Candela Obscura: Vassal & Veil | Episode 1 | The Cold Embrace

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After witnessing a devastating tragedy, a young street urchin has the veil yanked from his shrouded life - upturning and thrusting him into an esoteric world, guided by the light of a secret order…
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Candela Obscura is an ongoing monthly horror drama that follows an esoteric order of investigators as they use centuries of knowledge to fight back against a mysterious source of corruption and bleed. Leveraging gaming as a story mechanic, the series features the Candela Obscura tabletop roleplaying game from Darrington Press, which is built on the Illuminated Worlds system.
This first chapter of Candela Obscura will be 3 stand-alone episodes starring Robbie Daymond, Laura Bailey, Anjali Bhimani, and Ashley Johnson with a story led by Matthew Mercer.
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Originally Created by Taliesin Jaffe and Chris Lockey
Game Design and Writing by Spenser Starke and Rowan Hall
Directed by Steve Failows
Produced by Maxwell James and Steve Failows
Lightkeeper portrayed by Taliesin Jaffe
Music by Colm McGuinness
Character Art by Lisa Fricke
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@FranciscoIannello 10 месяцев назад

Fun Fact : Taliesin didn't know he was being filmed for the intro sequence, he was just doing his usual routine.

@theloonyboi 10 месяцев назад

Good to know

@novakazenaru 10 месяцев назад

sounds like Talisen

@IdentifiantE.S 10 месяцев назад

That’s true 💯

@aarontuck3200 10 месяцев назад

I always thought Taliesin assumed they were always being recorded thus explaining their flamboyant macabre nature. 🙃

@theninjacalledbasilisk7770 10 месяцев назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣✨️✨️✨️

@ellapettersson3760 10 месяцев назад

I Love that Taliesin is so kind to let them borrow decor from his home

@CCgivemeawedgy 10 месяцев назад

You have to help your -underlings- friends every now and then.

@666macksweet 10 месяцев назад

i would love see his home

@swearimnotarobot3746 9 месяцев назад

He even gave them some of his clothes. So generous

@nickm9102 9 месяцев назад

Please, everyone knows that the stuff they borrowed are Talison's recent acquisitions that he hasn't decided what to do with yet. All his home furnishings are much older.

@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human 8 месяцев назад

This is the smaller dining hall in Talesin's home that he usually uses to entertain his victims before he drains their essence to maintain his eternal life.

@Suntas 10 месяцев назад

Love how Ashley is literally playing the pov character for the audience.

@ForestRaptor 10 месяцев назад

Super smart way to initiate a game!

@Apeiron242 10 месяцев назад

That's called an "audience stand in". Like Harry Potter and Neo in their first movies. They represent us.

@evanvandesteeg8169 10 месяцев назад

@@Apeiron242 Neo:woah!

@jakemaxgross 10 месяцев назад

@@evanvandesteeg8169I know king fu

@evanvandesteeg8169 10 месяцев назад

@@jakemaxgross woah Reloaded!

@amandalogan89 8 месяцев назад

Ashley as a confused newsie is absolutely DELIGHTFUL! Her expressions this whole time 😂

@maxwellfujs6124 5 месяцев назад

She is eating up the camera, it’s awesome.

@xommul79 4 месяца назад

This is her normal expression after playing for years.

@HecHocceH 10 месяцев назад

Find yourself someone who'll listen to you how Ashley listens to Matt.

@wibkesworld3208 10 месяцев назад

Second that! ❤

@vworpin9945 10 месяцев назад

Her and Travis too, just enthralled. Such a complement for Matt I'm sure :D

@jameswingate9404 10 месяцев назад

nt😅g😅 a jo 😊😅😊w

@ASquared544 10 месяцев назад

So not much unless it’s in abject horror? (Joke, comedy, not a jab)

@sheilaparker9779 10 месяцев назад

Matt is a exceptional story teller. My husband reads lots of books and he was reading a series that I caught him laughing at and asked him what was going on in the story he was reading and he started reading from the book. He also is a good story teller and gave all the characters of the book a voice and read it in the voices of what he would think they would sound like and I was so fascinated by the stories he read all the books of the series to me. That was the only series he ever did this because mostly I am not that interested in other books he is and have my own style of books I like to read. But it was a series had several books The one that he started doing this with was "People of the Earth" Which was the third book in the series so I made him go back to the ones before that one which he already read through but was happy to do so again. So if you ever want a good book series to read I recommend that one.

@ignatius2510 10 месяцев назад

The opening sequence feels like a montage of Talisen’s weekend routine😂

@plasticmans3036 10 месяцев назад

wonder what kind of role Taliesin's character would play in this campaign

@nirobu 10 месяцев назад

@@plasticmans3036The ancient, immortal founder of Candela Obscura who is only awakened Winter-Soldier-style when shit REALLY hits the fan

@captaincokecan 10 месяцев назад

That's his living room in one of the lower levels of the pyramid he lives in whilst also being the pyramid himself. Its very metaphysical but south facing so nice this time of year

@carlopaez3380 10 месяцев назад

Its literally a "Get Ready With Me" Taliesen edition

@timd4524 10 месяцев назад

Which is about as far as I got before I fell asleep in this rules light CoC

@davidmacgregor6093 10 месяцев назад

I know Auggie’s a different character, but the whole “fuck you in particular” attitude just has me hearing Ellie with an accent and I love it! 😂

@Mediados 10 месяцев назад

That's the great thing about actors. They play different characters, but always bring the thing that makes them as people unique into every one of them.

