Harvest Close | Critical Role | Campaign 2, Episode 17 

This is accurate

yeah that's me right now.

Because everyday can be Thursday when you're two years late! Woot woot! #quarantine

Matt: this is were we are gonna pick up next week. Me: you have no power here

I already listened to the entire campaign up to the current but I am relistening while I play rocket league lmao

Mollymauk or Taliesin? Either is entirely possible

so have I

Tea-yeet

Ikr? Feel like no one heard that I was sitting here like "wait w h a t"

Fire Knight he’s been in the circus, I’m not surprised

Well, Molly can. He doesn't count though, he's a circus performer.

Well, inanimate objects are Critical Role's natural enemy apparently ^^'

@@Kewryn and that's why the final boss of campaign 3 will be an all powerful carpet

oh, they sure can hurl. just not in the right direction

Well, molly can

Now go home and get your fucking shine box.

Nott "Now I feel like we have to play, he just human-splained me"

You've done it. You made me snort from laughter. Congratulations to you

@@GreenHornet1379 lol thanks for info

This is an old anecdote I love sharing from my first week at my first job, a thrift shop. I was pricing some items on a cart brought up front for that purpose. A couple of college age girls were watching me while i did this and started talking once I had a little clear votive candle holder. "Hey, look, she's got a shot glass." "No that's way too big--" The other girl stares her conversation partner down and says "ANYTHING is a shot glass of you believe hard enough."

"You can't snort all that cocaine in one sitting!" *BARDIC INSPIRATION KICKS IN* "OH REALLY?!"

All mushrooms are edible; some are only edible once

his lil' Monstah is growing up so fast, but he did keep the 'Sea' part of Sea Monstah with Fjord ^^

Too bad she always forgets the resistance part of Rage :p Unless D&D Beyond calculates that automatically.

Well as we all know, Travis did play a barbarian for 5 years haha, but I love that he's always so into anything that matt or other players do.

especially at times like 3:12:35

When they are about to go play the titan game... he goes into grog headspace and looks at ashley xD so good

It's the same picture

She was the silent type BECAUSE of her crippling social anxiety

On the outside: "wow, she's so strong, silent, and mysterious 😍" On the inside: "don'tpanicdon'tpanicdon'tpanic"

@@MonteCreations Being in the circus surrounded by her people probably helped her feel more confident in the first episode. She had the knowledge that if she did anything weird, she can always say it’s a “circus thing” and no one will ask questions. Now she’s out in the real world and doesn’t have the protection of being surrounded by weirdos and freaks (as a weirdo and freak myself, I mean no offense to circus folk and carneys).

@@Glmorrs1 we weirdos and freaks get it. Being among our own is just more comfortable.

1:21:45 🥰

​@@hannahysabelle Doing god's work.

@@hannahysabelle I somehow completely missed that first time around, thanks for the timestamp!

@@RoosterFloyd You mean The Traveler's work.

@@meduimrareberries5888 The travelers work is more like linking a rickroll, not actually being helpful, haha.

I would've just twirled a tiny fire around my fingers right then, if i was Caleb

*I intensify the Stink Eye.*

shoulda firebolted one of the cups off the table

I wish he would have said "I will... _You stay safe as well."_ But super passive aggressively.

*nobody liked that*

My favorite moment from the carnival games hands down. He gets the farthest target and then goes, "I'm not done" LOL!!! Sam Reigel ladies and gentlemen.

How does one "decimate" an archery competition. Break 1 in 10 arrows?

Alex Rogers Colloquial definition rather than literal. Decimate has become more akin to “obliterate” rather than its original meaning. Cuz y’know, language evolution and all

@@R3adybreck Definition 1 not 2 dec·i·mate /ˈdesəˌmāt/ Learn to pronounce verb 1. kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of. "the project would decimate the fragile wetland wilderness" 2. HISTORICAL kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers or others) as a punishment for the whole group.

