Doorways to Darker Depths | Critical Role | Campaign 3, Episode 86 

HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing 0:25 This may be Marisha’s best ad performance 4:05 Laura’s merch corner 6:05 Liam as Jester 7:15 Intro cinematic 9:00 EPISODE STARTS 11:45 Recap Ends 16:05 Laudna is a B-boy 18:00 Passing magic through the mouth 21:50 FCG has earrings now 24:15 Syncing the bridge 27:20 Fearne and Orym debate rod handling 30:15 First time for Orym (Travis leaves) 32:10 I have darviszn 33:15 “How long has it been Twilight” “Awhile” 34:40 Marisha’s carrot truth 36:05 Was it good? … Sure 43:20 Sam shirt reveal 51:00 Ria’Doin 1:01:35 Finding the journal entries in the survival horror game 1:03:55 FCG yells at a bird (Matt does not blink) 1:12:15 Travis paints a picture with sound effects 1:14:25 Fearne is totally not pining after Chetney 1:17:00 Ring of Life Awareness 1:19:05 Legendary crafting 1:21:30 Messaging Caleb (Caleb is not used to short Sending spells) 1:23:55 Ludinus got into voice acting 1:26:55 Messaging Keyleth 1:31:10 Sudden hug 1:33:10 Jester finally gets in contact 1:36:00 Messaging Dorian 1:36:55 Orym starts to get sucked in 1:39:15 Hucking Pate 1:41:25 Chetney and FCG get whammied 1:46:25 Ashton gets lured 1:51:50 BREAK STARTS 2:05:15 Art Montage 2:07:15 BREAK ENDS 2:08:20 There was a motorboat there the whole time 2:10:50 Animated boat 2:12:10 Animated rope 2:21:15 Drowning Mister 2:24:45 Pirate Laudna (Battle begins-ish) 2:33:55 Turn undead 2:38:10 Ropy and Boaty’s action 2:39:15 Intimidating kelp 2:41:10 Nobody made Matt say Ropy 2:45:40 Sam flask 2:53:10 Laudna turns 2:55:15 Ropy is a great messenger (RIP to Ropy and Boaty) 2:58:00 Chetney cuts his own tongue 3:02:05 Keyleth is a Golden God 3:05:35 Pate confronts impermanence 3:06:55 Laudna flirts with Delilah 3:12:25 Long rest confirmed 3:19:10 Preparing to smack Delilah 3:24:50 Sam blows a sponsorship 3:29:10 Ashton powers up 3:32:40 Chetney panic throws (Chetney = FCG’s Dad???!) 3:33:30 Marisha roasts this nerd 3:41:25 Mind shielding 3:44:45 Magic mouth message 3:46:55 Flare 3:52:45 Ashton comes down from the shard boost 3:58:35 Episode Ends The in-game start date for the episode is still debatable. Sam’s gas can has a childlike drawing of Belles Helles which is signed “By: Sam Age 47” The carrot thing is true, btw. In WW2 Britain, they wanted people to switch to eat more carrots so they could ration other stuff, so they said they’d give you superpowers. Also, allegedly, saying their pilots had great eyesight because of vitamin A was a smoke screen to hide the fact that they’d developed radar. Which is to say, Tasting History is a great RU-vid show where a guy cooks historic recipes and goes into the history behind them. Maybe give it a look. Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?

Imogen: "Why can't I cast sending?" The psychic voicemail with 173 Jester messages:

I love that everyone else is in a horror movie but Laudna, the spookiest character, is in a Silly Symphony short

Going by the call and response rules of Sending, Jester just spent all three of her 3rd level slots, all three of her 4th level slots and then a 5th level slot back to back, just to talk to Imogen.

The fact that Matt used Dorian against Orym to try to get him outside to the horror 😮 😅

Imogen being on the receiving end of Jester’s sendings is just beautiful. 😂

I just realized: BH arriving in Issylra (sp?) means that Orym's deal with Nana Morri is complete on her end. All of BH came back from Ruidus alive. That there's going to be a second trip with an as-yet unknown level of success very well might be irrelevant.

