Dungeon Master Matt Mercer flipped his famous finisher line on its head, asking himself, "How Do I Want to Do This?" before delivering the final blow on one of his own monsters.
Ever since Critical Role started streaming its Dungeons & Dragons sessions on Twitch in March 2015, DM Matt Mercer has given his players the ability to detail how their characters deal the final blow on monsters in the game by asking them, "How Do You Want to Do This?" It has become a famous line for the show, and his players come up with the most creative ways of finishing off the monsters and adversaries Matt introduces into the game.
During the latest episode of Critical Role, Matt popped in with an NPC at the last moments of a fight between his monster and the party and ended up rolling enough damage to finish it off himself.
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During the last episode, Obann was turned into Obann the Punished by Tharizdun, the Chained Oblivion, as punishment for failing in his attempt to bring the Betrayer God back. Obann the Punished began wreaking havoc on the Mighty Nein. The Cadogeist, who was previously mind-controlled by Obann, first decided to avoid the fight entirely, even flipping the Mighty Nein off in the process of fleeing.
However, the Cadogeist had second thoughts and returned to the battle. After all, the Mighty Nein had attempted to remove her from the mind control and fought her former oppressor. Matt was playing as her and had her rejoin the battle near the end of the fight, when Obann the Punished looked very weak.
Matt rolled damage for the Cadogeist's attack and when it became clear that he was going to kill the creature, he hesitated. With insistence and cheering from his players, Matt finally delivered his line:
After the fight was over, Matt said he felt bad about taking the kill away from the players, but they assured him that it was fine. It honestly made for a funny and ridiculous moment anyway.
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