@@R3adybreck I mean you say that but yes she actually did. She split one of the arrows in half out of 9

Yes, I am lucky..my specific brand is UN-Lucky. ;)

@@housedugas895 Like that Irish saying, “If it wasn’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all”.

He used all the clout on *that one game!* 🤣

AND THAT'S ON CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

what was the timestamp again? (if anyone sees this comment and just saw it)

nvm found it 33:22

And then Molly instantly getting a 19 is when I absolutely lost it.

Well for 826LA is great

I would have thought Wheaton was in the room

me too. i love lauras expression when matt says past her chest

@@SuperSuperdude88 see, Matt made it weird when he said "chest area". If he had just said chest it wouldn't have been a thing lol.

Time stamp please

@@TheCart54321 24:22

@@jasongustafson2691 I can definitely see how that would make it weird, but normally, I don't think anyone woulda thought anything of it. Having Laura there definitely didn't help lol

They're like Walmart employees and I love it

@Benjamin Armitage why did this make me laugh?

As soon as Matt described them at the Trebuchet with the kid my heart melted.

It’s so cute, I love it. Most of them do really believe they’re doing good for the world, it’s just a shame it seems their overlords may be corrupt...oof, that hits hard right now.

ACAB, but Some Guards Are Nice

I know vox machina is legendary. But if im being honest, i would rather the tv show be about the mighty nein cause seeing their shenanigans would be amazing

Side note the women of the group in a few phrases

Side note the women of the group in a few phrases

I died laughing when nott said that

2:34:29

Plus the fact that he shared is DM notes on this episode, makes this a special display in his ability to enrich small brainstorms he prepped for.

@@mdavies117where did he share them?

It's been slow building, partly from Ashley's necessary absence from the table, but ever since she accepted flowers from Nott and pressed them in her book, there's been elements of her softer side peeking through here and there.

Isn't it like that most of the time? That people who look really intimidating, who you think "Don't make them mad, or a stain on the floor will be all that is left of me! They look like they eat a bowl full of nails for breakfast, without milk!", are really gentle giants and big softies?

Indeed!

Der Skalde but more often than not the big burly characters are dumb and gentle, it’s nice to see socially awkward and shy warrior for a change

@@derskalde4973 as a gentle giant myself, I confirm.

From what I know of Laura... Yes she did

Laura Bailey, professional child, everybody

@@handfulmousefly and yet between her and Travis shes probably the high strung adult

I hope one day Ronin watches these and says to himself "Everything makes so much sense now"

LOL "The chest area..." Hahhahaa. "Laura... Forward thinking feminist...." "Don't talk about titties!" Hahaha I'm at the park literally LOL this part and ppl are looking at me!

Mine says 4 years ago, i got a long way to go

Cries in 2022…

@@kaitlyncameron5161 Same here... Loving it though!

Heck I’m doing a rewatch as well in Oct 2022. Boy was the world different back then.

@@crow8776 I’m watching too!! :D

She only gets cuter. Trust me.

That's really sweet!

AnimeFreakly did not catch that, good eye!

I was hoping someone else had noticed this! As soon as Matt said they were going to be fighting creatures, I knew they had to be the one's the Gentleman had

Jeremy Tinker gooday m8

So they... hired gnolls to capture beasts for the colloseum? - Think it through.

@@20catsRPG Damn dude chill out. Just a fun revelation. Not a two page essay.

This so much. One minute you're watching the fecking cutest fanart of her, the next she goes smashing things with a hammer, throwing a half-orc and rowing upstream in a packed boat

And remember, she's got a pink backpack on, though I'd assume she takes if off for the swing. So this waif comes skipping up, takes off her backpack like a school girl, then rolls the boulder with one swing. Then she throws her bag over her shoulder and skips away. Whatever bar the Crownsguard frequents must be full of strange stories. Disappearing cats, floating dodecahedrons, child crackshots, and small strong women.

