a deal with an ancient green dragon that could kill all of them, swearing to keep it secret and then telling someone about it within 24 hours is the most Vox Machina thing ever
Yeah. Mighty Nein would never last 24 hours.
I haven't seen their fight with Raishan yet, but I cannot for a second believe they wouldn't woop Raishan's ass if they swung on her immediately. Four Vestiges, Pike, Allura, Gilmore, Kashaw, any defenses the city has mustered, how does Raishan think she has a chance? It has to be a bluff
@@henrymartinvo6 vestiges. They have the cloak and dagger now as well as the knuckles, armour, sword and bow.
@@henrymartinvohonestly, I dont know how "vanilla" raishan is, compared to the monster manual,but even that is like one-shot PCs on a good roll levels of scary!
@@henrymartinvo *Spoilers* 4 months later so I hope you've watched it but just in case.
Considering what happens in her actual fight, I'd wager they'd be screwed had they fought her here. If not them then definitely all of Whitestone. Matt was extremely merciful here. They antagonized Raishan like crazy and Matt had her let it all go because he wasn't planning for a fight to happen. I doubt he even had a battle map ready, despite how prepared he usually is, because he wanted the story to be told in this particular way.
Thanks to Phalinx
0:00:45 - Spice Cube
0:13:50 - The Deceiver's Tale
0:58:15 - Vote
0:58:57 - Matt Face Palm
1:13:30 - Goristro or Barista
1:14:05 - Yenk
1:14:15 - Not this day
1:18:40 - Vaxleth
1:23:05 - Awkward Research
1:25:10 - Grog & Scanlan On the Case
1:33:55 - The Raven Queen
1:38:40 - Break Starts
1:57:20 - Break Ends
1:59:45 - Grog & Guns
2:02:15 - Grog Guns & Percy
2:04:25 - The titling of Grog
2:05:05 - The Grand Poobah Dah Doink of All This & That
2:07:35 - Grog the Thankful
2:28:10 - Zhara
2:36:20 - Scanlan drops a bomb
2:36:55 - The Kima Situation
2:51:10 - Confusion abounds
3:03:10 - One on One
3:08:28 - Suntree part 2 + Tree innuendos.
3:09:30 - Kiki & The Sun Tree
3:16:40 - Scalan Dun Fucked Up Now
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Matt is playing a green dragon perfectly. I'm so impressed! The lies, the decit... damn, I love it
Matt should wear sunglasses when he voices the Sun Tree.
Oh yea
Only if they are the round John Lennon hippie shades.
Oh my! Everyone's faces full of pure shock and awe when Keyleth speaks her mind! They looked like schoolkids whose classmate had just started yelling and swearing at the teacher. Absolutely classic!
Yeah, no I don’t think that’s what their faces were saying lol
"Don't make it weird Laura!"
"Sorry!"
"It was weird five minutes ago!"
Best. Exchange. Ever.
The dynamic of Keyleth's righteous rage and Percy's icy but calm demeanor tempering it makes the whole Raishan interrogation so much more intense
@Michael Mclellan Agreed. She doesn't consider grand-scale, very impulsive in her "righteousness"
Yeah the whole time I was watching that I was thinking “Man she’s really trying to get this dragon to curbstomp a pretty big part of Whitestone”
A lot of people tear into kiki for this convo...
1. She's face to face with the person behind the death of thousands of her people.
2. She's emotional and not thinking clearly. While wise her emotions are over powering her mind.
3. I stand behind her with her actions. I'm not a fan of marisha, and kiki is more annoying to me than anything else. Most of what she says is grating. Bit in this instance I think she was right on point.
It's the emotional anguish of a druid who at the moment doesnt care what the consequences are as long as the dragon that killed her people are dead.
@@bobtouflow4020 I totally agree with you. I cannot stand Kiki most of the time. But here I was literally cheering her on. This is what a good person who has the power to do something would do in my opinion. A fourth of her fucking civilization is destroyed and you guys get mad at her for having fury at the person who caused that? It is something that makes sense. It is in character.
Here is the difference between Percy and Kiki. Percy has been through the revenge cycle first hand. And honestly in many ways he is a Machiavalian personality. Like you plop Percy down into King's Landing in A Song of Ice and Fire and he would do just fine. Kiki, is a more human and passionate person. She cares more deeply and personally about her people then Percy does the people of Whitestone. Don't get me wrong I love Percy but he is not a good person. A good leader hell yes. Kiki is still not a good leader but she is a good person.
