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[dramatic music]
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: That's all I got. How are you guys?
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: There's too many people. Don't come out[br]here. There's too many people! Okay. Where's Tary?
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AUDIENCE: Over here!
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[br]BRIAN: Stand up! Look at this!
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: What's your name?
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[br]SARA: Sara!
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[br]BRIAN: Sara?
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[br]SARA: Yeah!
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[br]BRIAN: You're fucking awesome. Okay. We've got to[br]get started. Hold on, I've got to move my fanny
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pack. Okay, rules for this panel. Really fast,[br]here we go. One question per person. Do not ask
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the full cast a question or we'll be here until[br]tomorrow.
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[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: That's okay!
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[br]BRIAN: They're really bad at answering in a timely[br]fashion, sort of like when a door is involved.
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There may be some spoilers. Let me save you some[br]time. Don't ask any "What's going to happen?"
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questions. Those tend to go unanswered as well.[br]Finally, if you ask Matt what time it is, you will
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find out just how Irish Liam O'Brien and I are.
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: Without further ado, I would like to[br]introduce the cast of Critical Role.
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: Travis Willingham!
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: Marisha Ray!
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: Taliesin Jaffe!
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: Sam Riegel!
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: Liam O'Brien!
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: Laura Motherfucking Bailey!
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: Your dungeon master, my dungeon master, our[br]dungeon master, Matthew Mercer!
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: Yo, you people are hyped up!
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: All right. What does yours say?
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[br]TRAVIS: Mine says, "Travis Willingham eats[br]dicks."
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[laughter]
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[br]SAM: I wrote that.
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[br]BRIAN: Oh yeah? That's a shock. Well, we are about[br]to do the third Critical Role live.
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: The second at Gen Con.
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[br]TRAVIS: Genken.
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[br]SAM: Laura doesn't have a mic, but that's okay.
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[br]LAURA: No, we're figuring out how we're going to[br]share.
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[br]TRAVIS: You're twins; you share shit already.
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[br]BRIAN: How are you guys feeling about CRL 3? I[br]don't know what to call this. #criticalrolelive.
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How are you guys feeling?
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[br]TRAVIS: We're going to die!
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[br][laughter]
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[br]TALIESIN: I'm really glad if we go out, we can be[br]with an audience.
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[br]MATT: I-- [inaudible] mic working?
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[br]BRIAN: It better be.
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[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: I can hear you and you're[br]beautiful!
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[br][laughter]
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[br]MATT: (yelling) I am excited for tonight's show![br]You'll soon know why.
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BRIAN: Save your voice. You need it. We need it to[br]be beautiful and soft. Then immediately turn terrifying.
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[br]MARISHA: Am I allowed to say this? I don't know,[br]whatever. He kept saying how he was excited
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because he had a lot of rules questions to ask the[br]Wizards of the Coast people.
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[br][laughter]
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[br]MARISHA: I don't know what he's doing, but[br]something big is going on.
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[br]LAURA: They're wrong anyways. We're not paying[br]attention down here. We're trying to figure out
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mic stuff. Whatever you were saying, Marisha.
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[br]MATT: We will share that mic.
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[br]BRIAN: I don't even see-- Oh, there is a sound[br]booth up there.
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[br]MATT: Shame!
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[br][laughter]
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[br]LIAM: We shared the womb!
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[br]LAURA: That's right.
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[br]BRIAN: Hey, Matt. What is the biggest difference[br]for you in planning a Critical Role regular
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Thursday night stream session than doing a big[br]live thing like this, which is so terrifying, and
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I don't know how you're going to get through it[br]without so much Xanax and horse tranquilizers?
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[br]MATT: You hit the nail on the head there. It's[br]more the nerves of knowing that there's a lot of
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people watching live at home, and hearing a lot of[br]people watching it live right there. Having the
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space, and having to finagle the stage to work so[br]that we're all still comfortable playing, and also
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people can watch it. We've got some unique[br]challenges, but preparing for it, I am
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legitimately terrified.
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[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you! You're great!
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[br]BRIAN: How many of you are going tonight?
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[br][cheering]
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[br]SAM: That was amazing.
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[br]BRIAN: That was a wave that didn't even mean to[br]happen. It turned into a wave.
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[br]MARISHA: I love Gen Con.
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[br]SAM: I feel bad for the three people who aren't[br]going.
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[br][laughter]
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[br]SAM: Who doesn't have tickets? We love you guys.
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[br]LAURA: This is the real live show.
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[br][laughter]
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[br]MARISHA: It blinds you.
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[br]BRIAN: This is not the real live show because it[br]started on time.
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[br][laughter]
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[br]BRIAN: Oh shit, we have more to talk about. Okay.[br]I'm having so much fun and I'm seeing so many
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people that I recognize, and many that I don't,[br]and I'm glad I don't. Why don't you guys start
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lining up for questions in an orderly fashion,[br]please? Be respectful of some of the beautiful cosplay.
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[br]TRAVIS: Watch your wings.
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[br]BRIAN: Watch your wings.
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[br][inaudible]
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[br]LIAM: Before we start the questions, could[br]everyone who is wearing cosplay right now stand up
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so we can see you?
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[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yeah, we can!
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[br][cheering]
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[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: Hey, Matt!
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: Vox Moochina!
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[br][laughter, cheering]
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[crowd noise]
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[br]SAM: It's so beautiful!
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[br]BRIAN: This is a lot to take in. While you guys[br]are lining up, Sam, what are some of the things--
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to get people teased for the show tonight, maybe[br]to whet their appetite, as they say.
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[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: Get naked!
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[laughter, wolf whistles]
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[br]BRIAN: You got five bucks, I'll do it. Sam, what[br]are some of the things that we can expect in
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Critical Role Live 3 tonight?
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[br]SAM: In the Critical Role Live show tonight, you[br]can expect to see accidental second base between
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Scanlan and Vax.
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[br]BRIAN: You don't want to end up accidentally[br]getting to second base.
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[br]SAM: You will see Cirque du Soleil-style[br]trampoline stunts. You will see technical
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difficulties. You will see a Marisha inspirational[br]leader speech about Macklemore's best song. Any
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other teases, Brian?
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[br]BRIAN: If anything goes wrong technically, you can[br]turn around and literally watch the entire crew
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yell at you, "We know!" Tonight, you will see the[br]Twitch chat be pissed off that all of these
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beautiful people will be in the room.
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: Marisha. You got a pretty epic[br]How-da-der-da-der-dis.
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[br]MARISHA: Oh man.
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[br]BRIAN: Last year at Gen Con. How does that feel?
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[br]MARISHA: It's still legit probably one of the top[br]three moments of my lifetime, because hearing
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everyone immediately erupt hit me like a fucking[br]nuclear bomb. I think I went like this-- and it
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was legitimate, amazing. Incredible. Shockwave.
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[br]BRIAN: Well [inaudible].
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[br]LAURA: We're not going to fight at all tonight.
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[br]AUDIENCE: Shopping!
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[br]TRAVIS: Fuck shopping!
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[br][laughter]
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[br]BRIAN: There's so much anger behind it. That's[br]what I like, man, that it's legitimate hate.
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[br]TRAVIS: We didn't fly to Indianapolis to shop!
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[br][laughter]
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[br]LIAM: Why don't we all turn on one of the cast and[br]kill them to give somebody that rush? I'm a good
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candidate, I'll--
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[br]TRAVIS: You're already dead.
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[br]BRIAN: Liam, you weren't able to be here last[br]year, very sadly and under sad circumstances. We
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are so glad that you are this year. I didn't[br]really have anything planned to say about that. I
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just wanted to say that I'm glad you're here this[br]year.
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[br]LIAM: Thank you.
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[br]BRIAN: She's not coming. Yeah, Ashley's not[br]coming. I was hoping it would be a surprise, but
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she is working very, very long hours.
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[br]LIAM: It was real hard to be on the outside last[br]year, so we are thinking about our cleric.
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[br]TRAVIS: Yeah! Ashley Johnson!
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MATT: If you want to get the hashtag[br]#releaseourashley going.
