The first 2 episodes were the worst part of the show, since it's trying to so quickly rush through a whole arc and introduce 7 7 main characters, their group dynamic, and established the world around them in such a short amount of time. It gets a lot better once it actually starts having the pacing of a normal show.
I mean part of it was just getting lucky, but the big takeaway was that they DID individually have the skills needed to do big shit if they just worked together better... they've just been shit at working together in the past.
It's more clear in the original podcast (obviously) but I'd argue it's still reasonably clear in the show. Their reputation is shit not because they could never get anything done, but because they tended to pull off "I can't believe that worked!" victories with excessive collateral damage. Plus a few of them were absolute clowns that made the group look bad as a whole even if they were competent.
From what I understand the show starts up at like a midway point of them from the podcast, so it’s not like they are a team of lvl 1 adventurers, they are all decent level.
Don't forget they played for a while at home before the podcast even started, so they had to summarize like two years worth of playing into a two-episode quick introduction.
>omg my heckin amulet >surely this is a curse? >actually you should just like be yourself and shit lmao, divine mandate yo >wow thanks for the self help course Everlight
I hope the Mighty Nein series goes easier on VM's jarring moments of "Mature" content where it suddenly gets raunchy and gorey out of nowhere.
There is plenty of humor in Campaign 2 just naturally from the characters themselves. Jester's Sendings, their long-ass trek through that cave, Mollymauk fricking with Knot, Caleb's terrible impressions, basically everything Caduceus says, etc. We don't need to see Disintegration blasting out of Vokodo's butthole.
>Tone down the mature content pwees, my virgin ears can't handle talk about weiners and hohas >Noooo, not so violent, the kiddies might be watching! All media should be all-ages!
Fricking Zoomer Puritans. Your generation was a mistake.
I only watched the first 2 episodes, but dirty jokes work better when they're sprinkled in instead of slathered everywhere. Shock factor doesn't stand up to overexposure. That being said, if they tone down the frequency in later episodes, then I guess it gets better in that regard and my impression of the show is wrong.
Unironically the worst parts of VM are when it is TOO faithful to the podcast. Having a character in-universe (instead of table crosstalk) literally reference Pedobear is plain awful.
It's fricking dogshit. The voice acting is also some of the worst I've heard too. The one professional VA stands out so much when surrounded by talent-less amateurs.
What's wrong with the voice acting ? They all seen pretty good to me and I'm on episode 8. Granted Vax is head and shoulders above(altho I think his va is a pro so there's that), it's one of the less cringe aspects of this autism.
No it's not. It's not Forgotten Realms. Also, Critical Role are pretty reddit tier. They have good highlights but their campaigns are dull. Bill Burr would unironically be a better DnD icon if he found a groove of actually roleplaying because he's not a pussy.
what he means is any semi decent professional comedian could out joke these roleplaying idiots at their own job if they were placed in the same role.
now If we lived in a world where someone rich enough could afford that then you’d end up with something amazing or not?
Critical Role watchers, how much season material is probably left at the rate the show is going. And how is Mighty Nein in comparison in terms of overall cast and overall plot?
The campaigns I've been in were either heavy on Marvel quip fests or a bunch of dumbasses trying to do Lodoss Wars and failing badly.
...Or just outright murderhobos. Fricking hell I'm sick of my party turning into murderhobos. "That guy looked at us funny, let's kill him." "Dude, we're, like, Deputized by the law to right evils or some shit?" "Frick it, he looked at us funny!"
I'll take Marvel Quipfests over murderhobos. Would've been nice to get something LESS quippy, but at least this might nudge a few players in the "oh we're meant to follow a story? And have consistent characterization?" direction.
Wouldn't know, I dropped it after the second episode, I just didn't really care for it
The second episode is literally where it gets good. What's wrong with you?
The first 2 episodes were the worst part of the show, since it's trying to so quickly rush through a whole arc and introduce 7 7 main characters, their group dynamic, and established the world around them in such a short amount of time. It gets a lot better once it actually starts having the pacing of a normal show.
The first 2 episodes were actually my favorite. Percy's shit taking up the next 10 episodes was boring.
It is, but i kind of wish it went just a little easier on the sex jokes and stuff
I've never sat through a D&D game with no sex jokes.
>introduced as jobbers who never get hired due to being shit
>immediately body a dragon
What did they mean by this?
I mean part of it was just getting lucky, but the big takeaway was that they DID individually have the skills needed to do big shit if they just worked together better... they've just been shit at working together in the past.
It's more clear in the original podcast (obviously) but I'd argue it's still reasonably clear in the show. Their reputation is shit not because they could never get anything done, but because they tended to pull off "I can't believe that worked!" victories with excessive collateral damage. Plus a few of them were absolute clowns that made the group look bad as a whole even if they were competent.
