Sam's favorite dnd activity is making everyone cry, even more than making them laugh

@kylestanberry7400

5 ай бұрын

I want to like it, but I can't make it not 69.👍

@tristram0073

5 ай бұрын

So true I liked then unliked 🤣

@kylestanberry7400

5 ай бұрын

​@@tristram0073 o you were the one who liked it as I was commenting 😂

@stacieransom5677

5 ай бұрын

He even gets himself sometimes. Calamity and the last episode of Candela Obscura season 3.

@HexiiSky

5 ай бұрын

his calamity speech ripped my soul out

Gods, Keyleth being both a bridezilla for Vex and also being an incredibly awkward best man are both such wonderful character choices

@slackerhobo

4 ай бұрын

I've had my struggles with keylith but it was absolutely inspired choice and executed beautifully. Loved it.

When you compare this to Sam/Scanlan casting a 9th level Counterspell in a battle when he intended to use Wish to break Vax’s fate with The Matron, effectively sealing Vax’s fate… …this was Scanlan “righting a wrong” he’d been carrying in his heart. No one else faulted Scanlan or Sam for not being able to save Vax, but you could tell he never let himself move on. But with this one final Wish, he finally forgave himself.

If this isn’t the last episode of the animated series, we revolt

@feitocomfruta

5 ай бұрын

Oh it’s the PERFECT final episode story.

@ForeverDegenerate

5 ай бұрын

Then you should probably get your pitchforks ready. If I had to guess, this will be the final Legend of Vox Machina Movie. Remember, CR has a Movie Deal with Amazon now as well. And If I had to guess, they're probably planning the one shots to be the movies. So... Search for Grog, Search for Bob, and Dalen's Closet would be, if I had to guess, the Legend of Vox Machina Movie Trilogy. Of course, I could be wrong and they could be planning to turn Vox Machina Origins into the movies, which would also work.

@feitocomfruta

5 ай бұрын

That would still be great

@Juice1984

5 ай бұрын

@@ForeverDegenerate It could also be Calamity.

@ForeverDegenerate

5 ай бұрын

@@Juice1984 Fair Point.

I’m honestly brokenhearted that you didn’t show probably the most devastating line. Which was what Vax said to Scanlan when he first appears “Scanlan Shortlold, you are toying with the designs of the gods still I see; old friend. […] she will allow it, and I thank you” After years, this is still the quote that has been burned into my brain

@ducksinthewild

5 ай бұрын

It was SO GOOD too. That being the very first thing that he says when he comes out is just amazingly melancholic. I like to think of that moment as if despite the sands of time no longer flowing for Vax, and that he could have passed little over a day or a millennia of years, he still remembers his family.

@ShadowyFox_86

4 ай бұрын

​@@ducksinthewildI think that's one memory she'd let him keep. After all, if it weren't for them, the universe would be much, much different.

@silversalmon9909

4 ай бұрын

@@ducksinthewild He's definitely no longer the Vax we once knew. Being champion of the Matron and stepping fully into her domain changed him. But there's still those glimmers. Eg. He still sends a raven every day to Keyleth, even tho this would make it harder for her to move on, because thats still his keyleth and he misses her.

I read a fanfic where Vex/Vaxs half sister gets married years down the road and since the wish was worded the way it was it opened the door for Vax to see them all again as parents and older. I totally cried.😭

@danitini14

5 ай бұрын

Oh wow, got a title or link you can share?

@SummerOtaku

5 ай бұрын

@@danitini14 Look for The Last Wish by oldhobbies

@oddfreaks6452

5 ай бұрын

Links please, also technically by wording alone that wish is plausible

@SummerOtaku

5 ай бұрын

@@oddfreaks6452 I tried posting the link but I assume the comment was deleted

@SummerOtaku

5 ай бұрын

@@danitini14I’ve tried posting both the link and the title but it keeps getting deleted.

That "Hello everyone" montage really highlights how Matt Mercer doesn't age at all.

That Wish spell hit me right in the gut. What a beautiful way to give Vax one final goodbye and congratulations to his sister, and his new brother, on the best day of their lives.

@zippomage

4 ай бұрын

also, what a beautiful final wish. He can't cast that spell ever again. it's in the mechanics

It's nice that the Dancing Squirrel finally got a Dancing Partner....

@modestrocker1

5 ай бұрын

love wins

@PlayYourRole

5 ай бұрын

They're just friends for now

@OrpheusSpyros5

5 ай бұрын

@@jenny_of_oldstones3523 oh I know, I was just being funny ...

