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Matt: "You take 18 points of damage." Liam: "Seems fake."
... I don't understand.
@@corvus1253 53:46
@@ScorchHellfire Yeah. I guess I don't understand the reference.
@@corvus1253 I think it is a fake news reference as he made another fake news reference at another moment in the show
Laura: "I'm just the biggest fan of Jaina Proudmoore." Travis: "I wanna die."
I hate when people say die Jaina die! because that means no more Laura Bailey on wow
Ricardo Saltos Considering how badly Blizzard is mishandling Jaina, it might be better to get rid of her and have Laura voice another character. And it hurt my soul to say that, because I LIKE Jaina and I like Laura.
Isn't the wow voice actor for jaina different?
Charlie Kim Laura Bailey plays Jaina Proudmoore in World of Warcraft.
ixuzc ah apparently from the wrath of the lich king she does. I stopped playing during burning crusade so that makes sense.
Jennifer Hale is a voice acting God... Bastila in KotOR, Commander Shepard in Mass Effect, Blackwidow in the 90's Spiderman... A true legend
And the magnificent Elisande
KotOR is one of my all time favourite games & I never knew she voiced Bastila!?
Thorn in scooby doo and the witch's ghost
And the ethical succubus "Fall From Grace" is the alltime greatest D&D game, Planescape:Torment. :)
She, Yuri Lowenthal, and Grey DeLisle are in everything.
"What would a bush want with candles?" Thank you Taliesin
lol. a very Cadeuceus moment if you ask me
@@Vibm I agree however Percy always made those type of strange observations as well, so it being a raw Taliesin moment seems fair as well.
You really don’t wanna touch those candles.
Laura playing a Gnome Mage thats also a huge fan of Jaina is such a hilariously fun treat in addition to Jennifer Hale being all-around incredible
That beginning fucking killed me. ''...and while they're away,things are little slow for you guys..''
>Taliesin rolled high for literally years >gave Matt the Golden Snitch. Now is the winter of his discontent
This winter has not yet ended by the end of May 2018.
The winter is still as vicious at the end of October 2018
And then it was stolen...may it curse who ever took it
Its almost as if the dice was always weighted.
Minitell A bit late but the snitch is a hollow die. Hence it’s power being so powerful
"37 hit points. We're all a little squishy." A month later, Caleb has like 8.
"Don't you hate it when people steal things from simple, honest candlemakers? I know I do."- Gern Blandston (stares hard at Laura Bailey) "Still haven't found my broom yet, you know? Strangest thing...."
Didn't she tell him it fell in the Lava
@@JasperForge It *did* fall in the lava. Just like the carpet in the acid. ;)
@@robertabugelis3962 then it would not have flown
@@JasperForge Sir, we regret to inform you that you are in fact an idiot
Candlemakers really hate kobolds.
Is no one going to point out how Matt put in the work to make classic WoW spells into DnD spells? Power Word Shield, Hammer of Justice, Light of the Naaru, Frost Nova! Awesome job haha, so much flavour.
D&D has similar spell effects under different names, and homebrewing spells (especially for one shots) isn't as difficult as it first seems. But you're right, still adds that nice extra flavor to the game.
Fun fact, most of those are spells are from a home brew dnd game. Most of Warcraft is.
You did.
all of the spells in wow are in dnd or pathfinder. wow is pretty much dnd in 3d
@Professor Thinker Yes? That doesn’t contradict anything I said.
There is not enough love for Laura’s _amazing_ gnome in this episode.
oh I hope she plays this in the new campaign
Totally agree! Her Voice is SOO cute!
Lost my shit for a minute, couldn't hold in the deep laughter.
pro gnome tone.
I feel like this is an audition for a gnome part in WoW
I love how committed Liam is to his accent throughout this whole episode. Even when helping Jennifer or asking the DM a question.
The king has returned to his throne and all is right in the world
blasphemy! he is no mere king, he is a god!
The Kingpriest of Istar?
Hail King Mercer! Long live the King!
Long may he reign!
I know they have been in many many video games before. But imagine if now if using their stories and back grounds of critical roll all the voices by them. Narrated Matt, being loomed over by Matt, with witty comments and descriptions of your or your party’s demise.
When Matt made that Kobold say "Oh No" from seeing all his friends dead it absolutely broke my heart.
Liam is channeling his inner Obby the Rat. Sam certainly must have made an impression
Well, Liam's voiced Draenei in the past and they all have Eastern European accents.