Crazyscotsman plus the Dragon was baiting her. I think if they had been somewhere else she would have attacked Ryshon anyway, I think knowing the people of Whitestone could be massacred in the process is just about the only think that stopped her...her unwillingness to hurt more innocents.
i love how ashley did a videocall last session just to make pike attempt to revive percy and now she's gone and being played by matt again. she was just sitting there for hours and making short conversation. that was what she just did and it was so meaningful to them all.
also, mattrisha flirting as the sun tree and keyleth is just funny af
The Sun Tree is so chill, probably a Fusaka Tree
"You spice?"
"Call me [child] one more god damn time"
"Go home Alexander, that's an order from your commander"
Late comment, but that whole fucking conversation felt very Hamilton.
This isn't the comment we wanted, but it is the comment we needed!!!
This is exactly what I thought of. 4 months late. 😬
Profile picture checks out.
Ha. Good it wasn’t just me who thought if that. Haha
Vax to Keyleth: "I want to give you something."
*takes off his cloak*
You can see the dirty gears turning in Laura amd Travis's heads 😂
there is a reason those two married. they're adorable together.
Game of thrones wedding bs aside, this actually used to be a thing in real weddings to signify that the wife was now to be seen as a member of the husbands family and in some more politically significant weddings the male part of the wife’s (depending on royalty)
I love Grog and Scanlan moments so much.
After the dramatic RP of Keyleth and of Vax, it's nice when Travis and Sam get in those moods to just make everyone laugh hahah
“You know the sun tree didn’t have the advice I wanted, but it was the advice I needed.” This is how I interpret what Keyleth was thinking lol 😂
It's so funny that Matt was flat out telling her that the sun tree knew a lot if she asked the right questions but she just decided that her character wouldn't even try.
"He's saying that as you're holding on to his roots." Laura's a little stealth perv like the rest of us.
Oh there's no stealth about it. She is the 14 year old boy of the group.
@@JefferyPeterson That or she really needs to put more points into stealth and/or roll higher.
@@JefferyPeterson every group does need one
It's kind of funny how many times Matt tried to teach them to be as careful as humanly possible when discussing important things between the party, but fell into deaf ears every time
It's cringey at times. Like, they are SOOOO stupid on a regular basis. They get so absent minded for the last quarter of the episode, it's ridiculous.
@@CERap22 To be fair, the last half it is usually getting pretty late.
Yeah but then they lampshade it and turn it into a running gag so it's all good.
It's also difficult to keep in mind your surroundings when you can't see them. Most of the time they wouldn't say these things in those instances as their characters because they could see the people around them and where they are. I think it's something they should be given more leeway with.
@@CERap22 This is the reason I don't like Keyleth. It's almost always her loud mouth that blurts out really sensitive stuff.
Watching Matt about to slide right out of his chair as the Sun Tree is THE BEST.
"do you hear the reaper walk past" *scanlan and vax almost forgetting to go invisible* got me
When Vax was talking to Kynan about his plan with Percy, I realized something. Kynan is going to be a real sniper of the D&D world. He's going to be a rogue Gunslinger. And that's pretty cool.
i don't know if sneak attack works with firearms.
@@dherrera7279 it works with Vex's bow. But I guess the rather loud explosion of a gunshot could easily alert others to your presence.
@@theUnfrench yeah, I guess it depends on how the DM interprets sneak attack.
As long as the bullet hits before the sound is heard it’s a sneak attack :). But yes sneak attack works with firearms.
Yeah I'm playing with a rogue/gunslinger in a campaign right now but she's not a sniper, she's got expertise in athletics and a homebrew feat that lets her shoot at close range so she just tosses people around and shoots them, or uses her soul knife to teleport around to hiding spots. It's awesome. Just saying my grave cleric has lots of fun with Path to the Grave...
SunTree is the most underrated NPC for as much as we love the Blacksmith and Gilmore. Had to come back for some SunTree love.
Blacksmith?
@@marcoboscarol2420 I believe he is refering to Viktor, the one who sells powder to Percy. I could be wrong
@@yandrak3935 Yeah, he sells mining supplies. Not quite a blacksmith, but I understand the confusion.
Raishan - "You're a funny little man."
Percy - "I take that as the highest compliment."
