Welcome! 0:09 Player Introductions 0:31-1:13 Rowan Bettjeman 0:33 Alan Morrison 0:42 Ben Van Lier 0:53 Rob Hartley 1:00 Adam King 1:09 The shiny tools that shall decide our fates 1:19-2:27 Ben's first sin against the Dice Gods 1:22-1:26 "They might be really lucky!", Rob unknowingly forsees the Van Lier Dice Curse 2:16 The Setting 2:30 Everyone does warm-ups 2:40 Ben's not excited 3:04 The Characters 3:13-3:29 *Bodger the Half-Goliath/Half Dwarf Barbarian Blacksmith* 3:13 *Greg the Human Garlic Farmer/Artificer* 3:18 *High Sorcerer Baradun the Human* 3:21 Bartholomew Osiris Bladesong, aka *BOB the Half-Elf Rogue* 3:25 *PLOT TWIST* 3:30 Ben's first Natural 1 3:43 The Story Begins 3:45 Bodger's Introduction 4:18 Bodger's Morning Routine 5:09 Greg's Introduction 5:40 Baelin Cameo! 6:38 High Sorcerer Baradun's Introduction 6:52 Rob's first NPC voice 7:07 With great power, comes great ability to avoid responsibility 8:03 "Portal Away!" 9:03 High Sorcerer Baradun greets Greg 9:12 High Sorcerer Baradun puts on his iconic look 9:45 Bob's Introduction 10:15 Rob offers Bodger the gift of *story hook* 11:43 Bodger's first instinct when upset 11:54 "portal away...." 12:29 Master Leithil, Head of Arcane Research 12:51 It's good to be High Sorcerer 13:34 Permanent Teleportation Circle 13:55 Nicholas the pseudodragon familiar 14:01 Greg is offered the gift of shit NPC "Pete Gerlit, Peach Farmer" 14:09 1st Official Roll! Roll Persuasion for not unloading shit 15:24 Plot Twist: Origins of the Shit 16:24 Halfing Farmer/Uber 16:47 Memories from last night.... 17:37 Bob rolls Sleight of Hand to grab more apples 18:26 Greg receives the gift of *story hook* 19:30 Rob jokingly asks Alan to roll for Initiative to Murder a Fly 19:38 Bodger puts the pieces together 19:53 Alan actually rolls for Initiative to Murder a Fly 19:57 "I got a 3, how does that help me?" 20:09 Rowan rolls for mocking Alan and wins Dungeons & Dragons forever 20:13 Greg rolls for Investigation 20:52 High Sorcerer Baradun sympathetically wants more out of life than just incredible power, high status, youth, dozens of underlings who do his bidding, a lavish castle, fine clothes, powerful magical artifacts, and anything he wants 21:30 High Sorcerer Baradun wipes a small horde of orcs off the face of Azerim with a 9th level spell, because boredom 21:39 Master Leithil's current project to *weaken armies* 22:25 "I just need a *willing participant* " 22:35 " *Would you* just grab me that orb, real quick? I can *show you how it works* " 22:44 Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! If only there had been *warnings!* 22:50
first i thought u will sit around and play a game...boring i thought... then i noticed a cut scene and didnt realize the video was over...waiting for more good job!!
Rob, as always, you are a very patient and competent and skillful GM. But I am still salty you retconned their sacrifices. Bodger NEEDS to sound like a valley girl or I cannot have my "morning routine"
2:15 *Talking about the white dice that Ben will be using* "They might be really lucky". Oh you poor naive child... you have no idea the true depths of how wrong a person can be.
Binge watching this again because it’s really hard having to wait for Thursday every week! Poor Ben. Every time he rolls the dice you can see him die just a little bit more on the inside.
You can really see how close they are in real life from their body language and how they talk to each other. It's such a precious friendship, good on you guys.
I started watching this thinking “It probably wont be that funny, I'll just watch a minute or two and that's it.” and suddenly it ended! I watched an entire episode and I want more! Great job guys, as always. Keep it up!
So they canonized that Greg the Garlic Farmer eats only garlic and the occasional fish. I want them to go to a vampire den, and as soon as Greg enters all of the vampires die.
@@MrMaradok Would be better if Vampire tries to turn him into Vampires and become a Vampire who's immune to Garlic. And instead of becoming a bat, he becomes a garlic.
Several episodes in now and came back to say what a great series. Can't believe I didn't discover this until recently or that there are well over a hundred to go. Amazing productivity for a small team. Great quality acting, true suspense in the story and constant laugh out loud moments. Looking forward to the rest & more to come.
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I know I am a necromancer but hear me out, I play Warhammer 40k table top when I was like 10 and even I knew that dice have "good" ones and "bad" ones also I ruled the board game of "sorry" they did not trust the dice I did and I had the heart of the cards, some could say the power of god and amine on my side they had no chance.
I feel the exact opposite. Each cut-away did... exactly that, it took me out of the game. Their performances in the cutaways were also missing all of the passion they usually put into their normal work. It just felt like they were pushing a brand, instead of making content, which... is probably why they did it.
@Anna333 Yeah-- I expect the... "in the moment" Roleplay of their actions, instead of the cut-aways. But, if I don't get RP unless I get a cut-away, i'd prefer to not have them. But yeah--
@@lravenl Sure... but check out any other DnD show. They do the performance at the table, during the delivery, to sell the action. It's like... if you told me a joke, then retold me the same joke --but now you've changed clothing and deepened the pitch of your voice. That moment had passed, the joke can no longer "hit". Honestly though, watch other recordings from other shows. They deliver engaging performances while making their choices, and it rocks. It's engaging because it's not a cut-away with props.
We miss see you there, Britt! I hope somehow you can make a cameo appearance during the series, even though you are halfway around the world. Maybe a voice over or a flashback to the first season.