@@onyxtay7246 let's also not forget tiny 6-year-old girls hitting all the bull's eyes on every target in about 6 seconds with 6 arrows, splitting three of the arrows with the other 3

@@tychogoedhart286 I quote "child crackshots"

Sittingduck Strength of 16 is no joke.

They did one in season one that was pretty nail biting.

@@elbruces what episode?

Episode 36.

@@elbruces thanks

I was literally on the edge of my seat

I feel like a lot of the game scenes just rolled epic little moments for all the characters, worked wonderfully for everyone, all the losses made the sims feel way more fun

Johnathan “and get your fucking shine box” with a dead pan stare was the best fucking follow up ever. I had to repeat that seen like twice I loved it so much

The shine box part was so great. I love Good Fellas.

"I only have 6 shots"

Laughed for 15 min at that part!

Wait until his real child starts doing things like that.

I wanna see him DM for his babby. Bunions and flagons was too cute😍😂😭

I started watching campaign 1 after campaign 2 and like early in Ash kept sayin "I SWEAR IM MAKING A BARBARIAN NEXT" and i'm just like :,)

She cheated though. Rolled twice to get the crit

Could it have been cocked?

Boost!

this comment should be pinned lol

Thank youu

Thanks

very kind of ya stranger

I wonder if that's specifically a reference to the crownsguard vaporizing his cat with a kick. Because I'd be salty, too!

@@HonestMagpie they either gonna kill those guards who kicked frumpkin or they get eaten by a monster

“GaG mE wItH a SpOoN mR aNd Ms HeNdErSoN!!!”

I love Ashley

Did something like this from my bard. He had someone hex a fork so everytime the Paladin in the group tried to eat he always stabbed the roof of his mouth. It was funny as hell to hear a half orc have continously bad luck eating simple meals and blame he god for it

As a DM who advocates and encourages Homebrew when I saw this comment I immediately began frantically scrambling to write it down.

Yes, gag us all with a spoon

Yes! FIght scenes I don't care for, but tiny stupid conversations about syntax? YES, please!

@@nikkikindinger2718 Legit, the fight scenes are actually my least favorite parts of these campaigns, not that I dislike em, I just like everything else more.

I actually cheered when yasha won

@@jonathansims967 same! :D

@@jonathansims967 SO HAVE I OMG IT WAS EPIC

@@jonathansims967 i almost flipped my chair xD

And now you know why actual arm wrestling competitions are a thing

His Percy is showing

Didn't he lose the swords in the cave last episode

@@TheAnonyomusGuy He didn't lose them then, he was commenting at how the effect of the ice/radiant element he gets when he cuts himself with them went away because he had to let go of the swords to give a health potion because he needed two hands.

Kenji Soriano seriously dude there's some people just discovering critical role, please be nice and remove the spoiler

@@kenjisoriano5880 dang dude...way to spoil that for me...

It's so sad how maternal she gets with all of them in one way or another.

​@@jenny_of_oldstones3523Smells like a spoiler.

Which terrible perception roll?

@@DannyMakesVideosIGuess nott overhearing whispers of war. Side note I realized since this comment that matt probably had a list of stuff he would give based off of how high the roll was, and probably wasn't ignoring the roll at all

@@shempai1166 Yeah he tends to be thorough like that and you can see him reading the entire interaction and redacting the interesting bits lol. I understand the sentiment to your original comment though

He very specifically told them that they were only getting the cliffnotes because of the bad rolls.

@@DannyMakesVideosIGuess I loved that part. “You don’t hear that, you don’t hear that, you don’t hear that…,” He’s not just giving his players a little bit of information, he’s also telling them that they missed a lot of information, which can also be pretty informative itself. It’s a great way to tell the players that they know that they don’t know everything.

Alikitty 00 ashley’s so precious

WHEN?

@@ASeed17 at 1:31:24

I love how the misunderstanding never gets truly cleared up even though they both think it does 😂

The way she turns to look at the nonexistent rat is so cute too

Owen Chance I don’t know whether to like it or not... but I show my appreciation.

