Ruidus | Critical Role | Campaign 3, Episode 83 

HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing 0:20 Tights talk 3:05 OnlySams 6:05 A fantastic segue into Laura’s merch corner 8:20 Travis aims true 9:05 Intro cinematic 10:55 EPISODE STARTS 12:50 Recap Ends 15:15 Map out (Chetney is Scanlan’s dad and/or granddad) 18:55 FCG has to overcome a possum 21:25 Have Laudna and Imogen actually banged? They haven’t been alone very much 24:40 Battle begins 26:20 Why do they have a bell? 32:20 Space Wolves 40:35 Reiloran nopes out (Miresens) 41:35 Checking Exandria’s rotation 47:45 232 49:10 Daddy’s hands 53:15 Fearne has forgotten everything (that one Reiloran must be freaked out) 54:55 Mister > Trinket 57:55 Chetney sneaks like a lion 59:30 Sam, we always knew you were bad at DnD 1:01:30 Fearne burrows 1:02:55 I made believe bad 1:05:25 Moonbounders 1:08:45 First rule of DnD: everyone split up 1:15:25 Sam makes believe good 1:18:15 Only one poop per month, canonically 1:22:45 Sneaking with the thunder clap 1:29:30 Command (FCG is suspiciously good at lying) 1:33:30 STOP IT 1:35:15 Sam finally rerolls a one 1:38:05 Queef out 1:41:00 Chay-Chay 1:42:45 Close call 1:44:55 Level up 1:46:55 BREAK STARTS 1:58:15 Art Montage 2:00:10 BREAK ENDS (optimizers don’t @ Ashley) 2:02:00 Marisha unleashes the salsa 2:03:45 Chetney is in his element 2:10:35 Orym queefs away 2:13:35 A Hamilton ref in 2024 2:16:05 Hard to escape Hamilton songs, once you start (Sam’s gas can) 2:19:10 Moon bison (drifting) 2:23:35 2 clouds hang back, nobody knows who 2:27:15 Squid swimming 2:29:05 Shelter inside the buffalo 2:32:30 Like father like son 2:33:40 Dequeefing 2:37:55 Laudna knows all about natural moisture 2:39:35 Tremors 2:46:05 RIP Dork the Ox, gone but not forgotten 2:47:35 Now that doesn’t make sense 2:48:35 Imogen and Fearne are drawn together 2:51:20 The bloody bridges have synced up (new feat) 2:55:15 Everybody has special auras, right Matt? 3:00:00 Imogen’s dream (wow, she fell asleep that fast? Jealous) 3:03:45 Do you resist, or do you delve deeper? 3:08:30 Orym is getting intense 3:13:15 The Reilorans are wonderful? 3:16:30 How does the campaign end 3:22:25 Pate is back 3:25:25 The juggernaut comes out in pieces 3:29:45 Reiloran hotdog 3:32:00 Moon ranch 3:45:15 Find some children 3:51:15 Don’t scream 3:53:55 Episode Ends The in-game start date for the episode is still debatable. Sam’s gas can says “What’s Robbie looking at. Wrong answers only.” With a picture of Robbie looking at genitals during the BG3 character creator stream. I finally got around to playing Dredge this past week, that eldritch fishing game. It’s so good, incredibly atmospheric, very beautiful, and a very weird mixture of anxiety inducing and also relaxing from moment to moment. Worth looking at when you can. Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?

Sam's "watch Exandria to see if it changes" bit is just exquisite trolling, because he knows VERY WELL that the moon's locked in place.

Laudna: we’re on a sneaky sneak mission Pâté: I’m good at those! Laudna: *wants to argue but doesn’t want to upset her dead rat child*

I love matt's genuine distress at realizing his lore couldn't break FCG's flatearthing XD He sounded do betrayed saying 'Its tidally locked!' And he's the one that did it XD

Imogen and Fearne: *In synced periods excitement* Laudna: *Menopause sadness*

After Sam's ad, Marisha finally knows what it's like to sit next to her at the table, dodging appendages.

i'm glad they remembered the all-minds burn seed. was worried they'd forget.

I feel bad that they *DID* ask for a door/gate (Sam) but so many people were talking over each other that Matt couldn't hear it.

Having not watched the episode yet, I know from experience that episodes whose names are just a proper name of something tend to be a climactic battle, culminating in that thing’s defeat. So I have to assume that in this episode Bell’s Hells are going to fight and kill the moon.

If you pause the video at 52:44, you get the finest shot of a giant Matt Mercer hand pointing towards Liam's inquisitive head, while Ashley appears to look concerned at the giant hand.