The misunderstanding where he gets distracted by the fly during the story, and gets jokingly asked for an initiative roll, but subliminally he concedes and rolls initiative; meanwhile the rest of the group including the dm have forgotten about the joke now being acted on. Fantastic moment that unintentionally led to many laughs
Wow! I'm so glad I just found out about this series that started 2 years ago and it's still going on after 136 episodes. This is material for months!!!
Narrator: You have entered the town of Honeywood and an NPC greets you. "Ah, hello adventurer and welcome to the town of Honeywood." After of which, the NPC then pleads for help to find- Rowan: I skip his quest. *rolls 1* Narrator: The npc kills you with a knife and says the following words "I told you not to skip and you didn't listen." Rowan: *sweating dramatically*
Why did I discover this series just now??!! I watched Viva for years now and never corssed the D&D adventrues. Looking forward to many hours of fun with you guys. Thank you very much for the awsome content!!
I’m currently on episode 143, and whoever did the subtitles, love the quips and extras you put in there. The shrugs and funny things I read in the cc’s expertly magnify the moments of the campaign where I’m already dying of laughter. Long live VLDL!
its a business to them at this point. its not as easy as just putting somebody in the team just cause you see him act here all the time. vldl has already gone through losing team members down to just Alan + Rowan in the past. Even just adding Adam was a huge step.
@Pete Mason go waayyy back to their oldest videos. where they parodied songs. there were 5 of them, none of which is adam. some of those members quit for reasons i dont remember. not much success or how theyd split income and such or something. when it was just alan and rowan left in the team, adam joined in. thats also around the time they started gaining traction with epic npc man. i assume due to the difficulties theyve gone through with their previous 5 man team, they're most likely trying to be careful at what theey do, especially now that they are way way way more popular than bak then.
@@aj-sz8mu I just want to know what happened to their 4th guy in playtech series. He is present in a couple of early episodes as an employee, he seemed pretty cool, but then he just disappeared. Kinda shame, cause he was a really nice fit with the rest of the guys
@@exeterra4825 which one? Kinda curious now who ur talking about. Im assuming for any of them outside of the adam alan and rowan. Everyone else most likely have another fulltime part time or gig elsewhere. So it really wouldnt be surprising whenever we stop seeing someone here. So far theyve only taken ellie fulltime recently.
so im a fan of subtitles and i love how whoever did them added an "old school" emoji when one of them put their hands up as in a "oh well, what are you going to do?" thanks for that
When Ben was listing all his highly trained skills, why was "muggin'" never brought up? Perhaps he is keeping that one close to his chest. Love it and cannot wait for the next episode
Greg: "I know the GM just literally said I notice my wares are missing, but I'm going to roll the dice anyway to see whether my perception is high enough to spot that my wares are missing" *rolls three, shrugs* "Guess I never had any wares in those blatantly open spots."
So I started watching this series about 2 months ago. I've never played D&D and I hadn't heard of VLDL before someone recommended this to me. Yesterday I caught up to the end of released content (episode 142), so here I am back at the beginning to re-watch one of the most hilariously entertaining and soul-comforting shows I have ever had the pleasure of watching. Thank you guys for making my life (rolls percentile dice) % better
@@jamesanthony8438 I know, but I just think he's the better of the two NPC's, and it would be hilarious to see him get his fishing pole upgraded to do lightning damage or something.
Bless you for your subtitles guys. I'm so happy to see that accessibility added. D&D tables are wild in the first place, and I was nervous once I started this that it would be too hard to hear over the chatter with the audio but BLESSSS, too few UA-cam creators add that accessibility to their channels. I'm not a part of the Deaf/HoH community, but it's heartbreaking to see elsewhere and I'm happy to see that you have added that much needed accessibility immediately with it.
Also, whomever edited the video and added the sound effects and music; BRAVO! It really brings it all together when you add the acting in costumes and it's just all so good! Adam missed an opportunity to say his morning routine with magic hands could be used for uhh...pleasurable release LOL!!!
First live D&D playthrough I've ever enjoyed! Partially due to the 20 minute run time as I don't have time for an hour long episode but also because you guys act it all out too!
Literally cannot believe how long ago this started?! I'm rewatching in Nov24 and remembering like it was yesterday ❤ This is how memorable content is made!
i know this is coming from a total stranger but my sympathies for your loss.I lost my father back in '09. i still miss him, every day. videos like these help ease the pain for a while.
I HAD NO IDEA YOU GUYS HAD AN ACTUAL D&D CAMPAGIN IM SO HAPPY DUDE y’all are one of my favorite channels and I’ve been wanting to find a d&d campaign to watch that’s actually good
Half dwarf, half giant raises so many questions. Like, is the father a giant and if so I feel really, really bad for the dwarven mother ( *ouch* ) or is the mom a giantess and if so, the imagery of the dwarf father trying to hop on that booty is pure comic gold.
I have no idea how I'm only just discovering this as I've been a fan of your videos for years, but oh boy do I have something new to binge!! Many thanks!!!
after stumbling upon s/o mentioning the quality of the cc's, I actually started watching everything with cc's on... it's almost like an easter-egg, they are really hillarious at times.
@@genxmonk70 She couldn't join us because she lives in Canada now. But please tell me how we shut her out during the Isolation games, I am always looking to improve and if I did that, I should make amends.
You guys are my all time favorite UA-camrs! Keep up the great work, I watch every new episode first thing in the morning when they come out. Can't wait for the next episode
Hello, I just wanted to thank this channel for making my life easier. I was bed ridden for 8 days with a horrible flu and I got through it by staying in bed and watching this series. It took 46 episodes before I could get back to my business. Thanks for the incredible effort in this channel. It is appreciated
@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD Is it a real place (like a cafe) in NZ or just set up for this series? It looks fantastic! And hey, can't wait for the next episode!