@vafscamp 10 месяцев назад

Waaaaay back when I listened to campaign 2 and Yasha yells "GET THE F@CK OUT OF MY TENT" I thought immediately of Ellie

@jackiecozzie4803 10 месяцев назад

@@Mediados yes this is one of the best things about theatre, you get to see so many different takes on one role

@Mediados 10 месяцев назад

@@jackiecozzie4803 Theater is honestly what I like the least about acting. In my experience, they try to be as special, disgusting, repulsive and abstract as possible just for the sake of it. And all of that inside a rehashed story from between 50-200 years ago. For me, animation is where entertainment can unfold its true potential.

@jackiecozzie4803 10 месяцев назад

@@Mediados i love animation too but did you really have to put down an entire other art form for it? what do you mean by "special, repulsive, disgusting and abstract"?? most theatre isn't abstract at all? I would consider movies like spiderverse (excellent, two of the best movies I've ever seen) more abstract than most plays or musicals I know

@superskolinskolin2423 10 месяцев назад

"You were very brave today" and "I have never seen someone hide as well as you" are two sentences I rarely hear right after another

@anttisaarilampi 10 месяцев назад

Reminds me of Brave Sir Robin

@nyyyco 9 месяцев назад

Holy smokes. That astronomical clock behind Matt is actually moving. Set builders outdid themselves. So amazing 🤯

@Melkimund 7 месяцев назад

Isn't it digital?

@feitocomfruta 7 месяцев назад

@@MelkimundNope! Flip This Bitch, their set designers, built a mechanical wall clock, it’s 100% analog.

@WanderNeatly 7 месяцев назад

Pretty sure they're green screens. Especially because they always site their production crew. But yes, either way, they are talented

@thenecrosanct4906 7 месяцев назад

@@WanderNeatly A production crew can make physical things as well. But the clock is real. Matt said in an interview that they can hear its gears as they play, so no green screen or digital projection.

@jasonarendt9076 5 месяцев назад

@@thenecrosanct4906 if it is physical how come the shadows never change position under it? and why does Matt not cast a shadow on it?

@d4cndev 10 месяцев назад

Auggie's face of "what the fuck is going on" all the time is so lovely

@Im-Not-a-Dog 10 месяцев назад

Ashley's characters are always so great, and Augie is arguably the best yet.

@zoltanszaszi2264 9 месяцев назад

You can see hints of Yasha and Fearne with the foul mouth of Pike.

@feitocomfruta 7 месяцев назад

Auggie is the heart of the circle, the one they all wish didn’t have to see the reality of the Thinnings and the Bleed. They’ve all seen these horrors before, but Auggie hasn’t. It’s why Charlotte’s so hyper protective of him.

@wythore 10 месяцев назад

As someone that is still on Campaign One of Critical Role but decided to check this out , the difference in quality is ASTRONOMICAL!!

@Sanyaenyenwa 10 месяцев назад

Yeah, the production value in those early episodes was rough. No budget to speak of, tech cobbled together with whatever Geek&Sundry had lying around by a crew of, like, two people while sharing the same set with a whole bunch of other shows. They've come a long way since.

@antoinevinat9868 10 месяцев назад

@@Sanyaenyenwa that was real rpg back then.. now the prod feel to mutch .. still watching though ;)

@andrecarpenter2432 10 месяцев назад

It’s been a ride

@fly1ing891 10 месяцев назад

It was a group who decided to stream their home game, now they made it a proper show. Both have their charm

@adamdyota4285 10 месяцев назад

oh youre in for a fantastic journey my friend

@togroglog2457 10 месяцев назад

It's amazing how this show changed "Aww, it's the last Thursday of the month." To "Oh man I can't wait for the last Thursday of the month!!!"

@JanTuts 10 месяцев назад

It's super weird though that they only make the VOD available on RU-vid _two weeks later on Thursday,_ rather than the next Monday like with CR... So for the Monday squad, there's still an empty week, and then a week that has both CR and Candela.

@caramel7050 10 месяцев назад

@@JanTuts the 2 week delay is super lame, but i think its related to their contract with twitch

@JanTuts 10 месяцев назад

@@caramel7050 Hmm, yes, perhaps their legacy contract with Twitch only makes exceptions for the "Critical Role" _show_ itself, not the whole channel, and they had to re-negotiated being allowed to simulstream "Candela Obscura" on Twitch and RU-vid, but as a compromise had to delay its RU-vid VODs with 2 weeks. Or something like that.

@feitocomfruta 7 месяцев назад

@@JanTutsthey learned their lesson, Chapter 2 is on the same “Monday after” schedule now.

@FireWolf583 5 дней назад

I don’t think they really had high hopes for this game style. Their crew member and friend created it so this was a way for the team to test it out and get content out. I feel like their schedule was weird because they weren’t sure if anyone would like it. But since it’s obvious people love the old timey setting and the guest actors, they’ve expanded on it and fixed the schedule.