This campaign is so unhinged and I love it. Chopping up a body as one party member smiles in the background, faking a porno, terrorizing shop keeps, and so much more 😂 I love this group so much and much respect to Matt for staying as sane as he is lol

"That's a lizard." "Listen, it's my fuckin' visual effect." the rapport XD gosh, it's been too long

Seeing Orym, a man who always chooses kindness and compassion when he can, fight with himself over what he knows needs to be done and the things he knows he is willing to make the others do, is just heartbreaking. There was a point when the party was split and he gave Laudna the nod to end that guy, who's name totally escapes me at the moment, where it seemed almost like he was choosing to go back to war and he really hasn't been the same since.

Shame they completely forgot about Laudna's boyfrie- i mean, the Nightmare King. He's been up on the moon for some while now and are working with locals, would be a good place to start for intel.

The reaction on Marisha’s face when the tights started ‘talking’

2:33:00 the moment Matt decided there was a tarrasque on the moon

The math suggests that Orym took the Tough feat, but it does not explain the +1 Int. Maybe he gets an additional Fey touched feat because of Nana Morri's deal?

The fact that Travis, marisha, AND Talesin all facepalmed to Sam's ad just elevates the quality. 👨‍🍳😘

Curious what everyone took on level up for feats... Chetney, Laudna, & Fearne: no feats this level since they are Multiclassed (Chetney is Blood Hunter 11/Rogue 1, Laudna Warlock 3/Sorc 9, Fearne Druid 9/Rogue 3) FCG: took a feat that also gives +1 Wisdom - they already have Chef, so not that one, and there's a lot of options it could be Orym: Tough (most HP in the party now!) but also +1 Intelligence? idk what's going on there Imogen & Ashton: feats that do not affect their stats - popular choices include War Caster or Inspiring Leader for Imogen, & Great Weapon Master, Mage Slayer, or Mobile for Ashton *EDIT: Taliesin confirmed on 4SD Ep. 21 that he took Fighting Initiate: Great Weapon Fighting (can reroll any 1 or 2 rolled on damage dice with 2-handed weapons), Sam confirmed he took Fey Touched (+1 Wisdom, Misty Step for free 1/day, Identify for free 1/day), and Liam confirmed both Tough was his level 12 feat and received Fey Touched (+1 Intelligence, Misty step and Hex each 1/day) for his deal w/ Morrigan a few episodes ago

2:27:18 Sam and ash almost immediately “squid swimming” in perfect unison is too fuckin funny hahaha 😂

I am once again asking that CR makes a “Der Katzenprinz” children’s picture book

Started this series in 2022 after a very bad breakup. Went on the Camino and hiked for two weeks straight to Santiago de Compostela in 2023. I had these guys with me in my ears all along the way. Today is the day I am finally caught up with all three campaigns. What a ride, what a journey.

I started watching Critical Role after finally watching Vox Machina on prime. I started with campaign 3. This is the first episode I'm watching fully caught up as a new episode. I'm so excited to be here!!! While I was waiting for this episode, I started watching campaign 2. I have, of course, fallen in love with Jester. Thank you for your hours of entertainment, both inside and out of Critical Role. You are all amazing people and we critters, new and old, truly love you.

Today, after 1,5 years of binging all seasons, I'm there. I did it! 🎉

Ashley should've said "snag me with a spoon" 😂😂

Matt’s nails are really pretty in this one.

They really did Schrödinger's Reiloran Juggernaut XD

1:00:33 Travis and Liam popping up at the same time without knowing it . Shows how close they all are 😭

"Above table, how does the campaign end?" Best line out of the entire Critical Role series! 3:16:37

Ashley making a choice and telling us to leave her alone, I love it. Please be bold, make those choices, just remembember why and wield the choice.

with how chaotic and stressing the first hour was, I LOVE and appreciate Travis's calm and level-headedness. That's CEO right there!!

Don't feel bad Travis, the doors were too stealthy for you guys. CRs all-time nemesis are doors for a reason 😂❤

This has to be a record for facepalming around the table during an ad

FINALLY!!!! The moment we’ve all been waiting for!! FCG can learn that he is wrong and that Exandria is not flat!!! Edit: Dang it I forgot that Exandria is just locked in place by Ruidus so he wouldn't be able to figure that out...at least in this episode.

"Be-queefed" is great because it sounds so much like the regular word, defo gonna try and slip that one next time I go to say "bequethed". (As long as it's not in the actual context of a loved one's will haha).

Monday Crew!!

