Into the Greyspine Mines | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 2 

Summary begins at 13:25. Game starts at 14:55. Break from 1:29:01 to 1:43:32. Game continues until 2:57:46. Hmm. I did this for every episode, but many of them seem to have fallen down the feed. If you find this useful, or think others might, please leave a comment on these time stamps for those episodes (if you can find them) so they stay near the top where people can find them.

33:46 "Can I ask a question" Matt, still in character: "yes?" "Not you, the other guy, Matt" *drops character* "yes, Laura?" I find this so funny.

2015 "Our goal tonight is to reach 1000 Twitch subscribers" 2019 "Our Kickstarter Campaign is the highest grossing of all time."

Whoever wrote the subtitles, I admire your great dedication. You are an absolute legend. May your pillows be cold, and your nostrils unblocked.

"I haven't raged yet?!?!" "It hasn't been your turn yet" "But I'm still angry?" I love it

_"Shopkeeper, we are going into battle and we need your strongest potions."_ _"Travellers, you cannot handle my potions. _*_They are too expensive for you"_*

Scanlan intro: I hardly draw blood Scanlan at the end of episode one: I want the lightning to slowly crawl through his body, torturing him

it's weird hearing Matt saying "You make your way" and not having the entire cast chime in "Makin' my way...."

I know I'm just starting this series, but can I just ask for a HUGE shoutout to the heroic soul(s) who typed out, what, *500 hours worth of subtitles* for this show?? I really, really appreciate them... I assume that as the show goes on, they get better mics and higher quality EQ, but in these early episodes, they can go from barely audible mutters to speaker-blasting shouts in seconds, and it's impossible to find a perfect volume level... making low volume + captions often the best way to view it. Not only did the subtitlers have to watch through the entire series, but they had to pay extra close attention to who's talking over whom and which sentences are the most important to pick out when 8 people are often talking rapidly over each other. They even took the time to provide the names of the speakers, which is hours and hours of extra typing when you add it all together. Thanks for all your hard work, whoever you are!

"you can sit in my lap" "i've killed" SCANLAN IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE I LOVE HIM

Players: "Should we take a pee break?" Matt: "As your exit the tunnel, you hear the cascading flow of a river that leads to a waterfall..." SAVAGE!

2015 Sam to Laura: "You can cast?!" 2018 Sam to Laura: "You can heal?!"

"I would like to 'RAGE'!" The most polite Barbarian ever.

"Any goblin corpse is a good goblin." - Sam Riegel Irony lol

It's both crazy and charming to see them using hand-drawn grid paper instead of $500 three-dimensional battle maps.

So...are we not going to mention how Matt drained a Solo cup then proceeded to wince and say "I forgot that isn't water?"

15:00 - Game starts 16:56 - Nice one Vax 22:05 - Rogues gotta Rogue 2: Rogue harder 25:13 - Ballsack 26:10 - Scanlan make you feel good 33:46 - Not you, the other guy 34:45 - “I’ve killed” 35:30 - Wink 45:15 - Pull it out 49:40 - Can't stop, won't stop (talking) 52:45 - Keyleth the dwarf 56:52 - House of Vulva [ 59:03 - Matt “That’s not what it’s called” ] 1:14:35 - Into the mines 1:29:11 - Break starts 1:42:10 - Break ends 1:48:46 - Umber Hulk smash 2:31:34 - HDYWTDT 2:32:58 - “Nobody touches my man-wife” 2:35:00 - Grog can handle this, right? 2:39:35 - Stinking Cloud 2:57:45 - Game end

"you could fit on my lap" "I'VE KILLED."

Percy: “You can’t inspire a cantaloupe. No matter what you tell the cantaloupe it’s not going to feel better about itself.” Caduceus: “Oh well....I don’t know if that’s entirely true.”

Vox Machina's logic is great. They bring Greyspine an extremely expensive wine as a gift, and then immediately try and have him "share" because they all want some, too.