@flandomaltrizian4603 10 месяцев назад

HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing 1:55 EPISODE STARTS 4:25 Recap Ends, Auggie intro 6:40 Donald 10:40 The explosion 12:15 Howard Margrove intro 18:00 Arlo Black intro 20:40 Charlotte Eaves intro 25:25 Auggie is back 34:00 Alexandra 41:45 Auggie meets the crew 42:55 Explaining magic 47:45 Arlo gets bled 49:45 Candela Obscura 54:50 The team starts dropping secrets immediately 1:00:00 We all care for each other deeply 1:00:55 Hypothesis 1:02:55 Trauma bonding 1:07:35 Distracting the guard 1:10:50 Searching the apartment 1:16:25 Donald returns 1:18:35 Seducing the guard 1:21:30 Communing with Donald 1:25:30 Let them in (love the Apocalypse style abilities) 1:31:20 Metagaming pigeon messaging 1:35:10 BREAK STARTS 1:45:15 BREAK ENDS 1:48:00 Clara 1:50:00 Layla 1:55:35 Still learning the terminology 1:57:20 Doctor of Philosophy 2:06:40 Parkour 2:09:30 The Steel 2:20:45 Charlotte and Howard 2:30:40 In or out 2:38:10 Dice pools are hard 2:39:15 Arlo can’t drive 2:45:45 Howard gets bled 2:55:35 Maverick roll (and Auggie takes a hit) 3:02:40 Finding the cylinder (Arlo’s ward) 3:06:40 The Entity 3:07:40 Blood sacrifice (ghost trap) 3:11:40 The Gilded Rainbow and Reggie 3:13:05 Charlotte goes off 3:15:50 Alexandra wraps things up 3:20:20 Auggie is living rent free 3:22:35 C-minus 3:23:20 End moves 3:24:55 Discussing resources 3:28:35 Arlo getting stitched and refreshed 3:30:30 Auggie getting stitched and refreshed 3:34:00 Charlotte gets refreshed 3:37:15 Episode Ends Gonna be honest, I’m less confident in my ability to stamp for horror given that I usually focus on jokes and stuff. I’ll work on it. Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?

@pokemonmusiclover5 10 месяцев назад

Yay flando

@taterjtot12 10 месяцев назад

Flando is literally a god

@Coilla85 10 месяцев назад

Again, so quick! Thank you!

@samuraiko 10 месяцев назад

Go, Flando, go! (And thank you as always!)

@phoebica 10 месяцев назад

Thank you, al always. We appreciate your work - horror or high fantasy.

@operative2136 10 месяцев назад

I love that they're doing this series. Don't get me wrong - I love the hell out of their high fantasy stuff. But I think this is a real opportunity to change things up a bit, and give the cast and crew a bit of a change of pace and give Matt a chance to stretch his creative legs so to speak.

@deathbykonami5487 10 месяцев назад

Each chapter is 3 episodes long and might follow different circles of Candela Obscura.

@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll 10 месяцев назад

And even his actual legs (and back) since he's standing throughout

@ChicCanyon 10 месяцев назад

This is more commercial than creative outlet

@deathbykonami5487 10 месяцев назад

@@ChicCanyon What the hell is that supposed to mean? They're not just doing this to make money. They're a close group of friends that enjoy playing tabletop together and have been for over 10 years.

@ChicCanyon 10 месяцев назад

@@deathbykonami5487 lol cool story

@earlofbroadst 10 месяцев назад

*insert joke about Taliesin being an immortal/Eldritch being who's very kind to let the CR crew film somewhere in his home*

@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll 10 месяцев назад

Listen, we take the care and feeding of this meme very seriously around here.

@Kasino80 10 месяцев назад

It really is getting old (though not as old as Taliesin).

@Wertical93 10 месяцев назад

hey hey hey did you guys hear the one how that's his daily/weekly/monthly routine? hilarious stuff!

@cheshirehat8355 10 месяцев назад

Have you seen my hat?

@jeremytitus9519 10 месяцев назад

Haha yeah “joke” that’s definitely what it is 😅

@OnionBun 10 месяцев назад

goddamn you really gotta appreciate robbie's range. It is such a turn around from Dorian's unsure stance, to this.... love it.

@morganmcinroy4211 10 месяцев назад

Did you see him playing the Goron cosplayer?

@Lexfinity 10 месяцев назад

Prompto is still my favorite

@ThomasUfnalCrowlake 10 месяцев назад

I was more focused on Laura doing an androgynous character after three extremely feminine (though in different ways) CR characters, but you are so right that this is a great jump, too!

@zlatan_2197 10 месяцев назад

@@ThomasUfnalCrowlake I'm not sure her character is androgynous at all.

@Ada-el9kh 10 месяцев назад

@@ThomasUfnalCrowlake how is she androgynous?

@ezekieldiamadaiii3763 10 месяцев назад

Every time Matt Mercer says "the Shiver" it takes all of my willpower not to say "and quiff"

@RPG_Angie 10 месяцев назад

Up with this comment! It must be seen!

@RPG_Angie 10 месяцев назад

Especially at this moment: 48:43 XD

@mirjamschreurs8813 10 месяцев назад

For real 😂😂

@eartheclipse8 10 месяцев назад

@@RPG_Angie lmao he should really stop putting shiver and quiver together in the same sentence xD

@raimett 9 месяцев назад

@@eartheclipse8 Oh he's on a quest for redemption it seems :D

@justincase4708 10 месяцев назад

Robbie: He's an older gentleman at 52 years of age..... Me (age 53): Ouch

@donalddouds6033 10 месяцев назад

Glad I’m not the only one that felt personally attacked by that line LOL

@alissapyrich1891 10 месяцев назад

Me at 55 ... So it's come to this, has it?

@justincase4708 10 месяцев назад

@@alissapyrich1891 Well, mentally, I'm only 5-ish.

@jaydee6574 10 месяцев назад

I mean, 50 is half of 100 right? You still have 50 more to live😅

@QemeH 10 месяцев назад

1907-equivalent in the US-equivalent, this means he has an average of 0.6 years left to live, so... he's quite old for his society.

@jongalonja9233 10 месяцев назад

I love that the Lightkeeper is Marisha's character from the Call of Cthulhu oneshot

@lindakenny2956 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for pointing this out, I completely missed it.