I love how Liam's Russian Dranai randomly becomes Polish Tommy Wisau every once in a while. :D *Rolls 1* "I did naht hit...I diid NAAHHT"
I die laughing every time Matt says something and they repeat word for word in character
its actually quite important to do that for roleplaying, so while i agree with you its silly to watch, its something more people should copy.
All of them have experience doing that professionally. It’s probably second nature for them to do it.
"What I like about your hands is that they are small." *snap* Favorite part and Liam did it so well.
Mike Reddy Look I like Vax and all but this character has some of Liam’s best all time lines and moments.
It isn't DND without the mandatory torture session! xD
"I can do this five more times, you know." "NO! PLEASE! I ONLY HAVE TWO HANDS" *flails wrists limply*
I laughed so hard at that.
'hes more of a companion' Scanlan, in the distance: "Leave the kobold."
Timestamps 10:00 Game starts 13:20 Character introduction 23:22 Door 24:34 Chin tentacles 28:20 Candlemaker interrogation 30:20 Bush 34:00 Light 37:26 Stealth 1:01:40 Matt has the golden snitch now 1:03:00 You were prepared 1:04:30 Don't f me Colville 1:12:00 Explosion ! 1:14:00 Taliesin is cursed now 1:27:40 They don't curse in mage school 1:34:01 Echoes of another life 1:35:25 Taliesin is not cursed after all 1:39:00 Pep talk 1:42:00 Talking staff 1:51:58 Break ends 1:57:10 Pointing the direction to the king 2:09:50 Boulder parchment shears 2:23:22 Rogue advice 2:33:40 Ooops 2:35:20 LR Jeekins 2:36:00 Hi Vax 2:40:40 Problem with the healers 3:17:45 Divine mousetrap 3:47:50 Can I have my die back ? 3:48:40 Dosvedanya
Julie Raimbaud z
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after the boulder parchment shears segment
Why is this so low?
Oh you dropped this 👑
“Is there room for our World of Warcraft pauldrons?” Had me dying
The game starts at 9:58 , the break was at 1:44:33 , it lasted 7 minutes, part 2 started at 1:52:00
You're a saint.
mvp
Thank You!! You are Amazing!
gosh, you are my saviour.
GOD BLESS YOU
Love it when Travis is playing smarter characters. So much fun seeing him be tactics guy.
I would love to see him play either a paladin (oath of vengeance) or a cleric (war domain) in the next campaign
I love in the normal CritRole when he reigns in the think-she' -good Marisha with wisdom apparently Keyleth will never possess.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see him roll up a Halfling Wizard or something SUPER anti-Grog for the next campaign.
TheKyleMark you got your wish, hun
The smartest character Travis voices would have to be Gazlowe.
Matts Kobold voice sounds like a mix of Gollum and Donald Duck and I am here for it😂
"I'm the biggest fan of Jaina Proudmore"... I lost it there. :)
For any who don't know, she's the voice of Jaina Proudmore in WOW
Me too, I expected that joke, but it still made me laugh my @$$ off
When that was said all I could hear in the back of my head was " one of these days I'll be just like you " XD
The actress who voices Jaina is Jaina’s biggest fan.
"I was asking the DM." I love this oneshot
Watching this thinking: Matt's Aluneth voice is amazing! I guess that makes sense seeing as he IS the voice of Aluneth...
Matt to Liam: "14? you were prepared!" Me: Illidan is always prepared
God, thank you! I thought that only i noticed that.
@@blockshunter From five years in the future, but no, you weren't the only one who noticed :D
"AND YOU. NO. TAKE. CANDLEEEEEEE!!!!" Holy sh*t it was so menacing...
Everyone was amazing (as always), but I just love Taliesin's quiet role playing style. Never hogs the spotlight, barely ever gets it really, yet makes his character super real so naturally.
i have killed thousands of kobolds and i have never felt bad.........and now mathew makes me regret everything that voice and acting is so fucking cute
So this one time when Illidan, Jaina, Turalyon, Darion Mograine and Elisande decided to play a game of DnD..... :)
Turalyon voice actor is Travis and Darion Mograine voice Taliesin
So they roped Rexxar into Dungeon Mastering
RatchildUK And rexxar as a dm
Or Rehgar, or Aluneth. In fact, let's go with Aluneth, that's funnier.
I'm so bad with names. Which do all of them voice WoW characters?
I love that Taelsin 'lit up' the rock by shaking it like a glow stick
Matt: "We get to have the fantastic Jennifer Hale join us." Jennifer: "I should go."