For newcomers of Critical Role: 1 - Love or hate enjoy Orion Acaba while he lasts, it wont be long given the length of the campaign. 2 - This is homebrew and then some so not standard dnd 5e 3 - Matt is among the top 5 DMs in the world so enjoy the quality 4 - Travis is one of the smartest at the table, but Grog only has 6 intelligence 5 - Marisha is an amazing person, but Keyleth has no wisdom or common sense 6 - Scanlan is as close as we have gotten to Deadpool in DnD, and playing what is considered a useless class that is often the MVP 7 - Liam plays his rogue more like a Suave Han Solo to save the day, rather than the usual DnD rogue that will rob you blind and then rob your neighbor 8 - Taliesin is the person at the table with a plan for everything, so does Percy but Percy is also Crazy. 9 - Laura is a great Ranger and accountant of the party, and should be considered the thief of the party 10 - Trinket is the mascot of the party, but 5e DnD does not do pets well so is useless is most fights until Matt does everything possible to make him less of a burden in and out of combat 11- Ashley Johnson plays Pike the party's only Healer, but she has branched out into a show called Blindspot so inst around for a lot of the campaign 12 - Please be aware the show improves over time so the audio issues are mostly gone by the 20th episode or so, the horrible geek and sundry twitch screen is improved slowly, many props given by the fans will slowly show up on the show, and finally enjoy one of the greatest shows i have had the privilege to watch. 13 - Last note... if you enjoy the show consider subscribing to the critical role twitch, geek and sundry twitch, Donating to 826LA, and/or buying the Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting DnD book

Also, Matt: “And where are you from?” Marisha: “Oh! I’m from the mountains... up north...” Matt: *short pause with laughing* “Roll persuasion... with disadvantage”

"You haven't raged yet! It isn't your turn yet!" "But I'm so angry!"

Matt: You're underground, you don't really know what time of day it is. Liam in Campaign 2: Have you heard of the Keen Mind feat?

Matt softly going: "That's not.. what it's called.." is such a mood

Gotta love Scanlan and Tiberius. Scanlan: Hey guys before we go wandering deep into the dark, dark mines... How about we ask about the layout, if not a map. Tiberius: Also, how about a map.

25:13 "what do you know of ballsack up in the tavern?" "I'm sorry, what?"

2:15:43 I like that Taliesin and Marisha start plotting the creation of smoke bombs for effect so Keyleth could shout, “IT’S MORPHIN’ TIME” when she transforms into different animals.

0:14:56 - Recap ends, part 1 starts 0:16:10 - "You can cast?" 0:17:57 - Tiberius "slams" the door 0:22:07 - Percy has Vax's back 0:23:14 - Vax goes to steal some wine while Scanlan doesn't distract 0:26:04 - Scanlan's song of rest 0:27:40 - "From Nostoc? Really?" 0:28:44 - Goblin centipede 0:33:02 - Carver cousin story 0:33:45 - "To the other guy, Matt?" 0:34:44 - "I've killed" 0:38:12 - Dried fruit 0:43:42 - Grog has one job 0:49:34 - Tiberius, silenced 0:50:50 - Tiberius' pent-up monologue 0:52:52 - Keyleth's Scottish accent 0:59:03 - The House of Vulva 1:00:16 - A simple explanation 1:01:40 - "Oh here we go" 1:03:16 - Dragon parts 1:03:49 - Troll dick 1:05:33 - Grog ruins Vex's haggling/subterfuge 1:11:50 - Scanlan and Grog debating whether or not to visit a whorehouse 1:19:57 - Terrible map backstory 1:24:24 - Dwarven skateboards 1:29:11 - Break 1:42:10 - Break ends 1:43:32 - Part 2 starts 1:44:50 - Tiberius once again 1:48:26 - Umber hulks! 1:50:33 - Scanlan's cutting words

54:40 Vax: "Good sir dwarf... clearly, we are idiots." X'D I'm just dying at Vax constantly having to smooth over the party's hilarious bumbling interactions with NPCs. You can see him smoothing back his hair right before it just thinking "Weeelll s***. Guess I've got to handle this one again!"

“Open your vulva” Matt: *sighs* that’s not what it’s called..” My inner DM felt that.

How amazing is Matt Mercer? 33:51. "Not to you, the other guy...Matt?" "Ah! *rapid reversion to American accent* Yes? Yes, Laura?" That's how amazing of a DM Matt Mercer is. :D

-"Hey man you should really check this series, it is called Critical Role!" -"I don't know man i really need to study and I should not get addicted to a web series.." -"No worries man it is not addicting at all" And here i am, addicted and craving for more episodies.

34:46 "And you," *pats head* "you could fit in my lap!" "I've _KILLED--"_ I think Scanlan is my spirit animal

Discovering this in almost 2022 is like brushing dust off of an artifact

"Thank you Matt for doing all the work on these maps." Liam honestly sounds like a wonderful player for a DM to have

*Suddenly realizes that each episode is about 3 hours long, and there are around 140 episodes* I’m never going to finish this

These characters are all bad influences on each other and I love it.