@rickrack4325 10 месяцев назад

I was like "I know I've heard that name before!" Thank you

@castlejames4736 9 месяцев назад

I went back and listened to that one-shot since that connection was made xD

@BouncingTribbles 9 месяцев назад

That explains why it's being recommended to me on the sidebar

@Kasino80 9 месяцев назад

You're right it is!!!

@lunavixrn5651 5 месяцев назад

During the introductions, just the characters who are present are illuminated, Laura and Robbie are literally in shade when Auggie is introduced. So cool

@FireWolf583 5 дней назад

It’s really cool and makes it easy to focus on the characters individually. Sometimes when they have large groups of players it gets hard to follow along and remember who is who.

@ShaggyRogers1 10 месяцев назад

trauma bonding is such a cool choice mechanic. What a cool way to encourage people to coordinate and pool their resources on problems.

@mrplumbe7318 10 месяцев назад

The Talisen section goes so smoothly into the intro. Gave me chills...

@G.F.SF55 10 месяцев назад

Ikr I didn't even notice that it wasn't part of the intro before I read your comment

@IronCrown 10 месяцев назад

They actually just took a panning shot of Talieson's empty living chamber. He just kinda shows up on some viewings of the VOD.

@bennett_7273 10 месяцев назад

Laura's smirk when Ashley said "Got you a big thick one" made me chuckle

@muffininacup4060 10 месяцев назад

timestamp?

@octolingo1892 10 месяцев назад

It’s near the beginning; when Auggie goes to Donald’s place

@veasnamakara5941 10 месяцев назад

@@muffininacup4060 around 8:00

@ForestRaptor 10 месяцев назад

She's really evolved her self-control over the past 8 years XD But almost completely loses it at 1:11:58 Never change Laura Bailey, That's my kind of gutter humour!

@erikwilliams1562 10 месяцев назад

Goddammit had to rewind to find it

@krumnut 10 месяцев назад

I love Anjali she brings such mom energy to the table every time.

@ghomerhust 8 месяцев назад

agreed. she's always so animated and gets into her characters beautifully

@LWT1331 8 месяцев назад

Don't care for her that much. Maybe she'll grow on me.

@Gemini053 8 месяцев назад

@@LWT1331 Has she grown on you yet? 😂

@rasputsuko 7 месяцев назад

Just with her facial expressions I knew who Charlotte was before she was introduced

@FireWolf583 5 дней назад

She looks very in character and in general happy to be there which is awesome

@comicstrider4851 10 месяцев назад

So nice of Taliesin to let the crew film in his basement

@themacias 10 месяцев назад

What do you mean "basement"? This is his old babyroom.

@apino9754 10 месяцев назад

Nice to see how he's redecorated since the CoC One-shot!

@JB-xl2jc 10 месяцев назад

@@themaciasFascinating, I did not know they had masonry back 6 billion years ago

@billystokes3917 10 месяцев назад

@@JB-xl2jc Neither did I, but Taliesin almost definitely created such fine masonry the moment he was born from that pod.

@Lukasaske 10 месяцев назад

@@billystokes3917 No no no, he built it before he was born.

@masterjaczor9892 10 месяцев назад

I really love that Charlotte got refreshed by taking a day off and helping a kind old woman by just simply telling her a story. And it always brings a smile to my face hearing Matt Mercer talk like a kind old grandmother.

@shadowsfaye 5 месяцев назад

Matt was born for the role of kind old grandmother

@FireWolf583 5 дней назад

Matt doing older people’s voices is just so funny to me cause half of them sound exactly the same

@freakincages 10 месяцев назад

Auggie: * handing over the newspaper * Gotta good thick one for you t’day. Laura Bailey: 😏😏

@ForestRaptor 10 месяцев назад

*smile* *raise eyebrow* *smirk knowingly* but at 1:11:58 she shoots herself in the foot and has to reaaaaallly wind it back. Robbie there "yeeeeees? :P" lil troll boy XD

@zoltanszaszi2264 9 месяцев назад

I love that this Victorian urban fantasy thriller operates with our culturally engrained Englishness of a romanticized late-19th-century London vibe, underscored by the cast collectively playing out the two (2) most notable English stereotypes the world knows and loves: Everyone: *acting sophisticated and refined* Ashley: A BLAST BLEW UP IN ME FACE INNIT (I don't mean the accent but rather the vibe)

@atlantisundiscovered 4 месяца назад

just a correction from a history buff: the timeline wouldn’t be the Victorian era (circa 19th century) because it was often pre-automobiles. The Industrial Revolution had just begun, after all. Steam and clockwork gadgets were just being mass created. Prohibition was during the 1920s so it would lean more in the Roaring 20s if this hypothetical place was set in a fictional U.S.

@skylark7921 4 месяца назад

⁠⁠@@atlantisundiscoveredit’s specifically stated to be turn of the century, so 🤷‍♀️

@magnum_cx8805 Месяц назад

@@skylark7921 Wouldn’t turn of the century rather be Edwardian?

@Brenonfire 10 месяцев назад

Finally, a CR campaign I can watch from the beginning instead of being years behind!

@wolfranger5526 10 месяцев назад

same

@silorion9967 10 месяцев назад

Starting recently can be rough, I get it. I liked to listen to episodes at work, got through two a day somtimes.

@erikwilliams1562 10 месяцев назад

It's a good feeling

@JerichosFishStand 10 месяцев назад

Laura's character voice is like, "I give myself very good advice, but the darn nargles always spoil everything."

@themeanlesbeann 10 месяцев назад

I was trying to place why it sounded familiar. Looney Luna inspiration for sure.