Vox Machina just needed the right motivation. It was that village getting burned to the ground
From what I understand the show starts up at like a midway point of them from the podcast, so it’s not like they are a team of lvl 1 adventurers, they are all decent level.
LVL 5?
Don't forget they played for a while at home before the podcast even started, so they had to summarize like two years worth of playing into a two-episode quick introduction.
The dragon was a jobber dragon too. In s2 the true giga Chads will wreck them very very hard
they all look like they take it up the ass
Several of them definitely do.
Her arc in season 1 was totally pointless
>omg my heckin amulet
>surely this is a curse?
>actually you should just like be yourself and shit lmao, divine mandate yo
>wow thanks for the self help course Everlight
Also CR is a cancer to be scrubbed
If I recall right it was an excuse due to the player being unable to meet up for some time
Eh, what're ya gonna do
I hope the Mighty Nein series goes easier on VM's jarring moments of "Mature" content where it suddenly gets raunchy and gorey out of nowhere.
There is plenty of humor in Campaign 2 just naturally from the characters themselves. Jester's Sendings, their long-ass trek through that cave, Mollymauk fricking with Knot, Caleb's terrible impressions, basically everything Caduceus says, etc. We don't need to see Disintegration blasting out of Vokodo's butthole.
these characters are more frickable than the cast from the first one
>Tone down the mature content pwees, my virgin ears can't handle talk about weiners and hohas
>Noooo, not so violent, the kiddies might be watching! All media should be all-ages!
Fricking Zoomer Puritans. Your generation was a mistake.
I only watched the first 2 episodes, but dirty jokes work better when they're sprinkled in instead of slathered everywhere. Shock factor doesn't stand up to overexposure.
That being said, if they tone down the frequency in later episodes, then I guess it gets better in that regard and my impression of the show is wrong.
Unironically the worst parts of VM are when it is TOO faithful to the podcast. Having a character in-universe (instead of table crosstalk) literally reference Pedobear is plain awful.
I dunno, I loved the door bit animated.
Fricking doors, man.
Too bad the first two episodes aren't
>wonder why there wasn't a full caster like a wizard running around
>mfw I learn about Tiberius
Is he stupid?
It's fricking dogshit. The voice acting is also some of the worst I've heard too. The one professional VA stands out so much when surrounded by talent-less amateurs.
What's wrong with the voice acting ? They all seen pretty good to me and I'm on episode 8. Granted Vax is head and shoulders above(altho I think his va is a pro so there's that), it's one of the less cringe aspects of this autism.
VEX BREASTS VEX BREASTS
No it's not. It's not Forgotten Realms. Also, Critical Role are pretty reddit tier. They have good highlights but their campaigns are dull. Bill Burr would unironically be a better DnD icon if he found a groove of actually roleplaying because he's not a pussy.
>Bill Burr
>ttrpg
Where in the frick did you make that connection?
what he means is any semi decent professional comedian could out joke these roleplaying idiots at their own job if they were placed in the same role.
now If we lived in a world where someone rich enough could afford that then you’d end up with something amazing or not?
>It's not Forgotten Realms
That seems like a pretty damn stupid complaint.
Critical Role watchers, how much season material is probably left at the rate the show is going. And how is Mighty Nein in comparison in terms of overall cast and overall plot?
>Vox Machina: Remaining Chroma conclave, Bards Lament, Tarrington, miscellaneous stuff, Whispered one
Probs 2 more seasons.
>Mighty Nein: formation, town of intrigue, Gentleman, Iron SHeperds part 1
Thats probably enough for 1.
I really wish modern DnD content didn't push the narrative that all campaigns are marvel tier quip fests.
why do u hate fun
I don't but sometimes I want variety in tone and campgains.
I wish other ttrpgs got more spotlight. Shadowrun or Mutants and Masterminds or Ars Magica or GURPS. Anything with more open character creation.
I don't. Critical Role clears, easily.
>Critical Role clears,
Que?
The campaigns I've been in were either heavy on Marvel quip fests or a bunch of dumbasses trying to do Lodoss Wars and failing badly.
...Or just outright murderhobos. Fricking hell I'm sick of my party turning into murderhobos. "That guy looked at us funny, let's kill him." "Dude, we're, like, Deputized by the law to right evils or some shit?" "Frick it, he looked at us funny!"
I'll take Marvel Quipfests over murderhobos. Would've been nice to get something LESS quippy, but at least this might nudge a few players in the "oh we're meant to follow a story? And have consistent characterization?" direction.
>critical roll
DROPPED
If Amazon is real they will adapt the All guardsmen party.