#cr2e140

I can’t. I finished the episode four hours ago and I’m still screaming inside my head and intermittently at other people about everything that went down.

What’s basically the first canon Caleb/Essek moment right before Jester dies. Caleb yeets her over to Caduceus. Marine Layer keeping her, Caduceus, and Veth from serious harm. Path to the Grave combining with the classic Guiding Bolt (Up The Butt) to finish off Lucien with Jester screaming about how Lucien didn’t deserve Molly.

And then all the denouement. Caleb being brought BACK through Artagan’s actions. Giving up his Transmuter’s stone to try to get Molly back. Yasha, Jester, and Beau just wanting their friend back. The Natural 1.

Then Caduceus Fucking Clay with the successful Divine Intervention and this time it’s a 12. Molly is back. It would have been fitting if the Nat 1 was the end but this is fitting too. He might be confused but he knows the rest of the Nein. The rest will come with time.

All the story parallels between this and the ending of C1. Taliesin bringing Taliesin’s character back to life. After this episode I’m actually glad they’re wrapping up the campaign because where do you go from here? How do you continue a campaign with these characters at this point?

You don’t. You close the chapter and start telling new stories.

I am probably going to be emotionally shaken from this for a while. The other time I really felt like this was after playing Bastion for the first time. If you’ve played that game you’ll understand.

The storytelling. The dice. The poetry. What a session of D&D. The kind of session you want to experience for yourself at least once.

I think there’s a lot to be said about Vox Machina losing one at the conclusion of their ultimate adventure and the Mighty Nein finally (FINALLY) becoming Nine by the return of a long gone friend.

That’s poetry and the dice really can’t do it any better.

mighty nein? mighty nine