@zoltanszaszi2264 9 месяцев назад

The mannerisms are so on point too. The wide eyes, the head tilt, the nod for emphasis

@theopkingdom3433 3 месяца назад

That's exactly what I thought. Victorian Luna. ☺️

@akanemerlo7142 10 месяцев назад

This needs to be a full on series, it’s so good. Laura’s acting is unmatched, Charlotte is such a great character 😩 i wish this were animated too.

@btomlin2383 10 месяцев назад

Agreed on all accounts. Laura maintains character practically the whole episode. Facial expressions, head movements, the idle gloved hand motions, etc..

@akanemerlo7142 10 месяцев назад

@@btomlin2383 literally, even the way she coughs is on character. I love everyone in this table, but the way Laura acts, it’s way too good. She’s amazing.

@lydiahood7725 9 месяцев назад

@@akanemerlo7142 Laura is by far the best actress of all the ones to have been on any Critical Role campaigns, she has always been significantly ahead of everybody else in her performances. Matt is probably about the second best of the bunch, the rest is very variable some are pretty good, some are fairly flat, I mean look at Ashley, she tend to be fairly static in term of character, every characters she plays tend to be very similar no matter if they are a teen boy scoundrel or a barbarian woman.

@ApequH 10 месяцев назад

43:45 I love Auggie's face going "WTF, Dudes!! are you hearing this!!!" While everyone else is calm and elegant

@samuraiko 10 месяцев назад

I absolutely LOVED this. The production crew utterly outdid themselves with this one, the art team, the costumes, the design team, the cast, the music, the story, the EVERYTHING. I'm not only champing at the bit to see the rest of this arc, but I'm already imagining either Taliesin or Liam GMing the next arc with a new cast and new adventures. CR, at whom should I be throwing money to get all this delicious music?!

@xanathar8659 10 месяцев назад

It was made by Colm McGuiness as far as I know (amazing composer, also did welcome to wildemount) but I can't find it anywhere so I don't think it's public yet :(

@fawnzii1979 9 месяцев назад

some of the background music is from the game DREDGE if that helps!

@samuraiko 9 месяцев назад

@@fawnzii1979 Oh nice! Any idea which tracks are showing up at which points?

@CassBlast5 9 месяцев назад

OMG thank you for being a person who knows that horses don’t chomp, they champ

@wolverinehobbit1 9 месяцев назад

As long as they don’t bring Marisha Ray on for the next one then I’ll be so excited

@angus3876 10 месяцев назад

The introduction to this is giving me strong Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosity vibes. I can not wait to see more.

@christopherkowalczyk4405 10 месяцев назад

The opening made me think of penny dreadful.

@jessemayan65 10 месяцев назад

you mean Taliesin's basement?

@madtophatter1020 10 месяцев назад

Everyones character intro: you are respectfully handed a letter by a bald spectacled fedora man Auggie intro: you fuckin exploded

@optimistprime3192 10 месяцев назад

I read that like how Arin of Game Grumps described his car that caught fire: “Your character.... *_exploded_* “

@MrFiendFyre 9 месяцев назад

@@optimistprime3192solid GG reference, also i can goddamn hear it now 😂

@mistamemewide 9 месяцев назад

@@optimistprime3192 GOD DAMMIT I HEAR THAT NOW

@jackwriter1908 8 месяцев назад

It reminds me a bit of how Abria introduced Evan Kelmp, by saying _The bird is snatched by a dark shadow out of the air, which you don't see._ And of Brennans _I want you to do so in the knowledge that you lungs are filled with blood._ Auggie's Intro reminds me of those.

@anxious_panda2268 7 месяцев назад

I just hear it Grog's voice when he told Vex "You fucking died."

@scottmefford6917 10 месяцев назад

IDK who did the costuming for this, but both Anjali and Laura are absolutely stunning in this period garb. Well done ❤

@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll 10 месяцев назад

Jenny Newman (jennernugen) is their wardrobe wizard! Always does a great job.

@scottmefford6917 10 месяцев назад

@@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll Thanks for the Intel, I shall try to remember that.

@tinius9276 10 месяцев назад

I have to give it to Robbie and Ashley as well. Robbie looks straight like his character portrait, and ashley is living her character beautifully. A testament to costuming and acting in this series for sure.

@RPG_Angie 10 месяцев назад

@@tinius9276 I particularly like the ominous glint on Robbie's glasses whenever his overhead light is off.

@TheQuirkyNerd 8 месяцев назад

@@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEllDid they also do wardrobe for that Deadwood RPG? That was also fantastic costume choices.

@Saberwolf71 10 месяцев назад

I love the "cosplay" and I really love how closely the character portraits resemble it. Also, glad to see that Matt was able to incoporate a vest into his costume, can't have him being without. In all seriousness, I am really digging the "vibe" of the world mythos and the game. Looking forward to the opportunity to play it myself.

@panthersnbraves 10 месяцев назад

Laura has played such strong characters. Watching her nervously fidget with her glove is very telling about her character.

@Saberwolf71 10 месяцев назад

@@panthersnbraves - I noticed that too, clearly a great bit of acting to have developed a "tell" or "tic" that she is acting out at the table.

@nourtney2178 10 месяцев назад

I got stuck on the fact we can see Matt’s wrists without bracelets

@Saberwolf71 10 месяцев назад

@@nourtney2178 - LOL, I didn't even notice, I wonder if it caused him to break out in hives being without them? Thank goodness, he has every reason to wear a vest at least.

@FireWolf583 Месяц назад

Matt being in a vest and tie is just doing things for me 😳 he looks great

@tinyrogue1320 10 месяцев назад

Goodness, I cannot _describe_ my joy at seeing Anjali participating again!!! I don't know why, but I just love her so much :D She's great!