Travis' face every single time Keyleth spoke to Raishan was absolute gold
It must be hard to endure that they drag a person along who keeps ruining scenes with ignorance rules-wise and with idiocy roleplay-wise.
@@fylmriss except Travis was invested in the drama he was enjoying every second. Not sure how she was being ignorant pretty sure most people woyld be just as hostile if they were in Keylith situation
@@fylmriss What a terrible take. She lost a quarter of her entire population to Raishan and her allies. Was she supposed to just smile and nod to an alliance? Roleplay isn't always convenient - that doesn't mean it's not authentic and true to the character and situation.
@@aly6957 if her player ever starts roleplaying, please tell me
@@fylmriss Damn, someone rolled a hard one on perception...
We haven't danced with a dragon that still stands breathing. That's a badass line, nice one vax
Yeah, but not exactly true, considering they fought Vorugal at their keep.
@@AshtonMonitor i thought it was raishan
@@sepho3070 Raishan was at the speech, then Vorugal landed just outside their keep as they were ushering citizens inside
@@AshtonMonitor a year late, but Thordak DID interrupt that fight.
SPOILER
Asum: Reveals himself to be Raishan, the second most dangerous thing in Tal'Dorei
Party: proceeds to bully her relentlessly for 20 minutes straight
Proves That They May Be The Second Most Powerful Instead
Just like every group of PCs would.
You hear stories of TPK's where the GM was like "I made it very clear many times that there is another way that doesn't involve death. But alas they chose otherwise." this was nearly one of those moments.
@@gogonomo5604 I dunno, they were on their turf with tons of backup including several powerful magic users, while Raishan was alone. I kinda like their chances. The best she could have hoped for was taking some of them out before getting away and spreading the information about Whitestone.
@@Antares-dw9iv yes, and let's ignore all the whitestone civvies who would get killed in the process. for someone who's supposed to be good-aligned, keyleth suuuure didn't care about potentially causing yet another whitestone massacre.
Vax's love language is giving clothes and weapons to people 😂
Trully disappointed that no one came out and said "Keyleth you can't fight in here this is the war room!"
Truly disappointed that noone said "Marisha please don't try to act, just leave the table please."
@@fylmriss truly disappointed you feel the need to be here
@@fylmriss She fucking ate this whole game. Fantastic work from a fantastic actor. Get over your small dick and go away.
@@fylmriss cringe
@@fylmriss Gross
43:30 I love how Laura mouths "needs things to live" and then Travis and her have a quiet giggle about it
I thought the same thing when that was said and I'm so glad someone on the cast was right there with me
I dont get it but okay
@@spudsbuchlaw It's a reference to Percy's one terrible line that nobody will let him live down: "Life needs things to live"
@@TheInaneAsylum Ah, now I remember
I always think... "Finds a way"...
I love how the earpieces' range varies between ~5 miles and 500 feet
Yeah, I was super confused about that too. I wonder if Matt nerfed them off camera at some point.
He nerfs and buffs them based off off what situation he wants to put them in. It's one of the instances when he unfairly plays god, but to be fair he isnt the murderous DM that plays versus the party so I cant criticize him flip flopping on some of his rules.
Although it does annoy the shit out of me that he let's marisha get away with shit that he doesnt allow anyone else to do. Like saving their movement. Noone is allowed to saved their movement if they hold their turn except marisha.
@@asluckdespairs when did he do that? Not saying he didn't, just asking for an example because I didn't catch it
Even headphone volume ranges between 5 and 500 feet. Lol. They need to equalise volume output. So that whispers are understood, and crazy dramatic druid screaming is lessened. Its even painfull to listen to without headphones. The druid blew out one of my speakers... -.-
The funny part is if memory serves its just a sending spell in an earring which is hilarious seeing as how jester exists
"Is Grog talking to me about patience right now? That's so extreme..." :'D perfect
I love an idea of Scanlan just whipping out a pistol during a fight and everyone being surprised but Grog just smiling and nodding
When the goddess of death tells you to stay alive, you must be in quite a pickle.
Grog-Scanlan is the most powerful of the Critical Role power couples.
I dunno...Pike-Grog would be pretty unstoppable
BrOTP
C1 Ep 70: "One day there'll be a creature whose name we don't make fun of...... nah, no there won't."
C3 Ep 25: "MIKE HUNTS!"
It is so relaxing to see, that there are still other people, that try to catch up. 🧡
@@sinclairo3349 Me too!