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[br][laughter]
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[br]BRIAN: Yeah, tweet at NBC Blindside. No! Don't!
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[br]LAURA: Pretty sure we'll get her fired.
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[br]BRIAN: That's okay, there other jobs. Near all of[br]us. Okay, who's up first? Please state your name
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so that we can say hi to you too.
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[br]AMBER: Hello, my name is Amber.
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[br]BRIAN: You look so good.
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[br]AMBER: My question is between Liam and Matt.[br]You're both Lord of the Rings fans. Who would be
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the better Sméagol? Who would be the better[br]Gollum?
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[br]BRIAN: Starting off with an epic question! Gen Con[br]is bringing it.
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[br]MATT: You're easily the better Gollum.
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[br]LIAM: I mean, darkness and light.
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[br]LAURA: I know. I feel like you're Sméagol, you're[br]Gollum.
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[br][laughter]
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[br]MATT: By the way, you only have 36 more minutes[br]with those wings.
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[br][laughter]
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[br]BRIAN: And you've got how many bonus actions left?[br]Oh okay, if you guys didn't hear what Matt said,
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he said, "You only have 36 more minutes in those[br]wings."
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[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: We heard!
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[br]BRIAN: Okay, sorry, didn't realize he had the mic[br]fixed. She was all mad. She's like, "We heard!"
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[br]MARISHA: You look awesome.
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[br]KATIE: Thank you.
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[br]BRIAN: What's your name?
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[br]KATIE: My name is Katie. I actually have my twin[br]that I'm with. My question is for Liam. Vax's
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relationship with the Raven Queen at the[br]beginning, it was more like he had to fulfill his
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obligation [inaudible]. Has that changed recently?[br]Especially with the things you do with the Raven Queen.
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[br]LIAM: I only caught the tail end of that.
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[br]BRIAN: Yeah, we might need that, a little bit more[br]volume. Or if you have fills, you can throw that
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mic in for me.
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[br]SAM: Deep down, has your relationship changed with[br]the Raven Queen?
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[br]LIAM: Yeah. It was making a deal with a gangster,[br]as far as he knew in the beginning. He didn't know
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shit about her. He never cared about gods and[br]didn't trust magic, didn't trust religion. Didn't
0:14:35.529,0:14:43.403
know anything about religion. Now, he's faithful,[br]now. He'll probably always be a little weirded out
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by it, but I think he has the feeling of kinship[br]with her now. But he doesn't talk about it.
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[br]MATT: I think the rest of that question was, how[br]do you feel-- no, not yet. How do you feel the
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dynamic's changed based on the original choice was[br]to-- Anyway.
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[br][cheering]
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[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: We can see your ankles!
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[br][laughter]
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BRIAN: They have probably never seen your ankles[br]or feet. You might have Shaquille O'Neal-sized feet.
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[br]MATT: As far as the original deal was made to save[br]Vax's life.
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[br]LIAM: My sister is Vex.
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[br]BRIAN: Is CritRoleStats in the room?
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[br]AUDIENCE: Yes!
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[br]BRIAN: Ah! Write it down!
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: CritRoleStats, by the way.
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[br]MATT: There are only two people responsible for[br]that confusion.
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[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: As I said on Talks Tuesday night, Matt and[br]I, we had to have a talk because, no pun intended,
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but no characters with one letter off names the[br]next campaign. Can we set a rule so this doesn't
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happen again?
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[br]MATT: They can do it. They're just going to die in[br]the first session.
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[br]BRIAN: Yeah, exactly. Andrew hasn't seen his wife[br]in six months. He's been counting the number of
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times we fucked up your name.
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[br]MARISHA: Is it the same with 14 syllable names?[br]Percy.
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[br]TALIESIN: Oh, I'm bringing it way down. My next[br]one's easy.
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[br]BRIAN: You're going to be Bob. Okay, next[br]question. Thank you so much.
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[br]MARISHA: Hey, come here. Keyleth. Catch!
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[br]BRIAN: Oh yeah. If you ask a question, we have[br]pins. Who has them? Who in my gang has them? Oh!
0:16:48.848,0:16:57.546
Rachel, right here. Get a pin from Rachel, after[br]you ask a question. We have "Thanks, Keyleth," we
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have some made specially for us by a Critter. Yes.[br]If you see us around later, we also have some.
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LIAM: Also, is the one Critter in the audience who[br]I am carrying a pin for here? Right now? He'll
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know what I'm talking about. They're not. Okay.[br]Next question!
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[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: My question is for Laura. Because[br]you use a lot of dice, sent to you by fans, do you
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ever worry that the dice are unbalanced or even[br]loaded?
0:17:23.672,0:17:26.773
[br]LAURA: I don't really care.
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[br][laughter]
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[br]LAURA: I roll them so little, each one, really.[br]It's an average of, like, 300 dice a game.
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[br]TRAVIS: Guys, we got to the airport and TSA was[br]like, "Ma'am, only two carry on items."
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[br]BRIAN: One of them cannot be--
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[br]TRAVIS: A small child can not come with you.
0:17:50.242,0:17:55.813
[br]LAURA: Travis didn't realize I brought my whole[br]giant ass bag of dice. I didn't bring my dice tray
0:17:55.813,0:17:57.819
because I wanted to bring my dice bag instead.
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[br]BRIAN: Oh my gosh, it's a serious problem. Hey.[br]What's your name?
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[br]JESSICA: I'm Jessica, AKA ShandraVdeG. I'm one of[br]the admins for the Critical Role Facebook group.
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I wanted to let you guys know that last night we[br]hit 25,000 members.
0:18:15.153,0:18:20.172
[br][cheering]
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[br]BRIAN: Give the URL. What's the URL for it, in[br]case these people haven't found it yet?
0:18:22.903,0:18:26.382
[br]JESSICA: facebook.com/groups/criticalrolefanclub.
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[br]BRIAN: Awesome. How many?
0:18:27.951,0:18:30.153
[br]JESSICA: 25,000.
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[br]BRIAN: Thank you, guys.
0:18:31.942,0:18:36.684
[br]JESSICA: This is for anyone who wants to answer[br]it. Outside of the show, what is the best thing
0:18:36.684,0:18:41.212
that has happened because of the show? Whoever[br]wants to take it.
0:18:41.212,0:18:46.312
[br][cheering]
0:18:46.312,0:18:51.384
[br]MATT: You guys. I mean, the community you guys[br]have built around this. Our show, in my opinion,
0:18:51.384,0:18:57.654
has taken a backseat to the good that you guys put[br]out there amongst yourselves and other people. I'm
0:18:57.654,0:19:02.114
always happy to be a small little sparking point[br]for that. It's gotten so much larger than anything
0:19:02.114,0:19:04.814
we do now. That's really incredible, I think.
0:19:04.814,0:19:09.432
[br]LIAM: Can we get a show of hands? How many people[br]in this room started playing Dungeons & Dragons
0:19:09.432,0:19:13.899
after having watched Critical Role? There you go.[br]There is your answer right there.
0:19:13.899,0:19:20.989
[br][applause]
0:19:20.989,0:19:22.793
[br]BRIAN: Wow, thank you. Thank you so much.
0:19:22.793,0:19:33.735
[br]REY: Hi! I'm Rey from [inaudible] last night. I'm[br]here [inaudible].
0:19:33.735,0:19:40.594
[br]BRIAN: Oh man, that guy was also drunk last night.[br]GenCon, baby. Go ahead.
0:19:40.594,0:19:47.705
[br]REY: My question is for Matt. I really want to[br]know, why did Jarett get kicked out of Marquet?
0:19:47.705,0:19:57.413
[br]MATT: The game's not over yet. That's a good[br]question, but I don't know what's going to happen.
0:19:57.413,0:20:01.263
If that ever comes up in the story line, I don't[br]want to spoil it here. When the campaign's over, I
0:20:01.263,0:20:10.493
do want to do a retrospective Q&A. A lot of[br][inaudible] campaign were started and never came
0:20:10.493,0:20:14.822
to fruition, as you all know happens a lot in role[br]playing games. We can talk about things that
0:20:14.822,0:20:20.081
aren't going to impact necessarily the next[br]campaign. You can ask those questions and I can
0:20:20.081,0:20:21.373
go, "I can tell you now!"