@rickrack4325 10 месяцев назад

I am just like you, except I do know why: this woman is the very embodiment of CHARISMA. The way she projects her characters out into the world is just riveting. I remember seeing her for the first time in ExU with Aabria when they were still split-screening because of covid, and then mid-episode they add her to the screen as Fy'Ra Rai is introduced and she starts with "DARK BEING!", and I'm like mind blown, who the hell is that gal? And since then Undeadwood, the DOOM oneshot and now this, and I can confidently say she's my favourite CR guest of all times.

@adamdyota4285 10 месяцев назад

Travis Willingham, the CEO of Critical Role Matt Mercer, the DM who's been carrying all of its main campaign thus far Marisha Ray, the creative director who brought all marvelous ideas into flesh Laura Bailey, the merchant of CR's baubles and merchandises Ashley Johnson, the president of CR Foundation Liam O'Brien and Sam Riegel, the ones who started it all and now, Lord of the Darkness, The Ageless One, Taliesin Jaffe, the creator of CR's own tabletop game :D

@gannongarfin1634 3 месяца назад

Wait, Liam and Sam started this?

@MrMix1212 3 месяца назад

I don't think that's accurate. Sam and Liam spoke about joining them on an old podcast if I recall.

@BrotherPraetus 3 месяца назад

@@MrMix1212 they certainly encouraged it, since it was also, originally, just supposed to be a one-shot and they kept pressing for more.

@FireWolf583 3 месяца назад

@@gannongarfin1634 well all of them used to do campaigns in Matt's basement YEARS ago and at some point they decided to make a RU-vid channel and make longer campaigns. They started off working with Geek and Sundry then in 2018 they moved to their own studio.

@rachelclaw 3 месяца назад

The original CR campaign started because Liam asked Matt to GM a oneshot for his birthday, and they decided to keep doing it. I believe Sa was somehow influential in starting them streaming, but I'm not sure.@@gannongarfin1634

@marquonuk 10 месяцев назад

I like the way when the fire is described by Matt as starting to get warm, Ashley takes off her fingerless gloves! Nice roleplaying detail. :-)

@ItsACodename 10 месяцев назад

I keep imagining the scenes in the style of the Arcane series, god I love this

@Thinkingmakesitso. 10 месяцев назад

That would be amazing

@googoogaga7986 10 месяцев назад

Damn that style would be PERFECTTTT for an animated version of this series, the dark fantasy vibes aaaa

@nickgrout2502 9 месяцев назад

I was seeing Dishonored style myself, but Arcane absolutely works too

@luciferkingofdeath1647 9 месяцев назад

This comment /pos

@zoltanszaszi2264 9 месяцев назад

Yeah, you're not wrong, I was thinking the same thing. Victorian urban fantasy mixed with steampunk.

@stepanserdyuk4589 10 месяцев назад

Anjali is like that cool auntie who's always in on the fun

@rebeccabarnet6746 9 месяцев назад

Just started watching this but I'm loving Robbie's cranky professor vibe. Dorian's time with Chetney really peaking through 😂

@Fenristhegreat 10 месяцев назад

Anjali and Robbie are both *so* good at this. I love it when the guests fit the medium so well.

@rosesleeps 10 месяцев назад

This is pure brilliance: the story, the setting, the costumes, the improv acting, the SET. I need more. Can't wait for the full setting book so we can fully play in this sandbox.

@kariissmol9172 10 месяцев назад

What set? Thats Taliesins guest bedroom!

@rosesleeps 10 месяцев назад

@@kariissmol9172 Ah, yes, I forgot. How kind of him to let them film in his Lair

@Grom1477 10 месяцев назад

This series is the perfection of what ttrpg can ever be

@Ziaotic 10 месяцев назад

don't forget the theme and break music that were composed for the series

@ateneaenlasestrellas632 10 месяцев назад

Everybody is talking about the background, clothes and stuff (which is awesome), but the smooth transitions from the logo to the character sheet on the bottom left part of the screen 👌 This is so well made, I'm loving every detail of this ❤

@gallantgatsby8075 10 месяцев назад

It's so cool CR is making a series about Taliesin's teenage years.

@joluoto 10 месяцев назад

Ah yes, I remember it well, it was some time before that debacle with Atlantis. An annoyingly wet affair that was.

@Starbean89 7 месяцев назад

@@joluoto if possible please tell me what happened during the Atlantis affair. It seems like it would be a lovely fireside chat over tea

@feanaro2712 9 месяцев назад

"The dice gods do not want me to enter the building." Ha! Lots of great moments, but Laura's delivery there really made me laugh out loud.

@nicooooo0 9 месяцев назад

I love that Matt can play with the lights and focus them on specific players during their individual scenes

@SarahRoseCO10 10 месяцев назад

"The police that look over...for some...the city" I like the class consciousness put in here and there.

@nickgrout2502 9 месяцев назад

It only gets stronger in the quickstart guide

@Pooples123 10 месяцев назад

Matthew Mercers' range of voices is insane and I love it so much

@alyssatheexcellent 10 месяцев назад

I really like how swallowable these shorter games tend to be. Sure we don’t get as much character build but as someone who has never played any RPGs and wants to start- this seems very doable and fun with kinda low commitment just to try!

@amymurata 10 месяцев назад

Anytime "Pool Hall Ashley" comes out is a good day

@michaelyap7135 10 месяцев назад

Candela Obscura is another animated series in the making!

@Lomadias 8 месяцев назад

Matt's ability to go with the flow of the players, in the most creative and supportive ways is fucking outstanding. All of them have this insane improv skill and it's a joy to watch.

