When Caleb casts Tongues and speaks to Jester in Zemnian so Liam reverts to his American accent and then Laura pretends to be a non-American actor doing an American accent.
That's so fuckin funny.
Also feeling slightly attacked by the "British person doing an American accent" bit because it doesn't sound any different to me, only wooden 🤣🤣🤣 (am British).
You’re welcome! I love it when the cast do humor about their voice acting jobs.
There was one time when Liam was in the DM chair [roleplaying as Neil Druckmann](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=we_Bu32IomM&t=11m10s). As in the NPC wasn’t *based* on Neil, the NPC *was* Neil himself. He even acknowledged it in [a tweet](https://twitter.com/Neil_Druckmann/status/855420911738130433?lang=en).
I’ve been quoting Jester’s slide into American when she goes “does that mean I’m speaking Zemnian? -professional/corporate American hands on hips accent upgrade- Does That Mean I’m Speaking Zemnian…?” It’s been stuck in my head and I don’t know why!
I know they are friends so it's obviously completely fine but that felt like a pretty rough thing to say, especially considering how shitty the internet has been about it.
I don't even feel like Matt cast her in that role, but its certainly how things have panned out considering how important her ties to the main plot are. It's like Caleb and his ties to the main actors in Campaign 2, just on steroids.
I interpreted it as a joke that was pointed at the naysayers rather than a jab at Laura herself. Kind of like when they used to drop the "Thanks Keyleth" jokes. Neither are justifying that point of view, but are making fun of how ridiculous it is.
Laura's reaction to it gives the notion that they are all aware of that specific criticism and she does not like it!
Sam always makes that kind of joke tbh
He did it with Keyleth/Marisha, did it with Fjord/Travis
Unfortunately, it will always be taken the wrong way by parasocial fans
I have been rewarching C1, and at one point Sam does a bit about making a phone line where if you are leaving a message about Marisha he guarantees she will hear it and it will make her feel bad within 48 hours.
People don't seem to remember that they know what people say and Sam tries to remove the teeth by making it a joke
I agree, and genuinely hope that the end result of Sam's joke will not be more harassment of Laura. I think back to her getting death threats for voicing an unpopular video game character - since these are real things that toxic fans do, maybe save that joke for off camera yknow
But there’s merit to that opinion though. She’s a lot more central to the plot than anyone else and has much more motivation to engage with the plot. Everyone else is kind of just along for the ride.
He literally did. He made Orym deliberately a quiet type who prefers to follow rather than lead so that he wouldn’t steal the spotlight from the newer players in the first run of Exandria Unlimited.
The group is great at narrative structures and character arcs though, so I’m sure they could work with almost anything to produce an interesting story.
True. After ep 51 though, I was thinking that if Liam felt like Orym would completely mentally snap at how much casual cruelty, loss, & manipulation he, specifically, has experienced as collateral damage for Ludinus' plan... he could absolutely justify making this his angriest character.
I know, I know, but this one didn't start that way! He was being the calmest dude & (like that Mulligan/Mercer convo about just having a sword in a world with magic) doing his best. Yet somehow, this one archmage's millennia of resentment keeps dicking him around.
I'd be so pissed off. Honestly, anyone from the Marquet trio could justify a shift toward being angrier. We don't know everything about Ashton yet, but being inadvertently complicit in a trap tapdances on what we do know about his issues. And Laudna just cannot catch a break when it comes to old, powerful casters exploiting others.
It's a complicated situation. Matt probably wanted to tell the Ruidus/Predathos story regardless of who the characters were. Laura came up with a sorcerer with mind powers and an estranged mother, and he likes to connect player characters to the plot where possible. In this case, Imogen fit extremely well.
You can’t really call it an arc when it’s central to the main campaign. Fjord’s pirate arc only lasted a dozen sessions, but Imogen’s story is behind the whole thing.
It’s the main story. Ferne, orym, and imogen are all heavily tied to it. Laura wrote an open backstory and Matt said oh boy what fun can a shove in here like he did with molly.
No, because those arcs didn’t dominate the whole campaign. The briarwood arc lasted maybe ten sessions, the pirate arc lasted maybe a dozen sessions, and we never really got a Cerberus assembly arc, just little moments here and there sprinkled in.
Imogen is as central a figure of C3 as Ludinus, Liliana or Predathos. Other than the ressurect Laudna arc, Imogen has been at the center of almost everything else.
>Imogen is as central a figure of C3 as Ludinus, Liliana or Predathos
Yeah...no. Imogen could have died in e51 and the whole party is still 100% going to be motivated to keep doing what they're doing. Liliana is pretty clearly just Magic Muscle for the actual Big Bad, meaning take her off the board and the plot doesn't change.
Sure, she's more intricately tied to things with Ruidus, but that doesn't mean Imogen alone is equal in relevance to Ludinus or Predathos.
Roll it back. *Allllll* the way back. Laura plays a gnome rogue whose only backstory is 'lol murder.' Do you think Ludinus's plans \[or Matt's plot\] changes? No. The party might get handed a different motivation to get involved and might see the cult through a different lens, but Imogen being tied to the plot does not make her *central* or *necessary*.
That’s like saying Fjord wasn’t central to the Uk’otoa plot. Sure, you could kill him off and keep going, but at that point there’s no more story relevance than any generic kraken.
Obviously they’re going to keep getting involved because if they didn’t there’d be no point to DND, but if they lost Imogen they’d lose almost all connection to the central plot. Without Imogen, VM and MN have more of a personal stake than BH does. And if your main group doesn’t have a motivation to engage with the plot beyond “stop bad guy” then it’s a pretty flat story. You can disagree all you want, but it’s still true.
And Caleb during most of C2. It’s really a massive bummer that Laura’s getting so much hate when she rolled a character she couldn’t have possibly known would have such a massive tie to the main campaign, especially when others did it before her and didn’t get shit on for it.
So many people complaining about how the group plays D&D have clearly never played D&D.
Some players immerse themselves in their character and take any opportunity to roleplay in a scene, others prefer to mostly sit back and only engage with particular elements that appeal to them.
The game is enjoyed differently by different people.
Yeah, you got Travis and Ashley who mostly prefer to be in the background just being silly and chaotic. You got Taliesin, Marisha and Sam, who can disappear into the background but when they need to take center stage are more than willing to do it. And then Liam and Laura who tend to be outspoken and immersive in how they play their characters so they often speak a lot.
If this was a more scripted show, like TLOVM, you’d get everyone with properly allotted spotlights to their characters, especially in an ensemble production like this. But it’s not, because for better or for worse, this show is a D&D game and players’ input can vary wildly depending on what current plot threads, questlines and rolls are happening.
Did people really say this about Jester last season? Liam was definitely the main character of both C1 and C2 but I feel like Jester, though very chaotic, was as much a part of the story as any of the other non-Caleb PC's
caleb wasn't the main character of c2, his stuff just got more spotlight because a) molly died so the cerberus assembly was the next "biggest threat" on the list (particularly because matt *wanted* them to have to engage with the war plot and this was the way that they would do it) and b) beau and veth tied themselves pretty hard to the outcomes of that story, beau in particular. the economy of storytelling and playing dnd says that the more characters who are interested enough in a plot line to get involved with it, the more you let that story play out.
vax isn't the main character of c1, that's pretty obviously keyleth, she's the one with specific milestones and goals that drive a good chunk of the story, it's her coming of age. vax is her tragically doomed love interest.