JH has a perfect natural voice to play as a night elf rouge.
Love Laura and Jennifer
Jennifer Hale has worked on _World of Warcraft, Diablo III_ and _Overwatch._
@@MarkEdwardRom With her voice she can easily play a night elf of any colour.
@@Shornaal13 That made me giggle, thank you~
29:50 "We pay him in beer and women." *No, you're thinking of Grog.*
"Good news my brothers... we come from both the future and the past." Bravo! :DD
1:39:23
As someone with experience with certain substances, that was a hilarious segment.
Laura's character: I'm a BIG fan of Jaina! Liam jumps over the chasm "You were prepared" says Matt. Warcraft with Warcraft VAs lol
Should do it again on the day of the game’s anniversary.
i love how iterally everyone is in love with laura's character
All of her characters are like that. Makes me think Travis never stood a chance.
Yes... character.... yes...😂😂😂 Real talk, watching Travis and Laura gives me so many feels😊
Matt attempting to hold it together but sadly losing to Laura's gnome....OMG awesome.
I'm a little ashamed to admit it took me a good 20-30 minutes or so to understand why Laura heaping praise on Jaina was funny. God damn it.
I wouldn't even notice it if I hadn't seen your message. Looks like Laura is the voice actor of Jaina Proudmoore. :)
I didnt realise at all the 1st time I watched this through. To be fair to me, ive never really played WoW and when I did it was on a private server with a huge exp boost so I skipped more or less all the cutscenes and dialogue. I mustve not been paying attention the 2nd time I watched this. 3rd time I picked it up immediately. 3rd watch is what I'm on now. Rewatching their one shots after 6-9 months is a really good way to get a semi-fresh experience. Because it isnt part of the main campaign its crammed full of more content meaning your brain (or mine at the very least) doesnt retain the information of what happened like it would with the main campaign where you kind of have to.
@@engerek666 yeah, me too.
Praising a character she herself voices.
Matt totally went Gollum for the kobolds! I love it
between this and the taliesin one-shot where theyre all vampires, and considering the narrative of his own one-shots, liam is damn good at playing 'remorseless and a little insane'
Voice actors. Playing D&D. In a Warcraft setting. To Skyrim music. Ok.
A fuckton of it is WoW Music tho
Makes me wonder what it would've been like if they had used the old WoW TTRPG system instead. :P
I just had an orgasm
Coming upon this 5 years later, such a fun one shot! Loved all the characters and Jennifer did a great job with her first time!
So we have Illidan Stormrage ( liam ) , darion mograine ( talisan ) , jaina proudmore ( laura ), Reno jackson ( travis ) and Jennifer hale ( she’s probably voiced something in wow because come on, it’s Jennifer hale ) being dm’d by Aluneth ( matt ). Best oneshot ever! :D
Morgan Ellis Matt also voices rexar now :3
and Travis is also Gazlowe
Isnt travis also terelyion (sorrybad spelling)
i didnt know that he is so good that i cant hear him voicing
I believe Jennifer Hale voices Elisandre from the Nighthold.
Liam's accent is the best thing that has happened to me in a week
Kinda hope his new character has the same accent
I thought he was internalizing Obby (the Rat).
The real truth, was he always had that accent.
Heh
1:27:51 Laura as Vex: *swears like a sailor. Laura here: "heck yeah!" I love how true to character she becomes
Hearing Matt describe the WOW locations should be life goals for Blizzard, absolutely magical.
Liam is pretty fly, for a Draenei
BernyBadger Give it to me KJ
Jonatan S I'm glad somebody got that reference. Was afraid no one knew about those shitty Warcraft parodies.
A little disappointed he wasn't the one edgy demon hunter that was farming mobs for gold and talking about sacrifices to everybody. As a poor impersonator of Illidan. Even though he does Illidan.
What is a draenal
As much as I love the CR intro, there was no other way I could start this episode than by playing the Kobolds & Catacombs trailer as a stand-in instead, with Matt's dulcet, bardic tones weaving the tale that would lead us into this amazing quest XD. I missed these guys so much!
I didn't think I could adore Matt more - until I heard him sing!
I went to listen to it because of your comment and then had to listen to it 3 more times before I could come back to this episode omg.... HE HAS THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL
@@babblingmongoose RIGHT?!
Liam is comedy gold in this. Travis also encouraged his madness
I appreciate that Laura called Liam`s character Toes, the things that Vax lost, ...Vex and Vax are still being twins. Adorable!
