I would say "imagine how competent they would be if they WEREN'T drunk", but as we've seen throughout both seasons, they're pretty damn good fighting as a unit while being sober for extended periods of time
Just had my first, kinda... I called out someone's cheating. They'd tried to run with the money, I shot there gold pouch and fighting stopped right after that with the barkeep brought out a f*cking cannon. Can't really call it a proper fight, but hey I sure looked cool.
but he HAD a drink; he was calmly sipping a glass of wine like the aristocrat he is! Everyone else was just butting in and ruining his moment of quiet serenity... XD
I love how that tall orc was so into his shittalking and then the elf dude makes a homoerotic remark, and then the orc dude has a moment of "wAIT, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!!!" And then gives the elf dude more ammo. Clusterfuck all round! XD
Among other things, this introduction shows how underestimated Vox Machina really are in their world. Even with over half the team drunk, one member's weapon malfunctioning, and another member ... otherwise distracted, they still managed to win the brawl. Bonus points for them beating one of the mercenary groups Tal'Dorei's council was thinking of hiring to kill Brimscythe. 😄
In my D&D group, we got a bar fight on our first night (this is our first DND game ever). We were attacked by zombies. My rogue rolled Nat 1 twice, shot both of our wizards as the result, one managed to shield the shot. Our ranger opened the door to check outside, inviting even more zombies into the tavern. Needless to say, it was a disaster, it was a miracle that we lived.
@@munjister177 I'm not. My first encounter with zombies was a small village of around 40 or so turned citizens. I was on my own and only had my leather armor and my two long swords. I did kill each and every one of them and even got the necromancer responsible for it. I was level 1 at that time.
I wish the two campaigns I've been in started this way. First one our party was trapped by a vampire lord while escorting a caravan, and the second one we met up on the road heading to a village. Though my character did get to knock out a young child because she was going feral from being part lycanthrope.
This was awesome. 1:29 I am just trying to imagine that during a D&D session. DM: "Alright Druid how much you had to drink and what is your constitution?" Druid: "Ehh, one drink and it is 11." DM: "OK, because you were already intoxicated before the fight and now you are moving, darting through the tavern, make a constitution saving throw." Druid: "Ehh [rolls], ehh, darn it! 6" DM: "Six? OK, your stomach is moving, its contains shifting and you vomit it out, you are effected by nausea and are incapacitated for the remainder of round and have disadvantages on saving throws." Druid: "Can I try to aim where I am vomiting, on that gnoll there?" DM: "Hehe, sure I'll allow it, roll for dexterity." Druid: "[Rolls] Natural 20! I throw up in his mouth!" DM: " No way! Alright for sake of realism now HE has to roll a constitution saving throw and [rolls] natural 1."
*looks up Keyleth's stats* She had a *14 CON* ??? A character with a 14 CON should not be a lightweight drinker. ...says the woman who once had my dwarf go "what is this alcohol you speak of?" only for the GM to call bullshit on *any* dwarf not knowing alcohol: "You're a Dwarf! (checks my sheet) AND A BREWER?!!!" (The one campaign where I'd actually given my character like three background jobs for flavor, and promptly forgot them and just played her like a stoner. I have a photo somewhere of me with my hair braided up into her beard.)
Critical Role. It's based on their first D&D game Vox Machina that they lived streamed. They already have been greenlit to animate their second campaign Mighty Nein, which in my opinion is the best so far. Right now they're in the middle of live streaming their third called Bells Hells that has ties to both of their previous campaigns as well as their spinoff series called Exandria Unlimited, or ExU for short. It kinda feels like it's turning into an Infinity War/Endgame situation which is pretty cool ngl.
I like how in the background you see some bystanders trying to stay out of the way but you also see others fighting each other instead of Vox Machina or that other group. Some people really went, "Oh, people are fighting! I'm fighting too!"
I THINK the canine fella was supposed to be a gnoll (hyena person) or a Lupin (dog person). That’s the joy of D&D, you end up interacting with NPCs that are as creative as the DM is.
My favorite thing in this clip is the fact that there was at least one shot of someone screwing up their hit ( 1:12 Vex tripping over Pike). It made me think of when my players hilariously fail a roll & I describe their failure :)
I was introduced to Vox Machina as I was intending to start playing D&D... and this scene was like, yeah; checklist of generic fantasy roleplaying thropes... now, after less than a year later; a full on Critter; I rewatch this and I'm like... ''Fuck, I know the background music! The adventure begins, they where allways besides yoouuu..." XDDDD
A requirement for every bar fight my players start is that the music is Ballroom Blitz. I dont care if it repeats a dozen times. Its a good song, you chose this fight, and you knew it would happen
Yknow, that lady is very lucky, firstly that Percy decided not to pull the trigger and that secondly if he had it would have misfires. Because we've seen what that gun can do to people, thee would have been next to nothing left of her torso
That was actually a fan-made character, one of the rewards for the original Kickstarter for the show (before Amazon picked it up). The fans got to vote on the alignment, age bracket, gender identity, race and class of a Tavern Keeper to appear in the show, and ended up with a: chaotic good, middle aged, non-binary, changeling, bard. (As Liam put it at the time, "so basically Bowie.") The whole thing is on VOD if you want the Deep Lore: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rxtwwWhG6ew.html "Tavern Keeper Build | The Legend of Vox Machina"
@@Shrimpfriedpee I'm not sure a Canus is a thing in DnD lore, which _Vox Machina_ is based on. But then, the doberman guy was probably just something unique to the show
Changeling. That was actually a fan-made character, one of the rewards for the original Kickstarter for the show (before Amazon picked it up). The fans got to vote on the alignment, age bracket, gender identity, race and class of a Tavern Keeper to appear in the show, and ended up with a: chaotic good, middle aged, non-binary, changeling, bard. (As Liam put it at the time, "so basically Bowie.") The whole thing is on VOD if you want the Deep Lore: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rxtwwWhG6ew.html "Tavern Keeper Build | The Legend of Vox Machina"
I played Druid for decades in WoW ln PvP servers and I feel her 🤮 so hard because of some rnd s...ers who feel needed disturbing me. Taking their live and honor was just an enjoyment ...
The Tavernkeeper is actually a non-binary shapeshifter, played by a non-binary actor named Mason Alexander Park. As a shapeshifter, they take on whatever physical traits they desire; regardless of what gender they come from