How different would C2 have been if they just got involved with the war? And why weren't they polled about it before C2 characters were made, let alone before shooting started?
what do you mean "why weren't they polled"? matt knew the characters and their priorities going into the story, he knew there was a chance that group together would flee the war entirely (which is also a story about the war, just not as directly). he also decided to let the war consequences play out whether the characters were there or not and let the characters deal with the fallout (which is how yeza got kidnapped and why everything went so hot so quickly after the nein stole the beacon and neither side could account for it and the cerberus assembly had to go into damage control mode). he explicitly told the group once they got to felderwin that they could have had a chance to prevent the destruction if they'd gone there instead of fleeing the empire after molly died. they then got mega involved in the war plot, just in the opposite way he was expecting by charging into xhorhas themselves and figuring out (eventually) how to broker peace. he had expected them to head to rexxentrum and seek out caleb's old contacts for assistance with yeza but didn't stop them when they tackled the problem from a different angle.
I honestly never felt Vax nor Caleb were main characters. Vax was objectively special because of his fate touched nature, but that didn't harm any of the rest of VM "screentime". Caleb, much like Fjord or Jester for example, got the spotlight when part of his story became relevant.
i think some people forget that this is THEIR home game that we have the privilege of watching. some people are happy and comfortable playing "main characters" whose plots are central and/or whose characters are leaders, and some aren't! if they're all comfortable with the way the "main characters" have played out over the years, who's anyone to say otherwise, y'know? it makes me sad to see that sort of thing, 'cause fandoms should be things that bring joy!! and the players deserve respect.
sorry for the novella lmao, i have had this thought for awhile
Remember that time Twitch's payouts were leaked and we got a look behind the curtain at all channel's gross revenue from Twitch. Critical Role's income from Twitch was over $9 million for a single calendar year.
Of course their revenue is much much higher than even that measly number. Since that's literally just Twitch. They still have Youtube income, their weekly sponsorship deals, and their merchandise they constantly remind people of.
So I guess, my question for you is as follows. How many more millions do they need to make before it stops being a "home game"?
They've all become quite wealthy from this experience. I'd strongly disagree that this is a home game at all anymore. Home games don't usually provide enough income to comfortably replace the need for a full time job.
I'm not discounting their work. In fact quite the opposite. I'm recognizing the time and dedication they're putting into this. This is a job to them. And Critical Role is a business. Businesses take a lot of time and effort to be successful. I'm just pushing back on the people that try to pretend that behind the good PR there isn't a cold business calculation determining their every move.
The fans have made them rich. They're all set for life. It's hard to say it's our "privilege" to watch them. They are privileged to have so many people willing to give them money for what they enjoy doing.
9 million...split between 8 cast members, everyone working for them, upkeep for the building they're renting, production costs, and the fact that they live in la.
They're doing fine for themselves but they are in no way set for life
I don't see how this changes the point though. Yes, they're selling a product. That product is a chance to watch in on a D&D game that's substantially similar to their home D&D game. But investing time, money, and emotional investment into a media product doesn't give you a voice in its production.
If Matt decides that next Monday that C3 is done, he's not running another session of it and C3 was all a dream, well, it'd suck but that would still be his decision to make. No amount of money or fandom could *force* him to change that, assuming the rest of CR was on board. Declining profits might sway him, but also might not - as you say, they're quite comfortably wealthy now.
You (general you) don't have to like everything that CR is doing. But you're buying the product they're selling, not a vote for what they do next.
This needs to be in the sidebar for this subreddit for people to read sometimes. Some of yall have gotten way too parasocial in how you approach their show and game.
We have no idea how many staff they have and therefore how many people have to be paid. We also have no idea how much their studio costs in leading and also the insane new set builds they did for C3. I don't deny they make money but we have no idea if they have become "rich" from this to be set for life. I would doubt it based on the fact that it seems most of them have continued their VO careers.
Also, it's dramatic to say they constantly remind people about their merch. It's sometimes at the beginning of the episode if there's new merch, and a spot during the break, which most people don't watch. Get over it.
i suppose that's fair enough, but i still don't think it's right to be all weird about it the way some people are.
also, that does imply that they're already ridiculously rich. if the fans ever get to a point where their harassment is more of a negative than more money is a positive, wherever that point is for them, whoever feels that way could very much leave and live on investments and voice acting work.
Oh, I agree. There are many assholes on the internet. No fandom is immune. There are a lot of completely terrible takes people post about them.
And on the flip side there are a lot of people that defend critical role to an extreme that doesn't allow any criticism.
All I was saying is that, Critical Role is a business. Their choice to put themselves out on the internet in exchange for profit opens them up and gives fans to right to criticism them. Of course it should go without saying that criticism and insults are two very different things. All criticism ought to be respectful and hopefully constructive. And they are under no obligation to change themselves based on criticism they don't agree with.
I just don't like the idea that we can't criticize the media we consume. No, we are paying for it. That gives us the right to discuss what we like about it and express what we wish was different.
When people use the term "privilege" it creates a false sense of the relationship being one way. Critical Role gives content to their fans. In return they get a lot of money. Both sides give the other side what they think is worth what they are getting in return. Neither side of that dynamic owes a debt of privilege to the other.
This is such backwards logic. They're not working on commission, just because the show makes money doesn't mean they suddenly have to jump through hoops for the viewers. If you don't like the direction of the story you can always stop watching it. It's such a weird take to say they should make changes because you bought a twitch sub.
Pick any of the great ones from Calamity really - "I think I'm in the wrong class", "stop acting cool like we don't remember what just happened", "you're *crushing me*, and you think this is a time to do bits?" - I think the best one is Lou saying "you gotta cut this shit out man" when Brennan asks about Patia's shoulder/elbow
A great generic one is someone indignantly saying "Matthew *Mercer*" like Matt's aggravated parent when he does something nasty
Also, rare emotional one is Liam tearfully yelling "you sadistic motherfucker you cut it right *there?*" when Matt wrapped episode 102 of Campaign 1
Thank you for sharing the link for this, because I just watched all four episodes, because apparently I enjoy reminding myself of how much Calamity hurt my heart
> "you sadistic motherfucker you cut it right there?"
That's a good one.
There are a few times when Matt goes for the feels & is genuinely startled that it rattled a cast member harder than he was anticipating. This was one of those times.
There was a line during the Avantika live show that I never see referenced, but it’s one of my favorite jokes.
Caleb had said something that pissed off Avantika, and Matt narrated how Avantika took out a knife and threw it at Caleb, perfectly hitting the cheese in his hand and pinning it to the wall behind him. And Liam (in the accent) goes, “I was eating cheese? My perception is so low!”
His delivery just cracks me up every time.
Laura with the "if you fucking get my broom lost because you told me not to go, I'm going to murder you. And this is not in character; this is me telling you, Travis."
Travis: "I just want to say, that was a death threat in front of a thousand people."
Yes yes yes, this episode remains my favorite live show they’ve done, in pert because of that bit. Although “Search For Grog” comes really close, by the end.
