Part II: A Faulty Foundation | The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood 

My favorite part of these elder-scrolls videos are the first 30-50 minutes, when it’s a fantasy tavern RPG. The chaos is too real and hilarious 🤣😆🤣

There's usually a trend. Matt's games tend to be colossal in grandeur, Liam's get all dark, gory and have deeper meaning. Taliesin goes entertaining/ horror, Sam's devolve into utter canon killing chaos and Marisha's games make me laugh so hard I cry a little

Sams levitating tray sounds perfect for a trademark Bethesda glitch

As a DM who can't make sounds effects, I FELT Marisha's struggle in the depths of my soul

“Red or white?” “Yes” I’m fucking dead.

I used to live in a rural town, and whenever a health inspector rolled in, the first restaurant hit called up all the other (three) places in town with a warning. The first half hour is -real-.

1:38:50 Taliesin pointing at the audience after Marisha says "fourth wall" was glorious. Incredibly underrated moment

"Who goes there?" - "we hide until the eye closes". That was too real! Lol

I've worked kitchens for 10 years and I can absolutely guarantee Talaisin has done kitchen work cuz that shit is accurate af

Honestly my favorite part of this ESO three-shot has been the fact that these guys are very much rolling like dive restaurant proprietors no matter how badass they try to seem

Marisha as the Kajiti mother asking about the wine completely broke me. LMAO so hard my jaw began to hurt.

This time Aabria gets to flip the gator-beast with a nat one on making it go prone. The circle of life

"You know what, yeah it's Timothy" has to be the most hilarious "sure why not" moment of critical role hahaha

"Say the word and we could have a new special tomorrow." Oh, Taliesin. Never change. ♥

Me, not having kept up for weeks with CR: "What was this again...?" Taliesin: "I'll be playing, Mallory the cook." *drops everything*

Taliesin out the gate with the newly installed broken kitchen instruments, inconvenient doors, and new hire freshly quit, a man who has done his time in the trenches, we love to see it!

Marisha: “You see a lizard like head appears from the bushes to your right” My Brain: *clever girl*

I'm 18 minutes in and Marisha's performance as a kid has completely made me fall in love with her as a DM.

I'd forgotten how fantastic Mallory is, i need MORE

Even Taliesin's off-hand comments as Mallory (example "It's a Labor of Like really..." 2:50:35) shows that he truly understands the mindset of 99.9% of customer service and food industry workers. Especially cooks!

I love how Taliesin pointed at the camera when Marisha said "The Fourth Wall".

Wanting to raise mini murderers is a really valid reason to start a family

_"'War' this, 'Daedra' that, I'm just tryna grill for Azura's sake."_ -Mallory, probably

So excited for this group to be returning in this weirdly wholesome chaos story. And super excited for more Marisha in the DM chair - I loved her as the Bear Master for Honey Heists and she absolutely rocked it with this.

The comments section: Marisha’s such a great DM?? Me, having watched Honey Heist: *always has been*

HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing 1:45 Smooth intros 4:35 Intro cinematic 5:10 Episode Starts 7:05 Upgrades 11:45 Pep talk 13:55 Specials 16:15 Tavima teaches a life lesson 17:45 Wine mom 20:05 The soldiers kind of sound the same 21:20 Laura knows a lot about beer 22:30 Diven arrives 29:15 Birds each have souls 30:50 Getting into the kitchen 32:35 Timothy the traitor 38:00 Tavima helps Devin out 43:25 Tavima wants to be a murder mom 46:00 The quest hook 49:35 Dyven is super lonely 52:00 Exploring the options 54:50 Trying to commit insurance fraud 56:50 Matching cloaks 57:50 Aabria is everyone’s DM now 1:01:45 Always remember to sketch out your signs first 1:03:35 Slaughter drops some Argonian quill lore 1:05:35 I missed Laura so much 1:09:25 Glass break sound effect 1:12:15 First battle begins (Sam slanders Matt) 1:18:00 Let’s say all our swords are flame swords 1:22:30 The one who Grelnoks 1:26:40 HDYBWTDT 1:28:55 Tossing mushrooms 1:30:25 Slaughter takes Nirn in his hands 1:32:55 Slaughter flirting 1:35:20 Not a real cabin 1:41:40 Scavenging kombucha 1:44:05 Little Ghostrider 1:45:15 Indistinct sound effects 1:49:15 Second battle begins 1:50:50 Sam knows so much about ES lore 1:55:50 The power of bones 1:59:50 Are we the baddies? 2:03:30 Absolutely whiffing the throw 2:06:05 Harvesting skulls 2:11:00 Chill out 2:11:50 Grelnok wants to get a hit so bad 2:16:40 HDYWTDT 2:18:35 Break Starts 2:33:35 Break Ends 2:35:10 A junior scroll 2:38:40 Pronouncing Devin 2:40:40 Chipmunk noise 2:44:40 Throwing a torch at your friend 2:48:30 Divan is just squiggling on paper 2:51:10 Warging into the horse 2:54:10 More quill canon 2:56:05 Grelnock is a voice actor 2:57:55 This trap is going to cause some collateral damage 3:00:35 The least stealthy group 3:01:50 The saddest horse 3:02:50 It’s me… Devan 3:06:25 Planning arson/ambush 3:10:15 Mallory executes the plan 3:18:30 Third battle begins 3:23:30 Slaughter blasts ropes all over this cultist’s face 3:29:05 Someone please hit Grelnock 3:35:45 The bones are bad 3:40:25 Has that torch been burning this whole time? 3:42:50 Save the birds 3:45:25 Making my way 3:49:00 Slaughter just can’t throw at all 3:51:35 This tavern was awesome the entire time 3:53:30 HDYWTDT 3:54:40 Searing noise 3:56:55 Sick beat 4:04:30 Marisha’s demon voice 4:07:15 Fourth battle begins 4:11:05 Aabria proceeds to end this woman 4:13:20 HDYWTDT 4:16:30 Timothy 4:18:45 A really nice hole 4:19:35 Episode Ends Good luck in your future endeavors Brian W. Foster. You were a force of delightful chaos. Looking forward to what comes next. Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?