Four kobolds throw six pickaxes? Hearthstone Kobolds have been working out!
Liam's character in this is so great!
Kivan Literally all of Liam’s one shot characters have been pure gold. He’s a show stealer for sure. Great actor.
Liam with a Russian accent, fucking perfect
Guess that means you were prepared.
Jaina's Socerer's Apprentice got to play DnD. Some day I'll be just like you!
Yan Tse (nonsensical imp noises)
Jaina did have an apprentice at one point. Her name was Kinndy Sparkshine. She died when Theramore was destroyed.
Dramamine...lead the way !.
It's obvious how much they all enjoy this game, but when travis gets that boyish grin/giggles when something cool is happening or when matt is RPing the kobolds, I can't help but grin right along with him.
Aah, I love it when they have guests that never played before
I think Quazi is officially my favorite Liam character. Also, love the play between Travis and Liam in this one-shot; makes me really hope Campaign 3 is an evil run.
It's very strange to watch an ad sung by matthew mercer only to watch a game dmed by matthew mercer
Brooke Corbyn He is becoming God, the Mercer sees all.
lol
I do believe Laura's Gnome is my favorite character in this one shot.
Richard Weatherfield yeah she almost makes me wish that she did a gnome in the next campaign xD
God i hope this is her new character!
"Someday i'll be just like you!"
Best thing is that laura voices jaina and is playing a character who loves jaina. So when she states she sounds wonderful its sort of a double joke XD.
Liams Draenai was my favorite really funny loved the accent, Laura's nerdy gnome was adorable xD
It only toom an hour an 5 minutes but it happened... Leeroy Jenkins - Forever in our hearts
at least he got chicken?
Wow. Liam breaking the 4th Wall? I have a feeling that Liam is playing a Deadpool-esque character, lol. PS: I seriously think that this is when Travis made Bertrand Bell, lol. Because he has that same pithy attitude.
To quote gern blanston "people candles"
Laura you're a treasure, an adorable precious treasure. Thank you Matt and the gang, that was absolutely delightful.
1:14:26 Matt's "I have the Golden Snitch now, fuckers!" face 😂😛
"Is there room for our World of Warcraft Pauldrons in here?" As a WoW player..that was a very real..very deep cut
The "You were prepared." line from Matt to Liam doesn't get enough chuckles.
1:44:35 Matt sings the Kobolds and Catacombs theme so beautifully! Somehow I managed to have missed this one-shot previously, but I am so glad I found it just to hear Matt's singing!
Funny thing is Red Dragons in WoW are the complete opposite of Red Dragons in DnD. In WoW they're one of the friendliest dragon broods towards mortal races (since they're the brood designated to watch over the mortal races). If they'd have woken it and tried to talk to it, it may have actually offered to help them. Doesn't mean they won't lay the smack down when someone tries to steal from them though.
luketfer yeah, even then a red dragon would barely care about someone wanting a dagger, especially if that was all that was taken. They would definitely try to kill you if you took eggs or something directly related dragons. A black dragon would have been better, lore wise, they would prefer the earth more than red, and hate mortals even more
I think I know why it was a Red Dragon. In Hearthstone Kobolds and Catacombs mode one of the final bosses is a Red Dragon (and they're using boss characters from that mode). According to the opening dialogue it immediately brands you a thief however this could have been different if they'd have gone a different route due to the wonders of tabletop gaming. Like the Fungus seller is an enemy boss in that mode but here he was a quirky little NPC.
@@luketfer in the expansion there is a card called sleepy dragon. Which is a 8? mana 4 12 taunt.
What about green dragons in D&D?
Jennifer Hale really does have such a nice voice. It’s so clear and perfect and has an ethereal quality.
Critical Role One-Shots are the gods gift to earth. And goddamn it is glorious.
i would be 100% fine if this becomes a regular thing. i enjoy VM but one shots are just pure joy the whole way through.
Oh man watching Travis' one shot was the hardest I'd laughed in a loooong time. That fucking T-Rex.
29:22 Travis Supresses the Grog Raging inside him
Yeah i would love to see WoW Paladin go into frenzied rage :)
So they encounter one of the most rng-based bosses, Laura gets the most broken card in hearthstone, they find the modded version of Thunderfury, blessed blade of the windseeker, dance with a magma rager, and they go to fight a candle midget. God I love this DM.
