Beyond the Boundaries | Critical Role | Campaign 2, Episode 32
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- The Mighty Nein return to several old stomping grounds as they journey south to Nicodranas and the Menagerie Coast.
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Rudimentary Timestamps before Flando gets here
0:56 Sam's *very normal* ad
1:24 "I'm essentially an improv god"
8:01 DPB
11:15 Recap starts
11:57 Recap ends
14:03 Dodecahedron meditations
18:34 Clay meets the dodecahedron
20:07 Matt scolds his wife
23:47 Back in Alfield
25:19 Ten points to Gryffindor
27:43 Matt's proud of Sam
30:50 Meeting Bryce
35:22 To the Feed and Mead
35:41 Jester uses Thaumaturgy to open all of the windows
37:04 Drinks with Bryce
37:15 Friends, here and not. +Nott.
41:47 Talking about forging letters in front of Bryce, the Watchmaster
42:47 Conversations turns to dicks
43:14 The best penis Jester's seen
45:09 Taliesen is red and smiling
46:08 Nott's escalation
49:32 Liam's knowledge vs Caleb's
50:33 When someone dies...
53:24 Some Travis ventriloquism
54:31 Some Laura ventriloquism
57:15 Encountering weird stones
1:01:03 Caleb sees like Shakäste
1:04:22 Some leathered loot
1:09:34 Single horse with a rider
1:12:40 Arrival at Trostenwald
1:13:54 The Nestled Nook
1:16:48 Frumpkin 'enjoys' milk
1:18:43 Vax 'enjoys' a sandwich
1:19:08 Nott is rich af
1:19:59 Nott 'enjoys' some milk
1:21:05 Yorda the Lawmaster
1:23:17 Meeting with Gustav
1:26:31 Whispers
1:27:44 Gustav mourns Molly
1:28:49 Caduceus gets 27 on insight check, and here are the results
1:35:26 The interpretive dance help action
1:36:14 M9 put down 1500 gold
1:37:05 Wand of Smiles
1:42:36 The Deuce is beyond money
1:44:25 DM: "I had to go to the wiki"
1:45:29 "wHaT's iN tHe BOx?"
1:45:34 Welcome back. PT2
1:46:11 Laura quit the show
1:46:19 More DPB
1:46:52 Session resumes
1:48:39 -1 deception check
1:51:56 "The dice has spoken."
1:53:39 Taliesen on a lucky streak
1:57:08 M9 debates what to do with their new stealth cart
2:01:36 Fjord stares at the dodeca
2:03:19 Passing through the gates
2:10:09 Taliesen's on a roll
2:11:20 More whispers for Taliesen
2:12:40 Giant spotted
2:13:11 Caduceus casts Calm Emotions
2:17:42 The oddest encounter ever
2:21:10 Caduceus the Horse Whisperer
2:23:17 Roll initiative
2:30:44 Beau is enlarged
2:32:55 Unveiling a new mini
2:44:33 Sentinel monks are nasty
2:50:29 HDYWTDT
3:52:42 Jester's Guiding Bolt
2:55:52 Advantaged disadvantaged advantaged disadvantage
2:56:19 Caleb's first ever Fire Ball
2:58:35 Caduceus' beetles devour the felled Giant
2:59:48 Self-preservation
3:00:02 Caleb's second Fire Ball
3:00:20 HDYWTDT
3:01:08 Caleb fails wisdom save
3:02:24 Clay Decompose the bodies
3:03:44 Looting ripening goat meat
3:07:20 A petting zoo dude
3:12:34 "One girl two cubs"
3:15:44 Matt's peacock sound
3:17:21 "Can we teach them to be friends?"
3:18:24 Matt gives them a puppy
3:18:39 "What are you doing?!"
3:19:00 Motherfucking blink dog!
3:20:04 Caduceus is a vegetarian but Taliesen Jaffe is not
3:23:25 Final decision
3:25:46 Naming blink dog
3:27:50 "We have a dog. Wtf did we just do?"
3:29:53 Seeing the Lucidian ocean and arriving at Nicodranas
3:32:56 Even more DPB
3:33:43 Fanart compilation
EDIT: Flando's back. Find their timestamps and go shower them with likes
Thank you
Love you
👏👏
"The Duce" lmao
Thank you for your hard work. Can you try to include the in-game dates on future timestamp collections? They don't seem to be on the wiki, and Flando's timestamp comments had them at the end.
“This is nice.”
- Caduceus in response to any and _all_ new stimuli minus drinking
"That's great."
His 9 Intelligence is really showing
@@Law-of-EnTropy 9 doesn't mean "braindead," but he doesn't seem particularly smart. THOSE PERCEPTION ROLLS THO
This is just the best
@@CooperAATE Those rocks look weird...
Everyone else thought he was insane. He just knows how to make bank
Caleb: *breathes*
Nott: "Beautiful, fantastic, amazing, 10/10."
would like, but too perfect
edit: this has been amended following updates
Can relate to her tbh
You know Nott's DPB.
"Caleb has never done anything wrong." Best line of the campaign.
I love the idea that none of the others get that Caleb needs to transcribe spells, so as far as they know he's just really, really into expensive paper.
I mean, makes sense, given that all the other spellcasters in the party don't have to transcribe spells
And ink don't forget the ink
Like every mage in the history of ever, " it really pays off....at higher levels."
Liam is a little over zealous with it though, there's been times he's bought a huge amount of golds worth of paper and transcribed nothing then claimed he used it all and needed more.
@@0saintclark0 Playing a wizard is really expensive though. By level 13 he's already transcribed 4000 gold's worth of spells. And that's not including spells that consume components as part of casting them. No other class needs to spend that kind of money just to use their class features.
Of course if Caleb has one defining trait, it's his unquenchable thirst for knowledge. So it makes sense that he would go to such extremes.
Mercer’s plan to keep the M9 poor.