@JohnFleshman 10 месяцев назад

As Usual the story telling is On Point! Ashley is So good at looking exactly as I would expect a pauper with no experience in paranormal shit to look.

@yogapantsyogurtpants3365 10 месяцев назад

Fellow Blades in the Dark GM here, eager to see the game in action. Glad to see people realize DND is not the only game in town.

@geekytenikidndfan 9 месяцев назад

I adore how they are all so patient with each other as they try this out n learn their characters.

@BeardedXBatman 6 месяцев назад

1:18:09 Matt’s ghost voice is so friggin good

@alexadre2142 10 месяцев назад

You can feel how much they worked on it and how hard they wanted this to be successful. Outdid themselves once again, good luck guys!

@Amaradeia 10 месяцев назад

Looovvveee Robbie!! This stuffy professor is so not what I expected from him and he plays it so well!

@EZT4rget 10 месяцев назад

Matt is brilliant as usual, Laura, Robbie, Anjali and Ashley are a spectacular cast. This is definitely an Role Playing heavy, and Game Master descriptive heavy system... Waiting for Episode 2.

@TakeWalker 10 месяцев назад

The opening for this is absolutely fantastic. :O Such a delight to have Anjali back again! :D Layla was an amazing character from the word 'go'. And I'm glad this isn't just a one-shot, as these tend to be! But was anyone else expecting Taleisin to be the game master though?

@EmeraldVideosNL 10 месяцев назад

I know I was. I'm more than a little disappointed that he's not even a player or a Lightkeeper NPC.

@symphonixblades 10 месяцев назад

not really no. They stated that Taleisin was the narrator role for this chapter , they also stated that a chapter lasts 3 episodes and each chapter might have a different circle with different players and maybe different GMs .

@gacha_xxtuber2218 7 месяцев назад

I absolutely adore reading through the comments & seeing the ones about them filming in Taliesin’s basement- they’re all hysterical😂😂 That being said, I hope they thanked Taliesin for being so kind as to lock them in the basement for 4 hours.

@jacklegend5798 9 месяцев назад

The way Matt laughed when Robbie said, "Doctor of Philosophy" absolutely gives me life.

@libertystanavage5917 10 месяцев назад

"Usually, doctors, they're helpful" 😂 Feeling called out as a PhD

@moore2life_2012 10 месяцев назад

Cool now i know for sure that we were 25 minutes in when my Autistic, Echolalia speech kindergartner heard our dear Ashley Johnson yell "Holy Shit!" Once and LATCHED ON to those words right down to the cadence and enunciation for 2 weeks😅🤦‍♀️! I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking Tal's house is very empty at the moment since all his decor is at the studio.

@Promance2300 10 месяцев назад

This is a no flex zone

@gregw1098 5 месяцев назад

boy, Mercer sure uses the term "shiver" with a lot of confidence in this campaign....

@teevell1069 10 месяцев назад

"I have many diverse and rich relationships in my life" My brain: Insight check! So nice to see Robbie back.

@Brittanysplittany 10 месяцев назад

The acting was stellar and production amazing. The music deserves its own album. I can totally imagine a chill background video now with Candela Obscura music and an animation in his office, titled something like "Studying with Dr Margrove"

@severalroses4909 10 месяцев назад

I love Auggie ❤ Auggie and Charlotte’s relationship is so precious 🥹

@thienpool 10 месяцев назад

Matt is great at getting us invested in NPCs, poor Donald.... I wanted to know more of his backstory :( and his sister was due to visit :(((

@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll 10 месяцев назад

I was thinking, "Whew, at least Matt was merciful and didn't let us spend too much time getting to know him first, or this would have hit even harder"

@erikwilliams1562 10 месяцев назад

RIGHT?!

@TheChaosCleric 10 месяцев назад

I’ve been waiting for this since it was announced- and the CR crew did NOT DISAPPOINT! This is freaking amazing and I can’t wait for how this turns out! I’m a sucker for eldritch horror, so this is just making my brain very VERY happy. This story is ever weaving and I am here for the freaking ride.

@galahadkingsley2404 10 месяцев назад

Love Taliesins voice !! Perfect for this kind of story❤

@G.F.SF55 10 месяцев назад

IKR ✨

@lefterismplanas4977 10 месяцев назад

I was honestly expecting him to be the dm

@FireWolf583 Месяц назад

I love how this series gives old timey, steampunk, wild western, supernatural, and 1920s vibes all at once. The outfits really sell it and the accents make you feel like you’re there with them. Shoutout to the guys who created this new form of roleplay for those looking for a new challenge while still enjoying the story.

@LordKazake443 5 месяцев назад

anjali bhimani continues to be a gift to this earth 🤩

@amandapanda2803 10 месяцев назад

I really want to watch Taliesin play another game of Call of Cthulhu

@kilamandaros 10 месяцев назад

Yes! We need a petition for a CoC campaign with Taliesin as the Keeper! Probably my favourite one shot of all time!

@jammystraub488 10 месяцев назад

Yeah he rocked that. 🎉

@mistamemewide 10 месяцев назад

I do not care, I will protect Auggie for the rest of my life. Boy did great this episode.

@enterthedungeon 10 месяцев назад

The production value of this show is incredible. The cast and Matt have really created something special

@danieldaza2141 10 месяцев назад

I love the ilumitation trick as if this was theater, that was so freaking cool

@AkBirdman17 10 месяцев назад

love the new DM outfit, and especially love that he kept the vest! LOVE IT

@michaelkausalik4062 10 месяцев назад

Matt stores his powers in his vests.