I was laughing so hard

I’m deceased

i had no idea where you were going with this is but I loved it

I didn't know THAT was his patron.

I assumed she was lying through her teeth

Also how no one question why her default disguise is a halfling, from what I know, she never disguised as a gnome or a dwarf or even a kobold, always a halfling

@@calescentlight5486 stay tuned =]

Like Goblins don’t party. And in this world of Orcs building libraries and marrying elves, I can see goblins having weddings..

​​​@@AceBradMan halflings are the right size and well liked. Dwarves are too tall, and kobolds aren't seen fondly by a lot of people. Gnomes might be an option but still people aren't as fond of them as halflings.

The travelers blessings upon you dear Lars Roubidoux

Boost

Boost

Boosting

Boooooost!

He DM's like it's a video game RPG. After a tense dungeon you get to the next town and chill and enjoy your new treasure.

How did you use to DM before? Did you send the group from one dungeon to another fighting lich after lich? ^^ To me at least, granting the characters (and players) a break to do stuff that regular people do seems like quite the ordinary thing to do as a DM. After all the characters are part of a living world where plenty of regular things happen on a daily basis :)

@@janelantestaverde2018 Way to not come off as condescending, in any way, shape, or form. You totally don't sound like you're just trying to speak about you as a DM :)

@@Olorile Perfect, then everything worked out well as I was trying to share my personal experience with somebody else while pointing out the necessity of certain aspects of DMing without insulting their personal way of DMing.

@Remy B No thank you, I'm fine. Don't know what I did wrong for people to start gossiping about me like that. Just tried to share my own experience with a little joke-ish sidenote. What else am I supposed to say if people just don't want to believe me if I say that I didn't mean to come off as condescending? People should really get off their high horses.

*Fury of the small*

Toph Beifong

@@shyfrog3731 and you just made it even better!

I'm just imagining that poor guard who just watched a 45 lbs girl robin-hood the shit out of his carnival game and then immediately start discussing *eating the prize rats*

I like to think she was just adjusting to the unfamiliar and not very well made bow with the first 3 shots. Once she accounted for the range, wind conditions and poor equipment (she is very intelligent after all) the rest was pretty easy.

it was such a nice little moment when he said how long it had been since he had one. Caleb just tugs on my heartstrings

Go to your room and think about what you've done.

And the internet goes to...

i think you deserve an emmy too..

Boy you didn't just..

How dare you

You could see the excitement building up in her body language. I almost thought she was gonna shoot up like a rocket and break a hole in the ceiling or smth

That is awesome and wholesome.

Huh. didn't notice he hit his head. I thought he was apologizing to some cameraman named Mike after ducking down to the floor.

feliix88 n

You mean RNGesus.

As he said, always ready to make a damn fool of himself.

Well he won $300 for charity in the matter of 3 rolls. Wow. Such winure. Or is it a failin?