Step one: put Laura in charge of the money
Step two: introduce pet merchant
Step three: anti-profit
Happened to us too, we thought it would be a smart idea to put the most charismatic and silver tongued member of the party in charge of the money, since they'd probably be better at the haggling and whatnot, we failed to also take into account said party member was also thick as pig shit and had a terrible memory.
Sounds like my friend when he DMs
@@bonniefazman9065 must be a good DM then. To always keep the party funds on the low while making it feel natural, that's art. If the party has no money and none of it was taken away by force or lost, then they must've spent it on what they thought was worth it.
One of the coolest ideas ever 😂
Caleb: 1000 gold of High quality paper and ink☺️
I love Caduceus’ radical honesty and how it contrast so heavily against Molly’s delightful bullshit.
klaytonrocks
I love it, the panic about how to deal with the illusion cart and he just says honestly, it’s to keep from being robbed of expensive goods.
He’s not even giving an ounce of lies
Especially when compared to Percy as well. I love looking at the contrasts between the characters from c1 and c2 (except vax/caleb they're somewhat similar but still I love caleb so its fine)
I also love the way the stats for the character have been built. INT 9 and WIS 20 I seem to remember, kind of drifting through life, sipping his tea, not necessarily understanding all that is going on but a savant for emotional intuition, he doesn't care to understand everything
“Radical honesty” and ”delightful bullshit” sum them up so amazingly well
I also feel as if Caduceus has much more reason to interact with the other players and the environment around him. Molly was great but he didn't interact with the others this much
Travis is the dad that says no to a dog, then spends more time with the dog than anyone else.
It's not that dad's don't want a dog. They just do not want to be responsible for the dog in the end. But for the most time every bodey else is starting to ignore the dog and the dad is the last one to care. And starts to get the responsibility.
so every dog good owner then?
I don't think you understand Travis.
HE LOVES DOGS! - channeling roy mustang
@@rhythm_ux see Nordvin's reply. I can add that after moving away from home and a childhood/youth of dogs, I had none for years because I could not give it the life it deserves, small apartments and long working hours. I still have no dog, but 11 years ago I adopted a mistreated ferrets and they have held my hearts ever since, but I do struggle with my conscience after I moved to Greenland, for he does not have the life he deserves- he has it better than most other ferrets, but not as he deserves.
It is called being conscious and responsible I believe, and Travis is that a LOT. He was the father of his family from a young age and is generally brought up to be responsible and caring.
@@PalleRasmussen You missed to point of my comment. It was not to add an intellectual argument. It was to make a joke connecting Fjord and Roy Mustang together using Travis's line from FMAB.
Jester: "honestly, i saw Molly's when we were in the bath house"
*Molly's spirit taking over Taliesin's body as he laughs in joy*
I imagine Caduceus is rolling so well with his perception checks because everything is so new to him that he pays attention to everything, taking it all in.
That’s a really good idea
This is so wholesome
It's actually because sometimes the die lands on a high number
@@bignumbers right? It’s so cringeworthy to see people take this so seriously. This community has a bad tendency to put way too much emotional stock in this make-believe
@@jgamer2228 lol whatever you say
Every time Caleb has to roll after he uses fire, he is literally rolling a PTSD saving throw, and I think about that a lot
This is especially realistic because his specialty is so connected to his trauma.
Fallstar i wonder if he does it to punish himself
There's a similar trend in Dimension 20's Fantasy High campaign, where a character named Adaine had to roll for anxiety attacks in intense situations!
That’s basically what having PTSD is like though, saving throw to see if you have a flashback or not! There’s alllwaaaayysss a chance
I think it's good that he only rolls it when he's killing an enemy with fire. It is flavorful and gives a mechanic to his character but if it had to happen every time, even in the middle of combat, Caleb would probably be dead by now.
Friends: get together to play DnD
Really good friends: Make jokes about the recent mother in the group having to give up her newborn son as payment to a devil in exchange for a strange ventriloquist trick while playing DnD
The kid's name is RONIN?
@@Ribula1 yes. This kid will be badass
YEET
That goes beyond strange when even Tal is wigged out enough by it to draw back.
I mean they play dnd anyway so if you ask anyone above 40 they will say they already worship the devil
When Cad used his beetles to attack I just wanna make it clear that Sam whispered "It's the British Invasion". Underapreciated. 2:48:20
Good catch.
Caduceus: *spends 400G to free a stranger*
Beau: That was a lot of money
Nott, who spent more than double that: Am I a joke to you?
Can
It was complete BS in my opinion, it really annoyed me that Nott/Sam was pressured to spend so much on a stanger. Regardless if it was on behalf of Molly or Tal bullying or BSing everyone to do it, I wish Sam/Nott wouldn't have put in so much. And if Beau had 75 left of Molly's money all of it should have gone to Gustav if they felt Molly would have wanted it (and apparently Tal did). Ugh.
@@OmANnIe totally agree. They all should've put money into Notts pocket after he dropped that much and Beau and Fjord didnt add anything.
@@Rowlurorowf I know and people said it was fair for Nott to spend so much because she had so much and because all her items had been bought for her. But all I remembered being purchased for Nott was the cloak, which Cad and Jester split the cost of. I thought that was really nice but it wasn't anywhere near 1000gp.
@@OmANnIe I agree, but this shows mentality of people in this day. I dont agree with it. Ut should be my choice to share. That is true charity and sacrifice when u give of ur own free will and not pressure or fear of cancellation by the group. I also see that its the choice of the player and Sam isn’t easily swayed by the party politics. Matt wasnt expecting it. He wasn’t prepared with a number. That is the fun in the game. Throw a wrench in the DM’s well oiled Campaign!! :(
I can't tell if Taliesin is really wise and I've never noticed or if he's just really good at making bullshit sound deep, but damn does he play high Wisdom characters well. I'm loving Caduceus
"life needs things to live" -Taliesin Jaffe
Isn't that always the same thing, some way or another?