Can this be more than a 3 shot? I'm so invested in all of these characters and their chemistry. Would love to see the arc they go through to become the best bar/inn/tavern owners or whatever they want to do.

It's refreshing to see a game so well executed that shows you don't need fancy maps and minis to have a great time. Don't get me wrong I love Matt's battlemaps, but they seem to be having just as much fun like this

Mallory is Taliesin's best character ever.

You just know behind the scenes there is a proud husband watching his wife be an awesome DM

I am in DIRE NEED of Taliesin's characters sitting at a table playing poker together. I just need Percy and Molly and Caduceus and Mallory all meeting each other.

I love the guar fight because they're essentially a bunch of restaurateurs fighting a very angry cow.

Who knew that voice acting a seemingly multilayered whispery daedric prince was easier than rustling tree branches? Way to go Marisha!

I love how dynamic each character is, not too boring and not too exaggerated. Not a single goofy/comical character but I can't stop laughing.

This group is a gift. I know it's only 3 episodes, but I'd love to check in with them periodically.

i can not overstate how much marisha is my fav core group player DM. she always has that extra splash of enthusiasm and joy that just screams "yes, and". i hope we get to see more of her DMing, whatever it is, i don't even know elder scrolls, if marisha DMs i'll watch it, no questions asked.

The best Elder scrolls sitcom show ever

The fact that marisha’s role on Gale force 5 was sound effects makes this 100 times funnier

This series is actually how I first found CR and im so stoked to see the second ep come out finally 🥰

Next purchase for the tavern: an enchanted door, maybe replacing the bell so that it announces new customers. Added bonus: That would make the door itself a _magical item._ Magical items are effectively indestructible... which means you can't, for example, *_hammer nails_** into them.* It would just be fun to have Diven stand there trying to nail his next little note to the door and having about as much success as he had opening the kitchen doors. He'll eventually give up and just Scotch Tape it on or something, but it'll be a nice little annoyance.

I've been a bar cook before, so I totally get that, "I heard that and ran into the kitchen where you hear all sorts of noises" line

Marisha did a very good job DMing. I would love to see her DM more in the future.

Marisha's trademark "Inspec-SHIIONE"

Third one should be dm'd by Sam. His deep knowledge of the lore would make it fascinating.

That stone masons + rough around the edges joke was a hidden gem nobody even acknowledged I see you Marisha 👍

56:10 lol the way she says that, "I grab the torch that I ripped of the Walllll, I grab my Axe that's above the Baaaar"

How amazing would it be for elder scrolls six to have this tavern hidden somewhere in the game?

Say what you will about the low rolls, but when it comes to defeating bosses, these characters manage to kill people faster than you can say "How do you want to do this?"

1:32:35 Marisha and Aabria's expression when Slaughter halted after saying "Once you've had a Grim..." XD

I love that they keep getting ideas for their tavern on their missions “boozy kombucha!”

I absolutely appreciate Sam calling the dirt Nirn instead of Earth.

"Someone's shooting lasers!" "It's the chipmunk!" 🤣

God, I've missed Sam so much. Oh and Taliesin as well, good lord.

"This was supposed to be a thing, the climactic battle..." I feel you, Marisha. Got a game where I need to give temporary invulnerability to my bosses so the players won't end it in half a round.

Aabria bullying 5 minutes in has me dying. Love her addition to the CR family

I adore the character combination so much, I could easily watch this for more than 10 episodes. I m just hoping that more cooperations will bring the characters back

I love seeing an actual play that is theatre of the mind. Ive struggled doing that in the past and Marisha did a great job of it!