I agree, it's a very nice place. But there seems to be a bit of flickering going on with the lights. Did you use automatic brightness adjustment or something?
I am here. I wasn't sure if I was willing to dive into this series, but I have seen your DnD Horror series and it is a hoot and a holler! Now I have expectations.
I'm smiling and laughing through this whole episode and my face hurts already lol Robert's like an omniscient (is this the word?) character like how Stan Lee is in MCU
I've been impatiently awaiting the arrival of this series, as I had the best time watching your previous journeys. Your Baldur's Gate sessions is what got me interested in DnD and learning the game and DMing (Still learning tho). Many thanks to you, wonderful people.
HOLY SHIT. Didn't know this channel even existed. Came here from watching basically all of your skit videos :) So flipping happy to know that there's a bunch more
Everything you guys do is absolute gold. Great stuff here, A small story for you all as this made me think of a time long ago. As a young man, I was never a bully but behind closed doors, I was the one who made fun of DD, World of Warcraft, and the like. Then I met my beautiful gamer wife who proceeded to make fun of me for not exploring new genres of games beyond FPS and Sports my entire life because of a made-up BS stereotype about the "types" of people that play these games. I couldn't argue her point I've always been a logical man and its hard to conjure up a rebuttal to the truth she spoke. So I sat down one day was just after the release of Cata on WoW and created DesamosSalt an undead horde warlock. Now here I am years later and WoW is just about the only game I play, love Lord of the Rings and the like, have read 29 of 40 some odd legend of Drizzt books (best book series ever written IMO), and thoroughly enjoy watching this. So to sum up my story, I went from Jock king of my high school and miserable mind you, to now a huge "nerd" proud of it and truly happy with an abundance of inner peace. I believe it was always there but god forbid if it ever came out as a youngster. As an adult looking back the stigmatism that society places on things such as this is downright wrong and ridiculous as I've had more fun and made more real friends in this realm of things than I ever did playing sports. I still love sports no question a big fan of competition but if the day came where I ever hard to choose this stuff or sports I wouldn't have to think about it for more than a second. Awesome job here guys and the moral of the story is never to be afraid to be who you really are and enjoy the things that make you happy your life will be more fulfilling for it.
I love the effects. This show needs to be famous and needs to go viral. The production value and quality is far above any other dnd show out to date. The cast is great very enjoyable and entertaining. I hope you guys do well.
Oh, Adventurer! I have a Quest: Ask me for Watch-Suggests, granting me the option of giving you the finest Recommendations for Comedy-Gold or maybe Matters-of-Science, depending on what you wish. But beware: Dont make the silly mistake that others did and miss-out cause you assume I'm a so-called B0T.
@@gamerdodo8581 Excuse the randomness but i make some 'sort' of kinda 'Poll'. Have you seen Some More News Video about 'Simple Solutions to World Problems'? I wanna hear peoples thoughts on it, so i randomly ask for peoples... welll... thoughts!
Revisiting this after episode 200. What a campaign! I literally went in not expecting anything, and now 4 years later I'm super into the Dickhead's story and the world that Rob, Adam, and Alan has built. And it awakened my interest in Dungeons & Dragons, I quenched it by playing both Baldur's Gate 3 since Early Access and Solasta: Crown Of The Magister. And a week from now, I'm starting my first ever D&D campaign with the Indonesian D&D community. I'd never guessed you guys would reach Episode 200 because Descent to Avernus was only 6 episodes, but here's to 100 hundred or more episodes to come and I can't wait how Rob ties all these stories to end whether climactically, dramatically, or heck even tragically as Endelyn's foretold.
Epic npc man personalities playing d&d? This is going to be hilarious. Love everything you guys produce. The cutaway roleplay bits are both original and surprisingly immersive. I know I'm late finding this, but I'm so glad I did! Plz don't stop making videos
That was awsome! I loved the Npc man series and when I heard you are going to release a new D&D series, I was so happy! I love D&D and your content! keep up the good work!
I’m currently rewatching this series after watching every week from the uk purely because I watch every video yous upload on every channel but being an ex serviceman your videos give me something to look forward to when I struggle massively with day to day life, just want yous to know how much you help people! Thank you
I like the running of the 4 different daily perspectives and mysteries that will lead them to team for the quest. Way better than you were summoned by a general lol. Great job and cant wait to see more!
Thanks! I knew it would take longer to get them all together this way but I felt it would feel more meaningful when they did come together if we got to see a little of their everyday lives first.
yeah it is always more epic when it is not forced. Sometimes it cannot be done, but when it can it makes it feel better. Also, tired of a Tavern, Inn, or General summons for your starter adventures?!? Send them on an all expense paid Cruiseship. start in a port town and they have to acquire tickets in some fashion to board. rogues can steal, nobels can buy, etc. or just start on the cruise ship! then they aren't "forced" to team right away. but hey. many people enjoy Bingo and Trivia and stage shows and oh crap pirate attack!
How has this been a thing for almost a year and I just found it??? If the entire series is this laid back and funny I'm going to enjoy watching every minute of it.
Just had to revisit this and say how awesome it had been to watch this series for so long and how far its come. Thank you all for the amazing content week after week 💪
This was an awesome start, I couldn't stop laughing, especially when Gregg got his hand broken by the passive-aggressive, poop slinging, peach farmer. Lmao
when they use the silly voices to say, "My name's rowan, I roll 1s" all I can think of is the Monty python characters running around with handkerchiefs on their heads, "Hullo mr. Gumby!"