No printer straight fax
Have you heard Percy speak? It's a mix of both dear 👌
Ethan Peterson in the words of jack sparrow
“It’s astonishing how often those traits coincide”
I just want to hear Caleb say "Big talk for someone within fireball distance" That's all I want..
Has he had a run in with a long necked dragonborn?
The references are awesome. 😂
"What's your point, person within Fireball distance?"
He has embraced the wizard memes, this is a glorious thing. Maybe once he gets more of a taste for fireball,
PhantomFox77 he’s not a Dragonborn, he’s a wiggler.
I only have one question. How on earth does Matt remember what voice he used for every character after such a long time. It's insane.
He's a genius at his job.
Speaking from 40 years of DMing
Chances are he rewatched older episodes once the party decided to head back through an area they had already been to
He keeps audio notes of those voices
I've always guessed he has a note next to each NPC's name with a reference of some kind (sounds like Barney Fife or Yogi Bear or...). Something like that. Or if he makes it up on the fly, he adds that note immediately(ish) after
I mean, he is a professional voice actor. That being said; it takes nothing away from his natural and honed talents that he is a professional; he makes it look easy, but I imagine this is years of work and accrued skills and knowledge coming to bear in what seems like seconds for the viewer.
Guy reveals that he's a pet salesman
Travis, immediately: "Oh God."
Taliesin: "My new Character is a very relaxed naturalistic firbolg. A bit out of touch with society and all about the natural order of things. He brews tea, speaks with animals and heals people. Death doesnt distress him because its all part of nature"
Matt: "Ah, so you made a Druid. Maybe a Sheperd Druid or a druid of the Land?"
Taliesin: "He Is also all about decay and compost and lived on a graveyard for years...."
Matt: "say no more, A Druid of the Spores."
Taliesin: "Nah m8, Cleric of the Grave."
Reminder that spores druid came out like half a year after the campaign started, and a few weeks after Caduceus was introduced.
@@malmasterson3890 did not know that. interesting
@@malmasterson3890 maybe spore druid was inspired by clay?
@@TheSpencermacdougall Nah, it came out with the Ravnica books for a setting where there's an entire guild of fungus and decay based druids. Caduceus would have been a dope spore druid, though.
Spencer MacDougall & revived rogue had to have been inspired a little bit by molly
I love Bryce. A soldier/peacekeeper invested in their small town and committed to taking care of the community to their utmost. They may not fight gods or thwart dragons, but they make sure life is safe and comfortable for the 50-100 people who live there and that's such a wonderful thing.
It really is and hes such a good person
the non-binary representation we all need
Ayethe yes *they are
Actually, Alfield's population is in the thousands.
Seriously, Bryce's life isn't constant life or death, but they're trying their best in war time with little resources. That is some high stress.
Cad trying to explain to the Mighty Nein why you should confront your issues when half the party is doing the exact opposite is amazing.
The irony is hilarious
I think Clay was uniquely in a position to see past the BS. He has probably seen a lot of people's last wishes, regrets. Also the 27 in Insight check really helps lmfao. IMO that was completely in character for him to call it out as is. Maybe because he hasn't really been part of civilization and doesn't feel the need to sugarcoat it as people in a society tend to do. But I think him being a Grave cleric, being so close to the dead brings a certain perspective that the others in the group simply don't have. It was a great scene overall
As sad as I am to see Molly gone, there's just something delightful about Clay's naivete, bluntness, and sense of childlike wonder at all these things he's experiencing for the first time in his life.
I think he IS experiencing it all for the first time, easily may have spent sheltered from society being a firbolg and all
I love the smile Tal keeps on his face when playing Clay. Delightful.
Much better character for Taliesin. He literally said he didn't enjoy Molly during the second half of the harvest festival. Caduseus allowed him to bring out his own sense of humor.
@@timd4524 I didn't catch that, and since I haven't seen Vox Machina I thought that his role play is at best mediocre. But know... Oh, I was so wrong.
Caleb: That’s a bingo
Fjord: It’s just bingo, Caleb
I shouldn’t have found that so funny
Hot Guy That’s what I thought!!
@Hot Guy That's a bingo! :-)
That whole side of the table went up in Inglorius Basterds reference. Marisha did the tap on the nose for it too
Next we need a “bing pot”!
@@electricbluetiramisu3713 very different source material lmao
I just noticed that since Taliesen started playing Caduceus, his drinks appear to all be tea, if the tea bag string is any indication. That's fantastic.
That’s great... This is great... this is nice
It's honestly probably good for getting into character
He's been drinking tea for quite a long time. Maybe not always, but I think I remember him drinking it even in the first campaign.
tea is great for the voice
I like the idea of him cutting the string from a tea bag and just hanging it over the edge of a mug of hardest liquor
I love that Caduceus' assurance that "It'll be your last meal in there" almost sounds more like threat than a promise.
"So it's disadvantage... and then it's stunned so advantage, and it's prone so disadvantage but guiding bolt so advantage... so it's just a regular roll." Idk why but Matt listing that off just sent me 🤣🤣🤣
"Why must you do this matt"
"Cause it's funny"
Like a moth to a flame jester goes to the zookeeper
Hahaha Jester Moth. Ironic
Like a moth to silk curtains* >.>
HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing
1:10 Sam does improv
3:40 Handbooker helper
8:00 DPB
11:05 Episode Starts
17:40 The thingy in Jester’s bag
18:35 Roll a new character
19:50 Distracting birds
22:10 Full of balls
27:40 Sam taking notes
29:25 Regular gnolls
35:40 Thaumaturgy callback
38:00 Hey…You!