0:20:21.373,0:20:27.251
[br]BRIAN: Yeah, we're going to do a full cast plus[br]Matt retrospective on the campaign after. Probably
0:20:27.251,0:20:38.114
like a very extended Talks episode. Or something[br]like [inaudible] talk for Critical Role, yeah.
0:20:38.114,0:20:41.473
[br]LAURA: Yeah, but some of the things that you still[br]won't be able to answer because we'll still be in
0:20:41.473,0:20:42.173
the same world.
0:20:42.173,0:20:48.384
[br]MATT: Yeah. [inaudible]
0:20:48.384,0:20:50.196
[br]LAURA: Jarett got kicked out for being too damn[br]fine.
0:20:50.196,0:20:53.721
[br]MATT: I said not to spoil it.
0:20:53.721,0:20:58.192
[br]BRIAN: Okay. Who's next? Thank you.
0:20:58.192,0:21:01.331
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: I am meepsandsheeps.
0:21:01.331,0:21:02.064
[br]BRIAN: Oh nice.
0:21:02.064,0:21:05.752
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: My husband is [inaudible].
0:21:05.752,0:21:11.174
BRIAN: Oh yeah, he always asks really great[br]questions. Tell him I say "Hey" and "Stay turnt."
0:21:11.174,0:21:17.563
Oh that's you? What's up, dude? How are you? Come[br]get a pin from Rachel. Be careful though, she can
0:21:17.563,0:21:21.123
be mean. What's your question?
0:21:21.123,0:21:28.599
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: Well, my question is for Matt. If[br]you were to have an NPC of a flumph, what would
0:21:28.854,0:21:30.013
said flumph sound like?
0:21:30.013,0:21:42.075
[br]MATT: Oh man. That's going to be a messy one. I[br]think it's going to sound something like--
0:21:42.075,0:21:45.546
[br]SAM: "Oh hello. It's nice to meet you."
0:21:45.546,0:21:47.224
[br]MATT: Marisha's dwarf?
0:21:47.224,0:21:48.883
[br]LAURA: So he's celestial?
0:21:48.883,0:21:59.314
[br]MATT: I'd imagine it would be something like, "Hi,[br]I want to come with you guys." They seem like the
0:21:59.314,0:22:05.303
DnD; blobfish. Just this wonderful, flat creature.[br]If you don't know what I'm talking about, don't
0:22:05.303,0:22:07.864
know what a flumph is, look it up. Oh yeah, that[br]sounds like a flumph.
0:22:07.864,0:22:14.413
[br]LIAM: It's like the inside of an oyster, much[br]bigger and floating on a [inaudible].
0:22:14.413,0:22:19.521
[br]MATT: (flumph noises) Thank you for that.
0:22:20.251,0:22:23.016
[br]BRIAN: Sounds like Laura when she's hungry.
0:22:23.016,0:22:34.006
[laughter]
0:22:34.006,0:22:40.036
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: I want to thank Matt for the[br]retweet last night, for the Larkin sign. My phone
0:22:40.036,0:22:44.596
died pretty much from all the Twitter[br]notifications. For whoever wants to jump in first,
0:22:44.859,0:22:50.596
new campaign means new characters. Is anyone going[br]to try to top the majesty that is cock lightning
0:22:50.596,0:22:51.553
for an intro?
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[laughter]
0:22:56.278,0:23:00.904
[br]BRIAN: We're going to have to have someone with[br]machine gun boobs that shoot lightning.
0:23:00.904,0:23:09.595
[br]SAM: The next intro should be all of us doing[br]various forms of cock lightning. Just come walking
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out of a room (explosion sound).
0:23:13.127,0:23:16.566
[br]TALIESIN: In a circle, and the lightning rises in[br]the middle.
0:23:16.566,0:23:21.025
[br]SAM: [inaudible] cross the streams.
0:23:21.025,0:23:26.043
[br]MATT: Most awkward episode of Captain Planet[br]ever.
0:23:26.043,0:23:29.696
[br]TRAVIS: All our hands are up like a roller[br]coaster.
0:23:29.696,0:23:35.527
[br]LIAM: That's how they sealed up the Chained[br]Oblivion.
0:23:35.527,0:23:45.396
[br]BRIAN: Oh my god, we have only been here for 23[br]minutes and my stomach hurts from laughing. You
0:23:45.396,0:23:47.201
guys are amazing. What's your name?
0:23:47.201,0:23:57.095
[br]CJ: Hi, my name is CJ. [inaudible] on twitter. My[br]question is for Taliesin. Sorry, I'm a little
0:23:57.095,0:24:08.877
nervous. With Vex'ahlia getting more interested[br]with Pelor and Percy's experience with Ioun, and
0:24:08.877,0:24:18.237
this overall Vecna arc, is he possibly going to be[br]more interested in deities, overall?
0:24:18.237,0:24:28.280
[br]TALIESIN: No! I'll say he's come to terms with his[br]place and what that will actually mean may come
0:24:28.280,0:24:35.086
out in the next few episodes or not. He's[br]definitely not seeking the approval, really. He
0:24:35.086,0:24:40.327
definitely figured out that there is something[br]that he does have admiration for while he's mildly
0:24:40.327,0:24:48.456
irritated, but he's not that mad it didn't love[br]him back. No. He walked out of there going, "Well,
0:24:48.456,0:24:49.386
"that's just fine."
0:24:49.386,0:24:56.640
[br][laughter]
0:24:56.640,0:24:59.117
[br]TALIESIN: If it had been anybody other than[br]Scanlan, but because it was Scanlan, he was like,
0:24:59.117,0:25:04.356
"I don't care. Fine. This is so dumb."
0:25:04.356,0:25:08.945
[br]MARISHA: This end of the table is Team[br]Non-Exalted.
0:25:08.945,0:25:09.466
[br]TALIESIN: Yeah.
0:25:09.466,0:25:14.998
[br][cheering]
0:25:14.998,0:25:17.228
[br]BRIAN: [inaudible]
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[br]TALIESIN: He doesn't have animosity towards it,[br]but it's definitely not his thing. He's figured
0:25:22.911,0:25:26.298
out that he's just not cut out for it. Good[br]question, though.
0:25:26.298,0:25:27.025
[br]CJ: Thank you.
0:25:27.025,0:25:29.232
[br]BRIAN: Thank you. Hey, what's your name?
0:25:30.802,0:25:37.513
[br]WILL: My name is Will. This is a forward-looking[br]question. One thing we have seen in the world of
0:25:37.513,0:25:44.134
Exandria is the development both magical[br][inaudible] and airships, but also
0:25:44.134,0:25:49.564
technology-technology. My question is once the[br]current campaign ends tonight in a TPK.
0:25:49.584,0:26:03.674
[laughter]
0:26:03.674,0:26:09.924
WILL: When the new campaign begins after the timeskip,[br]how do you see those trends continuing to develop? If you
0:26:09.924,0:26:14.634
have time for an in-character question, I wanted[br]to ask some of the-- technologically minded
0:26:14.634,0:26:24.622
characters to talk about what inspires[br]them to do what they do, Taliesin's Percy, Sam's
0:26:24.622,0:26:29.264
Tary, and Matt's NPCs like Dr. Ripley and Victor.
0:26:29.264,0:26:30.044
[br]MATT: Right.
0:26:30.044,0:26:33.634
[br]LIAM: Okay, everyone have a seat for the radio[br]play that will be the rest of the panel.
0:26:33.634,0:26:37.838
[br]BRIAN: Yeah, we might need to sell tickets for[br]that question.