Welcome! 0:09
Player Introductions 0:31-1:13
Rowan Bettjeman 0:33
Alan Morrison 0:42
Ben Van Lier 0:53
Rob Hartley 1:00
Adam King 1:09
The shiny tools that shall decide our fates 1:19-2:27
Ben's first sin against the Dice Gods 1:22-1:26
"They might be really lucky!", Rob unknowingly forsees the Van Lier Dice Curse 2:16
The Setting 2:30
Everyone does warm-ups 2:40
Ben's not excited 3:04
The Characters 3:13-3:29
*Bodger the Half-Goliath/Half Dwarf Barbarian Blacksmith* 3:13
*Greg the Human Garlic Farmer/Artificer* 3:18
*High Sorcerer Baradun the Human* 3:21
Bartholomew Osiris Bladesong, aka *BOB the Half-Elf Rogue* 3:25
*PLOT TWIST* 3:30
Ben's first Natural 1 3:43
The Story Begins 3:45
Bodger's Introduction 4:18
Bodger's Morning Routine 5:09
Greg's Introduction 5:40
Baelin Cameo! 6:38
High Sorcerer Baradun's Introduction 6:52
Rob's first NPC voice 7:07
With great power, comes great ability to avoid responsibility 8:03
"Portal Away!" 9:03
High Sorcerer Baradun greets Greg 9:12
High Sorcerer Baradun puts on his iconic look 9:45
Bob's Introduction 10:15
Rob offers Bodger the gift of *story hook* 11:43
Bodger's first instinct when upset 11:54
"portal away...." 12:29
Master Leithil, Head of Arcane Research 12:51
It's good to be High Sorcerer 13:34
Permanent Teleportation Circle 13:55
Nicholas the pseudodragon familiar 14:01
Greg is offered the gift of shit NPC "Pete Gerlit, Peach Farmer" 14:09
1st Official Roll! Roll Persuasion for not unloading shit 15:24
Plot Twist: Origins of the Shit 16:24
Halfing Farmer/Uber 16:47
Memories from last night.... 17:37
Bob rolls Sleight of Hand to grab more apples 18:26
Greg receives the gift of *story hook* 19:30
Rob jokingly asks Alan to roll for Initiative to Murder a Fly 19:38
Bodger puts the pieces together 19:53
Alan actually rolls for Initiative to Murder a Fly 19:57
"I got a 3, how does that help me?" 20:09
Rowan rolls for mocking Alan and wins Dungeons & Dragons forever 20:13
Greg rolls for Investigation 20:52
High Sorcerer Baradun sympathetically wants more out of life than just incredible power, high status, youth, dozens of underlings who do his bidding, a lavish castle, fine clothes, powerful magical artifacts, and anything he wants 21:30
High Sorcerer Baradun wipes a small horde of orcs off the face of Azerim with a 9th level spell, because boredom 21:39
Master Leithil's current project to *weaken armies* 22:25
"I just need a *willing participant* " 22:35
" *Would you* just grab me that orb, real quick? I can *show you how it works* " 22:44
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! If only there had been *warnings!* 22:50
Noice
How come this only has one comment ?
@@MagularStudios I didn't start posting these until about 10 months in.
@@VivaLaDnDLogs no i meant this comment has 50 likes so this should have at least 5 or 6 comments
@@MagularStudios 🤷
What is this amazing UA-cam channel?! 😂😂
Are you sure they're not copyrighting
They all look very similar to the people on your channel
first i thought u will sit around and play a game...boring i thought... then i noticed a cut scene and didnt realize the video was over...waiting for more good job!!
😂😂😂😂
TheDarkEmperor's production?...
I love you Guys!
It would be awsome to make actual videos of your DnD adventure in your main channel. Just an idea. Love your Epic NPC man vids
Welcome to everyone coming from D&D Logic!
you got me :)
No way, how could You know that???? Truly a magician 😂😂
Lets gooo! Show us the graph with the spike in audience later haha
Just realise there is a D&D channel XD
I've seen this channel before, i just so happen to be getting back into dnd. That's why im here again xD
Oh, man, I was so excited watching this back. It has been so long since we filmed it, I got to experience it like a fan! Can't wait for the next one!
Masterful work, as always, Rob!
Do you have your stories available? You should do virtual games with people. Might make some real coin
Can you please make an encounter with the Muggers? Lol
I really enjoyed how you narrated this :D! Well done!
Rob, as always, you are a very patient and competent and skillful GM. But I am still salty you retconned their sacrifices. Bodger NEEDS to sound like a valley girl or I cannot have my "morning routine"
2:15 *Talking about the white dice that Ben will be using* "They might be really lucky".
Oh you poor naive child... you have no idea the true depths of how wrong a person can be.
Binge watching this again because it’s really hard having to wait for Thursday every week! Poor Ben. Every time he rolls the dice you can see him die just a little bit more on the inside.
"They're all dice they're all the same"
That'll teach him to not pick fanceh dice.
1:24 beginning of the Curse
His first roll was an 18(+7) so it started good
You can really see how close they are in real life from their body language and how they talk to each other. It's such a precious friendship, good on you guys.
Poor DM
relax lol they're friends. we get it.
I started watching this thinking “It probably wont be that funny, I'll just watch a minute or two and that's it.” and suddenly it ended! I watched an entire episode and I want more! Great job guys, as always. Keep it up!
Well thats the best review we could have had!
Samsies
Yes! Me too! 🥳 Only I'm a year late to the party 😐
@@camouflagejumpsuit we're in the same boat
Well I'm here even later. And I already live it
So they canonized that Greg the Garlic Farmer eats only garlic and the occasional fish.
I want them to go to a vampire den, and as soon as Greg enters all of the vampires die.
No, dude, first they try to suck Gregs blood, and THEN they die!
@@MrMaradok nah breathing would be enough, we don't want a puddle of vampires, that's too hard too clean up
I want to see Greg talking to Baelin about all the different ways to cook garlic like Bubba from Forest Gump.