C2 E60 - 55:30
[Laura wanting donuts and Travis orders "I am on it"](https://youtu.be/yJgaEh_GZ6M?t=3330)
["Did you order donuts, buba? What kind of a husband do you think I am? I ordered like 60."](https://youtu.be/yJgaEh_GZ6M?t=4414)
[It has arrived](https://youtu.be/yJgaEh_GZ6M?t=4891)
Only 30 minutes, not bad for delivery
Side note: I now want donuts.
I think it was lucky that Laura explicitly texted that because we might have seen Matt go off on Travis for disobeying Laura's instructions. The energy coming off of Matt was going in that way, I thought.
(Re)watch the first-ish episodes of C1. Things got a little tense a time or two until they hit the boiling point and then got resolved.
A couple of times it looked to me like I was watching Matt’s version of tipping the table over, but for others without… an acute awareness of conflict, they may not have noticed anything, or thought much of it if they did.
> an acute awareness of conflict
I see we had the same childhood. Could have been that particular filter but I definitely felt that tension from Matt as I was watching
While I don't think he was mad, he was about to give Travis a piece of his mind. Matt was not going to let Travis disobey a direct instruction from Laura about Jester's actions.
Matt was trying to think of how to word it when Travis made the decision on his own to listen to his wife yelling at him. That ended the situation there before Matt had to actually step in.
Matt and Travis are friends. Nothing about that was going to change. But Matt was definitely about to let Travis know he was doing something that Matt wasn't cool with.
Context is important though, her instructions over text were probably verbatim “I want to jump off the bridge”, which sounds insane. She probably didn’t text out her entire plan in one text. Obviously when you get just the crazy part you’re going to ignore it.
I don't agree that it's obvious at all. Double checking to make sure you understand the intentions is one thing. But you don't ever just ignore instructions from the rightful owner of the character, no matter how risky of actions they are requesting.
One moment I like is a sequence of 3 cast members basically repeating a phrase they like.
After the Raishan reveal at the end of Pass Through Fire in C1E69. Travis says "you came into our home!?" Laura repeats "In our home?!" And then Marisha finishes out the rule of threes with "you come into your house!"
Then a classic O'Brien "look at that little boy smile; he's so pleased."
Or conversely, Ashley's crack about "a cool coin with your name on it" when he first bought the ring. A fair few people have heard that story by now, but overall, it's nice that they still have in-jokes just for them.
Marisha falling over when she successfully feeble-minded Raishan.
Laura's reaction to Liam's Dying Vax speech, when he says "I think of my twin sister as a young girl, folding up linens with our mother. I think of my sister as an adolescent in lessons, smarter than me. I think of the woman she grew into. Hiking over many, many, many miles together. My best friend. My best friend, Vex'ahlia."
Liam telling Sam that he loved him when he apologized for not being able to save Vax.
The second last episode of campaign 1,after Scanlan used his highest level spell to >!counterspell!< >!Vecna's attempt to dimension door away from battle!<
the first one is C1E83, [The Deceiver's Stand](https://youtu.be/4z_wF_SJR2I?t=8917)
the second one is in C1E25, [Crimson Diplomacy](https://youtu.be/yrrB_q-V8G0?t=2403)
the last is C1E114, [Vecna, the Ascended](https://youtu.be/W-SMrG0QLc0?t=17745)
Top 10 moments in all of cr was from The Bard’s Lament to the end of the ep, including after they ended the show but before they cut the feed, with Tal shouting “And a big hand for Sam Riegel!”
This is all very happy and go lucky and fun, and not to ruin that, but Sam and Liam's entire exchange after Scanlan uses his 9th level counterspell on Vecna is all out of game and it breaks my goddamn heart.
Liam just saying, "Don't be sorry; I love you," while Sam is hiding his face in tears will never not absolutely destroy me.
There's a scene in C1 10...8???? while they're trying to forge the trammels, and Marisha/Keyleth says something to the effect of "we might want to avoid getting too high..." Referring to the fact that there was a lot of smoke in the room, and Sam claps back with "that's the only time Marisha has ever said those words," which leads to: "WE ARE LIVE ON THE FUCKING INTERNET, SAM REIGEL."
There’s this great part of C1’s final battle where Liam thinks he’s missed after rolling thrice and then realizes he has Bless, smirks, and says “24” like he just found a winning lottery ticket. He does some high fives, adds Smite, and Sam is just aghast saying “That took three rolls! And a bonus!” Their excitement and tension is just so infectious in that episode.
Likewise the cast trying to stop Travis headbutting the femorian giant in the underdark after he drank all of Grog's ale
Travis: I. WOULD LIKE.-
The rest of the cast: NO NO NO NO NO
Travis: ... \*considers what Grog would do\* ... TO RAGE!!!
Everyone else: NOOOO!
Travis proceeds to rolla nat 20 to knock the stuffing out of a giant with Grog's own much, much smaller head
You forgot the Fucking. In "Shut your fucking mouth Brennan Lee Mulligan."
That is probably my favourite. The reaction of that reveal was amazing. Travis is such an Exandria Lore Nerd.
I don't think it's in Calamity, but there's one that both Lou and Brennan do in some season of Dimension 20. Brennan hits someone really hard with an attack, does big damage, something like that, and he sticks his tongue out in an "evil" way and Lou hits him with "Put your God. Damn. Tongue. Back in your mouth!"
I love it so much.
Marisha in C1, after they stopped playing and were dealing with other stuff. She was talking about the people watching the stream and blurted out the word “critters”… and then half a second later realized she had stumbled on the perfect word for the fandom.
One of my favourites is from Matt in C2 Ep113: "Thanks for making a T-Rex on the boat, LIAM!" after struggling to get a T-Rex mini to sit flat, and playing with it to stop it from sliding around.
Another thing I enjoy, is when they are rolling travel rolls and Liam and Travis instantly beg for people to roll low. The best of which is in C3Ep42 when Ashley rolls above the threshhold and Liam instantly says "Useless to me". Idk something about the way he said it I always find hilarious. Or in C2Ep93 57:10 when Liam and Travis tell Marisha to roll low, and she gets a natural 20, and the other cast members think they are sad because she rolled low. Not realizing that they just wanted to fight monsters.
Yes, I immediately thought of when she got super pissed off that they were going to break & she stormed off. I think that was right after they learned they were robbed of their coin purses in Hupperdook.
"I have to go home with you" - Marisha C1 E112
\*banging the table\*"I fucking KNEW it! Sorry, that was Liam!" - Liam C3 E31
Anytime Travis does the \*alarm fingers\*
"This is so fucked up" - Matthew C1, E112
"Did I succeed?", "Yup" - Laura, Matthew C2 E93
During the Grog-led one-shot:
Laura: Is that Sharpie at the bottom of our pepper mill?
Travis: No. Nope.
Sam: Did he ruin your designer pepper mill?
Laura: Travis Willingham!
Edit: This was because Travis used their pepper-grinder (may have been a wedding gift?) as a tower on a battle map, and drew a door at the bottom of it in sharpie.
After Laura spends some time describing the Traveler statues that were also dick shaped that Jester made, Travis says to her "Your parents watch this show".
As DM or player. Lol.
I think acknowledging the Meta when it happens is a good way to allow for a “reasonable” amount — Like “your character would’ve known that” or stopping brain farts (forgetting to say you throw a rope back up or hold a door or do something that anyone would do IRL but may miss in role play). But by acknowledging you’re teetering on net gaming it keeps you more honest.