Fjord: (After all the Nat 1's) OH my pride

Me: *does not see a final HDYWTDT=* Immediate panic

Bump, guess that pinning was a fluke, later on, they probably pin consistently. 19:43 "I feel like I slept outside?" Heh, characters, am I right? Dang, that connection to the baby line, wasn't terribly far-out but that was good reasoning. I just got heavy deja vu but I feel it was the exact same so, probably not of Nott's experience with festivals. Wait, why does Beau want to buy the tavern? I can't think of any reason at all. The mythical three natural one's. Perfect. Ahh, that arm-wrestling match!! Had the same intensity as Kern with just that one cryptic comment and the continual rolls. These guys from the... something seem pretty cool. I can smell the Ashley-leaving-in-game-reason scent from here though. When Beau says, "Maybe, we talk about our feelings." Ashley and Liam's expression is funny. These types of uses of magic like the Victory Pit are cool. Fun ways of using the fantasy elements like in Vasselheim, that one gravity bridge, the farms and other occupations that use the blessings of the gods directly. The tension to see Frumpkin punted every time he's spotted is palpable. Heh, the dice underneath Yasha says 2 when she's twice her size. Glad Yasha got a HDYWTDT. Aw hey, toothy maw, long time no see! 3:41:00 And Laura swatting it down. 2nd HDYWTDT. Yasha's doing well in combat which is nice to see. Do they(or did they) give 100$ for the nat 1's in advantage? Oh gosh, they don't do well in trying to make an actual plan of attack, they just argued for 5 minutes straight. Combat used to be pretty meh for me, skipping through once I got the basic gist of sneak attacks, hunter's mark, spend-a-grit-point, Bigby's hand, the couple odd dozen druid attack spells, etc; I used to just skim for the big numbers and for boring encounters I often just skipped most of it. After a bit of experience, forcing myself to analyze the battle map after watching Travis' infectious excitement, you can find a lot of fun in it. You can share in the mind of the players: of Laura trying to conserve spells, using cantrips at low levels, being spoilt with casting at a higher level, trying to position for flying creatures, sneak attack! and just watching terrible plans(granted, you can see that without any experience, too). Art mention 4:12:10 So handsome **Definitely spoilers** Nott with the festivals being a goblin and spoilers I've heard make me definitely think of what is truly happening. Or the festivals aren't supposed to be taken that way, perhaps she saw them after leaving her goblin tribe but I think I have a fairly clear idea of what's going on along with Caleb able to 'fix her'.

thank you

You are a god! Thank you! I miss clicked and lost my place in the episode and you saved me!

thanks dude

Yeah spoilers***** ******* It’s wild when you find out that it was actually related. And her instinct almost picked it up immediately too.

i made the connection immediately for some reason but i was so excited that beau caught it too! idk what it leads to, as im just now getting into the campaign, but im so excited to learn

And so early on too.

Don't think it's an actual deity. And since she had planned to make Jester a Warlock before her husband went "oooh a *Warlock* you say?!!!", I really think it's more of a patron (demonic or otherwise) that was retrofitted to match the deity type the Cleric rolls with. Think more of Kashaw's wife than the platinum dragon.

@@Shornaal13 I hate that i accidentally spoiled it for myself, so I know what/who it is ::'(

@@Shornaal13 Doesn't the new D&D book confirm that Jester's deity is a demigod who was an archfey at one point? Not a D&D player yet, but I would love to play once I can get into a better job.

@@zacharygadzinski3147 I haven't put my hands on it yet, so I don't know. I stated what I thought on the matter, but I'd be glad to be proven wrong. :)

Zachary Gadzinski Yeah and in recent episodes as well as the book they confirmed that it was actually Artagan to whole time.

"I've seen this one! This is a classic!"

I am terrified of a festival with Mercer

Guard: Hey how are you- Nott: *Growling* Guard: AAAH! GET YOUR FUCKING DOG Caleb: it don't bite. Guard: YES IT DO

@@meenakshious beat me to it

Gloom Berries same

@@meenakshious Guard: Hey how are you- Nott: *Growling* Guard: AAAH! GET YOUR FUCKING DOG Caleb: it don't bite. Guard: YES IT DO Nott: Yes I do

Beautiful even by elven standards? I guess the E stands for Everyone then

EILF?

MEILF technically

Nothing to do with the Acid Arrow, though.

@@Zombiewithabowtie My first thought as well!

Hahah! Campaign 1 Lady Kima meeting memories B-)

“literally anything shiny” Nott

@@thatguy4996 good catch thanks

what about Fjord

Fjord is looking for a good time... wait thats grog

Nott: "wants to eat rats"

Introbulus I know right?? I could not believe Taliesin managed it

Gag me with a spoon, Introbulus!

But. All he does is roll low. He loves the low rolls tho.