@@MrMaradok Would be better if Vampire tries to turn him into Vampires and become a Vampire who's immune to Garlic. And instead of becoming a bat, he becomes a garlic.
Yyyassss
Several episodes in now and came back to say what a great series. Can't believe I didn't discover this until recently or that there are well over a hundred to go. Amazing productivity for a small team. Great quality acting, true suspense in the story and constant laugh out loud moments. Looking forward to the rest & more to come.
Oh man, you're in for a lot of fun!
One of my favorite part was Bodger on the flying ship 🤣
1:27 Ben says “they’re all dice they’re all the same”.
(The dice gods take note)
So begins the dreaded curse
Oh, Adventurer!
I have a Quest: Ask me for Watch-Suggests, granting me the option of giving you
the finest Recommendations for Comedy-Gold or maybe Matters-of-Science,
depending on what you wish.
But beware: Dont make the silly mistake that others did and miss-out cause you
assume I'm a so-called B0T.
I know I am a necromancer but hear me out, I play Warhammer 40k table top when I was like 10 and even I knew that dice have "good" ones and "bad" ones also I ruled the board game of "sorry" they did not trust the dice I did and I had the heart of the cards, some could say the power of god and amine on my side they had no chance.
@@fimelsin5308 what??
Personally, I love dice, I collect them! XD
Dice gods: And I took exception to that
I love the Rob is acting as all of the NPCs!
Great both as both the live DM (i.e. playing Everyone Else) and in the green scenes (which are so well done here). Top shelf.
EPIC NPC MAN!!!!!
and his voices are fun
Excellent acting as well!
What makes this D&D adventure so good is the cut away scenes of the characters. It really brings the world to life. So very well made guys!
I feel the exact opposite. Each cut-away did... exactly that, it took me out of the game. Their performances in the cutaways were also missing all of the passion they usually put into their normal work.
It just felt like they were pushing a brand, instead of making content, which... is probably why they did it.
@Anna333 Yeah-- I expect the... "in the moment" Roleplay of their actions, instead of the cut-aways. But, if I don't get RP unless I get a cut-away, i'd prefer to not have them.
But yeah--
I like the cutaways! They make me feel the characters are actually doing those things
@@lravenl Sure... but check out any other DnD show. They do the performance at the table, during the delivery, to sell the action.
It's like... if you told me a joke, then retold me the same joke --but now you've changed clothing and deepened the pitch of your voice. That moment had passed, the joke can no longer "hit".
Honestly though, watch other recordings from other shows. They deliver engaging performances while making their choices, and it rocks. It's engaging because it's not a cut-away with props.
@@ChimiMyChanga73 got any examples?
I like the cut aways. More honeywood the better
Just found this due to rowans bad dming
Been watching for years now. Your lucky. You get to binge
Same
Same😂
Me as well, I've known the channel for a while
JUST FOUND THIS RANDOMLY! WHAT A TREEEEAT
The upgrades 10/10.
WHERE WERE YOU BRITT?!
We miss see you there, Britt! I hope somehow you can make a cameo appearance during the series, even though you are halfway around the world. Maybe a voice over or a flashback to the first season.
We miss you, but can go back and watch the videos where you were at the table and enjoy them again.
looking forward to seeing ya～
Upgrades people. Upgrades.
The misunderstanding where he gets distracted by the fly during the story, and gets jokingly asked for an initiative roll, but subliminally he concedes and rolls initiative; meanwhile the rest of the group including the dm have forgotten about the joke now being acted on. Fantastic moment that unintentionally led to many laughs
Wow! I'm so glad I just found out about this series that started 2 years ago and it's still going on after 136 episodes. This is material for months!!!
dude same! I had no idea this even existed lol
Same here!
ah same
you wont regret :)
Gosh, they were so young back then!
Narrator: You have entered the town of Honeywood and an NPC greets you.
"Ah, hello adventurer and welcome to the town of Honeywood." After of which, the NPC then pleads for help to find-
Rowan: I skip his quest. *rolls 1*
Narrator: The npc kills you with a knife and says the following words "I told you not to skip and you didn't listen."
Rowan: *sweating dramatically*
🤣🤣🤣pretty much anybody that tried to skip him by rolling the dice!
How can Rowan sweat if he died by rolling 1 😂
A steak knife at that! 😂
I can’t watch this without thinking of Robert last time yelling UNSKIPPABLE CUTSCENE SHUTUP
Oh thats most certainly going to happen again in the future knowing us lol
@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD was about to say something of the sort... but ya beat me to it.. 👍
@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD Dad I believe in you.
Don’t make me do it, I’ll invoke it...
A few minutes later SHUT UP UNSKIPPABLE CUTSCENE
@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD Hi ⊙﹏⊙ You guys are awesome 👍
Why did I discover this series just now??!!
I watched Viva for years now and never corssed the D&D adventrues.
Looking forward to many hours of fun with you guys. Thank you very much for the awsome content!!
As a welsh woman I must say that the welsh accent you've done for master Leithil is genuinely so great that i did a double take!! Da iawn! 13:09
Yeah rob has some great accents
I’m currently on episode 143, and whoever did the subtitles, love the quips and extras you put in there. The shrugs and funny things I read in the cc’s expertly magnify the moments of the campaign where I’m already dying of laughter. Long live VLDL!
My expertise is mainly; stealing....fighting...drinking....thieving...
Sooooo....
Muggin' people?
Well, he means mugging without actually using this word, which makes it even funnier!
Let's mug em!
Guy 1: what are we!?
Guy 2: muggers
Guy 1: and what do we do!?
Guy 2: we MUGGUM!!!!
Rowan: Hey! What are we?
Ben: Well, we we’re muggers.
R: And what do muggers do?
B: They mug people.
Both: So, let’s go mug ‘em!
