Appreciation moment for every time Lou peeked through his fingers or collapsed on the table and Aabria had a silent outburst or hair tucked because <333 gotta love my reactors. ALSO!! EVERYONE'S REACTIONS WHEN ASMODEUS STARTS ATTACKING XERXUS IS EVERYTHING!!! MARISHA UNDER THE TABLE!! LOU BARELY SPITTING HIS COFFEE AND WALKING AROUND (i watched him spin his chair around multiple times it was. very funny)!! AABRIA GIRLBOSSING AS ALWAYS!! SAM AND TRAVIS SCREECHING!!! And the BIGGEST shoutout to Luis and Brennan for playing off each other so well - it was SO intense and SO amazing
My favorite part is, when Asmodeus finally turns and reveals his true nature, everyone at the table is shocked and frightened except Lou, who regularly plays at Brennan's table. You can see Lou just waiting for Brennan to do something pants-shittingly terrifying the entire time Asmodeus was having that moment with Zerxus after being pulled through to Exandria.
Okay but can we just talk about how cold "My greatest regret is that once I've collected all of humanity and all of my siblings into my pit, that I ONLY have eternity to punish them." is as far as lines go. Brennan is an amazing actor, story teller and now mood setter. dude was terrifying as Asmodeus...
Travis just goes from looking like "Wait, I thought we're playing DnD not Dark Souls nude challenge?" through "Holy shit this is ridiculous, glad I'm just watching a let's play" and ending at "...Wait this is gonna be a boss down the line isn't it?"
6:24 "Most exceptional", yeah most exceptionally proud. The father of lies is dangerous, not because his lies are the most elaborate or creative, but because he works by muddling the truth. He never says anything that is devoid of truth. Its always there, and he conveniently shapes it, twists it, makes it do his bidding, and its fucking terrifying.
Imagine speaking to the literal devil and say im older and know more than you your a child to me! He really played the most toxicly proud paladin ive ever seen and thats great he really was planning on dying, wasn't he😂
I think he said in the roundup that he knew atonement wasn’t gonna work, but Zerxes would believe it would. The best part of Zerxes is you can see where he went wrong with his philosophy; Rather than thinking “Anyone can find redemption,” it devolved into the much more arrogant and self centered concept of “I can Redeem Anyone.” Thinking he is above the gods and those who worship him ironically made him more gullible and easier prey for corruption. I mean, at least a worshiper of the Everlight wouldn’t do some dumb shit like chatting with Asmodeus. Great flawed character and great portrayal.
You know the villian is going to be absolutely terrible when Brennan uses his real voice with no accent. Lou was just *waiting* and it makes me laugh every time - I can't help it.
One thing I didn't notice until now: at 8:52 and onward, Brennan stops rolling for effects done to him/Asmodeus. That much was obvious, but he also makes a motion as if he was GOING to roll, but then he stops and says "he... laughs UPROARIOUSLY" I imagine, as a player, that pump-fake has got to be extra demoralizing too. "Oh, you casted Curse? Too bad, bitch, I'm the Lord of the Hells. I don't roll for shit if I don't want to."
Yeah the campaign is called Calamaty. Coming from the Latin word calamitas meaning Disaster, Defeat. I'm not surprised even though I never watched the campaign
Everyone is talking about how Lou knows and cites several minutes into the video. He knows at 1:00. He’s already face in his hands cause he saw it a mile away.
I can't get enough of the "to reach down and help somebody they need to be BENEATH YOU" and then the whole ripping off the face thing and the group's reactions. This tickles the hell out of my funny bone
What most people don’t realize is that Grog’s original catchphrase was actually “I would like it to be known by all parties presently involved that at this current moment it is my fondest wish and most sincere desire to unequivocally and indiscriminately RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!!!!” Oh the things that are left on the cutting room floor. 😋👍
When his face shapes to be like his as he is brought into the world- master class moment in showcasing the character's ego finally outdo his love for his partner
Wait wait, he counterspells, attacks, heals, and then casts another spell all during someone else's turn? That seems like way more actions than should be possible.
Asmodeus is a literal god. Not just an avatar of a god - no, the true form of a god on the Material Plane, before the gods were sent to the Outer Planes. That's what this story was all about. So you can't think of him as a character or creature bound by rules. He is a plot device.
Lou: Here we go again with this bullshit. Marisha: That kid watching a scary movie with one eye from behind the couch. Luis: It's hard to catch him out of character during this clip, but it seems like he's 100% committed to pulling this thread until the entire sweater unravels. Sam: Completely enraptured by all the acting and storytelling going on. Aabria: Knows another shoe is going to drop, keeps trying to figure it out, but keeps getting sidetracked by the show going on in front of her. Travis: Doesn't see that Brennan's setting us up for a heel-turn, is mildly bored right up until he's giggling like a little boy at how surprised he is.
Honestly: I think this is the best episode of CR ever. Brennan's storytelling is just masterful! The way he gets into character, the emotion of it all! It's art!
Aabria *waiting* for the mask to drop and being FULLY FUCKING PUMPED with her "YES! YES!" in the way only a fellow DM could be. *all of the chefs kisses*
2:05 I will admit that I haven't seen much critical role and that I'm mostly here for Brennan Lee Mulligan and Lou Wilson as a Dropout subscriber, but there's something about (having seen already the Asmodeus monologue that's to follow) the juxtaposition of hearing this line and seeing the top video under this one being titled "the end of the world" that makes me at least want to binge the entirety of EXU, even if I never become a full-fledged critter
"My greatest heartbreak is that when I have collected every last mortal soul, and all of my siblings into my pit, that I will ONLY have eternity to punish them." Is the coldest BBEG line I have ever heard.
What about Brennan's "You think people make choices? No. People think they make choices, they think they're going to turn right or left, but they didn't build the roads. The big choices already got made for them a long time ago."
So casually casting multiple 9th level spells and removing flesh, truly the god of devils in the game. I really wish we could get a Wizards stat block for full power asmodeus. I just want to see how busted they'd make him. Since of course, it's a being players couldn't kill.
Am I the only one who thought that Zerxes thought that Asmodeus was Evandrin? That he was trying to get him to remember being Evandrin and restore him km some way?
Except for Lou whose thousand yard stare and positioning to get out of his chair is the posture of a man who has been burned too many times. He knew EXACTLY what was coming. He tries to tell Marisha right before, but she was too wrapped up in Brennan's performance.