@@simplyridiculous Not always, he loves the the low rolls, but he does know limits and when he should try for the higher ones

"YET"

Oh but she has... Remember the communal bath 🤣🤣

@@Crimson-bm9jp very true... everyone knows what everyone looks like naked.

@@Crimson-bm9jp I think he was diguised

It was adorable!

I *need* more moments like that from Beau, she can be so great!

timestamp?

@@marli4442 1:13:46

Thank you. >XD

AniBunny (Antoine S.) if your players go to the tournament

@@justintimeleave1360 Sometimes, as players we decided to go to events even though it wasn't necessary because it was kinda obvious that our DM planned for it, and well, we didn't want to leave him hanging there. Sometimes that's a bit of meta-gaming that needs to be done, so your DM won't have prepared stuff for hours only for it to never show.

AniBunny (Antoine S.) yep, regular players do

Yeah, you learn fairly quickly that going in direction X is more likely to lead to an interesting well thought out prepared adventure, whereas going in other directions will lead to some random encounters while your DM tries desperately to wing it. You get pretty good at finding and following direction X without even thinking about it, through Pavlovian conditioning if nothing else. That said, recycling unused encounters is a thing.

@@elbruces im just wondering where a damn hill giant cane from

"Caramelized", though that is one of the funniest typos I've seen.

@@kevinfeagan6008 Oops! . . . . although, carnalized apple does sound awful tempting! (said Eve)

dang i was hoping for some time stamps to see exactly what ur talking about

@@mixmastermike2128 Nott offering to hunt the child down is in there, but I just made up the town crier part as an imagined event if they had actually done it. Sorry, no time stamp to offer.

Timestamp?

@@cornelia3912 not long after 3:13:08

Yeah. I'm so torn about wanting to finish before c3 starts. On one hand I get to enjoy real time and be more a part of the community... on the other hand, I actually have to wait and constantly ask, "Is it Thursday yet?!?!"

Poor fjord.

Its humanising them so well

Defeats gnolls, demons, willow wisps, weird rock monsters and unveil political regimes. *next day* Head to a carnival and absolutely SUCK at almost every single carnival game they attempt. It is just so sweet 🥲

Exept mollymauk

@@flightlesssongbird4025 jester, the most adorable and seemingly fragile of the group has the 2nd highest strength score, beats a fucking barbarian in the rock game

Marisha is more like "talks like she's punching them with questions while high".

Also Liam: Okay you got me, my friend is a GOBLIN!

In Ashley's defense, her character has terrible Charisma and Wisdom, so it kinda makes sense she'd be incredibly awkward.

@@taranoreilly5101 to anyone reading this: I've seen the 1st campaign by now and now I understand how much they play according to their characters. For example: Last campaign Travis was Grog, so no real talk mostly, which was mostly reserved to the others.

@@matsh5633 yeah and in campaign 3, ashley’s character is super bubbly and charismatic

...Taliesen IS middle aged

KaraoYoshi he’s only like 5 years older than Laura

"Yes Gail, ...gag us all... with a spoon"

Grindstone they sound really good! I wonder if they have done it as their jobs before

And Laura is a parent now

i swear tho i stumbled on to critical roll 2 months ago with campaign 3 watched all the way up to current episode of it and have been binge watching from campaign 1 since its sent me into a DnD obsession in between watching crit role episodes ive been diving into just general DnD starter videos seriously want to find a group to start trying to actually play now!!!!

Hey brother, love you, it's 'there' though.

At this point I think you mean manticore skull

I thought of that, but nobody on the team talks about, not even Matt!

Cody Allen such a respectful interaction, I love it

It's not there anymore. It's dissolved into liquid at this point.

"Coo! Use Mage Hand! Coo!"

OMG, I hadn't noticed that!

In my head cannon its a raven and that raven is Vax telling them from beyond the grave

I couldn't see what that said, Thanks!

@@malakai960 That would be ironic...Liam was one of the worst last campaign.