@@tevildo9383 I read this in their voices
Ben should be made a permanent member if hes willing
They can't afford him yet :P maybe if D&D pays his bills
its a business to them at this point. its not as easy as just putting somebody in the team just cause you see him act here all the time. vldl has already gone through losing team members down to just Alan + Rowan in the past. Even just adding Adam was a huge step.
@Pete Mason go waayyy back to their oldest videos. where they parodied songs. there were 5 of them, none of which is adam. some of those members quit for reasons i dont remember. not much success or how theyd split income and such or something. when it was just alan and rowan left in the team, adam joined in. thats also around the time they started gaining traction with epic npc man. i assume due to the difficulties theyve gone through with their previous 5 man team, they're most likely trying to be careful at what theey do, especially now that they are way way way more popular than bak then.
@@aj-sz8mu I just want to know what happened to their 4th guy in playtech series. He is present in a couple of early episodes as an employee, he seemed pretty cool, but then he just disappeared. Kinda shame, cause he was a really nice fit with the rest of the guys
@@exeterra4825 which one? Kinda curious now who ur talking about. Im assuming for any of them outside of the adam alan and rowan. Everyone else most likely have another fulltime part time or gig elsewhere. So it really wouldnt be surprising whenever we stop seeing someone here. So far theyve only taken ellie fulltime recently.
Just coming across this and am loving it. Not trashing CR, but this is so much more like my table than CR. Great stuff.
Bob waking up naked is definitely him respawning after dying.
The Skull of Rahul?
so im a fan of subtitles and i love how whoever did them added an "old school" emoji when one of them put their hands up as in a "oh well, what are you going to do?" thanks for that
When Ben was listing all his highly trained skills, why was "muggin'" never brought up?
Perhaps he is keeping that one close to his chest.
Love it and cannot wait for the next episode
You don't just tell people you're good at muggin. You wait for the opportune moment and surprise them with first hand experience.
Bernard and Charles are the mugging masters - thats why ;)
@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD well yeah I get that lol. I just thought it was Outrageous 😂
That was pure gold! Subbed!
I may have said out loud, as Ben was listing his "talents,"
"...and...MUGGIN..."
>.>
Greg: "I know the GM just literally said I notice my wares are missing, but I'm going to roll the dice anyway to see whether my perception is high enough to spot that my wares are missing" *rolls three, shrugs* "Guess I never had any wares in those blatantly open spots."
"You do it" I lost my shit, forgive the pun
I hope you find your shit soon man👍
Yea man shit is important don't lose it next time 😢😢
I didn't expect to see you here xD
It was the "I think I'll do it" response as well that got me 🤣🤣
why r u here lol? i use to watch u a lot
So I started watching this series about 2 months ago. I've never played D&D and I hadn't heard of VLDL before someone recommended this to me. Yesterday I caught up to the end of released content (episode 142), so here I am back at the beginning to re-watch one of the most hilariously entertaining and soul-comforting shows I have ever had the pleasure of watching. Thank you guys for making my life (rolls percentile dice) % better
Why tf is Rowan playing Bodger when he could be Baelin the lv. 99 legendary fisherman?
Baelin's got his own epic quest they're working on, remember? He ain't got time for piddly little side quests with the other villagers =)
@@jamesanthony8438 I know, but I just think he's the better of the two NPC's, and it would be hilarious to see him get his fishing pole upgraded to do lightning damage or something.
@@akitosorogoma2552 then you have to wait for Baelin's film.
@@akitosorogoma2552 I'm more interested in Bodger and Greg's tale. They have such _great_ admiration for each other. ;)
It's a good day for fishin' ain't it?
Bodger's Dwarf father was a blacksmith before him. He specialized in stepladders for some reason.
Omg😂
Lol!!
What are you doing stepladder
I wasa wondering if it was the farther or the mother that was the dwarf, this seems the safer mixup.
Bless you for your subtitles guys. I'm so happy to see that accessibility added. D&D tables are wild in the first place, and I was nervous once I started this that it would be too hard to hear over the chatter with the audio but BLESSSS, too few UA-cam creators add that accessibility to their channels. I'm not a part of the Deaf/HoH community, but it's heartbreaking to see elsewhere and I'm happy to see that you have added that much needed accessibility immediately with it.
I am neither, but subtitles are a godsend for the craziness of DnD tables. And accessibility is important and should be present on all videos
Yes, me too, my hearing loss makes it hard to follow storylines. Thanks for the words!
I thought that Bodger's morning routine would be putting his grandfather's hammer in the well xD
My god to see them all in one place and not arguing is just so wholesome
Rob's face when being robbed was EVERYTHING!!
Also, whomever edited the video and added the sound effects and music; BRAVO! It really brings it all together when you add the acting in costumes and it's just all so good!
Adam missed an opportunity to say his morning routine with magic hands could be used for uhh...pleasurable release LOL!!!
It was inferred, hence Rob hurrying things along
Finally a DnD campaign that isnt 8 hours long. Will definitely be watching all of this.
My ADHD Agrees with this comment
Oh, dear Designated Drinkers, I only started watching now, and boy is this waaaaayyy longer than 8 hrs
After watching this series twice up to episode 49, B.O.B's "They're all dice, they're all the same" equals Legendary Irony +10
Okay, them acting out bits of their character actions is GOLD and exactly what I was hoping for XD Also BOB
Can’t wait to see how this develops! Really fun to see the characters, and I’m in awe at all the accents Robert can pull out of nowhere!
First live D&D playthrough I've ever enjoyed! Partially due to the 20 minute run time as I don't have time for an hour long episode but also because you guys act it all out too!
I think a lot of people will enjoy it being 20 minutes. A lot more easy to watch for time poor people
"there's some water pooled beneath the shelf where your items were"
Ok so we know whomever did this was crying...
hmmm. My mind went to Sherlock Holmes and thought of ice melting. But I guess crying could be the answer!