I think that was a sarcastic gimme to the group for all the names they've ruined. "Here, have some low-hanging fruit and feel bad for the obviously derivative joke you are about to make." Still funny, but I doubt Matt would have made such a mistake. :)
I'm glad them discussing important information in front of npcs carries over into both campaigns
"aw yea shine on you funky little lesbian" - the dragon god Bahamut to Lady Kima
Time?
@@amberblackwell7687 ALL the time.
43:31 you can see Laura mouthing “needs things to live” and both her and Travis smiling at each other afterwards and I just wanna say I had the exact same thought and I love you
2:10:52 Marisha's delivery of "It's a little baggy." Was too cute!
Vox Machina at 36:46 : “Can I offer you a Greater Restoration in this trying time?”
The kindest thing Matt ever did for Vox Machina was forgiving them the material cost of Greater Restoration.
Lady Kima, Paladin of the PLATINUM DRAGON BAHAMUT... that's the only argument that needs to be made...BRING HER ALONG (I shout 2.5 years late)
I say the same... and also perception check kima in the mansion.
To be fair, from a meta perspective, she was almost immediately rendered useless in both of the other major fights she was in.
3 years later...
LOL I was yelling this at the screen too
@@johnp1806 I don't remember 1st fight with the beholder much but I do remember that in the 2nd fight Matt forgot that she was supposed to be immune to fear and kinda screwed her with that.
Back when Matt was thanking Sam after his ad bits instead of profusely apologizing to everyone.
@Jacob Treuer may BlackWidow69 slice in peace
Now you’re hyping up my expectations.
That perception check was definitely Raishan hitching a ride through the gate lmao
21:28 one of the most underappreciated lines of the campaign holy shiiiiit keyleth just went off! and grog's immediate support gives me chills every time! i can't wait to see it animated!!
Fr everybody was so shocked
3:06:26 I love Percy calling on Raishan's bluff, Matt's little smirk is just great
You just know there was a map already prepared and the green dragon model
ready just in case things went sideways.
Anyone in doubt of Matt Mercer's acting abilities needs to watch his expression as Ryazan during the entire Percy/Ryshan exchange. Pay special attention to the oh so subtle smirk as Percy calls her on her bluff of not having fast means of travel. Give that man an Oscar.
Raishan*
has anyone any doubt?
Matt is a very skilled actor imo, one of the reasons why I enjoy this show so much.
The whole Raishan plot reveal has just been awesome so far
Every time I hear the Sun Tree I can't help but hear Matthew Mchaunehy saying: "You know what I love about saplings? I get older but they stay the same age."
Love all the little acting bits they do in person. Grog @ 2:05:22 beaming with pride and lost in thought at his new title, and Keyleth @ 2:10:53 reacting to the cloak compliment.
When you play all your tabletops games online, you miss out and those fun little in person touches.
42:08 Raishan T-Poses to assert dominance
Thank you for your contribution to this video, I laughed more than I should have
YES!! exactly what I thought!!
I'm dead
Marish saying, "they can ride me?" *Laura turns to Travis with a big grin* You know what they were thinking xD
More Liam and Laura goodness:
2:26:46 When Laura tries on his glasses and he gives a knowing nod.
As someone who has had poor eyesight forever, that's such a mood, and a very cute little moment.
Taliesin "One day, there will be a creature whose name we don't make fun of." No, no there will not.
Not yet 😅
Laura's face when she realizes they talk about Raishan in front of Kima is priceless
I couldn't believe that one of my most favorite characters from this whole game would be a Tree... But good God Matt, you can make anything into an amazing character.
I love when Percy is talking to Raishan Asum and you can see how everyone else who isn't there is like "what the hell Percy I thought we got past this I thought you were better" and he played that so well that even I was very confused then when Raishan left and Percy dropped you could see how everyone was relieved that he has changed and that he is just really good at faking it love moments like that where a character that has in the past been all over morally and you cant really tell there true intent until after
What I admire the most about Mercer is his hability to not break down laughing when everyone starts laughing their asses off
I agree, I think he tries to treat this seriously, to not break immersion. As a DM, I think its important for him to set the tone.
Victor Romero But what that also does is when he does break, it's beyond hilarious.
Max Barr I love when he does-it's usually just a "God damn it Sam!"
1:12:42
That moment when Matt is either glad they made a great plan or quickly raking his brain "oh sh*t, this is NOT why I gave them that!"