41:50 Bryce is not a narc
43:00 Comparative anatomy
44:10 Remembering Mollyc**k
46:10 Nobody pays for Nott
49:30 Zemnian language lessons
53:30 No Travis, that’s a different warlock ability
54:25 A bunch of voice actors are super impressed
57:00 Caduceus is delightfully observant
58:45 Thaumagurgy
1:01:05 Fixed camera problems
1:03:55Mercer fake outs
1:08:25 So many dicks lost
1:17:20 Frumpkin vs. milk
1:19:20 Nott is a master capitalist
1:25:50 A review for Caduceus
1:29:55 Caduceus can see into souls
1:35:20 Fjord’s assistance
1:43:05 Caduceus knows it’s all fake
1:45:30 Break Starts
(and ends)
1:47:40 Sam almost reads the PHB
2:02:25 Laura completely breaks
2:07:50 Caduceus at the DMV
2:16:05 Messin with ettins
2:32:50 JumBeau mini
2:46:55 Beatles on his business
2:50:25 HDYWTDT
3:00:20 HDYWTDT
3:12:30 Tiger cubs, and other animal impressions
3:16:25 Crimson Weasel and The Owl
3:18:35 You’ve crossed a line Matt, it’s too cute
3:20:00 The most challenging puzzle Matt has ever devised: cute animals
3:22:50 Fjord the dad
3:24:45 The attack owl
3:33:35 Episode Ends
Between Twitch and CZcams, live viewership of this episode peaked around 60,000 people. The in-game start date for the episode was the 27th of Quen’pillar 835. Sam’s flask says “It’s People! Peeeeeople!” with a picture of tea.
Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
Flando and ellie k you both are gods
king you have returned
Thank you kindly for the timestamps n.n
Flando Good sir
We are all glad you are back.
Thank you 😁
It's incredible how many times Caleb has managed to be the one to end a fight with a fire spell and how well that fits into the story.
im so glad that so far his ptsd has only hit at the end of fights. because man. stunned in the middle of a fight? not good
@@zoemalone5769 id probably only have him be stunned for a round if I was GMing. Adrenaline and all that
@@animewarrior3 Adrenaline doesn’t necessarily help with that.
@@SkulblakaFreohr you'd be surprised. People have literally gotten broken bones/been shot and not noticed for a fair bit due to adrenaline
@@animewarrior3 Right, those are physical conditions.
Matt: here’s a encounter with giants.
Tailison: no.
"That's the wrong kind of random" - Caduceous Clay
Official title for the progress of 2020.
Yes!
Lol, but what he said actually made a lot of sense. It was a great way to explain it.
👆👆👍
"Wrong kind of random" is a perfectly valid explanation for something that doesn't feel right 🤣👍🏼
welcome to 2022.
@@strawberryslums beat me to it 😂
2022 makes 2020 look like 1995.
Travis: "You did this. You did this"
Matt: "Yes I did"
Definition of a chaotic good DM
So, regular Matt Mercer then? Read you loud and clear.
Caduceus is a great addition because he doesn't panick at the mere sight of althority. Its incredible how the m9 keep jumping the gun and lying and ploting when they did nothing wrong and have very little to hide.
It's the coverup that gets you!
That's because he is the only white 😂
To be fair, their team was formed entirely because they had been put under house arrest and were under threat of being charged for something they didn't do. Most of them were criminals or fugitives even before that (Nott and Caleb met in prison and were being hunted when they met the others, Jester had to flee her hometown, Beau was a juvenile delinquent, Mollymauk admitted to doing shady things with the circus, Yasha was cast out of her tribe). Caduceus was the only one of them who wasn't around for any of that, so he's probably the only one who hasn't made a permanent association between authority and certain doom at this point.
I love how Matt always says "you manage to find your rooms". It makes me imagine the day that they have to roll to find their rooms
One day they'll have a magic mansion, and Caleb will not be merciful with its layout.
I laughed WAY too hard at this comment 😆
depends how much they drink, i guess
maybe he just gets lost in hotels or something
I honestly love how much Taliesin's role-playing of Caduceus excels at the pastel goth aesthetic; because, like.. It's lowkey super metal, but in just a really relaxed, graceful, almost gentle way.
It's gold. A soft metal
Caduceus listens to Stoner Metal, for sure.
@@padawansound6423 agreed
"I'm a maker of fine graves."
"There's always a plant somewhere that needs mulch, and I don't mind making some more."
It’s emo… but chill.
49:30
Allow me to help Jester with that. "I would like some pastries, please and thank you." Ich möchte etwas Gebäck, bitte und danke.
I literally went down to find this, Dankeschön!
@@ichiharahinoe2329 I will take the place of the original comment to say: Gern geschehen.
Was born and lived in Germany its awesome to see Liam with a "german" accent
@@ichiharahinoe2329 hahah me too!
I think Liam could get away with something short to memorize like "Gebäck, bitte" since Caleb is supposed to dislike social interaction.
I love how the dice tell a story with Caleb's wisdom saving throws. When he's determined to save his friends he succeeds, when he's uncomfortable in a new, unformiliar environment he fails.
2:56:19 An arrow is addressed for you. Fireball is addressed "to whom it may concern."
Hahaha, love it!
So would a lv 9 fireball be a public service announcement?
@@Desertedone05 "May I have your attention please"
And to think that Liam shortchanged himself 2d6 on each on as well.
Through these recent episodes I find travis/fjords reaction of mild horror at things that cadeuces says and does really funny
Same
He's the heart of the party, I think. Jester and Nott are the humor
2:47:25
fjord is like the old grandpa hanging out with a teenage kid
Me too
Caduceus really is a seven foot tall Bob Ross. I love it. and I'm now just picturing Bob Ross as a firbolg
Bold of you to assume Bob Ross wasn't the inspiration for the firbolg race. Lmao
@@brandonyeung7838 Bold of you to assume Bob Ross wasn't a firbolg in disguise. (which they can do)
From happy little trees to dead people teas 😉
Every time Sam prepares to plug DnD Beyond, Talisan looks STRAIGHT into the camera with a somewhat blank stare, but the stare is knowing one.
Sam is a genius and that should be the only knowing look Tal is giving off. 🤗
“A brief star burning very bright, but twice as short.”
