First Episode of The Mighty Nein Available Now on YouTube

The first episode of The Mighty Nein, a new animated series based on Critical Role's second campaign, is available for free on YouTube. Prime Video posted the episode on YouTube in the early morning today, providing fans and newcomers alike with a free preview of its series ahead of its launch next week.

While set in the same world as The Legend of Vox Machina, The Mighty Nein is a standalone series and requires no previous knowledge of either Critical Role or The Legend of Vox Machina to enjoy. The first few episodes of the new show serve as a prequel to the events of Campaign 2, providing more concrete origin stories and what the characters were up to ahead of the events of the first episode of the campaign.

You can check out the new episode below:

After an explosion at the border, Wildemount is on the brink of War. Beauregard Lionett investigates the scene of an explosion, uncovering a sinister scheme lurking in the shadows. Meanwhile, Caleb Widogast teams up with an unlikely ally to break into a magical pet shop.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Boy, the long cold open sequence really underscores just how high magic parts of Exandria are, which isn't how I usually hear the setting described.

While I was happy to see Nott, the episode felt very serious without Jester.

 

[overgeeked]

Boy, the long cold open sequence really underscores just how high magic parts of Exandria are, which isn't how I usually hear the setting described.

Yeah. I think CR leads the charge of 5E feeling like fantasy superheroes in a fantasy superhero world.

While I was happy to see Nott, the episode felt very serious without Jester.

Is it me or is Sam’s Nott voice different? I’d imagine he doesn’t want to keep doing that gnarly voice he used in the live play. Especially after the throat cancer.

Jester makes everything better. So looking forward to this one. The Nein are my favorite CR crew by far.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

which isn't how I usually hear the setting described.

???

It has flying ships as standard.

 

[Gorck]

Is it me or is Sam’s Nott voice different? I’d imagine he doesn’t want to keep doing that gnarly voice he used in the live play. Especially after the throat cancer.

Yeah, I thought it sounded different too. I was wondering if it was actually someone else doing the voice acting (maybe Sam was still recovering from the throat cancer and was unable to do it himself ). Or maybe test groups found the high-pitched voice to be grating so he toned it down a little.

 

[overgeeked]

Yeah, I thought it sounded different too. I was wondering if it was actually someone else doing the voice acting (maybe Sam was still recovering from the throat cancer and was unable to do it himself ). Or maybe test groups found the high-pitched voice to be grating so he toned it down a little.

He’s listed in the credits for Nott. So it’s most likely him. It sounds like they digitally altered his voice. Maybe he just can’t do that voice anymore.

 

[Clint_L]

The voice is still Sam; it’s not a stand in. He’s modulated it a bit, for sure. The Nott voice was originally meant to work comedically, so much so that if you look back at the first game of C1 the others laugh as soon as he speaks. This show is going for a more serious tone, so I assume that’s why he’s made it less goofy. Slightly.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

???

It has flying ships as standard.

OK.

And when people say "tell me abut Exandria," the response is almost always "it's a kitchen sink setting," not "it's a high magic setting."

IME, which may not be anyone else's, people don't lead with the high magic aspect, although it's obviously a modern D&D setting in its base level of magic, as seen in the Vox Machina series as well, where big cities seem to have magic practiced so openly that few people seem to notice or comment on it.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

And when people say "tell me abut Exandria," the response is almost always "it's a kitchen sink setting," not "it's a high magic setting."

High magic is the default. No need to mention it.

 

[plecostomus]

I did not like the first episode of Vox Machina and never continued that, but I enjoyed this! My favorite character so far is the monk, though I'm pretty biased (my first character was a monk).

Never watched a CR campaign and I don't really watch any live plays, but if it also works as a regular story then I'm in.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Never watched a CR campaign and I don't really watch any live plays, but if it also works as a regular story then I'm in.

It does. I don't think anyone watching Vox Machina would know it's based on an actual play from anything in the show. My parents watch that show and I would be surprised if my mom had any idea of what Critical Role or actual play were.