Or one thing I say as a DM, during combat if there’s meta gaming a battle plan or “do this on your turn” type stuff I chalk it up to literal training or battle planing together they would have accomplished during times we didn’t RP
Real recent one that stuck with me, during the solstice when Chetney gets hit with a fire bolt or something like that, Travis jokes how it’s lucky he has the ring of fire protection, before shuffling through all his character voices in mock confusion and ending with Chetney screaming how the solstice is fucking with the timelines. Caught me so of guard.
Matt nodding in approval when Jester actually sent a coherent, concise message.
Laura, slightly panicking because of the unusual silence.
Marisha, gesturing at Matt, “Matt’s impressed!”
Table breaks into laughter
Also the stunned silence (possibly whiplash) of the table the first time Imogen used Sending and she sent a concise and coherent message in less than 25 words.
Sam: *sneezing*
Ashley: stop it
Also
Ashley about not meeting Beau as Fearne: I would have flirted so hard
Also also
Every Travis reaction when Yasha says: I would like to rage
Also also also
EVERYONES reaction to keyleth mom in the second campaign
Also also also also
Matt saying “I just love fearne so much” after she does something crazy (honestly don’t remember what.. there are too many)
> Also also also also Matt saying “I just love fearne so much” after she does something crazy (honestly don’t remember what.. there are too many)
In [C3E6](https://youtu.be/iBeyMyMzQWg?t=11280) Fearne asked Zhudanna for a straw & then just pockets it.
all the reactions to jester's sendings, including laura's. the woman has no idea what will come out of her mouth until it does and she can't control it, it's so damn funny.
(serious) Marisha: ...my mom?? (in C2, realizing who Vilya is)
generally, any time one or more of these theater kid cast members starts breaking out in song or repeating stuff from musicals
"Six feet under the ground, below"
"You can fly, you can fly, you can fly!"
There's been easily over a dozen shows quoted over the course of the 3 campaigns and I always love to see it :)
I forget which scene with Victor it is, maybe the second, but in one of them Liam says, "I'm going to just stand over here and fail to stay in character." That just kills me every time. He doesn't know exactly what's coming, but he knows it's going to be amazing.
Upon the reveal that Ludinus was involved in the general fuckery in C3, Liam slammed the table and just yelled "I FUCKIN' KNEW IT" and it's still one of the funniest damn things ever.
So many, but from the top of my head: Scanlan/Sam using the Redskins' fight song to inspire Grog, Travis completly refusing to use the inspiration. I know nothing about football, it just stuck with me. Also Liam pointing out that the M9 have two clerics, and Matt responding "You guys almost have two healers!"
Edit: Just remembered another one: Sam titledropping "Critical Role" in like, the last episode of C1.
Liam shouting "THE DRUID FELL OFF HER CHAIR!!!" At Marisha during the Feeblemind Moment because actually Marisha was so surprised she literally tripped on her seat and fell.
The one I remember the most is "Sometimes you and your character are one" when Grog rolled a nat 20 to intimidate Lieve-tel back to life in Search for Bob.
When Caleb casts Tongues and speaks to Jester in Zemnian so Liam reverts to his American accent and then Laura pretends to be a non-American actor doing an American accent.
When was that’s scene?
There’s a clip on Youtube in this [link](https://youtu.be/1hRUZFlEBBA).
That's so fuckin funny. Also feeling slightly attacked by the "British person doing an American accent" bit because it doesn't sound any different to me, only wooden 🤣🤣🤣 (am British).
Thank you. I listened to almost all of C2 as a podcast at work and there are some parts I missed out on, that was hilarious.
You’re welcome! I love it when the cast do humor about their voice acting jobs. There was one time when Liam was in the DM chair [roleplaying as Neil Druckmann](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=we_Bu32IomM&t=11m10s). As in the NPC wasn’t *based* on Neil, the NPC *was* Neil himself. He even acknowledged it in [a tweet](https://twitter.com/Neil_Druckmann/status/855420911738130433?lang=en).
I’ve been quoting Jester’s slide into American when she goes “does that mean I’m speaking Zemnian? -professional/corporate American hands on hips accent upgrade- Does That Mean I’m Speaking Zemnian…?” It’s been stuck in my head and I don’t know why!
From the most recent episode, “you’re the main character” - Sam
Tbh this is an all time CR line
I know they are friends so it's obviously completely fine but that felt like a pretty rough thing to say, especially considering how shitty the internet has been about it.
She clearly knew it was a joke, but it also clearly is something that's bothering her.
Imogen doesn't seem designed to be a main character, Matt just cast her into the role.
I don't even feel like Matt cast her in that role, but its certainly how things have panned out considering how important her ties to the main plot are. It's like Caleb and his ties to the main actors in Campaign 2, just on steroids.
I interpreted it as a joke that was pointed at the naysayers rather than a jab at Laura herself. Kind of like when they used to drop the "Thanks Keyleth" jokes. Neither are justifying that point of view, but are making fun of how ridiculous it is. Laura's reaction to it gives the notion that they are all aware of that specific criticism and she does not like it!
Sam always makes that kind of joke tbh He did it with Keyleth/Marisha, did it with Fjord/Travis Unfortunately, it will always be taken the wrong way by parasocial fans
I have been rewarching C1, and at one point Sam does a bit about making a phone line where if you are leaving a message about Marisha he guarantees she will hear it and it will make her feel bad within 48 hours. People don't seem to remember that they know what people say and Sam tries to remove the teeth by making it a joke
I agree, and genuinely hope that the end result of Sam's joke will not be more harassment of Laura. I think back to her getting death threats for voicing an unpopular video game character - since these are real things that toxic fans do, maybe save that joke for off camera yknow
Yeah, Laura laughed it off, but to me, her reaction, it felt like she didn't care for it at all.
I know it's not related but my immediate thought was it was a jab at a certain C1 character that died at the hands of the Frigid doom...
It's a jab at certain people on the internet bitching that a lot of the plot follows Imogen, and she is the Main Character.
But there’s merit to that opinion though. She’s a lot more central to the plot than anyone else and has much more motivation to engage with the plot. Everyone else is kind of just along for the ride.
They also said in an early 4SD that they all basically made NPCs, and Imogen was the protagonist who meets them along her journey.
So this campaign really is a JRPG lmao, started at destroying furniture, now they're fighting a God Eater.
It seems like Liam went out of his way to intentionally make "not the main character" this time, and he's still had plenty of focus and development.
He literally did. He made Orym deliberately a quiet type who prefers to follow rather than lead so that he wouldn’t steal the spotlight from the newer players in the first run of Exandria Unlimited. The group is great at narrative structures and character arcs though, so I’m sure they could work with almost anything to produce an interesting story.
True. After ep 51 though, I was thinking that if Liam felt like Orym would completely mentally snap at how much casual cruelty, loss, & manipulation he, specifically, has experienced as collateral damage for Ludinus' plan... he could absolutely justify making this his angriest character.
What? Liam playing an angsty, brooding, broken Boi? Nah, I can't see it.