Perhaps a crying ice elemental?
So, there shoul've been an onion mixed up in all the garlic, the culprit 's hand slipped and he cut it. Hence the tears.
Eugene is the thief!!!
obliviously the one and only NPC with his unique trait.
Its soo funny to watch this after catching up to new episodes (193 now) and you know what they will become😂
Love it❤️
Literally cannot believe how long ago this started?! I'm rewatching in Nov24 and remembering like it was yesterday ❤ This is how memorable content is made!
Ben: They're all dice, they're all the same.
I think I now know the exact moment it all started.
I recently lost my mother. So id like to say thank you for making me laugh.
i know this is coming from a total stranger but my sympathies for your loss.I lost my father back in '09. i still miss him, every day. videos like these help ease the pain for a while.
Sorry for your loss. That sucks. I’m glad you have something that makes you laugh again.
I'm here from episode 101. I'm ready to watch the Ballad of Greg the Garlic Farmer in Endolin's grand theatre!
alan saying bens dice might be luck is helarious when you are rewatching the series.
I HAD NO IDEA YOU GUYS HAD AN ACTUAL D&D CAMPAGIN IM SO HAPPY DUDE y’all are one of my favorite channels and I’ve been wanting to find a d&d campaign to watch that’s actually good
So when Greg woke up, there was The Watcher meditating in his house and now his silverware is missing. Seems like an open and shut case to me.
Great episode. Loving the cut in shot of the characters in costume. It is unique for gameplay dnd sessions
Half dwarf, half giant raises so many questions.
Like, is the father a giant and if so I feel really, really bad for the dwarven mother ( *ouch* ) or is the mom a giantess and if so, the imagery of the dwarf father trying to hop on that booty is pure comic gold.
Either the father was a giant with (for a giant) a micro penis or was a dwarf with a very specific Enlarge spell cast upon their netters ...
I have no idea how I'm only just discovering this as I've been a fan of your videos for years, but oh boy do I have something new to binge!! Many thanks!!!
I’m rewatching the whole series from the top again.
And 3:44. That’s where BOB’s suffering all began.
Wow! This is amazing. Your storytelling is so immersive and yet, we feel you having so much fun. 11/10
17:35 in the subtitles, "arrogant apple crunch."
after stumbling upon s/o mentioning the quality of the cc's, I actually started watching everything with cc's on... it's almost like an easter-egg, they are really hillarious at times.
Wow, Britt is looking a whole lot like Ben these days.
After watching the previous sessions I cant blame her for not joining, she was pretty much shut out...
@@genxmonk70 Greg's armor reward last straw? This is in Honeywood afterall.
@@genxmonk70 She couldn't join us because she lives in Canada now. But please tell me how we shut her out during the Isolation games, I am always looking to improve and if I did that, I should make amends.
@@genxmonk70
The whole Isolation Games story was based around britt's character?
Who's Britt?
You guys are my all time favorite UA-camrs! Keep up the great work, I watch every new episode first thing in the morning when they come out. Can't wait for the next episode
Hello,
I just wanted to thank this channel for making my life easier. I was bed ridden for 8 days with a horrible flu and I got through it by staying in bed and watching this series. It took 46 episodes before I could get back to my business. Thanks for the incredible effort in this channel. It is appreciated
Damn the new set is a step up from the last one! So excited to this new series!
Actually have a set this time instead of greenscreen lol
@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD Is it a real place (like a cafe) in NZ or just set up for this series? It looks fantastic! And hey, can't wait for the next episode!
@@macranjoh It's a real restaurant in Auckland. And it doesn't give me a sickly green tinge to my face like the greenscreen did on the last one! Haha.
I agree, it's a very nice place. But there seems to be a bit of flickering going on with the lights. Did you use automatic brightness adjustment or something?
@@RobertHartleyGM nice! another place to go when I'd have my trip to New Zealand! Someday......
I am here.
I wasn't sure if I was willing to dive into this series, but I have seen your DnD Horror series and it is a hoot and a holler!
Now I have expectations.
I loved the original series, I really loved the Isolation games, I can't wait to see how this one goes!
+1
Original series? Can you get me a link pls sir?
@@sephirothbahamut245 ua-cam.com/play/PLSMETuURtTXBudgPvr2VST_CGZ3sIOMsW.html
Well then you are gonna love this!
Update: it's going very well to say the least.
I love that Adam's major character isn't a pushover this time 😂
I starting a full binge watch of this starting today.
I love the reference in the giveaway questionnaire to Bodger giving up his Scottishness and even the accent in the first series. You guys are awesome!
I'm glad someone noticed my little easter egg there ;)
I'm smiling and laughing through this whole episode and my face hurts already lol
Robert's like an omniscient (is this the word?) character like how Stan Lee is in MCU
I've been impatiently awaiting the arrival of this series, as I had the best time watching your previous journeys. Your Baldur's Gate sessions is what got me interested in DnD and learning the game and DMing (Still learning tho). Many thanks to you, wonderful people.
HOLY SHIT. Didn't know this channel even existed. Came here from watching basically all of your skit videos :) So flipping happy to know that there's a bunch more
I just discovered this! Going to binge it! I don't play but I love it and always wanted to. You guys bring so much joy to our lives. Thank you!