"Cast it on me, I'm a squirrel in her pocket!" "I'm a squirrel in her pocket" is a solid argument for anything. Period.

I can't stop laughing at "The bag of holding is not a freezer."

"When you say we get too drunk, do you mean the party, or the humans in Los Angeles?" "Yes..."

I finally bit the bullet and started watching Vox after being an avid fan for Campaign 2, and it's so good to see that some things never change and that Laura was always horrible at remembering pets.

“If you look at them, they have a chance to confuse you.” “But I’m eating it’s leg.” “Are you looking at it, or away?” “IM A BEAR”

Laura: "Both my die are rolling bad" Me: " I'm going to get to see the creation of the dice hoard!? :D"

"hello everyone" Me: "Hello left earbud" D:

35:30 Vax: "Do-- do the wink thing you do." Vex: "I did, I already did, actually." Hyrris: "I saw, it was a good wink. Made me tingly in me shoulders. ...That might be the diabetes. But mostly the wink, I think."

Laura: Also I feed Trinket! Me: Ah, so it was an issue in Campaign 1 as well.

"Excuse me, but we have no fucking idea what time it is" Okay, that got me good.

will i continue watching from episode 2 up until the end? will i spend 300 hours of my life watching these guys play dungeons and dragons? a game i never really knew how to play up until now? Yes. Yes I will.

Players: "I'm averting my gaze, but I know where it is." DM: "Right. Disadvantage."

I love how Matt was just like "Oh we have no Pike to resurrect Grog. He just doesn't die I guess."

"Never attack the bedding before you know the threadcount." Is such a Percy thing to say, I love it

“2700 gold pieces for nine healing potions” Me, an intellectual: NEIN!

"Toodle loo, shitface" Funny as that one was, the DM will *never* let you get rid of a polymorphed enemy that easily

It’s crazy listening to them celebrating 1200 subscribers and a couple years later they have 2.2 million. They truly deserve it, what an awesome group

roses are red this game is filled with bliss you just rolled a critical *_How do you want to do this?_*

Paraphrased message seen in chat: "Yo there's 2300+ viewers tonight" Nobody had any idea.....

“NO MOTHAFUCKA MISS” XD “Magic, Magic go away Come again another day” omg I’m ded, I love him!!

Reposting these timestamps from my tumblr 15:00 - Game starts 16:56 - Grog “Can’t we look in the hole?” Vax “You did that last night.” (Group talks to Nostoc and take a job from him) 22:05 - Percy persuades Nostoc for a drink, Vax successfully steals more 26:10 -- ♪ Scanlan make you feel good ♪ (They talk to Hieris, who gives info on the mines and creatures inside.) 34:45 - Scanlan “I’ve killed” 35:30 - Vex’s wink gives Hieris’s shoulders a tingle, or maybe its diabetes 45:15 - Vex asks Grog to “pull it out,” that is, the flying carpet 52:45 - Keyleth the dwarf 56:52 - House of Vulva / 59:03 - Matt “That’s not what it’s called” (They buy potions and arrows) 1:06:33 - Percy gets the idea to “build some interesting arrows” 1:14:35 - Into the mines 1:29:11 - Break starts 1:42:10 - Break ends 1:48:46 - Umber hulk fight starts 2:31:34 - Vax gets the HDYWTDT on the last umber hulk 2:32:58 - Liam “Nobody touches my man-wife” (HUSBANDS!) 2:35:00 - Raging Grog attacks, 2nd fight with dark dwarves and evil brain starts 2:39:35 - Scanlan’s stinking ass cloud 2:57:45 - Game end

So far my favourite characters so far are 1. Tiberius Kraghammer... wait? 2. Percival... amh... Percy. 3. Grog. Also, ale.

"Those look like Umber Hulks." "They are." Delighted smile.

The best bit is when Tiberius is magically Silenced.

"He pulls up his Arcane Calculator," is one of the most D&D things ever.

"you can sit on my lap--" "i've killed" LMAOOOOO

When you are caught up with season 2 so you start watching season one

Did she just say “both” of my dice? How times have changed. And today kids we are going to learn about exponential growth.

I love that Orion keeps talking, even though he was silenced

Im rewatching as I've watched all they way to Ep. 75 of Season 2 and Laura saying "Both my die" at 1:15:50 blew my mind. She now has dice as innumerable as the stars

Why it so captivating to watch? I don't know the rules and I only know the bare minimum about the game itself. I can't believe that I feel this engaged in their playthrough.