0:26:38.430,0:26:42.219
[br]MATT: Yeah, that's actually a great question, and[br]could be a much longer discussion. I'll try to
0:26:42.219,0:26:48.527
keep it precise. Much like, for instance,[br]oil-based gasolines, fossil fuels, we have
0:26:48.527,0:26:53.700
technology that far exceeds what [inaudible][br]Whoever controls the technology can control the
0:26:53.700,0:26:57.703
rate at which it expands and is used. I think it's[br]a very similar circumstance that people who can
0:26:57.703,0:27:02.816
create high-end magic technology also very[br]strongly control the use of it to the best of
0:27:02.816,0:27:07.947
their benefit, both monetarily and for political[br]power. That is very much how I see that it is
0:27:07.947,0:27:12.566
controlled through Exandria. I don't see[br]necessarily a perpetual kind of coming singularity,
0:27:12.566,0:27:17.818
if you will, of magical technology in Exandria to[br]where it would rapidly change in the next
0:27:17.818,0:27:22.580
campaign. You may see elements of it used more[br]often. As far as more mundane technology, that's
0:27:22.580,0:27:26.809
going to be interesting because that is a threat[br]in the hands of the common man, being able to do
0:27:26.809,0:27:33.089
what a mage could possibly do with years of[br]training. Then you have this at-odds circumstance
0:27:33.089,0:27:38.451
of technology that empowers the little man versus[br]those that should be in power, from their mindset,
0:27:38.451,0:27:40.864
so I'm curious to see where that goes.
0:27:43.414,0:27:56.418
[br]SAM: In character. (as Tary) Doty, take this down.[br]I have an idea for a hat that holds two bottles of
0:27:56.607,0:28:08.978
aerated wine with a tube into my mouth so that I[br]could always be lubricated. Also, put this down
0:28:08.978,0:28:13.108
just as a note. A 56k baud dial-up modem.
0:28:13.108,0:28:19.988
[laughter]
0:28:19.988,0:28:24.228
[br]TALIESIN: Sadly, Percy's answer would actually be[br]a spoiler at this point. I'm going to have to hold
0:28:24.427,0:28:29.591
that. If I die, we'll have a conversation about[br]it, but if I don't die then I'll save it.
0:28:29.591,0:28:34.273
[br]LIAM: Oh, okay. Follow up question. Does Scanlan[br]worry about the mass weaponization of cock
0:28:34.273,0:28:39.954
lightning and it being in the wrong hands across[br]the world?
0:28:39.954,0:28:41.550
[br]MATT: I think it's called the baby arms race.
0:28:41.550,0:28:55.769
[br][applause]
0:28:55.769,0:28:57.059
[br]BRIAN: That's Tal'dorable.
0:28:57.059,0:29:05.308
[br][groans, laughter]
0:29:05.308,0:29:10.290
[br]ERIC: My name's Eric. Matt--
0:29:10.290,0:29:16.710
[br]BRIAN: What boots are these? Don't get kicked by[br]this guy, he's got spikes on them.
0:29:16.710,0:29:24.381
[br]ERIC: Matt, your show is the best. You are such a[br]wonderful storyteller. "There Will be Brawl" is
0:29:24.381,0:29:25.801
amazing, when is there going to be a sequel?
0:29:25.801,0:29:31.000
[br][laughter]
0:29:31.000,0:29:34.478
[br]MATT: Oh man, for those that haven't seen "There[br]Will be Brawl," it's a webseries that I directed
0:29:34.478,0:29:36.701
and co-created back in 2008 or 2009.
0:29:36.701,0:29:37.696
[br]BRIAN: It's on YouTube.
0:29:37.696,0:29:43.973
[br]MATT: On YouTube. Super low budget, it's a live[br]action film noir, HBO crime drama version of
0:29:43.973,0:29:45.964
Nintendo's Smash Brothers universe.
0:29:45.964,0:29:50.261
[br]ERIC: It's every bit as ridiculous as it sounds[br]and it's wonderful.
0:29:50.261,0:29:53.098
[br]MATT: Well, thank you. I was really proud of it.[br]It took itself super seriously and that's what was
0:29:53.098,0:29:57.497
wonderful about it. Donning costumes and[br]prosthetics, I played Ganondorf in it. Anyway,
0:29:57.497,0:30:00.461
that process almost killed me.
0:30:00.461,0:30:03.134
ERIC: Because you don't have enough free time as[br]it is.
0:30:03.434,0:30:11.283
[br]MATT: Exactly. A sequel, oh man. We'll say if[br]somehow a crazy windfall were to hit and the rest
0:30:11.283,0:30:15.059
of the industry burned down, and I'm like, "I got[br]nothing else better to do," then yeah, maybe a
0:30:15.059,0:30:23.872
sequel. Right now, I'm a little busy. We had plans[br]for a sequel, but it never quite came to fruition.
0:30:23.872,0:30:29.262
We had a prequel too, with the actual Kirby[br]murders, because Kirby in our universe is a
0:30:29.262,0:30:36.454
cannibalistic killer. He wants to eat people and[br]wear their skin! Hats. When he eats Sonic, where
0:30:36.454,0:30:41.058
does that come from? That's his scalp. Good[br]question!
0:30:41.058,0:30:43.173
[br]ERIC: What's your favorite 16-bit RPG?
0:30:43.173,0:30:50.433
[br]BRIAN: No second questions. Plus, that was too[br]close to the one at Comic Con. They asked 8-bit,
0:30:50.433,0:30:52.665
16-bit JRPG at Comic Con. Right?
0:30:52.665,0:30:53.592
[br]AUDIENCE: Yeah.
0:30:53.592,0:30:58.864
[br]BRIAN: We all got shit for answers. Hello, what's[br]your name?
0:30:58.864,0:31:01.943
[br]RASHEEK: Hello, my name is Rasheek, I'm from Czech[br]Republic.
0:31:01.943,0:31:08.844
[br]BRIAN: You came all the way out here? Awesome.[br]Here, you get Travis's name tag.
0:31:08.844,0:31:19.794
[br][cheers, applause]
0:31:19.794,0:31:27.452
[br]RASHEEK: My question is for Travis. I have some[br]Czech beer. Do you want some?
0:31:27.452,0:31:28.022
[br]SAM: Yes!
0:31:28.862,0:31:31.272
RASHEEK: Czech beer.
0:31:31.292,0:31:33.254
[br]TRAVIS: Man, fuck yes!
0:31:33.254,0:31:57.028
[laughter, cheering]
0:31:57.028,0:32:00.818
[br]TRAVIS: It's just Kool Aid and pilsner.
0:32:00.818,0:32:03.157
[br]BRIAN: Thank you so much.
0:32:03.157,0:32:06.364
[br]SAM: That is the best question we have ever been[br]asked.
0:32:06.364,0:32:07.364
BRIAN: Thank you so much.
0:32:12.784,0:32:16.647
BRIAN: What is your name? Look at that outfit. How[br]long did that take to put together?
0:32:16.647,0:32:17.654
[br]ASHLEY: I don't know.
0:32:17.654,0:32:20.886
[br]BRIAN: Okay, what's your name?
0:32:20.886,0:32:21.786
[br]ASHLEY: I'm Ashley.
0:32:21.786,0:32:26.767
[br]BRIAN: That's a beautiful name. Just tilt it down.
0:32:27.352,0:32:28.654
ASHLEY: I can't.
0:32:28.654,0:32:38.558
[br]ASHLEY: I'm Ashley, I'm the Raven Queen. My[br]question is for Matt. I was wondering: when the
0:32:38.558,0:32:44.787
Raven Queen was ascending to godhood, was it her[br]intention to be the goddess of death and replace
0:32:44.787,0:32:47.690
the old god or was that an accident?
0:32:47.690,0:32:55.105
[br]MATT: I will say that what the myth and lore that[br]currently exists of the Age of Arcana speaks, many
0:32:55.105,0:33:08.222
of the poems and stories say it was intentional.[br]Out of eventual distrust and disapproval of the
0:33:08.222,0:33:15.359
god who at the time held the portfolios. Whereas[br]previously, the individual whose name has been
0:33:15.359,0:33:21.711
scrubbed from history who held that office, if you[br]will, the portfolios, was destroyed because she
0:33:22.711,0:33:24.520
felt that she could do a much better job.
0:33:24.520,0:33:31.760
[applause]
0:33:31.760,0:33:36.559
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: I have two things if you will[br]indulge me for a moment.
0:33:36.559,0:33:37.789
[br]BRIAN and TRAVIS: Maybe.