Such great world building this episode. Super excited to see more. Orym’s attitude was a nice touch too. Love to see character growth/change in unexpected ways.

1:51 Liam: I've actually seen this 1,000 times.

15:29 If Chetney’s potentially Scanlan and Orym’s real dad, does that mean he could be Veth and Pike’s real dad too?!!! Is Chetney the father of all Critical Role shorties?!!!!!

Imagine if chetney ACTUALLY got a power up bc they were on the moon 😂

I managed to watch this live for the first time after spending 2 years catching up!

The collective facepalm in shame from the crew was the perfect beginning to this episode.

I love Fearne! I think Arcane Trickster makes total sense, not that it matters what I think. You play your character the way you want!

2:46:51 When Matt said “some old-school folk do.” about Dork, I felt so loved. Lol. Been watching these folks since the beginning and they’re like old friends at this point. And it’s fun to be acknowledged like that.

“They’re wily!” ~Matt Mercer on opossums

So glad Pate is back. Very cool way to explore the Bag of Holding

My theory; the flares were created by the gods to slowly siphon predothos into nonexistence and Ruidus born are all fragments of predothos (obviously) some stronger than others (some brighter some darker in the scene of imogen connecting) and to wake predothos his followers have to bring as much of his power back to him as possible to give him the strength to break out of his cage and as a powerful exaltent imogen would be a huge leap forward instead of baby steps like weaker ruidus born which is why imogens mother and otohan wanted her so badly

Just wanna say, I got caught up to episode 76 so I decided to watch the first campaign. I’m on episode 101 right now but I’ll definitely be watching these once I catch up. Y’all have inspired me to DM for my family (+6 players and we’re all new). Currently we’re on session 8 and it’s brought us closer together (I’m surprised how super into it everyone is) and it’s thanks to y’all. Hell they even binged watched Vox Machina before *I* could even finish it. I give my thanks to all of you!

8:20 *Travis rolls to hit with advantage* 😂

Matt’s utter frustration when he said that Exandria and the Moon are tidally locked and he can’t debunk FCGs Flat Exandria Theory is just pure gold….

The talk of Imogen being The Messiah, or The Key, or some other form of The Chosen One I'm reminded of Sourcery, from Discworld A Ruidusborn daughter of a Ruidusborn, or a Ruidusborn Squared There could be something to that idea

I see the bad moon a-risin' I see trouble on the way I see earthquakes and lightnin' I see bad times today

The vibe of this episode was so good. So much joking and upbeat attitude from everyone across the entire table. Episodes like this are why I love critical role

This first part is genuinely distracting and exhilarating as a geologist. For Ruidus to have the same gravity as Exandria, some coool rock shit is happening subsurface... (Though we don't know the make up of Exandria to compare) ... 'red and purple slate' , hematite? ... Love this episode so much

Liam and Travis Meerkat'ing in unison made my day, honestly.

Honestly Fearne's choice made a lot of sense to me even if I don't know what she's going for. She's a Fey.

Literally anytime Taliesin rages: "Things are getting weird"

Sam's latest ad was tight, and its a moonday

Just one grown man watching another grown man showing off some tights while doing voices and you know what there’s nothing wrong with that

Honestly arcane trickster is alright on Fearne, especially it she picks spells where her Intelligence doesnt matter like disguise self, find familiar (friend for mister) or even shield

don't mind me, just passing by noting my favourite scenes to rewatch later 21:25 not now Laudna 47:46 232 on stealth 49:12 rocky hands 50:28 1:01:50 1:16:09 1:18:17 1:29:04 he rolled shitty 1:30:02 1:35:43 1:40:57 1:42:37 the Otohan scry ball 😵 1:45:38 2:23:36 2:26:05 2:27:10 2:32:30 2:53:43 sharing tampons 3:02:04 3:22:28

🎶 IT’S TUESDAY MORNING 🎶

Hearing Travis starting singing Tom Cardy's "Perception Check" and then Laura joining in was amazing! 1:09:07

I would like to say thank you for showing how true friendship is supposed to work. Your stories and acting are inspiring.

Hey, Travis gave a shout out to Brandon Sanderson! Nice!!! 1:15:00

Finally caught up with C3. After finishing C1 and C2 this has been one of my goals of the new year and I’m glad I’m finally here!

The amazing thing about this episode is that Fearne still has the morphed "possum" still with her and I keep wondering, "what is going to happen if someone hits that possum and it returns into the monster it is...complete with screams of terror?" (while Fearne is hopefully laughing as she once more unleashes more chaos). Update: i have learned the possum died in the bag of holding.....poor possum.