1:44:36 Matt's amazing voice singing the Kobolds & Catacombs theme!
Laura in character is killing me. 😂
LIAM! Thank you so much for bringing Illidan to life, he has been my favorite Warcraft character ever since I first encountered him. You did him justice!
Have you seen that shirt he was wearing?
For ONCE, the new voice-actor for a beloved character is actually better than the first/true/original one. This basicly never happens, if you think about it. Goes to show how awesome of a voice-actor Liam actually is.
@@SideBurn12 yeah this!!
Loved everyone's characters, but Liam's character had me CACKLING. Great one shot everyone!
Please, god please, let this be a glimpse of Liams character in the next campaign. It's the best.
Alas, it was not. But I'm pleased with who he's playing.
I mean still German
( 2:41:03 ) Jennifer: We still have to kill this beast! Cast: *laughs in Chroma Conclave trauma* I loved everything about this one-shot 🤣
Hard-pressed to find a group of people that enjoy playing D&D together as much as Critical Role
Break ends 1:51:58 "U NO TAKE KANDEL!!!" 3:01:30 "U...NO...TAKE...KANDEL" 3:13:39
Did someone say [Adventurefury, Blessed Blade of the Thrillseeker] ?
Cole Thompson probably, just not me or you
You mean [Adventurefury, Blessed Blade of the Thrillseeker]?!
Aw man that was such a fun one-shot. It felt like watching a cartoon with characters boldly making stupid decisions lol
Liam: Kiss my sword. The hilt says "LeeroyJenkins". Lets get this shit started! Fucking golden. 1:05:03
From the future here. 👋 I loved watching Liam teach how to play the game to a new player
1:09:32 Basically, this entire interaction is Aragorn telling Legolas about the Uruk-hai. "URUK-HAI. TAKE HIM DOWN, LEGOLAS." (Probably not the actual quote.)
* queue giant explosion of Helms Deep *
That's actually pretty close to the quote, he just says it in Elvish. xD
No the quote was "Shoot her! Shoot her!! SHOOOOOOOOOOOO..." He fell over the edge lol
2:23:54 Hitting the side of the Empire State Building with a donut... 🍩🏙🤣
Matt is scary professional with his mad laughter one sec and straight face the next
Omg. Commander Shepherd on Critical Role 😂
This was so good, I felt a bit better about my past Hearthstone pack money having perhaps fractionally helped towards making this happen :) Now to catch up with Critical Role :D
thats a long haul, hope you have enough time for it with you and youre overwatch vids
So did you catch up ?
All the voices Matt did for the Kobolds had me dying. Too funny. This was great!
Yes I miss the campaign. Are the one shots still entertaing? Hell yes.
I did not actually know that Matt sung the Hearthstone Trailed for the expansion... now it makes sense why I knew the voice! haha
I didn’t know until I saw the behind-the-scenes video.
Matt's kobold voice is amazing
I was expecting a Jaina mention from Laura, but that was fast XD
Liam as a D&D "Nico Bellic" was pure gold, and so damned funny (like when Travis plays Grog, or Sam plays Scanlan). Fingers crossed for Laura to play a "Jaina Proudmoore" badass sorcerer or wizard in the next campaign. Travis as a Paladin and Taliesin as a Life Cleric were very good fits.
Nero Wolfe "You know, life is complicated..."
I think Liam was moreso channeling John Malcoovich as Teddy KGB.
Travis needs to be a Bloodhunter.
I've been calling an Order of the Lycan Blood Hunter since Travis got that werewolf mini recently, it'll let him have his rage as well as allowing for casting.
Yup, my thought exactly. Not sure about Travis and his paladin tho. Must be hard to come up with something as good as Grog and the way he was playing it.
Liams Draenei accent is the beautiful thing i've ever heard in all my long years as a sentient being.
erik diaz lol! Someone is a fan boy!
Ironically until this moment i dint care for him...that voice though....
He's actually just channeling Tommy Wiseau. All jokes aside, the fact that you didn't care for Liam until he did an accent is pretty shallow.
well, im kinda new to them, only on ep. 5 as of today
It's Obby the Rat's cousin! kzhead.info/sun/pcmcqJipiqdtjIU/bejne.html
I'm counting Greldamine as the canon Sorcerer's Apprentice now
Liam's character during this one shot had to be in the top 3 or 10 best characters of all time, that was just pure gold every single time. I hope we see this personality in the new story, that would be great.
Rixis/reexus is the most adorable npc ive ever been blessed with encountering
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