Scanlan: "oh I left that level nine spell at home today." Scanlan was definitely the guy asking to copy all your notes at the end of the semester.
Two favourite moments from this episode, Keyleth ready to throw hands and Kima bringing up Clarota when she hears the plan
*celebrates being half way through campaign 1 and avoiding spoilers in 2019* 😅
Hey man, high five! I unfortunately got spoiled but I admire your self control and commitment.👍
I embrace the spoilers now
I feel you on a spiritual level..
I’m just happy to see more of us getting through this. For awhile I thought I was the only one watching
Lord Geno me too!
So many great Percy lines in that discussion.
"Only one side of this table is underestimating the other."
"I don't recommend lists."
mindstormmaster life needs things to live
Tal and Marisha made me cringe so hard in this discussion XD I did love "I don't recommend lists" though.
Tom Bodimeade same- I get that it’s totally in her character but I was audibly shouting in my kitchen “shut the f*** up keylith you stupid f***ing b****”
@@megabear37 tbh same. I usually found keykey sorta entertaining too tbh. But then it's like I'm trying to figure out the line of thinking where. "Yes let me threaten and taunt an ancient green dragon who is suffering from something that leaves the caster as literal nothingness and was only talked about as scary stories for one hundred years. I also know I just lost alot of my people, how much that hurts so let's risk making it so percy, who sold his soul once when he lost everything the time beforehand , is thrust into a situation where he loses his city, that he told you in a private one on one moment is the one way he as a human has a chance at living longer than you and being "immortal", what's left of his family, and losing the people he swore to protect" makes sense. Like yeah I get shes angry but it just feels really out of character and super against the moral compass she has. To not only put her best friend in such a terrible situation but also kill at least four thousand more people.
@@shellshockthelagiacrus3247 Why is it out of character? Keyleth is consistently portrayed as very emotional and rather impulsive. This struck me as entirely the kind of thing she would want to do in the moment. Yes, it’s dumb, but getting over her reckless desire to do things that are against her better judgement is part of her arc as a character.
I love how Vex is like "he's only saying that because you're holding him by his root" Lol
0:00:45 - Spice Cube
0:10:30 - Recap
0:13:50 - The Deceiver's Tale
0:58:15 - Vote
0:58:57 - Matt Face Palm
1:13:30 - Goristro or Barista
1:14:05 - Yenk
1:14:15 - Not this day
1:18:40 - Vaxleth
1:23:05 - Awkward Research
1:25:10 - Grog & Scanlan On the Case
1:33:55 - The Raven Queen
1:38:40 - Break Starts
1:57:20 - Break Ends
1:59:45 - Grog & Guns
2:02:15 - Grog Guns & Percy
2:04:25 - The titling of Grog
2:05:05 - The Grand Poobah Dah Doink of All This & That
2:07:35 - Grog the Thankful
2:28:10 - Zhara
2:36:20 - Scanlan drops a bomb
2:36:55 - The Kima Situation
2:51:10 - Confusion abounds
3:03:10 - One on One
3:08:28 - Suntree part 2 + Tree innuendos.
3:09:30 - Kiki & The Sun Tree
3:16:40 - Scalan Dun Fucked Up Now
Also 12:10 game starts
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"Do not laugh at live dragons" - Bilbo Baggins
They obviously never experienced a TPK at the hands of one. As a DM there is no better way to put an overly cuntish party into their places.
"you wanna make a poison for Raishan? The poisonous dragon?" One of the only examples of Vax having the one braincell of the group
Obviously they would need THE poison. The poison for Raishan. The poison made specifically to kill Rainshan. Raishan's poison.
He was holding the brain cell at the time
Travis is often the primary voice of reason, which may be VERY out-of-character, given Grog's INT of 6,
although, to be fair, as a Barbarian, his battle strategizing should be higher than his INT of 6.
@@michaeljohnson6545for the past 15-20 episodes Grog started being more vocal and common sense than most of others combined. I think Travis has gotten frustrated with how cumbersome some of the group's actions tended to be and felt like little guidance and logic would go a long way for the story.
@@oleyullah Travis has often been the one who needs to wrangle the group, long before when you noticed.
It's just that the group tends to get caught on the tiny details and they miss information and get confused, which makes Travis impatient understandably, and he has to step out of character a little to keep things moving forward.
You know what they say, a broken clock is right twice a day. Grog's single braincell is moving in the right direction sometimes, that's all.