0:33:37.789,0:33:41.750
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: Hey crowd. You want to join me on[br]this magic carpet ride? On the count of three, if
0:33:41.750,0:33:49.561
we could all say, "Fuck you, Brian Foster." One,[br]two, three.
0:33:49.561,0:33:52.810
[br]AUDIENCE: Fuck you, Brian Foster!
0:33:52.810,0:34:05.743
BRIAN: Can we do one more for my Instagram? I[br]don't want to make this all about me. One, two, three.
0:34:05.995,0:34:08.948
[br]AUDIENCE: Fuck you, Brian Foster!
0:34:08.948,0:34:17.467
[br]BRIAN: My mom will love that. Okay, I can indulge[br]another one then.
0:34:17.467,0:34:40.216
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: Matt and Marisha, congratulations[br]again. Question! Taliesin, you have said before
0:34:40.216,0:34:44.165
that Percy is a few bad decisions away becoming a[br]villain.
0:34:44.165,0:34:44.578
[br]TALIESIN: Yeah.
0:34:44.578,0:34:50.505
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: Now after the Vecna fight, if[br]Vex'ahlia were to die, because--
0:34:50.505,0:34:52.476
[br]LAURA: How dare you.
0:34:52.476,0:34:58.587
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Delilah has something for[br]Vex'ahlia. For some reason, that Finger of Death
0:34:58.587,0:35:06.513
has always targeted you. For some reason-- I don't[br]know why. Should she die, will that be the last
0:35:06.513,0:35:13.313
straw or the last tipping point for Percy? That[br]might make him go crazy? Because he is a mad scientist.
0:35:14.263,0:35:24.579
[br]TALIESIN: There is naturally an answer to that,[br]and I am not answering it here. [inaudible] I have
0:35:24.579,0:35:25.995
thought about that, there is an answer to that.
0:35:25.995,0:35:32.454
[br]BRIAN: Thank you so much. You're really funny.[br]Hey, what's your name? I wasn't saying that
0:35:32.454,0:35:33.664
sarcastically, either.
0:35:36.184,0:35:42.092
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: [inaudible] I wanted to say thank[br]you, I'm sure I speak for everyone, for everything
0:35:42.092,0:35:47.927
that you have done Matt, and everyone on the cast.[br]I appreciate it, by [inaudible]. I drove 14 hours
0:35:47.927,0:35:49.117
to come here.
0:35:49.117,0:35:50.924
[br]BRIAN: No way! Where from?
0:35:51.473,0:35:52.734
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: Boston.
0:35:52.734,0:35:54.043
[br]BRIAN: Shout-out to Boston.
0:35:54.043,0:35:55.094
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: Go Patriots.
0:35:59.584,0:36:01.994
[br]BRIAN: Anyway, you can ask your related question.
0:36:01.994,0:36:07.247
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: You guys are probably going to[br]say no because I missed the signing thing and I
0:36:07.247,0:36:09.832
have the [inaudible] poster with me.
0:36:09.832,0:36:17.372
[br]BRIAN: Yeah, the only reason that I am going to be[br]the bad cop here, only because we get thousands of
0:36:17.372,0:36:23.442
tweets every time we do a con, from somebody[br]that's like, "My grandmother fell when the tickets
0:36:23.442,0:36:29.921
"were on sale and her Life Alert, the battery was[br]dead--" and we just can't, unfortunately, we can't
0:36:29.921,0:36:30.502
do [inaudible]
0:36:30.502,0:36:31.682
[br]LAURA: It's very specific.
0:36:31.682,0:36:39.262
[br]BRIAN: Yeah, but if you give me $150, I will no--[br]I'm sorry. Did you have a question, though?
0:36:39.262,0:36:45.514
MATT: If you see any of us wandering the hall,[br]very discreetly nudge our shoulder and say, "Need
0:36:45.514,0:36:49.141
"you to sign this, hoping to get out of the middle[br]of this crowd here." And we'll try to do that.
0:36:49.483,0:36:54.283
[br]BRIAN: Yeah, that's actually a really good tip,[br]Matt. If you see somebody and you want to say hi
0:36:54.283,0:36:59.533
or whatever, just be really quiet. "Hey, can you[br]sign this?" Because if you are like, (high-pitched
0:36:59.533,0:37:05.243
scream) "Oh my god, it's Matthew Mercer!" You have[br]a thousand girls with a McCree body pillow come out.
0:37:05.243,0:37:14.663
[br][laughter, applause]
0:37:14.663,0:37:16.032
[br]MATT: (as McCree) He is not kidding.
0:37:16.032,0:37:23.946
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: My question kind of ties into the[br]last question. Taliesin: would that, or something,
0:37:23.946,0:37:26.681
push you to make you use that contract?
0:37:26.681,0:37:32.927
[br]TALIESIN: I am aware that the contract exists.[br]I've read it.
0:37:32.927,0:37:41.302
[br]MARISHA: You creep me out sometimes. You freak me[br]out. Because every once in a while you're like
0:37:41.692,0:37:48.053
Frodo with the ring. Every once in a while, you[br]pull it out and you just stare at it [inaudible].
0:37:48.053,0:37:56.124
I swear to god, all the time, you'll be like[br][inaudible]
0:37:56.124,0:38:01.371
LIAM: If you make it to the end of this campaign[br]and resist pulling that trigger, I will be impressed.
0:38:01.371,0:38:01.783
[br]TALIESIN: Yes.
0:38:01.783,0:38:04.402
[br]LIAM: [inaudible]
0:38:04.402,0:38:07.462
[br]TALIESIN: I'll be impressed make it to the end of[br]the game without pulling it.
0:38:07.462,0:38:09.442
[br]LIAM: Any week now, any week.
0:38:09.442,0:38:11.193
[br]LAURA: We have another Raven Queen.
0:38:11.193,0:38:12.463
[br]BRIAN: Yes, what's your name?
0:38:12.463,0:38:18.214
[br]BRITTANY: I'm Brittany. I actually only drove like[br]20 minutes to be here.
0:38:18.214,0:38:22.904
[br][laughter]
0:38:22.904,0:38:25.415
[br]TRAVIS: Shout-out 20 minutes!
0:38:25.415,0:38:33.722
[br]BRITTANY: Actually, I have something from the[br]Raven Queen for her paladin, as well as something
0:38:33.722,0:38:39.578
for the rest of you guys. I apologize, I am hoping[br]they're good luck charms. I have a skull for each
0:38:39.578,0:38:40.053
of you.
0:38:40.053,0:38:43.524
[br]LAURA: A skull? You're going to give us a skull?
0:38:48.274,0:38:56.648
[br]BRITTANY: My question is for Marisha. I don't play[br]too many druids, but I love them because they are
0:38:56.879,0:39:03.878
badass in general. What is your favorite spell and[br]what's a spell you wish you had that you don't have?
0:39:03.878,0:39:15.039
[br]MARISHA: Oh! Oh. I mean, I am a little partial to[br]Feeblemind. That's pretty great. Call Lightning is
0:39:15.039,0:39:22.143
a go-to classic Keyleth favorite. I wish I had[br]Counterspell.
0:39:22.143,0:39:26.143
[br]MARISHA: [inaudible]
0:39:26.143,0:39:28.753
[br]MATT: That spell is bullshit.
0:39:28.753,0:39:32.113
[laughter, cheering]
0:39:32.113,0:39:33.943
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Vecna used it!
0:39:37.952,0:39:39.236
[br]BRIAN: Hey, what's your name?
0:39:39.236,0:39:48.476
[br]KAT: Thank you, there is only 15,000 of us in[br]here. My name is Kat. My question is for Marisha
0:39:48.476,0:39:53.563
and Taliesin. Will the Whitestone industrial[br]revolution be environmentalist?
0:39:56.603,0:39:58.453
[br]TALIESIN: Actually, yes.
0:39:58.453,0:40:01.292
[br]MARISHA: We have the stocks.