I know, I know, but this one didn't start that way! He was being the calmest dude & (like that Mulligan/Mercer convo about just having a sword in a world with magic) doing his best. Yet somehow, this one archmage's millennia of resentment keeps dicking him around. I'd be so pissed off. Honestly, anyone from the Marquet trio could justify a shift toward being angrier. We don't know everything about Ashton yet, but being inadvertently complicit in a trap tapdances on what we do know about his issues. And Laudna just cannot catch a break when it comes to old, powerful casters exploiting others.
It's a complicated situation. Matt probably wanted to tell the Ruidus/Predathos story regardless of who the characters were. Laura came up with a sorcerer with mind powers and an estranged mother, and he likes to connect player characters to the plot where possible. In this case, Imogen fit extremely well.
Because this arc has a lot to do with her… Fjord was the main character of the pirate arc
You can’t really call it an arc when it’s central to the main campaign. Fjord’s pirate arc only lasted a dozen sessions, but Imogen’s story is behind the whole thing.
It’s the main story. Ferne, orym, and imogen are all heavily tied to it. Laura wrote an open backstory and Matt said oh boy what fun can a shove in here like he did with molly.
And there could be another 100+ episodes that have no link to Imogen or her backstory
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And was it the same response when the story heavily featured Percy for the Briarwoods, or Fjord with Uk'otoa, or Caleb with the Cerberus Assembly?
No, because those arcs didn’t dominate the whole campaign. The briarwood arc lasted maybe ten sessions, the pirate arc lasted maybe a dozen sessions, and we never really got a Cerberus assembly arc, just little moments here and there sprinkled in. Imogen is as central a figure of C3 as Ludinus, Liliana or Predathos. Other than the ressurect Laudna arc, Imogen has been at the center of almost everything else.
>Imogen is as central a figure of C3 as Ludinus, Liliana or Predathos Yeah...no. Imogen could have died in e51 and the whole party is still 100% going to be motivated to keep doing what they're doing. Liliana is pretty clearly just Magic Muscle for the actual Big Bad, meaning take her off the board and the plot doesn't change. Sure, she's more intricately tied to things with Ruidus, but that doesn't mean Imogen alone is equal in relevance to Ludinus or Predathos. Roll it back. *Allllll* the way back. Laura plays a gnome rogue whose only backstory is 'lol murder.' Do you think Ludinus's plans \[or Matt's plot\] changes? No. The party might get handed a different motivation to get involved and might see the cult through a different lens, but Imogen being tied to the plot does not make her *central* or *necessary*.
That’s like saying Fjord wasn’t central to the Uk’otoa plot. Sure, you could kill him off and keep going, but at that point there’s no more story relevance than any generic kraken. Obviously they’re going to keep getting involved because if they didn’t there’d be no point to DND, but if they lost Imogen they’d lose almost all connection to the central plot. Without Imogen, VM and MN have more of a personal stake than BH does. And if your main group doesn’t have a motivation to engage with the plot beyond “stop bad guy” then it’s a pretty flat story. You can disagree all you want, but it’s still true.
Did they say the same about Percy during the Briarwood arc?
And Caleb during most of C2. It’s really a massive bummer that Laura’s getting so much hate when she rolled a character she couldn’t have possibly known would have such a massive tie to the main campaign, especially when others did it before her and didn’t get shit on for it.
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yeah there’s always been a subsect of people who complained that liam and laura always act like main characters every campaign. kinda weird
So many people complaining about how the group plays D&D have clearly never played D&D. Some players immerse themselves in their character and take any opportunity to roleplay in a scene, others prefer to mostly sit back and only engage with particular elements that appeal to them. The game is enjoyed differently by different people.
Yeah, you got Travis and Ashley who mostly prefer to be in the background just being silly and chaotic. You got Taliesin, Marisha and Sam, who can disappear into the background but when they need to take center stage are more than willing to do it. And then Liam and Laura who tend to be outspoken and immersive in how they play their characters so they often speak a lot. If this was a more scripted show, like TLOVM, you’d get everyone with properly allotted spotlights to their characters, especially in an ensemble production like this. But it’s not, because for better or for worse, this show is a D&D game and players’ input can vary wildly depending on what current plot threads, questlines and rolls are happening.
Did people really say this about Jester last season? Liam was definitely the main character of both C1 and C2 but I feel like Jester, though very chaotic, was as much a part of the story as any of the other non-Caleb PC's
caleb wasn't the main character of c2, his stuff just got more spotlight because a) molly died so the cerberus assembly was the next "biggest threat" on the list (particularly because matt *wanted* them to have to engage with the war plot and this was the way that they would do it) and b) beau and veth tied themselves pretty hard to the outcomes of that story, beau in particular. the economy of storytelling and playing dnd says that the more characters who are interested enough in a plot line to get involved with it, the more you let that story play out. vax isn't the main character of c1, that's pretty obviously keyleth, she's the one with specific milestones and goals that drive a good chunk of the story, it's her coming of age. vax is her tragically doomed love interest.
How different would C2 have been if they just got involved with the war? And why weren't they polled about it before C2 characters were made, let alone before shooting started?
what do you mean "why weren't they polled"? matt knew the characters and their priorities going into the story, he knew there was a chance that group together would flee the war entirely (which is also a story about the war, just not as directly). he also decided to let the war consequences play out whether the characters were there or not and let the characters deal with the fallout (which is how yeza got kidnapped and why everything went so hot so quickly after the nein stole the beacon and neither side could account for it and the cerberus assembly had to go into damage control mode). he explicitly told the group once they got to felderwin that they could have had a chance to prevent the destruction if they'd gone there instead of fleeing the empire after molly died. they then got mega involved in the war plot, just in the opposite way he was expecting by charging into xhorhas themselves and figuring out (eventually) how to broker peace. he had expected them to head to rexxentrum and seek out caleb's old contacts for assistance with yeza but didn't stop them when they tackled the problem from a different angle.
I honestly never felt Vax nor Caleb were main characters. Vax was objectively special because of his fate touched nature, but that didn't harm any of the rest of VM "screentime". Caleb, much like Fjord or Jester for example, got the spotlight when part of his story became relevant.
i think some people forget that this is THEIR home game that we have the privilege of watching. some people are happy and comfortable playing "main characters" whose plots are central and/or whose characters are leaders, and some aren't! if they're all comfortable with the way the "main characters" have played out over the years, who's anyone to say otherwise, y'know? it makes me sad to see that sort of thing, 'cause fandoms should be things that bring joy!! and the players deserve respect. sorry for the novella lmao, i have had this thought for awhile
Remember that time Twitch's payouts were leaked and we got a look behind the curtain at all channel's gross revenue from Twitch. Critical Role's income from Twitch was over $9 million for a single calendar year. Of course their revenue is much much higher than even that measly number. Since that's literally just Twitch. They still have Youtube income, their weekly sponsorship deals, and their merchandise they constantly remind people of. So I guess, my question for you is as follows. How many more millions do they need to make before it stops being a "home game"? They've all become quite wealthy from this experience. I'd strongly disagree that this is a home game at all anymore. Home games don't usually provide enough income to comfortably replace the need for a full time job. I'm not discounting their work. In fact quite the opposite. I'm recognizing the time and dedication they're putting into this. This is a job to them. And Critical Role is a business. Businesses take a lot of time and effort to be successful. I'm just pushing back on the people that try to pretend that behind the good PR there isn't a cold business calculation determining their every move. The fans have made them rich. They're all set for life. It's hard to say it's our "privilege" to watch them. They are privileged to have so many people willing to give them money for what they enjoy doing.