Animate Object + Matt's ability to improvise characters = new best NPCs

*Ashton wakes up* "Kelp, it's again"

Laudna becomes an undead pirate and DIVES into the lake with the enchanted boat ... "DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES!!!"

One of my favorite episodes from the whole campaign. It had Dorym crumbs, it had weird moon shit, it had hidden portals to Exandria, it had Caleb Widogast, and it had JESTER LAVORRE!!!

I find it infinitesimaly hilarious that Ludinus has spent hundreds of years building these Malius keys and researching the timing of the ley lines and planning to get to the moon..... And this group of chuckle-fucks just stumbles into a portal to a haunted town that connects the moon to Exandria 😂

Anyone else waiting for Matt to ask "are you pooping" as jester?

The surprise Jester cameo made my heart so full and I would love for her to meet Bells Hells 🥺

"Have you seen how big a salmon is!?" Yes, salmons are pretty big, however a bigger hurdle to carrying something isn't its size, it's the complete lack of arms that'll do it

The fact that Ashton took so long to shake the draw doesn't just make sense from a stats perspective but also from a thematic perspective. Belonging is, like, Ash's driving want, even if they don't realize it yet.

Jester Lavorre has entered the chat.

1:33:20 You just know Matt has been waiting YEARS for this opportunity 😆

The greatest highlight for me in this episode is the heavy emphasis on how different Laudna is from Delilah. Delilah: *Summons/Conjures demons, monsters, and the undead.* Laudna: *Summons a British cockney flying undead rat, a British-sounding boat, and a derpy-sounding rope.*

Liam appreciation post! The instant emotions from his scene with Laura once Orym hugged Imogen - the space he holds with any scene partner with subtle and not so subtle cues is special and a wonder to watch/listen to

Captain Laudna sailing in on Boatie and Roapie might just be my new favorite thing

Delilah knows exactly what to say to Laudna. "The one you love." Killed me. God, she's so evil but I understand her motivation to save the people Laudna loves. UGH

Lets be real, Jester going all Kool-Aid Man into Imogen's head is the ONLY way she could have been introduced into C3.

Beginning of episode: We’re exhausted, so let’s send one person through the portal to scout for 5 minutes just to see where we are. That’s a good idea. End of episode: We’re exhausted, so let’s all go through the portal, become clouds, explore a deserted town, discover its cursed origins, stay overnight, get dragged into the lake by a shadow monster in the middle of the night, and almost die by seaweed. That’s a good idea.

1:31:10 The hug

Man I recognized Czepeku before the name by the pictures alone, they have EARNED every piece of recognition they get!

The look at 17:20 Really, no-one? A 'workaround to the bloody bridge problem is to use the backdoor' setup and ....... no-one

I had the Jester call as really important. There is no known reason sending type stuff is back up. There is a mind-effecting presence there. So with: Caleb responded pretty much exactly as Orym would expected Caleb to respond, not revealing anything Orym didn't already know Keyleth responded to Imogen well within what she (or all of the Bells) would expect her to say, erring on the side of "why don't you stay here, a bit longer" again not revealing anything beyond what they were already thinking. Until the Jester-call this all could have been a cold-read tactic by "the scary shit"

They said the word "hemisphere" and the first thing I thought was "What would FCG say?" - then I looked at Sam and he was typing something into his tablet. I'm not far in but I wonder if he was looking up what flat earthers believe about hemispheres 😂

I love the idea that Bells Hells gets done with defeating Ludinus/Predathos and they head back to Jrusar to find that it has been either completely destroyed/taken over by the Shade Mother, and Bells Hells just throws their hands up in exasperation and just yells out at the sky (at Matt) “Can you not try and destroy Exandria for 5 minutes!!!”