Small Mechanics Note: In the fight with Sylas, Vex activated her Blessing from the Dawnfather, the one she got for being his champion, not a magic item. It makes her into a source of daylight, just like her deity (along with some other stuff like dealing Radiant Damage). Addition: Pike using her Spiritual Weapon to make Vex a bow makes a lot of sense with mechanics when you remember that Pike is a War Domain cleric. That's why her channel divinity abilities are things like giving +10 to an ally's attack roll. Her domain is all about physical combat. And honestly, I don't think the Everlight minds this use in the slightest.

Nat 20, sneak attack, dagger-dagger-dagger straight to the heart

Hi Jay, I don't know if you realise, but Liam's character is Dalen's Closet is Derrig, who is the father of Orym from C3. Yet another connection between the 2 campaigns, which I know some people have had a lot of issues with and is a reason why some have not enjoyed C3 so much. But personally, I find the inter-connections between campaigns fascinating, even though I am sad that it does look as if we are coming to the end of three-part story and there will be a new beginning after that, whatever the new beginning might look like...

@PlayYourRole

5 ай бұрын

Haven't watched much of C3 lmao, did not know this!

@Hey-Its-Dingo

5 ай бұрын

Correction: He is the father of Orym's dead husband, NOT Orym himself.

@rantdmc

5 ай бұрын

@@Hey-Its-Dingo Thanks

@Hey-Its-Dingo

5 ай бұрын

@@rantdmc It's cool. Orym calls him dad all the time, because Orym never knew his father, and Derrig basically raised him alongside his 4 kids. (The triplets he mentions in this one shot, and Will, Orym's husband, who was born after this one-shot in the CR timeline)

@kevinwheeler7427

4 ай бұрын

That connection wasn’t one that ever bothered me, until the party started entertaining thoughts of tapping Keyleth as a resource. But now that the ship has sailed honestly the involvement of old PC’s is the least of my problems with C3

The double clap from Sam and Liam during that clip from Grog's One Shot will always make me smile. They're such good friends.

@actually_a_catt

5 ай бұрын

They double clap, and the laura and talesian put their heads down at the same time too hahaha

I know these characters show up in C3, but this really feels like the end of Vox Machina. They're still friends and they still exist in the world, but this is the end of their story. Its something thats very sad in that way that very happy way. This is the last time we get to see them being in the spotlight, being the leads. Even when we get to see them again, we know its not the same. They get a happy ending within their own story, but its still the end of a story.

@ZeldaWolf2000

5 ай бұрын

Well, Almost all of them get a happy ending. Never getsing over Vax man! 😭💔

Vox Machina's appearances in campaign 3 are very much as NPCs. They've become the powerful in this world and they are treated as such. It doesn't feel (at least to me) like a continuation of their story? Their lives have continued but Their Story has come to an end. Also the fact that Scanlan can't use wish again after this is so, so appropriate

@dubbingsync

5 ай бұрын

I don’t think he can… don’t you have to roll above a number to regain Wish? I remember Sam acting like that didn’t happen.

@DelusionalDunmer

5 ай бұрын

@@dubbingsync If I remember correctly, Sam rolled a 29 on a d100, and if you roll a 33 or under you lose wish permanently

@kevinwheeler7427

4 ай бұрын

Yeah that was his last use of wish.

@markgundle4150

5 күн бұрын

@@dubbingsync You have to roll above 33, which increases with each use. This makes it all but certain that at the very most, a player with Wish can only ever get - appropriately enough - three wishes.

thanks for the re-cry. I think this is why C1 is my favorite, its so deeply personal to each of them, and there is so much emotional gravitas. C2 gets close a couple of times but not enough, and C3 feels like chaos with depth shoved in it like an oreo. C1 grabs you and doesn't let go, still-to this day.

Watching that one shot live was a truly magical experience, because as portant as it was for the characters to get a proper chance to say goodbye to each other, it was just as important for us fans to get the chance to tell them goodbye as well.

That one-shot absolutely marked a place in my heart, Vax being really special to me, getting to see this closure not only with everyone, but especially Keyleth. That scene where Vex tells him to “turn around and talk to her idiot!”, the exchange they both have will always give me chills and make me cry. I just love them all so much!

Dropped right as I clocked out for lunch woo

@morriganlynham4964

5 ай бұрын

Happy lunchtime

@PlayYourRole

5 ай бұрын

It is an honor to be your lunchtime watch

I like to think that because of the specific way the wish was worded that there’s a loophole for if Vex ever gets married again. Naturally, this would lead to Percy and Vex getting divorced and remarried at least once a year. They had a kid? Time to get divorced and remarried so that Vax can meet the kid. It’s Keyleth’s ten year anniversary of becoming Voice of the Tempest? Time for another shotgun wedding/divorce. While I know this could kind of soften the tragedy of Vax’s death, I think there’s something almost more tragic about none of them (especially Keyleth) ever truly being able to get over Vax. Vox Machina have maybe 5 minutes a year to catch him up on everything that has happened. They were able to grow, but Vax couldn’t. And of course, each time he comes back he’s a little more changed, a little more inhuman, just like he was in this one-shot.