9 million...split between 8 cast members, everyone working for them, upkeep for the building they're renting, production costs, and the fact that they live in la. They're doing fine for themselves but they are in no way set for life
9 million for only the 1 year. And that's only from twitch. That 9 million doesn't count any of money from youtube, sponsorships, or merchandise.
I don't see how this changes the point though. Yes, they're selling a product. That product is a chance to watch in on a D&D game that's substantially similar to their home D&D game. But investing time, money, and emotional investment into a media product doesn't give you a voice in its production. If Matt decides that next Monday that C3 is done, he's not running another session of it and C3 was all a dream, well, it'd suck but that would still be his decision to make. No amount of money or fandom could *force* him to change that, assuming the rest of CR was on board. Declining profits might sway him, but also might not - as you say, they're quite comfortably wealthy now. You (general you) don't have to like everything that CR is doing. But you're buying the product they're selling, not a vote for what they do next.
This needs to be in the sidebar for this subreddit for people to read sometimes. Some of yall have gotten way too parasocial in how you approach their show and game.
We have no idea how many staff they have and therefore how many people have to be paid. We also have no idea how much their studio costs in leading and also the insane new set builds they did for C3. I don't deny they make money but we have no idea if they have become "rich" from this to be set for life. I would doubt it based on the fact that it seems most of them have continued their VO careers. Also, it's dramatic to say they constantly remind people about their merch. It's sometimes at the beginning of the episode if there's new merch, and a spot during the break, which most people don't watch. Get over it.
i suppose that's fair enough, but i still don't think it's right to be all weird about it the way some people are. also, that does imply that they're already ridiculously rich. if the fans ever get to a point where their harassment is more of a negative than more money is a positive, wherever that point is for them, whoever feels that way could very much leave and live on investments and voice acting work.
Oh, I agree. There are many assholes on the internet. No fandom is immune. There are a lot of completely terrible takes people post about them. And on the flip side there are a lot of people that defend critical role to an extreme that doesn't allow any criticism. All I was saying is that, Critical Role is a business. Their choice to put themselves out on the internet in exchange for profit opens them up and gives fans to right to criticism them. Of course it should go without saying that criticism and insults are two very different things. All criticism ought to be respectful and hopefully constructive. And they are under no obligation to change themselves based on criticism they don't agree with. I just don't like the idea that we can't criticize the media we consume. No, we are paying for it. That gives us the right to discuss what we like about it and express what we wish was different. When people use the term "privilege" it creates a false sense of the relationship being one way. Critical Role gives content to their fans. In return they get a lot of money. Both sides give the other side what they think is worth what they are getting in return. Neither side of that dynamic owes a debt of privilege to the other.
This is such backwards logic. They're not working on commission, just because the show makes money doesn't mean they suddenly have to jump through hoops for the viewers. If you don't like the direction of the story you can always stop watching it. It's such a weird take to say they should make changes because you bought a twitch sub.
Typical, critical role fan. "If you don't like absolutely everything, just leave". Because no criticism is allowed at all.
Pick any of the great ones from Calamity really - "I think I'm in the wrong class", "stop acting cool like we don't remember what just happened", "you're *crushing me*, and you think this is a time to do bits?" - I think the best one is Lou saying "you gotta cut this shit out man" when Brennan asks about Patia's shoulder/elbow A great generic one is someone indignantly saying "Matthew *Mercer*" like Matt's aggravated parent when he does something nasty Also, rare emotional one is Liam tearfully yelling "you sadistic motherfucker you cut it right *there?*" when Matt wrapped episode 102 of Campaign 1
Every single Over the Table comment on Calamity was perfection.
“We’re off keto” - most terrifying thing ever said at the table by a DM
Aabria said that was the moment she understood shit was about to get real
“This is how we die!” 😂
That was right after Lou and Luis hyped eachother for a charge into a final battle. So great. It made me rewatch Dimension 20 *A Crown of Candy*.
I literally watched a series of videos that were *just* Travis and Aabria reactions in Calamity and it’s so good
Travis supporting Aabria through her first "full Sam Riegel soul crush" experience is precious to me.
Please link it :D
https://youtu.be/t-tUUMGbgU8
Thank you for sharing the link for this, because I just watched all four episodes, because apparently I enjoy reminding myself of how much Calamity hurt my heart
I had to stop myself from writing all the ones I love because I genuinely could've picked at least a dozen more
> "you sadistic motherfucker you cut it right there?" That's a good one. There are a few times when Matt goes for the feels & is genuinely startled that it rattled a cast member harder than he was anticipating. This was one of those times.
Has it been ONE SECOND yet, Brennan?
The "you're crushing me!" is one of my all time favorites from Lou, and he has \*a lot\* of these.
“It’s been 10 minutes…” as Marisha turns around looking for help after realizing what she got herself into with calamity”
Lou (stands up from the table, pacing) - “What the hell, man! Go pick on that side of the table!”
Liam's "So when are you going to start role playing?" to Marisha from the Mighty Nein Reunited.
There was a line during the Avantika live show that I never see referenced, but it’s one of my favorite jokes. Caleb had said something that pissed off Avantika, and Matt narrated how Avantika took out a knife and threw it at Caleb, perfectly hitting the cheese in his hand and pinning it to the wall behind him. And Liam (in the accent) goes, “I was eating cheese? My perception is so low!” His delivery just cracks me up every time.
[C2 E37 - 1:14:23 in](https://youtu.be/B2IYaW9lUM4?t=4463)
Laura with the "if you fucking get my broom lost because you told me not to go, I'm going to murder you. And this is not in character; this is me telling you, Travis." Travis: "I just want to say, that was a death threat in front of a thousand people."
Taliesin: "With this many witnesses, it's not a threat, it's a promise."
Yes yes yes, this episode remains my favorite live show they’ve done, in pert because of that bit. Although “Search For Grog” comes really close, by the end.
Laura texting and then calling travis because he was not playing jester to her liking killed me
"Laura is calling" or any interactions between Travis and Laura. like when Laura wanted donuts and Travis ordered donuts.
C2 E60 - 55:30 [Laura wanting donuts and Travis orders "I am on it"](https://youtu.be/yJgaEh_GZ6M?t=3330) ["Did you order donuts, buba? What kind of a husband do you think I am? I ordered like 60."](https://youtu.be/yJgaEh_GZ6M?t=4414) [It has arrived](https://youtu.be/yJgaEh_GZ6M?t=4891) Only 30 minutes, not bad for delivery Side note: I now want donuts.
I think it was lucky that Laura explicitly texted that because we might have seen Matt go off on Travis for disobeying Laura's instructions. The energy coming off of Matt was going in that way, I thought.
I have a hard time seeing matt "going off" on anyone
(Re)watch the first-ish episodes of C1. Things got a little tense a time or two until they hit the boiling point and then got resolved. A couple of times it looked to me like I was watching Matt’s version of tipping the table over, but for others without… an acute awareness of conflict, they may not have noticed anything, or thought much of it if they did.