0:40:01.292,0:40:08.938
TALIESIN: We have the stocks. No, I think that a[br]lot of-- just to make it a little quicker than the
0:40:09.112,0:40:14.130
way I discussed it a bit with Matt-- a lot of how[br]technology evolves is usually due to either
0:40:14.130,0:40:19.090
warfare or desperate need. When you have magic in[br]play, there are a lot of things that you just
0:40:19.090,0:40:25.248
don't need, so you don't really build it. I think[br]a lot of it is going to be trying to find cheap,
0:40:25.248,0:40:31.288
easy ways of doing things without magic that are[br]not complicated and not natural. Which is why we
0:40:31.288,0:40:36.159
are doing the steam-powered heating that we are[br]putting in Whitestone. It's quite useful.
0:40:36.159,0:40:43.529
[br]MARISHA: Yeah, he has a plan for steam-heated[br]roads so that the snow will melt and not clog up
0:40:43.529,0:40:47.307
the roads, which is great.
0:40:47.307,0:40:53.406
[br]KAT: You don't have to answer, but can Percy make[br]anything nice and uncomplicated?
0:40:53.406,0:40:53.859
[br]TALIESIN: What?
0:40:53.859,0:40:55.607
[br]BRIAN: Can you make anything nice and complicated?
0:40:55.884,0:40:57.155
KAT: Uncomplicated.
0:40:57.155,0:41:03.066
[br]TALIESIN: No! There will be a specific answer to[br]that if he lives as well.
0:41:03.066,0:41:10.195
BRIAN: Hey, voice actors, talk into the mic, by[br]the way. It's amazing with these guys
0:41:10.195,0:41:14.865
how often you have to tell them,[br]but you have to tell them that, and they do this
0:41:14.865,0:41:15.984
for a living. I'm just kidding. What's your name?
0:41:15.984,0:41:22.021
AUDIENCE MEMBER: I'm [inaudible]. valianteffort.[br]Matt, you mentioned before that you said that you
0:41:22.282,0:41:27.432
had the Chroma Conclave arc planned for two years.[br]How much of that has evolved into the Vecna arc
0:41:27.432,0:41:31.533
going into that? How much of all of that[br]specifically did you have planned?
0:41:31.533,0:41:36.514
[br]MATT: Oh man. I knew that I wanted Vecna to be the[br]final villain if we ever made it this far into the
0:41:36.514,0:41:40.296
campaign. Because he is just your classic DnD[br]villain that I never had the opportunity to do.
0:41:40.296,0:41:46.125
And [inaudible] Since that is has kind of been[br]building up to this arc, and recently coming to
0:41:46.125,0:41:51.801
realize that I am going to have to represent Vecna[br]in front of a lot of people who have a lot of
0:41:51.801,0:41:53.454
expectations with this character.
0:41:53.454,0:41:54.744
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: You are doing great!
0:41:54.744,0:41:58.715
[br]MATT: Aww, thank you.
0:41:58.715,0:42:00.481
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: Vecna, stand up!
0:42:00.481,0:42:21.010
[br][laughter, applause]
0:42:21.010,0:42:26.883
[br]MATT: Like any major arc, those DMs out there can[br]attest to this, you build out the structure in a
0:42:26.883,0:42:30.834
basic narrative arc until you get to that point.[br]You flesh out, change things based on where the
0:42:30.834,0:42:35.277
story goes. Things you can tie into it like, "Oh[br]it would be cool if this worked." I didn't have
0:42:35.277,0:42:40.682
the whole thing plotted out. I had the basic three[br]act structure set. As they played through
0:42:40.682,0:42:44.687
Whitestone, as they played through the Chroma[br]Conclave arc, as things began to happen, it began
0:42:44.687,0:42:49.512
to solidify my idea of how to bring elements back[br]in and also try and make it different than
0:42:49.512,0:42:55.133
previous arcs that have been played. The Conclave[br]was very much a cataclysm has happened, now it's
0:42:55.133,0:42:59.832
trying to rebuild and eventually when you're ready[br]you go after the villain. This is a very different
0:42:59.832,0:43:04.154
circumstance. The cataclysm is coming, but you[br]don't know when, and you don't know what's going
0:43:04.154,0:43:07.282
to happen. I wanted to mix it up a little bit.
0:43:07.282,0:43:10.015
[br]BRIAN: Great question. Hey, what's your name?
0:43:10.015,0:43:15.662
[br]HANNAH: Hannah X. Hi guys. Quick question--
0:43:15.662,0:43:17.983
[br]BRIAN: Great shirt. It says Whitestone.
0:43:17.983,0:43:26.955
[br]HANNAH: Whitestone, everything is totally fine.[br][inaudible] de Rolo. Quick question for the
0:43:26.955,0:43:37.764
significant others, Travis/Laura, Marisha/Matt,[br]Sam and Liam? After a game, when you guys get
0:43:37.764,0:43:42.360
whispers-- because this has happened to me where[br]the DM is plotting against myself, my husband--
0:43:42.360,0:43:47.083
are you interrogating each other in the car, like,[br]"What the eff was that all about? Why won't you
0:43:47.083,0:43:49.404
"tell me what the whisper was about? Come on, tell[br]me."
0:43:49.404,0:43:55.645
[br][laughter]
0:43:55.645,0:44:05.094
[br]TRAVIS: I don't say shit. No, we don't spoil it.[br]Even recently, when we all left the room and it
0:44:05.094,0:44:08.585
was just Liam and Matt, I have not gone back and[br]watched what was said.
0:44:08.585,0:44:09.753
[br]LAURA: No, none of us know.
0:44:09.753,0:44:10.794
[br]TRAVIS: We don't want to know.
0:44:10.794,0:44:11.805
[br]MARISHA: Yeah, that's true.
0:44:11.805,0:44:13.595
[br]HANNAH: Laura, level up dicers?
0:44:17.325,0:44:21.994
[br]MARISHA: I will say that there are a lot of times[br]that people think that whenever Matt, almost every
0:44:22.004,0:44:29.904
game, they are like, "Aww, shit. Marisha's going[br]to make Matt sleep on the couch tonight!" It never happens.
0:44:37.114,0:44:40.100
[br]MATT: It's good for the back posture.
0:44:40.100,0:44:43.760
[br]TRAVIS: I was in genuine trouble after making[br]Trinket run through that minefield.
0:44:44.842,0:44:45.812
[br]LAURA: He really was.
0:44:45.812,0:44:50.542
[br]TRAVIS: Everybody left, the door closed. Then the[br]face that turned to me.
0:44:50.542,0:44:57.423
[br]MATT: That is burned in my memory. That is the day[br]I learned never cross Laura Bailey.
0:44:57.423,0:45:00.302
[br]TRAVIS: She'll kill me in my sleep!
0:45:00.302,0:45:01.653
LIAM: It took you that long?
0:45:01.653,0:45:06.033
[br]MATT: Look, you've known her longer than I have.[br]That was my moment.
0:45:06.033,0:45:16.894
BRIAN: That night Travis approached the Taco Bell[br]with sad Hulk music playing. Okay, you look amazing.
0:45:17.233,0:45:18.287
[br]MARISHA: Yes!
0:45:18.287,0:45:20.361
MATT: (as Gilmore) No, they don't: they look[br]glorious.
0:45:20.361,0:45:28.231
[cheering]
0:45:28.231,0:45:35.022
[br]WINCHESTER: I am Winchester, currently[br]partygilmore on Twitter. My question is for the
0:45:35.225,0:45:43.226
entire cast, but mostly for Laura Bailey. Speaking[br]of whispers, some time ago you went snooping in my
0:45:43.226,0:45:49.864
room. You found a box under the bed. You found[br]letters in the box. You never told us what was in
0:45:49.864,0:45:53.114
those letters, and I would like to know if you[br]would tell us what what was in those letters.
0:45:53.114,0:45:58.074
[br][laughter]
0:45:58.074,0:46:10.754
[br]LAURA: I never told anyone, did I? I don't know,[br]can I tell? They were love letters, between
0:46:10.754,0:46:16.064
Gilmore and his first boyfriend. They were really[br]sweet.
0:46:16.064,0:46:18.344
[br]WINCHESTER: That's all I needed, thank you.
0:46:18.344,0:46:23.854
[br][applause]
0:46:23.854,0:46:25.904
[br]BRIAN: [inaudible]
0:46:25.904,0:46:29.652
[br]MARISHA: Party Gilmore, You didn't get a pin,[br]catch!