Perfect timing, was just scrolling for something to listen to while I tackled another task 👌
Everything you guys do is absolute gold. Great stuff here, A small story for you all as this made me think of a time long ago. As a young man, I was never a bully but behind closed doors, I was the one who made fun of DD, World of Warcraft, and the like. Then I met my beautiful gamer wife who proceeded to make fun of me for not exploring new genres of games beyond FPS and Sports my entire life because of a made-up BS stereotype about the "types" of people that play these games. I couldn't argue her point I've always been a logical man and its hard to conjure up a rebuttal to the truth she spoke. So I sat down one day was just after the release of Cata on WoW and created DesamosSalt an undead horde warlock. Now here I am years later and WoW is just about the only game I play, love Lord of the Rings and the like, have read 29 of 40 some odd legend of Drizzt books (best book series ever written IMO), and thoroughly enjoy watching this. So to sum up my story, I went from Jock king of my high school and miserable mind you, to now a huge "nerd" proud of it and truly happy with an abundance of inner peace. I believe it was always there but god forbid if it ever came out as a youngster. As an adult looking back the stigmatism that society places on things such as this is downright wrong and ridiculous as I've had more fun and made more real friends in this realm of things than I ever did playing sports. I still love sports no question a big fan of competition but if the day came where I ever hard to choose this stuff or sports I wouldn't have to think about it for more than a second. Awesome job here guys and the moral of the story is never to be afraid to be who you really are and enjoy the things that make you happy your life will be more fulfilling for it.
I love the effects. This show needs to be famous and needs to go viral. The production value and quality is far above any other dnd show out to date. The cast is great very enjoyable and entertaining. I hope you guys do well.
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@@slevinchannel7589 Rollplay Court of Swords season 1 episode 1.
@@gamerdodo8581 Excuse the randomness but i make some 'sort' of kinda 'Poll'.
Have you seen Some More News Video about 'Simple Solutions to World Problems'? I wanna hear peoples thoughts on it, so i randomly ask for peoples... welll... thoughts!
Why did I only find this today?! I've watched VLDL since... Since who-knows-when. Wow.
You guys should promote it on your main channel more.
Revisiting this after episode 200. What a campaign! I literally went in not expecting anything, and now 4 years later I'm super into the Dickhead's story and the world that Rob, Adam, and Alan has built. And it awakened my interest in Dungeons & Dragons, I quenched it by playing both Baldur's Gate 3 since Early Access and Solasta: Crown Of The Magister. And a week from now, I'm starting my first ever D&D campaign with the Indonesian D&D community. I'd never guessed you guys would reach Episode 200 because Descent to Avernus was only 6 episodes, but here's to 100 hundred or more episodes to come and I can't wait how Rob ties all these stories to end whether climactically, dramatically, or heck even tragically as Endelyn's foretold.
"My expertise is in theiving, fighting, drinking, stealing.." was so waiting for him to say mugging 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mugging was his apprenticeship.
I don't normally watch entire D&D sessions but the humour and the acted out scenes really makes this stand out from the existing market. Subscribed ^^
Less talk, more give.
Really enjoyed the episode
Looking forward to the next one
"PLEASE Don't hurt me! I have a wife and child at home."
"Well you better cough up then!"
I don't have much, but I give you what I can
hey,less talk more give
I think I want to watch this whole adventure again. And you know what, I can!
"They're only dice, they're all the same," said Ben.
Watching y’all play d&d like this makes me wish I had friends like that!
Feel this is gonna be a great series.
This is gonna be addictive 😍
Epic npc man personalities playing d&d? This is going to be hilarious. Love everything you guys produce. The cutaway roleplay bits are both original and surprisingly immersive. I know I'm late finding this, but I'm so glad I did! Plz don't stop making videos
Time to rewatch this for like 10th time, lets go
Instant rewatch. Loved every minute of it.
That was awsome! I loved the Npc man series and when I heard you are going to release a new D&D series, I was so happy! I love D&D and your content! keep up the good work!
I still love how Greg the epic npc man has an American accent.
I’m American, and I love how pathetic he sounds. Can I move to New Zealand?
Which country then? Canada,Mexico,Chile?
Apparently this series is really good so ima check it out 😊
I’m currently rewatching this series after watching every week from the uk purely because I watch every video yous upload on every channel but being an ex serviceman your videos give me something to look forward to when I struggle massively with day to day life, just want yous to know how much you help people! Thank you
Bodger the giant dwarf - 6'3" quite tall, even for a giant dwarf 😂
Instant classic,lol
I like the running of the 4 different daily perspectives and mysteries that will lead them to team for the quest. Way better than you were summoned by a general lol. Great job and cant wait to see more!
Thanks! I knew it would take longer to get them all together this way but I felt it would feel more meaningful when they did come together if we got to see a little of their everyday lives first.
yeah it is always more epic when it is not forced. Sometimes it cannot be done, but when it can it makes it feel better.
Also, tired of a Tavern, Inn, or General summons for your starter adventures?!? Send them on an all expense paid Cruiseship. start in a port town and they have to acquire tickets in some fashion to board. rogues can steal, nobels can buy, etc. or just start on the cruise ship! then they aren't "forced" to team right away. but hey. many people enjoy Bingo and Trivia and stage shows and oh crap pirate attack!
How has this been a thing for almost a year and I just found it??? If the entire series is this laid back and funny I'm going to enjoy watching every minute of it.
Same just found it and easily lost it one time. Yeesh they really prompt the wrong things to the top of UA-cam. Bump this badboy up.
Don't mind me just rewatching the entire series again for the 800th time. Cheers!
Just had to revisit this and say how awesome it had been to watch this series for so long and how far its come. Thank you all for the amazing content week after week 💪
This was an awesome start, I couldn't stop laughing, especially when Gregg got his hand broken by the passive-aggressive, poop slinging, peach farmer. Lmao
After the other D&D series, Subbed straight away!
when they use the silly voices to say, "My name's rowan, I roll 1s" all I can think of is the Monty python characters running around with handkerchiefs on their heads, "Hullo mr. Gumby!"
I remember the 1st day of this...and I knew this would be huge!!!
I have no idea how this game works but it’s just great to see them genuinely having fun!