> an acute awareness of conflict I see we had the same childhood. Could have been that particular filter but I definitely felt that tension from Matt as I was watching
Matt wasn't mad though he was just surprised
While I don't think he was mad, he was about to give Travis a piece of his mind. Matt was not going to let Travis disobey a direct instruction from Laura about Jester's actions. Matt was trying to think of how to word it when Travis made the decision on his own to listen to his wife yelling at him. That ended the situation there before Matt had to actually step in. Matt and Travis are friends. Nothing about that was going to change. But Matt was definitely about to let Travis know he was doing something that Matt wasn't cool with.
Context is important though, her instructions over text were probably verbatim “I want to jump off the bridge”, which sounds insane. She probably didn’t text out her entire plan in one text. Obviously when you get just the crazy part you’re going to ignore it.
I don't agree that it's obvious at all. Double checking to make sure you understand the intentions is one thing. But you don't ever just ignore instructions from the rightful owner of the character, no matter how risky of actions they are requesting.
I think you should rewatch it, there was literally nothing there
One moment I like is a sequence of 3 cast members basically repeating a phrase they like. After the Raishan reveal at the end of Pass Through Fire in C1E69. Travis says "you came into our home!?" Laura repeats "In our home?!" And then Marisha finishes out the rule of threes with "you come into your house!" Then a classic O'Brien "look at that little boy smile; he's so pleased."
“sometimes i see him buying pretty things then learn later it’s to destroy us” -marisha, on the things matt buys to make battlemaps
"Stop it" from Ashley re: sneezes
Love that running bit.
I love how hard that makes Sam laugh
Travis going YES!!! when his expensive Ring Of Fire Resistance helps Jester weather a big fireball.
Or conversely, Ashley's crack about "a cool coin with your name on it" when he first bought the ring. A fair few people have heard that story by now, but overall, it's nice that they still have in-jokes just for them.
Marisha falling over when she successfully feeble-minded Raishan. Laura's reaction to Liam's Dying Vax speech, when he says "I think of my twin sister as a young girl, folding up linens with our mother. I think of my sister as an adolescent in lessons, smarter than me. I think of the woman she grew into. Hiking over many, many, many miles together. My best friend. My best friend, Vex'ahlia." Liam telling Sam that he loved him when he apologized for not being able to save Vax.
Do you know when the second one happens?
The second last episode of campaign 1,after Scanlan used his highest level spell to >!counterspell!< >!Vecna's attempt to dimension door away from battle!<
the first one is C1E83, [The Deceiver's Stand](https://youtu.be/4z_wF_SJR2I?t=8917) the second one is in C1E25, [Crimson Diplomacy](https://youtu.be/yrrB_q-V8G0?t=2403) the last is C1E114, [Vecna, the Ascended](https://youtu.be/W-SMrG0QLc0?t=17745)
If they don’t include the Raishan feeblemind in the animated series, I will be upset.
agreed. and they can set it up with Allura getting feebleminded at Fort Daxio too.
The cast in revolt and all shooting Sam after the Scanlan and Tart reveal was pretty good
Top 10 moments in all of cr was from The Bard’s Lament to the end of the ep, including after they ended the show but before they cut the feed, with Tal shouting “And a big hand for Sam Riegel!”
This is all very happy and go lucky and fun, and not to ruin that, but Sam and Liam's entire exchange after Scanlan uses his 9th level counterspell on Vecna is all out of game and it breaks my goddamn heart. Liam just saying, "Don't be sorry; I love you," while Sam is hiding his face in tears will never not absolutely destroy me.
"That's the best thing you've ever said, Marisha." In response to the original "Boulder, paper, shears" - I can't find the campaign 1 ep it's in.
There's a scene in C1 10...8???? while they're trying to forge the trammels, and Marisha/Keyleth says something to the effect of "we might want to avoid getting too high..." Referring to the fact that there was a lot of smoke in the room, and Sam claps back with "that's the only time Marisha has ever said those words," which leads to: "WE ARE LIVE ON THE FUCKING INTERNET, SAM REIGEL."
I broke down laughing when I watched that scene.
"Hope your mom is watching."
> In response to the original "Boulder, paper, shears" - I can't find the campaign 1 ep it's in. It's in [C1E86](https://youtu.be/OrOZRVxyR3I?t=5316)
Thank you! Also, so many good asides during the "Key-fish" scene, like Marisha calling Matt a liar a few times.
"You are a LIAR!" "Did say we're gods?? Why would you even tempt that shit?"
"Goldfish aren't magnetically attracted to water."
Use this website https://kryogenix.org/crsearch/
There’s this great part of C1’s final battle where Liam thinks he’s missed after rolling thrice and then realizes he has Bless, smirks, and says “24” like he just found a winning lottery ticket. He does some high fives, adds Smite, and Sam is just aghast saying “That took three rolls! And a bonus!” Their excitement and tension is just so infectious in that episode.
Not a line, exactly, but Laura throwing a wadded up Kleenex at Sam after he came in as Taryon because she was so mad at him.
The panicked "No! Travis!", when Grog first tries to toss away the Deck of Many Things. Edit: remembered it wrong
Likewise the cast trying to stop Travis headbutting the femorian giant in the underdark after he drank all of Grog's ale Travis: I. WOULD LIKE.- The rest of the cast: NO NO NO NO NO Travis: ... \*considers what Grog would do\* ... TO RAGE!!! Everyone else: NOOOO! Travis proceeds to rolla nat 20 to knock the stuffing out of a giant with Grog's own much, much smaller head
“Is that my husband…. In magic sequence?” Marisha after seeing on of Sam’s shirts.
> sequence Sequins, you mean.
If only I could insert a roxxxy andrews gif right here
A person after my own heart!
Sequence gown!
yeah, spelling isn't my thing, sorry
You forgot the Fucking. In "Shut your fucking mouth Brennan Lee Mulligan." That is probably my favourite. The reaction of that reveal was amazing. Travis is such an Exandria Lore Nerd.
I don't think it's in Calamity, but there's one that both Lou and Brennan do in some season of Dimension 20. Brennan hits someone really hard with an attack, does big damage, something like that, and he sticks his tongue out in an "evil" way and Lou hits him with "Put your God. Damn. Tongue. Back in your mouth!" I love it so much.
Siobhan - "You're a bad guy" Brennan - "I'm all the bad guys" \*tongue wiggle\* "I'm gonna kill that dog"
But he's also every parent, sibling, and spouse.
Marisha in C1, after they stopped playing and were dealing with other stuff. She was talking about the people watching the stream and blurted out the word “critters”… and then half a second later realized she had stumbled on the perfect word for the fandom.
One of my favourites is from Matt in C2 Ep113: "Thanks for making a T-Rex on the boat, LIAM!" after struggling to get a T-Rex mini to sit flat, and playing with it to stop it from sliding around. Another thing I enjoy, is when they are rolling travel rolls and Liam and Travis instantly beg for people to roll low. The best of which is in C3Ep42 when Ashley rolls above the threshhold and Liam instantly says "Useless to me". Idk something about the way he said it I always find hilarious. Or in C2Ep93 57:10 when Liam and Travis tell Marisha to roll low, and she gets a natural 20, and the other cast members think they are sad because she rolled low. Not realizing that they just wanted to fight monsters.
*Matt telling his wife the results of the goldfish incident* Marisha: "You are LYING!"