HOW DARE YOU GIVE ME SUCH FEELS, GUSTAV-
Also, I love how Caduceus just subverts everyone’s expectations by being a quiet BADASS.
“Taliesin and Caduceus have very conflicting feelings right now.” XD
I love how caleb describes his spell casting. He doesnt have to but he does it anyway and with such skill that may doesnt even know what's coming until the spell name is called out giving even matt a genuine suprised reaction.
Prime example = fireball.
I highly doubt anyone was surprised by the fireball, the silly batshit as a material component is kind of a running gag among DND players.
@@chrisrudolf9839 makes sense because the spell is bat shit insanely explosive
He's consistent about it, too. That's dedication!
I love when he needs to chew licorice to make one of the spells, lot of nice details
Guano contains a lot of flammable nitrates
I was screaming when they forgot how the cart illusion worked fucking hell. Really sympathise with Matt here, “as I’ve explained multiple times” 😂😂
Exactly, they were even talking about how to potentially turn the illusion off, but Taliesin rolled a natural 1 on the arcana check to figure it out. It boggles my mind that Marisha would even try the "what if we didn't know how this works?" card. She was involved in the thought process of what to do about the illusion only a few minutes before. Then again, I was surprised how confused they were by it in earlier episodes as well, testing the tarps off of the carts and expecting it to work. It seemed pretty clear to me the way Nott would partially disappear when she stepped through the illusion.
@@sjtez They can be pretty forgetful. What really gets me is when they simply don't pay attention during a conversation and several people ask an NPC the same question. Matt is far more patient than I.
@@sjtez They understood there was A illusion on the cart. They just thought the illusion made the cart look empty when in fact it made it look like there were crates of produce on it.
@@gorgonheap9770not that deep
2:05:00 Caduceus was _such_ a necessary and therapeutic addition to the M9. Every group should have at least one member to whom calmly explaining a reasonable truth isn't an unthinkably bewildering proposition.
Rest of M9: "All right, after two hours of planning, we've finally settled on a convoluted series of ridiculous lies. Let's steal the crown jewels to make our story more believable."
Caduceus: "Or we could just say sorry, we meant to turn right."
Rest of M9: "WHAT SUPERNATURAL WISDOM IS THIS"
The fact Bryce remembered Molly and so quickly honored him respects his legacy so much.
Leaving places better
To be fair, Molly makes quite an impression.
1:38:48 Caduceus jokes that Fjord will die in a crash with one named Buick, everyone laughs. Meanwhile Matt looks to be checking or writing something behind the GM screen
Alphalance GM? Buick? Coincidence??
Glad i wasn't the only one seeing him make notes :)
I was a bit distracted but I'm fairly certain Matt was writing down backstory for Gustav that he just told Tali
Matt over here like "mmmmmmmm lets add that and make sure he dies that way at some point"
When they fight an ettin named Budak I thought oh shit it's happening
I love Talisin's face when he's talking as Caduceus. He's so chilled compared to Percy and Molly. T_T ....molly
As much as I and other people enjoyed Molly, I'm happy with Caduceus as well. Obviously you can't top that so you have to try something else.
I didn’t enjoy Molly much at all, but Caduceus is so freakin great. Talisen went from my least favorite to easy top three
Fly high, circus man...
@@bigbundle3223 same here! and cad is a really nice calm influence considering how chaotic and intense the party usually is
I always thought Molly was pretty chill
I love how when Caleb describes a mimic as "one of those sacks with teeth" Beau's mind goes straight to the bags they found on the Iron Shepherds that just had a bunch of teeth inside them
i love how Caduceus is like the resident therapist---he just shows up, diffuses situations, tells people to work on their issues, and is super chill the whole time
taliesin did exactly what i would have done. "the cart is empty, but we just have this enchantment on the cart for safety of our goods and people during sometimes uncertain roads and other travelers."
Exactly! It's not like magic is illegal, it's kinda silly the lengths characters will go to avoid being caught with magic
Isaac Stevens oh no, our cart is enchanted, time to lie, bribe or threaten the guards so the word doesn’t get out
I was also thinking this the whole time, but it's kinda part of the fun (even if cringey at times) that they hatch inane schemes for the simplest things (like Jester's traveller schemes :P)
@@isaacstevens1912 It's more that the cart originally had a nefarious purpose and they kind of got stuck in that mindset. I thought that play was genius on Tal's part. Put a totally different spin on it and defused a potentially sticky situation.
@@isaacstevens1912 I think a previous reply is part of it. But I think the main fear of being caught using magic is from Vasselheim, a city on Tal'Dorei that typically punished open arcane magic usage, as it was a city focused on the holy and the strength granted by the gods
“Your everlasting soul isn’t worth this BULLSHIT”
I want to use this line in a dnd campaign at some point
Timestamp?
I feel like Matt realised they still hadnt understood the freaking cart illusion and just went "okey if you want to look stupid then go ahead" :'D
I like how Taliesin is the only one who understood how the damn illusion on the carts worked. Multiple episodes, many detailed explanations by Matt and still everyone except Taliesin has their own weird interpretation of the cart. And how their behaviour at the border almost had them imprisoned because they tried the weirdest things and explanations.
They are definitely a chaotic bunch...
some nps shop keepr: how much do u want to sell this ruby for?
caleb: 6ft stack of paper.
I ship Caleb x human-sized stack of paper.
@@Ajehy that ain't a ship that's canon
But only if it is high quality paper.
Years later, merchants will tell tales of a hobo who randomly walks into shops and offers the owner untold riches in exchange for all of their paper
Honestly there's a part of me that wishes Taliesin had supplied Satan's voice in Sam's ad. It would have been so fitting.
There were a couple of times that it kind of sounded like Taliesin, to me!