@TrioArtsOfficial 10 месяцев назад

Not a DM for this game, but a Keeper of Arcane Lore or Keeper for short

@TrioArtsOfficial 10 месяцев назад

My mistake, this is not CoC7e

@boniakarlo 10 месяцев назад

"GM" js a free safe term

@AkBirdman17 10 месяцев назад

@@boniakarlo I really dont care. Im gonna keep calling him DM, no need to be pedantic over something as meaningless as that.

@bauer_simon 10 месяцев назад

This is amazing! The production quality is so high for this. The set and the costumes are amazing. WE NEED MERCH!

@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll 10 месяцев назад

A Critter of my acquaintance already got the CO shirt and claims it is one of the extremely soft ones, and I am frankly a bit upset at her for sharing that, because I already liked the design a lot and I *was* going to hold off on a merch purchase until a bit later. 💸

@christabelle__ 10 месяцев назад

It would be just as amazing without the production value - having watched Critical Role Campaign 1 when they were still basically unheard of? Yeah, still massively enjoyable with terrible sound and video quality, lol!

@Tem-Wizard 10 месяцев назад

We need period merch.

@padenbang7375 10 месяцев назад

New system and genre aside, there is such a difference in engagement for the cast in Candela. Things are played much MUCH more seriously. Its all RP. No table talk. No whispered conversations. No OOC jokes. Hardly any OOC comments. The cast is completely engaged for the entirety. Paying attention, taking notes, truly immersed. This is a whole new thing for CR, and im fuggin here for it! Im curious how the fans (and the cast) will enjoy the new buttoned down style. A step in a new direction for sure. Thanks CR for continuing to innovate and shake things up 🤘🏻

@benp6361 9 месяцев назад

mrs. Bailey's in char. acting is outrageously good. i'm adoring it.

@AVAUTV 10 месяцев назад

I was hoping for a new season of Downton Abbey for so long! Finally!

@sonofrivadin3684 10 месяцев назад

Oh, boy, you are in for surprise. 😂

@stevengoodloe3893 10 месяцев назад

The opening has a kind of Penny Dreadful vibe. I'm into it.

@allison6842 8 месяцев назад

Charlotte is such an amazing mom friend in this! I love how well auggie and charlotte interact!! I cannot help but laugh its so similar to one of my characters named Charlie who is the mom friend

@noemiemaurice5551 10 месяцев назад

Ashley has such a great "Flabergasted" face, I never tire of it XD

@ravager2-636 10 месяцев назад

“Extra extra read all about it! “ “Shit Weird.! And the People Weirdly Normal..” I’m going to enjoy this series I can already tell..

@jeremyoliviervoice 10 месяцев назад

This was so AWESOME! I hope to see Taliesin in future episodes. It's so great to see Robbie and Anjali at the table again. Robbie has a great Snidely Whiplash vibe going on that really adds to the atmosphere! Keep a light in the dark all!!!

@connordillivan452 10 месяцев назад

For anyone who wants more of this vibe, I found the Blades in the Dark campaign run by the channel Oxventure to be very good and of a very similar tone.

@morganmcinroy4211 10 месяцев назад

Yeah! That's a good one!

@Flushedfox 10 месяцев назад

laura rolled so bad through this whole thing shes such a treat! the whole cast is truly hilarious. love robbie and anjali

@wolfranger5526 10 месяцев назад

Wow. A perfect story, a perfect set, perfect costumes, perfect cast, perfect mechanics, an all around perfect show. I can't decide who i like more Auggie or The Professor such funny characters. Will be waiting anxiously for the next adventure for the Circle of the Vassal and the Veil. Thank you RU-vid recommendations. Sucked in immediately.

@henkmalan13 10 месяцев назад

1:16:00 Laura/Arlo: "I'm not very good at seeing things that are here." 😅

@wadetalon 3 месяца назад

Anjalie is always mesmerising in every character she portrays on Actual Plays.

@vintagedxisy39 3 месяца назад

Just noticed the little smile Laura makes at 16:36 when Matt mentions the blue feather on the fedora - Vex will be with her in every universe, it seems 😊

@okthen623 7 месяцев назад

Something about Layla's voice is so unique from other Matt Mercer (TM) voices. Its raspy and her voice cracks occasionally which implies that either shes shouting pretty often (pretty likely for a "bully" character) or breathing contaminated air (also likely for a street urchin in this coal based London-esque town) or both. Her speech is also slurred yet snippy which reads as a general lack of respect towards anyone she talking to and a quick wit from growing up on the outskirts of society. Just her voice tells you everything you need to know about her and *I love it.*

@kerimullane298 10 месяцев назад

1:01:20 I love Charlie/Anjali looking like a proud mama when Auggie snaps back at Howard lol

@jaydee6574 10 месяцев назад

They didn't disclose much backstory yet but I'm gonna assume that Auggie, being an independent but easily harmed boy has been indirectly raised by Charlie since he was 10

@kerimullane298 10 месяцев назад

@@jaydee6574 I assumed the same, me and a friend of mine wonder if Charlie is actually his mother and she had to give him up for some reason, but they met up again later in life. Regardless if they're blood or not Charlie is protective of Auggie and she looked really pleased to see him holding his own.

@gutahell 10 месяцев назад

I know you won't probably ever see this, but I just loved the aftermath RP of treating wounds and diving into some of the characters backstory, please do it every session :)

@robertschott1765 10 месяцев назад

I'm hoping for behind the scenes of the new set. I really love the clockwork behind Matt. The set and lighting were perfect storytelling accents and sell the vibe of this so well. Kudos to the set design crew.