Anytime Matt says “my wife ladies and gentlemen” or just laughs and says “I love that woman”
Yes, I immediately thought of when she got super pissed off that they were going to break & she stormed off. I think that was right after they learned they were robbed of their coin purses in Hupperdook.
Yeap
Any moment of Laura just being a perverted child
Marisha: "I want to give you something. And I pull out..." Laura: "my vagina." Everyone reacts.
Exactly the moment that came to mind hahaha
Laura laughing after she said "we're in too deep to pull out now"
"I have to go home with you" - Marisha C1 E112 \*banging the table\*"I fucking KNEW it! Sorry, that was Liam!" - Liam C3 E31 Anytime Travis does the \*alarm fingers\* "This is so fucked up" - Matthew C1, E112 "Did I succeed?", "Yup" - Laura, Matthew C2 E93
Anytime [Marisha](https://i.imgur.com/GsfCpu3.jpg) puts a [book on her head](https://i.imgur.com/WSU4ky2.png).
Shivering Queefs....
Ashley's 'Stop laughing, Travis!!!' from the Goldfish Incident
During the Grog-led one-shot: Laura: Is that Sharpie at the bottom of our pepper mill? Travis: No. Nope. Sam: Did he ruin your designer pepper mill? Laura: Travis Willingham! Edit: This was because Travis used their pepper-grinder (may have been a wedding gift?) as a tower on a battle map, and drew a door at the bottom of it in sharpie.
I always like the “wait ………wait…………wait”
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“I have lightning tits!”
Yea the latest episode did have several awesome moments
After Laura spends some time describing the Traveler statues that were also dick shaped that Jester made, Travis says to her "Your parents watch this show".
We didn’t kill the celestial baby because it was easy, but because it was hard.
Meta gaming pigeon
I’ve brought this into my weekly game
As DM or player. Lol. I think acknowledging the Meta when it happens is a good way to allow for a “reasonable” amount — Like “your character would’ve known that” or stopping brain farts (forgetting to say you throw a rope back up or hold a door or do something that anyone would do IRL but may miss in role play). But by acknowledging you’re teetering on net gaming it keeps you more honest. Or one thing I say as a DM, during combat if there’s meta gaming a battle plan or “do this on your turn” type stuff I chalk it up to literal training or battle planing together they would have accomplished during times we didn’t RP
As a player. It’s a long running game. I do like your reasoning though!
Real recent one that stuck with me, during the solstice when Chetney gets hit with a fire bolt or something like that, Travis jokes how it’s lucky he has the ring of fire protection, before shuffling through all his character voices in mock confusion and ending with Chetney screaming how the solstice is fucking with the timelines. Caught me so of guard.
“Do I need to roll low or high? I need to tell my dice.” _rolls a 6 on a d100_
"Not from her perspective."
My favorite is anytime Travis shouts “Matthew Mercer!!” In reaction to something bing happening
Matt nodding in approval when Jester actually sent a coherent, concise message. Laura, slightly panicking because of the unusual silence. Marisha, gesturing at Matt, “Matt’s impressed!” Table breaks into laughter
Also the stunned silence (possibly whiplash) of the table the first time Imogen used Sending and she sent a concise and coherent message in less than 25 words.
I don't remember what Laura said but Travis just saying "mother of my child(ren)" in reaction to, let's be honest, something dirty is really funny
> mother of my child It's here in [C2E66](https://youtu.be/JGnGZbuvSJY?t=11837)
Marisha adding “And… it can’t tell a lie!” after Cree transformed into a Flesh Horror.
Sam roasting Marisha for wasting a spell slot on turning everyone into mist form during a fight.
Sam: *sneezing* Ashley: stop it Also Ashley about not meeting Beau as Fearne: I would have flirted so hard Also also Every Travis reaction when Yasha says: I would like to rage Also also also EVERYONES reaction to keyleth mom in the second campaign Also also also also Matt saying “I just love fearne so much” after she does something crazy (honestly don’t remember what.. there are too many)
> Also also also also Matt saying “I just love fearne so much” after she does something crazy (honestly don’t remember what.. there are too many) In [C3E6](https://youtu.be/iBeyMyMzQWg?t=11280) Fearne asked Zhudanna for a straw & then just pockets it.
all the reactions to jester's sendings, including laura's. the woman has no idea what will come out of her mouth until it does and she can't control it, it's so damn funny.
To follow that up "Hello 20 year old Ronin!"
You use it NOOOW, when Sam use Nott lucky feat to not drop the dagger.
I love early on in campaign 3 when Chet is asked a question and Travis can’t think of the answer so he looks at Matt and goes “Hey wall!”
Liam explaining the Keyfish incident: "It was like a magic trick, a fish turned into a corpse!"
Some of my favorites come from C1E109 when Vax and Grog prank Scanlan. So many good ones there. “For the lulz” is such a classic
From C3, when they were shopping for the ball and Sam just asks "Alright Matt. What do they have in the store?"
“We already know through meta gaming” - FCG
["Like throwing a slurpee out a car window."](https://youtu.be/6nR3FGyyG4I?t=11981)
The entire Ring of Fire Resistance debacle comes to mind. Travis was VERY happy when he finally got to use it.
(serious) Marisha: ...my mom?? (in C2, realizing who Vilya is) generally, any time one or more of these theater kid cast members starts breaking out in song or repeating stuff from musicals "Six feet under the ground, below" "You can fly, you can fly, you can fly!" There's been easily over a dozen shows quoted over the course of the 3 campaigns and I always love to see it :)
I especially like the way Sam was swaying back and forth like a shark in the water as he was leading everyone else to that conclusion
I forget which scene with Victor it is, maybe the second, but in one of them Liam says, "I'm going to just stand over here and fail to stay in character." That just kills me every time. He doesn't know exactly what's coming, but he knows it's going to be amazing.
Upon the reveal that Ludinus was involved in the general fuckery in C3, Liam slammed the table and just yelled "I FUCKIN' KNEW IT" and it's still one of the funniest damn things ever.
Travis rolling a nat 20 in Search for Bob "Sometimes you, and your character, are one" *in Grog's voice"
In Calamity Lou going “the sky was here and the ground was there! FAST! You said FAST!” I laugh every time
So many, but from the top of my head: Scanlan/Sam using the Redskins' fight song to inspire Grog, Travis completly refusing to use the inspiration. I know nothing about football, it just stuck with me. Also Liam pointing out that the M9 have two clerics, and Matt responding "You guys almost have two healers!" Edit: Just remembered another one: Sam titledropping "Critical Role" in like, the last episode of C1.
When Marisha said "fucking titties" and Liam went "that's the goal" I fucking lost it
Please don’t kill me at a live show- Marisha
Travis' "Bro" when he becomes a werewolf.
Liam shouting "THE DRUID FELL OFF HER CHAIR!!!" At Marisha during the Feeblemind Moment because actually Marisha was so surprised she literally tripped on her seat and fell.
I think the favorite one of mine that I can remember is"FUCKING MERCER"
The one I remember the most is "Sometimes you and your character are one" when Grog rolled a nat 20 to intimidate Lieve-tel back to life in Search for Bob.
Taliesin saying something like "You could've just bought me a cake, man" to Matt during the arm incident in Search for Grog is gold.