0:46:29.652,0:46:31.607
[br]BRIAN: You're drunk, get over here.
0:46:35.347,0:46:36.657
MATT: Okay, take it!
0:46:40.337,0:46:41.671
[br]SABINA: Hey, Kiki.
0:46:43.365,0:46:45.389
[br]MARISHA: [inaudible] Sun Tree!
0:46:45.389,0:46:54.939
[cheering]
0:46:55.144,0:46:56.294
[br]LAURA: That is amazing.
0:46:58.471,0:47:00.251
[br]TALIESIN: Oh my god.
0:47:01.160,0:47:06.272
[br]SABINA: My name is Sabina. I am from Michigan. As[br]you guys might not know, I met Matt and Marisha
0:47:06.272,0:47:12.431
last night. It's a question for all of you, but[br]it's super quick. If you could put your characters
0:47:12.431,0:47:21.100
into a Hogwarts house, what house would it be?[br]Matt, your characters are Allura and Gilmore. Sam,
0:47:21.100,0:47:24.949
both Tary and-- Scanlan.
0:47:24.949,0:47:28.209
[br]BRIAN: Tary, and the other guy.
0:47:28.209,0:47:36.670
[br]MATT: I'll say Allura is Ravenclaw, most[br]definitely. I would probably put Gilmore in
0:47:36.670,0:47:44.095
Gryffindor. Borderline Hufflepuff, but more[br]Gryffindor. I'm Hufflepuff, by the way.
0:47:44.095,0:47:52.477
[br]LAURA: I am also Hufflepuff, I would put Vex, I[br]have seen a lot of people put her in Slytherin.
0:47:52.477,0:48:01.629
Okay, it's a toss up between Gryffindor and[br]Slytherin. [inaudible] Don't shake your head!
0:48:01.629,0:48:03.098
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: I'm a Slytherin.
0:48:03.098,0:48:04.158
[br]LAURA: What?
0:48:04.158,0:48:05.308
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: I'm a Slytherin.
0:48:05.308,0:48:05.828
[br]LAURA: Okay.
0:48:06.918,0:48:08.519
AUDIENCE MEMBER: I'm a Gryffindor,[br]it all works out.
0:48:11.869,0:48:13.400
[br]LIAM: Vax is Gryffindor.
0:48:13.623,0:48:14.230
[br]LAURA: Hide!
0:48:14.230,0:48:17.361
[br]LIAM: I don't know, I'm in either Ravenclaw or[br]Hufflepuff.
0:48:17.361,0:48:19.092
[br]LAURA: Hufflepuff!
0:48:19.092,0:48:30.253
[br][audience debating]
0:48:30.253,0:48:35.130
BRIAN: Okay, we need to move on from this Harry[br]Potter. I love Harry Potter, but we got to keep moving.
0:48:35.445,0:48:40.651
[br]SAM: I don't know anything about Harry Potter[br]shit, so I am going to say: Scanlan is Team Valor
0:48:40.651,0:48:41.952
and Tary is Instinct.
0:48:41.952,0:48:50.012
[br][cheers, applause]
0:48:50.012,0:48:51.531
[br]TALIESIN: Ravenclaw for Percy.
0:48:51.531,0:48:56.204
[br]MARISHA: I'm confused. I feel like they asked the[br]question and people have answered it in four
0:48:56.204,0:49:01.212
different ways. Marisha is Ravenclaw, Keyleth[br]would probably be Hufflepuff.
0:49:01.212,0:49:07.194
[br]TRAVIS: I am in Slytherin, but I think Grog would[br]probably get kicked out, so he would just be
0:49:07.194,0:49:08.806
Hagrid's understudy.
0:49:08.806,0:49:13.326
[applause]
0:49:13.326,0:49:15.443
[br]SABINA: Thank you all so much, you are amazing.
0:49:15.443,0:49:19.714
[br]BRIAN: You're amazing, [inaudible] that was great.[br]Hey, what's your name? Don't forget to get a pin
0:49:19.714,0:49:22.020
from Rachel there. What's your name, man?
0:49:22.020,0:49:29.522
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: Hi, I'm [inaudible]. I was at the[br]live show last year and I loved it. Laura, since
0:49:29.522,0:49:34.487
you forgot your dice tray, I'm sure if you went[br]down row 2500 in the exhibit hall to the Wyrmwood
0:49:34.487,0:49:38.253
booth I'm sure they would loan you one. My[br]question, what--
0:49:38.253,0:49:42.640
[br]BRIAN: Do you work for them or is that just free[br]advertisement? Very sly.
0:49:42.640,0:49:49.449
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: Free advertising. I was going to[br]ask Matt about Raven Queen patronage for blood
0:49:49.449,0:49:53.340
hunters, but I am going to give some love to the[br]nameless man between Marisha and Brian.
0:49:58.880,0:50:06.867
BRIAN: [inaudible] You drop your wallet every[br]panel. Comic Con, San Diego, Wondercon-- I have
0:50:06.867,0:50:08.117
picked up your wallet.
0:50:10.867,0:50:16.677
[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: If you were to DM a one shot,[br]what genre would it be? Like horror, like Liam, or
0:50:16.677,0:50:21.999
something more fun or lighthearted, or maybe even[br]like magical girl?
0:50:21.999,0:50:29.455
[br]TRAVIS: Oh man, you are giving me way too much[br]credit. I have no idea, it would be some stream
0:50:29.657,0:50:33.252
of consciousness bullshit [inaudible].
0:50:33.252,0:50:34.548
[br]TALIESIN: You have never heard of Blood Bowl, have[br]you?
0:50:34.548,0:50:35.281
[br]TRAVIS: No.
0:50:39.781,0:50:45.452
TALIESIN: Like that Schwarzenegger film where you[br]kill everyone in a video game, except it's football.
0:50:45.452,0:50:52.203
[br]TRAVIS: Oh my god. I'd do that. Then I would make[br]all the characters play their Vox Machina
0:50:52.203,0:50:55.378
characters and I would find a way for Vax to die[br]immediately.
0:50:55.378,0:50:58.434
[br]LIAM: I'd just get back up again!
0:50:58.434,0:50:59.223
[br]TRAVIS: I know.
0:50:59.223,0:51:02.022
[br]BRIAN: I get knocked down again. Thank you so[br]much.
0:51:02.022,0:51:04.402
[br]MATT: Stress ball, Vox Machina style.
0:51:06.502,0:51:07.583
[br]BRIAN: Hello.
0:51:10.023,0:51:19.296
[br]HANS: I'm Hans, [inaudible] on Twitter. My[br]question is for Brian and Matt. How long until
0:51:19.296,0:51:21.363
Brian gets to guest on Critical Role?
0:51:21.363,0:51:25.105
[br][applause]
0:51:25.105,0:51:33.062
[br]BRIAN: Can I answer this? Okay. I talk about this[br]sometimes on Reddit. I feel weird, the after show
0:51:33.062,0:51:42.393
guy being on the show. Like if you saw-- not to[br]compare myself to Chris Hardwick-- but if you saw
0:51:42.393,0:51:46.053
him walking around on The Walking Dead, some of[br]you may be like, "Aww, that's funny," but the rest of you
0:51:46.053,0:51:52.024
would be like, "I hate this." I like to watch it[br]as a fan. I am also not a voice actor or an actor,
0:51:52.024,0:52:01.084
so I feel like that is part of the excuse is that[br]you all are voice actors and Jon Heder. I don't
0:52:01.084,0:52:05.162
know. Sam, can we make an announcement?
0:52:05.162,0:52:11.053
[br]SAM: It puts a lot of pressure on me. I will be[br]running a one-shot in a week and a half.
0:52:11.053,0:52:18.602
[br][cheers, applause]
0:52:18.602,0:52:21.301
[br]SAM: One of my special guests is young Brian[br]Foster.
0:52:21.301,0:52:25.912
[br][cheers, applause]
0:52:25.912,0:52:27.834
[br]BRIAN: [inaudible] as close to a Critical Role[br]one-shot thing.