As much as I understand that having a big group of friends should be something everyone should have, it's not always the case. Wish everyone has at least a couple close friends they can turn to and laugh and play with though.

@peterrose5373

3 ай бұрын

generally, the bigger the group of friends, the more you have to trim off each friendship to make all the oddities fit.

I have never watched Dalens Closet. Thank you for making this and making me realize I need to go watch this.

Mighty Nein will always be my favorite CR cast, but Vox Machina will always have a special place in my heart🥹

Bear in mind, before VM, Sam had never played DnD before, determined to be "the worst character"...

Thank you for going through this once more. This is a wonderful group we all love for one reason or another. I cant help but shed tears with these stories and reflect on my own tables stories I weave with my players.

I was still listening to the podcast at this point, and even before having ever seen the cast I was enamored by the love they had for each other, even through this episode. Thanks for covering it, Jay.

Dude you don't have to make me cry every video you know. But I am thankful! 💙

The end of this video ended up hitting me so hard that I ended up having to just sit in silence for a couple of minutes even after I stopped crying

What a great job on this video. Thanks.

*ding* Spoiler warning "What is that?" Best spoiler warning yet 😂

@PlayYourRole

5 ай бұрын

She's trying to get me arrested- I mean trying to get me in trouble with my audience

Cheers for the beautiful video my dude

Hi Jay, thank you for giving us another view point to love Critical Role from!

Well done...a really great summary of what Campaign 1 meant to so many of us. Thank you for your words and your content.

I've missed most of the one-shots, fo some reason - so thank you for the heads up! I am going now to watch Dalens Closet, and will be back *later*

Thank you! Appreciate your insight!

I subscribed hoping to hear you break down this scene. I'm so glad you did

I finished C1 last week and this ending made me cry so much !!! 😭😭😭Thanks so much to all the CR crew for making theses stories ❤

Tal jumping back and forth between Matt and Laura as Matt was describing Vax showing up.

I mean Derrig is Oryms father in law so in grand scheme he's sort of important

@PlayYourRole

5 ай бұрын

Haven't watched much of C3 lmao, did not know this!

@shuheihisagi6689

5 ай бұрын

@@PlayYourRole Do you have a theory why C3 is tough to binge? Or are we just too busy?

@filthycasual8187

4 ай бұрын

@@shuheihisagi6689 Personally I think it's tough to binge because it's not over yet. Eventually you're gonna catch up to where they're at now and then you'll have to wait a week for the next episode... which, if you're on the East Coast, is likely gonna be during a time period where you're asleep because of work the following day.

Campaign 3 did do one interesting thing. It made Liam's character in this one shot, VERY important. "After the fact".

Sorry, you're right, someone in the comments will correct you; It's pronounced "KLAW-zit"

I love the spoiler warning gag. Especially putting it after playing a long montage of spoilers lol

@PlayYourRole

5 ай бұрын

The internet demands I put a warning for content that came out 6 years ago but it doesn't tell me WHEN I have to put the warning

@gman1515

5 ай бұрын

​@@PlayYourRolenext video just put it at the very end

Amen. The first I’ve heard express why we all love this group.

This one shot broke my whole heart.

Im gonna be honest. I am LOVING the spoiler warning bit

I so greatly hope that The Legend of Vox Machina series ends with an animated movie of Dalen's Closet.

it was amazing.. makes me bawl every time.

Ok, I’ve not actually watched Vox Machina… I’m still sitting here crying, cause, like you said, you can *feel* the love. Like *seriously* weeping!

Travis breaking Sam with the “i don’t wanna make any assumptions but…” never stops making me laugh.

The end of Campaign 1 moved me to tears. This moment, this brought me to cry.

Bruh, I just keep coming here to get emotional

Huzzah & Thank you thank you.

Life needs things to live

I'm not crying, you're crying. And even if I were, I'm not, it's just the rain

the little spoiler warning almost killed me by making me laugh to hard

Dang it, I got tests in 10 mins and now I'm a mess all over again. Storytelling is an art and this group is some of the best at it

NOOO i'm in FIFTH PLACE THIS TIME. Great video, love the dog tattoo!

@PlayYourRole

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! The wife has a matching one that is a cat!

I’m halfway through C3 and I never knew Derrig was at the wedding. I ALSO didn’t expect Derrig to have been a PC played by Liam himself. Man, C3 might be a little… 🤷🏾‍♂️ but Orym’s connections in this new campaign are so interesting and deep.

Gosh darn it! Now i have stop crying before heading back to work.