It was the voice of Mephisto, who Sam Riegel voices in the show Blue Exorcist
Well that makes more sense. There are a lot of side jokes in the community about ancient dark rituals regarding Tal due to him being a member of the goth subculture and his incredible rolls. I kind of felt Sam may have been infringing on that but the insight regarding voice work makes me feel a whole lot better about it.
I honestly thought it was Taliesen a couple times.
@@alecmitchell9912 Sam is mephisto? I like blue exorcist and I never knew that. That’s awesome
This is my second run-through, and I only now realised how excited Liam gets about the Blink Dog. It is utterly endearing how he enables Laura's obsessions. Sibs for sure.
1:16:55 i love how Caleb refuses to ever admit that his Fae Familiar is not actually a cat 🤣
Oooh i wonder if thats because of his childhood cat
"you're gonna lose that puppy, its gonna blink itself off a cliff" that's ok you can go after it, I mean you're basically gods...
I mean, feather fall.
from what I hear, jumping off cliffs after stuff didn't work out too well in the last campaign
"I turn into a goldfish."
haven't watched campaign 1 much (maybe one or 2, focusing on this one) yet, did Keylith die at the end falling off a cliff? doesn't make since, since fall damage maxes at 20d6 so unless she had less that 120 htpts (which is the highest possible damage) (fairly new to d&d so i'm not sure how much hp a maxed druid has) she should have been fine, if a little humiliated
They were lvl 17 and had just been in a battle and she jumped from 1000 ft in the air. Technically they should have maxed at 20 d6 yes so she should not have died instantly but I think Matt just wanted to make a point!
Travis is just imagining how these animals are going to die and how much his wife is going to cry when they do lol
3:18:02 him literally sitting there like "this i going to end awfully" and his reaction afterwards is hilarious to me
Matt after the fact: oh no, she’ll be so sad they all dead. I’ll make one impervious to death.
Travis: Can we start a poll about which animal dies first?
Taliesin and Liam: Weasel
👀
was sprinkle ever really alive 🤔
Can you really call it life
I love how the metagaming pigeon has just become a thing at this point.
I want a metagaming pigeon plushie!
I love how the player’s use it as a funny way to say “oh shit, I was metagaming, sorry, ignore that” Like whenever they say something metagaming-y they just coo as soon as they realize 😂
And now their Production company is called Metapigeon 🤣
Or coo coo one word metagame LMAO
Matt: *tries to defeat the mighty nein with ettins*
TMN: *kills ettin with fire* hah, nothing you throw our way will subdue us
Matt *offers to sell them lots of inconveniant cute animals*
I gotta say I love the dice-dealing thumbnail.
I've shown it too many friends
The expressions the van XD too funny
Same 😄
It's perfect.
Talisen looks shady af
Whoever thought of it deserves a raise.
Fjord: what kind of contraband do we have
Nott: I have human jerky
Anyone else notice at 24:22 Taliesin almost accidentally drinks from Laura's mug, stares at it until realizing what's wrong, grimaces at himself then glances at an unknowing Laura before grabbing the correct tea cup LOL
Hahaha nice catch! I love seeing comments like this
@@junkapopo Lol thanks!
I love how Nott is such a doting alcoholic mom.
Bestmom
stop spoiling guys!
@@MissesHappyPunk ??? Nott says in like episode 7 or 8 that she sees Caleb as a son and therefore she's the one who protects him. I'm not sure how Nott being an alcoholic and doting on Caleb who she sees that way is a spoiler but like pop off
@@user-hn3ng6nw2k * cough* sure, don't mind me
Nott is the best and my absolute favorite 💚
3:20:05
"Yeah, but what are we gonna do with all these animals?"
"Yeah, what ARE we going to do?"
"Why did you do this to us, Matt?!"
"You know exactly why!"
Beau: I think I did alright being nice while you were gone Fjord! What do you think Caleb?
Caleb: I wasn't paying attention
Loved that response especially since Beau is always bullying Caleb regardless of the few times she's been nice to him. Lol, sometimes I wouldn't mind Caleb throwing a little fire ball at Beau. Just as a "step off" comment
The Might Nein around any authority figure:
So anyway, about our many crimes...
man when nott was showing off her human like gloves it was so sad especially how she'd said before that she just hates being a goblin
In a way, yes, it could be sad. But this is also a silent way of them saying they accept her for her; it might be a good idea for hiding her appearance for caution, but Jester looks at those on her and immediately sees her friend hiding in a creepy fashion when she doesn't want her hiding to begin with. Mind you, this isn't denying what you mentioned, it's just nice to also see the other spectrum, even if Nott has not seen that yet.
@@RandomImaginings Either way I'm still crying, *sniff*
@@corykyraha4659 Welcome to Critical Role, where in the span of five seconds you forget if you're crying because you're happy or sad. 😆 This has been an absolutely lovely journey to watch and experience.
@@corykyraha4659 I can't tell if I'm happy that she's happy or if I'm sad that it takes her this to make her happy.
caduceus is just a newborn puppy absorbing new sights and experiences and this is the pureness we need after these past few episodes
2nd time listening to the campaign and the more I hear Gustov talk the more I suspect he knew the Devil Toad was a fiend and feeding off the crowd, but had a secret reason to keep it going. I think the "no elderly, no sick folks" wasn't just to excite the crowd.
First time through the campaign, and you're right on the money. Gustav absolutely knew what the Devil Toad was. The "No Elderly, No sick" rule was there because he was allowing the Devil Toad to passively feed on the crowds' life energies, and the impaired and elderly likely wouldn't have enough to survive the act. In exchange, Gustav got a nice terrifying beast as an attraction for his carnival. It was win-win til one old man slipped through and everyone lost.
Bang on
Liam has a good sense for pacing out a characters revealing of painful memories, lending a bit to Fjord's issues too. I like it
Words can not describe how much I love Taliesin Jaffe
What's not to love?! 😉🥰👏
All hail our dark lord!
@@xEvilRaptorx dark Lord? Where does that come from?