0:52:27.834,0:52:33.469
[br]HANS: I have to ask a follow up. In that one-shot,[br]will you play a cabbage farmer named Larkin?
0:52:33.469,0:52:42.421
[br]BRIAN: I cannot answer that question. Thank you.[br]What's your name?
0:52:42.421,0:52:50.182
[br]CHRISTINE: My name is Christine. I am really[br]nervous. I left Fenthras over there, I was afraid
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to run into people with it.
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[br]MATT: You are now unattuned.
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[br][laughter]
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[br]CHRISTINE: It happens. Thank you guys so much for[br]doing what you do. I have a question for mostly
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Laura and maybe Matt. Ever since that episode with[br]Fenthras and Saundor, I have been thinking what
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would have had happened if Vex had gone with him.[br]Would she have gone like evil Galadriel, or what
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would have happened?
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[br]LAURA: You can say, he's dead, anyways.
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[br]MATT: To be fair, shortly after the episode, I[br]filmed the episode of GM Tips about notes and the
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internet zoomed in really close to my sheet and[br]found out elements of it. It's not super secret.
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[br]LAURA: He told me this like right after[br][inaudible]
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[br]MATT: Yeah, because at that point, you couldn't[br]get it, so I was like, oops.
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[br]LAURA: [inaudible]
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[br]MATT: Both would have been interesting things. The[br]heart of the tree would have taken her into this
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embrace and she would have been turned into a fey[br]creature. She would have partially bark skin, much
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like Saundor had. It would have given her a bonus[br]to her armor class, a couple other things. It
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would have given her a few other bonuses, but I[br]can't remember all the things, more general fey
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abilities and such.
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[br]LAURA: Like it gives [inaudible] right?
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[br]MATT: Yeah, but also gives you vulnerability to[br]fire.
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[br]LAURA: Which would have been real bad going into[br]the--
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MATT: Thordak fight. Plus, you would have had[br]Saundor as a patron, which would have been real interesting.
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[br]LAURA: Yeah, that would have sucked.
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[br]MATT: When I was designing that, my thought was[br]that probably won't be long term, because yeah.
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LAURA: If I would have gotten with Saundor, would[br]I be dead right now? Would Vex have been gone by now?
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[br]MATT: I don't know if you would have been dead,[br]but you would have been a very different person.
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[br]LAURA: Ugh.
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[br]MATT: I don't know if any of the Percy stuff would[br]have happened.
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MARISHA: [inaudible] You don't want male[br]aggression as your patron.
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[cheers, applause]
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[br]MATT: I didn't expect you to choose it, but I had[br]a backup just in case you did. It would have been
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its own unique interesting character arc for you.[br]I like what you did. I like what you chose.
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[br]LAURA: Me too!
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[br]CHRISTINE: Laura, I also bought dice in your[br]honor.
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[br]SAM: This next cosplay is so good.
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[cheers, applause]
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AUDIENCE MEMBER: Hello everyone. I have a question[br]for Brian, because I keep hassling him about it on Twitter.
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[br]BRIAN: Okay.
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[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: I'm a huge Brian W. Foster fan,[br]and since y'all support each other I thought you--
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BRIAN: Y'all, both of you?
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[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: Brian has an EP on iTunes called[br]"Odessa" and it's amazing and you should listen to
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it. He also has the book, "Blackened White" which[br]I'm going to get him to sign tomorrow. I would
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like for you to sing for us, Brian. Everyone knows[br][inaudible]
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[br]BRIAN: Oh man, what do you want me to sing?
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[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: Preferably, just the beginning of[br]"The Wine."
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BRIAN: Oh man, okay, what are the lyrics? This is[br]an old one. The beginning of it? ♫ Tommy
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♫ Barlo, relieved of his sorrow, there's blood on[br]the roadway, where he died. ♫
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[br][applause]
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BRIAN: [inaudible] ♫ Every word you ever spoke.[br]Thirty years in silence smashing stones, holding
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♫ onto holy roses. ♫
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[applause]
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BRIAN: You, wait over here and I'll sign[br]that book.
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[br]LIAM: Matt, Matt, Matt! How do I kill Vecna?
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[br]MATT: Don't tell him anything.
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[br]TRAVIS: We only have four minutes left, so we have[br]to lightning round.
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[br]LAURA: Seriously, go check out "Odessa" because[br][inaudible]
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[br]ETHAN: Hi, I'm Ethan. This is for Mr. Mercer, if[br]this violates the GM no note things that you have
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just tell me and I'll ask later. Back in the[br]Sunken Tomb episode when Vex had that temporary
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leave of absence, you said something to Kash along[br]the lines of, "If you revive her, then you might
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"draw Vesh's attention." Did you have any sort of[br]mechanics in play for that, or was that flavor text?
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[br]MATT: Well, flavor text. There's a difference[br]between mechanics and story elements that you will
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then bring mechanics in for. I hadn't plotted that[br]to happen; I didn't expect her to die. I didn't
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think to plan ahead in case Kashaw resurrected[br]her. In the spur of the moment, that made sense
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and then words happened. Then it would have[br]brought Vesh more towards the story, more than she
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currently is. Vesh is an interesting god-- that[br]may be in future books-- who is not in the
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Tal'Dorei guide because Vesh and the relationship[br]to Kashaw is more based in another continent.
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Eventually the system will be expanded.
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[br]BRIAN: Lightning round, who's up?
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[br]DANIELLE: Hi, my name is Danielle. My question is[br]for Matt. One of the great things about being a DM
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is we get to come up with lots of characters while[br]PCs only get to play one. If you could pick one
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character who you have played as an NPC to carry[br]as your own PC in another campaign, who would it be?
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[br]MATT: Ooh, man. Yeah, that's a lot to pick from.[br]No, Victor is fun for short bursts. For a long
0:58:51.236,0:58:58.001
term campaign, someone who is interesting and a[br]little bit different from myself. Senokir would be
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great. (as Senokir) Because this is how he would[br]be speaking the entire time.
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[br]LAURA: Then you would be able to see the other[br]side of Senokir. That would be so cool.
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[br]MATT: (as Senokir) That would be a lot of fun.
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BRIAN: Okay. This is going to be the last question[br]because over here, someone just put a blow dart in my--
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[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: My question is for Mercer. As a[br]fellow DM--
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[br]BRIAN: Little closer to the mic so everyone can[br]hear you.
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[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: As a fellow DM, this is directed[br]at Mr. Mercer, when you have a near-TPK, or
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potentially have a TPK, how do you deal with that?[br]I noticed that a lot--
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[br]TRAVIS: Why are you asking that tonight?!
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[br]MARISHA: All these people [inaudible]
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[br]BRIAN: Okay, let's go, speed it up. Speed it up[br]because we got to wrap up.
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[br]AUDIENCE MEMBER: How do you deal with that? I know[br]that there is a lot of anger. Is there like a
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pizza party at the end to hopefully mend[br]relationships?
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[br]MATT: Well, one of the roles of a GM is a[br]therapist, in a lot of ways. When things happen,
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you have to be emotionally available for those[br]players to help them through it and other players
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in the game as well. If a character dies, or if[br]it's a TPK, you have to prepare to like, "All
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right guys, I'm going to take us out for drinks.[br]We are going to have a little wake for the party."
1:00:26.298,1:00:37.523
If the party feels really attached to characters[br]and you don't want to actually ruin their lives,
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you can try to think of story elements to bring[br]them back. Like, all of a sudden they wake up as
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undead in the control of this mage and now the[br]campaign is to try to shed the shackles of undead.
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Or perhaps the [inaudible] brings them over into[br]another plane when their souls were to traverse,
1:00:53.019,1:00:57.118
but there's something wrong when their souls go to[br]another plane. Now their story is being in the
1:00:57.118,1:01:01.409
spirit realm fighting. You continue the story and[br]the players are really connected and you feel like
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they got robbed of a proper end. If you think they[br]are mature enough to handle it, then you buy them
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some drinks.
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[br]BRIAN: Thank you all for coming out. Give these[br]guys a round of applause.
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[br][applause, cheering]
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[br][elevator music]