I hope the winner of that Player's Handbook and photo kept them. Those are historical artifacts now! :D

Anyone else here because "The Legend of Vox Machina" is a masterpiece, and they also just have a compulsion to consume everything about it, now? No? Just me? Cool.

Scanlan to Vex: "you can cast??!!" Vex: "Of course" Vax to Scanlan: "you can kill??!!!" LOL

Matt is so good at this

It's really cool seeing that Matt's level of narrating detail was always above an beyond. Whether it's a top-down battlemap drawn on paper or a Dawrvenforge underwater lair on a volcano island Matt's DMing is unbelievable

1:47:45 really made me smile. Liam: "That's Beautiful... Look at that fun map... Thank you Matt for doing all the work on these maps and shit." :) Matt: "It's what I do" B)

I wish I could find a group like this that mostly stays in character, aren't just murderhobos, and could meet regularly!

I just finished catching up to campaign 2. Hearing Liam compliment Matt’s two-dimensional map drawn with colored sharpie markers is insanely funny to me after the ridiculous amount of effort he put into building three-dimensional, painted maps with light and fog in the second campaign.

That original Players Handbook signed by this crew on this second episode that was given away is probably worth a goddamn fortune. How incredibly far Critical Role has come.

Dude matt is such a good DM. I had a dm that would always make us role a perception check whenever we asked any questions. Even out of character, player to dm. Like “What does he look like?” “Roll perception” “What color is it then?” “Roll perception” “So what does the village look like in some more detail?” “Roll perception” Got so damn annoying, it was like we couldn’t even get immersed and understand what the environment/interactions looked like, because he made our CHARACTERS role perception checks when we were simply asking player questions. Like I can’t really roleplay if you don’t tell us what’s going on lmao

I'm convinced being underground here is the sole reason Caleb took keen mind in C2

This is the third time I've heard the character intros, and I've just realized: Tiberius is the in-universe version of someone who bought and read the sourcebooks and got super excited about the possibilities of the game long before they had a chance to try it out with a group.

After watching them in C2 for 99 episodes I already knew that Sam is basically a real life bard, but finally actually seeing him playing a bard is kinda surreal - he’s too powerful. Not Scanlan, but Sam himself, *he has an excuse to just sing shit WHENEVER.* That’s crazy. How is this allowed. I love it.

I never knew Vox Machina was based off of this show... I'm obsessed. Got so much to catch up on before I start watching the animated series... wish me luck 😂

"Clearly we are idiots..." LOL

I love the wonderful mixture of humor in this group.

I love how Travis continuously mistakes Balgus' name for ballsack.

You guys have saved many lives without knowing, calmed panicky and anxious minds, also introducing a new hobby to someone who hasn't had hobbies in years. I'm so grateful. Hi from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

Can I ask a question? Yes? Not you the other guy Matt. Made me laugh for a long time

Grog: The master? Who's the master? Vex: you're unconsious! Grog: *Becomes a turnip* derp face,

I absolutely love Liam's quote. "We're about to put the dungeons in Dungeons And Dragons."

Can you imagine in 2022 having that signed Player's Handbook knowing how far they've come?

34:45 "I've killed." Right off the cuff. No delay. No thinking. These guys are creative geniuses compared to me.

So, forgot my obligatory first episode comment, but I began my adventure of rewatching this series on August 31st. Somehow it isn't the same with out seeing Glorious Flando with timestamps in the comments

Huh, I basically just started on campaign 2 and got caught up, then came back to watch campaign 1. I have to say, for campaign 1, I miss Flando, so much.

Marisha's "ohhh halloooo, I hail from da mountains" never fails to make me laugh 😂

Matt: “... one of the members of the Council of Tal'Dorei..." Me, coming here after catching up with campaign 2, in Nott's voice: "WHO'S ON THE TAL'DOREI COUNCIL?!"

Vax: "We have no fucking idea what time it is" Caleb: "I know exactly what time it is"

2:00:54 Holy shit that noise. I want to be able to make that noise. Matthew Mercer, you got some skills I did not expect of most voice actors.

"Both my dice?" -- There was a point at which Laura Bailey only had TWO sets of dice???

Basically we have new Tabletop, Spellslingers, Critical Role, and Titansgrave for you to watch over the weekend. Geek and Sundry wishes you a happy holiday!