If it is spoilers to either c1 or c2 please don't spoil.
@@imhulki463 it's an IRL joke that started.... Talisan is an immortal and has been around for thousands of years
xEvilRaptorx even better
32:47 Bryce saying "You're very tall" reminds me of that great line from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
"“It is worth repeating at this point the theories that Ford [Prefect] had come up with, on his first encounter with human beings, to account for their peculiar habit of continually stating and restating the very very obvious, as in 'It's a nice day," or "You're very tall,' or 'So this is it, we're going to die.'"
That book! Oh I love that book so much!
Exactly 42 likes.
Nice.
IT WAS PREFECT AND SOMEONE HAD TO MESS IT UP
As a high school teacher for 10+ years, I really relate to Matt's struggle to keep the group focused amid crude humor and general juvenile hijinks.
Two years late, I know. It literally made me laugh out loud that a high school teacher has similar experiences to the DM of this group of (supposedly?) adult players. 😂
The art at 3:36:26 of Shakaste just made me realize that anytime that Shakaste addresses the Grand Duchess, the way his ability to perceive his surroundings works (given that he's blind without magical aid unless I'm mistaken), he's looking at himself through the Grand Duchess's eyes when he greets the Grand Duchess. *Brain Explodes*
I was thinking along with everyone else what to do about the cart but. Caduceus’s solution made so much sense. Like it was so simple, just tell them the truth they don’t have anything to hide, but even from an outsider’s perspective I hadn’t thought of it LMAO. Love that Low INT high WIS cow man.
Made all the more incredible with his fairly high Charisma as well.
He is wise and very naturally charming, while aloof and ditzy at times.
It is masterful work from a brilliant actor
Most characters, even if they did think of it, would dismiss it, because deep down they're wannabe smugglers.
Half-truths are the best lies :^ )
I mean he ended up doing it but wasn't it Caleb's plan? He was all like "oh if we are grimacing and stuff thats bad but if they notice we will just tell them its a good cart"
Honestly it was the solution I was trying not to scream at the screen while they were coming up with all these complicated solutions. I'm so in love with Tal's new character 😄
While watching Caleb put down a bowl of milk for Frumpkin and I was slightly questioning it. Then I remembered he is clinically unstable so it makes perfect sense.
Nothing better than a multiday journey in a covered wagon soaked through with cat diarrhea.
Well it’s not odd he just sees Frumpkin as a normal pet cat. I think it would be normal for wizards to become attached to familiars and forget they aren’t real animals and don’t need anything.
Also the fey cat doesn’t poop.
@@reedk2402 And it is no longer a covered wagon either.
I question why Matt decided Frumpkin wouldn't want milk. I understand they don't need to drink or eat, but they might just enjoy it, no? Or is there something about Fey hating food I haven't caught?
Matt's RP with Frumpkin is weird, it sometimes seems like it doesn't actually like being Caleb's pet, but doesn't have a choice. Future backstory reveal maybe?
@@dig8634 no dude cats r just like that
@@dig8634 well in older editions (and maybe even in 5e) familiars are not always bound to you out of preference. Especially in the case of fiendish familiars, which often are brought into a Wizard's service as a result of some deal (in which the fiend usually believes it can further corrupt the Wizard). Who knows, the fey entity inhabiting Caleb's cat might not be perfectly happy with the arrangement.
Caduceus is constantly making quick thinking moves to keep the party on track. The rocks, the wagon etc.. He really is a quick thinker.
2:05:00 Taliesen demonstrates a technique for dealing with NPCs that many players would never think of. Non-confrontational honesty. Sometimes it's really no more complicated than following instructions of the traffic cop, or whatever the mundane situation entails.
I’ve attempted honesty a few times in my campaign and they’ve resulted nothing but a detriment to my party.
One example was that we deciphered some erased information about a secret project and our commanding officer asked us on a status report.
I told him we found out what the info was and showed him the paper i wrote it on. He took it and left.
The dm said that i shouldnt have done that and the party was mad at me. Like how was i supposed to know that we were supposed to keep it to ourselves?
@@jakewulgar your DM is confused. As long as you're in-character and not harassing/bigoted/hateful etc, there is no wrong way to play d&d, lol
@@jakewulgarwas it a secret the commanding officer could have been in on?
@@SeveralGhost I honestly don’t know because that campaign did not last very long. The theme of the campaign went from Fullmetal alchemist to call of duty zombies, to full out. It felt like the story just took a major leap. When it changed to fall out, the party decided to make a vote to end the campaign and start a new one.
@@dranzikenseriously. during my first campaign, my dm would often voice my character’s consciousness when i made a choice he didn’t like.
example: i didn’t want to use disguise self for an interaction to trick some police officers, instead opting for a way to sneak in and retrieve whatever documents we needed at the time to catch a serial killer. instead of actually roleplaying through the attempt, my dm timeskipped forward a day, and an another npc was killed. this continued every time i suggested anything until my dm said “ suddenly hears a little voice in the back of their head that tells them they should probably head back to the precinct and disguise themself as a police officer”. talk about railroading.
Any one got a tally on Matt Mercer's "lost the will to live" face?
I lost count
It should be up on critical role stats
When they can break him multiple times in an episode it makes ut even more hysterical
I want a compilation of his "door opening" sounds.
I like the new addition of the pop-up info-cards and character icons. Good for tracking the action - and for those of us who have terrible memories for what happened in past episodes.
Ohh being called a Zemnian-Critter as a German Critical role fan is probably the most wholesome thing in the whole month - that's so sweet.
(Not that it matters anymore, but "I would like some pastries, please" would be something like "Ich hätte gerne ein Stück Kuchen (or "etwas Gebäck" instead of "ein Stück Kuchen"), bitte." in Zemnian :)
Would Austrian and Swiss German just be very strong Zemnian dialects?
I’m excited to throw in German in my upcoming campaign. I’m running a zemnian npc named Gereon, we like Babylon Berlin, who will curse in german under his breath a lot.