I think the best way to think of it is their story is over maybe they do a one shot or something but I feel like that doesn't even count anymore like as you say they they're done I don't think them showing up in campaign 3 is anything more than just their NPCs I don't know if the actual players play them but they're NPCs now they're part of someone else's story which is beautiful it reminds me of two two examples the first campaign I ran what's a group of people online you know we wound up for whatever reason not playing anymore and kind of didn't get to really wrap up the story but I kept the characters and I finished the story for them and I even brought one of the characters family that they created into the campaign that I ran next. And then sadly the real life campaign I made all took place in the same world and one of my friends passed away and so now his character is kind of like one of the Eternal NPCs that always shows up. Just a way to honor him his story is over but he can help others in theirs

I put off watching critical role for years. One day (i think they were like 50 episodes into c2) i saw just scanlan’s last wish and the vax scene that followed. That scene is what made me decide I had to watch critical role.

This is the ending of LoVM that I'm looking forward to the most. THIS is how the first show _NEED_ to end. It'll be so sweet.

It goes down as one of the most cinematic moments on online television that ever happened. At this point, shows like CR should be talked about in a similar way to Mad Men or The Sopranos.

That's it, I'm finally gonna start watching Critical Role, not right now but definitely soon

if the voice of the tempest comes to you and tells you she needs a cake. get that girl a cake stat

It's even sadder when you realize FCG did for Orym what Scanlan couldn't do for Vax.

WHERE ARE THOSE NINJAS?!? WHY MUST THEY BE CHOPPING ONIONS NOW!

To tell you how impactful this campaign is, i just teared up with the Fix Him line from Grog.

Hey u know whats the name of the oneshot in the beginning?

I'm just wondering if you have ever listened to "rolling with difficulty"? It's a podcast but it is very good, I'd love to hear your opinion

dammit, now i need to rewatch C1 for the second time ...

I think this is the best ending for them playing their characters. After this in C3 they´re NPCs.

Damnit, this made me cry all over again! Shdhfhejejd.

I don't see anyone else saying it, But I heard Matt pronounce it recently in campaign 3 and it was dah-lin.

That dancing girl wasn’t Stephanie Brown. So was it really a Spoiler warning?

@PlayYourRole

5 ай бұрын

I just can't win

@LocalMaple

5 ай бұрын

@@PlayYourRoleAt least I’m getting more creative with these spoiler criticisms.

@mikebearthegamer1365

5 ай бұрын

​@@LocalMaple that really was as a dc fan

Gods dammit 😭❤️

im hoping the way c3 is going they have another wedding one shot with kiki and vax

completely unrelated, i just realized that Liam is playing Derrig! He's Orym's father-in-law. Aww! maybe i'm just slow on the uptake lol.

The legend of vox machina can end while the characters still move on to do other things. They don't just stop doing stuff.

Vax was my favorite character of all

The depression is strong with this one. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

So I'm at 29mins of the video and Jay just mentioned that this was the goodbye to the VM campaign except for all the C3 appearances etc etc I agree but to me this is where the cast got to say goodbye to VM as players because now they're older and wider NPCs, they're now the Lords and Ladies, powerful magic users that give quests to the next generation of heroes. I LOVE VM but they shouldn't get to play them again, they handed over the character sheets and now they're Matts as they say. But I think the cast needed that 3 part epilogue, a calmer, less apocalyptic chance to soak it in and enjoy it one last time. And I think they're in that Arc with M9 now too 🤷🏻‍♂️

Vox Machina will always be my favorite Season

Hi I'm with the FBI, your spoiler warning wasn't sufficient enough. Our Agents will be at you door in 04:00 hours

I finally got my spoiler warning for the spoiler warning!

It's Dalen.

I feel for your wife. I'm in tears as well jay . you damm bastard ;)

I'm sorry I have to Ask... Is that a Freaking Flubber on your shelf?

What about the boots?

The rule for have a good game, is to have a group friend.

To be fair you already showed alot before the spoiler warning 😂

Woohoo! I’m early lol

Bruh there's like 4 comments the hell XD

@PlayYourRole

5 ай бұрын

I'm adding onto them just to cause drama

@critespranberry8872

5 ай бұрын

you almost had us with the fake out spoiler warning so you gotta spread a lil chaos in the comments@@PlayYourRole

Bruh why are there so few comments lmfao

Bro why was there no spoiler warning

man if only there was a spoiler warning, warning me of incoming spoilers. you should work on that

Wasn't a spoiler warning smh smh

Scanlan got a 17, that should not have been his last wish. If you roll between 1 and 33 on the d100 you don't lose your ability to cast wish.

Why did you spoil the one shot!!!!!! my day is now ruined....

How timely 😂 I just watched it yesterday taking a detour from campaign 2 when Matt Mercer announced in the stream. Made me cry more than the ending of C1🥹