56:24 Liam and Laura have such a pure friendship.

This was my first week having to wait, and man, I don't know how y'all have done it. Your boy has been jonesin'. 🙌

I've actually been wanting to buy from Snag for a long time now, but Sam in tights was the icing on the cake LMFAO

41:31 Matt missed a perfect opportunity to counter FCG's 'flat Exandria' when he asked how darkness works, he coulda told him it's a flat circle of darkness.

2:34:35 I love how Matt's commitment to his world building means he can't lie to FCG about the "rotation" of the world. THE WORLD IS FLAT & FCG HAS SEEN THE PROOF! 😂❤

I love that we get to see leveling up!!!

Its awesome to see CR working with a brand like Snag, I've been buying their stuff for a while!

Why do I feel like the moon is just Florida? I lived in Florida for a while and it’s always storming, the people from there are *interesting*, and when people come to visit they don’t know how to traverse (specifically on I4)

Been waiting for this and it being 4 hours does not disapoint!!

Man I am really looking forward to this Thursday. Left off on such a great cliff hanger.

It's so funny how Marisha complains that she can't seem to roll starting with this campaign when she was stating exactly that throughout all of Mighty nein's campaign 😂

It's been 8 long months, but i finally FINALLY caught up with campaign 3 and boy what a journey! Thank you CR for the 8 month long serotonin boost! Now I only have to watch 3 candela obscures, 2 EXU and 2 seasons of midst... its fine 🐶🔥

Every time there's a Launda/Imogen bang joke, I can't help but think "But do they?" Because at the start of the campaign they both talked about how they haven't experienced much in the way of dating, and Launda was killed pretty young and was already a social outcast, and I can't imagine her years of being alone post-mortem gave her much experience either. I just imagine that between them both being a bit shy in many ways, as well as Launda's arrested development, and having no time to themselves (plus peeping Delilah), I just can't really see them having gotten that intimate. Then again, as an asexual, I often underestimate the horniness of people, so what do I know?

2:48:10. You don't need to destroy a bag of holding to empty out its contents, just turn it inside out, which makes everything inside fall out unharmed.

1:14.03 Sam's biggest sneeze in this campaign and Ashley's too focused. looks like she blows him a kiss..... adorbs.

I'm officially all caught up! This is my first episode watching the day it comes out :)))

Ashley taking the Arcane Trickster just for the invisible mage hand and literally nothing else is fucking amazing, lol.

They need to remember to place that hive mind seed thing!

What was Sam discussing with everyone about how he screwwed up? Around 59:20

The god eater’s maw, Beastly teeth within, It aches for the raw, Flesh of belief and sin.

Orym rolled like a 27 perception and didn't see the door in the wall? You can see how pissed Liam gets at this when the door is mentioned. I could feeeel his irritation lol

Finally, ever since I started in 2019, through every campaign, finally...I've caught up 🥳

A cool idea: If beasts of burden are introduced and they're running into the storm, just get under them for cover as they're moving. Also... there's so many tents and none of them are remembering Ryn. She could be in any one of those tents! XD

My Favourite Orym/Liam moments 56:25 Twins Laugh 2:33:40 Dequeef 3:08:30 Getting Intense

I love that now I can watch the streams live or on the Monday crew.... but I miss having literally hundreds of hours of content to play on every drive when I was in the Catch Up Crew. Guess I have to watch all the one shots now!

I hope the cast, crew, friends and family out in L.A. stay safe in the dangerous rains going on.

56:26 Oh Travis, you are soooo lucky you didn't look at Laura when you spoke ! But Liam and Laura know x)

Matts description of the short creature, even though he said Podlings were the inspiration, made me think Rankin & Bass Hobbits. Short, thick fingered, round faces with big eyes underscored by deep smile-line wrinkles...if the thing pulled out a pipe to calm its nerve and ask them inside for a Ruidian cuppa I wouldnt be upset. Though the same could arguably go for Podlings too. Earthy, homey, warm and welcoming.

Ashley choosing something not optimal makes me more eager to know why she chose that and what she has prepared for Fearne. And remember, have fun with your builds. You don't have to always optimize.

The old Trinket jab was the greatest

going for the 3rd level of Rogue and hitting Arcane trickster was a really smart move IMO.

1:44:55 I was really hoping Liam was gonna take a level of warlock based on Orym’s deal with Morri. I suppose he still could later but that would be so cool.

2:19:10 OMG, Matt created Red Bulls! Wonder if ya loot them would they give you wings?