It does matter i was hoping someone had translated it. I love languages and learning new phrases.
I would probably have translated to 'Ich hätte gerne süße Teilchen.' as piece of cake isn't a good fit and Gebäck för me are more sugar cookies etc.
@@SGast For me “Gebäck” actually would be a perfect fit, but I guess that depends very much on which region of Germany you asking in
54:43 You know you’ve achieved the highest status possible when the eldritch being sat next to you claims you have black magic.
Man, I just love how this fandom has completely accepted it as fact that Taliesin is like a primordial deity. I mean, it’s not wrong 👀👀😂
i wish we could’ve seen molly interact with the peacock :(
That was my first thought too dude :(
To me it was an homage to Molly, a way for DM Matt to honor him in a way as well :)
But yeah. It would have been glorious
I'm thinking how annoying a fucking peacock would be to drag around an entire campaign, and I want one as my Frumpkin so it can't be permanently removed. Heavy armor eldritch knight/wizard with a peacock familiar, the perfect stealth build.
"How and when will Fjord die?"
"In a terrible crash, with a man named Buick."
i shouldn't laugh, but i can't help it.
Wanna make it worse? Look at Matt. It looks like he was writing something right after that
For some reason I imagine Buick to be an orc for some reason. Not only that but as a distant relative who would accidentally kill Fjord.
*SPOILER WARNING*
Wanna make it more worse? Fast forward to Episode 98
@@enigma1326 I'm all caught up and I have no clue where you're going with this. I guess I find out when I catch back up on this rewatch lol
lmfao
1:29:00 “make some tea and shut the fuck up for a second” had me DYING LMFAOOO especially after Cad gets that gigantic insight check and 100% has to be spitting truth here
The trauma Matt has put on them when they suspect a pile of rocks. lol
I try to get permission to ride horses, the way Caduceus does, but they always say "Nay."
bunch of neighsayers
You both hurt my soul
@@tytydino Okay, we'll quit horsing around.
@@adreabrooks11 your hurting me
@@adreabrooks11 Neigh Way, Jose.
Life-loving abolutely-not-goth Taliesin is the best thing ever
Caduceus reads as totally goth to me honestly. Pastel goth maybe but there is still a super strong connection to death and decay to consider
@@ChaoticChalice people who are associated with death are not immediately a member of the Gothic peoples. How would that even work? He's a Firbolg, not a German
@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 they're referring to the goth subculture, not the Gothic people. The subculture has nothing to do with the people besides some aesthetic similarities.
@@aconerty6392 oh... Then he's got even less to do with Goths.
@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 The evolution of the term over the centuries has been really interesting. To put it on broad strokes, “Goth/Gothic” has meant:
• Germanic Peoples known for sacking Rome
• An architecture movement seen as “barbaric” by its detractors
• Spooky stories set in those kinds of buildings
• A fashion/subculture of spooky morbidity.
• Talesin Jaffe’s Twitter, @executivegoth
Liam goes through that whole spiel about camouflaging his magic hut and then the pet vendor immediately noticies "a weird, kinda green dome". 😂
A grass-green dome is still going to be visible on grass, though. Just better camouflaged than it would have been if it were orange.
Is no one gonna mention the fact that Caduceus said he talks to his food before eating it?
Like he talks to a bowl of spinach about how he’s gonna eat them... AND THE SPINACH UNDERSTAND HIM!!!
“Shh! We’re role playing, Marisha.”
Oh god Matt that can be taken in so many ways.
Did you see her face after? It spoke volumes.
I noticed that one other time, too: When Marisha had her first solo scene with Matt. It was when she met up with her female teacher and they sparred all night, in episode 2 or 3. From the time when everyone leaves the table, to the first 30 seconds or so of the scene, just watch Marisha. I always felt like I was seeing a little bit of mischief in her eye. I laughed, but I'm happy for Matt and Marisha. They clearly care about each other a lot. :)
@@Drekromancer Oh most definitely. I aspire to eventually have a relationship and loving and wonderful as theirs.
Time stamp?
@@Ajehy 20:07
I absolutely love their relationship. Try as he might to “scold” her, he can’t keep a straight face for five seconds afterward and they both look at each other laughing. They are the cutest and I adore them.
You’re also not wrong as I would be absolutely 0% surprised knowing this group if that innuendo had *real* meaning to them 🤣
Re-watching all of this.... Just relized Kiri doesnt know about molly
Neither did she get to know about her family, so.
WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT
i am also rewatching these but im like wtf why didnt jester get the tigers i mean sprikle is cool i guees but tigers
Me reading all the comments admiring Cad Clay: 😁
Me scrolling to this comment: 😔
It's ok, Molly was literally the one that she was least attached to. Just watch the scene where they all say goodbye to her. They weren't close. (but try not to cry if you actually watch the goodbye Kiri scene again)
"Thats a bingo"
"Its just bingo Caleb"
Hahaha nice Inglorious Bastards reference whether they meant to or not
I think very few of those references are accidental.
“I satan, renounce sam riegel” wild.
Laura singing with her mouth closed is so freaking cool. I ran downstairs and made my mom get out of bed to come listen to her. That is a useless skill I want.
I seriously thought everyone could do that
@@TheMegaOlve I tried ventriloquism. Couldn't get it for the life of me. Not even how she's doing it!
@@danielstephens1185 it's like humming but saying words. You use your nose from what I know.
1:08:06 Caleb looks up at the sky, and with a sad smile says: "The only thing magical here was you, my friend."
But why would you say that???????????????
@@jonathansims967 because I'm just as messed up as you are
@@jonathansims967 tma?? in my critical role??
@@moose1277 oh fuck someone recognised me
@@jonathansims967 I see the ceaseless watcher's special boy is procrastinating on saving the world by watching dnd
3:22:52 You can tell Travis is rehearsing this line for the day Ronin asks him and Laura for a pet.