See, if i was being paranoid, id assume all those "sendings" finally working was just the trick of whatever the fuck was in the lake. Jester kinda throws a wrench into all that (shocking, i know) but god it'd be so fucked up if the gang get back to Keyleth and she's like "what backdoor"

1:32:10 I love how Liam roleplays the word counting in character

1:36:00 saying he misses Dorian feels so close to a declaration of love because he misses Will so bad all the time, and he loves Will so deeply that missing someone and loving someone seems to blur together into the same feeling

Delilah always knows just what to say to manipulate Laudna.

My favorite part about the Jester messages that Matt is doing is that Matt always cuts them off early because Jester always had that problem of going over and I love that attention to detail. But man Jester is probably so relieved that she can cast Sending. She even said that it was the worst day ever when she found out that they could not cast sending.

Alternate Episode Name: *YOU RECOGNIZE THE BODIES IN THE WATER!*

1:36:02 Cheeky of Matt to cut off Dorian's reply. Hopefully they are planning another Exu or something, so Matt couldn't answer for Dorian

That sending conversation between Jester and Immogen gave me so much joy I was grinning like an idiot for a good minute. The difference between the two characters' styles could not be more stark. Imogen was efficient with her wording to the point of leaving words unused which reflects her reserved nature while Jester was as chaotic as always. Just imagine 10 years from now when this gets animated and Laura has to voice both sides of the conversation. Lol

Not Marisha pushing different random sides of the boombox each time? Not even hitting a button that’s great

i mean them being lured to the lake was a very logical consequence of their very conscious choice to sleep in the creepy abandoned town, but boy was it cool

Laudna should use her craftiness to make the scry ball into a necklace pendant by making a corded cage for it so everyome can see it glow at any time.

This has been another episode of “Travis Told You So”!!!!!

Two weeks in a row now that a cast member doesn't realize they're still on-air at the end of the episode. Last time it was Liam, this time it was Laura. Goofballs.🙂

Hello, bees, Monday Crew! BH might be at the end of their rope with few lifeboats in sight in this one, especially after getting exactly the wrong kind of kelp they need.

Someone should really tell them about the 5th level Illusion spell Dream. It would change their fucking LIVES. That's one of the best communication spells in the game. Assuming all your friends aren't Elves.

I am officially watching episodes as they get released! Finally caught up after one year 🎉

The Czepeku spot was unhinged.

It feels like Delilah might be the ultimate BBEG of this campaign. She could help BH’s overcome Predathos and then take her shot to return.

As a DM, I felt that sigh by Matt in my soul when they were talking about "centipede style".

Every D&D party: “Why did someone leave such a weirdly cryptic message instead of just plainly explaining the danger here?” Bell’s Hells: 2:57:55 (In the voice of Groundskeeper Willie installing the “Caution Well” sign): “That should do it.”

“Nice to meet you, Jester” My heart! 💖

I need an Ariks Eshteross t-shirt that says Tonight I bake…

I may be wrong, but the Brits got radar and could see aircraft coming sooner. Had a campaign to say carrots help your eyes so the enemy espionage would be confused. Maybe it's true, maybe not, but that's a good story ark.

Marisha's intel about carrots is a bit off: during ww2 the Brits invented radar, which allowed them to intercept German planes even during nighttime. To deceive the Germans they spread the rumor that carrots gave their spotters very good eyesight

15:00 If the Barbarian is worried about losing a fist fight, you need a rest.

"How hard are you?" so ded 🤣🤣 Travis got me weak 💀💀

really looking forward to FCG making enemies with every bird he comes across, especially for Matt's performances :D

Belle Hells on the moon.. (Meanwhile back on Alexandria) Keyleth: Percy! We need to talk about what we will do if they don’t return.. Percy de volo: I’ve been working on that.. (orders some troops to remove several large tarps, revealing a 106ft long cylindrical barrel) I call it “Really Bad News”.. Keyleth: 😳 Are you going to try and blow up the moon with that..? Percy: No,Just some weirdos on it but that would be fascinating to try..

Haven't seen anyone comment on Marisha's fanny pack hat in the sponsor short, and it can't go unnoticed.

"this is ruidis born.." "and this! is exalted" "and THIS! is to go FURTHER BEYOND!"