I'm here for Talison's '4th wall' joke at 1:38:55 (I especially like that none of the other's caught saw him do it heh)

Marisha making that last cultist Timothy was pure fucking genius! I was dying!!!

1:05:38 Grelnok "giving" Slaughter one of his quills back. XD Laura Baily is Awesome!!!

It's always a one-shot. Even if it turns into a campaign because the dice thought that I'd be hilarious to fail at just the right time, it's still a one-shot.

Omg the upgrades of the kitchen are so real hahahaahaha. Half of the things don't work and/or can explode just because hahaha

Love how this feels like my dnd group with the group playfully razzing Marisha on her sound effects to she starts laughing trying to do them

Sam continually poking fun at the "stanima" is killing me as a dyslexic person 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

As someone who went through a culinary program and worked in restaurants for 7-8 years, I love this way too much.

Marisha *KILLED* it. Damn, forgot how fun this group is.

"He was supposed to be a thing and he's not now" - I have never heard anyone summarize being a DM so accurately

1:21:00 I appreciate Aabria’s hustle asking about attacks of opportunity on forced movement

I love this little series so much and Marisha is amazing as a DM. My favorite are the beginnings when they just roll play owing a tavern, its hillarious

Great Job Marisha! All theatre of the mind and totally fantastic.

"I hired a new sioux chef, who has quit" Feels. "I yell at a lot of people a lot" Yep Tal was a kitchen guy. Tal heard the health inspector arrive "Immediately head to the kitchen and just a lot of sounds are happening..." Yep been there.

Marisha is just such a natural DM. It's fantastic how she just goes with flow, leans into whatever the players are doing and still tells her story. She makes it look so easy. It really is not. It is such a gift. I will admit to being surprised by how good she is every time. The Honey Heists were very fun, so light and funny and just such a good time between friends. I enjoyed the one shot she did which had Becca Scott in it... I forget the name .. something society? That was great too. Really is a special gift. And I think massively under appreciated.

I'm like 10 min in and I'm already so impressed by Marisha as a DM! (I haven't watched the other OS that she DMd so I'm gonna remedy that soon!) I really hope we get to see more of her in the DM chair!

"It's worse" is the new "We're running, it's bad"

Ask not for whom the Grel knocks. It knocks for thee

I wouldn’t say “I forgot how fun these characters were,” because I was genuinely excited to see this upload, but I forgot just how much I loved them and the beautiful chaos of this particular table. This was so great in every way.

Man I've missed seeing Sam. Love his energy.

Watching Marisha grow from awkward in Campaign 1 to more nuanced and confident in Campaign 2 to expertly DMing One Shots has been absolutely fantastic

“I now work for the department of health and safety” I laughed SOOOO hard lmao.

“I think I want kids to teach tiny murder”

OMG the mother at the start was hilarious 😂

1:04:26 Considering how utterly bonkers TES gets with it's lore (looking at you Khajiit), I'm going to have to believe Sam on this one.

DM styling or not, I just love having Sam, Marisha and Taliesin in a game. Now if only Travis gets a turn here... I need to see him play again.

I could honestly just watch them play out a regular day in the tavern xD

This was honestly a nice light hearted game of D&D. Different vibes but I liked it

Gotta love that marisha said "it's like a bukkagi"

I said it last episode, and I'll say it again: I could watch an entire episode of these guys just running the tavern!

What a pleasure to see how Marisa got it. She played along with players ideas to make them look cool - that’s what DMs are for.

I could watch this party run their tavern for a whole 4h games. I love them!

As an actual Grimm I can confirm once you've been with a Grimm you like him 😂

So while waiting on Campaign 3: Matt Liam and Ashley get EXU Marisha Talisen Sam and Laura get Elder Scrolls and Travis just has to wait lol

Heck yeah. Heck yeah! HECK YEAH! Love this group so much! So glad it's more than just one oneshot. I love how easy going and like... reminiscent of a home game these are. Edit: gods. Tal's description of the kitchen 'upgrades' is too real. Can relate.

I looked away for a quick second, then suddenly, Marisha's voice f***ing changed. scared the shit out of me. 😂😂😂

Wow seeing someone actually strategically play an attack round like abrya did was insane to watch

Having played ESO since BETA I truly wish this Elder Scrolls integration to D&D gets officially published!

Marisha is so good I had forgotten the first episode was dmd by Matt

Imagine if they ended putting this tavern in the game as an easter egg lol

Marisha super awesome DM!!! So many epic and cool moments... from the "spider web" to the "yes it's him, why not"! I could not stop watching! Fantastic!

Marisha killed it! Also the group chemistry is really good. If they'll do more other shorter adventures within Exandria, this group should do it!

13:57 Like the soldiers, the pork platter would get me to Grelnok's Skull, but Mallory's Specials made my mouth water!!!