It's been so long since I've watched an episode all in one go. This one just kept coming with heavy hitter after heavy hitter. Portals, eldritch horror, CALEB AND JESTER I CAN"T

"I have darkvision" killed me.

Ashton Fuck Count: Previous Episodes = 627, Episode 86 = 9 Long Live Boaty, the most beloved member of Bells Hells (According to Laudna's Mind).

Here's the HUGE problem. If WE can use Sending, Ludinus can use Sending and I don't doubt he has that ability. In fact, I think he's the one that turned it back on so now the question is: Why?

i love laura bailey having to deal with laura bailey

"I can call Dorian" 😭😭😭

Laudna is such a fantastic friggin character man. I'm loving her journey more all the time. And Marisha embodies her so well. It's a real treat to watch.

Ashton this whole episode has been just "I'm so tired, why are we doing this?" And then suffering as a result of his friend's actions 😂

I did not catch Matt blink a single time while playing the bird

WE PLAY DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS ON MONDAY NIIITE. Brought to you by CZEPEKU!!

Zombie by The Cranberries: In Laudna`s head, In Laudna`s head Ropey and Boaty, Ropey and Boaty are talking, talking, talking

sometimes i get so used to Matt's villain voices that I forget he's a voice actor and can pull stupid voices out of nowhere that perfectly fit an animal's or object's personality

"This episode had eveything!"

Monday crew unite

The last two episodes just had extremely amazing storytelling, probably my favourite part about campaign 3 so far Totally understand how a random elven ruin, a lake and a ghost town suddenly became more interesting than the main story ^^ And the possibility of another mighty NEIN Special Mission one shot is the cherry on top (please

The undead pirate bit was GLORIOUS 😂 omg I need to see this episode officially animated so baaaaaaddddd

Mama I realized it was jester's voice I started ascending I swear.

I just gotta say Marisha looks so cute with the twin buns and glasses. it’s a good look on her!

So only the dead woman and the moon-touched weren't effected by the [REDACTED]. And Im gunna assume Delilah is shielding Laudna from it. I wonder if Predathos(sp.) either made the [REDACTED] or if maybe he's a particularly old and powerful one, and Fern and Imogen weren't bothered because they're giving off the same psychic vibes as the [REDACTED] do.

Laudna waking up like 90% of moms at 1:37:40 really cracked me up

Best depiction of animate object ever. Loving the complexity of this campaign

NO SLEEP FOR ASHTON 🎸

My favourite thing about the episode (and there’s a lot 😂) is the first 45 min where everyone seems to be either jet lagged or in an exhausted giggly mood

After 3 months FINALLY I have caught up 🥳🥳 thank you CR for offering me serotonin in hard times always

god damn matt mercers ability to keep a straight face is impressive the bird scene was crazy

Whats up monday crew?!?!

Laura replying to Laura Pog moment

That boat and rope might be my favorite NPCs in Critical Role history.

I love how when they contacted Caleb, Ashley did Yasha’s voice when speaking as Fearne haha

I love when Matt gets to be in a thumbnail

I was not expecting that deep conversation between Laudna and Paté and it absolutely sent me through orbit 🤣🤣

The sponsor was hilarious but became so much funnier when Taliesan rolled his eyes up to the stratosphere 😂

RIP Boaty and Ropey, you definitely pulled your weight.

Amazing episode, but is no one in the party going to ask Orym when he learned to teleport? The Hex I get maybe they just thought it looked funny, but teleporting to Ashton? Matt even said they all saw. I know they have a lot on their minds but I want to see them talk to Orym and learn about his deal!!

I loved their genuine excitement when they got sending back for a bit

😂😂 So happy to see Laura finally get Jester'd on a sending.

The description of the flare was amazing. Can't wait to see all the art from it

Who else already watched on Twitch but you're still here watching again?

Am I the only one hearing Chetney describing pine trees as "deciduous" and getting all confused?

0:47 CZEPEKU! 😂 1:12:20 “Did you check it for buttons or anything?” [Chetney thinking] F***ing Imogen. LMAO 🤣